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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-13
RUSSIANS KEPT GUESSING.
Unable to Make Out What Kurold Is
Irving to Do.


Trying to Do.
St. Petersburg, June 13.-2:05 p. NJ
The japanese advance of columns north
and south of Feng Cheng is causing
considerable n1ystificatiOn. The prepon-
derance of military opinion still inclines
to the belief that the movements in
both directions are feints, although the
opinion that General kuroki has be-
gun a serious advance by both. flanks
against Laio Yang does not lack sup
porters. Renewed skirmishing is re-
ported in the neighborhood of Stu Yen,
but there is no confirmation officially
of the engagement reported by a corre-
spondent of the Associated Press at Hal
Cheng last night, as having occurred 30
miles southeast of Hal Cheng road,
which was reported to have resulted in
the loss of two Japanese battalions.
Should this report turn out to be true
it will show that the Japanese are ad-
Vancing toward Hal Cheng between
two roads, as the column reported en-
gagged must have been different from
the one which drove out the Russians
from Stu Y EN- on the road further south.
Absolute confirmation is not obtainable
of the report that General Kuropatkin
is dispatching troops from Mukden
against the enemy'S right. Extreme re-
ticence is manifested at the war office
regarding the military situation which
is generally interpreted as foreSna dow
ing important developments in the I'M
mediate future. While the imminence
of a decisive battle between the two
main armies is distinctly discouraged
news of fighting of rather heavy
character is antic kated. The lack of
official dispatches from Kuropatkin
during the last 4S hours is regarded as
significant.
The London Standards ST. Peters
burg dispatch saying that a telegram
had been received from Vice Admiral
| Skrydloff announcing that he recently
I left Vladivostok with the Russian
squadron and engaged a Japanese
! squadron off Port Arthur is denied at
/ the admiralty. No such dispatch has
been received from Skrydloff, whose
squadron, according to the last adVices
! is still at VIadivostok and in its neigh
| boring waters. The government has no
Iadvices of renewed fighting before Port
/ Arthur, but it is regarded as not un-
| likely that fighting of a more or less
serious character on the kWan Tung
peninsula may be in progress, although
the war office is convinced that no serf-
Gus assault on the fortress is yet possi-
approved Saturday at the meeting be-
tween Emperor. Nicholas, the Grand
Duke Alexis the high admiral and Vice
Admiral Avellan, the chief of the ad-
nnjrality, for the next ten years, in
cludes 20 battleships, ten armored
cruisers, ten first class and protected
cruisers and a number of torpedo
and submarine boats In view of the
criticism on the part of foreign naval
EXPERTS of the battleship type after the
destruction of the Russian battleship
Petropalovsk and the Japanese battle
ship Hatsuse, the subject was given the
most careful consideration, the decision
being in favor of the continuance cf
the Construction of the battleshtps-
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Port Arthur short oil coal.

New Chwang, June 13, a. ma
Chinaman who was smuggled by the
Japanese into Port Arthur to act as
a spy escaped from there seven days
ago and was arrested at New Chwang
last night. He told a correspondent
of the Associated Press that the Rus
slams were working a large force of
men day and night repairing the war
ships They expect that the work
Will be completed in a fortnight. Four
cruisers under Golden Hill, at the
entrance of Port Arthur. have their
guns trained landward, to assist in
repulsing a land attack. The chan
mel is partly cleared, but Admiral
Togo's blockade is effective.
The spy estimates the total strength
of the Russian forces. in addition TO
sailors, at less than 0,000 men. There
are many sick and wounded. There
is food for two months. All the Chi
nese food stuff has been seized by the
authorities,
Two armored trains on board of
which are mounted guns landed from
the Russian battleship Retvizan re-
Gently ran to a point near the Japa-
nese lines and opened fire. The
Japan nese replied and their shells bad
ly damaged the train, though it man
aged to return to the Russian lines.
The stern of the sunken battleship
Petropavlovslz is visible below low
tide.
The Russians at Port Arthur are
gloomy. though hoping that General
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BOOTHS JOIN DOWIE.
Salvation Army People Ordained as
Elders in Zion

London, June 1s.-An day Sunday
crowds were in the vicinity of the Zion
tabernacle, on Euston road. John Alex
ander Dowie arrived at 1920 o'clock,
had his meals inside the tabernacle and
remained there throughout the day.
While three services We're held, the
ticket holders.
attendance was confined strictly to
Toward O'Clock last night Dowie
ventured to leave the building with
his wife and son, and the long waiting
mob. with frantic shouts. dashed after
their cabs, while reporters in hansoms
Joined in the chase over a circuit Gus
route to the Hotel Cecil 1t is said that
Dowie obtained rooms at the hotel by
Withholding his name, but that he has
been requested to leave in the morn
ing.
At the evening service Mr.. and Mrs.
Booth-CHbborn. the latter the eldest
daughter of General William Booth,
founder Of the Saliva alton Army were or
dained elders of the Zionist church.
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RUSSIA IS CONFIDENT.
Michael Davitt Describes the Situation
as He Finds If

St Petersburg. June 18.-Michael
Davitt. who is now in St. Petersburg
investigating the labor and Industrial
conditions of Russia, in an interview
today with the correspondent Of the
Associated Press said:
aside from the immediate object of
my visit [ have been greatly Interested
in the attitude of the masses in Russia
toward the war Their attitude is Of
greater import in view OF stories pub
Hshed abroad to the effect that the war
is unpopular and that the country is
on the verge of a revolution owing to
public discomfort. I have visited every
working quarter of st. Petersburg, the
extensive Selosmolenskoe region the
Narvaski district and such places of
the Potilliom company's locomotive
and steel works employing 1000 men. 1
interviewed the workers outside the
factories. in the churches. parks and
places of public entertainment, but
failed to find anything except quiet
confidence that Russia is bound to win
in the end.
"The government is decidedly frank in
its dissemina ton of news Bulletins
are posted everywhere and they are
read attentively by small groups. Ere
ouently soldiers and sailors are among
them. The news is discussed among the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-13
GASOLINE FOR VINEGAR
Causes a Serious Fire in Kansas
City Home.

Kansas City, June 13.-The alleged mis-
take of a grocer giving gasoline when
vinegar was asked for resulted in a 7re
in the home of Antoine Schoen, in 242S
Charlotte street, in which Mrs Barbara
Schoen, his aged mother, was fatally
burned, and his 4-year-old niece, Helen.
the daughter of his brother, Charles
Schoen, was seriously burned Both
brothers suffered severe burns on the
hands.
At noon yesterday Mrs. Barbara schoen
was in the kitchen of the home preparing
dinner. With her was her 4-year-old
granddaughter, Helen. Mrs. Schoen was
preparing lettuce for the noon meal. She
lifted the pan containing the lettuce and
grease from the stove and started to
pour from jug which she thought con-
tanned vinegar, over the mixture An ex-
pIoslon followed and the flames from the
neck of the jug covered the hands, face
and waist of the aged woman as she
stood holding it. Her clothing took fire
did the kitchen furniture and walls.
When the explosion occurred the little
girl Helen, was standing back of her
GRANDDAUGHTER Mrs. Schoe9 wheeled vii !
scream and when the FIRE enveIoped her
and seized the child and thrust her from
the room Whlch, by that time, a
roaring furnace. Screaming at every
step. the aged woman rushed from the
house was her pocketbook containing a
large sum of money. she rushed back
through the fire that now was consuming
the walls of the kitchen. When she
again emerged from the house into the
yafd 1ranllcally screaming, she was en-
yeloped IN sheet of fire from head to
foot Mrs. o. B. Nair, living next door
to the Schoen home on the north attract
ed the attention of group Of men stand
ing near saloon at the top OF Holmes
street to the west. Among them were the
Schoen brothers. and they were in the
first rush down the rickety steps leading
to the scene Of the disaster William
Schoen of 2422 Holmes street and the wi,
sons OF Mrs. Schoen We're the first 10
reache her Both the Schoens sprang TO
their mother and with bare hands at
tom TOR IN NJ ho 1fuvV
til the hands of both had been burned NJ
most into crisps did they cease their ef-
forts. William SchOen secured a blan-
ket. and. seizing Mrs. Schoen, enfoIded
her in it and smothered the flames Al
most every inch of the clothing had been
burned from the body of the unfortunate
woman. From the tops Of the shoes she
wore to the crown of her head her body
had been frightfully blistered and char
red. The. skin fell away in many places.
carrying large particles of roasted flesh
hands were totally destroyed.
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by-standers, but always quietly. There
is no trace of excitement. In fact the
war seems to arouse less public interest
than the news received during the
South African war. One reason may be
the distance of the actual fighting from
European Russia. Certainly the war is
not affecting the general current of life.
Business everywhere is progressing as
usual and the people are following their
ordinary routine. The only sentiment
is full faith that Russia ultimately will
win The stories published abroad that
600 persons We're executed at Moscow
recently, that wholesale sentences have
been imposed at Moscow and that san
culinary conflicts have occurred at
Odessa are all, so far as my inquiries
show, pure inventions deliberately set
afioat for the purpose of injuring the
Russian loan abroad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-13
IT STARTS WELL.
Fifty-one Members of Y. NC. A.
Give $3,O68.
This Is the Start for the Build
ing Fund.
MUCH MORE IN SIGHT.
Larger Contributions will Be
Announced Tonight.
Stories of Efforts in Other
Cities Are Told.

The young men of the Y. M. c. A
of this city demonstrated at their
mass meeting at the high school
auditorium Sunday afternoon that
they have faith in getting the new
$75, 900 home for which a subscrip-
ton campaign is now under headway.
Just 81 members, and all of them
young men, gave S3,068, the largest
contribution being 500, of which
there We're twelve. There are 500
men in the Topeka association, and
Secretary Lerrigo expects and hopes
that they will give $4,000. If fifty
give $4,000, it does not seem as if Mr..
Lerrigo's expectations are unreason-
able.
The gathering was not as large as
it would have been on a cooler day.
The heat of the afternoon made it
uncomfortable indoors. But the
meeting showed spirit and enthu-
siasm. The Y. NJ. c. A. has faith in
the ultimate realization of it's plans
and that will probably be the very
cause of its success
About five men in the city are ex-
pected to give sums of $4,000 each.
At least q are expected to give 1000
each. That would make $4,000
Adding to this the $4,000 which the
association will probably raise, there
Will De only $4O,0OO lacking of haVjna q
the entire $4,000.
Tonight at the banquet to be given
at the Y M. G.. A. rooms some large
donations will be announced. No
SUBSCRIPTIONS will be solicited, but
there viii be a number ready to be
given out to the public. About $50
business men of this city will attend
! the banquet. AS a symposium an ad-
dress will be made by Judge SeIden
Spencer of st. Louis one of the most
enthusiastic Y NJ. c.. A. men in the
country From 5 to o'clock a re-
ception will be held in the parIors.
o'clock.
International Secretary G. S. Clark
VIII also make an address, The plans
OF the campaign for the necessary S75.-
ooo VIII be outlined and the business
men of the city made acquainted with
the success which has been met with
SO far.
At the meeting Sunday afternoon
comparative arguments were advanced
| by Secretary Clark why Topela should
| have a bigger building and a more com
modious home. Stereopticon reproduc-
tions of buildings in the following cities
were thrown upon screen: North
| held, Mimi; Newark, N. j.; Pioua. q .
scranton, Pa; Minneapolis, Minn.
bridgeport, Conn; Owensboro. XIV:
OttumWas Ia; Louisville, Ky. Spring
1leid Ill; Racine. Wis; Milwaukee,
! Wis; Norfolk, Va; Galveston. TEX.
/ Omaha, Neb.; Marion, O.; Syracuse. n
T.; II buildings in New York City. A
series of English pictures was also
| shown.
| The merits of the different buildings
and stories Of their growth and the
/ battles to raise enough money for their
construction was Mr.. Clark's theme.
and he showed how Topeka could do
the same thing. It was not exactly nee
essary however for him to present arEl-
mentS to the people before hino-the,,
were ready to give, and get out and
work.
A rousing song service was held pre-
4 liminary to Mr.. Clark's address. There
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-13
RUSSIANS LOSE 500.
Port Arthur Relief Column Caught in
8 Trap.

New Chwang, June 13.-Informa-
ton was received at 10 o'clock last
night through heretofore rellaoIe
channels, that part of the japanese
force left at Pu Ian Tien to check
mate the Russians southwark move
ment to relieve Port Arthur, was at
tackled southeast of Shungmao yes
terday. After slight fighting the
japanese made a false retreat, the
Russians hotly following them when
the Japanese made flank movement
catching the Russians in q trap. Ihe
Russian losses are placed at 8OO men:
They then fell back on kai Chou ana
began to retreat along the Baimatgu-
Tsaichou road. About 1000 Russlan
infantry from Kai Chou passed
through New Chwang this morning
accompanied by a large supply and
hospital train. Several carts con-
tanned bandaged men. The troops
appeared to be tagged out and
showed every indication of long
forced march. The officers refused to
furnish any information, but non
commissioned officer told corre-
spondent of the Associated Press that
all the troops were retreating from
Tsaichou. Before he could say any
thing further he was reprimanded by
a captain. Stragglers are closely
watched by non-commissioned officers
to prevent them talking. The Rus
slams have abandoned the ground
nine miles south of here.
native messenger just in from
the Russian camp east of here reports
that there are many wounded men
there.
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COCKRELL HURT.
Missouri senator Run Over by Boy
on a Bicycle.

Washington June Ex-senator Francis
NJ Cockrell of Missouri was run into
By boy riding a bicycle Saturday and
thrown violently to the ground. A bone
of his right arm near the shoulder was
broken and that arm severely bruised
at the elbow. His left leg also was in
jured. 1t was feared at first that he
had suffered internal injuries, but the
examination of the doctors did not re-
veal injuries of that nature. The sen
ator is confined to his bed and is sus-
fering severely from the shock. The
doctors say that with rest and careful
nursing the senator VIII soon recover.
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WENT TO THE BOTTOM
steamer Goes Down in the st. Law
rence-FTve Drowned

Montreal, Que, June 13-The Rich
eIieu & Ontario Navigation company's
steamer Canada, bound from Quebec
for Montreal came into collision with
the Dominion Coal company's collier.
Cane Breton. six miles below SoreI
Twenty minutes later the Canada went
to the bottom At the time of the col
lision, there were 10 people on board
the Canada. Five were lost; the others
were rescued.
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NoRTHFIELD CELEBRATION.
Anniversary Exercises at the School
Founded by Moody

NorthfeId, Mass. June 13.-Exer-
cises in celebration Of the silver ami
versary of the founding of Northheld
seminary We're held here today. They
were also a feature of the opening of
the summer season of the conferences
Addresses were delivered by W. B.
Moody and P. D. Moody, sons of the
late Dwight L. Moody, who founded
the NorthfieId summer schools. There
was a large attendance Of visitors.
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CaU on National T8anks.

Washington, June 13.-The comptrol-
Ter Of the currency today issued a call
for the condition of national banks at
the close of business June 3.
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RIVER Is on DOWN GRADE.
1t Has Been Falling since Sunday
Morning.

morning at z o'clock stood at the 9.5
foot mark on the gauge on the Rock
Island bridge Sunday morning the
reading was 10.S feet and Saturday
morning the reading was 81 feet.
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WEATHER Is sEAsONABLE.
Warm and June Time Conditions Are
Now Prevailing.

This morning and Sunday brought
what is called seasonable weather. The
sun, under the union rules, Is working
full time to get the wheat turned the
proper shade of yellow for the harvest
Today's corn and wheat bulletin says:
THE weather is generally clear over
Kansas and western Missouri this morn
ing. except some cloudiness in the south
western and northeastern counties OF
this state and light rainfall at Dodge
City. A slight rise in temperature oc-
During the last As hours the only rains
have been one-hundredth of an meh, at
Wichita, and one-hundredth at Dodge
City. For the "a hours ending sunday
morning at z O'Clock the maximum ana
minimum temperatures We're BAKER O.
IS: Dodge City, 1852. Fort Scott, Sg-9e'
Macksville 1854; Mcpherson s0-5S; Man
haitian, $3.50; Usage City, 52-5Ss Sedan, ~
g.; Topeka, s0-59; Toronto, s2-56; Wichitas
$50
The maximum and minimum tempera-
lures for the "A hours ending this morn
ing at O'Clock were as follows:
Baker, S6-5S; ConcOTdias SO-62; Dodge
City, $3.50; Fort Scott, S4-5S; Macksvil@le @
sO-54: Mcpherson, SO-56; Manhattan, s5-5S' =
Usage City, s+5S; Sedan. 5000: Topeka d.
63 Toronto, S4-58; Wichita, sz-66. ,
The forecast for Kansas sent OUT LoaaS
is: Generally fair tonight and Inurs-
ing six miles an hour The hourly tent
rerature recorded by the government
thermometer today were as follows: GO
7 o'clock .66il1 O'Clock .-.........s2
& O'Clock ..........74l12 u o'clock ....---.-..s2
y r1Fr III
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Weather Indications.

Chicago. June 13.-Forecast for kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Tues
day; variable winds.
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lContinued On Fage So
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WIN. J. CiRcE, N. D.

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AURORA.
The Old Camp is Again Coming to the
Front.

Front.
The mining outlook at Aurora is
brighter than it has been for some
time. A number of claims are being
developed, and pay ore is being cx-
tracted. Auroraities have grown tire
of waiting for capitalists to recognize
that camps merits, and gone to work
on their own hook with favorable
chances of making it profitable.
The owners of the Golden Fleece on
Last Chance Hill, Mesrs. Bell. Sharpe
and Stewart. have struck four-foot
ledge of good ore. For some time they
have been engaged in cleaning cut the
old workings, and an upraise into vir-
gin ground revealed this very substan.
tial ledge. Some parts Of the ledge will
assay 5000, while an assay of an ave.
age sample assayed $156.
Upton and Wichman have a claim
'on Silver Hill. Tney have been en-
ployed in running tunnel, and ace
now in SO feet, and expect to tap the
ledge little further on. This ledge is
known to have yielded good returns in
former days, and should the boys
strike it as expected they will make
a rich cleanup.
c. c. Bulkley is shipping ore from
the old Grand Trunk claim to a mill
on East Walker The ore warrants the
long haul. and is expected to net the
owner a neat sum- He will start mill
ing in few days.
MckeOugh and McAllister have a
good ledge in the Bird claim, and are
extracting pay ore.
Aurora has been considered a work.
ed out camp, but the day is not far
distant when the camp will again be
classed among the large bullion pro-
ducers. The men who are working
there now are all opening up new
ground and finding new lodges, and It
would not come amiss were a sensat
ional old time Aurora strike reported
Aurora, like Bodie has large blocks
of virgin ground on either side of
which rich finds have been made
Bodie Index a . ,aofsa ..
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Trib cures bruises and sprains.
c. w. Friend, Optician.

Frank Petersen, a baker employed
in the Palace bakery at Reno died
suddenly of hear. disease last night.
The Inyo Independent reports the
finding of some very rich ore in the
Coso mines in the southern part of
Inyo county.
Fred Carpenter, who was accused
of stealing $4,000 worth of cyanide
precipitates from the DeLamar Mining
company has begun suit for defama-
ton of character. Carpenter was tried
and each time the jury disagreed.