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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-05-27, Page 3Scarcity w,b;f Russian fro the Se tt of /.r0 ussia s S.id to be Yell x i [rupee w 011 pS at w 3 bankers' disapproval of the foreign loan. In harmony with the Government instructions, issued last month, the provincial Governors and the school authorities are urgin;, liberality in re- ligious matters towards all, especially Greek Christians. At a meeting in Tokio today representative Budclists, Sltintoists, protestant Christians of na- tioizal repute, and English and Amer- ican missionaries adopted a resolution en counter to • the Russians' claim ' that the • war was essentially one of v Q Buddhism against Christianity. The t White resolution was as follows: "In the war ` ®� `�a �{+ e that exists between Japan and Russia, the object on the part of Japan is the security of the. empire, and the per- manent peace of the East. It is con- ch,' . ,;� ? � +, ducted in the interests of justice, hu - kko re at Moscow. Loudon cable sags.—The lack of news from the seat of war is connparable with the ,situation before the battle of the Yalu, when the curtain was perpetually down. There are no grounds for believ- ing the reports from Chinese of fighting ae Liao -Yang. Not a word has been re- ceived concerning the operations of the invaders on the Liao -Yang peninsula, and but for the loss of the cruiser Mi- yako and the operations of the ubiquit- ous Chunchuses there would hardly be an incident to be reported. Chinese arriving at Shanghai, profess- edly from Port Arthur, say that the Japanese are vigorously besieging the fortress by land and sea, and that they are bombarding both it and 1)alny. They add that the garrison is dissatisfied and will surrender. Such yarns are always to be obtained at Shanghai. Of the progress of the advance to- wards Liao -Yang the only official state- ment is contained in a despatch from Gen. Pflug reiterating that a consider- able section of the Japanese main army is concentrating northwest of Takushan, and is supposed to be moving toward a point beyond Hai -Cheng or Haitjoo. He says that the advance from Peng-Wang- Cheng towards Liao -Yang has been marked by indecision, but this informa- tion is not later than May 13. The general staff in St. Petersburg has been informed, according to a Paris newspaper, that Gen. Kuroki's army is only moving on Liao -Yana at the rate of six miles daily, owing to the badness of the roads and frequent skirmishes with Cossacks. It is predicted that a great battle is not so imminent as ima- gined. The stories of friction between Genp. Kouropatkin and Admiral Alexicff are revived. It is stated: in Paris that the latter has telegraphed to the Czar that Gen. Kouropatkin ignores his orders. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. Russia Thinks Japs' Advance Character- ized by Indecision. St. Petersburg cable says.—The follow- ing despatch from Major -Gen. Pflug, dated May 15, has been received at the War Ministry: "According to informa- tion received up to May 15, the en- emy's advance from Feng Wang Cheng towards Liao Yang is characterized by indecision. It is to be supposed that the objective of the principal Japanese forces is a point beyond Hai Cheng or Haitjoou (Kai Chau). Another import- ant group of these forces is concen- trating in the district northwest of Takuslian. "Several skirmishes have occurred with Chinese bandits, in which three Cossacks were killed and three are re- ported missing. "In the maritime provinces all is quiet." The general staff has received the fol- lowing despatch from Lieut. -Gen. Sak- ,haroff (Gen. Kouropatkin's chief of staff), dated May 15: "On May 14 I ,was informed that Chinese bandits had appeared in villages ten miles west of Liao Yang, and I sent out detachments :of riflemen, mounted and on foot, and ;company of infantry. No bandits were !found in the villages, the inhabitants of which answered evasively. As the force was returning front the village !of Shantaidtza, 12 kilometres west of Liao Yang, considerable numbers of bandits were discovered at a spot where they had been concealed by the villagers. The riflemen attacked the .bandits, who occupied the outskirts of the village, from which they were dis- lodged. They left 20 dead and a num- 'ber of rifles and many cartridges. Our loss was two soldiers killed and three wounded. "The Japanese have reoccupied Kaouindian Pass." Jap Armies in Touch. ' Tokio cable says.—On account of the withdrawal of the Ibtssinns from the eastern portion of the Liao Tung Pen- insula, the first and second Japanese armies are in communication. Forty Miles From Liao Yang. St. Petersburg cable.— The Journal's corespondent, telegraphing under to- day's date from Liao Yang, says that ]the main body of the advancing Japan- ese army is forty miles from that place. 'RUSSIAN FORCES. ,Claims of soo,000 Men Mere Idle Boast- ing. London cable says -The St. Petersbairg correspondent of: the Daily Telegraph says it is now admitted that the number of Russian troops in the far east is smaller than was supposed from the newspaper accounts. The entire north- east has been denuded of soldiers. Cou- firination comes from other sources that over-estimates have been made. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Na- tional Zeitung of Berlin declares that it is known and admitted that it will be a long tithe before the Russians are able to confront the Japanese on equal terms. He adds that everything that has been asserted regarding the per- fected concentration of 300,000 or 400,- 000 Russians now stands condemned as idle boasting. The troops between Lake 13aikal and Port Arthur and Vledivo- stock woudld be probably over-estimat- ed at 275,000. Of these a dispropor- tionaily large number are occupied in guarding the communications, which demand increasing attention. The forces concentrated between Liao -Yat;; ana Mukden probably do not exceed 30,000. The task of removing and ed- stroying immense stores in various parts of Southern Manchuria involved the Russian forces in great misfortune. It produced serious congestion in transporting troops over the railway, the capacities of which have. been in- tentionally exaggerated. The Com- mander -in -Chief has been further com- pelled to countermand the despatch of reinforcements from Vlnxlivostock ow- ing to the appearance of Japanese warships and transports in Ussuri IBay. The Russian military authorities are uncertain whether the transports are full or empty, but in view of their presence they feel tunable to reduce the Vladivostock garriron.- The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Express sends a similar depressing story of Russia's difficulties. He be- lieves that owing to the limitations of the Siberian Railway Russia has not been able to forward more than 4,000 then weekly since the war began, which is no more than the wastage to be estimated upon. He predicts that the wastage will greatly increase owing to sickness in the summer, to say noth- ing of fighting, and he concludes by saying that the army is not strong en- ough to attack the advancing Japan- ese or to successfully hold its positions. Concentration at Mukden or Harbin is therefore its only hope. The Standarad's St. Petersburg cor- respondent says it is rumored that Gen. Kouropatkin himself has- with- drawn to Mukden. DISTURBANCtS IN COREA. Farming Operations Abandoned and Coolies Robbing Villages. A Seoul cable says—Provincial disturb- ances are becoming troublesome in vicin- ity of tate places recently occupied by the Japanese in Corea. Many pre- fects and tnagitrates have petitioned the Emperor to send troops to pre- serve order. Farming operations have been generally abandoned. All the animals employed on the farms have been taken by the troops, by whom they are used for transportation pur- poses. Coolies who refused to enter Man- churia with the Japanese are now slowly returning to their homes. They are without food, and are robbing the already impoverished villages. The Japanese attempted to establish twenty -mile relays, which would pre- vent the removal of the coolies from their homes, but the emergencies that arose upset the system. Japanese gendarmes follow the army and as- sist the Coronet police in controlling the lawless, unorganized coolies. The situation promises internal dis- orders, which are fostered by the revo- tionary Tonghaks, unless the latter are suppressed. Occupation of Delay. A. Paris cable says.—The Eclaire's St. Petersburg , correspondent telegraphs that the report of the occupation of Dainy by the Japanese is confirmed. A despatch from St. Petersburg to the Echo de Paris says that the Japanese have destroyed forty -flue kilometres (about twenty-eight miles) of the rail- road above Port Arthur. ARE YELLOW MEN. Japan Citizens So Characterize the Russians. Tokio cab lesays.—An important meet- ing was held to -day, Marquis Ito, Prime Minister Katsura. Minister of Finance Sone, Count Matsukata and Baron Inouye being present. The pro- posed second domestic loan was post- poned on account of the Japanese inanity and civilization, unconnected witn differences of races or religions. Therefore, the meeting, without dis- tinction of race or relieion, agree, and will endeavor to publish to the world, according to the methods of our re- spective religions, the real purposes of the present war, and our earnest de- sire for a speedy and honorable peace." Another resolution was adopted to the effect that the Russians were yel- low men with white faces, while the Japanese were white men with yellow faces. Again Off Port Arthur. Paris cable says.—The Echo de Paris prints a despatch from St. Petersburg reporting that the Japanese fleet. has again appeared within sight of Port Arthur, which is expecting a fresh attack with fireships. NOT UNTIL SEPTEMBER. Russia in No .Hurry to Send Warships to Far East. St. Petersburg 'cable.—The Orel ar- rived to -day at Cronstadt, making the third battleship of the squadron des- tined for the Far East which has ar- rived here to receive an equipment of guns, The battleship Alexander III. has already been commissioned and the battleship Borodino is receiving her main battery. The Souvaroff is the only battleship under construction to be as- siged to the Far East. She was pro- mised for delivery 'last month. Bat- teries are being installed on the pro- tected cruisers Jemtchng and Izumrud. Despite this progress Vice -Admiral Rojestvensky said that there would be no hurry for the voyoge to the Far East, and that he does not expect to arrive in the Pacific be'r>re September next at the earliest. MOSCOW G13EETS CZAR. Czar Nicholas Receives an Enthusiastic Welcome. Moscow cable says—In the ancient esp- ital of the Empire, Emperor Nicholas to -day received an enthusiastic welcome. His stay was brief, lasting only 35 min- utes, because of his wish to hasten to Kharkoff to begin bidding farewell to the troops under orders for the far east, but it was sufficient to enable all classes of the public to show their loyalty to the throne in this trying time of war. At every 100 yards along the line there was stationed a soldier, who brought his gun to the salute as soon as the locomotive of the Imperial train reached him. The railroad, station at Moscow, one of the oldest stations in the Empire, was gaily decorated with flags, and the Imperial waiting -room was filled with flowers and piatlts. The Emperor was met by a dis- tinguished gathering including Grand Duke Sergius, Governor-General of 'Moscow, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth, the children of Grand Duke Paul, and a crowd of generals and the command- ing officers of the various regiments sta- tioned in and around Moscow. The vast Kalancheff Square, just outside the station, was packed by thou- sands. To -day the Emperor received those assembled to greet him, and then re- turned to his seat on the train, which was shifted to a track leading to Khar- koff, and resumed his journey. After bidding farewell to the troops at Khan koff, which is the headquarters of the Tenth Army Corps, and of the Tenth Cavalry Division, his Majesty will visit Poltava. MASSAGED A PYTHON. 1Ceepers in a Z.>ological ['ark Had a Busy Time. Nese York, My' 23.--Bertween stuff- ing young anacondas as if they were Strasburg geese and massaging a nineteen foot python, which kept them: in the air half the time, two keepers in the Zoological Park In the: Bronx heel a very busy Sunday. The little reptiles fought valiantly against (their compulsory dieting, and in assisting nature for the ben- efit of the big eonetrietor Snyder and Fo'.svler, the keepers, took their lives in their hands. Tim python (squirmed and tweeted, bending its body with aa, strength that raised the 150 pound weenfive feet from the ground, and lashed about with its tail trying to .strangle the keep- ers. Qne tweet around their necks would have killed the mien. In handling the python the keep - ens were in real peril. This snake is the pride of the reptile house, of ev,hich it h!ar been an inmate six Mantis. In that time It has RNed Its skin twice, against all traditions of its rake. In captivity shakes cioi ndt free thei selves\ of their outer [X LO ER STANLEY'S FUNERAL. ffripressgve Service Held in Westminster Abbey. London, May 23.—The remains of Sir Henry M. Stanley, who died May 10, were buried to -day in the church -yard of the old Surrey village of Pirbright. Prior to the burial the British nation and the United States, in the persons of Ambas- sador Choate and Consul -General Evans, paid honor to the departed African ex- plorer with an impressive funeral service held in Westminster Abbey. "Buie, Ma- tori," meaning "The Rock Breaker," .as the coffin plate testified Stanley was known by the African natives, was taken in an open hearse to the Abbey. The route was lined by crowds of people, The pallbearer inoiuded a grandson of Livingston, :Arthur Mountenay Jepltson,; Stanley's former lieutenant, sad the' Duke of Abercorn. Lady Stanley headed' the procession of mourners that passed; through the cloisters. With her was ! young Denzil Stanley, the deceased's ad-' opted. son, and Livingston's daughter. Aa I the coffin was borne past the tomb of i Livingston within the Abbey the little' band stopped, and for a few minutes there was a pathetic pause. The service I was fully choral. Both King Edward ' and the King of the Belgians were rep- resented. coverings with ease, and it is neces- sary to assist them: in the removal off the odd skin, :which adheres in patellas. . Snyder and Feev.,lerl got a horse blanket, jthreee it over the 'big snake's head and neck, and (then Snyder sat on the head while Fowl- er took a strangle hold on the tali, and both men laid themselves along the snake's body! 'td. hold it down while they rubbed off the old skin :with their hands. The python re- sented this massaging with tre- m'endau's bends of its thick, muscu- lar ;body. - The peen dared not let go, for if the python succeeded in loosing its head or tail, or got enough of its middle clear to bend like a double rope about tho keepers their lives ,'would not have been worth much. BLAME NIONEIPIDERS. Alleged ferjctry in the Victoria Ddurde" Case. Roseland, B. C., May 2s. :i start- ling story of intrigue and counter- plot is told by a prominent China- man here in connection with the sentence of Wong On and Wong Gow at 'Victoria for the murder of the ,Chinese theatre manager. A Christian Chinaman, having a cer- tificate of membership in the •Vic- toria Young Men's 'Christian Asso- elation, declared the conviction of Wong On is ,part of the Ilighbind- ers' attempt to punisie Chinamen who accept ei:ristianity ; also that the Highbinders, to protect their own guilty members, who left the coun- try immediately after the killing, 'have fastened the guilt on Wong On, who had since accepting Christian- ityL,y. securing the conviction of Wong On through the alleged in- timidation of friendly witnesses, the ui;Shbinders, according to the ,Chi- namen here, secure revenge for old scores, aun provide an object les- son to Christian Chinamen, many of whom are said to be wavering in faith as an outcome of the trial. The Chinese section here, which is several hundred strong, is thor- oughly worked up on the subject, and anxious to have the matter probed more deeply by the authori- ties before the capital sentence is executed. SNOT HERSELF.. May A. Hopkins Healed Herself in b'amily Hume. Buffalo, May 23.—After an unsue- tcessful attempt to kill Herself yes- terday by drinking an ounce of lau- danum, May A. Hopkins, this morn- ing about 8 o'clock, shot ]herself in the an1uth with a 38 calibre revol- ver. She lingered until &45 o'clock isvtten she died. Miss .Hopkins for the past year has been employed as a stenographer in' the office of Ilar- o1d Sturges Rankine, 402 Ellicott Siqua.re. • Despondency resulting frolnt ill_ health is said Ito 1.10Ste p!roMptecl the young rwloh an to kill herself. Yes- terda.y Miss Hopkins( ;svent to; her room and drained a bottle which contained a little ''over an ounce of lauidanumm. This did not affect her. This morning she arose, partly dressed herself, and then went to al drawler and got her father's re- volver. after clo!sinb her bed -room door the woman at on the bed, placed the mimic of the gun in her mouth and pulled ''the trigger. No one heard the fatal shot, and her condition'svas unknown until Mrs. Hopkins, the another, (went to call her for breakfast. On the bureau (as fo'u'nd an 'unsigned note writ- ten by 'the f;lrl, in which she said; "1 took one oti'noe of laudanum yesterday, and as It took no effect, I fused the revolver." STRYCHNINE FOR HEADACHE. A Choir Singer of Cleveland Killed Through the Mistake of Her Chum. Cleveland, n., M>ty 23.—Miss Nina Shepheard, the hacking singer in thn Congregational Church of East Cleve land, took strychnine this morning, be- lieving it to be a head ache powder. The fatal mistake was made by fuer ohum, Miss Grace Sanborn, the daugh- ter of IL. R. Sanborn, cashier of the State National Bank, of this city. Miss Shepheard spent the night with Miss Sanborn at the latter's home and complained this morning of a severe headache. Miss Sanborn sent the ser- vant after headache powders used by herself. The servant brought the strych- nine, and it was Miss Sanborn who handed the poison to her friend, Miss Shepheard was seized with con- vulsions and died an hour later. 1'Ter father and mother reached her only a few minutes before she died HANGED HIMSELF. Used Suspenders for a Noose and Killed Himself. Buffalo, Ma'y' 213.—suicide by hang -r, ing in a cell room at the Sycamore, Street Station was the route to, death choeen early; this morning bye George Ott, 56 years old, who for- merly,, lived with his wife and chil- dren, at 66 °berry! street. Ott was a laborer, but it is ecaid he never worked unless compelledt The pollee say; he was a habitual drunkard, and what Otey] he earned ho squandered for liquor. A short' timea go Mrs. Ott got abill of sep- aration. Ott remained away from his former Cherry; street home a few days, but went back Saturday,' night. He threatened to kill his wife and she notified the police. About 5.- 45 o'clock this morning Desk Serg- eant Collins went to the cell room, lie found Ott banging from the bars at the top of his cell by his suspen- ders. Re was unconscious and slowly; strangling to death. Collins hastily] cut him down and then summoned a nearby doctor. The surgeon worked over Ott for nearly an hour in an unsuccessful effort to revive him. ARE MORE AGGRESSIVE. Thibetans Now Threatening. British Lines of Communication. London, May! ''3 A deepatch' to the lames from Gyangtse, dated May 15, says that the daily postal escort was fired an Saturday, and that communication after Mondays, would be ' less certain. 1tie Tbibet-' ans ]save received heavier ordnance from Lhassa, and considerable re-: inforcements from the east and' north. The rumors that they are re- ceiving white ,assistance •are be-: coming more frequent. 2'i:ese pro- bably refer to the Buriats. According to an unofficial despatch from Simla, the Tbibetans have be- gun to threaten the British lines of communication, with which thus far; they have not interfered. They are active between KLangma and Gyangtse, making transport more difficult. So far as known, how- ever, the iBritish position is not endangered. Gen. Macdonald tele- graphs the Government that all the posts are absolutely safe. TOTAL FIRE LOSS. That of Toronto Now Estimated at About $11,000,000. Toronto, M1a;yi 23.—The value of the :stock carried by the ,W. R. Brook Company at the time of the fire has been fixed by the adjusters at $568,000, the insurance being $550,000. Some of the salvage has been sold for $5,000 and ;the bal- ance is expected to realize $13,000, bringing the company through with no loss on stock. The building has been valued at $60,000, with insur- ance $48,000. The sound value oL property, the loss of which has so far been adjusted, totals $4,394,638, with insurance of $3,654,626. The General Adjustment Commit- tee estimate that they have now,. dealt with. 40 per cent. of the lose, which would make the total value of property destroyed about $11,- 000,000. SUICIDE ):ROM A. TRAIN. Man Ties a Rope to the Brake and to His Neck and Jumps Off. Stuart, Neb., May 23.—Swinging to one end of a rope, which was around his neck, the other end being tied to a car brake, the body of Ludwig Radel, a wealthy farmer, was yesterday arter- noon found bounding along in the rear of a Northwestern passenger train. Radel had committed suicide by jumping from the moving train with the rope around his neck, and had been drag- ged several miles before being discover., ed. Almost every bone in his body was broken. Several tures recently Rader had threatened suicide. Yesterday he board- ed a Northwestern passenger train and went to the rear platform. Shortly af- ter the conductor found the body being dragged by the train. SHE WAS CRAZY. Wife Tried to Murder Sleeping Husband. York, Pa., flay,! 23.—Suffering tronas melancholia, the result of poor health, Mrs. James Showell, of Glen Rock, attempted to murder her sleep- ing leu sbancl by cutting his throat with a razor, and then slashed her. own throat. When the razor entered Shewell's flesh lie awakened and fought off his wife. The woman re- tired to another room and attempt- ed self-destruction. Bots•, are in a Critical condition from the loss of blood.