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The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

New Ose For Wireless Teleeraphy.
PARASITIC Journals st. Peters
bury correspondent says that Colonel
Perky. in . communication to the
Electric Technical society ON the dis
covery Of . means for utilizing wire
less telegraphy to explode submarine
mines, says that an apparatus invent
ed BY him can change the position Of
mines ALREADY submerged. make
mines attached to the bottom rise to
the surface and explode and render
fixed mines, not connected to Q port
by wires, harmless to o~specified yes
sells and dangerous to other ones.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

WASHINCTON- Orders will be II.
sued 1t the bureau of navigation as.
sisning Lieutenant Frank l. Evans,
con Of Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans.
late commander of the Asiatic Sta
ton. to command the Sylph. This is
considered one Of the choicest assign
ments In the navy. Lieutenant Pres
ton. it, present commando, BY re-
ouest. has been transferred to the
Kentucky. Lieutenant Evans has just
returned from the Asiatic station,
vhere he Vas On his fathers stan.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
SHARP competItlon for shipe.

Sharp Competition for Ships.
LONDON-A dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph from Brussels says that
the Russian and japanese govern
ments are competing sharply for the
purchase of transports in Holland
Belgium. As Russia has acquired Al
most all the large ships which were
for sale, Japan will have to be con
tented with the smaller vessels. The
dispatch added that japanese agents
purchased at Antwerp yesterday sew
eral vessels from 1000 to 5000 tons.
and It II supposed that these will be
converted into armored cruisers.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
THAT COAL TRUST
INQUIRY o. THE INTERSTATE
COMMERCE COMMISSION
THOMAS FIXES PRICE Of coal
oaye ese Wfeuld Make Cost More Than
& % e He could-Nhat Fixes the
Price and How Far the Public Aro
WILLING % Pay the Same.

NEW YORK-President Thomas Of
the LeAigh Valley road. In his testi-
mony before the interstate commerce
commission. which Is conducting IN
inquiry into the alleged coal trust, said
that he Axed the price of the coal Of
the Lehigh Valley Coal company that
II sold at tidewate-. Asked II It Was
not . fact that according to his an
swers 1t was quite possible the public
had to pay what all the railroads de-
manded and not what any ono railroad
demanded. Mr.. Thomas said:
you don't believe that any moro
than I do; nobody believes that In .
country Of free men a necessary com
modify would be kept from them BY
unfair prices."
Mr.. Thomas said that he conferred
with President Baer Of the Reading
and other railroad 0ficials before Is
suing the circular Of prices to prevail
beginning April 1, but denied that any
agreement Was made regarding prices.
II made no concealment Of what I
was going to do" he said. Nor did
they conceal anything"
would you raise the Lehigh Val
ley's price II you thought you could
get the increase!" he was asked.
Yes, sir: I would"
do you think you could maintain
IN advanced price II your competitors
did not follow suit?''
mo. sir: I do not"
In reply to questions by Commis-
sioner Prouty, Mr.. Thomas said 1t
would be impossible arbitrarily to hx
the price Of coal.
What determines the price II the
railroads do not FIX it," Commis.
sioner Prouty asked.
The willingness of the public to
pay the price and the ability Of the
railroad to produce 1t at that price,"
President Thomas said there could
be NO reduction from present prices
because of commercial conditions, and
when Commissioner Pr0uty asked him
to define those conditions he said that
A0U0SAC1O0CO Va QOusAC1ouo SouOCV sAs0
big strike; the arbitration commits
sion imediately imposed obligations
upon producing interests; the mines
were growing deeper and more ex-
pensive to operate and maintain: all
grades Of labor were at higher wages.
These we're but q few Of the general
conditions.
Local conditions. he said. In the az
gregate seem to have increased the
expense Of operating. To COmmis-
si0ner Clements, Mr.. Thomas said
there had been no change by any rail-
road from the circular prices because
the conditions of trade had not war
ranted 1t. He said that reduction in
tidewater prices would mean . reduc-
tion in miners wages, according to
the terms Of the decision Of the arbi.
tration commission.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
RUSSIANS MAssINc TROOPS.
Armies Are Being Concentrate,
Around liao YANG.

Armies Are Being Concentrated
Around liao Yang.
LONDON-The New Chwang CORE
spondent Of the Daily Mail, in a dis
patch dated May q. says that coinci.
dent with the japanese advance In
the direction of Lao Yang there has
been q concentration of all the avail.
able Russian troops between Lac
Yang and Mo Tien pass, and that the
forti1lcations of Lao Yaung are being
feverishly hurried. The railway be.
tween Tatschitsia and Lao Yang Is
still intact but every preparation has
been made for its immediate destruc-
ton in the event Of the necessity for
q retreat to Mukden.
The correspondent says that under
cover Of . continuous naval patrol
secret landings are In progress on the
coast Of the Lao Tung peninsula.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
IMPORTANT move
sAlp TO ABOUT TO De. MADE ~
GENERAL kURoPATklN.
the RUSSIANS ARE EXCITED
After engagement with Korea" Troops
They Burn the shrines-Te'esraph'e
Communication with New ChWan0
interrupted.

ST. PETERSBURG are In
dicstions that General Kuropatkin Is
preparing to make a very important
move against the enemy.
One of the reasons for this belief
10 the suddenly increased restrictions
upon the war correspondents at the
front.
The prevailing belief here is that
General Kuroi's army is in difficulties.
SEOUL, Korea-A telegram has
been received here from Gen San. on
the east coast of Korea, saying that
the Russians, after the engagement
with Korean troops at Ham Heung, on
May 10, burned the shrines and the
royal mausoleum which were erected
there by the founder of the present
Korean dynastv in the year 1865. and
which were regarded by the Koreans
as sacred. This apparent wanton des-
ecration of tombs in q land imbued
with the spirit Of ancestor worship
has caused excited denunciation of
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Russians ssspt From Al Ports.

Russians swept From Az Po10s
TOXIC -Noon-The japanese troops
have swept all the Russians from their
defenses- west Of Tallenwan bay. 1t
now II improbable the latter viii be
CAPABLE Of Offering any further seri-
GUS resistance in the territory north
of Port Arthur. Ice Admiral Togo
has now established complete block
ade around the southern end Of the
Lao Tung peninsula. This complete
ly envelopes Port Arthur from the Sea-
ward and probably marks the opening
of the final investment of the town
and its f0rtiAcations.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
WHEN FRANCE MAY MIX IN.

u China Gets Aggressive There viii
6e Trouble.
PARASITIC S0ir claims thta Il has
learned from q Trustworthy source
that Lieutenant General Baron Freder.
icks had another member of the Rus.
sian court. who recently visited Paris
came on . secret mission which had
Tor tts purpose the seeking Of the in.
tervention and effective support Of
the French government In the event Of
China adopting IN aggressive attitude
toward the Russians In Mnachurfa.
The paper alleges that the government
gave formal promise Of compliance
with Russia's request.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Trust win Share Profits.

NEW YORK-Ohacers Of the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining company
viii within q few days divide 500. 1000
in cash among their employees In &C.
cordance with the pro6t-sharing
scheme announced two years ago. Ar
rangements are now being made to
divide the cash In proportion to the
amount of earnings. Managers. super
intendents. assistant managers and A.
sistant superintendent, together with
foremen, assistant former. chemists,
assayists and . number Of others Will
participate In the fund.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

NEW YORK.-The United Statee
transport Fitzpatrick arrived from Ma
nila via the Suez canal with ninety
eight cabin passengers and ninety
three government employees, discharg!
ed soldiers, civilian employees and en-
listed men. She also brought the bod
ies of sixty-four soldiers who died IL
the Philippines. Among the passen
gers we're Major d. C. Poole. retired:
Major H. b. Orwig Of the Philippine
constabulary. Captain H. 8. Stone Of
the transport service and DR.. Lepeero
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
VERDICT IN CONSPIRACY CASE.
Jury Finds Tyner and Barrett Not
Guilty After OeIiberation.

Jury Finds Tyner and Barrett Not
Guilty After DeIiberation.
WASHINGTON.- twenty
two minutes of the retirement of the
jury In the case Of James N. Tyner and
Harrison J. Barrett tried on charges
Of conspiracy in connection with their
duties of law officers of the Post0fiice
department, a verdict of not guilty
was returned. The throng which fill
ed the courtroom throughout the argu-
ments to the jury hardly had time to
leave the building before he jury was
back and the foreman announced that
. verdict had been reached. General
Tyner. expecting q longer wait, had
been wheeled from the room and his
nephew and codefendant hastened to
give IN order which caused him to re-
turn.
General Tyner appeared greatly ex-
cited as he attempted to face the jury.
and when the. verdict was returned he
broke DOWN completely. Several Of
the Jurors wept with him and all of
them shook hands with him.
The Tyner-Barrett case was begun
on May 2 ana has been before the
court nineteen full days. A great mass
OF testimony was offered. The prose-
cution brought forward an army of
witnesses . majority Of whom were
former officers of bond investment
companies, through which Harrison J.
Barrett, the junior defendant, was al
legged too have profited after he left
the Postofice department by practic-
ing before his uncle, who remained in
The department
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
RoTHscHiLo WON'T APPEAL
He Concludes 10 Serve His Sentene(
Of Nine Years.

He Concludes 10 Serve His Sentence
Of Nine Years.
NEW iORK.-David Rothschild,
who was convicted of grand larceny
in connection with the Federal bank
failure and sentenced to serve nine
years in states prison. instructed his
attorneys to withdraw their motion
for q certificate of reasonable doubt.
Assistant District Attorney Sand
ford announced after Rothschild's con.
viction that IL the former bank presi.
dent made q fight he would immedi.
ately call to trial other indictments
now pending against him, and it il
said that Rothschild has concluded not
to invite this action, but to begin
serving his sentence at o7ce.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
w. J. Bryan At Dallas, Tex.

DALLAS. Tex.-In response to IN
invitation Of the Thomas Jefferson
Democratic club. william ]. Bryan
delivered IN address on Democracy
Opportunity" He spoke to IN audi.
ence Of about 5000 persons. The I'd.
dress differed but little from Mr..
Bryan's Chicago address under the
same title, the departures being chief.
" in the way OF local application.
Democrats in my part Of the coun-
Try have <for years fought for the
right, and that without having even
the local omees," he declared.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

Russian story 70 Not Confirmed.
ST. PETERSBURG The report ca
bled to the Associated Press that the
foreign ONCE had received . telegram
from the Russian consul at Che Foo
reporting that the japanese had made
q land attack on Port Arthur and had
lost $1,000 men killed and wounded.
and that the Russians had lost 5000
men, is true. but as nothing conlrma-
tory has been received from any other
source the report is not given ere
dence. The consul in his telegram
said his information was obtained
from Chinese sources.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

SPALDlNG, Neb.-FOur deaths have
resulted from q storm in this vicinity
Tuesday. John Pollard, 30 years OF
age, and Edward Benhamton. aged 20,
lost their lives by driving into q wash.
out in Freeman creek. The body OF
the latter has been recovered, but
search continues for the former Pol.
lard was a married man and came
here from Schuyler two years ago,
having purchased the Charles Nee.
han place. His companion was at.
tending school in Spaulding. Ben.
hamton have mother living in
Omaha.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
WILL VENEZUELA REPupIArE,
Country Being Fortified and Uneasi
ness Felt.

Country Being Fortified and Uneasi
ness Felt.
WASHINGTON, d. C.-Military
measures on q large scale begun re
Gently by Venezuela are giving rise
to q great deal of uneasiness and ap
prehension here It is stated that Q
French company sold Castro's govern
ment 1.5O0, 900 livres' worth of artil
lery, which is being placed in forti
hcations at Puerto Cabello and other
important coast ports. The company
also contracted to supply . force Of
skilled artillerymen to man the guns
for q certain period.
Just what this expensive armament
means. when Venezuela is SO poor, IL
a matter of speculation here and thers
Is some fear It is the forerunner of Q
reputation by Venezuela of liability
for further payments of installments
of indemnity under the awards Of the
recent arbitrations.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Killed BY ll0htnin0.

WAYNE-C. C. Clark. who resides
ON the A. II. Jacobs farm SIX miles
northwest Of Wayne, was struck BY
lightning and instantly killed. to-
Rether with three horses. His son.
Who had been dragging in the field.
drove to the house about noon and
the maan went out To aid his son In
unhitching the horses. dragging the
harrow. when the accident occurred.
The son was shocked but not serl-
ously injured. Very little rain fen
and the cloud overhead was but .
0uaall one.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

DAVID CITY-Some time ago c. !.
]. Barker invented . garden tool
which he called a garden weeder and
mulcher. He made application for
and obtained . patent upon his inven-
tion. He. together with J. n. Zentz
commenced the manufacture Of the
machine on q small scale, the output
meeting with ready sale. Last week .
company was organized for the manu-
facture of the machine on . large
scale, the authorized capital being
fixed nj $4,000.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Looks Into Cattle Rates.

DENVER, Col0.-The cattle grow
efs' interstate executive committee
received word that the interstate
commerce commission had issued IN
order to proceed of its own motion tc
investigate the freight rate situation
and the service Of railroads in live
stock shipments in the west and
northwest. The hearing will be held
In Denver, but the exact date has not
been fixed.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Bryan Wins In frimaries.

OMAHA.-Bryan democrats carried
every ward in the city where there
was q contest In the primaries held
yesterday for the selection OF dele
gates to the county convention. May
%. The defeat of the Success league
people was decisive. the Bryan dele
gates receiving S6S votes to sol for
the opposition in the seven contested
wards in Omaha.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Deputy Warden In Trouble.

LINCOLN-A deputy game warden.
James Reed. has been arrested At
Pender, Neb., charged with using I'm
proper language before . party. the
members Of which were: William
Cordes, w. Meyer, Ben Bucklop and
Mrs. Buckl0p. Reed found . seine In
. lake near Pender. and arrested
John Petersh0gen. H. Grossw0de and
Richard Bintgen. who we're fishing
near the seine. The men paid . fine
Of $S1 and costs. and now charge Reed
with highway robbery. alleging that
he compelled them to give him SIS as
surety for their appearance 1t the
trial.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Pays Clerks Shortage.

LINCOLN-J. N. Gilbert, expert &C
c0untant employed to examine the
books in the ONCE of the county treas
urer. has fled his report which shows
that Edgar Waugh, . former clerk In
the ONCE. IL Q defaulter to the amount
of $4,371.85. AZ soon as the report
was fled william Mclaughlin. treas
urer at the time Of the defalcatt:On. at
once gave to the county commission
ers his check for the amount Of the
shortage.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
cronS 0ojno Fine.

SIDNEY Cheyenne county receiv-
ed another fine rain last week. The
ground was already In good condition
from former rains and the rough soak
ing received last night will put the
grass In excellent condition for weeks
to come. The grass and crop outlook
Il very fine.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
upon Conclusion Of the War.

PARASITIC St. Petersburg CORE
spondent Of the Echo de Paris says:
81 am able to al1rm' that Russia u
preparing to mobilize 100000 SOL
diers in Europe on conclusion Of the
war with Japan. Foreign Minister
Lamsdorf has informed several MEM
bers of the diplomatic corps that he
was uneasy on the subject OF China.
Russia, he said, had adhered unre-
servedly to the terms of Secretary
Hays note, but II China should vio-
late, or permit the violation OF neu-
trality. Russia would act"
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

KEARNEY-A man has been n.
rested at the stock yards in Shelton
and identified by Charles Carpenter
q the one who went through his pOck-
cts and took his money while another
man covered him with . revolver early
Sunday morning. The man was
brought here today by Sheriff Sam
mons. and win be given q hearing to-
morrow. He protests his innocence
and says he will be able to prove IN
alibi.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
JAPs HAVE LOST HEAVILY.

oAIeer Of High Rank Points Out In.
poreanee of Victory.
TOKIO-A Japanese ohlcor Of high
rank made the following statement
to- the correspondent Of the Associat-
ed Press:
The japanese In attacking Kin
Chou and Nanshan hill had to fight
against great odds. The Russians
were in full command Of the STRATEGY
cal advantages Afforded BY nature and
these advantages were augmented by
the newest inventions for defense.
The forts on Nan Shan hin were arm
ed with heavy guns. The japanese
had only field guns. heavy guns BE-
ing unavailable on account Of the DIFF
ficulties Of transportation.
Our army deserves great credit tor
having driven the Russians from this
stronghold; It was . feat previously
considered to have been impossible. l
fear our losses have been heavy. but
we have gained the strongest point
barring our way to the Investment OF
Port Arthur.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
4 BIG BATTLE ON
ATTACK DEVELOPS lNTo 4 Rour
OF THE RUSSIANS.
JAPANESE STORM STRONGHOLD
They % e, However, at Crest loos
q Lie. the Report Being tisat
Twelve thousand Invaders Fell In
The Onslaught

LONDON-A dispatch to the Cen
tral News from Harbin says the Jap
anese losses during the fighting at
Kin Chou are said to be 1900 men
killed. It 10 said that these figures
have been confirmed BY IN omeial
dispatch. Fighting. 1t II added. b
still going on In the vicinity Of Kin
Chou.
TOKIO-The japanese army swept
the Russians from Kin Chou Thurs
day evening and in . desperate night
attack stormed the almost impregna-
BILE position of the Russians on Nan
shan hill, west Of Talien Wan
The battle ragged m the hills all
through the night and frasmentary tel
egrams from the japanese headquar-
ters report that the engagement is
still in progress and that the Japan
ese are still pursuing the Russians
south from Nanshan and the head Of
Talien Wan bay.
The Russians had made elaborate
preparations to check the japanese
movement south on the Lao Tung
peninsula toward Port Arthur. They
had fortified the high ground on the
south shore Of Talien Wan bay. their
works extending to the east and the
west. The extreme Russian right was
at Hushangta0 and the extreme left
at Nanshan hill. This hill was the
strongest part of the line. A series
of batteries, strongly emplaced,
crowned its crest, while rife pits ex-
tended around its side.
Mines had been placed lower down
on the hill and around the base on
the northern and eastern sides were
stretched well made wire entangle-
ments.
Another line of defenses, also pro-
tected with wire entanglements, ex-
tended from Yen CHA Tung. near the
head of Talien Wan bay, due north OF
Lieuchia Tien, which lies south of Kin
Chou.
Wednesday morning at half past s
the japanese attacked Kin Chohu, and
for three hours they had an artillery
duel with the batteries on Hanshan
hill. The Russian gunners searched
the japanese lines with their fire, but
failed to inflict much damage.
The battle was resumed at dawn on
Thursday. Three japanese gunboats
then entered Kin Chou bay and in CO.
operation with the artillery on shore
shelled the Russian position ON Nam
shan hill.
A Russian gunboat In Talien Wan
bay steamed close to the shore and
shelled the japanese left.
From dawn the batteries on both
sides hammered away at each other.
At an early hour the japanese in.
fantry moved forward, and at $50
on Thursday morning they entered
Kin Chou, the Russians retiring to
the south.
The fighting continued into Thurs.
day night. the japanese pressing to
the south and storming Nanshan hill.
They followed the retreating Russians
through the southern hills.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Condemns the vIneoar

Con0emno the vinegar.
LINCOLN-Six barrels Of vinegar.
alleged to have been colored. has been
condemned BY Food Commissioner
Thompson. 1t Was shipped from St.
Louis to Theodore Schruender Of Ne
braska City.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

CHICAGO-Miss El0ise Reuse Of
st. Paul. Mimi, who became insane
here while undergoing the ordeal OF
the so-called sun worship fast" is
dead in the State Hospital for the In
sane at Elgin. Dr.. Frank 8. Whitman,
superintendent Of the hospital says
death was due to acute mania, induced
by starvation. During the fast, which
is said to have last forty-0ne days.
deceased is said by the hospital au-
thorities to have been subjected to
torture by means Of needles and the
application Of lotus oil.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

SAN FRANCISCO.-Former Queen
Liliuokalani Of Hawaii, accompanied
By Prince and Princess Kalaniana0le
and several other travelling compan-
joas. arrived here Tuesday iron the
st. Louis exposition. They Win Sail
for Hoaolulu Nay o.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

Foo cherFermosa Cable Gut
NEW YORK-The Commercial Ca
BILE company sends out the following
notice:
I'VE are advised the the Foo Chou
Formosa cable 10 interrupted. Mes
sases to Formosa 60 via Japan"
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
.Next ceod RoAds Meeting.

Next Coed Ho1oo WeoSln0s
ST. LOUIS. Mo.-The next c0nven-
tion Of the international and National
Good Roads association will be held
in Portland. Ore. The date has not
yet been fixed. but It will be during
the Lewis 4 Clark exposition, In June
Of next year.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Hanna's Portrait on seode.

WASHINGTON-The secretary o1
the treasury has ordered the plates
prepared for printing the Panams
bonds. The portrait Of the late Sen
ator Marcus A. Hanna is to be printed
thereon.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Hastings Has Building Boom.

Hastings Has Building Boom.
HASTINGS is having
the most substantial growth In the
history of the city. New residences
and buildings are going up all over
the city, and, In addition. there are q
number of public buildings nearing
completion.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Miss Roosevelt on for @. Louis.

Nise Roosevelt on for @. Louis.
Observation-Disclosures Roose-
velt arrived here from Groton. Mass.
where he participated in the prize
day exercises Of the school at which
two of his children are students. Miss
Roosevelt, accompanied BY Ars. Wat
ers of this city, left for 81. Louis.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01
Raeinr News Is 0arrod.

At some Of the public libraries n
London the racing news IL carefully
blacked out Of the newspapess be-
fore they are put upon the Ales for
reading.
The Columbus journal., 1904-06-01

FREMONT-The mystery surround
ing the disappearance Of Mrs. Mary
Lyons and children who left Fuller
ton on April Is for Walla Walla.
Wash, and we're lost to the husband
and other relatives after coming -
far a Fremont has been solved. A
letter Just received by Sheriff Ban-
man from Mr.. Lyons conveys the in
formation that the missing ones are
in South Dakota, and that they went
there direct from Fremont. 1t is pre-
sumed that the woman wants to es-
tablish residence in the northern
state and there procure . divorce.
Lyons says he got his Information
from an attorney who is in the en-
pl0y Of Mrs. Ogden. the woman was
with the others when they left Full
lert0n. Mrs. Ogden Is now In Wash
ingt0n state.