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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
LAPS NOW ENTRENCHED
 NORTH OF YALU RIVER
RUSSIA ATTEMPTS TO BELIT.
 TIE THE SUCCESS.

Declares It Should in No Sense be Re-
 garded as an Important Victory
 Russian Censor Allows Statement that
 Experiments With Submarine Boats
 at Port Arthur Have Met Brilliant
 Suecess-VIadivostok Squadron Might
 Have Been Lured Out.
 St. Petersburg, April 26.-The censor's s committee did not give out tonight the dispatches received to-day regarding the movements of the Japanese across the Yalu river. It was intimated that information had been received that the Japanese had crossed the river but this was accompanied by a statement that the success of the enemy should in no sense be regarded as an important vic- tory, the Russians having no intention of vigorously contesting the passage, their plan being to annoy the enemy as much as possible.
 It is evident from the dispatches re- ceived here that. in order to render a crossing feasible, the Japanese made a feint on Tatung Kau while the troops actually crossed some miles up the river near Tchangdjiou. Two companies were l first sent into Manchuria and unques- \ tionably entrenched, and immediately under the cover of their guns reinforce ments crossed.
 J It is regarded as probable that when f fthese troops are in sufficient nmbers they will march along the Manchurian bank of the YaIu in the direction of \ EAntung. near where lies the road on (which the advance can continue to < lFeng Hoang Tchang, where the first de- I termined stand of the Russians will be |made
 !. No report has been received here, of lfcial or otherwise, showing the casu- Aalties on either side.
 Liao Yang. April 26.-Between last |snight and this morning the Japanese |forced a passage of the YaIu, two com |panies crossing between Tchangdjiou ! |Siaopoussikhe. Heavy firing was heard linear Tatung Kau, in which it is be- tieved the Japanese made a feint in or der to distract the attention from the real point of passage.
 So far no bridge spans the river. It
 S believed the Russian fire succeeded in Destroying the floating parts of the Jap |anese bridges.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
BOYS SENT TO WETHERsFIELD.
Lads Who Stole the Wealth of New MIL
 ford Farmer.

Litchfield, April 2S- Samuel Mccor- mack, Benjamin Plant. Edward Wei mer, Frederick Blodgett of Waterbury and John Turner of New Milford, the five boys who are charged with steal ing $12,000 from Henry Davis, who lives near New Milford. were to-day sen- tenced to twelve months each in states prison The boys who had been bound over to the June term of the court were arraigned on bench warrants to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
Forty-three Killed.

Johannesburg, April 26-The collapse of a cage in the .Robinsoa mine pre- cipitated forty three natives 1000 to the bottom All were killed. The bottom of the shaft is quaglnire of human remains.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
Milford Republican Delegates.

Milford, April 26.-The republicans of this place elected the following dele gates to the state convention: Omar w. Platt, George W. Smith, Thomas A. Perry and Alexander B. Gardner.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
General Dickinson Dead.

Washington, April 26. = Brigadier
 General Joseph Dickinson, the last of the adiutants general of the Army of the Potomac and chief of staff under
 Generals Hooker and Meade during the |civil war. died here to-day after an illness of three months.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
WORK OF GHoULS.
Body of Woman Who Died in 1855 stoI-
 en for Jewels.

New York, April 26.-It has been dis covered that the remains of Mary Long Livingston, wife of General Henry F Livingston, have been stolen from the vault at the Manor Place in Livingston near Hudson, N. Y. The body of the general was not disturbed. Mrs. Liv- ingston died in 1855, and the vault had been sealed since then until forced by the ghouls. It is assumed that rob- bery Of jewels, supposed to have been buried with the body, was the motive of the outrage.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
DALZELL AGAIN PUTS
 COCHRAN ON THE RACK
DEBATE RIFE WITH PERSON
 ALITIEs AND PARTY FEELINGs

tory Dealt Nith--Accused or Being I'm
 Turn a Greenbacker, Sound Money
 Man and Free siIverite-Cockran
 Replies and Denies That He Ever Re-
 ceived Money from PaImer-Buckncr
 Campaign Committee.
 Washington, April 26.-The heavy weights had another bout in the house to-day, with Messrs. Dalzell and Cock ran as the combatants. The speeches were a renewal of last Saturdays de- bate, but were more personal in their character. As on Saturday the speakers were greeted with vociferous applause by their respective colleagues, and the bitterness of party feeling ran high. Mir. Dalzell had Mir. Cochran on the rack for nearly two hours, during which time he dealt largely with that gentle mans political history, which, he said, showed him to be consecutively green backer a sound money man and free silver man. He reverted to his state- ment of last Saturday that he had been informed that MT. Cochran had accept ed money to support the campaign of MT. Mckinley, and read extracts from several newspapers to show that that was the general impression at the time. man, he said who would not have re- piled to Mir. Cochran as he did on Sat urday would have been a paltroon and a coward.
 Mir. Cochran, thoroughly indignant at times denied the accusation of Mir Dalzell, whom he arraigned for making statements which could not be substan- tiated. If what MT. Dalzell had said was true, he declared, he was unworthy of membership. In emphatic language MT. Cochran denied that he had receiv- ed money from the Palmer and Buckner campaign committee, or that he had ever received money for supporting Me Kinley in 1896. If MT. Dalzell, he said, believed the charges against him, it was nothing but a confession of the rep1b- lican party's corruption and proof that the presidential election had been pur- chased.
 The climax came when he offered resolution providing for the appoint ment of a select committee of five menl- bers of the house to investigate the charge which had been made against him by Mr. Dalzell He and other dem ocrats, including MT. Williams, the minority leader, demanded immediate consideration, but the speaker declined to pass on a point of order against the resolution until he had examined pre- cedents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
DEWEY FOR A GENERAL
 BOARD FOR THE NAVY
PLACES HIMSELF ON RECORD AS
 FAT0RING PLAN.

Declares the Sessions of the Present
 Board Are Like Town Meetings
 Would DiapprOye of Any Body Like
 the General stan of the Army as a
 Model for the Navy-sfany officers
 Disagree With Dewey.
 Washington, April 26-Admiral Dew ey placed himself on record in favor of the general board plan of Secretary Moody before the house committee on naval affairs to-day. The present na- val board, the admiral said, was too large. Its sessions were like town meetings.'' The proposed board, he said, would have jurisdiction of meas ures and plans for fleet formation in time of war and peace. The recom- mendations of the board were to be purely in the nature of expert advice for the guidance of the secretary. He did not favor giving the board execu- tive authority.
 Admiral Dewey was outspoken in his disapproval of the army general staff as a model, and said he would not fa- NOT d uupllCdlS Ol llltil Oi SdAA1oe1Oh AOA the navy. He opposed any legislation which would take power away from the secretary. The pending bill was not objectionable in this respect. He would not have retired officers assigned to membership on the board; the assign ment should be made from officers fresh from the sea-
 At the conclusion of Admiral Dewey's testimony the committee heard Rear Admiral Ray. chief engineer; Rear-Ad- miral Endicott, chief of yards and docks; Surgeon General Rixey, Pay master General Harris, Chief Con structor Capps, Brigadier- General Elli- ott, commander of the marine corps; RearAdmiral Converse, chief of the bureau of ordnance, and Rear-Admiral Manney, all of whom opposed the bill on the general ground that it was un- necessary legislation; that a board ere ated in such manner would be the first step towards the assumption of the powers of the secretary, and that it would e1croach on the Jurisdiction of the various chiefs of bureaus.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION
Lasted but Three-Q Quarters of m Hour
 Roosevelt Endorsed.

Providence. R. l., April 26.-In con- ven-ion which lasted barely three quarters of an hour, representatives of the republicans of Rhode Island to- day nominated delegates -at-large and alternates to the national convention, and adopted resolutions endorsing President Roosevelt and pledging him united support in the coming cam paign."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27

ish. German. Norwegian and American owners under elaborate secret condi- tions and on most advantageous freight terms if they succeed in running the gauntlet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
FOUR TRANSPORTS sUSKg

Reported Sent Down With 4,oOO Troops
 by vIadivostOk Squadron.
 Paris, April 27.-The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Matin says:
 T learn from a sure source that the vladiyostok squadron yesterday sank four Japanese transports, which were conveying four thousand men,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27

Premier Maura was attacked and slightly wounded in Barcelona April 12 by would-be assassin, who stabbed him with a knife concealed in a hand kercief as the premier was leaving the palace os the council general. Owing to the thickness of the gold lace on his coat, the premier escaped with slight scratch under the sixth rib.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
SPANISH PREMIER SHOT AT.
Attempt on the Life of Minister sraura
 An Organized Plot.

Madrid, April 26.Premier Maura, who arrived here this morning, was shot at. but was not. wounded, while ion his way here from the Balearic is- lands When between Vicente and En- |sina, a bullet whizzed through the roof |of his car.
 Later details show that the attempt on Senor Maura was an organized plot lin which between thirty and forty men armed with revolvers were concerned. A regular fusilade was exchanged be- tween the gendarmes accompanying the train and the miscreats. Many marks Of bullets were found in the train afterwards.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
HEARST MEN CARRY TWISTED.
Elect Five Delegates to the State Con- l ventf0n.

Winsted, April 26.-The Hearst men carried the democratic caucus bere to- night, electing five delegates to the state convention by large majorities. The delegates are Dr. George w. Brown, Charles W. Robinson, Thomas Fitzpatrick, John J. Devlin and Thom- as Mccarthy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
Hungarian Trains Running.

Budapest, Hungary, April 2s.-The
 railroad strike is ended. Passengers
 and freight trains are running regular I1y.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-27
somaliIand Town Bombarded.

Alden. Arabia, April 26.-The town of Illig. on the coast of Somaliland, has. been bombarded by the British, The Isultan of Illig was captured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
OF LABOR.
Delegates from Many States and Req
rcsentatives from Other Countries
Present ut the 9th Convention.

a Francisco. Nov. 1.-THE Amer
a Federation of Labor met today In
Lyric Hall In its 24th annual convea-
ton. Delegates from every part Of the
United States and representatives from
Porto Rico. England and Canada were
present. TIE hail was decorated with
national colors. delegates being seated
in sections according TO the states they
represented.
The morning session was taken up
with the delivery OF and reply to
speeches of welcome and the reading
and acceptance or the report of the
committed IN credentials.
The afternoon session was opened
with the reading by Samuel Gompers
Of his annual address.
Secretary Frank Morrison then read
his annual report.
The reading Of his report was tcl-
lowed by that of Treasurer John ID.
Lennon.
The visitors gallery during the days
session was was crowded, many OF the
spectators being women.
Tonight a mass meeting was held at
the Alhambra theatre and IL was ad-
dressed by W. D. Mahon. of Detroit.
president Of the Amalgamated Associa-
ton Of Street Railway Employees anil
other who discussed cooperation aI.l
trade unionism.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
IRRIGATION
Large Number of American and Mex
lean Delegates vii Attend 10Th
Session.

Ell Paso, Texas, November 14.-In 9
hall, the decorations of which are the
national colors of the United states
and Mexico, the twelfth Irrigation Con
gress will be called to order at 10
O'Clock Tuesday morning. A band SEN
as a special compliment to the conven-
ton by President Diaz Will render the
music. Secretary of Agriculture Rob
erto Gayol, Of Mexico, is here as the
Presidents personal representative, and
fifty other Mexican delegates also arc
present, making the meeting of inter-
national Importance. The first day viii
be devoted to addresses of welcome AMI
responses, appointment of committees.
reading of kilograms, letters and rou-
tine matter.
Most of the officers of the congress
are here and many distinguished visi
tors are expected to be present. The
engineers of the United States reclaim
alton survey have opened their session.
They are discussing various enterprises
Now under survey or construction in
the arid west and will join the irriga-
ton congress in it's sessions later.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
FRANCE AND THE HOLY SEA.
Mild Allusion to the Concords, Mode
by Pope Plus During the Second
Consistory, Held Yesterday.

Rome, Nov. 14.-The second consis-
tory of the pontificate OF Pope Plus X
at which the postulation of the pal,ium
for three archbishops occurred and ten
american bishops were proclaimed,
took place this morning. The cerem ,ny
was Swallowed by the death in the apos-
toiic palace of Cardinal Mocenni, while
the junction was in progress.
l etaoin shrdlu iii
In the secret consistory the pope de-
llVered an recalling the ori-
GIN Of the conoordat and reasons which
induced Pope Plus VII to conclude il
with Napoleon, especially referring to
the provisions made for the appoint
ment Of bishops. the judgmnt of The
ministry of public worship, hich was
regulated by what was practically a
contract and finally the free exercise Of
Catholic worship. He added that the
so-called organic articles" added in
1902 by Napoleon, had never been rec
cSnized by the Holy See either as law
or as being a part of the concordat.
Therefore the pontiff deplored the fact
that the present government of tie
French republic had nde various pre-
texts charged the Holy See with not
having observed the concordat, adding
that the church had never in the case
u ohy NouAitA 1iIililSCu oil dSTStIlcall
made. The Pope concluded with saying
that the French government had brok-
en- the fundamental conditions of the
concordat, a proceeding which was 10.
only in violation f the ccrdatetai On
only in violation Of the concordat, but
which was also opposed to divine mi
natural law. The pope complained of
the impossibility, due to the existing
state Of affairs. of appointing bishops
to the vacant sees in France. but tx
pressed the hope that an understand
ing would be cached.
The majority of the Cardinals present
considered the allusion rather mild and
remarked hat the pope omitted the
had consulted
part regarding WHICH he previously had
consulted several of the cardinals, in
which he was to have appealed TO the
people Of France n to have urged
them to use their rights as citizens to
prevent the government from persecut-
ing their religion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
STATE CAN COLLECT TAX.
Case OF Georgia Against the l.. and
n. and the A. c. L..

Washington, November 1.-THE de-
cision of the UNITED states court of APP
peals for the fifth circuit, in the cas-
of the state Of Georgia against the
Louisville and Nashville railroad and
the Atlantic Coast Line today was re-
versed by the Supreme court of tn
United States, Justice Holmes deliv-
ering h opinion. The cas- originates
in the states effort to collect taxes on
stock of the Western railway of Ala
bama held in Georgia, Notwithstanding
the railroad is an Alabama corporation.
The Court of Appeals held against this
right. Justice Holmes said in his opin-
ion that under the constitution and
laws of Georgia h comptroller gen.
eral of the state was bound to collect
the tax. The defendant companies APP
pear in the a S because the Alabama
road is controlled by them under leass.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
DIR. RAINsFoRD THREATENED.
Young Woman Approached the Well
Known Rector and Threatened To-
Kill Him.

New York, November 1i.-AccordinG
to stories printed today, Rev. DR..
William S. Rainsford, rector of ST
Georges Episcopal church and one of
The best known clergymen in this city,
was threatened by a woman while in
his church, on Sunday. Published ac-
count say that the m rushed into
the rector's study armed with a revol-
Yer n after some conversation,
threatened to kill him..
DR.. Rainsford's secretary informed
Associated Press tonight thai on Sun
az morning several people went for
i. EEd to Eraet N erector. Among them
was a omar He say there was
some conversation. hat the woman
asked several questions, among them
n as to what had been done with her
money, which led DR.. Rainsford to be-
lieve that she was irresponsible, and
he referred her to the sexton.
Miss Mary byron was taken into Gus.
tody by detectives at noon today and
later a%rraigned in court. Sexton
Chapman identified her as the woman
who appeared in church yesterday.
Miss Byron was sent to bellevue for
examination.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
TWO MYSTERIOUS DEATHS.
Fireman and CoaI-PaSSer for Green's
hUro Electric Company Found Dead
at Their Posi- of Duty-SeveraI
Persons Shocked by Live Wires.
Especial to The Observer

Greensboro, Nov. IA severe m
flakes fell thick and fast and uninter-
rrptedly from 10 until 8 O'Clock. The
housetops were covered and the snow
would probably have blanketed taa
ground but for the rain which had been
coming down since yesterday after
noon.
Grant Gwynn, fireman. and jim
York, local passers, for the Greensboro
Electric company, met death under the
most peculiar circumstances in the
boiltr room of the company last night.
Both men were colored. About IL
o'clock the engineer observed that the
steam began going down, and when he
went into the boiler room he was hor-
rified TO see the bodies of the two dead
men lying PROSTATE, one of them across
a wheel barrow and the other on the
floor the officials OF the company were
hastily summoned and the county cor
oner was soon on the scene. The latter
gave il as his opinion that the men mad
been killed by an electric shock, though
just how cannot be ~conjectured, for
there were no electric wires near the
w~heelbarrow. The men were not
mangled nor burned in any way Cen
eral Manager r H. Gamewe.l, OF the
electric company. a Y he has never
heard of an accident just like this one.
Just about the same time these men
were killed two other negroes were
burned bv coming I'm contact with a
sagging wire on King street, half way
mile away. The coroner thinks that
there was possibly some connection be-
tween the two accidents. Mr.. Geo.
Phoenix, residing or Lyndon. stree.
also received a painful electric shoca
last night about he's same hour. He aad
been in the bath room al his house
and reached up to turn out n incan
descent electric light. when he was so
badly shocked that he was unconscious
for some time.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
TO FORM NEW TRUNK LINE.
Option on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton, il Accepted and Merged
With the Erie and the Pepe Mar
quette Would Form a 5000 Mile
System.

New York, Nov. 14.-It was said here
today, unoficially but on what was
considered good authority, hat J.. p.
Morgan n Company, and H. B. Hol-
l1ns and Company have an option on a
majority Of the stock of the Cincinnati
Hamilton and Dayton railroad. Rep
resentatives of these two firms are said
to have started on a tour of inspection
Of h property.
The syndicate now in control If the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, and
responsible for the Pere Marquette
merger is composed chiefly of Eugene
zimmerman, Of C~incinnati; F. II.
Prince, of Boston; and the United
States Mortgage and Trust Company.
Under the option held by Morgan and
Hollins, this syndicate has given up it's
rights to negotiate a sale, and until the
option has expired. H. B. Hollins and
Company will be the only medium
through which control can be passed.
A merger of the Erie, Cincinnati.
Hamilton and Dayton and Pere Mar
qUette such as is proposed would form
a new trunk line system Of five thous-
and miles between New York, Chicago
and st. Louis
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-18
ATTEMPT TO LYNCH NEGRO.
Students OF Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute Tried 10 Resent An Injury &c
n Fellow Cadet

Montgomery, Ala. November ian
attempt to lynch a negro by a number
Of the students OF the Alabama Poly
techinic institute was thwarted only by
the forethought of President Thaca of
hat institution. according to specials
from Auburn. Ala. A report I o the
effect that a negro Arthur Bares, por.
ter at the depot had fatally stabbed
Claude VI. Howard. was the cause OF
the trouble.
About midnight last night, a number
of the cadets went to the calaboose.
firing a fusiiade at the building and
e broke it open with the intention,
it is alleged. of killing the negro, but
were disappointed on finding tn negro
missing. President Thach fearing trou.
bic. had had the negro removed ID
Opelika.
The trouble is said to have started
by the negro cursing Howard because
the student asked for a match. How.
ard is said TO ave struck the negro
with a switch, w~hereupon the negro
struck at Howard with a knife, cutting
him behind the ear. Young Howard IS
not seriously injured.
Howard IS the son of ex-Congress.
man Howard, author of the book IF
Christ Came to Congress-" which Great
ed a sensation when published.
No further trouble is anticipated.