Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 73, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1904 — Page 1

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m PAGES 34 PAGES :ki.y em -T EST A J SHED VOL. T IV NO. 73 INDIANAPOLIS, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1901. PKICK r, CENTS. En l Mfti.T uiin n rnTrn Tfi SHATTERED ELOUS ACCURACY SIUUI WAS tltlilUI IU SENATE BECAUSE HE I A KILLED B SHOWN 8! JAPANESE EXPLO; W itli r.t Support of the Church He Could Not Have Ieen Chosen by Legislature. TESTIMONY OK A JUDGE Who Made a Record in Prosecuting Polygamous Mormons of Utah in the Eighties. More than 500 Quarts petonated Near Knightstow n, Causing Death of S. A. Clark. Bombardment from Midnight Wednesday Till Thursday Noon Caused Much Havoc. . ...r HUGE HOLE IN GROUND FORTS WERE DAMAGED

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Former Senator a Member of the Church of Latter-Da v Saints Hearing Adjourned. WASHINGTON. March 12. That Reed Bmoot could not have been elected to the United States 8enate without having flrt been chosen as an apostle of UM Mormon Courch and that after ie was so chosen he could not have been defeated, was aerted by Judge Ogden Hiks, assistant United States attorney from 1SS6 to 1890 and later a Judge of the Idstrict Court of j Utah. Ho was a witness to-day In the Bmoot case before the committer on priv ileges and elections. He claimed to have procured more indictments and conducted I more prosecutions against Mormons on charges of polygamous conduct than any i other officer that had served in Utah. He told an interestii g story of the prosecu- j tlons and said the flrst cessation In the j more flagrant practice of polygamy came after the passage of the Edmunds-Tucker act making adultery a crime and prescrib- j Ing heavy penalties for violations. Lp to that time the people went to jail, or raid fines, declaring it preferable to obey the laws of Ood rather than the laws of man. The heavy tines for subsequent prosecutions for adultry, he said, brought a change of view. Many of those prosecuted were poor and uuable to pay the fines and then accepted the offer of the courts to waive punishment if promise was given not to continue to violate the law. An Interesting feature of Judges HUes's testimony was his declaration that former United States Senator Rawlins was still a Mormon, even though he stood out against the church on the matter of interference in politics. Attorney Vancott took the witness to tak for the statement and the colloquy enlivened the close of the day's hearing. AN' hen Mr. Critchlow resumed the stand this morning his cross-examination was continued by Waldemar Vancott. one of the attorneys for th- defense. Sentiment against Mr. Smoot was the subject of inquiry by Mr. Vancott. who asked specifically if a wave of antagonism to the Mormon senator was not created hy the Lellich charges xh;-i Mr. Smoot was a polygamlst. Mr. Critchlow thought that had not been the effect, though there had been much surprise that this was made in face of the atnteraent of the general protest that Mr. fltaäoot was not charged with polygamy. The cross examination was confined almost entir ly to bringing out M. UsSsehJ'.w a -iw on the acts of others and the thoughts of others. After this procedure had continued for n'-arly an hour Senator MeComas objected and called attention to the fact that the character of the testimony could not influence the committee in any matter. SMOOT S CANDIDACY. Mr. Vancott then addressed the witness directly in regard t j the candidacy of Reed Bmoot and drew from Mr. Critchlow the fact that Mr. Smoot had announced himself as a candidate for the Senate before 1302. "Didn't he announce himself as early as 189s and receive votes in the Legislature?" "I believe he did. He received votes and so did I. The minority only had three votes rnd they were passed abound as a compliment." Mr. rit. "blow's attention waj called to the nominations for members of the Legislature and the fact that he participated in the convention and had moved to make certain nominations unanimous. "I did move to make them unanimous," said the witness. "We. that is. our candidates, were defeated and I made the motion aa a matter of courtesy." "Didn t you know that it meant Reed Smoot for senator?'" "Yes. sir." "Did you go on the stump that fall In support of the Republican ticket?" Mr. Critchlow. when hts attention was called to the fact, said he believed he had made a speech at Springville. The witness mas questioned In regard to the sentiment for or against Reed Smoot for senator, and said that so far as he was concerned he nad do objection to J3moot personally, but opposed him on the ground that he was a general authority of the chur h. He admitted that at the time he had moved to make unanimous the nominations of certain persons for members of the Legislature that it was generally known that Mr. Smoot was to be made an apostle. INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH. To ascertain the difference between the Influence exercised by the Mormon Church over lay members and general authorities was the object of inquiry by Senators Hopkins and MeComas, and the answers of the witness indicated that the machinery of the church was so adjusted that either might be compelled to obey the behests of the church, and that the wishes of the high authorities might be enforced hy the "reserve force" in politics which the church Is said to nullit, in In the examination concerning the That her episode it was brought out that Thatcher was In the same status in 1886 as to polygamy as was Brlgham II. Roberts when he was elect- to Congress, and that Mr. Cannon made his campaign for the Senate against the wishes of th church j'isi as urn iiiaiciier. n was nrougni out that in l:e Mr. Roberts refused to sign the church rule In regard to politics, the same as Thatcher had refused to subscribe to church dictates. This was in Roberts s tlrst campaign, but Mr. Critchlow could not say whether Mr. Roberts recanted before or after the election. lud he recant at all?" asked Senator Overman. "Oh. yea. There i.; no que.-tion about that." The witness was asked to explain the change of mind, and said: "It is under m . i ; j rr w . i . i a. a i . 1 in tact. It has seen published in the al church paper that authorities of church labored and prayed wl;h Mr. rts f.r six weeks, and then he aniced that he had received a vision of lead ancestors being lost to perdition nat he was out of harmony with his cbureh and eould not go into the temple ar.d - baptized ami th;:.- s.iw Hair so ils as w.r Instances were asked in whit h the churc h Interfered in business matters In the last five years and Mr Critchlow mentioned the location of a union dep. o in Salt I-ake. the Incident at Rrigham City, in which the church is said to have opposed a certain amusement hall, a i as.- b.-for- the high nv 11 of the church in which the parties e Jensen va. Dietrich Land and Live rk Company and certain litigation been Salt Lake and the West Jordan al Mr 'rtt. hl'.vv s information on the feet was indefinite and he said he could no competent testimony on the subDICTATED LEGISLATION. wltn-ti waa ask ncernlnK gtetfnient In former tftimony that Msraoa committee dictated legislation In the fir.' n . f tii. I.t-Klaluture. He named as this commit r. w Penrose, W. W. Rite. Jam Sharp. William II. King. F. 8. Rl'-hard and Jame M. Tanr Ifr Hi. hards w.tn in attendance at . ... - - , mm V . mmw mm mmm - i j iLUSiTlS L ED UN TAGE 4 COL. 3.J

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Mamma Ceres MMN um attacked AND THROWN INTO CANAL Her Assailant, "Doc" Braxton, Tried to Prevent Her Rescue by Two Men. BOTH PERSONS COLORED "Doc" Braxton, a negro well known to the police, made a desperate attempt to murder Mrs. Maud Hanly about 10 o'clock last night near the. Pratt-street bridge over the canal. Braxton struck the woman in the head with a club, dazing her and cutting two gashes in her head. While the woman was dazed and unable to resist he threw her into the canal and fought desperately to prevent help reaching her. William Edwards and William Hopkins heard the woman's screams for help and ran down the canal bank. Braxton attempted to fight them off when Hopkins drew a revolver and shot at him three times. Braxton fled north on the canal bank and whtle Bicyclemen Morgan and Samuels searched the surrounding territory for him. made good his escape. The Hanly woman is a negress living in the rear of 412 Toledo street. She made an engagement with Braxton to meet him at St. Clair and West streets last night. Braxton was waiting for the woman and the couple walked east to the canal bank. The woman wos unprepared for the assault and was powerless to resist the man after the flrst blow. Dr. Jeffries attended the woman. BRIEF FIGHT OVER SQUATTER'S RIGHTS Exchange of Shots Near Chicago Followed by Surrender of Holder of Tenure Claim. CHICAGO. March 12 A rifle duel through the barred door of the structure that was the Delaware state building at the world's fair took place to-day in the suburb of Hegewlsch, where the building now stands. Ellis Bennett, the owner of the so-called "Delaware House," has been barricaded since yesterday, defending a "squatter" claim to 1Ö0 acres of surrounding land. . ivputy Sheriff John Long attempted today to enter the house. Bennett, the "squatter," greeted the officer with two rifle shots. The deputy, rifle In hand, answered with two shots through the door. All was quiet following the shots. Long left the place and was unable to say whether his shots had hit anyone. Long proceeded to the Hegewlsch police station and sent word for assistance. Other deputies soon arrived and a plan was formed to set the "castle" afire and smoke Bennett out. but the latter surrendered after long had battered down the door with an ax, meeting no resistance. MRS. FAIR IS IN A CRITICAL CONDITION Contestant of California Million airess Will Was Badly Hurt in a Street-Car Collision. ST. LOUIS. March L -Nellie Cravens Fair, who contested the will of the late Senator J. G. Fair, the California millionaire, on the grounds that she was his legal wife, is reported to be lying in a critical condition at the Southern Hotel as the result of Injuries received several days ago in a street-car collision Mrs. Fair was un-i-onscious when taken to the hotel and was unknown, her doorkey alone making known the fact that she wns stopping at the Southern. When she regained consciousneaa she requested that the closest secrecy be maintained and that her identity be not revealed. The house physician. Ir. Behrens, says her condition is dangerous. Mrs. Fair, it is said, recently came to St. I.ouis to visit her daughter. Mrs. H. E. K u-hler. She intended her visit to surprise her daughter, but on arrival found that Mrs. Koehler Is very sick and therefore went to the Southern and did not make her presence known. MACEDONIANS READY FOR MORE DISORDER VIKNNA. Maren Reports have been received from Sorta, Bulgaria, that revolutionary circles are stirred up in consequence f the attitude of the Su'tan n the endarmerifg question, and it is believed that the revolutionist are now preparing for m new ontbreak. The ZontClMfl party has .iir.ete.l its supporters to begin the eo-c-tion of arms and money and the international organization has sent messages to Ma'donia to a.-terta,in preparations for a fresh rampalfrh. No open revolution is expected because of the presence of a large Turkish force. rtiit nftl vlt v ifi t h i.urt m f rifliilM.A. V I ' V (.'MS 1 ' UiUUUti X I J f bunds suou uiu bw in evidence.

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deserted child becomes CHARBE0F POLICEMAN Boy. Bereft of Mother's Care, Taken to Detention Home Woman Behind Bars. KIND WORDS STAY TEARS Deserted by his mother, who left her home and baby for another man. Joseph E. Vail, little Howard Coghill. Ave years old. was found yesterday afternoon by Patrolman Jesse Streit at 2U East Ohio street. With the big patrolman leading him by the hand the little chap walked bravely into police station yesterday afternoon and was turned over to Matron Reisner. When he spoke of "mamma" he cried. Won by the kind words of the matron the little fellow, to whom kind words have been a rarity, straightened like a soldier "at attention." Til go with you," he said. "You'll be kind to me." There was no place in the police station where the child could be kept and he was taken to the Detention Home. Apparently little concerned over the desertion of her child the mother, with Joseph E. Vail, the man for whom she left her home, was arrested late yesterday afternoon After her arrest the woman did not inquire for her boy. She laughed as she said good-bye to the man while he was waiting to be slated in the men's side of the police station and she was being led from the room to the woman's department. MACON'S II AT LESS MAN VICTIM OF A THEORY Never Wore Headware Because, He Said, It Produced Disease Died of Pneumonia. MACON. Mo., March 12. -William P. Beach, for the past twenty-five years known as "The Hatless Man of Macon," died, to-night, of pneumonia, a victim of his theory, the doctors say, that a man will enjoy better health hy discarding headwear in all kinds of weather. For a quarter of a century Beach never under any circumstances wore a hat. He declared that hats caused catarrh and baldness. ULTIMATUM SENT TO DOMINICAN REBELS SANTO DOMINGO. Wednesday. March I. The government has sent an ultimatum to the Insurgents demanding their surrender and granting forty-eight hours for noncombatants to retire. If this is net compiled with the government will attack by land and sea, adopting such measures as it finds necessary, including a bombardment. A large force is left to attack San Pedro De Macoris. OF A PREVENTED WITH FIRE Building Destroyed at Unionville That Had Just Been Rented for Saloon Purposes. LESSEE WARNED AWAY Speeift? to the Indianapolis Journal. NASHVILLE. Ind.. March 12.-A building in Unionville, across the Monroe county line, belonging to Dr. Joseph Frltch, of that place, was destroyed by lire last midnight, presumedly because the doctor rented it to a man from Bloomington for .-aloon purposes. The "entire town turned out to see the Are. but no effort was made to stay the progress of the tlames. The amount of loss is not known. Some time ago a Hloomlngton man. whose name is not known here, went to Tnionville and rented the building, announcing his intention of selling liquor therein. Objections were made by the temperance people, and he was warned that a saloon would not be countenanced. He put in the necessary fixtures, however, and on Friday told a number of persons that he would put in a stock of "wet goods" to-day. When he arrived this morning he found the building had b. n destroyed with his fixtures, and he was warned to leave town with his liquors. He proceeded to Needmore, in Brown county, and was wai Med away from there. It Is presumed he returned to Bloomington. as he drove in that direction. Thret- Trains In olliioi. OMAHA Net... March 12. Two fnlon Pacific freights, going in opposite directions, south of Omaha, to-day collided with a Northwestern freight which was crossing ihr' I'nion Pacific double track, wrecking ail three trains and killing Switchman

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MATURE DIRECTOR" IS SENT TO PRISON FOR FRAUD II Claimed to Diagnose Disease by Examining the Eyes with a Mirror. MANY WOMEN VICTIMS BERLIN, March 12. A so-called "Nature Director," Herr Schroeter, has been sentenced at Tilsit. Prussia, to two years' Imprisonment after a long trial which lasted a fortnight and attracted the attention of all Germany. Schroeter said he was able to diagnose disease by an examination of the eyes with a certain mirror, which he said showed the spectrum lines of different diseases. He said he was able to determine the location of ailments in the body and he pretended to see the mark of death in the eyes of patients long before their malady became serious. Schroeter had a numerous following among rich women, many of whom had presented him with diamond rings. The trial was attended by several exciting scenes when experts gave testimony damaging to Schroeter. WILL VOTE AS A UNIT FOR WILLIAM R. HEARST Six of Rhode Island's Democratic Delegates Declare for the "Yellow Peril." PROVIDENCE. R. T.. March 12. Six of the eight delegates to the St. Louis convention chosen at the Democratic convention on Thursday formally organized to-day. Resolutions were adopted supporting William R. Hearst, of New York, for President, and declaring in favor of the "unit rule" in voting at St. Louis. '"lonel Patrick Henry Qulnn. of Warwick, and Colonel Samuel R. Honey, of Newport, both of whom were chosen delegates notwithstanding their opposition to Mr. Hearst, were not present. CORTELYOU TALKS TO CHICAGO MERCHANTS CHICAGO. March 12 Secretary George B. Cortelyou to-night was the guest of honor at a banquet of the Merchants Club. Fully 300 merchants and manufacturers of Chicago and its vicinity were present, and the address of the secretary upon "Some Problems and Policies of the New Department" was received with approval. The speaker announced that for the purpose of discussion he would declare the chief problems of the department to be corporations, labor, statistics, marine affairs, standards of measurement as applied in the arts, sciences, industries, and immigration. He discussed each of these questions. DEATH IMPOSED ON ALL THE CAR-BARN BANDITS Delay in Reaching a Verdict Was Caused by Consideration of Van Dyne's Epilepsy. UNMOVED BY SENTENCE CHICAGO, March 12. Hanging for all was Uie verdict of the jury to-day in the first murder QMS against the so-called "carbarn bandits." Harvey Van Dyne, Peter Niedermeier and Gustav Marx, who attained notoriety by a desperate all-day battle that started in a "dug-out" near Liverpool, Ind., where the trio had taken refuge after a series of remarkable crimes including the murder of two employes of the Chicago City Railway at one of the company's barns in this city, the motive in t a Ii instance being robbery. Emil Roeski, who was with the bandits in the dug-out and participated in many other crimes, is to be tried separately, not having been implicated directly in the particular murder fur which his assistants were flrst arraigned. The verdict of the jury was delayed from yesterday afternoon until to-day on account of a temporary division of opinion as to making the punishment alike for all the defendants. A confession on the part of Marx led to the discovery of the hidingplace of the other bandits. Marx entered a plea of guilty and begged lor mercy. while th other bandits attempted to brazen out a plea of innocence. Epilepsy, the result of heredity, was also pleaded in the cae of Van Dyne. Contrary to the general belief It was Van Dyne's fate, not that of Marx, that caused the delay in arriving at a decision. The bandits heard their doom stolidly. The mother of Van Dyne was in the courtroom. Neldermeier's mother was also present. Neith r woman made any outcry. The mother of Marx did not appear. She was said to be al homu lu a state bordering on

Knightstovvn Buildings Rocked by Force of Explosion Speculation as to Cause.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KNIGHTSTOWN. Ind.. March 12. More than 50(1 quarts of nitroglycerin exploded at the big magazine a mile and a half northwest of this city this morning, and Stephen A. Clark, who was working there, his team of horses and wagon, and the magazine and factory were blown to atoms. The force of the explosion was felt all over this city, windows being shattered all over town. The explosion occurred at 10:35 o'clock this morning. A terrific concussion was felt, and there was panic for a few moments, until the cause was learned. At first it was thought to be an explosion of gas. A mass of smoke could be seen northwest of the city, and people were not long in determining what the explosion was. Hundreds of people rushed to the glycerin factory in vehicles or afoot. The scene was appalling, as the havoc wrought was awful. The ground, trees and adjacent objects were all covered with a reddish hue, and everywhere the flesh and bones of man and horses were to be seen. A huge hole, fully forty feet in diameter and fifteen feet deep, was torn in the ground on the spot where the magazine had stood. Nothing was left of the building. which was of brick, except a few pieces of the stone that formed its foundation. The factory stood about a hundred feet west of the magazine, and the boiler room about seventy-five feet west of that. Both were demolished, and now stand as heaps of iron, timber and rubbish. A small frame building, used as a repository for dead animals, about 300 feet distant, was partly wrecked. BRICK REDUCED TO DUST. The force of the concussion was so great as to grind the brick in the magazine to dust, and this covered the adjacent ground with a reddish tinge. Whole tops were torn off the trees that stood near, and some of them were laid bare to the trunks. Strung about among the barren limbs, here and there, were to be seen particles of clothing and flesh, human or horse flesh, and small pieces of debris, caught in their flight a grewsome spectacle. Particles of flesh and pieces of debris were found at the top of the hill, and much of it southward in an adjoining field, some as far nwav from the magazine as half a mile. Much of the force of the explosion spent Itself In a westerly and southerly direction. How the accident occurred may never be known. Mr. Clark left the city this morning and drove south of the city to shoot a well. He returned, and a little after 10 o'clock he unt to the factory. Clark's grip, gloves, lap rohe and some of his tools were found intact at the smaller magazine, which was not affected by the explosion. It is thousht that he stopped there and left .these things and went on to the big magazine to take the explosive out to thaw. Until recently the cans used have held eight quarts, but those Clark had held ten quarts. The wagon which he used was also higher than he had been accustomed to, and it is considered probable that he either dropped the can or knocked it against the wagon, causing the explosion. Charles Terry, a gas-well man. probably was nearer the magazine than any other person when the explosion took place. He was on the road anout a nan mue away. He felt the concussion, then heard the explosion and as he looked ahead of him the maeazlne seemed to rise Into the air, and I then burst into thousands of pieces of de bris, which were nuriea in every nirecuon, all enveloped In a dense cloud of red dust. FRKAKS OF FORCE. The force of the explosion was so great as to perform almost incredible feats. No part of the wagon was found larger than a piece of the tongue, probably a foot long. Small bits of Mr. Clark's clothing were found, no larger than two or three Inches in size. These hits were easily recognized as being his. Several large acid drums, which weighed probably 500 pounds, were hurled a distance of 200 feet, some of them being torn full of holes and twisted into various shapes. A hoof of one of the horses was found hundreds of yards away, bared of flesh, and with a No. l wire blown completely through it. A hub of one of the wagons was found with the boxing blown out of it. Steven Clark was fifty-two years old. and had lived In Knightstown for about fifteen (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLTL) TARRED, FEATHERED, SHOT AND CLUBBED TO DEATH Fate of a Negro Who Was Charged with Assault and Resisted a Mob. FRAIL, UNGUARDED JAIL MOJAVE, Cal.. March 12 A negro was taken from jail by a mob during the night, tarred and feathered, and shot and clubbed to death. The negro was arrested yesterday for assault and was confined in Mojave jnil prfparatory to taking him to Bakerstteld. Before officers could place the man aboard a, train. a large crowd gathered about the frail jail. which was unguarded. and, within a short time, seized the prisoner. It was evidently the intention of the mob not to go further than to apply a coat of tar and feathers but the negro resisted the coating. His resistance angered some of those in the mob and during a scuffle the negro was killed. SENA TE RA TIF I ES TREATY WITH ETHIOPIA WASHINGTON, March 12.-The Senate In executive session to-day ratified the treaty between the United Suites and Ethiopia, which was negotiated by Menelik II. '"King of Kings of Ethiopia." and Robert P. Öklnner, consul general and plenipotentiary. The treaty is to last ten years and provides for trading poMs and telegraphs and other means of transportation in Menelik's provinces. The main objects to be accomplished by the treaty were ?et forth in an extended report made by Consul General Skinner.

W. H. HUNT. Governor of Torto Rico.

AMERICANIZATION OF PORTO RICOIN PROGRESS Work of the Legislature in Changing Laws Reported by Governor Hunt. XO FLAG DESECRATION WASHINGTON. March 12 The following cablegram has been received by Secretary Hay from Governor Hunt, dated, San Juan, Porto Rich, March 12: "Legislature adjourned. Many Important laws passed, among them being American code civil procedure, thus completing the entire American code systems; the American judicial system law vesting original power in justices of the Supreme Court to determine all property questions between the government and the Catholic Church; establishing a blind UjftUm at Ponce; providing for a commission to negotiate the insular bonded loan for permanent public works, from three to five millions; providing for a new penitentiary; for slight increase in rum tax; for increasing resources of municipalities; authorizing all priests, preachers and magistrates to celebrate marriages without parents first obtaining license; providing special study and cure for parasitic anaemia; establishing educational qualifications for electors; extending public school education; passed budget next fiscal vear; also by unanimous vote introduced by delegate Aponte, delegates rising, passed strict law to prevent desecration American flag." of the NAT C GOODWIN CAUSES ARREST OF HIS VALET Accuses Him of Stealing Jewelry Worth $2,000 Actor Walks Home After Riot. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 12 Nat C Goodwin to-night caused the arrest of his valet. A. Mitchell, on the charge of stealing Jewelry valued at $2,010. Mitchell is in a cell. Three weeks ago a four-carat ruby ring, valued at 11,700, disappeared while Goodwin was playing In New Orleans. When asked about the ring Mitchell said that he lost it. A detective was employed to watch the valet, and to-day the valet was cauneni wnnt pawning a waicn aim a. pearl pin belonging to Goodwin. Last night Goodwin employed a nonunion hackman to take him to a boxing contest. After the fight Goodwin found his driver waving a revolver amid a mob of a thousand strikers. Several shots were fired, and it n quired active work on the part of the police to quell the disturbance. Goodwin walked to his hotel. BELGIAN CAPTURED BY A MOB OF CHINESE Lives of Twenty-Four Foreigners Employed by a Railway Company Are in Peril. TTEN-TS1N. March 12.-Riots have occurred at Tseehow and Lam-An, along the t line of the Belgian railroad, in the south- i ern part of Shan-Si province. M. Perion j has been captured by a mob and fears are entertained for his safety. Borna, an Italian, fought his way out of the same mob. i It is reported that twenty foreigners em- ) ; ployed along the railroad are in danger. The cause of the riots is obscure, but . i they are thought to have originated In the ; shooting of a Chinese by Koma in selldefense. It is apprehended that the trouble will spread and endanger all foreigners. IOHN KIELY TRIES TO SILENCE IOHN SILENCE Son of the St. Louis Chief of Police Shoots a Sanitary Inspector in the Abdomen. ST. LOUIS. March 12.-John Kiely, son of Chief of Police Kiely. to-night shot and probably mortally wounded City Sanitary Inspector John Silence. Kiely immediately surrendered to the police. It is clalmeil Silence was overheard by Kiely sharply condemnmg the efficiency of Chief Kiely. An altercation resulted in Silence shooting young Kiely in the hand. Kiely then shot Silence in the abdomen. Chief of Police Kiely is in Hot Springs, Ark., on a vacation. CLOSED BY A STRIKE. Telegraph Operators in 325 Southern Express Offices Quit. ROANOKE. Va.. March 12 -As a result of f th- tlerrah ftru,r..nr. wH a. laap vi -mwm - o-e- , .. have been handling express matter at the small towns along the lines of the Norfolk " w.. .. lK, a & Western Railway J25 Southern Expresoffices were closed at noon to-day. The express officials refused to grant the demands nf th niuntnni for increased commission and the Order of Railway Telegraphers j ordered their strike. It Is said that inde- I pendent express offices will be opened at many of the towns affected by the strike. MENELIK'S GIFTS TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT BOSTON, March 12. On the steamer

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Xoncombatants in the Xew Town Suffered Most An American Fatallv Wounded. TIEN-TSIN. March 12.-The first credible reports of the effect of the lxmhardment of Port Arthur from midnight on Wednesday to past noon on Thursday arrived to-day. Witnesses say that th Japanese Arc. which was indifferent in previous attacks, showed marvelous accuracy. The rtre came from the direction of .Pigeon bay ton the west side of LiaoTifhin promontory), where the Russians reported sighting double the previous number of Japan sc vessels, and It is supposed that transports of various kinds accompany the fleet. It is imported that the Retvlzan. which, it is said, was then inside the entrance of the harbor, was struck several times and that there were fatalities among the crew. It is also said the Golden hill forts were damaged and that there were many casualties among the remaining noncombatants in the now town. whi h .suffered most. One building in the rear of th war bureau was destroyed and elsewhere a shell . ntul il.it. d a family. The Russians arc suppressing the circulation of foreign newspapers and any person suiocted of being a correspondent is ordered out of their lines. Residents of Pert Arthur assert that the defenders of that place possess the delusion that British officers command the Japanese ships. A leading police officer, who had been prominent in expelling suspects, killed himself, it is believed on account of his failure to apprehend newspaper correspondents. AMERICAN FATALLY HURT AT PORT ARTHUR TITI SVII.LE. Pa., March 12 -Thomas Dwyer to-day received a cable dispatch from Port Arthur Informing him that hit son Thomas had been injured and would not live throughout the day. The young man was employed as a tank builder and left home three years ago. It is suppos 1 he was injured during the Japanese bombardment of Port Arthur. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO REPEAT HOBSON'S ACT PARIS. March 13 A Tokio correspondent of the Gauloi8 reports that another unsuccessful attempt to obstruct the entrance to Port Arthur harbor has been made by j the Japanese. PORT ARTHUR THOUGHT TO BE IMPREGNABLE PORT ARTHI'R. Friday, March 11(From a Russian correspondent of the Asj gociated Press.) "I inspected yesterday the points on whih the fire of the enemy was centered, particularly during the Inst bombardment. Some buildings were slightly damaged. "Lying safely at anchor In the two basins . were the vessels of the Russian fleet, not one of which suffered injury' worth mentioning. This Inappreciable result followed, four hours of fierce cannonading, during which the enemy fired from a great distance in order to throw shells ov-r the hill Into the town and the basins. It was noticed that all the shells exploded. The more the. enemy bombards the more we are convince! that it will be impossible for the Japaner to take Port Arthur. "It is bd1eved that the Japanese art aware from their occupation of Port Arthur of the Invulnerability of the port to attack: and of the smnll damage they can cause bv shelling. Their object is beheed to he not so much seriously to attempt to reduce the port at this time mm to impress Europe and America in order- to facilitate the placing of a loan, to show the Chinese the power of the Japanese fleet and gradually to change the passive but protesting attitude of the Koreans to their favor. "Reports have been published with a Tokio date line of most sympathetic relations' which have sprung up between Kor a and Japan, but the Ofstasiatischer Uoyds publishes the following: "The Korean Emperor compliments Japan on the successful siege of Port Arthur and commands his faithful subjects to give all possible assistance to the Japanese army. His Majesty has sent gifts of cigarettes to the soldiers. Russisns are asking Jokingly if th. Emi ",,r nt mauhe8 al " LAWYER AND DAUGHTER KILLED BY A SHELL PORT ARTHI'R. March 11 Delayed in transmission. Last night passed witnout incident. The Japanese squadron. whi h disappeared after Thursday s bombardment and naval Muht, hau not returned. The Russian squadron proceeded -to sea this morning and returned this afternoon, it is understood that no Japanese ships were sighted. Although during the bombardment a number of shells from the Japanese ships burst in the streets of the town, the damage to the buildings was comparatively slight. The new town suffered the greatest damage. A shell burst a fern' yards from the house of N. Sidorski. a lawyer, whose wlfs is a daughter of Col. Baron Frank M Sidorski. M. Sidorski and his daughter wer killed on the spot, the latter's head being blown off Mine SidorBki was injured by fragments of the shell, and a girl named ' Waleritsch was wounded and died soon afti ?rWafd in. boSpltal. A CkiSUMI WS Ki, ,j and several otner t ninamen wer ( wounded ;neral Stoessel. the commander of the H .-Man troops at Port Arthur, and his , whju watohtn) the bombardment , from a battery, were peppered by splinters 1 from a shell hut sustain, t no injures n , Golden hill Lieutenant achtln and ona soldier were wounded. Two sentries on Electric cliff were wounded. A Japanese ironclad was struck by a Russian shell and slowly withdrew. The bombardment. which was severe, only ceased at 1J:45 In the afternoon. CONDITIONS AT SEOUL; JAPANESE COt RTEOUS an air of martial activity to this city But

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