Walkerton Independent, Volume 29, Number 34, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 5 March 1904 — Page 2

@he ~ivcpendent B S e i W. A. ENDIL.EY, Publisher. e e et WALKERTON, - . - INDIANA T T WEEK’S NEWS RECURD e e James MeDonald, under arrest charged with the murder of Miss Sarah Schafer, was taken to Bedford., Ind., from Bloomington for his preliminary hearing. McDonald was bound over to the grand jury without bond and taken back to Bloonington, where he was again placed in jail. % The mysterious disappearance of a St. Louis hardware merchant was clem:— ed up the other day, when it was learned that Henry E. Meyers, who was found dead in a shanty near Parkdale, Man., where he was working in a lumber camp, Feb. 18, was really Henry E. Jasper of St. Louis. i A farmer in the southern part of Alabama was robbed of a lot of cured pork. In an effort to ecatch the thieves he poisoned some pork and placed it where the other was when it was stolen. It disappeared. Eight negroes in the neighborhood have since died from eating the poisoned food. /o In a battle between bandits and law .- JOoficers op A San B ,\ f ; ~ S I 3 ran ’“N&ﬁ;*'m . Tosved gy

- road workmen at Calientes a few nights ago, and escaped with $3,000. George Sims of Lafayette, Ga., sent his daughter to Birmingham to prevent her from marrying Lucius Prince. Prince followed and married tho girl in Birmingham. Sims declared he would kill them both, and, after returning to Lafayette, Prince and Sims began a duel on the street, 'in which Sims was fatally shot. Mrs. Horace G. Allis, formerly a prominent society leader in Little Rock, Ark., committed suicide at the county : hospital by hanging herself with strips of bed clothing. Her husband at one time was president of a. national bank of the city and was sentenced to five Yyears in the penitentiary for wrecking that institution. Because of objection to the negro postmaster of Humphreys, Ark., who, it is said, was appointed against the protests of a big majority of the white residents, the postoffice there was dynamited and destroyed. Great excitement exists in the district and racial prejudice threatens to precipitate a conflict. The postmaster wuas not in the building, which was wholly blown to pieces, a deep hole now marking the site. The identity of the wreckers is unknown. . In a cablegram to the War Depart- | ment in Washington, dated at Mantia, Gen. Wade informs the departinent of.a | report of Gen. Wood concerning an engagement at Jolo with the remnants of Hassan’s Cotta Moros. The American | expedition was in charge of Major Hugh | L. Scott. During the fight Gen. Wood | states firing was stopped twice to give | ; the Moros a chance to surrender, but they refused. 'The entire body, he adds, | - with the exception of Hassaun, is either dead or captured, and Hassan is located. This. winter is the coldest since the | weather bureau started, according to Prof. Cox of the Chicago station. It has ~ averaged .9 of a degree colder every day .\"’?e'e""’*«"*;;”"“ -J“ gl s ¥ Mﬁ“fﬁ T . e N =" ¥

ISN e e e . LB & n:;,%wﬂgmg PRRGRTT of B BT e PR et eLy vi.i"r."_""*wv.v‘tﬂ:t:“,"m iiR, | ~ been 8 ow the normal. “We - have had winters that averaged 10 degrees above the normal. For instance, : the winter of 1877-78 averaged 37.2, and the winter 1881-82 averaged 35.1,” continued Prof. Cox. J. P. Dolliver, United States Senator from lowa, delivered an hour’'s address in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, filling . the pulpit usually occupied by the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis. The Senator’s subject was “The Republic and the ‘Spirit of Patriotism,” and he spoke of the poor boy as the most important factor in the making of the republic. - “I'm not wasting my sympathy on the children of the poor,” he said. “What little , sympathy I have I will give to the children of the rich. If you have $100,000) and give it to a boy to start him out in life he doesn't start. I suggest keeping that SIOO,OOO and that boy apart; it will be better for the boy and, as the faocts seem to prove, better for the hundred thousand.”

NEWS NUGGETS, England is hurrying supplies, guns and ships to Vietoria, and plans to make the capital of British Columbia a western Gibraltar. Five young men of Stillwell, I. T.. are dead and others are critically ill as the result of drinking lemon extract in large quantities as a stimulant. Russian warships are landlocked in Port Arthur harbor, the sunken Retvizan completely blockading the entrance. The sitnation is described as particularly desperate., Guy M. Deane, a prominent Owensboro, Ky., coal operator who Las been missing since Feb. 17, has been located in Waco, Texas, with his brother-in-law, R. S. Triplett. The four children or David K. Dick, formerly of Hamilton, Ohio, who died in Dublin, Ireland, have been notified that they would receive an estate of $1.000,- - 000. They are BEdward Tizzie and Clara "7 Dick and Mrs. Judith Svymmes.

M. T. Blake, cashier of the First National Bank of Dunkerton, lowa, committed suicide by taking carbolic acid. His act was uot discovered until he was dead. He had been cashier about a year. The bank officials suspect embezzlement. A fire which caused $125,000 damages oceurred in the plant of the New York Mills Cotton Company in Utica, N. N The building destroyed was filled with machinery used in the finishing of faney corduroys and also. contained a large amount of stock nearly completed., A deal has been completed for the merger of the Seibert, Good & Co. and S. BH. Knox Company five and ten cent syndicates whereby the 8. 11. Knox | Company, which has headquarters in Buffalo, takes over the fifty-five stores owned by the two concerns in as many cities. An outhreak of diphtheria has occurred on board the United States training ship Monongahela. The entire crew has been ordered ashore at San Juan, Porto Rico, and the ship will be disinfected. Twenty-two apprentices suffering from sore throats are under ohservation in the tents of the marine hospital. Advices from Lapaz, Bolivia, announce that the traditional treasure of the Incas hes been discovered at Chaliacatta, It amounts to $18,000,000. The discoverers are of various nationalities and are now quatreling over the treasure, although a legal contract exists bhetween them as to the division. 7The authorities have interfered,

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) J JAPS ARE REPULSED. _ | Mikado’s Fleet Attempts to Bottle Up - Russians at Port Arthur, u The Japanese made another attack on ~ | Port Arthur and were repulsed. The i attack was made about two hours before : dawn. All sorts of conflicting reports ‘l in regard to the engagement lLave been ' received, but the most eircumstantial account makes it appear that the Japanese L | attempted to repeat Lidut. Hobson’s fam- " | ous exploit at Santiago, when he sank L | the Merrimac in the narrow mouth of the l Rgx?or, Loping te bottle up the Spanish » ( Hleet, , According to report, the Japanese load- "| ed four steamers with stone and explosives and, supporting them with the tor- - | pedo boats and cruisers of the fleet, put .| on all steam and headed for tlie mouth »| of the harbor. The watch on the dis- . | abled battleship Retzivan, lying nearest | to the entrance of the harbor, was the | first to discover the approach of the en- | emy. Though unable to put to sea, the battery of the big warship is intact, and “| in 2 moment her huge guns were playing % ’turiously;npqn the approaching steamers, | two of which seemed to be heading di- .| rectly for her, It was but a moment be-| ‘lf‘lﬁ"" nd batteries and tha cuns of) | every vessel in the Russian fleet were in | S e -t e PINE e " * iz 1B VAT R

action. The Japanese warsbips of Admiral Togo’s fleet, following close in the wake of the stone-laden steamers, were oot slow in replying, and the darkness of the night was lighted with the flashes of the guns from the opposing fleets. The daring Japanese sailors on board the steamers that were to be sacrificed in the attempt to block the harbor kept boldly on. Probably in the darkness the Russians mistook the foremost vessels for the cruisers of the Japanese fleet and centered their fire upon them. Shot after shot pierced the wooden sides of the vessels and they were rapidly filling with water before the crews attempted to escape. Two of the vessels were suck near the entrance to the harbor and a third went aground near the lighthouse on the little peninsula known as the tiger's tail. The fate of the fourth is unknown. In order that Americans may realize what has been going on in the roadstead and outer harbor of Port Arthur since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war they have only to recall the actions of the American fleets during the war with Spain in 1898. When hostilities began at that time Dewey immediately struck at the Spanish ships in Manila bay and destroyed them. In Cuban waters the problem of the destruction or “bottling up” of Admiral Cervera's cruisers in Santiago harbor was of overwhelming importance. Admiral Sampson tried to bottle them up and Hobson's exploit with the Merrimac thrilled the world. IFinally the Spanish ships made a dash for lihorty‘ and were smashed by the Americans. Then land opervations alone were left, the transports carrying troops being free from danger of attack. In like manner the Japaness are workS e L R oot R 6 e NS ety i f;«f Eriui s s SR Rl s e B e e Y Foonsag o g %i%g v A NSRS estet e 8

N et e e SRR S i SRR e R £ o U e B arue i v B «2,%:&« e RS S R R ot SRR S o N P S RS \‘\*@9 ol . U R R e R PRI Ré& LWL gl BN : 3 g > el o NN e 4 el z@:\ 13S0 R EE e e & o Bl S SR S . RS ' 3N .('Q,(, RO Y = N & P AR - 4 §*’“§ L G CHAR LN TR ‘ THE EMPEROR OF KOREA. !lnf: feverishly to destroy or bottle up | the Russian warships under the guns of ' Port Arthur. Their need to do this is far greater than was the need of the Americans to destroy the Spanish ships. | Should the Czar's Black sea fieet force its way through the Dardanelles and join the Czar’s Baltic fleet the combined power of the two might sutfice to take them | to the relief of the warships at Port | Arthur avd Vladivostok ;;

COST OF BOMBARDMENT. ‘ One Hour’s Engagement at Port Arthur Costs Jaran $£350,000, An estimate of the cost to Japan of an hour's engagement at I’ort Arthur, made by a New York naval expert, is as follows: Size of No. of Cost per shell. shots. shot. Total. I2dach .04, .. 102 $510.00 $52,020 Mibeh. ..o ang 327.50 49,725 Odneh ... ... ... 4900 36.00 151,200 Sdnch .00 11,040 6.00 66,240 Whitehead torpedo 12 2,500.00 30,000 Total Fabssseissosvreschvsoras e 8340 185 Warshins usually take up position at distances of from 1,100 to 1,600 yards from the shore in making their attack. They regulate their fire with great difficulty in any kind of sea. The straits of Pe Chi Li are not famed for their calm- - ness, so, while the fire from the Jap~anese fleet might be powerful, it would : be scattered and could not be effective. 3 It is estimated that the cost of ammunition is always scveral times as much as the damege done to fortifications, e

e T —————— . AMERICA NOW IN EVIDENCE. . | London Paper Comments on Attitude (2 of United States. | The London Morning Post devotes a | long editorial article to a historical rec- | ord of the rapid growth of American ac- ' tivity in far eastern affairs, comparing the present attitude of {he United States with their passive interest in the Chino-Japanese war. The paper remarks on the notable pro-Japanese feelIng in the United States after such a long traditional friendship with Russia, and contends that American friendship for the Czar's empire was always artificial. Admiral Dewey’s guns, the paper continues, literally shattered the superstition that Russia was the appointed friend and Great Britain the appointed enemy of the United States, KOREA’S RIGHTS SAFE. | Japan Makes an Independence Treaty with the Hermit Kingdom, Secretary Hay Wednesday received information that Japan has negotiated a treaty with Korea whereby she guarantees the independence and integrity of Korea. The effect of this is to place Japan on a high moral plane, for it is understood In Washington that this treaty is an announcement to the world that even if she prevails in her struggle with Russia, | Involving military occupation of Korea, Japan will take no advantage of that

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2% e ot TRAOL LU oey ovel AVY men each with such a slaughter carried its own refutati While, of course, there may be minor clashes | ,‘.weon Russians and Japanese in Korea at any time, it has seemed prob: §‘ Bt weeks might elapse before there would be any serious land fighting, 9% ssia, undoubtedly, is not ready for aggressiveness, and it will be her D w“& to delay matters as long as Phssible so as to have }_ler r.e-mforcmnents “on the ground before the serious work of land campaigning is begun. O s report had it that orders had been issued to army and navy officers » remain on the defensive until June, when naval re-inforcements are xpected to arrive in the East from Europe. Apparently, the Japanese have heen coutenting t aselves with «ffecting as thorough an organization in Korea as possible. % sy have been extending the railroad from Fusan northward toward the Y i River, so as to be able to hurry their men and supplies to the front wher fe serious campaizning should begin. The Japanese minister to Kngzla Viscount Havasii. says that Japan will take her time in opening the ca :.!iﬁ'll- N T Inlets,” he says, ‘are now frozen, retarding the disemb .\J‘hm of ou> forces.” Meantime Russia is grappling with the difficulty auoving re-inforee-ments ucross the intervening space of nearly 6,000 mil. which le betswveen Port Arthur and Vladivostock and St. Petersburg. One eport. Russia is its Sk S el R S R R ie sl s " g .

SRS Wy SRR AW avw « >, urce, ho er. . . i % S nTeconveying - » > L g ; $ ... ‘tration. apd Prince | troops without difficulty to the various points of con: S Eie tha Sitierian Khilikoff, the Minister of Railroad Communication, si ‘._ Seatination Hut 4v%: . ‘ . Railroad is able to move 20,000 troops a day toward “u’\mu'rv six wooks { 4 . . . : Q 44 oy that the transit from festern points to the Far East® bald gays that the " , E .1 % $ - sbt annthoe > - X e “_ X These are \\.ulv].\ different from stil) another report hed, Yo anticipated movement of troops is much slower than was exj oit O O F 7.000 ¢ ay having falle 8.000 2 L average of 7. a day having falle ntoß, 0. ; yreral Kuropatkin, Under Russia’s new plans for the land campaig 3 he enfiye military who resigned as Minister of War, assumes command ¥ the ablist officers | forces in the East. He has the repuiation of being on soldicrs. He has - 3 iigeia h i aline ‘ar<hing bhe g |ln Lnr'n]w, :}xrtl in Ru 2he Is almost wor ~..,u.d by RN 10 dgin and i [ had wide milltary experiences in some of Russia's can ! ssia’s royal family ! the war against Turkey in 1877. .\\‘-\r:',a;. members of sdtand Duke Aleyis, { including Grard Duke Michael, brother of the Czar, an ¥ | set out for the seat of war, BN Bussin 18 (b | A singular phase which one would hardly assoeis ; over the® country. | wonderful wave of patriotic enthusiasm whieh is SWeer P offering thelr serean ho ; rihes f tha Cans Qe inne an L ones = :RS | L'\« n the wild tribes of th (..1. a x.',.l inns and Poies ne forty-five Jewish | vices to the common fatli Hand, while in St. Petersh g ydo tuhles | I”'\'\'i('i'l"\‘ have offe red to go to the fr mt to care for t j \s“‘”. -ll e L"- ! i) ~ .‘..A i : “, I { s.( L {.~ “\, { il ;i : )(“ ross relief work. {by the hundreds of thousands are being donated for R Russia was nezo--4 ; o : * sy Russia wy z | During the week the rumor was again renewed ti Dardanelles. This tiating for the passage of her Black Sea fleet through t ’"m.l,,,‘z‘, flotilla and fleet n'nx:\:f:s' oL several powerful battle ships and a stroi dtv:‘ the balance of should it be enabled to reach the East it might greatly .t naval power there, ©Oshow that troops Late reports of the land movement by the Japanes » Hungchun., The landed at Possiet Bay., near .\'l.:‘l.x )stok, and advance piiTters at IShabaRusslan government at Viadivostok fled to temporary marched on Kirin, rooka, on the Amur River, 600 miles north. The invade . ween Viadivostok to the west. Seventy miies of Trans Siberian railway wes were believed and Harbin have been destroved by the Japailese. These Qevacuated but the to be preparatory to an attack on Vladivostok. Dalny w ‘Dpanese would not > i . VST O he hevy had mine he ity o . e Russians b aste '1“!1.1(.1“ ¥ had mined the city 80 the 1€ to join the Japdare occupy it. The Korean gsovernment ordered its solc ; anese army in the field. ¥d or sea. An un‘raotios > N¢ ing is It -y ” an's ans Practically n »111‘..‘_? is I\nm\z? of Japan's plans en | elapanese captured confirmed report, which is probably false, states that th . assian signals. It s s : g Be e A, four Russian torpedo boats at Port Arthur by using the , Wwhich have been . iova 1 hiortic int r ¢ qne X ", . Is believed that the objective boint of the .I.linmese troo rfic value, south of landed at Chemulpo is Ping-Yang, a place of great stra i‘a”v stated that a the mouth of the Yalu River. As it seems to be auther 2\ of Ping-Yang it - . 1] Yaeon pe s ‘ alke Sepsai Ani 1 < Cossacx force has taken possession of Anju, to the noy likely take place has seemed as though the first serious land fighting wrr in that \'i('in“.v- ‘ng —_——— s _.—t:”:m:‘—“::‘]‘i . ' —o il —<\ ] o g \‘\R o T ———E——— T —— i , . = e ﬁs—:ﬂ;&_ - M s e —_— e e T m—— 2” g}":_:.:?_:% =i A, eR o e=S PR ;,gﬁ- A== i B e e e e %_;h—-_? eS g o A——— B = k ~—- = S s s - S AET = S %% e |e Sy : S AN ‘u %@ 17 _E' T ,l\/, Y - o . P - e e TS . 2 i il %% e T TN 0B RREER, .SS RS 77,., o T 'ﬂ' LIS T Pt . [ e e =s 1S oAL e "1 €PP .’ V. ;" 7 ) hb P % ; 9 qs SA . bT ) BT & 7 o D %‘%“‘««\\ L|| T BPI o) : “EQ B i‘y%hﬁ o “‘(m - %‘;f,{/?/ﬁ A e YRR e BT R, e P T T £ 218/ g GoAW oSpas il N FOE R R A PR BRSNS P R s 3 got % el s2o AT B-e i | 4‘: ’ o 3 '.;", .’r;un«.l ‘4,7 '4‘: \-:,\.:;A_'.-\;_:,—_«&’:r' N ‘.\\\,\3 .x‘\ 40 " ;;" ;,T. (14 B'ﬂ ,%:_)ing- L = S I | | R A B IL o > > \\_\\i\‘ LA TSRO b S ,'.',/'\ {l3 o T R A By, N SNt il PRk e s - TR I N |RI Ot s . -E_’:““ 7’%% l /f/// 22 ® o ) “‘\i!““%& = e et a2 udiin 79 A SIS NS s N g ':E?"_-:; 800 L ) '.,t' ‘%’L ...,,_A\ ~NN T e U Pl | e . ' - < S 3 o . ] |>\AS I;.\.\l)l‘J . CHEMULPO, KOREA, WHERE BIG JAP FORCH e

TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, | Question as to Whether It Wil Do the Work Imposed Upon It. Just how important the great Transsiberian railway is going to prove in the Russo-Japanese squabble is a question that is receiving much attention, The great railway which reaches from Warsaw and St. Petersburg to Vladivostok and Port Arthur is 5,000 miles in length and has cost $250,000,000. It s only a single track road. Built appar‘ently to spread Russia’s commercial wealth, it was in reality conceived for war purposes. |

LL of last week there was little Dess . and less that was reliable coming from the seat of w- ar in the Far East. Some of the reports dealing with & lleged operations on land seemed to be the creations of imaginative writers, while others were so conflicting tha tit was difficult to know what part to accept and what I art to reject. With considerable circumstantia lity it was reported that Russian advance guards soutl of the Yalu River were driven back, with the loss of 2,500 lives. There have been some big battles fought % In which the loss of life was much less than this, ’ ud the association of advance guards, which usully ¢ o'~ . . ..

T = 7‘._-:::— ‘.e.‘or &—_ote. o News of | By Tiast i 9 o Censorslip in th Egrr j‘;“ 50 r}g(;m;xs on both sides, and al. . i DB"S ,O tm. war fails to reach g ipichio are juggled to dece i s Rusele ki & exml protest against the invasion of IKo; ,S-by J:ﬂmu oo lm all her represen oo tries. Japanese w )L‘Tt]-o vesl 5 rarad - . . i * aw in violation of inte ult o;3q I]}?} The battleship K . Tor dered to proceed & = ,I.{opgk(,ag " e other ships of the A irals ith Ealloa & gicials plan to send I‘o-9'{forcémeuts.to totect American interests. ooy

'§"§“§"§"§"§"§"§"l“{"§'~§"§"§“§"§"2'°§”§"}--§-~:“{"§"§"§"§~$ \ TAKES CONTROL OF KOREA. Japan Institutes a Viceroyalty in tbe Hermit Kingdom. Japan has instituted a viceroyalty in Korea. Mr. Tokugawa has been appointed resident viceroy in Seoul and Mr. Kato vice resident. The latter for seyeral weeks has stayed at the impvrizll' palace in Seoul to prevent the lEmperor from fleeing on board a Iremch warship. The Japanese have removed the Gings- | burg Coal Company’s vessels from Chemulpo and also the Korean warships. The Japanese cruisers Suma and Idzuma arrived at Shanghai. One thousand Rus- J sian troops have arrived at Tongwu and | 000 at Ranson. ] The Korean government has decided l to order the army to join the Japanese 1 forces in the field. The army at present consists of about 20,000 men. trained in European manner. In 189 G the army was taken in charge by a Russian colonel, with three non-commissioned officers, but two years later he retired, after doing much to improve the efficiency of the troops. One of the features of the army is the bodyguard of the Emperor. It consists of 1,000 picked men, all driiled to perfection and under erfect diseipline,

& o » fron Eosyguard are made for wue standing army, thus helping greatly the drilling of the latter. : The port of Wijn has been opened to foreign trade, but it has not yet been | decided what limitations to plave on commerce and othier incidental matters. The opening of the port necessitated a harbor, and Yongampho was chosen. The Japanese minister at Seoul has requested the Korean government to hand the IFrench minister his passports. l CHINA MAY FIGHT. _ | Dispatches Indicate that She Will Make War on Russia, Dispatches from the seat of war indi- | cate that China is getting ready to make war on Russia. The most significant news contained in the telegrams is to the effect that five thousand Chinese cavalry watched by Japanese officers left Tientsin for Chang-XKwan on the Manchurian border and within easy striking distance of the Russian troops. “Two thousand former Chinese soldiers are harassing the Russians at Liao Yang. The Chinese are guarding the Chinese raiiroad and have thousands of troops disposed of at good strategic points., At Shanghai the Japanese have threatened to force obedience to China's order to the Russian war vessel Mandjur to leave the harbor, by entering and driving her out. \'icero,v| Alexieff has threatened the Chinese with severe punishment if they fail to recog- l nize his requisitions, At Pekin the Dowager Empress held a reception which ,tho Russian ambassador, M. Lessar, failed to attend. This is regarded as most significant. China has ordered two eruisl ers to Shanghai to eject the Russian gunboat Mandjur from the harbor. The l Russian colony at Seoul has taken refuge !in the legation at Chemulpo and in the otfices of the Russian East China Com- | pany, which is guarded by sailors. BIG ARMY LANDS IN KOREA. Forty Thounsand Japs Said to Have Disembarked at Chemulpo. T Cauiing -from Che-£'00; 1 correspondent ] tof the London Morning Post says 40,000 more Japanese troops have landed at Chemulpo and that he has received con- ‘ firmation of the report that some Japan- | { ese have landed at Pigeon Day, others at i'l’.x%irnr\\';m. and that an eugagement oci curred the night of Feb, 12. ‘ According to the London Smnd:nri]'s‘ correspondent at Seoul the Japanese | { bombarded Port Arthur at intervals be- i i tween Feb. 8 and 14, causing, however, §nul}.' slight damage. } ; The report is confirmed that seventy | | miles of railroad track and some impor- | ?f:mt bridges have been destroyed between : ;um-).m and Viadivostok. This will be | a great advantage to the Japanese, as | i‘-»".x»!i\n\rnk is known to be badly sup- | { plied and it, therefore, could not long re- | ;ﬁl\t a Japanese attack. There is still, | | however, no news of actual operations of | { eny Lind. 1 | . ] | % ;i.'-‘-‘-'-'—tii Bagassad -;.-_-.-.-.-;_:-_-_-_-.-,-_-_-_-_-.:-.-;~_-_-.--.-.-_—_:":_-_-_-.; E | § WAR NEWS IN BRIEF. } | ; Vosmrzzoszzsoossns: SITsNRE: r::::.'::::::.':::::::n:.'.‘:.':.‘i:i | | A AN AN | | While China means to be neutral, its iinl;.‘!'i\;:m» keep on taking boxing lus-‘ {1 sSons, i Coast defenses are being overhauled in Lisbon, Fayal and Lagos, which could serve as naval stations. IFive thousand men have heen working Jday and night strengthening the defenses of the I'ort Arthur garrison. Russians are reported at Yongju, only twenty-five miles distant from PingYang, where the Japanese are mobilizing. Cablegrams from Amsterdam nssortl that everything is ready for the mobilization of the Dutch army. All leave is refused to officers. The United States cruiser Cineinnati left Shanghai for Chemulpo as the relief of the Zafiro, which is on her way back to Philippine waters. Japan sends envoys to London and | New York to negotiate for loans to in--are the strength of her war chest in “Honse the struggle is prolouged. g Maj. Gen. Blagoeschensky, quartermaster general of the Kieff military district, has been appointed to the important post of inspector general of the Russian army in Manchuria. Russian merchants, in anger at the Vicksburg incident at Chemulpo, cancel large orders for American goods. Consul General Watts asks State Department for official explanation of affair. France turns to England in consternation when Russian note is received declining longer to acknowledge the neutrality of Korea, the goveroment fear- | ing entanglements as the ally of the Czar. The Japanese fleet was repulsed {n a second engagement at Port Arthur, fol- } lowing the attempt to close the harbor by sinking stone-laden ships, according to a dispatch to the Czar from Gen. , Pflung. : Commander Marshall of the I"nitodl States cruiser Vicksburg reports that he .| offered aid to the drowning Russian ma- | » | rides after the Variag had been sunk. l ; B3aron Guisberg, who has a contract for supplying coal to the Russian navy, , | reports that twelve armored Japanese , | ships are now in dock undergoing re- | pairs for the injuries inflicted upon them | in their battles with the Russians, Japanese forces landed in lossiet | Bay, eighty miles from Vladivostok, and ,| advanced to Hunchun. 7The Jzpanese ,| are advancing on Kirin, near Harbin, | and the Russian gdvernment bureau at | Vladivostok moved te Khabarovsk, te the north.

M e B e N A SIS S S N\l Y r Y l FOES MEET IN KOREA. | SRI E HOSTILE ARMIES IN TWD SHARP ; ENGAGEMENTS. ! Russians Driven Dlack from Pinge. I Yang Rout Japs at Another Point Forces of Pursuinzg Cossaclks Ca pture ; the Eorses of the Kuemy. Russian troops have clashed twice ! witli the enemy on the soil of Korea. At l P'ing-Yang a body of Russian cavalry ap- l proached the north gate of the Japanese | '(':un[n and fired at a distance of I.H()!)l meters. The Japanese infantry promptly tesponded and a sharp fusiliade t‘nllu\v-l { ed, as ‘a result of whieh the Russians were forced to retire. In the second encounter the Ilussians were victorious. A dispateh from Leao"l‘nl!:.:, a town on the Manchurian railway some distance south of Mookden, says that Chinese of the Yalu river re-l]nn-t that an advance guard of Russian {c:n’nlr_\' which has penetiated INorea for a distance of about 200 versts had an encounter with a detachment of Japanese and that the Japanese were compelled to retreat, leaving their horses, whi(-hi were seized by the Cossacks. Gen. Linevitch dispatched cavalry and a body ofl infantry in pursuit and with an order to occupy northern Korea. On the HamGyeng frontier, northeast of Wiju, a detachment of Korean soldiers was attacked and dispersed by Russian troops. Russiin_ ofticers believe they have now

SRR SE R TATTTT TR SR i RR, St e ORI R R T e accurate nfermation o e Japanese plan of campaign in Manchuria and Korea. The Japs have large bodies of troops near Gensan, on the eastern coast, and at Chemnulpo, on the western coast of Korea. These troops are engaged in establishing a line of flortijications along the banks of the Tsi-Tong river and are making preparations for the reception of the army landed a few days ago at Chemulpo, the intention of the Japanese being, in the Russian view. to run a series of fortifications right across Korea from Gensan to Chinnampo. These measures the Russians believe to have been concerted in order to defend the middle and southern parts of Korea from the Russians should the Japanese be unsuccessful on the Yalu and in Aanchuria. ATTACK PORT ARTHUR ANEW. Japs Do Great Damage to Port's Defending Squadron. The Japanese tleet Monday practieally completed the annihilation of Russia’s Port Arthur squadron. A fierce hombardment, begun at 10 o'clock in the morning, resulted in the sinking of the cruiser Askold and a torpedoer, the crippling of the Novik and the silencing of the Retvizan. The Japanese withdrew in perfect order. The attack was in comphiance with the Mikado's orders that | Port Arthur must be taken at all costs. When the bombardment began the l Russian cruisers Novik, Bayan and | Askold, accompanied by four torpedo boats, steamed out of the harbor to meet the attack. After a fierce battle they were compelled to retire. The Askold was in a sinking condition. the Novik greatly damaged, and one tor- ' pedo boat sunk. The Russian battleship Retvizan, which has been on the rocks since the first engagement of the war. wias a speeial target for the Japanese fire, and was struck several times. When the Japanese saw that they had done all the damage possible they withdrew in good order. As far as is known, their fleet suffered no damage. After the bombardmeyt p_large force oi Russian ; artiilery was sent to Pigeon bay. it be- | ing feared that the Japanese would attempt to land troops there. } Port Arthur was reported very short i of provisions. The soldiers manning the land batteries seemed demoralized by the repeated attacks of the Japanese squadroili. g FLAMES RUIN A CAPITOL. ! State Building at Madison, Wis,, ; Burned, Causinz Loss of $500,000. | The Wisconsin State capitol at Madi- | son was destroyed by fire Saturday with | a loss estimated at SBOO,OOO. 'The State f(-:urivs only partial insurance, being in | the process of changing from insurance | in companies to a system of State insur- | ance. The fire involves the building of P a new capitol, a special session of the | Legislature, and the probabie renewal g of the agitation in favor of the removal | | of the capital from Madison to .\lil\\'uwl | kee. : ! ‘ The flames, which were caused by n' | lighted gas jet on the second floor, (l:n'l_\‘i { in the day, had ruined the cast and west | wings, containing the Senate and Assembly chambers, and the departments of the tax commission, the adjutant general, railroad commissioner, State school superintendent, superintendent of public property, board of agriculture, State normal school, commissioner of fisheries, fish and game warden, State board of pharmacy, State land oftice, dairy and food commission, State treasurer and commissioner of labor, and were about to at tack the departments of the .Governor, Secretary of State, State board of con- | trol and the insurance commissioner. The local fire department soon had ten streams of water playing on the ﬂumes‘ with little effect and the Milwaukee department was called to render assistance. At 8 o'clock the flames were bursting from the windows of the north and south wings, the east and west wings huving‘ by this time® been destroyed. i The last departments to burn were those of the Secretary of State and Govy-ernoron-the-south, the Attornor Coneral and insurance commissioners on the main floor and the Supreme Court law library and State library commission on the second floor. Practically all the valuable State records were saved, as most of | them were in masonry and steel vaults. The State treasury had only about SB,OOO in cash on hand. : Ex-Gov. Schofield maintained insurance on the building throughout his term totaling $600,000, but the last Legisla- | ture instituted an insurance fund and| directed the State's officers to allow the | insurance policies to lapse. In June lnsrl | there lapsed $510.000 and in December | the sum of $§90.000. There is in the i!l»{ surance fund at the present time .-Hmut} } $6,000 to meet the loss of SBOO,OOO. ' All Around the Globe. i The residence of E. J. Elias at Buffalo, ] with its costly furniture and bric-a-brac, | was burned. Loss $75,000, insured. ‘ Dr. W. H. Hatcher was acquitted nfi the charge of killing Lizzie Rilston in | - Ardmore, I. T., two years ago. It was] ‘ alleged that Hatcher caused the woman's ‘ death by giving her poison. ' R quasi epidemic of typhoid fever exJsts in Watertown, N. Y. Health offi- | cials state that there are between I;’,4};‘ and 200 cases in the city and the two | public hospitals are crowded to overflow- | ing. | | A contract has been let for ro!ittinf:l< and redecorating the Iroquois Thmnvr.ﬁ Chicago, in which 572 lives were lost on | Dee. 30 last. The name will be changed | - to the Northwest Theater and it is ex~] ‘ pected to be reopened in the spring. |

Lo Sl ATN pre v ™ (w | RS 20 NC ‘ :\" ! ! g W\ ’3'\‘s ; “5“ ';,E" B § :::. 0 \’3 4\ ¥ 0 A"‘ Jd U :\ 2 N = SPO & O —ar S LB R DTN SRR L R When the Senate convened Thursday the agricultural appropriaticn bill was taken up again, and after a number of minor awendments were made it was passed. An amendment offered by Mr. Heyburn authorizing the Secretary of 'A;:l'i(rnltnl’«- to prohibit interstate shipments of misnamed and mishranded fruit trees provoked a lonz discussion. in which Messrs. Heyburn, Clark of Wyoming, Tillman, Lodge. Hale. Teller, Proctor and Bailey talked at lencth on economy of government. The Jegislative, executive and judicial appropiriation bill | also was passed. Mr. Meyer of Louisiana ~opened the debate on the navad approf priation bili in the House, leading 0 campaign by the minority to reduvce the number of ships authorized. He wanted the bill recommitted with instructions to eliminate two cruisers, but his amendment was defeated, as well as that offered by Mr. Burton of Oblio to do away with the one battieship authorized. Mr. Bishop of Michigan was the only other Republican to support Mr. Burton's amendment. The Senate Friday considered ‘at some length the bill requiring the use of sAmeriean ships in carrving soverninent

S s eit i © L ALLLC L was not present. The bill was criticised by Democratic Senators as heing in the nature of a subsidy, but Mr. IHale. in charge of the measure. defended it against this attack, and championed it as being in the interest of American shipping. The House passed the naval appropriation bill after having it under consideration for a week. There was a party contest on a number of propositions while the body sat in committee of the whole considering the bill. The minority members made a2 special effort to secure an amendment to fix the: price of armor plate at the figure bid by the Aidvale Steel Company. Several! amendments were ruled out on points of order and the matter of armor plate was left to the discretion of the Secretury of the Navy. In the Senate Saturday a motion by Mr. Carmack to recommit the bill reguiring the use of American vessels in transporting government supplies was defeated. An amendment by Mr. IHale to provide that the government be relieved from enforecing the operation of the proposed law in cases where the charges by American vessels exceed those of foreign ships to the extent of 10 per cent was tabled. Efforts to fix the figures at 15 and then at 20 per cent also were defeated. as was an amendment extending to 1909 the time for the law to take effect. An amendment excluding from the benefits of the bill American vessels employing Chinese other thun those entitled to reside in the United States was offered by Mrir. Patterson and was defeated. Mr. Hale, in charge of the bill, consented to strike out the section authorizing the President to suspend the act and also consented to amend it so that in case of excessive charges the matter may be settled by existing laws. An amendment by Mr. Hoar. striking out the section ;:i/ving the secretaries of war and navy the right to enforce the act, was adopted. Unanimous agreciment was reached to vote on the measure the next Tuesday. By agreement the House con- - ~SlJeTeq pPension biHs; of Which 299 ~were——— passed. : : The architectural changes made in the White House were the subject of much adverse eriticism in the Senate Monday, it being held generally that they are far short of the improvements which should have heen secured with the £500,000 appropriated for the purpose. The discussion arose in connection with the consideration of the bill providing for the erection of a building for the joint use of the Departments of State, Justice and Commerce and Labor, which was not concluded. The House discussed the Distriect of Columbia appropriation bill, and the debate drirted into political matters. Mr. Scott (Kan.) declared in reply to a statement of Mr. Gilbert (KXy.) concerning Booker T. Washington's dinner at the White House that President Cleveland had set the precedent by having C. H. J. Taylor, former recorder of deeds of the Distriet of Columbia, at dinner in thhe White House. A discussion of the question of reciprocity by Mr. Dalzell (Pr.) and Mr. Williams, the minority leader, occupied the greater part of the day. Mr. Castor, elected to succeed the late Mr. Burke from the Third Pennsylvania District, was sworn in. The Senate Tuesday passed the bill requiring the use of Americawr vessels in transporting government supplies by a vote of 35 to 17. Mr. Carmack offered a series of amendments, all of which were tabled, as was also one by Mr. Newlands. At the request of Mr. Lodge the bill requiring the use of American vessels in transporting merchandise between the United States and the Philippines and relieving vessels engaged in the interisland trade of the Philippines from the requirements of the coastwise i laws of the United States was taken up. | An amendment fixing July 1, 12809, as the time when the act shall take effect was voted down, 13 to 33. An amendment deferring the time to July 1, 1905, vas accepted, but not acted upon. Lilc riouse concluded . general debate on the Distriet 'of Columbia appropriation bill. A variety of subjects other than the bill were . discussed. The bill giving the cousent of Congress to the removal of restrictions from 7he sale of allotted lands on the Puyallup reservation in Washington was spassed. In the National Capitol. The naval bill was criticised in House by Fitzgerald, who declared United States is trying to outdo Gerinany. Grover Cleveland's magazine appeal for Democratic unity is regarded as definite consent to become presidential candidate: issues he names are aii old. The United States Supreme Court has handed down decisions in many important cases. Among other things it denied a new trial to Al Adams, the convicted policy king, and settled the question of liability of railways on passes. The Senate committee on commerce has authorized a favorable report on a bill making ‘‘crimping” of sailors a misdemeanor. Indian territory and Oklahoma probably will be admitted as one State under latter's name, but Arizona and New Mexico must wait until citizens agree. President and Mrs. Roosevelt observed Washington’s birthday by planting two memorial trees. The trees selected are fern leaf beeches taken from Garfield Park in this city. They were planted in the grounds immediately east of the White House and fronting ou Executive svenue.