New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-26
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THURSDAY, MAY &c, 1904.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Port Arthur bombarded by
eight warships for an hour on May "a, and dis
patches from neighboring points give rise to
the belief that the land forces have begun an
active campaign to reduce the fortress. -
General Kuropatkin reported that 1000 Jap
ssnese troops had been concentrated at Feng-
Wang-Cheng, and that small attachments We're
moving slowly Sio-Yen. - The Japanese
have esta blished a base on the Elliot Islands
land small bodies of troops daily landing at
iPitsu-Wo; 5000 men are said to have gone
ashore at Taku-Shan. - Telegraphic COM
,nunication with New-Chwang has been inter
lupted, and no private messages are accepted
for points south of Liao-Yang. - Russians
at Ham-H eung burned the royal mausoleum
Japanese who left Anju in pursuit OF Cossacks
returned to that town May %. - Two
hundred and eighty-three non-c commissioned OF
Ulcers and were drowned on the foshino;
forty-eght were saved
DOMESTIC.-JaInes N. Tyner and Harrison
y. Barrett were acquitted Of charges of con-
spiracy in connection with their former duties
ss law officers Of the Postoftice Department by
a fury in the District of Columbia Supreme
Court. - The Postofice Department plans
TO exclude from the mails newspapers publish
ing Objectionable medical advertisements. -
President Roosevelt returned to Washington
from his visit to the school at Groton Mass
attended by two of his sons. - The Presby-
terian General Assembly at Buffalo adopted a
resolution providing that Presbyterian ministers
be enjoined from marrying divorced persons who,
are ineligible in the churches belonging to the
3nterchurch conference. - William Douglas
Mackenzie inaugurated president of Hart
ford Theological Seminary. - Claims for
nearly 100000 presented against the estate
of Wilson Waddington. of West Haven, Conn,
known the Cattle King" were disallowed.
- An Infatuated negro shot and killed the
conductor Of an excursion train in Mississippi.
CITY.-Stocks dull at irregular price
changes. - Freight moved freely in
spite of the strike of New-Haven employees; an
offer to send the strikers back pending arbitra-
ton sent to President Mellen, but was not
replied TO. - Poorooms in the city remained
closed a rule; preparations for raids in
Brooklyn were being made. - The plan for
reorganization Of the United States Realty and
Construction Company, with capital reduced TO
S30000,OG0, was announced. - Arguments
for shipping subsidies made before the
Merchant Marine Commission. So Mayor Nc
Clellan declared he would stand by DIR. Wood
bury, who again attacked by Tammany
politicians. - The Interstate Commerce
Commission heard testimony from President
Truesdale of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western regarding the fixing of the price of
coal - A lawyer committed suicide just
after he had ended successfully negotiations
6, Brooklyn, thousand pupils and twenty
six teachers marched out without confusion in
two and one-half minutes. - Charlton P.
Lewis is seriously I'll at his home in Morristown,
~. ]. - The winners at Morris Park were:
e. Dimple; q F1yback: g. Gorifer; d Delhi
8. Philma Paxton; 6. All Gold.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Showers, with thunder, and cooler. The temper
allure yesterday: Highest, 80 degrees; lowest, 81.