t
JAPANESE VICTORIOUS
CHIU TIEN CHENG, KEY OF THE Y'ALl' rOSITlON, CAPTHED BY JAPANESE
AFTEK HARD FOUGHT BATTLE CZAK'S TKOOPS IN
RETREAT EIGHT HtNDRED THEIR LOSS
IN KILLED AND POINDED.
Tokio, (By Cable). After five days
of fighting, largely w it li artillery, the
first Japanese army, under General
Kuroki, lias forced a crossing of the
Yalu River, and with a gallant infan
try charge, covering a frontage of four
miles, it drove the Russians from
Chiuticncheng and the heights on the
right bank of the lho or Aida River,
which enters the Yalu from the north,
r.lmost opposite Wiju. The Japanese
turned the left flank of the Russian
position, and in the battle they swept
away the new front interposed by the
Russians to check their onward move
ment. The Russians were also forced to
abandon Antung. They burned the
town and retreated to Feng Huan
cheng. The Japanese now control the es
tuary of the Yalu.
In the decisive battle the losses
were:
Japanese, "oo killed and wounded.
Russians, Noo.
The Japanese captured 28 quick
firing puns, 20 officers and many men.
The Russians made two stands.
The Russians say their forces en
paged numbered less than 5,000 and
that the Japanese greatly outnum
bered them.
General Kuroki began the move
ment on Tucselay by ordering a de
tachment of the Imperial Guards di
vision to seize the Island of Kurito.
which is in the Yalu above Wiju. and
0 detachment of the Second Divis
ion, to seize the Island of Kintcito
which is situated below Wiju.
The detachment of the imperial
puarels met with some resistance, but
It succeeded in clearing the enemy out
and occupied Kurito Island. The Rus
sians abandoned the island of Kin
teito when attacked by the detachment
of the second division.
The actual losses sustained by the
detachment of the imperial guards is
rot known, as there is an error in that
riart of the message received here re
ferring to the number killed, but 9 of
the detachments were severely and 16
slightly wounded. The detachment
of the second division which took thej
Island of Kinteito sustained no losses.
During these movements on the is
lands the Russians opened fire on the
Japanese with eight Q'j centimeter
guns from a hill behind Chiu Tn
Cheng and two llotehkiss guns, which
were mounted on the bank of the river
at Kosan, where the Russians seemed
to have established their headquarters.
One battery of Japanese artillery
which had taken a position on a hill
to the east of Wiju, fired three volleys
at Fosan, and at noon of Tuesday the
Russian batteries behind Chiu Tien
Cheng shelled Wiju, wounding one
Japanese soldier with shrapnel.
On Wednesday the Russians resum
ed the bombardment of Wiju, firing at
intervals throughout the day. The
Japanese artillery did not respond to
this fire. General Kuroki has received
reports to the effect that the Russians
are fortifying the heights 011 the right
Lank of the I ho River. These new
defenses are declared to extend from
Chiu Tien Cheng through the village
of Mokao to Koshoki. a distance of
three and a quarter miles.
The reports of this lighting which
have been received here do not indi-.
EIGHT KILLED IN WRECK
World's Fair Special Wrecked on Iron
Mountain Road.
TRAIN ORDERS MISUNDERSTOOD.
Wreck Occurred While the Train Wis Going
I a High Rate ol Speed, and One of the
Cars Was Thrown Hundred Feel From Ibe
Track. Three of. Dead 1'nldentlflcd Pi into
t'e'ri, the Others Trainmen.
Kimswick, Mo., (Special). A mis
understanding of orders by the engi
neer of train No. 18 on the St. I.ouis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad
running as a World's Fair special,
resulted in a serious wreck at Wickcs
Siding, about a mile and a half north
of here, in which X were killed and 17
injured.
The wreck occurred while the train
was going at an excessive rate of
Speed. There was trouble with a
freight car on ore 1 f the fast trains,
and it was necessary to abandon it on
i'ukide of Millionaire.
Chit ago, 1 Spec ial 1. - -George McKay,
a wealthy real estate owner of New
York city, shot nnd killed himself
at the Auditorium Hotel. Death was
self-inflected, as when found he was
sitting upright in a el.air and a -c-volver
was lying n the bed beside
liim. Relatives of the dead man arc
unable to assign a reason for the sui
cide. McKay, who made his home in
New York, cainc to Chicago last Mon
day to attend to some business con
nected with his real estate. His hold
ings, which are s.nd to be worth fully
$ 1,000,000, were ail located in Chicago
American Women as Nurses.
Chicago (Special).- A party of
young women who are on their way
to Port Arthur to act as Russian
curses arrived in Chicago. The party
U under the leadership of the Coun
tess of Bavanda, who has lived sev
eral years in Russia. Countess lia
anda is an American bv birth, a na
tive of New Orleans. The six young
women accompanying the Countess
belong to prominent families in New
York, boston and Pittsburg.
iHiiuBy Fall Dowa Shaft.
Johannesburg, (By Cable). The
collapse of a cage in the Robinson
mine precipitated forty-three native
ifloo feet to the bottom.
All were killed. The bottom 01
Ibe shaft is a quagmire of human
remains.
Flit Spanish Miners silled.
Madrid (By Cable). The caving
in of a coal mine at Tocina, Seville,
buried many miners. Fifty bodies
have been recovered. Ten of the
miners were rescued, but alt of them
were badly injured.
IN FIVE DAYS BATTLE
cate whether the Russians retired
down the river or in the direction of
I'eng I latin Cheng, on the road to Li-
aoyang.
The Japaivsc captured Chiu Tien
Cheng, 10 miles north of Antung,
which is regarded as the key to the
Russian position on the right bank of
the Yalu River. It is reported that
the Russians will retreat to I'eng
II nan Clung, which is on the road to
l.ianyang, Manchuria.
Oied wit'nlhTriag.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). The
operations of the Vladivostok squad
ron have revived the spirits of the
people of St. Petersburg, who have
I'rrn downcast since the e!c' rm -tion
of the I'etropavlovsk and the iiit
qiient confinement of the remnant "f
the Port Arthur tlcet to the harbor.
The fact that the navy is doing some
thing of an offensive character appeals
to the popular mind, which has been
unable to appreciate the reason for
the inactivity of the fine ships of the
V ladivostok squadron.
The official report of Rear Admiral
Yeszen to the Kmperor is as follows:
"During the night of April 26 two
Russian torpedo boats met at sea the
Japanese military transport Kinshiu
Maru, of .4.000 tons, laden with rice
and other military stores and about
1.500 tons of coal. The transport was
armed with four llotehkiss guns of
forty-seven millimeters. The Rus
sians captured on board seventeen offi
cers, twenty soldiers, eighty-five mili
tary carriers, or coolies, and sixty-five
of the crew, who surrendered. The
remainder of the men, who were to
form a lauding party, and who were
left without officers, obstinately re
fused to surrender or go 0:1 board a
Russian cruiser. Furthermore, they
offered armed resistance to the Rus
sians. In the end they were sent to
the bottom with the transport."
He adds that there were 200 men
aboard the transport.
Admiral Yeszen also reports that
besides the sinking of the Japanese
steamer Goyo-Maru at Won-San (Gen
San) April 25 the Russians sank at
sea the same evening the Japanese
steamer Nakamtira-Maru, of 220 tons,
whose crew was saved.
It is generally recognized that Rear
Admiral Yeszen cannot do more than
frighten the Japanese and compel
them to exercise greater care in their
military movements, as the sinking
of a few transports or even cruisers
can have no permanent effect on the
result of the war. Moreover, he is
bound by bis instructions not to risk
his ships unduly, the intention being
to keep them safe for an attack with
the Baltic fleet when it arrives in the
Pacific.
The possibility of a Japanese at
tempt to mine the entrances to Vladi
vostok, as was done at Port Arthur,
is considered, but the conditions are
different, and besides. Rear Admiral
Yeszen, with the lesson of the I'etro
pavlovsk disaster fresh in his mind,
will observe the utmost caution.
St. Petersburg is loaded with ru
mors regarding the sinking of the j
Japanese military transport the Kin- 1
shiu-.Maru. One report has it that '
.t.txio men were aboard the transport I
when she went down, but the ad- i
nr.ralty insists that there were only
200.
the main line near Wickes Siding.
Orders were issued for all north
bound and southbound trains to use
the switch at that point instead of the
main line. Five trains passed the sid
ing during the interval between the
breakdown of the freight car and the
arrival of No. 18.
It is stated by Conductor Austin
lliat he read the order tg the engineer
and handed a copy to him. The of
tic a 1 s of the road cannot account for
Ihc fact that the train approachrd the
.-iding at the high rate of speed it
must have b re to cause the damage
it did.
The engine tinned completely over,
pinioning Fngineer Bailey beneath
tons of steel. Master Mechanic Tuber
who was riding in the engine, was also
instantly killed.
The baggage car was thrown nearly
loo 1rt from the wreck, and is entire
ly demolished. The two coaches di
rectly in the rear of the baggage 1 :ir
wire also overturned and badly
mccked The sleeping car in the rear
r the coaches was thrown 011 its side
and damaged.
Three Thousand Miners Strike.
Canton. O., (Special). Miners of
the Tuscarawas district, about .1.000 in
number, quit woik until an agreement
is reached on the scale The trouble
is over the machine rate, which a ten
days' conference in Canton caily in
the month failed to settle. That con
ference referred the whole question
to a committee of live operators and
live miners, but so (ar the committee
has failed to agree on a time and place
of meeting. They will probably gel
together this week. There are about
thirty live mines in the district, locat
ed in Fastern Stark, Carroll and Tus
carawas counties.
Serious Flood il Fori Scott.
Fort Scott, Kan., (Special). Fort
Scott M experiencemg the most serious
llood in its history. Marmaton river
aii.l Mill Creek, which runs inlo the
former stream here, have risen ten
feet in the past twenty four hours,
the result of heavy rains. Several
hundreds ol persons have been res
cued in bents. As far as known
mi lives liave been lost. The esti
mated Ion to live stock drowned and
property damaged is $100,000.
Says W Were Killed
Monterey, Mexico, (Special). H.
G. Caldwell, traveling freight and tat-
1 tenger agent of the Sante Fe Rail
road, who was a passenger on the
Mexican Central passenger train that
was wrecked near Zacatecas several
eiays ago, has arrived here and gives
the first authentic account of the dis
aster. He says that 69 persons lot their
lives in the wreck. , The official rtpeirt
of the railroad gave the total number
of , killed as 11. In addition to the
Oo who were Idled, Mr. Caldwell said,
n.any were injured seriously.
mS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Heading.
Domestic
Counsel for the Michigan Central
Railroad Company filed a bill to pre
vent the ticket-brokers in Chicago
from continuing their business, charg
ing that they nave conspired to de
fraud railroad companies.
Governor Odell signer! three im
portant bills affecting the business of
corporations whose titles are mis
leading owing to the presence therein
of such words as "trust," guarantee,"
etc.
A sweeping injunction was granted
by Judge B. S. banker, of the United
States District Court in Alqucrque, N.
M., against the striking machinists
and boilcrmakcrs of the Santa Fe
Railroad.
Tom Searcy, a negro, 20 years cf
ape, was lynched in a remote part of
Heiwooel county, Tcnn. Searcy at
tempted an assault on a nine-year-old
girl.
( apt. A. E. McDonald and his crew
of eight men were resued bv lifc-
savrs f the Old llarberr Station
ir.'iti the lioston schooner Future.
1 haries Kocker was fejund guilty
o! rrili- in Rock Rapids, la. He had
killeel August Schroeder, a farmer, and
mairieil the widow.
'Flic will of Jane II. Reamer, mak
ing many bequests for religious and
charitable institutions, was tiled for
probate in Pittsburg.
A deputy sheriff took possession of
the offices of Wooden & Co., members
of the Consolidated Stock Exchange
of New York.
William Broderick, a well-known
opera singer, dropped dead at the
Harnett House, in Cincinnati, from
heart disease.
The United States Steel Corporation
has bought the Clairton steel proper
tics from the Crucible Steel Company.
The subject of municipal accounting
was discussed at the final session of
the Municipal League in Chicago.
Harry Hart, a youth of 18, shot him
self in the presence of his sweetheart
in Mount 1 lolly, N. J.
II. E. Osgood, of Hiram, Me.,
killed his wife and himself while on
a train en route for home.
The Standard Oil Company made a
cut of three cents in all grades of oil.
Four lives were lost by the burning
of the Bryant House, in Lansing, I
Mich. j
Judge Atchison, of the United States
Court in Pittsburg, ehsmissscd the
habeas corpus writs secured for Lieu
tenant Drury and Private Dowd, U.
S. A., held by the civil authoritici for
shooting William Crowley.
Albert Gallerton Shepard, "4 years
old, of Wilkesbarrc, Pa., elied on
board the Clyde Line steamer Com
anche, which arrived at New York
from Jacksonville and Charleston.
The committee of arrangement for
the Democratic National Convention
met in St. Louis. The number eif
tickets to be issued for the convention
will not exceed 9.500.
Thomas W. I.awson, the lioston
millionaire, reared from his stock
exchange firm fo that he may be tin- j
hampered in his fight against "certain
interests."
Edward Rogers and Thomas Tate !
were held for court, charged with the '
larceny of a p'ocketbook, the pro
perty of Henry C. Johnson, the arrest
ejf the prisioners being the outcome of
a deal for two horses.
At Athens, N. Y., Andrew Jackson
Duncan, Jr., of New Yfrk, nephew of 1
the late President McKinley, was mar
ried to Miss Jessie Rand Van Deusen. !
A misunderstanding eif signals cause ;
a railroad wreck at Chariticrs Cross- :
iug, McKees Rocks, Pa., in which five;
persons were injured, erne fatally.
Clement Goyette was hanged at ;
l.'Original, Out., for the murder of
Daniel Colligan, a farmer, and his
son, Thomas, on January 24 last.
An attempt was made at Jefferson- ;
vi I It-, Ind., to assassinate D. M. Rob
bins, candidate for mayor on the indc- I
pendent labor ticket.
All but 10 of the families of Eskimos ;
living if the Mackenzie basin have '
been wiped out by the measles. '
Frederick Graber, made melan- j
clioly by the death of his wife, com- j
mittcd suicide in Camden, N. J.
Major General Peter Joseph Oster- !
haus arrived in New York after an '
absence of 30 years in Germany,
where he resides, lie commanded one '
of the tjivjiious of the Union Army .
111 the Civil War. j
Mrs. Lizic Travcrs, on trial in I
C hicago with her husband for, shop-j
lifting, advanced through counsel the j
plea that nneler biblical laws she was :
compelled to obey her husband.
In New York Gustave Fingbush, a
German sailor, sheit and wounded '
Adeline lluttncr and then shot him
self, perhaps fatally. i
Foreign.
The review e.f, the French and
Italian squadrons bv King Victor F.m
niaf.ic'i and President I.ouhet in the
G !f t f Naple was a brilliant event. '
The United States battleship K.ev.-:
lucky, Hying the Hag eif Rear Admiral '
I. .alls, assisted in the review. j
King Edward and (Jiicen Alexandra
attended the l.eopardstown races, t'.e i
smartest day of the Dublin race week. !
Richard Croker saw his horse, A:t;:ri- !
can Hoy, win the April Plate. j
Miie-ter.tns ot l ern.e, li. t. ., a town
of .t.tico. the largest settlement in
C tr.w's Nfst Pass district, was des
troyed by lire. Estimated lots,
Jtro.ixio.
Paul Kruger, former president of
the I ransvaul, is reported to be af
llieted with cerebral trouble and he is
now e.tren.ely weak.
It is reported through Russian
sources tl at the Russian" coverr.ni'.-tit
is about to moderate the aiui-Jcwish j
legislator).
The commandant e,f the Groolfon
teiu district, German Southwest Afri
ca, reports that the Germans there
have suffered severe losses and lack
the necessaries of life. The Berlin
Vossichc-Zcitung says the Emperor
has expressed dissatisfaction with the
management of affairs in Southwest
Africa.
Ernest Deligne, former secretary of
Don Jaime ele Bemrbon, son eif Don
Carlos, pretender to the Spanish
throne, was scntencYd in Paris to 10
mouths' imprisonment for pawning
the famous jeweled necklace of Marie
Antoinette.
Engineer Brousneff, the Russian of
ficer sent out in loo.t in search for
the Pedar expedition headed by Bar
on Tell, has returned without news,
and he believes the entire party died
of cold and starvation.
The British Secretary tf War. un
der his new scheme of army reform,
intends to reduce the volunteer force
by Ko.ooo, the militia by 64 battalions
and the yeomanry by 120 men per
battalion.
In a fight between'Grreks and Bui
garians, April 25. at Salonica, Mace
donia, 20 men were killeel or wounded.
Fifty miners perished by the caving
in of a mine at Tocina, Seville. Spam
WORLD'S FAIR OPEN
The Ceremonies in St Louis and
Washington.
ENORMOLS CROWDS AT THE OTENINC.
President Roosevelt to Touch the .Button
at the White House- Program at the
Louisiana Purchase Monument Rush Work
to Oct Grounds In Condition for the Exercises
Warships and Distinguished Persons Arrive,
St. Louis, Special). At noetin Presi
dent Roosevelt pressed an electric
button in the Green Room of the
White House at Washington, which
started the machinery of the World's
Fair at St. I.ouis, nearly a thousand
miles nway.
The program for the opening cere
monies at St. Louis began at 9 A. M.,
when tbe officers of the Exposition,
the national commission an 'i thc boarel
eif lady managers assembled in the
Administration Building to march to
the Plaza of St, Louis, where they
took their places upon the platform
erected at the base of the Louisiana
Purchase Monument. A detachment
of the JcfTerseTn Guards, with a band
and an officer of the United States:
Army, escorted the party. Represen
tatives of foreign governments as
sembled in. the Hall of Congress at
9.15 A. M., anel walked with a similar
escort to the plaza. The state, and
territorial commissioners, with the
governors of several states were in
the United Slates Government Build
ing and proceeded, to the plaza under
escort of Jeffcrs'Mi Guards and a
military officer. The exercises were
held in the open air, the audience
occupying the broad Plaza of St.
Louis facing the monument.
President David R. Francis, of the
Exposition called the assemblage to
order at 10 o clock, and alter an
invocation ny icev. ur. era ,v. u - ,
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the Lord s Prayer, n which the : ,
ence joincei, rrestticnt i rancis men ;
tie live rcei nis aneircss
1-rom this point forward the pro-
I f 11 I assume mat tne apparent 01 x anama to assume some snare ol
as y, w," ' o, ri. surplds of revenues over expenditures the foreign indebtedness of Colom
a"v' 1 I i lnlieeltv ' wi" l,c a"Kmecd by not less than bia, the state department has made
C. . .11 i!rr., r'f $.15,000,000, thus affording a safe mar- ; no move in that matter since the re-
March Louisiana,
Transfer of the E
l"?..Vesl' enl. ,nS TrV,luA. J,' '
exiiuit. .Mr reeiencK j v. skiii,
with presentation of official com-
mission arm ins gnia 01 ouicc. (
. " , , V, ci ct ',. ' gresscs, and aelds: 1 lie appropria-; impress upon rum the fact that con
Mr Frederick!. V . Skiff. will pre- ,jons f()r cach nf t,)c fisca, ycars l8o- pj.lcrations of equity should move
sent to tne cnie.s 01 n.s nvisi.m ,..eir 1
i.Mici'il CAiiiniiLLir.llc 'jnl ItWIimiUG id I
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oince.
Chorus- Hymn of the WeM, words
by Edmund Clarence Steadman;
music by John Knowles I aine 1
Address The mayor oft he C ity oF
t. Louis J ion. Koiia wens. i
Address -I he president of the Na-
tional Commission, Hon. 1 nomas
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Ad.lresscs-By a United States 1
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J awney on behalf 01 the committee
o the Lmted States ; Congress. '
',u"l7 ,'"-"" '-"-1 "1 do not question the honesty of
ward H. llariman. president New..!,.,. r,,,.r;,.;.,. ;.t,.; ;
s,Y'-rk ..S-,'-'?lc Commission 1
Music Hie Star-Spangled Banner, 1
rancis Scott Key. 1
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1 resident eif the united States, the
r. fi.. i, ,,
Secretary of War, Hon. William H.
'Ja"; , , 1
ni 11c concnision 01 tne ac cress i.y
li . r..ti r .. i-.f V . t wi 1 riLii L11I
f t.Ve.U;f'd StaYes! r.lie' While
House in the presence of members of ,
the Diplomatic Corps, chief justice
and asse.ciate justices of the Supreme
lir dVn ti e Sen- e the Si e,ker
presieiet t 01 tne . -senate, tut .-speaker
. f 1. II ..f II n. .. ...I
of the House e.f Representatives and ;
tiler persons distinguished in official
life, pressed the butfou connected by
w ire with thc Exposition grounds and
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unfurling flags ein all the buildings ;
Slid setting the great cascades in 1110- j
tlotl. 1
st:trte,l t ii mac unprv. 1 h, cum. net 1
i ne MiiKiuK "ii .Mnei in in Kiuiiu
cheirus concluded the exercises.
The parade "tif the Pike conccssiona- ',
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tu- r 111 :.. 1
thousands e,f men. and women ami;
animals took part, followed the open- :
ing ceremonies.
1
I
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Scorpoin In Slipper,
Minneapeilis, Minn.,( Spec
Miss Mabel Lane was bitten by
arge 'black scorpion at her home. :
M '"sis .suiiiimi ui mi ;
icar Minnetonka Lake. Despite the ;
near .Mmnetonka Lake. I)cnitc the ;
, , ,,. . . ,
pain en tne sung, .miss i.auc seized a
pair e,f hair curlers, wrenched the
.. ... 1. C. - . 1 1
' r...v . ,
il in .Jof.lu.l. I hen she tekplioned
for a physician. Dr. Miles, of hxcel-
sior, arrived at the Lane residence
and prescribed opiates to relieve the nation altcctiug production and com
pain. lie permitted the wound to binalions effecting interstate com- i
bleed freelv and Miss Lane is rernver. ! tnerce directlv. Vet. unon a showimr i
ing. Miss Lane, who had been in
Cuba for three months, returned hemic
on Sunday morning. She unpacked j
i.cr iruiiK on .Meinuay ami rcmovcel a ,
number eif articles, inclueling a pair 1
of house slippers. It was in one !
of these that the scorpion had been i
brought over. j
!
B. 4 0. Locomotive Explodes.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). Engine i
No. jjm, of the Baltimore and Ohio ,r",nalc l,ro"r"!,,,S to S'P
Railroad, east-bound, exploited while' Congressional and Departments,
passing Tenth street, Braeldock. ! The members eif the Isthmian Canal
Three men were fatally injured, three j Commission have returned to Wash
otljers dangerously hurt anel five I ingtoii frenn a tour eif inspection eif
buildings were wrecked. Two of the j the recently acquired canal property
Houses cauglit tire and were des-
troyed. Thc cause eif the explosion
lias not iieen ascertained.
Failed to Obtain Immunity.
Minneapolis, Minn., (Special).
Charles II. Brown, who was secrctaiy
of the board of corrections and chari
ties under former Mayor Ames and
who went em the stand in the trial
of William II. Jonhson, former super
intendent ejf the peior, and under oath
Jescribcd the system eif "graft" by
which the poeir fund was looted, was
arraigned under three indictments
charging official malfeasance. Brown
Miuglit to obtain immunity by testi
fying against Johnson, but the latter
was acquitted by the jury.
Accuiicd Mm Attempts Suicide.
Richland Centre, Wis. (Special).
Henry Morrison, who is in jail
charged with the murder of his wife
and daughter, attempted to commit
suicide, but was discovered by the
sheriff in time to prevent the act.
Morrison had secured a piece of elec
tric light wire from the wall of his
cell and tried to pierce his heart with
it. Failing in that, be was in the act
of driving the wire into his skull with
his shot, when (he sheriff stopped
him. Jli injuries are not serious
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Appropriations Analyicd.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Rep
resentative Hemcnway, of Indiana,
and Representative Livington, of
Georgia, respectively chairman and
ranking minority members of the
House committee on appropriations,
according to established custom, made
public statements dealing with the ap
propriations provided at this session
of Congress. Althoiigh the gentle
men agree as to figures, their deduc
tions vary, for Mr. 11 emcn way's state
ment appears under the caption "Good
Government Housekeeping," while
Mr. Livingston heads his "A Congress
That Has Done Nothing But Spend
Money."
Acceirrling in the tables presented,
the grand teital of appropriations for
the year 11104-1005 is $781,574,6.19,
against $753,058,500 for the preceding
year.
After reviewing the expenditures
for the next fiscal year, Mr. Hemcn
way concludes:
"The expenditures of our govern
ment in their aggregate, as exhibited
by the appropriations of Congress,
arc large, anel by unthinking persons
arc denounced, and yet according to
,the very best authority our national
government is the most economically
administered of any in the civilized
world."
A table to substantiate this state
ment is given showing the per capita
expenditures of the leading nations.
The highest given is New Zealand,
where the per capita expense is $3o..v;
the lowest is the United States, with
a per capita showing of $7.97.
Of this total sum $.26.801, 843 was to
pay dcficicnccs for prior fiscal yearsanel
$56,500,000 is set aside for application
to the sinking fund. This leaves the
total appropriation for the expenses
of the government for the year 1905 the property on the isthmus in the
$696,272,786. The total estimated rev- name of the United States. Whether
enues for this period are $704,472,060, j this transfer has actually been made
or an excess over appropriations or I by the Republic of Panama the de
authorized expenditures of $6,119,274. partment of justice has not yet been
Continuing, Mr. Hcmenway says: advised, but it is assumed it will be
Experience has demonstrated that
one year with another the actual ex- i
lieimieures 01 111c
penelitures eif the government arc j
feo , , ,
priations made hv Longress, and, an- i
ticioatinir that the comimr fiscal vear !
nm p aJ rxcrrinn to ,hi ,
practically well established rule, it
is Mfe assunu. (hat he .im,.,ri.nt
gin of at least $40,000,000." ,
Mf LivinKStni in his statement,
coniparcs thc cx.)cnditures of demo-1
cratic cofl(rrcssc!i with republican con- ,
and ,g( as ni;lIc b democratic 1
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congress, do not materially vary, as
will be seen, one from the other, and ,
avcragc 01lly ?4,j4,o, 7,602 for cach !
,
..T,)e Mc alpo shows ,hat ,
,)riations for fcdcral expenditures
made under a republican a iministra- i
tion j,y a republican Congress for the
ncxt f)Scat year have reached the start-
ling sum e,f $781,574,629 or an increase
rt $2H695S 027 oyer thc avcr;if,e of the
last two years under democratic con- I
trol and wjtl,jn a ,)Criot, of ess than
y(.ars
thcjr aRgrcgate amount or in their de-
1 rlaienL.e the wisdom of
tl)e ,)0icy of lhe dominant party that
has made these ciwrmous expendi-
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iiiisn ntvc-?iu Y lilt (lindane
nf tllc lnji,ary and naval establish-
mcnts, thc maintenance of which is
at thc expense of needed internal im-
. .
AnShh S
,nc sc;sion which n just about to
ri,,sC t)c representatives of the peo-
pe have been denieel consideration of
?C ,lc'na,,,!s OI tncir constituents all
along this line, and yet the appropria-,
. ' - . ' i 1 1
,i(llls for thc :,rn,y hilrnv Bn jncrease
over what it costs in l8(i .-if $54,000,
000, and the navy the still greater in-
creasc of $69,000,000,
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vv naiever may nave oeen 111c sins
nf commission of this Congress, they
are as nothing compared to its sins ef
omission, elenvint? eonsielerntion In nil
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legislation to the wcllarc ot great
masses of people."
ill,. P..., t,h,i
Conde Hamlin, of the St. Paul
Pioneer Press; Don C. Scitz, of the ;
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of the Philadelphia Ledger and 'e
New Wk limes, representing the
American Newspaper rublshers As-
l, -, n t iti r;.ll.l 1111 Hi. !iltrirni,i n.n-
sociation, called 011 the attorney gen
era) l,lay ?l,d. ,a.i,H be,ore !V" a com"
plaint against the so-called paper
manufacturers, trust, alleging viola-
manufacturers, trust, alleimiir viola-
. .c .1 ci - - .
1 i'1 .-iiierin.iii unu-uusi .
. T1,c ttorney general explained to ;
them the distinrton betwe-ei:) what
col!( an, wnat cftiiuj not ic ar
cnmplMicd under thc Sh erman act.
and particularly the distinction the
courts have drawn between ceunbi-
of evidence which seemed to indicate j
that a combination existed in the 1
paper business w erchy different paper ,
uiauuiaciurers nave agreed 10 regulate
the supply of paper and to divide
anu,ng themselves the territory of its
consumption, the atteirncy general
stated that he would have an in-
vestiuatiou maele. and if it were found
that this feature of thc charges could
sustained he would institute ap
on the isthmus.
the naval collier lar,ar went
aground 011 Loggerhead Buoy.
Before thc House committee Assist
ant Secretary Darling opposed, and
Rear Admiral Taylor f.ivored, the
bill (or a general board in the Navy.
The Senate confirmed the 110111
iuation of Jeter C. Pritchard lo be
United States circuit judge.
The sundry Civil Bill agreed upon
caries an appropriation of $000,000 for
a plaza for the Baltimore Custom
house, and Si 71100 to cover the
damage to the building by the recent
fire. The sum eif J 100.000 is ap
propriated for work during the cur
rent year.
By a party vote of 169 to 1 25
Speaker Cannon, of the House, was
sustained in his ruling that the Cock
ran resolution was not privileged and
out ol order. Thc House then re
sumed consideration of the Shipping
Bill.
A Utah sheriff testified before the
Senate Investigating Committee that
two eif Apostle Taylor's wives are
employed as domestics in the houses
where two either wives live.
The House adopted the cnnfcrrm'C
repeirt m the Military Academy Ap
propriation Bill, which disposes of the
lust of the supply bills.
THE CANAL TRANSFERRED
Closing Ncgotations in Panama Deal
Consummated Bjr Day and Russell.
FORTY MILLION DOLLARS ADVANCED
Deeds of the Property, Archives and
Other Papers and Documents Which Will Be
lonf lo the United States I'uder the
Transfer, Have Alreay Been Turned Over
to the Kepresenatives of Our QovermenL
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
attorney general has received cable
grams from Messrs. Day and Russell,
who went tei Paris as his representa
tive to conduct the closing negotia
tions for the Panama Canal property,
to the effect that the deeds of the
property, archives and all other papers
anel documents which will belong to
the United States under the transfer
have alreafy been turned over to
them and that the purchase price of
$40,000,000 has been advanced to the
canal company by a Paris syndicate of
bankers. This syndicate, it is under
stood, offers to pay over the money
with a view to expediting the con
summation of the sale on the assur
ance of the attorney general that the
draft of the syndicate on he United
States for the $40,000,000 would be
honored 011 presentation at the treas
ury at Washington.
At the time the money was paid
over to tne canal company 111 Paris,
Maj. Mark Brooke, of the engineer
corps et the army, now in Colon
was authorized to formally receive
made within a nay or two. Messrs
Day and Russell are expected to re-
turn to Washington withing the next
fe d , j,, w j)h , ,
title eieeels ot tne canal property.
Though svmnathizin with the ef.
forts of the European holders of Co-
lombian bonds to induce the new state
f PaMama to assltnle some share of
tircmcnt from Washington of M
Iinnau-Varilla, the Panaman minister.
Before the minister left Washing-
ton. Secretary Hay took occasion to
Panama to an assumption of some
. .
part ol the national debt, but the
minister was not particularly' im-
pressed and no effort was made to
bri prefsure , bear on the new
ROVernmcl1t. The attcmpt to dclay
thc payment of the $10,000,000 to
Panama by the presentation of the
old Colon fire claims probably will
not receive the indorsement of the
department.
jariSi (By Cable). The case of
i olomlna against the Panama Canal
Company, involving the former's right
, ho)daooo of stock) a9
again postponed for another fortnight
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COLOR PUT INTO HIS EVE.
Be-8'0" Specialists Paint Man's Iris With
India Ink.
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I hiladelphia, (Special). A dispatch
to the Public Ledger from Boston
savs:
e a Infirmary m this
city seems to indicate that the color of
the human eye can be changed by
,he ,lse of necdles.
u ni,aMi, li..,. 11, llnrujf
Haskell and Dr. Hefferman and the
patient was a young man who has
been suffering for some time with an
r. , , . j- - , .1
a'lcc''0 which partially distroyed the
color of his eye, but only in the
sli,,l,tnst trfrm niTf.t ite cintit
o
'The iris contained a white streak
almost its entire width. Two drops
of a 2 per cent, solution of cocaine
W"e P"1 H"'1" .!.lid4S J";"'
' ,eH in
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e-.oioii it ncceiics. 1 ucse were huuiicu
t ,1,, cornea, making a large number
( ,loU.s of the tillicst size. Mim1te
llan,iti,.s of india ink, previously
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shaded to match the iris as nearly as
ioss,ble. were rubbed
!.:.i, ,i.,, r,-r ntl 1
worked into c.h of
1 into the cornea
,11 tine m,nn.,
1. "t i ., . ,'
i.'trcu 11110 cncii 01 me notes maae
, )PCdIe points
-ru ..hvsicians si
'The physicians say the operation
j was completely successful."
TOKNADO LEAVES DEATH AND RUIN.
Nearly 0 Score ol Lives Lost in Indian
Territory.
Pryeir Creek, J. T., (Special).-
-Six
persons were killed by a tornado
which swept through the country
ar)0llt fmir ,ilcs south of here.
Reports have been received that
number of others were injured, but
names oi oiily two are known.
The storm started near Chowteau, on
thc Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road
eight miles from here, and swerved
to the northeast, cutting a path from
onc-li:ilf lo a mile wide anel about 2t
miles long.
The Abbott home was demolished
mid the four members ejf the family
instantly killed.
Thc storm then struck the Dealy
hemic, blowing it to pieces, killing thi
young son and probably fatally in
juring the father.
Miners Threatened By Fire. '
Scranleni, IV, (Special). Thc large
breaker of tjie Scrauton Ceial Com
pany in Pinebreiok, near the central
part eif the city, was totally destroyed
by fire. The flames were discovered
ui tout noon issuing from the top ol
the structure and immediately thc
lire companies responded to the alarm
anel kept the llanics well withir
bounds. The greatest cxcitcineiit pre
vailed for a time among the rclativci
ot the 400 men and boys who were ai
work in the mines and whose fate
was not known.
One Killed andFivrlurt
Chillicothc, (.)., (Special ). Charlct
Shumaker, a candy salesman ejf Lan
caster, C, was killed and five othei
passengers injured in a wreck on the
jVorfolk and Wc.tcrn near Hayes
villc.
The worst hurt arc Mrs. Sarah Jes
sup, of Dayton, (),, who sustamee.'
concussion of the brain anel will prob
ably die, and J. W. Wright, Hunting
ton, W. Va.. who was injured in
ternally and seriously hurt.
The women's coach unel day coach
1 a n off into a siding whil: the trni.i
was pasmi over a switch and they
overturned.
N. & M. EXPEN'SION.
Proposed $35,005,000 to Be Used for Future j
Extensions.
New York (Special). A new bemd
issue of $35,000,000, to run 40 ycars
it not more than 4 per cent, is pro
posed in a circular to stockholders
issued by the directors of the Norfolk
md Western Railway. Authorization
for the creation of a new ml rtgage
is rctucsled of the stockholders, who
are called for a special meeting at
Roanoke, Va., on June 17 to vote on
the proposcel new bonds. It is de
clared that- there is no intention to
sell any of thc new bonds at the
present time, as the cash resources
obtained fremi the sale of thc con
solidated mortgage bonds and equip
nent trust certificates are ample for
all current needs. The new mortgage,
which is to provide for future capital
expenditures, will be a first lien on
the extensions and branches not now
:ovcrcel by thc first consolidated
nortgage anel on such extensions and
branches ns may be aciiired from
the proceeds of these bonds. The
bonds will also be a lien, subject to
ihe first consolidated mortgage, on
all thc other properties.
DEATHBED MARRIAGE BROUGHT WEALTH
Clara Schlemmer McGregor Gets a Dower,
ol $2,090,000.
New York, (Special). Married to
Bradford McGregor two vcars aco.
when she knew him to be dying,
Ilara Schlemmer is the heiress of
fj.ooo.ooo, which comes to her as his
vidow. Surre'gatc Silkman, of White
Plans, in partitioning the $u,ooo,coo
ro McGregor estate under the wills
nf Bradford, the son, and Ambrose
Nf. McGregor, his father, who was a
Standard Oil magnate, has- ordered
this dower paid to her. The residue
iocs to her mother-in-law.
Mrs. Clara Schlemmer McGregor is
Dnly 24 ycars old and beautiful. Brad
ford McGregor loved her deveitcdly,
and while on his deathbed, following
an operation, he asked her to keep
her troth with him, and she did. Since
he died she has lived in Paris.
The deathbed marriage of Brad
ford McGregor and Miss Schlemmer
was one of the sensations of New
York in 1902. The two young people
had long been sweethearts, and the
fact that his wealth gave McGregor
more important position in the
A-orld than the woman he loved
held maele no difference to him. Both
'.heir families come of good stock.
THREE LIVES LOST IN FIRE.
Fatalities Attending Burning of a Soap Factory!
in New York.
New York, (Special). Three lives
were lost and property valued at $2oo,-s
000 was destroyed in a fire at the John
Stanley soap works here. The deadj
all of whom were firemen, are:
Thomas Madigan. j
James Crean. '
Hugo Arigone.
Madigan and Crean were buried
under tons of debris when the walls
of the building fell, and it was many(
hours before their bodies were re
:overed. Arigone, who was caught
n the same crash, was still alive when'
released, but was so badly injured
that he died at a hospital several
aours later.
Many other firemen who had been
railed out by the four alarms had nar .
row escapes during the progress ol
the fire, erne great source of danger
being the frequent explosions ol
chemicals in the building.
Besides the soap plant the Dunbar
Box anel Lumber Company's lumber
yards, adjoining, were badly damaged;
1
Killed Holdup Mao.
San Jose, Cal., (Special). A masked
man, armed wilh two revolvers, enter
ed the rooms of the Delmonte Social
Club, and after lining up against the
wall six men who were in the rooms,
took a diamond ring valued at $xxi
from one of the men, grabbed $350:
or $400 from the table and then backed
out of the room. After pursuit bjf
citizens lasting over an hour, during
which 30 shots were exchanged, th
robber was finally killed. Upon in
vestigation 'the dead man was found
to be Bert Thorndyke, a prominent
young man.
Business Blocks In Ruins.
Fairlanel, I. T., (Special). Half a
dozen business blocks were destroyed
by a tornado that swept through here
killing seven persons outright and
injuring a number of others. Three
of the injured will die. It is estimated
that the tornado caused property dam.
age to the extent of $10,000. Fou(
miles south of here the tornado was
even more severe. Farmhouses and
bams were completely demolished and
farm stock was killed.
FACTS .WORTH REMEMBERING.
A little over la per cent, of milk is
soliel matter.
Trades unions have existed in China
for 4.000 ycars.
the penguin wings arc usetul only
under water.
A woman S feet 5 inches high'
should weigh l.2 pounds.
Mexico produces about 48.000.000
pounds of cotttiu annually.
Primary agricultural schools are.
now established in twelve cities of
ixony. 1
America furnished Japan j6o.030.ooo'
pounds of Hour in ljoj. ,
In Jcpan Mate socialism is favorejf
by the government and taught in the,
colleges.
1 he cost of the Spanish-Anicncan
War was $350,000,000; that e.f the L'oer,
War, $1,400,1x10,000.
Ihc one is tin- onlv ucin which
cannot be counterfeited. Its delicate!
tints cannot be reproduced.
lhe I'llipmos cat large qnaiHitics,
if dried grasshoppers, anel also ore-i
pare them in confections.
The Stanilard Oil Company and the
American Tobacco Company control
the products of Japan in their rc.spcc-
tivc lines.
1 f
England north of London has three-,
fourths ot a mile of railway for each
square mile 01 hind, and south cf
London more thnii a mile.
France produced last year iMj7.uca
metric tons of pig iron, which is uu
increase of jiJ.000 tons over ix2.
There are now 1,. 125.167 '.elcnlmno' .
stations of the. Bell Company with1 ,
marly 4.000,000 miles of cicrnit, uv
khowu by it.i t uruLiI report. '
Germany is e'c:iene!c;.t on i''irei,Tii
countries for jx per cv.it. ivf all thai
foexlstriyfs i.tcess uy for her pci;'c,
A Japanese tr.ts 11 ti c -vera'ie cite;
pound ejf fire per day.