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VOL. I. NO, 17. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 26, 19Q4. $1 .50 PER YEAR. RUSSIANS ARE HEMMED IN Manchurian Dispatches Intimate That Japanese Have Cut Off Kuropatkin's Retreat Toward Harbin. st. wraacM is amnsnc. imp* Drtrt Oat tfce Eaeay Fraa tke Varian PwMmm Tktjr OccipM DtatrajrH lit RHItaai Mi Seize Ik* C*??aa*iaf hl*s ? Oaa. Karayiltla Is AlraM the Jap* Will Oat Batwcea Ite ami Makiea. London, (By Cable). ? A remark able report to the effect that General Kuropatkin and his army of Rus sians are hemmed in between Liao Yang and Mukden is currcnt here and in many quarters is given credence. Dispatches from Manchurian points received during the last ' twenty-four hours have intimated that the wily tapanese have a deep-laid plan on foot y which they will attempt a master stroke, which, if successful, will im fiose a crushing blow on the Czar's and forcc3. What this stroke is the report mentioned seems to make mani fest. % Several dispatches, notably one from the Central News Rome correspond ent, indicate that General Kuroki has sent a large force of troops to the north of Mukden and that the latter place is now practically cut off. These reports, if true, mean but one thing, and that is that the Jap anese, for the time at least, are masters of the situation. If a large force now lies between Mukden and Russia, Gen eral Kuropatkin will have to fight a double-headed enemy, with a large force in front and another large force jn his rear. To add to the importance of the movement, it is stated in some quarters that the Japanese force out numbers the Russian. Ratals aa Arc Outivaberci. The exact number of the Japanese is not known, nor, in fact, is the strength of the forces known even approximately. Until this is known naturally the full importance of the reported banking movement cannot be appreciated. Several experts this morning expressed the belief that the force back of Mukden numbers fully 50,000. They base their belief on the tact that three divisions of the Jap anese Army approximating that num ber are known to have left the main force and nothing as to their where abouts has been heard for some days. These divisions are said to be the ones back of the Manchurian capital. Other reports at hand indicate that the fight will occur at Mukden, and aiot at Liao-Yang, as has been ex pected. General Kuropatkin is reported to have discovered that his position at Liao-Yang was untenable and has, as a result, retreated toward the capital. This report is not confirmed, but, ow ing to the remarkable silence as to the exact whereabouts of the main Russian force, is given some belief. Discredited la St Petersburg. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). ? The re port that the Japanese have taken up a position to the north of Mukden, thus blocking the further retreat of the Russians, is discredited here. An officcr of the general staff points out that the only route by which the Jap anese could have marched thither is most mountainous, and would give the Russians an opportunity of over whelming the enemy. It is stated that the general mili tary position of the three Japanese divisions marching slowly toward Liao-Yang is known. One is advanc ing along the I'cng-Iluang-Chcng r ing along the Fcng-1 luang-Cheng road, while the others art some dis tance to the right and left. The landing of the Japanese divi sion at Huang-Tsia-Tung is believed to be the first move in an attempt to cut in between the Russian forces at Liao-Yang and those at Mukden. The Russians are confident of blocking this attempt, as the ground which the Japanese would be compelled to oc cupy is level, thus giving an excellent opportunity for the employment of tne Russian cavalry. A battle is not expected for some days, owing to the extreme care and slowness of the Japanese advance. Rame Hesrs Otherwise. Rome, (By Cable). ? According to a telegram received here from Tokyo, two Japanese divisions have arrived near Mukden, with the objective of cutting (leiKTal Kuropatkin's line of retreat nor'.hward. Japs Kuthitig Matter. Taiis, ( !*y Cable). - A dispatch to the Temps fr?'tii Mukden says that the mandarin of ilto district northeast of Feng-1 luang-Che.ig has notifii ? the Tartar matshal at Mukden of the .r rival of the Japanese in his territory, i which indicates that their objective is to turn I.iao-Yang by the noiihcast 1 "The steady rain of the last two i day?," the dispatch says, "has inter rupted the progress of the Japanese toward I.iao-Yang, the ?.rtil,lery be ing unable to move owing to the lica vines:-; of the roads. Admiral Ccrvera Dying. Madrid. < My Cable). ? A private tele gram received here from Puerto de Santa Maria, Andalusia, states that Admiral Ccvcra, who was in command of the Spanish squadron, which was sunk <>fT Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American war, is suffering from a serious internal complaint and that the atending physician i express littie hope for his recovery. Five Mea Killed and Eaten. Vancouver, B. C., (Special). ? Mail advices on the Australian steamer Mi owera are thai five men were killed and eaten by cannibals of the Ad miralty island in the South sea. The British warship Condor was sent to the scene ami set fire to the village, where the cannibals resided The Condor threatened to annihilate the village if the natives did not hand over the cannibals The order was complied with and the cannibals were shot. JAPANESE FOICES ADVANCING Attack Bath by Lu4 aa4 Sea Farces Upaa Pact Artbar Expected? Jan first JNape la Occapy Dalay? Fifty Mllea al the Kaaslaa Reltraatf North al Klachaa De atrayctf. ? ' Tokyo, (By Cable). ? The Japanese dispatch boat Miyako was destroyed in Kerr bay by striking a submerged ?nine. The Miyako was lost while assis ing in the operation of clearing the Russian mines from Kerr bay, north east of Talienwan bay, on which Port Dalny is situated. Admiral Kataoka, commander of the third squadron, re turned there Sunday with a detach ment of his squadron, protecting two flotillas of torpedo boats which had been detailed to complete sweeping the harbor for the removal of mines. Five mines were discovered and ex ploded and the work was being sus pended for the day when the Miyako struck an undiscovered mine, which exploded with tremendous force under her stern, on the port side, and in flicted immense damage to the hull. The Miyako sank in twenty-two min utes. Two sailors were killed and twenty-two men were wounded. The rest of the crew were rescued. The news of the loss of '* w" Tokyo. The dangerous character of the work in which the Miyako was en gaged is generally appreciated, but it was thought that the loss of torpedo boat No. 48 under simitar circum stances Thursday last would serve as a warning to those engaged in the work to cxercise the greatest care. Admiral Kataoka reports that the Russian withdrew from Robinson Point, northeast of Kerr bay, which adjoins Talien-VVan bay, May 12, but they erected a temporary fort on a height northeast of Taku mountain, where they mounted six guns and con structed protecting trenches. The vessels of Admiral Kataoka's squad ron shelled the Russians throughout Sunday, but the latter stubbornly re tained their position. The Japanese flotilla*, while sweep ing the bay, were exposed to the Russian fire all day, but continued their work uninjured. When the Japanese torpedo boat No. 48 was destroyed, May 12, in Kerr bay, while removing Russian mines, soven niert were killed and seven were wounded. The No. 4R was the first warship lost by Japan during the war with Russia. The Miyako was one of the war ships which took 'part in the opera tions at Kerr bay, Talienwan bay, and Blackny, or Deep hay, the day No. 48 was destroyed. The Miyako was a steel cruiser of 1800 tons displacement and 6130 indi cated horse-power, completed in 1001, and having an estimated speed of twenty knots. She was 314^ feet long, liad 36 feet beam and drew 1 3 '4 feet of water. Her armament con sisted of two 4.7-inch quick-firing guns and ten 1.8-inch yuns and four torpedo tubes. has been sorrowfully TM. _ J Railway Destroyed for Fifty Miles. ? St. Petersburg, (By Cable). ? The' Japanese are evidently determined j that there shall not he any further j rail communication between General j Kuropatkin and Port Arthur. Officials j advices received by the general staff says' the Japanese have destroyed fifty miles of the railroad norts of Kin-Chou. No resistance was made by the Russians, who are gradually abandon ing it. On the Japanese approach Colonel Spiridorof, of the Amur Railroad Battalion, is seeking to j render the railroad as useless as pos- | siblc to the enemy by removing the : switches and otherwise disabling, the road. The Russians are retiring be cause of the app \ach of the Japanese I column sent westward by General ' Kuroki immediately after the occupa tion of Feng-Wang-Cheng. The interruption of communration with Port Arthur prevents the ad- i mirality investigating the announce- j incut from Liao-Yang of the daring i torpedoing of a Japanese armored ( cruiser off Port Dalny. As soon as I communication is reestablished the ! admirality expects the commander of i the fortresj to send full details. Rumors, credited to a very reliable ! source, current today, have it that General Kuropatkin will retreat from j Liao-Yang, to Harbin, with 120,000 ' men and there await 100.000 reinforce- j incuts from Kharkoff and Moscow be- j fore engaging the enemy. TOMBSTONE RECORDS MURDF.R. ? fitted Man Named at Crtmioal By Mother | of Dead Son. New Albany, Ind. (Special). ? A tombstone shipped from this city to i Klizabcth, Harrison County, to rest over the grave of Llmcr Brown, bore | an unusual epitaph. Brown was killed ten months ago by Walter Hall on i the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, 1 about ten miles below this city, and llali was acquitted on the grounds of; sclf-dcfcnsc. The inscription on the i stone i* a* follows: Klmer Brown, born December 1 2. 187.1. Was murdered by Walter Hall July 0. 1903. "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." The stone wa.? ordered by the moth er of young Brown. Wafeaafe Almost Doubles Capital. Jefferson City, Mo., (Special). ? The secretary of state issued a certificate to the Wabash Railroad Company, au thorizing it to increase its capital stock stock from $53,000,000 to $104,000,000. There is a state law which provides that there must be a ccrtain ratio maintained bftween capital stock and the bonds of a railroad corporation, and the authorization to increase the stock follows a recent bond issue bv 1 lie Wabash Company. HEWS ? SWT two I . Tit Litwt ??fpulf Cm4mm$i tor tapM Mrs. Herman Leroy Jones, wife of a well-known New Yorker and prominent in society of that city, has mysterously disappeared. In a note to her husband she says she will work out her own destiny. The Civic Federation has offered its services with a view to bringing about a settlement of the existing dif ferences between the Lake Carriers' Association and Pilots' Association. In an address in St. Louis Gen. Nelson A. Miles suggested that 5.000 soldiers during times of pcace be em ployed in assisting local authorities in constructing good roads. . The International Navigating Com pany's steamer the Conemaugh has not been heard from since she sailed from Seattle to New York on Decem ber l.V The battleship Rhode Island was launched at Quincy, Mass. The water was not deep enough, and she .stuck in the mud. The dissolution of the second or extended bond conversion syndicate of the United States Steel Corpora tion took effect. The Rosebud Indian Reservation, in the southern part of South Dakota, will be thrown open to settlers in July. The General Federation of Wo men's Clubs is holding its seventh biennial meeting in St Louis. A monument to Gen. Rufus Putnam, of the Revolutionary Army, was dedi cated at Sutton. Mass. The forty-ninth annual convention of the Southern Baptists adjourned at Nashville, to meet next year at Kansas City. Mo. It was announced that $250,000 was raised last year for foreign missions. It is now believed that the man who jumped overboard from a steam er en route from Cleveland to Buf falo was Edward K. Sils, a retired grocer, of New York. Newton C. Blanchard was inaug urated as governor of Louisiana. He said the negro must be protected in his right9, but not allowed social equality. The Ward Line steamer brought to New York Captain Ness and 17 men of the fishing schooner Pleiades, which was sunk by the Morro Castle J. N. Barr, assistant to the president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, is dead at his home, in Libertyville, III., of heart disease. Andrew Sweetser, of Lynn, Mass., has sued to recover the fortune of his wife, who eloped, deserting him. The convention of the National and International Good?Roads Association was begun in St. Louis. Gen. John B. Sanborn, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home, in St. Paul, Minn. Twenty-five hundred coal miners went on a strike in Ohio. United States Commissioner Hea cock, in San Francisco, held Henry A. Hyde and Henry P. Dimond under $50,000 and $20,000 -bail, respectively, on charges of being involved in the public land frauds. Surgeons in Louisville, Ky., per formed a take operation on a woman of New Albany, lnd., who insisted that she was suffering from a tumor, which the^ surgeons say did not exist. The United States squadron sailed from San Juan, Porto Rico, for the 1 Canary Islands, the Brooklyn and j Castine for Tencriffc and the Atlanta and Marietta for Las Palmas. An order was issued in New York directing t lie members of the bank rupt brokerage firm of Floyd, Craw lord & Co. to appear before a spe- 1 cial examiner. William Marconi arrived at New! Vi?rJ< on the Campania and said that J with present appliances a daily paper ' may he published at sea. Mrs. Johnnie Owens, convicted of j murdering her husband, was sentenced | in Steubenvillc to life imprisonment. Dennis Grummet, sentenced to 16 years in the Kastern Pennsylvania Penitential v for postal robberies, con fessed that it was lie and his pals who attacked and robbed Jacob Baker and his wife, and not the six men who have been convicted of the crime. George D. Morgan, the nephew of the financier, will return to Japan with his Japanese bride. The cool recep tion accorded to her by his family and friends was not to his liking. One hundred and thirty graduates of tlir Normal College of the City of New York sued out a mandamus to compel the Board of Education to grant them licenses to teach. Charley Cunimings, a negro, 19 years old, was taken from jail by a mob of masked men and lynched in Columbia lounty, Ga. lie confessed to attempted criminal assault. Bookings for the transatlantic liners show that the exodus to Europe dur ing the coming summer will be larger than ever, despite the unusual home attractions. Representatives of Swiss, French, Turkish and Portuguese newspapers arrived at New York on the steam ship l.a Brctagne to attend the con gress at St. Louis. Dr. VVcntz denies making remarks derogatory to the coroner's jury that rendered the verdict over the death of liis son in Wise county, Va. The trustees of the Jewish National Hospital for Consumptives, at Den ver, report that $50,000 is needed to carry on the work. Foreign. After an impressive funeral service m Westminister Abbey, attended by United States Ambassador Choatc and distinguished British officials, the remains ot Sir Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, were buried in the church yard of the old Surrey village of Pirbright. Harry M. Vernon was convicted in London of stealing a $500 ring from Etliel Clinton, the American actress. The British House of Commons adopted an address to King Edward asking him to order the erection of a monument to the late Lord Salis bury in Westminister Abbey. John Redmond, the Irish leader, made the only objection. Colonel Marchand's e.eree/ in the French Arrnv closed yesterday, when his period 01 arrest for publicly criti cising his superiors expired. The rebels in the Cameroons have been crushed by a British force, but the latter's losses were heavy, IJ offi cers and noncommissioned officers be ing killed. WILL BE LESS STKENUODS TWs ritfkecy b T?toe4 m Strike* ^Ir.lt Pirrj. TIE ASSNIATIW 1KB LABMTMJCY. PmMni ?( tks NUbMl AmicIiMm d Nuttactarm la Na AMrcu Bcfort Its Aaaul CMvcadN ta HtUtu Says That Orgaalse4 Later b IU*h| Smm ValaaMt I Mill, Pittsburg, (Special). ? Nearly 700 delegates were in their seats when the ninth annual convention of the Na tional Association of Manufacturer* was called to. order by Chairman D. C. Ripley, of the local committee of reception. Following the invocation by Rev. T)r. S. Edward Young City Solicitor Willam B. Rodgers tendered the freedom of the city to the dele Kates. Adjutant General Thomas Stewart then welcomed them to the state, and Congressman J. E. Brown received them on behalf of the Cham ber of Commerce. Pre?f dent D. M. Parry, of Indian apolis. then took charge of the con vention and delivered his annual ad dress. In reviewing the labor events of the past year he said: "The theory that the condition of labor can be bettered by checking production and making lite and pro perty insecure was put to an extensive test and the results were disappoint ing to those who believe in that theory. There are many indications which go to show . that organized labor is learning a very valuable lesson in economies and law observance, and hopes can be reasonably entertained that the strikes which have character ized the last year will be less strenuous jn the immediate future." "In regard to the National Associa tion of Manufacturers I am positive that any crusade having for its object the grinding down of labor would meet with a determined opposition of practically the entire membership. The policy of this association is primarily one of peace. 1 f we stand for anything we stand for the develop ment of American industry. It is ob vious that men will hesitate to invest their capital in productive enterprises if it means constant struggle with labor unions and if frequent strikes tend to destroy trade by making un certain the filling of contracts. In dustrial strife adds a hazar.l to invest ments involving the .employment of labor which cannot fail to be injurious to industrial development, thus caus ing permanent loss t(o all classes. Therefore our policy is one which looks to the maintenance of peace and not to the adoption of measures that will arouse hostilities." Speaking of the closed shops Mr. ; Parry said: "Tne closed shop is against public policy and is of doubtful legality. The liberty of the individual would be im possible if he is debarred from the right to contract for his services be cause he docs not belong to a union. 1 believe that this truth will become generally recognized and that the day must come when no industry will be allowed to run 011 the closed shop plan. Any set of men have a right t<? contract in a collective capacity for the sale of their labor, but they cannot be upheld in making contracts which exclude other labor from the right to contract." In closing he announced that the association had gained a thousand members in the last year, bringing the total membership up to 3,000. and was in better financial condition than it ever has been. 1 . TREATMENT FOR LOCKJAW. j Physician in New York Hospital Adopts Her man Method. New York, (Spccial). ? "two suc cessful experiments in treating teta nus have been made by physicians in Gouvernueur Hospital. It is a new motlc of treatment and was discovered by a celebrated German scientist. 11 is theory is that many diseases, I such as lockjaw, spread through the nervous system rather than through the blood. Heretofore cases of lock jaw have been treated by injecting tetanus antitoxin into the blood and even into the cranial cavity. The treatment is often unsuccessful. The patients treated in Gouvern eur Hospital were two boys, one of whom ran a nail into his foot. The other was shot in the hand with n blank cartridge. The condition of both became very serious. When the hope for their recovery was almost abandoned Dr. Rogers experimented with the new theory. Instead of in H'cting the antitoxin into the blood or skin of the patient whose foot was injured, the physician mavle an incision at the groin, whore the leg nerves join the trunk nerves, and the nerves themselves injected with the antitoxin. The effect was beneficial at once. In two weeks he was convalescent, and he left the institution completely cured about a week ago. The other boys nerves were laid bare in the upper arm, just below the shoulder, and the antitoxin was injected in the nerves. He also began to improve immediately, and will be able to leave the hospital in a short time. Most Pay Floe lor Plcktttog. Chicago (Spccial). ? Twenty-three members of the Bra^sworkers* Union, fined and *ent to jail by Judge Jesse Holdom for picketing the plant of the Kellogg Switchoard and Suppiv Company, lost an appeal to the Appel late Court. It is held that the union members are guilty of illegal conspir acy and must pay the penalties in flicted by Judge Holdom. Baltlaorc Dock Loan Approved. Baltimore* Md.f (Special). ? Balti more indorsed the $6,000,000 dock loan Ttlbs.Iay by a vote of .11,596 to 9,212. Its majority was 22.^84 ? proportion ately one of the largest recorded in the history of Bjltimore. Not even the most sanguine had expected more than 10,000. Three and one-half votes were cast for the loan for every one against it. It was a victory for pro gress and a greater Baltimore of the most sweeping and uncertain sort. Like a flood it swept away, all doubt and hesitancy. . . UVE WASHNtTMl AFF1HSL TcffHc Effects mi BU4an Qaafec. Never since the development of the modern ironclad has the medical de PaI?tment of the United States Navy had so good an opportunity to study . terrific effects on shipboard of modern heavy gun fire as that present ed in the short and fatal struggles for lite of the Russian crews of the \ anag and Korietz, and the depart ment has been waiting with great in terest for the report of Dr. H. D. Wil son, of the Vicksburg. This was received Wednesday by burgeon General Rixley, and it is said to be of the highest value, not only lor the technical lessons it teaches, but also as conclusively sustaining the statements made by Captain Marshall o? the \ icksburg as to the tender of assistance to the Russian crews, the report bearing on that incident is as follows: Immediately after the Russian crui ser Varus had returned from the nght with the Japanese fleet and had anchored I was directed by the captain of this ship (Vicksburg) to go on board and offer to do anything pos sible in assisting to take care of the wounded. The Russian commander accepted the offer and requested me to go below, where the wounded were beting cared for. i> ? Jnc^icaI officers from the rrcnch, English and Italian ships were on board at work, they having ar rived before me. as their ships were anchored much nearer the Russian. On deck were most of the dead, as they had been instantly killed at the guns; b?low the wounded were being cared for. each medical officer se lecting a convenient place to dress them. It was impracticable to do more lhan apply dressing of a most tem porary nature, as there were so many cases needing immediate attention, and also it was not known but that the Japanese would resume the fight at any time, as the Russian ship had not surrendered, when she returned to the inner harbor. "The greater percentage of the wounds were of a serious nature, as all had been caused by the explosion of large shells (from eight to ten inches). "Of the wounds dressed, nearly all were in the lower extremities, which is accounted for by the fact that while many were hit in various parts of the body, the pieces of shells. &c were so large as to cause death when ever they struck the body or head. No attempt was made to perform operations and as soon as dressings were applied the wounded were put in boats and taken to some of the for eign ships, as the Russian captain in tended to leave his ship and sink her I offered to send any wounded on 7?? , ? . United States steamer Zahro (which was in port), as the commanding officer of the Vicksburg had directed me to proffer her services ?r t'1? wounded. The, offer was de clined by both the captain and the executive officer, they informing me there was sufficient room on the other warships. "Many of the wounded died later from the operations and from the di rect effects of the wounds, as the parts were so damaged as to make an opera turn absolutely hopeless. "The Russian ship had as good if not better sick bay accommodations that the average vessel, but it was totally inadequate to the call made upon it. I think the engagement showed that it will be impossible to attend the wounded during an engagement be tween modern ships, unless the num ber of medical attendants is tremen dously increased. With the present allowance the wounded would be obliged to take entire care of them selves until the fi?ht was over i * In this battle the ships were from! t.ooo to 7,000 yards apart, and actual tiring lasted not over twenty-five I minutes, yet over one hundred men j were disabled. It also must l?e taken I into consideration that here the main! battery only was used, the ship* not I being hit oncc by rapid fire pro- j jectiles. ' 1 Investigation Chinese Consulates. The long promised investigation of j Chinese consulates has be^un in earn- I est. Assistant Secretary r?f State ' Pierce has been in China for several j months looking into many long- i standing complaint* against the con- ] duct f>7 consular business in that part of the world, lie was last heard' from at Shanghai, but he has not ad vertised his movements in advance, and it is not known at which consulate lie will next appear. Austria May Permit Visit. It is stated at the navy department | that the department has reason to i believe that the port regulations of j Austria-llungary will be suspended for the visit of the North Atlantic squadron at Trieste. The regulation,* provide that no more than three for eign warships will be admitted to en ter a port of that country at a time. Congressional and Departments. Former Postmasters General Charles' Kmory Smith and James A. Gary were j on the witness stand in connection with thu Tyncr-liarrette conspiracy! case. j Government experts place the los- ; scs to cotton planters due to the rava- i Kcs of the boll weevil at millions of : dollars per annum. Madame Hcngclmullcr von Ilen-j gcrvor, wife of t lie Austria- H ungarian j Ambassador, is seriously ill. Petitions are being received at the l White House for prohibition in the. Panama Canal zone. Captain Wilde ordered from j League Island N'avy Yard to succeed; Rear Admiral Johnson a* command ant at Boston Navy Yard. The United States Supreme Court ? decided that the railroad company is | not liable f'?r cott on destroyed by j fire in transit. Russell P. Goodwin, of Illinois I assumed his duties as assistant at - ? torncy general for the Postoflicc De- | partmcnt. The Rural Free-delivery Service is to be completely reorganized, the changes to go into effect July i. Major Ezra B. Fuller, of the Sev enth Cavalry, now instructor at the Maryland Agricultural College, was placed on the retired list. The report of Assistant Attorney General Robb, who investigated the New York Postoftice, exonerates Postmaster Van Cott oC any inten tional wrongdoing. CLOSED TO ANARCHISTS U. S. Sapreae CMrt SaactiMs T?r bct's Deftrtitin. IE WAS IfflTHILLY EXCLIBED. Ialtmtli( Oplataa tlaaded Dafi by Chief Justice Fader Declarfag the Law It Caaati* tatlaaal ? Why It Dwi Nat Vlalate Caastl* tatiaaal Prlvllecea Qaaraateetag Free Speech. Washington, D. C. (Special). ? In an opinion by Chief Justice Fuller, the United States supreme Court sus tained the action of the immigrant authorities at the Port of New York in ordering the deportation of the Englishman Turner, alleged to be an anarchist. The Chief Justice said in his opinion that Turner did not him self deny that he is an anarchist. The opinion upheld the law for the exclusion on anarchists and aflimed the decision of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, which refused a writ of habeas corpus to Turner. Chief Justice Fuller, in his opinion, first reviewed the facts in the case, in cluding the claim of Turner that he is a lecturer on sociological questions, and that his counsel contends that he was an anarchist in theory merely, lie then referred to the fact that Turner's counsel attacked the immi gration law as unconstitutional on the ground that it is in contravention of the First, Fifth and Sixth Amend ments and also of section i of the Constitution, and because "no power is delegated by the Constitution to the general government over alien friends with reference to thir ad mission into the United States or otherwise, or over the belief of citi zens, denizens, sojourners or aliens, or over the freedom of speech or of the press." All t lie contentions were negatived by the decision of the Chief Justice, who said, among other things: "Whether rested on the accepted principle of international law tha{ every sovereign nation has the power, as inherent in sovereignty and essen tial to self-preservation, to forbid the entrance of foreigners within its do minions, or to admit them only in such cases and on such conditions as it may see fit to prescribe, or on the power to regulate commerce with for eign nations, which includes the en trance of ships, the importation of goods and the bringing of persons into the ports of the United States, the act before us is not open to con stitutional objection. Nor is the man ner in which Congress has exercised the right, although when such a case arises the objection may be taken." The Chief Justice also expressed the surprise of the court that ex ception should be taken to the law on the ground that it is obnoxious to the constitutional provision prohibit ing the abridgement of freedom of speech, the exercise of religious privi leges, etc. "It has," he said, "no reference to an establishment of religion, nor does it prohibit the free exercise thereof, nor abridge the freedom of speech or of the press; nor the right of the people to assemble and petition the government for redress or grievences. It is. of course, true that if an alien is not permitted to enter this country, or, having entered contrary to law. is expelled, he is, in fact, cut off from worshipping or speaking or publishing or petitioning in the coun try, but that is merely because of his exclusion therefrom, lie is not one of the people to whom these things arc secured, and cannot become such by an attempt forbidden by law. To appeal to the Constitution is to con cede that this is a land governed by that supreme law and as tinder it the power to exclude has been determined to exist, those who are excluded can not assert the rights in general ob taining in a land to which they do not belong as citizens or otherwise." WOMAN STRUGGLED. Ca>t Herself sod Child loto River and Fought Oil Rescuers. Columbus (Special >. - \Vith a prc^fy little 4-year-o'd blonde girl bound to her body with bands of linen, a handsome brunette woman, ap parently 2'} or 30 years old. was seen to leap over the Kith Street bridge into tlic Scioto river at H. to o'clock A. M. Two men who were approach ing from * pposite ends of the bridge were attracted by the demor.stra- ! tions of affection between the woman .it)d child as the supposed mother stood against the railing guarding the bridge sidewalk at the outer edge, with the little girl in a sitting posi tion on the rail. The woman was kis sing the child, and the little girl's face was beaming with smiles a? she she gleefully chuckled and nested her i face and flaxen curls among t sic raven locks of the woman. Tl-n thvre suddenly c* me a change in the expression on the woman's lace trom smiles to ti.^ed determina tion. and as the shadow spread over her countenance she. like a flasl^, mounted the guard rail and threw herself nnd the pinioned child into the waters, some thirty-five feet be low. The men rushed over an abutment, plunged into the river and swam from opposite shores toward the cenfler of the stream to attempt to rescue the woman and child. At the approach of succor the woman became as a tigress at bay and fought the men with apparent superhuman strength. So furious was her defense that, to sive their own live*, the men had to put back t ? shore and allow the wo man and child to gi down to their death. Kilted By ills BroliieMti-Law. Scotdale, Pa., (Specials ? John ! Welsh, a millworker. was shot and mortally v ottnded f > y his brother-in law, Chief of Police John Shay. Welsh was intoxicated and was seeking ven gcnce for an alleged injury at the . February election. Shay surrendered ! to the authorities and is in the Greensburg jail. In the mill strike troubles of 1S07 Shay was charged with kilting J. C. Cummingi, but was promptly acquitted. FVENCI TKCASMV CASE. AltefH Attest to Dtvulga Plus ?( r<rti - OIWrH P * Sale. Paris, (By Cable).? The Matin* London correspondent having obtain-* ed nearly a hundred authentic plan# of the fortifications at Toulon, beside# numerous other documents, the paper has began the publication of the his tory of a treason affair which seems likely to cxceed in importance the offences with which Capt. Dreyfus was charged. On April 21, the correspondent re ceived a letter written in a queer semi- French, semi-Italian jargon, and signed "Fragola Pietro," telling him that the writer, who was employed at a hotel, had been acting as a guide to two persons who had come to London to sell a large pared of docu ments of the highest importance con cerning French naval defenses. The letter stated that the men had gon* to Brussels, leaving the writer pen? niless. He, therefore, wanted to nego* tiate for the transfer of the docu* ments, but was unwilling to treat di rect with the French government, pre* ferring to deal with the Matin or somr other newspaper. The corespondent thought the let* ter was probably a begging trick, but replied. addressing his answer to thl post-otVicc. to be callcd for, and mak ing an appointment, which Fragoli duly kept. The man's desperate stat? of hunger evidenced his sincerity; Fragola told the following story: He was formerly, he said, employed at the war ministry in Rome, but becamc compromised in a case of es? pionage and was sentenced to si* months' imprisonment. Subsequently he came to London, living from hand to mouth. Recently he had acted as a guide and secretary to two men of Italian origin, with one of whom ? at nat^irali/e. 1 French citizen ? he had1 formerly been acquainted at the war ministry in Rome. Both of these men, Fragola said, worked for foreign gov ernments, and had several times sold important secrets to Germany at high prices. The Italian's name was Ce sare Golio and that of the naturalized Frenchman Jcremie Mesqui. The lat ter had long been a contractor orf public works at Tulon. They had! gone to Brussels five days ago, leav-j ing him entirely without means of liv-j ing. He found after their departure1 that Golio had left documents behind* him. au<l these he wanted to sell. Fragola thereupon produced eighty five plans of the Toulon forts, some of them the French originals and others accurate copies, made at the Italian war ministry. lie also had in his possession a list of plans of Cherbourg. Brest, and Toulon, with typewritten instructions, alleged by Fragola to have emanated from the German staff, concerning the marking of batteries of artillery. There also a letter appointing a" e?hdeP>* vous at the Tlutringer llof, Berlin, for November i.t, signed "X/r To.thia was attached a card inscribed "Feli* Friedrich Scholtz." The Matin's corespondent gave Fra gola a few shillings and persuaded him to leave the documents in hi* hands in order that an examination of them might be made. The next morning he took them to the French F.mbassy, where the naval attache de clared them to be absolutely genuine. DEAD BODY HANGING IN CHURC. Qruesone Sight Met the Congregation of Emanuel Baptist Church. Chicago, (Spccial). ? The dead body of a man dangling at the end of a rope in the belfry of Kmanucl Baptist Church, 2.ijo Michigan avenue, was the gruesome sight that met the eves of the congregation as they assembled for Sunday morning's service. The police were notified at once and the body was cut down and taken away. In one of the pockets of the dead man's coat a memorandum book was found bearing the name and address of William Johnson, Webster avenue, Pittsburg. Written on a fly leaf of the book were the following words : "Well. T see that nothing but my death will satisfy the outraged public. Therefore I will give it, but I will be my own executioner." ft is supposed that Johnson hart been hanging in the belfry since Fri day night, when he was last seen to enter the < hurch. Me had been em ployed on different occasions by the pastor to repair the electric lights at the top of the steeple. MAN'S LIFH SAVED BY WOMAN. Station Ajcn! Was Shot By Robbers and SIM Used Key to Summoa Surgeon. St. Paul, Minn, (Spccir.1). ? To the fact that Mr*. A. J. Bartow, wife of a section foreman for the Northern Pacific Railway at Snoqualmie, Wash., had a knowledge of telegraphy an?l did not lose her presence of mind in the face of danger, C. J Ingr.iham, station agent of the Northern Pacific at Snoquahnie, probably owes his life. Reports of the affair have just, reached Northern Pacific oftiiciaU, here. Mrs. Bartow, who was alone( in the section house, rushed to] the station when she heard two pistol shots late at night and found Ingra ham lying m ?? pool of blood, a robber having shot him and escaped with thej contents of the safe. Mrs. Bartow wired an account of the shooting to an adjacent station and to division headquarters, and then tore up Ingraham's shirt, out of which ?die made bandages and stanched the! flow of hood until a surgeon came. Ingraham probably will live. A man who gave the name of Bridges has been arrested on suc picion of having shot Ingram and rob bed the station. FINANCIAL There has arrived at San Francisco, $2.^5o,'>oo more Japanese gold. Upwards of 400.000 shares of Lake. Superior stock will not pay the as stflsni'.-nt. li* a d ill dav now that doesn't see a new low record f >r United State# Steel common. I he West Philadelphia Trust Com pany has declared a semi annual divi dend of per cent. Trader- who tri-*d to sell Lake Su porior preferred short found trouble in borrowing the stock.