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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOIJNINO, MAY 11. 1004 TEN FAGES.
ESTAItLLSHElJ JUNE 19, 1871.
SINGLE COl'Y Till! EE CENTS.
WARNS LAXDSEEKERS
Caop of Ewindlan Eaid to E Yiotiviiing
Prospective 6tt'er. on L ni
CLAIM TO HAVE INSIDE INFORI '
Operating Largely in District to B .
Under Irrigation. C
'
REAP RICH HARVEST FROM UN Z
Lands in Quetin Ab;olutly Wr.hdra
from Eoulassnti
NO WAY OF GETTING AN ACRE AT PRESENT
Coat of Water and rondltlona of En.
ry Will Kot Be Knows I'ntll tha
Irrigation Wnrki Are
Completed.
(From , Staff Correspondent.)
WA81MNI1TON, May lO.-(Spoclal) An
organ lied band of iwlndlera la actively
at work In several western states, notably
Utah, North Dakota and South Dakota,
and also ope! a ting to a lesser extent In
the east. These sharpers have selected
aa easy victims prospective homeseekers
who are greatly Interested In the various
reclamation projects undertaken by the
government.
By means of advertisements cleverly
worded, In which they claim to have
secured Inalde Information regnrdlng the
plana of the engineers, and by the display
of alleged copies of government maps and
surveys, they have been Hucce?sful In
duping many unwary homeseekers. For
a consideration of from IM to t0 these
swindlers guarantee to locale settlers upon
the beet Irrigable lands under the govern
ment works.
Notwithstanding that the government
aoma time ago Issued a circular warning
the people against being taken In by just
such frauds, the swindling goea rltilit along
and the sharks are reaping a rich harvest.
It should be clearly understood that these
harpers hava no Inside Information. Their
maps are mere township plats or rough
drafts such as can ba obtained from the
land office. The swindlers hava no data
other than any Intending settler can ob
tain upon request of the department.
Settlers Mar Ma Fooled.
The land under these government projects
are withdrawn 'from all entry excepting
homestead before any actual work of con
struction la ordered and the secretary Is
by law required to outline the else and
location of each farm. Until the plans are
completed for construction and the con
tract has been let 'for the works It Is Im
possible to state with any degree of ac
curacy what the cost of the water will be
or what lands will be Irrigated. Settlers
who make filings based on tha Information
received from these swindlers will not
only lose the money paid out, but are
liable later to find the lands are not In
cluded In the government's proposed sys
tem, and thus will have exhausted their
homestead entry upon worthless - land.
Wen,iai. proper, .time cornea for throwing
open to' nornestoad entry the lands under
these great Irrigation projects the secre
tary of tha interior will give due notice
through the public press. Until such an
nouncement It will not be safe for settlers
to locate upon these lan da.
Departmental Notes.
Under the annual readjustment these
changes In salaries of postmasters occur
In Iowa: Increased Charter Oak, Exlra,
ll.JOO to 91,3(0; Cherokee. (2.200 to $2,300;
Elkader, 11,400 to $1,600; Garner, $1,600 to
11, W0. Decreased Bonaparte, $1,800 to $1,200;
Buffalo Center. $1,200 to $1,100; Carroll,
Estherville, $2,200 to $2,100; Elma, $1,300 to
$1,100.
An additional rural free delivery route
la ordered established June 1 at Decor ah,
Wlnnishlek county, la. Tha route em
bracts an area of thirty square miles, con
taining a population of 626.
Rural carriers appointed: Nebraska
Lindsay, regular. Silas P. Rankin; sub
stitute, Harry Rankin. Pierce, regular,
Elmer O. Davis; substitute, Simon L.
Btlnemates. Iown Elma, regular, Edwin
C. Bayers and August F. Rohde; substi
tutes, Anna Bayers and Ed Bayers. Liver
more, regular, Perry Davis; substitute,
Ollla Davis. Red Oak, regular, J. Shearer;
substitute, J. C. Williams. Vtncennej, regu
lar, Norman Cruse; substitute, Q. Mott.
The applications of F. 8. Strohbeln. T.
Y. Long. H. O. Barkel. W. Q. McDonald
and J. E. Eggera to organise the First
National bank of Wagner, a. D., with
$28,000 capital, waa approved by the comp
troller of the currency.
BOMB NEW IRRIGATION PROJECTS
Approvals Which Blark Close of the
Preliminary Stave.
WASHINGTON, May 10. Apropos to the
formal approval by the secretary of the
interior of new Irrigation projects under
the reclamation law In California, Oregon,
North Dakota and South Dakota, tlie In
terior department today Issued a statement
covering the disposition of the reclamation
fund. Ti e situation In each state and ter
ritory L s follows:
Arlsona Salt river project under consid
eration ut estimated cost of about $3.0u0,000.
California Yuma, project approved con
struction by secretary at cust of about
fl.nirt.QOi.
Colorado Uneompaghre project Involving
an expenditure of U.ooo.OiO.
Maliu Minidoka project for which about
$1'.Hiii.(M) has been provisionally allotted.
Montana Milk river project, general al
lotment of $2.5oO.0uU.
Nebraska Reclamation of lands along
North tiaite river, for which $l,uu,00u has
been set aside.
Nevada Truckee-Csrson project under
construction at n cost of ahout W.'Xm.OnO.
New Mexico Hondo project at a cost of
approximately $?i'. ueO.
North Dakota t-'url Buford project, tak
ing water from Yellowstone river In Mull
tuna at a coat of about tl.3un.0u0.
Oregon Malheur project, coating about
SJ.tKl.VUU.
B.iuth Dakota Bella Fourche project,
costing ahout $2.10M.0ii0.
I'lah Conservation of water In Suit Lake
river at a coat of about f l.MW.uuO.
Washington Reclamation of land near
Pasco at a cost of Il.(m0.00.
Wyoming The storage and diversion of
Hhiwhone river near Cody, for which $2,260.
(MJ ruts been set aside.
All the projects outlined will coat $.'7.
OOO.otiO, and will require for construction
two or three years. They will reclaim In
round numbers l.OOO.mo acres of land, ail of
which will be susceptible of Intense cultlva
tlon, and should be capable of supporting
a population of bno.uuO or more persona.
Louisiana, Contesting Delegation.
NEW ORLEANS, May 10 J. Madison
Vance, a colored lawyer, - and Joseph
Fiihacher, a white contractor, luive hen
rained Hooaevelt delegates by a state con
vention Of the Cohen faction. They will
contest the seating of the Lily Whit dele
gation. General Sanborn t rliira:y 111.
ST PAl'U Minn.. May 1J G noral John
R Sanborn, brother of Judse W. U Han
f.'irn of (he United States circuit court of
eppnals. 'a riiilcally III. Gangrene of the
f iot set in several days ag04 his chances
ta favvYvrr awe. auaai
HCOLEY CHARGED WITH FRAUD
Notorious London Promoter Taken
Into Custody on Warrant,
Alleging; Conspiracy.
LONDON, May in. Ernest Terah Hooley.
whose meteoric career and company pro
moting a few ycrirs ngo astonished the
financial world, was arrested In London
today on the char of conspiracy to de
fraud. Bankruptcy proceedings arising
'mm Hooley's work wi re the sensation of
Sd. Since then he has been connected
1th various promotions, Bomo of which
r d to court proceedings.
5. lenry J. Lawsnn, another company pro
ter, was alfo arrested today In Cun
Hon with the Hooley charge.
. receiving order In bankruptcy was Is
sued against Ernest Terah Hooley June
8, 1S9S. Hooley at that time waa the
biggest company promoter In Great Brit
ain. He was Interested In bicycle, land and
meat extraction concerns nnd was supposed
to be a niultl-mlllionnlre. He reached the
pinnacle of his prominence In 1S96, when
he promoted a tire company, as the re
sult of which he waa supposed to have
cleared 112,500,000. At that time he was
living a sort of Count of Monte Cristo
existence, buying yachts and race horses
and a number of historic country seats.
The announcement of the bankruptcy
proceeding" against Haoiey caused a great
sensation in London, though in the best
Informed quarters his failure had been
exicted for some time, owing to his in
ability to float a large Chinese loan.
Eventually Hooley was formally adjudged
a bankrupt. The capitalisation of the com.
panics promoted by him up to 1696 aggre
gated $,000,OUO to $5.0UO,000.
On August 10 last application was made
to a London maglstrato for a. warrant for
the arrest of Hooley on the charge of
fraudulently and by false pretenses ob
taining signatures to checks and bills of
exchange amounting to over $050,000. The
magistrate reserved his decision. Pre
viously, on August 8, the director of public
prosecutions had been instructed to In
vestigate some of the transactions of
Hooley in connection with a sapphire mine
sltuutcd In Canada.
Hooley and Lawsnn were subsequently
brought up at the Bow street police court.
Counsel for the prosecution, which la
undertaken by the public prosecutor, said
the prisoners were charged with de
frauding A. J. Porlne of $30,000 by selling
him shares of Siberian gold mines and
other worthless concerns. Further charges,
counsel udded, would probably follow.
The magistrate offered to accept ball
in $00,000 each, but ball for Hooley waa
finally fixed at $40,000, with two sureties,
which waa Immediately given.
Lawson's boll was fixed at $60,000, with
three sureties, who have not yet been
found. So Lawson remains In custody.
BOSTON, May 10. Ernest Terah Itooley'i
enterprises at one time extended to thia
state. He established branch factories of
his extensive English bicycle manufactur
ing plants In Worcester county about a
dozen years ago to supply the Amerlcun
trade. When the bicycle buslneea was at
Its best Hooley'B concerns were run night
and day, but eventually they were In
volved in the general collapse.
KNOTTY PROBLEM FOR SOLUTION
Status of Correspondence ,4a Neutral
Ships Not Klxed by Law.
LONDON. May 10. Answering a question
In the House of Commons today In regard
to the recent searching of the malls of the
Peninsular Oriental steamer Osrls while
on Its way from Brlndisl to Port Bald by
the Russian warship Khrabry, tha post
master general. Lord Stanley, aald ordinary
postal letters were not contraband of war,
but possibly dispatches between the gov
ernment of a belligerent state and lta ac
credited representatives may be so treated.
No general rule of International law haa
been established giving special Immunity
to mall ships, but the right of search in
the case of auch vessels should be so exer
cised aa to minimise the Inconvenienoe.
FTGHTISQ 19 GOIXG OX IS HAYTI
German Cruisers Go to Republic
Where Revolution la On.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. I May 10. The
German cruise, ra Vlneta, Gaxelle, Falke and
Panther, which were to have sailed today
tor Newport News, will leave instead for
Port-au-PHnce, Haytl. It Is reported that
a revolution has broken out there.
Wlnans llelra Win.
LONDON. May 10. The queetlon of the
domicile of William Lewis Wlnana,
formerly of Baltimore. Md., who died In
London June 25, 1897, leaving a large for
tune, was decided today by the House of
Lords in favor of the family, who appealed
from the decision of the lower courts that
Mr. Wlnana was a British subject and,
therefore, the revenue authorities were en
titled to collect a death duty on his estate.
The House of Lords, in giving Judgment,
expressed doubt as to whether Mr. Wlnana
Intended to abandon his American domi
cile, but said the crown certainly had not
made out a conclusive case.
Estimates Hungary's Expense.
Bl'DA VEST. Hungary, May 10 Finance
Minister DeLukacs presented the budget for
19"4 In the Diet today. The expenditure la
estimated at $238,018,924, or $21,580,000 above
that of 10. The revenue Is estimated at
$23S,1369.
Cruiser New York at Honolulu.
HONOLULU. May 10,-The United States
cruiser New York, with Rear Admiral
Henry Glass on board, and the gunboat
Bennington have arrived here ' from
Panama.
ILLINOIS LEADERS GATHER
Republican Aspirants Assemble to At
tend the State Convention at
Sprlnsdeld.
SPRINGFIELD. 111., May 10.-AU of the
candldatea for places on the republican
state tic ket are here today and Incoming
delegates are rapidly filling the hotels.
The concensus of opinion Is that Yates,
Lowden and Warner will try to control
both organisation and nomination. There
is, however, a wide difference of opinion
aa to whether auch a combination will be
able to name the nominee for governor,
even though it may succeed In got ting
control of the organisation.
The central committee thia afternoon de
cided to seat the Yates delegation from
Sangamon county In the temporary or
ganization. The vote Was M to . Thia Is
taken to signify a Yetes-Lnwden combina
tion and that thu Yates and Lowden dele,
gatea will be seated In the temporary or
ganisation from practically all of the con
tested counties.
The reported deal between Yutea and
Eowden with reference to contests Is that
Yatee shall have, In the temporary organ
isation, all of the contested counties ex
cept Clinton, Marion and Rock Island.
Thia- w ill give Tatea seventy-three and Low-
data, UUrty-fauc o Ike, fiCuUatcd, delegtua.J
MASS OF RAILROAD FIGURES
Reprtien'atirei of Road- Promt Argument
to Stato Boifd of Eqaaliiation,
OBJECT TO TAXATION OF FRANCHISES
Alao Object to Stocks and Ronde Basis
and Think Tangible Property of
the Companies la Enough
to Pay Taxea Ipon.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. May 10. (Special Telegram. I
Tax Commissioner Scrlbner of the Union
Pacific did most of the talking for the al
lied railroads before the State Board of
Equalisation today and at the con
clusion of his talk W. O. Ure
of Omaha offered an argument in re
buttal. Mr. Crandon of the Northwestern,
Mr. Pnlleys of the Chicago, St. Paul. Min
neapolis & Omaha and Mr. Maher of the
Rock Island talked, but the argument of
fered by" Mr. Sctibner was so voluminous
that It covered all that the others had to
say. Mr. Scrlbner spoke at length against
taxing franchises and against arriving nt
the valuation of a rullroad by using the
stocks and bonds as a basis.
For several hours he explained to the
board the details of the road's report, a
great portion of which time he talked about
the ties, how long they hnd been In UBe,
and the steel, and how long It had been
In use.
Mr. Ure haa only a short time In which
to present his argument, owing to the time
consumed by Mr. Scrlbner, but he made
good use of that short time. He said the
only common sense way for common sense
people to assess railroads is to value the
roads at what they will sell for or upon
the Income of the road. He told the board
the only schedules necessary to have to
get at the value of the roads were the
stocks and bonds, receipts and expenditurea
and the annual reports. The returns show
ing the cost of the ties and the cost of
building the road and how long the steel
had been used, he said, made no difference
except to make the task of the board more
difficult.
What Will It Sell Fort
"The only question." he said, "is what
will the road sell for?" The claim of the
railroads that they pay fifteen and four
tenths of the taxea, state, county and
school, he aald, was untrue.
He admitted that the railroads paid the
bulk of the school tax in eome of the re
mote western districts, but he said In
Omaha the railroads did not pay $2,000 a
year for the education and expensea of the
pupils.
Seven railroads, he aald, came into Omaha
over the Union Pacific tracks and paid not
a cent of tax. He talked for some time on
the value of the bonds and stocka of the
Union Pacific, using for a basis the com
pilation offered to the board yesterday and
published this morning In The Bee.
He figured that the Union Pacific, capi
talized at 6 per cent on its net eornlnga,
would be worth $80,000 a mile. Mr. Weston
aaked why he used 6 per cent In the cap
italisation, and Mr. Ure asked what waa
the Income on farms? Mr. Follmer volun
teered tha Information that the Income
from, farms waa per cent.
Talka oat Uniformity.
Mr. Bcrlbner of the Union Pacific opened
hla remarks by citing an opinion in an I1U
nola case, "that uniformity la the domi
nating mandate of the constitution; It la
the prime maxim In almost every system
of taxation where Justice and fair play
are Bought." This rule of uniformity be
held must govern not only In the value
of the property, but in the methods used In
arriving at the value. "The elements of
value to be considered In reaching a con
clusion as to taxable value," he aald,
"should be the same In the assessment of
railroad property as are considered In find
ing the taxable value of all other prop
erty In the tate. Under the constitution
the tax to be levied for general revenue
purposes is strictly a property tax, and not
an income tax. It would be unconstitution
al to assess and levy, although done by
Indirection, an Income tax against certain
classes of taxpayera In the state when
such a tax ia not authorised or attempted
to be assessed against the owners of all
classes of property." Mr. Bcrlbner held
that while the law saya that earnings of
railroads shall be taken into consideration
In arriving at tha value of the road, the
earnings must not be taken as the standard
of value. In the matter of taking the In
come of a railroad into consideration, Mr.
Bcrlbner aald the board should consider
thia Just aa much aa any county assessor
considers the Income In arriving at the
value of any other class of property.
Mr. Bcrlbner recited to the board a de
tailed statement of the value of the tangi
ble property of the road, amounting to a
total of $19,778,552. To show the value of
the road, he recited further the teatlmony
of the chief engineer of the road, given
at a hearing In the maximum freight rate
case, which was to the effect that the en
tire road in Nebraska could be rebuilt, In
cluding damages the company would likely
have to pay adjoining property owners,
new buildings, new rolling stork and the
right of way to be purchased, amounting In
all to $).8f3.057. This statement, he said.
Included not only all tho property subject
to taxntlon by local assessors, but the tele
graph lines that are returned by the West
ern Union Telegraph company. These Items
amount to, he said, upon the basis of the
engineer's estimate, about $2,200,000. which,
taken from the first amount, leaves $28,
RJ3.067 aa the cost of reproduction of the
entire property subject to assessment by
the board.
Ir. Wisconsin, Mr. Scrlbner stated, the
taxing authorities had required the roads
to return the cost of reproduction and ac
cording to the testimony of the expert em
ployed by tha authorities the value of the
two largest systems In the state waa about
75 per cent of the cost of reproduction.
The testimony of snother chief engineer of
the road waa recited as told in the maxi
mum freight rate case that the cost of the
reproduction of the Union Pacific main
line In Nebraska to be $17,470,932. or $37,003
per mile, average value, not Including roll
ing stork and a few Items of machinery.
To this he sold should be added about
$5,000 per mile for rolling stock, making,
according to his testimony, about $t2,0i0
per mile valuation. This statement Mr.
Scrlbner held, also Included much
property not subject to aiiw-ssment by l.ie
board. Deducting the value of such prop
erty would leave the prorerty asseealjle
by the bosrd at about gX.flQO a mile for
the main line. In the schedule of property
returned by the road this year, the value
per mile for the main line vai ahout M2.0iA
which Mr. Scrlbner raid corresponded
olc"'.y with the rates In Wlacunsin. He
said: .
The as'esxmentH heretofore m ide kgalnst
tbe main line and hmncl'en i,f the t'nlon
I'ndtlo railroad In this tst have hereto
fore amounted to one-fourth of the cost
iCosllnued on Second Fagt-J
SIR HENRY M. STANLEY DEAD
Famous Explorer Kxplrea from Pneu
monia at HI Home ta
Enaland.
LONDON. May 10. Sir Henry M. Stan
ley, the African explorer, whose death
was announced In theee dlppatchee early
this morning, passed away peacefully
shortly after 6 o'clock. He was quite
conscious to the last and able to recog
nize hU wife. Before he died Sir Henry
expressed a wish to be burled at his
country sent, Furxehill, rirbright, Surrey.
The question, however, is being discussed
of burying him belde Livingston in West
minster Abbey.
Henry M. Stanley was a newspaper re
porter In Omaha during the late 60s, when
he got his famous telegram from James
Gordon Bennett, "Find Uvlngstone." He
had previously been enKSRed by the New
York Herald as a western correspondent,
and was sending accounts of frontier life
from Omaha. Many aneodotes are re
called of his lifo here by those who knew
him at that time. He wasn't noted for
his activity in any particular direction,
but waa always attending to business.
He revisited Omaha In le90, after his mar
riage with Miss Dorothy Tonnant, which
ceremony was celebrated at Westminster
Abbey in London on July 12, 190.
Stanley was born near Denbigh, Wales,
January 28, 1841, and nt the age of 3 years,
was placed In the poorhouse where he re
mained until he was ten years old. When
15 he sailed as cnbin boy on a vessel
bound for New Orleans. There he was
adopted by a merchant named Stanley,
whose name he assumed, his original name
having been John Rowlands. Stanley's
patron died without leaving a will, and the
young man was thrown on his own re
sources Just at the breaking out of the war.
He enlisted In the confederate army, waa
captured and afterward Joined the federal
navy, serving aa acting ensign of the Tl
coiideroga. After the war he entered the
service of the Now York Herald, going first
to Turkey, then to Abywinla, and finally
coming to Omaha, from whence he waa
started on his trip to Africa. He sailed
fiom Bombay in October, 1870, reached Zan
zibar In January, 1871, and in November of
that year came to Livingstone In the cen
ttal part of Africa. For the next year they
were together, exploring the unknown heart
of the "Dark Continent," and finally Liv
ingstone died and Stanley made his way
b.'.ck to England. Subsequent expeditions
to Africa for the purpoees of exploration
under patronage of newspapers and various
governments were undertaken by Mr. Stan
ley, his last having been for the relief of
Emln Pasha, In 1887. Many honors were
showered on the explorer by universities
and governments, and his last few years
have been spent in honorable retirement in
England, where he had established his citi
zenship and made a short expedition Into
politics.
CAPTAIN ALLEN ENDS LIFE
Prominent Figure at the St. Louis
Fair Enda Ilia Sufferings with
a Bullet.
ST. LOUIS, May 10.-Capt Walter Allen
of Bt. Louis, connected with the World's
Fair Jfferaon GuurC, and a brother of
"Private" John H." Alien, national World's
fair commissioner from Mississippi, com
mitted suicide late today by ah oo ting him
self through the heart In a room in the
dormitory of the Washington university,
now utilised by the exposition. He left a
note stating that ill health had driven htm
to commit the act. His wife and two chil
dren survive him.
Captain Allen had suffered severely from
rheumatism, and had occasionally told
friends of the agony he endured.
Today he dropped Into the office of Major
Edwin Pritchett, secretary of the Jefferson
Guards. He woe cheerful and wrote a brief
note, which he placed In hla pocket, lie
then told Prlchett he waa going over to
tha Liggett dormitory and took Prlchett'a
office boy with him on some pretext.
Reaching, the room, he handed the boy the
note and told him to return with It to
Prlchett. When Prlchett opened the note
he waa horrified to find that It aald Allen
had decided to take his life, and that hla
body would be found In the dormitory.
Capt. C. H. Conrad of the Jefferson
Guards hurried to the dormitory and found
the dead body of Captain Allen with a
bullet hole through the heart. The de
ceased man's wife waa not notified until
tonight.
Captain Allen, who was 48 years old, waa
appointed during the second administra
tion of President Cleveland as manager of
the mint at Denver. While there he mar
ried and went to New Orleans and engaged
In the cotton commission business with his
brother, J. II. Allen. They returned to Bt.
Louis, and when the Spanish-American war
broke out he served as a volunteer, and
during service contracted rheumatism.
NEW SANTA FE CONSTRUCTION
Tunnel One Thousand Feet Long; Will
Be Drilled In California
Mountain.
BAN FRANCISCO, May 10. The Santa
Fe haa commenced the construction work
on lta line to Eureka, In Humboldt county.
Men have been put at work boring a- tunnel
1,000 feet long In Humboldt county, near
the southern end of the Eureka and Eel
river road. The entire route southward
from this tunnel has not yet been definitely
decided upon, but will be In the very near
future. The company Is to build lta Eureka
road under the name of the San Francisco
& Northwestern Railroad company.
By the ownership of. the Eureka & Eel
River line the Santa Fe has valuable fran
chises In the city of Eureka and a stra
tegic position In the valley rf the Eel river.
People who are heavy stock and bond
holders in the Santa Fe have bought up
thousands of acres of redwood forest.
From these holdings the Santa Fe road will
get a large and permanent amount of traf
fic In addition to shipments It will get from
other parties.
ROB NEW YORK SLOT MACHINES
Man Who Geta Fourteen Thouaand
Copper Cents Falls to Carry
Plunder Away.
NEW YORK, May 10. Enterprising burg
Isra, who looted a penny slot machine con
cert hall In Broadway, failed to eerapa
with their plunder because one of their
number broke down under the burden of
H.Onn copper cents.
The party, consisting of three or four
men, went through the machines in full
view of the street, but were supposed to be
employee. After placing the coins In a
bag they made off, but a policeman gave
chase. The bag carrier broke down after
a short run through, a cross atreet and
dropped the money, which waa recovered
IntacU Nona ot the JUM JfcAe. caVuad,
RURORI A FINE STRATEGIST
OutBaneTmri the Bmiiai Commander in
Fighting oa tb Tain,
MUSCOVITE LEFT FLANK UNGUARDED
Japanese Speedily Tnke Advantaae of
the Oversight and Crush Russian
Line by Attack from All
Direct loan.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.)
W1JU, May 10-(New York Herald Cable
gramSpecial Telegram to The Bee.) Gen
eral Kurokt has completed his crossing of
the Y'alu this morning after two hours of
sharp fighting, during which the Russians
received a terrific pounding from the ar
tillery posted on tha Islands In front of
WIJu.
The prediction In my yesterday's dls
pach is exactly outborne. The Russian
commander, realising he waa completely
outflanked, withdrew his guns during the
night, leaving a strong force to cover his
retirement.
At the same time the Japanese pushed
their work with the greatest rapidity.
Inouye's division, which made the flang
ing movement yesterday, swept westward
along the right bank of the Yalu, occupy
ing a position west of the At river, behind
Tiger hill.
From WIJu, a division tindet General
Hasegana followed, taking a position below
Tiger hill on the south shore of Chlng Ping
Island, next to the Manchurlan side, which
the Russians abandoned on April 29. Mean
time, a division under General Dishl crossed
from Wlnetito, the Island below WIJu. to
Chlng Ping, using pontoons, but unbrldg
lng. Thua dawn found the entire three divi
sions of the first army facing the Russian
position, with the right thrown out cover
ing the enemy's left flank. Inouye's field
guns, brought forward to where he could
shell the hills along the left of the Rus
sian position, having an enfilading fire
from behind Tiger hill. Four batteries of
heavy howltzera were ferried across the
middle of tho stream and took a position
along the south shore at Chin Ping, facing
the Russian center. Nlshl'a division formed
the Japanese left.
Advance on Center.
Boon after 6 the advance began directly
upon the Russian center, while the bat
teries of both wings heavily shelled the
hills along the Russian left. The absolute
alienee along the Russian line revealed the
removal of their guns, Nishl and Laae
gawa threw forward long skirmish lines,
with strong supports. Inouye, holding the
right, had to cross a wide, flat sand Island
entirely without cover. Advancing vary
rapidly he soon came within range of the
trenches creating rldgea along the north
bank. The dark uniforms made the men
of both aides distinctly visible from the
hills above WIJu, the Japanese giving a
perfect target against the yellow sand.
As the advance approached the channel
next to the north bank the roll of rifles
announced the Russian intention to con
test the crossing.
Meantime the batteries were steadily de
livering a tremendous fire upon the hill
crests, scattering shrapnel over tha Rus
sians In the trenches.
The day became fair, but' tha bursting
sheila aoon left a hfesy smoke- cloud over
the Russian line. By 7 the Japanese lines
were extended westward along the sandy
Cheng Ping nearly opposite Chlu Tien
Cheng. With remarkable confidence their
batteries continued shelling over the men's
heads, throwing both shrapnel and common
shell Into the trenches along the foothills
east of Chlu Tien Cheng and Into the
principal Russian trench, which crested tha
ridge running northeast from Chlu Tien
Cheng. While the shelling waa proceeding
heavily squads of Russians were observed
crossing Ball Knob bank at Chlu Tien
Cheng and entering this trench. The Jap
anese Immediately turned howltxers and
field guns there and covered the knob with
a perfect hall of sheila, the howltzera
using the common shell with terrible ef
fect. The field guns up the river used
shrapnel, which, burning high In the air,
threw a storm of bullets among; the Rus
sians. Russians Are Stubborn.
Despite the awful fire the Russians con
tinued pushing across the knob until the
trench was manned, when a heavy rifle fire
opened upon the Japanese lines on Cheng
Ping. The Japanese, lying flat, returned
the fire hotly. It was a difficult range, one
firing up the hill, the other down, but both
sides suffered severely. Meantime the Jap
anese batteries pounded the Russian
trenches, delivering an extraordinarily
rapid and accurate fire. The Russians
showed something of their old fighting
spirit, holding the trenches obstinately de
spite the deadly fire.
Hasegawa now sent forward part of his
line and succeeded In fording a channel
next to the mainland. He quickly swung
downstream and climbing Into the hills en
veloping the left of the Russian trenches.
At the same time Nishl, farther down,
found a ford, throwing a strong force over,
which climbed the hills, threatening the
right of the Russian trench. Leading each
line was a large Japanese flag, showing
the batteries the position of their men.
The Japanese advanced through the hills
with Incredible rapidity and soon began
climbing the ridge next to that held by
the Russians. As the Japanese advanced
the batteries' Are slackened, but two shells
fell short, causing some loss to Nishl.
Forced to Retreat.
Notwithstanding the heavy Russian rifle
fire the Japanese infantrymen swiftly ad
vanced. The Russians held the trench man
fully until the Japanese threatened to
crumple both ends, when they retreated
rapidly, apparently taking the Peking road
toward Feng Wang Cheng. It waa Just
8:66 when the first Japanese entered this
trench, carrying a large flag. The crowd
along the WIJu wall gave three "bansals"
for the Yalu victory. The Japanese evi
dently suspected the Russians of having
another line west of Chan Tien Cheng and
continued shelling the hills In that direc
tion. The comparative ease with which General
Kuroki took the strong Russian position
excites a suspicion that the Russians don't
Intend to dispute the Yalu crossing stub
bornly. It is hardly conceivable that any
commander meaning to make a determined
resistance in such a position would leave
hla entire left completely unguarded, which
the Russians did, but whatever tha Rus
sians' Intentions were the battle gave Kur
oki an opportunity to ahow his fine stra
tegic ability, although this morning's fight
dlsplanted the old Japanese fondness for
direct frontal attacks against a vary strong
position.
Through the two daya' action the accu
racy of the Japanese artillery was remark,
able. The way In which the ranges, once
found, were maintained, showed an extra
ordinary even quality. Their new explosive
and their entire artillery work and (Ire was
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REPUBLICANS OF NEW JERSEY
State Convention la In Session at
Trenton to Select Drleaates
to Chicago.
TRENTON. N. J.. May 10 The republi
can state convention met at noon today
to elect delegates to the National con
vention at Chicago. The convention was
ca'.ed to order by Senator Stokes, who
Introduced as temporary chairman f the
convention United States Senator John
Kean. Senator Kean said In part:
Hnpplly we aro not compelled, like our
Opponents, the democratic partv, to seek
for an issue with a search light nnd for
a candidate without a record or thn gift
of political speech. We have a policy and
our policy Is that which has always been
the policy of the republican partv, the
maintenance of our protection ssleni ami
the honest and economical administration
of the affairs of the government.
When President Roosevelt was Informed
there was any question as to the conduct
of the affairs of tho post onVe department,
he at once set to work to hae that de
partment thoroughly Investigated and the
guilty men brought to trial. They were
brought to trial, found guilty and con
victed and wherever wrong la practiced
and It can be discovered ly our party,
that party is ready to correct that wrong
and punish those responsible for it.
There has been somewhat of criticism
upon the conduct of the president in re
gard to the matter of the Panama canal.
What he did has commended Itself since
to the best Judgment of the American
people. The canal after being a dream
or a vision for more than four centuries
Is about to be built by American enter
prise and by American capital and It will
be controlled by Americana.
When Senator Kean had concluded the
committee on permanent organization re
ported In favor of the election of Benator
Kean for permanent chairman.
The resolutions were than presented and
adopted.
The platform endorses the administra
tion of President Roosevelt. The nation's
Cuban and Philippine policy Is praised,
and it Is stated that under the adminis
tration conflicts between capital and labor
have been peaceably settled; that the
Sherman anti-trust law has been enforced
without warring upon corporations with
honest purposes and that dishonest offi
cials have been driven from public office.
There is In the platform an Indirect
endorsement of President Roosevelt at
Chicago. A protective tariff la advocated
aa a policy that haa brought the greatest
prosperity to capital and labor.
- After the adoption of resolutions the fol
lowing delegates at large were selected:
Governor Murphy, United States Senators
Kean and Dryden and States Assessor
David Balrd.
TRAINMEN DIE IN A WRECK
Engine of Federal Express on Hart
forel BVoad Goes Over Em.
.. fi .- vr- . beuakment.
NEW YORK, May 10,-Two men were
killed today when the Federal express on
the New .York New Haven & Hartford
railroad left the tracks while crossing the
bridge at Port Chester. The locomotive and
tender plunged down a seventy-seven-foot
embankment. Nona of the cars went over,
tha breaking of the coupling between the
tender and the first car saving the train
from being carried down Into the river.
Lawrence Keegan of Dedhara, Mass., en
gineer, John T. Howes of Boeton, fireman,
were killed. One of the guards of the
treasure care was hurt. Of the six cars
three were totally wrecked, while the
trucks of tha other three were ripped out.
The train was running at a high rate of
speed and ony suggested possible cause of
the accident is that the engineer may have
died at hla post.
The wrecked train Is that on which spe
cial armed guards were carried several
weeka ago because of feara that an or
ganized band of train wreckers had planned
a wreck for the purpose of robbery. Much
treasure Is carried on this special, and
thia fact aroused the fears of the officials
of the express company and led to the
employment of special guards. On this
train the cash from the government de
positories In New England la usually car
ried to Washington. Because of the valu
able contents of the train detectives and
armed railroad employes surrounded the
wreck to prevent possible attempts to loot
the cars, but there was nothing discovered
to connect train wreckers with tho acci
dent. MINE PROMOTER ON TRIAL
California Stan Said to Have Used
Malls for Fraudulent Pur
poses. BAN FRANCIBCO, May 10 George W.
Rumble, a mining promoter, is on trial
before a Jury in the district court charged
with the illegal use of the United States
malls for the purpose of defrauding his
correspondents by means of worthless
mining schemes and by false representa
tions. The Indictment accuses Rumble
of having corresponded through the post
office with Frank Terry, D. W. Smith
and John Bull, Jr.. the latter of Elmlra,
N. Y., representing to them that he was the
owner, secretary and general manager of
the Sunset Mining company, capitalized
at lin.ono.OOO.onn, the stock being divided lnti
shares at fl each. There were alleged
to be twelve gild mines under his control
and that the Sunset Mining company's
stock was paying dividends at the rate of
t per cent a month and had been paying
at that rate for the last rlne years.
JAPS TO VISIT RICT FIELDS
Visitors at It. Louis Will Look Over
Country In Western
Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS, May 10. Probably th
first direct development effect" to be
made In tha Lou'slana territory as a result
of the Louisiana Purchase exposition, Is
the semi-official recognition given by the
Jspanese commission to the lmmlgrh
movement from Japan to the rice growing
country in Louisiana and Texas.
About June 1 a number of Japanese now
In St. Louis will leave for Louisiana snd
Taxaa for a trip through the rice country.
About the same time a party of more than
100 Jspanese who are now en routs from
Japan for San Francisco will reach Hous
ton. The latter will settle in tho rice
country and become rice farmers. Two
members of thia party, It Is aald, are bring
ing with them more than 1100,000 each
with which to purchase rice lands and start
Japanese colonies.
FIRE AT HIGH ASCLE
Japar.eso Aro Said to Ea Brmbr.rding Por
Ar:hnr with Gnni Eltrattd.
FIGHTING GOING ON AT IIAO YANG
Reported Japan?: Hars Overtaken Kal
ians and Foroed Battle. '
UNITED STATES CONSUL ENTERS PROTEST
Ktmians Eafnu to Lt Him Escd ktanng
to Mr. Oorger.
COMMUNICATION IS AGAIN 0PENE0
Count rasslnl. Ambassador at Wash
ington, Xotlfled that Railroad la
Restored and Wlrra Are
Ilelng Repaired,
LONDON, May 10. The Tnklo corres
pondent of the Morning Post, cabling undet
date of May 10, says that a high angle
bombardment of Tort Arthur la progress
ing. Fighting at Llao Vans;.
SHAN HAI KWAN. Majr 10.- P. m. II
Is reported that tha First Japanese army
corps, having followed the Russians re
treating from the Yalu river, overtook them
twenty miles south of Llao Yang yesterday
and a severe engagement ensued. The Jap.
anese dragged their guns up hills believed
to bo unsurmountable. The Russians there,
upon continued to retreat north.
A division of tha First corps Is spproach
Ing New Chwang. which Is now garrisoned
by a handful of Russians. Japanese scoutt
have been six miles from New Chwang.
Nineteen women were the last civilian
to leave New Chwang for Chan Hal Kwan.
They arrived here tonight nnd c nflrmed
the reports of thu evacuation of '
Chwang.
Communication Is Restored.
WASHINGTON. May 10.-Count Casslnl.
the Russian ambassador, haa received a
dispatch from St Petersburg saying that
Viceroy AlexiefT telegraphed the emperor
that railroad communication with Port Ar
thur was restored during the night of May
t and 10 and that the telegraph line la
being repaired.
MAY GIVE NEW CHWiltd TO CHI5A
Russians at Treaty Port Refuse to Let
American Consul Send Meaaagre.
NEW CHWANO, Monday, Kay . (De
layed In Transmission.) Of the five Rus
sian reglmenta which were In garrison
here four have left and tha other received
ordera to go today, but this order waa
canceled an hour later.
The Russians are strongly entrenched at
An Ping, where the guna from the New
Chwang forts have been sent.
There Is an unconfirmed native report
that the Russians are attempting to In
duce the Chinese gutlda to take over the
local government here In case of the com
plete evacuation of the town. If this ia
Cone the foreign- consul will protest.
Colonel Muenthe, the military adviser of
Viceroy Yuan Shi Kal, commander-in-chief
of the Chinese forces, arrived here thia
afternoon. It Is believed he came to confer
with the Russians regarding the proposal
to turn New Chwang over to the Chinese
The Russians are known to be communi
cating with the Chinese brigands and to le
stirring up a state of terror among na
tives. United States Consul Miller waa
prevented from telegraphing to Minister
Conger a statement of the altuatlon here.
Mr. Miller's mossage waa released after ha
hud nuide a strong protest on the subject.
Many Japanese spies are In this vicinity,
disguised as beggars. They have cut the
wires to the mines at tha mouth of the
Llao river. Unrest la increasing hare.
VICKSBIHG BUFHED TO TAKE MEM
This la the Story Told in Ofllelal Re
port of Ruaalan Mlalater.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 10. The final
word regarding the combat at Chemulpo,
Corea, baa been pronounced by M. Pavloff,
the Russian minister to Corca, whose offi
cial report Is gazetted In tha official mes
senger this morning. M. Pavloff aaya:
The commander of the Vlcksburg sent a
boat with a surgeon to offer medical help
to the, wounded on the cruisers Varlag ana
Korlelz, but the officer in charge Biated,
in the. name of his commander, that It win
impossible for him to take any Russians on
board hla ship. The commander of the
Vnrlug thereupon declined assistance.
The commander of the Vlcksburg offered
to receive the imperial mission If It waa
compelled to leave Corea, but I declined the
offer, stating that I would go on a French
cruiser.
Twenty-one Russians who were on tha
French cruiser Pascal were aulTering from
gangrene and, fearing thai the disease
would bo rommunlcuted to the other
wounded, the commander of the Pascal
signalled to the Vlcksburg and asked if
It would receive these men, but the Amer
ican commander positively refused to do
so.
TYPHIS AMD SMALLPOX EPIDESU43
Disease Adda Ha Terrors to tho
Dancers of Eastern War.
ST. PETERSBURG. May 10. Tho follow.
Ing statement was made to the Associated
Press today regarding the reported epidem
ics at Mukden:
There are some cases of dysentery and
smallpox and several cases of typhus In the
Mukden hospitals, but there has been no
application for more surgeons nor for spe
ciiil remedies or xeruni, and It Is entirely
misleading to say that epidemics exist.
Smallpox and typhus are epidemic In Man
cliurla, and dysentery Is Inevitable where
larse bodies of men are crowded together.
Tlu'io Ik nothing alarming In thu situation.
Price of Rice Is High.
SEOUL, Corea, May . 4:S0 p. m. (Da
layed In Transmission. ) Owing to the
heavy purchases of rice by the Japanese
army the prio of that commodity in the
vicinity cf the American minea at Unsnn
haa doubled and Is now quoted at 3 yen
per twenty-five pounds. The forces of
Cored n coolies In military employ are not
affected by this advance In prices on ac
count of the extraordinnry wages they re-
! celve, but th nine laborers are hard hit,
1 and it has been necessary to send some
Junk loads of rl'e north to prevsnt
threatened distress.
American Attaches Arrive.
PT P:;TBllSirRO, May 10. Captain T.
Rentley Volt, the military attache of tha
Ciil'.cd bi-atcH et.tbassy at Paris, and Major
Macomb, i'nlted f ta'es army, have arrived
here T i" former will remain In this city
a; n.ll'ti ry attache of the embassy during
the Tog of the war. Major Macomb
will pr-x-eed to the front. Both officers
have been lnlted to ride with the suit
of tl. enperor In the big May review,
wh' I" to take place tomororw.
Japanese Utramrra Resume Work.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 10 -The luca
agency of the Nippon Yueen Kaishl, Jspan'a
big steamxhlp company, haa received notice
from Toklo that service on Ave. Una of