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THE EVE
ULLETI
VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1904.
NUMBER 132.
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BIG SEA FIGHTERS,
Events in the IFar East May De
monstrate Tliat They Are
Bad Investments.
QUESTION DISCUSSED IN SENATE,
TIio Utility of 1 Battleships and Tor-
.pedo Boats in War Questioned
by Senator Hale.
The House of Representatives Passed
a Large Number of Bills Monday,
i Among Them the Alaska Del-
egnte Measure.
Washington, April 26. Senate
, Whether the president shall order the
construction of tho battleship provid
ed for In the naval appropriation bill
or wait until the Tvar In the far east
demonstrates the comparative utility
of tho big sea fighter and the torpedo
boat or submarine craft was a ques
tion raised in the senate Monday by
Mr. Hale (Me.) on the adoption of the
conference report. It was developed
that the language of tho bill was per
missive and that the president and
secretary of the navy could defer ac
tion if they deem It advisable. Mr.
Halo declared that If he were secre
tary of the navy he should not dare
to go on now and commit the govern
ment to the building of an Immense
battleship, for It would not surprise
him if events of the Russian-Japanese
war demonstrated that the $150,000,000
paid for big battleships were a bad In
vestment for this government. Sev
eral other senators counselled delay.
Mr. Bacon discussed the trusts, reply
ing to tho recent speech of Mr. Dolll
ver. He devoted tho greater portion
to conditions which make it possible
for American products to bo . sold
abroad for a less price than Ameri
can consumers are required to pay.
The military academy bill, the last of
the general appropriation measures,
was under consideration at the hour
when memorial services for the late
Representative Thompson (Ala.) were
begun.
House The house passed a large
number of bills, including the Alaska
delegate bill. The bill to authorize the
construction of a lighthouse and fog
signal station at Diamond Shoal, N. C,
occasioned a long debate, but finally
passed without division. An objection
to a request by Mr. Grosvenor for
leave to print brought a mild protest
from him, which aroused Mr. Gaines
(Tenn.), who charged that Mr. Gros
venor had printed everything in the
Record about President Roosevelt
Which the president did not do.
SUPREME COURT DECISION.
it Fixes the Pay of Certain Retired
Rear Admirals.
Washington, April 2C In an opin
ion by Justice Day the supreme court
Df the United States Monday decided
the case of Rr. Adm. Gibson vs. tho
United States, Involving the question
whether a captain In the navy who
served In the civil war, retired as a
rear admiral, Is entitled under the
navy personnel act to receive three
fourths of tho pay of rear admirals in
the nine higher numbers in the list of
rear admirals,.the opinion holding him
to bo not so entitled.
The effect of the decisions tofix the
pay of such retired rear admirals at
three-fourths of the rate allowed to the
nine officers of the rank who draw the
pay of brigadier generals in the army.
THE PEACE MONUMENT.
A Movement to Remove It to the Na
tional Cemetery.
Washington, April 2C. Representa
tive Gibson, of Tennessee, introduced
a joint resolution Instructing the house
committee on public buildings and
grounds to Inquire and report as to the
propriety of removing tho peace mon
ument from its place at the west front
of the capltol to tho National ceme
tory at Arlington, or to tho grounds of
tho naval academy at Annapolis for
the purpose of using the present site
of tho monument for the proposed
monument of Abraham Lincoln,
The Philippine Exhibit.
St. Louis', April 2G. The Philippine
exposition board made public a finan
cial statement showing that a total of
11,116,000 had been spent on the Phil
ippines exhibit, all but $200,000 of
which came from the Philippine' Insu
lar government.
To Celebrate the Fourth.
Chicago, April 20. A petition was
presented to tho city council Monday
night signed by a number of promi
nent citizens asking for the appoint
ment of a special commltteo to pro
vide for tho celebration of tho Fourth
of July.
A "GHOST DOG."
Chicago Man Loses Valuable Mastiff
Through Boys Pranks.
Chicago, April 2G. George P. Mack
Un, of 1924 Jackson boulevard, has lost
his valuable mastiff because a number
of boys In his neighborhood persisted
in making a "ghost dog" of him. The
mastiff, which was of gigantic size,
and weighed 180 pounds, was enticed
away from the homo of Mr. Macklin,
and night after night tho boys would
smear his head and face with phos
phorescent pasto and then turn him
loose on the streets. So many com
plaints were made to the police of the
number of children frightened by the
"ghost dog" that officers wero sent
out to hunt the animal. The climax
came Monday night when a neighbor
of Mr. Macklin reported that his six-year-old
daughter had been thrown In
to convulsions by tho sight of the ani
mal. The officers hurried out after
the dog and shot him. They are now
looking for the boys who painted him.
STORY WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
There Was No Plot Against the Life
of President Loubct in Rome.
Rome, April 26. The report sent
from Rome to Berlin, printed In the
Tageblatt of that capital and circulat
ed on the Boerse (and which was also
circulated in the United States) that
there was a plot against the life of
President Loubet and that an attempt
had been made to assassinate Is with
out foundation.
The report may perhaps have origi
nated In the fact that a French priest
went to the office of the Italia where,
becoming excited, he cried that he had
come to Rome to kill President Lou
bet. The editor of the Italia sent for
the police, but before they arrived the
priest had disappeared. The police
then arrested several priests but In
none of them could the staff of the
Italia recognize the excited clergyman
who had visited tho office.
ROBBED OF ITS DEAD.
The Family Tomb of the Livingstons
Broken Open By Vandals.
Hudson, N. Y., April 2C The start
ling discovery was made Monday that
tho family tomb of the Livingstons, on
the nearby ancient Livingston Manor
place, had been broken open On Satur
day and robbed of Its dead. The body
taken away, and of which there Is no
trace, was that of the wife of Gen.
Henry W. Livingston (Fighting Hen
ry), famous half a century ago for her
beauty, wealth and social prestige, and
known because of her undying fidelity
to the memory of her husband, as the
"Widow Mary." The metallic coffin
In which the body was sealed 45 years
ago was also carried off.
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Henry Crawford Fined $100 and Sen
tenced to Ten Days in Jail.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 2C. Henry
Crawford, at one time president and
general manager of the Chicago &
Southeastern Railroad Co., was Mon
day fined $100 and sentenced to ten
days In the county jail by Judge Leath
ers, of the superior court, on a charge
of contempt. Crawford had been or
dered by the court to produce certain
evidence relating to the transfer of
the Chicago & Southeastern railroad
to the Big Four. The order was" Is
sued February 27. Crawford Is believ
ed to be Tn New York.
PRESIDENT C. H. MOYER.
TJie Supreme Court Depled the Motion
For His Release.
Denvor, Col., April 2G.--State su
preme court denied the motion for the
release of Charles H. Moyer, president
of the Western Federation of Miners,
on bail pending a decision on the ha
beas corpus proceedings, in his behalf.
Tho hearing on the merits of the case
was set for May 5. Meantime Moyer
will be held as a prisoner in the mili
tary bull pen at Tellurlde.
Was a Cincinnati Girl.
New Rochelle, N. Y., April 2C -The
body of the young woman known as
Mnrtha Bond, who Sunday committed
suicide by poisoning after shooting her
pet dog, was Monday identified as that
of Martha Hanlon, who until recently
was employed In a restaurant in Cln
clnnati and whose family are said to
live In that city.
Beaten and Robbed of $2,900.
Stockton, CaL, April 2C.Hjohn Dost,
recently of Columbus, O., reported to
tho police Monday that he was attack
ed and beaten about tho head by rob
bers Sunday night. He had $2,000 in
greenbacks on his person and tho
thieves took tho money.
Chicago, April 20.-nJohn II. Cowen,
former president of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, died Monday night at
tho residence of his sister, Mrs. A. H.
Beelye, n. Qia ctty. .
A RUSSIAN ATTACK
Three Cruisers of the Vladivostok
Squadron Opened Fire on
Gen San Monday.
A JAPANESE STEAMER WAS SUNK,
Detachment of Marines Landed But
Was Later Recalled and the
Warships Steamed Away.
Japanese Garrison Refrained From Fir
ing on the Enemy as They Did
Not Desire to Draw a Retal
iatory Bombardment.
Tokio, April 2C The cruisers Ros
sla and Grombol, of tho Vladivostok
squadron, participated in an attack on
Gen San Monday. They were accom
panied by a third cruiser not yet Iden
tified and by two torpedo boats. Later
they entered the harbor, ordered the
crew of the Coyo Maru ashore and
then sunk her. A detaohment of ma
rines was landed, but was recalled and
the -warships steamed outside of the
harbor. The Japanese and many Ko
reans fled when the Russians approach
ed. Late telegrams say that the Rus
sian squadron remains off the harboi
of Gen San.
The steamer Goyo Maru, which was
sunk In the harbor at Gen San Mon
day morning by tho Russian Vladivo
stok squadron, was an old coasting
steamer of 57G tons and was owned at
Chemulpo by a Korean company which
chartered It to the Japanese. The Jap
anese community at Gen San numbers
2,500 and owns much property there.
Tho Japanese garrison refrained
from firing on the enemy during the
sinking of the steamer because they
did not desire to draw a retaliatory
bombardment.
Latest reports from Gen San state
that the Vladivostok squadron has dis
appeared. Toklo, April 26. The foreign mili
tary observers assigned to Japanese
first army In Korea have been ordered
to leave for the front next Saturday.
In addition to attaches already men
tioned, the following will accompany
the party: Capt. Hoffman, of Ger
many; Capt Gyarmata, of Austria;
Capt. Payeur, of France; Maj. Cavlgha,
of Italy; Col. Gertach, of Switzerland,
and Capt. Horurdt, of Sweden.
A cablegram from Toklo April 12
stated that the American attaches to
the first army are Col. E. H. Crowder,
of tho general staff, and Capt. H. G.
Marsh, of the artillery corps. Tho
British attaches are Lieut. Gen. Ian
Hamilton, Col. Hume, Capt. Jardine
and Capt Vincent. Maj. von Etzei, of
Germany, and Col. Corvizart, of
France, have also been assigned to the
first army. ,
Paris, April 20. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Echo do Paris
says that the Baltic squadron will start
for the far east August 1.
The correspondent also says that
Vice Adm. Chouknln (commander of
the naval academy and director of the
naval school" at St. Petersburg), has
been appointed to the command of tho
Black sea fleet.
FOREIGNERS MASSACRED.
Hordes of Chinese Attack and Murder
- Unprotected Europeans.
St. Petersburg, April 2G. Two score
of Europeans and Americans have
been massacred by Chinese mobs, In
cited and led by brigands, within the
past few days, according to special dis
patches published here. Twenty wero
hacked to death In a desperate fight
near tho Manchurlan line Sunday. The
authorities there havo telegraphed to
Pekin for reinforcements, declaring
themselves unable to control the mobs
or to cope with tho brigands. The
anti-foreign feeling is spreading and
tho reports of attacks and murders
cover all tho northern districts of the
empire. Seven persons havo been kill
ed near Tlen-Tsln. Trouble has also
occurred at Lonan Fu, In Shansl prov
ince, and at Shundo Fu, In Po Chill
province, as well as several other
places. A French merchant and Slg
nor Poma, an Italian road engineer,
havo been killed In Pe Chill. Of the
massacres In which tho 20 Europeans
and Americans met death no details
ar given. For" several weeks reports
from the east havo Indicated a general
agitation against foreigners in China
such as preceded tho Boxers' uprising.
Covington, Ky.( April 20. Dr. C. N.
Roudebush, one of Covington's most
promlnont physicians, died after a
short illness of exhaustion Monday
night at his home. A widow, one son
and two daughters survive him.
Newport, Ky., April 26. Sufferlns
from melancholy, Conrad Bausor hang
ed himself In his barn Monday after
noon. Ho was a farmer and lived nlno
miles from Newport,
POWERS AND HOWARD.
Delegates to Indiana State Convention
to Be Called on For Help.
Louisville, Ky., April 26. Unless
present arrangements are abandoned
the delegates to the state convention
of tho Indiana republicans at Indian
apolis will be called on Wednesday to
assist Caleb Powers and James How
ard in their fight for liberty. It has
been arranged by the leaders of the
Kentucky republicans that R. C. Kin
kead, a prominent attorney of Louis
ville, shall present the case of Powers
and Howard on tho ttopr of the con
vention and ask the delegates to lend
moral and material assistance to tho
two men who It is claimed are the vic
tims of political persecution. The
Kentucky court of appeals on Satur
day last confirmed the sentence of life
Imprisonment imposed on Howard for
alleged complicity In a conspiracy to
assassinate William Goebel. The ap
peal of Caleb Powers, candidate for
secretary of state xn the Taylor tick
et in 1899 and now under sentence of
death as an alleged conspirator, Is still
pending.
THE FIFTH DISTRICT.
The Republicans Elect Delegates and
Endorse Roosevelt
Louisville, Ky., April 26. The re
publicans of the Fifth congressional
district of Kentucky Monday named
delegates to the national convention
and endorsed President Roosevelt. E.
A. Wilson and City Attorney Henry L.
Stone wero selected as delegates to
the convention at Chicago, and Frank
Falrlelgh was nominated as presiden
tial elector. Maj. W. C. Owens was
nominated for congress. The dele
gates were Instructed for Roosevelt.
Captured Alleged Horsethlef.
Covington, Ky., April 2C The po
lice arrested Thomas Brinston, 30,
claiming Ashland, Ky., as his homo,
charging him with horse theft Re
cently Brinston and his wife paid a
visit to his brother-in-law, Frank
Bridges, at Fishburg, and while there
he stole his brother-in-law's horse, It
is alleged.
Trie Third Infantry.
Fort Thomas, Ky., April 2C The
work of re-enllstlng privates of the
Third infantry for service In Alaska
was completed Monday. Capt. W. R.
Sample, regimental adjutant, stated
not over 20 per cent, of the men of the
regiment availed themselves of the al
ternative of being transferred to other
regiments.
Only Three Days of Liberty.
Jackson, Ky., April 26. The potency
of the law in the administration of
speedy justice is aptly Illustrated in
the case of Jim King, convicted at
Brothyvllle Sunday. King had just
been released from the penitentiary,
where he had served a term for shoot
ing a man of the name of Scrivner.
Tarvin Favors Hearst.
Bowling Green, Ky., April 26. Judge
James P. Tarvin, of Covington, Ky.,
Monday afternoon made tho first
speech here In advocacy of Hearst foi
tho democratic nomination for tho
presidency. Ho was followed Monday
night by Congressman Francis E. Sho
bOr, of New York.
Removed For Sa'e-Keeping.
Owensboro, Ky., April 26. Will Fill
Kerson, who killed Charles Salen at
Henderson, was brought here for safe
keeping. It was feared that a mob
was gathering to lynch Fulkerson. It
Is claimed at Henderson that the mob
feeling has died down.
To Oppose Congressman Trimble.
Owenton, Ky., April 26. John W.
Douglas, In a speech delivered here
Monday, announced his candidacy for
congress In opposition to Congressman
South Trimble. Trimble was also
present and addressed the crowd, It be
ing county court day.
Nominated For Congress.
Covington, Ky., April 26. Leslie T.
Applegate, of this city, is the repub
lican nominee for congressman from
the Sixth district of Kentucky. Ho
was nominated by acclamation Mon
day afternoon at a convention held in
Odd FellowB' hall.
. Robbed the Poor Box.
Lexington, Ky., April 26. Untram
moled by scruples of religion, an un
known man Monday shot tho glass
from In front of a large Iron donation
box In St. Paul's Catholic church and
rifled tho receptacle of the offerings
of the poor.
Killed in Barroom Fight.
Cynthlana, Ky., April 26. In a sa
loon fight hero Monday, night Jako
Conner stabbed James Robinson In
the neck and ho bled to death In a
few minutes. Conner evaded the po
lice and has not yet boen arrested.
Found Dead In a Yard.
Dayton. Ky., April 2C. Chas. Shon-
heard, this city, was found dead in tho
rear of Jacob Muller's saloon, Reading
road, Cincinnati, Monday morning.
Death was due to natural causes.
WEPTBYASTORM
Wind and Rain Caused Property
Loss in Central and Western
Kentucky of 200,000.
BUILDINGSCOMPLETELYWRECKED
Hundreds of Tobacco Larns in Country
Surrounding' Paducah and Owens
boro Wero Destroyed.
Rain, Hall, Wind and Electric Storma
Did Considerable Damage in South
ern Indiana A Fisherman
Killed By Lightning.
Louisville, Ky., April 26. A heavy
wind and rain storm swept Central
and Western Kentucky, causing a total
property loss of nearly $200,000. So
far as known no lives were lost, al
though tornadoes formed near Paris
and Carlisle. Paris, Carlisle, Paducah
and Owensboro were the towns that
suffered most, Within the city limits
of Paris the total damage is estimated
at $30,000, dozens of dwellings, facto
ries, etc., being damaged and several
buildings wero completely wrecked.
In the country surrounding Paducah
and Owensboro hundreds of tobacco
barns wero demolished and but for tho
fact that most of last year's crop has
been disposed of tho loss would be far
greater. The tremendous rain caused
heavy loss on crops.
Indianapolis,' Ind., April 26. Rain,
hall, wind and electric storms did con
siderable damage In Southern Indiana
Monday. At Paoli, Greenville and
Nashville telephone and telegraph
lines sustained great damage. Tho
roof of Throop's hardware store at
Paoll was demolished. At New Al
bany the Greenville stage barns wero
struck by lightning and burned. Thos.
Keating, -who was fishing in Silver
croek, was struck by a bolt of light
ning and instantly killed. Many pen
pie believing that a cyclone was Immi
nent, took refuge In cellars.
Pine Bluff, Ark., April 20. The wind
and rain storm In tho eastern section
of Jefferson county caused the loss of
sev.ernl lives and much damage to
property In that section. The towns
of Pastoria and Sherlll were the prin
cipal sufferers. The path of the storm
was about 100 yards wide and ten
miles long and the violent wind swept
the fields clean.
At Pastoria, in the northern section
of the county, two persons were killed
and five injured, one per.iaps fatally.
Tho residence of Martin Sanders, col
ored, on the hill place, was totally de
stroyed and Sanders' wife had a rib
broken and was injured Internally. His
young son was struck on the head by
a falling timber and his skull frac
tured. It Is thought the boy will die.
The residence of 'William Smith, on
the Ben Mozique place, was destroyed
and all the Negro cabins on the placo
blown down. On the samo place the
residence of Pleas Thomas was blown
down and his two boys killed outright.
Others whose names could not bo
learned were Injured. Thomaa' wife
sustained Internal injuries and is in
a critical condition. Other residences
wero blown down and tne whole town
suffered.
SHORTAGE OF. GAS.
A Natural Gas Company Suspended
Operations Monday.
Red Key. Ind., April 20. The Natural
Gas Co., holding company, for tho Ohio
and Indiana Consolidated Gas Co., the
North Mercer Gas Co. and tho Red
Key Transportation Gas Co., suspend
ed operations Monday because of the
shortage of gas. Tho first named com
pany furnished gas to Lima, O., tho
second to Greenville, Arcanum, Day
ton and other Ohio towns and tho third
to Red Key, Ind., and Fort Recovery,
O. The Increased demand for fuel and
tho increase of oil prospecting opera
tions have resulted in a steady do
creasing pressure. More than $1,000,
000 is invested in the company's power
stations, lines and leases.
Three Killed, One Fatally Hurt.
Muskogee, I. T., April 26. John
Truolovo and child wero killed and
Mrs. Truolovo was fatally hurt In a
storm that destroyed their homo at
Choteau, I. T. Near Choteau a young
man was blown a quarter of a mllo
and killed.
Theater Destroyed By Fire.
Syracuse, N. Y., April 26. Tho Ly
ceum theater, a vaudeville house, waB
destroyed by flro early Tuesday morn
ing. It has been closed during tho
season until last week, when a New
York company played six nights. Loss
$200,000.
Honolulu, April 19, via San Francis
do, April 2C Tho republican territory
convention Instructed Its delegates for
Roosevelt. ...