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F VOL. XIII. RUSSIAN CAUS Only Their Well Pirerter Army From E GENERAL LUROPATKIN RESIGNS Extent of the Russian Disaster is Far Greater Than Earlier Reports Indicated, and It Is Now Almost a Foregone Conclusion That Even Should the Remnants of the Army Reach Tie Pass They Would be Unable to Hold It Against Their Pursuers. V.W General Kuropatkin has apparently succeeded in saving more of his artillery than seemed possible, his losses in men, ammunition and commisariat supplies, in the battle of Mukden. are far greater than earlier reports indicated, and even that portion of his army which he succeeded in extricating fiopj the positions around Mukden is --till in serious danger. The Japanese generals, realizing that with ( a little more speed they could have , inflicted a crushing defeat on the Rus- ( sian at my after the battle of Liao Vang, determined not to again allow , an opportunity to pass, and are fol- 1 lowing after the defeated and sorely 1 tried Russian forces. While a small portion of Kuropatkin's army has reached Tie Pass, the creator unrf of those who escaped from the battle of r Mukden are still struggling northward, being at last accounts between 12 and 18 miles from their goal, with the Japanese*, flushed with victory and re- ^ enforced by fresh men, harassing c them from all sides. Even should o the remnants of the army reach Tie c Pass, it is hardly possible for it to ^ make a stand there against the over- ^ whelming force opposing it, and es- o peeiallv as the Russians must be worn tt out and weakened by the loss of men, a guns and ammunition. It is more n likely that Kuropatkin will fall right s< back to Harbin with what he can save ** and wait there fur the^*e-enforcements ... mat st Petersburg alftady lias promised hinr. A possible obstacle to the ^ plan Is Gent ral Kamamura's array, al which has n? t yet been located and which may also be heading for the q northern capital. General Kuropatkin admits that 1,190 officers and 4(1,931 men are not -'a responding to roll calls. This is rath- ri e.- vague. It may or may not include the thousands of wounded who have been sent north, and again it may not include the losses suffered by the ws Third Array, with which the com- hi, niander-in-chief was not. in communl- de cation for some time. The figures . given by the Japanese War Oillce appear more reasonable, namely: 40.S00 ^h' prisoners, 2 th 500 dead on the field, loi and 90.000 killed or wounded, the lat- Gf ter figure, of course, including the dead found by the Japanese. The Russian losses, tlieiefore. total much over 100,000 men, or more than one- Cfcl third of the whole army. The fact that the Japanese report the capture of only 00 guns indicates that Kuropat kin. at the last moment, sueceded J"1 in sending a considerable portion of JJa his artillery northward on the railway. The Japanese losses up to this gul morning were reported as 41,222, not ! including the army which pushed north between Mukden and Fusliun. 1?? Official Russia is determined to curry on the war, and St. Petersburg re- ''J'1 ports that orders have been issued ju for the mobilization of more troops. Tnis niav prove a difiicult task with the temper of the Russian people in 1 its present condition. There is still ing hope in Petersburg that. Russia pro can exhaust Japan financially, and for tioi months there has been totir -- ... Lilt: I.ei mobilization of an arniv on the Si- nia berian border, which would compel loss Japan to keep her vast army in Man- lost churia. ing Bryan Loses Appeal. Hartford. Conr... Special.?In a de- T cision handed down by the Supreme fori Court Thursday, the Superior Court is tal upheld in declaring that the sealed thoi letter in the Philo S. Bennett will eon- rope taining a bequest of $r>0.000 to Wil- j,n^ liam J. Bryan is not a part of the Ben- j nps< nett will. The case went up on Mr. ' the Bryan's appeal from the Superior j spit' Court's decision. j adm Japs in Kuropatkin's Rear. With the Japanese Left Armies. ^ Wednesday. Noon, via Fusan.?The yan left armies have cut and destroyed 8|a-g the railr< ad between Mukden and Tie uao Pass. Details are not obtainable at retn present Tie Russians are in retreat be over the northern roads. The left column of th> ?*e armies is at I.ikanipti. H|ftn ?evt!ii nine.-- north of tho Hun river shot and five inile.> west of the railroad, ofllc and has had a fierce fight with a Rus-? surR sian force thn-e it.; number. The dor. Russian casua.tie? number 10.000. The infct Russian centre i: retreating in great f?en< eon fusion. to tl I f. .. I i ;c < * ~ I " r'.'i i OR I > DESPERATE 1 F it Has Saved Entire ixtdination Made a Good Run. G il information from the Rut* siai adquartcrs in the field, ?uppl>me by dispatches from corre*poi ts with the army of the Ruisiai nperor, show that General Kirop a, after suffering by far fie mo evere defeat of the war, his su< Led, as he did after the bati'e of > Yang, in extricating the rennajof his army from a DosiMon wll military experts 24 hours befoi*lieved would result in its xnnihiljn or surrender. 1 he recent ficLiao Yang has been considered thuost masterly ever execu ed, but itjfar overshadowed by this latest f''j? tlu Russian general. wh? bns t 'H personal command of the t- s. After lighting for neirily t weeks, losing in killed, woradc >jnd miss ing, probably a thm of Rirmy, or nearly 100,000 men, imd a rth of his artillery. Kuropak in gf red what was left together n?r< h o. Jikden and Is taking them tow.r* is T.'ass through a rain of shranel sv^i is being thrown on them fo m Wright and left. This he se<ms U. ve been able to accomplish b> ifeu:|ig to the same tactics wllish <a] his army at l..tao Yang. leral Knropatkin has sent in his ehation to the Emperor. leral Knropatkin has telegraphed o npc^ror Nicholas assuming himokll the responsibility for his de es milking no excuses except that h-tretjagth of the Japanese was misalated and refusing to place any fe t?lamo upon the council of gtnrtup'on whose advice he determined ) 'e {battle. His reputation as i.n ffdvo strategist is gone, aid. tichh. the Emperor's military adv.srstOMv not where to look for a bete-enVral, his resignation will be 1 osling General Kuropatkin, the riiwi$ll lose the idol of the prlvite ilcs/i an officer who. in spite of letriigucs of his generals and lis tilutao win a battle, has won thjir mfltjee and affection. Th Wight of the Russian army of pwai of a quarter of a million nen id ,1 2,000 pieces of artillery wth hici]|t was expected confldenly em^aiKuropatkin and his lleutn- i its coid prevent the advanco of he | 'Panes beyond the Shaklie and Hin vera, still in the balance. Tley i"' I ben drawn from those positkus, iu *ar? now rushing northward toirdi Tie Pass, around which ;re gh /lills, which were prepared or fense after the battle of Liao Yaig, Svptmbor, there being no hope at at tine that the Japanese would alr the defeated army to rest soith the He Pass. That the Russims ve lot many guns and large qmnies o ammunition and supplies is rtain, for with but a single trsck railway to the north, it would be poHsble to remove the large aloes ilch lad been gathered together at ikden These, it seems certdn, ve b*en destroyed. The Japanese ve net yet reported the capture of as which they generally do ainust mediately; but it stems harlly elr that Kuronatkin could have rc>v(d all of his artillery. On he ef January, at cording to corusul-nts who have just returned fnrn kten, the Russians had in poslton nj, the Shakhe and Hun rivers 1,100 is The losses in the operations proc.-ddie battle and those in the battle p?r must reach enormous prop?rit, but up to the present tine, tier side has attempted an cstltt. They will exceed the Shathe ?ks. in which the Russians a)>ne ; in killed and wounded and miss67,000 men. The Pass Undefended. len Tsin, By Cable.?The well -nned here roughly estimate the toRussian casualities at 150,000 i-nd ?e of the Japanese 60,000. It Is >rtcd that Tie Pass Is praetlcilly efeuded, and another great action egarded as improbable. A Jrpa> officer lias said: "We must pish advantage home and give no reft until a crushing defeat has baen inistered." Not iixpecting Peace, 'ashlngton. Special.?"After jliao g there was talk of peace. I.usanswer was re-inforcements. Like ? lYank, Mukden is scene of another Mjlt, and again Russia's oncw?i- .un lirge re-lnforcements, but of ponce, a' word.1' This was the emphatic utnent of Count Cassini, the P.us'ambasstior. If an echo of pdace d come out of St. Petersburg] no ?1 in Washington would be n}ore lsed than the Russian ambaksavho has all along been positively ned that nothing but victory for al Kuropatkin can brins an end }? war. * k - \ I MI] FORT MILL, S. C? RAILWAY STRIKE FAILS. Workmen Who Went Out Were Ordered Back to Work. New York. Special.?The most Interesting development in the sub-way and elevated railway strike situation in New York was the stand taken by some of the national labor leaders in repudiating the action of the local leaders who ordered and are conducting the strike. The first intimation the public had that the strike was not endorsed by the national unions, came in a statement from Grand Chief Warren S. Stone, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, to which the motormen belong. Mr. Stone insisted that the strike was a violation of the laws of the national union, the men having broken their contract with the inter-borough Company. He ordered the men to report for duty, failing which, expulsion from the organization is threatened. Although the local leaders are continuing the fight, despite the fact that the national leaders have repudiated their action in calling the men out, the strike on the subway and elevated railway systems has passed the acute stage, and trains are run with little delay, the strike-breakers quickly learning their new duties, while many of the old men were back in the positiors which they left on Tuesday morning. There was no general rush back of the old employes, but the men slowly weakened, and there was a steady stream passing into the company's offices all day. Things More Quiet. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?The general staff has received the following dispatch from General Sakaharoff, General Kuronatkin's chief of staff, dated today: "Several fierce attacks on our north front were made during the night. They were all repulsed. In other directions the night was quiet." Forbidden to Enter Mukden. Tokio. By Cable.?Field Marshal Oyama, in an order directing the pursuit of the retreating Russians, prohibited his troops from entering Mukden, in order to preserve the respects of the tombs and sacred places of the imperial Chinese household, and to protect the welfare of the inhabitnats. Mukuen, Thursday. By Cable.?The Japanese last night pushed up from the south across the abandoned plain between tho Shakho and Hun rivers ami are. as this dispatch is filed, about five miles south of the latter, and from the Hun opposite Macht&pu and northward. Japanese batteries are pouring in a ceaseless fire. The Japanese succeeded in emplacing siege guns and 1 iiioriars ai lMcushantun. about six miles west of this city, whence the op- ! cnlng fire began at dawn. Many young men want to atton.l the Medical College of South Carolina. Gov. I Hey ward has at his disposal the appointment of one beneficiary from ?ath congressional district. Already then- i is on file at least one application from i nearly every county in the State. Gov. | Heyward will not announce his s -loo- j tlon for some time. Tokio, By Cable?Field Marshal Oyama telegraphs ns follows under Friday's date: 'We occupied Mukden at one o'clock this morning. Our surrounding movement, in which we have been engaged for some days past has now completely succeeded. "The fiercest fighting continues at several places in the vicinity of Mukden. We captured a great number i of prisoners, enormous quantities of arms, ammunition, provisions and other war supplies. There is at present no time to investigate the number of these." Telegraphic Briefs. The Russians have fallen back from i the Shakhe river along the whole line. ! and are in full retreat. Japanesp forces have been seen north ' of Mukden, and the battle is now rag- : ing around the imperial tombs. The Dutch Island of Curacao is sai.l ! to be the home of two generals who are watching to avail themselves of the first opportunity to start a revolution against President Castro. Winston Churchill attacked the fiscal policy of Joseph Chamberlain in the j House of Commons, and was defeated. The strike at Warsaw. Russian I'o- ! land, is reported to ne over, hut the em- ! ployers now find that the concessions to J end the strike will impose a tax which they cannot stand. In order to maintain friendly rcla- I tions with its employes the Frisco system intends to provide a home for everyone of them. \ The Colorado Legislature received > the rejiorts of the contest committee and it soon became apparent that neither of these documents could command a majority of votes. The Mayoralty fight in Chicago Is centering around the question of municipal ownership of the street railways, and the value of $105,000,000 iu stocks and bonds is thus affected. The strike on the subway and elevated railroads in New York failed to stop traffic on those lines, and railway officials say they have the situation well in hand. Four miners were killed by the breaking of a cable at. a mine near Charleston. W. Va. Rev. Dr. I.oighton Parks, rector of St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church. New York, gave out an interview scoring social loaders for not checking the divorce evil. IK rJL 1 WEDNESDAY. MARCi The case of the Government against Mrs. Cassie L. Chad wick for her connection with the Oberlin bank was completed at Cleveland. , The police of Honolulu say that If Mrs. Jane L. Stanford was poisoned the guilty persons are In San Francisco. Capt. George W. Byron, of Washingtan. is inventing an airship which, he says, will discount that of Santos Dumont. He will shortly make an ascent in Washington. He will employ nine separate gas bags to make the aerial ship for long distance traffic. A little more than half the goods brought into the Dutch West Indies comes from the United States. The countries next in order as to value of goods Imported are the Netherlands, Germany. England, France and Italy. Small occasional Invoices are received from other countries. The California commission to the St. Louis Exposition returned to the State $6,000. unexpended, of *he $130,000 appropriation made by the Legislature for State advertising purposes. Practically all the exhibit has been sent to the Portland Fair, which is to open next May. Fighting Around Mukden. Mukden. By Cable.?The Japanese at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning attacked a Russian position on the Hun river from Machiapu. The r tillery fire has been continuous, and shifted northward after daylight almost to the Sinmintin road, from which wounded and Chinese refugees are arriving. VULIU.. ?> ~ * .6?uiik is uiso iar to me northward. I Numbers of wounded Japanese along I the Sinmintin have been brought in and cared for. Resolutions to Return Flags. Trenton, N. J., Special.?In the House Mr. Coyne introduced a resolution authorizing the Governor to return a Confederate tlag to the Governor of North Carolina, captured by the Ninth New Jersey Volunteers at the battle of Newbern. The tlag was presented to the Beaufort Plow Boys by the ladles of Beaufort, N. C. The reason for this resolution is the fact that New Jersov has appropriated 000 to erect a suitable monument at Newbern in honor of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteers. Says He Killed Four. Danville, Ark., Special.?James Inee, confessing that he is a quadruple murderer, was brought back to jail here after a visit to the scene of the crime, lf> miles southwest of here, where, confronted with the dead bodies of his wife and three children, the latter tanging in age front four months u. four years, he broke down and confessed his guilt, saying that it seemed ! impossible to make a living for hit . family, hence his act. Woman Poisoner Submits. Lynchburg, Va., Special.?Mrs. Sal lie Hanna, who administered Rougt on Rats to a family of sii because the family had given slieltei to the husband of the prisoner, whoa she had run away from home, appear od in court, waived trial by jury anc threw herself on the mercy of th< court. The Judge announced that h< would take the matter under advise mcnt and it is probable that he wiJ hear the evidence in the caso XKWS OK TLIK FAR EAST. Forty-four thousand four hundred Russians are prisoners in Japan. The advanced forces on tin* Russian left have been driven back with heavy loss. Reports in St. Petersburg indicate that Kuropntkin lias removed a largo part of liis stores from Mukden. Kuropntkin. hard pro-sod at all points, began hurrying his stores of food and ammunition out of .Mukden to Tie Pass. General Kuropntkin sent word that twenty Japanese torpedo bonis and a ! large warship were on the way to Vladivostok. , A dispatch from Vladivostok said that there were no signs of a blockade, < and that cruisers left the harbor occasionally to tnnneuvre. General Nogi struck a sudden blow to the westward, ami the Russian po- < sit ion. according to advices from Mttk* I deli w:i? vtill - - ; (Joneral Knroki held Ta Pass, and ! , there wore Russian reports that the rapture of this position would force a ; Russian retreat to Tie-Lang. <Joneral Kuropatkin lias ordered the Tied Cross depots at Mukden, Harbin, ] Tieling and Irkutsk to prepare to re- j ceive from 80,000 to 100,000 wounded. i Itennenkanip returned from a week's l raid around the Japanese left flank and well to the rear, losing only one ] man killed ami twelve wounded. 1 The Japanese have continued the at- ' tack against the Russian positions on 1 the Slut River, drivlius in hotii UmiL-a . and advancing to within a few hun- ' dred foot of PutilolT Hill. A body of Itussinns was rooontly I convoying litw? tons of foiiilor whioh 1 thoy had requisitioned in neutral tor- 1 rltory south of Siiunintun when they > wore> attacked hy bandits, who carried ' oft' the whole of the provender. rriviT tl 15,1905. N ewsy" g7~i:antng s. Extensive plans for the improvement of the Suez Canal are now well under .way. Society in Washington seems determined to introduce "the Continental Sunday." An Indianapolis man has been ordered by the courts to pay his ex-wifo $52,150 alimony. Copper money in France is being gradually replaced this year by aluminum bronze pennies of n pale yellow color. The Corcoran Art Gallery, at Washington. 1). C.. recently pakl $2000 for an oil painting of a codfish by William M. Chase. French horticulture in the experimental gardens at Bordeaux has acclimatized for Europe one of the sweet potatoes of Western Africa. Five pensioners of the Revolutionary War and 1110 pensioners of the War of 1812 are still upon the Government's pay roils. Dr. Osier, of Johns Hopkins University. reiterated that men over sixty are "absolutely useless." but admitted that bis chloroforming suggestion was only a joke. The descendants of Mary Setoun. one of the four maids of honor to Mary Queen of Scots, have in their ixisscssion a curious watch which was given by that queen to her favorite. London clubs are not very cheerful ! rtlflelOi ill nnl'l .......n.? , ... ...... luaiuiT, iiei-urums To a ! Saturday Review -writer. who saj-s that in times of frost and snow the ! nuintier of sleepers and snorers is abominnhly increased. Two Japanese prisoners were picked np hy the Russians in a recent skirmish. One was unhurt, the other mortally wounded. They were brothers, and the one had preferred capture to leaving the other K> die alone on the bnttVctkeld. PROMINENT PEOPI.E. fount Tolstoi has onened hook stores In Moscow and St. Petersburg. Emperor William possesses over 150 full military and naval uniforms. Cardinal tlibhotis, of Baltimore. Md., Is a fervent advocate of pedcstrianism. The King of Slain is tlie only independent Buddhist sovereign in the world. 1.- : ? " ? ? run;; .aiioiiso ot spam is hesitating among tliroo royal maidens In his choice of a liride. Secretary William II. Taft will he the orator at the Yale I.aw School commencement next June. The Sultan of Turkey and the Queen of the Netherlands are the only total abstainers among European sovereigns. John La Large, the painter, has a high opinion of the wit of beggars, the street mendicant being one of his fa* vorite studies. it is said on good authority that J. I*. Morgan's greatest eharilv is keeping young hoys off the streets by getting them work. Mrs. Carnegie, wife of the millionaire, though tlie daughter of an old : New England family, is as devoted to ' < Scotland as her husband. i Another camera enthusiast is the < Herman Empress. She has taken innumerable photographs of tilings that have interested tier, and her colloc- 1 tion of pictures is unique. 1 Helen Could Jins sent a complete 1 dinner set of solid silver, with gold- ' lined cups, to her namesake, little ] Helen Could Hell, daughter of (Jeneral ' Sherman Hell, of Ht-?ver. ' Probably the world's greatest oou- ' list is Dr. Pagensteeher, of Wiesba- | den. Ceriiianv u?? /./* ?<!.? ? .r. vviipiiiii;u Ity ili* ^ most every European royalty a ml hy ( aristocrats and plutocrats from over the world. t LABOR NOTES. A strike of the hrowory employes ' was inaugurated at Seranton, I'a. : Attain it is asserted that there i< an ' Increased number of idle men in New i York City. It is estimated that the Dominion of Canada has an aggregate union mem- ? v bersliip of lllO.OOO to ir.it.iHio. ' The headquarters of tlie European T'nion of Transjiort Workers has been . removed from London to Hamburg. i In the ten years of its existence the I Woodworkers' I'nion of Cermany lias | secured reductions in the working t hours for about To.OOO members. , In (Jermany employers of labor are a compelled to grant one hour's rest at 1 midday, and women with household ' cares may claim an extra halt hour. The North Herman Llovri Comnanv will open an immigrant line between Bremen ami Galveston to turn the; tido 1 at immigration toward the South and , j, Southwest. It is reported that the International ,] Association of Bridge and Structural v Iron Workers' have entered into a r year's agreement with the American Bridge ('oinpany. The annual report of Business Agent 1 [ 'isher, of Machinists' District Lodge N'o. H, at Chicago, III., shows that their fi ttrike for eight months has cost the iioat sum of $loo,00<?. As a result of the referendum vote : ^ recently taken by the members of the | I'nited tiarinent Workers of Aincrieii the date of the next convention, which v ivas to have been held in Toronto in i ' August, It a has been changed to ^ ake place In August, 1D0G. During the year 1004 the mine employes of the anthracite region, says a IVilkobarro dispatch, received an a l- ( ranee of .S3,."00,000 over their former 1 chedule rate of wages, through the I dhling scale established by the Coal ' Strike C'oiuiuission in 1002. r * * \ # ^ \ ;s. NO. 51. II Aftrnr III miin *v I ???r jnUlNtY IN lilt BANk Saves Mrs. Chadwick From Charge of Intentional Fraud CLAIM OF GOVERNMENT FAILS The Defence in the Chadwick Case: Shows That She Had Money on Deposit in the Oberlin Institution. Cleveland, Ohio, Special.?Nine witnesses were examined in the Chadwick trial, and the defense established the fact that the claim of the fyoverament that Mrs. Chadwick had no asoney In the Oberlin bank at the time aC drawing tne checks which were certh* fled by Spear and Ucckwlth. was Incorrect In two in?tnnfno o? It was shown by the general journal of the bunk, that on November 190.1, when Mrs. Chadwick received a. certified check for $10,000, an entrycredit ing her with that amount was; made on the journal of the bank and' a deposit slip for $10,000 was mad?? out in her name. The entry and th?y slip were in the handwriting of Cashier Spear. Another entry of similar nature amounting to $5,000 was alsor found. These facts were brought out on cross examination by Judge Wing,, counsel for Mrs. Chadwick after Ions and tedious quest lotting of II. II. Avery, assistant cashier of the Oberlin. bank. Avery at first testified that at no time had Mrs. Chadwick either money in or credit at the bank. Several directors of the Oberlin bank testified that they knew nothing of tba transactions with Mrs. Chadwick. One of them said none of the Chadwick deals were ever reported by Mr. Spear to the directors. An official the Euclid Avenue Trust Company testified that Mrs. Chadwick had $92,000 on deposit tn ltis bank. Horace G. White, bookkeeper of the Oberlin bank, testified that the entry giving credit to Mrs. Chadwick for $10,000 was in the handwriting of Cashier Spear, and that tho deposit slip for the same amount was also in Spear's hand writing. Robert I.yons, receiver for the Citizens' National llank of Oberlin, said that tho wwimt, u in not kiiow uiat any account had ever existed by which Mrs. Chadwick could draw chocks on the hank. Mrs. Chadwiok came into court today apparently none the worse for her illness, which caused the adjournment yesterday. She wore the same sown of black and white, as on her first appearance, hut hail added a Ions grey veil which covered her face, and was wound in repeated folds about her neck. Shortly after taking her scat in the rear of her counsel, sins n moved tin? veil and took the position rdie occupied during most of yesterday, her elbow on the table and her [*hin in the palm of her hand. It is doubtful if Andrew Carnegie will take the stand. District Attorney Sullivan said today: "It is not ray present, intention to put Mr. Carnegie ;>n the stand, and I do not think In* will be called upon to testify unless liis evidence should be needed in remittal of something introduced by the defense." Carnegie May Not Testify. Cleveland, O., Special.?The cause of he government against Mrs. Chad wick vas completed Wednesday afternoon. )nc witness for the defense, an ex>ert accountant, was sworn, hut an idjournment. was taken before he had tiven any testimony. The entire after ..".II avanmil wan TilKCIl Up I?y tflC 11T1 ? roduction as evidence of checks, de:osit slips, hooks of the bank and two otters written by Mrs. Chadwick to dr. I!e< kwith and Mr. Spear. One of the otters was written to Spear alone. la t Mrs. Chadwick asked him to certify i check to be given by her to Henry A'urst, of Klyria, saying that, sho vonld get tin* goods in the East to lieet the check. "So draw a check for the letter said, "and 1 will ign it. and pay yon well for it. i am tlx>111 to do something of great interest o us all." District Attorney Sullivan aid great stress, in representing theotters to the jury, on the apparent fact hat Mrs. Chadwick was asking for the erti float ion of a check not oniy when die had no funds in the hank, hut even >efore she had signed it. It is practicaly . '.tied that Andrew Carnegie will ict appear in the case at all. There han ?een nothing in the case as presented ?y the government that bears in any nanncr on the papers signed with his lame which bore so large a part in the Inancial transactions of Mrs. Chadvick, and it is not expected that the lefense will offer any testimony that, vill call him to the stam. to testify in. ebuttal. Fresh From '.he Wires. Trustee Looser. *?f the Chadwlek a3iots. and Public Prosecutor Keeler ailed cm Mr. Carnegie and obtained roni him specimens of h'.s signature, vhich is altogether unlike that on the 7hadwick papers. The San Francisco police are still vithout information as to what the hemical analysis in tho case of Mrs. itanford . nows, but. nre inclining to he iieiicf that she war. not poisoned. A special pontifical commission has nade a report recommending a niodifiatlon of the Papal do rre auainst wonen singing in Catholic church choirs. A movement has been started in tome for the foundation of an intcrtational institute of agriculture. I