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LIVING 111611 AT VLAI)IYOSTICIC
Russians claim That Everything
is Working Like clock Work.
No Fault to Find With Action of
U. S. Gunboat Vicksburg,
A Tokio cable says: Reports
•have been received from Ping Yang to
the effect that when the Japanese scouts
entered Wi-ju on Sunday last they
found the town deserted by the Rus-
sians. The Qorean residents of the town
informed the scouts that the Russian
forces on the upper reaches of the Yalu
' River cons= of small detached parties.
War a Monster.
Paris cable: A correspondent of
"the Figaro cables an interview with
Count Tolstoi on the subject of the war,
in which the authority declared that the
. first duty of thinking beings was to
abolish war. IIe refused to admit'that
4.8 Russian victory would mean the
spread of civilization, and said he was
not convinced that civilization was
found in Europe merely because the Eu -
i ropeans had created artificial needs such
las railways and telegraphs, adding: "It
tis not by these modern inventions that
we must judge the development of the
!human mentality" Asked whether he
, had not made a reservation on the sub-
ject of 'the practical application of the
ideas which he preached, Tolstoi said:
- "To be quite sincere; I am not entirely
freed from the notion of patriotism, And
$ feel that it persists despite myself, ow-
ing to atavism and education, but fun-
: damental duty compels me to say nitre-
servedly that no reason in the world
t.stands before the reasons of humanity,
and my conscience tells pie that stank -
ter. under whatever pretext, is exe-
crable. that Ivor is a monster scourge,
and that everything leading to war is
to be utterly condemned."
Action of the Vicksburg.
St. Petersburg cable: The state-
ment by Captain StepanofT, of the Var-
:iag, at Odessa, April 2, regarding the ac-
, tion of the commander of the 11. S. gain -
:boat Vicksburg. at Chennllpo. Corea, was
;reprinted to -day. It is believed the state-
ment will pet an encs to the discussion
of the incident. which has been the cause
of so muds irritation in Russia. The Zei-
tung says: Captain Stepanofr has done
well to explain the truth. 11has never
been to Russia's interests to snake eno-
mies, although foolish ehauvinism often
has done so. Russia has every reason to
express her sincere thanks and reeogni-
tion for the humane and noble hearing of
every power represented nt Chemulpo.
Captain Sfc miiolf. in the statement re-
fcrcd to, said: "At the time the Vicks-
; burg was stuunned nt Chemulpo her care-
tain held aloof. Tie took no part in the
conference of pintcst preertling this fight,
for the simple reason that he was not in-
vited to do so. After the fight, like the
others. he sent a surgeon with n boat to
the rectae. As regards his not taking
Rusian seamen aboard the Pickeburg,
this was unnecessary, and it wns more
than probable that Captain RudinotT,
enm1anrling the VariaL . did not ask it•."
Creat preparations are beim.• made at
St. Petersburg for the reception of the
•crews of the Villiers and Korietz. The
council has voted $7.500 for (.heir enter-
tainment. Scholarships will be founded
for the children of the officers.
War Well Conducted.
Lieut. -Gen. I'olofT, who line ben acting
chief of the general staf since General
Sakharoff's appointment as War Minis-
' ter, has been granted the rights and
1 privile;es of Assistant Secretary of State
f by the Emperor. This foreshadows his
( permanent appointment as chief of the
.general staff. (len. Stalcharofl' indicates
the mobilization of the Cossacks in the
Oreburg Prorince. in ease of necessity.
The army organ's correspondent at
Liao Yang forwnrls a description of
Genn. Kouropatkin's headquarters, as
follows: "There is none of the pomp and
I comfort in life herd nothing but a round
;of hard work. The stone cottages built
for the stall' are cold and cheerless. Inside
, the officers have to sit in fors, despite
the roaringfires. But they are too busy
to notice the discomfort. "We have eclips-
ed the Germans in precision and prompt-
, itude, There is no confusion or bustle.
So soon as a regiment arrives it is corn-
+ 3ortably quartered in warm, roomy bar-
; racks, the men are well fed, and rested,
and are then set off to their allotted loca-
1 tion. ,There is no serious illness among
' the army, and no epidemic." The German
'wireless telegraph sysicm Ates -been adopt-
: ed at the Baikal ferries, because the
Croustadt works are ton httsv supplying;
the warships with the Popoff 'system to
furnish apparatus for Baikal.
The Novosti devotes a long editorial
i to Outer that the new proposed triple al-
liance (Th.:ssia. France nnd. Great T3rif-
ain) will not be for the purpose of iso-
lating Germany.
,TAPS MOVING 'ON wrJU,
Another Account of the Repulse of the
Russians by the Japs.
Seoul, Corea, cable, via Shanghai,
April 5.—The .Tapaneee first army, con-
sisting of 45.000 nese, including the Im-
perial Guard nod the second and twelfth
divisions, which had been concentrated
at Amu. is moving on ti'ijn by three
son tts. It was the advance guard, corn•
posed of 450 infantry and cavalry,
which repulsed 600 Russians and occu-
pied Ping -Ju (Chong -Ju), 05 miles
southeast of 'SViju, on March 28. Lieut.
Kato and four Japanese were killed on
that occasion, and Capt. 1 iirowaka and
eleven men were wounded. The Russians
had ten amen ]tilled. Small infantry gar-
risons, with hospitals, etc., make Ring -
Yang the tertiary and Chinampho the
secondary bases.
Supplies are being landed at Ilaiju
and Chinampho, and are also tieing
taken by junks up the Citing Chien
River to .Anju. The horses, 5,200 to a
division, were landed in bad condition.
The necessity for leading each horse
reduces the strength of the fighting
force. Many of the soldiers are suffer-
ing front the effects of frozen feet, The
Japanese are fortifying Pusan, Southern
Corea, and Konjeisland, off the southern
coast, to defend Mnsainpa, The Rus-
sians over estimated the strength of
the Japanese forces at Anju, and con-
sequently retreated without making use
of the natural advantages of the coun-
try to oppose. the Japanese advance.
There are persistent rumors here of the
landing of Japanese troops on the Liao
Tung peninsula and in the vicinity of
New-Chwang.
The authorities here are opening all
the mails.
Landing Completed.
Seoul cable: The landing of Jap-
anese at Chinampho has now ceased,
and the troops have moved northward
from that place. A large sleet guards
the port. The .Japanese military base
]las been moved north of Ping -Tsang,
where, there are a few troops. Five
transports, previously- reported as hav-
ing 'arrived at Chemulpo. diel not bring
combatant troops, but pioneers, a rail-
way corps, and horses to Work on the
Scoul-Wiju Railway.
London cable: 'Megrim -is received
from Kobe and Shanghai state ilte
Japanese Inc now on the Yale- River,
their scouts having entered R'i•ju- this
morning. They did not find a single
Russian there. and it is believed that
they have alt retreated, across the
river. There is no official confirma-
tion of this report. but it is accepted
ns true. It is a.sctur.ed that the Pats-
sians have . evacuated Corea. On the
other hand, reports from St. Peters-
burg state that 500 Cossneks, corn- i
mended by Cell. Artantanofl'. have oc-
cupied Fnsan, forestalling the ,Tapanese,
who were starching there from
Chong -Ju.
A despatch to the I)ailr Mail from
Kobe says that twenty Ilus,ians and
a quantity of spoil were captlu'ed in
an action at Chensn. fifteen miles 1
northeast of CT'iju. The despatch adds
that there had 'been no previous in-
formation that the ,Tapane''e were so
far north as early as lrareh 20.
FACE TOFACE.
Yalu Now Separates the Opposing
Forces.
Tokio cable: According to Jap-
anese reports, the Russians have
cavalry posts from Takushan to the
Yalu. Between Antung and Kinkiet
they have constructed batteries on the
heights, but only a few guns have been
mounted in them. In the same district
parapets and palisades have been
erected.
As to the Russian force at Antung,
which. is directly across the. Yalu from
1A-iju. there is no definite in formation,
but it is estimated to be about :10,000,
_Outing is evidently the base of Rus-
sian operations in the Yalu district.
They will dispute the passage of the
river vigorously, meanwhile keeping its
constant touch with the Japanese
advance and offering ,a possible resist-
ance to it. The chief base' of the Rus-
sian army is Liao -Yang, which is 170
miles f em Antung. According to the e
latest reports, Liao -Yang is now com-
paratively quiet. it is held by 8,000 r
then, the main force having moved it
toward the Yalu. d
All indications point to a deeisite f
battle soon in the neighborhood of A
Antung, herring sante powerful flank v'
movement on ille part of the Japanese t
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'tlte Russian g':nboat Sivoutch, at Yin
Kov, have been removed and shipped
1t ew-Clnvang.
THE JAPANESE FRONT.
Troops ' Advancing Along Three Roads to
the Yalu.
Chefoo cable: Reliable communica-
tions. direct from Northern' Corea state
that the Japanese front, 45,000 strong, is
massed along a line from Basan, near
the coast, through Pak -Cheng, and ex-
tending to the vicinity of Yong-Pheng,
with Anju as a base. The troops will pro -
ably advance along three fair roads, two
of whieli converge near the Yalu River.
Land transportation is very difficult. En-
ormous quantities of foodstuffs and mu-
nitions are being slowly advanced to con-
venient places between Seoul and Ping -
Yang by thousands of coolies, bullocks
and ponies. Engineers have bridged the
Pak -Cheng and Chang. Chun Rivers. It is
expected that these ln•idges will ]ast until
the spring floods. '.I'he progress of the ar-
tillery is discouragingly slow. Six ponies
are used to haus eaeh gun, yet they fre-
quently become mired in roads which
European soldiers would not consider dif-
ficult. The cavah•y and artillery horses
are thin and undersized. They are in-
adequate for their work. and probably
Will not last for live months in an active
campaign.
The engineers have been partialy suc-
cessful in raising the sunken Russian
cruiser Verlag.
by' cancelling the :indemnity 'to liquor
dealers, Agtieudture and mining los.'; $1,-
500,000, the new department of mercan-
tile marine loses $2,00,000, and the non-
ptat'ticipntioa Of llussia. in the St. Louis
Exposition saves $110,000,
No Need for Servians,.
Belgravia, Scrvia, cable: The com-
mittee which bas been enrolling rates
-
beers in Sorvia for service in the Russian
army in the war in the Far East has
g- been dismayed by the receipt of a tele -
to grans from the Emperor of Russia,
thanking the members of the committee
and the volunters- for their Russian
sympathies, but declaring, 'however,
that the services of Scrvians would not
bo required. The Emperor's telegram
came as a complete surprise. One thou-
sand applications -from volunteers bad
'already been received, and tate medical
examination of the candidates had
been. set for next week. The news also
created something of a sensation at the
festival for the benefit of the. Russian
Red Cross Society, at which King Peter
and many persons distinguished in
soeial life were present, but it did not
interfere with the financial results of
the festival, to which the King contri-
buted $1,000.
Killed Eandits.
KOUROPATKIN'S CAMPAIGN.
Has Arranged to Meet Japanese Attacks
From Three Quarters.
St. Petersburg cable: As the time
approaches for tile opening of land oper-
ations on a large settle, the Russian au-
thorities are exercising greater vigilance
to prevent the news of" their plans for
the movement• to and the disposittpn of
troops in the theatre of war from going
abroad where they might be of service to
the enemy. For ten days not a scrap of
real information, except that coetained
in official despatches, leas, been givers out
or come from the front. There practically
exists an einhargo on netts despatrhec,
those coming through being colorless and
devoid of importance.
Secrets rtgerding what is actually
happening are living well kept. It is
as if au impenetrable curtain had sud-
denly been rung down on events in
East Asia. But the greatest activity
prevails. (ten. Konropatkin. at his
temporary headquarters in Liao -Yang.
is directing the execution of Itis plans,
moving the troops. strengthening the
positions s eeted, pesteeting the work-
ing of bit commissariat and quarter-
nmeters' department. and the Hospital
sondem and otherwise looking after
the oreaufaition of the army. Until
the real drama opens the same silence
regarding; preparations will be main-
tained. That the general's plan of
campaign has been worked out and
that it involves the playing of a wait -
ng game until the dispositions of the
army have been completed has been
stilted with m -eat positiveness. It can
naso lie stated that this plan is pro -
greasing even more rapidly than ex-
pected.
Tt can be confidently predicted that
the Rm'ians • will not do more than
lira's the Japanese advance in Corea.
The gradual withdrawal of the Rus-
sians does not mean anything as de-
termining the 'fighting. capacities of the
rnen of the respective armies, as this
is part of the Russian tactics.
'rhe melting of the snow in a ntoln-
tainous country will render the roads
over which the Japanese must come
practically impassable, and this is con-
sidered almost as effective an opposi-
tion as a Russian :army corps. The
Russians also count open a Japanese
clanking movement in connection with
a. frontal attack, and therefore a Rus-
sian fore° has been disposed along the
Tamen to prevent the entrance of a
Japanese column there." Another clank-
ing movement is expected at the head
of the Liao -Tung Gulf, near New-
C'hwang, and everything there is being
prepared to receive the enemy. but for
the present the Russian military au-
thorities believe that the Japanese
game at this point Inas been blocked
by the failure of the attempts to bottle
up and render iminoltile the fleet of
Vice -Admiral Makarofl, which, while
free. will be tion great a menace to the
movement of Japanese transports into
the Gulf of Pe -Chi -Li. ,Another effort to
Molt Port. Arthur is consequently
spelled daily.
One of the lirineipal reasons for t'ice-
oy Alexitff's visit to Port Arthur in
ddition to inspecting the ships and
cfcnees is understood to have been
or the pm•pose of cohstlting Viee-
thniral llralcaroi• with a view to de-
ising plans for defeating these at -
twits, and to this encl all additional
ossibie precautions have been taken.
Weed. it is hinted in high quarters
tat the next time the Japanese ap-
car off Port Arthur they will find a
urprise awaiting them,
Viceroy Alexieff has returned to
rukden.
forces.
The Russians are also bnsy fortify-
ing in the neighborhood of Antung.
Fang -Wong -Tien;,, which is about 30
miles northwest of Antung, is held by
about 5,000 Russian troops.
Not Shut In.
London cable; The correspondent of
the limes, in a despatch dated at sea,
April 4, and sent by Tse Forest wireless
telegraphy by way of Wei -Hai -Wei,
save: I am cruising in the vicinity of
Russia Financing the War.
St. Petersburg cable: The reduction
f the regular credits by $7,000,000,
]Welt will go to swell the war fund, falls
he heaviest on the railroad department,
Melt loses altogether $36,000,000, in-
urling $35,000,000 for new roads. The
hnrch loses at least $117,000, including
7,750 for the Orthodox Church at Seoul,
ores, The education department is a
ser by $553,835. and the foreign Office
ses $570,352, of which $216,747 was for
10 purpose of y an embassy building at
ashingtor,. 'The Liquor monopoly of -
els an econoriny of $6,500,000, mostly
w
ort A.rthlu•. I have discovered no`evi- vt
dente of the vessels of either of the 1)0- el
ligerents. The impression is growing gen. °
ershut lyn Matt b iRu fans were not totally $
c�ofMarch,7. G
A Chefoo despatch to the. Times says lo
that there was another bombardment of lo
Port Arthur Sunday. Iso authentic ,par= tl
tieulara regarding, it have been received. 'lir
/ ntvercr, 'ft is added that the guns of fe
Seoul, Corea, cable: It is reported
that the •Japanese have killed two Tong-
haks (bandits) near Gensan. The pro-
vince of Cholla, in Southern. Corea,
where the Tonghaks precipitated the
China -Japan War, is being overrun by
armed bands, and an official request has
been made for. troops to subdue them.
A returning missionary reports that 45
'.Conghalts have been hanged at Kong Ju,
capital of the province of Chung Chung.
The British military attache has re-
turned here from Ping Yang
Conferred Before tate Throne.
Tokio cable: A conference was held
at the Imperial headquarters before the
throne to -day, at which Lieut. -General
Toratgehi, Minister of dear, Vice -Admiral
Yamamoto, Minster of the Navy, com-
manding officers in the ariny and navy,
Major-General Ishintoio, Vice -Minister
of War, Rear Admiral Saito, Vice -Min-
ister of the Navy, and a number of the
elder statesmen, were present. It is un-
derstood the recent naval campaign was
discussed. and detailed reports of Vice -
Admiral Togo's operations were read by
Lieut. Saito, who was a participant in
the first attempt to biopic forst Arthur,
at,d who recounted its detail this parti-
cular operation. giving his personal ex-
periences and views. if any conclusions
Were reached at the conference . they'
nese not made public.
A SATISFACTORY TAX.
British Columbia Objects to Any
Change in Chinese Law.
Vancouver, B. C., April 1L—A1-
thongh no official advice has yet
been received of the application
stated to have been made by China
to the British Government against
the federal statue, under which a
$500 capita tax is imposed on Chin.
ase immigrants to Canada, Provin-
cial Premier McBride has alreadts en-
tered an informal 'plea for the reten-
tion of the law, which meets the ,de-
mrands.oi thehs-est in keeping out the
detrimental coolie class.
Ever able° British Columbia • liars
had an existence it has suffered as
has no other part of Canada from
the, competition of Chinese cheap la-
bor, and this presence of a most un-
desirable alien element in the com-
munity'. Legislation sl:acially dir-
ected agatnst tate Chinese has been
time and time again attempted, but
has been bold to be improperly: dis-
crirnina,toryL
The $5O0 head tax is the last ex-
pedient to meet the point at issue,
and it seems to be a complete t,ue-
cess. Not one Chinese coolie has en-
tered British Columbia since it came
into operation on the first of tate
present 'year.
STOOD HIIM ON HIS HEAD.
•
Row a Prisoner Received Sentence in
Austrian Court.
Vienna, April 11,—Doctor Sclach-
nec', a well known lawyer and leader
of the Socialist party at Suczawa,
in the I3aiko-ina, wee sentenced re-
cently to eight months' imprison-
ment under peculiar 'circumstances.
]lir had misappropriated £12 of a
client's money, and the case lasted
until midnight. When the judges re-
tired to consider their verdict Soh -
(Lehner asked for a glass of water.
Pouring a quantity of arsenic into
this he quickly drank It.
Two other officers immediately
turned bins head downwards and
forced open his mouth in the hope
that the poison world run out again,
and it was at thls instant that
the judges returned and formally
passed sentence. An emetic was nf-
terwv.ari1s administered and the doc-
tor recovered.
IRISH[ REPRESENTATION.
10ir. Henry )(hither, M. P., Thinks
There Should be Redistribution.
London, April 11.—Henry Kimber,
P., analyzing; different portions of the
kingdom, concludes that Ireland is
very much Or er-repr'e,serttetl.
Groan average ca.ch member rc'pre-
sonts the following number of elec-
tors; foto' sections of England, 465
me tubers, 11,44'2 otecton; each ;
Wales, 30 members, 10,745 electors
oath ; Scotland, 72 members, 10,037
cic-actors each; Ir,:i:tn:l, 101 neemberrt.
0,783 electors each.
On a general average, which i.sJO-
547 per seat, England shold t'etnrr
505 members, and Wales the .came
number as nom, Scotland 69 and Ire-
land 66.
• Klaiber pleads for a redirtr}butiont
Wigg—I once ate twelve pounds of
dates at ono sitting. Wagg .—Prowl
much 'Buie did you con amine in do.
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Rescues and Christenings:
While Fire Raged.
False Alarms, Real Alarms:
and Hot Flames.
Narrow Escapes, Fainting.
Women, Cheering Crowds, •
New York, April 1L—Seldom has the
east side enjoyed a melodrama more
crowded with fire, smoke, gallant rescues,
humorous incidents and spectacular ef-
fects than was witnessed last evening by
a large crowd.
The damage was between $50,000 and
$60,000, and the fire burned for three.
hours. No lives were lost, but two in-
valids were taken out of a big tenement
by the police, and three men made a liv-
ing drain down the fire escapes front a
sweat shop on another street. A priest
in an adjacent church went ahead christ-
ening half a dozen babies, despite the
falling embers on the roof, the shouting
of the firemen, and the splashing of the
water from the hose on the windows of
fr
hisonedifice,tofhim, and while women fainted in
To add to the theatrical glamor of the
scene, the searchlight, first introduced
by Chief Crofter when he was formerly at
theork headagaofin. the department, was put to
w
On the southeast corner of Bleecker
and Mott streets stands a seven -storey
brick building. In the basement is a res-
taurant and cafe. Thei'ftrst floor is occu-
pied by the Columbia Silk Mills, the sec-
ond is vacant, the third is used by the
Novelty Clothing Co., the fourth is occu-
pied ny the Guarantee Clothing Co.; S.
Brelieur and Farr & Fishman, also cloth-
ing manufacturers, occupy the fifth floor;
1i elf S. Solater make up garments for
igen and boys on the sixth, and the top
floor its used by Sykes & Abe Uirselibaum.
Three hien who were working on the
fifth floor smelled smoke a little after
5 o'clock. and flames were found to be
eraeking behind the doors of the -Guaran-
tee Clothing Co. They fled to the fire es-
capes, and, clinging to each other intheir
fright, swung down from the fifth floor
to the sidewalk. The crowd attracted to
the spot cheered enthusiastically.
Battalion Chief Kruger, who arrived
when the second alarm was sent in, turn-
ed in a third alarm. and when Chief Cro-
ker clattered up in his buggy he sent in
a fourth alarm. Chief Titus then arrived
with the reserves from the Sixth pre-
cinct. Two false alarms were sent in from
Second avenue and First street and from
Mott and Spring streets at this juncture,
causing considerable confusion.
Two men nppeared•at the windows of
the sixth flool on the Bleeeker side of
the buildings and peered out of the
smoke. The flames shot up now and then -
end they disappeared from the windows.
In a ,trice the, searchlight was played on
this spot, and the firemen, with ladders
and scaling hooks; crept up th.e wall.
When they got to the windows the twn
men were limn with terror and hung like
sacks in their reseters' arms. The crowd
cheered wildly -as the men and their res-
cuers reached the ground.
Still more thrilling- was the scene ire
the little church of the Madonna di Lor,-
ettc, in Elizabeth street. Father Romanno
was in charge of a christening ceremony,
and the church was filled with women in.
gay colored gowns. The firemen climbed
on the roof of the church. finding it an
excellent vantage ground front which to•
combat the flames in the rear of the•
sweat shoo. Theis heavy boots clatterer)
noisily, and the water clashed down like
a July shower. The crowd of women be-
came'panic-stricken. het Father Airmen -
no calmly proceeded to christen one Tit-
tle eliild after another.
Wlicn the sixth child. had been chviet-
tened its godmother fainted. Father Rom•
anno bade an assistant carry the woman
out into the vestibule while he gathered'
up the relics and valuables around the.
altar.
BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
An Anglo - Franco .- Russian
Alliance Discussed.
St. Petersburg, April 11,—The Russialt
newspapers continue to discuss the pos-
sible Anglo -Franco-Russian entente,
guardedly, but favorably, while at filo
same time sharply criticizing the British
Thibetan expedition. For instance, the
Novoe Vremya cleclare's Great Britain's.
seizure of Thibet is bound to cause trou-
ble for Russia, because of its effect oa
those of her possessions which are under -
the influence of Dalai Laura, but it fol-
lows this declaration with a significant
editorial on the falsity of sentiment in,
politics, in which the point is grade that
Russian assistance to the United States•
at the most critical period in her history
availed her nothing, and that the real
interests of Russia and Great Britain call
for an understanding.
The Novosti fits -ors an alliance, point-
ing out as a basis that Russia wants
ports on the Pacific, an opening on the:
Persian Gulf, and the free passage of the
Bosphorous, for which Russia will guar-
antee Great Britain peace in India.
The Svet alone is bitter, declaring that
Great Britain's diplomatic mission to
Thibet is unmasked; having become one
of blood-letting;, showing that Great Brit-
ain It profiting by Russia's attention be-
ing occupied elsewhere: