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VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1904
NUMBER 128
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FLANK MOVEMENT
Number of Japanese Ships Ap
peared Oft' Pptinsa Near the
Gulf of Chins TniTsc..
PROBABLY SECOND EXPEDITION,
The Japs Are Concentrating at Wiju
and Spreading Toward tlio
iVorth Along the Yalu.
Gen. Kuropatkin. Says He Intends to
Await the Arrival of Another 100,
000 Men Beforo Risking a Bat
tle With the Japanese.
St. Petersburg, April 21. Whatay
.turn out to bo the anticipated flank
ing movement of the Japanese troops
11b the appearance of a number of Jap
anese Bhlps off Potlnsa, near the Gulf
,of Chlng Tal Tse, as reported to the
,cmperor Wednesday, by Gen. Kuropat
;Jdn. Military experts hero havo long
.regarded that vicinity as tho probablo
point of disembarkation of tho second
jjapaneso expedition. It is not far
away from Takushan (12 miles to tho
east), and connects by road with Port
Arthur (150 miles to tho southwest),
and Feng Huan Cheng (50 miles to the
Inorthwest), whero tho Russians will
make their first obstinate resistance,
i Though tho Japanese nro building
entrenchments on the Yalu It Is be
lieved that they will advance soon.
jThe arrangements for a turning move
ment are completo and the experts say
that such a movement could properly
begin at Takushan, as Feng Huan
(Cheng lies at an angle of an equllal
oral triangle with Taku Chuan and the
'Yalu as bases. "
I The Japanese disembarkation will
undoubtedly be covered by a warship
and the Russians recognize that It will
,bo impossible to prevent It.
I "We will strike after they have land
ed," grimly said a member of tho gen
eral staff.
Gen. Kuropatkin is aware of tho
strategic Importance of the vicinity of
.Takushan and It is understood that he
(has mado his arrangements accord
ingly. i Gen. Kuropatkin has sent the follow
ilng telegram to tho emperor:
"Gen. Kashtallnsky reports as fol
lows on April 19: 'All Is quiet on tho
Yalu. Tho Japanese nre throwing up
entrenchments opposite Colusty and
further to the north.
' "'The numbers f Japanese troops
are Increasing. They nre concentrat
ing at WIJu and spreading toward the
(north along the Yalu.
" 'Cossack sentinels have observed
tho lights of Japanese transports near
Chlng Tal Tse, opposite tho village of
Potansa, 25 versts west of Tatung Knu.
The vessels were anchored at 'a dis
tance of 50 versts from the shore.
" 'According to dispatches from Gen.
MIstchenko, Japaneso ships were also
iseen near Sou Chou.' "
Paris, April 21. The St Petersburg
correspondent of tho Journal says a
(frlend of Gen. Kuropatkin has receiv
ed a letter from him In which tho gen
oral says ho Intends to await the ar
rival of another hundred thousand men
before risking a battle with the Japan
ese, GRAVE HEADSTONES.
They Will Be Sent to Relatives of the
Missouri Explosion Victims.
Washington, April 21. The bureau
of navigation has forwarded to the
next of kin of all enlisted men who
were killed in the Missouri accident
,and whoso remains have been sent
from Pensacola to the places designat
ed by their relations, a blank form of
ia request for tho headstones which are
furnished on application to tho quar
termaster general, U. S. A., to mark
itho graves of sailors or marines bur
Jed In private cemeteries. Tho head
stones are of the best American white
marble, 87 Inches long, 12 inches wido
fnud four Inches thick, tho top slightly
,rounded and the portion of tho stono
,abovo ground sandrubbed. Each head
stone is inscribed with tho namo and
rating of tho decesaed cut in relief
with a sunken shield. Tho headstones
twill bo shipped, freight prepaid, by the
government to tho railroad station or
steamboat landing nearest the resi
dence of the next of kin, with the un
derstanding that they will bo received
and set at privato expense.
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Repairing Russian Battleships.
St. Petersburg, April 21. Tho cor
respondent of Novosti, in a letter from
Port Arthur dated March 27, says that
the cruiser Fallada will soon bo en
tirely ready and work Is progressing
on the battleships Rctvlzan and Czare
vitch. Grand Rapids, Mich., April 21.
State Senator DaYld B. Burps was ac
quitted Wednesday of bribery in con
nection with the Lake Michigan water
scandal, The Jury was put five hours.
ONE WAS KILLED.
Shot While Fleeing From a Posse of
Officers.
Midlesboro, Ky., April 21. At Cum
berland Gap Wednesday one man was
killed and another seriously wounded
In a flght following an attempted ar
rest Silas Isman and John Wright
were seen to jump from a train with
sacks, supposed to be booty, and make
for the mountains. S. A. Williams led
a posse, and catching up with the men
was met by a volley of shots, none of
which took effect. He returned the
fire with a shotgun, fatally wounding
Wright and shooting Isman In the
arm.
ON SHORT ACQUAINTANCE.
A Want Ad Inserted "For Fun" Leads
to a Marriage.
Franklin, Ky., April 21. Bertha
Dunn, daughter of a well to do farmer,
and Eugene Zimmerman, a locontotlve
engineer, of Peoria, 111., were married
in this city. Some time in January
Miss Dunn, for fun, Inserted an ad
vertisement for a husband In a Detroit
newspaper. She received 58 replies,
Zimmerman being one of her corre
spondents. The couple had never seen
each other until a few hours before the
ceremony was performed.
Sleighs For April Wedding.
Owensboro, Ky., April 21. Snow
fell eight Inches deep Wednesday. Pe
ter W. Manning, a prominent railroad
man, and Miss Mattle Thomas were
married, nnd the order for carriages
was countermanded and sleighs sub
stituted as a novelty for an April wed
ding. Miss Castleman Wedded.
Louisville, Ky., April 21. Miss Elisa
Castleman and Charles Elmer Railey,
of Lexington, were married Wednes
day evening in the home of the bride's
parents, Gen. and Mrs. John B. Castle
man, In the presence of a small gath
ering of relntlvcs and close friends.
Frightful Double Tragedy.
Burkesvllle, Ky., April 21. A report
from Cumberland county, Tennessee,
says that Ben Harris, aged 90, former
ly of tills place, was beaten to death
with a club by a lG-year-old boy and
that the latter was subsequently killed
by a pursuing posse.
Child Gored By a Bull.
Lexington, Ky., April 21. Henry
Rush, jr., aged four years, while play
ing In a vacant lot on Seventh street,
was gored by a savage bull, and only
for th prompt arrival of Mrs. James
NIckerson the child would undoubted
ly have lost his life.
Prescbyterlans Meet.
Owensboro, Ky., April 21. The
Muhlenberg presbytery of the Presby
terian church, representing all the
churches In the western half of the
state. Is In session here. The opening
sermon was preached by Rev. E. F.
Bell, of Greenville.
Covered With Slush and Sleet.
Bowling Green, Ky., April 21. A
heavy sleet fell Wednesday morning
and tho ground was covered with slush
and sleet two Inches deep. The tem
perature was two degrees below freez
ing. Horticulturists say this finishes
the fruit crop.
To Fill a Vacancy.
Frankfort, Ky., April 21. Gov. Beck
ham appointed W. T. Tandy, of Hop
klnsvllle, to be a commissioner of the
Western asylum for the Insane. The
appointment Is to fill a vacancy caused
by tho resignation of Commissioner
C. H. Layne.
Opening Up Coal Fields.
Middlesboro, Ky April 21. G. E.
Johnson, accompanied by a corps of
engineers,-arrived hero from Louisville
and Is now engaged in opening up
some coal fields In tho northern part
of Bell county, In the region about
Four Mile.
Robert Brown Sentenced.
' Covington, Ky April 21. Robert
Brown, ex-policeman, convicted of vol
untary manslaughter for killing Depu
ty Sheriff Nicholas Bodkin, November
12, 1902, was sentenced to two. years'
hard labor by Judge Shaw in the cir
cuit court.
The Plckerells Surrender.
Covington, Ky., April 21. James
and May Pickerell, charged with shoot
ing with Intent to kill Win. Faller at
Crescent Springs about ten days ago,
surrendered to Constable Perry Cleve
land Wednesday. They, gave bonds.
Died at a Ripe Old Age.
Richmond, Ky., April 21. Mrs. Mary
A. Turpln, aged 83 years, died at her
homo in this county from lnfirmaties
incident to old age. Besides a hus
band, Squlro Haden Turpin, who is 87
years old, she leaves seven children.
Lima, Peru, April 21. The delicate
state of tho health of President Can
damo, who Is sojourning at Arequlpa,
1b the cause of great anxiety. Ho
spent a bad night but was somewhat
better Wednesday.
NEW YORK STORM.
Blizzard Was One of the Most
Severe- of the Year, it
is Kcportcd.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS DELAYED,
Heavy Snow Fall in St. I.onis Does
JS'ot Cause Any Suffering
Among the Filipinos.
A Light Snow Fell at Kansas City
Three or Four Inches of tho
Beautiful Fell In Knoxvllle,
Tenn., Wednesday.
New York, April 21. Blizzard con
ditions still prevailed In Centra? and
Northern New York state Wednesday
night. At Lyons,. N. Y., tho storm,
which began Tuesday night, continued
Wednesday. It Is one of the most se
vere of the year. Railroad traffic Is
delayed and country roads blocked.
Along the shores of Lako Ontario, es
pecially In Sodus bay, docks, cottages
and boat houses havo been damaged
by high water. At Ogd'ensburg a foot
of snow has fallen and trains aro run
ning several hours behind their sched
ule. In tho lower Adlrondacks the
storm Is severe.
St. Louis, April 21. Tho heavy fall
of snow In St. Louis Is not causing any
suffering among the Filipinos at the
World's fair grounds reservation, ac
cording to reports from there. As
soon as tho Filipinos saw the snow
Wednesday they called it "sugar" and
rushed Into it desplto tho cold. They
were soon sent back Into their quarters
and locked In-doors to prevent them
from contracting pneumonia. Stoves
and warm clothing havo been supplied
to them as well as tho members of nil
the other different tribes who are ac
customed to wnrm climates.
Kansas City, Mo., April 21. A light
snow, accompanied by a decided fall
In the temperature and followed by
rain, fell In Northwest Missouri Wed
nesday. Throughout Kansas there
was a heavy rain, an inch of water
falling.
THE TORONTO FIRE.
Most Conservative Estimates Place the
Loss at $12,000,000.
Toronto, Ont, April 21. The total
loss by the fire which destroyed tho
wholesale district of Toronto Tuesday
night will, according to the most con
servative estimates, reach $12,000,000:
the total Insurance is J8.3C0.00O. The
area swopt by the fire embraces 14
acres and from 5,000 to 7.000 persons
aro thrown out of employment. The
work of tearing down tho dangerous
walls was begun Wednesday afternoon.
In the entire burned district tho only
walls that appear to stand intact aro
those of tho W. R. Brock & Co. build
ing. The city council Wednesday aft
ernoon placed all public buildings and
tho exhibition grounds at tho disposal
of the fire sufferers; amended the firo
regulations to al.low of tho erection of
temporary structures and appointed a
committee to wait on the legislature
nnd secure an act ordering all wires
underground.
A MINE FLOODED.
One Hundred Miners Had a Narrow
Escape From Drowning.
Carbondale, 111., April 21. The old
Equity coal mlno was flooded Wednes
day by muskrats burrowing mound tho
shaft and the bank of the Saline river,
and 100 miners had a narrow escape
from drowning. The men were at work
when the alarm was given that water
was 'pouring into tho mine. Immedi
ately they crowded Into tho hoists and
by the tlmo the last men were taken
out they were standing In water up
to their necks. It Is estimated that it
will take nearly a" week to pump the
mlno out.
Will Appear Before the Supreme Court
Telluride, Col., April 21. Adjt Gen.
Dell, Capt Wells, Capt Carlilo and
Col. Kennedy, with a guard of 17 troop
ers, departed Wednesday for Denver
with President Mover, of tho Western
Federation of Miners, to ba present at
the habeas corpus proceedings in tho
Biipremo court Thursday.
To Protect President Loubet.
Paris, April 21. Elaborate police
precautions have been adopted to pro
tect President Loubet during his com
ing trip to Italy. French and Italian
detectives will bo stationed along tho
route and a number of French detec
tives have been sent to Romo and
Genoa.
Wants Better Fire Protection.
Newport, Ky., April 21. Tho author
ities of this city aro considering tho
question of bettor firo protection at
several points in tho city. A number
of firo plugs will be put in.
PEOPLE EAT TOO MUCH.
Interesting Paper Read Before
tional Academy of Science.
Na-
Washington. April 21. The chief
paper read before the Natlonnl Acad
emy of Science was a description of a
series of experiments recently con
ducted by tho Sheffield scientific school
of Yale to determine If tho average
human being Is not eating too much
Prof. Russell H. Chittenden, the direc
tor of the school who conducted the
experiments and who read Wednes
day's paper, mado tho statement that
the average healthy man cats from two
to three times as much as he needs to
keep him In perfect physical and men
tal health and vigor. Prof. Chittenden
said three classes of men were experi
mented on, several professors at tho
school, Including Prof. Chittenden him
self, several students and a squad of
United States soldiers. There was a
gradual reduction of meat and other
proteid- foods with llttlo If any In
crease In Btarch and other foods In
nearly all the tests. No fixed regimen
was required In any case, the endeavor
being to satisfy tho appctlto of each
subject. In only one case was meat
entirely eliminated from the diet. At
the end of the experiments, which last
ed from six months until nearly n year
and were concluded only a few days
ago, the entlro lot of men who had
been Prof. Chittenden's subjects were
In tho best of health. Their weight
In some cases was almost exactly tho
same as when the experiments were
begun and In somo slightly lower.
Their bodily vigor was greater and
their strength was much greater, par
tially owing to their regular physical
exercises during tho experiments and
partially owing, Prof. Chittenden be
lieves, to the less amount of food eat
en. The dally consumption of food at
the close of tho experiments was much
lass than the recognized standard and
from a third to half as much as the
average man cats.
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
House, After an Extended Debate, Sent
It Back to Conference.
Washington, April 21. Senate The
senato Wednesday listened to a set
speech of almost two hours' duration
on the trusts by Mr. Dolllver and aft
erwards completed consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill,
ngain devoting much time to the pro
visions for an extension of the east
front of the capltol and for an addi
tional office building for the senate.
The office building amendment was
agreed to as reported from the com
mittee, but tho extension paragraph
was so modified as practically to pro
vide for plans only, the appropriation
being reduced to $75,000.
House The house, after an extend
ed debate, sent the naval appropriation
bill back to conference, tho only dls
puted sonate amendment accepted bo
Ing that providing for the construction
In navy yards of two colliers. A b.ll
providing for allotment of the lands of
the New York Indians was passed un
der a resolution of tho committee on
rules for its immediate consideration.
A WIFE MURDERER.
He Can Not Become Beneficiary of In
surance on His Wife.
Springfield, III., April 21. In the
case of tho supreme lodge. Knights
nnd Ladles of Honor, tho state sn
preme court Wednesday entered a de
cision to the effect that a husband can
not become the beneficiary of life in
surance carried on the life of his wife.
If ho has murdered her. The Knights
and Ladies of Honor contested the
payment of a thousand dollars' life in
surance policy in favor of Mrs. Eliza
beth Menkhausen, decesaed. on the
ground that her husband had been con
victed of her murder.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Total Number of Casualties During
Three Months Were 14,485.
Washington. April 21. The Inter
state commerce commission Wednes
day Issued a report showing that in tho
United States during October, Novem
ber nnd December last the total num
ber of railroad casualties aggregated
1-1,485, a decreaso of 702 as compared
with tho preceding quarter. There
wore killed 175 passengers and 991 em
ployes, and 1,937 passengers and 11,382
employes wero injured. Tho damage
by these accidentia to cars, engines and
roadways amounted to $2,527,000, a de
creaso of $57,348.
Burlington, Vt, April 21. The re
publican stato convention hero Wed
nesday elected four delegates to the
national convention at Chicago and
instructed thorn to vote for the nomi
nation of President Roosevelt.
Sailed For New York.
Colon, April 21. The United States
canal commissioners Balled for New
York Wednesday on the steamer Yuca
tan. Tho United States gunboat Ma
rietta sailed Tuesday for San Juan.
REED SMOOT CASE
The Investigation Kefore the Sen
ate Committee on Privileges
and Elections lleoneiied.
BRIGIIAM H. ROBERTS TESTIFIED,
He Said That lie Regarded the I.nwg
of God as Higher Than tho
Laws of the Lund.
He Sald His Moral Obligations to
His Wives Were Greater Than
Both the Laws of God
and Man.
Washington, April 21. With tho re
opening of the investigation In tho
Reed Smoot caso before tho senate
committee on privileges and elections,
the prosecution devoted considerable
tlmo to drawing from Brigham II. Rob
orts tho charactor of tho oaths which
are said to bo necessary for a Mormon
official to take in order to have tho
support of the church for political of
fice. Mombers of tho committee show
ed an equal interest in the obligations
which nro said to bo taken by Mor
mons who "go through the endowment
house." Along both lines much evi
dence was brought out. It jvas shown
by Mr. Roberts' testimony that with
out tho consent of the Mormon church
he failed of election to a seat In con
gress and later with church recogni
tion of his candidacy he was elected.
In relation to tho endowment house ob
ligation Mr. Roberts was extremely
reticent. lie said that tho sacrednoss
of the ceremony was such that ho
could not reveal it to tho world and
that If he did so he would lose easto
with the church as having betrayed a
trust.
Portions of the testimony given by
Mr. Roberts, especially In regard to
his reasons for maintaining polyga
mous cohabitation with his plural
wives, was almost a duplication of the
testimony given by other polygnmists
who have been on the stand. He said
he regarded the laws of God as higher
than the Inws of the lnnd and that his
moral obligation to his wives was
greater than both tho laws of God and
man.
Edward E Barthell. of Nashville.
Tenn . testified In regard to literature
of the Mormon church.
SAMUEL A. GROFF.
Has Been Temporarily Suspended
From the Police Force.
Washington, April 21. Samuel A.
Groff. the policeman recently convict
ed by a jury of the district criminal
court for conspiracy with August V
Machen in connection with the pwtal
irregularities, Wednesday was su
ponded by tho District commissioner
froln the force without pny, pending
final disposition of his nppwil from
that derision If thp decision of th.
lower court Is affirmed Groff will bo
Immediately removed.
GOV. WILLIAM H. HUNT.
He Will Consult With the President
Regarding Porto Rican Affairs.
Washington. April 21. Gov. William '
H. Hunt, of Poito Rico. Wednesday
paid his respects to the president nnd
later will have an estended conference
with him nhout affairs in the Island.
Gov Hunt's nomination as thp succes
sor to Judge 1 1 Ira in Knowles as United
States district judge In Montana, wns
confirmed by the senate Tuesday Gov.
Hunt expects to return to Porto Rico
to conclude his work beforo nssumiug
his new duties.
Certificates of Honorable Service.
Washington. April 21 Responding
to a resolution of Inquiry, the secre
tary of war Wednesday sent to tho'
senato a list showing that certificates
of honorable service had been Issued
to ISC persons who served the United
States as telegraph operators during
the war. Their average pay was $70
A month.
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Will Make Commencement Address.
Washington, April 21. Baron von
Sternberg, tho German ambassador,
has accepted an Invitation of the Uni
versity of tho South, at Sewanee,
Tenn., to mako the commencement ad
dress on June 13. Tho ambassador
will be tho guest of tho university.
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Buying Horses For Japan.
Seattlo, Wash., April 21. A. M. Denv
ing, an English stockman from Cap
Colony, who has been in Japan for
somo months, has arrived hero and is
commissioned to purchase 10,000
horses in tho Pacific northwest to bo
sent to Japan.
St. Louis, April 21. A request was
received Wednesday by an official ot
the World's fair to reserve accommo
dations here for former Queen Liliuoj
kalanL of HawalL and her party "
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