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The Washington times., 1904-06-21
Jealous Negro Kills
His Common L0V Wife
StrangIes the Woman With His NeCdie
Writes Two Letters Leaving Impression of
SuiCide---ArreSt and Confession

Because Lizzie Lyman. 4 ncgress.
threatened to tell her mother of the
cruelties her common law husband. Will
liam Walter Hamilton, had subjected
her to, he choked her TO death i'm their
little one-story frame house, 7O3 Wash
ington Court. between G, II. Fourth and
Fifth Streets. some time last evening
and she was found dead in bed this
morning Hamilton was arrested about
noon by Policeman Walker, OF the Sixth
precinct, and several detectives, when
he returned to the house. after brooding
over the murder. At the Sixth precinct
station he made n Glenn breast of the
whole affair and withheld nothing from
the police.
To Lieutenant Moore, Detectives
Horne. Muller. Cornwall and Warren.
who questioned him. Hamilton said:
''She has been drinking more than was
good for her Of late and 1 decided to
kill her. At the time was choking her
I was well aware of the fact that I
would pay the penalty by swinging on
the galIows. but 1 prefer that to serving
a life sentence in the peniteutiary At
ter numbering her l sat down on the
side of the bed. rolled a cigarette and
then dragged her body 10 thc kitchen.
her on the bed. Later 1 felt her hands,
found them stiff and cold and wrote
the two letters which you will find in
the insurance book"
First Information.
About S o'clock this morning two ne
gro girls called at the Sixth precinct
station and informed the police that they
thought Hamilton had murdered his
wife An investigation was immediate
ly begun and several men hurried to
Washington Court.
The woman was found dead. The body
was covered up. and one hand placed on
her breast, and the other lying over her
head The blue ard white stock tie,
which Hamilton had worn all day and
with which he strangled the woman to
death was lying on the size OF the bed.
There We're no marks of violence visible
On the body, the choking having boon
done about eighteen hours before the
body was found.
Coroner hewitt arrived shortly after S
O'Clock. Because If the absence Of
marks or blood on the body. Dr. hewitt
at first believed tho woman had been
poisoned. and that theory was advanced
until Hamilton told The police lac did II
with his necktie. a search Of the room
was begun and the two letters which
Hamilton spoke of while making his
voluntary confession were found Two
pages of the large book were used.
Hamilton Wrote Both.
one Of the letters Is supposed 20 have
been written by the wife and signed by
her. but Hamilton says he wrote both
OF them while sitting on the side # The
he'd. waiting for her 10 die fie says he
knocked her down at first and choked
The Washington times., 1904-06-21
TO AID
PORT ARTHUR

TOKYO, June H.-The Niche Nichi''
regards the simultaneous advance Of the
Russians toward the south OF the Lao
Tung Peninsula and the activity Of the
VladivOstOk squadron as indicative OF an
effort TO relieve Port Arthur.
All the Russian operations have failed.
except the raid Of the Vladivostok squad
ron. The paper declares that Admiral
Kamimura is responsible for the sue
cess Of the latter.
The "Jiu Shimpo" declares that Port
Arthur will not be taken before Break
fast" but when it does fall the cam
paign will take on an entirely new as
pect.
The "Asahi,' commenting upon the
fact that the new domestic loan MAS
oversubscribed three times. says Il hopes
that capital for the government is nov
provided for until next March.
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swept the Russian position into the
gulf Of disaster With further light
thrown upon the battle of Wafangow
this morning, General Stakelberg's de-
feat proves to have been as ruinous in
its character as it seems more and more
likely to be fatal in its impending con-
sequences.
From General Oku's dispatches to
Tokyo there is now every reason to be-
lieve thai the Russian losses in last
weeks fighting. counting the killed and
wounded and prisoners, amounted to no
less than 10000 men, about a quarter OF
their total force engaged.
Stakelberg Cut OFF.
1T is hard to avoid the conviction
that the greater part OF StakeIberg' 5
lacerated forces will never again join
hands with Kuropatkin, and the ques-
ton is whether their fate is not al
ready foreshadowed by the fighting on
even a wider and bloodier scale than
that of Wafangow. which IS reported 10
b raging round Kaiping
'All the probabilities are that if the
japanese are able 10 strike hard and
strike swift in this, as In all previous
emergencies, the result of the second
and more terrible catastrophe will leave
kurOpatlSin too weak 10 hold his pres
ent base. and an attempted retreat to
Hardin may come before the fall of
Port Arthur.
But whether General Kuroki and the
First japanese army viii not have
closed upon the Russian rear in the
meantime is another and very nomen-
tous question. Mo Tien Pass may be
turned and seized at any moment.
Strategic Blunder.
"A distinguished French military
critic very friendly TO Russia has been
deploring Kuropatkin's action in COM
hitting the crudest of all strategicsl
blunders In making up a large army
into small packets and inviting the
japanese TO pocket them in detail.
The situation in Manchuria contains
all the conditions of the most rapid
military collapse since Jena. when after
the Russian defeat the garrisons and
fortresses in all directions fell Of them
selves into the conqueror's hands.
General Kuropatkins position. in a
word. is like that OF a man who deiis-
erately undermines the foundation of his
own house and continues living in the
/ third story
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al this moment that the japanese de
livercd their main attack. O. whole di-
vision being thrown against the Russian
center, while two divisions. working
around the right flank. pressed # hard.
The right flank Of the Russians held
Gus until II O'Clock, when two regiments
were rushed by rail 20 its assistance. On
their appearance the whole force adj
vanced. cheering. and actually rolled
the japanese back But General Nodzu
TCured in fresh troops. regiment after
regiment The Russian commander sa "
that he was being enveloped. and.
ra'lying on his reserves, retired in good
OF Ger.
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nese trenches, whose occupants, owing
to the convexity OF the hill. were unable
to fire without raising themselves well
over the edge of their own shelter.
Every time they did so they were greet
ed with a hail Of bullets, scofing, and
banter.
Hand-to-Hand Fights.
Angry at their inability to dislodSe
their assailants. they began throwing
heavy stones over the curve of the hill.
Here and there the assailants and de-
tenders actually came hand to hald.
At this point the battle was carried on
for some time with stones and the butt
ends Of rifles.
Under cover Of this diversion the re-
mainder Of the Russians gained the
shelter Of a neighboring ravine. But.
under the hail of shells and shrapnel
concentrated upon them by the Japanese
artillery. they were unable 10 hold even
this position Moreover. by this time
the japanese field artillery and their
heavy guns had siIenced the batteries
that had been supporting the Russian
attack Thirteen Russian guns were
smashed to atoms. Their horses were
all dead and their gunners we've killed
or wounded.
The remainder OF the Russian artillery
was retired 70 Wafangkau, and IL was
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WARSHIPS SAFE
AT VLADIVOSTOK

ST PETERSBURG. June T.-Admiral
SkrydiOf reports that the cruiser divis-
ion Of the Russian fleet has returned
TO Vladlvostok. without losing a man
or suffering damage.
IL was this squadron that sunk the
japanese transports Idzuma, Hitachi,
and S1co
Not Russian Cruisers.
TOKYO. June Z--Cannonading was
heard from ShimOnOsek yesterday, and
Il was reported that the cruisers had re-
appeared. and that Vice Admiral Kami-
mura was engaging them, but IL proved
to be untrue. The Russian warships
have not reappeared in the Strait OF
Korea.
Vice Admiral Kamimura has made a
long report OF the movements OF his fleet
IN serching for the Russian ships Il
lasted four days and nights. and the
admiral thinks he was fortunate in hav-
ing 10 aCcldeTt. considering the thick
weather since June 10 He regrets that
the search had no results.
Fleet Too Small.
The loss Of the transports on Sunday.
he says. was due 70 the fact that the
feet was too small to watch both the
Russian fleets, and convoy the smaller
transports also.
kamimura says he was informed Ly
wireless telegraph that he was within
forty miles OF the Russians at that tim
but the heavy weather hid them and
prevented him from hearing the guns.
He could only guess the direction they
had taken, and ne wrongly guessed that
they were making for Vladivostok.
The naval authorities greatly regret
the incident and will make safer plans
I'm future for the protection OF trans
ports They do not believe that vessels
Of more than 5000 tons can get out OF
Port Arthur Therefore the lives lost
On blocking the channel were not vast
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file has stopped. but rather importan;
movement OF their troops has been dis
covered in the direction Of Siuyen and
Haicheng or Siuyen and TaShichaO.
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GEN. KUlROPATKIN
IS NOW AT BAY

LONDON. June Especial dispatches
from Liao-YanE announce that General
KurOpatsin is personally experimenting
preparations for new development.
and fighting IS reported south Of Kin
Chow. where he IS az present presume
bly, with the main Russian army. This,
I'm the view Of the Daily Telegraph, "
may mean that.
"KurOpatkin. like a desperate gambler.
feels that nothing remains % him but
% stake IN upon the last wild fling Of
the iron dice.
A Crave Error.
The Telegraph" takes what may be
considered an extreme view. saying:
I'VE can no longer doubt that one un-
pardonable and irreparable mistake has
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The Second Letter.

LIZZIE LYMAN.
orn in the year of 1871. died in the
tn Of June 20. 1904"
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Returns to Scene.

After going TO the home OF his brother
fl Hyattsville, about I o'clock. and stop
ping in a saloon to get a glass os beer.
Hamilton returned 10 the house and
went out again. He says he tried 10
forget about the murder but could not.
and decided 10 go back and see IL everv-
thing was all right.
Walker and the detectives. who knew
him intimately, because he has been Of
valuable assistance as police pigeon. %
arrested him as soon as he nvared the
mouth Of the alley. and he was taken %
the Sixth precinct station.
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RUSSIANS BRAVE
AT TELISSU

ST. PETERSBURG, June IA Rus
sian correspondent at Liao-Eang tele-
C.aphs. in regard to the battle OF Tells
su, that the Russian advance against
the japanese position when General
StakeIberg made his supreme effort 70
drive back General Oku's army was -
most brilliant movement
Soon after dawn, the correspondent
says. the japanese were discovered in
st.cng force on a hill north Of Dyanvo.
The infantry were well intrenched and
wcro supported by artillery. The Rus
sian left was thrown forward. together
with the reserves, 20 clear the NIL
A Mile of Open.
The troops had over mile Of open
ground TO cross. the only cover on the
way being two small hillocks and two
shallow hoIlows. AS soon as the Rus
slams reached the open stretch the Jap
aoese concentrated "A deadly fire upon
them. The Russians took open order
and rushed from point 10 point. taking
advantage Of the inequalities OF the
ground. dropping down TO IRE ana then
dNancing again.
Finally, they gained one Of the inter-
yening. hills. and halted Tor q s DriGl
lery threw shrapnel over the hlocks'
which burst over the breathless troops
with deadly effect. Some detacnmentS5
lost every officer killed or wounded and
half their men.
Charge Pressed On.
In spite Of this terrible punishment,
the survivors again pressed on. One
regiment gained the lower slope Of tn
hill. which formed the Japanese posi-
ton. while the survivors Of the Sixth
Company Of the Third Regiment, with
about half the strength NJ which Il had
begun tho charge, actually got within
twenty PAGES Of the japanese intrench-
ments. At this time. however. they had
not a single officer left, their captain,
Hatken, the last to be hit. having fallen.
shot through the stomach. little far
Their back
The men lay painting under the Japa-
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The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09
CORVALLIS OREGON.

active army are the Imperial Guard
of Ia. lilo officers and men, the For
mosan garrison, of 16.387 officers
and men, and the gendarmie, 2, 1854
officers and men. Students and
other branches brought the full
complement of the active army up
to S,046 offcsrs aud 1924 men,
making total complement of 167,-
629. With the reserve forces the
total strength of the Japanese army
three years ago was 632. 400 offcers
and men; it is more now.
Conscription obtains In Japan.
all male subjects between the ages
of II and 40 being liable to militia
~ service. There are special ex.
ceptiens from conscription, but they
only apply to rare cases, 80 the
whole nation knows the game oi
war. And it is anxious to fight.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09

Vancouver, B. c., Jan. g.
"We will fight Japan and China
together" According to the latest
advices from the Far East this was
the declaration in Port Arthur by
the Russians who had been ordered
to fall back 90 that port from the
interior. Formerly it was only war
with Japan they talked of, now it
is both countries the Russiane aim
at defeating, and so secure the su.
preme power across the Pacific.
Details have also been received
here of the Russian attack on Hsin-
mintum, the terminus of the North
China railway. They took poss es-
eion of the cub prefectural city af.
ter sharp fighting with the Chinese
mounted troops. The latter had to
retire on account of the superior
number of the enemy. 1t is stated
that the Russian force was at first
defeated and driven with loss to
a considerable distance. They fell
into an ambush set by the Chinese,
Next day the Russians, having beer
reinforced, returned. They avoided
another ambush and compelled ths
Chinese defenders of the city to re-
treat precipitately. 1t is declared
that the czar's troops plundered the
town and outraged the inba bitants
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09

in the air and landed on the roof ot
the first chair car. The second
chair car teleecoped into this. The
engines were completely driven in-
to each other.
The single word "carelessness''
will sum up the reasons for the
tragedy. Instructed to meet q spe--
cial freight train at Willard, the en-
gineer and conductor of the ill.fat-
ed passenger, noting that a freight
train stood on the sidetrsck at VIII
lard, rushed through, thin king the
cars they had seen were the onss
which they had been instructed to
pass. Failure to scrutinize the
number OF the eugine was directly
responsible for the wreck. Had the
engineer compared the number Of
the train at Willard with his orders
the catastrophe would have been
prevented.
Upon seeing at Willard a freight
train on the siding Engineer Ben
jamin threw open the throttle aud
under the impetus of full steam the
passenger train leaped out intoKhe
darkness and crashed along at q
rate which the passengers declare
to have been fully 65 miles an hour.
Not note Of warning of the fearful
impending disaster ever made itself
known to the sufferer.
General Superintendent Gruber,
of the Rock Island, makes this
statement to the Associated Press:
The engineer Of the passenger
train had orders to wait at Willard
for the special stock train. He
passed on, mistaking q freighttrain
on the siding at that station for the
extra stock train. Nobody else is
to blame, SO far as our information
goes"
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09

Philadelphia, Jan. 5.-Acting on
the preliminary report Of the COM
mission Of experts appointed to in
spect the theatres in the city, May
or Weaver today ordered the Lyce-
um Theatre, a vaudeville playhouse
closed. The mayor also ordered the
balcony and gallery Of the Kensing-
ton Theatre, and the balcony of the
Grand Opera house closed on &C.
count ofinadequacy of the exits.
The mayor has signifed bis intention
to take immediate action upon the
suggestion of the commission with
regard to other theatres.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09

Milwaukee Sentinel: Itappears
that the limit in the erection of
high buildings has not been reach
ed, and there is no telling when it
will be. Et is reported from New
York that contracts will soon be let
for the construction on lower Broad
way of the "tallest building on
earth," with five stories below the
street level aud 40 stories above
ground, with 60 foot tower sur.
mounting the roof. The increasing
value of ground space and the grow
ing business of congested apopula-
ton forces the projectors of modern
structures to build in both direc-
tions. The office building of the
future will be a combination of rear
ing tower and sunken shaft-one
part a sky scraper, and the other
resting somewhere near the brink
of the internal regions. When the
limit both ways is reached it is pos.
sible the heat. from the interior Of
the earth will be utilized to replace
steam boilers in winter, while a
hole in the roof will admit air from
the frozen attitudes to cool the low
er regions in summer.
The proposed new Broadway
structure will tower 615 feet above
the surface, making it IS feet high
er than the Washington monument
which at one time was considered
the eighth wonder of the world.
The question naturally arises, hew
high can modern steel methods Of
construction be carried? When a
tall building in New York was torn
down a few years ago an examina-
tion was made for the purpose of
determining the effect of corrosion
and 60 afford a means of estimating
the period of time steel constructed
buildings could stand in safety.
The building had been erected only
a few years before, but the corrod-
ing process had been 90 slight as to
convince architects there was little
danger to be feared from that
eource. 1t would seem, therefore,
that the problem simply is how
high steel may be raised and the
structure maintain its perpendicu-
larity. That problem hasn't reach
ed solution yet, and it may re-
quire an awful accident to bring it
about. In the mean time there is
a chance to speculate as to whether
if the people Of remote centuries Of
the past, possessed the art of steel
construction, there wouldn't have
been another story to tell about the
tower of Babel.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09
Lost

About Christmas, from Winegar's sta
bles aydark co1ored shorttailed shepard
dog. Suitable reward. L. N. Edwards.
Bellfouatain.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09

Topeka, Kan, Jan. Crock ISL
and passenger train No. 4 collided
with freight train two miles west
of Topeka about / o'clock this
morning. Engineers and fire.
men we're killed. Over dozen pas
eengers were ia tally hurt.
All the passenger coaches except
the last two Pullmans were piled
up in heap. The two trains met
squarely in head. ON collision.
Wrecking crews have been sent
to the scene of the wreck from Her.
rineton and Horton.
Assistant General Superinten l.
ent Sutherland said to the Associat-
ed press:
1--WE have no positive Information
at this hour about the wreck other
than tn at both engineers and both
firemen are killed. There are also
some passengers killed and injured
but We do not know how many.
'The last report we got from Will
! lard was that many people were
under the wreckage and that all the
cars were wrecked but two"
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-01-09

New York, Jan. ga report that
actual hostilities bad broken out
between Russia and Japan was said
on the stock exchange to. have
come over the l6tifc cable from
Manila to San Francisco.