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(Shiaping Island is 12 miles to the wost of Port Arthur.) ‘At noon the Russian cruiser Novik, eonvoying ten . torpedoâ€"boat destroyâ€" ers, steamed out from Port Arthur. The Russian shore batteries «protected these vessels with a heavy cannonade. ‘The Japanese flotilla retreated slowly, firing as it went, for the purpose of deâ€" eoying the enemy to sea. At 3 p.m. the Russian ships returned to the entrance of Port Arthur. The fact that the Novik came out of Port Arthur makes it certain that the Russians have sueâ€" teeded in blasting a channel thrgugh Kussians Have Blasted Channel Through Sunken Ships. Tokio cable: A fotilla of torpedo boats and torpedo boatâ€"destroyers, unâ€" der the command of Capt. Tsuchiya and eoâ€"operating with the army, made a reconniassance in force near Niaping Lomdon eable: _A despatch to the Daily Mail from Newâ€"Chwang says that the Russians are moving a strong foree from Liaoâ€"Yang and Kaichau, avowedly for the purpose of covering an attempt to relieve Port Arthur. Various points between Haiâ€"Cheng and Kaichau are held by numerous bodies of Russians. the larâ€" gest number being seven miles from the eoast. Chinese arrive hourly, bringing storics of fighting. which cannot be veriâ€" fied. It is not doubted. however, that €en. Kouropatkin has altered his plan of campaion. and has made a wide disâ€" persal of his troops Kouropatkin entire army of nearly 50.000 men. Gen. Baron Stakelberg,. who commands the First Niberian Corps, is personally diâ€" recting the operation at the front, but it is believed that the major portion of his corps is too far north to render efective support. _ Both sides retained their positions after the encounter yesâ€" terday. _ No doubt exists here that the battle was resumed toâ€"day. _ But with the whole Third Army behind GGen. Nozm there is aporehension that Stakelâ€" bere may be unable to get together a sufflicient force to successfully oppose London cable: : The _ correspondent of the Central News at Liaoâ€"Yang teleâ€" graphs as follows : "Fighting at Vafangow (about 55 miles north of Port Arthur) was renewâ€" ed toâ€"day, and is still proceeding. No details are obtainable, but there are persistent rumors that the Russians were partly successful, destroying three squadrons of cavalry and making pris oners of sixty men. The Russian casnâ€" alties in the fighting yesterday were 308 men killed or wounded. The Japâ€" anese casualties are not known." Later a section of Russian cavalryâ€" men marching in the direction of Taâ€" fanchow and Lunkood, met on its right flank a great force of Japanese cavalry. An engagement ensued, and according to the latest despatches fighting is proâ€" ceeding all along the line, the Japanese having â€" obtained â€"reinforeements from Vafanggow, consisting of three infantry divisions with artillery and cavalry. W The Russians Said to be Still Holding the Position. The Daily «aronicle‘s correspondent at Tokio cables the same news, adding that the Russians, to the number of 7,000 men, are now in full flight toward Tashichao and Kaioâ€"Chau. London, cable: A despatch to the Dmily Express from Tokio, dated June 15, says news has reached there, but has rot yet been officially published, of a great Japanese victory near Fuâ€"Chow, on the railway, seventy miles north of Port Arthur. _ The Russians, it is addâ€" ed, were overwhelmed, lost a thousand men, left all their guns on the field, and retreated in disorder. Viadivostock Fleet Destroys Two Japanese Transports. Port Arthur to be Attacked Within a Fortnight. And Japanese Lose 1,000 Men Killed and Wounded in Battle. RUSSIANS LOSE 500 MEN KILLED, 3500 PRISONERS AND 14 GUNS TAKEN: XI alTS t. Petersburg, eable: war began has such 1 apparent at the Wa isteries as _ reigned t h the encounter betwe n fleets imminent ard in progrss _ south _ o Tung pninsula, abor h of Port Arthur alor blished by the Japane s« the peninsula from Adams«), news both fr sea was â€" awaited w etv. _ The general _ st the Jananese foree t Gerngross‘ _ division the advance foree of EXCITEMENT AT RUSSIA. CRUISER STEAMED OUT. CHANGED HIS PLAN. in the Far East Assuming a Crit ical Aspect. FICHTING RESUMED. n Has Made a Wide Disposa‘ of His Troops. t at the \War and ANaval s _ reigned there _ toâ€"day. counter between the opâ€" imminent ard heavy fightâ€" orss _ south of Vafangow pminsula, about 55 â€" miles t Arthur along the line y the Japanese â€"reaching ninsula from Pitsewo to _news both from the land s â€" awaited with feverish he general â€" staff â€" believes nanese foree that attacked oss‘ _ division yesterday ince foree of (ien. Nozus‘ excitement 811 Eelieved in Tokio That They Cou!ld Not Escape. Tokio cable: It is learned _ that the Russian _ Vladivostock _ squadron surounded the transport Sitachi Maru, which when last seen was enveloped in smoke. It is feared that she was sunk The Ugzo Maru received sixteen shots, but managed to escape and reach Katâ€" sumoto. The Hado Maru left Moji yesâ€" terday, and it is feared that the Rusâ€" sians sank her. A Japanese fleet is pursuing the Russians, who emg:d eastward in a fog. It is certain that the Russian squadron will soon be deâ€" stroyed by the vastly supcerior Japanese f In the absence of any official or auâ€" i thoritative account of the sortie of the | Vladivostock squadron, it is only posâ€" sible to send what appears to be the 'most reliable of the numerous reports. + The squadron, reported to consist of the | cruisers Rurik, Rossia and Gromoboi, and, according to some accounts, of a , flotilla of torpedo boats, arrived Tuesâ€" day in the Strait of Corea, whence sounds of cannonading were heard on | the Japanese and Corean coasts. _ It is ‘ stated that the Russians bombardei the Island of Ikino, which lies half way l between the Island of Tsushima and the Japanese mainland. _ It is reported that the Japanese warships at Sasebo anli elsewhere hastened in the direction of the firing, and that the cruiser Nitaka encountered the Russians off Tsushima Island. _ The Nitaka was severely damâ€" | aged, but at last reports was still trying | to keep in touch with the enemy. "We are of the opinion that the three Russian ships arrived at Tkishima Island on June 14. _ The firing heard was not directed against warshins. The steamers fired nnon by the Russians were not injured, and escaped to port. A dense fog prevailed around Tsushima Island on the morning of June 15. Since they were last seen one of the Rusâ€" stan vessels has parted company with the others. We have carefully guarded the Strait of Corea. and a scout imâ€" mediately reported the enemy‘s ships to the savadron. The scout kept them well in touch throughout the day. _ At times she was barely a mile away from them. There was a clear horizon, but a tremendous sea was running. We honed ere darkness to locate and fight the enemy. but it was difficult to find and envage them. though their speed was restricted to fifteen knots. owing to one of the older ships not being able to keep up with the rest." Another report states that the Rus«â€" sians met â€" some Japanese â€" steamers north of Ikishima Island, some of them outward bound from Moji, while others were from the west. _ The warships fir ed on them, causing great damage. The lack of definite news is attributed to fog and rough weather. _ The arrival of the enemy‘s eruisers close to the Japâ€" anese coast is causing excitement, alâ€" though it is declared that no city is exâ€" posed to attack. _ There is considerabie anxiety regarding shipping, it being known that there are a number of unesâ€" corted vessels at sea. _ The Jiji Shimpo prints the following : The Japanese transports Ugo Mar and Fuyo Maru, homeward bound, had previously been sighted by the Rusâ€" sians, who pursued them, firing sixâ€" teen shots, but the transports reached Katsumoto safely. Another account says that the Rusâ€" sians intercepted three laden Japanese transports, two of which are missing. The steamship Tburi Maru, which left Moji for Bakan at 10 p. m., June 14, reâ€" turned at midday toâ€"day, flying the signal, "The enemy‘s vessels are on the seas." The Iburi Maru subsequentâ€" ly reported szeing the merchant steamâ€" er Hitachi Maru fired upon at 6 o‘clock in the morning. _ She also saw another steamer surrounded by the Russians. Tokio cable: â€" The Russian â€" Vladiâ€" vrostock squadron, in charge of Admiral Skrydloff, made a descent upon Oki Sands, in the Straits of Corea, toâ€" day, and is believed to have captured er sunk three Japanese transports, with troops en route to Corea. Contradictory Reports as to Its Action â€"Sank Jap Transports. Last Monday night the Japanese viâ€" dette boats, protected by torpedo boats and torpedoâ€"boat destroyers, succeeded in reaching the entrance to Port Arthur and planting a series of mines. The darkness of midnight favored the operaâ€" tion. The Japanese vessels were not obâ€" served, and they returned to the rest of the squadron without having sustained any damage. the Japanese in the entrance to the "During the nights of June 11 and harbor. 12 the Japanese attacked our advance This freedom of egress comes too posts near the villages of Utsaten, late to permit of any effect on the south of Wafangtien Station, and above operations of the Japanese army, for the Pitsewoâ€"Pulantien line. The Japanâ€" men, guns and stores have practically ¢#e were repulsed with loss. all been landed, and Admural Togo is _ "The same night, after fighting lastâ€" capable of keeping the remnants of the ing until morning, our detZchments Russian fleet imprisoned in Port Arthur. took possession of the pass and heig..> Last Monday night the Japanese viâ€" ne@ar the village of Luitsiatung. the cementâ€"laden merchantmen sunk by the Japanese in the entrance to the harbor. VLADIVOSTOUK SQUADRON. TWO TRANSru¢TS SUNXK. The date of this despatch does not agree with Lieut.â€"Gen. Baron Stalkek berg‘s messages to the Emperor, both o which indicate that tue battle took place yesterday (Tuesday). It is A special from Liazoâ€"Yang, _ dated June 14, says: "Yesterday (Monday), at the battle of Vafangow, Japanese troops, numbering 20,000, tried to pass our flank. They were discovered. We changed our position, flankin% the Japâ€" anese, and oEened a heavy fire. _ The result is unknown." The consensus of opinion, however, is that the advance is more in the naâ€" ture of a demonstration than as pheâ€" liminary to an actual attack. Cossacks have been worrying the Japâ€" anese north of Fenâ€"Wangâ€"Cheng, and the movement may be merely an effort to clear the country. At the same time this movement holds the possibilâ€" ity of a demonstration against Mukden, one of the main roads leading dlirectly east from Mukdes toward the regian t» which the Japanese are now advancâ€" inc. It is thought that the Yafangow ofâ€" fair may prove to have been quite a heavry fight. The fact that the Russians held their position in the face of heavy losses also supports this theory, and i‘ is belheved that it may turnout to be a severe check to she _ Japanese northern advance. The movement of 3,â€" 000 Japanese north of _ snuandiansian only adds to the blindness of the situaâ€" tion in the northeastern field of opâ€" erations. It is usquestionable that the St. Petersburg Kkegards Fight as an Important One. St. Petersburg cable: ‘ihe general staff remained in session until almost 2 o‘clock this mornirg to translate and give out Lieut.â€"Gen. Saron Stalkberg‘s message announcing the fight at Vafanâ€" gow. This unusually late hour indicates that the authorities attach considerable importance to the despatch. gross, who was wounded, _ commands the First East Siberian Rifle Brigade. Military critics here believe that the northward move of the Japanese aims at pushing back the Russians â€" whom (ien. Kouropatkin detailed to create a diversion in favor of the garrison at Port Arthur. The movement is supâ€" posed to be made in coâ€"operatios with (Gien. Kuroki, although the Paris report that he is advancing from Siuyen canâ€" not be confirmed. It is ealeulated that London cable: With the Joponese commanders silent and the press corâ€" respondents muzzled, there is no means of elucidating the fragmentary Russian reports of fighting north of the line the Japanese have drawn across the Lioâ€" Tung Peninsula from _ Pulandien â€" to Pitsewo. (Gen. Kouropatkin merely deâ€" scribes the sorthward _ movement _ of two divisions, which are estimated here to number about 30,000 men, and a deâ€" spatch from Gen. Kharkeviteh forms sequel _ to the _ Commanderâ€"inâ€"Chief‘s message. The names of some of the villages mentioned are difficult to idenâ€" tity, but if, as it appears to be, Wafanâ€" soon is the same as Wafangkau, the scene of the service fight reported by (Gen. Stalkenburg can be easily located. Tassa River is apparently _ identical with the Pili River, which enters the Yellow Sea near Pitsewo. Gen. Gernâ€" eross, who was wounded, _ commands Japs Trying To Drive the Russians Northward . "According to information 3,000 Japâ€" anese are marching northwards towarl Yuayensiang." "This morning the advance of two of these divisions was discovered northward from Pulantien. The adâ€" vancing forces at 2 p. m. were observel to extend from the village of Vandchou, along the valley of the Tassa, one diâ€" vision advancing by the Tassa Valley. The enemy halted at 4.30 p. m., occuâ€" pying the villages of Taotsiatung, Changtsiatung and Luitsiatung and the heights southward of Vandchou. "According to our intelligence, no advance of the Japanese from Siuyen toward Taling Pass was observed toâ€" day." "During the evening of June 8, Laeut. Lang, while engaged in a reconnaisâ€" sance in the neighborhood of Ontachetâ€" sa, ten miles northeast of Aiyang Meâ€" ung, was attacked by two â€" companies of Japanese. He succeeded in forcing his way through after a handâ€"toâ€"hand fight. Emperor Nicholas has received the following despatch from Gen. Kouroâ€" patkin, dated June 13: "I have not received detailed inforâ€" matios of our losses toâ€"day, but Lieut. ‘Tcherephakin and several soldiers were wounded. The general staff has received the fol: fowing despatch, dated June 13, from Majorâ€"General Karevitech: _ P ® "Our losses in these nocturnal enâ€" counters were four soldiers killed and 18 wounded. fleet, which is preventing its return to Vladivostock. N WHERE FIGHT OCCURRED. More Fighting Reported. 20,000 ENGAGED. t s prags Letters addressed to Williams, the London emigration crook, are still comâ€" ing in batches every day from Canadian farmers asking that domestics be sent out and enclosing the ten shilling postal "The following night was quiet until 2 in the morning, when a fusilade began on our right flank. along the line of our outposts. The firing soon slackened. At 5.30 in the morning the Japanese artilâ€" lerv opened on our left flank. Shortly before this our cavalry discovered on our right flank the presence southward of Tafan Chou of a considerable foree of the enemy. The Japanese infantry opened fire on our cavalry occupying the heights between Tafa Chon and Lan Chou, on the edce of the wood. Toâ€" wards 6.30 the enemy, consisting of a regiment of infantry, with artillery, atâ€" tacked from these woods. At the same time the cannonade on our left flank became heavier. At 6.30 CGen. Baron Stakelberg passed with part of his staff, turning the right flank of the enemy toward Wa Fank Lien ard Hun Chow, and directing the other part of his force avainst the enemy‘s front. Towards 10 in the morning the enemy sent a brigadé of infantry, cavalry and a battery of artillery against our right flank,. and, having repulsed our detachments of cayâ€" alry, proceeded through Hun Chou, turnâ€" ing the right flank of our position. Gen. Stakeiberg at 10.30 in the evening adâ€" vanced his reserves to check this moveâ€" ment. They were received by the enemy during the morning of June 15, who. brought up considerable reinforcements, and as the main Japanese force consists of upwards of three divisionsâ€"â€"*" St. _ Petershurg _ cable: Emperor Nicholas has received the â€" following, dated June 15, from (Cien. Kouropatkin: "An engagement occurred June 14 at W Fang Tien (north of Port Arthur), with a Japanese force numbering at least two divisions. Our losses in killed included Col. Khostonow, commanding the first regiment of Eastern Siberian rifflee of Your Majesty. and Second Lieut. Dragostoff Nadochinsk, adjutant of the regiment. The wounded include Majorâ€"Gen. Gerngross, who remained in the field, and Capt. Krintsky, of the general staff. Twenty â€" officers, whose names are at present unknown, were also killed or wounded, besides 311 soldiers, of which the first regiment of Siberian rifles lost 12 officers and 200 men, and the first bricade of artillery 6 officers and 50 men. "The following night was quiet until 2 in the morning, when a fusilade began Turned by the Japanese Troops, Who Evidently Won the Fight. The Chinese machinist says the maâ€" chinery of a large vessel, the name _ of which is unkrown to him, was wrecked by a shell. latter no longer insisted upon his arrest. Seid, nevertheless, took his revenge, Mr. Lrbaree being his first viectim. placing sheets of stecl over the damâ€" aged parts. There was no attempt made to replace the damaged ribs. He also confirms previous Chinese reports to the eflect that of the fleet of battleships and cruisers, only five are capable _ of lighting. According to the best informaâ€" tion, these vessels gre the Poltava, Seâ€" vastopol, and the cruisers Bayan, Asâ€" kold and Novik. Some contend that the battleship Peresviet and the cruiser Diâ€" ena are not damaged. The Chinese machinist says the maâ€" , A Chefoo cable says: From a reâ€" liable source it is learned that the Japâ€" «nese had 60,000 men on the Liao Tung Peninsula ten days ago. It is believed that it is their intention to use 100,000 mwen in the attack on Port Arthur. Posâ€" sibly it will be a fortnight before tney are ready to make the expected attack. A Chinese who was employed in the maâ€" chine shops at Port Arthur is authority tor the statement that the repairs to the Russian warships only consisted of "On the night of June 12, southwest ot Vafangdien, the Cossacks came in contact with the Japanese and érove them from their position. _ We lost two men. The Japanese losses were 15 men and 20 horses." Punrs Across Japanese Transportsâ€"Two Captured and Destroyed. A Tokio cable says: The transâ€" port Hino, which has returned to Moji. reports that she encountered the Rusâ€" sian Vladivostock squadron at 11.20 a.m. vesterday twenty miles west of the Isâ€" land of Shiro, off the Oki group. The transports Hitachi, 6,167 tons, and the Sado, 6,219 tons, were seen two miles to the westward. The weather was foroy and the sea was calm. When the Hino sighted the Russian fleet she turnâ€" ed, ran and signalled a warning to the Kanazawa, and they both took refuge inside the Island Chiyt. Both signalled danger to the Ibu, which also escaped. The Hino saw the Hitachi and sailed ground by the Russian vessels, but their fate is unknown. The loss of life will probably be heavy. thought improbable that there have been two actions. The same correspordent in a later de spatch toâ€"day (Tuesday) says the batâ€" tle continues.. The Japanese have openâ€" ed a heavy fire on our centre. Japan Will Begin Attack on Port Arthur in About a Fortnight. The despatch breaks off at this point. Firing Heard in the Direction cf K Chouâ€"To Take the Rusians in Rear. New _ Chwang cable says: Firing has been heard distinctly in the direcâ€" tion of Kai Chou since 10 o‘clock last night. _ Two batteries of artillery rushâ€" ed through town at midnight. _ The seeâ€" ond division of Gen. Kuroki‘s army was reported to be marching towards Kai Chou yesterday, for the purpose of takâ€" ing the enemy in the rear. It is posiâ€" tively known that the Russian forces in the vicinity of Kai Chou are divided. Half are at Kai Chou and the remainder about twenty miles east of there. The entire force numbers 35,000 men, includâ€" ing 600 Cossacks. There are rumors here of fighting at Port Arthur. A priâ€" vate letter from Mukden says the press correspondents there are not hopeful of getting news from the Russians, who give every indication that the corresâ€" pondents are not wanted. Many of the _ corespondents are preparing to leave. CNE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN. £NCTHER FIGHT ON. RUSSIAN SQUADRON. RUSSIAN FLANK ~guc i ts 00A been found with those of the little girls. In her hand was still clasped the dress of one of the children, and the divers thought she was their mother, and had gone to death with them. Sorrow in Britain. London cable: The morning newsâ€" papers publish long descriptive accounts of the terrible disaster at New York to the excursion steamer General Sloâ€" All through toâ€"night and toâ€"day divers ard men witn grappling hooks worked from tugs about the sunken wreck of the General Slocum, bringing up the bodies of the victims. As a diver would bring a body to the surface a grappling hook was placed under it and it was raised to the deck of the tug. Some of these bodies were teyond recogniâ€" tion. When several bodies were recovâ€" red another tug from which divers were not working would pull alongside, and the dead bodies would be transferred How many bodies lie in the charred and sunken hull cannot even be estimated until every nook and corner of the shell has beon gone over by the divers. _ At sunrise toâ€"day two divers came to the surface. In the arms of one were two little girls clasped in each other‘s arms. Their hair was the same and their dresses were alike, indicating that they were sisters. The other diver had in his arms the body of a young woman, which had Assistant District Attorney _ Garvan ; has nlaced under seal a dozen life prv-‘ servers taken from the General Slocum.‘ Of these only three are intact. The rest had ‘burst compartments, from which ; the cork is pouring. The canvas coverâ€"‘ ings of the cork were so rotten that an assistant of Mr. Garvan, who made the experiment, had no difficulty in ripâ€" [ ping them open with his finger nail. ; |OVER 1,000 LIVES LOST IN | THE GEN. SLOCUM HORROR. ;mre\wrr- drowned. Mrs. Tettimore‘s daughter Edith, two years old, is also lost. Pastor Haas, of St. Mark‘s Lutheran Church, is completely prostrated. _ He has been unconscious most of the time since the disaster, and under the conâ€" stant care of a physician. His condition is critical. His son did not go out on the excursion. Besides his wife and dauchâ€" ter. his motherâ€"inâ€"law. Mrs. Carl Hanson, and his sisterâ€"inâ€"law. Mrs. William Tettiâ€" were taken to hospitals. After treatâ€" ment it was found in many cases that the injuries were not serious enough to prevent their going home, and they were allowed to depart. Some of those who remain in hospitals, however, are still in a critical condition. The centre of interest of the Gen. Sloâ€" cum disaster last night was at the Morgue. Al night long crowds of peoâ€" ple visited the building to make identiâ€" fications. The estimate of the number of dead given by officials vary exceedâ€" ingly. Dr. Darlington, the President of the Board of Health, who remained at North Brother Island for a great portion of the night, gave as his estimate a 1t()tnl of 1,200, with possibiÂ¥ties of 1,250. Inspector Brooks, who had been at the scene since a few minutes after the acciâ€" dent, placed the number at nearly 1,000. A particularly sad incident during the night was the attempt at suicide of a griefâ€"stricken mother at the Morgne. This woman, Mrs. Lena Rekanski, of 337 Fifth street, went to the Aorgue to try to find ner little daughter, Wands, who was missing. and found a bodv. which she identified as that of her child. Wanâ€" dering from the Morgue, she walked down the string picce of the pier, and attempted to throw herself into the river. She had been watched. however, and policemen seized her in time to «ave her life. She was taken to the hosnital. Sad Procession of Ambulances With Their Pitiful Loads From the Vessel to the Morgue. Divers Busy at Work Bringing Up the Bodiesâ€"One Mother Attempts to Commit Suicide. Four Hundred and Sixty Three Bodies Recovered, of Which 116 Were Unidentified and 400 Still Missing. New York report: When the dread tale of the General Slocum disaster is fully told, when the last blackened body has been taken from the burned huik, Most of these came from the wreck, but the night long patrol of the waters of East River added its ghastly quotu. There are many bodies still in the hold of the burned vessel according to the divers and wreckers, but the river is looked to complete the list. How many preferring death by drowning to the agony of death by fire went over the rail never to rise again during the mad race of the vessel for the beach, will probably never be known, for the treachâ€" erous waters of Hell Gate do not wiilâ€" ingly give up their victims. Over a Thousand Lost. New York report;: After an allâ€" night search with the aid of professional divers at North Brother Island for vieâ€" tims of the illâ€"fated Gen. Slocum, which was burned yesterday, four hundred and sixtyâ€"three bodies had been recovered up to 9 o‘clock toâ€"day. Of this unmber 116 had been identified. The number of missâ€" ing is estimated in the vicinity of 400. During the day yesterday 203 people and the swift waters of Hell Gate give up their dead, the catastrophe will take its place as the most appalling that has ever occurred in the inland waters of America. _ Definite figures on the loss of life cannot yet be given. That more than 500 persons perished is a horrible certainty, but how much in excess of that number the total will run will only be known when the "missing" column is finished. _ All during the night and through the early dawn of toâ€"day, the sad work of exploring the Slocum‘s hwl went on and from dock to morgue the sad procession of ambulances, each with its pitiful load, wound its way from the river front to the morgue at the foo; of 26th street, until at 10 o‘clock 463 bodies lay on the slabs. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Lebanon Juncaion, N. Y., June 20.â€" Mrs. Maria Thompson, colored, who last night killed John Irwin, a wealthy white farmer, was taken from the jail toâ€"da and hanged to a tree in the jail yln{’: She weighed 255 pounds, and the rope broke. As she ran away the mob shot and fatally wounded her. Irwin hai reproved Mrs. Thompson‘s boy, who worked forâ€" him. _ Afterwards Mrs. Thompeon came into Irwin‘s melon patch and slashed him until he was The Brutal Work of a Mob at Lebanon Junction, K. Y. Mrs,. Nan Patterson, the former acâ€" tress, of New York, against whom an inâ€" dictment for murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Bookâ€" maker Caesar Young was returned by the Grand Jury, has entered a plea of not guilty before Judge Newburger, in the Court of General Sessions, that $10,000,000 of New York Central 4 HMudson River Railroad 4 per cent. de benture bonds offered publicly toâ€"day a 97 12 were overâ€"subscrmâ€"ed. _ Boston Philadelphia and Chicago took large am ounts, and about $2,000.000 of the de bentures were placed abroad. representatives of Shipowners and ermen‘s Association‘s oljections t Angloâ€"French treaty relative to foundland. It is understood that John Ales Dowie has decided to return from land to the United States by th« steamer. In stronglyâ€"worded den tory editorials, the London pape press unboundca satisfaction in D speedy departure. J. P. Morgan & Company ann posed of hi Commercial merly publ and more re The Forei French Cha representati United States Attor will resign from the days, and will be Moody, the present $ Navy. D. 0. Havynes. of N The Toronto have made more regarding second:â€" The R. & O. Co ages from the ow ton for the sinkin llinois Demoer; ed L. B. Stringer ernor, and instru port W. R. Hears ination, cum, and in their editorial articles exâ€" press a keen sense of sympathy with the American people in the horrible acciâ€" dent, which for grim and mournful conâ€" trast between merrymaking and tragedy is considered to stand almost without precedent. But there is a darker side hinted at alung the river front, where are told the stories that seem to be the inevitable accompaniment of all great calamities. There has been no evidence of a characâ€" ter specific enough to fasten it upon indiâ€" viduals and permit of punishment, but survivors and eyeâ€"witnesses say that some brutal acts of selfishness and cowâ€" ardice on the part of the Slocum‘s crew were seen, and that distress signals from the burning boat were disregarded by passing craft. One man avers that a big white yacht passed the Slocum when the bodies of women and children were going overboard, and did not even _ slacken speed. According to this man the yacht flew the pennant of the New York Yacht Club, and a flag indicating that the ownâ€" er was not on board, and after passing the Slocum she steered over to the westâ€" ern shore and hove to, while on her bridge a man in uniform, with binocuâ€" lars to his eves. watched the vessel burn. Even more horrible than this and simâ€" ilar acts of incredible callousness is the story of Miss Martha Weirk, who says that while she struggled in the water a boat drew alongside of her, and the men in it, after stripping her of her rings and other jewelry, pushed her back into the water. The body of the steward had been rifled when found, and of several hundréd dollars he was supposed to have in his pockets not a cent was found. The lands formerly Algoma Central R4 thrown open for pros A true bill was re eph Drummond at Br in the Ahennedy mur Pilot VanWart. however, said toâ€"day that he could not dock the vessdl, beâ€" cause all of her hawsers were burned. His statement was: "When I first discovâ€" ered the presence of fire on the steamer T decided to make for the first dock that I could find, but in a moment I was inâ€" formed that all the ropes by which we vusvally tied up had been burned. T then decided to make for the first point of land where there were no rocks and beach the vessel. and this I did. The presence of rocks all along the shore made it impossible for me to beach the vesse! anv sooner than T did." LYNCEED A NEGRESS. reign .3 hamber atives « ynes, of ANew l ork, h s interests in the New to Edward Payson Ca isher of the Evening The Dark Side. ore «tringent the mdâ€"hand dealers. _ Company will se _owners of the C iking of the Canad ocrats yesterday 1 wer. on Lincoin. i d that John Alexander ed to return from Eng ted States by the first onglyâ€"worded denunciaâ€" the London papers exâ€" satisfaction in Dowie‘s s returned agai t Brantford for murder trial. l jor ompany annou w York Centra ney Cal s1C mmitted ay â€" hea esidential 11 venin ecde taly xenera omniss tes 19ainsl S@C K 11 nomi has i pe al] 0 Ma ) JA the \ t iry (% )b &*