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OCK ARGUBo WHE W EAT HE. R Leader in Advertising as tuell as ffetvs. JL Skoirtra aad probably thaader- atorma toaljcht; Tha radar, erarrallr fair aad roolrr. Traprratarr at 7 a. n., 37; at 3:30 p. aa 64. J. M. SIIEHIEU, Obmrrrrr. VOL. LIV. NO. 133. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1905. PRICE TWO CENTS. SUCCESS OF LlteiTCH'S RETREAT R ISLAND FIRST EVIDENCE BEING TAKEN IN BEEF HEARIN REVIVES THE RUSSIAN WAR SPIRIT FIVE MEN MARKED FOR DEATH AT TRIAL IN KENTUCKY COURTROOM James Hargis Ordered Anderson White to Commit Wholesale Murder, Latter Testifies in Hearing for Bail. Army Expected to Fight to Save Vladivostok Connections. JAPS ARE DISTANCED Action at Sea Prospect of Near Future Rojestvens ky Soon to Sail. St. Petersburg, March 22. The re treat of the Russian army, from the latest reports, evidently is being con ducted in splendid fashion. In four days actual marching after leaving Tie pass the rear guard has fallen back 70 miles and the heads of the columns are already entering Gunsbu, 40 miles further north, keeping up with the Japanese column marching north over grand trade route. t'aaaot 1'rraa Hear. With bridges and railroads destroy ed behind the Russians, the Japanese are unable to press the rear and ac cording to information received from the front it is believed the bulk of Oyama's army is still at Tie pass, the flanking column being comparatively weak. This news may, however, prove in correct. For two days there has been some skirmishing accompanied by ar tillery exchanges between the Japa nese on the grand trade route and Rus sians screening the retreat, showing they are In constant contact. W Mar Make a Stand. tih the crossings of the Sungarl VjJr at Chantihitu protected many limitary men here believe Linevitch while preparing to withdraw to Har bin, will attempt U hold the line from Kuauchantest to Klrin so as to con trol the rich Sungarl valley as a source of supply for the army. -The Japanese advance to Kirin would be equivalent to the Isolation of Vladivos tok. Itrvlvra War Spirit. The war office points to the fact that Linevitch was able to give his troops a day of rest as being the best evi dence (hat compute order has been restored and stories of demoralized Might are untrue. The chances of continuance of the war are encour aged by the somewhat better outlook for the Manchurian army, the success of the internal loan and the announc ed departure of the squadron com manded by Kojestvonsky eastward. . I.lurvltfh Wlrra. St. Petersburg. March 22. A dis patch fro.n Linevitch. dated the 21st, says: - "Yesterday Japanese cavalry detach ments appeared in front of our advance Iosts. Behind the cavalry were in fantry, who halted at the village of Manchantzy." o llr-nd fur Anuf. Prince Outskomsky. editor of Veid mosti. declares peace is imperative be cause there is no bread for the army. AH the grain accumulated at Harbin is assorted to have been taken to Muk den or transported south by the Chi nese. Klr-t Soon to Hovr, St. Petersburg. March 22. At the admiralty it is strongly intimated Ro Jestvensky will effect a Juncture with Admiral- Nebokatoof within 10 days and then proceed to meet Admiral Togo. RUSSIANS RETREATING IN GOOD ORDER. THOUGH THEY TRAVEL RAPIDLY Gunshu Pass. March 22. Kuropat kin reached hvre today and was given a great ovation. The Russian rear guard is now at Sipininghai. "0 miles north of Tie pass. The Japanese are slowly pursuing but not energetically pressing the rear. Apparently Oyama is holding his main army at Tie pass. Umlrojlcc Itoad aad Urldra. When the Russians evacuated Tie pass March 15 one span of the bridge . ver the Tehal river, which flows in to the IJao river just north of the town, was destroyed by dynamite im mediately after the last train had been dispatched northward, and as the army moved northward the bridges and rail road were disabled and everything in the shape of stores, etc., which could r.ot be taken was burned. Jaaa A r" Iadr-lalve. Seme desultory artillery fire was heard on the extreme right as the re treat progressed but the Japanese ap peared to be indecisive. Their pur suit lacked strength in spite of four days' rest at Tie pass which gave the Russians a chance to reform after the hardships they had suffered and they tok up their march in an orderly fashion pressing forward, however, at eucb a pace that many horses and cat tie In the transport train were ex E San Domingo, March 22. A cable message was received here yesterday announcing that the United States sen ate had ratified the Dominican conven tion and Is causing an unpleasant im pression. GASOLINE CAUSES A FIRE Two Die in Blaze in Home at Shelton, Nebraska. Sioux City. Iowa. March 22. Mrs. Harland Newton, of Shelton, Neb., and son aged 9, perished in a fire here to day at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Arthur Kneedson. The fire was caus ed by gasoline. hausted and left dying by the road side. (Id Several Itoadn. Like an endless serpent the army trained over the vast rolling country moving all during the day and over half a dozen meandering roads paral-J lei with the railroad. Thirty miles were covered the first day, Kaiyun being left behind March 10. The rear guard evacuated Chang afu March 19. la Cut Off. Dispatch ribers report Col. Madri doff in command of an irregular force In the mountains eastward found him self cut off before he got news of the great battle of Mukden and was com pelled to retire northwest probably to make his way towards Kirin. The correspondent of the Associat ed Press during the removal of the Russian headquarters from Tie pass remained with the rear guard, being some days without telegraphic facili ties. Kitraalvr IMaaa Made. Extensive preparations to carry out the plan of retreat were made by Kuropatkin, Linevitch, Bittering and Kaulbafs and were successfully car ried out. On March 19 Kuropatkin considering the army was safe depart ed, fpr Harbin, but having subsequent ly decided to remain as commander of the first army reached here today. Cnaldnif in I.lurvltfh. It is too early to determine the effect of the change in supreme com mand but private soldiers have great confidence in the venerable Linevitch. whose task is monumental. The reor ganization effected at Tie pass after the retreat from Mukden ineontest- Ibly marked the end of the second stage of the war. ( nlrrlnK at Uunabu I'aaa. Gunshu Pass, which has a large rail road station and Red Cross settle ment with fair armies is now an over flowing the native hamlet in all direc tions. TrKps are arriving daily. The advance divisions are continuing their march northward while some fresh troops from European Russia are coming south to relieve the worn out rear guard. The booming of guns on the rignt flank weie heard all morning. KUROPATKIN WILL STAY WITH ARMY AT FRONT; SERVICES ARE ACCEPTED St. Petersburg. March 22, 2:20 a. m. The Russian army In Manchuria is still to have the services of Kuropatkin. who is considered by many, in spite of his reverses, the best general and foremost strategist of the Russian ar my. Sank Peraoaal Kh-IIbr. Sinking all feeling of personal bit terness because of his supercession and all the old-time enmity between him self and Linevitch in a patriotic desire to be of service to the fatherland, Kur opatkin volunteered to remain in any capacity with the army which he has so long commanded. The tender has been accepted by the emperor and gratefully received by the new leader of the grand army. The change ex actly reverses the old order of affairs when Kuropatkin was supreme leader and IJneviteh directed the first army. (.Ivc-a a Graad Rwplloa. Kuropatkin having paused on his homeward journey at Harbin, started southward the afternoon of March 20 midst a most remarkable farewell from the residents of Harbin and soldiers. The send-off was a mere foretaste of what awaits Kuropatkin at the front, and his self-sacrificing determination and the equally patriotic course of Linevitch in accepting the services ten dered are bound to do wonders for the reinspiration of the soldiers and give promise of union and harmony which the army has hitherto lacked. PRESIDENT OF TUFTS COLLEGE DEAD AT 67 Medford. Mass., March 22. Rev. Elmer H. Capen, president of Tufis college, died today of pneumonia, aged C7. A M ALARMS DOM GO ADVISE RETURN TO POLISH LANGUAGE St. Petersburg, March 22. Abandon ment of the compulsory use of Russian and imparting instruction in Polish in the schools of Poland was recommend ed at a special meeting of the commit tee of ministers yesterday. WILL MUTUALIZE Plan Adcpted by Equitable Life Assurance Society at New York. CURBS THE POWER OF HYDE Twenty-eight of 52 Directors to be Elected by Policy Holders in Next Four Years. New York, March 22. A plan for the gradual admission of policyholders of the Equitable Life Assurance society of the United States to share In control of its affairs has been adopted by the directors. The plan provides for an amendment to the society's charter so that 28 of is 52 directors shall, at the expiration of four years, have been elected by the policyholders. Under the new plan, seven of the 13 directors annually elected will be cho sen by policyholders and six by the stockholders. The new method of con trol will thereafter become effective after four years. To Mutualism Company. The adoption of this plan is the out come of agitation by President Alex ander and others for mutualization of the society which began several weeks ago. Alexander pointed out that the control of the society rested in $100, 000 stock of the capital, the majority of which was under control of James H. Hyde, vice president, and that such power in the hands of one man was fraught with danger. FLOODS IN OHIO Worst of the Danger is Over at Pittsburg' and Passes South. LOSS THERE IS $1,000,000 Many Families Forced to Abandon Homes and Factories to Sus pend Operations. Pittsburg, Pa., March 22. The crest of the flood was reached at 8 o'clock this morning and the rivers are rapidly receding. It is estimated the loss to local industries by flood will exceed $1,000,000. City Inundated. The Ohio at Bellevue, Ohio, is still rising. The lower portion of the city is inundated and hundreds of families were forced to abandon their homes. Railroads are crippled and many manu facturing plants suspended operations. WaeellBK la Dad Shape. Wheeling. W. Va.. March 22. The crest of the first ice reached here at 11 o'clock. Forty-five feet of water Is expected on the second rise which will put the water over a great por tion of the city. The city is complete ly tied up with almost all ranroad com munications cut off and all works shut down. Ohio Illver KUIbr. Marietta, Ohio, March 22. The Ohio river has passed the 31-foot stage here. It is rising six inches an hour. Forty feet is expected. This will inundate the entire business portion of the city. It has been raining steadily for 20 hours. BRITT WILL MEET ENGLISH CHAMPION Contract Closed by Wire, Date and Purse Being Left to Decide Later. New York. March 22. Charles Mitchell, manager for Jabez White, the lightweight champion of England, an nounced today a match had been made y telegraph for a fight between White and James Britt. The date and purse are undecided. Royal Party at Lisbon. Lisbon. March 22. The British yacht Victoria and Albert, with Queen Alex andra and party on board, arrived here today. Lexington. Ky.. March 22. Dr. Cox. Tom Cockrell. Mark Cockrell. Attorney Vaughan and Marcum were to be shot by Anderson White in the house during the trial of Tom Cockrell for the kill ing of Ben Hargis in obedience to or ders by James Hargis, according to a sensational story told today by White in the hearing of a motion for bail for Hargis and Callahan. n rot her Vaiiu Sentence. Anderson White is a brother of Tom White, who is unde- life sentence for the murder of J. IX Marcum. White said that prior toj killing Cockrell, RECONSIDERATION VOTE GOES OVER REYNOLDS, OP A LEDO, SAVED THE (!lAli VOTE RAII.B MIXIX bpringneld, III, March 22. (Spe cial.) Arnold of Galesburg in the ' house today moved to reconsider the vote of yesterday by which the major ity report of the elections committee in favor of seating Cooke in the Cooke McCaskrin contest was defeated, but at the request of Craig the motion to reconsider went over until next Wed nesday. Arnold and Phillips, of Ford county, Craig of Cbles, and Hardin of Warren are using their utmost endeav ors to unseat McCaskrin andt all rail road influence seems to be brought against him. , ' 5 Saved by Heyaolda. The Springfield News in recounting yesterday's proceedings in connection with the Cooke-McCaskrin contest says: "Mr. McCaskrin owes his success very largely to a few brief words from Representative Ileynolds of his dis trict. Mr. Reynolds said that he is fully conversant with all the facts of the last campaign In that district: that the people understood the issue per fectly and believed that mark in the square opposite McCaskrin's name meant three votes for him. The bal lots had been counted, said Reynolds, by enemies of McCaskrin and he had been declared elected by his enemies and this house would bo doing great wrong to the people of Rock Island county if it unseated McCaskrin. He NEBRASKA SENATE III FIT OF ECONOMY CUTS OFF ALL CHARITY APPROPRIATIONS Lincoln. Neb.. March 22. The state senate, in its desire to make a record for economy in tha closing session, has pared expenses until even charity work FRENGHi SUICIDE Anton Proust, Former Minister, Puts Two. Shots in His Head. WAS VICTIM OF MELANCHOLIA Charles Erd, St. Louis Lawyer, Found With Wound in Head Claims Accident. i Paris, March 22. Anton A. Proust, minister of fine arts in the Gambetta cabinet, died today as the result of two shots in the head, self-inflicted. He had long been a victim of melancholy. M. I.oula Uwjrr, Alo. New York, March 22. Charles Erd. a prominent St. Louis lawyer, was found in his apartments the Hotel Im perial today suffering from a self-inflicted bullet wound in the left temple. He will probably recover. To the police Erd declared the shoot ing was accidental. DEBT IS SETTLED Venezuela Reaches Agreement With Germany and England. London, March 22. At the office of the council of foreign bondholders the Associated Press was informed today an agreement between the Venezuelan j government an 4 Brttisn ana uennan bondholders adjusting and consolida ting an exterior debt of I23.CO0.OOO will be signed tomorrow, details having been concluded ,to the satisfaction of both parties. James Hargis took him to Hargis store and gave him a 43-calibre pistol, and told him he wanted him to return to the court house, where the trial of Cockrell for killing Ben Hargis was in progress, and be ready to do as Judgo Hargis told him. Shoot In Cane of Trouble. He declared Hargis wanted him to shoot five men. White being ordered to shoot in case any trouble was started. "Kill all or every damned one of them" Is what White said Hargis told him to do. He said he declined to do this, and returned the pistol. COOKE - McCASKRIN TILL WEDNESDAY DAY FOR ROCK ISLANDER IN URN OAD ISKU ESfES ARE O IN. ueclared it was not a question of nun or attorney generals, but of right and principle. . Took Off Ilia Collar. "McCaskrin talked for nearly thrte quarters of an hour, removing his col lar and necktie as he proceeded. He made a number of unfortunate re marks In the beginning and alienated some who were inclined to favor him. but later got down to an argument of the issues and a presentation of the evidence. As he finished he asked pardon, for any hasty words and was applauded. "It was on the roll call that Mr. Reynolds made his telling little speech. Edward Green, the colored member, also made a very clear and convincing argument, as did Echols and others. Shanahan was particular ly timely with his expression that he could not get away from the convic tion that the people had elected Mc Caskrin and that Reynolds' explana tion had turned him. The vote was very close as the last name was call ed. Several members were on their feet at once to change their votes. The absentees were called and the Mc Caskrin side gained a couple more. On verification still others changed their vote and when the vote was an nounced it showed that the majority report had been lost by a vote of 5G to C5." in the state is to be dispensed with for two years. The state board of chari ties was cut off without an appropria tion and the board of prison visitors has no funds. READER A FAKIR Did Not Conduct Negotiations With Dominican Gov ernment, it is Said. CHARGE D' AFFAIRES TALKS Declares He Was Unable to Gain Introduction Through Minister Dawson. New York, March 22. An official version of the alleged negotiations be tween A. B. Reader and the Dominican government Is given by Emilio C. Ju bert. Dominican charge d'affaires at Washington who is in this city. Ju bert says: Kmllio Jubrrt'a Stn temrnl. "I was in President Morales' office when Reader sent in his letter asking for an Interview and pretending to be an agent from the United States. The president had word sent to Reader that he could not grant an interview unless he was presented by Minister Dawson and told him if he had any business, to communicate eithf-r through the Dominican legation at Washington or the minister of foreign affairs. Kndrr Not ( alirrrd. "Later Read'.-r sent a bundle of pa pers to Foreign Minister Sanchez, which were returned without notice being taken of them. It is absurd to say that there were any negotiatloM with Reader." FRAZIER ELECTED SENATOR Nashville, Tenn., March 22. James B. Frazier was today elected 1'nited States senator to succeed the late Wil liam B. Bates. JAP BATTLESHIP TAKES THE WATER Newcastlem-Tyne, March 22. The new Japanese battleship Kashima. of l(i,40rt tons, was launched today in the presence of the Japanese minister to Great Britain. SIXTY-FIVE LOST Estimate of Number of Fatalities in Brockton Factory Explosion. NINETY-THREE STILL MISSING But 54 Bodies Recovered and all But Fourteen Will be Buried Unidentified. Brockton, Mass.. March 22. City Marshal Boyden after examining the pay roll of the Grover Shoe factory, today estimated the number of killed by Monday's explosion between CO and 05. The books showed 400 employes enrolled and 93 of these have not been reported. Stop Srarvh for Hoilirn. Brockton. Mass., March 22. Satis fied that there was no chance of recov ering additional bodies from the ruins of the shoe factory, the search was abandoned at 11 o'clock last night af ter 37 hours of constant toil. The re vised list as given out by the police was: Bodies recovered. 55; identified, 14; missing, 45 ; reported as escaped, 2S.J. It now seems probable that but 14 bodies will bo buried with their identity positively established. LIQUOR DEALERS IN PROTEST ON OPTION Open Letter Addressed to Members of The Illinois Legisla ture. The Liquor Dealers' Protective as sociation has sent out an open letter to the members of the legislature in relation to the local option bill now before the assembly, making "a sol emn protest against its unjust provis ions." The bill, which is known on the house calendar as No. I5. allows !jich county, city, town. ward, precinct or Combination of precincts to decide by ballot as to whether or not such coun ty shall be anti-saloon territory. The friends of the bill claim this as a right all citizens have under the principle of free government. In the letter of protest the Liquor Dealers' association says: In case It becomes a law a majority of the voters In the county, city, town, ward, precinct or combination of pre cincts may vote to have no license granted within that territory. If the vote Is taken in the entire county and a majority prevails, then no license can be granted within the county. Al though the citizens of the city may need the licenses to improve the city, to build sidewalks and streets; no matter if they have to suffer all the evil influence of "blind tigers" and "boot legging;" no difference if the grass grows in the street and their property depreciates In value, still the fellow from the country who does not reside in the city, who does not own one foot of land therein or pay one cent of its taxes, steps in by his vote, dictates to the citizens of the city and shoulders burdens on to them which he in no way assists to carry. Is this fair? Is this Justice? Is this In accordance with the teachings of the founders of this republic? Is this in accordance with the views of a liberty-loving people? Are the friends and promoters of this bill fair and jut in their demands? The letter then cites the old argu ment that the United Slates govern ment is in the liquor selling license business and why should not a city or town have the same privilege? Al so the letter calls attention to the fact that the church is advocating the law. thus thrusting Itself into polities and overstepping the American principle of absolute separation of church and state. GERMANY OPPOSED BY NATIVE BLACKS Berlin, March 22. The national Seeitung says a general insurrection of the natives has taken place In the southern part of Cameroons, German west Africa. Irving Will Not Come. London. March 22. Sir Henry Irv ing' United States and Canadian J tours have been postponed for a year by advice of the doctors. J Jury Completed and Judge Delivers an Impres sive Charge TO AVOID PREJUDICE Detectives Watching Witnesses to Prevent Tampering by by Outsiders. Chicago. March 22. The special grand jury, to investigate the soealled "beef trust" was completed today. The huge mass of testimony available was immediately attacked. luiprrnalvr Chars;. A. J. Hoffman, of Mendota, III.. w, designated by the court as foreman of the jury. District Judge Humph rey charged the jury to "present no one from envy, hatred or malice, nor to leave any one unpresented for fear, favor, affection, reward or bore of re ward." The charge was delivered in a most impressive manner and was listened to with deep interest. tiuardM fur Y I tnrMMrn. Chicago. 111., March 22. Fifteen se cret service men have been brought to Chicago lo guard the witnesses who will appear and testify before the spe cial grand jury which today began an investigation of the transactions of the so-called "beef trust." So great is the desire of federal offi cials to maintain strict secrecy in the investigation that every witness who1 testifies will be closely guarded by ono of the secret service men to prevent iiis being approached by newspaper men or agents of the packers. C. B. Morrison, who was apiointed district attorney declared last night that any person detected speaking to or Inquir ing the name of any of the witnesses would be liable to contempt of court. GIRLS HAVE CLOSE CALL IN A FIRE Nine-Story New York Building Breaks Out in Flames All Escape. New York, March 22. The Kmpiro State building, nine stories high, at the corner of Broadway and Hicecker is burning. The threo upper floors are in flames. A large number of girls are employed In the build. It is not known whether all escaped. Thy Humes spread with startling rapidity. (Later) There was no loss of life in the fire. "JIM CROW" ACT IS PARTLY INVALID Maryland Law for Separation of Races Does Not Apply to Interstate Passengers. Annapolis, Md., March 22. In an opinion delivered today the court of appeals held the act passed at the last sesfeion of the legislature, commonly known as the "Jim Crow" requiring steam railways in Maryland to fur nish separate compartments for whito and colored passengers is valid ho far as it affects commerce within the state, but invalid as to interstate paa nengers. EVANGELICAL CHURCH MEET State Congregations Represented at Chicago Conference. Chicago. March 22. The 12th annual conference of th Illinois United Evan gelical churches b-gan here today with 250 pastors and laymen present. Bish op H. B. Hartseler presides. WE GET FOUR SUBMARINES United States Closes Contract With Quincy, Mass., Firm. Qiiiney. Mass.. March 22. The Fore Kiver Shipbuilding company has sign fed a contract to construct four sub marine torpedo boats of the Holland type for the United States government to be completed within IS months from today. Odd Fellow Under Knife. Baltimore, March 22. J. Frank Grant, grand secretary of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows, of the United States, underwent a successful opera tion today for rheumatic gout.