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JOTJB hi A wnnKLr kstabliphed is3. DAILY ESTABLISHED ISM. I VOL. L.IV. NO. 102. INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1904 TEN PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS. CT RAII.WAT TRAINS FIVE CENTS. LINES ARE NOW TIGHTLY DRAWN IN THE HKS OF THE DEHOGRATIC PARTY Tarkcr Boom, Well Under Way, Is Checked by the Indorsement of Cleveland. OF .Ii NnlinULIIUUIII OF TO HCÖ10ITER BEFORE Alt INVASION OF INDIANA Mr. Carvalho in Indianapolis to In- f spect Field for a New Political Newspaper., ALL IS IN READINESS SHIPS JJNCONFiRHIED Russia Seems to Have Evacuated Korea, and a Storm Prevents Operations at Sea. URIU'S FLEET IS AFLOAT OLD ELEMENT IS PLEASED Conservatives Delighted with the Comments Made by the Ex - President. It Is Said to Be Convoying Twenty Steamers in the Direction of Port Arthur. Millionaire Prepared to Start Pub lication at Once if Report Is Favorable. INDIANÄPOLI NA MM FIGHTING m T'O MAM AP iflfa '4m k Hp ' t . i ; ', ' !;: ..... i P : : - , & :' r -V ' ' ' I 1)1 LANDING 1 TAKING Ä . 1 Ik ' N ;p.v. - '. : . : FEAR BRYAN WILL BOLT Reorganized Believe Nebraskan .Will Turn Against Parker After the nomination. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON, April 10. The lines were tightly drawn in the Democratic party situation during the past week. Parker stock took a decided upward turn, only to be met with the Cleveland indorsement and a suggestion of a chilling reception later on from the Bryan-Hearst forces. Senator Gorman took heart from the new turn of affairs and found occasion to re mark that his recent comments of a favor able nature on Judge Parker were not to be accepted as evidence that Mr. Gorman has withdrawn from the field in the Inter ests of Parker. The conservatives in the Senate and House, by which la meant that element which has a longing for the old 'days of Cleveland and a desire to break away from the Influences of" Bryan, were delighted with the comments of Mr. Cleveland on the candidacy of Judge Parker. But the conservatives are now wondering what course the Bryan and Hearst people will take now that it is known that Judge Parker Is regarded with favor by Mr. Cleve land and hi3 following in the East. Til tell you what the result will be," said one of the foremost of the Democratic party reorganizes, who hopes to see Bryan and Bryanism relegated to the rear. "Mr. Bryan will bolt Parker if he is nominated. Now you mark what I tell you. Bryan will support Roosevelt, or he will Jump equare'y over to the Populist party and support some recognized exponent of the free silver and Populist doctrines now ad vocated by Bryan, Hearst and Pettigrew. There Is no doubt that Mr. Bryan will adopt one or the other of these courses, lie has been making ready for months to denounce the nomination of Parker, and the Cleveland Indorsement will give him Just the excuse he wants." It is apparent from the attitude Senator Gorman has assumed since the Cleveland Indorsement of Judge Parker was made public that the Maryland senator hopes to ain strength from the probable break In the Democratic party. Mr. Gorman be lieves that he Is more acceptable to the Bryan wing of the party than Judge Parker would be. especially with Judge Pnrker Indorutd by the Cleveland wing. irormin was disheartened by the reverses lie met in the Senate and In his own State of Maryland, but he thinks he sees a way now to capture the Democratic nomination, and do It with the aid of Bryan, who will accept him in preference to Parker. That la the sole reason for Mr. Gorman's latest declaration that he has not done more than comment pleasantly on the candidacy of Parker. The conservatives think they have Hearst beaten. This they regard as a settling blow to Bryanism, but with the power in the St. Louis conventlou counsels, which they admit Mr. Bryan will have they are not certain that anybody bearing jthe marks of Cleve land's favor can win in the convention. .Mr. Gorman now hopes to win by keeping aloof from both wings and praying nightly and dally that he will not be regarded with fa vor by either faction until Hearst has been knocked out by the Cleveland faction and Parker by the Bryanites. The foremost men among the Democrats from the South give it out here that they are ready to support Judge Parker, and that he is really their choice in preference to Hearst, but they demand that New York . must come up squarely and present Judge , Parker with binding instructions upon the New York state delegation to that end, or it will be impossible to control the delegates from the South in favor o Parker. The only question, therefore, which arises at this time to trouble the Democrats who are striving to bring about a situation in wRich they fondly Imagine there will be some chance for the Democratic ticket this year Is to get a straight-ut indorsement in New York for Judge Parker and a binding force of instructions from that State. It is claimed here that two things are in the way of such an instructed delegation: One Is the hope amoug the old Cleveland ele ment In the party that the convention can be brought around to nominate Mr. Cleve land, and the other i3 the Hearst strength which will be eerted to prevent an indorse ment through Instructed delegates, although the Hearst managers admit that Parker will have a majority of the New York dele gates, or. at least, more than will be cer tain to vote for Hearst If left free from In structions. ' J. E. M. RELIGIOUS MEETING BREAKS UP IN ROW "Holy Jumpers" Are Arrested for Disturbing Services at Salt Lake City. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. April 10. A re ligious meeting at the Nazarine Mission Church here broke up In a row to-night. Mrs. Kent Whit?, of Denver, an evangelist, her traveling companion. R. .E. Beedleman. and J. A. Heldlund. a local architect, and a member of the board of directors of the church, were arrested for making a dis turbance and taken to the police station. Mrs. White held nightly meetings la the church last week. In one address she at- tacked the Nazarine Church of Los An geles and thereby incurred the disapproval of some of the church members. She was requested not to speak again. To-night, however, she refused to be silenced and together with Beedleman and Heidlund in terrupted the meeting by singlug and Jump ing about after the fashion of "holy jump ers." The jiolice were called and the ar rests followed. ELDERS UNDER ARREST FOR DEPACING CHURCH HCNTSVILLE. Ala.. April 10. The fa mous factional fight In the Christian Church of this city came out afresh again to-day. As a result two elders and three members of the church were placed under arrest thl3 afternoon for wilfully defacing and Injuring the church building. Only ine faction ha worshipped In th church for several months past and to-day the other faction posted a not!c on the doors warning every on away, charging that the present trustees wre illegally elected. 'he trustees swore out warrants for the est of the Rev. E. L. Canibron and the Iltv. Daniel Sommers, of Indiana. Robins Jones. C. V. Mosely and W. R. Manning. CiierlfT Rougers served the papers this aft cttjjou ana all were placed under bond. Q ADMIRAL URItT. Japanese Naval Commander, Whone Squadron la Reported to Be Convoying Transports to ward Port Arthur. FIDE DEATHS DUE TO A STREET CAR ACCIDENT Many Persons Injured at Santa Barbara, Cab, Several Being Very Badly Mangled. BRAKE WAS DEFECTIVE SANTA BARBARA, Cal., April 10. A street car loaded with passengers return--ing to town from the Old Mission ran off the track at the Intersection of Garden and Mission streets to-day and live deaths have resulted. All of the dead were Santa Barbara peoile. Over twenty of the pas sengers were injured, many of them being frightfully mangled. Over half of the In jured had bones broken about the body and not a few of them suffered serious frac tures of the skull. A list of the dead and most seriously Injured follows: The Dead. FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ. JAMES SMITH. RAMON REYES. LEON CALDERON. EARL GOLAND, all of Santa Barbara. The first three named were killed out right and their bodies horribly crushed. The Injured. EDMUND SCHRIENER. Chicago, sev eral ribs broken. DR. ROSA ENGERT, Chicago, skull frac tured. MRS. W. II. TORTER. daughter of W. A. Armstrong, Washington, D. C. MISS BÜRGIN, several ribs broken. MRS. ' HENRY CARTER, bad scalp wound. MRS. ROSS, wife of manager Home Tele phone Company, arm crushed. MRS. ARCADE, broken shoulder. . MISS JUAN A VALENZUELLA, arm crushed. Ä . . MISS EMILY LAMB, right leg lacerated. MISS EARLY, spine Injured, still un conscious. MRS. FRANCHESI, face and head cut. MISS LUCY RUIZ, throe ribs broken. MRS. JULIUS KRUTTSCHNITT, Oma ha, severely shaken, but no serious in juries. MRS. A. PORTER, slightly injured. JOSEPHINE CIVNAUX. MRS. CIVILA, internal injuries. MRS. J. S. BRANCROFT, bruised about body. MARY ARALLENES, arm broken, badly bruised. NORA LOMBARD, face cut and bruised. FRANCES OLIVES, collar bone broken and cut about face. MRS. BEATRICE ROBERTS, ankle sprained. THOMAS QU1NN. left leg fractured. VICTOR HELTON, motorman, cut about face, shoulder injured. MRS. GOLAND, wife of Earl Goland. bruised. ' The accident was due to a defect in the brake apparatus, as was revealed by an In spection of the car afterward. While the rear brakes were tightly set against the wheels, the forward brakes were of no service because of the breaking of a part of the gearing. The motorman discovered that something was wrong with the car several blocks above the point where the accident occurred and endeavored to set the brakes, but failed to check the speed. At the intersection of Garden and Mission streets there Is a very abrupt curve, and the car was moving at its highest speed down a 5 per cent, grade when the curve was reached. The car was thrown from the track on its side. One section of the car was smashed to splinters. Those who were instantly killed and many of those who were most seriously injured were standing on the guard rail on the side of the car as it crashed Into the ditch. As soon as the news of the accident spread through the city every available physician was sent to the aid of the injured and many prominent residents of the city were among those who aided the suffering and dying. A majority of the injured were taken to the hospital and the others were removed to their homes. Her Second Injury. OMAHA. Neb., April 10. Julius Krutt schnltt, whose wife was in the wrecked street car at Santa Barbara, received a telegram to-night stating that beyond a rather severe shock she was uninjured. Mr. Kruttschnitt, however, feared the shock might prove more serious than re ported. His wife was severely injured in a similar accident in San Francisco six months ago. from the effects of which she has hardly recovered. COCK FIGHT "PULLED" BY BROOKLYN POLICE Wealthy "Sports" Rounded Up in the Stable of A. Pinkerton, Well-Known Detective. NEW YORK. April 10.-Early to-day the police Interrupted a cock fight in th private s'table of Robert A. Pinkerton, the detective, in Brooklyn and took thirty-two prisoners, among whom were several men .In evening clothes. Twenty-live game cocks also were captured and six dead "birds were found in the stable. Most of the prisoners, a ma jority of whom were wealthj, were locked up. . At the Pinkerton house It was said that Mr. Pinkerton was in California. SMITH SAYS CHURCH DENOUNCES POLYGAMY KIRTLAND, O., April 10.-There were 1.300 persons present at to-days religious exercises of the fifty-first annual confer ence of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, now in session nt thin place. The principal sermon was by President Joseph Smith. The address was a review of Mormon history of recent years and a denial of the charge that the Hook of Mormon teaches or advocates polygamy. The speaker maintained that the contrary was the case, that the Book of Mormon taught with the Bible, that one husband should have one wife and one wife one husband. RUSSIA'S PLAX OUTLINED Kuropatkin's Scheme Is to Draw Enemy Away from His Naval Base and Supports. LONDON, April 11. No confirmation has reached London of the various rumors, most Of which came by way of Paris, of land fighting, landing by Japanese on the Liao Tung peninsula, the capture of Japanese transports by Russians, etc. Dispatches from various points agree that the Rus sians have completely evacuated Korea, but beyond this there is little reliable news. A Che-Foo dispatch, which reached Lon don by way of Rome, asserts that Admiral Uriu's squadron, convoying twenty steam ers was seen making for Port Arthur. The squadron of Admiral Wireniue left Cherbourg yesterday for the Baltic. On the occasion of Easter the Czar con ferred numerous decorations and promo tions on naval and military commanders prominent in connection with the war. Marquis Ito, president of the Japanese privy council, was given a banquet at Tokio on Saturday. He announces the success of his mission in establishing confidential re lations between the Japanese and Korean courts and said that, at his government's request, he had drawn up an elaborate re port on Korean political needs. The Japanese papers ridicule the idea of the Russian Baltic sea squadron ever reach ing the far East and do not believe it will ever make the attempt. A correspondent of the Times at Che Foo says that 2,0u0 Russian artillerymen, with sixty guns, arrived at Nleu-Chwang on Thursday last. The Times correspondent at sea, cabling on April 9, via Wt i-Hai-Wei, reports' a typhoon lasting for two days which pre vented naval operations. RUSSIANS REFUSE TO FIGHT NEAR THE SEA ST. PETERSBURG. April 10. The gen erally anticipated attack on Port Arthur did uot occur last night, although a tele gram received from Grand Duke Cyril re ports that the enemy's ships were sighted ou the horizon. It is presumed that the Japanese were warned of the extra pre cautions which had been taken to guard against a surprise. There was uo Easter merrymaking at the front. By special dispensation the soldiers and sailors there were relieved of all re ligious observances, on account of the necessities of. the military, situation. Vice Admiral Makaroft's torpedo flotilla patrolled the open sea, while the warships, with full stearn up. remained outside the port. Elsewhere throughout the theater of war all is reported quiet. A high military authority to-day ex plained why General Kuropatkia's plan of campaign does not contemplate a heavy re sistance to the Japanese advance at the "Either defeat or victory in a battle there would be disadvantageous to us. If we lost we would hare tto fall back through a difficult country. ,lf we won and I say to you that Russian strategy is based on the idea of victory and not on that of defeat success would be fruitless. We would not follow it up without exposing the army to too rreat risks. On account of the Japanese control of the sea. If we pursued the enemy into the Peninsula of Korea we would open both flanks to a possible at tack from the rear. No, the Japanese must come on to a point in the interior which, with this end in view, has been selected, where we can follow up a crushing defeat to the bitter end with blow after blow and seal the fate of the campaign. "Our plans on the sea and land will con verge at a time next summer when Vice Admiral Makaroffs fleet will be relieved by the arrival of reinforcements. Then, if successful on land, we can clear the sea of the enemy, cut his communications, and the Japanese in Korea and Manchuria will then be at our mercy. "The world must not be impatient. The prelude to this war Is not yet finished." It Is understood here that as the result of General Kuropatkin's visit to - Nieu Chwang, reinforcements of 100,000 men will be sent forward from Llao-Yang. The military censors did not sit later than 10 o'clock to-night, and no news of fighting was received up to that hour. In case official dispatches arrive later they will not be given out until noon to-morrow. BALTIC SQUADRON. NOT " fO BE ORDERED EAST PARIS, April 11. The St. Petersburg cor respondent of the Petit Parislene cables an interview which he had with Rear Ad miral Rojestvensky, chief of the general staff of the navy, in the course of which the admiral admitted that he had been ""NTINÜEÖ ON PAGE 2, COLTT) HEW YORK POLITICIANS CONFER III METROPOLIS Plans Formulated for State Re publican Convention, . Which Will Be Held To-Morrow. OUTLINE OF PROGRAMME NEW YORK, April 10. Prominent Re publicans from all over the State are In the city In anticipation of the meeting on Tuesday of the New York state Republican convention, which is to select delegates at large and alternates at large to the Re publican national convention and electors at large and district electors for the elec tion In November. ' The work of the conevntion was prac tically agreed upon at a conference of ! leaders to-night. Senator Chauncey M. Dpew will be the temporary chairman and Representative Sereno Payne the per manent chairman. The delegates at large probably will be Senators Piatt and De pew, Governor O'Dell and former Governor Frank S. Black. Among those mentioned for alternates are Charles A. Schieren, formerly . mayor of Brooklyn; ex-Mayor Knight, of Buffalo, and Col. George W. Dunn, chairman of the Republican state committee. It Is a foregone conclusion that Governor Odell will be elected to the chairmanship of the state committee. There will be only one contested delegation to the convention, that from Seneca county. Hay tl Will Participate. ST. LOUIS. April lvWHayti has officially accepted the invitation to iarticipate in the world's fair. Space has been assigned in the forestry, fish and game building. A cablegram was received to-day from the commissioner general to the world's fair announcing bis departure tor St. Loubs. MISS IS c u HERO OF L Body of the Officer Buried at Port Arthur Is Practically Identified. COURTESY OF RUSSIANS TOKIO, April 10. The body of the Japa nese officer found and burled at - Port Arthur 13 unquestionably that of Com mander Takaso Hirose, who lost his life in the engagement on March 27, when Vice Admiral Togo made his second attempt to bottle up the port. The discrlption of the uniform tallies with that worn by offi-sexs of Hirose's rank. The fact that the body had been missing is further confirmatory of this. The government deeply appreciates the action of the Russians in giving the re mains a military funeral, and officers of the naval staff have requested the Asso ciated Press to express their appreciation of the Rusisan courtesy. The fragment of Hirose's body which has been brought here will be given a public funeral April 13 according to the Shinto ceremonial. Commander Hirose is the greatest Japa nese hero of the war, and after the conclu sion of hostilities it is planned that an ef fort will be made to secure the remains ;iow Interred at Port Arthur and bring them to Japan. FIREMAN IS KILLED BY FALLING WALLS One Life Lost and High School Building Destroyed at Galesburg. GALESBURG, 111., April 10. Fire which broke out early this evening in the base ment of the Galesburg High School re sulted in the total destruction of the build ing. John Slater, a fireman, was Instantly killed by a falling wall. The loss is esti mated at 1100,000, fully covered by insur ance. The fire caught In the furnace room and had gained a great start when discovered. The flames communicated to the manual training department adjoining and spread rapidly to the upper Moots. Breaking out through the roof the sparks threatened the large seminary for ladies ofwCnox College and the college chapel. The entire fire-fighting force of the city, with the volunteer force of the Burlington Railroad, fought the flames, which, at midnight, . they suc ceeded In confining to the high school building. - WIFE IS SLAIII BY RIVAL IH DUEL OM THE STREET Woman SJiot by Woman Accused of Stealing Affections of Vic- , tim's Husband. FIGHT ENDS IN MURDER WHEELING. W. Va., April 10. Mrs. Ella Graham, and Mrs. Victoria Robinson disagreed and quarreled OTer the attentions Mr. Robinson was alleged to have lavished upon Mrs. Graham, and in consequence Mrs. Robinson is dead and Mrs Graham Is In jail charged with murder. The women met on the street near their home in Tocahontas and began to light vic iously, tearing at one another's hair. Mrs. Robinson was proving too much for her antagonist when Mrs. Graham pulled a revolver and fired five bullets Into Mrs. Robinson's body, killing her instantly. The shots were fired at such close range that the clothing of the dead woman took fire, and her dress was partly consumed before the fiames were extinguished. BOUGHT 35 FARMS TO SATISFY WHIM ASHEVILLE. N. C, April 10. After nego tiations covering two years George Van derbllt's agents have purchased for about $100,000 a block of thirty-five farms, aggre-' gating 2,000 acres, adjoining the Biltmore estate, which already contained about 50. w) acres. From the extreme north end of the boundary of this additional tract to Its southern limit is about four miles, and the deal ras made solely to straighten the edge of tke great Biltmore reserve. COMMANDER JAPAHES IAD 1IH11 DEMOCRACY -It's sad, but BROTHERS STAB BROTHERS . IH BL00DHEÜD FIGHT Assailants Decoy Victims Into New York Saloon and Began Battle with Knives. THREE MEN MAY DIE NEW YORK, April 10.-In a feud fight here to-day three brothers, Thomas, Wil liam and Michael Gilbride, were seriously, if not fatally, stabbed, and Harry and John McShane, also brothers, were badly wounded. On Saturday a fight occurred between Harry McShane and Thomas Gilbride and both were arrested. To-day, knowing that Gilbride and his two brothers were near with several of their friend McShane gathered about twenty of his friends in the back room of a saloon at the corner of First avenue and Twenty-third street Then, according to the police, he approached Gil bride, professed regret over their trouble of the -day before and finally induced the Gilbride party to go with him to the saloon to drink and forget their difficulties. As soon as all were Inside the saloon Mc Shane is said to have given a signal, at which his friends began the fight. Harry McShane first devoted his energy to Tom Gilbride, the police say, and used a long-bladed jackknife on his adversary. The fight" between these two men lasted nearly five minutes and Gilbride fell to the fioor Insensible and bleeding profusely from a jagged cut In the abdomen and another cut on the right shoulder. Harry McShane attacked William Gil bride and inflicted several wounds, one of which was on the head. The men fought their way out of the saloon and continued the battle in the street, causing a crowd to collect that blocked the surface cars and led to the calling out of police reserves. The fight lasted half. an hour. When the police reserves arrived they sent Thomas and William Gilbride to the hospital and arrested the two McShanes, who were bleeding from a' dozen wounds. Michael Gilbride, with a serious stab wound over his heart, evaded the police and was taken home by his friends. To-night the McShanes were taken to the hospital and positively identified by Thomas Gilbride. the man most seriously hurt, as his assailants. HUNTED TAIL BREAKER CHEATS MOB OF PREY ABBEVILLE, Ala., April 10. Captain W. W. Milliken, who was placed in jail here on the charge of assaulting Miss Snyder, of Dothan, broke jail this afternoon. He was closely pursued and fired several shots at the persons who were trying to over take him. Finding he could not escape, he shot himself through the heart, dying im mediately. Captain MilliKcn was postmaster here and stood high in Republican, politics. IGORROTES WILL FEAST IN ST. LOUIS Six Dogs. Secured, Four of Which Will Be Fattened and Served with Sweet Potatoes. JOY AMONG ISLANDERS ST. LOUIS. April 10. There is great Joy In the Igorrote reservation at the world's fair. The Igorrotes will have a dog feast, and all the arrangements have been made. Six delicious dogs were mysteriously teth ered to stakes in the reservation to-day and carefully guarded by the savage Igorrotes from the Philippines. It couid not be as certained where the dogs came from, but there they were, and each dog was being given a full meal every time he looked hun gry, to fatten him up quickly. By common consent only four dogs will be served at the feast, the beauty of two saving their lives. They are a water spaniel and a skye terrKr. The other four are just plain dogs. Governor Hunt, who has charge of the Igorrotes. stated to-night that the Humane Society cannot interfere with the proposed feaft. as the reservation is 3uo yards outside the city limits, which also precludes inter ference by the municipal authorities. lie further stated that arrangements had been mad?, satisfactory to the officials of St. Louis county, within the confines of which the dog feast will be hell, and the Igorrotes will have one grand feast on baked dog and sweet potatoes. The date of the feast will depend on the rapidity with which the four designated dogs fatten. Treaty Give Snt Ufnct Ion. . CONSTANTINOPLE. April 10.-The sign ing of the Tureo-Bulgarian treaty has oc casioned considerable satisfaction In dip lomatic circles here, and it Is believed it will conti ibute materially toward the re establishment of normal relations between the two countries. . . DO it's trite. DIO HOT KILL ANY JEWS ON SUNDAY This Is the Burden of the Dis patches from Districts Where Outbreaks Were Expected.. PEACE AT ALU POINTS ST. PETERSBURG, April 10. The Asso ciated Press has received special reports from all the Jewish districts of Russia re garding the happenings of Easter Sunday. Up to 2 o'clock this morning, according to these dispatches, the Russian Easter passed quietly and there was absolutely no attempt to molest the Jews, the provincial govern ors acting In accordance with Instructions from St. Petersburg. The faithful execution of the government orders to the local authorities and the po lice prevented the outbreaks which were feared 'at Kishineff, the scene of disturb ances last Easter. There was not a single case there in which the Jews and Christians were involved. The government officials here are gratified that order has been so generally preserved. The following dis patches have been received: "Odessa The day passed quietly. There was no attempt at a disturbance and none was expected. The reports circulated at Ekaterinoslav of an outbreak at Odessa arc false. "Kishineff This city has been entirely tranquil to-day. "Kieff Perfect order prevailed here dur ing Easter day. "Vilna It Is reported that two Jews as saulted a local watchman yesterday, cut ting him with knives. Perfect order pre vailed to-day. "Balta This city was tranquil to-day. "Ekaterinoslav Easter day was quiet. "Gredna No attempts were made to-day to disturb the peace. "Vitebsk There was no disorder of any kind here during the Easter day celebra tion. "Minsk As usual at Easter there was some rowdyism here to-day, but it did not lead to any serious disturbances." JewH Kitcnpe Scathleiia. GOMEL, Russia, April 10. Easter Sun day passed quietly here. There were no anti-Jew demonstrations. OFFICER AND MANIAC IN. A DEADLY DUEL Constable Attempts to Capture De mented Lawyer and Both Are Fatally Wounded. WAVERLY, W. Va., April 10.-Thomas Engle, a prominent attorney of .Middle burne and a recent candidate for prosecut ing attorney of Tyler county, and Constable William Yost, of this city, are both thought to have been fatally injured in a duel late last night. . Engle suffered from mental trouble and was taken some weeks ago to a sanitarium at Marietta, O. Friday night he escaped and after a fierce fight with Toll Collector Harness he orossed the Ohio river on the Marietta bridge. Last night he appeared at the railroad Station here with a knife which he flour ished and threatened to cut every person who came within his reach. He closed and locked the door and Constable Yost broke it down. Engle stabbed him in the side and started to run. but was brought down with a bullet from Yost's revolver, which entered his head. He was taken to a hos pltal In Parkersburg. Both probably will die. CLAIMS RAILROADS DODGE THE TAX LAWS Wisconsin Commissioner Declares Companies Owe the State $67,923.07. MADISON. Wis.. April lo.state Railroad Commissioner John W. Thomas has re ported to the Governor that his investiga tion of the books and records of the rail way companies operating in Wisconsin shows that thy owe the State in back taxes, due to their failure to report their entire gros3 earnings, upon which their taxes are computed. The Investigation, he says. Is only par tially completed, and will consume consid erable more time. The report elves the J lesults of the Investigation for four roads only, and for tne years or yjn and rz. Ac j cording to th? report the gross shortage in I their returns of earning fur th period nam':.: Is I1.W76.. RUSSIANS TO FIGHT PARKER WING Hearst People Determined to Give Mr. Taggarf s Crowd a Busy Time This Summer. S. S. Carvalho. of New York, the general director of William R. Hearst's newspaper interests, arrived in Indianapolis last even ing to look over the situation with a view of establishing or buying a paper here to be added to the Hearst "string.' Mr. Hearst's prospective invasion of the local newspaper field has been widely heralded and speculated upon during the last few weeks. When seen last night at the Hearst head quarters in the Claypool, Mr. Carvalho said he had no statement to mako other than that he had come to the city to look over the newspaper field. "Mr. Hearst contemplates entering this field," he said. "I am here to consider the proposition from a business standpoint. I shall probably spend two or three days In the city and then shall go to Washington to report to Mr. Hearst. Of course, I can not say at this time what my conclusions will be, or whether I shall recommend th establishment of a paper here. If Mr. Hearst decides to come in here we can be ready to publish it within three weeks, or within thirty days at.the outside. We havo the presses already built and stored and can get a complete mechanical outfit here on very short notice." Mr. Carvalho stated that If a paper is established here it will undoubtedly be an evening newspaper with a Sunday morning edition to start with, and that later, if the field Justified it, a morning paper would be published. Asked concerning the report that Mr. Hearst might purchase one of the Indian apolis papers already established, Mr. Car valho said that no negotiations of that character were pending. "It would depend altogether upon the na ture of the proposition offered." he said. "If we could purchase a paper and plant for less money than it would require to establish a new paper, we would very probably do so." Mr. Carvalho Insisted that Mr. Hcarst'8 contemplated entrance of the Indianapolis newspaper field was not prompted solely by political motives. "The first thing considered In Mr. Hearst's newspaper enterprises is the business end. he said. "Mr. Hearst doesn't establish papers unless he is satisfied that there is a profitable field. However, the situation here has its political phase. Mr. I!oars probably would not think 6f. coming -In here at this time if the Indianapolis news papers had accorded him fair treatment. He has almost been forced to take the step in self-defense." MERRY WAR IN TROSPECT. Mr. Carvalho intimated, that the attitude of the local Democratic organ, which has been opposing Hearst as a presidential can didate quite as vigorously as it has labored in the interest of Judge Parker, had much to do with Hearst's determination to in vade the field, leaving the inference to be drawn that if Hearst does start a paper here there will be merry merry from a Republican standpoint war between the rival Democratic households. He also hinted that the stand taken toward Hearst as a candidate by the Indianapolis inde pendent newspapers was .n important fac tor In the case. Mr. Carvalho is the man who is given credit in the newspaper world for whatever of success has attended the 'Hearst Jour nalistic ventures. He was recognized as one of the ablest newspaper men in the country before he left the New York World to go with Hearst, and the general Im pression has been that he has furnished Hearst's newspaper brains as Arthur Bris bane has furnished the candidate's politi cal brains. However, Mr. Carvalho very modestly gives the credij to Hearst. "Mr. Hearst is a great newspaper man one of the kind that is born, not made." ho said. "He has the newspaper Instinct, combined with rare Judgment of men and business propositions. Added to that ho has the capacity for large undertakings, and once entered upon a project he is what might be termed in Wall street a 'plunger I do not mean by that that he takes big chances, but when he goes in he goes In heavily and-doea not dribblo aPng his in vestments." Mr. Carvalho is reuted to be one of the highest salaried men in the newspaper busi ness. . . MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMES TO A STAND Water Expected to Begin Receding at Memphis To-Day All the Levees Arc Holding. MEMPHIS. Tenn.. April 10. The Missis sippi river at this city to-night hat com to a stand with a stage of 29 feet shown on the gauge. This i3 a rise of three-tenths of a foot since Saturday night. It is pre dicted by the .United States Weather Bu reau officials that the water will remain stationary to-night and to-morrow begin to recede. Thus far all levees In the Memphis terri tory have withstood the overflow, and It Is thought that when the water begins to recede all danser will bo over. Break In a Levee. ROLLING FORK, Miss., April 10. A re port reached here to-night to the effect that a portion of the levee at Balcshed. Issa quena county, had caved In, seriously Im pairing the strength of the embankment and causing grave fears of a crevassi. Large forces of men are engaged In re inforcing the levee. The cave-in at Bale shed Is the only threatening development thus far reported from the entire leveo system of the State. SLAVS IN RIOT AT EASTER CELEBRATION WASHINGTON. Pa., April 10. -As a result of the Easter Sur.day celebration among the Slavs and Poles at the Manifold coal works of the Patterson & Bobbins Coal Company, about three miles from here, two men were seriously injured this evening. The JuJurcJ are: Steve Rovena. a Slav, struck with a coal pick in the side and will die. Edward Wil kins. of Washington, engineer at th plant; phot in the chest with a Winchr-tr rlfio and seriously if not fatally Injured. The Slavs and Poles employe 1 at the coal plant had been ctlebratlng Easter Sunday all elay Find liquor b:d passed around freely. Frank Stabula. a Pole, and Steve Rovena engaged in a quarrel and Stabula struck Bovena down with a coal pick. The friends of the two men took up the lisht. The so cial police tent In a riot c-all for the sheriff, and during the melee a deputy acoKlt ntally discharged hi ritte, the phot trlkli3 Vt kins, seriously wounding hiia. n 1