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VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1904.
NUMBER 84.
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THE SGENEOF WAR
Wires From There Have Been
Practically Silent For the
Past 24 Hours.
USE OF TELEGRAPH DISCONTINUED
This Silence it is Thought Indicates
That Japan's Great Attack on
. i Port Arthur is On.
Japanese Transports Carrying Troops
Continue to Arrive at Chomulpo at
the Rate of One a Day Pro
; visions Being Landed.
London, March 2. No confirmation
.of tho renorf nnhllnhari fiinoiiaii in thn
& Daily Telegraph that the Japanese had
bombarded Port Arthur Febraury 29
has been received from any point The
(wires from the scene of war have been
practically silent for the past 24 hours
t " and In some quarters this silence is
k &u3posod to indicate that Japan's
'erm. attack on Port Arthur is actu
jally in progress an'd that consequent
ly the use of the wires has" been dis
continued. In a dispatch from Shanghai a cor-"
respondent of the Dally Telegraph re
ports that the Japanese military au
; ( thorltles object to the installation of
-.' T'a- ' wireless telegraphy apparatus on
7A, newspaper dispatch boats.
,. V The correspondent of the Dally Mall
. r. at Che Foo, who has just returned
: -.there from Chemulpo, Cbroa, cables
that Japanese transports carrying
troops contlnuo to arrive at Chemulpo
:!" at the rate of one a day. while nro-
vlsions are being landed near Hwang-
Ju (94 miles northwest of Chemulpo!
at the head of the Tal-Dong river;,
where a large force of Japanese Infant
ry has concentrated.
"A serious defect has been disclos
ed," the correspondent continues, "It
i. is feared that most of the Japanese
' horses are unserviceable.
"The Japanese squadron at Chemul
po has been strengthened. A fleet of,'
12 battleships and cruisers has been'
"J!1 stationed permanently in Prince Je
rome gulf between Chebldo island and
the, anchorage.
"Yesterday I saw a cruiser of .the.
Nlltaka typo beached at the entrance.
of Nam-Yang creek. She was deserted
'except for a Japanese guard.
"The Coreans are hostile to the Jap
anese and they are assisting the Rus
sians In Northern Corea."
'Yin Kow, March 2. Llao Mang,
iManchurla, is now essentially a mili
tary city. An area comprising three
&J .and a third square miles adjoining
the railroad has been enclosed for a
military camp and magazine purposes
There Is also a military camp at Hal
!Cheng, Manchuria (32 miles from New
Ohwang), which, with its defenses,
.covers 1,000 acres.
1 St Petersburg, March 2. A Rus
sian correspondent at Shanghai tele
'graphs that It is reported at Tien-Tsln
' ,that 4,000 additional 'Chinese soldiers
ihave been posted In Northern China
and that the Chinese government has
irecently placed large orders for guns
land ammunition.
ON COREAN SOIL.
The 'Japanese Have Landed at Least
8C,000 Troops.
Victoria, B. C, March 2. The royal
mail steamer Empress of India ar
rived Tuesday night"from Japan. Tho(
most interesting portion of her news'
t from the Orient was that Japan was
' shipping vast numbers of troops by
night across to Corea, No troops
moved by day and no man knew when
ho would be called ,away. Officers
were missed from tho club and men
from their accustomed haunts and tho
explanation was. that they were sum
moned during the night and shipped
aboard .transports and destined for Co
rea. It is said by passengers who have
been observing that Japan had at
least 80,000 troops landed on tho Co
reari shore when the Empress of India
sailed and they wero going' over at
night, many thousands at a time. It
is understood that the dispatch of
jtroops Is to continue until 200,000 men
are at the disposal of the Japanese
generals at the front
AMERICAN VE68ELS.
Bill
Passed Requiring Their Use
Transporting Supplies.
In
Washington, March 2. Senates The
senato Tuesday passed the bill requir
ing the use of American vessels in
transporting government supplies and
took up tho bill prohibiting tho use of
other than American vessels in. ship
ping merchandise to tho Philippines
and rollevlng tho lntor-lsland trado of
tho Philippines from tho exactions of
tho coastwlso lawa of tho United
States. Tho first mentioned require
ment of tho latter bill is already in
.force, in effect but this 'm0a3u.ro en-
acts It In different form. The bill now
pending as introduced provldos that it
shall go into effect July 1 next Mr.
Lodge, in charge of the measure, in
dicated a willingness to postpone the
time for a year. The senate adjourn
ed, however, without acting on either
the bill or the amendment.
House-7-Tho houso concluded gen
eral debate on the District of Colum
bia appropriation bill. A variety- of
subjects other than the bill were dis
cussed. Mr. Sheppard (Tex.) spoke
against the tariff; Mr. Adams (Pa.) in
favor of restriction of immigration;
Mr. Powers (Mass.) urged beautifying
the national capital and expressed the
opinion that there would bo disarma
ment by the nations of the world dur
ing the century. Mr. Williamson
(Ore.) made his first speech In the
house. He urged an appropriation for
the Lewis and Clarke centennial ex
position. Mr. McDermott (N. J.)
made an anti-trust speech and assert
ed that the price of raw BUgar had de
creased since the passage of the Cu
,ban reciprocity bill without a decrease
in tho price paid by the consumer.
Mr. Miers (Ind.) discussed ship sub
sidy. Relief for the southern tobacco
raisers was advocated by Messrs. Hop
kins (Ky.) and Flood (Va.) through
the repeal of the -six cent per pound
tax on stemmed, and twisted tobacco.
MAKING WAR ON AMERICANS.
Wants' United States to Assume Pro-
tectorate Over San Domingo.
New York, March 2. Gen. Francisco
Leonto Vasquez, formally Dominican
consul here, and a brother of former
President Horacio Vasquez, of San
Domingo, asserts that he has docu
mentary proof that the Jlmlnez revolu
tionists are deliberately making war
upon Americans in the island In order
that the United States government
may be moved to Interfere and assume
a protectorate over tho country.
Gen. Vasquez, who has just returned
from San Domingo, asserts that this
policy of the revolutionists explains
the killing of the machinist, Johnstone,
of the United States gunboat Yankee,
and the firing on the Clyde line steam
er New York by the revolutionists.
COURTS ABORIGINAL ATTIRE.
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Luck of WcfirliiK Appnrel Held r
NtMV' Torkcr to lie ItcKj.mnllle
for Health mid I.onuevit y.
The most eccentric character In all tho
vicinity of Clyde, N. Y., is Floyd Sick
mond, or "Curly," as he Is called, a ro
bust man of past GO years, whose boast
is that he has not seen a sick day "in
well-nigh onto GO years." The year
'round he travels aboutin his shirt
sleeves and without a hat. For many
years he also went barefooted, but of
late, on account of advancing age, he has
.taken to wearing shoes during extreme
ly cold weather.
"Curly" is an employe of the Clyde
hotel, and in zero weather, while others
are wrapped in fur3, he may be seen
driving through the streets without
gloves, hat, of coat, apparently unmind
ful of the cold. He asserts that his
modo of Hying Is conducive to health
and longevity. He comes of a frail family,'
but thwarted fate, he declares, by adopt
ing a mode, of dress as nearly aboriginal
as the law would allow.
Death of Joseph Rhlnock, Sr.
Covington, Ky., March 2. Joseph
Rhlnock, father of ex-Mayor Rhlnock,
passed away peacefully Tuesday morn
ing at tho St. Elizabeth hospital, aged
92 years. Mr. Rhlnock came to Amer
ica when 15 years old,' locating in Ow
en county.
Coinage at the United States Mints.
Washington, March 2. The state
ment of tho coinage executed at the
mints of tho United States during Feb
ruary shows a total of 13,928,510
pieces. The gold coined amounted to
$35,G03,600; silver, $1,475,000; minor
coins, $22,350.
Attacked the Amerfdan Consulate.
New York, March 2. A dispatch
from Santo Domingo reports that the
Insurgents, who are operating In tho
vicinity of Azua, havo attacked tho
American consulate there. They arc
levying upon foreign merchants and
business is paralyzed.
Returning to Vladivostok.
Vladivostok, March 2. Certain Rus
sian newspaper correspondents and
residents of Vladivostok, who left here
a snort wnlle ago, navo returned.
They found tho conditions of living at
NIkolsk and Harbin to bo less favor
able. Offered Its Services.
Washington, March 2. Miss Clara
Barton, president of the American Red
Cross society, called at tho Russian
embassy Tuesday and offered the'serv
Ices of tho society to tho Russian gov
ernment Sailed For the Philippines.
San Francisco, March 2. Tho Unit
ed States army transport Shermnn
sailed Tuesday for tho Philippines via
Honolulu. She carried the 12th in
fantry, commanded by Col. J. W. Bubb,
400 infantry and 100 cavalry recruits.
DOUBLETRAGEDIES
Prisoner in the Jail at St. Clairs-
ville, 0., Shot and Killed
Another Prisoner.
LATER WAS KILLED BY THE JAILOR
At Elkin, TV. Va., Louis Tourevllle
Killed tho Infant of John Meyer
in Its Mother's Arms.
-He Held Officers at Bay Until His Am
munition Was Nearly Exhausted
and Then Blew Out His Brains
With a Shotgun.
St. Clairvllle, O., March 2. Facing
tho certainty of his third torm in state
prison, Scott Neal, of Martins Ferry,
charged with attempting to kill his
wife, tried to shoot his way to liberty
Tuesday night and was responsible for
a bloody tragedy in tho St. Clairvllle
Jail corridor. Neal had, secured pos
session of a revolver, and told James
Sutton, a Bellairo prisoner awaiting
trial for two 'mysterious murders, of
his intention. Sutton dropped a note
from tho window warning tho Jailer.
Clyde Bulger, tho jailer,, entered the
corridor to lock up the prisoners for
the night and was accompanied by
Sheriff Majors and two deputies. Neal
realized that ho had been betrayed
and shot Sutton through the temple,
killing him Instantly. He then pointed
his revolver at the Jailer, demanding
that he unlock tho doors. Bulger
grappled with him and with Neal's
gun resting against his temple, whip
ped out his own revolver and shot
Neal through the heart
Elkins, W. Va., March 2. Jealousy
and whisky were the causes of a dou
ble tragedy here Tuesday. Louis
Tourevllle, who resides within the city
limits, is dead, as Is also tho infant
child of John Meyer, and Mrs. Toure
vllle and Mrs. Meyer are seriously in
jured. About 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
Tourevllle went to his home and be
gan berating his wife and threatening
to shoot her. She took refuge on the
roof of the house, but being discovered
by Tourevllle, the woman jumped to
the ground and started for the woods,
Tourevllle shooting at her as she ran.
When opposite the home of John Mey
er, Tourevllle encountered Mrs. Meyer
with her Infant child In her arms. His
anger then turned to her and, accusing
her of his trouble, he raised the pistol
and fired. The ball struck tho child
In the neck, ploughed clear through It
and wounded Its mother In the cheek.
Officers Simons and Kochenderfer Im
mediately started to place Tourevllle
under arrest, but he held thom at bay
until his ammunition was exhausted,
when he fled Into his own home and
blew his brains out with a shotgun. At
this time Mrs. Tourevllle Is still In
the woods and the extent of her injur
ies can not be learned. Mrs. Meyer's
Injuries will not necessarily prove fa
tal, although she has suffered severely
from the Bhock.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
They Attempted Suicide at the Same
Hour and By the Same Method.
Kalamazoo, Mich., March 2. Mrs.
Edith Chapman and her daughter, Miss
Cora Bessey, residing in different
parts of this city, attempted suicide at
the same hour and with the same kind
of poison Tuesday night The time
selected by tho mother and daughter
to die was 12 o'clock. Certain trou
bles of tho daughter, It Is supposed,
preyed on tho mother's mind and they
decided to die at tho same time. The
girl's marriage three years ago proved
to bo an unhappy one. Before her
marriage she was a vaudeville actress
of some reputation. Tho attending
physicians say recovery Is probable
In both cases.
Operation on Harper.
Chicago, March 2. President W. R.
Harper, of tho University of Chicago,
was operated on for appendicitis at the
Presbyterian hospital Tuesday morn
ing. Dr. Harper withstood tho shock
very well and. Is resting easily.
Drank Lemon Extract.
Fort Smith, Ark., March 2, A spe
cial from Stlllwell, I. T., says: Flvo
young men of this city aro dead and
others are critically ill as the result
of drinking lemon extract in largo
quantities for a stimulant
Can't Recover Money Lost on Margins.
St Louis; March 2. The St Louis
circuit court of appeals handed down
a decision Tuesday to tho effect that
a person who loses money In a bucket
shop transaction on, margins can not
recover.
Tollurlde," Col., March 2.-Firteen 61
the striking miners arrested Mondny
for vagrancy and given until 2 o'clock
Tuesday to leave tho city, go towork
or to jail, will bo put to work, on tho
streets and. roads.
DOINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
Resolution to Investigate Expediturcs
of Commissioner of Agriculture.
Frankfort, March 2. Senate In tho
senate Tuesday Senator Cammack of
fered a resolution stating that the re
port of tho state commissioner of agri
culture showed there had been a reck
less expenditure of the money set
apart for that office in the years 1902
and 1903, and providing for a commit
tee to Investigate the expenditures.
Tho resolution was unanimously adopt
ed. Bills passed: The house bill car
rying out the provisions of the amend
ment to the constitution voted last
fall as to license taxation in first-class
cities; the houso bill regulating the
sale of fertilizers; the house bill to
correct an error In the statute relating
to licenses to hotels that operate bath
rooms. Senator Spence Introduced a
bill providing for a pension fund for
crippled, disabled or retired policemen
in second-class cities.
House The house passed the sen
ate bill appropriating $3,000 annually
for additional clerical assistance in
the auditor's office. The Joint session
of the senate and house convened at
noon, and the following was tho vote
In the state librarian's race: Miss
Pauline H. Hardin (dem.), 101; Miss
Pearl Hindman (rep.), 20. For prison
commissioner, Geo. V. Green (dem.),
98; Henry S. Howes (rep.), 23. Sena
tors Burham and Shadoan, republic
ans, voted for Miss Hardin on tho
ground of personal friendship.
SHINERS AND REVENUE MEN.
Unconfirmed Rumor That a
Raged Between Them.
Battle
Owingsville, Ky., March 2. An un
confirmed rumor reached here Tues
day night that a battle was waged
Tuesday in the mountains of Knott
county between moonshiners and rev
enue men. According to the rumor
William and John Haddix, moonshin
ers, were killed, and Jack Combs,
moonshiner, was fatally wounded. Tho
moonshiners were said to be working
In a cave when surprised by the revo
inue men and resisted arrest One
.deputy marshal was reported killed.
;The report has not yet been definitely
confirmed.
GUY M. DEANE LOCATED.
The Missing Man Is In Waco, Tex., In
Good Health.
Waco, Tex., March 2. Guy M.
Deane, of Owensboro, Ky., Is here In
good health, visiting relatives. Mr.
Deane politely declined to talk to re
porters Tuesday night, as it was lato
'before they located him.
His absence has caused uneasiness
to those of his friends who did not
know he Intended visiting Texas, lmtj
explanations wholly satisfactory -are
said to have been sent by wire and
mall.
Juror King Acquitted.
PvntJifnnn Kv Mni-oli 9.. Afior ho.
im- nnf c minute tho inrv in ti.nl
case of ex-Sheriff Jap King, juror In I
the Jett-White feud trial, who was ac
cused of perjury, returned a verdict
of not guilty. It was charged that
King prior to the trial had expressed
opinions in tho case and that when
examined for the jury he swore other-'
wise.
Engineer Killed, Two Others Hurt.
Princeton, Ky., Marcli 2. North
bound Illinois Central passenger train
No, 104 was wrecked in the yards
Tuesday morning. George Tngg, en
cineer. of Louisville, was killed:
Fireman Jack Jones, of&Louisvllle, ' intended to supersede any other me
escaped with bones broken "and crush- morial In stone or bronze that may he
ed; Conductor McKinney received fa- erected to Senator Hanna's memory,
tal injuries.
The Legislators Dined.
Frankfort, Ky., March 2. The citi
zens' of Frankfort, as a token pf their
appreciation of the state pride of the
present legislature, which prompted it
to provide the funds for a new and
modern state house, gave the legisla
ture a dinner at the Capital hotel
Tuesday night.
E. D. Thompson Rearrested.
Paducah, Ky., March 2. Released
February 2, E. D. Thompson was rear
rested in Marshall county and lodged
In jail hero on the char go of passing
.'counterfeit $20 bills, an lssuo on tho
(First national bank at Mayfleld. New
evidence has been found against him.
Shot His Wife Then Himself.
Richmond, Ky., March 2. William
Turner, a farmer, who lives In Need
more, a settlement In tho southern
part of this county, shot and fatally
wounded his wife Tuesday and turned
tho weapon on himself. Ills wife la
not expected to live.
H's Case Has Been Appealed.
Paducah, Ky., March 2.- Being
threatened with lynching Lawrenco D.
Willis, under sentence for tho mur
der of his undo, Lieut Johnson, was
brought hero and lodged in tho county
Jail for safo keeping. His caso has
beeri appealed.
COULD NOT AGREE.
Operators and Miners Failed to
Oome to Terms on tho
Wage Scale.
MATTER REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
It Will Hold Its First Session Wednes
day, When Consideration of a
Scale Will Bo Continued.
It Is Likely the Greatest Strike, In
Many- Ways, In the History of
Organized Labor Will Begin
On April 1.
Indianapolis, Ind., March 2. -What
amounts practically to good-bys be
tween the operators and the miners
of tho central competltlvo district,
comprising tho states of Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and Western Pennsylvania,
wore spoken just before noon Tues
day. If prophets can foretell anything,
the greatest strike, In many ways. In
tho history of organized labor will be
gin on April 1.
Tho end probably means a strike.
Tho only loophole Is a compromise,
which tho operators might agreo to,
of a seven or eight cent reduction.
President Mitchell, on tho other hand,
declared that ho will stand for tho
present scale being maintained.
Arguments for and against tho de
mands of tho miners and operators
were made after recess, W. S. Bogle,
of Indiana, making tho closing address
for tho operators. Tho question was
then called on the adoption of Mr. Rob
bins' resolution for a reduction of 15
per cent, in wages. While the vote
was being token Mr. Robblna moved
that the matter be referred to tho acale
committee, together with the entire
question of fixing a scale and that the
scale committee be not Instructed ex
cept that It take Into consideration in
trying to fix a scale present condi
tions as they oxist President Mitch
ell explained to the miners that he did
not think It made any difference
whothor the Instruction clause carried
or not. The motion prevailed and the
convention adjourned till Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock. The scale com--mlttee
will hold its first session Wed
nesday when consideration of a scale
will be continued.
Frank L. Robbins, leader of tho op
erators, said Tuesday night:
"It looks like a strike to me, but no
one can tell tho result"
President John Mitchell refused to
express himself on the situation 'out
side the convention.
IN MEMORY OF HANNA.
Memorial Association Incorporated By
Cleveland' Citizens.
Cleveland, O.. March 2. The Marcus
A- Hanna Memorial association was in
corpornted Tuesday at Columbus by
several prominent citizens of Cleve
land. Tho purpose of tho association
Is to establish a chair of political sci
ence at Western Reserve university in
m,cmory of th late Senator Hanna
The incorporators will meet in a few
days and choose a" board of trustees?
open an office in Cleveland and begin
work for the collection cf sufficient
funds to endow the proposed chain
The movement was instituted by Rpv.
J. S. Rutledge and found immediate
favor. The present" movement is not
out is supplementary to sucn a pro
ceeding. No statement has been made
as to the amount of money necessary
for the proposed chair.
TO INCREASE SALARIES.
President, Cabinet and Others Affected
By a Bill Introduced.
Washington, March 2. Senator Gal
linger Tuesday Introduced a bill in
creasing tho salaries of the executive
officers of the government and also of
senators and members of the house of
representatives. Tho bill, which pro
vides the new salaries, Bhall take ef
fect March 4, 1005. Tho bill fixes the
following scale: President, $75,000;
vice president $15,000; speaker of tha
house of representatives, $12,000;
mombers of the cabinet, $15,000 each;
senators and members of tho house,
$8,000 each.
Rushing Their Orders to the U. 8.
Mexico City, March 2. Local deal
ers in structural iron and stool of all
kinds aro affected by tho now tariff
and aro sending rush ordors to tho
United States. Manufacturers with
largo contracts on hand will bo affect
ed considerably.
Now York, March 2. Russel Sage
received a telegram Tuesday announc
ing tho death of his sister, Mrs. Sam
uel Ohapln, of Oneida, N. Y., at tho
age of 95.