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The sun., 1904-05-15

The performance 10 EngIlsh last Friday
afternoon at the Kniokerboeker Theatre
but accentuated the weakness Of the play.
Therein De Maupsssant was subjected 10
adoubIs traduction. a. the English adaptsr.
Mr.. Lennox, softened still further the
already tumid French dramatic version.
II = play dealing With the type Of -Yvetts'
is tolerated here. Why not let us have the
masterpieces Of that genre such as Maurice
Donnay's brilliant and truthful .Amants!"
JAMES HUNEKER
The sun., 1904-05-15
The SPIRIT OF LITTLE RUSSIA.
WHAT Trey THINK WH0 HOPE
TIE CZAR WILL LOSE TO JAPAN.


Jacob Gordn 10 like an Aesyrian sculp-
ture in bis solid proportions. his stropg
features. Of ancient build and modern
look. His very looks Of curling hair. and
his long beard are strong and united a. II
they were carved together.
In the vestibule OF the drsmstist's quiet
house in . quiet street In Brooklyn Ia a
huge bronze bust Of a satyr. Solid. dark.
with mahogany colored spaces. green
interstices. eoppery knobs and bunaps,
and an engaging lesr, the satyr h . cheer.
full fellow. with . temperament to please
man. He 10 % impressive that wsrp Mr..
Gordin not more 90, 1t would be pity,
y am q Russian by birth. ] like my
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26
HONOR FOR WILLIAMS
Leader to be Temporary Chair
man of Democratic Ma
tiOlaI Convention.

New York, June 25.-MembeTs of the
Democratic national committee now
here. say John sharp Williams, Demo
cratic leader iu congress, undoubtedly
viii be the temporary chairman of the
st. Louis convention and win make the
keynote speech. 1t is expected that his
selection viii be ratified when the ma
ional committee gathers next week in
st. Louis.
Senator Bailey of Texas has been
mentioned for permanent chairman Of
the convention. but it Is believed to be
unlikely that both presiding officers
viii be chosen from the south.
ST. Louis. Mo, June 35.-Judge q. J..
Gavin, Of Ration. n. NJ, has been ap-
pointed reading clerk of the Demo
cratic national convention. One of his
qualifications is the marvellous voice
which ne possesses. 1t is believed every
person in tie great han which is 70 be
used by the convention viii be able 10
hear distinctly and with ease every
word OF the proceedings voiced by Air.
Gavin.
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COMBESNOT WEAKENED
Bribery Sensation in French
Chamber of Deputies
Has Exploded.

Paris, June 25.-PoHtical circles were
CONFUSED throdrhoutethe week over the
parliamentary Investigation into charges
that the Grand CharTeuse millions Were
used IN an attempt 10 corrupt leading
pefsohdgeS. The affair threatened TO
cause greater upheaVal than che DreE-
rus affair, Panama case or Humhert
trlaL The public stood aEhast at hear
ing the names Of chief officers of the
soFethment connected with the trahsar-
non. II was generally believed that tbe
IAN or the Comoes ministry had finally
come and ID was asserted that it's wreck
would involve the regulations OF MANY
persons i'm the highest station Bur the
week ends with rhe sensation practically
exploded There is no further thought
tnat Premier Comics viii be seriously
weakened The Investigation brought out
a mass of conflicting ties -imouy which
seems 10 disclose that both shs monks and
The officials were the victims OF un-
scrupulcus goblet Weens. who sought TO
induce the former to give and tl1 latter
60 receive brides iu order TO bring about
revocation of the order cXpeUiug tbe
tarthusians from France However.
both sides refused To- Do drawn in. If
LagraFe. the French commissions 70 the
ST. Louis exposition was one oil the cen-
trat figures of the inquiry Ills friends
are satisfied of his integrity the r-stt-
m0ny indicating that he was merely one
ri the unfortunate victims of tine an-
breaches Of Che go-EerVeens
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RUSSIANS SEEM To HAVE
BEEN CAUGHT MAPPING
Torpedo Boats Slipped Up and Made Desperate
Attack
Shot and Shell Fill the Air in and Around Port Arthur-Assaut
Evidently Being Made by Land
and Sea.

chefoo p mTherre firing last
night tonight booming distinctly
heard
London 25The version
Arthur, received the Japanese legation
that Of the Associated giving
pedo boat destFoyers
lat baeship type appeared
London japanese legation
received dispatch
Iouhan surprised routed
miles northwest the
% and also the
slams, who left sixty field.
Ia Che KaO Between Kai Cheng) PENN
sula June o. Delayed
miles from Port Arthur the male
Of 10 under of
Cpletng cyclists
nlcation world
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miles from Seliyuchang. A japanese
detachment fell into the ambuscade
and lost fifteen killed and wounded.
Sub-Lieutenant PolozOff Of the Rus
sian fierce was wounded.
Exchanged Shots.
AT IL o'clock I'm the morning of June
p Russian detachment Tec0nuoiter-
ing three miles TO the eastward of Al
Yang Men exchanged shots with the
enemy's vanguard. At about noon the
Russians advanced and attacked the
japanese on the right flank dislOdgiug
them from seyerl advanced fortified po-
siti0Hs
"A Russian detachment at 8 o'clock
In the afternoon approached the
enemy's main position and found 81 &C.
cupied by three regiments OF infantry
with eighteen guns. The Russians held
their position until Q O'Clock not at
lacking the japanese. because OF the
iatter's superior force. and not being
attacked. Our detachment then re-
tired i'm perfect order toward Saimatsze.
our losses are not yet known.
THE town of Kwayensiau has been
evacuated by the enemy"
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ARGUMENT HEARD
IN BEAVERS CASE

New york. June 25.-After hearing
arguments Of counsel for George W.
Beavers. former superintendent of the
salary and allowance division of the
postodice department. on a motion to
quash an Indictment charging him
with accepting brides. Judge Thomas
i'm the United States court. today re-
served his decision and allowed eoun-
SCI until next Wednesday to file briefs
The hearing before United States Com
missioner Benedict on the question OF
Beavers removal 30. Washington to
answer 10 an indictment found against
him I'm the district of Columbia was
postponed TO next Tuesday.
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TWO WOMEN CRUSHED
TO DEATH IN WRECK

Sonora. Cal. June 2J-The first fatal
wreck ON the Sierra railroad line occurred
this evening on the Angels branch. AT
side of the Stanislaus river a work train
plunged into the rear car of q regular
passenger train bound for Angels Mrs
r. Naleute and Mrs. @, b. Demariue Of
Stockton were instantly crushed to death
and Petty Malone. q baseball player of
the Same city was badly injured The
wreck was caused hy the engineer of the
work train. which was following the pass
enger, losing control of the engine on q
down grade in some manner not yet eX-
planned The engine struck an oil car
on the passenger and drove IL into the
coach. Several surgeons have been dis
patched from jamestown on spenial
train.
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BIG LUMBER PILES
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Cleveland o. June 25.-Fire. sup
posed 10 have been Of iuceudiary ORR
gin. today caused losses aggregating
$500 900 I'm the lumber district along the
river front. Several acres covered with
big lumber piles were swept clean by
the flames. The ire started iu the box
factory of j. n Hahn company and
spread 10 the lumber yards of the NicO-
la. Stone q Meyers company and the
Guy & Ralph Gray company. AT one
time the fire threatened 10 wipe ont the
entire lumber district and every avail
able engine and IRE boat was called
into service
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HORROR GROWS
WITH EACH DAY
More Than I 600 Persons Per-
ished in SIOcum Disaster.
BODIES FOUND NUMBER 938
NINETY THREE EXCURSIONISTS
STILL MISSING.

RFEW YORK. june 25.-That more
I'm than 1909 persons persisted i'm the
burning of the excursion steamer
General Slocum is now practically GER
. tain. According to am exhaustive re-
port made by Police Inspector Schmitt-
berger on the number of dead, missing
injured and uninjured in the disaster
10 appears that 93S bodies have been re-
covered and that ninety-three persons
absolutely known 10 have been aboard
the vessel are still uuaCc0Uuted for
bringing the total mortality of the dis
aster up TO 1.031. Those injured num-
bered l59 and of the throug of fully
1900 who embarked on the excursion
of St, Marks church but z36 escaped
without injury.
The report is the result of a minute
inquiry made by corps of 100 patrol
men under the direction of the inspect
or I'm the course of the inquiry much
valuable Information was secured from
survivors which viii be used in the i'm
VestgatiOn by the district attorney 10
fix the responsibility FOR the disaster
Where the Fire Started.
A thorough examination today of the
hull of the SIocum by Corouers .O'GoT-
man and Berry and Inspector Albert
son resulted i'm the discovery Ina the
locker in which the fire started of
number of barrels which had contained
kerosene and lubricating OIL The
coroner's inquest viii be continued ON
Tuesday and on Thursday the hearing
by the federal grand jury viii be
opened
In the death today at Watching. n.
J., of Rev. DR.. Edward Frederick
MOldenke one of the best known Luth-
eTan clergymen in the United States
another name was added to the list of
victims of the SlOCum disaster. Dr
Moldenke was pastor of st, Peters
Lutheran church i'm this city. Grief
for twenty members of his flock who
went on the excursion and never re-
turned and his compassion for the be
Ieft families of St Marks church So
affected him that ne became ill. For
years he had suffered from heart dis
ease and last Sunday he broke down
while holding a memorial service for
the SIOcum dead. He was taken TO his
country home, where death occurred.
DIT. MOldenke was president general
o. the council of the Lutheran church
Of America from 1885 TO 1899 He was
born in Prussia Aug 10. 1886.
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DISASTROUS WRECK
ON BIG FOUR ROAD

Delaware. o.. June 25.-The south
bound Twentieth Century Limited on
the Big -Four road Jumped the track
near here today while running sixty
miles am hour and the engine. baggage
car and one coach turned over on their
sides iu the ditch Engineer =. u. SheD-
ard and Richard O'NeiH baggaee mas
ter. were killed. Allen Mcdonald OF
Louisville passenger. Conductor
Kishler and tine fremen were seriously
hurt. The other passengers were badly
shaken up and bruised.
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RAN AMUCK WITH A REVOLVER
Oeserter from the United States Army Kills Farm Hand
and Seriously Wounds Two Spectators Before Being
Laid Low by Police Officer

were crowded with women and chill
dren shoppers. warning every one 10
keep away from him.
A posse OF police officers i'm charge
OF Chief of Police Taylor hurried TO
the scene and about forty shots were
exchanged. Charles +. Seeley. a news
paper man of Minneapolis. Mimi, who
happened TO be I'm the crowd follow
ing the man, was shot down with a
bullet through the LEFT groin. Joseph
Besser. @ former Twentieth Kansan,
was also shot IN the LETT groin hy the
murderer. Cole took refuge in pri-
vate dwelling and when captain Tay-
lor entered and called up)n him TO
surrender ne shot twice .at the Off
Ger. who returned the fire. laying Cole
low with a bullet through the right
temple. He died within two hours.
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MOVEMENT ARRESTED.
Cossacks Temporarily Stop japanese
Advance

G0SSacA5 temporarily stop japanese
Advance.
ST. Petersburg. June 25.-6 D. M
Major General AIisJchenko, command
err of the Eastern C0ssack brigade. ac-
COTdiug 20 reports received at the war
office, dated yesterday, attacked the
japanese advanced posts on the Stu
Yen-Ta Ticho EiaO road and a sharp
engagement resulted in which artillery
was brought up and the japanese for
ward movement was arrested, on this
road the COssseks lost seven men killed
and three officers and eleven men
wounded.
The position of General KurokTs
men ON the Stu Yen-Kai Chou road is
unchanged.
General Qllu's army continues to
advance from SenUchen. travelling six
miles per day and marching i'm order
Of battle, evidently expecting momen-
tarily am attack from the Russians
Oku was about ten miles from Kai
Chou yesterday.
The city is full of TumOTs that heavy
lighting is i'm progress at ia Tiche
kiaO These rumOrs are said to ema-
nate from the palace Of PeterhOf. but
no confirmation is Obtainabie the
above war office reports representing
the latest intelligence i'm the possession
OF the war Office.
Anent the naval battle of Port Ar
thur June % the only sister ship OF
the Peresviet is the Pobieda; of the
Diana, the Pallada. and Of the Sevasto-
pol. the Poltava. III transpires that
the emperor received the news last
night, although through what agency
is "a mystery, but it possibly come from
French sources at Toxic.
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MCCLELLAN FOR PRESIDENT.
Organ Advocates Nomin-
alton Of the Mayor.

> New York. June 25.-The New YORK Z
= Daily s'eWs. which has recently 4
. changed bends and has come out aS 4
strrig fsemoc-e Fir GaWs1a peF 4
2 ard is recognized as che organ al &
. Tammany Han. WIN Iomorr0W print 4
= t1gee-page article advocating 4
y George r. Mcclellan. the present 4
y mayor. as nominee Of the Democratic 4
y party for the presidency. 4
= on account OF the paper policy =
= knowledge of the publication has ere =
> ated much speculation il local poo =
4 Htical quarters where IL Is gou- =
= strued as indicating the beginning OF 4
= q strong campaign TO nominate Mc- Z
y Clellan. The News claims Mcclellan =
3 10 be the one man whose selection (
= would mean certain party success- 4
, The eyes OF the north. east, south =
y and west are on him
= McClelan's record ON most public =
. questions is set forth. repeating z
= speeches delivered while BE was in 4
< congress
= = . . = = = = . Z
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KILLED THE WOMAN
AND SHOT HIMSELF

, New York. June 25-Johu NJ Bell. =
> an agent for q typewriter company =
, shot and BILLED a woman variluslN Z
\ known as his houECkeeper and wife. 4
= i'm the apartment Wuc1 Jhe1 had 0c- 4
> Cupied in West Eighteenth street. 9
, tonight and then turned 80 revolver .
> upon himself. infiicting q wound in 4
. his right temple which caused his .
, death I'm a few seconds. No cause ls 4
= known for the crime.
> Addresses found in the notebook 30 Z
= Bells pocket showed that ne lived I
> in 4opeka Kan (at 1896 East Third =
> street,. and in @-eetOWn. the capital Z
> of Liberia. West Africa. a card =
= showed that he was q member OF I
> New York TypOgraph lcal union =
y No. 8.
> The New York police say that they
> have learned that Bell had q wife
= and three children living in Topeka. =
, Kan. ne woman he killed IS said Z
. to be a Mrs. Henry. whose husband Z
> is q painter living in this city
. > , , = = y = = = p > = = > = 4
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KANSAS WHEAT CROP
LIKELY TO BE RUINED

Topeka. Kan. June 35-The .%ausa-
wheat harvest viii De delayed many days
on account OF yesterdays heavy rains.
In some parts of the state the wheat Is
badly broken down but as a whole is
not materially damaged as il was not
dead ripe.
AN the lOwlands around LiudsboTg are
covered with water. This rs iu the cen
ter of the wheat belt. The Republican
and Smoky Hill rivers are rising 1t aE
alarming rate at Junction CRY tonight.
cinlts-.
An overflow of the Cottonwood river
In Lyon county wiped out all prospects
for q corn crop
Tho st serious report of damage COO
WheaJ 81 De from Lucas and Waldo. Fine
fields re- viii yield practically moth
lr-
IN Dickinson county much of the wheat
lands is overlooked but the harvest viii
begin I'm q few DAYS. The prospects FOR
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WIRELESS TELEGRhPHY
BOARD Is APPOINTED

Washington. June 25.-President
Roosevelt today appointed Rear Adj
miral Robley ID. Evans Rear Admiral
Henry r. Manney Brigadier General
A. ". Greeley, Lieutenant Commander
Joseph 4. jaime and Professor Willis
s. Moore, chief OF the weather bureau.
az board to consider Che question of
wireless biography in the service of
The national eaEernmenL
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MURDERER SURROUNDED.

Fremepleau Wis june 5-John smith.
the alleged murderer OF Sheriff Harris
OF Eau Claire county and a policeman az
HaFre, Mont is surrounded in the
Ianarack swamps several miles north Of
THIS city and VIII BE- ca1tured within the
next twenty-four hours
= report reached here that she fugitive
SHOT boy and woman rear Narth
y rd in nattempi o. steal horse 70 ALL
ms escape.
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INTENDED TO KILL THE GIRL
Swayze Wrote Touching Letter to His Wife Before tn,
Tragedy in the Detroit Chamber of
Commerce Building.

RETROIT. Mich, June 25.-Charles
ID Swayze evidently intended To kill
Miss Efie Alvord when he asked
her 10 meet him at his Office here yes
terday, and then kill himself. This is
proven by a letter which he left for
his wife, and which was made public
today The letter is addressed to
Darling wife and children ana
opens as follows:
The letter then tells how friends had
of my life God knows I love you
dearly, but our once happy home is
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MoRE sKIR1IIsHINa.
Report Of General sakharoff to the
General staff.

Report of General Sakharoff to the
General STAFF.
ST. Petersburg. June 25-The general
stan has received the following dis
patch from Lieutenant General SAX
haroff under date Of june 25;
"SiuCe the morning of june % the
enemy has continued to advance to-
ward Kai-Chou. Three detachments of
cavalry. each consisting of four or five
EquadrOus, led. and were followed 10y
dense lines of infantry behind which
are marching columns of the line The
Japanese uutp0sJs toward evening eX-
tended along the kio valley about nine
miles south of Senuchen, with the cav
airy posted in the rear. The infantry,
with machine guns held the village of
Motsiatuug on the right flank. There
vas firing all day Ions. We had one
ma5s wounded
Fhe frontier guards. under Sub
Lieutenant DemcEer, amDuscaded and
fred ON a squadron of japanese cav
airy, which lost considerably, ten of
their horses being killed,
Moving Northward.
There had been no further advance
Of the enemy toward kai-Chou up TO
i % clock yesterday Afternoon since June
o. when "a movement of the Japanese
was observed from kahnza, on the
southern Siuyen road toward Kai
Chou along the mountainous route
from Khanza leading uoTthWaTd 10
Siakotung.
THE japanese on June - occupied
the village OF Siandiao. but toward
evening evacuated the place under pres
sure by detachment of our van
guard.
The enemy concentrated three bait
tahous with six guns and four squad
FonS of cavalry al MatsiaYaitze and at
dawn of june % a detachment consist
ing OF battalion Of infantry. two guns
and two squadrOus of cavalry suddenly
attacked company of our vanguard
biEuu8Cking az oiaHdiaO and forced the
company 70 retire. The japanese oc-
cupied Black Mountain Of Siandiao and
also the pass east Of Siandia0 0n the
Sikh0tung road.
japanese Dislodged.
IYhe Russians concentrated ON the
hefglts near Siakh0tuug -Four COM
pauIes with three mountain guns. were
ordered TO move from Siakh0tung over
the pass 20 Siaudia0. The Japauese
were disl0dged from their position by
our artillery and our detachment re-
infoTced. proceeded at III O'Clock i'm the
morning 90 attack the whole of the
enemy's front. The enemy fell back in
inter disorder and Siaudiao was re-oc-
eupied al I o'clockc in the afternoon.
Our artillery fire forced back the Ja-
panese, VINO retired precipitateIy be-
yond Zitakau.
"Our losses were seven soldiers
killed. three officers and fourteen sol-
diers wounded and one man missing
The OhIcer commanding the detach-
ment speaks highly of the behavior of
Duf artillery.
some C0ssacks on June . prepared
80 ambuscade at LintiaEe about four
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EAyENwoRTH kan. June %.

EAVENWORTH, kan, June %
Two men were killed and two Sc
riously wounded today i'm a street
tight with revolvers, The result Of a
quarrel between two harvest hands
The dead: William hammond. farm
hand; George p. Cole, army deserter.
The wounded Charles i. Seeley.
newspaper man. Minneapolis: Joseph
Besser.
George p. Cole. q drserter from the
fhirtieth infantry. Wa nad 1eer em-
pi0yed on farm near this city. got
into q quarrel with William Hammond,
another farm hand, and, without n
word of warning. shot him through
the heart. Cole, with the revolver in
mis- hand, passed through the main
business streets Of the city. which
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ruined by my own weakness and the
plotting of malicious enemies"
The letter then tells how friends had
failed him, and turned the cold shout
der; says that she" was only a tool
In the hands Of his enemies. and con-
cludes with a warning TO his wife to be
careful of any money that comes to
her, and asks her to try and teach his
little girls To think kindly of their fa-
Their.
Miss AlvOrd, Who was shot by SWayze
before he plunged from the eleventh
story window. is in no danger.
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DECORATED By laps.

Tien Tsin, June 25.-The japanese
government has decorated Traffic Man
ager Foley of the imperial railroads
With che Order of the Sacred Treasure
fof valuable services rendered 10 Che
japanese troops when the roads eere
pneer British railroad administration
in 1891
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= - - = = = 44+4&A . =
Lao Yang, June 26--Ine =
= armies OF General Oku and Gen =
? eral huroki aggregaJing at least >
= six divisions, are confronted by >
the huge force under General =
. Kuropatkiu. The tension here is >
. most acute at the approach =
= of the most important battle OF =
= the war i'm which three times the >
= number of troops engaged at kin >
2 Lien Cheng, Kin Chau and Nafan- ?
. gov VIII take part. The proXim- =
= iJy of the rainy season makes the =
= battle unavoidable.
r CNIO. June 25.-lNoon)- Admiral
Togo reports that on Thursday
last. June %. his patrol boat dis
covered the battleship Peresviet and
seven other vessels, accompanied by
nine torpedo boa destroyers. near the
entrance to Port Arthur harbor. They
warned him wirelessly and he imme-
di8lely advanced his entire feet eN-
cept those engaged upon special duty
The admiral then discovered that the
Russian feet which consisted of six
battleships. five cruisers and fourteen
CesuoyeFs, evidently planned a dash
outward by shutdown. The Russians
stopped outside the entrance TO the
harb0r and after uighJfaI a fleet of
Japanese torpedo boat destT0Eegs res0-
luteiy attacked the Russian ships and
succeeded I'm torpedoing and sinking "a
battieship of the PeresVieL type and
disabled the battleship SevastOpOl A
cruiser OF the Diana type was OBJ
served burning t0wed into the harbOT
on Friday morning and 70 was evident
she had sustained serious damage. The
japanese ships sustained little dam
age The torpedo destroyer ShirakumO
WAS hit by d shell which fen In the
cabin and had three men killed and
three others wounded The ChidOri. a
vessel of the same class. was hit be-
hind the engine room, but no casual
ties resulted therefrOm. Torpedo boats
sixty-f0ur and siXty-hve were slight
- damaged.