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THE EVENING BULL
VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KYM SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1904.
NUMBER 142.
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JAPANESE LANDED
Over 40,000 Crossed Liao Tung
Peninsula and Are Prepared
For a Forward Movement.
PORT ARTHUR IS 'NOW ISOLATED.
All Railroad and Telegraph Commun
ication With the Great Russian
Gibraltar is Cut Off.
It Is "Asserted By the Russians That
ine t-onress is impregnable ana
Provisioned to Stand a Slego
For Over a Year.
. Bt. Petersburg, May 7. Japanese
troops swarming across tho narrow
neck of tho Liao Tung peninsula, tho
railroad and telegraph communications
cut and the Russian Gibraltar Isolated
and left to its own resources all this
rtho Russians seem to accept with
'great stoicism. These; events have
been anticipated since the outbreak of
tho war and the authorities, in a sense,
appear to bo relieved now that the
hlow has fallen. They assert that the
"fortress is impregnable and amply pro
visioned t'o stand a siege for a year,
land that it can hold out until the time
comes to relieve it.
According to official information the
landing of troops from 60 transports
'began simultaneously at PItsewo and
Cape Terminal on the morning of May
5. Complete details of the landing are
lacking owing to the Interruption of
communication. No resistance was
made, the few Cossacks who observed
the movement retiring when tho war
ships shelled the shore preparatory to
disembarkation. Ten thousand men
were put ashore Thursday and the dis
embarkation was proceeding Friday at
jthe time that communication ceased.
it Is believed that there are over 40,
000 now on land preparing for a for
ward movement
Two Japanese regiments were hur
xjejd westward Friday morning to cut
the railroad and telegraph communi
cation. One of them flredon a train
conveying the wounded from Port Ar
thur. While tho landing was proceeding
Thursday the enemy's ships, consist
ing of Ave battleships and four cruls
ors made a demonstration off Port Ar
thur to prevent tho possible egress of
Russian torpedo boats. A number of
Japanese boats were also observed off
Miado island, in Pigeon bay.
It was because he was convinced
that Port Arthur was about to be cut
off that Viceroy AlexIeff,accompanled
by his staff and Grand Duke Boris, left
hastily. On Thursday several train
loads of sick and wounded and other
ineffectives were dispatched north
ward. It is reported here that the Japanese
ships bombarded Port Arthur early on
tho morning of May C, and succeeded
at last in closing the entrance, but no
official confirmation of the latter state
ment can be obtained.
The strength of the garrison at Port
Arthur is not revealed by tho authori
ties, who will only say that it is ade
quate for defensive purposes. It is
not believed the force there exceeds
10,000 soldiers. The fleet must now
take a secondary position and the sail
ors will be used to mail the shore guns
if necessary.
Vice Adm. Skrydloff and Vice Adm.
Bezobrazoff can not now reach Port
Arthur and will probably go to Vladi
vostok to join the cruised squadron
there. Rr. Adm. Wittsoeft, who was
left in charge of the fleet by Viceroy
Alexieff will direct operations at Port
Arthur.
Despite tho greater number of Jap
anese, tho general staff believes that
their formidable fortifications still
leave the defensive superiority with
the Russians, whose staying qualities,
it is confident, will Insure their hold
ing out as long as nedessary. Wltillo
(he outer line of fortifications extends
to Kin Chow, unquestionably no deter
mined effort will be made to hold them
nor is it expected that a desperate at
tempt to retain Balny will bo made.
Tho main defense will be of Port Ar
thur, where since the harbor has been
occupied by the Russians, steady work
has progressed to complete the system
of defense, which is just as effective
on the land as on the seaside.
MARCHING ON PORT ARTHUR.
The Japanese Army Is Advancing In
Three Columns.
Paris, May 7. The St. Petersburg
correspondent of tho Echo do Paris
sends tho following under date of May
C: "Tho general staff behoves that
the Japanese landed at PItsewo num
ber not less than 40,000 and says that
tho bulk of Gen. Kurokl'o army was
Friday morning about nine and a half
miles from Feng Wang Chong. Tho
army was advancing In three columns,
the .third column following tho coast,
probably In order to communlcato
with the troops landed at PItsewo. All
the reserves, provisions and ammuni
tion were landed on Elliot islands."
FIVE MINERS ENTOMBED.
It Is Feared They Lost Their Lives In
a Burning Mine.
Shamokin, Pa., May 7. Five miners
are entombed and believed to be dead
as a result of a fierce fire which Is
burning In tho Locust Gap colliery of
tho Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Co. The tfro started Thursday
night in tho slope, and Wm. Massas
kie, Michael Shannon and John and
Michael Boglan were cut off from es
cape before they were warned. Res
cuing parties were at once set to work,
and up to Friday night their efforts to
bring out tho men have been unsuc
cessful. John Debo, notwithstanding
the protests of others, went far into
the workings and has not been heard
from since, and it is believed that he
has succumbed to smoke and gas. The
fire is burning fiercely. Some of the
officials think tho men will be fouifd
smothered to death, while some of the
miners are of the opinion that the;
are safe in- old abandoned workings.
SMOKELESS POWDER CLOTH.
It May Be Used In the Navy For Am
munition Bags.
Washington, May 7. Exhaustive ex
periments are to be made at the In
dian Head proving grounds with
smokeless powder cloth, a hfghly in
flammable cellulose material, with a
view to its use in the navy for ammu
nition bags. Although bags of such
material must be handled with greater
care than those made of muslin, it Is
believed the smokeless powder cloth
is more desirable because it will burn
rapidly and thoroughly, thus averting
the danger of any smoldering particles
being left in tho chamber of the gun.
There has not been any trouble with
the muslin bags on this score except
that particles of the tape with which
the bags are tied have been found in
the bore after the gun was discharged.
Silk bags are used in the English
navy, but the muslin bags are prefera
ble' to silk because they do not tear or
wrinkle easily.
CUBAN NAVAL STATIONS.
Rodgers and Ackley Have Been Select
ed as the Commandants.
Washington, May 7. Announcement
is made at the navy department of the
selection of Lieut. Commander C. C.
Rodgers to be commandant of the na
val station at Guantanamo, Cuba, and
to command the Amphratrite station
ship at that place and of Capt Seth
M. Ackley to be commandant of the
naval station at Ologapo. Establish
ment of coal piles at these points and
sounding for fresh water will be the
flrst work. It Is intended that the
scheme of improvement prepared for
Olongapo by a board of which Rr.
Adm. Taylor, chief of the bureau of
navigation, was president, shall be fol
lowed with certain modifications.
THE IOWA'S GUNS.
Remarkable Records Were Made at
Target Practice.
Washington, May 7. Remarkable
records were made by the Iowa's guns
in the annual record target practice
just completed at Pensacola. The Io
wa's 12-inch guns made 42 shots and
34 hits. The best 12-lnch gun made 11
shots and 11 hits. The hits per gun
per minute for the 12-inch guns were
0.75. This equals tho record made by
the British ship Ocean in 1892 when
she broke the world's record, and in
the case of the Iowa tho record is all
the more creditable because her guns
are of an old type. Tho Iowa's 8-inch
guns made 120 hits per gun per min
ute, tho best gun making eight hits
out of nine shots.
A HUGE VESSEL.
It Will Have a Capacity of 35,000 Tons
and Will' Be 715 Feet Long.
Berlin, May 7. It is announced hero
that the Hamburg-American Steamship
Co. has ordered to be built a vessel of
35,000 tons. It will be 715 feet long
and will have capacity for ,1,200 cabin
and 2,388 Bteerago passengers besides
the usual saloons. Its freight capacity
will bo 14,000 tons. This now marine
monster will have a restaurant and
tlckols will bo made to read "With
Food" or "Without FoQd."
Congressman. Prlnco Renominated.
Qulncy, 111., May 7. George W.
Prince, of Galesburg, was Friday re
nominated for congress by the repub
licans of the Fifteenth Illinois district.
Tho convention named Perry C. "Ellis,
of Quincy, as presidential elector.
Louisvillo, Ky., May 7. Tho record
price for tho season on burley tobacco
W'as realized Friday, tho Continental
Tobacco Co. paying 28 cents a pound
for a hogshead of tho Washington
county product.
CHINESE PAVILION.
A Notable Function Was the Dedi
cation and Opening: at the
World's Fair Friday.
HIGH OFFICIALS WERE PRESENT.
Tlie Costumes Worn by the Dignitaries
Were Gorgeous, Consisting of
Silks of Finest Textures.
The Great Gongs Imported From the
Royal Palace in Peking Were
Rung For the First Time
at the Opening.
St. Louis, May 7. One of tho most
notable functions that has taken place
at tho World's fair, informal In nature
but gorgeous In appointments, was the
dedication and opening of the Chinese
pavilion Friday. Not only was It elab
orately attractive, but It was marked
with significant expressions from the
high Chinese officiate present, tending
to indicate that the relations between
China and the United States have been
drawn Into a closer alliance through
tho Louisiana purchase exposition. Of
ficials of tho World's fair responded
with the assurances that the United
States deeply appreciated the hearty
participation in tho exposition by the
Chinese government and toasts were
drunk to the health of the president of
the United States and the emperor of
China and the empress dowager.
China was one of the first nations to
respond to the Invitation of the Unit
ed States government and from the
beginning the work of preparation had
been rushed with all speed to comple
tion. Many Chinese dignitaries were
present at the dedication, but Interest
centered especially on Prince Pu Lun
and Sir Cheng Tung Liang Cheng.
Princo Pu Lun wore the flrst peacock
feather ever worn by any Chinese vis
itor in St. Louis or in the United
States since the days of LI Hung
Chang. The costumes worn by the
different dignitaries were gorgeous,
consisting of silks of the finest tex
tures and many colors with elaborate
trimmings.
The great gongs Imported from tho
royal palace in Pekin were rung for
the first time at the opening of the cer
emonies, and as the invited guests as
sembled In the interior of the main
reception salon, quaint Oriental lights
illuminated the interior, revealing the
choicest treasures of carved and in
laid furniture, specimens of Oriental
pottery and rare fabrics. At one side
of the salon, opposite the entrance. Is
a raised reception dais above which
rests a small Ivory Idol. The pillars
at both sides are fantastically shaped
into huge gilded dragons and from the
celling hangs lamps beautifully
wrought from glass.
The main pavilion is a one-story
structure and is patterned after one
of Prince Pu Lun's summer palaces.
Just outside the entrance is a goldfish
pond, a duplicate of the one at Prince
Pu Lun's summer home.
Friday night Prince Pu Lun tender
ed a reception at the Washington ho
tel to which more than 1,400 guests
were invited.
Prince Pu Lun and his party will re
main in St. Louis and visit tho exposi
tion Until May 14, when they will leave
for Chicago and Indianapolis, after
which the prince and Sir Chentung
Liang Cheng will mnke a tour of the
rountry.
GOVERNMENT FOOD EXHIBITS.
Complaints Made That Whole Sections
Have Been Stolen.
St. Louie, May 7. Complaints that
whole sections of government food ex
hibits in the agricultural building at
tho World's fair have been stolen,
caused Superintendent Bruner Friday
to Issue a warning that tho food should
not be eaton, as a majority of the
things so appetizingly prepared have
been poisoned for preservation. At
the Chinese building ivory Inlaid in a
wall was removed and tho depression
filled with plaster of parls.
Importation of Hay and Straw.
Washington, May 7. Secretary Wil
son has issued an order prohibiting
the importation of hay and straw from
Continental Europe. Tho order saya
on account of tho danger of the
introduction of foot and mouth dis
ease. To Be Made a Brigadier General.
Washington, May 7. fThe president
has determined to appoint Col. Albert
L. Mills brigadier general. Col. Mills
was nominated a brigadier general
during tho last Eession of congress but
tho senate did not act on his nomina
tion. Now York, May 7. A fire occurred
hero Friday night In Proctor's 125th
street theater while a performance
was going on. No one was hurt.
AT CHURCHILL DOWNS.
Friday Was a Day of Dump For tho
Talent Men.
Louisville, Ky., May 7. It was a day
of dumps for the talent. Men from all
over Kentucky came to play Balrd In
the last race and he failed to win. Joe
Adams was also heavily played, bin
was never prominent. The Crisis ran
a splendid race In the feature event, a
sprint of six furlongs. First race, '-t
furlongs: Lady Lasca, 115, Lyne,
even, won; Kitty Belle Brooks, 105,
Munro, 32 to 1, second; Erla Edna, 105,
B. Davis, 30 to 1, third. Time 0:49.
Aunt Katherlne, Alice Lloyd, Pearl
Hopkins, Leila Hunter, Mary Edna,
Horllda, Rosessa, Fallen Leaf, Scortel
la, Cutter also ran.
Second race, selling, 5 furlongs:
Belltone, 107, Lyne, 5 to 1, won; An
nora J, 107, Hofiler, 12 to 1, second;
All Good, 107, D. Boland, 20 to 1, third.
Time, 1:104. Roommate, Cohasset,
Rheingold, Foreigner, Calorlst, Arta
mesla, Marlboro, Alice Llttlo also ran.
Third race, selling, 5 furlongs:
Apple, 107, Paul, 2 to 1, won; Brand
New, 109, B. Davis, 15 to 1, second;
Mellta, 107, Munro, 20 to 1, third.
Time, 1:09. Miss Fleischmann, Mont-
Seller, Mai Lowery, Sam Stevens, Pen
ee, Jennie Moore, St. Emloch also ran.
JAMES HOWARD.
Until June 10 Given Him to File Petl
tion For Rehearing.
Frankfort, Ky., May 7. Tho court of
appeals Friday granted James Howard
additional time till June 10 to file his
petition for rehearing, his life sentence
for killing Gov. Goebel having been af
firmed. W. M. Smith, the attorney for
Howard, asked 30 days additional timo
and stated that the reason for asking
the time was to give Howard a chanco
to raise enough money to carry his
case to tho United States supreme
court. Chief Justice Burnam stated
that if the court gave 30 days asked
for it would carry tho caso over to the
next term, which was contrary to all
former rulings of the court In criminal
cases.
Kentucky Crops.
Frankfort, Ky., May 7. State Com
missioner of Agriculture Vreeland
completed the compilation of his
monthly crop report, and it shows the
wheat crop to be only CI per cent, of
an average crop, as to condition,
while oats Is 90 per cent, and rye 70
per cent. Wlheat has Improved 2 per
cent, in condition since April 3.
Kentucky Girl Attempted Suicide.
St. Louis, May 7. Rose Rayls. a
beautiful girl from Henderson. Ky.,
made an attempt to commit suicide at
the city Jail. She was saved by Turn
key O'Malley. Miss Rayl came here a
week ago to seek employment which
she did not find, and was arrested for
walking the streets because she had
no other place to go.
John C. Eversole Is Out.
Beattyvllle. Ky., May 7. John C.
Eversole, of Boonvllle, was here Fr'
day and told his friends lie had with
drawn from the race for congress In
the Eleventh district. It Is thought by
the people here tnat his withdrawal
will help Dr. Hunter.
Owensboro's Welcome.
Owcnsboro, Ky., May 7. Tho Ow
ensboro Business Men's association
met and appointed several committees
to arrange for the. entertaining of tho
Cincinnati business men who will pass
through the city on May 23 en route
to the World's fair.
New Kentucky Oil Territory.
Montlcello, Ky., May 7. A telegram
has been received hero that a well
drilled by L. P. Smith, four miles
north o Jamestown, Tenn., came in
Friday morning- and flowed 1.000 bar
rels in two hours. This well Is in new
territory.
Farmer Commits Suicide.
Carlisle, Ky., May 7. Burch Wells,
farmer, committed suicide Friday aft
ornoon at his home, near Bluellck
Springs, by shooting himself through
tho head. Melancholia caused by tho
death of two children prompted the
act.
Will Start McChesney.
Lexington, Ky., May 7. In a dis
patch to tho Kentucky Farmer and
Breeder, E. E. Smathers declares that
he will start McChesney in tho Brook
lyn handicap. It is believed that this
announcement will end the discussion.
Louisville Selected.
Lexington, Ky., May 7. The execu
tive committee" of the democratic state
central committee selected June 8 as
tho time and Louisville the place for
holding tho state convention to select
delegates to the national convention.
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Accepts Ruhlln's Challenge.
Louisville, Ky., May 7, Marvin
Hart has accepted Gus Ruhlln's chal
lenge that he can knock out tho Louis
ville, boxer in ten rounds for $1,000 a
side, and the contest will take place in
Baltimoro, May 13,
THE TEXASSTORM.
The Tornado Extended Over a
Wide Area of the Lone
Star State.
NUMBER OF LIVES WERE LOST.
Hundreds of Head of Live Stock Are
Reported Killed in Shackelford
and Other Counties.
Crops Were Badly Injured By the
Wind, Rain and Hail The Wire
Service Is Still Badly
Crippled.
Dallas, Tex., May 7. The tornado
In Northwest Texas Thursday night
killed Mrs. Mary Wiagley, her daugh
ter Anna and George Anthony. At
Putnam ono man was killed and one
woman was injured. A Negro cabfn
was swept into tho Brazos river five
miles above the Texas & Pacific rail
road crossing and three Negroes were
drowned.
A wreck train was blown from the
railroad track near Crescent and Geo.
Sommers and William Apple, Negro
laborers, wero drowned. Twenty
houses were wrecked at Moran and
half a dozen at Putnam. Hundreds of
head of live stock are reported killed
in Shackelford and adjoining counties.
Crops were badly Injured by tho wind,
rain and hall. Wire service is still
badly crippled and reports as to fur
ther fatalities are still incomplete but
It is believed that lives were lost in
Isolated places that will swell the to
tal number to 20. A report received
Friday night tells of a tornado near
Cordell, Okla., just north of the Texas
line. Much property was wrecked and
it is reported two lives were lost. Rail
road property has suffered heavily In
the northwest storm area.
Fort Worth, Tex., May 7. The tor
nado at Chlco on the Rock Island road
destroyed almost a score of dwellings.
In ono house every member of the
Bray family was injured. A daughter
is not expected to recover. Through
out this vicinity many farm houses
were destroyed but no fatalities have
been reported. Reports have been re
ceived from Denlson that the storm
was especially severe there. A ter
rific electric display was accompanied
by a heavy wind and a number of
houses were demolished, and crops
were badly damaged. Reports havs
been received of loss of life but they
have not been verified.
Hamilton. Tex., May 7. A tornado
in the section of country about Star
mountain, located about 25 mllea
southwest of this place in Mills coun
ty, destroyed five houses, killing Geo.
Mason and blowing away one of his
children. The ehild is still allve but
not expected to live. C. D. Behooker
had his house blown away and one
child "killed and other members of the
iamily slightly injured.
THE TWO ALABAMA LYNCHINGS.
Acting Gov. Cunningham Took Decid
ed Action In the Matter.
Monterey, Ala., May 7. Two lynch
Ings have occurred In Alabama within
the past 30 days, ono for alleged crim
inal nssault and tho other for an al
leged assassination of a whlto man
by a Negro. Acting Gov. Cunningham
Friday took decided action to have
these lync.ilngs Investigated and tho
guilty punished. He addressed letters
to Circuit Judges W. S. Anderson and
T. Scott Sayre. calling their attention
to the lynchlngs and urging -them to
hold special terms of their respective
courts to bring lynchers to Justice. He
gave an Interview In .which he said:
"1 believe that prompt trial by court
of all rapists and assassins and an
earnest and prompt effort to bring
lynchers to Justice will not only make
tho law a terror to criminals but also
to those who disregard by the substi
tuting of lynching for courts of jusv
tlce."
Topeka, Kan., May 7. The striking
Santa Fe machinists will bo given un
til Monday morning to resume their
places with tho company. Notices to
this effoct will be posted at all the
shops in the Santa Fe system.
Ann Arbor, Mich., May 7. Tho
Northern Oratorical league contest be
tween seven large western universities
was won by George Jones, of Minne
sota. Michigan and Chicago wore tied
for second place.
Ithaca, N. Y., May 7,-JThe Woodford
oratorical contest of Cornell university
was won Friday night by William A.
Murphy, of Jollct, 111. The contest
was established In 1870 by Gen. Stew
art L, Woodford.
Newport, Ky., May 7. Deputy Sher
iff Charles Davis, assisted by Stepbn
Woldner, conducted Henry Weldne'.
ex-presldent of tho German natloiuvl
bank, to tho Lakeland asylum Friday
.morjijng.