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RETREAT GOES ON
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THE RUSSIAN ARMY CONTINUES
TOWARD HARBIN.
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JAPANESE CLOSELY FOLLOW
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The Russians Said to Be Badly Dc.
morallzcd.-Dellcf That the Muscovites .
vltcs Will Not Soon Attempt to
Make n Sta1ld.
S'I' PI : i'ERSIllJitO-Comnmanderdn- (
Chief I.ltlOvllch In a telegram dated
Saturday MI1YH :
"Oil \larch 17 Japanese batteries
1)lIIhnt'lhHl ) ( ) our dl 'lsloits' In the vitl-
lcys ) of TILVilnplltl \ and Yan IIn. The cn
'lilY allllelll'ell nCIII' Kaotll'se on the
railroad , about twcllly.two mlles north
or 1'1" Pass , nail their cavalry \ has 01'
cupid 1o'al\OlIIlIn Our armies ( 'ollllnuJ
their ( 'OIu'l'lIlralloll , "
In connccllon I with the mobilization
or a new army an IIIIIIPI'Ial clcl'l'ce orders -
dflrs an IlIspt'c'lIolI of horses In lwen .
ty-two districts of he I military divisions .
Hlolls of OllPHsa , Wari'a w alldlos. .
( 'ow.
WI'I'11 'l'lm JAPANESE AICIIN
Tilt : I II'JI 1) 1 , Via Fusa n-Tlie HIIHBlan
army l'onlhlllP Its northern retreat ,
Iho .lallllllpsP following. They have cc-
( 'U ple(1 1'III , koiiian , to Ihn northwest 1 of
Tic PIIRR Yesterday evening thc Hus'
alan c'avall'y ( 'IIIIIIIOcl three lII11cs ° 0I11h
of alYll'n ) Large Russian columns
are retreating towards this place frolll
the HOlltll\\'ellt. The natives report that
they are nol slolllllllg there , where the
hills make a defellso 1I0sHlhle. If the
Vet rent III forced It will probably \ ) he
conthnlel 10 IIHrhln , The HII'Hians
are described as being badly disor-
gutlze(1. :
General Ku rokl's army con Ihines to
lead the Japanese forces , which have
been engaged ( for nine lays In a hard
pursuit In which they have covered
n dlstallco of more than ninety-five
miles , with frequent fI htlllg ,
The weather III the mOlllltalllR Is
very cold , with frequent hard storms.
The brigade In advance occupied Tie
1'amYlHhlOsdny night after u brief
engagement. I
1'110 HIIS'Ilnll retreat became more
disorganized ( daily aft 01' the storm.
During the first IIIIY the Russians
burled their ! dOIII : , but t slnl'e hon Ihcy I
have left the t lend wherever they fell.
'l'ul'Hlll1Y the HusAlalls IIIndo an at-
tPlllllt Ilt resistance In entrenchments
north of ho I 11 tin river , but abandoned .
I'll thelll after they had : been shelled
for two hOlll'II
The colors were inscribed as IIIWlllg
beat IH'PSl'lItp,1 , 10 the regiment / by the
emperor liltS\ : ! \ . Host : of till captured
O\'glllll \ lzaIbits t succeeded III blunting \
thoh' standards before HUI'I'I'llIll'1'lng. A
few prisoners itre \ OI'lIl'l'cl ( clally.
It IH repotted that during General
\OIl\'olla\ln's ! \ residence \ at ' ! ' ( ) \V I' I'
1\11I on the first llay's battle , 110 was
slightly ! \ wOlI\lIled by nn olght.lnch
shell ' which fell near him. The ; Chinese .
officers received the ,
nese \ Tlqlanoco
olllron and soldiers with banners at
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most of the towns entered.
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ANGERS GERMAN CHANCELLOR
Warm Debate Between Herr Bebcl and
Von Bu low In Relchstag.
BBHLIN-Chanclllor Buolow
nnll Herr Betel the ! mrla list If1ader ,
engaged In n hitter discussion In thin
iieicltstag over GI'I'nHny's ! Russian
1IOIlI'
The l'1H\nrel1or's usual I composure
and good humor In debate were ills-
curbed ( hy the allllost savage crllll'lHm
of the socialist t chief , who salll that
Germany's "creeping before Russia
had humiliated 11 In the eyes of the
world and had brought it to shomo "
He held \'OI Ih\'low \ responsible for
Pl'lIRsla's llgatlng III the nasty work
of catching fugitives from Russian
ml1ltlu'y service and turning them over
to agents of the autocrat and for
forcing men and wOlllen whose only
offense was love of liberty to leave
Prussian territory at the instance of
Russian sliles.
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COLLECTION OF T1iE CUSTOMS.
CUSTOMS.I I
Program Under Old Arbitration to Be
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WASIIINGTON-In view of the cx-
poc'tocl adjollrllmellt of the present ext .
tra session of the sonr , e without fa-
vOl'llhlo action upon the pending \ 1)o-
I' mllllcan treaty , It Is IIndOl'stool1 ( that
the state llllrtmont has determined
I to III'o'eoll with the collection of customs '
toms at Puerto Plata and 1\ollte [ Crlstl
II II clOthe \ terms of the arbitration
award of last year ,
It Is feared that comllllcations may
arise through the action of sonic-of
the European J powers whose Clt17(1119 I
are heavy creditors of Santo Domingo.
'I'hese claims have been hold In abe- I
anee hoealllle the European governments . ,
monls interested deslre 10 shape their
policies relative to Domlnka hy those
of America , belllg desirous of avoid-
IlIg 1 allY friction that wOllld 'alllle 111.
foellllg III this country allll appr'ehen-
slon that the Integrity of the Monroe
doctrine \ vas an object of atl acl < . Time
question Is whether , III view of the
failure of the senate to act favorably
upon the treaty which wOllld have provided '
vided the means for the payment of
these claims , the European governments \ -
nLOllts will longer ) refrain from important .
ant action to collect their debts , alld
although It Is flllly realized here that
such action If attended hy coercive
measllres will probably cause an ebuli-
11011 of feeling In this country similar
to Plat allonlllll the allllearnnce of
the allied fleet 011 the Venezuelan
coast III the winter of J02.03 ! , the
state department probably will not
feel authorized to Intervene with a
IH'oles
PEABODY WINS HIS CONTEST
Colorado Legislature Declares He Was
Duly Elected Governor of State.
DENVER , Colo. James 11. Peabody
011 'l'hllrsday won his contest for the
office of governor , from which ho retired .
tired 011 , January 10 after serving a
tOl'm of two years . hut his victory was
achieved only after he had given his
pledge to resign and surrender the
chair to lieutenant Governor Jesse F.
1\I1'1)0Ilall1.
The vote In joint convention of the
general assembly by which Governor
Alva Adams waR ousted and Governor \
, James H , Peabody installed was 51 to
H. Ten republicans voted with t.10
democratic members for Adams.
Governor \ Adams who had spent the
day packing his effects , surrendered
his omce to Governor Peabody shortly
after 5 [ o'elock yesterday afterlloon.
Scores of letters , telegrams and ( telephone .
phone messages had real'hed the executive .
eClltive chamher dllrlllg the day urging
Govorllor Adams to hold his seat by
forl'e , but he 110cillecl to Ignore this
all\'lcp III conversation he said c felt
outraged at the action of the general
aHHemhly and expressed surprise that
111 r. Peabody shollld hecome a Iarty ,
10 what he termed a conlllliracy to secure .
cure the omcc of governor for a man
who had no claim whatever to the
plar'o Governor \ Adams will issue a
formal statemellt 10 the people upon
the result or the contest .
ASKS ISSUANCE OF MANDATE.
Northern Securities Makes Application .
tion to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON-William ! P. Clollgh ,
for the North'J'n Securities \ company ) ,
made alllillcation to the supreme court
for ISSIII\IH'e of the mandate In the
case of E. ii . I1arl'hnan amid others
against the Northern Securities \ company .
pany In consequence of the decision
of the court In fa\'ol' of the company ,
lIe based It on the ground that IInlll
the mandate shollld he issued $5,000-
000 worth of property wOllld be tied
up by the injunction of the New Jersey -
sey court , and this was an Injustice
10 the public and the owners of time
properl
Maxwell Eval'ls , representing the
ollllOslng side objected to the motion ,
saying that the mandate should not issue .
sue until the opinion of the court In
the case Is handed 110wn _
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KOURAPA TKIN OUT
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DISMISSED IN DISGRACE ON THE
FIELD.
LlNEVITCH IS HIS SUCCESSOR j
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Fate of thc Army of Manchuria Now I
In His Hands-The New Commander .
er a Line Officer With a Long Record .
ord as a Fighter
s'r. PE'I'EIlSBUHG-Wlth the Japanese ' I ,
Ilnese hanging on the heels and flanks
of the remnants of the broken , defeated . ;
ed Husslan army , General Kouropat-
kin , the old idol l of the private soldier ,
has been dismissed and disgraced and
General Line\'ltch. comma1\11er of the
First army , Is appointed to succeed
him In conunanll of all the Russian
land and sea forces operating against
Jallan. The word disgrace Is written In
large letters In the laconic Imperial
order gazetted , which contains not a.
single word ( of praise and also disposes .
poses of the rumor that 1ourollal1tln
had asked ) to be 1'l'lIeved. The Russian
military : annals contain no more hitter
Imperial 1'0bulce. ,
Decided anxiety Is felt regarding tho' '
fate of the army lu l\Ianch\ll'la under i
its new commandOl' . No news of military .
tary developments during the last
three clays have been received. The
only dispatches from the front are the
brief announcements yesterday that
General I..luevltl.'h had assumed command .
mand and that Genel'ol KO\ll'opatldn
was departing for SL Petersburg disposing .
posing of a rumor that KOllropatkln
had committed suicide , and the Asso-
ciated Press' Changtufu dispatch of
the morning of l\lureh 16 , and written
at the station of KalHt1 , which was
then held hy the Russians In this
corresllOndont's opinion no 111111Se In
the Japanese advance Is probable for
some time. The Russians were losing
heavily In the rear guard actions and
Japanese columns arc reported to he
pushing northwal'd , as fast as possible
to complete thin envelopment of the
Russian forces.
General Linevltch will have a. con-
sldomble accession of fresh troops In
a day or two , the Fourth European
corps being now at lIarbln and departing .
Ing southward
Military : officers declare that there
arc now 2G8OOO men at General Line-
vltch'lI disposal In \lanl'hurla : , and It
is believed that this force will be sufficient .
ficlent to cause the Japanese to exercise .
clse greater caution In their 1Iu1'suiL
FRANCE STOPS THE LOAN.
No More Money for Russia If She Persists . !
slsts In War. I
PAUlS-The postponement of the
Russian loan Is definitely confirmel1.
This Is likely to exert a II0Wel'f1In. \ ) .
IhlCnce towards peace as It Is the first
time the French financiers have
shown an Indisposition to advance
funds while the uncertainties of war
contluue.
A committee representing the syndicate .
lIlcate of l'l'ench ; IInderwl'ltcrs'ent
10 SL Petersburg to arrange the conditions .
dltlons with the minister of finance
and a contract was drawn up for a
loan taking the form of treasury bonds
running seven years at r. per cent The
contract was then brought back to
Paris for the approval of all the un-
erwrlters.
In the meantime the disastrous
events In Manchuria naturally aroused
doubts on the part of the financiers
as whether . Russia would make
peace 01' pursue the war. The influence
of the financial clements was almost
unanlmolls for peace but Rllssla's 111s.
Inclination to consider peace appears
10 have induced the decision not to
proceed with the contract and accordingly -
cOl'llIngl the signing which was expected -
pected yesterday has been postponed
and all the pending negotiations are
also postponed
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SENSATION AT BONESTEEL.
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Young Lawyer from Nebraska Is Held ,
On Serious Charge
NORFOLK , Neh.-Sensn.tlons which
rival the days of dramatic Intensity
which held sway at Bonesleel , S. D. ,
during the rush days to the Rosebud .
have seized upon that town , as the result '
slllt of n lawsuit growing out or a
scandal III "high socloty" In which
David Wall.lns , a young attorney has
been hl'lll to t'.J circuit court In the
slim of $500. As 11 result of the trial ,
whll'h has held the boards at Dono-
steel for more than It week , and
which was attended by crowds of several .
oral hundred eager auditors each day ,
there were threats to do violence to
Judg'e Howles , who presided. Mrs
Nelllo Neullemaclcer , who Is alleged to
have been associated with Watkins ,
has attempted suicide hy taking blue
olntmellt , and warrants have been Is . - - ' r
sued against both the woman and her
hushand. She Is charged with the
same crime alleged against Watkins ,
while her husband who shot at \Vat.
Iclns when the latter lied towards Nebraska .
braRlm , Is char ecl ( with "shooting .
with Intent to 1 < 111. "
A report which reach Norfolk states
that violence against Judge Bowles
went so far as to bring a rope Into the
court room , and that In all of the
Bonesteel saloons there were angry
words that hinted at tar and feathers
\Yatlclns , who Is a handsome young I
fellow , graduated from the Nebraska ;
university law school last June and located -
cated next day at Bonesteel. His defense .
fenso against the charges that have
been made is the scheme Is one of
blackmail and that Nounemacher of
fered to settle the case for $1,000. The
town seems to be split In two regarding -
Ing the merits of the case , business
men apparently standing solidly by
the young attorney and the crowd
known as the "Oklahomas"-the pee :
pIe who had gained experience In the - - \ . .
Olclahoma rush and who used It here ' -
-stal1l1 with the man who claims his J
home has been I'ulnod . t
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SENATE ADJOURNS SINE DIE , '
Dominican Treaty is Left on Calendar
and Will Come Up Next Session.
ASIHNGTON-'I'he special session ,
slon of the senate was adjourned Saturday .
I\l'llay \ without delay. All of the noun- .
Inations sent In were confirmed with
the exception of fi ve. The most important . I
portant was that of Judge James
\Vlclwl'sham to succeed himself as
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judge of the district court In Alasl < a.
Several unimportant treaties were . 4.J
ratified , hut beyond these matters no
legislative business was transacted.
Most of the session was devoted to
the Santo Domingo question and the
consideration of a treaty In which It
was proposed that the United States
should take over the control of the
financial affairs of the Dominican government -
ernment In order to pay Its debts.
1'here was practically no discussion I
of the Dominican question In execu-
tive session of the senate. Before the
doors were closed an effort was made 1
to secure the adoption of a resolution ,
offered hy Senator Teller requesting j ;
the president to send to the senate the \
correspondence leading up to the : ! negotiation .
gotlatlon of the Dominican treaty. . .
Consideration of the resolution was interrupted . T'
lel'l'lIl1ted by a motion made by Senator . I
tor ClIlIom that the senate go Into 1
executive sescloll The doors were :
closed at 1:09 ! p. m" , and the senate
nt once took up nominations and ( proceeded -
ceeded to confirm them Practically
all the business of this character was . .
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concluded before 2 p. m , and a corn- . - - .
mlttee consisting of Senators Cullom .
and M'CI'eary was appointed to walt
on the president and Inform him that
the senate was ready to adjourn No
motion had been made to recommit
the treaty and It was allowed to reo
main on the calendar It will be the
pending business In executive session
when time senate next meets , whether
It be In special 01' regular session
Spotted fever Is claiming many vIc-
tims In New Yorl\
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