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JAPS MAKE' GOOD TILT IN HOUSE CHOICE OF DEATHS FOOLED THE MOB Congressmen Indulge Breezy Pas sages. LIS1TPEACEGRWAR? KEEPING IT IE! Japanese Use -very Endeavor Administer Another" Defeat'to Coal Miners and -Mine Owners jetween Fire and Sea This III Would-Be Lynchers Can't -Understand This Change of Sentiment. March 1. During consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill In the house yesterday, Mr. Scott of Kansas made the declaration that a negro had dlned at the White House with President Cleveland duraing the latter's first administration.

The statement was prompted p. Again in Confer ence. Outlook for Agreement on Wage 8eale Is Not Very Hopeful Just at Present Each Bide Unwilling to Armlt That Trouble Will Come Both Are Firm. Indianapolis, March 1. The 350 accredited Indiana, Ohio, western Pennsylvania and Illinois operators and the 725 miners' delegates from all the twenty-five districts of the United Mine Workers' organization, who met in Tomlinson hall yesterday morning, to take up again the question of the 1904 mining scale and contract, adjourned until this morning, after a half-hour's session, In which nothing was done.

The miners were immediately called into extra national convention by President John Mitchell. Though the question of scale was not taken up yesterday morning, it is found that miners and operators have returned to Indianapolis determined to stand for their previous demands the operators for the scale and work- Ing contract of 1900. which would car- jy a 12 to 15 per cent reduction in wages, and the miners for the readop-j yon of the present scale. The min-' ely delegates, in fact, seem to stand mor determinedly against any reduc tion than in the last joint conference. The outlook lor the prevention or a general strike involving four states and also In Michigan, Iowa, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Central Pennsylvania and Iowa, in which working contracts also expire on April 1, Is not verv bright, though both sides profess to have strong hopes that what might honestly be termed the unex- pected" will happen, and a contract for the "our states and basic scale for other districts will be adopted this week.

Delegates from the anthracite dls- No- are instructed to vote against any further concessions. Some who are thoroughly in touch with the Benttment, doubt that even the miners' "tlon.1 officers could Influence the to Yota to re W5 delegates to vote to accept a re-, u5Un- A BRUTAL FATHER Pours Whisky- Down Throat of Four-Year-Old Child. Michigan City, March 1. Upon 1 I 1 A mu" 1 by adm'n, to 6 little one. Taking the child on his knee, after he bad created a disturbance with his family, Crampton poured nearly all the contents of a half-pint bottle of whisky down the child's throat.

The police were called and Crampton was removed to jail. Tho child lay In a stupor all night, but Physlcln8 tblk it will recover. Crampton was given a lengthy Jail sob tence Glassworks Resume. i a i iNorm vernon, -The urea ware renuiu u.e w.m n-lnna inmli a xxr nlr a ort a na non glass works a week ago and the work of blowing chimneys began yes terday. The output for the remainder of the season is all contracted, though at low price.

One hundred and twenty-five porsons are employed. The ln-ductry is a good one for the town. The pay roll is $2,00 a week. In eon Boot Ion with the works is a box factory employing eight or ten persons. Fatal Folly.

Portland, March 1. The dead body of Emanuel Shaneyfelt, sixteen years old, was found lying by the roadside, near Now l'ltteburg. A revolver was near by. His right hand was powder-burned, but his lips and face were untouched, although blood was streaming from his mouth. The bullet seemingly passed to the back of the mouth without touching the teeth.

The revolver belonged to the youth, and it Is believed thnt he shot himself accidentally while looking into barrel and ejecting-empty shells. Michigan Snow-3ound. Bay City, March 1. The Michigan Central railroad has aban-dortedall trains between Ray City nnd Mackinac. The worst snow storm of twenty-five years Is raging.

At Stand- ish, Qrayting and Sterling the drlfts-are ten feet deep. At Standish a double-header passenger train Is In the snow and the passengers have been taken off. Bnow plows have been unable to relieve several other trains. The Detroit and Mackinac railroad Is hlocUi Alpena onn I Czar's Fleet Off Port Arthur. Torpedo Boat Sunk Cruiser In Sinking Condition and Another Badly Damaged.

Engagement Lasted Two Hours and Japanese Vessels Withdrew In Good Order. London, March 1. A dispatch to tba Daily Telegraph from Yin Kow dated Feb. 29, says: "Fifteen Japanese war ships luriously bombarded Port Arthur from 10 until 12 o'clock this morning. The Russian cruisers Novik, Askold and Bayan, accompanied by four tor pedo boats, steamed out to meet the attack.

They were, however, forced to retire. The Askold was In a sinking condition. The Novik was. badly dam aged and a torpedo boat was sunk. The Russian battleship Retvlzan was again damaged.

As usual the Japanese did not re main long enough off the harbor to enable the gunners at the forts to get their range. Again, also the same three cruisers, the Bayan, the Askold and the Novik, came out to meet the attack, and this suggests that either they were the only effective ships there or that the larger battleships unable to get out. VLADIV08TOCK BLOCKADED Report to That Effect Has Reached St. Petersburg. St.

Petersburg, March 1. Direct onflrmatlon of the report from Hakodate that Vladivostock Is blockaded by the Japanese vessels cannot be obtained here, but it is considered not Improbable. During the Japanese landing operations in Korea the Rus alan warships to the north were a con stant menace and blockading them trould be the most effective means of securing non-interference. Further more, it is worthy of note that for more than a week no word has been allowed to come from Vladivostock and this In Itself seems strong pre sumptive evidence that Important vents are transpiring. The report from Liao Yang, Manchu ria, that the Japanese fleet has received orders to attack and capture Port Arthur on March 1st at all costs, coupled with the comparison of Port 'Arthur and Sevastopol made by the Novoe Vremya, has created a profound Impression, and has added to the belief that the Japanese possibly intend to commence land and sea operations against Port ArtUur sooner than was anticipated.

Korea Donates. Toklo, March 1. The Korean court has donated JIOO.OOO to the Red Cross hospitals. The ministers of the United States and Great Britain, at Seoul, are favorably inclined to the Japanese Korean protocol. The Toklo government has instructed the local authorities to extend' special protection and facilities to the Russian consul, at Fusan.

Korea, who reached Mojl, Japan last night and proceeded thence for Nagasaki, whence he will sail for home. Two Million Coffin Nails. Moscow, March 1. The nobles' club here has voted $50,000 for the navy fund and $25,000 for the Red Cross society. A tobacconist named Bostanioglo, has given 2,000,000 cigarettes, and a sugar refiner, H.

Teresch-henke, has donated a carload of sugar for the Rer Cross society. The Grand DurhoBS Scrgo Is sending a field church to the front for use of the army. Seeking Aid of Saint. Ts'ljul, Novgorod, Russia, MiTch 1. Report a from Saroff.

province of Tam-bofi say that pilgrims from various parts of Russia are arriving there to 8oli it the intervention of St. Seraphim In 'ilf of their relatives. St. Sera-phi a. was canonized by the czar last summer on account of his fame as a miracle worker.

To Boom American Shipping. Washington, 1. Senator Patterson introduced a bill yesterday providing that a rebate of 5 per cent shall be made on all articles Imported into the I ii i tod States from foreign countries in vessels of the United States where the specific and ad valorem d'l-ties amount to less than 25 per cent of the value of the articles, and a' rebate of 10 per cent where such duties amount to more than 26 per cent of the value. To Increase tho number of American registered vessels, the bill provides that for three years foreign vessels may be admitted to American on the payment of tonnage tax ranging from $1 per trass ton fated Crew Had Awful Experience. Fire on Board the Pacific Coast 8team er Queen Cost tho Lives of Fourteen.

To Escape the Horror of Flames, Pas sengers and Crew Took to Unstable goats. Port Townsend, Feb. 29. After suffering the most harrowing ex perience from fire and storm that has ever befallen a craft on the north Pacific coast, the steamer Queen Sunday put in here to report the Iocs of four teen lives. The list of dead follows: First-class passengers Miss Steiner, Clallum, drowned; Mrs.

Adams, died from exposure. Second-class passengers D. Newbury, Texas, H. Ruckley, both drowned. Members of the crew A.

Nielsen, J. Nielsen and P. Freitas. Stewards W. H.

Enman, M. Somors, H. Douglass, A. Donelly and Raymond. Engineering department Peter Mullin and M.

Flynn. About 3:45 o'clock Saturday morning, while off the mouth of the Columbia river, the Queen fire in her after saloon in some unexplained way. With indescribable swiftness the fire gained headway and threatened soon to envelop the whole ship. To add to the horror the heavy seas running meant death to any sent away in the lifeboats. The flames became more and more threatening until, when It seemed a choice of deaths, Captain Cousins ordered the lifeboats launched.

They were manned by the crew and ordered to remain close to the ship. In these the women and children were placed. Hardly, however, had the boats been cast loose than, unable to weather the fierce waves. two of them were capsized. The passengers and those of the crew who remained on board continued their fight against the flames with Increasing success until, at 7:40 a.

the fire was brought under control. nr" WB "rou'" uuwr When some thought the danger from flr Captain Cousins recalled wnPft the lifeboats and the occupants were taken aboard. The Queen was headed for the mouth of the Columbia river and about 9 o'clock the steamer Santa Monica was sighted. The Queen signalled and asked to stand by until temporary repairs could be made. When everything had been made safe the Queen continued on to the mouth of the Columbia, only to find the bar was too rough to cross in.

The distressed craft was pointed toward Puget sound, but bad fortune still pursued and when she rounded Cape Flattery she encountered a terrific electrical storm. With difficulty she weathered the gale and arrived here without further mishap and proceeded to Seattle, where she arrived about nightfall. Practically tne entire ait oi tne snip Is in ruins. The intense heat of the flames bent and twisted the interior Iron work Into a shapeless mass and sailors viewing the ruins state that they do not underitand how it was to get control of the flames Werfl m)t for the fMt that the cap. tain, crew and pasaengers behaved with the utmost coolness, the vessel undoubtedly would have been destroyed and the loss of life enormous.

The vessel carried more than 200 passengers. HOPE FOR HARMONY Mitchell May Restore Peace Between Operators and Miners. Indianapolis, Feb. 29. The mine workers began another convention in Tomlinson hall this morning for the purpose of framing a wage scale to present to the operators.

The attendance is not quite so large as at the recent convention. This one, however, is fraught with great importance. Unless there is an agreement with tho operators all of the mines will be closed down the 1st of April. There may be a general strike. It has been hinted that tho operators would welcome a shut down of a few weeks as it would give them an to clean their stock and get in good shape for the next season's business.

Thare Is a likelihood theugh that a disagreement "now would disrupt the Interstate agreement which the operators as well as the miners have worked bo hard to perfect. Each side will have to make some concessions before thero Is an sireinient. President Mltcholl la over the deliberations of the mine Workers and In view of his previous s'irceas nt inducing harmony, hone is rww imu inere w.n ne no trt huV trouble in the coal fields Kciv, to Prevent Information of Operations. Survivors of Sunken Transports An Not Allowed to See Anybody. They Are JBelng Sent Home Under In junctions of Secrecy Rumor That Port Arthur Has Fallen.

8uch Is the Report That Has Gained Circulation Among the Chinese at ones Foo. From Two Sources It Is Learned That Two Japanese Warahlps Were Disabled. Tokio, Feb. 29. Korean soldiers on the Ham-Gleng frontier have beeen at tacked and dispersed by Russian troops, i London, Feb.

29. Vladivostock has been blockaded by a Japanese fleet since Thursday, according to a dispatch from which adds that Incoming steamers report Russian cruisers on tho east coast of Kink wa- san, in the bay of Sendai, Japan. Japanese warships have been report od in the vicinity of Vladivostock, but this report of a blockade, although considered probable, has not yet been confirmed from other sources. Che Foe, Feb. S9.

While the Jap anese repert that their fleet is still concentrated la neighborhood of Port Arthur, yet eaaeavors are being made to pravemt definite information from seeoaatag pvslie. The survivors of the nskes transports who were laade4 Batarieiy were not allowed to see aybetfy aa4 saey veUl be sent fioate. Tee Japanese 0t originally eoaslstec ef slxteea waresaya, but two battleships aneV a dlspateh boat are aew salssiag teat namber, and freaa twe seeroes it baa been learned that twe Japaaese warships returned te lasebe la a disabled ewndftlon. It is being eirealatee! eatonc the Chinese that Pert Arthur has fallen. FI6HTINQ LOOKED FOR Officially Reported That Russian Cav airy Had Crossed the Yatu.

St Petersburg, Feb. 39. The official announcement by MaJ. Gen. Pflug, chief of staff to Viceroy Alexleff, that Russian cavalry had crossed the Yalu river, is expected to be followed shortly by news of rather heavy land fighting, as according to seemingly trust worthy reports Gen.

Lenevltch has sent a wnole army corps of Infantry to support the cossacks, who have perfetrated to a point below Anju and who are reported to have beaten the Japanese Is several skirmishes. Nevertheless, if this movement In force is progressing, it must not be assumed that the Russians have taken the offensive, but rather that they are taking up a strong position in Northern Korea In order to check the advance of the formidable army of Japanese landing on both shores of Korea while the concentration of Russian troops behind the Yalu is being completed. This concentration is making better progress than Is generally believed abroad. The movement of troops eastward over the trans-Stberlan railroad will be greatly accelerated henceforth, as Ulegraphlo reports say that the ice railroad over Lake Baikal was completed Sunday. Up to this time the tracks have been used as far as laid, the soldiers marching from the terminus of the line to the other shore.

Maj. Oen. Pflug's report that Gen. Ma's Chinese army fs west of the Liao river agrees with the statement of the special correspondent of the Russ at Tien Tsln that the Chinese war minister is hurrying large bodies of troops to the northeastern frontier of I'e Chi LI. This report says tho troops are not going by rail but are marching by night.

The military situation will be greatly complicated if Gen. Ma's army Is really moving to the rear of the Russian position w-lth the Intention of making common cause with the Japanese, as it will expose both Russian flank to nUagki The blockade of Port Arthur continues. The Ruffians seem resigned for the present not to expect to accomplish much by sea realizing that the Fort Arthur fleet. Is over-matched in both ships and guns, but they hint that things may be different in the spring If the Baltic fleet gets out and effects a Juncture with that'at Port' Arthur- TheastJlmeenre Wsy to Mob Spirit the Riot-ers' "Bluff" Went This Time the Sheriff Met Them In an Altogether Different Attitude. Terre Haute, Feb.

29 Thirteen arrests have been made of men who made a "bluff" at lynching Jerry Dtigglns, the triple aurderer. They cannot understand their predicament' and when Sheriff Faslg told them he would do all in his power to send them to prison, for the first time they fully realized the changed conditions since the last lynching In Terra Haute. With one or two exceptions the arrested men are police characters, several are ex-convicts and some of them had beeiu In Jail frequently for misdemeanors. They knew at the time of the Ward Vnching that the "bluff" won, the lynching was carried out and the lynchers, although as well known as they are now In the Dugglns case," were not molested. They are held on information and the grand Jury is investigating each case to the end that Indictments niay be returned for felonies for which prison sentences can be inflicted.

The thirteen men comprise practically all the leaders at the jail Tuesday night. A PLEASANT TRIP Is Delng Arranged for Indiana Editors 'Through Canada. Indianapolis, Fob. 29. All arrange ments have been completed and dates set for the proposed trip of the Indiana Allied Editorial associations into Canada, under the auspices of the Canadian government.

The editors, as arranged now, will leave here July 13 and will be gone two weeks. The special train will make its first stop at Chicago, where the party will rendezvous until the following day. At eaeh df the stops entertainment has been planaed for the association. The party will arrive at Winnipeg, Canada, on Saturday and will begin at once a view of the country, which will consume almost every minute of time alloted. Fort Uarry and St.

Boniface, made famous by Whit tier in his poems, will be seen, from whence the party will be taken to Silver Heights, another historical point July 17 the exourslon will start on a trip up the grand Valley of the Asslai-boine, which will make one of the most beautiful trips of the tour. From here party trips will be taken out Into the new country where new settlements are being made. Over 600 invitations have been sent out by the association and there is expected to be on the trip Gov. Durbln, Senators Fairbanks and Beveridge, Republican State Chairman James P. Goodrich, Charles L.

Henry, Mayor Holtzman, two Democratic congressmen. Democratic State Chairman W. H. O'Brien and the Hon. Thomas Taggart.

Many Lawyers Interested. Laporte, Feb. 29. The suit filed by the widow of M. Beiger, the late millionaire manufacturer, will be tried on March 7.

It has been hoped that a compromise of the case could be made and that it would be unnecessary to try the case. DePauw University and the Chautauqua society, however, refuse to relinquish their rights under the will. Some of the best legal talent In Indiana will be connected with the trial and a fierce contest will be waged. Little Girl Dies From Burns. Fortvllle, lnd Feb.

29. Essie the seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ball, living three ami one-half miles south of town, is dead from burns. Phe had been left alone whil-i her mother was milking, and when her clothing ennght fire ran from the house.

Hor mother smothered the flames but not until the child had been fatally burned. Another Arrest Made. South Bend, Feb. 29. The latest arrest in connection with the William Rnnya.i murder case' is that of Isaac Duchfrrft demented man living In the part of the city The ar-rest Is lint expected to throw any light on the murder.

A Deadly Combination. Feb. 29. Henry Wade, ased thirty years, wa3 fatally burned In his grocery store. He stepped on a match on the floor while jflrawlhg a enrf of Kisoline and his clothes were burned from the body.

by a reference by Mr. Gilbert (Ky.) to the dining of Booker Washington at the White House. When the name was demanded Mr. Scott said It was C. H.

J. Taylor, who was appointed by President Cleveland as recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia. Mr. Gilbert observed that he and others never had heard of the incident, but the Democrats were not "particularly claiming" Mr. Cleveland, and Mr.

Cochran (Mo.) said it was but cumulative evidence that "there Is no better Republican In the country than Grover Cleveland." Mr. Scott in contrasting Booker Washington with Taylor, said the former was a man of recognized ability, while he declared there wa3 nothing to commend the latter. A discussion of tne question of reciprocity by Mr. Dalzell (Pa.) and Mr. Williams, the minority leader; con sumed the greater portion of the day.

Another feature of the day was the declaration by Mr. Lovering (Mass.) that while the Republican party was talking about "standing pat," thousands of dollars were being lost to manufactures and that "our boasted prosperity Is fast coming to an end" because of the failure of the party to enlarge the draw-back system and give the new markets which he declared were now demanded. Mr. Lovering was loudly applauded on the minority side when he took issue with his party. CORBETT STILL CHAMPION Fight Stopped In the Eleventh Round by Referee.

San Francisco. March 1. Champion Featherweight Young Corbett. had no difficulty in retaining his laurels last 1 night, defeating Dave Sullivan, of New York, In the 11th round of a scheduled 20-round contest. Corbett left the ring without a mark, while on the oth- er hand Sullivan received a terrific beating only the merciful action of Referee Graney in stopping the contest In the 11th round saving the New Yorker from having his face beaten Into a pulp Sullivan out ud a game St and while ou'boxed out fought ngni ana, wnue out Doxea, out rougtit and outgeneraled, he gave the cham- plon cause for worry in one round.

Taking another feature out of the fight, which was Sullivan's excessive game-ness, the contest was never in doubt. Governor Vardaman and Lynehlngs. i Jackson, March 1. Governor Vardaman hH clvan an Intarvlvaw nn the subject of lynching, which, In view of his utterances during the cam- paign has much importance. The gov-.

1 said: "I can sympathize thoroughly with one whose friend or relative has been outraged or atrociously murdered by a black brute, and I am not going to censure people who act. a little in-discretely under the influence of pas-; Btnn Hllia K.t I -l thing certain, the law must be upheld and SO lone AS I wellnv tha tniharna. torlal chair I shall do all within my power to see that the laws are en-1 forced. The courts must perform their functions. When this is dona the peo ple will be satisfied." Making Navy More Efficient.

Washington, March '1. Important to the efficiency of the American navy was the action of Secretary Moody in signing the order for the equipping of the eighteen battleships and armored cruisers now building with sub merged torpedoes. The board on con struction recently decided to omit torpedo tubes from all battleships. There was such a protest, however, from many officers In the navy that at the nslance of the secretary the board reconsidered Its decision. It Is believed that the torpedo tubes with which the Jap battleHhlps are equipped are responsible for the damage to the Russian bartleshlps In the Port Arthur day attack as the Russian vessels were hit below the water line.

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