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THE EVENING
VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1904.
NUMBER 95.
1EM
BULLETIN.
RUSSIANS KILLED.
An Eye Witness Says the Loss at
Port Arthur Wednesday and
Thursday Was 65.
REPORT THAT PLACE HAS FALLEN,
It is Asserted lu Toklo That tho Czar's
Troops Virtually Abandoned
tho .Stronghold.
Russians Have Seized All Food Supi
piles and Other Necessities in Man
churia and a 8tate of Utter
. Confusion Reigns.
Tien-Tain, March 14. Information
.from an official -whowas an eyo wit
neaB of tho ,bombardmont of Port Ar
thur on Wednesday, and Thursday la
to tho effect that tho Russians had 25
llled on tho battleship Sevastopol,
on tho Rotvlzan and 20 In, tho town,
lo Russians claim to have sunk a
"anaQesp cruiser,
I The Russians assort that their dami
'aged cruisers have been repaired, and
are ready for sea. Tho battleship
Czarovitz will bo ready shortly. Thero
Is no dock hero capable of taking In
tho Retvlzan.
, Tho Russians are preparing for the
defense of New Chwang, finding It lm
possible to stop the landing of Jap
anese.
Tlen-Tsln, March 14. An unconfirm
ed report has reached here that Port
Arthur haB fallen.
London, March 14. A dispatch to
tho Central News from Toklo says: It
Is asserted hero that tho Russians vir
tually have abandoned Port Arthur.
Pekln, March 14. Private Chinese
reports that are being received here
state that tho whole of Manchuria Is
in a state of utter confusion owing to
the Russians having seized all food
supplies and other commissariat neces
sities. The natives are streaming south to
ward the ports and are suffering great
hardships. Tho late military governor
at Klrin has committed suicide owing
to his inability to relieve the people's
distress or stop the Russian depreda
tion. Toklo, March- 14. Official and pri
vate reports both Indicate that Adm.
Togo's fourth attack on Port Arthur
on tho 10th Inst, was the most effec
tive slnco tho first assault of a month
ago. One Russian torpedo .boat de
stroyer was sunk and several Russian
torpedo boat destroyers seriously dam
aged. The fortifications and city wero
subjected to a heavy bombardment
lasting nearly four hours. The naval
bombardments of tho land works have
generally been ineffective, yet the pe
culiar topographical conditions of Port
Arthur make Immunity from serious
loss from bombardment impossible.
Adm. Togo's torpedo flotilla opened
the action by boldly steaming In under
the batteries and successfully placing
a number of mechanical mines at the
mouth of tho harbor. Following that
there" was a desperate bow to bow en
counter between the torpedo boat de
stroyers In which tho Japanese appear
to have scored a clever victory. Then
followed a long range duel between
the cruisers, ending In tho retirement
of tho Novlk and Bayan, the only 'Rus
sians engaged.
The closing action was the bombard
ment of tho inner harbor by the -Japanese
battleships. The latter took a
position southwest of Port Arthur' and
using onlyhelr 12-lnch guns. Thero
were 24 12-inch guns In a squadron of
six battleships and each gun was fired
five rounds, making a total of 120 huge
projectiles that were fired at the city.
Tho bombardment was deliberate and
carefully planned. In order to aid in
perfecting tho firing, Adm. Togo sta
tioned the cruisers In a position duo
east of the entrance to tho harbor and
at a right angle to tho hattleshlps.
Tho cruisers observed tho range and
effect of firing and signalled tho re
sults by wireless telegraphy. These
observations and reports greatly aided
tho gunners in their effort to mako
every shot count.
Adm. Togo was unable to definitely
learn tho results of the bombardment,
but later private reports indicates that
much destruction was caused in tho
bay. There also was damage to bat
teries. Capt. Shojlro Asal, commanding tho
flotilla of torpedo boat destroyers
which ongaged the Russian destroyers,
ia tho hero of tho attack. Ho had
only threoJd.Qstrpyors,.but attacked the
six Russian destroyers, ordering hia
craft tp closo In jrlth. the enemy. Ho
steamed bo closo to tho enemy's dc
stroyor's that they almost touqhed and
a most dosperato conflict ensued from
which tho Russian retired badly disa
bled. Salt Lako City, Utah, .March 14.
Representative Gentiles of this city
hold a meeting and took preliminary
stops toward tho organization of a
non-Mormon party,
FEARED HE WOULD FLEE.
Bondsman Shot and Killed William
Climer.
Munfordvlllo, Ky., March 14. Wil
liam Climer was shot to death on tho.
streets of Munfordvlllo as ho attempt
ed to fico (from John Finney, his
bondsman, who feared that ho would
leavo him to pay. tho bail bond. Fin
ney discharged his revolver fivo times
at the fleeing man. Three of tho bul
lets toojc effect. Ono .passed through
tho book, just abovo tho heart, and
two through the head. Climer stag
gered a few stops and fell dead. Fin
ney was ,at onco placed under arrest.
Climer was held on a charge of sell
ing whisky illegally, and Kinney fear
ed that ho would "skip" ball. Ho
went to Bowling Green and brought
Climer back hero in order that he
might bo again placed In the custody
of the officers and tho bond released.
They called on tho jailer and county
judge, and wero referred to tho sher
iff. They wero on their way to the
courthouse when tho tragedy occurred.
Finney owns a form In the county and
is well connected.
THE D00R8 LOCKED.
Climax of a Bitter Factional Fight Be
tween Churoh Members.
Louisville, Ky March 14. The cli
max of a bitter factional fight among
tho members of Mead Baptist church,
In South Louisville, camo Sunday at
the Sunday-school hour, when tho
teachers and children gathered In
front of tho building and found the
doors locked and the Janitor standing
guard to prevent entrance. Tho jani
tor, CharleB Coons, a member of ono
of tho factions, became angry when
the pastor asked him to unlock tho
church doors, and told Rev. Mr. Leon
ard that he had locked the doors by
order of the church trustees, and that
there would be no services In the
church until a new pastor had been
chosen. Tho doors remained closed
during tho day.
BODY CUT IN THREE PARTS.
Young Girl Instantly Killed on a Rail
way Bridge.
Frankfort, Ky March 14. Miss
Kate Barbour, aged 18 years, was In
stantly killed on a railroad bridge near
this cUy Sunday afternoon by a C. &
O. freight. Miss Barbour and two girl
companions started to walk across tho
bridge which spans Benson creek at a
Bharp curve. Her two companions
made their escape but Miss Barbour
was so frightened when the train
rounded the curvo that sho stood trans
fixed and tho wheels of tho engine
passed over her, cutting her body Into
three parts.
Death of William Rhlnock.
Covington, Ky., March 14. William
Rhlnock, 53, died Sunday afternoon at
St. Elizabeth hospital. He was a bro
ther of former Mayor Joseph Rhlnock.
For many years ho was a traveling
man. His father died two weeks ago
at the same institution at the age of
92 years.
Barge Line Completed.
Burkesvllle, Ky., March 14. Tho
barge lino for taking oil from tho
Cumberland county field up Cumber
land river to the pipe lino at Fishing
.creek, has been put In operation. Tho
'field, however, produces more oil than
,can ever be put on the market In this
manner.
Heads Are Doomed.
Lexington, Ky., March 14. It Is
promised that soraethlng-will be doing
in a political way during the coming
week by the present city administra
tion, and that a number of heads are
doomed to fall undor tho official ax,
especially In the police and Are depart
ments.' '
Stricken En Route Home.
Frankfort, Ky., March 14. People
arriving hero on the L. & N. train
from Louisville Sunday night, say that
Lieut Gov. W. P. Thorno camo very
near dying on tho train, and for ten
minutes or more ho was believed to bo
head. Heart trouble was probably tho
cause.
A Mysterious Patient.
Lexington," Ky., March 14. With
handcuffs on his wrists and a leather
strap around his arms, a well-dressed
stranger, who is said to bo a promi
nent business man of Frankfort, wa3
brought to this city and placed In tho
private asylum of Dr. G. L. Sprague.
Suddenly Lost His Eyesight.
Newport, Ky., March 14. Joseph H.
Ashbaugh, salesman In tho wholesale
department of tho Alms & Doepke Co.,
dry goods merchants, of Cincinnati,
was suddenly stricken blind while din
ling at his homo, C05 Overton street,
this city, Sunday afternoon.
Woman's Hall of Fame-.
St Louis, March 14. -It Is announc
ed that St. Louis is to havo a woman's
iall of famo. Tho project was given
jho approval of tho board of lady man
agers at a recent meeting.
WILL INVESTIGATE
Charges Against Members of the
House of Representatives in
the Bristow Report.
COMMITTEE WAS BEEN APPOINTED
Personal Explanation Will Occur Dur
ing the Consideration of the Post
Ofllco Appropriation Bill.
Many Members Feel It a Necessity to
Havo Congressional Record Con
tain Explanations of Their Al
leged Wrong Doings.
Washington, March 14. The house
will loso no tlmo in acting upon tho
authorization of on inquiry into the
circumstances of the Bristow report.
Speaker Cannon appointed a select
committee to conduct tho Investiga
tion. Tho committee consists of Represen
tatives McCall (Mas.), Burton (O.),
Hitt (III.), Motcalf (Cal.), republicans,
and McDermott (N. J.),Bartlette (Ga.)
and Richardson (Ala.), democrats.
Nono of these men was mentioned
In the Bristow report and nono Is n
member of tho committee on post of
fices and post roads. So far as the
republicans aro concerned, this Is not
a political inquiry, but an Inquisition
In behalf of the dignity and Integrity
of tho houso of representatives.
Tho Investigation Is not to go be
yond tho subject of the relations of
members of congress to the post ofllco
department In the cases specially set
forth In the Bristow report.
All sessions at which witnesses aro
examined will be open to the public
and tho press.
An extended period of personal ex
planation undoubtedly will occur In
tho house during the consideration of
the post office appropriation bill which
will bo called up Monday by Chair
man Overstreet Monday rightfully
belongs to tho District of Columbia,
but there are few local matters on the
calendar and Mr. Babcock will abdi
cate In favor of the post office bill.
The necessity which many members
of tho houso feel to havo the Congres
sional Record contain certain state
ments in explanation of their alleged
misconduct with the post office depart
ment in regard to clerk hire, allow
ances and rent of post ofllco quarters
has led the managers of the house to
adopt a most liberal policy with refer
ence to general debate on the post of
fice bill. When these statements are
all out of the way the bill will be dis
posed of and not before.
The bill making appropriations for
the support of tho military academy
will follow the post office bill and as
thero are no special orders for claims
or pensions to Interfere It may be that
both of these supply measures will bo
disposed of this week.
NOT A MORMON.
Ex-Senator Joseph L. Rawlins Makes
a Denial of the Charge.
Salt Lako City, Utah, March 14.--Former
United States Senator Joseph
L. Rawlins Sunday sent the following
dispatch to Chairman Burrows, of tho
Smoot investigation committee rela
tlvo to tho testimony of Judge Ogden
Hlles, of this city, before the commit
tee Saturday:
"Hon. J. C. Burrows, U. S. Senator,
Washington Judge Hlles' statement
that I "am a member of tho Mormon
church is unqualifiedly false. I do not
believe in any of its doctrines, dogmas
or revelations. Havo no affiliations
with It. Such has been my attitude
in public and in private for 30 years.
Give this publicity in your proceed
,inge. J. L. Rawlins."
Robb to Suceed Hoyt.
Washington, March 14. Charles H.
Robb, of Vermont, now assistant at
torney general to succeed Henry M.
Hoyt, appointed solicitor general of
ihe department of justice. Mr. .Robb,
of Vermont, was a factor .in the post
'office investigations leading up to tho
arrest of Machen.
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In Memory of Gen. St. Clair.
Washington, March 14. The senato
passed a bill to appropriate $25,000 for
the construction of a monument at Ft.
Rocovory, O., commemorative of Gon.
St. Clair and his army, which was
massacred at that point by tho Indians
more than a century ago.
Advance 49 Post Offices.
Washington, March 14. There will
bo 49 fourth-class post offices advanc
ed to the presidential class April ,1,
They include: Indiana, TJrownstown,
Mooresvillo and Odon; Kentucky, Cor-
bin and Morehead; Ohio, Creston and
iFlushlng.
All (ho steel to bo used in the con
struction of tho Havana docks Is being
mado at Rottsvllle. Pa." '
TROOPS SENT HOME.
Seven Companies of Militia Leave
Springfield, O.
Springfield, O., March 14. It has
been decided by tho authorities here
and at Columbus that the remaining
seven companies of state militia,
which were called here by recent race
riots, may be safely dispensed with,
and all the troops accordingly left
hero Monday morning. All these com
panies belong to the Second Infantry,
O. N. G.
Tho city was thronged all day Sun
day with strangers who have carried
away with thorn relics from the Jail,
levee district, and the pole on which
murderer Dixon was hanged. Tho pas
tors of practically all the churches in
tho city preached on tho lessons to bo
drawn from the lynching and a mass
meeting was held In tho Y. M. C. A.
auditorium.
8ENATOR TILLMAN'S ILLNESS.
His Condition Is Reported to Be Much
Improved.
Washington, March 14. Senator
Tillman, who for a week has had seri
ous trouble with his throat, was re
ported to bo very much Improved Sun
day night and tho confident expecta
tion is expressed that ho will bo able
to leave tho city for tho south during
tho present week for a period of recu
peration. Tho marked Improvement
Is duo to tho relief experienced from
the lancing of another abscess. Tho
senator swallows readily now and Is
ablo to converse without difficulty.
Sunday morning tho senator suffered
extreme pain, Its intensity being great
er than any ho had experienced since
the throat affection first manifested It
self, but Sunday's operation ended the
pain.
CHAIRMEN'S ASSOCIATION.
Locomotive Engineers Will Meet In
Chicago Next Saturday.
Chicago, March 14. Locomotive en
gineers from all parts of the country,
Canada and Mexico will meet in Chi
cago next Saturday and form a gen
eral chairman's association. The new
association, like those of tho firemen,
trainmen, conductors and other rail
road brotherhoods, will be made up of
the general chairmen of the adjust
ment committees of tho various rail
road systems organized by the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers, now
numbering 100 railroad systems on the
North American continent. This meet
ing is the outcome of a preliminary
conference in St Loui3 January 23.
THE OT. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR.
Program For the Opening Ceremonies
Will Be Announced Soon.
St. Louis, March 14. The program
for tho Inauguration ceremonies open
ing the Louisiana purchase exposition,
on Saturday, April 30, will probably be
officially announced within the next
day or two. The opening celebration
will be exclusively an exposition af
fair, as to tho participants, and will be
confined to tho grounds. There will
bo a parade, but the lino of march will
be Insldo the grounds. After the pa
rado tho ceremonies will bo held in
tho plaza of St. Louis. The program,
it is estimated, will havo been fulfilled
by noon, at which time the exposition
will be formally declared open.
PORT ARTHUR.
The City Terribly Damaged By the
Shells of the Japanese.
London, March 14. In a dispatch
from Cho Foo, dated March 12, a cor
respondent of tho Dally Mail describes
an inspection of Port Arthur made on
tho 11th inst. from a boat. The new
city seemed to be on Are; three col
umns of smoko-wero ascending from
it. Tho broad hill fort appeared to ,
have suffered terribly, tho defenses j
were shattered and the earthworks
torn up. No guns wero visible. The
lino of forts on the Tigers' Tail also
appeared to havo suffered damage. At
sunrise no sign of life could bo seen
anywhere, and Port Arthur looked like
a city of death.
DELUGE OF WATER SUBSIDES.
The Susquehanna River Flood Has
Passed Into History.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., March 14. Tho
vast delugo of water for tho past week
In tho Susquehanna ,river ;has passed
into history and Sunday night tho
stream in this section had fallen to
less than 18 feet abovo low wator
mark. Tho steam railroad companies
and various street car lines expect' to'
resume running on schedule tlmo somo
tlmo Monday, though it will take
weeks to repair their tracks and put
them in good running order again.
Mayklng, Ky. March 14. Clabo
SturgiU and Felix Wayne, of Colum
bus, O., wero killed in mlnb No.'lO at
Hagan, In tho Southwest Virginia coal
fields. Saturday.
CAREERJFCRIiWE,
Gustavo Marx Under Sentence oi
Deatji in Chicago Makes a
Startling Confession.
TRAINROBBINGMYSTERYCLEARED
Says Ho Was Ono of Three Who Held
Up the C. & N. Express Train
9' at Tower W.
In a Foot Note to His Confession the
Car Bam Bandit Admits the Kill
ing of Five Men During
His Career.
Chicago, March 14. Gustave Marx,
ono of the three car barn bandits now
under sentence of death, declared In
a confession mado Sunday that he was
one of three men who held up the Chi
cago & Northwestern express train at
Tower W, near Dekalb, four years ago.
Tho crime, which has passed Into his
tory as ono of tho most desporate ever
commltteed In or about Chicago, has
nover been fastened upon any ono of
tho many suspects arrested, and tho
Identity of tho bandits has remained a
mystery to the pollco until now.
Marx says both his confederates In
tho crlmo aro dead and refuses to glvo
their names. Ono of them, he declares,
"Died with his boots on." Tho rail
way authorities admitted a loss of
$102,000 by tho robbery. Marx says
tho robbers secured only $8,000, the
rest of tho money having been de
stroyed by tho explosion of dynamite
used to crack the safe.
In a sort of foot note to this start
ling confession, Marx admits the kill
ing of fivo men In his career of crime.
"Besides John B. Johnson, killed at
tho car barns, Detective Quinn, killed
at tho time of my arrest, and Otto
Bauder, whom Roeski Is generally sup
posed to have killed, I have killed two
other men," said Marx.
"Eight years ago Neldermeler and I
went to Janesvllle, Wis., to rob a train
and hid our dynamite alongside the
track. A trackwalker, or railway de
tective, I have never learned which,
came upon us and asked us what wo
wore doing there. I shot him and we
threw his body into tho Rock river.
The other man whom I killed I had
done criminal work with in Michigan.
I met him at Camp Goldfleld, Col.,
when Neldermeler and I wero there
last fall. He talked too much about
mo and I killed him and left his body
lying in the suburbs of the camp.
These crimes can be verified by the
police."
YOUNG MAN UNDER ARREST.
He Is Identified as a Counterfeiter
Well Known to the Officials.
Boston, March 14. A young man
under arrest hero charged with swind
ling postage stamp dealers and col
lectors was identified Sunday by Se
cret Service Agent Joseph Murphy, of
St. Louis, as R. P. H. Wolle, a coun
terfeiter well known to the secrot serv
ice bureau. When arrested Wollo
gave tho name of Albert Roth, but la
ter admitted his identity. Wolle
brought to this city a bogus collection
of stamps, which, if genuine, would
have a value of $10,000.
His most notable crime was discov
ered early in 1900. .when the got into
trouble with the federal authorities by
raising the denominations of bank
notes. Convicted of the offense In St.
Louis, ho was sentenced to the stato
penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mo., for
five years.
While a prisoner Wolle managed to
advertise for raro stamps and did a
considerable business with collectors.
To his advertisement he signed his
convict number "3333" and received
his mull in care of Box 47, the prison
post office box. Ho conducted busi
ness In this way for some time beforo
his methods wero detected by the pris
on iau thorltles.
RECEIVED BY MINISTER SQUIER3.
The Members of the American Insti
tute of Mining Engineers.
Havana, March 14. The members
pf tho American Institute of mining
pnglneers, who, with their wives and
families aro touring th West Indies,
pn board the Hamburg-American lino
pteamer Prinzessin Victoria Louise,
wero entertained at a reception Sun
day at tho residenco of Unltod States
Minister Squlers, at Mariano, a suburb
of Havana.
Assistant Secretary of Stato Loom
is, who accompanied Adm. Dewey to
Santo Domingo, on board tho U. S. S.
Mayflower, ia staying" at tho Squlers
homo. Ho la to leavo Monday for
Washington on tho Mayflowor.
St. Louis, March 14. Thirty" sailors
picked from Italy's navy will nrrivo In
St. Louis Monday to tako up their du
ties as World's fair guards at Jhq
World's fair. '