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WORLD'S FAIR
APRIL 30
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NINETY-SIXTV YEAR.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1904.
PRICE
I In SI. Louia. One Cent.
j Outside St. I.oal,, Tiro Cent.
(On Trains. Three Cents.
LEVEE BREAKS ABOVE EAST SIDE CITIES;
RESIDENTS FIGHTING TO KEEP OUT FLOOD.
CARRIAGE CORRAL
JAP TRANSPORTS AND 4,000 MEN LOST,
DECLARES REPORT FROM RUSSIAN CAPITAL;
MIKADO'S ARMY FORCES PASSAGE OF YALU.
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By .a Rcpubllo Photographer.
On the levea just north of East St. Louis
Waterworks; The Wlcfilns Ferry Com
pany tracks arc submerged.
HOW DRITI1 of mvi:n
IS MAIIKKI) BY GAUGE.
At .every large river point the
Government operates a gauge from
which the official measurements
are taken each morning-.
The gauge at St. Louis Is at the
foot of Chc&tnut street. It Is a flat
Iron rail extending along the face
of the levee to the bottom of the
-
river and marked By feet.
Instead of Inches each foot Is
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. divided Into tenths. Thus, -when
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32.5 feet are recorded, it Indicates
that the river is thirty-two feet and
six Inches iibove low-water mark.
A- At low wnter there is still nbout
"V tfn feet of water In the channel at
St. Louis. If the Mississippi reaches
the predicted 35-foot stage the river
will be 43 feet deep at 8L Louis, as
all measurements are based from
the low-water mark.
The following are the high-water
marks at St. Louis for the last ten
years:
1KM 23.7 1SW 25.S
ISC 25.4 19(i0 23.4
1SS6.. 27.7 1901 22.6
1597 30.9 1902 26.8
1SS8 27.2 1903 38.0
HOPE WATER WILL
BEGIN TO RECEDE,
River at Kansas City and Jeffer
son City Probably Will Reach
High Point To:Day.
DAMAGE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE.
'Much Alarm Is Felt at Keokuk,
Where Lowlands Are Sub
merged.and Newly Repaired
' Levees Are in Danger.
MPCBLIC SPECIAL.
Kansas City. Mo.. April 26. This after
noon the Weather Bureau's gauge at the
Hannibal bridge showed that the depth of
the "Missouri River at this point was 19.9
feet. At midnight last night a rise of .2
( of a foot wae recorded, but It did not
' lasf long. Curing the forenoon hours to-
day the river was stationary at this
point, but was falling above St. Joseph.
The river at this point was LI foot be
low danger line, but by to-morrow night
is expected to be .about 1 foot above the
danger line. Unless there are heavy rains,
in, the meantime the river will begin to
fall Thursday morning.
RISING AT CAPITAL.
KEPUUUC SPECIAL.
Jefferson City, Mo., April 26. The Mis
souri River rose a foot last night, and to
day at this point, and at 8 o'clock to-night
the gauge shows a reading of 23.5 feet, or
four .feet above the danger line. The river
was rising slowly to-night and Is expected
to reach a stand to-morrow, and then be
gin o recede.
TUe damage, which has been done so far
Is confined to the ruining of the wheat in
I the. ow bottoms, the water not having yet
reached the high bottoms. The Osage Riv
er was reported rising to-day, and Is now
higher than ever Known, and doing much
damage to crops and tie yards.
MAIL ROUTES ABANDONED.
TtEPOpLIC SPECIAL. J&
Marshall, Mo.. April 26. The recent
flood did much damage m this county.
Two of the rural mail routes out of
M-'amt have been abandoned on account
of bridges washed out. On one route as
ai'ahy "as fifteen bridges have been
washed away. John Haynea. who lives in
the Fairville Neighborhood, was unable to
feed His cattle yesterday, as the animals
were on one aide of the creek and the
feed oa the other, and. connections could
not be made.
BETTBRAT ST. JOSEPH.
republic sprciAU
c St. Joseph. Mo., April 26. The train
service in and out of the city, which has
been demoralized by the recent floods,
.was partially restored to-day. although
some of the roeds had trains they cou!d
not hear from. This Is true of the West
ern -Division of the Rock Island. The Bur
lington Is suffering .mostly from inter
rupted telegraphic communication. It
aa3ff fcP """ submerged track'f our miles
norm oi ncrc.
DANGER AT KEOKUK.
' Keokuk, la., AprU 26. Both -rivers hers
are rising at an alarming rate. The Mis
sissippi s now within half a foot of the
danger mark. The' Des Moines River has
,ri ..four feet In the last twenty-four hours
toTy now running over the lowlands. All
...trlets flooded last season- are again in
danger and general .rains for two days
-will break the levees, which have just
been repaired. The full force of the flood
Is folt here, where the Des Moines River
empties Into the Mississippi.
Much alarm Is felt by residents of .Alex
anuria. Mo.- Reports from up the Des
Motne say the river Is rising as. inch an
boot and -.tie Mississippi . is also rising'
-eteacly.
' By a Itepubllc Photographer.
At the Terminal Span over the Cahokl a Creek at the Relay Station, showing
the hcleht of the water yesterday afternoon and the helghth during the floods of
1E92 and 1S03. The latter figure is Indicated over the head of the man standing
beside the rier.
Water Passes Through Weakened Dike at Mitchell Workmen
Abandon Efforts to Save Embankments and Appeal to Passing
Steamer to Rescue Them Citizens Flee From Madison and
Venice.
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EAST ST. LOUIS OFFICIALS PREPARE FOR DANGER.
Tho river rose 3 feet, yesterday at St. Louis, and a 33-foot stago is predicted, but
Indications are that it will not exceed that stage.
The flood broke through the Madison County levee at MItchel and the workmen
abandoned all efforts to stem the water. They asked to be taken off.
Forty families at Venice were rendered homeless and refugees from 'Madison.
Venice and Brooklyn fled to Edwardsville.
Residents of Granite City are preparing to vacate. Water has risen to the streets
of West Madison, and street-car service between the Tri-Cities has been stopped.
The approaches to Merchants' bridge are being strengthened and the railroads are
hurrying large quantities of clay to East St. Louis, where the citizens are taking ev
ery precaution against tho flood.
The Chicago and Alton. C, P. & St. I, Clover Leaf and other East Side lines re
fuse to accept freight.
Every effort Is being made to get the freight destined for the Fair over the riv
er, and the Terminal officials are strengthening their flood defenses at every point.
The levee at MItchel causes much anxiety, but cross levees are being constructed
as rapidly as possible. Many farms are'submerged and tho crops are a total loss.
It Is estimated that It families .living in. the Missouri River Bottoms have left
their homes., and 10.000 acres of. farm land inundated.
The Madison County levee, twenty miles
above East St. Louis, broke yesterday at
Mitchell, IJ1.. the point where It first
gave way last year, and all attempts to
stop the break have been abandoned by
the force of men, who have been at work
on the levee for several days.
As the steamer Spread Bogle passed the
levee yesterday the men appealed to the
captain to take them off. When, the
steamer reached St. Louis It departed at
once for Old Madison Landing and wUl
bring the men and construction, outfit to
St. Louis.
Water has reached the streets of West
.Madison end the residents of the low parts
of the town have fled to .higher ground.
Street-car service between Madison, Gran
ite City and Venice has been suspended,
the tracks in many places being under
water.
Forty families at Venice have been made
homeless, being driven from their houses
by the water. Many are being housed in
the 'schoolhouses and churches. The
water has reached the west side of Main
street.
GRANITE CITT RESIDENTS
PREPARE TO VACATE.
At Granite City residents of the west
ern part of the town are preparing to va
cate their homes at the first sign of
danger. The section of the town near the
river will probably be flooded if the river
reaches the 35-foot stage.
The greatest danger at this town is from
water backing in from the north and east
from Horseshoe Lake, which has been
swollen out of its banks by the little
streams which flow into it
Thousands of men are at work on the
railroad tracks that traverse the threat
ened territory above East St. Louts,
throwing up sand-bag dikes to protect
the tracks and keep communication open.
The railroads which pass through Mad
ison, Venice and Granite City are the
Chicago and Alton, the Wabash, the
Clover Leaf and the Chicago, Peoria and
St Louis.
To prevent possible, congestion the Chi
cago and Alton, Clover Leaf and the Chi
cago, Peoria and St Louis roads yester
day stopped receiving freight at St Louis
for Eastern points. The Wabash will now
take only live stock and perishable freight
and if conditions grow more serious will
noi receive any offerings.
There are from 300 to 400 cars of ex
hibits at present in the yards of the Ter
minal Association in Bast St Louis. The
'Terminal ' officials are straining every
nerve to get tho cars across the river be
fore the situation becomes more serious.
World's (Fair freight has been given the
right .of way over all other, and every
transfer steamer was worked to its ca
pacity yesterday; bringing, the -freight Al
though the Conlogue branch of the Ter
minal is under water, the Terminal of
f.Mnls hope to have all World's Fair
freight at the Exposition on time.
BRIDGE APPROACHES
BEING STRENGTHENED.
The east approaches of the Merchants
Terminal bridge, which bad not been fully
repaired from the last flood, are being
strengthened. Hundreds of carloads of
dirt are being dumped on each side of the
embankment to lessen the strain of the
current
Hundreds of acres of farm lands outside
the protection of the main Madison levee"
are completely submerged and the crops
are a total losa
Stock and farm machinery from the
large farms, above Granite City were
brought. to St. Louis .yesterday by the
steamer Spread Eagle, which picked them
upon her way down the river from Alton.
Much stock was. reported drowned.
The report of the break In the levee at
Mitchell yesterday' caused much excite
ment' In Madison. Granite City and Venice'
and hastened the departure of many of the
residents.
Police and city officials visited the homes
of the families living in the threatened
districts, endeavoring to assure them that
there v.;as no Immediate danger of flood.
The water from the break at Mitchell,
they say, will be stopped by cross levees
before it reaches the towns.
LEVEE AT MITCHELL
CAUSES ANXIETY.
Since the high water first threatened
the residents of the East Side towns have
been watching the levee at Mitchell. After
the break last year It was ordered re
paired, straightened and widened by the
Madison County Board of Levee Commis
sioners. Owing to bad weather the re
pair work has been delayed.
Many officials of the threatened towns
believe that the break. If it is as serious
as reported, will flood the entire East Side
to a depth of several feet Others think
that the cross levees will hold tho water
and prevent a general Inundation.
So far the suffering has been confined to
the occupants of the houses on the low
lands near the river. AH the houses on
Carr Island, west of Venice, are afloat,
many of them floated from their founda
tions and overturned.
The schoolhouses and churches in the
high sections of Madison and Venice have
been prepared to house the families that
have been forced' from their homes.
RIVER AT ST. LOUIS LEVEE
RISES THREE FEET MORE.
Slightly mora than 32 feet were regis
tered at the St. Louis Levee at midnight
the river having risen 3 feet since the
early morning hours yesterday.
All steam navigation over tho Levee
tracks was suspended early in the day, the
water having reached and covered the
rails in several places. A 33-foot stage Is
predicted for to-day, which will bring the
water to the curb at the foot of 'Wash
ington avenue.
Thousands of sightseers visited the river
front and crowded Bads bridge watching
the efforts being made to load the steam
ers through the flood So rapid Is the rise
that It Is almost apparent aa It creeps
up the levee hill.
One steamer arrived from the upper
river and attempted to pass under the
bridge. After several vain attempts the
steamer was forced to land above the
bridge as her smoke stacks were too
high to clear the center span.
All the rivers In this district continued
to rise yesterday, and are above the
danger lino at St LCuls, Glasgow, Boon
vine and Hermann. AtHermann 2314 feet
was registered, at Hannibal 15 feet and 20
feet at Kansas City. Further rise Is pre
dicted at Hermann, owing to the heavy
rise of the Osage River.
The heaviest rains are past for the
present, is the announcement made by
Forecaster Bowie of tho Weather Bu
reau, and from present indications the
river wlU not exceed tho 35-foot atage.
Heavy rains continued to faU during
the last forty-eight hours over North
eastern .Missouri and Illinois, being an
excess of two Inches over the Lower Illi
nois Valley.
The storm over Missouri has continued
eastward, and probably, will disappear
over the Atlantic seaboard to-day.
Cooler weather prevailed over the cen
tral valleys and the Eastern States. An
other storm was central over Oregon yes
terday, with very low pressure.
It will probably be somewhat warmer to
day. EAST ST. LOUIS PREPARES
TO BATTLE WITH FLOOD.
East St Louis, tinder the direction of
Mayor Silas Cook and City Engineer Helm,
Continued on Face Two.
Visitors to Exposition May Leave
Vehicles Outside the
Grounds.
AUTOMOBILES ARE BARRED.
Mounted Police Will Control Ar
rivals and Man With Mega
phone Will Call Numbers
Flashed by Annunciator.
The Lindrll Pavilion carriage "corral."
rieritmed by Mayor Wells and Park Com
mNrioncr Aull for the benefit of World's
Fair visitors who wiili to leave their
vehicle and enter the Fair grounds on
foot, is being put into condition by the
Park Department, and will tc in readiness
for opening day.
Workmen are now completing a little
stretch of road leading from Grand Drive
way in Forest Park to tho front of the
Pavilion, where visitors will alight Tho
roadway leads, from the- east, directly
from tho main park entrance. Visitors
leaving vehicles at jthc "corral" will enter
the World's. Fair grounds through Parade
gate, from which granitoid walks lead.
Old Lindell loop, In front of the pavilion,
forms the "corral" proper, which has been
fenced In a manner! that will prevent car
riages from destroying the lawn in front
of the pavilion. Within that part of the
loop where carriages will be driven it ha3
been estimated that, there is accommoda
tion for fully 700 vehicles. No vehicles
without attendants will be admitted, as
thero has been no provision made for help
and no place to hitch animals.
Mounted patrolmen from the Mounted
District will control the arrival and de
parture of carriages on opening day. and
Park Commissioner Aull will provide a
man with megaphono to call out the
number of carriages. At night during the
Exposition period electric annunciators
will flash the numbers of carriages as
they are wanted.
Automobilies will not bo allowed in the
"corral." Those not wishing to house
their vehicles within the spaces specified
by tho World's Fair officials within the
grounds can place their machines in a
shed back of Forest Park Cottage, which
Park Commissioner Aull has provided.
This shed Is 100x51 feet It has no sides, a
roof sheltering the "autos" from the
weather.
It is probable that the World's Fair
people will furnish a canopied walk from
Lindell Pavilion to Parade, gate In case
of rain.
ORIGINAL "MRS.-WIGGS"
SENFT0 POLICE COURT.
Accused of Throwing Jar ot Slop oa
Head of n Unwelcome and
Persistent Visitor.
Louisville. Ky., April 26,-Mrs. Mary
Bass, the original "Mrs. Wlggs of the
Cabbage Patch," was present In police
court to-day on the charge of throwing a
jar of slop on the head of Mrs. Emily
Smith of Hazlewood. a suburb of Louis
ville. The scene occurred in the rear of Mrs.
Bass's 'domicile, whither Mrs. Smith went
after repeated knocks at the front door
failed to gain a response.
Mrs. Bass contended that her life has
been made miserable by the visits of peo
ple from all sections and climes, who were
prompted by no other motive than curi
osity. Mrs. Smith, on the other hand,
maintained that she was prompted by a
spirit of charity, gaining the impression
from the book that "Mrs. Wlggs" was in
need of assistance. Tho case was ad
journed until next Friday.
"MOTHER" JONES ESCAPES
FROM UTAH QUARANTINE.
Marches Through Town, Exposing
Scores of Persons, and Ultimate
ly Lands In Jail.
Price, Utah, April 25. "Mother" Jones,
who has been In enforced quarantine after
visiting a miner afflicted with smallpox,
lias again broken out of quarantine and,
accompanied by fifteen or twenty Italian
women and children, drove Into town to
day. With two sympathizers, striking miners
from Helper, she walked through the town
toward 'the Implement shed, where 120
men arrested Sunday are being detained.
Before reaching the shed she was ar
rested and placed in Jail. She wUI be kept
there until the period of infection Is over.
It Is believed this last outbreak of
"Mother" Jones has exposed scores to In
fection and active measures will be taken
by the State health officers.
N0RT0NI WORKS AND WAITS.
Matter of. His Appointment Is
Still Undecided.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Washington, April 28. The possible ap
pointment of Bert D. Nortonl as Assist
ant Attorney General for the Postofflce
Department sU'l Is undecided. The re
turn of Postmaster General Payne, which
was expected to-day. has been delayed,
and probably he will not be In Washing
ton until Thursday or Friday. The mat
ter awaits his consideration.
Chances continue to favor Mr. Nortonl.
He occupies, himself working upon bis.
brief in the Dolan-Garrett appeal.
MANY TRAINS DELAYED
BY MISSOURI FLOODS.
The floods delayed many trains arriving
In St Louis yesterday, but the disturb
ance was by no means as serious as had
been anticipated.
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas train
due at I JO ' p. m,, did not arrive until
11:30. The Missouri Pacific train due at
the Union Station at 1030 p. m. arrived
at 11:05.
The Big Four, due at 6.-45, was two hours
late. -.
Train service on the Grafton branch of
the C P. 8t L. was abandoned yesterday.
Russians Claim They Have Dzstroyzd Part of Jap
anese Pontoon Heavy Firing Heard in Vicinity
of Tatung-Kau Possibly Intended to Cover
More Serious Movement of Troops Else
where Russians Have 40,000 Men In
trenched North of River and 20,000
More Guarding Taku-Shan, Where
Landing May Be Attempted.
RUSSIANS SUCCESSFULLY TEST
Parte, April 27. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Matin says:
"I learn from a sure source that the Vladivostok squadron yesterday sank
four Japanese transports, which were conveying 4,000 men."
Uao-Yang. April 25. Between last night
and this morning the Japanese forced a
passwge of the Yalu, two companies
orosslnc between Tchangdjiou and Siao
pousslkhe. Heavy firing was heard near Tatung
Kau, In which it is believed the Japanese
made a feint In order to distract atten
tion from the real point of passage.
So far no bridge Fpans the river. It is
believed the Russian Are succeeded in
destroying the floating parts ot the Jap
anese bridges.
On the night of April 25 two steamers
and two torpedo boats were noticed at the
mouth of the river. They approached the
shore at duyllght and the Japanese com
menced to build a pontoon on the left
tributary. A second pontoon was being
prepared ten miles up the stream.
OCCUPV ISLAND.
At 3 o'clock the same afternoon the
Japanese occupied the Island of Samollndo,
to which they carried pontoon boats and
material.
The night passed quietly, the torpedo
boats maintaining a careful watch In case,
the troops ashore should be attacked and
examining the mouth of the river by
means of searchlights.
At 3:10 next morning the Japanese
crossed the river near the village of
Tchangdjtou, where, however, the Russian
outposts commenced firing upon them. The
Russian advance guards had been fur
nished with a small gun, and they suc
ceeded In destroying the pontoon con
structed near Wiju. The wrecked pon
toon was carried away by the current and
further Japanese bridging operations
ceased, but they continued to cross by
another pontoon south of WIJu.
A Japanese column, with a battery of
artillery, approached Turenchen at mid
day, but the Russian skirmishers mei
them with sharp firing, evidently giving
them trouble, as they retired with the
battery, which made no attempt to answer
the Russian Are.
RUMOR OF REPULSE.
St Petersburg. April 26. It Is reported
that an altempt of the Japanese to cross
the Talu has been frustrated.
A dispatch from Port Arthur says:
"Experiments with submarine boats here
have been attended with brilliant success.
"All Is quiet In the region ot the fort
ress." The entrance into the service of four
submarine boats at Port Arthur means
the addition of a new and formidable
weapon for the defense of that stronghold.
The dispatch of the boats In sections over
the railways has been shrouded In se
crecy, and even to-day many In St Pe
tersburg are Inclined to doubt the report
by officials of their presence at Port Ar
thur or to accept the information as trust
worthy. An effort now to close or blockade'Port
Arthur will be too dangerous. It is
thought, for Vice Admiral Togo to at
tempt The defenders of the port will be
able to guard against Japanese submarine
vessels entering the harbor and attacking
the Russian ships at anchor.
The Russian submarine boats may soon
have an opportunity to demonstrate the
value of their type in war, as the Japa
nese fleet Is reported at Chefoo, and the
Interval of time it is usually absent from
Port Arthur has about expired.
Advices from Mukden indicate that the
Russians have completed the concentra
tion ot their forces on the Mukden-LIao-Yang-Yalu
and Mukden-Nluchwang lines.
Forty thousand men are occupying for
tified positions along the Yalu River and
20.000 are posted at Taku-Shan. at the
head of Korea Bay. where the Japanese"
have threatened to make a landing. The
Russians also occupy the banks of the
Tumen River from the Russo-Korean
frontier, near the source of the Yalu.
Detachments of Russian cavalry and
light artillery hold the towns of Klo-Lln.
Musan and Zunduyan, along the river, and
points on the east coast of Korea offering
facilities for landings.
ENGLAND PUSHING ITS OWN
PLANS AND PERMITTING
MEDIATION IDEA TO REST.
London, April 26. Inquiries here reveal
no trace of any effort to Intervene in the
Russo-Japanese War. No step, looking to
a pacific settlement has been taken by the
Foreign Office, nor, so far as known. In
Downing street, by King Edward himself.
Those who have discussed the war with
the King within the last few days say
that such a step is the last thing he con
templates. Such a Btep, however, in
formally taken, so it is held here, might
seriously endanger the vital negotiations
now progressing between Russia and Great
Britain, with a view to the settlement of
existing differences.
King Edward and the Foreign Office are
fully aware that any offer or even sug
gestion looking to peace at the present
stage would be resented both by Japan
and Russia, and It Is emphatically denied
that the King, even in the family circle
at Copenhagen, has suggested mediation,
much less Intervention. His Majesty had
expressed sympathy with his royal rela
tive over the losses sustained by the Rus
sian fleet but he has been equally'
thoughtful toward, the Mikado.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE MAY
PROPOSE PEACE LATER, BUT
RUSSIA IS NOT NOW READY.
SPECIAL "BY CABLE TO THE ST. LOUIS RE
PUBLIC AND TUB NEW YORK HERALD.
Berlin. April 28Copyright, ISO.)-With
regard to rumors of Intervention in the
far Bast, the National Zeltung, which
Is. generally regarded aa particularly. Well
SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOATS.
Informed and as having a certain con
nection with the Foreign Office, to-day
publishes a statement which, has all the
airs of a communique from Russia.
After laying stress on the fact that it
was rumored before the war that meas
ures of pacification undertaken by Franco
and England were only interrupted by
Japan's unforeseen attack, the Journal
rays:
"It is therefore Incredible that such ru
mors should again be current. Every one
must feel that Russia cannot at present
accept any such offers of mediation. Her
damaged prestige In the far East forbids
It. and It Is only after having tried to
force the war oa land that she may be
expected seriously to consider such pro
posals. "It Is certain that the mediators will be
England and France, but it Is also to be
safely presumed that when an attempt at
pacification is made It will already have
received powerful support from other neu
tral Powers."
JAP CRUISERS PURSUING
RUSSIAN SQUADRON OFF
EASTjCOAST OF KOREA.
Chicago, April 26. A special cable to the
Daily News from Kobe says:
"Under full steam a strong squadron of
Japanese armored cruisers was observed
this morning making Its way northward
on the Japan sea. It is believed the ves
sels are on their way to attempt to cut
off the Russian squadron .that appeared at
Gensan on the east coast of Korea yes
terday. It is feared, however, that as the
Czar's cruisers are superior In speed to
those ot the Mikado they may escape In
safety to the shelter ot Vladivostok.
"It Is also stated that the Japanese have
succeeded In luring the Russians from
protection of the Vladivostok guns, and
that there Is another 'Japanese squadron
between them and their retreat, but these
are mere rumors."
St. Petersburg. April 26. The Emperor
has received a dispatch from the com
mander of the Vladlvstok squadron, con
firming the reports of the sinking of a
Japanese transport of COO tons at Gensan.
The object of the squadron's cruise is to
destroy all transports traversing the Sea
of Japan, show the Russian flag In
Korean waters, and Impress the popula
tion advantageously, also compelling the
Japanese to guard all their transport expe
ditions. MAN WHO TRIES TO BLOW
UP BATTLESHIP HANGS
HIMSELF WHEN DETECTED.
Cronstadt, April 26. A sensational story
Is afloat here of an attempt to destroy
the battleship Alexander III.
According to the reports, a sailor saw
n stranger, wearing the rnlform of an of
ficer, going down Into the engine-room of
the battleship, followed him and saw the
stranger attaching something connected
with a wire to the dynamos.
After the stranger left the engine-room
the sailor examined the attachment and
found It to be a bomb. The sailor at once
cut the wires, ran upon deck to tell what
had happened, and found that the stranger
had hanged himself.
The crew of the Alexander III. it Is
added, were Instructed not to speak of
the occuircnce, and It is said that the
stranger was a madman or a member of
some revolutionary organization, to whose
lot It bad fallen to blow up the Alex
ander III.
RUSSIA RECEIVES NEW
TORPEDO BOATS BUILT
FOR THE GERMAN NAVY.
St Petersburg, April 26. (Copyright,
1901.) Russia has received eight torpedo
boats, made in Germany and built In ac
cordance with the latest Ideas, the en
largement ot these craft making them use
ful in sea work. They are the largest
afloat, being 80 tons, with a speed ot
twenty-eight knots.
Vice Admiral Skrydloff will depart to
morrow for the far East. Totally un
founded reports ot an attempt upon his
life were circulated here to-day.
The body ot Rear Admiral Molas has
been found washed ashore at Port Arthur,
terribly mutilated.
JAPS MAY OCCUPY PART
OF CHINESE COAST, SAYS
DISPATCH FROM SHANGHAI.
Paris, April 27. A dispatch to the Petit
Parisien from Its Shanghai' correspondent
says:
"A rumor is current here that Japan In
tends to occupy a portion of the Fukien
Coast opposite Formosa, with the ob
ject of preventing the Russian Baltic
squadron passing through the Formosa
Strait"
ARGENTINE CRUISERS WILL
BE BOUGHT BY RUSSIA IF
PLANS DO NOT MISCARRY.
St Petersburg. April 26. On account of
the refusal to dellvar the Argentine ends
en. before the money Is paid, it Is un
derstood that .a committee Is being or
ganised In Paris to arrange for the sale'
ot the vessels through Charles) R. Flint
of Flint & Co. of New York.
A dispatch to the Temps of Paris from
St Petersburg, April 22. said that the
formalities of the purchase by Russia of
three Argentine warships of the Garibaldi
type, constructed, at Genoa, appeared to
b settled.
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COMMANDER T. HIROSE.
Who was killed In the second attempt
to "bottle -up" Port Arthur. March 27.
His bravery and skill have won admira
tion from all the world and his death;
profoundly moved the Japanese natien.
His burial was marked with the highest
honors.
TORNADO DAMAGES
OSAGE CAPITAL.
School Building Wrecked, bat
Pupils and Teachers Escape ,
One Person Injured . i
' ,' in Town. ' . j
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Guthrie. Ok., AprU 26. A tornado to
day struck Pawhuska, capital of the Osaga
Nation, doing considerable damage. Thai
Catholic school building,- situated on -m
high bluff, about a mile from the town,
and several outbuildings, were wrecked.
The school building was full of teachers
and pupils at the time of the tornado, but
none were hurt
Two livery barns and residences In the
town were damaged. Only one person was
seriously injured. All telephone, communi
cation Is down.
DIRECTORS ASK GOVERNOR TO
DECLARE HOLIDAY SATURDAY.
At the last meeting of the World's
Fair Board of Directors before the
opening of the Exposition, held yes-
terday afternoon at the Admlnla-
tration building, the board unanl-
mously adopted a resolution asking
Governor Dockery to proclaim next
Saturday, April 30, a holiday and a.
day of public thanksgiving.
It was the sense ot tho Board of
Directors "that as that day la the
opening day of the greatest Erpo-
sltlon in the history of the world.
held to commemorate the one hun-
'dred and first anniversary of the
acquisition of Louisiana Territory,
it should be made a day of rejoicing;
4 among all the people of the great-
est State of the Purchase territory.
LEADING TOPICS
-in
TO-DAY'S REPUBLIC.
GRAIN CLOSED: ST. LOUIS-JULY
WHEAT Sic ASKED! JULY CORN Ha
BID. CHICAGO-JULY WHEAT Wi&
Mc; JULY CORNj8?4Sttc ASKED.
WEATHER nrDICATIOHS.
For St. Louis and Vicinity- Fairs
somewhat warmers brisk northerly,
winds, becoming; -variable.
For Ml.aonrl and Illinois Fair
Wednesday and Thnrsdayi warms
Thursday.
FART r.
Page.
Z. County Democratic Leaders on Guber
natorial Race.
5. Seeks to Reform Election Officials.
4. World's Fair News.
6. Crop Reportsi
Real Estate Transfers.
Missouri Presbytery Meets.
E, The Republic Dally Racing Form
Charts.
T. Baseball Scores. i ;) .
g. Editorial. "I""'-
Society News.
f. New Restoration Bond Offered.
12. Hallway Newst
Harper Taboos All Card Games.
PART n.
1. Automobiles May Enter Exposition.
Doctor Palmore Circles the Globe.
8. Financial News.
Summary of St Louis, Grain -Market.
. Republic "Want" Ads.
Birth. Marriage and Death Records.
New Corporations.
5. Boom for Rent Ads.
. Republic "Want' .Ada.
7. News from Near-By .Cities.
. To DUcuss Ravage of Fni
. Prominent World's Fair VlsttOff
fcvNew'Tork.
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