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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 306.
GERMANS ARE WORRIED
PEAR SMALL COLUMN OF COLO
NIAL TROOPS HAS BEEN
ANNIHILATED.
NOT HEARD FROM IN FOUR WEEKS
KNOWN THAT SUPERIOR FORCE
OF NATIVES RETREATED IN
THAT DIRECTION.
Berlin, April 1S-Colonial circles
have been greatly concerned about
the Glasenapp column since the report
of the battle at Okaharui, German
Southwest Africa, which was received
In Berlin March 19, as a large party,
probably 2,000, of the Hereros. defeat
ed at the battle of Onganjira, retreat
ed in the direction where Glasenapp
was last heard of. It is feared that
his small column of about 350 men
has been annihilated by a superior
force of the enemy.
Up to a late hour in the day no
details had been received from the
scene of the battle at Okatumba, al
though a dispatch had been anxiously
awaited throughout tlje day. Among
the killed at Okatumba was Captain
run Bagenski.
The recent severe losses in officers
and privates, together with the fact
that large masses of Hereros are still
under arms and capable of resisting
German artillery attacks for hours,
have created the impression here that
a mistake was made originally in send
ing too small a force to Africa. The
newspapers now say that the emperor
was right when he proposed to send
6,000 men under command of a gen
eral. Unfortunately, it is added, the
colonial and military authorities
caused different counsels to prevail.
BANK OUT OVER $22,000.
Trusted Employe of New York Institu
tion Missing.
New York, April 18.Reports of a
defalcation by an employe of the Chem
ical National bank, one of the largest
financial institutions J^ere, have been
cleared up by a statement by Cashier
Francis Halpin. It is to the effect that
a trusted man, whom he names, dis
appeared ten days ago after faithfully
serving the bank for twenty-two years
and that investigation of his accounts
discloses that they are "out of proof"
to the extent of $22,538.97. The miss
ing man was a clerk in the check de
partment. The case contains some
peculiar features, inasmuch as he did
not handle any money or securities
but was'employed only in the depart
ment mentioned. His dujties were,
with others, to take the checks brought
in from the morning's clearances, etc.,
verify them and c~'n.~
them in day
books, from which (ho amounts were
entered in the ledgers.
Precisely how the abstractions were
made Is something of a mystery, for
the hank officials,. while discovering
the failure of his books to "prove" by
more than $22,000, have been unable
to discover any vouchers, missing.,
WORST OF THE WINTER.
Xdlrondaeks Country in the Grasp of a
Blizzard.
Glens Falls, N. Y., April 18.The
whole Adirondack* country is in the
grasp of a blizzard which for severity
has not been equaled during the past
winter. From ten to fifteen inches of
snow fell during the night. The coun
try roads are blocked and steam
and
electric lines in this section are de
layed.
Schenectady, N. Y., April 18.A
iriving snow storm prevailed through
out this section during the day. All
trains on the New .York Central from
the west were from "one to two hours
late and the local trolley service was
badly hampered. The sleighing was
ae good as at any time in the winter.
It has been thirteen years since a snow
..storm of this severity, has been- ex-
perienced as late as this ir. A.n-ril
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Now is the time to select tlielmaterial
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most desirable, arc:
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Cotton Voiles oo!ors K^i':pr yd 18c
Fancy Cotton Suitings, per yd 15c to 25c
Ladies' Silk Shirt Waists.
Silk Crepe de Chine Waists at $9.50
Peau de Soie
China Silk, from
RUSSIANS AND JAPS IN FORCE
NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE
YALU RIVER.
Seoul, April 18.No battle has beer,
fought at Wiju. The Russians occupj
strongly fortified positions at Chin
tlencheng, on the Manchurian side of
the river and about ten miles north
of Antung, and on Tiger hill, a rocky
promontory jutting out into the Yalii
river. The Japanese forces and bat
teries are screened behind the hill be
tween the river and Wiju.
A recent dispatch from Jsiaoyattg
said the Russiau intrenchments on the
Yalu had been completed. The center
of the line of fortified positions is a]
Antung. The right flank rests at Ta
tungkao, about twenty-five milts south
west of Antung, and the left at Chiu
tiencheng. It has been reported that
there are about 20,000 Russians, com
posed of infantry, cavalry and artil
lery, at Antung ready to opposethe
Japanese if they attempt to cross the
river, and a recent dispatch from To
kio says it was known there that the
Russians were in force on the Man
churian side of the Yalu.
The major force of the first Japanese
army to land in Korea is near Wiju,
according to a dispatch from Korea,
and the Japanese are said to be land
ing at Chulsan, near the mouth of the
Yahi.
There have been frequent skirmish
es between Russian and Japanese
troops in the vicinity of Wiju during
the last week.
PLANNED TO WRECK BRIDGE
TWO OFFICERS OF JAPANESE
-GENERAL STAFF CAPTURED
NEAR HARBIN.
Harbin, Manchuria, April 18Two*
Japanese officers of the general staff
have arrived here under strict eseo:\
naving been arrested by the rail caJ
guard eighteen miles from this place.
They were dressed as Tibetan Lamas.
In attempting to escape they forsook
their tents, in which were found sixty
pounds of high explosives, a fuse, a
string of keys to unscrew railroad
auts, etc. They evidently intended to
blow up the bridge over the Nonni
river near Fullandi.
The prisoners displayed great cool
ness, confessing that it was their in
tention to destroy the railroad.
ANTUNG IS THE CENTER.
Russian Entrenchments on the Yalu
River Completed
St. Petersburg, April 18.A dis
patch from Liaoyang says that the
Russian entrenchments on the Yalu
river have been completed. The cen
ter of the line of fortified positions is
kntung. The right flank rests on
Tatungkau and the left flank on Ku
iencheng on the west bank of the
ITalu.
Only Three Russians Killed.
Tokio, April 18.It has been discov
er! that an error was made in re
sorting the number of Russians killed
,n a skirmish at the Yalu river last
Tuesday, west of Wiju. The number
was given as twenty-two, but it has
been learned that an error was made
In translating the cipher telegram.
The number actually killed was only
three.
WILL GO UNINSTRUCTED.
New Yorkers Elect Delegates to St.
Louis Convention.
New York, April 18.Democratic
iimaries were held during the evening
!n the thirty-five assembly districts of
New York for the election of dele
gates and alternates to the state con
tention. In none of the districts were
[he delegates instructed, and there
were no contests. Among the dele
gates elected were Charles F. Mur
phy, W. Bourke Cookran, Robert A.
I Van Wyck, Thomas F, Grady and Vic
tor J. Dowling.
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Suit Sases, from Sl.50 to SlO
Men's Dress Shirts, from 50e to S3
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EMBEZZLEMENT OF FOUNDS.
Prominent Denver Society and Club
Man Sent to Prison.
Denver, April 18Herbert F. Mel
len has been sentenced to the state
penitentiary for a term of four to five
years for embezzleriicnt of funds of
the International Trust company, of
which he was teller.
The amount embezzled' is estimated
to be between ?10.000 and $30,000.
Mellen-was one of the most prominent
society and dub men in the city.
Sentence Is Postponed.
San Francisco, April 18.Superior
Judge Cook has postponed for two
weeks the formal sentence of impris
onment for life of Mrs. Cordelia Dot
kin for the murder of Mrs. John P.
I Dunning. The delay was granted to
i afford time for the preparation of a
transcript of exceptions made by the
defense, which will.be used as a basis
{for. ja_ motion for a .new. trial: at the
time sentence is imposed.
MEN'S DRIVING
AMAZON RIVER SHOE
APPLICATION TO REMOVE BRYAN VICEROY ALEXIEFF RAISES HIS
AS EXECUTOR OF BENNETT
ESTATE DENIED.
New Haven. Conn.. April IS.A de
cision denying in effect'the application
for the removal of William J. Hr\v.n
as executor of the estate of the late
Fhilo S. P.ennett has been rendered by
Judge Oleaveland in the probate court.
The application was brought by
counsel for Mrs. Grace Imogene Ben
nett, the widow, and other residuary
legatees on the ground that Mr. Bryan
was acting contrary to the interests
of the estate. The decision sustains
a demurrer filed by Mr. Bryan'? conn*
sel and practically denies the applica
tion, as far as, the probate court Is
concerned. The matter will now go to
the higher court on appeal.
The claim of the residuary legatees
that Mr. Bryan was acting contrary
to the best interests of the estate was
based on the fact that he appealed as
an individual and as a trustee from
the decree of the probate court refin
ing to incorporate as a part of the will
the sealed letter by which Mr. Bennett
expressed a wish that Mr. Bryaw
should have $50,000. It was claimed
by the residuary legatees that this ap
peal is inconsistent with his duties
executor of the will and that he is un
necessarily delaying the settlement of
the estate.
FIGHT FOR NORTHERN PACIFIC.
Harriman Will Not Give Up if Beaten
in Circuit Court,
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New York, April 18.The litigation
over the distribution of the Northern
Securities property is not likely to
end with a decision in the suit pond-.
ing in St. Paul.
It is stated here on good authority
that if the E. H. Harriman petition to
the federal court for intervention in
the distribution of the assets of the
Northern Securities company is de
nied the New Jersey courts will at
once be applied to by the Hatriraan
interests to prevent the carrying
through of the Hill distribution plan
at. the special meeting of Northern
Securities stockholders called for
April 21 at Hoboken.
Such application to the New Jei\s
courts-will certalnlyprcvent the- meet-
ing being held on that date. The Un
ion Pacific interests will endeavor to
prevent it ever being held.
HENRY WATTERSON'S VIEWS.
Louisville Editor Discusses Democratic
Presidential Candidates.
St. Paul, April 18.-Henry Waiter
son, the Louisville editor, was in St.
Paul a few hours while^n route to the
coast on a lecture tour: Regarding
various Democratic presidential can
didates he said:
"Mr. Cleveland has at no time been
a possibility. Offering him against
Mr. Roosevelt would be simply setting
up one absolutist against another.
"Mr. Bryan started out to rule or
ruin the party: He will do neither.
"Mr, Hearst's candidacy for the pros
idency I have regarded as a kind of
insanity" rrshall be surprised if lie
receives more than 100 votes in the
convention."
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BKM1DJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY, APHIL IS, VMU.
FLAG ON RUSSIAN FLEET
AT PORT ARTHUR.
St. Petersburg. April IS. Viceroy
lalexieff took over the command of
the Russian fleet at Pert Arthur dlir
ing the afternoon and raised his Hag
board, the battleship Sevastopol.
NO GREAT t?AMAGE DONE.
Result of Friday's Bombardment of
Port Arthur.
Port Arthur. Friday. April in.-At
/clock this morning a small Japanese
stimuli on appeared on the horizon and
5oou drew off, but at about 10 o'clock
i hostile lleet, numbering twenty thrr.'
pessols was again sl'ghtedt They
tormod in two divisions,, one taking
IP a position, behind .t'ape l.iaostnui.
Jielling the shore and tin- Tlgiit penin
ula, while the other bombarded the
Solden hill and other batteries from
3 point opposite the roadstead. The
Ire was continued intermittently until
i o'clock in the afternoon The Rus
sian ships replied with an indirect tin
md made good practice, one shot
lamaging a Japanese cruiser. Acmrd
Ing- to some reports two Japanese
ships were injured. There was no
Jamage done to the forts or the town.
Some Chinese were killed and a few
Ehlnese and Russians were woundedi
REPORT IS DISCREDITED.
Russian Battleship Sevastopol Said to
Have Been Sunk.
St. Petersburg, April IS. A report
fcis gained wide currency here that the
battleship Sevastopol at Port Arthur,
has been lost, but the Associated Press
Is authoritatively Informed the gov
Iernment has received no advices inti
mating that ..such a disaster has oc
curred. On the contrary the latest a
count received here was to the effect
Lhat the Sevastopol was unharmed.
Wisconsin Pioneer Dead.
Milwaukee-, April 18.Kllsha W.
Edgerton, aged eighty-seven years,
Milwaukee's oldest settler, died during
the nijrht after an extended illness:
Mr. Edgerton was a member of the
first const it at tonal- can vont ion and- a
former president of the Slate Agricul
tural society.
Thousands of Sheep Perished.
Glpndive, Moht., April IS. The melt
ing snows have disclosed thousands uf
dead sheep on the ranges. The loss
by the ...winter snows, while not un
usually heavy, is serious. Hundreds
of men are skinning the sheep and
burning the remains to prevent an
epidemic. _^__
Battleships Now Building.
London. April 18.In the parlia
mentary papers just issuod the secre
tary of 1 he admiralty says the total
tonnage of battleships now building
and projected is as follows:-
United
States 200,180, Groat Britain 187,000.
Russia 125,270, Germany 1.03,970.
Payne's Health Improved.
Washington, April 18. A telegram
received tit the postoffice department
from Posi master GencraT Payne re
porls that his health has been im
proved by his sea trip and thai -be ex
pects to gel back to Washington the.
latter [pari of this month.
BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.
Samuel Smiles. I.L. I').. surgeon,
Journalist _.and railroad nian, is dead
in London.
Captain V. A. Itigelow, one of the
pioneer steamboat men of the, tipper
Mississippi, Is dead at I.a Crosse, Wis.,
aged sixty years.
Captain Robert Linden,, formerly
superintendent of police of Philodpl
phia and a famous detective, Is dead of
pneumonia after a month's illness, lb
was sixty-nine years old.
All the -Korea ru government records
and accounts were lost in the burning
ot the imperial palace at Seoul, to
gethbl with* much treasure. The loss
is estimated at %'.'..000,000.
Senator- McCurnbcr has introduced
a bill providing Tor (he appointment
by theV pi'efddeiit of a conirniHslotj of
three persons to revise the pension
laws and report to the next session of
congress.
A fleet of oil steamers with special
docking facilities at ail the Impor
tant ports on the Great Lakes and an
immense wharf at. Whiting, Ind., for
the expeditious handling of the oil
vessels are improvements now being
placed in service by the Standard Oil
company.
BASEBALL SCORES.
National League.
At St. l.onis. 4j Pittsburg, 5.
At Philadelphia. 0 Boston, 0.
At New York, f, Brooklyn, 2.
At Cincinnati 3 Chicago. 5ten In
nings caned at dark.
American League.
At Boston, -1: New York, 1.
At Washington, Philadelphia, 0-
ten Innings called at dark.
Accident Closes Big Plant.
Jolic-t. III.. April 18-BM'v.eeri 1,200
and 13Q employes of the fjlinois STi el
company have been thrown out of
work for an .indefinite period by the
total collapse] of the roughing engine
in the bilht mill, the shutdown af
fects the billet mill, converter and rod
mills. The cause of the breakdown-ito'attend
has not yet been determined.
Indiana Church Dynamited.
Evansville, Ind., April IS.The
Evangelical Lutheran church at
Blackburn has been dynamited. A
dynamite stick In an iron tube placed
under the front end of the building
exploded, tearing out one end of the
church. one"was killed, hutsev
eral were hurt In the panic.
Plot Against Loubet.
Marseilles, April 18.Michael Gio
vanni and two other Italians have been
arrested hero in connection with a
supposed plot to kill President Loubet
during hia coming visit to Italy.
STRUCK A JAP MINE
SINKING OF BATTLESHIP PETRO-
PAVLOVSK THE WORK OF
ADMIRAL TOGO.
SENDS OFFICIAL REPORT TO TOKIO
MINED HARBOR ENTRANCE BE
FORE DRAWING RUSSIAN
SHIPS OUTSIDE.
Toklb April IS Admiral Togo re
pons thai In Wednesday's attack on
Pui't Arthur the Jjipanesc sunk mines
a! uudnis.'ht atfil at in the niornin.
drew the Russian ships out Qftoim
nule.s from the port The PoCfppav
lovsk struck Japanese mine and was
sunk.
NOT OFFICIALLY ADMITTED.
Belief Growing in Russia That Japs
Sunk the Petropavlovsk.
-St. Petershnni, April IS."-"The mys
ter-y of the sinking n| the battleship
Petropavlovsk has not been cleared
up, Thai she telle bed mine phico
by Japanese torpedo boats during 1 he
night is not ofileiffHy admitted, bid
there is a growing disposition in un
otli'ial quarters lo accept this as pus
sihly being the true explanation That
the mine was laid' by a ruse 01 lie
Japanese is generally believed, a!
though some speculation is indulge!
in which nuiy almost be described us
fantastic, tor example, "the poSsfbil
ity of Hie introduction of. an infernal
machine into tho coal bunkers Is ad
vaticed as an oxplanulioii of'.the,
plosion which undottbtodly occurred
on board the battleship. The only"
thing aillruied with absolute certainly
is that it was not a Japanese shell, tia
ao lighting was in progress.
TO OPPOSE JAP ADVANCE
TWENTY THOUSAND RUSSIANS
MASSING CN RIGHT BANK
OF THE YALU.
Tokio April is Private advices
from Korea continir the reported mas:
Ing of 20.0(H) Russian troops on the
right bank of the Yalu river with the
object of opposing: the Japanese Inva
iton ol Manchuria. 'Although it Is un
known" when and where the Japanese
will attempt a crossing of the Yalu li
Is still believed that when ready thc?
will force a passage without serious
IOB.
RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORY.
Repulse Japanese Landing Force With
Heavy Loss.
London, April 18. A conrespdndenl
Df the Standard in the far L'asl stales
the Russian troops on the Yalu have
won u, victor} over tho Japanese and
prevented the landing of huge force
JJ the westward of the river^*. nioulli
lt Is staled thai Admiral Togo's fleet
has escorted a great nunibor of nans
ports, laden with troops, to a point
westward of the mouth of tho Yalu.
The expedition began to disembark,
not discovering large force of Itus
aian troops lying iu'-tviEcestlinent.
Twelve thousand men had been land
ad svheii the Russians attacked, driv
ing them back 10 their ships with
heavy losses in men and gunn.
Tho Vladivostok HQUfld-rbn is report
ed to have made a sortie
FILED WITH STATE DEPARTMENT
Protest Against Russian Prohibition of
Wireless Telegraphy.
-Washington, Anril 18 -One. of-.tin
prin. ipal wireless lelegraph eompanie
has filed at the state department a
protest against the decree of Admjrrnj
Aleylell that newspaper orrespomi
eifts using wireless telegraphy In He
K'tr Last during tie- war shall I
treated as.'spies, The slate depait
inent has taken the protest under con
Kideration, but, following the altnosi
unbioken practice, It probably will dfl
clfne to take any action on a hypothet
leal case. If an American c-ipzen i
arrested by the FtUBslat) officials tin
state department immediately will 1
down a line of policy lo meet tbb
novel departure in international law
It. Is realized that iTejwspaoef corn
spondents using wireless plegraph:
from the neighborhood of naval pnern
Hohfl might utiv.iltiiiKly give Inforfna
Hon oi great value to He- Pn
whose vessels, i Ing .also -^qulppe
with win-h-ss telegraph In'Sttruijienl
might readily take up mespagi 3 sen!
to a shoie station.
THREATS OF LYNCHING.
Unknown Man Kills One Ccloradc.T
and Wounds Two Others.
Denver, April is.- An ttpknowj mai
shot and killed a man named Schowll
and seriously wounded Dr. Baughma
I and another man near Rollinsvllle. 1
i station on the Moffat road we--i of 1!.'
city. Dr. P.aushnian had been calle
Kchowlt/. and. with seven
others. later starred in pursuit of
S'howltz' assailant. As tii-y can.
1 upon him the fugitive ojaned fin
upon them. lie was captun an
placed in jail. Schowbz expired be
I fore- the ptirsnliig party .jretuyne
Thf-nis of lynching the munlerer an
Pupils Escaped Safely.
Council Bluffs, la!. April HLFire
destroyed the north wing of the two
i BlBry dormitory of the Iowa school for
the deaf, situated two miles south of
the City. Considerable excitement
'WHS caused .anions the pupils for a
tirne but all were rescued without ac
cident. Half of the building burned
W the ground.
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