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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-24
RUSSIA IS HURRY|RG
TROOPS TO FAR EAST
Censor Busy SURPRISING Dis
patches Concerning Movements
of the Military.
CAR GREETS STUDENTS

ST. PETERSBURG, March 23.-The dis
patch of troops TO the far East is proceed
ing with increased vigor. A rifle battalion
left St Petersburg to-day and three others
will follow this week, the largest draft
going from the Moscow district. The Grand
Duke Sergius, the governor general of Mos
COW. and brother-in-law of the Emperor,
came TO st. Petersburg especially to discuss
the men drafted away. They conferred on
the subject at the Winter Palace.
The young Empress and the grand duch-
ess, her sister, took a long drive in the
streets this afternoon. They were enthusi-
astically cheered by the crowds.
The Emperor has decided not to go to
Moscow. He will remain at the Winter
Palace until the end of April. The Emperor
then will go to Tzarkoye-Selo where he
may stop all summer. owing to the war.
The Emperor to-day received the rector
of the university and three students repre-
senting the students corporation, who pre-
sented him with a loyal address, The En-
peror expressed his sincere thanks. This
was the first time students had been grant
ed an audience by the Emperor Nicholas.
During the last ten DAYS general shut
the far East has been noticeable. This is
owing TO increased precautions to prevent
the enemy from obtaining news of the
movements of Russian troops. The Rus
SLAMS are being massed In force along their
first line, from Feng- Huang- Chenge north
ward for thirty miles, while their second
line extends from Mukden TO Hai-Cheng.
All the rolling stock required for use in
the far East has now crossed Lake Baikal.
The last locomotive was taken over yester-
day. Prince Khilkoff, the minister of pub
lie works and railroads, who has been per-
sonally experimenting this work. leaves
Baikal in few days. Forty trucks OF
grain reach Port Arthur daily
The statement that Captain Irkorff OIL
the Manchurian commissariat service, was
recently summarily court-martialed and
shot as spy is incorrect. The War Office
discovered that he had sold information in
connection with the quartermaster's de-
partment TO Lieutenant Colonel Akashi
who was military attache of the japanese
| legation here, and he was dismissed from
| the army. He is now under arrest and
awaiting trial by court-martial. Ii is off.
cially announced that the information sold
| by Irkorff was not OF great Importance
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INSURANCE CASE
RULING REVERSED

ST. PAUL, Mimi, March pa Circuit
Court of Appeals opinion was handed down
by Judge Sanborn to-day in the case of the
executors of the will of Eber b. Rolozon
against the Union Life Insurance Company
of Indiana and four other life insurance
companies on appeal from the Circuit
Court of Missouri. in which the decision of
the circuit enjoining the executors from in
stituting proceedings TO recover the sums
named in the policies is reversed.
Charles T.. Foote. secretary of the Union
Life Insurance Company. said last night
that had his company known the true status
of affairs that a policy would never have
been granted Rolozon. He intimated that
the statements made by the applicant were
false and that he misrepresented the true
condition. \ policy was held in the Union
Life Company for 5000.
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SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
JAPANESE LEGISLATURE
Premier Katsura and Minister
Komura Address the House
and Review Events.
CHARGES TO BE PROBED

TOXIC, March 23,-The special session of
the Diet to-day entered upon the business
for which IL was called. Premier Katsura
and Minister of Foreign Affairs Homura
addressed the House. The premier said the
Diet had been summoned at an unparalleled
moment in the annals of the country. He
counted IL a great honor 10 share with the
members of the Diet the duty OF uphoiding
the noble policy of the Emperor The main.
tenance Of the permanent peace of the
Orient by the consolidation of the position
of the Emperor and by promoting friendly
relations with the great powers respecting
the legitimate rights of the powers he said
was the established policy of Japan. Con-
tinuing. he said: Russia not only failed
to meet the japanese proposals. but definite
ly resorted to actions calculated TO injure
the natural rights of Japan. Japan was
compelled, in self-defense. to terminate
gotiations and take independent action"
He was confident the world would recog-
nize the justice and patience uniformly ex-
ercised by Japan in carrying forward the
negotiations. He anxiously DESTROYS
for peace, mindful of the woeful conse-
quences which war brings to mankind.
Minister OF Foreign Affairs komura placed
DeIOre the House the lull text Oh the QiplU-
matte correspondence with Russia, COM
mencing with the opening of negotiations
in July last, and ending with instructions
to Minister Kurino to withdraw from ST.
Petersburg.
The substance of the correspondence has
already been made public.
The House of Representatives to-day ap-
pointed committee of eighteen members TO
investigate the charge that Teisuke Aki-
yama, a member of the Parliament, is in
the employment of the Russian government.
Akiyama is the publisher of the Nirokushit-
bun, a Toxic paper, which has been bitterly
assailng the government, particularly upon
its financial policy. IL has also charged
the government with having forced capi-
talists TO subscribe to the bonds re-
Gently issued and has predicted that a sec
ecution which was instituted resulted in a
decision yesterday ordering the permanent
suppression OF the publication and the i'm
prisonment of the papers signatory for four
months The case was subsequently ap-
pealed, and both Akiyama and his friends
vigorously deny the charge that he is a
spy. The hearing before the committee
and the later discussion in the House prom
Uses to be exceedingly bitter.
No reference was made in the House to
the threatened tobacco monopoly bribery
scandal, and possibly reference will be
made TO the subject, as all parties have re-
sation plan thus defeating any project TO
have the amount of compensation to be
paid to manufacturers calculated on four
wear basis.
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SCHWAB RETURNS
FROM TRIP ABROAD

NEW YORK, March 23.-Among the pas
sengers on the North German Lloyd steam
er Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, which ar
rived to-day from Bremen, Southampton
and Cherbourg were Charles NJ. Schwab.
former president of the United States Steel
Corporation, and Fernando Guachalla, b.
livian minister TO Washington.
Mrs. Schwab was at the pier to meet Mr..
Schwab, who refused TO be interviewed Dr.
George b. Parkins, who represents the
trustees of the will of the late Cecil
Rhodes. also was among the passengers,
his purpose in coming to America being to
hold examinations in the United States and
Canada for Rhodes scholarships at OK
ford University.
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RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP
REPORTED DESTROYED

TOXIC, March pa special dispatch
from Moji opposite shiminoseki Japan,
says the Japanese fleet made another attack
on Port Arthur March Is, bombarded the
city and its defenses, and fought furious
engagement with the Russian fleet outside
the harbor. destroying one Russian battle
ship. Seven Japanese casualties are re-
ported. There is no information concern
ing the Japanese fleets condition. The
Navy Department has not been advised of
this engagement, but evidently expects
news.
This is the first announcement of an en-
gagement off Port Arthur March Is
Special dispatches received in London this
afternoon contain the same details Of an
engagement, but give the date as March %,
which probably is correct. The Associated
Press dispatches from st. Petersburg last
night gave full details of the fight at Port
Arthur March %.
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DECLARE LAWYER
MUTILATED RECORDS

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, March 23.-ln
division No. ? OF the District Court to-day
Assistant Attorney General Jeffries pre-
sented afhdavits OF Attorney General Crow.
Miss Lydia Lea. the attorney generals
stenographer. and Judge c. ID. crum. OK
Bonneville. in support of the attorney gen.
eraYs motion filed with the Supreme Court
some time ago asking that the submission
of the case of the State VS.. Howard Sharpe.
of Monroe county, be set aside because OF
alleged mutilation of the records I'm the
case Sharpe was convicted Of murder
in the second degree. The afhdavits ailege
that James II. Whitecotton, or monroe
county. speaker of the House of Representa-
lives made the mutilation in the records.
Whitecotton was attorney for Sharpe.
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and Japanese Soldiers
Clash at Outp0Sty Near dn1u

by the japanese feet on the night of March
Il and the morning of March % failed to
cause any damage considered worthy to be
reported to the Emperor. In consequence
considerable satisfaction at the continued
fruitlessness of the Japanese assaults on
Port Arthur prevails I'm high circles
e:b a: m.-Two belated press dispatches
ceived. They refer briefly to the last bonn
bardment Of Port Arthur. but shed no new
light on the result OF the combat. The
Novosti holds that the failure of this bonn
bardment, despite the different disposition
OF the enemys ships from that of the fruit
less attack of March 8. confirms the opinion
of the inability of the Japanese to effectively
conduct war.
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STRANGER TO HANG;
CHICAGO JAIL FULL

CHICAGO. March 23.-Louis Peasant was
to-day sentenced to hang on April Is for the
murder of Mrs. Mary Spilka Peasant last
fall strsngled the woman to procure 500
which she possessed
The number of condemned prisoners now
i'm the county iail is seven number that
has been equaled at the time of the An
archist trials. There are twenty mine men
in the Jail awaiting trial for murder, which
is a greater number than has ever been in
the Jail for this crime since the foundation
of the city.
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VLADIVOSTOK EXPECTS
ATTACK BY JAPANESE

VLADIVOSTOK, March 23.-While the
situation here remains quiet, it is not ex-
pected Vladivostok will continue to be
much longer free from the vigorous opera
tons of the Japanese In anticipation
of the appearance of the enemy and of a
possible siege, a ladies' circle has been
formed. which sits six hours daily at the
Ministry of Marine preparing bandages of
linen for sick soldiers and sailors. Most of
the women in Vladivostok belong to this
circle, including the representatives of the
aristocracy, who have determined to share
the discomforts of the operations with their
husbands.
In Nikolsk forty miles north of Vladi-
vostok on the railroad, a committee has
been formed under the auspices of the
Vice Governor 10 collect donations towards
the increase of the fleet
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LYNN SHOEMAKERS
IRE NOW LOCKED OUT

LYNN, Mass, March 23.-Thrty-three
shoe manufacturers of this city who en-
ploy turn" workmen to-day locked out
the men in this department of their factor
les. About 500 men are out Of work and the
outlook is that unless a settlement is effect
ed within a week or ten days 5000 employees
will be idle. While the trouble is due TO a
strike of turn workmen in three factories
over the question of wages there is a belief
that the lockout is part of plan adopted
by the Manufacturers Association looking
towards a general readjustment OF prices
The locked out men are members of the
Shoe Workers Protective Union.
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THO MEN KILLED md
AUTOMOBILE WRECKED

NASHVILLE. KY. March 23.-The bodies
OF two unknown men were found on the
Bentonville pike about twelve miles north
east of this city to-day. Near them was
found the wreck OF an automobile. Yester-
DAYS heavy rains washed out the bridge.
which was hid by a sharp turn in the road.
and they evidently ran into the vacant
space one OF the men had a Bible in his
pocket and letters addressed 10 Joe Day,
Moransburg Ky. The other had letters
addressed 10 Dr. Glhllen, New Rich
mond O.
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WASHINGTON, March 23-Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
Indiana and Illinois-Showers and warmer
on Thursday. Friday clearing and much
colder: brisk cast TO southeast winds.
Ohio-Rain and warmer on Thursday. Fri
day clearing. with colder in west portion
fresh east winds. increasing.
Kentucky-Ran and warmer on Thurs
day. Friday clearing and colder
Lower Michigan-Fair in east, rain in
west portion Thursday. Friday rain and
warmer: increasin east winds.
Wisconsin--Rain on Thursday. warmer in
east portion. Friday clearing and much
colder. Increasing southeast winds
Iowa-Showers on Thursday. warmer in
east. colder in west portion. Friday fair
and much colder.
kansas-Fair and much colder on Thurs
day afternoon or night. Friday fair
North Dakota-Showers and much colder
on Thursday. Friday fair and warmer.
Nebraska and South Dakota-Showers
and much colder on Thursday. Friday fair.
Minnesots-Rain on Thursday; warmer in
northeast portion and colder in west por-
ton. Friday fair in west and rain or snow
In east portion: much colder; brisk south
east to east winds.
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JAPANESE IRE
CENSORING ALL NEWS

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The only di-
rect information touching the progress of
the war in the East that has reached the
State Department within the last three
days came to-day in the following cable
gram from United States Minister Allen.
dated Seoul, to-day: Japanese forces
stopped a specie caravan enroute TO the
mines on this side OF Anju. Miners on this
side are not allowed TO proceed to the
mines. Newspaper correspondents have
been sent to Seoul from the north. The GEN.
sorshp is very strict. Japanese forces are
arriving at Ping-Yang after fortnight OF
marching"
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HOTEL WRECKED BY
EXPLOSION OF GAS

WHEELING, w. Va, March 23.-An ex-
plosion of gas in the Sharpe Hotel. at
Littleton, w. Va, to-day caused the COM
plete destruction of that building and
restaurant adjoining by fire. and the death
of William Lawson. a guest. of Pittsburg
The charred remains of the latter were
found in the ruins. The financial loss was
5000. The natural gas accumulated in
some part of the hotel and became ignited,
but just how and in what part OF the
hotel is not known.
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PAINTERS TOUCHED BY
APPEAL TO LOYALTY

ST. LOUIS, March 23-About 200 painters
are on strike at the worlds fair grounds
to enforce higher wages. President Francis
drove up before the manufacturers build
ing to-day. where about sixty strikers had
congregated, and from his buggy said:
IF you men insist upon repud rting your
agreement TO return to work. and have no
sense of honor or duty, we will simply not
paint the exterior of the worlds fair build
ings."
Sixteen painters Immediately began paint
ing the manufacturers building, and IL is
believed the others will return to work
soon.
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CURZON LOSES POST
BY LEAVING INDIA
Viceroy, However, May Be Re-
appointed When Vacation in
England Expires.

LONDON, March 23.-With reference to
the approaching holiday of Lord Curzon
of Keddleston, the viceroy of India. the
secretary of state for India. Mr.. Brodrick,
announced in the House of Commons to-
day that Lord Curzon intended returning
to India in September. BY leaving his post
he vacated the viceroyship, but no sue
cessor would be appointed at present. so
the position would be open for the reap
pointment of Lord Curzon on the expira-
ton of his vacation should King Edward
so desire.
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CHINESE CRUISERS
SUPPLIED BY JAPANESE

Shanghai TO the Temps says: THE four
Chinese cruisers which have just left here
bound northward were provisioned from
Japanese sources:
THE Koreans in TakChen and Anju are
in a state of terror and are fleeing to the
mountains The Japanese forces in north
ern Korea are being decimated by sick
ness"
A dispatch from Che-Foo March 81 said
the Chinese Pei-Yang squadron, consisting
of the cruisers Hai-Chi, Hi-Ying, Hai-Tien
and Hai-Shew, under command of Admiral
Tsah had arrived there. 1t was understood
that they would proceed to NieuChwang
as soon as the ice was cleared from that
port.
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Sailed for the Orient.

SAN FRANCISCO. March 2S-The steam
eel Siberia sailed to-day for the Orient with
ASP passengers and a full cargo of general
merchandise. Among the prominent pas
sengers were Mrs. Lloyd c. Griscom, wife
of the United States minister to Japan,
B. c. Vaughan. assistant to the vice presi-
dent and general manager of the Pitts
burg & Erie Railroad, and twenty-five
Japanese army officers returning home
from England.
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BURIED ALIVE IN
Il SEWER TRENCH

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
LEBANON. Ind, March 3.-Buried alive
for fifteen minutes. Daniel Hoover. Ia
borer. narrowly escaped suffocation to-day.
He was caught beneath the caving walls
of a sewer trench. and IL required hard
work on the part OF his feliow-workmen 10
rescue him. IL is feared he IN injured in
farpal1x
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Metal Trades Association.

PHILADELPHIA, March 23.-Methods of
preventing strikes and adjusting differences
between capital and labor were discussed
to-day at the opening session of the sixth
annual convention of the National Metal
Trades Association. X. n. Cavell. OF Brook
lyn, acting president, occupied the chair
The sessions are executive.
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Miners Make No Complaint.

ALTOONA, Pa, March 23.-Miners of dis
trict No. q embracing the central Penn
sylvania field, will accept a reduction of
wages without complaint This was the
the convention An attempt was made TO
pass a resolution reducing the officers
salaries proportionately with the cut the
miners expect, but the motion was tabled.
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Arrest of Contractor.

NEW YORK, March Paul Schwand-
ner of the firm of Paul & Schwandner. iron
contractors on the Hotel Darlington, for
whom warrant issued by Coroner
Scholer last night, was arrested to-day.
The officers informed the coroner that
Eugene c. Allison, secretary of the Allison
Realty Company. against whom a warrant
also has been issued, was in Atlantic City.
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WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Representa-
tive Mann, by direction of the House
committee on interstate and foreign COM
MERGE to-day filed favorable report on a
bill declaring the Chicago river tunnels a
public nuisance and authorizing the Sec
rotary of war to notify the owners
managers thereof To modify or remove
them so that navigation Of the river may
not be obstructed. reasonable time Is
to be given for this Improvement
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NEW YORK, March 23.-It was reported
tonight that Daniel ]. Sully will be asked
tomorrow by the creditors of the firm of
Daniel j. Sully * Co TO make another pro-
position for settlement. IL was stated that
the acceptance of this proposition, IL at
all satisfactory, would be practically GER
tain, and would involve the immediate re-
instatement of Sully on the Cotton Elk
change.
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TURKS SURROUND
10000 ALBANIANS
Twelve Battalions of the Sultan's
Troops Have Hemmed in an
Army of Rebels.

sALONICA, Macedonia. March q
Twelve battalions OF Turkish troops. conn
manded by Shakir Pasha, have surrounded
10000 Albanians at Babatepe. Shakir Pasha
has asked for reinforcements. Ten addi-
tional battalions will be sent to him. Pend.
ing their arrival Shakir Pasha Is negotiate
ing with the Albanians
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Funeral of G. II. Hicks.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal
LEBANON, Ind. March S.-The funeral
of the late g b. Hicks. great prophet and
mast great sachem OF Indiana Red Men.
was held this afternoon at the Presby-
terrain Church. The funeral was one OF the
largest ever held i'm Lebanon.
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SANTIAGO, Chile. March pa repre-
sentative Of Charles r. Flint. of New
York says the Chilean warships Captain
Pratt and Chacabuco have been bought ad
referendum, but an understanding has been
given that they shall not be sold TO any
belligerent power. The sale will be rati-
fed when approved by Congress.
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Don Jaime starts for Hardin.

PARIS, March 23.-The Journal prints
dispatch from st. Petersburg, which says
that the Emperor has decided to create
twenty-eight new infantry regiments
The same correspondent says that Don
Jaime De Bourbon, son of Don Carlos the
pretender to the Spanish throne, has left
for Hardin.
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NO FURTHER DETAILS
FROM PORT ARTHUR

ST. PETERSBURG. March "a, 2:34 a. M
AS further dispatches. official or other
wise. have arrived here from Port Arthur
up to this morning. the officials have come
to the conclusion that the bombardment
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PARIS, March 23.-The Temps this even
ing publishes a dispatch from st. Peters
burg saying that General Sylvestre. head
of the French military mission. after seeing
the Emperor, expressed the opinion that
hard fighting would not begin before July
or August when japan will suffer a de-
cisiye defeat.
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Botkin Murder Trial Testimony.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.-When the
Botkin murder trial was resumed to-day
Frank Gray, the druggist who sold arsenic
to a woman whom he believed was Mrs
Botkin. was recalled. but nothing OF i'm
portance was developed. Mrs. McInnes
testified that she sold the candy TO a woman
who looked like Mrs. Botkin.
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Allen Entertains Ito.

SEOUL March 23.-United States Minister
Allen gave to-day a luncheon to the Mar
quis Ito. who was attended by several for
eign diplomats.
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The Manjur Not Yet Dismantled.

SHANGHAI, March 23.-The Russians
continue to evade the carrying out of the
agreement to dismantle the gunboat Man
jur. A japanese cruiser remains at Woo
Sung (ten miles from Shanghai at the
mouth of the Woo-Sung river)
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Torpedo Boat FIotiIIa at Colombo.

WASHINGTON, March 23-The Navy De-
partment has been informed by cable that
the torpedo boat flotilla left Bombay to-day
for Colombo, Ceyion. a distance of 800
miles. The fotilla. which Is on its way TO
the Philippines already has covered II. $50
miles of the 1900 miles 10 Manila.
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Yonsampo Now an Open Port.

SEOUL, March 23-An imperial edict has
been issued opening Yongampo 10 foreign
trade.
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A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.

Itching, Blind bleeding Protrudnc Pfiea-
Your druggist viii refund money IL PAzO ONT
L. W. Groves signature on each box. &c.