t
a Fair wa warmer warmer tonight t i1ight to toi You Talk to All the Peoplemorrov People PeopleTHROUGH 1 1Fair
Ii i morrovv winds morrov mon tvi nds o 5 fair light westerly westerlywinds I II 1 fie a fit hill ngt t on a L < E tme J iepi TIMES THROUGH WANT WP + NT Atvi A ATIMES AIi AD ADNUMBER ADNUMBERGto
1 1NUMBER
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NUMBER NUMBERGto 3610 WASHINGTON FRIDAY EVENING APRIL 29 1904 PRICE ONE CENT
I
SHAW DRAWS CHECK CHECKFOR CHECKFOR
FOR 1000000 1000000CANAL 1000000CANALPAYMENT
CANAL CANALPAYMENT CANALPAYMENTTurns PAYMfNT PAYMfNTTurns
Turns It Over ve to toand Morgan Morganand Nlorganand
and Company Fis Fiscal FiscaJ Fiscal ¬
cal caJ Agents AgentsBALANCE AgentsBALANCE AgentsBALANCE
BALANCE TO MINISTER MINISTERBank lINISTERBank MINISTEBank R
Bank of France Fran e Will Proba Probably Probably Probably ¬
bly Draw Through New NewYork NewYork NewYork
York for 40000000 40000000Immediately 40OOOOOImmedlfltcly 40000003Immediately
Immediately after the Cabinet meeting meetingtoday meetingtOday meetin meetintoday g
today Secretary of the Treasury Shaw Shawsigned Shawsigned Sha t tsigned v
signed the first check In payment for forthe forthe fo fothe r
the Panama Canal The Thecheck check is drawn drawnIn drawnin draw drawin n
In favor of t the Republic of Panama PanamoJ Panama PanamaJ
J P Morgan Company Comp ny Fiscal FiscalAgents FiscalAgents FiscalAgents
Agents and Is for one million dollars dollarsVarious dollursYnrious dollarsVarious
Various plans for the payment pn mtnt of th the therepublic therepublic e
1 republic have been contemplated by b the theTreasury thelreasulj th thTreasury e
Treasury State and Justice Depart Departments Departments Departments ¬
ments since It became definitely known knownthat knownthat know knowthat n
that all obstacles were out of the way wayand wa waand wayand
and that the canal property had be been beenturned beenturned beenturned
turned over to Lieut Mark Brooke rooke of ofthe otthe o othe t
the Engineer Corps as a representative representativeof representatIve representatIveot representativof e
of the United States Government GovernmentAt
At one time It was as contemplated to todraw todxaw todraw
draw both vouchersone vouchers ouchersone one for 1000 1000and 1000000 1000000and 1000000and
and the one for 59000000 9OOOOOOat at the t same sametime sometime sam samtime e
time turning the larger voucher voueh toueher r over O r t tSecretary to toSecretary toSecretary o
Secretary Hay to hold for the arrival arrivalof arrlalot arrivaof I
of the Panama Pft mn ministerFirst minister ministerFirst ministerFirst
First Plan AbandonedThis Abandoned AbandonedThis AbandonedThis
This plan has been abandoned how however however however ¬
ever and the present purpose Is not to todraw todtnw t tdraw o
draw the larger voucfher until after the them th thmMal tharrival e
m arrival rival of the new minister The rca rcasot reaSOh ratsot
sot given is that the United States does doesnot doosnol do donot ar
not know the wishes of the Panamrepublic Panama Panamarepublic PanamarelubUc a
republic In the matterIt matter matterIt matterIt
It is understood that the new repub republic republIc republic ¬
lic is under certain obligations obllgatl ns to Mr MrMorgans MrMorguns MrMorgans
Morgans syndicate to to satisfy which whichand whuhahd whichatd
and to stop a possible high interest
todays warrant was drawn It is Is no nodefinitely not notdefinitely notoefinftely
definitely known whether this amounts amount
la s sufficient to satisfy satlst the alleged allegedclaims alleg ed
claims of Mr Jr Morgans company un9 un
It may m y be b thatPflnaqHt that pliniJIJ111 may maywish wish mor morof m lL lLor L Lof
of her hers share re tif the payment to go t to p
ti Mr Morgan MorganRespite
Respite published dispatches from fromars fro m
I Jars arts ars that the French treasury is s con concerned concEtred concared ¬
cared to have the payment yrnent of the 40
000000 made In such a way as not to t
diplarb the stock market it Is now dell definitely dellJitel deftuitely ¬
nitely Jitel known at the Treasury that thl thfsum thu thusum thlsum t
sum has been paid P8fd tb France through h
the Bank of France l < rance instead of ofsyndicate by a asyndicate asyndicate
syndicate of banks as s at first ilrstban ilrstbanflounced an annuunced annunced
flounced nuuncedWill
Will Draw on United States StatesII StatesIt
It Is equally certain that the Bank of ofFrance orFrance o oFrance t
France will draw on the United States Statesfor Statesfor Stat Statfor
for this sum at once though It is not notkiown not1nown no noknown t
known what method of procedure will willbe wIllbe w11 w11be 1
be adopted It Is not thought howeverthat however howeverthat howeerthat
that the draft will be made by cable cablebul cablebu cablebut
but bu that it has been made already in inthe inth4 f fthe 4
the th4 usual manner by mall in wnich wnichcase wnlchcase wnic wniccase h
case the draft should reach re cl1 the Unite UniteStates UnlteflStates UniteStates 1
States in n about a wek This draft may ma y
be on the United States Treasury or oragain or8baln o oagain r
again It may ma be on Mr Morgan or somo somoother somoother som somother o ro
other of the banks New York corrt corrtPpondents corr4fIJOnden corr corrapondents
Ppondents PpondentsI fIJOnden fIJOndenIt
I It is the belief at the Treasury thz thzthe thit thitthe thltth t
the th draft will 111 be on J P Morgan Morgano
Co 0 It is manifestly impossible to take takeany takeany tak takany e
any steps toward the payment of th the the40COO009 the4ltCOOOOO e
40COO009 until the draft Is received receivedTreasury receivedTreasury
Treasury Balance Small SmallOwing SmallOwing SmallOwing
Owing to the heavy expenditures of ofthe ofthe o othe f
the current year the Treasury balance balancewill balancewm balan balanwill ce
will by reason of the Panama pay payments payments paymonth ¬
ments be reduced to a lower figure than thanat thanat tha thaat n
at any time since the Cleveland AdminIstration Admin Administration AdminIstration ¬
istration The standing tradition of the thedepartment thedepartment th thdepartment e
department is that the working balance balanceBhall balanceshall baian baianshall
shall not go below Ji00000 OOiooo This is ispractically IIIpractically k kpractically
practically the present pre ent balance The Theamount Theamount Th Thamount e
amount necessary to make up the 550 50
000000 and which will have to come comefrom comefrom cormfrom e
from the Treasury fs 9I5OO000 2KK a0ooo OOQ This Thiswill Thiswfll Thi Thiwill
will leave a balance of only some 21000
000 However this can be increased at a t
moment by drawing on the Govern ¬
ment depositories for some of the 5130 130
000000 now with them so that no embar ¬
rassment can ensueGENERAL ensue ensueGENERAL ensueGENERAL
GENERAL DAVIS WILL BE BEGOVERNOR BEGOVERNOR BEGOVERNOR
GOVERNOR OF ZONE ZONEAdmiral ZONEAdmiral ZON ZONAdmiral E
Admiral Walker aJker chairman of the theIsthmian theIsthmian lh lhIsthmian e
Isthmian Canal Commission Comml lon who has hasJust hagjust ha hajust a
Just returned from Panama hold a eon conference eonference eonferenee ¬
ference with President Roosevelt Roo velt last lastnight lastnIght lea leanight t
night and the trip of the commissioners commissionerswas commisalonerwas s
was Informally discuwed discuwedAdmiral dI diseueteadAdmiral cuMeCt cuMeCtAdmiral
Admiral Walker Walk r will m call c u the commia commiaCentinued commsContinued eommisContinued
Continued on Second PageJ PageJWEATHER Page Pagen PageWEATHER
WEATHER REPORT REPORTRain REPORTRain
Rain n has continued d in New England ngJand
the middle Atlantic States the lower r
lake region and the upper Ohio Val ¬
ley and local rains have fallen In the th e
Rocky Rock Mountain region and the th north nort b
Pacific Coast The rain in northeastern n
districts has been light except in Ne New w
England where here the fall was rather r
heavy heavyTlie h heavyThe a Y YTl
The Tl temperature t merature changes hav have be been beenunlmvorta be beunimportau n nunimportant
unimportant unimportantThe unimportauThe t tThe
The weather eathee in northeastern nortJt tern districts districtswill dllltzlctMw1ll dletrlc dletrlcwill
will clear tonight and Saturday wl will II
be b fair and warmer Showers are in ¬
dicated for the lower Mississippi It tat1l Valley Vall Valland ey
and Tennessee tonight and Saturday
The temeprature tt > will rise slowly slowl In Inall Inall I Iall s
all districtsThe districts districtsThe dlstretfiThe
The winds atony alon g the th e middle and Dd gout south Ii
Atlantic Coast will be mostly mo ta light to t o
fresh westerly we terly on or the cant eta t gulf gulf Boas coast eo st t
light to variaole becoming fresh tre south southerly southeriy outh outherl ¬
erly erl
TJEMPERATURK lEMPERA TURD
9 a m Y 5
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t THE SUN SUNSun StNSun SUNSun
Sun sets today 649 p Do m
Sun rises M CS tomorrow 506 a aTIDE m mTIDE mT ntm
TIDE T IDE TABLE TABLELow TABLELow TABLELow
Low tide tday tb 7 p n t m
High tide r fja iav d la > 1251 p pm m
Low tide tmunx t Wmtrrew murn > w2U3 2J3 a m 750 4 p m
High tide tomorrow8OS tomorrow BDS a m 1040 p m
PRESIDENT PRESIOENTNAMES PRESIOENTNAMESVERMONT NAMES NAMESVERMONT
VERMONT MAN IN INPRITCHARDS INPRITCHARDS
PRITCHARDS PlACE PlACEWendell PLACEWendell
Wendell Phillips Stafford Staffordto
to Be DistrictJudge District DistrictJudge DistrictJudge
JudgeI JudgeNEVIS Judge JudgeNEWS JudgeNEWS
I
NEWS AT THE CITY CIT HALL HALLDistrict HALLDistrict
District Lawyers Surprisedand Surprised Surprisedand Surprisedand
and Disappointed at Pres Presidents Presidents Presidents ¬
idents Prompt Action ActionWendell ActionYendell ActionWendell
Wendell Phillips Stafford of Vermont Vermonthas Vermonthas
has been appointed associate justice o of oftle otUe
tle tiles Supreme Court of the District of ofColumbia otC o
Columbia C < umbla to succeed Jeter C Pritchard Prltchardrecently PritchardrecEntly
recently appointed judge of the Fourth FourthUnited FOUIthUnited Four FourUnited
United United States Judicial circuitThe circuit circuitThe circuitlhc
The appointment was announced b bthe by bythe byth
the th Attorney General this morning im immediately Immediately ¬
mediately after the Cabinet meeting meetingThe meetinglhe
The announcement came like a bomb bombshell bom bomhen bombalien ¬
shell hen to the members of the Washing Washll1 Washll1ton Washington ¬
ton Bar who were assembled this after afternoon afternOOn afternoon ¬
noon at the City Hall to suggest the thename th thname thename
name 6f t a local locallawer lawyer to the President Presidentto Preslde1to
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig resigratlon resiSt
ration t stlon of Justice Pritchard PritchardSince PrltchurdSince
Since the announcement of the resig resignation resignation resignation ¬
nation of Justice Pritchard members membersof memberof
of the Washington bat were organizing organizingfor
for the purpose of sending a strong pe petition petition ¬
tition to the President to nominate a aDistrict aDistrIct
District man for the place placeMeeting plac placMeeting
Meeting in Prospect ProspectWithin ProspectWithin ProspectWithin
Within the short while they the had to towork towork t twork 0
0r
work nearly 1earl every every member of the ba bawas bar barwas barwas r
was notified to attend a mass meeting meetingthis meetingthIs meetin g
this evening in Criminal Court No 2 2for 2for ga
for the purpose So it was that at atlate a alate alate
late hour when the news of Judge Staf Staffords StafCords ¬
fords appointment reached the Clt City CityHall CityHall
Hall the corridors were crowded with withlawyers withlawers withlawyers h
lawyers waiting for the meeting to tobegin tobegin t tbegin o
begin beginWhen beginWhen beginWhen
When the news was told them by byreporter a areporter areporter
reporter for The Times they expressed expressedmuch expresse expressemuch expressomuch li
much surprise and manyof them were wereJit wer werat were wereat
at first disinclined to to believe it When Whenhowever Vhenho
however ho evet they the were w re satisfied of the thermost theT th thvarsity e
> varsity T llty 9ft of fife c xe > epOrtt rt iOS those rha baJ t been ee 1 1mpsbabthe91n
rmost mpsbabthe91n mOht activeln calling call1n the th me1Jtln g r werel werelquite rore rorequite
quite as active In calling it off offFormerly
Formerly Considered ConsideredJudge ConsideredJudge ConsideredJudge
Judge Stafford was wasseriously seriously consider considered considered ¬
ed for a position on the local Supreme SupremeCourt Sup > eme
Court at the time of Judge Wrights Wrightsappointment
appointment so near In fact that he hemissed hemissed
missed the appointment very Vt narrowly
This Is supposed to be the reason that thatno thatno
I no more time was required for the consideratidn con consideration ¬
sideration of his hlsnamo name this time The Thepapei Thepapel
paper t li his case were not even brought
from the Department of Justice so well
had his record been looked up before
Judge S SatTord afford is s a 11 native of Barre
Vt and resides in St Johnsbury He is
but fortytwo years old and lass a wife wifeand wifeand
and one son thirteen years old As As a ayouth
youth outh he studied law under Henry Henr C
Ide the present resent vice governor r of the
Philippines and later attended the lawdepartment law
department of o Boston University from fromwhich tromwhIch fromwhich
which he was graduated He then en entered entered ¬
tered into law partnership with Judge
Ide severing this connection and going
into practice for himself fifteen years yearsago yearsq yearsJudge
ago agoJudge q
agoJudge Judge Stafford was appointed to the theposition theposition
position of assistant judge of the Ver Vermont Vermont ¬
mont supreme court to succeed Judge Judc
Jonathan Ross who in turn had beenappointed been beenappointed beenappointed
appointed to the United States Senate Senateto Senateto Senateto
to succeed Senator Merrill At that thattime thattime
time thirtyeight years oors old he was next nextto next nextto
to the youngest oung t judge who had ever
filled a position on the State supreme
bench
Prominent in Profession ProfessionJudge ProfessionJudge ProfessionJudge
Judge Stafford Stafford1 became prominent as asa asa
a a lawyer almost from the beginning of ofhis ofhis ofhis
his practice and it was not long be before before before ¬
fore he was well known in the courts courtsoutside courtsoutside
outside of his State His fame as an anorator anorator
orator also spread and he is in fre frequent frequent frequent ¬
quent demand in New York and Boa Boaton Boston BosI BosIton
ton to deliver literary addresses His Hlaliterary HisIIterar
literary IIterar reputation re tatfon IB as wide as his hisoratorical hisoratorIcal hisoratorical
oratorical and legal fame He Is s best bestknown bestknown bestknown
known in this field by his volume of ofpoems otpoems ofpoems
poems entitled North orth Flowers published pub published pubI ¬
lished two years cars ago and most kindly kindlyreceived klndl klndlrecehed kindlyreceived
I
received receivedJudge receivedJudge
i Judge Stafford bears the reputation reputationof
of a most able and most attractive gentieman gen gentleman ¬
t tIeman and his friends which are le legion leIon ¬
glen Ion give assurance that hut the District Districtbench Districtbench
bench will have no cause to regret his hisAppointment hisI
I Appointment AppointmentNotwithstanding p > > Qlntment QlntmentNotwlth
Notwlth Notwithstanding tndlng the appointment appofn ment of ofJudge orJudg ofJudge
Judge Judg Stafford It will be Interesting to toknow toknow
know what the members of the local localbar localbar
bar purposed to do at the meeting thisafternoon this thisafternoon thisAfternoon
afternoon The following resolutions had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been prepared and nd were to have been in introduced Introduced introduced ¬
troduced troducedResolved troducedune troducedResolved
une Resolved olvoo That the chairman of this thismeeting thl8meeting thismeeting
meeting appoint a 11 committee of t fifteen fifteenincluding fifteenIncludtnc fifteenincluding
including himself as the chairman there thereof thereof thereof ¬
of to prepare and report to a 1 further furthermeeting furthormeeting furthermeeting
meeting to be b > held on Saturday Saturdlt May 7 71MM 71IJCW
1MM at 11 oclock suitable resolutions resolutionsexpressive resolutionsexpre resolutionsexpressive
expressive expre le of the sense of the bar of ofthis otthis ofthis
this District touching the coming re retirement retirement ¬
tirement of Mr 11r lr Justice Pritchard from fromthe tromthe fromthe
the Supreme Court thereof and andResolved lndRetrolved
Resolved further That the said com committee committee ¬
mittee be directed to call upon the thePresident thePresident
President and the Attorney Attorne General In Inthe Inthe
the meanwhile to request of them fa favorable favorable ¬
vorable conHidtration CtMtd ttfon of a member or ormembers ormembers ormembers
members of thin bar b r for appointment as asMr nsfr
Mr fr Pritchards successor on the said saidbench saidbtneh soldbench
bench bench and to report r port to the said matt ¬
ing fn > the he result rt > Mult of such request
At a conference between Attorney Attorne Gon General Goneral Gonoral ¬
eral Knox and Justice Pritchard this thismorning thismorning
morning at the Department of Justice
it was decided that the latter will con contlnue J Jtlnue
tlnue his judicial duties J Jbeneh
on the District Dl trlct
bench for some time it is probable probableunder probableunder probableunder
under the decision arrived at that Jus
tlch Pritchard will round out his work
in the local courts by today upon allcases all allcases allcases
cases for trial now assigned in Crim < rlm ¬
inal Court No 1 where he presides pr ldfJ
The themeeting meeting of the e Bar Association AJt AsOcRtinn OcutlO OcutlOwaii
wall held at the appointed hour and the theresolution theraolutlon theresolution
resolution regarding Justice Pritchard PritchardPROVIDENCE
was unanlmousl unanimously adopted adoptedPROVIDENCE
PROVIDENCE PLANTS OAK OAKPROVIDENCE OAKPROVIDENCE OARPROVIDENCE
PROVIDENCE R I April 29 29Expul 29Expulslon Expul Expulsion ¬
lion of Roger Williams lIIhtms founder ot ofProvidence ofj otProldenco
Providence from the Mas Massachusetts Massachusettsoolonies Massachusettsooionies achusetts achusettsoolonles
oolonies by Governor Winslow In 166 166was I 1 1All
was All commemorated by the planting of ofan
an oak tree on the site of o the hut occu ooouIJlod j
pled by b the preacher A bronze tablet tabletvus tabletwus I
was vus placed pluc d near the oak I
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WHERE E RUSSIANS AND TAPANESEARE AIffiSEhi r LOCKED iJ IN STRUGGLE
Dldpatchestfrdra DHpafdhes ril pa e frdm jrii Tokyo To1t1 c She0foQaiiliSt SheofoQ SheofoQaifaStPcfer3burg he t09 t09aiffi
aifaStPcfer3burg aiffi aiiliSt t Pbtersburg fcriburg Indicate considerable considerableactivity consI considerableactivity orable orableactivity
activity on on the Yalu The first big land landbattle landbattle landbattle
battle of the war seems seems imminent imminentOne ImminentOne imminentOne
One dispatch sent from Tokyo by Ad Admiral Admiral Admiral ¬
miral Hosaya says saysOur sasOur saysOur
Our detachment reached the Yalu YaluRiver YaluRiver
River River on Monday Monda and while whfl going up upstream upstream upstream
stream the enemys enem s field guns gunsoppos1te gunsoppos1teYottgampho opposite oppositeYongampho oppositeYongampho
Yongampho opened against up without
i
effect etf ct W dtaqjjferfcd opverbc1 bq V t 2f or < ti fe0 fe0enemy f > lliJ A Aenemy Genemy
enemy on on an island 1and lit n ° mRlstH mJas litl1n litl1nw an n l lwhen Kuftls Kuftlswhen d
when w enwc weflreo fired on them they fled fledOn fiedOn fledOn
On Tuesday the enemys cavalry caalr 100 ICQstrong 100strong 100strong
strong attacked our launch at the delta deltaof deltaot deltaof
of the river Our torpedo boat No C9 C9replied C9repJled 09replied
replied and the enemy fled into the thehills thehills thehills
hills leaving left vlng many man wounded woundedFrom woundodFrom woundedFrom
From AntsuShan An tauShan we replied to the theenemys theenemys theenemys
enemys guns and silenced them after
PRESIDENT RETAINS RETAINSTHE DETAINSTHE RETAINSTHE
THE POSTAL INQUIRY INQUIRYIN Ir OUIRY OUIRYIN
IN HIS OWN OWNHANDS OWNHANDSRepublicans HANDS HANDSRepublicans HANDSRepublicans
Republicans Plan Thus to Frustrate Demo Democratic D DemoUse mo mocr ¬
cratic cr ticU Use e of Investigation for Cam Campaign Campaign am ampaign ¬
paign Material
It now develops that the voting down downby downby downby
by the Senate of the resolution to have havethe htlvethe havethe
the Postofflce po tomce Department Investigated Investigatedby Invpstlgatedby
by Congress Con > re s was due to a desire on the thepart thepart thepart
part of the Administration to have that thatdepartment thatdepartment thatdepartment
department thoroughly gone over by byofficials b bofficials byofficials
officials already selected and commis commissioned commissioned commissioned ¬
sioned by President Pre hIent Roosevelt RooseveltWhen RooseveltVhen RooseveltWhen
When the resolution was up Mr tIr Lodge Lodgestated Lodsestated Lodgestated
stated that the Postofflce Department llupartmentwould Departmentwould J partment partmentwould
would be Investigated Investigated and It Is probable probablethat probablethat probablethat
that soon after Postmaster POlltmas er General GeneralPayne Genemllayne GeneralPayne
Payne returns to his desk which he hewill hewUl hewill
will do tomorrow official announcemeJ atnnouncemegwill announcement announcementwill t twUl
will be made of the general manner in inthe Inthe inthe
the investigation will be conducted It ItIs ItIs Itis
Is expected that according to Mr MrPayne MrPayne Jr JrPane
Payne this Inquiry will be merely a acontinuation n ncontinuation acontinuation
continuation of the work already done doneby doneby doneby
by Holmes Conrad and ll d Charles J Bona Bonaport Bonapnrt Bonapart
pnrtI port
I portMr Mr Payne arrived arriv in Washington from fromCharleston fromI fromCharleston
I Charleston at 7 oclock oclo < k this morning morningHe morningHe morningHe
He did not go to the department but butwent butwent butwent
went to the Cabinet meeting at the theWhite theVhfte theWhite
White House He reports himself much muchImproved muchImproved muchImproved
Improved In health and denies d nlcs em emphatically emphatically emphatiatlly ¬
phatically that he sutr suffered real el a relapse relapsewhile relapsewhile relapsewhile
while at Galveston as wail was wa reported reportediN reportedfOUR reportedEiitiiiii
fOUR Eiitiiiii MEN iN LOSE LIVES LIVESIN LIVESIN UVEStt1
IN THE TilELaborers LANSING FIRE FIRELaborers fiRELaborers
Laborers Sleeping in Bryan Block BlockPerish BlockPerish BlockPerish
Perish in Flames FlamesOne One Falls FallsFrom FallsFrom FallsFrom
From a Window WindowLANSING Windqw WindqwLANSING WindowLANSING
LANSING MIoh April 29 29Four Four men menare menare menare
are dead as a result of a tire that do dostroyed doatroe dostroy
stroyed atroe ed the Bryan block In Michigan MichiganAvenue 2UchlgunAHtnuo MIIchigunAvenue
Avenue this city cU last night The dead deadare dundre destdare
are areJerome re reJeJom
Jerome Stiles StilesJohn StilesJhn Stilesohn
John Jhn Vollln VolllnItiuMOm YomnIRuin VoliinIeusom
ItiuMOm DingmanJohn Dingman DlngmanJohn DingmanJohn
John Roy RoyThey RoyThey RoyThey
They were laborers and occupied occupiedrocms oceupledroc occupiedrocros
rocms roc ms In the hotel which occupied three threeupper thro throuppor threeupper
upper floors of the building Stiles fu fuiroir fct fefrom
from t rorr a window on the top floor whtro wherehe whtroh whtrohe
he h tray K waiting for rescuers to reach reachHe renchhim reachhim
him He died at 5 oclock this morning morningas
as a result r 8ult of the frightful burns and andinjuries andInJurlos andinjuries
injuries he received receivedThe rec81edfhe receivedThe
The bodies oi 0 the other three me mewere men menWere mewere
were taken from the ruins this morning mornin
The theory of preventing preen tIng Congrer Congrersiimal Consretllunal Congrersiunal
siimal Investigation ime8tl tlon of the Ppstolllco PpstolllcoDepartment Posto1UceDepartment PpstoiftceDepartment
Department was to take awag away y from fromthe Cromthe fromthe
the Democrats any possible po ItJle chance of ofmaking ofmfklng ofmuking
making campaign material out of sucian sue suean such suchan
an investigation On the Investigating Investigatingcommittee IncsUgaUmcommittee investigatingcommittee
committee there would necessarily n cessarlly ITavo ITavobeen Jrl Jrlbeon ittt c cbeen
been Democrats who would have nuuta nuutaIt mudtiIt nmdat +
It t their business to bring out poln points o ovalue of ofvalue ofvalue
value as campaign material in the coming com coming comIn ¬
ing In elections Now however the Ad Administration Administration Administration ¬
ministration will conduct the Invostlcn invostigntion Invostlcntion InvtlJfIlion
tion and while it will be thorough thoroughthere thoroughthere thoroughthere
there will be little benefit beria t in it for the theDemocrats th thDemocrats thlDemocrats >
Democrats DemocratsAs DemocratsfAs
As a matter of fact nearly noarl every di aivfsion division ali810n ¬
vision i810n of the Postofflce Department i iunder iunder tunder
under Investigation now by Messrs MessrsConrad MessrsConrad MessrsConrad
Conrad and Bonapart But the In Inspectors Inspectors inspectors ¬
spectors have from time to time been beencalled beencalled beencalled
called away to attend trials so that the thework th thwork thework
work has been somewhat desultory Thec The Thaoffices Thoffices
offices c ffices of the Second Assistant toe theThird tneThird toelhlrd
Third Assistant the Dead Letter Office Ofllcethe omuthe Officethe
the city postofllce 08tomce and the New York Yorkoflice Yoricothce Yorkothee
oflice have not been reported upon and andwili nndWiIi andwill
will no doubt be Included In the Pres Presdcnts Presldents Pre Predents <
dents Investigation InvestigationFOOfffEEHTH InvostfatIonFOURTEENTH InvestigationFEII1TEEMTI1
FOOfffEEHTH STREET STREETLIE STREETLINE TI1EETLIMETOBEETEE
LIE LIMETOBEETEE LIMETOBEETEEOilicials TO BE EXTENDED EXTENDEDOfficials
Officials Say FirstClass UndergrounSystem Underground UndergroundSystem UndergroundSystem d
System Will Be Installed toPiney to toPiney toPiney
Piney Branch RoadThe Road RoadThe RoadThe
The extension of the Fourteenth Street Streetline Streetline Streetline
line of the Capital Trstction Railway
Company Comp ny will be begun Just at u uz soon as asthe asthe asthe
the roadway i is put in proper condition conditionfor conditionfor conditionfor
for the work The officers of the com company comrlin conIny ¬
pany rlin ure greatly pleased over the ap appropriation approprIUon appropriation ¬
propriation of b W L9OJ0 > 000 JO which will enable enablethe enablethe
the Commissioners to widen and gradethe grade gradethe grndethe
the Fourteenth Street road trom Ly
dccker d cker Avenue to Piney Pine Branch road roadOne roadOne roadOne
One of the principal officers of the com company company company ¬
pany said thismornlng thismornlngWe this morning morningVe
We Ve i a shall lose no time o extend ou ouline our ourline ourline r
line we are more than anxious to do doso doso doso
so It is not going to be a trolley trolle line lineeither lineeltherbut lineeither
either eltherbut but a firstclass underground sys system systom systom ¬
tom is to be installed I am sure Presi President Presldont Presidont ¬
dont Dunlop is now engaged in n making makingnil mplclngall snakingn11
nil necessary preparations to start the thework thework thework
work at the very vcr earliest enrlf st possible pos lble mo moment moJnent moment ¬
ment
halt haltnn an hour There were no casualtieJai casualties casualtiesJnoyr cnsualtle1tlQyr 4
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Another Dispatch from Cheefoo says saysChinese sasChlneseallorsart11nghere saysChinese
Chinese Chlneseallorsart11nghere sailors arriving herefrom trQm the theYalu th thYalu he heYulu e
Yalu say sn that a t Japanese force hasocs hasocscupled Kas ocr ocrcupled occcupled
cupled KulienChen ulenChdng ng a atowa town a a few fewmiles teymiles fe
miles north of otAntung Antung They sdy snythat snythaton1 saythaonly that thatonly l b
only on1 a small body bod of the Japanese Japan ge army arm armhas y
has crossed that riverAdmiral river riverAdmiral riyerAdmiral
Admiral Tash reports the Chinese1 Chinese1cruiser Chln Chlnes Chlnescruiser se secruiser e
cruiser HalTien a wreck an Elliot Isl Island Island Island ¬
and north of ofShanghaL ofShanghaLWORLD Shanghai ShanghaiAmerican Shanghai0RLD
WORLD 0RLD ARBITRATION ARBITRATIONDELEGATES ARBITRATIONDELEGATESCOM
DELEGATES DELEGATESCOM COMING COMINGAmerican IN INAmerican t
American Group Discusses DiscussesEntertainment DiscussesEntertainment DiscussesEntertainment
Entertainment Plans PlansI PlansWANT PlansWARSHIP
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I WANT WANT USE 00F f OFrC OF WARSHIP WARSHIPQuestion WARSHIPQuestion
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Question Q uestion to Be Be Submitted to Confer Conference Conferepce Conference ¬
ence epce to Be Held in inSt inSt inSt
St Louis LouisA L01isA LouisA
A meeting m tlng of the American Group of the theInterparliamentary theInterparlfamQntar theInterparikanil
Interparikanil Interparliamentary ntary Union for interna international International internstional ¬
tional Arbitration was was held at the Cap Capitol Cs Csitol CaflItol > ¬
itol this morning Representative Bar Bartholdt Bartholdt Bartholdt ¬
tholdt president of the American group groupwas groupwas groupwas
was in the chair chairPlans chairPhins chairPlans
Plans wero discussed for receiving recelInr andentertaining and andentertaining andQntertafnlng
entertaining the foreign delegates to theconference the thaconference theeQnerence
conference eQnerence of the union which Is to totake totake totake
take place In St Louis September 5 to
10
Representative Bartholdt and Repre Representative Representative Reprosentative ¬
sentative Broussard of Louisiana secretary sec secretary secretary ¬
retary of the group read a number of ofletters otletters ofletters
letters from representatives of foreign foreigngroups rorelgngroups foreigngroups
groups and others interested In the thequestion thequestIon thequestion
question of arbitration indorsing the theproject theproject theproject
project which the American group has hasundertaken hasundertaken hasundertaken
undertaken Among Amon them w were re letters
from the Hon E St Clair member of ofthe oCthe
the house of commons and secretary secretaryof secretar secretaror
of the English group group the Hon dEs dEatournelle dE dEtournelJe dEstournelle
tournelle de Cxmstane of the frenchgsoup French Frenchgroup l ench enchroup
gsoup group roup and Frederick W DEvelin of
San Francisco president of the Britishand British Britishand BrlUshand
and American Union whose purpose purposealso purpo3oalso purposealso
also is arbitration arbitrationTopics arbitrationTopics arbitrationTonics
Topics for Discussion DiscussionRepresentative DiscussionRepresentative DiscussionRepresentative
Representative Bartholdt B rtholdt informed the themembers themembers themembers
members that he had communicated to tothe tothe tothe
the executive council of the union the therecommendations therecommendations therecommendations
recommendations of the American group
of a series of topics for discussion at the
forthcoming St Louis conference conferenceAmong conferenceAmong conferenceAmong
Among subjects ubjects the American group groupwishes groupwishes groupttlshes
wishes upon the program is the questioiof question questionof
of calling another peace conference conferencesimilar conterencesimilar conferencesimilar
similar to that at The Hague to be par participated participated participated ¬
ticipated in by h all the powers which is isto il ilto isto
to consider further the subject of In International 111hrnationnl ¬
ternational arbitration of disputes be between between ¬
tween nations The group also wishes
discussed the subject of gradual sm ual dis disarmament dlsnrmument disarmament ¬
armament of nations and the exemption exemptionof xemptlonor
or private property of belligerents from fromcapture fromcapture
capture at seaSgoooo sea
Sgoooo 50000 for Entertainment EntertainmentCongress EntertainmentCongress EntertainmentCongress
Congress has appropriated 30000 forthe for forthe forthe
the entertainment of the foreign dele delegates delegntc8 dolegates ¬
gates A A committee of ten members mtmb rs of ofthe otthe ofthe
the group was appointed to make at atrangements ar arrangements 01ranStments ¬
rangements for their reception trans transportation transportatlon transportation ¬
portation to St Louis and entertainment
during the conference conferenceIt
It Is proposed if regarded as feasi feasible feasible feasible ¬
ble to ask Secretary Moody Mood to send a
battleship to New York Harbor to meet
the delegates upon their arrival The Thecommittee Thecommitteo
committee will wlllarrange arrange to receive the
foreign representatives when they land landand landand landand
and will escort cort them to Washington Washingtonwhere Washingtonwhere ashlngtonwher
where they will be received by the
President PresidentGeneral PresidentGeneml PresidentGeneral
General Ostorhaus Ostorhaus who recently ar arrived arrived arrived ¬
rived from Germany German and is a guest of
Representative Bartholdt Bartltotdt was wasat present vresentat presentat
at the conference this morning
POWERS NOT TO TODICTATE TODICTATE TODICTATE
DICTATE PEACE PEACERussian
Russian Government Notifies the World WorldShe WorldJ or ore
J
She e Alone l one Will Arrange ArrangeTerms Terms cams camsout With Without Without
out Interference InterferenceWQNT InterferenceWQNTTOLERATE InterferenceWONT
WONT WQNTTOLERATE TOLERATE INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONWHEN INTERVENTIOJWHEN INTERVENTIONWHEN >
WHEN SHE HAS WHIPPED WHIPPEDShanghai JAPSS4 JAPS JAPSShanghai
Shanghai S4 Qghai Hears o of Disastrous Dis strous Repulse Repulseof R e pulse u1Se t o oRussian of ofRussian ofRussial
Russian Arms on the t e Yalu y YaluJapanese YaluJapaneseeet aluJapa Japanese JapaneseFleet s sflee <
Fleet eet Off ffPortArthur ffPortArthurST Port Arthur ArthurST
ST PETERSBURG April 29 29Tile The T e minister of foreign affairs has hassent hassent hassent
sent a circular to the Russian representatives abroad authorizing them to tounequivocally tounequivocaIly tounequivocally
unequivocally deny that anything has hasbeen been done in the way of mediation mediationRussia medhtionRussia mediationRussia
Russia declares in this circular lhat she will dictate terms termsof termsofpeace termsofpeacewith of peace peacewith peacewith
with Japan and will not tolerate intervention by the powers in arranging
the conditions conditio t The following f Ilow ng is Russias declaration declarationThe declaration declarationThe declarationThe
The government moreover m moreover reover will riot tolerate intervention interventiQwby by any anypower anypower an Y Ypower
power in the direct pourparlers whLhwill whlh will follow the termination terminationoflos terminationoflostilities terminatlontof of hos hostilities us ustilities ¬
tilities to determine the conditions of peace peaceThe peaceThe peaceThe
The rest of the circular readsThe reads readsThe readsTQe I
The TQe foreign press recently published reports to the effect that certain cer certain certain ¬
tain European governments were considering the question of offering offeringmediation ofTc1ingmediation offeringmediation
mediation to end the RussoJapanese war According to telegrams received re received received ¬
ceived it appeared even as though propositions to this effect had hadactually actually
been made to the Imperial government governmentYou governmlntYou governmentYou
You may categorically catego cally deny this this Russia did not wish the war warand warand warand
and and did did everything possible to settle amicably the questions in dispute disputeAfter disputefAfter disputeAfter
After Japans perfidous attack had forced Russia to take up arms armsno armsno armsno
no no i mediation obviously could have any success successRUSSIAN successRUSSIAN successRUSSIAN
RUSSIAN REPULSE ON YALU YALULONDON Y YALULONDON LU LUL
LONDON L NDON April 29 29The The Shanghai correspondent of the t e Reuter ReuterTelegram ReuterTelegratn ReuterTelegram
Telegram Company wires that a report has reached there to the effectthat effect effectthat effectI
that the Russians RUSS ians at the Yam Ya u River have suffered a disastrous repulse repulseafter repulseafter repttilseafter
I after two days fighting i iThe iTh i
Th The The Japanese according accor ing to the report have crossed tq the X Yalu l Rlv River RiverrtlurRusL r
rtlurRusL lli R S sretreatirlgbefore s retreating fcfcfore forethem them i v c y yJAP t cT > ji I IJAPFLEET y j jJAP
JAPFLEET JAP FLEET OFF PORT PORTARTHUR PORTARTHURST ARTHUR ARTHURST ARTHURC
ST C i1 PETERSBURG April 29 29Viceroy Viceroy Alexieff reports that the thef theeiittifjrneet
f enemy eiittifjrneet s fleet was seen six miles off Port Arthur last night nightThis nightThis nightThis
This morning he adds ten Japanese cruisers and six torpedo boatswere boats boatswere boatswer
were wer seen in the Uszuria Gulf one of the small gulfs near the port portCzar portCzar portCzar
Czar Honors Survivors SurvivorsOf Survi vors
Of ffVariag V arias and Korietz
ST PETERSBURG April 29 29fhe The tOO 600men tOOmn 000men
men men whosur1ed who survived the destruction of the theVariag theVarfag theVariag
Variag and Korietz in Chemulpo Harbor Harboron Ha Harboron bor borOn
on On February 9 arrived in St St Petersburg Petersburgthis Petersburgthis Petersburgthis
this morning morningTheir morninglhelr morningTheir
Their reception reception at the Nicholas Nlch las Sta Station Station Station ¬
tion was of tt religious character There Therewere Thercwere Therewere
were no speeches and no band was there thereto thereto thereto
to cheer the returning fightersGrand fighters fightersGrand fisht rs rsGrand
Grand Duke Dul e Alexis was present and andshook andshook andshook
shook shook hands with the officers as is they the
left the train The men menhe he welcomed welcomedwith welcomedwith welcomedwith
with the words wordsGoodday wordsuGooddnv wordsGoodday
uGooddnv Goodday brothers brothersOutside brothersOutside brothersOutside
Outside the the station station a large crowd crowdhid crowdhidgathered crowdhadgathered had hadgathered
gathered and they they greeted the survivors survivorsin
in enthusiastic fashion fashionSubsequently fashionSubsequent1 fashionSubsequently
Subsequently the officers and marines marineswere marineswere marineswere
were received recelvedb by the Czar at the palace palaceThey palncelhe palaceThey
They lhe were then feted by b the municipal municipality munfclpalItr municipality ¬
ity after which which the they attended a drama dramaat dramaat dramaat
at the theater and a n dinner this even evenIng eenInS evening
Ing
SOLDIERS COMMIT SUICIDE SUICIDEAS SUICIDES SUICIDEAS
AS S TRANSPORT IS SINKING SINKIN G
ST PETERSBURG April 29 29Accord 29According 29According Accord AccordIng
Ing to th thEJapanese f Japanese account of the sink sinkIng sinkIng sinking
Ing of the transport Kinshlu Maru Inru inGensan in inGensan InGensan
Gensan Harbor on April 25 5 only sev seventythree fe feentythree seventythree ¬
entythree Japanese were killed or ordrowned ordrowned ordrowned
drowned As the ship sank several of ofthe orthe ofthe
the soldiers committed sulfideTwo suicide suicideTwo suicideTwo
Two captains and three lieutenants lieutenantswere lieutenantswere lieutenantswere
were among those who went down with withthe withthe withthe
the transport transportFurther transtortFurthcr transportFurther
Further reports received here of the thesinking thesinking thesinking
sinking of tho transport KInshJu Maru Marustate Marustate Marustate
state that altogether 210 30 prisoners were weretaken weretaken woretaken
taken Of these 183 were taken from the thetransport thetransport thetransport
transport transportThe transportThe transportThe
The prisoners include In lude a colonel and a ahigh ahigh ahigh
high staff officer All were landed at atVladivostok 9tVladivostok atVladivostok
Vladivostok and sent to Nikolsk Ikolsk In Ua Uasuri U Usurf Ussun
surf sun Territory Terrltor
ST PETERSBURG April 29Rear 29RearAdmiral 23 23Rem1 23Rem1Admiral Rear RearAdmiral
Admiral Woszon reports that on Tues Tuesday Tuesday ¬ i idRY
day night two Russian torpedo boat boatand boatsand I
and a cruiser belonging to the Vladivos Vladivostok Yladlvostok Vladivostok ¬
tok squadron met at sen the Japanese Japanesemilitary Japanesemilitary JUlmnesemlUtar
military mlUtar transport Klnshu of 4000 tons tonsladen tonsladen tonsladen
laden with rice and military mUltar supplies suppliesand suppliesand suppliesand
and 1500 tons of coal and armedwlth armedwlthfour armed withlour with withfour
four Hotchklss Iimillimeter 7mlllmeter guns gunsThe gunsThe gunsThe
The Russians took aboard seventeen seventeenofficers seventeenomcers seventeenofficers
officers twenty twmt soldiers eightyfive eightyfivecoolies eightyfivecoolles eightyfivecoolies
coolies and sixtyfive sbt fie of the crew who whohad whohad whohad
had surrendered surrenderedThe surrenderedThe surrenderedThe
The rest who were to form a landing landingparty landln landlnpart landingparty
party part and who were left without offi officers omcers ollicers ¬
cers obstinately obstinate refused r tused to surrender or
ST PETERSBURG April 20 2lIt It is re reported report reported ¬
ported port d here that the Vladivostok squadron squad squadron squadron ¬
ron had to hurry on Its return from fromthe tromthe fromthe
the attack a t ck on Gensan because it was wasthreatened wasthreatened wasthreatened
threatened by a Japanese squadron
One hundred hun < lred and thirty tiJlrt of the infantry Infan Infantry Intantr ¬
try tr and soldiers refused to surrerder af after atter after ¬
ter the Russians had boarded the transport trans transport transport ¬
port The Russian admiral then ordered orderedhis or1eredhis orderedhis
his men to quit the vessel and h sent senther senther senther
her to the bottom with a mechanical mechanicalmine mccbanlcnlmIne mechanicalmine
mine and a l few shells The Japanese Japanesecontinued Japanesecontinued JapanesecontInued
continued firing until the waves waves closed closedover closedover closedover
over their vessel vesselThe yesse yesseTh vesselTh
The Th ship had ammunition for the big bigguns bigguns bigguns
guns and nnd2ooo 2000 000 tons of coal for or Admiral AdmiralKamamura AdmlrllI AdmiralKnmamura
Kamamura I amamur aboard aboardWhen abetrdWhen aboardWhen
When the Russian squadron sighted sightedthe sightedthe sightedthe
the transport the latter mistook the theRussians theRussians theRussians
Russians for Japanese and signaled Vu Vuare Va Vaare u uare
are bringing you ou coal coalThe cOldThe coalThe
The Russian vessels answered Stop
InstantliV InstantliVThe InsmntJ InsmntJThe InstantlThe
The Japanese then discovered theirmistake their theirmistake theirmistak
mistake and some of them th m tried to es escape escnpe escape ¬
cape In small boats but were captured
RUSSIANS SINK A A TRANSPORT TRANSPORTWITH TRANSPORT TRANSPORTWITH I
WITH 200 UNYIELDING JAPS
to come aboard the Russian cruiser and andalso andalso andalso
also offered armed resistance They Theywere TheyWere Theywere
were sent to the bottom with the trans transport transport transport ¬
port portTwo portTwo portTwo
Two hundred men went down with theship th thship the theship
ship the admiral says savsAdmiral sasAdmiral saysAdmiral
Admiral Weszen also reports < the sink sinkIng sInkIng sinking
Ing of the Goyo at Gensan on Monday Mondayand Mondaynnd Mondayand
and of the Japanese steamship Naga Nagamura Nagamura Nagamura
mura on the th same day da The admiral admiralsays admiralsa admiralsaes
saes says sa s that the Nakamura which was a avassal atsSsel avessel
vassal tsSsel of 230 tons was sunk at sea after afterher atto attoher afterher
her crew had been b en taken oft offThe oftThe ottThe
The admiralty a < defends the sinking of ofthe otthe ofthe
the vessel on the ground that a prize prizecrew prizecrew prizecrew
crew could not be spared from the Rus Russian Russian Russian ¬
sian vessels y S5ets and that it was impossible impossibleto
to impede a fI swift squadron s < by attaching attachinga
a slower steamship stenmshl to it
JAPANESE WIRELESS MESSAGE MESSAGESCARES MESSAGESCARES MESSAGESORES
SCARES RUSSIAN SQUADRON SQUADRON S UADRON
The Russians learned that the Japa Japanese Japanese Japanese ¬
nese were in the neighborhood while whilethe whUethe whilethe
the Russian torpedo bouts were destroying de destroying destrolng ¬
stroying the Japanese merchantman merchantmanGoyo merchan merchantmaaGerd maa maaGoro
Goyo Maru at Genaan Gen an the previous day