The Province from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 1

VANCOUV PROVING TWELFTH YEAR. SIXTEEN PAGES VANCOUVER, B. SATURDAY, HAY 20, 1905. SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE DAILY mi- nuK on ENDING OF STRIKE HELD JNABEYANCE ONLY ONE POINTAT ISSUE CITY WANTS END OF CARRALL STREET FROM ROYAL CITY MILL GERMANY'S HEIR TO VVEDJN STYLE PREPARATIONS AT BERLIN CHIEF JUSTICE WILLTAKE TRIAL SESSION ON MONDAY OYAMA PLANS A BIG BATTLE WILL FORCE FIGHT TO A FINISH Japanese Commander Fearful of Having Unbeaten Army in Front of Him in Event of Disaster to Togo French Patrol to Secure Gunshu Pass, May 20 108 miles north of Tie Pass, Manchuria, May 20.

A general engagement is imminent. Field-Marshal Oyama is deploying heavy forces against General Linevitch's left and is contracting his troops alonj the centre, but his base is opposite the Russian right. It ia not yet clear which wing is making a demonstration and which will deliver the main blow. Ibis evident from Linevitch's preparations that he intends to accept a decisive battle. St, Petersburg, May 20.

The War Office confirms the report from Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, that Field-Marshal Oyama is on the eve of taking the general offensive, and no doubt is entertained here that General Linevitch will accept battle in his present positions. The general staff believes Oyama's defence was precipitated by the doubt regarding the issue of the naval battle between Admirals Rojestvensky and Togo. With an unbeaten army in front of him, Oyama's position must bs critical if his communications with Japan were interrupted even temporarily. heard recently that reports of this character were In circulation. It Is realized that so long as the Interests of the United States are not menaced there is no ground for the American Government to interfere In this connection, except perhaps to exert Its good influence for the continuance of friendly relations between Japan and China.

RUSSIAN ATTACKS BEATEN. IMt Wit IKUIIID-HI San Francisco Property-owncrs Plundered with a Boldness Which Staggers BeliefSmith the Tool of a Powerful Ring of Property Thieves. San Francisco, May 20. (Special.) The Investigations of the staff of special auditors Into the much tangled affairs of defaulting Tax Collector Edward J. Smith of this city, brought to light to-day a scheme so stupendously fraudulent in Its nature as to stagger even those who have had knowledge of the all pervading system of graft which has enveloped the tax collection department for many months.

It has been discovered that a ring of tax scalpers, operating with the assistance of Smith and his subordinates, has secured $1,600,000 worth at valuable property at an expenditure of less than $100,000. With the uncovering of this plot, which is believed to be gigantic in Us ramifications, there Is brought to light the reason for the Jaunty demeanor maintained by Smith since he was brought back from St. Louis under arrest. Smith has taken his incarceration in a most aggravatingly cool manner. His jaunty carriage and Insolent bearing has set the Grand Jury which is pressing the charges against him, by the ears, and no stone which may conceal evidence against him is being left unturned.

Fraud Is Enormous. Smith's cool conduct under continual examination was only rendered possible by the man's belief that so many prominent persons were connected with him In his frauds that enormous pressure would ultimately release him from prosecution. That Smith has good grounds for belief that powerful influences will be set to work to clear him is now the opinion of the Grand Jurors. They arrived at this conclusion to-day when the operations of the ring of tax scalpers were made known. The extent to which fraud has been practiced In the tax collection department is generally known to be enormous, but ns much secrecy as possible is being maintained concerning today's discoveries, as It Is understood many arrests are to be made.

Several of the most prominent men in the ring are now under police surveillance, and should they attempt to leave the city, will be detained. The arrest of these men will be accomplished just as soon as a check can be made upon the sensational report turned in this morning by the special auditors. The auditing department is working night and day on the books of the department. With the props of Smith's influence cut by the arrest of the men outside the department who have engineered nil the deals It is expected that Smith will break down and confess. He ia specifically charged with defalcations amounting to $80,000, but it is said that there is proof that he made away with double that sum.

Delinquency Falsely Charged. The modus operandi of the ring of which Smith was a leading tool was to manipulate the records of the tax collecting department in such a manner as to make it appear that certuin taxpayers were delinquent. Then without notice to the property-owners affected their holdings were sold to the ring. In this manner the titles of many panels of valuable land and buildings have been placed in Jeopardy. In fact, many owners of property will In a day or so become aware that their holdings stand in the names of others.

Smith's record In this city Is so besmirched by fraudulent deeds that feeling against the civic authorities who allowed him to retain nllice Is running very high. A year ago he defaulted from office tO'the tune of $100,000. That amount was made good by two of his brothers, and the man returned to his duties without publicity being given to the afTalr. On the occasion of the frauds for which Smith now stands charged his actions were so boldly executed as to force Investigation. When he realized that the dame was up he Med to St.

Louis with Leona Urooks, a member of the deml mondalne. When arrested, Smith had but a few dollars. In the belief that he secreted many thousand dnMnrs of stolen funds, all the large cities of the coast and the middle West have been searched by order of the Grand Jury. No trace of the missing money haB yet been discovered, however. PRIZEFIGHT AT MONTREAL.

Spike Henneisy end Tim Callaghan Appear on Lsorosss Grounds. Montreal, May 20. (Special.) A re-mnrknhle spectacle will be provided here this afternoon for the benefit of city sports, when Spike Hcnnessy and Tim Calhiglian, two piiglllHiR of International reputation, will tight on the Shamrock lncrossn grounds, Just outside the city limits. The go will be fifteen rounds and the ring will be pitched on a platform In front of the grnmlslnd, which can bold many thousand of people, Tom Bharkey will be In llcnnessy'a corner. ALL WENT TO CIRCUS.

8ixteen Pennsylvania Collieries Close Down to See Show. Mahnney City, May 20. Sixteen collieries, employing 16,000 men and koys, were forced to suspend operations tn-duy been use of the appearance bore fur the first time of a circus. Ia'ks than 10 per rent, of the employee reported for duly, which Srai not enough to operate the mines. 10 City Will Be en Fete to Welcome the' Duchess Who Is to Espouse the Crown Prince The Kaiser Has Ordered All Things on an Elaborate Scale.

Berlin, May 20. The entertainments in celebration of the wedding of the Crown Prince Frederick William and the Duchess Cecilia of Mecklcuburg-Schwerln will last four dayB, beginning on Sunday, June 4, the day the bride and her family arrive here from Schweiin and take up their residence in the Bellvue Palace. The Duchess will be received at the Brandenburg Gute by the Chief Burgomaster and the city fathers, and by a hundred young women, who will present flowers to their future Empress. The girls will be dressed in Gretchen costumes, with their hair in braids down their back. Behind the Crown Prince and his bride will ride of right the Burgess Postmen and deputations from other trades and occupations, according to custom.

Those chosen to form the cavalcade are now In training at riding schools. Garlands and Roses. The Emperor has commanded that the entrance' Into the city, which will be the only public celebration, shall be simple, and, If possible, beautiful. The three-quarters of a. mile of Unter den Linden from the Brandenburg Gate to the palace, where the Emperor and Empress will await the Duchess Cecilia, will be hung with garlands and roses.

Artificial ones, naturally, will be the only sort used, as they will have to stand four days' exposure. Eighty thousand garlands have been ordered. Seats and windows along Unter den Linden have been selling for from $5.50 for the former to $125 for the latter. Except for the numerous court equipages and uniforms, which will be seen In the streets, and the Prince's going to and coming from Evesy Hotel there will not be anything for the public to see, as the festivities will be private, and only members of royal families, Ambassadors and a few other important persons anil Government officials will take part in them. The chapel of the Palace, where the wedding will take place, only holds about three hundred persons, but there will be a service at the cathedral on Sunday, and a dinner at which the Hohenzollern and Mecklenburg -Schweiin families and the visiting Princes, of whom there are fifty or sixty, will be present.

Princes in Dozens. There are so many Princess coming, each of whom must be treated ceremoniously, that the Imperial Court Marshal's OHice is perplexed over questions of princely precedence. The Ambassadors probably will only be invited to one or two functions, so as to avoli placing them below members of small German houses. The wedding presents will be presented in the palace on Monday morning, June 5, when deputations with congratulations will be received. Later there will be a numerously attended breakfast, and the state dinner will be served at 5:30 In the afternoon, so -as to be ended in time to permit of the punctual appearance of all guests at a gala performance at the opera the same evening.

The civil ceremony' of the wedding on Tuesday, June 6, will be performed by House Minister Von Wedel, and the religious rite will be celebrated by Dr. Dryandcr (the court chaplain In the palace chapel). The procedure to be observed In the wedding of the Crown Prince fills a hundred and thirteen pages of the Hook of Ceremonies of the House of Hohcnzol-lern. TO BE POPE'S BANKER. J.

P. Morgan May Take Over Business of Holy See. New York, May 20. (Special.) A cable dispatch to the Journal from Rome contains the statement that J. Plerpont Morgan has made an offer to Pope Plus to become the American banker for the Holy See, promising to double the 2 per cent, rate of Interest now paid by Rothschild.

Plus like his predecessor Pope Leo Is a heavy investor in American seeurtles. It is reported that church property of this class aggregates $2.1,000,000, so Mr. Morgan's offer would mean a large Increase of Income to the Holy See. The American representatives of the Rothschilds are August Helnmnt Company, and It Is through the Bel-moots that the papal funds are placed. A TURBINE BATTLESHIP.

Tenders Asked for Construction of Machinery at Glasgow. Glasgow, May 20. The British Admiralty has Invited engineering firms here to mnke tenders for the construction of turbine machinery Intended for one tif the new battleships to be built In the Government dockyards, The specifications demand that the engines develop 23,000 horsepower, CZAR'S LATEST MANIFESTO. The Council of the People to Be Assembled in October. St.

Petersburg, May 20. According to the Novoe Vremya, the Emperor Nicholas yesterday signalized his birthday by signing a manifesto fixing the date for the Convention of the Zemsky Hovyet, or Council of the People, on October 17, making his action known to Ma Ministers when they met to present their felicitations, The manifesto will be gazetted on May 27, the anniversary of the Immediate Settlement of the Chicago Strike Rests with the Managers of the Express Companies in New York Result of Conference Which Lasted All Night. Chicago, May 20. On the shoulders of the managers of the express companies, resident in New York city, rests the possible settlement of the team sters' Btrlke in Chicago. After a night spent In conference, the members of the Employers' Association and the executive committee of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached an agreement upon all points except the reinstating of the drivers of express companies.

When these men went out, they were warned by the Chicago managers of the express companies If they went on strike, that none of them would ever again be employed by the express companies. Last night after extended conferences between the two sides of the strike, the following terms were announced by the Employers' Association, and with the exception of that relating to the express drivers, was accepted by the teamsters: Terms of Return to Work. "That the teamsters should recognize the Integrity and permanency of the Employers' Teaming Company, which is to employ nonunion men and remain pledged to the policy of the open shop. "That the drivers for the express companies abide by the declaration of the companies for the forfeiture of their positions when they struck. "That all desirable nonunion men should be retained and no discrimination shall be practiced against the union men in filling in the vacancies, save that men who have been guilty of lawlessness during the strike shall nut be employed." These terms were conveyed to the members of the Teamsters' Executive Committee at an early hour this morn lug.

A vigorous protest was made against the attitude of the express companies, and the teamsters proposed that 20 per cent, of the express drivers should be taken back, the managers of the companies to pick the men. Express People Obdurate. The express companies absolutely refused to accept the modified proposal that they would not recede from their position, that not one of their drivers who struck, without a grievance of his own, should ever be re-employed. The Teamsters' Excutive Committee, after receiving and deliberating over this reply, at 2 o'clock in the morning, declared that the strike would not be called off unless something was done for the express drivers. The managers of the express companies said that they would do nothing beyond referring the matter to the general managers of their respective companies for a final reply.

It was decided by the teamsters to await tills reply before taking any action and the settlement of the strike or Its continuance was held in abeyance. The Tenth Death from Strike. Chicago, May 20. Policeman Patrick E. Blackwell died to-day at Mercy Hospital.

His death Is the tenth ascribed to the teamsters' strike. Black-well was Injured while guarding a Wells Fargo express wagon. STRIKE MAY END. Representatives of the Opposing Factions Meet To-night. Chicago, May 12, 3 p.m.

This afternoon Attorney Mayer of the Employers' Association made the following statement: "Mr. Shea and Mr. Reed, who are now with me, Join with me In saying that the question as to whether the strike will be continued or be declare 1 off has not yet been determined, but depends upi.n the conclusion which Messrs. Shea and Reed arrive at when they take up the matter with the teamsters' executive council this evening. In the meantime none of us will, or can, predict what the outcome will be.

This statement Is authoritative, and any reports to the contrary are unfounded and mere guesswork." Terms Accepted. According to Attorney Levy Mayor of the Employers' Association a union committee to-day accepted the peace terms proffered by the Employers' Association. This announcement was made by Attorney Mayor during a conference of the Employees' executive committee. Formal announcement that the strike 's over, or was expected in a short time, is looked for. A 'VARSITY INQUIRY.

Professor Lcudon of Toronto Acquitted by the Commission. Toronto, May 20. The commission of Inquiry appointed by the senate of the University of Toronto to investigate certain anonymous charges made against President Loudon and Prof. McLennan, In connection with scholarship awards of 1900 and 1904, has presented its report. The commission acquits President Loudon of the charges of bad faith and Incapacity niadeagalnst him, It attributes the lack of harmony and dissatisfaction among the graduates to the wide range of the president's duties, and the multiplicity of detail attached to his ufflce, Professor Mi-IiPiinan Is cleared of the charges against him.

The commission unanimously found that the 1900 award was irregular, and ought not to have been made. The responsibility was laid both on President Loudon and Prof. McLer.iiHD, for having treated on equal terms, candidates who had and others who had not submitted a thesis i in that year. They found no fault Lawyers' Words Flowing Like the Water in the Ditch Case Judgment Reserved Claims Commission on Real Estate Henderson vs. Beath.

Two Supreme Court justices will be In Vancouver on Monday, and an effort ill be made to clear the docket in the civil Assize cases. Mr. Justice Duff sat in court again this morning, resuming -the trial of the damage action against the municipality of South Vancouver over the ditch case. All the evidence Is In, but the law point will take some time yet, and His Lordship reserved Judgment until further argument had been offered. The defendant municipality built a road by the plaintiff's land, and the road was above the level of the land Itself.

A ditch had already been built by the plaintiff to drain his farm, and it was testified to that the road caused so much water to How into this ditch that It ran over and damaged the farm seriously. The plaintiff sued for damages and for an injunction restraining the defandants from maintaining things as they were. The evidence was straight enough as to the main facts. There was a question between the witnesses about whether the road had been built with all care by the municipality, the plaintiff giving the Idea that the whole fault of the overflow was from a too hasty building of the road, while the witnesses for the defence were positive that every possible precaution had been takm to build a proper road, and furthermore that, the road was a public highway and a public civenicnce. The point of law that is causing the trouble Is about whether the case should not have been taken under an order for arbitrators to assess what damages, If any.

had been caused by the action of the defendant. Mr. Harris argued that the proper procedure was not to come Into court in a regular suit for damages and an application for Injunction, while Mr. A. D.

Taylor contended that he should have Judgment. His Lordship stated that the point was a very Interesting one, and was somewhat new. He would wait until Monday to look up authorities, and would give his decision as soon as possible. Other Matters Coming. On MonJay morning another case of somewhat general interest In a town like Vancouver, where there are so many real estate agents doing the best they can to Induce people to lay aside their savings for a rainy day, will come up.

This is Morden vs. Hall. Mr. Morden is a real estate agent, and Dr. Hall Is the well known Victoria surgeon.

The plaintiff claims that he is entitled to a commission upon the sale of some lots near the Burrard Sanitarium on Georgia street, and he wants the court to order that Dr. Hall shall pay The defence Is very much of a straight denial of the plaintiff's statements. That Milk Case. Mr. Hendeison, who was at one time dealing in milk with his then-time partner Mr.

Heath, will be plaintiff before the Chief Justice, when the Honorable Mr. Hunter gets his courtroom going on Monday. Mr. Henderson claims that Mr. Beath, when the partnership friendship that at one time had been so thick, became dissolved, had him summoned to the Police Court regarding the ownership of some milk cans, and other things, where the prosecution fell through.

Now it is Mr. Henderson's turn and he Is suing Mr. Beath for damages alleged to have been done him through the claimed malicious prosecution by Mr. Beath. Mr.

A. D. Taylor and Mr. Joseph Martin, K. are the lawyers In the case.

Play or Pay. After long argument between council, an order was settled and taken out this morning that the Flanders vs. Vancouver Copper Co. et al. should go on the list for trial.

Mr. F. C. Wade, K. who Is for the plaintiff, was sparring for time, while Mr.

D. G. Marshall argued strongly that the case should be tried at once. He represents the Copper Company and another defendant named lither and succeeded In getting an order that the case against lither should be tried at the present Assize, coming last on the list. The case against the company was ordered to be set over until tin next Court of Assize, but only on condition thnt the plaintiff should pay the company's costs Incurred so far within ten days.

If the costs are not paid within the time mentioned, the trial is to go on this court. WRESTLING MATCH. Sporting Public Not Enthusiastic in McLeod-Carkeek Affair. Some sporting men are busy framing up another wrestling match between Dan McLend and Jack Carkeek. The former deposited last evening, to go either hs a straight bet or as a forfeit for a purse of $2000, that he can throw Carkeek at catch-as-catch-enn wrestling, McLend stilted that he did not think Carkeek had won from him In the contest at the drill-hall upon the merits of ho match, and he is willing to bet upon a chance If the men meet again.

However popular the game may be In Vancouver, It Is very doubtful If there are ninny enthusiasts In this unsophisticated burg who are really anxious to spend money ngnln to. sea these two men on the mat. There Whs a lameness about the last affair that did not go to Inspire any glowing senso of Interest In the possibility of the men coming together again. Kingston Hotel Burned. Kingston, May 20.

Fire at an early hour this morning did damage to the extent of NOoo to the Oannnuqiie Inn, owned by lie llrockvlllo Carriage Company. The loss Is covered by Insurance. The guests bud to be aroused. Owners of the Establishment 'Were Served With Notice To-day to Move Off Writ to Dispossess Company Will Issue If Request Is Not Obeyed. The city of Vancouver Is taking preliminary steps to-day looking to asserting rights for possession of the southern end of Carrall street.

Property which the city claims as its own is' now occupied by buildings and yards of the Royal City mill. The owner of the mill Is the British Columbia Mills, Timber and Trading of which Mr. John Hendry is president. The mill company has been in possession of the end of the street for a number of years. The mill company pays taxes on two lots at the end of Carrall street.

The other property occupied by the mill Is largely the end of the street and the adjoining foreshore. To-day, as a result of a decision reached by Mayor Buseouibe and the Aldermen In conference with Mr, Jos-seph Martin, K. notice was served on officers of the company, submitting the formal claim of the city to the street-end, and asking for the removal of the buildings and lumber. The notice to-day was largely a formality. No one expects that the present occupiers of the property will move off without Borne kind of legal fight.

But In the event of the present request of the city not being complied with, the corporation authorities plan to issue a writ and take the matter into court. SUIT REGARDING WILL. Action in Connection With Probate of Mc Lagan Estate. A writ issued out of the Supreme Court has been served on the parties defendunt, Mrs. Sara A.

McLagan, and Mr. F. T. Maclure, at the instance of the plaintiff, Mr. J.

C. McLagan jr. The action is the beginning of a contest for the possession of the estate of the late J. C. former proprietor of the World newspaper.

The plaintiff's claim Is that the late Mr. McLagan died intestate, alleging that the will on which probate was issued was not legally In force. The plaintiff also sues for an Injunction to prevent Mrs. McLagan and Mr. Maclure from Interfering with the estate the deceased.

The writ is regarding the same subject, but in different orm from one issued several weeks ago by the same plaintiff, and subsequently withdrawn. The endorsement cm. the writ Is as follows: "That the plaintiff is one of the next of kin of the late John Campbell McLagan, of the city of Vancouver, who died on or about the inth day of April, 1901; and claims to have a probate of a pretended will of the said deceased, dated May 9, 1901, granted by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, revoked; and also claims for an Injunction restraining Sara Ann McLagan, executrix, and Frederick Soues Mac-lure, executor, named In the said probate, from Interfering with the estate of the said John Campbell McLagan," ACTION FOR DIVORCE. E. W.

Cunningham Named as Corespondent in Woodruffe Case. Divorce proceedings were instituted to-day by the husband of Mrs. Minnie Pentreath Woodruffe, who was arrested two days ago in a room on Hastings street. In the petition, a copy of which wa served on Mrs. Woodruffe to-tlay, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant had been legally married to him a couple of years ago, and that there had been one child born to them.

The cause for the divorce, he alleges to be, that Minnie Pentreath Woodruffe had been intimate with Edward Cunningham, who is described as a muslclnn living In Vancouver, having apartments upon Hastings street, Cunningham is made corespondent In the divorce action. The co-respondent had not been served up to 2, o'clock, but ill receive his papers from the sheriff's office this afternoon. Mr. T. O.

Townley Is solid-tor for the plaintiff In the action, and the citation and petition were Issued out of his ciltlces. The petition practically recites the details told In the Police Court. HYMAN TO BE SWORN IN. Preparations Afoot for Hot Campaign in London. Ottawa, Maj 20.

(Special.) Hon. C. S. Hyman returned to the capital this morning, but cannot yet be sworn In as Minister of Public owing to Karl Grey's absence at Toronto, Preliminary arrangements are under way, however, for the by-election campaign in London, and both sides are getting ready for what Is likely to prove an exceedingly hot fight. 8TEAMSHIP DENUDED.

The Good Boat Pilot Was-Stripped of Lights and Blankets. It might not have wemed Jocular to the man who owns the steamar, but there Is the element of bumor In the fact that the master of the steamship Pilot, lying off the City wharf, reports to the police that on his return on board last evening he found the steamer denuded of lights and blankets, It would have been bad enough to have taken the blankets, the sheets and the counterpanes even, If the lights had been left. In that case the skipper could have lit the binnacle lump and from that point of vanlage made a voyage of discovery, and discovering nothing, could have gone to bed his clothes on minus the bedclothes. Hut as It was, the mean thieves took not only the warmth and comfort, but they took the lights also. Inferno the Winner.

Toronto, May 20. (S-ipeclnl.) The King's Plate waa run to-day with the following result: Inferno, Will King Half beta, Tlm t.li. ANOTHER BATTLE EXPECTED. Japanese Forces Nearing Russian Entrenched Position. New York, May 20.

A Tokyo dispatch to the Times says "The news from Manchuria Indicates the Imminence of a battle. "The Russians occupy. a line forty-two miles In length from Yenhoching to Hsldoslen via Suplnghlen, where they have good defensive positions strongly entrenched. "The Japanese are advancing in three columns from Kaiyuan, Chlngtufoo and Fokaman. The Russians' advanced position Is now at Liuhochen.

Their main position Is at Hailieungchlng, where I General Matorilolf commands. "A battle in this region is expected soon." SHIFTED THEIR QUARTERS. Junks with Provisions for Russians Looking for the Fleet. Hongkong, May 20. According to Information received here to-day, the hundred and fifty deeply laden junks (presumably loaded with provisions for the Russian fleet), which were sighted May 16.

twenty miles oft Cape St. John, by a correspondent who proceeded from here to Kwangchau Bay (north of the Island of Hainan) have left the vicinity of Capt St. John and are probably seeking to effect a junction with Admiral ItoJostvensky's fleet. DENIED BY MINISTER. Japanese Ambassador Says Korean Emperor Will Bo Undisturbed.

Washington, May 20. "The Treaty of ShimonoHfkl, which brought to a close the Japanese-Chinese War, guaranteed the independence of Korea. Japan will not violate the terms of that treaty. Statements that the Japanese Government contemplates removing the Emperor of Korea to Japan in contravention of that treaty are Incorrect, and are circulated with a mischievous pur-post In view." Tills was the comment on the St. Petersburg dispatch that Japan In- tends to remove the Korean Kmperor to I Japan, made by Minister Tnkahlra of Japan last night.

The Minister had MURDER AT ANACORTES. Laborer's Bod Found With the Skull Crushed in. Anacortes, May 20. (Special.) A murder, committed probably on Monday night or Tuesday morning, was brought to light to-day when (lie body of John Lygein, an Austrian laborer, thirty-five years of age, was discovered lying Just outside an old shack, almost In the heart of the city. The man's skull was crushed In, probably with the pole of an axe.

An Inquest was held by a coroner's Jury, and a verdict was returned of death due to wounds from an axe, In the hands of a person unknown. WON AND LOST. Kramer First, but Was Set Back for Fouling. London, Mny 30. in the international cycling races at Crystal Tulare to-day F.

L. Kramer (American) won the mile scratch event, defeating Schilling of Holland. Mayer of Germany, anil Frell of France. Time, 2:12 3-5. loiter It was announced that Kramer hint been disqualified for boring and that Schilling hud been awarded the race.

LARGE OFFER TO TOWNES. Champion Asked to Row at New Westminster During the Fair. New Westminster, May 20. (spe. clnl.

"Will you defend world's championship here, 500 prize, f.K.0 expenses, and 250 prise double-scull." Hueh the message sent yesterday by the executive meeting of the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Hoelety, under whose auspices the Dominion Fair is being held, to George Townes of Sydney, Australia, the champion oursman of the world, who has offered to come and row lit the big exhibition, Townes, as previously announced In The Province staled that he was not willing to row on th Fniser for the world's championship, but that he was quite willing to try for the championship of Canada or thc ulled Kittles, and that he and one ot her, probably James Htanshury, the. ex-chiim-plon, would try for tho double-sculling chumploiiBlilp of the world. For tho first event Townes asked that a purse of 1400 be hung up by the society, and for the second liifiO. while he asked 1250 ns expenses. The executive that It would not pay to get Townes here unless lie wns willing lo row for the championship of the world, ami the cable given above was accordingly drafted on the sput and forwarded to the vlmuipluu.

The Armies Skirmishing in the Plain of Manchuria. Tokyo, May 20. It was announced this evening from the headquarters of the Japanese armies in the field that three Russian columns of mixed forces advanced southward on May 18 to the vicinity of the railroad. The Japanese engaged them ami drove the Russians northward. Simultaneously five hundred.

Russian cavalry attacked a Japanese field hospital at Kangpln, on the right bank of the Liao Itiver. Japanese artillery and Infantry dispersed the attacking cavalry, In flictlng heavy loss up in them. SOLICITOUS FOR NEUTRALITY. French Naval Com-nander at Saigon Will Make Another Inspection. Saigon, Cochin-china, May 20.

Admiral Ue Joiiiuileres, the French naval commander, willed from here to-day on the cruiser Gtiichen. His destination was not announced, but it Is understood he Is going to make another Inspection of I he coast, to see If French neutrality Is being infringed. THINKS RUSSIA WILL WIN. But Then Schwab Is Building Boats for the Czar's Navy. New York, May 20 (Special.) Home again after a most successful trip abroad, and looking hale, hearty and happy.

Charles AL Schwab arrived here yestenl iy. He says that no doubt Is felt in Russia as to the result of the war with Japan. The Idea that Russia will come out of this war debilitated, with her influence Impaired and a factor to be ignored in world politics may be dismissed from consideration, said Mr, Schwab. Toronto, May 20. (Special.) The year old son of William Murray, a.

business mail, was kidnapped and mur deled yesterday afternoon, while the mother was lit Katun's departmental storo shopping. The body was found to-day, but there is no clew to tho murderers. The authorities are puzzled to an count for the killing of the baby. as no motive can be ascribed by the pat ents. The Police Pcpartmetit, after submitting the father and mother of Hie child and number of their neigh bors to a searching examination, hag arrived at the conclusion that the crime was committed by some insane person.

Hardly any oilier explanation will fit the mysterious phases of the case. When the mother came out of Futon's and went to the alleyway where an attendant cares for babies while mothers are shopping In the store, she failed to find her son. When questioned, the attendant stated that he had not mlssej the child, and had not noticed any strangers within the enclosure. On an alarm being raised at police headquarters. Instructions were given to the afternoon squad to search their beats thoroughly, and a force of detectives wns specially detailed on the case, At an entiv hour this nioriilnur the body of the baby was found on rail road siding In the Fast Knd of tha city.

The body was still strapped tn the seat of the go-cart in which thd youngster had been left by Its mother, Flner-mnrks on lie throat showed that life had been extinguished strangulation. ALBANIANS ON WARPATH. They Surround Servian Town and Thresten to Massacre Inhabitants! Vienna, May 20. It Is reported front Ilelgrsile, Hrrvln, that 2000 AllmnlunS hsve surrounded the town of (lulllime, A I tt ii III. and are threatening to tans-Sucre the Servhin population of that place, There are 800 Turkish troops at Oulllune nml reinforcements me, expected from I'ukub, DADT MUPKD AND liffl ID 10MO.