Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 83, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1904 — Page 1

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POR T AR THÜR A GAIN BOMBARDED BY THE J APA NESESQ UADRON Torpedo Boats Began the Attack at Midnight Monday and the Engagement Was Continued by Battleships Until Tuesday Noon OFFICIAL RUSSIAN REPORTS

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Confidence Against Detection Seemed Supreme, and Gold Balances Were Tampered With. Having admitted his own guilt in the financial crimes which wrecked the Indiana National Bank of Elkhart, Wilson L. Collins, late cashier, yesterday implicated as leading offender in the fatal management of the bank Justus L. .Brodrick. pre?ld-nt of the institution, who is lighting charges of embezzlement, misapplication and abstraction of funds. As a third partner of the illegal management of finances Collins entangled J. Walter Drown, who will be tried next week in the Federal Court. Collins was called to the stand at Z o'clock J yesterday afternoon, and for two and a which laid bare the interior transactions which are alleged to have brought the bank to an end. He was introduced by the prosecution as their last witness and their final deathblow to the cause of Justus L. Brodrick. Cxming at the end of a day of routine examination, the introduction of Collins, which had been awaited with a tense Interest by court visitors, signalized the most dramatic scene of the Brodrick trial. A3 Collins told in a faltering voice of machinations enacted in the Indiana National Bank there was an oppressive silence in the courtroom. His face sallow and wan. Collins,. with his head bent forward on his chest, was the picture of despair. His voice was unsteady and many times indistinguishable. Attorney Kealln shot question after question at him in a loud and commanding voice. BRODRICK "AWARE OF "GRAFT." Collins tesified in substance that J. L. Erodrick was fully aware of conditions at the bank, as he took the initiative In the Illegal transaction; that he took , money from the bank on notes made out to companies which gave him no authority; that, he was present when false reports were made to the controller of ' currency and helped to compile them; that he made false entries in the bank's books, in short, that he was the main actor in the mismanagement. During the testimony Brodrick sat unmoved. From time to time his attorneys raised objections to Healing's questions, but with lew exceptions they were not sustained and Kealing continued his crossfire. Kealing begau his examination by asking" the witness who made the loans of the bank. Collins replied that he and Brodriek made them, but they were finally passed on by Brodrick. -Who kept the bank books ?' asked Kealing. Collins relied that the bookkeepers did the work. "Were the deposits put in made on slips and given to the bookkeepers?" Collins replied that they were. "On Sept. 22, 1j3. what does the entry of J2S.5! mean?1' "It means that the Garden City StaUoncry Company deposited that sum." "Who rr.adu out the data by which the $24.0 4 was put on a slip?" "I am not sure," answered Collins reluctantly. Kettling demanded': "Wa3 that $24.000 a false charge?" "Yes, sir," answered Collln3 in a low voices "Mr. Collins, what conversation did you have with the defendant concerning that charge?" "Mr. Brodriek told me that he had authority from the Garden City Stationery Company to draw checks out on their accounts." "Who counted the money at night In the vault?" "Brodriek nnd myself." "What did you d with it?" "We recorded it on the card which huncr In the vault and it was later put in the teller's daily cas-h book-" Kealing exhibited the card and made reference to certain cash .items. "Do those figures on this card which I have pointed out represent the gold In' the? vault on those dates?" "No. sir." replied Collins. SHOWS $10.000 DAILY SHORTAGE.. "On an average how much less each day was there in the vault?" "About .1'V)." "Was there ever. $1C,000 of gold in the vault" "I don't think so." "On Nov. 7. mi. does the $24,000 in the teller's dally cash book represent the gold tb the vault at that time?" Kealing placed the cash book in Collins's hands. "No. sir." "On Nov. 6 does the item J21,ooo represent the total Kold?" "No. sir." x , "On Nov. 7 does $si.nnn represent the correct amount of gold?" "No. sir." "On Sept. 22 $J2.0?" "No. sir." "Who made those figures?" '"Mr. Brodriek and myself." "What figure U the $.t.tM written over?" Collins paid it looked like a figure one. "Was Brodriek present when these figures Vere made?" "We were both present." "Why did you make them on the day your report was due to the controller of currency?" "We were afraid to expose the actual conditions of the bank." "It was. done then to deceive the controller, was it not?" thundered Kealing. "Yes. sir." "What conversation did you hae with Brodriek on making these false figures?" "We said that we. would have to reduce the ensh items and increase the gold." "Was anything ever said about being found out?" "I ?a id to Mr. Brodriek that we would got Into a. great deal of trouble if we were found out and Brodriek said I don't see how we will ever be found out.' " Mr. Kealing then asked the witness concerning the loans made to the Elkhart Manufacturing Company. TOLD BANK WAS BREAKING. "Who made the loans to the National Manufacturing Company?" asked Kealing. ' I. 1 Rrodrick." "Who was the ruling controller of that company ?" "Walter Brown." "He is also ruling director of the Conrolidited Paper and Bag Company, is he not?" Collins replied in the affirmative. "Did you ever talk with Brodriek and Brown together concerning the loans made thes- two companies?" "Yes. sir; I told Mr. Brodriek that they wou'd break the bank. He said that they would get the money from the companies all right. I talked with Brodriek almost every day. saying that we would have to shut these companies off or the bank would Le wrecked." "How long has the bank been making thene loans?" "Several years." replied Collin. Mr. Kealing then pressed the witness concernt. ? the falso entries that had been put

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73 JAMES, J. HILL. President of the Northern Securities Company. STOCK DIVIDEND OF 33 PER CFJIIS DECLARED James J. Hill Promptly Complies with Recent Decision of the ' Sunreme Court. ANNOUNCES A NEW PLAN Holders of Securities Company Stock to Receive Stock of Constituent Companies. NKW YORK. March 22. Following a day of great excitement in the stock market and numerous conferences among the leading financial Interests, the new plan of the Northern Securities Company was made public this evening. In substance it provides for a stock dividend of 00 per cent., this to be effected by a reduction of that amount in the capital stock of the Securities Company. For every share of Northern Securities stock surrendered the company will deliver $CL.27 stock of the Northern Pacific Railway Company and $30.17 of the Great Northern Railway Company.. The shares of the, Northern Pacific Company which were taken over by the Northern Securities Company at 115 and those of Great Northern at ISO will be distributed on this basis. The other assets of the Securities Company, consisting chiefiy of its Chicago, Burlington & Quincy holdings and Northern Pacific coal lands, will remain in the treasury of the company until some plan for their distribution has been evolved. THE NEW PLAN. Official notice of a new plan, which is higned by President Hill, under this date, was sent to Northern. Security stockholders in a circular letter, which says in. part: "Since the formation of your company with a view to promoting, developing and enlarging the commerce and traillc of the country served by the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific Railway Companies, and by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, the traffic and earnings of the three railways have larßeiy increased. The respective railways have been extended and their condition and facilities Improved and increased. "The stock of the Northern Securities Company was issued solely for the shares of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern Railway Companies and other properties purchased by it. In forming the cqmpany and disposing of its shares no commissions were paid, nor has the company incurred any expenses save those necessary for obtaining its charter and for the economical conduct of its affairs. "The company's acquisition of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern shires was made in the full belief that such purchases were in no "wis obnoxious to any law of the United States an opinion which has received the approval of four justices of the Supreme Court of the LTnited States, namely. Mr. Chief Justice Fuller and Associate Justices Eflward D. White, RUfus W. Peekham and Oliver Wendell Holmes, in the suit brougnt by the United States agaiust the right of the company to hold and vote the shares. However, the majority of the c urt, disregarding as irrelevant any beneficial increase of commerce, was of opinion that, as a matter of law. your company's holdings ot the stocks of the two railway companies in itself constituted a restraint of interstate commerce prohibited by th socalled Sherman act of is:x(. Accordingly, the railway companies have been forbidden to permit your company tc vote or to collect dividends on the shares held by it. DISTRIBUTION TLAN. "Therefore, your directors, at a meeting held this day. have, u: der-the advice, of counsel, decided that In order to fully and promptly comply with the decree in this suit it is necessary to reduce the capital stock of the company and to distribute to its shareholders the shares of stock of said railway companies now held by.it. To this (CONTINUED ON PAGE 0, COL. 2.) AHTI-PUFF" SOCIETY IS Boys Do Away with All Forms of Tobacco-Using and Girls Taboo Ornate Hair-Dressing. BADGE IS A BLUE RIBBON Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind., March 22.-At Jonesboro. five miles south of here, an . "anti-puff" society .of young men and young women haa been formed, and it is proposed that a state organization be the outgrowth of the movement. The boys are to do away with all forms of tobacco using, and the girls are to forego fancy and ornate styles of hairdresslng. The "puff" is the adjustable kind, but, according to the press agent of the new society, the anti-puff proposition must not be regarded as cutting out the press puff. The members of the new society wear bows of blue ribbon, and it is the rule that the young women belonging shall give their preference and favors to the boys who wear the blue bows. As most of the pretty Klrls of the city are In the society there is a big demand for the blue bows, and cigar dealers are scheming to disarm the anti-puff workers. SHOOTS WIFE AND SONt THEN KILLS HIMSELF NEW YORK. March 22.-Christian Klrschoffler. a boarding-house keeper in Kent avenue, Brooklyn, to-day shot and killed his four-year-old son, dangerously wounded his wife nnd then committed suicide by shooting. Jealousy la the supposed cause of the crime.

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BITTER PRIMARY FIGHT IN BLACKFORD COUNTY i Major Steele Believed to Have Six and Landis Three of the Nine Delegates Selected. ASSAULT AT THE POLLS Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind.. March 22.-Ow-iug to the general confusion in Licking township, in which this city is situated, the final result of the Republican congressional primary will not be known before to-morrow morning. At 11:3 however, Landis managers claimed four out of the nine, delegates, but later returns caused them to modify their claim to three delegates for Landis. As the Steele managers concede Landis three, there is little question that the final count will show this result. Jackson township went to Steele by a voteqf 70 to 64, and Washington went to Landis by a vote of 71 to 11. The election was the hottest primary contest ever waged in Blackford county. 'Banker A. G. Lupton, a member of the Governor's stoff and a prominent politician, and S. A. Myers, a barber, who was assisting him in getting out the vote for Steele, fought this evening at a polling place. Lupton was arrested and escorted to the mayor's .office, where he pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery. Myers was fined for provoke. Mayers, who had been working for Steele, then begaa to work for Landis. STEELE MANAGERS ARE PLEASED WITH RESULT Spclal to the Indianapolis Journal. MARION, Ind.. March 22.-The Steele leaders of Grant county were greatlypleased When they received returns from Blackford county, showing that Major Steele had secured six of the nine delegates elected in that county to-day, showing a gain of five over his vote in Blackford two vears ago. It is the feeling here that the Steele victory in Blackford, after a hard fight and such a decisive vote, will have a tremendous influence on the contests elsewhere. Major Steele was not at home to receive the news. ENGAGE IN QUARREL AND BOTH MEET DEATH CINCINNATI. March 22. William Rogers and George Dawn, both employes of the Chespeake & Ohio Railroad, wre instantly killed by an incoming train at the Parkstreet crossing here to-night. The men were quarreling on the tracks at the time and failed to see the approaching train. OF AFGHANISTAN AT Rumor of Assassination of Habibtillah Kahn Reaches St. Petersburg. TWO YEARS ON THRONE ST. PETERSBURG, March 22. A dispatch received from Ashkabad. the capital of the Russian transcaspian territory, says a rumor is current there that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been poisoned. Habibullah Khan, the Ameer of Afghanistan, was born in 1S72 and succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, Abdur Rahman Khan. Oct. 1. 1901. It was recently reported that the Ameer was in trouble with his family. The widow of the late ruler refused to give up the treasures that were in her husband's keeping and for some reason or other the Ameer was afraid to enforce his will. The coveted jewels are said to fill to the brim four large chests. The blacksmiths who made them asserted so much when put to the torture. The widow surrounded herself with a large bodyguard that defied the Ameer. Upon the latter's protest the widow wrote to him: "If thou wishest my husband's inheritance, call for it. 1 am ready for thee." The Ameer recently dismissed the chief Justice of the land, his brother. L'mar, and sent him into banishment, l'mar, it appears, beheaded with his own hand the Ameer's master of horse, when the official refused to let him have a carriage. Wreck of mi tit Fr Kiprma. POINT RICHMOND. "Cal.. March 22.The Santa Fe east-bound express ran into a washout near Reldley to-day. The train was turned over and several pasacngen wr& injured.

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BELOIT SWEPT FLOOD AND VISITED H FLAMES Wisconsin City Suffers Property Loss of $250,000 by Fire and Water. MAN BURNED TÖ DEATH BELOIT, Wis., March 22. Beloit was fire and Mood swept to-day and a large tract of country is still under water, but the worst Is over. The total damage is over $250,O). Clanging fire bells and shrieking whistles awakened the people to the day of the greatest terror ever known in the. city. Shortly after 3 o'clock treacherous Turtle creek began to rise rapidly, and It was only a half hour until the water flooded the valley. Fifteen minutes later the water rose over the St. Paul Railroad tracks and swept down St. Paul avenue and Broad street, and the residents, called from thdr slumbers, found their houses surrounded by a seething torrent. South Beloit was entirely submerged and the water continued to rise until 10 o'clock, when the tlood reached the depth of three feet at Broad and State streets, and extended almost to the corner of Grand avenue. The heavy thunderstorms that raged fajr into the night brought a heavy rainfall, and as the creek was already high the flood was expected by old residents. It came like a deluge. At 6 o'clock South Beloit was under water and the torrent had crossed the railroad tracks and had swept down St. Paul avenue and Broad street. With South Beloit rut off by flood a most dramatic Incident occurred in the breaking out of a fire in that district, which destroyed the gas engines plant of John Thompson & Sons, entailing a loss of $150,01 0, with $RoiV insurance. N. M. Wood, a watchman, was burned to death, and James Ward and Bentley Dadman were seriously burned. The cause of the fire was an explosion of gasoline. Five hundred persons were driven from their homes.' many of them having been taken from their windows in boats. JANESVILLF.. Wis.. March 22. Damage to the extent of Jioo.ooo in Rock county has resulted in the last twenty-four hours from Turtle creek overflowipg its banks. Rock river is also on the rampage,' and in the low factory districts in this city the damage has been extensive. The heavy rain of last evening and the continued thaw of the last few days played havoc with railway tracks and telegraph lines. SULTAN OF SULU IS WILLING TO ACCEPT MANILA, March . 22. Major General Wood reports from Jolo that the Sultan of Sulu has accepted the abrogation of the Bates treaty without any evidence of excitement. Evidently he had expected its abrogation siuce hostilities began last fall. SCHOOLHOUSE BY ARKANSAS One Pupil Killed and Several Injured During Storm Near Little Rock. PROPERTY IS DESTROYED LITTLE ROCK. Ark., March 22. A tornado did great damage to property and caused at least one death in central Arkansas. At Fourche Dam, four miles from Little Rock, a negro schoolhouse was blown down and one of the pupils, Nellie Ilogan, was killed. Several other pupils were , injured. At the Confederate Soldiers' Home, five miles from Little Rock, the chimneys were blown down, the slate roof torn up and the interior deluged with rain. None of the old soldiers was hurt. Frame houses, fences and trees were leveled in many directions and the property damage is extensive. In the section twenty miles north of Little Rock great destruction of property is reported, but wires are down and it cannot be learned whether there was any loss of life. The storm did much damage to property in this city. EIGHT MEN INJURED BY FALLING WALLS HOUSTON, Tex., March 22. By the colJapse "of a brick building being erected here to-day -eight persons were injured, three probably fatally. The seriously injured: T. W. McCrackcn. W. L. Smith, titorge Cunningham. Injured: J. 11. Lewis, R. P. Allen, A. J. Camlec, two others, names unknown.

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L Li IH COLORADO COAL FIELD Governor Peabody Rushes State Troops to Trinidad Under Sealed Orders. CONFLICT IS ' EXPECTED DENVER, March 22. A proclamation was issued by Governor Peabody to-night declaring the county of Las "Animas In a state of insurrection and rebellion. Subsequently an order was issued for 300 troops under command of Major Z. T. Hill to proceed to. Trinidad, the county seat. The men were instructed to gather aboard trains and were given sealed orders and told to open them at midnight. In his proclamation the Govtfrnor says Oere exists in Las Animas county a certain class of individuals who are fully armed and acting together, resisting the laws of the State and offering violence to citizens and property. The civil authorities of the county are quoted as authority for the statement that no less than 1,500 unemployed men are armed in apparent anticipation of an open conflict. Las Animas county forms the larger portion of the southern Colorado coal fields, where the members of the United Mine Workers of America have been on strike for several months. TRINIDAD. Col.. March 22. A convention of members of District No. 15, United Mine Workers of America, has been called to assemble in this city Thursday next. Members of the union say that a vote is to bo taken on continuing the strike or returning to work. LOUISVILLE WOMAN SUES TO RECOVER A FARM Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SPRINGFIELD, 111., March 22. Mrs. Ella M. Watt, of Louisville, Ky.. has filed suit in the United States Circuit Court here to recover certain valuable farm property in Clinton county, Ililnois, of which she claims her son-in-law, William De Ford, an artist, has defrauded her to escape litigation. She deeded the land to her son and daughter, without consideration, and afterward, in the Federal Court here, recovered her title. She now alleges that De Ford, at the muzzle of a revolver, compelled his wife to deed her interest to him, "bluffed" Nelson Watt, the son, to deed his share over to her, and it now in possession. Mrs. Watt is the daughter of the late Dr. Daniel Nelson, an eminent physician of "Louisville, Ky., and a cousin of Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt and Joseph Lowe, of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of New York. Her husband, James Watt, is a son of the late Maj. William Watt, of Indianapolis. JUDGE CORY DIES AFTER CONCLUDING A SPEECH Speaks at a Banquet, Sits Down, Lights a Cigar and Suddenly Expires. WELL-KNOWN CHICAGOAN ST. LOUIS, March 22. While attending a banquet at the St. Louis Club to-night Judge Eugene Carey, of Chicago, suddenly dropped dead. Judge Carey was a prominent fire-insurance man, and was in St. Louis to attend the meeting of fire underwriters, in whose honor the banquet was given by the local insurance men. Judge Cary was the third speaker. He was preceded by David R. Francis, president of the world's fair. Judge Cary concluded by paying a tribute to the world's fair, sat down and lighted a cigar. Almost immediatelj- his head fell forward and before he eoubl be removed from the room he was dead. CHICAGO, March 22.-Mr. Cary, who was manager of the Western department of a larce insurance company, was prominent in political and club circles. In 1S3 he was a candidate for mayor of Chicago on a Republican high-license platform, but was defeated. He was elected president of the Union League Club in lX"). During the civil was he was a captain in the First Wisconsin Volunters and at the close of the war made his home in Nashville, Tenn. While living in that city he was elected to the State Senate and was later made Judge of the Circuit Court of Tennessee. He came to Chicago in 1S71. Emperor William Arrives. PORT MA HON. Island of Minorca, Spain. March 22. Emperor William arrived here this morning on the steamer Koenlg Albert. siiX ltft at 5 o'clock this evening.

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ST. 1'CTnnSIUHG, March 22. The Emperor linn received the following telegram from Viceroy AlexIefTi "Lieutenant Genfrnl Stoeel report that nt midnight of March 21 Japanese torpedo honts were discovered hy our MenrcliliKhtM. Onr Kuardship und fort lmtterles opened tire 1 upon them, the HriiiK lasting; for twenty minnteit. At 1 o'clock In the morn 1 11 k me niiacK whw rrur "At liiHQ o'clock In the morning four of the enemy' ship appeared from the Mouth, followed ly the whole squadron of eleven uhlps and eight torpedo hoata. Our nquadroii left the roadstead to meet the enemy. "At t o'clock the enemy's hattlehlpa opened lire on Linotlshin, after which they took .np a position behind the rocky- eminence of Liaotlshin and bombarded Port Arthnr Viceroy AlexIeflT adds that he la waiting; for details. A later dispatch from the -viceroy to the Emperor says: "According to a nupplementary re port from Lieutenant General Stoeael, the enemy's fleet connlated of six battleship nnd twelve cruisers. About O o'clock In the niornin the fleet divided, the battleships and tor pedo boats takine: up a position be tween Liaotlshin and Golublnaia. bay (PiKeon bay), while the cruiser formed up In two divisions to the. south and snnthenst of Port Arthur. "At Jt20 the battleship Retvlzan - m . 1 f opened lire over ine crei 01 juihipiishin against the enemy's battleships, which replied by firing: on the town. Meanwhile our fleet formed np In line in the outer roadstead. "About 11 o'clock in the morning the cannonade slackened and the Japanese fleet, reuniting, drew off slowly to the southeast, and at 12(30 had disappeared. "DurlnRT the bombardment five soldiers were killed and nine were wounded. One soldier on the shore was bruised." LOXDOX, March 22. A correspondent' of the Times at Tokio, under yesterday's date, cables that it is rumored the Japanese have succeeded In blockading the entrance to Port Arthur. ADMIRAL MAKAROFF'S REPORT ON THE FIGHT ST. PETERSBURG. March 22. A telegram from Viceroy Alexieff to the Emperor gives Vice Admiral Makaroff's report of the Port Arthur fight. It follows: "At midnight of March 21 two of the enemy's torpedo boats approached the outer roadstead, but were discovered by the, searchlights of the batteries and fired upon by the forts and by the punboats Bobr and Otvazuy. They were obliged to retire. "A second attack was made at 4 o'clock in the morning by three torpedo boats, which also were repulsed. . "At daybreak three detachments of the enemy's fleet, consisting of six battleships, six armored cruisers, six second and thirdclass cruisers and eight torpedo boats approached from all sides. At 7 o'clock our squadron commenced to leave the inner harbor, the cruisers leading, with the Askold flying my flap at their head, and the battleships following:. "The enemy's battleships approached Liaotlshin and fired 100 shells from their twelve-inch guns at Port Arthur and 10S shells at the environs of the town. "Our shells, fired at a range of eighty cables, were well placed. About 10 o'clock a Japanese battleship was struck by a shell and retired. "We lost no men during the bombardment, which ceased at 11 o'clock, when the enemy's ships reassembled, and, after passing along the outer roadstead, drew off without attacking our fleet." REVIEW OF DISPATCHES FROM THE OFFICIALS ST. PETERSBURG, March 22. Another attack by the Japanese fleet n Port Arthur, beginning with operations by torpedo boats &nd ending with a bombardment by battleships and cruisers, took place after midnight Monday. The dispatches to the Emperor from Viceroy Alexieff and private information show that the Russians sustained no great damage, having only five soldiers killed and ten wounded. Vice Admiral Makaroff claims that one of the Japanese vesrels was struck by a shell. The Erriperor received the first message regarding the attack late this afternoon, but nothing was allowed to reach the public until 10 o'clock to-night. All information which has reached St Petersburg shows that the defenders of Port Arthur had taken seriously to heart the coup of the Japanese torpedo boats at the beginning of the war and were now maintaining a sharp lookout. The Japanese torpedo boats were twice discovered sneaking toward the harbor entrance under cover of darkness, but both times they were detected far out at sea and were driven off by the hot Are opened upon them. The breaking of day necessarily prevented further toriedo boat operations, but Admiral Togo brought up hi battleships and cruisers. The division of his fleet was for the purpose of makins ä crossfire uion the harbor In the hope of destrojing the town and of damaging the Russian chips lyinIn ths

basin or at least of demoralizing the personnel of the defending force. The bombardment of March 9 showed to the Russians the advantage to the enemy of the position off Liaotlshin. which Vic Admiral Togo's ships took up this morning, and Vice Admiral Makaroff sought to minimize this advantage by so stationing tht battleship Retvizau that her shells could reach the Japanese battleships. The fact that the Retvlzan was used for this purpose proves the falsity of the report that her great guns had been removed and installed as a battery at Pigeon bay, aDd It has given rise to the Impression that there is an inadequacy of great guns at Tort Arthur, as otherwise tht battery would have been erected to protect the town at the only point which Vice Admiral Togo seems to regard as vulnerable from the sea. When the first official dispatches were received the belief gained ground that Vice Admiral Makaroff had put to sea and that a naval fight had taken place. While this would be in keeping with his character as an intrepid officer, which is further indicated by his use of a cruiser as his flagship, it was not In accord with the plans of the Russian authorities. Later advices established the fact that the admiral had simply gone with the undamaged portion of his fleet to the outer roads, where he could more effectlvcly'support the batteriese and at the same time take advantage of any weakness which might develop in the enemy's attack.

OPPOSING ARMIES GETTING IN TOUCH ST. PETERSBURG, March 22. The following dispatch has been received from. Viceroy Alexieff, dated Mukden. March 22: "General Mistchenkow reports that on March 17 our scouts approached Anju and observed on the left bank of the ChengCheng river, opposite Anju, Intrenchments made by the enemy. Up to that date the enemy had not appeared at Yong-Pyon (fifteen miles north of Anju.) It Is supposed there is one Japanese division at Anju and that the remainder of the First Army Corps is at Ping-Yang. "In consequence of the report that two squadrons of the enemy had arrived at Pak-Chong (fifteen miles northwest of Anju). 200 of our cavalry was dispatched for the purpose of preventing the enemy from crossing the Pak-Chong river. Our cavalry found three Japanese squadrons on the left bank of the river, but they withdrew towards Anju on the arrival of our detachment without fighting. The Japanese squadrons number about If) each. "On the night of March 19 two dispatch riders encountered a Japanese patrol between Kazen (about fifty miles north by west of Ting-Yang) and Chen-Chu about twelve miles north of Kazan), the patrol opened fire, but our dispatch riders escaped unhurt. "According to a report, 3,000 of the enemy's cavalry occupied Yong-Pyon March 10, and material for the pontoon bridges has been placed in readiness north and south of Anju." SOUTH WIND WILC REVEAL JAPAN'S. EEANS LONDON, March 23.-With the exeeptlea of the official dispatches no news has reached London of the latest bombardment of Port Arthur. The Japanese legation last night had nothing: to communicate. News is received from Nleu-Chwang that a south wind is dispersing: the Ice points, which means the beginning of active operations that at last will reveal the carefully concealed Japanese plan of campaign. According to the Standard's St, Petersburg correspondent the Russian government has privately Informed the senators that since the outbreak of the war exactly 100,000 troops have been forwarded to the far East by the Siberian Railway. In last night's Gazette the Board of Trade, in publishing a list of the articles declared to be contraband of war, warns the masters of British ships that they must not resist being stopped or searched by warships of either of the belligerents for contraband. The Dally Telegraph Seoul correspondent, cabling under date of March 22. reports the rising of a mob of Koreans against Japanese soldiers at Samung, north of.Gensan. The Japanese dispersed the mob, killing five men and wounding twenty. The Daily Chronicle publishes unconfirmed rumors from Che-Too and Nieu-Chwang of bombardments of Port Arthur on March 13 and 17, five Europeans and many Chinese being killed in the former, and two guns being dismantled and fifty soldiers killed in the latter attack. The Shanghai correspondent of the Standard says a recent arrival from Port Arthur declares the Russians recovered fifteen Japanese torpedoes from the harbor unexploded because in their excitement the Japanese forgot to withdraw the safety PgJ The Tokio correspondent of the Times says it is rumored that the Korean government yesterday decided to open Yongampho to foreign trade. LAND FORCES WILL SOON BE CLASHING ST. PETERSBURG. March "Cl-Vice Admiral Togo's activity at Port Arthur is b'dng emulated by the commander of tho Japanese fortes in Korea. The report of General Mistchenkow shows that the Japanese have taken the precaution to erect earthworks near Anju. which are twin held by a Japanese division until the remainder of the first army corps tomes up from Ping-Yang, about forty miles away. The advance of the Japanese shows tht they are losing no tlm and that they ar mere rajU than the Russians expected. Nevertheless the fortifications of Anju shows the Japanese operations are ao(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2. COL JJ

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