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VOL. XIV.
8 fSecond Cousin :Sarah
r tub avtmou or
"Aiwa jvdbb, irinartn." "uttib batb hubt,"
. ere, trc.
a
CIIAPTEIt XXI r.
It Is tlmo that we follow tho fortunes
of fipcondcounln Harah, whom wt lft
with brr aliy Utr-lu law In tho
frunnda of Pk Hill. Takan off her
uard by Mra. Thomas EautbaU's amldi'ii
awianrauca, dlaturbml by tho tronta of
tba nUbt. and avar conaebna ot tho dan
tr wblrh tha prfiu-a of tha two tn
trudxrs in liar auut'a bouae foreahadowed,
aha followed the woman in food faltli
soma diatanct slong tha fardan pains
and in tba direction of tha high road.
"Wo will fo no furthar," abo said; "tU
me what I haro to fear from your htia
band and Patcraon, and I will rawad you
nanaaouiMy."
"Matan then aa-wail as you can. I
aln t a going to apaak loud for anybody
"I am llatanliic."
Sarah Eaatbdl Incllnad har haad mora
cloaely to tha woman, who twgan whl-
p4nitg about bar htiaband In a rambling
raariion that was dimcult to follow, un
til aha want auddxnly back thrao stapt, to
Sarah's surpriaa, and stood galng at
brr, or at somathlng near bar.
"What la Itr atrlalmad Sarab; "what
There was no opportunity to say more,
to scream, or to strugfle. Two strom
arms eloaed round Iter, and a cloth, wet
and sickly with druga, was preaaed to
her mouth and noetrlls by a mrcllaa
band, that aeemed to anatch ber at once
from active life to oblivion.
When aha came back to conaclouanaaa
It waa to a Ufa apart from Sedge Hill,
snd tboae who loved ber there. She waa
lying on a bed, with Hophy Eaatbell doa
Ing by the side of a scantily furnlahed
Are. There was a narrow window In the
aide of the room, with aome boards nail
el acroee It to keep the light of one eplut
tcrlng candle from betraying Itself to the
night.
Suddenly Sophy woke op, and gave a
nervoua Jump hi her cbalr at finding her
alater-ln-law crouched upon the bed, with
brr great dark eyea glaring at ber.
"Where have you brought me? Why
am I in tnla dreadful placer Barah cak
ed tn an eager voice. "
"You've come round, have youf aald
Sophy. "Well, I am glad of that Dleat
If I didn't think they'd overdone It with
their klory what'a Ita-name, and sent you
bang off afore they meant it"
Barah Eaatbell waa alttlng at the edse
of tho bed now, regarding her Jailor
with eager attentlou. She waa scarcely
bsck from dreamland yet
"Wby have I been brought hereT she
asked leea patiently.
"You'll know in good time, gal. There's
no 'caalon for a hurry, or a flurry. Take
It cool. You re eare enuf."
Sarah Eaatbell waa atandlnc at the
door of the room wfien aha bad recovered
heraelf. It was locked, as aba bad aus-
pected. e
"Its no use your thinking of .irettimt
out. Sally," aald Tom's wife; "don't build
on that, or barm will happen to you.
That'e certain."
'Do you think I am tha weak slrl
whom you remember last?" aald Saruh,
walking from the door to tho woman'a
side, and clutching her tightly by the
waiat, "or that I am to be frightened by
this trick of yours, and of tho wretches
wbo have aaaiated you? I)o you know in
what peril you have put yourself T'
"Oh, yea, we all know: It's all been
thought on," ajld tho woman ironically.
"We're of.the don't care sort, and hare
chanced It. You can't say it wasn't well
done, Bally."
"Give me the key of the door, or you
ill find me the stronger woman of the
two!" cried Barah.
"Don'fketch hold, of my wrist like
that," cried her alater-ln-law, "or you'll
bo eorry If I go away, or If any one
downstairs cornea up Instead of me, be
cause yon are too wlolent for my com
pany. You can t behave like a lady, for
all your fine flash silk. I have only to
shreek out, and there are three men be
low who don't stand nonsense slch as
yourn."
Sarah Eaatbell released her hold. .Yes.
ane waa in aanger, ana must be cau
tious. They who brought her to this
den had risked a great deal in entrapping
ber, and would rink more rather thnn
How her to eacape. She must bo ttru
dent and on her guard, not defiant and
aggressive.
"I ain't got no key, if you must know."
oald Sophy, as she returned to her chair
and sat down; "this la my room, and
we re both locked In together. I'm to
take charge of yon, that's all, ray gal.
and think yourself lucky It s me."
"What place Is It?" Sarah aaked again.
"A place of bla neaa," was the enigmat
ic answer.
"Coiners tha old gang from Potter's
Court tho Petersons," cried Sarah.
Mrs. Eaatbell did not answer. She
warmed her thin hands at the fire, and a
convenient cough prevented all Dosslbll
lty of reply. She was a prudent woman.
and not likely to commit heraelf and her
friends by responding to leading yuea
tlons of this character. 1
Tho spiriting away of a young lady
from noma without nor consent, and with
out leaving a clue wherewith to trace her,
no light reat in the nineteenth cen-
shown a natural pride tn the neatness of
the achievement True, the house was
fivo or six miles from a quiet city, and
was desolate enough at all times, the
hour wss late, the circumstances were
opportune, and how to profit by the riches
of old Mrs. Eaatbell and her granddaugh
ter had been tho atudy of alx months, but
still Mrs. Thomas Eaatbell had some
thing to take credit for. It was a bold
stroke carried out by desperate men, and
It had succeeded where a more timid
lno of policy would have assuredly fail
ed.
It was the boldest bit of busineso that
the Peterson gang had ever been engag
ed in, and the Petersons had been en
gaged, under various aliases, tn innumer
able shady transactions. They had come
to "fresh fields and pastures new" by
adopting tho fair county of Worcester as
sphere for their operations; they had
rented a tumble-down old edifice in a
wild part of the country, and put on the
door the name of Jackson, button maker;
they had even made a few acquaintances
In distant villages, and bore a respecta
ble name among honest, unsuspicious folk
who believed in them and their buttons.
No one visited them certainly it was an
out-of-the-way place, to which nobody
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wss Invithd, and where only button mak
lug was the order of tho dsy.
No one confounded the name of Jack
son with Peterson and It was possibly
good policy in tho Captain adopting his
own name when ha went with Thomas
Eaatbell to Sedge Hill It kept matters
clear and dutinct, teonjfh be had not bar
gained for Sarah Eaatbell' good mem
ory, or Imagined thst bo was known to
ber by sight.
It was ho who unlocked tho door of
Sarah s extempore cell at seven In the
morning, and stood before ber, tho avow
ed agent of her captivity.
"I have come to apologise for my
friends' rough treatment of last ulght,"
ho aald, reclining languidly against the
wall, and crossing his gloved hands, 'one
with a very gloaay hat In It, "and to ex
press a hope that you have suffered no
Inconvenience from yonr temporary with
drawal from a borne which you are ac
customed to adorn. I, for one," he add
ed with a low bow, "should regret very
murh to hear one word of complaint"
"This is your work then," said Sarah
bitterly; "It la aa I auapected. Tell me
what my brother wanta?"
"I would say a fair redress for tha
Injury which you bsve done him. Your
grandmother Is rich, and will leave yon
all ber money. And your only brother,
a man of many admirable qualities
will be left to drag on his life In Indi
gence, snd to die in utter abjectneaa of
spirit, without you aaalat him aa fairly
and liberally as a fond slater should do.
Thomas, who Is in difficulties, wanta fif
teen thousand pound!"
Sarab drew a sudden and deep breath,
but did not reply. The thin face of the
woman stooping over tho fire peered
round at her, horrible in Its eagerness
snd greed.
"Fifteen thousand pounds only from
that immense fortune which must come
to you when old Mrs. Eaatbell dies, tbe
simple conditions being that the sum
muat be paid at once, as your brother is
very poor, and there Is a balance of six
teen thousand three hundred and twenty
eight pounds lodged at your banker's, in
your name, for the convenience of a cur
rent account."
"How do you know what money Is
lodged in my name at the bank?"
"Thomas tells me that la all. lie
sent me here with your check book he
found that in your desk, too, he tells mo.
You have only to draw a draft for the
amount, and you are free, Mlaa Eaatbell.
I promised a friend of yours that you
Should do at Kedge I1IU this evening.
Miss Holland will tell you everything to
night." he aald as he drew the check
book from his pocket and pitched it caro-
k'ssly upon tho deal table that waa there.
i nave lert everything tor that yonnit
lady to explain. It la a story apart from
yours, and suits not my style of narra
live."
inis money la neid in trust for an
other," she said; "it belongs neither to
me nor to my grandmother."
"If to Mr. Ciilwlck, we I should say.
your brother Thomas objects to the title."
"Let him!" cried Sarah with a sudden
outburst of anger.
"Am I to underatand then "
"That I will not sign one of those
checka. Yea, underatand that for jour
rriena. lou may kill me." she cried.
"but yon shall not touch a penny of Ueu
ben Culwlck'a money."
CHAPTER XXIIf.
Captain Peterson, merchant aervlee, re
ceived the ultimatum of Miss Sarah East
bell with his customary aang froid. He
waa a man whom It took a great deal to
disturb, or who concealed bra annoyance
by an enviable semblance of Imperturba
blllty.
"After that, I need not trespass further
on your time," be said. "I will communl
cate with Thomas at once."
Ho unlocked the door and went to the
landing place beyond, closing and locking
the door behind him. Finally he went
down tho rickety stairs, which were
crumbling to pieces with the house, halt
ed at the bottom of the next flight, and
listened at the right-hand door, as though
there were another prisoner close at
hand. The door was not locked, and he
opened it softly, and put his head Into
the room beyond, withdrawing it In si
lence, as if contented with what had met
hia gnxe; and proceeding down another
night or stairs, to a room on the ground
floor, where three tall men, In shirt
sleeves, were cowering before a fire. If
these men were Petersons, Captain Ed
ward had taken the good looks of the
family to himself.
. "You re done your parts well, boys," he
said in a quick, sharp voice, "but there
may be more to do."
"How's that?" inquired scoundrel num
ber one; "we ve done enough now to get
ourselves lagged for ten years."
"It's not easy," said Peterson, "but
it must be gone on with at any risk.
Failure meana. Worcester jail, success
means ten thousand pounds between us
all."
lie had mentioned fifteen thousand
pounda upstairs, but he and Thomas
Eastbell were keeping an extra five thou
sand to themselves. Edward Peterson
did not tell his brothers everything when
money was tn question.
"What more la to be done?" asked the
first scoundrel, who was the worst-tem
pered and most disputatious member, of
the gang.
"You will know when It's necessary,"
was the short answer; "at Dresent the
young lady is refractory."
"Will tbe girl sign the check before the
day Is out? that's the question," asked
number one, "for we can't go on like
this."
"I have aald that lt'a her nionev or her
life, and I mean it I She will be back to-
night at Sedge Hill, or she will never re
turn again. Mark that Do yon think
any. woman would prefer to bo found In
the Severn, to paying away money that
she can afford to part with?"
"We don't want to hear anvthina- ahnnt
the Severn,' said the first scoundrel; "you
nnun null Hi. ueuer U1KU we uO, DUt
we'll have no hand in it Dennis and I
and Mike have talked it over, and won't
go further than we've done already
there!"
"You fools, have I asked you?" shout
ed Peterson, springing to hia feet;
you've done the work I've set you to
do, and I will pay 4 you for it and be rid
of you. The money's safe, and I'll keep
si
my-word-ae I always do. and alwan
will. I don't wsot your help yon axa In
tbe wsy, and tnuat go."
"Go!" echoed tha men.
"This bouae
will U onaaft after to-
night, and we must vanish before it's
spotted. I will be In London to-morrow
eyenlng, at tbe old place, with your
money."
One by one these men drifted awsy
from homo, without a thought of Sarah
Eastbell's safety, and with an immense
amount of consideration for their own.
It wss not murder that troubled their
mind so acutely as complicity with it, de
tection, and sentence. If Ned would
take all the risk, ho might murder half
Worcester for what they cared; but It
was out of (Mr line, snd they would pre-
ler to twin to J -on don aa qnlckly as
poaelble, siid wait for the money that bad
been promised them, or tbe bsd Dews
they half expected instead. It was two
o'clock in tbe afternoon before the last
or the three men passed out of the faouae,
and went away down the narrow lane
which led from the high road
Captain Peterson stood at the front
door. He was in excellent spirits, and
he waved his hand to. the disputatious
Barney, who was the last to lesve, by
wsy or rnenaiy salutation at parting.
"They're gone," be muttered, "and
tney re better gone, whichever way this
affair Is likely lu turn out."
Ho lingered at the door meditating on
the great scheme of bis life. The sky wss
overcsat and he looked ud at It and
prophesied to himself that it would rain
before tho morning. He walked round to
the opposite aide of the house and gaxed
moodily at the water flowing twenty
paceo from him, and at a boat lying on
tbe long grass above tbe rirer bank. One
glance at the darkened window in tbe top
most story where hie fortune lay, be
thought and then be returned to the
house meditating on the difficulties in
hia 'way, and of his genius to surmonnt
them. He went Into the house, and up
stairs to the first floor room, wherein we
Have seen him gate with interest at an
early hour of the morning.
"Bess," he ld in a sharp voice, and
at the summons a small thin-faced child,
in a hat and cloak, appeared at the door.
"You have come back then, father."
"Yea."
Edward Peterson went downstairs, fol
lowed by the little xirL At the front
door be said
"You were wise to keep to your room
to-day, little woman, for they have been
very cross, and Mrs. Eaatbell has been
worse than ever. You must find your
way to Worcester to-night all by your
self. Two miles from here is a railway
station you know it, where the red and
green lights shine out like big eyee after
dark. You have run about here a good
deal, and know your way well, and you
can find the station. Now, take care of
tnat money."
He placed aome money in her hands.
and she wrapped it np in a corner of a
dirty white handkerchief, and tucked it
down the bosom of her dress, wrapping
her cloak round her afterward with ell
tbe carefulneae and confidence of a
woman.
- "At the railway station ask for a third
class ticket for Worcester. When the
tram comes up to the platform, aret in
When they call out .'Worcester,' get out
At Worcester a lady, very pretty, and
with hands full of toys, will be waiting
for you at the postofflce. Ask the way
to tbe postofflce like a woman aa you are,
and when you see the lady under tbe
clock, say, 'Pa keepa hia word I'm Bes
sie.' "
"All right" aald tho child again, with a
rare amount of confidence in her own
comprehension of tho details, "which,
however, ho asked her to repeat listen
ing attentively to the recital
She needed no second bidding to be r ff
it had not been so happy a home that
she should grieve for it or him, and there
had been a promise of a glorious change
for her, and a bright child-world. Fhe
ran off quickly toward the narrow lane,
already full of shadow that murky after
noon. (To be continued.)
LAWYERS AT CHEAP RATES.
Thirty-nine Cents la the Coat of Mak
ina; One In the Old Dominion.
A local business man who was once
the representative of one of the big
mercantile agencies tells a story of
how he became a member of the bar
In the State of Virginia, a number of
years ago. He had occasion to go to
one of the inland counties of the State
to make an examination of the county
records in order to ascertain the stand
lng in the county of a number of coun
try merchants Upon reaching tho
railroad station he found it necessary
to drive a distance of ten miles or more
over a road which was a mere apology!
ror a highway. Reaching the county
seat, be went to the clerk's office in the
courthouse and proceeded to look over
the records as he had done 1n many
other places without any objection be
ing offered. While he was still on his
first book he was asked by one of the
clerks If he was a member of the bar.
'Aot in Virginia," he answered In a
tone indicating that he was a member
of the bar elsewhere.
"I'm sorry," said the young man,
Dut in tnis county It la against the
rules for anybody other than a lawyer
to nanaie me dookb.
It was explained to the clerk that the
legal talent in' the firm's employ could
not be found, and as the lawyer lived
more than two miles away he would
not have time to get him unless he
missed the next train.
'There will be no trouble In arrang
ing the matter," the clerk informed the
Washlngtontan.
Entering. a private room, the oath
subscribed to by attorneys was -ad
ministered and a certificate showing
the stranger was a full-fledged lawyer
was handed over to him.
"What shall I do now?" the clerk
waa asked.
"Pay the fee," he answered.
"What is the amount?"
"Thirty-nine cents," was the clerk's
prompt response.
The money was paid and the man
from Washington returned home and
told how he became a lawyer for the
small sum of 89 cents. Washington
Star.
Kaiser Wilhelm takes great interest
In the work of the Y. M. C. A. In
Europe. ..
GLOBE.
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OATHrtfFn PROM ill PiT OB TV.P
TWO HEMISPHERES.
Ceespreheaatve Review of tfee Import
ant Happen In g of the Put Week,
Pretested la Condensed Form, JHoet
Likely te Prove latere at Ing te Our
Many Reader.
A heavy snow has fallen in Northern
and Central New York.
Altogether 10 Russian vessels Lave
been damaged or lost since the out
break of tbe war.
Russia baa notified all nations that
she will regard as spies correspondents
using wireless telegraphy.
The Fort Arthur squadron will not
again be risked in battle ontil rein
forced by the Baltic fleet.
Japan denies that she baa any sub
marine boats and says the Russian
ships were sunk by torpedoes.
Carnegie has created a "fund for
heroes," and set aside $5,000,000.
Next of kin of those who lose their
lives will also benefit.
A party of 50 prominent Filipinos
baa started lor the St. Louis fair.
Tbey will also visit the principal cities
of tbe United States.
Heavy rains stopped all regular
through traffic on tbe Southern Pacific
and O. R. & N., into Portland, leaving
the Northern Pacific the only route for
Eastern mail.
Landgrabber Benson has been
claimed by two wives at San Francisco.
The house baa passed the Philippine
bond bill to encourage the building of
railroads.
St. Petersburg has the repoit that
Togo sunk Beveral steamers and closed
the entrance to Port Arthur.
Ex-Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis, has
been arrested, charged with having ac
cepted a bribe while in office.
According to latest accounts Russia
lost about 650 men and officers in tbe
sinking of the battleship and torpedo
boat.
The senate committee on appropria
tions provides for no Northwest harbor
work, save The Dalles-Celilo canal, In
the sundry civil bill.
Wreckage washed ashore at Van
couver island indicates the loss of : the
sealing schooner Triumph. There
were 25 persons on board.
a gunner a mate on tne Aiissourl is
found to have saved the ship, and the
lives of 600 men by jumping into the
magaxine and closing the door. The
injuries of two of the seamen have
proven fatal.
Pope Pius is again reported ill.
Russians have won two small land
engagements.
A young anarchist attempted to as
sassinate Premier Maura, of Spain, at
Barcelona.
A work train on the Canadian Pacific
was struck by a land slide near Winne-
peg and a number of men killed.
Cardinal Satolli, with the permission
of the pope, is coming to the United
States. He has no mission and is to
make the tour as a private citizen.
The house committee on naval affairs
has reported favorably the bill author
izing tbe presiden, at his discretion,'
to reinstate cadets suspended for has
lug.
The secretary of the interior has is
sued permits for grazing 87,815 sheep
in the northern division and 100,000
sheep in the southern division of the
Cascade forest reserve during the com
ing summer.
A bill has been introduced in the
senate authorizing the secretary of war
to purchase the original manuscript
copy of the order book of General Arth
or St. Cliar, who was governor of the
Northwest territory and commander of
its military forces during the adminis
trations of Presidents Washington and
Adams.
The agitation in Spain over France's
acquiring a firm hold on Morocco does
not cause anxiety in France, aa it is
believed the irritation ' will subside
without straining the relation between
the two countries.
Easter services in Russia are much
more impressive than uBual this year.
Spain is very bitter because of the
Anglo-French treaty.
Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac,
waa defeated for congress in Alabama.
Ice jams in the St. Lawrence river
are flooding many houses in Montreal
suburbs.
Russia has demanded that Japanese
instructors with the Chinese army be
dismiss-!.
The passage of the Talu by the Jap
anese will not be strongly opposed by
the Russians.
President Pro Tern Frye, of the sen
ate, and Speaker Cannon, of the house,
have signed the 1905 fair bill.
Colorado militia officers, adjudged in
contempt of court for action in the
strike, declare they will defy the judge.
A battleground has been picked out
by the Russians in the interior of Man
churia, were they propose to slaughter
the Japanese.
Queen Alexandra's persistent urging
makes Britain ready to deal with Rus
sia. Burke Cock ran, of New York, says
the house is losing caste and bids it
wake up.
1904.
NO. 0.
War loss stuns.
Resale
Finds Japanese Also
Sank a
Torpedo Boat.
St. Petersburg, April 16. On the
heels of the announcement of the sink
ing of the battleship Petropavlovsk
comet the news that the Japanese sur
rounded and suck the torpedo boat dja
troyer Bezstrashni. - Only five of her
crew escaped, although it is probable
some were taken prisoners.
News of the reverse was communi
cated to the czar by Admiral Oukomi-
sky. He wired today that the destroy
ers and four consorts were outside
scouting during the night. The Bezs
trashni lagged behind , and became lost
in the mist. When day broke, sbe
tried to creep in along the coast but
was discovered, cut off, overpowered
and sunk. Admiral Oukomstky's dis-
paten concludes as follows
"I have taken command provision
ally of the fleet since the disaster to
the Petropavlovsk. During some ma
neuvering of the battleship squadron
the Pobieda struck against a mine
amidships on the starboard side ' She
was able to regain port by herself. No
one on board of her was killed or
wounded."
The Russian word in the text of the
official dispatch describing tbe accident
to the Pobieda meana either "mine" or
"torpedo," but the qualifying adjective
indicates something moving toward the
ship. This dispatch puts an end to
the idea prevailing here that there had
been an engagement following the dis
aster to the Petropavlovsk. It is con
sidered remarkable here that the Jap
anese did not take advantage of this
terrible accident to attack Port Arthur.
PENSION ITEM IS S 4,000,000.
Hooae Committee Completes Oencral
Deficiency Appropriation BUL
Washintgon, April lo. The house
committee on appropriations today com
pleted the general deficiency appropria
tion Dill, carrying a total of $10,388,
744. The largest item in the bill is
$4,000,000 for pensions. Of this sum,
$1,500,000 is an estimated deficiency
which will be caused by the execution
of the recent service pension order.
The minority members of tbe commit
tee made a fight against this amend
ment, and it was ordered reported by
a party vote.
Aa the item is included, a minority
report accompanies that of the major
ity to the house. Th3 minority views
are signed by Underwood, Brundige.
uenton, Livingston, and Pierce. Tay
lor of Alabama, waa absent. The con
elusion of the minority is that there
waa no warrant of law for the appropri
ation of the million and a half dollars
tequested by the commissioner of pen
sions requested for the purpose herein
stated. It quotes tbe recent order in
full, and says that while there are
members of congress who favor a serv
ice pension law, it is not wholly the
jurisdiction of the appropriations com
mittee to consider the question. "Our
duty," the report says, "is confined to
providing the money to pay the obliga
tions of the United States contracted
under the law. The point we desire to
make is that there is no law on the
Btatute books of the United States that
allows the $1,500,000 appropriation
asked for by the commissioner of pen
sions to pay the deciency caused by ex
ecutive order, and we will move on the
floor of the house to reduce the appro
priation asked for pensions to the ex
tent of $1,500,000 for that reason."
SUBMARINE BOATS IN PLAY.
Japan Believed to Have Two to
Plant
Mines at Port Arthur.
Paris, April 16. The St. Petersburg
correspondent to the Echo de Paris,
under this morning s date, sends the
following: -
"I leafn that a firm opinion prevails
in naval . circles, based on telegrams
from the surviving officers, that the
loss of the'Petroplavlovsk and the in
juries to the Pobieda were caused by
torpedoes launched by the Japanese,
and by submarine vessels. Hitherto it
has not been believed that the Japanese
had any submarine boats, but it is now
admitted that such boats might have
been received with the cruisers bought
from Argentine and brought out from
Genoa by English crews. . It is diffi
cult to verify this, but the admiralty is
of the opinion that tbe cruiser brought
out two submarine-vessels."
Bayan Evidently Damaged.
London, April 16. The Daily Tele
graph's correspondent at Wie Hai Wei,
telegraphing under date of April 13,
says: "The British cruiser Espiegle
reports tbat at 5 :45 o'clock this morn
ing she sighted five Japanese warships
engaging the Russian cruiser Bayan,
making for Port Arthur from the di
rection of the Yalu. The Russian
jCTuiser Askold and another cruiser is
sued from Port Arthur to assist the
Bayan. At 6 :45 o'clock the Russians
got under the shelter of the forts, but
the Bayan was damaged.
Alexleff Ordered te Take Charge.
Paris, April 16. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo de Paris tel-
ergaphs the following: At 3 o'clock
today the emperor telegraphed Viceroy
Alexieff ordering him to go to Port
Arthur immediately and assume com
mand of the squadron pending the ap
pointment of Vice Admiral MakaroS's
successor. The viceroy leaves tonight.
Rumors that Rear Admiral Prince
Ouktomsky was in action against 18
Japanese vessels is unconfirmed.
. i
Snow Falls In Maryland.
Cumberland, Md., April 16. Snow
fell here and throughout Western Mary
land today. At Frostburg and other
points it covered the ground to the
depth of two inches.
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mlra! Togo Again Bombards Pert
Arthur Without Damage to Fort, A
though Several are Killed.
London, April 18. The St.. Peters
burg correspondent of the Standard
aenda a rumor to the effect that Vice
Admiral Togo's fleet escorted a Japan
ese landing of troops to the westward
of the Yalu river. When 12,000 men
had been landed the Russian troops,
which were lying concealed, suddenly
attacked them, driving them back to
tbe ships, with heavy losses in men
and guns.
Rasjlaa Fortification Completed.
. 8t. Petersborug, April 18. A dis
patch from Liao Yang says that the
Russian fortifications on the Yalu river
have been completed. The center of
the line of fortified positions is Au-
tung. Tbe right flank rests on Ta
Tung Kau and the left flank on Kin
Len Cheng, on the west bank of the
Yalu.
AQAIN BOMBARD PORT ARTHUR.
Japanese Fire Many Projectiles,
bat
Cause No Damage.
St. Petersburg, April 18. A tele
gram from Admiral Alexieff from Port
Arthur to the emperor says that from
9 :15 o'clock this morning to midday
the Japanese fleet, in two divisions,
bombarded the fortress and the town
alternately from the Liao Tshan prom
ontory, firing 185 projectiles. '
Tbe Russian squadron, including the
battleship Pobieda, replied from the
anchorage by a plunging fire. The
batteries also participated.
The losses on land were seven Chi
nese killed and five soldiers and three
Chinese wounded.
The Russian warships sustained no
damage and there was no loss of life
on them.
This attack is taken here to show
Admiral Togo has not given up hia
purpose of damaging the rest of the
Russian ships, now that there is little
possibility of them again going to sea.
unquestionably be is aware of the
eBect of his previous bombardment,
ana me lact tbat be has repeated it in
dicates to the officers here that he be
lieve there is a good chance for a pro
jectile hitting a target. In order to
drop a shell into the harbor or citir. a
high angle fire is necessary. This ie"
the reason the Japanese squadron took
up a position at Liao Tishan. Other
bombardments were from the same
point, which, at the time, did not
seem to be w:thin the range of the Rus
sian batteries.
MAY OIVB UP POSTAL INQUIRY.
Senate Now Looks With Little Favor Up
on an Investigation.
Washington, - April 18. President
Roosevelt had an important conference
today with Senators Aldrich, Spooner
and Penrose, the last named being the
chairman of the committee of post
offices and poetroads. . The conference
related to the proposed investigation by
a senate committee of the affairs of the
postoflice department. All parties to it
were reticent as to the details of the in
terview, buttfoough is known about it
to indicate that an inquiry into the
postal affairs is not so likley to be au
thorized as it was a day or two ago.
The subject is being considered confi
dentially by the senate leaders, and a
definite dceision, one way or the other,
may be reached soon. Objections to a
congressional investigation have been
suggested which may induce the senate
to abandon the proposition altogether.
A . searching investigation into the
affairs of the Washington and New
York postoffices is now being con
ducted. These inquiries were insti
tuted by the president 'himself, and
they are being made very thorough.
In addition to these inquiries, Messrs.
Lonrad and Bonaparte, under general
instructions from. the president, are
still pursuing their investigation into
postoflice department matters. ' '
Commander of Czarovitch Perished.
Paris, April 18. A dispatch to the
Temps from St. Petersburg says:
The causes of the catastrophe at Port
Arthur are lin ited to two hypotheses,
a submerged Russian mine oi an explo
sion on board the Petropavlovsk. All
the victims are badly burned and the
catastrophe was complete within one
minute and a half. The. fleet remain
ing at Port Arthur is reduced to a
strictly defensive bapis. The com
mander of the Czareovitch perished on
the Petropavlovsk before he had as
sumed command.
Mra. Botkln in Police Court.
San Francisco, April 18. Mrs. Cor
delia Botkin appeared today in Police
Judge Conlan's court for her prelimin
ary examination on the charge of pois
oning Mrs. Joshua Deane, of Dover,
Del. She was represented by Attorney
C. Larke, a friend of her former
counsel. The taking of testimony of
the Delaware witnesses was at once be
gun. Mrs. Lizzie L. Kemp, formerly a
clerk in the postoflice at Dover, being
tne nrst witness called.
Urges Nation Pry for Work of Mob.
Washington, April 18. President
Roosevelt today sent to congiess a mes
sage recommedning an appropriation of
$25,000 to compensate William R.
Radcliffe, a British subject, for loss of
property by mob in Colorado in 1901,