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No. 16,070. WASHINGTON, D. C.. FRIDAY, AUGU8T 26, 1904-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE EVENINO sTAR. PUBLIBHED DAILY, EICEPT SUNDAY. a.imu.. 01., uth swes palsuaylvesale Avmena The Evening Star Newsper 0ompay. I. a. EAUINI& . Frausidet. New TeYrk 01,.; Tri.ae Builditg. Chi.sge 01.: Tritnae ilding.' The Frening Star is served to subscribers in the ,it, by carrih r,. on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the onuer. 2 cents each. By mail-anywhere in the U. N. or ianada-postage prepaid-5o cents per month. Saturday Star. 32 pages, $1 per year; with for eign piistage added. $3.60. ,Entered at the Post Omice at Washington, D. C., sn second-cla's mall matter.) 17Al1 mall subarriptions must be paid in advaneS. Rates of advertising made known on applicatloa. ADVANCE RESUMED Japanese Attack the Russians in Force. A CHECK REPORTED KUROKIS ARMY APPEARS FROM THE EAST AND SOUTH. Objective Point is Southeast of Liao Yang-Battle Opened Wednesday and is Supposed to Be in Progress. ST. PETERSIRG, August 26.-A dis latch from Liao-Yang says the Japanese eastern forces began a forward move mint Wednesday. eight companies going on th in ii Lio-Yang road, in the direction of I.i:dutinsian, twenty-three miles south 'ast uf Liao-Yang. h'I llussian outposts held their positions, the ight continuing .cesterday. It is under stood that the 2d and 12th Japanese Guards Iticlsionn are participating. The Russian froit from tii Taltse river south was en ga;.;id. Resumption of Operations. After four weeks' interval the Japanese ltv' resumed their advance against Gen eril Kur.patkin's positions. The opposing ttmies ar" it contact east and south of lto-Yang. ai.d lighting has been in prog ress since Weiel sday. The advices at hand a.- too meager to enable the officials to fo'rr a correct opinion as to whether it will result in a general engagement. but thi a xt" nt and character of the Japanese nuvement leads to that conclusion. Since tie rains ceased a week ago there have been continued intimations that General Kuropalkin was about to assume the of fetnsive, bti instead of that it was the Japanese who attacked the Russian con imtinder's easternu and t sou ten pos.ti ns. -\ Japanese column. ;0,41) strong. was re lorted Tuesday to ie marciring up the right b.t,k of the Liao rlver, which would seem to :ndicare that three Japanese armies are ""-oper:nitg in enveloping three sides of I.ii aing Kuroki's Objective. 1^r,um the meager accounts reled it ap p. Irs t hat Gen."ral Kuroki sei-"ted 'Tant ..udInlzy as Ihe poit for his attempt to 4e, . t- w, a int') Kur.patkin's outer d" i' ncs at .\ini,!!g and Lianliansin, wc rh r atu,tt d. ie.pectively, ten miles u":ibt.st and s..uthtw"st of Tantziaiutzy. 11.4 l.tte heing ,n the Lianhe river, eight nil' s btthe,. 11 ,onhlt' ne. "f the Taitse r'in r.; a!ncc a mv.untain ridg. runs West iT! ittl.:t the Japanese are preparing P 't""n. at the Taitse river was noted in tl"s dispnt."h. s several d1ay-s ago Fight for the Ridge. Y ,e eatur of t is ridge wil b" the first olttacle o lf i Jap ines., an,i diubtli.-s will entall sevetwe hxlting. in whch tie Japa nese probal"ic arti coun'ing on the supe riority of their n.v;nitaIn guns. 11 they are successful, the Russian positions at Anping and Liandiansian will become precarious. Their operations on Anping are supported from Gutziatzy. three miles higher up the Lianhe river and along the 'aitse river, as shown In the dispatch reporting that the Russian front south of the Taitse river was engaged and that General Kuroki was simultaneously moving on Liandiansian, along the high road, as reported from Liao Yang last night, and by the fact that an other Japanese column is moving on Lian dianslan along the south road trom Siao lindzy, ten miles northeast of 1:u. heng. That Genetral K utrotatkin had foreseen thlese various mov'es is shown by thle man nor in whichl thI. attack on Tanizapu was mot and by the' u-huls. of thi Japanese at $!aolind1zy. Japanese Advance Checked. Thi. advices if t he wvar offic from the frorit are eryv ritager. In fait, they hire ionnftted to a repor'~uit dated W'ednesday~ gijling an a.una:t' the advan.e of the Jalpaitese -iolumn of 3t.,".o mcin along the rui;in road toiward( Liao Yang, wl i-h be a.a at daty I'.ek Wedtcsday-. The Jap a nese dro. ve in th Ru. tlssian outphosts, and whenii the (tolimn i-cnehd a point a conple iif mili's wes't of lianiansian the Jap i-ese attempftedi tii install btatterles, butt theiy not witit suit-t a lire thiat they siue iuded itt plain-tg iunly one batter-, which was siiim comup.-lled to chantge its post taan. At thie moimenit of sending the dis a tilt the Jo aani-se had suspenided opera t ions. Gen. Tvarmi-ff is in -omma nd of the late ;.- n. Countt K .lleri s oirps~ at Lian diansian. 'Ithe war out.-e- tias no news of the re Pitrtedl at tac.k oni Ansha nshatn, and the lg*-neral stafif is biy rm meanis satisfied that the eaytern mohvernentI of the Japattese is tmore titan a feInt. Gen. Sakharoffs Dispatch. Idenitenti~4; (n.-ra Sakhiaroiff comman iii of t he ea tern armiy, telegraphjis thait thle 'ins have itided and that tfie weather has e I in, hut tat lhe roads ate still Imprae thl'.Ii T1hie f-Xie'essive heat of mnidday hlas '-aused a ri-itri-itn, of dlysetery. Sklr mtishiir; la fiequit, the general 5ayv, and I !.r. ha beii'n (itpost encunait.-rs southf so ith- t of Liandiilantsjan. Japan Plans Vigorous Campaign. t)Ni i>N, Autgiist 21-A crding to the icorre'spiind,nt of th- Daily 'ihroilei witf Ge~.neriaI Kuric ki's aiiiny, the- Japanlese are not Iik.-y to. retir- into winter 'tuarters. Itathier thiatn :o ts give. the Riusianis a bra,ting spa e they'~ will proisi:ute a vig (iious winttr c.uiaign. The- orre'spondenlt s.ays t ha t the- Japmani-w arte ace tumulat Ing unimtenise stori-., ammnun't.iin atnd guns at 11a1ichen 'ig. A dispati-h fromc Liao Yang to the Daily Telegr-aph ri ports that severe fightIng has taken Ilace at Troratep, twenty-two miles south.-ast ofi ,iito Yatng, andi that at) parenitly a genera I at tack is In pt-ogre-ss. The coirrespondelcnt of the~ Dany3 Alatll, with the headquarters of the seconid Japanese army, in it d~isatch from Hlaich-ng. under date oft August ::::. reports that the army wats ele'.en datys tmchitng fromn Datny, from which there was it continuous stream of transport. Tihi correspondent says that the country travetlsed by the army is In slendtd condition and that there are mtag nhiit cropms of maize, millet, beans~ and fritit, and that the suppilies of food ate un limited. ANOTHER SHIP STOPPED. Russian Auxiliary Cruiser Ural Ex amined a Collier. LONDON. August 26.--News has reached England that the Russian auxiliary cruiser Ural stopped and examined the British col Mer Pencalenick on August 12. The Pen elenick was bc'und from Cardiff for Malta with coal for the British navy. ON A TEN DAYS' CRUISE. The ualtic Fleet of Twenty Ships Sails From Cronstadt. ST. PETERSBURG, August 2S,-The Bei tie fleet. which saleOd from Cronstadt laut night on a ten-days' trial cruise, consisted of twenty warships. The emperor leaves here tomorrow for the Don to bid farewell to departing troops. The fleet consists of the battle ships Sou varoff. flagship; Borodino, Alexander III, Oslaabia and Orel; the cruisers Dmitri, Donskoi, Aurora. Zemtchug, Izumrud and Almaz, and the traus:ports Okean and Katmt chatka, with a number of torpedo boat de stroyers. While It Is officially stated that the fleet is bound on a trial cruise, it is believed by many people that the warships will not return to Cronstadt unless in the case of a serious breakdown, but that they will put into Libau. where they will be joined by auxiliary cruisetr, colliers and tor pedo boat destroyers built at Libau and Reval, and there await their ultimate start for the far east. CONSTANTINOPLE, August '26.-The Russian Navigation Company's steamers Yenona and Meteor, laden with coal, sup plies and fresh water, traversed the Bos phorus yesterday. They are said to be on their way to join the Baltic squadron. THE REPORT UNFOUNDED. Chadwick's Squadron Not Looking for Russian Cruiser. CAPE TOWN August 26.-There is no foundation for the report, circulated in the United States, that the American South Atlantic squadron, Rear Admiral Chadwick commanding, now in these waters, had been ordered to leave here and watch the Russian volunteer fleet vessel Smolensk. which, it was added, was believed to be waiting for an American ship. The British warships Crescent, Odin, Pearl and Forte, Rear Admiral Durnford commanding, are at the Seychelles Islands. In the vicinity of Zanzibar. It is under stood that the admiralty has sent orders to the admiral, directing him to communi cate with the Smolensk and St. Petersburg. CRITICISM OF EALPOUR. London Papers Not Unanimous in Praising His Attitude. LONDON, August 26.-Premier Balfour's statement to the deputation from the Lon don chamber of commerce regarding the Russian volunteer fleet cruisers Smolensk and Petersburg is regarded by a majority of the London morning newspapers with entire satisfaction. but meets with adverse criticism at the hands of others. The Morning Post. for example. asks whether "there is not something lacking to clinch these stout words,' and comments on the premier's extreme eagerness to find ex cuses for Russia. The paper considers the employment of British cruisers a delicate and undesirable duty, not unlikely to prove troublesome. The Daily Graphic connents in a similar strain. It says it considers the task which the government has undertaken as not one if conspicuous dignity, and complains of the cold comfort Mr. Balfour administered to the shipping community, whose com plaiints of differential treatment he met by what was almost a hostile cross-examina Lion. The Standard sayvs it can tind no fault vith the prime minister's firm and cautious anguage. but cannot refrain from asking now long the period of grace and suspen slon of national judgment is expected to tndure. The Daily Telegraph. while expressing wholehearted approval of Mr. Balfour's remarks, still thinks the irritation of the shipping community to be not devoid of justification. RUSSIAN REPORTS EXAGGERATED Japanese Losses Not So Heavy as An nounced. Speeial Dhtpatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 26.-A cable dis patch from Lona'n says: According to the most reliable information received here the Russian reports of Jap anese losses at Po:t Arthur and elsewhere have been grossly exaggerated. The Times zays: The Russian losses have not been honestly admitted and they must be qal mulated on the basis of Russian dead buried by Japanese. In fifteen engagements large and small, all of them Russian defeats, the calculation works out a Russian loss of 32,500K killed and wounded, besides 113 guns and eighteen Maxims captured by the en emy. Excluding the Port Arthur garrison, we have to deduct 2Q.00 men as casualties of the army under Kuropatkin's direct and personal command. Allowing that the whole of the 17th Army Corps has now reached him, he should now have 132,M0 men and aver 400 guns at his disposal. It is not our business to disclose the Japanese numbers and we need only note the figures given by the operations bureau of the Russian war r>ffice. namely, 226.410 inen and 00) guns for the field armies and 100,0saJ men besieging Port Arthur. WANTS VESSELS INSPECTED. Japan Desires to Inspect Russian Ships Dismantled at Shanghai. Mr. 'T'akahira. the Japanese minister here. called upon A<ting Secretary Adee of the State Department today to talk over the settlement of the niuestions connected with the presence of the two Russian warships in the hurbor of Shanghai. The minister expressed gratification at the outcome of th~e negotiations in the agreement to dis arm the vessels and lay them up during the war, but he regarded it as essential that the completeness of the disarmament of the ships he' established to the satisfaction of the Japanese gover nment through a per sonal inspec'tioni of the era ft by a Japanese naval officer designated for that p)urpose. As this course was pursued in the case of the Czarevitch at Tsingtau, the German port on the Shantung p)eninsula, without much objectio:1 from Russian quarters, it is expected that consent will also bi given to the examination of the Askold and Gro zovoi at Sh'unghai. It is intimated here that there are two reasons why the Japanese government is not dial:osed to press its original objection against the course pursued by the Russian vessels ini taking r'efuge in this fashion in ('hinese treaty potts and insisting upon its right to cut them out. The first reason is that Japan. more than any other country at this moment, desires to maintain in full force the agreement to preserve Chinese neutrality and thereby avoid entangling powers at present neutral in the great struggle now going on. And the second leason is that in the expectation of an ultimate victory over Rtussia the Japanese contempate the inclusion in the peace treaty of a provision for the surrender to Japan of all the Russian naval vessels dis mantled and laid up in Chinese ports as wel' as any that may be found in Port Arthur and Vladivostok, so it is not reluc tant to have their prospective property pre served intact, until the end of the war, by China. The Navy Department today received a cat-legram from Rear Admiral Yates Stiri lng, ecmmander-ie-chief of the Asiatic fleet, dated Sl'anghai, today, saying that situa tion there is quiet and that he regards the incident of the disarmament of the Rus sian ships as closedl. The Shanghai newspapers unanimously regard the outcome of the recent situation as due in no small measure to the diplo macy and the act of John Goodnow, the Americant consul general there. SENTENCED TO DEATH. The Came of namsonoff, the Assassin, Before the Csar. ST. PETERSBURG, August 26-It is re ported that Samsonoff, the assassin of M. von Plehve, has been sentenced to death and that the sentence Is now before the emperor. The reports which have been eirenatd about na.noafr hawing escaped and leo WORK IN TWO STATES Reports of Democratic In activity Denied. WHAT W. H. RYAN SAYS COMPLETE ORGANIZATION BEING EFFECTED IN NEW YORK. Chairman Taggart to Make a Supreme Effort to Carry Indiana for Parker. "The alleged inactivity of the democrats in this campaign, so far as New York state is concerned, has no more foundation than the fact that the democrats are sawing wood and not indulging in a campaign of talk," said Representative William Henry Ryan of Buffalo, when seen by a Star re porter at the headquarters of the demo cratic congressional committee today. "Mr. Sheehan put the situation in a nut shell when he said in an interview that he would talk about the election after the votes are counted. Work and not talk is what counts and that is what is being de pended upon in this election. Efforts in New York State. "In New York state complete organiza tion is being effected. Every county of the state is being organized and I believe the result of this sy stematic work will be show next November. It is too early to talk with any definiteness about the way the state is going, but from present indications I am satisfied that Parker will carry it. He has all the strength of Cleveland and wherever there have been democrats in the past there are democrats now. "I know of no division anywhere in the party or of any lack of interest in the campaign that is liable to affect the vot ing strength of the democratic party. It is simply a question as to whether we can keep the republican vote in the upper part of the state down so that our New York city majority will give the state to Parker and Davis. "There will he no majority of 100,000 for anybody, but I feel sure the democrats are in a position now to carry the state." Mr. Ryan had a long talk with Chairman cowherd at the democratic headquarters. He expressed the opinion that the demo crats in New York state would not only bold( all the seats they row have in the House of Representatives, but that they would probably gain several districts now represented by republicans. The democratic committee has hired a Large, light, airy room on G street. nearly >pposite their headquarters, for the use of ?mployes getting out campaign literature. rhey have formerly had this work done in the basement of the Riggs House, but the place there was not large enough, nor was it otherwise suitable. A large amount of literature is going out of the new folding room. It is being sent to all the states in which a fight is being made by the democrats. Trying to Win Indiana. In Indiana alone it is said that within a reasonably short time there will be sent 1,000,000 speeches for Tom Taggart to cir culate In his effort to carry that state for the democrats. Chairman Taggart is not resting in his efforts to carry Indiana for Parker. He long ago declared that there was a chance to secure that state, in spite of the fact that the republican vice presi dential candidate was taken from it. A part of his plan is to fill the state with democratic speeches, and he is preparing to do it. He is being given every available assistance in his work by the national committee of which he is chairman. While he might exercise his own authority in re spect to Indiana. regardless of the view taken of his course by others, the fact is that he has the earnest support of other members of the national committee. Most of them rather doubt his ability to make good his claim that Indiana is fighting ground and that lie can carry it for Par ker, but as Mr. Taggart has expressed con fidence in his ability to do so they are willing to see how far he can carry out his expectations. From now until the campaign is closed the democratic activity in Indiana, it is said, may be expected to become more and more intense. Work of the Congressional Committee. The probability that the congressional committee will be moved to New York city is growing less. But it has not yet been decided whether it will be moved there or be kept here. In any event the work of distributing campaign documents will be done in this city, where there are said to be better facilities for printing and distrib uting documents than in any place the committee could locate. The national committee h-s given some large orders for printing to the congres sional committee, and as soon as possible these orders wvill be filled. The committee has several spee'hes ready for tihe press in addition to those that have been circu lated in the past, and in a few days they will be ready for distribution. One of these speeches relates to irrigation, and Is intended to show what the democratic p)arty has diune to .orward irrigation in the west. ASSURANCES GIVEN PANAMA. Announcement Made by Minister Ear rett Has a Good Effect. It is learned that tile American minister to Panama. Mr. John Barrett, acting under Instructions from the State Departmnent, has assured the Panaman government th1t the United States will do nothing, in its interpretation of the treaty regarding the troublesome port qluestion, which is in any way inconsistent with the honor and true interests of both countries and that it will not adopt any permanent policy as to the main issue involved In the port matter without fully conferring with the Panaman authorities. This announcement has had a good effect In hte isthmus. Minister Barrett has suggested to the State Department that the United States government lend Its aid to prevent Panama from becoming a resort for adventurers. In the old days when t'he discovery of gold ir. California made Panama a busy hign way, there was much lawlessnesa. The people of Panama are anxious tolbenefit as much as possible from the increase of busi ness due to the canal. The canal commis sion has Instructions to favor the citizena of the new republic in the employmeitt of labor. A DUMMY WARSHIP. Section of a Cruiser to Re Used as Tar get for Big Guns. At the instance of the board of ordnance and fortifications of the army, thes Secre tary of Wat has called upon the NAvy De partment for permission to have construct ed at the navy yard, New Yori, a target representing a section of an armored cruis er which shall be erected at the ady Hook proving groun4d fr these of the orduanee 4hltt ot' the ir a be s tests with s ns. ihM s e granted and the waor wim be benn U CLERKS ARR EDUCED THEY HAVE TAX0 LL LBM3 POE SEVERAL YEAE$. Acting Secretary Moorh Censiders One Who Takes Sizty- Days'. IA&v* Physically Incapacitated. "When clerks in the government service persist in availing thenselves year after year of the full thirty-day annual and thir ty-day sick leave it is to my -mind proof of the physical inability of such clerks to hold responsible positions." This statement was made today by Prof. Willis L. i :oore, chief of the weather bu reau, and acting Secretary of the Depart ment of Agriculture, aid to demonstrate the courage of his conviction he immedi ately ordered the reduction of three clerks holding important positions in the depart ment. These clerks, whose names Profes sor Moore preferred not to make public, according to the records, have taken the full sixty-day leave every year for several years. Two of them were employed in the weather bureau, and for this reason Pro fessor Moore felt no hesitancy in taking the radical action attributed to him. The order created a momentary flurry among the clerks in the Department of Agricul ture, and it is probable that they will be more sparing in taking advantage of the sick leave in the future. His Attention Called to Matter. "When I assumed temporary charge of this department several days ago, upon the departure of Secretary Wilson," said Pro fessor Moore, in explanation of his order, 'it was called to my attention that some of our best clerks--or, rather, clerks hold ing the best positions-were in the habit of availing themselves of their full thirty days' sick leave, in addition to their annual leave. An abundance of physicians' cer tificates were tilled to show that the clerks were actually "sick" for one month every year, and the records show that the de partment has had only ten. months' work annually from each of them. 'I looked up the law, and discovered that both the thirty-day annual and theathirty day sick leaves are discretionary with the head of the department. Ile may grant both, or deny both, as he sees fit. It did not take me long to determine that the privilege was being abused, and I decided upon the course of action -I have taken. It is clear to me that if a clerk is actually ill thirty days every year, and needs an addi tional thirty days for rebt and recupera tion, besides Sundays and other holidays, he cannot be classed as a healthy man. In fact, such a clerk is physically incapable of holding responsible positions, and I fa vor the promotion of strong, able-bodied clerks to take their places. In following out this idea I have reduced three of the clerks holding important positTins in this department, and have. iled their places with clerks who are able to work eleven months out of.twelve, Will Show No P eferences. "I intend to show no pcefereps , and as other similar cases are brought to my at tention I will take- similar action. Fur thermore, I am confident the Secretary of Agriculture, upon his return September 8, will approve of the course:i. _,Itar, " 0 UTINGSATQY QXS AY PRESIDENT AND FAMILY ENJOY ING OUTDOOR PLEASURES. OYSTER BAY, L. I., August 26.-Taking advantage of the fact tlfat no engagements are booked for today, the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by two of their sons, went for a long horseback ride, returning to Sagamore Hill only In time for luncheon. Business was deferred until afternoon. During the next three or four days the President will put the finishing touches on his letter of acceptance. It will prog ably be placed in the hands of a printer September 1. The letter will contain ap proximately 12,000 words. The date of its publication has not been determined defi nitely, but it very likely will be on Mon day, September 12. The President has not received the repre sentations said to have been forwarded to him by the attorneys for the Western Fed eration of Miners, urging action by the na tional government in the matter of the de portation of citizens from the disturbed district in Colorado. The Department of Commerce and Labor, through Carroll D. Wriglt, commissioner of labor, and his agent, lts made an ex haustive inquiry into the Colorado labor situation and Is keeping to constant touch with It. The President tes is enabled to have practically first-hant infermation on the subject. As the matter stands now it is understood to be entiely improbable that any action will be faken by the na tional government. Students' Dueling ExliMtion Denied. It was authoritatively degged here today that the German studant MeIts, who ar rived in New York on the -mtschland yes terday, en route to the St. Miai exposition, came to this country eithag by the invita tion or at the Instance of gteesident Roose velt, as has been announc Thbe President did not send an invitation l tem tb come to this country, and he - ad no inten tion of witnessing an exton of "paui kerei" or students' duel. SECRETARY XORTO#1ETU2RNS. Work on His Annuul rt Will Be Paul Morton, the Secre ~of the Navy, was again at his desk at Navy Depart meat today after an a' ce of several weeks. He was in conferencetiehs morning with Mr.-. Def tuasitn secretary, who has, ip see,bn acting secretary. The ay ila once begin work tonhis, u-eot I view of the speech he m~i cago advocating ythe la yitb world, the bureau ~eh1etd- .t are hopeful that his C eil Bulletinnuehihis WORESRR, 'i~a., tas agstant forenon buletin ObsenWee,S bee Senator Hoarwaswalltot "The senatorpist.4In There is no deeinlsCid conletion.Ths Thma P mantial Sentor Hoar wa- st "Tesetol r,e -s Thre s3 noesetghc condition."L benaw&fa~ fair. MR S,V, HAYDEN TALKS Interview With Mrs. May brick's Counsel. OFFERS MADE TO 'HER FROM LECTURE BUREAUS AND MAGAZINE SYNDICATES. When Thoroughly Rested She Will Come to Washington to Live-Some Misstatements Refuted. Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Jlaybrick had scarcely set foot upon American soil before she was Importuned by all manner of con cerns who seek to make money on the no toriety of others, from lecturing bureaus to magazine syndicatev. Her attorney. Mr. Samuel V. Hayden of the tirm of llayden & Yarrell, has returned to Washington, after accompanying Mrs. Maybrick on her voyage across the ocean, and he talked interestingly today with a Star reporter. There was a great pile of papers on the desk of Mr. Hayden in his private office in the Pacific building when the reporter en tered. Many of the papers, he expiained, were requests for Mrs. May brick's services to lecture and exhibit herself, or to write articles for syndicates or periodicals. One of these propositions was from a prominent lecture bureau, which offered Mrs. May brick, through Mr. Hayden, $5hJ a week for -" s 7aybeifk. an engagement of nine weeks to deliver a course of lectures in all parts of the coun Ury., The wrijer. of this lett'er-added that if $500 per *ee t was not' enough that Mr. Hayden'should name- a price at which she would ag=1-to lecture. "This- letter and others of its kind has not arnl will not, of course. be shown to Mrs. Maybrick," said the attorney. "Of fers for magazine articles on any subject she may seleet have been-received also. It is Mrs. MaybrleRis desire ~to uioid notoriety and obtain rest, liich Is neces.-ary to the restoration of- her - health." An Article on Prison Reform. While in prison, Mr. Hayden said, Mrs. Maybrkk prepared an article on prison re form and the segregation of habitual crim inals and consi ptives fron flirst offenders, her argunent beipg along the lines which were followed in- establishing the Wash ington house of detention and juvenile court. She also- devoted an' interesting chapter of her paper on imprisoament for debt in England, where there are said to be 1l,'w10 persons incarcerated in prisons because of their alleged inability to pay their indebtediness. The paper is a rather lengthy one and touches on a variety of matters that-came under her observation while behind English prison bars. Mr. Hayden said that no photographs had been taken of Mrs. Maybrick since she was released,. except the snap shots secured by reporters and others when she arrived in New York. As she wore a veil at all times when not indoors it was im possible to get good liken~esses by this instantaneous outdoor process. The al leged pictures of her which appeared in many publications and purported to rep resent her after she left prison were taken from a wax figure representIng Mrs. Maybrick In a London wvax figure show, in which are given figures of the Boer generals, Gen. Roberts, Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Garfield, Gen. Grant and other American celebrities. In this figure Mrs. Maybrick Is represent ed in deep mourning aiid her face is cov ered by a dark veil. Photographs of this wax figure were sent all over the world, it is said, and published by many newspapers In many countries. When asked about the present where abouts of Mrs. Maybrick, her attorney said she was in the Catskill mountains with a wealthy family, the members of which had taken a great Interest in her. It Is her intention to fully recuperate. Will Reside in Washington. "And then," said Mr. Hayden, "she wIll take up her residence in Washington, but when she will come here I cannot state at this time." "Mrs. Maybrick cannot express her kind ly feeling to the American people and press for all their goodness to her during her long years of suffering and on her ar rival home," added Mr. Hayden. "Her health is broken, but not as much as one would suppose. She says it was her love for her mother and her children and the comfort in the kIndness of her American friends and her confidence in a just God that had enabled her to bear it all," he statement, which was widely publish ~ ht Mrs. Maybrick fled from France j~rway home to escape extradition back - glnd was characterized -by Mr. Hay a "false A?glel." Mrs.- Maybrick's Willam IChandler, was a banker ie. ewunicle, John A. Catmpbell, -prominent resident of Washington the war, at which time he was a of the Suprepae.Court up to the be af the civil war. His old home Is am r4aie.a .square.-. At one time it ebiwld as the Risslan mnaasy. Da The hue and cry that was -Sertain quarters- in- this country tO Mr-s.- Maybrick's right to s Amn'tean'-soil pn .the gr-ound that b0mged '1n the. estoery of convicts, - tqated-tdutht that- entire landing of Mrs. Maybrick upon her arrival in this country. as she is regarded as an American citizen. with every right as such." This is signed by Commissioner Sargeant, as is the following, addressed to Mr. Satm uel V. Ha -den himself under recent date: "This iT to acknowledge the receipt Ot your letter of the 5th instant, written from London. England, advising that Mrs. May brick, yourself and family will arr.ve on the steamship Vaderland on about the 21st instant at the port of New York. I have this day issued confidential instructions to the commissioner at New York to facilitate the landing of Mrs. Maybrick without un necessary delay or publicity." Mr. Hayden expressed his sincere thanks to the government officials and the press for their kind treatment in this particular. Mr. Hayden stated that he had learned I). Mr. S. V. Hayden. t'onsel for irs. Mlaybrick. W. Armstrong of Richmond was re-ponst ble for the origination of the ques.ton of Mrs. Maybrick's citizensh p. After 'ilr. tayden hadl he-n shown a newspaper clipping cottaining a statf mnint made by Mr. D. W. Armstrong of Rich mond, in connection with his answer to the suit brought against him by Madame Von Roques, who iz Mrs. May brick's mother, that the r-lcase of Nirc. Maybrick from prison w.;- seenred by trick, the attorney said: "'Mrs. ia ybrick aid her mot i r. the Baroness yon R'.ques. are Iie p;rties inl interest. and the statllmenut of .\rmstrng. their former attorney a nd agent. hat M1rs. M1laybrick'"s relase was obtained by a trick perpetrated upon the English government because her testimony- was necess,iry in this litigation is uncitutliliedly false. Uinder the will of her grandfather. Darius Blake Holbrook. who was a partner of Cyrus Field !n laying the first Atlantic cable, and was a wealthy man of his day. one-half of his estate, including 2.L.i2i00 acres of land in Virginia, Vest Virginia and Kentucky, was left to the Baroness Von Roques, the mother of Mrs. Maybrick, for life, at her death to go to her issue or their descend ants. "Mrs. Maybrick is the < aly child of Baro ness Von Roque. The effect of this will was to vest the fee in Mrs. Maybrick. the baroness having only the right to enjoy Its profits during life. A Deed in 1887. "Mrs. Maybrick and her mother executed deeds to one Groom about 1867 at the in stance of Armstrong. who was then their attorney, in order that the title might be centered in some one to facilitate convey-. ancing. Under this deed in 1888 Mr. Arm strong sold to a Mr. Roberts of New York a portion of the lands for about $1).OOO. This sale was not reported to Mrs. May brick or her mother and only came to the knowledge of my firm tHayden & Yarrell within the past six months. "In 1$89, during an intermission of twenty minutes, while the judge was giving his In structions to the jury in Mrs. May brick's trial for the murder of her husband, six deeds were presented to her for her signa ture, six times in her own right and twelve times as guariian of her children. "Mrs. Maybrick says her und.-rstanding was that the deeds conveyed a small por tion of her Kentucky lands. It subsequent ly developed they were deeds confirmng former deeds to Groome, as w-ll as convey ing Kentucky lands. "The consideration citeo was one dollar, but she understood the real consideration was $2,.00"'. of which her mother and her self would reeeiv: $ll.000. less the ex penses, etc..- of Mr. J. S. Potter. who was acting under a power of attorney from them. "Just after Mrs. Maybrick had signed the dceds she fainted. She did not read :he deeds, she sa!d, and was not in a frame of mind to understand them had she done so." The testimony of the officials of the Ken tucky Union Land Company.' ndw in the office of Messrs. Hayden and Yarrell. shows that Mr. Armstrong received $85.000 .ut of the transaction. It is said that 525,000) was received from J. Taylor Ellison of Richmond for anothier portion of land. About 500,000 acres of these lands In Wet Virginia were sold to othrer par'ties. All -the lands have -been transfer'red. - The hope of, Mt-s. Maybr-ick and her mother is that such portion of the lands may be recovered as were~ convefed since the beginning of the stuit by Baroness von Roque against Armstrong, Ii pendens hv ing been tiled in a number of counties where the land is located before the deeds were recorded. - About two year-s ago the state of WVest Virginia, began strit to quiet title to 500I,000 acres of land which had passetd under these deeds. Mrs. Maybrick arid her mother were made partly defendants^- Their testimony became necessary. These facts were rep resented to the British government, but in no wise affected Mrs. Maybr-ick's release. TO ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE. Bocialists Will - Fight Movement to Support the Vatican. Speelarl Dispateh to The Ereninog Star. NEW TORK, N. Y., August 2ti.-A cable-1 gram from Paris says: The socialists are preparing to take up the challenge of Compte De-Mun in his appeal to ti.e ultra montane element In France to organize a great populA' demonstration of homage and fidelity to the pope and protest against the rupture of diplomatic relations with thre Vatican. The socialist organ, Petite Re publique, proposes the presentation of a petition to the legislature by all French re publicans protesting against the "national, abdication of French Catholics before the - papacy." In an interview at Pons M. Combes, the French premier, sraid.he believed the main tenance of the concordat was impossible. I The Vatican. he added, -is continually vio lating the pact which the French govern ment has respected, and the opposition of the Vatican to the nomination of bishp has become systematipt. Separation o thurch and state would be Inevitable. Re ferring to protection of Catholic., Combes said every maqn shopnI protect its own subjects.-were tltEy Protestants, Ma honstnedan or 'abo 'b te majority of French subjets hQe o bie Catholics, and France would potthem,t Vessls mat Out og Oimwataio. Announcesueuit Is inade at tbe Navy De- I prtmeut that the Concord has been placed sit ef couanission at* the navy yard, '-a r TEE STAN BY XAIL. The Star wiM"e maiied to any-ad dress in the United States or Canada for 13 cents per week, 25 cents fot tio weeks or 50 cents per month. postage prepaid. Payment to be made INVARIABLY IN ADVANCL The address may be changed as fre quently as deslred. Always give the old as well as the new address. i CONFERENCE IS HELD Councilmen Meet With Pack era and Labor Leaders. SESSION PRIVATE ONE DONNELLY THINKS EMPLOYERS ARE WEARY AND WILLING. Catholic Clergymen Offer Their Serv ices Toward a Settlement-Booker T. Washington Declines to Speak. CiIItCAGO, August 26.-Union leaders and packers today conferred with the committee appointed by the city coun-cil to seek ternms of settlement for the stock yards strike. Separate sessions were ar ranged. President IDonnelly of the butcher workmen, Matthew Carr of the allied trades conference and Organizer John J. Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor were selected to represent the unions. President DIonnelly was hopeful. "In spite of all that has been said," he asserted, "1 believe the packers are weary of fighting us and will be willing to agree to terms." The packers gathered at the offiees of Nelson Morris & Co.. where a conference on the proposed attempt to settle the strike by the aldermen was discussed. The conference was a private one. but Alderman Thomas Carey was admitted and remained for almost an hour. Others who attended were T. Connors, Armour & Co.: T. E. Wilson, Nelson Morris & Co.; Edward Tilden, Libby. McNeill & Lihhy; Attorney Evans of Swift & Co., and At torney I'rion of Armour & Co. Eight Catholic clergymen. led by the Icer. Edward Kelly of St. Cecelia's Church. have held :r confereuie witit President lIonnell.%. Severai of the clergy. men had come iroua other cities. After conferring with the Rev. Father Kelly they decided to offer their services to ward a settlement of the strike. It was reported that in other cities great suffer ing was resulting from the strike. No word of the outcome of the cmnf'erence was given out. In reply to an in%itation to speak in r'hieagu on ":Should Negroes ieconme S-tike freakers ' Booker T. Washington has sent a cieclinatiun. saying pr'\ ious cngagemenuts prevent his appearane here. PICKETS CLOSELY WATCH. Steel Company Succeeds in Operating One Mill Today. YOL'NGSTOWN, Ohio. August 26.-The American Steel Hoop Company haq its ulter mill in full operation here today. hi.ving secured enough workmen. reinforced by the clerical fcree in the oice, to run the plant, and Is turning out the usual output. It is stated that enough em ployes will be secured to start the night turn this evening. Exception to this state ment is taken by the pickets of the Amal Samated Association, who are keeping close watch on every avenue leading into the plant and interviewing every one seen in that locality who attempts to visit the property. All is quiet in that section of the city and there is no outward indication of any trouble in progress between the manage rent and the old employes. Ever thing Is reported quiet in and around the Girard mill. The Amalagamated officials say no effort is being made today to operate the plant, the inf'erence being that the company is awaiting the a'rrival of some skilled men a fore starting the furnaces and rolls hm asperation. SECOND INDICTMENT RETURNED. 3rand Jury Returns Another Bill Against Weinseimer. NEW YORK, August 26.-A second in litme nt. charging uxtortion, was handed lown by the grand jury twiahy against Phil ip) Weinse!mer, p1residt ut of the Biuilding T'rades A lliantce. Them comnplainanut is 'harles Tucker, a plumbling contractor, wvho charges that on Seltember 7, 1901, wvhile doing the plumbing work in the Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. b.uiding Weinseinmer 'shook him down" for $-4i on threat to call strike. The money, it is charged, was paid Dy check, made payable to Weinseimetr. Weinseimer was held in $1,t000 bail on he charge, pleading being set for Septem jer 6. Both employers and union men concerned n the building trades lockout maintained tconfident and sanguine stand today, the otmer declaring themselves to be able to ecure all the men they need to continue heir contracts and the latter apparently 'ertain that ultimate victory is assured. rlhere was little change in the actutal situa ion today. KAISER'S GIFT~ COMING. statue of Frederick the Great Started for America. BERLIN, August 26.-Prof. Uphiues* R.atue of Frederick the Great, to be pre ented to the t'nlted States by Emperor 'illiam, and which has been standing all ummer in the sculptor's garden, was pack d yesterday and shipped to Hamburg. It rIll be forwarded to America by one of the Tamburg-American line steamer., cotnsgne d to Ambassador von Sternburg. It has been understood that a delegation f descendants of Germens who fought In he American war oif independence would >e sent by the German government to at end the presentation ceremonies in Wash tngton, but the foreign office is us.aware of uch a plan. All the arrangements have been intrusted a Ambassador von Sternburg, who, for the ucaston, acts as Emperor William's special -epresentativ'e. TO MOVE THE CROPS, 15easurer Roberts Tells of the Ship ment of Currency. "The shipment of currency for moving he crops has begun rather vigorously," aid Treakurer Roberts this afternoon. "We have sent already this week to New Or ians against deposits in New York l32i,000, .id to Chicago adainst deposits in New 'ork S1,000,000. "By comparison with last year it will be een tisat the New Orleans movement is suich about the same, and the Chicage movement much more active, The total ayments in Chicago last year from Jam Sary td . 8ptestber 1, a=ainst depeoits in iow York, were $1,30,680 We have iready sent In that period this year. Ia hling tis weeks movement, PA.s ad it Is pesdb3e that mee will sebe iennwa$teSs fA Tg as been . iNe U880 a