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THE MCHENRY PLAIRDEALER PHAWLMMH OA McHBNRY, I&UNOH. lBPEVnW % Frank Murphy and wife, of Arm­ strong, Ind., ate a large quantity of poke root, which was thought to be horseradish, and both are dying. A spirited election was held In Vienna, 111., OTer the question of estab­ lishing a township high school. A large vote was polled and the question lost by 127 votes. The steamer Panther, with 10,000 seals, arrived at St. John's, N. F., from the Ice fields and reports that the re­ mainder of the fleet has somewhat larger catches than announced in pre­ vious reports. The master of the Pan­ ther says that the steamer Bloodhound is following with a similar catch. Micente Estrada has sold the Santa Lucrecia mine, one of the greatest gold producers in Durango, Mexico, to an American company for $3,000,000. Two men were probably fatally in­ jured in a fight yesterday between Slavs and Poles following an Easter Sunday celebration at the Manifold coal mines near Washington, Pa. The Kansas P<Tpulfst state conven­ tion which met at Tepoka Monday ad­ journed until Aug. 3, the date of the Democratic convention, in the hope of agreeing on a fusion ticket. Both organizations favor Senator Harris for governor. A religious meeting at the Nazarene Mission church at Salt Lake broke up in a row, and Mrs. Kent White, of Denver, an evangelist; her traveling In the New York east conference of the Methodist Episcopal church the committee to which had been referred the charges of heresy against Pro­ fessor Borden P. Bowne of Boston university reported that they had found that none of the specifications had been substantiated and that they had therefore acquitted him. This closed the case. At a meeting of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia soft coal operators the price of lake coal and steamboat fuel was cut 15 cents a ton as com­ pared with last year's prices. Under the new schedule three-quarter coal will be .quoted at $2.40. The operat­ ors express the opinion that the move­ ment of lake coal this season will be very heavy. Missouri, Kansas & Texas flyer, No. 5, on its way from St. Louis south, was wrecked four miles south of Fort Scott, Kan., by the rails spreading. The engine left the track first, and following it the baggage car and the mail and express cars piled up. The< smoker and chair cars also were overturned and badly damaged. Six­ teen persons were injured, but no one fatally. George DeWherst, former clerk of the Arlington Co-operative association at Lawrence, Mass., was arrested, charged with the larceny of $25,000 from the association. He furnished $15,000 bail. The Woman's club of Free port, 111., lias placed in position the bronze tab­ let marking the historic spot where the Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858 took place. Wreckage evidently from the Scotch ship La Morna has washed ashore on the British Columbia coast, and it is believed the vessel has been lost with the crew of thirty men. The Ohio supreme court has fixed July 14 as the date for the execution of Albert and Benjamin Wade, broth­ ers, convicted o* the murder of Kate Sullivan at Toledo. Warden James Brendel of the Polk county, Iowa, poor farm, has been ordered discharged from his office by the state board of control. He is ac­ cused of beating and otherwise mis­ treating patients in the insane wards. William and Thomas Combs, it is reported, have confessed that they murdered Sam Jones, whose body was found burned in Breathitt county, Kentucky. The Combs family was prominent in the Breathitt county feuds, and Jones' father called the jury to try Jett and White. At a meeting of the trustees of the Central university, held at Louis­ ville, Ky., Dr. F. J. Hinitt of Fairfield, Iowa, was unanimously chosen presi­ dent to succeed Dr. W. C. Roberts, whose death occurred several months ago. Prof. Frederick E. Beckman, for several years in charge of the Span­ ish department at the University of Minnesota, has resigned and will leave for Europe at the end of the present semester. He will probably remain abroad. He has received offers of positions in England, France and Belgium, but has not determined what to accept. The St. Louis World's fair manage­ ment has prepared a special program for the week of May 16-21, when will be held the meetings of more than thirty state district press associations, the National Editorial association and the world's press parliament. The Joint Committee of the Ohio legislature reported April 20 as the date for holding the Hanna memorial day exercises. Cracksmen blew open the safe of the Flat Rock Banking company at Shelbyville, Ind. Harry Nading, pres­ ident, found no funds were missing. Announcement was made at Bos­ ton that former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long will serve as president of the new $3,000,000 trade school made possible by the will of Arioch IWentworth, and which has been char- ^ tered as the Wentworth school. Bert Tarpening killed Maynard Ed- ington during a quarrel over a game of pool at Fullerton, Neb. Tarpening is under arrest. J. Pierpont Morgan has sailed for .Liverpool on the steamship Opeanic • this being Mr. Morgan's annual vaca- ,tion trip abroad. 11 Samuel M. Lindsay, commissioner . -ot education of Porto Rico, is in thU ' i country making arrangements for 60C Porto Kican teachers to take a norma') •course in the United States next sum iineT. He had a talk with President ifteoeevelt concerning his plans. FOR THE NATION Review of the Legislation Be­ fore Both Houses of Congress^ OUTLINE OF DAILY ROUTINE Bpeclal Correspondents Tell of the Business Transacted by 8enators and Representatives in Session at the Capital. Wednesday, April 6. The senate passed a number of minor bills and a resolution authorizing the printing of 110,000 copies of a recent re­ port on the beet sugar Industry. Mr. Heyburn spoke in support of the pure- food law. advocating the McCumber bill instead of the Hepburn bill. The senate adopted a resolution asking the Depart­ ment of Agriculture to submit a report of the results of its investigation of drugs. Consideration of the postoftice appropria­ tion bill was resumed, and Mr. Quarles spoke for his amendment increasing the pay of rural carriers. Messrs. Money, Nelson and Latimer opposed abolishing the parcel deiivery privileges of the rural carriers. Finally the amendment to per­ mit carriers to !>ceive newspaper and magazine subscriptions and deliver par­ cels was agreed to. Mr. KTopkins* re­ quest that the Chicago underground mail service provision be restored to tb.e bill was acted upon favorably. In a five-hour session the house passed seventeen bills relating to the District of Columbia, including one incorporating the Carnegie Institute. It also passed the Bowman omnibus claims bill, carry­ ing approximately $22S.OOO for the pay­ ment of small claims; agreed to the con­ ference report on the fortifications bill, and insisted on its disagreement to an amendment in that bill providing for the purchase of a submarine boat. The Alas­ ka delegate bill was taken up, and Mr. Cushm^fn of Washington made a long explanation of the measure, setting out Memorial association. The Alaskan de>e- Sate bill was discussed without action. f.r. Boutell introduced a resolution re­ questing the secretary of the treasury to inform the house of the names of the na­ tional banks which retired and applied for retirement of national bank notes from September, 1903. to March, 1904, to­ gether with the amount of notes involved. Saturday, April 9. In the senate Mr. Spooner replied to the Democratic strictures on the conduct of the postofflce department. He de­ fended the course of the postmaster, general and charged that the effort on! the part of the Democratic- senators to! secure a congressional inquiry was in the interest of party politics. He also defended the president against attacks. No progress was made on the postofflce bill. The conference report on the In­ dian appropriation bill was partly read, but further consideration was post­ poned on the suggestion that the con- j ferees had inserted provisions that had1 not been passed upon by either house.; The bill for the aid of the Portland, Ore-? gon, exposition was passed, as was the, Philippine shipping bill. Mr. Collom In­ troduced a bill permitting the assign­ ment elsewhere of the consuls who have' been prevented from going to their: posts by reason of the war in the far East. A bill was lntroduoed| by Mr. Lodge increasing the salary of ths Con­ sul at Newchang to $4,000. | In the house Mr. Cockran spol|e J^n his resolution directing an inquir|^by' the judiciary committee as to whether there was authority in the law for the recent executive order relating to pen­ sions for age disability. The committee on rules had reported an order direct­ ing the resolution to lie on the table. Mr. Cockran's remarks were his first since his entry into the Fifty-eighth congress. He said his resolution was offered solely to vindicate the dignity of the house, and charged the executive branch with usurping the powers of the legislative. He declared that the house had lost caste and urged tne members to stand up for their rights. Messrs. Dalzell and Grosvenor replied. The reso­ lution was laid on the table by a recapit­ ulated yea and nay vote of 108 to 109. Sunday, April 10. Memorial services were held in the hall of the house of representatives for the late Representatives Foerderer and Burk of Pennsylvania. In addition to members of the families of the deceased, a large number of Pennsylvanians oc- HOTHW DOING. M GI&B1 the necessities of the territory In the way of representation in congress. Thursday, April 7. The Senate listened to eulogies of the late Senator Hanna, The galleries were well filled and the speakers were given close attention. Those who spoke were Messrs. Foraker, Scott, Cockrell, Piatt (Conn.), Cullom, Blackburn, Elkins, FaTr- banks, Daniel, Perkins, Depew, Beve- ridge, Dolliver. Kearns and Dick. Me­ morial resolutions were adopted. The Swayne impeaciiment proceeding was disposed of in five minutes by the house by the adoption of a resolution making the case a special order for Dec. 13 next. In the meantime the judiciary committee is to take additional testi­ mony in the case. After disposing of a conference report on the army appro­ priation bill, the house took up the bill extending the coastwise laws to tha Philippines. By a vote of 122 to 100 a special rule was adopted to vote on the bill after a debate of two hours. This was exhausted save five minutes, when the session ended. An amendment to the bill postponing the operation of the laws until July 1, 1906, instead of 1905, will be proposed. Representative,, Hearst introduced a resolution calling "on the attorney general to furnish congress cer­ tain evidence offered by "a citizen of New York in October, 1902, showing a conspiracy In restraint of Interstate trade among the anthracite coal railroads." If this information is not received in seven days the resolution provides that a committee of seven members of the house shall proceed to compile the evi­ dence requested. Friday, April B. The contracts for the canceling ma­ chines in the postofflce department were debated at length in the senate in con­ nection with tlie postofflce bill. An amendment by Mr. Culberson limiting the rental of the machines to their cost was defeated. The consideration of the bill was not completed. The first hour of the session was devoted to a discussion by I^r. Patterson of the Chinese question, In. which he maintained that the exclusion laws would be Ineffective after Dec. 7 unless there was additional legislation. The house passed the Philippine ship­ ping bill, the only amendment being to extend the time when, the law shall be- corr.o operative until July 1, 1906. The bill appropriating $475,000 in aid of the l.ewis and Clark Centennial exposition, to be held in Portland, Ore., was passed without division. Other bills passed were as follows: One hundred aftd sixty pen­ sion measures; amending the law sfl as to provide for appeals from the decision of United States consular and minister courts in countries having treaty rela­ tions with the United States: accepting a statue of Gen. Thaddeua Kosciusko, pre­ sented to the citizens of the United States by Polish-American citizens; re­ lating to the exemption of all private property at sea, not contraband of war, from capture or destruction by belliger­ ent powers; in relation to the navigable channel of the Calumet river in Illinois and Indiana; granting to the state of North Dakota as a memorial park 640 acres of land embracing the Whitestone hills battlefield and burial gTOund; ced­ ing 120 acres of land in Yuma county, Colorado, to the lieecher Island Battle Mobs Loot Houses angL Murder Resi­ dents of Bulgarian Ghetto. Vienna cable: An ̂ outbreak of an­ ti-Semitism has occurred at Lom Palanka, Bulgaria. A mob stormed the ghetto, looting houses and mal­ treating the inmates. Some of the victims of the mob were crucified. Of those injured six died. The author­ ities dispersed the mob and made an effort to suppress the news of the outbreak. A murder falsely reported to be a ritual murder caused the riot. cupied seats in the/galleries. Each of the speakers paid lotuchlng tributes to the two departed meiiii>erS, some ventur­ ing into the realm of politics to demon­ strate that Messrs. Foerderer and Burk had built up vast businesses and ac­ quired great wealth through the pro­ tective tariff system. Mr. Adams of Pennsylvania said that, previous to HPe election of Mr. Burk, his district, which waa the old Samuel J. Randall district, for ages had been misrepresented in congress and had been a blot on the city of Philadelphia, because it did not represent the sentiment of the people or the doctrine on which Its vast manu­ factures were dependent for success. He declared, however, that the district had been redeemed by Mr. Burk from Demo­ cratic control forever. Those who spoke of the life and character of Mr. Burk were Messrs. Adams, McCreary, Pat­ terson, Dalzell, and Morrell of Pennsyl­ vania; Scott and Calderhead of Kan­ sas; Tirrell and Powers of Massachu­ setts, and of Mr. Foerderer, _Messrs. Moon, Wanger. Bates, Sibley and Mor­ rell of Pennsylvania, Burgess of Texas, Fordney of Michigan, and Hemenway of Indiana. Resolutions of sympathy and respect were adopted. FOUR CHILDREN FIRE VICTIMS Parents Unable to Rescue Their Babes Jump and Escape Cremation. Wilkesbarre, Pa., dispatch: Four children of Mr. and Mrs. William Burke were burned to death at Se- bastopol, a suburb of Plttston, at 1 o'clock Saturday morning. The vic­ tims are: Helen, aged 14; James, aged 12; Mary, aged 8; Michael, aged 6. Mrs. Burke was awakened by the crackling of flames. She awoke her husband and it was discov­ ered that a wall of fire separated them from the two rear rooms occu­ pied by the children. The parents made a desperate attempt to reach the children, but failed and then were forced to Jump from a second-story window to escape death. Kills Comrade and Himself. Seattle, Wash., dispatch: Officers of the steamer Cottage City report s double tragedy at Juneau. James Cog- gins was stabbed to death «by Joseph Andrles. Three days later Andries took his own life. The men were prospectors and had been friends for years. THIBET Colonel Younghusband Hopes 8oon to . « Effect a Settlement. London cable: Indian" Secretary Brodrick has received a dispatch from Col. Younghusband, the political agent with the British expedition to Thibet, in which the colonel says he expects to reach Cyangtse, 160 miles from Lhassa, the capital of Thibet, short­ ly, and there meet the Chinese repre­ sentative and high Thibetan officials and make a settlement by which further bloodshed will be prevented. Partello Files Appeal. Springfield, 111., special: An appeal has been filed in the case of William Z. Partello against the auditor of pub­ lic accounts. Partello seeks to com­ pel the issuance of a $28,000 warrant claimed to be due from the state. Famous Chinaman Arrives. San Francisco, Cal., dispatch: Dr. Sun Tat Sen, a famous leader of the Hlng Chung Wooy, or Chinese Pro­ gressive society, has arrived In 8aa Francisco en route to New York. Jews Are Mob's Victims. Berlin cable: Word has arrived here of anti-Semite riots at Neustadt. East Prussia. A mob attacked the ghetto and maltreated the Jews and plundered their homes. A massacre was prevented by the gendarmerie. Nervura Company Falls. Boston special: The failure of the Greene Nervura company of this city is announced. The company is cap­ italized at $2,800,000, and the estimate sd liabilities are in excess of $300,000 )ers of Both Parties Utter Eulogies to Their \$t$ Comrade. ; it SENSITIVE SIDE OF THE MAN Sertator Scott Tells of Mortification the Oh loan Felt at Being Pictured as a Hugo Monster Trampling on Women and Children. Washington dispatch: Tha senate Thursday paused in the transaction of the nation's business to spend an en­ tire session in eulogy of the late Sen­ ator Hanna, fifteen of its foremost members speaking. Friends and for- mer opponents, both in the Republi­ can party and from the Democratic side, joined in praising the good qual­ ities of the former Republican leader, and the crowded galleries gave the closest attention to the speeches. Res­ olutions of sorrow were adopted. Foraker Utters Praise. As "Mr. Hanna's former colleague, Senator Foraker was the first speak­ er. He began his tribute with a ref­ erence to the time he became ac­ quainted with Hanna at the Republi­ can national convention in 1884, and dwelt feelingly on the warm friend­ ship which sprang up between them. Then came the split in Ohio poli­ tics, which the speaker referred to as impersonal. "But," he continued, in the grave with him lie buried all differences, all animosities, all hos­ tilities and all unkindness pf feeling of every sort that ever at any time may have been entertained. I would not discuss anything of such a nature on this occasion If I could, and I could not do so with propriety if I would." Greatness la Recognized. Senator Foraker dwelt.on the bit­ ter attacks leveled at the dead Ohioan when he was leading the national campaigns, and the revulsion of feel­ ing that came later when Mr. Hanna became better known. Senator Scott, who had been asso­ ciated closely with Mr. Hanna, re­ called how the wise men of the party shook their heads with doubt and fear at the sudden ascendancy of this new Moses of the party, but came to recognize his greatness. That the attacks leveled from his opponents caused Senator Hanna grief was shown by the following incident Yhich he related: Hurt by Cartoon. I shall never forget one morning when he handed me a New York pa­ per containing a cartoon of himself pictured as a huge monster, clad in a suit coVered over with dollar marks, smoking an Immense cigar and tram­ pling under foot women and children until their eyes protruded from the sockets and their skeleton forms writhed In agony. After I had looked at it for a moment he said to me: That hurts, when I have tried all my life to put myself In the other fel­ low's place, when I have tried to help those in need and to lighten the bur­ dens of those less tortunate than my­ self, to be pictured as I am here, to be held up to the gaze of the world as a murderer of women and chil­ dren--I tell you it hurts,' and, look­ ing up into the frank, manly face, I saw the tears coursing down his cheeks, and he turned and silently walked away." Other senators who spoke were Messrs. Cockrell, Piatt (Conn.), Cul­ lom, Blackburn, Elkins, Fairbanks, Daniel, Perkins, Depew, Dolliver, Bev- eridge, Kearns and Dick. •FFC HEAR OF BIG SEA Rumors CURRENCY BILL. Provisions of Measure Meet Approval of Secretary of Treasury. Washington dispatch: While the Republican leaders of the senate have decided that it is useless to attempt any currency legislation at the pres­ ent session, the: house banking and currency committee, with only one dissenting voice, reported the Hill bill to "improve currency conditions." It provides: For the deposits of custom duties as well as all other public re­ ceipts in the national banks, and therefore for a uniform treatment of all public moneys. For the repeal of so much of the national banking act of 1882 as prohibits the deposit of more than $3,000,000 during one month, thus removing the limit of re­ tirement of national bank circulation. For the recoinage of standard silver dollars now stored in the treasury into subsidiary coig to whatever ex­ tent may be deemed necessary to meet public requirements. For the issue of $10 gold certificates, the low­ est denomination now being $20. For the issue by national banks at discre­ tion of $5 notes instead of being lim­ ited to one-third of a bank's issue of that denomination. The provisions of this bill meet with the approval of the secretary of the treasury. TEST OF PROF. BELL'S BIG KITE Exhibition Before Geographical Soci­ ety on Saturday, April 30. Washington special: Prof. Alexan­ der Graham Bell has decided to give a public exhibition of his tetrahedran kite, or flying machine, constructed under his direction in Cape Breton Island more than a year ago. The exhibition is to take place before the National Geographical society at an open-air ̂ meeting to be held on Satur­ day, April 30. Judith Berolde Js Dead. Buffalo, N. Y., dispatch: Mrs. Ed­ ward, Marshall, known on the stage as Judith Berolde, is dead. She had played in the companies of Fanny Davenport, E. H. Sothern, tho young­ er Salvinl and other prominent actors. uL Princess 8ophia Is Dead. Karlsruhe cablegram: Princess So­ phia of Lippe, widow of the late Prince Gonthier-Frederic, is dead. She was born in 1834.' Previous to her marriage she was princess of Bade. AM ill St. Petersburg Th&f Atftiiiral Makaroff Battle To the At Port Arthur. WU- :4**RR> • j £ x . e " J EL Ad­ miral Makaroff, commander of the czar's naval forces in t^e far Bast, sighted the Japanese squadron under Vice Admiral Togo off Port Arthur and at once ordered his fleet to clear for action and sail oat to the open sea. A fierce naval battle ensued, many reports received here state, but noth­ ing official concerning it has been re­ ceived. Russians Offer No Serious Resistance In Northern Korea Seoul, April 9.--No resistance yhlch amounts to anything is being offered the Japanese troops In north­ ern Korea on their advance toward the Yalu. After every minor engage­ ment In which the soldiers of the czar ana the Mikado have engaged, and which so far have resulted, in nearly every case, in a victory for the Japa­ nese, the Russians have retreated. It is reported now, on* reliable au­ thority, that the main body of the Russian army which was In Korea has retreated across the Yalu, "and that they will retire even farther as the Japanese advance. That the czar's officers think they will have a better #jle heklth of the solfllers 4a and every man Is confident of victory. Keuropatkln Plans to Fight Decisive Battle. St. Petersburg, April 11.--The gen­ erally anticipated attack on Port Ar­ thur did not occur last night, although a telegram received from Grand Duke Cyril reports that the enemy's ships were sighted on the horizon. It is presumed that the Japanese were warned of the extra precaution which had been taken to guard against a surprise. Vice Admiral Makaroff's torpedo flotilla patrolled the open sea, while the warships with full steam up re­ mained outside Port Arthur. A high military authority explains why Gen. Kouropatkln's plan of cam­ paign does not contemplate a heavy resistance to .the Japanese advance at the Yalu, saying: "Either defeat or victory in a bat­ tle there would be disadvantageous to us. If we lost we would have to fall back through a difficult country. If we won, success would be fruit­ less. We could not follow it up with­ out exposing the army to too great risks. On account of the Japanese Mrb^itelegraphg that a Japanese at-, tempt to surprise Port Arthur was" foiled last night. A number of Jap­ anese vessels appeared «Mhi range of the searchlights, bet fliey -with­ drew after reconnoiterlng. The 8t. Petersburg rassfi upon dent of the Echo de Paris says the men* bers of the naval general staff be­ lieve that |Admiral Makaroff, per­ ceiving the Japanese squadron, re­ turned to Port Arthur, his idea being to try to induce Admiral Togo to fol­ low him under the guns et tko forts. r"\jTh Czar 8tron0fy Urged to Declare War in China. St. Petersburg, April 11.--The czar is being strongly urged by his minis­ ters to declare war against China. Even the Russian minister to Pekin, M. Lessar, who, prior to the outbreak of the present war, was friendly to the Chinese government, is besieging the Russian ruler y$th exhortations to take up iurms against the Mongolian race. M. Lessar says that, as the Chinese are disaffected toward Russia, their race hatred should be brought clearly into the light and made to take the form of open hostilities, whioh would VLADIVOSTOK* OMTMPEN JSCOUL jgjpiuutt MSOMEATM i UISAMFOQ^O, Wiju, from which the Russians have been driven, is an important town situated at the mouth of the Yalu river. Mukden, where the Russian head­ quarters are likely to be established, is thd capital of Manchuria, Is situ­ ated on the Manchurian road, and is the centre of an extensive trade. A wall surrounds the city which was the residence of the Manchu sover­ eigns before their capture of China. chance of victory If they can entice the Japanese into Manchuria, as far away from their base of supplies as possible, is known. But this policy is by no means dis­ heartening to the Japanese. The commissariat arrangements in the northern army are as thorough as all the other--almost perfect prepara­ tions for war. Not a contingency was overlooked, and Japanese officers are convinced that their soldiers, in al­ most any number, will be able to meet the Russians on their own ground, and not only have a com­ missariat necessary for every need, but win the first great land battle of the conflict. Thousands of carts laden with pro­ visions passed through Ping Yang last week bound for the north. The food, principally rice and dried fish, was capable of being packed in small bulk, and the J^banese soldier can fight as well on that diet as on any other, their officers declare. But there is no lack of a fresh meat sup­ ply. The Mikado's army is wonderfully well equipped with every recent sci­ entific device which may be useful. Advantage has been taken of all the discoveries made in every country within the last few years, and the best of each chosen. The photographic corps, which is Attached to the first army, is a particularly good adjunct to' the campaign. WHAT "NAP" COULDN'T DO. control of the sea, if we pursued the enemy into the peninsula of Korea we would open both flanks to a pos­ sible attack from the rear. "No, the Japanese must come on to a point in the interior which, ^jflth this end in view, has been selected, where we can follow up a crushing de­ feat to the bitter end with blow after glow, and seal the fate of the cam­ paign. "Our plans on sea and land will con­ verge at a time next summer wwhen Vice Admiral Makaroff's fleet will be relieved by the arrival of reinforce­ ments. Then, if successful on land, we can clear the sea of the enemy, cut his communications, and the Japanese in Korea and Manchuria will then be at our mercy. "The world must not be Impatient. The prelude to this war has not yet finished." It is understood here that as the re­ sult of Gen. Kupatkin's visit to New- chwang reinforcements of 100,0p0 will be sent forward from Liaoyang. Farm Hand Stopped and Turned Back Duke of Wellington. In the year 1818, as the Duke of Wellington was on a sporting visit at the seat of the Marquis of Salis­ bury, Hatfield, he met with the follow­ ing curious adventure, says the Liver­ pool post: A farmer, who had been much an­ noyed by the hunters riding across his corn, directed his shepherd to stake up and make fast all the gates that adjoined the roads. It so hap­ pened that the Duke rode tip to one of these gates, which the shepherd was lolling over, and who was directed by the Duke to open the gate for him. The shepherd refused compliance and told him to go round, for he should not ride over his master's corn. The Duke then rode off. When the man went home, his master inquired of him if he had stopped the hunters. "Aye, master," quoth the shepherd, "that I have: and not only them, but that soldier man that Bonaparte could not stop!" The farmer took an early opportunity .of,, apologizing l4>rd Paris Hears of Rumors of « Naval Battles at Port Arthur. Paris, April 11.--A dispatch to the Echo de Paris says an unofficial tele­ gram has reached St. Petersburg that a naval battle has taken place at Port Arthur. A dispatch to the Petit Journal from St. Petersburg says that Admiral Ma- Salisbury for the rudeness of his ser­ vant, and stated that had he been aware that the noble Dubs was to have been out that day his gates should not have been fastened, and at the same time mentioned what his man had said, which on being related to the Duke, caused, as may be ex­ pected, a hearty laugh. warrant Russia in carrying eofc herj policy in the far East much saore ef­ fectively than ever before. He avers that Russia has every­ thing to gain by open war with China,] and much to lose by her involuntary] neutrality. That being so, it is tak­ en for granted in politioal circles here, as well as in miliary spheres, that M. Lessar will compel China to show her hand to some purpose, and that in the very near future war will be declared between the two coun­ tries. Many Wounded Russian Soldiers Pa66 Mukden. Tien Tsin, April 10.--It is reported from Mukden that two trains contain­ ing a large number of Russians who were wounded in an engagement oa the Yalu river have passed through there on the way to Harbin. From a Chinese Viewpoint. Here are some sensible and inter- jesting remarks, made bfy an intelli­ gent Chinese woman, in an interview describing her first impressions of the United States. There is much truth in what she says: "Your civilization in this country is only 200 years old. Yet already your men and women are overbred. Your physicians and scientific men are beginning to trace signs of degen­ eracy in your race. What will you be in a thousand or two thousand years? I shudder to think of it. You laugh at my fears, and at the placid, slow-going people of China. But we have learned how to preserve our race through many thousands of years of civilization. Believe Russians Have Withdrawn From Korea. London, April 11.--That Russia had withdrawn all troops from Korea has been the latest war gossip of London for some time, but not until to-day were the earlier messages verified. Several bulletins from different places Indicate that the previous reports are absolutely true. Another important message which has arrived by the way of Rome indi­ cates that the Japanese are making another attempt to bottle up Port Ar­ thur. The dispatch states that a large squadron and at least twenty steamers flying the Japanese flag are headed for that point. Ja^an Already Has Spent $500,000,000 During Hostilities. San Francisco, Cal., AprH 7.--Baron Masono Matsudurai of the Japanese house of peers arrived on the Bteamer Corea. He is a member of the con­ servative party of Japan, and was for many years vice minister of home af­ fairs. "Thus far the war h$s cost Japan $500,000,000," said the baron. "The entrance to Port Arthur is now practically blocked, and Japan will soon be in command of the Rus­ sian stronghold. The operations at Port Arthur have been rather expen­ sive, but we do not care for that as long as we are successful. The Jap­ anese intend to force the surrender of Port Arthur in a short time by a combined attack of land and sea' forces. We have a large force in the latter place, and we hope to have an equally large force in Manchuria. "Our cavalry is not the weak point In our army. On the contrary, I con­ sider it equal to that of Russia, and the few engagements which have tak­ en place with the Cossacks show the truth of this statement." "You are only in the first stages of civilization. What will you become at our age?^ Retort Courteous. During the trial of an accident case against one of the city trolley com­ panies an elderly lady was summoned as a witness for the plaintiff, says the San Francisco Call. The attorney for the railroad company put her under a very . severe cross-examination and tried the best he could to*raake her appear as ridiculous as possible. But he reckoned without his host. "Madame," said he, "do I under­ stand you to say that you were there at the time the accident happened?" "How do I " she began, "Stop!" he cried. "Don't indulge in any long dissertations. Answer my question, yes or no. If you don't I shall be obliged to ask the oourt to compel you to answer. Listen. Do I understand you to say " Quick as a flash the old lady re­ plied: "I'm sure I don't know what you understand me to say. Yeu may be an idiot!" After that courtesy ruled the day.-- Llpplncott's. 1 1