OOD EVENING v.
t . .
Th Weather.
, Cloudy this afternoon tonight and
" -'-SatOrdajr; weaterly winds.
MITCHELL
WAS
Testimony TprHe
V- of Serving as Attorney :
Court Admits Testimony as to Other Transac
? 'Z : tjons Than Those in Point Tanner '
. ' Spends Horning on Stand T'T
- A point ''Sa jKorWL for.the proaecu-
tion thla morhlng In tha trial of Sena
tor John II. Mitchell. Despite the vigor
cua objectlona of counsel for th de-
, ' f en4ba proaecutlnK attorney wai per
mitted by ha court tor Introduce evl
dence which la designed to ehow that
iha defendant, while United Statea aen-
atorr carried on an extensive practice
before departments at Washington.- re-
reiving fees from "many cllentaamong
rhenv-4h ACehaon of the Hyde-
-Dlmond-Benson. ring.: --'-
The purpose of-thls evidence la to dla:
prove the contention of the defense that
Senator Mitchell had no knowledge that
Be wae receiving fee-from Frederick
A. Krlbs lor services rendered by th
senator In expediting the patenting of
Krlbs'tmber-clalme. JudgBennettjatIns t0- an agreement With Frederick
In hla opening address to the Jury, clear:
ly -Intimated hla intention to show thar
'Mitchell waa In ignorance of the fact
-that he waa receiving a part of the feos
paid by Krlba to Tanner, the senator's
rv " partner; . -
, rti.reDUi inia conienuan, ina proaenu-
tion began this morning the presents'
-ftlon- of evidence designed to show that
-l7ijnany Instances fees were-paid the
firm for service, rendered by Mitchell
"-art Washington, and that he not only.
phad knowledge- that these- foes were
- paid; but-al8&- received trts share of
tliem. ' -:
The Introduction of th)a line of evl-
'dnm -waa warmly-contested" by th de-
Tense, but Judge Da .Haven held "that It
was - admissible.: The entire morning
was occupied .by -the testimony of Judge
I Tanner,, who waa questioned closely as
T 'to the transactions la question. . -'
Though the developments were less
sensational than tlyise of 1 yesterday
afternoon, when Maimer told the story
of Mitchell'a reTurh from Washington
on last December andhts dfsperate t-
'forte to avert the Indictment which
- -Threatened him, still the evidence given
. today will, -pray ait extremely Important
'-.'part. In the case.
"-Jn vlw of the widened acope of the
testimony. It ta now-thought-.probable
that Uie- case will occupy the greater
car
irt cf next week. - It la evident that the
government s evidence win noi d con
cluded tomorrow and at leaat a day will
' be required ior th'' submission of evl-
dence by the defense", Is douhtful
whother the case will reach the Jury be
Z tore next Wednesday. ; ' ' . ' L
afltohsU'a ramous letters'
Judge- tanner resumed ' the witness
afhen court onened this morning.
Mr. Heney at once took up the subject I
' of the famous leiier seni oy o
-MltcheH to Tanner by the hands of
Harry Robertson on February of this
- yajtgf;- ' 1 ' ::z "
4 "Did youever receive this letterr
"askad the district attorney.
."I -did not."
HThe letter aaya.-'Tour - friend with
i.t.r aa not arrive here until today."
Who waa the friend to whom the letter
V' "My brother-in-law, H. D. MUlerT
niiA the wltnesa.
In answer to the lawyer'a questions.
Judge Tanner aald that he had no copy
of the letter which he aent to Mitchell
" by Miller, and the defense promptly ob
jected to any testimony aa, to -the let
tera contents. The objectlona were
-overruled, however,- and the wltneas
; -'""I'cant recall all of the letter, but it
recounts, what had taken place up to
that time 'before the grand Jury. ,1
4 'wrote -that--the-government-.Jjad- com
- pelled Krlba to give up the check which
he had given to the firm, and aald thRt
the government would) be ablejy those
checks to trace the money Into Senator
Mltchell'a-bank account, and thue show
that he received one half of these fees.
I suggested aa the only explanation that
could be given What he had received thla
money In -the nature of an overdraft,
- or overpayment by -the .Arm,, to be kx
counted for later." ....
Judge Bennett renewed hla objectlona
to tfila testimony and the court accedod
S U SPEGT DEATH OF
SWINDLER IS SHAM
r' - tonral8pell' "enrfeO
' Philadelphia JutHT-IS. That Benja
min J. Oaakell, who for many years
lived In luxury on "forged stock certKl
catea and. dying, dragged one , truat
company'to destruction, even now shak
ing othnra. la not deadjbqt In. hiding,
awaiting the nrst favoraM-otportunliy
to escape to Europe, la the persistent
rumor that haa Bet the atock exchange
and the whole business heart of Phila
delphia to palpitating. Already' official
Investigation haa been begun by Coroner
Durgan, who, after a raTeful examlna
' tlon of the facts, declared that he stood
ready to titka the action necessary on
an affidavit being sworn . eut. "
It Is recalled that whan Ihe announce
ment at Oasksli'a death as made three
waekfl ago there wag nd funeral. N'T
one waa allowed to see trie ooay, not
even his closest friends and business
' asawlatca. X Coflln said to contaldr ttaa
- . .
, .- .
Senator
to his contention, ordering the witness's
atatement "Oh thla aubject to ba atrlcken
out Heney asked whether there waa
in fact any intention that Mitchell
portion of .the feea paid by Krlba should
be repaid to Tanner, but the witness
waa not permitted to anawer.
' Similar Transaction Brought Up
Judge -Tanner aald that he had no
conversation with-Mitchell as' to thi
details of the case against htm, after
the senator's, retura from .Washington
last March.- They ' 1 met aeveral times
at (he offlc for the purpose of winding
up the firm'a business and dividing the.
library,-but "they did not discuss" thn
Llndictment againat Mitchell.: Heney
then called the attention of the wltneai
to an entry In the firm's daybook re-
A. Krlbs, made December I, 1901 There
waa Immediate objection by the defense
on the ground that-thla transaction was
not. covered by the Indictment; and
therefoce could not be brought Into .the
case.
-" "Thla la offered." replied the district
attorney, "aa similar to the transactions
named In the Indictment,- and for the
purpose, of showing knowledge on the
part of the defendant of the receipt of
former moneys, paid fOtJiervlcca before
the departments. The'attorneyafor the
def?tiseIn their opening addres:'lniie
f jury declared that they would show that
the defendant had .no knowledge that
money- waa1 - being paid him for' the
aervlcea which he waa rendering before
the departments. This evidence will
show that In similar transacttona not
covered by thla indictment,, he ha4 such
knowfedge, - and therefor'. -the evldenoe
Is admissible aa' rebutting the defense
in wini nr snnwiange.
The court will hear argument on the
point.tllaaid Judge De Haven. .
District Attorney Honey read at
length from the -authorities and from
court reports In support of hla view,
'If we can bring home to this de
fendant." he declared, "the knowledge of
othay similar transactions where he re
ceived his share of the fees, It would
show that he probably knew of the par
ticular transactions of which ha la ac
cused. If rt can be sHown that exactly
similar deala were being made by this
Arm, that the defendant knew of thrfmJ
and that he waa receiving his sharr-tr
the fees, does It not show clearly tnat
he had knowledge in th Urease alsoT-
Tight to Bax Testimony
. Benator Thurston objected that testi
mony as to similar transactions was ad
missible -only In caqpsf passing coun
terfeit money ana or receiving sioien
property.
"1 have never known of the admission
of "alien" testlm on jrtn any-Ether cases,
he said. "The theory of the law Is that
it Is enough for the-defendant to meet
one criminal charge without forcing him
to meet another also. In the aame trlsl.
If this evidence goe in It Will throw
in the awfandant the -burden of defend'
Ing. this-aecond Charge as well as "the
first. In the absence of any authorita
tive decision worthy of thla court's con
sideration, I Insist that It would be a
dangeroua departure as -well aa a grlev
oua wrong to thla defendant to admit
the evidence." i -';'.
Heney replied by citing fresh authorl
tiea In aupport of his - contention and
Insisted that the admissibility of the
evidence had been clearly established.
canes lni
"The books are "full of
point." he said. "If we can show that
In other similar casea the defendant had
knowledge-it lessens by so much the
probability that ha had no knowledge in
the cases for which he Is Indicted."
JudgeBennett argued thatthe julmls
alon of the proposed testimony would
greatly protract the trial, and he re
inforced the arguments . already ad
vanced by hla colleague, Senator Thura
ton. - - . '
The deelBlnn-of the courf was ad
Verse to the. defenaa.'; "
"Ever alnce this caaa.iwaA, opened by
(Continued on .Page Two.
remalnaVJwaa Bnt to a vault In West
Laurel Hill cemetery. Immediately
following the announcement of the co
lossal awlndlee Tueaday, secret arrange,
menta were made with the cemetery
people, and the Pennsylvania railroad.
After dark a coffin aald to contain Oas
kell'B body was carried out of Laurel
HILUfemetery 'and put In enclosed car
riage. The coffin waa taken to an un
dertaking establishment on Chestnut
street and later placed on the Federal
expresa and sent to Boston.
Relatives assert It was burled yester
day at 'Forest Hill cVmetery. Boston.
AH 6f the family and GaskeU's execu
tors have rallied .to combat the theory
that the. broker la Btlll living. On he
half of the Insurance companies. In
which CJaskell waa a heavy .policyholder,
the Investigation la being, made. . It la
also asserted that Qaskell la really dead;
that he died by bla own hand and by pol
son. ,t .. ' '
wn
V . . '-. v '- VVE HAVE PAID THE PRICE. -, ;
' "4 (Copyright, lBOB, by W. B. Ilearst.) ; , ' '. '
An ' Enelish officer with the Japanese army tellg of the meeting of a Russian brigade commander and an
- aid toJeneral Nod after
turned theother, . "Oa each
H ERE ' S) T H
HIS FA-THER TOLD
r - ' . - . .V,-.-.
W. R. ShannonSon of Youngest of Party That Accompanied,
Lewis and Clark toJDregon Country, Only Living Man
Who Cot-Tale of Adventure First Hand. -
But one living man has heard from
the Hps of Tula father a survlvora ac
count of tha-tong Journey of Lewis and
Clark 100 years ago. Thla man la
visiting Portland.
W. K. Shannon of Fowler. California,
with hla wife arrived-yesterday morn
ing and spent the' "day with Rev. and
Mra. Andrew- Monroe of MontavlUa.'
Mre. Monroe la his niece. Mr. Shannon'a
f at hefi- tleorge " J t-8hannoB, waa - the
youngest member of the Lewis and
Clark party. He ran away at the age
of Id to Join his former Bchoolmate,
Meriwether Lewis.
"1 remember when '! waa a very
small boy." eald lr. Shannon., "my
father telling of escaping frpm the earn
of his uncle and of following the ex
ploring party. Historysays my father
Joined the party at Pittsburg, but this
is not true, . for though ne ,. met um
party there he did not Join it for aome
daya. He took the nrst opportunity to
leave school and .In. a. canoe, fpllpwed
the Ohio river until he reached the ex
pedition at the Ohio falle. When ne
waa a very small boy Lewis had been
- the, big boy in the school he attended
and e -warm friendship existed between
them years before Lewis led the expedi
tion to the west.". - .
Mr. Shannon heard--the story of the
expedition from hla father-for the last
time sums 70 yeara ago, but few de-
ta1tsof -thsriong Joafhey ha'B"esca)ed
ms memory. . . .
"I remember father's stories of the
camp In the Black Hills-during the win
ter, and the winter camp at Fort Clat
sop which be remembered -as a collec
tion of log and dirt huts beside a wrtn
derful river that seemed a flowing
ocean in- lta immensity.
"Father- was' one -of ' the party "that
was chosen under the command or an
ensign to conduct, a party of Mandan
chlefa to Washington, and In a battle
with Canadian -traders and Black foot
Indiana father waa wounded, and later
had a leg-amputated."
After returning from the expedition
Mr. Shannon continued hla legal atudlea
and later rnqved to Missouri,, where he
JAPANESE VICTORIES ' :
---MAKE CHINA ARRbGANT
..- .; r- ' - .. x
(Jonraal Bpeclsl 8rlet.)
j-Yaahln'gton, June SS.--Chtna la about
to" take the tpicstUtn of Mongolian Immi
gration Into the United States Into her
own hands. .-Within .a few week tho
dowager empresr will publish an edict
forbidding Chinamen of the laboring
class to make an attempt to come to
thla country. .. ' '- .
It la-one ef the most Important re
frmahe government haa ever conaid
ered. It1 meana -not -only, the Improve
ment of relations between China and
the Unit ad "Statea through the removal
of many Irritating questlona. but la an
assertion on tha part of the celestial em
pire that It la an Independent eover
elgnty and of sufficient purpose to
" - - - ' - - ' '.
o. - 'a. " z a, .. i . . . i
the defeat at Mukden. "WeTiave. paiJTHe pnceatdnc-4Yesrnfe- t
aide we have paid the price of peace;.
E STORY
achieved note aa a lawyer "and Judge.
At one time he was one of the chief
presiding Judges of the district. In the
Oregon Historical-society's collection Is
the brlgina'l copy of . resolutions of re
spect passed Uy the St. Charles, Mla-
sourl, bar-aftet .the death of Judge
Shannon, aa Is also, the "housewife"
-which Mr. Shannon carried on the ex
ploration tour and which waa "lost In
the Coltfmbla and. later- recpVered.
"f vhd forgotten . all about that
'housewife,' ", said Mr, Shannon Teater
day, "but when I .read of Its existence
in the museum here I called to mind
that father had spoken of It frequently
aa his Inseparable companion."
One solitary darning-needle, coated
with the rust of'100 years, sUH rcposea
In the "housewife." ' ,. "''-
Mr. Shannon was the pet of the expe
dition, and though by the time of his
return he waa a man and able to take
care of hlmseir still , the explorers 're
membered that he was really.-Jbut a boy,
and hla path was made as pleasant as
possible, though a.t best the ordeal , waa
heroic One of his duties waa the com
pilation of the 'record kept by Uwli
and Cla'rkv and hla work In preserving
the details of the historic and epoch
making" Journey haa sdded to his fame.
Mr. "Shannon, the son, says that he
Is 80--yeara old. but for hla frank
avowal ho one would 7 Imagine him
Withtn-i0- yeera -of -4hat age. A typical
Calif ornlan, proud of his state and the
whole big west, remembering eventa of
7 yekra ego, but having an acute Inter
est, in the tHlnga of the present, Mr.
Shannon .la a worthy successor to that
sturdy youth who '100 years ago -for
the love of the thing faced the dangers
of the most Important exploration tonr
of the west cose and returned to be
romei a leader In his hosen profession.
He, too, has the honrtr of men, though
nr thla he Is less Willing 1 0-41)1. Ills
fellow -cltlaens of Fowler.' hewe'ver.
thrust upouhUn when leaving for the
egpo8ltlon-a testimonial xit the, highest
sort and one that rlnga with honest
conviction. "Every man In Fowler
joined In the, testimonial. -,
prevent the'-insult und humiliation . of
her people. Thla attitude Is one of the
results of the victory of the Japanese
over the Rrrairtans, a the Chinamen are
now Imbued with the belief-that they
aa well as the Japanese are the equate
of, the white race. , ' , - , v
r , I i i iii.
AlfonBo-Apprors Cabinet '
' (Jonrnsl Special Service.)
Madrid, June 23. Ring Alfonao haa
approved thecaVlnt formed by Premier
Monterorlos. General Weyler will b
minister of war; Senor Sanchea. Rnmai
minister of foreign affairs, and Hen r
Urvalg, minister of finance.
' Miles Denies Meporti'. " "'"!
'.'''' Uoerssl Sperltl gerte.l-' .
Bostrtn. June IJ.Uenerat ' Miles to
day denied the report that he was 11
marry Mrs. Huldekuper, a .wealthy Phila
delphia widow. , . , -
VON BILOK ASKS lf-
GERMANY IS READY
Wants to Know Whether Army
Is Prepared for War With
- France Over Morocco.
KAISER TO SEND NAVY
TO ASIATIC WATERS
Paris Pessimistic Over Outcome
of Moroccan Conference-".
. Rentes Decline.
(Journal Sneclsl BerTlK.)
Berlin'. June ZS.-fVorwaerts, the prln
cipnl organ of the Social Democrats, as
serts that Prince von Buelow haa askeAM
the headquarters staff . whether or-nni
Otfrmany la prepared to go to war with
Prance in case the present crisis over
the Moroccan question develops unfa
vorably. " " v . ... - ";
. Official announcement la made that
Germany Intonils to' maintain a perma
nent flying aquadron consisting of pow
erful fast cruisers In the Pacific alml
lr to the squadron in the Indian ocean.
The Intention of Germany Is to Increase
her prestlge'in these watera, ,
Marked military activity continues
along the Franco-German frontier, and
awteellng.of unrest txlataamongthe
people on both sides. ,
As yet the German 'government has
given no word-concerntfg JlB-tUtu4-
over the reply eent ny rrance. u is
probable that no statement will be made
until the; French note forwarded to
Germany- wHl be aeml-offlclally-com-munlcated
to the powers signatory to
the Madrid convention. -' - -
PARIS IS ANXIOUS.
Pessimism Over Situation Xampent la
' rr'snch Capital Today.-,
tjoornsl Bneelsl Semes. I
rarls. June 2.1. Ireat anxiety
la
raanlfestea both by the public snd the
press over the crisis now existing with
Germany. . Alarming rumors are cur
rent shout the- Moroccan affair and Oers
maiiy'aaileKeaarflenuly.j!i.tItude, "but
ao- far nothing -has beenglven out Dy
the government officially. The pessim
ism rampant is -reflected again on tha
bourse today- when - rentea Buffered a
further decline. The government has
not yet received word concerning the at
titude which Germany intends to take.
It la somi-offlclully expressed that an
exchangeef. notes has served to remxwe
false Impressions and produce a perma
nent agreement if Germany Is prepared
to reciprocate the conciliatory advances
mad by Fmnce. "Premier , Rouvler
statea that negotiations are pursuing
their nortnal course. "
'r Vast Seaeea ta Arbitrate
tJounist Burets! ttenrlee. - r
knrlnsneld. June 2J. Tha mine-
workers tixlay proposed to the operators
to submit all differences growing out of
.k.i,...' l.lll la' arbitration. Ilov.
rnor Deneen to act aa arbitrator, and
his decision take OnaL - --
The Circulation
Of, The Journal '
Yesterday, Was
rATE
THE JURY
Evidence4n Rumclin r Case
Weighed bf jltn:
ho Heard It. ;
WOOD CALLS HI W THE
WATCHDOG OF TREASURY
Splendid' Eulogy of Accused
Councilman Uttered by His
"Attorney Who Says He is
Savior of City.
The jury In the case against Council
man Charles" E. Kumelln, accused of at
tempting to bribe William C. Elliott to
report adversely on ,lhe Maney bid for
tha Marquam gulch bridge contract,
. was charged -Tfy Judgft Geprgeand retired
at :45 o clock. -At a late hour it had
not reported a verdict. The Jurors went
t 4uimhe(n t 1 o'elock, -
uisirici Attorney Manning ana is.
8. Wood presented the evidence to the
jury in their final arguments upon two
theories which were diametrically op
posed. Mr. Wood, held up Rumelln
the watchdog of the publlo treasury
the protector -of the people's money, and
tho savior of tjie municipal government
from the grafters, and one who had
been persecuted by the district attorney
and pursued by ex-City Engineer Elliott.
who wanted revenge upon the abuaed
councilman for starting the investigation
which resulted In the dismissal of" El
liott, and Scoggln. -
He said, the present city admlnlstra
tion. waa rotten, . and that the Tanner
creek bo wee waa the worst feature f
the whole business. '
He referrednf Elliott as ""thaT scoun
drel ex-city engineer," and- to Scoggla
4as that jatlhted f aoed Boeggin., An-
other time Mr. Wood called Elliott
"that thief and-betrayer of bie truat."
JTfTpoke of hlm,atocr aa a "liar and
perjurer," After, her had ended hla r
gument, Mr. Manning arose and said:
"Mr. Wood has told you"hat Elliott
should' be damned, Bcoggln should t
hanged. and - Rumelln should . -now- be
ffl'ten Kirn In liAgven he-
cause he Is of, too fine material toncome
In .contact with the dross of thla earth.
Let me Indulge In a quotation that seems
to mo. better to fit thla, caae: ,
Chance for Honest ffanry
When thlevea fall out-honesf men
get their dues.' Inasmuch aa counsel
for the defense has resorted to abusive
statements. I want to say to you, gentle
men of tho lurytepeaklng of facee, Uke
Into your Jury room the plcturee of El
liott, Bcoggln and Kumelln. and Judge
for youraelvea upon which countenance
ia to be found the criminal expreaaion."
Deputv Haney made the first argu
ment before the Jury. He. Bought to ea.
tnbllsh -a motive for.the withdrawal
of the, J. J. Maney bid. and went into
the evidence that bore on the cost of the
Marquam gulch bridge, whlch accord
ing to the bid of "Maney. wag to cost
f S3, 121. but which, according to Clty
Engineer Wanaer. haa now cost 169.000.
a difference of 1.000 neiween mo jr..
Twwert trieef -Maney-ana uiecu
cost. ' The extras, he declared, were ex-
pected to be allowed when the bids were
submitted, and it waa from them, that
the profit waa to be made. Mr. Haney
emphasised Abe crlmer of bribery. ""-
hng how It ate into the Doay pui.nu .
destroyed the purity oi
James Oleason followed for the de
fense and attacked Elliott and Bcoggln
bitterly. He attempted to enow that the
delay in prosecuting .Elliott-waa due to
an understanding between him and the
district attorney, to the effect that
he would testify against Rumelln the
case against him would not be pushed.
' Mx. Wood Eulogises His Client.
Then came the eulogy of Mr Wood of
Councilman Rumelln. in wnicn me city
legislator waa held up to puuiiu K-e
the onenianwho, when gra-rterBwer
fattening at the treasury crib, HrBt
.t.nrA' forward alone" and unaided and
demanded -that-thhr iocM L rlfCel
pies moiwy "" 17, .
be delegated to the -flmnltlon bow
wows." i. . -"When
-so -manjn were feasting from
their ill-gotten gains, K.waa the de
fendant, who eame to tbe rescue of the
' ..Id Mr. Wood, "and It was Ms
resolution lntrrtduced in the council for
an 'Investigation or tne lanner cr-
aewer scandal that put a stop to the de
plorable looting of the publlo treaaOTy,
or worda to that effect
(Continued on Page Six.)
COURT WILL
EQU ITABLE INQ.UIRY
(Joersal Special Berviea.) '
New Tork. June 28. IMstrict Attor
ney Jerome appeared beore Recorder
Goft thla mornlngand made a motion
that the June term of court which ends
next Thursday, be continued Indefinite
ly fn order that the publirf proBecutor
might have the aid of the court In con
nection with the proposed Inveatlgatlon
of Equitable affaire.
Jerome atated that ha' had arranged
with Justice Davy of Rochester to con,
tlnue tha June 'term of Jhe rrlmlnal
branch of the aupreme cosft for a alm
llar reason. Jerome said that he la not
In a position to say whether a crime
haa been commit led, but In view of the
trht that the people of the entire "world
lare affeoted by. tha Eg,uttabla trouble,
Viceroy of Far East Re
tired and Appointca
Imperial Councilor."
PEACE TALK IS RENEWED .
BY PRESIDENT'S RETURN
Japanese Advance Is Developing ,
All Along tne Line, uyama
Definitely Assuming
the Offensive. '
- x (Journal Siwelal 8Tle.t ,
St Petereburg, June ?$. It Is offlcN t
all j announced that Admiral ' Alexleff .
will beelleved of his dutieaas viceroy
In the far east and named aa a tnem
Iber of the Imperial council. '
The mlnlater of the interior nae pro
hiblted the publication o 4he Buss for t
a period or one monin,
It stated authrfrltatlvely that a new r
International law la being projected.
The governor of Moacow haa posted
notloea of the forthcoming mobilisation
of troops and" exhortlng.yie people to be i
calm. This mobilisation Is expected ta I
take-place June 29. ' '
Reports fronS Xods aay that dlaturbJ
ancea have been renewed; that the altu
atlon la aerious, and that workmen are
armed and fighting with the military.
A man carrying a bomb waa arretted .
thla morning in frorlt of the Mialewkl
police atatlon at Warsaw He refused,
all Information regarding himself. " '.i
TO ARRANGE ARMISTICE; ;
President's Betum Olvea a Trash Impe
tus to Peaee Propaganda.
(Journal Special Servtcs.)
Washington. D. C, June 23. The re
turn of President Roosevelt haa given ' '
a fresh Impetus te peace negotiations, .
and the announcement of a : definite
move to aecure an armistice is ex
pected. ' The president spent the morn
ing ln discussion with Secretary Tfatt.
and going over the telegrams from To .
Jclo and KL. Petersburg that had accu- , .
mutated .during hla absence.
Mr. Takshira, Japanese .minister, re- (
turned to Waahington today. - Word haa
been received from St Petersburg that
COUni uassiuijJjill noi paniciusi- iri
the peace negotiations, but will leave
for Europe Immediately on the arrival j
of hla successor, (Baron Rosen. The'
selection of plenipotentiaries by, the two
eovernmenta has been comnleted. and --
will be announced " briefly. No assist- :
ance la expected from Great Britain la
arranging an armistice. -j , ;
- This afternoon It la stated 'officially- -that,
owing to the lllnesa of Count I
Lamsdorff, the Russian foreign mlnlater,
there haa been a alight check In peave -negotiations.
LINfEVITCH SURROUNDED.
Japaneae Advance Developea All Alonjf
tha Una.
Journal Special Serrlce.)
St.. Petersburg, June 23. A Gunshu
Pass telegram states that the Japaneae
advance Is developing alt along the Una
and that. Marshal Oyama haa definitely;
assumed the offensive. Llntsrlteh's po.
sltlon appears to be aerlously compro-
mlsed and unlesa. the Russian army,
promptly falls back on Harbin another
disaster is Inevitable, -
It ia believed that Linievltch la almost
aurrounded and that a retreat la tlfreat '
ened. Oyama's right wing ia ort th
Mandarin road and haa practically cut
off Vladivostok.
It la not unlikely that heavy ralna
will atop the progress of the battle, aa) -operatlona
are being greatly impeded, . ' .
the Manchurlan platna are flooded and ,
the roada are almost impassable. '
- Apparently lhe Russians-are prepar
ing to rret. The Russian advance
llnea-are crossing the railroad more or
less hurriedly. l.nJrder la. avoldbelna
flankd untu th posltlonsjat Slplngbal
la reached. .
RUSSIANS REPULSED.
Oysma Beporta Two Sklraolshee. ta)
Tleld Besnlt la Japanese Tictorlea.
(Joerasl Spselsl kefiot, I
. Toklo, June 2S. Oyama reports that
the Japanrse repulsed 1.000 Rusalana In
tha vicinity of Wankautskeau on June
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Al D I N
he felt tt Imperative to "make a full ln
vestige tion. The "motion waa granted.
. Attorney-General J. N. Mayer , ar
rived from Waahington laat nlhl' anj
Is investigating the arralrs of the Equi
table Life Assurance society today. He
announces that Jils efforts will be
accomplish the return to the aoslety nt'
any profits wrongfully made or retained
by reason oftruat relatione; t dir
frorq holding offlce persons who Jmire
violated Trusts or the law; to obtain en
accounting of- misappropriated, or
wasted funrta, ' and to -ascertain tha
rights of the policy-holders an4 thelf
Infringements.
August Helmnnt yesterday tndre4
hla resignation aa director ef Ike ICut
table, - ,
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