FEAR THE CHINESE
tlUSSIA Al'I'KKIIKNSIYI! LUST OKI
JJNTALS JUS 12.
L'lllnu lloKiirilnl ns 1'owclet' Magazine,
uml Dimmer Kvor I'rcHOiit
I'owcru AUilri-aseU on
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ST. IBTERSBURG. Tho effect
x. of the Yalu disaster to Russian
f inns upon tho Chinese is being
1 v watched with keen interest and con
siderable apprehension. Tho Rus
sian government appears to bo satis
Aod with the situation for the mo
ment, and Paul Lessar, the Russian
minister to Peking, is making daily
'eports to the foreign olllce. Tho
report received from the .minister
today contained nothing uisquiet
Ing. The Peking government, according
to Russian reports, seems to bo
tcting In perfect good faith and
'nsists that it is intent upon pre
serving neutrality. It is turning a
leaf ear to tho appeals of anti
llussian leaders, who want China to
shrow in her lot with Japan and is
doing all possiblo to suppress anti
foreign agitation among tho people,
o Nevertheless, the Russian authori
ties regard China as a powder niaga
line. They realize tho danger iu
ocrent in the situation and tho
necessity for constant pressure on
tho Peking government.
Tho danger of an anti-rorelgn
movement throughout tho Chinese
jmplro exists uot only for Russia,
Que for alt the powers and Russia
oas at least three times since the
outbreak or tho war addressed tho
powers on the subject, the last tiir.0
being less than ten duys ago. Tho
insvrers received unlformily show a
!ull appreciation of the need of
sxeroisug a restraining influence on
Peking, and all the powers are co
operating to this end.
Demand Alrnle For a Bishop
LOS ANGELES, Cal. The Meth
odist general conference held two
sessions today, the morning session
being devoted to tho reading of tho
quaririennlal address or the board
of bishops of the M. E. church to
the general conference and the
afternoon to the receipt and re
ference of memorials ' from the var
ious annual eonferencs.
The various committees got to
gether during tho early morning
hours and elected their respective
chairman and secretaries, but as
thero was no business before them
an adjournment was taken until to
morrow. Heginning tomorrow the
general conference will hold sessions
only in tne morning, thus allowing
tho delegation to give their atten
tion during the afternoons to com
mittee work.
Dr. George Elliott of Detroit pre
sented a memorial to tho effect that
the committee on episcopacy consider
the advislbility of tho election of a
colored bishop. lie said that ho
believed that the M. E. church had
reached a ciisls in its relation with
the colored race.
"if we are to hold tho .10,000
colored membership we now have,1'
he said, "wo ought to givo them
sort of a leadership which thej
understand ana trust and whicb
understands them.
Rrc To Conceal Robbery
LANCASTER, Pa. A big tobacco
warehouse occupied by B. H. Mnwerj
& Co. and W. R. Coopoi, dealers in
leaf tobacco, was badly damaged bj
tire tcday and its contents wert
practically ruined by smoke. Ar
examination of tho place disclosed
the fact that a quantity of Sumatra
tobacco had been stoleu and it is be
lieved the place was set on ire t
hide the robbery. There Is an in
surance of 1000.00 arid it is believer
the loss will exceed this amount.
Flood In Central Texas.
AUSTIN, 'J'cx. As a result of hi
cloudburst in central Texas and this
section not a train has moved t
the north. About live miles of tin
International .t Great Northcrt
tracks have been washed out nortl
of here. Five children weredrownef
In creok live miles from the city.
Nebraska Operator is Third
SOUTH BEND, Ind.-Waltei
Lewis Ferris of Heol, college, tin
representative of Wisconsin unlver
slty, won the interstate oratorica
contest, with Missouri second and
Nebraska third. Eleven states wen
represented. Tho winner of time
place was William A. Schall 01
Creighton university. Nebraska.
PERU WILL RESIST
STANDS ItUADV TO FIGHT IF HID
ZIL J'ltKSSKS It UK.
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QUARREL OVER TERRITORY
moors on Tin: wav to ououry
COVUTUI) UUOJON.
Urjiiftt Aj;Kr"ln CluirRod ly tli
IN'rilvliut Foreign MunlMor
Aniilnitt irr Neighbor
ami Tormentor.
LIMA. Peru. Regarding the exist
ing troubles between Hrnztl and
Peru, Foreign Minister Pardo that
said to the Asosciated press today
Porn was preparing to resist the
unjust aggression" of Urazll.
It was, Senor Pardo asserted, a
political whim of Huron Rio Hranco,
JlrnziPs foreign minister, to amies
the territories nf Alto Jurua and
Alt" Purus, indenting as a busl
fur such action stories of Peruvian
Invasions, and Hrnr.ll, Minister
Pardo said, had now sent troops to
occupy tho coveted regions.
The truth, said Senor Pardn is
that Peru ha never moved from thu
points she has occupied for many
jews, imd hi proof of tills In
a-sortcd that whet: Hrazil opposec
tho formation of the Acre sydnicatr
bur foreign olllce urged as tho prince
pil argument against the concession
the rights of Peru to tho same terri.
tory.
"Yet, a revv montns later," con
ended Minister Pardo, "Harm
Kin Hrnncn forgot Hra'll's words
and decided to occupy this territory,
which bad previously been declarer:
t" tie Peruvian, but it. is voiy rlcL
in caoutchouc."
Killed By Score.
S Ti P l-J r Id 1 IS H U l G . Th o czn r
today received the following dispatch
from General Kuropatkln-
"Major General Kasbtalinsky re
ports a, follows:
" 'At 1 o'cl ck the Japanese ap
proached so close to the position
held by the Eloventh regiment thai
the Toint battery could not pass
along und-T the crosst're; and. tak
ing op position a short distance from
Uio J ipancso remained thereuntil
tho end nf Hit! light, losing its com
m.inder, lieutenant Colonel Morav
sky. " 'A company with quick lirlng
guns was brought up from the rear
guard and the officer commanding
this force, seeing the dlllleult situa
tion or Motvask's battery, took up
the position on his own initiative.
He h'st hair his men and all big
horses and attempted to remove bis
guns by hand to r.ho shelter of the
hills under the Japanese cross lire.
The quicklirlng pieces discharged
about .Tj.OOO buMlets.
" 'The Twelfth regiment cut. its
way through and saved its ci lnre.
" 'The Second battery of the
rdxth brigade, having attempted U
njoiri the reserves by another route
could vol ascend tho mountain
sioprs with only half its horses and,
rctitirg to its original position, re
ceived tho J ana nose attack.
" 'The Eleventh regiment,, which
held Its ground for two hours more,
with heavy los, foiced a passage
at the point or the bayonet and
crossed the ravines with its colors.
It lost Us colonel commandent, forty
olllcers, and about two thousand
noii commissioned (.Ulcers and men.
" ' Tlie Japanese lu. ,es must have
been enormous.
" 'The Russians retired in good
order on Feng.-Wang-Cheng.
!l 'The men cf the Third division
maintained their excellent morale
and over TOO wounded proceeded wltl;
their regiments to Feng-Wang-Cheng.'
"
Two Victims Identified.
COUNCIL HLUFKS, III. -"1 he
coroner today found among the be
longings of the four men burned tc
death In a freight car yesterday
letters indicating that one of them
.was James Gady, who lias been em
ployed in tho Saratoga hotel In
Chioago, and that another was Will
lam Lilly of Madison, Wis, who has
also recently resided In Chicago.
Murderer Executed.
PLATTSHURG K. y.-AI-en Moon
ey who shot and killed two women at
Saranac Lake, N. Y., on November
4, H)02 was put to death In tho elec
tric chair at Clinton prison Danna
mora today.
HAVE TAKEN NEW TOWN
TAI'ANUSIC KUlOinUl IN I'OSSKK
SlON OK NU1V UHWANU.
AUiiiImIoii Mnilo nt St. I'otvroburp That
Lohm m ViiIii Hlvor l'f;litliiK
In Oloo to Four
TlllMIllll.
LON'DON-.Tho Clio Foo corre
spondent of the Dally Chronicles
cables tho following under yester
day's dato:
. "The Japanese landed troops and
attacked and captured Now Chwang
last evening, the Russians falling
back to protect tho railway."
; ST. PETERSHURG. -In a report
receivoJ by the eniporor fnm Gen
eral Kuropatkln under today's via to,
it is stated that at least from thrco
to four thousand men wore killed in
the Yalu rivor tight.
ST. PETERSUBRG.-Under to
day's dato General Kuropatkln
telegraphs its follows:
"Owing to the interruption of
telegraphic communication I have
received no report from General
Zassalltch.
"According to tho testimony of
persons arriving hero during tho
night from Feng Wang Cheng, tho
Japanese on May 1 were operating
from the front with an overwhelm
ing force of artillery and attacked
our left Hank In suppcrior forces,
ouvcloplng it. A hoc tight occurred
at this pilot. Tho Twenty-second
and Twolfth regiments of sharp
shooters were engaged defending
themselves vigorously and on several
occasions taking tho offensive, in
flicting considerable tosses on the
Japrnese.
, "Our small fort:' could not hold
this position and retired, leaving
several guns in tho hands of tho
enemy. Owing to our heavy losses
in men and horses wo could not
succeed in carrying off our guns,
but their breccli locks wore removed.
Our force fell back on Feng Wang
Cheng.
, "General Zassalitch's forco con
sisted of live batteries, but, accord
ing to the information at hand one
regiment und two batteries stationed
at Stakhcvez wero not engaged, the
Japanese not attacking that point.
"Our losses arc not. yet known
but in view or the stubbornness of
the conllict thoy must liavo been
very considerable.
Plutform In Jesus' Name
ST. LOUIS. 1 lie national con
vention of the United Christian
party, which convened hero yester
day tD nominate a ticket for tho
next prcsidental election, resumed
sessions today. Arter lengthy de
b te the platlorm entitled "In Jisus'
Name" was adopted tonight after
considerable discussion. The party
declares that "the platform and
purposes of the Christian party is
and shall be to work and stand for
union in His name for the fulfillment
of God's law through direct, legis
lation of the people, governed oy the
golden rule, regardless of sex, creed,
or color.
War is opposed by the party and
mob violence cmdenmed. Govern
ment ownership of coal mines and
public utilities is favored. Tho plat
form, after declaring against "gov
ernment revenue from the manufac
ture and sale or intoxicating liquors
as a beverage," concludes:
"Wo are opposed to all trusts and
combines contrary to the welfaro
of the common people, and declare
that Christian government, through
direct legislation of the people will
regulate the trusts and labor problem
according to the golden rulo. Wo
also declare in favor legislation pro
viding for an equal standard of
'morals or both sexos."
Tomorrow olllcers will he elected
and nomination of national candi
dal s considered
A New Water Plant.
WASH! NGTO N . Th o sec re ta ry o f
the interior has set aside, provision
a'dy, the sum of $1,000, coo for the
constructTonofTiie Path Under reser
voir on tho North Platto river In
Wyoming. Construction will proceed
contingent upon favorable renorts
from engineers in tho Held as to
various details still under consider
ation and particularly as to whether
an adequate area of irrigable land
can be found in western Nebraska.
Tho reservoir will be of sufllciont
capacity to supply all of tho land
under it In Wyoming, hut it is con
sidered nocessory to increase this
aro by utilizing water in western
Nebraska, where there aro larg
areas or arid and seml-arld countrj
to which water probably can bt
brought.
WHY SHE WAS UNPOPULAR.
CcIkIiIioi-h Could Not Slaml Iter Mo
nopoly of JUh of KxWenec.
"What Is the reason Mrs. Lawton,
vlth all her god polnta, is so unpopu
arV" asked tho summer boarder of her
Hint, Mlst Eupheniln Hongs. "I'm sure
(he is kind-hearted and generous, and
lapablo and good-natured."
"She's a monopolist, or thinks she
Is," snapped Miss Hoggs, "and folks
lon't like It!"
"A monopolist?" repeated her niece.
'What do you mean, Aunt PhomyV"
"I mean Just what I say," said .Miss
Hoggs, tlrmly. "She's a monopolist of
ll.Houso.s and accidents and happenings
&r every kind. Start lu to tell her
ibout an attack of rheumatism you've
Sad, or a sprained wrist, or your con
Jin's diphtheria, or a railroad disaster
you've read about, or how your .stove
pipe fell apart, or what an unusual
Irought they've been having where
your brother lives, and she'll sit on the
Nlxo of her chair looking as If she'd
burst, till you stop for breath.
"Then when you do stop she'll say.
'You can't tell mo anything about rheir
mat Ism;' or Tho doctor said lie never
saw a sprain like mine:' or, '1 guess
you've never heard how I hung be
twixt life and death for weeks with
diphtheria;' or, 'No railroad accident
sounds like much to mo after what I
passed through in Ohio when tho
bridge broke;' or, 'I haven't got any
thing to learn about what stovepipes
?an do after my experience two yean
ngo;' or, 'I presume lts slipped your
tnlnd that I wa in California at. tha
time of that terrible drought, the worsl
that's ever been known.' "
"And does she make up stories,"
asked Miss Mupinehla's niece in ama.e
meat, "stories to lit all such times?"
"Make 'em up." said Miss Hoggs,
testily; "she don't have to make em
up. That's what Irritates folks so,
everything she says is true. And you
take a town like this, about all we've
got to be proud of Is what happens to
us!"
At. tho Paul HiiiKiu1.
I've been to hear the Patti an' it ain't
t'er ray foiglttin'!
An' the prices (hoy wuz jest as hlli ui
whar this eliap wuz sit tin'!
The music sorter furriu' lila it sound-
ed fur away
To a feller used to "Dixie," an' "Darlla'
Nolly Gray."
I couldn't understand it, from my hih
survoyin' beach
That hifalutin' choir, whar the lhldlw
played in French,
An planners talked Italian, jest as live
ly as could 1)0,
An' the big bass fiddle bellowed storim
o' German up to me!
They filling them furriu languages ko
kcerlessly about,
Old Webster's Dictionary must havt
Kone a-lhnpin' out,
An' jest retired from business before (lit
show wuz through,
An' tho old-time blue-hack Speller must
have felt ama.iu' blue!
I nudged the feller next me he conn
from Hillvillo Town
"When you think they'll sing 'Dim Tuck
or' an' 'Hlue-Hyed Sally I frown?
An 'Down in Old Virginny,' an 'Whin
the Cotton Grows?'
Ain't they goin' to givo us 'Dixie?' an
lie said: "Lord only knows!"
Hut jest about that minute I wuz tout
to days gone by,
An' I said: "They're giltin' iu it'-
they're 'Comin' Through th
Hye!' "
An' tho way that woman sung il! . .
sure, some angel lost a tone
Of his voice 'twixt eartli an' heaven, au'
she made it all her own!
'Ponrcd like I seen the meadows of for
ty year ago,
Whar the gray-wlngcd doves low over
an' tho daisies foamed like snow
Tho fur-off bolls wuz ringln' in the tw
light lingerln' late,
An' I heard my sweetheart singin', an :
kisued her at the gate!
i
O, thoy trotted out the old songs, thai
never yit wuz old!
They shook the Muytime blossoms dowr
jest all yer anus could hold!
Tho boos browsed iu Jhem blossoms tlu
larks wuz bavin' fun.
An tho maple leaves a-laiighln', streak
ed with silver, in tho uuu!
I clapped my linn's, an heard my heart
say, "I.ot the music roll!"
I felt like "iralleluia" wuz a-lightin' up
my soul!
An' my comrade says, a-sighln' "That'i
sweet as honeycomb!
Come on! My eyes air mist in'; SIiq'i
singin' 'Home, Sweat Home!'"
Frank L. Stanton.
One Glrl'h Wisdom.
Fond Mother Hut. my dear, vou
6hould not have accepted such an ex
pensive present from Mr. Gotrox.
Pretty Daughter Why not, mam
ma ?
Fond Mother Well, one can never
tell what tho future may bring forth.
Pretty Daughter Oh, don't let that
worry you, mamma, dear; I'll take care
rf all tho presents in sight, and tho
future cau take care of Itself.
Cnn't Heltevc 'Km.
Miss Thirtiodd A jjypsy fortuin
teller once told mo that I would die
In tho prime of life.
.Mr. Hlffklns What awful liars
lliose gypsies aro!
CITY PENNED UP
ronr Airrntm wholly isolatkd
- ruo.n tiii; land sidk.
JAPANESE EAIBARK IN REAR
OCOUr Y TIIK UAIUIOAH A Nil CUT
TKLKOItA I'll LINUS.
Oniolat Mltepnrt at (st. IVIcrnlmra
Toll n( I.hikIIiik Matin Hy
Kiwiny-i,v.TC I'lglillliK
i:xiitcil Sunn.
ST. PI2TI0HSHUUO.-A dispatch
received says that Port Arthur is
cut oir from all communications by
and, the Japanese having disem
barked in its rear, occupied tho
railroad and cut the telegraph.'
Vico 'Admiral ykrydolT, who is en
roll to to Port Arthur to take com
mand of the naval forces in tho
far east, will be unablo to reach his
destination.
ST. P10TEHSIUJUG.-Thc minis
try of war has received tho follow
lng telegram from Major General
Pllug, chief of tho military staff:
"According to the information I
have received seven of the enemy's
transports, and artorwards about
forty, appeared opposite PI is wo on
tho evening of May l.
"On tho morning or May fi, the
.Tapaneso began to land at Pltsowo
and on the coast near Cape Terminal
(about llftecn miles .southwest of
Pltsowo), under cover of irtlllery
lire. At this moment about sixty
tiansports wore observed bent lng
down upon the whole front and
our posts rot! rod from the shore.
All papers in tho postolilco ut
Pltewo were removed and tho .Rus
sian inhabitants abandoned tho
town.
"According to Chinese reports by
tho evening or May fi, about 10,000
of the enemy's troops Intel landed
and taken uu quarters in tho Chin
ese villages near tho points of de
barkation. 1 "The enemy sent two columns of
a oou t ono regiment each, one in a
easterly direction and the other to
the southward.
' "On May (1, a passenger train rrom
Port Arthur was iited upon a milo
'and a quarter outside Polandien
(about, forty miles north of Port
;A rthur), by a hundred .lapaneso in
fantrymen occupying tho heights
east of the railway. The train car
ried many passengers, two hundred
sick occupying an ambulance car
riage llyiug the lied Cross Man- Two
of the sick wero wounded. Tho
train succeeded in reaching i'olan
.dieii. Arguing The floycr Writ.
DIONVIOIl, Colo. AriMimcnts or.
.'the writ of habeas corpus Issued on
behalf of Charles II. Moyer, presl
'drnt of the western federation of
miners, who had been deprived of
his freedom since March HO by order
.of Governor Peabody, and is now
'held as a military prisoner at i'ellu
Irlde, which is under mii'tlal law,
vero heard ny the state supremo
ouit. today. Many lawyers and
tidgts of minor courts from all
parts or the state assembled to hear
the speeches Two full days will
to consumed In aienment
The uuostlo i at issue Is whether
he envoi no'' has authority to es
tablish mliii'MV rulo for the purpose
if suppressing what he termed "a
late (f Insurrection and rebellion,
don to acts of strlkeis" In proclama-
ions declaring martial law. Gov
ernor Pealndy denies tin jurisdic
tion or the court in the caso of
Mover and claims tho rlht to sus
pend the writs of tho c -urts and to
irrest and hold as military prisoner
iny pcrsoiei whom lie deems guilty
of Inciting "insurrection."
I KLLUHl DIO, Colo.-.IudgeThcron
h ovens today ordered tho Jurors
-.ummoned rnr the May term or tho
dlstrlci court In tills city to bo dis
charued. All cases pending beroro
jMie court will go over until the next
'term or cour. Judge Stevens explain
led his action by saying that'owing to
(existing conditions in San Miguel
county, which is under martial rule,
juries could accomplish little, if
anything, in tho trial of cases,
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Entombed In Coal Mine.
; ASHLAND. Pa. Georgo Zuob and
.Joseph Osunsky, miners of Glrard
vile, were entombed by a fall of coal
today in the Continental colliery of
tho Lehlizh Valley Coal company.
The men could be hoard tapping for
(Several hours after tho accident, but;
as this coased before evening it Is
,believed tho men have suffocated.