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11 7m INDIAN APOLIB JOURNAL. Hi WEKKLT ESTABLISHED 1S23. DAILY ESTABLISHED 1S. j VOL. LIV. KO. 1J8. INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1904 TWELVE PAGES. PRICE 2 CENTS. ! ON H A ITV AT TRAINS FIVE CENTS, 7 H LLO V FAST RUSSIANS LOSE 5,000 MEN AND JAPANESE 700, DECLARE RUMORS Japa?iesc Are Said to Have Surprised the Enemy in ö Mountain Pass, Killed and Wounded Over 4,000 and Captured 1,000 KIN- CHO U IS REPOR TED TA KEN IN THESCHAFER BURDER ARGUFflENTSAT BEDFORD Judge Palmer Arraigns the State for Insincerity, and Declares It Is Shielding a Criminal. -y . v.; ' V V " Ui, -..-v. . f KrER A CERTAIN PROSECUTOR DENIES IT V ',hSt 4 lWKs -iVLA-v,.. l , 77 1 , m .Ji nu He Denounces McDonald as the Murderer, and Demands Inflic tion of Death Penalty. NEW EVIDENCE SECURED Woman Declares She Heard One Dave Fisher Sav He Saw a Worn an Burn Murderer's Coat. fppeel.il to the Indianapolis Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., May 2$.-The trial of James McDonald, for the murder of Sarah C. Schafer. Is nearing the end. and it is possible that by to-morrow night McDon ald will knov.- his fate, whether the jury consider him guilty or innocent, or whether It will be unable to agree. That the latter will be the outcome is the most generally expressed belief. While there are many who think he is g'.tilty. few are to be found who express the belief that the extremo penalty will be imposed. To-day was spent entirely in arguments, which were heard by a large crowd, though the attendance is not ro large as earlier in the proceedings. Prosecutor Iiobert G. Miller in his argu ment to why he believes the state has mrde a clear rase and why the Jury should bring a verdict of guilty and inflict the death p-nnlty. said Mr. Palmer, in his open ing statement, endeavored to undermine his case by advancing the theory that it was another man and not James McDonald who was guilty; that he had locked in his breast the identity of the murderer of Sarah C. Schäfer, yet he was not permitted to divulge it because so prevented by a eta tute covering this class of cases. "Gen tlemen of the Jury, no such law exists," declared the prosecutor. "He also spoke of something being rotten in this case. I agree with Mr. Palmer; there was some thing .rotten, and I will speak of it later." Then he turned direct to Mr. Palmer. "It vfl3 not the law of the State of Indiana that prevented you from showing this man was not guilty," he said. "It was the cornerstone and the basis on which Mr. Palmer rested his case," ho declared, ad ding: "I do not know why he told you this and then refuted to introduce certain evidence that his client did not commit the crime, i reiterate the statement that Sarah C. Schaler was cruelly murdered on Jan. 21 and James McDonald Is the murderer." When Mr. Miller concluded there were both applause and ' expressions of disap proval, which brought a reprimand from Judge Wilson. Frank M. Vance this morning made the opening argument for the defense, occupy ing the greater part of the forenoon In an "argument that was strong from his' side of the case. PALMER ASSAILS STATE. R. N. Palmer followed with the closing argument for the defense. Mr. Palmer's argument was sensational In the extreme. "Give me a good grand Jury, good bailiffs and three weeks," he declared, "and I will produce evidence that will show who mur dered. Sarah Schafer. I have testimony locked in my breast that would pale that given against James McDonald. The State of Indiana in this case la not in earnest. It has had opportunity to let the light in on this mystery, but every time it has blocked the way by objections to the Introduction of the testimony. It does not want to know who killed this girl.". There was . applause about the courtroom that had to. b silenced by Judge Wilson, who reprimanded the audience for so ex pressing its feelings in a court of Justice. The challenge created a sensation In Bedford and was the one topic of conver sation at noon. If McDonald Is acquitted there is little doubt that Palmer's chal lenge will be accepted. There is a general demand, however, to know why he did not give this evidence before the grand Jury that indicted McDonald. Palmer speech was Impassioned from first to last, but very able. He was particu larly scathing In his reference to E. S. Heed, detective. Referring to Reed having had McDonald removed from the State Re formatory, "where the Governor in Justice, refused to let him hound his man Into the ceil, to the Jail at Bloomington so that he could devil and browbeat him and break Li in down." 8. B. Lowe began the closing speech for the state, but will not finish until nearly noon to -morrow. Considerable new evidence has been dis covered that will have an Important bear ing if the -case comes to trial again. Mrs. llosetta Lemond, a widow, related to Dr. J. T. Frreland, last evening, a conversation said to have occurred In Grlgsby's store a lew days following the murder of Miss Fchafer. According to Mrs. Lemond, Dave Fisher, a brother-in-law of McDonald, while In the Grigsby store, said in the presence of I. K. Grigsby, Mrs. Grigsby and Mrs. Lemond. "I know the woman who burned the coat worn by the murderer." Mrs. Lemond reiterated the statement to a re porter who called on her. When asked as to the üme Dave Fisher made the state ment credited to him, she said it was a week or ten days following the murder. Mrs. Lemond said "Dave Fisher said to Mr. Grigsby, 'I was standing behind him, and that he either knew the woman or knew of the woman that burned the long coat worn by the murderer." GRIGSHY IS EVASIVE. "I couldn't say how long after the mur der this Was. either one or two weeks. It was right when so much talk was going on about the murder. The conversation oc curred right in Grlgsby's store, but I can't say whether it was In the morning or after noon. I first told my son Fred yesterday Rbout the matter and he said 'Ma, you ought to have tld that long ago.' 'ihe reporter called at the Grigsby resi dence. "Mr. Grigsby. were you in the store on an occasion when Dave Fisher, in the preseuce of Mrs. Rosctta Lemond and your wife, said he knew the woman who burned the coat worn by the murderer?" he asked. "I refuse to say." replied Mr. Grigsby. 'I have nothing to say to you, because there has been too much said already about this ease. It has been tried and Is now over." "Will you but either affirm or deny Mrs. Lemond's story?" "No. sir, I will neither affirm nor deny the statement, and it will be. useless for you to prts me further." i Dr. Freelantl said to the reporter that he bad known Mrs. Lemoud for years, and said she was as fine a womau as there is In Bedford. "She told the truth." said Dr. Frceland. "and it Is substantially the same story she told me." Dave Fisher 1 married and lives with his mother. Hannah Fisher. He has never before figured in the Schäfer case, and the story, which leaked out yesterday, came too late for the state to take advantage of. as the case hail been closed and argu ment was in progre. Much excitement was created umunK otticlals when it became knon. n here has always been a feeling among tin se in close touch with the investigation that there was more than one man impli cated in that tragedy, but the authorities have len unable to find any evidence bar ing on this pniosltion. prosecutor Miller will Investigate- the story of Mrs. Lemond Immediately following the close of the Mc XXmald trial. i f , CW . x ' r&T i7?v v GROOM Be sure you're on the JURY WILL RECEIVE THE GILLESPIE CASE TO-DAY Forceful Speech of Thomas Shay for the Defense, Setting Forth the Evidence of Dr. Heil. r SPAAN FLAYS OPPOSITION r Indianapolis Attorney Runs Much to Vituperative Characterization of Brother Lawyers. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RISING SUN, Ind.. May 26.-The argu ments In the Gillespie case are finished and In the morning Judge George E. Downey will charge the Jury. By 10 o'clock the fate of the defendants will be under con sideration by the twelve men charged with that duty. The opening of the day's proceedings was marked by a stern warning by Judge Dow ney to the spectators. The court said that it had come to .his .ears that there was- a possibility of a demonstration In the court room at the end of arguments,' and he warned those present that if there was the slightest disorder the sheriff has been in structed to make arrests. . . Attorney Thomas Shay, of Cincinnati, made the closing speech for the defense, speaking from 8 till 12 o'clock. ,He spoke In line with the arguments of the other at torneys representing the defendants, and branded as false every statement made by witnesses for the state. lie earnestly in sisted on the Innocence of his clients. He made beautiful and touching allusious to the military record of Dr. Gillespie, sr., now dead, and made a special plea for the ac quittal of Myron and Carrie Barbour. Sev eral times he alluded In language more forcible than elegaut to the attorneys for the state, and especially warned the jury against the eloquence and skill of Henry N. Spaan, whom he characterized as "the man who came here with the hangman's noose." Mr. Shay's strongest point of argument on evidence was that which he made In dis cussion of the testimony of Dr. A. B. Heil, of Cincinnati, the former army surgeon, and a firearm expert. He asked the Jury to weigh well the testimony of this witness, who, he said, because of his knowledge had been selected by the government to a most important work. He then brought in refer ence to Dewey's victory at Manila bay and said: "It Is men with knowledge such as is possessed by Dr. Heil who make such vic tories possible. The men who know to ex actness the possibilities of . execution of arms and ordnance. He has declared his belief, from the conditions as he found them, that a sixteen-gauge shotgun was not the weapon of Elizabeth Gillespie's death." The crowds which have been present at the trial heretofore were as nothing com pared to that present this afternoon and evening to hear Mr. Spaan. His address was begun at 1 o'ciock, continued to 5, and then court adjourned until 7, when he be gan speaking again, and concluded after 10 o'clock. Never before in the history of the county has such a speech beeji made and to so large a crowd. In the most dramatic and forceful manner Mr,' Spaan dissected the alibi attempted by the defense and established, by thirty-two reasons, the theory of the prosecution that James Gillespie is the murderer of his twin sister Elizabeth. He charged Myron Barbour with guilty knowledge of the murder and the concealment of evi dence of the crime; that Carrie Barbour and Belle Seward were equally guilty of knowledge. He characterized Attorney Shay as a police court lawyer, of Cincin nati, who, if he lived a million years, would never reach the dignity of a lawyer on f the plane ou which stood Harry K. Me- Mullen and the speaker, wnom Shay had called the "bloodthirsty prosecutors." He said Congressman Grilflth had acted the part of a gentleman throughout the case, and he had no fight with him. He alluded to Captain Coles as "the Nestor of the bar of southeastern Indiana," and compliment ed Marcus Sulzer as a lawyer of ability. Mr. Spaan's denunciation of the defend ants, their conduct on the night of the mur der, their failure to visit the murdered girl and her grief-stricken mother, their failure to make any effort to find out the murderer, the employment of counsel for James Gil lespie before he was even Indicted; all this and more, he declared. should be proof to the Jury, beyond a doubt, that the defend-" ants were guilty of the horrible crime. During the scathing arraignment of the CJillespies It was observed that by the court's direction a bailiff took a seat very near to Jmea Gillespie and his brother. Dr. Will Gillespie, but neither showed any sign of pTturhntton. The srn-ec h of Attorney Spaan is regarded (CONTLS UEDON "l,AGE37 COL." 1.) ARGUMENTS COMPLETED; Uli I Iii I I I f 1 VV1 I . tli rut i w - . yi 1 . . I ul s. w ts ä ra l n l a i z Wk right road, Mary; they won't give any transfers after the new regulations. MYSTERY IN THE DEATH HEtiTAIl A PARIS SANAT Ivon Evans dies of Bullet Wound Received While Alone with a Woman. . , , - LOVED PRETTY PERUVIAN And Was Cut Off by Father, Who Is a Famous Dentist in the French Metropolis. PARIS, May 26. Ivon Evans, known as Viscount d'Oyley, and a son of the Amer ican dentist. Dr. John Evans, died to-day at a private sanatorium as the result of a bullet wound received under mysterious circumstances. The family is prominent here, Dr. John Evans being a nephew of the famous Dr. Thomas Evans, who assisted Empress Eugenie in her flight from Paris after the Franco-Prussian war. Dr. John Evans, who cajne from Baltimore, received the title of the Marquis d'Oyley from the Pope, his older son assuming the title of Count d'Oyley and the younger that of Viscount D'Oyley, by which titles they were general ly known. . The vounsrer son. who was twenty-four years of age, recently became enamored of Mme. Pflücker, a Peruvian, who was so journing at Vichy. Despite the protests of his family the viscount and the Peruvian visited the Riviera together, remaining at Cannes for some time. Dr. Evans energet ically protested against his son's course, and finally cut off his income. This brought the couple back to Paris, where they ar rived a week ago, going to the Hotel De Rlvoll. At 5 o'clock on Monday evening last a shot was heard from the chamber of the visooünt, and when the proprietor of the hotel reached the chamber he found the viscount. Mme. Pilucker, who was In the room, said the viscount had shot himself, and, although weak from loss of blood, the wounded man seemed to confirm this state ment, saying that the shooting took place while he was handling a weapon. He was taken to a private sanatorium, where he llugered until this morning, when he died. Mrne. Pflücker, who was Interrogated by the police, showed two letters which Vis count d'Oyley had addressed to the authori ties stating that it- was his intention to commit suicide owiug to family difficulties. Kiiox seht to mm Schoonover Released on Motion of the Jay County Prosecutor, Because of His Confession. WORK OF HIS DAUGHTER Special to the Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind.. May' 26. The Knox Gordon forgery case came to an end in the Circuit Court to-day, with the conviction' of Robert J. Knox and the release of John Schoonover, alias II. B. Gordon. Knox will serve an Indeterminate term of two to four teen years at Michigan City. Schoonover will return to his family and home in New York. It took the Jury but a few minutes to decide that Knox was guilty of the for geries charged, and it was for turning state's evidence and making a full confes sion that Schoonovt-r was freed by Judge Vaughn this morning on motion of Prose cuting Attorney Wheat. After Schoonover had been released his daughter, a comely young woman, who had been with him throughout the trial, fell in a swoon on the floor at the hotel where they were staying, overcome with joy at his discharge. She had Induced him to make a confession, all propositions to re lease her father being made by the Ameri can Bankers' Association through her. Schoonover admitted on the witness stand that the Bankers' Association had promised to dismiss prosecution. Hurled Alive. PORTSMOUTH. O.. May 26 Lee Culvers, aged thirty, of St. Ioui. fell into a coal tipple at the Norfolk & Western terminals here to-nisht, and ww Lurkd aliv. II ERIGAN OR UM Oil A FORGERY CHARGE .L "33 EC cn COUNTY UY IS IT GUILTY OF BURDER Verdict Returned in Trial of Woman Accused of Killing Her Mother. ACQUITTAL A SURPRISE Former Trial Resulted in Jury Disagreement Husband May Not Be Tried. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BROWNTOWN, Ind., May 26. Mrs. Cora Weeks, charged with the murder of her mother, Mrs. Susanna Ireland, at Bedford last September, was to-night found not guilty after the Jury had considered her case three hours. The verdict was a sur prise. Evidence in the case was ended at noon to-day without Mrs. Weeks being placed on the witness stand by the defense much to the disappointment of the attor neys for the prosecution, who expected to greatly strengthen their case by cross-examining the accused woman. Joseph Weeks, the husband of Cora Weeks, was the prin cipal wltuess to-day, the remainder of the persons who testified being character wit nesses. Weeks entered a general denial of all the allegations In the Indictment, claim ing Mrs. Ireland committed suicide by shooting. W. H. Endebrock made the opening state ment for the state when court convened this afternoon. He was followed by A. W. Harris, of Bedford, and A. N. Munden, of Seymour, for the defense. In his closing argument for the state Prosecutor John M. Lewis, of Seymour, made a speech that ap parently made a strong Impression on the Jury. He declared that the state had made a clear case of murder, although the evi dence was circumstantial. The case was given to the Jury at 6 o'clock and a verdict was reached three hours later. It was the general opinion that the jury would vote to convict Mrs. Weeks. In the first trial at Bedford last December, when Mr. and Mrs. Weeks were tried Jointly, the jury disagreed and the case was brought to this county on a change of venue. It Is likely the case pending against Weeks in Lawrence county will now be dismissed. FAVORABLE REPORT Oil BUILDING ORDINANCE Finance Committee Will Recom mend Its Adoption by the City Council., CALLS SPECIAL MEETING President J. II. Billlngsley has called a special meeting of the City Council for to night, when the finance committee will re port on the new building ordinance which was introduced into the Council two weeks ago.' The ordinance has since been in the hands cf the finance committee and has been gone over thoroughly by the commit teemen in conjunction with Building In spector Stanley. The committee will make a unanimous report on its adoption to the Council to-night, and It is likely that the ordinance will be passed. With the exception of a few minor alter ations which do not affect the meaning of the measure the text has not been changed. The ordinance was prepared by a commit tee at the suggestion of Building Inspector Stanley, who directed the work. The com mittee worked on the ordinance for sev eral months, going over the building or dinances of Eastern cities and selecting from them rcme of the best adaptable pro visions. However, there are many new points In the ordinance. DOOMED MURDERER CHEATS THE GALLOWS MORGANTOWN, Ky., May 26. Verona Fleener, uuder sentence of death for wife murder, committed suicide in his cell here to-day. ENDS WEEKS . V sC.. - . : v: ,ov, . . MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT. 1SS ALICE ROOSEVELT JDSTEED BY A CROWD OF CURI00SSU0UIS1IAEH Daughter of the President Almost ' Forced Against the Wheels of Her Carriage. THRONG AT THE STATION Mad Rush on Arrival of Train from Washington Cheers for the Visitor. ST. LOUIS. May 26. A crowd of 5.000 persons, more than three-fourths of whom were women, jostled each other for a glimpse of Miss Alice Roosevelt, eldest daughter of the President of the United States, at Union Station this afternoon when she arrived for a week's visit. Four hundred women broke through the gates to the Midway when the train arrived bringing Miss Roosevelt, Miss Alice Ward er, of Washington, and several maids. The women crowded about Miss Roosevelt at the train steps, delayed her advance in spite of the protection furnished by two policemen, who led the party. Miss Irene Catlin, whose guest Miss Roosevelt is, and her brother, T. E. Catlin, had great diffi culty in keeping near the party. , When the Midway was passed Miss Roosevelt and her escorts broke into a rapid waiK, while the crowd followed with shouts of "Hurrah for Miss Roosevelt!" "There she is!" until the carriage was reached at the entrance of the station. So great was the rush at the carriage that the President's daughter was almost forced against the wheels before she could enter. As soon as she was seated the car riage was driven rapidly away. The enthusiasm attending the reception was entirely unexpected by the police or the Union Station officials. Only a few officers were on hand to control the throng. Miss Roosevelt had her first glimpse of the St. Louis world's fair to-night. Accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Catlin and a number of young people, she visited the Pike from one end to the other and was delighted with its attractions. To-morrow morning she will begin the "study of the fair In earnest, visiting each of the exhibit buildings in turn." FORTY -MILE TRIP ON AN ERRAND OF MERCY Fort Wayne Surgeon Makes a Quick Automobile Run, Prob ably Saving Two Lives Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 26. The auto mobile was used here last night to carry a local surgeon to Kimmel, forty miles dis tant, resulting In saving the life of Mrs. M. C. Beck, daughter of Orland Kimmel, who seemingly was dying of hemorrhage. The surgeon left here at 10:35 in a car driven by Clyde Richards and reached the house of the patient soon after midnight, having lost twenty minutes by a bursted tire, w hich '.had to be replaced with the sub stitute carried for emergencies. The sur geon's skill stopped the loss of blood when the pulse had almost ceased. While he was in the house the surgeon's aid was solicited for Mrs. Beck's brother, Thaddeus Kimmel, who is very ill with ap pendicitis. An operation was speedily per formed, and the chances In favor of his re covery. ( . . . MAYOR LOST IN DENSE MICHIGAN FOREST MARQUETTE, Mich.. May 26. Since Wednesday morning Dr. J. II. Hudson, mayor of Negaunee, Mich., has been lost in the dense woods near the Escanaba river, where he had gone on a fishing expedition. Searchers were successful, only in finding his companion. CHURCH SOLD AT AUCTION TO PAYIASTOR'S SALARY Jacob Dyer Appeals to Courts to Get Back Pay and Church Goes Under Hammer. COMMUNION SET SAVED With the fall of the auctioneer's ham mer yesterday afternoon the Reform Meth odist Church of Yasse street ceased to be and its late pastor, Jacob Dyer, was assured the payment of 3.05, secured, as a Judg ment for salary due. The sale was con ducted by Constable Frank Glass, who dis posed of all of the church property, in- J eluding the building, for IZS.01. The com munion service was the only article not exposed for sale and it will be preserved. The ground on which the church build ing stood had been leased, the lease expir ing in July. The owner was determined to have possession of his lot at that time, and this, together with the difficulties which have arisen, brought about a condition of affairs which resulted in the pastor's ap peal to the courts In. order to obtain his salary. The building Is a very primitive affair and sold at two-thirds of its appraised value, I Kn). The furniture, consisting of a few chairs, brought, with other articles, $2.30. But few people attended the sale, although the pastor expected a crowd and remarked to the constable that he might need a bodyguard when his late congrega tion gathered at the sale. Llliiiokalaiil Sali. SAN FRANCISCO. May 2t. Former Queen Llliuoka'.anl of Hawaii and her party sailed to-day for Honolulu ou the steamer Sonoma Japanese Loss Is Put at OOr-Desperate Figiting Dalny, Near Port Arthur, Is Noiv Being Stormed, A ceo r ding to Tokio Report LONDON, Mnr 27. The Slinn-llal-Ivwan eorrenponden t of the Dally Chronicle eniln n report received from ien-Ch wnnsr that on Mar 23, thinking that the Jnpntiee hnd retired from Feng-Wnnjc-ChenK, 15,000 JliiHsinns from Hnl-Cheng nncl Llnn-Ynngr marched toward FfnR-Wang-Che n k. They nerf nrpried by 30,00 Jnpaneae In the Tntnnff pass. The ItiiRfcinn cnminltlc were over 4,000, .nnd over n thousand Russians surrendered. The report does not state the Japanese losses. Reports from Tokio inr the Japanese have captured K I n-Cltoa, on the Llao-Tuns peninsula, after desperate fighting. The rasnnltles are said to have been heavy, one report putting the Japanese Ion at 700 men. It also Is stated that a battle Iins been fought on the neck of the peninsula, and that the Runnians were defeated. St. IeterlurK advices nay the Cossacks have captured several Japanese Runs from General Knrokl's nrmy. No authoritative confirmation of the capture of Ivlu-Chon has yet been received from any quarter. Circumstantial accounts of the storming and capture of Kln-Chou, Identical with the reports received by the Central News from Tokio, nrc sent by the Shanghai correspondents of the Stand ard and Dally Telegraph and the Tokio correspondents of the Dally Lx press and Dally Mnll. The Morning Font's Tokio correspondent says that the Japanese occu pied Kln-Chou Thursday afternoon and are advancing to attack the Rus sian occupying? the heights nonth of the town. The Standard's Tokio correspondent, cablliijr at OutO o'clock last night, sayst "It is reported that the Japanese have occupied Kln-Chou. Official confirmation of the rumor Is expected hourly. The Tokio correspondent of .the Dally Express says It Is reported un officially that the Japanese have captured Kln-Chou, and are now attack Incr Dalney. The Tokio correspondent, of the Dally Mall, tinder date of May 2(1, sayst "According? to a. reliable report the Japanese occupied Kln-Chou to day. The London newspapers accept the news as true, hut as some of It originated at Shanghai It would seem advisable to regard It with reserjre pending official confirmation. The battle at Tatung pass, which the Chronicle reports. Is also sent by the Daily Telegraph Xew-Chwang correspondent, but on n smaller scale. This battle Is probably nothing more than an exaggerated version of the fight reported by General Knrokt to have occurred at Pa-Tao-Tal. CHE-FOO, May 2G. There Is a rumor current here among the Chinese that the Japanese are now within tea miles of Port Arthur. PARIS, 31ay 27 The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Petit Parisenne Telegraphs that according to a private dispatch from Llao-Ynng General Knrokl's nrmy has begun an attack on the Russian position on the Llao Ynng road, and that It Is believed what will prove to be a decisive battle Is progressing. CnE-FOO, May 27, 12i30 p. m It Is learned from a reliable source that the Japanese took Kln-Chou yesterday. (Thursday) and are now pursu ing the enemy. PRINCE PU LI GIVEN FAREWELL BV CLUB THE COM Royal Guest of Indianapolis Citi zens Will Depart for Buf falo To-Night. VISIT WAS A PLEASURE His Imperial Highness Impressed with the Treatment He Re ceived at Indianapolis. After. having been shown every courtesy and given every attention by the citizens of Indianapolis for the last eight days his Imperial Highness, Prince Pu Lun, will leave Indianapolis for Buffalo to-night at 6:25 o'clock on the Big Four. He will' be accompanied by Mr. "Wong and the four secretaries. Their special car will be at tached to the Knickerbocker. At the Commercial Club last night the prince met about three hundred of the city's leading citizens In a farewell recep tion at the Commercial Club rooms. Mem bers of the various committees on enter tainment and their wives were present. The prince has won a p:ace in the hearts of Indlanapolltans, and many were the ex pressions of regret at his near departure. Mayor Holtzman made a little speech in which he expressed the esteem in which the prince and his secretaries are regarded, and he paid a special tribute to Mr. Wong, proudly proclaiming him a citizen of whom Indianapolis might be proud. His Highness, in his reply to Mr. Holtz man's speech, said that it seemed to him as If he had been here but a day and that he would gladly prolong his stay a year if such a thing were possible. He said that he was sincerely Impressed with the treat ment he had received and that he would be glad at some time to meet his entertain ers in his own land Mr. Wong followed the prince with a short speech. In which he thatiked the peo ple of the city for ttjelr kindnass to the prince, and hoped that the relations be tween himself and the citizens of Indian apolis might always be as friendly as they are now. After Mr. Wong's speech, refreshments was served and the guests departed. Prince Pu Lun spent yesterday, the next to his last day in IndUiaj-olis. calling on friends and making preparations for his leave-taking this evenfng. His secretarlts and members of his retinue spent much of their time visiting the different store, buy ing clocks ahd other trtnkets which struck their fancy. His Highness will be the guest of Moy Kee at luncheon this afternoon, alter which he will return to his apartments to prepare for his journey to Buffalo. HAND OF THE PRINCE 1 READ BY A PALMIST During his calls yesterday afternoon Prince Pu Lun had his hand read by Mrs. Mier, a palmist. The reading took place at the home of Alfred Potts. The palmist told his Highness that he would have three periods of great dancer during his life, but that at the age of fifty years he would enter into a brilliant career. She said he would live to a great uge. Cnpltallxed nt 5:T;0,0k,0(k. TRENTON. N J.. May 2. The United States Realty and Improvement Company, capital fcJO.O'ioM'i, was incorporated here to day to do a general construction business. Incorporators. J. F.. Freeman. R. Nnem. J. A. Tallman. J. M. Stoddaid. New York, and Charles Betts, Morrlstown, X. J. C TON A JAPANESE SAID TO HAVE CAPTURED KIN-CHOU LONDON, May IG. A dl?ratch to thft Central News from Tokio says the Jap anese have stormed and captured the town: of Kln-Chou, about thirty-two miles north of Port Arthur. In an earlier message the Tokio corre spondent of the Central News cabled that Japanese spies had ascertained that the Russians bjad thirty guns at Kln-Chou and numerous mines and wire entanglements at all the ports where a Japane5e attack was expected. The righting is said to have taken place to-day. After the occupation of Kln-Chou the Russians retired In good order to the heights farther south, which were attacked by the full Japanese force and carried after a stubborn resistance. This report has not, however, been con firmed yet by the Japanese legation here. The correspondent of the Central News at Tokio also cables that the Japanese at tacked Nan-Qwan-Llng. on the narrcwes-t part, of the Kwan-Tung peninsula, yesUr-, day and drove back the Russians by main force. The attack on Kln-Chou. the dispatch adds, was begun at dawn to-day and by noon to-day Kin-Chou was In the hands of the Japanese, who occupied the castle. The fighting continued during the after noon and was of the desperate character. It is believed the casualties were heavy. TOKIO. May 2. General Kuroki reports that on Wednesday after the battle at To Pu, the enemy's cavalry took up a posi tion at Pa-Tao-Sti. The Japanese there upon attacked and routed them. Native report thftt three of the enemy were killed and eighteen wounded. During the after noon a Japanese patrol captured one offi cer and one private. ST. PETERSBURG. May 2S.-Vlceroy Alexleff telegraphs that a report is current that Port Arthur was bombarded Mav 24, but says he has not received any ofhclal confirmation of the rumor. It is reported that General RennenkampfTs Cossacks, who are operating on the -line of General Kurokl's communications, have made ati important capture of some of the enemVs guns, which were being taken forward "to Feng-Wang-Cheng. No other details ara given. This report comes from members of the Emperor's suite. RUSSIAN REPORT ON THE KIN-CHOU FIGHT ST. PETERSBURG. May 26 The general staff has received the following telegram dated May 25 from General Kuropatkin: "There Is no change In the general situa tion in the r eng-Wang-Cheng district. Our cavalry report that the Japanese are con structing fortifications around Feng-Wang-Cheng, where they have a force of 30.(k Infantry and 2.0-10 cavalry, with thlrty-slx Held guns. The Japanese field guard has advanced to twenty-two miles north of the AI river, their front being turned towards Sal mat and Kuan-Tlan-Sian. The- are effecting no other movements north of the AI river. "It Is reported that a great many Japa nese cavalry have become exhausted and are broken down. "On May 23 our scouts near Pltsewo an I In the Kwang-Tung enlntula ascertained that Japanese outposts occupied the heights two miles south of the station of Wafan dian. Three miles In their rear were two squadrons of cavalry of the line. Two and one-half companies of the Twelfth Infant ry protected both flanks by Infantry screen of forty men each. Further southwards. In fantry and cavalry were disposed among the villages bordering on the railway. About Polandien i.orn troops of all arms and five guns are concentrated. In the neigh borhood of lltsewo and further south, the Japanese landing continues, the troopa marching thence towards Kln-t'hou. with covering letachment.s thrown out on tha west. "According to Chinese reports a battle took plnce nt Kin-C'hou Mny 1. In which th Japanese lost 7'"0 men The Russian losses were not so great. A Japanese landing at Taku-Shun began five days ago and It Is reported that 5U1 troops, principally infantry, were landed, but this has not jet beta vt-j-ilieU. Tfea (