ful Movements of
RUSSIAN SQUADRON CRIPPL
RUSSIAN TRANSPORT BLOWN UP.!
Mine Accidentally Struck by Ship.
Captain, Three Officers and Nine-
ty Men Killed.
BRITISH STEAMER FIRED UPON.
A report has been received at St.
Petersburg from Viceroy Alexieff, say-
ing that the Russian torpedo transport
! Yenisei has been blown up as the re-
sult of accidentally striking a mine
in the harbor at Port Arthur. The
Yenisei sank and Capt. Stepanoff,
three officers and 91 men were lost.
The Yenisei was built at the Baltic
works ir 1899. She was of 2,500 tons
displacement and could make 16 knots.
Her armament consisted of five 12-
pounder and six 3-pounder quick-firing |
guns.
The British steamer Fu Ping, when |
leaving Port Artaur, was fired upon by |
Russ Three Chinese members of |
the crew were wounded. The Rus-
sians afterward apologized for firing
on the vessel. The Fu Ping, upon ‘its
arrival at Wei Hai Wei filed a. pro-
test with the British commissioner.
The American consul has reported
to United States Minister Conger that
the Russian authorities have refused
to allow. the American steamer Pleia-|
des to leave Port Arthur. The Pleia- |
des sailed from, Seattle on February 2,
with a cargo of flour. iv
i Baron Hayashi the Japanese min-
i ister at London, has’ received a dis-
patch from Tokio ‘announcihg that on
February 11 two Japanese merchant
steamers, the Nakanoura Maru. and
Zensho Maru while on their way from
Sakahata to’ Otaru, on the island of
by four Russian warships,
the Viadivostock squadron, off
coast of Herunshi (Okhushiri).
! safely at Fukuyama island of Hokkai-
: do.
The British government has informa-
tion which leads it to believe that Ja-
pan is likely to take possession’ of
Port Arthur a week from now. In the
\ best informed Japanese circles here
§ it is privately thought that the war
i will be over by July. Those British of-
ficials who are cognizant of the extra-
ordinary thoroughness with which Ja-
duration of the struggle.
The Associated Press understands
that the Japanese troops are ad-
! vancing rapidly toward the Yalu river.
= There, it is expected, they will meet
" and engage the Russian forces. The
the Russian troops are greatly exag-
gerated.
NEUTRALITY ASSURED.
No Aid to Either of Belligerent Na-
tions Can Be Given.
The proclamation declaring the Uni-
ted States neutral in the war between
Russia and Japan was issued by the
president on the 11th. The document
was prepared by Secretary Hay. The
Russian request that the United
States ramain neutral was made on
the 10th, whale that of Janan was de-
livered to Secretary Hay on the 11th,
together with a formal notice of Ja-
pan’s declaration of war.
Riusoovites Svartled by the Sudden and SUG688s-
: Vessels Against Their Fiees.
Hokkaido, were surrounded ard shelled | | )
presumably | 2! relations with that country, but be- |
the | caus
[is e
The Nakanoura Naru was sunk, but]
the Zensho Maru escaped and arrived |
pan prepared for war are inclined to
share the Japanese view regarding the |
Japanese declare that the numbers of!
p
JAPAN FIGHTS RUSSIA
vhe mMikado’s War
|
i
ED IN FIRST ENGAGEMENTS
WANTON DELAYS ARE CLAIMED.
Formal Declaration of Hostilities at
Tokyo Gives Japan’s Reason
for the Clash.
The following is the text of the im-
perial rescript declaring war against
Russia, which was issued in Japan
yesterday: |
We, by the grace of heaven, emper-
or of Japan, seated on the throne oc-
cupied by the same dynasty since time
immemorial, hereby make proclama-
tion to all our loyal and brave subjects
as follows:
We hereby declare war against Rus-
sia, and we command our army and
navy to carry on hostilities against
her, in obedience to their duty, with
all their strength, and we also com-
mand all our competent authorities to
make every effort, in pursuance of
their duties, to attain the national aim:
with all the means within the limits
of the law of nations.
We have always deemed it essen-
tial in international relations, and
have made it our constant aim, to pro-
mote the pacific progress of our em-
pire in civilization, to strengthen our
friendly ties with other states and to
establish a state of things which would
maintain enduring peace in the far
east, and assure the future security
of our dominion without injury to the
rights or interests of other powers.
Our competent authorities have also
performed their duties in obedience to
cur will, so that our relations with all
the powers had been steadily growing
in cordiality.
It was thus entirely against our ‘ex-
pectation that we have unhappily
{come to open hostilities against Rus-
| gia.
| ter of the gravest concern to this em-
The integrity of Kerea is a mat- |
pire, not only because®f our tradition-
ze the separate existence of Korea |
sential to the safety of our realm. |
ertheless Russia, in disregard of
her solemn treaty pledges to China
jand her repeated assurance to other!
powers, is still in occupation of Man-!
ichuria and is bent on final annexa-|
tion.
And, since the absorption of Man-|
churia by Russia would render impos-
sivie to maintain the integrity of
China and would, in addition, compel
the abandonment of all hope of peace
in the far east, we were determined
in those circumstances to settle the
question by negotiations and to secure:
thereby permanent peace. With that
object in view, our competent authori- |
ties by our order made proposals to
Russia, and frequent conferences were
held during the last six months.
RusSia, however, never met such
proposals in a spirit of conciliation,
but by wanton delays put off a set-
tlement of tue serious questions, and
by ostensibly advocating peace on one
hand, while on the other extending
her naval and military preparations,
sought to accomplish her own selfish
designs. We cannot in the least ad-
; mit that Russia had from the first any
serious or genuine desire fcr peace.
She rejected the propesals of our gov-
ernment. The safety of Korea was in
danger and the interests of our em-
| pire were menaced. The guarantees
| for the future which we failed to se-
{ cure by peaceful negotiations can now
| only be obtained by an appeal to arms.
| It is our earnest wish that by the
| loyalty and valor of our faithful sub-
| jects peace may soon be permanently
restored and the glory of our empire
! Ne
T
| I
REPULSED.
oits to St. Petersburg Announce
Arrival of Big Japanese Force
in Korea.
{
The l.ondon Daily Mail's Port Ar- |
thur correspondent, ander date of Feb-
ruary 12 says: “Official advices state
that the Japanese landed 600 soldiers
near Talien-Wan with disastrous re-
sults, 410 being sabered by Cossacks.
The remainder escaped to their ships.
it is further stated that the Japanese
anded at Dove bay, where 30 of them
were killed and the remainder retreat-
ed.
The Daily Mail's Niuchwang cor-|
respondent. under date of February 11,
cables: ‘According to official Port
| Arthur telegrams, the Japanese landed
a force yesterday at Dove bay, West
Poit Arthur. They were then attack-
ed by troeps and by the batteries, and
were defeated with heavy losses.”
It is reported that the Siberian rail-
road has been wrecked in six places
covering a distance of 70 miles.
It is reported in Chefoo that 12,000
Japanese troops were landed at Dove
bay, last Wednesday morning, and
that they were met by the Russians,
who engaged them in a hand-to-hand
fight. It is also reported that Japanese
troops have been landed 40 miles
farther west.
Big Japanese Army Landed.
A communication from Viceroy
Alexieff, received in St. Petersburg,
confirms the report of the landing of
19,000 Japanese trcops at Chemulpo.
The viceroy adds that reports have
been received of attempts to cut the
telegraph wires along the Chinese
Eastern railway and also to destroy
one of the abutments of the Sungari
bridge. These attempts, he adds,
were immediately detected and de-
cisive measures taken to guard the
railway.
- SQUADRON BLOWN UP.
Report That 1,800 Japanese Soldiers
Were Lost.
A telegram received at
states that three out of four Russian
cruisers were blown up by torpedoes
while parsing through the Tsurgaru
straits oft Hokkaido. It is. reported
the forts fired effectually upon the
enemy in the Tsugaru straits.
Six Norwegian steamers, chartered
by a Russian naval contractor, have
been. captured. The vessels are the
Lena, Active, Sentis, Seirstadt, Argo
and Hermis. They carried coal car-
goes. The Hermis arrived here at
Nagaski, under convoy of .a cruiser.
It is rumored that 1,800 Japanese sol-
diers have heen killed, presumably by
the sinking of a transport. Disturb-
ances are reported preceeding in
Seoul.
The Japanese fleet, which entered
Chemulpo, escorting transports, cap-
tured one Russian volunteer warship
and two steamers in the open sea.
PORT ARTHUR SEALED.
Alexicfi Isolated. Railroad Blown Up
and Troops Landed.
It is said the Japanese squadron has
sealed Port Arthur.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Express at Peking in a cable-
gram dated February 12, reports that
Viceroy Alexieff is practically isolated,
direct communication between Port
Arthur and Vladivostock being sus-
pended.
hind Port Arthur has been blown up
and that 6,000 Japanese troops have
landed near Dalny.
The Daily Mail’s Tokyo correspond-
ent, under date of February 12, says
that the Japanese warship Amaki has
captured the German steamer Yoko-
hama, which had a cargo including dy-
namite for Port Arthur.
The Nagasaki correspondent of the
Daily Telegraph expresses the convic- |
tion that Russia is quite unable to hold |
that |
Port Arthur is bound to fall by the ef-|
even without an as-|
| the west end of the bridge over the Al-!
legheny river at Kittanning, Pa., was
the Liac-Tung peninsula, and
finxion of time,
sault.
Japanese Didn't Lose a Man.
el
the capital.
Nagaski :
He adds that the railroad be-|
MASAMPHO SEIZED.
Port Will Be Fortified and Used as a
Military Base. :
Japan seized Masampho Sunday and
dispatched a heavy force there. She
will fortify the pert and establish a
Inaval and military base.
Masampho is on the southeast coast |
of Korea, about 100 miles from Seoul,
It fronts on the narrowest
part of the strait of Korea, which
leads from the Yellow sea into the
sea of Japan.. Thus commanding the
strait, it. in conjunefion with the
naval] station at Hiroshima, almost ex-
actly opposite on the Japanese coast,
enables Japan to close the southern
entrance to the- inland and western
side of the empire.
GZIAR DEGLARES WAR.
Supreme Manifest Commanding an
Armed Response fo Japanese
Challenge at Port Arthur.
| APPEALS TO LOYAL SUBJECTS.
The Official Messenger of St. Peters-
burg contains the- following ‘“‘supremve
manifest:”
“By the grace of God, we, Nicholas
II, emperor and autocrat of all the
Russias, etc., make known to all our
loyal subjeets:
“In our solicitude for the mainten-
ance of peace, which is dear to our
hearts, we made every exertion to
maintain tranquility in the Far East.
In these peaceful aims we signified as-
sent to the proposals of the Japan-
ese government to revise agreements
regarding Corean affairs existing be-
tween the two governments.
subject were not brought to a conclu-
sion, and Japan, without waiting the
{receipt of the last responsive propo-
als of our government, declared the
negotiations broken off and diplomatic
relations with Russia dissolved.
“Without advising us of the fact that
the breach of such relations would it-
self mean an opening of warlike opera-
tions, theg Japanese government gave
orders to its torpedo boats to attack
our ‘squadron standing in the
| Upon receiving reports from the vice-
roy in the Far East about this, we
immediately commanded him to answ-
er the Japanese challenge with armed
force.
| “Making known this our decision
| we, with unshaken faith in the help of
’
| tation of and reliance upon the unani-
mous willingness of all our loyal sub-
jects to stand with us in defense of
|
|
|
| the fatherland, ask God’s blessing up- |
| on our stalwart land and naval forces.
“Given at St.
27, 1904,
Petersburg, January
A. D., (new calendar,
of our reign. Written in full by the
hand of
“His Imperial] Majesty,
“NICHOLAS.”
i ———————— ree see een
UNCLE SAM SPEAKS A WORD.
| —
| Secretary Hay Asks Powers to Pre-
| serve Chinese Neutrality,
| As soon as the State Department
| was informed that hostilities had
| broken out Secretary Hay sent a note
| to all the Powers inviting their ad-
| hesion to a programe outlined by him.
| The chief feature of the program is
| to compel China to preserve strict neu-
| trality. At the same time he took oc-|
| casion to reaffirm the statement of
| July 3, 1900, that our chief concern in
| the Far East is the preservation of the
| territorial and governmental entity of
the Chinese Empire. The circular
| asks the Government to pledge them-
selves to make such representations at
Peking as will, to them, seem best cal-
culated to cause China to preserve
strict neutrality.
Fatal Hotel Fire.
The Cliff Springs hotel, located at
| destroyed by fire and two men lost
their lives in the flames.
leave.
came out and attacked a Japanese tor-.
to have been sunk at
How- |
ever, the negotiations begun on this,
outer |
harbor of the fortress of Port Arthur.
| the Almighty and with a firm expec-|
Feb- |
ruary 9, 1904), and in the tenth year!
The dead
The vessels that comprised the Jjap-
anese fleet which attacked and de- men are Aaron Davis, of
stroyed the Russian cruiser Variag
and gunboat Korietz at Chemulpo on
the Sth inst. were the cruisers Na-
niva, Takachiho, Akashi, Suma and
the Asama. The Japanese did not
lcse a man.
Eleven Warships Damaged. |
Eleven Russian ships were damaged |
| preserved.
Count Cassini, the Russia ambassa- Pig,
dor to the United States, and Minister
Takahira, Japan's representative iin
Washington, met face to face for the
first time in many weeks, in the wait-;
ing room of Secretary Hay’s office at
the state department shortly after
noon Wednesday. been
Mr. Takahira had called to deliver Ef
to Secretary Hay Japan's formal notice UNITED STATES LEADS.
fe that a state of war existed. As he; mms nt De anaoeaiort ut Port Ar
came ont of Mr. Hay’s office he almost Country's Pig Iron Output for 1903 ane cel a moved into
brushed the garments of the Russian Was 11,700,000 Tons. the inner harbor. Torpedo boats re-
ambassador, who was standing nea: The United States on the basis of main cutside on scouting duty.
the door awaiting his turn to enter., Ginst RitARcs ropofti f Inui
The two diplomats surveyed each lille blast furnace repoils or January,
other gravely for an instant and then !13 making pig iron at the rate of 11,-
both bowed, slowly, formally and very 760.000 tons a year, which compares
low, without uttering a sound. { with a December basis of 10,100,000
ions a year, and of a September i
TES | of 19,000,000 tons a year. Curr
mates of the pig iron production of
Thirty Men Kiiled.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
London “Daily Mail’ says an import-
ant bridge on the Manchurian railroad
has been blown up and 30 men have
killed.
a family.
ombia on February 2.
| encia was elected vice president.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
celing the chartering in its behalf.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Speaker Cannon on Friday took the
bit in his testh and ran completely |
away with legislative precedent in the
House. Incidentally he broke all pre- |
rds in the dispatch of pri-
same conditions as men.
BALTIMORE RECUPER
Rear Admiral O'Neil, chief of
former and ahout §,500,000 tons a year
for Germany.
January réturns from all the plants
of the United States Steel corporation,
Though only a few days have elaps-
ed since the fire was checked, the
great majority of merchants, who were
burned out, have found locaticns and the Cambria, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
have resumed business. Furniture Lackawanna, Wheeling, Ashland, Re-
dealers, jewelers, clothiers and others public, Jones and Laughlin, Clairton,
irendy rocolved nn stocks andi 1%. Belle, Bethlehem and Colerado
have piready received new 8 2 : { companies show a total output of 502,-
displayed them on shelves, counters ggg tons of pig iron. This compares
he Housz by a vote of 172 to 163
concurrad in the Senate amendment to
the urgent deficiency appropriation
pill, authorizing a loan of $4,600,000 by
the government to the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition, after amending it
with respect to the manner in which
the money shall be paid.
News having reached the state de-
last Friday while at target practice.
vention of the diocese.
bishop cocadjutor to the Right
Bishop Doane.
Rev
. i for cher an 37,325 tons in May.
ters, it is true, but the current of trade for October anu 1,037,325 tons ¥- | American railroad between Puerto
ind financial transactions has begun Plata and Santiago, in Santo Domingo,
to flow on as before. The city has
shown a recuperative power, which
must be counted extraordinary.
A mew oil field, which operators say nnes, Pittsburg, was
will rival the gas belt, has been open-
ed mear Princeton, Ind., by the drilling
in of a 600-barrel well. |
SIXTEEN PERSONS HURT.
.Motorman Lost Control of the Brakes. |
Car Overturned.
The worst wreck in the history of
the Eastern Ohio Traction company oc-
curred in Chagrin Falls, when a heav-
warship to be ordered to the formur
port. of the trustees at Lexington, Ky.
Lawrence Earhart has been placed
under arrest at Bedford, Ind., .on sus-
picion of knowing something about the
murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, the
young school teacher.
The Frankfurter Zietung’'s Salgpica
correspondent telegraphs a Bulg fan
band: numbering 100, was attac sd at
Dchumbala by Turkish frontier guards,
nforced by two companies of infan-
Grand Rapids (Mich.)
in which 22 persons were killed.
of Ft. Dodge, Ia; while ins
ed her mother and nj
1
oms, shattering the plate glass
dows of the building
in money and
sate was
Mr. Dover, his secretary, at |; mneq
m. stated that there is no}: >
“It is just a matter of
he said.
t prepar-
the track at a
The motorman lost c
brakes. Sixteen persons were more o
less seriously hurt by the car ov
slidizz along the ground
reds of per- One
It is repor
a volcanic | the
sons
eruption
married and leaves a family; Richard
Dady, of Pittsburg, married and leaves
Reyes was elected president of Col-
Gonzales Val-
Orders have been recelved at Car-|
diff, suspending all shipments of coal
for the Russian government and can-
The Norwegian Parliament has pass-
ed a bill, almest unanimously, author-
izing women to act as attorneys, soli-
citors and barristers in the lower as
well -as in the higher courts, on the
the | cials.
r— Sy itod vious reco : !
.| Great Britain and Germany, figured on i ills I is id- | bureau of ordinaance has ordered that
Enterprising Merchants Rally. and. , eu inion | vate pension hills: Under his gald: | eal Oo fn is
s ? j the ba of their present production, =o 954 of these measures or relief | tWo Dew 8-inch guns which have just ‘
1 3y in — ~ \ 3 a wosv Ti ‘ J oe % ni : A : v : }
Banks Resume Rusiness. | indicate 7,500,000 tons a year for the Ee ed by the House in 155 min- been completed at the Washington tie
navy yard be placed on the battleship
Iowa in place of those which burst
The Rev. Dr. Richard H. Nelson, of
Philadelphia was elected bishop coad-
jutor of the Protestant Episcopal dio-
cese of Albany, N. Y., at a special con-
He will be
: 3 3 . tel it me Fy EE v havi
¥ and in windows, and every bank is: with 406,730 tons for December, 553. 2 Er Tieote hat the Sea ia
doine business, all in restricted quar-|(§7 tons for November, 829,215 tons nt , at Washington : The Rey. William L. McEwan, D. D. Ye
oing business, stric quar- > rchels were tearing up the pastor of the Third Presbyterian lesx
church, Fifth and South Negley ave-
unanimously
the state department has caused a |glected president of the Central uni-
versity of Danville, Ky., at a meeting
Tr Te : The coroner has begun the inquest]
i lgarians. 4 : Shoes
Turks Fight Bulga to determine responsibility for the
railroad wreck, |
Miss Hulda Nelson, a school teacher
ane brain-
1
win-
nd securing $40
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JIPAN'S FIRST VICTORIES.
THREE TRANSPORTS CAPTURED.
Russian Cruiser Variag and Gunboat
Korietz Go Down After Fight
Near Chemulpo.
JAPS SCORE A CLEAN VICTORY.
Three transports of the Russian vol-
unteer fleet, conveying about 2,000
troops, have been captured by the
Japanese off the Corean coast.
A dispatch from Port Arthur says
the Japanese fleet returned there
Tuesday afternoon and again bom-
barded the Russian fleet and forts, but
that it soon withdrew. The losses to!
the Russians, the dispatch says, were
small. During the firing a Japanese
cruiser grounded.
A message from London says: Offi-
cial dispatches from Tokio received by
Baron Hayashi, say the Japanese ad-
miral, on arriving at Chemulpo, Corea,
Monday, sent word to the two Rus-
sian warships, the Variag and Korietz,
giving them a time limit in which to
Shortly afterward the Russians
pedo boat, which replied with a tor-
pedo ineffectively. A general exchange
of shots then followed.
After a hot fire the Russians re-
turned to Chemulpo afd at the en-
trance of the harbor. The Russian
cruiser Variag, which was reported
Chemulpo by
the Japanese fleet, was captured and
has arrived at Sasebo.
Seven Warships Crippled.
In addition to the Russian vessels
damaged in the torpedo attack at Port
Arthur, seven other vessels were cap-
tured.
The damage done to the Russians at
Port Arthur by the Japanese fleet un-
der Vice Admiral Togo is far more
extensive than was at first reported.
Seven warships belonging to the Rus-
sians were put out of action. The
Pallada was not sunk but lies on her
beam ends on ‘the beachh, so badly
damaged by the well-directed blow of
a torpedo that it is doubtful if it will
be possible to make her seaworthy for
many months to come. The battle-
ships Retzisan and Tsarevitch were
| damaged below the water line. If the
action had taken place at sea they cer-
tainly would have gone to the bottom.
In the second fight the battleship Pol-
{tava and the cruisers Novik, Askold
land Diana were seriously damaged.
| The Japanese have dealt the Rus-
sians a crushing blow at Port Arthur.
Togo, and comprising 16 battleships
and cruisers with a numerous torpedo
flotilla, left
Tung peninsula on Sunday immediate-
| ture became known.
It cruised slowly outside without
showing lights. The Russians were
ing secure from attack.
lying in the roadstead apparently feel- |
{
|
| patched on their dangerous and dar-
jing task.
prised.
| mediately torpedoed. >
The Japanese dashed along the en-
| tire line of the Russians, exposed by
guns and small arms from both the
ships and the shore. There was the
| utmost consternation among the Rus-|
| tically unscathed and joining the ad-
| miral outside. The admiral’'s fleet
during the attack kept out of range of
ihe Russian searchlights,
| Line of battle was then formed and
{the Japanese fleet moved in within a
range of two and one-half miles and
opened fire on the Russians. The
booming of guns was heard far out to
sea.
Report of Russian Victory.
Private telegrams received at Vladi-
vostock, report the complete rout of !
the Japanese by the Russians on the |
These advices also claim |
that Chemulpo, Korea has been occu-
Yalu river.
pied by Russian soldiers and marines.
FOURTEEN KILLED.
Engineer Fails to Obey Orders.
Than Twenty Hurt.
« Fourteen persons
more than a score
lision between
on the Canadian Pacific near
Point Tuesday.
to stop at Sand Point and pass.
An official statement given out by ] ¥ :
re- able course of action after such an
Canadian Pacific placed the
crew of the westbound train.
orders to stop at Sand Point,
failed to obey them,
$5,000 Damages Asked.
d alienation of his wife's
tions.
and the suit is said to be the result o
family differences.
| brought suit for divorce.
Aid for Baltimore.
and a joint resolution
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An advance squadron of the Japanese |
fleet, under command of Vice Admiral |
the main fleet off Shan |
ly that the news of the diplomatic rup- |
Nearly all!
the Japanese torpedo boats were dis-|
1 i
| A great rattle of small arms greet- |
| ed the invaders, who, however, escap- |
| ed unhurt, and the Retvizan, the Czare-
{ vitch and the Pallada were almost im- |
{ now to a terrible fire from the machine |
| sians, which probably accounts for the |
Japanese torpedo boats escaping prac- |
More
were killed and
injured in a col-| the
two passenger trains
Sand |
The trains were the
eastbound and westbound “Soo” spe-
Both trains were under orders
sponsibility for the wreck upon the
Con- |
ductor Kidd, of that train, this even-
ing admitted that his engineer had
but: . —r————r
Seward S. Saltsman, of Salineville, |
O., has filed suit in court here against all
John Barnhill asking for $5,000 for al-!
The men are brothers-in-law, |
Saltsman and his
wife have separated and he has also
At the session of the Maryland Leg-
islature Tuesday the question of relief
for the city of Baltimore was taken up
adopted pro-
imped into | viding for the appointment of a joint
STEEL CORPORATION SUED,
Holder of Common Stock Claims That
Dividend Could Have Been Paid.
Alfred F. Stevens, of Newark, N. J.,
instituted suit in the Court of Chan-
cery against the United States Steel
corporation to have that corporation
show cause why it first decreased and
subsequently discontinued paying div-
| idends on its common stock. Stevens
in his application presents figures
to bear out his contention that the
dividend could have been paid.
Mr. Stevens in his petition claims
that the steel company since its in-
corporation has had net earnings
over and above its fixed charges of
about $65,000,000, Of this amount $18,-
000.000 was earned in 1901, $34,000,000
in 1902 and $11,000,000 in 1903. He
ciaims that under its charter the cor-
poration is obliged to pay quarterly
dividends to the extent of 4 per cent
per annum. That in October, 1903,
a dividend of only 1 of 1 por cent, or
at the rate of 2 per cent per annum,
was declared, and that in January,
1904, no dividend at all was declared
on the common stock. He attacks
the validity of the recent by-laws of
the corporation which authorizes the
directors to set aside from the earn-
ings of the company from time to
time such amounts as they may de-
termine,
Mr. Stevens contends that the by-
law is in violation of his rights as a
stockholder; that he owned his stock
before this by-law was adopted, and
that he never consented to its adop-
tion. He alleges that even under this
by-law no money was set asude for
working capital until February, 1904,
whereas it was prior to this that the
dividend of October, 1903, was re-
duced and the one of January, -1904,
was passed. :
KRUGER PAYS THE PENALTY.
Declared on Gallows Liquor Caused
All His Troubles.
Charles E. Kruger, the slayer of Con-
stable Henry F. Bierer, was executed
im :Greensburg, Pa., on: the 12th. The
condemned man displayed nerve, and
after being led to the scaffold by Sher-
iff John M. Tresher and Deputy Daniel
Doncaster he passed half way up the
several steps of the ggllows, and turn-
ing to the small audience, in a clear
voice, he said: “Gentlemen: During
my time on earth I have been a ter-
rible sinner, and all my troubles I can
place to the excessive use of liquor. I
did not care for God until I got into
this trouble. He has power and
strength to save me, and I warn all
here to lead a Christian life. I hope
to meet you all in heaven, where I am
going now. Goodby to all.”
Kruger was hanged for the murder
of Constable Harry Bierer, of Greens-
burg, who went to arrest him on a
trifling charge. He was sentcaced to
death, but confessed to several crimes
among which was the murder of
| Treasurer John Blevins at New Castle,
Pa. This was not believed. The Gov-
| ernor respited him and his mental
condition was investigated. He was
declared sane and the Governor then
withdrew from further interference
i and the law took its course.
They rushed full steam on |
| the enemy, who were completely sur- |
TROUBLE IN LUZON.
| Cavalry Scouts and Constabulary Sent
5 to Vigan.
A revolt of the constabulary at
{ Vigan has developed into a small up-
rising against the American and loyal
! Filipinos. Two American priests, Fath-
ers McClosky and Kirk, have been
| fired upon, but no casualties are re-
ported. The telegraph wires leading
to the disturbed district have been
cut. Ricarte, one of the former Fili-
rino leaders, is believed to be at the
head of the movement.
Seventeen cf the constabulary de-
erted, taking with them 590 rifles, 5,-
| 000 rounds of ammunition, and $700
obtained by looting the commissary
| department. The number of fugitives
| has since been augumented by a par-
ty of 80 escaping irom the same quar-
{ter
| Killed at a Crossing.
i Tour persons were killed at the
Southern railway crossing at Water-
loo Postoffice, Va. The killed were
Bernard Brown, his wite and child, and
William Stokes. The party was re-
turning from Washington in a wagon,
| which"was struck by an engine.
GUNBOAT MAY BE SEIZED.
Firing on American Steamship Arouses
the War Department.
Specific instructions have been ca-
bled Rear Admiral Wise commanding
training squadron in Dominican
waters regarding the protection of
American shipping interests there.
The firing on the lighters of the Clyde
i line steamer New York by a govern-
ment gunboat has aroused indignation
rin official circles here and it was said
at the Navy repartment that the prob-
outrage would be the seizure of the
government gunboat by Rear Admiral
Wise, in which event it probably would
! be carried to Guantanamo.
Flint Glass Men Strike.
Thomas R. Rowe, president of the
| American Flint Glass Workers Union,
sent out telegrams ordering on strike
workman employed in factories
i controlled by the National Glass
affec- | Company. The order affects about
4,000 workmen, one-fourth of which
fare skilled. The strike is due to an
attempt to start up two plants non-un-
ion, one at Rochester, Pa., and the
other at Cumberland, Md.
Dies at Age of 102.
Philip Keifer, a wealthy retired man-
ufacturer, of Dayton, O., who celebrat-
ed the one hundred and second anni-
versary of his birth a few months ago,
died on the 9th. Ie came to Dayton
t inking. a a 7 The battle a long time si . to il
Senator Hanna Sinking _. lily loaded passengey car dashed down | fry. The bottle In at re Joayv. | & cistern, drowning herself. committee of Senators and delegates | from Maryland in 1832. He drank six
n issued Sunday night said: | ,° goon hill for more than a mile and the Pn . oy raan Tareiore oricrod sostoffice at | to meet Mayor McLane and the Citi- | cups of coffee daily all his life and was
f Senator Hanna's recovery | ¢.on +1 ~enter of th 4d ing 12 dead on the field. 1e Turkis gars enttrq Ade oS - biz C ittee of Baltimore. for con- | an invete CF
of Senator H 51 Y {from the center of the and ing} oan 0 x Kill and two | Orleans, Ind. and blew the safe to at- Zens Committee of Baltimor I CON- ap inveterate user of tobacco.
loss one gl od 2 sultation with a view of asc aining : er bi ene
insurance com-
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