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ONE HUNDRED COSSACKS KILLED IN THAT SKIRMISH WITH JAPS. Russians Sure They Wiil Defeat The Japanese. _ Russia‘s Reserve Fleet to Sail for the Last in June. London cable: Such indepsndent reports as are available confirm the Russian statement that the entrance to Port Arthur is not obstructed, the Japanese ships being sunk far from the entrance. A Yinâ€"Kow despatch to the Daily Telegraph says that a ftorward barbette of the crippled â€" Russian battleship Czarevitch was badly damaged by a Japanese shell. A despatch from Berlin to the Mornâ€" ing Post asserts that the Russian Govâ€" ernment kas informed the Senate that the battieship _ Rervizan and _ the cruiser Pallada have been repaired by engineers â€" from Cronstadt, and â€" have resumed their positions in the squadron in the outer roadstead at Port Arthur, where they have been since March 20. This remarkable statement has not apâ€" peared in any of the published _ desâ€" patches from Admiral Alexieff or Viceâ€" Admiral Makaroff, and is contrary to the independent information of the corâ€" respondents in the Far East. The Daily Telegravwh‘s Yinâ€"Kow _ corâ€" veamombtent senuds m Eussian rcport The Daily Telegravwh‘s \Yinâ€"NOW C0!* respondent sends . a Russian . report that sixtyâ€"five Japanese transports, eSâ€" corted by four â€" eruisers, approached Newâ€"Chwanse last Saturday. . They eventually steamed southward. L Newâ€"Chwane last Saturday. . AnC}y eventually steamed southward. The Washington correspondent of the Morning Post savs he has learned from an informant in a high position, which entitles his utterances to be received with great respect, that the Japanese already have a considerable foree on the Liaoâ€"Tung Peninsula, and that a still larger force will be landed as soon as pavigation is less imveded by ice. Sunday‘s attempt on Port Arthur â€" had the double purpose of preventing the Rusian fleet from going out and of scercening the movements of Japanese transports. Quiet at Newâ€"Chwang. A Newâ€"Chwang cable says: Merchants here declare that the establishment . of martial law implies the total stoppage of trade. It will be impossible for them to deposit the values of cargoes as reâ€" quired by the Russian regulations. The Americans regard Russia‘s action as checkimating the policy of the United States in appointing consuls in Manchuria. Russian soldiers, complying with the order from the Governor, toâ€"day hauled down the American and Pritish flags from buildings occupied by Americans and British. The Ameriâ€" can and British warships, Helena and Espiegle, will come out of their mud docks on April 2. _ There is perfect order in the town. There are no moveâ€" ments of troops. The river is not blocked. Date of Japanese of the London cable: correspondent of claims â€" to have stating that the in the valley of April 20, because still occupied in ¢ Corea. The ARussian London cable: The Newâ€"Chwang correspondent of the Morning _ Post claims to have. good authority _ for stating that the Japanese will not land in the valley of the Liao River before April 20, because their transports â€" are still occupied in carrying troops to Corea. The Russian position meanwhile will daily become stronger, especially on its vuinerable right flank. _ Even Port Arthur is stronger than it was at the beginning of the war. The outâ€" ward passage of troops continues withâ€" out a hitch. gomeâ€"« Corean Iteforms. A Seoul cable says ; Marâ€" quis Ito, upon yesterday, su <zrnment somé JAFANESE LOST FIFTY. NOT UNTIL APRIL 20. n« Corean Ieforms. ul eable says ; Marâ€" spon taking his departure , submittel to the Govâ€" some suggestions for Coâ€" I Landing in the Valley Liao River. ”th-! Paris cable; It . is certain, says the 8t. Petersburg correspondâ€" |ent of the Matis, that the Russian \fap.| cruiser Boyarin was blown up by ture| touching a Russian torpodo eight Gov. | Cays after the torpedo transport COâ€" ' Yenezh was blowa vup as the result of rean reform‘s, The Emperor has appointed Yi Chi Ching, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, as & specal ambassador to bear preéâ€" sents to the Jaranese Emperor and return the compliment of Margquis Ito‘s visit to Corea. ! A French Apypointment. t â€"Ten Tsin cable; A ‘Frenchman named Kreutlar, an employee of the Russoâ€"Chinese Bank, has been apâ€" pointed â€" consular agent at _ New) | Chwang. Ha has hoisted the Freach ‘ fMlag over the bank building. It is considered probable that this is a forerunner of a movement to fly the triâ€"color over all the Russian Government buildings _ at New! Chwang. | j * % Across Lake Baikal. Irkutsk, cable; Traiffic â€" across Lake Baikal is being carried as reâ€" gularly as clock work. The troops cross on ico, singing as they, march. ‘The ice breaker is likely to begin the work of cutting a channel any| day. : A A i Sure of Victory. &« St. Petorsburg cable, Foreâ€" casting the resuits of the war in th \ifar east, the Novosti qeclares there is no more doubt as to who will be the eventual vietor, than there was at the commencement of the Grecoâ€"Turkish, the Spanishâ€"Amâ€" erican ‘or ‘the Boer war. \ "For Japan the war is a life and death strugzle," _ continues the Novosti. "She places everything on oncicard. For Russla it is really only a colonial war, and even defeat would leave the Empire, not greatly. affected, while success would be sure to mean a great stimulus to the Russian colonization of Manchuria, where it is reasonable to suppose many soldiers will settle after the struggle is over." "But," adds the paper, "Russia should not pay too high a pricefor this colonial empire, and therelore should comsorve as far as possible the army and the fleet." . §‘+ 7B Catch All Asiaties. Vlad.vostock, cable; An amusâ€" ing sequel bas resulted from the orâ€" der of the Chief of Police directing that a keen lookowu‘t be kept for Japancese â€" disguised as Koreans or Chinose. Knce the order was issued the police seize every; Asiatic they sce. 4 St.« Petersburg cable; In view of the experience of the British forces in South Africa during the Boer war, the department is considering tho equipment of the Russian troops with cork helmets for the summer campaign in the far east. The Jews an! the War. 3 St. Potersbaurg cable; A corâ€" responcent o the Russky Vi.domo t, wr.tinz from â€" Harbin, Mainchuria, says he has not beon perimmiited to proceced to Port Arthur, and adds that he awili not be allowad to go to th»> front from Harbkia tli Apsii 1. Al\ th» covrespond>nts have beon cxâ€" pâ€"llss from Port Arthus because one o‘ them mentioned in Jmis despatches important information _ regariing th»> movements of Russian _ troops. The â€"Novosti publishes a â€" long articls on ‘the Jewish question comâ€" batting the allegations of soms antiâ€" Semitic newspapers that the Odessa Jews are doing everything to preâ€" c‘pitats a ropetition of the Kishiâ€" neil affair by expressing sympathy with the Japimese. The Novosti deâ€" nounces the allegations as monsâ€" trous falsehoods, doclaring that the Jews throughout the empire have patriotically voluntesred _ their serâ€" vices, and attacks ths antiâ€"S>mitic writers for attompting constantly to sow rac» haitrel. Moscow cable; Three â€" British o‘Tiers who arrived her>» yosterday from Indir by way of Persia have pronouncel thomclves as being imâ€" prosscd by th» calm con{idonce among the Russians. ‘The officers noticel no s gas o{ military activity and did not see zs glogi»> military traira throughâ€" out the caucasus or Earop>an Rusâ€" sii. It was as i‘ Ruâ€"sia was 1ot enâ€" gazgel in war. Russians Confident. How it Was Done. Cork Heimets. acMentally striking a mine at Port Arthur. F Paris _ cable ; K oorrcepondâ€" ent of the Matin at Harbin says; "Grand Dake Boris, cousin of the Czar, has passed here, southward bound. Prince Arsene Karageorgeâ€" vitch (brothor of the King of Servia, and recently appointed by the Emperor of Russia shiet of a squadron of Cossacks) and the paintâ€" er Verestchhgin were in the same CE WOETTs & "The correspondent adds that the railroad â€" communications to. Port Arthur are slow, but regualar. Slow Progress With Raitway. St. Petorsburg, cable; ‘ There is general disappointment in miliâ€" tary circles bgcause of the proâ€" spective delay in the completion of the railroad around Lake Baikal. It Lad been expected that ithe road would be open April 1, but it is reported that in the conrtracts just effected it is provided _ that _ the work shall bo done by August 1. The cslowness of the constructions makes it doubt{ful wkether the railâ€" road will bo completed even by that tim>, 6. Faris cable; Tho : Matin‘s St. Potorsb:rg corccezondent says that the Russian Admiralty ‘has ordered cight 550 ton torpedo boats from Riga and the Novesky yaréds. He adds that the type ol the latest Japanese â€" torpedo boats will be' copied _ exactly. The Petit Jour-1 nal‘s St. Petarrbutg , corespondent. says ; "I learn that the fleet to sail to the (far east about June 15 will consist of eight (Gattlaships, eleven cruisers and torpsdo boat destroyâ€" ers, the number of which shas not yet been fixed. The Escho Dr Paris st. Petorsburg correspondent says the War Off co goneral stafl expects that the first land ongagements in the far east will take place in a woek It is célimated, he adds, that Geme#Ril Krroki, commanding ‘the first Japanese army in the Pingâ€" Yang rogion, has a total strongth of 70,000 men, including a brigade of cavalry and 180 casnon. . Tried to Wreck Train. Irkutsk, cable; It has â€" leaked out that on the night of March 15, an attempt was made near Tataâ€" ,a-kya to wrieck a train bâ€"aring tr.ops. Thoe attempt falled. It is not known whother Japanese agents were reâ€" sporgsible. All Warships But the Czarevitch Have: Been Reparred. St. Petersburg cable: Important news is drifting to the Russian capital by mail. A letter from _ Port Dalny draws a striking picture of its defenceâ€" less position when the Japanese atâ€" tacked Port Arthur. The correspondent says that the smallest Japanese force could easily have cantured the place and destroved the cnormous stores of coal, half a million pounds of tea, and six Russian merchantmen lying in the harbor. As the Japanese failed to do so, the Russians zt once mined the apâ€" proaches, the haste with which the work was performed being the cause of the disaster.to the Yenisei, many of the mines being badly laid, one of which. the protected eruiser Boyarin struck during a fearful storm. ‘The corâ€" respondent alawo says the Boyarin was not sunk immediately. _ Her captain succceded in placing a collision mat in position til she was beached. _ The Boyarin has since been towed off and taken back to Port Arthur, where she has been revaired. A Port Arthur eorrespondent writes that the repairs to the battleship Retâ€" vizan and the protected cruiser Pallada have now been completed, the battleâ€" gship Czarevitch being the only remainâ€" ing lame duck of the squadron. _ The preservation of Admiral Makarâ€" ofl‘s squagron intact is regarded as beâ€" ing of vital importance, as is is now certain that the Admiralty‘s plans conâ€" template sending powerful _ reinforceâ€" ments from the Baltic during the sumâ€" mer. Six battleships, the Orel, Borodino, Kniaz Souvaroff, Slava, Alexander HIIL, and Paul and Andrew. and the cruisers Oleg, Zhemehus and Izumrud IIL, will be ready to sail in July, joining the squadâ€" ron of Admiral Wirenius in the Mediterâ€" rancan, and with the torpedo boats, reaching Port Arthur in September. The arrival of such a fleet would give the Russians an overwhelming preponderance in number. The Russian plans all look forward to this time, when by the coâ€" operation of the fleet, the Japanese comâ€" munications can be cut off, Then Gen. Kouropatkin will, according to the Rusâ€" sian caleulations, be in a position to take the offensive on land and settle the war. The departure of naval reinforcements from the Baltic will leave a fairly strong squadron of coast defence and other ships to protect Russia‘s European coast line. Peaceful Negotiations to be Again Attempted by the British. London, April 4. â€" A dlespatc» to Tho Times from Phari says that the LBritish Thibetan expedition has comâ€" menced its advance on Gyangtse, which it should reach in about ten days. When the expedition arrives at Gyangtse, Gen. MacDonald will again attempt ‘to enter upon peaceful ®eâ€" gotiations with the Thibstans, even if the latter opposo the progress of the expedition by force of arms. The movement is being mwade with the utmost confidence. The force is in the best health and spirits. They enâ€" campod Monday in Tangla Pass, 15.â€" 100 feet above the sea level. x A despatch to the Daily Mail Trom Phari describes the country as barâ€" ren and dosolate. It adds that the rmarch has been vyery extausting, and many of the troops were prostrated !.1,' @ountain sickness. Tho changes n temperature are extreoms. The won nre liable to sunstroke during the day and numbed with cold at night. . f THEV‘RE OFF TO THIBET. First Fight in a Week. "ONLY ONE LAME DUCK." Boris at the Front. de Edjucation Bill Carried by a Good Majority. Paris, April 4.â€"Bt : the docis‘:ve major.ty o. 316 to 26), the Chamber | of D:puties toâ€"night passed the Gove= ernment bll for the suppr:is@»ion Of ali torms oi t:ach nz by the re igli u: orders. Tais complotes the work beâ€" gun by the formor Premier, M. Walâ€" deckâ€"Rousesau, in 190L [_. 4;3 Tae {irst law suppr.ssed the unâ€" autrorized teaching crJders, which had for a long time carried on their yoâ€" cation ce pta the lack of logai ea¥‘Câ€" tion. The new law «oes not make any dat nelion baiw.e1 the authorâ€" ‘szâ€"d anu unauthor zod conzregadoss, but sweers away the wlole Tabric of teaching by religious orders, thus in effect substituting the system of State schoois for thosa hLeretofore conducted by the orders. ; N Pesidcs a‘fccting the eCucational rystcm, the passage of th» bl is ihe achievemeat of the 4. r ncipal work usâ€" Certakon by Premiâ€"r Combes, and it i8 b 1 eved that th: P.emier will now voliantar ly retire. The Pariiamentâ€" ary batile over the bill was one of th> most sovere wh‘ch the Chamber of Deputies has seon in recent ycoars. The closing voto was in the nature of a personal triumphi for Preomier Combeq. s O IINATY The b I‘, which still has to pass the Senate, thougzh 1 o sor 0Ou8 opposiiion to it is nniicicated thore, forbids all teachinzg by tho rclgicus orders in the territory oi Frarce proper, and provides for tho supprossion within tea years of ah orders actually holdâ€" ing an authorization to teach. An‘ amendmont, which was carried deâ€" epto the wigshes of Promicor Combes, rendors the mcasure irap;licable ‘to the cclonics, but this does ro! afiect the power conforred on the Governâ€" ment by the liw of 1991, of closing such schools in the colonies by deâ€" cree. The existing corgregaiions are projib td from rccruiting new memâ€" bers, and their novitiates are acâ€" cordingly «suppressed at once, with the exception of a few which are destineod solely for the purpose of training teachers for service in the colon‘os. Tuhese laiter, however, are forb‘dden to enroll minors. Severe prncliics attâ€"ch to any attempt to evad» theso provis ons. paaer B9 Tw proporty of tne anulilt £"~ congr: gatiois is to remain uniouchâ€" ed unt.] the tlosing of the last echool, whon a lquidator is to bo apâ€" pointed to wind up their affairs, pensioning the earvivors and returnâ€" ing to the fonors and heirs the doâ€" nations and bequests which _ have been conditioasly made, and apPÂ¥â€" ing the surplus to the purposes of secular education. t t w ns me ARBITRATION FOR DISPUTES. lesolution â€" Passed in â€" London by Angloâ€"American League. Lorndon, Aprl 4.â€"At t mecting hore roâ€"ary 0‘ the Angloâ€"American L~ague resoluilms were unapimously adopied ailirming that it was deâ€" sivranl« that the Briti h Govornment should negotiate a treaty with the United Stat»s with a view to the sysâ€" tomatic reference to arbitration of éi ferences that diplomacy may fail to scttle, sach di‘ferences to be reâ€" ferred to The Hague tribunal orother agreed avthority, and dcoclaring that it was cdesirabl» that the two Govâ€" ernments b»fore resorling to reprigsâ€" als of hostilities should endeavor to soettl: dirpsted matters through The Hague tribunal or other poeaceful means. The Right Hon. James Bryce, MP. presided. He said that all classes . and all political faiths in Great Briâ€" tain were practically unanimous in favor otf a treaty. H» a%d»d that it was impossibls to imagine a diiferâ€" enco botwoea the United States and Great Br.tain where thciir material interests would justify war. The only dangor was an outhurs® of popuâ€" lar paesgion, and a treaty woul1 miaiâ€" mize this dangeor. Amons the speskors sup ortihe the resolutions were Prof. John Westâ€" like, one of the British members of Tho Bagus Couct 0‘ Arbiiration, and Pro‘. Thomas £E Hsland, an author» ity on ijaternational law. About forty gentlâ€"m>»n attonded the meetâ€" iag, mostly liawyors and churchmen. A number of lotters aporoving the resolutions were read {rom the Archâ€" bWshop of Cartorhury, revoral ti_hops, the Dok:> o Sih>alind, th»e Marjuis o‘ R pon, Lo. a firassy, and Sir Wilâ€" lam Yerne: Marcourt. The last ramed wroic that there was never an object nearo> his hoart than the cementinz of the clo«s® tl>s between Great Brit=is and the Uniled States, and he would be glaud to see a kreaty of arbitration established. Serious CUharge Made by ITwo Eoston Men Agains: Official«. Boston, â€" April 4. â€" PDr. George W. Galvinand ‘Attorney Horatio X. Ailing charge that men undergoâ€" ing what is known as solitary conâ€" fisement in the State Prison have boen beaten, clubbed and kicked to dcath by prison cfficials, and that many who survived this treatment have â€" been superficially _ examined for sigos of insanity and then sent to the State farm at Bridgewater for the criminally insane. It is charged that the torture of the water cure practised on the prisonors of tke solitary cell has actually made many of them inâ€" sone. For a slight argument with a keeper a man, so they allege, has bsen beaten with clubs within his ecll1 until he became insensible,and then dragged along the corridors to the hospital, as one woulid haul a sack of meal ‘that was too heavyy to carty, â€". FRENCH CRISiS ENDS. TORTURED IN PRISON. ecqufui. 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Address, The Mnrvel B‘icaing Co., Wich Dept. , 545, â€" Torouto, One CRIME FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES. What Would He Do With This Indiana Mystery? â€" Indianapolis, Ind., T%4A â€" 6.â€"Never before has a crime in Indiana stirâ€" red people so greatly and at the same time so ine{{ectively as has the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, Latin teacher in the Bedford High sSchool, + It would seem impossible that a woman, young, vigorous and posâ€" sessed of an indomitable will, could be &stricken down on a frequented street in a city of 7,000 inhabiâ€" tants at 620 o‘clock in the evening, dragged into an alley and her lifeâ€" less body throwm into a shed, and no one hear a sound pr see ~ amyâ€" thing that would indicato an occurâ€" rence out of the usual run of iife, But this was sdlone at Bedford, and though some of the best detective talent in the country was employed to run down the murderer and a committee of citizens was organized to aid in the search,. (the crime is still shrouded in mystery. A suspect has been arrested, and is now awaiting the action of the Grand Jury, lout threeâ€"fourths of the people of (Bedford, and somd oi the most expscrienced â€" detectives who worked on the case do not believe that the man is guilty, It is even hinted that he was arrested simâ€" ply in order to shleld some . one else. Miss Schafer roomed in the resiâ€" dence part of the city, and took her meals at a boarding house TWoO squares awpy. She left the house after the evening meal, in comâ€" pany with some of the boarders, and they walked together to ‘the end of the square. Hoere she left them, her #goom being in an opposite Airection from theirs, Hall a square from the place where she parted from her fmends an alley cuts the square in two. Fifty feet Howp this alley, in an old whed, her body was found the next morning. There awere â€" eviâ€" dences of a struggle and it was plain ‘that the young woman nad fought desperately to protect herâ€" gelf from dishonor. o One of the pckets had been pulled from the fence, a part of her dress was found nearby and several hbairâ€" pins â€" were poked up between the mouth of the alley, where the atâ€" tack was made, and the shed where ber body was subsequently found. â€" Hundreds O porsons gathered around guring the {ew, minutes that the body lay in the shed wafter being found, and the soft mud contained a thousand footprints before the Corâ€" oner reachod the scene. "Thoe murderer had loft no clueo, exâ€" cept that in the girt‘s tightly clenchâ€" ed bang were a fow dark red bairs which were assumed to have been pulled from his head. The citizens ofâ€" fered a geward for the murderer and this was suppemented with a reâ€" ward by the gounty Comumissioners. Detectives flocked to the scone, amons them two of the most . exâ€" perienced men in the emplOy of the Pinkertons. w ‘The giri‘s room wAS searched for something that would give a clue to a motive, but nothing that sufâ€" ficed, was found among her letters. Gossip couped her _ name with a young man named Heitger, an athâ€" lete who had recently been . gradâ€" uated from the Btate University at Boomington. It was said that Miss Schafer had expressed aversion to him, and that simo hbad once oldered him out of her room, when hbe callâ€" ed to see ber. It was charged also that young Heitger had attempted to kiss the pretty Latin teacher and this enraged h_er.. Heitger was in Ledjorq on inc night of the tragedy| and suspicion centred on him. He was called before the citizeons‘ committee and quesâ€" tioned as to his movements on the might in question. He admitted that he bad attempted to kiss Miss Schafor and that she became anâ€" gry with him. ‘Phen he gave in deâ€" tail all his movements on *he night of the tragedy, bhow he had been with one after another of his friends, finally going *to a basketâ€" ball game and remaining till late at night. _ 6. 14 dh.cis sudréd The alibi was perfect, and further | efforts to conncet him with the crime were abandoned. In the meantime two or three susâ€" pocts had been arrested in different parts of the State, but were released within a few hours, nothing having been developed to show that they had any counection with the crime.. The detectives were 1 underiog here, there and everywhere in their gearch for clues, and it soon developed that they were at variance both in regard io the motice for the murder and the person who committed it. The sleuths‘ theories were irreconâ€" cilable, and some three or four of the best Iclt the place, satisfied of course that they knew the murdercr, but also satislied that the evidence at hand world not justify his arrost, and that the failure of all the detecâ€" tlvr to accoept the same theory made it impossible to escure additional eviâ€" dence. i\ tt â€"Â¥ 4 Mhe detectives who left the gsove in disgust believed that a citizen . of Bedford, a man engaged in business _ and who had been #eon, they said, with the Cead girl, was the murdercr, and that his motive was not assault, i but the desire to possess himself of se 2 " Demn rv Sm 97 TORONTO in Bedforda on the b/ waiting for the echool teacher and intercepted her at the point where she was passed by the three witâ€" nesses, one of whom heard the deâ€" fiant utterance. Soon after 7 o‘clock a man rushed irto a store and excitedly asked for whiskoy. â€" He was directed to a salâ€" oon, but did not enter it. This man was without an overcoat, and the tenso excitement under which hbe labored caused the people to conâ€" rect him with the trag>dy, but he bas not been seen since he left the astore and walked rapidly toward the railroad tracks. C C One of the men before the citizen# committee was James McDonald, a teamster. It was reported that he said he saw the woman at the alâ€" ley and had given some details of the tragedy. He had been known to ill treat his wife. When quesâ€" tiozned he said that he had been to the doctor‘s to get some medicine and passed the alley on his way home. â€" Ie did not reach home till Ho was arrested, taken to the scene of the crime and charged with the murder. _ He denied it bitterly, and told the detective that he would kill him if ever ‘he got free. . This is the man in the reformatory. _ Inâ€" vostigation has shown that he was probably secking notoriety when he talked with friends, and that he know no more of the crime â€" than what he had read in the new@â€" paperse. It is possible that he will bo indicted, but most of the citizens of Rodford are intent on findin@ the after 7 wclock man in a long overcoat who was talking to a woman at the alley on the night of the murder. Pope Expected to Appeal to French Catholics Rome, April 4. â€" Following Amâ€", bassador Nisard‘s enorgetic protest sgainst the Popes ullocution against the Combes Government, the Papat rejoinder is (xp ¢ted to take the formy ol a strong e. cycl cal to tho Frence episcopate, widening the breach that alreaogy exists betwoen France and the Vat‘car, bocause it wl a ppâ€"ad to Catholes to withstand, a Poutâ€" rance, the attemptod demclition of Cathol‘cism in Frasece. Tj a cardnal who exprossod fcoar that the p.cal 0f Avwb «s._do> Nisard {rom the Yatcan wouldl roâ€"ult in the rbol tioa of a vo.cordat, the Pope sail that the Church tirvis bost wrere no nuncio and no concordat exist, and quoted the United States and Eogland in point. C y â€"Taough Psesident Loubet wJ: LOL visit the Pope when he comes to Rome, for the Pope has fi:;id he AxnRaiiny NC We BRneaF t O CCC ESE would not grant him an audience it be asked one, It is understood that Foreiga Ministor D lâ€"asse wl visit Cardinal Merry de YVal, the Papal secrctary of State, though inlorim« ally, when Prosident Loubet comes to Romeo. But compromises are imâ€" possible as long as M. Combes reâ€" mains Premior of France. stories Against Free State Oficers Deciared Untrue. Xow, York, Aprl 4. â€" The Herald has the foilowing [rom Longon : Damages to thé amount of £500 were were awarded by a British jury toâ€" day) to Captain de Keyser, a Belg.an officer, formerly. in the service of the Congo Free State, for libel conâ€" tained in a book called "The Curse of Central Africa," written by Capâ€" tain Guy Burrows. Many attacks on the Congo administration have been basea upon the allegations by; Capâ€" tain Burrows, and the decision reach» eq in the Court of King‘s Bench ‘voâ€" day is consequently of farâ€"reaching importance. 4 When the case opened on â€" Friday Sre Eaward Clarke, K. C., said the plaintiff had found himselH compellied to bring tho action in respect of allogations made against him of the gravest possible kind, dishonoring to his character as a man of honor and humanity and also as an officor of the Belgian army. A 4 Young Man Who Masqueraded as a Goelet Must Pay MHeavily. Kew York, Apt) 4. â€" A shoriff‘s jury took testimony toâ€"day to deter. mine bhow much of the $75,000, deâ€" manded by: Eleanor L Angerson, James N. Aboel can afford to and ought to pay) her for engaging to marry ber unger the name of J . (@oâ€" don Goelet. Mss Angerson sued bim for $75,000 for breach of prom‘ise. The young man failed to answer the complaint, and a dofaalt was lakâ€" en upon which presiding Justice Van Brunt, of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court granted an order to Sheriff Erlanger to empanel a jury and assoss damages. Testimony was givon to show that Abeel had a contingent estate left by his grand‘ather, and a prospective inâ€" teroest in th1 estate of his father, who is wealthy. The jury assosssed the dgofengant for the full amount claimed. JNLES Auk. W9L ANNTLIE : GNO mRESIOISME TT Seoilaind was assured, A solect contâ€" mittee will enquire into the Hcotca eysiem. wonann e Cotton spinners of Britain, France and Belginm are tryins to combine to fight Aimerican speculators in raw eotton by restricting the output of manutactured goods. L JUDGMENT AGA!INST ABEEL Li . WILL WiIDEN BREACH. CHARGES WERE FALSE. EMBRYONIC HGME RULE. t Loubet will not egod fcar o# Nisard ult in the the Pope vis â€" best :cncordat tod States ha 3+ 1A