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Most Complete War News. TIIO RUSSIAN ARMY. Article by a Russian x- Officer. Illustrated by Photo. In NElT SUNDAY'S BEE. Compare The Bee"a Tripl N. T. Herald, N. T. World and Associated Pmw cable r Ice with the mTr showing of other Nebraska paper 4 ESTABLISHED JUNE '871. OMAHA, FIJI DAY MOKXIXO, MA1JCII 4, 1004 TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. The Omaha Daily Bee I op S3 SMITE A POLYGAMIST Jrsident of Mormon Chnroh Testifies Ha Hu F1t WItm. ADMISSION SENSATION OP INQUIRY Hatbei Tako Cbanoea with tho Law Than Abandon Floral Families, SENATOR SMOOT'S RELATION 10 CHURCH Banat Committee Doubtful U to Lino of Questioning to Follow, COMMITTEE ROOM BLOCKED BY POLICE Interest Over tho Investigation, Re salts la Drawlag Orawti aa EatrsLnoes An Thronged ky; Curious People Wl. Vfc storm of winter OKLAHOMA SWEPT BY FL1MES WASHINGTON. March I.-80 treat baa bacon the Interest In tha Investigation of tne protest against Reed Bmoot of Utah retaining hla aeat In the United Btatea Ben Ate that It wa ncesary to declda to poet a, policeman 4. tha door of the room of the committee on privilege and electlone, the hearings are progressing-. All aona except thoea directly Intereeted were kept out of the room, though out laid the door It waa Impossible almost to maintain a passageway through the corri dor of the capltoL Just before tho hearing waa begun today, Mr. Bmoot received a message from Provo, Utah, atatlng that hl slater, Mr. Gwp 8. Taylor, la ' dead, 'as the reault of an operation, lie had no previous knowledge of her Ulneas and exhibited plainly the effecta of the audden shock. When the committee waa called to order ven aonatora were present. Senator Bur rows gave the ruling on the question asked of President Joseph V. Smith, re lating to the polygamous cohabitation of George F. Toasdale, a Mormon apostle. Objections to such questioning had been made by the defendant The committee ruled that the testimony bearing- upon plural marriages of any membera of the twelve apostles, of whleh Mr. Bmoot Is one. Is competent, so tar M It relates to such polygamous cohabitation since Sep tember 38. 1900. the date of President Wood rufTs manifesto, withdrawing tho order of the church commanding plural mar rtagea, Purpose of tha Inquiry. Senator Beverlrige stated that there had been a misunderstanding as to whether Mr. 8 moot was being tried on the charges of polygamy and with having taken an oath Inoomnatlblo with his oath as United States senator. Now, ha said. It la apparent that thee charges are pending In this Investigation. Senator Dubois dissented from the state ment tnat there had been such a misun derstanding, and said the real charge is that Mr. Smopt Is a member of a Mormon hierarchy which subscribes to vow tn con flk wMh M laws o the ooontry and waa bound to support such vows. Tor the first time in fifty years," sold Mr. Dubois, "the relations of this organ! i tlon toward tha United States- are to be tried." Senator Pettus made a protest against the debate between member of the com mlttee and Chairman Burrowa dlrcted Mr, Taylor to proceed. Questions were then directed to ascertain Mr Smith's knowledge of the poiygamoui marriage of Frank Cannon and whether Mr. Smith had performed tha service unit ing Mr. Cannon and Lillian Hamlin. Mr. Bmlth said he had seen newspapers reports saying that ha had done so, but ha denied the truth of the statement. Then Mr. Taylor asked a number of ques tions, which brought out a statement from Mr. Smith regarding his own position un der the laws covering polygamy. He ae knowledged that he had violated them con tinuously since tha manifesto of 1880 and Is ready now and alwaya had been ready to face the lawa of the land. Mr. Taylor asked "Is cohabitation with a plural wife contrary to tha rule of the church?" Smith Explains His Position. r. Bmlth asked and received permission to make a statement and then answer tha question in his wsy. Ha sooke with great feeling and directness, lust the reverse of his attitude on tha stand at yesterday' hearing, saying: "In regard to tha statu of polygamy at tha time of tha manifesto, I want to ay that after tha hearing before the mas tar of chancery I understood that we gttauld abstain from relations with our plural families, and that rule was ob served up to the time tha enabling act went Into effect admitting Utah as a state. Under that act the only prohibition was that olural marriages should eeeae. Noth ing waa said about cohabitation with our wive." "With the wives you had married pre vious to the manifesto, you mean?" In terrupted Mr. Hoar. "That la what I meant," said Mr. Smith, "I understood that plural marriages were tn cease and ever since the manifesto until tha present time there never ha been a plural marriage In the church performed In accordance with It teachings or with the connivance of the churoh," and ha added, with greater emphasis) "I know whereof I speak." Then, tn answer to tha question whether polygamous cohabitation was regarded by the church as contrary to tha law ha answered: "It was." ( Polygamlst for Many Tears. Continuing, he sold: "Thi was the case and Is the case now. But I wa placed In this position." said Mr. Smith. "I had a family a plural family. If you pleasa I married my first wire mora than thirty eight years ago, and my Isst wife more than twenty years ago. By these wives I have had children and I have preferred to take my own chances with tha law and suffer any consequences the law might visit upon me rather than abandon these children and their mothers. The state law In regard to plural marriages has . bren compiled with. No marriages have ' been performed with the sanction, ap proval, consent, knowledge or connivance of tiie church or its officials. But the other law Is the one I have presumed to disregard, and which, as I have said. am ready to face rather than disgrace myself or degrade my family by turning them off." . Mr. Taylor lesumed his questioning. "You say there la a state law forbidding polygamous cohabitation and you have been continuing to violate. In utter disregard of tha consequences?" ha asked. "I think I have," was the answer. "You have caused your plural wive to bear you new. children in violation of the law you knew to exist?" "That !s correct e&ld Mr. Smith. "Do you ronkldor It an abandonment of Fieri a Wind and mf sweeps O r States Cold Ware '' Southwest. & KANSA i March A cold wave prevails - in western Missouri, throughout -tansa and In northern Okla homa, the temperature over this part of tha southwest having dropped over fifty degrees within six hours. The low tem perature was accompanied by a gale that In some points in Kansas crippled tele graph wires and damaged buildings. At Great Bend a halt dosen small houses were unroofed; at Clay Center part of an unused hotel was blown down, and at Oreensburg slight damage was done to property. No one was seriously hurt, as far ss known. In western Kansas, In the vicinity of Balina and Ellsworth, several prairie fires prevailed and, fanned by the strnng wind, caused more or less damage to farm property. Injury to Man and Property. BALINA. Kan.. March 3. Reports of many serious prairie fires, aided by the high wind. In this section and west of here, are coming In, At Hill City, in the extreme northwestern part of the city, the court house. Jail, a lumber yard and fifty resl dencea are reported destroyed, and one woman Is said to have been burned to death. Wires are down to Hill City and details are larking. Instances of farmers being caught with their teams In prairie fires and many per sons seriously burned nre numerous. No names are given. LOUISVILLE. Ky., March S. The tem perature here has fallen from 69 to 12 In eleven hour and a heavy rain ha been followed by snow flurries. The maximum velocity of the wind during the night was forty-six miles. No serious damage has been reported. Hotel Wrecked. WASHINGTON,, Ind., Maroh J. During a terrifio wind storm today a wall of the Wilson block was blown out, destroying Odd Fellows' hall. The Neal & Eskrirtge Mercantile company was heavily damaged. Half the roof of the Hyatt hotel was torn off and thirty windows blown out. The guests rushed to the street, fearing the building- would collapse. Prairie Firei Drive by Galea Through Two Counties. RAIL 0FRUINED HOMES AND DEAD BODIES Hundreds of People Along the Black Trail Are I,eft Destitute and Suffer from Burns and Cold. Cloudburst Does Damage. BTEUBENVILLE, O., March 8. A cloud burst today In the Yellow Creek valley, near Irondale, caused great damage, Ccorea of houses were flooded and It Is re ported that at least one life was lost. LA CROSSB, Wis., March 8. A bllzsard raged all night, the wind attaining a ve locity here which broke many windows. The temperature dropped forty-five degrees during the night. FLAMES THREATEN LAWT0N ABLE TO COAL FLEET AT SEA Prairie Fire Sweeps with Great Fe rocity, Laying Waste to Life and Property. Will Not Be Under Necessity of Stopplnnr for Coal at Any of the Neutral Ports En-route. RAND CALLS THE DEAL OFF Has Paid Thirty-Two Thousand In terest on Less of Fa Us Thousand. CHICAGO. March 8. After paying Ma jor William Bell mora than $32,000 as In terest on a loan of $4,000 for four years, Charles U. Rand, a real estate dealer, wanted ta -oal! the dnal off." . To hla sur prise he found that Major Bell, still held his checks for $7,860, none of which had been presented tn the bank. Judge Kav anagh has ordered that a decree be en tered, compelling tha return of the secur Ity and checks, but has denied the petition for the return of excess Interest. On the last day of December, 1R95, Charles E. Rand borrowed $1,000 from Major WII Ham W. Bell, father of Lillian Bell, the author, and gave his check for $1,000 and took Major Bell's for $17. The former check was not to be presented at the bank until tha expiration of one week. Before that time elapsed he found he would be un able to pay the cheok and told Major Bel) so. The latter loaned htm another check for $.167. With the $967. and $48 from his own pocket, ha paid his first check for $1,000. As the days, weeks, months .and years went along, Mr. Rand still found himself unabla to close up the deal. Tho amount of Interest rated at $43 each week for each $1,000, ran up so rapidly that soon he wa borrowing more than $4,000, and ha swore In court that this was about tha average during the four years hi deal ings with Mr. Bell lasted. ' In 1898 Mr. Rand made a new arrange ment with Major Bell whereby his check for $1,000 eaoh wera to be discounted by Major Bell at the rata of $8 a day Interest for each $1,000. A tlma went on Rand would borrow on Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturday to keep down the tn terest, the Wednesday loan being made to take up tha loan of Monday and the Saturday check being given to cover the loan of Wednesday, and so on. Early In January, 1900, Mr. Rand alleged he was Informed that Major Bell held checks signed by him which had not yet been presented to the bank, amounting to $7,960, and that Major Bell also held notes signed by Rand and hi father for $8,000. He Immediately petitioned the court to Issue an Injunction restraining Major Bell from collecting the note or from dispos ing of the check a When the case was heard by Master in Chancery Victor Kiting, Major Bell testi fied that he loaned to people at the same approximate rate as that charged Mr. Rand. INSTRUCT F0R ROOSEVELT Republican Congressional Convention Meets at St. Charles and Elects Delegates and Alternates. ST. CHARLES, Mo.. , March 1-The re publican congressional convention of the Ninth district was held hare to&- Anton Kromolowsky of Franklin county and Tay lor Freyer of Pike county wera selected aa delegates to the national representative convention and A. W. Lafferty of Mont gomery county and George Bartholotnaeus of Warren county as alternates. President Roosevelt waa Indorsed for presidential nominee and Cyrus P. Wall bridge of St. Lnui waa indorsed for the nomination of vice president and tha dele gates were so instructed. LAWTON. Okl., March 8.-Flve persons were burned to death and 3,000 square mile of territory In Kiowa and Comanche counties were swept by prairie fires yes terday. Hundreds of people are homeless and it Is Impossible to estimate accurately the financial loss, owing to the wide ex tent of country affected. At Hobart. the county seat of Kiowa county, the fire approached from the east, destroying the stable and fifteen rare horses, fifteen residences, two business house and vsrlous small buildings. Spread ing to the southwest the fire swept 76,000 acres of government, military and timber reserve and Indian School reserve, destroy ing several Indians' houses and forty head of government rattle. Spreading westward the flames covered mile of the homestead dlstrlot, destroying houses, barns and stork. In this district five persons are reported to have perished in attempting to protect their property. They are Dr. and John Harmon, brother, and a man named Fischer. The other two were women and their names have not yet been learned. Trying to Save the Town. Late at night the fire bejran moving southward toward this city. At II o'clock, midnight, 6,000 people of this city were battling with the approaching wall of flame. The advance line of the fire was fully two miles In length and came In a seml-clrcular form. A thousand men turned their efforts to checking the grass borders of the reserva tlon at the city limits. Water from every source, carried In every conceivable way, was distributed along this line and car ried all around the city limits. This served the purpose of checking the advance line of the fire, but waa of little avail In hinder ing the continued rolling of the fire brands Into the streets of the city. In more than 100 place flames arose from dwellings, bams and outhouses, but wher ever a blaze grew men were present to quench It with water. As a result of the cool judgment of the fighters the city's loss wa only $10,000. Btnrlea are coming In tonight, of . how famtlle layed out on the barren prairie through the frew-lng night after the fire storm had passed with only the thin clothe of their backs as reminders of once prosper ous homes. Hundreds of people ara desti tute and are suffering Intensely In the cold and with tha excruciating pains caused by their bums. Clothes, medicine and physicians are be ing sent out from all the cities and towns of the district to relieve the suffering. Cavalry from Fort Bill and officers from this city are searching for missing men, women and children, . , Some of the Losses. . . v The names of six persons dangerously burned have been learned and report per sistently continue from various districts to the effect that a large number of persons were Injured In fighting the flames. I. C. Strickland, tho sexton f tha Lawton cemetery and his wife and two children were seriously burned. The moher and one little daughter may die. J. Denny, a farmer was seriously In jured. ' R. K. Trosper, living three miles out of Lawton lost all ot his property, a herd of cattle and was burned seriously, but with his entire family In night clothing escaped to plowed ground and remained in the cold night air until dawn. A report has been received at Fort Sill that an entire Apache Indian village wa swept clean. The report has not yet bean verified. The soldier at Fort Sill were ordered out to fight the flames and rendered assistance. At Anadarko many farm buildings were burned. No Uvea are reported lost but there were numerous narrow escapes. Wo men and children, scantily clad fled to plowed ground while tha men remained to fight the flames In an endeavor to save property. Kiowa, County Also Visited. OKLAHOMA CITY, O. T., March 8. Driven by a terrific gale from tho north which at times reached a velocity of ninety mile an hour, a prairie fire swept over 76,- 000 acres in Comanche county last night, in flirting damage estimated at $3)0.000. Kiowa county waa also visited by a prairie fire during the storm, while damage Is reported from all over the southwest. .The losses from wind and fire reported to date, fol low: Hobart $ 40.000 Vinson 8.000 Lawton o.ow Small country towns aggregate 6,0n0 Farm property lOO.Otf) reralstent reports ot loss of life come from rural districts but owing to diffi culties of, communication they have not yet been confirmed. onto of the Fatalities. GUTHRIE, Okl.. Maroh 8. A dispatch from Lawton give a partial list of those who lost their lives in tha prairie Ore and those Injured as follows: D. HARMOND, living six miles nprtheast of Lawton; burned to a crisp. JOHN HARMOND. cannot live. A. N. Crawford, near Lawton; seriously burned. Mrs. Henderson, widow, living three miles from Lawton, and two daughters, seriously burned; one cannot live. The report says that mora fatalities are expected, as the reports from some districts ara meager. It tells of many narrow es capes, of whole families In their night e, ".liies flaelng from their burning homes and leaving their stock and property to go up tn smoke. Russian Nary Utilizes American Intention on Balt'o Fleet. 1 LAWTON, Okl..March 3 -(Special Tele. sram.)-Two men, a large number of cattlo ALLOWS TAKING SHIPS TO FAR EAST and numerous farm houses have been burned In a great prairie fire which Is sweeping the entire county from the Wich ita mountains to beyond Lawton. Lawton. Fort Sill and the Indian arhoola barely es caped destruction. Fully I.ooo people worked to save Lawton. The fire is still raging, but has passed the points where the great est amount of destruction was possible. The unusually dry condition of the grnzlng (Copyright by New Tork Herald Co., 1904 ) land made the fire burn with great rapidity. NEW YORK. March 3 (New York Her It Is not known In whst way the prairie aid Service 8peclal Telegram to Tho Bee.) grass became Ignited, but It Is supposed to Principally because the neutrality laws nave been rrom tne campnre or some peo- will not permit It to obtain coal, a con pie passing near the mountain range. The traband of war, at the various port along strong breeze carnea me nre over ail bar- the route from the Baltic to the far east riers and the loss in cattle will be very Kussla has been obllaed to hold bark heavy. The names of the two unfortunate fwt of fortv-flve warshlns until June victims hns not been learned. They were when. It is believed, they will be ready to surrounded while trying to save their make the trip without having to stop homes and could not escape. It was reared Rt any port for coal, for then thev will be that Lawton would bp burned, but the better equipped than any other navy for town people tougni me names wltn plow coaling ships at sea by means of the ma and other ways and managed to save the rno rablewav. similar to that Installed on Hoar. Org, Hour. Heir. fta-m T 1 p. m 21 1 p, n UM T a. m . . , . . , A 3 p. m 811 fta-m...ta T 4 p. m I"' a. tn 10 5 p. m no 10 a. m 1 H p. m :w 11 a. m ih T p. m '' ia m ill K p. m at 0 p. tn iw place. READY TO START FOR ORIENT Colonel Crowder and Other 1'nlted States Officers Oo to Accompany Mikado's Troops. SAN FRANCISCO, March 3.-Captaln P. C. March, of the general staff, one of the United States military attaches to tha Japanese army, has arrived from Wash ington. The other attaches, who will ac company the mikado's troops, are Colonel transport also have the United States battleship Jlllnols, when It was put In commission. In a dispatch to the Herald from St. Petersburg recently It was stated that eight battleships, three protected cruisers, two armored cruisers, thirty torpedo boats and two coal transports would sail for Japanese waters In June. According to Spencer Miller, the Inventor of the ma rine rableway, who left this city tonight for the south, one of the transports, the Kamsrhatka, which carries 7,000 tons of coal, will be equipped with tha largest of these devices ever constructed. Its sister similar equlpmnt. Enooh H. Crowder, Judge advocate, o that thso two ships will carry sufficient U. S. A., and member of tho general staff; to supply all the vessels In the Russian Captain John F. Morrison, Twentieth In- fltt without having to stlp at any port. fantry, now stationed at Manila, and The battleship Retvlzan. now lying crlp- Captain Joseph E. Kuhn, engineer corps, plod at the entrancexto Port Arthur harbor. also stationed at Manila. was the first of the Russian battleships These appointments were made by Gen- I to carry and to utilize the marine cable- eral Adna R. Chaffee. Colonel Crowder way wnich was so successfully used off and Captain March will sail for Tokio on Bandy Hook in 19 In supplying the United tne next steamer leaving ror me uneni. states battleshln Massachusetts with coal from the colllor Mnrrellus. The Retvlsan's FOLLOW THE ARMOUR LEAD apparatus, whlrh Is oparated by two elec tric winches, was tested in the Baltic sea by It's commander and In the presence of a trial board. The trials were as success ful there as here and machines of greater capacity were recently ordered by the Rus sian government. They were completed and shipped only a short time ago. The first one Is to go on the Kamschatka, whlrh will then be able to handle one- ton loads of coal at a speed of 8,000 feet Chicago Bulls Let Go of May Wheat nd Prices Slump Four Cents. CHICAGO, Marrh 8. Wholesale dumping of May wheat by tired holders caused a break of 4 cents In the price of that de livery today. Just before the close the price had fallen to Ke, as against $1.00 a minuto with a distance of 1,000 feet be- oarller In the day. The heavy selling was I tween the ships. This long distance is due to the conviction in tho minds of many I made necessary In a rough sea, for the traders that the Armour interest had I safety of the tow line. Loads of one ton finally disposed of all holdings of wheat for will be delivered 1,000 feet away at the that delivery. Coarse' grains and provisions I rate of forty tons an hour. When the sea is smooth the tow line is shortened and larger loads are handled. shared In the general liquidation. , ROCK ISLAND IN THE FOLD Admitted to Full Membership in the Western Passenger Association at Yesterday's Meeting;. CHICAGO, March 8.-4The Rack- Island railroad was today admitted to full mem bership In the Western Passsnger associa tion and Traffio Manager Sebastian ,of that line was elected a member of the executive committee. A committee was appointed to report on-three propositions: To- abolish homeeeekers' rates; to extend tho territory to which they apply and to raise the pres ent rates for such excursions. NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Fslr and Warmer Friday Saturday fair, Temperature nt Omaha Yesteriiayi ADVANCING ON YALU Flan of Jatinese Appears to B to Strike In the Bear of Fort Arthur. SAME MOVE MENACES VLADIVOSTOK Ten Traneports, Conyeyed by Warshipi Bigoted in Lino Tung Gnlf. JAP CAPTURES ARE UPHELD PROBABLY HEADED FOR NEW CHWANG Russian Merchant Steamers Taken as Prises at Beginning ot the War. Bnssians Prepare to Abandon the Flaoe, as Its Defenses Are Weak. NAOSAKI. March S-The naval prise ANXIOUS TO KNOW WMFRF TMF tl ffT K helil tli e legality of the capture by Jap- nese cruisers of the merchant steamers Argun, Mukden, Michael and Kussla and the whalers Mtrnlal and Alrxnndrr. Other cases are pending. An appenl was allowed to be taken within sixty days. Since Latest notnbnrdmen r Arthur Russians Have Seen Noth ing of It nd Hope It Is Disabled. ..... ., ... ...... ' I ,f.n..,h, K.. XT Vh.I. II - .v Eastern Railway company, was captured - ' na mm by the cruiser Sal Yen Hal Ylen in the CHH F00- March 8. (New York Herald neighborhood of Fusan, Cores, at the out- Cablegram Special Telegram to Tha Bee.) break or the war. It was taken to Huseno on February 1. The other prises named reached that port about the same tlma SUMMARY OF WAK SITUATION. The position at present Is briefly as fol lows: Although Japan ha lost a small cruiser and had the machinery of a battle ship and anotner vessel damaged, these lat ter are probably now fully repaired. In any case It possesses complete command at sea, and will anon through Its sea power blockade and isolate Port Can Keep Bunkers Full. At this rate the Russian warships will be able to keep their bunkers full up to the time of their arrival In tha China seas provided, of course, that the colliers have not been captured by tha enemy. This, however; Is 'hardly likely, for they win be convoyed by the fleet of battleship and cruisers the entire distance. This Is the only real drawback, for the fighting ships must regulate their speed according to that of the slowest vessels, which will surely bo tha colliers. There never has been any question about the success of marine cableway for the transportation of coal at sea. After the trials off Sandy Hook the commander of tha MasHachusutta, Captain C. T. Train, said, with great emphasis: "There was no time during the Cuban blockade when this system could not have been used. I con sider it a great success. It proves the system, capable of supplying coal In almost any weather that Is fit to coal ashlp In." In other words, this device permits a fighting vessel to stay In the fighting line. It permits a fleet of war vessels to arrive oft the coast of an enemy with Its bunkers filled. Instead of empty, as were those of three of our ships when the Spanish fleet came out of Santiago. Since the Massa chusetts' tests an important improvement haa been made in the delivering of tha coal to' the deck of the warship. Instead of a pair of shear and chute used at that tlmft. tha rones of the cablewav are nil NO AGREEMENT ON MINE SCALE pulled down by a "nlggerhead" on the quarter deck winch at the time it Is de- Indications, However, that Soma Con- I sired to dump the load. The load starts cessions Will Soon Bo I out from the collier on a downhill route, continuing so ror more than naif tha dis tance. When the load Is Just clear of the i.nlRf ftf tha it,n n and tn Its InwMt nnnl INDIANAPOLIS, aaarcn Jon-M tinn tha man on the ouarter deck of the subcommittee ot me miners ana operators war8hlp boglnB to down the block. met toaay ana uojounwu '"'- By the time the bags reach the haul-down Movements of Troops 1 nder Cover of the Japanese Fleet. (Copyright by New York Herald Co.. 1904.) NEW YORK. March 8 (Now York Her ald Servlre Special Telegram to The Bee.) .(rectuallv From rhn Fnn a Herald sneclal cable announce that ten transports, convoyed by armur. in mo mean lime the Japanese three cruisers, have been sighted bound seem to have decided to make an advance for Llao Tung gulf. The vicinity of Saddle . ,. . , bay is sold to be the destination of the ,n ""! along- the Peking roadway from squadron. This bay Is about forty-five Seoul. Its forces have already advanced miles from Yin Kow, the rort of New tne Corettn capiUli an1 hftvlng secured t-.nwang. mat me nutwmn nimnmin prepared for snch a move on the part of the Yalu river, they will -threaten Kirln. the Japanese Is Indicated by tho announced cutting the railway and menacing Vladl- Intention to abandon Yin Kow and New . . , . (V, ,,,. vostok, while still another force deals with Chwang and concentrate on tho railroad at Liao Yang and Hal Cheu. These points the Llao Tung peninsula. are about forty and seventy-nve miies re- wh(,n the ri(p)r of tha wnt0r haj) mod. sportively snutn or Musaen. 1 The Thaltan Ho Is a small river whlrh Mtl I antlrlpata an occupation of terrl- croeses the rsllroad at Llao Yang. Port tory near Dalny. large army with artillery, commissary which Is more than likely, as it keeps III stores and baggage and the best such a troopa In rough ooUntry, where the Cossack rorce could do wouin do jo seise a minium , Place, entrench and hold Its position under ' ' value, will mean an un- the guns of the fleet. authorised rising1 of Chinese, who win lend New Chwang will be at th my..M . great helping hand, for their Manchurlan the .Tnnanesfl snuadron as soon as the ice Is out of the Llao river. horsemen are bigger, better and brave Bonnett Burleigh announces that Japan than the Cossack. has lost a cruiser and had a battleship disabled. It was stated the other day c that six wounded engineers from the Bhlk- I (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co., 1904.) Ishlma had reached Nagasaxi. r. nur- c,iE FOOi MaToh j.(New yorK Herald leign expects a lanaing nr nainj, win 1 control of the Yalu by the Japanese and Cablegram-Special Telegram to The Bee.) a Chinese rising following the first Japa- I six Japanese cruisers, escorting ten trana- neiw viiwF.jr .. I n,,rl. l, 1 ... ,. That Japanese troops are moving through 1 -' " gtui ma northeastern Corea seems well established. I direction f tha, gulf of ' Llao .Tung. This Tha fo,ce is small, about 2.500 men, and n movoment lB connt wJth th. T(ltonpd objective is doubtful. Such a detachment n w"n '"P0"" could not tie seriously designed to threaten Intention to effect a landing north of Sad- MUVRS I HARBOR OF TVKW CIIWAKG. ELIMINATES NEERO VOTE Maryland Passes Amendment to the Constitution Regulating Suffrage In that State. ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 3. The demo cratic organlxatlon measure being a pro- posed amendment to the state constitu tion to regulate the suffrage and admittedly for the purpose of eliminating the negro vote was passed in the state senate today. No speeches were made for or against the bill, which received 17 votes, all demo cratic, while the eight republican senators were solidly against It. Foreign Gunboats Kow There to Be Piloted Out. (Copyrighted by New York Herald Co., 1904.) scouts, who exchanged shot and retired. YIN KOW. March S.-(New York Herald Japanese forces have been nnn.,i,i.. . Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) . The Russians are sawing off the masts of """ rnercn r tno Russian en- the Slvooch, Intending to use it as a float- I eampment, the latter retiring to await re- ng fort. They are going to place mines Inforcements. Owing to tha heavy weather it the river mouth. The British and Amer- I " ' navy weather Iran gunboats now In New Chwang will te 11 ,H u'mcuit to proceed. A big battle Is Offered. later without reaching any agreement. It Is said today that the operators will make concessions to the point of signing a scale baaed on a 6 per cent reduction. Thus far the miners' officer and com mitteemen have Insisted that th times do not warrant a reduction. SHEEP HERDER'S CRIME Shoots Man ajod Wlfo In Lodglaa; House Because Parties Were After Him. BILLINGS, Mont., March 8. Will Schwlnk was almost Instantly killed and his wife, Mary, probably fatally ehot by John White, a sheep herder, her today. White says nothing regarding hi motive for the shooting except that "those parties were after him." He came here from Emmett, Mo. The shooting occurred In a lodging house. block they will be trailing on the deck. The operator will stop for an instant, the lowering will continue for a foot or more the load will be unhooked from the car riage, the empty bags put on and tha whole allowed to raise to its normal posi tion. At the same tlma the operator on the after bridge will send the empty car riage back to tha collier for another load. The Illinois Is equipped to take coal from any masted vessel It may meet .In any quarter of the world. In tlma of warships which may be purchased, chartered or captured may deliver their cargo at sea without any previous addition to their equipment. EGYPT! A If REVEXl'B CUTTER SUNK. MAYOR'S MEN CALLED TO BAR Carter Harrison's Strategists Cited for Contempt fas Steeeverlag Cook County Deateeruey. CHICAGO. March 8. State Senator John Power. William J. Roach. Mile Q. Devlna and State Senator Thomas J. Dawson have been cited to appear before Judge Brentano and show why they should not be held In contempt of court aa a reault of tha coup of tha Powers faction In getting possession of tha Cook Cour.ty Demo cracy headquarters here. Judge Brentano having Issued an injuctlon against inter ference with possession of th headquarters of tha so-csiled B-rk taction MILITARY NOT RESPONSIBLE Deputy Shell Onuses Miner to Be Ckalnad to a Telegraph Pola. DENVER. Maroh 8. Governor Peabody said today that although Tellurlde Is still under martial law the military officers were not responsible for the pillorying of Harry Makt. a striking union miner who was kept chained to a telegraph pole for an hour and a half because he refused to work tn th chain gang after having been convicted of vagrancy. Wtllard Runnels, a deputy sheriff. Is said to have chained Makt to tha pole. W. D. Haywood, secretary of tha West ern Federation of Miners, today sent the following telegram to tha Telluiids union: Buffer no more abuses. If you cannot get relief through the courts, you aUil have Mil uta pea eitivBse ALL GIVEN FAMOUS Quadruplets In Kentucky Home Named for Cleveland, Roosevelt, Hanna and Bryan. CHICAGO. March 8 A dispatch to tha Chronicle from Louisville, Ky., says that Mrs. Laura Wyman, wife of one of th largest land owners In central Kentucky, has given birth to quadruplets. Mr. Wyman Immediately named them Grover Cleve land Wyman. Marcus Hanna Wyman Theodore Roosevelt Wyman and Wills Bryan Wyman. Tha last Is a glrL Collides with Russian Torpedo Boat in Sues Cannl. PORT SAID, Etjypt, March 3. As a re sult of a collision between a Russian tor pedo boat and an Egyptian revenue cutter at KnnlariL In th rjin&t. the cutter wns NAMLb I sunk. There were no casualties. The Rus slans stood by and saved the crew. The canal will be blocked at least twenty-four hours. Three of the four Russian torpedo boats which returned here yesterday after having sailed ostensibly for Algiers, were considerably weather-beaten. They were refused an additional supply of coal and ordered to leave port. The Russian ships at Port Bald and Sues repeatedly overstay their time limit, In spite of tha protest of the government. COREAX9 HIDISQ IX MOINTAIX9 Paaie Seises Them with First Utile Engagement. (Copyrighted by the N. Y. Herald Co.. 1901 SEOUL. March 8. (New York Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.) Tha Corean officials and also tha soldier at Ping Yang fled terrified when a small conflict between Japanese and Russian ., 1 1 il 3 . . u All .V. ... .. .-.-rW Vom YTd -r-h P v w- "- ' 1 , , ..... .. . . ... .V .in tn Mm u4. In K I -" -" B-'- - V t IIU1UU, vw war " . rhmiiMv Dwn. Wltn vtr. I mountain. WrM -nil Clvds Wilson for the Rerrv S sit.oB tnrougnout murder, tha defense havlna- rested Its country at in. oruer.y conauc, 01 tne side of the case last nlsht. Arguments Japanese troopa. who pay good prices fo probably will begin tomoTow and tha case labor and euppiles. totally to th eutUrary may so to tha jury gotr ttm Ba'.urday. 1 to what U Cora-v axpcctao. DEWEY'S DEFENSE IS MADE Millionaire Raaeknaa and Cowboy nasi Cuss and Soon Will Knew Their Fate. Vladivostok or Klrin. die bay. From Russian source oome reports of an engagement yesterday In tha vicinity of the Yalu river between email parties of expected shortly. Russians Prepare to Leave. YIN KOW. March 3.-Tha Russo-Chlnese piloted out between the mines. Prices of all commodities at Port Arthur are now fixed by the authorities and are not high. All shops are open. The band plays on the boulevard every Sunday. The I hank Ih closing preparatory to movlns to public sole of alcohol! liquors has been I Mukden. Women ara preparing to leave forbidden to any person. An officer ,r a I un kow, in anticipation of th arrival Civilian found intoxicated Is condemned to I of the Japanese fleet, which is exnertnl a monthat hard labor on the forts. A Rub- I when the river opens, probably a fortnight sum mercnani rouna selling arm lately nence. Tne United States gunboat Helena was condemned to nrty lashes. The theater ana the British cruiser are maklna- nrn luiu ciuea cnauiiani- are ciosea. tnere is 1 a rauons to leave the dry dock in week's' plenty 01 iresn meat. 1 time. A Scotchman named Gilchrist has been The mainmast of th Russian a-unhrt employed to raise tha Retvlian, He I al- I Blvoutch ha been cut off. Thi would in- ways aDoara ana is ireatea witn great con- dlcate that she Is belnr dlmnii. , Blderation. He haa been given a sumptous otherwise she would appear to be clearing wu.a. vii me, .lur, ui mj iup iineiy tu ue i ior action. struck by tho next torpedo. On account of the ImnoulhliiH, Russian soldiers are robbing the Chinese fending the coast at Yin Kow until .,.x . by the wohlesale along the railway, and time as a thaw permits the .r-ntio. -f as a result the Chinese are desperate. Bev- entrenchments and forts th Russians era! strong bandit bands have been formed have prepared to retire un the m-j ,.n throughout Manchuria. r(,ad There are prac.tlcsjly no defenses here. ana aiisough the shifting and reshiftlns HAY FIX ALLY PLEASES RUSSIANS. Begin to Realise Attitude of Wash- ! " " ""...ory w ma small fort Inglon Is Not t'nfrlendly. (Copyrighted by the N. Y. Herald Co., 1904.) BT. PETERSBURG, March 3. (New York Herald cablegram Special Telegram to Tha Bee.) In connection with Count Benkendorff recent departure for Lon don, newspaper here, and especially the Novoe Vremya, have been seriously warned againat tha harmful and bitter antl-Engllsh articles which they have bean In the habit of publishing. at tha mouth of the Llao river has the ap pearance or an intention to defend Yin Kow. the military authorities depend on an Inland engagement to put a stop to tha Japanese advance. As far as yet known the only plans de cided on are that General Kourapatkln'a headquartera are to ba at Mukden. Vice roy Alexleff proposes to remain at Mukden Indefinitely, as that city Is tha center of tha Chinese administration and has a vlce- PAVftl hlirAAU. Hm-nnrf that V. . 1.l- . "8Uranc tha h V1"1 of Tashlhlao. whlrh Is almoat Impossible of by the anti-Russian tone of tha American Mn, wll! ba held If poslbla oTaccount press cornea as a pleasant surprise. He of the rKlroA connecting with Port has personally been regarded as an arch Arthur. Third. Hal Chlng and Llo Yang enemy of Russia, even so far as to push- an th. trema limits to which troop, will -win"" cuimuie , withdrawn on account of the exposure at an Inopportune moment. All the more cf the railroad at these point, now doe Mr. Hay's change of tone meet That the Japanese will arrive before a a welcome here, where all along pained thaw permits the construction of defences surprise waa expressed at the extreme U thought to be practically certain. . It action adopted by the Washington admin- would appear that tha authorities expect iBirttiion, wuuii mam not conuuerea to re- port Arthur to be besieged. fleet the tone of sentiment in the United Sir Robert Hart, director of Chinese lm- State. which Russia holds must naturally perlal maritime customs, after sounding tie inonu.y m it. Russian opinion In the matter, has ordered It is accepted here as an established fact the Chinese customs lightship and tha that tha Japanese have effected a landing channel buoy to be placed at th river a hundred miles north of Gensan and that mouth, as usual. This step, however, ham from there their march has begun. no effect upon the neutralisation of New Chwang. Fleets Whereabouts a Mystery. BT. l fcliKllBHL'HG, March S.-Slnce the disappearance of tha Japanese float from before Port Arthur the Russian authorities have teen waiting anxiously for th next move of tha Japanese on tha sea. There CZAK NOT TO DEFEMD NEW CHWANG Will I1 are Mines at Mouth of the River, However. NEW YORK. March 3-Russians say thpv Intend ta nlace mines at tha mouth of the river at New Chwang and use the n inclination here to Ult.ve that tho Blvouch as a floating fort, but there are JP" have bn discouraged by the no lndtcatlona. according to a Herald dla- Wlura of their attacks and perhaps by natch from Tien Tsln. that thov mean to tneJr hav not nnouncsd. defend New Chwang. 11 evldnt ' from th Information Antl-Russlan proclamation In Chines.' regarding the Russian dispositions in oosted in New Chwang. have been torn northern Cor.a that th plan for checking down by Russia soldiers. th Japanes land advanoo I perfected NEW YORK, March 8. -Port Arthur, and tha army 1 being brought up to the Vladivostok end th resion traversed by "ver- energy or in autnori- the East Chinese railroad and the Wlaao- ls now directed to prevent g blocked vestrhensk and transbalkal and Amur tor- n th Siberian railroad. Twenty net rltoiie have, rabies the Bt Petersburg sidings, each of 2.iU0 feet, are being built. ooireepondent of the Herald, beag formally Oali.g to the heavy movement of rolling declared la a aUt 1 1 situ 1 tarrjii"! relnlorcrement, war