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XXXVII "NVILiMINGTON IT. C. APRIL S 1904. 1.00 PER TEAR. JAPS KILLED Report of Two Skir mishes in Which There Were Casualties NAVAL CAMPAIGN A Conference at Imperial Head quarters in Which the Recent Op erations of the Navy Were Dis cussed All Ih Quiet on the Yalu and at Port Arthur Secretary Hay Will Request Ambassador Mc Cormick to Try to Secure Release sot the Two Japanese Servants Who Were Taken From tho Fawan. Scheme of Raising More Money for War Purposes. St. Petersburg. April 6. "All i quiet am the Yalu.. is the report which Gen eral Kachtallnky telegraphed April 6 to General Kuropatkin. who forwarded the message to the Emperor. , The report added that an exchange Of shots occurred between Russian cavalry and Japanese skirmishers near "Wiju. The Rusians sustained no losses. Five Japanese were killed. The number wounded is not stated. The stores of a Russian village near Yongampo, (south of Wiju). Korea have been wrecked and burned by a detachment of Japanese infantry, numbering three hundred men. General Kachtallnky also reported that opposite Turmitchen. on the is land of Matuzeo. on the Yalu river some Russian volunteers had a skir mish with a Japanese outpost from Wiju. There were, no casualties on the Russian side. Six Japanese were killed. Japanese Naval Programme Dis cussed. Tokio. April 6. A conference was held at the imperial headquarters be fore the throne, at which Lieutenani General Terauch'. minister of war. Tice Admiral Yamamoto. minister of the navy commanding officers in the army and navy; Major General Ishi moto. vice minister of war: Rear Ad miral Saito.- vice minister of the navy and a number of the elder statesmen were present. It Is understood that the recent naval campaign was discussed and detailed reports of Vic Admiral Togo's campaign were read by Lieu tenant Eaito. who was a. participant in the first attempt to block Port Arthur, and who recounted In detail this par ticular operation, giving his personal experiences and views If any conclu sions regarding future operations were reaced at the conference, they were aot made public. The Helena Arrives at Shanghai. Washington. April 6. The navy de Dartment today received a cablegram from Commander Mason of the Cincin nati, at Shanghai, announcing the ar rival there today of the gunboat He lena, from New Chwang. Wounded Soldiers at Vladivostok. Vladivostok. April 6. Many wounded nen from Port Arthur have been brought here. They are receiving the greatest attention from the numerous? volunteer 6tsters of mercy. Money for the War Fund. t. Petersburg. April 6. The .scheme for effecting retrenchments In the ex penditure in consequence of the war. ras gazetted today. It is prosposed to devote the "Free balance" In the im perial treasury to war purposes and to increase the funds in the treasury by economies in the budget of 1904, especi ally in the civil estimates- The reduc tions will total 557.1SS.S56. of which up wards of $57,500,000 falls upon the bud get of 1904. The reduction falls the heaviest on the railroad department, frhich loses altogether $36,000,000. Th foreign office loses $576,352. of which $216,747 was for the purchase of an em bassy building at Washington. The tionparticipation of Russia in the 6t. Louis exposition saves $110,000. All Quiet at Port Arthur. Port Arthur. April . The Russian battleship Peresviel reports that she sighted the enemy today in Kwan Tung craters. All is quiet here. Times vessel Held Fp by the Bayan. London, April 7 The Times corre -spondent who is cruising in the vicinity of Port Arthur, cabling concerning the bold up of his vessel by a Russian, war ehip. says it was the armored cruiser Bayan, flying the flag of Vice Admtrai Makaroff. which chased and later searched her. An Appeal for Two Japanese. Washington, April 6. Secretary Hay will request Ambassador McOormick at Bt Petersburg to use nis row with the Russian government in behalf pf the two. Japanese servants of the American correspondents. Washburn and Little, who were removed from the British steamer Fawan at New Chwacg and thrown into prison. j Yiev9 of Emperor of Korea. Port Arthur. April 6. The Associated Press correspondent has had an inter view with a high personage closely con nected with the emperor of Korea, w no left his native land because of the administrative reforms introduces through the Influence of the Japans. Apparently reflecting" the views of the Emperor this personage said: "I saw the Japanese action. It Uau attempt to apply to Korea the policy which te British have adopted in India. My country has reason to sympathize with the Russians, know, ing the Justice of their policy toward the natives of Amur, where many Ko reans labor." Several Russian War VesseL at Cher bourg. Cherbourg, France. April 6 A Rus sian naval division. Including tho bat tleship Osliabla, the cruiser Aurora una four torpedo boat destroyers, arrived here today and exchanged salutea with the forts. Skirmish In Which Ten Were KilkxL Mukden. April 6. In a 6kirmlsh be tween frontier guards and Chinese bandits April 2nd. at a point on the Southern section of the railroad, three guards were wounded and ten bandits were killed and twenty were wounded. A force has beeji dispatched In pursuit of the bandits. GEOIIGE JUDGC ARRCSTKD. Evidence of Ills Incendiarism Is Com plete Freight Wreck on the Southern. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C. April 6. Insurance Commissioner Young has returned from Rocky Mount, where he secured an important arrest, that of George Judge, fire bug, a native of Wilmington. Com missioner Young 6aid: "Judge set fire to many buildings at Wilmington, but we could never get enough evidence mere against him. He fled to Rocky Mount, under an assumed name. The evidence of his incendiarism at Rocky Mount is direct and complete. It Is believed he started as many as six fires at Rocky Mount, including those at large warehouses." The monthly bulletin of the State Board of Health ' reports smallpox in thirty-seven counties, and says there are. 300 cases in Robeson, where the type 13 mild. This morning there was a freight wreck on the Southern Railway at. a bridge across Walnut Creek, a mile south of here. A train of sixty empty riat cars was coming into Raleigh when a truck gave way and six cars were detailed, these being towards the rear of the train. No one was injured. I: required several hours to clear the track and the eastbound train was delayed. BASE BALD. Aneusta fia.. ADril 6. A special to The, Chronicle from Athens, Ga., says: university of Alabama beat univer sity of Georgia, two games of base ball here today. Andersen, of Georgia, pitched eighteen innings, struck out tu-pntv-twn men and allowed one hit in each game. Error by teams lost both games. At fharlottesville. Va. University of Pennsylvania 7, University of Vir ginia i. At TviRh inert on Georgetown Univer sity. 20; St. Paul's school of Garden City. Li. I...1. At Baltimore Yale 9, Maryland Atn- lietic Club 6. At Philadelphia Philadelphia, Amer icans. 14; Philadelphia. Nationals 6. At Annapolis St. John's college 15, Franklin and Marshall 6. At St. Louis St. Louis, National 6. St. Louis, American 2. At Birmingham Southern 0. Bfton. Nationals S The Pennsylvania Republicans. Harrlsburg, Pa.. April 6. Former Attorney General John P. Elkin, of In diana county, was nominated unani mously for Supreme court Justice to day by the Republican state conven tion. Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, James Elverson, of Philadelphia, O. D. Bleakley, of Franklyn and Francis L. Robbins, of Pittsburg, were elected delegates at large to the national con vention and instructed to vote for the nomination of president Roosevelt. $500,000 Gift to Johns Hopkins Hos pital. Baltimore, April 6. John D. Rocke feller has given to the Johns Hopkins hospital the sum of $500,000 and the amount has been accepted by the board of trustees of that Institution. The. in come of the hospital was seriously af fected bv the destruction of many houses belonging to it in the recent fire, upon which there was inadequate in surance. The expressed purpose of Mr. Rockefeller's gift is to restore that In come to its original proportions, which will enable the hospital to keep up the great volume of charitable treatment which it has maintained in the past. Monument to General Mercer. Washington April 6. Secretary Taft lias approved with a few minor modifications, the design submitted by Edward B. Valentine, of Rich mond, for the monument to the me mory of General Hugh Mercer, a rev olutionary hero, which is to be erect ed at Fredericksburg. Virginia, in accordance with an act of congress appropriating 525,000 for the monu ment. Restriction on Philippine Squadron Withdrawn. Washington April 6. The follow ing bulletin was posted at the navy department today: "The restriction on the battleship s squadron of the Philippines has been withdrawn "and the commander in chief authorized to permit his squad ron to cruise at discretion, not going north of Fuchau on the Asiatic coast. Root and Cannon to be Chairmen. Washington, April 6. Former Secre tary Root will be temporary chairman and Speaker Cannon permanent chair man of the Republican convention at Chicago. This Is Mn accordance with the conclusions of leading Republican politicians in. Washington and it Is un derstood the arrangement meets with the approval of those In other part o! the country who have been consulted. GOES TO JAIL Senator Burton Sentenc ed to Prison and to Payment of Fine CASE APPEALED Senator Burton Was Sentenced! to Six Months Imprisonment and to a Fine of $2,500 In Passing Sen tence. Judge Adams Says the Ver dict Shows That the Law is Equal to Any Emergency' and That it Can be Administered Jtcgardlesd of the Personality and Position of the Accused A Bill of Exceptions Filed and Case to be Appealed. St. Louis, April 6. United States Senator J. R. Burton, was today sen tenced to six months imprisonment in jail and a fine of $2,500 for using his influence before the post office department in behalf of the RIalto Grain and Securities Company, of St. Louis, and for having . received payment from the company for his services. When Senator Burton, accompan ied by his attorney, came into the United States district court, Judge Adams spoke of the motions that had been filed for a new trial and for arrest of judgment. The court, af .ter briefly reviewing the motions, overruled them both. The court then said to the defendants "Have you anything to say as to why sentence should not be passed upon you?" Evidently suppressing his emotions with a strong effort. Senator Burton stood leaning with both hands on a chair back as he said: "Your Honor will please allow me to respectfully decline to say any thing." The court room was almost empty. with the exceptiojipfLejjrraoi wno nad remained out of curiosity and the silence was almost oppress ive as Judge Adams, in a low tone, began delivering the sentence. The court said: "I am satisfied that the jury reached the just and true result The evi dence abundantly warranted their verdict and I find no reason, either in the law govering the case or in the proceedings attending the trial for disturbing it. "Your exalted station In life, and the character of your offence, give unusual significance to your convic tion It demonstrates that the law of the land is equal i.o any emergency and that it can be administered re gardless of the personality and sta tion of the accused. It also demon strates to all the people that public office cannot be prostituted to self serving purposes, and that public office is not a sure or safe pass port to Tivate theft. "The humiliation attending your conviction and the salutary disquali fications resulting therefrom which forever incapacitate you from hold ing any office of honor, trust or pro fit under the government of the Unt ed States, are' in themselves heavy punishment for your effenses, and leave but little in, the way of severity which could be added. "It is neither my pleasure nor pur pose to impose any unnecessary pun- ishmant. "I think the majesty of the law will be sufficiently vindicated and the public welfare sufficiently safe guard ed by imposing a single sentence, wax ranted as it is on "any one of the six counts of the Indictments on which you were convicted. "This sentence will be that you be confind in the Iron county jail for a period of six months, and that you pay a fine of two thousand and five hundred dollars." At the conclusion of the centence. Senator Burton who had not taken his eyes from the court and who had scarcely moved as he supported him self on the chair back, turned and sat down, with his head bowed and his eyes on the floor. His attorney. Judge Krum. immediately field a bill of exceptions In the case and of fered a bond for J 10,0 00, which was accepted. - . Senator Burton declined " to dis cuss the sentence. The case now will be appealed to the United States district court of appeals Dont Know. What to do With tho Cotton. New iTork, April 6. Commissioner Alexander today adjourned until to morrow the hearing on the matter of the cotton held as collateral by the Corn Exchange bank In the Sully bank ruptcy proceedings. The question at Issue is what is to be done with the surplus, when the bank cells the cotton. Notification from Commissioner Gardi ner, of Province, R. L, to hold the sur plus for F. W. Reynolds, complicated matters and the bank applied to Corn- missioner Alexander to straighten them out. Mr. Sully Is president of thevRev - nolds corporation. A Schnooner Ashore. Lewes. Del-. April 8. The life raving; the statement, and declaration of Prev station at Cobb's island. Virginia, re-1 Went Joseph F. Smith. Just made to ports that the schooner Senator Auls- j bury, of Gloucester, is ashore one mile southeast of that station. The vessel, Is in good condition. THE FOSS BILL Bishop Spalding Urges Plan of Arbitration it Provides TO END DISPUTES Bishop Spalding Approves 'of the 'Plan For a Permanent Board of Arbitra tionIts Province Would bo to Set' tic Disputes as to Hours, Treat ment and Pay of Employees by the Employer Condition Between Capital and Labor is Not - Improv ing He Does Not Think There is Any Class of Employers in Ameri ca Who Deliberately Do Their Men Wrong.- Washington. April 6. Bishop Spald ing of Peoria, a member of the anthra cite coal strike commission, today urg ed the plant of arbitration contained In the Foss bill before the House' commit tee on labor. Tha bill provides for a permanent board of arbitration, to which shall be referred disputes be tween labor and-capital. Bishop Spalding, said it was not hi3 opinion that the proposed tribunal would ever be called on to determine the question of what is a legitimate profit on the investment of capital. Its province would be to settle disputes as to hours, treatment and pay of em ployees by the employer. A fair wage he said, . was determined in the soft coal mines of the west by the condition in the mines and the cost of living. Where a business did not permit of a living wage; according to the American standard of living, that business ought to close up. declared the bishop. "I would say." ke continued, "as Sherman said of war, that the strike 13 hell." Men who had. been out on strike went faek to-w oxk-injured. morally, and not the same men. The children of strik ers had been taught to taunt children of other workmen. The condition- be tween capital and labor was not im proving, he said, although he believed the anthracite coal strike commission had accomplished good results. He re ferred to the present labor troubles In Colorado, San Francisco and Chicago. These conditions were blocks to better ing the general conditions of the coun try. Asked if he did not think that condi tions were improving as to lawlessness. Bishop Spalding said that it did not seem so to any extent. He said the riotous conditions during the anthracite strike were not as bad in this respect as the newspapers Jjad made them, al though there was picketing and always would be violence in" strikes. "I don't think there is in America any class of employers who deliberately do their men wrong," declared a snop Spalding. MORMONS IN CONFERIIXCE. Declaration by President Smith on the Subject of Polygamy. Salt Lake City, Utah. April 9. The seventy-fourth annual conference of the Mormon church came to a close today. According to the custom of the church, the church leaders, including the first presidency, the apostles, pres ident of the seventies and patriarchs, who nominally hold their positions only frojn conference to conference, were sustained by the raising of hands in the great open meetings of the follow ers of Joseph Smith. A notable feature of theclosing ses sion was the official declaration bjr President Joseph F. Smith on the sub ject of polygamy. The statement fol lows: "Inasmuch as there are numerous reports in circulation that plural mar riages have been entered Into contrary to the official declaration of President Woodruff, of September 26. 1890, com monly called the manifesto, which was issued by President Woodruff and adopted . by the church at Its genera conference. October 6. 1890 which for bids any marriage in violation of the law of the land, I Joseph F- Smith, president of the church ,of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints hereby affirm and declare that no such marriages have been solemnized with the sanction consent or knowledge of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and, I hereby announce that all such mar riages are prohibited and if any officer or member of the church shall assume to solemnize or enter into any such marriage, will be liable to be dealt with according to the rules and regula tions thereof and ex-communica ten therefrom. This statement received the full en dorsement of the church members as sembled.' who unanimously adopted the following resolution. introduced by Apostle Francis M. Lyman: j Resolved, That we. the members of the Church of Jesus Christ, of Latter Day Saints, in general conference as sembled hereby approve and endorse thi s conference, concerning plural marriages, and will support the court of the church in the enforcemeu- f tnereor.. . 1 FIRE IN TIIE SUBWAY. For a Tree Fifty Laborers Were In Great Peril Traffic Was Blocked. New York, April CL Psr an boar traffic on lower Broadway, near St, Paul's chaped. was blocked today by a small fire in the new subway, the TOl ntnes of smoke that poured through tb few openings to tho street driving pedestrians away and making difficult the work of the firemen, who wer? called out In large force because of the location of the fire. Telephone and telegraph service were badly cripple as a result. The fire was started by the flaring up of a small banjo lamp' used by the laborers In their underground work, the burlap that covered some of the pipes along the sides of the subway catching fire, the blaze spreading to the temporary timbering of the tunnel. This was damp and a dense smoke re sulted, soon filling the nearby workings of the subway and pouring out Into the' streets above. For a. time fifty or more I r borers were penned In and in dire peril. A few minutes hard work with axes made an opening a block away and the laborers were helped out to safety. Through the regular opening Into the subway beside St. Paul's chapel and from openings made from the cellars of buildings adjoining the subway, a flood of water was poured down on the smoldering fire and within half an hour the blaze was extinguished and traffic on the street soon afterwards resumed. DIED FROM SUFFOCATION. FB?vo Persons Are Dead as Result or Fire t 31 1. Vernon. Mount Vernon. N. Y., April 6. Five persons are dead and another is dying as the result of a fire that occured today in the Columbia hall building, a metal sheathed three story structure located in Wilson place. The dead are Nathan Frey, 66 years old. Isadore Frey. 12 years. Henry Frey, 3 years. Gusaie Dohring. 10 years, a cousin of Mrs. Rebecca Frey. Mrs. Frey is dying in a hospital. The first floor of the building was occupied by the Columbia Piano Company, on the second floor was Columbia Hall, with anterooms and on the third were apartments occu- piei Dy ine.jrrey, Uarry and Lavigne families. The flames spread thrnnch. out the top floor with great rapidity. The inmates were aroused by the smoKe ana neat and all endeavored to make their escape but the mem bers of the Frey family were over come before any of them could even reacn windows on the third floor and were brought, down ladora hv the firemen. All the deaH were mnn or burned, but their deaths nrohahlv re sulted directly from suffocation. The property joss is stated at about $30, 000. CARE OF THE INSANE. Board of Directors of tho Central Hospital In Session. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh. N. C. April 6. The board of directors of the Central Hospital for Insane here met today. President Biggs was absent by reason of sick ness. R. H. Stancill. L. J. Plcot and S- O. Middleton were eiected as th eecutlve committee. W. H. Crawford. Jr.. was re-elected steward, C. L. Jenkins and t .B. Farebee. were re elected assistant physicians. There was much discussion of the overcrowd ed condition of the hospital and ft In ability to care for all the insane In the eastern district. The executive com mittee and Superintendent James Mc Kee were directed to visit the direc tors of the western hospital now in session at Morganton and confer witn them. The committee left for Morgan ton this evening. In February Superintendent Vurrhv of the Western Hospital came here to nave a preliminary conftrence with Superintendent McKee regarding th'Ji important matter and as a result a number of female patients from this district have oeen sent to the Morgan ton hospital. NEW TAR nEElsOCIETY. North Carolinlanh in the iniilippines Have Organize!. Raleigh N. C. April 6. Governor Aycock today received a letter from Manila, saying North Carolinians had organized the North Carolina Society of the Philippines, with L. B. Alex ander (formerly adjutant 1st North Carolina Regiment, U. S. Volunteers) president; J. T. Harvell, secretary. Other members being P. E. Strowd, R. F. Clayton, Allie Drake, E. W. Ma lone, A. J. Cassldy. Lieutenant Char les Wilcox, S. F. Drake, J. IL Bur well, H. O. Smith, Alex. Jones, H. J. Welch, Major Thad W. Jones, Lieut enant Calvin D. Cowles, Emmett C Gudger. U. S. Navy. M. E. Mitchell. S. F. Smith. A. A. Brown. O. H. Pad dison. J. W. Cheesborough, J. B. Bar ham. Alfred T. Smith, A. A. Mathewi R. E. Wallace. William N. Ray. The society was permanently organized February 22nd. A letter to the gov ernor Is signed "Tar Heel." and says his health- was drank at a banquet which followed the meeting and all present declared they were his staunch supporters. The' governor is delighted at the formation of this society. Postmaster General Payne Leave For Old Point Comfort. Washington. .April C. Postmaster General Payne left here tonight on the Norfolk boat for a period of re cuperation at Old Point Comfort. Va. Thougti considerably better than he has been since his lllnes first con fined him to his bed. he is far from being a well man. It is hoped that tne Beasftore air will benefit nim. Accompanying Mr. Payne, were Mrs Payne, Miss Jones, his niece and maid. , PURE FM Mr. Heyburn Speaks in the Senate Against AfliiUfirattnn ITS NECESSITY A Largo Proportion of Food, Drag ad Liquors Arc Adulterated Amendment for Grading Uk g-'n-rfes of Rural Free Delivery kr riers Was Considered In the House, Several Rills Relating U tho District of OolumaiA, One In augurating tho Carnr$io InstituUv and the Bowman Omnibus Claim. BUfr Were Passed. Washington. April 6. After waiting; with much patience for many days, Mr. Heyburn today found oppcvtunlty to speak to the Senata on the subject of pure food. Technically the speech was in support of a resolution calling upon the secretary of agriculture to send to the Senate the results of the investiga tion made by his department into adul terated foods, but in reality It was in support of the pure food bill. Mr. Heyburn contended that a. very large proportion of foods, drucs and liquors were, adulterated. The physi cians of the country want the legisla tion, he said, because under existing conditions they cannot have their pre scriptions filled as they wish. Tbejr often secure effects exactly the oppo site of those Intended. Out of fourteen samples of drugs advertised. 13 . were found to be rank frauds. More than 60 per cent of the patent medicines, were Mr. Heyburn said, deleterious to health while a large per cent wero ab solutely poisonous. Mr. Heyburn also referred to the practice of keeping meats In cold stor age, saying, that they are often held tor vears while after thr mnnth thpv are deleterious ' The greater part of the remainder of the day was devoted to the considera tions of Mr. Quarles amendment for grading the salaries of rural free de livery carriers, and it was then de clared out of order. The committee amendment bearing upon the salaries of carriers and regulating their service for private Individuals was accepted This provides a salary of (720 a year' and allows carriers to deliver merchan dise and' periodicals for hire under cer tain restrictions. Both Messrs. Quarles and Dolliver predicted that this "Huckster" system would lead to serious scandal unlaw great caution were exercised. Mr. Latimer opposed the restriction upon the carrying of packages and ad vocated such a modification of the amendments as would grade the sala ries paid according to the length of the route traversed. The post office appropriation bill was etlll before the Senate when it adjourn ed. THE HOUSE. Washington. April 6. In a five bor eesslon tha House today passed seven teen bills relating to the District of Columbia, one inaugurating the Carne gie Institute, passed the Bowman Om nibus claim bill, carrying approxi mately $223,000, for the payment ot small claims; agreed to the conference report on the fortifications bill and in-v sis ted on its disagreement to an amend ment In that bill providing for the rmrrhJLRA of a jjiihm.irin hnat. T Alaska delegate bill was taken up. Mr. Cushman of Washington, opened the discussion with a lengthy speech, on the measure setting out the necessi ty of the territory in the way of repre sentation in Congress. During the debate on the fortification appropriation bill, Mr. Mil (Conn.) rpoke in. favor of a provision of 1250, 000 for a submarine boat Mr. Rlxy. (Va.) interjected into Mr. Hill's speech the statement that the secretary of the navy said before the naval committee that the people behind the boat pro vided for in the fortifications bill, had not offered to put their boat In compe tition with other submarine boats. "Well, the secretary of the navy is mistaken, that Is all" declared Mr. Hill, or else the gentleman from Virginia. Is mistaken he added. Mr. Rixey read from the hearing be fore the committee where the secera tary said that the competition was de layed at the request of the pro motors of the new boat. Mr. Hill was positive that the delay wa at the request of the promo tors of the old boat. Mr. Rixey followed with an expres sion of surprise at the, speech of Mr. H11L He said Mr. Hill had appeared before the naval committee in advocacy of the purchase of the new boat at $117.- . 000 -Now- said Mc. Rixey. "he Is .ask ing 1230.000 for the boat. Why does h raise the price?" , - The House voted for further confer ence n tha provision and after discus King the Alaskan delegate hill, ad journed. Boers on the Way to St. Ixwris. Newport News. Va,, April . Gener al Cronje and two hundred Boers, ac companied by 120 British sholdlers, who saw service in the Boer war. fifty wom en and children and twenty Kaffirs and Zambesis. arrived here this after noon on the steamship Djne Castle from Cape Town, via St. Vincent. Cape Verde islands. The burghers la the party were with Cronje at Paardeburr. General Vilejeon awaits the party at St. Louis, to which point the exhibit Is now being move T by the Cneeapeakft and Ohio Rail war r t&ec&al tram.