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The Wingham Advance, 1905-02-16, Page 7TME FOUR CENT FARE A FAILURE IN CLEVELAND. street Railway company Tried Three and Four Cent Fares and Goes Back to Five. The Jed Cross Line Steamer, Sylvia, Five Days' Overdue at St. John, Newfoundland, Quarter of a Million Fire in Mobile, Guests Leave doted in Their Night Clothes. {4-44}+4•i•4Fi+++tom++1-+ steamer Sylvia, which is naw five days Cleveland, Fob. i3. --The experi- ment of the ,Qleveland Electric. Railway ,Company with a our cent cash fare without a transfer was ended at midnight last night, and to -day the regular five emit eare with transfer will be resur-- ed. President F. Andrews, of the Cleveland Electric Railway Com- panys aid, last night that the test had been carried on enough to prove that the company could not afford to carry passengers for a four cent fare and this hav- ing been demonstrated to the sat- isfactiOn of the .officials of the company there was no reason for further continuance of the test. The four cent fare trial is un- Ierstood to have caused a loss ap- proximating 25 per cent. of the :ompany's earnings, based on five :ent fare. The .four cent fare experiment is the second of its kind within three weeks, which street car patrons of this city have under- gone. A two weeks' trial of a three overdue at this port from Halifax, N. S., and grave fears aro entertained for her safety. Shipping teen here figure that the Sylvia must have encountered last Wednesday's blizzard in the vicinity of Cape Race, one of the most treacherous spots in the North Atlantic. There is a possibility, however, that her machinery may have become disabled, or that she was eatiglie in the ice floes and is drift- ing helplessly about. The Sylvia sailed frozn New York with a cargo of merchandise and several pas- sengers, and touched at Halifax in ac- cordance with her regular schedule, The voyage from that port to this city should have been made in 48 hours under nor- mal conditions, but seven days have al• ready elapsed since any word having .been received of her. • New York, Feb. 13.—Charles W. Dow- ering, of Bowering & Co., of this city, city, agents of the Red Cross line steam- er Sylvia, said to -day that he was not in the least worried by time fact that the Sylvia is five days overdue at St. John's, "At this time of the year," said Mr. Bowering, "big fields of ice came down from the north, and northeast wind packs them against the coast, making it impossible for 'a steamer to got into port. The Sylvia may bo a. few miles below St. John, waiting for a. chance to get through the ice. Of course, we would like to sce her in harbor, escaping some heavy weather there, but Capt, Farrel has orders to keep his vessels fronnbeing y+ cent fare within a two mile zone 4' Aped,Aped,in the- ice and driven ashore, and ended last Saturday night in gen- he is experienced in •Newfoundland con- eral dissatisfaction. The four cent ditiotts." fare for a Buil ride was tried for A Costly Fire. one week and gave greater satis- Mobile, Ala., Feb. 13.—Fire that bas faction so far as larger proper- thus far caused a loss of a quarter of tion of the passengers were con- a million dollars, broke out early to -day cerned, but President Andrews and is still burning. The famous Battle Iiout?e is in flanks, and the flames have stated last night that it was not swept on to the adjoining buildings. The satisfactory.. • The experiments . Battle House was one of the largest are understood to be preliminary hotels in the south. Tho flames spread to a general extension of frau- so rapidly that a number of guests lost all their belongings, and not a few of chins to the Cleveland electric : those on the fifth floor were compelled railway company, when its pre. to take to the fire escapes in their night sent grants expire, clothes. Two elevator .boys, Joseph No, statement has been issued Parks and Bernard Constantine, stuck to their posts until all the guests had as to the actual result of the two reached safety, although the elevators weeks three cent fare trial, and caught fire and the young men were none pxobabIy,wi11 be made un- burned about the face and hands. An til the data for the four cent fare hour after tbe fire started all the oleo - trio lights in the business portion of the experiment is also xeady for pub- city went out, duo to the turning off lication. • of the power to save the firemen from �danger and partly to one of the main + feed wires being broken. A Missing Vessel. A long distance telephone message from Mobile says one than ,was killed St.' John's, Nfld., Feb. 13.—No tidings and several seriously injured in the Bat - have been received of the Red Cross Line tle House fire. 51PETEFISULU s QU1[E i and the Caucasus, and the great tidal wave of economic disturbance which swept over the entire land as a Sequence to the historic upheaval in St. Peters- burg in January is now believed to be Remnants ofthe 0 n the ebb. R sgeneral strike ntov'ement . still exis in man t quartos; of Russia, and the Russian in dustrial classes aro so far from being contented that' a resurgence of .this wave cannot be omitted from future cal - Workmen Say They tleconomic peril which threatened to shake lnnot, eulations, but for the time •being.,;the �1 + - •• the political structure and render armies Continue to Starve. utterly impotent seems to be abating. In Poland and the Caucasus regions, indeed, the strike persists in full vigor, the week witnessingbloody collisions Want Piece Work and Eight between strikers antroops at Seano- wiee and ending in a full resumption Hours a Day • of the walk -out -at Warsaw. But these . • sections at present have peculiar Indus trial conditions differing from the rest • of the empire. Baku, Batoum, Tiflis, Strikes in ,Poland and the and other cities of tbe Caucasus are chronic strike breeders, and the problem in Poland is complicated by tbe large Caucasus. mass of strikers and those made idle out account of the depression caused by the war. CZAR HEARKENS TO TOLSTOI. St. Petersburg, Feb. 12.—Clio predic- tions that further disturbances would lie, created to -day by the striking 'work- men and their sympathizers were` falsi- Time Has Come, He Says, to Give People lied by events. The day passed quietly. Voice In Government. jahe Nevsky Prospekt and other princi- pal streets were thronged by fashion- able people walking and sleig:,ing.. A strong force of police were on duty, but otherwise the appearance of the city was normal. Nevertheless under the surface the discontent of the workmen grows, and the revolutionary leaders are utiliz- ing it to the utmost. The workmen are suspicious, and it is difficult to ascertain their real feelings. A mechanic, • whom a correspondent treated at a dram -shop, was only in- duced to become communicative after he had taken five tumblers of vodka. Then he said: "We cannot continue starving: Now we want piece -work or an eight-hour day. Above all, we want the removal of spies. One in every ton workmen is a spy. We kill some., but cannot kill all of them." When the man was asked if he want- ed a constitution he replied:, "I don't know 'what it is. Most of, us cannot 'tread, We want to live. That's all. _veal won't demonstrate a cin. I don't know needling about polities. I don't know what the petition that the pea Weal agitators drew up means, although we. Wre shot for our ignorance." The • man stated that the average wages were mil °lent to 3O cents a day. Skill- ed workmen arra paid 68 cents, An Imperial decree has been issued ordering the formation of a commit- tee under thepresidency of Senator Chidlovski to investigate the causes of the diseontent among the workmen in SL Petersburg, and to prepare meas - tires to prevent their recurrence. Tlie emanates will consist of offleials be- i •aging to the Gire :rnment'a departments cuncotned in irclustrial nxfnlrs, ropre sentitti: ee of i.lie various industries and avotaluc?n. Demonstration In a Theatre. • At the Mali Theatre to -night tt scene ',vets ereaiei1 by tries of "Down with the ..,,�.,tstutoeraegl and personal abuse of the tammperer. .whe rlemonstratnrs were jeet- ed from the theatre. The pelted son- tinue to make arrests. Despatches froth all parts of We Vim - pita show a distinct imprnveniont in hundred wounded perllans are still in t tha fnduatrial situation, except in Potnytd tlib 1toltpitals. St. Petersburg, Feb. 12.—"I am not opposed to the . zemsky zabor. On the contrary, I believe it necessary." • In these words Czar Nicholas, per- sonally, has declared himself in favor of a land congress, and expresses the conviction that the time has , come to prepare to give the people a voice in government, The Czar's words were spoken in a conversation with Leo Deonvitch Tolstoi. Count Tolstoi said: "His Majesty summoned ire after having received a memorial which I addressed to the throne, exposing the present situation in the country, and humbly expressing the opinion that tbe interest of the monarch and the nation called for the removal of the wall raised up by the bureaucracy between them, the urgent need of devising means for enabling the- sovereign to hear the voice of the people, and recommending the convocation of a zemsky zabor. "His Majesty assured me that, per- sonally he was not opposed to its eon - vocation, but, on the contrary, believed it necessary. The whole question now is greatly simplified,. "Tho delay will be only, sueh as is strictly necessary for the introduction of an innovation of such inagiiitude. The great thing is that the Czar, is in favor of the zemsky zabor. This dispes the reports that the sovereign mistrusts the people, ,and is absolutely opposed to the idea of a representative National Assembly. ant opiimistie, end believe we twill succeed after all in bringing the war to a satisfactory eonehisian. Then everything twill resume its natural course, and i dorm, inoludinn national representation, will be introduced on a sound basis." Warsaw, Russian Poland—Advices from Lodz says that many of the men resumed work to -any, but after a couple of Hours they again walked out. The town is oulet. It is semi -officially an- nouneed that as a result of the disturb- ances tit Lodz one hundred and forty- four bodies have been buried, while two SUSPICION' OF POISON. Tho Body of Peter Barron Exhumed at Windsor. Windsor,Feb. 12.—Eleven months ago Peter ,Barran, aged 75 years, whosa home for many years was in this city, died suddenly under very suspicious ea - ornateness, at the Home of Mrs. Rose Barron, his daughter-in-law, in Detroit. No inquest was held, however, despite the feet that Barron left an estate valued at about $4,000, nearly all of , which went to his son Michael, the bus - band of Rose llaxroe. The remains were 1 interred in the fancily burial plot in this city ,and apparently the matter ended. Yesterday, liowever, a new phase of the case was made public, when the grave - wes .opened at the request of the De- troit authorities. The body was found to bo in a fair state of preservation, and' after the ate - mach, kidneys, and liver had been re- moved and turned over to the analyst, the remains wero again replaced in the casket, and once more consigned to the grave, Upon the report of the analysis will depend the future of the authori- ties. Meanwhile Mrs. Rose Barron lies in a eel, in the county jail on suspicion of having caused, not only the death of her father-in-law by arsenical poison, but also of having attempted to put out of the way several Detroit people by whom she had been employed at vari- ous tines. ' Her last eatploit was the alleged at- tempted poisoning of all the residents of the Alhambra flats, a largo Detroit apartment house, who became suddenly ill a few days ago after partaking of food which bad been prepared in the Alhambra Cafe, where Mrs, Barron had secured employment a few days pre- viously. ,,, The police are ata loss to find a mo - 'taro to fit the crimes which are laid at the woman's door. i - l CROWN PRINCE GUSTAF Of Sweden and Norway, who will Dis- charge kingly duties for ,itis father, TIGER STOLE CHICKENS. Caught in Iienroost and .Killed by -a Policeman. New York, Feb, 11.—The Sun pub- lishes the following from the Singapore Straits Budget: On Tuesday night Po- lice Sergeant Reynolds was informed by a Malay police constable on duty at Goodwood, the residence in Scott's road of Sir Lionel Cox, the Chief Justice, that a tiger was in his Lordship's compound. Sergeant Reynolds thereupon armed him- self with one of the police rifles and gave another rifle to the'Malay. The pollee sergeant, proceeded to the kebun's house and was told that the tiger was underneath it. This little dwelling s raised is is d about two feet above theround and the space below theflooring is used ass a ebicken roost. Two sides wero covered wiht boards and two wore open. Round the two open sides a number of Malays and a few Chinese 'boys" Itad gathered, They held lamps and shouted excitedly. One of the Malays put a lamp just in- side the opening and Sergeant Rey- nolds put his head and shoulders under the flooring. •Iiis eyes lighted on a leap of dead fowls in a corner about twelve feet away, which he at first mis- took for the tiger. He levelled his rifle and waited. Almost immediately a tiger lifted its head above the dead fowls and looked at hint, its eyes shining brightly in the darkness. It commenced snarl- ing and growling at the intruder. Rey- nolds took steady aim between the eyes and fired. After an interval of some ten minutes the Malaks cut away the .boards near the annual with parangs. They pulled out first fourteen dead fowls, and lastly hauled out the tiger, whielt was quite dead, The animal, which proved to be a small tigress, measured over six feet front tip to tip, and belonged to a small species of tiger commonly known ars the "mottled tiger." Reynolds says that- it is very fierce, and thinks that this speci- men was about twelve. years old. The animal,. which stood very low, was in flue condition. Its .skin was beautifully marked with a mixture of stripes and spots. - KILLED BY SENATE. ROOSEVELT WILL ALLOW ARBI- • TRATION TREATIES TO DROP. Washington, D. C., Feb: 13,—President Roosevelt will not present the arbitra- tion treaties as amended by the Senate to the countries with which they were negotiated. In reply to numberous in- quiries by representatives of the press at the state department to -day Secretary Hay made, in substance, the following statement: "Tho President regards the matter of the general arbitration treaties as concluded by the action of the Senate on Saturday. Ile reeognizes the right of the Senate to reject a treaty, either by a direct vete in that 'sense or indi- rectly by changes which are incompatible with its spirit and purpose. He °onside ers that with the Senate amendment the treaties not only °ease to be a stop for- ward in the cause of general arbitration, but are really a step backward, and there- fore ho is unable to present them in this altered forst to the countries with whieh we have been in negotiation." 4. Cobourg Woman Struck by a Train. Cobaurg, Feb. 12.—A sac, fatality oc-' carred at the D Arey street crossing here to -day, whereby a girl, Miss Jean Palmer, lost her life. She was struck by the cowcatcher and thrown u„der- neath the ears. It is said that she, tame, to town from the east en an.early morn- ing train, and was entering outploymeet in the Conmiereial Rote,. An inquest will be held. )1 11446.4414444 AUTO FACTORY. Detroit, Feb. 13,—It' is quite likely that the Ford Motor Works, of Detroit. will establish .an automobile factory in '-r'nw Westminster, 13. C.`., within a few menthe. The company will also stake ell classes of gasoline motors for • ,aunties, etc. KING OSCAR OF S WEDEN AND NORWAY, Who has handed over the reins of government to his son. HOCH FORGETS WS WWW[ BWuebeard Admits He Head So Many That He Lost AH Count of Then,. Chicago, Feb. 13.—Johann Adolph Hoch told the pollee lest night that he was married so many women he had lost all count of the number. After a "sweat- ing” prodess lasting three hours, in watch three new claimants for his martial pro- tection confronted him, Hoch threw ap both hands, laughed. in a rollicking fash- ion and said he must certainly give hp, but he continuously refused to admit having given poison to any of his wives. "My Lord," said Hoch, when the last three women were named, "don't ask me if they wero my wives. I have lost all track of the number of wives 1 had. I haven't any idea of the number or of who they are. 1 can say ten and not blush. It may be thirty. I don't know. But I can not without investigation con- sistently sit here and admit that 1 am the long -lost husband of any number of foolish women who come and say that I married them." After the "sweating" process had con- tinued for two hours Inspector Shippy failed to get an admission from the roan that he had administered poisonous pow- ders to any one of leis wives. He said that Mrs, Walther Hoch had asked him for something to relieve her headache and that he had gone to a drug store and obtained some powders of a harm- less character, winch he administered to her. He said the powders were of a grayish color, and if examined by a chemist would be found to contain no itarnmful qualities. Inspector Shippy pushed his examina- tion of Hoch at his office in the police station after the inquest had adjourned, and spent a long period in a patient questioning of the man regarding the ttl- leged poisoning. Hoch laughed it great deal during the ordeal, but would not admit or even consider the charge of Pg b oisenin . He said that such a charge was 'ail bosh. and that he did not think it dignified to answer such questions. i lie said he thought they were foolish. He made his remarkable response re- garding his losing count of his wives in answer to Inspector Shippey .after the latter had read a Iotter from Mrs. Elia C. Finch, of Cedar Rapids, in which the woman claimed that she was one of Hoch's many wives who had lost money to him. The woman's letter designates IIoch ns "that devil" and the woman offered any kind of assistance, including witnesses to the marriage, which she might be able to supply in the prosecution of the man. Hoch laughed through the inquest, ap- parently taking the testimony of Mrs. Fischer ap a joke, and be fairly rippled with mirth when Mrs. Fischer recounted how he had told, her that he would go into partnership with her in the manage- ment of her family, which was in Ger- many et the time, but tidliich he expect- ed to bring to America, and "American- ize" the smaller members. Koch was the hero before scores of eyes at the inquest. While the women who gathered at the doors of the grand jury room were not as numerous as ex- pected, they were in plenty; and the guards had it hart, time keeping them away. Those who were given admission to the room in which the' inquest was held, gazed in admiration at the man who had married anywhere from ten to forty of their sex and taken away their money. Until the inquest is. finished, and from the number of witnesses Assembled it is not expected that it will end for several days, the police will not use any severe treasures in questioning Hoch. He will be taken to the station at Chicago ave- nue each evening and questioned, but nothing of the "sweating" methods will bo administered until after the inquest is finished. • Three new wives of Hoch were told about 'by Ietter last nigbt at the station. Hoch denied all knowledge of them. Ile said that the first one of which he was told he did not remember, but at the second he threw up his arms and shout- ed that he would give up, because he could not remember how many women he had married and did not wish to bur- den his memory with such trivial details. "How can I remember whether these women were my wives 1" he asked the inspector. "I do not know them. If they bad submitted a description of them- selves I might have been able to tell whether I had ever seen them or married them, but with this letter business lam in the dark and will have to give up." After the close of the interview with Inspector Shippy and the officers at the station, Hoch was placed in a cell. "We will probably be able to make Hoch talk with some regard to the truth regarding the death of some.of-his wives before we get through with bim," said the inspector. "He takes all this big- amy mater as a .joke, but be will prob- ably get down to serious business when he sees tbat we want to talk about the murder proposition." SOME BELOW ZERO WEATHER. Twenty-nine Below in Nebraska and Mae - teen in Chicago. Detroit, Mich.; Feb. 13. --'this is the coldest day of the winter in Detroit and lower Michigan. Following a heavy fall of snow the thermometer dropped stead- ily after midnight until it reached four below zero. At Saginaw it is 8 below and at Grand Rapids five below. Nineteen Below. • Chicago, Feb. 13.—To-day was the cold-. est of the winter in Chicago. At 7 a;ul., the Government thermometer recorded 10 degrees below zero, a fall of 23 de- grees in 12 hours. At 8 a. m., the mer- cury stood at 18 below, and the observer predicted that it would. not rise much at"id"asiefa st rreea:t '} NEWS IN BRIEF Washington, --President Roosevelt and party left hero this morning on a special train over the Pennsylvania Railroad fox' a two days' visit in New York. London. --Special despatches from Con- stantinople report that the Minister of War has deeided to eall out all the re- serves in Macedonia in anticipation of an insurrection in the spring. Marietta, Ohio, --•Tho First Congrega- tional Church of this city, the first • church in the northwest territory, was destroyed by fire to -day. The church was built in 1788, and hail been several times remodelled. Loss, $30,000. Chicago. Thomas A. Bowden, one. of the best known fire insurance sten in Chicago, is dead from uraemic poisoning. For twenty-seven ,'ears he was connect- ed with the rating department of the --Chimp Underwriters' Association, and was a recognized expert in the matter of ratings ant building constrnetion. NOW York. --Emil i, lloas, the Xety York agent, of the itamburg-American litre, received a message from Itambnrg to -day saying that the report that the :steamers Deutschland and Hamburg were to be sold to Russia is without' foundation. Ito negotiations for the gale of the strainers have been ent+sred into, higher during the day. The intense cold was accompanied by a high wind from the Northwest. Snow ceased falling ear- ly last night and the sky was clear to- day. Street traffic was not interrupted, but incoming trains on the steam rail- roads were from one to nine hours late. Twenty-nine Below, Chicago, Feb. 13.—Intense cold pre - t:ails over the middle west and the northwest. Among reports received to- day the following below zero tempera- tures were noted : Superior, WG'is,, 28; Lacrosse, Wis., 28; Milwaukee, 18; St, Pal, Minn,, 25; Janesville, Wis,, 14; Williston, Nd., 28; Omaha., Neb., 22; Lin- coln, Neb., '20. • Berlin --The German settlers in Santos have petitioned the reichstag to do some- thing towards obtaining for them pay- ment of- an indemnity from the United States and Great Britain, under the arbi- tration award of Ring Oscar of Sweden and Norway, Get. 14, 1002, which, it is affirmed, still remains unpaid. hi'aniia.—The band of ladrone.s which attacked the town of San Francisco de :ltalahon, in the Province of Cavite, Jan_ I 24, and captured the wife and -two clic, siren of former Governor Trias, is being hard dressed bya troop of caval- under 1 1 Major Sibley. Theyhave released airs. Trias and her childrn, whom they were Bolding for a ransom. TS AFRAID TO START. 4 l• Berlin, Feb.12.—Berlin's 400 ate se• verely chocked by revelations tending to show that the many charity bazaars benefit few save certain high•bor•n ladies," who make a business of ar- ranging such festivals, "hi the interest of the poor." These women, it is charged, usually manage to obtain the loan of the hail for nothing; then printers, news- papers, stores, champagne merchants. musicians, actors and actresses are blackballed 'into giving their services , or goods for nothing. , Some figures at a recent bazaar Lave been made public. They are as fol- lows: Receipts, 12,000 marks; costs 11,- 050 marks; for charity, 350 marks (87.- 60). 87:50). Investigation also proved that the lotteries, permitted at the bazaar, were • mauipulatcd so as to yield prizes to certain ticket holders only. The ladies. likewise, appropriated a number of works of art, donated to the bazaar, The scandal involves some of the proudest names in the Almanac de Gotha,. princesses, countesses and bar- onesses by the score. Some of them, it is said, lived on charity bazaars for years, and all richly deserve jail. But as they have a handle to their names the authorities are already preparing to let them off with a warning. AT TIU FRONT, BQMBARPMENT CONTINUES ON CUTA4IOE QF COMMAND, Tokio, Feb 13, 2 p. m. -••-Tho Russians continued to boutberd portions of Field Marshal Oyama's •centre a.nd right on Saturday last, Feb, 11. The Russians continue the •construetion of defensive works on their right, to the southwest of Meutapan, where they are erecting an epaulement for a battery of 24 glens. The Japanese recently surrounded a Russian enwtlry detachment near iisiert- eliang, killing three of the enemy, and wounding eleven. St. Petersburg, Feb. 13.--A special tele-, grant from Saechina says Gen. I1aulbars, commander of the third hfauchurian arany, has taken over the command of the second alanehurian army, recently vagated by (.len. Grippenberg. PREY ON CHARITY, Berlin's "400" Shocked at Revelations of Exploiting Bazaars. SHOTS .FIRED AT BISHOP. Buffalo Ecclesiastic Has Remarkable Escape From Assassination. Buffalo, 11. Y., Feb. 12.—An attempt to assassinate Bishop Kaminiski, of the Inde- pendent Catholic Church (Polish), was made last night. Two revolver shots were ifred at the bishop at close range, but he escaped uninjured. The would-be assassin escaped, and no arrest has been made. A stranger called at Bishop Kaminski's house late in the evening. He asked for the bishop, who at once went to the door. The stranger asked for money, and without waiting for a reply, pointed a pistol at the bishop's head and fired. The bullet struck the door easing. Bishop Eamniski hastily retreated to bis studio, followed by the stranger, who fired a second shot before the revolver• was knocked from his band by an- other occupant ot the house. The stranger then ran out of, the house and escaped. The secession et Bishop Kam- inski's church engendered much bitter feel - lug among the Poles on the East Side. ' A WOMAN MARRIED THEM. First Ceremony of the Kind Known in England. New York, Feb. 12.—The herald publishes the following from London: For the first time, so far as is knows in England, the marriage ceremony has been performed by -a woman. This singular scene was witnessed in a s kburn Nonconfirmi t Church is Bfac , and what is also remarkable is that it was the minister himself 'who consented to stand aside in favor of a woman deputy. randstanding Tho bridebridegroom were g talking to Mrs. Lewis, a well-known tem- perance advocate, waiting for the minister who, as he came in, overheard the bride remark, "I wish you could marry us, Mrs. Lewis," whereupon the minister said, -'Well, do so, Mrs. Lewis, why not?" And so she did. i There is no legal objection to a woman performing the marriage ceremony, but it is not thought that the precedent thus es- tablished will be largely. followed. FLEURET'S QUEER WILL. Odd Britisher Left Bequests to His Dog and a Parrot. New York, Feb. 14. Tho Herald pub- lishes the following from London: Some remarkable provisions were made in the will of the late John Beach Fleuret, the well known yachtsman. Mr. Fleuret was also a great lover of animals and left £300 ($1,50x) for tbe maintenance ot his dogs and a parrot, F but. in the event of tiro woman to whom i this stmt is left in trust not accepting the charge of those animals for which I good homes could not be obtained they were to be painlessly destroyed, and ( buried with Itis other dogs, .his trustees • being directed to have the dogs' graves kept clean and fenced in. In making bequests to his brother, nephew and particular friend the testa- tor expressed the wish that they should tweet and dine together ouee a year at the expense of his estate, such expense not to exceed £2 ($10 per head. SENSATIONAL ARREST MINISTER IN TROUBLE THROUGH RAISED BILLS. Huntington, W. Va., Feb. 13.—Rev. Washington Hagar, of Hadley, a'B3aptist minister, has been arrested, charged with passing two dollar bills that had been raised, to tens. Ile was Conducting.; a revival sleeting at Big Ugly Creek when the arrest was made. His arrest eauscd a sensation. For months past counterfeit and raised bills have been circulated freely in this vicinity. Buffalo, N. Y.—Two mien giving the names of Stanley and Thaddeus Urbanowiez have been arrested in eon- neetion 'ttith the alleged attempt to shoot Illnitop Stephen Kaminski late Sat- uday, They claimed that they visited the bishop'a residence with the purport of Nerving some papers. The bishop they say showed fight and one of the men fired two altots over bis bead to e.pver their retreat. '1 -he bishop has made a sworn statement to the effect that two men tried to rob bin and ordered hint to throw tip his bands. While looking thronluh the effects c1 the late Iron. John Troxell, who, prior to his death, cotulueted a email tobteeo • and stationery sefnre at (,ailitzin, Pa., the administrators of his estate cure upon a tits box itt a Small safe whirl). contained $27,000 in gold, and S13,000 in bills of large denntltivatiema iu an old belt he wore, snaking 'a, total 8f ;$40,000.• British Captain Awaits Orders Print Owners. 'Victoria, I1, C., Feb, 12. --'lite British steamer 13rinkburn is at Esquimalt, awaiting word front her owners before proceeding to Vlnclivostocl: tvittl contra- band shipped at San Franeiseo, She load- ed bunker coal at Comex, where five nen deserted. Otters hare been shipped, but the master realizing the number of cap- tures that have been made of late, is communicating with his owners beforo startirg. The charterers are milieus for him to proceed, but he is awaiting nn I answer to cables he teas sent seeking or- alers from the owners, RUSSMN OFFIGERS UNABLE TO AI1REEI The Trouble Likely to Cause Disaster, Great Bravery and Heavy Losses of the Japs. Russians Keep Up Their Attacks on slaps. , London, Fel. 13. --Reports from Man- ehniia eontiuue to allege distrust, Os. senslons, intrigues, anarchy, and other bad conditions in' the Russian army, which unitedly spelf not Duly defeat, but disaster, A Russian war correspondent de - 'minces the carelessness and negligence of the commanders, which, he declares, are bordering on crime. He says that the commanders are at sixes and sevens, the melt downcast, and provisions scarce. A despatch to the Daily Graphic from Sebastopol says that confirmation seems to be given to the rumors of impending peace negotiations by the continued withholding of mobiliziation orders. at Taurida, which were expected ten days ago, and also by the sudden suspension of the war munitions from the Sebasto- pal arsenal and the eancelatlon of the demands for field guns from the Cauca, - mu. CLASH OF COMMANDERS, Emissary Said to Have Gone to Front to Investigate, St, Petersburg, Feb. 12. --There is a iiow crop of, rumors concerning Gen. Kouropatkiu and Lieut. -Gen. Crippen • - berg. One of them is that Vice -Ad- miral Bezobrazoff has gone to Irkutsk to try and persuade Gen. Grippenberg to return • to Manchuria., Gen, Grip- penberg's illness is declared to be not serious. Another is to the effect that Admiral Abazaz's mission is to report to the Emperor tite truth concerning allega- tions made that Gen. Kouropatkin is no longer fitted to command, JAP HEROES AT IiEIKOUTAI. Bivouacked in Open and Charged Through Snow. - Tokio, Feb. 12,—Detailed reports of the Battle of Heikoutai emphasize the terrible experience of the Japanese. At the outset tho Russians outnumbered the Japanese four to one. Ono Japan- ese division, the arrival of which partly evened matters, took six hours to make three miles. The soft snow re- tarded the men and clogged the wheels 'of the guns and the ammunition wag- ons. When the division arrived in range it found itself on perfectly coverless flats, facing Russian trenches plentifully equipped with quick firers and machine guns. That night the Japanese were Impelled to bivouac on the plains, without fire or tents. That men who were new troops charged as they final- ly did, in five inches of snow, carrying the Russian fortifications, is remark- able. e In point of Japanese casualties, the Rattle of Heikoutai ranks as third in she campaign. The officers killed and 0u nded re 222, the men more than e.000. With Liao -Yang tuna the Sha This makes a total of 42,000 casualties in `.he three battles. HARASS JAPANESE LINES. Russians Still Continue Skirmishes and Bombardments. Tokio, Feb. 12,—A report from the Japanese army lteitdquarters states that the Russians continue their daily akir- raish attacks and minor bombardments for the purpose of searching the Japan- ese positions. The Russians are busily engaged in fortifying opposite the Japan- ese left, evidently in anticipation of a turning movement. A company of Russians attacked Wai- taoshan Village on Friday night, and were repulsed. Tho Russian batteries on the western foot of the mountain shelled Petsaowe on Friday. A com- pany of Russians attacked Liuchientun early pp ,a'aturday morning and were re- pulsed, The Russians have continued their defensive works to Liuchientun, and seems to leave extended their right along the railway to Siaofangsltien,wliieli is about a mile and a quarter east of afentapaou. A despatch from Houpanto says the Japanese right recently was so extend- ed as to press Fushun, on the extreme Russian left, the source of the Russian coal supply. The Russians were com- pelled to abandon Fushun and to retire toward Mukden. A despatch from Yingkow says a large body of Russians which was lately in the vicinity of Sinmintun in the neutral gene has been withdrawn. ON RUSSIAN RIGHT. Large Bodies of Nogi'a Troops Are Now Moving. Mukden, Feb. 12.—During the last few days the movement of large bodies of Japanese troops have been observed on the Russian right flank, where the presence of part of Gen. Nogi's army has been established. The Japanese are energetically fortifying the villages of ''andzyanopu, Yatzupao and ltsalan• dan, setntward of Sandepas, and also the districts of 'Toutoitzi, Tszutsahedzi en3 ITunatai on the right bank of th Hun Rover. NEW SCANDINAVIAN' UNION. ttetirenent of Icing Oscar Gives Oppor- tunity to Ono of li;aiser's Ambitions. London, Feb. 12.—The retirement of Ring Oscar may hasten the fulfilment of another of the Kaiser's• ambitions, which is inolueled in his great pan -Ger- man plans. The probability is now int• creased of the separation of Sweden from Norway in the near future dint the formation of It Scandinavian union or tribunal comprising Sweden, Nor.. way, and Dewier Suelt a combination, the Raiser be•e !eves, would rely on German support, more than on any other power, and he even hopes to seem its co-operative aid in his great naval scheme. Information regarding -the immin- ence of this important international de - COMPS this week from the d ipinmictic itttthnrities ax tach o the three countt'iett InVOIV61. i3obtutil flushes have driven lots of 'men into financial straits. The, perfect rvontan is the one who succeeds in esifcealing her impbrfee- tions. •