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CHAPTER XXIII Continued.
Again ho Is in tho midst of battle.
Tho shouts of frenzied men nnd tho
ratio concussion of exploding gun
powder mnko a chaotic confusion. Ho
can bpo despornto rlvnls engaged In
hand-to-hand conflicts nil nrourid him,
uiiOn whoso ollvo faces tho fierce
glow of passion has left Its hated
mark.
Then appears n milk-white steed,
and. mounted on this, tho little Cuban
-beauty with flowing hair, flashing
machete, filled with tho enthusiasm
nnd patriotism that Inspired Joan of
Arc ih the time of France's peril.
Evidently Lola Montcz has returned
in as mysterious a way as she left.
.Remembering tho distance ntyl the
wretched roads from Havana to the
scone of tho engagement, Jack Is more
jimnzed than evfr, nnd vaguely won
Arts whether she may not have some
marvelous way of flying through the
nir.
He comes ntion her in the garden,
sitting upon a rustic bench near the
fountain. It is hard to bollove this
lovely creature and the spirit of bat
tle are ono nnd tho same.
She springs up and holds out her
nand at, ho comes near. Even Jack
can see the color fly Into her checks.
Ho would be ufool not to understand
that ho is more to this warm-blooded
daughter of Cuba than other men.
Travera chats and laughs, but feels
uneasy. He seeks to unalyzo the na
oiro of this exotic plant. It gives him
pain to believe that she can caro for
'r.im not on his own account, since
the man hardly exists who could ob
ject to being loved by such a charm
ing divinity, but, as usual, he la think
ing of tho fair flower of Scotland,
sweet Jessie Cameron. How inay It
Affect her? Will this Cuban girl hate
per when Bhe learns that he la wholly
jevoted to the one whom a kindly
Fortune gave him for his wife? Ho
tias known of several instances in
. Mexico where such Jealousy has been
tho causo of a terrible tragedy.
And so it Is Jack's resolve to en
deavor, so far as lies within his pow
er, to break this spell, and causo Lola
jtfontez to dislike him, If ho can ac
complish the samo without any loss
to his self-respect or his hitherto un
tarnished honor.
Perhaps tho object may best be ac
complished by relating to her the
strange story of his marriage. Some
how he shrinks from the task, but this
only arouses him to the necessity of
prompt action if he would stem the
tide beforo it has gone beyond, his
reach. And having thus resolved, he
only awaits a fitting opportunity to
carry out his plan.
CHAPTER XXIV.
What Jack Heard by the Fountain.
The best laid plans often go astray,
and beforo Travors can summon his
resolution to tho stjcklng point, or
find a suitable opening where ho
might wedge In some reference to his
romantic history, Smlthers joins them.
, Ono glance tells Jack the other has
news for him. Of course it must
be in connection with the ono around
whom all of Jack Travers' plans for
tho future revolve.
This awakens a keen deslro on tho
young man's part to hear what .Smlth
ers has found out. Ho imagines all
manner of evil as hovering about the
ward of Roblado, and it is wltn a pe
culiarly wolfish sensation ho remem
bers that Spencer la yet In tho game.
Smlthers, however, shows no deslro
to talk while the scnorita is present,
and henco Jack: has to curb his impa
tience as host ho may.
The opportunity comes at last.
Smithers manages it in somo way,
He comes upon her In the garden,
and they are left alono bosldo tho
fountain.
"Woll?" says Jack, somewhat Impa
tiently; "you have something to tell
mo. Out with H, my dear follow."
"Thoro you go again, Senor Jack;
but, as usual, you hit tho mark. 1
hava something to tell you some
thing that bears upon your fortunes,
and promises to bring tho game to a
spoedy crisis," responds tho other, so
horly. "For which Heaven bo praised,"
.broathes the younger man, ondoavor
lng to calm his wildly-boating heart;
for. cool customor as he has always
ipiovon lr. times of danger, the mero
thqught of one fair face awakons such
a keen interest within him that he bc-
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comes almost alnrtEMi. The dlseaso
has made rapid progress It promises
to bo fatal.
Smithers soats himself upon tho rus
tic bench, nnd Jack stands with ono
foot upon the samo, leaning his hoad
upon his hand, so that ho can watch
tho ngont's face as tho eoft glow of
tho Moorish hanging lamp from the
enclosed court falls upon It.
"Of course you won't be surprised
to hear that "Senor Hohlado, finding
tho Fates working against him on All
sldos, has resolved upon a grand coup
do main, whoroby several little enter
prises in which he Ik deeply inter
ested may bo advantageously ad
vanced. "Perhaps you do not know that just
at present Havana Is in a ferment
that tho Spaniards are celobratlug
changes that have recently been made.
Tho city Is thronged with newly-arrived
troops; for during the summer
months thousands will drop with tho
fever, and there must be enough poor
devils to take tho places of those
who, not being acclimatized, fall
ready victims to tho awful Yellow
Jack.
"This night Havana will go wild
as never bofore. Bonfires will bo
lighted, torchlight parades seen in
many of the streets, nnd the greatost
exhibition of forced gaiety over known
occur. In a word, you will believe the
old Cuban capital has gone mad. and
that her citizens have determined to
llvo up to that venerable shibboleth of
pleasure seekers, 'Apres nous lo de
luge.' "But I must hot give way to my
feelings. Listen, then, sir, nnd hear
first what is about to occur, and later
how those In whom we aro bo deeply
Interested arc to share In it.
"To-night there will be entertain
ments of nil kinds every house you
will find illuminated; for to refuse to
obey tho edict that has gone forth
would bo to draw down tho suspicion
of tho military authorities, and, under
tho accursed rule of Spain, that means
a file of soldiers in the early dawn un
der tho walls of Morro Castle yonder.
"Among nil these gay scenes none
will vie with the reception of the Cap
tain General, who, as you well know,
has as absoluto sway "over the Island
as though ho were a king.
"There Is no building In the city ca
pable of containing the great throng
expected to bo present no palace In
which such a reception could be held
and so, as the best thing to bo done
under the circumstance, tho great
theater where these bullfights dro held
is to be utilized. Flags adorn the
walls and soldiers will swarm through
the aisles and throng tho ring where
but a few hours previous tho torea
dors met their fierce four-footed antag
onists in deadly strife.
"Oh, Senor Jack, everybody of con
sequence will bo at this great enter
tainment. Senor Roblado and his
daughters have decided to go. You
will, of course, nttond? An invitation
is not necessary, since it means hom
age to the Captain General, and Is de
signed to show tho tremendous power
of Spain upon the island.
It will bo a sight well worth your
trouble, Senor Jack; and, what is
more to tho point, I believe you will,
if tho Fates continue to smile, be giv
en a chance to win that which Is ever
uppermost In your thoughts."
"Go on," says Travers, who has not
moved all this while, but listens eager
ly-
"Enough of tho plcturo; you your
self shall see it before many hours
have passed. I said everyone in Ha
ann of consequenco would proceed to
the grand reception at the Plaza jlo
Toros In order to pay their respects
to tho Governor. Between you and
myself, Senor Jack, there may bo
scmo present whoso appearance, if
known In Havana,' would arouso the
most Intense excitement this city has
known since the end of tho Ten Ytars'
War."
"You must mean tho great Gomez
himself," Fays Travers, quickly.
"V.""'l guessed. Ho is in tho city;
It Is not the first time since tho strug
gle began. Beforo now ho has had
narrow escapes, and wo have shiv
ered for fear lest our bolovod loader
bo taken fjom us, for upon him we
have come to pin much of tho faith
that is in us.
"And now a new uneasiness has
come. I do not understand what In
fluenced him, but ho had a motive
back of It. I am sure. What do you
think could bring him to tako such
risk? Certainly not a spirit of adven
ture. At any rate, ho has determined
to visit tho reception tonight, and see
tho Captain General face to face, sur
rounded by scores of generals and
other officers.
"Senor Jack, that was bad enough;
but I had known of It, and was also
aware that certain precautions had
been taken to cover his retreat in case
of dlscovory. There was worse to
come far worse. I have learned It
only now, and It must be my duty to
soo that tho terrible gamo dooa not
succeed. That was where my great
luck came in, hovering about the hotel
on the Prado. I saw Senor Roblado
tako aside a man who had called to
see him, and, in your service, sir,
thought It my duty to overhear their
Interview. Littlo did I droam that
this was a Heaven-sent opportunity to
pioservo tho Light of Cuba.
".I shall not repoat all I heard. This
iinn was a spy, an accursed ronogado
Cuban of whoso brood, thank God,
we have hut few and who had been
1 ought body and suul with Spanish
doubloons.
"lie betrnjed the secret prossneo of
tho great Gomez In Havana, and his
daring design, so chnraclstlc of our
matchless loader, to soo his mortal on
oniy tho Captain General whon tho
latter was surrounded by five thou
sand Boldlors, by his host olllcors, nnd
the citizens of Havana loyal to tho
mother country,
"Woll, you see, I have tho koy. I
know that already has tho eager Ro
blado set tho wheels In motion that
will close the trap should Gomez try
to carry out his plan, nnd being thus
forownrned, it would appear that I
might have no trouble In outwitting
these schemers.
"Alas! Sonor Jack, you do not
know Gomez. He Is a rock. When
ho says a thing nil earth and tho low
or region cannot stop him. And I
have heard hlm swear ho would bo
present nnd shake hands with tho
Captain General this night. You see,
It is serious."
"Rather," admits Jack, who, though
deeply interested In this Intelligence,
falls ns yet to grasp the connection
with his fortunes, save that she will
attend the reception, and he may pos
sibly see her there.
"Well. ou need know nothing fur
ther about, this lpatter now. I shall
leave you in ten minutes to communl-
I
"This man was a spy, an accursed
renegade Cuban,
cato tho startling Intelligence to com
rades, bo that we may decide on n
bold plan of action by means of which
our beloved but reckless leader may
be saved in case ho Insists on carry
ing out his design. Beforo I go it is
my desire to let you know that I havo
discovered oven more that Roblado
and ydur dear friend Spencer, whom I
havo good reason to hato havo ar
ranged it so that the colonel may mar
ry your widow."
"That Is very kind of tho dear fel
lows. Tell mo how they mean to man
ngo It," says Jack, sending out suc
cessive rings of smoke.
"Meaning your taking off. Oh, that
Is not a very hard thing to do under
Cuban skies, and especially in these
times when working hand-In-glovo
with the military authorities. You
v 111 bo secretly arrested, charged with
complicity in a plot to murder tho
Captain General. Without a chance
to Inform your Minister of the trouble,
o'u will be burled In a dungeon of
Morro Castle, to bo taken out by
stealth somo dark night and made
away with. You shrug your shoul
ders, sir. Such things havo been dono
many a time In this country, and will
be again. In this terrible gamo of
chess, pawns do not count for much,
and in their eyes you aro a pawn. My
advlco to you, sir, is to write a letter
to the American Consul giving him
the facts in the case, and then, should
you ho seized, wo will know how to
gain your liberty. Just at present
they hardly care to embroil your
Uncle Sam In war."
"It shall bo done, and I will glvo It
to you to hand to tho Minister," says
Jack, blandly.
(To bo continued.)
WHERE CHALK WAS USEFUL.
Emergency Found Photographer
Equal to the Occasion.
Senator Dopew had consented to
address; a convention of photogra
phers. When ho rose ho hold up a
piece of white chalk.
"Do any of you over make uso of
this in jour business." ho asked.
Thero wero affirmative cries from
different parts of the table. ,
".What for?" said Sonator Dopew.
Then various uses for chalk in pro
tography woro cited by various por
sons. Tho speaker nodded and said:
"I'll toll you of another uso you
have not montloned to me. Perhaps
this new use for chalk will bo valu
able to you. Perhaps It will only bo
amusing.
"At any rato, it Is vouched for by a
friend of mine, nn old friend, who Is
bnld. My old bald friend wont to a
Goorgla photographer- during a re
cent trip south and ho said ho wanted
his plcturo taken,
"Tho photographer put him In front
of a camera, got undor a dark cloth
and finally emerged again with a
piece of white chalk in his hand.
"With a smile slightly embarrassed
ho mado n gosture toward my friend's
vast bald hoad.
" 'Excuso me, sir,' ho said, 'hut tho
top of your head shlnos so it will tako
oxtra big; bo If you don't niind I'll
just chalk It a bit.' " "
Particular Where She Lays.
A hen in Willlamsvllle. K. II., has
her own peculiar tnsto about n nest.
Kvory day for two weeks sho has taken
tho china ogg over the edge of a box
four nches high, rollod it half way
around the edge of tho squaro box
Into a corner and aid an egg beside it
RETREAT GOES ON
THE RUSSIAN ARMY CONTINUES
TOWARD HARBIN.
JAPANESE CLOSELY FOLLOW
The Russians Said to Be Badly De
moralized. Bellof That the Mubco.
vltes Will Not Soon Attempt to
Make a Stand.
ST. PETERSBURG Commander-in-Chief
Llnovltch In a telegram dutod
Saturday Bays:
"On March '17 Japnnoso batteries
bombarded our divisions In tho vnl-
leys of Tavanpun nnd Ynnpu. Tho on-J
emy appeared nanr haotltao on tho
railroad, about twonty-twp miles north
of Tie Pass, nnd their cnvnlry has oc
cupied Fukoman. Our armies contlnuo
their concontrntlou."
In connection with the mobilization
of a now nrmy nu imperial decree' or
ders an Inspection of horses In twenty-two
districts of the military divi
sions of Odessa, Warsaw and Mos
cow.
WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY IN
THE FIELD, Via Fusnu The Russian
nrmy continues Its northern retreat,
tho Japanese following. They havo oc
cupied Fnkoman, to tho northwest of
Tie Pass. Yesterday evening tho Rus
sian cavalry camped three mllos outh
of Kalyucu. Largo Russian columns
are retreating towards this placo from
tho southwest. Tho natives report that
they are not stopping thero. where tho
hills mako n defense possible. If tho
retreat Is forced It will probably ho
continued to Harbin. Tho Russians
are descrlbod ns bolng badly disor
ganized. General Kurnkl's nrmy continues to
lead tho Japanese forces, which have
been engaged for nlnn dnys in a hard
pursuit in which they havo covered
a distance of more than nlnety-flvo
miles, with frequent fighting.
Tho weather In tho mountains Is
very cold, wltli frpquent hard storms.
Tho brlgado In ndvanco occupied Tie
Pass Wcdnosdny night after n brief
engagement.
Tho Russian retreat beenmo more
disorganized daily after the storm.
During tho first day tho Russians
burled their dead, but since then they
have left tho dead wherever they fell.
Tuesday tho Russians made an at
tempt at resistance In entrenchments
north of the Hun river, but abandon
ed them after they had been shelled
for two hours.
Tho colors were Inscribed as having
been presented to tho regiment by tho
emperor In 1834. Most of tho captured
organizations succeeded In burning
their standards beforo surrendering. A
tow prisoners nro secured dnlly.
It Is reported that during General
ICouropatkin's resistenco nt Tower
nlll on tho first day's battle, ho was
slightly wounded by an eight-Inch
shell which fell near him. Tho Chi
nese officers received tho .Tnpaneso
officers nnd soldiers with banners at
most of tho townB entered.
MORTON SENDS A CRUISER
The Colorado Said to Be Bound for
Venezuela.
NORFOLK, Va. Tho cruiser Colo
rado sailed from Hnmpton Roads'. It
Is understood Bhe is bound for Vene
zuelan waters, though roports hnvo
her going to Join the combined fleet
it Pensacola. Tho Colorado has not
completed tho crew she Is supposed to
leave this port with, dosplto the fact
(hat men intended for other ships' in
tho Caribbean squadron hnvo beon
sent to her. Ton expert torpedo men
woro Bent to tho cruiser from tho
feaguo Island navy yard. They left
Philadelphia yesterday morning. Tho
order for thoso torpedo expert- was
r6cclved In a personal telegram from
Secretary Morton and tho men were
taken from the torpedo boat Hopkins,
now at tho League Island navy yard,
Tho men from Hie Leaguo Island
yard were solccted by Rear Admiral
Dickons, who Is tho ranking officer nt
that station and to whom tho ordor
Jrom Secretary Morton was sent.
ANGERS GERMAN CHANCELLOR
Warm Debate Between Herr Bebel and
Von Buelow in Reichstag.
BERLIN Chnncellpr von Buolow
and Herr Babel, the socialist lender,
engaged in a bitter discussion in the
Reichstag over Germany's Russian
policy.
Tho chancellor's usual composure
and good humor In debate wero dis
turbed by tho almost savago criticism
of tho socialist chief, who said that
Germany's "creeping before Russia
had humiliated it in the eyes of the
world nnd bad brought it to shame."
Ho held Von Buelow responsible for
Prussia's "engaging in the nasty work
of catching fugitives from Russian
military service and turning them over
to agents of tho autocrat nnd for
forcing men nnd women whoso only
offense was love of liberty to leave
Prussian territory nt the instance of
Russian spies.
Gompers Makes His Report.
WASHINGTON President Snmuel
Gonipors of tho American Federation
of I.abor on Tuesdny, submitted his
annual report to the executive coun
cil of thnt organization, now In sea
eion in this city. It gives tho details
of tho settlement of a numbor of dis
putes nnd shows tho finance of tho
organization to ha in excellent con
dition. Tho Invitation of tho Lewis
and Clark oxpo6ltion nt Portland,
Ore., to transfer tho federation's ex
hibit at tho SL I-ouIb exposition to
Portland was declined.
COLLECTION OF THE CUSTOMS.
Program Under Old Arbitration to Be
, Followed.
WASHINGTON In view of the ex
pected adjournment of the present ox-'
tra session of tho BPiiato without fa
vorable action upon (ho pending Do
minican treaty, it Is understood that
tho state department has determined
to proceed with the collection of cus
toms nt Puorto Platn nnd Monto Crlstl
undor tho terms of tho arbitration
awnrd of last year.
It Is foarod lhat complications may
nrlso through tho action of Bomo of
the Europenn powers whoso citizens
aro hoavy creditors of Santo Domingo.
Thoso claims havo been held In nbey
nneo because tho Europenn govern
ments Interested desire to shapo tholr
policies relative to Dominica by thoso
of Amorlcn, being desirous of avoid
ing any friction that would causo 111
foellng in this country tind apprehen
sion lhat tho Integrity of tho Monroo
doctrlno was nn object of attack. Tho
question Is whethor, In vlow of the
failure of the seuato to net favorably
upon tho treaty which would have pro
vided the means for the payment of
these claims, the European govern
ments will longer refrain from Import
nut notion to collect their debts, nnd
nlthongh It is fully realized hero that
such action. If attended by cocrclvo
measures will probably causo nn obull
tlon of feeling In thlu country similar
to that attending the appearance of
tho allied fleet on the Venezuelan
coast In tho wlntor of 1002-03, tho
stnto department probably will not
feel nuthorlzcd to Intervene with n
protoat.
PEABODY WINS HIS CONTEST
Colorado Legislature Declares He Was
Duly Elected Governor of State.
DENVER, Colo. James H. Poabody
on Thursday won his contest for tho
ofllco of governor, from which he re
tired on January 10 nfter sorvlng n
term of two years, but his victory wns
nchlovud only nfter ho had given his
pledge to resign nnd surrender tho
chair to Licutonnut Governor Josbc F.
McDonald.
Tho voto in Jclnt convention of tho
general assembly by which Governor
Alva Adams was ousted nnd Governor
Jnmes If. Pcabody Installed was CI to
41. Ten ropubllcnns voted with uo
democratic members for Adams.
Govornor Adams, who had spent tho
day packing his effects, surrendered
his ofllco to Governor Peabody shortly
nfter 5 o'clock yesterday nfternoon.
Scores of letters, telegrams and tele
phono messages had reached tho ox
ccutlvo chamber during tho dny urging
Governor Adams to hold his scat by
force, but ho decided to ignoro this
ndvlce. In conversation ho said o felt
outraged at the action of tho general
assembly nnd expressed surprlso lhat
Mr. Peabody Bhould become 'a party
to what ho termed a conspiracy to se
cure tho office of governor for a man
who had uo claim whatever to tho
place. Governor Adams will lssuo a
formal statement to the people upon
tho result of tho contest.
ASKS ISSUANCE OF MANDATE.
Northern Securities Makes Applica
tion to Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON William P. Clough,
for tho Northern Securities company,
mnde application to the supremo court
for issuance of tho mandato in tho
caso of E. H. Harrlman and othors
ngalnst the Northern Securities com
pany in consequenco of tho decUlon
of tho court In favor of the company.
Ho based It on tho ground that until
tho mandato should bo Issued $5,000,
000 wortli of property would bo tied
up by tho Injunction of tho New Jer
sey court, nnd this was an injustice
to tho public and tho owners of tho
property.
Maxwell EvartK, representing the
opposing side, objected to tho motion,
saying that tho mnndnto should not is
sue until the opinion of the court in
the caso Is handed down. v
CARRIED ON CUT RATES.
Refers to Traffic Moving Through At
Untie and Gulf Ports.
CHICAGO. 111. During tho remain
dor of this year all the Import traffic
which moves through tho Atlantic nnd
Gulf ports will bo carried on cut rates.
This fact devoloped at tho joint Import
conference, which wns hold Friday
with roproHnntathes prosont from all
the trunk lines, the Central Freight
association Hues and lines between
Chicago nnd tho Missouri river and
between the gulf and tho rivor.
When mi attempt was made to re
store an Import rato it quickly de
veloped that practically all of the Im
ports of tho country had beon con
tracted for at roduced rates, averag
ing not more than 50 per cent of the
regular rates. It was agreed that dur
ing inno nominal tariffs should be ad
hored to. Tho question of differentials
botwfton the gulf and the Atlantic
ports was discussed and a commlttoe
will be nppointed to sottlo tho mattor.
For the presont. howover, thero is no
agreed differential.
Railroads Defy Commission.
SAN FRANCISCO Tho law depart,
monts of the Southorn Pacific and
Santa Fe have leached an ngrooment
respecting the orango ratos. They
have decided to Ignore the recont do
clslou of tho Intarluto Commerce
commission, which decided that tho
rate of $1.2 on oranges from Cali
fornia to nil eastern polnta was un
reasouablo nml should be reduced to
$1.18. In other words, tho railroads
proposo to require tho payment of
tho existing rate unless tho orango
shippers can find relief In court
KOURAPATKINOUT
DISMISSED IN DISGRACE ON THE
FIELD.
LINEVITCH ISJHIS SUCCESSOR
Fate of tho Army of Manchuria Now
In His Hands. The New Command
er a Line Officer With a Long Rec
ord as a Fighter.
ST. PETERSBURG With tho Jap
nnoso hnnging on tho heels and flanks
of tho remnants of tho broken, defeat
ed Russian army, General Kouropab
kin, tho old idol of tho private soldier
has been dismissed and disgraced nno
General Llnovltch, commander of tluf
First nrmy, Is appointed to succeed
him in command of nil tho Russia?
liiml and Boa forces operating ngalnst
Jnpan. Tho word dlsgraco Is written in
largo lottcrs In tho .laconic Imperial
ordor gazetted, which contains not a
single word of pralso and also dis
poses of tho rumor that Kouropatkin
had nBltcd to ho relieved. Tho Russian
military annals coutuln no more bitter
Imperial rebuke.
Decided anxiety is felt regarding tho
fato of tho army In Manchuria under
Us now commander. No news of mili
tary developments during tho last
threo days havo beon received. The'
only dispatchOB from tho front nro tho
brief announcements yesterday that
General Llnovltch had assumed com
mand nnd thnt Generol Kouropatkin,
woa departing for St. Petersburg, dis
using of n rumor that Kouropatkin'
had committed suicide, and tho Asso
ciated Press' Chnugtufu dispatch of
tho morning of Marclt 1G, and written
nt the station of Knlynnn, which was
thon hold by tho Russians. In this
correspondent's opinion no pnuso in
tho Japanese ndvanco is probable for
somo time. Tho Russlnns woro losing
heavily In the rear guard actions and
JupunoBO columns nro reported to be
puBhlhg northward, bb fast as possible
to comploto tho envelopment of the
Russian forces.
General Llnovltch will havo a con
siderable ncccsslon of fresh troop3 in
a day or two, tho Fourth European
corps being now nt Harbin and depart
ing southward.
Military officers dcclaro that there
aro now 2G8.000 men at General Line
vltch's disposal in Manchuria, and it
is believed that this forco will bo suf
ficient to causo tho Japanese to oxer
clso greater cauflon In their pursuit.
FRANCE STOPS THE LOAN.
No More Money for Russia If She Per
sists In War.
PARIS Tho postponement of tho
Russian loan is definitely confirmed.
This is likely to exert a powerful In
fluonco towards peace as It is tho first
tlmo tho French financiers havo
shown an Indisposition to ndvanco
funds' whilo tho uncertainties of wnr
continue.
A commltteo representing the syn
dicate of French underwriters went
to SL Petersburg to arrange tho con
ditions with tho minister of finance
and a contract was drawn up for n
loan taking tho form of treasury bonds
running sovon years at C per cent. Tho
contract was thon brought back to
Paris for tho approval of all tho un
derwriters. In tho meantime tho disastrous
ovents In Manchuria nnturnlly aroused
doubts on tho part of the financiers
as to whether Russia would mako
peaco or pursue the war. Tho lnflucnco
of the financial elements was almost
unanimous for ponce but Russia's1 dis
inclination to consider peaco appears
to havo induced tho decision not to
proceed with tho contract nnd ac
cordingly tho signing, which was ex
pected yesterday has been postponed
and all tho pending negotiations aro
also postponed.
RECORD OF NEW COMMANDER
Has Taken Part In Russian Wars
Since He was Twenty-one.
ST. PETERSBURG Lieutenant
General Llnevltch, tho now command
er of tho Russian land and sea forces
In tho fnr east, Is in tho sixty-sixth
year of hla age. Ho wns fighting In
tho Caucasus whon ho was 21, took
part in the Russo-Turklsh war of
1S77-8, und boa since then taken part
In all of Russia cnmpalgns, Llnevltch
was also prominent In the relief of
tho legations at Peking. Ho is greatly
beloved by tho soldiers because of his
constant solicitude for their welfare.
At tho battlo of Mukden General
Llnovltch was reported, March 5, as
stubbornly holding his position and as
having ropulsed thirteen consecutive
attacks of tho Japanese, but in spite
of this he is said to have escaped with
slight losses, and March 13 he enter
ed tho Russian lines south of. Tie Pass
with his regiments In perfect order.
Tho following day tho Russian troops,
apparently those commanded by Gen
oral Llnovltch, repulsed an attack at
tho Fan river, the Japanese leaving
i ftOO killed before tho Russian posi
tion. Girts Lead Strike Breakers.
CHICAGO Girl leaders havo escort
ed hundreds of strike broakors to
safoty from tho big clothing factories
In tho wholosale district, which were
besiegod by workers pickets. Tho
employors adopted this strategy suc
cessfully whon It wns fearod tho po
llco would bo unable to prevent n seri
ous clash between tho union and non
union factions. From tho workrooms of
tho International Tailoring company
and of Fred Kaufman the young wo
mon marched through crowds of Jeer
ing strikers without flinching,
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