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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Port of Sabine.
Port Of Sabine, Texas, Aprl.

fort or Sabine, Texas, April 81
Arrived
coalcos t''Ai NoatHa'
Coatzacoalcos. iiVi"
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Was list das,? Stencils, rubber STAMPS.
j. Y, Love, 2205 Mechanic St, Galysstonn' Nc
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FREsH SHRINE

Grabs. Fish and oysters received daily.
rhones 2l4. Free delivery. Artusy's. 4i6
Travis street. -
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Better for the Blood Than Sarsapsrila
For Those living in the Malaria Dis.
rlets. Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic.
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PATGICK'S TRANSFER. PHONE 7ss.
Henvy machinery and safes a speciality.
Stables corner Faunin and Commerce.
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Horse and Buggy Stolen,
Z. hVrv and buggy helonsins 70
Krahl was stolen from In front o. tas
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Andrew Mack.

Excursion.
b. of r. t. excursion. A'ay
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liz ChaIIenae Renewed.

Andrew Mack.
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NOT Gu1LT

NOT GUILTY.
Many trusts have got hard knocks In
Texas courts. but the Jack ,rrus,.' has
been declared not guLty-of an,,ht hnt
mlrth and jollity. Come and indgc f Tar
yourself Bryan hall, April 80, Sis y. m.
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The funeral viii take place today at 10
a. M. the services at the mdcrtakers,
Ross & Wrlght's, corner OF Travis street
and RnaA avenue Iolut services win be
held, conducted by Captain Hesselharth and
other officers Of the salvation Army, as
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30

The supreme court affirmed the de
cision of the Crawford county circuit
court in the case of Love Rayburn,
convicted of the murder of Almon
T. Carpenter, at Van Buren,, November
3, 1900. The opinion was delivered by
Justice Carol d. Wood, Chief Justice
II. G. Bum dissenting The record
shows that the state introduced sew
eral witnesses whose testimony tended
to show the facts and circumstances
that the defendant was guilty as
charged in the indictment of murder
in the first degree" On behalf of the
defendant several witnesses testified to
facts tending to establish an abb.
The defendant did not claim justi6ca-
ton, but an alibi. The court holds
that it was not necessary to charge
specifically in the indictment that the
murder was committed in the attempt
to perpetrate robbery, in order to ad'
NIT proof of that fact. The record
shows affirmatively that the facts and
circumstances tended ito prove the
murder as charged in the indictment,
and the courts charge, to which excep-
lions had been made, so far as the rec
ord shows, was based on the proof.
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SUFFOCATED IN A TUNNEL.
Engineer Dead ana six Other Truin-
men Unconscious From
Poisonous Gases.

Seattle, Wash, March 21.-The first
serious accident in the new Great
Northern tunnel which was opened
for traffic about three months ago,
took place Monday afternoon and re-
suited in the death of Engineer W. w.
Bradley, from suffocation from the
poisonous gases in the tunnel llsIire-
man, Joe w. Smith, and five other
trainmen were overcome, but recov-
cred soon after getting in the open
air.
The train, which was cast-bound,
became stalled in the middle of the
tunnel The fumes Of the engine
filed the place, and the men were
forced to leave the train and lie on
the floor Of the tunnel for safety.
When the train failed to appear at
the far end of the tunnel, the watch
ers there feared that something had
happened, and started in with a relief
engine. The body of the dead engi-
neer was found facc.down in u ditch
at the side of the track. The other
men were found on the track. The
rescucrs had hard time getting to
the scene, owing TO smoke and gas.
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Sunday School Convention.

The Arkansas Sunday-School Asso
citation, in session at Fort Smith, last
week, elected the following officers:
President, r. e. Wait, Little Rock;
first vice president, Alex C. Hull, Lit
tie Rock second vice president, DR.. A.
T.. Long, Batesville; recording secre-
tary, J. M. Gannaway, Fort Smith;
treasurer j. b. Dickinson, Little
Rock
Executive committee-Chairman, B.
w. Green. Little Rock; vice chairman
C. P. Boles, Fayetteville; A. e. An
drews, r. J. Conner, B. j. Dunn, G..
W. Drake. Fayetteville; T. A. Petit.
grew, Charleston; e. d. Irvine, l.. B.
Leigh, Little Rock; l.. D Petross
Springdale ]. ID. Van Wrinkle. Fort
Smith; DR.. j. H. Curry, Russellville;
Judge II. p. Green, Prairie Grove, B.
S. Beach, Usage Mills; Hon. A. A. Nor
gan, Camden.
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BRIEF MENTION.

Margaret Frazer Il negrcss OF Al.
thelmer was cut to death by negro
man named Robert Tobin.
Frank kendalls planning mill at
Kendall, Jefferson county, was burned
on the goth Loss. $4,000.
Several attempts have been made by
unknown parties to wreck trains on
the Iron Mountain between Walnut
Lake and Warner,
John Reeves, n young white man,
was arrested ut Helena charged with
forging number OF checks on a mer.
chant
Italian laborors In large numbers
are being brought to this state to bc
employed on railways, One hundred
and seventeen were taken to Rednell
last week to work on tho Iron Noun.
tain track
Billy stint was knocked out In the
NTH round in glove contest at Hot
Springs by Dan Crcedon.
Gov, Davis vetoed the Joint rcsolu
ton for the appointment OF commit,
tee to receive bids for u state convict
farm stating that under the present
law the pcnitcntlary board is author
lied to purchase u farm.
John Norris, town marshal OF Pc.
cahontas, was shot and killed by a
man named James Chavar. II sco.ns
the officer was In tho act Of cutting
loose u raft In the river which
ChayNrl claimed.
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TO FREDERICK w. RAMSDEN.
The Naval Memorial Tablet to be Set
ID in Santiago to the Memory
of Grand Man.

Washington. March 27-The hand
some bronze tablet, TO be set up by
the navy department at Santiago, IN
memory of the late Frederick Wool
aston Ramsden has just been finished
at the Washington navy yard and is
now ready for shipment. AS consul
general of Great Britain, Mr. Rams
den rendered conspicuous aid TO Hob
son and his little band of heroes, by
way of alternating their sutferings
during Imprisonment. This work, to-
gether with other deeds of unseliish
devotion told upon Ramsden's health
and caused his early death.
The tablet which is chaste and sim
pie was designed by Mr.. Robert H..
Skerrett, of the navy department, and
bears the following inscription;
Here lived, during the Spanish
American war, Frederick w. Rams
den. consul general OF Great Britain.
He died at Jamaica, August 10, 1898.
THE navy department of the Unit
cd States, in token OF his humanity TO
American naval prisoners, erects this
tablet to his memory
Gen. Wood, to whom the tablet will
be shipped, will attend to the work
of having it fixed to the house, in the
suburbs of Santiago, occupied by the
lamented Ramsden. A replica is to
be kept at the naval academy in An
napolis.
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BEARDRUFF DID IT ALL.
A Jewellery Clerk Who Started In to Ac'
quire Wealth Rapidly ana
Missed Out.

Kansas City, Mo-. March 81
Twentv-vear-old William A, Deardruff,
clerk was arrested, yesterday,
charged with stealing 81, 100 worth OF
diamond rings from his employers,
Edwards q Sloan, wholesale jewelers.
Later. when confrontedwith the rings,
which had been found hidden in the
basement of the firms building,
Deardruff broke down and con
fessed. Deardruff also confessed
to having sent Mr.. Edwards, the senior
member of the firm, a letter threat
ening to kdnap the jewelers. son II
he did not Immediately produce $1,000
in gold.
IL admit the whole thing" said the
youthful prisoner to a reporter at the
station yesterday afternoon, after he
had signed written confession pre-
sented by the prosecuting attorney
mo use to deny it any more. am up
against it,
Deardruff said he planned the rob-
berry by himself and had taken no one
into his confidence. His first idea was
simply to steal the tray of diamonds.
He accomplished this, he said, during
the afternoon of March II and hid
the rings in the basement. 1t then oc-
Cured to him that he could not I'M
mediately negotiate sale of the dia-
monds, and the scheme to eNtort
money from Mr.. Edwards was con-
ceived The following is a copy of a
letter sent to Mr.. Edwards:
Dear Sir-We are the men that re-
lieved you of your diamonds the 9th
err day. Finding that we are short OF
funds we ask you to oblige us with
the sum of 1000 in twenty-dollar
bills. Give it to the clerk, Deardrutf,
and atthe hour of 12 tonight have him
meet us at the corner of FOrty-third
and Magee, alone We ask you to send
him for we know him when we see
him. Show this to the police or fail
to obey orders and your son George
will pay the penalty. We mean busi-
ness, as you have learned heretofore.
ar. B. j. c."
Edwards had his son guarded while
he made up package of waste pa
per and sent it by Deardruff to the
place indicated in the letter. Dear
druff reported that he was met by
two men who took the package from
him. Later he reported finding the
empty tray in the basement and as
serted that some one had stabbed him.
Deardruff yesterday admitted having
inflicted the wound himself,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30
DIstlIl,ry Warehouses Approved.

The commissioner of internal rev
enue has approved the warehouses Of
the following distillers in this state,
and they have commenced operations,
viz: Jos. II. Medlock & Co.. Reed;
2. T. Johnson. Marshall; A. s. John
son, Lowry; and w. l.. B. Eddings,
Cave Creek The following dstllers
have resumed operations, viz: B, f.
Bigger. Reyno; j. M. Wehunt Black
Springs; Tindal Evans, Evening
Shade; John Gray, Pcdlo; T. V. Mari
shall, Viola; j. w. OSBORN, Valley
Springs; and j. II. Cato, Pennington,
The fruit distillery of Macon G. Carson,
the largest in the world, located at
Bentonville, Ark. produced during the
season over 10000 gallons Of apple
brandy. This distillery has suspended
operations.
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DARING CASE OF KIDNAPPING.
The Victim, Edward McAvOy, Of
Wilkcsbarre. Pa. Escaped
From His AbductOrs.

Wilkesbarrc, Pa. March ETA dar.
ing attempt was made to kidnap Ed.
ward McAyoy, aged II years, of tails
city Two men picked him up in the
yard of his fathers house, carried him
TO II surrey placed n handkerchief
saturated with chloroforn over his
nose and drove away. The child be-
came unconscious, and when he SUR
yivcd he found himself on the back
seat of the vehicle which was then
jarring over u country road, Young
McAvoy jumped from the carriage.
One of the men ran after him, but
the youngsters cries attracted the
attention OF the occupants of another
carriage which was passing at the
time, and the kdnnpcrs, becoming
sacred, whipped up their horses on1
disappeared
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THE VICTORIAN MEMORIAL.
The Enterprise Launched at n Man
sion House Meeting In Lon
dOn-The Kings Mite.

London, March 21.-The Mansion
house was crowded Tuesday after
noon, the occasion being a public
meeting, under the presidency of the
lord mayor, Frank Green, to consider
the best means of launching the
movement to erect national memo
rial in honor of Queen Victoria. A. j.
Balfour, the duke of Norfolk, Sir
William Vernon llarcourt and Joseph
Chamberlain were among those pres
ent. Letters We're read from Lord
Salisbury and Sir Henry Campbell
Zimmerman expressing regret at their
absence owing to indisposition. a
communication was read from King
Edward contributing { 900 to the
fund, and expressing the hope that
sufficient money will be forthcoming
TO erect lasting and worthy memo
rial to the great queen, MY beloved
mother"
Other donations announced inciud-
ed that Of the corporation of London,
$3.50 and from various sources 30
000
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A MYSTERIOUS POISONING.
roisOncd-rhc Mother, Mrs.
j. u, TOtcmnn, Dead,

Helena, Mont, March 81 Mrs, j, T..
Totcmnn died here nS the result Of II
mysterious poisoning with four
members Of her family she was strick.
EN-, while dining, Sunday. The others
recovered but hhc steadily grew
worse, death resulting utter the
greatest agony,
A celery soup, served during the
meal, IL supposed to have contained
the poison, The servant who prepared
the soup Is now in the hospital suf-
fcring from nervous pros'rntlon, ana
II Is believed ihu,, while temporarily
unbalanced, she put poison in the
soup, Mrs, Toctmnn was the wife OF
the superintendent Of the Big Black.
foot Milling Co,
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-iaallalia alla -
Shot Through the Heart.

Liberty Tcx, March CIV. j.,
Duncan and his fnlhcr-in.luw, w, T.,
Wuul, were shot and instantly killed
yesterday, A difficulty started be-.
tween Duncan and Thomas Branch,
and Wnul ana Wharton Branch, ia
Their Of rhomna Branch, intcrrcrcd.
Duncan aud Wnul we're both aho,
through the heart and died Instantly,
Wharton branch was arrested and
charged with the killing, He was hu'
rled TO Houston on the first train
Irnnch IL u prominent attorney OF
south TeNns,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30

Fire which originated in roomng
house at Eureka Springs destroyed five
buildings in the business center of the
town. Thomas j. Sullivan and An.
drew McNulty, who had recently ar.
rived from st. Louis to accept posi-
tons as engineer and brakeman, re.
spectlvely, on the st. l.. & N. A. ex.
tension, were seriously injured, the for.
mer suffered greatly from inhaling fire,
and the latter has an arm and wrist
broken and is fearfully burned about
the face. The losers are Miss Helen
Montgomery, East Lynne, Judge Sennt
and Park Worden, residences; Dr.
Lloyd Saddles barn; John Brdgeford,
storage barn. Total loss, 10000; no
insurance A rain which occurred an
hour before the fire, alone prevented
one OF the most disastrous fires in the
history of the town.
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N.rr, I,s..i.t Hauy.a.

John Wesley, the negro rapist, was
hanged at Arkadel2hia on the odd
Several days before his execution,
Wesley made a remarkable confession.
To Sheriff Abraham the man stated
that he had committed no less than
three assaults on white wom-
which he was hanged. On the Sd of
December, Wesley assaulted young
lady II years of age. The victim was
day operator at the local telephone ex-
change and usually started about 8
o'clock to her home mile out Of the
town. This night she was little late,
and il was good dark before she reached
the town cemetery. which she had to
pass to reach her home. AS she pass
ed the gate negro sprang out and
grasping her around the waist, carried
her into the city of the dead She
gave scream after scream, but on ac-
count of the distance from dwellings
she was not heard. According to her
story told next day she battled for
nearly two hours with the negro in the
attempt to save her honor, but with
out avail. The girls father, becoming
alarmed at his daughters delay, started
to town to search for her. As he
passed the cemetery he heard a noise
inside the fence and started to inves.
tigate When he stopped he noticed
man jump up in the moonlight and
run in the opposite direction. Al al
most the same instant there was a
scream, which the father recognized
as that of his daughter Hurrying to
the spot he found his daughter in a
nearly crazed condition, her clothes
torn off, and bruised and bleeding, for
the struggle had been a most terrific
one. Taking her in his arms he car.
ried her to their home, and after secur-
ing medical attention, returned to town
and told Of the crime. The citizens
were thoroughly aroused and a posse
was at once formed to track the fend
down with dogs. The scent was fol.
lowed to the railroad. where it is sup.
posed the negro boarded passing
freight train. The citizens offer.
ed reward Of $500 for the negros
capture and Gov. Jones offered an addi-
tional $500. various clews were fol.
lowed and many negroes arrested, but
the young lady could not identify
them, until on December 2S, a negro
named John Wesley, answering the
description given, was arrested at
Ogemaw, He was taken to Arkadel.
phia and it was given out that the
young lady had failed to identify him.
Nevertheless he was kept in Jail, and
on February II he was placed on trial
for the crime. when it was an.
nounced for the first time that he had
been identified by his victim.
The trial lasted only two days, the yer.
dict being guilty"
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30
EX-CONGRESSMAN WILLARD.
Death of Hon. George willard, Edit
or Of the Battle Creek
tMIchD journal.

Battle Creek, Micho March 2i.--llon,
George Willard, cN-congressmnn from
the Third district, died, aged n years,
from u stroke of upoplcNy. He was
elected TO congress In 1872 and served
four years. Mr.. Willard also served
six years MS member of the state
board Of education and ten years as
regent Of the state university, While
regent ne drew up and had adopted y
rule providing For the education Of
women IT the university, Mr., VIII.
lard was editor Of the Battle Crcck
journal up to the time Of his death
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30

Mrs. NJ, ID. Lamb, wife Of n prom
lnent citizen Of Lamar. was burned
to death by her clothing catching fire,
There was no one present, and 1t Is
thought che was in a paroxysm Of
epilepsy, as she was subject to fits
Of epilepsy. When she caught fire
she had fallen on the floor and lay
long enough to set fire to the floor In
two places. She ran into every
room in the house. five in all, leaving
a trail of ashes and burning clothing
in her wake. When found every
thread of her clothing was burned
except Il band Of one Of her skirts.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30

Rails were laid into Harrison on
the 23d, connecting her with the out.
side world via Eureka Springs, This
completes the first proposed extension
of the 81, l., & N. A, railroad, which,
according to General Powell Clayton,
is now determined to not only pcne.
trate the great mineral region of north
Arkansas but to pierce It through and
through, finding an outlet to the east
and south ultimately to the gulf
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30
Supt. Peck KesIgns.

General Superintendent Il. A. Peck,
OF the st, Louis, Iron Mountain &
Southern Railway, with headquarters
in st, Louis, has rendered his resig.
nation and II has been accepted, The
resignation VIII take effect April /,
and Mr., Peck will be succeeded on that
date by Mr.. j. M. Herbert, superin.
tcndent of the Kansas & Colorado
lines Of the Missouri Pacific with head.
quarters at Osawatomie, Kan.
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sent Up for Sexem Yenra.

c. II, Wilson, alias Eckert, alias
Emerson, who worked" Little Rock
and several other Arkansas towns, re.
Gently, by representing himself as an
agent OF the Curtis Publishing com.
pany of Philadelphia, and receiving
subscriptions for the Ladies' Home
Journal and the Saturday Evening
Post and who was arrested in Mem.
phls, has been sentenced to seven
years in the penitentiary,
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30
WILL INTEREST BRITISHERS.

The population Of London has in
creased 70 the extent Of 100000 since
1881.
Every inhabltant Of the United King
dom may be said nguratlvcly to hold
eway over 90 acres abroad,
The entire collection OF coins and
medals In the DrItlsh museum consists
Of nearly 950OqO specimens,
London has 80 parks ind gardens
Of from one.fourth Of an ncre TO 1Ds
acrcs, und so open spaocs and COM.
mons from one " $40 ucrcs Ia size
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MAYOR WAS DISAPPOINTED.
Mayor Daily OF Limerick Expected to
lie Arrested on Arrival NJ
QuccnstOWn, Hut wasn't

Queenstown, March 9S,-Jhc White
Star line steamer Majestic, which lett
New York March 20, has arrived here.
She experienced favorable weather
throughout the trip, John j, DAILY
The mayor of Limerick, who was
among the passengers, seemed 10 cN-
pect TO be arrested because Of his
speeches in the United States, but the
authorities had no intention of tak-
ing any notices of his uiteranccs.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30
CHINESE DIDN'T SIGN.
The Time Limit Expired and the
Convention Wasn't Signed.


pekin, March 2S.-The Chinese had
not signed the Manchuran agreement
last night when the time expired.
The ministers of the powers do not
consider that the murder of Rev. j.
Stonchousc, of the London Missionary
society, who was killed by Chinese
brigands II miles east of Tien Tsin,
recently, affects the Chinese situation
politically. They are perfectly aware
that The country around Shi-Nan is
infested with robbers, who are, natur-
ally, hostile to foreigners, and would
take such an opportunity, as in the
present ease, to kill one.
Unsafe TO Travel Alone.
Mr. Rockhill, the special commits
sioner of the United States, says he
does not consider it safe for people
TO travel alone in Inc country dis
tricts, and guards can not be supplied
to the missionaries. Consequently
those going into the country take
considerable risk. The district in
which the murder was committed IL
policed by foreign troops. There
fore, China IS not officially RESPONSE
BILE. The foreign troops practically
Quilted Shi-Nau OF everything worth
taking, and the people there are in
dignant against all foreigners. The
missionaries attribute the murder TO
the lcnicncy Of the powers toward
China, which makes them seem TO be
afraid.
The ministers have many different
views on the indemnity question
which may result in considerable de-
lay in the negotiations on that sub
iect.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30
GOT LITTLE FOR THEIR PAINS.
"a by burglars, Wac secured
hut Little Money.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, March 2;,-'rhe
savings bank at Riverside wns broken
into NJ ~ early hour Wednesday
morning, The burglars drilled
through the steel doors of the vault,
but the inner mfc resisted their eff
forts, They secured only small sum
Of money from the cush drawer, and
escaped on n hnndcnr towards Iowa
City, There NJ no clrw.
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british MAKE 4 PROTEST..
China should Wait tntiI the Present
Troubles are settled.

Washington, March 2s.-A dispatch
was received here from one of The
forcigw Offices to its representative,
stating that the British government
had made protest against China $
negotiating convention with any
power touching territorial or Imam
cial affairs until the present troubles
in China are settled. The protest was
made through Sir Ernest Saiow, Brit
ish minister at Pckin II is under
stood TO have been made within The
last day or two, The Russian agree
mcnt is not specifically referred TO,
but, il is stated, the British action is
clearly directed against that agree
mcnt.
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30
A DISCRIMINATING BURGLAR.
Uid Not Want to Rob "GOOd People"
w LEFT Ills "Ncgrcts"
and Departed.

Paterson, y. j., March ETA rob.
Der who entered the residence Of the
late Nicc.Prcsidcnt Hobart, Sunday
night, and who departed without any
booty ON finding the name marked on
the silvcrwnre, left the following note
In II loving cup which had been given
Mrs. Hobart by the Old Ladies' Home
Society for Charitable Work;
81 humbly beg your pordon. do
not want to rob good people"
The Van Buren press., 1901-03-30
CHINA WOULD NOT SIGN.
Signing of the Manchurian Conven.
ton with Russia Forbidden
by Imperial Decree.
WAS NOT SIGNED WHEN LIMIT EXPIRED.
Murder of Rev. j. StOnehOuse Not
Considered as Affecting the Stu
alton Politically-Britfsh Govern
ment Protested Against China
Negotiating Conventions.

London, March 2S.-The officials of
the japanese embassy confirm the re-
port that an imperial decree has been
issued by the court at Sian Flu,
through Liu Kun vi, the viceroy of
Nankin, ordering that the Manchurian
convention should rot be signed
March 26, the da;e fixed by Russia, A
intimation of this decree has been
telegraphed to the various govern
ments concerned.