The people. (Camden, S.C.) 1904-1911, May 12, 1904, Image 1
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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.