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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
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Ta b Eotari Honia Wlme They A.r
Shoo Tham Both.
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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.
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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