STBIKE AT VLADIVOSTOK Btc Jj|iksc Battleships Bombard at

Lot* Baagt

UXB FORCES MOVINR THAT V1V Rasitaaa Citln Tkal' MM •> ike Lyddiu Sketa Fired ky Ike J<pt Fii«d I* BarelRniiaa Billerica DM N«i Reply. Ike Ocaenh la Coamiad EipUlaiai Tkey Were AwaHiaf Cloacr ApproMk •( Ike JepaaeK Vlidlvoatok. I By Cable). - A Beel of five Jijinot-v-bkttieabipa and IwocruUen appeared ofl lliia pi are «l 1 25 P M anei bombardrd ibe loa n and stt ri- battcrica

for 55 minutra

The fle-e-i approarbrd fnin Iht- dlrec tioo of Aakold Island, at llae easlauirance to L'asuiiBay. and about :;2-milts •oulbeasl of. Vladivostok. Entering Uasuri Bay theepiriny forn.ed in line cf battle, but did not approarh" to a eloser range than five and one-third miles. They directed their lire against the shore bat-i teries and Ibe town, but no damage soiled, as most of their 200 lyddite shells

failed to burst

The Russian batteries, commanded by Generals Veroneta and A runoff, did not repto-. awaiting a closer approach of the

JAPANESE CRUSH SUCK.

She U Lyiaf Near Oeoeral Pflaj. St. Petersbusg. (By Cable).—The following dispatch. dated March 8. has been received from Mator General Pflug. rommandiog the Kuaslao forces st Port Arthur. "All It quiet at Port Arthur and Yin-

kow.

"According to Information given by rye witnesses, a Japanese cruiscrJiaring thiee funnels' lies near Chemulpo, between ialanda, having recently sunk there.” A correspondent of the Daily Mail, cabling from Cbefo-> under date of March 1. said, among other things, that he had seen a Japanese cruiser of the Xliauka type beached at the entrance of Napiyang Creek, which is about 16 miles south of Chemulpo Japanese naval veasels of the Nilataka type have three funnels NEWS fN SHORT ORDER The Latest Happcaiags Coadeosed for Rapid leading.

After 100 years' existence as a financial 1 institution the Marblehead (Mass ) National Bank closed lit doom to public

The Japanese fire cea*d .« 2 20P. ^ and the enemy retired in the d.rection By ^ M|)lo , iuJ1 of tbe bollerof a saw of Askold Island. ^imulUneonsly two j m j)| Greenwr^xl. Pa . P T Brown, torpedo l-oat destroyers appeared near the proprietor, and his two helpers. WalAskold Ul.nd and t»o more near Cape '«« Tfcraod Robert Compton, were inMaidel. The Japantee ships were c 0 * I . . k k ,, , i iir .... i CharleaLasek, who had retained life ertd with ice. , , | wh[le OD a rr the rvrins of tire The attack resulted in no loss to the i Hotel Darlington, in New York, for 80 Ruiaians. but cost the enemy 200.000 | hours, died t on a (ter being taken out rouble* (*100.0(0) in ammunition. Most! A consolidation has been formed of

o, ,u. pn***, ^

. vt . ^ . i Two hundred marines left tbe League Tbe population of > ladivostok was^ Ictaod Navy Yard for San Francisco, gn warned of the presence on the horizon \ route to tbe Philippine*

of a hostile fleet and of the prospect of | • The establishment of a college of dnan attack during the day. but the people ! mestic science is announced si the Uni-

remsined tranquil i Tef-t » 01 Chicago

^ Dominiek Antello killed Miss Nellie Viceroy AlexiefTs Report- j Flanagah in New York and then shot

Bt. Petersburg. (By Cable).-A com himself. ,

muniention fn-m Viceroy Alexieff to the Robert JlrMnhon. a brother of Ben ja Czar from Mukden bearing Sunday's ' min McMahon, of New York, committed dale says: 'suicide in Waterloo. la., by taking

"I most humbly inform Your Majesty . cyanide of p< ta«dum.

that the commandati*. at the fortress at • CI,yborn W Merchant. Jr . who killed Vladivostok reports that at 8.80 A M George H Hutchins in a duel in Carls seven vessels were sighted south of N U , was declared not gui ty of

Aak'-ld Island. At 8.A5 they were seen mnrder

to be warships making for Askold Island. Kichard 81tdv-r asnofacturer ofalarge ai.rf.Wi. g lor U^ori Boy. TCry ‘“‘"P'oy were out of rcadawf the shore batteries ! Ip * nct t' 0 * •* two At 1.30 the enemy opened Bre Two v«- white men were killed and one w hite •eU in the squadron were probably lice *»»° » C <1 *•» negroes seriously wounded first-class cruiscn Idzum and Yakmno, DanCushing was capturctf by brigands hql the names of the other vessels are near Devils River, Tez . sod released unknown." after an all-night boraefaack ride. - - P1 _ A number of live* .have been lost, and mtc aloes Dy Jzpsaese Hr*. much property deitrovef-by prairie Are. ..Bt- Petersburg. (By Calile).—Official j D Oklahoma and Indfan Territory-

MANY PERISH JN FLAXES ladiao Territory Settlers Are Ought By Priirie fires. AtlDE SECTION LAID IN WASTE. Six Deaths Dcftaitcly Reported and Maay Others Roworvd Tows of Hedart Setfered —OaeTbeauad Flre-llfbicr* Saved Lawtaa Irea Des rsettoe -Three Thoetsad Sgeare Miles Dcvazlstcd—losses la kaatas.

Lawton. Ok . f8|>cclal).—Report* received here indicate that five persons have been burned to death and 8.000 square miles of territory in Kiowa and Comancbecounties swept by prairie firesHundreds of people arc homeless, and It is impossible to estimate accurately the financial loss, owing to t lira wide extent of country affected Lives have also boon lost by firel Id other sections. Fol'owing it a partial list of tbe killed aed injured D Harmond. living six mile* northeast of Lawton, burned to a crisp Join Harmond. cannot live A N Crawford, near Lawton, seriously burned Mni Hendcnon. widow, living near Lawton, and two daughters; seriously burned, oae cannot live At Hobart, the county aeat of Kiowa countv. the fire approached from the east, destroying the stables and 15 race horses. 15 ’ residence*, two businesa houSA-s and various small buildings. Spreading to the southwest, the fire swept 75.000 acres of government military and timber reserve and Indian

Spreading westward Ike flames covered mile' of the Homestead district, destroying houses, barns and stock. It was in this district that five persons are report ed to have perished In attempting to protect their property. The names ol three have been learned. They are as

folio.

KIDNAPPED BY BRIGANDS.

Texas RaUresA Mas Held By Mcxkaas far

Houston. Texas. (BporlalJ.-Danicl Cushing, brotlier^if E. B. Cushing, engineer of msinMnia-.-c of way for the Southern Pacific Railroad, has been kid oappped by Mexican brigands. He was forced to write a note, which was found lacked to the door of his cabin at Devil's river the next morning. E B. Cushing Hfl on t special train for tbe border to investigate The Texas Rangers have been put ou the case. Toe note wjttteo by Cushing at the brigands' dictation stated t .at a ransom of ilO.OOJ was demanded for his life and that the money must be placed upon tbe steps of the Mexican srboolhouae in Del Rio next Tuesday night. Cushing's watch and Ma'onic pin wen found where he had evidently hastily thrown them in the belief that his assail

ants were robbers.

UVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS Nfi American Save Dealers to the

Philippines.

Secretary Shaw has notified all spec)* national bank depositaries that they will be required to pay. on account of thi Panama Canal purchase. 20 per c ent of their holdings of government funds on or before March 25. Tbe 20 per cent aggregates 930.0u0.00u, leaving about *20. 000.000 to be supplied from ibcTreasufyIt has been decided heretofore to have tbe depositary national banks iu New York diy pay' their individual proportions over to the New York Subtreasury at once to meet at this time the payment due Panama, and later to pay tbe new canal company at Paris the A40.000.000 due it by calls on national bank deposi taries outside New York city, in view, however, of news received from Pari* later in tbe day to the effect that tbe

Preach company at

,, ..... . .. , i-rcncn companr at onte wo-jiu can a .Dd John H.nom, broihnn. ««1 ] „«Un. 0 nidSoclo™.ndcaty onltli.

Fta-ha. (nmaftlh. an,a.rj u-thnuin.In nl

The other two were women and their , ^ til , e ^ tb< . pr0|)CT ,y ^ , lje United

'S™” 1 . ! Sum. Ii ... Uioicht bi.lloma.ih,

L S* , a ‘US’..jr 1.0 p.,m,bt. in lb, . ..a iomp.oy .nd .nihomd to.»id thi, city. At ndd _ h|i , p i” t

""“Motb’.a,l.obllcolPmi.m..l.obort,btly night 5.0'tO people of the chy were ''at- -ho.it A.tril l

tlingwifhthe.pprvachingftamea fbe "x^t April! advant e line of the fire was fully two j Laid ea fbt Table. milm lu l.ojtb. .nd cm, I, . cml. T ,„ H bo., Committ,, o, Pciolbc .od

^ % Sr F-

every source, carried in every conceiv . . fl . .-i.-i— n . nnaimaa able way. was dUtribnted along thW oft^reasestotolarie, ofJKMHUta!!miu ThU^^d ?h.- Turoowe of'ch^/- r^^^c r^mme^atiLn; that it

Ing the advance line* of the Are, but war

of little avail In hindering the continual )** ^h th« rolling o tbe firehrmid. into tbe street. «» thi. sdbiect which the committee ha.

of the city.

dispatches received her* concerning the bombardment of Vladivostok by a Japanese Beet do not mention any 'Russian los-.es, but private advices sav that five were Killed—four sailors and tke wife of

an engineer.

It is apparent tbe Japanese wer

considered |..ohabic here that the stuck

Tbe crew of the II rhtbouse tender Nina err put in jail on the charge of mutiny

San Juan. Porto Rico.

Denny Memorial Hal), at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. was destroyed by

' fire

There were several collisions In New York harbor on account of tbe fog. The coke trade is hampered by a short

this subject which the committee has been able to secure, including confMential exhibiu in the Bristow report of tbe

; postal investigation and other informs-

Salins Kan .- Report of mauy serious tioa. This will l«e printed and made prairie fins aided by the high winds in public and. as It meets Ibe domSnds of this section and west of bere are coming the resolution, tbe order to "lay on tbe in. At Hill city, la tbe extreme jprth- table" will nqt be opposed. The report

western part of the slate, tbe court is to be made Mouday bouse, jail and 50 residences are re- 1 —

ported destroyed, and one woman it

said to have been burned to death In- j ' The conference agreement on tbe LegtUnces of farmers being caught with illative. Executhc and Judicial Approtheir teamA in tbe prairie Arts and of ptiation Bill reached makes tbe tout car many persons seriously burned are num- ried in that meaMire *28 556.918. The erous ! conferees agree on provistdhs declaring

j that nb money appropriated ia the bill ahull he available to pay any fiersotu in tbe public service ineapaciuied perms

FACTS FAVOR DREYFUS Reasons Advanced for a Retisioo of Bis Trial. OFFICIAL RECORDS ARE FORGED. UMal Altered sa Oae Dm ament sad Asotber Dated While Drcyfas Wat ea Devils Itlsad -Traitor la the French War Office Revealed "Hcarioi on Appeal Before Ceort el Ctstetioo Attracts a Large Crowd. Paris, (By CaWe) —The Court of Caum tlon began the consideration of the ap peal of Alfred Dreyfus for revision of hit trial. * Councillor Cbambareaud presided Though the general Interest to tbe case was not as great as in previous y yet tbe courtroom was crow-ded with officers, non-commissioned officers anil private soldiers, lawyers and others and a number of women, among whom were relatives of Dreyfus By their side wm former Colonel Picquart. Dreyfus wa' not iiresent, hit intere'ts being in tb« hknut of Lawyer Momard. The report of M Boyer, reporter of the court, which was read, presented the two new facts upon which tbe minister of justice. M Valle, recommended -a revision of the case These were set forth t* follows; "1—Tbe secret documents include ■ letter l>eMriDg the iorfial 'P ' Now; by an affidavit of October 6, 1908. signedAy M Qribelin, keeper of the archives, ft appears that this document previously carried the letter T.' For this letter wa’t substituted a'P.'and thus the sltrred documeat was presented to the court at

Rennes.

"2—According to the minister of Jus tice. another letter, signed Alexandrine,' ! which agent 'A' addressed to agent B.' contained some words in the handwriting . of the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry, who committed suicide in prison, after having confessed to committing a forgeryin the case This letter relates to the orcanlzation of French railroads Gribelia swore during the inquiry- of the minister of war that this letter was false It was true, however, that the date of this document was March 26. 1695, when Dreyfus wss Imprisoned on Devil'

Island"

Tbe existence of a traitor in the French ‘ war office was revealed by an alleged foreign diplomat, who acted without compensation. It ia now claimed that Lieutenant Colonel Henry in 1697 caused a book of expenditures to be recopied in older U. remove all trace of payments to 4hit diplomat, who. it has developed, was an employee of tbe intelligence de- * partihent It was claimed by those present in court that if the new facts were acknowledged by tbe tribunal the innocence of Dreyfuf would be established. Fearing disturbances during tbe proceedings the government .rationed guards among tbs spectators and in tbe corridors leading to tbe court, but their presence was not necessary The crowd was interested. but there were no demonttra (tons againat ibe favorable conclusion* of tbe reporter and attorney general.

COLLAPSE OF A SKYSCRAPER.

■s reallv tor tbe purpose of drawing ag C i n ,

ft, >„ of W’-K™*"'"™. Dr.JI.r7i, Jatr... d. PMUrMpbU.

I** 1 ”" •” d b.. Iw, ofleri-i lb, .b.irm.r-bip ol lb,

rallbor of Jboir yiu,. and abo lor lb, j lb , b | lP , r ). „

burpoae ol j«,naima K .b.rbo tbe D. all

Russian tquadron is in port. i .

fr - A warrant cuargmg Wallace H Ham

BATTLESHIPS BLOCKED. : with tbe embezzlement of *34.000 from

tbe funds of St Luke's Home w»* iaWrccke* Rmsiaa Warship Lies la Way at kU ed in Boston. Pert Arthar. The Santa Ft Railroad baa finished

Londr>a.(BjC.bl,).-IJUI,,b.,f,ln

- _ ' . ... _ . line to Eureka. Humbolt county, tbe Far Eastern situation is reported _ , . ... . v . D' Charles B Pillsbury. a brother-ln here. It is apparent that tbe Japanese Uw of (^ngrtsunso J Adam Bede, died

are busily engaged in transporting their at Duluth, Minn.

forces into Korea, and this work is being | Edmund F. Dixay. a once famous facilitated by the enforced inactivity of minstrel, died in Philadelphia of conges

tbe navy. ■ tion of tbe Kings l ?, e8c . b ?*1'? 0l . C0 r?! p0 5 Distinguished prelates and educators

dwtofthe Daily Grnpbic Admirmlbkn iL mel u cdaventlon iu Philadelphia, joff has learned privately from Port 1 „ „ rn . r . Arthur that tbe KusaUn battleship Ret ; . Ch .^ rlc ? r “ rixan lies in such a poaiUon as to block • 1 «' t * d - Ul United State* SenaU. effectnallv the exit of battleships from ' A large part of Rocky MounUln, the harbor, the passage being practicable North Carolina, was destroyed by fire, only for cruisers. Former Congressman Levy was The correspondent adds that Russia’s severely lajured by a fall near bis New

sew bau!(r-hi|>* now building on the Bid- Turk city borne.

Me will not b« ready for sctive commis j n,* United States transport Sherman

Mob before the end of August- j a.ii«l for tbe Philippines.

Tbe Japanese official who has charge ' , • . . of Japan's flnsn.ial and commercial fi- ! • ,ow F ,h ^ h,tc - tniliOiry teresta in England declares that bU cor- - pnsooer* who secured bis release from eminent for.kaw the txwaibilitv of tool Alcatraz Is and by means of a forged being declared contraband of war. and I’. ,rdon - h,u "rested at San Fran

that it has been collecting large stores of c * JCO - **'**' — »-co*l for years, to that i*

_r sufficient for V

tbe navy for years to come.

DROWNED IN BRIDGE COLLAPSE. Was Weakened - By a Oasdborst

British and German vessels laden with coal, provisions and other contraband articles have reached Vladivostok, Japan not Interfering for tbe reason that they

_ of tbe campaign, probably when _ Cleveland, O.. (Special ).-8!x men J«P«fe*e make an attempt to boule up were drowned and four other, injured a. ' th ' Ku “ 1 * D ^“‘ drDC *» lh * 1 P 0 *,

a result of tbe collapee of the bridge ! w Tk * 8, £ u w D *il ar V ncB ‘ ^ iD . f ° rmed •panning Y'eliow Creek, near Irondtlc. • u,e Ncw York 8ocl«y. as o£\be Cleveland and PUUburg Railroad. : . we ‘J. “ the BapUsto. that Minister Allen. The men were on two locomotive* that j Kore f- k “ ^ Instructed to do all attempted to cross tbe bridge close to- be ** D for tbe Amancan missionaries in

gather.

Moat of the men lived at Wellsvllle, O. Of the 11 men making up tbe crews of tbe two * " —' — 1

o engine* aQ went down except a left at one end of tbe bridge as

a flagman

Tbe bridge bad been weakened by a cloudburst thst occurred Thursday. Tbe engine* bad hauled out two work trains mod were returning to WeBsville for

•rater when tbe arddent <

SMta Meal KM*4 Eghf.

Blnnlagbam, Ala., (Special).—Eight negroes are dead. from eating poisoned hog sent that was stolen from tbe smeke-

redding near St. Slepbcns, Aba The fanner bad been constantly robbed of Ms winter supply of meafc and put rough cn rats on^a quantity of it, which ha

that aountry.

Tbe Russian Ambassador at London baa presented King Edward with a letter from tbe Cxar acknowledging receipt of tbe King’s, letter emphasizing Grant Britain's complete neutrality during tbs United Sts tea Minister Thomas and Mrs. Thomas gave a brilliant ball in tbe apartments of tbe American Legation at

_ marines are guarding propof tbe American Mining Company

Lima, Peru, was seriously shaken up by an earthquake, the worst that has oc-

cur ed there ia 80 yearn.

Japan in the war. It is also —

by French officials that thsy have not Laea naked to cede any Usa* to Russia

M!»xi«t. ; limiting the use of carriages at governNew York. (Special).-Five person. ' , 1 ° ' h:,, *, T1 ^ d k - T ' 1m ' f*'*' . . . . . ... , p .. Went, hi* secretary and tfcv beads of exare known to have been killed, about a ,^ ltive de p, rtmc ^ u | n tht JisKict of senre injured, and eight or ten. all of Co umbla. whom are believed to be dead, are mis , ____ ting through tbe -collapse of tbe steel i Right* el Rural Carriers, skeleton of the Hotel Dwlington. a 18- *»•»« Algw Introducod sn amend•tory apartment houst in course of eree- meat to the Poetoffice AppropririlM bill, tion at 57 West Forty-slxtb street Tbe smeuding thcprovUion inserted by the steel frame work bad been erected as far »'»“« prohibiting rural carriers from as tbe eleventh floor, and tbe structure 'n ^er buisucss. so tbst esrwsssw.rming with iron workers, masons "“T carry article, authorized by and laborer*, when, without an Instant’s I l,,w “ 0 ‘ 1 J® ** sceepted for warning, tbe upper Boor sagged and col °ff- «* ke w'^cta with lapsed, and the whole ttrurture fell . publishem to dirtribute newspapers and with a crash that was heard fot Mocks. I pcnodlnria upon which one rate of portend shook all Ibe buildings in the •*« *•“ b** 0 P» w

vicinity.

A portion of tbe steel frame fell upon tbe rear of tbe Hotel Patterson, on West Forty-seventh street, crusbing in tbe wall of tbe dining-room and killing Mrs. Ella Lacey Storr*. tbe wife of Frank

Storrs. a wealthy resident, of Rye. West- v. _ Chester county, at she wss sitting at 5° n ^ e ‘2^ unvdlrf luncheon with tbe wife of the Rev. Dr. . October. 20, 1904. It U staled that tbe

money is to be used for pedestal, review • ins stands, rent of carnages for distinguished personages, printing invitations

I and for other expenses Obscene Uteratare ia Ceaawrce.

Tbe Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce ordered a fa voluble rejiort on a bill making the act preventing interstate transportation of obscene literature applicable to foreign commerce and all territory under tbe jurisdiction of tbe

United States.

Minot Savage, who escaped unhurt.

TWO KILLED IN RACE RIOT.

Baltimore, Md.. (Special). — Edwin Franklin Abell, president of tbe A S. Abel) Company, publishers of Tbe Sun. died Sunday morning at bit residence, northeast corner of Charles and Preston stiects, in bit sixty fourth year. Mr. Abell was also a director of tbe Safe Deposit and Trust Company. On May 15. 1640. Mr. Abell was horn la this city on Lee street, near Charles, | which at that time was one< f tbe prominent resi teotial sections of tbe city. Mr. ! Abell was tbe eldest of 12 children, and with him paaaea away tbe last of tbe ' sous of tbe late A S. Abell, tbe founder

; of The Sun.

1 Mr. Abell wss educated in tbe public schools in Baltimore and also in Harford county, near Jerusalem Mills, later going to Datrymple's old University of Hr.ry- . land, on tbe aoutfi aide of Mulberry St . is what ia now the bed of Cathedral street, which has since been cut through to Saratoga stre-L Many of tbe most prominent men of Baltimore were catedat this school, and tbe nm “Old Dal>" ia familiar by reputation to even those of a later generation. Winchester, Ky., (Special) Mr*. Arabella Marcum, for herself and children, filed suit in tbC' Circuit Court against

Negroes Resist Aa Attempt to Drive Them 0*1

of Tews.

Fort Smith. Ark.. (Special).—Two white men are reported killed and one white mac and two negroes seriously wounded in a race riot at Bokasbe. I. T. White laborers oo the Midland Valley railroad, at scamp ashnrt distance from Bokasbe, attempted to drive the negro laborers from the town. The negroes resisted and a pitched battle followed, in

and three Negroes are reported to bare fortified themselves in a strong poai ion in tbe woods and seem determined to resist to the utmost efforts to dislodge them. White laborers are making wild threats of vengeance. A Mil Operative Scalped. ( , Covington, Go., (Special).—Mr*. J. W. Worsham, wile of tbe superintendent of tbe Covington Cotton Mills, suffered from a distressing accident, as tbe result of which she may die. While lit tbe basement of the mill her hair was caught in tbe belting of moving machinery and she was scalped, the akin and hair being torn from her nose to tbs tack of her

RobervaL Quebec, (Special).—Twelve Uvea were lost In a fire which destroyed tbe borne of Thomas Guay at St. Feliclen. When the fire was fim noticed by neiftbora. who live at some dJstanci. the

Judge Pritchard overruled tbe mptlon for a new trial made In behalf of Samuel A- Groff, one of tbe convicted defendants In tbe postofflee cases, and sentenced him to two years in tbe Moundsville Penitentiary and to a fine of $10,000. An appeal was taken.

yesterday. There ti strong opposition to tbe provision In tbe Senate. Tbe Navy Department baa made arrangement* for tbe trial of several wireless telegraph systems between the New York Navy Yard and tbe station at Naves)nk. Highlands, N. J. , Tbe minority report of tbe House committee urged a complete Investigation of.the affairs of tbe Postofflee Department.

Callkhan and B. P. French fi damages She alleges In h that the defendants entered into a conspiracy with Curtis Jett and Thomas White to murder bet husband, tbe late J. B. Marcum- Callahan was forroerii Sheriff of Brea tbit county. Jett anc White are now In Jail ia Louisville.

Clinton, Maas.,(Special).—Twomasked men held up an electric car on Worcester Consolidated Railway, South Lancaster. The men were armed and tbe 90 passengers in the car were much frelgbtened. H. L. Sauler, of Lancaster, knocked one of the birbway men off tbe ear and a light followed, daring which two shots were fired by tbe strangers. Tbe highwaymen medi their escape. No one was seriously in Jured.

By Boy Chicago. (Special).—Edward Tenney, one of tbe men employed by tbe West era Union Telegraph Company In plact of striking messenger boys, was attacked by three young men, who knocked bin down and stabbed him. A watchman ai tbe Hamilton Club went to Tenaey'a aid and drove away the assail ants. Teeny was badly cut in tbe face.

FINANCIAL

Tbe Kris statement tor January, to b< toned ea.ly In the week, to expected U show a decrees* ia aat earnings of be<waaa #700,000 sad #1,000,000.

militia called olt To Fraud a Catered Mas In Jail si Meri-

dian. MistiHlgpl.

Meridian, Mb* . (Spe. lai; Tbe kill-

ing cf Postal Clerk Stoekton has ca<!M->t

much ezcitemeisl. After Paris, tbe al-

leged murderer, was placed in jail her*

s mob gathered, and. fearing a lynching, the Sheriff miified Governor Vurdniuun, who ordered out the local militia Birmingham. Ala.- According to re-

ports received here by ibe officials of thv

Alabama Great Southern Railroad, lha -hooting of two postal clerks on a northbound train two miles north of Meridian, Mian., was nan of t plot to rob the train.

w as done by "Jim" Paris.

, The shooting w

« polling o

Before it was uniffr g'x-d head way"Pari* entered the postal car and ojM-ned'fire od Clerks J T Stockton and A J Bass, killing Stockton instintly and wounding

n the a

The r

gro

and

RUSSIANS LEAVE YIN-KOW Enable to Defend "tbe Coast l itboaf Forts and Intrencbmeats. Yin-kow. (By Cable).- The Ru'soChinege Bank is rioting, preparatory t< removing to Mukden Women sud cbil dreo are preparing to leave Yin-kow io anticipation of tbe arrival of a Japancstflect. which Is expected when the rive* opens, probablv a fortnight hence. The United States gunboat Helena and tbe British cruiser Espiegclc are making preparations to leave the dry-docks in iTbe mainbiast of tbe Russian guol-ost Bicimtoh has been cut off; this would indicate that the is being dismantled, but otherwise she would appear to berlcaring for actioo On account of tbe impossibility of defending the coast at Yio-kow until such time as s thaw permits tbe constructioiz of iolrcncbments and forts, tbe Russians have prepared to retire up tbe main railroad line. There are practically no defenses here, sod. although tbe shifting aud rcsliilting' of troops and artillery to the small fortsst the mouth of tbe'Liso River has the appearance of an intention to defend Y'inkow.tbe military authorities depend upon in inland engagement to put a stop to the Japanese advance. As far as is yet known, tbe only plans decided U]>on 'arc. first, that Gen" Kuropalkiu’s headquarters arc to be at Muk len; Viceroy Alexieff proposes to remain »t Mukden' indefinitely, as thst city to die center of tbe Chinese administration and Jias a viceroy bureau; second, that the plan west of Tasbilacbiao. which to almost impossibleof defense, will lie held, if fxissible.on account of tbe railroad con nerting with Port Arthur; third. Hatching sod Liao-yang are the extreme limits to which troops will be withdraw n on account of the exposure of the railroad ol these points. That the Japanese will arrive before * thaw permits the construction of defenses it thought bere to be practically certain. It would appear also that the authorities expect Port Arthur to be besieged. Sir Robert Hart, director of Cbinese■imperial maritime customs, after sounding Russian opinion in tbe matter, has ordered the Chinese customs lightship «n<f tbe channel buoy to be placed at tbe river mouth as usual. This step, bowsver. has no effect upon the neutralization of Niucbwang. MUST HAVE CLEAR TITLE No Mooey WiB Be PaM te Ptnaou Until

Then.

Washington, (Special). — Important matters relating to the Panama Cana? were under discussion by President Roosevelt add bis Cabinet- Tbe meeting consumed more than two hours, and at its conclusion the mem bere of tbe Cabinet were unusually reticent. Attorney General Knox and other off)rial* of tbe Department of Justice have under consideration the title to the canal property which is to be passed to thi* country by tbe Panama Canal Company, but as vet they have reached no concluilon. It was said after tbe meeting that, oo money would be paid by tbit governmeet until a dear title to the property was obtainable, but no intimation wan given as to tbe length of time which might elapse before a decision wa* reached. The entire subject of tbe canal and it* construction was discussed in addition U> tbe legal phases of tbe question. It is expected that the commission Just ap- ( pointed will get to work practically immediately. It is said to be certain that the commission will go to the isthmus reiy won to inspect thoroughly tbe conditions and to atari tbe preliminary work of construction. In this connection it was decided, as heretofore indicated might be the case, to countermand tbe orders issued to tbe Third United State* Infantry to go to the Isthmus to relieve the marine* now on guard duty there. For sometime the marine detachment will constitute the

lions on tbe isthmus, i Vessels must remain there it was thought beat to allow the marines to continue to da land duty. It Is tbe earnest wish of the President end the members of tbe Cabinet that no unnecessary delay should occur in tbe beginning of work on tbe canal, and it U. their intention to press It with tbe ut-

Rcyes Defeated. Bogota, Colombia, (By Cable)-—Tbe

tbe fact must be officially declared by the electoral committee ou July 8 next Complete calm prevails bere.

Dallas, Texas. (Special).-Tb* g jury of Bell county is making s m against violations of tbs Local 0 Uw. yMore than 2.300 Udie-menU A