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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
POSTAL AFFAIRS IN HOUSE.
Great Part of This Week wtii be Taken
 Up wtsh Them.

Great Part of This Week Wtii be Taken
 Up With Them.
 Washington. March 6.-Postal affairs will occupy the attention of the house for the better part of this week. MT. Overstreet. chairman of the committee on Dostoffices and post-roads, will call up the postoffice appropriation bill to- morrow and it is anticipated that sev- eral days at least will be consumed in it's disposition. The minority will oppose vigorously some features of the bill, and also will urge a general investiga- tion of nostoffice affairs.
 Before taking up the bill tomorrow the postoffice committee will report the Hay resolution requesting certain infor- nation regarding the use of Influence" by members of the house to secure in creases of salary, etc. for postrnasters.
 Mir. Martin of South Dakota expects to request unanimous consent to-mor- row before the appropriation bill is laid before the house, for the consideration of his resolution directing the depart ment of commerce and labor to investi- gate the causes for the differences which exist between the cost of live cat tie and dressed beef and on which the committee on interstate and foreign commerce has ordered favorable re- port.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
REV. MR. COOKIES CHARGES.
A Pamphlet Asking if Bownc and Park
 hurst Are safs Leaders.

Medford, Mass, March 6.--Rev. George P. Cooke. pastor of the Metho- dist Episcopal church at West Medford, who has brought charges of heresy against Professor Borden F. Bowne, of Boston university. to-day issued a pamphlet under the title Are Profes- sor Borden P. Bowfe and Dr. Charles Parkhurst safe leaders in the Methodist Episcopal church?''
 MT. Cooke repeats the charge already made that Professor Bowne teaches ra- tionalisrn in it's most subtle and dan- gerous form, and has organized a prop aganda within the church for the pro- motion of his views. He reprints a correspondence with Dr. Parkhurst, ed itor of Zion's Herald, a denominational organ, to show that earnest but futile efforts were made by him to secure an honest discussion of the theological is- sue before bringing about a heresy trial. The pamphlet contains abstracts from editorials in Zion's Herald defend- ing Professor Bowne, and from which the inference is drawn that Dr. Park hurst is under obligation to the former.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
VICTIM OF POISONED CANDY.
Iowa Woman Accused of Attempting
 Lifc of Telephone Girl.

Lifc of Telephone Girl.
 Boone. la, March 6.--Mrs. Sherman Dye is unders arrest here, charged with having sent poisoned candy to Miss Rena Nelson, at Pierre, s. D. Miss Nelson, who is reported to be in dy- ing condition, was formerly an opera tor in the Boone telephone exchange.
 When arrested Mrs. Dye denied any knowledge of the poisoning of Miss Nell son but admitted that she had cause for grievance against the young woman MT. and Mrs. Dye are reported to have ben separated since last Christmas. MT. Dye, when told of the arrest of his wife, denlared that he did not believe there was any foundation for the charge against her.
 Mrs. Dyes attorney has applied for a writ of habeas corpus. The hearing on the application for the requisition for Mrs. Dye will be held before Governor Cummins at Des Moines Tuesday.
 Sheriff Laughlin will ask that the hearing on the application for the writ of habeas corpus be postponed until af- ter the governors decision.
 Miss Nelson is still alive, but her phy- sicians announce that she can live but a few hours longer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
SAYS FIVE WERE KILLED.
Four sailors and wife of an Engincer
 Victims of Bombardment.

Four Sailors and wife of an Engincor
 Victims of Bom bardment.
 St. Petersburg, March 6.Oficial des- patches received here concerning the bombardment of Vladivostok by a Jap- anese fleet this afternoon do not men, tion any Russian losses, but private ad- vices say that five were killed, four sailors and the wife of an engineer. It is apparent the Japanese were afraid to risk exposing their ships to the plunging fire of the land batteries and it is considered probable here that the attack was really for the purpose of drawing the fire of the Russian forts, compelling the Russians to disclose the position and calibre of their guns and also for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Russian squadron is in port If this was the object of the Japanese, it is believed to have failed signally, as the batteries did not fire a shot and if the squadron is in port it could not be seen from the Japanese po- sition in the bay of Ussuri on account of the high land which rises from the coast on that side, obstructing the view of the harbor.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
DIFFICULTIES OF JAPANESE.
The Advance from seoul One of Extreme
 Hardship.

The Advance from seoul One of fExtreme Hardship.
 London, March 7-The Daily Mails
 Ping Yang correspondent under date of
 March 8 describes the great difficulties to be met with on the road from Seoul.
 He says that recent tLaws broke up the roads which have become frozen over, while from time to time there are se-
 were snowstorrns. One pass which the
 correspondent traversed was covered
 with sheets of sloping ice. The coun-
 try as far as Hwangdu is mountainous and impregnable from the north but af- forwards it becomes more open. He says it is piteous. to see the terror of the Corean refugees fleeing through the snow with their household goods. Cabling under yesterdays date the
 same correspondent says that the mis- sionaries are averse to leaving Ping Yang and are not likely to accept the offer of. United States Minister Allen to laliow refugees to go aboard the United States cruiser Cincinnati as they be- lieve they will be able to- escape later should the situation become acute. London, March 7.--Only Russian re- ports on the bombardment of Vladivos- tok have yet been received and these give no indication as to whether the
 Russian squadron is still there. Ac- cording to a report from Tokio the squadron was seen off Gensan, Corea, | last Thursday, but on this point there | is no reliable information. Speculation,
 however, mostly inclines to the belief
 that the Russian squadron is not in port at Vladivostok, as neither the officials nor the other reports of the bcmbard-
 ment mention Russian battleships. Port Arthur dispatches of Saturday and Sunday say that everything is quiet there and on the Liao Tung peninsula.
 The Japanese cruiser squadron was
 seen reconnoitering off Port Arthur
 Friday night during heavy snow- storm.
 The Daily Telegrapfs Che Foo cor
 respondent says the Russians are still employing thousands of coolies at Port
 Arthur and Dalny on entrenchments
 and new forts and that they are also
 mountinw over hundred guns to pro- tect the neck of the isthmus.
 The correspondent of the Standard at
 Tien Tsin gives a run1or that thirty
 Russian sailors were caught in an at tempt to escape from Port Arthur and that they were shot the same day. The Standards S St. Petersburg corre- spondent telegraphs, under reserve, a story to the effect that a party of Jap- anese, disguised as Tartars, were ar
 rested by a guard of the Siberian rail-
 way bridge at Syzran, on the river Vol
 ga, having packages of dynamite in l their possession.
 A special dispatch from Tien Tsin es- inmates that there are 5000 Tunguse IT, regulars in southern Manchuria, large ly led by patriotic Japanese, who vol
 unteered for the dangerous work.
 The Russian cruiser Aurora has ar-
 rived at Suda Bay, Turkey.
 The Daily Mails Che Foo correspond ent describes a visit which he made to Chenampo. He says the country thence to Ping Yang is impossible owing to the thaw The villages are deserted,
 and horses and provisions cannot be
 obtained, everything have been bought
 up by the Japanese.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
ANGL0-FRENCH FRIENDSHIP.
King Trusts It wiii Do Useful in Inter-
 est of Gsasvai Peace.

est of Gcaevai Peace.
 Paris, March 1.-The Mathis London correspondent sends to his paper the report of a conversation had last even ing with parsonage intimate with King Edward, who had just left the palace. This parsonage said the king spoke upon the subject of the war in the Far East and repeated his majestys S words as Follows:
 q am much distressed at the Russo Japanese war, which I consider most deplorable event. On the other hand I consider that our good understanding with France has never been more use- full that it is at present and believe that it is likely to become more and more useful not only in the interest of France and Great Britain but in the higher interest of general peace. Should complications arise, despite ali efforts to prevent them, ,he union between France and England will render the greatest service. That union must be closely maintained for the good of all, whatever may happen. I hope the press of all countries, the English press included, will strive to attenuate difficulties rath- CT than to aggravate then.''
 The correspondent adds that the in terlucutor not only authorized repeti- tion os the kings words, but read the correspondents dispatch affirming that his majesty's remarks were correctly rendered.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
SPLIT MAY BECOME SERIOUS
DISAGREEMENT OF MINERS, AND
 OPERATORS, CONFERENCE.
Committee Appointed to Draw Up Formal statement 10 be Presented to United Mine workers' Convention One Hopeful view-Nsgotiations May be Rsopened on March 2I.

Indianapolis, March 6. = President Mitchell said tonight that the situation as between the miners and operators of the Central Competitive district had not changed since the adjournment of the joint conference yesterday.
 'The special committee" said he, which was appointed yesterday by the miners organization. to consider the situation met this morning and appoint ed a subcommittee to frame a formal statement of the position which the United Mine Workers will now take. This subcommittee will report to-mor- row morning to the full committee, which will submit it's report to the min CTS in national convention. It will then be sor the convention to ratify or re- ject the report of the committee
 "Will 1t be possible to submit the final settlement of the question as to the acceptance of the operators conn promise proposition to referendum vote of the locals in the district?" Mir. Mitchell was asked.
 q don't know" replied MT. Mitchell, that would be determined later.'
 There was a conference to-day be- tween L. F. Roberts, leader of the op- orators, and President Mitchell Neither would say what, if anything, was ac- complished toward reopening of ne- gotiations.
 Altoona, Pa., March 6.-Sub-district No. 1 of district No. 2, United Mine Workers, of the Central Pennsylvania bituminous field, has unanimously adopted a resolution insisting on the continuance of 66 cents ton for pick mining, 59 cents a ton for machine min ing, an increase of 40 per cent. over the old rate, and an increase for drivers and day laborers. The annual district convention will be held here next week. The delegates have been instructed to resist any reduction, even to the point of striking. The Central Pennsylvania delegates led the fight for no reduction at the Indianapolis convention.
 Pittsburg, March 6-The Post to- morrow will say: There was by no means hopeless spirit shown among the. returning coal operators from the Indianapolis convention with the min CTS which closed Saturday with dis agreement
 From the best of authorities the Post is informed that the break in negotia- tions between the two interests is not a permanent one, and that by March 21 another meeting of the joint sub-com- mittee will be held quietly. The whole matter will again be discussed among them, and a solution to the present diff ficulty sought. It was further said that there was every reason for believing that the ultimate end of the whole mat ter would be the acceptance of the low CT rate by the miners, or the S5 cents a ton basis for pick mining for the next two years. This agreement may not be reached by the end of the present month, but it would be soon after, and in the meantime the suspension would be for a short time only, if at all
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
Cornell Relay Tenm Announoed.

Ithaca. N. Y, March 6.--Trainer Moakley of the Cornell track team to- night announced that the team which will represent Cornell in the four mile relay race against Yale, Pennsylvania and Columbia at the games of the New York Athletic club in Madison Square Garden next Tuesday evening, will be composed of W. F. Schutt, the two mile intercollegiate champion; S. M. Foster and D. c. Munson of Cornell's champion cross country team, and B. Smith,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING O0
THE BALLOT THE WEAPON.
socIail.ts' Reply to President Eliot and
 Frank E. Foster.


 Boston. March 6.-The reply of the socialists to the labor addresses of Pres ident Charles W. Eliot of Harvard uni versity and Frank K. Foster. the labor leader. was made by pr. Howard A. Gibbs of Worcester at a public meeting in Faneuil hall this afternoon. About 500 socialists were present. Letters of regret were read from President Eliot and Mir. Foster.
 Dr. Gibbs said that he occupied the middle ground between President Eliot and MT Foster. but that both those men had viewed the labor problem through the green goggles of capit- alist philosophy, therefore both see things green"
 The speaker declared that the discus sion between President Eliot and MT. Foster resolved itself into the argument whether trades unions, as at present constituted, are above criticism. Both speakers dealt with superficialities rather than fundamentals. He asserted that the socialist plan sought to remove causes rather than ''palliate syrnp- toms.''
 Continuing the speaker said: T know os but one movement in the world which with clearness of vision, with definiteness of purpose and with it's feet planted on the bedrock of economic science and economic justice, is working toward that end. Its weapon it not the strike. the boycott nor the bullet, but the ballot"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
RIVERS FALLING.
Flood conditsonsin vicsnity of Harrfs-
 barg Improved.

Harrisburg, Pa., March 6.-The Juni- ata and Susquehanna rivers have been falling all day, and Weather Observer De Main said tonight that they will continue to fall for twenty-four hours. The gorges above and below Harris burg are still intact, and there has been no ice movement in the Susquehanna since the break of yesterday in the gorge at Highspire. The conditions in the flooded district show an improve ment over yesterday, and unless there is 8 sudden rise in the river it is be- lieved the worst is ovei.
 At Middletown the water is still high CT than in the great flood of 1889 and the water supply and the electric light supply of the borough are still cut off. The tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad between Lochiel and Middletown are covered with water and ice, and two large locomotives with snowplows were sent there to-day to try to clear the tracks, and failed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
BLISTER STOPPED DUEL.

Frenchmen Fence Three Hours and
 Then Are Reconctied.
 Paris. March 6.-The much-talked of duel between the Italian fencing master Pini and Baron Athos di San Malato was fought at noon to-day at Neuilly. It lasted two hours and fifty minutes, and was finally stopped because Baron di San Malatos' hilt had raised blister in the palm of his hand The engage ment developed a wonderful display of skill between the two rival schools. Signor Pini is the exponent of the school especially devoted to the foil and the baron that of the sword. The duel was witnessed by a large number of dis tinguished French swordsmen. The ad- versaries were reconciled after the fight.
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ROBERTS REJOICES.

Pleased With Testimony Given by
 Head of Mormon Church
 Salt Lake City, March 6.-Brigham H. Roberts, who was expelled from con- gress few years ago, declared in an address here to-day that he rejoiced ill tn testimony given by President Smith before the Senate committee, because in this way larger audience was reached than could be reached by any other means.
 T see the finger of God in taking this means of putting the truth of Mormon ism before the whole world,'' said MT, Roberts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
Fatal Fall from ladder

Meriden, March s-Joseph Gorscheid, a painter living in South Meriden, was killed by falling from the top of house he was painting Saturday. His ladder, which was set in holes cut in the ice near the house. slipped from under him, letting him fall fifteen feet. He receiv- ed serious internal injuries, from which he died a few hours later. He leaves a widow and seven small children.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
Three Brothers Burned to Death.

Buctouche, N. B., March 6.-Three sons of Mrs. Louis Savoie, a widow, were burned to death and fourth probably fatally injured in fire that destroyed their home at Black River during the night. The bodies of Joseph, aged twenty-six years; Thaddeus, aged fourteen, and John, aged twelve, were found in the ruins. Alphie escaped the flames by jumping from a window, but was dangerously injured. The mother was unharned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
ELMIRA THEATER BURNED
LYCEUM COMPLETELY DE-
 STROYED LAST NIGHT.
One of the Rs,s Circuit Housss-OsigIn Believed to bs InoendiaFy-Eiks Rooms in same Building Also Gutted Attempt blade to Destroy the Audi- torium Next to the Lyoeum.

Elmira, N. Y, March 6.-Fire broke out in cigar factory under the Lyceum theater at 11:15 o'clock tonight and son the entire block was a mass of flames. The Lyceum theater. one of the Refs circuit of houses and owned by Colonel D. c. Robinson, was totally de- stroyed with loss of $s0,OOO. The rest of the block was badly gutted and the loss will be over s50,oo0. The Elks lodge rooms were totally destroyed. Henry Boulle, 0 stage manager, was nearly suffocated by the smoke when rescued. The Mamie Fleming Repertoire com pany lost it's trunks and scenery. The theater burned like a finder box and had the fire occurred during a theatri- cal performance loss of life would have resulted.
 At o'clock burning rag was found on the Auditorium stage. This theater is in the Realty building, next to the Lyceum block It is thought from this that both theaters were set on fire by an incendiary.
 Elmira, N. Y, March 7.-2:3o a. m.- The Auditorium theater is now burn ing. It looks as though the Realty of flee building might be destroyed.
 The Lyceum theater is insured for s45,000 Six firms in this block have been burned out. The local department has called on the state reformatory, El- mira Heights and Horseheads for assist ance.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
ALEXIEFF,s REPORT.
Mentions Bombardmcne but Says
 Nothing of Result.

Nothing of Result.
 St. Petersburg, March GA communi- cation from Viceroy Alexieff to the czar from Mukden bearing to-day's date, says:
 T most humbly inform your majesty that the commandant at the fortress at Vladivostok reports that at $50 this morning vessels were sighted south of Askold Island. At 9:45 they were seen to be warships making for Askold Isl- and. About noon the enemy's squad ron was midway between the coast and Askold Island, making for Ussuri bay. They were out of reach of the shore batteries. At 1:30 the enemy opened fire. Two vessels in the squaron were probably the first class cruisers Idzumo and Yakumo, but the names of the other vessels are unknown
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
$10O, 900 FIRE IN OSWEGO.
General oaice Building of New York

General Ofice Building of New York
 Central Destroyed.
 Oswego, N. Y, March 6.-The general office building of the New York Gen. tral railroad was entirely destroyed by fire to-day, involving loss estimated at more than s100,000. The building contained, in addition to the general of fees, the American Express company's office, four retail stores and the Lake Shore hotel, which was recently vacat- ed. The origin of the fire is unknown. The. destruction of the despatcher's of flee caused a suspension of all traffic on the Rome & Watertown division owing to the impossibility of sending out train orders.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
TOLEDO IN DANGER.
Water Nineteen Feet Above the Normal
 Sfare.

water Nineteen reet A0ovc the Nortnai
 Stage.
 Toledo, O.. March 6-This city is in imminent danger tonight from high water. Rain has been falling during the entire day and the ice gorges up the river have been gradually moving down towards the city. At late hour tonight the ice had formed a tempo rary gorge five miles above the city. A mile below the gorge the water is nineteen feet above the normal stage. The gorges took out three pieces of the urban and interurban railway com pany's bridge across the river at Maui mee City, and also did considerable damage to the wagon bridge across the river at that point. In the city the water was about seven feet above the normal stage and was rising at the rate of about six inches an hour.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
Skipping News.

New York. March 6.--Steamer Aurania, from Fiume Palermo, Naples and Gibraltar in communication by wireless telegraph with the Nantucket ightship at il o'clock tonight when thirty miles to the east of the light vessel.
 Hekla, Copenhagen, .Christiania, Christian sand; Atafia, Genoa, Leghorn and Naples; Yincenzo, Florio. Genoa. Naples and Azores<
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-03-07
Three More Bodies Recovered.

New York, March 6.-rThree more bodies were recovered to-day from the wreck of the Hotel Darlington, making the total number of fatalities twenty. Two of the bodies were unidentified, the third being that of Benzi Sonti. a laborer.
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INJURED IN KINGSTON, Y. y.
Brak sraan who Resides Here Thrown
 from Ills Train.

from His Train.
 James N. Doty, a brakeman in the employ of the Consolidated road and who resides at 25S East street, this city, was brought to the New Haven hospital from Kingston, N. Y, early yesterday He was standing on the ca- boose of his train in that town Saturday night when in some manner the train divided into two parts and came to- gether with a crash. He was thrown off and couple of ribs on his left side were broken. He was sent on the next train to this city for treatment. No fatal results are expected