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Daily Bee. For RBL,IABL,B War NaV3 Road Til 11 13ISB. The Bee prints more Fad Want Ads btciust BEE WANT ADS BRING BEST RETURNS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1904 TEN IWC1ES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. The Omaha MURDER AND SUICIDE Track 6mhh of Sooth. Omaha Kills If, Iafant8on and Himta'C DOMESTIC TROUBLE CAUSES T""GE0Y Coupla Tsuif and Ifarrisd 1 t-Vaan Whea SepiraUoa Takes Pis l, MOTHER TAKES LITTLE ONE WIT . Ta b Eotari Honia Wlme They A.r Shoo Tham Both. i NO WITNESSES TO THE TERRIBLE DEI rirtt titlnaiid Tragedy Glvea Wheat Wratl of Hon U AUnn4 by Kb ota Tress laslde. Frsnk Smith of South Omaha, XI years of age, shot and killed his wife. Infant son and himself about I SO yesterday sfter noon at the home af Mrs. John Van Cleave, a relative, at IM South Twenty fourth street In that eUy. Domestic Infelicity afteT a brief period of married life, followed by a separation of the young couple a .short time ago, is the only cause which friends and rela tives sre able to assign for the tragedy. The pair bad been, married about two years and their UtUe one was a year and a half old. Whether ths father deliberately or accidentally murdered his baby is not known, but tha llttls one was shot through the eye as it lay helplessly in Its cradle. The three bodies are now at Brewer s morgue. Twenty-fifth and N streets, await ing tha coroner to set the day and hour of the Inquest Domestic trouble Is supposed to be the cause of tha, tragedy. Few details are known, but ike police have ascertained that Smith and his wife, who tip to Mon day, lived at Twenty-fifth and H streets, separated, Mrs. Bmlth going to the home of John Van Cleave, a relative, residing at th number whera tha shooting oc-cu-red. Shots Glva the Signal. Few people In th neighborhood knew the Smiths and aa far as known lb re went no witnesses to the crime. Smith Is rrptried to have snlsrad the house about l:M o'clock and walked direct to the ap.irt- ' menu occupied by bis wife. lie close! ! the door and the next thing heard was a shot, soon followed by two more. When the room was entered th 'body of Mrs. Smith was found lying on the floor beside a chair. She bad been trimming a hat snd a portion of the trimming was found on the iloor txelds .her. The boy baby, one and a half years old, bad been shot through tha left eye whlla In a cradle. Smith's . body lay In th middle of th room. ' All were dead when neighbors en tered. ,. . As soon as possible a measaga was sent to police headquarters and Undertaker Brewer was .notified. At th . morgue sa !ntfc,tfcuf yt tl? Jenjuftia snowed that Mr. Smith had been shot Just abova tha left ear, th bullet penetrating her brain. Th bullet which killed the child entered tha head through th left eye. Smith killed himself by holding tha revolver to his right tempi and filing. Smith wwd only a little over 21 years of age and was th son of Matthew Smith. His wife was Mary Jensen. They Were married about two years ago. For a time Smith worked for Tim Munger driving a delivery wagon, but of lata haa been em ployed at tha Union Stock Tarda, where he worked at night at th chut house un loading cattle. Reekleoe ia Habits. In talking of Smith last night one of th mclaJe of th stock yards said while Smith had been employed at th chut boua for som time, he was not consid ered trust worthy, but had been kept in th employ of th yards on account of his wife and baby. On th streets It was asserted that Smith was addicted to excessive drinking and that was th causa of th separation be tween himself and wife. Another story la to tha effect that Smith went to the home mi bat wife for th purpose of trying to sateot reconciliation. Coronsr Qralley happened to be th city at th tlroa of the shooting, but did not sat any date for the holding of an inquest. Last evening d omens of people called at the morgue far tha purpos of viewing th remains. Chief of Polio Biiggs did what be could last night to investigate the case, but could not learn anything of Importance that would throw any light on the cause of tha shooting aside from tha fact that Smith and his wife had not lived happily together. DIES AS RESULT0F ACCIDENT St. Leal Bay lojered by Collapse af Btoasnbeat Deek rails ta ' Rally. ST. LOUIS. May (.Without having re gained consciousness sine ha was Injured by th collapse of th hurricane deck of tb steamer Alonao C. Church Sunday aft ernoon, Phillip Mangels, aged 14. died to day. Tn boy's skull was fractured and he re ceived several scalp wounds at the time of the accident Mrs. Dona Durgdorf of East St. Lout and E. II; Howland of St. Louis, other vic tims of th accident, are at th city hos pital. Both are still n conscious from ths effects of their Injuries. TEXAS HAS A CLOUDBURST Bridge Washed Away, Street Halaed and Other Dasaage to Property Resell. AUSTIN. Teg., May (.-This section and all central Texas was visited by a terrific cloudburst todni. The principal streets of th city were ruined by the flood and great damage was done to crop In tb fields. A number of brtdgra. mrluding three railroad bridges, and much .track were washed away In this Immediate vicinity. THUNDERBOLT KILLS FOUR Llghtalasr Strikes Faursahooso aa roar Little rfclldrew. Are Killed WhUe Asleep, HO BART. Okla, May 1-The farmhouse Ot fetor svsraui as oaseie, iwenty-nve miles north of here, was struck by light ring todajr and four children, aged a, C 4 and t, were killed. The children were MORGAN CLOSES THE DEAL Detail ( Payment af Panama t'aaal Compear Shareholders Is Raw Complete. PARIS. Mar 1 Having wound up the details of the big; financial transaction con nected with the Panama transfer, J. Pier pant Morgan left Paris today for Aix-les- Baina. Before hia departure, he gave the correspondent of the Associated Press the main points of the final agreement, as fol io wa: The Panama Canal company wished to have the money turned over In Parla, In stead of In the United States, and was l rllll v .11 tha tininMi IficMmt to the payment here. In order to accomplish '.hls the United State has appointed the (organ company fiscal agent for the pur- vse of the payment, the Morgan com pany In turn to maks a contract with the Panama company whereby the $40,000,000 will be paid In Paris. The contract specifies the Banque de Franca as deposi tory, and also the proportion of the pay ments going to the old and the new Pan ama companies respectively. The signing of this contract closes the transaction. It only remaining for the Mor gan company to carry it out by making payments from time to Urns ta the Banque de France. This will ba dona so as to cause no disarrangement of the American or French money markets. The report that a syndicate of Parts bankers Is In terested Is Incorrect. The appointment of the Morgan company as fiscal agent places tha whole transaction In Its hands. It will associate with Lasard Freras and other houses of a similar character In New Tork and hsre, but so far as the United Btates la concerned, It entrusts the financing operations to tha Morgans. The other details correspond with those fore shadowed in then dispatches April V. Tha contract covering the financial opera tion bears the signatures of Messrs. Day and Russell, the United Btates assistant attorneys general, the liquidator of the old company, the officers of the new company and tha Morgan company. Messrs. Day and Russell will remain here another week, to secure copies of the papers, etc., but they consider the transac tion closed. POWELL LFAVEH SAN DOMINGO American Ceneal Comes Heme Be eaase of Slate af Health. SAN DOMINGO. Republic of San Do mingo, May 1 United Btates Minister Pow ell, who on account of Ill-health Is com pelled to return to Port Au Prince, took leave of President Morales today. The president desired that the ceremonies at tending the farewell should show the re gret of the government and the Dominican people at Mr. Powell's request, but the mln lnter requested that the ceremony be omit ted. The minister, addressing tha presi dent, said that th government of the United State had a profound taterest In the future of Santo Domingo. The presi dent expressed, hop that th revolutions would cease and that the Dominican family would become united. Neither the . government nor the people of the United States had tha least idea of annexation. They desired that San Do mingo should remain a aoverelgn Independ ent power, and la :his the republic would have the support of tha United States gov ernment. Mr. Powell said bis government would not consent to any portion of Do mingo passing under the control of any for eign power. Tha future of tha republic rested iargely On the keeping of all obliga tions toward foreign creditors, on respect ing the concessions the government made to foreigners, on developing the country's resources and on passage of such laws as would bring prosperity. These considerations and the taking of tha whole people into the confidence of th government would be the greatest guard against revolution and anarchy. The min ister assured the president that th Amer ican people would be at his aide If he re mained steadfast to the principles of a good republic. Mr. Powell will leave tomorrow. His de parture la regretted by all classes. Th United States cruiser Detroit re turned last night from visiting northern porta The Dominican warship Independ ecla has left her with troops for Monte Crlstl. which Is still In th hands of th revolutionists. THINK TOBACCONIST GCT A TIP Liberal Messber Brlaira Two Chamber, lalas to Their Feet la Ceesaneas. LONDON. May L Quite a little breese was raised In the House of Commons today during the discussion of th budget resolu tion Increasing the duties on tobacco and cigars by Reginald McKenna. liberal, who Insinuated that the chancellor of th ex chequer had been Influenced by Joseph Chamberlain's tariff commission and a cer tain tobacco merchant, who would reap direct benefit from an Increased duty on stripped tobacco. Mr. McKenna remarked on the extraordinary Increase In the Impor tation of unstripped tobacco In March by this representative of the tobacco trade, who Is a member of the tariff commission. Both the chancellor of the exchequer, Austen Chamberlain, and his father Jumped up and heatedly demanded that Mr. Mc Kenna ahould formulate his charges In ex press terms. Mr. McKenna then disclaimed the slightest intention of Imputing any thing dishonorable to the chancellor of th exchequer, but he maintained that It was remarkable that a member of Mr. Cham berlain's commission correctly anticipated what th budget proposals were going to be. JEWS ATTACKED IN STN AGOG CIS raeooSrsaed. hot Persistent. Roaner of Atrocities. VIENNA. May J. Reports are current here that there were lx antl-Jewtah riots In th town of Bender April 10. It Is stated that the rioting began Saturday forenoon while the congregations were in the syna gogues. The mob smashed the windows of houses tn ths Jewish quarter sad threw women and children out of the window a. A girl was murdered In a most revolting manner. Cot sacks restored order. The out break la asld to have been due to the anger 1 of the crowd over Ruoslsn reverses In ths far east These reports lack official con firmation. LONDON. May I. -A special dispatch from Vienna says It Is reported that there were serious anti-Jewish riots tn Lemberg. Austria. Saturday last In which flva per sons were killed and many war Injured. Portrait of Tsl is. SHANGHAI, May I Tb portrait of th ddwager empress of China, painted by the American. Miss Kats Carl, which left Peking April O. waa dispatched by the Pa cine mall steamer Siberia today. The por trait on arrival at San Francisco will be sent to the St Louis exposition. Jaeearee Gold Cesses. SAN FRANCISCO. May .--The steamer China, which has amvea rrona tne intent. brouaht a shipment or jsper.eae gold yea aria. fX.tHX U Vailed Stales gold cola. HEARST HAS EDGE IN IOWA Aotia, Howstt, Ear zpriiod WorXtn and Ma Foatiblj Win. COMMITTEE FAILS TO ACT ON CONTESTS These Are la Heawet Districts aad Will Give HI Fr leads the Best I It la th Opeelag Ren ad f Fight. (From a Staff Correspondent) DE8 MOINES. May t. (Special.) Iowa democrats come squarely up against an other tug-of-war tomorrow, and they must again make their annual settlement of fac tional difficulties. The settlement will prob ably be. aa In tha past but a temporising and a truce. If on may Judge from what can be learned In the hotel lobbies the night be fore the convention the factions are nearly evenly divided. Probably the Hearst men have the greater number of workers on hand, but the anti-Hearst men have the advantage In quality snd experience. The alignment Is nearly along that of the Bryan-Cleveland fght of eight years ago. In a few Instances the lines cross, but they are rare exception The Bryan element which hss In the past two state conven tions failed. Is here backing Hesrst and has with It a lot of young men who have not before been conspicuous In the state conventions. In fact the weakness of the Hearst movement appears to be that It is fathered by such a large number of un knowns In politics that suspicion Is aroused that they are working for pay. The anti Hearst men, who only aak for no Instruc tions, have with them most of the stronger and older men of the party, whose counsel haa In th past been worth something. The Hearst men claim that It Is all over but counting up the votes, and they hare an easy victory. The antls csme to the front today with great enthusiasm and de clare that they are making great gains and will surely win. Call Nesalaatlng; Coaveatlea. The democratic state committee met today and proceeded first to fix the Urn and place for tha next state convention when the state ticket will be nominated. They chose Iowa City and August tl. They then took up the matter of the contests before this convention. A demand was made that National Committeeman Walsh be given a voice and vote in the committee and this was carried by 6 to 6, a decided victory for the Hearst people. Chairman Jackson voted with th Hearst people. The effort wa made to have the state committee make up a preliminary rollcall and allow the anti-Hearst contestants In all cases to have a vote with the others thrown out There are seventy-three of these contested delegates, coming from VanBuren, Boott, Des Moines. Hardin, Franklin and Keokuk counties. If they should sll be given the antls It would make It easy sailing for them; if all are to be denied a vote at the state convention th advantage Is to be with the Hearst people. Much will depend on the report the com mittee makes to the convention In th morning. ' As to th talk of bolting both aides deny there will be any walking out on thetr part and each side claims th other is Just on the point of bolting. It will be a difficult matter to keep peace In tha convention. There Is little talk about th platform which will be adopted by the convention, th Hearst fight for th present ever shadowing everything else. If the Hearst men win It Is conceded they will have power to put through any kind of a declara tion they desire, and the expectation Is that the convention will besides endorsing Hearst for president adopt strong resolu tions in condemnation of th trusts, against government by Injunction end In reaffirma tion of th Chicago and Kansas City plat forms. If ths conservatives control the conven tion the platform will declare its opposi tion to destroying trusts; for a tariff for revenue only; against Imperialism; and for the election of United States senators by direct vote of th people. No Actios) sa Contests. The democratic committee after consider ing the matter at length adjourned without trying to decide on the six contests, tear- ln th. convention to a.termln. for 1flf who shall ba seated. ' This la believed to favor the Tt., r- pie as ths contests ar In districts where the Hearst people control. Tonight the Hesrst people held a mass meeting addressed by General Weaver, Judge Wagenen, George Rlnehart, Cato Bells and Walt Butler. The antl's are doing a good deal of talking late tonight In favor of a bolt but Judge Wad Is op posing this and others counsel modera tion. The work of the day has laid the foundation for a bolt since It Is now pretty certain thst the Hesrst men will be able to control with a small majority. FIFTY CONTEMPJ AFFIDAVITS terloos Legal Coaaplleatleas Growing Oet of Deportation of Strikers at Oeray. OURAY, Colo., May I-Fully fifty affi davits havs been reported here to be used In contempt proceedings to be Instituted be fore Judge Stevens st Telluride when the district court opens there May 10. Th de fendants will be members of the Telluride Cltisen" alliance and others who partici pated la the forcible deportation of sixty to seventy-five strikers from that city on the night of March 14 last Among those who will be named as de fendants Is Captain Bulkeley Wells of Troop Colorado National Guards. The men who participated tn the deportation of the miners were especially enjoined by Judge Stevens from Interfering with the return of the exiles. Twelve of the deported men now In Ouray are Implicated In tha cases growing out of the riots at the Smuggler Union In im and 10, and must be la Tel luride when court opens or forfait their bonds. CATTLE AND SHEDS BURNED Fire ladtaauseeiU Is flirts S3CKVOOO Loas a Steels Ysrds Cess easy. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, May L Firs at ths Union stock yards early today caused a loss ef POu.00 te the Beit railroad and Union Stock Yards oompasy. The Insur ance Is tlua.000. Thirty-live head of cattle war burned and forty acres of cattle sheds and live stock pons were totally destroyed, together with about its) tons ef hay and 10,000 bushels of corn After the firs bad been brought under control at one place the Samea. fanned by a stiff breese, spread to another quarter of the yards, and for a Unas lb stock yards hotel waa tareeteoed, ALL BACK BUT THE MACHINISTS Santa Fe Shops at Tnpeka Resasae Work la Several ef the De pa Mate a ts. TOPEKA. Kan.. May 2.-A majority of the local shopmen of the Atchison. Tnpeka A Santa Fe railway resumed their old places quietly today, all the workmen ex cept 200 union maohmlsta going to work. General Manager kludge says there will be no trouble in securing the necessary men to run the shops at Topeka and other points on the system. Third Vic Presi dent Buckalew of th machinists says the strike Is not declared off and will not be until the Santa Fe company agrees to the reposition of the union. Mr. Buckalew declares that the order hss plenty of fund to sustain the strikers at all points along the line from Chicago to the roast and that not a union man will capitulate. At Cleburne, Albuquerque, San Bernar dino, The Needle and far west points the strike Is much more effective than nt Topeka. A sperial to the State Journal f-om La Junta say no attempt was msde to r-pen the shone there today. WASHINGTON. May . Approximately S.ffiQ men out on the Santa Fe system Is the strike situation today as claimed by Presi dent O'Connell of the International Associa tion of Machinists. This statement Is based on reports received this morning. Of the 8,000 about LX are machinists and the others are boisermnkers. blacksmiths, tinsmiths, copper workers, helpers and the semi-skilled labor of the allied metal me chanics. The reports say that twenty-one shop at.d roundhouses are affected, all shops wwt of La Junta, Colo., to the Pa cific coaat being completely tied up. The situation east of La Junta to the Chicago terminal Is not so serious, it Is snld, but all machinists in that section sre reported to be out snd the allied Interests in some of the shops as well. Telegrams from John McNeil at Kansas City, president of th boilermakers and iron ship builders, and John Slocum say that they are In entire accord with the machinists and have given instructions for co-operation. DEFENDANT ININVALID CHAIR Jinn N. Truer sal Nephew it pp. ar la Coart ea Charge af Fraad. WASHINGTON. May I. Both of the de fendants were in court today when the lripanellng of a Jury proceeded for the trial of James N. Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett, on indictments charging conspi racy to defraud the government. General Tyner, as on yesterday, was brought Into court in an Invalid's chair and placed In a large reclining chair and surrounded with furs to protect him from the drafts of the room. Less than half an hour was necessary to complete the Jury. Morgan H. Beach, United States dis trict attorney, outlined the government's case In an elaborate review of the indict ments and th events leading thereto. Mr. Worthmgton made an Impressive statement for tha defense, teferrlng feel ingly to the feeble condition of General Tyner and to th fact that he 1 now 71 years of sure. He declared, however, that his client does not desire consideration baaed on pity. As net discussed the charge Mr. Worthlmrton frvTtry -referred to General Tyner honored career. Tear streamed down the old man's face and he shook with emotion. Th first witness was Blaine W. Taylor, chief clerk of the poatofflce department. He produced letter press books and the official reports-of the department for the years IK. 1900, 1901 and 1902. Counsel for the defense placed a number of extracts from these books into the record. IRRIGATION FLAN9 FOR NEBRASKA Interior Department Sets Aside Oae Million Dollars for Reservoir. WASHINGTON, May I. The secretary of the Interior has set aside, provisionally. the sum of (1,000,000 for ths construction of the Pathfinder reservoir on North Platte river in Wyoming. , Construction will proceed contingent upon favorable reports from engineers in the field as to various details still under con sideration, and particularly as to whether an adequate area of Irrigable land can be found In western Nebraska. The reser voir will be of sufficient capacity to sup- I PlT of tne tand under " ' Wyoming, ut U lB considered necessary to increase this area by utilising water In western Nebraska, where there are large areas of arid and semi-arid country to which water can probably be brought The details of cost and method of getting water to this land are to bo worked out before the Path finder reservoir Is constructed. WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Seaatere Dietrich aad Klakald Start for Their Heaaes, (From a Stsff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, May 1 (Special Tele gram.) R. II. 8chneider of Fremont na tionai committeeman rrotn Nebraska, ar rived In Washington today from New York. Mr. Schneider comes to Washington to attend a meeting of the subcommittee on entertainment of delegates at the Chi cago convention. The subcommittee, which will meet at the Arlington hotel tomorrow morning, consists of Harry New of Indian apolis, Senator Scott of West Virginia, Postmaster General Payne and R. B. Schneider. Representative Ttinlcild left for Nebraska today expecting to stop a few days In West Virginia before reaching his home. Senator Dietrich left for Hastings last nJgnt and waa followed today by Henry Smith, his secretary. NAVAL SCHO0L CANDIDATES Several Nebraska Beys Pause the Ex amination to Eotev the Aeodessy at Aaaapolls. ANNAPOLIS. Ml, May 1-The Naval academy authorities snnounoed today the names ef the candidates who were suc cessful In the recent examination for ad mission to the naval school here as mid shipmen. They Include: O. L Baboon. Nebraska: J J. Blandln. at lsree: H. W. Bran ana r. Hurdle Kansas: A. M. Charlton. Nebraska: F. T. Chew. Missouri: J. B. Clark. Kansas: H. R. Cooder. Ohio: D. r Cordlner. WTomtm O. H. Emerson. Illinois: R. S Pay at Isrre: F. H. Fowler. Wyoming: K. J. Tor Arkinur F Guthrie. Nebraska: H. R Hind. South Dakota; D D. J. Powell. Mis souri. J. B. Keester. Illinois: H. J. Kneer Kansas: R. P. Lemler, at larse; P. H Let ton. Nebraska: J. S. MeClaln. South Da kota: E. W McKee, South Dakota: W. R. Piirarll- Missouri: I. A. Keimera Ne braska: H. C. Rld-wlr lUlnola; R. f. Rog ers Illinois: A. T. Bvcuny, onio; j. r. Bhaf. roth. 1r . Colorado: J. K. Shoemaker. Oblo L. C Stark. Missouri; J. E. Tistadt. Mis- sour'; H. R. Vandebor. (.mio. Belt via a Libera r Win. NEW YORK. May I. The presidential Wtlon has resulted in a mmuDh for Ih iinimn Hh-nl nartv In all Darts of tha re. nubile, ssvs a Herald dispatch from La Pss. Bolivia. Iaraael MontM was elected president. Flodoro V Ills son nret vee orel dent sn4 Valentine. Aberla ssooaa vice presided RIROKI TELLS MS STORY Banians Coiteit Emr Foot of Ground with tha Jepicsna. CONCENTRATING AT TING WENG CHING Everythlaa; Points to the Fart that a Great Battle Will Be Foaght at This Polat la the Near Fetare. (Copyright by New Tork Herald Co.. 1801.) SEOUL, May 2 New York Herat 1 Cable .gram Special Telegram to The Bee.) (De layed tn transmission) General Kurokl re ports from his headquarters at Chin Tien Cheng that yesterday afternoon the Sec ond and Fifteenth divisions and the Im perial gguards. totalling 14,000 men, ad- onced toward Antuiig, meeting a stout Russian resistance. At 8 p. m. the road from Antung to Nu Chwang was captured. The Imperial guards surrounded the enemy, capturing twenty guns, with wagons snd horses, mors than twenty-four officers aud thirty five men. The reserves continue to advance along the road Liao Yang. The Russian forces. consisting of the entire Third division, th Twenty-second anad Twenty-fourth fourth regiments and Sixth Infantry and a division of the eastern Siberian sharpshoot ers, with General MIstchekuos' cavalry brigade, forty field guns and eight machine guns, retreated toward Feng Wang Cheng. The Russians fiercely contested every step, but wore driven back by the effective fir from the Japanese heavy field guns, followed by repeatedly Infantry chargtia. Unconfirmed reports states that armed launches from ths Japanese torpedo : squadron rendered good assistance with a hot fire from machine guns on the enemy's flank next to the river bank. The Japanese captured twenty-eight quick firing guns and a large quantity of rifles and ammunition at Antung. A oaptured Russian officer slates that the general commanding the Antung gar rison and also a division commander were seriously wounded; also that th Russians killed were mora than 100. The Japanese casualties do not exceed TOO. Corps Across the River. The Japanese First army corps now oc cupies ths north bank of the Yalu from Chin Tien Cheiig to beyond Hammalan, with the Russian forces In full retreat to ward their base at Feng Wang Cheng. Th evening of April 10 found the pon toon bridge across the Yalu completed by the Japanese engineers and covered by In fantry previously landed on the Man churlan bank. " Between daybreak and 7 o'clock yesterday tha Russian artillery. posted on the heights northwest of Chin Tien Cheng, was silenced by ths Japanese artillery and the river gunboats. Whan th main body ot th First army corps cresses ths bridge to ' the Man churlan bank it charged the heights, cap turing th fortifications and driving th enemy from Its position. At 9 o'clock In the morning the Russians were In full retreat up The road toward Feng Wang Cheng and the Japanese were In complete possession of Chin Tien Cheng and the surrounding heights. Gteat Battle Anticipated. The oplnfiion prevails here that th Rus sians wilt maks no further stand south of their fortifications near Feng Weng Cheng. They are concentrating a large force there, where a great battle will soon taks place. Th passage of th Yalu by the Japanese was effected by the excellent work of ths naval and land forces, which was mad possible by th previous naval successes giving Japan control of the Yellow sea. The Japanese losses In the last five days of fighting ars comparatively small, while th Russians havs suffered badly, a tribute to the excellence of th Jspanese marks manship. ' Rear Admiral Hoooya, oommsndlng th third Jspanese squadron, reports that on April 29 the cruiser Nsya shelled the Rus sian entrenchments along th Yalu near Antung without drawing the enemy's firs. In ths meantime torpedo boats similarly engaged the Russians further t:p ths river, and after an hour's sever fighting drove th enemy from th trenches to shelter in sn adjacent mountain. The Russians suf fered heavily. There were no casualties on ths Japanese ships. Flank Attack Effective. SEOUL, May I. In the fighting between ths Japanese and Russians on ths Yalu, all th Ruaslan gun posted to oppose th crossing of the river were put out of action before the actual crossing took place. For Iv 3 hours, from 7 until 9 o'clock, con tinuous fighting went on. ths Japanese steadily pressing forward and ths Russlsns falling back before the weight of men and guns opposed to them. The Japanese Infantry, with brilliant dash, captured the fortified heights north west of Kullen Cheng, and the pressure was kept up until afternoon, a portion of the Russian forces being driven toward Antung. There was furious fighting th entire distance. At Antung the Russians found that In addition to ths fore confronting them thsy were threatened by strong detachments on either flank. Their retreat then became so hurried that there was no tims to replace the artillery horses shot down by the Japanese sharpshooters snd twenty guns. together with a large quantity of ammuni tion and rifles and a number ot officers and msn, were captured. The Russians were able to carry oft all their wounded. The Russian troops fled panic-stricken when routed at Chlu Tien Cheng, pursued by Japanese cavalry and Infantry over th hill country toward Feng Wang Chrng from 160 p. m. until S o'clock at night The Russian army sngaged was composed of the Third division, the Twenty-second snd Twenty-fourth regiments of the Sixth division, and General Mlstchenkoo cavalry brigade, supported by forty fleid end light machine guna Tne wounded. Including Gcneral-tn-Cbief ZaseeJltcn and General Kashtallnaky, reached Aa Tung, whence the Russians were eventually forced to re tire after twenty-five minutes' fierce fight ing. JasMiaeeo Parse Eoessy. It has been learned here that after th fighting of Sunday on tha Yalu the Japa nese on Mon-lay morning started to pursue the enemy through the mountains. Ths Russian forces are said to number 10,000 men. They sustained heavy 1' Ijeodea Has No More News. LONDON, May . Uttte additional In formation concerning ths battle on the Yalu haS reached London up to noon today and the Japanese legation had ae further dispatches. Nebraska weather forecast Showers Wedaesdayi Cooler la East Portloai Thorsday, Shower. Hoar. Dea. 6 a. sa...... K.1 a. aa US T a. so S-t 8 a. sa v a, sa vt I a, m ..... . II a, ra M IS sa TO Hear, 1 . Dec Tl TS T T4 9. a . as 4 s. a S P. P. I ..... . TS Tl T p. aa 8 bk sa ss CASUALTIES OF JAPANESE General Kerakl Senas Report of Op erations Aloe the Tain River. TOKIO, May I. A supplemental report was received here today from General Kurokl. It la dated today and says: Yesterday the enemy offered a stubborn resistance against our pursuit, adding about 3" to iur cRua.Itl'-s. The enem stood with resolution until its artillery, con sisting of two batteries, lost the majority of lie men and horses. They then broke the breeches and closing apparatus of their guns snd hoisted the white flng. According to captured Ruxsian officer. Major General Ka htnllnKkv. commnder of the Third East Siberian Klflea brigade, the colonels of the Eleventh and Twelfth rlflle regiments and the commander of the rifle artillery hnttullon were killed In the hunting at Hamanatan. It seems that tne enemy was entirely routed by our attack, because since yes terday many have i-ome In and surren dered. Our prisoners Include thirty offi cers, twenty of whom are wounded, and tuO men, 1"0 of whom are wounded. A preliminary report from the chief sur geon of the Flrnt Japanese army shows that we had TS men killed and wounded. These casualties sre divided as follows: The Imperial guards, 1X1; Second division, SS0; Third division. 318. The greatest popular demonstration sine the beginning cf the war recurred In Toklo this evening. The capital Is showing Its Joy at the Japanese victory on the Yalu. Thousands of persons, half of whom were women, paraded the streets In celebration of the triumph of their arms. There were kimii of naradea In na many different ..rtm mA th,v utr were all centralised In one great pageant The students cam posed one parade and they all carried red lanterns. The streets are still lined with thousands of people and the entire city Is decorated with flags and lanterns. ADMIT GENERALS ARB WOUNDED Russians Blame IaetPeetlve Go as for Loss of Battle est Tela. ST. PETERSBURG. May 17:90 p. m It is now admitted here that both Generals Baasulltch and Kashatlineky were wounded and that twenty-seven guns were captured by the Japanese during the reoent fighting on the Yalu river. General Kouropatkin's official report, dated May t, say General Sassulltch'a force retreated In good order, eventually ar riving at Feng Wang Cheng. He attributes the losses on the Yalu to th superiority of th Japanese artillery. Th rumber of casualties or of the guns lost are not speci fied by General Sassulltcb, According to Information Just obtained from the general staff, Bassulitch's entire force at the .Talu consisted of fifteen rifle battalions of 800 men each, and five bat teries of forty guna One regiment of three battalions and two batteries, stationed at Antung, did not participate In Sunday's flghiins; and retired without loss. The heights of Klu Lien Cheng and Husan ware held by four regiments and four batteries, about 10.090 men and thirty-two guns, against 80,000 Japanese and 160 guns. In ad dition to sixteen twelve-pounder siege guns landed from the gun boat a These guns are considered by the Russians to havs been responsible for General Bnasulltch's defeat aa the Russian guns were of a light field pattern, with some mountain pieces It Is admitted by the general staff that the Japanese flanking move affected ths whole of the twelve battalions and three batteries at Klu Lien Cheng and Lltxavena. which accounts for ths desperate character of the fighting. Ths Twelfth and Twenty second regiments suffered the most A great number of officers were killed or wounded and the gunners of the captured pieces were either killed, wounded or made prisoners. One battery had every - man killed. Batteries of Russian horse artillery havs 226 men In war time, horse mountain bat teries havs 246 and Cossack artillery bat teries have from :S to C4 men. ALLEGES CZAR IS DEEPLY GRIEVED Rasslam Officers rorleedS to Think They Pat lp a Fight. ST. PETERSBURG, May I. The emperor Is understood to be deeply grieved over the losses sustained on ths Talu. Those who hare seen his majesty say that he was dumfounded when he was Informed of the heavy fighting which attended the passage of the river. As Is well under stood here General Kouropatkin's program did not contemplate such reslstsnoe to th Japanese advance. It Is said, moreover, that Xouropatkln himself wss equally surprised snd so chagrined ever the miscarriage of his plans that he sent his first te egram to th gen eral staff and not direct to the emperor. The understanding here Is that General Zassalltch had specific orders to avoid any thing like a general engagement- and It Is believed that the Russian commander at ths front probably was deceived In his estlmste of the strength of General Kurokl's artillery, being In entire Ignorance that 41 guns had been posted, and got Into a position from which he had the greatest difficulty In extricating his men. Ths only consolation for th loss of the guns Is that being without their breech lock they ar of no value to the enemy. THINKS I SITED STATES IS WISE Loadorn Paper Ssys England Shoald Fellow Lead of America. LONDON. May I The best military ex perts ar disposed to await further In formation before attaching undue Impor tance of the result of the battle on the Yalu river. Commenting on the Shanghai report that United States Consul Davidson Is proceed ing to his post at Antung, tb Globe says: The triumph of the open door has begun and ths United Stat has given once more a sign of its clear spprerlatlon of the real Issues In ths far east." The Globe then Invites the British Foreign office to show similar activity. REPORTS DEATH OF BRIGADIER. General Kashtallaslt y of Rssslss ' Arsar Said to Have Beea Killed. TOKIO, May t 4 p. m. General Kurokl reports that aeaordjng t a captured Rus sian officer. Major General ICashtallnsky. eommandsr of ths Third BlberieA rifle bri gade, was killed fn ths fighting a I llama tad. Ths fighting on the Yalu continued on Mondsy. The Japanese pursued the Rus sians, who resisted stubbornly. The Rus sians surrendered some artillery. Tha Jj nees tad about 100 nor o rial I lea ATTACKPORTARTIIUR Japans Iquadron Enf.a tb Fort and Warship l Beghnin j at Djbfak. - JAPANESE HAVE CAPTURE! NEW CMWANQ EsporUd that Dutkf ths Attack Boniani Tall Back to Protect Bail read. RUSSIAN LOSS AT THE YALU RIVER HEAVY Kouropaftln Reports Lots Betwosn Tarts and Fair Thoatand Kan. TOGO ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE THE HARBOR Viceroy AlexleaT Meets Eaeass- with Warships ssl Two Torpedo Rests ad Klght.Flreshf Ars Sank. PORT ARTHUR. May . Noon-A Jap snese squadron appeared off Port Arthur after daybreak today and sngaged the forts and warship. The fight Is still pro ceeuing.' Thirty Japanese prisonsrs have been cap tured. At I o'clock this morning flva Jspanese torpedo boats ware sighted. Tha Russian lani batteries, the gunboat GUlak with the coast defense vessels Grtmisehl and Otva shnl opened fir and compelled them to retire. Immediately aterwwards other Jap anese ships ware sighted en ths h orison. They were headed by a flreehlp which wss sunk near the entrance of th harbor at 1:20 a. m. Aftar aa interval of twenty-five minutes two more fir ships tarns on sn 1 were sent to tha bottom. At 2:28 four mors flreshlps approached. Three of these blew up on our mines. Two of these sank Immodiatelr and ihs other two fire ships wars sunk by the batteries and warships. The protected ernSser Ask old participated in th firing. Fifteen minutes later three more flrsshlpa arrresd, Ob of them, blew up on a mine, the second was wrecked on the shore and th third was sunk by ths Russian sheila. . The Japan attack still continue. Tb crews of ths Japan ess flreshlps which were sunk this morning wblls attempting to block the channel tried to savs them selves In boats tn which they put out to sea. A majority of them were killed by the Ruaslan machine guns and rifles. Soma of ths survivors wars picked up. At daybreak a number of Japanese were seen clinging to ths masts and funnels of the sunken vessels and these were rescued by ths Russians. - Thirteen of ths wounded Japanese have since died. The Russians supplied the survivors with food snd cloth ing and the wounded were taken to the hospital ship Mongolia. During the morning ten of the enemy's torpedo boats remained ta the offing and were fired on at long range. At $:30 o'clock it was signalled that there waa a. Japanese, fleet In the vicinity sad that two ot ths enemy's launches had heen run sshnre. The town Is quiet Large crowds watched mis nwniHiri cpersaons with greet ln teres t. Grand , Duke Boris arrived her this evening. AlexleST Reports Togo's Attack. ST. PETERSBURG, May. 1 High Ad miral Grand Duks Alexis haa received the following official tMegran from Viceroy Alexleff, reporting the Japanese attempt to block Port Arthur early this morning: I respectfully . report to our highness that a fresh attack was msde by th nemy last night with tha object of ob structing the entrance to the port and that It was successfully repelled. At 1 o'clock this morning ten torpedo boats were perceived near the coast from the eastern batteries. Under the Are of our warships and the batteries they re. treated southward. At 1:5 o'clock the first flreehlp, escorted by several torpedo boats, wa sla-hted and we opened fire upon It from the batteries and the warships. Three-quarters of sn hour afterward our searchlights revealed a number of fire ship msklnsr for th entrance of rh bar. bor from the east and southwest. The coast defense vessels Otvanhsl and Ore mleshchl and the fcanboat Glllsk repulsed them by well directed fire. Altogether eight ships were sunk by our vtsrorous cannonade, by Whitehead tor pedoes launched from our torpedo boats and by the explosion of several submarine mines. Further, according to the reports of the officers commanding the batteries and the gunboat Gillak. two Jspaneee tor pedo boats were destroyed. Two Torpedo Boats Destroyed. After 4 o'clock a. m. the batteries snd warships ceased fire, subsequently firing only at Intervals on the enemy's torpedo boats, which were visible on the horlson. All the fire ships carried quick-firing guns, with which they maintained a con stant fir a Up to the present thirty men, including two mortally wounded officers, who took refuse on a launch, or war raacued from the fire ships by as, have; been picked up. Tha Inspection of the road stead snd the work of saving the enemy's men wer hindered by the heavy sea run ning. We suffered no rssualtles, with tb exception of s seaman belonging to tha tor pedo boat destroyer Hoever. On the appearance of the first fire shin. aecompsnied by the enemy's torpedo hosts, I boarded a launch and proceeded to taw Otvanhsl to take immediate measure far repulxlng the fire ships. Willi me were lieutenant General Ztillnskl and Captain Eberhardt of the naval general staff. Lieu tenant General Slueseel was on the fortifi cations at the same time and General Ios rhlnsky, chief of the defense fore of tb forts, was on board tb Giliak. Japs Captaro New Chwang. LONDON, May 4. The Che Foo corres pondent of the Dally Chronicle cables, un der Tuesday's date: The Japanese landed troops and attacked and captured New Chwang last evening, the Russians falling back to protect the railway. Roastsua Loss Waa Heavy. ST. PETERSBURG. May I. -In a report received by the emperor from General Kouropatkin, under today's data, It Is stated that at least from ,Uj0 to 4.000 men wera killed in the Talu river fight Kssresslkls Reports Defeat. ' Under today's dnte General Kouropatkin telegraplus aa follows: . Owing to the Interruption of telegraphic communication 1 have received no report from Gecenil Saasulltcn, According to the testimony ol persona arriving her during the night irorn Feng vang 'Jhng. th Jttpatiet.e, on May 1. mere opi-rallng in the (runt mith an overwhelming force of ar tillery and attacked our loll flank In Su perior force, enveloping It. A hot tight oc curred at this potnl. The Tweuty-eeooml and Twelfth regiments of sharpshooters were engaged,, defending themselves vig orously, aud on several occaju .ua takUig tiie offensive. Inflicting considerable ie on the Japanese.. Our small force Could Biol hold this position, retired and left ev. tral guns In the hands of the enemy. Ow ing to our heavy losses In snea and homes we could not suooeed In oanytng off our guns, but their breech-locks were removed. Our force fell hack on Feng Wang Cheng. General Sasaalltch's force consisted ot fire regiments and five batteries, but according to the information si hand one regiment and two batteries suctioned .l Shaknevfe were not rns-agea, the japaneee not al tax fc- Ina that point IMJ ur ioaue are not yet known, but In view of the stubbornness ot the Coo flic t Uiry must have been very considerable. ST. PETERSBURG. May I 2:41 p. m It is reported that Vice Admiral Togo doss avnother derperate at ti nipt to block ths s traces is Port Ax Ik at last sUiat, tost