Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 146, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1904 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, lCCM.'

QUEER MARITAL JUMBLE ' REVEALED8Y ARRESTS Man and Woman Accused of Bigamy Latter's First Husband

.Married ms Mepmotner. ATLANTA, Ga.. May 24. Married, deserted, married again, thinking her first husband dead, learning afterward that he had married his own stepmother, and then arrested on the charge of bigamy, is the fate of Mrs. Pearl Lesage, or Mrs. Marshall, of Oakland City. Equally strenuous was the day for V. Marshall, a private in Company I, Sixteenth Regiment, U. S. A., Utloncd at Fort McPherson. Marshall is the second husband of Mrs. Lesage, or Marshall, and was arrested by the marshal of Oakland City on the charg of bigamy. When Mrs. Lesage. or Marshall, went to the jail to ascertain the cause of the arrest of her second husband, she was arrested on the charge of bigamy. The peculiar part of the whole affair is that Lesage. the first husband of the woman, is eald to have married his own stepmother and is now residing at Plattsburg barracks. New York. SULTAN'S SON-IN-LAW IS SENT INTO EXILE Kemal Fasha Is Accused of Attempting to Aid Princess j Khadidje. CONSTANTINOPLE. Monday, May S.Kemal Paha, the Sultau's son-in-law, and other high officials have been arrested and sent Into exile in consequence of the discovery of a secret correspondence between Kemal Pasha and Princess Khadidje, daughter of the Imprisoned ex-Sultan Muram. Kemal Pasha, who is a son of the late Osman Pasha, la a general in the Turkish army and aid de camp to the Sultan. RAIN TO-DAY; CLEARING AND COOLER TO-MORROW WASHINGTON, May 24. Forecast for "Wednesday and Thursday: Indiana Rain on Wednesday; cooler In eouth portion. Thursday clearing and cooler; brisk east winds becoming westerly. Illinois Showers and thunderstorms; cooler in central and south portions on Wednesday. Thursday clearing and cooler; high east to southeast winds on Lake Michigan. Ohio ,owers on Wednesday; not bo warm in southwest portion. Thursday showers and cooler; brisk east winds increasing. Kentucky Showers and cooler Wednesday. Thursday showers; cooler. Lower Michigan Rain on Wednesday; cooler in south portion. Thursday rain; brisk east winds increasing. Local OlmerTntioua for Taenday. . Bar.Ther.R.H.Wind. Weath. Free. 7 a, m.... 30.02 62 67 N.E. Cloudy. .00 7 p. m.... 29.92 7S 6t S. Clear. .10 Maximum temperature, &0; minimum temperature. GO. Comparative statement of mean temnerature and total precipitation on May 21: Temp. Prec. Normal 67 .11 Mean 71 .(0 Departure for day ! .It Departure for month 36 1.13 Departure since Jan. 1 51U 7.6S Plus. W. T. BLYTI1E, Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatur. Stations. Abilene. Tex Arnarillo, Tex. ........ Atlanta. Ga Bismarck. N. D Buffalo. N. Y. Cairo, 111 Calgary. Alberta Chattanooga. Tenn. . Cheyenne, Wyo. ..... Chicago. Ill Cincinnati, O Cleveland, O. Columbus, O Concordia, Kan Davenport, la Denver, Col Dodge ; City, Kan. ... Dubuque, la Duluth. Minn. Kl Faso. Tex '.. 7 a. m. .... C8 .... 64 .... 70 .... 41 .... 62 .... 7'J .... 30 .... 60 .... 41 M 64 v 50 62 58 50 50 62 4S 4) 62 .... 71 Max. S4 84 W 43 62 83 46 91 76 62 83 70 82 86 82 81 83 75 k 45 SO so 76 74 Z6 62 34 81 84 85 W 50 83 76 D2 52 86 84 52 82 83 84 S3 S3 82 86 52 46 90 52 73 85 64 86 86 82 76 7 p. m. SO 86 41 62 88 46 S6 61 50 84 62 i 84 80 72 82 66 42 Galveston, Tex. Grand Junction. Col.. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Havre, Mont Hnron, S. D Helena, Mcnt. Jacksonville, Fla. ... Kansas City. Mo Lander. Wyo Little Rock. Ark Louisville, Ky Marquette, Mich Memphis, Tenn Modena. Utah Montgomery, Ala. ... Nashville. Tenn. .. New Orleans. La. .. New York. N. Y. .. Norfolk. Va North Platte, Neb.... Oklahoma. O. T Omaha, Neb Palestine. Tex Parkersburg, W. Va. Philadelphia. Pa, .... Pittsburg. Pa Pueblo. Col Qu' Appelle, Ass'n... Rapid City. S. D 8t. Louis, Mo St. Paul. Minn Salt Lake City San Antonio. Tex... Santa Fe. N. M Bhreveport, La Springfield. Ill Springtield, Mo Valentine. Neb Washington. D. C... Wichita. Kan .... 50 .... 46 32 .... 4 .... 31 64 .... 62 .... 45 .... 66 .... 6 .... 45 68 68 36 43 34 74 78 82 81 45 S4 64 .... 51 .... M .... 66 .... 68 .... 64 .... 61 .... 56 68 .... 51 .... 61 .... 60 .... 66 .... 64 .... 52 .... 24 .... 40 .... 60 .... 50 .... 56 .... 66 .... 43 .... es .... 56 .... 64 5 .... 62 .... 66 88 82 76 78 4 SO 82 SO 78 43 44 S4 46 64 SO 56 82 SO 7 60 82 MRS. DECKER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF CLUBS BT. LOUIS. May 24. The seventh bienni al convention of the General Federation Of Women's Clubs to-day elected the following wuccrs. rresiaeoi, .Mrs. Sarah FMa tt DecKer. Denver: record nz secretnrr. v Irs John D. Sherman. Chicago; correspond! ing ecreiarj-. .iiss iouisa it. I'oppenhei Charleston. S. C treasurer Mr Pmr m. V. Pennypacker. Austin. Tex.; auditor. Dr'. Daran ji. jvennan. v asnington. JUMPED TEN STORIES TO MAKE DEATH SURE LOUISVILLE. Ky., May 24. Despondent because of business troubles, Julian Courts to-Iay hurled himself from the tenth story of the Columbia building. His body was reduced to a pulp on the pavement below. Courts was emploved as a claim clerk for the Louisville. Henderson & Ft. Louis Railroad. He was the son of C. Winn Courts, a Russellville. Ky.. banker. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS NEW YORK. May 24,-Arrived: Kronprinz Wilhelm, from Bremen: Noordam. from Rotterdam; Victorian, from Liverpool. Sailed: Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, for Bremen: Citta di Napoll. for Naples and Genoa; Ultonia. for Trieste and Flume LIVERPOOL, May 2i.-Arrived: Bavarian, from Montreal. Sailt-d: Ivernia. for Boston: Lake Champlain. for Montreal BREMEN. May 24. Arrived: Kaiser Wilhelm II. from New York. Sailed: Prinz ss Alice, for New York. YOKOHAMA. May 21.-Sailed: Empress , of Jaran. from Hong-Kong, for Vancouver. HONG-KONG. May 21 Arrived: Empress of China, from Vancouver. ANTWERP. May 24.-Arrived: Kroonland. from New York. - LONDON. May 21.-Arrlved: Minnehaha, from Nc-w York. - ... Death of Ilenjaiuin X. Ranadale. Benjamin N. Ransdale, of Southport, died suddenly last night of heart failure. He was a soldier In the civil war, serving three years in Company O, Seventieth Indiana Infantry, but since that time has been unable to engage in active business be cnuse of aggravated trouble with his eyes. His wife and ene son survive. Funeral arrangements have cot yet been made.

BAPTISTS Oil MARRIAGE

E Ministers of the Church May Re fuse to Marry Certain Classes of People. AX OFFICIAL UTTERANCE CLEVELAND, O., May 24. The Baptists put themselves in line with the other great Protestant denominations by the action taken on the divorce question at the meeting of the American Baptist Home Mission Society to-day. The following resolution on the subject was unanimously passed with 'applause: "Whereas. There is a general movement among the churches of the country. In which we are deeply Interested, and with which we are in warm sympathy, looking toward the protection of the sanctity of the mar riage relation; and. " he reas. Our church policy being purely congregational, does not allow us to take action as some other bodies can. enjoining either our churches or ministers in this matter, yet we desire to place on record our united opinion and firm conviction, first, that the country ought to have a uniform law on the subject of divorce, based upon scriptural" teaching: and. second, the Chris tian ministers and Christian churches or all names ought to be at all times, and especially in these times, courageous and positive in their adherence to the Instructions of the Scripture concerning the mar riage relation." The opinion on the subject is strong, and it is pointed out that if the denomination had an ecclesiastical organization like that of the Presbyterian?, there is no doubt an official utterance would be made. With its democratic congregational policy the in dividual members can only advise, but It is said this has-practically the authority necessary and there is no question that Baptist ministers the country over will stand witn other ministers in making it difficult for people divorced on unscriptural ground to gain the sanction of the church for remarriage. Besides the resolutions on divorce, the Baptist Home Mission Society unanimously adopted resolutions condemning Mor monism. The resolutions were presented after a strong speech against Mormonism by Rev. Bruce Kinney, general missionary of the society in Utah. Mr. Kinney Is of the belief that the present generation will see the finish of polygamy and that Mormonism i3 losing ground. Copies of the resolutions were sent to Senator Burrows, chairman of the committe- on privileges and elections of the United States Senate. The following ofnceis were elected by the American Baptist Heme Mission Society: Hon. W. S. Shallenberger. of Washington, president: Dr. II. L. Morehouse, corresponding secretary, F. T. Moulton, treas urer. The officers elected by the American Baptist Education Society, which has raised millions of dollars for colleges ana universities in the past ten years, are: A. G. Slocum. Ph. D., of Michigan, president; Rev. H. B. Grose, secretary; E. V. Carey, treasurer. The anniversaries were ended to-night by a mass meeting in the Euclid-avenue Bap tist Church, at which addresses were made on the subject of "Evangelism." PROPOSED UNION OF THREE DENOMINATIONS WASHINGTON, May 21. The Methodist Protestant conference to-day officially received the plan of union to embrace the Congregational, the United Brethren and the Methodist Protestant denominations. The presentation was made by the Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden, of Columbus, O., a Congregationalist, and chairman of the joint committee which formulated the plan. It was received with bearty enthusiasm by the conference, as was the indorsement by the Rev. Dr. W. M. Weekley, of. Dayton, O., secretary of the committee, and a minister in. the United Brethren Church. The essential feature-of the plan provides for a general council composed of representatives from each denomination on the basis of one for each S.f) members. Both Dr. Gladden and Dr. Weekley were most optimistic of success. The frequent applause of their expressions of this fact, together with the approval given President Tagg, of the conference, in announcing his sincere conviction in favor of union, indicate favorable action. The conference unanimously adopted the report submitted by its special committee on moral reform, embracing a statement that the denomination had for years forbidden the union in man läge of divorced persons who had violated their marriage vows, and therefore viewed with especial favor the proposition contained in the interchurch conference communication looking to uniform national and state legislation on the subject of marriage and divorce. The report also provided for a committee of three to meet with the fourteen other denominations to further this end. INDIANA OBITUARY. MARION. Ind.. May 24. Capt. Joseph Ballou, of this city, died at 1 o'clock this morning in a hospital. He was sixty-nine years old. For fourteen years he had been a chief clerk in the Pension Department at Washington. He served in the Fifty-first Indiana Infantry and in the Twelfth Indiana cavalry. Miss Jessie Ballou, of this city, a daughter of Captain Ballou, started for Washington yesterday in an effort to reach the bedside of her father before he died, but he passed away six hours before she arrived. The body will be brought to Marion for burial. ANDERSON. Ind.. May 21. Michael Ryan, the pioneer Irishman of Anderson, died at his home here to-day, and will be buried Thursday morning. He came from Ireland in 1830 and settled in Anderson in the early '60's. He was for many years an employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was prominent in Anderson politics, having been elected city councilman twice, and being defeated twice for marshal. He was eighty years old. BEDFORD. Ind.. May 24. Captain George J. Brown is dead at his home of blood poison, aged seventy-two years. He was the first man in Lawrence county to enlist in the civil war, having enlisted under Captain Samuel Short on April li. 1S51. He had lived in I.awrence county all his life, having been born within three miles of this city. A widow and three sons survive. ANGOLA. Ind.. May . 21. Frederick Swambaugh, aged sixty-seven, a farmer. seven miles northwest of Angola, fell dead from heart disease, and was burled to-day. ne was a private In Company A. Fortyfourth Indiana Infantry, and was severely wounded in the battle of Shiloh, a bullet passing through his body. SHELBY VI LLE. Ind.. May 21. William Jelf. a veteran eighty-four years old. died at the home of his daughter in this city early this morning as the result of cerebral hemorrhage. He leaves four sons and two daughters. Interment will be in Haugh Creek Cemetery. Bartholomew county, on Thursday morning. KOKOMO. Ind.. May 21. Coroner Harrison was called to the home of Richard Maize, seven miles north of town, to-day to investigate the sudden death of Mrs. Maize, aged eighty-three, who was found dead in her room this morning. The coroner attributed death to heart trouble. TIPTON. Ind.. May 21. Mrs. John Aldridge, aged sixty years, was found dead in bed this morning at her home west of this city. Death was due to heart failure. Petition for I n Ion Laborers. Special to th Indianapolis Journal. MUNCIE. Ind., May 21-At a meeting of the City Council last night a petition was presented asking the city to employ none but union laborers on Its streets. At present several hundred men are repairing and making new streets and sewers, and many of them are nonunion laborers. The petition was signed by a number of business men. The Council referred it to the Judiciary committee. As the street contractors hire their own men, the matter probably will be left to their own discretion. ChrUtinn Science Fall to Cure florae. After trying without success to cure his horse of lockjaw by the methods of Christian Science, William H. Brown last night consented to the animal's being shot. It was sick in the barn at the rear of the Brown home, 530 North Meridian street. Dart entfern Daisqajpt. The local Bartenders Union held a banquet at Machinists Hall last n!ht, which was attended by abvut 120 people.

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HOME MISSION AMD AID

FOR COLLEGES DISCUSSED Day Spent by Presbyterians at Buffalo in Considering Committee Reports. SOUTHERNERS ON UNION BUFFALO, N. Y., May 21.-The work of the Presbyterian General Convention today consisted of consideration of home missions, the report of the standing committee being presented by Rev. John F. Carson, of Brooklyn, the chairman of the committee. The report dwelt upon the desirability of the Presbyterian Church pursuing a more systematic course in the matter of funds for home missions, and advocated a union of efforts among the churches to that end. The necessity of extending home mission work was emphasized with particular reference to strengthening the work among the Mormons. As part of the report Dr. Carson stated that "we heartily commend the work of the Christian women of all denominations in carrying on so successful a campaign against the iniquity of Mormonism." The afternoon session was devoted to the report of the standing committee on aid for colleges and a discussion of the subject of college education. A special meeting was held to consider the effect of the war in the far. East upon Christian missionary work. This evening there was a popular meeting of the commissioners at the Central Presbyterian Church, Rev. D. Stuart Dodge. D. D., of New York, presiding. The tonir for the meetiner was the IjOuisiana purchase celebration, and the influence it has had for Christianity. An effort probably will be made tomorrow to have the General Assembly reconsider its action In striking out from the report of the special committee on marrlAsrp And divorce the recommendation which advised Presbyterian ministers to refuse to marry any person whose marriage is forbidden by any Christian church of which such person may be a member. If the mattpr is reconsidered, an amended recommendation will be submitted, which will limit the application or me proposition to any member of a church which is represented in the interchurch conference on marriage and divorce. This would leave nut the Roman Catholic Church. which rfrfa nut remsrnize dlvorcx-. and. it IS believed, would do away with most of the opposition which the original recommendation engendered in the assembly. SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY ON CLOSER RELATIONS MOBILE, May 21. Following is the report of the committee on closer relations, submitted to-day before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, in this city: "Your committee respectfully states that it has carefully considered the various overtures and memorials from synods and other Presbyterian churches asking the appointment of committees to confer with com mittee from other churches on the bringing about of closer relations and co-operation between the various Reformed and Pres byterian churches. Also we have consid ered a memorial from the Presbytery of Nashville asking this assembly to assure our sister churches of our willingness to confer on the subject of closer relations, whenever such conference would be likely to result in closer fellowship. We have had for our careful consideration overtures from the Pres by bt ries of Arkansas and ilea iciver, asking tne appointment ot a committee to confer with a committee of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America, looking to closer rcla lions with that church. "We have considered also a communica tion from the Reformed Church in America (Dutch) expressing their willingness to confer with a committee of our church on closer relations with us and also overtures Horn our Presbyteries of Durant. Wilming ton, Tuscaloosa and North Alabama, asking us to appoint a committee of conference with the Reformed Church in America. We have aiso given due consideration to the action of the Presbyterian Church of the UTiited States of America, rescinding all former expressions of the general assem biles, reflecting on the Christian character of our church; and this with a view to remove all obstacles to closer relations be tween these two churches "Your committee recognize that there is not only in our church, but also in other churches holding Presbyterian Reformed Calvinistic systems, a very general and strong desire of closer relations. We there fore recommend that this assembly, wish ing to promote closer fraternity, in a spirit of love and candor appoint a committee of six ministers and three ruling elders, which committee shall be named by the modera tor, which shall be authorized and empow ered to comer with similar committees which may be appointed by other Pres by terian Reformed churches, when notified that it is the wish of such other churches to enter into conference with us. And the committee appointed by this assembly is to confer on the subject of closer relations with such churches as enter the conference, with a view to discover: First, the real sentiment of the churches on this subject: second, tho leadings of God's providence in the matter; third, the obstacles that may stand in tue way of closer fellowshin: fourth, whether and how such obstacles can be removed; fifth, and what may be the nature and form of the relations which shall best secure effective co-operation, by federation or otherwise, and at the same time preserve loyalty to those great prln ciples for which the various churches have been called to testify. And this committee shall report to the next meeting of the General Assembly the result of its con ferences." The report was made the special order lor to-morrow atternoon. CUMBERLAND ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES UNION DALLAS, Tex., May 21. Debate upon the most momentous problem which the Cumberland Presbyterian Church has faced in years, that of theunion of that organization with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, occupied the attention of the General Assembly here during almost the entire .day. When the recess was taken this evening there were still others ready to participate in the discussion. There is no positive indication as to when the debate will end, nor what will be the result of the vote, though it is believed the commissioners will be glad to express themselves officially to-morrow aft ernoon. Five members of the assembly spoke on the question to-day. touching mainly upo.i the three generally mooted points in the contession of . the Presby terian Church in the United States of America: Fatalism, or the doctrine of pre destination, the race question and the edu cational qualifications of ministers. The contest, specifically, is upon the adoption or rejection of a resolution rec ommending the report of the committee on fraternity and union to the presbyteries for adoption, which report declared for tne union of the churches. DUNKARDS NOT YET GERMAN BAPTISTS CARTHAGE. Mo.. May 21. The German Baptists in convention here to-day decided that the next annual convention should be held in May of next year in the State of Tennessee, the city to be selected later by a committee. The report that -the words "German Ban tist" had been selected as the official name of the denomination was in error. The vote on this matter was taken a second time and the committee could not agree on an offi cial name. It was decided to-day that the matter of a name should be laid on the table until next year, when another vote will be taken. LYNCH AND BR AM WOOD ARE BOTH RE-ELECTED Returns from the referendum vote of the International Typographical Union received At the headquarters of the union show that James Lynch is re-elected president and that John W. Bramwood is re-elected secretary. As to the minor offices nothing definite will be known until the official canvass, June 1. .Yesterday 5i0 locals had given Lynch a majority of about 7.000 votes over Hawkes, of Chicago. Bramwood will receive a majority of over 20"OO, It Is claimed, over Graham, of St. Joseph.

Unconfirmed Rumor Says

Russians (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) removal of winter clothing, which is no longer needed The movements of war correspondents, the dispatch says, are lim ited to a radius of a mile and a nan irom l eng-Wang-Cheng. The Tcleerarhs Nieu-Chwang corre spondent declares that General Kuropatkin is determined to check the Japanese at Liao-Yang. where probably the greatest battle of the war will be fought. He adds that the Japanese land operations against Port Arthur are meeting with little suc cess and that Lieutenant General Stoessel and Major General Fock continue to make well-directed, but desperate, sorties against the advance of the Japanese, wno are fighting with stubborn determination, almost uneaualed in history. Several hun dred Japanese have been killed during the past few days. Japanese reinforcements are arriving daily from Pitsewo and Polandien, according to this correspondent. The Seoul correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that Kin-Chou is besieged oy the Japanese and its surrender is momentarily expected. The standard's Tien-Tsin correspondent asserts that the Chinese government is still levying heavy military contributions irom the provinces, and he thinks that tne accumulation of silver at Peking foreshad ows some foolhardy action of the Chinese. It is reported from Brussels that the Russian government is making great efforts to buy thirty large steamers from Belgium and Holland to accompany tha Baltic fleet as colliers. KUROPATKIN'S REPORT ON 'SMALL FIGHTS ST. PETERSBURG. May 21. The follow ing dispatch from General Kuropatkin to the Emperor, dated May 23, was received to-day: "Our cavalry outposts on May 22 and May 23 observed a movement of a portion of the Japanese forces westwardly along the Hai-Cheng road, near the village of Dalian-Dlsputso, six miles from Feng-Wang-Cljeng. "On May 21 a Japanese detachment, con sisting of six companies of infantry and three squadrons of cavalry, attacked some sotnias of Cossacks on the heights, on the right bank of the Sedzi river, near the village of Posutoikhs. When the engagement began the Japanese cavalry remained under cover, and the infantry, which de clined to cross the valley, maintained a distant and almost harmless fire without sparing ammunition. A small party, unsup ported, tried to cross the river ior tne purpose of turning our left flank, but was driven back, by the charge of half a sotnia of Cossacks and fire of the sotnia occupying the heights. Towards evening the Jap anese retired. Our losses were ten cossacks wounded. "Details of the engagement of May 20 and 21, at Sitkhoutchindza, have not yet been ascertained. RUMORED LOSS OF 18,000 MEN PROVED A FAKE ST. PETERSBURG. May 2i. The report cabled to the Associated Tress yesterday that the Foreign Office had received a telegram from the Russian consul at Che-Foo, reporting that the Japanese had made a land attack on Tort Arthur and had lost 13,000 men killed or wounded and that the Russians had lost 3,00) men, is true, but as nothing confirmatory has been received from any other source the report i3 not given credence. The consul in his telegram said his information was obtained from Chinese. The War Office has nothing to confirm his report. The Admiralty denies the report oi tne capture of three Japanese cruisers by the Vladivostok squadron, which has not been outside of the harbor for several weeks. The re; ort was circulated by the bt. Petersburg correspondent of the Central News that ten stokers were, killed by an explosion yesterday on board the Russian battleship Orel at Cronstadt is aDsoiuieiy denied. Additional details of the disaster to the protected cruiser Bogatyr confirm the previous reports to the effect that she went ashore in a fog at the entrance of the Gulf of Amour, opposite Vladivostok. Her guns were taken off and some of them were mounted ashore to protect tne vessel during the salvage operations. Although the statement was positively made yester day that she had already been blown up. the Admiralty insists tnat it is not true, and efforts are still progressing to save her. Vice Admiral Skrydloff having tele graphed to the Emperor that he thought he could do so. The Foreign Office states that it has not received any protest regarding the alleged planting of mines by Rear Admiral Wittsoeft outside the marine limit at Port Arthur. RUMOR THAT JAPAN LOST ANOTHER BIG SHIP LIAO-YANG, May 21. There is continual skirmishing between the Russian cavalry and the Japanese. Cossacks, are pressing the Japanese in the hills and by-roads generally, driving them back. The general plan of the Japanese has not been divulged. They are apparently making time, awaiting the arrival of reserves from Korea, who have been delayed, owing to the impassability of the roads. The Japanese are sending all invalids in the direction of the Yalu to a central hosoital. The Chinese report the destruction of another Japanese battleship orr 1'ort Arthur, but the report is unconfirmed and is not credited. Several Japanese who landed from Junks near Port Arthur and started toward the town with the Intention of dynamiting the docks were captured and shot. The Russian wounded are recovering ranidlv. Several wounded soldiers deserted from the hospital and stole back to the front. A typhoon is raging off the coast. MANY COSSACKS SLAIN BY JAPANESE TOKIO, May 24, 4 p. m. General Kuroki reports that a section of Japanese Infantry encountered and defeated 200 Cossacks at Toutao-Kou, eight miles northeast of Kuan-Tien. The Cossacks fled to Al-Yuang-Pienmen, leaving twenty dead. The Japanese suffered no losses. Additional details of the fight at Wang-Chla-Tun. near Taku-Shan. May 2, indicate that the squadron of Cossacks was almost annihilated by the Japanese in CONVICT MURDERER IS DISORDERLY IN COURT Herman Gehrs Impudent to the Judge and Abusive to a Reformatory Guard. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEFFERSON VILLE, Ind.. May 21. Herman Gehrs, the convict who on Jan. 7 killed Cyrus Berry, a fellow-inmate, by striking him over the head with a piece of iron pipe, was put on trial in the Circuit Court to-day. In giving the usual instructions to tho Jury Judge Marsh inadvertentIv called the prisoner George, instead of Herman Gehrs, and the latter in a vicious manner informed the judge of his error. When admonished by the Reformatory guard who sat beside him Gehrs turned fiercely toward him and threatened .to "knock his block otf." A number of local physicians testified to the mental condition of the murdorer and all pronounced him an encephalic monstrosity, totally irresponsible and unaccountable for his actions. Gehrs was sentenced from Pike county Dec. 19, 13. to serve a term of two to fourteen years for assault and battery with Intent to kill. Death of Mr, Elisabeth V. Iloaea. Mrs. Elizabeth V". Hosea, seventy-six years of age, died at her home, 415 North Delaware street, last night. The funeral arrangements are as yet Indefinite, but interment will take place at her old home at New Castle, In4

Were Defeated

fantry, which surrounded and completely routed the enemy. All the Russian officers .... - a J .v.. were Killed, wounaea or capiureu. innca report that some of the Cossacks escaped on foot, abandoning their equipment. Many killed and wounded were found on the battlefield. SEOITL. Mav 23. 3:30 d. m. Further re ports are beinir received that the Russians are advancing along the great south road from Song-Chin. Koreans estimate xneir number at about six hundred. The Cossacks, who fought with the Koreans at Ham-IIeung. are supposed to have retired to Chang-Chin. The latest reports from Ham-Heunsr are that the Russians burned ) houses in the suburbs and partly destroyed the longest bridge in Korea, which there spans the Song-Chun river, detached bodies of Russian troops, which evidently lack mutual understanding, are continually appearing, and they seem to have no definite purpose other than that of harassing the country people. Major Takagi, the commander at Gen-San, apparently wearying of this continued raiding, has sent a force north, the strength of which has not been stated and which is probably intended to garrison HamHeung. FAKE MILLS AT WORK ON WAR STORIES NEW YORK, May 21. Several sensa tional newspapers in various parts of the country this morning published dispatches credited to the Associated Press and flatly asserting that 1S.0OO men had been killed in battle at Port Arthur. The Associated Press, as a matter of fact, reported the battle as an unconfirmed rumor, and ended its St. Petersburg bulletin with this sen tence: "The truth of the Chinese reports is questioned here." The Associated Press was in no way responsible for the sensational reports credited to it. Throughout the war it has handed the numerous unconfirmed rumors with much skill and care and to date the great news-gathering organization has neither been beaten nor im posed upon. PRIVY COUNCILOR'S CHILDREN ARRESTED ST. PETERSBURG. May 24.-6 p. m. The report transmitted to the Brestau Zeitung by its St. Petersburg correspondent and published May IS, of an alleged attempt on the life of Emperor Nicholas, has, according to official statements, the following foundation: Miss Mereshowsky, daughter of Privy Councilor Mereshowsky, and her brother are under arrest foe possible implication in the recent fire at Cronstadt. She was not arrested at the time of the May parade of troops, no bomb was found upon her and she has not been hanged." FRANCE, IT IS SAID, PROMISED TO INTERVENE PARIS, May 21. The Soir claims that it has learned from a trustworthy source that Lieut. Gen. Baron Fredericks and another member of the Russian court, who recently visited Taris, came on a secret mission which had for its purpose the seeking of the intervention and effective support of the French government in the event of China adopting an aggressive attitude towards the Russians in Manchuria. The paper alleges that the government gave a formal promise of compliance with Russia's request. TO REPORT ON DANGER OF FLOATING MINES WASHINGTON, May 21.-Through our minister abroad the naval attaches of the United States have been instructed to report upon the number and danger to neutral shipping of war mines floating off the Manchurian coast. The information will be placed in the hands of the naval general board, who will submit its views to the President, and if occasion warrants it representations will be made to the belligerents. RUMOR THAT MANY JAPANESE WERE SLAIN LIAO-YANG, May 24. A report has been received from Nieu-Chwang saying-that on May 18 five battalions of Japanese troops reconnoitered to the south almost as far as Kin-Chou and ran into Major General Fork's artillerv. which wni strnnrlv nncoi on the heights in a narrow section of the Linn-Tnnc npnfncnla nnrl that tho To n-) n aca - - - i t f - - -- -- - - - -- . - . . . . U 11 Jl 111 - were entirely wiped out. The report lacks connrmaiion. JAPANESE FLEET SCARE THIS MORNING CHE-FOO, May 2512:30 p. m. Four Japanese cruisers and a fleet of torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers passed midway between Port Arthur and the Miao-lao islands at 4 o clock this morning but no sounds of firinsr have been hurd The Russians have again removed their guns ana troops to lorts at Nieu-Chwang. Japanese Commit Ilara-Kirl. LIAO-YANG, May 2i. A Japanese officer, whe was a prisoner here, committed suicide to-day, according to the ancient Japanese custom, by disemboweling himself He was the son of the commander of an army corps. Five Russians, who escaped from Port Arthur, complain of the treatment to which they were subjected by the Chinese while on their way to Liao-Yang. They report that the Japanese have not landed at Hiung-Yo-Chen. RusMians Destroy a Town. MUKDEN, May 21. The Russians on May 16 made a sudden attack upon the town of Anju. Korea, from the village of Hai-Tchlen and captured the town, destroying it. The Japanese garrison set fire to the houses and stores and retired in perfect order. Cholera at Feiijr-WanK-Chenir. LIAO-YANG. May 24. It Is reported from a Chinese' source that the Japanese have evacuated Fe-ng-Waug-Cheng and are occupying villages in the surrounding territory There Is no explanation of this move, but it is thought that it may be connected'with the prevailing cholera epidemic. SUNDAY SCHOOLS IN SOUTHPORT MEETING Those of Central Baptist Association in-Annual Convention Large Attendance. The largest representation which the Sunday schools of the Central Baptist Association ever had on ä similar occasion was present yesterday at the convention held in the Southport Baptist Church. The 10ft delegates in attendance represented eighteen u.lIle ,twent' churches in this district, which Includes the counties of Marion Boone and Johnson. ' Great enthuiam was shown at all the sessions and many prominent speakers addressed the assembly. The subject which occupied the greatr part of the interest and n?KU th d?leSates discussion was Ihe Teacher. Drunken man drives FAMILY OUT OF DOORS A report reached police headquarters last night that a man had killed his wife and children on West Morris street. Blkemea Hull and GriSin made a hurry-up run to the place and found that AI Bennet, living at 220 West Morris street, had come home drunk and threatened to kill his wife. He did net carry his threat Into execution, but succeeded in driving the entire family from the house. The bikemen could find nothing of him when they arrived.

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Prince Pu Lun Enjoys His Automobile Trip to Purdue

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) elected members were informed of what had taken place, they were profuse in their thanks, and in his speech of acceptance, the prince said that he had been wanting to learn to drive a machine ever since he saw one, and that now he felt it his duty to do so. Following this, Jerome Clark, mayor of Frankfort, introduced his Highness from the hotel balcony. At least seven thousand people greeted him, and the air was tilled with shouts of welcome. By far the most pleafant part of the trip was that from Frankfort to Lafayette. The road was in Ideal condition and the machines kept well together. Long stretches of level road varied occasionally by gently sloping hills formed the course and a more beautiful sight in the eyes of a sportsman could not be imagined than that afforded by the train of automobiles, as it spun along, emitting the sharp crackle of exploding gasoline and enveloping the roadway in clouds of dust. The dust, however, occasioned but little annoyance to members of the party, being blown to one side by favorable winds most of the journey. The little towns along the entire route turned out en masse to greet the royal party, and at Mulberry the path of his Highness was strewn with snowball flowers. When within a few miles of Lafayette, automobile parties came to meet his Highness and there were twenty-eiRht autos in the train entering the city. The streets of Lafayette were crowded with people and thousands lined up on either side of the street and greeted the prince, showing every evidence of welcome. The party was taken directly to Purdue University, w here it was welcomed ' by President Stone and the entire student body. Here his Highness was again greeted with the President's salute of twenty-one guns, tired by the Purdue artillery. Following his arrival the prince and his party were escorted to the parade ground, where they witnessed a grand review of over 4K) cadets, under command of Captain A. H. Albright. After the review his Highness and the secretaries moved down the long line, greeting all the officers and saluting tho cadets. When the military maneuvers were completed the prince and party hurried to the Lahr House to make preparations for the public reception which was tendered him at the Iifayette Club from 8:30 to 10:30. It was an informal affair and lasted two hours. Two thousand people, not only grasped the royal hand, but were personally introduced to his Highness. Dr. Stone was evidently possessed of the idea that the prince wanted to know the name of everybody he met, for every man, woman and child presented was required to give his name. The last person introduced was an aged negro named Jackson, who bowed very lowly and said: "How d'ye do, your imperial Majesty?" All of Lafayette's elite were out to greet the prince and his party, who were richly attired for the occasion. The secretaries and Mr. Wong stood behind the prince while the 2.000 people were presented. It is the Intention of th party to start on their tour of inspection to Purdue at 9 o'clock this morning. The members of the Iafayette reception committee for his Highness are President and Mrs. W. E. Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Will V. Stuart and President Sam T. Murdock, of the Lafayette Club, and wife. His Highness will spend to-morrow In making a thorough visit of inspection of Purdue University, beginning at 9 a.-m. It is the intention of the Automobile Club to make the return trin by way of Crawfordsville, visiting Wabash College incidentally, j. HUBERT R. KOTTERMAN. AUTOMOBILE PARTY GETS A LATE START Thirty-Cent Fire in Fortune's Machine Consumes Time and Milk. In spite of fires and divers adversities that for a time seemed to threaten the long-proposed and much-anticipated trip, the party that was to chaperon Prince Pu Lun and his royal retinue on an automobile excursion to Lafayette was finally launched ye&terday morning before the gaze of hundreds who had gathered at Monument place. But that there 1. a "bitter with every sweet" was convincingly illustrated by the many reverses that attended the beginning of yesterdiy s trip. When all was expectancy and apparently everything was ready for th start flashes shot from the big automobil. driven by William and Russvl Fortune which was to carry the royal guest. For an Instant fire M-cmid to envelope the machine. The oilcloth curtain used to protect a part of the machine from the dust ignited from the gasoline engine. The crowd that had gathered was gratlyJ excited. A passing milk wagon was the means of saving the day for the dairyman's stock extinguished the fire with a 30 cent I loss and allowed the excursion to proceed on a. late schedule. Fears for the "ruiM.

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