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VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KYM TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1904.
NUM3ER 144.
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NEWS IS CENSORED
This Indicates That No Fresh
Collisions in the Far East
Have Occurred.
FRESH CROP OF RUMORS STARTED.
One That tho Armored Cruiser Itnrik
Had Been Destroyed is Denied
at St. Petersburg.
Evacuation of New Chwang Continues
and the Russians Are Command
ering Cattle on the" West Sldo
a of the Llao River.
St. Petersburg, May 10. The war
committee adjourned at a late hour
Tuesday morning, but did not mako
public any dispatches from the far
cast. This is accepted as an indication
that no fresh collisions have- occurred.
The Cossacks in touch with the Ja
panese ore simply sniall detachments
which are observing the movements of
the enemy in order to keep Gen. Kuro
patkln informed.
'The strict censorship prevented tho
St Petersburg newspapers from re
ceiving dispatches Tuesday, and the
lack of information gave rise to a
fresh crop of rumors, including one
that the armored cruiser Rurik had
been destroyed. The officials deny
that any information of this character
has been received, saying that the
latest reports showed that tho Rurik
was undamaged and was In the harbor
of Vladivostok.
Shan-Hai-Kwan, May 10. The evac
uation of New Chwang continues. Tho
Russian authorities have promised to
leave a sufficient rear guard to prevent
pillaging by tho Chinese bandits who
are Tin the vicinity and awaiting an
opportunity to get into the city.
Nothing further has been heard of
tho Japanese transports which were
Been recently near Kal-Chau.
The Russians are commandering cat
tle on the west sldo of the Llao river
and the Chinese aro indignant at this
procedure. Eight hundred head of cat
tle have been seen at Yiakow.
A Japanese spy has been discovered
at New Chwang. He was .approached
by Russians, who pulled at his queque,
which came off. Ho was taken prison
er, but subsequently escaped with th9
help of some Chinese, who distracted
the attention of the Russians.
The dynamo connected with the
mines at New Chwang has riot been
removed.
Che Foo, May 10. A letter received
Jiere from Nejv phwang says the Rus
sians are mafntalnlng only a small
force at that place.
Chinese carts are not allowed to
leave New Chwang, as they are want
e'( "tor use in the removal of Russian
effects.
The exportation from New Chwang
of bean calces and other produce is
not restricted, and a number of steam
ships are going there for cargoes.
GENERAL RETREAT ORDERED.
Gen. Kuropatkln Intends to Avoid a
Battle at the Present.
Paris, May 10. fThe correspondent
at St. Petersburg of the Echo de Paris
telegraphs as follows:
' ''Gen. Kuropatkln has ordered a gen
eral retreat and no doubt inttends tq
avoid a battle until he has sufficient
fprces. He actually haB at his disposal
pot more than 150,000 men, exclusive
of the garrison at Port Arthur, which
cpnsists of 30,000", and the garrison n
frew Chwang of 15,000.
'"A general who knows the secrets
of the mobilization tells me that the
last 1,000 men making up the required
B$),000 will leave Kasan July 21, ad
ding, 'We will be very sick If the rail.
w$y is pot worked well. It is not like
y that Gen. Kuropatkln will fatigue
liis troopB unnecessarily. If tho Jap
anese press him ho will retreat from
Mao Yang to Mukden, or even to Har
bty. Retreat certainly is painfu), but
It now Is indispensable."
ACCIDENT TO A TRAIN.
Thirty
Passengers Killed and
Hurt 'Near Port Arthur.
Fifty
London, May 10. A dispatch to a
news agency from Llao Yang dated
fvjay 10 sayB:
"An accident to a train from Port
Arthur to Harbin occurred May 8 near
TJeling. Thirty passengers were kill
&( and 50 injured and th? permanent
way was greatly damaged.
"It is reported that a three days'
typhoon greatly retarded the Japanese
landing nt Pltweso."
.The Russian Vladivostok Fleet.
London, May 10. A Seoul corre
spondent says: "It is believed hero;
that a portion of tho Russian Vladlvo-j
Btok fleet has been successfully shut,
hd is now in tho sea of Japan trying
to evade tho Japanese." I
GILLESPIE MURDER TRIAL.
rhe Famous Case Was Formally Open
ed at Rising Sun.
Rising Sun, Ind., May 10. The fa
nous Gillespie murder case has at last
tome to trial. When Judge Downey
formally opened court, the little hall
f Justice was crowded with excited
ipectators, who stood In crowds to get
t glimpse of tho four prisoners Jaa.
Sillesple, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Bar
jour and Mrs. Belle Seward, who are
jharged with tho murder of ' Miss
Elizabeth Gillespie, twin sister of
fames.
This is the flt time in the history
)f Indiana, and probably tho first in
:ho history of America, in which one
it twins was accused of the murder of
die other.
A majority of those who had been
lummoned In tho venire were excused
Decause they said they did not bellevo
n capital punishment. Tho defense is
represented by Capt. J. B. Coles, his
iaughter, Cynthia ColeB, and Marion
Griffith. Those who are prosecuting
the now famous case are Theodore
Wulber, prosecuting attorney of Ohio
tounly; Casslus and Harry McMullen
ind penry W. Splaan, a noted crimi
aal attorney of Indianap.olis.
Judge Downey has signified that
there will be no further continuances,
and the trial will bo Intently watched
by citizens of Rising Sun and contigu
ous territory. It is likely that two
3ays or more will be required in se
lecting a jury, as the opposing sides
are exercising the right of challenge
with great frequency.
HEAD BEATEN TO A PULP.
Aged Farmer Found Murdered In His
Home Near Lexington, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala., May 10. A spe
cial from Florence, Ala., says: Great
excitement prevails at Lexington, a
small village 23 miles east of here In
Lauderdale county, where Bill Ham
mond, a prominent fanner about GO
years of age, was found murdered on
the floor of his house by his family
when they returned from church Sim
day afternoon. His head had been
beaten to a pulp with a dull instru
ment. Sheriff Hill returned to Flor
ence Monday evening without having
any clew to the murderers.
CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Engineer and Fireman Killed In a
Train Wreck.
New York, May 10. Two men were
killed at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning
by the wreck of a. south-bound Adams
Express special at Port Chester, N. Y.,
on the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad. The dead: Engineer
Larry Keenan, Fireman John Howes.
The engine and two express can.
left the track and toppled over the em
bankment. Keenan and Howes were
carried over in the locomotive and
crushed to death. So far ns reported
no person was injured and the train
carried no passengers.
THE GRIEVANCE ADJUSTED.
The Bridge Workers Resumed Work
Tuesday Morning.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 10. The griev
ance between tho International Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers and the
American Bridge Co. has been adjust
ed. At a conference Monday the com
pany agreed to remove the 35 non
union men employed at Corrall, Pa.,
where tho company is erecting a
bridge for the Pennsylvania railroad.
Tho men on all work for tjie company
resumed work Tuesday morning which
means tho completion of the new Wa
bash railroad.
DROWNED IN A TANK OF OIL.
The Victim Was Overcome By the Gas
and Fell In.
Batson, Tex., May 10. Harvey Brad
ley, field manager for Brlco & Bradley,
fell in a tank of oil Monday and was
drowned. Ho had gono to the lop of
tho tank, which was a 1,200 barrel set
tling tank and it is supposed ho b
came overpowered by gas and fell.
Tho body sank to tho bottom and holes
were cut into tho tank to let the oil
escape so men could go in it and se
cure the body.
Shortage of Coal and Food.
Shnn-Knl-Wan, May 10.4A mer
chant hero who 1b in n, position to
aave trustworthy information has in
formed a press correspondent that at
Port Arthur thero is only coal suffi
cient to last tho warships for six
weeks, and that the food supply there
will feed 8,000 men for three months
only.
A Vessel Ordered to Che Foo.
Washington, May 10. The navy de
partment has cabled Adm. Cooner.
lommonder-in-chlef of tho Asiatic sqc-'
lion, to send a cruiser and a gunboatj
to Che Foo. This is the nearest neu-1
tral port to Port Arthur, but is out6ldo
tho zone of .military .operations.
PANAMA CANAL
Formal Instructions Have Been
Issued by President Roosevelt
to the Commissioners.
THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ZONE
They Are to Mnke All Needful Rules
and .Regulations in the Strip
Tor the Present'.
Are to Make All Needed Surveys, Bor
ings, Designs, Plans and Specifi
cations of the Work on
the Canal.
Washington, May 10. -The presi
dent's formal instructions to the canal
commission wero Issued late Monday
afternoon. They are embodied In a
letter to the secretary of war. After
reciting the steps taken under legis
lative authority as a preliminary to
the work of actual construction and
directing that the work vested in the
commission be carried on or exercised
under the supervision and direction
of the war department.
This letter gives the following in
structions, subject to the limitations
of law and conditions herein contain
ed, the isthmian canal commission are
authorized and directed:
1. To make all needful rules and
regulations for the government of the
zone and for the correct ministration
of military, civil and judicial affairs of
its possessions, until the close of the
G8th session of congress.
2. To establish a civil service for
the government of the strip and con
struction of the canal, appointments
to which shall be secured as nearly as
practical by a merit system.
3. To make or cause to bo'made all
needful surveys, borings, designs,
plans and specifications of the engin
eering, hydraulic and sanitary works
required, and to supervise the execu
tion of the same.
1. To make and cause to be exe
cuted after due advertisement all
necessary contracts for any and all
kinds of engineering and construction
works.
5. To acquire by purchase or
through proper and uniform expropri
ation proceedings to be prescribed by
the commission nny private lands or
other real property whose ownership
by the United States is essential to
the execution and completion of the
canal.
6 To make all needful rules and
regulations respecting an economical
and correct disbursement and an ac
counting for all funds that may be
appropriated by congress for the con
struction of the canal, Its auxiliary
works, and the government of the
canal zone, and to establish a proper
and comprehensive system of book
keeping, showing the state of the
work, the expenditures by classes and
the amounts still available. ,
7. To make requisition on the sec
retary of war for funds needed from
time to time In the proper prosecution
of the work and to designate the dis
bursing officers authorized to receipt
for tho same.
SOLOMON LOEB'S WILL.
He Made Public Bequests Aggregat
ing Nearly $100,000.
New York, May 10. Public bequests
aggregating nearly $100,000 were pro
vided for in the will of the late Solo
mon Loeb, formerly a member of the
banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.,
which was filed for probate Mondny.
With few exceptions the beneficiaries
aro Hebrew charitable and educational
institutions in this city. Among the
bequests are $5,000 to the Jewish hos
pital, Cincinnati, O., and $2,000 to the
United Jewish cemetery of that city.
OURfcFLOUR IN NETHERLANDS.
Russian Wheat is Responsible for a
Loss To American Millers.
Washington, May 10. The depart
ment "of commerce and labor has just
published a report of United States
Consul Hill, at Amsterdam, Nether
lands, on American flour in the Neth
erlands. Mr. Hill states that Russian
wheat is responsible for quite a loss
to tho American miller this year, as
the crop was large in Russia, and ow
ing to the fear of war, it was rushed
quickly to market.
Movement of War Vessels.
Washington, May. 10. Tho gunboat
Albany has left Cavite for Guam on
her way to Puget Sound, whero sho
will bo put out of commission. Tho
battleship Kentucky haB sailed from
Gibraltar for Funchal on her way to
Now York.
. MltfliV tfnn Mnv 10 Whilo fnr.Unr.
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me unicaKasua river a wagon contain
ing W. Hanlon, wifo and five children
overturned. Tho woman and threo
children wero drowned.
UNEXPECTED PLUNGE.
Dlgnif(ed Magistrate Attempted to
Walk a Long Spar.
Covington, Ky., Mny 10. Squiro
Tom Dunn was fished out of the river
Monday evening. Ho did not Jump
from the Suspension bildge, It was
only an Involuntary bath. Dunn, ac
companied his constable, John Collins,
to the river near Scott street, where
they intended to levy on a barge.
Tho only way to reach the craft was
to walk out on a slender Bpar pole.
After doing the Gaston-Alphonso act
the constable led the way and landed
safely on tho barge. Dunn threw off
his coat, spat on his hands and started
with a vim. He covered nearly half
of the distance before his knees weak
ened and all of a sudden the constable
heard a cry and a splash In the water.
Collins hurried back to the edge of
the barge and found the 'squire stand
ing in the mud and water almost up to
his chin. The constable secured a
splko pole and hauled Dunn to the
sldo of the barge and assisted him out
of tho water.
A skiff was secured and the squiro
was taken ashore. Later the squire
call ed a cab and was driven to his
home. .
RACING AT LOUSIVILLE.
Jockey Minder Vas Badly Hurt and
May Die in Consequence.
Louisville, Ky., May 10. Dr. Stuck
ey and Annlo Max ran a dead heat
Monday In tho sixth race and the mon
ey was divided. Thousands of dollars
wero wagered on Annie Max here and
In poolrooms all over the country.
Good Cheer at 30 to 1 and well played
won the Blue Grass stakes at Gi fur
longs from Merry Pioneer. Rathskel
ler fell in a jam In the back stretch in
the fifth race and Jockey Minder was
badly hurt. He has concussion of the
brain and may die, as several horse
ran over him. Weather clear; track
fast, and crowd largo.
THE BOAT CAPSIZED.
Four Men Drowned While Attempting
to Cross Big Sandy River.
Louisa, Ky., May 10. Four men
wero drowned while attempting to
cross Big Sandy river near Zelda, ten
miles north of Louisa. A small boat
containing these and two other men
capsized. Those who lost their lives
wore Wert Lambert, aged 19; Dayton
Stewart, aged 27; Allen Hicks, aged
24; Phil Locke, aged 23. The men
had been at work on the new Norfolk
& Western railroad oh tho West Vir
ginia side of tho river and were re
turning to their homes at the time of
tho accident.
Peculiar Accident.
Covington, Ky., May 10. May Kelly,
17, of West Covington, met with a pe
culiar accident at the Pugh printing
plant in Cincinnati. In taking off her
hat ono of her hnjids came In contact
with a live electric wire, burning sev
eral valuable gold rings from her fing
ers and badly injuring her fingers.
Sued the Bridge Company.
Owensboro, Ky., May 10. The Ev
ansvllle & Henderson Traction Co. fll
ed suit against the Henderson Bridgo
Co. in tho federal court asking that
the defendant be enjoined from refus
ing the plaintiff the privilege of oper
ating cars over the bridge spanning
Hie Ohio river at Henderson.
Livery Man In Trouble.
Lexington, Ky., Mny 10. P. L.
Hume, a prominent livery stable kep
or of Irvine, was arrested here Mondny
on tjie charge of horse stealing. The
horse driven by Hume was similar in
appearance to one that has l,on stolen
from Georgetown. Later Hume wns
discharged.
Trying to Locate the Home.
Newport, Ky., Mny 10. A strong ef
fort is being made on the part of Ku
reka lodge, Knights of Pythias, of
Nowport, to have tho propoFed new
K. of P. state homo located in this
city. Eureka lodge Is tho banner
lodge of the state, both in number and
wealth.
Will File Nearly 2,000 Suits.
Frankfort, Ky., May 10. Capt. C. C.
Calhoun will flje nearly 2,0p0 suits
this week in tho federal court of
claims on tho part of officers and men
of tho First and Second Kentucky reg
iments In tho Spanish-American war.
Fruit Company Assigned.
Paducah, Ky., May 10. Tho Leigh
Fruit and Storago Co. made an assign
ment Mondny' afternoon to tho Globo
Bank and Trust Co., of this city. Tho
total liabilities are about $42,p00. The
resources aro half of the liabilities.
Vote Was Unanimous.
Central City, Ky., May 10. At a
meeting of miners hero Monday night
tho voto was unanimous to refer tho
matter of a settlement of tho differ
ences with tho operators back to tho
tllsjriet oxepuilvo cpmmlttee.
THE CLASH ENDED.
Mexico Consents to All the Stipu
lations Contained in Quar
antine Proclamation.
ENTRY OF PASSENGERS INTOTEXAS
The United States and Texas Can
Appoint Sanitary Inspectors at
Various Mexican Cities.
They Will Be Accorded Every Privi
lege and All Sources of Informa
tion Will Be Open to Them
at All Times.
Austin, Tex., May 10. State Health
Officer Tabor has received a telegram
from Dr. E. Liceage, president of tho
superior board of health of tho repub
lic of Mexico, Btatlng that the govern
ment of Mexico has consented to all
the stipulations contained In the re
cent proclamation of Dr. Tabor pro
claiming a quarantine against Mexico
and restricting the entry of passengers
into Texas from points in the republic.
Dr. Llceago announces that the Mex
ican government has given Its consent
to-tho appointment by Texas and tho
United States of sanitary Inspectors
at various cities In Mexico and that
while these Inspectors will not bo giv
en governmental recognition they will
be accorded every prlvllogo and all
sources of Information will bo open to
them.
Dr. Tabor says the state of Texas
will immediately send four such In
spectors to leading cities of Mexico
and that the federal government will
send six. He expresses satisfaction
at the action of the Mexican board of
health and says that every contention
of Texas has been granted, official rec
ognition not having been asked for the
Inspectors.
The health officials on the Texas bor
der have been instructed by Dr. Ta
bor to admit ail persons from Mexlcrt
into Texas who do not come from cit
ies where yellow fever was prevalent
last year. Persons from such points
will be admitted, however, provided
they hold satisfactory certificates from
state sanitary Inspectors.
AGED BISHOPS.
At Least Four Will Be Retired by the
Methodist Conference.
Los Angeles, Cal .May 10. It was
learned Monday night that the sub
committee on the effectiveness of
bishops rported Monday in favor of
the retirement of at least four of the
present bishops. These will be. it Is
said by a prominent leader In tho
church councils. Bishops Andrews,
aged 70; Malalieu, 73, and Walden and
Vincent, 73. Bishop Andrews is. the
same age as Bishop Merrill, who has
asked to bo retired. If this forecast
is correct, nt least seven new bishops
will be elected by the present Central
M. E. conference.
SIR HENRY M. STANLEY.
The African Explorer Succumbed to
i Pleuro-Pneumonia.
London, May 10. Sir Henry M.
Stanley, the African explorer, is re
ported to bo dying of pleuro-pncumc-nla.
Sh Henry, who was attacked by
pleurisy a fortnight ngo. Is at his Lou
don residence. His lllnss is compli
cated by chronic heart trouble. He
has been In asenil-coii&cious condition
since Sunday afternoon.
Sir Henry M. Stanley, African ex
plorer, died Tuesday morning.
SEAL FISHING SEASON ENDS.
The Total Catch Was 284,470 Seals,
k Valued at $394,485.
St. Johns, N. F., May 10. The seal
fishery for 1004 has ended. The total
catch was 284,470 seals, the weight of
which was 5,780 tons and the value
1394,485. Twenty-two steamers wero
engaged this year in the fishery, one of
which, the Elliott, wns sunk. Last
year the catch was 317.3C2, the weight.
6,27(5 tonB and the total value ?449,G92.
Shot Five Times and Killed.
Dps Moines, la,, May 10. William
Porter, 70, was shot five times and
killed by Millard W. Buc)c at Pralrlo
City. Porter, was a prominent farm
er. The causo of the shooting is said
to be rumors connecting Buck's uamo
with that of a woman.
Fatal Quarrel Over a Jackpot.
Chicago, May 10. Quarreling over a
SO-cent jackpot in a "penny ante"
poker game, Harry Simmons, a circus
aeronaut, shot L. B. WUclanan, a wait
er, through tho heart, killing him in
stantly. Simmons surrendered to tho
police.
Snow Storm in Michigan.
Marquetto, Mich., May 10. Several
inches of snow fell Monday night,