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i0 VANQUISH
p esperate Cavalry Engagement
Occurs at Cheng Ju in Ecrea.
0 \ HOTLY CONTESTED
sc Were Forced Back at One
if- n7, Bui Cams Again With Re
X and Won Out.
aped Courage
sociated Press dispatch from
Petersburg says. General Kuro
i in his first dispatch to the em
km,
from the scene of wav, anncunc
or land operations had
I mat • - t offensive
It-)- place against the Japanese upon
L’sixth anniversary of the oecupa
‘ Arthur by the Russians.
m of port
operations took the form of a
ie Monday by six corapa-
1 va>y attack
of Cossacks, led personally by Gea
; jiishtchenko, against four squad
ps of Japanese cavalry, which the
ireral believed to be beyond Chong
bu t which he found to be in occu
Ln of that town.
[Despite a cross fire which General
bhtchenko cleverly directed against
[e L enemy, he paid a tribute to their
c ity and their bravery, the Jap
L e only ceasing fire after a com
t which lasted for half an hour. Be
L -he Russians could follow up their
vance, three Japanese squadrons
Hoped toward the town, of which
L squadrons entered, while tjhe
[irJ was driven back in disorder,
fcn and horses falling.
The tire maintained on the town wn3
| destructive that the Japanese
Ire unable to make an effective re
bn.
.Further Japanese reinforcements ar
tei nr hour later, and, in view of
a;. eriority cf the enemy, General
Ist/ienko determined to retire, do
L so without embarrassment, al
lough I is carried with him three kill
and sixteen wounded.
■General Mishtchenko’s Cossacks
p been endeavoring for some days
tone in contact with the Japanese
Irek, but the latter refused to
■The skirmish of Monday will have
I effect of encouraging the Russians
■ retard as much as possible the
lance of the Japanese army,
lencral Kuropatkin’s dispatch re
ring General Mishtchenko’s opera
p 2 s published does not give the
p of its origin, but it is presumed
It the commander in chief is either
I Liao Y'ang or en route to Niu
png.
HVE MEN SAVED FROM GALLOWS.
!
lies In Court and Afterwards Repudi
ates Her Testimony.
it Chicago, Tuesday, a child's test!- '
| ev reversed, saved five men from
/ gallows.
This instance of youth
unreliability under oath was in the
e of William McCarthy and four
ist young men on trial for mur
. Tie witness being a little Italian j
, Appolonia Starosta, who first |
e testimony, direct, straightforward eye-wit.- J
s apparently establish
beyond question the guilt of the
3 and then repudiated her own evi- i
ce. !
P e xplanation of the remarkable
pge f she of had front, been the Instructed child declared how
to
!, y ty the widow of the murdered
;
CVNAMUE” IN EIGHT-HOUR DILL. I |
• f ntative of Anti-Coycott Assocla
I'On Warns Senatorial Committee.
^ere is involved in the e'ght-hour
the same dynamite with which
[ c ^ ar sed the measure repealin ■y
Missouri a
compromise,” asserted
■■•boycott davenport, representing tho
Association of America,
»ne hearing of that bill Tuesday be
B 'be senate committee on educa
r: '“i He suggested this for
I ■ !, 0n sidera tion of the committee
■/ /Cared n , bo law that if the bill was en
the effect of interfer
■' l L the inherent right of the indl
■ ■ e; Woul( l wreck the party which
'c-d it.
| it SKIN SAVES TWO NECKS.
Cer Barn Bandit Admits Mur
laid to Other Parties.
most ""ihin the coils of the hang
is r °Pe , j
Peter Neidermeyer one cf
■ ■ / b arn bandits, made what lie
are d was a true confession
othe to save
r /en from the gallows and
from long imprisonment.
_ ■
‘ Patr -ck Barrett in his sa
■ “ C Wallace street last May,”
■ps^ V
meyer - “ Job « Lynch and
Kj B' lrnoils are tmder sentence of
■penpM? ]y ^ he has cr ime been and sentenced also Hugh
" ,tentlar to
y. are innocent.”
CABINET AND THE CANAL.
Action of French Court and Prospective
Payment of Funds Discussed by
President and Advisers.
A Washington special sap 3 : A con
siderable part of Friday's session of
the cabinet was devoted to a discus
sion cf the situation relating to the
Panama canal.
Satisfact.on was expressed that the
French court, by its decision against
the Colombian government had made
it possible for the United States to
close negotiations with the Panama
Canal Company for the transfer of its
property and concessiosn to this coun
try.
That no delay of an unnecessary na
ture is now expected was evidenced
by a plan read by Attorney General
Knox informing the cabinet that a
meeting of stockholders of the canal
company had been called for April 23.
At that time a final action will be ta
ken by the company in the transfer of
the canal property to the United
States. When the legal technicalities
have been complied with on the part
of the company to the satisfaction of
the assistant attorneys, Day and Has
sell, who are in Paris as representa
fives of this government, the United
States will be in position to pay over
to the company the $40,000,000 for the
canal property. At the same time
$10,000,000 will be paid to the republic
of Panama.
Of the necessary amount $30,000,
000 is on deposit in New York subject
to the order of Secretary Shaw. The
remaining $20,000,000 will be paid out
of the current funds of the treasury,
j While the receipts of the govern
; ment each month now are exceeding
: the expenditures, it is just possible
that Secretary Shaw may issue an ad
ditional call upon the national bank
depcsitories in order that the treasury
may meet the payment of $20,000,000
without drawing too heavily on the
I funds now in the treasury.
! It is desirable, in the opinion of the
i | treasury officials, that the working
! balance of about $50,000,000 be kept
in the treasury. The amount now on
I hand is about $56,000,000 and at the
end of the month will approximate
$60,000,000.
To retain $50,000,000 in the treasury,
therefore, it may be deemed necessary
to call on the government depositories
for something like $10,000,000.
TO CALL SWAYNE CASE.
Impeachment Matter Will Come Before
House For a Vote, Says The Post
of Washington, D. C.
The Washington Post of Saturday's
issue says: An agreement has been j
reached whereby a resolution to im
peach Judge Charles Swayne, of the
northern district of Florida, will be
called up for consideration in the
house next Thursday.
The time is satisfactory to Mr. Pal
mer, of Pennsylvania, who prepared
the majority report of the judiciary
committee in favor of impeachment;
and also to Mr. Gillett, cf California,
who prepared the chief minority re
port against impeachment. Speaker
Cannon has agreed to Thursday for
consideration of the resolution.
An attempt will be made by some re
publican leaders in the house to have
the case recommitted to the judiciary
committee, thus avoiding at this sea- j
sion a vote on the merits of the case
What they content is tha a simple jus
tification for his course has been found j I
in the alleged fact that the testimony
as published by the committee is not
complete.
The charge is made that important
papers and affidavits have been with
held from the house, and it will be
insisted that before the house is ask
ed to vote on the resolution it lias a
right to all the information that was
before the committee when it agreed. i
by a vote of 8 to 5. to pass a resolution
favonng f ■ the u impeachment u , of . Judge T ,
Swavne ‘ !
If the . leaders , „ fail .... their effort „ , to
in
, have the . case recommitted .,, . they , will
- ‘
endeavor , In some other ,, way to prevent
A... 1
a vote . on the ,, merits ., of the case at this
time. It is suggested as an alterna
tive proposal that a day after the con
vening of the next regular session of
congress be set for a vote.
WORKERS LOSE AN ENORMOUS SUM.
Cotton S P' nners ifl Fall Short
Over o Million Dollars Weekly.
A London dispatch says: Charles
W - McAra - president of the Federation
of Master C° tton Spinners’ Associa
tion ‘ lssu6d an exhaustive statement
on the situation of the cotton trade. It
shows that the loss to the wage earn
ers resulting from the necessity for
short time amounts to $550,000 weekly,
or $6,875,000 since the short time was
started. This amount is borne by
500.000 people. The total loss to the
employers is $200,000 weekly, making k
the loss to Lancastershire $7o0.0li0 ,
v, r eekly. , ,
AN APOLOGY
BY RUSSIANS
United States Flag is Rehoisted in
Town of Nieuchwang.
CONSUL MILLER KICKED
_
Officials of Czit Promise to Mali:
Amends for Unwarranted Act.
j British Flag Also Replaced.
_
An Associated Press dispatch from
Niuchwang, under Tuesday’s date,
says: On a strong representation
ade by United States Consul Miller
! that the civil administrator had invad
ed neutral rights w'hen he ordered the
I lowering of the American flag from
buildings belonging to American citi
; zens, even though it was done through
the apprehension that the flag was il
legally used by Chinese for the pur
P° se of resisting police inspection, the
eivil administrator has promised to
duly*and in proper form, through the
military, raise tne flag over the build
in S fr °m which it was removed. ,ne
British flag, which was ordered taken
down > w111 also b9 allowed to remain,
Flag Rehoistcd.
A correspondent of The London
Times at Niuchwan O' cabling Tuesday,
says: “The Russian police have apol
ogized, and have rehoisted the United
States flag over the correspondents’
mess.”
Oisapproved by Germany.
According to a Berlin dispatch, tho
German press disapproves the step
j take n by Russia at Niuchwang, argu
in S that is contrary to the spirit of
the declarations exchanged between
the powers at the outset of the war
j regardin fu raishes gthe Japan neutrality excellent of pretext China, and for
landing troops on neutral Chinese soil,
j Generally speaking, the Russian action
! e:iliances Lhe apprehensions enter
tained at Berlin regarding the future
attitude of China.
While it is not supposed any power
will seriously oppose the Russian de
claration of martial law. Tho Berlin
Post points out the large number of
claims for compensation that will in
evitably be addressed to the Russian
government by the foreign merchants
residing at Niuchwang. These claims
will probably be supported by diplo
matic representations
Our Gunboat Leaves Niuchwang.
The United States gunboat Helena
at Niuchwang has received orders to
proceed for Shanghai. She will take
away all Americans who desire to
leave the city.
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SCIENCE SCHOOL LOSES CASE.
Teacher Sued for Back Salary ar.d is
Sustained by Auditor. i
In the case of Miss Anna L. Winter, |
of Atlanta vs. Mrs. J. W. Armstrong !
et al., Wilkes superior court, Harris
Cloud, of Crawfordville, Ga., who was
appointed auditor by Judge H M. Hol
den, has rendered his decision to the
effect that Miss Winter is entitled to
recover the sum of $329.25.
This case will be recalled as the
one in which the Christian Science
School of Wilkes county figured.
^* Ss Winter, who taught in the
school for several years, entered suit
r&cove r salary which she alleged
was due her b Y Mrs - Armstrong, who
was *- be maaa S er of the school,
NEW YORKERS FAVOR JUDGE PARKER.
_ of . Emp.re _ State Denote
Their
Preference .n Primary Ejections,
An Associat:9( l Press dispatch from
f* eW Y f ork says: the dem A °cratic summar Primaries Y re '
f ^ ? eId r the m seIec th , e “ 10n 0St i “ dele Dortant f f counUes to J he
state . convention f show's that the , Ern
. state delegation , .. to the , national
p!re
convention will be instructed to vote
, for Judge T , Parker „ , nominee for
as pres
ident. At the primar.es so „ far two
hundred , . . and . twenty-eight . . . , Parker „ , dele
gates are counte(1 as having been suc .
cessful . As there will be a total of
four hundred and flfty the Parker
forc8S cIaim they will have a large
working majority in the convention.
ON CHARGE OF PENSION FRAUDS
Negro Lawyer is Conviced and Made Amen
ab’e to Eortg Sentence.
William E. Moore, a negro lawyer
of Guyton, Ga., was convicted in the
United Stat-*s court for the southern
Georgia at Savannah, of
presenting false pens.on claims,
* n twe ^ e m * nutes ,be ; was
ready with its verdict of ?uilty upon
the twenty-two counts of the indict
ment en0u f h ln to g ive
J f Iooro nes a “ 200 ountin y f. ars f ia t0 ^ t bou8ands Penitentary f do1 or '
lars. The sentence has „ not yet been
imposed. . ,
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TRUST COMPANIES FAIL.
One in Qeveland and Another in Bos
ton Go to the Wall--An Official
is Under buspicon.
The Federal Trust Company, at
Cleveland, Ohio, made an assignment
to the Guardian Trust Company Thurs
day.
The action is stated to have been
taken as a result of the disappearance
of a prominent official of the Federal
| Xrusl company. Reports are in clr
I culation that a shortage has been
found in the funds of the concern.
While no statement has been filed
as yet by the Federal company, it is
; understood it will turn over about $1,
OOO 000 in deposits to the assignee.
Its total assets will be about $3.
Federal „ , Trust m x „
000,000. The
has a capital stock of 31,500,00 It has
a surplus fund of $50,000 and about
$140,000 undivided profits. According
to its last report it had $2,1S8,3G2 in
loans and discounts, $45,300 real es
late loans, owned $729,000 stocks.
bonds and mortgages. Its last state
ment showed individual deposits of
$1,593,328, but officials state the depos
its were about $1,000,000 at the close
of business Wednesday night
An agreement was practically reach
ed between the directors of the Fed
eral Trust Company aqd the Guardian
Trust Company several clays ago, pro
viding for the merging of the two con
cerns. The disappearance of the offi
cial of the Federal company, however.
pracipitated matters and the directors
decided that an assignment would
probably avoid a run on the bank and
protect all interests.
Boston Union Trust Closes Doors,
i The Union Trust Company, at Bos
ton, has closed its doors The com
pany was incorporated in 1888,.with a
capital of $100,000. The president is
former Congressman William E. Bar
rett. Mr. Barrett is also a well-known
Boston publisher.
The liabilities of the company are
placed at $1,600,000, with nominal as
sets of about the same amount. The
difficulties of the concern are attributed
to heavy withdrawals by depositors
and the inability of the management tc
realize quickly on securities in order
to provide for the unusual demands.
At the office of the Savings bank com
missioners, it was stated that the com
pany had been temporarily enjoined
by the supreme court. The court w.Ij
be asked to appoint a receiver.
The directors state no opposition
will be made to tho receivership and
the company will go out of business
They state positively that depositors
will lose nothing.
.
WARNING FROM RUSSIA.
Powers Advised to Watch for Evidence
of Duplicity on Part of Chinese. !
Many Japs Being Killed. !
A St. Petersburg special says: Id
connection with the activity of the
Chinese along the Shan-Hai Kwan |
railroad, The Bourse Gazette warns
the powers of the unreliability of Chi
nese neutrality and says it believes i
they are making a serious mistake, I
declaring that, the celestials are going !
to astonish the world when the world
least expects it.
The Gazette further declares it tc
be the duty of the powers to take col
lective action to strengthen the press
ure &it Pekin in order to compel the j
non-participation of China in the war, !
and concludes:
"Russia cannet forever play the soli
tary watch deg of civilization in the
Far East. i*
The Novoe Vremya advises the gov- j
ernment to protest against the vola
tion of the Genova convention in the
hoisting of Red Cross flags to protect j
the Japanese troops in the fight at
Chong Ju.
The correspondent of The London
Daily r. here Telegraph at ^ _ Seoul reports that |
is continuous skirmishing be
ween I-ing Yang and Wiju, and that
many Japanese have been killed.
The correspondent adds that a Ko
rean spy at Ping Yang has been shot
by the Japanese.
For sinking Japanese merchantmen
in Sungari straits at the opening of I
the war $75,000 has been distributed
in prize money to the crews of the
four cruisers of the Vladivostock
squadron.
DEATH CLAIMS GENERAL PAYNE.
Wa» Noted Confederate Leader and Promi
nent Washington Attorney.
General W. H. Payne, counsel for
the Southern railway, a distinguished
Confederate soldier and commander
of the famous Black horse cavalry at
the first battle of Bull Run. died at
apartment in Washington Tuesday.
General Payne lived at Warrenton,
Va., and practiced lav/ in the Virginia
courts for many years. He organized
and was first captain of the Black
Horse Cavalry, was colonel of the
Fourth Virginia cavalry, and became a
brigadier general in 1864. commandina
a brigade under General Fitzhugh Lee
*
DECISION MADE
IN CANAL SUIT
Colombia Loses Ecr Case Before a
Court in RepubJc oi France*
LAJ1 f AST FT iLA> AW ’ IS LJ RtMOVED
Panama Canal Company Establishes
Right to Convey Clear Title to
the United States.
,
An Associated Press dispatch says:
i rhe 111 first civil tribunal of the Seine
'
Thursday decided the case of . the . re
public of Colombia against the Pana
rna Canal Company in favor of tli a
i defendants.
| The complaint holds that the com
plaint of Colombia is nol receivable
and condemns the plaintiffs to pay the
I costs of the act.on. This decision has
the effect of removing the legal obsta
cles in the way of the transler of tno
canal commission from the company to
the United States.
The decision is a lengthy document,
fully reviewing all the early circum
stances of the concession and setting
forth the various acts of the Colom
bian congress, the treaties, etc., parcic
ularly articles 20 and 22 of the treaty
of March 20, 1897, whereby the com
pany acquired its rights.
“These articles,” the decision says,
“have the manifest purpose of assur
ing tho full exercise of sovereignty
over the canal. It results from what
is established before this tribunal that
Colombia is not in possession of the
territory traversed by the canal. Com
ing before a French court in order to
sustain its rights over the canal, Co
lumbia tacitly admits its Inability it
self to control the canal. It therefore
follows naturally that it has lost sov
ereignty over the territory traversed
by the canal.
“It also appears that thi3 sovereign
ty is maintained by the republic of
Panama, which is in actual possession
of the authority and power of adminis
tration. Under such circumstances it
only remains for the Panama company
to accept the actual situation of au
thority and the facts relative to tho
territory embraced by thb concession.
Therefore the action commenced by
Colombia is not receivable.”
The decision concludes with the spe
cific recital under the French code
that none of the claims set up by Co
lombia are valid; that its request to
enjoin pending actions is not v/nr:unt
ed; that its plea for cost3 against the
company is not justified and that the
entire cost of he procedure are as
sessed against the plaintiff.
Legal Obstacle Removed,
A Washington special says: Presl
dent Roosevelt and Attorney General
Knox had a conference Thursday sub
sequent to the receipt from the Asso
elated Press of the information that
the government of Colombia had last
its suit in the French courts ago nst
the new Panama Canal Company, and
that now there was no large j a
sen for delay in the tr: !!!)«’ Pi of tho
company’s concessions and pro pc V to
the United States.
The transfer of the property and
concessions will be ratified at tha
meeting. W. A. Day and Charles W.
Russell, the assletunt atorney gen
eral, who have gone to Paris to as
sist in the transfer of the property,
will remain there until the transfer
shall have been completed.
The dissolution of the Panama Ca
nal Company, so far as the transfer
of the property to this country is con
cerned, probably will take place in the
latter part of April. The payment of
the *40,000,000 to the company will
be made about that tim0 I; j, uot
ukeiy that the payment of the $ 10 -
QOO.OOO to the republic of Panama w.'li
be made prior to that of the canal
company. It is the view of the presi
dent and attorney general that the
payments should be practically con
current.
This is their interpretation of tho
legislation bearing on the matter and,
of the ratified agreement with the gov
ernment of Panama.
CARNEGIE READY WITH A DONATION.
Founder of Many Libraries Promises Liberel
Contribution to Campaign Fund.
A Washington dispatch says: An
drew Carnegie has sent word to Presi
dent Roosevelt that he need not worry
over rumors that tho moneyed inter
ests of Wall street ary not disposed ta
chip into the republican campaign
fund.
The founder of libraries says he
stands ready to contribute any reason
able sum up to a million dollars, if
necessary, to offset any defections by
-
the rich Wall street men.