The democratic state convention
of Connecticut instructed the dele
gation to the national convention
for Parker.
Representatives of prominent in
surance companies acknowledge
lhat in the last ten years the Chica
go agencies handling burglary in
surance have sustained a loss of
from $20,000 to $30,000, in spite
of the fact that the rates are from
25 to 40 per cent higher than in
New York, Philadelphia and other
large cities.
The committee of fifteen which
was appointed by the national tri
ennial convention of the Episcopal
church at San Francisco in 1901,
to consider the advisability of
changing the legal name of the de
nomination has secured an extended
report, in which the opinion is ex
pressed that any change at this
time is inexpedient.
There is a prospect that the ex
ports of manufactures from the
United States this year will make
their highest record. For the first
eight months of the fiscal year the
total is $20,000,000 larger than in
the same period of 1000, the pre
vious year of largest exportation.
The total then for eight months was
$268,000,000. Now it is $288,
000.
The enormous cost of the war to
the Russian government may bo
seen from the following figures
Cost for first four months up to
June 1, including $22,500,000 for
railroad equipment, $125,000,000.
After June 1, monthly cost for
navy, $3,500,000. For army at
front, $15,000,000. Total war ex
pense (estimated) to January 1
next, $254,000,000.
With the abolishment of the train
dispatcher’s office at Haileyville, on
the Choctaw, the territory of the
other two offices is lengthened.
Since the Choctaw was completed
west of Little Rock the division
has ended at Booneville, Ark.,
which has also been the end of all
runs. Recently this was lengthened
so that the territory of the train
dispatchers in the Little Rock of
fice dispatch trains from Memphis
to Haileyville on the main line, in
addition to the Hot Springs branch,
the Ardmore branch and the Black
river branch, covering 600 miles of
track.
The Japanese army, under Gen.
Kuroki, which beat back the Rus
sians and crossed the Yalu river,
has taken Feng Huan Cheng (also
written Feng Huang Cheng and
Feng Wang Cheng), to which the
Russians retreated after their de
feat on May 1. After the defeat
at the Yalu Gen. Kuropatkin start
ed from Liao Yang with reinforce
ments for Gen. Zassalitch, who
commanded the beaten Russian
force. A Seoul dispatch says the
Ressians retreated from Feng Huan
Cheng May 4 after severe fighting.
St. Petersburg admits that the
Japanese have taken Feng Huan
Cheng, but says the losses on both
sides were small, although the Jap
anese pressed the retiring Russians
hard. The Russians have retreated
toward Liao Yang, which is on the
railroad line which extends from
Port Arthur northward to Harbin,
on the Trans-Siberian. Vice Ad
miral Toot) reports that the en
tranee to Port Arthur is blocked
completely to vessels except small
boats.
The Mexican government has re
fused to grant the request of the
Texas state health department that
it be permitted to station its repre
sentatives in the principal cities of
that country for the purpose of issu
ing health certificates to those who
desire to enter the United States
through the Texas border ports. As
a result, all pawnger and freight
traffic from Mexiw into the United
States by way of *xas will be prac
tically suspend|d.
The Japanese claim the last at
tempt to block the entrance to Port
Arthur was successful, but this is
denied by the Russians.
The lily white republicans, who
have been recognized by President
Roosevelt as the dominant republi
can faction in Louisiana, and who
hold the federal offices, nominated
an all-white delegation to the n.v
tional convention after a spirited
caucus of the leaders.
Japanese land forces effected a
landing in force and unopposed May
6 at Petzwo, a point on the east
coast of the Liao Tung peninsula,
about 75 miles above Port Arthur.
Another successful landing is re
ported to have taken place at Port
Adams, which is situated on an arm
of Society bay, on the west coast of
the peninsula, directly opposite and
about twenty miles distant from
Pcstzwo. The railroad that con
nects Port Arthur with Mukden
passes close to Port Arthur, and it
is evident that it is now in the pos
session of the Japanese at this
point. The Russian military au
thorities seemed reconciled to the
cutting off of their stronghold, but
they are convinced that the for
tress is impregnable against at
tacks by land or sea.
The hurricane deck of the pas
senger boat Alonzo C. Church,
which was carrying passengers to
view the gunboat Nashville, launch
ed in the Mississippi at St. Louis,
caved in, hurling several hundred
people to the lower deek, a distance
of about twenty feet, falling on
those on the under deck. The
greatest confusion followed the ac
cident, which was caused from
overloading of the upper deek. The
injured groaned and shouted for
help. Women and children scream
ed and rushed hither and thither,
seeking places of safety. Many
feared that the boat was sinking,
and it was with difficulty that some
were prevented from jumping into
the river. About thirty-five people
were injured, many of them chil
dren. Four of the victims may die.
Baron Hayashi, Japanese minis
ter at Washington, says that the
first land battle on the Yalu gives
the Japs practical control of both
banks of the river. Reviewing the
whole future of the struggle that
has just commenced in such deadly
earnest, the baron said: “The du
ration of the war must lie rather
with Russia than with Japan. For
the moment the military advance is
with us, for Kuropatkin has ex
tended his front and we can strike
where and when we will. Gen. Ku
roki himself probably cannot say at
this moment exactly at what point
our aggression will be changed to
the defensive. Kuropatkin, so I
believe, says he will not undertake
to drive us back until ho has 300,
000 men ready to take the field. I
think that means that at least five
per eeut of that force will die from
sickness, so that to keep his force
at the maximum required Kuropat
kin will always have to be trans
porting 15,000 rpen from St. Pe
tersburg—no small task. Even
with double tracks and no men or
munitions of war to transport, the
problem of feeding the Russian
population and army now in Man
churia would be in itself intensely
serious, but with a single track
road, wffiich is Russia’s only vital
sinew, it seems almost impossible,
and famine appears inevitable.”
James N. Tyner and H. J. Bar
rett were placed on trial in Wash
ington on the 2d inst. in connec
tion with the postal frauds. For
several years Tyner, who was post
master general in Grant’s cabinet,
held the otlice of assistant attorney
general for the postoffiee depart
ment, while Barrett, who is his
nephew, served in the same office
as law clerk. Gen. Tyner is 16
years of age, and has to be taken
about in an invalid’s chair.
MONSTERS OF THE DEEP,
Sea Serpents Are Not Snakes, But Cu
rious Creatures Left Over
from Ages Past.
Prof, Charles L. Edwards, of
Trinity college, told the Hartford
Scientific society recently a lot
about the sea serpent and had
shown on a screen pictures of the
monsters calculated to scare an
innocent youngster out of a year’s
growth, says the Hartford (Conn.)
Courant. Unfortunately, none of
the pictures was an actual photo
graph, but the lecturer seemed to
tend to the belief that there was
something doing in the monster
line, and Kev. .Tames Goodwin,
the president of the society, said
at the close of the lecture that he
for one believed more in the thing
than he had before. As to how
great that previous belief had
been he did not say.
Prof. Edwards in the first part
of his lecture had thrown on the
screen pictures of sea monsters
as represented in years past. He
explained in his talk that while he
spoke of “sea serpent,” the so
called and oft-repeated sea ser
pent could not be a big snake, but
some other kind of a monster (if
it was anything). As back as far
as Job mention is made of a great
leviathan and accounts of some
great things are found in all early
histories. One myth seems to
have come from a sperm whale
and another from the squid. Even
the Indians had a belief in a mon
ster serpent and thought one
lived in the great lakes and
broke up the ice in tin' winter
when it became irritated.
Prof. Edwards gave a long list
of dates when the great sea ser
pent has been reported, and re
lated some of the circumstances.
They stretch from 1039 down to
1903. A bishop. Commodore
Preble, crews of British warships
and many other persons have
made the reports. A notable ap
pearance w as at Gloucester and
Nahant, Mass., in 1817, when hun
dreds of reputable citizens saw
something and testified to it and
people even drove along t he beach
in crowds, keeping up with it as it
swam along off the shore. Prof.
Edwards said there was no doubt
that something was seen at that
time.
It is always described as black
or brownish, with eyes in the up
per part of the head, swimming at
a speed of five or six knots, carry
ing its head ont of the water, gen
erally with a mane, and proceed
ing with a humping motion like a
caterpillar. A curious appear
ance was one reported in 1898-1899
in a Swedish lake where, it was de
clared, a huge animal had been
seen a number of times and had
been watched through glasses for
long periods. Finally a newspa
per sent an eminent naturalist to
invest igate and he reported as his
conclusion that several monsters
from six to forty feet long had cer
tainly been seen in the lake.
Prof Edwards said that prob
ably in all the many cases report
ed something had been seen, for it
is impossible to believe that all
these people were liars. The uni
versal declaration that the thing
proceeded with a undulating mo
tion does away with the theory of
its being actually a big snake. He
showed that the stories might
arise from the appearance of a
manatee, a big stingray, a gigan
tic squid (one that was caught
with arms and body 100 feet long),
a basking shark, whales or school
of porpoises. A few years ago
what was called the Florida mon
ster was found near St. Augus
tine, with arms nearly 100 feet
long. The basking sharks grow to
40 feet long certainly. There is no
known limit to the growth of fish
es, and Prof. Edwards said there
was no reason why enormous ones
might not be living at the bottom
of the sea.
Points.
“He has his good points, you'll
admit.”
“Why yes. His Van Dyke it
faultless.”- -Puck.
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