THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS = JOURNAL
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IN CATEGORICAL TERMS , RUSSIA
NOTIFIES WORLD.
IT MUST BE FIGHT TO FINISH
Efforts of King Edward and King
Christian Can Not Succed With the
Russians Further Reports of Tor
pedoing Ascend Yalu River.
St. Petersburg , April 29. In the
most decidedly categorical terms , the
Russian government has officially noti
fied the world that she can not accept
mediation of any sort in Interfering
with or terminating her present war
with Japan.
This Is largely given at the Instance
of the efforts which have recently
been manifest at the hands of King
Edward and King Christian of Don-
mark. This announcement Is consid
ered as final and Is significant in that
It indicates the light to the finish be
tween the two " "lions in oriental
°
waters. . "
JAPANESE DIED G /i
Fired Volleys into Russians From
Deck of Sinking Transport.
Toklo , April 29. One story of the
sinking of the Japanese transport
Kinshiu Mnru says that while the
transport was sinking soldiers rushed
on deck and fired volley after volley
from their rifles Into the Russians ,
and as the transport went down several
eral soldiers committed suicide. Two
captains and three lieutenants were
among the soldiers drowned.
JAPANESE OFF VLADIVOSTOCK.
Alexleff Reports Enemy's Ships Approaching
preaching Russian Port.
St. Petersburg. April 29. Alexleff
has reported to the government that
the Japanese squadron has been sight
ed off Vladlvostock.
The enemy's vessels have evident
ly arrived to keep the Russian squad
ron in check , but it is believed they
are safely behind the protection of
the forts.
JAPANESE OFF PORT ARTHUR.
Ships Sighted Last Night and More
Appear this Morning.
St. Petersburg , April 29. Viceroy
Alexleff telegraphs that Japanese
ships were sighted last night six
miles off Port Arthur and this morn
ing ten Japanese cruisers and six
torpedo boats were seen in an ad
jacent bay.
CHINA BECOMES NERVOUS.
Empress Dowager Orders Immediate
Equipment for 72,000 Troops.
Pekln , April 29. It is asserted that
the Russians are about to enforce
martial law west of Llaox river. The
Chinese government is worried and
the dowager empress has ordered pro-
videncial governors to abandon her
birthday celebration and the collec
tions for that purpose but to use the
money instead to equip 72,000 troops
immediately.
CHINA WANTS NO WAR.
Not Anxious to Have Russians in
Manchuria , But Won't Fight.
Paris , April 29. Mr. Souen , Chin
ese minister , stated that his govern
ment could not view with satisfac
tion the indefinite occupation of Man
churia by Russia , but that China is
determined to maintain peaceful re
lations with that government. He
said that war is not desired by his
people under any circumstances.
SQUADRON HAS RETURNED.
Rear Admiral Yeszen Has Returned
From Korean Coast.
Vladlvostock , April 29. The squad
ron of cruisers , commanded by Rear
Admiral Yeszen has returned here
from its recent operations off the Ko
rean coast , during which it sunk several
eral Japanese transports.
FIRE FEW SHOTS.
No Damage is Done , Though , by Tor
pedo Boats at Port.
Port Arthur , April 29. Japanese
torpedo boats were sighted nt 11
o'clock yesterday , covered by the Japanese -
aneso squadron. A few shots wore
fired without damage , after which the
Japanese ships disappeared south
ward.
ARTIST ATTACKS WIFE.
Beats and Threatens to KIM Her Be
cause She Bothered Him.
Sayvillc , L. I. , April 29. Nothing
has caused so much excitement in
this part of Long Island in a long
time as the arraignment In court last
night of John Hedge , a young artist
of Daycroft , charged with cruelly
beating and choking his young wife ,
and threatening to kill her with a
Unlfo , because she bothered him while
painting.
WILL REVIVE OLD FORT OMAHA
About July an Appropriation Will be
Relinquished ( OP a New Equip
ment.
Washington , 1) . C. , April 20. Old
Port Onmlm will bo revived for UHO
In the military Horvlco. No funds
uro available until July 1 , whim ( Ton-
oral Chaffoo will sot aside an Amount
for the work. Two companies of
signal corps will bo established , with
haloons , telegraph facllltloB and other
modern equipment.
HEROES MUST WAIT.
Carnegie Commission Will Not be
Ready for a Year.
Plttsburg , April 29. Charles L.
Taylor , president of the Carnegie
hero fund , being asked when the mon
ey will become available , said :
"All the problems must bo settled
by Mr. Carnegie. It will bo several
months and probably a year before
the commission will bo ready to take
up Its work and start paying bonolltH
to heroes , heroines , or their rela
tives. "
THE NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT
, . GIVES EFFECTIVE DECISION.
ONLY SALOONS IN OWN NAMES
It Has Been Determined That no
Brewery In Nebraska Can Takeout
a Saloon License Except Under the
Name of the Corporation , Itself.
Omaha , Neb. , April 29. The Ne
braska supreme court has decided
that breweries in this state can not
take out saloon licenses except in
their own name.
The ruling will have a very far
reaching effect , ns there is hardly a
town in the state whoso saloons tea
a certain extent are not supplied with
the license appropriation of the brew-
cries.
ANOTHER SHIP FOR UNCLE SAM
The Rhode Island Will be Launched
Tomorrow Twin to the Late
Virginia.
Boston , April 29. Arrangements
have been completed at the shipyards
of the Fore River and Engine com
pany for the launching tomorrow of
the United States battleship Rhode
Island. The launching will be attend
ed by a distinguished party from the
state of liliodo Island , headed by Gov
ernor Garvin and staff , together with
representatives of the navy depart
ment at Washington , naval olllcors
from the Portsmouth , Boston and
Brooklyn navy yards , and a number
of other guests of note.
The Rhode Island Is a twin screw
armored battleship of the same gen
eral type and dimensions as the Vir
ginia , recently launched at Newport
News. She has a displacement of
11,948 tons , is ' 135 feet long , 70 feet
P. Indies beam and 23 feet 9 inches
draft. Her armor licit varies from
8 to 11 Indies In thickness. Her en
gines will have 19,000 horsepower ,
capable of driving the ship at a speed
of 19 knots an hour. She will carry
a crew of C95 ofT.cers and men. Her
principal armament will consist of
four 12-pounders and eight machine
guns.
Congressman Jenkins Renomlnated.
Spooner , WIs. , April 29. The re
publican congressional convention of
the Eleventh Wisconsin district met
hero today and renomlnated Con
gressman John J. Jenkins , who was
without opposition. The convention
also selected delegates to the national
convention at Chicago and passed res-
olutlons endorsing President Roosevelt
velt for rcnomlnatlon.
NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Concluding Sessions of the Conven
tion Were Held Today In Chicago
cage After Week.
Chicago , April 29. The concluding
sessions of the National Municipal
league annual convention were held
today. National municipal accountIng -
Ing and the work of the league In pro-
mating uniformity In this direction
formed the principal subject of dis
cussion at the forenoon session. Tills
afternoon the league mot at the Uni
versity of Chicago , President Charles
J. Bonaparte of Baltimore presiding.
Dr. L. S. Rowe , of the University of
Pennsylvania , read a paper on "Uni
versity and Collegiate Instruction and
Research In Municipal Government , "
and Dr. Frederick L. Luqueer , of
Brooklyn , presented a tentative pro
gram for the teaching of municipal
government In elementary schools.
The session closed with a symposi
um discussion of the subject , "Stu
dents self-government as a training
for citizenship. " Among those tak
ing a leading part In the discussion
were Principal M. T. Scuddor , of the
Now PalU ( N. Y. ) normal school ,
Geo.-go II. Martin , secretary of the
Massachusetts board of education ,
and Superintendent L. M. Cooley , of
the public schools of Chicago.
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ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION TOMOR
ROW BECOMES A FACT.
PROGRAM FOR DAY'S EVENTS
At 9 O'clock Tomorrow Morning the
Directors Will Meet in the Office
of President Francis Secretary
Taft Will be There , Also.
St. UmlB. April 29. At noon tomor
row the Louisiana Purchase exposi
tion , upon which months of labor and
mlllons of dollars have been expend
ed , will become an accomplished fact.
The great fair will be opened with
exercises of a simple but Impressive
character. The completed program
for the ceremonies Is as follows :
9 a. in. The board of directors of
the world's fair , the members of the
national commission , the board of
lady managers will meet In the office
of President Francis at the Adminis
tration building , where President
Francis will receive the special gavel.
! > : : ! 0 a. m. The entire party will bo
escorted to the Louisiana Purchase
monument , where they will be Joined
by the foreign commissioners , who
will assemble earlier at the British
pavllllon ; and the governors of states
and state commissions and comntlt-
tees , who will first assemble at the
United States government building.
Secretary Taft , as the representative
of President Roosevelt , will bo es
corted to the exposition grounds by
a military guard. The committees
from the United States senate and
the house of representatives will
have escorts provided who will meet ,
them at their respective hotels.
10l0 : ! a. m. President Francis will
call the assemblage to order , and the
Invocation will be made by the Itev.
Frank W. Gunsaulis of Chicago. An
address by President Francis will fol
low.
William U. Thompson , chairman of
the committee on grounds am1 build
ings , will present Isaac S. Taylor , di
rector of works , The latter will de
liver the keys of the several exhibit
palaces to President Francis.
The transfer of the exhibit palaces
to F. J. V. Skiff , director of exhibits ,
will then bo made. Mr. Skiff will de
liver an address.
Address by Thomas U. Carter , pres
ident of the national commission.
Addresses by a senator and lepro-
sontatlvo in behalf of the congres
sional committees.
Address on behalf of domestic ex
hibitors by Edward H. Harrlman ,
president of the New York slate com
mission.
Address by William H. Taft , secre
tary of war.
President to Press Button.
At the conclusion of Secretary
Taft's address , President Roosevelt
will press an electric button In the
I2ast ronm of the white house at
Washington , which will start all the
machinery of the world's fair in mo
tion.
I ! p. m. Opening of "Tho Pike , "
( mediately after a "parade of nil na
tions , " in which all the strange people
ple of the Pike attractions will take
part.
part.The
The people of St. Louis today get a
clear idea of the conditions thrtlll
confront them dur . , the next six
months. Passenger trains by the
.S'ioro rolled in all dav , and governors
and governors' staffs and other dis
tinguished visitors poured through
the gates in what seemed a never-end
ing stream. The visitors who wore
no gold lace and canto merely to see ,
arrived by the tons of thousands.
They came from all parts of Missouri ,
Kansas , Iowa , Illinois , Kentucky ,
Tennessee , Arkansas Oklahoma , In
diana and other state.- * and territories
still more distant. It was the first
day ol the coming rush and it came
like a tidal wave. Everybody was
cared for promptly. All the distin
guished guests werr mot by escorts
and escorted to quarters perviously
sut apart for tholr comfort and enter-
talnmen\t \ _ Those of the multitude
who had made no prc\lou < arrange-
nunt for rooms wore compelled to
Hint lor what they wntcid The ho-
' .eln were full , but rot .overcrowded.
Il'ti'drods ' of visitors sought cheaper
n : oipmodations nt oi.rdlng houses
and looming houses. The bureaus of
in' ii'.action established at the rail-
' . r.y : stations and othj- public places
wi ! { kept busy ans'vjrlr quostloi-s
and providing quarter lor those \\lio
anplkd for thorn.
'I he exposition grouMt resembled
c -\\ltablo bee hive if Industiy. Hun
dreds and hundreds o < workmen were
lite ally working witli th-nr coats ff
Mel Tig tilings in spiu'v ' and span
H ! n e for the opening day. A small
inny was employed In clearing the
rounds of debris and rubbish , hun
t-roes of others were nutin ; ; the fin-
r Ii in ; touches to the .1'corntlcns and
the arrangements for 'Humiliation ,
while still others of a countless num
ber swarmed through the great bul'd- '
Ings and gave their attention to the
final preparatlcfei of exhibits. The
Plko , also was a scene of activity.
From all Indications this part of the
great fair will bo ready tomorrow
with nearly every ono of Its many and
Inierestlng features In a compli led
stale
Another busy lot of men today weie
the lire and police forces upon nhom
will devolve the welfare nnd pmtee
( Ion of visitors and exhibits In the
exposition grounds. Fire houses and
notice stations are locate < i In various
parts of the grounds and exports \\lio
have examined the arrangements
along this line declare thai no pro-
\loiin exposition luu provided wieh
imp e protection.
QUEER SAVINGS BANK.
Directors Carried the Deposits In
Their Pockctn.
Plttsburg , April 2U.--Tho St. Nich
olas Savings bank , of Allegheny , Is
being Investigated. The llov. lUmllljo
llekavac , rector of St. Nicholas' Ro
man Catholic church , a Croat Ion or
ganization , was held In $1,000 hull
yesterday to account for deposits of
$1.700. The bunk had no ollleos and
the directors , carried the deposits In
tholr "pants" i > oeUots. The directors
are under $ , r > 00 ball.
FATAL FIRE AT LANSING , MICH. ,
LAST NIGHT.
WAS A THREE STORY BUILDING
Several Other Guests Were Burned ,
but Others Managed to Escape
Without Accident Drlan House Is
Gutted by the Flames.
Lansing , Mich. , April 2l. Four
quests of the Drlan house lost their
lives here ! last night in the destruc
tion of the hotel , a three story build
ing. Several others were burned
slightly.
GOLF CHAMPION GOES ABROAD
Walter J. Travis Takes Passage To
day to Enter the Various For
eign Tourneys.
New York , April 2 ! . Walter J.
Travis , amateur golf champion of Hie
United States , sailed for England to
day to compete in the various tour
naments to be held on ( lie oilier side
this summer. Travis has won the na
tional title in thl'j country three
times , and he Is anxious to compete
against the foreign cracks for Great
Hrltaiifs amateur championship , which
Is to be played at Sandwich early in
Juno. Travis will not. bo the only
American player to compete abroad
this year. ISbon M. Myers , of Pitts-
burg , runner up in the last two am
ateur championships In this country ,
Is scheduled to sail for England to
morrow , and F. O. Horstman , of
Washington , 1ms hooked passage for
next week.
Indiana Trevelers in Session.
Lafayette , Ind. , April 29. Lafayette
threw her gales wide open today to
commercial travelers from all parts
of the state. They came In on every
train and from every direction until
their number exceeded the 1,000 mark.
The drummers are not here to talk
shop , but to participate In the busi
ness and pleasure of the fourteenth
annual convention of the Indiana di
vision of the Travelers' Protective as
sociation. The convention was
opened today In the Grand opera
house. There were addresses of wel
come from Past President Charles S.
Downing and Mayor R. H. Sample
and a response by John J. Shuttle-
worth , all of which contained facts
and figures going to show that the In
diana division Is In a highly flourish
ing condition with a constantly In
creasing membership and a full trea
sury.
Governor Durbln and National Pres
ident E. W. Donham are scheduled to
deliver addresses this evening , after
which the visiting traveling men will
bo regaled at a banquet in Red Men's
hall. There will bo a parade tomor
row and numerous features of enter
tainment sandwiched between the
business sessions.
MEXICAN CATTLE FOR NORTH.
Fiva Thousand Head Enroutc to Ca
nadian Territories.
Aberdeen , S. D. , April 28. Five
thousand head of Mexican cattle are
being shipped through here to the
Canadian northwest over the Mil
waukee road. The animals are from
the districts In old Mexico , where
the drouth Is most severe , and they
are in a terribly emaciated condition
on account of lack of feed , and very
weak , a considerable number of thorn
dying on the road. Two tralnloads ,
800 in all , were unloaded hero , for
feeding and held for a week on ac
count of washouts on the Canadian
Pacific , over which they must pass to
got to their destination. While hero
over 100 of the cattle died , being too
weak from long pasturage or ranging
on sparse feed to recuperate hero on
feeding on hay In the stock yards.
The shipments are being made at In
tervals , ono or two train loads In
charge of United States customs
agents going through at a time.
M. PATTI CLOSES ON A NEW YORK
FIRM.
WANTS THE GUARANTEED SUM.
Prominent Firm Crowded to the Wall
on a Sum Due the Great Singer on
the American Tour Company of
Leading Horsemen.
New York , April 29.This morning
a deputy sheriff took poHiiosiilnr of
the olllco of Woodland * Co. , men.
hers of the Consolidated Stock e\
change , on a judgment. The head of
the firm Is a prominent horseman.
He took the second largest number of
winners at last wlnter'n horse show
and only recently sold his string of
pure hrodti. The judgment was se
cured to rolled JIO.OOO which lie
guaranteed Pat 11 on her recent con
eerl tour.
MRS. MATTHEWS IN TROUBLE.
Witness In Srnoot Case May Lose Her
Husband.
Salt Lake City. ApTll 211--Mrs. Km-
ma Matthews , who gave testimony In
the Stnoot case regarding a plural
marlage. Is In trouble , and hi In dan
ger of losing her husband because of
her remarks on the stand before the
senate committee on privileges and
elections.
Mrs. Matthews staled In Washing
ton that , although the wife of a Gen
tile , she Hllll believed In the truth of
Hie Mormon religion. Her Gentile
husband , Charles Matthews , In a for
mer Texas sheriff and Is decidedly
hostile to Mormon doctrines. They
keep a hotel In Murysvnle , Utah.
S , S , M'CLUREISJLAGKBALLED '
Can't Get Into Ardslcy Club Because
He Published Articles In Mag
azine.
New York , April 29.--The name of
S. K. MeClure , the publisher , ponied
six months ago for membership In the
Ardsley club , was , It was disclosed ,
quietly withdrawn by the men who
proposed It.
No explanation for the action was
given by the governors of the club ,
but It. now develops that the nrlMo-
rratlc board of managers decided at
a inoHIng that the publisher of the
Ida M. Tarbell articles , revealing the
Inside history of the Standard OH
company , could not be desired as a
member In a club controlled by men
as closely allied to the Standard oil
Interests no John I ) . Archibald , Wil
liam Rockefeller , Percy Itoekefeller ,
George Gould , Frank .1. Gould , ICdwIn
Gould , Frank M. Van Huron and
Charles Schwab , all of whom are
either governors or active nnd prom-
lien I , members.
No oilier reason for the withdrawn !
of Mr. McClure's name could possibly
be imagined , since ho has already
been found eligible to membership in
the Far Itockaway Hunt club , the
Cosmos club of Washington , the Lo
tus club of New York , the National
Library club of London and the Na
tional Art club of Now York.
He could easily pay the $1,000 In
itiation fee or choose the alternative
of purchasing ten shares of stock In
the Ardsloy casino company at $100
each ami to pay yearly $7.1 dues.
There was no prospect at the time
of the posting of Mr. McCluro's name
nor during the first few months that
It stood on the bulletin board. Then
the Ida M. Tarbell articles appeared
and Mr. McClure's name quietly dis
appeared.
None of the governors except Mr.
Archabold would last night say any
thing at all In regard to the erasure
of Mr. McClure's name from the list
of proposals.
Mr. Archbold declared that ho did
not know Mr. MeClure , did not oven
know who he was , and that ho was
not aware that Mr. McCluro's name
had been proposed for membership ,
because ho had not attended any of
the meetings of the board for a year.
WEDDED HIS NURSE.
Oliver Hamilton Marries Woman Who
Could Keep Him Quiet.
Chicago , April 29. Oliver Hamil
ton and Ills bride , formerly Miss Kttn
Fonnecy , of Detroit , after a novel ro
mance , are spending their honey
moon In Chicago. Two weeks ago the
Detroit police found Hamilton and he
was taken to the Kmorgency hospital ,
where he was violent for several
days. Miss Fonnecy , the nurse as
signed to his case , was the only ono
who could quiet him. As his souses
returned the nurse's devotion to her
patient grew.
Last Saturday Hamilton nnd his
nurse went out during the afternoon.
She confided to ono of her friends
Sunday that she and her patient had
been married nnd wore going to Chicago
cage Sunday night. Hamilton was
discharged from the hospital and with
his bride left on the night train for
this city. The news of" the marriage
became known in Detroit only yester
day. It took place In Windsor. Ham
ilton Is 29 years old and employed by
an electrical concern.
[ THE CONDITION OF THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-Four Itourt
Ending at U O'clock this Morning *
Forccnnt ( or Nebraska ,
Conditions of the weallmr no r < v
I'onlod for the "I hours ending lit 8
a. in. today ,
Maximum 715
Minimum ( ( )
Average fiB
Total precipitation for month. . . 2.00
Barometer 29.HO.
( 'hli'iil',0. April 2S.--TIIO bulletin tic
mind by the Chicago illation of the
United States weather bureau thU
mornlnc , gives the forecast for No-
lirmiliu HH follown :
Threatening , wllli Mhowoni tonight
and possibly emit portion Saturday.
Warmer cant and cooler went portions
tions tonight. Cooler Saturday.
Chicago , April 211.It In generally
( air and warmer. There are trnccfl
of rain at North I'lalte , a trace ut
l > edge City , and a light rain In Toxnn.
There are light ralini In the Ohio val
ley. With HIOHO few exceptlomi It In
fair and warmer.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AFFIXED
SIGNATURE YESTERDAY.
GREAT AID TO THIS SECTION
While the Hands of the Clock Approached
preached the Minute ( or Adjourning
the Fifty-Eighth Congress , the Ex
ecutive Signature wac Attached.
Washington , n. C. , April 2l. ! i'reic
lilent ItooHevell nlllxod hln olllelal ( sig
nature to the Klnkald homestead bill
yi'Hlerdny al'ternooii , Jimt before the
linn ] KOHHlon of Hie Fifty elghlh eon-
gresH was formally ndjoiirned , and
the measuri- opening to Helllement
thousands of acres of I'reo homes In
iiorlhweHlcrn NebniHka , with (110 (
acres to each homesteader , Is a llxed
anil poHlllve law.
For this bill Congressman Klnkald ,
who Is an untiring worker , lian put
In Ills very best , efforln for weeks and
weeks , hounding members of the
ImiiHo nnd the senate and following
closely upon the heels of the bill when
II left ( he congressional tables for the
olllco of the president , lie IIHH Inter
viewed the president at every oppor-
tnnl'y ui"l uri'.oii tt'ii Hi" .Mil biTotno
a law. In his work tie has been great
ly aided by Senator Dietrich.
Hvory man who has not taken a
homestead , may now get an ontlru
section of land in northwestern Ne
braska and UIOHO who have may tnko
tin.1 balance of ' 180 acres duo to them.
It Is estimated that this law will
en-ate a vast Influx of people seeking
homes Into northwestern Nebraska
and will wonderfully aid in the de
velopment of the territory.
Nobrnbkans Leave Washington.
Washington , I ) . C. , April 29. All
N'ehraskans In the capital city will
leave Washington within the next
week. Congressman ICInkuld will go
to New York for a few days' business
trip. Congressman Hinshaw will re
main until Juno. Congressman Nor-
rls will start home at once and Congressman - '
gressman McCarthy of the Third dis
trict will reach I'onca next week.
Madame Calve Leaves America.
New York , April 29. Mine. ICmmn
Calve , the prima donna , was a pas
senger on the steamer LaSavole ,
which sailed yesterday. She said she
would return here next year.
Can't Mix With Whites.
Birmingham. Ala. , April 29. "Tho
South and the Negro" was the sub-
pect of an address delivered hero by
Bishop Charles U. Galloway , who is
one of the most distinguished clergy
men in the south. The view of the
churclunan was comprehensive and
his utterances on the subject probably
will have more weight than any other
of the prominent men of the south
land.
land.The
The address was delivered before
the educational conference. In the
course of his long address the bishop
said :
"In the study of this momentous
question some things may bo consid
ered as definitely and finally settled.
"First In the south there never
will bo any social mingling of the
races. Whether it bo prejudice or
pride of race , there is a middle wall
or partition which will not ho broken
down.
"Second They will worship in sop-
arnto churches and bo educated In
separate schools. This is nllko tic-
sired by both races and Is for the
good of each.
"Third The political power of this
section will remain in present hands.
Hero , ns elsewhere , Intolllgonco and
wealth will and should control the ad
ministration of governmental affairs.
"Fourth The great body of ne
groes are hero to stay. Their co
erced colonization would bo a crime ,
and their deportation a physical im
possibility. And the white pcoplo are
less anxious for them to go than they
are to leave. They are natives and
not intruders. "
