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Gilpin observer., 1904-04-21
rRADs REVIEW FOR THE WEEK.
Concession Made. Gulf Lines at Meet
ing of Western Traffic Officials.


Chicago, april l5.-At meeting
Of western traffic officials a settle
ment o. the sugar rate war waf
brought about and the work OF check
ing in the rates, according to the new
schedule, is in progress. The basis
of settlement is the one proposed in
the conference held in New York last
week, differential of IL cents in ia
vor of New Orleans over New York
to the upper Missouri river points.
The basis of settlement is a conces-
sion by tire gulf lines. which have
raised their rates on sugar from New
Orleans The traffic officials have en-
tered into an agreement to maintain
the schedule OF rates despite any eff
forts the sugar trust may make to
break them
Gilpin observer., 1904-04-21
Major Hugh c. Dennis Dead.

st. Louis. April 1S.-Major Hugh c.
Dennis. president of the Rialto Grain
and Securities company, from which
United States Senator Burton was
convicted of having illegally accepted
fees. died at his home here. Major
Dennis had been Ill with lung trouble
for nearly two years and had been in
a critical condition for several days.
Gilpin observer., 1904-04-21
ncso from Moscow TO be Significant.
The Daily Telegraph's Shanghai

Tie Daily Telegraph's Shanghai
correspondent cables report that
the Russians are dlsarming all the
Chinese troops in Manchuria cast CT
the Liao river, inc-:ding the Tartar
viceroy's bodyguard
The correspondent OF the Times on
board, the steamer Heimun secured by
wireless telegraph q description con-
firming Vice Admiral Togo's report Of
the Port Arthur operations. Hc savs
that when the Russian fleet had been
enticed fifteen miles outside thc har-
Dor, Vice Admiral Togo was notified.
BY piece of bad luck the wind at
this moment freshened and dispellod
the mist and enabled Admiral Max
aroff to guess the ruse ard retire at
full speed TO Port Arthur. II WAS a
magnificent spectacle, but the Rus
SLAMS had not been enticcd sufficiently
far from the barber. At the close of
q three days engagement On April IA.
the whole Japanese force returned to
the main rendezvous.
Gilpin observer., 1904-04-21
Crowded Church oynamited. .

Evansville, lnd April 1S.-Thc
Evening Lights church at Blackburn
Pike county. was dynamited while
filled with people. A dynamite stick
in an iron tube. placed under the front
end of the building, exploded. tearing
out one end Of the church. No one was
killed. Seyernl were hurt In the manic.
Gilpin observer., 1904-04-21
General Dickinson HopcIessIy mn

washington. April 1S.-General Jo-
seph Dickinson. who is the only sur
vivor of the adjutant generals OF the
various armies Of the civil war, Is
hopelessly Ill In this city. He is sew
enty-three years OF age and is suffer-
ing from general debility. General
Dickinson served under General
Hooker.
Gilpin observer., 1904-04-21
Blizzard in Empire state,

Syracuse, N. Y. April 16.--A heavy
snow storm is sweeping central and
northern New York. In Syracuse the
snow Is five inches deep. Street rail-
way trafiic Is affected and steam roads
are working under difficulties.
Gilpin observer., 1904-04-21
JAPS SET THE MINES
SINKING OF THE PETRoPAv-
, Lovsk WAS WORK OF TOGO.
Rear Admiral Dcwa In comnfsrd of
Fiotila Which Actually Accom-
plishcd the Perious Task--Rus-
! SLAMS Near Sunjin.

slams Near Sunjin.
Toxic, April 1S.-The Japanese are
elated over the SUCCESSES they have
won at Pert Arthur. They are also
proud OF the achievement of Vice Ad-
miral Togo, particularly of his newest
strategy in countermining the enemy's
harbor and decoying him across this
field of mines to an equally dangerous
flank attack. The success of the sys-
tenn of placing deadly countermines
is due largely to a series Of careful
observations made by the japanese
during their previous attacks on Port
Arthur. The japanese saw the Rus
sian fleet leave the harhor and return
to 1t several times and they dlscov-
cred that the Russian warships fol-
lowed an identical course every time
I they came out or went in, evidently
for the purpose of avoiding their own
mines. The Japanese took bearings
on this course. When the destroyer
divisions of the Japanese torpedo no.
tilla laid the countermines during the
night OF April 1913 they placed them
along this course. The laying OF these
countermines was exceedingly peril
Gus. because If any Japanese boat
with mines on board had been struck
by n lucky Russian shot she would
have been annihilated The weather
Of the night of April 1913 favored the
work There was 2 heavy rain. the
night was darl, and cloudy and the
Russian searchiights playing over
the channel failed to reveal the pres
ence of the japanese destroyers.
Rear Admiral Dewa was in COM
mand of the Japanese squadron which
decoyed the Russian ships over the
field of mines. His squadron consist
ed of the cruisers Chitose, Yoshino.
Kasagi and Takasago. all unarmored
vessels which presented a tempting
bait for the heavier Russian ships.
l~yice Admiral Togo directed the
nank attack. He had the battleships
Hatsuse, Mikasa, Asahi, Shikishima,
Hashima and Full. He waited thirty
miles out at sea until Rear Admiral
Dewa signalled him by wireless teleg-
raphy to come in. His vessels then
dashed at full speed toward the en-
trance of the harbor. 1t is not clear
what warned the Russians that they
had been trapped. but they probably
discerned the battleship squadron on
the horizon and retreated precipitate-
ly to the harboy Vice Admiral Togo
did not succeed in preventing the
Russians from entering. but did force
them to disastrous retreat which
ended in the destruction of the Petro-
pavlovsk and the disabling of the Po-
bIeda. After these occurrences the
cruisers Nishin and Kasuga were used
to lombard Port Arthur. They pos
sess the highest angled guns in the
fleet, capable of throwing shells to
tho elevated Russian land works,
which are beyond attainment by the
average naval weapon.
Vice Admiral Togo calls this attack
on Port Arthur the eighth, whereas
here It is numbered the seventh. A
probable explanation is that Vice Ad-
miral Togo regards the latest opera
tion as two distinct attacks.
Expressions of regret at the death
of Vice Admiral Makarof are general
here
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MANY CLASHES.


Los Angeles. Cal, May 13.-The
Methodist general conference con
vened at the regular hour today, With
Bishop Daniel A GoOdsen presiding,
and after the conclusion of devotional
services resumed consideration of the
revision of the rules of order. which
has largely occupied the attention of
the conference for the past two days.
The work of formulating the official
rules of order have been fraught with
many clashes between the opposing
secure the adoption of rules that
would tend to give their particular
faction an advantage in the work of
Legislation The general body, how
ever, has been watchful and the rules
as finally adopted have been framed
with view to absolute equity and
fairness.
The report of Missionary Bishop F.
w. Warne of India. was the special
order of the day Immediately after
the morning recess.
The charges of heresy made by DR..
Munhall and others against the Gar
rett Biblical institute and the Boston
school of theology continue to occupy
the attention of the members of the
committee on education and to be the
absorbing topic among the conference
delegates The subcommittee of five
having in charge the investigation Of
this important matter has made a
report to the full committee
But the attacks of DR.. Munhall and
T
were so spirited that the committee
voted not to accept the report, but to
resubmit it with Instructions to give
the matter more careful and thorough
consideration. The report of the sub
committee stated that but eight me-
MORALS before them on the subject,
only four purporting to come from an
nuaI conferences; that three of these
memorials had been signed by total
of 35 persons, and that two of them
were in the form of a printed circular.
This the report said. seems to be
| the total result of an effort to stir up
/ the conferences of the country on the
subject. After a lengthy and some
what acrid debate in which the report
was characterized by DR.. Munhau and
| his followers as an attempt to white
wash the accused institutions, the re-
port of the subcommittee was finally
/ referred back with instructions for a
| more extended inquiry.
No feature of the present conference
| appears to be attracting more attention
than the missionary exhibit At the
/ close of the first week of the exhibit
I ton. the count of visitors showed a
/ total of 10000, or about $500 a day
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FOR SECOND PLACE.
Knoxville Post G. A. r. Wants Ware
for Vice President.

The Mckinley Post G. A. R.. Knox
vile, Tenn, has declared for E F.
Ware for vice president. The Daily
Journal and Tribune of that city says:
The Mckinley Post G. A. r., had the
largest attendance at it's Saturday
morning session in it's history.
The commander, w. r. Murphy. Of
fered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted in a most
hearty manner:
Whereas, In view of the eminently
just administration of the bureau of
pensions by Hon. E. F. Ware, and es-
pecially so, in his recent order of March
Is. 1904, giving the veterans of the late
civil war an age disability pension
which is of national import, and which
has marked him as a wise and patriotic
statesman, of superior political ability;
therefore
Resolved, That Comrade Ware is en-
titled not only to the gratitude of the
defenders of the Republic, but to that
of the nation itself, and that we urge
that his name be placed on the next
presidential ticket for the Office of vice
president of the United States, and
that a copy of this resolution be fur
nished the Knoxville Tennessee Jour
nal and Tribune, and the National Tri-
bune of Washington, for publication.
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REAL CHILLY SPRING WEATHER.
Minimum Recorded in Topeka Was 4s
Degrees.

The first chilly weather of the
spring reached Topeka Thursday
afternoon and continued today. As
usual the colder TEN peratures came
from Medicine Hat in the northwest.
the coldEsS recorded by the tneIlnoTn-
ton was 43, but at Dodge City the
mercury got down to So.
Today's corn and wheat region bull
letin says: THE weather was clear
and much cooler over Kansas and
western Missouri this morning. except
cloudy at Sedan. The minimum tenn
peratures have fallen from II to 20
degrees in Kansas and from 10 to p
degrees in western Missouri Good
rains have fallen except in the ex-
treme western and northwestern
counties of Kansas"
The following rainfalls We're record
ed by the Kansas stations for the "a
hours ending this morning at z
o'clock: Baker, 90; Concordia, g !;
Fort Scott, ~; Macksville, .0S; Nc
Pherson, 20; Usage City, 80; Sedan.
.6S; Topeka, 81; Toronto, "a; Wich-
ita, 20.
The maximum and minimum tenn
peratures for the "a hours ending this
morning at o'clock were as follows:
Baker, 62-40; COncordia, $40; Dodge
City, 62S6: Fort Scott, 70-42; Hays
Pherson. 10-40; Manhattan, $40;
Usage City. 74-42; Sedan, 1916; To-
peka, 6T-43; Toronto, 74-42; Wichita,
72-44
The forecast for Kansas sent out to-
day was Fair tonight and Saturday;
warmer Saturday" The wind at noon
was from the northwest, blowing II
miles an hour. The hourly tempera-
lures recorded today by the govern
I Ar71ea fl, foil
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WAS IT a RACE QUARREL2
Texas Stockmen Appear in Court
Against Negroes.

In the city court this morning was
begun the preliminary examination of
Thomas Phillips, Joseph Johnson
David Brown, Matte ] Johnson, Georgia
Phillips and Lulu Brown, all coIored,
charged with assaulting Joseph Burt
and w. S. Sanford.
Sanford and Burt are cattlemen,
who were passing through Topeka on
a Rock Island stock train. They
walked from the Union Pacific depot
to the Kansas avenue bridge and had
an alteration with some negroes and
were badly used and had to be cared
for at a hospital. The story told by
some is that Burt and Sanford saw
some of these colored people on the
sidewalk and said, Get off the side
walk, you black and let US
pass. We are from Texas, and don't
allow no niggers on the sidewalk with
us The two stockmen say that the
negroes stopped them and said, you
are from Texas where they
burn niggers, and Wen fix you"
Which ever way it was, Burt and San
ford were badly beaten, and it was at
first thought that they would die.
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MORGAN TAKES IT
Nominated for Legislature in
Reno County Today.
Morgan Forces Control City and
Country.
J. w. JONES is NAMED.
Nominated for Legislature Over
A. L. SpOnsIer.
Machine Has I5I Out Of Total
Of 200 Delegates.

w. Morgan will be a member of
the next legisIature-at least he was
nominated today by the Republicans
of the Hutchinson. district of Reno
county. In fact. the alleged ina
chine" seems to have nominated both
Reno county representatives today
The nomination of Mr.. Morgan
especially comes as great surprise
and it was made unanimously. The
only candidate who had been men
toned up to a few days ago-and the
only avowed candidate-was ]. S.
George, the Hutchinson VIII olesaIe
grocer who was defeated by the rail-
road interests for failroad commits
sioner in the Republican state con-
vention.
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DEFORO IN CHARGE.
Kansas Man at Head of St. Louis Con-
Vention Arrangements,

St Louis, No. May 13.@The seat
ing capacity of the coliseum for the
Democratic national convention has
been fixed at O,S4O. The preliminary
arrangements for the organization of
the convention are in the hands of
w. A. DeFord, of Kansas, who has
established headquarters at the Hotel
Jefferson, representing the sub-com-
mittee of the national committee. I'm
der arrangements as they stand at
present, each member of the national
committee will have at his disposal
one box and ten general admission
tickets. Each delegate will have his
own ticket of admission and three
general tickets in addition. Each al
ternate will have one ticket. The
seats for guests will be in the hands
of the subcommittee on arrange
mentS.
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SHE DIDN'T DIE.
Lucy Haus Said She Took Poison, But
Doctors Couldn't Find It.

Miss Lucy Haus. aged 19, who lives
with her father at 619 Western ave
nue., stated this afternoon to some Of
the people in the place where she
lives that she had taken "bed-bug''
poison. Medical aid was imm ediately
summoned, and DR.. H B. HOgebOOm
and DR.. L. NJ Powell came and exam
ined the girl. They stated that they
could find no trace of poisoning and
that the girl is just we'll as she
ever was. On the other hand, she in
sists that she took a teaspoonful of
the bed-bug killer, which contains
carbolic acid, corrosive sublimate and
wood alcohol in equal portions. She
assigned dependency as the cause for
her action. From the talk of the
neighbors there seem to be indications
of a lovers quarrel. Otto Weber be
ing the man in the case. Some of
the people who live nearby say that
the girl did not take poison at all.
Whatever she did. the doctors say that
she is not poisoned, but beyond that
they declare they know nothing of the
matter.
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INCLINED TO GORMAN.
District of Columbia Delegates to st.
Louis Without Instructions.

Washington, May 13.=The Demo-
cratic convention Of the District of
Columbia today elected the following
delegates to the national convention
Hay, J. Fred Kelley, w .Cranch Nc
Intyre. John F. Monahan and John c..
Campbell. Six alternates also were
selected.
The delegates go to st. Louis unin-
structed as to a choice for presidential
and vice presidential nominees
plank to this effect was included in
the platform, as also We're demands
for economy in public expenditures
and for home rule for the District of
Columbia. James L. Norris was chosen
for member of the national Demo-
cratic congressional committee
Every mention of Senator German s
name was loudly cheered by the dele
gates.
Almost at the beginning of the pro-
ceedings of the convention there was
a split following a determined but un-
successful effort on the part of the
followers of William r. Hearst to en-
force a certain rule of the election
commission which they claimed had
been altered after the recent pri-
Hearst contingent. led by Harry w.
Sherman, president Of the Central
Labor union, thereupon bolted and a
rump convention was held and six
delegates and alternates to the St.
Louis convention were elected and in
declared for anti-trustt legislation and
condemning the Republican party and
the present administration. The dele
gates selected were w. E. Carr, Her
man J. Schultis. Harry w. Sherman,
Ward Savage, Con Kennealy and T.
F. Ryan. The full membership of the
convention is IS, of which number As
remained with the regular body.
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FIREMAN CAME TOO LATE.
Frank ConkIin on Duty Couldn't save
His Barn.

Frank COnklin. a member of the
North Topeka fire department, who
lives at 14OS North Van Buren, street,
had the peculiar experience this
morning of responding to a fire alarm
from his own premises
Mr.. Conklin's barn. at 140S North
Van Buren,, was accidentally set afire
by boys playing with matches about
IL O'Clock this morning, and was
totally destroyed together with all it's
contents. The loss was about $3.50,
fully covered by insurance. A wagon
and a lot of tools and trunks were
stored in the barn.
When Mrs. Conklin discovered the
fire, the flames were already bursting
out of the doors and windows. famed
by the high 8ind. She ran two blocks
to a telephobe. and was so out Of
breath that she could hardly explain
what was the matter. The fire was
so far from the fire station that by the
time the department arrived with Mr..
Conklin, the barn was pretty we'll
gone.
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HIDDEN BY FOG.
Thibetans Are Reported to Be ADJ
vancing Their Lines.

New York. May 13.--British troops
made a reconnaissance in force on
Wednesday, says a dispatch from the
Times correspondent at Gyang Tse.
Thibet The larger part Of the expedi-
tionary force which has been halted be-
fore Jong for some days, was taken by
Colonel Brander to flank the hills be-
hind and to the east OF the Thibetan
stronghold. The Jong monastery on the
mountain side was visited because il
had harbored the enemy's horsemen
two days ago but was found to be in
habited by aged monks from Gompas
and therefore left unharmed-
Thfbetans are reported 70 be advanc-
ing lines on the plain under the protee-
tion of fog.
Reinforcements Of small parties have
been seen from time to time cOnceu-
trating by the Shigatze and Lhassa
roads upon CfSang Tse and the new for
tidcations at 5onE. which are extraordf
nary both in extent and excellence oi
concentration. are being carried or
night and day
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FILED TURTLES BEAK.
Big Snapper Would Not Let Go Little
Boys Finger.

WiIkesbarre, Pa, May 13-The agonfz-
ing screams of 10-year-old William Lusch
attracted a crowd from a radius of sever
ant. where the lad had foolishly thrust his
finger into the beak of a big swapping
turtle. An old inhabitant solernnly adj
jured the boy to be patient. for the turtle
never would let go till IT thundered-
The lads screams were Immediately re-
doubled, but the turtle held on. Finally
a blacksmith, who was in the crowd de-
clared he could deal with the situa ton if
the boy and the turtle would wait a few
minutes. Going to his shop, which was
near by he got two pairs of tongs and
heavy file. Two men caught the turtles
head with the tongs, while the smith pro-
ceeded to file off the top of the reptile s
beak The boy was taken to doctors Of
flee. where his lacerated finger was ampu-
tated-
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RUSSIANS IN THE DARK.
Don't Know Where the Japanese VIII
Strike Next.

st. Petersburg, May 1910 P. M
Emperor Nicholas will leave Tsarskoye-
Salo Sunday evening for Moscow and
Kharoff returning on May %.
Much uncertainty exists here as to ex-
actly what is occurring at the theater
of war as much in regard to the Rus
sian movements as those of the enemy
General Kuropatkin's plans are most
carefully guarded. Although he is be-
lieved to be concentrating troops near
Lao Yang, very little actual informa
tion on the subject is obtainable- The
general impression however, is that
heavy fighting will occur within fort
night. Advices received by the general
staff indicate that the Japanese are
pushing the campaign in southern
Manchuria with great energy. The
rainy season, which will render the
roads almost impossible. begins in six
weeks and the latest belief here is that
the enemy hopes to make his position
secure by decisive engagement before
the rains set in. The army organ be-
lieves that at least eight divisions of
the enemy. not counting 10000 men in
the lower part of the Lao Tung penin-
sula are in southern Manchuria.
AS to the force advancing along the
littoral from the Yalu, where it is be-
lieved another army has landed, infor-
nation is very incomplete The three
divisions of General Kuril1is' army sep
arated at Feng Wang Cheng. Accord
ing to the reports of the Russian
fCor4ip77od on Papa Sly
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TRAPPED Bx FRENCH HEEL.
Woman's Foot Caught in Track and
She Narrowly Escapes Death

Brooklyn. N Y. May 13.-Miss
Lackin Had "a narrow escape from a
horrible accident today. She was
crossing the railroad tracks at Thirty
ninth street and Eighth avenue, when
one of her hign French heels became
wedged between the outer rail and the
board planking. At the same time a
train rushed around curve fifty feet
away.
Miss Agnes Hynes, who was with
Miss Laclxin, had the presence of mind
to seize the latter, andn with all her
strength dragged the foot from the
shoe just as the train whizzed by
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SHORES HERSELF TO DEATH.
Sisters Attempt to See Which Can
Make Most Noise and One Dies.

Columbus. Ohio. May 1S.-Mary L.
Gibe of Findlay, aged IA, snored her
self to death
Lets lay with our backs together
and see which can snore the loudest,'
said her sister to her, as they lay in
bed waiting for the time to get up.
They amused themselves in this way
for some time, and finally fell asleep.
When her sister awoxe she found Mary
dead.
She had been suffering with quinzy
and physicians think death was due to
coderna or swelling of the glottis, ag-
gravated by the child's attempt to
snore.
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Chicago. May 13.=Forecast foa
Kansas: Fair tonight and Saturday
warmer Saturday variable winds
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Senator Burton, who came to To-
peka yesterday from Abilene and. as
usual, refused to talk to the reporters,
spent some time with D. W. MUlvane
and then returned home. Mr.. Null
vane left last night for Washington.
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CONTINUED On Page six.)
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The Kansas City Journal this morn
ing publishes the following:
J. r. Burrow, secretary of state of
Kansas, was in Kansas City yesterday
on his way from Topeka to his home