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CONGO FREE STATE.
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CONGO STATE CABUS BRUSSELS' NOTES
Tak-i T X.fiOT Dtuilt rf the Er,t.t
CoBfii'i Eport.
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COURT CF INQUmY HELD IN ONE CASE
Bey C tains HlU W a Cat by
Xattve feilrr la the t-aapley
La Letage II bWT ( aa
peay. WASHINGTON. April 4 In view of the
recent charge nuide against the adminis
tration of the Cotig Free Stale the Atp
tusted Press cabled to King Leopold asking
for his side f the tsaa. la rf tly a tumtrer
of effirlal dncgmrau have been forwarded
by mail. u rn addttltrn th Congo Stat
tiaa rbW to Mr. JtmM GuMm ui W h'tti7
to give the following tmnt of tbe Brus-ee-a
note, which issued In reply to the
charges In reply to th recent report cf tiie
LriUsh consul.
Tbe Brussels note, after tLk.ir.g- up one or
tmo minor details of the British consul,
report, proceed to conslucr the main point
at ctiUcaxm. which la the treatment of Ue
rative population by the Ccmgo authorities.
The consuls report contains a number of
storiee of cruel treatment told tuci ty tht
mtlm which for the moat part are value
less aa evidence on account of the fact that
be did not investigate tUtm or obtain cor
rtboratlve testimony.
Although hia charge are of a moet seri
ous nature tn the majority of case he ha
(ailed to gtv the na.ru. or places. Thin
asiims aa unfair mode of ttiuik, as It give
the Congo State no opportunity to disprove
the assertions. One case, ljowrver, which
the consul in vestigaUtd and which he five
aa a moat flagrant tumjiit waa brought to
the knowledge of the Canpo authorttlee and ,
waa lnves Umited by them. This Is the cxise
ef the boy K pen do, who claimed that bis
left hand had been cut off by a native sen
try In the service at the Ia Junta Kubber
company.
IVara Ha4 Cat OI.
The consul, accompanied by two tniaaion
artea, went to the v-litane of Bosur.rum and
pruoreded to hold a pwullw court of lu
aulry. The boy accused the sentry to hia
tae; the consul ttiea guewtioned the chief
and a a am her cf head men. Tbey replied
by aorualnf the sentry. Most of them de
clared that they bad been eye wltneasea of
tn deed. The conral aaked whether there
were any more wltaeaaee and "nearly all
those present, about forty persona, shouted
with one voice that Tt was Kelenj o, the
entry, who did IV
The accused sehtry' dented the charre.
Otaer tuauves caine foraard with rarioua !
ckuna aa ruhberv and wruin miiwi !
taw aeatrawAaC JnaUa tt" etaasut, conaid
crlna the andetirV cxmrbiaiv cunouncad to
tha aaaenauled multitude that "Kaleruro de
Otirved serere punlskment for l.la lUefal and
cruel acta," and takuca wits, nim the
tnaameid bojr laid the Case before the state
authorities, saying dramatically that he de
(touitoed not 8B Individual, but a avstem.
"It would be ua warrantable ta Oraa such
a aweeptng conclusion frosa a aincle case,
e-reo If the ease were well founded. bv.t
aa a matter of fact the accusations of Ep-
ndo acaaoat the sentry were shornm to be j
arttheut any foundation whatever.
Bwidewe Beakra Dwwav.
Wbaa tha proper stale authorities came
te Investigate the case the boy's evidence
Ha admitted that he had .
Bed and explained that be had lost his I Fairbanks Is not only of presidential .sue
hand In a bear hunt. When aaked why I but that be la. as well, destined to become
be bad falsely accused the sentry, be Bald a presidential candidate. The Hooalta- dei
that h bad done it at tha Instigation of j egatioo to Chicago, therefore, will not ac
the natives of the district, wh hoped thus J tlvely present Senator rcirbanka for sec
ts secure the intervention of tha British ) ond place on the ticket, but moat certainly
consul and a releaa from the Aeceaalty cf will second any such nomination made with
fjathering rubber. kny considerable backing from other state.
Moat of the native who had accused ! Th! will be- done on the theory that the
the son try before the consul took to the j tl art should be made so strong that either
wood. Those who were caught admitted ; first or second man could be considered
that they had given false testimony. Other competent to run th government if occa-
WTtnesse wno were called corroborated
the boy a confeaaion that hi hand had
bees lost is a bear hunt As Mr. Arm
strong, on of tha mlaatonarie who ar
eosnpanied th British consul, concisely
put tt:
" Th natives are capable of any plot to
avoid work and especially to avoid the
gathering of rubber.'
"The British consul's chief case, investl-
gated by himself and supported by a crowd j president al chair, W! ere he will have four
cf wltneaHea, having fallen through, there ! years' uperjenee preitcMn officer of the
at littl reason to plac confidence m the , United Slates eenat. thus bee .ming better
nanpi 4erlarerlosa of native unsupported j qU:-i:fied ft promotion to the rvenldenry.
by corroborative evidence. There is no j All advices received by ihe Indiana dele
doubt that the consul was looked upon by gatioa indicate that Fairbar.ka certainly
the native a the rcpresentatiT of a , sill be made the nominee for second place
mighty power which would relieve tbcm at the Chicago convent!, mi Mention of
from work, and his presence excited the j all other name peactica'ly is tp;wd. and
rf.pl to make extravagant representa-
tiona and false chars-.
'Almost any here in Africa one may
find native b bo have been mutilated by
their fellow barbarians tn Intertribal wars,
a, for example, in the British possession
of Uganda where, areorduig to recent les
timocy. native (hay frequently be seen
without either ear er anse.
"la reepotia te the British consul' crit
icism on th work required of th narirea
by way of tax. the BruMrta not points out
that It It neoeassry tax which compel
th native to cor tribute something to th
Mpport cf the state and which shso seache
lum habit cf Industry. Even the British
government demand such a tax in labor
ar in kind in it African pu e ions."
stPOToa iiEiK BarrisH lartitE
British raalflva Espewtttan la Africa
aire Is Defswt.
LONDON. April 4 -Meager details hav
arrived here of heavy flgstmg in Nigeria,
British We AfrVw, and of a reverme us-
tamed by the punitive ipe?lil. n sent
against th Okpo tribe, w ho to Decern-
fcr rut up a British patrol, killing tw
British cmcer and forty or fifty native
troop, la the recent fighting tbe OkpuA.
fought their way tut th midst ef the
Bnufch auuar aad killed or wotauled many
af th British.
Prealdeast af Para I III.
LIMA. Peru. AprO 4-Drs. Lara and
tTku-ieil hav pronounced Presloent Caa
aBaaia ta be aertesaty ai&arted mrKh acuta
rheumatism of tb stuo.t.a and it mill he
' necessary far htm t g s Araquipa for
tw moctb t take U mhneral waters
that a Ww Ptadnt Seraph Calderea
taaS bee a ummaned I take charge of the
adminisirauaB duruig ta prra.dam s ab-
VT SAI-c;iE P0,NT
e vrylaa Staaaa BJ at Chow C am-
'v lateretat ( assatcre
- t iUa.
W., - Ti.N. Ap-il 4 The rase of the
Ir.trt ,r Coirmerr Cmr ni"m acairiat
P-:rd. crninmr.ly knorn t tl.e Anthracite
r'il c waa diiVd y ihe auprerne
C"urt of the l"rltsl Pttea tda- In fiwr
of the otMr.uwion. the det:si'n cf the
Ur.ited P' . rcurt f r the aouThern di
Trtrt .f Nw Tork bfln rereraM. Thia
t tn- caw institu'efl befo-e the rmnmia-aK-n
by W. K H-nrt of New York, who
al!g-ed dtrrlTr.)natl'in by the rrllroad crm
parjra which reuchd tiie anthracite mlnfa
in TVnnaylvar.ia. I'urtiir the beartni: afime
of the witn-Heec rfu3 to produce certain
ror.tmcle rnrlr.a ufm the buelnea cf the
rallrnad cmjat.i". and the coaj mlnea.
hich action waa upheld by the circuit
com-t cf Nw Tork. The United Btatea
ajj'rrme court held that the cuntracta
rt.ould have bfen aiipplled. Tre opinion
w hand4 d. wn by JurUce tay.
In hanlincr dnwn the oplnlcm of the court
JurUce Iiy wiid that the caae had prown
out of a complaint of "William Rando'ph
Hnarrt, filed In 1W4 with the Internal
OmmiTcf commliwlon, afra'nat the Phila
delphia A P.'-adtr.a. the Iehi-h Valley, the
' In Inware ai Laicka wanna, the Central Rail-
mad Cmiw.n y of New Jeraey and otb-r
railroad cumpaclea, and that It came to
hia court on an appeal from an o"-der mode
In the circuit court of the Vnlfd Ptutee
for the southern dirtrict of New Tork. In
the matter of the pe:t;tion of the commi
aionera for order reuirina the tectlmony
of wltnesee and the production of ctrt&tn
hooka end pi.pr, in pursuance of the re
quiremeiita of the Interptatt commerce law.
The first point decMed wa that of Junedic
tlon. which the court de'-lded It hud under
the law of 1st 0, reg-uiatir.g interaiate com
merce, and therefore refuaed to entertain
the motion to diKruin, which was mad
by the railroad companlee. The court alao
field aa Irrelevant and inapplicable the
IKiint made In behalf of the railroad com
panies that Mr. Heamt, the complainant,
had sustained no damage In the case, aay
ln that under the mandatory proviajon of
the law the commliwlon could not do other
wise than inveatiprate. Comlrr to the spe
cific Items of testimony which the circuit
court In diarn!sinr the itition considered
Irrelevant, the court first considered the
coal purcliaae contracts. These contracts
were made with coal companies oned
principally by the railroad companiea and
fixed the price of anthracite coal, ehipments
to le made as called for by the pure husera
While the contracts were produced for ln
fpectlon. the witnesses refused to permit
them to be riven In evidence.
FAIRB.K AD MIE PBESIDEtCT.
yt teeklaar Flare, bat Will Aerest If
tWaalry aiaata Hi am.
WASHINGTON. April 4 If tha reat of
the country wanta Senator Falrtiariks as
a Tannine mate for President Roosevelt,
it will have to go after him. The members
cf the Indiana del.fauon will not present
his t sine for the vioe presidency. Tbey
will adhere to their o rial nil theory that
th U"tUrtJy of presidential
E1Kt- ad xhr mUJ do outhmt to Interfere
witn max idea
it practically baa been decided by Sena
tor Fairbanks' friend that the delea-aflon
shall not be ii structed far htm. The mem
bers will be his friends, and he himself
will be one of the delearates at large from
Indiana, In thia way be will accentuate
what he has said from the start, that he
la sot a candidate for the vice presidency
and be does not propose to become auch.
If there should be a general demand from
other sections of tha country that would
be a matter to be met when It arises, but
Indiana will not provoke the situation by
preeentlnff Senator Fairbar.ka name to the
Chicago convention.
There perhaps la more behind this oe-
cision of the Indiana loaders than would
appear at first sight. Tbey by no
have abandoned the idea that Senator
aion arises.
Senator Falrbar.kr friends will consent
to his becomlr.g a candidate for thevt-e
presidency, not on the theory that thia
menttoput an end to ht political career,
but in the firm belief that president Boose
velt has ertal lUhtd a new precedent and
that Senator Fairbanks mar become the
cecns of ckm-tr Mrs ting to th c one try the
is! Tn H. flirt select a man for the vioe
Indiana people will utrt f find Fair-
barka practically nominated l.efore theT
reach Chicago. Whether this Bill be true
or not. they Bill not present hi name
and Bill adhere to their principle that if
th country want him for vl:-e president
It Bill have to hunt for him. If he goes
on the ticket a second man. It Bill I
with the understandtr.g that he merely is
In training for the presidential nomination
In 1!. and the country Bill be apt-ealed to
oa this basis, and attention win be csllei
to the fart that the red-ntiaj succession
so far a republican ar concerned has
t-een put lieyend the chance or ordinary
action, and that with twe men of recog
nised presidential caliber no ordinary oc
currence would put the country id darujer
of t-!ng governed ry a little man.
In fact, It le likely thi view of the situa
tion has been the detertntsing arie tn bring
ing about the consent of Senator rairhackt
t accept tbe vice treaideetul nomination.
, ! . " j TW 10 "-rept it
i ''Ut h'd expect tt for him and
j ,l n ,h t" 1 tuv ""-cloned,
1
j HICACWO I TO HUE tWEftP GAB
aapreame fa art af I alted Stales mill
at baUIfy Orwtaaae.
WASHINGTON. April 4-Ti.e supreme
court cf the United Stain today affirmed
tbe declaims of the lower court ia the rase
of th Peoples CI a company. Th rase la
that of tb People Ga Company against
the City of Chicago. Th decision i in
furor of th etty.
The case Involved tbe validity of the ordi
nance of Chicago fixing a rate of 7i cent
per Land feet for ga. The case a a duv
n.l'ated by the United States clrcalt court
for tbe ncatbera distiict of Illinois and that
derision was affirmed by tbe opinion. Th
effect Is ta iata.ia ui validir f tha ordW
SUIT UPSETS THE MARKET
PrtaioB of Uiion Pac fic Iitrrtti is Secur
Hit Dirtribatio Duquitutg.
UNDERTONE OF THE KAFIHET IS EAK
iaaarrat Hawtiltty Bte'tweea Grit ef
tas-ltalista ( aatea Maeh teBt
avaa Fear Part et
T ra 4 era.
NEW TORK. AprC 4. The petition by '
T'r.ion Pacific lrtreri to enjoin the North
ern Secuntiee plan of diatributloti unsettled
the stock market today and caused fever
ish flutuatiotis In the market- Thaee seemei
due to purr led efforts on the rart of pro
visional traders to find the market, wi-h ut
ecy clear idea of the actual effect of the
news on Talues The only fact left clear
was thst the suppositions on which they j
hare traded for twe we-eks were unf junded
Their coTiHIctlns: efforts to retrieve probable i
mistakes caused a very confused price
movement, bat the undertone wa weak on
account cf the apparent hostility between
great groups of capitalists.
I'nion Pacific otened IS higher than Sat
urday s close, and then receded as much
t-elow that level St. Paul broke on -he
t penlng sale and recovered half the loss,
while fnlon Pacific waa running off. ls
ran to a point In a number of railroad
stocks and s-jiedaltie and prices ran down
ward and cpwa-d in a hesitating manner.
In the course of an hour the market (e
eame quieter. Cm the curb Northern Se
curities was the only merger stock In
which any sctual trading was done In the
first half hour today.
It opened at !s. a decline of i points from
Barcrday s highest price, sold o to I"1,
then back to W. About l.WS shares chanred
hands In the first half hour. There are no
transactions In the other storks, but bid
and offered price were wide apart. North
ern Fecurttles stubs was 135 bid offered at
25fi: Northern Pacific waa IK bid. offered at
140. and Great Northern was IGg bid. offered
at in.
Northern rV-curlties was the only merger
stock traded In on the curb during the
morning. At noon the stock was quoted at
K a decline of from the high price. Ralee
amounted to 2.VD shares. Aside from the
sale of an order to the effect that there was
no business in that stock nor In Northern
Pp rifle nor In Northern Securities stubs.
The heavy demand for Vnltrn Pacific re
vived the Impression of buying for control
of that priperty aa an effset to the contest
over Northern Pacific control.
Th set timer.t In the slock market wa
nervous end apprehensive in consequence
of '.his indication and p.rices fluctuated in
a very hesitating manner throughout the
day. The genera! level ef prices did not
get far from Saturday's level after the
dip at the oienlng as the traders seemed
fearful of making ventures on either side
of the market. Union Pacific touched so
later in the day.
Northern Securities continued to be the
only active feature among the merger
stocks on the curb. A few lots sold st
as high as K". Only on odd lot of stubs
changed hands.
Open- Last
Ing Jllgh.low.s le. Sa'es
Nor. Securities ! WA. 97V V 4.3U0
Nor Pec. stub 15n 1V 2 7
ort"em r"c i ii. is w
Gt. Northern 171 :71 171 171 Sue
CONSOLIDATE COAST OFFICES
ReaeHei frwaa lata Frmax-iaee that
t alow Patriae wad laatsera Pat
riae Will Cweablae.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 4 Charles &.
Fee, former general passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific railroad, and who
succeeds E. O. McCormlck aa passenger
manager of the Southern Pacific railroad,
arrived from St. Paul today. He will
enter on hi duties at tbe railroad building i
tomorrow. It was generally expected that
Mr. Fee would be accompanied to the coast I
by one or more of hia former aasistants.
but he stated that he ha decided on no j
change. It 1 stated that E. H. Harrt-
man is offering to abolish the local officea
of the Union Pacific oompany by eons'ill
daflng them with those of the Southern
Pacific
This has led to some speculation con
cerning a removal of the local headquar
ters of the Union Pacific from this city, but
tt is stated, that a removal of the office
of the oompany from Nebraska would be
impossible on account of the charter of the
company prohibiting such action. Tbe dis
patch is thought to mean that the ofhoes
of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
in Sail Francisco Bill be merged. Nothing j
Is knoB of any such proposed action at ,
the local headquarters of the company.
It is understood from a Union Pacific
ofhea that a merger or ail the local
wtem officea cf the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific has been under conai deration
for some :ime and that this merger is
about to take place. The office which will j
be merged are located at San Francisco,
L i Ar gelea, Sacramento. Saa Jose, Santa
Rosa and several other leas Import art
points in the west.
At tbe time Traffic Manager Btubbs took
t barge of the traffic department of the
two ayatema, the efficea of the companies
in the et were merged, and the same
policy I to i carried out in the west.
The merger mould have taken place long
ag . only that Mr Harrtmsn waa waiting
until the readjustment of rffir-ial and the
redistrtctir.g of the two line had been
accomplished-
Just Bhai ia to be done with the large
numlier cf employes who ill not 1 needed
m hen the office are merged is not knewe
1'vally. but it ti. rtF!r that a large num-
1 er of them w.Il not 1 needud in tl.clr
preeert posit iona. The ol .rt c f the merger
is a reduction of expctiM In place of
pnyirg a rental on two offices In itt- nnn'
ctty the Harriman inreresta will have to
rent but one room in each piece a large
numler f ctty pasaesger and freight men
can also 1 disposed of ly either dischar-
gtng them or placing them in other posi-
tiocs where they will i more valuabl t
th Harriman interest
FASTS FORTY DAYS AND DIES j
Deaie4 tb Pleas area af Life kt lib. t
Uaf I It-Heal Ik. Wtaeeaeia
(.Irl Starves la Dettk,
APTLETON, Wis, April t-Mbw Lixxie
Hattahelm, aged 1. 1 dead after a fast
of forty daya. undertaken with th de'ib
erai attempt, it I said, to end her 1 fe.
from mhich all plaasura had been lamaied
by continucu Ul-health sine her Lirth.
raldeatiav-d W
a trass Illlaaia.
ST LOUIS. April 4-The boapltal au
tbiaitie hav t detaining a young
woman naaied Fannie von Krese f ir ai
m.at a week because ahe coukI not reireni
kr ar-yihu-g atut herself but her name
Today tbey succeeded in awakening her
dorsum roeBKiry to trie extent of lea mug
that she came to 6 Ivmis from Alt(. Ill .
Hire jears ago Notiit.g more waa
I sa man beyond tiie fart tliat ah nrlinl
aiat had aavar aa iiuim,
PLANNING FOR CONVENTION
Desawerwtle lfr "lee-t la t. Iawta
te Ree-erra rteserts fre-aa
Cltlseaa.
FT. IXTIS. A pre 4 -The Buhcomrr 'fee
cf the national democratic committee In
charge of the arraean merits of the tiatlnnal
convention to be held at the Coliseum, cm
mencir.g July t. met at the Southern today
to receive a ret .art from the local commit
tee on arrane-etnenta. All the members are
here excepting John Ii- McLean of Cincin
nati. The other memtwrs of the subcom
mittee, and who are present, are James K.
Jones cf Arkansas, late Uniled States sena
tor and chairmaji ef the national commit
tee; Senator W. J. Stone of Missouri. I. J.
Camps u cf Michigan. Norman E Mack of
New Tork. John K. Oaliome cf TV j
J M. Head of Tennessee, J. M. Guffev of
Pennsylvania. J. G. Johnson of Kansas and
C. A. VCalsh of low, secretary ef the na
tional committee. The local commlt'ee
comprises Chairman John Sehroe-s. Mayor
Rolia Wells, EJwaad revoy. Charles W.
Kntpp and other aremtnTt mrmters of
the Business Men's fsaurue. The committee
reported that the sun of Mn.Oia pledged by
St. Louis toward drfravtna the expenses
of the convention had been subscribed. It
also reported In detail the arrangements
planned for eeellT. a the delegates, alter-t.a-te
and g-jerts In the convention haX
The plan submitted embraces l ine scats,
of which 4.0no will be located in the arena
of the Coliseum. The speaker s stand is
on the north side of the arena and the
press reservation east and west of the
s;eakers' stand. The delegates sit directly
In front of the speakers' stand nd the
alternates east and west of the delegates.
The remainder cf the seats are fcir guesji.
The Individual members of the national
committee will have the distribution cf the
Fuest tickets, outside of those for the press
and the loal arrangements commlt'ee.
HIGH FLOOD AT V1NCENNES
lBBprwreaaewt la Ceadlrlaas la
Iadlaaa aad Illlawls Hear
that Place.
VINCENNES. Ind.. April 4 -The flood
situation here has not Improved. High
winds have been blowing for twenty-four
hours and have still further weakened the
levees. More men are working on them
than ever before. Freaks are constantly
occurring The water In the river Is three
feet higher than tn the fields Relief par
ties are being sent from here and from
Illinois towns across the river. The steamer
Belmont left today for Russellvllle. Bel
grade and other towns with provisions.
Easter services were held yesterday at
St. Taomas' church, though tt Is sur
rounded by water. Ferry boats and skTs
were used by the congregation and clergy.
One boat upset with five women. All were
rescued. In Lawrence county. minolB. and
Knox county. Indiana, the flood loss will
be Sl,(fflG.iu. according to the most conserva
tive estimates,
INXilANAPOLIS. Ind.. April 4. Although
White river has fallen, the larger part of
West Indianapolis is still under water from
six inches to five feet. Two more manu
facturing plants employing too men have
closed down today on account cf the fioeda.
Cerealinetcwn, a suburb, is still under
water.
BURTON wn--'APpiAL' CASE
Eiaertei tbaa- BHII ef EteesHeaa Will
' Be Filed Twday Wkra Desraeaat
la Arralgaed.
n LOUIS. April 4. United States Sen
ator J. R. Burton of Kansas, mho waa
convicted of having accepted payment for
using his influence in behalf of the Riaito
Grain and Securities company of St. Louia.
before the postal Cepartroent, will. It was
stated tonlrht, be erraieued In the United
States district court tomorrow, when the
bill of exceptions prepared by hi counsel
to secure a hearing of his case, will t
filed.
The examtnsrlon cf the bill cf excep
tions wa completed by the government to
day and returned to the counsel for the
defense. If Judge Adams refuses the ap
plication for a new trial when the bill is
presented tomorrow. It I expected that
sentence will at once be Imposed upon Sen
ator Burton and that hia case will be ap-
i pealed.
TOPEKA, Kan.. April 4 T. IVwev. su
preme court reporter, ha gone to St. Louis
on a hurried trip st the tilegraphic request
of Senator J. R. Burton. Mr. Dewey form
erly was law partner cf Senator Burton
and the senator. It Is seid. desires him to
go over his bill of exceptions before final
presentation to the court
"
! POLITICIANS
PULL GUNS
Prasslarat Dessaerats ta Oklabassa
tuaaage la tbawtlaa AaTray.
a tbe arrret.
WICHITA, Km, April 4 A report te
the Eagle from Lawton, Okl., siiys: A jis
tol shooting affrsy occurred today between
i L. T. Russell of the flat democratic oom-
nilttee and Colonel J. W. Hawkins, former
assistant chief of police, who have lieeu
enemies for a year. Hawkins was shot In
the nght thigh, left knee and abdomen
Each wa activ in the preliminary or
ganisation of th democratic county con
vention, in session. The streets were
crowded with people Russell fired three
shots before Ham kins pulled his pistol.
Then the crowd wa in the way and Rus
sell got behind a magm. Hamktna fired
t Russell ran from the magon to a sUuir-
I may. but Russell aa not hit From th
, stairway P.uhse'.l fired aaaln. but anot mild
HaBkit.s Bia cool enough to ak th
cfwd to stand our cf th B-ay. Hakun.
, ."iou!y hurt, rests easily at the home cf
I Chief Thon.a. Rus.--i-ll has been arrested
arid 1 in all.
-
j ClftUT IVIIIPPn INJ WRFPsf
t t,Ut1 1 lntJUr.tU III ItntUN
Miaed Train m Baltiaaare at Obia
I
Meet with Arrldeat aad Pa,
easier farm Are Ditched.
COLUMBUS. O.. April 4 A mixed train
on the Baltimore A 'hio b a mrecked four
n.Iiea east of Somerset. t ot.ock thi
etentng ly th tireakitig cf a mbeel on a
freight car. and eJjhi person were In
jured Two jiesaei ger coacl.es coctaining
about thirty peopi were ditched- The
tr.'ured:
fc rooks E Shell. Lancaster, O arm
broken and shouiuer d.s.ocated.
Wli:iam E. Finch, att jmey. B merwet. O..
rib broken.
G A R!d. lr . Newark, O.
John Merrill and J. M Workman, brake
man and ivagf agerrwe. rt-i-eru e. . cf
Neaark, O.
( T. Blackford. c.n'-innatL
Ii C. E nil. traveling B,e-ma.n. Neaarb
Rev. Father Noc.n. Someraet.
All cf th Irjured were bad' eat and
tn aBat auu UlaX.
EXPERTS REVIEW THE WAR
Jspaaaaa Flaxa g ta A rail Enniao Foci
tiOS Trort anJ Beat.
LITTLE BROWN If EN NDW HOLD ALL CORE A
Gala Paseewetaa af Oae af Obert at
tbe War, bat Rasstaas Evidently
Prapewe ta Klaht far
Maarkarla.
(Copyright by Nw Tork Herald Cc 1)
PARIS, Arril S. (.New Tork Herald Ca
biegram Special Telegram to Th Bee.j
The Herald Euroean edition pubin.be
tbe fuUoBlng. written by It military ex
pert i
'All the dispatches agre lnstatlrig that
the Japanese army concentrated toward
An-Ja I mak-iT-a a movement toward tb
Talu. driving before it weak detachment
of Cosaacka, who ar retiring on lia ap
proach, but keeping in contact mith it.
"The column a hieh forios tb chief
road mill hav occupied mi'Uiout serious ra
sisiance Sieu-Tciuen and Trhyel-&eD and
will b mure tli&c fifty kilometora from Wl
Ju, mhich 1 aJd ta hava been put is a
state of defense by tb Russian. One
rumur, which neeaa confirmation, aven an
nounce already the appearance of the
Japanea at Chag Slang on th Talu, aixty
or eighty kilometer east of Wi Jy on th
other ciae. If credit Is to b given to th
new, mluch see ma premature, of a Japan
ese army of luC.uuv men, they must hav
succeeded in shipping them toward the
Ku-Shanmoutb of th Ta Taiig Ho, In
front of Ta Ku Shan, la suit o f th break
er mhich line th coast, and they mill b
mlrtady on the march toward the north
west, striving to reach New Chmatig. or li
rcuvt have jclned hands with another army
of Invasion that ha oom from the aouth
m est.
Allowing for the part played by tb Im
agination, woich must hav given blnh ta
thi strategic conception of such great en
ergy. It must be admitted that the Japan
ese, tnough they can scarcely have been
able to disembark on tbe east aide of the
Lioa Tung gulf, will doubtiea make the
attempt to throw on or more army corps
Into the Bay of Cor tomard the point
mhere th Ta Tang Ho dischargo Itself
m order to lake in the rear the Russian
troop defending the Talu. or to aim at
Tlu Tan and Hal Cheng, for th purpo
of marching on the Liao Lo, parallel with
the army of Ln Ju. If the Ruasiana, a
1 quite poasibie, since General Alien aa
ctities this intention to them, hold back
from accepting decisive battle until after
they have drawn this army upon their own
chosen field near th line of Mukden, Liao
Tang and Hal Cheng, which serve as their
base of operatlona. thia supposition re
ceive sous Maart Jtrwa fas art,'
sordine t which tbe Russian army ia con
centrating exactly between these last tws
named towns. Thi point really command
the two most direct roads which go toward
the mouth of the Talu. and allom s General
Kourojtk1n to dispose all hi force so
a to crush any attempt at disembarkation
toward Tien How and any Japanese corps
that may have succeeded In landing fur
ther south cn tbe peninsula of Kwan Tung.
Praise Iwr Japaarse t'aergy.
tCopyrighu by New Tork Herald Co.. lisH.)
LONDON, April fc. (New Tork Herald
Cablegram &ecial Telegram to The Bee,)
Th Telegraph in an editorial this morn
ing says:
"Tbe most significant military new since
th opening of tb war ha arrived. Push
ing north in the last few days mith ex
treme rapidity and driving th Cossacks'
squadron before them, tbe Japanese have
seised Wi Ju and Tongampo, at the mouth
of the Talu.
"The main masses of their army ar
pressing up toward tht vital line and there
is no doubt that when a frw mora day
have elapsed Japan will 1 in a position
to make at any moment one cf tb most
decisive move of the whole struggle. They
mill 1 able to force the passage of the
frontier river when they please and In
vade Manchuria.
"Then, and not tin then, the real grap
pt of forces will begin In grim earnest,
and the people who are sighing for b.g
war news may hear within tb next two
or three weeks of events b:g enough to
satisfy the most vivid aptetite for sensa
tion. Japan, by the movement now re
ported, has compassed one of the most
remarkable achievements In modern po-
j litical history. It has practically swept
RuaKia clean out cf the whole cf Cores
without anything that could b called
Mow. From the northern frontier, on th
m ide estuary of the Talu to th traita,
looking across to lie Island empire Itself,
M' mile away, the Hermit kingdom is
in its hands from end to end. Never has
Nemesis marched more smiftly upon the
retreating track of a fatal dlpl'imacy.
Within eigrt weeks from the openlr.g of the
war Russia has lost, and In our convic
tion lrretrieveably lost, the very object for
which It made war."
DICrB ALLIANCE WITH BBITAI.
Baaalaa Pi ess larllaed ta Trade wrlth
Eaallsb la Aala,
FT rETERSBURO. Aprfl I Th Ruaa.an
newsi.aper continue to dincuK ihe possible
Angio-Franco-RusFlan enterte guardedly,
but favorably, while at the same time
sharply criticising th British Thilietan ex
pedition. For uitance, tb Novoe Vremya
declare Great Britain e!r .ire cf Th!tt
I bound te cause tremble for Russia be
cause of tt effect on those of Its posa-s-aions
ahirh are under the Influence cf the
Dalat lamt. but It follcas thia declaration
Bith a sigTiificant editorial cn the falsl'y
of sentiment in politics In ahirh tbe point
is made that Russian aasistance to th
United State at the moat critical period
In ii history availed It nothing and that
the real Interest of Russia and G-wat
Britain railed for an understanding
The Novosti favors an alliance, pointing
out aa a basis that Ruaaia want ports on
th Pacific, an openlr.g cn th persiaa gu'f
nd th free paag of tha Boaphorus. for
hich Russia mill guarantee Great Britain
peace tn India
The Piiet a.one la bitter, decianng that
Gteat Bntaic dipl'anatic cianon to Thibet
1 unmstked, hair.g become on of blood
lettirg. sbomirg that Great Britain la
profi'ir.g ty Russia a attention being occu
pied eisea here.
Captain r f Volunteer Voronezh, wba baa
rt turned from Odessa from th far eaa , ia
an lttervtew charge that tt Frutfc at
Sir.gpore tn-d thur bast aa Lau h sa ta
U.s JaPaneaa.
NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST
Tweeday Fair aad t aeter la West.
hester aad Warsaer ta F.aat Par
lla aelaetcar Fair.
Twsaperatare at Ossaba Yesterdayi
Hair. r(. Hear. lea.
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SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
Rasslaa Treep Beppsaed ta Be Be
tlrlag Be,( tbe YsJb
River.
(Corvrirht. bv New Tork Herald Co.. 1!"4 I
NEW TORK, April I (New Tork Hera d
Service Special Telegram to Tbe Bee I
Japanese troop, in a dispatch from Shang
hai, are said to have entered Wtjj without
resistance, the Russian apparently retir
ing beyond the Talu. Their plan, as ex
plaied by th military expert of the Eur
pean edition of the Herald. Is to draw the
Japanese on through difficult road and
passe and to meet them In force on the
plhtns of .Vinchuni
Belief 1 groming in St Pet ersMtrr that
General Kouropatkin will s-K-n take tbe
offensive, hut as this time drams ne ar less '
and leas news come from the fmt and j
r,o real lnformaiion except such as 1 con
tained in tb official dispatches belr.g given
out
Japanese aerrant cn the American press
boat, which hae been released by the Rua
siana was found to have map and pl-ns
and a re believed to be spies. Ti e same
special dispatch mhich brings ills new
from Tien Kow says that 'he Amerl-an
cons-til at New Chmrg 1 constantly Inter
fering with Russian soldiers, and not
speaking the language or having arty uni- j
form I In danger from those Ignorant of
hia rank
A better feeling toward England 1 re
ported from St. Petersburg, groming out
of the Anglo-French anderstandlng.
JAPAEE rPPOF-D TO BE BPIES
Farelgw Bealdeata at rs rkwaag
Caadeaaa Carres ra a 4 eat a.
(Copyright, by New Tork Herald Co.. 1KM.1
TIN KOW. April 4. iNew Tork Hfaid
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee I
The press boat of the Chicago Dally News
reached New Chaang on Saturday with
two Japa.nese aboard. The Russian author
ities arrested the Japanese on whom map
T-ere found, and who were evidently spies.
The conduct of the press correspondent.
In bringing these Japanese mith them Is
strongly condemned by all foreign resi
dents. An Englishman employed on the Chinese
railway, waa arrested on Friday for an
unprovoked assault on a Russian soldier,
who. In obedience to order, mas searching
his house. Some Englishmen and Amer
icans seem to do everything they can to
make things unpleasant for tbe .Russian,
arid the consul seem to encourage this
attitude. Tbe United States consul has
several time directly interfered with sol
dier who arrested Jspaneee and ether
foreigner. Instead of making representa
tion through tbe proper channel. A
the -nnI speak fit) foreign language and
wear no uniform, he my be shot by
Ignorant noldier during some of these ex
peditions, and the United State may con
sequently become embroiled.
The captain of a foreign gunboat told
me yesterday that be waa astounded to
read In the Tiroes wild telegrams about a
relgn of terror at New Chwang. He said
be had been here six month and perfect
order prevailed throughout that time. Ke
r.ever had the slightest hitch mith tbe
Russians, m hone discipline, courtesy and
tact m-ere wonderful. No roop In the
world, be said, could have behaved better.
aOLDit. R POIBItG INTO HABBIS
Place Ha Bvcaa a I-airge Military
Beaervat laa.
?T. PETERSBURG. April 4 The Asao
clated Ilea ccsrreeponder.t enrcute to the
front, anting from Harbin, March IS. de
scrila the iene there as he observed It.
From all aid aoldier mere pouring Into
Harbin, tht uncompleted railroad station
there had been rrajnifo-med into a barrack
and almoM every house in the Vomn maa
occupied by soldiers.
Prlstan. a hort distance amay. mhich
until recently had been a small village on
th bank of the Sungar river, had be
come a dry mith temporary buildings,
which were being used by th troops, and
with stores, a hotel and resiaurant.
The snow-Hiled street cf the two cltie
at the time tl correspondent mrote mere
thronged with plcturesaue Cossacks,
bearded Siberians, sharpshooters and gal
loping orderlies, all imbued with the fever
to get to the front. Merchant and reuu
ratuera. the correspondent added, were ae
cuapd cf extortion, but money was cheap.
HAT TO BELIEVE COBBKPOWDETa
I a at rart Bepreseatl ve af I alted
Btate ta see are Beleaae af at rltera.
WASHINGTXiV. April 4-S'tetary Hay
he instructed by cable Ambassador Mc
Cormlck at St. Petersburg and Mirister
Conger at Peking to tske immediate steps
to secure th release tf the tm-n Ant Vin
newspaper correajiondeiit nom held by th
Ruasians at New Chwar.g
The nems that the dispntrh )mt has been
released aa cabled to tbe Ass'-!ated Pre
lnat r.lght ha not been tfrVieliy brought
to th sttection of the biiite department
Tie secretary acted upon advices from two
w.iuree. Consul Generr.I Fomler. at Che
Foo. Mid tbe proi.netor rf t1 e Chicago
Daily News. The latter reported that tiwir
orrpondeT.ts. Washburn arid Little, were
arreted at ihe er tranc e of N'e Chmang
hrlKr on their disiuitrh boat, the Fuhmati,
a RHtieh craft; that their ibo Jau.cese
ervanis mer throar. u.io jail aid ihat
tb correspondents mere only saved from
tbe same fat by the energetic a'-tlori of
Mr. MJler. the United State consul there.
i f IBf t LAB A(.1T Btkaiaa J I-".
Trwable Brerlrn Are Actively
Wark la baatbera Baaala.
NEW TORK. April 4. Amor.; the anary
mou circulars said to he gong trie rounds
in various southern Ruaaian crMer and
against which th sw.verr.ment has issued
trhjjent measures for th mainteci.ni e i f
i p-ac and order, is on quoted m a Tim.
dipath from Vienna. In part aa foll .mn
Satan, a ho ha aaaumad the stiape tt the
Jtw. tortinue t( iiifcturb our i.'iiie. iur
hot) Russia Behind the Jema. our foes . t
liome. :cd innumera t..e -ems ai'r.o i..
a liance a -ih tb unbeiievera. the Lng.l'h.
Americans and Japanese
c.Ciesa Lr.g.and ana usurious Amerba
threaier. ua and s'ien Japan to tear ua
C;iwr. but career Ilea at home. Tfe ne .l
j aiti. the Ja who onrl our rl I'dien a
b cod. poisci our viMiths w.is foul aria per -'
r.cjou ideas and overrnrom ti.e p.i.-ia of
oi.r boiy stats ai.a tana
1 Aganjit U. n.iuaraa-riead-d ttvdra thia
j vej,. nx ua repuic. a mi Will. I a tn
a Lu tn Jcma.
TROOPS IN MOTION
Busaiaat lUpsrtad ta Etar Baal tri
Out af Caraa by tba Jap.
SCOUTS ENTER l JUi FIND EREKT GONE
rti-t Tim Army of Jipaa is Said ta Hat
Latfled ia Caraa.
VAIN BASE OF AW IS ,AT OnXNARPO
Otbt 330-000 Ja-iasat Trocpt Palirred la
Be Under Anna,
RESERVES NOT YET CALLED TO COLORS
Tag' Pa-Mare ta iJBTeet aa'iy p
af tbe Raaataa Fleet at ' Part
Artbar Premably Delate Jap.
aaeae Opcrataeaa.
(Copyright by New Tork Herald Co, lm )
LONDON. April I iNew Tork Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram ta Tb Beat
The Daily Tigrph publishes the fai
lowii.g: The Japanese hav apparently
cleared the Ruaslan out cf Cera. Japan
ese scouts entered Wlju tuday and found
s.fci.s that the RuaF'ans have retired be
yond the Talu river, abandoning easi y de-l-i.
sable parition.
SHANGHAI. April 4. A letter reeetved
here from Kobe. Japan. Bars th Japanea
government ha Mu. ok) troops in xnotion and
fu'ly fcuii nor under arms in garrisons
and at the depots. These numb- ar ex
clusive or the third reserve, numbering
Ui.UUi. mhich hav not been oaUed to tb
colors. Tbe exact number of troops whk-h
have left Japan for their variona deatina
tion Is not known, but tb etiUr first
army ha been landed and ha established
itself In northwestern Cores, with Jt main
ba.se at China mpho. The Japanea general
staff still carefully guarda the plan of cam
paign, but It Is generally believed it win
operate three arm lea, each nominally num
bering Km.nufi men. the second army landing
west ef the Talu il'er and the third east
of New Chwang. The landings of the lat
ter two trrUes will be easily accomplished,
for the l'ght cruiser squardons can protect
be In movementa.
it is thought that tbe landing of a heavy
Japanese fore B-est of the mouth of tb
Talu mill force the Ruasiuiis to abandon
tbe fortificiitions which they hare been
erecting north of the Talu for th purpose
of opposing the crossing f th first army
of Japan from Core.
Three Aramle ta Ca-Operata.
It is also anticipated that the three great
Japanese forces Bill operate in conjunction,
the third army SBinging eastward of New
ChB-ang. seixiag or cutting tbe railroad and
then making a movement turning tha Rus
sian army.
The Japanese are confident that the Rus
sians mill be unable to transport supplies
sufficient to maintain tn Manchuria a fore
larger than SHG.cjuo men. Tb heavy de
tachmanta to guard the railroad and supply
bases will. It is certain, reduce the Rusalaa
fighting fore to ab Bi.utlt snee,
Tfc j&paoeae are raquavKltmiog thBrasands
of horse and ft la probabl that a oan
Biderabl detachment of cavalry will ac
company each army.
Much Japaneae artillery ha departing (or
tbe front. The gun seem light, but it fm
believed tbe Japanese hava a number af
heavy batteries, equal in rarge to the ban
European field artillery. Japan alao pos
sesses a large cumber cf excellent moun
tain batter!. a-c. :n a rough country will
hav a distinct advantage over the Rus
sians. It seems certain that Vice Admit al Togo's
failure to effectually c'spoa cf tb Ruaslan
f eet at Port Arthur has delayed tha Japa
nese land cperations.
A general thaw Is now pracaoding In
Core and Manchuria, ren.artng tha coun
try roads impaasabla and making it Impas
sible to conduct general military 9atwtaaa
until the ground tuxrtBBaa.
lNDON. April S Eight weeks from fba
opening of war sees Japan altbout any
real fighting apparently tn complete po
session of Coram, and the r stag cf
th campaign ended. According to th
Mail's Kobe. Japan, correspondent, who
telegraph tinder dat of April 4. a Ping
Tang dispatch has barn received there eora
firmlr.g tbe report from Shanghai, that
Japanese scouts trrtered Wl Ju. Corea at
11 a. m. and the Rusciians apparently re
treated beyond the Talu rrver. but a other
neas cf any kind la to hand throwing light
j on either land or sea opera lion a. Kvary
1 thing is regaroed as pointing V the Im
minence cf Important development
Tllie Mulls Seoul correspondent, tele-
graphing Sunday, says that the landing
I of 'Japanese trnoi at Chlnnamp has now
i ceased, but that tbe port is guarded by a
large feet and the Japaneae pas has
moved north from Ping Tans, where only
a few troops nom- remain.
hTe Impression 1 gaining ground that
the Russians mere not totally shut tn by
t'.e Japanese attack cf March 17. The
j Times Che Foo correspondent eavs th
Liao river Is extensively mined and that
i tatl' r tone-laden junk are ready for
s'.r.kn g st the entrance to th rrver at a
moment notice. Tb guns ef th Russian
gunboat Sivoulc h hav been reablppad.
J-PAT OPPOBTHITT PABT
Barb la
tbe Optatea af Peapla
at
Tlea Tela,
TIEN TSTN. April 4 -!t ia stated that '
Viceroy AlexiefT he 1r the past four
d haa ln at Port Arthur on a visit
of imvpection. has found ever? thing highly
sMinfi tory. The Carnage done by the
borr tiardment cf the Japanese fleet is Bald
to have been Insignificant. Viceroy AlexVtT
Bill return to Mukden Tuesday.
The coal Baies f tbe Hal Pir.g Mining
con puny for the past weak shows a record
of over taift tons, mhich. considering th
existence of war, I regarded highly a tie
factory.
It is generally believed that th Japaneae
Bill not attack New Cbaar.g It ia tbouarM
thai tl.e.r opl-ortunlty has passed. Tha
Ruhsiin force are ready and prepared te
defend the place. The task of tbe Japaneae
here, should they 1 eventually urrcfBl,
. Incoming daily more difficult.
j at BPRI'E
A W AITIB.G
JIPItEiR
i
! adaalral Mskare Waltlag far Aa
at her att ark.
i ST PETER6I1 i-G. April 4 -As tie time
' s-pproarne f'rr the 'iir.n of land opera
tions on a large s- a.e. the Russian autaar
ltle are exercising greater vurtlaunn as
prtient the r-rmi. of their plans fur OaB
ti m rit te and disfaisltion ef troops b
, the t .eater of Bar from gotr.g al-re-a,
' ili It might I af ertic to the etavay.
For ten ila; not a scrap of real luf
, lion txitpt such as is contained In oil
J dusnaiFB) Am haaa a,vra set ar 4