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THE EVENIN
ULIiETIN
VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1904.
NUMBER 173.
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BIG NAVAL BATTLE
Rumors Circulated in St. Peters
burg That One Has Taken
Place Off Port Arthur.
NO CONFIRMATION OBTAINED.
It is Said That Two Russian and Four
Japanese Battleships Were Sunk
in the Fight.
IRr. Adm. Togo Reports That Part of
the Fleet Bombarded "the West
Coast of the Llao Tung
Peninsula.
St. Petersburg, June 13. Rumors
iaro in circulation hero to the effect
that a great naval battle has taken
place off Port Arthur In .which two
Russian and four Japanese battleships
were sunk. No confirmation of the ru-
jmor can be obtained.
Toklo, June 13. Rr. Adm. Togo re-
ports that on Tuesday a part of the
fleet bombarded the west coast of the
Llao Tung peninsula near Kai Chau
and drove back a military train that
was approaching southward. No
trains have been-seen since. The en
em v was drlvinr In troons and throw
ing up works, evidently expecting a
landing of the Japanese on that point
,and making all preparations to pre
ivent It. Small gunboats sent close in
jby Rr. Adm. Togo bombarded the Rus
sians at work and It is believed caus
ed considerable damage.
The military commission assigned
,to bury the Russian dead In the bat
tle of Nan Shan hill at Kin Chou, May
126, presented Its final report Sunday.
lt was found that 10 Russian officers
jand 604 men who fell in the battle had
(been carefully buried and 30 men were
burled by the outposts, making the
(total number of killed left behind by
iihe Russians 704.
Hal Cheng, Manchuria, June 13. A
flanking movement of the Japanese
laround the Russian left from Feng
iWang Cheng June 9 was repulsed with
ia loss of two whole battalions.
! A large Japanese force, moved out
iln the morning along the Feng Wang
(Cheng road. The Russians had a force
(strongly, posted in a ravine 30 miles
Isouthwest of Hal Cheng. The Japan
jese were preceded by two battalions
jwho walked Into the Russian ambus
icade. They received a murderous rifle
and artillery fire at close range and
were wiped out, only one or two es
caping. i The main Japanese force, which wns
.greatly superior to the Russian force,
itried to outflank the Russians, who
(drew off without losing a man. The
'Japanese closing In found the ravine
vacant, save for their own dead.
CONFEDERATE WEEK.
Nashville Decorated in Honor of the
Veterans Who Meet in Reunion.
Nashville, Tenn., June 13. This is
.confederate Aveek in Nashville. Ten
nessee's capital Is decorated as never
before In honor of the veterans who
meet in reunion here from Tuesday to
(Thursday.
Preparations on an enormous scale
(have been completed for the entertain
ment of the old confederates. Already
the vanguard of the coming thousands
has arrived, a generous welcome be
ing extended. It Is figured that the
numbers attending should approximate
05,000 persons, 15,000 of them veter
ans. Confederate hotel for free en
talnment of the old soldiers Is prepar
ed to feed 12,000 dally. Aside from
the grand parade on Thursday the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the confed
erate memorial on Wednesday will
,be a distinctive feature. It will bo ac
companied by masonic ceremonies and
,Hery Watterson, editor of the Louls
ivllle Courier-Journal, will deliver the
address. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commander-in-chief
of the United Confed
erate Veterans' association, Is among
the early arrivals, the demonstration
at his reception being notable.
Senator Cockrell Better.
Washington, June 13. Senator Cock
icll, of Missouri, who was painfully in
jured Saturday by being knocked down
by a boy with a bicycle, was consid
erably better Sunday. The wound in
the shoulder is painful but it Is thought
will yield readily to treatment.
The Release of Perdlcarls.
London, June 13. A Tangier corre
spondent says that Ralsull has receiv
ed the sultan's letter concerning his
demands and that unless the bandit
formulates fresh conditions, the re
lease of Ion Perdlcarls may be expect
ed Wednesday next.
Antlers, I. T.f June 13. Five mem
bers of a family named Smith, father,
mother and three children, were drown
ed at Wadena, the victims of tho un
precedented flood from which this djs
trJct is now suffering.
TOOK HIS LIFE.
A Farmer Drowned Himself When the
Noose Failed.
Lexington, Ky., June 13. A nocse
and a bullet proving ineffective, Alex
ander Hogan, a prosperous farmer,
threw himself into Jack's creek, leu
miles from here, and was drowned.
He had been missing two days. His
bady was found Sunday after drag
ging tho creek, his clothes having
been found on the bank of the creek
Saturday night. Hogan was acci
dentally shot in the spinal column last
January by William Baxter, who was
shooting at another man. He was
taken to a hospital, but the wound
affected his mind. He tried to commit
suicide by hanging himself in a bath
room of the hospital one night, but v. as
discovered by a nurse in time to tave
his life.
CAME TOO LATE.
Bryant Had Disappeared When the
Message to Hold Him Arrived.
Owingsvllle, Ky., May 13. J. A,
Bryant, a Negro, was arrested in Mays
vllle and taken to Flemlngsburg on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. Bryant, it is said, collected
$60 from Flemlngsburg people for -he
benefit of a colored industrial school
In Tullahoma, Tenn. The school trus
tees say that Bryant is a fraud. No
one appeared against him In Flemlngs
burg, and he was released. A tele
gram received from Tullahoma shortly
after he left requested that Bryant be
held, but no trace of him could he
found. Bryant Is said to have collect
ed a largo amount.
A PRIVATE TRACK.
J. B. Haggln Will Build a Road From
Elmendorf to His Residence.
Lexington, Ky., June 13. It was an
nounced Sunday that J. B. Haggin will
soon complete a private track from
the front sate of Elmendorf to his resi
dence. Arrangements have been com
pleted to connect It with the Paris
Lexington interurban line. Haggln
can then step in his private car In New
York and not leave the car until he
steps out on his front porch. The In
terurban electric lines connects with
the railroad. He will use the private
track mostly for hauling coal and oth
er freight.
Man Fall6 From a Train.
Covington, Ky., June 13. Clarence
Bice, 24, fell from a freight train on
the C. & O. railroad Sunday evening
at Thirteenth street and Central ave
nue, sustaining a broken left leg and
several scalp wounds. He was taken
to the hospital. Bice says he has been
away from home for six years, and
was on his way to surprise his parent.
Cover Graves With Flowers.
Newport, Ky., June 13. The various
councils of tho Junlon O. U. A. M., of
Newport, Dayton and Bellevue, held
their annual memorial services Sunday
afternoon at Evergreen cemetery.
They were assisted by several coun
cils Daughters of America, of the
three' cities, who participated In the
ceremonies.
Thieves Rob Poor Box.
Covington, Ky., June 13. Thieves
entered St. John church In Lewisburg
Sunday morning and pried a lock from
tho poor box in tho corridor, securing
a sum of money. The theft is sup
posed to have occurred during serv
ices. The lock was removed through
tho use of an old file.
Wants State Federation of Labor.
Covington, Ky., May 13. The cxecu
tlve committee of Trades and Labor
Assembly met Sunday morning and
discussed the feasibility of forming a
state federation. Such an organization
was at one time in existence, but has
been dormant for several years.
Two Boys Break Jail.
Louisville. Ky.. June 13. After
knocking a hole through tho brick wall
of the county jail with an Iron bedpost
Dan Slaughter and Noble Butler, Ne
gro boys, escaped from tho part of the
building known as tho "Old Jail'
where they had been confined.
Protected His Master.
Newport, Ky., Juno ,3. The faithful
ness and love of a dog for Its master
was exemplified in Newport Saturday
night, when, in protecting its owner
from the officers of the law, the ani
mal had to be shot before it could be
made to retreat. '
Hold Memorial Service.
Newport, Ky., May 13. Newport
council. No. 1, Tribe of Ben Hur, visit
ed Evergreen cemetery in special cars
Sunday afternoon, where the members
held' their annual memorial services
and decorated the graves of the dead.
Covington, Ky., June 13. If present
plans do not fall Covington will havo
an up-to-dato armory, Capt. Hermaa
Weil, Capt. J. A. Brokenfleld and Lieut.
Hodges, a relativo of Assistant Adjt.
Gen. Gaines, are behind tho movement.
FEDERAL TROOPS.
Chicago Organized Labor Will
Appeal to the President to
Send Them to Colorado.
THE MINERS' LIVES ARE IN DANGER
General Meeting- of Labor Leaders
Throughout the Country May Bo
Called to Consider Situation.
A General Committee Was Appointed
By the Federation of Labor Whose
Duty It Shall Be To Pro
cure Legal Advice.
Chicago, June 13. Organized labor
in Chicago Sunday, through its cen
tral body, the Federation of Labor,
passed a resolution appealing to Presi
dent Roosevelt to send federal troops
to Colorado to restore order In the
Cripple Creek district. The resolu
tion, which declares that tho lives of
the miners are in danger under pres
ent conditions, was mailed to President
Roosevelt.
In pursuance to another set of reso
lutions adopted by the federation a
telegram was sent to President Gom
pers, of the American Federation of
Labor, Sunday night suggesting that
he confer witn labor leaders through
out the country for the purpose of call
ing a general meeting to consider the
Colorado situation. A general com
mittee was also appointed by the fed
eration whose duty it shall be to pro
cure legal advice and take whatever
action it may deem proper to aid the
Colorado miners.
The Butchers Union.
In order to free themselves from the
yoke of sympathetic strikes, which
their leaders have determined menace
their progress, all the union butchers
affiliated with the Chicago Packing
Trades Council withdrew from that
body Sunday. The butchers who be
long to the Amalgamated Meat Cutters
and Butcher Workmen of America
number about 22,000 men In the Chl
cago packing houses alone.
They were the originators of the
packing trades' council, which was
made up not of the butcher workmen
alone, but of all the other trades In
the yards.
The packing trades council passed
out of existence at a meeting Sunday
when the officers and representatives
of the 32 butcher workmen's local
unions announced the decision of tho
organizations to withdraw and form
an exclusive central body of their own.
The unskilled trades and trades In tho
former council not affiliated In any di
rect way with the butcher workmen
are thus left to their own resources
and will be without the assistance of
tho butchers who form the bone and
sinew of the union organization at the
stock yards, in negotiating future con
tracts or settling future disputes with
tho packers.
A NEW MINING CAMP.
One Will Be Opened In New Mexico
to Receive Deported Miners.
Denver, Col., June 13. A new min
ing camp will be opened .in Now Mex
ico, according to the Post, to receive
the deported union miners from Crip
"pie Creek. The Western Federation of
Miners will work the claims on a co
operative basis, and will have entlr
jurisdiction over their development.
Provision will be made by the federa
tion for all deported miners, and to
this end a carload of supplies will be
sent to the new camp Immediately as
a starter. The camp will be located
near Tres Piedras, which Is 20 miles
south of the Colorado line, on the line
of the Dtnver & Rio Grande. There
is a district ten miles square of virgin
ore, and tho work of mining will be
parcelled out to the union miners.
They will work on the co-operative
plan, but the miners will be supported
by tho federation while prospecting.
According to the story, the idea of a
co-operative union camp was suggest
ed to Secretary Haywood, of the fed
eration, by A. Royal, president of the
Belle Royal Mining and Milling Co., of
Tres Piedras, which company owns 80
acres in tho district. This property
will be purchased by the federation
for initial operations.
The particularly attractive feature
of tho proposition to send the exiled
men to New Mexico was that there
they would' be amenable to federal
law only.
Cincinnati, June 13. The 21st Ohio
circle of tho Turnfest Sunday night
closed a session of two dayB. Over 12.
000 people were present at tho Zoo
logical gardens when the prizes for
drill were awarded. Dayton, O., won
the first prize with others1 in the order
named: South Indianapolis, Cincin
nati, Louisville, North Cincinnati, New
port, Ky., Findlay, O., West Cincin
nati and Covlngtqnt Kj
THE COLORADO TROUBLES.
Industrial Council of Kansas City
Takes Action Regarding It
Kansas City, June 13. The indus
trial council of this city, which claims
to represent 25,000 union men, at a
meeting Sunday adopted resolutions
asking President Gompers, of the Am
erican Federation of Labor, to call a
meeting of tho executive board of that
organization for the purpose of devis
ing means to settle the Colorado labor
troubles.
Telegrams were sent to President
Roosevelt asking him to investigate
and to Gov. Peabody, condemning his
actions by the orders of the industrial
council. Mother Jones addressed Sun
day's meeting, describing conditions in
Colorado.
Following Is the text of the tele
gram to Gov. Peabody: "The Indus
trial council of Kansas City, Mo., In
regular session assembled, condemns
your action as un-American, uncivil
ized and barbarous In the extreme, in
your treatment toward working men
and women of Colorado. For such acts
Russia in her darkest ages would blush
with shame."
FIREMEN OVERCOME.
Tobacco Smoke and Alcohol Fumes at
a Fire Did It.
New York, June 13. Thirty firemen
were temporarily overcome by tobacco
smoko and the fumes from alcohol ear
ly Sunday while fighting a fire in Holti!
cafe In Broadway. The fire was con
fined to the sub-cellar In which liquors
and cigars were stored, and the fumes
and the dense smoke from the burn
ing cigars hindered the firemen to sucji
an extent that they were compelled to
work in two minute relays. During
the fire an ambulance surgeon was sta
tioned nearby to care for the firemen
whose eyes caused them intense pain
after each rush into the smoke. The
damage to the restaurant was $100,
000. The upper floors of the building
are occupied by wholesale milliner
and the loss on their stock, which was
practically ruined by the smoke, is also
placed at $100,000.
HIS SUDDEN SUMMONS.
Abner McKlnley Found Dead Seated
in a Chair.
Somerset, Pa., June 13. Abner Mc
Klnley, brother of the late president,
was found dead In his room by his
wife Saturday, while almost at the
same hour floral wreaths of similar
design were being placed on the casket
containing the body of the late presi
dent at Canton, O., and on the tomb
of President Lincoln, at Springfield,
111., by the Lincoln-McKinley Memorial
association. Abner McKinley's death
was due to Bright's disease. Although
he had been 111 fora year, he was Teel
Ing well Friday, and enjoyed a long
drive.
MINERS RIOTED.
No One Was Killed, But Several on
Each Side Were Hurt.
Wallace, Ida., June 13. A riot occur
red on the Northern Pacific passenger
train near Burke Saturday night be
tween union miners from the Hercules
mines and non-union men from the
properties of the Federal Mining and
Smelting Co. No one was killed, but
several on each side were badly in
jured. The trouble was the outgrowth
of an argument over the Cripple Creek
explosion, in which two former Coeur
d'Alene miners wero killed and sev
eral Injured.
FIRE IN A BREWERY.
The Loss Is Estimated at $200,000
The Brew House Saved.
Now York, June 13. Early Sunday
morning fire broke out in the wash
house and storage houses of the Jacob
Hoffman Brewing Co., In East 55th
street, caused a loss estimated at $200,
000. Here the firemen saved the brew
house, which contained several large
ammonia tanks, and by the shutting
off of power in the engine room allow
ed the ammonia In the storage pipes In
the burning buildings to escape, thus
preventing explosions.
Murder and Suicide.
Sikeston, Mo., Juno 13. Miles Blake
ly shot and killed Annie Clifton early
Sunday morning, afterwards commit
ting suicide. Jealousy is believed to
havo been the cause of tho tragedy.
The man and woman came here recent
ly from Shawneetown, 111.
Rockefeller's Grandchild Dead.
Chicago, Juno 13. Editha, the nine-months-old
chlfd of Harold F. McCor
mlck and Edlt Rockefeller McCor
mick, and a grandchild of John D.
Rockefeller, is dead at the family sum
mer homo in Cloncoo. The child had
been ill for some time.
Camden, N. J., Juno 13. Rudolphus
Bingham, father of tho prohibition par
ty in Camden county, and ono time
candidate for governor on tho prohi
bition' ticket. djd Sunday gight
VESSELS COLLIDE.
Passenger Steamer Canada Bound
From Quebec For Montreal
Went to the Bottom. '
FIVE PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES.
The Other 105 People on Board
Were Rescued by the Collier
Cape Breton.
In the Excitement Some of the Passen
gers Jumped Overboard and Were
Picked Up By Boats From
the Two Ships.
Montreal, Juno 13. The Richelieu
and Ontario Navigation Co.'s steamer
Canada, hound from Quebec for Mon
treal, came into collision with the Do
minion Commercial Co.'s collier Cape
Breton, six miles below Sorel, early
Sunday. Twenty minutes later the
Canada went to the bottom. At the
time of tho collision there were 110
people on board the Canada. Five wero
lost; the others were rescued.
The collision occurred just as dawn
was breaking. The Cape Breton lay
at the entrance of the Lake St. Peter
channel waiting for daylight so as to
find her way through. She was getting
under way. when the Canada, making
for Sorel at full speed, came into view.
Just what the collision was duo to and
who is responsible for It has not yet
been determined, for the officers of tho
Canada decline to talk, but from tho
statements given out it would appear
that the Cape Breton had not got
headway on enough to answer her rud
der and that she swerved across the
path of the passenger boat, her bow
striking the Canada just forward of
the paddle box on the starboard side
and tearing Its way half through. Then
the Cape Breton swung clear and tho
two steamers came alongside one an
other. The shock of the collision aroused
the sleeping passengers. The Canada
at once began to settle and as the
Cape Breton did not appear to be seri
ously damaged the passengers were
hurriedly transferred to that steamer.
In the excitement some of the passen
gers jumped overboard and were pick
ed up by boats from the Canada and
the Cape Breton, but a great majority
of those on board did not become ex
cited, while the discipline shown by
the crew of the Canada was excellent.
Twenty minutes later when the Can
ada went down alongside the Cape Bre
ton, resting on her side in the mud, all
the passengers who could be found had
been transferred. Alfred Thlbeault
and his two sons occupied a state room
near where the Cape Breton's bow en
tered the Canada and It is supposed
that they were killed In their berths.
The body of the father was recovered
later in the day but the remains of the
two sons have not been found.
"teonnetterre, the purser, was seen
after the collision making his way to
his quarters on the lower deck with
the intention of saving his cash and
records, and it is supposed that ho per
ished in the attempt. Brunet was a
second-class passenger and no one saw
him after the collision, though it is Just
possible that ho went ashore with the
crow of one of the boats which was
sent ashore to secure help from Soi'ol.
TRAIN STRUCK AN AUTO.
One Person Killed and Two Others
Badly Injured.
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curve at Van uortianat iJarn, a tram
on the Yonkers division of the Now
York & Putnnm railroad crashed Into
nn automobile, owned by George
Nokes, a restaurant keeper, who lives
on Riverside drive. Frank B. Read, a
paper manufacturer of this city, wns
killed, tho IC-year-oId daughter of Mr.
Nokes had her left foot cut off by the
train, and John Spencer, a Negro, the
chauffeur, was so badly Injured that
It Is believed ho can not recover. Mr.
and Mrs. Nokes and their six-year-old
son escaped with a few bruises.
Editor Drowned While Bathing.
Capo May, N. J., Juno 13. E. A.
Streavig, 30, editor of tho Cape May
Wave, was drowned In the ocean Sun
day. He was bathing with three
friends. Ho got beyond his depth "and
while trying to swim In was taken
with cramps.
Grocer's Terrible Mistake.
Kansas City, June 13. A mistake of
a grocer in filling a customer's jug
with gasoline when vinegar was asked
for resulted in an explosion at the
homo of Antono Schoen which caused
tho death of ono person and injury to
three others.
Henderson, Ky., Juno 13. Lyman
Greer and Jesse Payne, fishermon,
Quarreled in a skiff near hero Sunday
afternoon and Payne was fatally stab
bed. Greer escaped.