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V* A Pioneer WANT A DZW Will Do it. VOLUME 2. NUMBER oU. RUSSIANS RETIRING Czar's Army on the Listung Pen insula Withdrawing to Port Arthur. Number of Towns Abandoned and General Retreat Is In Progress. Toklo. May !M.General Oku, In command of the Japanese forces oper- ating against Port Arthur, reports that the Russians have abandoned Chenko- chenpau, Huangshan and l.iiishutiin. No Russians have been seen east of Chenlcochenpau. General Nalcamnra's detachment which occupied Liushiitun Friday, cap- tured four Russian guns. London, May 31.A dispatch to the Central News from Cokio, after cover- ing the news previously contained in the dispatches to the Associated Press detailing the lighting on the Kwantung peninsula, adds that the Japanese cap- tured a quantity of powder and fifty- Six railroad tars at Liushuhun. The dispatch also says that the Japanese, after defeating the Cossacks at Aiyangpienmen, northeast of Fuiig- liuaucheng, occupied that place and re- inforcements were sent forward tu support them. JAPANESE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN RUSSIANS CONFIDE NT SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR WILL BE GIN SHORTLY. St. Petersburg, May 31.According to information received by the Asso ciated Press trom a high source im portant news regarding the Japanese plan of campaign which lias reached the Russian authorities since the bat tle of Kinchou compels the conviction that the advance of General Kuroki and the activity of his scouts north west and southwest of Fenglruancheng are parts of a well executed* feint to prevent General jKuropatkin from de taching a strong force to hamper Gen eral Oku's operations on the Liaotivitg peniusula. Under cover of Gem... a. Kuroki screens, it is added, pai i 01 the Japanese army landed at Taku shan will be moved southward into tue peninsula,, while Kuroki aTienipts to make Kuropatkin believe that ho in tends to force a decisive, engagement with jhim.- This information -would tend to prove"tliltt_the pflmary object of tue Japanese campaign tut along has been Port Arthur ami thai once that fortress is in their hands., unless an exceedingly favoiable opportunity offers to attack Kuropatkin, the Jap anese plan is simply to make their tenure secure and force the Russian commander to assume the offensive. Moreover there is information to the effect that the Japanese Propose to Storm Port Arthur with the briefest possible delay, after having ttrat closed the harbor to ren der the egress of the Russian ships impossible at the last moment, tfrus forcing the Russians to destroy them without subjecting the Japanese 10 the inevitable losses which must occur if the Russian squadron gets out for a last fight before going to the bottom. The previous repealed iifforts of the Japanese to "cork" the harbor have been as much with the view to this ultimate situation as lor protecting landings. Nothing is known here of the Chefoo reports of fighting at lnchentse, toai-j teen miles liom Port -Arthur, but the general staff hardly believes the en-1 emy could have advanced so rapidly. The admiralty denies the repot is of the loss of two Russian torpedo boat destroyers while laying mines which destroyed the Japanese battleship Hat suse. Th officials say Port Arthur has been heard from since the ilat Btise was blowji up and if 'he report fel^Ei of the luss of the torpedo boal destroy1: ers was true they would have known it. N'o surprise is expressed at the ad miralty at the Tokio report of the evi dence contain,jd in int. i. opted"- Rus- sian dijsjjatchetg iliat the ttatsuse was blown up by Russian stationary mines. The officials decline, however, to em inent uu the subject except to :-itcr ate their denial of Die" charge that the Russians used floating or ii. 1-. 01 mines. Which the oliicials haw in-c 1- ed on from tin.' outset. STOESSEL ORDEKED O FIGHT. Will Dispute Ja Advance From Kin chou to Port Arthur. London, May 31.The limes corre spondent at Weihaiwei learns from a fugitive Russian that General St.ies sel's orders are to dispute every inch of the country between Po Apthirr and Kinchou because i is believed that the main advance on Mukden can be delayed until Port Arthur falls. Every day is' import am to Kuropat kin. Stoessel, upon receiving these orders, hurriedly prepared a succes sion of positions. Jap Torpedo Boats Reach Red Sea. St. Petersburg, May 31.--The Novoe, Vremya has a telegram from Odessa reporting that persons arriving from Port Said substantiate the story that Japanese torpedo boats have reached the Red sea. Number of Outpost Affairs. Tokio, May 31.-Genera Kuroki re ports a number of ompusi ai'.airs and the capture of ei^lit llu-.dan scot.:..?. SEVERAL VESSELS CLEAR. Grain Laden Ships Leave Superior for Buffalo. Superior, Wis., May 31.The steam er. Frederick B. Wells, grain laden, of the Peavey line, cleared from this port during the night for..Puffak) ct'TinTnTud-" ed by37 \\r. Norcross of 'Montreal. Captain Norcross is marine superin tendent of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Transport company of .Mon treal and was brought here for the pur pose of taking this vessel out. The steamer Sultana, grain laden belonging to the Tomiinson fleet cleared for Buffalo during the morning in command of George Cul'oiu'ii. The steamer Robert Waller of the Great Lakes company is loading at the Great Northern docks here In Mon treal. TIBETANS ARE ROUTED. Village of Palla Taken After Eleven Hours' Fighting. London, May 31.The Daily Mail's correspondent at Ohumbi, India, says the British expedition on May 2(1, after a fight of eleven hours, expelled the Tibetans from the village of Pal a, close to the British camp tit Gyangtse. A British lieutenant, and three se poys were killed and three oll'n rs and nine men were wounded. Th Tibetans suffered heavily and thirty-seven of them were taken prisoners. Palla is a walled stronghold from which the Tibetans started rMiiltlntg works with a view to outflanking t'.te British position. FORTUNE TO KEEP PA3TOR. New York Congregation W.ili Raise $100,000 for Purpose. New York, May 31.By a iihah) mous vote of the congregation o! West End .Presbyterian church it was decided"'to raise $100,000 for the de velopment of the church plan! and to make a substantial increase in the salary of the pastor, the Rev. Dr. John Balcom Shaw, provided ho declines to accept the call recently extended to him by the Second Presbyterian church of Chicago. A subscription list was opened and in a lew minutes $14,000 haiPTjeeii promised. ___ CLEVELAND FOR PARKER. Declares That New York Jurist Will Be Nominee. Philadelphia, May 31.In a dispatch from Princeton. 'N. J.T: on'national Democratic politics former President. Grover Cleveland is quoted as follows: "1 have believed for some months, and I believe now, that Judge Alton B. Parker of New York will he the nominee of the national Democratic convention for the presidential office/' Czar Will Inspect Warships. St. Petersburg, May 31.Kiu|,ooi Nicholas will make another inspection this week of the ships of the Uailic fleet now under construction at Cron starlt. The guns form in.: the sec ondary batteries, of the hank-ships Sissii Veliky atid Navariu have been installed BUY A New Hoine Machine All" this week we will glee a Discovint of 25 per cent off from our regular price on NEW HOME MACHINES $lo Machines for, $o-~ Machines for j$32 Machines for $30.00 26.25 24.00 tex^Ml I JAPS ROUT COSSACKS Two Tlpfiisairti of Russians Crack (avalry -Flee Before. liliad:/. Troops. Japanese Loss, Thirty two Men Russian 'Casualties Unknown. Tokio. May 31.-A detachmenl Of Japanese troops attacked and defeat- ed 2,000 Cossacks at Aiyangpienmen, northeast of Kenghuanc.heng, Satur- day. The engagement began at 10:3d and ended at 11:30 a. in. The Japanese lost four men killed and i weiity-eight wounded The Russian disunities are not known. St. Petersburg. May 31.There is no conlinuation at the general staff of the reported defeat of 2.000 Cossacks at Aiyangploiimen. nOrtheasJ of Peng- huaiicheng, but the message ftoai ileii- eral KtiropaTl'ln recording the Japan- ese advance from Kuanbiansiiiug (Kwantien) to Saimat,sya lends coloi to "the Tokio report in view oi the tat i that Aiyangpicnuion lies between "the above points. FALL OF KINCHOU EXPECTED. Russians Say No -Determined- Dnfcnso Was Intended. St. Petersburg, May :il.-~-A setni oflicial telegram from Mukden says: "Owing t(j the impossibility of de fending the position southward of Kin chou withviut the aid of the tleel tho Riissian defi use at that pond was only of a denionstiaiive (diaracter. The de fending force was armed with guns taken from the Chinese in EtUO and had little ammunition. The occ upatioii of the position by the Japanese at a great, cost to themselves does t'_u ller the situation."'" MOREJAPANESETRGOPSSAIL ANOTHER ARMY DIVISION ON IT S WAY O THE SCENE OF HOSTILITIES. Washington, May 31.--Advices rer ceived here report the depart'iire from Japan of another army division. While its destination is not stated il is/con jectured that these troops are /ibotit -to-rkree-in the Russian rear iu/N'orth- east Korea, cutting off the raiding par ties which have threatened Ceheipal Kuroki's communications. There are no' less t'hari/15,000 sol diers ih the expedition. The reported offer of Japan to China to surrender to her so/much of Man churia as alreadyjjias 7 been taken by tli.. Jajmjiose tic.op.s-' is viewed here with interest becatfee of The possibil ity, if-the offer is 'acr-opted by China, that Uus,sia will nold that ITie Cefes titti empire lias/ihereby vlolaieiJtaer pledged 'neutrality, tl.iun affording ground for attack upon certain parts of Mongolia That would bo of great strategic value in the war.. Although the-state department lias coitcisti'iitly insisted upon recoj:ni'/.ing CM- sover- eignty of China over Man. hffria, as, evidenced by the appointment of con suls under Peking oxen dale nrs So li:i proyincefit also-has agfed io aTlmTC the/existence of a field of war in that section, which field was under Jte..--.. :an control at the outlireak of hoslilifies-. The alternate said to be presented by Japan, of an administration of the capiured territory of an internajidnni commission, is not likely to meet with much favor in Washington as the:.ex- ponent id" the government in the Jioxor uprising awl the Ku-b^cjpr^ni dif ficulties in getting cigar of tie- obliga- tions inc-uVied in conjunction iVitlt I-'.':- ropeati nut iotisJiaxenotjracodrngotl fufll.cr COIH tirrenl mo'.e|ii,-n_i.--. of that kind JAFANESE MOVE FORWARD KUROPATKIN REPORTS THE ENMurder EMY ADVANCING ON* KWANTIEN. St. Petersburg, May fil.--The war office has received the following clia palrh 'from General Kuropatkin: "I have received a report slating that the Japanese advance on Kwan tien has begun from Saimatsza. The numbers of the enemy are not known," Kwantien is almost directly ea.i o! Fcnghitaricheng. JAPS FORCED O RETREAT. Kuropatkin Reports Small Encounter Near Waefancjhoon. St. Petersburg, May ZT- The em peror has received the fallowing dis patch i ii (ieneial KuiupatkLu: "A detachmept of Japanes avalry, consisting of sable. moved tor ward from the main body May 27 and appi'ia. le.-d within eight kilometres southeast of Waefiinghoon station, but Oil encoti'rh !iiu' our frontier guards f. |1 hack rapidly. "On May 21 a ftussian patr.ol heard heavy artillery firing in the direction of Kim lion." As Viewed by Russians. Mukden, May. Si.As far as ear, )u- judged front the growping of the en I enty's forces his attention is directed I prir.ciiifilly against Port ArThnr. is possible that part or the whole of the Second Japanese army may be sent thither. 1 Bemidji Daily Pioneer BEM1DJL MINNESOTA, Tl'KSDAY, MAY 31, P.MM, PLACED A $1,000,000. Loss by Destruction Pic .it Jersey City. New York", Muj .'.1 t'i\r leatli mav have resulted from the fin i_!iv.t star-t od on the StSi in lit \itvn CI)tin hill and swept o'vei seven Of llp'1 Delaware, Laekawanna and We'steru Mo.ro.MIl BandlLS Tlllf.ilfl l.iws liailread eompAnj treinrrt and coal piers, The police we firfrj me Hrnt I the mate of 1 lie t'hu. 1 h.l! opuld nut QwfOtHttj -atld tilM it -\\re-, ir:!'.r If I mignJ haw perished. The poii.-e estate the- the {ire at 1 ,nii".i'"'t* -Thr- -hnwevi \F-.\\, is a eons'pfvnjlve rs'm.iarn and it j-iiiav-be foiViei thai she le-- si-'e: 'hit'ndrivl 'tlioiisaud'.lollar.- hi. e, TTH1 ofSciaJ* of tin- railroad cmnp uj are un"\H liing as yet to give opt anj iTeli nite figtires on the l-'s-^. as it lias so jfar liei'tt impo'sstlde to i 11 just how in.it e. ft eienl was desi rriyi Throe engines are Sfrenins of water on ih ruins. pourhig PERISHES I N THE FLAMES. Hotelkeeper Loses Life While Trylns to Save Horses. Hinckley, Minn.. May :'l.--'1 )nohuc' hotel barn was burned dnring-the at'!- ernoon. with all its contents, consist nig of horses and carriages. Mr. Pemoline perished in the flames in an effort to save his horses. Tlie cause of the fire is not certain!} known, but there is a suspicion that it was the work' of an Incendiary, BRIDGES UNSAFE FOR USE KAW RIVER A TOPEKA. KAN., EIGHTEEN FEET ABOVE LOW WATER ?1 ARK Topokn. Kan.. May ST. The Ki river is eighteen feef aho\ low water mark at this point and apparently iti a standstill. Th run of f| been very heavy ami the Kook-.Islam! people were busy th gieifTer po in of the night dislodging the a. 111,-: t':i lion at their bridge ..with dyilamifo. Not'withstMnding lliC^e efforts tic: greater poition of tlii.' ftilsc work 0J this bridge, which is being recoil struct ed, went out, niiilin tie- bridge un safe for traffic. Th street railwa bridge also is knocked out of align ment, making the passage of cars im possible. The waters extend I'm up in the city park and odj on tie North Side to some of the fjfcvollings, bia no serious liannige tu her than Me- wash- ing away ot chicken coops and side walks is reported. In 'Little Russia" a number of the families are moving out, as the waters are backing up to their dooryards. Many North Topoi a citiz' us 11:i across the bridge to 'I'ope! :i piopet, At Abilene and Manhattan the Smoky and Kaw rivers are falling. Lawrence. Kan., May 31.:The K'aw'|'a-,'j)nl .nl river- here rose two leet iliiinig-ll night, but. is now water is twc feet WAIM I 1 M-e UJKN'Ir I l| time since the great flood last summer, The bottoms south of town are Hood ed and the stream there from fwb to three miles wide. The water isov many of t-he wagon littd-.-es and lie crops in the v-nlli.y :UE ruitn-d. Ottawa. Kan., May ,1, -The Mtira des Cygitosi river is highpr than evet known and the overflow hast caused a serious flood. .Two hutidiid faiii'li'"t are homeless in the lower portions of Ottawa and vicinity IOWA YOUTH IS LAID UP Dives From Bridge Into the fylitsi sippi River. GRAND JURY SUMMONED. Bedford, Ind., Mav A Ial I shirk it." MRS. GARFIELD CRITICALLY ILL. Widow of President Suffers From a Nervous Complaint. j Los Angel.*. Cab, May 31.Mrs, .laims A. Garfield, widow ol President Garfield, is dangt-jtiQU li UJ and. wdiile i ln-r physicians repoit, tliat her f-oridi lion is not critical, ah is demanded to i every. Mrs. Oaifield foi years" has been residing in Pa a lena, bill since last faii sht has hei'-n' sJrdfpd wi \$ nervous*compiaitit which followed atta]!: of grip* Operating Departments Combined. Norfolk, Neb., 'day The fhi icagd and Northwcfilt railway hits [combined tin operating department of its Nebraska and Wyoming divi I sions into one division of SW) mile with headquarters m=TP The divl sion alisorhs several small lines and reduces materially 'le- operating ex- %it pensfw of these branches. MAY SLAY CAPTIVES oi American and His ompanion. .Admiral Clia'dw ioK's 1 lai^hip riws at Taniiiei' With Stronji Escort. tnouldei ln M-iv HI. Wnshin don mere-, t!-,e I sic gier. In a i ablirtgram i state dep.i- ttuent. say* l\ llM govb.rnuu nf. --DtibiKiue, la. May ::i Glroflea 7M~ toolt pail. Reports renIvr- In ii ber, agednineteen yar i in a*feat niinlstry Of war show Dtai for|y.-tv daring, jumped from life hlglieit ptnnt ai'o ihlpaing aial nufnlierjifiiii on Kagle Point high lui-l:.-". rannraVj UI /rj mm wW mSi I' I ioS pintii Arsi'. commanding the Knropi-m '.ipindion, i annoum es the ffr-purlnre foi iaii- e- Of tin. crtdsers llv nipia, J'.alt in-oi-.- trrnl Clevvland. Tniiftier. M.oroet n. May Tin United Stales i-luisi-r Itroul !yn. thll-.-' the (lug Vol Hear Admiral t'h eUvjckJ has arrived hire. Other ves -I ot I Ive liniti'd Si.it'- Mpiaiii'iii a I I low in." The -tint liorit ies here ons'id I kai the posttiiin ol the A men. a)., idi raids, and his -,s-epMiti. nn --H \'ar ley, a Hritis-ii subject, u!tc weie kid happed li'v liandil: li .lded Uaii.aiii, |i now ihore Koriojis lli.an foi:' is UK.' tiudel::ll\mlilic ln'i- that ill (.,mat,dittr, il- A fleet has ordeiarr.-ml to I dll. them to tiomity.: the I iU1-V |1|:U 1( 1 M,,., niih,.i!i V|| ||1 1|!i wi Hlu fWi.av (ii til p\rll are now imprisoned, bin Hai-itli m' asl i Anierh tin proii lion l.ur tin sei tlemeiil. Tliis Pet on. lit i' HI con i sidi I dep1 lent tiptui the i5 in.. it an DENOUNCED AS Fatal Results Follow French Army Walking Match- Paris, May XI, Fatal re: i.i lowed tin- army walkiu nifiiTTj Stili day from the I'l.u-e de la rbtu oi'ile SI. i main and hark, a di ait about i wi-iiiy-i icht miles, In lie L'.tie't :,oidleis IIMI inativ :e--irrnii |,]i, Vl ing Iowa and Wit'imdn. mi Mi: hardships. HcHhTeH IJtose mi. siasippi river and "is hovering between thirty Tour men were triRV'-n t'O ho prrsi life and death along I lie course in v.-U'iojiH tagi In addition iirtli hntlsea he RTf i piost rat ion. Hlx vie In i s'cffii tnincd about the face and body he i: suffering from com-us-den of tlie Inain and physicians entei'tain slu-hi hojie| for his recovery. VOUIIK Xub"f had "read of the" Teat'%~ of Steve Mrnd'e atnl he "wmTa tnIdt ions to win fame .as a hit^li tjiv.eo* O i seleited the rj\i'- pom! from whbh to leap and his- body shut into the water with a groat splash,- a dis tari'-e of seventy-five [cot. denounced a- |i:: i!. grand iurv has v. c-m.-d to invest! i 'om:no and ai.- -t,,.i gate the murder Of Miss Sarah Scha the 'tiost. jiromiticiit residents oi Lii county. Judge Palnu gun-lent for rhe defcri aid trial announced that he had evi dence loekod in bis bosom thai would shed lit-'ht on i!c it.. tv. :.ai4Iw would KO before the grand jury and disclose everything le 1 LOWS, "it is rnv dutv." said he. "arid 1 shall not lh f-r. TIK- men called InciudO many of I,n,1-V i o, i, u,,', ':..i rendu ion. One man is dqa oltii-i- is in :i in. eio'i Home repprt-H plfiit'-e 111 numh ai tour. iInHnrhanibnTor-"drTa i Mlnlsjer Andre was si-vet.-i-, ciitPd for permitting the eoiit -'v. iti:U it HALF A MILLION LOSS. Fire at New Orleans Destroys Vallrnfrrc Property. New Orleans, Ma.. 31. A lii" of Miss Schafer Will Be Again I cmrsed by CTTOgi t,i, v. uu] Ta^en Up. about hall a million dolla ilamuge TLe_=Luuii... il. -ai, Mimjnonds MarmTie 11 -nit' :,m\- 10 UeTg. Hraliy wooden ware establishment! _.,,.. 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