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ARGfU: The Weather. Fair tonight and Tueiday; moderate temperature; minimum temperature to night will be slightly below freezing. Temperature, 7 a. m., 21; 3:30 p.m., 34. J. M. SH ERIE R, Observer. Alt the Jtetvs All the Utme. That' The Irgtts. VOL. LIV. XO. 113. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1903. PRICE TWO CENTS. GREAT ILLINOIS CENTRAL DOCK AND ELEVATORS AT NEW ORLEANS BURN ROCK TURN FLANKS OF RUSSIANS Japanese Repeating Tactics in Former Battles Against Kuropatkin. SENATE BY LARGE MAJORITY CLEARS JUDGE SVJAYWE OF EVERY CHARGE Blaze From Hot Axle Starts Disastrous $5, 000,000 Fire. FIGHTERS POWERLESS Company Ready to Clear Away Ruins and Rebuild on Larger Scale. New Orleans, La., Feb. 27. The II imois central railroad states as soon as the ruins cool forces will be put to work to clear away the debris and the Stuyvesant docks and elevators de stroyed by fire last night will be promptly rebuilt, on a more elaborate end substantial scale than before. IHtlnlon of I.waaea. Conservative estimates figure the immediate loss as $5.0ou,ooo divided us follows: Two elevator?., warehouses, sheds, $2,500,000. Twenty three thousand bales cotton, $r2"."'0. Seven hundred thousand bushels of grain. $35.Oihi. Fifteen thousand barrels of sugar, $::0'i,iM)0. Cottonseed cake, $97,500. Lumber, $16,G25. Cement. $"G.25it. Meal. $10,ooo. Sundries, $150,000. Five hundred freight car, $:575,0OO. Ships. $.". (mh. City fire department, $ 13,000. Private property otherwise dam aged. $210 000. The railroad company carried its insurance. The contents of the var ious elevators and sheds were insured in local and foreign agencies. .o l.ltr l.oat. Apparently no lives wwe lost in the lir though there were many nnrrovv escapes among those engaged In fighting (he flames. In addition to th- railroad property th,o fire destroyed the Crescent Ire company plant, and many small stores and a large number of small resi dent es. The fire will temporarily throw out of work a large number of employes. Tele iiiiire llum-i. The Stuyvesant docks extend from Iouiiana avenue almost to Napoleon avenue, a distance of 12 squares. The wharves between these two points were covered with miles of trackage and steel and iron sheds ran the whole distance. The two grain elevators were of the most modern construction, the upper one having a capacity of a million bushels. Thousands of bales of cot ton, several hundred thousand pack ages of sugar, great quantities of cot-ton-sMvl oil and oil cake, lumber and every conceivable variety of freight filled the warehouses and sheds. Practically, all the export business handled by the Illinois Central was put aboard ships at these docks. The djcks and improvements have 1 een under construction for 10 years past, elaborate extensions and im mense investments having been made after the constitutional convention of 1S!S made it possible for the road to invest permanently at tins point. Kliinr Quick I j lleond Control. The fire was discovered shortly af ter 7 o'clock. It was said to h;ie resulted front a journal that had not been sufficiently oil.-if. The whole plant was equipped with gigantic wat er tanks and fire extinguishing ap paratus, but the blaze, small at trie beginning, almost instantaneously got beyond control. communicating through the conveyors to the lower elevator and some of the sheds. The resMinse of the lire department was prompt, but owing to the fact that the terminals were not readily acces sible because of fences and tracks the engines found difficulty in reaching the -flanies. I.arrat lfx-ka In WorlJ. The Stuyvesant dick8 are the larg est single docks in the world. They cost between jS.ooo.ooo and SPVmm.. ooo. The two elevators on them are the largest on tidewater anywhere in the world. One has a capacity of a million bushels. The docks are 130 1 feet wide and nearly a mile long, the frontage on the river being S.ooo feet. In building them, a task which re quired over three years time, the piles were sunk to a depth of 120 feet and were specially treated with creosote. Dork System KlaHorate. The Stuyvesant docks stretch 1.5io feet along the river front, from Pelc chaisc to Foucher street. The docks, are equipped with an elaborate system of grain carriers. Each elevator has a capacity of 1.000.000 bushels, or SITE DEPARTMENT EFFORTS FOR PEACE Washington, Feb. 27. To set at rest rumors which have been priuted re cently to the great annoyance of the Japanese legation here, respecting ne gotiations for peace, it was authorita tively announced today at the state department that: "The government SHUT IN THEATRE Suicide of Young man Nearly Starts a Panic at Chi cago. FEARS OF CROWD ALLAYED Singing of Pathetic Song Cause of Deed Victim Was Insane. Chicago. Feb. 27. Suicide in the balcony of a crowded theatre was the method of death chosen by an unknown man, about 22 years of age, who shot and killed himself at the Chicago op era house- Saturday afternoon (luring a vaudeville performance. Iled Inntantly. The young man shot himself in the head. Death was instantaneous and the iKjdy fell into the lap of a woman occupying an adjoining seat. She and several other women fainted, but quick ly revived. The young man shot him self during the singing of a pathetic song pictured in a country farm house. He had listened attentively and had applauded. At the third encore he stood up, hesitated a moment, and then quickly drawing a revolver, shot him self dead. The body was identified as that of Lowell Banes, a press feeder. His relatives said he had lately been confined in a hospital for the insane. but had been discharged as cured six months ago. Ice Wrecks Kansas City Bridges. Kansas City, Mo., Feb, 27. Floating ice in the Kaw river has wrecked the piie bridges of the Kansas City Belt line and the Itock Island railroad. The railroads have not decided whether they will rebuild the pile bridges or hasten the construction of steel bridges. PANAMA RAILROAD BEEN OANAL HOT SPRINGS. ARK., GLOOMY Relief Subscriptions Reach $12,000 Citizens Plan to Build. Hot Springs. Ark., Feb. 27. All is gloomy here. The first estimates of the damage done by the great conflag ration were not exaggerated. More than 40 blocks were burned, and the most conservative estimate places the loss at $1.500.iMo. Insurance men say the figures will reach $2.0io tton. The three bodies recovered are the only known fatalities. The amount Rub scribed for relief is $12.O0o, but it is steadily increasing. Mayor Belding ordered all saloons closed. Property owners are planning with architects to rebuild in the burned district. POLICEMAN IS MURDERER Shoots. Teacher on Streets at Chicago Refused Marriage. Chicago, Feb. 27. Daniel Herman, a policeman, shot and killed Miss Min uie Mulveil. a teacher in St. Josephs parochial school, on the street here today. Herman escaped. It is said Miss Mulveil had refused to marrv Herman. GEORGE S. BOUTWELL DEAD Was Governor of Massachusetts and i Secretary of Treasury. Groton. Mass.. Feb. 27. George Sewall Bout well, former governor of Massachusetts and former secretary of the treasury died at his home here today aged S7 years. He was stricken with pneumonia last Friday night. about '.200 cars. Each elevator un loads 250 cars a day and delivers, through its system of overhead con veyors, to four steamships at once. Dies at 104. Ecanaba. Mich.. Feb. 27. Mrs. Catherine Gallagher of Beaver Island, aged 104. is dead. Her descendants, at one time numbered 1S3. DISCLAIMS ALL III JAPAN'S BEHALF of the United States has never re ceived from the Japanese government any request to lay propositions for peace before the Russian government and of course has never, in any man ner directly or indirectly approached the Russian government on the sub ject." BOSTON GIRL SAVED; SHE JILTS A BARON Invitations to the Marriage of Minnie Twombly Jones and Austrian Army Officer Withdrawn. Boston, Mass.. Feb. 27. The invita tions to the wedding of Miss Minnie Twombly Jones of 401 Marlboro street and Capt. Arthur Kamier Edler von Saarberg of the Austrian army have been withdrawn. The wedding had been set for next Thursday morning. The young people met abroad a year ago and the baron arrived in this country only a few days ago. Miss Twombly Jones, it is said, found she did not love him and the baron releas ed her. INSURRECTION AGAINST TURK PROVES SERIOUS Province of Yemen, Arabia, is Difficult to Send Troops To. Constantinople, Feb. 27. The ingur rection in the province of Yemen, Arabia, is assuming alarming propor tions. Defective transport renders the dispatch of Turkish reinforcements most difficult. Great numbers of cam els are perishing on the road, and large numbers of troops are deserting. DIVORCE LAID TO PANCAKES Iowa Doctor Scowls So at Wife's Crea tions She Goes to Courts. Sanborn, Iowa, Feb. 27. Carrie Fields has been granted a divorce from Dr. L. S. Fields because the hus band did not like her make of pan cakes and ridiculed them. She testi fied that the expression uinrn the doc tor's face when eating the cakes was such it might work permanent in jury J to her health. 1 COMPANY HAS PURCHASING AGENT House Committee on Interstate Commerce Uncovers the Fact. IN VIOLATION OF ORDERS Army Appropriation Bill Safe Bill in Senate to Prohibit Polygamy. Washington, Feb. 27. At the inves tigation of the Panama Railroad com pany before the house committee on interstate commerce today it was de veloped that for six months beginning last May the railroad company had acted as purchasing agent for the Isthmian canal commission and had purchase.! supplies without public ad vertisements for bids. This is regarded as a violation of the paragraph '72 of Koosevelt's let ter of instructions. Paaaea Arm j- Appropriation. Washington. Feb. 27. The house today agreed to the conference report on the army appropriation bill. This passes the bill. The sundry civil bill was then taken up. Seaafe AUo A icrre. The senate agreed to the conference report on the army appropriation bill without debate. The bill carried a provision relating to retired army of ficers affecting the pay of Gen. Miles. The naval bill was then considered. Illta at rolyamy. Senator Dubois introduced today a joint resolution providing for a con stitutional amendment prohibiting polygamy and polygamous cohabitant. Statehood Aalau Washington, Feb. 27. Senator Bai ley today introduced as an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill a bill for creating one state of Oklahoma and Indian Territory. GENERAL FIGHT IS RAGING Heavy Guns Shelling Mukden Prep arations Made to Abandon the City. St. Petersburg. Feb. 27. A dispatch from Kuropatkin says: "The enemy is continuing the offensive move against the front of our Tsinkhelchen detachment and has turned both its flanks. "The Japanese have also advanced against Kanttepass. turning our left flank but all his attacks on Tangu and Beydaling have been repulsed. His offensive movement against Boma hudg has also been repulsed. At some positions our riflemen forced the Japanese outposts to retire. -Col. Gorsky is severely wounded." I.aricely "Imnnluary. The reported turning of the Rus sian right was largely imaginary but affairs on the left flank where the Japanese have several divisions con centrated are more serious. Hold Ia 1'aaa. Madyadani, Feb. 27. After fighting of the most desperate nature the Rus sians remained yesterday evening in possession of Che and Da passes, against which the Japanese had been flinging themselves madly from noon until dark. The Russians, who were greatly out numbered.1 sustained repeat ed attacks, some tints losing as high as 70 per cent in kilB-d or wounded in hand-to-hand fightingfwith bayonets, to which they were redtfced owing to hav ing fired their last bullets. In order to hold thi pass the last reserves were sent to the firing line. t'hek the Jaua. The Japanese turning operation in the region of Gauto pass was checked by a battalion of Russian infantry and several squadrons of cavalry who re pulsed the Japanese with heavy loss. The Japanese also tried to advance on Nangou and Vanupudzi, but were repulsed. The present operations commenced Feb. 19, when the Japanese made a night attack on Haba pass seven miles south of Tsinketchen. Attaek Yanze Pnaa. On Feb. 20 they attacked Vanze pass seven miles southeast of Tsinketchen positions which themselves are far in advance of the general front of the army. The Russians made a counter attack Feb. 21 and temporarily gained ground but in the evening of the 22nd in the fact of superior numbers they were flanked and retired on the forti fied line at Tsinkhctchen. Are Outflanked. The Japanese stormed Beresneff bill throughout the 2'Jrd simultaneously enfilading Tsinketchen positions with artillery and outflanking the Russian infantry. The Russians evacuated Tsinketchen the 24th and retired fight ing a stubborn rear guard action and halting at Da and Che passes. oIbk Mark Damixr. New Chwang. via Tien Tsin. Feb. 27. (Eveningj. According to a person who has just returned here from the front the Japanese are shelling Mukden with 11-inch mortars. The bombardment is reported to have caused great damage far behind the Russian lines. Fighting; la (irorral. Advices from Chinese sources say a general engagement is in progress all along the line. The heaviest fighting is reported to be occurring on the Japanese right and Kuroki is said to Ih sweeping far north and threaten ing to force the Russians back on the railroad. A special force Is reported to be moving from the south and east with the intention of cnlting off the Rus sian's communication by railroad with Itrarfr to Abandon Mukden. London. Feb. 27. 3:30 a. m A dis patch to the Telegraph from Sinmin ting. 40 miles west of Mukden, says that the manager of the Russian bank at Mukden has been ordered to be ready to close the bank. There is much anxiety In Makden. Forty thou sand Japanese are reported to be at Fakumen, having marched there through the hills on the Mongolian border. Six thousand men with guns passed between Slnminting and the Liao river on Saturday. This report, if accurate, clearly indicates a move ment on the west in cooperation with the eastward advance of the Japanese. Haaalaa I.elt Retreats. St. Petersburg. Feb. 27. 1:30 a. m. It is admitted that Gen. Kuropat kin's advanced left wing has been CaEked. and that it is falling back on the main positions around Fushun. 12 miles east of Makden. It is believed that the Japanese are aiming to get behind Kuropatkin' left army and. by making rapid marches, reach the (Continued on Page E!iit- PEORIA COIBEGATIOII DECIDES KIND OF PASTOR THAT IS Peoria. III., Feb. 27. The trustees of the Christian church, a large and influential congregation have decided the pastor they call to fill a vacancy in the pulpit must have the following seven qualifications: Not over 35 years old: must be married; evange KILL POLICEMEN Wrath of Strikers at Warsaw Turrs to Guardians of the Peace. CAUGHT ALONE AND SLAIN Said Practice Will Be Continued Till Slaughter of Workmen is Equaled. Warsaw, Feb. 27. Murderous at tacks occurred today on solitary po licemen or small patrols In the streets causing the gravest anxiety to the au thorities who are at a loss to know, how to protect the policemen. Re ports are current today that the mur ders will be continued until the num ber of policemen killed equals the total number of persons killed in the January disturbances. ItnllwnyM I ndrr Martini I.ntv. St. Petersburg. Feb. 27. All the Russian railways except the Central Asian have been placed under martial law. tiwrkl to He Heleaaed. London, Feb. 27. A St. Petersburg dispatch to a news agency says Gov. Gen. TrepofT authorizes the announce ment that Maxim Gorky will be re leased tomorrow. Una lleea KxnKKrrnted. Odessa, Crimea. Feb. 27. The re cent disturbances here have been greatly exaggerated. One Jew is dead as the result of street fighting grow ing out of an anti-government demon stration on the part of the Jewish strikers. Slrikea Are Political. St. Petersburg. Feb. 27. Evidence is increasing that the strikes through out the empire, and especially those in St. Petersburg, are not economic in their origin but inspired by a defi- GREAT LOSS OF AN EXPLOSION Twenty-three Perish When Gas is Accidentally Ig nited." IMPACT REPORT IS TERRIFIC Number of Dead Would Have Been Larger Had It Been a Week Day. Welch, W. Va., Feb. 27. Fifteen men are known to be dead as a result of an explosion in the shaft of the United States Coal & Coke company. The nunit.tr of dead may be greater but it is impossible to explore the, mine because of the fire which is still burning. Twentj -Three llelleved t aught. Bluefk-ld. W; Va.. Feb. 27. As a re sult of an explosion in shaft No. 1 o the United States Coal & Coke com pany at Wilcoe yesterday 23 miners are supposed to have lost their lives, and it is possible that the number will ex ceed this. Fifteen bodies have been taken from the shaft. It is barely pos s'ble that some of the entombed m:n ers will be rescued alive. The explosion was of terrific force, and shattered glass windows a mile distant. Immediately after the shock many miners who were off duty rush ed to the shaft to find great clouds of smoke and dust gushing from its mouth. It flat I tea Plead fur Itearae, Mothers, children, and other rela tives soon were weeping and pleading for the rescue of those dear to them entombed in the mine. The officials of the mine, including General Manager Reis. were soon on the ground, and the work of rescue began. The company usually work in this shaft about seventy-five miners, but yesterday being Sunday the men were OH WANTED list; a lodge man; a mixer, a crank and willing to assume the burdens of his flock. The man whom this para gon is to succeed if the trustees find him is Rev. G. B. Van Arsdale, who recently resigned after a five years' pastorate. HABEAS CORPUS FOR NAN PATTERSON Court Holds She Has Been Deprived of Right to a Speedy Trial. Xew York, Feb. 27. A writ of ha beas corpus calling for the appearance of Nan Patterson before Justice Gay nor in the supreme court tomorrow was issued to her counsel today on the ground she has been deprived of her constitutional right to a speedy trial. nite political plan. The government and employers are embarrassed by the tactics of the workmen, whose discon tent is being few and who are increas ing their demands with each new con cession. . The condition is believed to have been fomented by crafty political lead ers, who are stirring up the men and at the same time holding them in leash, apparently waiting some signal for concerted action. Fear is enter tained that this widespread agitation may be .connected with a plan to await a possible peasant outbreak in the spring with which a general strike will be synchronized, the workmen joining bands with the peasants. AMERICAN WOMAN MURDERED Miss Kate Mac Ready of Philadelphia Strangled and Robbed in Naples. Naples. Feb. 27. Miss Kate Mac Ready, formerly of Philadelphia, who has lived alone here for the last eight years, was found strangled yesterday. The murder was committed four days ago, the apparent motive being rol berv. Her slavers have not been caught. New Circuit Judge. Milwaukee, Feb. 27. States Circuit .Indue Jenkins has resigned. District Judge Seaman succeeds Jenkins. Sen ator Quarles takes Seaman's place. LIFE ATTENDS IN VIRGINIA MINE not all in. and the small loss of life can be attributed only to this fact. The United States Coal & Coke com pany, with principal offices in Pitts burg. Pa., is a part of the United States Steel corioratioii. The cause of the explosion has not been determined ami since it is highly probable any of those in the mine will be recovered alive the cause of the explosion may never be known. Kipliwlfin Injurea Ten. South McAlester. I. T.. Feb. 27. An explosion of gas in sample mine No. 2 of the Great Western Coal & Coke com pany hei Injured 10 men, one of whom may die. RUSSIANS MUST RETURN Officers Who Violated Parole are Dis ciplined by Government. St. Petersburg, Feb. 27 Yielding to the demaud of the United States. Russia has not only ordered the offi cers of the cruiser I-na who violated their parole to return to San Francis co, hut has reducf d them one grade as punishment. FERRY HIT BY ICE, SINKS No Loss of Life in Accident on the River at Cairo, III. Cairo, III., Feb. 27. The ferry boat Katherine plying between Cairo and Birds Point was struck today near here by large piece. of ice and sank in several feet of water. A panic fol lowed on the sinking vessel, but all the passenger, after much difficulty were safely taken off. Wales to Take No Gifts. London. Feb. 27. The prince and princess of Wales will visit India In November and stay until March, mak ing a tour of the principal cities and native states. They will receive the chiefs and princes on behalf of King Edward, who. after consultation with the viceroy, has decided to dispense with the exchange of ceremonial presents. Acquitted on Each Article by Vote of About 47 to 35. IS LITTLE VARIATION End of Famous Impeachment Proceedings How Mem bers Were Recorded. Washington. Feb. 27. The voting on the impeachment case of Judge Swayne began at 10:10 today on the first article, which charged Swayno with certifying a false claim for ex penses. The vote was guilty 33, not guilty 4 9. V oir la letall. The detailed vote follows: Guilty Bacon. Bailey. Hard, Hate. Perry. Blackburn, Caruiack. Clark, (Montana): Clay. Cockrell. Culberson, Daniel, Foster, ( Uiulsiana) : Gorman, Kittredge. Latimer. McCreary. Mc Cumber. McEnery. McLaurin, Mallory, Martin, Money, Morgan, Nelson. New lands, Overnitn, Patterson, Pettus, Simmons, Stone, Taliaferro. Teller . Not guilty Alger. Alice. Allison, Ankeny. Ball. Beveridge, Burnham, Burrows. Clarry. Clark, (Wyoming); Crane, Culloni, Depew. Dick, Dietrich, Dillingham, Dolliver. Dryden. Dubois, Elkins. Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster. (Washington): Frye. Fulton. Galling er. Gamble. Gibson, Hale, Hansbrough, Heyburn. Hopkins. Kean, Kearns, Ijdge, Ing, McCotnas, Millard, Pen rose, Perkins. Piatt. (Connecticut; Piatt. (New York!; Proctor. Quarles. Scott, Smoot, Spooner. Stewart. War ren 49. Second Vote Similar. The vote on the second and third ar ticles, being similar charges, resulted in each case 32 guilty and t0 not guilty. Clark, of Montana, voted not guilty on the second and third articles. On Vae of Private Car. The fourth and fifth articles related to Swayne's use of a private car of the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Rail road company. The vote was guilty 13. not guilty 09. The senators who voted guilty were: Bailey, Berry. Blackburn, Carmack. Cockrell. Culberson. Daniel. Mcliurin. Martin, Money, Morgan, New lands and Pettus. Nim-ltr.lilruir t'hurice. Washington. Feb. 27. The sixth ar ticle charged Swayne with non-residence in the district. The total for not guilty was 51. On the seventh article, which was similar to the sixth, the vote was 19 guilty. C3 not guilty. Cleared tin Ail I bargea. Articles K, 9. 10 and 11 related to tho contempt cases of Davis and Belden. The vote on all was: Guilty 31, not guilty 51. The 12th and last article was tho contempt case of O'Neal: Guilty 33, not guilty 47. This acquitted Swayne of all charges. Kntrrrd on Iterorda. At the conclusion of the voting; Presiding Officer Piatt directed tho secretary to enter the acquittal upon the records and the court adjournd without delay. Judge Swayne was not In I he senate during the roll rails, but in the presi dent's room jio.t b;iek of the chamber. The result of each ballot wa. sent bita by his attorneys. GREAT CATHEDRAL FORMALLY OPENED Many Prominent Churchmen Attend Ceremonies of Lutherans at Berlin. Berlin, Feb. 27. The Evangelical cathedral here was consecrated today in the presence of a most brilliant as semblage among whom were delegate from all the Protestant nation. Man-a American clergy Kent lengthly tele grams of congratulation to the em peror. BETROTHAL IS ANNOUNCED Princess Victoria Will Wed Prince Os car of Sweden and Norway. London. Feb. 27. The betrothal Is officially announced of Princess Vic toria, of Connaught. to Prince Oscar, the eldest son of the crown prince of Sweden and Norway. The annonnce ment states that the engagement ha the entire sanction and approval of Kins Kdward.