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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
ARE TO FORCE A FEAR
OF THE RUSSIAN POWER.

st. Petersburg, April 26, 7;2O p. M
The Emperor has received dispatch
from the commander of the Vladivos-
tok squadron, confirming the reports of
the sinking of Japanese transport of
500 tons at Won-San (Gensan).
The object of the souadron's cruise
is to destroy all transports traversing
the sea of Japan. show the Russian
flag in Korean waters and impress the
population advantageously, also COM
pelling the japanese to guard all their
transport expeditions.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
DE KaIb cotlon sIim soId.

Charleston, S. c.. April 26.-The De
Kalb Cotton Mill 1T Camden was sold
there to-day. There were only two
bidders, Morris Israel Of Charleston be-
ing the successful bidder at $l55, 600.
This is considered less than half the
value of the property.
The De Kalb is one Of the best
equipped mills in the state. Important
Improvements will be made at once.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
BELIEVED THE JAPS
ARE READY TO CROSS,

st. Petersburg, April 26, 1920 p. n1.-
The Emperor has received three Of
fetal dispatches, two of which are un-
derstood to relate to fighting on the
Yalu river. Their contents will be given
out later.
It is believed in military circles that
the Japanese have commenced a move
ment to cross the Yalu river.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
cnser Held for snfe Crnckinr.

Roanoke, Va, April &C.. L. Casey,
who was arrested here several days
ago, charged with cracking the post
Office safe at Tazewell, Va, last win
ter when $500 in money and stamps
was taken. was given a hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner White
to-day, and sent on to the federal
grand jury. Casey was remanded
to jail in default of s1.500 bonds.
He will be tried in Tuna
The prisoner has confessed to the rob-
harry
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
TO PREVENT PASSAGE
OF THE BALTIC FLEET

Paris, April PA dispatch to the
Petit Parisien from it's Shanghai COR
respondent says:
"a rumor is current here that Japan
intends to occupy portion of the
Fukien coast opposite Formosa with
the object of preventing the Russian
Baltic squadron passing through the
F'orrnosa strait"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
SANK FOUR TRANSPORTS
WITH 4,OO0 JAPANESE.

Paris, April 27.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Matin says:
II learn from a sure source that the
Nladivostok squadron yesterday sank
four Japanese transports, which were
conveying 1000 men,"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
CAPTAINS OF LINERS
HAVE BEEN LIBELED,
Charged with Bringing I'm Cigar
cites Free of Duty.

Charged With bringing In Cigar
cites Free of Duty.
Tampa, Fla, April 26.-United States
District Attorney ]. N. Stripping to-
day filed libels in the United States
court against Capt. J. p. Allen of the
steamer Mascotte and Capt. f. E..
Turner of the steamer Olivette, both
plying between Havana and Port
Tampa, charging them with bringing
from Cuba cigarettes on which the duty
was not paid.
The captains were not charged with
knowing that the cigarettes were being
smuggled on their vessels, but the dis
trict attorney holds that they are LA
able for the penalty. which Is fine
equal to the value of the goods, with
the customs duties added.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
SPANISH PREMIER
WAS FIRED UPON
Bullet Intended for Him Did Not
Find It's Billet.

Madrid, April 26.-Premier Maura,
who arrived here to-day was shot at
but not wounded, while on his way
here from the Balearic islands. When
between Alicante and San Vincente a
bullet whizzed through the roof of
his car. The incident created great
alarm, but no one was injured.
The official report of the incident,
given out by the minister of the in
terror. says:
LAS the train was running between
Alicante and San Vincente some per-
sons fired and others threw
stones. The gendarmes accompanying
the train returned the fire. Neither the
Premier nor the other passengers
were hurt. Two arrests were made"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
MILITARY ACADEMY BILL
Passed by the senate without the
Amendments.

Amendments.
Washington, April 26.-The Senate to-
day passed the Military Academy ap-
preparation bill, the last of the sup
ply measures.
The amendments suggested by the
Committee on Military Affairs for an
equalization of the medical and ord
nance departments Of the army and
for the establishment of a number Of
camp sites were declared to be out
of order and none OF them We're re-
tained. These amendments We're dis
cussed at length before being disposed
nP
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
JAPS TRYING To
TRAP RUSSIANS
AFTER VLADIvOST0K SHIPS.
WANT TO CUT THEM OFF BEFORE
THEY CAN GET BACK.

Japanese ArmOred Cruisers Moving
Upon the Place whence the Rus
sian Squadron Was Last Reported
Russian Cruisers Faster Than
Those of Japan and May Succeed
in Getting Back Under Protecting
Guns.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
RUSSIAN SUBMARINES
MAY SOON GET A CHANCE.

st. Petersburg, April 26.-The en-
trance into the service Of four sub
marine boats at Port Arthur means
the addition Of a new and formidable
weapon for the defense Of that strong
hold. The Russian submarine boats
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
FRUSTRATED AN ATTEMPT
CROSS THE YALU.

st. Petersburg, April 26.-It is re-
ported that an attempt of the Japan
ese to cross the Yalu has been frus-
tratad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
win Protest 10 Powers.

Rome, April 26.-It is asserted that
the protest of the Pope against the
presence of President Loubet at the
Quirinal will take the form of a note
to all the Catholic powers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
sI.rrdIon Is 40 stnrt.

st. Petersburg. April 26.--vice Ad-
mirai Skrydloff will leave tomorrow
evening for Sebastopol. from which
place he will start May for the Far
East
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
FoRTY-SX NEGROES KILLED
by n FAN of 1000 Feet Through a
TransvaaI Mine shaft.

TrnnsvnaI Mine Shaft.
johannesburg, April 26.-The collapse
of a cage in the Robinson mine precip-
itated. forty-six natives 1000 feet to the
bottom. All were killed.
The bottom of the shaft. is a ques-
mire Of human remains.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
Experiments with Submarines.

Port Arthur. April '2s.-The expert
,Hents with submarine boats here have
'eeh attended with brilliant success.
All is quiet in the region of the
fortress.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

Continued on Fifth Page.
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ContInued 90 FIfth Page.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

Mr.. Cochran has sat through the en-
tire speech of Mr.. Dalzell unmeved and
waited for him to finish when, rising
from his seat, he was greeted with tu-
multuous applause by the Democrats.
Mr. Dalzell. he declared, had thought
It proper to justify a charge of infa-
C,onfinued on Firth PAGE
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27

mire Of human remains.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
G IN
One Man KilIed-BeIieved a Woman
Was His SLAYER.

On a lonely spot on the Wood Greek
road, two and one-half miles northeast OF
Decatur, Neb., Dave Monnett, formerly
of Sioux City, Ia, was shot to death by
some member Of q travelling party, COM
posed Of Felix Richey, Mrs. Malinda
Fleming and Ella Brown, at a late hour
Tuesday night.
AT the inquest held Wednesday morn
ing at Decatur, Richey admitted his
guilt, but it is believed by the coroner's
Jury that he is trying to shield the wo-
men. The jury returned a verdict that
Monnett had come to his death by
wounds inflicted by one Of the three per-
sons.
Monnett claimed the full blame for the
killing of Monnett rested upon him. bur
his actions and those of the women
caused the authorities to believe he was
shielding the women. Suspicion attaches
to them.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
LENA is A BuoA6oo.
Russian Ship Still is in San Fran
cisco Harbor.

Victoria, b. c., advices state: I'll. NJ.
$. Grafton, flagship OF the Pacific squad
ron, which left here some days ago to do
mox, returned unexpectedly to Esqui-
mault early Tuesday, making the trip I'M
der forced draught and in record time.
She Is now in Esquimault harbor max
ing ready for sea, and will not finish her
gun practice at present.
The cause OF the Grafton's return from
the trip from Comox is connected with
the sudden appearance OF the Russian
armed auxiliary cruiser Lena in San
Francisco. 1t is understood the Grafton
Is under cable orders from the British
admiralty to protect British shipping on
the American side OF the Pacific coast.
1t depends upon the decision of the Unit
ed States government regarding the Lee
ma whether the Grafton will proceed to
watch her and if any British merchant
men be molested capture and sink her.
Should the American governments de-
cisiou be an order TO the Lena to quit
San Francisco within twenty-four hours
it is expected the Grafton will leave Els
quimalt harbor at her best speed with
the object Of in~tercepting the Russian
off the California coast.
A significant incident with the Graf
tons sudden and unexpected appearance
in Esquimalt is that all shore leave has
been indefinitely suspended.
The hin cruicaP alca maintains ha,.
steam pressure at unusual strength, as
If expecting to use it at a moments no.
tice.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
NO ONE
Robbers Held Up Rock Island Pas
senger Train.

A Kansas City, Mo-, dispatch says:
The Rock Island passenger train that
was held up and robbed near Let's, Ia,
Tuesday morning, reached Kansas City
nearly seven hours late. According to
statements made by officials of the United
States Express Company and by the ex-
press messenger on the train the robbers
were poorly paid for their risk, securing
no money or jewelry. The passengers
were not molested.
A huge hole, large enough for a man to
crawl through, showed at the bottom OF
one of the side doors of the express car,
and the glass window transoms had been
shattered. A small iron chest was re-
moved from the express car and taken &c
Superintendent Ross has made this
statement:
The robbers secured absolutely moth
ing of value. Messenger Mcguire had
all his yaluables in the small iron box,
which we have just examined. The safe
contained nothing but some packages IF
not very expensive jewelry, and none Of
this was taken. The robbers seemed to
want nothing but money, and there was
none on the car. Very little money is be-
ing sent by express now"
The train was held up by five bandits
at midnight near Fruitland, Ia, SIX miles
from Muscatine. The robbery was at the
end of a sharp curve, exactly where Il
similar holdup was engineered two years
ago by the Chicago ear barn bandits.
The engineer, as the train rounded the
curve, saw a red lantern OH the track and
Immediately stopped the train. The en-
CINE, express car and baggage car were
boarded by the robbers. A fusillade of
shots was fired along the sides of the
train to prevent interference by passen-
gers.
The Express messenger was compelled
to open the door of the express car. The
safe was dynamited and the contents
taken, after which the engine crew was
compelled to return to the passenger
coaches.
The engine was cut off, and the rob-
bers, mounting it, ran it west to within
two miles of Columbus Junction, where
they took their departure. The manner
in which the robbers handled the engine
and their knowledge of the road con
vinces the officers some of them are ex-
perienced railroad men.
Posses, with bloodhounds, are securing
the country in an effort to apprehend
the h~ighwaymen.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
ON THE COAST
ATLANTIC SHORES ARE STREWN
WITH wRECkAGE.
Cities and Towns Suffered Severely,
but There Was Little Actual Dam
age in New York-Only One Fa-
tally Reported in that City.

Al New York dispatch says that a num-
Der OF lives were lost, much property
damaged and several ships wrecked in
the storm which ravaged the Atlantic
coast Wednesday night and Thursday. 1t
was one Of the ~fiercest September storm
on record, thunder and lightning adding
terror to a bowling gale which carried
drenching sheets OF rain over sea and
land.
Telegraphic reports say that the storm
has swept out into the ocean and from
the Canadian coast.
The greatest loss of life was near Will
mington, Del. The tug Israel w, Dur
ham, with a crew of six men and four
other employees of the American Dredg-
ing Company, was 'swamped in the Del
aware River during the height OF the
storm. Eight of the ten persons on the
little craft were drowned.
From farther down the coast-Jackson-
Welcomes the report that five men
were drowned off Charleston.
New York suffered comparatively lit
tie. The wind and rain and thunder
and lightning were terrific, but little act
ual damage was done. Nineteen coal
barges were adrift in the bay ana their
wreckage strews the shore from the Bat
terry to the Narrows, but no lives were
lost.
Several small vessels also went ashore
on various parts of the coast near New
York. One fatality was reported in the
city, Carl Hertzner, killed by broken fire
escape. (,
A fishing steamboat, Joseph Church, Of
Greenport, N. Y, struck Peaks Hill bar
and was smashed TO pieces. The captain!
and crew of twenty-one men were saved.
At Wilmington, Del, great destruction
was caused by the storm. Trees were
uprooted, houses flooded and crops ruin
ed. In Chesapeake Bay the storm was
particularly fierce. Incoming steamers
arriving at Baltimore report that never
in their experience has such a furious
gale swept down on them at this time
of the year. One man was seen adrift I'M
a small rowbont in Chesapeake Bay, but
1t Wis impossible to rescue him.
The storm was accompanied by d cold
wave.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK nv A CON-
DENSED FORM.
Battle with Robbers-Exciting Ex-
perience on a Farm in Turner
County-Store at BOLTON Robbed
Several Times.

Jacob Adrian, q farmer living near
Silver Lake. Turner County, had an ex-
citing experience upon returning to his
home after having sold $500 worth or
grain. Three strangers appeared at ms
home after dark, and, covering the FARM
er with their weapons, demanded that
he turn over to them the $500. At the
critical iuncture the farmers sons APP
peared upon the scene. They were armed
with shotguns, and observing this the
three men fed. Twenty-Five or thirty
shots were exchanged by the farmer boys
and the fleeing strangers. One OF the
latter was seen to fall, but was helped
away by his comrades. That Immediate
vicinity has been the scene of a NUMBER
of holdups this summer.
A store at Dolton, which is the mar
ket point for the region where Adrian
lives. has been entered by thieves several
times and large quantities ofshoes and
clothing carried away. Ham, bacon and
other meats nave also been pilfered from
other business houses. In one instance
an old school building, situated on the
outskirts of the town. was set on hire IN
the hope that the citizens would be at
tracted to the scene, leaving the business
houses free to be raided by the thieves.
The various crimes are believed to have
been committed by a number of hoboes
who have been making headquarters in
that locality all summer. Since the effort
to rob Adrian the residents are thorough
ly aroused and have now armed them
selves with the object of driving the
hoboes out of the country.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
POSTMASTER RESIGNS.
James Lewis OF Canton Finds n
Work Too Combining.

Postmaster James Lewis, Of Canton,
has rendered his resignation to the de-
partment to take effect as soon as a sue
cessor can be appointed and qualities.
This action on the part of Mr.. Lewis
comes as a surprise to his friends, al
though a few intimates knew that he was
getting tired Of thework owing TO the
close confinement and long hours.
He has served the government faith
fully for nearly seven years, and no
man has ever given better satisfaction to
the patrons of the office, but he said re-
Gently: Il find the confinement is be-
ginning to undermine my health and |
must get out"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
STATE FAIR A
Perfect Weather Brings Out Great
Crowd at Yankton.

Perfect weather prevailed Wednesday
and the state fair attendance at Iank-
ton was immense. Entries in all depart
ments exceed by 1000 the entries of any
past year. In the first attempt to leap
the gap Prof. Cashtalane got a bad
fall. The hind wheel of his bicycle failed
to clear the gap and the rider was
thrown fully twenty feet. Though
bruised, he made a second attempt. which
was successful, as was his loop the loop.
In the agricultural department Hughes
County has a magnificent display. This
exhibit is doubtless the best in the de-
partment, though Faux County has a
very creditable exhibit of grains and
grasses.
The fair is a great success.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
GRAIN RUST is POISONOUS.
Members of Threshing Crews and
Others Seriously Affected.

The experience of the members of
what is known as the Mitchell-Johnston
threshing outfit, at work in the vicinity
of South Shore, proves that the farmers
of South Dakota cannot be too careful
in handling the straw of wheat which
has been affected by rust. Nearly all
the members of the threshing crew were
overcome by inhaling wheat rust. Opera
tons were suspended until the crew
could recover sufficiently to resume work,
which was not until three days later.
Grain buyers in the ~rust-affected dis
tricts also complain of the rust affecting
them while handling the grain. 1t APP
pears to be quite poisonous to the hui
man system.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
A
Nebraska Woman Follows Her Hus-
band ia the Grave.

Mrs. Henry Toler is dead at Anoka.
The mystery surrounding her and her
husbands death from burns probably
will never be solved.
The inquest that was held and adjourn
ed to wait for her evidence will not be
resumed, as her death makes it unneees-
sary.
AT the time of Mr.. Toler's death a
week ago, it was said Mrs. Toler had
confessed that she poured oil on her w
clothing and set fire to it. She said her
husband was fatally burned while try
ing to save her life. Another story was
that she seized her husband and hele
him while the flames from her own cloth
ing burned his body so that he died in a
few hours.
Family trouble was the cause of the
tragedy.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
wheat Turns ont Wen.

Wheas in Dawson County is turning
out Euch better than was anticipated
before the threshing season began and
net so much damage by rust is showing.
Farmers are receiving ST per bushel. The
corn crop in that county is now safe from
frost and has been out of danger for the
past FIVE days. This was evident from
the corn that was being brought in for
the Mitchell cor palace decorations.
1t is the best crop of corn that has been
raised in a good many years, and will
average all the way from 40 to 60 bush
els ". A.4.. m.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21

The navy department. at Washington
Informed that the cruiser Tacoma has
arrived at Rio de Janeire, having cruised
from San Francisco down the west coast
pf South America and around to the Bra.
lxilian port in search or the missing mer~
chairman Conemaugh. The Tocoma
failed to find any trace Of the missing
steamer.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
EXPERIMENTAL WITH GASOLINE
Garretson Girl Narrowly Escaped
Being Burned to Death.

Miss Daisy Keller, of Garretson, mar
rowly escaped being burned to death,
and nearly burned up the home Of her
parents, as the result of placing a cup
full of gasoline in a boiler Of hot water
standing on a stove. Hearing a sputter-
ing she leaned over the water just as the
gasoline ignited. Her face and hair were
badly burned. S%mothering the flames on
her face and hair with her apron she
turned her attention to the fire which
had spread to the floor. Prompt work
on the part of herself and her mother
alone saved the house and it's contents
from being destroyed.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
NO ADVANTAGE TO ETHER.
Platte and Geddes worsted i'm
County Seat Case.

COUHFJ N.FTN'
In the supreme court ct Pierre on
Monday decisions were handed down in
the following cases:
State Of South Dakota VS.. board of
county commissioners of Charles Mix
County, appellants; affirmed.
State OF South Dakota VS. the board of
county commissioner on Charles dix
County. appellants; dismissed.
These two cases are in regard TO the
county seat contest in that county. and
in effect put the costs in n case on
the adherents of one town, and IN the
other upon the adherents of the other,
in the fight on the part of Platte and
Geddes to move the county seat from
Wagner. The decision gives no advan-
tage to either place, and practically leaves
them at the point they started from.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
A Cause OF steamboat accidents.

The frequent transferring of steamboat
inspectors from one port to another
throughout the country is, in the opin-
ion of Capt. Henry L. Joyce, of New
York, n of the principal causes OF such
accidents as the burning of the Slocum
in New York harbor a few months ago.
This statement was made by Capt. Joyce
at the thirty-thiro annual meeting OF the
national board Of steam navigation held
at Philadelpnla.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
Jailed for Killing a sheen.

Two strangers, giving their names as
Mclean and Brown, Of Omaha, werc ar
rested at Hudson Sunday for killing a
sheep which was found in their posses
sion under the railroad bridge just north
of town. They We're brought before
Judge Carpenter Monday and fined $40
each or twenty days in the county Jail.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
Negro Charged with Robbery.

The Sioux Falls police have arrested a
negro giving his name as viii Jones, who
is wanted for breaking into and robbing
the dwelling house of III. NJ. Kramer at
Salem. He stole a quantity of clothing.
AT the time of his arrest he was wearing
a pair of pants and a vest which were
among the stolen articles.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
HAD NO LIQUOR LICENSE.
State Authorities Get After Sioux
Falls Restaurant Keepers,

Inc state authorities nave inaugurated
a warfare against Sioux Falls restaur-
ants and other places which furnish IL
quor to patrons without having procured
a retail license. AS the first step in Inc
effort to stop the practice Peter Pal
lanch and William Pallanch, proprietors
of one of the leading restaurants of that
city, were arrested OF the charge of hav-
ing sold liquor at retail without being IL
censed to do so. Both men furnished
bonds for their appearance at the next
term of state circuit court.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-09-21
CONSUL Loses dob.

Consul General McWade. at Canton,
China, has been removed from office by
President Roosevelt. Charges made
against him recently were investigated
by Assistant Secretary Pierce, and in his
report to the president he strongly sus-
tains the charges.