NO LONGER PRESIDENT
Miss Clara Barton Resigns as Execu
tive of Red Cross Society.
WILL NOW riSiT WORK FORWARD.
The Venerable Mead of (he Great Organization
Rcslgm Peremptorily, and In a Long Letter
Review a (he History of the Society WhUh
She Organized and of Which She Was
First President.
Washington, I. C. (Special). Miss
Clara Barton lias resigned tlic presi
dency of the American Red Cross
and was succeeded by Mrs. Gen. John
A. Logan, who has heretofore oc
cupied the office of vice-president of
the association.
The ceremony occurred at Mrs. Lo
gan's residence, and was participated
in by Miss Barton, Mrs. Logan and
members of the executive committee
of the Re 1 Cros. Miss Barton's let
ter of resignation was a partial review
of the work of the organization, and
concluded :
"It is pride as well a a pleasure
to hand to you an organization per
fectly formed, tlioroiiKhly officered,
with no debts and a sum of from $12,-
000 to $l.,ooo available to our treas
ury as a working fund.
''I would not have one day's delay
for this little chance by which all
are benefited, and the organization.
1 trust, will find that peace and quiet
in its long disturbed elements so wel
come to it. to us and to the country."
The resignation was accepted and.
in addition to many individual ex
pressions of regret, the executive
committee united in an official letter
to Miss Barton, expressing regret at
her retirement.
With the retirement of Miss Barton
Mrs. I.ogan, as vice-president, suc
ceeded to the duties of the chief po
sition. She made a brief address, say
ing, in part:
"In assuming the duties of acting
president of the American Red Cross
I do so with nnny misgivings as to
the possibility of satisfying everyone.
However, desiring to do all I can to
allay the present excitement in con
nection witii the organization, I have
consented to try to fill the position
'with charity for ;.ll and malice toward
none.' "
Miss Harton left with Mrs I.ogan a
number of suggestions bearing upon
the conduct of the society, and Mrs.
Logan suggested that a meeting bc
called for September ( tux! 1 r the
consideration of this memoranda.
In speaking of the necessity for this
meeting she put it up on the ground
of "the present unpleasant and un
satisfactory condition of affairs." She
suggested that at the proposed meet
ing no proxies be received. Siie also
expressed the opinion that in the in
terim a 'iroper custodian should be
appointed to take charge of the assets
of the organization.
ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN.
The Carrier Who Foiled It Seriously Bead a
and Robbed.
Chillicothe, Mo., (Special). An at
tempt was made near Sampscl to
wreck V:-.bash passenger train No. I,
the Canon Ball, which left St. I.ouis
bound for Omaha and the Northwest.
James Dunn, rural free delivery car
rier went to Sampsel Station to get
mail from the Cannon Ball. The train
was a few minutes late, and he walk
ed tip the track, lantern in hand. A
few hun Ired yards from the station
he found two railroad ties bound
across the rails. lie removed the ob
stacles and started back to the sta
tion. Before he had gone half the dis
tance he was attacked by two men,
who beat him almost into insensi
bility and stabbed him four times
w ith a knife. I lis wounds arc serious.
The strangers disappeared in the
dark.
kllie.t By Ilia Hroilier-ind.ow.
Scotdale, Pa., (Special),. John
Welsh, a millworkcr, was shot and
mortally v minded by his brother-in-law,
Chief of l'olice John Shay. Welsh
was intoxicated and was seeking ven
gence for an alleged injury at the
February election. Shay surrendered
to the authorities and is "in the
Greensburg jail. In the mill strike1
troubles of iK7 Shay was charged
with killing J. C. Ciimmingi, but was
promptly acquitted.
Armenians and Turks.
Geneva, Switzerland, (By Cable).
The Gazette de Lausanne has re
ceived a t.-legrani from liitlis, Asiatic
Turkey, confirming the reports of
fighting between Turks and Arme
nians. According to these advices
about oo Turks and 000 Armenians
were killed. The locality of the fight
is not given, but probably was in the
Sassoun district in Armenia.
Turks and Syrians Debarred.
Marseilles, France. ( Hy Cable).
The government of Panama has noti
fied Acmtcnn Consul Skinner that an
order has been promulgated prohibit
ing the immigration of Syrians and
Turks on the isthmus. The order re
(ultcd from the fact that a large num
ber of Lc antics have arrived here
intending to go to Panama.
W'omaa Sent I p for Lite.
Struhcnville. ()., (Special). Mrs.
Johnnie Owens was sentenced to im
prisonment in the Ohio penitentiary
lor life for the murder f her husband
six months ago. Mr. Owens was found
dead in an attic with a gunshot wound
in his side.
Wants to Be Electrocuted.
t Columbus, O., (Special). Albert,
lias "Dutch" Fisher, under sentence
of electrocution for murder commit
ted in Toledo, has made a formal re
quest that the date of his execution
be changed from July 7 to 17, on
which date three othetrs are to be
electrocuted. Fisher refused to per
mit hia attorneys to take any steps
to save hi life, saying that he com
mitted the murder and should be pun
iahed. Widow Ski Stenographer.
Pittsburg, (Special). An echo of
the sudden death of ex-Recorder J.
O. Brown was heard in the County
Court, when Ella M. Brown, the re
corder's widow, filed a bill in equity
'.Kainat Mis llattie W. McLean and
the Eureka Pipe Line Company, pray
ing that Miss McLean be restrained
from selling or using the proceeds of
-valuable niT leases in West Virginia.
Miu McLean was the recorder's
stenographer, and it it claimed by the
widow that the oil lease were fraud
silently procured by Mist McLean.
NEWS IM SHORT ORDER.
The tales! Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic.
The charges of heresy against the
Barrett Hiblical Institute and the
Boston School of Theology caused a
lively tkh-itc at the Methodist Gen
eral Conference, in Los Angeles, Cal.
lhe Southern Baptist Convention
opened at Nashville, Tcnn., with
nearly 2,000 delegates present. Gov
ernor Kaglc, of Alabama, was elected
president lor the third time.
An explosion of sawdust in the
furnace 'f the Day Lumber Com
pany's mill, in Portland, Ore., started
a fire w hich destroyed property valued
at $50,000.
Charles Stratum, a former police
man at Seaside Highlands, was shot
and killed by George Wasson, an ar
tilleryman of the Fort Hancock gar
rison. Fire started front burning leaves at
the Silver Lake Assembly grounds, at
Perry. N. V., and in a short time 16
cottages were destroyed.
Hy an explosion of g,is in the Lacka
wanna Coal Company's No. 3 Mine,
near Yiut-uidale, Pa., three men were
instantly killed.
Edward F. Shaw, postmaster in
Three Kivcr, Mass., was arrested for
the alleg'd embezzlement of $1,500.
Whitney, l'otisland it Co., the iead
ing commission firm of Hoston, tiled
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy.
James dray Thomas, a prominent
physician ,.nd surgeon of Mobile, Ala.,
died there, aged 60 years.
Everett Abbott, former treasurer of
the American Marine Transportation
Company of Hoston, who left that
city on March I , was arreted in
San Francisco on a charge of having
embezzled from his employers $5,1)52.
The committee on state of the
church has decided to recommend to
the Methodist General Conference a
relaxation 111 the present prohibition
of certain .imustments.
Two officers and 15 enlisted men
of Company F, Seventeenth Infantry,
which was nmbuscaded by the Moros
in the Philippines, were killed.
The nominating committee hps de
cided on Judge George Gray, of Del
aware, as president of the National
Civic Federation.
The body of Josephine MeCahil,
the abducted child, was found near
j the lop of the chimney of her home,
. in New York.
j hire destroyed a Canadian Pacific
gram elevator at Fort William, Out.
: The loss. estimated at $250,000.
1 It was officially announced that the
, New York Central Railroad would is
sue a J50.ooo.uoo loan.
! The Indiana Slate Convention in-
sfrm led it, delegates fr.r Parker and
1 adopted the unit rule.
I The sensational libel suit brought
j by K. S. Siever against Sir James
I Duke was concluded in London with
I a verdict for Sir James, the cost being
i assessed on the plantitT.
I Miss Hell Crane, of Decatur, G.,
ioiu consul ijeneral dowdy, in 1'aris,
that she had been locked up by a man
who took her out autoniihile riding.
In the Reichstag, the army govern
ment was censured for dismissing
three members qf the court-martial
that had tried Lieutenant Biltse.
The government of France has
made M. Philippe Bunau-Varilla an
officer of the Legion of Honor.
Members of the White nartv have
j blown up two railroad bridges, which
I were poorly guarded, a short distance
1 from Montevideo, Uruguay.
King Peter of Servia has emphatic-
ally declared that he will not abdicate
! the Servian throne.
I There was a riot at Chinkiang. The
mob burned the quarters of the new
police force. ,
I 'I he Chilian government has sold
two cruisers to Charles R. Flint, of
New York.
Thtre was a strike of journeymen
bakers in Iierlin.
i The charges of heresy which have
! been mads? against high church offi
I cials, are destined to provoke a
j spirited debate at the Methodist Gen-
era! Conference.
I George M. Porteous, who intro
: duced the bertilltm system in the
L njted States, has been arrested at
Chicago, charged with embezzlement.
The sixth biennial convention of
the International Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers assembled at Los
Angeles.
Foreign.
Friends and pupils of the late Pro
fessor Mommscn, the historian, have
decided to erect a monument to him
in front of the university in Berlin.
Half the necessary $20,000 has already
Ih en subscribed. k
An ofiVial dispatch to the French
Foreign Office announces that Ar
incnnns in the mountains districts
have been massacred by Turks.
King F.dwar.l and Queen Alexandra
held the second court of the season
at Buckingham Palace.
'lhe Tibetans bombarded the Brit
ish mission camp at (iyangtse. Secre
tary Brodrick informed the House id
Commons that recent events made it
inevitable that the British advance to
l.hassa.
A balloon belonging to Captain
Surcout descended in a Paris street,
-truck a house, exploded, and the
flames from it injured eight occupants
of '.he house.
Three days of national mourning
have been proclaimed in Peru in honor
of the late President Candamo. whoe
body arrived at Callao yesterday.
The international convention of the
Young Men's Christian Association
of North America began at Buffalo
. The furniture store of D. II. Brand
& Co., at Trenton, N. J., was des
troyed by fire. Loss, $i7e,,ooo.
The seventy-ninth annual meeting
of the American Tract Society was
held in New York.
Financial.
Rank clearings for April in the
United States fell 13 per cent, below
April, 1903.
Expulsions from the New York
Consolidated Exchange are fashion
able nowadays.
Railroad are quite generally re
ducing their expenditures owing to
decreased earnings.
The Heading will need this year
about 40.000 tons of rails. Its in
terest in the Pennsylvania Steel Com
pany may enable it to buy at a price
under the $28 schedule.
The "Modern Miller," of St. Louis,
says: "Replies to numerous inquiries
regarding changes in the condition of
the Winter wheat crop, during April,
show considerable decline in Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Texas, Oklahoma
and Indian Territory. Improvement
is noted in Illinois, Miouri, Tennes
see, Kentucky and Kansas, especially
in Kansas in the central and eastern
sections of the State."
E. B. Smith & Co. were boosting
Lehigh Valley. They are supposed to
own more than 60,000 shares, which
were bought all the way from 19 to 45.
Mr. Smith, who it a director of tht
company1, naturally wuhes a dividend
to be declared. .
WARSHIP LOST BY JAPS.
A Torpedo Boat Blown I'p Near Port
May.
JAPANESE BOMBARDED BATTERIES.
Bodies of Russian Troops on the Shore
Shelled by the WarshipsJapanese Sailors,
Under Protection ol duns, Scale the Heights
and Cut the Telegraph Lines Seven Killed
and Seven Wounded.
Tokio, (By Cable). The Jananese
torpedo boat No. 48 was destroyed
while removing mines from Kerr Bay,
north of Talienwan, Port Dalncy.
Seven men were killed and seven
were wounded. This is the first war
ship Japan has lost in the war.
The torpedo boat was lost during
a series of bombardments and sur
veying (pcrations at Talienwan.
Deep and Kerr Bays, by Admiral
Kataoka, commander of the third
squadron. The Admiral arrived at
Kerr Bay and detached the cruiser
Itsukushima, Nisshin and Miyako,
ordering them to bombard the land
batteries, while a Hotilla of torpedo
boats swept the harbor for mines. A
second flotilla of torpedo boats, which
had been engaged in guarding Port
Arthur the previous night, joined the
squaJron and began the work of sur
veying th harbor.
The Miyako discovered a company
of Russian infantry and a detachment
of cavalry on shore and dispersed
them. The survey was completed at
3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Two torpedri boats that were rccon
noitering ..nd removing mines in the
west shore of Kerr Bay discovered
a telegraph line running along the
Takushan Peninsula. In order to des
troy it Lieutenant Hotta and four
sailors landed and scaled the heights
under the protection of the guns of
the torpedo boat and cut the line.
The Japanese vessels then discover
ed three bodies of Russian troops,
one large and two small detachments,
whereupon the squadron advanced
close to the shore and shelled them.
The Miyako. which was rcconnoiter
ing in Deep Bay, discovered a Rus
sian guard post on a mountain to the
northwest of Robinson Promontory
and destroyed it.
A Russian force, estimate. 1 at 10
companies, took refuge behind an
eminence, but it was dispersed by
the Japanese.
Torpedo boat No. 4S and 49 dis
covered a large mechanical mine in
Kerr Bay. Their various attempts
to blow it up failed and it suddenly
exploded ( f itself, cutting No. 48 in
two. The torpedo boat sank in seven
minutes. The squadron hurried boats
to the rescue and picked up the
wounded. Three other mines were
discovered and exploded. The squad
ron completed its operations! at 6
o'clock in the evening, and returned
to its base.
Russians Blew I'p Port Daloy.
London (Bv Cable). The destruc
tion by the Russians of their valuable
terminal and other property at Tort
Dalny, which had cost the govern
ment many millions, to prevent the
Japanese securing possession shows
the desperate straits of the Russians
on the Li.iotung Peninsula. It is also
said to be their intention to blow up
their ships at Port Arthur should
the Japanese capture that place.
Admiral Togo's ships continue to
shell Port Arthur at intervals, and
it was reported that fighting was in
progress there. The purpesc of the
Japs is said to be a combined bom
bardment from sea and land, the Japs
using powerful siege guns.
The Japanese officially contradict
the Russian report that communica
tion by railroad .or wire with Port
Arthur has been re-established.
After a battle lasting all day Tues
dav reinforcements reached the be
leagured Japanese troops at Anju. The
attacking Cossacks were frequently
driven back and finally forced to re
tire, leaving 50 killed and wounded
on the field. The Japanese lost four
killed and wounded.
Cupid Found a Way.
Lcsueur, Minn., (Special). The
marriage of Miss Myrtle Thyme and
Albert Grayland occurred here. The
groom was only 20 years of age, and
being an orphan, without a guardian
was consequently unable to obtain a
license. The young lady, though
nearly two years younger, was still
over 18, and of lawful age to get
married. Neither one wanted to wait
for the young man to grow older, so
the difficulty was settlej as tollows
Miss Thyme formally and legally
adopted her affianced, and then, as
his guardian, gave the necessary con
sent to there being a marriage license
issued to him. The document was
duly given out and a insticc of the
peace married the couple.
Trying lo Prevent a Lynching.
Augusta, Ga. (Special). In order
to prevent a lynching, a special term
of the Columbia County Court will
be called inimfcdiately to try Ben
Thomas, a negro, for an alleged crim
inal assault on a white woman, the
daughter of a prominent farmer. The
negro, it is charged, entered the girl's
room three night ago, choked her
and committed the crime before the
other inmates of the house knew of
her danger. The negro escaned. but
has been tracked and arrested. In the
endeavor to uphold the law, a special
term of the court will be held to
try the negro.
Japanese Loan Oversubscribed.
Loudon (By Cable). Subscriptions
to the Japanese loan of $50,000,000
closed at 4 P. M. It was estimated
that the loan was oversubscribed 20
times. There was a great rush to
subscribe, and an enormous number
of applications for small amounts.
New Y'ork (Special). Knhn, Loeb
& Co., the National City Bank and the
National Bank of Commerce announce
that the imperial Japanese govern
ment 6 per cent, sterling loan has al
ready been heavily oversubscribed.
Without Fete FertyScveo Days.
Huntsville, Ala. (Special). A re
markable case of fasting is reported
near Lacey Springs, Morgan county
Mrs, Sallie Rutherford has not tasted
food for forty-seven days. She has
been subject to violent spasms, and
during one of her spells her jaws
locked. Mrs. Rutherford lies in a
constant stupor with her eyes closed.
She is 40 ytars old.
The great Corliss engine that fur
nished the power for the Centennial
Expoaition at Philadelphia had 300
horse-power; at St. Louis one en
gine has 8,000 horse-power.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Report on Cotton Crop.
The Department of Agriculture is
making elaborate arrangements for its
report on the acreage and condition
of the cotton crop on May 26, the con
dition of cotton on June 25, and for
reports on other crops for June and
July.
A large number of correspondents
will send in detailed reports on the
cotton acreage and condition on May
26, and they have been enjoined to
use the greatest care, especially for
acreage, and to base their opinions
upon inquiries as well as upon obser
vation, and lo avoid underestimating
or overestimating this year's crop.
The acreage will be expressed' in
the form of a percentage of last year's
acreage, as in previous years.
The cotton schedule for June 25
will be concerned solely with the con
dition of the cotton crop tin that
date. The June report of various
crops will be concerned largely with
acreage. T he official correspondents
throughout the country have been ad
vised that the estimated probable av
erage yield per acre of winter wheat
on the present area should accord
closely with their statement of the
condition of this crop. In their re
ports for the summer months they will
estimate the condition, in the form of
an average yield per acre, as well as
giving the usual percentage figures as
to the normal condition.
Rules (or Canal Board.
Before leaving Washington Secrc-
-r c.
tary Taft designated Assistant Secrc-
tary Oliver. Major-General Gillespie,
Brigadier-General Mackenzie, Col,
Edwards and Judge Magoon as a
comimttce to formulate the regula-
tions Inr th. rr,nH, i f h. U,,,..
of thr Isthmian Canal Commit, inn 'I
As at present outlined no bureau ' been carrying on a correspondence with Th; official advices, although brief,
will bc established in the War De- ! oms'e parties hinting at some graver indicate that the work of exterminat
partmcnt but it is exuected that the ! ,roll,,e thin that for which they were ing the Armenians occupying the
commission will be almost an i,,,!,.
pendent executive bureau. The com-
mission will conduct its own appoint-
mcnt division and. in fact, its entire
business, as several other depart-
ments are conducted separate and dis-
tinct from the War Department, but
subject to approval by the Secretary
of War, according to the order of the
President
Treasurer of Canal Board.
r, . . i i mi . c it i- ..
Rcar-Adn.iral Albert Sewall Ken-
nty (retired), formerly Paymaster-
General of the navy, it is stated at
the Navy Department, has been se-
i . , . r .i r
lected as treasurer of the Panama
Canal Commission. Rcar-Admiral
Kenncy was born in Iowa and ap-
pointed to the navj from Vermont in
Mr. Aroscmcna, the Panama Charge
received a cablegram from his Gov-
crnment taying that the commission
which has been appointed to take
charge of thc investment of the canal
funds will arrive in New York May
25, where it will consult Mr. Morgan
ana come to asnmgton a tew days
later.
Liquor on Rural Routes?
Mrs. Margaret Dye Ellis, of the
National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union, called at the Postoftice
Department for the purpose of getting
information regarding the alleged car
rying of intoxicating liquors by rural
free-delivery carriers. i
wrs tins saia sue naa Decn "i -
formed that the carriers made a habit
of carrying liquor to their patrons
who were unable to purchase it from
saloons
".Mrs. Elli, was informed that there
is a regulation prohibiting carriers i
from carrying intoxicants for the use I
of their patrons or themselves. Hav- j
ing no specific charges to make, she
departed after congratulating the de-
a regulation prohibiting carriers
partment upon its temperance regula-
lion.
Dismissals In Disgrace.
Secrecy will not bc observed by the
War Department hereafter when offi
cers arc asked to resign "for thc good
of the service."
Judge-Advocate-Gcneral Davis has
rendered a decision that when offi
cers are a'ked to leave the army the
reason shall be stated in thc orders
published. His decision was rendered
in a case where members of Congress
desired to have the records of the de
partment changed to shield con
stituents lrom the disgrace of dis
missal. General Davis decided that
the department cannot change the
records.
Japan Wanla to Know.
At thc request of the Japanese gov
ernment, Secretary Hay instructed
Ambassador McCormic, at St. Peters
burg, to inquire of the Russian gov
ernment as to what became of the
forty Japanese seamen who were sent
into Port Arthur harbor in the last
"bottling" expedition of the Japanese.
Conf resiional and Departments.
The report of Assistant Attorney
General Robb, who investigated the
New York Postoffice, exonerates
Postmaster Van Cott of any inten
tional wrongdoing.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion decided thc case of the Glade
Coal Company against the Baltimore
and Ohio adversely to the railroad
company.
The President received loo dele
gates of the Virginia Baptist Asso
ciation. Colonel Symons reported that the
Washington Monument had been
struck by lightning, but was' not
injured.
The old Nipsic, the wooden war
ship that survived the Samoan hur
ricane, was ordered out of commis
sion. Capt. Lowell L. RIake, a forty
niner, is dead, at the age o 79.
Charles II. Robb, former assistant
attorney general of the Postoftice De
partment, assumed his duties of as
sistant atttorney general of the De
partment tf Justice.
The State Department will not make
an official protest to the Russian gov
ernment against the utterances of M.
Pasloff relative to the Vicksburg
affair.
The President has signed the procla
mation opening the Rosebud (S. D.)
Indian Reservation to settlement.
President Roosevelt has decided to
appoint George 1', White United
States marshal of Georgia in place of
J. M. Barnts. removed.
Great preparations are being made
to entertain and show the country to
the honorary commission from the
Philippines.
Counsel for August W. Machcn
have filed a bill of exceptions to the
action of the lower court.
Secretary Tatt has established the
office of military secretary.
DID THESE KILL WEMZ?
Two Mountaineers Are Accused of
Millionaire's Murder.
BOTH NOW IN TAZEWELL JAIL.
Circumstantial Evidence Leads Authorities to
Issue Warrants for Ison and Wright - Only
One Bullet Was Found In the Body- It Was
a 32-Calibcr and Had Entered From the
Front Pasfing ThrouRh the Heart.
Knoxvillc, Tent'.. (Special). In the
county jail at Tazewell are Silas Ison
and Tom Wright, who were served
with warrants for the murder of Ld
ward L. Wcntz, who disappeared near
Big Stone Gap, Va., last October and
of whom no trace could be found un
til Sunday, when his body was dis
covered on a mountain near where
his horse was caught after his dis
appearance. Ison and Wright are said to be
desperate mountain characters. against
whom suspicion has been lodged for
some time and around whom circum
stances now throw strong evidence of
guilt. They were being held in jail
for Virginia authorities as refugees
from justice. The pair first came un
der suspicion last week, when there
was found at their quarters in the
mountains an English riding suit sim-
,,:!r. that which entz wore and on
which there was blood. The two men
wfre kl)()wn to bc cncnij o Wcntr.
! because of Wentz's hostility to their
! conducting a "blind tiger ' on the
premises of his company-,
i Another circumstance which pointed
i to their guilt is that since their mcar-
ceration last Wednesday they have
, Deing lieu at i aze well and trom wnicn
! they were trying to escape.
i Daniel B V entz. his brother, Jack
I iVentz- and P" """V'-d at Big
j Stone Gap a., at y.to o clock P. M.
DaniH and Jack Wentz did not go
I w!,h tbe coroner s jury to the scene
! .wl,cre their brother s dead body lay,
' 1,1,1 .remained at Big Stone Gap to
await news of the investigation. 1 be
j medical examination of the body of-
j E. L. Wcntz tends to complicate the
'mystery. The bullet wound found on
, ,h ,)nJ mjR,lt ,)C taken ,0 inlicatc
j tnat lic committed suicide.
' Only one bullet was found in the
body- It was of .-caliber and had
entered from the front, passing
j throlh tlle fifth rib aml tl)e' ,lc'art ail(
; lodged in the muscles of the back near
the spine. Uo other bullets were
found, although there were several
holes in the clothing thlt had the
j appearanc- of having been made by
Indicts. The right hand was missing,
j thc indications being that some wild
j beast had devoured it. Nine teeth
: were missing.one of which was found
on the ground near the body. There
were indications of hemorrage in the
region of the heart, and. the hack ap-
pcarcd as though if had been
streaked v. ith blood. The revolver
found near the body was a ,12-caIiber
Smith & Wesson and, as heretofore
reported, three chambers had been
fired.
Father and Son Suicides.
New York, (Special). Their love
for each other and the fear that they
might bc separated by death is believ-
i cd to have led Conrad Ilauenstein, 59
. . ... n , ,
! 'ear,s C'U- and his son Conrad Jr.,
I "K8 Vrs, " take their own lives
i 1 he bodies of thc two men were found
lin,a r '", Twenty-fifth street.
were inc.- nau nve.i logemer scvera,
wrure 11 ;' nil" "vtu. slvc'
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an envelope m the back of which w
W""C" J;Vrmiin:. . e arc !r
hv'"- .e. wa" '? dlc toKclh'
was
red
gcther
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' Kilted By Falling Iron Bar.
St. Louis, (Special). A bar of iron
fell from the top of the Ferris wheel
at the World's Fair, striking a laborer
on thc head and killing him instantly.
Dr. Edward Lewis responded from
thc Emergency Hospital in an ambu
lance and upon arriving found thc
laborer dead and refused to take tie
body to the hospital, suggesting that
the morgue wagon would be called.
This angered the dead laborer's too
fellow workmen, who insisted that
the bodv should be taken in the ambu
lance. Dr. Lewis was knocked down
beaten and kicked by tbe cro,wd.
Winter Wheat Estimate.
New York, (Special). Statistician
Broun, of the Produce Exchange, in
an estimate based oq the Government
crop report, places the winter wheat
crop at .160,21 1,000 bushels, as com
pared with an indicated yield in April
of 425,600,000 bushels. Last year's
actual crop yield was ,109,000,000 bush
els. Experts attribute the poorer
prospe'ts to a decrease in the area
sown, due to the influence of a hard
winter.
Tourists In Peril.
Livingston, Mont., (Special). A
party of Eastern tourists, traveling
through Yellowstone Park, have had
a narrow escape from being dashed
to death in a chasm along the Golden
Gate road which leads into the park
from Gardiner. The coach was caught
by brush and its descent stayed for
an instant, during which the pas
sengers managed to extricate them-
I selves and escape, clinging to tbe
rocks and brush. 1 he coach soon fell
with a crash to the bottom of the
canyon, 700 feet below, killing the
horses ana oemonsning tne vehicle.
Saved From Mob.
Sardis, Miss. (Special). At Bellca-
tine, a smalj station southwest of
here, Rufus Bobo has been shot and
killed by negro citizens, who were at
tempting to arrest him on a charge of
murdering a negro woman. His
brother. Mack Bobo. being arrested
on the same charge, wis threatened
by a mob of 400 negroes. Sheriff John
son, of Sardis, hurried to the scene
and removed the negro to Sardis for
safekeeping, lhe sheriff, with three
deputies, practically disarmed the en
tire mob of negroes.
Desecration of the Flag.
Denver, Colo. (Special). After nu
merous postponements, the. trial .of
William D. Haywood, secretary and
treasurer of the Western Federation
of Miners, on charge of desecration
of the flag was held 111 Justice Hynes'
court. Haywoeid's defense was
that the statute does not apply to
Eicturcs or representations of the flag,
ut only to the flag itself. The charge
is based on the issuance of a circular
bearing a picture of a flag and headed
"Is Colorado in America?" Justice
Hynes will give his decision on Thurs
day. ,
DEAD BODY HANGING IN CHURCH.
Gruesome Sight Met the Congregation of
Emanuel Baptist Church.
Chicago. (Special). The dead body
of a man dangling at the end of a rope
in the b-.dfry of Emanuel Baptist
Church. 23.20 Michigan avenue, was the
gruesome sifcht that met the eyes of
the congregation as they assembled
for Sunday morning's service. The
police were notified at once and the
body was cut down and taken away.
In one of the pockets of the dead
man's coat a memorandum book was
found bearing the name and address
of William Johnson, 2233 Webster
avenue. Pittsburg. Written on a lly
leaf of the book were the following
words:
"Well. I see that nothing but my
death will satisfy the outraged public.
Therefore 1 will give it, but I will bc
my own cxecuti nrr."
It is supposed that Johnson had
been hanging in the belfrv since Fri
day night, when he was last seen to
"iter the church. He !-' been em
ployed on different ivc i- i-ms by the
par tor to renair the l ctric lights at
the top of the Mee; !c.
Tb'KKS MAjSACRS ARMiMANS.
Burn Village in Sassoun District and Kill oil
Inhabitant.
Paris. (By Cable). An official dis
patch to tht Foreign Office from Con
stantinople confirms the reports that
Turkish troops have burned village
thrriughcf.it the Sassoun district of Ar
menia, killing the inhabitants.
The French Ambassador, M. Con
stalls, has joined with the Russian and
British Ambassadors in sending Con
suls to Erzeroum, in the heipe of
limiting the destruction and blood-
1 shed.
mountainous district ot sassoun is
practically accomplished. The Turk
ish methods appear to have been
much the same as those which were
adopted during the Armenian mas
sacres. The official reports do not give
exact details as to the number ol
towns burned and people killed, but
thev sho v thc action of the Turk?
to have been sweeoing.
The French authorities were ad
vised some time ago that Turkey wa;
taking advantage of Russia's pre-oc-cupation
in the Far East and intended
to adopt a decisive course toward the
rebellious Armenians. Thc informa
tion then indicated that the Turks
would hejtin the work of suppressior
about April 15. In order to preven
this the Powers made an energetit
protest. This delayed Turkey's ac
tion, which, however, has now been
executed with the same severity ar
at first contemplated.
AMBUSHED BY MOROS.
Two Officers and Fifteen Men Killed
Bj
Natives of Mindanao.
Manila, (Special). Lieutenant Win
field Harper and thirty-nine men o)
Company F, of the Seventeenth Uni
ted States Infantry, were caught on
May 8, in an ambush by several hun
dred Moros.
Two American officers and fifteen
men were killed and five men were
wounded. The ambush occurred at
Simpatem, on the east shore of Lake
Liguasan. Island of Mindanao.
The officers killed in the ambush
were F'irst Lieutenant Harry A.
Woodruff and Second Lieutenant
Joseph H. Hall, both of the Seven
teenth Infantry.
Collision on Southern.
Atlanta, Ga., (Special). A head-on
collision between north and south
bound passenger trains of the South
ern occurred near Rockmart, Ga.
Several were injured, none seriously.
Engineer Hare of the northbound
train had his arm broken. The trains
were not moving rapidly.
Must Pay Fine for Picketing.
Chicago (Special). Twenty-three
members of thc Brasswor'cers' Union,
fined and Sent to jail by Judge Jesse
Holdom for picketing thc plant of
the Kellogg Switclioard and Supply
Company, lost an appeal to the Appel
late Court. It is held that the union
members are guilty of illegal conspir
acy and must pay the penalties in
flicted by Judge Holdom.
Rifle Olrl Students' Mail.
Boston (Special). F. E. Wetherell,
a letter-carrier of Northampton, was
arrested by the federal authorities
here, charged with opening letters Rnd
abstracting money from them. The
officials say that 500 letters, most of
them addressed to students at Smith
College, have been rifled of more
than $1,000.
FACTS WORTH REMEMBERINQ.
Egyptian cotton is used only for
highpneed goods.
About one-third of the weight of
an egg is solid nutriment.
The Sandwich Islander's alphabet
has only twelve letters.
Cuba grows nearly one-third of the
world's sugar cane.
India's cotton crop last year was
about $j,ooo,ooo per annum,
Canada is an Indian word, meaning
"collection of huts."
The to.al trade of Abyssinia is
3,R74.Kg3 bales of 400 pounds each.
In San Juan, Porto Rico, there are
five families for every two dwellings.
One in sixteen of the inhabitants
of the United States has a direct in
terest in the pension disbursements.
The bloodiest battle ever fought
with gunpowder was that at Borodi
no, in which 52,000 Russians and 32,
000 Frenchmen were killed.
The net earnings per mile of the
,11.000 miles of railways in European
Russia are just half as much as those
of American roads.
Consumption is four times as fre
quent in families receiving more than
$1,200.
Diphtheria can only be diagnosed
by a bacteriological examination, and
can be absolutely cured by the ad
ministration of antitoxin early in the
disease.
Five Men Killed sad Eaten.
Vancouver, B. C, (Special). Mail
advices on the Australian steamer Mi
owera are that five men were killed
and eaten by cannibals of the Ad
miralty island in the South sea. The
British warship Condor was sent to
the scene and set fire to the village,
where the cannibals resided. The
Condor threatened to annihilate the
village if the natives did not hand
over the cannibals. The order was'
complied with and the cannibals were I
shot.
HAVE DESTROYED FLEEI
Asserted Russians Blsw I'p Their War
ships lo Save Them From Japs.
ADMIRAL TOOFSENDS THE NEWS,
liar's People Determined That None of tht
Vessels Shall Fall Into Hands of (he Enemy
Three Japanese Transport Said to Have
Been Sent to thc Bottom By Russian War
ships- Russians Lingering Near Nluchwang
Tokyo, (By Cable). -Admiral Togo
reports that since .May 6, many ex
olosions have been heard in the di
rection of Port Arthur. The cause
bus not been ascertained, but thc im
pression is that thc Russians, despair
ng of defending the fortress, are des
troying their ships, previous to ait
evacuation of thc port.
From Another Source.
London, (By Cable). The Chc'foo
rorrcspondent of thc Renter Telegram
Company sends an unofficial report
:hat the Russians have destroyed their
lect at Port Arthur.
According to trustworthy informa
tion, he adds, the garrison at Port
Arthur numbers 20,000 soldiers and
10,000 sailors. It is emphatically de
:lared in the Russian capital that in
no caitc will the Russian ships at
Port Arthur bc allowed to fall into
the hands of the enemy.
This last statement tends to give
:olor to the reports from Chefoo and
:he report of Admiral Togo, that is
believed the Russians arc destroying
their Port Arthur fleet.
London, (By Cable). It is impos
sible to give an accurate list of the
effective Russian warships at Port
Arthur, but some idea of the state
of the fleet can bc formed from the
official report of Viceroy Alexieff to
Emperor Nicholas concerning the en
ragemcnt of April 13, in which the
Petropavlavsk was sunk and the
Pobicda was seriously damaged. In
his report the viceroy said: "The
A-hole effective squadron at Port Ar
thur sailed out. He then enumerated
s thc units of the fleet the first class
battleships Peresviet, Pobicda, PoN
tava, Pctropavlovsk and Scbastapolj
!he armored cruiser Bayan, the first
class protected cruisers Askold and
Diara, the second class protected
cruiser Hovik, two torpedo cruiser
and five tirpedo boat destroyers.
It will therefore be seen that on
April 14, the day after the destruction
of the Petropovlovsk, the Russians
t Port Arthur had available three
battleships, one armored cruiser and
three protected cruisers, whereas on
February 1, they had available at
Port Arthur seven- battleships, one
jrmored cruiser, five protected crui
sers and one torpedo transport. The
lumber of torpedo boats or torpedo
boat destroyers effective or disabled
is not known.
Japs Fight Fiercely.
Seoul, (By Cable). A Russian
force, estimated to number 200 men,
it attacking Anju, about sixty miles
southeast of Wiju, Korea. The small
Japanese garrison of that place is
fighting fiercely.
The fighting at Anju commenced
early this morning. The Japanese
garrison has sent a telegram to near
by posts on the -Wiju road for rciny
forcements.
Details of the Attack.
Tokyo. Details of the attack by,
Russian Cossacks at Anju, Korea
were just received here. The Rus-
sian cavalry numbered 200 men, and!
their attack was spirited. The Jap-'
anese garrison resisted stoutly and!
succeeded in driving off the enemyJ
Later, Jauancse reinforcements ar-J
rived from Ping Yang.
Indications point to the presence of
n Russian force at Yong Byon, b3
tween Anju and Unsan, but it probaJ
bly is small. j
It is evident that these Russian
cavalrymen were sent south for that
purpose of harassing the Japanese
flanks and lines of communication, j
The Japanese report of fhe fighting;
at Anju eloes not give any losses. j
The sudden attack at Anju confirms
previous reports of the presence of
Russian scouting parties behind the'
Japanese lines.
The sman Japanese garrison a(
Anju indicates that the blow was not
expected.
Casualties of Valu.
Antung, (By Cable). An official
report of the casualties at the battle
it thc Yalu contains a list of 31 Japj
anese officers killed and 29 woundedj
160 men killed and 666 woundedv
On the Russian side 1362 men were)
found dead on the field; 475 wounded
ire in Japanese hospitals and 138 men
were taken prisoners.
Most of the Russians who sur
rendered at Hamatan, west of Chiuj'
Lien-Cheng, where the Japanese
:hargcd the Russian rear guard, were)
mounded.
The Russian soldiers who have since,
died in the hospital are buried on a
hill top near Antung, and were fol
lowed to the grave by a Japanese
juard of honor and the staff officersj
k Danish Lutheran missionary, the)
.inly foreigner living at Antung, read
lhe funeral services over the remains)
The captured Russian munitions ol
(ear being brought into Antung ini
elude twenty field pieces, ten ma
:hine guns, much small arm ammuni
tion, twenty transport wagons, two
tmbulances and band instruments, the,
latter perforated with bullets. Most
of these things were abandoned it)
the precipitate flight of the Russian
troops.
Ilereros SliU Fighting.
Berlin, (By Cable). Colonel Lieut
sein, governor of German Southwest
Africa, in a dispatch dated May 10,
lays that the Hereros are retiring
from their lines at Otjikura and OwiJ
kokorero to the northward, and are
moving with strong forces in the dl'
rection of Watrrbcrg. Colonel Leut
wein says that a skirmish took place,
May 9 at Outjo and that the HereroS
withdrew toward Paresisberg. r The
German losses were one dead, on
wounded and two missing.
Eiplosloa of Powder. ' '
Carbondale, 111., (Special). In aoj
explosion at the shaft of the Big Mud
dy Coal and Iron Company, in Her
rjn, five men were killed instantly, five
seriously injured and twenty others)
slightly injured. Six kegs of powder
awaiting' distribution to the men of
the day shift exploded, having been)
Jgnited, it i supposed, by the prema-j
ture turning on of the electric cur-1
rent which operates the machinery of
the mines. The bodies of the JeaOj
pea were frightfully mangled.