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Cracksmen in Fiatbush Garry
of Several Hundred Dollars
Ncrth of SiIverWare-Milk.
man Gives Alarm to Owner.
X-DISTRICT-ATT0RNEY
BACKUS is A VICTIM.
Thieves Enter Public Library,
but Find Nothing They Care
for-Residents Will Ask Mayor
for More Police.

Craftsmen In the Flatbush section OF
Brooklyn entered three lioLses to-day.
Mr.. A. Amador. OF No. +4 East Sew
enteenth street, Flatbusll, shortly be-
fore dawn was aroused by tn, ringing
OF the telephone bell. When he went
to the instrument the telephone girl
, told him a mistake had been made.
lie was about to retire again when
he heard a noise in the lower part OF
the house. He investigated and found
the dining-room in a state OF disorder.
Rushing out into the street he met a
milkman. who toll him that he had
Just seen two wcll-dressed men leave
the house carrying a large bundle. The
bundle contained 500 worth Of MIR.
Amador's silverware.
Mr.. Amador telephoned to the police
station and "A WACO load OF reserves
was sent to his assistance. All the re-
serves could do was to ~sympathize with
Mr.. Amador.
While Mr.. Amador was entertaining
the policemen two burglars entered the
homo of former District-Attorney Fos-
ter l.. Backus. of Brooklyn, at No. ll5
Lincoln road. Mr.. Backus did not dis
cover tina he had had visitors until
ne went 10 DTedklust. lHen ne lOuiu
that the INVADERS had taken all his
plate and u quantity of valuable bric-a-
ibrac.
rhe same active band of cracksmen
entered the Brooklyn Public Library at
Caton and Flatbush avenues by means
OF a ladder placed against a second
story window. They went through the
offices of the library with remarkable
thoroughness, but found no hing they
cared to take awav.
me I~aX-rayura Association OF tho
Twenty-ninth Ward (Flatbush). held
an indignation meeting to-day and APP
pointed a committee TO call on Mayor
= Mcclellan and ask for more police.
The homes of all the members OF the
association I'VE been invaded n time
or another and no trace has ever been
found OF the burglar or his plumber.
Not only are the police too few in
Flatbush, say the members OF the as
ISOLATION, but they nave beats from
five to six miles long. The burglars
have learned these beats and when tho
bluecoat is n few miles of can operate
In perfect safety.
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-22
BIG FIRE At TORONTO.
Losses are Estimated at 10000, ooj

Losses are Estimated at 100000
Yacoato, 0at., April 20.-Fire swept
through section of Toronto's whole,
sale business district last night,
causing 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
until the whole block was a mass OF
flames and the fire was utterly beyond
control Of the local department. AID.
peals were sent to every surrounding
city where fire apparatus could be OBJ.
tanned, asking for assistance.
Nothing could resist the force of the
flames as they swept down Bay street
towards the lake and the fremen
fought back the fire from side streets
combining the fire to the one thorougb.
fare wherever possible. "a :,
Several frame buildings which
threatened to cause spread Of the
fire were blown up with dynamite.
d At 1870 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 furthe,
burn itself out there. ! "a
The total loss will reach $40 900 900
Toronto, Ont. April 21.---The total
loss by the fire which destroyed the
wholesale district OF Toronto last
night Will, according to the most con.
sentative estimates, reach $4,000 900
The total insurance is $500 900.
me area swept by the flre EN-.
braces fourteen acres and from 5000
TO 1000 persons are thrown out Of EN-.
pioyment. The work Of tearing down
dangerous walls was begun yesterday.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-22
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 tho
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."t
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 the
territory acquired by the United
States from the republic of Panama by
the terms of treaty ratified on the
26th 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 In 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"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-22
NEW YORK FOR PARKER.
Democratic State Convention In
structs Delegates.

Albany, N. Y, April 19.-The dem.
ocratic state convention for the cleo
ton at delegates to The oatioae2 coz,
vention selected the following dele
gates at large:
David B. Hill of Albany, Edward
Murphy, Jr Of Troy, George Ehret
of New York city and James w.
Ridgeday of Brooklyn. AS alternates
1t selected c.. N. Bulger of Oswego,
w. Caryl Ely of Buffalo, c. H. Ack-
erman of Broome and Francis Bur
ton Harrison of New York.
The delegates were instructed by a
vote Of 3O1 to 149 for Alton B. Parker
as the states candidate for president.
Tammany was not treated as badly
as had been predicted, being allowed
to name delegate at large, Mr.. Eth
ret, and an alternate, and one Of the
two electors at large. Harry Payne
Whitney, the other being John r.
Woodford.
The platform adopted is brief. and
in addition to instructing for Parker
compels the delegation to vote az a
unit.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-22
PORT ARTHUR
IS T0TTER|AG
Events Continue to Culminate
Around the Doomed
Fortress.
is NOW EFFECTuALLY BLOCKED
Russians Are Fleeing Across the
YaIu River General kuropatkin %
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. WIS
London, April "a correspondent
OF the Times cabling from Niuchwang
says that q messenger has arrived
there from the Yalu river with the In
formation that the Russians are nee
ing north across the river In over
crowded boats and are losing hum
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 .
brigade OF infantry, with I'VE thousand
Cossacks is within hundred yersts
OF the banks OF the Tumen river.
st. Petersburg. April ~. Ali doubt
as to- the SAVses Of tia destr,tstion OF
the battleship PetropAvlovsk and the
damage to the batueship Pobieda' 1t
Port Arthur is iissipated BY the re-
port submitted by telegraph to the en-
peror, April e.. Init, viceroy Alexien
stated in q way that leaves the matter
no longer open to question that mines
were responsible for the disaster.
The viceroy's report was. sent only
after q thorough investigation. ordered
BY the emperor, had been made. 1t
explicitly states that under the star
board side of the Petropaylovsk there
was an explosion" and says q mine
exploded under the Pobieda
Mukden., April 22.-The operations
Of the Russians in Manehuria are
greatly hampered by the immense
number OF spies. Major General Kon.
dratsvitch, commanding the Ninth east
Siberian rife brigade. says the Jap
snese have taken advantage OF the
convenient location Of Niuchwaug,
which is full of spies.
t'In the guise OF merchants. beggars,
'agpickers and lackeys." says the gen
eral, '.these spies are everywhere.
They have grown pigtails, showing
that they have been preparing for
their work for q 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
ZION, cross the river into Chinese ter
ritory, where they use the telegraph
Some Of them have been caught, but
The majority wander among the troops
and nothing can be done to prevent
It." ri.
A Chinese spy who was caught sew
eral days ago was sent to Lao Yang
where he was shot. The Chinese man
Tested deep sympathy, following hin
along the streets after he had beer
! captured. "
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-22
FLANK MOVEMENT
HAS Been BEGUN
Japanese Transports Appear
Near Mouth Of !
Yalu.
o ISOLATE PORT ARTHUR
Said 10 Be Purpose Of Mikado's
Troop. Japanese Are Building
Entertainments On Yalu But Are
Expected to Advance Soon. ~

st. Petersburg, April 21.--What
NAV turn out to be the anticipated
thanking movement Of the japanese
troops, is the appearance Of number
Of Japanese ships off Pctanss. near
the gulf Of Cheug Tai Use, about mid
way between Port Arthur and tie
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. nifty miles
to the northwest, where the Russians
will make their first obstinate resist
Rnce. ~,
Though the Japanese are building
entertainments ON the Yalu, It Is bes
lieved that they will advance, soon.
The arrangements for turning move
ment are complete and experts say
that such q movement could properly,
begin at Takushan as Fungvang Hes
at the angle OF an eQuilAteral triangle.
with Takushan and the Yalu q bases.
The Japanese debarkationt Will I'M
doubtedly be covered by = warship and
the Russians recognize that It will be
impossible to prevent it.
1--WE will strike after they have
landed" grimly said q member OF the
general stan.
General Kuropatkin is aware Of the
strategic importance of the vicinity
of Takushan and it is understood
that he has made his arrangements
accordingly. T 9 Fs5ss
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 second
time at Sung jim, about Is 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 of1cials at
Sung jim were friendly to the Rus.
SLAMS.
Another detachment of rs 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 Alexien and
Bezobrazoff, was received with in
tense interest in Official circles here.
The change just indicated is be-
lieved to pretend 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 q decisive victory
on land the way would speedily be
opened for peace negotiations on thu
broad basis of the last Japanese prop
osition just before the outbreak OF the
war. The restoration to power and
influence of NJ. Witte, the deposed
Russian minister OF finance, who so
strongly opposed war, is expected to
| follow very soon. III Y a. gsss :
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-22
HEAVY SNOW AT ST. LOUIS.
Traffic Impeded BY Very Unseason.
able Storm.

st. Louis, April 21.-A severe snow
storm RACED here yestecdaE, which,
being driven by sharp wind, at
times assumed the proportions of a
blizzard. The storm began with a
sleet storm, followed by a fall OF 20
degrees in temperature, the thermo-
meter becoming stationary at 80 de-
grees. Street traffic was consider
ably impeded, and railroad trains were
late in arriving.
At II o'clock the snow ceased, fail
Ing and there had been a total precipt-
tation of six inches.
At the base ball parks it was an
nounced that the snow would prevent
the games between st. Louis and Chi.
cago National League teams and st.
Louis and Cleveland's American
League teams, scheduled for today.
Reports received here indicate that
from five to seven inches Of snow fell
within radius of $50 miles OF st.
\ Louis t0+. G&ssa no
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-22
Pos1oFFicE SAFE CRACKED.
Gang Of Burglars Make a Aau! ut
Oelphos.

Mt. Ayr, April zO.-J. ,. SteaoHah
general store At Delphos was burglar
tied, yesterday morning at l O'Clock,
the safe being wrecked. Mr.. Stead.
man is postmaster at Delphos, and the
3lO5 in cash secured by the burglars
from the safe and store drawers In
cludes the postoflce funds. A few
dollars worth Of stamps were also
taken. The depreciation was not dis
covered until the office was opened
several hours late, and although the
telephone lines were freely used noth
ing has been heard Of the burglars
Mt. Ayr, Delphos and Redding, Iowa
and Grant City, Mo-, are four stations
in succession on this branch of the
Burlington, and each has had burg
larry recently. At Grant City the
postofice was entered a few weeks
ago, the safe blown open and S6u
taken, SIS ,rl-@
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-04-22
HILL WINS FIGHT.
Petition Of Intervention in Securities
Case 10 Decided.

z,
St. Paul, Mimi. April 20.-In the
United States circuit court yesterday
Judges Sanborn, Thayer, Van Deye.
ter and Hook unanimously denied the
application of Hartman and Pierce
and the Oregon Short Line railroad
company for leave to intervene In the
case Of the United States against
the Northern Securities company on
the following grounds:
First-The plan of me directors OF
the Northern Securities company for
the distribution of the stock of the
Great MOI thern and Northern Pacific
railway companies is not violative OF
the decree in the Northern Securities
case. L
Second-No one but the United
States can successfully appeal to the
court to enjoin the execution Of that
plan on the ground that it is in VIC
lation of the Sherman antitrust act
and the United States EXPRESSES sat
isfaction with the present decree.
Third-The stock Of the two rail-
way companies is not in the CUSTODY
Of the court.
Fourth-An intervention is not nee.
essary to enable the petitioners tC
protect any pecuniary interest or
equity they have.
Judge Thayer delivered the opinion
of the court.
The formal entry of the court is
as follows:
The application Of Edward H. Har-
riman, Winslow S. Pierce, asd the
Oregon Short Line Railroad company
for leave to intervene in this case
was heard before this court on April
~ and 13, 1904, and after due con
sideration it is hereby ordered that
the said application be and the Same
is hereby denied.
(Signed Walter n. Sanborn,
Amos M. Thayer, a
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