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HOW HE LOST BATTLE GEIPENBERG'S VERSION OF FA MOUS DEFEAT. Russian Commander Lays Blame for Loss of Conflict on Xuropatkln— Says Latter Ordered Retreat at Moment of Victory. 8t Petersburg.—The arrival in St. Petersburg of Gen. Gripenberg, for mer commander of the Second Man churlan army, and his dismissal to the front by the czar, has caused a sensa tion in military circles. The general frankly avows that he relinquished his command after the recent attempt of the Russians to flank Field Marshal Oyama, because Gen. Kuropatkin re fused to send him help when victory was in Gen. Gripenberg's hauds, and instead ordered him to withdraw. Gripenberg personally reported on the situation to Emperor Nicholas, and after a long consideration the ^czar sided with Kuropatkin and ordered the former to the front. Kuropatkin'a side of the story is that he intended only to make a demon stration in force, and that Gripenberg pressed the attack too far and became too much involved. "I am glad to give an account of the battle of my army, the telegrams I have seen being far from the truth," said Gripenberg,' in an interview. "Kuropatkin, of course, authorized the advance, but he imposed th? condition that it should not go bejund Hei koutai and Sandepas. My plan was to capture Heikoutai and thence out flank Sandepas. From the First army corps before Heikoutai I detached a brigade which occupied Heikoutai. The Japanese cut in from the south, and the brigade came under a cross fire, but held out until I got up an other brigade to cover its retreat. The Japanese werejaow concentrating on their left. During, the evening I and my army were ordered under no cir cumstances to fall back from our po sitions. The next morning my whole front was engaged, the troops being disposed as follows: On the extreme right, the First corps. 'Then the First rifle corps and the Fifth divi- GEN. GRIPENBERG. Ruasian Commander Who Blames Kuro patkin for Famous Defeat.) sion of the Second corps, which had just arrived from Russia. Altogether I had 62 battalions. The enemy had twice as many. "The battle of the next day was con tinued until the evening. We did not surrender an inch of ground. My left flank, which was clearing the road to Sandepas, being weak, I asked the commander-in-chief, who had 60 bat talions available, for reenforcements. He declined to send any. Early the following day the fiercest fighting oc curred. We again held our own. The road to Sandepas, the Japanese point of concentration, was quite clear of the enemy. I therefore again ap pealed to the commander-in-chief for reenforcements. If he had listened to my entreaties we would have riven the iron ring of 100,000 of the enemy. In desperation they four times as saulted our outer positions and were beaten off each time in such brilliant fashion that it does my heart good to remember the gallantry of my brave comrades. "I might easily have followed up these repulses by a headlong offen sive movement, but I was tied down by the commancler-in-chlef's restric tions and his refusal to send us reen forcements. "The reply of Gen. Kuropatkin ar rived at five in the evening in the shape of an order to leave a small force in our positions and move up the army to his support in view of the expected Japanese advance on the center. How was it possible for the Japnese to attack the center when all their available forces were diverted west? "It is impossibls to describe the im pression produced upon me by the or der. At first I was afraid to com municate it to my victorious army, but there was nothing else to do. We retreated during the night of January 29 with tears in our eyes and bitter ness in our hearts. It was then that I decided that my presence at the theater of war was no longer possible, and the next day I handed In a re port to the commander-in-chief, de manding my relief." Rising Colored Orator. Members of the high school faculty of Bingham ton, N. Y.. believe that the school has a second Booker T. Washing ton in Arthur Callis, a colored lad who is making his mark in the school. That the color line is not sharply drawn in the Binghamton high school is shown by the fact that Callis' talents have been recognized so far that he has been ac corded admission to various societies of the school because he has nhown abil ity to succeed in his studies. EMPEROR AN UNFORTUNATE Korean Sovereign Has Many Misfor tunes in Connection with His Government. Tolcio.—A vivid pen picture of the present ruler of the Hermit empire has been published by an anonymous writer in the latest issue of the Taiyo (Tolcio). The author refers to the Korean sov ereign as "our emperor," and to the Korean empire as "my country," but it is hardly believed that he is a subject of the peninsular empire. He opens his description by declaring the emperor to be the cleverest of all the rulers, belong- DR. HOMEFI B. HULBERT. (Editor Who Is Right-Hand Man of the Korean Emperor.) ing to the present dynasty of Korea, and the most sagacious in the entire court of Seoul. "Our emperor is the actual leader in political activities in the Korean capital. He personally supervises and attends to internal and foreign affairs, great or small, without asking the opinion of his ministers." The. emperor possesses a certain mag netic power that elicits the sympathy of those who come in contact with him. He has graceful manners, fluency of speech, a dignified yet obliging air, all of which, coupled with his deliberative but charming appearance, constitute a char acter that impresses one as that of an approachable private individual rather than as that of the ruler of an empire. He does not indorse the blind anti-for eign spirit, but is willing to receive for eigners at hid court, many of whom have no official rank or degree of honor. In syite of such apparently admirable qualities, the emperor is a creation of unfortunate circumstances. He acts so inconsistently that at one time he shows an extraordinary power of judgment and foresight, while at another he seems as though utterly devoid of wisdom and intelligence. He is essentially secretive, and schemes and contrives in the dark. Like a detective, he conceals his sus picious nature under a mask of polite manners and ami&ble appearance. He is ever trying to entangle in his toils not only foreign representatives at Seoul, but his own ministers as well. Accord ing to this writer, the reason for such unhappy moods and conducts of the emperor can be sought for in the fact that his interest is thoroughly absorbed in the effort to maintain the safety and welfare of the present dynasty. How ever, he has a stanch adviser in Dr. Homer Hulbert, editor of the Korean Review. To the emperor, every means is justi fiable thatvwould accrue to the strength and stability of his court. In his opin ion, the safety of his royal throne should have precedence even over the welfare of his subjects and the very indepen dence of his country. When Japan de clared war against China for the avowed purpose of preserving the independence of the Hermit empire, the emperor was an indifferent onlooker, because in his eyes the safety of his royal family was more precious than his country itself. SUBMARINE TRAVELS FAR. After Long Joui'ney New Boat Finally Arrives in Good Condition at Vladivostok. Obi, Siberia.—This Russian submar ine torpedo boat, which has been taken to the far east, was made here. The vessel was built at the government yard, St. Petersburg, and, with four others, was forwarded to Vladivostok. To carry them on the long journey the boats were fixed to trestles espe- RUSSIAN SUBMARINE. (Boat Which Has Safely Finished Long Land Journey.) cially constructed for them at St. Pe tersburg. Armed soldiers and sailors carefully guarded the submarines en route, and no person save one in au thority was permitted to approach them. As shipped the boats could not pass through the tunnels on the railroad around Lake Baikal, so they were dis mounted and sent across the lake on the ice breaker, while the trestles con tinued their journey by rail around the lake. At Fanchoy station, at the far end of the lake, the submarines were placed on the rails again. Trademarks. The practice of employing a mark to denote the goods of a particular trader grew out of -the use of signs, which were of great antiquity, but it is diffi cult to assign a date for the origin of trademarks proper. They were appar ently in use in the time of Elizabeth AIRSHIP IN A VISION. CAPT. BYRON PLANS MACHINE FROM DREAM. Mind Picture of Flying Device Came to Aripy Officer During Span ish Campaign and He Has It Patented. Washington.—It is promised that the citizens of Washington shall soon wit ness an unusual spectacle in the clouds over the White Lot. The novel per formance will be by a massive flying machine, which, like some great white bird, will circle about the dizzy-heighted Washington monument. This is the expectation of the inventor of the airship, Capt. George West Byron, a Washington man prominent in com mercial and Spanish War Veteran circles. Capt. Byron has entered his claim at the patent office, so that his rights can not be infringed, and the work of con structing one of the aerial vessels will begin, it is expected, in the coming spring or early summer. The inventor says he can discount Santos Dumont, who sailed about over gay Paris in his airship, and to demonstrate this he pro poses to navigate in air about the Wash ington monument in his machine, and perform midair evolutions which will put the Dumont airship in the shade. One of Capt. Byron's claims is that he can fly in his ship from Wash ington to Chicago without once alighting on terra firma for either food or fuel. On the official files of the patent office the Byron machine is described as "an invention which has for its object the production of an airship that will form a minimum resistance to the wind cur rents, whereby the control of the same is rendered possible." A further object is to locate the cabin or other place for the accommodation of passengers or freight so as to afford the least possible resistance to the buoy ancy of the airship. A further object is to so position the cabin as to protect the same from the wind and other air currents, whereby the drag of the air currents upon depending cages is ob viated. A still further object is to pro vide means for assisting the airship in its initial movement incident to eleva tion and flight. Speaking of his airship, Capt. Byron said that the very first thought he had of inventing an airship came to him while he was asleep. "I dreamed I was on my way to Cuba In a flying machine," he said, "and it CAPT. BYRON'S AIRSHIP. Flying Machine Seen by Inventor in a Cream.) was made of two cigar-shaped balloons, with a cabin between them. When I awoke I was surprised at such a dream, for I had never before thought of going up in a balloon or flying machine. 1 could not get the matter out of my mind, however, nor could I go to sleep again. At last I said to myself: 'If I was actually going to Cuba in such an air ship and it should fall into the gulf I would be drowned.' Then I began to figure how one could be made so that if it fell into the water it would be safe, and could be propelled to the shore. "Finally," continued Capt. Byron, "I thought of making it in the shape of a boat, with a cabin in the center. I thought of it again during that day, and made a crude drawing of the ship at my office. Then it was that the wedge-shape gas bag came to me, and the six different compartments. Most of my best thoughts came to me between five and seven o'clock in the morning, while yet in bed. I thought of a canopy for my cabin, which finally developed into an immense gas bag over the entire airship. "I now intend to employ nine sep arate gas bags to make the aerial ship for long-distance traffic. Two of the bags are to be square, and will be located in each end of the cabin, and can be de tached in 30 seconds and used to make a jump to the earth, as if they were parachutes, or for sending parcels or freight to the ground. On the first or trial ship we will employ only'six gas bags, leaving out the two just men tioned, and the great canopy bag, which will be those that surround the cabin. The cabin is to be six feet wide and 23 feet long and seven feet high. The gas bags will be seven feet high next to the cabin and taper off to one inch at the outer edges, thus reducing the resist ance to a minimum. The ship will be 40 feet wide, 75 feet long, and, leaving out the ballast frame—which extends below the ship some eight feet, and is the same size of the cabin, and held up by eight tubes, which are so far apart that they will not offer any resistance at all—the resistance will be the 50 pound bags of sand on the bottom, and the bottom is made of open wire work, to let the sand sift through when turned over by cords running up to the cabin. The ship is to be only seven feet high, and with the ballast frame the height will be 15 feet. Two propellers at the rear end will force the ship through the air at a high rate of speed, as the ship tapers off for 35 feet in front, prac tically cutting the air like a knife. Two propellers near the front end, one jn the sides to guide the ship to the right and left, also a propeller up over the front, at the tip end, for the purposo of raising or lowering the front of the ship, causing the ehip to be driven high er or to descend toward the earth. Thn° I will have complete control of the ship and can compel it to go in any direc tion desired." IS A PILLAR IN FINANCE. Edward Henry Harriman, American Railroad Man, May Soon Head the Standard Oil. New York.—Edward Henry Harri man, who as an American railroad man has obtained fame all over the world, has in combination with the ruling forces of the Standard Oil ob tained control of the Santa Fe system. Harriman, who has made the building of the great threads of commerce his life work, 1b recognized as the very highest authority on railroad affairs and in the financial world. In both these branches of industry Harriman .••i'Xiivn EDWARD H. HARRIMAN. (Railroad Man Who Has Figured in Mam moth DealB.) exerts a powerful influence, which his business enemies have felt in more than one direction during the past few years. He is the son of a New Jersey plergyman, and, despite the fact that his early life had been spent in a trend which should become a minister's son, his career from the time when ne cut the home ties to the culmination of the present deal has been of the meteoric variety. Although still in his teens, young Harriman came to New York and entered the brokerage business as an ordinary clerk. In (he brokers' offices he mastered the busi ness in a short time, and, going into business for himself, speedily began to amass a fortune. The life of a broker being limited in its possibilities, Har riman became a private banker, and here his genius began to blossom out in all directions. He made the ac quaintance of Stuyvesant Fish and Wil liam K. Vanderbilt, and through these kings of finance procured his first in terest in the Illinois Central. Since the time of the purchase of the Illinois Central stock, Harriman has rapidly ac quired other commercial enterprises and figured in great railway deals, un til at present his name is connected, as an officer or director, with almost every gigantic scheme in the United States. He owns interest in many steamship lines, and it can be said with veracity that the sun never sets upon Harriman's domains. As a master in finance, Har riman has few if any equals, and it is said of him that when opportunities do fi6t'"present themselves to hlta, he creates them for the occasion, and has never been known to fail in execut ing any of his gigantic deals. Harri man has shown such great ability in the line of concocting mammoth schemes that in the sacred circle of Standard Oil magnates it is thought that ere long the board of directors will select him as the managing head of its railway systems. If this office falls to the lot of the New Yorker, it can be said that he has almost reached the zenith of his career. CUSTAF-IN KING'S CHAIR. Crown Prince Often Called Upon to Take Up Duties of Oscar, the Present Sovereign. Stockholm.—The indisposition of King Oscar of Sweden and Norway to transact state business has brought to the fore the handsome young Crown Prince Gustaf,who is regarded in royal circles as a "comer." The king hav ing handed over the reins of govern ment to this young man, is but one of the many steps upward which have fallen to the lot of Gustaf. King Os car is 76 years old, and has not many years to live, as it is reported that his illnesses are becoming more and CROWN PRINCE GUSTAF. (Handsome Young Man Who Is Filling King Oscar's Chair.) more frequent, thus necessitating call ing the crown prince into the regal chair. In January, 1899, the king by his illness was obliged to hand over the office to the crown prince, and this time did not again accept the reins of his office until two years following. The experience which the young man gets- from the illness of the sovereign is said to be making him the nearest heir to the throne. The king has faced numerous crises in the running of his dual kingdom, and ill-health has been noticed by his people to such an extent that many times they have asked him to abdicate. Siameso Women's Coiffure. Wives of Siamese noblemen cut their hair so that it sticks straight up from their heads. The average length of il is about one and one-half inches. MINNESOTA MEWS. Seed Wheat. According to Dean. W. M. Liggett and F-of. C. P. Bull of the state ex periment station, the question of a seed wheat famine in Minnesta de pends entirely on securing a proper distribution of the supply of good seed. A bulletin has just been issued from the state experiment station in which it is said that there is enough good seed to sow the 8,500,000 acres of wheat land, provided the supply is properly distributed, and also provided farmers use proper precautions in se lecting seed grain from their rusted wheat. There is plenty of seed in some local ities and none in others. The author ities ab the experiment station are making efforts to relieve the situation, and fanners who have good seed arc asked to advertise the fact, the sugges tion being made that they can proba bly get more than the market price, and at the same time assist in protect ing the state's chief product. There is an idea prevalent among farmers that rust, like smut, is carried from one crop to another by the use of infected seed. This, the authorities assert is not true. Methods have been found for the prevention of smut, but as yet no definite methods have been found for the prevention of rust. Wheat rust is propagated by spors and from field to field. Precaution js the only way the farmer has combat ing rust. The authorities claim that all stubble and rubbish which would tend to |harbor the spors of this dis ease should be burned, and crop rota tion practiced. After these precau tions have been observed and some rust-resistant variety of wheat is plan ted the farmer will be reasonably sure. State Fair Races. The management of the Minnesota state fair has fairly outdone itself in the race program for the feir of 1905, which has been completed and given by Secretary E. W. Randell. The to tal of purses offered has been increased by $2,000 from last year and reached the handsome amount of $"27,650. This Is the largest amount yet offered in purses by any western race meeting, whether at a state fair or elsewhere. The 2:40 class trot is cut and a 2:19 class is inserted while the 2:17 class is made a 2:14. These changes meet the views of horsemen. Perhaps the most interesting change is the increase for the purse of the 2:09 pace and the 2:10 trot (formerly) 2:12) from 31,000 to SI. 500. These are the fastest classes on the program and the increase is inteuded to draw out a lar ger field of starters. The great $5,003 races for Minneapo lis and St. Paul days are retained as %re the 82,500, 2:35 trot and 3:30 pace introduced last year. The special nov-. elty, however, is the introduction of two colt races, for three-year-olds or under, bred and owned in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and the. two Dakotas with purses of $800 for each. The rules are substantially the same as last year, with the Ipopular provis ions for substitution and withdrawal, except in this important particular: "Horses not standing for money at end of third heat cannot start in fourth or fifth heats." This is anew provision for Minneso ta, hut one which is coming in vogue on many Eastern tracks and is said to suit the great majority of horsemen perfectly. Farmers' Trust. The farmers of the western part of Winona county have organized a local union of the Society of Equity with the following officers: President, C. L. Blair vice president, Timothy Da ly secretary, O. P. Boy sen treasurer, Charles Itabben. The object of this society which is national in its scope, is to regulate the priccs of farm products according to demand and not permit them to be fixed by the arbitrary rulings of specu lators. It is probable that the farmers in other parts of Winona county will also organize. A Valuable Paper. The state historical society has come into the possession of an autograph letter written by George Washington two days after his retirement from tbe presidency. It has been handed down in the family of Christopher Gist, Washington's guide in the expedition to Fort Euquesne, and was donated to the society by Annette Ralpe, a sister at the Episcopal home in St. Paul. The letter was written to Sir John Sin slair, a Scotsli baroness, March 6, 1797. News Notes. A big seizure of deer hides is-made in Minneapolis. The officials of the new capitol ob ject to the order of cooking. The revised code would restrict the correspondence of county officials. Blue with the cold and half fam? ished, a 6-weeks-old baby was found on the doorstep of Damas M. Chamber lain, Miuneapolis. St Louis countv will pay only teS cents a meal for the board of its pris oners, if a house bill which passed the senate is signed by the governor. Hie state supreme court hands down decision in seven cases. Thieves broke into the McCadden machine works at St. Cloud and stole tools and ransacked the office. (X S. Foster of Milaca has brought suit for $1,500 against Frank Starr who operates a sawmill near Royalton. for timber tresspass. Sclrog Bros.' block and saloon at Warroad was burned to the ground. Photographer^Wetherly and his wife were carrid froi* the building in their night clothes and lost everything. Governor Johnson received formal invitation to the launching of the bat tleship Minnesota at Newport News, April 8. THE NEWS jN BRIEF. For t'/o Week Ending March 6. Speaker Cannon was given a loving cup by congress at its closing session. Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, for the third time took the oath of United States senator. The elaborate decorations for the in auguration made Washington a city of magnificence. Germany is sounding the United States on the possibility of negotiating a new commercial treaty. British diplomats declare Emperor Nicholas' reform measures can do no good while the Japanese war lasts. The Flovilla, Ga., bank was burglar ized and the vaults wrecked with nitro glycerin. The robbers secured $1,000 in cash. Francis T. Fox, the 12-year-old heir to a fortune, killed himself accident ally in Chicago, while playing with a revolver. Lady Curzon. with her husband, the viceroy of India, has arrived at Cal cutta, where she was given a unique reception. A fire, supposed to have been started by a cigarette, damaged High Wall, one of the finest private dormatories at Yale, to the extent of $10,000. The Guirl house bill, prohibiting trade combinations tending to restrain trade and control prices, was defeated in the Indiana senate by a vote of 27 to 14. Frank Elster, ofSpringville.Cal.. shot and killed Miiton Hubbs, a neighbor, and after killing his wife, committed sui cide. The triple tragedy is attributed to jealousy. The liabilities of the firm of Elling wood & Cunningham, New York, bank ers and brokers, which suspended Feb ruary 16, will total $2,239,505, with assets of $265,801. Over 700 prominent educators from all parts of the country attended the con vention of the department superintend ents of the national educational conven tion in Milwaukee, Wis. More than $3425,000 is bequeathed in the will of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stan lord, filed with the county clerk of Santa Clara county, Cal. Her relatives benefit to the greatest extent. Creditors of the Arnold Brewing company of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., have asked for a receiver for the con cern. The liabilities, it is claimed, are about $85,000 and the assets about $65, 000. A fireworks display was the outdoor climax of the inauguration celebration at night. The inaugural festivities were brought to a close with a grand ball, which surpassed all its predeces sors. William Robyn, 91 years old, the or ganizer ol' the first symphony orches tra west of Pittsburg, and who for many years had taken a leading part in all musical enterprises in St. Louis, is dead. William Chaney, aged 16, killed Howard Tapsco.tt, aged 18, at Borton, 111., while the boys were returning from a revival meeting. A quarrel was followed by a knife slash across the throat. John S. Johnson, accused of the murder of Patrick J. Doyle, in a quar rel over a dice game August 10, was convicted in Milwaukee, Wis., of mur der in the second degree. Sentence was deferred. Mary White, an 88-year-old insane woman, and Delia Owens, aged 35, feeble-minded, were burned to death in afire which destroyed the main build ing of the county poor farm, near Hillsdale, Mich. The Osaka Slioshen Kaislia steamer Natorigewe, while entering Osaka har bor (Japan), ran on the breakwater, owing to a dense fog. and sank at once. Out of the 123 passengers and crew only 16 were saved. Henry C. Whitney, for years one of Chicago's leading lawyers and a member of the Boston bar, is dead at his home in Salem. Mass. He was 74 years of age, and was at one time connected with Abra ham Lincoln's law office, in Springfield, 111. Klathlo Harjo, a Seminole known aa "Old Fish," said to have been the old est Indian living in America, is dead at the age of 110. He was born in the Everglades of Florida, and fought in the war of 1812 against this country, as well as in the Seminole wars. THE MARKETS. New York, March C. LIVESTOCK—Steers W 70 4 90 Hogs, Stulc, Penn 5 60 & 5 65 SHEEP 6 50 6 25 FLOUR—Minn. Patents 5 90 6 40 WHEAT—May 1 14%# 1 14% July 1 02%@ 1 03 CORN-May ...N C3y4@ 54 OATS—Natural White 3« 37 BUTTER 20 33 CHEESE 13*4 EGGS 20 S3 CHICAGO. CATTLE—Fancy Steers *5 50 6 25 Hulls 2 25 4 00 Fair to Choicc Steers 4 85 5 45 Medium Beef Steers 4 35 4 75 Calves 3 CO 7 25 HOGS—Light, Mixed 4 80 5 00 Heavy Packing 4 70 4 80 Heavy Mixed 4 05 5 05 BUTTER—Creamery 24 a 30 Dairy 12 26 EGGS—Fresh 20 20% LIVE POULTRY 11 sV 14 POTATOES—Per bu 33 Qi 35 GRAIN—Wheat, May 1 151 15% Corn, May 4748% Oats, May 31%0 32 Barley. Malting 40 50 Rye, May Delivery 77%^ 73 MILWAUKEE. GRAIN—Wheat, No. 1 Nor'n $1 14%(g 1 15',4 Corn, May 48%# 4814 Oats, Standard 32 32% Rye, No. 1 83%@ 84% KANSAS CITY. GRAIN—Wheat, May $1 02lM I 03% July Wifti 87% Corn, May 45%® 45% Oats, No. 2 White 3233'.*, ST. LOUIS. CATTLE—Beef Steers $3 25 6 00 Texas'Steers 2 50 4 75 HOGS—Packers 4 90 5 05 Butchers, Best Heavy 5 05 (&• 5 15 SHEEP—Natives 4 00 $f 6 00 OMAHA. CATTLE—Native Steers $3 75 5 50 Stoekers and Feeders 2 50 4 35 Cows and Heifers 3 00 4 25 HOGS—Heavy 4 85 4 95 SHEEP—Wethers 500 @5 85