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V, LLC A BuMr. Cor:t Sixteenth and Douglas Street
day morning In forcing the Japanese back
from tha railroad and also In driving- -out
bodies of Japan exa east of the railroad.
Japs Break tha Lin.
The maneuver appeared to point to suc
csss, when suddenly and unexpectedly news
arrived that tha Japanese had broken
through between the slender First and
Fourth army corps, taking advantage of
the hurricane that was blowing clouds of
duat into the faces of the Russians to de
liver an attack w,hich the Russians were
not prepared to meet. It was Impossible
to support the retiring corps as the re
serves to the last man had been sent to
the line of battle at other points, and as
the danger of the communications being
severed by this attack from the east was
imminent, retreat was determined upon
'and immediately begun. The four prin
cipal roads leading: northward toward Tie
Pass were completely occupied by a con
tinuous ill? of artillery and transport and
the retreating army blackened the country
between. .
Stores Are Destroyed. -
Before beginning the retreat all the de
pots, stores and military buildings and
everything that would be of service to the
Japanese was set on fire. A large amount
of baggage and many guns were aban
doned. AIL rolling stock belonging to the
main line of railroad was brought away
and not a single car or locomotive was
left at Mukden, though some cars belong
ing to the ' military roads behind the
Chunks river positions were abandoned.
About 1,600 severely wounded Russians
and several hundred Japanese were left
In Mukden hospitals, together with a com
plete Russian medical staff, which was
entrusted to tha care of the chivalrous
Japanese. The remainder of tha wounded
in hospitals was sent northward and a
railroad train remained, behind almost with
the rear guard and brought off a tralnload
of these wounded, many of whom reached
Tie pass without their injuries being
bandaged.
Mukden station was- abandoned at 7
o'clock, Friday morning. The retreat was
drary and disagreeable to an extreme. A
dust hurricane blowing directly southward
filled the eyes and faces of the troops,
but at the same time tended to blind the
enemy and delay pursuit from the south.
Homfca.rd.ed (rout Both Sides.
The retreating: .columns were bombarded
oo bo lb flanks by batteries which It was
Isapoaalble to silence, the shells reaching
tha Mandarin road from the east with
especial frequency from the villages of
Tawan, eight miles north of Mukden, and
Fu, five miles further north. Under these
Circumstances tho retreat was conducted
With astonishing precision, which was
largely due to .the personal efforts of Oen-
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Vtw People Kun Hoi Vscfal It la I
Preterminal llealin and Ueauty.
Nearly everybody knows that charcoal Is
the safest and most efficient disinfectant
and purifier in nature, but tew rea.lie Its
value when taken Into the buman system
tor the same cleansing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more you
take of It the better; it Is not a drug at all,
but simply absorbs the gases and impurities
always present In tha stomach and intes
tines and carrlea them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after smok
ing, drinking or after eating onions and
other odorous vegetaWlea.
Charcoal srteciualiy clears nd improves
the complexion. It whitens the teeth and
further acts as a natural and eminently
sate cathartic
It absorbs tba injurious gasea which col
lect In the stomach and bowels; it disin
fects the mouia and throat from the poiaon
of catarrh.
. All druggist sell charcoal in on form or
another, but probably, the best charcoal
and tne mast for the money u Stuart's
Charcoal L.osengs; they are coropoewd or
the on1 V"Jrd WtUoW ;Uimh, a"
other harmless-antiseptics in tablet form
or rather In tit t'tu of large, pleaaant
tasting losenxes, the eaarooai being mixed
with honey.
The dally use of these loseriges will soon
tell in a much Improved condition of the
general health, better complexion, aw re tar
breath and purer blood, and the beauty of
It is, that r.o poaslbl harm can result from
' tbvir continued use, but ou the contrary,
great benefit.
A Bunaio physlclsn In speaking ef the
benefits oi charcoal, says: j advlss
Stuart s Charcoal LoieuBs to all patients
auft-rlng from gss In stomach and bowels,
and to cleat th complexion and purify the
breath, mouth and throat; I also bellevs
.1 llu.a la ....tlV ll.NllAtMl Ku .1.-
ip ii, . vj me auiiy
Use of them; they cost but twenty-nvs
cents a box at drug stores, sad although la
sum senae a pateal preparation, yet 1 be
lieve I get more and better charcoal la
Stuart's Charcoal Losengea than la any of
tee ordinary' chaicoal tablets."
eral Kouropatkln, who, with haggard face
and uniform yellow with dust, was every
where when needed. The troops composing
the rear guard fought with extraordinary
bravery under the eyes of the commander-in-chief,
and the morale of the entire army
under the circumstances was excellent. The
cause of the Mukden defeat is attributed
to many reasons, one of the most Important
of which Is Insufficient Information con
cerning the Japanese and their strength,
which was far in excess of Russian calcu
lations. The censorship bureau at first recom
mended work at Tie pass, but Is returning
to the rear guard, communication with
which la still open.
General Nogi's share In the scheme has
already been sufficiently chronicled. Gen
eral Kuroki was to spring the other Jaw,
which, closing In between the Bandiaputze
and Madsyaanl positions and striking the
river at Fu Pass, bit deeply Into the Rus
sian flank and was all but sprung shut.
Whether General Rennenkampff's corpa
or even General IJnevltch's army was cut
oft to the eastward- by this stroke or
whether they had already retired on the
central, army, it is Impossible to learn;
but even if these forces are cut oft they
might have a choice of conducting a sepa
rate, though arduous, retreat.
Kooropatkln Gets Credit.
According to the Associated Press dis
patch from Tie Pass General Kouropatkln
seems before the battle to have yielded In
his decision to retire to Tie Pass in defer
ence to the united opinion of his principal
generals, who were in favor of standing at
the Bhakhe river and offer battle and later
on In ordering a retreat to have gone coun
ter to the opinion of the same council.
Events show the decision was taken not a
moment too soon. The credit of bringing
off the army, therefore, is largely Kouro
patkin's, as he took personal charge of the
rear guard and exposed himself as fear
lessly and recklessly as the merest private
on the fighting line. Whatever may be the
verdict of history with regard to general
ship in the battle nothing but the highest
praise can be paid the Russian rank and
file, whose conduct stamp them as fine
men as were ever molded Into an army.
It was largely due to their steadiness far
more than to generalship that this most
difficult retreat was carried out as suc
cessfully as it was.
Place of Nest Dattle.
Whether the retreat will pause at Tie
Pass or whether the army will make Its
next stand further on on the road to Har
bin will depend on the extent to which
General Kouropatkln has Improved the nat
urally strong advantages of this position
and the condition of his army, especially
the extent of the supply of munitions and
artillery, and largely to the .condition of
the pursuing Japanese, whose exhaustion,
as at Liao Tang, may be too great to en
able them to push home a determined at
tack at Tie Pass.
Among the rumors current in Bt. Peters
burg yesterday, one said to emanate front
the War office, was that General Kaulbars
and his staff were among the captured. It
was impossible to obtain confirmation of
this or any of the other rump; assigning
various specific portions of Hie Russian
army to the fats of their Port Arthur
brethren. It appears best to await authen
tic Information before Jumping at conclu
sions. No Voice of Peace. .
In Russia's dark hour of defeat the
influential newspapers raise no voice of
peace. A number of them attribute the
major portion of the blame for the long
series of reverses not to military causes,
but to the faulty internal organisation of
the country. The Novoe Vremya in a burst
of bitterness lays all to the door of the
bureaucracy, as was the case In the
Crimean war.
The government in sharp denial of peace
rumors shows that at present at least
there Is no intention of suing for peac
and Intimates that the first overtures,
therefore, must emanate not from Russia,
but from Japan.
Java L,arrly lu the Park.
TOKlO. March W.C p. m.l The Rus
sian forces are now retiring from Mukden
northward. They are flunked ca both
sides by the Japanese troops in pursuit
nt are suffering heavy losses.
The full extent of the Russian, disaster
Is still' unknown here. It is known, how
ever, that the casualties and looses In
guns and munitions of war ar enormous,
even approximate figures ar unobtainable
as yet. It la expected that tus prisoners
will number, nutny thousand. Local esti
mates of the number taken vary from
.0uo to ftO.OtM. It Is not clear yet whether
General Kouropatkln planned to stand and
hold bis Una north of the Hun river or re
tire, until he found it was too lat to ac
complish, his plan with the ferces at his
command, owing to bis confidence of the
ability of the Kusslun army to withstand
as&aulL Ills action la heavily reinforcing
his right In the neighborhood of Mukden
inclines msny to the belief that he planned
to hold the line on the Hun river and at
tempted to check .flank attacks.
By a desperate onslaught the Japanese
drove a wedge through the line of the
Hun river, and then, pressing northward,
practically created a giant cordon around
Mukden, bagging a tremendous force of
the Russians by the operation completed
yesterday. Desperate fighting ' continued
during the night, the Russians striving to
break the encircling barrier.
It is evident that the lorses on both sides
yesterday were heavy, swelling the already
tremendous total Involved in the capture
of Fushun and the continuous heavy fight
ing. It Is now known that as a result of the
operations yesterday, if the Japanese army
succeeds in obstructing the line of retreat
between Fushun and Tie Pass, but a small
fraction of Kouropatkin's army will emerge
from the disaster.
Chnse to the Xorth.
Noon The Japanese wedge, driven
through th Russian center on the Hun
river, continues to advance north. It has
already arrived at Hampu, some distance
northeast of Mukden.
It is reported that the Russians are
retiring north along the railway, evidently
very badly confused, being caught between
the wedtre and the Japanese extreme left,
northwest of Mukden. They have been
heavl'y punished during the retreat along
tho described route, the Japanese shelling
the disordered masses of the Russians.
Minister of War Teraoutchl has tele
graphed his congratulations to Field Marshal-
Oyama, the oflicets and men of his
army, on their victory. Field Marshal
Oyama In reply ascribes his success to the
emperor and the gallantry and bravery
of his officers and men.
Report From the Front.
The following dispatch from the head
quarters of the Japanese smiles In th
field was made public today:
In the Slngking (Yenden) direction our
force Is now attacking a superior force of
the enemy, occupying the northern height
uear Fushun.
All our forces in the Shakhe river direc
tion entirely dislodged the enemy on the
right bank of the Hun river Friday and
surrounded the enemy east und north or
Mukden.
According to several reports from noon,
March 10, the Russians nlled the district
between the railroad and the Mukden road
in great confusion and In a slate of utter
exhaustion. Thousands upon thousands of
Russians are in the district between Sanwa,
eight miles north of Mukden, and Mukden,
rtreitttng north In a miserable condition.
We are unable to ascertain the number.
Our artillery and Infantry in the vicinity
are pouring a fierce tire upon them, In
flicting heavy damage.
On Friday our detuehment hurriedly ad
vanced from Singllngtlen. ou the Hun river,
between Mukden and Fushun,. and reached
the Pu river, thirteen miles north of Muk
den, and at sunset was inflicting heavy
damage to the remnants of the enemy.
Our detachment is now trying to annihi
late them.
6 p. m. Later in the day the following
dispatch was received from the headquar
ters of the Japanese armies in the Meld:
Our force In the Sinking direction, after
carrying the enemy's position on the north
ern heights of Fushun. pursued him as far
as Hulyuagpao, five miles north of Fushun,
and at 11 o'clock last night resumed a vig
orous pursuit of him.
Today we captured a few hundred light
railroad wagons and other spoils, which are
under lnvestlcntlon.
Admiral Ito, chief of the general staff,
and Admiral Yamamoto, minister of the
navy, have telegraphed their congratula
tions to Field Marshal Oyama.
The general staff estimates the number
of Russians engaged In tho present battle
at 300,000 in Infantry, 26,000 cavalry and
1,368 guns. The Infantry calculation allows
for 376 battalions, with an average of $00
men In each.
Report at Wnlilna;ton. , (
WASHINGTON, March 11 Tho Japanese
legation has received the following cable
gram from Tokio:
Report received on the night of March
10. in the direction of Shirking our de
tachment is now attacking superior enemy,
who holds height to the north of Fushun.
In the direction of Shakhe we expelled
enemy to the right bank of Hun. and
are now enveloping and attacking him to
the east and north of M'lUden. (Since noon
of the loth a large number of the enemy,
worn out and in complete disorder. Is re
turning northward along the district be
tween Mukden road and the railway and
swarming in the district extending from
the neighborhood of Mukden to riunwa,
seven m.lps north of Mukden, while our
Infantry and artillery were concentrating
lire upon that enemy till nightfall. An
other detachment reached Fuho. thirteen
miles north of Mukden, on the evening of
the 10th, and Is inflicting considerable
damage upon tho retreating enemy.
Bin Catch by Oka.
WITH THE WESTERN JAPANESE
ARMIES, March 10. 1 p. m.. Via Fusan
(Delayed in Transmission) During the
night General Oku's army advanced almost
to the rallwiy. despite a desperate resist
ance, occupied Sujaton station, the main
Russian supply depot, and captured enor
mous quantities of supplies, including
6,000,000 rifle cartridges and other supplies
In proportion. The Japanese are not hur
rying their movements, being determined to
lose no chance to make victory certain and
decisive. They are confident of tho suc
cess of their plans.
Rojestvensky Not Retornlnar
PARIS, March 11. Vies Admiral Doubas
soff, who hiss arrived here from London on
his way to St. Petersburg, In an interview
with tho Echo de Paris, says Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky's squadron Is not returning
to the Baltic sea. but Is simply cruising
and awaiting tho arrival of the third squad
ron under Admiral Nebogatoff. When this
Junction Is made they will proceed Immedi
ately to the far east. Vice Admiral Doubus
aoft declares that pence in the far east
Is Impossible, especially after the Mukden
retreat, end also that Intervention by a
foreign power looking to peace cannot be
entertained. He asserts that Russia ulti
mately must win, whatever be the cost in
men, money or lime.
Jap (teach Pa River.
LONDON, March 11 A dispatch to the
Japanese legation from Toklo says: "A
Japanese detachment has reached the Pu
river, thirteen miles north of Mukden, and
la Inflicting considerable damage on the re
treating enemy.1'
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RUSSIA NOT READY TO QUIT
Eemi-Official Denial that Peace Negotia
tions Are Contemplated,
SAY JAPANESE CIRCULATE REPORTS
Intention Ileles; to Help Sale ef Bond
Now Del a offered to British
' aad America a Baalt
last House.
ST. PETERSBURG, March ll.-A semi
official ststement Issued this evening is ss
follows:
The defeat In Mukden Is furnishing ma
terial for conjectures of peace pour parlors
to the European press, which is filled wtih
srtlcles and expiessions of peace, it has
stated In ail seriousness that the Russian
government has informed the French gov
ernment Hint it is the Intention of the em
peror to engage In peace pour parlers. We
are authorized to declare in he most cate
gorical fashion that all statements to the
effect that it is tho intention of the Rus
sian government to open pour parlers with
a view to the conclusion of peace are ab
solutely without foundation.
Thse statements do not ernnnate from
well infnrmed Russian sources. They either
sre simply conjectures of various corres
pondents or are derived from Japanese
sources.
It Is known that Japan it present Is ne
trntlntlng a fonn with British and American
banks and tha: it is also negotiating for
lOu.OoO.nflO yen (about $60,000.00") with an oil
company, giving as guarantee , naphtha
deposits in north Japan and In Saghalin
Island.
"Interested parties ar encouraging these
reports In order to assure success of a
loan after removing the fears caused by
the uncertainty as to the duration of the
war."
France Advocates Peace.
PARIS, March 11. The Temps, which
usually reflects the sentiment In official
quarters, print a notable leading editorial
this evening appealing to Russia to accept
the inevitable and make the beet peace
possible. Tho paper declares that Russia's
sacrifice will be less than that of France
at the end of the Franco-German was, as
France struggled against the dismember
ment of her own country, whereas Russia
struggles to hold Manchuria, which she has
formally promised to return to China.
Moreover, the battle of Mukden definitely
establishes Japan's advantage and there
fore self-interest demands that Russia
recognize her defeat and abandon tha strug
gle. The Temps adds:
The overwhelming majority of French
publlo opinion resolutely attached to the
Franco-Russian alliance appeals to Its ally
for a pacific solution. The united interests
of France and Russia call for such a
solution and France wishes her ally that
heroic spirit necessary for a settlement
of the crisis now presented.
The government's advices from St. Pet
ersburg says the most profound anxiety
prevails there concerning the desperate na
ture of the situation in Manchuria. Rus
sian military and political quarters are
practically out oft from all details except
those contained In the dispatches pun
ished In the American, British and French
press. This absence of official information
has heightened the anxiety to an intense
pitch and gives rise to sinister foreboding
concerning General Kouropatkin's ability
to extricate his army. Therefore the dis
patches from Bt. Petersburg, while falling
to give any details of the battle, reflect
the extreme apprehension felt throughout
Russian officialdom. There Is a similar
feallng of apprehension in official quarters
here where attention Is concentrated on
the final outcome of the battle. The
French officials are Inclined to believe that
the struggle will continue for three or four
days longer before results are attained
which may prove decisive upon the whole
war. Until Mukden was ' captured it was
believed that Kouropatkln would succeed
In cutting his way northward and concen
trate his troops for a supreme struggle at
Harbin, but the latest advices begin to
incline the officials to take the view that
Kouropatkin's defeat may reach the mag
nitude of a crushing disaster from which
his army will be unable to recover. Con
sequently the events of the next four days
will be watched with Intense Interest as
likely to lead to tho turning point of the
war.
Caar Said to Be Willing.
Concerning the peace rumors a semi-official
denial has been issued relative to the
report of the Dally Graphic of London
that Emperor Nicholas had expressed his
wlllirgness to begin negotiations. Notwith
standing this denial It la gathered that
events of the next few days may have an
Important influence on peace, although an
overwhelming Japanese victory Is consid
ered as likely to retard rather than ad
vance peace. It Is based on the theory
that the Japanese army, flushed with vie
tory, will not halt until the full measure
of Its success is attained by reaching Har
bin, thus giving a period of Intense mili
tary activity in which there would be lit
tle opportunity for the mature considera
tion of peace.
Movement of Rojestvensky.
The French government t)as not been ad
vised that the squadron commanded by
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky is returning to
Jtlnitll, French Somaliland, but it is the
understanding that part of the squadron Is
returning for the purpose of convoying the
Russian third Pacific squadron until the
concentration is effected with Rojestven
sky. The socialists threaten to raise a debate
in the Chamber of Deputies criticising
France's action In permitting the Russian
ships to stop In Madagaacsn waters and at
Jlbutll. This probably will bring out a
declaration from Foreign Minister Del
cause that he Is pursuing exactly the same
course as during the Spanish-American
war. It is maintained that the Russian
ships remain outside the three-mil limit
when off French ports.
Comment at Berlin.
BERLIN, March 11. Lieutenant General
A. von Boguslawsky (retired) is of all the
military critics who endeavor to estimate
the battle of Mukden In the Berlin press
today probably the most competent and of
the highest rank. . Field Marshal Oyama,
he says, by tbe greatness of the things ha
ha done must be accepted as a great com
mander, especially because he did not pos
ses superiority in numbers. The battle Is
of absorbing Interest for professional sol
dier because never before have such num
bers been engaged over so wide a terri
tory. The very magnitude of the operationa
has been a teat of the qualities of tbe commander-in-chief.
He says:
I am little Inclined to sit at the green
table and give a damning verdict, but still
one may be allowed to form an opinion on
such facta as are already available.
The task of directing io.0CU men on ,a
single stage with from eighty to lot) miles
front, so that each unit may have its
proper weight against a thoughtful and
active enemy, was too large for Kouropat
kln, whose training was adjusted to the
command of some W0,wO men. The brain
in command failed on th Russian side to
perceive the developments and meet them
with prompt precision.
Oyama la somewhere not far from th rim
of the lighting sone in touch by field te'.e
graphs and telephones with every im
portant unit In action. He was doubtless
abl to sketeli approximately at any time
the relative positions of his own and th
Russian divisions and co-ordinate the
movements. With a certain equality of
fore Oyama even with th fruits of vic
tory not yet fully gathered has achieved
an immente victory, the effects of which
the military situstlon In the far east and
on th military system In Russia must b
far and daep reaching.
Colonel Oaedke and other critics arrive
generally at th same conclusions.
N Official Talk of ruff,
LONDON, March ll.-Tbe Foreign office
says It has nothing confirmatory of the re
port printed In the Dally Orsphio of this
city to th effect that peac overtures be
tweu Russia and Japan hv already com
menced through France and Great Britain.
The officials her say no negotiations are in
progress, so far as the British government
Is concerned, and the government has no
news forecasting such negotiations.
BOMB KILLS ITS OWNER
Man with English Passport Dies a
Resalt of Explosion at St.
reierabarsr.
ST. PETERSBURG, March ll.-The ex
plosion of a bomb at the Hotel Bristol, ad
Joining the Hotel d'Angeletere, here. Just
before daylight this morning, blew to
atoms the owner of the bomb, a man with
a'l English passport and giving the name
of Alfred Henry McCuilcugh, and wrecked
the adjoining rooms, killing the wife of
an officer and Injuring several other lodg
ers. The explosion was heard blocks away
and created a tremendous sensation. There
is not the slightest doubt that the man
killed was connected wtih terrorist plots.
The bomb was of th st. me power ss those
which killed the late Minister of the Inter
ior Von PWhve and Grand Duke Serglus,
creating the same havoo ss did the ex
plosion st the Hotel du Nord last spring.
The preliminary Investigation of the po
lice leads thorn to believe that McCullough
was engaged cither in packing his effects,
as the Hotel Bristol was to be vacated
today, or in preparing for some desperate
enterprise today, when the bomb, which,
like all the Infernal machines of the ter
rorists, was provided with giavity tubes,
fell and exploded, as the one at the Hotel
du Nord did. The police Immediately sur
rounded the hotel, mounted gendarmes al
lowing no one to go within fifty paces.
An Independent investigation, made by
the Associated Press, seems to establish
beyond question that the man killed was
a terorlst leader. His passport, of course,
was fictitious, but the man wss a foreigner,
not a Russian. At the Hotel de Paris,
where be had tcen stopping from time to
time since the middle of January, McCul
lough was described as a very Intelligent
looking man, between 30 and 40 years of
age, resembling more a Frenchman than
an Englishman, speaking French with, thV
fluencj' of a native. He also spoke Eng
lish, which, however, he had little oc
casion to use at the hotel, where he kept
much to himself, going away on frequent
short trips. Just before Grand Duke Ser
glus was assassinated the man was absent
for two days, which might connect him
directly with the grand duke's murder.
McCullough professed to be engaged, but
in view of what has happened, his move
ments are admitted to have been myster
ious. Some of the police are Inclined to think
McCullough was a direct emissary of the
Paris revolutionary organisation.
McCullogh's legs were torn off arid the
flesh of the upper portion of his body spat
tered the walls and celling, which were
red with blood.
The police believe McCtillogh was charg
ing the bomb when it exploded.
At the British embassy and consulate
McColIogh is unknown. It Is not believed
he was a British subject.
CHARGES AGAINST SANTA FE
Oil Frodncer Charges that Koad Delay i
Shipment of Independents.
CHILDREN'S REVIVAL AT LOXDON
Twelve Thousand l ittle Ones Attend
the Services.
LONDON, March ll.-The meeting at
Royal Albert hall tonight was the most
striking of the mission of Reubel A. Tor
rey and Charles M. Alexander, the Chicago
revivalists. It was a children's revival,
conducted on the same line as the others.
Long before the doors were opened the vast
square In which the hall stands was
crowded with children, rich and poor. They
came on foot and In omnibuses, carriages,
vans and tallyhos, down every avenue. On
the door opening they surged up the broad
stairs Into tbe great hall which was soon
filled with several thousand, while thou
sands were turned away. Within the hall
presented a stirring scene. Twelve thou
sand little ones sang the glory song in
unique chorus, led by Mr. Alexander. Mr.
Torrey preached on "What a Child Can Do
for Christ." Over 700 children went penitent
to the platform at the conclusion of the
meeting.
INSANE MAN AT THROTTLE
Start Switch Engine Which Crashes
Into Another, Demolishing
Both, at Chicago.
CHICAGO, March 11. Climbing aboard a
switch engine on the Illinois Central rail
road near Ninety-first street today an In
sane man opened the throttle and ran the
machine at full speed to Park Side, several
miles away.
Reversing the lever, he leaped from the
locomotive, which flew back over the route
which had Just been traversed and crashed
Into another switch engine near the start
ing point. Both engine were thrown from
the track and badly damaged. The engine
men of the second locomotive, having had
warning of the approach df the runaway,
leaped in time and escaped Injury.
HYMENEAL.
IMaaer-Kaker.
HUMBOLDT, Neb., "March 11. (Special.)
A large crowd of Invited guests wit
nessed the marriage ef Miss Sadie J. Kuker
to John F. Plager, the ceremony taking
place at the spacious farm home of the
parents of the bride, Mr. and Mrs. John
Kuper, ten Villes northwest of here. Rev.
E. F. Geyer, pastor of the Long Branch
Lutheran church, officiated. Mr. and Mrs.
Plager will make their tiome on a farm In
that neighborhood-, where both were raised
from childhood.
. Alberts-Hodemacher.
HUMBOLDT. Neb., March 11. (Special.)
Henry H. Alberts and Miss Christine
Rodemacher, two well known young people
of the Long Branch neighborhood, west of
town, were united In marriage at the home
of the bride. Th coupl left at one for
Claremont, 8. D., where they will live on a
farm recently purchased by th groom.
STORY OF CAR LOAD OF MACHINERY
He Alleges that It Was Held Sixty
Days la Order to Prevent Htm
from ftr-Rlnnlasr Work
on Lease.
INDEPENDENCE, Kan., March 11. Evi
dence as t&ken today by the state of
Kansas in the suit for ouster and receiver
being p roc ecu led against th Santa Fs
Railway company to show discrimination
against Independent oil operators. John
Smith, one of the heaviest oil producers
In Montgomery and Chautauqua counties,
who has sunk over 150 wells and has
eighty odd producers running oil at the
present date, testified that he had occasion
to ahlp a carload of oil well supplies from
Montpeller, Ind., to Independence, . Kan.;
that he had a through rat given him at
th Initial point of shipment of 80.000
pounds per car. When it reached the ter
ritory of tho Transmlssourl Freight bureau
the Missouri raclflc broke open the car
and relnvoiced the contents.
Car Held Sixty Day.
The Indiana car was held with his sup
plies for sixty day under the alleged arbi
trary ruling of the railroads that It had
been .wrongfully classified at Montpeller.
He testified further that the railroads made
a false billing of weight for th same car,
charging him with 60.RSO pounds for the
30,000-pound csr, and made him pay for an
additional car in which to convey the
boiler of his engine that they had removed
from the Indiana car so as to be able to
examine his chest. The freight charge was
$338 and the rebllllng and rewelghlng cost
$163. The delay of sixty days, he said,
was for the purpose of compelling him to
forfeit his options on leases and to enable
th Standard Oil company to get his terri
tory. Mr. Smith further testified, from a wide
knowledge of freight rates in Ohio, Penn
sylvania and Indiana, that the Santa Fe
railway, as a part of the Transmlssourl
Freight bureau, Is using its corporate pow
ers as a transportation line to Impede the
development of this oil field by Independ
ent operators.
Allea-ea Excessive Charges.
Mr. Smith referred to the difference In
freight rates between oil well supplies
and other commodities, and alleged that
in some Instances oil well supplies were
taxed over 100 per cent more than were
paid on other commodities for transporta
tion for the same distances. He produced
freight bills and memoranda as exhibits.
On cross-examination by attorneys for
the railway Mr. Smith admitted that the
minimum weight at which a railroad com
pany will allow a whole car to be used is
5,000 pounds. He also said that a drilling
stem is thirty-eight feet long and that It
requires the use of a whole car to trans
port it. Because it Is tempered steel and
easily damaged nothing else an be shipped
in - the same car. While a stem weighs
only 1,500 pounds companies require freight
on 5,000 pounds, because that Is the mini
mum weight at which they will aocept a
carload shipment.
C. D. Webster, an independent refiner of
Humboldt, Kan., was next placed on the
stand. His examination completed the in
quiry here and. an adjournment was taken
to next Tuesday, when the committee will
begin the taking of testimony at Chanute.
DEPOSITIONS JN CODY CASE
Testimony of Mrs. May Cody Brad
ford, Slater of Baffalo BUI,
Taken at Denver.
DENVER, Colo., March U.-Testlmony In
the Cody divorce case was taken in private
In this city today. Only H. 8. Rldgely,
counsel for William F. Cody, Attorney W.
S. Wilcox of North Platte, Neb., for Mrs.
Cody, the stenographer taking the deposi
tions and the witnesses examined were al
lowed In the room. The principal witness
was Mrs. May Cody Bradford, a sister of
Buffalo Bill, residing In this city. She has
already made one deposition, In which she
testified that Mr. and Mrs. Cody had mar
ital difficulties from the first and that she
had Intervened aa peacemaker on several
occasions.
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