The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
June 7, 1905

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(r3 rf rf t 'IT 1 EVERYBODY EVERYBODY 10 PAGES i 10 PAGES 'Ml i READS IT. TOPEKA. KANSAS, JUNE 7, 1905. LAST' ED1TJ.01T. WEDNESDAY EVENING. WEDNESDAY EVENING, TWO CENTS. 1 r ;.t nHJiuuuh iiitf,. President of Bankers Says Leg islatures Are Menace. Banks in Danger From Wild Eyed lieformers. A HEARTY "WELCOME. President Davis Tells Visitors to Help Themselves. Ex-Governor Morrill Recounts His Early Experiences. Ellis Roberts, Treasurer of U. S., at Auditorium Tonight. In making the addres3 of welcome this mominsr to the members of the Kansas Bankers' association who met at the Auditorium, Mayor Davis an nounced that P. I. Bonebrake would act as a guide for al! those who were mm im Ex-Governor "E. "X. Morrill, Who" disposed to make a trip over Topeka i by gas light. Mayor Davis extended a hearty welcome to the bankers who are here and he was followed by Mr. Bone bra ke who extended a welcome on be half of the local bankers. Mr. Bone brake reviewed the wonderful growth of the city from the time the first ter ritorial governor had an office 8x12 feet with hardly any furniture except a pine table and the state seal, till the present time. Bankers are not supposed to be a class of men who are interested in the locations of "booze" emporiums, but in his address of welcome Mr. Bone brake gave the tip to those who were so inclined. He said that any drug store was prepared to sell whisky in cases of emergency such as snake-bite, toothache or extreme pain of the stomach. C. Smith, of Ottawa, made an apt response to the welcome. Rev. W. Evans, pastor of the First Methodist church, offered prayer and the con vention began by the reading of Presi dent J. B. Adams' annual address. President Adams' Address. Mr. Adams said in part: "We are come together under the most auspicious circumstances at a most favorable time, not only in the history of this association, but in the life of our state and our country, and we are happy to be the guests of a most hospitable and enthusiastic city, the capital of our commonwealth. "From a very small beginning 17 years ago when a few bankers assem bled in this city to consider the ad visability of some organized move ment for mutual protection and benefit, the Kansas Bankers' assoe f -tion has grown steadily, constantly, and .permanently until it has become a great and powerful organization, in cluding on its roll of membership nearly every bank in Kansas, possess ing great and far reaching ability to protect its members, to influence pub lic opinion, to shape legislation and otherwise advantageously affect the banking interests of this common wealth. "The association furnishes protec tion over every bank in the state in its relentless pursuit of the .professional forger and safe blowers. Danger l'rom legislatures. "I think I am safe in saying that no legislature ever assembled under the dome of this capitol without put ting the bnnkins business under a greater or less degree of jeopardy. This danger has diminished in the past few years, but it has hardly disappear ed. Even in the last legislature which was especially just and conservative in its attitude toward the banking in terests of the state, a bid was intro duced providing for the inspection of hank ledgers by township assessors on March 1. Hardly a session passes but what somo wild-eyed tax reformer proposes that banks shall pay taxes on their loans and discounts in addition to their capital stock. The bankers of the state do not fullv appreciate. I am persiu.ded. the- great importance rf the work performed by the legisla tive committee maintained by the as sociation, for quite frequently I find one who did not know that such a thing f.s a legislative committee, or what in popular parlance is denomi nated a lobbv, even existed. Through the watchful' presence and aggressive attendance of this committee upon legislative sessions the bankers of Kansas have many times been saved f,om serious embarrassment and much legislation of a harmful, perni cious and destructive character has been prevented." W. Sv. Bowman of Concordia, secre tary of the association, and C. F. Hen Ion of Faola, treasurer, read their an- WAfe.: ;nW mJ nual reports. Following: the reading of these reports, the reports of the of ficers of each of the six respective groups of the state association were read and approved. Morrill's Interesting Paper. Ex-Governor E. N. Morrill, presi dent of the Morrill and James bank of Hiawatha, spoke this morning; giving "Some Reminiscences of Banking in Kansas." Mr. Morrill's address was brim full of interesting bits of his early experiences in Kansas. He opened by describing the class of people who made up the population of Kansas in the early days, and of the poverty and privation through which they went. Many were forced to re turn east, but those who remained were rewarded after years of hard work and privation. Mr. Morrill said in rart: "Kansas was then an almost un known country. The nearest railroad was more than 150 miles from its bor der, and there was no telegraph or telephone, and the mail facilities were extremely limited. The average busi ness man of the east had about as much knowledge of the conditions ex isting here as Kansas has of Alaska. Money was an almost unknown com modity. The poorest man in Topeka today has more of the comforts of life than -the majority of the early settlers had. "To illustrate the difficulty of secur ing money on Kansas securities, I would cite the fact that in 1870 I as agent of the St. Joseph Denver City railroad was authorized to sell $100,000 of Brown county bonds, payable in 30 is:mm& Told the Bankers His Experience. years, and drawing 7 per cent interest. I visited New York brokers hoping to find a ready sale. I could not sell them in small lots in the west for 60 cents on the dollar. "In the winter of 1S71 two friends joined with me in opening a bank at Hiawatha. For months we discussed the advisability of doing so, and our conclusion was that it would not be a paying undertaking at first. "There was no bank within 40 miles of our place. There was no established rate of interest. The rule with loaners (and they were few and far between) was to take all they could get. About the lowest rate at which money could be obtained was 24 to 30 per cent and some paid, or rather promised to pay 60 per cent. Fifteen Per Cent Interest. "We decided that our rate should he 15 per cent and that loans should be made at that rate while we had any money to loan and when we had not (which I regret to say was quite often) we would decline all loans. "We started in with moderate expec tations. The senior partner expressed the belief that in 90 days we could secure a deposit of $10,000; our capital was $12,000, in 30 days our deposits were $11,000, which exceeded our most sanguine expectations and our loans were J15.000. President J. B. Adams of the Bankers. "In addition to a regular banking business we acted as real estate agents, discharging the duties of county clerk, wrote deeds and mortgages and in fact did everything that was honorable that would bring in a dollar. "Very few of our people had ever done business in a bank and many amusing instances occurred to prove this statement. "Our business was very economically managed and as we all had means out side of the bank, we added all our earnings to our capital, and as we hired no help we paid no salaries. Our expenses for the first year, including rent, fuel, blank books, stationery, drafts and checks, were only $1,500. "During the early seventies.' as the population of our county increased, new school districts were organized and bonds voted to build school houses. It was extremely difficult to find purchasers for the bonds and se had no difficulty in buvine them at Ml i cents on the dollar where the amount j was $.-00 or less and 85 cents where they amounted to S1.0U0. Interest was at 10 per cent. In six months our de posits had increased to $36,000 and at (Continued on Page six.) 4 ill GOLDJJASKET. London Presents Her Welcome to King Alfonso. Spanish King Slakes a Yisit to Guild Hall. LARGE CROWDS OUT To Do Honor to England's Dis tinguished Guest. It Is the First Bright Day He Has Had. London, June 7. King Alfonso today visited the city of London and enjoyed the hospitality of the lord mayor and corporation at the Guild hall. For the first time since his majesty's arrival in England the weather was sufficiently fine to enabler him to appear in an open carriage and for the first time anything in the nature of really large crowds gathered to welcome him. The welcome to the young monarch was of the heart iest description. The route of the pro cession which passed under a continu ous archway of flags and flowers was lined with troops. Halts were made at the boundaries of the different boroughs to receive and answer the addresses of the local authorities. At each of these points the decorations were of an es pecially elaborate character and the crowds were notably large. King Al fonso unrestrainedly showed his pleas ure at the demonstration which cul minated in a scene of great enthusiasm as he entered the Guild hall. There were assembled a brilliant gathering of members of the royal family, cabinet ministers and naval, military and court officials. The city's address of welcome was presented the king in a gold cas ket. King Alfonso did not reply to the presentation address which referred to the admiration which the citizens of London had for the art and literature of Spain and the services of that coun try in the cause of civilization and which recalled the commercial ties uniting the two countries. At the conclusion of the presenta tion of the address of welcome to the Spanish king a procession was formed. King Alfonso escorting the lady may oress to the ancient hall where lunch eon was served to a most brilliant company. At the conclusion of the luncheon the lord mayor, John Pound, toasted the king, saying that London ers recollected that several centuries ago an English princess became queen of Spain and that four queen consorts of English kings had been princesses of Spain. King Alfonso expressed his deep gratitude for London's reception and proposed the health of the lord mayor. The royal party immediately after wards returned to Buckingham palace. The streets were lined with soldiers and police who kept the crowds back nd every ether precaution was adopt ed to insure the safety of the kins. HE LOST $7,000. Wealthy Junk Dealer Swindled by Bunco Men. Chicago. June 7. M. Cohen, a wealthy junk dealer of St- Louis, Mo., has reported to the Chicago police the loss of $7,000 by a "wire tapping" swindle.. Cohen met five men in St. Louis and they unfolded to him an elaborate plan to beat the races which are in progress at the Latonia track. He came to Chicago with the men and they took him to a room in a building near Sixteenth street and Michigan avenue. There were intricate electrical machines there and he thought the scheme was a good one. For three days he remained with the party. During that time he advanced large sums of money aggregating $7,000 and then the five men disappeared. There is no trace to the whereabouts of the swindlers. FELL FROM EL CAPITA?! A Tourist Drops 1,500 Feet l'rom the Mountain Side. Yosemite, Cal., June 7. Chas. A. Bailey, aged 50 years, a prominent resident of Berkely, Cal., has been killed by falling from the precipice of El Capitan a distance of 1,500 feet. In company with J. C. Staats of Mount Vernon, Ohio, Bailey started up the almost perpendicular face of the cliff, a feat which has never yet been ac complished. When they had climbed about half of the three thousand feet ascent they halted for breath, Bailey sitting on a narrow shelf and Staats clinging to the face of the rock below. Without a word Bailey began to slide, shooting downward a few feet to Staats' left. He fell headlong cut of sight, striking his head several times before he dis appeared. The body has not been found. MILLERS CONVENE. Third Annual Convention of the Na tional Federation in Session. Kansas Citv. Mo., June 7. Millers from many parts of the United States were in attendance today at the opening session of the third annual convention of the Millers' National Federation. The pnntial renort of President Espenshied of St Louis, Secretary L. T. Jamme of Chicago and the traffic manager, Her bert Bradley of New Tork, were read. The remainder of the day was devoted to papers. One of the important ques tions which will come up before the convention finishes its work, is the bet ter protection in bills of lading for flour. He Worked for Horace Greeley. Des Moines, la., June 7. Barlow Granger, pioneer printer and newspa per man of Iowa, died here today at the age of S9 years. Granger at one time set type for Horace Greeley on the New York Tribune, COUflTiflGT HEMEN Also the Women and Children Is Mr. Coburn's Task. Legislature Provided for a Re liable State Census. WORK HAS COMMENCED County Clerks Are Yaluable Aids in Undertaking. Cities Are Enumerated pendent of Counties. Inde- Kansas now has a census bureau in full operation. W. J. Stagg is "director of the census." and the headquarters are in the two northwest rooms on the fourth floor of the state house. The work is being done under the supervis ion of F. D. Ccburn. secretary of the state board of agriculture, under auth ority of a law passed in 1S75. The last session of the legislature ap propriated $5,000 to pay the expenses of this census, and judging from the amount of work which is involved in the undertaking, $5,000 will be none too much to pay the expense. The work of the state census bureau commenced about a week ago with half a dozen clerks. The number of clerks has now increased to 16, and within a week or two the number will have to be increased to 25. It is expected that the work will not be completed for about three months. This state census is taken every ten years. It was arranged to take the first state census in 1S75, and this has been followed on each decennial anniversary with another census. It comes midway between the United States census years. This is the second census which has been taken under the supervision of Secretary Coburn. The census of 1S75 was taken by Secretary Gray. When the state board of agriculture is getting ready for the decennial cen sus, its first duty is to send out to the county clerks a blank form, bound in books, which are distributed to the as sessors. Every township in the state has a book; some townships require more than one. Each city is also enumerated by itself, and usually a city takes several books. The city of Tope ka, for example, required 31 books to in clude the whole population. These blank forms must be in the hands of the county clerks before March 1 of the census year. Before July 1, the county clerks must send them back, properly filled out and footed. It is provided that the state shall se cure information on the following sub jects: Population, the name, age, sex and color of each person, place or birth, and where from to Kansas; number of families and number of persons in each family. Occupations, population, 10 years ana over, engaged m all occupations, num ber engaged in agriculture, in profes sional services, in trade and transporta tion, in manufactures and mechanical industries, in mining, number of per sons learning trades, native and foreign population under 21 years of age. Agriculture; name ot person managing farm; size of farm; quantity of land under cultivation; quantity of land un der fence; quantity of land not under fence; acreage of the principal crops; number of rods of different kinds of fence and the cost of each; value of farm; value of farming implements; number and kinds of live stock; number and value of slaughtered animals. Manufactures; number of establish ments; name and postofflce addres3 of corporation, company or individual pro ducing; name of business; kind of mo tive power; average number of hands employed; capital invested; raw ma terial used; product. Blind, deaf, dumb, Insane and idiotic; number, giving age, sex and color, to gether with name and postofflce address of parents or guardians. Libraries, newspapers, churches and school houses; number of public and private libraries, and books in each; number of newspapers, when establish ed and circulation; number of church organizations of each denomination, membership, number of church edifices, and value; number of school houses and value of school property. Pauperism and crime; number of per sons supported in whole or in part at public expense during the year; cost of annual support; number of persons con victed of any criminal offense before the district court, justices' courts and po lice courts, snecifving the offense by classes, during the year, and number of persons In prison or in tne county jail on the first of .Iarch. The assessors of the state must col lect this information at the same time they make their general assessment oi property. The statistics about agricul ture, manufactures and the blind, deaf and dumb, insane and idiotic, are col lected every year, but the decennial census is a general extension of the duties. No one is making any forecasts as to what the census will show. It is ex pected that the state has gained con siderably in population since the United States census was taken in 1900. but no sensational increase is anticipated. When the returns come in from the county clerks, they are placed in the hands of W. J. Stagg, who distributes them among his clerks, and has the re turns compiled and tabulated. The footings which the county clerks have made on certain portions of the returns are verified bv Mr. Stagg, who is an ex pert accountant, and well qualified for the work to which he has been assigned. HAY SAILS TODAY. Will Hoard the Baltic at Liverpool for Home. London, June -.-Secretary Hay and Mrs. Hav left London at noon for Liver pool to join the White Star line steams Baltic at Liverpool, whence they sail for New York today. The company at tached a roval car to the boat tram for the convenience of the secretary of state, who was 5enoff by Ambassador Reid and Mrs. Keid Secretary Carter and Mrs. Carter an3 a f personal friends. Temperature 'n Large Cities. Chicago June 7 a. m. temperatures- -v-ew TorK 56; Boston 52; Phila delphia 56; CluVaP? 52; Cincinnati 74; Washington 60; .Minneapolis Louis 79. i&; St. UNION JIISOLVED. Norway Cuts Loose From the Scandinavian Federation. Storthing Declares the King's Authority at an End. ADOPTS AN ADDRESS. Assuring Him That No 111 Feel ing Is Entertained. Invites Him to Help Norway Select Another Ruler. Christiania, June 7. King Oscar's refusal to sanction the bill passed bv the storthing providing for a separate consular service for K-o-a,r nated today in the passage of a resolu- tion by the storthing declaring the dis solution of the union of Sweden and Norway and that the king had ceased to act as king of Norway. Although the action was anticipated it caused considerable excitement in this city on account of the anxiety as to what action the king would take. The "s ucvtiue acute jviay 2t when his majesty after three months rest, dur ing which the regency was confided- to Crown Prince Gustave, resumed the reigns of office. The council of state immediately submitted to him the con sular bill which he on May 28 re fused to sanction, arguing that any action must receive the sanction of the mixed council. The Norwegian council of state thereupon resigned ana tne King refused to accept their lesigiiaiions as in view of the state of public opinion it was impossible to form a new government. Demonstra tions were held throughout the coun try endorsins the action of the council of state. The consular bill while apparently or ume importance was designed to open the whole question of foreiem af fairs which Norway desires to manage inaepenaently or Sweden. An address to the king was adopted declaring that no illfeeling was enter tained against him, his dynasty or the Swedish nation and asking him to co operate in the selection of a young prince of the house of Bernadotte to occupy the throne of Norway. At the opening of -the session the government informed the storthing that it relinquished office from today. The storthing thereupon unanimously and without debate passed the follow ing resolutions: "Whereas, all the members of the council of state have laid down their offices, and, "Whereas, his majesty, the king-, has declared himself unable to establish a new government for the country, and, "Whereas, the constitutional, regal power thus becomes inoperative, the storthing authorizes the members of the council of state who retired today to exercise until further notice as the Norwegian government the power ap pertaining to the kins in accordance with Norway's constitution and exist ing laws with those changes which are necessitated by the fact that the union with Sweden under one king is dissolved in consequence of the king having ceased to act as a Norwegian king." .M. Michelsen, the retiring premier, accepted in behalf of the government the "honorable and difficult task with which the storthing has entrusted it." Five social democrats dissented from the address to the king. It is expected that the storthing will issue a proclamation to the Norwegian people regarding the dethronement of the monarch. The dissolution of the union between Sweden and Norway has been pending for some time and had its growth in the desire which became stronger as time passed for the establishment of separate consular systems for the two countries. King Oscar recently vetoed at Stockholm the measure presented to him by the council of state providing for separate consular representation and the Norwegians maintained that the king by so doing and partly by his ab sence from Norway had suspended his rights and duties as king of Norway. One of the causes for the desire in Sweden for separate consular systems was the fact that Sweden is protection ist and Norway is for free trade and also because of Norway's more exten sive sea trade and other divergencies of commercial interests. The King Protests. Stockholm, Sweden, June 7. King Os car has sent a telegram to Premier Michelsen, as follows: "Have received the communication of the council of state. Record the most decided protest against the method and action of the government." Doesn't Like the Bernadottes. Christiania, June 7. It is not an ticipated that King Oscar will consent to any prince of the house of Berna dotte accepting the Norwegian crown. Should the king refuse there is a pos sibility that the throne may be offered to Prince Waldemar, the third son of King Christian of Denmark. The peo ple of Denmark largely sympathize with the Norwegian demands. NEARLY READY TO SAIL. Squadron Which Will Bring Over Paul Jones' Body. New Tork, June 7. The second squadron of the North Atlantic fleet. consisting of the armored cruiser Brooklyn and the protected cruisers Chattanooga, Galveston and Tacoma, selected bv the navy department to brinsr the body of John Paul Jones from France, will assemble off the naval anchorage at Tomkinsville. Staten Island, today and will proceed on Thursday to sea on the way to Cherbourg. Off that port the casket containing the body will be transferred to the Brooklyn. Rear Admiral bigs hoo will be in command. On its arrival at Cherbourg the ,ii,adron will be met by the Frencn warships that are to participate in the tribute in Frencn waters. it" days after its arrival the squadron, is "expected, will sail for Annapolis. Weather Indications. Chicago, June 7. For Kansas: Partly cloudy today and Thursday with proba bly showers in south portion; easterly winds. IS MUCH COOLER TODAY. Both the River and the Temperature Have Fallen. Both the Kansas river and the mer cury, in Topeka, have fallen during the past 24 hours. The government thermometer registered a minimum temperature of 5 7 degrees early this morning and the river gauge register ed an even 11 feet, a fall of three tenths of a foot since yetserday morn ing. The wind has been in the north, blowing half a dozen miles an hour, and the air was cool and fresh early this morning. The corn and wheat region bulletin says: "The weather was clear this morn ing with much lower temperature in Kansas, western Missouri and north ern Oklahoma. Showers have occur red in southeastern Kansas and south western Missouri and heavy rains in northern Oklahoma. The temperature has fallen in all districts; showers have occurred in all except the Omaha district." The maximum and minimum tem peratures recorded during the 2 4 hours ending this morning at 7 o'clock were: Baker, 84-52; Dodge City, 84 58; Fort Scott, 92-60; Macksville, 88 52; McPherson, 90-64; Manhattan, 90 50; Osage City. 90-58; Russell, 84-52; Sedan, 88-64; Topeka, 90-7; Toronto, 90-58; Wichita, 90-60. The forecast for Kansas sent out to day is, "Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; probably showers south portion." The hourly temperatures recorded by the government thermom eter today were: 7 o'clock 61111 o'clock 71 8 o'clock 64112 o'clock 73 9 o'clock fiKI 1 o'clock 75 o'clock V.W.IW 2 o'colck I".. 78 10 Wind north 7 miles at 2 D. m. AFTER RURAL ROUTES. Congressmen Curtis and Miller Are in Washington on Business. Washington, D. C. June 7. Representa tive Curtis and Representative Miller.botn of Kansas, are here to get rural delivery routes established in the city districts and to look after other departmental business in which their constituents are interested. They will also urge William R. Bingham of White Citv, Morris county, Kan., for an appointment in the consular service. Bingham succeeded Col. James G. Stowe of Kansas City as consul general at Cape town, but relinquished that place in March and Horace L. White of this city was ap pointed as his successor. White has not taken charge of the post, however, and it is reported he may decline it. The Kan sas representatives will call on President Roosevelt and ask him to give this to Bingham if White does not accept, or some other consular appointment in the event the place at Capetown is not aavila ble. Mr. Curtis also discussed with Secretary Hitchcock the allotment work in Indian Territory, which will be completed under the direction of Tams Bixby, chairman of the Dawes commission, after the commis sion dissolves June 30. WOMEN TO THE HARVESTS. Difficulty Experienced in Having Rail roads Carry Them. "It's a hard matter," said one of the men at the city free employment agency the other day, "for us to ship women to the harvest fields over the Union Pa cific railroad. For the most part the trainmen on that line seem to take the stand that a woman is not a harvest hand and is thertfore not entitled to take advantage cf the harvest hand rates which are put on during the sea son. Several other of the other rail roads are rather clmed to take the same stand; they are suspicious and ap parently fear that the women are sole ly traveling for pleasure, tsut m re ality there is very little in tnat talk of subterfuge. We have found almost in variably that the people whom we sent went for the purpose of woildng in the wheat fields." The negroes who apply have learned of the race feeling which prevails in certain counties in the wheat region of Kansas and are very careful not to reg ister for counties where it is known that prejudice exists. In Barton, Rice, Mc Pherson and Ellsworth counties several brushes between the negro and white harvest hands occurred last summer and in some of the counties the trouble grew to the proportions of a race war. The negro almost invariably in regis tering for a particular place now asks the employment agent. "Are there any colored people living there?" TWO BOYS "CREMATED. Crawled Into a Brush Heap Which Subsequently Caught lire. Atlantic City, N. J., June 7. Two bovs, Ordner J. Delaney and William Jeffries have met with horrible deaths by cremation at the beach here. They were aged 7 and 5 years respectively. They had gone to a brush heap and builded a jetty. They discovered a hole beneath the pile and crawled under. The brush caught fire and before the boys could crawl out they were crema ted. POSTMASTER HOLDS MAIL. Refuses to Give Vp Boxes or Letters of Toiiopah, Xev., OHice. Reno. Nev., June 7. Owing to a dis pute between Postmaster Booth of Tonopah and the Tonopah Lumber company the people of that town have had to go without mail for a number of davs. Recently the lumber company leased a building to the government for a postofflce, but Booth refused to turn over the boxes and other equipment unless the government paid for it. Booth closed the office and refused to deliver the mail. It remains in the of fice undistributed. His actions led to a squabble with Deputy Postmaster Stewart, who, with four clerks, has re signed. 'Booth declares he will not give up the equipment until the government has paid for it. Scars Will Lost. Boston, June 7. The last will of the late J. Montgomery Sears, Boston's largest taxpayer, which disposes of an estate of about $25, 000. Outs, has disap peared. Mr. Sears' attorney turned the document over to him, it is said, several months ago. A Tow Boat Sinks. Louisville. Ky., June 7. The tow boat W. W. O'Neill, one of the largest in the river service, struck an obstruc tion in the canal today and sank. Captain Carrollton and crew of twenty-five escaped. The boat was valued at JIOOOQO. ALL EYES Of ROOSEVELT. He Is Looked Upon as Leader in Peace Movement. Nicholas Has Received His Ten- der of Good Offices. HE SEE3IS FAVORABLE. The Czar Is Believed to Be ia Pacificatory Mood. High Tension in Diplomatic Circles of St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg, June 7," 5:50 p."m. President Roosevelt when this dis patch reaches America should be la possession of Emperor Nicholas1 re sponse to his tender of good offices. The efforts that President Roosevelt has been making to being the belliger ents together entered on a distinctly new phase last night. Foreign Min ister Lamsdorff had an audience with, the emperor in the afternoon upon the subject of Ambassador Cassini's coin- location, and at 11 o'clock last "'am Ainuassaaor Meyer called upon Count Lamsdorff at the chancellory and remained with the foreign min ister for some time. Whether this visit was upon the invitation of Count Lamsdorff or at the request of the ambassador cannot be definitely stated, but there is reason to believe that tho visit was in obedience to instructions from Washington conveying a per sonal communication from the presi dent to the emperor tendering hiss good offices. The result was that to day Mr. Meyer went to Tsarko-Selo in full uniform and was received in spe cial audience by the empercr. lpoa his return to St. Petersburg this after noon Mr. Meyer hastened to the em bassy, where he sent a long cipher dis patch to Washington. Half an hour later he was closeted with Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador. The present situation is extremely delicate and the greatest reticence is observed. The foreign office is de serted, this being the 'empress' birth day, and at the American embassy no statement could be procured this' af ternoon. Nevertheless there are some collateral indications that the em peror's response was favorable. The sudden retirement of the French for eign minister, M. Delcasse, who was regarded as not only one of the strongest supporters of the dual alli ance but as one of the staunchest friends of Russia, was a great blow to Russia, and rendered President Roose velt's friendly tender particularly op portune. Besides it is known, as set forth in these dispatches, that the em peror has been strongly advised if he decided to open peace negotiations to do so through President Roosevelt. No Movement to Leave. Manila. Thursday. June 8. 1 A. M. There are no indications of the depar ture of the Russian warships from Ma nila bay. Admiral Knquist has not heard from St. Petersburg since his ar rival, although he has filed many lengthy dispatches. The Russians show the keen disappointment they feel at the inaction of the St. Petersburg offi cials. The signal station at Corregidor re ports thattheGerman steamer Gaardine is passing in with coal for the Rus sians. .Still Skirmishing- in Manchuria. Tokio, June 7.-4:30 P. M. It is an nounced at the headquarters of the im perial army that a detachment of Rus sian infantry, the strength of which was not mentioned, attacked Machatun, two miles north of Wei Yuen Pao at an early hour in the morning, but was repulsed. On the same day a Japanese force which advanced to Shahotso, nine miles east of Changtu, dislodged tha Russians holding the territory in the vicinity and occupied a neighboring emineee. A portion of the Japanese cavalry drove northward the Russians who held Chichiatzu, 15 miles north of Kwang ping and Machiatun, seven miles east of Chichiatzu, and occupied the sur rounding territory. Russia Asks for Terms. St. Petersburg, June 7. As a result of the meeting of the council of minis ters held at the Tsarsko-Selo palace yesterday, instructions were telegraph ed the Russian ambassador at Wash ington and Paris to the effect that Rus sia is desirous of learning Japan's peace conditions. Powers Actios in Concert. Washington, June 7. Mayer Des planches, ambassador of Italy to the United States had an audience with President Roosevelt this afternoon by appointment. The interview was held in the parlors of the White House. While no details concerning the confer ence were made public it is known that the .situation in the far east was the principal topic of consideration. With every ambassador representing an Eur opean sovereign, the president now has discussed the subject of peace between Russia and Japan and there is perman- ent ground for the statement that the power are acting in concert to bring about a cessation of hostilities in the Orient. That Italy has thrown the weight of her influence for peace there can be no doubt. Captain Nebolsin Was Injured. Manila, June 7. No deaths have been reported among the Russian officers or sailors since the arrival here of the three cruisers commanded by Rear Ad miral Enquist. Among those who had narrow escapes from death is Captain Nebolsin, com mander of the Aurora, on which vessel Enquist hoisted his flag after the Ole? had been disabled. While Captain Nebolsin was in the conning tower a shell exploded there but did not injure him. Later he left the bridge of the Aurora in charge of the first officer a.id went to the main deck in order to supervise the work of subduing the flames, the Aurora being on fire, and of caring for th wounded and killed. On his way to the main deck another hell exploded near Captain Nebolsin and five fragments hit him, three in the head, one in the right leg, and one on tha right ankle. The captain was stunned for a few moments but recovered, ami proceeded to look after the wounded. H then returned to the bridge and con- CContinued on Page Six4 j