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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
PORT ARTHUR NOW IN
4 STATE OF SIEGE

PORT ARTHUR, March 31.-The procla-
nation OF Lieutenant General Stoessel,
commanding here, declaring all the terri
tory lying between and including Port Ar
thur and Tsi-Chou in a state of siege, for
bids all unauthorized persons to approach
the Notifications and batteries and an
nounces that the sentries have been ordered
to shoot anyone who fails to obey the or
der. The police measures adopted at Port
Arthur are excellent and perfect order is
maintained.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
MORE "BOTTLING UP"
STEAMERS FOR TOGO

NEW YORK, March S1.-Twenty-eight
old and useless steamers have been re-
Questioned, stripped of all machinery but
that necessary TO navigation. and are held
in readiness for Vice Admiral Togo's or
ders. says a dispatch to the World from
Nagasak, by way of Shanghai. The Japa-
nese are determined. it would appear. to
block Port Arthur channel, and six vessels
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BROWNSTOWN, Ind. March 31-The
flood has subsidized locally, leaving the
wheat in the White river valley covered
with a heavy sediment, which would have
destroyed it had it not been that the heavy
rain which fell to-day has washed most of
the mud away, leaving the wheat, instead
of damaged considerably benefited.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, March Sit is
expected that traffic the Indianapolis &
Cincinnati traction line will be resumed
some time Friday and that cars will again
be run on the hourly schedule. The super
intendent this morning said repairs to the
bridge near Brookield, which was damaged
by high water. are almost completed.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
Damage Around Tell City.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
TELL CITY, Ind. March 3l.-The high
water at this place is slowly receding and
is disclosing much damage to wheat land
and farm land generally. Much damage
also was done along the river 'front.' but
the farmers were the greatest sufferers
In the county a number of bridges will
have TO be replaced, and many roads must
be repaired
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
Farmers Fleeing for safety

CELINA, o., March 3l.-The west end of
Mercer county is flooded Farmers along
the Beaver and Wabash rivers are. remov-
ing TO points of safety. Lake Mercer is at
the danger point. South Celina is under
water and n any families have been driven
from their homes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
RUSSIANS FEAR 5000
REINDEER WILL BE LOST

VLADIVOSTOK. March 31.-Concern is
felt here lest the herd of 5000 reindeer, the
last specimens of that animal now on
Askold island, which is in range of the
japanese guns, shall be destroyed. The
herd is valued at half a million dollars
The horns of the animals are very valu-
able. They are used by the Chinese as
medicine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
STORM IND FLOOD DO
DAMAGE 1T BURROUGHS

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LOGANSPORT Ind, March 31.-A re-
port has reached this city that the worst
storm in its history passed over Burroughs
a small town twenty miles from this place
this evening. Bridges and fences were
washed away, and much damage was done
to property.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
Korea Asked to Pay S45O,OOO

NEW YORK, March S1.-The Korean
Foreign Office has been presented with a
claim, says a Herald dispatch from Seoul,
for S450,00O by the French charge d'affaires
here in payment for materials ordered from
France for use on the Seoul-Wiju railroad
which concession Japan procured from the
Korean government soon after signing the
recent alliance protocol.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
Another Flood at Anderson.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind, April l, a m.-White
river broke out of its banks here at
o'clock this morning and is now rising at
the rate of six inches per hour. There has
been heavy rainfall here tonight, and in
dications are that heavier fall has oc-
CURED above here. Park Place is again
inundated, and matters look serious for res
idents in that suburb.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
Japanese Cruiser Sails.

SHANGHAI, March 31.-The japanese
cruiser Akitsushima left here at noon to-
day, the dismantlement of the Russian
gunboat Mandjur, which was in these
waters when the war broke out and which
remained here, having been completed in
accordance with the agreement arrived at
on the subject by the local authorities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01

LONDON, April 1.-The Seoul correspond
ent of the Daily Mail says that the mill
tary authorities have requested Brig Gen.
Henry L. Allen, United States military OBJ
server with the Japanese army, to re-
turn to Seoul from Ping-Yang until they
are able to provide him with fitting &C
Communications
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01
WORK OF RESCUE GOES
ON, WHILE THE WATERS
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
tributaries, washing out bridges and fences.
The flood passed the 1897 stage and il the
river begins a second rise tonight the
1910 stage will be reached.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAWRENCEBURG. Ind, March Sire
cent rains have again swollen the Great
Miami river and caused a sharp rise in the
Ohio since yesterday morning. AT noon to-
day the Ohio stood at forty-five feet and
rising inch hour.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01

PARIS, April IA correspondent of the
Echo de Paris at st. Petersburg cables: az
am authorized to say that the court will
go to Tsarskoye Selo on Saturday remain
ing there until the summer when it will
remove to the palace at Peterhoff."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01

mixture, which is forced into the water
when 1t is desired 10 do so, and brings the
contents of the inner can to a boiling point.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-01

III you enjoy mullins and waffies. try Mrs
Austin's Pancake flour. and you will be de-
lighted with the results.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

the hospital for the insane at Fort Stella
coom
G. A. Darmer reports the following.
Three-story stock house for Pacific
Brewing 4 Mailing company now being
erected on Jefferson avenue and Twenty
fifth street at cost Of 10000. j. G. Dick
nson is the contractor.
Car barns for Puget Sound Electric Rail
way company nov building at the corner
of Twelfth and A streets
Warehouse for the Continental Loan &
Storage company, cost $1,000. o. F. Lar
sen is the contractor
Three-story brick building on lot s.
block ll05 between Commerce and G
streets.
Three-story building, l00xl20 feet, to be
erected on Pacific avenue near Twenty
first for j. B. Stevens j. T.. Bonnell is
the contractor.
improvements at the baseball park are
reported by Russell & Heathf 42l Califor-
mia building. About $1,000 will he ex-
pended there New grandstand and bleach
ers will be built, the former with seat
ing capacity of | 500 and the latter with a
capacity of $500, making the total seating
capacity 1000.
Besides the above many other building
enterprises are being considered. Real
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

are of the opinion that the channel
has shoaled at that point.
Said a ship captain this morning:
'Ine sand bar that was left mere
is one of the worse pieces of business
know of, and that dredger can get
it, and none too soon for the good of
the harbor.
"The trouble now is, they began at
the wrong end of the channel to work
There have been times when there
were a dozen ships at the warehouses
loading. If a fire had started and
tugs had tried to move them, the
chances are that one would ground
there, swing athwart the channel and
block the others in. The wheat ship.
ping industry would receive a blow
then that would be hard to get over"
The Lamorna was in charge Of Cap.
tain Burley yesterday with the tugs
Fearless and Falcon. The condition
the ships rudder is in made her hard
to manage But even with the rudder
in good condition the ship would have
had trouble, say the waterfront men.
In their opinion, when Captain Burley
cannot get a boat out there is some
thing wrong.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
MANY NEW BUILDINGS
FOR TACOMA THIS YEAR

That the present year will be season
of prosperity for Tacoma there is little
reason to doubt All indications point in
that direction, and material evidences of
the fact that Tacoma is awakening are be-
ginning to appear.
One of the best evidences Of good times
in any community is the activity in the
building lig.t, and just at the present time
Tacoma builders are getting ready for the
heaviest seasons work in many years. A
canvass of the architects and contractors
in the city gives some idea of the amount
of building that is to be done here this
year. The following list includes build
ings now in course of construction or on
which work is soon to be commenced:
Reported by Nicholson & Bullard:
Residence for c. e. Hill, in Sixth adj
dition, $2,500
New addition to the Grant school
Proctor & Farrell, 30S National Bank
of Commerce building, report the follow
ing:
Plans ara under way for modern resi-
dence to be built on Yakima avenue for
j. Knight.
Double house costing $1,000 to be built
on L street near Sixth avenue.
This firm also report that they are in
stalling a system Of new fire escapes in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
ARREST OF GANG OF MURDERERS
IN BUTTE IS FOLLOWED by SOME
VERY STARTLING DISCLOSURES

BUTTE, F,b. 3.-The police have ar
rested the most desperate gang of Grim
inals ever known in Montana. They Sc
cured information through an interrupt
ed lette written TO a woman known as
Ruby Taylor, disclosing plot to murder
a well known Butte man and another man
in Helena for which the gang was to re-
ceive $1,000, to be paid by some unknown
party.
The police have the names of all the CON
spirators AMI their intend I'd victims but
refuse to make them public until other ar
e.t are made.
Ruby Taylor is in Denver, where the
authorities have been wired to arrest her.
The men so far arrested here give the
names of Harry Taylor, John Law, Chas
Mooney G. l.. Warner and William Har-
rs.
Among those ARE tel was woman
known as "Lisla Southern" Ano' her
member of the gang known as Lynch was
captured in Anaconda after q desperate
fight Two Of his companions escaped
Tha police say they have evidence of a
most startling character that tha gang
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
Claims That Many Have Been Brought to the City From
Outside Points for Treatment But Refuses to Give Exact
Lst--Admits That He Recently Became Suspicious
Of the City Water and Made an Investigation
But Discovered Nothing Wrong

No, sir, must decline to giv1 you
the list"
So spoke Health Officer Schug, when
approached by Times reporter with the
request that the doctor furnish the public
with an exact list of the typhoid fever
cases reported to him in this city during
the month of January just closed.
Let me say, further" continued DR..
Schug, that | prefer this matter of ty-
pkoid cases in Tacoma should not be
agitated. 1t does not help the town to
have s.ch M; tiers discussed in the public
prints.
But, doctor, is it not the right of the
people to know whether there is anything
the matter with their water supply, and if
there is, to demand that it be remedied? !?
How is public sentiment upon the subject
to be aroused if facts are suppressedY'
There is nothing the matter with the
city water, SO far as | know recently
went out to Clover creek and looked up
and down it for any evidences of typhoid
conditions. ! asked doctors who practical
in that vicinity, and was told there was no
typhoid. 1 carefully inspected the city
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
HEALTH OFFICER SCHUG REFUSES
To GIVE FACTS To THE PUBLIC
CONCERNING TYPHOID CASES

plete analysis, but he wanted $3.50 for the
job and the city council did not see fit
then to pay the money.
In view of the widespread public con
Germ over the matter, II is quite possible
that the council will again take the mat
ter up and ascertain, once for all, the
exact quality of the fluid which is being
served up to Tacoma people.
DIR. II. w. Ddwey. when asked today in
regard TO some typhoid fever cases in his
care, said:
81 do not know of anything else to at
tribute this typhoid fever to but the city
water. During the past fall and winter
| have had from one to two cases all the
time. They were all people who live here
in the city, and I cannot see where the
disease camd from il not from the water
To say the least, the city water supply is
open to very grave suspicion, and my adj
vice is to boil all the drinking water"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
MARINE CLIMPSES

1t is reported that the steamer
Greyhound, which broke down several
days ago, will be taken from Olympia
to Everett for an overhauling. Piston
valves will replace the poppet valves
on the engines. 1t will be several
weeks before the boat resumes her
run.
The crew of the barkentine Robert
Sudden will be signed by Deputy Ship
ping Commissioner Swift today.
The steamship Robert Dollar arriv-
ed in last night and is loading lumber
at the st. Paul mill dock.
The steamer Capital City, which has
been laid up since a breakdown some
months ago, came out this morning on
her regular Seattle-Tacoma-Ol Olympia
run.
The collier San Mateo arrived in
from San Francisco last night and is
loading at the electric bunkers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
WILL OF j. p. AMY
PROBATED TODAY

The will of John P. Amy was ad.
mitted to probate this morning. Mari
on l.. Amy his widow, is made execu
triX.
The will provides that out of the
moneys of the estate shall be paid all
expense incurred during his sickness
and by his death. 1t further provides
that $40 be given to each of the four
children, the residue of the property,
without Intervention, going to his
wife. He further directed that his
will be executed and the estate set
tied outside of the courts.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

VLADIVOSTOCK, Feb. 3.-The Rus
sian fleet at this port has been prepared
for immediate service at sea. All of
the wood fittings of the ships were re-
moved yesterday.
The warships here are the Cromober,
1896 tons the Rossa, l2l30 tons; the
Bogatia, $3.50 tons; the Rurik, 1923
tons, and the transport Lena.
The harbor is being kept open by ice
breakers.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb 3.-The prepa-
rations for war although made as secret
ly as possible, can no longer be disguised.
Troops are being modified - large bodies
and prepared for an active winter cam
paign in Korea and Manchuria The Rus
sian soldiers are sturdy, fne-looling men.
Injured to hardships and bitter cold and
they think nothing of making winter
marches through the winter SHOWS of Rus
sia and Siberia.
1t is believed here now that Russia
will be presented with an ultimatum from
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
MEMORIAL CONCERT

Tonight at the First Presbyterian
church will be given a concert as
tribute to the memory of the late Prof.
Gibbons. The program for the eve
rendered by the Tacoma Saengerbund
under Professor Hermann; the st. Ce-
ella club, and such vocalists as Miss
Grace II. Bradley, Mr.. G. Magnus
Schultz and Mr.. Henry Hanlin.
Organ numbers will be contributed
by Mr.. Alexander, of Seattle, and
string trio composed Of Messrs. New
ell and Bull and Miss Foster
The steamship Centennial left out
for San Francisco this morning
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
FORCED CHECKS ARE DRAWN
ON TWO TACOMA BANKS

Forged checks for $2S were passed last
Saturday on Dege & Mlner, Rhodes Bros.
and Herman Lesser.
The checks bore what was supposed to
be the signature of j. e. Bonnell, the well
known Tacoma contractor.
Two of the checks were drawn on the
Lumbermen's National bank and one on
the London & San Francisco bank.
The forger went to the firms named,
bought small bill of goods of each, and
rendered the checks in payment. In each
case the cash balance was handed to the
purchaser. In no case did the bill for the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
HANNA QUITE ILL

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. s.-Thi
afternoon a runor was circulated that
Senator Hanna was dead, and it created
small panic in the coridos OF the capital
and tn, pincipal hotels It wa quietei
by the announcement at the Arlington
hotel that Hanna's condition since morn
ing had been unchanged He was still
irritable and weak DR.. Rixey is constant
~ at his bedside. The latter still insists
that there is no immediate danger.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.--A special TO
local news agency says that close friend
Of Mark Hanna's this afternoon said that
his temperature was 10lh and, no one
had been allowed to see him during the
past two days.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
READY FOR The WAR
IN THE FAR EAST
Everything That Takes Place During Coming Struggle
Will Be Noted for the Readers of The Times

The crisis in the far east is now at its
height and the scales are fitting between
peace and war If war breaks out the
Times is prepared to care for its readers.
Capable newspaper mon will be on the
ground. ready to rush, direct from the
front. the best possible news of the strug-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

Who goes to tho far east for the
N. +. A.
gle between the contending forces in the
Orient.
Besides the cable service the Timas will
be able to depend upon corps of trained
special writers and photographers who
have already left for the far east. These
working in conjunction with special corr
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
BEEF FOR SOLDIERS

A call has ben issued from the United
States quartermaster's department for
100000 pounds of fresh frozen beef and
mutton for shipment to the Philippines.
Bids will be opened March 10. A certi-
fed check for the sum of $4,000 must ac.
company each bid.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

respondents who will be chosen at every
strategic point in the vicinity of the com
ing conflict, will form vast news bureau
which will rush, direct to the Times read
ers, everything that will be of interest
There will be illustrations, descriptive mat
ter and features, as well as actual news.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

ado. Mr.. Will b. Brill, another writer
of experience whose name is well known,
accompanies Mr.. Colver.
Upon landing at Yokohama, Mr. Colver
and Mr. Brill will be governed by condi-
tions as they develop, but no expense will
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
DEMOCRATIC
ARRANGE

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3-The democratic
national committee adjourned at noon ts
meet again April 10. 1t was decided to
make no reservation for seats in the CON
vention until the April meeting, when
newspaper men will be appointed to take
charge of the matter. The committee re
served the entire Jfferson hotel for con
vention headquarters.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

AT the head of this enterprise are three
newspaper men who are already well
known to the readers of the Times Now
on his way to the Orient is Mr.. w. B.
Colver, whose trip through Central Amer
lea last year during the Panama canal agi-
tation was followed by series of excel
lent descriptive articles, and who recently
gave to the public the first authentic news
from the Cripple Creek region in Color
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
THESE TWO TIRED
OF EACH OTHER

Ernest l.. Zimmerman has sued
Mary l.. Zimmerman for divorce on
the grounds of infdelity. The plain
tin alleges that his wife has treated
him cruelty and subjected him to false
charges. He states that they have
not lived together since December 20,
1903. They were married in Tacoma
in February, 1895. Ernest Hoppe is
the attorney for Ernest l.. thinner.
man.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
DANGEROUS SHOAL
IN THE CHANNEL

The British ship Lamorna touched
bottom again yesterday afternoon
while being shifted in to the dock to
have a part of her wheat cargo re-
moved. This occurred just off the
Commercial dock, and tugboat men
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
r.AANTlnIIk.

Who will handle the European end Of the
Russo-Japan war for the ~ r. A.
be spared to get all the news, and whether
the scene of conflict is among the forests
Of the Yalu river in Korea, at the edges of
Siberia, or in the vicinity of Port Arthur,
they will be at the front.
There will be much to watch in Europe
while the struggle is on, and this import
ant end of the work devolves upon Mr.
John Vandercook, one of the best Ameri-
can newspaper men on tho continent. Mr..
Vandercook, who gave America the first
news of the death of Queen Victoria, and
beat out his rivals by over an hour, is
now in Russia. His letters are appearing
in the Times.
These writers, together with photograph
ers and special correspondents are all in
the employ of the Newspaper Enterprise
association, of which The Daily Times
is member.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

goods amount to over So.
The man who passed the checks looked
like a well-to-do laboring man and as the
checks appeared to have bden issued by
Mr.. Bonnell in payment for labor they
were all the more easily cashed. The forger
bought only such articles as laboring
man would be expected to buy.
The same day forged check for $40,
drawn on the London & San Francisco
bank, was passed on Frank Snyder.
All the work on the checks was clever
ly done and would almost deceive an ex
pert.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03
SEVEN KILLED

HALIFAX, N. S., Feb. 3.-The Ca
madam Pacific express on the Inter
colonial railway was wrecked near
here this morning. Seven persons are
reported killed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

estate men, architects and contractors all
express the opinion that if only a part Of
the proposed plans are carried out this
year Tacoma will see one of the busiest
years in the history Of the town.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-02-03

The will was made January 26th
with G. M. Riddell and G. w. Russell
as witnesses.