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fiE JAPANESE T1YIN6 TO
SURROU)D TIE RUSSIANS.
General Sakharoff Reports that His Troops Forced the
Japanese to Retreat,
Viceroy Alexia Making Trouble for Kouropatkill and
Hindering Advance of Troops.
The Puzzling Movements of the. Japanese Army Hard to
Understand by the Russian Commanders.
London, July 10, 4 am. --The opera- 7
thins north of Kaipings as related by
Gen. Saltharaff and Iluseian correspond-
ents are regarded here as showing that
the Japanese are changing their posi-
tions. They appear to have withdrawn
towards Kaiping from the immediate
neighborhood of Teshichao, and to hien
evacuated the intervening valley. It is
suggested that they are carrying out
a flank movement. This is borne out
by a press despateh from New Clavaug,
which says that the positions of the
first and second Japanese armies point
to a movement to completely encircle
the Russians below Mukdon. Safe re-
. -
treat to EIai Chong from Tashichao is
already iinpossible. Gen. Kouropatkin
must be cognizant of this fact. The
Russian explanation is that he is con-
fident of his abality to repel a Japan-
ese attack on Liao Yang, end at the
same time •assume the offensive in
every direction. A telegram from Cho -
foo describes the Japanese operations
as a double turning movement on a
grand scale between Helping and
Liao Yang. Gen. Olcu, with a force
that is estimated to be three divisions,:
is nearing New Chwang, fighting small
engagements on the way. Gen. Nodzu„
As strong, or stronger, is concentrating I
his army on the railway from the
east, while Gen. Kuroki, with five
divisions, is circling round north with
the object of getting astride of the
railway and cutting off the Rus-
sian retreat. Considerable fighting has
occurred north of Helpings with vary-
ing result, but Gen. Oku has experi-
enced nothing ia the nature of a
cheek. The Japanese are remarkably
strong in artillery, they having a total
a of 000 guns in Manchuria.
The situation is puzzling the military
officers at St. Petersburg, where the
evacuation of the valley south of
Tashichao is alternately described to
an attempt to turn Gen. Kouropatkin's
left, or that part of the army has been
sent southward to balance the enorm-
ous losses alleged to have been inflicted
on the besiegers at Port Arthur The
story of an immense defeat Of the
;Minims() at Port Arthur continues to
be reiterated in St. Petersburg, al-
though the -estimate of 30,000 casualties
has fallen to 2,800.
JAPS DRIVEN BACK.
Bakharoff Reports That They Fled Preci-
pitately.
St. PetersburgJuly 15.—thin.
Sah-
1inroi reports that a Russian recon-
naissance -2n force from the southern
front on July 13 revealed two Japanese
bivouacs, comprising five battalions of
infantry and five squadrons of cavalry,
in the valley of the Tsintsakhe River,
four miles northeast of Helping. .The
Russians forced the Japanese to re-
treat in disorder towards Keying.
Several sotnias were sent in pursuit of
them, but they were stopped by the
broken ground. Later in the day two
regiments of Japanese infantry, with
artillery, and six squadrons of cavalry,
appeared on the Is.mping wee, near
....eisss the Tsintakhe valley. The Russians
• had ten wounded.
Gen. Balch:oaf records another skir-
mish at the extreme weeter7y point of
the Helping heights, in which tour
Rnesiasis were killed.
Another reconnaissance located Jap -
name fortifications north of Halving,
beteveen the railway and Mewl:tan.
There were no Japanese east of Hod.-
zaitim. Scouts discoveredthat the near-
est Japtune,se troops in the direction of
the shore road between Kaiping and
Yinkow are near Saashoyischi, Gen. Sak-
haroff locates the .engagement resulting
in the Russian occupation .of Vandia-
pudze, eight miles south of Mitzai. He
Bays: "A screen of thejapanase advance
guard, composed of ("atinchuses •(ban-
dits), was repulsed by our advance
guard, Ilhe pass leading to the village
of Vandittpudze was found unoceupied.,
and the village was ocenpied by •our
troops. When .our main force haskgained
the pass the Japanese mean a. vigorous
futtaek on our right flank, and • the
mounted sappers and riflemea there
were thsown against sae enemy's lett
tiank and rear, forcing the Japanese to
retreat preeipitately. The affair beean
at 1,45 an the afternoon and finished' at
2.30. At the beginning of the fight Gen.
isennenleampff received bullet wound
ii the aeg, but he remained with las
men. Capt. Zederberg was killed. The
Wounded. inelude Lieut. Popovitsky,
Lieut. Alitesoff, and thirteen Cossacks
and riflemen,"
TrOops for Mongolia.
Pada, July 15.—Reports come from
Pekin that considerable exeitenint pre -
:vials in China over the possible defeat
of Gen. Kourepatkin, At a Council of
State, presided over by the Dowitger
Ihriptess, ft was decided to send the
bast Chinese troops to Mongolia.
"KING" ALEEIEFF.
Vrictien BetWeen Viceroy and KOlirepat-
kin ContinueS. 'dove not mentioa any specific action.
July 15.—A despatch to the There is no information from Japan-
Lokal Anzeiger from New-Chwang ese sources regarding the losses at Port
dated july 11, deecribes the friction be: Arthur, but it is believea. that numbers
tweeit Geis Houropatkin anst Viceroy •of Japanese voluntarily sacrificed them -
Alexia's which, in tonnection with the selves in order to clear the road for a
correspondent's recent interVieW With general ativance. The absence of the
Oen. Houropatkin, indieates that the fleet suggests that large reinforcements
present despateli was kind en Interims- are arriiing.
tion irons neer the Ruesien head-Var. Raid into Urea.
Ln -s. eorrespondent sive Vieeroy
Alexieff eontinuelly disturbs military - London, July 15.—A telegram from
la. -*natters by assuming 4irs. ne Seoul reperte vaunted activity on the
reVerets kour opatkin'e orders arrogist- part of the Itimeiens On the northeast
Ing po"m e.s the Emperere) .direes rep- froiitiea of Corea. M is stated that a
tessentative. When, the troop' arrive at la-rgo • n'llnY
present state of thine will lead to the
loss of Moro battles unless Alexia as
recalled: adding:
"Ills presence is not only useless, but
is a :serious daeger to the army."
THE JAP ADVANCE,
It Has Filled the Enemy With Paralyz-
ing Doubt.
. London, July 10.—A despatch to the
Standard from Gen, Kuroki s headquar-
ters, dated July 0, reclothes the bare
facts of the westward advance of the
Japanese first army and the Russian re-
tirements. The despatch, which was cen-
sored by the Japanese, says: "The ad-
vance of the Japanese over a wide front
has been a complete success. It has at
once deceived the enemy and filled him
with paralyzing doubt as to the true
direction of attack. We have had evi-
deuce of this on our march towards
Liao Yang. Positions which nature it-
self seemed to have designed. for pnr-
poses of defence, and upon which in-
finite labor and skill had been ex-
pended have been abandoned without
a struggle. These bloodless victories
are themselves tt, tribute to the
strategy of the Japanese, and to the
secrecy and foresight which mark
everyt movement of the great army
now in the field. Twelve miles south of
Motienlin, on the Pekin road, is a
saddle -like hill, which forms the wa-
tershed of the Tsaiho. The ride) runs
like a reef across the northern edge of
a long, narrow defile, through which
we have advanced. This strong position
the Russians had made even more
formidable by trenches, with gun em-
placements here and there. Here, if
anywhere, we expected they would
make a stand, but when we came to
the watershed :they were not visible.
The trenches were empty, and the guns
were gone. At Lien Chen Kwan, four
miles further on we found only traces
of a camp which had been the head-
quarters of the Russians, and a char-
red and blackened slope, where had laid
their stores of forage and grain. But
surely we should find the elusive enemy
at Motienling, the famous heaven -
reaching pass, about which military ex-
perts have written so mudi, but that,
too, was deserted. On the whole, the
abandonment was not surprising. The
pass is really not defensible. The posi-
tion is a forest-olad rummtain, about
a thousand feet above the river and
valley, traversed by a steep, winding
path. The mountain is crowded with
tingles and dead ground, on which large
bodies could lie in perfect security.
The slopes are -steep, and there is no
field of fire. The Russians had there-
fore formed a correct estimate of the
tactical features of the pass, and had
not -wasted their energies in any de-
fensive works. If an attack on an out-
post yesterday was really an attempt
to recover it, it must be accepted as an
indication that Gen. Kouropatkin had
suddenly become alive to his danger
and sought to retard our advance ac-
cordingly. The attack resembled in
some respects the onslaught of the
Boers at Wagon Hill, outside of Lady-
smith. Under' cover of darkness, two
battalions approached the valley at
the foot of the northern slope of the
pass, which was occiipied fly a single
battalion of, Japanese. The defenders
Ivor° taken by surprise, and Ose enemy
secured a footing on tho road at the
head of the valley. At this uoint one
company of Japanese became involved
in a hand-to-hand fight. It then with-
drew a little in order to secure a better
field s:if fire. A second company, Doing
reinforced, came threugh a wood and
subjected the Russians to an militating
fire, and a third company threw itself
on the enemy. A desperate struggle
ensued. One sergeant cut down an
officer and two men before he fell, pierc-
ed by many bayonets. A fourth cram
pany occupied a ridge. to the south, lest
there should. be another attack from the
rear, but as no such ettaels was deliver-
ed they were in time to join in the puts
suit along the river when the Russians
retreated. Only one battalion of the en-
emy came into action. It lost 53 killed
and 47 wounded and prisoners. This gal-
lant little fight exempliflea a state of
things 'which European critics are apt
to ignore, namely, that for the first time
in the history of war the field had been
taken by a fully equipped, scientific army
which would rather be exterminated to
a man than admit defeat."
S anal Engagement.
London, July 10.—The Shanghai corre-
spondent of the Morning Post says that
the steamer Fawan,which is the despatch
boat ehartered by the. Chicago Daily
News, has been seized by the Russians
and towed into Port Arthur. The corre-
spondent adds that a naval engagemeat
was fought off Port Arthur on Friday.
The details of the fight and its result
sire unknown. •
DOwnfall Net Remote.
Tokio, July 15. --The Jiji Shimpo as-
serts that the siege of Port Arthur is
progressieg well, and that its downfall
is not remote. The Russians are defend-
ing the place desperately. The paper
will sliortly enter Corea.
Alexieff hada iaetieetione and operating from Kynnuntristing, which
paresles, aeleyaos The swims, sralees is being fortiflea and receivitg (viand -
at tile front. Itg sends his own chief of dee of stores.
keit twice or .thrice weekly to Tatelie- .
Mao obsterve and report ein General tendon, July 18, 4 tent—There is a
Xouroptstithi'S 41.01Sg41. 14 was reported total Abstain of news of events in Man -
that the ,ollicere' cerpe Wrigi altruist rattly Armin.. Every paper which hes a cer-
t.() tinntiny against the Vieeroy, but de- respondent with (len. Iturokre lietta-
lasted, believingit to be impoesfible to quarters leis received a short despatelt
infliienee the EMperor to remove Alex. indicating that a battle at Motkat ress
expeeted niniost imincilititely.The Bus -
The correspondent believes that the shins there have been greatly streegth-
ened, but they show no sigus of taking the (liplomatie euiya are keenly exisi
slos
the offeusive. There here been ten dar to. :Ascertain the vievies their governments !
expected,
FRANCE AO 111-11 VATICAN.
of fine weather, so rain. is now to e will take of the passage through the Dar-
datiellea of these veseols of the volunteer
fleet as merchantmen and their 88b80 -
ONLY ;too YARDS APART. (Vent conversion into ehips or war. The
general view in diplomatic circle, even
OUtposts et the tiAve Armies IA Wine where senth»ent is not particularly
friendly to Russia, la that while the
Touch.
Loudon, July 18.— o
The Chronicle's r- elrisuctiffereodf athpeieeDe aorf"sialripe4i>inniegtlittee obne
respondent at Motion Pass says that the part of Ruesia, it is an accomplishecl
the rival outposts are only 1,100 yards saes that the powers will not now
apart. lie describes the Loath and regard it as a violation of the Treaty`
spirits of the Japanese as splenaia, but of Paris, but will guard against its re -
says they ere chafing et the delay, petition. ighe diplomats think that
which is due to the fact that the army wine of the powers might insist that
is waitin,e for news of the assault and henceforth all volunteer vesselshall
downfall of ?ort Arthur,
The Tokio correspondentei
of the !)eeacuoinngsidoefrteldie atirivaltvya,rshills within the
Chronicle says that the capture of Port
Arthur is expected about August 15. Tokio, July 18, .2 p. lcuroki
A, despatch to the Moraing Post, dat- reports that two divisisais of the, Russian
ed near Motien Pass, July 15, says that Anna made n, desperate assault on the
the Russians between the Japanese frog Nfotien Pass at dawn an July 17, but
and the railway are being strongly re- were repulsed. Casualties were not stet -
inferred. There are patrol skirinithee ea. At 3 o'clock Sunday morning a
occasionally. The outposts are in close seavy fog veiling their movesnents, two
toucn. There has been little rain during isvismns Of 11.11SfdiallS, cominarld.ed by
'Lieut. -Gem Keller, made an assault op
the Japanese positions at Motien Pass
ind in its vicinity desperately. Geueral
Kuroki adds the Japanese resisted stub -
homily, repulsed the Russians and pur-
med them for a considerable distance
westward. Kuroki, M his report, praises
the valor of his men.
The Baltic Fleet.
New York, July 18.--A despatch to the
Males from its '.Celsio correspondent sari
SAICHARO.irt .e.EPORTS that' a leading Japanese journal declares
• the advent of the •Baltic fleet will be
Minor Eneouters, With Practically No
the past fortnight. The Japanese trans-
port is not much impeded.
Quiet at New Chwang.
Now Chwang, July 17,—The pause In
the campaign continues. No further
movements . of the Japanese are re-
ported.
The Russian gunboat Sivoutels has
gone up the river to remain until there
is another cnange in the local situa-
Casualties.
St, Petersburg, July 17.-1:Jnder date
of July 10, Lieut. -Gen. Sakharoff re-
ports that the Chasseurs are driving,
back the Japanese advance posts south-
west of Siakhotan, and east of Kanchi.
The Japanese, the general says, have
reoccupied Kechina, They are still for-
tifying the passes between Fenshui and
Motien.
The Japanese near Liao Yang have
evacuated. Sekeyan and Yanlikan.
The country from Siaossyre, up to
Sihu Ptiss is free from Japanese but
the pass itself is occupied by a detach-
ment of tee Japanese advance guard.
Gen. Sakharoff reports several minor
encounters, with practically no casual-
ties.
PRAISE KOIIROVATKIN.
Think His Strategy Has Been Some-
thing Wonderful.
St. Petersburg, Jul' 17.—Experts who
until recently were inclined to criticise
Gen, Kouropatkin's management of af-
fairs in the Far Eeast, declare, as the
situation develops, that his strategy has
proved, so far, beyond reproaele His
apparent mistakes, like the prolonged
resistance offered by Lieut. -Gen. Zassa-
litch on the Yalu, turn out to be acts
of the highest military judgment. Gen.
Kduropatkin then had so few laid such
poor troops at Liao Yang thatIthe Jap-
anese would have had an easy task to
crush the main force of the Russians
had they been permitted to cross the
Yalu without severe punishment; and
the thousands lost by Zasselitch practi-
cally saved Liao Yam Zassaliteh, un-
til disgraced, occupied an important
staff position.
Gen. Baron Stakelberg's march, whieli
was also criticized, is now admitted to
have been•neessary, in order to keep in
constant touch with the enemy.
3o,000 Troops Land.
Berlin, July 17.—A German oorre-
spontlent who was recently allowed to
welcomed by Japan, as Port Arthur will
certainly fall before its arrival, and the
fleet will therefore have no base, except
the ice -hound Port Arthur of Vladives-
took.
This journal says, however, that it is
difficult to see how the fleet can accom-
plish the voyage without French assist-
ance. Japan, it is added, while trusting
Eranee,lears that the struggle between
her duties as a neutral and her loyalty
to her alliance may produce complica-
tions, involving an extension of the area
war,. which would be most regrettable.
Both Armies in Touch.
London, July 13.—The morning papers
have despatches from correspondents at
General Kuroki's headquarters, sviach
bring tha situation in. the far east up to
July 10. All of -the writers agree in say-
ing that the situation is unchanged, but
that the armies are in touch, the Rus-
sians are being strongly reinforced and
that a battle may be expected any day.
Slight skirmishes are reported to have
place on July 15.
The Fight at Kaichou.
St. Petersburg, July 18.—Lieut.-Gener-
al Sakharoff, in view of Japanese official
version of the fight at Kai Chou has sent
in another report, reiterating that only
one Russian battalion entered into a
serious Cbnfliet with the Japanese who
had four divisions. He denies that it
was a Japanese victory, the Russians
having previously determined to with-
draw their rear guard detachments to
other positions.
Position of Jap Army..
Tien Tsin, July 18.—The steamer Fup-
ing, just arrived here from New Chwang,
reports that on July 16 the Japanese
army was within fifteen miles of that
city. The officers of the Russian gun-
boat Sivoutch have saddled horses along-
side, ready to make their escape upon
the approach of the Japanese.
Captured a Junk.
Tokio July 18, 10 aa -n -The Japanese
torpedo-boat destroyer Hayatori has
captured a junk conveying mail from
depart from Muleden, where he had been
Port Arthur to Chefoo. Letters dealing
arrested as a spy, reports that 30,000
Japanese landed on. July 11 and 13 in
tbe neighborhood of Pigeon Bay. Their
operations were covered by the ant.ire
the letters. Those which did not deal
only
with the military and naval conditions
at Port Arthurhave been seized. Much
valuable information was contained in
Japanese fleet. The Russians made
with imhtary topics have been forwarded
a faint resistance, firing a few slrots -
from their shore batteries.
Fighting Around the Fortress.
St. Petersburg, July 17.—It is official-
ly stated that the Czar has received
despatches, dated. Port Arthur, July 9,
giving the news of a fight on the night
of July 3, at Lung -Wang -Tang, in which
the Russians attacked .the .Tapesiese po-
sition and captured many trenches. The
craiser Novik and a. squadron of tor-
epdo boats ism -tied from the harbor and
assisted in the attack. Twenty machine
guns caused anuth loss amine the Jap-
anese; Chinese estimate it at 2,000; The
Russians- lost two officers and 35: men
killed, and five officers and 247 men
wounded. Theleneeians captured on
the night of July 0 mountain positions
commanding Lung -Wang -Tang. The Jap-
ane.s by July 2 had. landed -20,000 nien
and 50 guns at Dalny, .
SEIZING MAILS.
Berlin, July 17.—There is great indig-
nation in Germany over the seizure of
the North German Lloyd 'steamer Prinz
Heinrich by the Russian volunteer
steainer Smolensk.
FIRED ACROSS HER BOW.
British Vessel. Stopped in the 'Red
Sea.
London, july 17.—A despatch from
Aden to the Daily Mail says that the
captain if the British steamer Wei -
pare reports that the Russian velure
teen fleet steamer St. Petersburg sig-
naled him to stop by firing across the
bows of his vessel on July 151 in the
Red Sea. The Russians examined the
papers of the Walpara, and declared
that they would hold the ship as a
prize. The captain protested and was
taken on board the St. Petersburg,
where he gave tho Russian officers • a
guarantee that there was neither
arms nor ammunition on the Wolper°,
bound for japan: The Vessel was de-
layed for four hors and then allowed
to proceed. The captain confirms the
report that the Orient and Peninsular
Steamship Company's steamer Malacee
was seized in the Red Sea, Jaly 1, by
the St. Petersburg, on the ground. that
she carried arms and munitions of war
for the Japanese Government.
The Daily Telegraph, concluding an
outspoken protest, written with traces
of Governmeet inspiration, says: "There
is a limit to camplaieance when tentral
emblem under the British flag is•mo-
bested in a way to which we babe been
for a century and a hill unused."
APS ACTION.
Objets to France Allowing gussian
Vessels to OM'.
London, July 18.—The Tokio eorres.
Deficient of theStandard says the Japan-
ese are enquiring whether Frame 'Will
allow steainere of the Ilitesitut volun-
teer fleet to Ord at her ports, now
that they have openly assumed the
(ammeter of armed vessels. The Jiji
Shimpo says it hopes that France Will
preserve neutrality, and that Great
Briteht will see that Turkey does not
aid Russia by allowing vessels of the
volunteer fleet to pass the Dardanelles.
The Standard prints a Constantitople
despatch seyitig that the Russian stn.
tion boat Chernomoretz passed through
the Botipliorbils frena the Black Sea at 9
o'clock this morning.
to St. Petersburg.
Patrolling the Red Bea.
St. Petersburg, July 18.—General pub-
lic satisfaction is manifested over tate
decision of the Admiralty to patrol the
Bed Sea for the purpose of intercepting
contraband. of war destined for Japan.
As yet, however the papers do not dis-
cuss the subia. Copies of ,supplemen-
tary regulations for the government, of
foreign newspaper correspondents at
the front, dated Mukden,July 10, have
'arrived here. They require correspond-
ents to pledge themselves, when given
leave to proceed to certain points, to
travel only by the route indicated; in
no circumstances to absent themselves
from the regiments, divisions or corps
to which they may be attached; in case
of their expulsion to travel by the route
indicated to European Russia, and not
to attempt to leave Manchuria except
through European Russia.
Germany Won't Stand For It.
Berlin, July 18.—The German Govern-
ment has taken a prompt and firm.
stand in regard to the seizure of the
mails of the North German Lloyd steam-
er Prince Heinrich by the Russian volun-
teer fleet steamer Smolensk, on July 15,
Having catered a protest against the car-
rying off of the mails, and asking for a
disavowal of the Smolensk's action and
the return of the captured mail seeks.
The German Governmeut, the Foreign
Office says, recognizes the right to search
mails when on board the vessel itself,
but claims the Smolensk has no right
to take off mails in bulk from the ves-
sel. The further argument is advanced
that the right of search ean only be
exercised by a warship, whereas the
Smolensk traversed the Dardanneles
only recently, flying the B.ussian cafe -
menial flag. The German Governmeet
has not taken a positive stand on this
last questien, but leaves the question
for future discussion and settlement, No
answer has yet been received from Bus -
Ito the Wonkier% it
that he would %trill*
' The aeronaut WCiati if,
and when he sank Oait
WAS OXpeetad that be we
pear again. klie wife ur
Should Bishop Geay 'Not Obey Ile Will be the spectators!, and she itg
. . .1 vont confidence in lils ahllik a
Suspended.
ltome, July 18. ---From the highest
sources It is learned. that the Vatican's
view of the situation between the Holy
Bee and France is as WOWS t The.
Pope regards the• dissolution of the eon-
vordet by France as absolutely certain,
Me pretext is that the Moly See, before
the visit of President Loubet to Roine
„called ea Bishop Getty, of Laval,. to re-
sign. Ile refused Ana Was summoned
to Rome to answer the .gravest charges.
The luishop appealed to the French govern
meat, which claimed the Ifoly See was
infringing the coucoraant, but as the
Bishop had not been punished Foreign
Minister Deleasse aelsnowledged that the
Vatican Wald within its rights. How-
ever, svrile in the concordat iteelf there
is nothing to show that the 'Vatican wa
Ialso in the buoyitney of ' the ,le.
But the man foiled to appear, a
beats aVere burnediately launelied to
ass:at him. Nei traee of the
however, could be found until UsIs
S, afternoon, When it was dieeovered
not within its rights. Premier Combes
differs with las colleague and bases his
contention on the so-called organic ar
ticala, which constitute an enlargement
or explanation of the coucordat, made
by the French. Government, and which
was never aeknosvledgea by the Holy
Mee, The Pontiff is firmly decided to
proceed witli the case of the bishop, who,
if he is not in Rome on the 284h instant,
wit be suspended. Tile Bishop was in-
vited by Pope Leo XIII to resign and
refused to do so, showieg the ease is one
of long standing. At the Vatican it is
absolutely denied that any other pre -
Wee are concerned in the. question at
issue.
SCOTTDALE RESERVOIR BURSTS,
200,000,000 Gallons of Water Swept
Everything Before it.
Scottdale, Pa., July 18.—With the
roar of Niagara, the new reservoir of
the Citizens'. Water Company burst` on
Saturday night at midnight, and more
than 200,000,000 gallons of water rusbet
down the valley, wrecking buildings in
its path. It was discovered about 0
o'clock that the dam was in danger of
breaking, and mesengers were hastily
sent through the valley to warn the peo-
ple of their peril. Hundreds of lives were ,
thus saved, for a few hours later the
whole valley was under water. The dam-
age to the machinery and reservoir alone
49 YEARS' SENTENCE,
Assailants of Mrs. Wale Tr led and
Convicted.
Philadelehia, Pa,. July 18. ---Forty-nine
years at bar41 lacer State prison. That
vata the .sentence imposed on Aaron
Timbers, Jonas Simms and William Aus-
tin, the negre assailants of Mrs. Chas.
Biddle, in the Burlington County Court.
Jersey justice, proverbially swift,
moved for them with astounding celer-
ity. two hours after they entered .ne
State they had 'traveled forty-five miles,
been tried in court, and began: practi-
cally a life sentence.
State trove with loaded guns and
fixed ha,yonets, guarded them from a
mob of infuriated. men. Feeling against
the prisoners was at lynching heat, but
there was no clash between the soldiers
and. citizen.s. •
Cries of "Burn them!" "Lynch them!"
were heard at every step of their rapid
journey to State prison, but no violence
was offered, except at Vine street ferry,
where a woman tried to beat Timbers
over the head with an unibrella.
On the train the prisoners frequently
asked whether they were likely to be,
lynched. One of the detectives said
theae was more probability of a. burning.
Simms acted. as though about to feint,
falling in a semi-conscious condition
against the seat in front. In this city
Austin was picked. up.
Atter a moment's conference with Mr.
Hillman they said "Guilty!' judge Gas -
kill accepted the plea. and wiehout fur-
ther comment pronounced. sentence on
all -three in these words: •
"The judgment of the law and sen-
tence of the court is that for the charge
of assault to which you ' have just
pleaded guilty, each of you be confined
in the State prison at hard labor fey
the term of fifteen yews; upon the
charge of robbery, fifteen years; upon
the charge of assault with intent to kill
an .officer, twelve years, and upon the
dune of robbing the house of William
Streaker, seven years, making a total of
forty-nine years."
"That's ;better than getting. burned
alive," Timbers remarked, which caused
Austin to say that he was sorry i.e &ICA
not been guilty of all Timbers had, inas-
muds" as he received the sem. sentence.
In Speaking of the ease after it had
been. dismissed, Judge Gaskill said: "The
sentence is an accumulntive one. Should
they live to end -their sentence they will
serve forty years and ten months, pro-
vided their behavior is mood. The mem-
bers of the Timbers .fl'amily awaiting
trial for being accessories after the fact
will be given an early trial."
A FIERCE TORNADO.
Parts of Chappaqua Distributed Over a
Wide Area.
New York, July 18.—There were many
Reeks .of the Chappaqua tornado of yes-
terday. A pair• of trousers containing
keys and some money were blown two
miles away. A piano was torn apart, its
keys were. found to -day on the roof of
a barn a mile away. A stove was blown
out of Mr. Sarl's house and landed on
the top of a tree. Carpets Were ripped
off floors, tossed. into treetops 500 feet
away. A calf was lifted in the air and
carried a quarter of a mile and dropped
unhurt into pasture lot. Telegraph and
telephone wires were twisted together
into one cable. Hail cut fruit down, like
a knife.
The marriage certificate of Mrs.
SIC. The recent publication by the Russ Henry Cronk was carried three miles
of St. Petersburg of ii` statement that away. When the roof was blown off t le
Great Britain is about to transfer . Wei Cronk residence the wind ripped away
Hai Wei to Germany in exchange for most of the wall where the certificate
a free hand in the "Yang Tse valley is hung in a frame, and then hurled it ,
scouted at the Foreign Office, svhere X upward. To -day the certificate was dis-
is classed as a revival of an old story eovered intaet, on the hills at EaeVhap-
and as having no foundation. paqua, three miles from the house.
British Steamer Boarded. ',rho storm destroyed more than $100,-
A. ---The British 000 worth of property, in addition to
Aden, Arabia, July 18
making five families homeless.
steamer Persia WAS forcibly dotainod
for tut hour in the Red Sea by the Bus- Many brave acts were performed dui.-
sian volonteer fleet steamer Smolensk, `.!.
Ma the height of the storm. Miss Janet
which transferred to the Persia a, Dor. Morrow, the 13 -year-old daughter of
mails seized on the Robert Morrow, saved her sister Mattie
tion of the Japanese
North °entail Lloyd steamer Prinz and her eousis Erminie Cade from being
Heinrich, on July 15, The Smolensk killed. '4Vhmi the wind increased with
• eonfiscated two bags of the Pram Hein-Misssack violence as to tear MI the roof,
rielas mails destined for Nagasaki. Janet half dragged, half shoved
Mettle Morrow and her COUSIht down
into the teller. It was lucky she did so,
as great beams fell all itrouod them
and. they struck Mettle on the chest,
breaking three ribs. Then her sister pall-
ed her down into the cellar and placed
Transcaucasia, Viettnt ot a.seassin. her in a ado awe. ,
St. :Petersburg July 17.—Tbe Vice- Mrs. Hamill llibbs, 81 years old, the
Governor of IP:Umbel:11pol, was as- woman who was killed, lost ber life by
osinated at 'I o'olocik thls even- a thiumey falling on her and crushing
Ii. Me asaleSesination . ()courted at 11.6'11.V' ith Mrs. Washburn were her two
ig. ._ f •
fidgpiblakent, n. small OW in = the daughters, Carry and Mary, students at
,soutieerist corner of the Governinent Swarthmore College, Swatlintore Pit.
of Elilabethpol,Wow to thean; PersiAll were caught under the billing 'debris
:f Wailer. - I , 1 1. 1 • . rita had narrow escapee from death.
Passage Of the DardatielleS.
S. Petersburg, Jul' 18.--1VIembere 01
VICE -GOVERNOR MURDERED
el.n=6,4
itusslan Ofilci a I at Elizabethpei,
When Postmaster Cornell, Deputy
fEilizabetlipel is In the Goveritnerit Sheritt Litimenn and judge Itowifoid
of 'Pronseavreaela, having Erivan radl Pearsall, who had fantod a reselling
'Villa In the Went, Daglieetrier in the, party, crawled into the rums they foiled
north, Illakn in the ealSt, itnd Tnekieli Mrs. Ilibbs 'dead, while nearby was Car -
will amount to at least $50,000. Build-
ings were torn from their foundations,
and carried on the crest of the great
wave like so many wash tubs. Crops
valued at many thousands of dollars
were completely wiped out. Bridges
were carried away, in. the gorge just
below ' the dam huge trees were torn
out by the roots, and stones weighing
tons were ,overturned by the flood, The
new pum'
p and engine installed Satur-
day, below the face of the dam to pump
the leakage back, into the reservoir,
were wrenched from . their foundations
and buriea. under the mass of wreckage
from the walls.
rafters and. mortar. As they started to
rescue her they heard her say in. a
brave yoice: "Never mind me, get my
mother and sister out first."
When she -was removed. it was found
that she was not injured at all except
for -slight bruises. Mrs . Hibbs was
crushed to death in the sitting -room as
she sat in a big chair.
The tornado lasted only a few min-
utes, but that time it cut a great
swath through the settlement of the
Quakers. Meeting hous'es seemed to be
pounded to pieces. To -day not a chim-
ney or a rafter Could be found intace.
Boards were smashed into splinters and
stone foundations were crushed.
HIS PAINFUL ORDEAL.
Engineer Laid on Floor Eight flour
Before Help Came.
Toronto, July 18.---LyIngt on a break
floor, with his back paralyzed, for
eight hours, wins the painful ordeal
experienced by Joseph Hepkins, in the
engine room of the 13archard, box
Company's fworks yesterday. Hopk-
ins was conscious a,11 the time, but
was unable to attract the attention
or tho firemen in the adjoining build-
ing fronting on Berkeley street.
On teaving his home yeserdayi
morning, Hopkins, twill° is an en-
gineer, told his .wlfe that he .was go-
ing over to the factory to repair some
pipes connecting wiith the boiler,
which had to be in readiness to -day.
,Alseise aid not return 404 dinner Mrs.
Hopkins Bent one of her children; to
the factory, but the little one found
all the doors Xnd entranees1 ocked.
tRhinking that he ptrobahly had °e-
lision to go elsewhere for some tools,
Me% Ilopfkins did not become alarm-
ed till after supper, when MS chair
at the table was still vacant.:
Bopkins !then communicated
with the firemen at the Berkeley,
Street Eire Hall, where he is well -
knower. Two of the firemen. sealed the
fence, and enterinjg the engine room,
found Hopkins lying on his bank., "1
"I have been lying in this position
since '11 o'clock this morning a.nd
have been repeatedly calling for as-
sistance," said the injured man, as
the firemen carried lam. out to the
o,pen air. Iyopkins said he had been
ietanding on two rafters, one of
which was partially burned, about
five feet above the boiler. His weight
was 'too beasv.y for the scaffelding,
which gave away, precipitating hina.
intot he boiler pit, a disteinee, Of
rsibouttwanty- five feet. Raising him -
golf, succeeded in reaching the
floor, and had almost go tie the door,
when he dropped on the brick floor,
unable to move his limbs. I
On examination it was found that
hie spine was seriously dislocated. Ilia
received tw,o scalp wounds a,bout 811
inch long on the right side of the
head, besides several painful bruises
about the body.
TERRORIZING FINLAND.
The Russian Authorities Now Deport-
ing ikfany PPO In in en t Men.
Vowi York, July 17—The Sun, to -day
has the following from London: Dd-
vices from Ileisingfors show that
during thin month three of the
most distieguished professors of the
ainiverslisy—Ileinen, a, scientist of
European reputation; Estlander, a
Nay lecturer, and Baron Wrede, a
!professor of Roman blot a member
of the House of Nobles aira one of
tre 'most reepeoted men hi Finland
—wore suddenly arrested and &Port-
ed a
in manacles to St. PeteNburg.
Nothing has been heard of them since.
TI.o houses of other professors were
marched.
It is ImpoSsible oven to suggest
tint there is any conneetion be-
tween U. ese arrests and the assas-
sination Of Governor-General Babel-
koff. Tee object seems simply to be
'to terrorize the Finlanders and to
sehowl them that no ono is safe from
the long arm of liaasio..
FELL INTO THE RIVER.
Sensational Drowning of an Aeronarte
at Montreal.
Montreal, quo., July 17.—.Tas An-
tliony Bennett, who Is well-known
aeronaut, .et death here on Sat-
nrday afterdoon me the result of his
first ascension In torineetion with a
fierier; ot exbibitions Cult be Widen -
gaged to make at itiversitie Park.
The performance Was part ot pro-
- gramme arranged to c elebrate the
fall of the Bastile.
The balloon was eat booed at 5.80
o'clock, and atter shooting tip
wards some hundreds of feet, drifted
out over the river at a poirit where
the current runs at about sever ntes
an hour. Bennett apparently did
not appreciate the iliteger ot a drop
with 'the peraelnite at such n, point,
tor descended at tient when,
Arnierila in the 0011t111 • tb1 Witshbure, hidden tinder a pile Of
t I i
In some rushes near ImPfra9011.i Den -
I nett rlirA's barn at Tanietel, ringland.
I HAS APPEALED TO CHASER.
The Thunder's View or Lord nun
sionalstai Speech.
14condon, ;July 18.—The Tillion, re-
ferring to Lord Dninionfaid's epeeehl
1 at Toronto, says it might have been
In better taste 11 he had retrained;
twos repeating to popular anellenceie
his grave indiatment against tbeCan4
adian Minietry. His searchlight is of
a very startling Obarnoter. Mho
charge of indifference is almost as
(Knave A charge as is possible' for a
soldier, livilio hos been responsible for
tho fdefenee of a country to bring
against tho constitutional Govern-
tOo,vornment. Ma maY be sore, albs
(Mimeo continues, th,at it is an un-.
founded charge, so far as it imputes
'to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and his col-
teenguee as ,a, body, any lack; of zeR.1
for the safety or the Dominion.. On
the other hand, Lord Dundonahrs al-
legations, create _the impression that
the /militia haw not been administer-
ed In some renpects wilthl it single eya
to its efficiency, l • I
Lord Dundonald has appealed to
Caesar, iwoll knowing the persona
ponfa.iti the will have 41 pay. From
0.11In1sters and party politicians to
public bpinion and the electorate the
appeal es admittedly irregular, but It
wilObe hoard, we imagine, and des
If:ermined bit its merit; by the tri-
bunal to whom Lord Dundonald has
taken it. The deeision wilil be await -
sed tri Britain w1th keen Interest, as
avell (as in Canada, for tile issue is
nothing loss than the efficiency or
Inefficiency of the national de-
fences /of ourgreatest colony and the
firness for unfitness of .her present
Ministers to provide then. ,
A DOCTORS' TRUST.
Flat Rates and a Blacklist Arranged for
in New Jersey Town.
New York, July 17.—The Tribune has
the following from Morristown, N. J.:
A trust of physicans and sergeops in
which a schedule of office rates and
house visits, together with a black list,
is to be operative in Morristown before
October. The trust at present is called
the Morristown Medical Society.Harry
M. O'Reilly is president, and some of
the well known members are Dr. H.
A. Henriques, Dr. Stephen Pierson,
Dr. James Douglass, Dr. Harry Vau-
ghan, Dr, George W. Wilkinson and
Dr. B. D. Evans. One of the physi-
cians interested said to a reporter to-
day: "I want it especially impressed on
the people that we are going' to have
a black -list, and those who 'do, not pay
their medical bills will have 'ne.atten-
tion paid to their callsfor aid.' -This is
merely a matter of protection. !There
are many people who call in a 'different
physician every time a case of .81010:less
occurs arid never pay any bill. That is
not right. If people want medical at-
tendance they should be willing to pay
for it, and if they will not pay willingly
they should be made to pay. Our list
will put a stop to most of the dead -beat
business.
"With regard to rates, you can say
that a flat rate of 75 -cents will be
charged for office consultation, while
the price for house visits will be gen=
orally $L Of course, there will be a
schedule which will cover all eases, but
the prices I have stated will be the basis
for all charges. All members of the
society will be obliged to adhere to the
schedule, and. no member can visit the
patients of another practitioner. If
there are urgent calls from people on
the black -list they will be turned over
to the young graduates."
VAN GORDER MURDERERS.
_
wwo Sentenced to the Beath
Chair.
Belmont, July .18.-1uistippe V4r-
Rada. twos sentenced tobe electo-
cuted at Auburn Prison on the4aleek
of Sept. 5th, for the murder, of the
Van Gorders. It -was the quickest.
trip,' of a capital Case int the history
off Allegany county. • r
Antonio Giorgio, hin associate in the
crime of killing John Van Gorderand
tknna, Farnham, was sentenced a half
hour before to be electron:14d at the
Same place, the week beginning Aug,
Dlltlift
Giorgio was .sentenced while the
jury was out on- ,Versacia's ease.
When asked if there was any reason
why sentence should not be pronouner
ed, ho ,sraid he wa.nted timei to write
home. Within a half hour after he
heard las death decreed, he
avialking up and down in hisi eell in
the jail, singing at the topl of his
voice. No one knewi the them ei of his
swan song. ( , , ti
Taie jury decided Versacia.'s 'fate
within five minutes, but kept It .back
from very shame of seeming; to be too
harried. Versacia. seemed near to
death when he was brouWit in. His
faco Was of the color of clay and
.wore a hopeless, despairing look.
When asked the usual questions, he
waved his hand arid shook his head
as if to signify lio knew; that nothing
she could say would change his fate,
THE CONDUC OR CELEBRATED
when TW1A9 Were Born oli His Car
Be Rang two 14`ares.
New York, july 17.—The Tribune
has the following to -day ; A Pour -
tenth street car stopped at Second
avenue early last, night, and( the con-
ductor jumped off and ran to a drug
store.
"Send an ambulance quiek," he
shouted 'When lie got to the tele-
oaphro.ne. Viten he ran back to the
"Youse nen git out o' here," he
ordered. All the mon passengers got
out. Then he mOunted guard at one
door, and, with the motornian at
the other, wetted for an ambulance.
Two mane.
"Twins," saki t Vithite coated young
surgeon, a few memento later. 'Both
boys, and dandies at that," added
the doctor Oa the etcond ambularlee.
The Mother Was Mrs. Anna Stein-
metz, of No. Ill East Fourth street.
She WAS on heir way to a hospital
tho time. She was pat into one
ambulance, and the twitis were
taken in the other to the hospital.
"III Jest ring up two rarer, to Me-
hrate," said the conductor. "91t
eonnutny Wants a fare tor every
piterienger," itnd he jerked the
"elook" ropte tVrIce.
Princess de Chinuty has written to the
.London papere expressing a long eulogy
never 'return. to America, whiell she
ohutfEhheeroinew husband. She nye alie will