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Show DAILY UTAH STATE J0UEIA1 VOLUME VIII. NUMBER OGDEN, UTAH 152 TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1904. RUSSIANS ARE AGAIN DEFEATED LONDON, May 3. St. Petersburg dispatch says that a rumor is current there to the effect that another great battle has occurred on the Yalu between 30,000 Russians and 80,000 Japanese, in which the Japanese were victorious, capturing thirty-si- x Russian cannon and 2,000 prisoners. Twenty officers and about 600 men are reported wounded. The rumor may be a belated exaggeration of the last fight. A JAPANESE TORPEDO BOATS SUNK IN ATTEMPT TO BLOCK PORT ARTHUR 4 ST. PETERSBURG, WASHINGTON, May 3. The text Of the finding of the court of Inquiry Yhlch Investigated the Missouri dlsas-t- er was made public this afternoon. The cause of the accident was the un- expected Igniting of two sections of a charge of smokeless powder, then In the gun, by the "flareback." The The flames Ignited two other sections la the ammunition car and a shower of horning powder was projected down to the twelve-inc- h handling room, igniting eight other sections of smokeless Viceroy Alexieff reports officially that eight Japanese fireships were sunk last night when an attempt was made to block Port Arthur harbor. The land batteries and torpedo boats participated in the shelling of the ships. Two Japanese torpedo boats also went down, according to the report. The fireships were discovered by searchlights creeping in from the east and southeast. The torpedo boats and destroyers were ordered out. Viceroy Alexieff himself went aboard the coast defense ship Otvashni. A heavy fire was opened, lasting from midnignt till 5 oclock this morning, when the last fireship sank. The Japanese steamers were armed with Hotchkiss and Maxim guns, and responded warmly to the Russian fire. Two officers and a few members of the crews of the fireships were saved by the Russians. May Russian officials here have received a dispatch stating that nine Japanese fireships were sunk by the guns of Port Arthur, clear of the harbor entrance. TIEN-TSI- N, May 3. powder. The accident was In no respect due negligence on the part of ttf officers or members of the crew. The court finds the following are mrthy of particular mention under Sante Fe Guarding Its Shops But heroism: the head of extraordinary No Disorder Is Acting Gunner Cox, Chief Gunners Reported. Kite Moussen, Dunnes Mate Schep-- b. A list of eighteen other officers 1 men. Including Captain Cowles, Is then as deserving of special WASHINGTON, May 8. Advices received this morning by "President ORear Admiral Barker approves the Connell of the International AssociaSndlnge, and comments at length on the properties of smokeless powder, tion of Machinists state that the Santhe ute of which Is apparently not ta Fe strike order has been generally thoroughly understood In our navy. obeyed throughout the system. The admiral says the conduct of the No reports of disorder have been recaptain, officers and crew was superb ceived. ud he makes special mention sf TOPEKA, Kas., May 8. All Is quiet Xou men's act In crawling through a here this nyrning in the Santh Fe hole of the burning magazine. shopa Eighteen additional deputies are on guitrd. DOUBLE MURDERER No trouble has been reported along 18 ELECTROCUTED the line. ARGENTINE. Kaa, May 8. The DAXXEMORA, N. Y.. May 8. Allan Santa Fe shops were reopened today. Mooney, the murderer of Ellen Thomas The plant Is apparently In full operato fault or com-aendntl- lid Viola Middleton, women of quest- tion. ionable repute, at Saranc Lake in NoThe Newton and Ottowa shows pere vember, 1,02, was electrocuted at 11:80 also Reopened. SI morning. Jealousy was the cause ef the crime. TYNER-BARRE- FIRE CAUSED PANIC AMONG GIRL STUDENTS CARMEL. N. Y., May 8. T faith Memorial hall this morning aued a panic among the seventy fetal students and teachers. All reach-tthe ground safely, garbed only in Two Wit apparel. The building was O ly destroyed. ar-vt- ed hrreny. FRENCH WASHINGTON, May 8. A Jury has been obtained In the case of James N. Tyner and Harrison J. Barrett, on trial under an Indictment charging them with conspiracy to defraud the government In connection with their alleged failure to prosecute certain Investment companies operating in violation of law. shipping is TIED UP BY STRIKE The preliminary statements to the Jury were made by the council for the IRSEILLES. May3. Over 8,000 government. General Tyner, who is seventy-si- x are idle and 102 vessels tied up e result of a strike of the master years old, was brought Into court in ners and dockworkers. an invalid chair. CAZED MOTHER THREW BABE FROM CAR WINDOW CROWDS THRONG FAIR; WEATHER CONTINUES FINE ST. LOUIS, May 3. Fine weather Wash., May 8. Driven faty.lt is supposed by lack of food and and n good attendance continues on fa care of nine children on of the great exposition. ajoumey the third day to the official count the w the continent Mrs. Mary According was 187,793. attendance her baby opening days Is being exhibits fatRh the window of a Great North-strai- n The work of placing are men employed near Columbia Falls. She pushed and 1.500 to follow It, hut was held by unloading cars. Thte oifly formal ceremony today fangera. The train backed up and Infant was found on- - some shrub-f- a was the dedication of the Conn buildsnd rolled Into a mud hole and ing. for Secretary Taft left today Practically unharmed. The moth-- n as brought to SPOKANE. Fig-thre- four-months-- Spokane. Russian General Hurrying to the Front With Reinforcements Details of Fighting. HEAflST WILL GET Has Best of the Fight by Small Margin Boom Started for Senator Cockrell. DES MOINES, la., May 8. Twenty-fohours before the meeting of the ur Democratic state convention the tent between the Mearst and factions LONDON, May 2. The Central News Rome correspondent wires that a Mukden dispatch reports that General Kuropatkin is marching from Liaoyang to Fengwang-chen- g with 20,000 men, apparently having taken personal command of the forces opposing the Japanese; BERLIN, May 3. Die Post reports that General Kuropatkin arrived at Fengwangcheng to rally the Russian troops fleeing before the Japanese. FURTHER DETAILS OF YALU FIGHT SHOW conanti-Henr- nt being more stubbornly fought than before. The indications favor the New York lg congreorman, but the margin la so small an to make It anybody's fight. A new element hus been brought the content In the form of a boom for Senator Cockrell of MlsnourL The Into Bryan Democrats who are not far from Ilearnt are flocking to Cockrell, while Judge Parker does not figure at all In the content for the Iowa delegation. ROUT OF RUSSIANS WAS COMPLETE wounded. HAS BEEN ARRESTED YORK May 8. Dr. Woodend. broker whose offices In various clt- were closed several days ago, and has been missing since, was at his home on Seventy-fir- st tret this afternoon on a charge of conn and Government Thieves At Antung the Russians found Are Having Their Day force confronting them they were in Court. More SWINDLING BROKER XEWI KUROPATKIN TO ASSUME Additional details of the Russian repulse on the Yalu BRITISH continue to sift in. Reuters Seoul correspondent states that the Japanese now hold the north bank of the Yalu from Antung to Liashukou. Despite their confused condition the Russians were able to carry off all their TT A fire In to-M- 3. that in addition to the threatened by strong detachments on either flank. Then their retreat became so rapid that there was no time to replace the artillery horses shot down by the Japanese and twenty guns and ammunition and many officers and men were captured. JAPANESE PURSUED RETREATING ART1Y AND CAPTURED LARGE NUMBER OF MEN Minister Hayashi made public this evening a dispatch from General Kunoki, commanding the Japanese forces, giving the details of the fighting following the battle on the Yalu and the pursuit of the retreating Russians. General Kunoki says: On the afternoon of May 1st the enemy offered stubborn resistance to our pursuit, adding 300 to our casualties. The enemy fought bravely to the last. Finally two companies of artillery, having lost the majority of their men and horses, surrendered, raising the white flag. The officers who were taken prisoners asserted that the division commander-generKashtalinski com Kashtarinski, manding the eleventh and twelfth infantry regiments, and many officers of the artillery and sharpshooters were killed and a number of other superior officers killed or wounded. Many refugees subsequently returned and surrendered. The total number of prisoners is thirty officers and men. Details of our losses are. and 300 under investigation. al sub-office- rs BUTTLE Two Hundred Nigerians Killed or Wounded and Six Villages Burned. LONDON, May 3. A dispatch today reporta that the Britinh force under Major Trenchard, while operating againnt the natives of nouthern Nigeria, had a severe battle In which the Britinh native troops lost four killed and seven wounded. The enemy lost two hundred killed and wounded. Six villages were burned. Ware Seen on the S. P. Train Eaet of Corinne, But Never Reached Ogdon. Whether a murderer has committed another murder and escaped la a question that Sheriff Quinn of Butte City, assisted by Sheriff Bailey and Special Officer Sullivan, are trying had to solve today. The murderer, whose name could not be learned, is wanted by Sheriff Quinn for the doing to death of a man at Silver How, Mont., about two years ago and for whose part in the crime his partner was hanged on February 15th last Quinn employed a man who knew the murderer to track him down. The two followed him as far as Cullen te and then Quinn left the matter in his partner's hands, with orders not to communicate with him unless he had information of Importance to impart. The chose continued until Los Angeles was reached and there the officer was only two days behind his prisoner. At Tacoma, Nev., yesterday he overtook him. Sheriff Quinn received a telegram asking for a remittance of $50, which was immediately complied with. Subsequently another telegram was received stating that the man had been placed under arrest; that another guard had been secured and that he would meet Quinn at the county Jail this morning, so the latter left Immediately for this city. Quinn decided to meet the prisoner at the depot this morning and went there for that, purpose. The train pulled in, the passengers alighted, but his quest was in vain so far as hi party was concerned for neither officer, guard or prisoner or anyone in any way resembling them got off the train. Then it was that the officers had to do some thinking. Sheriffs Quinn and Bailey visited the conductor of the train, but he referred them to the brnkeman. Charles Malan wns the bmkeman and he said he remembered the men, nnd that when he took the checks out of their hats Just east of Corinne both men were sitting partly dosing. As the train neared Ogden the officer rose and went to the door of the car. Malan Informed film that they were not yet at Ogden and not to get off, and then he went about his other duties. From that time on nothing has been seen of either of them. The train was near the Ogden river bridge at the time referred to, but whether the fast flowing river conceals a tragedy cannot even be conjectured at The officers have made a thorough search of the brush, and st this writing are still continuing It, but so far without reward. It Is possible that they may Journey to Tacoma so that they may make a new start In their investl. gations and begin at the beginning. . CHAMBERLAIN ACCU8ED OF GIVING OUT INFORMATION CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE GOES TO GUANTANAMO LONDON, May 8. There was a scene In the commnos this afternoon NORFOLK. Va., May 3. Secretary Moody and Senators Hale, Penrose and Bacon and Representatives 'Dal sell, when McKenna, liberal, insinuated that Gallager, a wholesale tobacconist and member of Joseph Chamberlains tariff commlslsoln, has secured advance information of the government's lnten- tlon to Impose a tax on Importations of stripped tobacco, buying an unusual quantity of tobacco previous to thq introduction of the budget McKenna suggested that the Chancellor Austin Chamberlain had revealed the makeup of theb udget to the tariff commission. Both of the Chamberlains vigorously denied the allegations. Meyers and Hemingway sailed for Guantanamo Ray this morning aboard the dispatch boat Dolphin to Inspect the naval station there. ON THE WING. Ed Duel, an eighteen-year-oboy. was cAught at the depot Inst evening as he wits on his way through from San Frnneiryo to St. Louis. After he wns taken to the station he was confronted by his father and wns given his choice between home and the reform school. 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