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Show VOLUME VIII. NUMBER DAMAGE BY FLOODS OGDEN, UTAH 168. SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1904. JAPS ARE REPULSED LIAO YANG TO BE MINISTERS WITH HEAVY LOSS SCENE OF BATTLE DENOUNCE General Stoessel Makes Sortie from General Kuropatkin Has Received IS HEAVY Port Artnur and Defeats BeStrong Reinforcements Will siegers in Pitched Battle. Resist Advancing Japs. Details of Colorado-Wyo-min- g Disaster Show Greater Loss of Life Than First Reported. DENVER, Col., May 21. Meagre reports from the Cache La Poudre ST. PETERSBURG. May It 21. Is reported today that the Japanese were repulsed near Port Arthur. General Stoessel made a sortie to protect a train which was bringing ammunition. A skirmish with the Japanese followed, their loss being heavy. The train arrived safely. PARIS, May 21. The Temps anese which landed at Takushan on the 19th defeated the Russian cavalry in the neighborhood of IVkuig Chltung on Friday. The Japs sustained no losses while the Russian loss was Increased by the capture of a captain. The Japs hare captured Kalchow, twenty miles southeast of Xewchwnng, driving the Russians back. T. PETERSBURG, May 21. A REITERATE REPORT OF CRUISER'S LOSS Liao Yang dispatch states that Genreineral Kuropatkin him strongly liONDDN, May 21. The St. James forced the place mid intends to await Gaxette today repeats the report that the Japanese and engage them in lint-ti- e the Russian cruiser Rogatyr was lost at Vladivostok, being blnwn up lifter there. General Kuropatkin retains that in grounding to prevent the ship from into Japanese hands. a skirmish at Feng Wang Uheng the falling TOKIO, May 21. The report that Jiiinintwe were driven off and two the Russian cruiser Itogatyr is ashore Uosacks wounded. at Vladivostok Is confirmed here. It is reported oday that a detachTogo reports that the ment of Japanese la approaching Muk- Japanese gunboats arid torpedo deden. stroyers reconnoltered toward Port It Is reported that General Tok en- Arthur on Friday, steaming close to gaged two Japanese divisions near the entrance to the harbof. They Klnehow today. The Russian casu- sustained little damage by the fire alties were seven officers. Including from the shore batteries despite the General Nadeylr wounded, and 150 hot cross Are. There were no men killed or wounded. St. CLASH OCURS BETWEEN Petersburg corespondent states that valley. In northern Colorado, and from General Stoessels sortie caused casuRUSSIANS AND KOREANS southern Wyoming this morning show alties of 1,000 among the Japanese. . that the waterspouts yesterday after- The Russian casualties amounted to SEOUL May 21. The Japanese consul at Gensan reports a collision noon did Immense damage. Four are 150. between Russian and Korean troops known to have lost their lives and at Kankow, the center of the northern scores are mlslng at Cheyenne. Four JAPS REPORT MORE disturbances. One Korean Tonghnk SMALL VICTORIES bodies have been recovered from Crow was killed and several Russians creek. They are those of Edith Sproul he force of Jap- - wounded. TOKIO, May and Archie, Charles and Henry Clayton. all children. The Cache La Poudre river has wiVOTED AGAINST dened from fifty feet to nearly a mile. Scores of frame houses in the Russian settlement at the sugar factory were HALF HOLIDAY MAY BE LYNCHED carried away. The railroads report Vice-Admi- 21-T- THIS MISTER R. H. WEATHEHBY APPEARS IN OLD MAH FIRED COURT serious washouts. Communication with Fort Collins was resumed at noon. First reports of the losses are underestimated. One man lost his life at Fort Collins. All the head gates of irrigation ditches and miles of Irrigation canals are washed out It la feared they cannot be repaired in time to irrigate this year's crops, making the total losses two millions. All bridges have been washed out and several miles of track on the Colorado Southern. No word has been received from Tlnmath, Livermore, Bellevue or La Porte, but all were reported under three to four feet of water last night It Is believed that the casualty list will be largely increased. MANY LOST LIVES IN FLOOD AT CHEYENNE Killed His Son With Fence Rail Because He Would Not Quit Work. DOES DAMAGE IN PUEBLO PUEBLO, Cal., May 21. The heav- iest hailstorm seen In this city for many years started yesterday afternoon. Hall that weighed more than three ounces fell to a depth of an inch. Considerable damage was done and hundreds of windows were broken. The principal buslifbss houses In the city having skylights and tile roofs are all damaged, and many merchants suffered losses of stock from the hall pouring through the broken skylights. The fruit trees in the vicinity are stripped and early vegetables pounded Into the ground, while every hothouse within the storm radius Is a total wreck. Borne of the hailstones measured In fourteen Inches In circumference. t several Instances the largest stones punctured shingled roofs and fell through to the floor. Nearly 100 persons were Injured by being struck with big hailstones. Two Mexican children living at Salt Creek were reported killed by the storm, but the story cannot be confirmed. Telegraph and telephone wires were considerably damaged. It Husband and Wifs Tsstify As Their Matrimonial Dif- Richard A. Weatherby. cited to appear before Judge Rolapp for contempt of court, was In the courtroom promptly at 10 o'clock this morning, sccompnaled by hla attorney, IL R. Macmillan. Judge Rolapp did not arrive until 10:45. Mr. Weatherby was then placed on the stand and testified as to his financial condition, after hearing which Judge Rolapp modified the order formerly made and gave him thirty days in which to pay the $100 into court Mrs. Weatherby, with her attorney, N. J. Harris, was also pres- The Retail Clerks union of this city held a meeting last night at which the proposed summer half holiday was discussed. Sacra-men- to The half holiday was voted down and abandoned on the ground that It would conflict with the closing of stores at 6 oclock and would shorten the summer vacation. It was feared that If they demanded a half holiday their employers would compel them to wprk at 6 oclock and also make followed. up for the holiday by shortening their vacation. They then decided that HAS RETURNED FROM would rather not have the half SEARCH FOR POLE they o'clock holiday than to work after or take a short summer vacation. 21. The COPENHAGEN, May H. J. Conway, first of Norwegian expedition to the north the International Clerks' Protective pole, which sailed in June last, has ar- association of Chicago, addresed the rived at Dalrymple Rock. Captain in behalf of the subject and meeting Ammundsen reports that Erlcsons said that he was slightly opposed to Greenland expedition arrived on the movement the WOMEN FIGHT DUEL; BOTH IN HOSPITAL Rob- SAN FRANCISCO, May 21. Mrs. Anna .Speckman and Miss Clara were the principals In a duel fought at the residence of Adolph H. Beth oq Cole street which landed both women In the emergency hospital Mrs. Speckman, the daughter of Beth, objected to the presence of Miss in the parental mansion, and an angry discussion between the women ended In one taking up a knife and the other a pair of scissors, which they used with telling effect the fight being continued until the Infuriated combatants were too weak to stand. Mrs. Speckman has been booked on a charge of asault to commit murder. The complainant was her father. Le-Fev- re candl-dateil- or lieutenant governor before the Republican state convention, died this morning In a hospital. He was taken ill during the convention. Le-Fev- re BOILERMAKERS AND ENGINEERS MAY STRIKE TOPEKA, Kas., May 21. A member of the boilermakers, union high in the councils of the Federation of Labor believes that the boilermakers on the Santa Fe will strike within thirty days and that they may also be fol- lowed by the engineers. OHIO BANK G0E8 INTO HANDS OF A RECEIVER The Newwas ark Savings bank placed In the receiver this a morning on hands of of. the instiof the president petition tution. The liabilities are given as $200,000 and the assets at of that amount NEWARK, O., May 21. two-thir- MINERS RELEASED. ds ent vice-preside- nt CANDIDATE SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 21. ert B. Fort, state senator and to ficult iss. Ky May Norman Armour, who murdered his son by striking him with a fence rail, was arrested this morning. The Jail Is guarded as the farmers at threaten a lynching. Armour remains cool In spite of the threats gnd says he la willing to take the laws penalty. The hoy refused to quit work in the field when ordered to do so by his father and the killing was the result of the quarrel which DEATH OF ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN That He Did It So That He Coaid Rob Rev. 21. OWENSBORO, . In court. Mr. Weatherby testified that he was financially embarrassed, that the business he was conducting belonged to his brother and that he owed him $200 or $S00 for stock. He had left a position on the railroad which paid him $90 per month and expenses solely to please his wife, and hnd started the business. A. E. Weatherby, a brother of the corroborated the testidefendant, mony given by the latter. Mrs. Weatherby took the stand and testified that her husband had sold their household goods over her protest She asked that she might be allowed to keep the furniture as she desired to take In roomers, but her request was refused. Some articles she did remove and her husband called at tha place where she was residing, accompanied by Officer A1 Herrick, and demanded the articles but he did not get them. At the conclusion of the testimony Judge Rolapp made the modification aa stated. Attorney Macmillan stated that he would file a plea to the complaint for divorce which Is on file which would In all likelihood take the form of a COURT AWARDS WIFE demurrer. TO HER HUSBAND HOLLAND BUILDING OPENED. LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 21. A ST. LOUIS, Mo.. May 21. The Holweek ago Mary Paine, aged seventeen, land building at the world's fair was was married to Rolla Falllngton. The addresses girls father took her away and then formally dedicated today by of the Francis exposiPresident by Instituted court proceedings to annul Holland the O. Ten H. Broek, tion, he the marriage on the ground that others. The buildgirl was not of age. Falllngton In- commissioner, and stituted habeas corpus proceedings to ing Is one of the handsomest of any the exposiget the bride and the father secured of the foreign buildings at exact an tion. Is It reproduction of an Injunction to prevent the husband Just outside of Rembrandt the house, from living with his wife. of tulips, geA Amsterdam. garden This morning Judge Smith awarded owers has been laid other raniums and the bride to her husband and they left of Dutch In formal out the style the courtroom together. houses In rectangular flower beds. The Inside of the house Is divided Into MORGAN GET8 CHECK FOR NINE MILLIONS two rooms, one of which contains Rembrandt's famous masterpiece, the ' 211 The Night Watch." WASHINGTON, May check for $9,000,000, the remainder of THE KENTUCKY RETURN8. the $40,000,000 to be paid on the PanNEW YORK, May 21. The battleama canal concession, was handed to A this Co's, ship Kentucky returned from the ChiMorgan representative TRINIDAD. Col.. May 21. Nearly DINNER GIVEN C0RP8 MADE HIM A CORPSE all the striking miners, seventy-liv- e In number, who were driven from Ludto this city, a distance of twenty low 21. Duke Paul FredBERLIN, May erick of Mecklenburg,, uncle of the miles, by cavalry troops have been rereigning grand duke, was found dead leased after having been registered by tbla morning after a nights carousal the military authorities. Several of incident to a dinner given to his corps. the men, being weak, were made 111 by the long march, and one dropped by ENGLISH LAD WON exhausted. THE CHICAGO DERBY AMBAS3ADOR DEPARTS. PARIS, May 21. French AmbassaCHICAGO, May 21. The Derby was 'won by English Lad, the 6 to 5 favori- dor N I sard leaves Rome for Paris te- Time, 2:06. ' morning. . DAYS TIME TO Confessed PAY UP. a Story Printed in Hearst's Paper Almost Causes Riot in Methodist Conference at Los Angeles LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 24. There was a most sensational scene In the Methodist conference this morning over an anonymous attack In the ITearst Examiner. A story printed In the Examiner this morning said that Dr. James R. Day, president of the Syracuse University snd a candidate for bishop, knocked down Prof. Alexander Hardle, pastor of the San Fernando, Cal, Methodist church and called him a liar in an argument over the higher criticism. The Examiner Informant was anonymous. Dr. Day made a public refutation on the floor of the conference. A scene of confusion followed. Rev. J. M. Buckley read a resolution declaring the attack as made In the Examiner a disgrace to Journalism, an Insult to the conference and to the denomination which It represents and a flagrant indignity to their host, the city of Los Angeles. He further recBank. ommended that the conference prohibit the privilege of the press during the remainder of the session. The resREDDING, Cal, May 21. Freder- olution was greeted with the Chauick Clifford, a man 50 years old, ap- tauqua salute and amid shouts was peared at the sheriffs office this morn- unanimously carried. Rev. L. W. Munhall, the alleged oping and confessed to burning the Terry Lumber company yards here yes- ponent of Dr. Day, made public anHe was placed in nouncement that he had nothing to do terday morning. with the accusations."'" Jail Clifford said that he set fire to the lumber yards to attract the attention METHODI8TS ELECT THE EIGHTH BISHOP of the police to the north end of the town so he could rob the Bank of LOS ANGELES. Cpl. May 21. Northern California. In getting away from the fire he lost his kit of tools, James R. Day, chancellor of the Syrawhich was found this morning. Clif- cuse university, was elected bishop on the fourteenth ballot In the face of ford came here from Portland. the "higher criticism fight. He Is the eighth and last bishop tp be electPROBABLE OFFICERS OF GENERAL FEDERATION ed. The total vote was 696, necessary to elect 464. Day received 474 votes ST. LOUIS, May 21. Careful can- after the second withdrawal The anvasses by delegates to the General nouncement of hla election was reFederation of Women's Clubs Indi- ceived with the Chautauqua salute cate very clearly that Mrs. Sarah and shouts. Platt Decker of Denver, Col, will be triumphantly elected national presi- METHODIST PROTESTANTS WANT TO CONSOLIDATE dent at tlie election next Wednesday, and that Mrs. Philip N. Moore 'of Bt. Louis will be first WASHINGTON, May 21. At toMiss Louise Poppenhelm of Georgia days session of the general conferwill be retained as corresponding sec- ence of the Methodist Protestant chnreh, consolidation with the Methretary. odist Episcopations aa well as the UniIOWA TROOPS AT 8HIL0H. ted Brethren Congregatlonnllsts was DEB MOINES, la.. May 21. During urged. The resolution was wired to the coming week Governor Cummins the Los Angeles conference asking will visit Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., consolidation. where he will present the arguments of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth regi- DAVIDSON COLLEGE ments of Iowa In regard to the locaCOMMENCEMENT tion of the lows monuments before DAVIDSON, N. C., May 21. Final the Shiloh commission. Governor Cummins secured the rehearing after arrangements have been made for the commencement exercises at presenting the arguments of the Iowa anuual Davidson the college, program to besoldiers before the secretary of war. tomorrow and continue gin through Since then the old soldiers have been busy securing additional evidence to Wednesday. The baccalaureate sermon will be substantiate the argument advanced delivered by Dr. William M. Governor that by Cummins, showing of Columbia, 8. C., and the the Iowa regiments were In the thickannual seromn before the Y. M. C. A est of the fight. by Rev. C. R. Hyde, recently of Fort WORLD'8 PRESS PARLIAMENT. Worth, Texas. Governor C. B. Aycock has acceptST. LOUIS. Mo., May 21. P. V. Collins of Minneapolis, president of the ed an Invitation to deliver the comNational Editorial association, pre- mencement oration. sided over the concluding session of COMMENCEMENT AT the World's Press Parliament today. TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE the distinguished speakers Among were Frits Rothlers, editor of the TUSKEGEE, Ala., May 21. Many Brussels: Oustaf Gull- - friends and alumni of Tuskegee InChronlque, berg. editor of Tlningen, Stockholm: stitute are arlrvlng for the comemnce-meD. A. Van Woalwyk, of Het.Nleuws-glaexercises of the Institution to and Crosby 8. be held during the coming week. The Amsterdam, Noyes, of the Star, Washington. annual sermon will be delivered tomorrow by Bishop Galloway of MisTORONTO MEETING OPEN8. . , Movament Abandoned Because Might Interfere With Early Closing and Summer Vacation. CHEYENNE, May 21. The Crow valley is flooded. The bodies of Charles and Archie Clayton have been found. Harry Clayton, who was given up for dead, was rescued. Two Fort Russell batterymen are missing. An unknown woman and her baby were see to float away and many others are missing. A wall of water many feet high came down the valley and caught people like rats. The flood caused heavy west coast after fearful hardships. loss to railroad and ranch property. HAILSTORM IS GIVEN THIRTY ACTION BY TAKEN CLERKS UNION LAST NIGHT. EXAMINER N na station todjy. vice-preside- . ers nt d, TORONTO, Ont, May 21. The annua meeting of the Toronto Jockey club o;iened today at Woodbine Park and will continue for two weeks. The stables are well filled with fast horses which will go over the Canadian circuit this season and everything points to one of the most successful meetings In the history of the dub. sissippi. PROMOTION FOR A WELL-KNOW- N OFFICIAL J. L. Moore of Salt Lake has been appointed district freight and passenger agent of the Salt Lake or north end division of the San Pedro, Lon Angeles St Salt Lake railroad. |