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No. 15,999. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNI$ 4, 1904-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS.

Skirmishes on Peninsula at

Many Points.

SPARRING FOR PLANS

OUTPOST TROOPS CLASH WITHVARYING RESULTS.

Rumors oi' a Proposed Attack UponGen-San, Korea.Brigands Active

Near Niuchwang.

TOKIO, June 4.i p.m..The commanderof the Japanese forces south of the Yaluriver telegraphed from Seoul today news ofa scries of fights north of Pu-Lan-Tien,about forty miles north of Port Adam?,Llao-Tung peninsula, Monday, receivedfrom Japanese cavalry scouting In the vi¬cinity of Chu-Chia-Tung.

It was learned that Cossacks had been lo¬cated at Telissu and the Japanese there¬upon dispatched Infantry and cavalry,¦which defeated and pursued them. TheRussian force consisted of three squadrons.At Chang-Chia-Tun this force was Joinedby two additional squadrons and the Japa¬nese again attacked and defeated the Rus¬sians.Five companies of Infantry and a bat¬

tery of horse artillery joined the RussiansL"n?"Wang-Miao. where the Japanese

attacked for the thirY time and the Rus¬sians fell back to Telissu, where the Japa¬nese and Russian cavalry continued In con¬tact Monday night.Gen. Haraguchi, In command of the Japa¬

nese forces south of the Yalu river, tele-ffras*bp from 8eoul that an Infantry recon-nalsance dispatched from Gen-San strucka patrol of Cossacks at Munch-Hyan yes¬terday and killed five of them.

THE SAIMATSZA FIGHT.

Report Received at the War Office atSt. Petersburg.

ST. PETERSBURG, June 4. 3:10 p.m..The war office has received news of a sharpflght twenty miles north of Saimatsza.north of Feng-Wang-Cheng. June 1, Inwhich eight Cossacks were killed andtwenty-two wounded. The Japanese lossesare not knownFive companies of Gen. Rennenkampff's

Cossacks discovered Japanese detachmentsat Fen-Chou-I,lng pass, half way betweenSaimatsza and AJIudJan. The Cossacks dis¬mounted and attacked on foot, but owingto the difficult nature of the ground andthe strong defensive position held by theenemy and the latter'e stubborn resistancethe attack was not pressed and the Cos-Backs drew off.No particular Importance Is attached at

the war office to the appearance of this de¬tachment of the enemy, it being believedthat Gen. Kurokl is keeping his (lank wellprotected In order to rid himself of the.pying eyes of the Cossacks.The war office has received no freslr news

from Lino-TungSince the receipt of Gen. Stoessel's report

the general staff is convinced that theJapanese losses In the fighting about Kin-Chou were greater than officially admitted.It Is known that only the seriously woundedwere Included In that category. There areIndications that both of the commandersare pursuing tfhis plan, as the woundsmade by the small-caliber high-velocityPullets used in modern warfare, unless theyreach a vital spot, heal quickly, and in afew weeks most of the wounded men are

fgain ready for active service.Ifukden Reports Unaltered Conditions.MUKDEN, June 4..The situation Ih the

war sone Is not altered, and no news hasbeen received here from Port Arthur.The Russian successes In northeastern

Korea are* said to be causing' great dis¬quietude among the Japanese.MAY ATTACK GEN-SAN, KOREA.

Preparations for Sending Women andChildren to Mountains.

flEOUL, June 4, 6 p.m..The, commissionerof customs' of Gen-San. Korea, wires thata Russian attack on that place Is deemedImminent. He is making preparations tosend the women and children to a mountainmonastery, twenty miles distant.A Jynk has reported that the Russians

nave landed field pieces at Sha river, nearHam-Heung. north of Gen-San, on Brough-ton bay, or the Gulf of Korea, at whichplace Cossack reinforcements are expected:

BRIGANDS BECOME BOLDER.

Activity Near Niuchwang Causes Com¬ment Among Foreign Residents.NIUCHWANG. June 4, morning..The

brigands in this vicinity are becoming bold¬er, after receiving one thousand ManlicherTlftes. Their renewed activity Is causinga discussion among the foreign residentson the necessity for gunboats as a protec¬tion for their lives and property duringthe Interval which must elapse betweentfie departure of the Russians and the en¬trance ot the Japanese troops Into Niu¬chwang.A British gunboat Is still lying at Hlng-

Wang-Tam. but the decision of the Wash¬ington authorities that the United 8tatesgunboats Wilmington and Helena willSummer at Canton Is taken to mean thattjntted States Consul Miller's recommenda¬tion made months ago has been unfavor¬ably considered by the government.Consul Miller s common sense diplomacy

and his firm courageous attitude has donemuch to alleviate the fears of all the for¬eign residents here. The Chinese trusthim implicitly.J*1,1" the American and British residents

nmv»° f 1' opinion that his Influence wouldC !X. *lm"iense value In the event thebandits began raiding the town, betweenthe Russians going and the Japanese corn-In? in. they eay he should lmve the supportof a gunboat stationed at the mouth ofthe river.The Russians here have been somewhat

cfceered by a report brought in by an of¬ficer just arrived, who was In the battle atKlnchow, that after the first day's fight¬ing the Japanese asked for a twelve days'truce Outsiders do not, however believethis report.

Skirmish Near Gen-San.SEOUL., Korea. June 4, noon..A skirmish

took place between twenty Cossacks andan unknown force of Japanese scouts at a

point twelve miles north of Gen-San on themorning of the 3d Instant.The Cossacks were evidently ambushed by

the Japanese, who were concealed In thebrush on a hillside. The Russians eventual¬ly retired toward Ham-Heung, leaving sixdead upon the field. The Japanese casual¬ties are not stated.

ANTICIPATING PEACE.

What Will Bo Done Should Japs Cap¬ture Port Arthur.

Special Dispatch to Tb« Evculug Star.NEW YORK. June 4..A cablegram from

London says the most sagacious of thetsar's civilian advisers are devoting theirtflnerglee to plana for meeting an advan-

tageously as possible peace proposals ex¬

pected from Japan after the fall of PortArthur.Assuming as possible the reduction of

that fortress this summer and a tender ofpeace, Russian statesmen believe that Ja¬pan. in defining terms, will heed the ad¬vice of Great Britain, who In turn will go along way in deference to France. This viewof probabilities is reflected on Europeanbourses.

Floating Mines Near Tien Tsin.TIBN TSIN, June 4..It Is generally be¬

lieved that there are floating mines In thislocality. Local steamers have been orderedto avoid the mine zone off the Shan-Tungpromontory after dark.

Fight Fending on Isthmus.ST. PETERSBURG, June 4. 3:27 p.m..

The general public at the Russfan capitalis imbued with the belief that Importantmilitary developments are impending atLiao-Yang, and that a general engagementbetween Gen. Kuroki's and Gen. Kuropat-kin's armies is imminent. Although theauthorities are doing nothing to discouragethe idea, the best-informed circles at thewar office do not.Serious Charge Against Russians.NAGASAKI, Japan. June 4, 3 p.m..

Wounded Japanese who have arrived herefrom the Liao-Tung peninsula attribute theheavy casualties at Nan-Shan Hill to theKussians' alleged misuse of the white flag.

YAMAOATA ASSUMES COMMAND.

Will Have Power Over All Jap Forcesin the Field.

A cable from London says- A dispatchfrom Tokyo to the Daily Express says thatField Marshal Yamagata has been appoint¬ed commander-in-chief of all the forces inthe field. He Is expected to proceed to theLuotung district shortly.

Career of Field Marshal.Marquis Arltomo Yamagata was born in

the province of Choshu during the year1S38. He entered the army early in life andtcok an active part In the suppression ofthe Shogunate, being appointed second vlcomil istcr of war in the new government.In the year I860 he was sent as special

ambassador to Russia and France In thenegotiation of a military understandingwith those two powers. Seven years later Ihe was placed In command of an army that Iwas about to be sent against Korea to Iavenge an Insult to the Japanese flag, but Ithe affair was amicably settled. In the Isrme year he showed grea.t ability in the Irepression of iiie Satsuma lebelllon.He Is a strict disciplinarian and was one I

of those who were Instrumental In abolish- Iing the general custom amonjr the Samurai Iof wearing swords, which, since 1876, havebeen reserved for officers In the military Iseivlce.He was appointed commander of the im- I

perlal guard and head of the general mili- Jttry stuff in 1878, and has served as min- IIster of the interior, prime minister andminister of justice. (In 1884 he was made a count In the new I

Older of nobility, and in 18tW, as a result of Ihis effective service in command of the let I

Army Corps In the war with China, whenby deep strategy he expelled the Chinesefrom the Korean peninsula within a fewweeks, he warn made a marquis and then afield marshal.He is one of the foremost of the progres¬

sive element of Japan and was one of thefirst to favor the thorough assimilation ofthe best European methods In the develop¬ment of his nation's power.He is a man of Indomitable resolution, ar¬

dent patriotism and strict Integrity, and Itis expected that under his direction theJapanese campaign will be pushed witheven greater vigor and effectiveness thanbefore, for he is regarded as the greateststrategist in the en pire.

Col. Forney Seeks Retirement.Colonel James Forney of the Marine

Corps, on recruiting duty at Boston, has ap¬plied to the Navy Department for retire¬ment under the forty years' service clauseof the navy personnel law. Col. Forney Is anative of Pennsylvania, and has been ac¬tively connected with the Marine Corpssince March, 18151. He reached the gradeof colonej in July. 181)2. and is the seniorofficer of" the corps in that grade.

Fourth-Class Postmasters Appointed.The following fourth-class postmasters

were appointed today:Maryland.Simpsonvllle, Charles R. Can-

by: Singer, Frank A. Lee; WoodHide,Bertha S. Olds.Virginia.Earls. W. F. Bowles; Rains-

wood. Addison T. Hall.

Qualified as Gunners.The following list of qualified gunners In

the 47th Company. Coast Artillery, at FortHunt, Va., has been announced: Flrat-ciassgunners. First Sergeant Joseph D. Mc-Keany, Privates Charles P. Kane, FrankV. McComaskey and Grant W. Warren.Second-class gunners. Privates Vance H.Peele and James W. Rogers.

Court-Martial Sentence.Private Charles R. Van Looven, 44th

Company, Coast Artillery, having been triedby a general court-martial, convened atFort Washington, Md., and found guilty ofconduct to the prejudice of good order andmilitary discipline, was senteced to be dis¬honorably discharged, to forfeit all pay andallowances due and to become due him, andto be confined at hard labor for threemonths. The sentence was approved byMajor General Corbin, commanding the At¬lantic division.

Movements of Naval Vessels.The Mayflower has arrived at Martha's

Vineyard, where she will engage In targetpractice and then accompany the batMeship Illinois to the Mediterranean to joinRear Admiral Barker's battle ship squad¬ron.The AJax has left Slmnghai for Cavlte,

and the Wyoming. Preble and Paul Jonesleft Ventura yesterday for Ban FranciscoThe Boston, commanded by Commander

Diehl, newly appointed Judge advocate gen¬eral. left Acapulco yesterday tor San Fran-

PERSUASIVE DIPLOMACY.»

DEATH IN COLLISIONtrains meet on same track

ZN KANSAS.

One Killed and Nineteen Injured-Engines and Cars Demolished.

Roadbed Torn Up.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 4..By thehead-on collision of two Missouri Pacificpassenger trains near Mastin, twenty-twomiles south of Kansas City, one person hasbeen killed and nineteen have been injured,most of the latter being passengers. Thetrains were No. 1, the Colorado flyer, west¬

bound, and No. 30, a Heisington, Kan., ac¬

commodation train, eastbound.The dead:august Bloom, Clear Lake, S. D.; stealing

a ride on the blind baggage.The injured:C. A. Slocum, engineer of the flyer, leg

broken.E. W. Whaley, fireman on the flyer, head

cu,t, badly bruised.E. W. Ford, porter, head bruised.C. Conklin, fireman on train 30, knee

mashed.airs. John O. .Robinson, 1917 8t. Paul

street, Baltimore, right leg wrenched.James Furncas, conductor on train 36,

badly bruised.D. A. Elwell, Ossawattomie, Kan., engi¬

neer on train 36, condition serious, prob¬ably injured internally.M. J; Blasbalg, Kansas City, head cut,

badly bruised.W. J. Forne, Ossawattomie, Kan., head

severely cut.L. G. Slick, Kansas City, leg sprained.Henry Casselbuna, New York city, nose

broken.Dala Lucas, mall clerk on flyer; body

bruised.Frank Lunk, Kansas City; shoulder

bruised.Irene Palmer, Los Angeles; head cut,

body bruised.Louis© Palmer, Kansas City; head

bruised.W. J. McAuliffe, Pueblo, Col.; head

bruised: knee hurt.Wm. Nichols, Fort Douglas, Utah; right

side hurt.Mrs. Mary Kitler, Portland, Ore.; knee

bruised.Miss Pcsten, Boston; left knee bruised.Both trains were behind their schedule

and were trying to make up time. No. 36had orders to take a siding at Mastin, buthad not reached that station and was meton a culvert a mile beyond Mastin by theflyer. Both engines were demolished. Theday coach on the accommodation train wastelescoped, as was the mall car on theflyer. All the cars of both trains werethrown from the track and the track androadbed completely wrecked.A relief train was sent from Kansas City

with a dosen physicians. Some of the in¬jured were made comfortable at Mastin,and others were brought to Kansas City.The injured are suffering from bruises andfractures received In the shock of the col¬lision and the overthrow of the ooaches.

MUST AWAIT CONFIRMATION.

Recently Promoted Officers Cannot Re¬ceive Increased Pay How.

The War Department Is Informed thatthe controller of the treasury has decidedthat those officers on the retired list whohave been advanced one grade In the pres¬ent recess of Congress because of havingserved with credit during the civil war, asprovided by the act of April 23, 1904, cannotbe given the pay for the higher gradeuntil they have been confirmed by theSenate.

, REGULARS to take part.

General Corbin's Orders Regarding theManassas Maneuvers.

Oen. Corbln. commanding the AtlanticDivision. has ordered the following troopslr. the Department of the East to take partIn field exercises at Manassas. Va., fromSeptember 1 to September 21, 1904:Second Battalion of Engineers, Washing¬

ton barracks. D. C.; 16th Cavalry at FortMyer Va.; 15th Cavalry at Fort EthanAllan, Vt.: Light Artillery BattaHon atFort Myer, Va.; Light Artillery Battalionat Fort Ethan Allen. Vt.; 1st Infantry P.tFort Porter, N. Y.; 6th Infantry at Platts-burg barracks, N. Y.; 8th Infantry at FortJay and Fort Niagara, N. Y.; 9th Infantryat Madison barracks and Fort Niagara, N.Y., and Allegheny arsenal. Pa,; 16th Infan¬try at Fort Slocum. N. Y.

Naval Promotions.The statutory retirement of Rear Admiral

M. L. Johnson on the 1st Instant has result¬ed In the following promotions: Capt W.M. Folger, to be rear admiral; CommanderO Blockllnger, to be captain; LieutenantCommander M. L. Wood, to be commander;L4eut. C. P. Plunkett, to be lieutenant com¬mander; Lieut, (junior crafts) Y. a Will¬iams, to be lieutenant.

EXCITEMENT IN TANGIER.

A Result of the Presanc4 fit th« Ameri¬can Warshltp*-

Rear Admiral ChadwUl* eab»«d the NavyDepartment this morulas from Tangierthat the presence of tha» American fleetthere has had a salutary- cttaat. but that.he community Is In a state ot great re¬ligious excitement.The admiral also reported that the Mari¬

etta, v/hlcli was sent 10 CUbralUw.for stores,has reloined the tlest at Tangier; that anItalian man-of-war h«i>! arrived and thatan Ej.gl-fh warship was expected to arrive;it the Moroccan port.Adm.ral Chadwlek's cablegram Is under¬

stood to be in reply1 "to certain criticisms,mainly fiom British'Souroes. upon the wis¬dom of sending Amnio#!, warships toMorocco at this Junctui«, It being the Brlt-,sh view that the revise the kidnapedtaen, teidicarls and VarlfY, oan be moresafely obtained by reiiainbie from addingto tlie antl-forelgn feeling of the Moors.Hence the British tfGvcnroent has so farrent to Moroccan waters mining more for¬midable in a naval way than a small dis¬patch loat, the Surprise. &:w| Is relying ep-urcly upon the efforts y£ tlie British minis¬ter resident.The lellgious excitement mentioned by

Admiral Chadwiek as prevailing among theMoors If said by aome to be Incident In thellrst place to one of lot) annual Mohamme¬dan pilgrimages occurring >fet this season.But undoubtedly the presence of the fleetct seven American Warsbips at Tangier,with a promise of relhrijrcement If neces-rary by the big battle pulp equadron, is re¬garded as threatening Moorish Integrityand the Mohammedati religion, and haa ad¬ded to the excitement.'The Navy Department Is advteed by ca¬

ble of the arrival at Lisbon today of thebattlo chip Iowa and the collier Avarenda.» here they rejoined Admiral Barker's northAtlantic squadron, wtticlt preceded themfrom Fayal.

>lt i ^FLOOD irf KANSAS.

Heavy Rains Cause Damage In ManyFarts of Stata.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 4..Furtherrains have fallen In southern Kansas with¬in twelve hours, and the flood conditions Inthe valley of the N«J|»ho awl Cottonwoodrivers continue t«u' grow \ worse. Thestreams are higher than atj any previoustime In twenty years, not "excepting therise a year ago, and they .are still rising.The Kaw, which caused the real damagefrom Kansas City west to Manhattan inthe flood of 1903, continues toslowly at Topeka, J*wrenc|and KansasCity, but as yet na alar® is felt over theresult of the flood along this stream.

Applications (br Retfeament.Lieutenants Oscar t). Duncan and D. V.

H. Allen of the navy are th<? only officerswho have applied far retiren^ent with ad¬vanced rank under Q|e naval personnel law.Their names, with it^e names-of six otherofficers, are under consideration for com¬pulsory retirement by the retiring board ofrear admirals now £i session ft the NavyDepartment. ¦

Assistant Secretary Oliver in Albany.Assistant Secretary Oliver of the War De¬

partment has gone- to Albany for a fewdays.

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Repairs t»*the ®enta«ky.The battle ship Kentucfcy. ^Wch recently

arrived at New York twpm service in theAsiatic waters, Is to reeptve -extensive re-

palra The work will take about threemonths' time, an* when completed theKentucky will be attache# to tl^e North At¬lantic fleet, under oommapd df^Capt. W. J.Barnette.

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Battle Ships toHava Torpedo Tubes.According to prAent njtens aifthe Navy

Department, 'two fvbmejfged will beplaced In each of. the ntpr ships ofthe Pennsylvania «ass aAt foufcaich In theclasses of the YJrainla «*d LqgBlana, theMississippi and Isaho slid the Tennesseeand Washington."^ It hi-calculated that Itwill cost betweew two and threes milliondollars to fit out tfe ship**Uth th«se tubes.

Olive Drab Uniforms Preferred.A majority of th^ ofUcers of the army sta¬

tioned In this city Jiavinfl expressed a pref¬erence for the olive drab Held uniform forsummer wear on duty at the War Depart¬ment, an order to that effect will be Issuedby the Secretary of War.

. .' »" »The Oregon Xea4a in Target Practice.Although net officially announced, it is

understood. tHat the order of merit of thebattle ships in the reoent record targetpractice, so far as completed. Is as follows:Oregon, first, and probable winner of thepennant; Wlaeeastn, second, and Iowa,thM The battle ship Illinois la mm en-and in target practice In Martha's Vina-

EYES ON KING EDWARDENGLAND BOTHERED ABOUT HIS

VISIT TO GERMANY.

Fear Entangling Alliance and Point to

His Former Visit to

Emperor.

LONDON, June 4..King Edward's activ¬ity In the field of International diplomacyhas given rise to some uneasiness In for¬eign office and other gorvernment circles,which finds special vent In the commentregarding the forthcoming meeting of theKing with Emperor William at Kiel. TheSgeptator voices this feeling today, ex¬pressing grave alarm at the possibilitieswhich may ensue from King Edward's Ger¬man visit, saying:"It is suggested that the emperor will

take the opportunity of his royal uncle'svisit to entangle us In some form of agree¬ment with Germany, or that, even If thingsdo not go so far as that, Emperor Williamwill somehow manage to compromise us inthe region of foreign politics. When weremember what happened on the last visitof the emperor to England, how the Brit¬ish government against their will and in¬terests and apparently without their knowl¬edge were drawn into the Venezuela messand the Bagdad railroad embroglio, we canhardly wonder at this feeling of anxiety.We feel pretty sure that a' determined at¬tempt will be made by the Germans tocompromise us. The emperor, indeed, Isalmost bound to make the attempt, so soreare his people at their present Isolationand repeated failures In the region of In¬ternationa) policy."Mfe may then confidently expect that

Germany la preparing to act on the maximof 'when In doubt and difficulty pull Eng¬land's leg, she Is too stupid to understandwhat we are doing.' Germany, therefore. Isalways trying to produce evidence to provethat she is in reality Russia's best friend,and that though she is not bound by anyalliance, as Is France, her good will ismuch more active and more efficient thanthat of France."Suppose Germany In the most friendly

and most disinterested way were to talkto us about intervention, that is naturallynot to be thought of. considering the spe¬cial relations between Great Britain andJapan, but about helping Russia to makea peace.honorable to her and favorable tothe best Interests of all the powers interest¬ed In the far east, Including Japan. Ifthe suggestions of Emperor William forjoint British and German action are of thiskind or for anticipating the course ofevents in Macedonia, Asia Minor or Syria,we trust they will be met at the very out¬set with a simple non possumus, and thatwe shall refuse to even test with a toe thesurface of the bog, which we shall be as¬sured is ouita firm."The Associated Press understands that

King Edward will be accompanied to Kielby a member of the cabinet, probably For¬eign Minister I>ansdowne, so that the for¬eign office will be in a position to keep 'ntouch with all developments and advise theking on the soot.

THE HEARING POSTPONED.

S£. Asaph Pool Room Case to Be HeardNext Saturday.

Special Dispatch to The Evening 8tar.MANASSAS, Va., Jur.e 4..Owing to an

absence of complete court records, JudgeCharles E. Nicol of the circuit court. Inchambers at Manassas, this morning de¬clined to entertain the motion of Common¬wealth Attorney Mackey of Alexandriacounty for a rule dissolving the temporarywrit of prohibition which the court re¬

cently granted restraining Justice of thePeace Jonathan R. Hagan of Alexandriacoi-nty from hearing the case of James M.

Hill, charged with conducting pool rooms

at St. Asaph, in violation of the law of thestate.The commonwealth attorney appeared for

the county and Attorney Francin L. Smith1 and C. C. Carlln of Alexandria and Ed¬mund Burke of Washington appeared forMr. HU1.Mr. Carlln said he and his associates had

ccme in response to a notice upon the peti¬tion of James M. Hill and announced thatthe papers had not been produced by thecommonwealth attorney. He thereuponentered objection to further proceedings.Replying, Mr. Mackey stated that he had

brought the papers In an identical case, oneof a set of several which Included the Hillcase, and asked the court to proceed onthat.Judge Nicol said that though opposed to

his custom, he would hear the argument Ifthe attorneys for Hill would waive theirobjection. This being declined, a lengthy

, discussion was engaged In as to the timefor a hearing.Attorney Mackey pleaded for an early

date, saying he wished to have the waycleared for the trial of the case In ques¬tion and others involving the alleged gam-biers at St. Asaph before Justice Hagan.

1 Mr. Carlln called attention to the faet

that the St. Asaph pool rooms are not nowopen."They may be opened tomorrow," said

Mr. Mackey."I promise your honor we'll not open that

pool room until the hearing Is heard onthis motion," declared Mr. Carlln, whichstatement proved the paving of the way toan understanding all around. It was finallydecided to have the argument In Alexan¬dria next Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

TO ENTERTAIN FIMPINOS.

Program of Arrangements for Receiv¬ing Visiting Commission.

I Arrangements have been made for the re¬ception of the visiting delegation of Ph'lip-ine commissioners, when they arrive in

. ushington, June 9. They will be met bythe Business Men's Association and officialsor the Wur Department, and escorted toi the Arlington Hotel. In the evening it is

1 expected an official card reception will begiven by the Commissioners of the D stricto Columbia, the Board of Trade and theBusiness Men's Association. They will begiven a formal welcome and luncheon bythe President, Friday, 10th.There will be a card reception and lawnfete in the White House grounds in theafternoon, attended by government officialsand business men of Washington. In the

evening they will be the guests of thearmy and navy officers here, who Jtnewthem in the Philippines. Saturday theywill be the guests of the Board of Tradeand will see Washington in automobiles.They will be the guests of the navy thenext day, and will visit Mount Vernon onthe Dolphin, taking luncheon on th ves¬sel. They will leave Monday morning forPhiladelphia.

WANT POWDERLY TO LEAD.

j Knights of Labor Would Have HimDirect Affairs.

BOSTON. June 4..A movement Is underway in Knights of Labor circles to have Ter¬ence V. Powderly, formerly general masterworkman of that organization, assume theleadership once more.Michael J. Kenney, secretary-treasurer or

District Assembly No. 30 of this city, is au¬

thority for the statement that Mr. Powder¬ly has been asked to take charge of the af¬fairs, and that he has Intimated that if hiselection Is unanimous he will accept.Arrangements are being made for a big

mass meeting In Boston, and today theformer leader was invited to come here and

j deliver an address.

NATURAL OAS EXPLOSION.

Four People Fatally Injured at Fair¬mont, W. Va., Today.

FAIRMONT, W. Va., June 4..Four peo¬ple were fatally hurt and eight others seri¬ously Injured today in an explosion of nat¬ural gas, which wrecked a large boardtnghouse here. Immediately following the ex¬

plosion Are broke out and the occupants,who were buried in the ruins, were rescuedwith difficulty.Those fatally hurt were Mrs. William

Dent and two daughters and Mrs. K. M.Wraffey.The explosion was caused by natural gas

leaking from a rubber tube igniting from akerosene lamp.

BALL AT LISBON.

United States Minister Bryan to En¬tertain Distinguished Guests.

LISBON, June 4..United States MinisterBryan will give a ball at the legation Mon-day. The king, queen and queen dowagerwill be among the guests, who will includethe oablnet ministers, members of the dip¬lomatic corps and a long list of other ciis-tlnguished persons.The United States battle ship Iowa ar-

rived here today and Joined the other ves¬sels of the battle ship squadron of theNorth Atlantic fleet.

Thinks Fairbanks Would Accept.Representative Hemenway of Indiana

was In the city today. Speaking of therepublican nomination for the vice pres¬idency today, Mr. Hemenway said:"I believe if Senator Fairbanks is nom¬

inated he will take the vice presidency.He" has not made a statement to the effectthat he will or will 'not accept, but manyof his Indiana friends believe he woulddo so."

Personal Mention.Col. E. B. Townsend returned to the city

yesterday from his colonial home on thepeninsula below Richmond.Col. Townsend entertained recently for

several days a number of his friends, busi¬ness men from Washington and Richmond.He was assisted by his cousin. Miss Dar¬win of New York, who has been his guestduring the winter at his home in MountPleasant.

Decision Given to Commissioners.The controller of the treasury has ren¬

dered a decision to the District Commis¬sioners that the expense of printing circu¬lars of proposals and specifications fornecessary repairs to and changes In plumb¬ing in existing school bulldrigs cannot prop¬erly be classed as an Item of "generalnecessary expense" of a District office, pay¬able from an appropriation for contingentexpenses, but is an "expense incidental toand necessary for the proper execution ofthe work of repairs to and changes Inplun-.'blng," and Is properly payable out ofthe amount appropriated for such work.

Want Troops Withdrawn.IRONTON, Ohio, June 4..The pressure of

persuasion Is being made on Sheriff Payneto induce him to acquiesce to the with¬drawal of troops from Hanging Rock. Sofar he has refused. The strikers are stand¬ing on their pledge of peace and pleadingfor the withdrawal of the soldiers. Thebusiness men of Ironton request that thetroops be withdrawn. Colonel Thompson Isin favor of taking the soldiers away, butSherlfT Payne wants the troops held untilWednesday or Thursday.

Sheep Men Not Guilty.LARAMIE, Wyo. June 4..The trial of

William L. Keyes, Harry Kcyes, WesleyJohnson and Frank Carroll, charged withkilling 300 sheep and burning the sheepwagons of Maxwell & Stevens at Tie Sidingon the night of April 25 last, has ended Ina verdict of not guilty.

Raymond President of Yale Navy.NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 4,-Henry A.

Raymond. '06, of Cleveland, has beenchosen president of the Yale Universitynavy, with R. C. Morse, Jr., of Norwich-town, Conn., vice president, and William S.Moorehead of Greensburg, Pa., secretary.

Princess Mary of Baden Dead.GMUNDEN, Austria, June 4..Princess

Mary of Baden, eldest daughter of theDuke of Cumberland and wife o!' PrinceMaxmilliam of Baden, died here today.She was born In 1870.

Married in Rome.ROME, June 4..Miss Nellie Grum of Sail

Francisco was married today to Lieut.Ralph E. Pope of tbe United Mates battleship Wisconsin.

German Editor Calls on thePresident.

DENEEN'S SELECTIONIT IS SAID WILL REMOVE FRIC¬

TION IN ILLINOIS.

The Young Crusaders of Akron, Ohio,Received.Will Be Her#

a Week.

H. von Kupffer, editor of the BerlinerLocal Anzeiger, one of the big paper? ofGermany, paid a call npon the Presidentthis morning and they discussed the friend¬ly relations existing between this countryand Germany. Both expressed gratifica¬tion at the constant increasing evidences offriendliness not only of an Internationalnature, but between the two peoples. Mr.von Kupffer said he found the Presidentan exceedingly amiable, courteous and In¬telligent executive and was delighted tomeet him. In Germany, he said, the Presi¬dent was held In high esteem, and was re¬garded as one of the great rulers of theworld. This judgment of the German edi¬tor is almost daily proven at the WhiteHouse. It is seldom that a day passe*that there are not among the visitors tothe White House several Germans Therewere two German visitors today besides theBerlin editor, and the President receivedthem cordially. The Impression the Ger¬mans bring with them to this country, andcarry away after seeing the President, lathat Mr Roosevelt and Emperor Williamhave many characteristics alike and thatboth are strong, able men They all speak^in praise of the President and praise himto their fellow countrymen In the UnitedStates. The President speaks Germanfluently and sometimes falls Into the lan¬guage to the great surprise of his Prus¬sian visitors But this merely adds to thepleasant impression the visitors carryaway with them:

Satisfied as to Illinois.A number of visitors told the President

today that the nomination of Deneen forgovernor by the republicans of Illinois laa satisfactory solution of a difficult situa¬tion. One of these sanguine people wasRepresentative Dalzell of Pennsylvania,who ran in for a chat With the Presidentabout political affairs and about an ap¬pointment."I think that the action of the convention

was the best that could have been taken."said Mr. Dalzell. "Deneen appears to bepopular with all classcs In Illinois, and 1think that the long tight will have no dis¬advantages to the republican party afterall. Deneen will recejve the support of Ihefriends of Gov. Yates and of the Inde¬pendent, thinking class which opposedTp.tes."About the same view was expressed byex-Representative Henderson of Illinois,who saw the President. Mr. Hendersonsaid the nomination was a good one and

would result In much enthusiasm duringthe coming campaign. Deneen, he said,was an able, brilliant man.Representative Brick of Illinois, who

spent some time with the President, saidthat at one time there was some uneasi¬ness as to the situation in Illinois, but thatthe action of the convenion In nominatingDeneen for governor would overcome allthis and that Illinois could be safely rankedin the republican column in November bya large majority. Mr. Brick told thePresident that Indiana can be counted onfor the usual republican majority.Representative Humphreys of Washing¬ton told the President that Washington is

republican to a greater degree now thanever before. "Thousands of democrats willvote the republican presidential ticket." hesaid, "and the state will be overwhelminglyrepublican in November."

Young Crusaders Are Received.The President shook hands with a some¬

what novel Ohio organization. It wasmade up of flfty-slx young men and boynin khaki uniforms, and carrying swords,who are known as the "Young Crusaders"of Akron, Ohio.The organisation Is composed of boys who

attend the Church of Our Savior In Akron,and the rector, Rev. George P. Atwater, Isat the head of the organisation, being ingeneral command. The young soldier-Christians will spend a week In Wash ng-ton, having arrived here this morning,at 8117 O street. They are using thepalish house of Christ Church and tentsfurnished them by the War Department.The President shook hands warmly witnthe young men. and said he hoped th»ywould enjoy their visit to Washington. Theprogram of "The Crusaders," who are un¬der strict military discipline, Includes visit*to different points in the city from now on.Two of Senator Dick's sons are merabeis ofthe organization.The membership of the Crusaders is as

follows: Officers.Rector, Rev. George P.Atwater; first warden, Mr. H. W. Fauver;second warden, Mr. F. W. Work; thirdwarden. Mr. F. C. Wood; captain. DouglasJarvls; first lieutenant, Louis Zelgler; sec-ond lieutenant, Carl Dick; third lieutenant.Jack Mathews; bugler, Gerald Reiily; quar¬termaster sergeant. Will Gordon; color ser¬geant, Lloyd Shumaket; aid, Robert Hld-dltson. Sergeants.Ra!ph Brennan, JohnBeers. James Dick, Montie Hart, JackStambaugh. Archie Kinzel, Clarence Green-lese and Archie Billow. Red Cross.GeorgeHarper, sergeant; Howard Smith, OliverHttcVeM and Ralph Richmond. Privates-Arthur Kempel, Harry Miller. Roy Button,Alvan Stratton, Ferd Bonstedt, Leo Moore,Russell Dobson, Curtis Wilcox, Frank lien-son, Thomas Casterton, Will Noble. CarlSlgel, Russell Winch, Dare McConnell. ICartWlghtman, Carl Rentschler, David Wilcox.Orlando Hardy, Carl Ganyard, ClarenceComey, Richard Brouse, Raymond Stone,Like Fisher, George Cowden, Will Carlton,Burdette Maxson and Robert Iredell.

Gen. Black Going Away.Gen. John C. Black of the civil service

commission conferred with the President.General Black is about to leave Washing¬ton on a trip of seveial weeks He will goto Vassar College June 8 to attend the com¬mencement exercises there, one of liiadaughters being in the graduating dasSLGeneral Black will then leave on an in¬spection tour of the Grand Army posts Inthe United States.Charles G.» Bennett, secretary of the Sen¬

ate had a conference with the President.Mr. Bennett will soon begin work In NewYork, his home state, for the republicanpresidential ticket. Mr. Bennett was amember of the House for six years. He Isone of the strong men in the republicanparty in Brooklyn.Ex-Senator Chandler, who has Just re¬

turned from New Hampshire, chatted withthe President for a short time.

Commander Megrew Calls.Herold C. Megrew, commander-in-chief

of the United Spanish War Veterans, calledon the President today to pay his respect*.The President is a member of the organ¬ise tion.

wTT.T.ltD IN A CAB.

Frank Young, a Bookmaker, Shot laNew York Today.

NEW YORK. June 4.Frank T. Young,known on the turf as Caesar Youag, book