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4.
IN THE 33rd YEAR
PART 1—PAGES 1 TO 8
AUSTIN, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 8, 1904.
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LIEUTENANT’S ADDRESS.
THE DENVER ROAD
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MAY DE EXTENDED
By Associated Press.
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AND SURRENDERED
Of
Fores J
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH
MADE FULL CONFESSION
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Had Been In Dallas Where He Joined
Church, Became Repentant and De*
termined to Give Himself Up to the
Officers.
PAID A TRIBUTE TO
WILLIAM M’KINLEY
CRITICAL SITUATION
Russia’e Land and Sea
Excite. All Pa ria
AIRSHIPS, COTTON AND
WEEDS AT WORLD’S FAIR
MORE PROXT WORSHIP IS
INTROOOCED IN CHURCH
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH
TO RE USED DY RUSSIA
JAPANESE HEROES IN THE
FIGHT BEFORE PORT ARTHUR
ADMIRAL TOGO’S OFFICIAL REPORT GIVES IN
DETAIL THE STORY OF THE LAST EFFORT
TO BLOCK THE ENTRANCE TO HARBOR.
IMPOSSIBLE TO RESCUE MANY OF MEN.
Talk of the Gould. Building .a Lina
to Parallel the Denver Has Caused
• Renewal of Thl# Rumor Which
Ie Persietent,
I
til Relieved.
By Assoclated Press.
Chinese Brigands.
By Assoclated Ptess,
DIVIDING JAPANESE LOAN.
King Edward Pleased With Action of
United States.
By Asaocfated Prese,
Will Attempt' to Communicate With Port
Arthur—Russia Realizes It Must Put
Forth Its Full Strength—More Japan-
ese Troops Landing.
WILL BUILD A LINE FROM
FL WORTH TO GALVESTON
By Associated Press.
.. Seoul, May 7,2:30 P- m.—A dispatch from Antung says it is rumored
there that the Japanese captured Fengwangcheng May 4 after fierce
fighhng and that the losses on both sides were heavy.
hausted every peaceful means for a
8ettlement.
"Nothing can make so much for in.
dustrlal peace as the recognition of
labor and capital
PRESIDENT TRUMBULL AND
GENERAL COUNSEL SPOONTB
HAVE GONE TO NEW YORK, ON
A MISSION OF THIS KIND. / ,
aerodrome, the building to accommol
date the air shps that will take 1
In the contests to be hld during'
unmer. The building will be located
in the field known on the aerial con-
course, in the western portion of the
grounds.
some of the fundamental questions
He would never consent to arbitrate
the eight-hour work day.of his right
to belong to a union. At an instance
of his position on arbitration he cited
a case where he had advised the min-
ers in Kentucky to accept a wage re.
duotlon of J 1-2 per cent rather than
accept arbitration, which the employ-
ers were perfectly willing to grant. He
believed this preferable to having out-
siders come in to adjust affairs which
they did not understand.
Daniel J. Keefe, president of the In-
ternational longshoremen. Marine and'
Transport Workers’ association, said
that during the past year the vast or.
Eanization which he represents has had
only one case of arbitration. His union
had found it best to treat directly with
employers and their efforts in this di-
rection have been uniformly success-
By Associated Press.
By Associated Press.
cStPetersburg,May 7,5:30 p. m.—According to a persistent rumor
General Kuropatkin decided not to give battle at Fengwangcheng, the
chengans have fallen back and the Japanese have reoccupied Fengang-
ther.syzdenceCof French sympathy ra
-I belief In the certainly of Rui.W
eventual succesa, Russia#
tungndkcif’thatThkeegcemna’somrAn:
army corp,, besidex having disembark
ed on the Liaotung peninsula, has ef-
fected a landing at Takushan, on the
Manchurian coast, about forty miles
west of the mouth of the Yalu
THE Austin STATESMAN.
, . CapturedIFengwangoheng.
By Associated Press. "
Tokyo, May 8.--Noon—The Japan-
ese captured Fengwangcheng on Fri-
It was the second line of the
Russlan defense and a stiff fght was
anticipated. General Kuroki pressed
forward and attacked before the Rus-
sians had recovered from the demoral-
ization and confusion in which they
had been thrown by their previous de-
feat on the Yolu river.
Houston and Galveston. From the
latter city he took steamer to Key
-,Wst and then to Cuba. ‘
Beach returned to Dallas and en-
gaged in the cofee business on North
lSrvay street His business venture
was unsuccessful.
„Vnited states Attorney W. H. At-
well. who has been engaged by the
Bolton .tore management to look af-
ter Its interest. In ‘Fexas, went to
Vort Worth and today had a confer-
ence with Bench and obtained his
written confesslon. Beach several
months ago married Miss IAthel Miller
of Pallan. She I. not with him in hls
trouble, but is living in retirement
with her parents, »
+ Tokyo, May 7, 8 p. m.—Vice Admiral Togo reports that the entrance
toRor Arthur is blocked completely to vessels except small boats. He
EX;'-', alchough the
FAITH IN KUROPATKIN.
Russians Realize That They Mu.t Put
Forth Their Whole Strength.
Special to The statesman.
Fort Worth, Tex., May —President
8 rank Trumbull of the Colorado South-
ern and Fort Worth and Denver City
companles, accompanied by M. A.
Spoonte, general attorney in Texu,
left thl. morning for New York City
and other eastern points.
IN FORTWORTH JAIL,
Reward of One Thousand Dollars or.
fared for Beach.
Special to The Statesman.
Fort Worth, Tex., May 7.—Fred A.
Beach, who surrendered to Chief of
Police Rea In this city, claiming to be
an embezzler of 110,00. from bls
former employer, the proprietor of the
Bolton store, in Chicago, and for
whom a reward of 11.00 was offered,
made A statement ot his crime to
Untted States Attorney Atwell and ad-
mitted all.
After uniting with the Baptist de-
nomination at Dallas his mind was not
easy about his conduct In Chicago and
he decided to surrender, preferring to
give himself up in Fort Worth rather
than in Dallas where he was so well
known. Beach is,still in jail here.
Under the direction of superintend-
ent D. A. Brodie, the final planting is
being done in the government weed
patch, which adjoins the plant map of
the United States. In this weed patch
every species of weed which troubles
the farmer of any section of this coun-
try is to be shown.
Officers of the companies have
opened their books to me frequently
when there is some questions of th#
returtis made. We know what the op-
erators are making, and in this way we
have come closer togotijer. We believe
the answer to all questions is the trade
agreemnent."
In reply to questions put to him fey
The session of the general confer-
ence was presided over today by
2" th.
conferences was received, discussed
and referred to proper committees.
A resolution to the effect that the
episcopacy committee which will con-
sider the question of retiring, increas-
ing or diminishing the number of biSh-
... oPs to bo elected, be instructed to hold
and open sessions, was established, as was
" a resolution which forbid, church pub-
lications from printing oil advertise-
ments relating to the sale of Individual
communion cups.
Dr. J. R. Cook offered a resolution
to appoint a special committee of
seven to revise the rubrics of the rit-
ual on the administration of the sac-
rament.
Special to the Statesman.
Dallas, Tex May 1—Fred A. Beach,
formerly of Chicago, more recently of
Dalles, under the assumed name of
George A Collins, and who surrendered
at Fort Worth on last Tuesday night
asa fugitive from Chicago Justice, has
made a written confession to Uni tad
States District Attorney Atwell of
Dallas.
According to the confession. Beach
was led to give hmselt up as the re-
sult of a sermon by Rev. Geo, W
Truett of Dallas.
re»»’VlU^^
that Chinene brigands attacked an . .
maltrenred ."ree ne A w-!xan"-
—- —-- —--- at Kulien Cheng. Texas.
MAN WANTED IN CHICAGO FOR
EMBEZZLING TEN THOUSAND
FROM EMPLOYER IS IN THE
CITY JAIL AT FORT WORTH.
As regards the land fighting in
Manchuria and the disposition of the
other mysterious Japanese armies.
Baron Hayashi said today; ’
"You may be pretty sure that the
Japanese will not undertake any en-
gagements in the near future unless
our forces outnumber those available
by the Russian commander and I
think you will find the superiority of
numbers will generally, for the pres-
ent, at any rate, be on our side.”
Port Arthur, May 6.—Friday. De-
ayed in Transmission— Lieutenant
>toesel has Issued an order to the
troops of his command as follows:
On April 30 and May 1 the enemy
crossed the Yalu river in great force
and our troops fell back to positions
which had been previously selected.
Yesterday the enemy effected an im-
portant landjng on the Liaotung pe-
ninsula, south of Pitzewo, and in the
vicinity of Kinchou bay. Now our
work is beginning. Naturally the en-
emy will destroy railway communica-
tion and endeavor to drive our troops
back to Port Arthur and besiege this
fortress, Russia’s bulwark in the far
east. We will defend it until the ar-
rival of the troops which are coming
to relieve us.
2 wei’omkta aekelatLorormduringstrthe
shnaneomedrtayn,3eEnrpreoteMnin
later at Peklne. It is sald, ana tne
ministers of all powers. including the
United states, jolned in the represene
factory The resuits have been satis-
Dr. Cook said that the language of
thi Simportant paragraph in the church
discipline was not clear and he wanted
to know "how much more proxy wor-
ship is to be introduced in the church.”
The resolution was referred to the
committee on revivals.
The conference adjourned at noon to
meet Monday morning.
All the Protestant churches n,Tos
Angeles and adjacent towns will be
occupied tomorrow by delegates to the
general conference. There will be
mass meetings at the conference to-
morrow afternoon and evening.
The end of the first week of the con-
ference saw much preliminary matter
ond details disposed of and the great
gathering nearly ready to take up the
more Important work before it.
All the standing committees have
been organized and many of them have,
appointed their subcommittees ah
mapped out the work to their speial
attention. It is a question of whether
the present conference shall restore
the ministerial limit to three or five
years or permit the present plan of
unlimited terms which was adopted at
the general conference four years ago
to continue.
The bishops in their annual address
touched upon this question, but re-
frained from expressing an opinion.
The committee on itinerary has the
matter In hand and the temper of the
members as shown at the first meet-
ing when the question was broached,
indicated that all would be harmonious
in the disposal of this problem. Many 1
of the annual conferences have memo- <
rlalized the general conference to take 1
action on the matter and restore either 1
the three or five year limit, 1
TEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET
DEVOTED TO SPECIAL COTTON
EXHIBIT—BIG WEED PATCH.
SHEDS FOR AIRSHIPS.
D•aFeK-"hntewa."now K’
Revise the Rubrics of the Ritual.
The Bishops.
By Associated Press.-
.Paris. Aay, TThe critical situation
o. Russia8 land and sea forces ex-
cite feverish interest. Russian re-
verses cause almost Na much depres.
alon.in Paris as at 8t- Petersbur,
.Fhe.01 mclal view is that Russia has
suffered a serious but not Irreparable
blowa. The foreign office had not re
eivea. tonight official confirmation that
I ort Arthur was completely invested
bXda nd and sea, but a leading officer
"We accept the investment as an ac-
complished fact for even if the harbor
is not completely blocked, an invest.
ment.oxists for all practical purposes.
The landing is regarded as merely pre
Im nary to a supreme struggle, which
will occur soon near Mukden. On that
wAlJareely depend the outcome of the
I consider It my duty to call upon
you to display unceasing vigilance L '
caution and you must be ready at all
tunes to demean yourselves toward
your general with the dignity and or-
der beseeming tho glorious troops of
Russia. No matter what happens you
must not lose your heads, but re-
member that everything is possible in
war, and that we'shall be able with
God’s help to cope with the arduous
task imposed upon us.
Will Be Used to Communicato With
Port Arthur.
By Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, May 7.— 10:10 p. m..
The Russan admiralty expects to be
able to continue communications with
Port Arthur in spite of cutting of the
telegraph line. Maeta for use in wire
165s telegraphy have been erected at
the fortress to communicate with sta-
318 at the nortu end of the penin-
Trained carrier pigeons were also
sent Io Pou Arthur some time ago
and through one means or another the
Russian authorities hope to retain
communication. The admiralty I, In
possession of specie information to
the effect that the harbor of Port Ar-
thur Is open.
Another vessel, supposed to be the
Sakura maru. then came to anchor
oTtUVrU^M 5 the mouth
maru, the Bagami maru ana Alok
maru and the AbAgAwO maru. These
.515 Mesmers advanced to the mouth of
! the harfeor. The Ruanlan Are now be
- came highly effective, while a number
of sunken mines which were struck by I
the.steamers began to explode. These
explosion® caused heavy casualties to
Mor® Japanese Landinc.
By Associated Press.
! Ry Associated Press.
St. Petersburg, May 8, 2:1g n m —
When the war comMteBlon Nafoumea
thia morning it failed to give “ourned
Information or dispateheK rerutan
th. situnpionrealthe,Liaotung pennau
were in contact with thetetoor
Japanese are soon _ ________________
Ch ’ Iforn In and Conhulla to work in the
to DenverTcn-uA,, copper anA m’nez. The ~~ haa
H. 2o-xpxnatad.soryine out
By Associated Press.
Shan Hai Kwan, China, May .7.—An officer of a torpedo boat who
Japanese rapidly entrenched themselves and mounted rapid fire guns.
. The idea of the jolnt trade agree-
ment s the essence of trade unionism.”
ho said. ’Ue now have 350.000 men
workins under conditions which are
hxed.by jolnt. agreement. We adjust
all dimerenees now by agreements; we
eave.all guestions to arbitration; ar-
ltrit °n ’ preferable to •trikes; that
"outsiders called in have said that
they did not understand conditions, and
the results of the arbitration have
been unsatisfactory to both employers
and employes. I believe in strikes; I
also believe in lockouts. Neither side
must surrender either of these rights.
But I believe neither thing should be
resorted to unless each side has ex-
I It is not at all unlikely that another
Japanese army will be landed on the
I peninsula, which will move northward
along the railroad line. During the
I ehino-Japan war the Japanese cap-
tured Port Arthur, two weeks after
their disembarkation on the peninsula.
I Russians say that the Japanese will
not.find it 80 easy a task to reduce
( Fort Arthur as they did before.
The Japanese armies are marching
northward along the railroad and once
past Kai Ping can compel the Russians
to evacuate Niuchwang or else undergo
| a battle or a state of siege. If the
I march is prosecuted as far as Hai-
cheng..where the Japanese defeated
the. Chinese army, General Kuropatkin
| will have to abandon Maotien pass in
consequence of the strategic weakness
I the position. The possession of
Fengwangcheng,is of the highest im-
I portance, as it places under the con-
trol of. the Japanese without opposi-
tion a large strip of Manchurian terri-
tory bordering on the bay of Korea
and the road connecting Liaoyang,
dalchens, Niuchwang s and Pitzewo.
The command of the road to Pitzewo
will enable this army to establish com-
munication with the Japanese operat-
ing..on the Liaotung peninsula.
The stoicism of the people is won-
derful, but the fact that stoicism is
displayed shows plainer than words
could the depression that exists. The
Russians had not looked for the retire-
ment of their army from Fengwang-
cheng believing that a battle would
occur there in which their troops would
be victorious and would wipe out the
sting of the disasters suffered. Never-
theless, there is no disposition to criti-
cise General Kuropatkin. in whom the
people believe, and they will wait with
all the doggedness of the Slav char-
acter, manifested in the dark days of
the Turkish war, for the victory which
they have faith is sure to come.
The energy of the Japanese meets
with unwilling admiration and it is
expected they will continue a vigorous
ertnougnt to be the Asag- campaign. The nation is fully awak-
which appeared to have her ened to "hat this means. It under-
at the stands that Russia must exert all her
there. strength and that a long war can not
be avoided.
By Associated Press.
London, Moy 7 conndenc.
SSKWEZ.'Z, S. X
peninsula. whch ” now mnerumyre
Karded a, being practically in jaD'
nese hands. "Pa
LONDON CONFIDENT
That Japanese Will Carry Out Their
Plan of Campaign.
By Assoclated Press.
wNew York, May 7.—Capital and labor
met again today at the continued meot
of the executive committee ot the
Nauonal Civie Hederation. The ob-
ot the meeting was the prOpon-
tlon or Joint trade agreementa, the
subjects which the late chairman, Sen-
ator M. A. Hanna, belleved were
closest to the work of the federation.
Haneis L. Robbins, president of the
Psbure Coal company, who presided.
med the meeting with an address on
wstv. MdSW
agreement. j
John Mitchell, who followed, strong-
L advocated the joint trade agree-
ment idea.
eign office here this week and so as.
sured Lord Lansdowne.
Any attempt at mediation, accord-
ing to the general opinion in ofeial
and diplomatic circles. must -for the
present at any rate be postponed.
At the Japanese legation it is
thought that Russia does not intend to
maxe a very determined resistanee at
Pert Arthur. In support of this idea
it is pointed out that Russia already
has largely depleted her garrison at
Fort Arthur and that Viceroy Alex-
lefl’s departure from there hardly
seems a step that would be adopted by
a commander who desired to risk ev-
erythmng to keep up the morale or his
troops and enable them to withstand
a prolonged siege. The Japanese of-
ficials here do not count so much on
the Japanese commander succeeding
in starving out Fort Arthur as on the
inevitable demoralization which they
believe will spread among the already
rather disheartened sailors at Port
Arthur and which must necessarily
be heightened by a constant bombard-
ment. menaced by the land forces and
complete isolation.
forces, at Fengwangsheng and the re-
port that the latter had evacuated that
Placeisxenerally credited, surprise is
caused by the withdrawal of General
Kuropatkin toward his base at Lluo-
' xeng and as 11 1s sald that immediately
after he learned of General sassalitch's
re ’ he sent reinforcements to him
"oonable him to retain his position,
nomela “ here frankly confess that
Ithey, are not fully Informe of Kuro-
IPatK in's plan. He 1s in sole charge of
I the. operations in Manchuria. The czar
I decided when General Kuropatkin
I started out that he should have com-
| plete independence, so there can be no
round.for complaint that he is ham-
pered by instructions or advice from
omieers. in St. Petersburg who could not
PozsIbly know all the conditions which
the .troops meet. Kuropatkin, there-
I Iore, has made his own dispositions
and formulated his own plan. What
I! tte 18 known here shows he intends
I t0 observe the same caution that has
| distinguished the operations of the
Japanese. Finding that he could not
offer battle at Fengwangcheng with an
eVen chance of success, he has decided
to fall back, It is believed, to the Mao-
tien pass. Back of the pass there is
another pass, near which is a tempo-
i yar railroad connecting with Liao-
The Japanese have followed up now
practically in all respects their plans
in the Chino-Japan war. They have 1
crossed the Yalu at the same place and 1
landed on the Liaotung peninsula at :
the same points, and it is believed they <
will continue their tactics as their dis' 1
positions foreshadow the movements 1
made in 1894. 1
CASUALTIES LIGHT.
Th® Japanese Lost Only Two Killed
and Three Wounded.
By Associated Press.
Washington, May 7—The following
cablegram dated Tokyo, May 7, was
degetv,d at the Japanese legation to-
Admiral Togo reports that the com-
bined fleet effected the third blocking
operation on Port Arthur on the third
of May.
Strong winds arising, greatly hin-
dered the movement, and the com-
mander ordered a stop to the opera-
tion but the order da not reach all
in time and consequently eight steam-
ers proceeded and dashed into the
harbor despite the enemy’s search-
lights, fortress fire and mechanical
mines. The entrance of the harbor
is considered, effectively blocked at
least for cruisers and battleships.
Three steamers sunk before reaching
the mouth of the harbor. Our Flo-
tillas remained till morning and res-
cued half of the crews of the sunken
steamers. Casualties of the flotilla:
Three wounded, two killed, but no
other damage.
RESOLUTION OF ADMIRATION
PRESENTED BY COLORED DEL-
EGATE IN METHODIST CONFER-
ENCE AT LOS ANGELES.
By Assoclated Prese,
ASthbaistsonereneltoany,alaThe
unn tsbutes to the memor} of WU-
Tam.mckinley, A resolution of ad-
R«v 'j wO,>. Arcitoley presented by
for SiaW. Howen. colored, candidate
ror bishop of C hattanooga, Tenn
struckaresponsive Shord, ana the con:
fere nce adopted it by a standing vete
Say# They Will Hold Port Arthur Un- anderefersd.n to the committee on
episcopacy with Instructtona to prepare
anmemorial eiVin expression of honor
dent to the assass noted presl-
uent. The resolution dwells on the
lozaity.of PresMent McKinley to th#
Methodist church, hl. cherishea mei-
orYas a citizen and his great service
I,™ cquntry patrlot and states-
man. . Willam McKinley set a stan-
dard of home devotion which never has
been excelled,” says the resolution, and
this sentiment was received with ap
plause.
While living here under the as-
sumed name of Collins, he attended
serVicen at the First Baptin /church
and became interested in church work.
He. became 80 imbued with religion
that he gave himself up to the Fort
Worth authorities to go back to
Chicago and take the punishment for
his self-confessed crime.
According to the signed 'confession.
Beach was employed by the Boston
Store, a state stredt dry goods estab-
lishment. In Chicago, Me was rap-
idly promoted until he Occupied the
position of head bookkeeper. Charles
Neither the propnetor of the estab-
lishment. placed ibach/ |n charge of
his business property and BeneR col-
leqted rents and looked after the large
holdings as a speclai agent. BeaCh
says his downfall was due to asm-
bunn He roalized ihat Kis shortage
would be discovered when the books
were audited at the end of the year, Japanes.
and one day when he was sent with n> a.nPanen2
8 check for 110,000 to the bank to be - A "socinted
I cashed, he disappeared after securing
| th® money.
I Beach nod to Elgin, III., to Atchison,
. to jenvwk. «enr a.. I
London. May 7- Jacob Schiff, who,
in behalf of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., ar’
ranged to take half the Japanese loan,
had a private audience with King Ed-
ward yesterday evening. This un-
sasw-r HE HEARD SERMON
press his appreciation at the fact that ■■unilW VUlIHlVlv
the United States and England are co-
operating so harmoniously in large
financial undertakings.
Sir Ernest Cassell, an old friend of
Mr. Schiff's, apparently brought the
matter to the king's knowledge. The
•apanese loan is nominally quoted at
2 1-4 per cent premium.
expecteaomtterntersnhapentrar
Chinese breach of neutrality or of the
mediation of some power which would
interfere with the normal coura oua
war. Foreign Secretary Lansdown
hn» received explicit information
which lead, him ro th. Dler“thot
there I. no danger or the Chine.# fall.
•• troops ing to maintain .trlct neutrality Th«
2ulan Chta#.# minteter at J; Th. eaiiengst
Alexieff to Be Reoallad.
By Assoctated Frees.
Parle. May 7.--The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Journal soya h”
I. assured that Viceroy Alexieff will
be recalled at the Instance of Vice Ad-
miral krydlor and General Kuropat-
kin and that th# curt cousin, Grand
Duke Nicholas Nicolaeviton, wi ...
place him.
Thor# l. e report her# shat th# mat.
ter of conskruoting the Dollver road to
the gulf is to be considered in New
York' on President Trumbull's arrival
then, but whether there Io anything
I. Eheuxumor. remains to be wen. It
tV' however, that Mr. Trumbull
n "t dentred to reach tidewater, which
tact, re da.color.to the P«ral.t«nt re-
port. In this state.
Minori Goulds construct the line from
znera Wells on to a connection with
the.Denver and Rio rand at Pueblo,
there is hardly a doubt but that the
Denver road will be built to dalveston
By Associated Press, from Fore Worth.
World'. Fair Grounds. St. Louts, rnXice.Prsaldent Herbert of the cot-
May. The special cotton exhibit, rdonSouthern. lett today for Denver,
located in the agricultural building and laccompan led by General Superintend:
covering more than 10,000 square feet, ent Dolan of the Denver road,
has been completed. The purpose of ---
the exhibit, which is participated in BROWNSVILLE ROAD.
by all the cotton growing states, I# to - . -----
present an epitome of the cotton In- Court Offiol.lt Expect to Go over th.
dustry, Compted Lin.,
Work was begun today on the „ , , ----
na------ ......... . j. Spectal to The Statesman.
part lsdalveaton, .Tex efay 7—United
; the Istates Marshal W. M. Hanson and sev-
araldeputtescierk Dar ana District
Attorney MElmore, 4l of the United
IStates.dtetriet cour for the Southern
Atriet of Texas, leave tomorrow for
ouston. where they will be joined by •
Judge Mailer T. Burns and will pro-
ceed to Brownsville to hold tho Mar
! term of the court there. r
Front Houston th# party Koes to
Corpus Christi, whence they go to
Robstown, the junction of the Texas
Mexican and the rot rasiroad, Fm
bore they go on the new Brownsville
LABOR IS PLENTIFUL. lralironaai.thesndot the iine, thence
-- I.he remaining distance, some twenty-
No Trouble to Find Workers on th# m’len, bz. private conveyance.
TO DISTRICT ATTORNEY Panemaconal. -n
•mmT AirntI By Associated Press. From Private Information we "Don.
Washington, May 7.—President 16628 Marxpeet to.be able to return all
Roosevelt had an extended conference an«n the new. Brownsville
। today with Admiral Walker, chairman Ira"ronduwhieh. w!II Probability
1 of the Isthmian canal commission, 8 completed by that time.”
concerning matters connected with the A..n —..
> canal work. They discussed parilcu- „„ Azother Blg Merger,
lariythe regulations which are to bePpAenocAtedPrems,,, .
Issued by the president governing the I carntsbuK.May 7.Tha, Pittebure,
canal zone and operation of the com- I and the rm rem™ re the Cross Creek
mission. Absolute definiteness regard- pnirthapittbrs.Toledo and Western
ills the scope of the regulations has ponroiBanidout.cgcoreorattons m
not been reached yet, but probably I Ohio "nn .West Virginia and
will be in a few days,’ v r 0019, Tomin the now line into piitn-
Admiral Walker said on 1envng the Wnbaslimpa.merze 4 under the name
white house that at present theabormpah,. PItt2urE.Tetminal.Railway
supply on the Isthmus was ample tor mu tsk.» Tho.nrat step in this plan
the purpose of th, eomtnlsston. Bbekhiers"‛toaa,thenamee" nanf whi
BI8HOPH088
Will Visit "a.NeweMoxieo and 2"""";
EuroP® 10108.10 220.000,000 has been advanced
Special to The statesman. I thoroulhre MAarorfor,tha wore ana a
Fort Worth, Tex May i—Biehop 1 mum “Khue m02rcu roadr"ith. mIni
E. Hoss of Nashville, Tenn,, who has built through an wclstarf,
been attending the missionary confer- country. It will be penenei. rouh
ence of the South Methodist huren at next "MontN. opened for tramo
Waco, passed through this city today - . ________
on his way to London, England, where Good Rain H.II.Havlll.
he goen an 8 fraternal delegate to the Special to The Statesman •
Wesleyan Methodist church general Hallettsville. Tex May S.—Th#
ponferense which meets In Lordon in best rain that has fallen hereaince
Juns, Fe.wiIl.sonyey the srtet Ines of last August fell this morning and a
South Methodist church of this coun-|«ood season is now in ths ground
&.hon Hoss, before saffing for Eng-nEEpPoProsnateowor never Eetten
land, will first visit a son in New Mex- thing were planted nusal, early
co, and will go from this city to thatand such com is tassening and cotton
territory, after which he will go direct forming squares. C J HKaai" man-
and,sanfor London., ager for the HalletteviieFBacco
Bishop Hoss at the Waco convention I pany. is busy getting nantg ge+ out
was ansigned to hold all four of the Ion thirty acre®. The best will be plant-
Texas conferences. The Northwest ed under sheds •
conference will take place at Mineral _____________
Wells in November next. Rain at Leander,
• l > g, f (Special to The Statesman.
Labor for Mexico. Leander, Tex., May 7.—Another hard
iG.iAaoiL’ a . . . raln fell here yesterday morning, caus-
Mexle CIty, May 7.—Seven, hundred Ing the Han Gabriel river to be un.
i to an-lve In Jx>wer (fordable at noon. With the ground
already full of watsr. this rain did a
ure., v. --5 in tire way or
washing farm land and also washing out
quite a number of road culyeres,
Hk 822282
1682
By Associated Press. lnKeanblocin.nearly.one-halr of the
Tokyo. May 7.—Vice Admiral Togo's entrance, to the. harbor. When the
official recital of tBe latest engagemen Shido.maru reached the mouth of the
off Port Arthur, whichjwanKrecenvePersezptand waslowering her anchor,
today, shows that the Japanese have was PttAlnrCom mander. Takayang,
blocked the entrance to the harbor. iashosuthroush the. stomach and
/ On Tuesday morning, arteroFthelctladal.Sub-LleutenantNagastasuc-
/ blockading flotilla had been scattered fsededto the command. I He anchored
by a gale and the commander of the maru and sank her.
flotilla had signaled in vain that the 1rTwa other stone-laden steamers, be-
attempt bo abandoned, pending the sovadtobe. the Otaru maru and the
moderation of the storm, w# crews of 8AKam .maru, then entered the mouth
the separate ships. In no wise daunted mY?eharbor and sank.
2y the, weather whieh isolated them nvThe.A ikoxumaru,then struck a mine
from their companions, proceeded to 1 ne a1e. lengths from the mouth of
work on their own desperate initiative the harbor.whish exploded and caused
They forced their wayPnAheHFact hers 1o snka The lieutenant of this
"he Russian fire, which was most dead- andselieM re?’ chler. engineer Aoki
l ly. more so than ever before, as a re- a tishtm ?>. missing.
sult.orthe improved Russian defenses, atA mtarmer.theusht to be ‘he Asag.
/ over the field of mines. Many of these r.n arue.nshappenreuit -
I exploded, yet five out of the janang, I udder, broken, blew herself up
blockading ships were jammed into the foot of.GoldenHill and sank mere.
Inner channel and now'preventtntgrts VicesAdmiral Togo in his reprt says;
from the harbor to all crapt excepting wiThis.undertaking. when compared
small boat#. This attack exceeded an last two, resulted in greater
its predecessors in desperationand the sasuanties.to.our side. owing to ’be
courage displayed by the volunteer Inclemsi ,y„ot the weather and th# In-
crews is equal to that shown in any areas Apreparat on" for defense com-
svent in the war history of the world Sr tedbyathe. enmy. we could save none
Although Vice Admiral Togo again mathe om cers. or crews of the Otaru
avoided dam.ge.to a single one of hre maru10he.Sagami maru, the Sakura
vessels, the attack proved to be expen- ? J or the Aragawo maru.
"ive in lives. P to be regretted that nothing
The blockading flotilla consistea .eparticular could be learned concern-
elght stone-laden merchantmen" The ing the brave discharge of their duties,
blockading vessels and theta escort? butathe me mory , or, their exemplary
>b# main squadron for Fort Ar? ria" naty remaln long in the Impe-
countered a ndutheastern gaThaxaen notEhedstroyer and I?8 torpedo boat
3*"-’
semmnposadsh Gpeartione oFgea pig Som 847 had'a°,Tram Sope
tlanndaand Btghal “ 15 *bandon I but a° consort?^torpedo 8atara61,.
wThese. simmals were repeated until 2 IKont toherasalstance and towed her
' em ° No. ‘7
^"Fr"8^ Bg lara
to the south of the harbor. Upon ar- one sailor on board her was killed
rling.thore.the Mikawa maru, on. of Anesattor.onbgard the Payabus was
the. merchantment. ’"w that th enemy KIA.bXa "hell. u
Xas.n up the Fourteenth torpedo neThesthira detachment. Rear Admiral
flotilla. The men on board the Mikawa IPewa commanding, reached Port Ar-
maru, thought thie other steamers had thur at 6 q’clock Tuesday morning,
reached the harbor mouth, and thev I The first detachment under Admiral
steamed, in boldly. She Was followed Togo and Rear Admiral NashDa scc.
closely by another of th® merchant- od in command, arrived off Port Kr-
men. believed to be the Sakura maru. thur at 9 In the morning for th® nur- .
The Russians had fire® burning at th® pose of protecting the destroyer and *
mouth of the harbor, and they used torpedo boat flotillas and to senr. for a
also many powerful searchllghts -onUthe the crews of the sunken merchantmen ev
invading Japanese vessels. They I The vessels of the detachments rp
poured an Incessant fire into the chan- mained until 4 o’clock Tuesday Srtrr-
nel- 1 noon, but their search was P-c.
Lieutenent Sosa, who was In com. Th# day was foggy and i wa Hmn:
man d nt th# Mikawa maru. unhssltat- Istble ,o observe the condition ofPtho
Ingly forced his ship into the EhAnn1 enemy. on or the
rnamedene ta
S^rb'e’ h‘"" Sak nef
16 CbnT3
MITCHELL TALKED ON
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