Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-07-26

NEWS IN BRIEF.
Bits by Wire Condensed for Our Busy
Readers.

According to a dispatch from Con-
stantinople, it is stated that as
the result of the protest made
by Sir Nicholas O'ConnOr the Brit
ish ambassador. Tewalk Pasha, the
foreign minister, has given the neces-
sary orders to prevent any attempt
which may be made to take the PENN
suIa and Oriental steamer Malacca or
the Russian volunteer fleet steamer ST.
Petersburg and Smolensk through the
Dardanelles into the Black Sea.
A dispatch from Seoul says that the
Japanese have posted an announcement
that the Japanese will exercise police
power in all matters affecting Japanese
interests. No anti-Japanese meetings
will be allowed. The action is the re-
suit of the rapid growth of the anti
Japanese propaganda. Foreigners are
not affected by the new order.
The Boston bureau of criminal in
vestigation. Sunday, sent out notices to
the police of other cities asking the ap-
prehensiOn of Fletcher d. Barker for
whose arrest a warrant has been issued
in which the larceny of $1,000 is
charged. Barker was cashier at the
Parker House, and disappeared on July
Is. simultaneously with his disap-
pearance it was discovered that $225,
the property of one of the guests. was
missing. Barker had charge of the safe
where money, jewelry and other valu-
ables belonging to guests were placed
for safe keeping.
According to Chinese information re-
ceived in Sirtizitin, 20 miles east of
Mukden, 10000 Japanese. with 30 field
and 200 mountain guns, have reached
Salnatza from the South and have
occupied the district covered by Sal
matza, Izyanchan and Salobeer. Four
companies of Russian cavalry and one
company of infantry with two guns
came in contact with the Japanese ad-
vance on the morning of July % and
discovered that the Japanese, 1000
strong, were advancing a mile and
half from Izyanchan. The Russian
guns checked the Japanese advance,
but heavy reserves coming up. the Rus
slams retired to side road near
UtZintZin to save themselves from be-
ing cut off. The Japanese. however,
did not continue to advance. The
Chinese state that the Japanese troops
numbered 5000. The Russian losses
were one officer killed, four COssacks
wounded and a few horses killed.
There was sensational scene in the
bull ring at San Sebastian, Spain, Sum-
day. At the moment of a projected
fight between a bull and tiger, both
animals broke loose and stampeded the
spectators. The attendant in firing on
the animals struck and wounded sew
eral of those present, including the
Marquis Pedal, vice-president of the
Senate, Marquis QUITO, and a French
tourist.
Crazed by jealousy at the sight of
his sweetheart dancing with Mike
Maddox a married man, Steve Popo-
vich, a boy of II, is alleged to have
murdered the latter at a wedding cele-
bration in the Hungarian quarter of
Greeburg, Pa, Saturday night, by
stabbing him. Popovich was arrested
and placed in Jail here. tonight.
The Rome Tribuna says it is re-
ported that Cardinal Merry del Val, the
Papal secretary of state, has rendered
his resignation owing to the hostility
of the cardinals, which indicates that
they accuse him of rendering impOsSi-
BILE an accord with France and that the
Pope has refused to accept the resigna-
tiOn.
Five hundred passengers, most of
them from Grafton and Fairmont, had
an almost miraculous escape from
death or serious injury on the Balti
more & Ohio excursion bound for
Wheeling w Va Sunday At WiseS
crossing, near Littleton, the engine and
tender and three coaches left the rails.
The engine turned over on its side and
the coaches toppled on the edge of the
embankment. but did not go over. En-
gineer w. H. johnson was caught un-
der his cab and badly scalded by steam.
but will recover. Mail Clerk G. 3. Col
Inns was severely bruised and other
wise injured and was taken back to
Grafton.