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N THE EVEN! JL-A Ji. Jt.Jm J JL JL-L t! VOLUME XXIII. MAYSVILLE, KY., TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1904. NUMBER 186. JNG JO u A DECISIVE BATTLE Gen. SakliaroiFs Dispatch to St. Petersburg 'Confirms Belief That it is Imminent. THE OUTPOSTS ARE IN TOUCH, The Three Armies of the Belligerents Frouably Will Affgrefrrate Over a Quarter Million Men. The Advance at All Points Along the Feng Wang Cheng-Liao Road Is Attended By Constant Skirmishing. St. Petersburg, June 28. Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff's dispatch, received Monday night, confirms the belief that the great decisive battle of the campaign between Gen. Kuropatkin's main army and the armies of Gens. Kuroki and Oku' is Imminent The three armies probably aggregate 300,000 men and their outposts are to-day in touch all along the line. The Japanese evident ly tried to draw Kuropatkin as far south as possible, holding out as one incentive a check to the advance of Oku's main army. Meantime Oku swung sharply to the eastward to Join Kuroki toward the Chapan Pass, Ku roki at the same time moving a strong force by the right flank towards Nai Cheng. The main Japanese advance contin ues along the main Feng Wang Cheng Liao Yang road, avoiding the Mao Tien Pass by a detour to the northward. The advance in all points is being at tended by constant skirmishing. Nothing is known here of the exact point at which Kuropatkin's main force is concentrated, though it is be lieved that a large part of the Llao Yang force has been moved to a point between Kin Chau and Ta Tche Klao. According to a press dispatch from Ta Tche Kiao Monday, a large force has pushed southward from Ta Tche Kiao against Oku. While Kuropatkin is thus extending himself the Japanese with great mobility seem to be trying to concentrate for the purpose of at tacking the Russians in flank and rear. Viceroy Alexieff's message Monday night with the 'brief dispatch from Rr. Adm. Wlthoft (naval commander at Port Arthur), throws little additional light on the sea fight off Port Arthur The admiralty and the emperor are awaiting further details with the same eagerness as the general public. The latter Monday for the first time re ceived information through the medi um of foreign telegrams that a fight had occurred. The loss of three vessels of the Port Arthur fleet is admitted to be a severe blow, especially if not purchased by greater loss to the Japanese than re ported by Vice Adm. Togo. The meagerness of the reports is greatly mystifying the authorities, who continue to believe that there ha1? been a later fight which has not yet been reported. ALLEGED LOTTERY SCHEME. John H. Dalton and L. A. Gourdaln, Chicago, Arrested. Chicago, June 2S. An alleged lot tery scheme which is said to have net ted its operators hundreds of thou sands of dollars annually was disclos ed Monday when the Manhattan Ex cange "bank," located at 150 LaSallo street, was raided and John H. Dalton, a prominent local politician, and L. A. Gourdaln were placed under arrest by United States deputy marshals. The arrests were made on warrants sworn Jn the United States district court by he post office authorities, charging that lottery tickets were being sent out of the state by the Manhattan Ex change "bank" in violation of the In terstate commerce laws. GAMBLING HOUSE ROBBED. Thieves Worked a Successful Scheme at Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex., June 28. Thieves Monday night worked a successful scheme for the robbery of a gambling house. About 9 o'clock a piece of dynamito was exploded under a poker table and the crowd of 100 immediate ly made a rush for the exit. During the excitement some one grabbed the bank roll at the faro table, getting between $1,200 and $1, 60d out of the drawer Severe Fight In Tibet. Gyang Tse, Tibet, Juno 28. Jen. MacDonald, with re-enforcements, en tered Gyang Tse June 26 after a some what severe fight with tho Tibetans at the Nainl Monastery, six miles distant. The monastery was strongly held by tho Tibetans. Wilmington, Del., June Z8. Judge George Gray expressed his hope that former President Grover Cleveland would be nominated for the presidency DOUBLE MURDER. Mathley's Second Victim Died Tues day Morning. Owensboro, Ky., June 2S. Robert Mathley now has two charges of mur der staring him In the face. James Gregson, whom he wounded after kill ing his sweetheart, Emma Watkins, bunday night, died at the city hos pital at 12:45 o'clock Tuesday morn ing. Mathley was arraigned before Judge Stirman Monday morning and his examining trial was set for Satur day morning. Mr. Gatnoway Watkins, the father of the murdered girl, arrived In the city from his home In Grayson county Monday night. He took the remains of his daughter back with him Tues day morning. The father was grief stricken over the fate of his daughter. Mathley was seen at the Jail Monday night and reiterated that he did not remember killing the young girl. In sanity will be the plea when he is ar raigned for trial. There is consider able feeling against the accused. It Is believed that if Gregson had died earlier in the evening it would have been necessary to have removed Math ley from the local Jail to the Hender son county Jail. JUDGE HARGIS HURT. He Was Thrown From a Horse and Probably Fatally Injured. Lexington, Ky., June 28. County Judge James Hargis, of Breathitt county, while riding to see his mother, two miles from Jackson, Monday morn ing, was thrown from his horse and re ceived injuries which may prove fatal. He sustained a broken shoulder, and the physicians believe that he receiv ed Internal injuries. He was consid erably bruised about the head. He was carried to the home of his moth er, where he is now confined to his bed. He was alone at the time of the accident, and lay on the ground for some time before being found. The horse he had been riding arrived at the Hargis home without a rider, and his brother, Elbert Hargis, made a search for him. JIM SALYER ACQUITTED. He Was Charged With the Murder of Mack White. Jackson, Ky., June 28. Jim Salyer was given his examining trial for the murder of Mack White Monday and dismissed. White- was assassinated last week and bloodhounds traced the scent to Salyer's house. Suspicion had already been directed against him because White had at one time been charged with the murder of his father. The examining trial, held before Justice Edwards, was to have been held before Judge Hargis, but Hargis was thrown from his horse Monday morn ing and has a broken shoulder blade and was badly injured. He may die. Salyer had been arrested by a sheriff's posse late Sunday night. RIOTING WORKMEN. They Threaten to Take Their Money From the Cement Company's Office. Louisville, Ky., June 28. Discharg ed workmen at the Meadow Lawn Ce ment works, below Louisville, started a riot Monday afternoon because they were refused their wages until pay day. Police assistance was asked of Louisville, but none could be given. The rioting workmen are mostly Ne groes who refused to work with 75 Italians brought in last Saturday. Wihen the Negroes grew ugly Monday afternoon and threatened to ta.ke theh money some of the more loyal em ployes were lined up to protect the company's office. Futher trouble Is ex pected. Miss Laura Brlce's Will. Lexington, Ky., June 28. The will of Miss Laura Brlce, which will be filed for probate this week, it Is said, will bequeath a largo portion of her estate to the Good Samaritan hospital and tho Woman's Equal Rights Asso ciation of Kentucky. For George G. Gilbert. Lawrenceburg, Ky., June 28. At a meeting of the county convention hero the Anderson county delegation was selected and will go to the Shelbyvlllo convention in the interest of Georgo G. Gilbert for congress in the Eighth district. Removed By Gov. Beckham. Frankfort, Ky., June 28. Gov. Beck ham Monday removed Dr. C. O. Owens, of Maysvllle, as first assistant physi cian at Central asylum and promoted Second Assistant Dr. M. H. Yeaman to the place. No reason is given. Woman Drowned in a Bowl. Rockport, Ky., June 28. When the family of Mrs. Mary Atherson return ed home from church Sunday night they found her dead with her face In a wash bowl full of water. It is sup- posea sue nuu laimeu. PROHIBITIONISTS. Party Leaders Held a Prelimin ary Meeting: as an Introduc tion to Convention. MILES' CANDIDACY DISCUSSED, Metcalf Said New England Would De mand a Man Who Would Make a Statement of His Position. James A. Tate, Considered One of the Leading Candidates For the Presi dency, Made a Statement At tacking the Miles Boom. Indianapolis, Ind., June 28. Nation al Chairman Stewart, H. B. Metcalf, of Rhode Island, the prohibitionists' vice presidential nominee four years ago; Charles R. Jones, state chairman of Pennsylvania; C. E. Newlln, state chairman, and E. W. Clark, secretary of Indiana, and other leaders of tho prohibition party held a preliminary meeting Monday afternoon. Mr. Met calf said that when a party of ten pro hibitionists, of which he was one, call ed on Gen. Miles In April the general was evasive and wished the conven tion postponed until after the dem ocratic convention. This, it Is stated, has been his policy since that time. Metcalf said that in his opinion the New England states would demand a man who would make a positive state ment of his position, and unless Gen. Miles should make one they would vote against him. National Chairman Stewart said: "Gen. Miles Is a very able man; he has been a consistent friend of tho anti-liquor movement and in a broad sense a prohibitionist, but even those who are pressing forward his name for the nomination by our party this year do not say how he stands on the methods of the prohibition party. There are probably 2,000,000 voters In the United States who believe in pro hibition, but the most votes we have ever polled on a national ticket Is a little less than 300,000. We not onlv want a man who believes in prohibi tion but we want a man who believes In the policy and the methods of the political party. Neither Mr. Miles nor his friends have said that he Is a pro hibitionist in that sense and there are many prohibitionists who believe it wise to nominate a man who has been a prohibitionist in the party sense of the word in the past." Though it is said that Gen. Miles has signified that he will accept the nomination If It be given him, when the letters are produced they show that this is only an Inference, and that the general, up to this time, has not committed himself. D. L. Colvin, president of the Na tional Prohibition association, express ed his opposition to Gen. Miles as fol lows : "He has never made a commitment that he favored our party's methods of dealing with the liquor traffic." James A. Tate, who is considered one of the leading candidates for tho presidential nomination, made the fol lowing statement, attacking the Miles boom: "Gen. Miles is not a prohibitionist as I understand the term. He has never voted tho prohibition ticket oi expressed sympathy with the party. It would bo absolutely ridiculous to put such a man at the head of the par ty ticket." S P. Osman, of Oil City, Pa., who arrived in advance of the Pennsylva nia delegation, declared that a major ity of tho delegates from his state would support Gen. Miles. Chairman Stewart and other leaders conceded that Gen. Miles would have a 'strong following In the convention. "But all of them will be open to con viction," said Mr. Stewart. AN ENORMOUS RUSH. The Opening of Homestead Settle ments In Nebraska. Omaha, Neb., June 28. The opening to homestead settlement of 9,000,000 acres of land in Nebraska under the provisions of tho Kinkaid law, by which homesteaders may file on 640 acres of land, went Into effect Tuesday morning and the rush to secure choice sections was enormous. Reports from tho six land offices in Nebraska tell of thousands of peoplo who were in line waiting for the land office to open. MacCorkle Will Accept. Charleston, W. Va, June 28. Ex Gov. William A. MacCorkle, one of the most prominent democrats of West Virginia, prominently mentioned in eastern democratic newspapers as a strong man for second place on the national ticket, says he'wlll accept. Louisville, Ky., June 28. Walker D. HInes, first vice president of the Lou isville & Nashville railroad, resisted his noaJtIon..tp take effect July 15. THIRTY-THREE PERSONS KILLED. Bad Accident in a Water Tunnel In Jamaica. Kingston, Jamaica, June 28. Thirty three persons were killed by an acci dent which took place near Spanish town, 10 miles west of Kingston, Mon day morning, In the main conduit of the West India Electric Co., which op erates tho street cars from Kingston and the shareholders of which are principally Canadians. Nearly 100 la borers had been detailed to remove gand from the enormous pipe which is a mile long and which conveys water from tho In-take on tho Rio Cobre to the turbines of tho power house. The work had practically been completed when orders were given to allow a small quantity of water to enter the conduit. Through misapprehension, accident or carelessness the full force of water was turned on. FIRE WORKS EXPLOSION. Three Persons Were Killed and Hair a Dozen Others Injured. Philadelphia, June 28. Three per sons lost their lives and a half dozen others wero injured late Monday as the result of the explosion of a small bundle of fire works In the storeroom of the Diamond Fire Works Co. at No. 820 Arch street. Tho fireworks concern occupied the first floor of the building. The second floor was vacant and the third story was occupied by the French Hat and Bonnet Frame Co. Jancovitch was the proprietor of the hat and bonnet con cern and O. Berman and Miss Lena Sempson wero his employes. These three were the only persons above the first floor. About a dozen persons wore employed by the fireworks com pany. The cause of the fireworks ex plosion Is not known. FIGHT IN A BARBER SHOP. A Minister and a Chief of Police Were the Belligerents. Albany Ga.f June 28. Rev. Len G. Broughton, of Atlanta, one of the best known Baptist ministers in the south, and Chief of Police R. W. Westbrook engaged in a fight in a bacber shop here Monday. In a sermon on Sunday in tho Chautauqua auditorium, Dr. Broughton charged Chief Westbrook with being a drunkard and a fre quenter of dives. The chief of police entered the barber shop while Dr. Broughton was in a chair being shaved and as soon as ho saw the minister he went for him with a cowhide. Friends interfered, but it Is predicted that more trouble will result from Dr. Broughton's charges. FOURTH OF JULY WARNING. The Secretary of the Philadelphia Board of Health Sends One Out. Philadelphia, June 28. Dr. Benja min Lee, secretary of the board of health, ha3 sent to the authorities of every town in the state a statistical warning against the use of the toy pistol July 4. He finds that on the last Fourth of July were sacrificed "on the altar of a lawless and spurious pa triotism" nearly as many victims as have been slain In the battles In tha far east, or were drowned or burned In the recent tragedy In the harbor of New York. E. J. PENNINGTON ARRESTED. He Is Charged With Conspiracy and .t Fraud. St. Louis, June 28. E. J. Penning ton, of Mount Vernon, 111., who Is a contestant for the prize in the airship contest to be held at the fair, was ar rested at the Southern hotel Monday by Detective Cordell on a telegram from the sheriff at Pittsburg stating that Pennington is wanted on a war rant charging conspiracy and fraud. Pennington denies he has had- any trouble in Pittsburg and claims to be i at a loss to understand the arrest. WORLD'S FAIR RECEIPTS. The Monthly Financial Statement For warded to Washington. St. Louis, June 28. National com mission fon the World's fair Monday forwarded to President Roosevelt and the secretary of tho treasury the monthly financial statement of the exposition company for April. It shows that the balance on hand March 31 was $1,847,627, and on April 30 the amount on hand was $1,451,277. The total receipts to April 30 were $15,178, 320, and tho total disbursements were $13,727,049. .. Will Be Imprisoned Jn Atlanta. St. Louis, Juno 28. Marcus Graham, the Providence, R. I., engineer who' was. sentenced to 15 years' Imprison ment in the circuit court here for making and passing counterfeit $100 bills, departed Monday night for At lanta, Ga, .. ..:.... MISSING LOOMIS. The Assistant Secretary of State Has Jteceived No Tidings From His Brother. MAY HAVE MET WITH FOUL PLAY. The Report That His Body Had Been Washed Ashore on the French Coast Xot Confirmed. W. H. Ellis, Kent J. Loomls' Compan ion, Is a Native of Texas, and at One Time Took a Conspicuous Part in Politics There. Washington, June 28. Mr. Loomls, the assistant secretary of state, has had nothing whatsoever to confirm or contradict the rumor that the body of his brother, Kent J. Loomls, had been washed ashore on the French coast and in spite of the energetic efforts of the combined foreign consular service of the state department not the slight est clew has yet been obtained with reference to tho mysterious disap pearance. The fact that nothing has been heard of the lost man Is tending to confirm the fears of his family that he was either drowned or has met with foul play. The assistant secretary Monday aft ernoon took occasion to deny very em phatically a number of reports ema nating from Parkersburg, W. Va., the home of his family, which stated that the family of Mr. Kent Loomls had re ceived word from him some days ago that he was having trouble with Mr. Ellis, with whom he was traveling. The state department has had advices of the sailing of Mr. Ellis from Franco for Djlboutll, where he commences his overland journey to Abyssinia's capital with tho commercial treaty which he is to deliver to King Menelik. This treaty was in the luggage of Mr. Kent Loomls which was sent to Paris. Word was received that Mr. Ellis had offered to remain on the scene one or two weeks to assist in the search fo Mr. Loomls and had offered to have one of his party return to Plymouth to aid the authorities, but it was thought that no such assistance would avail In the search. London, June 28. The mystery sur rounding the disappearance of Kent J. Loomls continues to attract much at tention from the London newspapers and all the papers Tuesday morning feature the case. The police of Plymouth now say that Mr. Loomls was drowned and that he must have fallen overboard be fore the vessel reached her anchorage. After a most exhaustive search and the Investigation of every clew they are confident that he did not land at Plymouth. There is no confirmation of the re port sent to the Central News from Hamburg that the body of Mr. Loomis had been washed ashore near Cher bourg, France. A dispatch from Ham burg says that nothing is known there of anything which could give rise to such a report. Nowhere, neither in London nor Plymouth, has anything developed throwing the slightest light on the situation and where it was at first believed that a few days would solve the question of the whereabouts of the missing man, the gloomiest view Is now taken. Fort Worth, Tex., June 28. A spe cial from Dallas, Tex., says: W. H. Ellis, the Negro who accompanied the missing agent of the state department, Kent J. Loomis, to Europe en route to Abyssinia, is a native of Texas, and up to 1897 took a conspicuous part in republican politics in this state. Ellis last figured In republican politics of Texas In the turbulent state conven tion at Austin during the exciting campaign of 1896. The enemies of the late Wright Cuney, a noted Negro leader, sought to destroy Cuney's pow er, but Ellis and others of the ablest of the Negroes of Texas stood by him to a winning finish. When Cuney tiled a year or so later this black contin gent lost its power and Ellis went to New York. The Battleship Wisconsin. Washington, June 28. The battle ship Wisconsin arrived at Shanghai from Cavite. The Wisconsin is the flagship of Rr. Adm. Cooper, com manding the Asiatic station, who wort to Shanghai to transfer that com mand to Rr. Adm. Stirling. Boiler Explosion on a Cruiser. San Francisco, June 28. The steam er Mariposa, which came from Tahiti, brought a story of a boiler explosion on tho French cruiser Durance, caus ing tho death of 15 men. The Dur ance for a number of years has been stationed at Pepeete. Mt. Olivet, Ky., Juno 28. Judge O. S. Denning, of Mt. Olivet, has been selected to deliver tho address in be half of Kentucky at the Grand Army of tho Republic day at St. Louis World'3 talr July 15. 5 a '.