davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
SQUADRON
SHELLS VLADIVOSTOK

VLADIVOSTOK, March ga fleet of Eve
Japanese battleships and two cruisers ap-
peared off this place at 1:25 o'clock this
afternoon and bombarded the town and
shore batteries for ffty-five minutes.
The fleet approached from the direction
of Askold island. at the east entrance to
Usuri bay and about thirty-two miles south
east of Vladivostok. The enemy formed in
line of battle. but did not approach TO a
closer range than a mile and one-third
They directed their fire against the shore
batteries and the town, but no damage re-
suited. as most Of their 200 lyddite shells
failed to burst
The Russian batteries, commanded by
Generals Veronetz and Artamonoff, did not
reply, awaiting a closer approach of the
enemy.
The japanese fire ceased at 2:20 d. m,
and the enemy retired in the direction OF
Askold island. simultaneously two torpedo
boat destroyers appeared near Askold island
and two more near Cape Maidel. The Japa-
nese ships were covered with ice.
The attack resulted in no loss to the Rus
slams, but cost the enemy 100000 rubles
(s1o0OoO in ammunition. Most of the pro-
jectiles were six and twelve-inch shells.
The population Of vladivostok was warned
this morning of the presence on the horizon
of hostile fleet and the prospect of an at
tack during the day, but IL remained tram
ouil
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
JURY FINDS TODD GUILTY
OF KILLING YOUNG WIFE
Verdict of Manslaughter After
Jurors Spend All Night in
Deliberating.
MUCH INTEREST IN CASE

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LEBANON, Ind. March 6.-The jury in
the Todd murder case returned verdict
IN open court this morning, after having
deliberated all night. The defendant was
found guilty of manslaughter in having
killed his wife. He will be given sentence
to the state prison for term of two to
twenty-one years.
Todd was present with his attorney this
morning when the verdict was read. His
father and brother were also with him.
While awaiting the arrival of the jury
Todd was very nervous, but he received
the verdict calmly and appeared to be re-
lieved that it was all over and that his
fate had been determined. The State is
entirely satisfied with the verdict. 1t did
not press the question of premeditation
and did not ask for the extreme penalty.
The defense will likely ask for a new trial.
The jury stood ten to two for conviction
on the first ballot. The two jurors, after
holding out all night, finally voted with
the majority that the degree of murder be
fixed at manslaughter and the punishment
from two to twenty-one years in the pen
itentiary.
Todd. who is but nineteen years of age,
was accused of numbering his twenty-year-
old wife, a daughter of ex-County Commits
sioner James A Mclean. The tragedy oc-
CURED on the afternoon of Dec. 81 at the
Todd residence, near jamestown. Todd was
the only one IN the mouse Wnen MS wife
met her death. His version of the shooting
was that he had returned about p. m
from hunting trip. and that. having a Sc
we're headache, he sat down on the corner
of the bed and placed the gun on the bed ;
he did not know just how the tragedy oc-
CURED further than that his wife started
10 pick the gun up 10 put ii away, when
1t was accidentally discharged, the load
striking her in the left breast and causing
almost instant death.
The coroner, who investigated the trag-
edy, said that while there were evidences
of foul play, he would give Todd the bene-
At of the doubt and accordingly returned a
verdict holding that Mrs. Todds death was
accidental. The grand jury returned an
indictment against Todd, charging him
with murder in the first degree.
The trial was in some respects a remark
able one. II was unusually short for a
murder trial; the selection of the jury, the
taking of testimony and the argument oc-
Supying only four days The trial pro-
gressed without the slightest sign of a
jar between the attorneys. Cross-examina-
tions were short and some of the most i'm
portant witnesses, including the defendant
himself, were not cross-examined. The Jury
was permitted to separate each evening
The trial attracted great interest and was
attended by the largest crowds that have
been seen at any trial here for years
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
PASTOR GIVES JAPAN HIS
WISHES FOR HER SUCCESS
"May Victory Perch on Japan
He Says that Country May Be
ChriStianized.
MUST MAKE IMPRESSION

The victory of Japan should not be too
quick or too great, but should leave de-
cided impression on the little Eastern en-
pire, according to the Rev. ]. Cumming
Smith in his sermon at the Tabernacle yes
terday morning. Mr.. Smith selected for his
theme "a Contradiction That Is Argu-
ment." In part he said:
"Chaos must precede cosmos. Earth
quake, upheavaI and catastrophe were the
Carpenters methods in framing and joint
ing our now stable globe 1888. ----->
Jesus announced not gospel of
quescence which may carry with it a slav-
ish accommodation to inequitable condi-
tions. but gospel of quietude
Therefore, the God of love is in this deep
sense God of wrath and storm; only the
storm is a method, the love is both the
motive and the objective point.
Napoleon, with a surly atheism re-
marked that God was on the side of big
battaions. l don't believe this wretched
sophism 1t only applies, if it applies at
ALL to the results of the moment and the
immediate collision. The results of the
century. the slow, far-reaching results OF
the world, are determined not by battal-
ions, but by beliefs; not by Krupp guns
and physical predominance, but by enlight-
ened opinion and irresistible justice; not
by Growing majorities merely, but usually
Dy nrm, De1OlC lDal start d
thought which the world frowns at first,
but to which the world bows at last in un-
feigned reverence.
MAY Japan win, for Japan is not alto
gether heather country, nor is Russia
altogether a Christian country. Ii is salu-
tary sometimes TO pause and try to define
well-used words like Christian and heather.
"If | were missionary l would want
victory to perch on Japan. But not too
much or too quick a victory, but just
enough victory to be decisive and to leave
a sober serious impression on the splendid
little empire"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
DEATHS OF Il DAY.

CINCINNATI, March 6.-william Aus
tin Goodman, sr., aged eighty-one, president
of the National Lafayette Bank and large
ly connected with other enterprises, died to-
day He had been longer IN the banking
business than any other Cincinantian When
a young man ne was associated with his
father in the banking firm of T. s. Goodman
* Sons. Among his children is the wife OF
Ralph Peters, general superintendent of the
Pennsylvania lines southwest of Pittsburg.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. March 6-Rev
Willard NJ. Rice, d. D., well-knOwn Pres
byterian divine died to-day at the home OF
his son-in-law, ]. Marshall Buddy, at Hav-
erford, a suburb. He was eighty-seven
years of age DR.. Rice for many years
was prominently connected with the Pres
byterian board of publication. and was the
author of many Presbyterian works
DETROIT. March 6.-Rev. John McEl-
downey. ID. D., a well-known Methodist
minister. and at one time presiding elder OF
the Detroit district. died to-day of pneumo-
MIA. He was eighty years old.
LONDON, March 6-Lord Alexander
Burns Shand who was created baron In
1892. is dead lie Was born in ISIS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
AWFUL BARBARITIES
PRACTICED BY BELG|ANS
Natives of Central Africa Subject
ed to All Sorts of Cruel
Treatment.
FEAR FACE OF WHITE MAN

LONDON, March 6.-The long awaited
report of Mr.. Easement the British COM
missioner sent by Lord Lansdowne to travel
through the Congo Free State and investi-
gate the stories of massacre, cruelty and
extortion brought back by explorers and
missionaries, has been issued by the For
eign Office.
The report is terrible indictment of
Belgian colonial government. Praise is
given to the Free State government as re-
CARDS the condition OF. several districts, but
on the whole the report is a catalogue of
acts of barbarity and wanton cruelty CON-
rnitted on natives who could not satisfy
the demands of the grasping officials.
Visiting the villages round Lake Mantum-
ba, MIR. Easement saw the burnt and bare
poles of dwellings. The inhabitants fed at
the sight of the steamer and the white men.
a grinding system of forced labor and con-
tributions of food prevails. At some of
the lake villages the unfortunate blacks
cials with fish weekly, task which III
volved miles of toilsome canoe padding.
At a village in the rubber country Bel
gian official said: zone factory on the
Bussira with 80 guns gets only ten tons of
rubber. We, the state of Momboyo, with
13O guns. get thirteen tons per month"
$50 you count by guns?" asked Mr..
Easement.
Everywhere" replied the Belgian. leach
time the corporal goes out to get rubber.
cartridges are given TO him. He must
bring back all not used, and for every one
used he must bring back a right hand
The same man volunteered the statement
that in six months they, the state, had
used 6C00 cartridges, which means that
5000 people had been killed mutilated.
Numerous instances are given Of women
being seized and sold or kept prisoners
Fifteen were found at one place penned in
a shed, tied together, either neck to neck
or ankle to ankle
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
: Heavy Rains Cause a Swelling
Tide Which Moves Ice Gorges
Toward the City.
UPPER BRIDGES INJURED
Three Piers of d Traction Bridge
Carried Out and a Wagon
Bridge Damaged.
SIX-INCH RISE HOURLY
Guards Stationed to Warn the City
OF Danger-Eastern Flood
Situation.

TOLEDO. o.. March 6.-This city is IN
imminent danger tonight. There has been
rain during the entire day and the ice
gorges up the river have been gradually
moving down towards the city. At 10 O'Clock
the ice had formed a temporary gorge hve
miles above the city. At the bridge of the
Toledo Railway & Terminal Company, a
mile below the gorge the water is nine
teen feet above the normal stage. Inc
gorges took out three piers of the Urban
& InteruTban Railway COmpany's bridge
across the river at Maumee City and also
did considerable damage 10 the wagon
bridge across the river at that point, but
did not take the bridge
In the city the water is about seven
feet above the normal stage and is ris-
ing at the rate of about six inches an
hour. Guards are stationed at points along
the river and are keeping the officials In
this city informed as 10 the situation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
FIVE CASUALTIES DUE
TO JAPANESE ATTACK

ST. PETERSBURG. March 6.-Onfcial dis
patches received here concerning the bonn
bardment OF Vladivostok by a japanese
feet this afternoon do not mention any
Russian losses. but private advices say that
five were killed, four sailors and the wife OF
an engineer. 1t is apparent the japanese
afraid to risk exposing their ships to
the plunging fire OF the land batteries, and
1t is considered probable here that the at
tack was really for the purpose OF drawing
the fire OF the Russian forts, compelling the
Russians TO disclose the position and caliber
of their guns and also for the purpose OF
ascertaining whether the Russian squadron
is in port.
If this was the object, the japanese. IL
is believed, have failed signally. the bat
teries did not fire shot. and II the squad
ron is in port. II could not be seen from the
Japanese position in the bay of Usuri. on ac-
count of the higland which rises from the
coast on that side, obstructing the view OF
the harbor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
FLOOD SITUATION IS
SOMEWHAT IMPROVED

HARRISBURG. Pa. March 6.-The
Junitia and Susquehanna rivers have been
falling all day. The gorges above and be-
low Harrisburg are still intact and there
has been no ice movement in the Suseque-
hanna since the break of yesterday in the
gorge at Highspire. The conditions in the
flooded district show an Improvement over
yesterday, and unless there is a sudden rise
in the river II is thought the worst is over.
AT Middletown the water is still higher
than in the great flood of 1882 and the wa
ter supply and the electric light supply Of
the borouEl. are still cut or The tracks Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad between Lochiel
and Aiiddletown are covered with water
and ice, and large locomotives with snow
plows were sent there to-day to try to
clear the tracks, but failed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
POSITION OF RUSSIAN
FLEET IS NOT KNOWN

LONDON, March 6-Only Russian re-
ports on the bombardment Of Vladivostok
have yet been received and these give
indications as TO whether the Russian
squadron is still there. According 10
port from Toxic the squadron was seen
off Gensan, Korea, last Thursday. but on
this point there is no reliable information.
Speculation, however, mostly inclines TO
the belief that the Russian squadron is
not in port at vladivostok. as neither the
official nor the other reports of the bonn
bardment mention Russian battleships.
Port Arthur dispatches Of Saturday and
Sunday say that everything is quiet there
and on the Liao-Tung peninsula.
The japanese cruiser squadron was seen
accommodating off Port Arthur Friday
night during a heavy snowstorm.
The Daily Telegraph's Che-Foo corre-
spondent says the Russians are still en-
ploying thousands Of coolies at Port Ar
thur and Dalr.y on intrenchments and new
forts, and that they are also mounting
over a hundred guns 10 protect the neck
OF the isthmus-
The correspondent of the Standard az
Tien-Tsin gives a rumor that thirty Rus
sian sailors were caught In an attempt To
escape from Port Arthur and that they
were shot the same day.
The Standards St. Petersburg corre-
spondent telegraphs. under reserve. a story
10 the effect that party OF japanese dis
syuised a. Tartars were arrested by guard
at "A Siberian Railroad bridge at Syzeran.
on the River Volga. having packages OF
dynamite in their possession.
A special dispatch from Tien-Tsin esti-
mates there are 5000 Tunges irregulars
i'm South Manchurla. largely led by patri-
otic japanese who volunteered for the
dangerous work.
The Russian cruiser Aurora has arrived
at Suda bay, Turkey.
The Daily Malls Ping-Yang correspond
ent. under date OF March 3 describes the
great difficulties TO be met with on the
road from Seoul. He says that recent
thaws broke up the roads which have
again become frozen over. while from time
TO time there are severe snowstorms. one
pass which the correspondent travcrsed
was covered with sheets OF slOping ice. The
country far Hwang-Ju IL mountain
Gus and impregnable from the north. but
afterwards IL becomes more open. lie says
Il Is piteous 10 see the terror OF the Korean
refugees fleeing through the snow with
their household goods
Cabling under yesterdays date the same
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2. col. -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
TRUCK DRIVERS ARE
STILL HOLDING OUT
Both Sides Determined to Make a
Finish Fight Out of the
Strike.

KANSAS CITY, March 6.-There was no
important development in the truck driv-
ers' strike to-day. Each side is confident of
ultimate victory. but neither gives evidence
of weakening. The employees say they have
strike fund which is ample to meet all
the expense incident TO the strike.
The transfer companies declare that they
will appeal to the national organization of
the employers association rather than
make any concessions to the strikers. They
say they have all the men needed to carry
on their business, and tomorrow they eX-
pect to. run $50 wagons, or about three
fourths of the number in use before the
strike began.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
Russians Say No Damage Was
Done and that 100000 Worth
of ProjectiIes Were Wasted.
RANGE MILE AND A HALF
Russians Waited for Enemy TO Go
Nearer, Holding Their Fire,
but Were Disappointed.
LAND FORCES ADVANCING
Japanese Hurry Toward the Vladi-
vostok Railroad-Russian View
of British Friendship.

ST. PETERSBURG, March Ga conn
munication from viceroy Alexicff to
the Czar from MuLden, bearing to-
days date, saysi
81 most humbIy inform your Ma
jesty that the cOmmnndant at the
fortress at VIadivostok reports that
at $3.50 this morning seven vessels
were sighted south of AskoId island.
At 9s45 they were seen to be warships
making for AskoId island. About
noon the enemy's squadron was mid
way between the coast and Askoid
island, making for Usuri bay. They
were out of reach of the shore bat
teries.
At lao the enemy opened fire. The
two leading vessels i'm the squadron
were probably the first-class cruisers
Idzuma and Yakumo, but the names
of the other vessels are unknown
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
SAILORS IN MUTINY
HAVE BEEN RELEASED

SAN JUAN, p. r.. March 6.-The United
States lighthouse tender Nina, the sailors
OF which recently were charged with mu-
tiny. has sailed for Pensacola for repairs,
manned by d crew from the gunboat
Gloucester
The members of the crew of the Nina,
who were arrested for mutiny have been
discharged. and several of them will remain
here 10 swear out complaint against
Capt. William g. Cutler for false imprison-
ment
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
THEATER At E[MIRA IS
DESTROYED BY FLAMES
Loss Is About SII8,ooo-Burning
Rag Found in Adjoining The
ater Soon After.
INCENDIARISM INDICATED

ELMIRA, n. Y, March Fire broke out
in a cigar factory under the Lyceum The
ater at 11:15 o'clock last night. and soon
the entire block was a mass of flames.
The Lyceum Theater, owned by Col. d
c. Robinson, was destroyed. Loss, s6S,Oo0
The rest of the block was badly gutted
and the loss will be over $4,000. The Elks
lodgerooms were destroyed.
Henry Bculle. stage manager, was nearly
suffocated by the smoke. The Fleming rep
ertoire company lost its trunks and scenery
At / O'Clock Monday morning a burnins
rag was found on the Auditorium stage
This theater is in the Realty building, next
to the Lyceum. 1t is thought from this
that both theaters were deliberately set or
fire
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
YOUNG H|GHWAYMEN BEAT
ViCT|Mj CAPTURE FOLLOWS
Policemen Near Scene of Hold-Up
Arrest Youths Before They Can
Commit Robbery.
CHASE BEFORE ARREST

DIR. NJ. c. Leith was attacked and badly
injured by two youthful highwaymen, who
were afterwards captured by Patrolmen w.
Larsh and Shelby about midnight last night.
The boys who attempted the hold-up are
Paul Shepard sol Arbor avenue, and Paul
Bottersfield. 722 River avenue.
One of the boys struck him a terrific blow
across the face with club. Dazed by the
blow, the doctor turned to grapple with his
assailants and received another stunning
blow under the eye.
The policemen were near where the as
sauIt was committed and reached the place
before the boys disappeared. They inme-
diately started in pursuit, and after a chase
of several blocks captured the pair
DIR. Leiths nose was broken and a deep
cash cut under his eve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
GORGE NAY GIVE WAY;
TRACKS SUBMERGED

PORT DEPOSIT, Md, March 6.-The ice
gorge in the Susquehanna river at this point
has resisted the pressure or the flood for
thirty-six hours. but now shows signs of
weakening The tracks OF the Port Deposit
& Columbia Railroad. which follow the east
bank of TIE river, are submerged for dis
tance OF three miles. and North Main street.
which parallels the railroad tracks a few
yards distant is the bed of a roaring
stream.
The dwellings which stand between the
tracks and the street have been vacated,
and are filled with water TO depth of sew
eral feet
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
PROBABLE MURDER OF
THEATRICAL AGENT
Leon MelleS Said to Have Been the
Victim of Knockout" Drops
in New York.

NEW YORK, March 6.-Leon Melles, a
theatrical agent died to-day at his home
from the supposed effect of knockout drops.
Just before he died he gave the name OF
a young woman with whom he had been
on friendly terms for about a year. who.
he said. was responsible for his condition.
The attending physician said that in his
opinion Melles the victim of chloral
poisoning. The police are looking for the
woman.
Melles. who for a long time was known
the stage as Lance De Melles, returned
home early yesterday morning i'm a dazed
condition, and was later seized with con-
vulsions. An autopsy will be performed to-
morrow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
ACCUSED OF SENDING
POISONED CANDY
Mrs. S. Dye Arrested on Charge,
and Her Alleged Victim, Miss
Nelson, Expected to Die.

PIERRE. S. D., March Ga telegram re-
ceived from Sheriff Laughlin announces
that Mrs. S. Dye. the woman accused of
sending a box of poisoned candy from
Boone, Ia, to Miss Rena Nelson, living
near Pierre, has been arrested, and that
her attorney has applied for a writ of
habeas corpus. The hearing has been set
for tomorrow Miss Nelson is still alive.
but her physicians announce that she can
live but few hours longer.
The hearing on the application for the
requisition of Mrs. Dye VIII be held before
Governor Cummins al Des Moines on Tues
day. Sheriff Laughlin will ask that the
hearing on the application of the writ of
habeas corpus be postponed until after the
Governors decision.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
VON WALDERSEE TO
BE BURIED WEDNESDAY
Funeral of German Field Marshal
to Be Held at Noon-Many
Royal Condolences.

BERLIN, March 6.-The funeral of the
late field marshal Count Won Waldersee,
will be held at noon on Wednesday.
Emperor William and Empress Augusta
Victoria. all the members of the house of
Hohenzollern and the sovereigns Of all the
German States and also many eminent per-
sons abroad have telegraphed coincidence
to Countess Won Wadersee.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
CEMENT FINISHERS
TO GO OUT ON STRIKE
Trouble Is Over a Demand for
Higher Wages-Will Affect
1000 Worknen.

CHICAGO. March 6.-The Cement Fin
ishers' and Helpers Union will go strike
tomorrow TO enforce its demands for
higher wages. The walk-out will tie up
extensive sidewalk improvements that have
been planned in every section of the city.
The demand of the union calls for a wage
Increase of 10 cents an hour The finishers
are now paid 80 cents an hour and the
helpers 35 cents an hour. Nearly one thou
sand workmen are affected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
susquchanna River Falling.

WILK KESBAR1tE. Pa, March 6.-Since
o'clock this morning the water in the Sus-
quehaEna river here has been slowly reced-
ing The measurement when taken tonight
at 10 O'Clock. showed a drop of one foot to-
day IL being seventeen feet above low water
mark There is much anxiety among the
people living on the west side OF the banks.
though there Is no apparent danger ahead
for Tonight.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-07
TENNESSEE NOMINATION
NAY CAUSE CONTEST

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, March 6-Returns.
practically complete from the ten counties
Of the Second congressional district show
that NJ w. Hale has defeated X. w Austin
for the Republican nomination by ma ior-
ity of 1000 votes. Austin may appeal TO the
rational congressional committee on the
ground that hundreds of his supporters were
dlsfranchised by means Of an Injunction in
Campbell county.