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BISHOP DAY RESIGNS
Aoiion of Srraouss Mm F ores a Benwtisa
at ths lietbod it Conferacc.
MOVED BY DICTATES OF CONSCIENCE
A start that Fsltha? Coercion Not t
actneu Prompt Hi Aotion.
ANNOUNCEMENT CREATES A SURP,'
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tiODll flOlda.
PROBABLY NO SUCCESSOR AT THIS TIME
Oeneral Conference Indefinitely Post
aoaea Election of paccee to
tke Last Bishop Chose at
This Session. '
. LOB ANGELES. Cat, May 23. The most
sensational Incident of the Methodist gen'
oral conference occurred this morning In
the resignation of Bishop James K. Day of
Syracuse, N. T. His reslgnaUon was sc
cepted by the conference. The conference
then voted to Indefinitely postpone the elec
tion of a suooeseor to Dr. .Pay oa the epis
copal hoard, and this action was taken to
mean that there will be no balloting for an
eighth bishop by this conference and that
the board will remain a at present consti
tuted. . '
In resigning his position Bishop Day
asked permission of the eonferenoe to retire
from further attendance. The resignation
came as a profound surprise to every one,
xoept a f aw friends with whom he had con
sulted regarding his determination, and his
statement which preceded his action was
listened to1 by the delegates and crowded
gall arise with intense interest.
When Bishop rose, Who was presiding,
Mked the conference to bear a statement
from Bishop-el ot Day, as a matter of per
sonal privilege, the assembly appeared to
divine that something out of the usual was
about to happen and Immediately granted
permission. Dr. Day, who occupied a seat
among tho bishops on the platform, came
to the front of the speaker's stand, and la
a tense and Impressive tone of Voice began
his statement.
I do net believe," said Dr. Day, -that
any man In the conference will charge me
with disloyalty to my conscience and to my
God. J believe that every one will con
cede that I am .actuated by honest motives
and that I am fulfilling my duty In taking
the action i am about to take, t wish to
make It clear that there baa been no
Coercion by the trustees of ray university
itd that . material considerations did not
la any way enter Into this matter. I am
acting solely on the dictates of my con
oleaoe and nave arrived at a oonclusion
caly after two days of earnest and prayer
ful consideration, during which time I have
left my room only for my meaU and did
not seek the, ad Woe or counsel of any of
my friends until I bad fully .made, up my
mimi,'.' -,,.1 ..;,: ? .;..,.. -.-.
Mast' Coatfaa mm Educator. ,
" Dr. bay then read a formal document ad
dree sod to the general conference tendering
his resignation as blshop-eleot of the Metho
dist Episcopal church. After thanking; the
conference for Its patient consideration In
bearing; his prefatory remarks he said in
twrti
Whan I came to this general conference
J was told by some of my friends that I
would be voted for and possibly elected as
a member of the episcopal board. 1 deter
mined to keep my mind open on the subject
and at no time reached a conclusion as to
my duty In the matter until after the third
bullut. I then felt at liberty to withdraw
my name and did so. In spite of this, my
friends kept my name before the confer
ence, and when, on Saturday morning, a
moat unhappy Incident occurred, I was
astonished to ,see votes going to me, I
wished again to make publlo withdrawal of
my name, but was earnestly besought by
my friends not to do so. Bines my election
I have thought of nothing but my duty to
the church of which you are the repre
sentatives. I am not Influenced by material consid
eration. There are new factors in my
problem, I must return to the work of
Christian education. I do not feel myself
called to take up the work of a bishop. I
hereby tendar my resignation of the office
of bishoo and ask the confidence of this
general eonferenoe.
There was a murmur of surprise among
the delegates which was stilled In a mo
ment by the voice of Dr. J. M. Buckley,
seeking recognition of the chair., Dr. Buck
ley began by reading the last paragraph In
a statement made to the conference by Dr.
Day on last Saturday concerning a news
paper article which had to do with an al
leged altercation between Dr. . Day . and
Prof. Alex Haddla, as follows:
"I staad upon those principles today; but
If I did not, after having given you this
Incident, after having appealed to your
kindness and your fairness, I sm not capa
ble of permitting you to vote for me for
the Episcopal office. I most certainly have
not" by the remotest hint or thought
felt that I would use any such Incident as
this to promote myself to that high office."
Pb Buckley stated that hs had had no
conversation with Dr. Day until Saturday
vening. and then had 'endeavored In every
way to Induce him to abandon his deter
mination to resign.
"But" said Dr. Buckley, "when a man
puts his action upon ' his conscience and
duty to Ood argument Is useless, and If
Insisted upon becomes impertinent"
Election la Postponed.
Dr. Buckley then quoted a paragraph of
the discipline to show that Dr. Day was
not reslgnlnf the offlce of bishop, but 'only
the eligibility to that offlce, as be had not
yet been consecrated. He argued that the
conference had a perfect right to nullify
the act of his election, and that precedent
Whs furnished lr, the case of Joshua Boles,
who resigned after his election at the gen
oral conference of 1820. He moved that
Dr. Day's resignation be accepted.
The question was put without debate and
was carried unanimously.
Dr. Buckley thereupon moved thst the
conference proceed to ballot for a bishop
to take the plaee of Dr. Day In order to
carry out the recommendation of the Epis
copacy committee for eight new bishops.
Dr. Wright moved as a substitute for this
motion that the further election of gen
eral superintendents be postponed. This
was adopted almost unanimously and Is
taken to meun that there will be no mors
general, superintendents chosen by this
conference.
The rots for three missionary bishops
was announced today as follows:
Kor Africa, Itev. I. B. Scott; for southern
Asia, William F. Oldham and John I. Rob
Insos. The conference rescinded Its action of
Saturday, by Which the representatives of
a looal tH'Wtpaper were excluded from press
privileges. It slso flxtd Thursday even
ing, May M. a the time for consecrating
aew bishops. Ths remainder of the day's
session was taken with memorial services
In honor of those bishops who have died
during the last o,uadretttUuHw
REPORTS PHILIPPINE MASSACRE
Maalla Hears that Friendly Natives
Are Killed hy KttlTei oa
Mindanao.
MANILLA., Msy 23 A report has been re
ceived here from Camp Overton, on the
Inland of Mindanao, dated May IS, mating
that a massacre had taken place on May
12 near Malabang. on the southern coast of
Mindanao. . Fifty-three Filipino men,
vomen and children, the families of em
oyes of the United State military gov-
; iment at Malabnng, were surprised at
' 'night while asleep by the Datto Alia
ft ban1 of Moros from the Bio Grande
1 siaugmereo..
The chief and his
Tr 5"
era escaped before the alarm could
n.
n of the massacre are meager. Ma-
jral Wood has been in the Interior
v .Mindanao since May 12. Cable commu
nication between Manila and Mindanao is
Interrupted end the wires sre down In the
Interior of the Island. ' The report of the
massecre was received by mall from a
correspondent at Camp Overton.
WASHINGTON, May 23. Governor
Wright has cabled the secretary of war,
making the following quotations from a
dispatch sent to Oeneral Wright by General
Wood:
No disturbance In Cottobsto valley. Af
fair was a fight with a band of outlaws
under Datto All, who Is ss much an enemy
of peaceful Moros as of ours. All Moros
In valley are at work and friendly, and,
for first tlms In ths history, are taking out
cedulas. Have taken out 2,800 In last two
weeka Not the alightest cause anxiety.
Governor Wright adds:
Leonard Wood visited' me shout two
weeks slnoe. We wsnt over Moro matters
full. He was then sanguine there would
be no further disturbance except that In
volved In running-down All, who Is a fugi
tive In the mountain with a small band
of Moros. I am Inclined to think him cor
rect In his views. Incidents of this char
acter ars always liable to occur and. In
deed, may be looked for. Aside from what
Leonard Wood says In above telegram, I
do not believe It possible that there will
be any concerted opposition by Moros. They
have no chief of prominence around whom
they could gather; they are divided Into
very small groups, commanded by Insig
nificant dattos, intensely Jealous and gen
erally without order or organisation. I
regard serious opposition ss impossible.
The Philippine commission has appropri
ated out of the congressional relief fund
tlM.OOO to enable him to build roads through
Lake Lanso region.
Had expected to visit Moro province be
fore this to make personal Inspection, but
have been detained by press of other mat
ters. FEELIITO GROWS MORS INTENSE
Secretary of French Legation at Vati
can Not Allowed to Hetara.
' PARIS, May 23.-M. Nlsard. the former
ambassador of France to the Holy See, ar
rived here today and conferred with For
eign Minister Delcasse relative to ths clos
ing negotiations with the papal secretary
of state, Cardinal Merry Del Vol.
. It Is announced that the embassador was
recalled In the full sense of the diplomatic
term, the French government having given
up Its first plan to give him indefinite leave
of absence. Ths rupture is further empha
sised by the determination of France to
withdraw M. ds Navenn, Its minister, at
the Vatican. When tho rupture was first
decided upon It was the Intention to con
tinue M. Denaven at Rome as charge
d'affaires .for , too purpose of. transacting
routine business. M. d Navann Is .now
hero on leave and' It has been decided that
he shall not return to take up his duties
as minister. This leave M. Bartig, with
the rank of second secretary, to carry on
the routine business1 of the Vatican em
bassy. It Is understood that publlo state
ments of M. ds Navenn defending the Vati
can's course have contributed to the de
cision that he shall not return. Papal
Nuncio Mgr. Lorenillll gave out an ex
planation today of his statement that he
would not leave because "Rome had no
taste for replying to provocations."
The latter expression was construed ss
likely to give further offense to th French
government and as leading to another dip
lomatic Incident. Mgr. LorensilU there
fore explains thst the word "provocations"
did not refer to the action of the French
government, which had a perfect right to
withdraw Its ambassador, but to the provo
cations of French newspapers in suggest
ing his recall.
President Loubet made a significant
speech today In connection with the holi
day at Arras. The bishop of Arrai wel
comed Loubet as the representative if the
union of church end state. In replying M.
Loubet said:
Tour reference to he union of church
and stste appeals to a condition of ctilm
which the government heartily denims
and which the prestlnt of the republic
welcomes. Tour action and that of vonr
clergy can be particularly etfW acloun In the
realization oi tnis taimrjciory condition,
for I see therein sn assurance of peace for
our country and greatness for the repub
lic, ,
ROME, May 28. Information received
from France by the Vatican authorities in
dicate that the situation- growing out of
President Loubet's visit to Rome has as
sumed a more satisfactory phase. It Is
understood that the Vatican has been as
sured that the government unless com
pelled by action of tho Chamber of Depu
ties, practically Intends to allow the matter
of Cardinal Merry Del Val's note to drop,
thus avoiding a conflict with the Holy See
before the general elections of 1906.
GREAT
BRITAIN
MI'ST
FIGHT
Correspondent at Gyans; Tse Says
Diplomacy Is Fsllore.
NEW YORK. May 23. A small force
from the garrison of Colonel Young
husband's mission moved out Saturday to
olear 'the line to the south, says a dls
patoh from the London Times' correspond
ent at Oyang Tse, Thibet. Colonel Brander
was at the head of the force, and, after
burning three farm houses occupied by the
enemy, returned to the post
Two of the Slks were killed' and Lieu
tenant Hodgson was wounded In a raid on
a farm house last Thursduy. The Thibetans
lost about thirty men.
There have been fifty-seven casualties
among the British since the mission
crossed the Tangla.
Diplomacy has 'proved useless, the cor
respondent declares, to carry through the
operations against the enemy. In order to
guarantee the security of the Indian fron
tier. AMERICAN CITIZEN IS AT LIBERTY
Former Hasslaa Sahjeet Is Released
ThroasTk Efforts of Minister.
ST. PETERSBURG. Msy B.-Morrls Kiel-
man, a native oi uussia, put a citisen of
Wisconsin, who was arrested May 14 at
Challablnsk. has been relessed through thu
Intercession of Ambassador MoCormlck. It
transpires that his arrest was partially due
to representations made by the sgent of a
firm competing with the one represented by
Klelman.
Klolman was charged with violation of an
article of the penal code, which provides
that a Russian subject who swears allegi
ance to a foreign stats wKhout the govern
ment's permission is likely to banlsQnieat
or Uansporutloa to blberUK
MERGER BEARING CONCLUDED
Argument Tnroi Lir ttlj to Title of Horth
era Paoifio btcet
AFFECTS HARRlMAft-PlERCE HOLDINGS
Settlement of the Title to the Dlsl
Bated Becnrltles Involves the
Control of tho
Company.
TRENTON, N. J., May 24. Argument was
concluded before Judge Bradford In the
United States circuit court today in the
case of the application of il H. Harrlman
and Wlnalow F. Pierce to restrain the pro
posed plan of distribution of the assets of
the Northern Securities company, which
was decided by the United States supreme
court to be an Illegal combination.
The concluding argument lor the North
ern Securities company was made by John
G. Johnson of Philadelphia and W. D.
Guthrie of New York closed the argument
on behalf of the complainant. The argu
ment on both sides turned largely on the
subject ss to the title of the Northern
Paclflo stock which Harrlman and Pierce
put Into the combination and which
amounted to about 179,000.000.
The main contention of Mr. Johnson was
that the stock had become the absolute
property of the Northern Securities com
pany and that it was perfectly legal for
the Northern Securities company to carry
out the pro rata plan of distribution upon
which the company had agreed. Mr. Guth
rie's principal point was that by reason of
the illegal combination, title to the North
ern Paclflo stock hsd not passed from Har
rlman and Pierce and that in consequence
they were entitled to have returned to
them tho particular stock which they put
Into the combination, and which Involved
the control of the Northern Pacific com-'
pany.
Controversy Sot Between Stockholders
Argument was opened by John G. John
Son, representing the Northern Securities
company. He stated first that the contro
versy was not ons between stockholder.
Neither was it a claim that the directors
of the Northern Securities company had
exceeded their powers. What is in dispute,
he said. Is a plan of the Nor thorn Securi
ties company to distribute property which
the complainants claim to be their own.
The oase. therefore, stands, he said, on the
question of title to the Northern Pacific!
Railway stock which was formerly owned
by Harrlman and Pierce, and which was
afterwards acquired by the Northern Secu
rities oompany. Mr. Johnson outlined a
number of points upon wbioh hs would base
his argument ' Among other things, hs
said, the bill of complaint was insufficient
because It made no averment of title. - The
bill, he ssld, violated the settled principles
of equity, that the complainants were
guilty of laches and that at any rate they
oould not claim Interest In .new shares of
oommon stock which they bad never owned.
Mr. Johnson ' was rather caustic In his
reference to Mr. Harrlman whom, ha Said,
became a director of lbs Northern Se
curities oompany, and that the stock ac
quired : by the Northern - SeonritSesi ' oom
pany wss acquired with -ths -aid of Harrl
maa'e vote. The stock held" by Harrlman
and Pierce In the Northern Paclflo Com
pany, he ssid. was sold to the Northern
Securities company, and from that time
Harrlman oould have no possible right in
it other than the Interest In oommon with
stockholders of the Northern Securities
company In property belonging to that oom
pany. When the Northern Paclflo stock
was sold to the Northern Securities com
pany, Harrlman and Pierce, with their
eyes open, forewent any further rights In
the stock disposed of by them. Their
present Idea was to secure for themselves
stock of the Northern Pacific Railway com
pany, which had gone up, and to leave all
other stockholders of the Northern Se
curities company to serve themselves as
best they could out of what was left and
out of what Harrlman and Pierce In their
bill had claimed had depreciated In value.
No Contract Relations. '
Mr. Johnson then read some testimony
given by Mr. Harrlman, In which the lut
ter states that the negotiations for the
sals of ' his Northern Pacific stock had
been conducted with J. P. Morgan ft Co.
Mr. Johneon argued that there- were no
contractual relations " between Harrlman
and the Northern Securities company. He
quoted from Harrlman's testimony to show
that at the time the sale was agreed upon
Harrlman only knew vaguely that the stock
was to go to a holding company and he
read Harrlman's snswers to the effect that
In the negotiations Harrlman was not in
fluenced by the fact that the stock was to
go to such a company. Mr. Johnson read
a resolution from the proceedings of the
directors of the Northern Securities com
pany showing that this stock, $37,000,000 com
mon snd $41,000,000 preferred, should be ac
quired by about $91,000,000 with' payments
In $82,000,000 of ths Northern Securities
stock snd by sbout $3,000,000 in cash. The
purchase was authorised and this, Mr.
Johnson said, constituted a complete sale,
leaving Harrlman with absolutely no rights
with respect to the stock.
' A long cross-fire followed between op
posing counsel - and the court as to the
exact point upon which the complainants
based their case. Mr. Johnson Insisted
that the contract of Harrlman to sell his
stock was a complete one In Its effect snd
not a continuing one as maintained by the
complainants, and that the obligation of
the Northern Securities to hold the stock
of the Northern Pacific was not one In
which Harrlman had any rlsht. This
prompted Jud Badrahaa to remark thit
he understood Mr. Johnson's point to be
that the continued holding of the Northern
Pacific stock by the Northern Securities
was expected by Harrlman rather than a
contract Mr. Johnson replied that so f.ir
as the records were concerned there was
nothing to Justify an explanation.
Ontario oa ' Decree Potuts.
After the noon recess Mr. Johnson closed
ths argument for the Northern Securities
company and was followed by W. D. Guth
rie of New York for the complainants.
Mr. Guthrie's argument bore largely on
the line that a fair interpretation of the
decree of the supreme court of the United
Stales was to the effect that Mr. Harrlman
and Mr. Pierce were entitled to have re
turned to them the stock of the Northern
Paclflo company which they surrendered
at ths tlms of the consolidation.
Mr. Guthrie held that the Northern Se
curities company In the case of the de
cision dissolving, only held Northern Pa
clflo stock as custodian for the original
owner. Judge Bradford Interrupted Mr.
Guthrie on this point and asked If he
meant that the decree In Itsalf settled this
point. Mr. Guthrie answered that the re
turn of the stock to Harrlman and Pierce
was a necessary result of the decision that
the Securltlea company was an Illegal com
bination. Judge Bradford asked If Mr.
Guthrie held that ss s matter of equity
(Continued on Beaoud Pass-)
EXPERT TESTIFIES IN CASE
Evidence oa Behalf of Defeadaat Is
Heard at . Rising:, Isa,
Indiana.
RI3INO SrK, Ind.. Miy JT..-A. P. Heyl.
called as an expert by the defense In the
Gillespie murder trial, testified today that
he had made experiments In firing through
window glass and found that glass at the
distance of one foot from the muxzle of a
gun would have no perceptible Influence on
scattering the shot, and that a slxteen
gauge choke-bored gun, such as James
Gillespie owned, would not have scattered
the shot so widely as did the weapon used
by the sssasstn.
Asked the direct question If a sixteen
gauge choke-bored gun was the weapon
used by the aswssln, he said he thought
not that an ordinary m utile loading gun
would scatter the shot approximately as
did the assassin's weapon,
Myron Barbour was the first of tho de
fendants called to testify. He evidenced
no emotion and was entirely at ease in
his manner. He said he was reading a
newspaper when he heard the shot which
killed Elisabeth Gillespie. It sounded like
an explosion near the colored church.
He stepped out and ran around ths col
ored church, but saw. no one. As he came
back he saw. Mrs. Margaret . Gillespie
standing in her door railing for help. He
went In and found Lixsie lying In a pool
of blood.
On cross-examination he admitted that
he was .unfriendly with Elisabeth Gilles
pie, snd said that he did not attend her
funeral. When asked if the cause was
that she had slandered his wife the ques
tion was overruled.
Mrs. Barbour, wife of Myron Barbour,
said she was In ths kitchen when the shot
was fired. She denied that she ever spoke
to Laura Johnson about vitrol throw
ing. James Gillespie, the chief defendant, took
the stand and testified that he ate supper
In the kitchen of the Stewart home. He
then went to the rear of the yard and
while there he heard the shot which he
afterward learned killed Elisabeth. He
denied that he ever struck or scolded his
sister Elisabeth, and disputed the testi
mony of Jane Boyle, Detective Franklin
and Mat Hewitt ' Court then adjourned
yntil tomorrow, when James Gillespie will
be cross-examined.
STOPS EMPLOYES COMMISSIONS
Massachusetts ILealslatare Takes
Measarea to Protect Employers .
from Dishonest Employes.
B08TON, May 23. The state legislature
has passed a bill, which has gone to the
governor for his signature, for the purpose
of stopping- the corruption of employes by
the giving and receiving of bribes. The
practice Is said to be quite general through
out New England and the manufacturers
particularly regard tho" corruption . as a
"curse."
- Tho bill . provides that whoever gives,
offers or promises to an agent employe
or servant any gift or gratuity whatever,
with the Intention -to Influence his action
in relation to his principal's, employer's
cr master's business, or any agent,-employs
or servant who receives .or accepts a gift
or gratuity or promise, stndsr aa agree
ment or with an : uadewtanding that ' he
Shall act in any particular manner In rela
tion to bis employer's business, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor
more ' than $600, or Imprisonment for not
more than one year.
The act Is' designed to prevent the pay
ment of commissions on purchases of sup
plies or for the use of the employe's In
fluence, by bribing him, to secure con
tracts, appointments to commission, or any
act by which the employer is Imposed upon.
It probably covers the case of butlers and
other domestlo servants who have an un
derstanding Tlth ths butcher, grocer and
other tradesmen from whom employes pur
chase household supplies.
POLICE CONTINUE CRUSADE
E-very Saspeoted Poolroom la' Mna
hattan Borouth Raided by.
the Officers.
NEW YORK, May 23. Police Commis
sioned McAdoo continued his crusade
against gamblers today by ordering every
suspected poolroom In Manhattan, borough
raided. Police details led by inspectors
or precinct captains entered no less than
300 places before the raids were finished.
One of the places visited In the lower
section of Manhattan was a racing ex
change, and here nine telephones and many
racing sheets were confiscated by the po
lice. In another place twenty telephones
wre found and in a third eleven were
taken out.
In one place on Broadway opposite the
postofflce the police were forced to climb
from the roof down to the third floor
on a fire escape. They found twenty-one
telephones but no person inside. The place
evidently had been vacated in haste.
CHOSE TWELVE DELEGATES
Indianapolis Will Be Represented at
tho Constitutional Grand Lodgre, -B'Nal
B'Rtth.
INDIANAPOLIS. May a.-The grand
lodge of district No. 2, Improved Order of
B'Nal B'RIth, tonight chose- twelve dele
gates to the constitutional grand lodge,
the highest lodge in the order, which meets
In New York next March. Sol 8. Klser and
I. N. Helms of this city, Victor Abraham of
Cincinnati, M. Frlendman of Denver, Leon
Block of Kansas City, Samuel Bowman of
St. Louis, Nathan Drucker of Cincinnati,
Jacob Furth of St. Louis, M. Marks, presi
dent of the Indiana Society of Ohio of
Cleveland, Alfred Mullur of Denver, Wil
liam CrnstHn of Cincinnati snd N. M. Url
of I-eulsvllle were selected.
The constitutional grand lodge meets only
once In five years. At the coming con
vention there will be delegates from every
where on the globe.
TWO SHOT OVER DANDELIONS
Italians FtarM la Pennsylvania aad
Slrantcer I sea Gna with
Effect. '
METERDALE. Pa., May S3. In a dis
pute ever dandelions at Elk Lick mines,
one mile east, three Italian miners met
death and the fourth participant escaped
An Italian named Louie was gathering
dandelions In ths rear of a boarding house
run by Domlnlrk Bills. Bills ordered Louie
awiy. Jestingly. Louie cursed Bills, at
which Bills pulled a gun and shot him.
An unknown Italian Interfered, taking
Louie's part, and shooting Bills and his
cousin, Samdel Bills, who " wss coming
along on a bicycle. The unknown Italian
then escaped, but is thought to be hiding
In the vicinity. The antborlUes aro la
PlUSUlb
SUPPLY CHINESE WITH GUNS
BnMias. Offiotrt Ars Ought in Aet of
Bellini QoTrrnroent Biorss,
CHINESE ARE INCENSED AT INVADERS
Germna Correspondent says They
Aro Loislnf for the Time
When They Can Avenge
Their Wrongs.
BERLIN, May 23. A correspondent of the
Frankfurter Zeitung, writing from Harbin
under date of April IS, gives striking de
tails illustrative of the conditions of the
Russian army and the relations existing
between the Russians snd the Chinese.
He says that two officers. Lieutenant Colo
nel Korllnsky and Staff Captain Ignoto-
witch, are In the Harbin prison awaiting
ths carrying out of sentences of death
Imposed upon them for selling large sup
plies of gunpowder to the Chinese from
the army depots. The officers charged the
men $26 per thirty-six pounds, but their
supplies running low, they filled the boxes
partly with sand and placed a layer of
gunpowder on top. At the same time they
raised the price to $50.
The Chinese merchants. Incensed at the
swindle, caused the matter to be made
known In higher quarters and a watch
Was set resulting in the detection of the
Officers in the act of selling gunpowder
to Russian intermediaries.
By similar means the robber bands are
well supplied with the most modern rifles
and plenty of ammunition. Although It Is
prohibited to sell arms to the Chinese, it
is well known that every native village
contains a regular arsenal with modern
rifles. Including many of the German model
of 1900.
The robber bands have grown bolder and
moro active than' ever. Within a few weeks
of the date of the letter to the Frank
furter Zeitung a band numbering as many
ss 2,000 men attacked a well guarded rail
way station. The Russians asserted pos
itively they recognised Japanese officers
In command of the assailants.
Continuing, the correspondent says that
ferocious bitterness prevails throughout
the Chinese population against the Rus
sians. , He then relates ths following In
cidents In explanation thereof. After say
ing that the Russian settlers regarded the
natives as being far lower than dogs, the
correspondent says Russian officers assured
him that the peasant settlers teBted their
new rifles by taking natives as a target.
"One engineer, with whom I traveled,"
hs asserts, "did not salute a well known
officer because the latter had shot down
eight of - the engineer's best laborers in
mere wantonness. His complaint remained
unanswered."
: In consequence of such conditions, the
correspondent asserts In conclusion, the
entire laboring population are longing for
the moment they may dare fall upon their
tormentera.
GENERAL MA TREATS WITH BaNDITS
ChJaeee Render Assistance to Leader
Who Woald ria-ht Rasstaaa.
LLAO YANO, May X Oeneral Ma, commander-
of tho Chinas ' troop. Is ' In con
stant communication with. . TouUsan. .. the
Chief of tho Chinos bandits, woo ars
adopting military organisation under Japa
nese Instructors.
Toullsan's ' dlstrlot Is. the granary of
Manchuria. He Is a great organiser and
built seven immense granaries" which ' ars
strongly garrisoned. - Teulisan ordered the
inhabitants to bring In their supplies of
grain, forbidding them to sell It to the
Russians and ordering them to reserve the
grain for the Chinese armies, which are
coming from ths northwest.
Hundreds of disguised soldiers are com
ing up ths river, styling themselves work
Ingmen. They remain Idle and are well
fed, while the Russians are unable to get
food. The Chinese officials are obsequious
to Toultsan, who collects the taxes of
the district Swarms of disguised Chi
nese soldiers are In the vicinity of Llao
Yang and Chinese troops are guarding
the Shan Hal Kwan Shin Mln Tung rail
way. The Russians sre having the great
est difficulty In pacifying the Inhabitants
who apparently are anxious to rise against
them. Touilsan, General Ma and Viceroy
Yuan Shi Kal are partisans of the Ming
dynasty and are openly planning a revo
lution with the aid of the Japanese, who
cleverly take advantage of the quarrels
between tho partisans of the Tatslng and
Ming dynasties. The former is cham
pioned by the bannermen, or privileged
olass of Mongols, who hate the Chinese.
The latter are headed by Yuan Shi Kai
and the whole Chinese nation. The prov
inces and cities where the Chinese element
predominates aro Invariable pro-Japanese.
The Russian sympathizers are only to be
found among the bannermeh Mongols.
RI SSIAN BATTLESHrt XOT INJl RED
Sank at Anchorage at Croastadt aad
Cava is Betasr Investigated.'
ST. PETERSBURG, May 23. The admir
alty reports that the battleship Orel, which
suddenly sunk at Its anohorag at Cron
stadt on ths night of May 20, as the result,
according to report, of Its ssa vslves being
open, and which was subsequently raised,
has not sustained any Injuries. The in
vestigation Into the cause of the accident
Is not concluded.
The general staff says tho reoccupatlon
of New Chwang by the Russians in force
Is due to the change in the situation pro
duced by the loss of ths Japanese ships last
week. General Kourapatkin o-lginally had
deoided to abandon the town, because of
the Japanese oomplete mastery of the sea,
but the tosses sustained by Vice Admiral
Togo's fleet so change ths relative strength
of the two tests that It Is believed to render
unsafe the dispatch of Japanese transports
around ths Llao Yang peninsula, as thsy
run the risk of attack by Rear Admiral
Wlttsoeft.
An Investigation made by the authori
ties In the recent attempt to destroy some
of the vessels of the Baltlo fleet at Cron
tadt has resulted In the arrest of four
Japsnese spies, who seem to have es
caped detection by wearing ths uniform
of naval cadets, thus obtaining admission
to the navy yard and access to the ships
without difficulty.
It is believed thst they srs also re
sponsible for the fires started some time
back near tho naval magailne and for ths
opening of the sea valves of ths Orel.
The authorities here think ths Japanese
have been harbored by anarchists.
RI'SSIA ADMITS LOSS OF BOGATYR
Admiral Jeasea Destroys Cruiser Be
caase It Conld Set Be tared.
ST. PETEIiSnUfiG, May 13. Ths report
that Rear Admiral Jessen, finding It Im
possible to save the protected cruiser Bo
gatyr. which went ashore recently In a fog
on the rocks off Vladivostok, caused It to
be blown up, Is confirmed.
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SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
Rnsslans Worried Over Strengthening
of Right Flank of Korokl'l
' Army.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
NEW YORK. May 23.-NeW York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
After having been mysteriously sunk and
successfully raised, the Ruselan battleship
Orel at Cronstadt met with another mis
hap. An explosion occurred in its bunkers
snd ten stokers were killed. Japanese
sp'es have been arrested at Cronstadt and
reports of Investigations that are being
made Indicate that a suspicion exists that
the occurrence on board the Orel were
not accidental.
Dispatches were received confirming the
report that the Bogatyr of the Vladivostok
fleet was destroyed by the Russians alter
having been run aground. Its guns first
boing removed.
In a special cable dispatch to the Herald
from St Petersburg It was stated that the
Russians believe Port Arthur to be Im
pregnable and that a sacrifice of even 80,000
Japanese lives would not avail the enemy
In carrying the stronghold.
It was declared that Russian military
circles were seriously concerned over the
strengthening of the right flank of Gen-'
eral Kurokl's army. It being estimated that
the Japanese general would make un attack
In force within a few days.
MIKADO RECEIVES FINE HORSES
MM ,
Animals Captared front Rnsslans Have
Been Presented to Japanese Holer.
TOKIO, May 23 The Japanese landed at
Taku Shan report having been engaged In
two scouting skirmishes during which ten
Russians were killed.' In the first affair
two Russians were captured and in ths
other General Kurokl reports the capture
of an officer and a man caught making a
reconnoisance In the rear of Kurokl's army.
Three splendid horses captured at ths
Yalu battle by Kurokl and presented to
th emperor reached Toklo today. They
were taken to tho palace, where they were
Inspected. Two are mares, Russian bred,
and the other Is an Ambian.
People who have visited Matsuynma re
ported that ths Jspanese are exercising
great care with the food and general treat
ment of ths Russian prisoners there. The
rations Include liberal allowances of meat,
bread and tea dally. The prisoners' quar
ters are clnan and sanitary. The majority
of the Wounded are making good progress.
RUSSIANS PREPARING TO RETREAT
Japanese Mobilising Third Army for
Rorfaetlo f Pert Arthnr.
LpNpON, May 24. A , dispatch to the
Dolly Mall from Yin Kow says a Japanese
third army Is mobilising at Hiroshima. It
svldently Involves ths utilisation of ths
second army for the reduction of Port
Arthur, and therefore the first army is
entrenching at Feng Wang Cheng.
The Morning Post's Shanghai correspond
ent says It is reported the Russians are
removing stores and provisions to Harbin
and that 100 locomotives and 800 cars are
collected at Llao Yang In readiness to con
vey passengers snd goods. Therefore, he
says, the conclusion Is that the Russians
are preparing to retreat.
CHINESE ALARMED BY THREATS
Rasslans Promise to Burn Mukden aad
Llao Yaagr.
LONDON, May 24. The correspondent of
the Standard at Shanghai says reports have
been i-ecelved from Mukden that the Chi
nese there are alarmed because of threats
made by the Russians that they will burn
Llso Yang and Mukden before retiring.
The correspondent adds that the Tartar
viceroy at Mukden has ordered a brigade
of . Chinese troops to occupy that placo
Immediately after the Russians retire.
REPORT OF A JAPANESE REPULSE
Chinese Say Attempt to Carry Port
Arthar Haa Failed.
ST. PETERSBURG, Hay 21 -According
to reports which have reached the Russian
headquarters st Llao Yang from Chinese
sources, the Japanese have made a land
attack on Port Arthur, but have been re
pulsed with heavy losses. The truth of the
reports Is qucstl nd here.
Empress Visits Red Cross II' spit al.
' TOKIO, May a. The empress of Japan,
the court women and the women of the
foreign legations visited the Red Cross
hospltsl here Ibis morning. Inspected the
arrangements , and talked with a , few
wounded and sick soldiers. Dr. Anita Mo
Gee, who Is In Japan In connection with
Reo. Cross work, wss received by her
majesty and accompanied the party.
Ick aad Woonicd Reach Janaa.
TOKIO, May IX About too sick md '
slightly wounded men of General Kurokl's i
army arrived at th military hospital here :
today, with several guns, wagons snd im
bulanoes, captured at the Yalu river, whloh
will be presented to the emperor.
Lascars Are Released.
CRONSTADT,. May 2l.-rThe three Lascars
arrested as spies on board the British
steamer Csmroas have been returned on
koard that vessel, which sailed today. .
TENNESSEE OPPOSES MILES
Southern Prohibitionist Favor Be-
sides Tate, A, O. Wolf enberger of
Lincoln for Candidate.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 23,-Ollver W.
Stewnrt of Chicago, chairman of ths pro
hibitionist pstlonal committee, was In the
city today In oonference with C. E. New
lin, Indiana state rhslrman of that party,
on arrangements for ths national conven
tion which is to be held In Indianapolis, June
29 snd SO. The Tennessee stste convention
endorsed James A. Tate of Harrlman,
Tnn., (or president . .
"A resolution was Introduced," ssld Mr. I
Stewirt, "Instructing the delegates to the
national convention to vote agslnst Nelson
A. Miles, but the resolution was withdrawn
for the reason that the delegates were all
opposed to Miles anyhow snd tl.ere w:.
no good reason for taking any negative
action."- --
Mr. Stewart says that besides Tate ths
men most dlsousuod for the presidential
nomination ore Alfred Manlrre of New
Yefk City: A. A. HorKlna of Hornells
vllle, N. Y., and A. O. Wolfeuberger of
liiuuls. Nan. , -
JAPS LOSE HEAVILY
-atjond that 10,000 Men Ears Fallen ia
Fierci Laod Attack on Port Arth.-.
LOSS OF THE RUSSIANS PLACED AT 3,000
News Received JQ UDCocfirmtd Eispatch
from aniian Ooniul at Che Foo.
JAPANESE LOSE THREE MORE CMJ1SERS
Report that V:auiTot)k Squadron Hat
t Cap nred Bhipa Unonflnnsd.
EXPLOSION ON OREL KILLS TEN STOKERS
Rasaiaa Battleship Seems to Be Hoo
dooed aad Has Third Serloaa
Accident Within a f'ow
Days. ;
ST. PETERSBURG. May 23 -It la re
ported that Foreign Minister Lamsdorff
has received a message from the Russian
consul at Chs Foo saying that ths Japa
nese have made a land attack on Port
Arthur and that In doing so thsy lost
18,000 men killed and wounded. Th Rus
sian loss Is placed at 1.0OO mtn. Ths ulti
mata outcome of the fighting Is not stared.
Japs Los Thro Oralaors,
PARIS, May 24. The St. Petersburg eor- ,
respondent of th Matin says that It Is
persistently rumored that ths Vladivostok
squadron has captured three cruisers that
were bought by Japan from Chile. '
Explosion oa th Orel.
LONDON, May 23 The flt Petersburg
correspondent of tho Central News says
that thero was an explosion today on
board the battleship Orel at Cronstadt and
that ten stokers were killed, Th vessel, ;
the report says, was damaged and It will
take weeks to effect repairs. The explo
sion, according to th dispatch, was th
result of an accumulation of gaS In th
bunkers. . ' : .
Hope to Hold Tort Arthar.
CHB FOO, May 13.-4 :S0 p. m.Ths cap
tain of a Russian merchantman, who left
Port Arthur an May 20, and is among ths
recent arrivals from Dalny, said In an In
terview thst th whole Japanesa fleet hsd
not returned to Port Arthur slnoe th 16th ,
Inst., when, besides ths battleship Hatsuse,
another big Vessel struck a mln and was
towed away disabled. Gunboats and tor
pedo boats returned off , he port oa th
20th Inst, when tho Russians suooeded In ,
sinking a small gunboat snd two torpedo
boats. The Russians are now confidant of
holding Port Arthur with ths 80.000 mn
stationed there, exclusive of the navy
and the crowds pf mechanics working upon .
the damaged warships, ail of which except
the Csarovltch and th Retvisan, are
ready to rejoin th fleet.: Toes will also
rw - - F ' - -- p ,
Ths entrtnee to - the IiarW bu lbn
cleared sad vm&U boftta now pei In nd .
JUS. a I r7t jr A- 'iu M vi rw tasasa w ' - r ' -
Ths forts on ths1 land slds of Port Arthur
bar been completed and aro now prepared
for a severe contsst
Of the few soldiers left at Dalny, the
majority hove gone to Fort Arthur, and
the only defenses left thur nr-w af th
mine In the harbor.
Th attempt of th Japanesa to ?and
troops In th Kin Chau sulf on (V. loth ,
Inst failed owing to J. sufficient Water to
float the boats.
There has been ho fighting In th vicinity
of Port Arthur up to Saturday since the
Kin Chau fight cn the ISth Inst. whn two
squadrons of Japanese cavalry wer wiped
out, only eight men of which escaped.
Several unsuccessful altimpts wvs made
by the Japanese to land troops at Tallen
wan last week. On the way ever there
passengers on the Junk Just arrived Heard
firing In the direction of Port Arthur last
night ' ' '
The Japanese hfcve reported to th 'con- '
suls hnre thst a wreck In th Mao Tung
gulf is dar.gerous to tavlgailon, and It is
posslhlo that this Is ths Cher ship said
to hfcve been danuged at Vort Arthur on
May 3fi, as th Japanese fleet Is known to
have entered the gulf after h disaster
to the Hatsuse.
PLEASED V7ITH CHAR'S ACTION
Raselan rvwepapcre Take 'Jcelded
. Stand Atalnst Inter v tloa.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 2t.-Th Rus
sian newspapers are unanimous In their
aflirmatlon of the deep lmpr!on mud
upon the aountry by the eirt'eror's personal
godspeed to the tr.-i.ps In South Russia, de
claring that Russian prostlgo In t!i far
ejst i.iust to vindicated and that every
I.usslan breast re-echoes the emperor's
conviction expressed to l.i ' lo-vn council
at Moscow, aa follows;'
"Our glorious amies will return with t:.o
aureole of victory-"
Considerable Irritation is manlfcStwl l
the papers over ths suggestion loads by M.
Duball, th French minister at Peking, that
a congress of the powers be held for ths
purpoee of affecting a conclusion of the
war. The Novoe Vremya says)
The war is Russia's personal affair, and
It asks no one's assistance. When It is
ended It will negotiate with the mlhai'i,
but not with Eui'upe. Therefore, we rrri
that the report of Russia's ally should h
the first to pronounce inn word "bungrex."
The same paper, speaking of ths reception
of the news of the Japanese nsval disas
ters by the British press, says:
The hymn of uninterrupted irluirph iiy
Japanebe. which wss sung by tl.o friendly
choir of th English press, iu been cosl. .
lengcd by a few pr.ur.ds of dyiiirnliH from
Allegro Maestoso to Atfltato Atsul.
The Chinese minister says Chlnu will tot
sek to participate In nny oongien ut the
conclusion of the . wsr. Its negotiation
will be direct with the powr occupying
Manchuria The minister continues to In
sist that China Is determined not to bo
come Involved in the war.
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Russian Fall to Recover Road.
CHE FOO, Msy IX Forty Russians Who
left Dalny esterday (Sunday), arrived
ht-r today. Up to the time of their de
parture Dalny bad .not been ' irttackod by
the enemy. Av.diTig to their account the
Japanese troops met with a reverse at Kin
Chau on the l.ith Inst., but ths Russia
failed to rrnaln control of the tnllw.iy.
They are positive that another J: paileso
war vessel was dar-.i.gcd at the time
battleship Hatsuse was drsif ycd. Civil
ians, In dally expectation of sn attack upon
Dalny by the Japsnese forces, are J'Wlng
there on Junks.
StcCoemlck Beads Names of Prlsonsia.
ST. PCTEHbUURO, Msy ft Th United
States embassy In forwarded to the Jap
nee minister at Berlin the names of the
offloe re and men captured on ths transport
Ktnthu and other Japsnese ships Sunk ty
the Jluk4lan. (