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i : 1 RUSSIANS TRAPPED * - Japs Made Feint at Retreat , 1 and Caught Pursuers, " * ' *;V ^ ' EIGHT: HUNDRED SLAIN Vm ^ f, _? ?? if. ' *' * t% . % Force $o Cleverly Decoyed Was on i the Way to Relief cf Port Arthur. Jap Spy Talks. Interestingly. * * ^ Information was received in Niuchwang Sunday night through hereto^ fore reliable channels that part of the * Japanese force left at Pu Lan Tien to checkmate the Russians' southward movement to relieve Port Arthur, was attacked southeast of Shung-Mao Sat* urday. After slight fighting the Japanese made a false retreat, the Russians hotly following them, when the Japanese made a flank movement, catching the Russians in a trap. The Russian losses are placed at eight * hundred men. They then fell back on Kai-Chou and began to retreat along the Baima Tgu-Tsaichou road. About 2,000 Russian infantry fiom Kai-Chou passed through Niuchwang Sunday morning, accompanied by a large supply and hospital train. Several carts contained bandaged men. The troops appeared 10 ds laggcu um, and showed every indication of a long forced march. The officers refused to furnish any information, hut a noncommissioned officer told a correspondent of the Associated Press that all * the troops were retreating from Asaichou. Before he could say anything further he was reprimanded by a captain. Stragglers are closely watched v, by non-commissioned officers to pre- i vent them from talking. ^he Russians have abandoned the ground mines eight miles south of Niuchwang. A native messenger from the Rus iML oamp reports that there are many wounded men there. * . ? . ? Jap Spy from Port Arthur. A Chinaman, who was smuggled by the .Japanese Into Port Arthur to act as a spy, escaped from there seven days ago, was arrested at Niuchwaag - Sunday night. ? He 'told a correspondent of the Associated Press that the Russians were working a large force , of men day and night repairing the A ' warships. They expect the work will ' be completed in a fortnight. Four cruisers under Golden Hill (at the entrance to Port Arthur), have their guns trained landward to assist In repulsing a land attack. ?he channel partly* cleared, but Admiral Togo'3 blockade is effective. The spy estimates the total strength of the Russian forces, including the sailors, at less than 30.0(0 men. There 1 are many sick and wounded. There it food sufficient for two months. All the Chinese food stuff has been seized by the authorities. Two armored trains, on board of which are mounted guns, landed from the Russian battle ship Retvizan recently, ran to a point near the Japanese lines and opened fire. The Japanese replied, and their shells badly ^avma/woJ fwaln 4- k r\rt rrV> 1+ rr? a t> 1 rrft.l UaaiagvU IUC uaiu, iUUUQU U 4 to return to the Russian lines. The stern of the sunken battle ship Petropavlovsk can be seen at low tide. The Russians at Port Arthur are , ' gloomy, though hoping that General Kuropatkin will send an army south to assist the garrison. INTER MEDDLERS BIFFED. Governor Peabody's Satirical Answer 1 to a Labor Organization. 4 governor Peabody, of Colorado, sent the following reply to a message he received from the industrial council ot Kansas City concerning his action in " the mining troubles: f . 5 j "The fact that your council indorses the assassins, train wrecking and dynamiting by the lawless element ef the Cripple Creek district, but proves the necessity for my present . action in ^ suppressing all such from the soil of Colorado. Become wise before you attempt to teach. "JAMES H. PEA BODY, "Governor." % WHIPPINGPOST REVIVED. Kentucky Judge Forces Colored Wot man to Lash Wayward Son. At Lexington, Ky., Monday, Police ? Judge John J. Riley revived the old V, whipping-post regime when he sentenced Simon Scearce. a 15-year-old negro lad, to be whipped in the public square. Scearce had struck a small > white boy. The court decided that the boy's mother take the boy to the public square and give him twenty lashes with a buggy whip. The mother, in the presence of a large crowd, administered the punishment as directed. NO RELIEF FOR PORT ARTHUR. Russian Soldiers Mobilized for Sue** cor of Fortress Unavailable. A dispatch to The Temps (Paris) from St. Petersburg says: "It appears that the Russian relief column of 30,000 men mobilized for the succor of Port Arthur has abandoned its object, owing to the fall of Kin Chou and the landing of Japanese reinforcements." 4 i. '? - /" ? APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT Made by Tyner, Asking Chief Executive to Retract that Public Charge of Corruption. A Washington special says: Jam?s X. Tyner, who was removed from office as assistant attorney general for the postofiice department during the investigation in the department, and who recently was tried and acquitted by a jury, has addressed a letter to President Roosevelt in part as follows: "Sir?la November, 1903, on the strength of certain charges contained in a report by Mr. Bristow, the fourth assistant postmaster general, you gave to the press of the country a statement to the effect that 'gross corruption in I the case of Assistant Attorney General Tyner has gone on for a number of years,' and after referring to me as the chief offender,' you say that in ray case 'the corruption tool; the form of favoring get-rich-quick concerns and similar schemes, in other words, the criminals whom it was (my) sworn duty to prosecute, paid (me) for permission to fleece the public unmolested.' After thus giving your official opinion as chief magistrate of the nation as to my guilt, you referred to the | fact that there were three indictments L pending against me, and you called upon a jury to do its duty. "I have now had my day in court, and according to the law of the land I have established my innocence of any crime or any misconduct in office. The jury without a moment's hesitation, pronounced me 'not guilty' on all the indictments. "> "Such a verdict in a trial brought in good faith would ordinarily be a sufficient vindication of an accused pariy, but unfortunately in this case your official proclamation of my assumed guilt has such weight and is entitled to have such weight that to many it practically overrides the verdict of the jury. I notice that many of your friends do not hesitate to say that your verdict given before the trial is more to be relied upon than the verdict of court and jury given after trial. WA a i j.1 y t .rgamsi sucn injustice i nave no recourse except by appealing to vour sense of right and fair dealing. "I do not mean for a moment to question the good faith and entire sincerity of yout proclamation; I wish merely, to emphasize the fact that you ' have been deceived and that your laudable zeal for public decency has been imposed upon. "My regaining hours ate few, and though my house is in order with clear conscience, l?await from day to day the irrevocable summons, nevertheless I cannot close my eyes without first appealing to you, Mr. President, as my chief accuser, to endeavor, insofar as you can. to right the great wrong which you have unwittingly done me." i> actress held for murder. Nan Patterson Indicted at New York for Shooting Bookmaker Young. At New York, Monday, Mrs. Nan Patter3on, the actress, who was with Caesar Young, the bookmaker, in a cab on June 4 when he was shot and killed, was indicted for murder in the first degree. young, who had been a close' friend of Mrs. Patterson for several years, met her by appointment about two hours before the time set for the sailing of the steamship which he was to sail on for Europe. They had ?pent most of the previous evening in conference over the impending separation, and it is understood that this farewell meeting had been arranged for the transfer to Young of certain letters in the possession of Mrs. Patterson. Conflicting stories have been told of the happenings in the cab, and Mrs. Patterson has refused to give the details of the shooting, except to say that Young shot himself and that af ter the shooting she had picked up the revolver and placed it in Young's right-hand pocket. One eyewitness presented himself and his testimony was to the effect that Young had shot himself. -Census office bulletin saps that Georgia shows a smaller percentage of child labor intextile industries than any other southern state. PALMA TROPHY RETURNED. American Rifle Association Resent Ki.ck Made by Britishers. By a unanimous vote the exemtive committee of the National Rifle Association, which met in Washington a few days ago, decided to return forthwith to England the P2lma trophy, which the American team won at the Bisley shoot last September, because of the charges made that the American team violated a rule of the contest in using a rifle slightly different from that used by the regular army of this country. It was also decided to withdraw the Palma trophy from this year's competition. OVERFLOW RUINS CROPS. if? Farmers Along Arkansas River Suffer Loss of Many Thousands. The steady rise of the Arkansas river has resulted in flooding nearly all of Jefferson county, Ark., adjoining the river and for some distance inland. Thousands of acres of growing crops are under water, in some instances being washed up entirely. The loss to farmers cannot be estimated, but will reach thousands of dollars. MINFRS DEPORTED Kansas Refuses to Harbor Men From Colorado. TURNED BACK BY SHERIFF General Bell Says He Has Evidence j Sufficient to Hang Forty Miners Who Were Connected with the Victor Outrage. Seventy-six deported Victor, Colo.,, miners sent out from their state on a special train in charge of Colorado militiamen were literally dumped into Kansas Saturday and left destitute on the prairie. With a parting volley fired into the air, the militiamen deserted their charges and returned west. Later the unfortunate miners were turned back to Colorado by an armed Kansas sheriff and forty deputies. The miners had been placed on the train, which was a special made up by the authorities in control of the dfs turbed Colorado district and in charge of well armed militiamen started for the east Friday. The cars were closely guarded. The miners were not permitted to leave the cars, nor were any of the hundred or so men who gathered at the station allowed to communicate with them. When a point in, Kansas, half a mile east of the Colorado state line, was reached early Saturday morning, a halt was made. It was a deserted spot on the wild prairie, with not railway station, eating house, nor farmer's house within several miles. Without delay the men were disembarked, me engine was reversed and the militiamen reboarded the train. Colonel T. W. Kennedy, the officer in command of the euard, instructed the miners plain ly that they were not wanted in Colorado and told them they had better go east. Half a dozen of the soldiers fired,a volley into the air to intimidate the men and the train started west. While the miners were deciding on what they would do, Sheriff John Brady, of Hamilton county, Kansas, and forty armed deputies arrived on the scene and ordered the men. hack to. Colorado. Three of the -miners had already started east afoot. The others retraced their steps at the command of the Kansas officers, along the railroad track westward. After a lohg, weary tramp, they straggled into Hblly, Colo, a small town near the Colorado-Kansas line, where they were furnished food at the big Salvation \rmy station located there. Many Min?rs to Be Hung. At Cripple Creek, Colo., Saturday, General Bell made the following statement for publication: "I have indisputable evidence in my possession which will lead to the conviction of a number of union men for the murder of non-union miners who were killed in the Independence depot explosion. We have between thirtyfive and forty men in the bull pen who will swins for this crime. We are only waiting ts> capture two or three more before we tell what our evidence is." Miners Welcome to Kansas. At St. Louis dispatch says: Governor W. J. Bailey, of Kansas, was seen at the world's fair grounds and iL? formed by the Associated Press that ninety-one union miners had been deported from the Cripple Creek district and unloaded on the Kausas state line outside; of Kansas. In view of the fact that official communication relative to the matter had not yet been received by him, Governor Bailey made no statement of what might be done in the matter, but gave the assurance that so long as the miners were peaceable and law-abiding, they will not come to harm in Kansas. The governor said: "I have not been officially informed relative to the action of the Colorado authorities. However, I may say that if the miners behave themselves they will not be molested. If thev form into an armer mob they will be treated as an armed mob. If they act as peaceable citizens they will be treated as such. And to ail law-abiding i citizens the state of Kansas offers a | safe shelter." HONORS TO SOUTHERN DEAD. Graves of Confederates Strewn With Flowers at Camp Chase. The graves of the 2,200 Confederate soldiers burled in the cemetery at Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, were strewn with flowers Saturday, and appropriate memorial exercises were held under the auspices of the Confederate veterans and Robert E. Lee chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Union veterans also participated. The oration of the day was delivered by Colonel George Washington, of Kentucky. GOOD JOB FOR NEGRO. Charlotte Postmaster Recommends Colored Man for Clerkship. Postmaster R. W. Smith, of Charlotte, N. C., has recommended John E. Walker, colored, for appointment to a position as clerk in the Charlotte postofice. Since the recommendation is tantamount to an appointment, the colored man will go on duty and work as a night clerk at a salary of $600 a year. V".'jr i FOUGHT PITCHED BATTLE!' I Soldiers and Miners Clash in Colorado?Martial Law Proclamation Issued by Acting Governor. A pitched battle between the military and union miners was fought at Dunnville, Col., the new mining camp, thirteen miles out of Victor, I shortly after 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Only one man, a union miner, was killed. ' The troops returned to Victor at 8 o'clock Wednesday night, with fourteen captives. It was reported before the special train left Victor for Dunnville, bearing the force under General Bell, that the miners numbered about 250 men and that it was their intention to ( march into Victor Wednesday night, 1 in a body, and attempt to liberate by force the inmates of the temporary bull pen at Victor. The force actual- * ly consisted of but twenty-one men, is the statement of one of the num- ' i ber that was taken captive. Martial law was declared in the ^ Cripple Creek district of Colorado ' Wednesday morning, when the follow- ' ing proclamation was posted at Victor: "Whereas, there exists in Teller county, Colorado, a large number of ( persons acting in conjunction with a large number of persons outside of ; that county, who are fully armed and acting together for unlawful purposes, J and, "Wheretas, open Yiot and insurrec- 1 tion now exists in said county of Teller and felonies and murder have al- j: ready been committed by such persons and are still being threatened, 1 and are offering violence to citzens and property and are resisting the laws of Colorado, and, "Whereas, at divers and sundry other times various'crimes have been * committed in said county of Teller by and with the aid of the lawless per- ; sons and the security of person and property being threatened, and, "Whereas, threats, intimidations 1 and violence are threatened and be- ' lieved will be resorted to by said lawless class. "Whereas, it is reported to me by the sheriff of said Teller county that ; the civil authorities within the county are unable to enforce the laws to secure peace and order in said county, and that it is necessary to put the military into said county for the purpose of enforcing the iaws and restoring peace and order, now, therefore, I, Warren A. Haggot, acting governor and commander in chief of the military forces of the state of Colorado, by virtue of the power and auUinrJt* in do hereby Dro claim and declare the said county of Teller in the state of Colorado to be in a state of insurrection and rebellion. In testimony wnereof I have hereunto set my hand and .caused the. great seal of the state of Colorado to be fixed at Denver, the state capital, this 7th day of June, A. D. 1904/ * "WARREN A. HAGGOT, ' Acting Governor." "SHERMAN M. BELL, "Brig. General and Adjutant." SUICIDE THEORY STANDS. Reputable Physicians Say that Miss Kloeckler Wa3 Not Murdered. The second investigation by a coroner's jury at Atlanta into the cause that produced the death of Miss So phie Kloeckler, whose body was dragged from the depths of Lakewood on May 2Gth, was begun Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Several reputable Atlanta physicians were examined and they were agreed that it would have been practically impossible for a strangler to have choked the girl to death without leaving marks upon her cheeks. They i were likewise agreed that the clotted blood in the tissues of the neck," which were shown by the autopsy.was caused by the embajmer, although, said they, it would have been possible for it to have been caused by strangulation, which occurs in drowning. After listening to a lot of conflicting testimony the verdict of the new jury was that Sophie Kloeckler came to her death by drowning, but whether she leaped into the water to end her own life, or accidentally fell Into the lake, or was thrown into the water by a murderer, they could not and did not say. Under the evidence the jury declared all they could decide was that death was due to drowning, and they added that her drowning was from "causes unknown." This leaves the tragedy at Lakewood as much a mystery as ever. "Nan" Patterson Remanded to JailJustice Clarke, of the New York supreme court, Wednesday afternoon denied the writ of habeas corpus in the case of Mrs. "Nan" Patterson, connected with the shooting of Caesar Young, the well known sportsman, and remanded the prisoner. FILIPINO "DELEGATES ARRIVE. j Not Certain, However, that They Will Be Seated in Conventions. Four delegates to the national democratic and republican conventions ! from the Philippines arrived at San Francisco Thursday on the Coptic. None of the delegates is sure of a seat. The question of recognizing the delegates will be one of the earliest problems before the committee on credential*. n .. ; A ,y v-^....., " *' '_'' midsunum SIU-YEN IS TAKEN laps Still Driving Russians from Manchurian Towns. MARCH ISYETUNIMPEDED Hai Che?3 is Threatened and Czar's Forces at Niuchwang May Be Cut Off from Base of Supplies. A St. Petersburg special says: The Japanese have taken Siu-Yen, driving put the Russians. The enemy appears :o be advancing on Hai-uneng. (Hai-Cheng is located between LiaoFang, the present headquarters of General Kuropatkin, and Kai-Ping, the junction of the Port Arthur railroad md the line running to Niuchwang. The capture of this place would completely cut Niuchwang from railroad communication with the base of supplies.) Kuropatkin Reports. The emperor received from General Kuropatkin the following telegram dated June 9: "The Japanese bombardment June 8 of the coast between Senyuchen and Kaiping, caused no loss of life and no material damage, though a considerable number of charges were fired. One man doing hospital duty was fatally wounded and two wagons were damaged. "June 7 the Japanese slowly continued their march towards Siu-Yen by the Taku-Shan and Feng-Wang-Cheng roads. Their advance guard did not approach nearer than five miles south and east of Siu-Yen. On the morning of June 8 a Japanese infantry brigade, two mountain batteries and five squadrons of cavalry marched against SiuYen. About 11 o'clock the Japanese appeared before the town on the ;outh side, but were checked by a very sucAm frrtm niir haHpplPS LV-DOI ui ili V VUA vut VMvyv. "Japanese infantry then began advancing against the town from the east by the Feng-Wang-Cheng road and came in contact with the Cossacks holding the pass. After two hours' fighting the Cossacks were obliged to retire and our artillery opened fire along the pass, not allowing the Japanese to establish themselves. At this moment a Japanese mountain battery arrived and took a position to the south, but after firing a few rounds was silenced by our battery. A second Japanese battery did not succeed in getting into action, hut was compelled to evacuate its position under the fire of cur guns. "In the course of the fight a flanking movement by several battalions of Japanese infantry was observed north of Siu-Yen threatening our line of retreat. Consequently our Cossacks gradually withdrew five miles from Siu-Yen, keeping up their fire from a battery on a dense cvolumn of the ?******* o ro n tro var.-ta. The aillijr at a iougv v* ww ^ fire slackened about 5 in the afternoon. Among our losses were pheremissineff, chief of the Cossacks, Cornet Komarovski and Lieutenant Colonel Possokhoff. To all appearances the Cossacks were engaged with troqps of the tenth division. "In the affair of June 7 at Vafangow, we had one rifleman wounded, but the Japanese sustained considerable losses. According to the testimony of residents, they had forty killed or wounded." J APPEAL TO ROOSEVELT. Miners in Colorado Request Presi dent to Make Investigation. The executive board of the Western Federation of Miners have appealed to President ^Roosevelt to investigate the condition in Colorado. . The following telegram was sent to the president Friday: "A duty devolves upon you as president of the United States to investigate the terrible crimes that are being perpetrated in Colorado in the nam a of law and order. We will render every possible assistance to the proper au thorities in such investigation, to me end that the people of the country may realize the outrages that are being inflicted on innocent persons by those in temporary official power.'' ONLY TWO MARINES ASHORE. These Were Sent, Unarmed, to Protect Wife of Belgian Minister. A dispatch from Tangier, Morocco, says: The American consul has sent two unarmed marines to the residence of Countess De Buisserat, formeily a Miss Story, of New York (wife of the Belgian minister). The countess is living in an isolated house and as the count, her husband, is at Fez, the marines were sent to her home as precautionary measure. These are the only American marines landed at Tangier. COLLEGE GOES TO ANNISTON. Alabama Synod Will Locate Fine In. stitution in Alabama Town. The synod of Alabama Friday voted to locate the Presbyterian Industrial College for men that it proposes to establish in the city of Anniston. Anniston won on the fourth ballot over Montgomery, Florence, Bessemer and Jasper. One hundred thousand dollars is to be immediately expended upon buildings. KNOX SUCCEEDS QUAY. Attorney Genera! Named to Fill out* : Unexpired Term of Deceased Pennsylvania Senator. Philander C. Knox, of Pittsburg, Pa., | attorney general of the United States, was selected Thursday to fill the seat in the United States senate made va- .Jjjtj cant by the death of Matthew Stan- % ley Quay. He will accept and serve by appointment of Governor Pennypacker until March 4, the date of the expiration of the late senator's commission. Unless political complications should arise as a result of his appointment, :$ he will be elected for tne full term ^ by the legislature, which meets in -,<g? January. It is expected that Attorney -JM General Knox will remain in the cab- 3gj inet until December. The selection of Attorney General ;?S Knox came as a surprise to the poll- .>$3 ticians of the state. His name had not been considered by United States Senator Penrose, who, as chairman of the republican state committee, along JI with Israel W. Durham, the Philadel- yjjg phia leader, had the naming of Quay's >;|| successor. Wednesday afternoon, however, Hen- |jjjj ry (1. Frick, of Pittsburg, a director of the United States Steel Corporation, arrived In Philadelphia and for-* J3 mally announced that the attorney vJS general was a candidate for the place - J ana' that he visited the city in Mr. :3m Knox's interest. As the leaders had Jm' decided that Allegheny county, in which Pittsburg is situated, was to ^|j have the place, he thought the leaders : could have no objection to the actor- :|l ney general. % Just before Attorney General Knox M left Washington a few days ago he >'^8 called upon the president and told him * 3 that he had been tendered the ap? jM pointment of United States senator to succeed Mr. Quay and that if the v-ljj dresident was willing he would accept the president told him. that his ser- -Wk vices in the senate would he excep- J tionally valuable. The president said that during the next session or two of >.||| congress it was a fair assumption that there would be considerable construetive legislation on the subject of |g| trusty and combinations of one character or another, and in that matter Mr. Knox would be of greater service :.3jS than, perhaps, any other man could be. WAR ON UNIONS. Citizehs' AJliftrice in Colorado Itsiie a -fS . Strong Ultimatum. ;'J| "Death, to unionism in the Cripple. ;^M Creek district," is the new slogan the Citizens' Alliance of Colorado,. that has sent a decree broadcast that j^M every person affiliated with any nnfa)aftaa| must either sever his or her coffnection with such organization, ordSj I leave the district This latest stand of the anti-unionists was vaguely hinted at some days :>sj ago, but the movement on the part ip of the alliance seemed so absurd toJ|H j three or four thousand unionists in the . ^| camp and its enforcement fraught :.8 with so many difficulties that it was I UOL Lancu 3C11UUCJ;. , Tyson S. Dines, a Denver attorney* ?3g| and one of the executors of the Strat- jJB ton estate, is at Cripple Creek in con- ^ ference with Citizens' Alliance lead ers, and it is announced that ne is preparing a form which will be pre- -ISj sented to every merchant and business ,'|gj| man and * employers of labor in the entire district, pledging them not to employ any person who is affiliated with a labor union. No person who works for a livingwill be exempt, and the absolute anni- '-|j9 hilation of unionism in the county to . $!predicted by members of the Citizens' ' Alliance and the Mine Owners' Association. This is considered the most drastic step yet taken by the alliance .3a since it secured the upperhand in the 19 district and enforcement will affect ;3[ three thousand men and women now |a affiliated with the various unions. ; Among the unions that will be af- >ig| r1 J ?flnr mnvemcnf ara fho ! leUtCTl Willi liiC ix^rv mv/?v,mvuv m*v vmv rr^jvmm clerks,, cooks and waiters, bar tend- :i ers, carpenters, electricians, trainmen and stone and brick masons. The un- v|| ionists assert they will fight the move; ment to a finish. ^jg NEW8PAPER HIRE8 DETECTIVE. ?|j Atlanta Constitution Has Pinkerton Man on Mysterious Kloeckler Case. Determined to exhaust every means .31 possible In order to clear up the rays- *9 tery surrounding the death of Miss Sophie KioecKier, me Atlanta uonsu- -:*j tntion has secured the service of ^ Pinkerton's National Detective Agency, the most famous detective force In the world. P. P. Dimaio, Jr., assistant superintendent of Pinkerton's Philadelphia JS agency, reached Atlanta Tuesday is . the service of The Constitution and ^Jgl since that time has been at workman :-J| the case. CHINA REORETS ACCIDENT. Oeploreg Reported Killing of Newsps. per Correspondent Near Niuchwang. v^ Secretary Hay has received a communication from Chow-Tschi, the first ^ secretary of the Chinese legation teTv:J| Washington, who expressed the deep* iM, est regret of his government at the reported killing near Niuchwang of P;J the American newspaper correspond"- i.J|5 ent, Etzel, by Chinese soldiers, who suspected him of being a pirate. ?!