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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
NOHKOiMC , NIUmtASKA , KKIDAY , MAItl'll 10. 11)05 )
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JAPANESE TROOPS OCCUPY RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD THE RUS
SIANS ARE PANIC STRICKEN THOUSANDS OF PRISONERS
ARE TAKEN ALSO MUCH OF SUPPLIES.
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GREAT QUANTITIES OF STORES ANDGUNS ARE CAPTURED
'A Bulletin Frm Yankow Announces the Fall of Mukden From the Power
of the Czar's Soldiers Another Climax In the War Which Goes Hard
, ' Against the Emperor.
BULLETIN.
Yankow , March 10. Mukden fell at
10 o'clock this morning.
The Russians are panic stricken.
Thogsands of prisoners and enor
mous quantities of stores and guns
have been captured.
New Chwang , . fy * 1. Accord-
o
ihg to reliable Inform. 4elved
here today , the Russians au # % , ? , '
Of
out of Mukden and Fushum , and , P < M
the railroads cut are retreating In a
demoralized condition to the VIII coun
try , northeast.
Kurokl Is advancing northward and
forcing the Russians against Nogl's
army.
The casualties on both sides are
enormous. The Russian sixteenth
army corps being practically annihi
lated at Tatchekiao.
Eight thousand Russians fell at
Laukaupao. . * ,
BULLETIN.
Tokio , Marih 10. Th'J-Japanese
troops occupied Mukden at 10 Friday
morning.
RUSSIANS HOLDING NEAR HUN.
Fighting Vigorously to Defend Their'
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Positions.
Tokio , March 10. 11 a. m. Reports
from Manchurlan army headquarters
say that the Japanese have captured
Tita.
Tita.A
A dust storm is interfering with the
v
battle.
BLOODIEST SCENE IN BATTLE.
Terrible Hand to Hand Fighting in
'
Which Japs Won.
Mukden , March 9. Delayed In
transmission. Dlushantoti was the
scene yesterday of the bloodiest and
most desperate fighting of all this ter
rible battle.
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The Russians are vigorously holdIng -
Ing and defending their fortifications
uoi'th of the Hun rlvejrv
Its possession was vital to tlie Jap
anese who stormed it again and again.
'jfbo Russians dislodged them but fi
nally , after hand to hand lighting , the
Japanese recaptured the village.
The dead , scattered In the streets ,
have been unburled for four days.
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Hand grenades were'thrown ' by the
Japanese and the garrison was sub
jected to the concentrated fire of 100
guns.
Once Dlushantou In their hands , the
( Japanese trained their , guns on the
Mukden railroad station.
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St. Petersburg , March 10. The extent -
tent of the disaster to Kuropatkin's
army Is as yet unknown hero , but the
most sinister reports receive credence
and the public Relieves that Oyama
has succeeded in closing a. ring of
iron around at least a largo portion
of the Russian army.
Communication with Mukden appar
ently , Is cut off as no word has ar
rived of a later date than yesterday
at G o'clock In the 'afternoon when
the situation of General nildcrllng ,
who commands the rear guard and
the thousands who were fighting off
the Japanese assault almost at the
walls of Mukden , was reported to be
desperate.
Then from the east that Kurokl had
pushed through until the pass was
under the Japanese guns.
St. Petersburg , March 10. The only
consolation that the papers find In to
day's news is that the Russian troops
have been conquered by a wonderful
foe and they are declaring that the
desperate expedient which the Japan
ese successfully employed nt Dluslmn-
tun is without a parallel in history.
During the height of the terrible
dust storm the Japanese lines actual
ly faced about , apparently firing into
their own reserves and deceiving the
Russians and backing Into the Rus
sian wire entanglements before the
nise was discovered.
London , March 10 Mukden at
noon was still occupied by the Hus-
slans. Fu pass , twelve miles to the
eastward and on the Hun river , a
viul point for General Knuropatkln
In the retraat of his eastern wing , was
bombarded by the Japanese foi oiu
hour early In the day , Russian tirtll
lery replying vigorously The out
come at this point seem * to be In
doubt. A wind storm of hurricane
fury wa < in , , progress dining lire day
No reports from the eommuiider-in
chief later than Wednesday have been
given out at St. Peter thru g.
Associated Pres.- , dispatches froni
Mukden Indicate that considerable
Japanese forces are well north of
the city of Mukden nnd that the n"
way , npc.n whli h depend- rnu'h fur
the Ru > shn army , iseilon l.v threat
ened , if Indeed It has not alieaih
bet n cut.
In the opinion of English military
critics General Koutopntkln's foree.
are doomed to complete disaster
Careful study of all the avenues of
possible escape and the disposition
of the victorious Japanese arnife
leads to the conclusion that the best
he can do Is to save a mete remnant
of his anny after devoting whole dl
rlslons to slaughter. .Much Import
ance U attached to General Knwa <
mura's mysterious unlocnted arrnv ,
which Is momentarily expected to
complete the closing of the net are urn :
the defeated host by appearing some
where In the extreme ea t In the
neighborhood of Kingfan. thin block
Ing the sol ° remaining route. Ylngfan
to Tie pase throne ; ! ) WanUial.o p.nss
The Dally Telegraph. In an editorial
article well reflecting the genera' '
opinions here , says : "The greatest
battle In the world's history promises
to end In the world's greatest military
disaster. Even if Kournpatkln sue
reeds In snatching half his host from
the terrible rlnc of flre. how can Rus
! hope to pend out another nrmv to
replenish hl ranks. Kouropatkln'f
disastrous-defeat ought to mean The
end of the war. "
The correspondent at ToVIo of th
Dally Telegraph ays on official au
thorlty that fully 200.000 Russians are
enveloped , and he hears that Russia' ;
central arnir Is lmo t annihilated
In the lobby of the house of com
onsIt was rumored that Oijera
Kournpatkln had axVed for , nn nrmls
tlce , but the report could not be trace
to anv reliable source. '
Russia Strengthening Indian FrontUr
St. Petersburg , Marck 10. Ruasl
li steadily reinforcing her 'military
atrsngth , both In men and..tuns , In
to * direction of the Indian'frontier
Bensational rumors or th dispatch o
the reinforcement * for Russian Tttr
keitan were current two months ago
but they were then denied. Th As
oclated Press li now In a position to
affirm their truth on the authority o
a traveler of unimpeachable veracity ,
Ttbo has just arrived from Tashkend
and who was a personal witness o
military activity on the recently corn
pleted Orenhurg-Tashkend and othe
strategic railroads through Merv t
Krasnovodsk. Troops , guns and mun
tlons of war have been moving soutl
ward for two months. Between th
middle of January and the middle o
February fifty-six military trains
mostly carrying artillery , arrived a
Tashkend.
8AYS SUBWAY MEN ACTED WITH
OUT AUTHORITY
ORDER3 THEM BACK TO WORK
Local Officer , of Engineers' trother-
hood and Street Car Union Say No
Attention Will Be Paid to Hla
Action and Strike Will Continue
New York , March 10. The moat In ,
tcieating development In lh subway
and elavated strike situation In New
York wan the stand taken by Foure of
hu labor louilurtf In repudiating thn
actlou of the local leader ! ! , who or
dcred nnd are conducting the htrlke
Tin- Hint Intimation the public had
hat the strike was not cndoiscd by
he riiitlomil unions came In a stub ;
merit from Grand Chief Wnrron S.
Stone of the Mr other hood of Locomo-
ve Knglnccrs , to which the motor
men belong. Mr. Stone Insisted ( hut
he strike was a violation of the laws
of the national union , the men having
broken their contract with the Intei
borough company. He ordered the
men to report tor duty , falling whiili
expulsion ficnu the organization Is
threatened
W. D. Mnhon , president of the Amal
gamated Association of Struct nnd
Electric Railway Krnployca of Amur
ca , Issued a statement similar In
terror to that Issued by Warren H
Stouo. President Mnhon says the
trlkc was not authorized by the ria
tlonal body and that the strikers must
go back No work.
The Amalgamated association and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive KIIR !
neers have Issued a Joint statement at
strike headquarters , In which they de
clare that Warren S. Stone did not ! <
BUC any statement to tnenr. ordering
them to return to work arrd declaring
the national body not In sympathy
with their strike The statement coTi
tlnues that the strike has Just begun
that the men will tight to the bitter
end and that they are confident of
winning.
BRYAN LOSES $50,000 , BEQUEST
Connecticut Supreme Court Gives De
clsion In Bennett Will Case.
Hartford. Conn. , March 10. The su
preine court of Connecticut handed
down a decision In the. IMillo S lien
nett will cube , In which \V J Bryan
has figured as beneficiary to the ex
tent of $50,000 , as provided In
"sealed letter' lett by Mr. Dennett
and finds no error. The decision up
holds the superior court , which run
dered judgment , to ( he effuct that the
clause lu Mr. Bennetts will contain
Ing the paragraph In regard to the
$50,000 to be left to Mr. Bryan is In
operative and that the said fund is tin
part of a residuary estate. Mr TJrv
an appealed from this decision , and
the result isa = previously stated. The
superior court having held that th
"sealed letter" was no part of the will
the only question to decide on was
it ? contents as testanientart docu
meirt Clause 12 of the will leaves
$50,000 to Mrs Bennett In trust , with
no purpose , while the sealed le'te
says that the money | s left to Will
lam J Bryan. The supreme cour
holds that the supeiior court Is righ
In decldlne that the clause Is Inopera
live.
Counsel for Mr Bryan when nsked
If the case would be taken any high
er said that it would not be.
The decision doubtless ends one o
the most Interesting cases over fough
out hi the courts of the state Mr
Bryan was a close friend of Mr Her :
nett and was made the executor of hi
will When it became known thaf a
"sealed letter" was deposited In N' ° w
Tork. bequeathing Mr Brvan $50 " >
the striicele began to have It exclud
d. several allegations which cause
considerable surprise nt the time be
Ine made by counsel for Mr * Bennett
It was even alleged that Mr Bennet
Intended to have trie letter destroyed
when h * wn killed by a fall on
wtstern mountain gld .
May End the ConUit.
Milwaukee. March 10. The dli
patch from Hartford announcing th
decision of tha tupr > ui < court In th
Bennett I case was read by Mr ,
Bryan over th telephone , at .th * con
clnilon of hla lecture MY Brya
laid ht had not received any dlrec
notice of the rourf'n decision and ha
no comment to nrak * further tha
that he presumed that th * derUlo
Ju t rendered ends the contest
Wounded Haieri Will Recover.
Ann Arbor , Mich. , March 10. Th
two sophomore atudenta stabbed In
Tuesday nlaht's hazingepliode are
Improving and It is expected' Tioth will
recover. The freshman who wielded
the knife has not been discovered. It
developed that the freshman , when he
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caw the sophoraores advancing to cut
hie hair , cave them warning that he
had H knife and would UK It In de
fending himself.
McMillan May Succeed Bate.
Nashville , Tenn. . March 10. Tha
Tennessee legislature adjourned soon
after It wan called to order out of re
spect to Senator Bate. It was decided
during the brief session to elect a
successor to the late senator. The im
pression prevails that the legislature
will elect Governor H. W. McMllla * .
CHARLES 2ETLIN , A WEST POINT
MAN , IS KILLED.
PITCHED OVER HORSE'S HEAD
Striking Heavily Upon the Steel Rails
of the Track Alongside , His Heart
Action Was Affected With Fatal Re-
Suits Last Night.
Woht I'olrrt , Nob. , March 10. Hpo-
lul to The News ; ( jhurluu Xotlln ,
ged about lllty years , whllo riding
oruoback along the Northwestern
lixMiil trucks north of town , w
uddurrly pitched forward over the an-
mil's head when It stumbled , struck
crobH the rail and wau killed last
Ight. He foil upon his chest and It
ti believed the blov d bin heart
ctlorr. He wiia eur | > * 'or the Nye ,
Schneider , Kowlur Co.
DEBATE RAILROAU QUESTION
nltercolleglate Orators Will Discuss
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Ithaca , N. V. , MnreU lit. The llrst
debates between Cornell university ,
he University of Pennsylvania and
Jolurnbla university under the Trl-
uigular League agreement take place
onlglit. The plan Is a novel one that
las never beerr tried before. It pro-
rides for three tllmultaueous debates
( might , one at each of the three mil
rersltles. The subject of debate It )
.he h'umo In all three couteblu and Is
embraced In the lollowlng :
"Resolved , That the Interstate Corn
ueruu Commission should be vested
with authority , after full hearing of
my lorrnal complaint , to prescribe
he maximum reasonable arrd eqult-
.tblo railroad rates to be substituted
or those found unreasonable or dis
criminative ; the order of the commis
sion , unless suspended by writ of In
junction of a United States circuit
court , , to become operative at the ex
piration of thirty days' notice to the
carrier , arrd to continue Irr force there
liter unless suspended by order of a
federal court. "
Cornell supports the negative Hide
of the argument In the debate here to
night with Pennsylvania , while a sue
oud Cornell team upholds the alllrm
atlve In a debate with Cohrrubula at
New York. At Philadelphia a secotri
Columbia team supports the negative
side in a debate with a second lean
representing the University of Perm
sylvniihi.
Much Intci cut IH manifested In the
debate here. The judges tire Genera
Horatio C. King , John Brlsben Walk
er , and W. W. Goodrich , ox-justice of
the New York supreme court.
WORLD'S ' FAIR SCANDAL
Government Commission to Investi
gate Sale of Exposition Buildings.
Wusliliigiun , March 10. Charges
of scandal HIC made In the a flu Irs of
the St. Lunls exposition company.
They concern the Knurling of awards
and also the salvage ( ontnutb , by
whkh ( t'ltaln ol the gicat exposition
buildings aic to be removed Senator
Tiiomas H. Carter , who has resigned
his place a chalimuii of the govern-
merit commission , said that one of
the Mibjeeth to beHisldoted by the
commission Involve ) , alleged collusion
in the ! < ule of the exposition bulldlngb
and nil tbu property of die exposition
at what was said to be an inadequate
price on contrail made without fair
compensation.
"It Is claimed by numerous parties. "
the senator added "that through th >
failure of the exposition company to
fairly describe the property for sale ,
a profit of more than $1,000,000 was
given to the favored bidders , which
would involve a loss to the ITnlted
States of one-third of that turn It
remains for the commission to asrrr
tain and report to the president tli *
facti concerning tills transaction"
Stna'tor Batt Paasei Away.
W ? hlr.Ktotr Ma nb 10 Unlt 4
Stat S-nator William B Bate of
Tennessee "wlif tovernor of ton
state a te'eian of both th Mexican
ted civil rirs rUIng from private to
major jerieral in tb lat'er. and for
eighteen yeatx a conxplriious member
of th * upper tiiiii * of congress died
at bin hotel apartments In this city
H * wa. K -vniY-lRht y ars old Di ath
w dur to pneumonia and dafectir *
a ar >
THE CONDITION THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hours.
Forecast , for Nebraska.
Condition of the weather as record
ed for the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m.
today :
Maximum 47
Minimum 20
Average 33
Barometer 29.90
Chicago , March 10. The bulletin is
sued by the Chicago station of the
United States wcathor bureau this
morning , gives tire forecast for Ne
braska as follows :
Probably light snow flurries tonight
and Saturday. Slightly colder to
night.
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FIRE THIS AFTERNOON DESTROYED THE MAMMOTH PLANT ON
MADISON AVENUE LOSS WILL OE ABOUT $12,000 INSURANCE
INSURANCE ABOUT $0,000 ON THE BUILDING AND STOCK.
SPECTACULAR DEEDS OF THE FIRE FIGHTERS AGAINST FLAME
Fire Which Started From a Steve In a Small Room on the Second Floor of
the Davenport Cold Storage Plant Has Caused Its Utter Destruc
tion It Is Still Burning.
DENNISON CASE PROCEEDS
Members of Gund Jury at Login Are
on Witneni Stand.
I.OK n , lu. , \Unli 10 Kvldenc *
wns taken lu the CUHU of tbn ttutu of
lowu iitainnt Tlmimis Deiuilttou lu
suppoit of tlu mot inn to IIIUHI | | the In
dictuifltit , in rrlildi it IH i barged thut
Klimu 10. TlmmiiH promised ( but nil
coi.In would lie paid by lliu ( 'hie fed
eration of Oiiuhi brfotn the grand
jury IndUtml Donnlsim ou two
chuigrK , one foi lucuirlng ttoleu
piopetty and the other for being an
Rcuimpllco of Sheu llffc In the Pol
lock diamond rohhory. KT ! mem
bers of the Miami juiy weie placed on
the stand. Sidney Tilt , K. M. Bltick-
rnan nnd J I , McClaunnlmi "testltlud
that Thomas was In the grand jury
room and made certain piomlKes , butte
to the best of thulr rctulliictlon the
promises were nude after the Indict-
moil IK had lie en returned.
I. G Hammer repudiated the affi
davit presented by the defense. In
wblch he wan made to state that he
was only Induced to vote for the In
dictment on asMiiame that outsiders
were To pay the expense Hammer
declares ( bat ho signed the affidavit
without knowing HB content * and de
nies any collusion or contract In the
finding of the Indictment.
COURT ASKED FOR OPINiON
New Move In Peabody-Adams Guber
natorial Contest.
Denver , Match 10. The Joint exec
utive convention has bought an oplti
The mammoth cold storage plant of
Davenport Bros. , located at tire cor
ner of Madison nvcnuu and Seventh
street , Is burning furlotmly and noth
ing can save eltbor the Htructuro or
the contents , It Is thought , from utter
destruction. It lu one of I ho worst
llrcm thut Norfolk has known.
There Is Insurance ou the building
to the extent of $5,000 and Inmirunco
on the block to the extent of $3,000
but thin will not nearly cover the lost ) .
The lire is thought to have originat
ed from a stove which stood Irr a long
passageway on the ficcond flooor.
There was rro other lira la tire build
ing. The llrst break of smoke puffed
out of the top of the roof near the
chimney.
The lire was discovered during the
noon hour when the plant was desert
ed by the persons connected with it ,
all having gorre to lunch and the doom
being locked.
Within five minutes after the alarm
had been sounded the great black rolls
of dense smoke arrd deep red flume
had eaten out of the top of the roof.
The fire crackled ravenously as It
Increased more and more.
In the south half of the top portion
of the building was a storage of 600
tone of Ice. In tlio north half of the
top was n storage of 10,000 empty egg
Ion from tin3t.i < supu'iiif couit ou
the question of uucita-i it hay the
power to dccluic the olllt e of gov
ernor vacant amiliai the cfi > ni
such action \\ould be and the de
clblon of the '
I'caliody-Adams gntifi
natorlal contest will be delcired until1
the court's aiihWer Is received.
Mr. Alexander , a member of the
committee , \\UK allowed to umeud hlsj
amendment In fa\or of seating Lieu
tenant Covernur McDonald In such a
wuy that If It fchould be adopted by
the judicial committee Covmnon
Adams would be legislated out of oflice
Alexander's amended report de
clares that thvre wat > no legal election
for the office of eovnruor held In the
state last November , but the resolu
tion declaring Lieutenant Ooveinoi
McDonald "duly qualified governor of
th Htatt" Is ouiit ( d and the follow-
leg stibktltuied"That a vacancy be
declared In the office of governor. "
Under the constitution the Alex-
artdtr resolution would seem to havr
tkf eff ct of continuing former Gov
ernor Jamm H. Peabndy in office , hi *
legal successor having not betn elect
ed. That question however would
ht submitted to the supreru * court
for tdjudicatlon boforf a rot * Is taken
n any of the r port * before th * joint
saarably la tbt m antim the allt >
Cations of Senator Richard W Mor
gan In regard to bribery will b hi > ld
! kbayance.
Gang f French Robbers on Trial.
P rl , March 10. The largest batch
of prisoners ever tried together In
France Is now before the Amiens as *
sizes. They formed part of an ad
mirably organized gang , who for s
number of years , trader the direction
of their leader , Marlus Jacob , whose
headquarters were In Paris , carried
out clever robberies , sometimes ac
companied by manslaughter. In near
ly every city of France and nlso
abroad , their booty amounting to
many millions of francs. Their cap
ture was effected after the conretslop
of one of their number.
cases , filled with Hue paper , which
made the mobt Inflammable food for
the tiro.
Between the north section and the
south WIIH a great air chamber which
1 extended from the basement to the
i roof and which swirled the tongues
| I of flame up and dowrr in a tremendous
I dratt that battled all efforts of the
I firemen.
j ! The firemen arrived on .the scene
I promptly but they had hard work in
trying to get at the trouble. Enclosed
In four mighty brick walls , the flame
was protected from every attack that
could be made by hook or hose. And
with a magnificent chance to eat out
the whole center within , the doom of
the big building was early conceded.
Spectacular Deeds.
For a time two streams of water
were turned on , but It was a'task to
even place these where they might
accomplish re.stitt * . A half dozen
brave fellows climbed into u second
story window on the north side , with
a no//.le , and foirgbt under the top
pling roof for twenty uiluutes , endan
gered all the while. Later a stream
was carried up to the roof'on the
south side , several more courageous
no/.lemeu advancing toward the face
of the flre , and defying -It > against
great chances for their lives.
John Davis , a young blacksmith ,
was the Hrht of the heroes who made
this dangerous ascerrsiorr. followed
clo.sely by 13d Dlxon and afterward by
others. They marched along the top
edge of the high walls , shooting a
stream Into the very center ot the
tire , so far as It could be reached.
Davis climbed up to the roof over a
very nearly perpendicular shed roof ,
using neither climbers nor ladder for
assistance.
This corps of firemen was forced to
retreat , as'tho roof gave evidence of
caving in and finally did'fall.
At 1:30 : a great roar accompanied
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