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BIO BATTLE GIW'0US Vl?lor)' Crowns Prowess Cf ' Japanese Arms "fAW LOSSES TO RUSSIANS ARMY ? ? - The First Arm i> j xi. Forc?TP: ?'Mr" and Drive* th? n8Sa9e of tJle Tie" Cheng; U88'an" fro? Chl?? Z^'An ~n ?? <Uy? O, first jl'Jn T WiUl ttHi,!er.v. thQ Kurokl, ha8 to'/*?*' U"dCr (3*Wal Vali, river and ft? T ?roS8h,? ot the charge covering lUHJay wlth a gallant it drni'? .1 'lo,lt*K0 of four T|o? ChonK ?,1(H'M"UB,tlan3 Chi? >'8ht bank of the n glitB on tho ^ enters' the yZ ArU,a rlver' Nortl.i almost onnosii A* !.? m tno ? tu net! f hi vVJJu, Tho Jan *la? IK ,ith;n and in rh8n?k ?f th? Uu8 (1?y t'f, sworn t,le of Sun po?e,i iiy the n.lo? new frout lllter onward movement? tI'-0 chock their tion of ihfi tqi ^ present posl ?no and they mav?f^ iS *\ dominating rnont or ii.n Uie abandon ?'??"? ? "r"-"1 "y i?? i(Jtwer down the rivrr ?,n01' poln,H on Tuesday* b^' ni ,he ll,oveme?t "{ ?he ill01,!?1 '.'V 'K'^.hment Mizo t|)o island ,r9j i division to of i ho Heron.! ? detachment k,? ??! B,,|zc the '?'? low Wijir Tlio .h i ! i S alt,,ate(1 bc l,oj ial f i inr i ,at'hmcnt of tho Im H SUcrrcied ?nmHl *T" re8,8tftn<*. but SL,r"^ *<""* is" tolio * a'u ackc'l ' "? 'S'a,"J ot Kin ? siSF '?CrMwi: or h,? ,,u prober killed, hut <> f H e detachment were severely and 16 slightly wounded. The 2" iiliS division Which took n?? u?i?{~yn,iii ???taincd no losses, an i it 'he8e movements on the isl laoailL .',1 T opon,c'1 firc the ? ajMnebe with eight guns from a hill .r'un,i Chu-Tlpn-Chein niul two Hoteh bankRor1J rCh W?r? m:,untc,i ?,h the lini ... f rlvor at Koaan. where the 1fiewncrt 10 have established ?he|,i headquarters. One battery of .Jnn jnese artillery which had taken a posl len on a hill to the cast of Wiju fired i tee volleys at Kosan and at 1 o'clock liimtay (he Russian batteries behind - _ 'V1 ( hong opened fire, wounding one _ Japanese soldier with shrapnel. ()h Wednesday the bombardment of Wiju wis continued, the firing being at In terval#,. rhe Japaneso artillery dift*not respond to this fact. Geuerdl Kuroki reports to the effect that fifitf Japanese losa was small. Tho RuiSlanu ehelled tho veconnolt f! 'fom an omplacement in the hills in the southeast part of Yo Bhoko. Thl? fire wn? without effect. The JjUBilan artillery on the hill behind CmiirCiieng firing a* a high angle, opened on Wiju, whore tome Japan ofio batteries had taken position. This firing continued until Thursday night ?<t>d General Kuroki reportB that while It was InoiTecthe, it disturbed his prep ? rations for an attack. The Russians resumed the Khelliite of Wiju on Fri day, but the JapanicsftjToins did not re p? y. ' ~ ? ? The. twelfth dlvisloWp^be Japanese funiy was chosen to ifirtKt* .the first c:osslng of the Valu, It begai its pre lnrations on i-Vldny by drl-Jns the Russians from their position on tho huik of the river. Opposite Sulkochin. which is elghf miles above Wiju, and the point selected for the crbssinft. ThJ^ division constructed a pontoon bridge over the river and at 3 o'clock Saturday ^ morning it began crossing. The entire division crossed over the river and by l o'clock p. m.. It was in the position aligned to it for the battle Sunday. The movement of the twelfth Jap anese division was covered by tho sec cud Regiment of field artillery an'd another artillery regiment of heavy * guns. The Japanese, losses in the bombard ments of Saturday were two men kill ed and five officers and 22 men wounded. A flotilla of gun-boats from ibe squndron of Admirals Hosoya par ticipated In the fighting o!\ Saturday, ft encountered mixed towf of Ituo R-.ans infantry, cavalry and artillery on (he Mnnclnrrlnn bank 'Of the Yalu be low Antung and after a sharp fight Frattercd them lo the hills. A bridge across the main stream of the Yalu, Just below Wiju. was com ? pleled at* o'clock Saturday night and the second Japanese division and the Imperial Guards immediately be gan crossing. They advanced and occupied the hills back of Koflnn. facing the I(W*sian po thc right bank eff the river, A1) wtw..jfh Saturday night regiment Hfter regiment of Japanese soTdlere ?>-. k.Ui,a an/I ot a late ^Itlon on the rigni immx u> iilr. All through Saturday night regiment Hfter regiment of Japanese soldiery poured across. the bridge and at a late hour Saturday night General Kuroki telegraphed to tho general staff of the army: "I wllj attack the enemy on May 1. at dawn." / , True to bin promise General Kuroki . at daylight today centered all his ar tillery on the Russian position between Chlu-Tlen*CheiR and Yoshoko. To this " fire ihc Rwwlnns made reply with all their baWerles. At 7 o'clock In the morning the Russian battery at Yoalio - ka tnts *il?nccd and half an hour later General TKnrokl ordered hla line, stretching for four miles, /to attack. The infantry on tb.e word of commandri.charged across * th? Iho. New of the Day. A tornado wTfcli swept Indian -Ter ritory. ArkanMB and othor ?<*<? tton* of the Southwest killed 15 per n,ns so far *? known, Injurod scored tf otnwT W)n? totally. and destroyed a hrfc amottDl of property. *? * The <a*W *>f ^ ??? on board the yrtnch W^rteW^d bar keg tine rnlon '?tss2W?u& rHmrM OPI RAflftNS UN YALU RIVER Claim that Japanese Army Numbered ? One Hundred Thousand. Hi. Petersburg, Hy Cable. ?The As sociated I'resH has obtained from the general htaff an nut line of tho opera tions on the Yalu river during the pa*t week. The Russian force, in cluding the reservo#, was composed of General Kaslitullusky's rifle deri sion, General Mlschcnko's Cos?ack outposts and a brigade ftf artillery, the whole nndAr General Bassulttch. Knowledge of geography Ik necessary r? ii clear understanding. The Rus si an lines were at' Kulien-Cheng. (or Turencheii I , opposite Wiju and An* tuug, both iin the Feng-Wa^g-Cheng road. A mile north of Kulien-Cheng lies the village of Polientinsky, neai a tributary of the Ut/aven, live miles up which is Chin-Clow. On the oppo site bank of the tributary is the vil lage of Kitzavcn, opposite Potlentinsky stands Housnn, a dominating height. Bt ill higher, on the right of the Yalu, is the village of Ambikho. at the con fluence of the Aipiko,/ 1'J^e whole course of the Yalu between Aniblkhe" and Antung is divided by islands, till largest, Somaiinda, facing Kulien Cheng. Another lies between Ifousan and Hindiagow. The Japanese forces, tiie staff be lieves. approximated lOu.OuO men, of which four divisions, thirteen battalion and 58 guns were in action. The Jap anese prepared for crossing the river by posting all their available guns of which the Russian's say the Japan ese had five times nioro than they, along the line facing Kulien-Cheng and Antung, and also landed from their warships 17 tfons. This array of artillery eventually made Kulien Cheng untenable. Under cover of the powerful batteries north of Sindiagou, the Japanese crossed to Mousan, occu pying the height. As the latter posi tion would have enabled iliem to di rect a raking tire against the Russians at Kulien-Cheng, General Sassulltch ordered it to he retaken Friday. This was done, but on Sunday, the Japan ese. under covery of battery, re-occu pied It. the defenders falling back across the Mtzavena and continuing the fight with the Japanese, who were attempting to flank them from Chin Go w. The Russian forces at ^Antung and Kulien-Cheng had meanwhile re treateil to its second line, a few miles westward. The whole Russian force engaged Monday formed a semi-circle, the horns of which were being grad ually drawn in preparatory 'o retreat ing to a position further west. This was the situation wheik the last offi cial ituMslan report was sent." A member of the staff informed the eor. respfnident of thd Associated Press (hat the result ultimately turned prob ably upon whether tho order to with draw was given at tho time. A slight delay at a critical moment might have enabled the enemy's vastly su perior artillery to concentrate on the Russian guns, killing horses and gun ners and compelling tho abandonment of the guns, THE JAPANESE VIEW. | Baron Hayathl Gl>ea out^hia Official Opinion of th? Situation. . London, By Cable. ? Baron Hayashl, tho .Japanese minister here, who has been the recipient of numerous tele grams of congratulation on the Japan ese hucpsbcs on the Yalu. and especially on the result of tho first land fighting. tald to the Associated Press: ? * "The immediate result of Gen. Kur oki's success will probably be a move mcnt on Feng Huan Chengh. which the Chinese had fortified with their usual brick structures. "Since the commencement of the war the Russians doubtless have added earthworks, but their loss of guns yes terday must diminish their defensive strength. W "I understand, though I cannot vouch for the absolute accuracy of the statement, that Russia had only 100 guns in Manchuria. If that is the case, her artillery strength has been dimin ished almost one-third. "They fight well, those Russians, and Feng Huan Cheng will not be taken without a hard struggle, until Gen. Kmopatkin again changes his plan of campaign. The announcement that the 'tuaaians would not contes| the cross ing of the Yalu has proved, as we though!! to be misleading. Kuropatkin evidently means to make a determined resistance, but he either under-esti mated our strength or disposed his forces In the belief that we would not venture a frontal attack. "I take it from the dispatch received that we have now practically secured control of both banks of the Yalu. In ? consequence, our baso will probably bo moved to Antung." Brought in Smuggled Cigars. Tampa, Fla.. Special. ? United Statra District Attorney Jr "N. Stripling hns filed libels in tho Ifhlted States Court against ("apt. J. B. Allen, of the steam er Maseotl. and Capt. Turner, of the steamer Olivette, both Plying between Havana and Port Tampa, charging them with bringing from Cuba cigar ettes on which the duty was not paid. The captains were not charged with knowing that the cigarettes were being smuggled on their vessels, but )he district attorney holda that they are liable for the penalty. tfhUh la A fine equal to the valu? bT the goods, with the cuatomB dutlea added. . Antyahan Bombarded. Toklo, By Cable. ? Admiral Hoyaoya reports that Commander Nakagawa. the rbmmandei* or tire Japanrwr gnn* hoat flotilla, haa communicated to him aa followa: "The detachment sUrflejl at 9:30 on Sunday morning. It went up tho Yalu river aa far aa pfkctleoble. Tho gun boat Maya bombarded Antuaban. The gunboat Ujl bombarded V-la Dong Kau and Ylctnltf. The torpado boat ftottlla ;koeeed?d to Stodong Kau and bora barded that place-" * MISSOURI INQUIRY the Department Investigate* the Explosion DECISION tX JNfcRATES OFFICERS ? * The I'.xamlnatkut of WltneASca Tends to Pr oye f tiat the Ifxplosiou NVttti Purely- Accidental. Washington, Special. ?-That uu fur ther proceedings be taken la the recom mendation of tlu> court of inquiry ap pointed to investigate the explosion In the after turret of the Missouri on April 13. The court find# the eje ploHlon wan due to a "flare-back" caused by an Inexplicable combination yf oxygen with certain usually latent gases In smokeless powder. The offi cers and crew of the Missouri not only ar?i relieved from all responsibility for the. accident, but are warmly coin mrnded for the bravery they showed after Its oeeurrem-e in rescuing the vic tims. It was brought out i it the evidence submitted to the court that there w|js not an extraordinary amount of pow der in the handling room, nor were there more officers and men In t ho tur ret or bundling room thai! were neces snry for target practice. Among the witnesses who testified before the court were the two men who Jumped into the magazine room and closed the door af ter litem as soon as they saw the flame and one of flies urvivors in the hand ling room. The other survivor was unable to Jeave the hospital, so the court took Ills testimony at his bed side. Father (Heason, the clmylaln of the Missouri, jestlfied that lie had received from a dying seaman a statement that he saw Lieutenant Davidson, who was the officer In i^haige of the after turret crew, luak i;vto the Kun and then he saw (lames hurst forth and could not J remember nothing else. It is stated that there was absolutely nothing in the evidence to shQy that Lieutenant Davidson had failed In his duty In any respeei.. ? FtVE MILES IN AIRSHIP, Gr Orcth Tried to Make a Trip pf Fifty Miles but Failed, ? San Francisco, Special, ? Dr. (Jieth Monday tried to make a trip of fifty miles to San Jobg In his airship, but after tVavoling about fl^ie .miles noma slight disarrangement of the machinery was discovered and tlie aerial vojrageer landed safely. Dr. Greth was Accompa nied by Engineer Frederick Bell. Dr. Oreth was satisfied with the results <if his experimental flight. He ascended* at 8:10 a. m.. with the car attached to a rope to prevent damage to httflses. When the rope was cast off Dr. Oreth let, his machine rise still higher, and then made a circular figure about a quarter of a mile in circumference. It v.as evident to those below that he had the machine under control at that time, fo? he circled about, stopped the en gines and started them again, and then tlarted off lo'the south at a high spted. Everything went well until the air ship arrived off Blanken'a six-mile house, in the San Bruno toad. It was then going rapidly toward San Jonso, but a small valve gave way, causing the airship to stop. After the inventor r-nd the engineer had tried to repair the break the fans were started and the ship descended. The Crittenton Mission. Washington, Special. ? Tuesday 'a sessions of the National Florence Crit tonton Mission were devoted to listen ing to addrespes by well-known work ers lnterestc.l in it8 welfare, to prac tical demonstration of the work of the mission and to report* of dele gates. Mrs. Flora Oreeham, of New York city, read a paper entitled "Who i? Eligible to CTorence Crittenton Homosr' in whlfen she answered the question by saying the doom \o( the homes were open to any woman or girl in trouble." Mrs. Fred Dubois, Avife of the Senator from Idaho, was to have read a paper on ^Motherhood as a Means of Regeneration#* but she sent a letter regretting her inability to attend. nrai Two First^-f^ay Strike* Ordered. S * Chicago SpcclaL ? Two first of May strikes wore ordered Sunday, ono in volving less than 1,000 bakers, ar rayed chiefly against the nine largest bakeries in Chicago. The other strike wa" ordwad by the Picture Frame Worker#' Union, against the six prin cipal picture molding concerns In the scity. Not oTsr SOO workers araat fcctod by the latter atrlko. I Merting Of Creditors ' Cail led. Toronto Special. ? The wholesale to bacco and cigar Qrm of W. IJ. Held 4b Co. has called a meeting of- its cred itors. The liabilities are said to l?o considerably over $1,000, and the American Tobacco Company la HM to be the heaviest creditor, it let expect ed a compromise will be effected. CONGRESS ADJOURNS Minority Leader William* Offei lutions Commending the In Conduct of the Speaker. The closing Thursday of (he tension *?f tho House of the lighth Congress was rondo not :hc demonstration which was by a lt'hoiution offered by M llama, the minority leader, to the courtesy and fair am] In manner in which Speaker Cann presided over the House. The'i lion was not of tho peri'um toi but was expressive of -tho kind which men in th? House of ties entertained toward him. graceful speech the Speaker i His appreciation of the resolutl Many conference reports won ?to on bills which had been in , Between the two Houftcs, ii that on tho bill for the govern (ho canal zone. The only d< any importance was on the I vidiug for the restoration to tl Acadcmy of three cadets w been dismissed for hazing, th voting overwhelmingly again* When tho resolution for ment was presented, Mr. Will Mississippi, the minority Ion marked that "while the Democi ffonaiiy would feel very gi:i:l| back to their homes they won l| tor a long time the iu-actionj majority of the House that ???,. lous to leave the post of duty , i situation' bristling with |<?j , {hat ought to bo considered. " Mr. Payne said that lie tv>u 'that after seven years of rupted Republican rule ? l ? ? ? will say that every important', has been carefully guarded ( Republican party by the logisi , those seven years." ? t. The time was within five of the hour set for adjourmnc Mr. Williams, amid Impressive) was recognized to present a rrl ?xpre?sive of the appreciating House for tho fair and impart i) tier in which the Speaker had 1 over that body. The resolution !o the sturdy common sense ;v ial good humor which have li) played by t ) 1 e Speaker, and v.bf Ir.dueed lh?* Speaker,- and whf !. dticed the members of iii" li fielf in a degree almost uuprcc In Imitation of him. to disjii wnte sterling American i-hara in their deliberations antl mutu Ings. Mr. Williams said thri^ n great thing to be a Spcak<-f House of Commona^'of the \j republic, but. that It wax i ( thing "not to permit the fa. i\ motion to that place, one of i? exalted in the world, to tit:; bead In the slightest degree. < liect one from the course hith.cj sued of being a plain Amerba; with extraordinary coinnum hi n remarkable fund of that mo ?acterlstic of all America qi'} genial humor." Mr. Williams then convuli Homo by referring to a oon*. lie once had with the 8poafcet course of which ho aaid: "Mr. i I will jjlwayg think that you or. a* I beWava you will be." The he said, replied: "John, I bqi ho as fair an I can cojpiUteir the exigencies of American pol Mr. Williams declared th Speaker did himself injustice i put. that limitation upon hli ment, "but." Mr. Williams said, characteristic of the frankn? candor of the man to put'in t tation." The resolution was mously adopted on ? rising v Hie Speaker -was escorted to ; rum amid frantic applause, visibly affected when ha that1 . House 'for the resolution, sti touched him more than he ej press. He* said, among other ? "In the nature of things, r tests on the hustings and In th the Houbc are spirited and el would bo less than human r? say that while, for tho time', co-operate with the majority, the minority lias a function to almost equal in Importance function of the majority, anc' matter of gratification not on now. but as I recollect It at f of the various Cohgj-essea of have been^a membefr, that v heat of co'nteBt has died aw, ever remains respect upon each the other, for the efforts of in patriotic, brave men who r their constituents according t srecttve judgments." The Speaker at 2:10 o'clock cd the House, and was give tho greatest demonstrations ? ever witnessed in the House c Bentativoft. Aa, to a man the rose and sang "America." tl pants of the galleries Jo Speaker Cannon took a poaL?. the lobby door on the Republ. and the members filed past a him "good-bye," all the while "He's a Jolly good fellow." w fraln, "So say we all of us' 'to cf "America," closing with with you till -we meet a.Mln. Senate AOJournni m. "With a brief announceme sharp rap of hl? well-work' President Pro Tern Frye a-ljot 8enato {*ino die nt 2 p. m. 1 the hou^ fixod l>y the rewolutl two Houses of Congress. T1 rence was devohi of unusual 1 he greater part of the da vut*d to a political debate v. participate! in on the Repul>: by Messrs. Allison aud Aldric the .Democratic side by Me; J-'ian nnd Culborson. The and hla cabinet occupied tl^ dent's room during a part o | bate, and some of the Freak visors were among the roost 1 Ittiwenrxo the-crttlcrtm an of their chief. Mrs. Roose other member? of the P* family occupied" seats in th tew4rd -Iheu.clp80 of ihe they, fbQ, found ontorlalniuo proceedings. The onb' impo of legislation during the day presentation and aocepiano.? fcrrence reports on tbe Pana government and emergency, harbor hills. Neither repor dfbatr. ? 1 -After the adoption of a rot thahk* to Mr. FYye, tbe prl Heir, the Senate adjourned. j I IS OPEN i 0 . . <ase Exposition Now m Hie Public i OPEN SATURDAY and Largo Attend jt Pressed the Button at 12.15 O'clock. I ' $ V ^ i-ttrt. ? lleproHenting a ro than any similar pforo attempted on .?eator In Its ambitlou, ? scope than any pro b kind, (ho LouinianK iion was formally *>p fternoon. Tho innu i>uld hardly h?vo boeu ' They wove simple ^ through without de ktUOB, 'ftssed the Button. ^Special. ? President to the gold koy which jjectricul circuit and pontic power of tho lfi?o lCxpOHltlon at lit motion tho 40,000-, hlnery and tho fairy- - tho grounds, Tho ad Jn the Kast Room jibo, precisely at 1.14 f fix ntandtu'd time. Art. i-OKsed /th? koy the United t&ates artll 'outh. of tho White. -... salute of twenty-one itory messages thou hetweon th'o Presl-_ H. Ji'rauclH, proaldent ' Coiujtany. The ffiii? was WUnoKsed by ft jgo, including mem -tjn>d, 'jnaflmt (tftfrfre-.. and members of tho V Three toingraphio r-: the "Eaat Room and \ hullHIng of the Ex ,)vided\y tho Postal ny. yt supported tho tole f was located in tlie f/ it rested a small blue and gold plush, tch WM nfrm?.lied tile yhich tho PresidCTit \4t. Tho same data V have l>een Used on ccaslons. -peolal,? The Alliance United, of England, l tW United States feint for tit* appoint ~ ir tor tfto Haywood Milling Company, acres of rice in fttlJ* . ? y county. ItlsaUeg pany is indebted to any in the sum of der contract to build /"igate 1U la^d, ap 12,000 acres, while freit laUleged. It TI " work, agreed to bo n done accord in* , to ,.. cwn iui boon ask i,rocelver to operate Interest of the cred fthe company. The , t set for te^i F ^numerous Creditors mi pany .- in OiftUMrttt...... I HKjL; ,jw Up Railway. >le.~ The Daily Tele uident at Irkutak,. <dne*day's date, says e have blown up a Jlway at Khallr, but ; damage is inslgnl 5 ; B I medy Arrested. HV. Y., Sp^cmt ? John ? *cr arrest here on Knitted he is waited ? for the wrecking of And kitting of the en t ago. Kennedy had jnd sentenced to be n lltb. Two days /et for his execotioft Called Off. fcal.? The strike In \t the Southern Ex jy the telegraph op ts a e gente along the V>lk & Western Rail ago. when several ? s 6 Alee* were closed ?h people would not . n.t tacre&ca in conri * telegraphers on ex j called o# after con rT. W. Leary. vice >rai manager of tha y- Company4, *stda *e ordw of Railway