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Vol. VI RALEIG-H, N". C.. TUESDAY. JULY 5, 1904. No. 121 jch Is the Consensus mal Action by the Delegation-Visitors to Bryan Ascertain That He Is Ready to Bolt the Nomination By THOMAS Ft. Lpuls, Mo., July 4. Special. The North Carolina delegation will cast t'aeir vote for Judge Alton B. Parker for the Democratic presidential nomi nation, and Marshall Field of Chicago is the probable choice for the vjce presidency. All the members of the state delegation are here with the ex ception of three and as the result of the absence of these three the dele gates postponed the caucus which was scheduled today for the purpose of deciding who should receive North Carolina's vote. Although Parker is the favorite of the delegates Ex-President Cl?veland has ouispoken and en thusiastic supporters In the delega tion who will hail with pleasure the opportunity to cast their votes for rim. - , . Senator Gorman has friends. ' some rf whom would like to support him from ha sTt and others who would po for him after the third ballot. There is no no hostility to Parker, who t the prime favorite, but other can 3i ;ates have their friends, and if the .inexpert ed should happen and Par ker should full of a nomination on the third ballot. North Carolina would in all probability shift to some other can didate over tha protest of Several strong Parker men in the delegation. It is highly improbable that if the present .indications prevail there will be a few ballots and the nomination ! i if Parker will be accomplished early i In .the balloting. This subject will be ranvassed thoroughly when the dele u -it ion meets tomorrow afternoon. Endorsement will ba eLv en. - tot Par ker's candidacy, and-asthe result of ruch action the unit rule will prevail, making the vote of the majority the will of the twenty-four delegates from thp state. The No. th Carolina delegation, in dividually and collectively, was in hfch favor today. Before breakfast Wall men, Parker men Gray men and the boomers of other candidates were at the Straford looking over the register endeavoring to get a line on ;he delegates. One of the first arrivals was Con gressman Weiss of Wisconsin in behalf of Wall. He talked to Senator Over nan and a score of others, presenting Wall's claims. Weiss said incidentally that Wisconsin is going Democratic because of the factional differences f-rr.ong Republicans in the state. The advance agents of j the Parker boom were very attentive to the dele pates from North Carolina. All the delegates received personal letters in viting them to call at Parker head Quarters. Many of the delegates took f Ivantage of the invitation. Ed. Cham bers Smith was an early caller a., the Southern, where he met his old friend David Bennett Hill and Elliott F. Danforth, and the encouraging news he gave the New Yorkers pleased them. He told them that Parker would be nominated on jthe second ballot for Pt:re. E. F. Lamb had a conference liter in the day with W F. Sheehan, P ikor's closest personal friend, and Ai-Hut Belmont, one of Parker's f on-est supporters. . Other members r the- delegation met the various leart- i"."iuding James M. Guffey and R. Hearst. The fact shou J ! - ct be overlooked that Mr. Bryan re ' " -"'d calls from members of the North ' 'rolina delegation. The Tar Heels made a distinctive and n-ouled hit today in coming out for the rumination . of Marshall Field, -the wealthy Chicago merchant, for- te V; e presidency. Colonel Robert J- Holt was the sponsor of, Field boom; which took! :"r-'"!te shane durinsr thp rlav and 1 '-sd vigorously. In the lobbies of the' htels by Col. Holt and others. the delegation has not declared :'yHf as to the vice presidency, it is 'iined that a majority has gone on .v-f-orrj in favor of Fieid. Col Holt saifl lf ''irht that all the delegations he ap-r- '?rhed looked with favor on the F;c,ld boom. Undoubtedly he would fr-:1k- a strong running mate for the ninee. There is a good bit of talk Wall of Wisconsin for the nomlna--:on for the vice presidency. The local feature of the day was the J irprisingly strong development . of veland sentiment In the -delegation, me delegates who have not commlt rd themselves, and do .not care to do are anxious for the opportunity to A"f for the sage of Princeton. The F',;no conditions exist in i Georgia and! ""-r southern states. In Mississippi Trmer Congressman Catchings is out spoken for Cleveland. During the day i interviewed many of the North Caro vna delegates as to their preference for i . i of Opinion Without For J. PENCE the nomination. Their answers will be Interesting to Tar Heels. In each cate delegates were asked for their prefer ence for the nomination and second choice, and with regard to the possibil ity of ex-President Cleveland's nomiiia tion. - ''"! R. L. .Holt I am going to vote wjth the majority for Parker on the first ballo . 1 1 have been an enthusiastic Cleveland man for years and have riot hesitated to say so throughout the last two . campaigns, though I voted regularly. I have found j a strong Cleveland - sentiment jln every state delegation that j I have entered. I am an original Mar shall Field man for second place and hope to see that nomination for vice president. . j E. F. Lamb I am for Judge 'Parker as long as he Is in the race. If riot him then I would be for Gorman. I would support Cleveland if necessary, andj I am satisfied that he would carry every southern state. J John C. Mills Personally I had rather vote for- Cleveland than any living man, but I do not believe It Is best for the Interest of the party that he be given the nomination. I am for Parker first, and if his nomination is impos sible, then Olney. j James P. Sawyer Grover Cleveland. Cleveland is my choice In preference to any one else, j He , is the strongest man in the party and more certain of election. Fully half .of the delega tion would be pleased to see him nom inated, but he may never be voted f(jr in the convention. The result depends upon the action of some of the pivotal states.'.: "Z"-l 'M. ,,r ,,.. H. N. Pharr. My first choice Is Par ker, because I consider Jilra the most available Democrat, " if it should ;be made apparent that Cleveland's nom ination is necessary -for success and that the party desires his nomination, I would willingly vote for him. j' Clyde Hoey I am for Parker first, though I am favorably inclined to wards Gorman. The Marylander has many friends among our- delegation. As .for Cleveland. X would vote for his nomination if the majority wishes ft. He is not distasteful to me. though have other- preferences. A. W. McLean I am for Parker first. If it is to be another I prefer a dark horse in preference to Gorman or any others who have been considered can didates. Some good man who can carry the east would meet the require ments of the situation. I admire Mf. Cleveland, but don't think it advisable to nominate him. He would certainly carry North. Carolina in the the event of his nomination. , j Ed. Chambers Smith I am for Par ker, first and last. I have no second choice. Locke Craig I am for Parker if It is the best opinion that he can carrjr New York. For personal reasons Gor man Is really my first choice, though It looks like Parker. I don't want Cleveland under ajtr circumstances. The party can't afford to nominate ja bolter. He would carry the state, but not western Carolina. . ' D. L. Carlton The delegation will be for Parker. We are sizing up the sit uation before taklnjr final action. I am against Cleveland, we cannot nomi nate a. man who 13 not regular.; J. G. Boylan I am for Parker, and think ha will be nominated. I would vote for Cleveland's nomination though. If nominated he would carry North Carolina. His nomination would be unwise. , - Joseph Taylor I am for Parker to the finish. He will - b nominated and North Carolina wilj help bring about the result as much as any other stated I don't want Cleveland under any cir cumstances whatever. His nomination would cost us counties in the east. J W. H. Powell I am for Judge Parker, and he will be nominated on the seebnd ballot. Pattison of Pennsylvania would be my second choice. I don't favor Cleveland's nomination. 1 know It would be unwise, but he would cer tainly carry the state if nominated. '? Col. John S. Cunningham, the only North Carolinian who has ever visited Judge Parker, having been his guest at his Rosemount home at Bsopus seVf eral weeks ago, arrived this morning and found waiting a letter from the New York jurist. Judge Parker thanked Col. Cunningham for a letter express--lng personal sentiment wfth referenoe to himself, and he also took occasion to say that he enjoyed the . colonel's visit to his home, expressing at the same time the hope for the pleasure of its renewal. The only three members of the dele gation not here are Zolllcoffer, Graln-r , .1 . . er and Col. Paul B. M&ahs. Col. Means, ivho has been ill, wirai today that he would be here tomorrow.. He is a great Cleveland admirer. ."prater Overman arrived this morning- d Senator Sim- rnons wir arrive tonikht. The only congressmen here are W. W. Kitchln and Yates Webb. Most of the delegates and Tar Heel visitors reached here this morning over the .Southern, having been piloted by I T- E. Green, city ticket and passenger agent of the Southern "j in Raleigh. The party was really pleased with the route arid the trip and highly praised Mr. Green. National Cbnjimitteeman Jo sphup Daniels came over the Chesa. peake and Ohio, with Misses Ethel and Belle Bagley, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan O'Berry, Miss Estelh? And: Thomas O'Berry, W. G. Weeks, jMr. and Mrs. C. C. Cooper of Rocky J Mount, Sheriff Kearney of Franklin, PL L. Godfrey and Wa?- H. Royall of Durm and Charles C. Daniels. . I " , The party that came oyer the Southern onsisted of the following: J. S. Cun ningham, J. S. Carr, R,. E. Geyer, J. R. Blair, H. N. Pharr, E, F. Lamb, T. C. McGuffey, W. A. Summins. R. L. Holt, H. L. Lyon, E. J. Hale, A. L. Brooks, B. Womack, Ed. Chambers Smith, r. L. Carlton, W. II Powell, O. B. . R. Hoey, E. P. C. Webb, N. G. John EL Wood- Wynne, J. F. Taylor, Ct Webb, B. R. Webb, JJ TjVilliams, R. S. Young, ara, Jr. b lowers, a. jn. y annoy, Samuel Rogers, J. C. Mills, J. P. Sawyer, Locke CTaig and wife, W. N. Wallace and wire, w. w. xtttcnin. K. c. Lamb, B. S. Preston, E. R, Preston, Lee S. Over man, J. A. Linn. BRYAN WILL BOLT His Answer to Colonel Robert L. Holt Taken as an Insult St. Louis, Mo., July 4. SpecIaL Wil liam J. Bryan will bolt ithe ticket In all probability. This fact was developed in a rather dramatic manlier as the result jof an Interview this afternoon at the Jefferson Hotel between! the Nebraskan and Col. Robert L. Holt, three other members of the North Carolina delega- tlon and delegates from IUInols, Texas, Territory and West Virginia, Indian Oklahoma. The delegation, which was k very representative one, called at Mr. Bryan's headquarters. J The former leader of Democracy was most cordial. After pleasant words yere exchanged Col. Holt, who was chosen . as spokes man, fired his interrogation.; He r first referred to the fact that be and all his companions had supported him and then point blank asked If he wojild support the nomination of the con'en tion. "Will you support Roosevelt?" was the somewhat spirited .answer! of the peerless. "I consider that an in sult," indignantly replied Col. H.olt.l"l Intend," he continued, "to apologize' to the Democracy of North Carolina ifor ever having voted for you." The entire delegation then withdrew, and .to) a man they told Col. ; Holt that they were with him. Prior to this interview Messrs. Tay lor and Powell of the jNorth Carolina delegation were present when Col. Bry an was asked if he would bolt. To this (Continued on age 2.) WE ' JfHZp", DOWN She Struck Rock Off the Coast of Scotland and Sank I London, July 4. Lloyd's agency re ceived a dispatch froni the Butt of wis this morning reporting that the s teamship Energie had passed there and signalled that she had aboard iKme of the survivors of the wreaked iiteamshlp Norge. which sank after utriklng on Rockall; Reef off the coast 6f Scotland, last Tuesday morning With nearly 700 of her passengers and craw. The skipper of the steam trawler Salvia, which brought twenty-seven 3urvlvors to Grimsby lst night, says that after picking up the boat full f of 3urvivors whom he saved, he passed through a mass of floating bodies. The deck of the Norge jwas level with the sea ten minutes aftjer sne struck, arid ten minutes later she had entirely disappeared. She settled stem- first,, arid In a few moments pfgh out of the water, exploded Just as the her stern was The boilers twenty-seven survivors who had arrived at Grimsby cleared the ship, they said. One Dane paw his wife and four children perish. Many husbands vainly struggled J to youth jumped sister a pla.ee save , their families. A tito the sea to give his n the boat. Only one out of the crew of eighty was saved. Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, July 4. tThe steamship Cervona put back this morning to land thirty-two survivor if the Norge. The steamship Energie s off the harbor, with thirty-nine on board. The survivors pf the Norge picked up. by the Energie include Cap tain Gondell and the chjef engineer. Copenhagen, July 4. The steamship Norge had 694 persons aboard. ! - The Captain's Story of the Disaster Stornoway, July 4.- ?aptain 5undell. POPULISi: PARTY . .... .. , .. The Convention at Springfield a Small Affair Springfield," 111.,", July 4. The national convention of the Allied Fc-te's party, the fusion and middle-of-the-road branches, combined, met this afternoon In the state arsenal In this ;city. There were only 200 delegates' of the 927 present" Hon. Thomas A. Watson of Georgia, who has been most prominently men tioned for the nomination for president, could not be present and mailed a letter to that effect. Delegate John J. Holli day of Georgia, also wrote, stating that he did not care for the nomination for president. It is understood; that he will not refuse to accept! If nominated by unanimous vote. j , A meeting of the delegates was held previous to the convention's- assembling, at which plans for the reorganization of the party were discussed, They pro posed the abolition of the national con vention and the selection of candidates for president and vice president by a referendum vote of the "people. Commit tees were appointed and a recess taken. At tonight's session the temporary or ganization was made permanent. Automobiiist Killed London, July 4. While ' Sir William Fight Over Contests St. Louis, July 4. Democrats from Il linois, for many hours continued before a sub-committee of the national com mittee their fight for the control of the party organization in that state. John R. Hopkins controls a majority of the delegates and the Parker people expect much aid from that direction if a break-up occurs. Consequently when the national committee met this morn ing to consider their contests Mr. Bry an appeared at the meeting with a proxy for James C Dahlman of Omaha. Mr. Hopkins also was on hand with the proxy of Thomas Gahan. Mr. Hopkins insisted that the . committee had no right to consider the Illinois contests. Mr. Bryan, in a quiet manner and In a few words, advised the committee to be fair In this matter and not act in a way which would Indicate a prejudgment of the case. Finally a motion was made that a sub-committee of five be ap pointed to hear-' the contests in each state, but Daniel J. Campau of Michi gan moved that the contest be heard by the full committee. The last motion was lost by a vote of 29 to 16, and the report at once spread that Mr. Bryan had gained a signal victory in the nat ional committee. ' William F. Sheehan of New York, one of Judge Parker's managers, attended the. committee meeting as proxy. Mr. Sheehan voted with Mr. Bryan to have the contests sent to sub-committees. NORGE 0 in Twenty Minutes Mirny Found Watery Graves. I who was landed here . today by the steamer Energie, says that he and the chief officer were on the bridge at half past seven o'clock. When about eigh teen miles south of Rockall he felt the steamer strike heavily forward on a sunken rock. There was a gentle southerly breeze and a cloudy sky. He sent the carpenter to sound the well forward and he reported there was .five feet " of water . In the hold. Captain Gundell then ordered that the pumps be put at work and directed the pas sengers to don life preservers and pre pare to embark in the boats, which, he ordered to be lowered. Eight were launched. One was accidentally cap sized. He insisted that the women and children embark first. He told tha crew to keep back and to Join the boats by swimming later if possible. The chief officer had charge oft the crew, who worked nobly. They, got seven boats away safely and cut the rafts adrift. Captain Gundell adds: "Thee hlef officer presently came and told me that she was sinking-. I told him to Jump, which he did. I did not see him again. The steamer sank by the bow in about twenty minutes after striking. I went down with her. My right leff got Jamed between two stanchions and was mueh injured. When I rose to the surface I saw a number of bodies floating. I swam for twenty minutes when I came alongside of Second Engineer Brunn. who is a good swlmer. We kept together about an hour and a half. We noticed a boat some distance off and both struck out for it. I was hampered by my injured leg and Brunn reached it first It was lifeboat No. 1. It was in, charge of Able Seaman Olsen and . was crowded with people. We were taken on board. Henry Rattlgan, M. P., for ,the north east division of Lanarkshire, was auto mobillng today with his wife, near Biggleswade, a tire burst and the ma chine was overturned. "Sir William was killed and his wife was severely injured. Cannibals Eat Soldiers ; London,? July : 4. News . has reached Antwerp .that . a Swiss non-commissioned officer and fourteen privates in the Mongada, district of the Congo have been massacred and eaten. Only one man of the expedition, whicJh bad been sent against the cannibals, es caped. Governor of Porto Rico San Juari, July, 4. Governor Beek man Winthrop was inaugurated today with much ceremony. Following the inauguration ceremonies there was a parade. Boys With Matches Durham, N. C, July 4. Special! Last night Mr. J. A. Hollowny, who lives near Redwood, this county, lost his barn, stables, harness and machin ery by fire. It is supposed that some boys who were playing In the barn late In the afternoon dropped a match or cigarette and started the blaze. Every thing in the building was destroyed. The loss Is several hundred dollars. in the Convention The Parker people could have defeated the motion to have the contests sent to sub-committee without an effort had they so desired, and the reason they did not was that they had an arrangement with Chairman James K. Jones, Mr. Bryan's friend, who was to appoint the sub-committees, that they would not be packed in the interest of the Bryan Hearst delegates, as practically all of the contests were instigated from that source. After a two hours' recess the national committee met again this" afternoon, when Chairman Jones announced the membership of the sub-committees. Senator Stone of Missouri was named as chairman of the sub-committee to consider the trouble in Illinois, and his colleagues were Mack of New York, Wilson of Colorado, O'Brien of Minne sota and McGraw of West Virginia. This commission found it had its hands full, andj the adherents of each faction filled the committee room. The" lie was passed frequently and at times the dis order had to be calmed by the sergeant-at-arms. The statements on the Har rison side were so finely drawn, and even contradictory, that Senator Stone and his colleagues on the committee floundered around for a long time as in a mife. He could not get the two sides down to an issue of fact, try as he would, and at times appeared disconso late at the maze of contradiction pre sented. both quite exhausted. After I had re vived somewhat I took charge. There was a box of bread, and two casks of water on board and other food.: I steered for StKilda, 150 miles distant. On the morning of July 2 we sighted a large schooner rigged steamer four miles off. We hoisted a blanket as a signal of distress, but the steamer passed without noticing us. The next morning we saw a bark in the distance. At noon that day we sighted land about seventeen miles away. Everybody's spirits rose. It was St. Kilda, Soon afterward .we saw a steamer making for St. Kilda. She bore down to us and proved to be the Energie, which took us on board, where we were treated very kindly. A child' died in the boat July 2 and was buried at sea with its parents' consent." j Captain .Gundell said he intended to put the Norge about and beach her, but she sank too rapidly. The Lost Ship's Company Copenhagen, July. 4. The office of the company owning the lost Norge has been thronged with inquirers j all day anditthe scenes witnessed were pa thetic in the extreme. The 68 men com prising the crew were all Danes,, and there were 79 Danisto. passengers. The total number of passengers was 765, of which 713 were in the steerage. A, large proportion 'were Polish Jews. Captain Gundell is "a weir known shipmaster, and has an excellent reputation. He has crossed the Atlantic many times. He was well aware j of the danger of Rockall' reef. On. his, last homeward trip he did. not, owing-to a fog, leave' j - a A A 1 ine Dnage ior twemy-ror nours wnen l in the neighborhood of the reef.' f WENT u unrn la J II II UUUUUaU u mi WPEI IY Six Week of idleness Expected in Consequence of the Steady Dovnpour-rDispatches Deal With Alleged Cruelty to Wounded Russians London, July 4. A dispatch from Liao Yang, dated yesterday, says that the rains have stopped' military opera tions. General Kuropatkln has returned to Hai cheng. The Japanese have, re tired to a dry sandy part of the coun try to await a better season, the rainy season usually lasting about six weeks. The announcement that the Russians had retaken Talienwan pass was pre mature. Neither the Russians nor the Japanese can reach the pass in suffi cient forces to make an ocupation ef fective. The deep mud makes the movement of transport or, guns impos-" sible. The two armies are now biv oucked on each, side of the pass. The Japanese occupied Motien pass today without opposition, the Russians abandoning three lines of earthworks. comandlng the entrance to the pass. Charges of Cruelty Denied Toklo, July 4. An agent of the Bourbons charged the Japanese, in the French press, with cruelty to the wounded and' with mutllatiop of the dead In a battle fought June 12, and a Vienna press agent stated that the Japanese were guilty of 6lhii!arr con duct at the battle of Wafangtlep. The government made inquiries, and Gen eral Oku replied that no fighting') even a skirmish, occurred June 12. He says that the charges . are fabrications, de vised to- cover Russian barbarities. Sur geons examined the Russian dead at Wafangtien before they were Interred and saw that they were properly treated. ; On June 15, at Chentseshan, where four" Japanese pickets, in a fight with fifteen Russians were killed, their faces were afterward mutilated. Their iden tification certificates, which had r been taken fijpm their pockets, were found upon Russian prisoners. On "June 27, at Hiung Tocheng twenty Cossacks shot a picket named Kobiyashi and mutilated his body in an unmentionable manner. Japanese cavalry surprised them in the act and rescued the body. General Oku says thatUnatances of this kind have been so otfmmon that, hitherto, they have not been reported. That Russians make frequent use of Japanese and white flags for the pur pose of extricating themselves from difficult positions Indicates a cowardice that makes these misrepresentations as to cruelty natural. The Asahi reports that the Russian destroyer Lieutenant Burukoff brought to New Chwangr ten officers and 104 men. Five Russian destroyers left Port Arthur anJ were discovered. On-e es caped to the southward. What became of the others is unknown, i A Port Arthur refuge reports that there were 2,000 'Russian casualties in he fighting last Sunday .and' Monday. ; The Japan Jlail, reviewing criticisms of Admiral Kfcjcjjmura, explains that it is Impossible for Admiral KamJmura to watch both the entrances to Vladivos tok harbor, as they are so far apart as to defy cooperation between the guard ing squadron. Hence - he Watches off Tsu Island. General Oku Reports on Alleged Barbarity ! Toklo, July 4. General Oku has f or. warded a detailed report" to the impe rial headquarters answering chfarges preferred by the Russian authorities that the Japanese troops were respon sible for atrocities committed on the field durlns the engagement at - Wa fangtlen preceding the battle of Va fahgow (Tellssu). He says the charges are totally un founded, but, on the (contrary, that he had proofs that the wounded Russian prisoners highly appreciated the hu mane treatment they and their com rades had received from the Japanese. It is the Russians, he declared,' that have cruelly mutilated .the Japanese who fell Into their hands wounded. General Oku I makes the following charges: ' That on June 15 six Japanese scouts were overpowered by Russian troopers, who ran bayonets in their mouths, in their heads and cut their breasts open; that on June 27 the Russians captured a Japanese cavalryman, whom they bayonetted and then cut his abdomen open, . On May 15 the Russians be headed a Japanese cavalryman whom they had captured. General Oku asserts that a.cts of cruelty on the part of the Russian, troops are numerous, and announces his purpose to report in the future very case of it which is brought to his notice. He says he feels that he is not fighting a civilized army. Correspondents are unable I to fur nish any facta in connection with Gen eral"1 dku's -T oharges, because neutral EMU. THE Mi observers were not permitted?, to be present on the' field, at either; of 'the engagements which took place 'at WuJ fangtlen and Vafangow. Pointed Answer to Specific Accusation,, Washington, July 4. The Japryfcesa minister has received a telegram froml his government to the effect that, the1 chief of staff of the. second 4 araaay oni the Liao Tung peninsula reports ihati on the 12th of June there was- o en-' counter betwe'en the Japanese-anfl' Rue-j sian armies at any place along all, , the lines, not even a, skirmish between scouting parties. This is ln.ireply tol the speclflo accusaMon.-that thre,e. Rush sians .left wounded' onlthe, ffeld that day wretreted in ap inhum'an'lman-, ner by Japanese cavalry, The chief of staff adds $that . no -.rsneht" act'was committed byf Japanese solers,t but that, on the contrary, the'f Russian j nuiuuuu uu me ;uiu ui jjuue were, treated precisely j like the Japanese, and that f they, asiwell as 'the injured! prisoners, seemed deeply impressed with kindness -shown them.' The Rus sian dead were treated with ! respect. and were burieirln due course. Mr. Takahira feels certain that hii government wouldt not have dignified this rumor by a denial had it not ; been for theh persistency, with which; it has been - reiterated arid even am plified by a section of the European press. The treatment of Russian pris oners by the Japanese is . a matter of common knowledge, and the Russians themselves have testified to its kind and humane oharacter. In Mr. Taka hlra's opinion the attempt to prove the contrary, even where a confessedly Isolated instance only Is cited' is due to an unfriendly and: mischtevious mo tive, and not a genuine desire jto mltl gate the horrors of war. 1 Germany-Will Maintain' Neutrality St. Petersburg, July 4. At the4 Ger man embassy here a statement-made by the London Times correspondent at, ' Toklo that:Germany had agreed i to al-; low the Port Arthur squadron 'to, -seek; refuge at KTaichou (the German-port! on the Shan Tung peninsula), was, ab solutely -denied. No such request has. ' been made. Germany is observing neu-; trality in accordance wit!h her --procla-, ma-tiewMko that' effect. , j r The submarine boat ProteetoSjvis re-, ported, ev excellent? authority, t?.be'atj Crondstadt. The Protector let Near; York June B . for Cork, Ireland, on' board :th 'Norwegian, steamer ybrtuoa., Jt" haslfceen reported- that the vJprotectnir will be shipped by rallvto- Vladjbsvoetttk. - Reported Offer. to Surrender Toklo, Aly 4-It Is reported that ' Russia, through the mediation of France, has offered to surrender Port Arthur and the shiDS ana arms, pro vided the garrison is allowed to go-free Soldiers Sleep in Water St. Petersburg. July 4. Correspond ents of the Russian papers telegraph that torrential rains are inulndatinB Manchuria, In some places they say the soldiers have to sleep in waiter and that there Is much oholera among- tha Japanese. Japanese Movements Noted St. Petersburg, July 4. In a dispatch dated yesterday General says: i- Sakharoff i i "I ascertained yesterday that the in Jananese advance detachments Kaiping district have been withdrawn southward and are occupying a 'Una eight miles and a half northeast of Senyuchlng. An infantry detachment Occupies Senyuchlng station fully, -A, division is concentrated in thei neigh borhood of the town. I am informed that there are fifty thousand Japanese around Sluyen. The enemy are pecupy ing their original positions in jthe Ta. pass, whence there -is no mwepient hv the direction of Haicheng noticeable. '; trains on irans-amenan nai.wajr i i 1 . London, July 5. One of the . corres pondents of the Morning Post, who , has arrived in St. Petersburg, after a seventeen days' journey fromj-Mukcfcn,. telegraDbs that the trans-Siberian; Railway is f working splendidly. The trans-Baikal section is now averaging eight trains daily. Implying the con veyance of 2.000 infantry. 150 cavalry, a battery arid their eqwissments. j Whe k the correspondent started, June-17th, General Kuropatkln had less tha 120,000 troops ; of all arms, but a steady Increase makes his position at Liao TSkDoranif WafViner secure. He i fHftt Continued P 2-X i -
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