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ARMY IS CUT OFF LOOKS AS IF THE RUSSIANS MUST SURRENDER. JAPS MAKE AH3RCED MARCH Veterans from Port Arthur Surround Eighty Thousand Muscovites.— Tenth Day of Gigantic Struggle for Mukden. NEW CHWANG—It is reported here that Tie Pass has been invested by the Japanese and that General Kouropatkin, having no alternative, ■will probably be forced to surrender within a week. The Russians have not been rein forced from thp direction of Harbin since March 1. General Nogi’s army made a forced march of twenty-five miles daily and acting in conjunction with General Oku’s army surrounded SO.000 Rus sians in the direction of Tie Pass and cut off their supplies. MUKDEN—Noon — The Japanese . ermy bombarded tlm bridge at Fu pass on the Hun river twelve miles ?ast of Mukden. Russian artillery re plied vigorously. The cannonade last ed an hour. At present the Japanese are making most energetic attacks south of the Hun river. It is rumored that they have transferred thither some of their • forces from the northwest in antici pation of a night attack. The Russian forces in the district of Tzuanvanche, north of the Mukden station, rested under arms through out the night. Shortly before dawn a large Japanese force approached the Zaraitser regiment. This regiment al lowed the Japanese to approach with in 200 paces and then discharged a volley from their rifles and opened on them with quick-fire guns, simply mowing down the Japanese, who were reuulsed. Among the prisoners brought in on Wednesday were a number of privates in new uniforms, who were from a re cently organized Japanese reserve di vision. There is reason to believe that another division is being landed in the northern part of Korea for the pur pose of making a demonstration, against Vladivostok. On Wednesday there were furious attacks northwest of Mukden against the villages of San taitse, Yangshihtung and Unshuntun. These attacks were all repulsed. 4 a. m.—Midnight closed the tenth day of gigantic struggle for the pos session of Mukden and the mastery of a vast empire, the tenth day of un ceasing conflict under exploding shrapnel, i.ie roar of cannon and the whistling of bullets: the tenth day without sleep and without food. The combat is fast reaching a point where it is a question not so much of turning columns, of tactics and of strategy as of whose strength, energy and cart ridges will last the longer. Gray-coated Russians, patient, un complaining. strong of soul, clung doggedly to positions against an enemy whose attacks go to the very point of insanity and desperation. For forty-eight hours the Japanese have not eaten. They are starving and ex hausted, but Field Marshal Oyama himself has told them that the city will fall and the slaughter stop on Fridav and their confidence in their leader increased their strength ten fold. WHERE FIGHT WAS BLOODIEST Troops Stumble Over Corpses Un buried for Days. MUKDEN—The Japanese last night pushed up from the south across the abandoned plain between the Shakhe and Hun rivers and are. as this dis patch is filed, about five miles south of the latter and from the Hun, oppo site Machiapti, and northward Japa nese batteries are pouring in a cease less fire. The Japanese succeeded in emnlao ing siege guns and mortars at Dius hantun, about six miles west of this city, whence they opened fire before dawn. Diushantun was the scene yester day of the bloodiest and most desper ate fighting of all this terrible battle. Its possession was vital to the Jap anese who stormed it again and again. The Russians dislodged them but the Japanese finally • recaptured the vil lage after much hand to hand fighting. Eve witnesses say the dead, scat tered in the streets, court yards and houses have been unburied four days. Rifles and other arms lie about wrenched and twisted. Hand grenades were thrown by the Japanese and the garrison was subjected to the concen trated fire of as many as a hundred guns. Once Diushantun in their hands, the Japanese can train guns on Muk den railroad station and it has been held at a frightful cost. The Japanese are also concentrating their efforts about seven miles north Mukden and about five miles west of the railroad with the object of breaking through and cutting off the surrounding troops below. Nice Job For a Neoro. WASHINGTON—There Is authority for the positive statement that the president has fully decided upon the appointment of Charles W. Anderson, a negro of New York, as internal revenue collector for the district of New York to succeed Charles H. Treat, who will be appointed to suc ceed Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States at Washington. These changes, however, will not be made until next June, when Mr. Rob erts will have completed an eight year term. Price Put On Their Heads. EAST ST. LOUIS, 111.—“I will give $100 to any business man who kills a safe blower in the act of blowing a safe in his place of business.” This announcement was officially made by Chief of Police George O. Purdy to the members of the police department and they were instructed to notify business men that such a reward was ready for any one who would kill a safe blower caught in the act on his premises. Mayor Cook approves Chief Purdy’s announcement, after consider ing the situation. « HAS HAD HER SHARE. No More Diplomatic Snaps for Ne braska Men. WASHINGTON—Senators Burkett and Millard had a conference on the subject of the summary dismissal of Max Baehr of Howard county, United States consul at Cienfuegos, Cuba. After learning at the state department that Mr. Baehr's official reports had been exceptionally good, Senator Mil lard proposed that the matter he taken up with President Roosevelt, and about 11 o'clock Senators Burkett and Millard •called at the white house and lodged a respectful protest against the act affecting Baehr. urging that a mis take had been made. The president was not inclined to concede the claim. T^ter Senator Millard learned of Assistant Secretary Ioomis of the state department that Robert J. Thompson, the Chicago newspaper re porter appointed to succeed Baehr, did not wish to go to Cuba, his desire being to go to Europe in the consular service, and Mr. Lt omis assured Sen ator Millard that if Thompson declined to go to Cienfuegos it is quite likely that Max Baehr would be permitted to remain there. In response to telegraphic requests from leading republicans in Nebraska, Senator Millard urged the president to appoint George Anthes, deputy au ditor of state, to an important post in the consular service. The president listened attentively to the good things said of Mr. Anthes. replying that Ne braska had more than Iter quota of consular appointments, and referred 1 to the list in support of the claim, ; which Senator Millard was inclined to j dispute. PLAN TO SEAT ALVA ADAMS TwentyTwo Republicans Combine With Democrats to End Contest. DENVER—A plan for disposing of the contest over the governorship and ! retaining Adams in the chair was an j nounced Wednesday night by the ! Adams supporters. I; is to be brought I about by the aid of certain republi j cans, thought they will not be re quired to vote directly to seat Adams. According to the claims of the Adams people they have secured the signa tures of twenty-two republican mem | hers of the legislature to an agree ment to vote down ali three reports I in .the contest commitee. With the thirty-one members who it is reported will act with the republicans above mentioned the result will he a major ity of four. By defeating all three re ports the effect will he to allow Adams to retain his seat. On the other hand, the Peabody republicans claim that they have forty-six pledged to stand together for Peabody and that this pledge was made at last night's caucus. A steering committee was named and instructed to use every ef \ fort to keep before the joint assembly ( the Alexander report in favor of seat ing Lieutenant Governor McDonald and ignoring the claims of both Adams and Peabody. They hope in this way to eventually win away enough of the McDonald men to give a majority for Peabody. — GOES AGAINST MR. BRYAN Supreme Court Rules in Opposition to His Claim. HARTFORD. Conn.—The supreme court of Connecticut handed down a decision in the Philo S. Bennett will case, in which W. J. Bryan lias fig ured as beneficiary to the extent of | $50,000 as provided in a “s -aled let | ter" left by Mr. Bennett, and fnds no error. The decision upholds the superior court, which rendered judg ment to the effect that the clause in ; Mr. Bennett's will containing the par agraph in regard to the $50,000 to he left to Mr. Bryan is inoperative and that the said fund is the part of a residuary estate. Mr. Bryan appealed from this de cision and the result is as previously stated. The superior court, having held that the “sealed letter" was no part of the will, the only question to decide on was its contents as testa mentary document. Cl?.use 12 of the will leaves $50,000 to Mrs. Bennett in | tru«t with no purpose, while the seal ed lettpr sayfi that the money is left to William .! Bryan. The supreme court holds that the superior court is right in deciding that the clause is inoperative. NO LONGER IN THE CHURCH Former Senator Cannon Disfellow shipped by Mormons. SALT LAKE CITY—Former Uniter! States Senator Frank J. Cannon has ! been disfellowshipped from the Mor mon church for ' unchristian-like con duct and apostasy.” This action of the church author ities. which was announced yesterday, followed a hearing in the city of Ogden before the local bishopric, with whom charges had been preferred against Elder Cannon, who is editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. The charges were based on editorial utterances of the Tribune, including “an address to the earthly king of the kingdom of God.” Czar Addresses Young Officers. ST. PETERSBURG—One hundred and eighteen naval cadets and thirty two pupils of the naval engineering school who have been promoted to be officers, were presented to the em peror at Esarskoe Selo. The emperor in an address exhorted the young offi cers. particularly at the present time, to defend the honor of glory of Rus sia with all their might, not heeding and not discouraged by strokes of fate, but always laboring faithfully in the service of ttye fatherland, and the emperor. Millionaire Clubman Dies. NEW YORK—Henry A. Barclay, millionaire club man and sportsman and vice president and trustee of the Barclay Realty company of New York, died at his home in this city after an Illness of several weeks. He was born December 14, 1844. Will Pay Without Protest. LONDON—The British claims as a result of the North sea incident as finally submitted to Russia, total $325,000. T*e amount will be paid soon. THE JAP VICTORY FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA REPORTS THE OUTCOME. FORTY THOUSAND PRISONERS Casualties on the Japanese Side Esti mated at Forty-one Thousand.— Those cf the Russian Forces Said to Be Ninety Thousand. TOKIO—Field Marshal Oyama re ported that 40,000 prisoners were taker, and that there were 90,000 Rus sian casualties in the Shakhe river direction alone. He estimated that the number of Russian prisoners captured will exceed 40.000. The Japanese cas ualties are estimated at 41.000. The i spoils include two Hags, about sixty guns, 60,000 rifles, 150 ammunition wagons, 1,000 carts, 200,000 shells, 25, 000.000 of small arms ammunition, 25,000 bushels of cereals, 275,000 bush els of fodder, 45 miles of light railway outfit. 2.000 horses. 23 cart lots of maps, 1,000 cart loads of clothing and account rements, 1,000.000 rations of bread, 70,000 tons of fuel and 60 tons ; of bay, besides tools, tents, bullocks, | telegraph wire and poles, timber, beds, ! stoves r.r.d numerous other property. | The Japanese captured a retreating | Russian column at the Pu river yes ' terday. j TOKIO—The Japanese pursuit of I the Russian armies continues and a resumption of heavy fighting in the ; vicinity of Tie Pass is anticipated. Tie j Pass, which is naturally strong, has j been extensively fortified and it is thought the Russians will rally there in an endeavor to check the Japa nese. j The rapidly advancing Japanese al I ready are in touch at Tie Pass. The ; Russians evidently are confused and exhausted and possibly are short of food and ammunition, and it is be lieved here they will he unable to re sist a. strong attack. Succeeding field reports increase the e?<teut of the Russian disaster. It will take months to resupply and re organize the Russian armies. Reports : of casualties given by captives reach 40 per cent. The artillery losses were especially heavy. The captured guns have not yet been counted, hut the nu merous captured stores and muni tions are valued at millions of dollars. This loss materially adds to the crip pling of the Russian armies. The Jap anese people are receiving details of the victory with calmness. Tokio and other cities are exceedingly quiet and ; the recent admonition to the people to refrain from spending money in cele brations and devote their saving to war charities is being universally obeyed. The Japanese press editorials, in discussing the possible effects of peace on victory, declare Japan will con tinue the vigorous prosecution of the war and has no suggestion to make to Russia directly or indirectly. In the general elation over the suc cess of the Japanese a special source of satisfaction is the celerity with which the flanking operations wore carried out, the quick seizure of ad vantage and the speed made in pur suit of the Russians. After the sum mer campaign there was a general admission of the truth of the repeated criticism that the Japanese army had failed in those respects and an avow ed determination was made to redeem the shortcomings. During the recent operations against the Russians the left portion of the Fifth army march ed forty miles in one (lav, greatly aid ing in the achievement, of the victory. Captives taken in this last engage ment make the total of prisoners now held by Japan 75.000. Their care is becoming a very expensive problem. This government is formulating plans to remove the prisoners to the islands, probably in the inland sea. and it is possible that the captives will be re moved there. Funeral of Mrs. Stanford. HONOLULU—The mail room of the steamer Alameda, which sails for San Francisco next Wednesday, has been appropriately draped for the recep tion of the body of Mrs. Jane L. Stan ford. Before the departure of the steamer funeral services will be held, at which Bishop Resarick will read the services. Among the pall bearers will be Governor Carter, United States District Judgp Dole and David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford university. There have not been any developments in the case. Kuropatkin Has Enough. LONDON—The St Peterburg corre spondent of the Times says: General Kuropatkin has asked the emperor’s gracious permission to hand over his command, alleging that he is in ur gent need of physical and mental rest. It is said that Japan has twice ap proached Russia through informal channels on the subject of peace, but that in each case the proposal failed because Japan demanded an indem nity and a pledge that Russia would not keep warships in the Pacific for twenty-five years. Decides Against Government. NEW YORK—Judge Wheen, in the United States circuit court, handed down an opinion, which, if finally sus tained. will cost the United States government five dollars. This money the government will have to 'refund to the American Sugar Refining com pany for duties paid to it on raw sugars- imported from Cuba in 1903 and upon which the company contend ed that a reduction of 20 per cent should have been allowed under the then existing treaty. The suit was a test case. Changes on the Tribune. NEW YORK—Whitelaw Reid’s re tirement from the editorship and di rectorship from the New York Tri bune owing to his having taken office abroad under the government makes necessary the reorganization of the editorial department. Hart Lyman, long a member of the editorial stafT. succeeds Mr. Reid as editor. Donald Nicholson, who has been connected with the Tribune for thirty-five years, retires at his own request from the managing editorship and is succeeded by James Martin. BRITISH QUESTION PEACE. Believe Russia Will Fight Until She Is Worn Out. LONDON—The announcement of fall of Mukden was discounted in London by the reports chronicling the progress of the great battle, but the actual occupation of the capital of j Manchuria by the Japanese is the sub ject of comment everywhere, especial ly in diplomatic circles. The foreign office declined to comment on the event, but there, as elsewhere, there was intense interest in the result of the Japanese encircling movement and its possible effect on the future progress of the war. Few who are | well informed are inclined to the be ; lief that Oyama's magnificent victory and successful strategy would bring peace within measurable distance, the opinion being that while the Russian fighting force is disabled and prob- j ably will be obliged to retire further than Tie pass or even Harbin, the fighting spirit of the Russian nation would be increased rather than de- j terred by the defeat., and (hat only compulsion will briftg the nation to its knees. llaron Suyemat u, formerly Japa nese minister of the interior, in the course of an interview said that , whether the victory indicated an early i termination of the war was a question that Russia alone could answer. The Japanese legation has been in undated with congratulations and everywhere the prime note is the praise of the genius of Oyarna, which ! was conceded even by the most pro Russian observers. There is intense anxiety here to learn the fate of Kuropatkin’s force and whether the chain Oyama has drawn around them will be strong enough to hold them. The Russian forces must be in a terrible plight, and a repetition of all the errors of : Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow is re garded as among the possibilities. On the other hand, the condition of the Japanese armies, which must be suf fering from exhaustion, might possibly enable Kuropatkin to gather his forces and break through. He is said to have j been a spectator at Sedan, and it is believed the memories of those days will suffice to convince him of the hopelessness of the struggle. CZAR DETERMINED TO FIGHT. — More Troops to Be Mobilized and Sent to the Scene of War. ST. PETERSBURG—The immediate answer of the Russian government to the defeat at Mukden is the announce ment that another army will be rais ed and the forces in the far east re organized; that Vice Adminral Ro jestvensky will be ordered to sail on and try conclusions with Togo, and that the war will be prosecuted to the bitter end. This is the present tem per of Emepror Nicholas and his dom inant advisers, voiced in a firm offi cial announcement that the position of Russia is unchanged and that the initiative for peace can only come from Japan. Should the island em pire choose the tender “moderate" terms and recognize its adversary as the power in the far east, peace could be easily arranged, but the voice of her diplomacy in various parts of the world indicates that she is not ready to do this, and the Rus sian government, with the full magni tude of the disaster at Mukden still undetermined, but with the 1905 cam paign seeminlv already hopelessly compromised, retreat to Harbin inev itable and Vladivostok practically lost, declares that the time has not yet come when Russian can be forced to humble herself. “Spotted Fever" Killing Many. NEW YORK—That cerebro-spinal meningitis, or “spotted fever," is kill ing about forty persons a week in this city, was asserted by Commis sioner Darling of the health depart ment. M. Witte Has Not Resigned. ST. PETERSBURG—The report from Berlin that M. Witte, president of the committee of ministers, has re signed is officially denied. TOLD TO PUSH SUITS. No More Favors for Cattlemen of Western Nebraska. WASHINGTON—District Attorney Baxter had an important interview with the secretary of the interior on the subject of the pending suits against cattlemen who have fenced in portions of the public domain. Sec retary Hitchcock is of the opinion that such violators of the law should be proceeded against vigorously by the government. Judge Raxter also consulted Major Larabee. assistant commissoiner of Indian affairs, and re ceived the latter's congratulations up on his successful prosecution of the bootlegging cases arising at the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reserva tions. Judge Baxter left for New York. He will be in Chicago at the opening of the inquiry into the meth ods of the beef trust by the federal grand jury. There is a report that he will appear officially, hut he said he would rather not discuss the matter. Service Needs Reforming. WASHINGTON—Hon. Andrew D. White, formerly American minister to Germany, delivered a lecture here un der the auspices of the regents of the Smithsonian institution on the sub ject of the diplomatic service of the United States, with hints towards re form. Mr. White charged that resi dence abroad makes men un-Ameri can. and combatted the statement that the diplomatic service is mostly re creation. He declared that no country does so much as ours to protect adopted citizens. Twenty-Seven Floating Wrecks. WASHINGTON—Some Idea of the severity of the winter season just drawing to a close may be gathered I from the fact that the navy depart I ment is now confronted with the ne cessity of seeking out and destroying no less than twenty-seven ocean dere licts which are lying in the great ocean lanes from Santiago to New foundland -and endangering shipping entering and departing from our At lantic ports. The presence of these floating wrecks has been reported to the hydrographic office. f JAPSGETMUKDEM | ANOTHER RUSSIAN STRONG HOLD IS CAPTURED. TEH DAYS CONTINUOUS FICHTINi Every One of These Attended Witt Fearful Loss of Life—Severe -Fight ing Still Going On in the Countr] Round About Mukden. The fate of the Russian army of up ward of 230,000 men and the 2,C0< pieees of artillery with which it wa.< expected confidently General Kouro patkin and his lieutenants could pre vent the advance of the Japanese be vond the Shaklie ard Run river posi lions, still is in the balance. The;, have been driven from those positions and now are rushing northward to ward Tie pass, around which are higt hill which were prepared for defenst after tlie battle of Liao Yang in Sep tember, there being no hope at thal time that the Japanese would allow the defeated army to rest south of tlu Tie pass. That the Russians? have losi many guns atu large quantities of am munition ami supplies is certain, foi with but a single traek railway to the north it would be impossible to re move the large stores which bad been gathered together at Mukden. These it seems certain, have been destroyed TOKIO—Field Marshal Oyama tele graphed as follows under Friday's date: We occupied Mukden at 10 o’clock this morning. Our surrounding move ment in which we have been engaged for some days past, has now complete lv succeeded. The fiercest fighting continues at several places in the vi cinity of Mukden. We captured a great number of prisoners, enormous quantities of aims, ammunition, provisions and other war supplies. There is at present no time to investigate the number of these. NEW CHWAXG— According to re liable information received here, the Russians, having been driven out of Mukden and Fushuan. and. with the railroad cut, are retreating in a de moralized condition to the hill country toward the northeast. Detached bodies of Russians are roughly entrenching with a view to checking the pursuit, but no great rear guard action is being fought. It will be impossble for the Rus sians to keep up any sort of resistance for many days, as there are no means of provisioning in the rough country through which they are retreating. It is believed that the Russians may attempt to reach Kirin. 225 miles northeast of Mukden, through the val leys, but a special Japanese corps from the direction of the Yalu river (probably General Karaamura's forces) threatens to cut them off. The casualties on both sides have been enormous. The Russian Sixteenth army corps was practically annihilated at Tatchekiao. Eight thousand Rus sians fell at Leukuanpao. ST. PETERSBURG—“Last night all our armies commenced to retreat.” The greatest defeat in the history of the Russian-Japanese war was made known in St. Petersburg last night, but only in tne paltry eight words from General Kouropatkin to Emperor Nicholas, which were flung about the streets in newspaper extras and pass ed from mouth to mouth. Two thoughts formed instantly in the minds of everyone, and two words were on every lip—surrender—peace—the for mer dreaded, the latter hoped for. General Kouropatkin is no maker of phrases; his words never are quoted like the famous “All is lost save honor,” but his laconic messages hide more than probably any other two sentences in the literature of war. St. Petersburg know nothing of the ex tent of the disaster, not even the lines of Kouropatkin's retreat; whether the route to Tie pass is still open, whether he is endeavoring to cut his way through to safety or whether, as many of the pessimestic believe, he has taken to the mountains. If it be the latter he will inevitably be hemmed in and starved into surrender, as Marshal Bazaice was at Metz. Orders Schools Reopened. WARSAW—The authorities have decided to order the schools to re open on Tuesday, and unless the boys return within a week to expel them. It is expected that the majority will continue on strike. Red Flag in Heart of Russia. ST. PETERSBURG—A telegram from Ekaterinoslav, South Russia, says that five miners have been killed and fifteen wounded in a conflict be tween strikers of the Shoerbinoff mines and the Auerbach quicksilver mines and soldiers in the district of Bakhmut. The strikers started looting and the troops threatened to shoot. The former thereupon fired on the sol diers with revolvers and also threw stones at them, whereupon the troops fired a volley and order was restored. Wichita Merchant Killed. WICHITA, Kans.—J. C. Casey, head of the Casey Wholesale Mercantile company was shot through the head and instantly killed by James Oliver. Oliver lost $23,000 in the failure of the Casey & Garst Mercantile company a few months ago. and the misfortune preyed on his mind. He demanded his money wrhen the firm was reor ganized and had several arguments with Casey over the loss. While Casey was seated at his desk. Oliver slipped up behind him and fired three times without warning. Cowboys at White House. WASHINGTON—Captain Seth Bul lock and his company of cowboys, whose picturesque appearance wras a feature of the inauguration day pa rade, were given a reception Wednes day night by President Roosevelt. They walked to the white house in the rain, having sold their ponies which they brought with them from the west. Captain Bullock and his men remained at the White House for an hour, having an informal chat and a smoke with the president, who gave them a cordial greetinr A VALLEY OF DEATH. Awful Slaughter Attending the Long Battle. HEADQUARTERS GENERAL. REN VENKAMPFF, near Oubenpusa—Via Mukden—The road northward is i crowded so far as the eye can reach 1 by a continuous file of two-wheeled Chinese carts full of Russian wound 1 ed, the best testimony of the valor with which the army of the east, fight ing continuously for a fortnight, has defended every inch of ground over which it lias been compelled by su perior numbers to retire. Each eart 1 bears from three, to five wounded men. whose exhaustion is almost too utter for them to feel pain. Scarcely a groan or cry is heard—not even the moans of the dying—only the dismal creak o? the rude wheels and the thud of the poinies’ hoofs are audible. Most of the wounded have their heads covered with Chinese blankets or dirty coats, stiff with blood, hiding wan and dirty faces distorted with pain, sunken eyes and expanded nos trils. Here and •lure is seen a cart with two wounded' men. between whom is a corpse, whic-i with every jolt pounds again -t the helpless liv- j ing comrades of the man on whose ! face death Lad sealed the distortion of unbearable agony. The valley in front of the Russian j position has become a valley of death. Corpses strew the debatable . ground from which neither side can remove its dead. Again and again the .Japanese charged down the slope and up the hill. Again and again the Russians counter attacked trying to gain pos session of “the hill with the tower.” No quarter was asked for or given by either side. The entity ceased only in death. Here sits a Japanese upon a stone, a moment's pause for rest having stretched him out into eter nity. There lie two foes with bayonets sheathed in each other's breasts. Everywhere corpses. corpses, corpses. For two days the Russians i had been concentrating a heavy artil lery fire on “the hill with the tower.” stopping the Japanese sapper work. FOR PROSECUTING THE WAR St. Petersburg Paoer Contains No Talk of Peace. ST. PETERSBURG—The Russ, in an editorial article, strikes a stirring note, not minimizing the extent of the defeat in Manchuria, but bidding the people not despair. The article con tains no word about peace, its whole thought being uncompromising prose cution of the war. though it is real ized that this means months of pre paration for another battle and that nerhaps Tie Pass may follow Mukden. It does not even demand General Kur opatkin’s removal, but says it is first necessary to determine whether Rus sia has a better general. While hold ing up the hands of the government in regard to the continuation of the war, the Russ solemnly warns it of the necessity of internal reforms. Other influential papers are apt to take the same stand s»nd voice a pa triotic demand to crown vhe war with victory and rally all forces for the prosecution of the war. Fairbanks Appoints Son. WASHINGTON. D. C.—Vice Pres’, dent Fairbanks has appointed as his secretary his son. Frederick C. Fair banks. K? was graduated from Prince ton in the class of 1903. FIX DATE FOR REVOLUTION. _ J May 1 Deo.'ired to Be Time for f.us atsn National Rising. ST. PAUL. Minn.—A special to the Dispatch from Sioux City. Iowa, says: Arom Enden. who came from Rus sia four months ago and joined the Russian colcnv here, received a letter from a member of the Russian re volutionary party saying that April 18 of the Russian calendar, or May 1. American calendar, has been named for the opening of the national re volution. Since Wie St. Petersburg massacre the Evolutionists in the cities have been repressed until or ders could be conveyed to all the cities and provinces for a universal rising on such a scale that to cope with it would he impossible. All railroads and industries will be tied up and mobs will take possession of every city. It is claimed that support of many of the troops is pledged. Enden has heretofore received information trom Russia which has proved accur ate. Talking of the Battle. BERLIN—Military writers here dis cussing General Kouropatkin’s situa tion admit its extreme seriousness but do not believe a new Sedan will follow, urging that the Japanese armv is not heavy enough to compel a sur render. Unstinted praise is given Field Marshal Oyama’sr military achievement in the present battle, but it is believed territory over which the fight, has been going on is too enor mous to expect the Japanese to seri ously plan to surround the Russian forces. Work on Canal Can Go On. W ASHINGTON—There is authority for the statement that the question as to whether the isthmian canal shall be made a sea-level waterway or con structed on the lock system is one that need not be determined at the outset of the work. In fact it is stated that work could progress for five year? or more before this matter would necessarily be decided, and without in any way retarding the progress of construction or causing 1 any delay. There is strong recom mendations for a sea level canal Russia Pays North Sea Bill. LONDON—Count BenkendorfT* the ' Russian ambassador to Great Britain < paid $325,000 to Foreign Secretary i Ijindsdowna in settlement of th*e ' North sea claims, and the incident was thus closed; , i London—The correspondent at 1 F~ng Kong of the London Standard -states that three Japanese cruisers 1 with colliers passed southward Sun 1 day afternoon and that men of war IYVay>llier8 PaSSed southeasterly on : 0 .■■■ '■ —— \ —————w—Hi—|n—■WTT—PCft' ."ity-'if* w~”,u .~+~~*+ t j •• «• News in Nebraska * An opera company has bc<*n ore,*: ized in Madison. Four houses in Albion an* now ;P. ing the red flag for smallpox. The Dodge County Farmers' T< ** phone company has made a slight raise in rates. Mrs. Beats of Grand Island. wh<* went to Indiana to nurse her - ck hus band, died suddenly in that s n.. The Blue Valley Milling company of Holmesville. has lx* - » g • /.*d with an authorized ca i i! -nci; of $25,000. The Norfolk police hav * r * i ax on a crusade against vice * ;p raiding some places of cp: character. Three colored men place 1 in l x Alliance for house break nig. guilty and are awaiting ■•n,c! a soon as the judge arrives Recently ,i graf'er x r ’ her of Cass county pconh * in < ' in an incubator at the .-mi./i * ot $7, and afterward - at' ize $37 for the same. Governor Mickey ] !;< • >> • reuisition of the governor « ML for the return/to that of t Norman Taylor, wanted. A county for grand lan r.y. The new city directoi'y * ■ vn *e for 1905 is out. It cory-An- 4 names, which would in,di*-v • ■ • lation of 11.U00 an increase 1 "-o since the last directory wa :-~r i Blythe & Patton, wh - nr was destroyed by tire a1 I’du Sprit _ a few days ago. expect to > . o. * ■ a new 20,000-bushel «* ’ >■ t from the Burlington <!•'••* ■ :r ti p point. Word was brought to Clay C. • :■ * the burning of a barn on ' m of Mrs. Crit Stephens*.’:. fiv* ttr southeast. No particular.-- v ’> at ed as to the amount of i or * . of fire. .Toe C. Hot tel of Omaha a Tail lv years old, was killed at As .land : falling under a Rock Island twin m.r the Burlington tracks. lr is -•ippm that he was catching a ride and slipped. William Threadkell was 1.;lh*d in the Burlington yards at Lincoln v, h trying to uncouple two cars. H* caught a foot In a fish plate as h stepped between the cars and wa* : stantly killed. William M. Quackenbusk n farm* r living thirteen miles nar'im -r .,f Beatrice, was accidentally instantly killed by William N IT nett, his wife’s cousin, while tl .* tv . were duck hunting. Both of the incubator factori- > at Clay Center are running r.A r in their shops. The j . .. r has been paying'out to th ■* eon corns over $2,000 per day iu nu>n.-;. orders for some time. A society for the prev ntion * cruelty to animals hak he: n organ ized at Osceola. Dr. E. D. Buckner. Judge F. H. Ball and Pc'^tnia.-1 Henry H. Campbell are the ineorpor., tors and board of trustees. Relatives of Michael Lamb of On ey countv, who is doing rim** a; til penitentiary on a charge of beiair im plicated in a cattle stealing case. hav. renewed their efforts to have him par doned, or his sentence com ran: .■ Since the ice has broken tit. in <; son’s lake east of Nebraska City, thousands of dead fish have fiwr \ • . the shore. Among the deal t> ar hundreds of fine bass and croppy. Many of the bass weigh from four :*< six pounds each. The house committee on claims di< covered that the claim of the h. t< r»f Herman Goedde of Sioux Citv ha t been raised from $1,500 to *11 :.<»■> Goedde died several years ago and 1: -* heirs live in Germany. Th* proper’? went to the state. State Auditor Searle has refused t*> honor the warrant of State Sc»mp Jennings for $2 a day extra pay president of the senate, claiming tl • act providing for increased com per- , t.on is unconstitutional. The attorn**' general upholds the auditor in his contention. Colin H. Mclsaac, cocimissvr, general of the Lewis and Clark vxv - tion, is in Lincoln conferring « rh ?tote officials and legislators in r. cord to increasing the propose 1 $i" 500 appropriation from Nebraska. He rernfnds the *tate that Or. 2 n aj ■ ; ■ priated $30,000 to make the Omaha exposition a success; that Oregon hn< sustained the most cordial relations w;th Nebraska and does a ho sin* s« with us of more than $10,000 per year ^ The general store of J. Carlyle a* Beotia was entered and robbed. T' thieves broke open a desk and se^in \ *203. Evidently the use of M<>. sounds was anticipated for a quantity >f sulphur was sprinkled on the floor ind also upon the sidewalk for -on listance outside the door. Sheriff 3mith camf‘ in a few hours after rh. robbery was discovered, bringing !■ bloodhounds, but the sulphur .mrir.lv baffled them and they could do i. .h, :iu’. lour ears of Northwestern ftvig) train No. 46 wore piled in a heap and wrecked near Platte river station, ? \ rnucs west of Fremont. The wr< was caused by a broken flange. Ear man*Mies of grain were spilled on lie ground. Holdrege is enjoying an unusual mtiding boom this spring. There hi, iow twenty-seven residences in com>, * instruction and the new Carr, -. i wary will be eommenced within the *ext thirty days. There is also talk 'a new 515.000 school building i-.hich. m all probability, will be erect 2d in time.for the fall terra. A a special election, held in Tekn «ah. for the issuance of bonds of the Pekarnah, in the sum of $10. „ ; ;"r the Purpose of purchasing or nstalling an electric lighting plant to 3h°o°'In!(l aml °Perate«i by said citv. he bonds carried by a vote of 136 to There are more ducks to be seen on e river bottom south of Falls Citv ban have been seen in that locality ears. The local sportsmen are rmnwta 80od time without wasting ch time. A few hours are all that Is nfRry t0 80 OUt and «et • n,ce )ag of game.