Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 126, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1904 — Page 2

L-' PARKS' DIES 111 SIIIG PRISON HOSPITAL Port Arthur Squadron Has Probably Been "Bottled" at Last by the Japanese Navy IFCROWING IN POLULARITY IS OUR.

THE INDIANAPOMS JOURNAL, THURSDAY, MAT 5, 1904.

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OPEIIIIIG OF METHODIST - EPISCOPAL COHFEBEICE Notable Meeting of Churchmen Called to Order by Bishop Stephen M. Merrill. COLOR LINE AT HOTELS

LOS ANGELES. Ca!.. May 4.-Tho absence of many delegates at the opening session of the thirty-first General Conference ' of the Methodist Episcopal Church, due to llatel train?, disturbed to fome extent th i-ro?framme that had In en arranged, and the first day's work ended at 6 o'clock this evening with nothing accomplished except thj selection of a conference secretary. This honor fell to Itev. James Ji. Ilingley, of the Minnesota Conference, and it required three ballote to make a choice. Senior Bishop Stephen Merrill presided at ' th owning pession. When he rapped for order he faced one f the mot notable gatherings of churchmen in the history of Protestantism In America. Seated in the auditorium proper were 7M representatives of Methodism j;atherd from the four quarters of the earth, earnest In their zeal for the good of the common caue. and eag-r to discuss the problems of and to legislate for the welfare of the church. L'pon the stage were the Governor of California, the mayor of Los Angeles, representative citizens of southern California and leaders of Methodism In this end of the continent, ready to extend a welcome on fcchalf pf the State, the city and the church. In the galleries were expectant crowds of visitors and citizens. The great buil.lin was a bower of beauty, fragrant with the bloom of California flowers. Fifteen thou.-and calla lilies formed a hedge extending entirely across the front of the Lroad stage, and beneath these a beautiful frieze work of sniilax anditrns reached the flor. When the confusion attending the assignment of delegates to their seats had subsided. Bishop Merrill called the conference to order and introduced Bishop J. C. Hartzcll, of Africa, who delivered the opening prayer. He was followed by lil.-hop II. W. Warren and Rev. D. W. C. Ilewington. IX D.. of Nebraska. University, who also delivered a brief prayer. An hour wa3 then given over to a musical service. The calling of the roll consumed the time up to noon, when a motion was made to adjourn until 3 o'clock In order to permit the late arriving delegates to make their hotel arrangements before the actual busl--nc.-s of the conference should claim their entire attention. After some debate the motion prevailed and an adjournment was laxrn uniu mis aiiernoon. Delated social trains from the East continue to arrive. There was some little annoyance and delay experienced in securing hotel quarters for a part of the colored delegation. Two of the prominent hotels refused to admit them and at another hostelry they were assigned to a separate dining room. This was distasteful to the colored churchmen and they sought other quarters. All. however, were eventually comfortably housed. Among tho delegates were twenty-five women, seventy-three colored men and two native Chinese, the latter being Lo Chi Ming and Ding Mlanging. The former of these two Orientals Is the first ever sent to the conference from north China. The following bishops have arrived: Stephen .M. Merrill, Edward G. Andrews, II. W. Warren. Cyrus D. Foss. John M. "Waiden, Wlllard F. Mallalieu, Charles 11. Fowkr. John II. Vincent, Earl Cranston, jonn w. Hamilton, josepn j. iiartzeu. Frank W. Warne. Daniel A. Goodsell. Bishop Moore is on his way from Saa Francisco. REV. DR. C. U. WADE IS IN GOOD HEALTH The Rev. C. U. Wade, presiding elder of the Fort Wayne district. North Indiana M. E. Conference, last night telegraphed the Journal as follows from Los Angeles, Cal.: "I am well; not sick. Was never better physically." Sensational reports have been printed In 1 to Mr. ade s health, and the iTItTTtf shodid relieve any anxiety his friends may have had. " DEATHS OF A DAY. Mark Gray Lyon, Who Tried to Kill Edwin Booth. KEOKUK, la.. May 4. Mark Gray Lyon was buried here to-day. On April 23, 1ST3, Shnkspeare's birthday, he caused much excitement by tiring two shots at Edwin Booth' In McVicker's Theater, Chicago, during the play of "Richard The Second." NEW YORK. May 4. Ashbell Fitch, president of the Trust Company of America, and former controller of the city of New York, died to-day at the age of sixty-live years. In 1SS6. Mr. Fitch was elected to Congress on the Republican ticket, and was . re-elected as a - Democrat, serving three terms. Originally a Republican, he joined the Democratic party because of his low tariff views, and later returned to the Re- ; publicans on account of his belief In tho gold standard. KANSAS CITY. May 4. Frank D. Roberts, collector of internal revenue for Kansas City, died to-day at Excelsior Springs of Rrlght's disease, aged forty-two. He was one of the most prominent Republicans in the State. . . PHILADELPHIA. May 4. Dr. William Barton Hopkins, well known for his medical and surgical writings, died to-day of cholera morbus. - OTTAWA. Out.. May 4. W. F. McCreary, M. P.. from Selkirk, was found dead In the Russell House this afternoon., COLUMBIA, Mo.. May 4. Jerre H. Murray, a prominent Missouri Democrat, died here to-day of pneumonia. TRIPLE CRIME DUE TO FAMILY TROUBLE OMAHA, May 1-Frank Smith, a stockyards employe, of South Omaha, last night shot and killed his wife and eighteen-months-oid son, and then fired a bullet into his own head. Domestic trouble is assigned as the cause for the deed. - 1 Correction la Made. In quoting John Kealing yesterday with regard to the new liquor license ordinance. The JournaL. misconstrued his statement. Mr. Kealing said, that ho gathered from the conversation which he had had with other jK-opIe about the ordinance that It would be charged that the measure is legalizing what the Stae hold as illegal, since the statutes, prohibit the drug stores and groceries felling Intoxicating, liquors. Famoui Painter Dying. MUNICH. Bavaria. May 4 Franz Von Lcnbach. the famous historical and portrait painter, and president of the Munich Artists Association, is dying. - He suffered a stroke of apoplexy In November. . V&l. The AUTOWEAR : The Best $2.00 Hat on Earth..

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Labor Leader Who "Bled" NewYork Employer Succumbs to Tuberculosis.

SKETCH f OF HIS CAREER OSINING. X. Y., May 4.-Sam Parks, the New York labor leader, who was sent to Sing Sing some months ago after his r conviction on a '1 charge of extortlon; died in the prison to-day. 1 He had conAt ! sumpuun ai ic time of his coni viction, and had i'fallerl raoidly i V? since he was i sent to Sing j öing. The prison physician visited ! Parks in the hosj pital at 9 o'clock Y n til IT SAMUEL J. PARKS. patient was then barely conscious.. Later he became unconscious and remained in that condition until his ;death. Only the hospital; attendants and one or two prison ofllciats were at his bedside when he expired. Parks after his first conviction, was brought to the prison on Aug. 27, last. Ou securing a new trial, he was released ou ball on Spt. 25. Aftir his second conviction, he was brought back to the prison on Nov. 4 to serve a term of two years and six months. Ho was first put to work iu the fiber brush shop, but he was later admitted to the hospital and was under treatment there at the time of his death. Sam Parks was prominent for years in labor circles, belüg a leader in Chicago before comin to New York, and the loyalty to him of his associates was remarkable. He was walking delegate or business agent of the local House smith and Bridgemen's Union for several years, and it was under his leadership that the big strike of iron workers in New York last year was inaugurated. That strike involved the National Iron Workers' organization and National President Buchanan finally announced himself as against Parks and the general strike throughout this ountry, which the New York leader sought to have ordered. The contest was carried to the annual convention of the union, where Parks won to tho extent that he prevented the recognition of a local rival union, which had the approval of both President Buehanan and the New York contractors. During last summer charges of extortion were made against Parks and he was finally indicted, it being alleged that he had taken $5,000 from an employer on a promise to call off a strike. Other similar charges were made, but both times he was tried on the same ca:After returning to New York from Sing Sing, the first verdict having been overturned by a higher court. I'arks was one of tho central figures in the Labor-day parade last September. When convicted tho second time and sentenced to Sing Sing, ho annouueed that he had given up the lißht for himself and for labor and wanted to die in peace. Timothy McCarthv. one of Parks's associates, also was convicted and sent to Slug Sing ou the charge of extortion. Since Parks1 condition became more serious and doath seemed onlv a question of a few days, there was talk of making an attempt to secure his pardon, but Governor Odell said yesterdar that no applicatiou fcr a pardon had reached him. CLEVELAND DISCUSSES ' MID ISSUES OF 1894-6 (CONCLUDED FRQMFIRSTPACjE.) conditions there loomed In sight the menace of jthe destruction of our gold reserve, the repudiation of our gold obligations, the humiliating fall of our nation's finances to a silver basis, and the degradation of our government'3 high standing in the respect of the civilized world. "There was absolutely but one way to evert national calamity ana our country's disgrace, and this way was adopted when, on Jan. 17, 1&31, the secretary of the treasury issued a notice that bids in gold would be received until the first day of February following for $50,0oO,lM) In bonds." The bonds were issued but gave only temporary relief and later in the year another bond issue of $5o,000.00 was resorted to. This did not have the desired effect and on Jan. 28, 1SU5, "the aid of Congress was earnestly invoked in a special presidential message. This appeal to Congress for legislative aid was absolutely fruitless." Mr. Cleveland then gives the details of an interview Feb. 7, IXC, with J. I. Morgan, in which the latter asked why the government did not buy $U).nnO.O00 in gold at a fixed price and pay for it in bonds under Section 376 of the Revised Statutes. This suggestion was not carried Out and Mr. Cleveland says that he always regretted that it was not adopted. Continuing, Mr. Cleveland says: "After careful consideration an agreement was made by which J. P. Morgan & Co., of New York, for themselves and for J. S. Morgan & Co., of London, and August Belmont & Co., of New York, for themselves and for Nl M. Rothschild & Son, of London, were to sell to the government 3,500(Xm ounces of standard gold coin of the United States, to be paid for in 4 per cent, bonds and payable at the pleasure of the government after thirty years from their date, puch bonds to be issued and delivered from time to time as the gold coin to be furnished was deposited in the subtreasuries or other legal depositories. At least one-half of the coin so delivered was to be obtained in Europe at the expense and risk of the parties furnishing the same." Mr. Morgan and the parties he represented later agreed to accept the bonds at 3 per cent., payable by their terms in gold instead of in coin, in case their issue could be authorized, but the needed congressional authorization was refused. Therefore the contract was carried out as originally made. .In Its. execution 4 per cent, bonds were delivered, amounting to $2.315. 4X), and the sum of $30,116.211 in gold received as their price. On the 6th day of January, l?f6, the gold reserve having fallen to $1.251.719. its immediate repair became imperative, and it was decided to offer bonds to the amount of Siw.ujo.ooo for popular subscription at 4 per cent. Circulars were sent to all postofllces throughout the country and one month's time was given for replies. Of the bids received, however, only SS could be accepted. Several of the bids accepted." Mr. Cleveland continues, Vwcre for a single fiftydollar bond, and they varied in amount from that to the bid made by J. p. Morgan & Co. and several associates for the entire issue of Jlo0.000.ono. for which thev offered 11C.SS7 on the dollar. To all the other 827 .accepted bidders who offered even the smallest fraction of a farthing more than this the full number of bonds for which they bid were awarded. The aggregate of . th,o . bonds awarded to these bidders, excluding the Morgan bid. amounted to $62,221.100. The remainder of the entire offering were awarded to Mr. Morgan ami his associates, their bid being the highest next to thos on which-bonds had been awarded in full.- As a result of this large sale of bonds the gold reserve, which on the last day of January, ls. amounted to less than JoO.imu!, was so increased that at the end of February, in spite of withdrawals in the meantime, it stood nearly $12I.().000." Mr. Cleveland concludes as follows: "I have attempted to give a detailed history of the crime charged against an administration which 'issued bonds of the government liv time of peace without shame and vithoiU repentance. . I confess my share of the guilt, and I refuse to shield my accomplices in thH crime who, with me, held high places in that administration. And though Mr. Morgan and Mr. Belmont and scores of other bankers and financiers who were accessories in those transactions may b. strepvd in destructive propensities, and may be constantly busy in tdnful schemes, I tdiall always" recail with satisfaction and self-congratulation my collusion with them at a time when our country needed their aid." lrt!dent JoIiiimoii HI. CHICAGO. May 4.Prcsident Ban Johnson, of the American League, is ill with appendicitis. His condition Is not alarming. A meeting of tho league magnates, whkh was to have been held here to-day, was called off on account yf the condition cf President Johnavu,

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o'clock in the afternoon my left flank was reinforced by two battalions of the Elevent Regiment and a battery commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Mora vsky.w which were tent from the reserve by General Zassaliteh with Orders to hold their ground until the departure of the Ninth and Tenth Regiments frcm Sakhodza. I ordered the Eleventh Regiment to occupy a commanding position in the rear from which they could nre on the enemy from two sides. I held Lieutenant Colonel Moravsky s battery it', reserve and ore'ered the Twelfth Regiment, the Third Battery and the eiuiek-flring guns to retire under cover of the Eleventh lteglm?nt. My chief of staff led the rear guard to its poiition. "At 1 o'clock the Japanese approached so close to the position held by the Eleventh Regiment that the Third Battery could not pa? along under the cros fire and. taking up a position a short distance from the Japanese, remained there until the end of the fight, losing its commander. Lieutenant Colonel Moravsky. A company with quick firing guns was brought up from the rear guard and the officer commanding this force torce seeing the diflicult situation of Moravsky's battery took up the position on his own initiative. He lost half of his men and all of his horses and attempt. -d to remove his guns by hand to 'the shelter of the' hills under the Japanese cross-fire. The quick flrinc pieces discharged about 35,0u0 bullets. The Twelfth Regiment cut its way through and saved its colors. "The Second Battery of the Sixth Brigade, having attempted to rejoin the reserves by another route, could not ascend the mountain slopes with only half its horses and, retiring to its original position, received the Japanese attack. "The Eleventh Regiment, which held Its ground for two hours more with heavy losses, forced a passage at the point of the bayonet and crossed the ravine with its colcrs. It lost its colonel commandant. "Vc lost- forty officers and about 2,000 noncommissioned ofticers and men. "The Japanese losses must have been enormous. "The Russians retired in good order on Feng-Wang-Cheng. "The men of the Third Division maintained their excellent morale, and over 700 wounded proceeded with their regiment to Feng-Wang-Cheng." A Russian regiment consists of three battalions of between SO) and V00 men each: RUSSIAN BRAVERY; TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER ST. PETERSBURG, May 4. Since the Emperor's removal to Tsarskoye-Selo a new system has been introduced of communicating official messages intended for publication to a special commission of military and naval censors. Formerly all telegrams addressed to the Emperor received direct at the Winter Palace were sent to Admiral Abaza, who deciphered them and forwarded them to a commission sitting In the telegraph office. The censors read the messages carefully, omitted a word or passage likely to prove useful to the enemy and then a duplicate was given out to the correspondents quarters in an adjoining room. The only delay arose from the censors adjourning from 2 p. m. to 8 p. m. The present arrangement Involves further delay. Messages have to, come back from Tsarskoye-Selo after being deciphered. Those relating to the land operations go to the War Ministry and those referring to the sea movements are taken to the Marine Ministry, which are respectively intrusted to give them out. Yesterday General Kuropatkin's first telegram reached the War Ministry at noon, but the, official in charge had taken a train to Tsarskoye-Selo to report to tho Emperor and consequently the dispatch did not reach the public till night. There was great rejoicing this morning when the people read the story of the glorious fight made by General Zassalitch's handful of rough regiments against the flower of the Mikado's legions at the Yalu and of the utter defeat of Vice Admiral Togo's new attempt to seal the entrance to Port Arthur. It is now plain that not more than S.WO Russians were actually engaged in the fighting at the Yalu against the Japanese army of a total strength of between 30,of) and 40,000. The losses on both sides, which are Wpe-ctcd to reach 1.0) and possibly 1,200 ill the Russian force and twice that numler for the Japanese, make it one of the bloodiest fights in history. At the river crossing the Japanese, dead lie piled up literally in heaps and General Kuroki's success whs purchased at such a heavy cost that the Russians are disposed to regard it as rather a defeat than a victory for him. General Kuropatkin's dispatch shows that the Russians fought with such bulldog tenacity and bravery against the overwhelming superiority of the enemy that the latter's njomlnal victory was eclipsed by the prowess of the Czar's soldiers. Gen. Kuropatkin's report also served to restore General Zassaliteh to public favor. Those who were disposed to criticise him, even at the headquarters of the general staff, where it is considered that h made a tactical blunder, now say that he redeemed himself by his gallantry in action and the damage he inflicted upon the enemy. About bulletin boards the people are specially impressed with the desperate bayonet charge of the Eleventh Regiment. The mental picture of the regiment advancing against the enemy with bands of bugles blaring and the priest with cross aloft at the head, appealed to the dramatic sense of the Russian population as nothing else II STOPS Ml STEAMER Searches the Pouches and Demands Japanese Letters, but Does Not Get Them. TROUBLE MAY RESULT TORT SAID, May 4. The reninsular and Oriental Steamship Osiris, nine hours out from Brindisi, has been stopped and her mails examined by the Russian warship Khrabry, which fired a blank shot across the Osiris's bows. The Russians detained the Osiris for two hours, searching the mails. They demanded. the Japanese mails, but these were at the bottom of the mass of post matter and remained untouched. LONDON, May 1. The Foreign Office has no Information in regard to the searching of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company's steamer Osiris by the Russian warship Khrabry after the Osiris left Brindisi recently for Port Said, but the Assetciated Press was informed that if the report is official it is a most unwarranted proceeding and will necessitate a strong protest to the Russian government. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS

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NEW YORK.. May 4. Arrived: Prinzess Irene, from Genoa; Perugia, from Genoa and Naples. Off Nantucket: Pennsylvania, from Hamburg; Teutonic, from Liverpool. Sailed; Oceanic, for Liverpool. LIVERPOOL. May 4. Arrived: Cornishman, from Portland; Parisian, from St. Johns. N. B.. and Halifax. Sailed: Cedrlc, for New York: Merion, for Philadelphia. Ql'EENSTOWN. May 1. Arrived: Saxonia, from Boston; Majestic, from NewYork, and both proceeded for Liverpool. CHERBOURG. May 4. Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm H. from Bremen and Southampton, for New York. GIBRALTAR. May 4. Passed: Calabria, from New York, for Marseilles. Naples and Leghorn. ANTWERP, May 4. Sailed: Phoenicia, for Montreal; Rhynland, for Philadelphia. HONG-KONG. May 4. Arrived: Empress of Japan, from Vancouver, B. C. BREMEN, May 4. Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from New York. PR AWL POINT. May 4. Passed: Columbian, from Boston, for London. PLYMOUTH, May 4. Arrived: Pretoria, from New York, for Hamburg. PHILADELPHIA. May 4. Arrived: Switzerland, from Antwerp. GLASGOW, May 4,-Salled; Hungarian, lor Montreal.

could. The survivors cf thi3 heroic regiment, which cut its way out. declare that the position was surrounded by more than a thousand dead Japanese. The loss of the guns, which, according to the best information obtainable, consisted of twenty-two field pieces and eight machine guns. Is considered particularly unfortunate, even though they will be of no service to the enemy on account of the removal of their breech blocks, but members of the general staff say the science of war offers many Instances where guns have been sacrificed to allow infantry to retreat in good order. RUSSIAN LOSSES MAY EXCEED 2,000

ST. PETERSBURG. May 5. 3:47 a. m. The Russian losses at the battle of Klu-Lien-Cheng were 2,000 men and forty officers far greater than previous reports indicated. This is the official estimate of Major General Kashtalinsky, who directly commanded the division that suffered the brunt of the attack and whose report was received yesterday by the Emperor. Many are inclined to place the Russian losses even higher. General Kashtalinsky mentions also that more than 700 wounded had arrived at Feng-Weng-Cheng and these may not be included in his calculations. He made no attempt to estimate the Japanese losses, merely stating that they must have been colossal. The magnitude of the Russian losses had an almost stunning effect ontheauthorities and aroused general grief, mitigated only by satisfaction at the bravery displayed by the Russian troops. Not for a moment was there any intention to pay such a terrible price for delaying the enemy's crossing of the Yalu. This fact was known throughout the city and gave rise to renewed reports, attributed to official sources, that Cieneral Kuropatkin had officially censured Lieutenant General Zassaliteh. If this was so General Kuropatkin's telegraphed criticism of Zassaliteh was carefully cut out of the dispatches which have been published and the general impression now held is that he will remain in Manchuria. General Kashtalinsky's report estabilshes the fact that the Russians sustained the greatest lo?s in order to save the two regiments which were occupying Antung. The Eleventh Regiment was given the post of honor at the rear, with instructions to hold back the oncoming Japanese. The Twelfth Regiment and the Third Battery's quick-fireing detachment were directed to retire. By the time the latter movement commenced the Japanese had almost surrounded the Russian position. The Twelfth Regiment was compelled to charge with the bayonet and succeeded in breaking through the enemy's line. The Second Battery's riuick-firing detachment, without horses, could not move the guns and were compelled to abandon them. The men of the Second Battery put their shoulders to the wheels In an effort to push the guns up the mountain side, but the Japanese fire was so hot that they returned to the protection of the Eleventh Regiment. Nearer and nearer approached the Japanese and a charge upon the Eleventh Regiment and the Second Battery was imminent, so the guns were abandoned. Then a priest led the troops and they began the terrible march across the valley. "Kiu-Llen-Cheng is history and we must deal with impending events,' said an officer of the general staff to the Associated Press. The idea has prevailed that the Russian3 would not make a stand at Feng-Wang-Cheng, but the fact that a Japanese occupation of that point would enable a movement to the southwest, thus cutting off the Liao-Tung . peninsula, which is taken luto consideration by the authorities, leads to the expectation that General Kuropatkin will dispatch strong reinforcements there and make a determined stand. The activity of the Japanese, it is remarked here. Is not only north of the Yalu, fromwhich there is constant scouting, but also off the Liao-Tung peninsula, though the failure to seal Port Arthur may interfere with the operations they had been expecting to carry out on the west coast of that peninsula. RUMOR OF NAVAL FIGHT NOT CONFIRMED LONDON, May 5. There is no confirmation here of the Paris rumor that an engagement between Russian and Japanese squadrons had taken place off Vladivostok, and St. Petersburg knows nothing of the rumored capture of Nieu-Chwang. It Is reported that the Japanese advanced to within eighteen miles of Feng-Wang-Cheng and that another engagement is expected almost immediately. Major General Kashtalinsky's insistence on the fact that he was ordered to accept battle by Lieutenant General Zassaliteh is interpreted as showing his intention to throw the responsibility upon that officer for risking a fight with his inferior forces and to confirm the reports that General Zassaliteh had been censured. Reports have been received here that the Japanese captured a quantity of railroad material after Sunday's battle. This is supposed to indicate that the Russians had made great progress with the railroad from the main Mancburian line to the Yalu. If this Is so it would be a simple matter for ORATORICAL CONTEST IS Ferns Is First; Newell, of Missouri, Second, and Schall, of Nebraska, Is Third. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. SOUTH BKND, Ind., May 4. The InterState oratorical contest at Notre Dame tonight was won by Walter L. Ferris, the representative of Wisconsin University. His subject was "Savonarola." George Newell, of Missouri State University, was second, with an oration on "Retributive Justice in National History." Tho winner of third place was William A. Schall, of Creighton University, in Nebraska. He spoke on "Ulysses S. Grant, General." LOCAL FREIG II Til OUSE FOR TRACTION LINES To Be Considered at Conference Projected by Col. Downing, of the Board 'of Public Works. According to Col. M. A. Downing, chairman of the Board of Public Works, the board may in the near future call a conference of traction and street-railway company officials looking to the building of a local freighthouse. The erection of such a building is badly needed, and has, in fact, been under contemplation, although not urged very vigorously. Will G. Irwin, general manager of the Indianapolis, Columbus & Southern Traction Company, says that when terminal facilities are furnished by the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company the traction company will be glad to engage in the freight business. According to Mr. Irwin, the traction roads have an understanding with the local street-railway company that it will build a freighthouse for their use. This explanation was offered when the Board of Works first took up the question last February. Stolen It I nur I Recovered. W. C. Furnas, proprietor of the Hotel Majestic, in St. Louis, .was a guest at the Denison Hotel, in thi3 city, Tuesday but returned to his home that night. When he reach eel the Union Station he discovered that a ring which he had been carrying in his overcoat was missing. From St. Louis he telephoned the Denison of his loss. As u result Arthur Fosett. a negro. 227 Sahm street, who was in the Denison check room at the time of Mr. Furnas's visit, was arrested last night by Detectives Manning and Simon. Fosett confessed, and the ting was recovered.

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the Japanese to repair this line, which would materially assist them in their advance through a difficult country. English correspondents with the Japanese forces on the Yalu are permitted to send the most ample discription of the people and the country traversed, but not a word about the lighting. The Standard's Tien-Tsin correspondent says he is .convinced that the Russian position in southern Manchuria is exceedingly weak in conse-quence of the enormous number of men detached to guard the railway and to obtain provisions. He believes that the forces at Hai-Chcng and Llao-Yang are greatly overestimated. The camps, ho says, are numerous, but there are few men In them.- There are several fortifications in the hills between Feng-Fang-Cheng and Hai-Cheng, but the line of communication is weak and straggling. Some reports current here state that the Japanese loan will be 50.000.0u0 at 6 per cent, and will be issued simultaneously in London and New York.

NO JAPANESE TORPEDO BOATS DAMAGED LONDON, May 4. The Tokio correspondent of the Times sends the following: "The Japanese consider that Russian strategy at the battle of the Yalu showed the same defect as that of the Chinese in 1S94, namely, the lack of offensive initiative. Captain Arima, who commanded in some of the attempts to block Port Arthur, in a lecture which he delivered here, said that the Japanese from observation had an accurate knowledge of Vice Admiral Makaroff's tactics, which enabled them to place the mines that destroyed the Petropavlovsk. The men of the. entire Japanese squadron refrained from the use of tobacco and wine on the day of the, disaster to show that they mourned the death of Makaroff. "No Japanese torpedo boat or torpedo boat destroyer has been obliged to return to the harbor for repairs since the beginning of the war. All have been repaired at sea." CHINA WILL MAINTAIN STRICT NEUTRALITY ST. PETERSBURG, May 4. The Chinese minister, who, in consequence of rumors of the possibility that China might not remain neutral, applied to Peking for information, has received a cablegram from the Peking government and Vieeroy Yuan Shi Kai, which reads as follows: "In reply to your telegram of April 23, and with the object of putting a stop to unfounded rumors, we request you to deny them, declaring again in the most formal manner that China and the Chinese people will faithfully observe neutrality. You are authorized to say that the central government has given rigorous orders to the local authorities to see that neutrality is strictly maintained and that the most complete order is preserved in the whole territory declared neutral. Moreover, we are able to guarantee that owing to the measures we have taken any renewal of events like those of 1900 is impossible." KOREANS ASSISTING RUSSIAN SCOUTS SEOUL, May 3. A customs officer at Sangjlu, named Olsen, a Norweigan, reports that many Koreans .who are naturalized Russians, accompanied the scouting expedition of Cossack cavalry as Interpreters, all being well received by the -local officials. The captain of the Cossacks, cfter personally firing a customs warehouse, accompanied by a 'party of soldiers, searched the office, which he was finally persüaded not to burn. When it was explained to him that the property was Korean and not Japanese he threatened to arrest Olsen as u Japanese spy. NIEU-CHWANG IS NOT YET CAPTURED NEW YORK, May 4.-The special telegram to the London Chronicle dated CheFoo, asserting that the Japanese had taken Nieu-Chwang is obviously false. NieuChwang. which is on a river, and about thirty miles from the sea, could not possibly be taken, except as the result of an attack of at least two or three days' duration. The Associated Press has correspondents at Che-Foo, Shan-Hal-Kwan, NieuChwang and Kin-Kow. any one of whom rC?uldertainl reported an attack upon Nieu-Chwang. Jniinnce to Borrow ?25,0O0,0O0. LONDON, May 4. It Is said in financial circles that negotiations are approaching a conclusion with financial houses in London for the issue of a Japanese loan of $25,000,000 at 93, the security being a first charge on tho customs. German Ships nt Llbna. BERLIN, May 5. A special dispach from Libau, Russia, says that the former German liners Columbia, Begia and Kalzerln Maria Theresa have Just arrived there to be fitted out for war purposes. TRIPLE HAIICIIIG TO TAKE PLACE TO-DAY Three Tcnnesseean Murderers to Expiate a Cold-BIooded Crime on the Gallows. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 4. From the same scaffold three murderers will take the drop into eternity together at Winchester, Franklin county, to-morrow. The crime for which Joe Delp, John Evans and Henry Judge will pay the penalty was particularly atrocious. On Aug. 3 last, Delp and Evans called at the home of aged Simon Bucher, in the mountains, near Winchester, enticed the old man into his garden and shot him in the back. Leaving him for dead, they returned to the cabin, shot Mrs. Bucher down and set fire to he house. Next morning a passing horseman discovered the ruins, and found old man Bucher with enough life in him to make a statement, which led to the arrest of Delp and Evans. Their confessions implicated Henry Judge, who, they said, hired them to do the murders, promising a payment of $123. Judge's motive, it was alleged, was to get free access to cut timber which stood on lands which Bucher was employee! to watch. Governor Frazier to-day declined to interfere with the sentence of the Supreme Court, though strong appeals had been made. CITY NEWS NOTES. W. W. Welling, the postal clerk, resumed his duties yesterday, after an absence of nearly a month, due to his daughter's illness and subsequent death. Superintendent Cotton leaves to-day to attend the commencement of the Wanatah High School, where he is-scheduled to deliver an address. On the following evening he will address the Mount Ayr High School class. O. B. Jackson, a well-known North Indianapolis grocer, is charged by Mrs. Hattie Numan with having forged her name to an order for witness lees which were payable to her at the office of the city clerk. Mrs. Numan had a warrant issued and Jackson was placed under arrest by Patrolmen Jordan and Dunn. Cinnue nt the Pest office. Many friends of David Elliott missed his hearty "hello" as they passed by his inquiry desk at the post office yesterday. Mr. Elliott has moved into the office of the jostmastcr. and has assumed the duties of his now office of finance clerk. . . John W. Welborn is Mr. Elliott's successor, and he will be assisted by Edgar F, Brown, who was lormvrly Mr. ElllottV as-glstanU

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BRITISH ADVANCE GUARD ATTACKEDRY THIBETANS Road to Lhassa Strongly Fortified Beyond Karo Pass, and Held by About 1,500 Natives. LONDON, May 4. A report brought by a mounted infantry dispatch rider is to the effect, says a Times dispatch from GyangTse, Thibet, that the farther side of the Karo pass, on the direct road to Lhassa, is strongly held by the Thibetans, some or whom, were drawn from the late garrison of Gyang-Tse fort. The British reconnoitering party, after crossing the summit of the pass and descending a short way, saw the fort barred by a wall, and suddenly a heavy fire from jingals and European rifles was opened, bullets striking the ground all around, but causing no casualties. 1 The number of Thibetans Is estimated at 1,500, and their position may threaten the Uritish line of communication with KhangJla. No reply was made to the Thibetans, except two or three shots to keep down the enemy's fire during the retirement. This action on the part of the Thibetans finally disposes of the possibility of any useful purpose being served by the visit of the Amban. from whom Colonel Younghusband has received no further communication. It suggests, indeed, that the only object of the visit is to gain further time for the defense of Lhassa road, and probably for the arrival of expected help from the north. SHOWERS PROBABLE FOR TO-DAY AND FRIDAY

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