IN SHAPE TO RESIST
TRAIN OF AMMUNITION GETS
TO PORT ARTHUR.
ABLE TO RUN GAUNTLET
KUROPATKIN PRAISES OFFICERS
WHO CONDUCTED IT.
fU
V Jprei'nri'd to IMnw Up Guru If tli
JIneiny Aiiroiir1iil HtinHlnnn
AInUa Afi Attnek On
Korcim Toivn,
ST. PETERSBURG. Gonornl Kit
ropatkln has telegraphed to the
czar that a tralnload of war ma
terial from Lino Yang has arrived
at Port Arthur.
The text of General Kuroptkln'!
dispatch follows:
"Recounlssances betweei. Hallt3
zalpudzu and Feng Wring Olionij
failed to discover Japanese troops.
A .lapanseo column of considerable
strength advanced from Feng Wang
Cheng on May 8th in tho direction ol
Hal Cheng.
"Pulon Ohong station is oroupled
by our frontier guards, and the
damage to tho railway by the Jupam
eso as far as Miuiehlllpu has been
repaired. All the work was carried
out under the supervision of Lieu
tenant Colonel SplrldonofT of tin
Fourth railway battalion. Till!
gallant otllcer undertook to get
through to Port Arthur, a train full
of ammunition which had arrives
at Lino Yang alter the ' nding ol
the Japanese at Pltsewo.
"Every preparation was made tc
blow up the train in ease of neces
sity In order to prevent its falling
Into th: hands of the Japanese.
"Tho task was carried out anc
the selfsacrilice of the men of tin
Fourth railway battalion wai
crowned with success.
"Shortly after 4 o'clock in tbt
afternoon the train arrived at Jin
Shau stnJton (forty miles from Porl
Arthur), where it was handed ovei
to Gencnl Jokoff, who Immodlatelj
dispatched it under proper protec
tion to Port Arthur. Lieutenant
Colonel Spirid.onoff returned on
locomotive.
"After landing at Pitsewo tin
Japanese began marching toward
Kin Chau. On the night of May
30th their forward guard, consisting
of about two regiments of Infantry,
passed the night on the height!
above Sanchllipu (on the railroad
about sixty miles from Port Arthur.)
"About thirty Japanese vessels
are lying north of Gape Terminal
on the east coast of tho Lao Tung
peninsula below Pitsewo)."
Have Stormy Time.
OMAHA, Neb. 'I he annual meet
ing of the supremo council ot th(
Hankers' Union of tho World do.
velopcd Into a stormy session, duirnj
which the polleo were called to
restore order and the sheriff served
an injunction on Dr. E. G. Spinney,
restraining him from transacting
business.
At thl? juncture, and just ai
Chairman Spinnev called for nornl.
nations foi president, SheirIT Powei
appeared and served an injunction
on Spinuej and a number of his.
nsscciatfs, who were restrained from
taking a further 'action In Liu
election of olliccrs and from tin
voting of proxies. Dr. Spinney at
once appointed Esia Howard chair,
man, and retired to a seat with Mk
delegates. Howard continued tin
session, proceeding at once with the
election. It resulted:
President, E G Spinney, Omaha?
vice president. A W Field, Lincoln;
secretary, E II j)rako, Lueeren,
Minn; bankoi. Ezru Howard, Edgar,
Neb physician, D Fneb, Omaha;
correspondaut, Miss M Murd'ick,
Omaha; guard, Dr A M Laird,
Kansas City; sentinal, A Savlll,
Glen Carbon, Attorneys have boon
retaind by the Swart, faction, who
declare they will light the matter
out in the courts.
Nebraska Boys Anmitted.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Tho medical
examining boa id crdered to the
naval academy for the purpose i 1
physically sxaminlng candidates who
recently passed tholr mental tests,
accopted eleven men. Thosa include
Harry Pike Letton and Chilstjun
Albert R"mers, Nebraska.
READY FOR A SIEGE
RUSSIANS WILL HOLD PORT AR
THUR AT ALL COSTS-
('loco ItrRitriliMl ImprnRiinbln Prom
Kami Aft'tilt, mill Provi
sion and Ainiinitloti
Ample Supp'y.
ST. PETESRBURG.-ltis evident
from a private letter "vrlttcn by an
artillery ofllcer at Port Arthur dated
April 110, Unit, General Stocsfol, the
Russian commander there, was then
daily expecting the cutting otr o his
communications. The o Ulcer reports
that everything was ready to with
stand a siege and expressed surprlso
at the fact that tho enemy had
delayed so long. He said the for
tress was practilcally impregnable,
adding that ttiere was a triple row
of forts around tho Port Arthur
glacis, each position being fronted
by a mo it, with a hedge of barbed
were beyond, with bomb-proofs behind
all the batteries. Theolllcor further
declared that they had plenty of
supplies and ammunition and th:it
the garrison was In excellent spirits
and confident of being ablo to hold
out nine months of a year against
any number of the enemy, even If
they possessed siege guns. General
Kuropatkln offered General Stoessel
reinforcements, but the latter de
clined them, saying he had onough
men and did not care to run the risk
of an epidemic as the result of over
crowding.
Information reaching the general
stalT indicates that there is much
sickness amoug the enemy's troops
'In Korea. Typhus especially is said
tto be rampant.
Tho ministry has received the
following dispatch from Major Gen-
ral Pllug dated May 11:
'According to Information re
ceived May 10 from Feng Wang
Cheng, one of the guards divisions
advanced along the Hal Chong road
and about a division and 1,500
cavalry were too advance by the
Feng Wang Cheng road to Sumatra.
I "Up to the presanl time there has
jbeen discovered at K wan Tien Sien
advance guards consisting of a bat
talion of infantry and three squad
rons of cavalry with a rnou italn
bMtory.
"According to reports received the
Japanese tioips who before May 7
were in the neighborhood of Feng
War g Cheng were disp ised in two
sections the first a day's march to
'the southwest of the Feng Wang
,Cheng and the second dn the lower
course of tho Tayang river. The
) latter commenced to cross on tho
isame day.
"There is no precise Information
'yit to hand regarding the enemy's
forces, which havo landed at Pit
sewo. ' '
Says Tl Killed Himself.
BRISTOL, Term. Edward L.
Wentz "came to his deatn by tho
accidental discharge of his own
pistol" is tho verdict of the coro
ner's jury, which fornoarly two days
has been investigating tho circum
stances and conditions surrounding
the death of the young millionaire,
w'.iose ttody was discovered decayed
and unbuned on a spur of Black
mount'iln last Sunday.
Tim voidlct was a surprise to
many Ol those who heard tho evi
dence and evamined tho conditions
surrounding ttie tody as it la on
the nnuntuin some believe the cus1?
to be '.mo uf s'licidi, whil- otheis
say Wentz was murdered. Regard
less nf : he jurys verdict of acciden.
t:il killing it is certain that do
icctlves will remain in this nglon
lu c inne::tion wirh tho case. Tiicre
is little doubt that tho Wentz family
believe there was crime in tho death.
D. M. Wentz expressed himself as
of tho opinion that there had been
,an encounter before Ills brother waf
killed.
Row At Negro Canference.
GUIGA GO.-Whon the comrnitte
jn credentials recommended the
unseating of a delegate today at the
general conference of the Africac
Methodist Episcopal church half tin
members of the conference jumped
to their feet demanding the lloor.
The committee on credentials ro
commended that C. S. Long of Or
lando. Fla. . be unseated as a dele
gate from the Windward Island cm.
fen-nce and that Jtlclh-rd E, Moon
of Chicago be seated. Bishop U. S.
Smith obtained the lloor and at
tempted to make an explanation,
but was hissed and cried down bj
the delegates.
NOP INSURED
Mrs Do Stylo "Marie 1 In tho
dog chained?
Servant "Yes'm"
"And th2 cat put out?"
"Yes' m"
"And tho chldren tied to the bed
post in tho nursery?"
"Yes' m"
"Very well Then you may light
the piano lamp"
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MOHAMED BACHED,
"Immoubles IJbres de l'Etat.'
Oillce of the Minister or finance.
CAIRO, EGYPT.
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MOD CLOUD, Ncbr.-The Jury on
the Barker murder case returned a
verdict tliidlng Frank Marker guilty)
uf murder In the llrsl degree and
llxlng the penalty at death. Darker!
was convicted of tho murder uf his
brother and his brother's wire nn;
January HI hist. Tho Jury went out
at I o'clock this afternoon and
reached u verdict about w o'clcok.
Darker was at unco brought Intu
the court room and the verdict read'
to him. During tho trial he has
displayed considerable nerve, laugh
lug and smiling as If he was not on
trial Tor his life. Tonight when ho
was brought Into tho court room ho
was confronted by a huge crowd of
his neighbors mid ho appeared more
crestfallen and nervous. lie walked
steadily however and tried not to
uppear moved even after ho had
heard the verdict loud.
The story of the crime is a sensa
tlonal one. Tho bodies of Dan and
Alice Darker wore found after neigh'
bars had noticed their absence from
their house. Krunk Darker main
tained that they had gono to Denver,
but surrounding circumstances con
vinced their friends that this was
not true. Taking advantage or tho
absence of Frank Darker from tho
place, a search was Instituted which
resulted In the liudlng of bodies In a
heap of rubbish in a shod. Doth
had been shoe.
Tho convicting stories told by
Frank Darker led to his arrest and a
strong chain of clvdence was woven
around him. It was brought nut In
the trial that he. was in Red Cloud
the day before the murder and had
bought a revolve! which with a box
of cartridges was found In the hay
mow. Doth were identified by the
dealer by the price mark, as those
sold to Darker tho day hoforo tho
murder. 11. was also brought out
that he was on his brot her's place
the night the murder was commit
ted, .January 111 and did not get up
until after noon the next day.
Enjoins State Treasurer
SDR I NO Fl KLD.III.-.IudgeUreigh.
ton in the San gum on county circuit
court this afternoon entered a decree
perpetully enjoining State Treasurci
Dusse fiom pivlng out any money ol
the appropriation made by the gen.
oral assembly at its last session in
aid of the Illinois and Michigan
canal. The decree was In accor
dance with a decree entered by the
supreme court at the lust session ol
that body, in an Injunction suit
brought by Representative Richard
E. Durke of Chicago.
Mo Faith hi Police
D12NVI0D, Colo A potltbn t
Governor l'eabudy and Mayor Wright
to order out the national guard to
preserve order at the election in this
city next Tuesday is being circulated
and alrea'Jy has been signed by hun
dreds of eitlzpiis. Tho petitioner!
allege frauds committed it p.isl
elections and contemplated at the
coming election, refers to police par
tlclpatlon In politics and alleges
danger In mob violence.
"No troops will he ordered ou
except in case of rioting," said (2ov.
ernor Penbody toduy. "(J wing to
the talk current that troops would
be used on election day 1' havo de.
elded to postpone tho target practice,
which was to have been held earlj
next week, until after election."
Sawmill Property Burned
J'ORTLAND, Ore. An explosion,
of sawdust In the furnace of the Daj
Lumber company's mill started q
lire which destroyed that mill , and
also those of the Multnomah tiuiib
and box ractory and the Ira K,'
Powers Manuafetiirlrig company hero,
The loss will probably exceed $250,.
000.
j NEBRASKA NOTES I
K. D. Hall, n Burlington employed
lin the shops at Alliance, was taken
Insano and sent to the asylum at
(Lincoln,
A ladles' band Is the no west)
fcaturo or Norfolk musical circles.
It has lust organized and will begin
business Thursday night
Plattsiuouth Is being docked In
gulu attlro for the street fair and
spring carnival, which will contlnud
tho rcumlnder of this week.
Uarl Marts, a 10-ycar-old b-jy of
Stella, ran Into a barbud wlro fence
and badly lacerated his chock so
that sovoral stitches were nnccssnry
A ranchman named Adam Dllllng
near Alliance was thrown from his
buggy and sustained a broken arm.
The buggy struck a telegraph polo
'in a runaway.
Tlie mortgage record of Red
Willow county for tho month of
April makes a tine shoeing. Tha
total tilings aggregato KU.UOa.a?;
releases, $70,;il8.87.
losoph HLolopurt has been found
guilty at Dassott, Neb., of Illegal
vi.tlng and was lined $.r0 for tho
utronso by County Judge Olson. The!
caso will bo appealed.
Tho ruiicrnl of Guy Wilkinson was,
'held from his mother's home. Ha
was a young and well known citizen,
a bricklayer by trade. Consumption
of the bowels was tho cause of his
death.
' Mayor Harrington called a meeting
of tho citizens List overling fur tho
'purpose of making ai rangemcnts to
entertain tho Lincoln Commercial
club, which is making a visit to
'tills pnrtj of tho state.
' Prof. OUalmin has accepted tho
'position of superintendent of tho
Ilavelock schools. Thoro are many
applicants for tho schools at Pupil
lion, hut no principal has been de
cided upon is yet to take Graham's
place.
The Pawnee military mind elected
olllcors for another yoar recently.
Tho meeting was presldod over by
the vice president, H. C. Lindsay,
who has been a member of the band
for twenty years. Ho expressed hla
regret that tie must soon withdraw
to locate In Lincoln having boon
appointed clerk of the supremo
court.
Tho three Ilorrlng brothers, ar
rested in Doyd county licensed oi
stealing a team or mules, wagon and
buggy in St. Paul a short tlmo ago
and brought here for trial, had thclc
preliminary hearing before County
Uudge- Smith this morning. They
waived examination and wore bound
'over to the district court, one In
tbe sum or $1,500 and the othei two
in $500 each.
t
The Junior: of the I'lattsmoutli
High school tendered u reception to
the seniors. The hall was elaborately
(lecorated with class coldrs. In tho
(lining rojm tho blue and gold of tho
seniors prevailed and In the assembly
room tho back and gold of tha
Juniors piedominatcd. Tne teachers,
the board of education, and Prof,
and Mrs. Rouse enjoyed the hospi
tality or the students.
D. W. Cook of Dcatrlco shipped
four car loads of fat cattle to the
Kansas City market. The animals
averaged 1,500 pounds each, and It
Is unquestionably one of tho linesc
hunch of cattle shipped from Gago
county in sumo years. Isaac Pal
mer, a well known stock raiser liv
ing near Odell, also shipped 200
head to tlie market.
Messeis. .Johnson and Graham, the
present owners of the Ames town
site, are having surveys made and
the lots in the now town will soon
be on the market. The buinesi lots
will be southeast of the Union Paci
fic depot. No eirort will bo made
to ork up a boom nr any special
ellort to sell lots. Several business
house are likely to bo Jullt this
season.
County Tioasuzcr W. 1). Wheeler
.if Pluttsmouth has collected more
Saxes in a little more than lour
months than was over previously
collected In one year In Cass county.
Ho has collected botween $8,000 and
tD.ooo in back taxes, sorno of which
it was thought never would bo col
'ceted. One farmer paid the sum of
I'm which had been accumu'ating
on Iiis property.
Prof. M. A. Sams, srho lias been
principal uf the schools at Louisville
tor tho lust two years and who was
tlected for another year, tendered
bis resignation Monday night to
accept a position In the schools atj
Malvern, Ja. , Mr. Sams s-iys thd
town nnsltlon pays a bettor salary.