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Show VOLUME VIII. NUMBER ogden, tjtah: prosecutedIncle 178. police OF 1 he went through jap lines AROUND PORT ARTHUR. Draught Important News of the Situation in the Besieged Russian City. PETERSBURG. June !. A dispatch dated yesterday reLieutenant-ColonGourke that ports reached there from Port Arthur, paging through the Japanese lines. Gourke Is the bearer of Important information of the Fort Arthur situation, which wag embodied In a long cipher dispatch to the war office. Gourke also brought accurate reports of the Russian loaee at the battle of ST. Mukden el Klnchou. of latest story RUSSIAN CRUELTIES TO ASSIST IN SECURING RELEASE OF PERDICARIS. morning and handed him the request of the United States for French aid In securing the release of Perdlcaris. Delease promised hia support and sent instructions to this effect to the French minister at Tangier. A dispatch from Tangier this morning saya that the Angerra tribe haa sent a delegation of leading men to have a personal Interview with Ralsull and endeavor to elicit from him a promise to release the captives to avoid the landing 'of foreigners opposed to the Moslem faith on the Moroccan shores. It Is believed this argument will have considerable weight The Italian cruiser Do gall arrived at Tangier this morning. BERLIN, June 8. The Vossische Zeltung reports that the last force of men sent from Kharkoff to Manchuria refused to enter the train and finally had to be pitched bodily Into the cars. Then the wives of the soldiers threw CENSUS REPORT FOR themselves on the' rails ahead of the THE PHILIPPINES engine. When, they were forcibly removed others took their places until WASHINGTON. June 2. The dethe commanding officer gave orders to tailed report of the census of the Fhll-lppnproceed regardless, several women bepublished today shows a popuing killed or wounded. lation of 7,885,426 In 1908. Of these 6,987,686 were civilised or partly so. LOST THIRTY OFFICERS Manilas population is 219,928. There AND EIGHT' HUNDRED MEN are uncivilised tribes In the es forty Islands of whom the Negitos are be. ST. PETERSBURG, June Z. The lieved to be aboriginal. estimate of the Russian casualties at the battle of Klnchou AND BANK wounded at $17,000 places the killed and TELLER ARE MISSING thirty officers and 800 men. A Mukden dispatch states that the June 2. Willard WASHINGTON, local governor la doing his utmost to note assistant teller of the NaMeyer, rouse the populace against the Russtional has disapcompany, Deposit ians and trouble Is feared. peared, taking, so the concern charges, He 817,000 In negotiable certificates. REINFORCEMENTS SENT seen on Saturday. The bond was last TO FENG WANG CHENG company Is endeavoring to locate the CHE FOO, June Z. Chinese arrivi- man. ng from Takushan report that a number of Japanese troops Isnded there GENERAL WOOD RETURNS FLU8HED WITH VICTORY during May was between six and ten thousand. The troops proceeded to June 2. General WASHINGTON, Feng Wang Cheng whither reinforcements from other points were also Wade in the Philippines cables notice of the return of General Wood from sent the expedition to Lake Llguasan and sends a list of names of the men killed ENGLAND HAS NOT COMPLAINED TO RUSSIA May 8th in the action with Datto Alls band. AH the wounded are doing well LONDON, June 2. In the house of commons today Earl Percy, under LOS ANGELES GIRL secretary of foreign affairs, said that WEDS A FORGER semi-offici- al representations had been made to Russia on the subject of naval mines MEMPHIS, Tenn June 2. Frank outside of the territorial limits In the Allen, alias Wilkeraon, of Toledo, O., Far East who three days ago married fifteen Marie Wilson of Los Angeyear-old JAP TRAN8PORT8 ARE les, Is under arrest on a charge of SIGHTED OFF KOREA forgery.. The bride arrived last week to marry him. PARIS. June , 2. A Shanghai dispatch this afternoon says that fifteen WYOMING WILL large Japanese transports have been JNSTRUCT FOR HEARST sighted off the west coast of Korea, the objective . apparently being the CHEYENNE, Wb'o., June 2. The mouth of the Yalu. Democratic state convention met today. A fight has developed over the MEDIATION RUMORS question of Instructions hut the maWITHOUT FOUNDATION jority appears to be In favor of declarLONDON, June 2. Rumors of me- ing for Hearst diation in the Russian --Japan ese war NINETY-NINYEARS caused a rise of 2 per cent In conFOR TEXAS MURDERER sols and a general upward tendency on the London market yesterday, but EL PASO, Tex, June 2. Arthur the rumors have found no confirmatof Los Angeles, convicted of the Eddy In ion diplomatic quarters. The foreign office characterises the murder of Daniel Mitchell, a Cincinto report thst mediation Is pending In nati man, was today sentenced e ninety-ninstate In penithe years the Immediate future as "rubbish." Hayashl, who as Japan's senior min- tentiary. ister and foremost diplomatic representative abroad would be the first to HOU8TON CARMEN GO OUT ON STRIKE hear of any such move says: "Not the whisper of mediation has HOUSTON, Tex, June 2. All the ranched me. For us to stay our hands st this moment would be senseless street car lines are tied up by a strike folly. Russia appears to be In a se- of three hundred employes who deberious dilemma. She has not enough mand higher wages. New men are In men In the field to cope with our vaa and bitter struggle ing brought rious points of attack.' If she sends Is anticipated. IK Exonerated of Miss Schafer's Murder by a Deathbed Confession. Ars Alto Bringing Prcssurt to Boar on the Bandit Chief. PARIS June L Ambassador Porter saw Foreign Minister Delcasse this joe made INNOCENT Morocco Tribes THURSDAY, I FATHERLY APPEAL But E .1-- reinforcements that General Kuropat-hl- n NOT FAVORED so much needs she cannot feed CON8CRIPTION BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT them. "I cannot credit the rumor in Rome f General LONDON, June 2. Secretary of Kuropatkln's defeat although during the next few days news War Forster In the house of commons f a battle may come at any moment today denied the reports that the govft seems evident that Kuropatkln In- ernment Intended to Introduce, contends to fight at Liao Yang. I believe scription proposals. has decided to do this not so much MANY BURNED TO DEATH. fram a military se point of view as of the pressure from the court VIENNA, June. 2. Twelve persons d political drclea at St Petersburg. were burned to death In a fire which "About a month Is likely to elapse destroyed Nowywltkow, Galicia. BIx kfora any determined assault can be lost their lives In a smaller blase at wde on Port Arthur. Kelff, Russia. . be-eau- MAKING LOVE statement exonerating James McDon- ald of complicity in the crime. Bundy was a prominent attorney and collapsed under the strain of work. In hia statement he said the police had the wrong man and only wanted a victim. The reward for the apprehension of the murderer of Miss Schafer has been increased to 85,000. Si'ISl XGFIELD, HI., June all tin; delegates released from their pledges to supiHU-- t partleiil.ir ,;i resolution to that effect having been adopted tills morning by the Republican stutae convention, und following a live minutes address by each of the candidates now before that body, the sixty-sevenballot was taken. To the surprise of every one there was practically no change. Speaker Cannon gave a fatherly talk to the delegates urging the nomination of somebody Immediately, After the sixty-eighballot the convention took a recess until 3 p. m. th th ANOTHER SALEM, Mass, June 2. The will of C. Kimball of Peabody, In which she left property vulued at $60,-0to her old sweetheart, Harrison Whlttemore, has been filed for probate. Mr. Whlttemore, who Is sixty-seve- n years old, lives in Dochester, and is an electrician. Miss Kimball asked that two boxes of love letters that had been written to her by Whlttemore, and which she had kept since they were hoy and girl, be returned to him. LONDON. June 2. Travis, the American, defeated Hilton, the English on the Sandwich golf links today, making Travis fifth victory. Maxwell, the English champion, was defeated by Hutchinson, another Englishman. In the aim-fin- al Travis beat Hutchison three up. Travis and Blackwell will play for the championship tomorrow. 00 VICTORY FOR AMERICAN CHAMPION BIG SUM PAID FOR VERESTCHAGRIN TELLER STOLE NEW HAVEN, Conn, June 2. Douglas M. Smith, teller of the National Tradesmen's bank, has confessed that he Is a defaulter In a large sum, probably $25,000. A warrant was isued but Smith Is not to be found. Speculation In stocks was at the bottom of the defalcation. - VISITORS DRAWING $25,000; CANNOT BE FOUND WERE MADE SEASICK ST. PETERSBURG, June 2. The Inst drawing of Verestchagrln, the Russian painter, who lost his life on the battleship Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur, has been sold to a Moscow dealer for (20,000. The drawing depicts the late Admirals Makaroff and Molas, both of whom went down in the ship, holding a conference aboard the vessel. Ill-fat- ed STRANGE MURDER AT VERMONT FOOT a Heavy Gale. Will Bo Sentenced Tomorrow. Co. Ill the nine uf the stale vs. Kihmnl before Munii'lpii Bagley, which Judge llowell thin morning. Bugley was found guilty of larceny in having stolen a watch from Miss Rachael Shew of thie city and will be aenten-ee- d tomorrow mnniing. The case is somewhat out of the ordinary in that I was difficult to determine whether the defendnut was guilty of larceny or embezzlement, ns there were a good many contradictory statements mid incidents Involved. As will be remembered by renders. Kugley hud been paying considerable attention to Miss 8haw and on April 15th he asked to see the latter's watch. She handed hlin the time-piec- e, but asked him not to break it or keep It. He then said, No, I wont; but I am liable to soak it if I get hard up," nnd she. In turn, aald she did not believe he could do such a thing. Bugley took the watch with hint when he left and that wns the last seen of it by Miss Shaw until today, when she saw It In court. She stated that she had asked him on several occasions to return the watch, hut he offered as an excuse at each time that he hnd forgotten It and that it wns In his room. Upon close questioning he told her later, however, that he hnd given it to a lady friend In Salt Lake. Miss Shaw became Impatient when the watch was not returned and reported the matter to Deputy Sheriff Sebrlng. Bag-le- y was arrested at Heber and the watch found In a Salt Lake pawnshop. Rngley'a story Is that he thought he would marry the young lady sooner or later and that he hnd no Intention of stealing the watch, saying that he took It merely to wear, but suddenly became short of money snd then pawned it, with the intention of redeeming It aa soon as he received his pay from the Rio Grande railway company. County Attorney Hulnnlskl appeared for the state und Judge Maloney for the defenae. Mysteriously Killed and Their Bodies Brutally Frederick W. Kendall Brings Action Mutilated. Against the Watts Family. BURLINGTON, Vt, June 2. The soldiers at Fort Ethan Allen are panic stricken as the result of three mysterious murders In their ranks and a fourth savage attack on an Infantryman who dying from his wounds. The details ire kept secret by the officers, who re.use to make public the names of the victims General Corbin Is expected to take jiersonal charge of the Inquiry, which has been Instituted. It Is believed that a homicidal maniac Is at liberty. Extreme brutality marks his crimes, the bodies of the victims being hacked to pieces. thoroughly seasick. The monitor Wyoming, which was also crowded with visitors, held to Its anchor but was tossed about until all on board were seasick. The destroyers cruised about the bay and at 1 o'clock this morning the wind had abated sufficiently to allow the landing of those not too sick. Many officers, men and marines who BATTERYMAN SHOT IN went ashore to the barbecue given In TRYING TO ESCAPE their honor could not return to the ships on account of the high sens. ST. PAUL Minn., June 9. Tony Wlsch, a private of the Thirteenth OREGON D1VORCE8 MAY battery at Fort Snelllng, was shot and BE DECLARED INVALID killed this morning b ya sentinel while attempting to escape. He was servPORTLAND, Or, June 2. A divorce ing a three months sentence. Ancase here brought out the novel fact other prisoner was recaptured. that a state statute exists which provides that all divorce suits there HORSE RACE8 BY must be given ten days advance noELECTRIC LIGHT tice to the district attorney, who is then supposed to represent he miss8. C, June 2. CHARLESTON, ing party. It has been Ignored for Horse racing by electric light Is to years. A rase brought on these grounds begin at the old exposition grounds and sustained would Invalidate all the track tonight, all arrangements having divorces granted in Oregon for the been completed for the opening. Many past five years, Including alimony pro- fast horses are here and the managevisions and property distributions ment predicts a successful meeting. JAP GUNBOATS HAVE ENTERED DALNY HARBOR Forger's Actions Aroused CANYON ROAD INSPECTED. Commlnlsoners Joseph County ROME, June 2. A Tokio dispatch Stanford, W. G. Wilson and Jesse says that Japanese gunboats have en- Fowers, together with County Recorkl tered Dalny harbor, the bay having der D. W Ellis, County Attorney been cleared of all mines. and C. R. Hollingsworth, made a tour of Inspection of the esnyon PORTLAND BANKER DEAD. road yesterday. The road was InPORTLAND, Or, June 2. E. M. spected as far as Rlrles ranch st the Sargent, one of the moat prominent extreme east end of the canyon and It northwestern bankers, dropped dead was found to be In excellent of heart disease today. Hu-lanls- Beal was arraigned before Judge Howell this morning on a charge of forgery, to which he pleaded guilty. Tlie judge fixed his examination for tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock und meanwhile he was placed under n bond of $5(10. Ileal wad arrested last night by A. S. Sergeant Robert Cliamliers and Offi- lie went to e street lodging house last evening and got a room, tending In cer Thomas Burke, Twenty-fift- h payment a check for $5, made payable to bearer and signed by Fred J. Klesel A Co. Beal's actions and the signature on the cheek aroused the suspicion of the proprietor, who Immediately turned the check over to the pofte and after an investigation It was found that it wns a forgery and llenl's nrrest followed. At the police station he atnted that he hnd taken the check from a stranger, giving him $8 for It and promising to pay the balance later. The handwriting on the fnoe of the check nnd the indoraementa are the anme In every particular, including the color of Ink and fineness of pen. Beal, who Is a young man. Is a stranger In the city, coming Jiere, no he states, from Denver. POLICE INVESTIGATION. Conduct of an Offictr Inquired Into by Police Committee Last Night. The police remittee met In executive session Inst night to hear charges preferred against one of the police officers by a bartender and saloonkeeper on Twenty-fift- h street The trouble has grown out of an arrest made on the 18th of April when the officer In question went to the saloon to arrest two women who were at the time being served with drinks In one of the .wine rooms. The officer Is accused by the bartender with having used vile lunguoge while making the arrest. The officer has denied this, however, and the girls who were arrested at the time state that they did not hear Rny remarks made by officer. The only witness the saloonkeeper had testified Inst night that he hud heard the police officer pass a vile remark upon leaving the saloon. This man Is said to have told an entirely different story some days ago, however, when he told the chief of police and two other parties thst he had heard no foul remarks used whstever. There was no action tnken In the matter, nnd undoubtedly there will be none until the return of the dhlef from his St. Louis vslt Richards and A. E. ault in the Second district court in behalf of Frederick W. Kendell agalnat nobly Watts and a dozen others. The complaint alleges that plaintiff has been for more than seven years past in possession of certain propr-ertbut has never received a deed to the land, the patent being held by the Watts. Before getting the patent to the land to the plnintlfTs father, who the land to t he plaintiff's father, who Is now dead, and when he did get the patent he failed to execute the deed. The elder Watts died and the purpose of this suit Is to quiet title against W. S. A. COMMENCEMENT. his heirs and the heirs of thY father of the plaintiff, the latter having been given absolute posesslon of the prop- Extrcisss Will Be Held at Tabernacle Next Tuesday Afternoon. erty by his father. Attorneys C. C. Pratt have commenced VENTURA, Cal, June 2. The torpedo bout destroyers Preble and Paul Jones, which broke from their anchorage during the gale last night and were forced out to sea with sixty men, women' and children visitors aboard, returned safely this morning. There were no fatalities, but every one was GUILTY Suspicioin. SUIT TO QUIET TITLE. Torpedo Boats Break from Their Three Soldiers Moorings During RE IS 2.-- Viih WOMAN LEAVES $60,000 TO HER SWEETHEART Elisabeth ADMITS FORGED CHECK ON Republicans Disre- ED BAGLEY STOLE HIS SWEET- PASSED HEART'S WATCH. LODGING HOUSE KEEPER. garded it and Are Still Scrapping. Was Found Guilty Today of the Crime Check Wag Drawn on F. J. Kissel & of Larceny BEDFORD, Iiiil, June 2. Olin Bundy. n member of the citizens' committee employed to Investigate the murder of Smith Schafer, the young school teacher, ami who recently died in Indianapolis , made a deathbed FORGER Illinois no -- WAY OF JUNE 2, 1904. y, The Junior class of the Weber Stake academy will hold their exercises tonight in the Fourth wsrd. Seized With Typhoid Fever at Ogden Tomorrow night the sophomore House and Removed to class will give a reception to the gradHospital. uates In Dignan's dance hall. Monday night the preparatory stuA mnn giving the name of George dents will give a reception to the acaParker wtfs taken to the Ogden gen- demic department. eral hospital today suffering from a at 2 oclock the commenceTuesday He severe attack of typhoid fever. ment exercises will be held at the tacame to town yesterday, but from bernacle. where Is not known, and secured a Next Wednesday Is field day at room at the Ogden House. During the Glen wood. night the intensity of the fever produced dementia and this morning a PRESIDENT ESTES COMING. telephone message was sent to the sheriffs office reporting his condition. Sheriff Bailey and Deputy Shaw Head of the United Brotherhood of removed the man to the county Jail, Railway Employes to Visit Ogden. where he was examined by Dr. Foraa case tyhis who diagnosed bes, George Estes of Sen Francisco, phoid fever and he was then conveyed to the hospital. president of the United Brotherhood of Railway Employes, will arrive In PENROSE TAKE8 QUAY'S Ogden this evening on a visit to the PLACE ON COMMITTEE local branch of the organisation In this city. He will remain In town sevWASHINGTON. June 2. Acting eral days and will probably make a Chairman Payne of the Republican public addresa during hia stay. Mr. national committee today appointed Estes Is a very able speaker and will Senator Penrose a member of the be remembered by Ogdenltea aa havcommittee to fill the vacancy caused ing delivered the oration on last Labor Day. by Senator Qunys death. STRANGER'S SAD PLIGHT. |