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* ? ?; . *.? -i ? ? ? ' X VOL. I. NO. 15. FOUR THOUSAND SLAIN IN BATTLE OF YALU. Frightful Scene of Carnage Pictured in Latest Official Re ports ? Precipitate Flight of Czar's Troops Before Their Victorious Enemy. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). ? The horror of the Yalu reverse is dawning on Russia as details of the fierce bat tle are received. It is certain that the defeat wan a much more serious affair than has been represented. The Russian offi cials now admit heavy losses. General Kuropatkin reports that the death list may reach four thousand. Fight hundred wounded were taken from the fit-Id by the Russians in their flight. KEPOirr OF Hi BATTLE. Peferitn Were BaakarM Fna the Frsat WMIe B?tk Flasks Were Attacked. St. PetJrsburg, (By Cable). ? The Emperor has received the following telegram from General Kuropatkin: ''General Zassalitch's report, on the fight of May I, says that the battle was fought under the following cir cumstances: "'The Twelfth an I Twenty-Second regiments and the Second and Third batteries of the Sixth brigade of Ar tillery were engaged in the battle, which began with heavy cannonading of our right flank by siege guns at Wiju and field batteries in the distance. "'After a lull the fighting was re sumed with extraordinary violence against the left flauk of our main position at Turcnchen and our posi- j tion at Potietinsky. A fusillade was also begun by small parties of Jap aneses across the Ai river. Bombarded On Both Flanks. "'The situation of the Jefendcrs' position became increasingly difficult, especially at Potietinsky, which was bombarded on the front and on both flanks. " 'Thirty Japanese guns were pitted against our battery at Potietinsky, which, after having sjlenced the enemy's mountain battery, directed its fire on the Japanese infantry and sus tained few losses so long as it was not obliged to take up another posi tion owing to the withdrawal of our infantry from the bank. " 'The - Japanese -under fire made continual, bayonet attacks on our troops. "TJapanesc bodies lay in licapes at the river fords. " 'Simultaneously with the attack at Potietinsky, an attack was being made on our left flank at Turcnchen, and the Russian trenches had to be abandoned under the Japanese enfilad ing fire. Our reserves several times mingled with the first line, thus en abling it for a long time to maintain its position. "'Finally all of the supports were brought up into the firing line, but owing to the great distance from our main reserves it was impossible for them to reach the advance force in time, and our men retired from the principal position to another position in the rear of Turcnchen, followed by the concentrated fire of the Japanese, who could not make up their minds to descend from the crest they oc cupied and face the fire of our bat teries at Poulcmetts. They dug fresh trenches and opened a heavy artillery fire on our new position and began to turn our left flank toward Chin Gow. "'Two battalions of the Eleventh Regiment and third battery of the Third Brigade of Artillery, belonging to the main reserve, were ordered to Lao-Fun- 11 on. They occupied a posi tion with a double firing line, thus Rermitting our advanced line, which ad suffeder heavily, asid ??nr wounded to retire. " 'A battalion of the Eleventh Regi ment, both flanks of which were re peatedly turned by the enemy, ad vanced with fixed bayonets, preceded DEATH BENEATH AUTOMOBILE. Chicago Mas Drowned li Ditch While Hit Fiancee WltacMed Tragedy. Chicago. III. (Special). ? While his financco and another young woman vainly tried to lift the heavy vehicle, H. S. Ringi. of Chicago Heights, was crushed to death in the ?nirc of a ditch beneath his overturned automo bile. The accident occurred in the No-'h Chicago road, nearly a mile from lit village of Chicago Heights. The <?c,j rupants o?f the automobile besides Mr. Ringi were Miss Florence Horn | holdt, his fianecc, and Miss Kli/abctli Canedy. On approaching the village Mr. Ringi attempted to turn out to pass 9 farmer's wagon. The heavy ma chine swerved into a ditch at the road side. and the occupants were thrown from their scats. Miss Bornholdt was severely in jured by striking the further bank of the ditch, and was made unconscious. Mis* Canedy was thrown into the water and escaped uninjured. When Miss Bornluddt regained con sciousness the young women began a search for their companion, and saw him struggling in the water and move beneath the overturned machine. The Lake Satoarlae. Bridgeport, Conn., (Special).? Capt. Simon Lake, who has arrived here from Newport on the submarine tor pedo boat Protector, was asked about the reported sale of the boat to the Japanese government. He replied: 'You can say for me that I have re ceived no offers from nnv foreign government." He added that it was true that the boat had been examined within ? few days by Japanese ofli cor?, but that naval attaches of other governments have also looked it over. by buglers to dear a passage. The Japanese, however, declined a hand to-hand conflict and recoiled. "'In front of the regiment a chap lain bearing a cross was struck by two bullets. " 'It was only by advancing on the Japanese with the bayonets that the Seventh regiment was able to retire. " 'On the arrival of the battalion or the Tenth regiment all the troops were able to beat a retreat. " 'The losses of the Eleventh and Twelfth regiments were very great, but they are not yet exactly kuown.' " " 'In the Eleventh the killed in clude Colonel Laming and Lieutenant Colonel* Dometti and Raievsky. The Twelfth lost nine company com manders 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 abandon their guns after rendering them use less. For the same reason six guns of the Third Battery (of the Third Brigade of artillery) and eight voulc metts, which could not be brought away were also disabled. The mount ainous nature of the country made it impossible to save the guns by means of drag ropes. " 'JJp to the present 800 wounded, including 14 officers, have been ' brought to the hosfpital at Fenge | Wang-Cheng. Their eventual trans portation elsewhere is fully assured. "'Japanese cavalry appeared to the southeast of Feng- Wang-Cheng, but seeing two companies with two guns opposed to it, it did not venture to approach. " 'The transportation of the wound ed by hired Chinese bearers to Feng Wang-Cheng was very diflicul. Two wheeled carts and horses lent by the cavalry were also utilized for this purpose. _ Most of the wounded, how ever, arrived on foot, assiste.1 by their comrades, and reached Feng-Wang Ch^ng within twenty-four hours. " 'Lieutenant General Zassalitch de clares that the troops retained their morale, notwithstanding the heavy losses, and are ready for fresh en gagements. " 'The Japanese losses were very heavy at the passage of the Ai river, at their position at Turen-Chen and on the hill occupied by the two bat talions of the Eleventh regiment. " 'According to the statements of participants in the battle, at l?ast 3,000 to 4.000 were killed.'*" ? According to information just ob tained from the general staff, Zas salion's entire force at the Yalu con sisted of fifteen rifle battalions, of 800 men each, and five batteries, or forty guns. One regiment of three battalions and two batteries stationed at Antung did not participate in Sunday's fight and retreated without loss. The heights of Kiu-I.ien-Clieng and llusati were hel?| by four regiments and four batteries, about 10,000 men and 32 guns, against 80,000 Japanese and 160 guns, in addition to sixteen 12-pound er siege guns landed from the gun boats. These guns are considered by the Russians to have been responsible for General Zassilitch's defeat, as the Russia 1 guns were of a light pattern, with sonic mountain pieces. The general staff asserts tint Gen eral Zassalitch had no reserves nearer t'han 1* eng-VV ang-Chang. Reserves, it is added, were unnecessary, as Gen eral Zassalitch's mission was only t > observe and harass, but not to impede, the Japanese. It is admitted by the general staff that the Japanese flanking move af fected the whole of the twelve bat talions and three batteries at Kiu Lien-Chcng and Litzavena, which ac counts for the desperate character of the fighting. The Twtlfth and Twen ty-second regiments suffered the most. A greater number of officers were killed or wounded and tlie gunners of the captured pieces were either killed. wounded or made prisoners. One battery had every man killer! Batteries of Russian horse artillery have jjO men in war times, hor?e mountain batteries have 245 men. PERU WILI. HI-SIST. Foreign Minister Pardo States Position ol His Country. I.inia, I'thi, (By (.'able). ? Regard ing the existing troubles between Bra zil and Peru, Foreign Minister Pardo states that his government was pre paring to resist the "unjust aggres sion" of Brazil. It was. Senor Pardo asserted, a political whim of Baron Rio Br. into, Brazil's foreign minister, to annex ilit ? erritories of Alto-Jurua and Alto l*ni ?*-, inventing as a basis for such .i ?n-'i stories of Peruvian invasions:] .11 I Brazil, Minister Pardo said, had 1 1 < ? w sent troops to occupy the coveted regions. The truth, said Senor I'ardo. i-? that Peru has never moved from points she has occupied for many years, and in proof of this he aserted that when Brazil opposed the formation <>f the Acr<* syndicate her foreign nflice urged as the principal argument against the concession the rights of I'eru to the very same territory." "Vet a few months later," concluded Minister I'ardo, "Baron Wio Brnnco forgot Brazil's words and decided to occupy this territory, which had pre viously been declared to he Peruvian ?but is very rich in caoutchouc." Transfer ol ftllnerr. Milwaukee. Wis., (Special). ? The Milwaukee Branch of the Polish Na tional Alliance, which proposes to es tablish new homes for the 200,000 Polish miners employed in the coal fields of Pennsylvania, expects shortly to close a deal whereby 5,000 of the miners will be brought to Wisconsin. The members of t tic Milwaukee coin mission will go to Marinette to nego tiate for 1 50, coo acres of land for the establishment of .1 Polish colony. HEWS a S? ?T HM3L Tit Latest Biih ilifi Cmtmmi terRafU ?nii| Plans have been drafted for a re organization of the Red Cross Socie ty, which will probably be accepted by both sides to the controversy. Several witnesses testified in the trial of General Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government. Dr. W. E. VVoodend, of W. E. Woodend & Co., the suspended stock brokerage firm, was arrested at his home, in New York. James C. Cook, known as the oldest practical printer in the United States, died at Milford, Mass., aged 87 years. New England cotton mills may shut down, curtailment not having met tlic situation of overproduction. New York's offer of $37,000,000 of city bonds at 3'A per cent, was over subscribed seven times. Mr. Charles II. Schwab resigned as a member of the finance committee of the Steel Trust. Drew College, at Carmel, N. Y., for the education of women, was de stroyed by fire. Five thousand employes of the Santa Fe system arc reported to be 011 a strike. John Sheehy, said to have been the manager of one of Sir Thomas Lip ton's stores in Ireland, was arrested in Philadelphia as he stepped from the Liverpool steamer, charged with em bezzlement. A dinner in honor of Secretary of War Taft was tendered in St. Louis by the Commercial Club of Cincinnati, which had excorted Secretary Taft to the World's Fair. Welcome A. Botkin, husband of Mrs. Botkin, sentenced to life-impris onment for the murder of Mrs. Dun ning, died at his home, in San Fran cisco. ? There is a great crowd near the frontier waiting for the opening of the Rosebud Reservation, where the government is offering homesteads at $4 an acre. The building occupied by Anthony & Cowell Company, furniture dealers, at Providence, R. I., was destroyed by lire. Loss $400,000. Testimony was given to show the existence of a society of Syrians or ganized in Pittslvirg to blackmail and intimidate other Syrians. Charles Richter, of Chic.^o, sold 16 inches of his cuticle for skin-grafting purposes for $1,000 to get money to aid his sick mother. Otto Saladin shot and killed Mrs. Marie Albrecht in Philadelphia be cause she would not marry him and then killed himself, . Gaines Hall, a negro, accused of as sault at Prattsville, Ala., was taken to the scene of his crime and riddled with bullets. John Wallenberg, of Watlian, I. T., killed his wife, her sister, father and mother. , The annual convention of the Unit ed States Christian party was begun in St. Louis. The Prudential Insurance Company of America instituted a suit in Mil waukee charging Insurance Commis sioner Host with charging extortion ate fees. Mrs. Susan Clist has attached in New York fund* of the City of An tonio, Tex., in a suit for $6,440 on ac count of bonds and coupons issued in 1 852. The army tug Major Ringgold was launched at Ncale & Levy's Shipyard. Miss Helen Humphrey, of Washing ton, was sponsor. Samuel Parks, the former walking delegate of the structural ironworkers is dying in the hospital at Sing Sing from consumption. Forelfo. The Dutch forces captured the Atchinesc position ;it Tjantoe, Java, after a desperate light, in which i<y> Atchinese were killed. The Dutch casualties were 7 killed and 5 officers and jX men wounded. J. Pierpont Morgan st.itcd in Paris that the United States h:is appointed the Morgan Company fiscal agents for the payment in Paris of the $40,- 1 000, oco to the Panama Canal Com pany. It i< reported in Vienna that there were serious anti Jewish riots in the Bessarahian town of Mender, and that the mob entered houses and threw women and children out the windows. The German government decided to send reinforcements to the number of 1,500, including two batteries, to German Southwest Africa. Chinese officials who intended to visit the United St&tes to buy machin ery for the government arsenal at S/eehwati have changed their minds owing to the restrictions enforced at San Francisco upon incoming Chin ese and will now go to England to make their purchases. Ten thousand socialists celebrated May Day in Madrid with a demon stration at which violcnl speeches were made. At Vienna 20,000 men inarched in the procession. While many socialist meetings were held in Berlin, there were no disturbances. President Loubct returned to Paris from Italy and expressed the greatest satisfaction with his visit. Foreign Minister Delcasse said the aRreements concerning the Mediterranean were now completed. Pan Antonin Dvorak, the great Bo- I hemian composer, for a time director of the Conservatory of Music in New York, died at his home, in Prague. Piuanclit. Since April 7 $18,725,000 has been exported. Snow makes a bullish report th's week on the wheat crop. Details of United States Steel's ab- I sorption of the Clairton Company were perfected yesterday. President Ripley has won a victory for t lie Atchison by getting a drastic injunction against strikers. Cincinnati has had a spasm of econ omy City Councils reconsidered a $1,000,000 loan and will borrow only half that sum. BOLD PLAN OF TOfiO ^ i Rtc tf tk^JapHM fee SUps Sot to the Mm. TWO THfEW MATS WEIE SUNK. toMUiRwH iMMin.Wfc? TkeyP? ? Ctottof f Wracfeac* ki Ik* ltar*?r? Tkirteca?ftke.tat?N?BM? TketossUas Sailed the Sarrtrwi Wkkk P?4 Mi Ctetktef ? WniM Tafcn ?? ItMfUal Skip. Port Arthur (By Cable). ? Another vicious attempt was made by the Jap anese to block the entrance to Port Arthur. At a few minutes before I o'clock A. M. the first shots were tired, awak ening the town with tlieir thunderous noise. The gunboats lying at the mouth of the harbor joined in the cannonade of the batteries, the firing gradually increasing in volume until there was a continuous crash of great guns. The Japs sent eight fireships to block the entrance to the harbor, but they were all sunk by the Russian torpedo boats and the fire from the land batteries, leaving the channel clear. It is also reported that two torpedo boats were sunk by the Rus sians. The fireships were discovered by searchlights of the batteries and guardships creeping toward Port Ar thur from the east and southeast shortly after midnight. The torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers were ordered out, but none of the larger warships. Admiral Alexieff himself went out on board the coast defense vessel Otvashni. The guardships at the entrance of the harbor and the forts opened a fierce fire on the fireboatts, which lasted until 5 o'clock in the mbrning, when the iast fireship went down. The official report does not specify the exact spot where the steamers were sunk, but it is plain that the Japanese attempt to cork the entrance to Port Arthur has again failed. The steamers were armed with Hotclikiss and maxim guns and responded hotly to the Russian fire. The crews of the Japanese fireships which were sunk tried to save them- j selves by boats, in which they put out to sea. A majority of them were killed by the Russian machine guns and rifles. Some of the survivors were picked up. At daybreak a number of Japanese were seen clinging to the masts and funnels of the sunken vessels, and these were rescued by the Russians. Thirteen of the wounded Japanese have since died, y he,. Russians sup plied the survivors with food and clothing, and the wounded were taken to the hospital ship Mongolia. During the morning ten of the enemy's torpedo boats remained in the ofling and were fired on at long range. At 0:30 o'clock it wa? signaled that there was a Japanese fleet in the vi cinity and thai two of the enemy's launches had been run ashore. The town is quiet. Large crowds watched the operations with great in terest. Trapped ia Port Arthar Harbor. London, (By Cable). ? The Tokyo 'correspondents of both the Daily Tele | graph and the Daily Chronicle as j sort that Port Arthur is effectually "corked." The opinion gains ground here that the Japanese have at last effectually blocked Port Arthur. No official Jap anese report on the subject has yet been received, but tile Tokyo corres pondents arc very positive regarding the matter and describe the determina tion with which the enterprise was undertaken. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent declares that the entrance to Port Arthur is absolutely sealed, and adds that the Japanese fleet in effecting its purpose steamed into the entrance at full speed and that the naval officers who made the two previous attempts begged permission to carry out the next attack by daylight, that being easier, tnd their request was granted. The Russian version of the last attempt to block the harbor of Port Arthur declares that it was unsuccess ful and told how Viceroy Alexicff himself went out on a coast defense ship with a fleet of torpedo boats and thwarted the efforts of Admiral Togo. It is possible that the successful at tempt followed by a few hours that to which the Russian report referred, inasmuch as the Daily Telegraph's correspondent declares that the plucky i Japs made their successful dash in broad daylight. The attempt upoi\ Port Arthur Alexicff reported under date of May occured shortly after midnight. " 'The Eleventh Regiment, which held its ground for two hours more with heavy losses, forced its pas sage at the point of the bayonets and crossed the ravines with its colors. It lost its colonel commandant, forty officers and about 2,000 (?) 11011- com missioned officers and men. " 'The Japanese losses must have been enormous "'The Russian retired in good order on Feng- Wang-Cheng. " 'The men of the Third Division maintained their excellent morale, and over 700 wounded proceeded with their regiments to Feng-Wang-Cheng ' " It is probable that the report of ihc Eleventh Regiment losses should I be 200 instead of _?.ooo, as the com mand would not have 2,000 men in all Dynamite Used la Bank. Washington (Special). ? Five men attempted in true Western style to rob the savings bank at Sandy Springs, Md., a short distance from Washing ton. Dynamite was used to effect an [ entrance to the building. The explo- j ?ion awakened the citizens, who turned rut armed with shotguns an. I I other weapons. The posse and the bandits exchanged many shots, but no one wis killed on either side. The bandits finally separated and the pur | suit was abandoned. UTE WASntCTM AFFAIRS. Wt Wtw Qw f? ?? Cml The President has received the fol lowing report from the Attorney Gen eral on the Panama Canal transfer: "Department of Justice, May 4, 1904. "The President: "I have the honor to report that 1 have made an arrangement with the new Panama Canal Company and Morgan & Co. whereby Morgan & Co. have been designated agents to make the transfer of the money due by the United States to the canal company. "The $40,000,000 is to be deposited with Morgan & Co. at once, upon the delivery by the canal company to the United States gf all the property in cluded in the purchase. So that the deposit of $40,000,000 with Morgan & Co. by the United States is accepted by the canal company as equivalent to a payment for the purpose of a delivery of the property to the United States. "Owing t?> the fact that a part of this money is due to the liquidator of the old company under an arbitration authorized and subsequently confirmed by thp Trench courts, all parties en titled to the money agreed that Mor gan & Co. would bind themselves to make the distribution of the funds that delivery of the property need not await actual payment. "Morgan & Co. will make the dis tribution as follows "The will place 20,000,000 frances in the Bank of France to the credit of Jean Pierre Gautron, the liquidator of the old Panama Canal Company. This represents the value of the Pana ma Railroad shares, the title to which was n<\t to pass ?> the new company until the completion of the canal un less jo, 000, 000 francos were paid there for to the liquidator of the old com pany. Five million frances will be paid into the Bank of France to the credit of the new Panama Canal Com pany, which, under the award of the arbitrators, is due to the new company to reimburse it for the 5.000.000 frances paid in April. 1900. for the extension of the concession. Of the remainder of the $40,000,000 40 per cent, thereof is to be paid into the Bank of France to the credit of the j new company and Oo per cent, to the j credit of th?% liquidator of the old company, as provided by the decree j of tiie French courts con fir in inn the : award of the arbitrators. "As this arrangement was made ! for the accommodation of the French ! parties, all expenses incident thereto are borne by them and the United j States is protected from all costs j whatever. . . - "Stated concisely, the arrangement is that the French interest accept our deposit with Morgan & Co. as equiva lent to payment for all purposes of delivery of the property." "The new I'anama Canal Company iii liquidation ha* given a mandate or power of attorney to Renaudin, their representative upon the isthmus, with complete instructions concerning the delivery of the property. This de- i partmcnt has cabled similarly to i Major Brooke, who was designated hy the Honorable Secretary of War j for that purpose to act for the gov- j eminent m accepting deliver)-. "The canal company has likewise ; placed at the disposition of the I'ni- j t?-d States the personnel of it* organi- I zation upon the isthmus for the pur- ! pose of temporary service in the pre- | servation .of the works and property , pending the preparations by the canal j commission to undertake active opera- j tions. "I have notified the commission of the situation, and nothing now remains | to be done exccpt to take possession [ of the property and direct the deposit of the consideration with Morgan & Co., in accordance with the terms of the contract." In connection with these payments it is said at the Treasury Department that Morgan & Co. will be designated as disbursing agents of the govern ment and following the invariable rule in such sases they will be required to ditposit $10,000,000 in bonds as se curity to the government. The pay ment will be madt as soon as the bonds have been received, which probably will be in a day or two. New Minister to San Domingo. Pre sident Roosevelt has appointed Thomas C. Dawson, of Iowa, at pros- j ent secretary of the United States , Legation at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, as United Slates minister to San Dom ingo. The ofiice has just been pro vided for by legislation, ?>n.l carries with it a salary of $5,000 a year. The President tendered tlie mission to Gen. K C. O'Brien, of New York, one time < omir.issior.er of navigation, but personal intercuts impelled him to decline it. Secretary of New Commission. Mr. W'inthrop I.. Marvin, of Bos ton, has been appointed secretary of the Merchant Marine Commission, ap pointed at the last session of Con gress. Mr. Marvin is a newspaper man, and is considered to be espe cially adapted to the work ? Congressional a *4 Departments. The President approved the sen- ! tencc of dismissal imposed by court martial on Second Lieutenant Law rence K. (irennan, of the Philippine scouts. Au effort is being made to secure j the ancient harp of Tira for exhibit j at the World's Fair. Secretary Shaw made an additional call on depository banks tor to per cent, of their holdings on account of the Panama Canal purchase. The Columbian University is to change its name to (ieorgc Washing ton University and to receive a large endowment. Prof Alexander Graham Bell gave an exhibition at Columbia Station of j the working of his tctsahedral kite. The members of the Isthmian Canal j Commission have returned to Wash- 1 ington from a tour 'of inspection of the recently acquired canal property on the isthnuii. 1MN MEN ON STRIKE TrwMe krtkiptU at Ttfekanl 2 ?atlhtisUM M. MEM AIE IEAIT PH L0M? (NIT. Lackaat mm* Strike aa tkc Saata Fc Systca ? Rdlraatf Officials Aatfdpatc* Ike Mackla Ists, Wka H* Vate* to Strike at 9 a'Clack. By ClaslBf Ike Oatcs to tkc Skaps ?ad Ortfcrlag a SkiMfwt. Topeka, Kan., (Spfcial). ? When the 2,000 Santa Fe machinists and work men gathered at the big railway shops in this city Monday to go to work they found- the gates loeked. The en tire plot of groun.l of twenty-five acres is surrounded with a high oak board fence, with few gates. These gates were locked and the men without were told by armed guards that "there was nothing doing." The Santa Fc officials asserted that they were simply anticipating a strike that would have conic. They said information had come to them that the men held secret meetings Satur day night and Sunday and decided up on a strike at 9 o'clock Monday morn ing. There was no disturbance, the majority of the men returing quietly to their homes. At the general offices of the rail way. here it was stated that the order to close down was given to every shop town on the Santa Fc system from Chicago to Albuquerque. It is J estimated that nearly 10.000 men are affected. On March 2,\, the International As-, sociation of Machinists submitted a j list of twenty rules, which they de sired the Santa Fe to contract to ob serve in the managemen of its ma- 1 chine shops. The olficials asserted that this would be a recognition of the union and would practically unionise the shops and take them from under the control of the company. It rejected the de mand for a contract. The Santa l'e has sent 400 nonunion machinists to the coast lines, and say they have tilled all vacancies and have no further need of men on that part of the system. In spite of the protests of | the strike leaders, it is asserted that I an attempt was made Sunday to dis able two Santa Fc engines at Arkan sas City. The lockout order was signed by A. Lovcll. It docs not affect the car shop men or the roundhouse men, except at Topeka. Here t}c car shops and roundhouse are inside the yard fence, and it was necessary to include everything inside the fence in the lockout order. . . . ^ .. I. D. Buckalew, third vice-president of the International Association of Machinists, who is in charge of the strike situation in Topeka, gave out the following statement; "We called out all the men on all the lines of the Santa Fe railway, and. so far as 1 know, it is a success. 1 regretted very much to do so, hut the order catnc from headquarters and we have to obey." Chicago, 111., t Special). -Machinists in two shops of the Atchson, lopeka and Sant 1 Fe Railroad observed a strike order is said to have emanated from Washington. Duly a few ma chinists arc employed 111 the Chicago shops. Washington. (Special). ? The strike of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fc Railroad machinists was ordered 011 instructions from headquarters here, after the men along the line had voted unanimously in favor of the step. The machinists are out all along the Santa Fc from Chicago to San Francisco and on its feeder lines. Mr. O'Connell said that the men were prepared to continue the strike indefinitely. AIRSHIP SAILS OVER SAN FR\NCISCO. Successful Flight of Dr. Oreht's Machine ? Slight Accldeot. San Francisco, (Spccial). ? Dr. Grcth tried to make a trip of 50 miles to San Jose 111 his airship, hut alter 1 traveling about five ruile> sonic slight disarrangement of the machinery was discovered and the aerial voyager lauded safely. Dr. Grcth was ac companied hy Kngineer Frederick i Hclcher. Dr. (ireth w'a>> satisfied with, the results of this experimental flight I becafise he accomplished a good ileal more than on former occasions, and concluded that he was working in the right direction. lie ascended at 8 to A. M., with the car attached to a rope to prevent do ing damage to houses. When 'he rope was cast oft Dr. Grcth let his machine liie still higher, and then made a circular figure about a quarter of a mile in circumference. It was evident to those below that he had the machine under control at ( that time, for he circled about, stopped i the engines and started them again, ! and then started olY to the south at a high speed. Kverything went well until the nir shrip arnve<| over Ktaukcu's Six-Mile House, on the San Bruno road. It was then going rapidly toward San Jo.se, but something went wrong with the machinery, causing the airship to stop. After the inventor and the en gineer had tried to repair the break the fans were started and the slnp descended. To all appearances the fans were controlling the ship, though it was conceded that they were not powerful enough to meet the resistance of the strong wind. Accused Man Attempt* Suicide. Richland Centre, Wis. (Special). ? Henry Morrison, who is in jail charged with the murder of his wife and daughter, attempted to commit suicide, but was discovered by the sheriff in time to prevent the act. Morrison had secured a piece of elec tric light wire from the wall of his cell and tried to pierce his heart with it. Failing in that, he was in the act of driving the wire into his skull with his shoe, when the sheriff stopped him. His injuries are not serious. WHITS MMWBL Tie Cereeeeles la SI Lnb ami Wahh^M -Emwm Cwwii | St. Louis, (Special). ? At noon Preti^ dent Roosevelt pressed an electriJ button in the Green Room of tlur White House at Washington, whiclj started the machinery of the WorldTs Fair at St. Louis, nearly a thousand miles away. The program for the opening cera> monies at* St. Louis began at 9 A. when the officers of the Exposition, the national commission an?the board of lady managers assembled in the Administration Building to march to the Plaza of S(. Louis, where they took thrir places upon the platform erected at the base of the Louisiana Purchase Monument. A detachment of the Jefferson Guards, with a band ?ad an officer of the United States Army, escortcd the party. Represen-j tatives of foreign governments as-J sembled in the*Hall of Congress at( 9.15 A. M., and walked with a similar, escort to the plaza. The state and! territorial commissioners, with the governors of several states were^ in the United States Government Build ing and proceeded, to the plaza under escort of Jefferson Guards and a military officer. The exercises were held iu the open air, the audience occupying the broad Plaza of St. Louis facing the monument. President David R. Francis, of the Exposition called the assemblage to order at 10 o'clock, and after an invocation by Rev. Dr. Frank W. Gun saulus. of Chicago, concluding with the Lord's Prayer, in which the attdi-j ence joined. President Francis thenl delivered his address. From this point forward the pro gram proceeded as follows: March ? "Louisiana," Van der Stucken.i Transfer of the Exhibit Palaces ? By the President to the director of exhibits, Mr. Frederick J. V. Skiff, with presentation of official com mission and insignia of office. Address ? The director of exhibits, Mr. Fredrick J. V. Skiff, will pre sent to the chiefs of his division their official commissions and insiguias of olfice. Chorus ? ' "1 1 y 11111 of the West," words by Edmund Clarence Steadman; music by John Knowlcs Paine. Address ? The mayor of the City ol St. I.ouis, lion. R??lla Wells. Address? The president of the Na< tional Commission, lion. Thomas E. Carter. Addresses? By a United States sena tor and Representative James A. Tawncy on behalf ot the committee of the United States Congress. Address for the Exhibitors ? Mr. Ed ward II. llariman, president Nevr York State Commission. Music ? "The Star-Spangled Banner,** Francis Scott Key. AdJrc&sesT-?T|ie representatives of*tiie . President of the United States, the Secretary of War, Hon. William H. Ta f t . At the conclusion of tiic address by the Secretary of War the President of the United States, in the White House in the presence of members of tlie Diplomatic Corps, chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court, members of the Cabinet, the president of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and other persons distinguished iu official life, pressed the hutfou connected by wire with the Exposition grounds and started the machinery, the same act unfurling Hags 011 all the buildings 1 and setting the great cascades in mo tion. The singing of "America" in grand chorus concluded the exercises. The parade of the Pike concessiona ries. :t gorgeous affair in which thousand . <?f men. and women and animate took part, followed t lie open ing ceremonies. N. & M. EXPENSION. Proposed S35,00),000 to Be Used (or Puture Extensions. New York ( Special ). ? A new bond issue of $.15,000,000, to run 40 years at not more than 4 per eent, is pro posed 111 a circular to stockholders issued by the directors of the Norfolk ?nd Western Railway. Authorization for the creation of a new mortgage is requested of the stockholders, who are called for a special meeting at Roanoke, Ya., on June 17 to vote on the proposed new bonds. It is de clared that there is 110 intention to sell any of the new bonds at the present time, as the cash resource* obtained from the sale of the con solidated mortgage bonds and equip ment trust certificates are ample f^r all current needs. The new mortgage, which is to provide for future capital expenditures, will be a first lien on the extensions and branches not now covered by the first consolidated mortgage and on such extensions and branches as may be acquired from the procecd* of these bonds. The bonds will also be a lien, subject to the first consolidated mortgage, on all the other properties. PACTS WORTH REMEMBERING. The radium salts closely resemble quinine. Japan produces one-twelfth of the world's raw silk. The Romans had no hinges; their doors turned on pivots. A woman 3 feet (> inches higli should weight 14b pounds. There is one leper for every 500 of the world's population. The coal mine employes of Great Britain number H4 j,oft6. The Japanese in Hawaii now out number tlie natives two to one. The Siberian sable, unless protected by law, will soon be extinct. The Spanish government lias pub lished a law making Sunday a day of rest. It will be enforced in six months. Americans buy about $500,000 worth of licorice root annually in Smyrna. The licorice from it is used almost entirely in chewing tobacco. Fifty-five towns and villages in Ger many arc artificially illuminated by acetylene gas Of the four ureal lumber district* of the United States, the Southern pine region standi first. In it are 4.1 per cent of the sawmill* and half the lumbermen.