The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 28, 1904, Image 2
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Looking on the failing flower?.
Shabby white and rusty red.
Done with suns and winds and showers;
"That's the way of joy/' he said.
But she laughed and touched iiis hand:
"Dear, you do not understand."
... "See!" he cried, and took a rose,
Ruinous, but hoping on.
t "Just a breath, and so?it goes!
There's a joy of our life gone!"
Yet she laughed and touched his hand:
, "Dear, you do no: understand."
I { fi CLEVER
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1 By HARRY I
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^1034* AX MOYXIHAX was a
clever scoundrel. EveryO
I J O body admitted it, from the
^ ^ ol I Clierry street neigh'WOW
bors, who remembered?
imd not with pleasure?his boyish depredations,
to genial Frank Walker,
,who, after four years' faithful service
at police duty, had been promoted by
the decease of old Ned Tyler to the
captaincy of Station 4.
Captain Walker was young. in fact,
only thirty, and perhaps that was the
reason he took it so hard.
It was tough, though, that two
mornings after his appointment, he
should wake to find that the biggest
burglary in ten years' history of the
Police Department had been committed
the night before. And the worst
of it was, it had occurred in his own
district, and in a section patrolled by
one of his best officers. For on the
cashier's desk of the Forbes National
Bank, on that bright October morning,
when the office boy opened the
r: great doors, lay a brand new kit of
Durgjars 1001s ana a un ol pasieooaru.
^ And the pasteboard was not soiled,
either, as might have been expected. It
was of the conventional size, and on
E" it, in the daintiest of engraving, was
|ii? the following:
"Mr. Daniel Perry Moynihan."
?. . And beneath it, in clear, clean chip.;
ro|raphy:
"To the new captain of Station 4,
1 vWith compliments."
t It was a' challenge,
f . < Captain Walker recognized the fact,
and so did his brother officers, who
were older than he, but who had not
got the office.
Alone in his room, with only his pipe
.and Dick, the police dog?who seemed
I , to have taken a great fancy to him?
for company, the new chief thought
(over tlie matter. He thought a long
i4 --time, and at last had an idea.
R*' - Any way he gate orders to the ser'
geant that when Officer Lynch, on
p,. whose beat was the Forbes Xational
%. ..Bank, came, he wished to see him.
p It was 11 o'clock, and to the members
of the Recreation. Club, down in
4 Thatcher street, the "edge of the even|?
tog" was just on. Mr. Daniel Perry
Moynihan, well educated, clever and
as-- rascally, was President of the club. It
was a sumptuously furnished retreat.
j?" The members, from the character of
their "occupation," received high
r. wages, and could afford to be lavish.
^ 'And Moynihan would have only the
=4 best. Several well executed etchings
ft adorned the walls, a few. paintings,
& and here and there, at random and in
odd corners, as if somewhat ashamed
4 of themselves, pictures representing
4 sporting men and. events.
p1 "Ah, Dan, but you're a changeable
4 boy," said one of the members.
"How's that?"
"Thursday night a burglar's sneaks
and dark lantern, and to-night evening
dress and diamonds.
"Well, you fellows ought not to kick;
&v> you get your share, you know," MoyI
nihan answered, laughingly.
Sp;- "That's right," and a cheery "good
night" followed the chief as he left
the room.
Moynihan, after a somewhat circui%
'. tous route, reached the street.
?p> Cautiously he looked out. The coast
? was clear, and he stepped down iuto
a dark alley.
As he reached the pavement he alj?.
most fell over a man seated 011 the
curb with a forlorn looking bulldog
| r? beside him.
He was shabbily dressed, and the
' genus seemed very apparent.
"Hello, tramp 1"
"Well, what if I am; there's no use
rubbing it into a man."
"What's the matter?"
"Nothing I know of."
"Just as I thought; a dirty tramp
.. and a dirtier bulldog," he said to himself.
"Are you hungry?"
' "Yes."
The metamorphosed burglar was silent
for a moment. "Guess I'll risk
it," he muttered below his breath.
"Sa I mean, nard! Yon come
? f ? T A
with me and I'll find you something .to
W- eat."
In live minutes the dress suit, the
dirty tramp and the sorry bulldog were
in the parlor of the Recreation Club.
There was an ominous silence for a
" moment when they entered, but Moynihan
remarked: "It's all right, boys,
an old friend of mine in straitened circumstances."
And the seedy tramp nodded emphatically,
and doffed, his disreputable
old hat. The sad eyed bulldog curleu
up on a rug before the tire.
"Come with me." said the chief, and
the pair passed through a doorway
into a cozy dining-room. The eating
room was unoccupied save for a traitor,
and they took seats at one of the
little tables.
"In a few minutes. John." said Moynihan;
"come when I ring."
A moment later they were alone in
the room
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r OF JOY.
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Half impatient with his love.
Half inclined to draw her nigh,
Once again he sought to prove
By a bloom that joy must die.
But she laughed and stayed his hand:
"Bear, you uo not understand."
And siie caught the rose from liirt
Kre the petals fell apart.
Gazed on it with eyes grown dim,
Took it safely to her heart.
Sighed, then laughed and caught his hand;
"Bear, now won't you understand?"
-J. J. Bell.
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[ Then the chief leaned back in his
! chair, looked at the tramp, and quiet- j
ly said: "Got my card, "Walker, I !
see/'
The tramp gave a visible start.
"It's no use. Walker; I knew you the
minute I fell over you on the curbstone.
I've had so much to do with
your profession, that when the danger
infection is around I'm always one of
the first to catch it. Had it rubbed
into me by friction to-night," he
added.
Neither said anything for several
minutes. Then Walker stretched out
a hand from a dirty sleeve, which was
grasped by the chief. "You're clever."
"Thanks," said the chief.
"Well, what are you going to do.
now that you have me?"' queried
Walker.
"Get vou a srood dinner, as I nrnm
ised you, convince you that a new po- |
lice chief is not the mental equal of i
a rogue as long in the business as myself,
and then if you choose to give me
your word as a gentleman that you will
never mention this place or occurrence,
or interfere in the least with my future
plans, let you go."
"And as near as my inferior order of
intelligence can make it out, I get a
dinner, a reduction to the ranks, and i
a chance to perjure myself as soon as I
I get out of here."
"You hypothesis is absolutely correct.
Y'ou are arguing on two certainties
and one chance; the last of which
you will not take, as you are a man
of honor."
"But suppose I refuse to comply
vcirti your request?"
"Then the newspapers will print !
scare heads and the public will have
the pleasure?pardon me?the opportunity
of seeing how the mighty press
rewards faithful servants after death." j
"A bit cold blooded, isn't it?"
"Yes. a tride; but with a man in my I
position liberty and life are about on a |
par, and it wouldn't do to get caught,
you know. But here comes the oysters;
we can continue this later."
At this minute Dick, having missed i
his master, poked his head in at the j
door, and, walking over to the table, j
threw himself down with a sigh.
"Nice dog, that," said the chief.
"Yes, b~'s a good one," was the reply.
Dick got up, stretched himself and j
followed them; after sniffing about the
furniture he strolled out of an open
door into the kitchen.
"Inquisitive?" queried Moynihan.
"Hungry, I guess," replied the guest.
"Walker, let me say you did remarkably
w?ll in tracing me nere. What
made you think of this locality as a i
probable stamping ground?"
"If you examine the city records for
a year or two you will find that during
that time District 8 has been abi
solut.ely free from burglarious disturb- J
ances of that high toned character '
which has come to be your distinguishing
mark."
"Thanks! I will make a note of it.
The sin of omission is a grave one."
"Yes, it is a leading one."
Then for a few minutes there was !
silence. Tobacco had wrought its mag- j
ic spell, and each was absorbed in his
own thoughts.
Then Moynilian roused himself, j
tossed the cigar stump into the smouldering
fire and turned to the new captain.
"Well, Walker, having reversed
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the order of the conventional sequence :
by having our pleasure first, it's now i
time for business. What do you pro- J
pose to do in the matter?"
"I haven't decided yet."
"IIow long do you intend to take be- j
fore doing it?" sneered lloynihan.
"Let Dick in before he scratches the j
paint all off that dcor, and I will see ;
u some suiisiac;oi) conclusion cunnui |
be reached."
The chief hastily rose and walked I
over to the entrance door, to the other
side of which, by the scratching, Dick
had somehow apparently wandered.
He opened it and then staggered j
back into the room.
Dick marched in. Close behind hira i
came 0dicer Lynch, with four stal- j
wart policemen.
Then Walker slowly rose from his I
chair. "As I said. Moynilian, I !
thought some conclusion might be j
reached when Dick was admitted."
He drew out bis card case, abstracted
a card, and having scribbled on it
"with compliments," nanded it to the
chief. Then he turned to his men:
"Officer Lynch, arrest that man!"
There was no resistance.
After the handcuffs were on the ex- [
chieftain turned to Walker and said: :
"Cap. there's iust one question I want !
to ask you."
"Go ahead."
"How long has that dog been in liie !
business:" j
"Nine years."
^Thanks."
And the police dog locked up trom ;
the rug before the lire with an 1'vebeeu-tliere-befcre
expression but he
! said nothing.?New York News. ;
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SYMPATHY STRIKE
Swells Opposition to Packers
to Immense Proportions.
BITTER FIGHT IS MOW ON
Many Allied Trades Cast Fortunes
With Meat Cutters and Thirty
Thousand Workers are Idle.
Packers are Not Worried.
A Chicago special says: With all
peace negotiations broken off and
with ail the allied trader unions employed
a- the different plants, with the
exception of the teamsters and the stationary
engineers, out on strike in
sympathy with the butcher workmen,
who quit work two weeks ago,
the stock yards strike Monday had
settled down to what promises to be
one of the bitterest fights between
capital and labor in the history of
America.
As nas been tkrea:ened for some
time, ?*i'? allied trades employed in
the pack ng industry quit work when
called on to assi <\ the striking butchers
in their efforts to bring the
packers to terms. In several instances
the men did net wait for the official
notification from their leaders to go on
strike, l ut threw down their tools and
quit work of their own accord.
All Union Men Out.
Late Monday the statement was
made by Michael J. Donnelly, president
of the butchers union, that every
union man employed at the stock
yards, with the exception of the
teamsters and engineers, had responded
to orders for a general sympathetic
strike. The engineers, he declared,
would join the strikers, and j
unless t^ere was speedy settlement of j
the difficulty he said the teamsters J
would undoubtedly join their brother
workmen in their struggle for supremacy.
Both sides to the controversy de- j
clared that they are perfectly satisfied j
with the present state of affairs, and j
that they were willing to make it a
fight to a finish to determine who
shall \T<late terms of the settlement
V/hat the Packers Say.
According: to the packers, a gen
eral strike was a failure, it 'being
claimed by tbem that not one-half the
members of the allied trades quit
work when officially called out by
their leaders. The further statement
was made by the packers that should
all the union men decide to join the
strikers >t would make little difference
to the employers, as they had suffi- j
cient rc>-? urces to contest the grounds I
for an . indefinite period.
A new phase of the strike situation!
developed late Monday afternoon when !
notice v. as given by the unions to the j
independent packers at the stock
yards that their men would not be
allowed to handle animals which had
been brought into the yards or handled
in any way by non-union men.
The sympathetic strike of the allied
trades unions brings the total of men
now on strike in the Chicago packing
houses tc nearly 30,000. The number
of men directly employed in killing,
butchering and packing meat, who J
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were Tirst oraerea uui xa luuguu cou- j
mated r.t frcm 18,000 to 20,000. The
sympathy tie strike Monday added the
following army of unemployed: Firemen,
4S0: engineers, 200 electricians, j
200 carpenters, 500; coopers, 600; j
boxmahers, ?C0; machinists, 175, boil*'
er makers, 100; blacksmiths, 100; car'
workers, 21000; canmakers, 2,500; live j
stock handlers. 800; steam fitters and !
helpers, 500. Total men cut on sympathetic
strike 8.955.
AMERICAN SHIP CAPTURED.
Steamer Arabia Taken in Charge by
Russian Vladivostok Squadron.
The steamer Arabia reported cap- 1
tured by the Russian Vladivostok
squadron, is believed to be the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company's
steamer Arabia, which sailed
from Portland for the Orient about
a month ago with a cargo of flour.
ASSASSIN'S SHOT FATAL.
Mrs. Snipes Dies of Bullet Wound
Received While She Slept.
Mrs. L. R. Snipes, who was shot in J
bed by an unknown assassin early ,
Sunday morning at Harisell, Ga., died j
Monday afternoon. Morgan and Arch
Tindall and Matthew Thompson,
three boys, about twenty years old
Pfluh are in iail at Thomasville
charged with the murder. The evidence
against tftem is entirely circumstantial,
but the circumstances pointing
to the guilt if one of them is very
strong.
BRITISH WARSHIP ON GUARD.
Vesel Patrols Off Cape Hellas, Fifteen
Miles South of Dardanelles.
Vessels arriving at Constantinople
report that a British warship is patrolling
off Cape Hellas, fifteen miles
south of the Dardanelles. She is using
her searchlight with the supposed
view of intercepting any British ships
which may have been captured by the
Russian volunteer fleet steamers if
they attempt to pass the Dardanelles.
I SOUTH CAROLINA
^ STATE NEWS ITEMS, j
Charleston Hotel Sold.
The Charleston hotel, one of the
oldest and best known houses in the
south, which has been closed for the
past year, was sold a few days ago,
under a receivership order of the
court. It was bought by local parifes
who will reopen it as a tourist hotel
in the fa.ll.
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Will Enforce Dog Tax Law.
nit\r AC har/i hnonir
uv;i J J auLiiviiufJ UVJ)UU
gun a war upon the "mangy cur," and
all those apparently ownerless members
of the genus canine will be killed.
The authorities have taken this
step in order to facilitate the collection
of the dog tax. Already about
$200 has been collected and only a
few dogs killed.
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Lightning Kills Woman.
During a terrific thunderstorm at
Easley, Pickens county, Mrs. William
Hutson was instantly killed by lightning.
She and her husband were sit-,
ting near a window when the flash
came. Mr. Hutson, who was a little
farther away from the window than
his wife, was badly shocked.
Mrs. Hutson held in her arms her
infant child, and while every bone in
her body was shattered, the child was
unharmed.
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Charleston Short on Water.
A water famine will be on in
Charleston unless the section is soon
visited by hard rains. Goose Creek,
the new source of supply, has run
short of water and .the city authorities
are greatly concerned over the situation.
An official investigation was
ordered and City Engineer Dingle and
Prof. P. E. Cha.zal went up to Goose
Creek to make an examination of th?
supply of water and a chemical analysis.
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An Epidemic of Burglaries.
Recently there has been quite an
epidemic of burglaries in Newberry.
T. L. B. Epps had two suits of clothes
stolen from his residence. The thief
entered the house in broad daylight.
The house of Mr. James Rhodes sf?
the Molloton m ills, was entered and a
trunk broken into. A suit of clothes
and other articles were taken.
By far the most daring attempt yet
reported occurred when a thief enter- -
ed the residence of L. W. Floyd, on
calhoun street and stole a paif^ of
trousers containing about $10 and a
gold watch. The entrance was made
through an open window at the head
of Mr. Floyd's bed.
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Land Company Holds Meeting.
The Newberry Land and Security i
Company has held its regular annual
meeting. This meeting was called
for fhe purpose of declaring a dividend
and electing officers. An annual
dividend of seven per cent was declared.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: President, 0. B. Mayer; vice
president, C. E. Summer; secretary, j
Johr- M. Kinard; attorneys, Hunt,
Hunr. and Hunter.
Directors?O. B. Mayer, John M.
Kinard, C. E. Summer, L. W. Floyd, j
O. II. R. Holmes, T. C. Pool, E. B.
Wilbur, O. Klettner, George B. Cromer.
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Thinks Lynchers are Known.
A Columbia news item states that i
Solicitor P. T. Hildebrand, upcfn instructions
from governor Hayward
to proceed to Eutawville, Berkley
cour.ty, to represent the state of South
Carolina at the coroner's inquest over
the body of Kitt Bookhardt, a negro
who was recently lynched for the most
trivial offense, has just made a report
to the governor of his investigation.
The coroner's jury was made up of
ten white men and two colored men.
In his report to the governor, Solicitor
Hilciebrand says: .:"We
did not desire that all' the
testimony should be reduced to writing
or publication, because some of the
details were too horrible to appear in
the columns of any respectable news' narvor
Wo nro satisfied: I think the i
acting coroner is satisfied and indeed
I think that every citizen who heard
the testimony is satisfied as to the
personnel of the guilty parties. We
think the perpetrators of the crime !
number not exceeding six."
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This Accident a Blessing.
Norman S. Cascn, an industrious
and prosperous farmer of Abbeville
county who has been almost totally
blind since childhood, met with a peculiar
and happy accident while in
town a few days ago. Mr. Cason was
sitting in the store of P. Rosenburg
& Co., and attempting to put on his
hat the brim struck him in the eye.
For a moment he was rendered totally
blind, but soon afterwards he was
able to distinguish friends and objects
never before seen by him. He
said he could see the obstruction to
? his
vision gradually passing away af
ter the total blindness came on. f
The good fortune of Mr. Cason has ,
resulted in his confusion to a small j
degree. He did not know the personal -j.
appearance of his brothers and friends I
and did not recognize them after he ! I
had regained his sight until they spoke
to him. Mr. Cason's sight improved j
rapidly during the afternoon and until '
he "left town for his home. Hereto- L
fore he had consulted eminent special- j
ists about his condition, but none j
gave him any relief or hope. His c
friends are now congratulating him
on "his good fortune.
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Set Apart for Deaconess.
At Trinity Episcopal Church in Co- \
I lumbia Miss Florence Pauline Jones p
was set apart for the office of dea- ^
coness Bishop Ellison Capers conduct- ^
ed the service, assisted by Revj C. M.
Niles, the rector; Rev. C. H. Bloor,
of Alaska; Rev. W. P. Wisell, of the ^
church of the Good Shepherd; Rev. si
E. N. Joyner, archdeacon of South k;
Carolina, and Rev. Henry Mazyck, of 0J
St. Timothy cnapel.
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Magistrate Shoots Son-in-law. '11
Tomas J. Lyon, magistrate for Yel- ^
dell township, in Greenwod county, ^
shot and instantly killed his son-in- | 1
.law, Ed Stevens, in an encounter a ti:
few days ago. Stevens was Shot ,8,3
through the heart and died instantly. J
The fatal shot was fired while the
two men were clinched and scuffling Si
on the ground. The killing took place ^
in the public road directly in front >
of Stevens' house. |
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Lyons drove to Greenwood at once 1
in company with T. W. McMillan, j
chief of police of Greenwood, who was i
visiting in the neighborhood. He went j
to the jail and surrendered volun- i
-i I si
tanly. . | u
The shooting is said to be the cul- j
mination of a long and bitter enmity I
against Lyon by his son-in-law and j
his son-in-law's father. ^
Lyon is magistrate and once de:
cided a case against Stevens senior, ; ,
which it is said started the bad feel- C(
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FALL RIVER STRIKE ON. ?
Great Fight Over Reduction of Wages j a]
Begun by Cotton Mill Operatives j e<
on Schedule Time. | &
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The strike order issued by the Fall j o:
River, Mass., textile council, calling | ^
for uowards of 30,000 operatives to j ,
. " . * . ! SJ
remain away from the mills in pro-'
toct n^?ir.st ft reduction of 1214 per !
cent in wages became effective Mon-! t]
day. .ib
In ti e thirty-seven mills involved in ! tl
the ag-erment to reduce wages, it is j c<
estimate 1 that not mere than 300 en-1 ti
tered at the gates .and before 8 o'clock i v
practically every mill involved in the si
trouble had shut down. v<
The only mill having mere than a v
score of employees ready for work was n
the Bourne, where .something over 100 j P
weavers had gone in. * i tl
The manufacturers kept the gates j si
open until 7 o'clock, but save those ; n
j who hal gone in at the usual time. J
j none of the workmen accepted the i
I opportunity, and by 7:30 practically j It
i pvptv miil save the Bourne had shut | E
I down, completely. -w
Both sides admit that'this is the be V
| ginning of the most determined con- b
1 test which Fall River has ever set.-', j tl
The manufacturers maintain that they j r,
! have tr.ed every plan which t-^yi
could think of to avoid a reduction' tl
in wages, and took that final step only | o
! when di'ven to do so to save their B
business. f j &
On the other hand, the operatives j ii
say that the conditions affecting cot- j q
ton manufacture at Fall River did not! d
warrant such a reduction. j p
ON AUGUST SEVENTEENTH J
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Senator Davis Will Be Notified of His jj
Nomination by Democrats. c
Senator Davis informs the Associat- p
ed Press that he had received a tele- n
gram from Judge Parker saying that p
he would hold his notification meet- e
ing on August 10 and as he had planned
to have his notification meeting
I held one week later than Mr. Parker,
he named the date Monday night and 1
sent a telegram to Hon. John Sharp
Williams, of Mississippi, ' temporary i
chairman of the St. Louis convention, *
tnat his notification meetng would be ^
held at Whte Sulphur Springs, W. Va., a
on the 17th of August. c
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i ANTI-BOYCOTT MEASURE. F
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Passed in Georgia Senate Applying to ^
All Parties and Corporations.
j In the Geirgia senate, Monday, the
: measure by Senator Starr to prevent t!
boycotting in Georgia was passed by
a big vote. The lav/ applies to all par- .<
ties and corporations.
The resolution to appropriate $0,0% /
for a system of water works at the
Soldier's Home was also passed, and
will become a law as soon as the gov- v
ernor signs it. b
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Engine Collides With Trolley Car. S
Two persons were killed and sever- v
al injured in a collision between h
southbound Big Four passenger train b
and an ekctric car at Indianapolis
Monday night. o
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UiHMHHK '
hrcugh Broken Lines Japs
Move Toward Russian Base. x
EFT FLANK CRUSHED ' ;
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zar Will Yield to Ire of England,
Apologize and Make Amends for Si
Seizure of Malacca?Prelimi- ^
nary Answer Made. 1
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According to a delayed Associated
ress report, news was received in k |
iao Yang on July 20 from Ta Tciie
iao that the Japanese had broken
irough the Russian left flank be?
veen Lieutenant General Keller's potion
and that of General Rennen- . *
ampff, and that they were marching
l to Mukden.
Report Confirmed.
A London dispatch says: Accordig
to a dispatch from Moscow, the *
ussky Listok, of that city, confirms
te Associated Press report from Liao
ang that the Japanese have broken
trough the Russian left flank and .
re marching on to Mukden.
Fisherman Disseminates News. *
A speoial of Thursday from Tokio
lys: A fisherman reports that the
ladivostok squadron was off Miyakd '
'ednesday going in a southeasterly
rection at a speed of 10 knots. If
lis course and speed is maintained,
lee squadron will be oft Yokohama
.te Thursday.
The eastern coast of Japan is
irouded in fog. Shipping has beeni
ispended, awaiting the location of
le Russian fleet. ^
Lion Bluffs Bear.
The Associated Press at St. Peters'
iirg has an excellent reason for stat'
Lg that Russia will yield in the Ma
?~ *Vi? cfaimer In AfV
CL'ii CcJ.se, lcifuoc juc Bivumvi ? __
)rdance with the British demand and
tpress regret at her detention.
The Malacca probably will be re*
sased at once. The exact status at ^
resent is as follows:
Count Benckendorff, tie. Russiad
mbassador to Great Britain^ has askJ
3 for Lord Lansdowne's official assurace
that the munitions on board were
avernment stores. If this is given,
rders will instantly be issued to re- ^ .
sase the vessel. At the same time .
reat Britain will be notified that
dips stopped by Russia whose manijsts
are not in order will be held.Russia
will maintain the status , of >'~le
warships Smolensk and St. Pc!ersurg
as warships. They are under
le orders of the admiralty and were
ommande-i by admiralty x instruc*
ons. Under the regulations of the
olunteer fleet, Russia claims that
hips belonging thereto can be can- /
erted into warships without preious
notice, upon orders from the adliralty.
When the Smolensk and St
etersburg reached Suez on the way
ieey received frpm the British conals
the admiralty's instructions comlissioning
them as warships.
Preliminary Reply Made.
The Associated Press in London t
;arns that Count Benckendorff, the
:ussian ambassador, at a conference
rith Foreign Secretary Lansdowne,
/ednesday afternoon, made what may t
e considered a preliminary reply to .*
le British protest against the seizure >
i the steamer Malacca.
He assured the foreign secretary * . *
:at his government had no intention
f infringing on the rights of Great'
Britain or any other neutral power,
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i TEe jseizure of the Malacca, tinuestionably
the steamer wilT 'be immeiately
restored and damages will be
aid.
The ambassador pointed out that it
ras unreasonable to suppose that the
lalacca had been seized without the
ommander of the St. Petersburg hav3g
good grounds to believe she had
ontraband on board. Unless this su3- .
icion is effectually disproved, the
latter will have to go before the
rize court, which procedure <3reat
trftain herself follows. " '
THIRTY THOUSAND TO STRIKE.
V
Trouble Is Coming at Fall River Setter
Cut in Wages Is Made.
Unless- the cotton mill managers ot
"all River, who operate what if
mown as union plants, abandon theto >
.nnounced intention of inauguratig i *
ew scale of wages which would reduce
he earnings of their employees 12 1-1
ier cent, 31,000 operatives will stoj ^ '
trork following the strike vote cas)
Vednesday night by the Textile Work
rs' Union. '
By a vote of 1,500 to 396 the uniot
aen decided to strike, dlsregardin#
he suggestion of the textile council
U-TER ALLEGED INCENDIARIES. . f
Uabama Insurance Commissioner On
ders Investigation of Fire.
On instruction from E. R. McDaid.
insurance commissioner of Alaama,
the sheriff of Montgomery coun- r
y has empaneled a jury to investiate
the recent fire at Montgomery
-inch destroyed the plant of the Alaama
Rift Flooring Company. It will
e remembered that the watchman
aw a man running away after th*? >
laze broke out