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The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-08-15

Wonder what Secretary of State Root
thinks about the president taking
dive in a submarine boat?
The semi-weekly messenger., 1905-08-15

Where will you find more good sound
sense in the same number. of words
than is contained in the following from
the Durham Herald?
We could never understand why
counties that do not feel able to build
a mile of coed road can give railroads
thousands upon thousands of dollars
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PROPERTY ATTACHED.
United Gas and Electric Company In
Financial Difficulties.

Dover. N. H., April 1S-The property
of the United Gas & Electric Co., Of
this city has been attached and trus-
tees have been appointed for the cities
of Dover. Somersworth and Rochester
which have lighting contracts with the
company. together with many consum-
ers OF gas and electricity in those cities,
in an effort being made by Maurice ].
Stevens to recover damages to the
amount of $1S,.5O awarded him in Sep
TENDER last in the superior court
Stevens was employed by a contractor
engaged in erecting a new building FOR
the gas and electric company and while
working on wall came in contact with
a live wire. In falling ne took hold OF
another live wire, with the result that
both hands were SO badly burned that
amputation was necessary. He brought
sui. for damages and was awarded $1S.-
$50. Stevens claims that he has not yet
received any part of this amount. o.
D. Baker Of Augusta, Marie, is one Of
the attorneys for the company.
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AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
A Band of Terrorists Secretly Arrested
In St. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg. April 1S.-12.35 p. NJ.
Gradually many interesting details
surrounding the recent arrest of a
band of about a dozen Terrorists are
leaking out. The capture which is re-
garded by the authorities as being of
immense Importance was accomplished
by Kashovsky. the Russian Lecoc, who
was dismissed from the secret police
several years ago on account of his
connection with Phillips. the spiritual
ist. who created such stir at court
several years ago and who then went
to Paris to live.
Gov. Gen. TrepOff upon his appoint
ment as governor general of st. Peters
burg. induced Kashovsky to return to
tie detectives captured the entire
the detectives captured the entire
band which had been operating here
under the direction of the central or
eanization which apparently has its
Headquarters In Switzerland. Alfred
Henry Mccullough. the man killed
March II. by the accidental explosion
nj a bomb at the Hotel Bristol. whose
real name was Bauman. was one al
the chiefs of the Terrorists. having
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ONE BY ONE.
Togo Will Pick Off Russians Like
Cherries from a Tree.

London. April 1S.-BarOn HayaShi.
the Japanese minister to Great Brit
ain, expressed the opinion to The Assoc
ciated Press. today. that Admiral Togo
would not give battle to Admiral Re-
jestvensky, with his entire squadron.
but would continue the cautious tao
tics which characterized his attacks on
the Port Arthur squadron. not because
he feared defeat. but owing to his de-
sire to inhict the greatest amount OF
damage on the Russians with the least
loss of life to himself.
While confident of his ability to ac-
complish the total destruction of the
Russian squadron in a big battle, there
is the danger of Togo losing one or two
of his big ships. Therefore. Baron
Hayashi believes Togo will employ his
torpedo beats and torpedo boat de-
stroyers which number more than lo'
ard are vastly superior to the Russian
torpedo boat flotilla in harrassinS the
Russians while gradually picking OF
the Russian warships.
He said the coast of Japan. Corea
and Formosa lend themselves to night
work with torpedo boats while the mar
row channels will make the maneuVer-
ing of large warships difficult and dam
Serol!s.
The Daily Nails corresponds at
Singapore, learns that Russian agents
have cut the cable between Foo Chow
and FOrmOSa.
i dispatch to the Daily Mail, dated
Manila, April IS. says:
This morning. IS Japanese cruisers
and torpedo boat destroyers were
scouting off SampallOO Point.
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kaleiff, Russian Murderer Sentenced ia
Death.

Moscow. April 1S.-The trial Of
kaleiff. who killed Grand Duke Ser
gus. by the supreme court, began to-
day
The public was not admitted to the
trial. The prisoner refused to plead de-
claring ne was not in the position of a
criminal before judges, but was IL prison.
er taken in civil war. He was sentenced
to death
The only persons present through the
trlai We're members of the staff of the
late Grand Duke Sergius and counsel, of
Wnom two were assigned to Kalieff. The
prisoners mother was not admitted, but
remained in the corridor. When Kaliefi
was arraigned he replied:
am not a criminal and you are not
my Judges. l am your prisoner We have
civil war; L am prisoner of war, not
Il criminal.
twelve witnesses were examined
Prior to passing sentence, the president
asked Kalieff if he would repeat the crime
If he was given his liberty He replied:
Without doubt would repeat it if or
dered by the revolutionary committee to
which | am attached"
When sentence of death was passed
kalief shouted:
Execute your judgment as openly as
nave acted before the eyes of ALL
The date of the execution has not been
specified.
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VIOLATION OF NEUTRALITY.
Japan About to Act, Mere Protests
Awaiting Nothing.

Toxic. April 1S.-RegardinE the presence
of Russian war vessels at Kamranh bay
on the coast of French lndO-China. the
Jill Shimpo declares that tn" use Of the
island of Madagascar by the Russian
squadron was direct and prolonged viO-
lation of the principle of neutrality but
on account of the distance Japan simply
lodged a protest. The paper, however.
insists that Russia is now using kamranh
bay as "A base for action against her OPP
poncnt and says she intends to seize it rs
a point for effcctng Il junction with the
remaining divisions Of the squadron.
''If the use of kamranh bay is contin
ued.' the Jill Shimpo adds Japan must
regard its neutrality as completely ig
nored and Japan will not be obliged to re-
spect its neutrality. Violations of neu-
trality in distant ports are not important.
impossible to view them with the same
icniency.
The Jill Shimpo further declares that
France is lending the Russians efficient
assistance. thus actually joining issue
with Russia against Japan. and that it is
now necessary for Japan to notify Great
Britain and obtain her cooperation ac-
cordng to the terms of the Anglo-Japan-
csc alliance.
Protests the paper asserts, "are I'M
awaiting. The time for action has come. "
The Nichi Nichi says France has been
party to keeping the location of the
Russian squadron a secret and adds that
France does not observe the 2t-hour rule
but. the Nichi Nichi continues the spirit
Of neutrality affords no excuse for ex-
tending such hospitality to the belligerent
squadron. and it expresses the hope that
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A FIERCE RIOT
Follows Attempt to BreaI
Up Strikers Meeting.
American Flag Trampled Upon
in San Juan, Porto Rico.
Order Is Restored After Hot Battle bv
the Police.

san Juan, Porto Rico. April 1S.-Six
meetings of strikers We're held simulta-
neously. yesterday, in the Ponce dis
trlcf. The insular police report that at
one meeting an American flag was
torn and trampled upon. They at
tempted to make arrests and riot
followed. The crowd attacked the po-
nee, clubs and revolvers were used
and number of persons were wound
ed. including three Of the police. A
lieutenant OF police received a scalp
wound from machete. After a num-
Der OF arrests had been made order
was restored though with great diff
Guilty.
About 1000 strikers attended anoth-
er meeting on the plaza Ponce. Off
GERS of the American Federation of La
Dor. and President Sanchez of the To-
cal organization addressed the men. A
disturbance ensued and the police used
their clubs which was followed by re-
vOlver shots from the crowd. The sit
uatiOn became decidedly alarming, but
the firing brought reinforcements of
police and order was partly restored.
An attempt to rescue the arrested
strikers while they were on their way
to Jail provoked another disturbance
during which number of persons
were injured.
The Federation orators bitterly de-
nounced the political parties of Porte
Rico and accuse the police of wilfully
melting the strikers to riot Quiet has
been restored.
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FRANCE ANXIOUS.
Takes Every Precaution To Preserve
Neutrality.

Paris. April 1S.--(3.15 +. MD.-Thc
French government has taken every pre-
trllity in French waters in Indi- China.
TO this end Instructions have been sent to
NJ. Eeau. governor general of Indo-China,
again calling his attention to the reguls,-
tons concerning the observance of nell
trality issued at the outset of the war.
These are identical with the neutrality
rules in force during the Spanish Ameri-
can war. It is believed that Admiral De
JonuuicrreS, commander of the French
naval forces at Saigon, in proceeding to
kanranh bay, where the Russian second
squadron has been seen. has been follow
ing the governor generals instructions.
The scmi-ott.cial Temps, this evening.
publishes Il statement which bears evil
dence of authoritative inspiration, say
ing:
.Whle international practice upon land
is well defined. thit upon the water is not
exact, differing with different nations
Great britain and some other countries
limit the duration OF a bclligerents stay
in their ports to "A hours. but France has
crents in French ports and contents her
self with interdicting the use of her ports
in preparations for acts of war.
THE ministry of marines instructions
issued February, 1904. read.
THE duration of TIL" stay of bclliger-
ents in French ports when nor accom-
panied by prizes has not been limited by
any special provision.
consequently a strict construction of
the regulations would permit Admiral Ro-
iestvcnsky's ships to remain in our ports
even beyond "A hours so long as they do
not engage in preparations for acts OF
war. The japanese do not seem to COM
plain of the stay of the Russian squadron
in our ports but of their stay III our ter
ritori;il waters Thus Toxic appears to
:toout the theory of Introduction to their
entry into territnrirl VT. - --'r+"" - q
did not observe herself at Chemulpo and
at Chctoo."
The Temps proceeds to show that terri
torial waters mean under the French law
uf March ?, 1888, three miles from low wa
Ter mark.
1T is established" continues the Temps.
that Admiral ROjeStvenSky did not en-
ter this limit while off Madagascar, and
nothing yet warrants the assumption tndt
he has been less careful in the waters
of Tndo-China. Therefore. the Toxic dis
france permits Russia to employ her
ports for offensive operations. There il
no proof supporting any such assertion
of the violation Of the French neutrality
Tho Jnn~ ncso 1"~atio' hoe pot '-ot r =
ceived instructions relative to French
neutrality. Therefore the question has
not taken an official form and appears to
be confined to the utterances of Japan
eSe newspapers. II an oiiicial PROV. IS
made the Temps statement probably in
dicates the general line of the French
RESPONSE namely. THAI the facts do MOI
vet establish that Admiral RojeStvensky
has entered within the thrce-mie limit
and that France is observing all the re-
ouirements of neutrality. according to her
established regulations upon the subject
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1852 'aE-Ls r-i1ss :. slNf-s
STILL HIDING.
Continued from Page One.)
the battle of Mukden MANY of tn

the battle of Mukden. Many of the
wounded have returned to the ranks,
and the morale is excellent. The pres
ent position of the army is naturally
strong and has many strategic advan-
tages.
A sheaf of dispatches from officers
of the various battleshirs, cruisers aid
torpedo boats of the Second Pacific
squadron. mas been received. They
bring no information beyond the news
that all are well on board and the CEN
sorship suppresses the names of the
places where the dispatches were filed.
The burial of Lieutenant Leontiff. an
officer of the aristocratic Preobraiensky
Regiment, and brother of Mile. Leon
|tieff, who was arrested Cor connection
with a Terrorist plot. was held, yester-
day. LeOntieff was asked by his brother
officers to resign afte" the arrest of his
sister and thereupon committed suicide
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrivitch at
tended the funeral.
The police are making numerous ar
rests of working men end ''intellectu-
ais but this year. the working men are
taking such a prominent Fart in agita-
ton and disturbances that they form
"a ma jOrity of those arrested. Practically
all the delegates to the Schdlovsky
commission, which was created in
February. last. to investigate the causes
of discomfort among the working class
es, are in custody. Demonstrations and
small riots are of almost daily occur
renee.
Mounted police, today attempted to
suppress a demonstration of employees
of the putilo iron works after they had
attended the funeral of victim of Il
crane accident. a conflict ensued. the
workmen firing revOlvers and the po-
lice using the flats of their swords
Many were injured and arrested.
An officer named Kasperoff. belong
ing to the commssariat department of
the war office and who had large sums
at his disposal to purchase supplies for
the army has defaulted to the amount
| of so, 600 and fled abroad. He had lost
money in gambling.
| The management of the Red Cross
/ explains the recent finding of Il large
number Of boxes of currants, raiSinS.
etc. presented to the organization by
Greeks. in retail shops of st. Petersburg
! and Moscow, with the presentation
| cards inside the boxes. The manage
| $1,000 in st. Petersburg and Moscow
| because it was too expensive To ship it
| to the Far East and the proceeds were
| used to purchase more necessary ar
! ticlcs for the soldiers at the front.
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charge OF the manufacture of bombs
anu haleiH, who killed Grand Duke
oerslus. also belonged to the same
sroup. AFTER Humans death Kaleiff's
uuties deVolved upon Mile. Leontiefr.
oaushter OF Gen. I4eontieff. who re-
Gently was appointed governor of va
kutsK' Eastern Siberia, who became a
convert TO Terrorism during her stay
at Lucerne, Switzerland. KaIieff's
identity was established through the
discovery or a photograph belonging tn
SaVinkoif. who had been his comrade
both at the university and in exile
When kalieff was charged with his
Identity he admitted it, saying imme.
diately, "Savinkoff has been arrest ed >,
The police later thought they had
captured SavinkOff and so announced
publicly. But it turned out that the
man held under that name was another
and that Savinkoff to whom Kolieff
evidently had cOnfided his intention If
killing Grand Duke Serguis is still safe
abroad.
Among the others capture3 was
Madam 1vanovskaia. a sister-in-law of
korolenk. the Russian author. She
Was involved in the Nihilist plot to as
sassinate Emperor Alexander IL. for
W hlch she was sentenced to Is years
III Siberia, but at the end of seven
years she escaped to America.
Perhaps the most romantic feature
is the fact that Mile Leontieff convert.
ed two nieces of Gov. Gen. Trepoff
Mile. Trepoff and Princess Denisheff.
to the doctrine of assassination and
that after the arrest of her mentor
Mile. Trepoif actually attempted the
life of her uncle. firing two shots at
him. both OF which missed Thereupon
the two girls became ranic-stricken
and attempted suicide Mile Trepoff
throwing herself under train and
Princess Denishef shooting herself.
Neither of them succeeded i'm killing
themselves. The family has since tried
to make it appear that the girls acts
were the result of a mutual act for
self destruction. both being in love
with the same man, an officer of the
guards.
About 100 male and female students
of the conservatory of music, who
have been connected with the agitation
in favor OF Rimsky korsakoff. who
was removed from his prOfessOrship in
the conservatory because of his atti-
tude tow ards the striking students,
have been arrested and sentenced to Il
months Imprisonment.
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THE BOSTON UBERo co.
Placed in the Hands Of Receivers b.
Judge Lowell, Tuesday.

Boston, April l>,-Hugh W. Ogden OF
the law firm of Whpple, Sears &; Ogden
and Jeremiah Smith, Jr., counsel for the
stockholders of the Boston Ubero Co
were appointed receivers for that compa-
ny. tonight. by Judge Francis Lowell In
the United States circuit court
The petition for the receivership was
made by the stockholders committee
which for three weeks had been investi-
eating the affairs OF the Ubero Co and
which made IA report at a meeting of the
stockholders. earlier in the day.
Judge Lowell was asked to appoint a re-
ceiver on the grounds that the fraud or
der recently issued against the company
by the post office department has stopped
the receipt of all money. particularly
that outstanding for stock bought on the
installment plan. and because there was
considerable property of the company in
Mexico now under cultivation, which
without immediate and proper care, will
be ruined, resulting in serious financial
loss to the stockholders.
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Deals Gently With the
Situation in Morocco.
Touches on Perdicaris Affair
but Lets Politics Alone.
Tho Netherlands Refuses Request
from Our Government.

Washington. April 1S.-Additional
.h,nters of the Red Rock for 1904.
made public at the state department,
.oJov include severely edited and ex-
,,,,rc,ted notes between this govern
mont aud Morocco. the Netherlands,
Nicaragua. Costa Rica ana Salvador.
Tbe ,orrcspondence with Morocco re-
:. -. entirely to the Perdicaris incident.
the DEPARTMENT cautiously refraining
.rom making public any of the inter-
sling representations of the Americans
conservative at Tangiers regarding
fba poDiticai situation in that country.
Following is the official paraphrase of
the famous "Perdicaris alive and Raisu-
II dead" telegram sent to Secretary
Hay last June, which made the MOroc-
can government produce Perdicaris
When even the presence OF warships mad
not availed:
M. Hay states that this govern
mrlt wants Perdicaris alive or RaiSu-
Ii dead" Further than this least posi-
HE combinations with Morocco or other
u,wrrs is desired. Mr.. Cummere is in
etr,Irted not to arrange for landing
marines or Selling custom houses with
ont the departments specific direc-
tens"
The correspondence shows that The
Netherlands government has refused &c
Grant the request of the Washington
government that it oe allowed to sta
tiou offio ers Of the United States public
health and marine hOs2ita! service III
The rorts of embarka:ion in The Meth
.rIands to make a medical inspection OF
aIl persons intending to tmigrate to tn
I'pitcd States. The reason assigned FOL
the refusal is that past experience ha.
shown that the Am arican medical Off
GERS thus stationed will assume more
authority"
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REDUCTION IN CAPITAL.
Papers Filed by Northern Securities
Co. at Trenton.

Trcltnn. " j.. April 1S.-The North
GIN Securities Co, today filed with til"
secretary Of state articles providing
fol the reduction of it's capital stock
from $29,. 100000 to $3,954.00O. The
Low capital is just enc per cent of TIE
original outstanding capital. Ac-
colnpapring the PAPERS and as /, part
thereof is u resolution of the board of
directors nf tn" company providing for
Tie re luctiou at tie capital stock and
the giving 10 the stockholders Of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Co. in return for the surrender
of % per cent or thcir holdings Of the
stock Of the Northern Securities CO.
II is provided for each share of stock
Of tho Northern Sc urities Co. of the
par value of 500 each the Stockholm
as shall receive stock of the Northern
Pacific Railroad of the par value of
$3a21 and stock Of the Great Northern
railroad of the par value of s30.17.
The New Jersey corporation pro-
yided that an. increase or decrease
of capital stock must have the consent
of the holders Of two thirds of the
companies outstanding stock. Ac-
Campaigning ihe certiii cate flied today
is the consent of the holders of stock
aggreg;;tinS 1924. 465 900.
Among those who have given their
consent and the number of shares or
stock held by each are:
James j. Hill, $4,000 shares: John
$. Kennedy. 262,101 Lord Strathcona,
1880; Moore & Schley, 1910; Al
bert Smith. 50645; John w. Sterling,
1860; Charles Arthur Ellis, 35.3S7:
Lord Mount Stephen. 1894; Samuel
7. Miller, 31.3S1: John w. Sterling,
trustee, 3 80
In a circular issued late. today. the
Northern Securities Co. requests
stockholders to deposit their shares
without delay and announces that i'm
medidtely upon transfer to the bokks
ct the respective railway companies,
namely Northern Pacific and Great
Northern, back dividends amounting
IT, per cent. on each company, will be
pad. II is also stated in the circular
Wat no dividends had been declared
~ The Northern Securities Co.. since
that of Feb. /. 1904.
" the close. Northern Securities
WIS Nroted at ii bid and 111la asked.
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BEAUCRATIC METHODS
Shown by AIexieff in Administration o.
Manchuria.

st. Petersburg. April Bureaucratic
methods are shown by the manner in
which the committee of the Far East
under Admiral AleXiff. obliviOus of
what happened last gear, is proceeding
daily with the work of celebrating the
administration of Manchuria and Kwan
Tung peninsula. a school system for
Port Arthur has just been completed,
its executive being placed in the hands
of the minister of education, with pow
er to temporarily suspend" the sys-
TEN and, today, the appointment of two
justices of peace for Port Arthur was
officially gaZetted.
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ASKS FURTHER ACTION.
Capt. Evans Tells Of Accident to Tho
/Syiph.

Washington, April 18.-The navy de-
partment has received report from
Capt. Evans of the Sylph. respecting
the accident to that ship. He says:
shortly after dark on the night of
the 18th steamer which I have since
been informed is the Oteri. of the
United Fruit Co. of Baltimore. passed
the snip. l made distress signals to her
and she headed in passing within so
yards of the Sylph. I asked for assist
ance telling him / was disabled. He
refused to assist me. did not even
SLOW down. and passed out of sight. I
beg that the department take further
action in this matter"
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SIX HUNDRED DOCTORS
At Anti tuberculosis Meeting-Great
Interest Shown.

Atlanta. Ga. April 1S.-Greater attend
ancc and largely increased interest mark
ed the second days proceedings of the
American Anti-Tuberculosis League here
today. 600 physicians. including a large
number of women. being in attendance.
The paper by DIR. C. y. Amber. Ashe-
vile. on THE PHYSICIANS Permanent Du-
~ to the Parent and Family in Tubercu-
losis," was accorded close attention and
the convention by q unanimous vote au-
tiiorized the publication Of the paper as
er1bodying the sense of the league on the
subject.
The address of DR.. A. p. Clarke. Boston
also was accorded close attention.