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place on the night of the 3Olh, having pre-
viously set it on fire.

place on the night of the 30th, having pre-
viously set it on fire.
Field Marshal Yamagata teIegraphs
that the inhabitants of Manehuria. bar-
sssed by the violence and rapacity of the
Chinese soldiery. welcome the advent of
the Japanese army. That is easily con-
ceivable. In no case is there heard of any
looting of houses or sacking of towns by
the japanese troops. They seem to be
conducting their warlike operations with
the utmost moderation and good discip-
line.
From Feng-hwan to Moukden the dis
tance Is about 135 miles. 1t is evident
that Field Marshal Yamagata's army is
moving with considerable celeritv. Chiu-
lien was captured on October 26. after
three days operations that should have
entitled the troops to some rest. In view
OF the fact and also OF the circumstance
that column had been detached to
pursue the Chinese fleeing west
ward to Antung and Ta-tung it
was not supposed that the northward
movement would have been resumed be-
fore the 29ih ult. at soonest But since
Major-General TachimPs brigade entered
Feng-hwan on October 81, and since Feng-
hwan IS thirty-three miles from Chiu-iiep.
the advance from the latter place must
nave been resumed on the very dav after
its capture. The Japanese organization
must be very complete to permit such un-
Interrupted continuity of progress In an
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WIPE THEM OUT.
Japan Altogether Too Generous to
the. Chinese Rabb!e.

An officer of the United States navy on
board The Monoeacy writes from Tien-
tsin under date of October % to friend
in this city:
I'VE are stationed up here in Northern
China for the winter, and expect to see
fun before it is over. Soldiers $50 called
are passing through here by the thousands.
some armed with rifles. others with muz-
zle-loading rusty musEets, and others with
bows and arrows and spears. They are
absolutely undisciplined, and are the
worst lot of cutthr0ats this world holds.
Outrage, murder, arson and robbery are
committed in plain sight and in open day.
light. follow them wherever they go, and
it would be a fine thing for humanity if
Japan, instead of treating them as gener-
ously as she is doing. would wipe every
one of th en- off the face of the earth
When you get Chinamenl in their own
country, where they show their real
natures. they are as lar below Hottentot ts
and Apaches as the latter are below US. At
fairs here are in a very delicate state, and
II the Japs land ON the coast, as we ex-
pect they will do every day, the whole
empire will be upside down. When the
war ends 1t is to be hoped that American
capitalists and manufacturers will have
their agents out here, for there will be a
great many contracts to be given and a
lot of money to be made. San Fra ncisco's
foreign trads should get a slight boom
than ~
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POOR Ii SUFFERS
For Every Reverse to
China's Arms.
ALL HIS HONORS TAKEN.
Though He Must Work as Hard
as Ever.
MOVING ON THROUGH MANCHURIA
The Japanese Armies Meet With
Little Resistance in the North
of the Empire.
loving ON THROUGH MANCHURIA

COPENHAGEN. Nov. 27.-A cable dis
patch dated Shanghai has been received
here. saying an imperial decree has been
issued depriying Ii Hung Chang of all
honors, but allowing him to retain his
present functions.
CHEFoo, Nov. 27. - 1t is stated here
that many bodies of Japanese prisoners
were found mutilated at Port Arthur
Four hundred japanese were killed by the
hre from the forts. None were killed by
the infantry. No quarter was given. The
plans OF the mines in and around Port
Arthur were discovered by the Japanese.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 27.-Dispatches from
I1entsin state Colonel Won Hanneken,
recently appointed TO the command of the
Chinese navy. originally intended to 60 to
Fort Arthur. He has now gone to Shan
Han Kwan 10 organize the defense Of that
place. Shan Han Kwan is the starting
point of the great high road TO Peking and
is believed to be impregnable.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27-The United
States ship Baltimore reported from Port
Arthur to ChefOo last evening and TO-
day sailed again for NAgasaki, Japan,
where she will be in direct communication
by cable with the Navy Department
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MUSIC HALL EEFORM.
Frances Willard Is After the Living
Pictures Now.

NEW YORK. Nov. PA crusade for re-
forming the music halls and other stages
of this city is, it is alleged, to be inaugu-
rated Immediately by Miss Frances VIII
lard and the ladies Of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union. Lady Somerset
said 10 reporter to-day "Miss Willard
and her associates in this movement are
very much in earnest. They feel that the
living pictures as exhibited at present In
the thea.ers of this city are a terIible
menace to young men. and tend to encour-
age immortality and evil thinking. and are
also ap outrage on women. am told the
living pictures ere verse he42s a.4sAss 15s1zss
are In England. and that is saying \ good
deal. That such things are permitted
here is due to the fact that the women have
not been awakened to the deadly and
blighing influence of this new departure
in our theaters."
The second annual dinner of the City
Vigilance League was held tonight. Rev.
Charles Parkhurst was the guest of
honor. Members of the Committee of
Seventy and the Chamber of Commerce
were very conspicuous.
Every reformer of note, together with
number of Republican politicians who
Joined forces with the Reform Democrats
at the last election to defeat Tammany,
were present. General Horace Porter rre-
sided. DIR. Parkhurst. Bishop Potter. Rev.
Lyman Abbott, Charles Stewart Smith
aud Richard Watson Glider made speeches.
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MR.. ECKELS ON MONEY
He Is a Gold Bug of the Gold
Bugs.
There Has Always Been Toe Much
Cheap Circulating Medium In
This Country.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-In an article en-
titled can Essential Condition of Pros
perity," contributed to the December num-
ber of the North American Review, which
will be published tomorrow, the Hon.
James II. Eckels, Comptroller OF the
United States Currency, comments that
there can be no hope of undisturbed and
substantial prosperity to all classes of the
American people. unless and until the
whole currency and banking system of the
country is formulated into one harmoni-
Gus plan in which each party shall be alb
solutely sound in principle and the en-
bodiment of monetary science. Ameri-
can financial legislation has been Of the
most pernicious character. and bad legis-
lation in the field of finance must always
exert destructive influence on business.
There is scarcely single act upon the
statute books affecting the currency sys-
tenn which has not been placed there SIM
ply to meet some emergency that con-
fronted the country at the time, 10 the be-
lief that a difficulty might be bridged
over.
He cites as an example of emergency
measures the greenback. The greenback
measure fostered a sentiment of fiat
money. In which he includes silver free
coinage. The national bank currency
measure was also an expedient to provide
market for the Government bonds.
1t was valuable as affording perfectly
solid currency. but not sufficiently elastic.
The Bland act and the Sherman silver act
are also reviewed. The currency system of
the country resulting from the constant
passing of experimental laws has become
SO confused and unsound that Mr.. Eckels
wonders not that Americans have suffered
so much financial disaster during the years
of its construction. but that we have suf-
fered so little.
SIT is not at all surprising" says he.
''that each morning the first inquiry that
addresses itself to the business man of the
country anxious to satisfy himself as to
the business condition is Have thousands
of dollars of gold come into the treasury,
or have thousands of dollars of gold gone
out of the treasury?' No one can over
estimate the detrimental influence upon
the country's prosperity which such an
uncertainty breeds. 1t is an uncertainty
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HILLS LITTLE SCHEME
He Wants to Defeat the Income
Tax.
1t Is Merely a Question of Blocking
the Appropriation Asked
For by Carlisle.

WASHINGTON, Nov. GA movement
will be made in Congress by Senator Hill
of New York to repeal the income tax
feature o the new tariff law. This may
be accomplished in much easier way. in
parliamentary sense, than by the repeal
of the law. The Secretary of the Treas
ury has already clearly pointed out way
in which the law may be rendered nopera-
tive. 1t can be nullified in exactly the
same manner In which be has already nulli-
fed the provision of that same act referring
!. = i, ,.rs free eahnl used in the arts. The Secre-
2 ,sssss e giss effect to the pro-
vision as to free alcohol in the arts for two
assigned reasons:
First-Because it has not been found
practicable to frame regulations which
will prevent fraud.
Second-Because no appropriation has
been made adequate to collect this tax.
The only appropriation which had been
made for the collection of the income tax
was $4,000. This was obtained upon claim
that it was necessary for the printing of
blanks and to make preliminary prepara-
tions for the collection of the tax. The
economic reasons which control politicians
who manage appropriation bills not TO
make large appropriations prior to a con-
gressional election operated to prevent
the appropriation of the much larger sum
which Congress was informed al the time
by he Secretary of the Treasury would be
necessary to make the income-tax law
operative.
This $4,000 is said 10 have already been
expended. OF the total amount something
less than $1,000 has been paid to the So
called commissioner of the income tax, an
officer not known to the income tax law
or to any other law, but Secretary Car
Isle, In the exercise of his discretion, has
deemed it right to use so much OF that fund
to pay the salary of an officer who has de-
voted himself to studying the law. framing
blanks and making preliminary arrange
ments for giving it effect, if an appropria-
tion adequate to enforce it shall ultimately
be obtained. The Secretary of the Treas
ury, in his report TO Congress, will insist
that the law cannot be put into operation
without an additional APPROPRIATION OF
$500, GOO for the assessment and collection
of the tax.
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he could do no more with his disabled
guns, Captain Fong decided to withdraw,
and he made the best of his way to Port
Arthur. arriving there six hours before the
rest of the fleet. His action was soon dis
approved of. and when some of the dam
age sustained by the Tsi Yuen had been
hastily repaired. Captain Fong was or
dered to Talienwan Bay. to take the guns
off the stranded Kuangchia, in which he
did not succeed. Mr.. Hoffman, refused
10 go in the ship in her then condition,
and his connection with her ceased. Seven
men were killed on the Tsi Yuen during the
fight. Though admitting the seriousness
of the guns being damaged, Mr.. Hoffman,
yet believed that Captain FoDg made a
mistake In leaving too soon. An inquiry
was subsequently, held into the case, the
result of which was that Captain FoDg
was beheaded.
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BATTLE OFF THE YALU.
How 1t Looked to Man on a Chi
nese WarShiD.

The North China Daily News of Octo-
ber 10 has the following: Mr.. G. Hoffman,.
who was on board the Tsi Yuen during the
fight off Yashan on the 26th of July, and
at the battle near the Yaiu on the 18th OF
September. is now in Shanghai on his way
home. having resigned his position as
chief superintending engineer In the Chi
nese navy. On Wednesday he was seen
by representative of the Daily News, to
whom he gave some interesting NORMA
tion concerning the fights in which the
Isl Ypen had taken part.
In regard to the encounter Of the 25th of
July he distinctly states that the japanese
were the aggressors. three Japanese YES
sells meeting the Tsi Yuen and opening fire
without any notice, although war was
not declared until the 1st of August.
The Tsi Yuen and Kuangyu left Yashan
at about half-past 4 o'clock on the
morning of the 25th of July, shaping q
course for Wei-Hsl-Wei. Atabout ban-past
s o'clock Mr.. Hoffmann's boy told him
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ACROSS THE YALU.
Details of the Fall of the Castle of
Chun. Liam Chenp.


YOKOHAMA. Nov. 9.-Under date of Oc-
tober 20 Northumberland Nodzu sends
from the seat of war by way of Nitu the
following account of the capture of Chuu.
lian-eheug: On the 23d the column under
Colonel Sato crossed the Yalu River by
wading across its upper bed at Suikochin
and defeating 800 of the enemy's infantry
ano 90 of their cavalry which opposed the
advancing japanese troops, managed to
get round to the back of the enemy. On
the oath the Japanese main body con-
structed q, bridge at night in secret at a
place outside the castle of Wiju, and early
the next day the Fifth Division crossed the
bridge ana began the attack on the enemy
encamped at Kosan, next to the right wing
of our army. Major-General Oseko then
stationed him self on q noun tain top with
the right wing of the army and fired down
upon the enemy'S flank. The enemy, un-
able TO withstand this, fed toward the
castle at Chun-lian-C About this
time four lines of the enemy rushed on
displaying their flags, and reaching hill
opposite to the Japanese forces opened an
ineessant firing. The japanese army thus
encountered fought bravely. Ma jor-Gen-
eral Tachimi now marched his men be-
hind the enemy by way Of rounding to the
left of Kosan. and by an attack on their
flank they were defeated and pursued.
Their barracks were then occupied by
wading across the Abu River and Ten can
non captured. During the night the Fifth
Division encamped at an important place
in The rear of Chun-Lian-C Cheng in company
with the Third Division. The advance
guard of the former halted near by while
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enteen or eighteen regiments under COM
mana OF General Sung, comprised of
Dicked soldiers from Talienwan, Sutai.
Fort Arthur and Shosen. The number of
ueaths and wou9ded was seven officers and
seventy men on the Japanese side. willie
the dea'hs on the Chinese side are said to
reach 800. The spoils taken consist of
thlrty-tour guns, rifles, ammunition and a
large number oftents. Chung 'an-Cheng
castle Is situated in small village of
lorty or fifty houses, and only one new
lntrenchment was made. Fung- Wang
Chang Is castle constructed on fat
ground and is distant from the first
named castle by about fifteen ri. The
enemy had total force in the neighbor-
hood of these two places of %. 500, so that
there must have been about 20, 900 in Fung-
WRng.Chang alone.
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objective point evidently desired to reach
Newchwang, while those that headed for
Taku-shan, near the mouth Of the Yalu,
probably hoped to make their way back to
Port Arthur. The intelligence is very i'm
portant. 1t shows that the Chinese forces
Immediately north Of the YaIu have lost
all cohesion, and that the effective idea of
each component division is to get back to
the place from which it originally made its
de but in the campaign.
After the fall of Chiu-lieD, consider
able force of the defenders fed down the
Yalu to Ta-tung, thus eliminating them
selves completely from all subsequent
operations for the defense of Moukden.
The remainder retreated TO Feng-hwan,
where, doubtless, numerous garrison was
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From a photograph.

enemy's country. Assuming six miles per
diem as the future rate of advance, the
23d inst. should see The army under the
walls of Moukden. AS winter is so close,
however. the army may be pushed Oh even
faster. The whole month of November is
excellent weather for campaigning in
Southern Manchuria. and Moukden. after
all. lies below the forty-seeond degree of
north latitude.
The alleged conduct of the Chinese in
setting fire to Feng-h hwan-assuming the
intelligence to be correct-suggests that
they may have conceived programme
of embarrassing character. 1t is per-
haps their intention to retreat be-
fore the japanese without offering armed
resistance but laying waste the land and
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which calls halt upon every new under
taking and blocks every avenue of trade
in which busy people is engaged"
PRINCESS BlsmARcKs DEATH
The iron Chancellor Much Broken by
His Misfortune


VARZIN, Nov. 27.-Princess Bismarck
had for years been suffering with bron-
chitis and gastric catarrb. Eighteen
months ago she was found lying in pool
of blood at the foot Of her bed.
These fainting attacks were repea ted
from time to time. The immediate cause
of death was dropsy complicated with heart
disease. She was cheerful aud tried to de-
ceive the Prince as to her real condition.
spending much of her time out Of bed.
Drs. Schweninger and ChrysaDder re-
garded her case as hopeless month ago,
but concealed the truth from the Prince,
When DR.. SeHweninger gently broke the
news to the Prince he rose Immediately
and remained silent for some time at the
death bed. He had watched at her bed
side almost constantly the past few days,
only taking short naps.
The Prince is quite overcome and so
broken down thai the doctors insist on his
speedy removal to Friedrichsruhe. There
were present at the death scene, besides
the doctors, Countess Rantzau and Prince
Bism arck's niece.
The ceremonies will be on a moderate
scale ont of regard for the Princes condi-
tion. The interment will probably be at
Schonhausep, the ancestral home of the
Bisnarcks. 1t is expected that the body
will be removed Saturday.
Early this morning the Deighbors called
to offer coincidence, but the Prince only
rerelved Pastor Schumann from Woseow.
Prince Bismarck personally communicated
the news to the Emperor and Empress,
who sent long telegram Of coincidence.
Among other messages of sympathy are
those from the King of Wurtemberg,
Chancellor Won Honenlohe and the Minis
ters and Secretaries of State.
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already assembled. Now Feng-hwan sur
renders without striking a blow. and the
forces concentrated there fly to three diff
ferent points of the compass. 1t Is added
that the principal generals retreated in the
direction of NJ Moukden, but from the above
facts may. nevertheless, be inferred
thorough disorganiZation of Chinese oppo-
sition to the japanese army's advance
upon Moukden. Indeed. telegram sent
from Shanghai on the 4th inst. says that
The Chinese defense of the Moukden road
has completely collapsed. The same .ele-
gram reports that Feng-hwan has been
burned. That is partially confirmed by
a telegram in the Nichi Nichi Shimbun to
the effect that the Chinese evacuated the
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Lieutenant General Nodzu took up his
night quarters to the northeast Oh hosan
in the headquarters Of the flrst Army
The enemy in the night fired shots upon
the encsmpment. On the 26th lnst', at
A. NJ, the Third, Filth and Seventh disls-
ious pressed upon the Chinese in their rear
from three direc ions. The enemy had
made their escape under the nights
cover and the castle was taken possession
of at once, the Fifth Division dispatch
ing force in their pursuit In
the direction of Fung-Wang- Chang
and after others toward Dai-to-ko. The
enemy had made strong defensive works
at important places in the vicinity OF
Chun- Liam Cheng aud numbered some sew
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burning the houses in all the districts
south of Moukden. That would be an as
tute proceeding. 1t might cause the Jap
anese some Inconvenience. But the Chi
nese are hardly likely to attempt anything
SO resolute. To be successful such a pro-
gramme must be thorough. It would not
do to burn one-half of the city and leave
the other half intact. Fengh-wan is said to
be town OF 10000 houses. There is very
little probability that it has been reduced
to ashes. Such catastrophe could not
fail to be noted by Field Marshal YAM
agata in his telegram announcing the cap
ture of the place. His silence. and the
absence of any official telegram ON the
subject. leads to the belief that the con-
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fiagration set on foot by the Chinese SOL
dierS was trifling affair.
Field Marshal Yamagata telegraphs that
after the engagement Immediately pre-
ceding the captdre Of Chiu-lien, more
than 300 Chinese soldiers were found dead
upon the field,
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The Carlin strikers.

CARSON, New. Nov. 27.-The second
trial of the CarliD strikers for conspiracy
to delay the malls is in progress in the
United States Circuit Court before Judge
Hawley. A jury has been secured.
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BAKERS DEATH.
Doctors Do Not Agree on the Sui
eide Theory.

UOCtOrS Do Not Agree on the SUI.
eide Theory.
NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-An autopsy was
performed this evening on the body of
Frederick Baker at Sands Point in the
presence of a number of physical ms.
The large organs of the body were found
to be in a healthy condition. At the con-
clusion of the autopsy DR.. Cole still main
tanned the theory of drowning. but DIR.
Seaman said:
'I am positive the body was not in a
normal condition when it struck the water.
There was not a teaspoouful of water in
the lungs"
An analysis of the organs will be made
by experts, and until then 1t will be i'm
possible to fix the cause of death.
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ON TO MOUKDEN.
The Japanese Meet With Little Re.
SiStance in ManChuria,

YOKOHAMA. Nov. ga telegram dated
at Chiu-len on the 81 inst. at . 20 P. NJ
and received in Hiroshima at 10 A. M on
the 4th says that Major-GeDeral Tachimi's
brigade entered Feng-hwan on the 31st ult.
Apparently no opposition was experienc nced.
A part of the enemy fed iu the direction
of Moukden. part toward Hai-chien and
part toward Taku-shan; that is. to the
north. to the west and to the south respect
lively. Those that made Hai-cbien their
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LOOKS LIKE WAR.
kolbites Organizing to Seat Their
Candidate for Governor.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Nov. 27.-lt has just
been learned that several hot-headed Kolb-
ite leaders have issued secret calls for
armed men in companies of from 100 TO 500
to volunteer to go TO Montgomery on
Inauguration day next Saturday, to seat
KolD as Governor. The call urges the
Kolb followers TO maintain their rights
and carry out the will of the people. and it
is said that companies are being organized.
All the troops in the State have arranged
to go TO Montgomery, and it is understood
will carry their guns loaded.
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Cash in the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-The cash BAL
ance in the treasury at the close of business
to-day was S99.6o6, 1856; gold reserve.
S57, ,784, 439.