HEAVY LOSS OF JAPANESE
The Story of a Sortie From Port Arthur-One thous
and Japs Fall.
Ibc Russian Losses Placed al 1 16 - Stories
Received at 51. Petersburg Rather Conflict-inn-Russians
Said to Have Broken the
Japanese Line Near Port Arthur and Driven
Tbcra Back.
St. Petersburg, (By Calilc.) The
feature of the Jay's war news was
information credited by the govern
ment that General Stocssel had made
successful sortie from Port Arthur,
resulting in the defeat of t tic Japanese
with the loss of over 1,000 killed or
wounded. The Russian losses were
llf killed or wounded.
According to the story, the move
ment was carried out by a combina
tion with 4 train bringing in war mu
nitions and supplies and General
Stoessel's force, communications being
maintained by wireless telegraphy.
The Japanese barred the route be
tween the train and General Stoessel's
force, whereupon the Russians attack
ed and routed the Japanese. After
the engagement General Stoessel's
force, together with the train, re
turned to l'ort Arthur.
Accounts, however, are somewhat
conflicting, and there is some doubt
as to whether the version mentioning
the train is correct. But the opera
tion is described as having been bril
liantly carried out by the Russians.
General Stoe-ssel, it is said, made a
new distribution of his guns before
hand, in order to cover the force tak
ing part in the sortie. The Russian
troops fought with bravery, breaking
the Japanese line and driving back
the enemy for a considerable dis
tance. The general staff has received a
message from General Stoessel giving
his account of the fight north of
Kinchou Monday last, but no report of
the sortie above described.
The Russian regiments were attack
ed by two Japanese divisions with four
batteries of artillery. The Russians
lost loo in killed or wounded, includ
ing an officer killed and Hrigadier
General Nadien slightly wounded. The
Japanese losses are not known, but. it
is believe 1 they were heavy. The
enemy's advance on Kinchou was ar
rested. The general staff explains
that this attack 011 the Russian troops
was arranged to take place simultan
eously with a landing of Japanese
troops in Kerr Hay, which was unsuc
cessful, owing to the number of Rus
sian mines there. The general staff
expects to hear of another stubborn
fight at Kinchou. The landing of a
Japanese force to flank Kinchou will
be exceedingly difficult, and the wa
ters of Taliciiwan Hay are too shallow
to permit a debarkation of troops.
There is a vagueness about General
Kuropatkin's reports concerning some
of the operations in Manchuria and the
results of recent Japanese movements
cr the general staff docs not give out
their full text.
Dispatches from Mukden state that
'the main body of the Japanese forces,
estimated at Ko.ooo men, remains south
f the Russian troops who are cov
ering l.iaoyang. They apparently
bave suspended their advance. This
inaction causes surprise and satisfac
tion, as every day's postponement of
a decisive engagement is considered
favorable for the Russians, who are
daily increasing their forces, and are
enabled bv the delay to strengthen
their positions. It is supposed th.it
the recent rains hampered the move
ment of the Japanese artillery and
compelled a temporary halt.
Russians' Lose at V ladivostok
London, (Hy Cable). A dispatch
to the St. James Gazette from Kobe.
Japan, after confirming the report of
the stranding i the Russian protect
ed cruiser liogatvr on the rocks near
the entrance of Vladivostok, adds that
the Bogatyr subsequently was blown
up by the Russians to prevent her
falling into the hands of the Japanese.
St. Petersburg, (By Cables-Reports,
which lack confirmation, are in
circulation here that the Russian (Tin
ner Orel, which was on her way to
Cronstadt to receive her armament,
mstained damage which rendered it
difficult to keep her alloat. The Orel,
which is a new vessel, went aground
in the Neva recently, but was re
floated. GIRL BLOWN TtlKOl Oil WINDOW.
Negro Threw Sweepings of (juocottnn Factory
Into l ire.
Newark, X. J. (Special). A ter
rific explosion in a frame building at
the plant of the l'ctrefoid Company,
manufacturer of soluble giiucolloii,
on Dawson street, on the meadows,
destroyed the structure and caused
damage throughout the district to
the amount of nearly $10,000.
The only person who wa injured
was Florence W rigley, 15 yiais old,
of 57 Ij.iw-oii street, an employe oi
the Armitage Varnish Company,
whose plant adjoins that of the 1'etre
foid Company. She was blown out
of the building to a distance of 35 or
40 feet. S'.ic wa badly hurt and was
taken to St. James' llospii.il, where
it was said her condition i critical
She had several serious cuts on the
head.
'1 he most remarkable escape from
injury was that of the negro to whose
r arclcssne .s the explosion is ascribed
The man is known only as "George,"
and since the explosion occurred lie
lias been diligently avoiding all in
terview crs.
HNANCIAU
Vpwardt of 4C.0.000 shares of Lake
Superior Hock will not pay the as
sessment. It's a dull day now that doesn't see
a new low record for United States
Steel common.
The West Philadelphia Trust Com
pany has declared a semi-annual divi
dend of 3 per cerlt.
Allegheny Valley'i report for March
hows a decrease in net earnings of
f4S.oej8, and the decrease for the first
three monthi of the year was $18,-CSS-
Manv persons naturally wonder
what United State Steel need with
the Clairtou plant, which was not able
to keep out of a receiver's hands.
Traders who tried to ell Lake Su
perior preferred short found trouble
in borrowing the stock.
Snow reports that the wheat condi
tion over the Went generally have
teen most favorable all week.
. The strength of Amalgamated Cop
per while mi:t other dock have
been weak, has caused all aort of re-
roils concerning a settlement of the
war between that company and
Hcmzc. Tt.e street I. a heard that
Standard fJil ha finally compromised
it!i him.
London (By Cable). According to
reports from Tokio and St. Peters
burg, though somewhat conflicting, it
would appear that the Japanese have
lost five or six warships in the past 10
days. They are becoming almost as
unlucky as the Russians in naval
losses, but claim they have not yet
destroyed any of their ships by their
own mines, although it is not clear
whether a Russian or a Japanese mine
is responsible for their latest dis
aster. An official report from Vice Admi
ral 'logo .states that the cruisers Ka
saga and Voshino collided during a
fog off l'ort Arthur on May 15. The
Yoshino sank, only 90 of her crew
being saved.
The battleship llatsusc while cruis
ing off l'ort Arthur, covering the
landing of the soldiers, struck a mine
10 knots southeast of the harbor en
trance. She signalled for help and
instantly struck another mine. She
sank in half an hour. Three hundred
of her crew were saved by torpedo
boats.
Japanese olliccrs are reported to
have informed correspondents that
two Russian destroyers have escaped
from l'ort Arthur and are still at
large. They stated that the Russians
are using Chinese junks to place
mines in the path of the Japanese
fleet patrolling the Peninsula coast.
In consequence of this promiscous
mining the Japanese fleet is moving
to a greater distance off the coast, and
all other navigation in these waters
is suspended. There are indications
that the Japanese destroyers have laid
many mines outside of Port Arthur,
hoping to catch the Russian destroy
ers in their attempt to return to Port
Arthur. Many of these mines have
been improperly anchored and ate
adrift. They are reported to be all
over the gulf. One Chinese junk
picked up 13.
Although not confirmed by the Ad
miralty at St. Petersburg, dispatches
from Chefoo repeat a story told by
Russians arriving from Dalny that
during a bombardment of Port Ar
thur last Monday the Japanese bat
tleships Shikishima and Fuiji struck
mines, and the former sank and the
latter was disabled.
Although the names differ from
those contained in Admiral Togo's
report, they may refer to the same
vessels.
The Russians at Chefoo seem to
have obtained their information from
the commanding officer at Dalny, who
showed them, they assert, a telegram
from Port Arthur that the bombard
ment commenced at 1 o'clock Monday
afternoon, and that two hours later
the Shikishima struck the mine and
was soon at the bottom. During the
confusion that followed, according to
the story told, the Aami also struck
on a mine and was taken in tow, but
was settling so fast that it was found
necessary to abandon her.
Later arrivals at Chefoo reported
to the Russian Consul that the bat
tleship Shikishima sank in two min
utes alter contact with the subma
rine mine, and that there was no time
to save the crew. The accident hap
pened, it is said, within sight of Port
Arthur.
The battleship Fuji, which struck
the mine on the port bow, had a heavy
list, and was also down by the bow,
but was righted and went off in tow
of the other cruisers. It is thought
impossible, however, that she could
reach port.
Recently the Japanese
yaka sank in Kerr Hay
a mine.
The Russian admiralty
that the channel at Port
cruiser Mi
by striking
still claims
Arthur was
never blocked by the Japanese fire
ships, .Hid that there is a free passage
even for the heavy Russian ships.
Cossacki Stop Jap'i A vancc.
London, (I'.y Cable). While a por
tion of the Japanese Army in Man
churia, which ha'd been advancing
toward the Russian position, has fallen
back to the vicinity of Feng Wang
Cheng, after sharp fighting with Cos
sacks Thursday in a mountainous dis
rict, there are nn oftici d reports of
heavy losses on either side.
General Kurokis army is moving
iu several divisions, and according to
General Kuropatkin's official report to
the Car there was no general engage
ment, the fighting being confined to a
detachment of Cossacks and a detach
mi nt of the advance guard of tlie
Japanese division marching no-thward,
with the supposed intention of exe
cuting a flank movement on Mukden.
A correspondent at Niucliw aug
states that the Japanese numbered
jo.ooo and the Russians .ij.ooo, anil
that the light took place 'o mile west
of Feng Wang Cheng. These figures
as to tile relative sie of the opposing
forces are likely exaggerated. All re
ports state, however, that the Japanese
fell back 12 to 15 miles near their base,
at Feng Wang Cheng.
Without a tight the Russians have
evacuated Kaiping, 35 miles south of
N iiichwang.
Three Laborers Crowned.
Concord, X. II., ( Special 1. --Three
workmen were drowned by the up
setting of a boat in the Merrimac
rivcrat Garvin balls, five miles south
of this citv. One of the men was I'.li
While a:i 1 the other two were Ital
ians. Four laborers were crossing
the river on their way to their place
of employment when the boat was
overturned.
Baltimore Dock Loan Apprcvtd.
P.alVmore, Md (Special). Balti
more indorsed the $6,000,000 dock loan
Tnes lay bv a vote of .11,506 to 0.JI2.
Its majority was -J,3f4 - proportion
ately one of the largest recorded in
the history of Baltimore. Not even
the most sanguine had expected more
than 10,000. Three and one-half votes
were cast for the loan for every one
against it. Jt vvas a victory for pro
gress and n greater Baltimore of the
most sweeping, and uncertain sort.
Like a flood it swept away all doubt
and hesitancy.
Moauaeal for Lard Salisbury.
London, (By Cable). The House
of Commons passed an address to
King F.dward praying him to Order
the erection of n monument to the
late LorJ Salisbury in Westminister
Abbey and at public expense. The
only dissenting voice came from the
Irish bench, whence John Redmond,
the Irish leader, opposed the motion.
Mr. kedmoud said the nationalists
could not associate themselves with
the movement because Lord Salis
bury ha'd neer been a friend to Ire
land and had opposed all remedial
legislation.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happening Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic
The National and International Good
Roads Convention, in St. Louis, Mo.,
continued the discussion of plans for
aiding the work of improving roads.
The police have recovered some
jewelry that was sfilcu frum the
coffin of "Lady Mary'' Livingston, on
the family estate, below Hudson, N. Y.
Papers on newspaper topics were
read at the World's Press Parliament
in Festival Hall, on the' World's Fair
Grounds, in St. Louis.
The Cumberland Presbyterians, nt
their session in Dallas, Tex., discussed
the subject of reunion with the Pres
byterian Church.
Knights of Labor lecturers are or
ganizing the textileworkers in Phil
adelphia with the object of making a
contest against the American Fed
eration of Labor for supremacy.
John Hathaway, a colored jockey,
was sentenced in' Winchester, Ky., to
be hanged for the murder of ICtta
Thomas.
David Rothehild. former president
of the Federal Hank of New York,
was convicted of larceny in the first
degree.
A call has been issued for the for
mation of an association to conmrise
all the trust companies in New York.
1 resident Uowry, of the Western
Union, said that his company had
absolutely abolished the racing de
partment. The left leg of Major T. A. Bing
ham, United States F.ngineers, was
amputated at a hospital in Buffalo.
The Temple of Fraternity, at the
World's F'air, was opened by the
Daughters of Rcbekah.
John J. Donahue, an alleged em
bezzler in Sioux City, la., was caught
in Ireland.
The National and International
Good Roads Association began its
convention in the Missouri State
Building, in the Exposition grounds.
An address was made by Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson.
During a heavy electric storm Jos
eph Odle, a private in the One Hun
dred and Thirteenth Company of
Coast Artillery, at Fort Hancock, N.
J., was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed.
Frank Bctsa, a Hungarian, 26 years
old, was convicted 111 Morristown, N.
J., of the murder of Minne Root, of
llibcrnia, and was sentenced to be
hanged.
Prof. W. L. Stokesbury, of Vir
ginia Institute, Bristol, was elected
president of Lincoln Memorial Uni
versity, at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
At the annual meeting of the Ana-t-onda
Copper Mining Company the
old directors, with one exception,
were re-elected.
A commemorative' tablet was un
veiled by the General Federation of
Club Women at the World's Fair, in
St. Louis.
Testimony for the defense was
given at the trial of James Gillespie
for the murder of his sister in Ris
ing Sun, Ind.
The tin wage scale was completed
and adopted by the Amalgamated As
sociation in Cleveland, (J.
Louis Oliver, a chronic thief, was
sentenced in Mason, Mich., to prison
for life for stealing.
The lowest bid for the mammoth
government dredge for the Delaware
River was fubmitted by the Maryland
Steel Company and they will s'cture
J 11c contract.
Kxeiting debates on fire insurrnce.
strikes an 1 kindred subjects took ,'
place at the session of the .National ;
Association of Manufacturers in Pitts- '
bur;,'.
'I ho Interstate Commerce Conimis-.
ion is holding a session in Xew Vurk
and is investigating freight rates from ;
the West to seaboard ports.
United States Senator Latimer, of.
South Carolina, addressed the G00.1
Road Convention, iu session in St.
Louis.
A British bark was wrecked and :
a steamer went, ashore in the dense
fog off the .Newfoundland coast. 1
.Murphy J. Foster was formally re
elected United States senator by the .
Louisiana legislature.
Burglars robbed the postoffice at
Swarthmorc, Pa., of stamps and cash
estimated at $000.
'I here was a sharp break in the
Xew York cotton market.
Indianapolis will entertain Prince
Pti I.un. of China.
Mrs. Herman l.eroy Jones, wife of
a well-known Xew Yorker and
prominent in society of that city, has
mysterously disappeared. In a" note;
to her husband she rays she will work
out her own de'tir.y. I
The Civic Federation has offered!
its services with a view to bringing ,
about a settlement of the existing dif-'
fcrenees between the Lake Carriers')
Association and I'll t' Association.
In an address in St. Louis Gen.
Nelson A. Miles ugge-teel that 5.000 '
soldiers during times of peace bedn-
ployed in assisting local authorities t
in constructing good roads. j
The International .Navigating Com
pany's steamer the O nemanish has
not been beard from since 'he sailed
from Seattle to Xew York on Decem
ber I,),
The b;:t:!esiip Rhode Nland was
launched it (Juincy. Mass. The water
was not deep enough, and she stuck
iu the mini.
'I he dissolution of tl,e sec, nil or
extended bond co-iversion syndicate :
of the United States Steel Corpora- i
tion took effect ;
The Rosebud Indian Reservation,:
in the southern part of South Dakota,,
will be thrown open to settlers in'
July. 1
The General Fi deration of Wo
men's Club is h Ming its seventh
biennial meeting in St Louis.
A monument m Gen. Rufus Putnam,
of the Revolutionary Army, was dedi- I
catcd at Sutton. M iss. j
Foreljn.
One of the first official acts of the
Czar upon his return to St. Peters
burg w ill be the reception of Sir '
Charles Hardingc, the British am- I
hassador.
Dominican government troops rout
ed the insurgents at Guayacanes and
five revolutionary generals fled to
the consulates for protection.
The Red Star Lire steamer lla.ver
ford, while leaving l.er dock at Liver
pool, was blown against the pierhead
wall and subsequently came to anchor
in midstream.
The French Council of Minister
has practically decided upon the re
call of M. Xissard, the French am
bassador to the Vatican.
The French Parliamentary Budget
Commission contains an anti-Combes
majority.
By skillfully intervening between
Mr. Chamberlain and his enemies
Premier Balfour saved the govern
ment from defeat, the vote of implied
censure failing by the narrow margin
of 55 vote.
The Liberal-Unionist Council, at a
meeting in London, derided to re
constitute the organization on the ba
it sjimt44 Ivy J uteris CbautUwluu.
ENDED WITH A BULLET
The Suicide of a Ruined Georgia
Financier.
HIS TWO BANKS HAD FAILED.
Mr. J. C. Plant, In Whom the People of Macon
Had Unbounded Confidence, Could Not Sur
vive the Los of Hi Wealth and Credit
Shot Himself on the Porch of Hi Home
. Deficit Found In Private Bank.
Macon, Ga., (Special). Robert II.
Plant, president of the First National
Bank and owner of the 1. C. Plant's
Sou Bank, both recently placed in the
hands of receivers, committed sui
cide on the back porch of his home
in College Street. He had been ill for
two months, during which time came
the collapse of his financial institu
tions, the oldest in the city. He had
told his nurse that he wished to lie
down. Twenty minutes later he ask
ed to be assisted to the bathroom.
This she did, and waited 15 minutes
on the outside, when sfic heard a pis
tol shot. She rushed into the room,
but Mr. Plant was not there. The
bath room had two doors, one open
ing upon the porch. There she found
the capitalist with a ..iS-caliber pistol
in his hand dead. The bullet had
passed through the right temple and
out of the left, flattening itself upon
the wall. Death probably was in
stantaneous. The coroner vvas at once
summoned, and upon the testimony of
the nurse and a physician a verdict of
death bv his own hands was rendered.
Mr. Plant leaves a wife and nine
children. Wallace E. McCaw, presi
dent of the McCaw Manufacturing
Company, and M. Fclton Hatcher, a
prominent attorney, are sons-in-law.
The Plant banking institutions are
the oldest in the city.
Mrs, Plant, in addition to being
identified with various manufacturing
enterprises and formerly largely en
gaged with the New Y'ork Life Insur
ance Company, was known throughout
the trotting world, and his horses for
years have raced in the Grand Circuit.
He owned Grattan Boy, Dulce Cor,
Miss Willamont and other well-known
horses.
George H. Plant, vicc-presi Jent of
the F'ir&t National, is a brother.
TREATMENT FOR LOCKJAW.
Physician In New York Hospital Adopts Ger
man Method.
Xew York, (Special). Two suc
cessful experiments in treating teta
nus have been made by physicians in
Gouvcrnucur Hospital. It is a new
mode of treatment and was discovered
by a celebrated German scientist.
His theory is that many diseases,
such as lockjaw, spread through the
nervous system rather than through
the blood. Heretofore cases of lock
jaw have been treated by injecting
tetanus antitoxin into the blood and
even into the cranial cavity. The
treatment is often unsuccessful.
I nc patients treated in Gouvern-
cur Hosnital were two bovs one ( I the song writer, made up as the Presi-
Xmaimo L ' m:"'. "'"I J"' went 'through their
other was shot in the hand with a ' mummery before a moving picture
blank cartridge. The condition of '. camera in order to get photographs j
both became very serious. When the I 1 j!1'" ".median to use
hope for their recovery was almost
abandoned Dr. Rogers experimented
with the new theory. Instead of in
jecting the antitoxin into the blond
or skin of the patient whose foot
was injured, the physician ma le an
incision at the groin, where the leg
nerves join the trunk nerves and the
nerves themselves injected with the
antitoxin.
The effect was beneficial at once
In two weeks he was convalescent' 1
and he left the institution completely
cured about a week ago. The other
boys nerves were laid bare in the!
upper arm, just below the shoulder,
and the antitoxin was injected in the '
nerves. He also began to imorove '
immediately. ,jnd will be able to leave '.
the hospital iu a short time.
LIIE IN PRISON FOR $3.
But the Burglary Wa Loui Oliver' Third
Olfense.
Mason, Mich. (Special). Louis Oli
ver, who, 111 company witn rreu l-e-
sarjrc, stole J.J and two hats from a
butcher shop, has been given a life
sentence in Marquette prison by
Judge Wiest. It vvas his third of
fense for burglary. Judge Wiest said
that the statute provided that where ' '"rlnr1 that the Shah of Persia has j mission was held here and was attend
a prisoner had been tw ice arrested named Morteza Khan, chief of the ; bv all but four of the membershio
..e i.in.M oe se.iiriKcil lor inc. Ilt.r
aid a life sentence was not made
mandatory, hut he believed that in
this case it was justified.
"Since Oliver was first sentenced, in
1XX1," sai.l the Judge, "he has been
under arrest more times than he can
tell. He has served I.? years for
liurglarits. 1 licneve the statute re
ferrcd to was framed for the purpose
r t 1: . . '
01 ruining socieiv 01 just such men
as I co'.isi er Oliver to be."
This Parly Warmly Received.
Detroit, Mich., (Special). A jour
nal special from Romeo, Mich, says
that sixteen members of a charivari
party, organized to serenade Robert
Robertson, a farmer living six miles
from l.crr, who was recently mar
ried, were wounded when Frank Mc
I'a.lden, Robertson's hired man, tired
six shots from a shotgun at the
serenaders. A farmhand, whose name
is unknown, was seriously wounded
and inay die, and two young women
named Borland, who live near the
Robertson farm, were among the
woun ded.
Oet-Rlcli-Qukk Man Sentenced.
St. Louis, (Special). Arthur F.
Mclntryc, president of the defunct
Merchants' Brokerag and Commis
sion Company, one of the "get-rich-quick"
concerng brought into promi
nence by the downfall of E. J .Arnold
and John J. Ryan, was found guilty
of using the mails to defraud by a jury
in the United States District Court,
and wa sentenced to the penitentiary
for a term of 18 months. Mclntyre
was indicted last January.
Banker's Widow Coanlts Suicide.
LaPorte, Ind., (Special). Mrs. Ju
lius Conitz, wife of a Wanatah bank
er whose fortune was wrecked by rail
road speculation and who went West
and died iu a hopeless effort to re
trieve hi lost fortune, has committed
suicide at Wanatah by hanging her
self. The act was the result of de
spondency over the death of her hus
band and the loss of their fortune.
General Tyner gave hi testimony
in the postoltice conspiracy case, de
nying all charges. He occupied 4"
wvaltd'a diiur while in wuutU
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
To Make the Title Clear.
Acting Secretary of State Loomis
made the ibllownig statement:
"In order to completely close the
Panama Canal transaction, and1 to
avoid any question as to the authority
of the United States over the canal
zone arising out of the fact that the
consideration for. concession had not
actually been paid as provided by the
treaty, the Department of State, acting
under the advices of the Attorney
General has paid over to J. P. Morgan
& Co., the duly constituted fiscal
agents of the Panama government,
the remaining $0,000,000 of the sum
stipulated in the treaty as the consid
eration for the concession."
The warrant was made out by the
Treasury officials and was brought to
Mr. Loomis, who handed it to George
W. Perkins, representing Morgan ft
Co., who in turn will cash it at the
New York Subtreasnry. It was the
original plan of the State Department
to retain this $,ooo.ooo in the Treas
ury until the arrival here next June
of Senor Obaldia. the newlv appoint
ed I anamaian minister. This plan
"iski ity 1111: Kovcriiiueiu ni
Panama itself, which was not disposed
to have so large a sum of money as
$10,000,000 placed at one time in the
Panamaian treasury, where it might
prove a great temptation to restless
revolutionary efforts.
But, as Mr. Loomis explains, our
own government decided that its title
would be better and the field of oper
ations on the isthmus would lie cleared
without delay for the Canal Commis
sion if the full payment were made
to P anamn. Therefore, the govern
ment of the latter country designated
Morgan & Co. as its fiscal agents in
the United States, and while they will
take over the money it will still remain
in New Y'ork.
Diet Kitchen Suspended.
The diet kitchen of the Chemistry
Bureau of the Department of Agri
culture, organized to determine the
effect on the human Fystcm of borax
and other food preservatives, has been
suspended for the summer, an. I will
not resume operations until sometime
next autumn. There were about 12
employes of the office who served as
volunteers in the experiments, and
who have been denominated the "poi
son squad" of the department. The
suspension for the summer months is
in accordance with the practice es
tablished last year, aid it will cive
the bureau opportunity to go over the
notes winch Have lieen taken daily,
showing the results of the experi
ment on each one of the men who
constituted the diet table. There is
a mass of data to be taken up by the
experts, under the direction of Dr.
Wiley, the chief of the bureau, and
none of the facts to be deduced is yet
in shape for official announcement.
Impersonators of President.
The mysterious pantomime enacted
in front of the Capitol Thursday by
nle" 'resac'l "P to rc-semble President
Kooscveit and Hooker 1. Vashmgton
has been explained. Lew Dockstader,
the minstrel, impersonated the colored
sage of Tuskegec, and Jean C. Havez.
"Oh. Won't You Come and Dine
With Me?" is th? title of the ballad,
according to Docksta.ler's friends.'
It is lucky for Dockstader and
Havez that they left town immediately
after they got through with their mov-
ln.K picture snow. 1 wn or three hours ,
:ilItr ,lle minstrels had left the de-j
teclives and bluecoats of the District
f"rce were charging around the city :
w'th K"r: ,,u'ir 'V'11 threatening j
' wreak .'II kinds of vengence upon
c evildoers if they caught them. '
's. sa.''' 1,at l,n,'er the laws of ,
O10 District the minstrels could be
,ine' . !"K' ja''v(l fr their imper- ,
'"nation. ;
Jra Ilavez is a I.altimorean and
for a year or more has been Docksta-
1 der's press agent. He is the author
1 of "He Cert'ny Was Good To Me," '
ijood-l.y, If ooze ! and other clas-
'''ca' lyrics, and was formerly a local
newspaper man. 11c saia lie had no
fear of the capital sleuths, as he and
I lockstader had obtained a permit to t
operate a moving picture machine in
,,,e Capitol grounds.
New Minister From Persia.
Through the Belgian Legation here j
the State Department has been in- I
mrui, "' ."e ...i.,s,ry o. roreig.l !
.ttairs at 1 eheran, as l'ersian mm-
ister to Washington, in nlace of Isaac
Khan, w ho has been appointed min- j
ister to Vienna.
Congressional and Department.
The State Department has instruct
ed Consul (jumniere to demand of
the Moorish government that it takes
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the Moorish government that it take
sweeping measures to secure the re
lease of Ion Pcrdicaris, the American
citizen captured by brigands, even if
necessary to acceed to the captors'
terms. Admiral Lhadwick will receive
orders to proceed to Tangier with the
whole South Atlantic Squadron.
The State Department has been ad
vised of the appointment of Morteza
Khan as Persian minister to the
United States.
President Roosevelt signed the com
missions of about 373 army officers
advanced one grade and retired.
The Department of Agriculture has j
issued a report snowing tnc increased
consumption of cotton in the cotton
states.
Harrison J. Barrett, one of the de
fendants in the case charging him
and Tyner with conspiracy to de
fraud the government, went on the
stand in his own behalf.
Rev. Dr. J. ll. Lucas, of Fairmount,
VV. Va., spoke on "Christian Patri
otism" before the Methodist Prot
estant Christian Endeavor Union, in
Washington.
The board of trustees of the Carne
gie Institution effected a reorganiza
tion under the new incorporation as
the Carnegie Institution of Washing
ton. Dispatches from South Anfcrica in
dicate that Brazil and Peru will not
engage in war. '
Admiral Ccrvera Dying.
""Madrid, (By Cable). A private tele,
gram received here from Puerto de
Santa Maria, Andalusia, state that
Admiral Cevera, who wa in command
of the Spanish squadron, which was
sunk off Santiago, Cuba, during the
Spanish-American war, is mffering
from a teriou internal complaint and
that Ihe atending physician! expres
bill ltop for Li recovery. .
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SEEN BLOWN TO DEATH
Five Others So Seriously Injured Thai
Their Recovery is Impossible.
ENTIRE FIRE WORKS PLANT I.N RUNS.
The Explosion Occurred Shortly Before Ihi
Employe Assembled tor Duty At Least
Twenty Person Were on Their Way to tht
Factory When the Explosion Occurred Thi
Property Los I Estimated at $60,000.
Findlay, O., (Special ). As a result
of- an explosion iu the two drying
rooms of the Lake Shore Novelty
Company's plant here, seven persona
are known to be dead, five arc sc
seriously hurt that recovery is believ
ed to he impossible and twelve or fif
teen are injured badly.
F'rom reports of the physicians tet
of the less seriously injured may die
as a result of blood poi.isoning from
the potash that was driven into theit
I Kics
The Lake Shore Novelty Company
works covered nearly ten acres ol
ground in the southwestern yart of the
city and employed nearly 200 men.
women and children. Railroad torpe
does and Fourth of July explosive!
were manufactured.
Owing to the large rush of orders
the officials of the plant requested the
employes to report for duty Sunday
About thirty complied with the re
quest.
Sunday morning the residents ol
Findlay were startled by two explo
sions that . battered windows through
out the city. The concussion was fell
for miles i.rouuJ. Two magazines, it
separate rooms at the novelty works
let go simultaneously with terrific re
ports. The exact cause of the explo
sion is not definitely known. It it
surmised that one of the Sherwood
brothers, who were the only person!
in the drying rooms, dropped a larg
box of torpedoes, but this theory car
not be confirmed.
The explosion occurred shortly be
fore the employes assembled for duty
At least twenty persons were on then
way to the factory when the ex
plosion occurred.
Human forms were strewn consid
crable distances apart on the factor)
site. The remains of the Sherwoo
brothers were found in drying roon
No. I mangled and almost unrecog
nizable. Their clothing was blowt
from their bodies, save a stocking or
the right foot of Jay Sherwood.
The body of Edith Dillon was pick
ed up two hundred yards from where
the explosion occurred.
The news of the catostrophe spread
like wildfire throughout the country
Every train and interurban car tha1
has arrived in the city for the past tet
hours was crowJed. The large plan
is shattered into fragments, not on
single wall remaining. Bricks anc1
I timber can be found for half a milt
j arountI-
! CLOUDBURST WIPES OUT TOWN.
; Two Art Reported a Practically Destroyed and
j One Person Killed,
! --, e .s a .1 j
. ' . .' , . .
-t the head of the Coche U
Potidre river caused that stream tc
overflow its banks, and meagre re
,)orts received here indicate that grea'
f damage has been caused by the flood
j The rush of the flood caused tbi
j dam which holds the water of Livings
ton lake, sixty-five miles above F'on
Collins, to break, and this added vol
nine of water swept down the Cacht
la 1 ouclre, practically wiping out tin
towns of Livermore and La forte
respectively, fourteen and three mile;
above Fort Collins. It is reportcc
that one person was drowned at, tht
former place.
At Fort Collins the river, which
normally is above the width of tht
average mountain river, is now ovet
a mile wide, and the Russian settlement
consisting of about 300 families, is in-
undated. A number of the frame dwell
tuns of these people have been swent
from their foundations. In several
instances the occupants were unable
to make their escape and were carriec
along. It has not yet been learned
.whether there was any loss ol lite
j at Fort Collins.
CARNEGIE HERO FUND.
Commission Now Ha Custody ol $5,000,000 In
Bond.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). A meet
ing of the Carnetic Hero Fund Com
X,.. .,,-si,l,n,. fliarUs I. TavW
, , , . . '
reported that the commission now
has custody of the $5,000,060 in bonds
iionatea by .Mr. Carnegie to endow
the fund.
Mr. Carnegie having instructed the
commission that through on oversight
the colony of Newfoundland had beer
omitted as a participant in the Hera
Fund a resolution was adopted cor
recting his original memorandum ol
trust to include this country.
A set of resolutions were adopted
expressing to Mr. Carnegie the grate
ful appreciation of the high lionoi
conferred upon the commission in en
trusting ihe execution of his plans
and purposes to it.
Mr. Thomas Lynch, chairman of the
committee on organization, presented
his report, which was received by the
commission. It provides that the com.
mission shall be known as the "Car
negie Hero Fund Commission," which
hall administer the Carnegie Here
Fund
The fund became operative
April is. '004, and no applications on
account of heroic acts performed priot
to that date will he considered.
Lyucli:d By Mob.
WcWon, N. C. (Special). A negro
tramp was lynched at Seaboard, N
C, by a crowd of hi own race fo
an assault upon a seven-year-old ne
gro child. A policeman was on hii
way to jail with the man, who gavt
his name as Dick Whitehead, when lu
was overtaken by a mob of negroes
who tore the prisoner from the offi
cer' buggy and hanged him to t
nearby tree.
Ooveraaeat Sacs City.
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., (Special).
The United State government hat
filed notice of a suit against the cit
for $68,500 damage for the burning
of Fort Brady Barrack in January,
1003. A declaration wa made by
United State District Attorney Geo.
G. CoVell, of Grand Rapids, that he
had a contract with the city to furnish
water pressure of eighty-five to ninety
pound, but on the night of the fire
there wa no pressure, and the bar
racks burped to the ground. f ' j
WILL BE LESS STRENUOUS.
Thl Prophecy I Venlured on Strike By Mr.
D. M Parry.
Pittsburg, (Special). --Nearly 700
delegates were in their seats when the
ninth annual convention of the Na
tional Association of Manufacturer
was called to, order by Chairman D,
C. Ripley, of the local committee o(
reception. 1'ollnuing the invocation
by Rev. Dr. S. Kdwurd Young City
Solicitor Willam I!. Rodgers tendered
the freedom of the city to the dele
gates. Adjutant General Thomas
Stewart then welcomed Ihcm to the
state, and Congressman J. E. Brown
received them on behalf of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Pre'de:u I). M. Parry, of Indian
apolis, I hen took charge of the con
vention and delivered his annual ad
dress. In reviewing the labor events
of the past year he said:
"The theory that the condition of
labor can be bettered by checking
production and making life ami pro
perty insecure was put to an extensive,
test and the results were disappoint
ing to those who believe iu tha
theory. There are manv indications
which go to show that organized:
iabor is learning a very valuable lesson
In economies and law observance, and
hopes can be reasonably entertained
that the strikes which have character
izeil the last year will be less strenuous
in the immediate future."
"In regard to the Natioti.tl Associa
tion of .Manufacturers I am positive
that any crusade having for its object
the grinding down of labor would
meet with a determined opposition
nf practically the entire membership,
The policy of this association is
primarily one of peace. If we stand
lor anything we stand for the develop,
ment of American industry. It is ob
cious that men will hesitate to invest
f heir capital in productive enterprises
if it means constant struggle with
labor unions and if frequent strike!
tend to destroy trade by making un
certain the filling of contracts. In
dustrial strife adds a liazar l to invest
ments involving the employment of
labor which cannot fail to be injurioul
to industrial development, thus caus
ing permanent loss tio all classes,
Therefore our policy is one which
looks to the maintenance of peace
and not to the adoption of measures
Mint will arouse hostilities."
Speaking of the closed shops Mr,
Parry said:
"The closed shop is against public
policy and is of doubtful legality. Th
liberty of the individual would be im
possible if he is debarred from the
right to contract for hi services be'
cause he does not belong to a union,
I believe that this truth will become
generally recognized and that the day
must rome when no industry will
be allowed to run on the closed shop
plan. Any set of men have a right
to contract in a collective capacity
for the sale of their labor, but they
cannot be upheld in making contracts
which exclude other labor from the
right to contract."
In closing he announced that the
association had gained a thousand
members in the last year, bringing the
total membership up to ,1.000, and was
in better financial condition than if
ever has been.
WOMAN STRUGGLED.
Cast Herself and Child Into River and Foughf
Off Rescuers.
Columbus, C, (Special). With a
pretity little 4-ycar-old blonde girl
bound to her body with bands of linen,
a handsome brunette woman, ap
parently 25 or 30 years old, was seeo
to leap over the Rich Street bridge
into the Scioto river at 8.30 o'clock
A. M. Two men who were approach
ing from opposite ends of the bridge
were attracted by the demonstra
tions of affection between the woman
and child as the supposed mother
stood against the railing guarding the,
bridge sidewalk at the outer edge,
with the little girl in a sitting posi
tion on the rail. The woman was kis
sing the child, and the little girl's
face was beaming with smiles as she
she gleefully chuckled and nested hef
face and flaxen curls among the raven
locks of the woman.
Then th?re suddenly came a change,
in the expression on the woman'!
face from smiles to fixed determinas
tion, and as the shadow spread ovef
her countenance she, like a flash;
mounted the guard rail and threvy,
herself and the pinioned child intq
the waters, gome thirty-five feet be
low.
The men rushed over an abutment,
plunged into the river and swam from,
opposite shores toward the cenflef
of the stream to attempt to rescue the.
woman and child. At the approach
of succor the woman became as a
tigress at bay and fought the men
with apparent superhuman strength.
So furious was her defense that, to
save their own lives, the men ha J to
put back to shore and allow the wo.
man and child to go down to theit
death.
Strikers as Military Prlsooers.
Trinidad, Col. (Special). One hun
dred striking union coal miner who
refused to be registered by the milU
laiy authorities of Las Animas coun
ly, which is under martial law. wertt
wrought to this city as military pris-t
oners from the strikers' camp near,
Ludlow. They were forced to march
18 miles under cavalry escort. As
'.he county jail is already full, a bull
pen will be constructed, in which the
strikers will be herded. Major Zeph
L Hill, commanding the military
(orces, decided on the policy rff reg.
stering all the 3,000 idle men in tha
:ounty in consequence of a number
sf fires that have occurred in the vi
:inity of strikers' camps.
Killed His Son aod IIIpmcII.
Pasadena, Cal., (Special). Terrel
Thomas, local manager of a lumbet
company, killed his eight-year-old
ton Paul, paralytic, by stabbing hint
n the back with a hunting knife, and1
;hrn took hi own life, shooting him
tclf in the head. Thomas i supposed
to have been temporarily insane.
""Under the new city law the Girard,
Trust Company, which ha the larg
est surplus and capital of any banking
institution in Philadelphia, will' get the
largest share of the City Treasury de
posits. 1
Has Beta Sleaplaf 24 Days.
Montice:io, III., (Special). The case
of Mrs. W. B. Caldwell, wife of DrJ
W. B. Cladwell. is attractinu the at-t
tention of physicians throughout Cen-
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iimi iiniiuj. one nas uccn sleeping
for 34 days and nights, and al eFort?
to awaken her have failed. She is.
much emaciated and little hope oi hen
recovery i entertained.
'A new iigency tu-otcs Joseph Whar.(
(on a follow: Hie chief obstruc-i
in in the pig iron, situation is thei
;htness of money." That sounds
d, for time money in any quantity!
a be b(uow4 H A per cent. -1