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FIGHT DIVORCE LAW
Interrhnroh Conference Takes Up Marriage
Question and lppi'i to the Public
SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THE SUBJECT
Benning- of & sUtioaal Campaign of T
cation on Qqm ioa.
WLl TRY TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTh
Aotion Hai A'retdy Been Taken to Frefen
Hamarriaf a, '.
MANY PROMINENT. MEN IN CONFERENCE
Members Include Ecclesiastics anal
Ujnti of the Varloas Chirchti
Interested la th Divorce
War.
PHILADELPHIA. May l.-The Inter
church conference on marriage and divorce,
a body representing officially fourteen lead
ing denominations, has Issued through Us
secretary. Rev. William H. Roberts. D. P.,
an appeal to the public, calling attention
to several aspects' of tha divorce question.
The paper Is the beginning of a national
campaign of education upon the subject, to
be followed by efforta to secure the enact
ment of laws In tha state legislatures, and
ultimately It Is thought of an amendment
to the constitution of tha United States.
Already action has been taken by the con
ference looking toward the prevention of
the remarriage by ministers of other com
munions of divorcees whom clergymen of
their own faith have refused to marry.
This movement Is the first occasion of
any sort upon which the representatives of
th great denominations- have officially
come together.,. The members of the con
ference Include many of the most eminent
ecclesiastics and laymen In tha churches.
The denominations which subscribe to the
appeal are:
Protestant Episcopal Church In the United
States. Presbyterian Church in the United
(states, Methodist Episcopal church, Meth
noist Episcopal church, south. Reformed
Church of America, Reformed Church in
the United States United Presbyterian
church. Evangelical Lutheran church, the
Baptist churches, the Congregational
churches, tha Unlversallat churches, tha
Unitarian churches, tha Reformed Presby
terian church, the Cumberland Presbyterian
church, the Alliance of the Reformed
C lurches holding tha Presbyterian service.
FILL LOS ANGELES PULPITS
IVIaltora is th Methodist General Con
ference on tha Coaat Have
Large Congregations.
LOS ANGELES, - May 8. Bishops, min
isters and presiding elders In attendance
upon the Methodist general conference oc
cupied pulpits in Protestant churches In
Los Angeles, Pasadena and surrounding
Cities and tdwns within a radius of sixty
miles today and every place qt worship
was crw5lt'lmWt"B arid evening eer
Vice to listen to distinguished . speakers.
At ' Hazard's pavilion mass meetings in
tha morning, afternoon and evening were
attended by as many as could And seats
or standing room.
Bishop C. C. McCabe, the great evangel
istic preacher of the Methodist church, ad
dressed two large meetings, the first at
tha South Pasadena church. In the morn
ing, and In the evening at Blanchard's
hall in this city.
At Hasard'a pavilion,' Bishop Charles H.
Fowler addressed a meeting for men only
on tha subject of "Reincarnation." The
Immense hail was crowded from pit to
dome. There was a mass meeting In the
same hall in tha evening attended by a
crowd Quits as large as those gathered
at tha same place during the day and
which was addressed by a dosen different
speakers.
Among tha services attracting most gen
eral attention was that hold In the Tem
ple Baptist church, where Chancellor J.
8. Day of Syracuse university preached an
able Sermon In defense of the Christian
faith. ' The fact that certain evangelistic
partisans In the conference have seen fit
to criticise severely Dr. Day's teaching In
regard to his Views Of the higher Christ
tan, and the further faot that it has been
published in this city since the beginning
of the conference that spec I do charges
may be 'brought against Dr. Day in the
effort to defeat his candidacy for episco
pacy, served to arouse general public, in
terest in his pulpit utterances.
One of the sensations of the conference
which, however, did not reach the public
until today, haa been the circulation of
copies of a pamphlet Issued by Evangelist
Man hall (if the Bible league, which. 1 con
strued to mean the opening of the contest
against the higher criticism.
WORLD'S FAIR ATTENDANCE
Table of Compavrlaons Showing Totals
at it. Loo Is and Chicago for
rirst Week.
ST. LOUIS. May 8. -A statement was is
rued tonight showing the number of daily
admissions at the World's fair during the
first week. Just ended, as compared with
the attendance at the Columbian exposi
tion for the same period. The statement,
issued by Director of Concessions and Ad
SBisslous E. N. Oregg. Is as follows:
ST. LOUIS.
Paid. Free. Total.
Second day 10. m 8,1 S3 19,376
Third day . 11,6". a. 424
Fourth day (.718 11.467 20.175
Fifth day 10.428 13.414 12. M2
Sixth (lay 9.P 11.601 Zl.tWi
Seventh day 17.068 14.1t4 81.223
Totals ., 61.487 1XZ31 1S7.T08
' CHICAGO.
Paid. Free. Total.
?eeoud day. 13.KK3 I Ml 19.524
hlrd day 15.8H7 7,870 23, 7
Fourth day U.toS 8.173 24.lo.-i
Fifth day lo.wi 10.070 so.wi
Flxth day 17,864 11.008 3.M
Seventh day (,4!.9 8.45i
Totals 71,160 4T.I1S 130479
Sunday at Chicago.
MINE FIRE IS STILL RAGING
Stesenl.tr Parties Are Trytn. ' Re.
cover Bodies Kntombed In Lo
rn t Ca Colliery.
BHAMOKIN. Pa.. May (.-Rescuing par
tlea srs (till at work In the Locust Gap
colliery, where five men are entombed as
a result of the fire In one of th stop s
The miners have been In the mine il::ce
hursday night, and all a pe of Anting
mem alive nas nvvn aiDvnnnnea. Tne file
Is burning as fiercely aa ever, making it
impossible to penetrate the working. Six
thousand persons from the surioundlng
ounUy visited Uissoen today.
LUCKY ONES CAN GET FARMS
I acle Sam to Dispose of Lands bjr
Lot la t'oir Different
State.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, May (. (Special.) -Unci
Sam will go Into the lottery busl-
I nees In the next few months as the result
f lealslattnn enacted bv congress at the
"9- tssion Just ended for opening to settle-"T-V
ent lands In several Indian reservations
. the west. So successful was the open
's j 1 of the Kiowa Comanche reservation In
ihoma according to the drawing method
nated by the commissioner or tne gen
's, land office. W. A. Richards, that this
t win be in vogue at the opening of
2. Indian reservations authorised by
is during the session Just closed.
1 T. i -J . l .V.- !
. ITS nOlBDIt? flUVBIimin ill wiw iv-
" i. It not only determines the order
t j, but keeps a record of the people
wno have entered the new lands and how
much they owe the government for the
lands they have taken. The reservation
lands to be disposed of are not to be opened
to the public free of charge, as was done In
Oklahoma and other places several years
sgo, but will be sold at a fixed price. The
following facts show In brief the oppor
tunity for the homeseekcrs and how much
necessary rash they must have with them
at this time Instead of only dash and dar
ing, as characterized former openings of
the public domain:
South Dakota Rosebud reservation, 416,
000 acres, $4 per acre; opening in July.
Montana One million one hundred thou
sand acres, 81.28 per acre; limit for any one
entry 640 acres; opening In August.
Minnesota Red Lake reservation, 400.000
acres; practically same conditions obtain
as in the Rosebud reservation.
North Dakota Devil's Lake reservation,
104, 418 acres, $4.50 an acre; opening In July.
Government officials In Washington who
will have general directions of the lottery
plan's execution are confident that the
coming drawing will prove more successful
and satisfactory to every one concerned
than have any of the past attempts of the
government to help the homeseekers of the
west to permanent abiding places. Previous
attempta to distribute free lands have been
attended by the greatest disorder and some
times by the loss of life. The strenuous
life of the homeseeker Is. under the new
order of things, to be eliminated and the
orderly settlement of the country Is to fol
low upon the heels of disorder.
MRS. GIFF DREADS HUSBAND
Woman Reports to Police that She
Fears Her Lord Will Kill
Her.
With a 1-year-old baby In her arms, Mrs.
Glff of South Twelfth street walked Into
the police station last night and asked for
protection - from her husband, whom she
said had threatened to kill her and the
child. It seems that her husband runs a
boarding house, and of late haa been pay
ing undue attention to a girl cashier. To
this Mrs. Glff raised objections, and wanted
her husband to dismiss the girl, "which
Glff steadfastly refused to do. Yesterday
afternoon, while the family were at dinner,
the subject was brought under discussion
again, and Glff Is said to have put an end
to It by throwing the table utensils at his
wife. Ho then walked out,, remarking, "I
will do the same as the man 1n South
Omaha did," referring ,hls tvlfe said, to the
double murder and suicide which occurred
In that place a few days ago. As she was
without any money, she asked the 'police to
get the money collected by the cause of
the trouble during the day. A detective was
sent down and reported that the husband
had already been there and that the cash
register was empty. Glff sent a friend to
the police station to get his wife to come
home, but she said she would spend the
night at the police station rather than with
him. She also refused offers of money so
that she might be able to pass the night at
a hotel.
SORROW TOO GREAT TO BEAR
Maiden's No Drives Martin Anderson
to Drink and Then to
Arsenle.
Martin Andersen of Forty-eighth and
Parker streets last night thought this
world was a cruel, cruel one. All his
springtime fancies, hts thoughts of love
and his plans for a happy home with the
wife smiling at the window and the child
ren running to the garden rate as he came
home from work were knocked on the head
by the action of the girl, who It Is said,
with a toss of her head, gave 'him a
haughty nay when he asked her to become
his. But one course lay before him, drink.
Jolly drink, a brimming goblet, with the
ruby wine sparkling and bubbling to the
light; drink that drowned all sorrow and
was a true friend as long ns It remained
with him. He tried It, It was nice. He
tried It again, and then again and finished
with having what Is known as a "weeping
drunk." Ills sorrows returned seeming
bigger than ever. Arsenlo was the1 next
proposition and going to a friend's house
at 2419 Cuming street, he told them that he
had swallowed a bottle of the poison. The
police surgeons were sent for and after
the regular exercises with a stomach tube
eh waa once more able to think of his
sorrows. The prompt work of the people
who he was with at the time and who
made him swallow generous doses of snlft
water and other remedies more or lees dis
agreeable, did a lot to save his .life.
PLAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY
Necessary to Educate and Train the
Rabhla and Teachera of that
Faith.
NEW TORK. May (.-plana for the es
tablishment of a great JewlHh university in
this country wero dlAi-Ussed at a. meeting
held here tonight under the auspices of
the New York branch of the Jowls Theo
logical seminar)-. It is also the purpose of
those in charge of the i.nvrMont to open
high schools in this city and In othe crtk-s.
Among those, wno spoke were Dr. Cyrus
Adler and Prof. Solomon Hcbe'chter.
"We wish to trHln rMls md teachers,"
Dr. Adler said, "and to rcate a spirit for
the promotion of Jewian literature through
out the land. We want to take our stand
with the great Institutions of learning and
establish a University that will compare
with Harvard, Yale or Johns Hopkins uni
versities. This eems to us the right way
of promoting Jewish learning und the
spread of the Jewish religion in the United
States." v
Movements of Ocean Vessels May H.
At New York Arrived: Celtic from Liv
erpool and yueenstown; Si. Paul from
Southampton and Cherbourg; Umbrla from
i iverpuol and yueenstown.
At Genoa Arrived: Canoplc from Boston
for Naples and proceeded.
At Gibraltar Arrived: Slavonla from
New York for Naples. Trieste and Flume.
At Movllle Arrived: Columbia from New
York fur Glasgow aud proceeded.
FIGHT CONTINUES SIX HOURS
British Drive Thibtant from Their Position
at Karo Pass.
LOSS OF ENEMY NUMBERS NEARLY 200
Thibetans Have a Force of One Thou
sand Five Hundred In the Field
and Fight with Great
Tenacity.
BRITISH CAMP, KARO PASS, Thibet,
Friday, May 8. A etlff fight today to drive
the Thibetans from their positions two
miles below the pans lasted for six hours.
The Thibetans, numbering 1,500, held the
positions with great tenacity and lost
nearly 300 before they were expelled. The
British losses were Captain Bethune and
three men killed and twenty-one men
wounded.
A snowstorm prevailed throughout the
fight.
KINKAID HOMESTEAD BILL
Text of Measure Granting; Large
Tracts to Settlers la
Nebraska.
Following Is the text of the Klnkald
homestead law which, according to Its
terms, will become effective June 28, that
being sixty days after its approval:'
be it enacted by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America in congress assembled, 1 hat from
and alter sixty uays alter tne approval of
tnis act entries made under the Homestead
laws In tne stale of Nebrassa west and
north of the following line, to wit: tie
ginning at a point on tne boundary line be
tween the stales ot South Uaota. and Ne
braska where the first guide meridian west
of the sixtn principal meridian strikes
said boundary; '.nonce running south along
said guiue merluiun to llu Intersection
wun tne louiili standard parallel north of
the base tine between the slates of Ne
braska and Kansas; thence west along
said lourin stanaard parallel to Its Inter
section with the second guide meridian
west of the sixtn principal meridian; thence
south along said second guide meridian to
its intersection with the third sianuard
parallel norm of the sold base line; thence
west along said third standard parallel to
its Intersection with the range line be
tween ranges is and 26 west of the sixth
principal meridian; thence south along
said line to its intersection with the sec
ond standard puralloi north of the said
base line; thence west on said standard
lutrallel to its Intersection wiln the range
line between ranges 80 and 31 west; thence
south along sala line to lis intersection
with the boundary line between the slates
of Nebraska and Kansas, shall not exceed
in area Mo acres, and snail be as nearly
compact In torm as possible, and in no
event over two miles in extreme length:
provided. That there shall be excluded
trom the provisions of this act such lands
within the territory herein described as in
tne opinion of the secretary of the interior
It may be reasonably practicable to irri
gate under the national irrigation law, or
by private enterprise; and that said sec
retary shall, prior to the date above men
tioned, designate and exclude from entry
under this act the lands, particularly along
the North Platte river, which in his opin
ion It may be possible to irrigate as afore
said; ana ahail thereafter, irom time to
time, open to entry under this act any of
the lands so excluded, which, upon fur
ther investigation, he may conclude can
not be practically irrigated in the manner
aforesaid.
Sec. 2. That entrymen under the home
stead laws of the United States within the
territory above described who own and
occupy the lands neretofore entered by
them, may,' under the-provisions 'of this
act- and subject to its .conditions,, enter
other janus contiguous to' their said hunie
stouu viitry, which shall not, with the land
so aireaay entered, owned and occupied,
exceed In the aggregate 640 acres; and res
idence upon the original homestead shall
be accepted as equivalent to residence upon
the additional land so entered, but nnal
entry shall not be allowed of such ad
ditional land until five years after first
entering the same.
Bee. i. 'X hat tne fees and commissions
on all entries under this act shall be uni
formly ihe same as those charged under
the present law for a maximum entry at
the minimum price. That the commuta
tion provisions of the homestead law shall
not apply to entries under this act, and
at the time of making final proof the en
try man must prove affirmatively that he
has placed upen the lands entered perma
nent improvements of the value of not
less than II 25 per acre for each acre In
cluded In his entry: Provided, That a
former homestead entry shall not be a
bar to the entry under the provisions of
this act of a tract which, together with
the former entry, shall not exceed 640
acres: Provided, That any former home
stead entrvmnn who shall be entitled to
an additional entry under section i of this
act shall have for ninety days after the
passage of this act the preferential right to
make additional entry as provided in said
section.
Approved, April 28, 1904.
BLOODY RECORD FOR SUNDAY
Plttabura; Has One Murder, Two Prob
ably Fatal Shootings and
One Suicide.
PITTSBURG, May (.A murder, two
shootings with probable fatal results and
a suicide was Pittsburg's Sunday record.
Ivan Kruser, his brother Jacob and Mike
Pllllun, employes of the American Bridge
plant of the American Bridge company,
were held up by three negro highwaymen
and In the fight that followed Ivan Kruzer
was shot twice and Dillian waa beaten Into
insensibility. . Kruzer died in the hospital
shortly after being taken there. Later
Charles Jackson,. Walter Obey and Charles
Meyers, all of Allegheny, were arrested
and Identified by Jacob Kruxer and Dil
lian as the men who attacked them.
Two negroes, roommates, fought at their
boarding house today over a woman and
the result was that Louis Soloman re
ceived pistol wounds from the effects of
which he Is dying this evening. William
V. Royster, the shooter, was arrested while
trying to escape on a freight train.
During a raid upon a "speak easy" on
the Allegheny wharf, Lee Covert, a young
man, started to run up the bank. Officer
Jacques Lebelle fired one shot Into the
air and In his endeavor to cttch Covert
fell, accidentally discharging his revolver.
Covert was hit by the bullet and is dying
at the hospital tonight.
John W. Hutchison, chief engineer at
the Ilerron Hill reservoir, shot himftelf
through the heart while temporarily Uu
ranged. TWO TROLLEY CARS COLLIDE
Passengers Get Severe Shaking Up,
One Women Futnlly Injured nnd
Nesrrers Hurt.
KANSAS CITY. May (.-Two trolley cars
on the Independence line collided head-on
at Sheffield, near here, today. Five re
jons, all negroes, were injured. One. an
elderly woman, will die. The two do ei
other passengers escaped with a fev.ru
shaking up.
TWENTY-OS H DlrJ AT t KLK lit ATION
Demonstration nt Toklo Is Fntal to
Boys.
demonstration lust night In honor of the
victories achieved by the Japanese forces,
twenty-one people were killed and forty
Injured. The killed and injured are mostly
boys who were caught against a closed
gate at an angle In the old palace walls
by the throng and crushed or drowned In
an old moai.
PREPARING THE BALTIC FLEET
Now Announced thnt It Will Proceed
to the Gait by Way of
rase Horn.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co.; 1904.)
FT. PETERSBURG, May (.(New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) Admiral Skrj'dloff Is going to
Vladivostok.
Renewed energy Is being expended on the
preparations of the second Pacific squad
ron, which will consist of eleven Ironclads
and seventeen cruisers. According to the
latest project the fleet will take the Cape
Horn route, starting from Cronstadt by
the end of July. Admiral Rojestvensky Is
now passing all his time at Cronstadt
pushing forward the work.
Orders are out today for the commanders
of the Slssol, Veliki and the Navarln and
Admiral Nashlmopf Immediately to take
aboard armaments and prepare to start for
the far east.
The fact that Germany has decided to
strike off a considerable number of ships
from its navy is particularly significant In
spite of denials. I am assured that that
country has ceded two more torpedo boats
to Russia.
TROUBLE BREWS IN NORTH CHINA
Natives Excited Over the Japanese
accesses.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
PEKING, May 8. (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
Advices from the north today report that
the natives are excited owing to the con
tinued Japanese successes.
JAP VICTORY AT FUNG WANG CHENG
Official Beports of Capture Sent Out
by Commanders.
WASHINGTON, May , . The Japanese
legation has received the following dis
patch dated Toklo, May 8:
General Kuroki, commandant of the First
Army corps, reports mat on May 8 our
cavuiry ueiacluuenl d.rpersed uia enemy
at teiig Wang Cheng, Vlncn was l nuic
olateiy occ. pied by our miantry detach
ment. The enemy burnt ammunition ue
lore evacuating tne airongnuio. .rteiugees
ot the enemy who have been hiding in me
adjoining loresis and villages continue to
come out and surrender.
Natives say that tne number of Russians
who were earned on litters through eng
Vvang (Juetig on May 2 amounted to 80u. it
'.a believed mat the total uu'uaiilea of the
enemy exceed 3.U0O, Our army, whicn
landed cn Liao Tung, reports that a ae
tacnuient, atier repulsing a small DOdy of
the enemy, occupied Pulantlen on May 8
and destroyed the tallway and cut on tele
graphic communications of Port Arthur.
ST. PETERSBURG, Hay 8. General
Kouropatkln has sent the following tele
gram under date of May 7: .
Lieutenant General Zassalltch today re
ports that the enemy's cavalry and units
cf their advance guard occupied Feng Wang
Cheng today. Two' companies and two
squadrons of their force proceeded toward
Di-ilandlapu Tso. Our cavalry and units
withdrew toward Schilndjano.
Scouts from Keng- Wang Cheng report
that two Japanese alvlsions advanced May
6 toward Feng Wang Cheng by the main
road from Plan Man. A third division, ad
vancing by the valley of the Al river, oc
cupied a position near Khuandlapu Tse and
posted batteries to fire upon Feng Wang
Cheng, counting upon finding our troops
there.
The Japanese advanced slowly and very
cautiously upon Feng. Wang Cheng.
FIGHTING AT FENG WANG CHENG
Russians . A Qetrentlna Toward
' Hal Chen, North "of Sew Caw's ns;. -
' SHAN HAI KWAN, May &W:30 p. m.
It 1s reported here that there has been se
vere' fighting at Feng Wang Cheng, In
which the Japanese were victorious. --They
took many prisoners. The Russians are
retreating ' toward Hal Cheng, thlrtyytwo
miles eaBt by north of New Chwang, and
are evacuating the western side of the Liao
Tung peninsula.
On Thursday and Katurday of last week
the Japanese landed :0,000 men at Klnchau
bay, 10,100 at Foo Chau and 7.000 at Pitzewo.
They occupied the towns of Wa Fung Tien
an Pu Laii Tien and destroyed several
miles of the railroad.
Heavy firing has been heard in the di
rection of Kal Chan, where Japanese troops
have been seen recently. The Isolation of
Port Arthur is complete. Sixteen Japanese
warships protected the landing of troops at
Klnchau fcay. directing a sweeping fire over
the narrow isthmus before the Boldlers dis
embarked. Seventy-five Russians who were
wounded In this fighting were brought on
the last train to arrive here.
FLEEING BEFORE THE JAPANESE
Russians Lose Several Good Oppor
tunities to Check Advances.
WIJU. May 1 (Via Overland Courier to
Seoul), May (.The army under General
Kuroki crossed the Yalu river today. The
Japanese soldiers drove the Russians be
fore them from strongly fortified forts,
which should have been held by a small
army against a greatly superior force. The
Russian forces are estimated officially to
have numbered 10,000 men. They removed
the batteries during the night, leaving the
Infantry to cover their retreat.
The Japanese dlslodRed the Russians by
a frontal attack delivered opposite Wiju.
This attack might have involved the Japa
nese In enormous losses because they were
obliged to advance across an almost shel
terless sand plain where their dark uni
forms made the best possible kind of tar
gets. Food Is scarce at MuVden. the troops
there are eating bean c.xkes. The Rus
sians are preparing to evaciate New Cwang
and that city is in a turmoil of hurried
flight.
ESTIMATE OF JAPANESE FORCES
Russians Place Number nn the Yalu
at Tff.OlM).
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG, May 8.-(New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) It haa been calculated that the
Japanese forces in the Yalu combat in
cluded 75.000 men, K.ooo horses and l.V can
non. It Is understood that General Kosama,
chief of the Japsnefe staff, will cross the
Yalu, directing the movement of the two
armies upon Mukden.
RI SSIANS MV TAKE THE RAILWAY
Chinese Fear the Nclsure of Their
Properl r.
(Copyright, by New Yn-k HeraM Co.. 1?04.)
SHANGHAI. May K (New York Herald
Cablcf,'ram Special Telegram to Tho Bee.)
Reports from Peking state that the Rus
sians mo probnbly preparing to occupy
the Chinese railway brtaeen Kalnpuntie
and Sin Mln Tung. The Runstans are
building forts on both sides of the I.lao
river nenr Sin Mln Tung.
FIND BILLET MARKS ON TRAIN
Evidence that It llns Been In Range
of the Japs.
(Copyright, l y New York Herald Co. luCi.)
MUKDEN, M:ty 8 'New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegnm to The Bee.)
A train arrived in Mukden yesterday
covered with bullet marks, .'he Japanese
who landed at Pitzewo have cut the rail
way. They occupy three stations
NO CHECKING THE JAPANESE
Oonlinna to Pn4h Their Opponents Bak
In o Interior of Manohnria-
SITUATION OF RUSSIANS IS PRECARIOUS
Towns Which Were Proclaimed Im
pregnable Fall One After the
Other. .Speculating on the
Next Move.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.J
LONDON. May 8. (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)-.
All the news received this morning shows
how the Japanese army continues Its victo
rious advance. On Friday Peng Wang
Cheng was occupied and Dalny was Invested
on Saturday, but the telegrams are not ex
plicit on the Important point whether there
was any serious fighting before the former
place was taken.
However, as the Russians werethreatened
1 n the rear and on the flank, It is not prob
able they avoided a great battle. For all
practical purposes, the Japanese now con
trol the whole area south of a line drawn
from New Chwang to Feng Wang Cheng,
including all the Liao Tung peninsula, ex
cept Port Arthur. A military correspond
ent of the Dally Telegraph, commenting on
the situation, says:
"Evtdentl ylt Is an effective pursuit of a
thoroughly beaten army that Is going on.
Cavalry, well ahead of the Infantry, has
defeated the Russians at Shallchai, on the
rod to Slugen, and at what looked like
places on two other roads toward Hal
Cheng and Liao Yang.
"This, no doubt, will be even a greater
surprise than the' previous successes of tha
Japanese. Evidently tho Russian oevalry In
Manchuria la not now so quick as the Jap
anese. This is not at all difficult to ac
count for, after all. The pace at which the
hardier horse can move depends on the way
In which he is looked after. The unfortu
nate Russian horses have been getting
hardly any food in Corea, while the Jap
anese horses have been fully fed. More
over, while Japanese horses were not
pushed forward in strength till the roads
and fields had been Improved, the Cossack
horses were for nearly three months on
their slender rations struggling with Im
passable fields and roads.
Disasters Come Thick,
the "Disaster crowds on disaster lor Rus
sia. Outbreaks of disease have become ep
idemic in Mukden, and despite the serious
ness of the aspect of the campaign, the
combatting of the dread enemies, typhus,
dysentery and smallpox, seems to occupy
the first place In the axnietles of the Rus
rlan authorities, so that it has been neces
sary to send for 100 additional doctors.'
"At the same time the movements of
the Japanese army in the Liao Tung penin
sula have been no less rapid than in Man
churia. Presumably' their - cavalry has
passed up the railway to Kaiplng. A' fresh
force was landed at Kalrlng. and as this
directly threatened Ylngkow, the port of
New Chwang, the .- Russians have in hot
haste abandoned their elaborately' prepared
works at that harbor and fallen back In a
panlo.
: "The forts along tho Liao river, on which
such elaborate pains have been expended,
are being dismantled. It will be. remem
bered this- was another of the places that
we have been repeatedly told from St.
Petersburg has been rendered impregnable
and about which It was said the Japanese
hod inlBsed their opportunity and lost their
chance.
"Clearly an advance so rapid as this,
with the port of New Chwang already vir
tually available for a fresh Japanese land
ing, renders the Russian positions at Hal
Cheng and Liao Yung very precarious. Be
fore long General Kuroki will be able to
obtain supplies from the port of Kin Chou,
changing his base to that side and coming
Into direct communication with tho second
army."
What of the Futuref
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
PARIS, May 9. (New- York Herald Cable
gram Special Telegram to The Bee.) The
Herald's European edition publishes the
following from Its military expert:
"So the Russians have evacuated Feng
Wang Cheng. Whether they were chased
from it by the enemy or whether they
withdrew from it of their own accord by
eommand matters little. The brutal fact
exists all the same that this strategic point
Is In the hands of the Japanese.
"The troops of General Zalssalltcb, cov
ered on their rear and their flanks by
numerous squadrons of Cossacks, are re
treating. They are making for Hal Cheng,
In order to get nearer to Won Chwang at
any rate and to bar the road there later on
to the army of Invasion of the peninsula.
"Or has General Kouropatkln, as is more
natural, summoned them to him by the
road of Lexoyang to halt them on the line
of heights which run from the northeast to
the southwest between that town and
Feng Wang Cheng?
"This latter hypothesis appears the more
likely. It Is consistent further with the
dispatches from St. Petersburg.
"If, as seems ' reasonable, Kouropatkln
haa decided to try the fortune of battle
with all his troops In order to stop Gen
eral Kuroki from reaching the Transman
churian railway,- he will have Judged It to
be dungerous further to expose to a re
verse near the 'Gate of Corea' troops that
have had such an experience as have those
of General Zassalltch.
"It Is announced as a matter of fact that
the approximate figures of their losses In
the engagements pf May 1 were forty-five
officers and 000 men slain and 1,900 wounded,
not Including General Kaahtallnsky and
six colonels, while 600 were missing, and
thus It Is evident that these troops have
need of recuperation In every way and
that they will be much more capable of
playing a useful part In a new buttle If
they feel themselves supported by numer
ous units still Intact and stimulated by the
desire to conquer.
"That In these conditions one can only
approve Kouropalkln'a having ordered the
abandonment of Feng Wang Cheng and of
his choice of a line further hack In order
to concentrate there all his forces and to
make his first stand there against the Japa
nese. "It Is likely that this decisive engage
ment will take place toward the pass of
Motien.
Kuroki Llke.ty to Walt.
"But will General Kuroki, whose head
quarters by the last news were at Kla
l.len. march at once upon Liao YangT It
la further reported that his army had
made a quirk movement In Its advance
toward Feng Wang Oheng, but If it Is clear
that his vanguard haa occupied that po
sition and the various roads of the neigh-1
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borhood. It has not yet been shown whether
Ms divisions and the artillery of his army
are going to follow this movement, and
are marching toward Liao Yang. Perhaps
it would be wiser, one may think, for Gen
eral Kuroki to expose himself In the plain
of Manchuria by passing his famous "bar
rier of pikes" only when another Japa
nese army shall have succeeded In march
ing inland from Its place of disembarkation
as far as Tahe Klo in order that General
Kouropstkln my then be obliged to face
two serious attacks at the same time.
"But If he believes he can count on his
own troops alone, which must have been
made over-eager by their recent success,
for a battle with his famous and danger
ous opponent, nothing stands in the way
of the latter replying by a challenge in
the opportunity afforded him by the other
to satisfy his countrymen.
"This must be the result which will soon
follow from tho momentarily activity or
from an advance of the first Japanese
army."
Russians Are Depressed.
ST. PETERSBURG. May (.-Two of
ficial dispatches calculated to Increase the
depression existing among all circles In
Russia were given out Inst night. From
the point of view of the progress of the
campaign the most Important Is that re
garding the capture by the Japanese with
out opposition of Feng Wang Cheng on
May 8. The second gives details concern
ing tho killed, wounded and missing among
the troops under the command of Lieu
tenant General Zassalltch, as the result
of the fighting on the Yalu, the number
of which totals 2,397 officers and men.
General Kouropatkln forwarded a mes
sage from Lieutenant General Zassalltch
who had been left In command of the
column retiring from Feng Wang Cheng,
which described .the movements of the
enemy In connection with the occupation
of the town.
The information caused no nurprlse to
the officials who had already been advised
of the decision that no attempt would bo
made to hold Feng Wang Cheng, the su
periority of the Japanese In all fighting
arms ensuring a disaster similar to the
one at Kleu Ting Chang. Therefore Gen
eral Zassalltch was given strict orders
that there should be no fight of the rear
guard. '
The Russians left while General Kuroki
waa making his disposition for o hir
battle. The Japanese approached from two
airections, along the main road and up
the valley, placing batteries so as to com
mand the town. This nrocedtire show that
tho entire Japanese Dlan of niwratinn h.j
been thoughtfully prepared and that every
uivision commander knew exactly what he
should do.
Wonder What Next.
Now that General Kurnkl . I ..(, Kll.ht
at Feng Wang Cheng, the Russians axe
pussied as to what move he will make
next, v v ''" ,,;
The fact that he sent two companies
jo Dnllnn Pu Tse, ten miles northeast of
Feng Wang Cheng, might indicate his pur
pest to proceed alone this mail in Tin
Chan Glen, ninety miles north, from where
he would march due west tn t.inr Vt,n-
This would permit an effective flanking
movement, but It is not considered prob
able, the likelihood belnir th.it ha win
move along the road by which the Rus
sians retreated toward Liao Yang. This
road ! ranches off at Chats Phani. intv
niUes west or Feng Wang Cheng and con
tinues almost directly west of Hal Cheng,
which was captured by the Japanese dur
ing the Chlno-Jananese War. A mnrch nn
this place would compel the evacuation of
wew enwang, as the force there would
be in danger of destruction or hairier nuK-
Jected to a siege by the armies converging
irom Hi Cheng, and the southern part of
the Lino Tung peninsula.
Kouropatkln la Secretive.
Where General Kouropatkln'a main force
is now stationed has not hn hun an
nounced, though General 7. a ar.su 1 1 to h mta
that the cavalry left for Schllndjanea. Thare
continues, to be the greatest ignorance ror
gardlng the plans of the commnndrr.in.
chief, who la taking every precaution to
prevent any information reaching the en
emy, the censor at Liao Yang refusing to
pass a single press dispatch which In any
way Indicates the Russian movements.
Messages from other points are strictly
censored.
It Is pointed out that the abandonment
of southern Manchuria will be beneficial to
the Russians, as it will enable the com.
plete concentration of the forces, which
have been scattered in con'seouence nf ig
norance as to what the enemy proposed
to do.
Though the people are tried by the gen
eral withdrawal, it Is recalled that General
Kouropatkln counseled patience before he
left ' St. Petersburg for Manchuria. No
word of criticism of his conduot la heard,
every one recognizing that he knows all
the conditions and is better able to Judge
as to when he can aafely offer battle to
the enemy.
The grusome figures In the Russian losses
on the Yalu are higher than had been re
ported by Major General Kashtalinsky, who
himself appears to have been wounded by a
flying stone.
CELEBRATE JAPANESE VICTORIES
Thousands of People March In Re
view During- Demonstration.
TOKIO, My 8.-9 p. m. A great popular
demonstration was held hera tonight In
honor of the victories achieved by the
Japanese army and navy. Tens of thou
sands of people, carrying lanterns, flags
and banners, marched past the. Imperial
palace and Ihe officers of the Foreign, War
and Navy departments. At the Navy de
partment they were reviewed by some of
tha Imperial princes and princesses and
high officials of the government and the
Imperial household. '
Many bands of music accompanied the
marchers, and there were beautiful dis
plays of fireworks. Dozens of Amerlcun
and British flags were carried by men,
women and children, who participated In
the celobration. It was the greatest dem
onstration ever witnessed In Japan.
DENY IIAItnOR ENTRANCE IS CLOSED
Russians Snr Attempt of Japanese
Wns a Fiasco.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
NEW YORK. May 8.-(Sw York Herald
Service Special Telegram to The Bee.)
The Herald's European edition publisher
the following from Its correspondent:
ST. PETERSBURG, May 8.-The report
that the entrance to the harbor of Port
Arthur Is blocked is untrue. The Japanese
attempt was a failure.
RUSSIANS IN FLIGHT
Ears Decided to Evacuate Hew Chwang
and Are Diewantliog tha ForU
NATIYES DESERTING THE LOOMED CITY
Raiiian Civilians llto Mak ng Hnrried De
parture to Escape Attack.
JAPANESE HOLDING FENG WANG CHENG
Buuiani Before Retiring- Explode Maga
iie, bat Leare Stort.
VICEROY
ALEXIE(
F SLIGHTLY WOUNDED
Russian Commander Burelr Has Time
to Quit Port Arthur Before the
Japs Close Line ot Com.
znunlcntioii.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1P04 )
TOKIO, May 8. (New York Herald Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram to The Bee.)
Dalny was invested yesterday.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904 )
ST. PETERSBURG, May (.-(New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
Tho Bee.) Ylu Kow will have to be evacu
ated, and thereby the Russians will lone
their touch with the Chinese, which Is sig
nificant, and of political importance.
NEW CHWANG, May 7.-8 p. m.-CPe-layed
in transmission.) There Is every in
dication that the Russians have decided to
evacuate New Chwang. ' The troops are
leaving and the furls have been disman
tled. Many natives are fleeing the city, and
the Russian civilians also are leaving hur
riedly. It Is reported here that Viceroy Alexleff
was slightly wounded tcforo he left Port
Arthur.
The viceroy barely got away from there
before th'e Japanese closed the il.ies of
communication.
All Hope Is Abandoned.
There is current here a native rumor
that Japanese troops are In Foo Chau bay
(on the west side of the Liao Tung penin
sula and about sixty miles north of Port
Arthur), but this report lacks confirmation.
The fear Is held here that If tho Russians
leave and the Japanese do not at once take
possession of New Chwang tha brigands,
who are now across the river near Ylng
kow, will pillage the place. Ttss foreign
residents are prepared . to resist the brig
ands should they come over. fThe British
consul has requested , that a gunboat be
sent to New Chwang. The Russians prob
ably will destroy the gunboat Slvoutch be
fore leaving. The veesel la at New Chwang.
Japanese troops fired on what' probably
was the last train out of Port Arthur aa it
passed near Port Adams. They 'used artil
lery and small arms and killed or wounded
several Chinese. . The Russian general staff
has moved from Liao .Yang to. Mukden.
. Russians hers will not talk at the nltua-
flon for fear that-they' may impart srtme
! Information. ' They' da pot consider that
their forces here are Sufficient to hold this
section of the country It la probable that
the Russian troops will withdraw to Har
bin. Casualties at Port Arthur.
TOKIO. May (.-Noon. The casualties In
the last attempt of the Japanese fleet to
block Port Arthur, which took place on
May 3, are one officer. Commander Takay
angl, commanding the steamer Yrdo Maru,
and six men killed; four men seriously snd
five officers and eleven men slightly,
wounded. Fourteen officers, and teventy-fcur
men are missing, and eight officers and
thirty-six men were rescued uninjured., All
the officers of the blockading ship, includ
ing Commander Takayangl, who was killed,
have been decorated and granted arultlrs
by the emperor.
Russians Desert Fens; Wans; Chens;.
Last Friday, after sharp cavalry skir
mishes at Erhtaltsu. Santalsu and olhar
places, a ditiohment of Infantry belonging
to General Kurokl's army took Feng Wang
Cheng. The Russians, before retiring, ex
ploded the magazine, but left large quanti
ties of hospital stores, which are l-elng
used by the Japanese hospitals. Kcfngaes
from the woods and small villages In the
vicinity are surrendering. The Russians
burled many of their dead.
Natives In the vicinity of Feng Wang
Cheng say that last Monday the Russians
carried about 800 wounded through that
place, and that their casualties probably
were above 8,000. . v
Russians Loss Very Hes.
Every supplemental report fectlved from
General Kuroki, commanding the flist Jap
anese army, Increases the Russian casual
ties in lust Sunday's battle at Chi Tin
Chang, on the Yalu river. The Japaneae
have burled about 1,400 Russians, and have
& if of the enemy's wounded in the field
hospitals. It is estimated that the total
Rusalan casualties oxceed 2,600. Over 00
Russian prisoners ere en route to Matsu
yama, where they are expected to arrive
Wednesday.
Grand Duke looki Thin,
ST. PETERSBURG, May 8,- p. in. -Grand
Duke Cyril, eldest son of Grand
Duke Vladimir, .and a cousin of the em
peror, has returned to. St. Petersburg from
tho far east. He arrived unostentatiously,
and only Ids family and a few friends were
at the railroad ststlon to greet him. The
grand duke.looka much thinner than, he
did before he left for the scene of hos
tilities, but the burns he received at the
time of the disaster to the battleship Petro
pavlovsk off Port Arthur havo healed ana
he , omplalns now only of a wrenched bay!.
The first announcement made by Grans.
Duke Cyril on his arrival was thai he lb
tended to return to the, fur east w".h th
Unu.la n lltt 1 1 4 1. n 1 1 i il rr. linHnl1 .,inilMn,l
of Rear Admiral Rojesvensky. lie will go
abroad soon on a flying visit to his Inamo
ratt, the divorced wife of tho grand duku
of Hesse, who la a daughter of the lata
duke of Saxe-Coburg and Ootha.
In an interview regarding his experience
at ihe time of the disaster to the Petro
puvlovsk, Grand Duke Cyril s:ild:
Maksrnff Did Not Move.
"I waa itiandliig on the bridge btsidu
Vice Admiral Makaroff when 1 felt thn
shock of the explosion. .My first Impressio.i
was that a l--lnch shell had entered tint
powdtr mugaxlne and Instinctively i leaped
to Ihe other side of the iililc. Vice Ad
miral Makaroff did not move. In the
tvlnkling of an eye I climbed the rail and
dived into, the water. On coming up' I
saw Makaroff still at the same place grip
pins the rail, his faro streaming with
blood. I wss weighted with a heavy over
coat and could not keep afloat. I' went
down, but on rising caught the floathig
wreck of a boat. Two seamen recognized
me and helped to support me until a beat
arrived."