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IN SUNDAY FIGHTING 1,500 KILLED OR WOUNDED
JOSEPH W. FOLK.
Prmierntinff Attorney in St. I<ouia, Whone I ndefa finable Work and Un
relenting? Severity Secured the Conviction of the Boodiora. He I Men
tioned for a Place on the National Democratic Ticket.
ARMENIANS MET
TURKS IN BATTLE
ARMENIAN LOSS NOT GIVEN.
TURKS LOST TWENTY KILI.F.D AND
TWENTY-THREE WOUNDED.
Serious Flatting Is Ai Minor Of
ficially Reported—2.OlVo Armenian
Insurgent* EnsaKttl tlie Turkish
Forees—Twelve Villages Have
Been Destroyed—lo,ooo Russinn
Troops Are in tlie Disturbed Sec
tion.
Constantinople, April 30.—(Delayed in
Transmission.) —According to official
advices,, there has been serious fighting
in the Sassun district of Asia Minor be
tween the troops and Armenian insur
gents, numbering 2,000. The troops lost
twenty killed and twenty-three wound
ed.
Twelve villages in the Talori district
h’ave been destroyed, but whether by
insurgents or Kurds is not known.
There are 10,000 troops in the disturbed
area.
Private advices say that the Kurds
attacked two villages north of Sassun,
losing twenty-six killed.
MAY STRAIN RELATIONS.
Greece and Turkey in a Difference
Over tlie .Smyrna Affair.
Athens, April 30, (Delayed in trans
mission).—Advices hdve been received
here to the effect that the Porte has
communicated to the Greek minister
at Constantinople, M. Grvparis, the re
port of the Vail of Smyrna concerning
the affair between Turkish gendarmes
and Greeks in Smyrna, in which M.
Delyannis, secretary of the Greek con
sulate, was slightly wounded, throw
ing the entire responsibility for the
incident on the Greek consular agents.
Premier Theotokis has had a con
ference with King George on the sub
ject. It is feared that the attitude
of the Porte will result in seriously
straining the relations between Greece
and Turkey.
TIED TO A TREE AND
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
Irenlmcnt of a. Nejrro by an Alaba
ma Mob.
Prattsville, Xla.. May I.—News reach
ed this city this morning that Gaines
Hall, the negro who assaulted Mrs.
Josiah Owens yesterday morning, was
caught at Kingston late yesterday aft
ernoon by a posse, who took him to
the scene of the crime and tied him
to a tree. The body was then rid
dled with bullets.
Several persons have visited the
and report the lifeless body still
there. It is said the negroes refused
<•> take the body down and bury It.
It Is also reported to-day that he
accomplished his fiendish purpose yes
terday, and that Mrs. Owens is in a
'cry critical condition.
The town is quiet, but It Is said ex
citement ran high last night.
SIGHTSEER* INJURED
by the Collapse of the Harrieane
Roof of a Ferry Boat.
St. Louis, May I.—The hurricane
toot of the ferry steamer Alonzo C.
Church collapsed this evening while
the steamer was crowded with sight
seers viewing the United States gun
boat Nashville, at anchor in the river
harbor here, and about sevefity people
v ere injured, a number ot them se
riwual£> .
Jsatoattnab Jlofiiiii® |Jeto£
BIRMINGHAM HAD
A DISASTROUS FIRE.
Loss Rill SIIO,OOO With Some $73,-
000 Insurance.
Birmingham, Ala., May I.—Three
large four-story office buildings, with
one smaller brick structure, occupied
by produce and wholesale grocery deal
ers, were completely destroyed by fire
early to-day, entailing a loss of sllO,-
000. The insurance is between $75,000
and SBO,OOO.
The main buildings destroyed are:
The Office building, the Tomlinson
building and the Harrison building, all
located on First averule. The smaller
building is on Morris avenue and was
occupied by A. T. Killian and P. Giaz
zoci. This was a small structure, and
aside from the loss of stock the dam
age is not great.
The fire was first discovered on the
inside of the structure occupied by A.
T. Killian. Fireworks were stored in
the building and the explosion of these
made the scene spectacular. The flames
rapidly spread to the Harrison build
ing, and from there to the Tomlinson
and Office buildings.
It looked for a while as if the whole
block was doomed, but the firemen
finally succeeded in confining the
flames to the three structures.
PRESIDENT LOUBET
IS BACK IN FRANCE.
Minister Delensse Talks of the Trip
to Italy.
Paris, May 1. —Owing to the early
hour of President Loubet’s return it
was attended with little demonstrat
ion.
Foreign Ministers Delcasse, inter
viewed on his arrival, expressed the
greatest satisfaction with the presi
dent's reception in Italy, saying that
popular feeling sanctioned the action
of the two governments, which really
was the realization of a true com
munity of interests. The agreements
concerning the Meditenranean were
now completed and what formely
divided the two countries had become
a bond of union. In conclusion M. Del
casse said:
“It is needless to add the recent
events and the entente with Great Brit
ain, which is naturally a usefull com
plement of our close alliance with Rus
sia, have consolidated our work. The
goal is now reached. Confidence is
re-established and friendship restored—
all for the greater gain to the peace
of Europe.”
NO SUNDAY OPENING.
Gates NVere Tightly Closed at tlie
St. Louis Fair.
St. Louis, May I—The first Sunday
of the World's Fair found the gates
tightly closed to the hundreds of peo
ple Who thronged Forest Park to-day.
Although the general public was barr
ed, there were a few persons who were
permitted to enter the exposition
grounds. They were Secretary of War
Taft, Gov. Herrick of Ohio, exposition
officials and the members of the con
gressional delegation who attended the
opening yesterday and the members
of the Pennsylvania State Commission,
who to-morrow will dedicate the Key
stone State building.
While work was generally suspended
throughout the grounds In the differ
ent exhibit buildings, individual ex
hibitors weire busily employed to-day,
making every effort to hasten the com
pletion of exhibit effects.
Fire Loan Wan $400,000.
Providence. R. 1., May I.—The loss
from the fire which practically de
stroyed the building occupied by the
Anthony & Cowell Cos., furniture and
upholstery dealers, will amount to
about $400,000, partially cohered by in
surance. The fire proved the most
stubborn with which the firemen .have
had to contend In years. Few per
sons were in the building when the
fire broke out and none was seriously
injured, though ten firemen w*r,ev
putoe i>3t omoke.
NTTMBER 17.647.
RUSSIANS LOST 800 MEN;
JAPANESE TOO ON THE YALU
Russians, Driven From One Position, Retired in Good
Order and Made Another Stand.
Besides the Russian Loss in Killed or Wounded, the Japanese Captured
Twenty-eight Quick Firing Guns, Twenty Officers and Many Men.
The Japanese and Russian Accounts of the Fighting.
Tokio, May 2, 7 a. m.—The Japanese losses on the Yalu Sunday were about 700 killed and wounded.
Tlie Hussions lost over 800 men.
The Japanese captured twenty-eight quick firing guns, twenty officers and many men.
The Russians made two stands.
A supplemental report from Gen. Kuroki. covering Sunday’s fighting, says:
"Tile Russians made two stands. The enemy's strength included all of the Third Division, two regiments of
the Sixth Division, one cavalry brigade, about forty quiek-ttring guns and eight machine guns.
“We have taken twenty-eight quick firing guns, many rilles, much ammunition, more than twenty officers
and many non-commissioned officers and men as prisoners.
“It is said Major Kashtalinsky. commander of tile Third Kast Siberian Rifle brigade, and Lieut. Gen. Seassa
litch, commander of the Second Siberian army corps, were wounded.
“Our casualties number übout 700 and the Russian loss is more than 800 men.”
RUSSIANS FORCED TO ABANDON ANTUNG.
Tokio, May 2, it a. m.—The Russians were forced to abandon Antung yesterday. They burned the town and
retreated to Fenghuan Cheng. The J apanese now control the estuary of tit e lain.
THEY FOUGHT A SERIES
OF ARTILLERY DUELS.
Toklo, May 1. 7 p. m. —After five
days of fighting, largely with artillery,
the first Japanese army, under Gen.
Kuroki, has forced a crossing of the
Yalu river and to-day, with a gallant
infantry charge, covering a frontage
of four miles, drove the Russians from
Chiu Tien Chen and the hights on the
right bank of the Iho or Aida river,
which enters the Yalu from the north,
almost opposite Wiju. The Japanese
turned the left flank of the Russian
position, and in the battle of-to-day
they swept away the new front inter
posed by the Russians to check their
onward movement.
The present position of the Japan
ese >s a dominating one, and they may
force the abandonment of the defenses
erected by the Russians at Antung
and other points lower down the riv
er.
Gen. Kuroki began the movement on
Tuesday by ordering a detachment of
the Imperial Guards division to seize
the island of Kurito, which is in the
Yalu above Wiju, and a detachment
of the second division to seize the
island of Kinteito, which is situated
below Wiju.
The detachment of the Imperial
Guards met some resistance, but it
succeeded in clearing the enemy out
and occupied Kurito island.
The Russians abandoned the island
of Kinteito when attacked by the de
tachment of the second division.
Losses Light to This Time.
The actual losses sustained by tne
detachment of the Imperial Guards is
not known, as there is an error in
that part of the message received here
referring to the number killed, but nine
of the detachment were severely and
sixteen slightly wounded.
The detachment of the second divis
ion, which took the island of Kinteito,
sustained no losses.
During these movements on the Is
land, the Russians opened fire on the
Japanese with eight 9% centimetre guns
from a hill behind Chiu Tien Cheng
and two Hotchkiss guns, which were
mounted on the bank of the river at
Kosan, where the Russians seemed to
have established their headquarters.
One battery of Japanese artillevy,
Events of a Day in the War in the Far East
After several days of sharp skirmishing nlong the Yalu river, tlie hostile forces met In a general engage
ment, the Japanese driving the Russians from their first position. The Russians retired In good order and
took up another strong position, from which they luade desperate resistance to tlie Japanese attack. The total
of killed and wounded in Sunday’s fighting was 1,500. besides, by the Japanese accounts, many Russians who
were captured.
Officinl accounts, from Japanese and Russian sources, of the fighting nlong the Yalu, give varying esti
mates of their respective losses.
A landing of tlie Japanese on tlie Liao Tung peninsula, to flank the Rsinns,, Is looked for, if It has not al
ready been made.
which had taken a position on a hill
to the east of Wiju, fired three vol
leys at Kosan and at noon of Tuesday
the Russian batteries behind Chiu Tein
Cheng shelled Wiju, wounding one
Japanese soldier with shraonel.
On Wednesday the Russians resum
ed the bombardment of Wiju, firing
at intervals throughout the The
Japanese artillery did not respond to
this fire.
Gen. Kuroki has received reports to
the effect that the Russians are forti
fying the hights on the right bank of
the Iho river. The new defenses are
declared to extend from Chiu Tien
Cheng through the village of Makao
to Koshoki. a distance of three and a
quarter miles.
Russians Resumed Fire.
The Russians resumed their bom
bardment on Thursday, hut it was gen
erally ineffective. Subsequently Gen.
Kuroki ordered two companies of the
SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. MAY 2. 1904.
Imperial Guards to cross the Yalu and
make a reconnaissance along the left
bank of the Iho for the purpose of
discovering the character of the Rus
sian fortifications along the he’ghts
on the right bank of the river. The
Japanese force advanced near Kosan
and then dispatched a small detach
ment to the village, where a party of
Russians was encountered. In the en
gagement which followed five Rus
sians were killed. The Russians shell
ed the reconnoitering party from an
emplacement in the hills in the south
east part of Yoshoko. This fire was
without effect.
The Russian artillery on the jalll
behind Chiu Tien Cheng, firing at a
high angle, opened on Wiju, where
some Japanese batteries had taken
position. This firing continued into
Thursday night, and Gen. Kuroki re
ports that while it was ineffective it
disturbed his preparations for an at
tack. The Russians resumed the
shelling of Wiju on Friday, but the
Japanese guns made no reply.
Division Thrown Across.
The Twelfth division of the Japanese
army was chosen to make the first
crossing of the Yalu. It began its
preparation on Friday by driving the
Russians from their position on the
bank of the river opposite Suikochin,
which is eight miles above Wiju, and
the point selected for the crossing. This
division constructed a pontoon bridge
over the river and at 3 o'clock Satur
day morning it began crossing. The
entire division passed over the river
during the day and by 6 o’clock Satur
day evening it was in the position as
signed to it for the battle of Sunday.
The movement of the Twelfth Japa
nese division was covered by the Sec
ond Regiment of field artillery and an
other artillery regiment of heavy guns.
At 10:40 o’clock Saturday morning the
Russian artillery, posted to the north
and to the east of Chiu Tien Cheng, be
gan shelling the patrols of Japanese
infantry, which had been dispatched
from Kinteito island to Chukodai, an
other island* north of Kinteito and un
der Chiu Tien Cheng. The Japanese
batteries replied to this shelling and
silenced the Russian fire.
Later eight Russian guns posted on
a hill to the east of the village of Ma
kao opened fire upon the ffmpertal
Guards. To this shelling the Japanese
artillery to the east of Wiju respond
ed and the Russians ceased firing. Then
both the Chiu Tien Cheng and the Ma
kao batteries re-opened, and this fire
brought a vigorous response from the
chain of Japanese batteries on the Ko
rean side of the river. The Russian
guns fired for two hours before they
were silenced. In his report Gen. Ku
roki expresses the belief that his shell
ing was very effective against the Rus
sians.
The Japanese losses in the bombard
ments of Saturday were two men killed
and five officers and twenty-two men
wounded. A flotilla of gunboats from
the squadron of Admiral Hosoya par
ticipated in the fighting of Saturday.
It encountered a mixed force of
Russian infantry, cavalry and artillery
on the Manchurian bang of the Yalu
below Antung and after a sharp fight
scattered them to the hills.
Attacked at Dawn.
A bridge across the mala atrafuo &t
the Yalu, Just above Wiju, was com
pleted at 8 o'clock Saturday night, and
tlie second Japanese division and the
Imperial Guards immediately began
crossing.
They advanced and occupied the hills
back of Kosan, facing the Russian po
sition on the right bank of the river.
All through Saturday night regiment
after regiment of Japanese soldiers
poured across the bridge and at a late
hour Saturday night Gen. Kuroki tele
graphed to the general staff of the
army:
"I will attack the enemy on May 1,
at dawn.” ,
True to his promise, Gen. Kuroki, at
daylight to-day, centered all his ar
tillery on the Russian position be
tween Chiu Tien Cheng and Yoshoko.
to this fire the Russians made reply
with all their batteries. At 7 o'clock
in the morning the Russian battery
at Yoshoko was silenced, and half an
hour later Gen. Kuroki ordered his
line, stretching for four miles, to at
tack. The Japanese Infantry, on the
word of command, charged across the
Iho, wading that stream breast deep,
and began storming the hights at 8:16
o'clock.
At 9 o’clock they had swept the Rus
sian line back across the plateau.
No report has been received in To
kio concerning the losses sustained by
the Japanese in the fighting of to-day.
It is believed that these losses are
heavy, particularly during the infantry
charge.
The reports of this fighting, which
have been received here, do not indi
cate whether the Russians retired
down the river or in the direction of
Feng Huan Cheng, on the road to
Liao Yang.
RUSSIANS SAjY JAPsT
CAUSED GREAT LOSSES.
St. Petersburg, May 2, 3:58 a. m.—
The first Japanese army, under Gen.
Kuroki, consisting of the Guards and
the Second and Twelfth divisions, ac
cording to official and private advicea
from the front, crossed the Yalu yes
terday about thirty miles above the
mouth of the river near Kiulien-Tse,
where the river bends abruptly to the
eastward.
For three days less than 600.000 Rus-
sians, under Gens. Sassulitch. Mist
chenko and Kashtalinshy, have been
strung along the Manchurian side of
the river and have been harassing and
Impeding the crossing of the Japanese
very successfully, despite their hope
less minority in men and guriH.
On Friday the Japanese, who had oc
cupied the hights iear Litzaven and
Khussan above Antung were dislodged
and driven back to the river, with
considerable loss. They were compelled
to dismount their pontoon bridge in
order to save it from destruction.
Saturday a gunboat flotilla at the
mouth of the river and all the field
guns posted on the Korean bank open
ed a bombardment and scattered the
Russian positions on the Manchurian
border.
In two days fighting the Russians
lost two officers and five men killed and
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I I
GEM. GEORGE W. DAVIS#
Gen. George W Davis has just been appointed Governor of Uncle Sam's
newest piece of territory, the "canal strip,” Just acquired from the new re
public of Panama as a site for the great inter-oeeanic waterway.
TEXAS GUARDS HEALTH.
Shuts Down Against Places Thai
llikl Yellow Fever.
Laredo. Tex., May 1. —The quaran
tine rules and regulations recently
promulgated by Dr. George R. Taber,
state health officer of Texas, became
effective to-day. and hereafter any
passengers from a point which was
last year infected with yellow fever
will be compelled to show a certificate
certifying that five days previously
the bearer had not been in an infect
ed district.
The Mexican authorities have re
fused to recognize the new regulations
and have referred the matter to the
StaJe .Department in Washington. It
is thought passengers will be com
pelled to secure a certificate from the
United States consul at some non-in
fected point certifying absence from
an Infected district for the requisite
five da vs.
Many inquiries about the regulations
have been received from business men
and capitalists having interests at
points which, although now free from
yellow fever, were last year infected
and who do not wish to undergo the
quarantine established by the state of
Texas.
It Is expected that traffic from Mex
ico to the St. Louis Exposition will be
somewhat restricted, but not perma
nently, as in the event of a failure to
reach an agreement between the health
authorities, traffic will be diverted via
the various steamship lines.
BLACK WELL PLEASED
WITH HIS RECEPTION.
Commander of tlie G. A. It. Is at
Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., May I.—Gen. John
C. Black, commander-in-chtef of the
Grand Army of the Republic, arrived
in Birmingham to-night and was wel
comed by a committee of local veter
ans. He will be tendered a public re
ception to-morrow morning, and then
will be taken on a trip around the
mineral district. Gen. Black said that
his trip was of a purely personal na
ture.
"My reception in the South,” said
the General, "has been all that hu
man courtesy could extend.”
MAY DAY IN EUROPE.
Berlin, May I.—Complete tranquility
characterized the celebration of May
Day here. Many Socialists meetings
were held.
A section of the press publishes May
Day articles, especially in connection
with Emperor William’s Kartahruhe
speech, which had made a deep Impres
sion throughout Germany as foreshad
owing the possibility of serious poli
tical developments.
Celebrated at Vienna-
Vtenna, May I.—May Day was cele
brated by an unusual concourse of
workmen in the Prater (a park and
forest on the east side of the city.) It
is estimated that 20,000 men marched in
the procession, this great number being
brought out owing to the fact that the
day fell on a Sunday.
The utmost quiet and good order pre
vailed.
May Day at Barcelona.
Barcelona, May I.—May Day was sig
nalized here by a general stoppage of
work, most of the business places being
closed. The workmen held many meet
ings for the purpose of discussing labor
questions, at several of which disturb
ances were caused by anarchists.
By Socialists at Madrid.
Madrid, May I.—Ten thousand So
cialists celebrated May Day with a
demonstration, at which violent
speeches were delivered. Afterwards
a crowd numbering 20,000 marched
with banners to the residence of Pre
mier Maura and to the Town Hall,
where they demanded an eight-hour
day and protection for workmen.
Morcom Makes a Change.
Mexico City, May I.—Walter Mor
com, recently general manager of the
Mexico Southern Railway, to-day be
came general manager of the Mexican
Vera Cruz line. He is one of the old
est railway men in this country and
was very successful in his manage
ment At the Mexican Southern.
I 5 CENTS A COPT.
< DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
I WEEKLY 2-TIME9-A-WEEK. $1 A YEAR
DEBS WILL RUN
FOR PRESIDENT
AS SOCIALISTS’ CANDIDATE.
BENJAMIN HANFORD WILL RE HIS
RUNNING MATE.
The Socialist Party Is In Convention
in Chicago—Every State In the
I tilou Represented—Ticket ns In
dicated Is Likely to Be Nominated.
Negroes Throughout the Country
May He Hroaght Into the Party.
Chicago, May 1. —The Socialist party
met here to-day and organized a con
vention which will nominate candi
dates for President and Vice President
and frame a national platform. The
convention consists of 230 delegates,
every state in the Union being repre
sented.
William Milly, national secretary of
the permanent Socialistic movement,
called the convention to order and in
troduced the temporary officers chosen,
James F. Garvey of Haverhill, Mass.,
chairman, and Charles Dobbs of New
York olty, secretary, who later were
made permanent officers. Frank K.
Waldhorst of Birmingham, Ala., was
ohosen as reading clerk.
The convention adjourned until to
morrow. The nomination of Eugene
V. Debs for President and Benjamin
Hanford of New York city for Vice
President by the convention seems al
ready assured.
The question oif embracing the ne
groes throughout the country In ,he
Socialistic movement, It Is said, will
be settled before the convention takes
final adjournment.
CHRISTIAN PARTY - MEETS.
Puli Ill'll I Discussion Cut Short Be
enuse It Wn Similny.
St. Louis, May I.—The second annual
convention of the United Christian
Party began here to-day In Music Hail.
William Rudolph Benkert of St. Louis,
chairman of the National Executive
Committee, presided. A number of
addresses were made, among the
speakers being Rev. George L. Green
of New York.
Chairman Benkert made a brief ad
dress, in which he called attention to
the principles of the party and then
started to submit suggestions to be
embodied in the platform. At once
several members arose and made ob
jections on the ground that this being
the Sabbath day no political topics
should be discussed. This being the
unanimous voice of the convention the
platform discussion was discontinued
until to-morrow.
To-night Dr. J. L. Dodds of Pittsburg.
Pa., made an address of a devotional
order.
OPENED THE BRIDGE
ACROSS THE RHINE.
Emperor William Made a Speech oa
the Oceanian.
Mainz, Hesse, May 1. —Emperor Wil
liam, In opening the rallw'ay bridge
across the Rhine to-day. congratulated
the Miplster of Public Works upon the
completion of this German engineering
triumph, which also had long been rec
ognized as a strategical necessity. His
Majesty added:
"I hope from the bottom of my htfart
that peace, which Is necessary for the
continued development of industry and
trade, may be preserved. I am con
vinced, however, that if the bridge
should ever be used for more serious
transport work it would be found fully
trustworthy.”
CITY OF COLUMBUS ~
READY FOR A TRIP.
Latest Addition to the Ocean Steam
ship Coniiiany.
New York, May I.—The steamship
City of Columbus, the latest addition
to the Savannah Line fleet of steam
ships. arrived to-day from Chester, Pa.,
to take her place in the service. She
. was launched at Cheater on Feb. Us A