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'4 INDIANAPOLIS UENAJ r Wr.V.KL. KSTAP.MSIIEr) ! VOL. LIY. NO. 154 INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1901 TWELVE PAGES. PRICE 2 GENTS. 1 OS r.ATI.VAV TWAIN'S FIVE CHNT3. IAILY.nSTA!:l.I!!i:i) IVA tFlVE iilE BALLOTS iE BRYAN TELLS BEÜ0CRAT8 WHAT THE? SHOULD SAY 1 SQUADRON OF JAPANESE ANNIHILATED IN A Mil FIGHT WITH COSSACKS Many of the Mikado's Troopers Impaled on Lances of the Czar's Semi-Barbarians. ift'f -it.fi r- '::: !f ';; iff OfJff TAKEN AT SPRINGFIELD WITHOUT GREAT CHANGE i.:.. , . .. .. ,..;;. PRIM WW f Little Prospect. Seemingly, of Breaking the Illinois Republican J Convention Deadlock f THREE PLANS PROPOSED Writes a Platform for Xebraskans, in Which His Own Views Are Embodied. . SPECTACULAR CHARGE WILL CO TO ST. LOUIS' at nn n nnui r&mm ni uui ID. ÜU ft I1UN ! I , . .WtS ;:4x (Visit '&:''.; V M-": V - : & ' - v :'::V,V'- -'V J.--' ; . ;--'::' " v.''-. : 5 Two Rejected and the Third Will Ie 1'assed On by the Dele gates This Morning.. YATES AGAINST FIELD cOn State Primary Scheme No Secret Ballot Proposed Re lease from Instructions. SrRINGFIELD. 111.. June l.-Tho Repub lican ptat convention took five more bal- llots to-lay without breaking the Kuberna Jtorlal deadlock anl without producing any material change in the stanrling of the can didates. The ballots follow: Sixty-second Hallot V.itcs, 470; Lowden. tf4i2: Denzen. Z'.'IU; Hamlin. US; Warner, kt; Sherman. 52: 1'ierc. Sixty-third YatfF. 4C; Lowden, )l12; Denecn. Zj?,v2: Hr.mlln, 121; Sherman, 51; Warner, 4J; Tierce. i7. Sixty-fourth Yates. 471; Lowden. 407H; Dfnnn, Hamlin. 110; Warner, ; Sherman. 52; Tirrce. 2. Slxty-rlfthv Vats. 173; ' Ixvden. 4142: Deneerr. 2!Vi; Hamlin. 117; Warner. 37; hherman. o2; I'ierce, 2i. Sixty-sixth Yates, 474; Lowden. 4114; Peneen, 21 Vi: Hamlin, 113; Warner, 3i; 8 Sherman. 61; I'ierce. 26. -f- V. I w I . ! . in r h niiui i.iui iiujMjMiiuus were jue fented to the convention during the day, all designed to end the contest, but two vere rejected and the other is now before the committee on resolutions. These propo eltions were: e First To di5continue the roll calls and fvote by secret ballot. This came fröm a tDeneen delegate. H. II. Cross, of Chicago, but was repudiated by Deneen and most of the other candidates. j Second To refer the governorship back I to the party through primaries to be held rm the same day throughout the State. Thi was proposed by Yates, but the other candidates were a unit agaln3t the plan and It was lost by a vote of 2 to 1. Third That the candidates be requested to release their delegates from further ob ligations and permit them to vote regard less of Instructions. This proposition 13 pending before .the resolutions committee. RESOLUTIONS COMMI.TTKK. - The committee on resolutions was In cession a good part of the day. The first occasion for its meeting was the reference to It of tho Cross secret ballot resolutions. The committee was practically unanimous gin declaring the plan Impracticable, owing to the abccnce'or many delegates, but it was decided to get the gubernatorial candi dates together and ree If a scheme for end ing the deadlock-could not be agreed on Accordingly all of the candidates, by invi tation, met with the committee in the'after-' Tiooa. Meanwhile the Yates and Deneen advlforar committees had separately de cided against the secret ballot. All of the candidates, except Yates and Deneen. said they were willing to abide by any action the committee might take. Judge llainlir: made the UL.ir-stio:i that the cm- didates rename their instructed delegates. A Governor Yates Faid that only the con- stltutnts of the delegates, the men who had I instructed tlum, could grant a release aud he questioned the iower of the committee to lake any action in that direction. Mr. Deneen .paid his delegates had been selected under the primary law and that he was not in a position to release them. The committer vaa rlh-lfb.l J but it was finally agreed that Graeme J Ktewart. of Chicago, should draft a reso I lution reiuestliig the candidates to release 1 their delegates from further obligations, and that this resolution should be pre f ented to the convention and referred to I give the committee authority to act on ne proposition. hen the resolution eot to the committee from the convention it was rcitrrca to a subcommittee, composed of Walter Reeves, of Streator, chairman; V. R. Jewell, of Danville; Graeme Stewart and Martin D. Madden, of Chicago, and C. J. Doyle, of Greentleld. This subcom mittee will make its rennrt fn-mArrnu- i morning, when the full committee will take action. The secret balfot resolution upon being reported adversely was tabled by the con vention. The resolution to refer the gubernatorial contest to a primary election of the lip. I publican voters of the State was introduced by Jianby Jones, a Yates leader, at 'the opening of the afternoon session of the convention. The resolution provides that the primaries be held on a dav to be fixed by the State Central Committee. A motion to table was msde by Mayor Jon M. Ray mond, of Aurora.. On a roll call the motion to table was carried yeas, 1.VJ5; nays, 407. MR. STEWART'S RESOLUTION. The resolution offered by Graeme Stew art relating to the release of delegates was as follows: "Whereas. This convention has been in volved in a serious deadlock for three weeks, and whereas, we believe a prolong ing of the existing conditions injurious to th party . and to the private Interests of the delegates as well, and whereas, the various suggestions as to the means for ending the deadlock have all appeared to this committee to be Impracticable and probably without result; and. "Whereas. The delegates to the conven tion have obej-t d their instructions and ful filled their obligation to the several candi dates for. Governor with a faithfulness and loyalty unprecedented in the party history; therefore, be it "Resolved, That for the best interest of the party we recommend that all delegates consider themselves released from instruc tions or other obligations and that each shall hereafter vote according to his per sonal choice. Resolved. That nothing in this resolution is to be construed as speaking in any way against the rights and interests of any candidate before this convention." The changes on the ballots taken to-day were slight. While awaiting the result of the slxty-tbJrd ballot Chairman Cannon angrily ordered the sergeants-at-arms. deputy sheriffs and police to put out the rpectatorfe who were smoking. A few minutes later he said an assistant secre tary ha stated to him that the smoking was being done by assistant sergeants-at-atms. He called on Sergeant-at-arms Tin ney to Investigate. "This staterr.t-nt." he said, ''should either be attlrmed or disproved. This conven tion is strong enough to officer itself with men who will abide by its rules and the directions of the chair." Applause. After announcement of the slxty-stxth ' ballot the convention took a recess until 10 a. m. to-morrow. The subcommittee of the committee on resolutions, to which was referred the Stewart resolution releasing delegates, late lo-nlght decided to report the resolu tion favorably.' to th full committee. The latter booy undoubtedly will pass it out te the convention. The Yats and Deneen leaders, after numerous conferences, have mutually decided to offer no opposition. In that case the vote In the convention for the resolution will be unanimous. The prevalent opinion, however, is that If only the expression of an opinion or sentiment It will be disregarded by the delegates and will have no material effect on the dead lock. Woodworker! on a Strike. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. June 1. A strike of Um woodworkers, members of the local unions Nos. 8 and 115. has been called as the result of the refusal of the employer to rant an increase In wages. The strike af 3&cU six Planta. i ?- i ; v ;-"0. J. ; . .v ' i -". ' .-- . ? ! i; ' ': ': i j .'';;.i.:.:i": JUDOE 0 KORO E GRAY. Chairman of the Ir.ke Mohor.k Arbitiation Cinf rer.ee. Gil PENFIELB, PEPPER DISCUSS ARBITRATION Federal Judge Opens the Mohonk Lake Conference with an Address. VIEWS OF AN IXDIAXIAN Recent Action of The Hague Tri bunal Is Reviewed The Pan-American- Railway. MOHONK LAKE, N. Y., June 1. The tenth annual conference on international arbitration opened here to-day with a larg er attendance than at any previous meet ing o the body, nearly 3V people being present. Among the delegates are three members of The Hague tribunal, these be ing Judge Gray, Oscar Strauss and J. N. Gambra. of Mexico; ten judges of" the Federal and State courts, Including Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, and Judge W. P. Potter, of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; fifteen presi dents, of colleges and other educational In stitutions; forty-tlve prominent business men from different parts of the United States, including special representatives from the chambers of commerce of various cities and many well-known clergymen. The opening exercises consisted of an ad dress of welcome by "Albert K. .Smiley and a prayer by Dr.; Edward Everett Hale. Judge George Gray, of, Delaware, who was chosen to preside- over the conference, on taking the chair snld Jn part: , "The Czar of Russia, who suggested The Hague tribunal, is involved in internecine war that strains the resources of 4iis em pire, but the-International Court of Arbl trrttlon at The Hague will remain an endur ing monument to his wi.dom and shed more glory upon his reign than any triumph, however great, his armies may achieve. The establishment and continued existence of the permanent court of International ar bitration will make it more difficult in the future-than it has in the past for nations to engage In war. I believe. that Its influence will grow slowly, but steadily, and that each resort to its decisions will tend to form and strengthen the habit of looking thitherward to settle, international difficul ties by'an appeal to reason .instead . of an appeal to arms. There i good ground for thinking, tht the project for, a treaty between England and tho United States is in a forward state of progress, and that the' rejection of the treaty of 1SD7 by the Senate will help, lather than hinder, the present movement. Its roje-ction has served to concentrate, pub lic attention upon the subject, aud in the meantime, free discussiou and criticism hive serveel o nieasureably mature a favor ble public opinion on -both sides of the At lantic. . What imagination is not kindled, what heart does not glow, at the thought of an arbitral agreement between the two great Englfceh. speaking nations of the world. Too powerful to be animated by any other motive than a brave and worthy one, the moral effect of their agreement in such a treaty, could not fail to advance the cause of international arbitration to a world-wide acceptance. As for ourselves, we are bound by our own past. There is no more glorious page in our history than that which records its lists of arbitral agreements and estab lishes Its leadership In upright diplomacy and . peaceful settlement of international difficulties. That international law is no longer the sport of kings and a meckery df the. hopes of humanity ts largiiy due to the assertion of its obligations by the states men of our formative period. "The parlia ment of men and the. federation of the world is emerging from the mist of poe try to the sunlight of the practical world. When American diplomacy secures an open port from China It is not for Ameri can commerce alone, but for the commerce of the world. A selfish, sordid, aggressive or merely a self-starving national policy will be more difficult to maintain in theT future than it has been in the Dast. "Our own national conduct must more and more conform to the enlightened con (CONTINUED ON PAGE57"CC)LTT) MILLIONAIRE ACCUSES WOMAN OF BLACKMAIL John R. Piatt, Rich Octogenarian, Secures Order for Arrest of Hanna Elias, a Mulatto. TOO ILL TO SEE ANY ONE t NEW YORK. June l.-John R. Piatt, the mllllonalrej octogenarian who -claims that $CS5.CS5 was obtained from him by Hanna Ellas, a mulatto, by means of blackmail, to-day obtained, through counsel, a civil order for the woman's arrest, the applica tion being made before Justice Dugro in the Supreme Court. The order of arrest was placd in the hands of a deputy sheriff, who went to the Ellas woman's home and was refused ad mittance by her lawyer. The lawyer said that his client was too ill to see any one. MANY PANHANDLE EMPLOYES LAID OFF FITTSBURG. Jude l.-The Pennsylvania lines West are reducing operating expenses to correspond with the rresent gross earn ings of the system. Jt is announced to-day jthat 1,100 men have been dismissed from the Panhandle and its various divisions and others are to be let out as quickly as their scrvires become unnecessary. Of the l.KO men laid off to-day there wore HZ employes In the repair shops at Columbus, O. The remainder were scattered through out the various departments, Including the, maintenance of way and yard forces. This action is forced upon the company by the material falling oft in the earning caused by the late opening of the lake traffic. The men will be re-engaged as rapidly as busi ness admits. w mm NATIONS WAR At Head of State Dilcration ami Demand Reaffirmation of Kan sas Citv Declarations. NO BAR FOR BOLTERS Delegate Who Wanted a Pledge for Support of Nominees Is Squelched. OMAHA. Neb., Jun l.-Tho Nebraska Democratic state convention to-day unani mously rejected W. J. Rryan to head the Nebraska d.-legation to th national gath ering at St. Louis and adopted a platform which reaffirms the Kansas City platform of lroo and places before th" public Mr. Dryan's views of what rhould b1 embodied in thrt platform "of the coming national convention. Mr. Rryan was himself chair man of the committee on resolutions and wrote the platform. He had associated with him men who have been his most loyal supporters. There was no opposition to the adoption cf the platform asiread, although one del egate attempted to secure the adoption of an additional plank pledging Nebraska Democracy to the support of the nominees of the St. Louis convention regardless of whom they might be. He was ruled out of order, however, after reading his resolu tion. There was but a handful of delegates who had not been pledged to the support of a reaffirmation of the Kansas City plat form and they came from Lancaster, Mr. Bryan's own county. They did not, how ever, attempt to secure recognition, and Mr. Bryan sat with the Lancaster delega tion while he was on the floor of the con vention. The proceedings were characterized by harmony and the delegates at all times ap peared anxious to outdo each other In their support of the leaders and the principles they represented. Several speeches were de livered, among them being addresses by Mr. Bryan in support of the platform, by Con gressmman Cochrtn and the delegates se lected to the national convention. . . : MR. BRYAN'S PLATFORM. Following Is the platform, written by Mr. Bryan and adopted by the convention: ' "We, the Democrats; of the State of Ne braska, in convention assembled, reaffirm our faith in Democratic principles as those principles were set forth in the last na tional platform of the party, adopted at Kansas City in "Democracy means the rule of the peo ple a, government resting upon the consent of the governed and administered'accord ing to the -will and in the interest of the people. "With .en increasing love for the prin ciples of Democracy and an increasing con fidence in their final triumph, we look upon the present time as opportune for their earnest and courageous promulga tion, with a chief executive who has dis regarded constitutional limitations, stirred up antagonism, between the race, employed all the powers of his office to secure a re nomination and purchased political sup port by turning the treasury department over to the financiers and putting the law department lnt- the hands of the trusts with such a chief executive and with Re publican leaders openly and arrogantly in alliance with organized wealth the coun try imperatively needs a return of the gov ernment to positive and clearly denned Democratic principles. Democracy as taught by Jefferson and exemplilled by Jackson is the hope of the Republic and offers the only relief from the plutocracy which now dominates the Republican party and. through that party, the country. "Democracy would oppose as Inimical to the welfare of the people all private monop olies and would exterminate them by the enforcement of the remedies suggested in the Kansas City platform. The railure of the present administration to enforce ex isting laws, or to suggest more effective laws, .is conclusive proof that it lacks the desire, the intelligence or the moral cour age to attack the conscienceless combina tions of capital that have flourished during recent years. - "Democracy would relieve the. country of the menace of militarism and imperial ism by following the example set by this country In its dealing with Cuba, and giv ing the Filipinos an immediate promise of ultimate independence. The administra tion of a colonial system according to monarchical principles is repugnant to our theory of government and cannot be de pended upon without the assertion of doctrines which, if carried out, will under mine free government in the United States. "Democracy would administer the treas ury department in behalf of the public, not, as now, in the interests of Wall street; It would prevent tne re-coinage of legal tender subsidiary coin. It would secure to the people a volume of standard money suf ficient to keep pace with the demand for money. It wouldfavor paper money Issued (CÖNTNUED ON FAGB 5, COHT6.) THREE EFFORTS TO KILL HIMSELF IDE FOILED Kokomo Man, Brooding Over His Wife's Death, Was Anxious to Follow Her. ONCE BARELY RESCUED Special to the Indianapolis Journal. KOKOMO, Ind., June 1. To-night John A. Cragun, aged twenty-three, made sev eral unsuccessful atteppts to commit sui cide. He tied a big stone to his neck and start ed to Jump into a stone quarry. Workmen pulled 'him back. He then w ent to the City Park with a stone necktie, and there the park policeman prevented the act. Next he went to a bridge over Kokomo creek, below the park, and jumped off. This time he was rescued, almost dead, by William Riley, who was passing and saw him. Cragun's wife died last October and his continued brooding over her death evident ly unbalanced his mind. You nur Woman Killed Herself. Special tj th Indianapolis Journal. LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., June 1. This city was shocked to-day by the receipt of news of the suicide of Miss Fidelia M. Brand at Louisville, Ky. Miss Brand was formerly employed by her uncle, -A. D. Cook, of this city, and for a number of years she made her home here. No cause can be assigned for the deed. The body was brought here this afternoon for Inter ment. Hers Is the third tragic death to occur Jn this family. The 'ather com roitted suicide fifteen years ago and the youngest child was accidentally shot by en older brother. j X :::-::.'.A 4? ACiS' -J i,:Vi-J- , JOHN TCHELL N A Mine Workers' President Guest of Close Friends at German House. FLAG ON HIS SHOULDERS True American Citizen Is Dramat ically Pointed Out by Banker Andrew Smith. A number of close friends of John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, lasU night tenVre4. him a surprise banquet at the German House as an expression of their friendship and good wishes for him on his tour abroad, where he will study the conditions of the foreign worklngman. President Mitchell will leave Indianapolis to-day. The banquet was a home-like affair, but the memory of it will live long in the minds of the men who were' present. Per haps in hi3 whole career President Mitchell never received sjjch an avalanche of compli ments upon one occasion. During his re sponse to the toasts an incident occurred that brought an outburst of patriotism and applause from every man present. President Mitchell was noticeably affect ed by the words of the toastmaster, and when he arose to respond his voice was low and earnest. During his toast he spoke cf American citizenship in relation to trade unionism. "If the time ever comes in my life," he said, "when I cannot be a loyal American citizen because I belong to a trade union, I shall, choose the American citizenship. I want to be an American citizen, first of all things." Here Andrew Smith, of the American Na tional Bank of this city, who sat directly upon his right, arose and transferred the American Hag which hung over a picture to Mr. Mitchell's shoulders. The men sprang to their feet and cheered loudly, holding aloft their glasses to President Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell continued: "For I "know by being an American citizen I am the best trade unionist. I believe in higher wages and better conditions!, but I believe the slogan of the trade union should be, 'Better work and greater efficiency.' I hope to do something in my life that will wipe away the feeling of antagonism that exists be tween capital and labor. I hope on my tour abroad to convey to the foreign workman some of the good things of our working people. And I hope in what I learn from the foreign worklngman to bring back some good to our people." CAPITAL AND LABOR. " In touching upon the question of capital and labor. President Mitchell said: "I want to take this opportunity of say- CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 6.) SEEKS TO BABY BOY IK DEATH Mrs. Eichburg Attempts Suicide by Taking Poison in Pres ence of Husband. FALLS IN AWFUL AGONY Crying out, "This is the last! I am going to Join baby Morris!" Sophia Eichburg, the twenty-year-old wife of George Eichburg, suddenly rose from George Eichburg, suddenly rose from the supper table at her home, South Summit street, last night, and before lowed a quantity of carbolic acid. She fell to the floor writhing In agony, while her husband screamed for help and their only baby looked on in childisii terror. R. O. Shlmer, a postman, 15C3 Southeast ern avenue, who but a few minutes before had been laughing and Joking with Mrs. Eichburg, was first to reach the wbman. Within a few moments the little home was filled with terrified and anxious neighbors, but almost an hour elapsed before a physician could be reached. Dr. W. S. Given and Dr. Hawiey, of the City Dispensary, used every means to allay th terrible sufferings of the young woman, and worked with her continually for sev eral hours. Her mouth, face and throat were terribly burned and at an early hotr this morning she was hovering between life and death. Mrs. Klchburs has been despondent ever since the death of her eix-months-old baby Morris, last October. Recently she suffered a serious illness. At the supper table last night Mr. and Mrs. Eichburg had been talk ing of their dead baby and of the disap pointment caused in not being able to deco rate the child's grave on Decoration day. George Eichburg Is a brakeman on the C IL & D. Railroad. FAREWELL BANQUET BETORE SAILING ABROAD T 0 VIEW OF COSSACKS MAKING A CHARGE. FROM A DRAWING BY M'EVOY. STREET CAR NIPS THE TRACK, HOUSE TERRIFIC FORCE Remarkable Early Morning Acci dent on South West - Street Line None Seriously Hurt. ELEVEN PEOPLE IN HOUSE Mother So Badly Frightened She Did Not Know How Many Children She Had. While running at a terrific rate of speed car No. 278, on the South West-street line, Jumped the track at the corner..pf West and Morris streets at 12:15 o'clock this morning, crashed into a house occupied by Franklin P. Spaw and family, knocking the house from its foundation and frighten ing the members of the household to the verge of nervous prostration. Neither Conductor Willis Kllburn, 3015 West Michigan street, nor Motorman Michael Lenihan, 407 Agnes street, was hurt. . There were no passengers on the car and the motorman was endeavoring to make up lost time. " There is a sharp curve at the comer of West and Morris streets, and the dismantled house is located at the angle of this curve. A small piece of board by some means had become fixed across one of the rails, and when the rapidly moving street car struck this It left the track with a bound, leaping, as if possessed of life, clear over the sidewalk, striking the front of the house squarely. Glass and splinters flew in all directions and the motorman and conductor were thrown to the floor of the car with great force, but aside from slight bruises were unhurt. Eleven persons occupy the house that was struck Mr. and Mrs. Spaw, eight children, ranging in age from two to sev enteen years, and Mrs. Spaw's mother, Mrs. Eliza Sluder, aged seventy-four. When the car struck the house all of the family had retired, ' but when they were awakened by the shock It was found that every one of them had been thrown out of bed and a rain of soot from disjointed stovepipes and overturned stoves was fall ing all about them. To make matters worse, the front door could not be opened on account of the car, and pandemonium reigned within until some one ran around to the rear and told Mr. Spaw what had happened. When his wife was questioned as to the number of the family, she was so over come with fright that she had to call her daughter to assist her in determining whether there were eight children or seven. Within a few minutes after the accident a wreck car came and pulled the battered No. 278 back on the track. It was found that the front end of the car was badly splintered and crushed and the controller and the motors were more or less disar ranged. TO Kill FIVE FAT Mission of a Russian Who At tempted to Shoot a-Man -He Never Saw. Before. . CRAZY OR AN ANARCHIST CHICAGO, June l.Abel Gablniska, a Russian, twenty-four years - old, was ar rested to-night after he had attempted to shoot a man named Frank Adams, whom he had never seen before. He made a des perate fight against being placed under ar rest and fired several shots at the police officers who took him to the station. He declared to the police, after being ar rested, that he had been sent to Chicago by a society in St. Louis with instructions to "kill five fat and prosperous looking men." A paper found In his pocket contained the names of Mayor Carter H. Harrison and Alderman Honore 11. Palmer. He would not admit that he intended to assassinate these two men. but said that his instruc tions made it necessary for him to kill five "fat and prosperous men." It cannot be definitely ascertained to night whether the man is demented or an Anarchist. The police, however, are of the opinion that there is some truth in his story. SEARCH FOR MAYOR LOST IN THE IVOODS IRON MOUNTAIN. Mich.. June 1. Gen eral Manager O. C. Davidson, of the Me nominee range United States Steel Corpo ration mines, has left for Negaunee on a special train with a crew of fifty men to as sist in the seaYeh for Mayor Hudson, of Negaunee, supposed to be lost in the woods STRIKING ft! I II PROSPEROUS CD S S I TfflOD TO HAS REACHED AN ACUTE STAGE Twenty New Cases of the Fever Are Reported in One Day, and Health Board Is Alarmed. SAYS WORSE MAY FOLLOW Prepares for Active War on Dis ease, and Again Urges that All Water Be Boiled. Twenty new cases of typhoid "fever were reported to the Board of Health yesterday, the largest, number that has been recorded in "one. day since the alarming epidemic began. Most of the ca5es are of persons under thirty years of age. The majority of the patients are men and boys. Of the two hundred cases last month, 130 were males.. , The City Board of Health held a meeting yesterday afternoon and decided to taks immediate action towards stopping the se rious spread of the disease. The members of the board declared that the situation is critical. They believe the height of the epidemic has not yet been reached, and again em phasized ' that the utmost precautions should be taken by the people, and all drinking water be boiled. The board ordered Ansil Moffat, city chemist, to make a chemical analysis of four samples of water taken from different parts of the city. They also ordered Dr. Ferguson, acting city- sanitarian, to matce a bacteriological test of the city water. Every effort will be made to ascertain the exact source of 'the typhoid. Homes in which there is typhoid will be visited, and sfatistlcs will be taken as to whether other members of the family drank the same water as the paUe-nt, whether it was city or well water, etfc. The board notified all hospitals to send In immediate returns of their case3 of ty phoid conditions, and has also instructed all physicians to report their cases without delay. The board ordered all reports to be made public, so that the people may know the exact proportions of the epidemic and take precaution again; t Its danger. The board was unanimous in believing that true conditions of the disease should have been made public, and was at a loss to account for - Dr. . Spencer's object in concealing over one-half of the cases. Members of the board themselves did not know that typhoid was assuming such alarming proportions until the. facts were revealed in yesterday's papers. That the rigid investigation of the city water should have been made some time ago, is the belief of most of .the city's Ehyslclans. Had not the facts in the case een concealed this would probably have been done. As it is, many bedeve that unless people regard the instructions to boil all drinking w'ater the situation may become appalling. Physicians agree that the source of ty phoid is the water of the city. Dr. Fergu son said that he believed there. Is more danger in well water than in city water, as the mains of the water company are more readily washed than the wella into which overflow water from the flood has seeped. LARGEST B RONTOS AUR EVER DISCOVERED Fossil Remains of a Huge Reptile Unearthed in Carbon County, Wyomin cr CHEYENNE. Wyo.. June l.-W. H. Read, paleontologist of the University of Wyom ing, reports the discovery in Carbon county of the fossil remains of a brontosaur which is the largest ever unearthed. HERR&L IS HELD FOR MURDER OF HIS UNCLE PORTSMOUTH, O., June 1. John Her rel, aged twenty-five, was arrested on the outskirts of this city this morning by the sheriff of Jackson county on "the charge of murdering his "ncle. William Herrel. aged sixty years. The murder occurred at the dead man's sawmill yesterday, young Herrel. it is alleged, shooting his uncie and then escaping. TWO MORE VICTIMS OF POISONED WATER LAS VEGAS. N. M., June I.-Hisinlo Martinez and Simon Garcia, ranchmen rf Sanchez county, are dead, making in all seven victims thus far of a poisoned water barrel in use at the Tafoya home. A D A A S GROW NG In Which the Russians Lost Only Forty-Two Men Killed and Wounded. PORT ARTHUR IS OUIET No Confirmation of Che-Foo Ru mor that Battle Wa. Fought Near the Fortress. LODO, June 2, 3 n. m. Report from IliiKMlnn officers and dlnpntches from cnrrcupondrnt y n Japnnee iiindron of cnvnlry un nnnthtlnted in" the fight at VufnnRow on 3Iny 30. T):- ItuftaiHii' lost forty-two kJlled mid wounded. The rnRngPinrnt rni . peetncnlar from cnvnlry viewpoint. Sotnlna of Kcini-ltnrliaroiiB Conika lirnved the iiiurliliie kuiin of the Jnpunee nnd rlinrKl wildly neroaa liill nnd plntn. Siberian ConnaoUa, nrmed with Inncea, dnahed nt the Jnpaneae cnvnlry and impnled the Mikado's troopa, tho Inncea lielnK forced through the bodies of the Japanese. The lnnce disconcerted the Jnpaneae, who ex pected to encounter only wild liorac men nrmed with anltcra. There Is no confirmation of the Che-Foo rumor hnt n. lmttle hat neent fought near Port Arthur. It Is stated, however, that Japaneae columns are ndvnnclngr nlonfc the shore toward Port Arthur. Pitaewo lias heen strong ly fortified by the Japanese. Tire Moscow correspondent of the Times learns that Harbin is to be for tified speedily ngrnlnst the contin gency of n, siege. Heavy siege Runs left St. Petersburg- recently. Intended for Harbin, nnd others will be sent from Cronatadt and other flrat-elaas fortreases for the same purpose. A painful impression has been produced by General Kuropatkln's insistence upon the necessity of making timely provision for n. retreat to Harbin. CHE-FOO, June 2, lO a. m-Chinese arriving from Takushan say that n, Japanese force, estfhinted nt from i,COO to 10,000, who landed at Taku haii . last" month, Jina proceeded to Fen g-AVang -Cheng-. Reinforcement have, it Is reported, also been sent from other points. COSSACK LANCERS IMPALE JAPANESE Whirlwind-Like Dash by the Czar's Troopers, Who Kill 2CO of the Enemy. KAI-CHOU, Llao-Tung Peninsula. June 1. A Russian who was wounded In the fight iifai nie ciiiiuii a l afeiiuui-iiu o.r known as Vafangow). May SO, says General Samsonoff attacked the Jap anese near the railroad, a mile from Vagen ftichu station. A cornet of the guards was the hero of the fight. Ills sergeant was lying wounded and a Japanese officer was about to ride over him when the cornet unhorsed the Japanese, mounted the lattcr's horse and placed the wounded man on his own charger. The Japanese cavalry en gaged were the Thirteenth Regiment. Their horses were splendid animals. The Japanese lost two hundred killed and a number of horse in the fight at Vagen fuchu. The Russians opened fire at 8 la the morning and after two hours and a half long range firing the Japanese, under Gen eral Akkiama, prepared to charge and crush the force, which had been harassing them for twenty-one days. In the mcaatlma General Samsouoft was approaching Va genfuchu with a strong force of cavalry. It was a sight worth seeing when at ths word of command the Russian pquadrons formed and rushed like a whirlwind across the terribly cut up country, clearing away, all obstacles, the batteries ' at the samt time trotting along the frightful roads. Having passed the railroad station, the trocps came under the fire of the Japanese machine guns, but withdrew without suf fering much loss. The Fourth and ßixth companies of the Eighth Siberian Cossacks furiously charged the Japanese cavalry, with lances, attacking both flanks. In a few minutes they literally cut the whola squadron into pieces. This was the first time lances were used and they struck terror into the enemy. In some cases th lances pierced the riders through and wounded their horses. Some of the lances could not be withdrawn from the bodies Into which they had entered. The Japanese infantry, numbering four battalions ot 3J0 men to a company, and elRht squadrons of cavalry, attempted to advance, but the Russian batteries opened and soon the slope up which the enemy was advancing was covered with black spots and the enemy was forced to scatter and retire! Some of the Japanese cavalry were wonderfully dashing, charging with shouts upon the Russians who met and scattered them. A Cossack, who had lost his lance and sword wrenched a sword from a Japaneso officer and cut off the officer's head. The Cossacks pickt-d up boots which had been taken off by the Japanese In order to facil itate their flight and flourished th.em on their lances as trophies. The Japanese used the Roer trJck of displaying dummies but the Cossacks did not waste a fchöt on them. General Samsonoff highly praised tho practice of the Russian gunners. UNCONFIRMED RUMOR OF RUSSIAN DEFEAT, LONDON, June 1. A special dispatch from Rome says a telegram has been re ceived there from Tokio reporting that General Kurokl has completely defeated General Kuropatkln's forces near Sumentze (probably Salmatsza or Siamat.M.) All ths Russian positions east of Hai-Cheng have been abandoned, according to the telegram, teveral guns have been taken and wholt squadrons of Cossarks captured. This rs jort has not been conflnaeJ. BATTLESHIP FUJI SAID TO BE AGROUND ST. PETERSBURG. June 1. An uncon firmed report has reached here from Muk den that the Japanese battleship Futu