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J. H. ESTILL. President. i i’UUUiiH J I
JAPANESE VICTORIOUS IN A GREAT LAND BATTLE
rACiDE OF THE PALACE OF ELECTRICITY, FRONTING TELE PLAZA
AND THE GRAND CANAL
JAPS WIN A VICTORY
ON THE YALU RIVER
First Land Battle of the War Is Reported
a Defeat for the Russians.
From Several Sources Confirmation of the Re
ported Battle Is Received-At St. Peters
burg the Report Is Discredited—lt Is
Said the Japanese Have
Confirmed It.
Summary of Events in the Far East.
The first great battle on land Is reported as having occurred on the
river Yalu. the Russians being defeated by the Japanese. It was said that
the Japanese, 16,000 strong, crossed the river and attacked the Rus
sians, 30,000 strong, who occupied a fortified position. The battle was
reported as still In progress.
Reports of Danish missionaries bear out the account of a general en
gagement on the Yalu.
Japanese legation at London has received no confirmation of the re
port of a victor.' 'f the on the Yalu, bnt the officials inclined
to the view that it was quite probsibly tiiiffe-' ' ‘
St. Petersburg pronounces the reported battle a matter of impossibility
unless file Japanese chose to interpret their practically unopposed pass
age of the Yalu as a great victory. It Is declared that Russian troops
were not massed at the place indicated.
Reports have reached the State Department at Washington that bear
out the story of a great battle and a complete victory for the Japanese.
Kuropatkin, under date of April 30, reported operations upon the
Yalu, but made no mention of the victory that the Japanese are claiming
Kaupang Tie, Manchuria, April 30, 10 a. m.—The first battle of the war
Is persistently reported to have occurred on the Yalu river.
Sixteen thousand Japanese crossed the stream Thursday and attacked
80,000 Russians, who were strongly fortified.
It is rumored this morning that the Japanese were reinforced and that
the battle continues.
The Japanese sharpshooters killed many Russian officers, whose uni
forms were conspicuous.
SAYS THE JAPANESE
HAVE CONFIRMATION.
London, May I.—The Observer says
It understands that the Japanese lega
tion here has received a long dispatch
confirming the reports of fighting on
the Y'alu river, but the contents of the
dispatch are not now available.
WASHINGTON HEARS
OF A GREAT BATTLE.
Washington', April 30. —Reports have
reached the State Department, the
sources o£ whikh the officials do not
care to divulge, \to the effect that a
great battle has fought on the
Yalu river, resulting in a complete
Japanese victory. Details are unob
tainable.
The State Department's advices place
the scene of the Japanese crossing of
the Yalu at Chintien a town on
the Manchurian side pf the river,
which, it is reported, wvs finally cap
tured by the Japanese. The date of
the battle is stated to hue been last
Tuesday, and the delay In receiving the
r.ews is ascribed to the absence of tel
egraph facilities in this remote quar
ter of Manchuria.
The Japanese legation hew has no
hews confirming these reports, but the
matter has aroused intense in’erest In
official circles. Reports whicn have,
from time to time, reached the Wash
ington government from Its
the fl e ia indicated, that- the two |p-eat
81 mica would not come in touch itfore
May 1, and that what has heretofore
0C( nr red was nothing more than Were
outpost skirmishes and collisions be
t vr -en scouting parties. It is believed
how, however, that the weather cona
tions in Manchuria have Improved si*-
Bciently to facilitate the movements ■!
hr-ops and artillery, and that the twi
v riguards have consequently come toj
•ether a few days in advance of the!
expeoted date. '
missionary Reports
SEEM TO SUBSTANTIATE IT.
Obon Hai SC win, April M. T p. m.—
reports of a big bottle on the
*alu river have beep given oonaldor
“b|e substantiation by information
br ought in by four Danish missis?
jsatoatmab Jttofnina Wetos>.
aries, who have just arrived here from
New Chwang.
When these messionaries left An
tung, ten days ago, the Russians in
that vicinity numbered 30,000 men and
occupied strongly fortified positions
between Antung and the Ai river,
which empties into the Yalu river
about twenty miles northeast of An
tung. There also were some small
Russian forces at Shu Yen and Feng
Huan Cheng, where bases toad been
established. (These two places are, re
spectively, about sixty-five and forty
five miles to the northwest of An
tung.)
The Russians along the railroad line,
according to the missionaries, were
burning bean cakes, endeavoring, with
some success, to prevent the export of
this product.
ST. PETERSBURGDOESN’T
CREDIT THE REPORT.
St. Petersburg, April 30, 11:59 p. m.—
The reported big J’apanese victory on
the Yalu is pronounced here to be im
possible, unless the Japanese chose to
interpret their practically unimpeded
passage of the river as a great victory.
As the Russians have little more than
observation outposts, with a few guns
to harass the crossing of the Japanese,
anything beyond skirmishing Is de
clared by a member of the general staff
to have been out of the question.
Liao Yang Is connected by wire with
the headquarters of the general com
manding the outposts, and it Is pre
sumed that the commander would re
port immediately any Incident of im
portance, but the latest inforrriation of
skirmishing is covered in a state
ment, issued by the general staff to
night.
SAYS LAND FIGHTING
IS LOOKED FOR SOON.
St. Petersburg. April 30, 10:30 p. in.—
All news from the front Indicates that
the armies of Ken. Kurokl and Gen.
Okl, comprising about 100,000 men. are
Ibelng rapidly pushed forward And wtll
be thrown a orose the Talu as speedily
W possible. Japanese transports have
deo appeared at the mouth of the
<W, and. supported by a few whr
ahpa. wtll saaiat to the oporattona
the Japanese seem to be Mtowlag
“Holy the tao Mos pursued by them
days the Chtoo- Japaneee Wsr, ha
; Continued on dlxth
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VIEW FROM CASCADE HILL, SHOWING THE PALACE OF MACHINERY ON THE LEFT AND PALACE OF EI-EC
TRICITY ON THE RIGHT. j
WITH TETRAHEDRAL KITE
BELL GIVES AN EXHIBIT.
Thinks That He Will Solve. Secret of
Aerial Navigation.
Washington, April 30.—Prof. Alex
ander Graham Bell to-day gave at Co
lumbia station, a Virginia suburb of
Washington, an exhibition of the
tetrahedral kite, which he believes to
be the secret of aerial navigation. The
demonstration was made to members of
the National Geographical Society, of
which Prof. Bell was formerly the
president.
The wind was light and therefore the
trials were not as successful as some
which have been made in private.
Three sixteen cell kites, each said to
have a sustaining power of seventy
five pounds, were sent to lughts vary
mg from 400 to 1,100 feet, but the wind
itas so uncertain that the tests were
not regarded as satisfactory. .. . "..
Prof. Beil explained the malcifigC'of
the kites, which are composed of tri
angles of aluminum tubes or sticks
covered with silk joined so as to make
a figure bounded by four triangles. It
is asserted that a kite can be made
large enough to sustain a man and a
motor.
Prof Bell said the motor would
eventually take the place of the kite
string and that when this had been ac
complished aerial navigation would be
established.
KING ADDRESSES IRISH.
ted ward anti Alexandra Arrive at
Kilkenny.
Kilkenny, Ireland, April 30.—King
Edward and Queen Alexandra, having
completed their visit to Dublin, ar
rived here to-day and had the heartiest
reception. The town was filled with
thousands of people from the surround
ing country. Several addresses were
presented to his majesty.
Replying to the address of the cor
poration the King spoke of his grati
fication at the fact that his deep in
terest in the Irish people was recog
nized. A /closer acquaintance with
them, he said, deepened that interest
and increased his desire to promote
their welfare. Both the Queen an£
himself would rejoice to see Ireland
take that place in the industrial world
which the intelligence and deftness of
her people amply qualified her to fill.
If his visits to Ireland gave him better
acquaintance with the needs of the peo
ple and convinced them of his kindly
feeling, he would be amply repaid.
SC HOO NETT WAS LOST
WITH ALL ON BOARD.
Onoro Was Bound to Hslifsi Prom
West Indies.
Halifax, N. S., April 30.—A message
received here states that the schooner
Onoro of Annapolis, bound from the
West Indies for Halifax with mo
lasses, was wrecked at Herring Cove,
and all on hoard lost.
The Onoro, which was a small
schooner commanded by Capt. Atkin
son, struck on Duncan's Reef, not far
from this harbor. She is believed here
to have carried a crew of five men.
The Onoro left Porto Rico April 9
for this port. The place on which the
vessel struck was some distance out of
her course, and it is believed that she
missed her reckoning In the darkness
and storm.
Two bodies have been washed
ashore.
WILL HEAR MOHR F.VinteVOK
In the Coni Investigation Instigated
by Hearst.
Washington. April 30.— 1n the anthra
cite coal rate inquiry, based upon the
complaint of William R. Hearst of New
York city, against the Philadelphia
and Reading Railway Company and
other carriers of coal from Pennsyl
vania mines to New York and other
points, the Interstate Commerce, Com
mission has entered an order, reopen
ing the proceeding for further Investi
gation and submission of additional
testimony on behalf of both sidee. The
commission has set the case for hear
ing at New York otty May 1
tuysmalM of WoeOeoA.
Mew York, April *•.—The sospervdoci
of the firm of w. E. WoodeOd A Cos.
was anno wooed on the Consolidated
Stock Exchange to-day.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. MAY 1. 1004.
WILLIAMS SAYS
PARKER’S THE MAN
HE WILL BE NOMINATED.
e
THAT IS THE VIEW OF THE DEMO
CRATIC LEADER.
Leader of the House Minority Says
tlie Parker Vote In the Convention
Will Be So Overwhelming That
There Will Be no Substantial Op
position What He Snid When
Questioned About His Own Re
ported Ckndidaey.
. 'Washington. April 30. Representi
liye John Sharp William* of Missis
sippi, the Democratic leader of the
'H£ose>Mn an authorised statement to
day, says" he bell?yd*Jthat -the nomi
nation of Judge Parker at the St.
Louis convention is assured.
“It seems clear to me now,” said Mr.
Williams, “that Judge Parker will be
nominated by such an overwhelming
vote that there will be substantially
no opposition when the time for the
convention arrives. Individually, I
favor his selection.”
Mr. Williams, when questioned con
cerning the report that he will be a
candidate for the presidential nomi
nation. said:
"I think you know me well enough
to know .that I have never been idiot
enough to take this talk seriously.
There has been some talk of the nomi
nation of a Southern man. I do not
think such a course would be wise
just now. 'That time will come, and
it will not be very far distant, as his
tory counts time. When it does come
the South will be able to find 10,000
abler and 500,000 better men than I
am.”
SUBSCRIBING TO STOCK.
Progress Reported ly the Va,-Cs.
Chemical Company.
New York, April 30.—-An official cir
cular of the V-irginia-Carolina Chemi
cal Company, issued to-day to the
stockholders, says:
"Referring to the circular of April
11 requesting proxies for the special
meeting of the stockholders to be held
on May 18 to consider the proposed
increase of $8,000,000 in the authorized
preferred capital stock of the company
and the sale of $6,000,000 of such In
crease, the board of directors take
pleasure in stating that proxies for a
large amount of each class of the stock
and in about equal proportions, have al
ready been received.
"Since the date of the circular a
syndicate has been formed by Messrs.
Blair & Cos., guaranteeing subscrip
tions by the syndicate to any part
of the $6,000,000 of preferred stock not
taken by the stockholders under their
privilege to subscribe to the same as
stated in the circular.”
ITALY’S KING VISITS
“FIGHTING BOB’’ EVANS.
Naples, April 30.—King Victor Em
manuel visited Rear Admiral Evans
on the United States battleship Ken
tucky to-day, remaining haJf an hour,
expressing his pleasure at having an
American warship present at the naval
review yesterday and saying many gra
cious things of his American friends.
The King, who was accompanied by
his staff and was received with full
honors, was met at the gangway by
Admiral Evans, with whom he shook
hands most oordlaliy. His mejeatg in
spected hg bottle ship throughout and
warmly congratulated the admiral an
his ship and the aopearanoe of the
men, although Admiral Evans msAs
excuses, as the JQMttocky was oeo.l
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THIS GIVES IT TO CROFT.
Mayfleld Will Not Demand a Sec
ond Primary.
Augusta, April 30.—Senator S. G.
Mayfield has withdrawn from the con
gressional race in the Second South
Carolina district. -This leaves Mr.
Theodore G. Croft, successor to his
father in the national House of Repre
sentatives. Mr. Mayfield’s letter is as
follows:
“Gen. Wilie Jones, Chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee, Co
lumbia, S. C.: Sir—l have this day
decided to, and do hereby, withdraw
from the race for Congress in the Sec
ond congressional district in the sec
ond primary. By so doing, I save to
the people a further contest for the
unexpired term at a time when they
are exceedingly busy, and yield to my
opponent, Mr. Theodore G. Croft, who
has received almost a majority of all
the votes cast in the first primary,
-qpen field. Very respectfully,
(Signed.) “Mayfield.”
Mn Croft will now he declared the
Democratic nominee and elected.
TREASURER HeYd UP;
ROBBED OF $4,300.
Two Men Covered Him Wlih Revol
vers in His OiHee.
Mobile, Ala., April 30.—About mid
night Friday W. L. Bansfield, treas
urer of Marenge county, was held up
in his office at Linde, Ala., and rob
bed of $4,300, all but SBOO being county
money.
There were two men who entered the
office and covered him with pistols.
One of the men then emptied the safe.
There is no clue to their whereabouts.
MADE $5465 ()!rs2ooT
BUT COULDN’T COLLECT.
Osbonrne, Therefore, Is Suing: A. B.
Baxter & Cos.
Columbus, Ga., April 30.—Dr. C. T.
Osbourne sued A. B. Baxter & Cos. for
$5,466, alleging that he invested S2OO
In cotton through the firm on Nov.
11 last, when cotton was 10.99 c; that
cotton advanced he reinvested (he
profits until Jan. 30, when he sold out
for $5,485, ‘ cotton then bringing 16.88 c.
He claims that Baxter & Cos. have not
paid him the money. Several of the
Columbus creditors of the firm settled
on the basis of 75 cents on the dollar.
FROM BOWELS OF EARTH
DULL RUMBLINGS CAME.
Batesburg, S. C„ April 30.—Subter
ranean noises like the ro‘ar of distant
train was heard here yesterday morn
ing. There was no shaking or move
ment of the earth at all. The noises
were distinctly heard by many reliable
people, and seemed to come right up
from under the feet.
YOUNG LADIES NAMED
FOR POSTS OF HONOR.
New Orleans, April 30.—Gen. WilHam
R. Mickie, adjutant general of the
United Confederate Veterans, to-night
announced the following appointments
for the Nashville reunion by command
of Gen. Stephen D. Lee, commander
in-chief. Miss Corinne Tebault of New
Orleans, sponsor-in-chief for the South;
Miss Mary K. Ewell of Norfolk, Va.,
and Miss Elizabeth Thomas of Nash
ville, Tenn., maids of honor.
. . - -—,
Elliott on a Tour.
Washington, April 30.—Brigadier
George F. JBUioft, commandant United
States Marine Corps, accompanied by
his alcle, First Lieutenant Prank E.
Evans, will leave Washington on Mon
day for an inspection trip to Algiers,
La., and Pensacola, A marine guard
of forty men will shortly be establish
ed at the former place.
Now Publicity Maui.
BL Louis, April 30.—R. H. Sexton, su
perintendent of the World's Fair Bu
reau of Publicity, who has held that
poottfen almost since the organization
of the Bspoettlon Company, has re
signed. Edwaod Hooker, the present
secretary of the Press and Publlofty
Committee, will mooted Mr. Sexton.
LOOKING ACROSS THE GRAND BASIN TOWARD THE LOUISIANA PUR
CHASE MONUMENT FROM CASCADE HILL
ST. LOUIS HAS OPENED
THE GREAT EXPOSITION
With a Touch of an Electric Button
President Roosevelt Set It Astir.
By Ceremony and Formality, at Washington and
St. Louis, the Opening Was Marked—Scene
in the East Room at the White House.
How Exercises at St. Louis
Were Conducted.
Washington, April 30.—President
Roosevelt to-day pressed the gold key
which completed the electrical circuit
and released the gigantic power of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St.
Louis, putting in motion 40,000 horse
power machinery and the fairy-like
cascades on the exposition grounds.
The ceremony occurred in the East
Room of the White House precisely at
1:14% o'clock. Eastern standard time.
As the President pressed the key the
Third Battery of United States Artil
lery stationed south of the White
House, fired a salute, of twenty-one
guns. Congratulatory messages then
were exchanged between the President
Nlfid David R. Francis, president of the
exposition company.
The ceremony was witnessed by a
notable assemblage, including members
of the cabinet, Justices of the Supreme
Court and members of the diplomatic
corps. Three telegraphic circuits be
tween the East Room and this adminis
tration building of the exposition were
ftrevided by the Postal Telegraph Com
pany.
The table which supported the tele
graph'instruments was located In the
East Rootn. On it rested a small dais
covered with blue and gold plush, to
the top of which was attached the gold
key with which the President closed
the circuit. The same dais and the
same have been used on several
similar occaslbns.
Speech of the President.
A fanfare of trumpets announced the
approach of President Roosevelt. As he
entered the East Room, with Mrs.
Roosevelt on his arm, the Marine Band
played “Hail to the Chief.” As the
strains of music died away the Presi
dent delivered a brief address, saying;
“I wish to greet all present and es
pecially the representatives of the for
eign nations here represented in the
name of the American people and to
thank these representatives for the
parts their countries have taken in be
ing represented in this centennial an
niversary of the greatest step in the
movement which transformed the
American republic from a small con
federacy of states, lying along the
Atlantic seaboard, to a continental na
tion.
“I appreciate your having come here
on this occasion, and in the presence
of you, representing the American gov
ernment, and the governments of the
foreign nations, I here open tha Louis
iana Exposition.”
Then Pressed the Button.
As the last words fell from his lips,
the President stepped to the table and
closed the key. A second later the first
gun of the national salute boomed out
over the monument grounds.
Spontaneously the spectators broke
into hearty applause. Secretary Shaw,
Representative Bartholdt of St. Louis,
Ambassador Cassini and others offered
congratulations.
By direction of the President the fol
lowing telegram wib sent to President
Francis:
“I congratulate you and your asso
ciates on this memorable occasion. I
wish well to al> who have joined In
working for the success of this great
enterprise; and on behalf of the Amer
ican people I greet the representatives
df foreign countries who come here to
co-operate with us in celebrating in
appropriate fashion the one hundredth
anniversary of the event which turned
us into a continental nation.
“Theodore Roosevelt.”
A congratulatory response was re
ceived from Mr. Francis.
WITH GREAT CEREMONY
IT OPENED AT ST. LOUIS.
Pomp and Circumstance Marked the
■nposlttoafe Inauguration.
St. Louis, April M.—Representing a
larger expenditure than any similar
enterprise heretofore attempted on this
continent, greater in its ambition, and
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larger in its scope than any previous
effort of its kind, the Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition was formally opened
this afternoon.
The inaugural exercises could hardly
have been improved upon. They were
simple and were carried through with
out delay of any description.
The weather, notwithstanding the
pessimistic predictions of the Weather
Bureau, which promised a gloomy
morning, a threatening noon and a
rainy evening, was without a flaw.
The handling of the crowds, the
guarding of the enclosures set apart
for tha participants ir. the- exercises
and the police work generally could
not have been bettered. This was in
the hands of the officers of the regu
lar army, who directed the exposi
tion guards in all their duties, and was
done as the regular army man does
things in general—promptly, thorough
ly and without fuss.
Extreme care had been taken In the
arrangement of the day's programme.
Its length had been calculated to a
nicety, that all things might be fin
ished exactly at noon, but as is usu
ally the case, the programme dragged
out beyond the limit. It was arranged
that President Roosevelt should press
the button at exactly 12 o’clock, but
when that hour arrived several of the
addresses had not been completed. At
approximately 12:15 o’clock, St. Louis
time, in order that his time might not
be encroched upon, the signal was giv
en to President Roosevelt that all
things were ready. His response was
quick, and in a few seconds came the
answering touch over the wire from
the White House.
This officially opened the exposition,
but it was determined to conclude the
programme, and the signal for the
actual opening, l for the unfurling of
the flags, the ringing of bells and op
eration of the great cascades was not
given by Director of Works Taylor
until 1:04 o’clock. It was several min
utes later than that when President
Francis of the exposition formally an
nounced that the fair was open to
the world. He made the declaration
with a laugh, for the ’hands were play
ing. the crowds cheering and the peo
ple were rushing from their seats to
watch the rise of the curtain upon the
drama with whose prologue of five
long years they were all familiar.
Crowd Was Icr(.
Although no special effort was made
by the management of the exposition
to secure a large attendance for tha
opening day, the crowd was fully as
large as that which filled the grounds
one vear ago, when the exposition
buildings were dedicated with so much
pomp and ceremony.
Promptly At 9 o’clock the officers and
directors of the exposition, the mem
bers of the National Commission and
of the board of lady managers were
gathered at the administration build
ing, where as rapidly as possible, they
were formed into a procession and
marched to the plaza of Bt. Louis in
the center of the grounds, wherefrom,
all exercises of the openfiig were cqh
ducted. _ . " '
At the head of the column, waff" a
detachment of the Jefferson- -Guards,
then came the Philippine- licouts. At
the plaza the officials were met by the
representatives, of foreign government#-
in brilliant uniforms. The assemblage
was called to order by President Fran
cis, who requested the audience to rise
while the Rev. Frank M. Gunsaulus of
Chicago delivered the invocation. Dr.
Gunsaulus concluded with the Lord's
Prayer, in which the audience joined.
President Francis, as the chief ex
ecutive of the exposition, then deliver
ed an address. At the conclusion of
his address. President Francis recog
nized William H. Thompson of the
Committee on Grounds and Buildings,
who presented to President Francis
Isaac S. Taylor, the director of works.
Mr. Taylor delivered to President
Francis the keys of the exposition and
presented diplomas of merit to the
chiefs of his staff.
After the march "Louisiana” had
been played by Sousa’s Band, President
Francis transferred the exposition
buildings to Frederick J. V. Skiff, the
director of exhibits, the performance
being emblematic of the fact that the
buildings had been erected by the men
In charge of that portion of the work,
and were now ready and wilting for
the installation of the exhibits through
Mr. Skiff’s department.
The “Hymn of the Wat."
The grand chorus "Hymn of ths
West.” was then sung by *- choir led
by Aldred Ern*t : _ The music of the
Continued on Sixth Pago