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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23. 1904. the physicians who examined the body tes tified. A half-dozen unimportant witnesses were examined and the Inn. -t i .it iu 'clock. Lste to-night the effects of Miss Schafer s .totters, etc.. were examined by the mayor nd jury. Numerous letters to girl friends were found, but nothing to lead to any clew. The story that the murder might be the re sult of a love affair and that a rejected sweetheart committed the heinous crime is jeered at. The inquest ill be resumed early to-morrow morning. Capt. J. D. Alexander was the last one to see Miss Schäfer alive. As he left her on her walk to death she was singing. He last 111 I ll as follows before the jury: "I ate supper at Mrs. Johnson's with Miss Scha fer. Miss Knox. Mrs. I). Y. Johnson and others. It was about 6:30. as near as I can remember, that I left for my room at Mrs. Winstandleys. the next house north of the boarding house. I was walking slowly, be ing lame, and talking in a low tone to my self, as I have a habit of doiug when alone, when Miss Schäfer overtook me. going north. I sai l: Miss Schäfer, did you hear me talking to myself?" She laughed and replied: 'No. I waa singing and did not hear you.' Then I went into Mrs. Wind atauley's gate and she went on.' It is now believed certainly that screams heard at 9 o'clock by Mrs. W. C. Elliott and daughters were the dying groans of the young school bather. They testified that they heard loud screams. The Elliotts live in the second house from ths alley. W. O. Owen, county auditor, testified be fore the coroner that he had seen two sus picwvia characters in the neighborhood of the Cook honse a few minutes before Miss Bchafer reached the alley. JOSEPH WEIMER. FINDIMG OF THE BODY; DETAILS OF TRAGEDY BtM.tr Corwpon'lnc of the Journal. BEDFORD, Ind., Jan. 3. The body of Iftas Bchafer was discovered at 7 a. m. by Capt. W. J. Cook. The feet were toward the north, partly under a cab. the body was flat on He back, with the arms outspread abovt the had, the clothing was dishveld arvd some of the underclothing torn, the face was partly covered with mud, and the forehead and hair wer bloody. LAST SESN OP IJKR. Mb Schafer boarded at Mrs. Martha Johnson's, on I- street. Some eighteen or twenty boarders take their meals with Mrs. Johnson. Miss Scbafer ate suppr last night about 6 o'clock at Mrs. Johnson's, Miss Arda Knox. Mrs. David T. Johnson. i apt. J. I. Alexander and others taking supper at the time Miss Schäfer 1 -f t the boarding h use at CLEAR SKIES PROMISED TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW WASHINGTON. Jan. r.-Weather fore cast for Saturday and Sunday: Indiana Fair on Saturday and Sunday; fresh northwest winds. Illinois Fair on Saturday, except snow flurries and colder in north portion. Sunday lair; fresh wtst to northwest winds. OIwo- Pair on Saturday; snow along the lak. Sunday fair, fresh west wind. Kentucky Fair on Saturday and Sunday; colder Li east portion on Saturday. Iower Michigan Snow Hurries on Satur day, and In east portion on Sunday; fresh northwent winds. Wisconsin Fair and colder on Saturday, except snow in east portion. Sunday fair; fresh northwest winds. Minnesota Fair and colder on Saturday. Sunday fair; fresh northwest winds. Iowa Fair on Saturday, except snow flurries In east portion. Sunday fair. South Dakota and NebrKa Fair on Sat urday and Sunday. Colder on Sunday in west and central portions. North Dakota Fair and colder on Satur day. Sunday fair. Special Forecast Cold wave warnings have been ordered for western Minnesota, southeastern Wis- j consin and northeastern Illinois, and frost WI itxr iir-r-u i?au w IOI v 1 1 ' 1 1 U IM a : I it and Texas coasts. Lorsl Ohirrvatioos on Friday. Bar. Ther. R. H. Wind. Weather. Pre. fp.m... 4 100 Nwest. Lt.rain. .90 Tp m .29.78 3U 89 West. Cloudy. .14 Maximum temperature, 34; minimum tem perature, 30. Comparative statement of mean tempera ture and total precipitation on Jan. 22: Temp. Pre. Normal Sn .00 Mean 33 1.04 Departure Departure since Jan. 1 52 1 09 Plus. W T. BLYTHE. Section Director. Yesterday's Tempera! ires. Stations. Abilene. Tex. .. Amarillo. Tex. Atlanta. Ga. ... Xismarek. X. D 7 a. ra. ,. 26 .. IS M x 46 42 64 0 R4 32 JO 64 30 60 2 M M ::j H 20 ... IN r.i 24 VI i 30 74 2S ..4 ii 2J 44 4 O.n 72 50 : 20 44 6; : ; 34 8 :n 2f, 18 34 2C 4 26 24 26 2 7 p. m. 42 34 6 66 Buffalo. N. V Cairo, 111 Calgary, Alberta. . . Chattanooga. Tenn Chevenne. Wyo. . Chicago. Ill 24 SO 14 44 6 3H :;i 40 30 IS 46 IS 26 34 r.4 : :; 22 Lit 12 Cincinnati, U. ... Cleveland, O Columbus. Concordia. Kan. Davenport, la. .. Denver. Col Podge Citj . Kv. I-, tuque. la I'uluth. Minn. ... El Paso. Tex. ... Galveston. Tex. . Grand Junction. Grand Raj :!.-". M J! .it. Mont. Huron. S. D Helena. Mont. . . Jacksonvlü. . Fla. Kansas itv M .. 34 3 12 21' b 12 12 24 36 M 2 8 4 1H v: 24 4 - 31 12 3 ;.j 40 SO 52 10 30 t; e c is 14 . 24 t 8 . 34 - I 16 44 s 5 10 j 22 j a 24 ! jr. .12 31 20 Little Hock. Ark Louisvill Ky Marquette. Mich Modena. 1'tah Monte,' uery, Ala Nashville. Tenn Kew Orlian. 1-t New York. N V Norfolk Vh North Platte. NN b. ... Oklahoma. T Omaha. Neb Fnlestlne. Tex. Parkers burg. W. Va Philadelphia. Pa Pitt. burg. Pa Pueblo. Col W He. Asjuii Rapid City. R D Bt Iuis. M Bt. Paul. Minn Bait Ike City. 1 tah Bnt. Fe. N M Mtreveuort . l.t m 52 40 54 50 ;,s 32 16 40 46 56 50 30 8 22 .i 8 M 24 3S 26 24 Valentine. Neb Wash D. Wichita, Kan, . c. :.). or shortly after that time, for her room at Mrs. A'Mie Smith's, at Thirteenth and M streets, opposite the Baptist Church. She had an appointment to meet Miss Gen- eitve Iseminger and other High School pupils at her room at 7 o'clock. Miss Ise ming r arrived and, after waiting vainly for Miss Schäfer to come, went away, leav ing her card. M:.-s Schaf, r left f.r her lodgings alone, the evening being dark and a viofeut rain falling at the time. She intended to go north to the corner of Thirteenth, two blocks, and then turn west one block to Mrs. Smith's. The murdered teacher re marked before she left the boarding house that she felt lonesome at her room since Miss Eva Love, who formerly roomed with h r. had gone elsewhere, as Mrs. Smith, who id superintendent at a waist factory, was often detained by her work till 10 o clock at night. DRAGGED SIXTY FEET. Miss, Schäfer had proceeded about one block northward, where there is a twelve foot alley between Captain Cook's bOOSS and the residence of Mrs. E. R. Dunn. This point is well lighted, the rays of an elec tric light on tha next corner covering the alley entrance Her assailant, whoever he was. and by what motive prompted to do the awful deed, was hiding behind the cow fence at the alley waiting for his victim. Miss Schafer waa carrying an umbrella, as it was drizzling rain. The instant the man jumped out a desperat? struggle began. A gold hat pin and a hair pin were found In the mud at the entrance of the alley. Miss Schafer's umbrella, still open, was in the Dunn lot. Fron all evidence the body was dragged sixty feet to the buggy shed. The shed opens on the slley Near the barn a pav ing brick covered with blood and hair was found, used by the brut" to do the murder. Here another desperate struggle took place and the police say that at this point the criminal assault was attempted. It Is t))oug-bt she fought so violently for hr life that the murderer struck her blow after blow v with the brick. The piece of brick weighs nearly two pounds. Two feet above the ground on the shed spots of blood can be distinguished, showing that the young woman was in a standing attitude whn the first blow was dealt. The murder is the most brutal ever com mitted in Bedford, though the spot where it occurred is in th best residence section of the city, within forty feet of one dwell -ng and less than 100 feet of two other oc cupied dwellings. The inquest conducted by Coroner Plum mer began at 11 o'clock to-day. He was assisted by Deputy Prosecutor Stephenson. Mayor J. Hickson Smith, County Sheriff Frank Smith and the entire police force. The inquest was still In progress at a late hour behind locked doors, with a policeman outside the door. Drs. Emery Freeland and Short eondttCted the autopsy. They found three fractures of the skull, one over the left eye, DSM be hind the right ear and one In the upper part of the back of the head. The one be hind the ear was the deepest. The contents of the stomach showed that death had rey suited soon after supper had been eaten. The body was dressed at the morgue and removed to Miss Schafer s room at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon. REWARDS OFFERED. Judge Wilson and members of the County Council met and at 9:30 had offered a reward of $TitO for the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Miss Schäfer. At 10:30 Mayor Smith had called the City Coun cil tog. ther and passed a resolution offering $500 more for the same purpose. The follow ing bulletins have been published in the Bedford papers, mailed throughout the State and scattered broadcast over the city: "One Thousand Dollars Reward Five hundred dollars will be paid for the arre t and conviction of the murderer of Sarah Schäfer. The murder was committted on the night of Jan. 21. 1904. in Bedford, Ind. The above reward has been ordered by Jas. R. Wilson, judge, with the approval of the Council, which approval has been this day mu.: JAM KS V. SMITH. "Sheriff of Lawrence County." "There is also $500 reward offered by the mayor and Common Council of the city of Bedford, Ind. "J. HICKSON SMITH. Mayor." When the body was discovered by Cap tain Cook a general alarm was sounded. Several hundred people viewed the body, but it was not recognized iu its condition. At 9 o'clock it was taken to E. S. Ferguson's morgue. When Miss Schäfer did not ap pear at her boarding house for breakfast this morning Mrs. Johnson became alarmed, having heard of the discovery of the body. Prof. Alexander and Miss Knox, of the high school, expecting the worst, called at the morgue and identified the body as that of Miss Schäfer. The umbrella had already been identified by a high school scholar as the property of Miss Schäfer. Bloodhounds from New Albany were brought Into Bedford hate this afternoon. They were led about the scene of the crime, but could raise no scent. The animals fol lowed the tracks supposed to be those of the assailant for fifty feet from the shed. The tracks, nearly obliterated by the rain, led across a vacant lot to Fourteenth street A half-pint whisky bottle that had been purchased at Dorsey's saloon was found in the alley about fifty feet west of the barn. The body, whea found this morning, was not yet rigid, indicating that life did not depart till far along iu the night. Some children In the neighborhood are said to have heard a woman scream about 9 o'clock. Captain Cook's house is only about forty feet from the buggy shed where the crime occurred, KU) screams would probably have awakened him. It is probable she lay uu couscious for several hours before she died. J US EPH W KIM ER. MISS SCHÄFER WELL KNOWN IN ELKHART Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EL K HART. Ind.. Jan. 22. Miss Sarah SchaTer, who was murdered at Bedford, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Schafer. Mr. Schaf pr is a local real-estate dealer. Miss Schafer was an active mem ber of the Methodist Cl..;:ch. parttenlarly in the Kpworth League. She was graduated from the High School iu ltfS. and from the State Normal last spring, in the meantime takii.i; extra work at De Pauw. She taught iu the public schools here for two years between terms at the Normal. She Was ht Id iu high esteem and was regarded ;is unusually bright. Her last visit here was during the holidays. She was tw:ity-tvo years old. The news of her murder was an inexpressible shock to her wide circle of tri ada h ip. The nv-sage came to the uperlnti ii tni Of schools. Prof. Thomas, who informed the family pastor, and the litter toM the iKirer.ts. Miss Si h.ifer's brother. Milton Schäfer. ;!.d her uncle, Edward Bchafer, of South Bend, left this afternoon for Bedford. The lasher, after reaching Um dtpot and pur chasing .1 ticket, decided to remain at the mother's bedside. Mrs. Schafer's condition being serious. It is said that Miss Bchafer recently wrote her mother that she had BetB compelled to threaten to call the woman whom she roomed with in order to force a young man. who had called and made himself objectionable, to leave the house. The family is very reticent, desir ing to vi Id undue publicity, and the name of the young man, if known to them, would not be revealed. HAD A BRILLIANT RECORD AS A STUDENT Special tr the Imlianapoll Journal. TSRR8 HAFTE. Ind. Jan. .-Mlss Sarah Schafer was graduated from the In diana Normal 8chool last June, and in tended to enter De Pauw to pursue her studies in the classic?, but through Iro-:.-or S'.dker, vh".-e home was tormeriy in Bedford, she was offered the department of Latin In the high school at that place, sic- was 1 favorite at the Normal School, She served two years as president of the Young Women's Christian Association. She graduated with honor.-, especially In Latin Miss Nellie Head, her roommate, yhj is teaching at brazil, came to Terre Haute to-day. and. with other friends, will go to Bedford. BEDFORD SUGGESTION SCOUTED AT ELKHART Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ELKHART. Ind . Jan. 22 A suggestion from Bedford that perhaps an unnamed Elkhart young man's alleged visit to Bed ford recently might have had something to do with the tragedy Is scouted. The only one known to have been there is a com mercial traveler, who called -m her be cause he happened to be in Bedford on business. The family here says that a man ordered from Miss Schafer's room was not a resi dent of Bedford, but a college student spending a short vacation there. The fam ily never heard his name. Bloodhounds from Floyd. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY. Ind.. Jan. 22. Sheriff R. J. Morris sent his bloodhounds to-night to Bedford to assist in running down the mur derer of Miss Fannie Schaefer. whose muti lated body was found In that city this morning. Sheriff Morris received a tele phone message from Sheriff Smith, of Law rence county, asking him to send the dogs at once. GOVERNOR WISHES TO AVERT MOB VIOLENCE Sheriff James F. Smith, of Lawrence county, was la communication with Gov. Durbin by long distance telephone yester day afternoon. The sheriff stated to the Governor that serious trouble was antic ipated in event the murderer of Miss Schäfer should b" captured, but that he was preparing to cope with any emergency. For the present, he said, all his energies should be directed to the capture of the j uend. While nothing further of a definite nature regarding Sheriff Smith's conversation with the Governor was Riven out. It is known that the Governor urged the sheriff to do everything in his power to avert mob violence, if such a thing were threatened. FLOODS IrTTePÖRTED PROM ALL OVER ORIO Columbus in Darkness, One to Ris ing Waters Bridges Destroyed, Tracks Subcnenred RAIL TRAFFIC STOPPED rOLI'MBl S. ()., Jan. 2--At 10 o'clock to night the Scioto river was still rising hre, but slowly, with indications that the flood would reach its crest before morning. The water is a foot and a half above the danger mark, standing at 1S feet, but the levees protecting the west side of the city are still intact. Some of the lower portions of that section have been inundated by the water backing up through sewers, and many fam ilies have been compelled to leave their homes. No damage has as yet resulted from the Ice going out of the river. The electric street lights are dark, the company having raised their dynamos so, as to be above the danger line in case the levee breaks. They will be out of service until the danger in past. From all over central, northern and southern Ohio came reports of Hoods. At Piiua the Miami river rose three and one half feet in a few hours and that part of the city known as Rossville is completely inundated. Hundreds of families have been driven from their homes and others have taken up their abode in the second stories. The indications are that the eastern por tion of the city will also be flooded unless th- water recedes soon. At Findlay there is no abatement in the flood, and the destruction of property con tinues. Practically nil steam and electric railway traffic has been suspended. The Toledo & Ohio Central tracks are sub merged for a distance of six miles, under from four to six feet of water. Bridges have been swept away in all directions. Telegraph and telephone wires are down and poles are washed away. Over 1300 fam ilies have been rescued from flooded homes. Marietta reports that the ice In the Mus kingum river broke at 9 o'clock to-day. The flne large towboat Winifred was cut down by the ice and sank. The boat was just nearing completion and with the rising waters It la feared it will he a total loss. Wide sections of the Miami valley south of Dayton are Inundated. Traction traffic between Dayton and Cincinnati has been suspended oWiup, to damage to trestle work south of Franklin. The immense ice gorge north o( DaytOfl broke in time to prevent the Hooding of the city. The Miami river is still rising, but unless heavy rains should continue no very serious results are now an ticipated. Trains on the Big Four and C, H. & D. south are delayed. because of dam aged roadbeds. At Youngstown the Mahoning river is within two feet of high water mark, and still rising. The worst flood that city has experienced In years is anticipated. The Pittsburg. Youngstown & Ashtabula Bail road is compelled to use the Erie tracks be tween Youngstown and Warren, on ac count of the high water. From Akron it Is reported that all trains on the Cleveland branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway have been annulled be cause of the flood which is raging in this section. Between that point and Cleveland the tracks of the road are a foot under water. The Little and Big Cuyahoga rivers are away out of their banks. The sur rounding country is under water to a depth of several feet. Zanesviile reports that the ice has gone out of the Licking and Muskingum rivers below the city, but in the Muskingum, above the dam. the ice is gorging. Both rivers are rising rapidly and the Licking is close to the danger line. REORGANIZATION OF Sil I PBl 1LD1NG TRUST Schwab and the Sheldon Syndicate Said to Have Reached an Agree ment Regarding It. NEW YORK, Jan. 22. A local financial agency to-day issued the following: "Charles M. Schwab and his associates have reached an agreement with the mem bers of the Sheldon syndicate and the Commonwealth Trust Company for tho re organization of the United States Ship building Company. If the bondholders' pro teetfve committe agrees the plans will be laaented to by Receiver Smith.. "The new COmpan) will have about $30. 000,000 capitalisation, the stock being equal lv divided between common and preferred. I or his o. m." of Shipbuilding securities Mr. Schwab will receive 115.000,000 stock of the new company, erftdle the other inter ests will divide the rest.'" RECEIVER NAMED FOR INSURANCE ORDER Bankers' Union of the World Al leged to He Insolvent by Dep uty State Auditor. LINCOLN. Neb. Jan. 22.-A temporary receiver was to-day appointed by the State Supreme Court for the Bankers' I'nion of the World, an insurance order, at the re tpjest of the deputy t He auditor, who al leges thit it is insolvent and that J30.0U0 due policy holders remains unpaid and that the assets are only $2,500. E. C. Spinney, of Omaha, is president. The company has been doing business in twenty-five States ar.d has in force about 25,000.0H) of insurance. Its gros receipts for W03, according to a statement Just is sued, v, ere PMJtK, and the claims paid dur ing the same period amounted to 152.000. A I VKA I I.I". I) CI RE FOR PILES. Itching, mind. Bleeding or Protrudln Piles. Tour druggist will refund money tf PAZO OINT MENT falls u eure you la I to 1 days. We. WILL NOT ACCEPT GOOD OFFICES OF ANY Russia Is Also Opposed to Me diation of the Kar East Imbroglio. KOREANS MAKE TROUBLE Attack Japanese and Are Threat ened with Punishment by the Mikado's Troops. LONDON. Jan. 22.-The Associated Press U officially informed that the Japanese gov ernment will not accept the mediation of any of the foreign powers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. It is learned that the United States government has been cautiously and quietly making inquiries at the various foreign capitals supposed to be particularly interested in a peaceful solution Of the Eastern problem, with a view to as certaining whether anything could be done toward bringing Russia and Japan together. It soon developed that neither of these prin cipals was wi:iing to solicit the good offices of outside power in the adjustment of their disputes jmd that the movement was never formally proposed. JAPANESE SAID TO HAVE OCCUPIED MA-SAM-PHO LONDON. Jan. 12. -The delay in the Rus sian reply to the hitest note from Japan is causing the customary crop of sensationul statements pointing to tho imminence of war In the far East. The Daily Graphic this morning says it understnnds that there is no likelihood of a compromise owing to the unyielding attitude of Japan on the Manchurian cjuestion and the fart that in her last note to Russia .la tan struck out the whole article in the draft of the treaty relating to the demand of Russia for a neutral zone. The correspondent of the Morning Tost at t'he-Foo has sent In an alarminK report that 12.MX JtptMM troops have landed at Ma-Sam-Pho, in southern Korea, and the Port Arthur correspondent of the, Paris edition New York Herald also refers in a dispatch to the fact that the news of the occupation of Ma-Sam-Fho is being re ceived calmly. These reports are not con firmed from any other source ami they are discredited by Baron Hayashi, the Japa nese minister to threat Britain. Special dispatches from Seoul say the Emperor of Korea has appointed a new Cabinet, with Yi Yon G'k as minister of war and finance. Yl Yon Oik has ordered ten thousand rifles for the army. Reports have been sent in from t'he-Foo that quantities of dynamite have been found under the bridges of th Manchurian line above Port Arthur. The supposed inten tion was to blow up the bridges as soon" as hostilities began. The Tokio correspondent of the Daily Mail sends the following dispatch: "The Jiji Shimpo says that on the day following the ratification of the Chinese-American treaty, lisia notified Japan that it was useless to negotiate a neutral zone on the Yalu, as the ratification of both treaties showed that Manchuria was Chinese domain." Cabling from Shanghai, the correspond ent there of the Dally Mall declares the Chinese government has learned that Rus sia is sending a large force to Chinese Tur kistan. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph cablee as follows: "1 learn that a difficulty has arisen through rnlttC- tance to grant the same freedom f immi gration into Manchuria to the Japanese as to the other foreigners, for fear that the Japanese would BOOH overrun the province. Whatever concessions, however, friussia of fers regarding Manchuria will probably be offered in the first instance to the United States." JAPAXESE RAILWAY MEN ATTACKED BY KOREANS LONDON. Jan. 22 A special from Seoul. Korea, dated to-day. says Japanese railway men have been attacked by Koreans at sev eral points alorg the Seoul-Fusan railway and that the Korean authorities have been notified that unless they prevent a recur rence of these disorders necessary measures to do so will be taken by Japanese troops. The dowager Empress of China is thor oughly alive to the peril threatening China as a result of the Russo-Japanese crisis and has, according to the Globe's Shanghai cor respondent, determined at all costs to fight for the freedom of Manchuria from foreign control. Conferences between the dowager Empress and the leading statesmen. It is added, have convinced her that any other policy would be tantamount to dynastic sui cide, as the dishonor of the ancestral tombs implied by foreign domination would be un pardonable in the eyes of the Chinese, and unless a vigorous effort is made to reassert Manchu authority the Taiplngs and Kola shui will attempt to restore the Ming dynas ty, with the result of the complete destruc tion of China. The correspondent adds that the dowager Empress has been informed that some of the foreign powers are" willing to give the Manchus a final opportunity of rehabilitating themselves, even to the extent of aiding them by force, if necessary, pro vided the Mnnchu government Is sincerely favorable to reform. The Russian minister at Peking, the correspondent continues, has learned of the result of these conferences and is convinced that in the event of war China will be forced to participate, with the result that the whole world will practically become involved. "in the meanwhile," the dispatch con cludes, "Japan, though ostensibly engaged with its own quarrel, is really the spokes man of the whole group of powers devoted to the policy of anti-partition, anil who have virtually agreed together to defend China." SITUATION IN KOREA CAUSES FRESH ALARM WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. The rituation in Korea is arousing fresh apprehension of renewed trouble in the far East. It has been the opinion of the military experts lure that in the event of war between Russia and Japan Korea would be made the battle grouud at least iu the beginning. Mr. Allen, the American minister at Seoul, cabled the State Department to-day from Seoul as follows: "Considerable disturbances throughout Korea. The Japanese have been attacked in many places." it is learned that, in view of the possi bility of Koreans being unable to afford proper protection t Japanese subjects, the Tokio authorities have dispatched a Jap aaeae military officer of highest rank, namely, a major general, to Seoul, where he will be in a position to direct any mili tar Operation that Japanese troops may undertake. The Korean government has 3.50U men under arms, but they have not been trained in a modern school of war, and rather resemble constabulary than sol- diers. It is anticipated here that Japan in Korea will repeat the performance of Russia iu Manchuria, and m ike the disturbances on the Jape H tee railway the ground for a mili tary occupation of the line in great force, correspond ina to the Russian occupation of the Manchurian railway. ARMY OF RUSSSIANS NOW OCCUPIES NEW-CH 1 1 ANG LONDON. Jan. 22 A dispatch to the Centrtl News from New-Chwang. dated Jan. 20. says 6,000 Russian soldiers entered New-Chwang on Jan. 19. The municipal affairs of New-Chwtng are managed by a Russian commissioner, and. acting on his orders, the Chinese merchants displayed the Russian colors when the troop marched Into the city. JAPAN FOREIGN GOVERNMENT GREATEST FLOOD 111 THE OHIO RIVER SINCE 1884 Feared and Expected by River Men at Evansville Wolf Creek Gorge Breaks. RIVER RISING RAPIDLY Special to the Indianapolis Journal. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 22. The Ohio river is expected to reach a stage of about forty feet on the present rise. This is live feet above the danger line. Reports received to-night say the "Wa bash, White, Green, Pond and Barren rivers are on a rampage and a big stage in all these rivers is looked for. Heavy ice from the gorges above is expected to pass here in a few hours, but no danger is expecteü from the ice, as all the boats are in the ice harbor. The greatest alarm is felt for the towboat Glener and its barges, below Mount Vernon, which have bfen unable to get into an ice harbor because of the low water. All indications point to the highest stage of water since the flood of 1S4. STRONG WIND SAVES THE BIG COAL FLEET Special to the Indianapolis Journal. JEKFELSONVll.LH. Ind.. Jan. 22. A strong wind blew from the north all day. pu.-hing the immense floes of ice to the south side of the Ohio, and probably pre vented the loss of thousands of bushels of coal, which is tied up in barges at the "Pumpkin Patch" just above this city. Ouring all of last nipht the coal men worked hard to save the fleet, and at times It looked as If the heavy oe would demol ish every boat, but luckily only one loaded barge went down. The wind to-day prac tically cleared this side of the river of Ice and little trouble was experienced, but Um report that another heavy gorge is on its way down to-day hi'.s caused much un easiness, and every prei autlon Is being taken to save the property. The Mononga- hela Coal and Coke Company has property at the "Pumpkin Patch1' worth $1.000.000. ano the People's Coal Company has fcSO.OO worth of coal near by. GORGE IS BROKEN, BUT TUE RIVER IS RISING Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CAN NEWTON, Ind.. Jan. 22. The Wolf creek ice gorge broke loose this morning at 9 o'clock, and the river at all points above here is full of floating ice. The river is rising two inches an hour and the ice is moving rapidly. All exposed shipping is in danger of being cut down. The Eclipse passed here at 2 o'clock on her way to Stephensport to try to save a lot of lum ber and sawlogs, but it is thought she will have to turn back. Rivermen predict that thre will be a flood equal to that of 18S4. RAPID RISE OF THE RIVER AT CINCINNATI CINCINNATI. Jan. 22. -The break-up of the ice gorge in the Ohio river at this point has been accomplished with comparatively small loss. So far a few barges have been crushed and a few others torn from their moorings. This escape from heavy dam age is largely due to the fortunate break ing of the gorge below the city first and to the checking of the ice above the city, so that it did not become entirely freu until late in the night. The Ice also is much broken tip and with the rapidly rising river Is being carried down without injury to craft. The river is now 27.7 feet, a rise of ten feet since yesterday. WEATHER FORECAST IS FAVORABLE TO FLOOD WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-The general forecast issued by the Weather Bureau to-day regarding the flood situation says: "Nothing has occurred since Thursday night to lessen the gravity of the flood situation iu the upper Ohio. Conditions continue extremely threatening in the vi cinity of Pittsburg; at Cincinnati heavy Ice is running, gorges above and below the city having been broken during the night. The weather conditions continue favorable to a rapid breaking up of the ice in the rivers and small streams of central and eastern Pennsylvania, southern New York, West Virginia and western Maryland. The area of low pressure that was central Thursday morning In "the middle Mississippi valley has advanced to southern Indiana. It has been attended by heavy rains in Tennessee the Ohio valley aud the lower lake region. Light rains have fallen in the Middle Atlantic States and snow in New England. It is warmer In the upper Ohio valley and gen erally throughout the Middle ami South Atlantic States, while lower temperatures prevail in the Southwest. There will be rain to-night Id Atlantic coast districts, the upper Ohio valley and the lower lake region, and light rain or snow will continue Saturday along the lakes and in eastern New York. "It will be colder in the eastern Gulf and South Atlantic States and the Ohio valley, but no very decided fall in temperature, such as would have an important bearing on the flood situation, is anticipated." DEPUTIES EXCITED OVER CASE OF PRIEST Animosities Stirred Up in Chamber Over Expulsion from France of Father Delsor. PARTS. Jan. 22. The Chamber of Depu ties was the scene of much excitement to day in connection with the case of Father Delsor, an Alsatian priest, who was ex pelled from Fiance recently on the ground that he was a foreigner seeking to foment agitation against the government. His ex pulsion has revived the animosities grow ing out of the Franco-Prussian war, a con siderable tlemant Of the press and public asserting that the expulsion of Delsor aa a foreigner marked the final abandonment of Alsace to Germany. Premier Combes, replying, declared the agitation had the same theatrical char acter as Boulangeriam. It was an effort to revive an expiring Nationalist element. After a long and heated discussion, dur ing which numerous resolutions, some blaming and some approving the govern ment, were handed in, Premier Combes in timated that he would acctpt a motion made by M. Barrien as the order of the day, pure and slmpl". with the understtind ing that this should be taken to imply approval of the government's action. The division resulted in a ministerial victory, the vote being 259 to 243. MORALES RECOGNIZED BY MINISTER POWELL Officers Cruiser Columbia Paid Of ficial Visit to the Provisional President. SX DOMINGO, Wednesday. Jan. 20. T'nlted States Minister Powell to-day recog nized the provisional government of Gen eral Morales as the d facto government of Santo Domingo, and he has informed the members of the diplomatic and con sular corps of this act. The offlcert; of the United States cruiser Columbia paid an official visit to the pro visional President to-day and they were received with military honors. Subsequent ly, at the request of Minister Powell, they were allowed to view the relics of Colum- ! bus. which ar kent in the cathedral h re. and they visited the forts and other places of interest. There is still no change in the political situation. An attack on San Pedro de Macoris Is expected and the United States gunboat Newport has pro ceeded there to protect American interest. VESSELS JAMMED IN A CLEVELAND VIADUCT Three Great Lake Freighters Badly Damaged Terrified Guardians s peedilv Rescued. HEAVY rROPKRTY LOcS CLEVELAND. Jan. 22-The flood situa tion in Cleveland and its vicinity tni brighter at midnight because of s fall in the temperature, which will lessen the probability of a dangerous break in the ice gorge about ten miles up the Cuyah --a river, letting loose a great body of wat r held in check by it. The Cuyahoga river is flowing about fifteen miles an hour and is going down. Three great lake vessels that broke from their moorings yesterday are still wedged tightly together and there is no possibility of their breaking away or being moved un til the flood of water has ceased running out Into the lake. The VMMÜ are jammed at the Superior-street viaduct. The big steam er William E. Reis, one of the boats in the jam, is badly wrecked, with an buacnM hole smashed in her bow and another about amidships. The Keis is loaded with iron ore and it is feared she will go to the bot tom. The other two vessels are also badly damaged. When the steamers broke away from their moorings and started swiftly down the river th watchmen and tluir families aboard became frantic. None of the ves sels had steam up. and there was .i!--lutely no way to check their speed. The women on board ran .screaming f r mi on end to th other of the boats, crying sod I raying for hflp. All were safely rescued without Injury after the boats siruck the bridge. The entire loss in Cleveland is estimated at $500.oun. DAMAGE OF HALF A MILLION AT LOR Ad X LORAIN, O.. Jan. 22-The worst flood ever known in this section, caused by the heavy rains swelling the waters of Black river, has wrought great damage to ship ping altitiR (Im stream, resulting in the en tire suspension of work at the American Shipbuilding plant, tearing large vessels from their moorings and carrying them in the lake and the washing ayvay of the Nickel-plate road bridge. The heavy ice started to move early to day and the steamer E. M. Peck was the tirst to break from her moorings. She passed through the Erie-a venue bridge and nw lies in a big ice gorge at the mouth of the harbor. The fine new steamer Hen drick S. Holden broke from her fastenings a little later and. together with a dredge and several scows and the fueling scow Agnes, lies in the gorge at the harbor's mouth. The swift rush of waters has formed a new channel for the river and several scows belonging to Gaynor broth ers, government contractors, have been swept to the iake. A number of fish tus were badly broken up and the loss to UM companies was heavy. The Lorain Lumber Company is also a h avy loser, immerse quantities of lumber being swept to i.he lake. As a result of the washing away of th Nickel-plate bridge traffic on that road Is badly crip pled. The Baltimore & Ohio tracks are partially under water and much damage has been caused to that road. The loss to property in the flooded rfuar ter of Lorain to-night is placed at $500,000. Drowned nt a Ford. ASHTABl'LA. O.. Jan. 22 To-. lay three men with a horse and cutter, while driving across a stream near Picrpont, this county, were swept away by the flood. Dexter Smith was drowned and his body has not yet been recoven d. . SHIPS IU DANGER: FROZEN JFAST IN THE ICE Xew York Bay and Harbor and Long Island Sound Almost Impassable. STORM ALSO PREVAILING NEW YORK, Jan. 22 Fog blanketed Xew York bay and harbor to-day. Long Island sound was impassable, except to tho most powerful steamers, scores of coast wise vessels and tugs being frozen fast in the ice, which filled both rivers and the harbor, and an ice pack in Newark harbor placed three cities and all the towns on the Passaic river below Passaic falls in danger by flood, while one of the worst storms of the winter was still unspeut. Long Island sound is a compact ice field from shore to shore and from Hell Gate to New Haven, Conn. Hundreds of sailing vessels and big ocean-going tugs are frozen in the fields with their tows. Strong north easterly gale have been piling up ice into the neck of the sound and now cakes five inches thick are gathering in a great floe sixty miles long and twelve miles wide at New Haven. Through Its center a narrow strip of thin ice. fringed with lofty hum mocks, marks the path arduously broken by the Fall River liners. The oldest skip pers on the sound declare the condition is something new to them. Considerable loss is botng caused by the delay in mov ing freight. STEAMERS AXD OYSTER PUXGIES WERE AFRAID BALTIMORE, Jan. 22. A dense fog to day, followed by a warm rain, which broke up the ice In the Patapsco river and upper Chesapeake bay. rendered navigation peril ous and few, if any vessels, left port during the day. Ocean steamers, as will as the smaller oyster pungies. were afraid to ven ture out into the Ice floe. The ice slowly melted during the day. but the currents are forming gorges at various point in the vicinity. It is feared a gorge wllhbe formed in the Craighlll channel, which extends from the Baltimore harbor down the Chesapeake to near Annapolis, that will delay navigation for several days. JAP AX GRIMLY WAITING WHILE RUSSIA POX DE RS ST. PETERS B CRC. Jan. 22. The Czar has not yet called the council to consider the Japanese reply, but it is said at the Foreign Office the summons may be hSNM d any day. The delay, coupled with dispatches from Tokio, saying that Japan is armed and grimly waiting, has caused a slight re newal of public nervousness, which was re flected by the weakness on the bourse to day. This alarm 1m seemingly not shared In the higher government circles, where it is Insisted that the Czar'B pacific declara tions were not bile words. The wor?t that is now anticipated is a breakdown of the negotiations in the event that Russia's re sponse is unacceptable to Japan. The papers to-day publish prominently the Associated Press statement that the I'nited States Asiatic squadron will remain in Philippine waters. The Gazette, in point ing out the misehief caused by the errone ous statement that Admiral Evans's desi nation was Yongampho, Korea, instead of Olongapo. Subig bay, near Manila, wel comes the correction m evidence that the I'nited States will not meddle in the quar rel. Always Remember the Full Name Laxative ßromo Quinine Cum Cdd ioOneDsy, Crfto 2 Days MAN TÄBHURST &cUt BRAND QUAITER SIZtS QUARTER EACH CLUETT. PEASODY A CO Makers of Cluett aU Muiurcn Shirts MONONGAHELA RIVER IS HFÜL SEA OF ICE Immense Damage Is Being Done Alter Pittsburg Matl Been Lulled to a Sense of Safety. HUGE GORGE IS FORMING PITTSBl Rt;. Jan. 23 Pittsburg is sleep ing this morning with the belief that th warnings f langer from the rivere have been exaggerated. This sense of security is due to the rapid disappearance of Ice and water fnm the upptr Allegheny river. But just isfots midnight the MotwugalKla river broke loose. Huge masses of ice. leas brok'-n that that which has been rushing; dowa the Allegheny river, are chuking; ths channel. Itoih rivers are steadily rising as a result of the new stoppage. The Alle gheny is already thre. fvet higher than the Monongahela, and a dangerous ice gorge is forming between the Wabash and the) Smtthtield-street bridgts, just above the ronfluenoe of the rivers. From all points the streams were rising at midnight. The flood probably will not have reached its height until late to-morrow. One. barge, with V) bushels of col, has been sunk in the Monongahela, and a fleet. with J7.".t h ;mt is iii imminent danger. Three barges loaded with railroad iron val ued at Sl.OKO were carried out of the Mo nongahela. and were rescued with difficulty. The Monongahela CosJ and Coin Com pany's Hornet No. 2 sunk In twenty-four feet ot water. The crew escaped. The boat was valued at :bout 1".M). The Volunteer sank at Brown's Station. The officers and crew leaped to shore. The Volunteer was valued at $13.W0. A riv r man said that the damage wrought by Ice would amount to Bsasy thousands of dollars. This, t oupb d witii the lo?ss sustained by railroads, business houses, manufacturers, street car compan ies, government works and residents, prob ably will put the loss above the H.UOMtft mark. At midnight the Pittsburg & Western Railroad was put out of business. The Baltimore & Ohio system Is sending its trains to Youngstown ver the Lake Eric. RIVERS ARE LINES OP RUIN IN PENNSYLVANIA PITTSBl. Rd. Jan. 22 -To-night the gov ernment forecaster made the announce ment that the Allegheny river registered 24.5 feet, rising at the rate of . foot an hour. He predict- that there will be thirty feet of water at Pittsburg by daylight. The river is full of heavy Ice and is pass ing rapidly. At the first rush of the Ice this morning the false work of the Brilliant bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad wa swept away. The bridge was not dam aged. Many mills have their fly pits below flood level and have shut down, throwing hundreds of men out of employment. The Monongahela river rose slowly all day. the first rapid rise experienced there being when the Allegheny caused the for mer stream to back up. The ice start- i out of the Youghiogheny river during tha afternoon and also from the third pool of the Monongahela. Ore track of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Roaring Run and at Avonmore is washed out. The railroad bridge at Apollo Is unsafe and abandoned. High water la doing much damage to railroad property, owing to the recent improvements. Tha sixth pool ice at Brownsville began moving out this evening with the river at 16 feet, ana rising three lAchej an hour. Reports from Fairmont. V. Va., say that at the headwaters of the Monongahela river there has been almost a steady rain for forty-eight hours, and that the ice in the river, which is eighteen inches thick, can be heard cracking. At Connellsville the ice in the Youghi ogheny river broke up this morning, and to-day the wratcr has reached a high stage. Along the line of the B. & O. ltailroad con siderable damage already has been done. The sudden thaw has caused several land slides on the Pittsburg and Connells ville division of the B. &l O Several through trains have bass run over the Lake Brie road east frm Pittsburg. The moun tain district is still full of snow, and the continued warm weather is filling the moun tain strtams up to their banks. At Penn the conditions are almost as bad as last July, when tha valley was flooded. Fifteen families have been driven from their homes. Many mines about (Imns burg are so badly flooded Dial work haa been entirely sunp. d. This morning the Kemkava dam broke, letting loose thousands of feet of logs and a griat gorge of ice. Traffic from near-by towns is cut off. The water is still rising At South Fork, near Johnstown, to-dav. an Ice gorge broke away and carried away the abutments of th Pennsylvania Rail road bridge over the Coinmaugli. with tw cars. A Baltimore & Ohio freight train of eight cars went down into the Cassel um u to-day. The Big and Little Shenango, which meet at Greenville, are higher than in many years. A gorge in this stream has backed the water over the town, causing damage of thousands of dollars. ?outh Race and Water s?re. ts arc und- r water. Many fam ilies were taken from theh ajoaaaa in bo. its. while others have moved their household to the second floors. The Beisein er raU roao shops ar.d the Hodge manufacturing plant have been abandoned. To-night these plants art ander two fest of water and much machinery has been ruined. Tha entire Bessemer .irds are tlooelsdl At Osgood, two miles north, there ure six feet c." water oa th. Bessemer tracks. A county bridge seventy-five fet Iqntc at Hadley went out to-day with the piers. Damage from the flood at Sharon, Pa., will reach several thousand d.!!ar The Shenaugj river is still rising and the lower parts of tov.n are under several feet of water. Tw pn-rs were wahd away from the railroad bridge of the Stewart IroSi Company, putting it out of commiaalo That part of M . c.-r known as "the tlat is completely submerged and families havo taken refuge in the second stories. i'.-.th the N'eshauock and Shenango river at New 'astle have risen rnr- Uaan thirty- six inches since morning and are at flood stage, with the water eonung up t.tj.idiy. The damn Inflicted anady will rua into) the tens of thousands. The tin plate aad steel mills are closed and the main thor oughfares are impasKable. The poa toffies is surrounded by water. The paper mill bridge was Wtjpt away this afternoon. The county bridge at Moravia, one of tha longest in this vicinity, haa been carried away bv the Beaver rlvr It was 4C feet long. The new Baltimore at Ohio bridge over the Shenango. sear New Castle Junction, is closet to traffic. The bridge of the Pennsylvania west of Mahoning towu will not bear traffic. Itutaian ijnal run Satis. PUEZ. Jan. 22 -The Russian squadron, consisting of the battleship Dmitri Donskol, the cruiser Aurora arid six torpedo boat de stroyers, sailed to-day for the far east. One Russian torpedo boat destroyer, which disabled, will remain here. hoc 25c W