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News in Brief
Judge Goodwin of Aurora, 111., Ian
titM'ti looted assistant attorney gen
eral dr tlio iMiHtolllow department.
Tim supremo court of Indiana de
ride that under the Nicholson law
kuIooii must front on a street, not an
Hll.'J'.
Ried 8 moot, the Mormon senator
whoso goai lias been protested, ex
presses his confidence that ho will not
be ousted.
Senators Ctillom and Hopkins and
Speaker Canuon agreed to recommend
Judge Goodwin or Aurora for appoint
meut as assistant attorney general.
Tho former confidential employe of
M1b Rurlon 1h said to have testified
to a diversion or Rod Cross funds
from thfi purpose for which they were
contributed.
Tho Interstate rommere commis
sion ordered tho Involution of the
anthracite coal inquiry reopened and
will hear additional testimony at New
York May 24.
Secretary Moody, Congressman Foss
and probably Speaker Cannoif'wlll
nail on the Dolphin about May 8 to
Inspect' tho naval station at Guan
tanamo, Cuba.
Lyman J. Gage, In an address before
John D. Rockefeller, jr.'s, blblo class,
declared that acquisition of wealth Is
not inconsistent with tho material wel
faro of society.
Thirty-three cattlo are dead at Ter
ra Cotta ranch, west, oi Sal i n a, Kas.,
as the result, of carelessness on the
part of wolf hunters, who sprinkled
Paris greon about traps.
Juan Rodriguez, a citizen of Porto
Rico, petitioned for a mandamus to
compel the navy yard labor board to
grant him. tho rights of a citizen of
tho United States to employment
Police Commisloner McAdoo joins
tho crusaders In New York who are
endoavorlng to fix upon tho WeBtern
Union Telegraph company the respon
sibility of tho cxlstenco of pool rooms,
Members of the house committee
of rivers and harbors will make a per
sonal investigation of tho Chicago
river to learn what will bo needed to
Improve navigation after tho tunnels
are removed.
Incomplete returns from the repnb
lican caucauaes In Milwaukee show
Governor La Follelto secured possibly
forty-six of the 14ti delegates to the
Btato convention, against fifty-two
two years ago.
Allen Mooney, the condemned mnr
deier who shot and killed two women
Hi. Hnnion.o. Lake. K. Y., on November
. 4, 1002, was put to death in the elec
' trie chair at Clinton prison, Daune
nioraldy, N. Y.
S. Mahucla, clerk of tho Ilawailnn
house of representatives, has been
found guilty by a jury of the federal
, 'court of destroying certain vouchers
for expense of the house Incurred
during tho last regular session.
The portrait of the dowager empress
of China, painted by the American,
Miss Kate Carl which left Peking
April 21, was dispatched by tho Tactile
mall steamer Siberia. The portrait
on arrival at San Francisco will be
sent to the St. Louis exposition.
A. C. Twlnger, former president,
and D. C. Cornell, former treasurer
of the defunct Monmouth Trust com
pany of Asbury Park, N. Y., were sen
tenced respectively to six and four
years In state prison. Tho men were
convicted of presenting false minutes
of the trust company to tho state
banking department.
While It is difficult to ascertain the
exact state of the health of Mr. Kru
ger, formerly president of the Trans
vaal, it is said on good authority
that symptoms of a cerebral affection
are apparent and that a consultation
of physicians has been held. Mr.
Kruger Is now exremely weak and
constant care Is necessary.
Charging that "they are practically
in a combination or conspiracy to
defraud railroad companies," counsel
for the Michigan Central Railroad
company Bled a bill in tho United
States circuit court for an injunction
to restrain twenty-eight ticket brok
ers or "scalpers" from continuing in
their present business. .
The United States board of the
Lewis and Clark exposition to bo held
In Portland, Ore., May, 1905, organized
with Colonel J. H. Drlgham as chair
man. W. C. Fox, representative of
the bureau of American republics, was
elected temporary secretary. The
board was organized that a committee
) might be appointed to select the site
for the government building at Port
land. Dr. W. E. Woodend of W. E. Wood
end & Co., the suspended stock brok
erage firm, was arrested at his homo
In New York.
Defective forgings In the guns,
which are said to have been twice re
jected, are alleged to have been re
sponsible for the accident on the bat
tleshlp Iowa.
While resisting an attempt of two
highwaymen to rob him, Captain Carl
Uphoven of tho steamship Alps of the
Vnlted Fruit company line was mur
dered on tho leveo at New Orleans.
He wn3 a antlvo of Cologne, Germany,
and was 35 years old.
Fostmnster General Payne returned
to Washington from Charleston, S.
C, after an absence of several -weeks
spent in cruising along tho Atlantic
coast and in West Indian waters. Ho
'8 Improved in health, though still
complaining of a slight attack of gout
in one foot.
Tho Canadian minister of labor has
boon notified by tho Grand Trunk rail
way that the company does not Intend
to concede the domnt of the tologra-
given the toleKiaiduVllmlu" 10 "
the schedule was revised, is uuai
TO RECLAIM. LAND
MONEY THAT IS TO BE SPENT
FOR THE PURPOSE.
HERE'S MILLIONS OF ACRES
Cott Will Be Twenty-Seven Million
Dollar Money Come from Sale of
Public Lands and Must Be Paid
Back by Settler.
WASHINGTON Apropos of the
formal approval by iho secretary of
tho interior of new Irrigation projects
under the reclamation law In Califor
nia, Oregon, North Dakota and
South Dukofa. the interior depart
ment has Issued a statement covering
tho disposition of the reclamation
fund, which la In part as follows:
These approvals mark practically
tho close of tho preliminary or tenta
tive Btago of reclamation work. The
projects In each state and territory
are now well outlined and provisions
made for all tho available funds.
During the two years which have
nearly elapsed since the passage of
tho reclamation laws efforts have
been concentrated ou general exami
nations and examination of tbu mer
its of the various projects. These
now have been selected and approved
contingent on- securing tho water
rights and lands ut reasonable cost
and perfecting all details partly com
pleted. Tho situation in each state
and territory is as follows:
Arizona Salt river project under
consideration at estimated cost of
alHuit 13,000,000.
California Yuma project, approv
ed construction by secretary at cost
of about $3,000,000.
Coloradu Uneompahgre project,
Involving an expenditure of $2,500,000.
"Idaho Minidoka project, for which
about 2,600,000 has been previously
allotted.
"Montana Milk river project, gen
eral allotment of $2,5(10,000.
"Nebraska Reclamation of lands
along North Platte river, for which
$100,000 has been set aside.
"Nevada Truckee-Carson projeet
under construction at a cost of about
$3,000,000.
"New Mexico Hondo project, at a
cost of approximately $350,000.
"North Dakota Fort Iluford pro
ject, taking water from Yellowstone
river in Montana, at a cost of about
$1,200,000.
"Oregon Malheur project, costing
about $2,000,000.
"South Dakota Delle Fouroho pro
ject, costing about $2,1000,000.
"Utah Conservation of water in
Salt I-ake river at a cost of about
$l,(Hio,oiin.
"Washington Reclamation of land
Dear Pasco at a cost of $1.5(111.(100.
"Wyoming The storage and diver
sion of SliciKhone river near .Cody, :or
which $2.25(1,00(1 ban been set nslde.
'All the projects outlined will cost
.ono.OiiO and will require for con
sttuction two or tmco years, tliey
will reclaim in round numbers l.noo
000 acres of land, nil or wtucn win
be susceptible of intense cultivation
and should be capable of supporting
population of 500,000 or more per-
sons. Ttie money expeiiueu m mu
,i . . , i ......
strutting these works Is derived from
the disposal of public lands.
WARNS LAND SEEKERS.
Gangs of Swindlers Said to Be Victim
izlng Prospective Settler.
WASHINGTON An organized band
of swindlers is actively at work in
several western states, notably Utah,
North Dakota and South Dnkota, and
nlso oneratlnc to a lesser extent in
the east. These sharpers have se
lected as easy victims prospective
homeseekers who are greatly interest
ed in the various declamation projects
undertaken by the government.
By means of advertisements cleverly
worded. In which they claim to have
secured inside Information regarding
the plans of the engineers, and by the
display of alleged copies of govern
ment maps and surveys, they have
been successful In duping many un
wary homeseekers. For a considera
tion of from $50 to $200 these swin
dlers guarantee to locate settlers upon
the best Irrigable lands under the
government works.
Notwithstanding that the govern
ment some time ago issued a circular
warning the people against being tak
en In by just, such frauds, the swin
dling goes right along and the sharks
are reaping a rich harvest. It should
be clearly understood that those sharp
ers have no inside Information, Their
maps are mere township plats or
rough drafts such as can be obtained
from the land office. The swindlers
have no data other than any intending
settler ran obtain upon request of tho
department.
"Of course a bachelor knows mare
about marriage than a married man,"
says Malthugavlnlus, the m mediaeval
cynic. "The best proof of this propo
sition Is that the bachelor did not
marry."
Reports Not Confirmed.
LONDON. Thus far no confirma
tion has reached I,om',n of tho re
ported battle near Llao Yang. One of
tho explanations of tho restoration
of the Port Arthur rallrond suggested
here Is that the landing of the Japanese
at Pitsewo was Interrupted by ji pale,
which compelled their temporary re
tirement to the const or that tho Jnpa.
nose are allowing the line to remain
open for the removal of non-cotnbatani.-i
from Port Arthur prior to the bom
bardment which Is about to begin.
Famous Artist Dying.
MUNICH, Bavaria -Fran, von Lo:i.
bach, the famous historical a:,d por
trait painter, nml president of the
Munich Artists' association, Is dying.
Ho suffered a stroke of apoplexy In
November, 1002.
Another Bombardment Reported.
LONPON. The Toklo corrcspot: I
out of thki Morning Post, raiding un
der dale of May Jo, says Hint a high
angle bombardment of Port Arthur Is
progressing.
THE SEASON IS TARDY.
Quiet Condition Noted in Mart of
Buiiness.
NF.W YOIIK-R. G. Dun k Co.
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Somewhat better retail distributions
followed improvement in temperature,
but It came too late to recover and
realize part of tho tardy Reason's In
jury to spring trade. Quiet condi
tions are noted In practically all lines
of wearing apparel, with the exception
of specialties, inch as tan shoes, that
cannot be delivered with sufficient ra
pidity. Operations for future re
quirements are carried ou with cau
tion, and this disposition to avoid ex
cessive commitments will do much to
reduce the number of failures. Some
Improvements in collections, particu
larly at the south and west, will also
strengthen weak concerns. The per
centage of Idle factories has Increas
ed, especially In textiles and
foot- -
wear, and change in style has ren
dered unavailable much silk machin
ery. Structural work is increasing,
but dealers had accumulated large
supplies of building materials, and
prices lack seasonable firmness. Com
modity prices declined Blightly during
April. Railway earnings In April
were 6.8 per cent less than last year.
Recovery In the iron and steel in
dustry is again retarded by the un
expected dissolution of the ore asso
ciation. Prior to that event there
was increasing confidence in the sta
bility of quotations, the 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 active, while
coke and bituminous coal are dull
and weak.
After last week's exceptionally
heavy transactions It was natural that
the western hide markets should be
como inactive. Prices remain firm,
however.
Commercial failures this week In
the United States are 20fi, against 202
last week, 241 the preceding week and
145 the corresponding week last year.
failures in Canada nnmber 27, against
16 last week, 12 the preceding week
and 22 last year.
RUSSIAN LOSSES WERE IMMENSE
Official Report Places the Number at
Over Two Thousand.
ST. PETERSBURG. The emperor
has received a dispatch from General
Kouropatkln giving a report of Lieu
tenant General Zassalitch of the Rus
sian losses in the battle of Klu Lien
Cheng. General Zassalitch confirms
tho reports of the enormous mortality
among the artillery horses and con
cludes his report as follows:
"Our losses on April 30 and May 1
altogether amount, to seventy superior
and subaltern olllocrs and 2,324 Killed,
wounded or taken prisoners. Of this
total. 1 ..08 i were left on tho battlefield,
but it is not known whether they wore
killed or wounded.
"In consequence of the heavy losses
in men and battery lior.ios and he
difficulties encountered in the roadless
country, it was absolutely Imposlhlc
to bring away the guns and machine
gun."
ROOSEVELT WILL NOT SPEAK.
Several Member of the Cabinet Will
Go on the Stump.
WASHINGTON. Questions relat
ing to tho Panama canal, general pol
itics and departmental matters were
the subjects under consideration at
the meeting of the cabinet Friday.
Willie the president himself does
not. expect to deliver political speeches
during the approaching campaign, It
is said that several members of the
cabinet will take an active pnrt In the
contest. Secretaries Taft, Shaw,
Moody, Wilson and Attorney General
Knox are all expected to deliver im
portant speeches, and some of them
will sueak many times. It is said, also,
that Speaker Canuon will make an ex
tensive tour of the (country, cam;
palgning wherever his services seem
to be needed most.
Get Ready for the Rush.
PONESTEEL. The people of this
place are making strenous efforts to
lie ready for tho greater Influx of pros
pective homesteaders July 1, when
the Indian Rosebud reservation land is
to bo thrown open. They have what
tho Germans would call "earth hun
ger." Scoreo of people socking claims
already have set their tents to be In
on tho ground floor. It is apparent a
tremendous number will be here ready
to grab onto the 2,600 quarter sections
which this tract of excellent land con
tains. This Is splendid soli and a very
rapid settlement Is anticipated as a
result of this opening.
Railroad is Again Oppen,
ST. PETERSBURG. Tho corres
pondent of the Associated Press has
obtained absolute confirmation of the
report that railroad communication
with Port Arthur Is again open. The
first locomotive camo through last
night and tho second at 9 o'clock this
evening.
Philippines to Have a Rett.
WASHINGTON Secretary Tuft has
contracted a cold, which has settled
In his throat, and by direction of his
physician has canceled engagements
to bo present and speak at the Psl
Upsllon convention at Madison, Wis.,
on the 12th Inst.; at the chamber of
commerce dinner nt Worcester, Mass.,
on the Kith Inst.; nt the Putnnm cele
bration at Sutton, Mas., on tho 17th
Inst., and nt a local celebration at
llopi'ilnle, Mass., on the ISth. Although
unable to use his voice in public
speaking, the secretary Is at work,
Captain Allen Ends Life
ST. LOCI?.--Captain Walter Allen
of St. LouK connected wbh tho
World's Fair .lofTerion Gunrds. ntid n
brother of "Private" John 11. Allen,
national World's Fair commissioner
from Mississippi, committed raticide
late on Tuesday by shouting himself
through the heart. In b room In tho
dormitory of the Washington ifnlvorsl
ly, which Is now being utilized by the
exposition. Ho loft a note staling
Hint ill health hnd driven him to com
mit the not. His wife and two chil
dren survive him.
WHO 18 TO BOSS'?
CANAL COMMISSION SUBJECT TO
WAR DEPARTMENT.
THE RULES ARE DECIDED UPON
General George W. Davis Will Be Ap
pointed Governor of the American
Zone on the lthmu Disposition
of the Irrigation Fund.
WASHINGTON President Roose
velt had a ions conference with Sec
retaries Ha and Taft and Attorney
General Knox at which the regula
tions to govern the isthmian caual
company were determined on finally.
The regulations will bo promulgated
formally later, but at the conclusion of
the conference Secretary Taft gave a
brief resume of their provisions.
While tho creation and work of the
commission is committed by law tc
the president, whise authority in
that regard is practically supreme,
the president by the regulations di
rects that the commission shall exer
cise its powers under the direction
and supervision of the secretary oi
war.
General George W. Davis, tho army
monuer of the commission, Is appoint
ed governor of the American zone oi.
the isthmus. Until the expiration ol
the Fifty-eighth congress the isthmlar
commission will exercise legislative
authority over the American strip
Governor Davis is given authority to
appoint one Judge, who shall exercise
judicial authority.
Under the operation of what Is
known as ..je Dockery law the audit
Ing of the commission's accounts will
fall to the duty of the auditors of the
state department, but beyond the mat
ter of auditing the state department
will not bo charged with any control
over the commission. The commis
sion will report directely to tho sec
retary of war as often as he may di
rect upon all phases of its operations
It will be under the same sort of con
trol of the secretary of war as is the
Philippine commission. All direc
tions concerning the operations of the
commission are set out fully In the
regulations and a recitation is made
of all the operations leading up to
the acquisition of the canal propertj
and the appointment of the commis
sion. Dividing Irrigation Fund.
Acting under the tenns of the lrri
gatlon reclamation law, the secretary
of the Interior has set apart $8,100,000
of the reclamation fund in connection
with the following projects:
For tho Yuma project on the Colo
rado river, covering about 85,000
acres In Arizona and California, $3
Ot'-O.OOO.
The Bello Fonrche project in South
Dakota, OO.oiMi acres, $2,100,00(.
The Malheur project, in Oregon, 75,
ooo acres, $2,000,000.
The Fort I.lu'ord project on the Yel
lowstone river in North Dakota, $1,
LO0.OU0.
The npprqprlaiion will leave only
about $0.000, oiio of the reclamation
fund of $27,000,000 to be disposed of
STOESSEL ADDRESSES TROOPS.
Tell Them to Prepare for Worst and
Hope for Be6t.
PORT ARTHUR Lieutenant Gen
eral Stoesael has issued an order to
the troops of his command as follows:
"On April 30 and May 1 the enemy
crossed the Yalu river In great force
and our troops fall back to positions
which had been previously selected.
"Yesterday the enemy effected an
Important landing on the Liao Tung
peninsula, south of Pitsewo, arid in
the vicinity of Kin Chou bay. Now
our work Is beginning. Naturally,
the enemy will destroy railway com
munication and endeavor to drive our
troops back to Port Arthur and be
siege this fortress, Russia's bulwark
In the far east. We will defend it un
til the arrival of troops, which are
coming to relieve us.
"I consider it my duty to call upon
you to display unceasing vigilance
and caution and you must be ready
at all times to demean yourselves
toward your general with the 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."
Wireless Message and Pigeons.
ST. PETERSBURG. The Russian
admiralty expects to be able to con
tinue communication with Port Ar
thur in spite of the cutting of the
telegraph line. Masts for uso in wire
less telegraphy have been erected at
tho fortress to communicate with sta
tions at tho north end of the peninsula
Trained carrier pigeons were also sent
to Port Arthur some tlmo ago and
through ono means or another the
Russian officers hope to retain com
munlcntlon. The admiralty is in pos
session of specific information to the
effect that the harbor at Port Arthur
is open.
8anta Fe Get Injunction.
KANSAS CITY. The Santa Fe
Railway company wns granted n tern
porary Injunction agnlnst the striking
machinists of the Snnta Fe shops ir
Argentine, Kas., by Judge Holt of the
court of common pleas of Kansas City
Kas. The order restrains the strikers
from Interfering In any way with the
men who nre now working In the
shops or from otherwise obstructing
tho work of the Snnt.i Fe shops, Tin
injunction Is made returnable June
1. when the strikers will have to show
why it should not be made permanent
Russians Kill Russians.
TOKIO.-Gonornl Kurokl In rr
portlng a few days ago, says that nr
cording to Information furnished by n
native, a body of Russian Infantry
2,ooo strong occupying n bill near Ten
Slum Ilong, on Sunday mistook a do
tiieliment of their own Infantry
about i'oo Flretij', retiring before the
Japanese, troops, and fought among
themselves, l i the conflict. 110 were
killed ntid seventy wounded, nnd the
Russian carts were stampeded, lenv
Inn their lor. !s of stores behind for
tlio enemy.
NAVAL BATTLE ON.
Heavy Cannonading On East Coast oi
Core a.
LONDON A dispatch to the Cen
tal Nowf, dated at Seoul Tuosda-.
ays mat Heavy launonadini; at
heard off Gensan, cm the est co-tt
of Corea. Monday and Tuesday morn
ing. It is supposed Admiral Uriu'i-
Beet has succeeded in engaging the
Russian Vladivostok squadron.
A rumor to the effect that tho Jap
auese had succeeded In bringing the
Russian Yladlvoctock squadron ol
four cruisers to battle off Vladivostok
was circulated In Pnris Monday, but
up to Tuesday morning no confirma
tion had been obtained. Evldentlj
the aboe dispatch refers to the sam
rumor.
ST. PETERSBURG There are per
sistent rumors here of a naval engage
ruent between the Vladivostok anc
Vice Admiral Kanilmura's squadrons
but no confirmation of the report?
had been received here up to 1 o'clock
Thursday afternoon. The admiralty
says no further news has been re
ceived here from Port Arthur.
PARIS A dispatch to the Temp?
from St. Petersburg confirms previous
reports to the effect that tho Japan
ese fleet appeared off Port Arthui
Thursday and that an engagement oc
curred off Gensan, Corca, between i
Japanese squadron and the Russian
squadron form Vladivostok. '
General Kouropatkln has gone to
tho front from Lla Yang to Inspect
the situation personally. Troops are
being hurried forward from the Lino
Yang and Mukden line to a position
near Feng Wang Cheng.
All the Russians wounded have been
sent back toward Llao Yang In order
not to encumber the operations of the
Russian army. It appears evident
that General Kouropatkiu is preparing
to give battle to General Kurokl's
army if circumstances warrant.
Private reports are to the effect
that tho fighting blood of tho Russlap
soldiers is up and that they are thirst
ing for an opportunity to revenge the
slaughter on tho Yalu, but although
the. commander-in-chief is greatly
chagrined at tho miscarriage of his
plans on the Yalu, there is no idea
here that he will act rashly on that
account. His decision as to tho ex
tended opposition he will make at
Feng Wang Cheng depends upon tho
location and success of the Japanese
landings in Manchuria. Descents or
attempted landings are now momen
tarily anticipated near New Chwang
and the head of Corca bay. Occupy
ing an interior line and pursuing the
tactics of Napoleon, Kouropatkln's
problem will be to prevent a Junc
ture of the enemy's forces. It is nec
essary for him to await tha develop
ment of tho Japanese plans and ascer
tain the direction, strength r.nd
whence the other column will como
before deciding how to fight his ad
versary in detail.
MAY SEND SHIPS TO CHWANG.
Matter Discussed by President and
Secretary Hay.
NEW YORK. The attention of the
state department has been drawn to
the possibility of rioting and looting
at New Chwang in the interval of time
between the Russian withdrawal and
tho Japanese occupation of the port.
Secretary Hay had a consultation
with the president respecting the ad
visability of again sending a warship
to New Chwang. to safeguard Amer
ican Interests and as far as possible
to prevent outrages upon foreigners
bv bandits. It is believed that an in
timation has been conveyed from the
British government to our own gov
ernment that the dispatch of a United
States ship to New Chwang might
prevent the appearance of undue ac
tivity on the part of a single power.
The United States gunboat Helena
and a British gunboat lay in mud dock
at New Chwang all last winter and
were withdrawn only upon a hint from
Russia that their presence obstructed
military operations.
The navy department has several
vessels within two or three days' sail
of New Chwang, the nearest being the
Raleigh, now at Chemulpo, while the
Helena and the Wilmington aro at
Wenchau, just below Shanghai, and
the Cincinnati Is on her way from
Chee Foo to Chemulpo.
IOWA MAKES GREAT RECORD.
Old
Guns Equal Record Made by
British in 1902.
WASHINGTON Remarkable rec
ords wore made by the Iowa's guns In
the annual record target practice Just
completed. The Iowa's twelve-Inch
guns mado forty-two shots and thirty
four hits. The best twelve-Inch gun
made eleven shots nnd eleven hits.
Tho hits per gun per minute for the
twelve-Inch guns were 0.75. This
equals the record made by the Rrltlsh
whip Ocean in 1002. when it broke
the world's record nnd In the case of
the Iowa tho record Is all the more
creditable because Its guns are of an
old type. Tho Iowa's eight-Inch guns
made 1.20 hits the gun each minute,
the best gun making eight hits out
of eight shots.
Woman Leaps to Pavement.
CHICAGO. III. A woman giving
the name of Mrs. Maud Todd Satur
day leaped to tho pnvemont from a
second-story window In a hotod on
the north at Dearborn avenue nnd
Erlo streets. She sustained fatal In
juries. Tho jump from the window
followed a qunnvl with Albert O.
Todd, whom the woman raid was her
husband. Todd, when arreted, de
nied that tho woman wns bin wife,
and gave her name ns Maud Seherin
erhorn of Davenport, In
Brings Reproach on Name,
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Robert S. Konr
nov, a prominent and well to do
liveryman, grandson of the famous
general, Phil Kearney, Is In Jail bore
under nrrest on charge of leading n
gang of highwaymen. Frank John-
noil, a wealthy horseman of liemplo
Mo., while out uriving. was Hold up
nnd robbed of $200 here. James
Troutmnn, another horseman, was
in rested and made a full cimfcssli n
Implicating Kearney nnd David It
Mniion.
TO BE EVACUATED
RUSSIANS HAVE DECIDED Tb DE
PART FROM NEW ChWANG.
NEED MORE FORCE TO HOLD IT
Reported Wounding of Viceroy Alex
ieff Before Departure for Port Ar
thur Russian at New Chwang
Hurriedly Leaving.
NEW CHWANG There is every in
dication that the Russians have de
cided to evacuate New Chwang:. The
troops have been leavlug here all day
long. Forts have been dismantled and
all artillery has been placed on board
trains. All the local transportation
has been commandeered by tho Rus
sian authoritiees.
There Is current here a nntlve ru
r.iore that Jrpanose troops are in Foo
Chau bay (on the west side of the I.iao
Tung peninsula, and about sixty miles
north of Port Arthur), but this report
lacks confirmation.
Tho fear in hold here that If the
Russians leave and the Japanese do
not at once take possession of Now
Chwang the brigands, who are now
across the river near Yin Kow, will
pillage the place. The foreign resi
dents ore prepared to resist tho brig
ands should they come over. The
British consul has requested that a
gunboat be sent to New Chwang. The
Russians probably will destroy the
gunboat Sivoutoh before leaving. The
vessel la at New Chwang.
It is reported here that Viceroy
Alexieff was slightly wounded before
Ills departure from Port Arthur. lie
barely escaped from there before the
Japanese closed the lines of commu
nication. The Russian general staff ha mov
ed from Llao Yang to Mukden.
Russians here will not talk of the
situation for fear that they nuy Im
part some information. They do not
consider that their forces hero are suf
ficient to hold this section or i.i
country. It is probable that the Rus
sian troops will withdraw to Uarbin.
The Russian civilians at New
Chwang are leaving hurriedi.r and
many natives are fleeing from the city
In fear that they will be subjected to
maltreatment at the hands of tho
brigands.
SHAW SIGNS BIG WARRANT.
Check of $40,000,000 on Account of
Panama Canal.
WASHINGTON Secretary Shaw
on Saturday signed his name to the
largest treasury warrant ever drawn
by the' United States government.
The warrant is. to pay for the con
cessions owned by tho Panama Canal
company of France, and its amount
Is $10,000,000. The next largest treas
ury warrant ever issued iva:: dipt
which was drawn to pay Kus iiu tr
Abid-a. $7,200.00,1. The :-T.iall". t
treasury wr.rrant ever drawn wr.s f ir
2 c'its, made payable to Gruvt r
Ch". "l-in.l. Tin's warrant was .drawn
shortcly after .Mr. Cleveland ! went
out. of office the 1 t tito.o, nnjd wa.i
merely drawn as a matter of fkm
straighten out the treasury books,
this insignificant sum being found
due the ex-president. !
In ISO!) this government paid Spain,
through the French ambassadors,
$20,000,000 for the Philippine Viands
but this sum was represented by f01ir
warrants of $5,000,000 each. The $15,.
000,000 agreed upon as the purcnase
price for the Louisiana territoi-y was
paid in 18015 by the assumption y tie
United States of the claims r,f r(.
.ens of this country against I'rance,
amounting to $:i, 750.000, and th(, RSuo
to France of certificates of stt,ck In
the sum of $11,250,000.
IOWA DEMOCRATS FOR HEARST.
Hs Had a Majority of 150 In the State
Convention.
DES MOINES, la., May 4. William
Randolph Hearst swept the field in
the Iowa state democratic convention
hold hero today. He had a majority
cf 150 In tho convention, and Hearst
resolutions were adopted, the delega
tion from tho contesting counties
seated nnd Hearst delegates wore se
lected and tho convention Instructed
to vote os a unit nnd stand by
Charles Walsi as member of the
committee Tho convention was bois
terous and the orators, of whom there
wore many on both tides, were hissed,
some of them being driven from tho
stn;.'0.
The resolutions adopted were mild
and Included a paragraph touching
the evils of taxation, etc., and lay
groat stress on tho trusts and point
to William R. Hearst as the cham
pion of the nntl trust Idea.
Stanley, the African Explorer. Dead.
LONDON. Sir Henry M. Stanley.
the African explorer, died Monday of
pleuropneumonia. Sir Henry wns nt- : a concession to tlio Chicago & North
lacked by pleurisy a fortnight ago at j w'vtcrn.
his residence in this city nnd his T'o' rates on grnln from Omaha nnd
illness was complicated by chronic Council ltluffs will bo the same ns
heart trouble. He had boon In ft semi- ',!"!!0 tnm Kansas City. Heretofore
conscious condition since Sunday. He ! "'' from tho former jKilnts was
was fit years old.
National Treasury Balances.
WASHINGTON To-day's statement
of the treasury lialne.es In the general
fund, exclusive! of Hie $150,000,000
gold reserve In the division of re
demption, shows: Available cash
balanced 217,1S!l,5 1(1; gold, $HS,i;20.
:IS5. Convention Date l'nsatif.ic?ory.
ClliCAGO. Ill Judge Tuley has Is
sued an Injunction restrain!!!,' the
Woman's Catholic Order of Foresters
from holding the bUnniiil eon-cut i.-ii
of the order at, Minneapolis May lo.
0".tt Jew B.Vter Srntencrd.
KISMINEFF-The trial id the s!
men charged with 1111 attempt (0 mur
der tw-o Jews diirliu; the A"'il di
turbances has been enu(!ud,',!, (In
of the men was sent' need t 1 live
years penal servitude and the i.tl.i 1
wero accultt' d.
Marconi r.,-ils frr New Yjrk.
LIVERPOOL Willlau Mnn-ciM
was a passenger on the Cunmd line
.Htcanicr Campania which sailed from
hero for New York Sunday.
THE RUSSIAN LOSSES.
Official Report of General Kashtolin
cky Received.
S'. PETERSBURG Tho Russian
b'bs -s at tho battle of K!u Lieu Cheng
er ;ihmi men ami forty officers
far greater than previous reports lu
dlcUed. This Is the official estimate of Ma
jor General Kashtallnsky. who direct
ly commanded the division that suf
fered the brunt of the uttack and
whose report was received Wednesday
by the emperor. Many nre Inclined to
place the Itussian losses even higher.
General K.shtalinsky mentions also
that more than 700 wounded had ar
rived at Feng Wang Cheng and thosi
may not bo Included in the casualties.
He made no attempt to estimate tho
Japanese losses, merely stating that
they must have been uo'nssal.
The magnitude of tho Russian lost es
had an almost stunning effect on fO
authorities and aroused general grief,
mitigated only by satisfaction at the
bravery displayed by the Russian
troops. '
Not for a moment was there any In
tention to pay such a terrible price
for delaying the enemy's crossing of
tho Yalu river. This fact was known
throughout tl.e city nnd gave rise to
renewed reports, attributed to official
sources, that Oenoral Kuropatkln had
officially censured Lieutenant General
Zassalitch. If this was so, General
Kuropatkln's tclegrapl criticism of
Zassalitch was carefully cut out of
the dispatches which have been pub
lished, and tho general Impression
now held Is that he will remain in
.Manchuria.
General Kashtallnsky's report estab
lishes the fact that the Russians sus
tained the greatest loss in order to
save the two regiments which wero
occupying Antung.
The Eleventh regiment was given
the post of honor at tho rear, with
instructions to hold back the on-coming
Japanese. The Twelfth regiment
and the Third battery's quick firing do
tnchmont wore directed to retire.
lly tho time the latter movement
commenced the Japanese had almost
surrounded the Russian position. Tho
Twelfth regiment wns compelled to
charge with the bayonet and succeed
ed in breaking through the enemy's
line. Tho Second battery's quick-firing
detachment, without horses, could
not move tho guns nnd wero compelled
to r.bandon them. Tho men of tho
Second battery put their shoulders to
the wheels In an effort to push tho
guns op the mountain side, but tho
Japanese lire was so hot that they re
turned to the protection of the Elev
enth regiment.
Nearer and nearer approached tho
Japanese r.nd a charge upon tho Elev
en,!: regiment nnd the Second battery
I was Imminent so ho guns wereaban
j ('.oiled.
h" a infest led the
tli'-y 1h-:i;i the u-rriid,' it
1 ho vsllev.
tronps and
.reh aoro.s.4
NEGRO INTCMDZD FOR SLAVERY.
Cccrgia Speak.-.- Cnys th-t Tiiis la
Not Hiz N'utural Heme.
CHICAGO "I urn unwill'.ng to sing
America' until this country is vim
it claims to be. 'sweet land of liber
ty,'" declared P.isi.op II. M. Turner
of Atlanta, Ga., at Friday night's ses
sion of the African MethoilUt Epis
copal conference. "Tho Negro in Se'..
ence was the mihject of the addi
delivered by Itlshoi) Turner, w
caused hi in to take m every pliasi
Kim.
the negro question in tills country
and led him to say that this was not
the negro's homo, but on ih contrary
that God had allowed the negro to
cof-e tu tills country to be enslaved
In order that he could bo trained and
go duck io ii. s nauve lanu and nii'.ke
it. what it should be. In concluding
liishop Turner said;
"The supreme court of the United
States - against us. We have good
friends In this country, yet they aro
comparatively few, and the only thing
left for us to do is to leave. Let us
lie men. Let us go where wo can bo
men. Tho negro is here. Some de
dare that he is here to stay, but I
doubt It very much, unless he Is to
stay under the ground."
SETTLE GRAIN RATE WAR.
Through Rates to Be No Greater Than
the Sum of the Locals.
CHICAGO After many futile at
tempts tho western railroads on
Thursday succeeded in completing a
final settlement in the grain rate war
between Mirsourl river points and
Chlenpo.
All have ngreed to mnke proportion
al ra'os from all .Missouri river points
and have decided that the through
oi'' s irom Nebraska points to Chi
cago shall not be lower than the com
bined locals except In;; from certain
Nebraska points tributary to the
Sioux City CDtoway. the latter i.in.
2 cents p"r 100 pounds higher.
Trainloads of Wounded.
Ml'KDI'N Tho rplrlt of the troops
here 1110 not depressed becniise of
iho lighting on tho Yalu nnd the in
vestment of Port Arthur nnd they aro
ea:;r,c:-l.v await leg nn opportunity to
1:11 et the Invndera. Wounded from
die Viclu are passing through Mukden
(ii cvorv train on the wry to 1 1 ,1 rll 71 .
The la-t p.HscncT train from p,irt
Art I'd- before the Hue was cut arrived
S-.t -iv l.iy. The woidwoik of tho
,.(!:. tt.i marked w-,a
v, :.--!i smirk os iho train (br hed nt
1 ,' ;( I past a critical point.
C-rnan Prince at Seat cf War.
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,; ,-;an op:! --er llertlia, .ft hero f,,r
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