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Horse Sense.
A Maiden physician was roturnlni
home from visiting a patient late a
night in company with a clergyman
when his horse stopped short at om
I of the most dangerous grade crossing
within the city's limits. Seeing no gat<
I down, he mechanically touched tin
horse with the wrip, but the spiritec
animal for once would not respond
I and Instead of obeying stepped brisk
B ly aside and turned his head as far a
possible from the train which just tiiex
whizzed by at the rate of forty mile:
an hour.?Detroit Times-Tribune.
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cases of inflammatio
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jLydia E. Pinkham's
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i j pains throught the pelvic organs,
jpelled me to seek medical advice,
trouble and ulceration, and advise(
?this and decided to try Lydia E.
j I soon found that my judgment
things said about this medicine v
?ain and increased appetite. The
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<and vigorous and perfectly well.
; " My heartiest thanks are sent
Jdone me."? Sincerely your3, Misa
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are relieved or cured by Rlpana Tat
tiles. One will generally giro rolie
within twenty minutes. The five-cent paekatro ie enoug4
& foran ordinsrv o-?.->?tnn. *11 ilnvnHst* ??|) thnra.
School* in Porto Itico.
An official report says that at th
time of the American occupation ther
was not a schoolhouse in Porto Ricc
^ there are 50,000 children now in schoo
but there are 310.000 children unprc
: vided for.
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?'j MaKaachuHpttf* Native*.
Among the people of native stock i
Massachusetts there are each year 12
000 more deaths than births.
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i dizziness, insomni
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I
Nnrse Told to Spank Raby Hourly.
; "Spunk this baby once every hour
t until she <th?s." These unusual dii.
ructions wore given at the City Hos?
pital Sunday, with hopes of working
s a euro in the case of a baby sent tc
i the institution from a private hospital
? in Clark street. The baby was four
1 months old. and was deficient in lung
. development, owing to its disinelin
ation to cry. Whether or not there is
s any efficiency in the treatment could
l not be determined, for the baby died
s after beins in the hospital one day.Cincinnuti
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ion that thousands of
>n of the ovaries and
cured by the use of
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lual loss of strength and nerve force
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doctor said that I had ovarian
1 an operation. I strongly objected to
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was correct, and that all the good
rere true, and day by day I felt less
ulceration soon healed, and the other
ileven weeks I was once more strong
; to you for the great good you have
Margaret Mrrklby, 275 Third St,
om a Surgical Operation,
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the virtue the great medicine really
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I know that it savea my me auu i
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md spent hundreds of dollars on dooedicines
but this did not cure me
r, what doctors and medicines failed
ia E. Pink ham's "Vegetable Com.
Twenty bottles restored me to perand
I feel sure that had I known of its
e, and let the doctors alone, I would
spared all the pain and expense that
the women who are suffering, and
will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vesjeie
disappointed with the results.' ?
nn St., Kansas City, Mo.
ivrith produoe the original letters and lgnataraa of
irove their absolute genuineness.
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i Bourmr*Y LAND WARRANTS
3 iswed to so'di-ri of am* war. Write meat once.
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a Electric Lighting.
Tho use of electric li?htinz in New
York State alone has increased ovei
2000 per cent, in ten years, and th(
use of electriciiy for power has in
' creased in the decade almost 1200 pei
' cent.
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Lucas County. ) ''
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> senior partner of the tirm of F. J. Cheney 4
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo
County and State aforesaid, and that saic
'e firm will pay the stun of one hundred dol
labs for ea?h and every ease of catabri
that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney.
8 Sworn to before me an>i subscribed in mj
< presence, this 6th day of Decern
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>? ' Notary Public.
n Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, anc
. acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
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Take Hall's Family P:lls for constipation
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Ilan Spent Lifetime in Ministry.
,e Reverend Dr. Edwin Robie has beer
s' pastor of the Greenland, N. H., Congre
gational Church for fifty-two years
s' and is still healthy and active in th<
u work of the ministry. He is now sev
enty-three years old.
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ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Greal
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I When actors ride it's a sign the ghos
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ht Piso'sCure for Consumption is an infallibli
re medicine for coughs and colds.?N. \V
ry Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900
re A bride with a sour disposition is apt t<
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.'ME m OB Mil
\ : R'vssian Arnr^ Driven Back After a
[ I Fierce Battle. ^
: 1 THE FIRST GREAT LAND FIGHT
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L ; Mikado'# Army Across the Yalu Drives
* j the Czar's Troops Back in Manchuria?
Turned Enemy's Flank?Japanese Loss
Probably G50 and the Russian 800?
Russians Admit Defeat.
Tokio, Japan.?The first general engagement
between the Japanese aud
Russian armies began at dawn Sunday
morning on the Manchurian side of the
Yalu River, and resulted in a Japaucse
victory.
A dispatch dated "From the seat of
J war, 3 p. m.,"' says:
"The Japanese captured Kiullencheng,
which is regarded as the key
of the Ilussian position on the right
j bank of the Yalu. It is expected that
| the Russians will retreat on Fengj
wangcheng."
xue oame was prect;ueu uy a ?ti-n
of skirmishing, in which the Japanese
were successful. They drove the Russians
from the islands in the Yalu.
silenced the artillery ou the opposite
bank and built pontoon bridges on
which the army crossed.
General Kuroki, commanding the
First Army Corps, reports that at
dawn on Saturday morning he attacked
the Russians near Kiulieucheug, a detached
torpedo boat squadron at the
nAiuth of the Yalu supporting him.
After a hot fight, including a long
range duel with heavy guns which
lasted several hours, he silenced the
Russian artillery. Then the Twelfth
Division crossed the river on a pontoon
bridge near Wiju and occupied the
Hushan District The troops then
marched in the direction of Kiuliencheng.
The Japanese loss was small, while
that of the Russians was apparently
heavy.
Meanwhile, a second pontoon bridge
| was being thrown across the river
! above Wiiu. It was completed by 8
I o'clock p. m., and the Guards and the
Second Division crossed during the
i night. They succeeded in turning the
jfleft flank of the Russians.
At daybreak next morning the gcn;
eral attack began. All the Japanese
batteries on the south bank of the river
and a flotilla of gunboats, in command
of Admiral Hosoya, co-operated. The
Japanese had secured the advantage
of position.
Tokio.?Later reports of Sunday's
victory in Manchuria say that the Japanese
loss was over loO killed and
500 wounded. The Russian loss is
stated at 800 killed and wounded.
The Japanese captured tv.-euty-eight
quick-firing guns, eight machine guns,
much ammunition and many prisoners.
The battle was fought along a fourmile
fr^pnt, with about 30.000 men engaged
on each side. It was opened at
daybreak by the artillery fire, to which
the Russians responded. The Japanese
had 142 guns in action, and gradually
the Russian fire slackened.
. Then, shortly after 7 o'clock. General
Kuroki ordered the Twelfth Division
to storm the hills around Kiuliencheng.
The troops advanced steadily under a
severe fire from the Russian rapid-fire
guns.
They had to cross one small river,
going into the water waist-high. When
they got into position for the charge
they swept up the hills with irresistible
force and the Russiaus retreated.
Czar Admits Disastrous Defeat.
St. Petersburg. May 1.?The General
Staff account of the operations on the
Yalu River is as follows:
At 4 o'clock a. in. Japanese field batteries
and 4.7 guns opened a terrific fire
| on our position at Turenchen and on
our troops posted near Potientinsky.
The overwhelming superiority of the
Japanese in artillery and the heavy
losses their fire inflicted on our troops
occupying these positions made it clear
j to General Sassulitch that it was imI
possible to hold Turenchen. ConseI
quently the troops were ordered to re*
j tire from Turenchen, while still lioldj
ing the Potietinsky road.
When General Sassulitch dispatched
. j his telegram the Russian troops were
retiring in good order from Turencheu
, and Schadhedzy to their second posii
tion, and the battle was continuing at
Potientinsky and Tchin-gu.
KILLS FOUR AND HIMSELF.
Indian Territory Man Wipes Out Near!
ly All of His Father-in-Law's Family.
Dallas. Texas.?At Valllant, Indian
Territory, John Walliugburg killed
William Sheffield, his wife and two
daughters, shooting them to death with
a rifle.
Two sons of Sheffield, one sixteen
and the other seven years old, escaped
! and aroused the other white settlers,
j and pursuit was made of Walliugburg,
i who had fled toward the timbered botj
toms of Red River. The dead body
of Wallingburg was found next morn
j ing ux me iiiuian xerruory 011 tue
. north bank of the Red River. An
empty vial was found that had contained
poison,V which is tHken as evi1
dence that Wallingburg, knowing that
he was pursued by a uiob of lynchers,
' committed suicide when he found that
| the waters of the Red River were too
high for him to cross.
Socialists Celebrate in Europe.
1 May Day celebrations in Europe
- were marked by gatherings and par>
ades of Socialists.
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World's Fair Visitors Hurt.
The hurricane roof of the ferry
steamer Alonzo C. Church collapsed
while the steamer was crowded with
sightseers viewing tlie United States
' gunboat Nashville, at anchor at St.
Louis, Mo. About twenty people were
1 injured a number of them seriously.
Panama Caual Sanitation.
I The sanitary experts of the Panama
9 ; Canal Commission have a big job be|
fore them, but they expect to have the
1 isthmus habitable in a year.
* Personal Mention.
The Khedive of Egypt, it is reported,
will visit the United States for the St.
3 Louis Exposition.
^Xorodoml., who was crowned King
e of Cambodia in ISO'),-is dead. He is
2 succeeded by Lobbarach.
Lord Braye, who is now paying a
. visit to Canada, is one of the thirty or
forty Roman Catholic peers df Great
Britain.
Dr. Frank I. Shaw, a young dentist,
of Seattle, has been offered the ap?
pointment or dentist to King Charles
I of Roumania.
WORLD'S. FAIR OPENING
Presidont Roosevelt Starts the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition.
President Francis Welcome# to St. Louli
Exhibitor* and Visitors From All
Nations to the Great West.
St. Louis, Mo.?Amid the booming of
cannon, the crash of brass bauds and !
the cheers of more than 100.000 people, :
the great St. Louis Fair that has cost j
this city millions to prepare, opened its
doors to the public.
The cascades, as if by the touch of a
magic hand, sent forth their glittering j
streams of crystal. Flags were un-1
furled and the great Louisiana Pur- i
chase Exposition sprung into being.
In the White House at Washington
President Roosevelt, who awaited the '
signal, touched at the proper moment
an electric button connected with the
Exposition grounds, and at that touch
the machinery of the most colossal exhibit
ever attempted"on this side of the
water began to move.
Simultaneously salutes were fired
from the two naval vessels in the river,
and thousands of steam whistles took
up the work of celebrating the opening
of the fair. The streets were crowded. !
Banners all over the grounds' were i
unfurled at the moment when the Exposition
became a thing accomplished.
Representatives of every government
and people on earth, attired in glittering
uniforms of exalted rank, stood un.
covered on the great platform, a glorious
sun shining down, while a vast
throng in holiday attire cheered for
five minutes and swung hats, handkerchiefs
and flags in the euthusiasm of
the occasion.
There was no hitch anywhere. At
night the grounds of the Exposition
were a fairyland of light and color.
The boulevards and piazzas were almost
impassable. Crowds were
jammed in every building. St. Louis !
had given herself up to the occasion, l
and it was practically a silent, empty j
city that waited for the Exposition I
grounds to relinquish the sightseers and j
celebrants.
The day broke fair and comparative- j
Iy cool, and presented a surprising I
scene on the fair grounds. Absolute J
transformation had been brought about. I
A week ago the unknowing visitor ;
would have viewed the seeming chaos
with dubious thoughts as to the ability
of the Exposition management to finish
the physical part of the Exposition on
time.
Even the night before- the outlook
was doubtful for a presentable field for
the overshadowing occasion. Day
brought a marvellous transformation.
Tons of debris, scores of unsightly
shacks, temporary bridges and murky
pools that had disfigured the beautiful
main picture had disappeared over
night, and in their place appeared
greensward, flowering beds, bright colored
booths and spotless white palaces.
This had been wrought by an army of
30.000 workers.
By 9 o'clock a. m. not a workman was
visible. The work had been done. The
completed picture was on exhibition
for the admiring gaze of the world's
visitors, who beheld walks clean and
flowers blooming, the green of the
lawns in perfect harmony with the
ivory of the palaces, without ever
knowing what remained to be done but
a day before it was accomplished.
St. Louis itself was in holiday attire
in honor of the event. Business houses
and private residences throughout the
city were decorated, and every department
of public life was engaged in the
celebration.
The special World's Fair police force
of three captains^ eighteen sergeants
and 275 meu, were drilled and organized
for duty, and the Jefferson Guards
nau aireau.v uecoiue uiiures uuuui iue
Exposition grounds.
The streets are crowded and every
hotel and boarding house jam full.
Distinguished visitors were to be met
everywhere.
Quite unexpectedly the Nashville and
the Lawrence, of the United States
Navy, arrived in the harbor a day
ahead of time, and all day they were
visited by hundreds of people to whom
the presence of a warship in the harbor
is an event as unusual, almost as
the holding of a world's fair.
The program of the openiug ceremonies
was as follows:
Prayer by Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus, |
concluding with Lord's Prayer repeat- |
ed by the audience.
Address by President Francis.
Presentation of keys of the Expos!- 1
tion by Director of Works to the Presi- \
dent.
Transfer of the Exhibit Palaces by ;
the President to the Director of Ex
hiblts.
Address by F. J. V. Skiff, Director of i
Exhibits.
Chorus, "Hymn of the West."
Address by .Mayor Rolla Wells, of St,
Louis.
Address by Thomas FT. Carter, Prest- |
dent of the National Commission.
Addresses by Senator H. E. Burnham I
and Representative J. A. Tawney ou j
behalf of Congress.
Address by Edward FT. Harriman, !
President of the New York State Com- j
mission.
Address by William FT. Taft. Secretary
of War, on behalf of the President
of the United States.
Starting of machinery by President !
Roosevelt.iin the White House, Wash.- I
inston, touching a telegraph key.
Parade of concessionaires.
Suicide Robbed Her Father.
A handsome woman who committed ;
suicide in Baltimore hag been identified
as Clara L. Charters, who robbed :
her father and who was an accomplice I
of "Dr," Charles Woodward in forger- j
ies.
Boston Faced Broad Famine.
A strike of more than 1400 bakers in ,
Boston, Mass., Cambridge and Chelsea i
went into effect, and every bakery in j
the three cities was affected, with the i
exception of the Hebrew establish- i
incuts.
Cotton Planting Closing.
""Cotton planting is general over the
northern portion of the belt, and is j
nearly finished in theeentraiand south- j
ern portions, where chopping is in
general progress.
Sporting Brevities.
to yachts belonging to clubs enrolled in
the Yacht Racing Association of Long
Island Sound.
Chainoion James J. Jeffries will |
probably retire from tlie prize ring
inside of a year.
,T. 0'3rien, tiie American jockey,
will shortly return to this country
and will ride in jumping races this
summer.
S. F. Edge, the famous British automobilist,
says he will enter for the
Vanderbilt Cup race if it be opened
to the world.
IINOR EyENTSOF THE WEEK i
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
United States Attorney Grigsby, ol 1
Nome district. Alaska, has resigned j
under charges.
Investigation of the Post Office Dp- i
partment will be continued during tb? j
summer.
A $5000 silver service given by tl)e
State for the battleship South Dakota
has been received at the Bureau C'f
Equipment of the Navy Department.
Postmaster-General Payne has returned
from his sea voyage, improved
in health.
Wendell Phillips Stafford, of Vermont.
has been appointed a Justice of
the Supreme Court of the District of I
Columbia.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt were
entertained at dinner by Secretary and ;
Mrs. Cortelyou.
The Senate in executive session confirmed
the nomination of Jeter C. |
Pritchard. of North Carolina, to be j
United States Judge for the Fourth j
Judicial District.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
J. G. Brioso, member of the Executive
Council, and Robert Todd, Mayor I
of San Juan, have been elected delegates
at the Republican convention to
represent the island at the Republican
National convention. Party dissensions
were bitter and caused disturbances
during the session. Santiago Viva and
T. J. Besosa will go as substitutes.
DOMESTIC.
Shortly after taking office Police
Commissioner Woodville, at New Orleans,
La., furnished the police with a
complete list of the gambling houses in
the city and ordered them to arrest the
proprietors.
Harris E. Dexter, fourteen years old,
of Randolph, Mass., who confessed to
killing his ten-year-old brother, was |
found not guilty of causing the death, j
iToprietors or snows aiong tne riue [
In the St. Louis Fair hope to obtain j
permission to open their places-on Sun- i
iay.
May day strikes and lockouts involv- ,
Ing thousands of workmen were re- j
ported throughout the country.
Henry Bilz, of Lake View, N. J.,
went down a ninety-foot rope into the j
Passaic Falls chasm to rescue a small |
fox terrier that some heartless person \
bad thrown over the rocks.
Dr. August Greth of San Francisco, j
took an eight-mile trip across country ;
toward San Jose in his new airship, j
A broken valve in the motor brought ;
the voyage to an end.
While Mrs. Fleming Frobman was
putting her baby to bed at Huntsville,
Ala., her husband killed her and then
inflicted fatal wouuds upon himself.
Judge Gaynor discharged the ball
players who were arrested in Brooklyn
to test the Sunday law and going outside
of his decision scored the police
ind described Sunday ball playing and
golf as innocent and healthful amuse- j
inents.
District Attorney Jerome declared |
that the Western Union directors were
morally responsible for the continuance
of poolselling, so long as the telegraph
company continued to sell the
racing news to pooirooms.
Arrangements were completed for
the payment of the $10,000,000 due to
the Republic of Panama for the canal i
concession.
It was announced at Ithaca that |
charges against Supreme Court Justice i
Warren B. Hooker would be heard ou :
May 24. I
It was reported in Salt Lake City j
chat the Executive Board of tho United
Mine Workers, at a ui2etiug in Indianapolis,
had decided to call off the coal
strike in the Western fields.
Whitelaw Reid was elected Chancellor
and St. Clair McKelway ViceShancellor
by the Regents of the Unieersity
of the State of New York.
Rhode Island Republicans in State
convention elected National delegates,
and strongly indorsed President Rooserelt,
pledging him support.
A jury in Rock Rapids, Iowa, found j
Charles Rocker guilty of the murder :
Df August Schroeder, at Doou, Iowa,
Tune 30, 1901, and fixed the penalty at
ieath.
"Bob" Taylor, a criminal with police
records in Indiana, Colorado and California,
killed two men and wounded
Sheriff Denholm before allowing himself
to be taken prisoner, at Tacoma,
Wash.
Four lives were lost in the buruing
)f the Bryan House, a three-story brick
structure, in Lansing, Mich. The dead
are: Jerome C. Stiles, Grand Rapids; :
Panortm Rmmnnn niifi i
JULII1 llUIKUiU, LUUJOVua
James Ray, Lansing.
Mrs. Edith J. Hollis, indicted for the j
murder of her husband, Delaware T.
Hollis. of Camden, Del., November 11,
was acquitted, the jury rendering a
verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity."
FOREIGN.
The American schooner Irene, which
cleared from Key West three months
ago for Nicaragua, has been captured j
by the Cuban revenue cutter Atrana |
while tishiug for sponges close to the
north coast of Pinar del Rio.
Reinforcements of 1300 men will be
sent from Berlin to German Southwest
Africa, with two batteries of held
guns. Military authorities think that
the suppression of the rebellion may
require a year.
Berlin was surprised by the appearance
of the Kaiser on horseback in
Unter den Linden, his first visit to the
capital since his return from the Mediterranean.
Tests of four Russian submarine
boats at Port Arthur were reported
successful.
Recent surveys in East Africa are
reported to show that an important
strip of territory belongs to the Congo
Free State instead of Great Britain.
Two hundred Japanese troops, who
refused to surrender after the capture
of the transport Ivenshiu by the Vladivostok
squadron near Wonsaii, were
sunk with the vessel.
The German Emperor at Karlsruhe I
hinted at the possibility of German inti?rventioa.
in the Far East.
Russia may protest against the permission
giv-iu by France to Great Britain
to use Egyptian funds.
The Russian Govt runient has decided
to lay another line of rails ou the
Trans-Siberian Road.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
landed at Kingstown, Ireland, and
went to the Punchestown races; the i
King expressed his pleasure with the
good outlook for the country.
A British force bombarded the town
of lllig, on the Somaliland coast,
Africa, and captured its Sultan.
An attempt has been made to assassinate
the District Governor of Echmfedziu,
Russia. He was struck by
two bullets. One of them penetrated
his chest. The motive of the_ attempt
was political.
SLAY BROTHER AND SISTER
John Van Gorder and Anna Farnam
Murderod at Almond, N. Y.
An Old Iron Safe Pried Open and Rilled,
and Beda, Hureaus and Trunks
Ransacked For Money.
Angelica. N. Y.?John Van Gorder, a
i'armer, fifty-two years old, and his
half-sister, Miss Anna Farnam, fortytwo
years of age, were murdered at
their home, five miles northeast of
here, in the town of West Almond, and
the hojise was ransacked for booty.
xiic-jf were siuuueu iu aeaiu, ana 11 is
believed that the crime was committed
by Italians employed on the construction
woi'k of the Pittsburg, Shawmut
and Northern Railroad.
Charles A. Rice, a neighbor, was the
first to discover the crime. He went to
the Van Gorder farmhouse the morning
after the murder to borrow a grain
drill and found the front door partly
open and the bodies of Van Gorder and
his sister lying on the kitchen door.
There were ten or twelve knife wounds
about the head and chest of each body
and several stabs made with a three
cornered tile. The heads of both victims
were battered with a heavy monkey
wrench. The wrench was found
in the room and the file in the front
yard. The Coroner's autopsy showed
that the body of Miss Farnam had
been brutally treated.
Mr. Van Gorder was a well-known
farmer and nurseryman. His half-sister
had lived with him for many years
as his housekeeper. He was a brother
of former State Senator Greenleaf Van
Gorder, of Buffalo.
At Camp Burk, two miles from the
scene of the murder, about 200 Italians
are employed in construction work,
and for many weeks they have made
a practice of buying cider, butter, eggs
and apples of the farmers in that
neighborhood. At about dark two Italians
were seen by James Coker on
their way toward the Van Gorder
bouse, where the workmen often went
to purchase supplies.
Van Gorder occupied a large white
house located on the summit of a hill,
and the nearest neighbor lives abouc a
quarter of a mile away. So far as is
known neither of the victims bad an
enemy in the world. Mr. Van Gorder
was not a strong man physically, but
Miss Farnam was a woman of unusual
strength. The room in which the
double murder was committed showed
signs of a fearful struggle. The l;od.v
of Miss Farnam had been^ drags;ed
acToss rne room into a cioset tnat adjoined
the kitchen. There were many
clots of blood on the floor. The body
of Mr. Van Gorder lay in another corner
of the room. His broken pipe
lay on the floor, and the rocking chair
in which he was evidently sitting was
badly broken.
An old-fashioned iron safe which
stood in the kitchen was pried open
and rifled, and every bureau drawer,
trunk and gripsack in the house was
ripped open and the contents scattered
over the floors. The beds were turned
upside down in search of booty, and
there were marks of bloody hands on
the sheets and pillows. The murderers
did not get much money, for Mr. Van
Gorder did not make a practice of
keeping money in his house.
Sam Parks is Dead.
Sara Parks, who as walking delegate
of the old Housesmiths and Bridgemen's
Union, of New York City,- held
,up employers and sold out fellow workmen,
died iu Sing Sing Prison. When
Pafiis went to Sing Sing his condition
soon became so serious as a result of
consumption that he was taken to the
hospital, where he remained until his
death. Parks, who was thirty-eight
years old, came to this country from
Ireland when he was a boy of fourteen.
He was sent to prison after conviction
*f extortion in the case of a strike iu
Vnnr Vni.l- rst-r.
Transfer of Canal Property.
The President was officially informed
by tbe Isthmian- Canal Commission
that the transfer of property on the
Isthmus from the canal company to
the United States had taken place. Simultaneousiy
Attorney-General Knox
informed the President in writing of
the completed arrangements for paying
to the New Panama Canal Company,
of France, the $40,000,000 agreed
upon as the purchase price of the company's
rights aud property.
New-Chwang Taken.
New-Chwang was captured by Ihe
Japauese, who landed, attacked the
town and forced the Russians to fall
back to defend the railway. In the pursuit
of Russians toward Feng-WaiigCheng
the Japanese met stubborn resistance
and lost 300 men. Two Russian
batteries, twelve guns, were captured.
General Kasbtalinsky was reported
killed. Many Russians entered
the Japanese lines and surrendered.
Missouri's Officers Not Blamed.
Captain William S. Cowles and ihe
other officers of the battleship Missouri
have been exonerated by the court of
inquiry from all blame and responsibility
for the explosion in the Missouri's
after turret and handling voorn,
which ivsulted in the death of live
officers and twenty-seven enlisted men.
The court recommends that no further
oroceedincs be taken.
Con., oser Dvorak Dies iu Prague
At Prague. Bohemia. Dr. Antonin
Dvorak, the noted composer, director
of the Conservatory of Music at Praguff
and formerly director of the New York
Conservatory of Music, died of apoplexy.
He was sixty-two years old.
Brooklyn to Have Sunday Ball.
Police Commissioner McAdoo. of
New York City, announced that there
would be no further police interference
with Sunday baseball, save on complaint
of citizens, and Charlps II. Ebbets,
President of the Brooklyn Club,
will continue Sunday games at Washington
Park.
Hurricane in Cochin-China.
A hundred natives were killed by a
hurricane in Cochin-Cliina. and much
damage was caused at Saigon.
Woodend Surrenders to Police.
Dr. William Edwin Woodend. of New
York City, owner of the collapsed brokerage
concern of W. E. Woodend
Co.. surrendered to the police. Dr.
Woodciid declared that he was penniless.
denied that he "bucketed" stock
orders and ascribed his failure to hi*
unfortunate venture in backing l'atti's
tuur.
Troops Mobilizing in Brazil.
It was rumored in Rio Janeiro that
Brazil had ordered the mobilization of
troops to enforce claims to the territory
disputed by Peru.
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THOIfflS DM 01MO'
Russian General Admits Heavy Losses
in Battle With Japanese,
THE BODIES LAY IN .HI
Between 3000 anil 4000 of hie Mlkv
Troops Fell In the Fight ? Superior
Xumbers Forced -the Russians to Retir*
?Japanese Male Continual "Bayonet
Attacks Under Calling Fire.
St. Petersburg, Russia.?In a report
received by the Emperor from General
Kuropatkin it is stated that at least
from 3000 to 4000 men were killed in
the Yalu River battle.
General Huropatkin's report of Sunday's
battle at the Yalu is, in part, as
follows:
General Sassolileh's report on the
fight with the Japanese on the Yalu
River says that the battle was fought
under the following cfVcumstances:
The Twelfth and Twenty-second regiments
and the Second and Third Batteries
of the Sixth Brigade of Artillery
were engaged in the battle, which began
with heavy cannonading of our
right flank by sie?? guns at Wiju and
field, batteries in the distance.
After a lull the fighting was "resumed
with extraordinary v.olence against the
left flank of our main position at Turenchen
and our position at Potientinsky.
A fusillade was also begun by
small parties of Japanese across the
Ai River.
The situation of the defenders' posi- * '<
tion became difficult, especially at Potietinsky,
which was bombarded on the
front and on both flanks.
Thirty Japanese guns were pitted ..
against our battery at Totietinsky,
which after having silenced the ene
rays mountain nattery directed its lire
on the Japanese infantry and sustained
few losses co Ions as it was not obliged <.
to take up another position owing to
the withdrawal of our infantry from *
the bank.
The Japanese under our fire made
continual bayonet attacks on our
troops. Japauesa bodies lay in heaps
at the tfiver fords.
Simultaneously . with the attack at
Potletinsky an attack was being made
on our left, flank at Turenchen. and the
Russian trenches had to be abandoned
under the Japanese enfilading fire. Our
reserves several times mingled with
the first line, thus enabling it for a
long time to maintain its position, K
Finally all of the supports were
brought up into the tiring line, but owing
to the great distance from our
main reserves it was impossible for
them to reach the advanced force in
time, and our men retired from the
principal position to another position
in the rear of Turenchen, followed by
the concentrated fire of the Japanese,
who could not make up their minds to
descend from the crest they occupied
and face the fire of our batteries at
I Poulemetts.
They dug fresh trenches and opened
a heavy artillery fire on our new position
and began to.turn our left flank toward
Chingow.
Two battalions of the Eleventh Regiment
and the Third Battery of the
Third Brigade of Artillery, belonging
to the main reserve, were ordered to
Laofunhou.
They occupied a position with a double
firing line, thus permitting our- advanced
line, which had suffered heavily,
and our wounded to retire. A battalion
of the Eleventh Regiment, both
flauks of which were repeatedly turned
by the enemy, advanced with fixed \
bayonets, preceded oy buglers, to clear
a passage.- The Japanese, however,
declined a hand to hand conflict.
In the Eleventh Regiment the killed
included Colonel Laming and Lieuten-ant-Colonels
Domctti and Raievsky.
The Twelfth Regiment lost nine com-'
pany commanders killed or wounded.
The Second and Third batteries of the
Sixth Brigade, having lost the greater
number of their men and horses, were
compelled to abaudon their sixteen
guns after rendering them useless. '
The Japanese losses were very heavy
at the passage of the Ai Piver, at their
position at Turenchen and ca the hill
occupied by the two battalions of the
Eleventh Regin*nt. According to the
statements of participants in the battle
at least 3000 to 4000 Japanese were
killed.
It is now admitted here that both
Generals Jjassolitch and Kashtalinsky
were wounded and that twenty-seven
guns were captured by the Japanese.
As is well understood here. General
Kuropatkiu's program did not contemplate
such resistance to the Japanese
advance.
NUN FOUNDS INDIAN SCHOOL.
Mother Katherine Drexel Gives $500,000
For One For Winnebagoes.
Sioux City. iow.i.?Mother Katlierine
Drexel. of Pinladelpb.a, founder and
head of the Order of the Blessed Sacrament.
nuns who devote their lives to
the uplifting of the Indiau and negro,
has offered $300,(XX) of her own private
n'ifli -vliinh tA hllilH O /*1l11IV?h
and school for the Indians of the Winnebago
(Neb.) reservation.
Mother Drexel, who gave up a life of
ease for her charily, was moved to.
make the offer, she says >. a letter to a
friend, because her forefathers had interests
in Xejraska. (
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Batted Baseball Kills a Man.
Frank J. Duccau, twenty years old,
was hit by a batted ball in an amateur
baseball game it Baltimore, Md? and
died iu a hospital in a few hours.
Magistrate Kills Lawyer.
At Manning, S. C., under the Court
House portico, ami while court was in
session. Magistrate S. M. Youmans shot
and instantly killed John It. Keel, a
lawyer. Youmans tired tive shots, all
taking effect, and immediately gave
himself up to the Sheriff. The quarrel
was over a business transaction.
New Bishop Consecrated.
The Rev. William Stang was consecrated
Bishop of Fall River at Providence.
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Minor Mention.
Mexican bcaltli officers refused to
recognize Texas quarantiue regulations.
A long drought in western Nebraska
and eastern Colorado was finally
broken.
Ilobbers got $1200 and overlooked
$901) more when tliey looted the bank
at Iola, Wis.
In the German Reichstag was discussed
a bill, the purpose of which ia
to promote the cottou grow lug industry
iu Germau East Africa.
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