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$to?iot;Jc Stttnmt BEjjon..-.ir2iu»3L -jfO QUARTERN THE CRY. fieCjCRR^ HAS vo FEAR. $0 Be r JiAt& hit McLm&hMmtet Murphy to Oust the Senator. . ,v, lesaa Df the test of rtrerpth between UiU. aided by Senator P. B. Me r^'ntri. enfi Charles V Murphy. Wder of J. ---•■' nt th'- meeting of the State * -Stt»e In Albany on Saturday, an laaac baa Li' raised wMch Ogfii far m. L —** ■■'•='■- of for aa. and ■ battle hci bet?a pn 2 - the optotan or many, can «; ■ . rt of one or the oth. : • f 1 f i-r!'.£ I:.ctlf»na. «*J" , :■ -No quarter." Vr Itopßy BBTi J", t . . -ve senator BcCaaren Bat rr r ".,■ of K'nCT County. nrl at ■r Hny|e In to flo the Jo> Bett- I TO" ■- a ■ .5 • ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' nrht ltr»trie or b» '..f.- • • : f*" B t'i'- "' ' " ° r " pgssOac > n:t> :■ l« •'• ■ ' ■ ••■ '■ batweni fM i;r . - . i- su<- ::t stake lia« almost v-t •: • ■ Srttiry; aside the car • •gcttt' for P ea** ' : ' Ban on tht • • Carron. I? Murphy can deatroy Mc- L rie» ;' ■ oye.l. po'.it! -la-.s th'.tik. If M I ft-' r \ h.n apg l i he can go I " Btal tor 1 I and effect 1 - Instruct!; ■ ' jar:. ■ I VUt* for V. r\\r\. the ur'.t j . ■ tea wffl ba jlrdK. d ■ ■ i ■ . . r . • ' j - ■ ....-..•:•• :re the dol-pat. - I ■ t^atc rorn-cr-tion atdcb *O ba Bert by I I<t rh« ■ ■ •'."■•••■: waata to i esi; lote oontj ' ' ' ' ' I aiming the vot<» to Hill. BBa also | I m ,;.,- i • era of th^ Stat« Comrrit la* * ■ \ ::; be oontrollod by bias. Th" battta the Ar'ril tj, ,i. ■ three of th--:.-— where the leader.-. have i over ta fetaxgfty. M.''-"Trn grfll try , r . n haBL sfiopl t> cti r hand, will try to oust ]e;iderß In :il psrtu of Biooklyn i : awvaa !■ m ean {ro ; fbe t i- • - a*w are fhal dM <•'■ i ja'trr, m Kir.^-s wi:. i ■ :■ i IfaCaaica find thr.t lie v,:i be able t<» hat I B Btad . 1 , : , • . ■ • -y district b h Df '" j aatrol the dCKgafJan vhich poea to the jjll I QavsaccOan> «■;:.:. .--tant> nv atCABBDL Thf 0 real that all pa-"""^'' v/111 be div«ii« 1 B>OWTP Doyto for distribution does | ■ ' Korry the Hi Ckm • teadaCßL Nearly ii t t; .]. p , ; '- .v.-ip" ): iS si".!' id> !<••' lrvt'.id As . • ■ ;s. In a 3- ■*■» Kb hard'.) thought Ilk- !y tha.: Mayor MtOfflßll ■aflfl f * :■ ta the p,-sty paUaaa at i^kine resig- BtUßj bntdara Bhspty l>e<ause they are jjfcrx f'arrer. Pe:::itor M< Carren has I : . ■ •■ ■ : '...r hours heard from lamralI amral o! ihcae oaßceholdera that they v. ill aado«: ■ ■ '.Vr th.ir. .J'St-rt h'.tn and CX* T..nnr.ai r to control Bn "kyn f Am y .. i resuli of the contest between btarphy [ s been to ftxip the r..a*k ficr.i r'« putWKT I maaojuvtea. lie haa I !- -. -V.y th .t be favors the nomlrtation tt <;. , . ■ . 1 for rreß'.fleri*. Vat that ba ! -. wrr.t u:> baBXfJ tal Belt K:tion. Ptna'.or Ms baa pa tare I Bai bJliuullf of this for Ban \\\.- n tb» "deal «ai I . UL." ,- F..id that Murphy's real candidate t» eQBB. and tiiat he is UFimi Clevt-laTida j ■ | ■ Bug to tho^e who are in | :|oti to 1;: ?.*■•; !>> Idea Is to be. for ' ' • ore. gt not I* norr.l and ther. .'■ I Cleveland at ar. opportune Par KcCSeSBKn. Cbvm land ta the obnoxious of all lundldaro* to the TJry n ; tewed 1 • y woafld pa t > Ho r ay f*aai Ck vciand. ■kk : • ••:::.: )iaj- t. :;■]•<• ' thla '.ittl- ■■<■:■ ■ .: y tliliik Bad Mun.i.y WfD iAV* u> « rt u:icc ;i c; :l^iy frmii DOW until the ■tSU | bold or he will I control throuKh M< Oarron'a h< i;>. ■ n lutlon Ir.do-i. ■ 1 he wi'.! batM : \ote for Parker. kill ■ i am it n--■''•n --■''• ausow. - •i waa in a pr:rri frame at ■dal actea aakaf ahast tii<- Fitu:i tion. 'it la all Iru:.k. | I Doyle is to bl • ..der and is bb baiwTai 10 t.v patra re • ;1 J <:r ' r '" ; v :!Tll '" r>oast > •\ . r.lZiition has to I ... I have c.-'.lled the executive cur.-.rt..- . . Tu-T.dny r.ifiht. and th aaatkai ■> i ca> The issue win b» . r :.,,,. . r an Indi l»- r't-oer.'.zrd us the organization. " Btn ; -. | rrao amatM Bay nothsag further. ■} :.t nt the m- t 4<r TneaOay r.irht he would have tmx -four C th. tr ..mv-«. ..n ibtm 1n i!ie committee. TVr»ddri t;.; ; t he would RBBBtO BBCBBU Bl his aaOtrsi .:i Murphy ooaM 8* »t laaat saa •.; • .. BaOßtaaa meets. ai:d thon BaaQ Ball H naßf will have **»T chaired d..w:i by the unit rule nnd con»- *r. Murphy K. , t out of sipht yc-terdr.y. but I* ::icnc« juilq t .• he \\iu:<; anal HeC faa BBJMkataßtp b> r-ro..Kiyn. "H hi a i . . 1\ ,l;.-r BSi ' I : ■. V.jcic last nlKl.t. "iUid tlie land Kr:r.:n;c:u is bo bl""b* ln Baaak v ■ v. « d under and Mur ♦hy • of the icii.es Oaaatj < »- Kcrraaa i: Mack. Kataanal >■:....'•■ e«man. *ho ir kid. r of the IZrie County organization tr.4 hllinii tB With H;!l and McCarren against BtmitlJ. aaM at Cka Imperial Hot. 1 laFt n!pht: 'Mr . Btrdthaeasl Rasa convention tad a narii Ulnn ploaglng Hal oaaagatloo to Parkr- ■ oBBBSd 1 Utfßl :•- I . can hold l.is end up b B*eolfljrn» w<- ana our (aenaitißa *—* acatcal aar Ban at the Bkcettng ** the ■aaat <"< aam I ErrPCKT nF Mc-I-AUGHI-INITEP. U rri.- ibe Bl tted on moat «a ■' > MtbtttOf l *a.;. bl the t.;;:.t (feal ha* been ai B*i i Btjataaa ilcCarr-n by MuryJ-y. ' ; ' r » :i ° I-un I"**1 "** a* ctroviiy; the ;,<,:: ". . ■ : thaßaaak* orcanizutton. ;i: ■ I H tot.Uly 889 ■rtasd to Tiumiu: > Batf HcOanvji aifl have v * acttva *":>ricrt «.f tacaea y~h< .sm .-irni an of tn« tj.". c : ift ■ tiho w< r and h.-iv* i i:ce lioetlle to the present loader <sf Klnps Coun ty dnre :»,e overthrow ( .f jiunh McLnujrhlin. W Murphy or Deputy Fire Commissioner \V. A. **TU.. who has been deatgaaßßßO as his r. pre •^••tat:\.- ; :.,j .-.jp.-u i,, the work of del •• DAILY SEnvii .'E TO PINEHfnST. . Pulltnaji Parlor and eleepimt cam. daliv. via Sco- Ss^»^i r . u^r I>? I^" v * N>w Vo " 11 *:« p. ji. t2»V, :J V M <rrlv C Finohurst 7". a. 21. BM *■ M. O&=« iilO Jiro*«Jwa>.-AUrt. 7»-di«T. rain and warmer. To-morrow, rmla. brisk knuth wind* berotalac wee*. HILL VICTORY EMPTY. MAY BE HIS LAST STAND. Fight To Be Itcnnced in Convention — Effect on Parker Boom. Iht Trt.nimrn to inr tkibcxe.l Alb: • March fi. Now that the Democmtlo State Committee h.-.fi departed, the local prophets ar« h:ird Bl work trying to estimate the extent and effect of th" victory ex-Senator Hill won Ivi r <"harles P. Murphy yesterday. The extent is not overwhelming- -even the nator"B friends admit thr.t. Two years ago that battle BCanad teadcr as in full control, and reorgan ized Jh* Btata Committee •■> BBM himself. Yes terday he araa bMb to cautnl it hy a vote of IB to L'.'v DOl a Brf Bl margin. This committee, as DOBatttStad .'it pre-sent. will pass on the creden tials rt tli" tmWTtlttiHV II n-111. unless there la r-ome rlianuo , f > e.irt among it« nembers, enable ex-Senntor Bffl to repeal lii« performance at Barataga taal • % i t^cl and throw out the del c^atcn of his oppon< nts. as he thr-n did In Ilens telaer .iv.<l Clinton coutities. I'.ut the r. \\ i-itcrr-M to-dny Dai In the effect o* tl : ton tha f-: tunes of Chief • Tha an faction de • v '.h tha action of th« . egfa • ■ avalanche • ■ . this to •-how the le.-u!t ■ atag .-.-utltnent of « n- Itilissi ■ ;: ■ choice. ChailUMUl KVnnk ,-„.-,. e> • as he challenged a by chief judge . tn the Mgtwat sense tif a . ; • | 1.: forth declnred then waa ■ food deal of Parker sentiment, ■ • .f then even Intimated that the ■ ra thin at a mild tempera ture, ah • • •••iv' atatfiiMPnta thay re- Ito burl ai ■ ' »;r.-«smnn Bearat.and they admitted that t • '• or< " " r lo;!S ac " :!\ity on hi ™™ ! dkUlkta, rtOBT ■••■• '• "l.vr.s aBOCT 11-' OKLTX. The «ijr!-t | lattrHay reiotved around Brook lyn and IMiatnr Patrick H. McOarren. The ■ I out of the wreck of the King* County orgaataatSon wera all lhat kept • x-S. • .' >r H : ' it on the bBHBa of th« day, the fiKht for the • I of William H. •ri. k. of Brie, ■ • i taaoe the UID Bao* bad sMked its exist--:., e. Tiin.ir.iitiy. 1.-iv !:ig captui.d Thkgf* Conn. rs. the lliie .- ■ is ouated Nomsan B. Hack in Buffalo, the MIOWCCa of the f,,:- ■ BT WCBI Bl -''tiJ out the ..- • Connera con :. At the eonventloa the whole Bghi ■ D . ..me on v.i> '■•■- <-.-;••> md Brooklyn ddega- ■ ■ • Mai k Mar 0| Troy, in T. • ■ ■ ty of three In ■ . • • . There It if ex- Benator I I b the unit i I te. ur.- tnstl : the chief J'.dße. It w >11 or!y )■■ ad o.i.i Bated aftl r ;-\i> h a f.trht thji' Um rty win h< ■ ■ ■ to i ■■ ■ date . ■ from hla I ... . • .as" and ■ politics*' i!.an by •• «•* r< ss«-d wish of th»- St.it-; r!". V. .Yurihy went to the meeting • .:■!■•• •..■1 <.:i Just one thirK Th« date of the . <.t:v.-ntion. the place and the Buf falo .. • ■ •• re nil : id" Issues. lit- v. aa • 'he lndorF' ::.• nl of <"hi<-f Judge r. and Chief Judge Parker was not In dorsed From the eor.fllrt y«-«=terdrty 1t Is hard to see the- fn«-:ids Ot «K BewatOT Hill can derive ■ ■ tmxAUm In th<ir own appointed . ; : • . committee they aon 1 > a majority ot thr«-e They <!id not dare tr» leufh th<- 'iiiovtion «.f Indorsement, and they Baw the t- • :• KatkM ante to Betas thre.- up mitteemen and four out of acveja Brookljrti o' I .' cates. if th" Oonnera choice bad l-een F»;itf-.1 (and It Is lMere«t::.R t«. note thai 1«« o:.i:ual ru! 11 nrion <if the BtaU 1' •• :::••• i.t of Publl n beara out the contention of the t ..- . lera jre«terday>. e«-aenatof HU • • bad ■ majority of .■::•• in a «wn • •<r f.rty. lie haa now ■ margin of three, l>ut <"h..Tles F. Murphy has returned to New* Y- 'k with the ''.••!. nnhu'tion to pot Senator it rick H. M -i (>l ]i f ,f the Bphera in Brooklyn] ■ ■ he hai occupied for Um brief time Binc« lie "t.<ik th" tict acraaa the brloga> M ■UUUI WILL MBNbTW THE FIGHT. V\*rieTi Mr. Murphy fomes i.n^k on April 1«* It !■ rertnin that he u*tH raUWW the ft ht. th time aga'.nst fhief iaa I1I 1 -.rk' r nnd ha will either defeat him out nnd out or make the convention BOCh I stormy and I\hnrmonlmii» assemblage t!, it the naUonal patty wtn be forced to turn I from Parker oi ahai do:, its hope of victory alto- K*th»l ■■.■ t!io 1 j : . ; i . whr-n the BBBaSon was over, th'- rbief oonuueut v. -is: K Q. old iran M. LauchUn haa paved Hill on.-- mOM. the l^st time. I pu«ss" Th* preon <e ,\ ex-Lleatenant fjovamar will lam J". Bbeehan, and the onmerctftti pounding ha recern ! • th Senator <:rady and W. Bourka Oockrar, »■.)..• posed .t* Mr. Mur-phy's one pie^r- at heavy artillery, indicated how hijjh the Feettttf Tw<» minutes after the meeting ■• it wn* nppai to the most •r that BasnOCratM har mony w;.s arm a «' tton, To '' '.-..iri.-d •'.«• llgM ye«t.-r f»i thf- BMI Btaad of ex-Beaator hiu'f "*»id Ghiard." it waa • Una t-> not* the inok of confi dence with which th. : 11 uarhorsi-s ■ ail lad oj: tne:r ■-!• r- J. hn A. Mason, secretary of the M 'Hintlf u. read frr.m a paper, which his I could rdlv hold, the record ' - tor ';-:.riy was challer.plnj? in no mild •: Ti"-A {):>■> ::cTual ;>olltlclanK with am bttlona regarded the outcome may be Rathered ■. .»< t thai Qeotga M. ' '.i liner, minority r iti th* Aaanafaly, sp<-nt 's day with the Tammany rontb Deaptt* hlr ■oppoaad loyalty to Hill, the BOa- B is abraad ihat Mr. Palmer Is boptng f'>r a BBBBBnatiaß tram many this fall In the contest for <Jovernor Down or. the southern t'.rr th<r. bl .. revival of the support for John STt; :.:•:■ one thmß appears dear enough thai If the old politicians still remain loyal to ex-Senator Hill, those of the newer generation aha believe they have political t'.:'urr< an :i ;.kinß their peace with Murphy. 7\ i RLEY FOR CA RDIXA L Report That Pope WiU Give Honor to -York's Archbishop. - - a! (.. ~T-f New -Y .-it* Tribune t-\ Fmh <~ahle ) '•*'4 B fat "^ r " bbi aaBMM i I I;.:re. M trch <■. \v. ■■• Informed Vatican peo jle aaaarl that John I>. <'rlmm!ns before leav lnr RtTI • ■ :r.Tiv e that the Po; <» m=r.if<sted ai: Intention to satisfy th< desire of the CaXhafJca Bf PJaw-T«fk by raisins: iheir AXCkManap to the fardSnalate. thlnkini; that f <"atho!!c city In Amcrlta deserved ru !: B Ittlitltti*— * The Pontiff himself, how fver. ratinot :iow determine when Archbishop Farley's nomination will tak" place, because of the number of candidates through the world, while only a few uozulnaliuns to the Cardinalate i£ji be 1..-1 --. NEW- YORK. MONDAY, MARCH 7. 1004. -TWELVE PAGER.-i,^«,^ rjKXBBAE KrKOPATKIN ATCT> TfOsVADMIRAC MAKAPOp?. esaaaaaadsia of th*» staaaaai Army and Navy in the Far Bast TWENTY-ONE NOW DEAD focr more homes rorxn Boilers of Hotel Darlington Found Intact Hunt for Contractor. With the throe bod Mi whl !i wen- taken from fha wrack of th>- DarUnston Hotel >■•■=?<• rday nn<f a fourt?i body In right, the total <-f t!i<- death Mat mom itai la at twenty-one. At 8 a, m. th«» worknua ancovered ■ body near the front of Um bonding, |j ing under a maai of the nre prooflng eompoattloa and bert Iron. Near it 1 - ■ wheelbarrow. The body wai tak*-ii to the Kast Fift.v-!irs*-st Btatloa kttd later to th • morgoe. where Charlei Boi t! i if waa th-it of his broUwr, Berotl Bonti, irnn w.i t ■ciichf y.T.rs old, married it N 23 ! I:::- "» ] • ■ ■ • • ■ • ■ . ..-]' !';■• poui I and n:-..- ti be, | I I •. bloe sJiirt ar . Th. third body re xw ■:■'■■ • ■ that of William R. Green, ■ cement ■rorkx tUK 4."!* We«t T\\- ■!ity-fi, I, t >.-.-» . by hfal 1 ■•■ . Bhlrley On Tti>-r-» w.is •:::. ,i body to Bight, • r sir.' "n t'-.'- wreck of Iron . ' . The vreckera were ■rorklng to >•••; t! is. : • : expect to reach it until to-day. Mncb better ir^nress was made with th« wc^tk >•••: than at .-.ry time previous. There w:u< a derrick nt work hnullriK out pr>-Tt bocketa <>f the mor tar and cr-ment. \\hil>- teai were ''.irtl::B this away, attd otheis took the lro:i luams n« th>y were hauled out of the wroi k. Nothing hns be»-!i learned aa to the where abtmts of Poleand Bchwandtner, Um contractora for the irnn work. Cantata Lantry said thnt be had rr.eu watching for th»m, and expo ted to gel them. Th<- coroner is .tlpo anstoua to tee these men. and they have «:o:"e ittfonnaUon which A-pistir.t T'istM. • Attorney Train rhinks he ooaSd uf«' to advantage to ht.s Inveattgatlon. Every paaafhle theory which coold account for the < otlapsn la betag kwked Into. The n • upf-d n th" bvOdtag v. ill iw examined carefolly. Mr. Train BaM thai ha had ordered Captain Lantrj to eoDoct two, bafrdfl of UM lar>;. st of th»> ■acttona of oeoM hi and mortar. This be will have analysed. il» could tell nothing aboot th.» qutdutand ■ ii''!: mlfrhl have under turned the foundatlona <'f t >»*• botei. Ii will We Impossible lo aetUe thi^ ilwfliiltrty until the debria i 1 da m i entirely. lOnough of the wreckage waa remove. l yoster day lo disclose both bullorß. Neither had •x plodod. At yeaterday*a m»-<*tinp of the central Feder ated Union, Delegate Creamer, of the Booai - Fhorers and Movers' I'nlon, Complained that non-onion men ••' •■ • mploj • i>y e»-Sh*riff Imi:::i in i Vanlng the wreckage of the Darling ton. CroanMT said that the non-anfcn men were In -11111; etfiit. , "I told Mr. I'unn about It." he said; "but Mr. I>unn said that the employir.-,- otOMCOttera Wi a d order a strike in hla -yards If he em ployed member* of the union." It was decided to take the complaint to the Mayor and other city officials. ELM IK A THE ATIiE BIKSS. Loss Reaches $118000— life Nearly Lost — Incendiary'* Work. Elmlra, N. V , Man b 7.- --Fire t.n.k.- out in a cipar factory under the Lyceum Theatre at 11:15 o'clock last nlghl and soon the entire l lock was a mass of llam-s. It started from a natural gaa esptastsi it is BaM. the Lyceum Theatre, ana of th" Reta ctrcait bow owned by <'<>lonel I>. C. RoMnson, was totally •!•• stroyed, th.- loss being 988.UKX The real of the M.nk waa badly damaged, an.l the lam win i" over $30,000. The Elks' lodge rooms were to tally destroyed. Henry Boulle, a atage man agsr, was nearly BOffocatod by th amoke whin rescu. d. The Mamie Fleming Repertoire Com pany toat its trunks and scenery. The theatre buiued like a Under boat, and had the fire oc mired at a Uaßatrtcal performance many would probably have lost their lives. At i o'clock this morning a burning rag was found on ■ tie Audltoi ; stage. Tnta theatre is in the Realty Building. next to the Lyceum block. It is thoueht from this that both theatre* w<re ad oa On by an Incendiary. CHURCH ATTACHED FOR DEBT. Bridgeport Organist Sues to Recover for Salary for Two Years. [BT TELXQIUFU T' > THE TRIBt'N:: I -•-port. Conn.. March C. Trinity Episcopal Church, attended by ex-United States Treasurer Morgan, ••x-Ccngr*«sman Da Forrest. State Sen ator McN'i il and other well known Bridgeport cit izens, was placed unacr attachment by the Sheriff yesterday, to secure a bill of $s"rt. due E. M. Jack son for s*r>iccs as organist for i»2- '«;. The church acknowledged the debt, but has no money with which 10 pay tL LAY DEATH TO POISON. LOOK IX G FOR WOMAN. Theatrical Agent Dies in Convul uoM—MysUriotu Telephone Call. i tecttvee attached to the Weal 0— haw* drad-and-twenty-flfth-at. atatlon are aaarchlng for a young woman living somewhere on the appet E lat Bide to explain the death of I^eon Melles. twenty-eighi years sad, »i theatrical Bgant, Who died yesterday afternoon at his home. No. KM Manhattin-ave. after convul- Btona. I>r C. W. Huffum. of Ro. 480 Manhat tan-ave.. who attended Meiies. aajn he bellevaa the young man was the victim of knockout drops, in dellrhnn, before h- died, Meii^s men |tl ' %ouii(r woman with whom, . beei i ping company • . . :. ty tha» after he ■ name be Bald: ' Bhe*a S!i" gave DM the ■' .■■■•■ ■ I'.le. ■ owr to the stage la tJniw d» \] . •!.. . ..] if.- .-:;i and office jit So. •■-•■ W» I' • • t ; ty-.i^!,th-^t. and often :|i r«. H:p borne waa In the P»rl I ■ . •■ iiv< i rlth his father and ■ \- oui :; terday Mel ■ * ""1 the • . . . :.:if .i.i/-d con ll* k. M the elevator boy ha baoMoat his BJeya. The boy tool him to his father's npart ment mod -Mr. M>u«s aaya his son went im- BW li.t.lv ft. l.is room. Alotit ten minutes lateT Im called t f » his father and Id: 1 It's awfully dOM ta try room. I'm going to lie down la Um Bitting room." About 7 a. ni. Mr. MelteS hrard hi? «on •. Ing, •'"'' £«"•'»« to t h ~ Bitting room found him In ronvulstona. He seal for Dr. Buffain, «rbo treated the young man and left him. Ab-->ut :i ..-.:... k jroons Helta was again aetaad with convulatona, and again I»r. (fan was sent for. Re said there were Bympfoma of poisoning. and treated the patient ■ ordtngly. not leaving htm until he waa restlns autetly. Again, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the theatrical agent wai acted with convuMonaj and Dr. ituffum waa called for Um third Um* Be worked over Mdi.'S until he died, about 3:90 o'clock, Dr. Buffum told Mr. M< tea thai ha saw signs «>f chloral and <■••> am", and thought his son was the vi'tim of "knockout pa." Ho then to formed Coroner Bchoter by telephone, and tho corner told Um potto* <f the West < handrad and-twenty-flfth-at. • tic. 11. According to Mr. MeDea and Dr. HufTurn. Mel lea mentioned Um nanw of ■ roans woman who is employe i la a, downtown wholeaala house, and ,-i-. her home a«Mrcss. He mentioned her name frequently and wait: "She .11.1 it. I want to see. her." At one time he said deliriously: "There ■he i- agate, Let mr «>t her." And he reached • tin, as if trying to MOM BOOM one Detectives Fttzsimmona and o'l^ary, of the West Oin mndred-and-twantr-Bflh ■! station. went to the address given by Melles. and found that the young won an Itvod there.. She was not at bone, boi they said last night they expected to arrest her wtttttfl ■ fOW hours. The pone* say that Melita*a watch was miss- Ing and th it lie had no money about him when be retni im .i home. About 8008 yesterday a woman called up the fn rtli- mm runenta and asked how Mr. Melles waa 'getting on." She was told that h» was very 111 ;'.ml. according to the elevator boy, replied: "Tint is too bad Tell him that I wfl] he up thla evening to see him." Th< woman did not give her name and did rot r aa she had promtaed. The police and Coroner Bcholer are amlosja to laara her Ity. Coroner Schoirr BaM last night: Wo cannot tell much skoal this east until we exam* tIM -011:1; MaH mentioned by MeDea in bis 'l llrium. " I think tM was poisoned, hut cannot make a positive BtatenMai until an autopsy is per formed. I have Instruct. .1 Dr. \Wston Is perform an autopsy to-morrow morning. McUea Mas a i islliiail He had been In part nershtp with ■ man named Ward, and they had started several ro;td companies. Ha waa at the Ttn> Of i.i* death engaged in getting up a mu atcal production with Solomon Kaufman, a music- dealer at No. ."i>S Btghth-ave. At his bom*, N. 1,688 Madiaon-ave., last nlgrht Mr. Kaufn said lleUea had br*n drinking heavily of late, and was under the Influence of liquor on Batorday cht. Dr. Buffum said tint Mellon had a weak heart and that I ably resulted In his death. "Had his heart been strong;*" said Dr. Buffum. "he might have withstood the attack. But the convulsions from the poison tf It was poison, and I am pretty positive that It was— made him M weak that hi? heart «ave out." Improved ■■»>■ to Philadelphia VIA PENNSYL VANIA RAILROAD. For the accommodation of New York and Philadelphia passengers, the Penn nrhrsnlß niHl'WMi Company, banning Tuesday. March &th. wlil place a Pullman Parlor Car on train IlllllH \V'st 23d St. Station at 9:25 a. in. dallr. This train will arrive at Broad St. SUUon, Fbliadeliihla. at 11:59 jj. m.-Ain.^. __ --- FLEET SHELLS VLADIVOSTOK. SEVEN JAPANESE WAMSHIPB BOMBARD THE SHORE BATTERIES AT LONG RANGE. Russian Fire Not Drarcn — Five Reported KitlciJ JfaWf Shell* Fail to Erplode — Plaknn Baji Force Near Border. Five Japanese bart'eships and two cruisers bombarded Vladivostok $o§ fifty-five minutes yesterday at long range The Russia.-, fire was nor iravvn. and official dispatches said that there were no casualties, although mes sages reported five kil'ed. Ying-Kau dispatches said that cen:-;dcrabb was caused at Por Arthur bv the Japanese fire from Pigeon Bav ; rh .v r he defences on that side were being strengthened by barbed wire, and that the RuassMl were pre paring to evacuate Ncw-Chwang. The Japanese force which landed at Ptaksn Bay has advanced to a point near the Manchunan border, and Russian outposts numbering fifteen hundred have been sent to check its n n Hunchun. Cossack scours re ported thit th; en?mv was blocked by avabnehes and that many of the men were invalided. The ice along the Mar.churian coast is beginning to break up. A special dispatch to The Tribune from London said that important Japanese successes on sea and land were rumored. Although these reports were not confirmed, the Japanese Legation at London intimated the intention of the government to force the fighting. i'ORT ARTHUR IX STRAIT. Damaged btf Shells from Pigeon Bat/ To Abandon New-Chwmmg. Ylng-Kau. March «.— Refugees arriving here corroborate the resorts that considerable dam nge within the fortifications has been caused by the Japanese fire from Figenn Bay. and the (!«'cn'-<>« on that side are being strengthened by barbed wire entanglements and additional artil lery. The refugees say thai Fort Arthur has not been atta- ked sine* I-Vbnirirv C»>. but that stores and ammunition 'ire still arriving. Work on the mud dock. In which it was expected to repair the battleship Czarevitch, has kOOfl iktt> doned for the last thre> days, the foreign engi neer being unnM" to raise th» battleship and quitting Fort Arthur, together with the only other Anglo-Saxon fher*. Street traffic In Port Arthtir. the refuge"* -»y. bl largely confined to the ammunition carts. All the forts have i>e» provided with naval signal officers for the purp^is* of Identifying Rus sian hi[>s and preventing tn* forts from fir ing OH then when they arrive. Thr> rerrova! of the furniture of the police rnd mUttanr qu«rt-r» at NVr.--Chw-\ng. th« with- essary railing «tock -itv! equip- Bway linalnaa, nnd the remova! of silver from th* bank, indi cate nn lnf"!id«<l evacuation of N*w-Chwangc. The hank nuthortfles have nruai M leav* Fr?r.ch nnd German npents In rhar? a of their Interests. a large fate* if cavalry Is tSptCttd to re turn to New-rhwnnr before the itre* opens for the purr"""-* of mninfalnlne patrols between the main railway and the Fen and of re-'onrnltrlnj? the co.-tsT. Russian private letttn Marl i »he fad that in th» recent enicareirer. between the Yalu Itiver and Plna>Taag the Russians «M ru perlor omnbtn Kffaatsd the Xapasaaat but lost henvily. One car was thrown from the In I ye?terdny r.orth of r»alny by an obstrucMin on the track. Trains were flifajßfl BBt ffteen hour?, and a serious accident m is anty nvert*d by the low >-p0,..l at whi. h the train wan running. JAPANESE SEAR BORDER. Plaksin Bay Force Reported, Hoxc czcr, in Trouble. St. Petersburg:. March o.— Advices from Vlad ivostok Bay thit the 19M Japanese troops who landed at Flaksln Bay. on the east coast of thill ■ Core.i, are advancing toward Musangr. 21 * miles from Wonsan. with the Intention of ultimately reaching Hunchun. on the left bank of the Tumen River, about a hundred m!>s west of Vladivostok, find threatening the Russian flank. In order to rherkmnte thin move the Russian outpost. LMt stronK. which .rossed the Tumen. !s ad\an< Ing to occupy Koyryenjr. on the Tumen, t\ walled city, rommiindlng the trails along which the Japanese must pass. Cossack scouts report that a Japanes" column from Plaksln Bay. on arriving In th<» sr.ow blocked defile of the mountains separating from M-iiirhuii:i. waa forced to h^!t. o»: avalanches and other akataalaa, The scouts iay that one-third of th« str^ntrth of this column Is invalided. It Is now supposed that the column Is returning for the purpose of peeking an easier route. FORTIFYING AN-TUNG. Russians to Make Stand — Scout* Being Withdrawn. Toklo, March ♦>. — The Russians are briskly for tifying An-Tung. which. It is believed, they will make a ba»e for resistance. Scouts near Anju are being withdrawn toward Kasan. SPIES ARRESTED AT CRONSTADT. Four Men Charged with Aiding Japan Pris oners at Russian Seaport. Cromtadt. March 6.— Four Japanese spies are paid to have been arrested here. Admiral Blrllcf has inspected the ships which axe here preparing^ to. be put la commlwloo, ._ PRICE THREE CENTS. FORTS FAIL TO REPLY. Vladkoxtok's Defences Not Di&~ elated — The Damage SrnaTL V'..i.!!vostok. March 6.— A srroadron ot Own Jajpaaaaa battleships and two cruisers appeared. off this place a? 1 :2."> o'clock this afternoon ami bombarded the town and shore batteries for fifty-fiv- m'nutes. The squadron approach*! from Oka direction of Askold I.ot.ind. at th« eaft entrance to Ts surl Bay. and about thirty-two miles southeast of Vladivostok, mterlner T'ssurt Bay, the eneir.y forme! in line of > attle, but did. rot approach to a clo«er r»ng»» thin flv» and one-third miles'. They directed their fire against the shore bat teries and the town, hut no damage resulted, as most of their two hundred Lyddite shells Called, to burst. The Russian batteries, commanded by On eral3 Yemnefz and Art.imonoff. d!d not reply, awaiting a closer approach of th«» enemy. The Japanese fire ceased at JO p. m., and th» enemy rrtlre.J ■ the direction of Askold I*l an Simultaneously two torpedo boat destroy ers appeared near Askold Island, anil two mor> near Cape Malde!. The Japanese ships werd covered With Ice. The ttack resulted in r.n loss to the Russians, but cost the enemy 2n0.000 rubles rsino.t» i:i nmmurition. Most of the projectiles 'ere 6-lncti and B-tnca ahelsJL The population of Vladivostok was wanr.' l this morning of the presence on the horlaron vt a hostile fleet, and of the prospect of an altaclc during the day. but It remained tranquil. St. Petersburg. March 6. — communication from Viceroy Alexi-'ff to the Czar from Mtoukdea bearing to-day's dat- says: I most humbly Inform your majesty that th* commandant at th.- fortress at Vladivostok re ports that at s '•** o'clock this murr.infc gerven, vessels were si hted south of Askold Island. At '.' O o'-'lo. k they were seen to be warships making for Askold Island. About noon th« en emy's aojaavCroa waa midway between the coast and Ask. Id Inland, making for Ussuii Bay. They w^re out of reach of the shore batteries. At 1 80 o'clock th* enemy opened fir*. Two vessels In the squadron were probably th« first class cruisers Idzumn and Yj.kunso, bat tha names of the other vessels are unknown. Although the official dispatches receive* her* concerning the bombardment or Vladivostok tar a Japanese fleet th!s afternoon do not ntaDAam any Russian losses, private advices say that five were killed, four sailors and tho wtta-ot aa engineer. It Is apparent the Japanese were afralU an afcaa exposing their ship* to the plunetng firs at Cia land batteries, and It Is considered: paotehls) here that the attack was for the sarpaaa) of drawing the fire of the Russian farta^ coo- I eii'ng the Russians to disclose the position a&6 calibre of thetr guns, and also for the pnrpoco of ascertaining whether the Russian squadron Is in port. If these were the objects of the Japanese* tha attempt is believed to have failed signally, *• the batteries did not fire a shot, and If tha squadron la in port it could not be seen from th- Japar.ose position in the Bay of Usaurl. on account Of lnr.d which rise-" from the coast on that side, obstructing th^ view of the harbor. LIAO-TI'SGS DEFENCES. Man// Guns Mounted — Cruisers Stilt Off Port Arthur. LacMsan, htarcn t— Oily B"T' >jtl r^pnrts on th»- hoT'liardment of VladlVOßtok hava yet been received, and th;.«se eiv.- no 'n<l!c:it;on whether tha Roaaau asjaaaVaa !.■ stii; Ihera n not Ac cording to a r-port from Tokio. th»- squadron wns seen off Wnns.m last Thursday, but on tMs rolnt there is no reliable information. Specula tion, however, mostly inclines to th« belief that the Russian squadron Is not In porr "ladt vostok. as neither th" off!' nor the- other r=» ports of the bom'>ar Imerit mer-.tion Russian warship?. Port Arthur dispatches of Saturday and Sun day say that everything is qui^t there and en the Liao-Tung Peninsula. The Japanese cruiser squadron was seen ottering off Port Ar thur on Friday night In a heavy snowstorm. "The Dally Telegraph's" Che-Foo corre spondent says the Russians are still employing thousands of coolies at Port Arthur and Dalny on intrenchments and new forts, and that they are also mounting over a hundred s^irs to pro tect the neck of the Isthmus. The correspondent of "The Standard" at Tien tsin rives a rurr.or that thirty Russian sailors A dozen very attractive and Instructive articles in the Four-Track News tor March* i"tv« aaaaa •t. Haataalan T^aA^V_ + T,