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Up parallel to liis line of corm -maim -
tions, and there is only a single line of
Russians Report Torpedoing aliesueat
Japanese Cruiser.
Report That the Japanese Have
Captured Dalny.
Port Arthur Prepared for a
Protracted Defence.
London, May 16.—A correspondent of
the Daily News, -w)io Ms just arrived
Chefoo, from Port Arthur, which place
he left Thursday, says that although
25,000 Japanese have lauded north of
Port Arthur the garrison there is not
dismayed. The place is provisioned for
nine months. The garrison numbers 15,-
000 men'exclusive of 30,000 Chinese
coolies. The correspondent denies that
.Admiral Togo's bombardments were ef-
fective. He says that not a single gun
was -disabled. The populated parts of
the city were slightly damaged, but the
arsenals and docyyards -were not in-
jured, The Retvizan is permanently
disabled. The Askold Ms been :locked,
and is being repaired. The other ships
are not injured..
The warships are able to get to sea
as the channel has been cleared. Two
cruisers and two torpedo-boat destroy-
ers steamed outside last Sunday.
The garrison holds all the good posi-
tions within 20 miles of the fortress.
A battalion of Japanese advanced last
Sunday frone Kin Chau Bay. They
were met with artillery fire, which was
followed by a charge of the Cossacks,
The Japanese retreated, leaving eighty -
live dead on the ground.
JAPS ATTACK PULANTIEN.
Damage the Railroad and Force a Rail-
road Train Back to Dalny.
St. Petersburg, May 15. --Under date
of May 13 Gene Karkevich reports that
on Thursday 1,000 Japanese infantry
and two squadrons of cavalry attack-
ed the railway station at Pulantien and
slightly damaged tbe railroad. A pas-
senger train from Dalny was obliged to
return.
The Japanese retired from Pulantien
at midnight. The town is illuminated
nightly by the searchlights of the Jap-
anese vessels in Adams Bay.
Another detachment of Japanese was
seen on May 13 in the neighborhood of
PultAntien. Gen. Karkevich continues:
"Bands of Chinese aro beginning to
attack our flying post stations between
Saundtzi and the BaSS011 high road.
Large bands of Camnshuses have been
seen near the station of Yantai"
A despatch from Gee. Pflug, .Atleeiral
Alexieff's chief of staff, says: "The
enemy's column, about a aivision
strong, is advancing on Siuyen along
the Tayanho River. M is reported
that considerable forces are stretched
northward to Talcushan.
"The Coreans are destroying the
telegraphs between Ken Chen and
Senengin. The Japanese have blown up
the railway, five versts from Pulan-
only prisoners taken by the Japanese
were wounded men and surgeons.
The officers confess that they -were
astonished at the cleverness of the Jae).
anese in taking cover and thus escap-
ing the fire of the Russian batteries,
although the excellence of the Rua.
sian smokeless powder made it impos-
sible to tell the direction from which
-the shell wers coming. Even with the
strongest glasses it was impossible to
fix the site of the battedes.
ESCAPE JAPANESE AMBUSH.
Official Reports of the Progress of the
Mikado's Army.
St. Petersburg, May 15.—Lieut-Col.
Sultharoff has sent e following report
to the general staff, dated Liao -Yang,
May 14.—"Tho enemy's advituce guard
on May 12 reached Touiatsou, on the
road. between Feng -Wang -Cheng and
Liao -Yang. Our two eotnias of Cossacks
retired toward the village of Kantsaen-
diantig.
'A Japanese force of three battalions
of infantry, ten guns and two squadrons
of cavalry from aeludeethan, on the road
to Miaotien Pass, was sighted on May
11 in Tafanoon valley. Since then there
has been no news of the force, which
leads to the conclueion that it has
branched off westwards towards Hae -
Meng.
"A detachment of the Japanese van-
guard tea Touintzou May 13, southward,
and was pursued by our Cossacks, who
exchanged. shots with the Japanese rear-
guard for half an hour, and having in
the meantime discovered an ambush
prepared by the Japanese, retired.
"Our scouts ascertained that a Japan -
es force of two regiments of infantry,
eight guns and three squadrons of cav-
alry had approached. Lindiapoutse and
Errtaoufan.
"Om line of patrols between Lanshan-
houan and Samadza had a skirmish with
Japanese bandits, in which three Cos-
sacks and three horses were killed, three
Cosacks slightly wounded and four miss-
ing."
"Measures arc being taken to clear
this district of Chinese bandits.
"The enemy's scouts have appeared
about nineteen miles southeast of lefiao-
den Pass.
"Al is quiet on the road front. Siuyen
to the pass.
"A reconnaissance to Chingtaitshe did
not discover any considerable number of
the enemy.
"According to Chinese reports, Taker-
shan and Chingtaitse are occupied by
Japanese detachments of 500 men each.
Stronger forces are at Sitoukhtchielga
ben. . twelve miles northwest of le:Anshan.
"A rising of the Chunclmses against "'Returning to Siuyen, the reconnoit-
the Russians and all Christians is im- ring party had a skirmish with a small
minent at Dapadziatai, forty-two versts Japanese patrol. One Japanese dragoon
from Kona,nchenie." was killed and one Ceased< was wounded.
A despatch from Liao Yang says 800 "There is no news from Silitchinai-
Chunchuses descended the hill on Fri- mdse.
day and attacked 100 Russian frontier "On May 8 a detachment of nearly
guards neer Yenta' station, between 1,000 Japanese advanced seven miles
Liao Yang and Mukden. The Russians north of Palandien. Another detach -
were reinforced and. the brigands were
routed. They had seventy men killed
and wounded, and sixteen prisoners
were taken.
The Russians suffered no losses. It is
said that the killed included several
disguised Japanese.
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AFFAIRS AT PORT ARTHUR.
ment of 300 infantry and half a squad-
ron of cavalry advanced by a flanking the second army was completed on
Friday at Pitsewo. There are now
50,000 Japanese troops on the penin-
sula."
EXTERMINATING BANDITS.
RI:SLUM Kill Fifty Chinese lYfaraUdere
in One Village.
Liao Y ;mg, May 15.—The Chinese
bandits are becoming bolder, and are
causing considerable trouble to the
Russian outposts. A swarm, of the
bandits at noon, May 13, attacked the
coal mines on the branch line east of
Yat -tai station, ten miles north of
Liao Yang. The mines, width. supply
the whole railroad, were guarded. by
200 riflemen and- 10 Cossacks. In a
fierce fight the Russians repelled the
bandits, and then charged them, the
bandits fleeing to the hills and to three
neighboring villages. Tito troops sur-
rounded the villages and demanded the
surrender of the bandits. The sur-
render was at first refused, but, fear-
ing. that the Russians would destroy
their homes, the villagers finally re-
vealed the hiding places of the fugi-
tives. The bandits fought with the
desperation of entrapped rats, aud ,50
of them were spearea and killed. The
Russians sufferea no lees.
Among 17 prisoners taken by the
troops, two were Japanese offleers, who
had escaped from, the Russians. One
of the bandits taken prisoner confessed
that the bandits had been hired by the
Japanese, whom they were supplying
with information.
Attack Vladivostock.
Tokio, May 15.—It is reported from
Sasebo that early in May Admiral
Karnimura attacked Vladivostock. Two
torpedo boats issued from the harbor,
but retired before the Japanese quick!
firing guns.
The torpedo boats had came out un-
der cover of a fog. When the fog clear-
ed away the fleet bombarded the forte;
which replied without effect It is re-
ported that the Russian fleet is .still in
Vladivostock harbor.
Cossack Raiders.
Seoul, May 15.—The Prefect of Tok-
thong, which town is two days' march
northeast of Anju, reports that 700
Cossacks arrived there the afternoon
of May 8th and commandeered provi-
sions forage and native ponies, and in
sevral instances seized. money. The
villagers fled to the hills.
On the morning of May 9, the Bus-
_ sians advanced to learchong. They
brake open the local jail, freed the pri-
soners and kidnapped the jailor and the
village headsman. Four Longhak lead-
ers have been executed at Chongju, cap-
ital of North Chullado, Corea.
TAPS ENTER. DALNY.
Warships Destroy Mines and the Troops
Invest the Town.
Chicago, May 15.—The Daily News
publishes the following from its Che-
erio correspondent:
"When the Daily News' despatch
boat Fawn arrived off Delay early yes-
terday a heavy bombardment was in
progress. .As the channel was thickly
mined by the Russians, and the Japan-
ese Admiral Katooka ha,d issued strict
orders that non-combatant boats were
to be excluded, at was imposeible to get
within the roadstead . Hence an ac-
curate report of :the proceedings is im-
possible.
"So far as it was possible to ascer-
tain, the armored cruiser Yakumo, four
other cruisers, one gunboat, and one
batleship, having cleared the channel,
entered. the barber shortly after day -
had been killed and two mortally
WOUnded.
The United States cruiser New Or-
leanti has errived at Mete°.
Feuer leendred, and. fifty Russian pris-
oners, eixteea of them officers, have ar-
rived at Tokio. Nine officers and. 280
men were wounded.
Rumors Of Fighting,
NOW Chwange May 10.—hforning.—
There is an unconfirined native Tumor
that heavy fighting took place in the
direction of Liao Yang yesterday. The
reports of big guile were faintly beard
east of New ()Wang at 0 o'clock this
morning, The Russo -Chinese Bank has
been moved to the French consulate.
Port Arthur Railway Closed.
New Chwang, May 15.—The Russians
now admit that the railroad is practi-
caly closed. to Port Arthur. Notbing
bas been heard. from there by wire for
three days, and six days' mail consigned
to points south of IIeui Yen was return. -
ed this afternoon. The furniture of the
admioistration building here has been
• taken away, The Russells say that
Gen, Ienevitch, with a large army, is
moving from Vladivostock towards
Corea,
Work of Chinese Bandits,
Liao Yang, May 10,—Further detells
of the attack made May 14 by Chinese
soldiers upon the railway coal mines
occupied by the Russian adminictrative
force, near Port Adams, show that the
troops were the body guard of the Gov -
enter of Foo Chow, who led the attack
in person and wee attended by fifteen
Chinese. The Governor ordered the ar-
rest and beheading of the Chinese miners.
The Russians were striped and driven
off naked, their property was looted,
and 20,000 tons of .coal was destroyed.
A detachment of Japanese troops had.
passed the coal mioes the previous day,
but did not touch them, regarding them
as private property. Another conflict
between Cossacks and Chinese bandits
has occurred in the village of Chantal-
dzy. The bandits, it is stated, were
led by four Japanese troopers. The
Cossacks, numbering 33, lost two killed,
and succeeded in killing 25 of the ban-
dits, the remainder of whom escaped.
The bandits used dum-dum bullets.
Lieut. Sorokin, who was wounded in
the eye in the fight at Kiu-Lien-Cheng,
owes his life to the mercy of Japan-
ese soldier. When the lieutenant fell,
after receiving his wound, a comrade
stopped to rescue him. Two Japanese
soldiers, one of whom carried a Red
Cross flag and the other a rifle, came
up. The rifleman levelled his weapon
and ordered Sorokin to remain prone
upon the ground, and his comrade to
leave. Then the Japanese with the Rea
Cross flag carefully washed and dressed
Sorokin's wounds, gave him a drink and
retired. Sorokin arrived here safely.
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Liao Yang, May x4.—Father
Stephen Tcherbackoffsky, the
priest who carried the cross at
the battle of the Yalu and was
wounded by two bullets through
the chest while leading the heroic
charge of his regiment, has left
for Harbin. Father Stephen has
been awarded the officer's cross
of the Order of St. George.
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Jap Despatch Boat Sunk.
Tokio, Mity 10, 3.30 p. m.—The Jap-
anese despatch boat Miyake was des-
troyed. in Ker Bay by striking a sub-
merged mine. Eight casualties are re-
ported.
The Miyake was lost while assisting
in the operation of clearing the Russian
mines from Kerr Bay, northeast of Ta -
lien wan Bay, on whieh Port Dalny is
situated. Admiral Katako, commander
of -the third squadron, returned there
Sunday with a detachment of his squad-
ron, protecting two flotillas of torpedo
boats which had been detailed to come
plate sweeping the harbor by the re-
moval of mines. Five mines were dis-
covered. and exploded, and the work was
light, and began a heavy fire, whma_ebeing suspended. for the day when the
was still in progress at noon. Miyake struck an undiscovered mine,
"It is estimated that 20,00 Japanese
troops are investing the town, and which exploded with tremendous force,
under her stern, on. the port side, and
there is every reason to believe that
inflicted immense dameon the hull,
noon, and are now in possession of the
they delivered the assault that after -
The Miyake, sank in 22°eminutes. Two
city. sailors were killed, "and 22 men were
"It is estimated that the landing of cwuoeudnded. The rest of the crew were res.
movement to Wafen-Tien.
"The troops guarding the frontier are
slowly retiring northward, holding the
enemy.
"On May 14 a force of 300 Chinese
bandits attacked the mine at Yantai.
The bandits were repelled by a sotnia
of the. frontier guards and a company
of infantry, losing thirty men. They re -
Late Comunication Gives Newi Up to tired in the direction of Liao -Yang, and
Wednesday Last. a detachment of Chasseurs was sent to
St. Petersburg, May 15.—The Enver- cut them off.
or has received the following report "At dawn the following morning tic -
from Viceroy Alexieff, dated May 14: cording to information received, a
"I beg reapeetfully to communicete t I.:, force of Chinese bandits was
seen in localities twelve miles west of planned on May 10 while the Japanese
to your Majesty a report from Rear -
Y me" squadron was concentrated. outside
JAPANESE CRUISER TORPEDOED.
Russia Claims Its First Distinct Naval
Success.
Liao -Yang, May 15.—The Russian fleet
scored its first distinct naval success on
May 10 by the torpedoing and crippling,
though not the sinking, of an armed
Japanese cruiser in Talienwan. Bay.
The Russians' attack •was carefully
Admiral Wittzoeft, on the state of af-
fairs at Port Arthur from May 0 to 12.
The report was brought by express
runner from Dachielmostation mi the
eve of the second interruption of com-
munications by Vic enemy, It fol-
lows
'"The enemy's squadron, composed of
irottelads, cruisers arid torpedo boats,
appeared -off Port Arthur May titli,
and continues to blockade without un-
dertaking active operations.
"'The work :A repairing the iron -
Clads Czarevitch and Retvizan is pro-
ceeding with unabatea energy and with
every success.
"'During the examination of the
roadstead ani fairway at the spot
where the battleship Pobieda was dam-
aged by n, mine, we found one of the
enemy's defence 'mines, which had been
exploded by the force of the hurri-
came "
Will Be Hard to Take.
London, May 10.—A despatch from
Shengliai to the Morniog Post says that
the Russians have made great prepara-
tions to prOted the rear of Port Ar-
thur. Immense trenches are being dug,
edgea with bamboo spikes. The guns
of the fort are pointed northward. A
i
sharp look -out s being kept over the
Mukden-Liao-Yan,q section of the rail-
way. A strong force is doubling the
The strength of the Port Arthur gar-
rison is believed. by Japan to be 12,000.
Japanese bluejaekets have asked to be
allowed to attempt the &iodate.
RUSSIANS FOUGHT BRAVELY.
Courage at the Battle of the Yalu. Shelve -
ea on All Slate,
London, i May 15e—Belated meounte
by way of St. laetersburg of the battle
on the Yalu. on May 1 -bear testimony
to the splendihl bravery of the Russian
troops.
The order was given to the artillery
to destroy their gun sights and aban-
don the g11118 only when tevo-thiras
the men were left to Pan gun and thO
hPaneEd were within GOO paces, of
Dalny, devoting its whole attention to
Talienwan Bay. .The attack was car-
ried out that night.
The attacking force was not a rev -
Enemy is Now On All Sides of New lar torpedo boat, but was only a small
Chwing. naphtha, launch, in command of a young
naval officer, who had with him three
London, May 10,—A despatch to the jackies. The launch mounted a small
Daily Mail from Shan Mu Kwan says gun and carried three torpedoes.
that bandits are gradually approaching When darkness fell the latinbh crept
Now Chwang. For three night in suc- out of Port Arthur with no lights
cessiou there has been sharp fighting aboard and no glow from the engines to
with them, and a number of the mar- betray her presence. It was late when
Deniers have been killed. The evacua- the launch gained the outer line of the
tion of New Chwitug by the Russians Japanese squadron. She slipped through
is almost completed. Only a small the torpedo boat pickets, and, selecting
force remaina in the fort. Communicae the nearest warship, a big armored
tion with Port Arthur has not been re- cruiser, stole toward her and. succeeded
stored, The Cliinese state that the in exploding against her side a single
Japanese are closing in on all sides of torpedo. A deafening roar followed the
Neev Chwang. explosion, which. etlitied far in shore.
Im-
,TAPS CLOSING IN.
media* flames enveloped the cruiser,
whieh evidently was badly crippled.
JAPS' FORWARD MARCH.
be fighting the fire, -which they at last
Have Over 030,000 Men in the
The crew of the cruiser was seen to
Filed. succeeded in extinguishing. A sister ship
took the damaged vessel in tow and
London, May 10, 4 aan.--There is net disappeared to the southeast.
news of importance from the seat of The launch escaped the hot fire di -
war, but the evidence grows that the meted against her by the Japanese ships,
design but being unable to return to Port Ar -
without interruption or delay. Gen. thur or to get into Dalny, she was
Xuroki, commander of the first Japanese beached not far from Dalny,
army corns, reports the occupation of Only a few of the higher officers were
Kann Tien Chong, sixty miles northeast aware of the plan, the success of which
of long Wang Chong, on May 7. Seioyin, depended on secrecy,
sixty miles east of Liao 'Yang, was The achievement raiaed the spirits of
oecupied on Thursday, while the rumor the Russians afloat and ashore, and the
that Siuyen was occupied after an en- yoUng naval officer who was the hero of
moment leads to the deduction that the exploit was feted and recommended
the Japanese plan is to mask Port Ar. for the Cross of St. George.
thur with relatively small fore and The Russians on May 11, apprebendiog
to endeavor to develop and destroy that the pregame of jetpanese squad -
Gen, leouropatkin's form before it elm ton meant au attempt to capture Dalny,
be organized and reinforced, The St, blew up the piers and quietly evecuated
Petersburg estimate of the amber of the place.
Japanese- actually landed is taken as .Two thouaand Japanese have reoecit-
pmbably near the truth, that ia eight ppd the road to Canchilipu, again eut.
t rvisions o
may be more, but the aveilabIe stittis- advanong from Paadin.
"Vieemy Ytuta Sid Kai telegraphed
to Itassia not japan.
ties show even as inattera stand that A correspondentof the N.okoumin •
the Mission field form inferior to the Shinibun, of Tokio. who is •wit11that the rumors of impending uprisings
Nuroki, has made the Otero that were witliout foundation, ana Assured
armiee advancing egging it.
me that repetition of the Boxer revolt
' that Gera Nano- Russians- mutilatedJapanes dead at the
• • • o • . There•Ong off Port Arthee. A stem% force is
The news of the loss of the Miyako
has been sorrowfully received in Tokio.
Waiting for Details.
St. Petersburg, May 16, 2.30 p.
The interruption of communication with
Port Arthur prevent tne Admiralty
investigating the announcement from
Litto-Yang of the daring torpedoing of
a Japanese armored cruiser off Port Dal-
ny. So soon as coneuunication is re-
established, the Admiralty expects the
commander of the fortress to send full
details.
Threatened Attack on Port Arthur,
Chefoo, May 16, 4 p. ne—A combined
land and sea. attack on Port Arthur is
expected to take place betweene May
20 and May 23. The Japanese hope to -
occupy Port Dalny within a few days.
Dalny is not fortified, the only fort in
the vicinity being one midway between
Talienwan and Xincliou. After the des-
truction of the submarine mines at Tal-
ienwan, the Japauese intend to laud ad-
ditional troops there, and commence an
attack on Port Arthur. A Japanese offi-
cer informed the correspondent of the
Associated Press that the Japanese are
ready to lose 2,000 fnen in the attack.
This he did not consider to be large
number, in VieNV of the great percentage
of sick Ana wounded who would be able
to take the field as a result of modern
hospital equipment, Well-informed Chin-
ese say that the entrance to Port Ar-
thur Is not blocked.
China Will Remain. Neutral.
St. Petersburg, May 10.—In order to
allay Russian apprehension as to the
:Attitude of China, the Chinese Minister
here has given Foreign Minister LAMB-
dorff fresh assuranees of the purpose of
Itis Government not to violate its neu-
trality and to preserve tranquility
throughout the Crilpire. These assur-
ances, will& are based on despatches
received front the Chinese Foreiga Of-
fice and Vieeroy Yuan Shi Kai, the
commander -ht of the Chinese
forces, set forth in the most positive
terms that there is absolutely to
grommi to believe that China will de-
part from her proclaimed. attitude.
"While there has uot been the slight-
est fear that the Chinese empire would
be disturbed, or that my Govefnment
woule intervene in the ware' :oda the
Chinese Minister to the correspondent
of the Associated. Press, "it was still
deemed wise to eommuniettte to Pekin
and Viceroy Yuan Shi Ki the seise-
tiotal ranters 'circulating ht Eiteope.
"The Chinese Foreign Office telegraph-
iealy reiterated that Chita is deter-
mined to continue to observe the strict-
est rteutrality, living support neither
Ali the alma who took part in patkin has more than 100,000 men and Yalu River.
fight neeeet that none of their men 250 •aline, frOM Ids heavy guns, A band of brigende wee attacked of 1000 "
them. . .
surrentimly thus eontradieting the aap. tlefend 100 rallies of frent font New near New-Chwang by native irregulars SaO Cruiser Sunk.
nese oiflia1 report. They say that the ChwAIT t MIlhaen. These are &Mil and, put to flight after three Invert& Washingtori, May 10. --Tho JralittklOtO
blegrara from. Tokio; ,
legation bas reeeived ,the following ca- spits „„,,, Dir me
"Admiral KettriOka, reports Viet on
May 14 our torpedo beat ftotiUa con- UP I I Lir ilia
United sekseveeping operations under
cover of the fleet. The enemy construct -
NI temporary batteries on the promon-
tory at Kerr Bay, Talienwan, mounting
mix field guns, besides a hastily con-
structed fort, and with one company Of
soldiers, stubborny resisted our attack.
Our torpeao totil a defying the one--
zny's fire, cerried, ou't the operations and
destrOyed five mince laid by the eupray.
Unfortunately one of the mines explod-
ed. and sunk our cruiser =yak% In. MS_
accident six men were killed, beeidee-
the tete who were wounded in the fight.",
Communication Cut Off.
St. Petersburg, May 10.—The Ja:
shall not be any further communication
between Gen. Kouropatkin and Port At-
thur. Official advices received to -day by
the genal staff say the Japanese have
destroyed 50 mth
iles of the railroad nor
of Kin -Chou.
Battle Imminent.
'
Washington May 10.—An intimation
has reached the officials here that a
great battle is imminent in the vicinity
of Liao -Yang, where the Russians are
determined to make a stand. The minor
cannot be traced to its source.
FIGHTINU IN CLOUDLANO.
EitgIaturs War in Thibel to be Moun-
tain Campaign,
London, May 15. —"That strange
force whleb has so often driven the
English! forward againet their will
appears to be In -operation once
more." %ails ehara,eterietic utter-
ance is conceived to be all the ex-
planation neeeseary to the expeill-
don which is developing Into war
against Tibet. Ca le used by! the
apeetator to justify! the so-called un-
willing oubjugation of that neyater-
lows land, against evhieb a small
army! must now be sent, .
It is quite true that having once
embarked on a policyj of making a
demonstration in Millet, no choice
remains but to fight the way; into
Lhasa itself, and such is virtually
the Government's decision. It will
not be child's play, although the
enemy to be feared is not the Thibe-
tans, but nature's almost ImPreg-
treble defences in that wild, alimeet
Inaccessible land.
It proves that the Dalai Lama. is
really a, etrong, clever man, deviate
his ignorance of civilization and its
raeources. It has been the custom of -
the .Thibetans for ages to poison the
Dalai Lama, who is regarded as the
ine.arnation of Buddha, before he
reaches manhood. .
The present incumbent was able to
secure an abrogation of tine unplea-
sant custom, and he is noW a man el
30, possessing a;bsolute power. He
recently; removed his four principal
Minister% under the advice of M.
Dor-ilea whom Russia employed as
her agent, and decided to resist the
advance of the British expedition.
The artifiolaa means bf resistance
ese evidently are aetermined that there
Those of Cherbourg, Brest and Toulon Obtained From an
- Accomplice Cause a Great Sensation in France.
Prize Fighter Stole a Diamond, Swallowed it and Was
Operated ,on for it Recovery, Owner Paying Cost.
Young Man Whose Back Was Broken While Coasting on a
Toboggan Has Recovered to Astonishment of Physicians.
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says: Thomas Halpin, whose
back was broken on an 27, when
he was hurled from a toboggan
on which he was coasting, has re-
covered, His youth and marvel-
lous constitution have won a vic-
tory that science appeared to con-
sider next to impossible. The op-
eration, which is a rare one, I,ani.-
-inectomy, and its results are not
always successful. In the case of
young Halpin, Mwever, it seems
1 to have been entirely successful.
The paralysis of his legs is grad-
ually disappearing, and sensation
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Policeman Murdered. •
Denver, Col., May 10.—Lyte Gregory,
former policeman, has been assassin-
ated while returning home from a so-
-nal visit. His body was riddled with
bullets and b0. died in his tracks. it
is believed that the assassin used a re-
peating rifle, and. his aim was true, for
ui all ten bullets penetrated the mur-
dered man's body. No positive trace of
the assassin bas been found.
A Witness Shot.
New York, May ld.—A despatch to
the Times from Jackson'Ky., says:
News has reached here of the assa,ssina-
don of Riley Coldiron in Perry county.
Coldiron was with Captain John Patrick.
the principal witness against Curtis Jett
and Tone White, who were convicted for
the murder of James Cockrill, in Jack-
3on: Coldiron was returning from the
store on the Troublesome Creek, five
miles from his home when he was shot.
Et is not known who is responsible for
are insignificant (beyond the un- Found the Stolen Jewelry.
trained strength of kids tot -called - New York, May 10.—Paul Clarkson,
&tante, era:On:he ,stimmoted to defend
the country, 'but the natural defenc-
es, of which be will andiebletedly take
full advantage, are enormously
etrang, All the :fighting well prob-
ably take place la cloadland at a
greater eleratioh tban lthe Alpe. It
eertemises, therefore, to 93e one of
the most eeictu.resque and moist mem-
arable eaMp:aegas of feeeent times.
?There reason tol fear that the
isuicoess of Britishl fiirmls 11v(111. avail
little. (They mlayi occuply Lhassa
twithont sericlus loss, but if the
Grand Lama chooties to 11,ee fulrther
into the neoluttaits he well be absd-
lutely unreachable and the Dritesh
dilemma ev111 tMir foe seriou(s.
The British cannot hunt the Lama
among the cloluels cot they hunted the
Mad Mullah through) the deserts of
Beintailiand, while tot !told Iblassa
mould 'be exn'ellgive and not worth
Nievertheless, the /world at
large niki,y ooluint, ter a. weird„ en-
thralling spectacle, and Thibet will
probably be utriftl lare,P, in histo'ry
in the next Tom (mloluthis.
Preach Holy War,
Ryang-Tse, Tot, May 5 5.—The
feoantry in frdell 61 the mission is
in If erlment. The If/tunas, like the Mul-
lahs°, In the Patulan frointier, are
going Ifropx valley it valley ;pr each -
ling n. holy5"via.r.
(Two tholulsand Khamba warriors
are tearcheng to oin the army in
the Gyang-Tse fort. The beentard-
!mane of the tamp crintinues. The
Thibetans brave !mind the range of
every (building in lam camPi, but the
gitt lash axe il1fWelll under cover and
leepninulnicatiops with the freer are
still open toi 1311.. rokann.
FUTURE MONARCH ARRESTED.
Heir to Austrian 'throne Mistaken for
Embezzler.
London, eikey1 16.—A despatch to
the Daily Mail !from Berlin says that
!Archduke Frank Ferdinand, heir to ,
the Austrian throne, arrived at Ham-
burg,. Saturday, incognito, on route
to England. 11 was about to take
a boat to the eteamer when he wals
arrested by a detective, who thought
bo was la fugitive Austrian embez-
zler, nb explained his identity', where-
upon the detective •said: "Anyone
can say that," but he finally suc-
ceeded In convincing the detective
that he eves really the personage
he represented himself to lie.
.A.fter the archduke was taken to
the police Station he produced pap-
ers from the King, and an auto-
graph later to Lady atanley, wi-
dow of Sir Henry M. Stanley, say-
ing: "I bad the great a,dvantage of
knowing her diatingulehed hus-
band personally!. I Often heard from
bis own lips the most interesting
accounts af his grand travels and
explorations, and the valuable eer-
Vines he rendered the civilized world.
The great tame he wen will ever
live alter him." ,
JAPAN TO BE CHRISTIAN?
Edict Establiebing National Church
Not ImprObable.
iGoadoet, afay 10.—The DaileiT ale -
graph's Tokio correspondent eables
the Iollocraing @Mier yesterday's
date; "A. great religions meeting
peeefieneted by influential men Veee
held in the vark to -day ao deteiernene
the vittestiOn of founding in Japan
clarrale proeChriethere in elfartte.
ter, but on Independent lame. Lead-
ing teen consider the time hrt.s ttrriV-
e41,11:0 adolpt the elements approved
toy tem majority bT elvilited nations.
An ediet estnbalshing n national
eletereh is not improbable." .
woo*
Siate-A.ided almigeante.
London, M041 kittlock
• Cooke advocates lit the Morning Post
a State aided emigration systeta to
Canada and Australia, to be dreaVe
up *rid Oen:Adored by the authoti-
ties of the mother land and overe
sea paeteelons. The ehildrien of the
hoard echoole stettld he taught to
look forward to a eolonial eateer,
aided by a 0:Were-Meta grant tri take
thein Ottt free, aild bur° traploYMent
on the other eldtf,t 1 I
who poses as a prize fighter, has been
operated on and. a diamond, valued at
$250, was taken from his stomach, says
1 despatch from the Times from Gal-
veston, Texas.
Clarkson was arrested. three days ago
on a charge of having stolen the dia-
mond from a prominent citizen of Gal-
veston. When searched at the station he
did not have the precious stone. Ile said
he had swallowed it in the excitement;
attending his arrest. An X-ray machine
was used in an attempt to locate the
liamond, and showed. the stone imbed:
ded in a cavity of the stomach. Clark-
son was suffering considerable pain, and
the owner of the jewel paid. for the op-
eration, which took place in teh
TREASON CHARGED.
Authentic Plans of ,the Fortifications at
Toulon Offered for Sale.
Paris, May 10.—The Matins' London
correspondent, having obtained nearly a
hundred authentic plans of the fortifi-
cations at Toulon, besides numerous
other compromising cloctunents, that
paper this morning begins the publica-
tion of the history of a treason which
seems likely to exceed in importance the
offences with which Capt. Dreyfus was
charged. On April 21 the correspondent
received a letter, written in a queer
semi -French, semi -Italian jargon, and
signed "Fragola, Pietro," telling hhu
that the writer, who was employed at
betel, had been acting as a guide to
two persons who had come to London
to sell a large parcel of documents of
the highest importance, concerning
French naval defences. The letter stated
that the men had gone to Brussels, leav-
ing the writer penniless. He therefore
• wanted to negotiate for the transfer of
certain doeumente. An appointment was
made and Fragola, who was desperately
hungry, told tile followinir story: Ile
was formerly, he said, employed at the
War Ministry in Remo, bat became
compromised in a case of espionage and
was emit to six years' imprisonment.
• Subsequently he came to London, liviag
from band to mouth. Recently he had
• acted as guide and secretary to two: men
of Italian origin, with one of whom—a
• naturalized French citizen—he had for-
• raterlv been acquainted with at the War
Ministry in Rome. Both of these men,
Fragola says, worked for foreign gov-
ernments and had several times sold
important secrets to Germany at high
prices. The Italian's name was Cesare
Golio and that of the nataralized
Frenchman Jeremie Mesqui. The latter
lia.d long been a contractor on public
works at Toulon. They Lad gone to
Brussels five days ago, leaving him en-
tirely without means of living. He
found after their departure that Golio
had left documents behind him, and
these he wanted to sell. Fragola there',
upon produced eight -five plans of the
Toulon forts, some of them the French
originals and others accurate copies
made at the Italian War Ministry. He
also had in his possession a list of plans
of Cherbourg, ,Brest and Toulon, with
typenTitten instructions, alleged by
Fragola to have emanated from the Ger-
man staff, concerning the marking of
batteries of artilery. There was also a
letter appointing a rendezvous at the
Thiminger Hof, Berlin, for Nov. 13, sign-
ed "X." To this was attached a card
inscribed -"Felix Friedrich Scholtz."
The Matins' corespondent gove Fre-
gola a few shillings and persuaded. him
to leave the documents in his hands
in order that an examination, might he
made. The next morning he took them
to the French embassy, where the naval
attache declared them to be absolutely
genuine. The Matin will continue its
reveations to -morrow:
Lost His Money.
Chicago, May 16.—Alonzo Bristow, of
Pedford, Iowa, has reported to the police
the loss of $10,700, which he received
from the sale of eighty-three horses at
the Union Stock Yards. Ile says the
• money was in a small satchel, and that
the thief slashed the side of the bag
• with a knife, thereby enabling him to
insert his hand and purloin the two pack-
ages of greenbeeks.
The robbery apparently occurred while
Bristow was on his way from a hotel
to 'the railway station.
The satchel was not out of his hands,
he says, from the tiue the money was
put in until he discovered the loss.
IL S. War Vessels.
Vienna, May 10.—U. S. Ambassador
Storer has received from the Foreign
Office permission for an American
squadron of nine warships to enter the
ports of Trieste and. Fiume. Under the
Austro-Hungarian law, not more than
six foreign wahships can enter Austrian
waters, and not more than three can en-
ter an Austrian port without special
permission of the Government. The
squadron is expected about July 1,
Brought Crew to Land.
NOW York-, May 10.—The 'Ward Line
steamer Seneca, which arrived to -day
from Havana, hael on board Capt.Ness
and 17 men of the fishing schooner
Pleides, from Virginia Beach, with Blue
Fish, which was run down and sunk by
the Ward Line steamer Morro Castle on
Saturday evening. The collision occur-
red off the Jersey coast during a dense
fog, while the steamer was bound from
New York for Havana. The prow of the
steamer cut the fishing craft almost in
two. The Pleides sank in seven Min-
utes. The crew escaped in their own
boat, and were taken on board the Mor-
ro Castle.'
70 YEAR=OLD LABORER
SHOOTS. WIFE AND HIMSELF.
Gasoline Stove Exploded and Burned
Woman to Death.
Olean, May Ie.—The people of this
3ity and of North Olean were ehocked
yesterday afternoon by a terrible double
tragedy, which occurred at 5 Avenue A,
North Olean,
Joseph Colles, a laborer, shot ana kill-
ed himself and wife in a bedroom at
their home, ttbout 4.15 o'clock.
hors saw him approach the house in a
stealthy manner, catering by the beak
jeer, Shortly afterwarde tbtee shots
were heard, and persons living nearby
hurried to the house, but were unable to
get in, as all the doors were locked.
rimy then looked. through an oeien bed-
room window and saw Mrs. Colles
stretehed on the floor, face down, with
her feet towards the door, Her husband
lay on the bed.
The neighbors say ibiat for some 'time
lib bad acted strangely and that lie had
threatened to kill his wife. A paper was
found in his poeket showing that legal
eetion had been begun by -him against
his wife to recover it deed which it is
alleged she had taken.
Coles was about 70 years of age, and
his wife a few ,years younger. They
leave three daughters and one son, all
married and living in Pennsylvania.
Sittiilar Crline lit Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, May 16.—Ieree Schnetz, ton
•A Henry Schuetz, jun., of the Schuete
Rauziehitusen Company, brewers, last
night shot end seriously wounded Mrs.
Minnie MeCormicic and then fatally shot
himself. Young &Inlet% was named ns
ee.reSpentlerit in tt divorce snit brought
by 1\blt. MeCoemick's husband tomc time
ago. and since then has been attentive
to the woman, and, it is OA Witilted
to merry her. She, however, would not
agree to this, ani the shooting is sup.
posed to have resulted front it quarrel
eV'er the Matter,
Schuetz is dying at the hospital. Mrs.
McCormick, though seriously wounded,
will probably recover,
Woman Fatally Burned.
' Buffalo, May 10. --Mrs. Fannie Lewis,
colored, aged 68, was burned to death at
11.20 o'clock this morning in her home,
191 Monroe avenue. She was preparing
dinner for her son, Albert, with whom
she resides, when the gasoline stove over
which she was working exploded, setting
fire to her &thing. In a second the un-
fortunate woman was enveloped in
flames,
Mrs. Lewis first inade every effort to
SAVO herself, And attempted to get to her
bedroom, probably to secure a quilt, but
the door was locked. She ran then to
the front steps of her borne, where she
dropped and burned to death.
Mrs. Lewis separated from her hue -
band, Washiugton Lewis, 12 years ago,
Mrs. Lewis had eince lived with her
son Albert.
Awful Death of nigh Diver.
Raleigh, N. C., Mity Ie.—Circled in
flame, Prof. Denton, the Hungarian high
diver, last night shot downward front
the little platform at the top of hie 110 -
foot ladder into the tank of water and
lambent fire below,
lie misjudge(t the location of the tank
and Ma head and shoulders struck the
side with such violence that M died soon
afterwards.
Have an Inquest.
111uerevet there is a fire of suspicious
origin the authorities should proseente
the most starching enquiry. Itteendi-
stint is a crime So dangerolta to zi eity
that the suppression of it cannot
left to the vigilance of the imbue:nee
eompanies,