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VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., MONDAY, MAY 16, 1904.
NUMBER 149.
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PRESS CONGRESS.
It Will Convene Next Thursday
at the Exposition Grounds,
St. Louis.
THOUSANDS OF NEWSPAPER MEN,
It is Estimated That About 8,000
From All Parts of the
World Will Attend.
The Stone Judgment Court Erected In
the Igorrote Village 'Was Dedicat
ed According to the Savage
- 1 Rights of That Tribe.
St Louis, May 16. The total attend
ance nt the World's fair for tho second
week, ending Saturday night, showed
an Increase of over 50,000 over tho to
tal attendance for the opening week.
Tho official statement of tho total at
tendance for the second week and the
attendance for fhe same- period during
lie Columbian exposition was given
out Sunday night It shows a total
for St Louis of 188,471, against 220,
814 for Chicago. It Is pointed out that
no excursions have been yet run to
bring in visitors and the attendance at
present is largely local, and also that
the population of Chicago far exceeds
that of St Louis.
The National Editorial associa
tion convention began Monday in Con
gress hall at the exposition, to con
tinue during the week. Tho World's
Press parliament will convene on
Thursday and it Is estimated that the
total attendance of newspaper men for
the two conventions will number about
B,000, from all parts of the world. Al
most every press association and news
organization of the United States will
bo represented as well as the larger
newspapers. Tho general federation
of women's clubs will hold its biennial
convention hero this week, beginning
on Tuesday, and the National Good
Roads association will hold Its con
vention this week, beginning Monday.
Hon. William Hutchinson, commis
sioner general to the exposition from
Canada, and Mr. W. Burns, secretary
of the Canadian commission, arrived
Sunday.
Many foreign Journalists arrived
Sunday night The French pavilion
will be formally opened Monday.
The stone judgment court that has
been erected In the Igorrote village for
the purpose of settling all disputes
that may. arise between the natives
during the exposition, vvas dedicated
Sunday, according to the savage rites
of that tribe. After the ceremonies the
occasion was brought to an end by a
feast on dog meat. A number of dogs
were secured last week and bad been
kept tied in the village in anticipation
of the event.
THE ASSAULT ON PORT ARTHUR.
It Will Be Attempted Before the
End of May.
London, May 1C. No confirmation
has reached London of the rumors of
a great battle at SIu Yen and no atten
tion whatever Is paid to tho wild re
ports of the fall of Port Arthur. In
.Japanese quarters here confidence Is
expressed that a great assault upon
that fortress will be attempted before
the end of May.
Tho correspondent of the Dally
News at Che Foo says that he left
Port Arthur last Tuesday, when the
channel had been cleared, two cruisers
having Bteamed outside. On May 7,
he adds, the garrison there numbered
15,000 men and was provisioned for
pine months.
METHODIST PROTESTANTS.
General Conference Begins In Wash
ington Next Friday.
"Washington, May. 1C The general
conference of tho Methodist Protestant
church Is to begin here next Friday
and probably will continue In session
ten days. The most important matter
that is to come before the conference
Js tho discussion of the proposed
union with tho Congregatlonallsts and
tho United Brethren. The matter has
been talked of by the individual
churches, largely In a tentativo and
Informal way, but nono of theso has,
as, yet, taken any definite action.
Foreign Journalists Arrive.
New York, May 16. The steamer
Philadelphia, from Southampton, ar
rived Sunday. Among the passengers
was Dr. Mayer, United States consul
at Buenos Ayres; WUHIam Davles, Wil
liam Hill, Aaron Watson, Herbert Ba
ker and Paul Ocker, British journal
ists, who aro going to St Louis to at
tend the journalists' convention.
Thirty Miles of the Railroad Crippled.
New Chwang, May 10. A Chinese
engineer reports 30 miles o tho rail
road crippled within tho past 24 hours
between Hslngyo and Wafan Tien,
AN INTERNATIONAL STRIKE.
One Is Being Considered By the Ele
vator Constructors.
Philadelphia, May 1C. Because she
700 elevator constructors now on
strike In this city for increased wages
and the right to go out on sympa
thetic strike has been Ignored, It is
claimed by the master elevator build
ers, tho national board of the elevator
constructors' union is contemplating
an International strike. President
Samuel Gompers and First Vice Presi
dent James Duncan, of tho American
Federation of Labor, will meet the na
tional board of the elevator men on
Tuesday when tho question will be de
termined. The strike in this city, is
against tho combination of elevator
builders which controls 75 per cent,
of the work In the world. The bone of
contention is the sympathetic strike
principle.
' Members of the national board said
Sunday night they had cabled to ele
vator constructors In London, Berlin
and Paris and had received assurances
from London and Berlin that the men
there will strike, If asked to. The men
In thoso cities are not affiliated with
tho union in this country, but aro em
ployed by the combination which con
trols elevator construction In tho Unit
ed States.
CHICAGO MACHINISTS.
Five Thousand of Them Voted to Go
Out on Strike.
Chicago, May 16. A strike by 5,000
machinists, which will make idle 5,000
other workers in all kinds of crafts,
was voted for In mass meeting Sun
day night by the machinists' union, to
take effect Wednesday unless their de
mand for an increase of wages is
granted by tho Chicago Metal Trades'
association, comprising the leading
firms in the metal trades Industry.
The situation is critical and although
a conference is to be held Monday, It
Is not likely there will be any agree
ment unless the union men recede
from their position, as the officers of
the association emphatically declare
they can not meet the wage scale de
manded. LYNCHING IN GEORGIA.
John Cummlng, Colored, Taken From
the Jail and Hanged.
Atlanta, Ga May 16. A special
from Appling, Ga., Columbia county,
says: A crowd of about 100 unmask
ed men forcibly entered the' county
jail here about midnight Saturday
night, took out John Cummlng, a Ne
gro, who was waiting trial on the
charge of criminal assault and hanged
him. to a tree near the public road
about half a mile from Appling. His
body was afterwards riddled with bird
shot and bullets. The crime for which
the Negro was lynched was committed
In the upper part of tho county last
week, and his victim was a 15-year-old
girl. The crowd of lynchers was quiet
and orderly.
BOTTLE MANUFACTURERS.
They Adjourned Without Conferring
With the Union on the Wage Scale.
Pittsburg, May 16. After frequent
conferences during last week to settle
price lists and working rules, the dif
ferent glass bottle manufacturers left
for their homes Sunday night without
conferring with the Green Bottle
Workers' Union on the wage scale. A
similar step has not been taken in
many years and tho workers are con
siderably exercised over me matter.
The manufacturers say it is useless to
go Into the wage question under the
present trade conditions.
E,. J. ARNOLD & CO.
The Creditors Will Be Paid a Dividend
By the Trustees.
St. Louis, May 16. Official notice
was Issued to creditors Sunday by W.
D. Coles, referee in bankruptcy, that a
dividend of two per cent on all ap
proved claims against E. J. Arnold &
Co., the turf Investment concern which
failed a year ago with liabilities of $3,
000,000 and assets of $75,000, will be
paid by tho trustee for the bankrupts.
Granted An Advance.
New York, May 16. Arbitration has
settled the wage scale of 7,000 union
painters here and tho agreement has
been signed. It grants an increase of
50 cents a day, making tho scale $4
and $4.25 for plain and decorative
painters respectively.
Return to Work.
Chicago, May 16. Tho tie-up in Chi
cago book binderies was ended Satur
day, hundreds of the strikers return
ing to work, having abandoned a de
mand that all members of the Chicago
Typothetae should agree to the closed
shop.
Washington, May 16. William Ran,
dolph Hearst will support the nomi
nee of tho St Louis democratic con
vention, whoover he may be, '
DIED IN THE WATER
Midshipman Phillip Bnttingham,
Wheeling, W. Va., Drowned
Near the Naval Academy.
LAUNCH CAPSIZED IN A SQUALL,
The Heroic Effort Made by One of
ilis Companions to Save Him
Proved Unavailing.
A Bridge Span Across the Truckee
River Broke and Four Young Peo
ple Were Thrown Into the
Water and Drowned.
Annapolis, Md., May 16. Midship
man Phillip Brittingham, of Wheeling,
W. Va., a member of the third class of
the naval academy, was drowned about
two miles from the naval academy
Sunday afternoon. The young man
left the academy dock In a sailing
launch with Midshipmen Anderson,
Henderson, Towers and Stevens, all of
the third class. The boat was with
out centerboard or air tanks and, be
ing caught by a strong gust of wind,
capsized and sank Immediately. The
five young men struggled In the water
for about 20 minutes before succor
reached them from another academy
boat containing several other midship
men. As tho rescuing sailboat camo
near oars were thrown to the strug
gling men, but Midshipman Britting
ham was unable to grasp his. Mid
shipman C. T. Blackburn, who was in
the second boat, plunged overboard
and in his heroic attempt to rescue his
drowning classmate was dragged un
der. Both came to the surface and
Midshipman It It Steuart bravely
"weift to the assistance of Blackburn.
Their combined efforts proved una
vailing, and Brittingham sank In 17
feet of water. The other four mid
shipmen were picked up and the res
cuers dove overboard in repeated but
unsuccessful efforts to find the body.
Midshipman Brittingham was 19 years
of age and a son of Rev. Joseph Brit
tingham. Reno, Nev., May 16. By the break
ing of one of the spans of the suspen
sion tramway across the Truckee river
at Lawton Springs, five miles west of
this city, at 2 o'clock Sunday, four
young people, Maurice Jacobs, a young
business man of this city; Miss McMil
lan, daughter of a prominent business
man of Reno; Mrs. E. S. Ede, jr., and
C. T. Tilsman, of Chicago, were pre
cipitated from the car into the swol
len stream and drowned.
Both young men were athletes and
gave their lives in a heroic effort to
save their companions. Mr. Jacobs
was seen for a few moments swim
ming with Miss McMillan, holding her
above water, but in her terror she
grasped his arms and both went down.
Tilsman swam for 200 yards holding
Mrs. Ede's head above water, and then
was seen to turn on his back, wher
the woman seized him and bore the
swimmer beneath the water.
WENTZ'S FATHER.
He Makes Due Apology to the Coro
ner's Jury.
Bristol, Tenn., May 16. The coro
ner's jury which rendered a verdict of
accidental shooting in the case of Ed
ward L. Wentz, whose dead body was
found in Wise county, Virginia, sev
eral days ago, Sunday afternoon re
ceived a reply from Dr. J. S. Went:
regarding his alleged criminal charge
In relation to tho finding of the jury.
Dr. Wentz makes duo apology to the
jury, declaring that he did not uso
such terms as were credited to him in
the press dispatches. Dr. Wentz was
credited with intimating that the ver
dict was Intended to shield the mur
derers of his son, who were friends of
the jury. No one stands higher In
Wise county than tho men who served
on the Wentz jury of inquiry and in
the absence of an apology from Dr.
Wentz a. damage suit would certainly
have resulted.
A Chinese Bureau Discovered.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 16. Officials
have discovered that the Chinese have
a bureau hero where certificates en
titling the holder to residence in tho
United States aro issued to order. Tho
bureau was discovered Saturday night
The Atlantic Fleet.
Playa Del Esto, Cuba, May 16. Aft
er coaling day and night tho battle
ships Kcarsargo, Alabama, Maine and
Iowa, of the North Atlantic fleet, com
manded by Rr. Adm. Barker, sailed
Sunday on its eastern cruise.
Lives on 16 Cents a Day.
St. Louis, May 16. Lewis Yost, St
Loulsan, has successfully' demonstrat
ed that by living near to nature's
heart a man can subsist on 16 cents
per day. Yost is a contractor at tho
World's fair grounds.
WITH AN OLD MUSKET.
Grant Morgan Shoots George Rees in
Covington.
Covington, Ky., May 16. "With an
jld army musket, loaded with buck
Bhot, Grant Morgan, colored, shot and
Instantly killed George Rees, also col
ored, In Covington Sunday night. Tho
murder occurred at 728 Washington
street, where the men boarded. The
load of shot struck Rees In the neck,
making a ghastly wound. Both men
had been drinking, and, it is claimed,
engaged in a quarrel.
Morgan ran out In the alley and
was captured some distance away by
Pa'trolmen Crout and Klnsella. He
said Rees had called him a name and
he could not resist shooting him. The
dead man has no relatives in Coving
ton. Sandford Rees, a son, lives In
Paris, Ky. Rees was a coalheaver.
Morgan Is a single man. He has been
In minor difficulties on several occa
sions. ATTACKED BY A MANIAC.
Sergt. Mike Crawley, of Lexington,
Nearly Lost His Life.
Lexington, Ky., May 16. Sergt
Mike Crawley was attacked by an in
sane prisoner Just before daylight Sun
day morning and saved from being
killed only by the maniac's cries which
brought assistance. The scene was in
the shadow of the police station. He
did not know at the time that the pris
oner was crazy. He was charged with
being drunk and as he was being un
loaded from the patrol wagon he at
tacked tho sergeant with a pocket
knife, and set up a cry of "murder."
The prisoner's name is Joe O'Neil. He
shredded Crawley's overcoat. Craw
ley was taken to the hospital and IS
stitches were taken In one wound. He
will recover. The lunatic was finally
overpowered and unarmed. O'Neill
cut a soldier nearly to death during
the Spanish-American war.
KENTUCKY WESTERN DISTRICT.
A Referendum Vote of the Union Min
ers Taken.
Louisville, Ky., May 16. A referen
dum vote of the unions constituting
the western district of Kentucky, Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, on the
question of ordering a strike at all the
coal mines In the district, ended Sun
day. Although the result has not been
officially announced, it Is understood
that the miners, by a heavy majority,
voted In favor of leaving the settle
ment of their troubles with the opera
tors In the hands of tho executive com
mittee. As the executive committee Is
known to favor the acceptance of the
AVi per cent, cut agreed on by the op
erators, the strike which has been re
garded as imminent since the 1st of
April has undoubtedly been averted.
A BETTOR FROM BARREN.
He Won a Stake on horse Race and
Quit His Job.
Louisville, Ky., May 16. Win. Car
roll, a young Barren county farmer,
came to town Thursday and secured
employment as a street car conductor.
Saturday he heard Pendragon was a
cinch nnd that Llda Lelb would win.
He bet $5 on Pendragon at 5 to 1 and
the.?30 on Llda Lelb at 25 to 1. He
cashed In $750 and told his boss to get
another conductor, that he was going
back home and buy a farm.
Former Lawmaker Indicted.
"Carlisle. Ky., May 16. The grand
jury has Indicted Dr. Charles W. Math
ers, ex-representative from Nicholson
and Robertson counties, on the charge
of carrying concealed weapons, point
ing a pistol and holding up a man on
the highway. It is alleged that he
held up his uncle, S. W. Mathers, and
tried to take from him a deed to 80
acres of land In which the doctor has
a life interest
Risked Life to Save a Girl.
Newport, Ky., May 16. Henry Os
terlltz, 205 East Front street, proved
himself a hero. Plunging into the
Ohio river at tho risk of his life ho
rescued the seven-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMillen
from drowning.
Death Claims War Veteran.
Lancaster, Ky., May. 16. After a
brief illness, Capt Boston Dllllon died,
aged 87. He was one of Lancaster's
most prominent men. During the civil
war be was a captain in the union
army. He is survived by a widow and
two sons.
Says There's No Deal.
Frankfort, ky.May 16. Congress
man South Trimblo denies that his
nomination was tho result of a deal
by which ho is to deliver this county,
and Owen county to Senator Cantrill,
father of Judge Cantrill, for appellate
judge.
Marking, Ky May 16. Mistaking
arsenic for medicine ho had been tak
ing, David Campboll, 34, died in Knott
county Sunday.
RUSSIAN VICTORY.
The First One Scored on the
Sea Since the Beginnine:
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of the War.
JAPANESE CRUISER TORPEDOED,
The His Armored War Vessel Was
Itnilly Crippled Hut Did Not
Go to the ISottoin.
Two Thousand Japanese Have Reoc
cuplcd the Road to Sanchillpu,
Again Cutting Off Communi
cation With Port Arthur.
Llao Yang, May 16. Tho Russian
fleet scored Its first distinct naval suc
cess of the war on May 10 by the tor
pedoing and crippling, though not
sinking, of an armored Japanese cruis
er In Talienwan bay.
The Russian attack was carefully
planned on May 10 while the Japaneso
squadron was concentrated outside
Dalny, devoting its whole attention to
the Talienwan bay, and was carried
out the same night
Tho attacking force was not a regu
lar torpedo boat, but was only a small
naphtha launch in command of a
young naval officer who had with him
three jackles. The launch mounted a
small machine gun and carried three
torpedoes.
"When darkness fell the launch crept
out of Port Arthur, hugging the shore
with no lighfs aboard and no glow
from the engines to betray her pres
ence. It was late when she gained
the outer line of tho Japanese squad
ron. Slipping through the torpedo
boat pickets and selecting the nearest
warship, a big armored cruiser, she
stole towards her and succeeded In
exploding against her side a single
torpedo. A deafening roar followed
the explosion which echoed far ashore,
immediately flames enveloped the
cruiser which evidently was badly
crippled.
The crew of the cruiser was seen to
bo fighting the fire, which they at last
succeeded in extinguishing. A sister
ship took the damaged vessel In tow
and disappeared to the southeast
The launch escaped the hot fire di
rected against her by the Japanese
ships, but being unable to return to
Port Arthur or to get Into Dalny, she
was bpached not far from Dalny.
Only a few of the higher officers
were aware of the plan, the success of
which depended upon secrecy. The
achievement raised the spirits of the
Russians afloat and ashore, and the
young naval officer who was the hero
of the exploit was feted and recom
mended for the Cross of St. George.
The Russians, on May 11, apprehend
ing that tho presence of a Japanese
squadron meant an attempt to capture
Dalny, blew up the piers and quietly
evacuated the place.
Two thousand Japanese hnvo reoe
cupled the road to Sanchillpu, again
cutting off Port Arthur. A strong
forco is advancing against Polandlen.
CHINESE HOSTILITY.
It Causes a Great Deal of Apprehen
sion In St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg. May 16. In view of
the official dispa'cies regarding tho
hostile attitude of the Chinese within
and without the Russian sphere of In
fluence, the authorities hero do not
conceal their apprehension as to the -outlook,
especially In the north of the
empire, for they purpose to call the
attention of the Celestial government
to the Impending uprising in Tapadzl
atsi in order that repressive measures
may be instantly taken.
It is known and appreciated here
that all the powers have made strong
representations to Pekln In the Inter
est of the preservation of the tranquil
ity of the empire, but it is stated that
Maj. Gen. Pilug's dispatch of May 14
shows the necessity for further Im
pressing the Celestial government''
with the advisability of acting with a
firm hand.
Russians Commit Outrages.
Seoul, May 16. On the morning of
May 9 tho Russians advanced to Kar
chong from which place they attacked
Anju. They committed outrages upon
tho women, broke open the local Jail,
freed tho prisoners and kidnaped tho
Jailer and the village headsman.
Chinese Soldiers Attack Russians.
Llao Yang, May 16. Chinese sol
diers Saturday attacked tho railroad
coal mines occupied by tho Russian
administrative forco near Port Adani3
nnd drovo out tho officials who were
working therein, many of them escap
ing only partly clad.
Greonsburg,Ky., May 10. Mrs. Bet
tie Smith, wifo of Berry Smith, was
.shot in the head and killed by the ac
cidental discharge of a shotgun In tho
hands of nor ten-year-old son.
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