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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
BRILLIANT VICTORY OF
 JAPANESE Al KIN CHOU
FOLLOWED BY SWEEPING OF
 DEFESsES AT TALIENWAM

Rumors of the Capture of Russian Arr
 tiiIery-Japs Nearing Port Arthur
 oniciaI News of the FIghting-storm-
 ing of Nanshan HIII a Bloody Affair
 Little Now to Hinder Advance on
 the Gibraltar of the East.
 London, May 2S.-The Tokio dispatch the Associated Press and Japanese official accounts are the only detailed descriptions that have yet reached Lon Hon of the brilliant Japanese victory at . Kin Chou. which is hailed by the Lon- Hon press as establishing an even tronger claim than did the Japanese operations on the Yalu river to their uperiority on land as well as by sea ince in the case of Kin Chou the Rus ians had ample time to carefully pre- are their positions. It appears that he conclusive victory was immediately ollowed up, for the Morning Posts 'okio correspondent asserts that the I Japanese have swept the Russians from Their defences west of Talienwan, and
 the Daily Telegraph's generally well lformed correspondent is correct, and Sle Japanese already are nearing Port
 rthur the Russians must have suf- 4sred complete rout at Kin Chou.
 hat this is the case would also appear .om rumors of the capture of Russian rtillery.
 According to the Daily Mails Tokio ,rresDondent the fifth Japanese divi- &on of veterans, which is destined for &le storming of Port Arthur, already Has landed on the Liao Tung peninsula.
 The Daily Telegraph's correspondent 4. Japanese headquarters, communi- 8Lting under date of May 26, says there
 no change in the situation of the &fst army, but that there are frequent Altpost encounters.
 A'T suppose he adds, .that the lull \ due to preparations for a great battle |# the direction of Liao Yang" The Daily Mails Sin Min Ting cor &sDondent telegraphing under date of Nay 25 declares there are only 2,OO0 Noops at Mukden.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
MGRIDEN LINE TAKEN OYER
TRANSFERRED TO THE CONSOLE
 DATED RAILWAYCo.
The Capital Stock of the Electric Com- pany is s1,ooo,ooo, Eighty Thousand of Which Was Issued for Actual Cash and so2o,ooo for Electrical Equipment and the Extension of the Road.
and the Extension of the Road

Meriden, May 27.--At meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Meriden electric road held at the First National bank this morning, the road was transferred to the Consolidated Railway Co.,, the corporate name under which the New York, New Haven and Hartford road has taken over all the electric roads it owns and operates. Those present at the meeting were President H. M. Kockersperger of the Meriden road, Secretary J. G. Parker land General Counsel John M. Hall of New Haven. and c. L Rockwell. E. J. Doolittle and J. c. Byxbee of this city. The capital stok of the Meriden cleo trio road is $1,000,o0O, eighty thousand dollars of which were issued for actual cash and s92O,OO0 for electrical equip naerlt and the extension of the road. The total number of stockholders is eighteen, seventeen of whom are Con- nectiout men and own s999,OOO of the stock.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
On to Port Arthur.

i. Petersburg. May G.-The news of
 Japanese victory at Kin Chou, ch was foreshadowed several days
 by the runlors of persistent fighting |e. was published on a Russian hol- {. The anniversary of the corona of Emperor Nicholas. Curiously Ugh the news of the Japanese disas- lafloat came on a similar holiday,
 elnperor's birthday. The general :. in view of the foreign news of capture of Kin Chou, admitted that |e was little now to hinder a Jap- le advance on Port Arthur itself
 that the actual siege of the Gibral- |of the east had now begun in earn-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
KURoPATKIN,S REPORT.
Japanese Occupying Passes in and
 About Feng Wang Cheng.

1 About Feng Wang Cheng. St. Petersburg, May 27.-General Ku- ropatlxin, under date of May 26, tele- graphed the emperor as follows;
 Reconnaisances made on May 25 in the direction of Feng Wang Chenge showed that a detachment of the Jap anese vanguard was occupying Koll- mendza pass, near the village of Siaid- linadan on the Liao Yang main road
 Small attachments have taken up positions in the villages along the Liao Yang road between Koumendza pass laand Saludjan.
 ssTehangaline pass has been fortified and a stronger force of Japanese has been found at saludjan and at Dalian- diaputse, where the Hai Cheng road starts.
 Since May Is small attachments of Japanese have been moving towards Hai Cheng. These attachments con- centrated in the Tchandahoan district, [ ten miles from Daliandiaputse.
 Sinkalin pass is reported to be occu- pied by the Japanese.
 
 May 20 on the Hal Cheng road with one 1 of the enemy's advance posts. One Cos- sack was wounded.
 lon May "A our patrol reported that Japanese troops were moving from Ha- balin towards the Tayyang river. Our patrols found an encampment of three Japanese companies, who opened fire. "On May 24 troops of the Japanese advance guard were posted in the southern portion of the Liao Tung pe- ninsula at the villages of San Shi Ii Pu and Sandiaza, ten miles from Fon- chou towards the railway and also at point six miles south of Wafandian station. and as far as the village of iSadiatoren. twelve miles from Wafan- dian. as we'll as on the road from Pit sewo to Saniouchan.
 "A continual landing of troops and stores is proceeding at Pitsewo and ISiakhoouvitse. The latter point is oc- cupied by a strong garrison. According to information which re- quires verification a force of 900 Jan- anese has been landed at Takushan, to- gether with several heavy guns, each drawn by sixteen horses. It. is rumored that Korean soldiers are accompany ing the Japanese troops.
 "A movement of Japanese troops from Takushan to Salitszipudza is reported from Habalin, near which Qualifications are being constructed.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
A RIondy Affair.

lrokio. May 27, 5 D. nl.-Subsequent re- |rts received here indicate that the .,rning of Nanshan hill yesterday was bloody affair. The Japanese first satered their fire on the Russian bat lies, in which work thy were aided by slr gunboats from Kin Chou bay. gy succeeded in silencing many of the asny's guns.
 8rhe Russians had constructed a ser- of trenches around the hill on ter 3re protected by wire entanglemnts 85 other such devices.
 E'he Japanese made a series of rushes hs they were in vain. Tn deadly rifle Nf canno fire of the enemy checked
 Al repeatedly.
 Finally at 3 o'clock in the afternoon T Japanese reformed and stormed TX crest of the hill. The Russians held Htheir position doggedly and it was 7 Flock in the evening before the Jap |ase finally gained possession of the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
Gould to Enter Politics.

New York. May 27.-The World to- morrow will say: Republican politicians received with much satisfaction yester day a report that George J. Gould is about to enter politics and that he will try at the forthcoming election for a seat in the house of representatives from the district in New Jersey which embraces Lakewood, where he has his country seat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
Bad Runaway Accident in Milford,

Milford, May 27.-Mrs. Emma D. Chase, wife of Wallace S. Chase, the junior vice. commander of the Connect icut division, G. A. R., was thrown from her buggy while driving this afternoon and badly injured. She was found un- conscious in the road about two miles from the center of the town and was taken to her home. She regained con- sciousness on the drive home and said her horse became frightened and ran away.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
TOGO's REPORT.
lbarded Kin Chou Vicinity From Dawn of Thursday.


 |ko, May 27.--4:30 p. m.-The follow report has been received from Vice (iral Togo:
 he gunboats Thukishi, Heiyen, Egi and Chokai and the first torpe- ,oat flotilla, under Captain Nishi- a. reached Kin Chou by on the ev-
 B of Wednesday. From dawn of
 fsday the vessels co-operated with
 lrmy in bombarding Suchaton. The
 gi and the Chokai went in close
 bombarded all day. At il o'clock he morning the enemy retreated Suchaton but they continued to from a position behind Suchaton. lar casualties were ten, including |lshis of the Chokai, who was kill
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
Body in Tank.

Whiting Ind, May 27.-The dead body of a man was found to-day in a tank of crude 1laDhtha shipped from Philadel- phia. The skull was crushed and the body blackened The body was so swol- len hat it is impossible to get it through the openinSs ip tha talk car N
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
Barn Destroyed bx Lightning.

Abingdon, Conn.,, May 27.-The ebarn situated on the premises of Deputy Sheriff Holbrook was struck by light ening late to-day and catching fire was totally destroyed Horses and coks in the barn were rescued with difficulty. The barn was insured.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
CRUISER FOR TANGIER.
Brooklyn Dispatched i'm Connection
 With Kidnapping Case.

Washington. May 27.-Rear Admiral
 Chadwick has reported to the navy de- partment the arrival of his squadron, consisting of the Brooklyn. Atlanta, Castine. and Marietta at Teneriff, the Canaries. where orders were wait ing him to dispatch a, vessel to Tangier lin connection with the Kidnapping of the American Perdicaris. The Brook lyn was immediately dispatched to that place.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
Many Guns Captured.

8ondon. May 2S.-The Tokio corre-
 |ndent of the Daily Telegraph says 3iearns that the Japanese troops are
 N within twelve miles of Port Arthur l that the Russians suffered heavier Ilalties than the Japanese, who He taken guns and other material few prisoners. He predicts fur N' surprise as Japan is now increas-
 N her efforts in all directions.
 Ehe Tokio correspondent of the Daily Eonicle says that the Japanese cap- Isd many guns at Kin Chou.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
Dropped Dead at Desk

Los Angeles, Cal, May 27.-T. S. In- graham. first assistant grand chief en- gineer of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, dropped dead at his desk at the convention in this city to-day from apoplexy.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
Shipping News.

New York, May 27.-sailed: Steamer Arabic, Liverpool
 Brow Head, May 27.-Passed: Steam CTS Cymric, Boston for Liverpool; Cam pania, New York for Liverpool
 Lizard May 27.-(38 miles west)- Steamer LaBretagne, New York for 1-ssVIes VI
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
NO CHANGE IN DISCIPLINE.
General M. E. Conference Votes De-
 cisiveIy Against It.

Los Angeles, Cal. May 27.-By the decisive vote of Al to 11S the Methodist General conference to-day decided not to make any change in the church dis cipline in the matter of probihited amusements
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
SIAN REPORT OF JAP LOSSES
e in Capture of Kin Chou Placed at
 12,000 Killed.

ldon. May 27.-9:15 p. m.-A dis to the Central News from Harbin
 the Japanese losses during the ng at Kin Chou are said to be 12,- aen killed. It is said that these fs have been confirmed by an off, dispatch. Fighting, it is added, is going on in the vicinity of Kn
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-28
FALL RITER LINE
Consolidated Opens It Up for Al

Freight Except Pcrishable.
 Boston, May 27.-The New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad officials announced this afternoon that the Fall River line had been opened up for the receipt of all freight, except perishable. This opens all the lines of the road be- tween Boston and New York, both rail and boat, to freight traffic, with the single exception that nothing perish able will be accepted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-04
A TEMPEST IN 4 TEAPOT.
That Is the Opinion OF State Department
Officers Of the Quincy Affair.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.--No further infor-
nation has been received at the State De-
partment bearing on the case of Third
Assistant Secretary Quincy of the British
Embassy, and none is expected before to-
morrow afternoon, when the additional
information requested by Acting Secretary
Of State Adee OF the Governor of Massa-
chusetts will probably be received.
State Department officers are OF the
opinion that the Quincy affair Is a vert-
able tempest in teapot and at present
they are not worrying about it. II is under
stood to be the view of Sir Henry Mortimer
Durand, the British Ambassador, that the
whole regretable affair might have been
avoided had Mr.. Quincy exercised little
more common sense and reserve when taken
into custody for driving his automobile
beyond the legal speed limit.
LENoG. Mass, Oct. 3.-Amos Schermer-
horn of New York, son Of j. f.. Schermer-
horn. was the driver Of MIR. Gurney's auto
mobile when Deputy Sheriff Noble Of Stock
bridge was sighted on the Stockhridge
highway on Sunday afternoon, Sept IS
The Deputy Sheriff stopped the automobile
and asked for ride, and when he had been
carried into Stockhridge village he not flied
the Automobiles that they had exceeded
the speed limit. Mr.. Quincy then as
-umed the full responsibility for the motor
and gave his card TO the Deputy Sheriff
who the following dav arrested Mr.. Cur
ney, The laws regt lating automobile
liability specifies that the owner of an auto
il not liable for the operation Of his car
when he is not lis operator,
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LABOR LEADERS COMPLAIN.
Charge That the Railroads Discriminate
Against Labor Organizations.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.--A complaint that
the railroads are discriminating against
labor organizations by refusing them
special rates usually given the delegates to
large conventions has been filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission by Frank
Morrison, general secretary of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor.
The national convention of the Fedora
ton is to be held in San Francisco on Nov. IA
and Mr. Morrison says that when he applied
to the Transcontinental Passenger Associa-
ton for the usual reduced round trip rate
given the delegates to large conventions,
he was informed that no special rate would
be given
As this rate is given to fraternal con-
ventions, notably one which recently met
in San Francisco and to even theatrical
companies. Mr. Morrison alleges dis
elimination against labor organizations,
and accordingly filed his protest. II the
railroads maintain their determination to
charge fun rates, the round fare rate from
Washington will be $40. whereas the special
rate is only $89.
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PUT IN NEGRO TENANTS.
Harlem Block Greatly Excited Over One
Landlords Action.

The property owners on the block be-
tween Madison and Park avenues are ex-
cited over the action of A. Loeb, ON ner Of the
fiat house at 40 East 10th street, in putting
out his white tenants and putting in negroes.
The white families were put out on the first
OF the month. AS fast as their apartments
were vacated, negroes moved in.
The fiat house adjoins A II Saints Roman
Catholic Church. l29th street and Madison
avenue, of which the Rev. Father James
W. Power is pastor. 1t is one OF the largest
Catholic churches in Harlem. All around
IL are private residences, and three big apart
ment houses have recently been built on the
block.
Father Crowley, one OF the priests at All
Saints. said last night that il the owner of
the house had made an offer to sell it 10 the
church he had not heard Of II. He said
the incident was to be regretted, but this
was free country and il the owner wanted
to fill his house with negroes they would
have to put up with IL
Loeb has bakery at l741 Madison ave-
nue.. He said last night that he wanted
to sell his house, but his reason for putting
in negroes is that they make better tenant =
and pay higher rents. Il have not made
any effort to sell my house to any Of the
other property owners on the block. /
shall keep, the negroes there, and what ia
more, il had few thousand dollars more
to invest i would buy UP more houses on
the block and fill them with negroes. They
make good tenants and are always good
pay:
The white tenants on the block were
angry yesterday, and It Was said that some
the next few days toward buying the house
or getting Loeb to change his mind. Some
OF the families who have lived there for
years are getting ready to move.
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FALL RIVER STRIKERS FIRM.
Mako Further Demands ON MIL Owners
Mob After q N0nsUnion Man.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Oct. 3.The first
hostile demonstration In the city since
the first two days of the cotton operatives
strike occurred after general meeting OF
weavers to-day. A mob Of 1000 persons
surrounded william Kershaw, non-union
weaver, and policemen he'd, to take him
to the central station until the crowd dis
persed. They hooted and howled, but no
blood was shed. .,..,
Tho meeting was the largest held since
the strike began. ten weeks ago. II was
voted not to accept the wage reduction
and not TO 60 to work until the notices Of
wage reduction were taken down. 1t was
also voted not to got back to work until tho
the manufacturers decided to return to
the old eight loom system. This vote
puts a new phase on the strike, and manu-
facturers are not agreed on tho policy to
be followed
Some OF them want to have the request
for conference granted. Others say 1t
Is useless to talk over the situation
further while the operatives are in the
frame OF mind indicated by the meeting OF
weavers this morning.
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NEW LIFE IN BUILDING FIGHT.
Strike OF the stOnecutters Gives Now
Hopes TO the Alliance.

hOpcS W tnc NluAHCe.
A new and unexpected stimulus was
received by the Building Trades Alliance
yesterday just when stampede OF its
unions to work was looked for. The
Journeymen Stonecutters' Union, which
has ordered a strike in the Manhattan and
Jersey City yards, extended the strike
TO the Brooklyn yards. The stone cutting
trade is now practically tied up, and in few
days bricklayers at work on the front OF
scores Of buildings will be idle
One Of the buildings which have been
hard hit by the new strike is the twelve
story hotel which is being put up by the
Thotnpson-Starrett Company in East
Twenty seventh street between Madison
and Fifth avenues. 1t is to be faced with
stone. Only four stories of the front have
been built up ard the bricklayers, who
build the back part Of the wall, can go no
further until the stonecutters resume
work. An eleven story building which is
being erected by the Y. j. Hedden Com
pany in T,weenty,:.fourth street between
Fourth and Madison avenue has only
reached the third story on the front. The
strike has also hit the Trinity Building
again.
Owing to the strike Of the stonecutters
the Building Trades Alliance, which has had
diminishing attendance at it's meetings
lately, had an unusually large attendance
yesterday. poll Of the remaining unions
In the alliance was taken and Il resolution
was carried to keep up the fight The
Journeymen Stonecutter's Union is the
only organization in the alliance that has
kept intact. The other unions have been
slowly breaking up. The stonecutters
never signed the arbitration agreement, as
up to this year their employers were not in
the Building Trades Employers Associa-
ton. This year they have refused to sign.
A representative OF Charles Cowen / Co.
Of the Mason Builders Association said
yesterday that he was in hopes their strike
would not last long. The purpose OF the
strike is to gain control for the union Of the
machine stone workers.
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B0ODLER KELLY CONFESSES.
SAYS ED BUTLER or ST. LOUIS
INDUCED HIM TO FLEE.
Went 10 Europe and Came Back and De.
manded More Money--Asserts That
the Ring Planned TO Assassinate
Prosecutor Folk-Butler Denies It.

'S"OoutSt ~.
ST. LOUIS, oct. S.a-Charles s. Kelly, the
boodler who fed to Europe to escape APP
pearing before the Grand Jury and max ing
known the names Of the men who had
bribed the Municipal Assembly, has given
out signed confession. This was han ded
to the representatives of the various news.
papers In the reporters room at the Four
Courts this morning, and Ia accepted as
part OF political play. The Democratic
primaries were held to-day and Col. Edward
Butler was engaged In battle for life
In his confession Kelly says he wes taken
Into the combine, member in good stand
Ing, before he was elected an Alderman.
He then bemoans yielding to the tempter
and promises atonement says that his Life
will be spent In seeking to undo the wrong
he has done. Among other things he says
that when he was subppnaed before the
Grand Jury, he took refuge with friend
In quarry. The deputy sherifs could
not find him, but Butler had no difficulty
in letting him know that he desired to see
him. He says he had conference with
Butler, at which the latter urged him to
absent himself from the State until after
the statute Of limitations applied to the
Doodle cases, giving him $4,000 TO vanish.
or this sum Kelly says he kept $500 and
gave the balance to his wife. He then
tells Of his flight westward, then to st. Paul
and from there into Canada. where he was
met by representative OF Butler. who
suggested that trip to Europe would be
pleasant jaunt, giving Kelly $500 for e1-
perses. Shortly after his arrival in Lon
don he was met at the Hotel Cecil by an
ptl praft ~ prflor 1ybp
he toured the Continent, making longer
stays in Italy and Holland than elsewhere.
Returning to the United States on Nov.
%, two days after the statute of limitations
had ceased to operate in the Doodle cases,
he learned that his son was dead and his
business disrupted. Returning to st. Louis,
Kelly had another interview with Butler
and deman ded $4,000 az compensation
for the sacrifice he had made, which the Boss
promised to give him.
He tells of efforts to bulldoze Folk so that
the prosecutions would cease. This fall
ing, Folks assassination was determined
upon. He says that Butler urged the in
dicted man to stand firm; that If they could
stave OF the cases until Folks successor
was elected, everything would be all right,
as he would see to it that good man. mean
ing one friendly to the boodlers, would be
chosen. Failing to obtain coptinuances,
he says Butler said they had better take
Jail sentence and he (Butler) would see
to 1t that they were pardoned
When Butler read Kelly's confession he
pronounced it false in every particular
saying that he had never given Kelly money
but once, and that was when he first en-
gagged in politics, at which time he loaned
him $500 and had never been repaid