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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-05
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO ABDUor
Mrs. G. J. Banker Makes Charge Against Her Husband.

Ansonia, May 4.-George J. Banker of New Haven was accused by his wife this morning of an attempted abduc- tion of their child from the Hill school in this city yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
 Banker is suing for divorce, and 1t is
 believed that because of this, the father attempted to kidnaD the son and that he visited the school house with that purpose in mind. Fearing that such an
 attempt might be made, Mrs. Banker
 had given strict orders not to permit
 anyone to see her nine year old son, Raymond, who entered grade three at
 the opening of this term. Yesterday, when the father called he was refused
 permission to see the child, but arrange ment was finally made whereby the father was allowed to see the boy in
 the presence of Officer Shay The boys mother was at the same time notified,
 and hurrving to the school house a
 stormy scene ensued The child fought
 all the attempted embraces of the fa- ther and with his little fists doubled, bravely struck at his sire. Under the protection of the officers, Mrs. Banker
 and her son was taken home and the
 former said this morning that her hts- band again visited her later in the af- ternoon and tried to get possession of lthe child. Being unsuccessful he re- turned to New Haven last night and
 Mrs. Banker went to that city to-day to consult her attorney.
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SOCIETY OF COLONIAL VARS
Annual Court at the Hartford cIub-
 New officcrs Elected. S

N'>ets tshA&IA Y E<A<-t lk-tls
 Hartford, May 1.-The annual court of the Connecticut Society of Colonial Wars was held at the Hartford club this afternoon and was largely attend- ed. The business meeting began at o'clock. The report of the nominating committee was accepted and the follow ing officers were elected:
 Governor-Theodor Salisbury Wool sey, of New Haven.
 Deputy governor - Charles Edward Gross, of Hartford.
 Lieutenant -governor-Bela P. Learn ed, of New London.
 Secretary-George Dudley Seymour, of New Haven.
 Treasurer-John Edward Heaton, of New Haven.
 Registrar-Frank Butler Gay, Of Hartford
 williston Walker, of New Haven.
 Chaplain-Chauncey Bunce Brewster, of Hartford.
 Gentlemen of the council to serve un- til 19O6-Ralph William Cutler, of Hart ford, Carl Eugene Munger, of New Ha- ven, and John Hoyt Perry, of South port.
 The following membership committee was also elected: John K. Beach of New Haven, Amos F. Barnes of New Haven, Lewis E. Curtis, Francis R. Cooley and Arthur Reed Kinball.
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NEIV FORK ACHIEVEMENTS.
Tie Up All the Large shipyards in New
 York District.

New York, May 4.-All the large shipyards in the metropolitan district,
 except that of the Boston Drydock company in Brooklyn and the yard of Titjen & Lang in Hoboken, are to-day tied up as a result of a strike of the
 Brotherhood of Beilermakers and Iron
 Shipbuilders of the United States and Canada. Five thousand boilermakers are involved and workmen of other trades may soon be affected John Me-
 Neil, of Kansas City, international president of the Boilermakers, author- ized the strike. The organization is
 said to have s250,000 in it's relief fund,
 and the twelve local lodges are well equipped Beginning to-day married
 men will be paid $7 a week and single men $5 a week while the strike contin- ues. Preparations have been made for
 a long struggle.
 The yards and shops affected are those whose owners are members of the New York Metal Trades association, which body yesterday refused to grant the boilermakers' demand for the closed shop and the admission of walking de.- egates to all shops and jobs.
 In the yards of the Morris Heights Shipbuilding company three hundred men quit work who had been employed { in building two torpedo boats for the government.
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American MICAH Association.

Orange, N. J., May 1.-The twenty ninth annual meeting of the American McAll association began here to-day, with delegates present from all parts of the country Mrs. Charles H. Park hurst, of New York, president of the association, presided and responded to the address of welcome delivered by Mrs. G. w. B. Cushing of East Orange. Reports were read by Miss Harriet
 Harvey, the general secretary; Mrs. H.
 l.. Wayland, the corresponding secre- ltary; Mrs. A. R. Perkins, the treasurer, and other officers. The session will con- tinue tomorrow.
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STATE COUNCIL, D. OF [.
Annual Meeting in MerIden---The EIec-
 tion of officers.


 tion of Officers.
 Meriden, May 1.-The eleventh annual session of the state council, Daughters of Liberty, was held in Arcanum hall, this city. to-day. about 100 delegates representing the nineteen councils in the state, being present. The election |of officers resulted as follows: State councillor Charles L. Clark, Waterbury; state associate councillor, Helen A. Smith, Norwich; state vice councillor W. A. Chase, Waterbury; state associate vice councillor, c. Eliz- abeth Niles New London; state secre- |tary, R. w. Lampman. Bridgeport; as- sociate treasurer, Carrie Reynolds, North Haven; treasurer, Abbie Palmer |ton, Bridgeport; associate treasurer, Viola Henry, Waterbury; state guide, Sarah Ellis, Danbury; inside guard, Hattie Waters, New Haven; outside guard. c. E. Tremper, New Haven; rep Iresentatives to national convention, M. N. Meyer of Danbury, Viola Henry of Waterbury, Dora Reynolds of Nor wich, E. May Levee. of Hartford; alter mates. R. w. Lampman of Bridgeport, Carrie Reynolds of North Haven, Alice Temple of Stamford, c. E. Tremper of New Haven.
 The next annual meeting will be held lin New London.
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which they could fire on the enemy from two sides.
 CT held Lieutenant Colonel Moray sky's battery in reserve and ordered the Twelfth regiment, the Third bat tery and the quick-firing guns to re- tire under cover of the Eleventh regi- ment.
 :" My chief of staff led the rear guard to it's position.
 " At 1 o'clock the Japanese approach ed so close to the position held by the Eleventh regiment that the Third bat tery could not pass along under the cross fire, and taking up a position a short distance from the Japanese, re- mained there until the end of the fight, lesing it's commander, Lieutenant-Colo- incl Moravsky.
 " A company with quick-f1ring guns was brought up from the rear guard, and the officer commanding this force seeing the difficult position of Moray sky's battery, took up the position on his own initiative. He lost half of his men and all his horses, and attemepted to remove his guns by hand to the shell ter of the hills under the Japanese cross fire. The quick-firing pieces discharged about 35,0OO bullets.
 t The Twelfth regiment cut it's way l through and saved it's colors.
 " The Second battery of the Sixth brigade having attempted to rejoin the reserves by another route, could not ascend the mountain slopes with only half it's horses, and, relying to its orig inal position, received the Japanese at | tack.
 The Eleventh regiment which held Tits ground for two hours more, with heavy losses, forced a passage at the point of the bayonet and crossed the ravines with it's colors. It lost it's colo nel commandant. We lost forty officers and about 2,OO0 non-commissioned off, cers and men.
 "'The Japanese losses must have been enormous.
 "''The Russians retired in good order on Feng Wang Cheng.
 The men of the Third division maintained their excellent morale, and over seven hundred wounded proceeded with their regiments to Feng Wang Cheng.'"
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LAKE SUPERIOR GO. TO
 BE INCORPORATED HERE
CHARTER DRAFTED AND FOR-
 WARDED TO THIS STATE.

Plan of Reorganization VIII Probably be Declared Operative To-day or To-
 morrow-Banks in Philadelphia, Mon-
 treaI, New York and Toronto Grant
 am Extension of Time--will Start
 Operations With s10,oo0,ooo Cash.
 Philadelphia, May At was an- nounced tonight that the details TO- organizing the Consolidated Lake Su- perior company are in such shape that the plan of reorganization will be de- clared operative probably tomorrow or Friday.
 The charter of the new company has been drafted and forwarded to Judge Walter c. Moves of New London, Conn.,. in order that the company may be incorporated in that state. The old company was also chartered in Connec- ticut Various mortgage papers of the new company have been prepared and the banks of Philadelphia, New York, Montreal. and Toronto, to whom the |old company was indebted, have grant, ed an extension of time asked for by the Canadian Improvement company. which will underwrite the reorganiza- ton.
 The Lake Superior company will have a capital of si0.O0O, 900, first mortgage bonds of $1o,000,0OO, and income bonds of $S,000,000. The new company will start operations with s1O,0O0,00O cash. This will be secured by an assessment of $3,000,000 on the stockholders, $5, coo GOO subscription to the bonds and a s2,- 0OO,O0O loan guaranteed by the Ontario government.
 After the plan is declared operative by the Miffiy committee of stockholders. two weeks will be given stockholders who have not yet paid their assess ments. A little more than half has been paid. SDeyer & Co. of New York, who bought the old company's property at the Soo at foreclosure sale has con- sented to transfer the, property to the new company when the firms direct share in $5,500,OOO loan and foreclosure expenses are paid, all of which amounts to about S2,0OOOoO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-05-05
 CLEVELAND,S BOND ISSUES,
Former President Not Ashamed of Hi, Loans in Time of Peace.


 Loans in Time of Peace. Philadelphia, May 1.-The Saturday Evening Post of May will contain an article contributed by ex-President Grover Cleveland on The Cleveland Bond Issues" in which he gives the history of the issue of United States bonds in the years of 1894, 1895 and 1896 for the purpose of replenishing the stock of gold in the public treasury MT. Cleveland concludes as follows: T have attempted to give detailed history of the crime charged against an administration which issued bonds of the government i'll time of peace. Without shame and without repentance I confess my share of the guilt; and I refuse to shield my accomplices in this crime who, with me, held high places in that administration. And, though MT. Morgan and Mir Belmont and scores of other bankers and financiers who were accessories on the three transactions may be steeped in destruc- tive properties and may be constantly busy in sinful schemes, 1 shall always recall with satisfaction my efforts"
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TOKYO CELEBRTEs AGAIN.
Rejoices Over Reports of Successful
 Blockading of Port Arthur.

Tokio, May 4, P. m.-The reports which have been received here of the successful hlockading of the entrance to Port Arthur by the Japanese, coming on the heels of the news of the victory on the Yalu, stirred Tokio to another popular demonstration tonight, thous- ands of men carrying lanterns, swinging high from bamboo poles paraded through the city. Half dozen bands of music led the various processions, The offices of the war and navy depart nlents and of the general staff were the scenes of the greatest enthusiasm. Two of the imperial princes visited the navy department and the assembled crowd welcomed them with many cheers. Then the trong demanded Admiral Ito, chief of the general staff, and the hero of the fight on the Yalu during the Chino-Jap- anese war He appeared in response to the calls of the people and saluted the crowd.
 1 It had been expected that tidings of the Port Arthur engagement would come from Vice Admiral Togo some time during the day, but none were re- ceived. The report which has reached here from Europe that General Kuro- patkin, the commander in chief of the Russian troops in the Far East is per- sonally leading 10000 from Liao Yang to Feng- Wang Cheng, is welcomed as good news on the theory that the more aggressive the Russian campaign be- comes the more speedy will be Japan's final victory.
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TO PROMOTE REPATRIATION
". R. Creamer Gives His sss.I5o Nobe
 Prize for This Purpose.

London, May William Randolph Creamer, secretary of the International
 Arbitration league and member of parliament for Haggerston, announced lat dinner in his honor tonight that Ithe Nobel peace prize, amounting to $SS, ,150, awarded to him, will be invested at guaranteed interest of per cent. The promote will be used by the Inter national Arbitration league to promote arbitration. Should the league cease to exist the trustees are empowered to de- vote the funds for the furtherance of arbitration, according to their discre- ton.
 The dinner was attended by two hun dred persons, including Andrew Carne- Igie, the Bishop of Hereford, members of the labor and arbitration groups in
 parliament, Lord Monkswell and Lord
 Kinnaird.
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Loans to Russia and Japan.

London, May Alt is announced from Paris to-day that arrangements Cor the Russian loan on that market teen millions sterling will be taken by banks, and there will probably be no public issue.
 Negotiations for a Japanese loan of ten millions sterling on this market are also nearly concluded. The New York market will participate.
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NEW HAVEN EPWoRTH DISTRICT
F. W. Randall, of New Haven, Re-
 Elected President.

Elected President. New Britain, May 1.-Two hundred delegates attended the twelfth annual convention of the New Haven district, Epworth league. in Trinity M. E. church to-d day. The morning programme was opened by Rev. w. A. Richard. Pres lident F. w. Randall of New Haven pre- sided. The address of welcome was made by F. E. Barnes, president of En- i bury chapter of this city. The secre- ltarys report showed a membership of ! 1900 in sixty-six societies. Officers were elected as follows: President, F. w. Randall, New Haven: vice presidents, | Waterbury group, Rev. J. E. Zeiter of Waterbury; New Haven group, W. N. Curtis, Derby; Winsted group, F. L.. Braman, Torrington; Meriden group Rev. c. J. Beach, South Meriden; Mid dletown group, Rev W. E. Slaght, Mid dletown; Hartford group, J. W. Mosh- ter, Bristol.
 Superintendent of junior work, Mrs. 1 c. P. Weisheimer, Hartford 1 Superintendent of missionary work L. T. Brown. Middletown.,
 Corresponding secretary, A. B. Jones, Waterbury.
 Recording secretary, Miss Florence Winter Middlefield.
 Treasurer. Howard Doolittle, New Britain. m
 ] Executive committee. Rev. w A. Richard, New Haven; F. E.. Barnes, New Britain, Charles F. Abbott, Water town.
 Auditing committee. F. L. welman, New Haven, Dwight North, Hartford.
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CRIMES ACT NOT REPEALED
HOUSE OF COMMONS REJECTS
 THE RESOLUTION.
Government Sustained by Vote of 1e7 to 124-John Redmond, Leader of the Irish Party, Declares Secretary wyndham's Words Will Lead People of Ireland to Open Rebellion.

London, May 1.-The house of com mons tonight, by a vote of 197 to 124. rejected a resolution in favor of the re- peal of the Irish crimes act.
 George Wyndham. chief secretary for Ireland. in opposing the motion, con- fessed that nothing could justify the anticipation of a recrudescence of so- cial disorders in Ireland, but said the repeal of the crimes act could only do harm by reviving the angry passions lnow laid as rest.
 John Redmond, leader of the Irish party, expressed his extreme dissatis- faction with Secretary Wyndham's statement which, he declared, would lead the Irish people, if they had the means. into open rebellion.
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METROPOLITAN TO-DAY.
Sixteen Thoroughbreds to start--Last
 Years Stars Missing.

New York, May 4.-Sixteen thorough breds were named by their trainers to- day to start for the first great prize of the eastern racing season, the Metro politan handicap at one mile, which will be run over the Withers course at Morris park shortly after o'clock to- morrow afternoon. Waterboy, Her mis, Africander, and McChesney, the stars of last year. are missing from the list. and none of them is likely to be added. Still there is Highball, cham pion Of two years olds last year, and Irish Lad, winner of last years Brook lyn handicap. Unless BeIdame is a great Ally, and though she won the Carter handicap easily last month that will not establish her claim to foremost rank. Highball and Irish Lad seem to be the only great racers who will strive for the $l5,OO0 prize tomorrow.
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o. AND ". VOTING TRUST.
Petition to Dissolve It Referred to q
 Committee.

New York. May IA special meeting of the board of directors of the Ontario and Western Railway company was held this afternoon to consider peti-
 tion on behalf of 1S6,00O shares of
 stock, requesting that steps be taken to dissolve the voting trust now in con- trol of the road. This voting trust has
 been in control for twenty-four years.
 Several times there have been move- ments to dissolve it, but they never succeeded A committee of three from the board. consisting of Grant B..
 Schley, Gerald L. Hoyt, and c. Ledyard
 Blair was appointed to-day to look into the matter, consider and make a report at later meeting.
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PORT ARTHUR REPORTED :. EFFECTUALLY CORKED UP
TOXIC CORRESPONDENTS VERY
 POSITIVE OF IT.

No Official Japanese Report on the Sub Ject-Maj6r General KastaIinsE<y,
 Commander of the YaIu River Forces, Reports the Circumstances of tthe
 Grievous, Yet Glorious BattIe' of
 May Admits His Losses Are Near
 Iy 5000.
 London, May 5.-The Tokio core spondents of both the Daily Telegraph land the Daily Chronicle assert that Port Arthur is effectually 'corked up" This opinion gains ground here. No official Japanese report on the subject has yet been received, but the Tokio Correspondents are very positive re- garding the matter and describe the de- termination with which the enterprise was undertaken.
 The Daily Telegraphs correspondent Hectares that the entrance to Port Ar thur is absolutely sealed" and adds that the Japanese fleet, in effecting it's purpose, steamed into the entrance at Full speed and that the naval officers Mho made the two previous attempts begged permission to carry out the hext attack by daylight, that being easier, and their resuest was granted. T "So determined were they to suc- eeed," adds the correspondent, that they decided if necessary to lose half heir men. The number of casualties sustained by the Japanese has not yet been announced
 In favor of the supposition of Jap tnese success in blocking Port Arthur { is pointed out that the previous att empts had left the channel so narrow hat couple of vessels sung in the lair way would probably suffice to seal lp the entrance. while there is notice- ble evasion and half-heartedness in he Russian denials of the enemy S uccess.
 There is no confirmation here of the Paris rumor that an engagement be- ween Russian and Japanese squad pns had taken place off Vladivostok, md St. Petersburg knows nothing of he rumored capture of New Chwang. ( is reported that the Japanese ad- anced to within eighteen miles of eng Wang -Cheng and that another engagement is expected almost imme- lately.
 Reports have been received here that the Japanese captured 8 quantity of hilroad material after Sundays bat e. This is supposed to indicate that he Russians had made great progress ith the railroad from the main Man hurian line to the Yalu. If this is so,
 would be simple matter for the hpanese to repair this line, which ould materially assist them in their lvance through a difficult country
 The Standards Tien Tsin correspon-
 nt says he is convinced that the ussian position in southern Manchu- h is exceedingly weak in consequence
 the enormous number of men detach-
 to guard the railway and to obtain
 ovisions. He believes that the forces
 Hai Cheng and Liao Yang are great
 overestimated. The camps, he says, Ne enormous, but there are fe wmen
 them. There are several fortifica- sbns in the hills between Feng-Wang- ysleng and Hai-Cheng, but the line of 1mmunication is weak and struggling.
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4. o. '. IT. LITIGATION
Temporarily Dismissed in SIassachu-
 setts Supreme Court.

Boston, May 1.-The litigation grow ling out of the factional dispute in the Grand lodge, Ancient Order of United
 Workmen, was temporarily dismissed in the supreme court by Judge Lathrop to-day. Judge Lathrop said that, inas- much as ther ewas similar case pend- ling in the United States circuit court, he did not care to give his decision un- It'll disposition had been made of the other case.
 The hearing in the supreme court was on a petition by the faction which re- Icently seeded and is now opposed to
 the issuance of a writ of mandamus Icompelling it to acknowledge as it's rep lresentatives the officers of the Supreme lodge.
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Broker Arrested for Larceny.

New York. May 4. James Frank Hale. who says he is a Boston broker, was arrested here tonight on a charge of grand larceny Hale is charged with the larceny of five 4 per cent. bonds of the Union Pacific railway and of four certificates of ten shares each of the preferred stock of the United States Steel corporation. The Union Pacific bonds are valued at $5,O00 and the steel certificates are valued at $2,20O. The complainant against Hale is Thomas E. Martin.
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DEBS DOES NOT WANT IT.
Says He Will Decline Socialist Nomina-
 tion for Presidency.

Chicago, May 4.-When the socialist national convention met to-day to nom mate candidates for president and vice president the delegates were met by a report that Eugene V. Debs of Indiana, would lecline to accept the nomination for the presidency. His friends gave as his reason for not desiring to carry the standard of the party, belief that a truer estimate of the real4strength of the socialistic party in the country could be obtained by the nomination of some man less well known that Debs. The leaders of the party hold the opin- ion, nevertheless, that Debs' objections on this head could be overcome.
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Texas CIoudburst.

Austin, Texas, May 4.-As the result |of a cloudburst in central Texas and this section not train has moved to
 the north. About five miles of the h.
 ternational and Great Northern tracks have been washed out north of here.
 Five children were drowned in a creek five miles from this city Fields are
 under four to eight inches of water to
 the south of here for fifteen miles. Riv-
 CTS and creeks are swollen far beyond their banks.
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DR. BUCKLEY HAS A SCARE
STARTLED BY SUDDEN FLASH LIGHT OF 4 PHOT0GRAPHER.
Militant Methodist Divine Presenting Resolutions to Los Angeles. Confer ence When the Powder is Set of- Takes Occasion to Express His Com demnation of Such sIethods-Rev. J. B. Hingeiy Wins secretaryship.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 1.-The ab- Isence of many delegates at the opening session of the thirty-first annual con-
 ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, due to belated trains, disturbed
 to some extent the programme that had
 been arranged, and the first days work ended this evening with nothing accom-
 plished except the selection of a confer
 ence secretary. This honor fell to Rev.
 James B. Hingely, of the Minnesota conference. Dr. James M Buckley, of New York, presented a set of resolutions com
 mending the work performed by Dr.
 Munroe during his tenure of office as
 secretary to the General conference,
 and expressing the appreciation of the Ichurch. While Dr. Buckley was read ling his resolutions a photographer set loff fiashlight in the gallery, and the sudden flash and report so startled the eminent New York churchman that he took occasion to express his condemna- tion of such methods.
 Dr. Buckley's resolutions were adopt Ied unanimously, and a copy was pre- sented to the retiring secretary.