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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31

ervolr Is once full. part Of the year
some OF the water viii have 70 run TO
waste,
FOR POWER PURPOSES.
Seven miles below the dam, water
will be taken from the canal and drop
ped 100 feet where It viii be utilized In
an electrical power plant for pumping
water from the canal TO one Of higher
level for high line distribution.
BUILDING GREAT ROAD
Engineer Ahern Is building a perma-
nent road 800 feet up the canyon and
along the line Of the canal, to be A.
miles long, two miles OF which win be
cut through solid rock He is expendlng
about $1,000 per month for labor hire In
this connection, and II viii be a fine
piece Of engineering when he Is through
with H. The entire cost OF the project
will be $500, 600, and the time required
for its completion WIN be three years.
Down the river 100 miles, at Big Horn
canyon, the government proposes TO
build another Box canyon dam for
reservoir that shall inigate an immense
tract Of country I'm southern Montana
In the Custer military and Grow reser-
vations. But this scheme has not yet
so matured that any detailed informa.
ton can be given about It.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31
couohinu Smell Caused peotb

Harry Duckwel aged q years.
checked 10 death early yesterday morning
at his home, In the presence OF his wife
snd child He contracted a slight cold
few days ago and paid but little al.
tentlon TO H. Yesterday morning he was
sliced with a ht OF coughing which con-
physician but before he could arrive,
another coughing spell came on and
Duckwell died from sunfocatlon.- st Louis
Globe-Democrat, Dec /, 1901" Ballard
Horehound Syrup would have saved him.
25c, zoe and N.OO. Sold by z. c. NJ ].
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31
pooroRs coULp Nor HELP HER

II had kidney trouble for years" writes
Mrs Raymond Conner Of shelton Wash
"and the doctors could not help me- I
tried Foley's Kidney Cure and the very
first dose gave me relief and / an now
cured ] cannot. say too much for Foleys
kidneys sound so they will eliminate the
pOlsOns from the blood Unless they do
this, good health Is impossible, + J.
Hin Drug Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31
ONE FARE FOR
ROUND TRIP.

Via Salt Lake Route. Tickets sold
Dec. %, "a. rs and Jan. /. Limit for
return Jan. 9, 1905. See agents for par
ticuars
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31
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BEING WATCHED ALL OVER THE WEST

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-31

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
PORT ARTHUR
IS T0TTER|NC
Events Continue to Culminate
Around the Doomed
Fortress.
is NOW EFFECTUALLY BLOCKED
Russians Are Fleeing Across the
Yalu River-General Kuropatkin is
Said to Have Issued Long Expected
Order for an Advance.

~ London, April 22.-The Toxic cor
respondent Of the Daily Telegraph
says that Port Arthur undoubtedly Is
effectually blocked and that events are
eliminating around the doomed for
tress.
London, April PA correspondent
Of the Times cabling from Niuchwang
says that a messenger has arrived
there from the Yalu river with the in.
formation that the Russians are fee.
ing north across the river in over
crowded boats and are losing hun
dreds by drowning.
Paris, April 22.-The st. Peters
burg correspondent of the Petit Pari-
sien says he has learned that General
Kuropatkin has ordered the advance
OF the Russian forces which are mass
ed in northeastern Korea, and that a
brigade of infantry, with five thousand
Cossacks is within a hundred versts
of the banks of the Tumen river.
st. Petersburg, April 22.-All doubt
as to the cause Of the destruction of
the battleship Petropavlovsk and the
damage to the battleship Pobieda at
Port Arthur Is dissipated by the re-
port submitted by telegraph to the en-
peror, April 81. In it, Viceroy Alexieff
stated in a way that leaves the matter
no longer open to question that mines
were responsible for the disaster.
The viceroys report was sent only
after a thorough investigation, ordered
by the emperor, had been made. 1t
explicitly states that under the star
board side of the Petropavlovsk there
was an explosion" and says a mine
exploded under the Pobieda
Mukden, April 22.-The operations
Of the Russians in Manchuria are
greatly hampered by the immense
number of spies. Major General Kon-
dratsvitch, commanding the Ninth east
Siberian rife brigade, says the Jap
anese have taken advantage of the
convenient location of Niuchwang,
which is full of spies.
In the guise of merchants, beggars,
ragpickers and lackeys," says the gen.
eral, these spies are everywhere.
They have grown pigtails, showing
that they have been preparing for
their work for a long time and that
they are unwilling to trust entirely the
information supplied by the Chinese
They are hard to get rid Of. These
insects. as soon as they obtain informa
ton, cross the river into Chinese ter
ritory, where they use the telegraph
Some of them have been caught, but
the majority wander smong the troops
and nothing can be done to prevent
| it."
A Chinese spy who was caught sew
eral days ago was sent to Lao Yang
where he was shot. The Chinese man
ifested deep sympathy, following hin
along the streets after he mad beer
captured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
FOR CONTROL OF PANAMA.
Committee Reports Old Louisiana Pur.
chase Act to House.

Washington, April 21.-The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce yesterday took up all pend
ing bills for the government OF the
Panama canal zone and disposed OF
the question by striking out of the
senate bill all after the enacting
clause and inserting with a few slight
changes, the second section Of the act
of 1903, of which Thomas Jefferson
was the author, for the government of
the territory acquired by the Louis
lana Purchase"
AS authorized to be reported to the
house, the bill provides as follows:
That until the expiration of the
Fifty-eighth congress. unless provision
for the temporary government of tho
territory acquired by the United
States from the republic of Panama by
the terms of treaty ratified on the
10Th day of February, 1904. be sooner
made by congress, all the military,
civil and judicial powers exercised
by the officers of the existing govern.
ment OF the said territory, or granted
by the terms OF said treaty to the
United States shall be vested in such
person or persons, and shall be exer-
cised i'm such manner as the president
of the United States shall direct for
the government of said territory and
for maintaining and protecting the in.
habitants thereof in the free enjoy
ment of their liberty, property and
religion
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
BRYAN AT CHICAGO.
New York Platform Receives Scath-
ina Denunciation.


Chicago, April 25.-William J.
urday night in the Armory of the sec
Illinois infantry. The place was
packed to it's utmost capacity and a
large number of people were unable
to get through the doors.
The meeting was entirely an affair
Of Mr.. Bryan's, he having rented the
Armory and paid all of the expenses
Of the meeting. He was particular
to have it understood that his address
was not in favor of or against any
particular aspirant for democratic
nomination for the presidency. His
subject was New York Platform"
and he repeated several times during
the course of his address that he was
discussing measures only, and not
men.
In order that his address might not
have the appearance of being deliv-
cred under any particular political
influence. or in the interest of any
especial faction, Mr.. Bryan was his
own presiding officer and introduced
himself to his hearers.
He characterized the platform
adopted at the recent state conven-
ton in New York as ambiguous, I'M
certain. evasive and dishonest" de-
claring that it would disgrace the
democrats of the nation to adopt such
q platform, and it ought to defeat as
an aspirant for democratic nomina-
ton any man who would be willing
to have it go forth as a declaration Of
his views on public questions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
FLANK MOVEMENT
HAS BEEN BEGUN
Japanese Transports Appear
Near Mouth of
YaIu.
TO ISOLATE PORT ARTHUR
Said To Be Purpose of Mikado's
Troops - Japanese Are Building
Entrenehments On Yalu But Are
Expected to Advance Soon.

st. Petersburg, April 21.-What
may turn out to be the anticipated
thanking movement or the Japanese
troops, is the appearance of a number
of Japanese ships Off Potansa, near
the gulf of Cheng Tai Use, about mid
way between Port Arthur and the
mouth of the Yalu river, as reported
to the car yesterday by General Ku.
ropatkin.
Military experts here have long re.
garded that vicinity as the probable
point Of debarkation of the second
Japanese expedition. 1t Is not far
away from Takushan eighteen miles
to the east, and connects by road
with Port Arthur, $50 miles to the
southwest, and Fungwang, fifty miles
to the northwest, where the Russians
will make their first obstinate resist
ance.
Though the Japanese are building
entertainments ON the Yalu, 1t Is be.
lieved that they will advance soon
The arrangements for turning move
ment are complete and experts say
that such a movement could properly
begin at Takushan as Fungwang lies
at the angle of an eQuilateral triangle,
with Takushan and the Yalu as bases.
The Japanese debarkation will I'M.
doubtedly be covered by warship and
the Russians recognize that it will be
impossible to prevent it.
I'VE will strike after they have
landed" grimly said member Of the
general staff.
General Kuropatkin is aware of the
strategic Importance Of the vicinity
| of Takushan and 1t is understood
that he has made his arrangements
accordingly.
Toxic, April 21-Russian troops to
the number of 1000 are reported to be
in occupation of Yong Gan in north
eastern Korea. A detachment of forty
Cossacks mas appeared for a second
time at Sung jim, about rs miles north
of Gen San, where they burned the
Japanese settlement and took posses
, sion of the post and the telegraph
Offices. AS there were no Japanese
troops present, the Korean officials at
Sung jim were friendly to the Rus.
SLAMS.
Another detachment of Is Russian
soldiers has advanced as far south
as Puck Cyong, about Is miles down
the coast from Sung jim.
Washington, April 21.-The an
nouncement from st. Petersburg by
the Associated Press of the withdraw
al of Alexieff from the direction of
the affairs OF the far east. together
with the lucid and interesting story
of the rise and fall of the radical ele-
| ment in Russia headed by Alexieff and
Bezobrazoff, was received with in
! tense interest in official circles here
The change just indicated is be-
lieyed to pretend a complete reversal
Of Russian policy in Manchuria, and
it is thought that could Russia save
her face and pride before the civilized
world by scoring a decisive victory
on land the way would speedily be
opened for peace negotiations on the
broad basis Of the last Japanese prop
osition just before the outbreak of the
! war
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
SOILS DEPARTMENT
BEGINS ITS WORK
Has Completed Arrangements
for Series of Expert
mentS.
TO COVER SEVERAL YEARS
10 Test Ability of Grain to Furnish
Fertilizer of Soil-Department Has
Devoted Plat Of Land to Expert
mental Work.

Ames, April 25-Tne department of
soils at the Iowa State college, which
has just equipped its laboratory for
research work, has completed arrange
ments for a series of field experiments
that will cover several years and will
be of the greatest practical value. A
plat Of ground including about thir-
teen acres has been set apart for this
purpose.
The field is divided off into plots of
a permanent nature each definitely
staked off with iron stakes, which
will be permanent locations. Four
plots are set aside for tests of the abil-
ity Of grain raised on the ground to
furnish fertilizer for the soil. One
plot is to be planted to corn. one to
oats, third to corn and the fourth to
clover. The grain from all four will
be fed and will be the sole support OF
certain stock, all the manure from the
four plots being used on the four plots,
each being treated once each four
years. This experiment will deter
mine the ability of the farmer by keep
ing stock enough to use up the grain
raised on the farm to furnish sufficient
fertilizer for the farm.
Two plots are to be planted to corn,
one plowed to the usual depth and the
other three inches deeper than usual.
This test is to find the truth Of the
claim that changing the depth of plow
ing is disastrous to the soil for that
year. Six plots are to be set apart to
determine the most profitable catch
crop to be sowed in corn fields when
the crop is laid by. Red clover, Grim
son clover, soy beans, cow peas and
yetch are the catch crops used, and
will be compared with corn checked
in without catch crop.
Eleven plots are selected on which
corn is to be raised continuously for a
series of years. For the first year one
is to receive no fertilizer catch crops
are to be planted in one, special form
of preparation Of the soil combined
with late cultivation is to be carried
out in one, and the rest are to be
treated with various fertilizers. includ
ing different proportions Of manure,
bone meal, lime, potash and the use Of
catch crops Each year the treatment
will be shifted from one plot along the
list and the results noted. In other
plots the test OF fertilizers and various
means Of maintaining the fertility of
the soil will be tested, the same plot
being used for a series Of years for
each method
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
JAPANESE PLAN
FOR NO INVASION
Do Not Propose to Venture
Into interior of Man.
Churia.
ENTERTAIN FAR OTHER HOPES
Propose to Isolate Port Arthur and
vIadivostok-Have No Intention Of
Getting Very Far From the Sea-
board.

st. Petersburg, April 25.-Apparent,
ly reliable information in the posses
sion of the general staff leads to the
belief that the objective of the Japan
csc campaign does not involve the am
bilious invasion of the interior Of Man
churia with the purpose of reach,
ing and overwhelming the main Rus
sian army. II the Japanese ever en-
tertained the hope Of accomplishing a
task similar to that which Napoleon
set himself, present advices indicate
that they have abandoned it and have
adopted a much more cautious and
less hazardous programme.
If this information is correct there
will be no advance upon the army
concentrated at Lao Yang and Muk,
den, with it's attendant constant
lengthening and weakening of the Jap
anese line of communications. In
stead there seems to be a determine
ton to stick as close as possible to
the sea, where lies Japan's natural
base Of communication, she having es
tablished herself in Korea.
The general staff report says that
the Japanese still have three other
objectives-,the occupation Of line
across the Lao Tung peninsula, fol
the purpose of cutting off Jort Arthur;
the isolation of Vladivostok, and the
establishment of a junction between
the army of Korea and the force al
the head Of the Lao Tung peninsula
The last mentioned movement might
be accomplished by landing near the
mouth of the Ia Yang river, which by
threatening the flank of the Russian
position at Feng Hung Cheng might
render it untenable and make the ad
vance of a column from Korea com
paratively easy.
If these plans should succeed the
life of both Russian squadrons in the
Pacific would be menaced and with
the sea and fleet back of her al
every point Japan could fortify the
positions thus gained and, with the
tables turned invite General Kuropat
kin to come forward and attack.
General Kuropatkin, however, is in
possession of the latest advices, re
ceived by the general staff and it is
safe to assume that if the Japanese
campaign develops along the lines in
dictated he will be ready to make such
disposition of his forces as will meet
and check it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
WITNESSES CAME HIGH.
Supervisors Will Contest Charges ir
BIydsnburgh Case.

Eldora, April 25.-During the cele-
brated Blydenburgh murder trial held
here in January and February this
year a number of expensive witnesses
were subpoenaed by the state, and the
bills of these witnesses aggregated
something like $4,000. The claim of
Professor Waugh, the Ann Arbor text
colOgist, was filed for something over
$500, he claiming 800 day for his
services and expenses. DR.. Hartman,
a physician Of Ohio, put in bill for
quite an amount, and these bills with
others were claimed by the board OF
supervisors to be eXorbitant
The supervisors refused to pay them
at the February and March and April
meetings. The board has employed
Ward & Hays, attorneys of this city.
as their legal advisors, and the law
yers are of the opinion that only
about $500 of the amounts claimed in
the bills are legal and should be paid
when statements are filed in the form
required by law, and claim that the
remain-er of the amounts claimed,
some $500, is absolutely invalid. The
board feel that they will be able to
save something like $1,000 of the
amount which was originally claimed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
BIG FIRE AT TORONTO.
Losses are Estimated at 100000


Toronto, Ont, April 20.-Fire swept
through a section of Torontos whole
sale business district last night.
causing a loss which will reach up in
to the millions. The fire started in
a factory in Wellington street about
o'clock. In less than an hour the
flames had spread from building to
building on both sides OF the street
antil the whole block was mass Of
flames and the fire was utterly beyond
control of the local department. APP
peals were sent to every surrounding
city where fire apparatus could be OBJ
tanned, asking for assistance.
Nothing could resist the force Of the
Hames as they swept down Bay street
towards the lake and the flremen
fought back the fire from side streets,
confining the fire to the one thorough
fare wherever possible.
Several frame buildings which
threatened to cause a spread of the
IRE were blown up with dynamite.
At l. 80 this morning Bay street
was on fire from Wellington street
down to the lake front, but the fire.
men were meeting with success in
their efforts to prevent a further
burn itself out there.
The total loss will reach $4,000. 600
Toronto, Ont, April 2l.-The total
loss by the fire which destroyed the
wholesale district of Toronto last
oight will, according to. the most con-
sentative estimates, reach $4,000, 600.
The total insurance is $s.360,00O.
The area swept by the fire EN-.
braces fourteen acres and from 5000
to 1000 persons are thrown out of en-
ployment. The work of tearing down
dangerous walls was begun yesterday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE.
Chas. w. Graves Punishment Fixed
At Life Sentence

Des Moines, April 26.-Charles w.
Graves, who for the past week has
been on trial for his life, before Judge
McHenry, upon the charge of murder
ing his wife December IS, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree
and the penalty Of imprisonment for
life in the penitentiary was inflicted
by the jury.
The crimo of which Graves was
accused, and for the commission Of
which he will spend the remainder of
his Gays behind the prison bars, was
the most brutal murder that has oc-
Cured in the history Of Polk county.
The evidence upon which the man
found guilty showed that he killed
his wife by throttling. and that find
ing her dead in his grasp, he flung
the body to the floor, set fire to II
and left the house, to return a few
minutes later with the milk boy, Os-
tensibly to discover the tragedy for
the first time. The evidence in the
case was purely circumstantial, and
the CAGE was hard fought by the de-
Tense
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
HEARST FILES COMPLAINT.
Alleges Combination of Pennsylvania
Railroads.

Washington, April 25.-Represen-
tative William r. Hearst of New
York has filed with Attorney General
Knox a complaint alleging that COM
bination of the Philadelphia C Read
ing railroad and the Central railroad
of New Jersey under a common man.
agement, has Sailed competition,
and petitioninC the department of
justice to ptoceed against them
under the Sherman antitrust law.
The complainant asks that the &C
ton be taken to restrain the Read
ing company while the owner of
the stock of the Philadelphia &
Reading company, from owning, hold
ing or voting upon the stock of the
Central and decreeing that the stock
be returned to it's lawful owners, and
that all the provisions of the anti
trust law be applied to the parties in
these transactions when found upon
investigation to be guilty Of willful
violation and disregard of the law.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
RUSSIANS GUARD YALU.

St. Petersburg, April 25.-The Rus
SLAMS have placed guns in positions
covering the crossings Of the Yalu
river. While General Kurcpatkin de-
sires that the Japanese shall enter
Manchuria, he proposes that they shall
pay as dearly as possible for the privi-
lege but without precipitating gen
eral engagement. Major General
Kashtalinski is anxious to engage the
enemy and begged General Kuropat-
kin for permission to do so, but the
commander-in-chief strictly forbade
even small skirmishes where it was
possible to avoid them. 1t is under
stood that General Kuropatkin in
tends to deliver the decisive battle
himself. In the meantime the cav
airy and artillery at the front are
engaged in constant drill and recon
naiSSanceg
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
KING EDWARD AS MEDIATOR.
Report That He May Act In That
Capacity.

st. Petersburg, April 25.-The Rus
sian capital is aglow with reports of
possible mediation between Russia
and Japan through King Edward as
q result of his majesty's visit to
Copenhagen. Everywhere. however,
the Russians seem to be Of one mind,
that no proffer of mediation can be
entertained while the empire is smart
ing under the sting of defeat. For
some time however, evidence has con.
tinued to accumulate that King Ed
ward was seeking to bring about more
friendly relations with Russia and that
efforts in that direction were being
alphabetically received except by
the extreme radicals.
Especially has this been true since
the contamination of the Anglo French
entente. Charles Harding, the new
British ambassador to Russia. was
the bearer of a personal letter from
King Edward to the emperor, and
Sir Charles S. Scott, the retiring am
bassador, who leaves st. Petersburg
tomorrow, will take letter to King
Erward, besides a personal message
of the most cordial character which
the emperor asked him to convey to
King Edward when Sir Charles took
luncheon with his majesty at the
Winter palace yesterday. There is
good reason to believe that the en-
peror and himself are very favorably
disposed toward an adjustment Of the
long standing differences between the
two countries. Besides, 1t is an open
secret that the emperor is greatly
distressed over the war. He sim
cerely loves peace, but considers that
Russia was attacked, and that after
what has occurred the prestige Of the
empire must be indicated before
there can be any intimation OF peace.