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Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
Removing Russian Mines.

Toxic, June 5, 5:30-p. mt is sus-
pected here that the Russians at Port
Arthur are communicating with points
on the seacoast by means Of wireless
telegraphy. 1t was reported that a
wireless station had been erected Sc
cretly at the village Of Peh Wang, on
Takin island, one of the Mao Tao
group, which are situated in Pechli
strait and the Japanese cruiser Chito-
sea visited the island yesterday to in
vestigate. She did not, however, find
anything. 1t is reported that another
such station has been erected near
Shan Hal Kwan, and the Japanese are
investigating this matter.
Yesterday the Chitosea steamed In
close to Lao Tshan promontory and
discovered four masts and watch
house near the coast. One Of these
masts evidently was fitted for wireless
telegraphy operations. The Chitosea
reports having heard series OF ex-'
plosions at Port Arthur and believes
them to have resulted from blastings
preparatory to the emplacement of
new batteries.
The Japanese torpedo boat destroyer
lhdZuCul yeSteTudy uleCoNeicu anu ca
ploded a large mine off San Shan
island, at the entrance to Talienwan
bay
The Japanese naval authorities en-
gagged in clearing out the mines in the
vicinity of Talienwan bay are employ
ing Japanese shell divers from Kushia
province. for the purpose. These
divers volunteered for this work and
are wonderfully expert. 1t is said that
with their diving paraphernalia they
can stay under water for half day at
time.
Hundreds of Japanese fishermen are
volunteering to assist in clearing away
Russian mines and it is probable that
some of them will be used for this
work. These voluntary offers are
taken to illustrate the unity Of the
Japanese people in the war.
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON
Philippine Legal Decisions.

In the United States Supreme Court
opinions were handed down on the I'd
inst. in three cases involving questions.
pertaining to administration Of the
criminal law in the Philippine Islands
The points raised were as to the right
of the government to take appeal i'm
criminal cases and of an accused per-
son to demand trial by jury.
The first case was that of Kepner
VS.. The United States. Kepner prac-
ticed law in Manila and was charged,
with embezzlement. The court of the
hrst Instances convicted him, but the
Supreme Court of the islands convfcr-
ed him. The case was then appealed
to the Supreme Court of the United
States by Kepner on the ground that
by the process of appeal he was put
twice in jeopardy contrary to the con-
stitution of the United States. The
opinion by Justice Day sustained this
view, reversing the decision of the
Philippine Supreme Court. Justice
Holmes, White and McKenna united in
one dissenting opinion, while Justice
Brown delivered a separate dissenting
opinion.
Another case of the same character
was similarly decided.
Another Philippine case was that OF
Dorr and O'Brian, in which was raised
the question of the right of defend
ant in criminal case to demand trial
by jury in the Philippines in the alb
sence Of Congressional enactment
granting such right. The court held
that the constitution does not carry
the right without legislative enact
ment. Dorr and O'Brien are the edi-
tors Of newspaper published in Ma
Mia and were prosecuted for criminal
libel.
The Chief Justice and Justices
Brewer and Peckham united in an
opinion concurring in this result but
stating different grounds. Justice
Harlan delivered vigorous dissenting
opinion, saying that the opinion is con-
trary to the established system of the
United States and declaring the opin-
ion of the court to be in effect an
amendment to the constitution of tho,
United States.
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
Russia Greatly Depressed.

London, June 6-The curtain is
drawn again over the progress of the
war, probably indicating that import
snt events are impending or afoot. The
explosions heard at Port Arthur sug-
gest that the Russians have renewed
their attempts to remove distractions
In the mouth of the harbor All kinds
Of rumors are current. few Of which ap-
pear to have any reliable basis.
Various special correspondents in St
Petersburg report increasing depres-
sion In Russia over the prospect OF the
fall of Port Arthur. and say that wild
reports are in circulation as to dissen-
sions between the generals and the
highest officiaIs over questions OF policy
and strategy.
The Daily Mail gives great promi-
nence to q statement from a Russian
will stand or fall by Port Arthur as far
as the governments prestige with the
lower classes is concerned.
Internal troubles are inevitable" :"
the correspondent says. should the
fortress fall. Count Lamsdorf displays
a strong personality. but his position is
precarious, and he is likely to be sac
rifced as q scapegoat to popular indig-
nation at the way the war has been
conducted. Although 1t is said that
General Kuropatkin has lost favor at
court, no change in the command OF
the army is contemplated"
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
Reuters Telegram Agency says that
increasing anxiety IL felt over the
Iestlessness OF Chinese troops on the
Manchurian frontier.
The Morning Posts correspondent In
st. Petersburg goes 80 far a. to say
that Russia 10 preparing to cope with q
serious Chinese invasion.
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
Anti-Fraud Mail Regulations.

Postmaster General Payne has given
out statement regarding the atti-'
tude of the department toward worth
less nOstrums and the newspaper pub
lication of obscene advertisements. II
is explained that the department has
no intention of entering on crusade-
against patent medicines, or of estab-
fishing censorship on advertisements
printed in newspapers, but simply aims
to correct abuses in cases of obscenity
and fraud, as required by law. The
statement follows:
"a large number of complaints
having been received by the first as
sistant postmaster general, protesting
vigorously against the United States,
mails being used for the purpose OF,
Circulating newspapers and other lit
orature containing advertisements OF.
alleged cures for loss of manhood, vi
talfty, ETC., the acting postmaster gen.
eral transmitted number Of these ad-
vertisements to the assistant attorney
general for the Postofiice Department,
with the request for an opinion as to
whether or not their transmittaf
through the mails constituted a viola
ton Of law.
The assistant attorney general rem
dered an opinion holding such adver--
tisements violation of what Is known
as the obscene law The only inten-
ton which has ever been entertained
by the administrative officers has been
to suppress the advertisements which
the law officer of the department has,
held to be obscene.
"Of course the Postonlce Department
has never had any intention of starting
crusade on patent medicines, or ofes-
tablishing censorship on advertise
ments printed in ewspapers. There has
been no change in the policy Oc prac-
tlce OF the department; the facts sim
ply are that, certain abuses having.
been called to its attention, 1t has act
ed thereon as required by law.
In the regular course of business
in the office of the assistant attorney
general, number of cases were pre-
sented in which so-called cures for lost
manhood and lost vitality were COTE
planned OF as being worthless, as welr
as the literature of the company SELL
ing the article being obscene. Analy-
sis of these so-called remedies devel-
oped the fact that In most instances
the ingredients were simply starch and
sugar. In number Of instances the.
pills and drugs contained ingredients,
injurious to the system and forbidden.
by law to be sold.
1T having thus appeared that these
companies are defrauding the public
by means Of false and fraudulent rep
reservations made through the mails.
the issuance of fraud orders was recon-
nended to the postmaster general and
accordingly issued by him. No action.
has been contemplated by the depart
ment save in these cases of obsceuity
and fraud"
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
CIVIL RULE RESTORED.
Martial Law Abrogated In Southern
! Coal Camps.

Denver. June 6.-Before leaving
Denver Saturday for st. Louis to be
present at a meeting of the Worlds
Fair Board. Governor Peabody issued
the following order suspending martial
law in Las Animas county. The order
as 1t indicates. will become effective
this morning at 9 o'clock.
The abrogation Of martial law will
relieve only as many troops from act
i've duty as can be spared at present.
Major Hill will remain at Trinidad for
IAN indefinite time in command Of Ger.
tain troops which will act only in case
the civil authorities find It necessary.
The order reads:
whereas. on the twenty-second day
OF March. A. d. 1904, did issue my
proclamation declaring the county OF
LAS Animas, In the state of Colorado.
ito be in a state Of insurrection and re.
.bellion; and.
Whereas, since the date thereof the
conditions within said county have so
materially changed and improved that
peace and good order in said county
lis being rapidly. II not wholly restored.
and II has been fully shown to me that
the civil authorities thereof are able.
ready and willing to control the sltua-
,tion. to perform their legal functions.
ito protect life and property and to en-.
force the law, 1t Is. therefore,
Ordered: That the further applica-
tion OF military authority under said
proclamation shall be. and hereby IL.
suspended. and the provisional mill.
tary detachment now in Las Animas
county will hereafter act in support OF
and in subordination to the legally
constituted civil authorities of said
county. and for the purpose Of carry.
ing out this order. and to enable the
civil authorities to protect life and
property and to enforce obedi.
ience to the law, suitable detachment
OF the National Guard of Colorado will
remain in Las Animas county under
command Of Major Zeph T. Hill until
further orders.
This executive order to become op-
erative and to be in full force and ef-
feet from and after Monday, June the
sixth. 1904, at 8 o'clock q. m.
JAMES H.. PEABODY,
Governor and Commander-in.C Chief" I"
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
For Forts and Barracks.

Secretary OF War Taft has approved
the allotments made by the quarter
master general Of the funds for bar
racks and quarters at various army
posts and forts to be expended during.
the fiscal year beginning July i.
On the Pacifc-Fort Worden, WASH
ington, $130.100; Fort Casey, Wash
ington, $4,000; Fort Benicia, Califor-
MIA, S227.1 Fort Rosecrans, Califor--
MIA, $4,000.
To Western Posts-Enlarging posts
in Alaska, 3150,000; Fort Assinniboine
Montana. $4,000; Boise Barracks.
Idaho. $24S.750; Fort D. A. Russell
Wyoming. $2S4.00O; Fort Douglass,
Utah, $4,000; Fort Harrison. Mon
tana, 313,100; Fort Honolulu, Hswaii-
an Islands. $173,750; Fort Keogh. Mon
tana, $500; Fort Lawton. Washing
ton, $19.150: Fort Leavenworth. Kan
sas. $4,000; Fort Mckenzie, Wyom-
ing. $16.500; Fort Mason. California.
$4,000; Fort Riley. Kansas. $4,000:
Vancouver Barracks. Washington. $3e.-
900: Fort Walla Walla, Washingtc1,
$4,000; Fort Wright. Washiugton.
$14.500; Whipple Barracks. Arizona,
S1s7.600; Fort Yellowstone. Wyoming
$500.
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09

The Russians numbered 1000 men
and were composed Of infantry. detach-
ments Of cavalry and artillery. They
were pressing the Japanese cavalry
when the Japanese assembled their en-
tire force and engaged the enemy. The
Russians drew of gradually, and at
$50 in the afternoon they retired to
Tel Issu. The Japanese had four men
killed and four men wounded in this
fighting.
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
St. Petersburg Reports.

London. June GA dispatch to the
Standard from st. Petersburg asserts
that no preparations whatever have
been made to organize transport SER
vice down the great waterways OF the
Sungari and Amur rivers. Great indig-
nation is felt over the discovery that
several wealthy Russian firms secret
ly assisted In the recent Japanese
loan"
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Shanghai says that some OF the war
ships at Port Arthur have been
beached and their guns removed to the
land works.
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
kurokI Recovering From Fever.

Paris, June 6.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent Of the Echo de Paris
says:
According TO information received
here. General Kuroki has been suffer
ing from q mild attack Of typhus fever.
but he has now recovered.
The general belief IL that General
Kuropatkin will not advance to the re-
lief OF Port Arthur. In any case. or.
ders to do SO have not yet been trans
mitted.
II learn that England has obtained
from Japan. In behalf Of Russia. that
the japanese will not destroy seals in
Behring sea during the war.
1T is rumored that the army corps
of the st. Petersburg district will be
mobilized soon. I have reason to be-
lieve that two other army corps In the
central districts will also be mobil-
ixed."
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN ARMIES
FACE EACH OTHER AT PORT ARTHUR

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japanese my
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usnpr preeadh along the as coast toward P On tn %~ are
On June tn Jp
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II ahs.sas by Chinese thai the p h 10 from
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Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
Japs Win Cavalry Fight.

Tekio. June 6.-The Japan and
Russian forces, located north OF Pun
tien, which were in . series Of brushes
during the early part Of last week. had
another encounter on Friday. June g..
near Chu CHA Tun. On that day the
Japanese cavalrymen met the Russians
at noon.
Gilpin observer., 1904-06-09
Morocco Kidnapping Case.

This cablegram has been received
from Rear Admiral Chadwick, COM
manding the South Atlantic squadron
at Tangier:
"The seizure of the American citi-
zen was by an insurgent chief so as
to bring pressure on the Sultan OF
Morocco to secure the demands of the
tribe. Our sense of the gravity of the
case is shown by the presence OF the
American squadron, and will undoubt-
edly cause the earlier yielding by. the
Sultan to the demands of the chief,
which is the only safe means of re-
leasing the captive"
There Is the best authority for the
statement that an attack on Tangier,
or an expedition against the brigands,
will be followed by the immediate
murder of the captives.
At the instance of Secretary Hay,
no instructions will be sent to Rear
Admiral Chadwick for the present,
pending the result of the representa-
tions Of Ambassador Porter at Paris
to the French government requesting
the exercise of its good offices in OBJ
tanning the release of the captives.
Through Ambassador Porter, Secre-
tary Hay has requested the French
government to exercise its good Offices
toward securing the release of Per-
dicaris.
The French government has under
taken the task and because of it's clos
er association with the various ele-
ments in Morocco, it is believed here
that it can accomplish more than any
other government. The British gov
ernment also is acting with great en-
ergy in behalf of young Varley, the
stepson of Perdicaris and a British
subject, and the British officials are in
communication with this government
in the pursuit.
Admiral Chadwick is not expected
at present to land party from his
fleet to pursue the brigands, but it is
stated positively that if Raisuli exc
cutes his threat of killing his captives.
the United States government will in
sist that he be run down and execut-
ed at any cost. 1t is expected at the
Navy Department that the South At
1antic squadron now at Tangier will
be reinforced to-day by the European
squadron, commanded by Rear Admi-
raj Jewell and consisting of the Olym-
pia, Baltimore and Cleveland, which
left the Azores Saturday.
The battleships Kearsarge, Maine
and Alabama of Rear Admiral Bar
ker's squadron, are at Lisbon, Portu-
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Favors Mob and Lynch Law and
Believes in Speedy Justice.

( at is to be regretted that we dc
not have special provision for more
summary dealing with this type Of
cases. The more we do what in u:
lies to secure certain and swift JUS
tice in dealing with these cases the
more effectively do we work against
the growth of that lynching spirit
which is so full of evil even for this
people, because it seeks to ayenge
one infamous crime by the commits
sion of another of equal infamy."
1t is our opinion, that sentiments
like the above should not eminate
from the President of the United
States. He fails to take into con-
sideration the feat; while contend
ing for a speedy trial of the indi-
vidual who is accused Of commit
ting the crime, he is simply yielding
to the clamor of the mob spirit and
that if the accused person is to be
rushed into death right away with
out giving him ample time to prove
his guilt or innocence; it would be
in the first place just as well to per-
nit the members of the mob; who
are always hot for blood to carry out
| its diobolical work, and the courts
would not be compelled to assassi-
nate its victims in short order, and
by advocating speedy or swife JUS
tice it simply encourages lawlessness
and it is an incentive for mobs to
force the courts to do their bidding
and if the verdicts rendered by the
courts fail to suit the anarchist and
law breakers, then they might make
up their minds to redden their
hands in the blood Of the judges. Sc
President Roosevelt ought to be able
to see, that in the long run, it is fa1
better to let the law take its OWL
course even if two or three months
or one year should elapse, before tn
violators of the law are brought into
for trial.
Therefore let President Roosevelt
cease from writing long winded let
tiers or opinions in favor of swift OF
speedy justice for one or two classes
Of. crimes, and urge congress when
i. convenes to enact a law empower
ing the Federal Government to hang
or shoot to death every person who
aids or encourages individuals to re-
sort to mob and lynch law.