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Ths-Press. T. H. VENEZUELA IN BAD PLIGHT. An ILLINOIS ot a church In Buffalo will roomers and boarders during the PKn-Amerlcan exposition and apply part of the proceeds to clearing up the church debt.

A Tall Men's club has been organ- teed In the University of Pennsylvania. It has twelve members, each of whom li 6 feet 2 Inches tall or more. Six other termed "shorties." because only 6 feet 1 iuch, are associate members. Sends a Peremptory Note to Russia. AN EARLY REPLY DEMANDED.

A landslide occurred recrntly in Switzerland. An Ion and its garden and outbuildings slid down a hillside a distance- of thlrty-flve feet, without being-la the least injured. Two stately elm trees In tbe garden were also moved without injury. Cur ttikM mj WKk- drmwlBK ITopatad TrMly wIM Chlaa-- Raubw Trlumpbm Onr Yokahama. April reply concerning' Manchuria being unsatisfactory, tbe Japanese government.after a with the heads of the army and uavy and finance, has addressed a second and more peremptory remo- Etrance, reply within a stated period.

This remonstrance, communicated through tbe Japanese minister In 3t. Petersburg, amounts to an ultimatum. ATTITl DE IB ID MBO- The French government has Just np- funds for the erection of a bronze statue of June Nlcotr who first Introduced tobacco In Europe In 1554. It was from his name that the word "nicotine" was derived. This statue will be situated in front of the main government tobacco tnamifactoiy Paris.

Thp Irish mpnibrr rej-entlv be- Ko'ils OutllpM Washington. D. April will not press her treaty upon China, but will continue to occupy Manchu- her troops i the situation at PC kin Is cleared up. and China is able to guarantee protection to the Russian railroad In Manchuria. This information has been communicated to the state department by the Russian government.

The communication pan a speech In the House of Commons In his "native tongue" was out of order. He declared that Iriah was the only language In which ho couM adequately set forth the wrongs of i Ireland. Certainly good Irish Is better than bad English--and not so palnfiilly- cammon. George W. Putnam, a descendant of the famous Revolutionary geneia'.

is Ha id to be the oldest railway mail cl'rk in tbe country. He was appointed by Lincoln In 1861, and" 1ms -betn In service ever since. His home Is in Westfleld, Ohio, but his "run" is between Ashtabula ond Oil City, oa a branch of the Lake Shore road. IrogMy of--revenge or- Is in line with the verbal assurances of Count Casslnl, Russian ambas- eador, a week ago. it Is a friendly response to the note of Secretary Hay to the Chinese government on March 1.

In which he warned that government agalna; entering into individual treaties with single powers while negotiations are pending for a general understanding with all powers. A copy of that note to China was sent to Ambassador Tower at St. Petersburg to acquaint the Russian government i the attitude of this government, ae, It was sent to other American ambassadors In Europe, to lay before the governments to which they are accredited. Ruwla was not called upon to reply to the note, as it was not addressed to that government, but Rus- rurreil In the court In Naples. A 1 f'a IB- anxious to continue the friendly young man named Clacomo Simcoli I relations i the I'nited States since was charged with tht murder of I ue have been more nearly in bar- another young man named Nogrim, regard to China a any of and on his being brought Into court a 'he other powers.

Russia has ex- hrothfr of NVgrim. uoy of Hi. clashed i P'alned In detail anJ officially her between the guards nnd stabbed th- 1 position on the whole question. Man- In the stomach. SimcoU Ml I a Included.

This explanation is to the Washinpton gov- in a i condition. i satisfactory eminent, It shows a the attitude of KusFla tow aid Manchuria has- been. misrepresented by some ore or is flow Obelus misrepresented by Russia herself in an official communication to the I I'nited Slates, which Is not regarded as probable. It also shows that Russia has gone beyond the strict rules of diplomatic intercoune to explain her position a friendly power and pre- A Russian clergyman who-e loriitrcl iilTVoods IMS IPI i a i a census of his i i i in I i States and find i a 111 all only aliout KOfl. Thr.sc not include many thousands who' he explains, are UupsliiBs.

and c'o though sponkinK the Riiysian langiiape and belonging to the Greek clinrc 1 a merely of Slavic blood in i i a i break tlirounh mis- I The efforts of England to pliu Rus- a county. In northern Mimic- 'a false position have failed, and sola. Is a and conditions verfio tlle a powers opposed to per- 011 anarchy. Judpe and jurors have- manent garrisons In Chln-i wilt con- Ftruck for their pay. and the- sheriff.

ulle to att together at Fekln for a who has hern carin for the prisoners settlement that will brlnp; about the at his own expense, threatens to enrl evacuation of China by all the This government has secured thgtn--IOOEO -t-lie I 'lioulile ia vanned by dedalon of what it desired--assurance, that no (OHM allowing the logging i companies (loins business' in county to avoid paying their bni taxes, upon the county for I a revenues. Arabl Pasha was the m.in who revolt against fjreigii con- i i a treaty should be made between Russia and China i the negotiations for a general settlement are pending at Pekln. This assurance has come from Russia, not from Pekln. llent on Wfcr. Ix)nilon.

April is taking trol in Kgynt in 1SS2. Hu was taken i liy the EnglUh and banished to Ceylon In the eighteen years "uf-- his a i i name lias been almost forgotten. It is said iliat he will soon i be liberated, and a lie will return to fm a i i i fo liolitical and otlinr. have uiulereoin- prcut changes "for the in Kpypl since 18S2. and tlu Hntis.li i runs no risl; now in him free.

has given no trouble i in ex lie, and i i i i an old man. to a h.ippiii' arcl move jircii-peraiis Kgvpt i a he has ever known, or a the I success nf his political could have known. Spe.aklng of offenders, a KansnS Cltv justice says: "I have ha-1 i nine boys publicly whipped with a tAwhlde hy their, lawful guardians, i Not one of them has ever, hern back in covirt for an offense, and every one of the nine is now leading an exem- plary life On the other hand, boys whom I sent to Jail six years agj for petit larceny are now men serving terms in the penitentiary for aerlou- crimes." The Justice concludes that Jail sentence transforms a hoodlum Into a hero. 13 other hoodlums, of new with a iew to hoUllltie-, i Russia." the IVIiin correspondent nf Daily Express. "She ha.s entered I an arrangement with i i i of a i who is uclinc 011 benalf of other friendly viceruy.s mid Koverniirs.

regarding the course will piifM of anting against In the way Petersburg. April The Rus- concludes a lengthy knowledge of vice, so that he Is betfr prepared and more determined, when he comes out. to fallow criminal courses. But the boy who Is whipped IH ridiculed and disowned by his 1 and there Is nothing for him to do but to be good and go to work. Proposition Is under way to make an encleayor to t'd some extent tho equipment of mi I a fo'die" heavy- a ordfr.

ordinance fo- fcrtir.cati.T^ will doubtedly take -this matter c'p I near fftture and It careiul cnnsltl- rratlon. When It Is taken. arroiiLT that a soldier or 1nf.int.-v r.p.li'i' marching orders has spy In of un- threo pounds. vrblrli hree pounds, will Vo fliirition Js cl respeetins tbe Ald asreement In these words: "While tha Russian gnvernnient a i a i Its present organisation in Manchuria, to preserve order in the vicinity of the broad frontiers of Russia, and 'remains faithful to Its orig- lual and oft-repeated political pro- Krani. it will quietly await the further of events." RwomM Chlhk'i Ally- Pekin.

April Japan Is taking nienEiireH with a view to hostilities with Russia. She has entered Into an agreement i Liu Kun Yl. viceroy of. a i who IK acting on behalf of the friendly viceroys, regardlg tbe course they will pursue In aiding Ja- pau. It iinderiitood tbat they have promised to place tlrr telpgrapbh- com- mui)lcatlon and transport facilities at the service of Liverpool.

April The Red Star For Plllll, i.ripbia. has returned here In hmv- inp lost her propeller. Odon. April Barley Ijimb. wltn a friend.

to town last night to attend an entertainment, and ai they were riding down the main rtreft ypieral of the young men of the town hiTi of them and goaded'' them ,1.1 their Tht two friends leaped from tlirlr hordes, flushed with nnfer, to resent, the Insults. Lamb acceded of leading the crowd, and Correll strWk hlni. l.amb then whipped out a knlff- and cut Correll twice, one wound atyerlng an artcrv In the neck, frorft which Correll bled to Oc.it tn a few ttlnutcs. TMtn. New York.

April The Tribune raomlni contains a long article purporting to Rive a clear account ot the circumstances responsible for rtralned relations between the I'mied and Venezuela. It cornea from a rller In New York mot cannecud with the paper, and In order that it might he fairly ertUclMd or corrected printed proofs of It were to legation In Waahlng- ton and to the Venesuelan consulate tn the city. The article begins by saying that the recall of United States Minister Loom- Is from -Veneiuela released much information concerning the of the Venezuelan government, headed by President Castro. New York business men who own large commercial Interests In Venezuela, and who are kept Informed by their representa- 10 air Will Occupy Manchuria-for Indefinite Period. POWERS TO BE NOTIFIED, Parts.

April It is understood that. In consequence of China's refusal to sign the Manchurlan agreement. Russia Is about to lend a circular to the powers explaining that, owing to the unsettled conditions in Manchuria, her troops will continue to occupy tba: territory until order Is established. ROBBERS OPEN A CLEAR PATH. Tork TrlbUBO A TtoHft OMO HM with Battate has been made by a Missouri man.

it. The hack Is of cherry from a LJtUe Mountain. Ohio. Apr.l more a old. wbifi Cor- hnndred or 'more men.

armed with merly lloward-I'ayne bhotguns and rifles, are scouring college In of the'bach woods and flelds in ibis section this, pieces of wood morn'ng for the three robbers who rid- from the Ho'x I.an.1, one being from a died the home of John Lemon with grapevine iha; in the'Garilcn of bulleu but night i Gethsemane. Around the margin are Lemon, who sixty-three old i set In raw small, 'pieces of wood, dla- aad a bachelor, llvea one mile east of ond shaped, gathered tram all over Linle Monitala. on tbe Knob road. tne civilised world. In one end of the Mr.

Smith and wife aad Mr. Turtle, i qsfr ted a horseshoe of neighbors, were at Lemons home I wood, and in the other end is about JOiSLo'clock hut night, playing lte mic of rabbit carved in eber- cards. when Lemon went to the door rr Te re ue. over 150 in answer to a knock. Three strange men stood hack from of wood, and the only tools us-d the manufacture of the instrument the glare of light which came through pocte kni to ae chisel.

RC6S1A SEJIDS rHIBMLY have within tbe last few days given to the writer facia long withheld. From merchants it Is learned tiiat Castro Is revising the constitution called congress 'ogether Feb. 20, whose members are all of his choos- ine. Thtir first act was to piss, according to his orders, an amendment the constitution extending the term of of- fice of the Resident from four to six. This was done without any pretension of consulting the of Important Ctmm.m*tt*U*m Ihe open door.

One asked Lemon to sell them wine. He curtly answered that he had none to sell, and stepped back into the house, closing door. Immediately th panel of. the door was shattered. One bullet ripped through Uem- on's coat between hfs ana and his ls In tbf THE BEST HE EVER SAW.

Just at present considerable interest that a few Washington, D. April t--The I'nired Slates government has received a communication from the government of Russia of importance. It has come without solicitation or urging of any kind the word of a friendly nation to a friendly nation. It bears on conditions in China and particularly those relating to Manchuria. The document has created a profoundly favorable impression and at the state department it is looli tedV More shots followed in rapid li uit 1i art thc buUrts crMhln beins opened out oj -be Canadian March he appointed as members of cabinet seven men who have learned to subjugate their wilt to his.

FIRST DIVORCE SINCE 1850. i Ohio Court Old Rallac to rratort Pvbllc Columbus. April divorce cult was Bleil in the Supreme court esterday for the first time Eince tbat I Ixxiy. in IgM) ruled against the ad- mission of such casett. on, the ground thal.Jthey.

were prejudicial to public monils. The plaintiff In tl.is rase is Mrs. Jar- i bara Clover of Alforrtton. Williams Mrs. (Jloxcr asks that sbe b- lesfired to the rights taken from her hv her husha-nH's mii-i-Mgfnl for divorce prosecuted before Judge a th January term of the U'liliamy court, because- the ili- vorce wat gwnted for a not recognized In namely, alieent for tlirp" months, whereas three oars' sence is required Now Mrs.

(ilovr demands a i decree of divorce be nullified am! that t-he be restored to all her ica-ipl ny rights. salutary deTelopraent that has occurred for many months in the eastern situation. Secretary received the communication from Count Cassini and communicated It to the president. Although the terms of the Russian communications are it is konwn that Russia takts occasion to give strong a'sauranres of her disinterested purposes throughout her dealing with China. As to Manchuria it IE stated that Russia's coarse never has varied in the determination to leave tbat province as an Integra: part of China and to the Russian troops as rapidly as safety will permit.

But. as a more signal evidence Russia's purposes and as an evidence of the emperor's devotion to thv principle of. peace, and satisfactory character are now- through doors and windows, breaking -i: and Pictures on the walls and the western Canada), and any i-for- chimney of the lamp on the table matiou tbts country is where the card players had been sit- eagerly anight, Mr, R. Corscr. of 1 a.

l.eaion and guests were unarmed. delegate ther- summer, and and all made a hasty exit through the writing of hi? door, clambering over fences and throujrb fields to a neighbor! At Ij-mon return is household effects turned topsy-turiy and $100. all the money be had. missing. Meanwhile i the country for miles around had been acres, tiu bWtrls aroused and farmers had turned out "15.000 Susbels with and guns.

It is believed here that the three house. he says: "I found surprising jields of of all descriptions. One farmer "fiOQ busbeis nf ftheat ft "acres. 40 bushe 'narley frtim ten from Ij men are the uncaptured members of uats acres. acre "The samples all No.

1 "I saw a considerable numb-r of the gang that robbed ihe Chardon stO rk. Swine and there is no bank Wednesday night. This place is four miles east of Chardon. It is supposed that the robbers lay hidden in some barn, or In one of the many thickets and gullies in this section ali day yestetlay. The country is now so thoroughly aroused that there is good reason for beliexing that the men will be cap- tared.

The searchers are in a dangerous temper and will not hesitate to shoot down the urs Uiey make any move to resist. disease sniungs: ui. They ar a good to the f.tapHT. The cattle on the range beat anything 1 ever- saw. Fat ready for 'wef.

fully mature) an.) ripened on thr nutritious glasses of am firmly coax thai this coun'ry offers "oeVir for a poor than aay I have ever Information roucvrning these given ay ic the exef-ulion of par- SOLDIERS TOSS COLLECTORS. WHIPS ELOPING I ADKry Mothrr at In Time lik riierk KnnBWAj I Salle. 111.. April An a i ed elopement furnished nvich aniust 1 1 nient at tbe Rock Island Pacific' depot In this cilj yesterday Among the crowd which pHthervd there In waiting for was John Hiser and Miss Mary Cox. rwo of the city's prominent young people.

The couple attracted attention by tbetr apparent nervousness. When it was announced that the train was i minutes late the ner- of tbe couple increased. Shortly before pulled in there arrived at tbe depot a woman weigh- mg not less than 200 pounds, who was evidently in a state of great excite-" ment. In stentorian tones she asked i' anyone had seen her daughter. Miss Cox this Urn" was behind a pile of trunks.

howovi'T, caught right of TU'MAZK KOKTS- Colled Plmtai to Takr No Pmrt the Work. Washington, IV April Chaffee bus been by the president to take no in raxing the Cht- nejr forts and establishing a chain of fortified posts by th powers from IV- kin to the coast. These instructions were sent in response to a cablegram from the American general in China arising the war department Ihe powers had determined to dismantle the forts and establish fortified posts. He K'ifO requested as to whether he shoiijd participate tills movement extent In pursiiancv of directions sent him General Chaffee will simply no'ify Field Marshal von Waldersee and the officers representing the other nations iuicrested in China that the I'nitf-d SUtes ment cannot be a party to tbe demolition of the Chinese defenses. He will, therefore, he anil have no further thf Mrmhm at Thirtieth BIIU AmoontlnE to 8S7.OOO.

Jsin Franc'sco. 6. ir.embers of Ihe Thirtieth regiment volunteer Infantry, which was mustered elsewherv in paper. Mrcbanlral Brlcktaycr. The latest clevitv in the way of saMnp machinery is what is r.s a fi'P in cem-Ttinx unil ieveliag brick, and it 1.1 t.

i i a i I I 1 I I I A out yesterdav. celebrated theTr release the like the of i-! 1 from the tossln? in liianketa 'bill collectors who called at the canip. an dthen departed for nome. leavinK some in unpaid bil's. Trades- me-a who had ti.e veterans with civilian outfits sent collecrori to the Presidio yesterday whea the sol- diTS were tu be paid off.

Jake Weln- berg was the first of a dozen collectors to try to make the soldiers pay up. A score of men him. anJ in a moment he was flying fifteen fe in the air. Hts bills and loose change were scattered in all directions. Three' times he went up.

and when he readied terra flrma he decamped. gather- in? up bills and what money he couid find, without further attempt at Three other collectors were ment than a curious spectator. ihen the nf hautttd roller Alrwly It required but time for the administration to make up its mind as to what to do jn the for this question had already been determined after mature deliberation. Whn daughter after her She ordered girl to return home. Tht girl refused ind Mrs.

Cox proceeded to chastise The prospective husband interfered mother was -draggiPS her daugh fr He France submitted its propositions, which contemplated the settlemen: of the Chinese question, they contained several among were these whfch p-crridod for The demolition of erection of fort? jsamso'seO by as -all the others had fled. Two dentists, Drs, "Emory and Coheji, who passed trough the camp, were tossed in blankets, despite their protests. The soldiers departed for home and many of the nrr. mourn unpaid bills. APPOINTED PRESIDENT (tmcar IVIcnkn of Merrlmitr cations.

viaducts, w.ire- houses, dwelling hoiist-s and bu cf every Such as has TbSs week paten- 1 in Ureal Britain and abroad by a inshatn consultinR engineer anil son. who claim it will thircis of ihe lime occupied ia Thr Culiformto Train. All previous efforts of the I'nioi: Pacific Passenger Department in th-' issuance of choice publications have been e-hpsecl and placed in uKty by the beautiful and tic book just put out entitled "The Great California traia." It is in. the MTV, hjighea; art of the illiisrrutor. the painter and the binder, the coloring beinp in and itself in origiiaiity and acd the souvenir as a -whole is calculated to offer the strongest inducements to abandon, business aud take a trip to the State on the particular train of the Tnion li S.in -f Chi i to Califoinia.

president waters. at IB Washington special One rhe most thinps on the North Pacific coas; is the large number cf halibut in afrus the. nose and knocked ilcmii i an which Mrs. Cox had i It.irin Infmnt rlilltl A Parkersburg. Va Apri.

in the fire by its mother untii was literally burnen.sway its tody a mass of rharrvd flesh, the year-old i of Mrs. Morris met an a death. No' other cause ihsn that 'if insanity can be assigned for the mother's awful deed. Mrs. Morris lives with 'her family and children in Stlnson.

southern Clay county. Seemingly the woman had beeu contented and happy i a few days: ago. when she began to evince dislike for her youngest born. The woman, after the of her Crime, was suln and would give no reason for what she had done other than (hat sbe was weary of the care of her child aad thought It would be better dead. States agreed to all of them.

with the distinct that it could not its unqualified assent to the occupation of Chinese territory on which foreign forts t-hoalci be and eoiiid not- agree to the demolition of the Cninese fortifications'unii! congress- should so direct. Tbe matter was never submitted to and that body is not in session th? president decided there was no necessity, for calling an extra session to pass on the question. Therefore. General Chaffee was directed to hold aloof from tbe proposed action ments: K. U'allac-e.

to be lieutensul in the marine corps: John S. Dodclridpe. to be a lieutenant: Thomas- Stilt, to an ensign, Conrad to be a gunner: Clayton H. Hand, a carpenter: K. a lioatswain: Arthur Smith Osborn Ivignac.

Osborn Deignan. who is appointed is one of the sailors who and A huncirej sand pounds cauga: in from tw. to three days. I.a:-i month an can steamer on her way to Tac. had 133.000 of haKbiit off the 7 Alaskan coast in three a halt days by eighteen raen.

A', cents this cargo was $3,900. A New rrotolBMi Elk Trim Kill Davenport. la April --Benjamin Carmichael, son of a promtarnt Davenport family and secretary of the local lodge of Princes of Iron, attempted suicide this evening by shooting himself In the temple while 1 nthe Elks' lodge room. He wan taken to a hotpf- tal. He Is thought to be fatally hurt No cause For the deed is apparent.

i Wichita. April Judge Archibald treasurer, who is suf- terlng with nervous collapse at his home, was no better yesterday. His age. eighty-two. Is his recovery.

He has been 111 since Tuesday. when he was again unanimously elect- ed city treasurer. He was a friend of Abraham Lincoln and was lieutenant-governor of Illinois. A home for superannuated, disabled and raeirbers of the Railway Telegraphers Is t-. be erect ed In or near Chicago.

i auu LHA Naval Constructor Hob- change, via the Colorado Midson on the famous Merrlmac expedition railway. The trains are ao ar- into Santiago bay whHe the harbor was ranged that 'they pass tnrough the being blockaded by the American fleet most interesting portion of the moun- the desire of the president to tains by'day light. The Colorado Mid- reward Deignan for-his bravery on land rons THROCGIObe mountains, that occasion by appointing him a 1 na.il cadet at Annapolis, but found that he was not eligible. descriptive books write to C. H.

Asst, Gen. Pass. AgL. Denver. Colo, iu I4x Vancouver.

B- April C. -According to Oriental, advices brought by the Empress of Japan the North China Dally News announces the deaths by massacre of the following missionaries hitherto unaecoxintfvl for: Mr. and Mrs. Olsson and three children. Mr.

and Mrs. W. Noren. Mr. and Mre, Anderson and two children, the Rev.

A. B. Palm, Miss Erickson. Mr. anJ Mrs.

Helleberg. J. W. Wahstedt. Mr.

and Mrs. and two Mlse A. Gustafsoh. Mr. and Mre.

l.und- borg and two children. Mlis Clara Hall, the Rev. O. Fbsberg. the Rev.

C. P. Blomberg. The dates of the massacres are not given. TMnt New York, April the passengers who yesterday morning on the steamship Catenia from Santos was Count former German minister to Braiit.

who is on hts way to take charge of his pest to Jackscn. to avoid a lynching He has been a world-wide nlnlster to Naral to TOMhlngton. April t--The naval bureau of navigation, which has charge ot the assignment of. ships to the various statlona.v^as proposed that there be a reduction of the force oa the Asiatic station. This has bean based on a recommendation of' tbe needs of the navy, and without reference to any of the political questions involved.

Should decided to reduce the force the homeward Cum. The Pittsburg trolley lines nin express care. There are large eliding. doors in the aides through' which express packages ate received and delivered at any point on the line. Automobile, delivery wagons wait at various points and scorry about from boose to house Immediately upon the arrival ot the express oars, the work of trana-- shipment being rashed through wKa- ot vessels would probably not begin out delaying regular passenger tofcre summer.

Memphis. April ariernoon the death sentence waa pacced upon John Shaw, the aegio convicted of criminal aaaanlt on a twelve- year-old white He wUl be taken Charles D. Poeton, upon whom the Territory of Arizona has just conferred a pension of $2S a month, b) known "The Father of ArUona." He is the first delegate to Congress from that see- Striken to St. Joseph. April agro- meat been reached between Wood Manufacturing company aud their employes and 500 girls and women have returnee! their machines in the fsctory.

tonight will be held there until i the date execution neat month, i His New York. April Skpodt ot the Danish ateimer lalandTwbich ar- i rived yesterday from Copenhagen, has eler. and la full of stories of China sea pirates and how he governed his little Kingdom of "How do you thinn Mr. Simpson proposed?" "I'll never ptess." "Hr asked -hpo 1 lo aercss the Atlantic as master,.