Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 124, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1904 — Page 2

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and directly In front of the Stockyards Hotel, which was also In danger, although It wai constructed of brick. The new. talcs stable was recently built at a cost of ?32.0v, and every effort was made to keep tle riames from it- The only nop was In keeping the fire from crossing the space bet wen the alleys and the rales barn. Into which the wind blew the dangerous sparks in almost overwhelming numbers. In this work the firemen were successful and after four hours of heroic fighting: they succeeded In cocking the eprcad of the flames. . TOWN CROWDS WATCH CRIMSON-TINTED SKY

With the siuldfnnrs of an cxnlosion the western tky was' illuminated when the flames at the stockyards broke forth from the feed barn and shot upward unrestricted. The flames could be seen from windows In buildings on the down-town streets, while hundreds of jeople gathered on the streets in the heart of the city and speculated as to tJje extent of the destruction as they watched the crimson-tinted sky. Many of them took cars to the scene of the conrlagration, while not a few engaged carriages and hurried to the fire." "At the river en route to. the stockyards it appeared that the entire section of the city was' burning to the ground so extended-and scattered were the flames. As the crowds lined up at Washington and Illinoi3 street about 1:20" o'clock, a drove of muk-s which had . broken loose from the stockyards, came tearing up Kentucky avenue wild with fright. They clattered across Washington street and northward on Illinois street, finally turning and disappearing up Indiana avenue. DESPITE GREAT LOSS, BUSINESS WILL GO ON Although the fire will entail immense loss upon the Union Stockyards Company and it will be months before the burned buildings can be completely reconstructed, the business of the company will not be allowed to suffer nor to be interrupted by the disaster. As tioon as the cattle were rescued from the flames this morning they were driven to the yards of the Interstate Stockyards Company, where the business of the Union company will be carried on until the burned building can be rebuilt. (Jreat confusion, however, is expected to result from the mixing of the cattle belonging to different firms, as it will be a difficult task to separate the droves as they were before the fire. YARDS WERE BUILT BY THE BELT ROAD IN 1S77 Were Among the Finest in the Country and Had Every Facility for Handling Stock. , The stockyards were built in 1S77 by the Belt Road Company on a llO-a-ere tract of land known as the old bayou or McCarty farm. At that .time they were equaled in tize or facilities by only two yards in the country. They were supplied with every known convenience for the rapid handling of live stock. At the north and east ends of the yards were an engine house, machine shop, blacksmith shop. coal platform, pumping engine, two large elevator tanks, the stockyards exchange, a large threestory brick hotel, with offices for brokers on the lower Moor, storage houses for grain and hay near-by and a special stable for fine horses. The stock stables were built of red cedar posts, planked up the sides. On the roof f each was an attic, with lattice sides the tail length of the stable. Kach stable wus about l.WJ feet long, by 173 wide, with broad passageways down the middle and smaller lateral ones between the divisions. Railway tracks extended the entire length of the stables. OIICE MERCHANT PRIME HE DIES PUBLIC CHARGE Johnson's Body Found in Morgue to Be Buried in Mausoleum lie Built Years Ago. NEW YORK, May 2.-Robert A. Johnson, one of the merchant princes of this city twenty years ago, with a fortune estimated at $3,OXWa) and a palatial home on the Hudson river, near Mount St. Vincent, was taken two days -ago, a public charge, to the Manhattan Insane Asylum on Ward's island, where he died. To-night the .body of the one-time 'millionaire lay in the morgue among the city's pauper dead. The old merchant will not sleep among the nameless dead in the potters field. Tomorrow he will be buried in the huge granite mausoleum in Calvary Cemetery reared thirtv years ago by himself and his thre-3 brothers. A' nephew, who was in ignorance of his uncle's plight until too late to go to his assistance, will provide for the interment, llobert Johnson was the last of the brothers who composed the old Broadway firm of J. & C. Johnson. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS NEW YORK. May -.'.-Arrived: Minnetonka, from London; La Gascogne. from Havre; Astoria, from Glasg-ow; Potsdam, from Rotterdam; Armenian, from Liverpool. Passed Nantucket lightship for New York: Vaderland. from Antwerp; Pennsylvania, from Hamburg; America, from Genoa. CHERBOURG, May 2. Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from New York for Bremen, and proceeded. PLYMOUTH. May 2.-SuIIed: Patricia, from Hamburg for New York. BREMEN. May 2. Arrived: Bremen, from New York. ANTWERP. May '-Arrived: Zeeland, from New York. LONDON. May 2. Arrived: Minneapolis, from New York. HAMUURG, May 2. Arrived: Columbia, from New York. Morr Guiim for Japancne to Capture. ST. PETERSBURG. May 2. The Central Military Administration has despatched all guns and artillery stores necessary for the rearmament of the army in the far East. The AUTOWEAR The Best $2.00 nat on fcarth.. We are showing several new shapes in oft Autowears that are different from anything you have yet seen. Ther come in all the new light shades.' Negligee Shirts Plain and plaited bosoms, with sepaiat and attached cuffs In the new End-to-I'nd p.eaves the very latent cloth, in the rw :haX'ipagne and pearl-gray colors, for o Danbury Hat Co. No. East Washington St. P. F. DALZ, Mgr.

Y GITY IS FLOODED WITH WHITE LIGHT FROH THOUSANDS OF BULBS Grand Illumination of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Grounds Last Night. COLORS TO BE TRIED Twenty Thousand Variegated Electric Bulbs to Shed Their Rays Over the Place. ST. LOUIS. May 2. The official announcement of the total number of persons who attended the opening of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Saturday will not be made known until the count has been verified beyond a question of a doubt. President Francis stated that, owing to the fact that a great interest is manifest throughout the country because of guessing contests, every precaution will be taken to avoid a mistake and the submitted total will again be verified, and probably announced to-morrow. When the first regular day of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition had "drawn to a close, and the inautle of twilight had enshrouded the ivory city, a flood of light suddenly burst forth from the thousands of electric bulbs that line the tops of the main buildings and the colonnade of states surmounting Festival Hall, illuminating the plaza of St. Louis and the lagoon. White lights were utilized, and the main portion of the grounds took on even more of a festival appearance than by daylight and the plaza became the central point of interest. Twilight is the signal for the closing of the main exhibit palaces for the night, and until 11 o'clock visitors enjoy the concessions, the lagoon trips on gondolas and launches, the music from the various band stands and promenades. White lights will be .used in the illumination for several nights and then 20.000 colored electric bulbs will be tested. The use of colored electric bulbs will be more of an experiment until It has been determined what color is best adopted to producing the best illuminating" effect. To-night President Mrs. Daniel Manning and the members of the board of lady managers assisted at a reception tendered by Governor Peabody, of Colorado, to officials and dignitaries of the exposition. One of the most inviting exhibits on the grounds is in the palace of horticulture, where there are 5.000 plates of apples, pears and oranges, embracing every known variety of these fruits raised In America. An autograph picture of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, wife of the President, surrounded by photographs of over fifty society women of St. Louis and Missouri, will decorate the walls of the tea room of the board of lady managers' building. A party df 50 Pawnee and Wichita will be quartered on the exposition Indian reservation. Soon after the arrival of the party a daughter was born to the wife of Burgess Hunt, Interpreter, for the Wichitas, and has been christened "Louisiana." The first of the exercises of the opening week was the dedication to-day of the state buildings of Michigan. Pennsylvania and Ohio. Connecticut's building will be dedicated to-morrow. NO VISITORS HAVE BOARDED GUNBOAT ST. LOUIS, May 2.-Because of the high river, due to flood conditions, and a strong and dangerous current visitors have not yet been permited aboard the gunboat Nashville, which arrived last Friday to represent the navy at the world's fair. It Is said that after her arrival trip the Nashville will probably go out of commission. She was built ten years ago, and has never had a general overhauling since. Her engines are wearing out, and minor repairs have to be made continually. SAYS SHIPS FOR Editor of New Socialist Paper Asks Startling Questions in Editorial Column.' BERLIN, May 2. Eduard Bernstein, a member of the Reichstag, begins the publication of a new Socialist weekly entitled Des Neue Montagsblatt, wherein he advocates the revision of the Socialist creed Eo that it shall be less idealistic and more a programme of practical reform. Herr Bernstein prefaces his editorial column with the following questions: "Is it' known to the German government that torpedo boats and destroyers for the Russian government are being built at 'one of the largest German shipyards? Is it known to the government that in order to disguise this breach of neutrality the several parts of the vessels are exported as half finished manufactures and put together In Libau. Russia? Is it known, finally, that the building of these war vessels is so urgent that work proceeds from 5 a. m. to 9 p. m.? WAGE COMMITTEE TO' APPROVE THE ACTION Tinners at Cleveland Expected to Ratify Decision of Advisory Board. CLEVELAND. O., May 2. The report of the wage committee, which is the chief mission of the meeting of the delegates to the Amalgamated Association of Steel, Tin and Metal Workers' convention, which begins in this city to-morrow is unofficially said to be tins city to-morrow, is officially said to be an approval of the action of the advisory board in Pittsburg two weeks ago. The board at that time agreed on a reduction on a base rate on sheet work from $3.30 to $2.53 on 24 gauge sheets. This was a further reduction of 8 per cent. In the wages of the rollers from the already decreased scale made in December. No reduction In the scale on bar iron from the present rate of 1.2 cents at a $5 puddling basis is contemplated. SLAYS WOMAN AND DIES BY HER SIDE Rejected Suitor Kills Housekeeper and Commits Suicide at Lincoln. ; LINCOLN, Neb., May 2. George Harr. forty-six years old, until last Saturday a member of the Lincoln police force, this evening followed May Young, his housekeeper, into a grocery store and shot her ! :vid. He then shot himself with the same weapon, falling dead beside the woman. Infatuation for the woman, who. It Is Faid. refused to marry him, is the only known cause for the tragedy. Trade Aaaemuly Ofllcer. j?I-viI to the lndlanapolla Journal. ALEXANDRIA, Ind., May 2. The annual election of officers of the Local Trades Asjcar.tly took place in this city yesterday. ?he following oiflccrs being chosen: Presii jent. Charle L. KWr; vie president. D. A. ! vumxnlns; financial secretary, Clarence -.' : recording Fecretary, W. L. Jones; f ., irer. O. M. Hoover; sergeant-at-arms, i'v, li;;er; business agent, W. 1. Jones.

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(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) plans will not be changed by accidental losses. ' General Zassalitch would continue his retreat, contesting stubbornly a possible Japanese advance along the Feng-Wan-Cheng road, which runs through a hilly country, crowned with heights and exactly suited to Russian tactics. General Zassalitch's force on the Yalu extended along a front of over thirty miles, with reserve support fifteen miles back. The whole, according to the best information obtainable, did not exceed 17.0O) men. What was the actual force engaged is not known at present, though probably It was not more than 9.U00. if it was so large. No confirmation' has yet been received of the reported capture of twenty-eight Russian quick-firing guns, or of the wounding of General Zassalatch and General Kashtalinsk v It is the subject of general remark here that the Japanese, on crossing the Yalu. adopted almost identically the tactics they followed during- the cKlnese-Japanese war, forcing the passage at the exact place they did in ls'.Ct. The Emperor is now receiving the war news at Tonrsko-Selo (fifteen miles south of St. Petersburg), a special wire having been run into the new palace there. The dowager Empress and the Grand Duke Michael, the heir presumptive, have gone to Gatchina, near Tsarcko Selo. Except for the big Mav review of troops on the Champs de Mars, the imperial family will not return to St. Petersburg again until they go to Peterhof, on the gulf, at the end of June. FURTHER DETAILS OF THE JAPANESE VICTORY TOKIO, May 2. After the Japanese carried the line of hills extending from Chiu-Tien-Cheng to Yoshoka, on the right bank of the Iho river, yesterday, the Russians made a second stand on a hill northwest of Chiu-Tien-Cheng, but they began retreating at ten minutes before 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The Twelfth Japanese Division advanced toward Tablang-Fang, which is due west of the village of Makao, the division of the Imperial Guards advanced toward Hamatan, which is west of Chiu-Tien-Cheng, while the Second Division moved down the river with Antung as its objective. The g-eneral reserve advanced over the main road to Llao-Yang, which runs in a westerly direction from the Yalu river. At 6 o'clock yesterday evening the Japanese army had a line extending from Antung northwesterly to Laukuku and running from there in a northeasterly direction to Mlshikua. At Hamatan. where the Iho river makes its first bend to the west, the Japanese succeeded in enveloping the Russians on three sides. At this place, after sharp fighting at close range, the Japanese captured twenty Russian guns with their horses,, carriages and ammunition, and more than twenty officers and many men. The Russian troops at Hamatan retreated toward Feng-HuenCheng. A Russian officer who was taken prisoner sid that the effect of the Japanese artillery fire on Saturday and Sunday was disastrous. Lieutenant General Sassulitch, commander of the Second Siberian Army Corps, and Major General Kashoallnsky, commander of the Third East Siberian Rifle Brigade, were wounded by shells. A Russian lieutenant colonel was captured. It is estimated that the Russian casualties amounted to over 800. General Kuroki and his headquarters entered Chiu-Tien-Cheng at half past 5 Sunday evening. Admiral Hosoya reports that Commander Nakagawa. the commander of the Japanese gunboat llotilla, has communicated with him as follows: "The detachment started at half past 9 o'clock on Sunday morning. It went up the Yalu river as far as practicable. The gunboat Maya bombarded Antushan, and the gunboat Ujib bombarded Liu-Dong-Kau and vicinity. The torpedo boat flotilla proceeded to Sundong-Kau and bombarded that place. Returning, it was suddenly attacked by the enemy from t'ie hills northeast of Antushan. It returned the fire and silenced the enemy irt1 thirty minutes. It then returned to Yongampo at half past 11 o'clock. There were no casualties. Armed steamers at 10 o'clock Saturday night bombarded Su-Dong-Kau for thirty minutes. The enemy replied to this fire. At half past 9 o'clock Sunday morning these steamers exchanged tire with the enemy's infantry and artillery for thirtyfive minutes. The enemy was dispersed. Antung was seen to be burning. Natives say that the en'my set it on fire and retreated. We had no casualties." BAR AON HAY ASH VS VIEW OF THE SITUATION LONDON, May 2. Baron Hayashi. the Japanese minister here, who has becn the recipient of numerous telegrams of congratulation on the Japanese success on the Yalu and especially on the result of the first serious land fighting, said to the Associated Press to-day: "The immediate result of General Kuroki's success will probably be a movement on Feng-IIuan-Cheng, which the Chinese had fortified with their usual brick structures. Since the commencement of the war the Russians doubtless have added earthworks, but their loss of guns yesterday must seriously diminish their defensive strength. I understand, though I cannot vouch for the absolute accuracy of the statement, that Russia had only 100 guns In Manchuria. If that is the case her artillery streugth has been diminished almost one-third. "They fight well, these Russians, and Feng-Huan-Cheng will not be taken without a hard struggle unless General Kuropatkln again changes his plan of campaign. The announcement that the Russians would not contest the crossing of the Yalu has proved, as we thought, to be misleading. Thirty thousand men is far too large a body for any general to leave in the face of the enemy if It were merely intended to hamper his movements. Kuropatkin evidently meant to make a determined resistance, but he either underestimated our strength or disposed his forces in the belief that we would not venture a frontal attack. "I take it from the dispatches received that we have now practically secured control of both banks of the Yalu. In consequence, our base will probably be moved to Antung. To be perfectly frank, I must say I expected yesterday's engagement would be more devisive, especially in view of the large number of Russian troops opposed to us. Its significance must largely depend upon our ability to - pursue the enemy." Reviewing the whole future of the struggle that has just commenced in such deadly earnest on land. Baron Hayashi said: "The duration of the war must lie rather with Russia than with Japan. For the moment the military advantage is with us, for Kuropatkin has extended his front and we can strike where and when we will. Our aggressive movement may be carried on to Mukden, perhaps to Harbin, and perhaps even further, but before long there must come a" stage of the campaign where Russia will assume the role of the invading power and where we must act solely on the defensive. From the beginning it has been so, and our aggression Is and has been but a means toward the eventual repulsion of an invading army. "General Kuroki himself probably cannot say at this moment at exactly what point our aggression will be changed into the defensive. Kuropatkin, so I believe, says he will not undertake to drive us back until he has SQO.ono men ready to take the field. I think what that means Is that at least 5 per cent, of that force will die, from sickness, so that to keep his force at the maximum required Kuropatkin will always have to be transporting 15.000 men from St. Petersburgno small task. "This year's harvest in Manchuria, I learn, promises -to be bad. A million Russians there in addition to the army must be fed. We have or shall have closed every source of food supply except by the Siberian Railroad. Even with double tracks and no men or munitions of war to transport the problem of feeding the Russian population and army now In Manchuria would'be in itself intensely serious, but with a singletrack road, which is Russia's onry vital sinew, it seems almost impossible, and famine appears inevitable. With this dreadful accompaniment of war there is only too likely to be, a rising among the Manchurians. They may attack the Russians or they may attack ns. Either case is bad enough to contemplate. To help us Fit down and wait all the contingents are working day and night on the Korean Rairoad. and by October the unfinished portions of -the road between Fusan and Seoul will be completed. and a new line from Seoul to Wiju will also be ready. locomotives are coming from the United States, and as soon as these arrive I we will have a strong and rapid line of

communications through all Korea, which will almost touch our own mainland, and we will-not be likely to suffer from. want, of supplies or reinforcements. "As regards Port Arthur rnd Vladivostok the situation is somewhat different. I cannot say anything about the movements of our other armies that have been mobilized, but there is no doubt that the Lia-Tung peninsula will be cut from supplies If any success attends our land forces. Neither Port Arthur nor Vladivostok can be taken from the sea front, but I think you will find Port Arthur either taken by our land forces or starved out by September. The Chinese are smuggling provisions into Port Arthur now from Che-Foo, but only to an immaterial extent, and thafwill soon cease. "Vice Admiral Togo doubtless will remain on watch outside Port Arthur. By September, when the hurricane season comes, he should be able to safely house his fleet in a Japanese port. No fleet, Russian or Japanese, could be particularly effective then. 1 scarcely think Russia will send her Baltic fleet to face our autumn hurricanes. If the ships go before .then they will encounter the mönsoon period, which lasts from May to August, and in which coaling at sea en route to Japan would be exceptionally dangerous, if not Impossible, and coaling at sea is the only way the Baltic fleet can take a hand in the war." Referring to the long period which elapsed between the declaration of war and the land fighting. Minister Hayashi said: "That waiting which taxed the patience of the rest of the world has been a busy and exciting time for us. Our troops have

been continually marching and working In anticipation of striking the blow which would initiate the campaign in Manchuria. I do not think our morale has been in any way affecteel by what is so erroneously described as a period of inaction. General Kuroki may, even by his own countrymen, be thought to be rather slow, but it is better to be sure. The most unfortunate incident of the campaign up to date Is Vice Admiral Kamimura's misfortune in missing the Vladivostok fieet. It seems from here that it was a pity that the vice admiral did not stay outside that port instead of trying to find the Russians in the open sea." BRITISH REJOICING OVER JAPAN'S VICTORY LONDON, May 3. The latdst dispatches received here confirming the completeness of the Japanese victory on the Yalu could hardly have given greater satisfaction in Tokio than they have done in London. The editorials In the morning papers ring with admiration at the success of General Kuroki's strategy, indicating that Great Britain has been in considerable doubt of the capacity of her ally's troops when matched against the Russians, and, despite the lack by Japan of good cavalry to follow up her victory, it is believed that she will speedily drive the Russians out of Feng-lluan-Cheng also. Few other details have yet been received, but it seems that the Japanese Imperial Guards fought with conspicuous bravery and sustained the brunt of the fighting, losing heavily. Some dispatches speak of bayonet charges. It is evident that the Japanese success is largely due to the superiority of their light artillery, the Russians' guns being too light. The Japanese victory has caused complete surprise in the European capitals, and Is expected to lead to difficulty iu Russia's efforts to raise a loan. The Standard's Tien-Tsin correspondent, cabling under date of May 2, states that Viceroy Alexieff has sent a lengthy dispatch to General Ma, commanding the Chinese troops, informing him that the occasion may arise fcr Russia to increase her forces iu Sin-Mln-Tung, Chen-Yang and other places, and requesting him to withdraw the Chinese military aud police. .An answer, the correspondent says, is required within three days. As an indication of General Kuropatkln's anxiety regarding the whereabouts of Japan's second army, the Post's Shanghai correspondent says that all the Russian troops stationed in Chang-Chu-Fu-Chau, Hai-Cheng, Kai-Ping and other places have been dispatched along the seacoast to watch for a Japanese landing. According to the Shan-Hai-Kwan correspondent of the Telegraph, evidence is accumulating that China's neutrality is tottering. The Tartar generals in Kirin and ,Feng-Tlen, the correspondent says, are urging the Peking government to adopt a strong policy against a Russian aggression west of the Llao river. It is alleged that Viceroy Yuan Shal Kai is secretly making war preparations and everything, in opinion of the correspondent, points toward China making a military demonstration against cither belligerent fighting west of the Liao river. A special dispatch from Tort Arthur says that about 100 Chinese junks were observed on the horizon yesterday between the mouth of the Yalu and the Liuo-Tung peninsula. JAPANESE MISSED RUSSIANS TWICE IN FOG TOKIO, May 2. Vice Admiral Kamimura, who is In command of the Japanese squadron which has been operating recently against Vladivostok, has sent in a report from Gen-San, Korea, dated Sunday, in which he says that the impenetrable fog twice forced the abandonment of the attack on Vladivostok and twice spared the Russian squadron a sea fight. While Kamimura was steaming north the first time he passed the Russian squadron bound south on the raid to Gen-San, which resulted in the sinking of the Japaneso merchant steamer Goyo Maru and the transport Kinshiu Maru. The Japanese and the Russian squadrons must have passed very close to each other, for the Japanese were conscious of the presence of the enemy. Whn Kamimura was compelled to suspend his attack upon Vladivostok he moved to the southward and again passed the Russians on their way north after the Gen-San raid. As soon as Kamimura returned to the Korean coast he learned that the Kinshiu Maru was missing and immediately returned to the north In search and pursuit. He found three boats belonging to the Kinshiu Maru floating at sea. He then detached some cruisers from his squadron and ordered them to search certain inlets in the vicinity of Naniwa. These vessels discovered some Russian mines at IzumI and exploded them. Vice Admiral Kamimura closes his report with saying that the continuance of the fog since Thursday has prevented a renewal of the attack. AUTUNG NOT TO. H AVE A - U. S. CONSUL AT ONCE SHANGHAI, May 2. As a result of the occupation of Ang-Tung by the Japanese United States Consul James W. Davidson, who has been assigned to Antung, probably will proceed to his post immediately. Mr. Davidson has been granted an exequateur by the Chinese government, but the Russians having occupied and fortified Antung, he thought it inadvisable for him to proceed there. The Japanese authorities have indicated that they have no objection to Mr. Davidson's going to Antung at once. WASHINGTON, May 2.-Notwithstand-ing the original determination to send him to Nieu-Chwang, the State Department officials concluded finally to have Mr. Davidson go to Shanghai, where he is acting in the capacity of commercial attache of the consulate general there. Just when Mr. Davidson will proceed to Antung, the post to which he was originally designated, has not been determined, but the officials say there is no reason why there should be any haste about the matter, as there is practically no commerce at Antung because of the military operations now in progress there. KUROPATKIN GLAD THE JAPANESE HAVE CROSSED

PARIS, May 3. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris, In a dispatch published this morning, says' that a high ofllcer of the general staff made the following statement to him: "General Kuropatkin has telegraphed the Emperor, expressing satisfaction that the Japanese have crossed the Yalu. because this lengthens their line of operations, whereas the Russians are approaching their base. General Kuropatkin probably will allow General Kuroki's 20.000 men to advance and attempt the siege of Port Arthur, but Generals Smyrnoff and Stoessel are disposing of the zöm) men under their command scmis not to allow the Japanese to reach that place. It ia sup-

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MAJOR GENERAL PFLUG. One of the Commanders of the Russian Army in Manchuria. posed that a battle for the defense of the entrance to the Kwan-Tung peninsula is Imminent. General Kuropatkin can send troops to Yinkow or Port Arthur within twenty-four hours if he thinks it desirable to attack the Japanese In the rear. "The fighting so far has consisted of mere skirmishes and there have been no serious battles. We are convinced that the Japanese will do their utmost to immediately make things warm, but General Kuropatkin will not assume the offensive before the end of May or the middle of June, when he will have the SOO.COO men he asked for." DRIVEN OUT OF SEVEN LINES OF TRENCHES CHICAGO, May 2. A Daily News special from Kobe says: Details of the heavy fighting in the neighborhood of Chiu-Tien-Cheng received here this morning state that the Russians made a most stubborn resistance to the Japanese advance, but were driven successively out of seven lines of trenches. JAPANESE INSPECT All View the Torpedo Boat Protector, Which Later Sails for an Unknown Port. SECRECY IS OBSERVED NEWPORT, R. I., May 2. Two Japanese naval officers, whose names could not be learned, to-day inspected the submarine torpedo boat Protecto, which later received orders to sail immediately. Her destination is unknown. The Japanese officers were in this city about five hours, arriving from New York end returning there to-night. It is understood they will leave New York to-morrow for the Pacific coast and sail for Yokohama on May 13. Upon their arrival here they were met by President Simon Lake, of the Lake Torpedo Boat Company, with whom they were afterwards in conference for some time at a hotel. Neither registered, and both refused to be interviewed. President Lake declined to say whether the visit resulted in the sale of the boat. From the hotel the party went to the torpedo station, where two hours were spent in a minute examination of the Protector. CIRCUS ANIMALS ARE BURNED IN A CAR Four Camels, Three Elephants, Two Sacred Cattle and a Bear Perish. LINCOLN, Neb., May 2. A Journal special from Pawnee City says: A circus train arrived here late last night. Early this morning one of the animal keepers went through the elephant cars to see that all was right, when the gasoline torch which he carried exploded and the entire car was Immediately in flames and all the animals in the car were burned. Four camels, three elephants, two sacred cattle and a black, bear perished. The loss Is estimated at about $30,000, with no insurance. INDIANA OBITUARY. WAR ASH, Ind. May 2. Mrs. Jonathan K. Haas, one of the oldest residents -of this city, died this morning of consumption at her home on East Hill street. Mrs. Haas was born In Licking county, Ohle, 1S34, and came to Wabash county with her parents in 1SG2, a little later coming to Wabash, where she has continuously resided ever since. She has been ill for a number of years. No children survive. The funeral will be conducted by the Rev. J. E. Powell, of the Christian Church. Aaron Sutton, a pioneer resident of Lafontaine, died this morning of pneumonia, after a long illness. Mr. Sutton has been a resident of Wabash county for fifty years, and was seventy-two years of age. BOONVILLE, Ind.. May 2. Mrs. Johannah Eifier, aged fifty-nine years, widow of the late Charles Eifler, who was prominent in Warrick county politics, died suddenly here to-day of heart trouble. She was a prominent German Church worker.. Her son, Gus Eifler, is treasurer of this town. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 2. Ernest L. Reiman died last night, aged eighty-four years. He came from Germany when a young man and had lived in Terre Haute sixty years, for fifty years of the time in business at the same location. Mayor Steeg had been his partner since 1SS7. VALPARAISO, Ind., May 2. Henry Rankin, aged seventy-four years', a surveyor of Porter county for thirty years, dropped dead in the courthouse yard today. He was a civil war veteran and ran the first engine into Chicago from Fort Wayne on this division. ' RICHMOND, Ind., May 2,-Ira E. Quigg died yesterday at his home In Lynn. He was fifty-seven years old and was a prominent resident of Lynn. Will Quigg, of Richmond, is a son. , RISING SUN, Ind., May 2.-Mrs. Malinda Jenkins, aged ninety-eight years, the oldest woman in southeast Indiana, died here today. INDIANA NOTES. . MICHIGAN CITY.-rThe tug Ferry, in raising a net off this port, brought up a gruesome find in the shape of a human scalp. It was covered with soft dark hair. It is supposed that the scalp is that of a man who was drowned in the St. Joe river at South Bend a month ago and was washed down to the lake. ALEXANDRIA. Local , Flint Glass Workers Union, No. 3. of the A. F. G. W. U., selected the following delegates yesterday to the Marietta, O... national annual convention, to begin July 11: Pollock Fair, Charles Scroth, T. J. Conboy. Daniel Kratz, John Armstrong and Clyde Nelson. SHELBY VILLE. The County Commissioners at their Session have appointed David Dake as superintendent of the old Michigan road, which runs through this county. The commissioners are all Democrats aud Dake is av Repubjican. RICHMOND. Horse thieves etole two rigs in Wayne county Saturday and Sunday, one at Chester and the other at Greensfork. The latter was located In this city and returned to the owner. TERRE HAUTE. The twenty-two men accepted for the army at the Terre Hauterecruiting station In April was the largest number recruited in any one of the several stations in tae State. WABASH. Eighteen new rural mall carriers started out on their routes in this county Monday, every fection of land In the county being covered by the frc? ' delivery system.

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EIGHT FEETWITH I N HOUR Arkansas River Suddenly Swells and Does Great Damage in . Colorado. BRIDGES ARE TORN AWAY And Streets of Florence Are Converted Into Raging Streams Blizzard and Deep Snow. FLORENCEv Col., May 2. A cloudburst in the Greenhorn range, eight miles south of Florence, to-day caused the Arkansas river to rise between eight and nine feet here in less than an hour. The unexpected rush of water resulted in great damage. One bridge across the river has gone out and the Santa Fe and Florence & Cripple Creek railroad bridges ar in immediate danger. The Santa Fe tracks are under water and traffic is held up. In the northern end of the town the streets have been transformed into rivers and cellars are flooded. Business is suspended. An immense amount of damage has been done by the hail to fruit trees and gardens in the valley. PUEBLO, Col., May 2. Pueblo and vicinity were visited to-day by the heaviest wind, rain and hailstorm of the season. Crops in the southern part of the State are reported badly damaged by hail and the Denver & Rio Grande and Santa Fe tracks between Florence and Pueblo suffered some damage from the overflowing of the Arkansas river in the lowlands. Reports from west, east and south are to the effect that the storm was very heavy and did much damage to early garden truck and fruit. COLORADO SPRINGS. Cob, May 2. The heavy rains which have been falling In this region for the past twenty-four hours without cessation has filled mountain streams to overflowing and a number of washouts have occurred, damaging railroads to the extent of thousands of dollars and delaying traffic in some cases. CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., May 2. The storm which began here on Sunday developed to-day into a blizzard. By noon today there was over two feet of snow on the streets of this city and twice as much in the hills. CUBAN CUTTER TAKES AMERICAN SCHOONER HAVANA, May 2. The American schooner Irene, with a crew of seven men, two of them whites, has been captured by the Cuban revenue cutter Arana, while fishing for sponges close "to the north coast of PInar del Rio. The Irene cleared from Key West three months ago for Nicaragua. Since - then she had been sponge fishing. She has SX) sponges on board. CROWE V ANTS MONEY HE SPEIIT ji EMGEIIST Marion Man Says Sum of $2,000 Has Not Been Properly Disbursed. ADVISED TO GO HOME Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. May 2. John Crowe, a man with long hair and whiskers, complained to the county prosecutor to-day thüt he had given 2,000 to a traveling evangelist who was not using it for "the Lord's" purpose, and so Crowe wishes to get it back. Crowe is a farmer, who lives near Marion, Ind. The evangelist found him there. "He told me I must sell all I had and give it to the Lrod." said "Brother" Crowe, "so I sold my farm aud gave him tZ,0J0." They went to Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle, Eos Angeles and Kansas City. Seven of them came together to Kansas City, Crowe "paying the freight." He says he has $6.000 yet in the bank in Marion. The prosecution advised him to go there and hold on to it, and let some one else do the evangelist's work. FOUR MEN BURNED TO DEATH IN A BOX CAR Bodies of Victims Are Unidentified at Council Bluffs, Iowa. COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia.. May 2.-The bodies of the four men burned to death in a box car in the railroad yards last night have not been identified. The clothing was almost entirely burned from all of them. One Is believed to be a negro. The bodies have been taken in charge by the coroner. CURE FOR NEURALGIA IS FOUND BY N A NC RED ANN ARBOR. Mich., May 2. Dr. Charles Nancred, in the medical department of the Michigan University, has performed with apparently perfect result, a simple operation for the cure of trifacial neuralgia. The operation consists of the injection of esmale acid .into the affected nerve after its exposure by a trivial incision. This method has been Introduced only a short time and this was Its first trial at the university hospital. By "trifacial" Is meant the nerve that supplies the upper portion of the face. CHRISTIAN ELDERS WERE NOT GUILTY HUNTSVILLE, Ala.. May 2. The trial of Elders Sommers of Indianapolis and E. L. Cambron of Winchester, Ind., and Messrs. A. W. Moseley, Robbins Jones, J. R. Jones and W. E. Manning, charged with defacing the Christian Church in this city, resulted in the dicharge of the defendants, whom the court declared were not guilty of the charge of defacement when they potted notices on the doors of the edifice. Appointments on the C. A O. The following appointments, effective from May 1 and made by H. C. Broughton, of the Kentucky division of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, have been approved by General Manager C. E. Doyle: B. F. Keefe is appointed superintendent of the Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer Bridge Company, with offices ot Covington, Ky.; J. W. Hwyes is appointed assistant superintendent of the Cincinnati district, with offices at Covington, Ky.; C. P. Snow is appointed trainmaster of the Cincinniti district, with office at Covington. Ky.: J. P. Stevens is appointed chief train dispatcher of the Cincinnati district, with offices at Covington, Ky. L. S. Kobison's jurisdiction is extended to include the Big Sandy district. Goodman Petition Denied. NEW YORK. May 2. Judge Foster today denied the application of former Judge Dittenhoefer. counsel for James W. Goodman, under indictment for assault on W. C. Greene, president of the Greene Consolidated Copper Company, for a roving commission to go West and take evidence regarding the relations between Greene and Goodman in that part of the country. Kavsnaugb Petition Denied. ALBANY. N. Y.. May 2 Justice Herrick to-day handed down a decision qraln denyins the fippllcation of the Mercantile

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Dr Fierc' Favorite Prescription and turn your bark on any unscrupulous dealer who wot'l insult your intelligence by attemptir ta foist upon yon some inferior substitW under the plea that "it is just as rooi Insist on havin? the article which has a record of a third of a century of cures and which is backed by those willing to forfeit $500 if they cannot cure yotu In cases attended by a leucorrheal draja a solution of Dr. Pierce'a Lotion Tablets should be used conjointly with the ute of the "Favorite Prescription. They are sold by all druggists, or sent post-paid to as address, on receipt of 25 cents in sUan Send 31 cents in stamps for Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. Address World's Dispensary, Euffalo, N. Y. Weak and sick women are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. AU correspondence is held as strictly private. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness, Trust Company for a change of venue la the case of Charles H. Kavanaugh. cf Waterford, to recover upward of jso.Oio which he claims to have lost in the collars of the United States Shipbuilding Con. pany. FAIR WEATHER TO-DAY; SHOWERS TO-MORROW WASHINGTON, May 2.-Forccast for Tuesday and Wednesday: Indiana and Illinois Fair on Tupf.iar. Wednesday showers; fresh northeast winds, becoming southeasterly. Ohio Fair on Tuesday. Wednesday increasing cloudiness, probably rain in .southwest portion; fresh north to northeast winds, becoming southeasterly. Lower Michigan Fair on Tuesday ar.l Wednesday; fresh northeast to east wind!. Kentucky Fair on Tuesday. Wednesday showers. Nebraska and Kansas Showers and cooler cn Tuesday. Wednesday fair in west, showers in east portion. North Dakota Shower? and cooler cn Tuesday. Wednesday fair. South Dakota Showers on Tuesday; cooler in central and west portions; fresa northeast winds. Minnesota Fair on Tuesday. Welnsday showers; cooler in west and south portions; fresh northeast winds. Iowa Fair in east and showers in writ portion on Tuesday. Wednesday tbowers and cooler. Wisconsin Fair on Tuesday. Wednesliy fair, except showers in west portion; light to fresh northeast winds. Local Observation on Monday. Pre. Ther. R.I I. Wind. Weather. Tr. 7 a. m.SO.OG CI SR- N. K. Cloudy 0.) 7 p. m.30.0C bS N. E. Pt. cloudy T. Maximum temperature, 70; minimum temperature, L Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipitation on May 2: Temp. Vre. Normal M 13 M?an and total 0) T. Departure for day .13 Departure for month 2 .25 Departure since Jan. 1 54 ms.i2 Plus. W. T. BLYTHE. Section Director. Yesterday's Tcniperatnres. Ttatlons. 7 a. m. Max. 7 p. m. Abilene. Tex 56 K "i Amarillo, Tex 50 72 M Atlanta, Ga 72 ti Bismarck, N. D 45 74 7) Buffalo, N. Y.: 4 6i ft Cairo. Ill 56 71 .0 Calgary, Alberta 34 5S M Chattanooga. Tcnn 6i i2 73 Chevenne, Wyo 25 "3 Chicago, 111 42 5 Cincinnati, Ohio 54 72 Cleveland. Ohio 40 62 60 Columbus, Ohio 4$ 74 t-H Concordia, Kan 45 74 70 Davenport, Ia 4S 70 t Denver, Col 4 .2 4 J Dodge City. Kan 4i 64 Dubuque, Ia 4$ 70 66 Duluth. Minn 40 54 1 El Paso, Tex...: M 74 Co Galveston. Tex 72 76 .2 Grand Junction, Col 40 55 Grand Rapids, Mich.... 44 7J 4 Havre, Mont 45 - 6-5 g Huron, 8. D 41 M Helena. Mont 44 W Jacksonville, Fla 62 .S Kansas City, Mo 51 ti Lander, Wyo T.6 4$ Little Rock. Ark 5i W Louisville, Ky M 72 Marquette. Mich SS 5S M Memphis. Tenn 2 Modena. Utah 4S 45 Montgomery. Ala GO 3 Nashville. Tenn 52 W New Orleans. La 56 W .5 New York. N. Y 4S 62 Norfolk. Va 54 f.6 51 North Platte. Neb 42 72 Oklahoma. O. T 55 i3 Omaha. Neb 52 72 I J Palestine. Tex 60 Parkersburg. W. Va 4? 76 t Philadelphia. Pa 50 ft 5 Pittsburg, Pa 50 72 Pueblo. Col 45 52 Qu' Appelle, Assin 42 65 M Rapid City. S. D. 41 61 W St. Louis. Mo 52 3 g St. Paul, Minn 60 71 73 Salt Lake City. Utah.... 41 54 Ban Antonio, Tex 5$ SI w Santa Fe. N. Mex 42 52 L Shrcveport. La 56 M Springneid. Ill 45 70 Fprlngfleld. Mo 5G - Valentine. Neb 41 70 tj Washington. D. C 45 70 Wichita, Kan 50 7o April Weather. Following is a summary cf the meteorological couditions existing at Indianapolis in April, as compiled by W. T. Blythe.. section director of the weather bureau: Atmospheric pressure (reduced to sea level; inches and hundredths.) Mean. 3v2; highest. S0.5S on the 4th; lowest, 23.4Ü cn the 8th. Temperature. Highest. 7S on the lowest. 25 on the 20th; greatest dally rang". 28 cn the 15tli; least daily range. 6 ou te 20th; mean for the month iu 1S71. 47; lsJ. 55; 1S73. 51; 1S74. 46; IS7S. 40; 1$7$, 52; 1.. l&K. 55; Um 53; 11. 40; 102. M: 1303. 52; 1 t. 46; mean of the month for thirty-four years. 52; average daily deficiency of this month as compared with mean of thrrty-four years, 5.S; accumulated deficiency s-lnce Jan. 1, &o5; average daily deficiency since Jan. 1, 4-2. 'Wind. Prevailing direction, north; total movement. miles; maximum velocity (for Mve minutes) 41 miles rr hour, front south on April S. Irecinitation. Total for the mor.fh in 17L U7; 1N72. 3.''; 1ST3. 5.1U; 1S74. 4.12; 1$75, 1.2; lv7t. 2.27; 1S77. 3.11; IS". 5.51; 1S79. 123: 10. 6.V1; lvM. 2.Ö0; 12. 3.fK; lVCi. 2.73; 14. 2: 1S5. b.; 1S6. 3.M 1W, 3.92; 4 05; 1. 2i7; ISO. 4..V5; 131. 2.0; 1K2. 6.S3; ISXL. 183!, 2.72; IK, l.i: 1H. 1.27; 1KJ7. 4 U: In. 1.73; 1?A 1.3; 10"0. 1.55; lif.'l. 3.10: 1C. 1.0; 1903, 3.72; llv. 5.53: average for the month for thirty-four years. 3.4i; excess cf this mouth a? compared with average of thirtyfour years. 2.07; accumulated excess fince Jan. 1. 9.5U. Sunshine and Cloudiness. Number of Clear days, H; partly cloudy. 5; cloudy, 11; on which .01 Inch, or more, of rain fell. Frosts. lAht on the 4th. 6th. ISth, Cst heavy oa the nth, litis

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