THE ALLIANCE HERALD
T. J. O'Keefo, Publleher.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
Brief Telegrams
In Japan stato socialism Is favored
by tlio govommont and taught In tho
colleges.
Tho Kaiser's own band, from Ger
many, will 1111 nn engagement nt tho
World's fair.
iMorrls K. Jossup wns reoloctod
presldont of the Now York chamber
of commorco.
Holland haa no patent system or
trade mark laws. Cortlllcatos of ori
gin nro not required thoro.
There aro a few enrpot factorlofl
In Smyrna, but most of tho carpets
nre made In tho dwellings of tho peas
ants. Four bandlta convlctod of murder
wero garrotted In tho provincial jail
at Santiago, Cuba. It wus tho Ilrst
legal execution slaco the Spanish ro
utine. Senator Bovorldgo of Indiana takes
great Interest In military affairs, nnd
while- In tho Philippines spout much
time on tho firing lluo with General
Lawton.
A mlnlnturo house, completely fur
nished, each plceo carved with a pock
otknlfo, tho work of a St. Joseph, Mo.,
teamstor, will bo exhibited nt tho
World's fair.
Forest flros aro raging near Nadeau,
Nathan nnd Packard, Menomtneo coun
ty, Michigan. Tho fnrmors fear that
unless rain falls soon they will loso
their homes.
In tho city of Now York thero wore,
In 190, 388 deaths traced by tho coro
ners to Illuminating gas. Of these
2D8 wero reported as accidental and
130 ns suicidal.
Tho presidential election hns result
ed In a triumph for tho union liberal
party In nil pnrtB of tho ropubllc,
pays n dispatch from La Pas, Bolivia.
iBmal Montcst was elected president.
Among distinguished users of to
bacco thero aro few moro prominent
than J. Plorpont Morgan. Ho Is a
heavy cigar smokor nnd has them
mudo for him especially In Havana.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon Is the
only man In all tho history of tho
Sennto whoso sorvlco has Included
threo distinct terms separated by peri
ods of oplltlcal retirement.
Sir Henry Thompson, tho eminent
English surgeon, who died recoutly
In his 84th year, was, In addition to
his Burgory, especially distinguished
for his study in matters of food and
diet
Tho members of tho isthmian canal
commission havo returned to Wash
ington from a tour of Inspection of tho
.recently acquired canal property on
tho lsthmuB nnd will moot thoro next
week.
Tho pcnny-ln-tho-slot machine Is
not by any means n modem Invention.
In tho old Egyptian temples devices
of this kind woro employed for auto
matically dispensing tho purifying
wntcr.
Jero 11. Murray, n domocrnto can
didate for attorney general of Mosourl,
died at Columbia, Mo., of pneumonia,
contracted on a campaign trip, aged
37 years. Ho was prominent In Mis
souri polltcs.
Prluco D'Arenberg, presldont of tho
Suez Canal company, hns Informed
the French Acndomyof Mcdlclno thnt
Paludal fever, popularly known as
tnnrsh fever, has disappeared from
tho canal strip.
Forest fires nro burning and spread
ing rapidly In tho section north of
Tomahawk, Wis., nnd along tho Soo
"railroad. Homesteaders and farmers
aro suffering losses through tho burn
lag of buildings.
Tho plnguo has broken out among
tho Chinese collected nt Kowloou for
transportation to Transvaal mlnos.
The charters of Bteamers engaged to
convey tho coolies haVo consequently
-Leon canceUcd.
Bids woro opened by Comptroller
Grout of New York City for $37,000,
d00 of city bonds at 3 per cent, for
ten years and tho balanco for fifty
years. Tno lssuo wns over-subscribed
about seven times.
Circuit Judgo Gray has doslgnatod
Judgo Edward G. 'Bradford of tho
United Statos district court of Doln
waro to honr tho Northorn Securities
case at Trenton in placo of Judgo
Klrkpatrck, deceased.
Dr. William Barton Hopkins, woll
known in modlcal circles, died of
cholora morbus at Philadelphia. Dr.
Hopkins was tho author of many val
uable medical articles and his book on
fractures Is widely known.
Tho Now York World quotes Sena
tor Thomas G. Piatt as saying: "In
Washington tho feeling among tho
republican leaders Is thnt Senator
Fairbanks Is to bo nominated for vice
presldont. It is practically settled,
The only man who has not agreod to
it Is Senator Fairbanks, but ho wll',
accept and make a strong candidate.'
Dr. Gllo3 S. Mltcholl, a prominent
physician, died suddenly at his homo
In Avondalo, In Cincinnati, from heart
disease.
Frank von Lombach, tho famous his
torical and portrait painter and presi
dent of tho Munich Artists' Associa
tion, is dead.
Tho Unltod Statos canal commission
took formal oossosslon of tho Panama
canal routo and of tho property of
the Panama Canal Company. Imme
diately after tho transfer the United
States flag was hoisted over tho lega
tion and over tho canal offices.
RUSSIAN LOSSES
OFFICIAL REPORT OF GENERAL
KASHTALINSKY RECEIVED.
THE RUSSIANS LOSE 2,000 MEN
Tne News Has a Stunning Effect on
tho Authorities at St. Petersburg
Seven Hundred Wounded and Forty
Officers Killed.
ST. PETERSBURG Tho Iltinlnn
losses at lh buttle of Klu Lion Chong
woro 2 000 men nnd forty officers
far greator than previous reports in
dicated. This Is tho official ostlmnto of'Ma
or Geuornl Kashtnllnsky, who direct
ly commanded the division thnt suf
fered the brunt of tho nttnek and
whoso roport was received Wednesday
by the omporor. Many nro Inclined to
placo the Hussion Iosbcb ovon higher.
Gonernl Kr.shtnllnsky mentions also
that moro than 700 Wounded hnd ar
rived nt Feng Wang Chong and thoso
may not bo included In tho casualties.
Ho mado no attempt to estimate tho
Japanese losses, merely staling that
they niUBt havo been colossal.
Tho magnitude ol the Uusslan losccs
had an almobt shinning effect on ti'o
authorities and aroused gonoral grlof,
mitigated only by satisfaction nt tho
bravery displayed by tho Russian
troops.
Not for a momont wns there nny In
tention to pay such a terrible price
for delaying tho enemy's crossing of
tho Ynlu river. This fact was known
throughout tho city nnd gave rlso to
' renowed reports, attributed to official
sources, that Gonernl Kuropatkin had
officially censured Lieutenant Gonernl
ZaBsalltcli. If this was so, General
Kuropatkln's telegraphed criticism of
Zassalitch was carefully cut out of
tho dispatches which havo been pub
lished, nnd tho general Impression
now held is that ho will remain In
Manchuria.
General Kashtallnsky's report estab
lishes tho fact that tho Russians sus
tained tho greatest loss In order to
savo tho two regiments which wero
occupying Antung.
Tho Eleventh regiment was given
tho post of honor nt tho roar, with
Instructions to hold back tho on-coming
Jnpanoso. Tho Twolfth regiment
and tho Third battery's quick-firing do--.nchmont
were directed to retire.
Uy tho tlmo the latter movemont
:ommonced tho Japaneso had almost
jurroundod tho Uusslan position. The
rwelftll rcglment wns compelled to
marge with tho bayonet and succeed
Ml In breaking through tho enemy's
Inc. Tho Second battery's qulck-flr-ng
detnehmont, without horses, could
lot move tho guns nnd woro compelled
o abandon thorn. Tho men of tho
5ocond battery put their shoulders to
ho wheels In an effort to push tho
;uns up tho mountain sldo, but the
fapanoso llro wns so hot that they re
.urned to the protection of the Kiev
snth regiment.
Nearer nnd nearer approached tho
Japaneso nnd a chnrgo upon tho Elov
jnth regiment and the Second battery
was Imminent so he guns werenban
ioned. Then a priest led tho troops and
;hey began tho terriblo march across
.ho valley.
SETTLE GRAIN RATE WAR.
Through Rates to Be No Greater Than
tho Sum of the Locals.
CHICAGO After mnny futile at
:cmpts tho western railroads on
Thursday succeeded in completing n
Inal scttlomont in tho grain rate war
between Missouri river points and
Chicago.
All havo agreed to make proportion
ll rates from nil Missouri river points
nd havo decided thnt tho through
ates from Nebraska points to Chi
rago shall not bo lower than tho conj
oined locals oxcoptlng from certain
Nebraska points tributary to tho
Sioux City gateway, tho latter being
a concession to tho Chicago & North
westorn. Tho rates on grain from Omaha and
Council Bluffs will bo tho same as
thoso from Kansas City. Heretofore
tho ratos from the former points wa3
2 cents per 100 pounds higher.
IMPORTANT MINING DECISION.
United States Supreme Court Decides
Again Subsurface Tunnels.
WASHINGTON In tho enso of tho
St. Louis Mining and Milling company
against tho Montana Mining company,
both operating In the state of Mon
tana, tho Unltod States supremo court
on Monday decided that the owner of
a lodo mining claim cannot by means
of a tunnel explore tho subsurface of
an adjoining claim, oven though tho
tunnel bo run to tap a vein the apox
of which Is on tho claim of tho owner
of the tunnel.
Tho court holds In effect that the
yoln Itself may bo followed, but that
In ho other way can tho adjoining
torrltory of nnothor mining property
bo explorod.
Stock Growers Organize.
, DENVER. Tho Cattlo Growers' In
Wstato Executlvo committee wns or
ganized at a convention hero and tho
following officers woro olectod: Chair
man, William M. Turnoy of Texas;
vice chairman, William A. Harris of
Kansas; gecrotnry, Frod H. Johnson
of Denver, Denver was selected as
tho headquartors. J. J, Dickinson,
roprosontlng tho government In the
boef trust lnvbctlgations, was present,
Tho gathering was oallod to form a
pormanont organization of live stock
men west of tljo Mjsjjnurl.
ATTACK ON PORT ARTHUR.
Japanooe Engage Porto and Wan
shtp3.
Reports indicate that the bntllo on
tho Yalu was n completo defoat for
tho Russians.
Thoro Is an unconfirmed roport that
tho Jnpanote havo captured Now
Chwang nnd that the ltusslnns havo
been routed.
In anqthcr son battlo of Port Ar
thur tho Japanese lost a number of
vo88ols. Flreshlps wore sent into the
harbor, but failed to accomplish, the
purposo Intended.
From 3,000 to 1,000 Russians nro re
ported to havo beon killed In tho bat
tlo on tho Ynlu.
Another Jnpanoso fleet Is reported
to havo beon sighted off Port Arthur.
POUT ARTHUR A Japanese squad
ron npponrcd off Port Arthur after
daybreak and ougagod tho forts and
war ships. Tho fight Is still proceed
ing. Thirty Japanese prisoners have been
captured.
At 1 o'clock In tho morning flvo
Jnpanoso torpedo boats wore sighted.
The llUHsinn land batteries, tho gun
boat Glllak with the coast defonso
vessels Grlmlschl nnd Otvnshnl open
ed flro nnd compollod them to retire.
Immediately afterwards other Japan
eso ships wero sighted on the horizon.
They were headed by a flroshlp, which
was sunk near the entrance of tho
hnrbor at 1:20 a. m. After nn intorvnl
of twenty-five minutes two moro flre
shlps enmo on nnd were sont to the
bottom.
At 2:lj four moro flreshlps ap
proached. Three of these blow up on
our mines. Two of theso sank Imme
diately and the other two flreshlpa
wero siinik by tho batteries and war
ships.
Tho protected cruiser Askold partici
pated In ,tho firing. Fifteen minutes
later three moro flreshlps nrrlved.
One bf them blow up on a mine, tho
second was wrecked on the shore arid
tho third was sunk by tho Russian
sheels.
Tho crcwa of tho Japaneso flreshlps
which woro sunk while attempting to
block tho channol tried to save them
selves In boats In which they put out
to sea, A majority of them were kill
ed by tho Russian machine guns nnd
rifles. Some of the survivors wero
picked up.
At daybreak a number of Japanese
were seen clinging to tho masts and
funnels of tho sunken . vessels nnd
theso woro rescued by tho Russians.
Thirteen of tho wounded Japaneso
havo slnco died. The Russians sup
plied tho survivors with food and
clothing and tho wounded woro taken
to tho hospital ship Mongolia.
During tho morning ten of tho en
emy's torpedo boats remained in tho
offing and wero fired on at long range.
At f:30 o'clock It was signalled that
there was n Japaneso fleet In the vi
cinity nnd that two of tho enemy's
launches had beon run ashore. Tho
town Is quiet. 1-nrgo crowds watched
tho morning's operations with groat
Interest.
UNDER CLOUD OF CHARGES.
U. S. Attorney McComber of Nome
District Resigns.
WASHINGTON. Senator McComb
er of North Dakota presented to tho
president the resignation of Molvln
Grigsby, United States attorney for
tho Nomo district. In Alnska. The
resignation has been accepted to tnko
effect July 1. No Intimation Is given
as to Grigsby's successor.
Moro than a year Attorney Gonernl
Knox recommended to tho president
that Grigsby be dismissed for dlsobc
dlcnco of orders of the department In
leaving his post without permission.
Subsequently charges wero preferred
against him, In which It was alleged
that lio received $10,000 from tho
Pioneer Mining company of Nome, tho
allegation stating thnt tho sum was
to sccuro or tho Pioneer Mining com
pany Immunity from United States
prosecution. Grigsby ndmltted tho re
ceipt of tho money, half of which was
in cn'sh and tho other half In stock
In tho Pioneer Mining company, but
said It was an attorney's fee. Tho
case has boon pending until this time.
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT SPEAK.
Several Members of the Cabinet Will
Go on the Stump.
WASHINGTON. Questions relat
ing t6 tho Panama canal, general pol
itics and departmental matters woro
tho subjects under consideration at
tho meeting of tho cabinet Friday.
Whllo tho president himself does
not oxpoct to deliver political speeches
during tho approaching campaign, It
Is said that sovoral members of tho
cabinet will tako an actlvo part In tho
contest. Secretaries Taft, Shaw,
Moody, Wilson and Attorney General
Knox arc all oxpected to deliver im
portant speeches, and some of them
will sooak many tlmos. It is said, also,
that Speaker Cannon will make an ox
tensive tour of tho country, cam;
palgnlng wherever his sorvlco3 seem
to bo needed most.
Thinks United States Is Wise.
LONDON. Tho best military ex
ports aro dlsposod to await further in
formation before attaching unduo Im
portance to tho rosult of tho battlo
on tho Ynlu rlvor. Commenting on
tho Shanghai report that Unltod
States Consul Davidson Is proceeding
to his post at Antung, tho Globo says;
"Tho triumph of the open door has
begun and the Unltod States has given
onco moro a sign of Its appreciation of
real Issues of war in tho far east."
Tho Globo then Invites tho British
foreign office to show similar activity.
TO BE EVACUATED
RUSSIANS HAVE DECIDED TO DE
PART FROM NEW CHWANG.
HEED MORE FORCE TO HOLD IT
Reported Wounding of Viceroy Alex
leff Before Departure for Port Ar
thur Russians at New Chwang
Hurriedly Leaving.
NEW CHWANG Thoro Is every in
dication that tho Russians havo de
cided to evacuate New Chwang. Tho
troops havo beon leaving hero all day
long. Forts havo been dismantled nnd
all artillery has been placed on board
trains. All tho local transportation
has been commandeered by tho Rus
sian nuthorltlccs.
Thero Is curront hero a nntlve ru
moro thnt J r-panose troops are In Foo
Chau bay (on tho west sldo of tho Lino
Tung peninsula, and about sixty miles
north of Port Arthur), but this roport
lacks confirmation.
Tho fear Is held hero that if the
Russians leave and the Japanese do
not at onco tnko possession of New
Chwnng tho brigands, who nro now
across the river near Yin Kow, will
plllngo tho place. The foreign resi
dents aro prepared to resist tho brig
ands should they come over. The
British consul hns requested that a
gunboat bo sent to Now Chwnng. Tho
Russians probably will destroy the
gunboat Slvoutch before leaving. Tho
vessel Is at New Chwang.
It Is reported hero that Viceroy
Aloxloff was slightly wounded before
his depnrturo from Port Arthur. He
barely escaped from thero before tho
Japanese closed tho lines of commu
nication. Tho Russian general staff has mov
ed from Llao Yang to Mukden.
Russians hero will not talk of tho
situation for fear that they may im
part somo information. They do not
consider that their forces here nre suf
ficient to hold this section of uo
country. It Is probable that tho Rus
sian troops will withdraw to Harbin.
The Russian civilians at New
Chwang aro leaving hurriedly and
many nntlvcs are fleeing from the city
In fear that they will bo subjected to
maltreatment at the hands of the
brigands.
STOESSEL ADDRESSES TROOPS.
Tells Them to Prepare for Worst and
Hope for Best.
PORT ARTHUR Lieutenant Gon
oral Stoessel has Issued an order to
tho troops of his command ns follows:
"On April 30 nnd May 1 the enemy
crossed tho Yalu river In great force
nnd our troops, fall back to positions
which hnd been previously, selected.
"Yesterday the enemy effected an
Important landing on the Lino Tung
peninsula, south of Pltsewo, and In
the vicinity of Kin Chou bay. Now
our work Is beginning. Naturally,
tho enemy will destroy railway com
munication and endeavor to drive our
troops back to Port Arthur and be
slego this fortress, Russia's bulwark
in the far east. We will defend It un
til tho arrival of troops, which aro
coming to relieve us.
"I consider It my duty to cnll upon
you to dlsplny unceasing vlgllnnce
nnd caution and you must bo ready
at all times to demean yourselves
toward your general with tho dignity
and order beseeming the glorious rec
ord of Russia. No matter what hap
pens, you must not lose your heads,
but remember that Everything Is pos
sible In war and that we shall be able
with God's help to cope with tho ardu
ous task Imposed upon us."
RUSSIAN LOSSES WERE IMMENSE.
Official Report Places the Number at
Over Two Thousand.
ST. PETERSBURG. Tho emperor
has received a dispatch from General
Kouropatkln giving n roport of Lieu
tenant General Zassalitch of tho Rus
sian losses In tho battlo of Klu Lien
Cheng. General Zassalitch confirms
tho reports of tho enormous mortality
nmong tho artillery horses and con
cludes his roport as follows:
"Our losses on April 30 nnd May 1
altogether amount to seventy superior
nnd subaltern officers and 2,324 Killed,
wounded or taken prisoners. Of this
total, 1.0S1 wero left on the battlefield,
but It Is not known whethor they wero
killed or wounded.
"In consequenco of the heavy losses
In men and battery horses and he
difficulties oncountored In the roadless
country, It was absolutely Imposlblo
to bring away tho guns and machine
gun."
One Jew Baiter Sentenced.
KISHINEFF The trial of tho six
men charged with nn attempt to mur
der two Jews during tho April dis
turbances has been concluded. Ono
of the men was sentenced to flvo
years penal servitude and the others
wero acquitted.
When a small boy gets his finger
cnught In the pantry door it Isn't tho
jam he Is looking for. -'
Woman Leaps to Pavement.
CHICAGO. ML A woman giving
tho name ( f Mrs. Maud Todd Satur
day leaped to tho pavement from n
second-story window In a hoted on
tho north at Dearborn aveuuo nnd
Erlo streets. Sho sustained fatal In
juries. Tho jump from tho window
followed a qunrrol with Albert C.
Todd, whom tho woman said wa3 her
husband. Todd, when arrested, de
nied that tho woman was his wife,
and gave her namo as Maud Scherm
fcrhorn of Davenport, la.
THE SEASON 13 TARDY.
Quiet Conditions Noted in Marts of
Business.
NEW YORK R.- G. Dun & Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade Bays:
Somewhat better retail distributions
followed improvement in temperature,
but It came too lato rocovor nnd
ronllzo part of tho tardy season's in
Jury to spring trade. Quiet condi
tions aro noted In practically all lines
of wearing apparel, with tho exception
of specialties, such us tan shoos, that
cannot be delivered with sufficient ra
pidity. Operations for future re
quirements nro carried on with cau
tion, nnd this disposition to avoid ex
cessive commitments will do much to
reduce the number of failures. Somo
Improvements In collections, particu
larly at tho south and west, will also
strengthen weak concerns. The per
centage of Idle faotorlos has Increas
ed, especially In textiles and ' foot
wear, and t change In style has ren
dered unavailable much silk machin
ery. Structural work Is Increasing,
but dealers had accumulated largo
supplies of building materials, and
prices lack seasonable firmness. Com
modity prices declined slightly during
April. Railway enrnlngs In April
were 5.8 per cent less than last year.
Recovery In the Iron and steel In
dustry Is again retarded by the un
expected dissolution of the oro asso
ciation. Prior to that event thero
was Increasing confidence In the sta
bility of quotations, tho railways were
at last seeking rails In moderate
quantities and fair activity prevailed
In tin plate, sheet, pipe and wire pro
ducts. Fuel conditions are unchang
ed, anthracite continuing nctlve, whllo
coko and bituminous coal are dull
and weak.
After last week's exceptionally
heavy transactions It was natural that
the western hide markets should bo
come Innctlve. Prices remain firm,
however.
Commercial failures this week in
the Unltod States are 20(5, against 202
last week, 241 the preceding week and
145 the corresponding week last year.
Failures In Canada number 27, ngalnst
1C last week, 12 the preceding week
nnd 22 last year.
DECIDES IN FAVOR OF BANK.
Ruling of Judge In Phillips Case a
Blow to Small Creditors.
CHICAGO. Tho cult brought by
tho trustee of the Georgo Phillips com
pany to recover from the Bank of
Montreal $200,000, which tho mem
bers of tho Arm hnd deposited shortly
before the collopso of tho corn corner
In 1002 came to an abrupt ending in
the United States circuit court today.
Judgo Seaman took tho case from tho
Jury and announced a decision in fa
vor of the bank.
Tho court held that a bank was not
in the samo class as other creditors
of a bankrupt. Tho decision practic
ally means that tho small creditors of
tho Phillips company will receive but
a slight percentage on claims, while
tho banking institution comes out al
most entirely whole.
Get Ready for the Rush.
BONESTEEL. Tho people of this
placo are making strenous efforts to
bo ready for tho greater Influx of pros
pective homesteaders July 1, when
the Indian Rosebud reservation land Is
to bo thrown open. They havo what
tho Germans would call "earth hun
ger." Scores of people seeking claims
already havo set their tents to be In
on tho ground floor. It is apparent a
tremendous number will be here ready
to grab onto tho 2.C0O quarter sections
which this tract of excellent land con
tains. This is splendid soil and a very
rapid settlement Is anticipated as a
result of this opening.
Trainloads of Wounded.
MUKDEN Tho spirits of tho troops
hero nro not depressed becauso of
tho fighting on tho Ynlu and tho in
vestment of Port Arthur and they are
oaagerly awaiting an opportunity to
meet tho Invaders. Wounded from
tho Yalu aro passing through Mukden
on every train on tho way to Harbin.
Tho last passenger train from Port
Arthur before tho line was cut arrived
Saturday. Tho woodwork of tho
coaches was marked with bullets
which struck as tho train dashed at
full speed past a critical point.
German Prince at Seat of War.
TIEN TS1N. Prlnco Adolbert,
third son of Emperor William of Ger
many, who is traveling on board tho
German cruiser Hortha, left hero for
Poking. An audlenco between tho
prlnco and tho emperor of China has
been arranged for May 17. Tho prince
will corao back to Tien Tsin on tho
18th and on tho 19th he will return
on board tho Hertha. Prince Adelbcrt
waa in Corea last woek. Ho landed
at Chemulpo and has proceeded to
Seoul, where ho visited the German
minister to Corea.
Marconi Sails for New York.
LIVERPOOL William Marconi
was a pnssenger on tho Cunard line
steamer Campania which sailed from
hero for New York Sunday.
Defendant In an Invalid Chair.
WASHINGTON. Both of the de
fondants woro in court when tho em
paneling of a jury proceeded for tho
trial of James N. Tynor and Harrison
J, Barrett, on indictments charging
conspiracy to dofraud tho govornmont.
General Tynor, as on yestorday, was
brought Into court in an Invalld'o
chair and surrounded with furs to
protect him from tho drafts of tho
room. Leas than half an hour was
necessary to completo tho Jurv.
NAVAL BATTLE ON
HEAVY CANNONADING ON EAST
COAST OF COREA.
JAPANESE OFF PORT ARTHUR
Believed Admiral Urlu Has Closed
with the Vladivostock Fleet Report
that Zassalitch is Relieved Card
for Russian Wounded.
LONDON A dispatch to tho Con,
tral News, dated at Sooul Tuesday
says that heavy cannonading was
heard off Gensan, on tho oast coist
of Corea. Monday and Tuesday morn
ing. It Is supposed Admiral Urlu'i
licet has succeeded In engaging the
Russian Vladivostock squadron.
A rumor to the effect that tho Jap
anese had succeeded In bringing tho
Russian Vladivostock squadron ot
four cruisers to battlo off Vladivostock
was circulated in Paris Monday, but
up to Tuesday morning no confirma
tion had been obtained. Evidently
the above dispatch refers to the same
ruinn..
ST. PETERSBURG There aro per
sistent rumors here of a naval engage
ment between tho Vladivostok and
Vice Admiral Kamlmura's squadrons,
but no confirmation of the reports?
had been received here up to 1 o'clock
Thursday nftornoon. The admiralty
says no further news has been re
ceived hero from Port Arthur.
PARIS A dispatch to tho Temp?
from St. Petersburg confirms previous
reports to the effect that the Japan
eso fleet appeared off Port Arthur
Thursday and that nn engagement oc
curred off Gensan, Corea, (between a.
Japanese squadron and tho Russian
squadron form Vladivostok.
General Kouropatkln has gone to
the front from Lla Yang to inspect
the situation personally. Troop3 are.
being hurried forward from tho Llao
Yang and Mukden lino to a position,
near Feng Wang Cheng.
All the Russians wounded havo been
sent back toward Llao Yang In order
not to encumber the operations of the
Russian army. It appears evident
thnt General Kouropatkln Is preparing
to give battle to General Kurokl's
army If circumstances warrant.
Privato reports aro to tho effect
that the fighting blood of the Russlap
soldiers Is up and that they are thirst
ing for an opportunity to revenge tho
slaughter on the' Yalu, but although
the commander-in-chief Is greatly
chagrined at the miscarriage of his
plans on the Yalu, thero is no Idea,
hero that ho will act rashly on that
account. His decision as to the ex
tended opposition ho will make at
Feng Wang Chong depends upon the
location and success of tho Japanese
landings In Manchuria. Descents or
attempted inndlngs aro now momen
tarily anticipated near Now Chwang;
and tho head of Corea bay. Occupy
ing an Interior line and pursuing the
tactics of Napoleon, Kouropatkln's.
problem will be to prevent a Junc
ture of tho enemy's forces. It Is nec
essary for him to await tho develop
ment of tho Jnpanoso plans and ascer
tain tho direction, strength and
whence tho other column will come
before deciding how to fight his ad
versary in detail.
IOWA MAKES GREAT RECORD.
Old Guns Equal Record Made by
British in 1902.
WASHINGTON Remarkablo rec
ords were mnde by the Iowa's guns in.
the annual record target practice just
completed. Tho Iowa's twelve-Inch,
guns made forty-two shots and thirty
four hits. Tho best twelve-Inch gun
made eleven shots nnd eleven hits.
Tho hits per gun per minute for the
twelve-Inch guns wero 0.75. This
equals the record mado by tho British
ship Ocean in 1902. when it broke
the world's record nnd in tho case or
tho Iowa the record Is all tho more
creditable because Its guns aro of an
old type. Tho town's eight-inch guns
mnde 1.20 hits tho gun each minute,
the best gun making eight hits out
of eight shots.
Irrigation Plans for Nebraska.
WASHINGTON. Tho secretary of
tho Interior has set aside, provisional
ly, tho sum of $1,000,000 for tho con
struction of tho Pathfinder reservoir
on tho North Platte river in Wyom
ing. Construction will proceed con-t
tingent upon favorablo reports from
engineers in tho field as to various?
dotalls still under consideration, and'
particularly as to whether an ade
quate area or Irrigable land can be?
found In western Nebraska. The
reservoir will be of sufficient capacity
to supply all of tho land under It In
Wyoming.
National Treasury Balances.
WASHINGTON To-day's statement
of tho treasury balnces In tho genoraf
fund, exclusive of the $150,000 00f.
gold reserve in tho division of re
demption, shows: Available cash,
balancofi $217,189,540; gold, $118,020,-
OOl).
Attendance en Opening Day.
ST. LOUIS-Tho total attendance
a the Louisiana Purchase oxposltlon
on tho opening day, April 30, 1904
was officially announced Tuesday
night as 1S7.7D3 persons. Of this
number 178,423 woro rocorded admis
sions. DETROIT. Jamos H. Stone, who
on Mpnday was selected for one of the
assistant reading clerks of the repub
lican national convention, has been
dead for a number of montha i? ,
J a prominent citizen of this city.
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