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THE MORNING NEWS. I Presl‘dent ate<s 1 17.618. I CLASH MAY COME AT YALU RIVER RUSSIANS OUTNUMBERED JAPS ODD*. YAJIAGATA SAYS, MAY BE TWO TO ONE. Eiclil Marshal, Next to the Mikado in Command of the Japanese porceit Disensses the War Out look—He Thinks It Would Have Been Better Had the War Been Koua'ht Several Years Ago- I The Jn la lies© Army. EVENTS IN THE EAST. Russians have ceased to operate the railroad across Lake Baikal because the ice is breaking up. They found the railroad of incal culable value in the transportation of troops. Press boat arrived at New Chwang, with two Japanese serv ants aboard. The Japs were prompt ly arrested and will be held as pris- I or.ers. The press boat has been || ordered a wav. \ The Custom House at Vladivo i | sink is to be closed because the | I war has cut off business. I Russians bury the Japanese who II were killed in the last attack I | upon Port Arthur. Military *hon- I | ors are shown the dead. I It is reported that 2,000 Russian ■ | cavalry and infantry are entrench ■ | erf about the gate on the south H side of Wiju. II Chicago, April 2.—A special cable Bfrnm a Chicago Daily News staff cor respondent from Tokio says: ■I Field Marshal Yamagata, who, afte£ Hi Emperor, is first in command of the Hppimese forces and was the original Htittanizer of the Japanese army, said Hfu-ii c that the Japanese may have Htn :i s ht odds of two to one and that clash may come at the Yalu river. Marshal said: H •■Russian troops have been coming for a long time, and it is evi ■>nt that a conflict must result. As have turned out it would have better if the war had occurred Helen the Russians first occupied Man- because ever since they have H".: s'rengy#nin^|^r r> |k*iUon in i province.* -fiat - ' statesmen, how wished to preserve peace as long possible. * ■ I h is difficult to say where the first land battle will take place. The Hi Asians seem to be in force between Yang and Kaiping on the Man- Railroad. They may cross the ■•".iiitnins and possibly meet us at the H’alU. M Bridges and roads of Anju have n destroyed by the Russian troops, ■"d therefore the Japanese advance be difficult. No doubt if the H:u.'s„ins destroy the: Manchurian Rail. H"nl it may not be difficult to repair the use of the Japanese troops. We even replace old material with H'W, but the difficulty is to reach the H • id. Five months ago, the Rus ■"'H generals planned to put 350,000 in the field. They must have eon- Hfinplated supplying them with ain- and food. B| Two rivers that empty into the Hi Ur sea run near Lake Baikal. They navigable in summer and can be H l ' I for transportation. The Rus- H is in this way need not rely entire- H on the railroad. Large supplies of flour have been going to IH'i.'olivostok for years, and we must Meet to meet a well equipped and 'TI nourished army of 350,000. It is difficult matter .to fight a nation with Wm.OOO soldiers. We have to lay our 'lans very carefully. There is no doubt that the Cossack ivalry will worry the Japanese army, dieh was originally intended ' for mme defense in the mountainous °'h:try, and is mainly composed of tit mtiy. We must work with the ma eri:'l we possess. When the Japanese finy is compared with other armies it nnsi he remembered that it only has lately organized. I had no small hl) '- in its organization, and, there ore I see its faults and try to im- T ‘ n 'e it. but never find that it reaches W ideals.” 10 REPORT AT TOKIO OF A SEVENTH ATTACK. April 2, 6 p. m.—The Navy ’t-p.ntment has no information con- Pr "'>ig the reported Japanese attack !l I’ort Arthur March 30-31, and the ails doubt that a general attack ' '"irred. It was added that it was Hs ihle lhat a few Japanese cruisers in the vicinity of Port Arthur, and 11 there may have been an exchange 'hots with Russians, but it is cer -51 that the main Japanese fleet was 1 engaged at the time referred to. Ud japs receive" MILITARY HONORS. t Arthur, April 2. —All is quiet } ' tnd there is no change in the sit- The weather is warmer, and 1,1 k and wounded are making f l rogress toward recovery. 1 'Japanese who were killed in the 1 st tack upon this place were burled . to ‘ d it; the Chinese Cemetery, out town, with military honors. Tt hoped it will be possible to raise tile nanese Are ships, which were Mmtc the attempt to block the har bor. Say ‘M}o6 RUSSIANS ENTRENCHED AT WIJU. S * oul \prll 2.—lt Is reported here p hat 2 ‘ Russian troops, including °s*aok ln( j irrfnntryman, are, en *ide°of out th * * atC ° n th ® * outh Subunnal) jiUornino iVctos. TRANSPORTATION PLANS WORK WITHOUT FRICTION. St. Petersburg, April 2. —Gen. Levas koff, director of military communica tions of the general staff, in an inter view, gives interesting facts about the Russian line of communications. He says: “The transport of troops over the Si berian and Manchurian railroads work ed without a hitch, except for a six hour stoppage caused by a collision. Men, guns and ammunition, equipment and provisions have gone forwawi with clockwork regularity. “The sketches of scenes along the route appearing in English newspapers are ludicrous. The pictures of en counters with Chinese bandits along the line, with broken rails, tangles oi telegraph wires, prostrate poles and Cossacks galloping with what look like miniature searchlights all belong to the realm of fancy. I do not know of a single interruption due Chinese bandits. “The protection of the line is as sured by more practical, though per haps less poetic, means than depicted in the illustrated papers. For exam ple, take the case of armored trains. We discussed the subject and decided against them. The conditions did not call for them. The line runs througn territory held by our troops. There may be a few robber bands, but there are no Japanese, at least at present. The only things of the kind introduced are armored cabs for the engine drivers, to protect them from stray bullets. “There will be no difficulty over the Impending stoppage of me ice railroad across Lake Baikal. The lake gen erally is free from ice about the mid dle of May, but long before that time the ice breakers will have opened a channel and the ferries will be running regularly.” . MANY RODE IN CARS ACROSS LAKE BAIKAL. Irkutsk, April 2.—The railroad across Lake Baikal has ceased operations in consequence of the breaking up of the ice and is being removed. Its assist ance to the government,in transporta tion of supplies has been incalculable. As an indication it is stated that be tween March 2 and March 28 there passed over it 1,693 freight cars, 673 troop cars, twenty-five ordinary pas senger coaches, carrying officers, and sixty-five engines. The cost of the undertaking was $250,000. CLOSE CUSTOM HOUSE AT VLADIVOSTOK. Vladivostok, April 2.—Twelve of the customs officers at Vladivostok have been withdrawn and sent to Irkutsk, This is the first step in the direction of closing the custom house here be cause of the poor trade prospects in consequence of the war. It is expect ed here that Vladivostok will be de clared a free port after the conclusion of the war. NEW CHWANG GIVES PRESS BOAT TROUBLE. New Chwang, April 2.—The authori ties here were considerably aroused to (Continued on Sixth Page.) F.DWIN H. CONGER, TWITED STATES MINISTER TO CHINA. FROM WHOM ADVICES THAT THE RPSSIANS PC T NEW CHWANG IN BE II MARTIAL. LAW W'AS RECEIVED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT. BWaMM t^m■■mm ßi^■ mmmm ßMMl^HßlMß J' ' ' \IEW OF THE Sl’\Kp\ Rl SSI AN GUNBOAT KOIIIETZ AT CHEMULPO AT EXTREME LOW TIDE. EXPLOSION BROKE THE SHIP AND TURNED THE WHOLE FORWARD PORTION COMPLETELY OVER. TIBETAN BATTLE WAS A SHAMBLES MOWED DOWN BY BRITONS, ILL-ARMED TIBETANS YET ESSAY ED TO FIGHT.' Tibetans Could Not Reach Their Enemy for the Close Quarters in Which Their Only Hope of Victory I,ay—Tibetan General and His Per r >nal Escort Slain Retreating Tilictn us Were Torn by Shrapnel. Tuna, Tibet, April 2. —The Tibetan general, the whole of his personal es cort and five high Lhassa officials were among the hundreds killed in the fight ing of March 31, at Guru, Tibet. The small British losses are ac counted for by the fact that the Tibe tans were so huildled together that the majority were unable to either use their swords or to fire. The swords men in the front rank could not reach the Sikhs, who had fixed bayonets, while the men in the middle of the mob could not reach the enemy, but 'many of them probably killed one an other in the mad excitement. The .ecei)* r#uj}Ued old time fights in cockpits, the grim, determined faces of the Tibetans, lighted with devildom savagery, expressing contempt for the Sikhs, whqm they outnumbered six or seven to one. When the Lhassa general fired the first shot the Tibetans, with wild shouts, drew their swords, fired their matchlocks and surged forward. About a dozen swordsmen made a desperate rush in the direction of Col. MacDon ald and a small knot of officers. Four Tibetans attacked Mr. Candler, the correspondent of the London Daily Mail, but Col. MacDonald seized a rifle and shot two of them at a few yards and another officer killed the other two, thus saving Mr. Candler’s life. Those of the Tibetans who tried to climb the wall were met with a ter rible magazine rifle fire, but they did not falter, those behind springing over the heaps of dead and continuing the fight until riddled with bullets. When finally the Tibetans retired they tramped back slowly and steadily, though followed by a hail of bullets. A mountain battery was brought into action and tore the retreating lines with shrapnel. A terrible trail of dead and dying marked the line of march. At length the last wounded, limping Tibetan turned the cofner, some 400 yards from the scene of the grim tragedy, where the best of the Tibetan army had perished. | ! , j Arkansas Conventions. Little Rock, Ark., April 2.—Demo cratic. county conventions were held in the seventy-five counties of Ar kansas to-day for the purpose of elect ing delegates to the state convention, which will be held in Hot Springs June 14. Carroll, Clay and Green counties instructed for William R. Hearst for the presidential nomina tion. Crawford county instructed its delegate for D. R. Francis of Missouri for the presidency. No other expres sions on the question were recorded. SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. APRIL 3. 1004. TRAINS COLLIDE; TWO MEN KILLED. EijirrM mid Freight Train Crashed Toßother on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Reading, Pa.. April 2.—Two persons were killed and a dozen others In jured in a collision between an express train and a freight train on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Pottstown to-night. The dead are: Andrew Fegley, Philadelphia, and a man supposed to be Sig. Hirsch of Baltimore. The coal train was lying on a sid ing, and the- engineer's orders, it is said," were to wait for an accommoda tion, and the express. The accom modation passed, when the coal train pulled out on the main track and the express crashed into it. Both engines were wrecked, a dozen cqal cars were derailed and a bag gage and a passenger car thrown down an embankment. . FOUR MOTIONS MADE FOR M’BEE AND FINCH. Continuance '.runted nud Other Mo tions Considered. Raleigh, N. C., April 2. —Four motions were presented to the Superior Court this afternoon by the attorneys of V. E. Mcßee and K. S. Finch of New York, charged with conspiracy in ob taining a receivership for the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, two thirds state property. These were first, for a bill ot particulars; second, to quash the indictment; third, denying the jurisdiction of the court and say ing the case should be tried by the federal court; fourth, asking for a con tinuance. The attorneys urged a continuance, stating they were not ready, as they had believed tnere w r as an understand ing to stop the case. Mcßee filed an affidavit alleging undue expenses in running the road, making improper contracts for supplies and giving free passes to local attorneys off the line of road and boarding people free at rail road hotels. This the president of the road denies in .1 telegram to-night. Judge Brown agrees to a continu ance of the trial and has the other motions under consideration. The At torney General is appearing with the solicitor. BREATHITT COUNTY” HAS A NEW KILLING. Nephew of Maremu Shot Down Without Provocation. Jackson, Ky., April 2. —News was received here to-night that James Johnson was shot and instantly killed by Bummer Spicer, at the mouth of Gorge creek, ten miles south of here. Spicer was standing in a houseboat in the river and Johnson on a sand bar, and the shot was fired without warning and apparently without provo cation. Johnson was a nephew of J. B. Marcum, who was assassinated in the Breathitt county Court House door a year ago, an'd Spicer is a cousin of Sheriff Ed Callahan, a leader of the faction which is charged with bringing about Marcum's death. The presence of the militia in Jack- Json until nearly Christmas had a quieting effect in Breathitt county. Johnson is a son of Mrs. Mary John son, sister of Marcum, who was an important witness in the case against Curtis Jett and Thomas White, con victed of Marcum's assassination. Spicer has been arrested. RAILROADED THROUGH. Pension Bills in Grcnt Number Pnim cl the House. Washington, April 2.—Three hundred and nineteen pension bills were passed by the House to-day in two hours. ‘An other hour was devoted to rapid-fire legislation by unanimous consent, in which a large number of bridge bills and other matters of minor importance were disposed of. At the expiration of this time Mr. Maddox of Georgia, who had threatened to stop the proceed ings by a point of “no quorum” when the pension legislation was finished, in sisted on the point and as there were but few members present, the House adjourned. Bills were passed to authorize the holding of a regular term of the Dis trict Court of the United States for the Western district of Virginia at Big Stone Gap; granting the state of Texas the light to place statues In Statuary Hall of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. Tennessee Republicans. Knoxville, Tenn., April 2.—Republi cans of the Second Congressional dis trict met here to-day, and after se lecting N. W. Hale and H. M. Lafol lette as delegates to the National Con vention, Indorsed President Roosevelt and Congressman W. P. Brownlow for national committeeman for Tennessee. John B. Holloway of Morristown was chosen district elector. N. W. Hale Is Um nominee for Congress. CONGRESS NEARING ADJOURNMENT SESSION MAY END NEXT WEEK GORMAN SAYS ADJOURNMENT IS HASTY. Democratic Members Longing lor Pol tl ten 1 Excitement—Concluding Days of the Session Will Prohnlily Be Devoid of Usual Wrangling Over Appropriation Bills—Most of These Bills Huve Been Agreed I pon. By R. M. Larner. Washington, April 2.—The Demo cratic issue, as developed during the last six days, is the hasty adjourn ment of Congress, when, as alleged, there is important legislation to at tend to. Mr. Gorman, the minority leader in the Senate, virtually sprung that in his speech Wednesday. . His Democratic colts, who are hard to keep under rein for a|iy one proposi tion, are generally willing to agree to that. Accordingly, they propose to ring the changes oh this issue for the remainder of the sassion, which will probably be only two or three weeks more, and see how it takes with the country. Asa matter of fact. Congress has been in session now almost as long as during the long session. It met this year one month earlier than usual, because of the extra session, and much of the work of the regular session was advanced thereby. Nevertheless, anything that all Democrats can agree upon, after having failed on the canal issue and the issue against enlarging the navy, is very acceptable. At both ends of the Capitol they have been perking up considerably of late, and hope to make what has been a very dull session from a political standpoint and in a whirlwind of agitation. Tlic Parker ami Hearat Rooms. A strong revival of the Parker boom in various states has also immensely encouraged the Democrats In both branches. They were very much cast down by the Hearst successes. The wealthy New Yorker’s invasion of’div ers states was followed by the election of Hearst delegates and for several days there were many blanched faces on the minority side of the Senate and House. But the Hearst boom has been checked, due to the heroic efforts that were directed from Washington, so the Democrats believe, and they claim, with little dissent, that it looks like very smooth sailing for Parker. That makes them feel much better, and gives them courage to dive into debate critical of the administration. Democrats often lament their lack of discipline in Congress. One of the very prominent Democrats in Congress said to-day that if his party in the Senate and House was as submissive to discipline as the Republicans, won ders could be accomplished. “We have a mob in the Senate and in the House," he added, “where the Repub licans have a drilled army. The same thing is true of the two parties gen erally. No Wrangling* in Sluht, The concluding days of the session of Congress will probably be devoid of anv of the wranglings over appro priation bills, which usually crop out prominently at that period. Asa rule, it is difficult to reach agreements on appropriation bills until right at the close of the session. Conferees will talk and talk and the Senate men will* hold out for their provisions and the House men likewise and nothing is done until the time is so short that some thing must be done. This year, how ever, has been an exception and most of the appropriation bills are already agreed upon by the conferees and adopted by the two houses. The navy bill and the sundry civil bill are usual ly the bones of the greatest contention. They will apparently be the case this year, although not to the same extent as heretofore. The House Is always extremely Jeal ous of the Senate for piling Into the sundry civil bill many odds and ends of legislation that failed to pass by the regular channels. Therefore Uncle Joe Cannon has declared that no reso lution of adjournment shall be adopt ed this year till the conference of the sundry civil bill has been fixed up. He doesn’t want his conferees driven Into agreements, which otherwise they would not make. But everything pro well for an adjournment by May 1, and it would be no surprise if it were reached a little before that date. Conleetnnt I’rlolrnn. Prioleau, the South Carolina negro contestant for Representative Begare’s seat in the House, is a constant vis itor at the Capitol. He occupies a seat in the far southwestern corner of the House, and fills the chair of different Republican members who are absent from their seats. Representative Cushman of Washing ton, a warm friend of Mr. Uegare, and several other of Mr. Leg are’s Republi can friends, were chaffing him as to Continued on Sixth Page. NEGRO IS FOUND WITH MRS. BURNS’JEWELRY. Hail Her D. A. 11. I’in, Inscribed YVHIi tier Name. Chicago, April 2. —The first trace of Mrs. John C. Burns since her disap pearance from a Chicago hotel two years ago was found to-day, when James Taylor, a negro, was arrested at Cincinnati. He had in his possession Mrs. Burns' Daughter of the American Revolution pin, engraved with her name, as well as several articles of jewelry which bore initals. The pris oner is said to have disclosed the hid ing places of other Jewels which are alleged to have been the property of Mrs. Bunts. The total value of the property recovered is nearly $5,000. About two years ago Mrs. Burns an nounced that she was going away on a short visit. Her husband was be lieved to be in Europe. Taking sev eral trunks, but leaving many of her belongings in her rooms, Mrs. gums left the hotel, giving instructions to hold mail until she sent her forward ing address. From that day to this no word has been received from her or her husband. • Mrs. Burns was prominent as a mem berof the Daughters of the American Revolution and also was connected with several women’s clubs, most of the organizations to which she be longed having been located in the East, where she resided before coming tc Chicago. MAY HAVE BEEN THE PALM BEACH INN THIEF. 'i'nyliir In Suspected of Having Rob bed In Florida. Cincinnati. April 2.—lt is believed that in the arrest of James Taylor here the police have solved the mys tery of the big theft of jewels from the Palm Beach Inn, at Palm Beach, Fla., several weeks ago, in which New York society people lost diamonds and other valuables worth thousands of dollars. Taylor attracted attention by his lavish use of money here, and De tectives Reed and Allen arrested him. He had $93 in cash, two carat diamond rings, valued at SSOO, some other jew elry and several pawn tickets. In all he had valuables to the amount of S7OO on his person. The pawn tickets were traced, and it was found that he had pawned a dia mond set badge of the Daughters of the Revolution, on which the name "Louise Burns” was inscribed. Through the national headquarters ot the order at Washington the detec tives traced Mrs. Burns to New York and learned that within the last few weeks she visited New York, Wash ington, Chicago and Palm Beach, Fla. The New York police were asked to investigate, and to-day Chief of Po lice Millikin received a telegram from Inspector McCluskey of New York, asking that Taylor and the jewels be held for Identification. Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Dabb and Mrs. Burns are now en'route to this city to Identify the jewels and Taylor, if possible. It was stated that a few weeks ago the ladles and gentlemen named were guests at the inn at Palm Beach when they and others were robbed of a large amount of Jewelry, total ing several thousands of dollars. Among the pieces which had been stolen were Mrs. Hums’ Daughters of the Revolution badge and other pieces which have been partly identified by the description. NEW OFFER WILL BE MADE BY SULLY & CO. Expected That the Creditors* Com mittee Will Report To-morrow. New York, April 2,-*-A meeting of the creditors of D. J. Sully & Cos. to consider the latest offer of a settle ment made by the suspended firm may be held as early as next Monday. The committee representing the creditors has been ‘holding daily con ferences with Receivers Taft and Mil ler at Sully’s offices, and it was stated to-day that it probably will have enough information to enable it to make a report to the creditors gener ally early next week. If that is so Supt. King of the Cotton Exchange will be asked to call a meeting on Monday or Tuesday afternoon. At that meeting the committee will make a report, and it is probable that the meeting will determine whether it would be wise to accept the latest of fer made by Sully. FLORIDAOFFICERS PURSUING HARDING. lie Ik Under Arrest, en Houte (or Cincinnati. Tampa, Fla., April 2.—l* C. Harding, accused of using the United States mails to defraud and for whom the Governor of Alabama two months ago issued a requisition which the Govern or of Florida refused to honor, was to day brought before Commissioner Crane and discharged, but was imme diately re-arrested on a requisition from the Governor of Ohio. Detective Callahan left with the pris oner at once for Ohio, but the state officials are in pursuit with a writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Wall. t 5 CENTS A COPY. J DAILY. $8 A YEAR. | WEEKLY 2-TIMOS-A-WE EK,sl A YEAR DABNEY DEALS OUT FACTS FOR SOUTH ITS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS ABE SET FORTH IN AN ADDRESS IIE DELIVERED. Eilili-ntni- Iteclteii Ante-Bellum Con ditions unit the Metunioriiln.' s the War Canned—Pointed Out he ll literaey of the Southern Staten, Muhina Coniiniriaonn With Other Sections Thinks That There Should Bea Ulan ot National Aid. Indianapolis, Ind., April 2. —Dr. Charles W. Dabney, president of the University of Tennessee and President elect of the University of Cincinnati, in an address before the Southern In diana Teachers’ Association, in session here, under the subject, "Educational Needs of the South,” outlined the work which has been taken up by those in terested in the move of which he is regarded the head and leader. Much imoortance is attached to his utterances on this subject, it is ex pected great results to Southern edu cators will follow from the address, and that such hostility as was shown formerly against the Blair bill will not be used against the proposed methods. Dr. Dabney, by way of introduction, said that the present educational needs ot the Southern people arise from clr- cumstanees in the past, in the old South there was a caste system 6t tour general classes. The aristocracy ot the wealthy planter and slave owners, the small farmers living chiefly in the hills, the poor whites of the low coun try and the African slaves. "The war not only freed the black man, it freed the white man as well, ' said he. “It made a way for the small farmers, liberated the poor, white man from the bonds of a semi-feudal system and established both for the first time in full citizenship. It also freed the minds and spirits of the aristocratic class, and by throwing them upon their own resources, made them a stronger and better people. “The old South, whose ruling class was an aristocracy of land and slaves, has given place to a political and in dustrial Democracy, with no ruling class. But herein lies our danger, and out of this fact grows the snecial ne cessity for a system of popular educa tion, which shall train all of our citi zens to think clearly and act fear lessly, each for himself. Retarded Sellout Development. “The actual development of such a system of free public schools was long retarded by the conservatism of the urlslocratlc class, which refused to recognize the new Individual, and held as long as possible to old Institutions and ideals. It has been delayed fur ther by the poverty of the people, by the sparseness and consequent Isola tion of the population and by the ab sence of roads. But this new concep tion of manhood has now caught the mind of the plain man and will give rise to a great new system of edu cation, supported by all the people for all the people. “In 1900, out of the 8,500,000 whites, 10 years of age and over In the eleven South Atlantic and Gulf states, in cluding Tennessee,and Arkansas, 1,000,- 000 were illiterate. One-third of the illiterates of the ynited States are found in these states, which have only, however, one-fifth of the population. Of the 5,000,000 blacks in the same states, 10 years and over, 2,500,000 were illiterates. In the same states, of 4,- 400,000 males, 21 years of age, 1,100,- 000 were illiterate. More than one-half of all the illiterate males of voting age In the United States live in the South, Disfranchisement can be only a tempo rary good, a partial remedy for this awful condition. "Of the 4,000,000 white and the 2,500,- 000 black children in these states last year, only 45 per cent, were in school eighty or ninety days. IVo Hew Minir Hill Wnntod. “It Is not anew Blair bill that we want; we rejected that long ago. I hope for my part, that that particu lar measure may never again be brought forward, but that some plan may be adopted which shall make the wealth of the whole nation contribute to the education and general social im provement of all peoples who by rea son of their poverty, their race, or recent condition of servitude, or from any other cause, have not been able to take thetr place in the grand arrnj’ of American citizenship, or to catch step with the march of modern pro gress. “Bvery Intelligent Southerner now believes that the right kind of edu cation makes the negro a more thrifty, a more useful, a more moral and a more law-abiding citizen, as it does every other man. Every Southern state is now committed by Us constitu tion and laws to the principle of negro education, and in their Legislatures and courts they have so far success fully resisted all proposals to divide the school funds. In fact, the dis franchisement acts are all working to compel his education. The Southern people will be fair to the negro In these matters. Any other course of conduct will not only dishonor, Nat will Injure their own race. Should Have National Aid. “Any plan of national aid should pro vide, not a largess for the South, but a consistent, rational plan for up lifting the retarded and depressed populations in all portions of the coun try. The people in some counties in Maine and In New York are as illit erate as those in the counties in the South Appalachians. This is truly a national problem, not one for the South alone. “Methods can also be found to aid needy communities without paralyzing their powers, either at initiative or support. While we are helping the Porto Ricans and the Philippines to establish their schools, we should aid our own neglected people whenever they need assistance.” ACHINESETwERE EASY FOR THE DUTCH TROOPS. Flir Hnndred and Forty-one of tle .Native* Were Killed. Amsterdam. April 2.—A dispatch to the Telegram from Kota Raja, Islapd of Sumatra, to-day announced that a column of Dutch troops operating in Achln (Northern Sumatra) engaged a strong, entrenched body of Achinese In the Gajocloeas district with the resuit that 541 Achinese were killed. The Dutch lost three men killed and had twenty-five men wounded.