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The Herald, 1904-03-25, Page 2U ART Whole Fleet to Remain Outside to Fight the Japs. Japanese •Troops Will Assault New Chwang. London cable says', among the asta.temeate cabled by the Daily Mall's .:Newr.011esvang correspondent are these: tI1be Ivti.c.Glans have pushed reinforce-. tmenis south from Harbin and Liao - ;Yang. It liras now: been decided that there are enough troops at Port Ar taut, Rainy, and I%.inchtow, Bay and along The railway to Teschichiao to Mold, their owe, btrt fear of a. lack of provisions prevents more from being sent south. Tee want of meat is el - :ready telt. Agents at New-Cliwang Are trying to buy live stock. r, arxrugh the Russo -Chinese Bank closing its bra,nobes at Port Arthur and I w -t hwang great hardship has been inflicted on the American and British, depositors, who aro being Or- dered tout of leussian territory. No- body, as now able to cash cheques ex- cept in paper roubles or ,drafts on other brandies of the bank. The batik ,paper is now at ten per cent. dis- count at New-.Ch,wang and five per .cent. at Tien-Tsin. The bank is un- able to buy Mexican dollars, which e,re current elsewhere, and in a ser- Ootas position. loubi:es are absolutely Mused by outer foreign banks. , . A. de,spateli= to the Standard tram Moiecow• says it is rumored that ow- ing to unnecessary delay in. -con- struction not .half a dozen batteries have been provided with the new quie,k-firing field gun. Except 'the ar- tillery orthe guard at S.t.Pote.raburg there are few, batteries on the western .frontier. A despatea to the Daily telegraph from "lie -Karr revives the report yet the Japanese eocnpation ot Peng- Wang-Chong, which constant Chin- ese reports confirm, although, no; dei tails can be obtained. The Chefoo correspondent of the Express claims tea be able to affirm ,that IC the Japanese .plane are not changed ti:ey will assault New- Ohnva.ng and land there within ten days. FELL INTO AMBUSCADE. Japanese Patrol Dispersed and Their; Efupptit-s Captured. : St. Petersburg cable;. -- General Zt]inski teicgraplis as foilo we, Under yesterday's date ,. ; "On i1i:t•r,:;i 1 our patrol discovered four or the enemy's posts on the Ehe'n;g'-Chenga.ng River, and a, troop Of cavalry acting as scouts near Pa- totchen, northweet of Anju: 'A Japa.nese cavalry patrol fell in- to an ambuseado• prepared by our pa- ,troi, and were dispersed, losing' one killed The Jape left behind them ••a quantity of guncotton and eome ewcords and blankets. - "The population of Iafianchuria is quiet, "On the night Of 1lllarch 11: the en- eany's ships explored Melena Bay and the chore opposite Seratohine with nearchiights. "According to information ' w,ltioh Ihae been verified, the Japanese. have :not made any attacks north: of Elan. "The ,pep afatic n along the Te - men River is favorable to us." WILL HAVE GtlO.;O:Oq:ltillf,N. Russia to Fail Rack Till This Number • Arrives. Yarn-lsIOW cablo says, the ' best Russian information obtainable at Port Arthur and News-Ghwang ad- mits the Government's intention to fail back indefinitely until it can complete the mobilization of 300,- 000 troops'for the purpose of assault- ing and oipposing the Japanese, and probably 200,000 mores to oppose the Chinese. The sa.mo opinion asserts that Vice - Admiral r Jakaroff will fight hard. Uro • Slightly wounded. gloss were . all ,placed aboard a ;Japaneee battlo- p LIp a.nd''ve re ,given food and meat- 'eine. CONCILIATE TIIE COBEAP7a3, Mail at New'-Cllwiing reports that .since the e.ppointfnent of General Kolrrapetin to the military Gpin- tinand in..the Far East, and '-the recent -.councils - of War. at:`Mukden, 1ra,s become evident t hat the Rus- rtan plan of campaign has raider - gone #i Zltange, especially as the :Japanese have • not tfolioseed vp their, naval successes by active laud operations. He gives statements in- dicating snore vigorous 'action, and :quotes. M. Murmerim, secretary to the Goveri}nor of Dalny, Who left Port Arthur last Friday,* • to buy '.stores &t New,-Chwang, as say- ing that after ,the rembvai of the .sunken battleship Retvizar.. Ad- miral Makaroff caused four steain- er,.s, the Harbin, Hailer, Ninguta and Sungari, to be anchored in chosen positions at the entrance ' of the harbor, and 'then sunk-, leaving a small channel available, and ordered, the 'whole fleet I to remain. outside wittli.steaan up, economy of coallee- ing unnenesssary- • Such action is interpreted' as indi- cating the intention to give battle to the Japanese, inasmuch: as remaining at angor outs_de inactively would imply a repetition of Admiral Stark's error, and invite frcreb disasters. The semi:.blocking of the • entrance is as- ee med to have been for the purpose of preventing the Japanese torpotlo- boa.t destroyers from entering, as thety did at Wei -Hai -Wei, in the war with China.. . Tieat Admiral Makarofr intends to force the lig icing is, according TO other despatches, the general convec- tion of the Russians at • eng-IKow. A AERO t1ONOItED, Butele Will Noe Live rroltWehr His l)ecoratign Tokio cable says, ;Eh lneer :'llina- misaer-,a, tLo l.erdee officer of the toe= petite -boat destroyer edasumi,' has been honored for his gallantry. die has been given the Order of the I,:yte, the Order of tate Rising Sun, and pro- fmcted Froin engineer to chief engin- eer. The Order of the Byte is the Ja:aces° equivalent •to ehe British Victoria Cross and tho American i1Xeda.t of honor. -Chief Engineer Mina- misawa is the first to whom the Kyte has been' awarded for iieroisiT in ,tear. It is rlmprobable that he will - survive lis wounds. Japan is Displayii1g Remarkable Diploniaoy. London cable sayca, despatch 'to the Tiones from Seoul says that the civil.influtaIne%: Japan has 'brought id bear itn Corea is no less xemark- alble pitecitsion wilueli paved . the way. for itt.:" Jiapan monist have been lay- ietg the foundations for her present occupa•tiuon for many moieths, c+rtd in ,only trenrained to. produce sufflc- iaenit backing ¢roan lin armed force to defeat the less adroit Russian, nzsachti{natio•ns. ''The Careen Emper- or its maid even novel, since Ate signing of the protoho� rvlith Jp- pan, to :have been detected wz secret -communication width M'.,Pay- loff, lately ,:Friesian 'Minister • to Co- rea. Any e. eii ''ri proeeecti:ngs , might provide the :J panese a evlelcoi ne pre- text for strengthening their 1�oUd: Nevertheless, they are not di,splayin,g overbearing coercion, Elvigryfthing is being done 'to• con- eiiliate !the Coreans. 'Thusfax there blast n dt lbie•en any case of ana treat- anent:of ethe inhabitants by the in - waders. The , Seo'nit, correspondent o8 the Telegraph (believes that evith good handling the tJapanese would make' good isoidiers riff the X0,000 Col- reanr !troops., ;He says the northern Coreans are a Strong and trucu- lent ,race • • 111IPERIA.L VAARMSTEe1DS. • Japanese Said to have Demanded Their (lse in Corea. • •. Condon cable says, a despatch to the ,Cirronfiole from Seoul says that the Japanese have' demandedthe use of all tap` imperial farmsteads In ,Coieas heeding them' to raise grain !for the army during the war. Twenty thousand troops are being; "sent to protect the damns from the depreda- tions of the popelaoe. The •farms oc- cupy ane -third bf the country. Gen. Ijiceti visited the ,Corean War Office and intimated that he had been appointed its adviser. The authorities repli,00d that ,they were not aware of the appointment. Gen. Ijtchi has ?ap- reeled to the Japanese Government for Instructions. Meanw,bile he is not recognized by the authorities at Seouul. Eight thousand engineers and sap. pars are working on the Scout-lValu leailw,ay, which will be completed In September. gibe Careens recognise the meaning of the arrival or Marquis Ito. who comes on a special -mission from the Mikado, and are greatly exercised AE''ItAIID TO ENTER HAR1303i.. Reported Landing of Japanese is Denied. London cable says, a .despatch .to the Daily Telegraph from Tokio nays it is rumored that Japanese marines have landed at Daley and occupied the town. The report cannot be con- 1ii.•ined, and ts• probably incorrect. ' The Nets Cltwar,g correspondent of the Daily Metes�ays that in an inter- view, M. Murmerin, secretary to the Governor of Danny, denied the- re- ported. bombardment of ,Dadny. ' He said that two Japanese battleships, two cruisers and two torpedo boats approached the mouth of Danny Lay Thursday, but wore afraid to enter. There are nea.riv four hundred Wines there. They shelled Sansantao Is- land, destroying the quarantine quarters,"the hospital and some re-; aidences, but as the place is not forti- fiod, and there is nob a soldier there, there .Was ne resistance. Daltay he- ing in the line of 'fire, received as few shells. M. llfurmbrin added that soma Chinese junks and a sin,all 'etoacner are . running tfie blockade with pro- visions. None of the vessels have been captured, though they have had many narrow escapes: The report that buildings, in .Dalny had been mined in anticipation of the occupa- tion ot the town by the Japta,ne:ae is untrue. Throe Englishmen and Am- ericans were at 'Port Arthur, tame le determined to weaken: dile enemy- ' seise die under arrest, but one of them at any cost, and make the operation u.n engineer, named G:lehrisit, escap- of the Deltic Sea fleet in the far ed. It is recalled that Gilchrist was east feasible, though it may be nee- lately reported to be repairing; the 1'bzatvizan. Not a Man itisca.peci. Tokio eab_le. — A su''pplemontary report from Vice-Atlmtraa„t Togo con- cerning the effort rande by crewrs of the Japanese torpedo boat de- stroyers in the action off ;['ort A•r- thalr on the 10Ch• Met., to rescue the crews of this disabled Eussien tor- pedo boat da�etroyers reached here to -day. Captain Shojiro A.sai, com- manding the flotilla of torpedo boat • tpgressive. ! destro•vers, states that the Japan- l•ama London cablo.—It sieems most see would. have been able to. rescue p•Lond 1e ti act fore Arthur has been many niers of the enemy but for the 'neither (raptured nor evacuated, not- deadly fire of tho shore batteries and withstanding the recurrence of the the clone aiyproanch of the Russian reports td that effect to • name cruiser Novik. The report also ex- tgniartersl. Not a nvorrl of ednfirma- . p'laine that four muni rescued were don can, e obtained from Tokio, not pian of thio crew of the Stere- svtaile 'Shanghai reports rite re- ceipt e- : guschtschi., as originally reported. eeg t oY a telegram, from Admiral When the Japanese rescuers rea:eh- Makaroff, a'lzsolutely denying the cd the Steregusctitschi only the dead trelrorts. IThe idea' that Admiral remained on board, and it ie believed ilvh'akaroff will probably take the al;- the living membore df the crew gressive, as was 'intimated in the Jumped overboard and perished. Three ,clesipaD,tehes Saturcln.v, "reserves eon- , of the Ruestano -rescued are en,gl- eeeary to fight without the Pallada., Czareiitcli and Retvizan, which it is admitted, cannot be fully repaired within six. months. On account of the uncertainty of successfully con- ftruetintg a redad dock in which to repair the. Czarevitch and R.etvizan, naval experts allow, a year for the work. PLAN FOlt CAMPAIGN ALTERED. Admiral Make rola' to Take tho RJ1A:N To MU ftEACII IN ER tIE JAIL Thirty Russian Students, Several of Them 'Women, to b Expelled From Germany: One Philadelphia :Woman Found Dead:From Starvation and Her Sister Out • of Her Mind. Chicago, 111., March 21.—Harvey Van - Dine, one of the condemned • car -barn bandits, will become a preacher in the county jail, ,and will endeavor to con- vert • his co-defendants and others. The jail officials are of the opinion that the religious fervor which has taken posses- sion of VanDine is genuine.'' '.Professor's Sad End. Columbus, 0., Macon ' b. -Chas. W. Mesloh, for :six . years., associate pro - fester of German• language and '4itera- ture ut the Ohio State University, died suddenly yesterday of nervous col- lapse. Prof. Mesloh was in ill -health, and had worried 'over the fact that he was elected to the chair of German lan- guage and literature to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Prof. Eggers, who • committed suicide about a year ago. On Thursday he took chloroform with. suicidal intent, but had apparent- ly recovered, and had expressed. regret for his net. Starved and Demented. • Philadelphia, Pa., March 21. Mary Farrell, known also as Mary Hansel, aged 61 years, was found dead, and her sister, Mrs. Bridget Kennedy, 05 years •of age, was fotind demented yesterday in an unfurnished frame house at the rear of 1,239 North Front street, the result, according to the police, of star- vation. The dead woman and her sister were entirely nude when found, the demented woman having stripped their clothing from both their persons and torn it into sbreds. Neighbors claim that the old couple were left in the empty house five weeks ago by a nephew and niece, for whom the police are searching. Mrs. Kennedy was re- moved to. the Philadelphia hospital for the insane. tfiareby. , , Broke Up a Concert. Vienna,March 21. -German Czech race • In view of the complete �ea. ncourt hatred led to a serious riot at Ling. the at't e Japaaaee at the Corean court, capital of upper Austria, ,where a mob and over the Government, and the fact •drat Gen. Ijtchi has been in Seoul for a loag time, the foregoing des- patcla seems • very improbable. Ne Steamers Sunk. St. Petersburg •cable: The report ham NSW taming. that four Russian steamers have been sunk at the entrance to Port Arthur alter the removal of the Asseciated Press is as- storms, has been followed by a succes- dee battleship here. Thezan, is authoritatively 1 'sfor of fine days. fTheoll health and spirits of the troops are good. In formation 7 -a of infuriated Germans, in revenge for the ill-treatment- of their compatriots ab Prague, stormed the hall in which. Jan Ktibelik, the Bohemian violinist, was giv- ing a concert, compelling the artist to seek safety in flight. Before the doors of the .concert trail were opened the mob attacked the car- riage of the district governor, Count Wickenburg, with stones, The police had difficulty in protecting the count from personal injury. The mob then forced the pollee cordon, invaded the hall, 'snmashed the decorative mirrors and threw mis- siles at Kubelik. The concert was stopped and the audience dispersed amidst of- fensive , epithets. The denioz strations ere, later continued. outside Kubelik's hwotel Expulsion of Russian Students. Berliai,March 21.—Thirty Russian stu- dents, several of them women, have re- ceived, yesterday and to -Tay, from the police, notices of• expulsion, in conse- quence of participating in a meeting held on Saturday to protest against the government's permittting Russian police agents to watch Russian residents in Germany. The students have 'from three to eight .days, in which to leave the country, and. may,select the frontier to cross, the gov- ernment not compeling them to return to Russia, as in -some instances. ' The origin of the dispute between the government and the students, about 500• of whom are attending the university and technical schools, was the Socialist accu- sation that the government was permit- ting Russian spies to search the rooms, examine the correspondence and other- wise interfere with the liberty of Rus- sians living in Germany. Foreign Secre- tary Von Bichthofcn, in defending the - Government on Jan. 19th, said the Rus- sians here were Anarchists, and that many of the women attending the univer- sity or other schools were really not stud- ents, but lived. in a state of immorality. A few days later some forty to fifty Rus- sians passed a resolution protesting against these imputations. r the Russian forces is working smooth- ly from Harbin southward. The run- ning of passenger trams has been re- sumed,. and Russian families are pro- ceeding on their way to Europe with- out confusion. Severely cold weather, accompanied by blizzards and suow- sueed that, with the exception of • the despatch of yesterday from Gen. Zilin- ske,•no official telegrams containing news ef'fighting have been received. within the 'last 48 hours. Several telegrams relatb indte-the movements of troops have ar- rived, but as these were only of strategic importance, their contents will not be made public. Hand -to -Hand Struggle. • Tokio cable:' The steamer bear- ing the Japanese wounded and the bod- ies of nine of the seamen who were kil- ed in the Port Arthur fight on the 10th inst., has reached Sasebo. The wounded and dead were chiefly participants in the battle bctweeen the Japanese and Rus- sian torpedo boat destroyers. The surviv- ors unite in praising the desperately heroic attack of the Russians, and tell a story of a personal encounter between a Japanese sailor and the capptain of the Russian destroyer •Steregguuse-htehi. When the Japanese closed on the Russians the sailor sprang aboard the Russian craft. Sailor and captain sprang at each other, but the seaman was the quicker of the two, and felled the Russian officer by striking him -on the head with a cut- lass. The Russian endeavored to rise, but the Japanese sailor kicked him overboard and he drowned. The Japanese say there were 22 dead on two Russian destroyers. The re- port of the death of Minamisawa was premature. ire is very low. The dead were landed at Sasebo and -were received with fill military honors. They were borne on gun carriages to the naval brigade -head- quarters. Where is the Port Arthur Fleet? London cable: It is strongly believed cd here that the Russian fleet abandoned Port Arthur after the fourth attack was made upon it by the Je •sanese fleet, and is endeavoring to reedit Vladivostock, Confirmation of this movement is not ob- tainable from any reliable source, but re- cent scouting in the vicinity of Port Ar- thur bus failed to reveal the presence of any Russian warithips. It seems logical enough that the Rusians should attempt a dash for Vindivostock. where it is pose sible to dock larger ships, effect a junc- tion with their armored cruiser squad- ron. ,and secure a base for operations, while procuring adequate land defense. Tho hopelessness of continuing at Port Arthur is manifest, while a dash for Vladivostokk might succeed, contrary to the opinion previously expressed. Vice - Admiral Togo is unwilling to run the risk of dividing his battleship .squadron, end continues to operate the six battleships together. If the Russians should melte an attempt to reach Vledivostocic, it is be- lieved they will try a dash through the Lorean Straits, rather than enter the Japanese Sea, through the Sugaru Straits. Things Bunning Smoothly. Mukden cable: From a Russian timhnation' from other eouretel: neere and the fourth is a torpedo correspondent of the Associated Press.) has been received at headquarters to the effect that the Japanese are strengthening their .positions in Corea. Gen. Linevitch, acting 'commander of the Russian forces in Manchuria, visited .headquarters here on Sunday. Gen. Zilinsky, who is to succeed Gen. Pfhus, Viceroy Alexieirs chief of 'staff, arrived here March 10. Grand Duke Cyril arrived here to -day ou his way to Port Arthur, whither he is • going to act as chief officer of .the squadron flagship. The' ror•renplanclent bf the Daily, dperlttor. Two of the oaitiiee were—The machinery for the advance of N. Y. LABOR TROUBLES. Strikes,Lockouts and the "Open Shop" Policy. New York, March 21.—Labor trou- bles, as a result of which many thou- sands of men are idle, again threaten the industrial world, and the ' situation is expected to become as. serious as the memorable troubles of a year ago. In - the building trades it is estimated that already 20,000 men are out of work, and that the number will be increased almost daily. In addition, the printing trades are threatened by the attitude of the lithographers, ten thousand of whom are expected to be locked out through- out the country before nightfall. The dissension in both these trades is caused by a disagreement over arbitration agreements with employers,. and in- volves the absolute recognition of the unions, the eight-hour day and the "open shop." The difficulties are a repetition of (hose of last year, but it is conserva- tively stated they are of greater mag- nitude, and a settlement can only be made that will be final and for all time. The building strike n+as inau"urated by the masons' laborers, who claim that it was caused by their employers post- ing a notice cutting down overtime charges. The plan of the employers, they assert, is to inaugurate an "opeh shop" policy. That means the right of the employer to employ men regardless of union affiliations. The laborers were quickly supported by the bricklayers and the allied trades. The housesmiths were followed by riggers, Steam fitters, boiler makers, and the in- side iron workers, as well as a number of eleetrieal workers, Trouble in Buffalo. Buffalo, March 21.•—Employees in the coven large lithographic establishments in this city went to work to -day, after adopting a resolution not to sign the agreement submitted to them by tie Na- tional Association of Lithographers, the employers. Each employer will now pro- ceed to deal with the men individually, To each man will be presented a copy of the arbitration agreement, and if the em- ployee does not sign it, he will be noti- fied that his services will no longer be required' after this week's work is ended. fly the end of the week „the Iockout will be complete: A NEW MAFIA Held to be Responsible for • Thirty Murders in the 13. S. Altoona, Pa., cable says, the de- lirious ravings of a,n Italian boy ,who had 'been .:stabbed and left for dead gave a clue to what detectives, heee ,'believe is the most dangerous Italian• tsecret society in exist- ence. Thirty murders in three coun- ties are attributed to tide society.. and no conviction has been otain- ed en any one of the cases. Tens of these murders were committed among the Italians working on i•aiilroad improvements in this county. Every suspect arrested was - able to present a strong alibi. IBe,siades these thirty mysterious. murders, the detectives believe that the :burning of a railroad camp shanty at Lilly four months a.gi» when. Twenty-eight Italian, workmen evtere cremated, was the work of the society. The detectives think,. ton, that several men were stabbed. at the doors as they tried to es- cape from.'the burning building and were -thrown back into the• flames. While lying in the hospital in a delirium the boy who gave the clue - creed o'u't in Sear declaring that the avengers were pursuing him, but when he 'became rational he reso-- lu'tely refused to talk. The detectives have learned that the organization has, a large SI- eaRlant membership, and that Its ramification:it extend all over the coentry. The central directing body is 'believed to be located in Newl York or in one of the ,su'burt au New Jersey cities., STEAMER ]FOUNDERS. 100 of 1 -ler i'as•ren ;ers Believed to flaw. Been Dost. P y d ney, March 11.—The. steamer Aramae struck on Break Sea Spit, Queensland, yesterday morning. Her captain, fearing that she would founder, transferred a. hundred p •Ssingers and sixty of the crew to sex alotets. He and, six of the crew remained 00 board. Two of the boats have arrived at Dundaberg, but the others-, containing a hun- dred parsons, have not been reported. They are not provbsioned and the sea le rough. Steamers have searched unsuccessfully for them. et, is believ- ed the Asians foundered. The French Chamber of Deputies, by 318 to 231 votes, ado ted the first see - tion of the bill prohibiting members of religious, orders from giving any kind, of teaching, primary, secondo,ry or su- perior.