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CZAR'SARMYROUTED
Tokio, March 10.—Defeated all
along the line, with thousands of
horses and men killed and wouuded,
his army turned into a demoralized
mob of^men who no longei obey the or
ders of their officers, an euormouß per
centage of his munitions of war and
artillery lost to liim, having been
abandoned to the victorious Japanese
or destroyed to prevent falling into
their hands .General Kuropatkin is it
last reports making a frantic effort to
save something from the wreck, and
is wit'ariiawin,' all of his reserves north
ward to a point where he can reason
ably hope to reorganize his defeated
army.
In the meantime the Japanese sol
diers on the right, left and centre are
pressing in on the fleeing Russians and
will make an attempt to completely
annoihilated the soldiers of the czar.
The regsult of the fortnight's Jtight
iuij B)uht of Alukden is the worst dieas
fc3r to Russian arms of the war Even
the bold Cossacks, who in other days
have repeatedly proven their valor on
bloody fields, have been compbelled to
give way "and run before the relentless
pressure of the troops of the mikado
who, scorning death in every form,
hare continued battering awavjat the
Russian entrenchments and piercing
them one by one, untill today the en
tire vast system of earthworks below
und to the eastward and westward of
Mukden, which were constructed as a
haven of refuge alter Liaoyang by the
Russian engineer* and which'were pro
claimed to be absolutely impregnable,
»re in the hands of the Japanese and
above them floats the ever victorious
sun rayed ting of the mikado.
Cy ima's hands have jbeen well up
held and Nogi's veterans from Port Ar
thur, fighting side by side with the
heroea of Feugwangcheng and Liao
yang, and using the same lsedge ham
mer tactics that won success against
the flower of Siberian brigades and the
Russian army corps that up to now
had been supposed to be invincible,
have overwhelmed the Russian army in
Manchuria and inflicted a most disas
trous defeat.
The losses on both sides during the
past fortnight have been enormOQß, :il
though it is at present impossible to es
timate them.
THEY LEAVE MUKDEN
Mukden, March 10.—The Russians
are raoing from the Hues of the Hhnkhe
river and the left flank of the Hue of
foxtifloationi ou the Hun rivet. ,Tap
auese are north of Mukden and advan
ing against the railroad at Uuguntuu.
A tight if raging two miles west of the
railroad and projectiles are reaching
the railroad.
Mukden is still in the hands of the
Russians, but withdrawal from the
Hue of Shakhe river is still in progress.
The Japanese are making a strong at
tack north of Mukden, where they oc
cupy a right angled position, one side
parallel with the railroad and three
and a half miles distant, and the rear
facing northward, three miles north of
the imperial tombs. The Rusisans
have retired from the positions they
occupied yesterday in the region of
Taieiiekisio, but are maki'ig a strong
sand against the Japanese on the forced
march. The Russians are holding the
village of Ushuutun, which at night
fall were wns partly in the hands of
the Russians and partly in those of the
Japanese. At 2 o'clock this morning
the Russians succeeded in taking com
plete possession pf the vlilage, which
is of great t-tratag'c importance for the
accomplishment of the withdrawal.
No attack on the position at Madya
pu ,weat of the railr ad, has begun at
this nour. The Japanese hold the
hrights live miles west of Hushatai,
though Russian cavalry in this regiou
yesterday drove in outlying parties. It
is also reported that thereis a Japanese
detachment east of the railroad in the
same region.
Telegraph communication with Har
bin wan destroyed by the Japanese ear
ly this morning, but has since been re
stored.
The Russans on Tuesday captured
500 prisoners, who apear to be almost
exhausted.
The losses on both sides have been
enormous. The casualties on the Rus
siatn left flank on Tuesday exceeded
7000.
The burning of commissariat ware
houses and the destruction of supplies
south of Mukden, is said by Russian
officers to be complete. Every thing
that could not be carried away was
destroyed.
Today the situation is more tense.
A terrific cannonading is in
and the streets of Mukden ramble as
•with 16,000 drums.
A group of capitalists will form a
company at Pamplona, Spain, for the
manufacture of starch and dextrin
from potatoes. The authorized capital
of the company is $714,286, of which
less than one-third will be called for
at present.
A thousand buttons may be pushed;
one opens to popularity.
THE JAP FLANKING MOVEMENTS.
The Past Week Saw Fierce Fighting
in the Far East.
The week closed in Manchuria with
nearly a million men Slgaged in the
Qerceti conflict of the war. it is about
I week since Kurott first began his
attempt to envelop the Russian left
flank. This was followed by a Jap
anese demonstration at the center,
manifestly to prevent reinforrenients
being sent to the Russian loft, and at
last the entire line became engaged,
with the Japanese left trying to get
around the Russian right and possibly
slip in between Mukden and the Rus
sians' rear.
As a result of this swift and savage
advance, the Russians are said to be
retiring with a view to taking up a
defensive position at Tie pass, where
preparations for a stand were made
last fall. ,
The flanking movement has been
the favorite military device of the .lap
anese. and while it has not resulted in
the envelopment of the enemy, it has
rarely failed to result in a Russian re
triement. At the Yalu, at Tellisu, at
Liaoyang and ai the Shahke it was
the desperate effort of the Japanese to
gel around one or the other flanks of
the enemy that caused the Russians
to fall back. At Tellisu General Stak
elberg tried to turn the Japanese left.
but before his troops had fairly begun
their advance ho was obliged to recall
I hem because of a flank movement
around his own left. At Liaoyang it
was Kuroki's brilliant dash to the
northeast and around the Russian left
that necessitated Kuropatkin's order
to fall hack toward Mukden. When
Kuropatkin attempted in October to
crush the Japanese on his left front
li" was quickly stopped in his work
by Oku'a decisive (lank movement on
the Russian right, and last month
when General Orippenberg attacked
the Japanese left he found himself
nearly outflanked, and because 1 of al
leged lack of support from his com
mander returned to St. Petersburg in
a huff.
JAP SCOUTING PARTIES MEET
Russian Army' Believed to Have" Been
Surrounded.
Newchwang, March B.—The last
news from the front is that General
Kuroki's scouting parties have joined
those of General Nogi, and that they
are already in touch with each other
back of Tielin*;. This at once tells the
peril which besets the Rusiau com
mander and at the same time hints at
a means which may prove his salva
tion.
Reports early Tuesday morning show
that the supreme crisis of the great
battle is at hand. The vast armies
will, in the course of the day, enter a
great engagement, the issue of which
must be the signal victory of one and
the utter crippling of the other.
General Knropki, commanding the
Japanese right flank, has thrown his
right wing to the east and northeast of
Mukden, while General Nogi has hur
ried his powerful briagdes of veterans
to the west of Mukden, and cooperat
ing with the much extended and weak
ened Japanese Ift flank, has,by joining
communications with Kuroki, com
pleted the envelopement of Mukden.
If this be so, Kuropatkin is sur
rounded and may be caught in a hope
less trap. The Japanese forces may
be said to descirble a circle in a 75
miles in circumstances. Its left flank,
on account of its attenuation, is weak,
while the extreme left wing, composed
of Nogi's veterans, is n^lieved to be
very fHtigued form the rigorous forced
march made from Port Arthur.
Kuropatkin may be surrounded, but
he has a powerful army and a chance
of being able to hurl his troops against
the Japanese left before it can be
strengthened from the center,and there
is a bare possibility that the Port Ar
thur veterans may succumb in their
present condition to desperate attack
from the encircled Russians.
Honor Lady Curzon.
Lady Curzon, with her husband, the
viceroy of India, has arrived at Cal
cutta, whore she was given a unique
reception. The chairman and members
of the corporation welcomed her at
the railway station and presented to
her an address and a diamond orna
ment. A regiment of light horso form
ed a special escort along the beflaggetl
and crowded route to tho government
house, where a big social gathering
cheered her ladyship. An address of
welcome, in an ivory casket, was pre
sented in the throne room by the la
dies of Calcutta.
They Bid Farewell to Meyer.
Rome. —At a farewell banquet to
Ambassador Meyer, Foreign Minister
Tittoni, in a speech, expressed his sor
row at the departure of Mr. Meyer, and
praised his diplomatic ability.
Mr. Meyer, responding, said he was
deeply moved at the honor shown him
as the representative of the United
States, and hoped the feeling of friend
ship between the two nations would
continue to increase.
A fine epitaph won't boost a maa
through the golden gates.
IDAHO NEWS.
The gymnasium building for the Uni-1
versily of Idaho is practically com
pleted.
Walter, the little 3 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Wiley, of Hani
son, died from taking carbolic acid.
The men engaged in sinking the new
city well at Moscow recently discov
ered a good sized white frog in the
bottom of the hole, which Is now IS
feet deep.
Mrs. Gertie Logan, a woman living
at Welter, took rat poison with sui
cidal Intent. The dose she took was
too large and with the assistance of
remedies administered she expelled it.
Fred Stockton, 24 years old, com
mitted suicide In Boise recently by
shooting himself through the head.
He was an engineer In the employ of
the reclamation service. No cause is
known for the deed.
it is reported at Burke that at an
early dale the Hercules owners will
commence the construction of a 300
ton concentrator on Gorge gulch, near
the lower tunnel that was recently
started on the property.
C. B. Hurtt, executive commission
er of the exposition commission, has
resigned and it has been agreed State
Senator R. W. Mcßride shall succeed
him. Another commissioner will be
chosen to succeed Mcßride,*but other
wise there will be no changes.
it is reported that the net amount
Ness Force county must pay Bhoshone
on account of the annexed sections'
share of the debt of Shoshone is ap
proximately $66,000. The net amount
of cash due and belonging to Nez
Perce county from Bhoshone county,
and which amount is to be paid to Nez j
Perce, is approximately $17,000, The'
amount of money belonging to the
school districts of the annexed district
is approximately $1t'.,l)00.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining
& Concentrating company, operating
the Bunker Hill & Sullivan silver-lead
mine at Wardner, in the Coeur d'Al
enes, yesterday paid the March divi
dend of $150,000. That is twice the
usual dividend, and makes a total of
$300,000 paid this year, and $2,571,000
paid to date.
MONTANA SQUIBS.
The Ninth session of the legislative
assembly has passed into history.
The estimated population is said to
be not more than 1.0,000 for Anaconda,
The Butte pesthouse was looted, and
the thief or thieves have made a pro
fitable haul.
Governor Toole has vetoed the bill
increasing the membership of the su
preme court. The bill failed to pass
the senate over his veto.
The Chippewa Indians are holding
a war dance in the Deer Lodge valley,
rive miles from Anaconda.
William Walsh, the recently appoint
ed state mining inspector, is an old
time miner of Butte and is well and
favorably known to nearly every one
in the camp, where he has resided for
more than 20 years.
The twenty-first annual encampment
of the department of Montana, Grand
Army of the Republic, will be held in
Dillon on March 28 and 29, 1905. En
campment will convene March 26 at 11
a. m. The Woman's Relief corps will
convene at the same time.
The Idaho Wool Growers' associa
tion closed a deal last night by which
it becomes a halfowner in the Great
Western Ball company of Ogden, Utah.
The sheepmen will control the board
of directors. Their object is to secure!
cheaper salt for their flocks. Tne !
plant of the company is located at the
Lucln cut-off, 13 miles from Ogden.
No further steps will be taken in
the prosecution against the beef trust
under the charge of having formed
an illegal combination in restraint of I
trade and for the control of the prices
of meat products until after the ad
journment of the legislature, March
2, next.
Upon motion of District Attorney 1
Rasch, Judge W. H. Hunt, in the Unit
ed States court, has quashed indict
ments returned by the federal grand
jury against former Mayor Frank Ed
wards, former Chief of Police Tom
Travis of Helena and Sam Goodman,
for assault upon George O. Freeman,
receiver of the United States land of
fice in Helena several months ago. The
district attorney asked for the dismis
sal because the government could not
prove its jurisdiction.
First Lord cf Admiralty.
Ivondon. —It is officially announced
that Earl Cawder will succeed Lord
Selborne as first, lord of the admiralty.
The appointment is somewhat of a sur
prise, he having since his accession to
the earldom taken no active part in
politics and being absorbed iv railway
management. Earl Cawder will resign
from the chairmanship of the Great
Western railway.
Arrest Gaynor and Greene.
Messrs. Gaynor and Greene are un
der arrest In Quebec for the purpose
of taking them to Montreal to com
plete extradition proceedings. They
are wanted by the United States au
thorities in connection with the Savan
nah river contract
About 750 tons of ore have been BMd
to product about one fifth of an ounce
of radium.
To tost the mosquito theory of ma
i laria. two French physicians propose
! to DO bitten by DOOQtIitOM fed on an
| ague patient, and to allow any fever
contractor to run its full course with
out treatment
In some of the French forests a
platinum wire ki>pt nt a white hejit by
an electric current baa boon employed
Instead of ji taw for felling trees, it
is claimed that by this plan I tree can
be felled in one-eighth of the time re
I quired by the old tawing method. The
entire absence of sawdust and the bOQ
in.iai effect of the slight carbonlsatioa
of the ends of the out timber in prt
Serving the wood are reckoned as de
cided advantages.
An Interesting method of protecting
peach trees from frost during the win*
ter haa been practiced fur MYeral
years at the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Canyon <'ity, r<»io. Rarly
in NoTember the earth is remoTod
from a circle about four teet In dlamer
ter round each tree, and water is
turned In to saturate the shoil. When
the ground has become toft the tree
is worked back and forth to loosen the
roots, and then is pushed over on its
side. The branches are brought to
gether and fastened with a cord, and
burlap covered with earth is put over
them. Thus the trees lie all mug until
spring, when the covering Is gradually
loosened ami finally removed, and they
are raised and propped up.
Among precious stones the turquoise
holds a peculiar place because of the
• ■halites of color which it undergoes.
United suites Consul Tyler, at Teheran
la eloquent in his description of the
Persian turquoises in a receni report
to the. Department of Commerce and
Labor. Students of Shakspeare read
ing It will recall Shylock's exclamation
when Tuba! tells him of a ring thai
his daughter Jessica has given nway:
"Out upon her! Thou torturest me,
Tubal. it was my turquoise, i had It
of Leah when I was a bachelor." Mr.
Tyler avers that notwithstanding its
so called sympathetic changes of hue,
every genuine turquoise possesses a
permanent color, to which It settles
down with age. "The lapis lazuli, or
Cloudless sapphire of Its native skies."
' he says, "is the highest quality of the
turquoise." Travelers are frequentlj
H deceived by Inferior stones.
While the French submarine boa I
' Narval was leaving Cherbourg Harbor
' recently, she came Into collision with a
I tugboat which was traveling at right
ingles to the course of the submarine.
The officer of the latter observed the
approaching tug, and immediately re
versed his engines, the Narval at the
time making a speed of five knots.
! Although the momentum of the sub
marine was thus considerably reduced,
she struck the tugboat with sufficient
force amidships to force her nose
through the tin) 1 of the latter to the
extent of sixteen Indies and the tug
intimately foundered, when the nose
of the Narval was withdrawn. This
accident affords a conclusive estimate
of the Strength and power of these
submersible craft for ramming pur
poses, when driven at full force
against another craft; and, according
to French Admiralty experts, opens
new possibilities concerning naval tac
tics.
WOMEN PREFER TO GET WET.
IJrave Kuln Kiithcr Thun Curry llm
brelluit Modern DreM C'uiimc.
The day of the. feminine umbrella in
over. Few women now think of car
rying an umbreila save on extreme oc
casions. At the umbrella counters of
the large shops the decline of feminine
enthusiasm In the matter of umbrellas
is distinctly noted. Many of the um
brellas now purchased by women are
of a better grade than formerly, show
i ing that they are Intended to serve
upon superior rather than usual occa
sions. The feminine umbrella, indeed,
will soon be as extinct as the dodo,
and the last woman to carry one may
shortly occasion as much Interest as
the man who recklessly dared the
gibes and comments of the Fleet street
following by carrying the first one.
Recently upon a day of persistent
pouring the observant woman called
the attention of her comrade to this
paucity of umbrellas.
"Chicago women have little use for
umbrellas nowadays," she said. "Lou
of women. In fact, never think of our
! rylng an umbrella, no matter how
: heavy the downpour. Oh, yes, the
woman who Is caught In her best light
gown or wearing a chiffon hat may
rush Into the nearest store and buy an
| umbrella to shelter her frngtne finery
I homeward, Just aa the woman who
must wear her best clothes outdoors
on a rainy day will make use of an
' umbrella for the sake of sternest ne
cessity. But how many women of
your acquaintance, preparing for a
regular rainy day of shopping, calling,
or business, arm (bMMttTMI with an
umbrelln before starting out?
"Tin' cauM of the etiasfel There
aro several. First of all, women wear
more sensible clothing than they once
did. Tho 'Instep skirts, 1 snug storm
Heroes, nnd heavy-soled shoes of tho
present fMfalOfl will stand quite a bit
«f rnln before allowing their wonror
to become drenohed. The fact that
they will lio none the worse for a thor
ough soaking helps the busy woman,
MfMdaily if she must carry parcels,
to leave tht> umbrella nt home.
"llatn. too. are different from whnt
tln\v once were. The felt, mohair, or
rc.Hly to wear' haU of the day with
■tend water nobly.
"The pompadour represents another
Important fact in the umbrella banish
meni <>f the prawnt Hair not natural'
ly curly lins Imperiled ninny a good
woman's soul, especially in wet wcath
or. Now. with the smooth or only
mildly 'flufTod' |>ompndour most popu
lar, It rcallj doesn't matter much
whether tlic Imlr k««U wet or not.
"The pressing business cares Unit
now render bo ninny women absent
minded have borne their part In the
abolishment of the feminine umbrella
nlso. The price of two or three um
brellas will buy a new hat, while the
lost umbrella always pricks annoylng
l.v at the womanly conscience. So tho
average Chicago business or profes
sional woman stalks serenely along in
the rain, quite unprotected, solacing
herself with the reflection that all the
beauty CUlturlita agree upon that Im
proving effects of rain water. And
when the rain Is over the umbrella
less woman feels delightfully free."—
Chicago Record Herald.
OLD AND NEW AIDS TO BEAUTY.
I >.>ul,t if I nvoiit ions Have Made Women
More Attractive.
of course, there Is nothing now in
tin* cult of beauty; the only novelty
Itea in the extravagant fashion in
which new Inventions are applied to it.
Electric baths and vibration treatment
may be Innovations, but cosmetics ami
medicated baths date from the earliest
ages. Women have always aspired to
in- beautiful, and have painted their
faces and "tired their heads" since
time Immemorial and in all countries.
The geisha of Japan changes the color
<>i tier lips three times in one evening,
niid no iitiii> Japanese lady ever misses
an opportunity of whipping out the
rouge pot and mirror which form an
indispensable part of her toilet. Among
the recipes which have come down to
US from our ancestresses lire many
prescriptions for the complexion com
posed of marshmallow and was. honey
of ro^.-s find olive oil. Mixed bathing
in tubs of water thickened with scent
ed bran mid salutary herbs whs the
fashion In mediaeval France and re
called fho days of Roman luxury. Va
por baths date from an even earlier
period, and one wonders If there Is
any nostrum today for the proKorvn
tion of beauty which was not known
to those professional beauties of
France, I>lhii*» da Poitiers and Ninon
de I'Rnclos.
The question Ik, Are women really
any more admired to-day for being
steamed and smeared and electrified?
Is any attraction worth having which
is obtained by the painful and expen
sive methods we read of? I doubt It.
Nobody is really taken in by tha arti
ficially manufactured beauty.
It Is the duty of every woman to
make the best of herself. Certain de
fects Of complexion and Qgure can be
pnsily remedied. Physical exercise,
fresh air and good diet Will work won
ders with those, and by the addition
of n smart dressmaker, milliner and
clever hairdresser many a plain girl
haa been transformed into a pretty one.
If a woman's nose in Inclined 10 absorb
too much color and her cheeks too lit
tle, no doubt a few judicious dabs of
powder and rouge in the right places
may be excusable. -London Outlook.
Prince <>r Montenegro,
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, th<«
comic opera ruler <>r the Black moun
tain principality, which has a popula
tion loss than ttmt of Rhode [aland,
was a Krfat athlete in hia younger days
and is still a good horseman, a capi'.-ii
Phot and a splendid swordsman. To
his otlipr attainment! the prince adds
that of being a poet and prose writer
of no smull talent, his beat work being
a tragedy, "The Empress of the lial
kans." His civil list, only $14,000 a
year, is ample for his simple tastps,
which never pal! for great expenditure.
Attaining the Ideal.
All the revolution Unit mankind is
yearning for is Just this: to make men
look in the direction of their work,
to emphasize service and not wagos,
to ask how much good it will do? and
not does it pay? writes Ernest Crosby,
la Swords and Plowshares.
Aci linuii/iiiK the Out rich.
The ostrich is being acclimated in
southern Europe by If. Octave Justice,
whose elKbty specimens from South
Africa are thriving on a farm near
Nice.
Have you a friend who docs well,
and with whom you occasionally firnl
fault -iaii«*> h«» doesn't do better?
This !* The meanest meanness In tho
world.
