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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.
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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.
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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
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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
