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THE EVENING BULLETIN
VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1904.
NUMBER 112
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CENSORSHIP ENDS
Permission Granted Newspaper
Correspondents at Tokio to
Start For the Front.
SERIOUS OPERATIONS EXPECTED.
Sonic Surprise is Expressed Over the
Rapid Devclopraeut of the Jap
anese Advance in Korea.
The Survivors of the Destroyed Ru3-
slan War Vessels Enthusiastically
Received at Odessa Streets
Were Gaily Decorated.
London, April 2. There Is no con
firmation of the report cabled from
Tokio to a news agency that a fresh
attack had been made by the Japanese
pn Port Arthur.
Some surprise is expressed over the
rapid development of tlio Japanese ad
yanco In Korea as Indicated by the
seizure of Yongchun, and, although lit
tle Is known of this movement, it is
supposed the right flank of the Japan
ese army is making a simultaneous ad
vance, and, permission being granted
to the newspaper correspondents at
Tokio to start for the front, Is regard
ed as foreshadowing serious opera
tions. Odessa, April 2. Expressing the
feeling of the whole Russian nation,
Odessa Friday enthusiastically receiv
ed the survivors of the gunboat Ko
rietz and the cruiser Variag, destroyed
by. the Japanese in the battle of Che
mulpo. The Russian steamer Malaya,
with the survivors on board, was sight
ed at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon and
a salvo from tho great guns announc
ed to thousands that their waiting was
at an end. Tho reverberations of the
.first shots from tho guns had not ceas
ed when a fleet of steamers and yachts,
loaded with cheering passengers and
bands playing national airs, put out to
greet the returning sailors. This fleet
kept pace with a launch bearing tho
captain of the port, who carried with
him the crosses of St. George, which
tho czar had conferred on the officers
and crews and which the captain of
the port had been Instructed to deliver
before the Malaya reached tho wharf.
A mass of people hurrahing frantic
ally covered the wharf at which the
Malaya moored. When Commander
Stepanoff, of tho Variag, walked down
the gangway, he received a blessing
from a priest garbed In flowing gold
embroidered vestments, and a hearty
embrace from Baron Kaulbars, com
mander of tho troops.
Capt. Stepanoff returned on board
the Malaya, and ordered the crew to
fall in. As tho thin line of black jack
eted sailors put foot on shore, the
wounded bringing up the rear, the
troops and sailors presented arms.
The police could hardly restrain the
people, so eager were they to get in
closer touch with tho men who had
dared death for their country.
The survivors, surrounded by a
guard of honor, marched to the city.
The streets wero decorated with flags
and there were arches Inscribed "To
the heroes of Chemulpo." An im
mense crowd thronged the pavement
and they reached such a pitch that
tho people brushed aside tho police
and the guard of honor and raised
some of the survivors on their shoul
ders, while others wero seized and
abused, and on all wero showered
rough but kindly attentions.
Lieut. Balck, who limped on account
of a wounded foot, was an especla.'
object of Interest to tho crowd.
TO FLY ABOVE WARSHIPS.
Apparatus Consists of a Car Suspend
ed to Several Kites.
Paris, April 2. Lieut. Schrober
passed through Paris Friday bound for
Port Arthur with an apparatus con
sisting of a car suspended from sev
eral kites, which, he says, will enable
him to fly above a warship to the mast
of which he will bo attached by a light
cable containing a telegraph wire. By
means of this apparatus he thinks ho
will be enabled to take observations
at a great distance and to convoy the
resultant information to tho ship.
Estimated Value of Foreign Coins.
Washington, April 2. Tho quarterly
estimate of tho value of foreign coins
issued by tho director of tho mint
shows a net decrease of the value of
silver during tho quarter of "00J4G
cents per flno ounce.
Sh.aefer and Louis Cure Matched.
Paris, April 2. Jacob Shaefer, an
American bllllardlst, and Louts Cure,
of Paris, have deposited stakes for a
match at 3,000 pointB, 18-Inch balk lino,
two shots In, to bo played In Paris tho
last week in May.
Don't eat ice cream too fast. Eaten
slowly and allowed tcrmelt In the mouth
It can do no harm.
IN THE CONGRESS.
House Passed the Sundry Civil .Ap
propriation Bill.
Washington, April 2. Senate- Good
Friday was devoted by. the senate to
almost continuous discussion of politi
cal questions. Tho time "until 2
o'clock was devoted to .consideration
of the Carmack resolution proposing
an Inquiry into tho legality of the re
cent executive old age pension order.
Mr. Mallory was the principal speaker,
but ha tyaa frequently Interrupted by
republican senators. He contended
that Secretary Hitchcock had trans
cended the limits of executive author
ity in issuing the order. Tho latter;
half of the day was devoted tp tho post
office appropriation bill, but no appre
ciable progress was made with that
measure, tho speeches on it being in
the main political, and of general char
acter. There was a spirited debate be
tween Mr. Simmons and Mr. Beverldge
on the question of tho propriety of a
congressional Investigation Into the
affairs of the post office department.
House Tho house passed the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, after vot
ing down a proposition by Mr. Sulzer
to re-commit it with instructions to
strike out the appropriation of $130,
600 for rent of tho New York custom
house. The remainder of the day was
devoted to discussion of tho confer
ence report on tho army appropriation
bill. With the exception of one amend
ment, providing certain increases In
tho signal corps, the house disagreed
to all other important senate amend
ments and tho bill was sent back to
conference. Tho proposition to con
solidate tho office of the adjutant gen
eral during which the prospective pres
idential nominees of the two political
parties in the "next campaign were
freely discussed.
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
A Decrease of $2,612,533 During the
Month of March.
Washington, April 2. The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business March 31,
1904, the debt, less cash In the treas
ury, amounted to $915,422,101, a de
crease for tho month of $2,612,533.
The debt is recapitulated as follws:
Interest bearing debt, $895,156,740;
debt on which Interest has ceased
since maturity, ,$2,670,510; debt bear
ing no interest, '$392,294,846; total, $1,
290,122,096; this amount, however,
does not include $955,117,869 In certifi
cate and treasury notes outstanding,
which are offset by an equal amount of
cash on hand held for their redemp
tion. BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.
President Sent a Report on Its Pro
gress to the Congress.
Washington, April 2. The president
pent to congress a long report on the
progress of tho beet sugar industry of
the United States during the year 1903.
Tho report was prepared by Charles
F. Saylor, special agent of the depart
ment of agriculture, and Includes tho
results of personal observations and
investigations In the 56 factories in
the United States. Mr. Saylor says
the Industry can be no longer treated
as an experiment; that successful beet
raising and sugar producing Is an as
sured fact. Four factories have been
placed In operation since tho last re
port. VISITORS TO WEST POINT.
The President Appointed Members of
the Board Friday.
Washington, April 2. On tho rec
ommendation of Secretary Taft, tho
president has appointed the following
members of the board of visitors at
the United States military academy at
West Point:
Gen. James A. Carnahan, Indianapo
lis; Prof. O. B. Higley, Athens, O.;
Gen. A. P. Wozencraft, Dallas, Tex.;
A. G. Weissert, Milwaukee, Wis.; Gen.
John M. Wilson, U. S. A., retired,
Washington, D. C; Henry Van Kleet,
Denver, Col.; Col. Allen C. Bakewell,
New York city.
SAILED FOR MANILA.
The Army Transport Logan Leaves
San Francisco.
San Francisco, April 2. Tho United
States army transport Logan sailed
Friday 'for Manila, via Honolulu and
auam. She carried 275 recruits, under
command of Maj. Henry Bonhara, of
the 23d Infantry. Other passengers
are LleuL Col. Brush, 11th idfantry,
who has been assigned to tho inspec
tor general's department; Lieuts. Au
gustus Mclntyro, Jesso Longdon and
0. F. Hathaway, and Mrs. Wood, wife
ot Maj. Gen. Wood, with her three
children.
Indiana Men Asphyxiated.
Chicago, April 2. Frank'wioklew
ski and Petor Cuken, miners from Ja
sonvlllo, Ind were Friday found dead
in a room of a hotel on Clark street.
Death was duo to asphyxiation.
JUMPEDTODEATH.
Bydney Johnston Hayden Leaped
From tho 21st Floor of a
New York Skyscraper.
NEARLY EVERY BONE WAS BROKEN
The Suicide Was a Railroad Han and
Was Eclated to Many Prominent
People in Kentucky.
He Was a Bachelor and His Mother,
Living In Louisville, Is the Only
Surviving Member of His
Immediate Family.
New York, April 2. Sidney John
ston Hayden, of tho Hotel Holley, Fri
day jumped to tho street from tho 21st
floor of a building at Broadway and
New street Nearly every bone in his
body was broken and he was dead
when pedestrians reached him.
Hayden went into one of tho unoc
cupied offlces on tho top floor of the
New street side, raised a window, laid
an umbrella he carried on tho ledge,
crawled out and jumped. His body
camo down, making one full tugn back
ward, and struck tho pavement.
Hayden was 55 years old. Nothing
has been discovered by the police
about the suicide's family or his busi
ness. In his pocket was a letter from
General Auditor Young, of tho Union
Pacific railroad, indicating that Hay
den had recently applied to him for a
position.
Louisville, Ky., April 2. Sidney
Johnston Hayden, who committed sui
cide in New York by jumping from
tho top floor of a skyscraper, was
prominent as a railroad man and was
related to many prominent Kentuck
ians. During his residence in Louis
ville pome years ago he was one of
the. chief clerks in the auditor's office
of the L. & N. railroad. After leav
ing Louisville ho became auditor of
the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf rail
road. Later he opened an office as ex
pert accountant In New York.
He was a bachelor. His mother,
Mrs. Anna G. Hayden, of Louisville,
Is the only surviving member of his
immediate family. A cousin, James J.
Buckner, Jr., is president of the Louis
ville board of trade.
CONFESSED DOUBLE MURDER.
Says He Felt Impelled to Kill His Fos
ter Parents.
St Louis, April 2. William F.
Church, who was arrested in Philadel
phia and brought here to answer the
chargo of having murdered Mr. and
Mrs. Henry W. Yeater, his benefac
tors, of Warreriton, Mo., last August,
confessed to tho police Friday that ho
committed the double crime just be
cause ho felt impelled to. "I just went
up to their room and cut their throats
with my razor while they were asleep,"
he said. Ho calmly related the de
tails and told how ho escaped from
the country. "It don't keep me awake
nights," he continued. "Now and then
I wish I had not done it I'll take what
I get without asking for any mercy."
Tho couple had adopted him when
he was a baby and had raised him.
He told the police that ho had believ
ed the Yeaters had made a will leav
ing their property to a stepson and
this so Incensed him that he decided to
kill them.
HALF THE AMOUNT SUED FOR.
Woman Obtained a Verdict For $25,000
Against a Railway Company.
Greenville, S. C, April 2. -In tho
state circuit court Friday Mrs. Susan
L. Franklin, of Newberry, S. C, ob
tained a verdict for $25,000 damages
In a suit against tho Southern rail
way, halfof tho amount sued for. Tho
suit was brought on allegations that
while a passenger on a train between
Greenville and Atlanta, she was in
sulted and annoyed by a man who
made indecent proposals and tho rail
way conductor did not interfere In her
behalf until sho appealed to him,
though ho was in the car. She claims
to have become seriously 111 In Atlan
ta on her arrival there In consequence
of her treatment.
Insurance Policies For $1500,000.
New York, April 2. Tho largest life
insurance policy ever taken out by an
Individual, ono for $1,500,000, has Just
been Issued by tho Mutual Life to Jas.
0. Colgate, banker and financier. Tho
Mutual has reinsured all but $250,000
In other companies.
Many Deaths in February.
Albany, N. Y., April 2. The bulletin
of tho state department of health for
tho month of February shows that
there wero 12,719 deaths in this state
during that period, an average of
about 410 deaths per day.
Don't eat when very tired, If you ex
pect to get any good from your food
and reserve your beauty.
FIVE MILES WIDE.
The Ohio River In Some Places Near
Paducah, Ky.
Paducah, Ky., April 2. Friday night
there was over 43 feet on the gauge,
and local rlvermen are predicting that
the Ohio will go to 45 or 50 feet be
cause of tho fresh rises and heavy
rains up tho river. In places the Ohio
Is five miles wide. Wheat crops have
been submerged and thousands of
acres will bo ruined. Fifty feet would
put water over most of the city. The
marine ways have already shut down.
Tho high water Is preventing sand be
ing taken from the bars and building
Is generally suspended hero.
A SMALL RIOT.
Five Non-Union Butchers Were Badly
Used Up By Strikers.
Louisville, Ky., April 2. A small
riot occurred Friday night near John
son and Main streets between striking
butchers and non-union men who have
taken their olaces in the Dlont of the
Louisville Packing Co., and four non
union men wero badly beaten and ono
man shot by a gang of strikers who
waylaid them as they left the plant
Only two of tho strikers who are said
to have engaged In the riot are under
nrrest. They are J. T. Wolverton and
Dud Smith. All of the injured men
will recover.
SALES WERE LARGE.
Bitters Said to Contain Whisky Was
Sold in Kentucky.
Lexington, Ky., April 2. The grand
jury of Morgan county, sitting in West
Liberty, returned indictments Friday'
against every merchant In the town
who has been selling a certain brand
of bitters. Tho basis of tho Indict
ments lies In the allegation that these
bitters contain a largo proportion of
alcohol and nro really Intoxicating.
In lieu of the original article the
people of this community have been
using the bitters as a beverage, It Is
said, and largo quantities have been
sold.
No Trace of a Missing Man.
Petersburg, Ky., April 2. A. C. Por
ter, the wealthy young farmer who
went to Cincinnati last Saturday, and
was last seen on Vino street Sunday
morning, Is still missing. It Is believ
ed that ho was robbed, then murdered
and his body disposed of, as he al
ways carried a large amount of money
with him. Ho was related to ex-Gov.
Porter, of Indiana,
Tried to Get Even With a Railway.
Newport, Ky., April 2. Louisa
Kage, who lives alono In a little cot
tage near the Chesapeake & Ohio rail
way tracks, In John street, was fined
$10 for dumping garbage on the tracks.
The woman said she was only trying
to get even because, she says, the rail
way drainage runs into her cistern.
She was unablo to pay her fine and
went to jail.
Will Make a Test Cape.
Louisville, Ky., April 2. An agree
ment has been reached between Frank
A. Lucas, state revenue agent from
Paducah, who has sued the state banks
for more than $1,000,000 back taxes,
and Judge Alex P. Humphrey, of conn-j
sel for tho bankers, to make a test
case of the suit filed against the Bank
of Commerce.
Killed Her Son.
Mt. Vernon, Ky., April 2. The news
reached here that Mrs. Tom BulIIn, of ,
near Wlldle, this county, had gone In
sane and killed her 18-year-old son,
whn wna n nrlnnlf hv onlltMnn. lila !
head with an ax. She escaped to the
woods and citizens of that section aro
scouring the country for her.
Kentucky Corporations.
Frankfort, Ky., April 2. Tho follow
ing companies filed incorporation arti
cles with the secretary of state: Wi
nona Coal and Coke Co., of Bell coun
ty, with $50,000 capital stock. The
Four Mile Coal and Coke Co., of Bell
county, Increased Its stock from $2,
000 to $25,000.
Held For Horse Stealing.
Newport, Ky., April 2. O. C. Math
ews, alias T. M. Davis, alias William
Johnston, was arraigned In police
court Friday on a charge of horse
stealing. Mathows denied stealing the
horse, but refused to take the stand
in his own defense.
Pikes Badly Damaged By Rains.
Covington, Ky., April 2. The recent
heavy rains havo damaged tho pikes
In Konton county to tho extent of sev
eral thousand dollars, and many of
them will have to bo practically re-
built to put them In good condition
again.
A New Trial Granted.
Hopklnsville, Ky., April 2. Charles
Finch, ono of tho four Negroes con
demned to death for tho murder of the
unknown man at Pembroke, has been
granted a new trial, and tho case was
continued until tho Juno term.
THE FLOOBJN OHIO
Nearly Half of Findlay is Cov
ered With Water From
Blanchard River.
MAIN STREET A RUNNING STREAM
A Largo Amount of Cattle Is Being:
Swept Away and Farmers Are
Compelled to Leave Home.
There Is Pear Tha$ the Banks of the
Grand Reservoir Will Break The
Situation at Ottawa Is
Very Serious,
Flndlay, O., April 2. The most de
structive flood in the history of Han
cock county is sweeping down tho
Blanchard river and overrunning Its
banks for a mile. Tho high water
mark was reached at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon and the water Is still rising.
Main street, for nearly a mile, Is a run
ning stream. Nearly half tho city Is
covered with water and hundreds of
families are homeless. The courthouse
is partly surrounded, tho water cover
ing the sidewalks. The rural regions
are suffering a great loss. A largo
amount of cattle is being swept away
and the farmers aro compelled to
leave their homes. Thousands of dol
lars worth of merchandise In tho flood
ed basements on Main and adjoining
streets has been destroyed.
Celina, O., April 2. The apprehen
sion that has been felt Friday regard
ing the banks of tho Grand reservoir
has Increased Friday night Tho wa
ter continues rising, but the greatest
danger Is believed to elst on account
of the high wind that lias been blow
ing since sun down and is continually
getting stronger. The gale is from
the west and Is driving the water
against tho east bank around St Ma
ry's where tho bank has already been
weakened. A very large force is at
work trying to save the locks at tho
bulkhead. St. Mary's is at the east
end of the reservoir and Celina at
the west end. Flood signals have been
given out not only around tho reser
voir, but also to people along the canal
to he ready to vacate.
The St. Mary's river has broken Its
record, doing much damage to tho
railroads and other property A largo ,
force of men Is also at work on tho
dam on the Celina side of the reser
voir. The exodus of people from the
reservoir district Is very large on ac
count of tho high winds which maka
the waters serge along the banks.
These people know that if there Is a
break at any point a great calamity
will follow. The superintendent of
the canal notified the people occupy,
inp houses on the south side of the
Lake Erie & Western railway in this
pity to vacate at once. The railroads
also have very large forces of men
brncing their culverts against the dash
ing waters. Besides the gangs of
workmen- hundreds are engaged as
watchmen and patrolmen ready to glvo
warning in case of a break. The resi
dents of tho reservoir district as well
as the railway and the canal officials
are more apprehensive over the high
winds than over the high waters.
Ottawa. O.. April 2. The flood sit
uation here Is serious, the Blanchard
river being out of Its banks. The peo
plo In the lower sections of the town
have left their homes. H. C. McAdow,
a livery man. of Ottawa, and Frank
Warnecke, of Ottoville, were drowned
at Kalia, nine miles south of here, Fri
day evening, while trying to drivo
across a fill to a bridge. The bodies
have not been recovered. -
Canton, O., April 2. Train service
Into Canton has been suspended nearly
all day. There has been no mall serv
ice since early Friday morning. There
were washouts on all sides Ralph
Edelman, 13 years old, was drowned
in East creek Friday afternoon.
Delaware, O., April 2. High waters
aro raging and tho Joss to property
will be great. About noon Friday the
Olentangy broke its banks, and tho
water rushed over the resident quar
ter. The first story of many houses
were Inundated, and tho occupants
were removed from their homes in
boats by the police. The Delawaro
Gas Co. was compelled to close Its
retorts and tho electric light company
is unablo to furnish street lighting.
Bucyrus, O., April 2. All records for
30 years were broken hero Friday by
tho high water in tho Sandusky river.
Tho northern part of Bucyrus was cut
off and buildings along tho bottoms
wero swept away.
A break In tho gas main left houses
dark and flrelesa. Tho water was re
ceding Friday night
The Impeachment of Judge Swayne.
Washington, April 2. An ngreomont
has boon reached whoreby a resolution
to Impeach Judge Charles Swayne, of
tho Northern district of Florida, will
bo called up for consideration In tho
house next Thursday.
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