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i A INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL hi i vev:ki,t kstaiu.ished zz. DAILY ESTABLISHED lST-O. VOL. LIV. NO. 123. INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 101 TEN PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS. 1 ON' RAILWAY TRAINS FIVE CENTS. T JAPANESE, AT THE END OF SIX DAYS' HARD FIGHTING, FORCE THE YALU, TURN RUSSIAN FLANK, AND DRIVE ENEMY FROM THE FIELD TO BE V BV THE COLLAPSE OF A FERRYBOAT'S DECK Crowds at St. Louis, Anxious to See the Nashville, Overburden the Light Upper-Works. PANIC BARELY AVERTED E OF A ST Fourteen Hundred Bakers in Bos ton, Cambridge and Chelsea Have Walked Out. BOSTON AD CHT TWENTY PERSONS mil! mm BUD BEGAUS NIE Japanese Losses OO Killed and Wounded; Russiais Lose Over 800 j with Many Officers and Men and 28 Quick-Firing Guns Captured FR ONTFO UR MILES IN LENG TH DEMANDS OF STRIKERS ' r Union Shops and an Increase of Wages, Against Which Em ployers Stand Firmly. OTHER POINTS AFFECTED Men Are Out at Lvnn and Salem Action Deferred at Brocton and Waltham. BOSTON. May I. A strike of more than 1,X) bakers in this city, Cambridge and Chelsea, went Into effect to-night. Every bakery in the three cities is affected, with the exception of the Hebrew bakeries. The daily output of bread in Boston is from Ofo.OoO to 350.0H) loaves, and this supply will be practically cut off. In all of the bakeries the employers were making an at tempt to keep their shops in operation, but all admitted that the outlook for a pro duction of any size was poor. The large hotels and restaurants will not be affected, as the employes of those places which bake their own bread and pastry are members of the cooks and waiters' union and will not be called out. The proprietors of the bakeries, banded together In the Master Bakers' Associa tion, have refused absolutely to grant the demand of the men, and have declared that In the future they will operate "open chops." The employes' demands were embodied in in new working agreement, which provides for an increase of wag, union shops and the use of the union label on every loaf of bread. The strike of the bakers is not confined to Boston. Cambridge and Chelsea. Strikes were ordered In the districts centered In Lynn and Salem. In Waltham and Broc ton the unions have deferred action for one week. It was announced by the union to-night that dtring the day about forty firms em ploying 475 men. had signed the new agree ment and that to-morrow their bakeries "would be in operation. A statement was issued by the Master Bakers' Association to-night in which it 13 charged that the employes broke faith In declaring a strike while negotiations for a settlement of the troubles were pending. It Is further stated that open shops will be operated. Rochester linkers Are Out. ROCHESTER. N. Y.. May 1. Members of Bakers' Union No. 14 struck to-day over a dis?greement with their employers as to the hours of work. About 100 men went out. TWO FIRST OF MAY STRIKES AT CHICAGO Bakers and Picture Frame Makers Not Satisfied with "Open Shop" Policy. CHICAGO, May 1. Two 1st of May strikes were ordered to-day, one involving less than l.Ooö bakers, arrayed chiefly against the nine largest bakeries in Chi cago. The other strike was ordered by the T'icture Krame Workers Union against the six principal picture molding concerns in the city. Not over X workers are affected by the latter strike. The strike of the bakers will be met by united opposition on the part of the Mer chant Bakers' Association, which met to day and determined to follow the open-shop policy, ending the closed shop agreement with the union. UNION MEN TO STRIKE AT YOUNGSTOWN, 0. YOUNGSTOWX, O.. May 1. One thou sand union carpenters in Youngstown and the Mahoning valley are out on a strike by reason of the Builders" and Contractors' As sociation refusing to sign a scale for the coming year making the minimum wage $3 per day, an advance of 23 cents over the present scale, which has Just expired. The Journeymen plumbers have given no tice that they will not go to work Monday morning. The master plumbers conceded the scale presented as to wages, eight hours and ether details, but insisted it should expire on Feb. 1 instead of May 1. The union refused to make the concession and there will be a general strike Monday. The master painters Ijave refused the de mand of the Journeymen painters for an ad vance In wages, and the union painters will not report for work on Monday. "OPEN SHOP" MAY CAUSE A BIG STRIKE OIL CITY. Pa.. May 1. The effect of a resolution of the Builders and Contractors' Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York to have "open shop" beginning May 1 will be that the men employed In the building trades in the sec tion covered by the association will strike to-morrow. The carpenters, masons and bricklayers In the following towns are af fected: Fredonia. Jamestown, Olean, Warren. Ti tusville, Franklin, Dubois. Ridgeway, Cor ry and Oil City. In this city the strike order affects 900 men. WAGON WORKERS GET READY TO STRIKE NEW YORK. May 1. Between 5.000 and 6.ÖT0 carriage and wagon workers belonging to the Carriage and Wagon Workers' Union to-day decided to go on strike to-morrow in New York and vicinity unless a new con tract submitted to the employers last week, embracing a new wage scale and recog nition of the union, Is signed to-morrow rmrnlng. MORE PROSPEROUS DAYS IX XICARAGUA MANAGUA. Nicaragua. May 1. The pro ceefings of the Assembly have been ter minated. Tie rate of exchange has been lowered to IM as the result of the ratification of the loan contract, and the establishment of an Atlantic steamship line. The conference of the Presidents of Nic aragua. Salvador and Honduras will take place on May 12 next. CI tlX A TO PURCHASE BRITISH MACH IX ERY SHANGHAI, May 1. Two Chinese ofil o!.!. the Tactais Chang and Key, who r-; ? vMt the United States to buy I; J tl.e gv rntnent arsenal at Fz- "h ua ii. h i , r- i h.wiK-I the ir minds owing to ihe restrictions enforced at San Fran Cir on Incoming Chlne. and will now So lo England to make their purchases. iL rh- :::,m r r - i :.vu "X ... : r ? 1 1 JAr roon. Now riaylng Shortstop Tosltlon under Name of John Wagner. HISNAME A H00-DD0, JAP POOR HOWJOHN WAGONER Erratic Player of Three-I League Becomes a Shortstop in the American Association. TEBEAU LIKES HIS WORK Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., May 1. Hoo dooed by a name apparently unsuited for a good baseball player and handicapped by his erratic ball playlnfe a Hartford City man has secured a new name and profitable po sition in the American Association. Every baseball player and fan in Indiana and the Three-I league knows Jap Poor. He first achieved fame by his formation of the Indiana State league, and later the gas belt league. All his enterprises were promoted without finance and were short lived. Never discouraged Jap Poor would lose no time in getting to another State, where he would attempt a similar enter prise but always with the same result. The first snow fly caught Jap with his summer togs, and he would fined employment then behind the bar, although an abstainer him self. At the first sign of spring Jap Poor, who was tending bar in this city, disap peared as mysteriously as he came. Later a letter was received from him stating that he was signed by the Louisville team. To-day word was received from him that he would play shortstop for either the Kan sas City or Louisville club under the name of John Wagoner. Manager Tebeau liked his work. Poor says that he believes the hoodoo has been broken by his change of name, and his Identity has been lost to the nemesis which pursued him relentlcsslv. Poor's Hartford City friends hope that "Johnny Wagoner" will make good and be lieve that he will. DID XO T RECO PER ROLL -LOST IX SLEEPING CAR Man Who Wanted to -Bet on The Picket Was Robbed and Sued Pullman Company. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. May 1. After being out about two hours, the Jury which sat in the case of Charlie Greer, the Sixth-ward councilman, against the Pull man Company in Judge Field's court could not agree and was discharged by Special Judge Jackman, who was sitting in the case. . Mr. Greer sought to recover J3S6 which was stolen from his berth in a sleeping car while he was on his way to the American Derby June 13 last. It constituted his entire roll at the time, and ho was taking it up to bet on The Picket, the. locally, owned colt, which won the big event. In spite of the theft Mr. Greer"s friends came to his assistance and gave him the opportunity to back his Judgment. The theft occurred about midnight, and all the occupants of the car were aroused. The. conductor refused to search the others for the money. Many of the passengers were local sporting men. on their way to Chicago. FIRE LOSS AM0UXTS TO ABOUT $400,000 No One Seriously Hurt in Satur day Night's Fire, Though Ten Firemen Were Overcome. PROVIDENCE. R. I.. May 1. The loss from the fire which practically destroyed the building occupied by the Anthony & Cowell Company, furniture and upholstery dealers, will amount to about $400,000, par tially covered by insurance. The fire proved the most stubborn with which the firemen have had to contend in years, and during Its progress It was feared that loss of life might result. It was not finally under control until 3 o'clock this morning. But few persons were In the building when the fire broke out and none was seriously injured, though ten lire men were overcome by smoke. RUSSIA DECIDES OX DECO RATI OX METHODS Changed Conditions of Modern Warfare Require New Condi tions for Bestowing Rewards. ST. PETERSBURG, May 2. The regula tions prescribing .the acts for which the' decoration of the Order of St. George shall be conferred will be amended, so as to meet the conditions of modern warfare. The, present regulations were framed in the era of wooden ships and are hardly possible in this day of steel vessels. Under the new amendment the entire crew of n torptdo or submarine vessel sinking an enemy's ship will be entitled to the ribbon of the order. FAIXTS AS HIS CAR SEVERS GIRL'S HEAD Philadelphia Motorman Prostrated by Accident to Dummy in Streets of Quaker City. PHILADELPHIA, May 1. While the re cent storm was blowing its fiercest an extra violent blast swept a woman from her feet and forced hr directly in front of a south bound trolley car. The wht-els of the forward truck passe.1 over the. woman's neck, completely severing the head. The motorman fainted and h mob gathered. The victim, however, proved to be a dummy in front of a clothing store. Several Persons Tried to Jump in the River, Thinking the Boat Was Foundering. INJURED NOT ALL KNOWN Some of Them Were Hurried Off Before Names Were Learned Several Seriously Hurt. ST. LOUIS, May 1. The hurricane roof of the ferry steamer Alonzo C. Church col lapsed early this evening while the steamer was crowded with tishtseers viewing the United States gunboat Nashville, at anchor in the river harbor here, and about twenty persons were injured, a number of them be ing reported in a critical condition. The names of the following Injured have been secured, but this list is not complete, as several persons were immediately taken to their homes before their names were learned: J. B. WOOD, leg broken and internally injured. GEORGE MONTIGO, both ankles frac tured. MABEL MONTIGO, aged four years, head hurt. EDWARD MACK, leg crushed. MOLLIS COLLINS, East St. Louis, In ternally. THILIP MANGELS, fourteen years old; skull fractured. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN; serious inter nal Injuries. About seventeen others, all residents of St. Louis and East St. Louis, were injured; none seriously. The ferry 'steamer had been carrying crowds all day. from the foot of Valentine street into midstream, past the Nashville and back again. No stop was made at the Nashville owing to the heavy flood current running. As the ferryboat wa3 rounding the Nashville and smarting back to dock the crowd on the upper deck rushed to the steamer's side and out on the hurricane roof. The strain was too great and the roof collapsed, precipitating a large num ber of persons twenty feet to the deck be low, which was also crowded. Instantly a panic ensued. Women screamed, some from injury and some from fright, and several persons attempted to jump into the river,-thinking the boat was sinking. Cooler heads prevented this, and efforts were at once begun to succor the Injured. A distress signal was blown from the boat's whistle and tugs hurrieel along side, but it was deemed best to proceed to land and not attempt to place the Injured on the tugs. Ambulances had been hastily called, and soon after the Alonzo C. Church had reached shore the injured were being conveyed to the City Hospital and many neighboring homes. Captain McClelland said that the boat was substantially built and that the accident had been due to the excessive weight on. the roof. Passengers declare there were more than 1.00O persons on the steamer, and that the deck that collapsed ' should not have been used for passengers. The captain of the steamer says it was not overcrowded. An eyewitness, in describing the acci dent, said: "When the steamer was about a hundred yards from the Nashville, the action of several sailors near one of the guns attracted the attention of the per sons on the roof of the ferry and a rush was made to the port side. "Girls on the ferry were waving their handkerchiefs when there was a ripping noise, quickly followed by the crack of breaking timbers. "A second later, with a crash that shook the steamer, the entire port side of the roof gave way, hurlinj? more than 1 pas sengers to the lower deck, twenty feet be- low, where they fell upon the struggling crowd which had heard the warning noise and were trying to escape. The broken railing and part of the collapsed deck fell upon -them. "Before the sound of the crash had died away, the 1,000 passengers were in a panic, those nearest the danger spot tearing the clothes from women and children ia their frenzy." CHILD REX TkROWX IX THE LAKE ÖY MOTHER She Then Jumped In, but All Were Rescued bv Boatmen Who Were Near at Hand. CLEVELAND, O., May 1. Mrs. Caroline Volkman, who is believed to be insane, threw her thfee children, Annie, aged eleven, Willie, aged five, and Otto, aged two,- into Iikc Erie this afternoon and then jumped in. Fortunately, boatmen were near by and the whole party was rescued without any ill effects. The chil dren were sent to their home and the mother Is locked up, pending examination regarding her sanity. Domestic troubles is said to have made her temporarily mentally irresponsible. MISS LEO STEVEN IS F E Parents Call on the Police to Aid Them in the Search for the Girl. HAD CHURCH COLLECTION Miss Leo Stevenson, of 201S Prospect street, has been missing from her home since early yesterday morning. Up to an early, hour this morning nothing had been heard from her. Miss Stevenson has a brother who Is treasurer of the Fletcher place M. E. Church, and it is his custom to take the collection home with him each Sunday. Yesterday he was sick and unable to at tend church, and asked his sister to attend to the collection and bring it home with her. This the sister agreed to do. She was seen to leave the church after the service, but none of her friends have seen her since. Her parents, became worried over her continued absence, and last night asked the . police to 'assist them in their search for her. SIX AUTOMOBILISTS KILLED IX FRAXCE PARIS. May 2. An automobile in which six persons were driving was struck by the Basle-Paris express on a grade crossing at Roissy-En-Brl. twenty-five miles from hre. All the occupants were instantly kllbd. The victims included M. Pretavolne, man ager of a fire Insurance company, mem bers of his family and friends, all Paris Una. MISSING ROM HER iM , ;r: . ' 'i'T' ifr. 1 VIEW ÖF THE YALU RIVER AT WIJU. WHERE A RATTLE BETWEEN RUSSIANS AND JAPANESE HAS BEEN RAGING FO t SIX DAYS. GROOM ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT IN BRIDAL CHAMBER Society Girl Bride Witnesses Des perate Battle Between Detec tives and Her Husband. BEDROOM AN ARSENAL Alleged Forger Conceals Revolv ers and Knives in Hotel at Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, May 1. John A. De laney, who, the police say, is wanted in St. Louis. New York, Washington, and particu larly by the authorities of Baltimore, who charge him with forgery, was arrested at the Hotel Hanover early to-day after a sen sational struggle with two detectives, who owe their lives to their presence of mind. The arrest was made in the presence of Delaney's wife, who was in bed. The wife comes from a good family in Baltimore and did not know that he was wanted by the police until the detectives broke into their bedroom. They were married in January. She had always believed him to be a trav eling man. According to the police Delaney and his wife left Baltimore on a trip, which she supposed was for business. The detectives located them at the Hanover. Assuring themselves that the copule were in bed. De tectives Thomas, of Baltimore, and Taft, of this city, broke in the door, and a struggle instantly ensued in the dark with Delaney, who had jumped from bed at the first sound. A porter turned on a light and the prisoner was soon subdued, but not until after he attempted to reach a revolver that was under a pillow and another under the bed. While dressing he said he wanted a vest and stepped to a trunk, but the de tectives anticipated nim and found a third pistol. He made three more moves, such as to get a collar or a handkerchief, and in each place the detectives found a bowie knife. x Having been foiled at every turn, De laney gave up. and. according to the de tectives, paid he would have made his es cape if he could have reached any one of the six weapons, even though he had to kill both of them. Mrs. Delaney, dumfounded at the whole proceeding, almost went into hysterics from surprise and fear. Among Delaney's personal effects were found chloroform and a sponge, a silk bag, which the detectives say Is patterned after the kind used by sandbagging highway men, two pieces of rope, a chisel and a razor. The prisoner was taken to the City Hall, and held without bail to await requisition papers from Maryland. Mrs. Delaney's mother and sister were telegraphed for, and they arrived this afternoon and took the heartbroken woman home. Delaney told the police that his present plight was due to his attempt to have hrs wife remain In the same social posi tion she was in when he married her. De laney also said he was at one time con fidential agent of Chris Von der Ahe, of St. Louis. LIPTOX RECEIVES AX IT ALI AX DECORATIOX NAPLES, May 1. Sir Thomas Lipton, who is visiting Naples on his steam yacht Erin, was entertained at dinner at- the palace last night by King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena. Subsequently his Majesty created Sir Thomas a knight com mander of the Order of the Crown of Italy. NEGROES ARE ROUTED III EVA H S VILLE RACE RIOT Whites Drive Colored Visitors Away from the Carnival Grounds. MORE TROUBLE FEARED Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANS VILLE, Ind., May 1. There was a clash to-night between young white men and boys on the one hand and negro boys on the other at the lower market, where a carnival is being given. All negro boys were chased from the block with clubs and stones, and the whites declare they will keep the blacks away from the carnival all week. The police' say they will keep order. XEGRO IS HAXGED BY A MOB IX ALABAMA He Assaulted a White Woman on Saturday and Was Caught in a Near-By Town. PR ATT VI LLE, Ala.. May l.-Nw8 r?ached this city this morning that Gaines Hall, the negro who assaulted Mrs. JoIah Owens yesterday, was caught at Kingston yesterday afternoon by a posse which took him to the scene of the cr1 ie and hanvd him to a tree. The body was then riddled with bullets. It is said that th negroes refus to take down the body and bury it. It is also rc Iiorted to-day that Mrs. Owens is in a critical condition. The town is quiet. aiirtr,A-':v:'y'''':'''',:':'-:' - - . . ..... t n CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES "Literature" Will Be Prepared by the Ton, in Readiness for Its Later Distribution. PLACES NOT YET FIXED Though Congressional Campaigns Probably Will Be Directed from the National Capital. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. May l.-In a very short time the campaign committees which will have charge of the work of watching and assisting In the doubtful congressional dis tricts wjll open their headquarters and be tjin their operations for the season. It is not yet definitely settled whether the Re publican congressional committee shall have Its headquarters in Washington or in New York. Much depends on what the Re publican national committee decides re garding its occupation of the New York field for headquarters purposes. Chair man Babcock, of the congressional com mittee, is in favor of having the headquar ters in Washington this year, as he re gards this as the best city from which to send out literature and the newspaper state merits which the committee makes from time to time during a campaign. The Democratic committee has practically de cided -on Washington as the city for its headquarters. The coming month will be devoted by the campaign managers to the preparation of literature for campaisn circulation. The records of Congress will be ransacked sys tematically for literature of this kind and speeches will . be prepared for the widest possible dissemination. The anti-trust speeches will be utilized by the millions. The Republicans believe they have ex cellent material In the tariff speeches by Senator Gallinger and the tariff and reci procity speeches by Representatives Dal- zell and Littlefield in the House. The trust speeches by Senator Dolllver and Repre sentative Hamilton will be widely used. The Democrats are banking on the use of many speeches made by Leader Williams in the House and speeches by Champ Clark and Bourke Cockran. The Demo cratic senators made few contributions to the campaign literature and with the ex ception of the extended speech by Senator Bacon.f Georgia, discussing the tariff question, they are short of senatorial ma terial this year. 1 Even the supporters .of Judge Parker among the Eastern Democrats are not wholly convinced that the power and influ ence of the Hearst boom has been destroyed by the apparent collapse of that boom since the action of the New York state Democ racy in instructing for Judge Parker. The Parker leaders believe that there will be an element of destruction clinging to the Hearst movement which will be powerfully felt in the St. Louis convention. What is gathered together of the Hearst following In the convention, and it'wlll not be a small number, with the aid which the Influence of Mr. Bryan will exert in the convention, the Parker adherents admit they see breakers ahead and that it 'will require the most careful and persistent efforts to overcome the influences of Hearst and Bryan. Not all of the Eastern Democrats who are unfavorable to the nomination of Judge Parker favor Hearst. Moreover, they do not favor any candidate who would be se lected by Mr. Bryan. It i3 rather remark able that among the Democratic leaders who have centered in Washington during the winter the most outspoken opponents of the Parker movement are not Hearst ad- ÖCÖNT I NUE DÖNPGE oTCOLTT) E TO FINISH OUT HES TERM Warren Flack, Escaped Prisoner, Returns Voluntarily, Tired of Wandering. SURPRISE TO POLICE Warren FlacX who was under a sentence at the county workhouse for assault and battery, and who escaped from that in stitution in October, 1003, has at last tired of his liberty, and voluntarily gave himself up yesterday afternoon. A telephone mes sage from Broad Ripple first told of his Intention and his whereabouts. Two guards were sent out and returned with tne young man. He still has seven months to serve. It will be remembered that Flack, with one or two companions, made a rather sen sational escape from the workhouse, whither he had b-en sent after giving the police considerable trouble from time to time. His family are prominent and well to do and young-Flack has caused his relatives considerable worry. The police were surprised to hear of his return after months of wandering. HAT AXD CAP MAKERS MEET AT XEW YORK NEW YORK. May 1. The third annual convention of the United Cloth. Hat and Cap Makers of North America, which is to last four days, was begun here to-day. Samuel Gompers spoke, urging the neces sity of organization and of a large strike fund. He commended the cap makeris' union for having won all of its llu strikes In different parts of the United States dur ing the year. PREPARATORY WORK BACKTOTRElRKiOS Infantry Charge Across the Entire Line River Waded Breast High in Face of Russian Fire St. Petersburg Admits a Defeat TOKIO, May '2, 7 n. in. The .In pa neue Ioamph on the Vnln Snndny Trere nliotit 7tM killed mid ununded. The Hums Inn loaf over JSOO men. The Jnp iiiicMc eaptiireil tivent y-elRht nnlek-flrlimr kuiin, twenty oilleera mid luauy men. The It iiMiuii imirfe two Ktniifl. Supplemental reports front General Kurokl, covering Sanndy'a fight inj ay "The llu mh in Ii made two ntanri. The eneniy'n MrciiRth fnelntled nil of the Third Division, two regiment of the Mvth I)llion, one envnlry lrl Knde, nhout forty qulck-flrlnK Kn and eight machine min. We hate taken t wenty-eiht nilck-nrlnsr K n n m , many rifle, much nmmntillinn, more than twenty otlioers and many noncommissioned ofheern and men um pris oner. I nm informed that Gene-nil Stinllteh nnl CnNtolinakl were wounded. Our onsunltle number nhout TOO nnd the Russian loa Is more than MH( men.' TOKIO, May 2, 11 n. m. The Ilnlnn were foreed to nhandnn Antnnx yesterday. They burned the town nnd retreated to Feng-IIuan-Chens. The Jnpiinee now eontrol the estuary of the Yaln. j TOKIO, May 1, 11 n. m. Advices from the front ny thnt Japanese forces hejjnn nn nttnek on the RusInns on the Yalu river last Tuesday. The battle was continued "Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. A decisive struggle is anticipated to-day (Sur.unj.) On Thursday the Japanese effected n. crossing of the Ynla and secured n lodgment on the rieht bank of the river. The fighting; on Saturday was nt long: rnuge, nnd there was n dnel with heavy kuiis across the river. Fight ing wits resumed nt daylight to-day (Sunday.) The liusslHn force is esti mated at ;tO,04M men. The Japanese loss is reported to have been small thus far. TOKIO, May 1, 2 p. m. Advices received here state thnt the Twelfth Di vision of the Japanese nrmy forced n. crossing: of the Yaln river above "Wija, Just before dnwn, Sniurdny morning;.' The second pontoon bridge across the river, near "WIJu, was com pleted at 8 o'clock Saturday niffht and the Imperial Rnnrds of the Second Division crossed daring the niftht. The Russian left flank had been turned nnd a ceiternl attack began nt dawn to-dny (Sunday), nearly all the Japan ese batteries on the south bank of the river nnd a flotilla of gunboats co operating with the nrmy. The Japanese have the advantage of position nnd numbers, and are confident of routing the enemy. TOKIO, 3Iny 1, 3 p. m. The Japanese to-day captured Chlu-Tlen-Cheng, ten miles north of Antnng, which is regarded as the key to the Rnsslan position on the right bank of the Yalu river. It Is expected that the Russians will retreat to Feng-Huan-Cheng, which is on the road to Lino-Yang. ST. PETEnSRl'RG, May 1. The has received dispatches from General Kuropntkin, commander-in-chief in Muuchnrln, nnd from General Sassullteh, commanding the Russian ad ranee nlong the Yalu, confirming the reports thet n continuous Japanese attack has been In progress since last Tuesday, and that the Japanese, after crossing the river nt several points, have turned the Russian left flank, Inflicting heavy losses and have compelled a retreat from the more advanced positions. JAPANESE WOX. WITH AX INFANTRY CHARGE TOKIO. May 1. 7 p. m. After Ave days of fighting, largely with artillery, the first Japanese army, under General Kuroki, has forced a crossing of the Yalu river, and with a gallant infantry charge, covering a frontage of four miles, it drove the Rus sians from Chiu-Tien-Cheng and the heights on the right bank of the lho or Aida river, which enters the Yalu from the north, almost opposite Wiju. The Japanese turned the left flank of the Russian posi tion, and in the battle to-day they swept away the new front Interposed by the Rus sians to check their onward movement. The present position of the Japanese is a dominating one, and they may force the abandonment of the defenses erected by the Russians at Antung and other points lower down the river. General Kuroki began the movement on Tuesday by ordering a detachment of the imperial guards' division to seize the Island of Kurito, which is in the Y'alu above Wiju, and a detaenment of the Sec ond Division to seize the Island of Kinteito, which is situated rxlow Wiju. The detachment of the Imperial Guards met with some resistance, but it succeeded in clearing the enemy out, and occupied Kurito island. The Russians abandoned the island of Klntrinto when attacked by the detachment of the Second Division. ' The actual losses sustained by the de tachment of the Imperial Guards is not known, as there is an error in that part of the message received here referring to the number killed, but nine of the detachment were severely and sixteen slightly wounded. The detachment of the Second Diislon which took the island of Kintrinto suffered no losses. WEAK RUSSIAN FIRE. During the movements on the islands the Russians opened tire on the Japanese with eight 9-centimeter guns from a hill be hind Chiu-Tien-Cheng and two Hotchklss guns which were mounted on the bank of the river at Kessan, where the Russians seemed to have established their headquar ters. Ono battery of Japanese artillery, which had taken a position on a hill to the east of Wiju, fired three volleys at Kossan, and at noon of Tuesday the Russian bat teries behind Chiu-Tien-Cheng shelled Wiju. wounding one Japanese soldier with shrap nel. On Wednesday the Russians resumed the bombardment of Wiju, firing at inter vals throughout the day. The Japanese artillery did not respond to the fire. General Kuroki has received reports to the effect that the Russians are intrench ing the heights on the right bank of the lho river. These new defenses are declared to extend from Chiu-Tien-Cheng through the village of Makao to Koshoki, a distance of three and a quarter miles. The Russians resumed their bombard ment on Thursday, but It was generally ineffective. Subsequently General Kuroki ordered two companies of the Imperial Guards to cross the Yalu and make a re connoi.sance on the left bank of the lho tor the purpose of discovering the charac ter of the Russian lines on the heights on the right bank of the river. The Japanese force advanced toward Kossan. and then dispatched a small detachment to the vil lage, where a party of Russians were en countered. In the engagement which fol lowed four Russians were killed. The Rus sians shelled the rcconnolterlng party from an emplacement in the hills in the south general staff of the War Department eastern part of Yoshoko. This fire was without effect. The Russinn artillery on the hill behind Chiu-Tien-Cheng, firing at a hih anj?le. opened on Wiju, the island of Kurito and Seikodc, to the south of Wiju. whrre some Japanese batteries had taken position. This tiring continued into Thursday night, and General Kuroki reports that while it was Ineffective, it- disturbed his preparations for an attack. The Russians resumed the shelling of Wiju on Friday, but the Jap anese guns did not reply. The Twelfth Division of the J.ipaneFo army was chosen to make the first cross ing of the Yalu. It began its preparations on Friday by driving the Russians from their position on the bank of the river' opposite Suikochin, which is eiht miles above Wiju and the point selected for the crossing. This division constructed a pontoon bridge over the river, and at 3 o'clock Saturday morning it began cross-, Ing. The entire division passed over the bridge during the day, and by 6 o'clock Saturday evening it was In the position assigned to it for the battle of Sundny. COVERED RY ARTILLERY. The movement of the Twelfth Japanese division was covered by the Second Regi ment of field artillery and another artil lery regiment of heavy guns. At twenty minutes to 11 o'clock Saturday morning the Russian artillery, posted to the north and to the east of Chiu-Tkn-Cheng. began shelling the patrols of Jap anese infantry. Which had been dispatched from Kinteito island to Chukodalt, another island north of Kinteito and under Chlu-Tien-Chcng. The Japanese batteries re plied to this fhelling, and silenced the Russian fire. Later eight Russian guns, posted on a hill to the cast of the village , of Makao, opened uion the ImiH-rll Guards. To this shellinj the Japanese ar tillery to the east of Wiju responded, and the Russians cased firing. Then both the Chiu-Tien-Cheng and tho Makao batteries reopened, and this firo brought a vigorous response from the chain of Japanese batteries on the Korean tide of the river. The Russians' guns fired for two hours before they were silencd. In his report General Kuroki expresses tho belief that his shelling was very effective against the Russians. The Japanese losses in the bombardment of Saturday weie two men killed and V,c officers and twenty-two mn wounded. A flotilla of gunboits fretn the squadron of Admiral Hosoya participated In the fighting of Saturday. It encountered a mixed force of Russian infantry, cavalry and artillery on the Manchurian bank of the Yalu IkIow Anti.ng. ana after a sharp fight scattered them to the hills. A bridge across the main tream of the Yalu Just above Wiju was completed at 8 o'clock Saturday night, and the second Japanese division and the Imperial Guards immediately .began crossing. They ad vanced and occupied the hills buck of Ko? san. facing the Russian position on the rieht bank of the river. All Saturday nll;t regiment after regiment of Jajumese sol diers poured across the brMge. and at a late hour Saturday night General Kuroki telegraphed to the general staff of the army: 1 will attack the enemy on May 1 at dawn." WADED DEE I STREAM. True to his promise. General Kuroki at daylight to-day centered all his artillery oa the Russian iVition between Chiu-Tien-Cheng and Yoshoko. To this fire the Rus sians made reply with all their batteries. At 7 o'clock in the morning the Russian battery at Yoshoko was silenced, and half an hour later General Kuroki ordered his line, stretching for four miles, to attack. The Japanese Infantry, on the word of com mand, charged across the lho, wading thit stream breast deep, and began tdorintng the heights at fifteen minutes pat S. At J o'clock they had swept the Russian line, back acress the plateau. No report has leen received In Tl;!o eoncerning the losses sustained by the Jap anese In the fighting to-day. It Is bell. wl thi?t the losses were heivy, particularly during the infantry charge. The reports of thU fihtin whkh hiva ! ten reecied here do not indicate whether n A