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ON THE LAND
^•al Battle on the Banks of the
the Yalu is Repcrtei.
VICTORY WITH THE JAPS
Russians are Said to Have Been Re
pulsed W.th Heavy Loss-War
News is Unreliable.
An Associated Press dispatch of
Sunday irom Chee Foo says: it is
repor ortea that the Russian advance on
the Yalu has been repulsed, with a
loss of 2,500 men.
London Daily Mail correspondent at
Xew Chwang cabled Sunday n.ght:
••it is reported here that Russia and
Japanese outposts on the aalu have
been engaged, the Russians suffering
considerable loss. No details.''
The cables are still absolutely silent
with regard to the progress of the
war, but there are vague rumors of
land fighting. As an instance, the Par
is edition of The New York Herald’s
eorres pendent at St. Petersburg talks
of a Russian repulse on the Yalu riv
er with a loss of 2,500 lives. These ru
mors are unconfirmed and from a re
liable quarter. The Morning Post’s
Chee Foo correspondent says he learns
that tens of thousands of Japanese
are advancing by forced marenes from
various parts of Korea on the Yalu
and that severe fighting is expected
shortly. These are the only references
to actu ,3 operations that have reaeh
ed London.
Breach of Neutrality Charged.
The London Mail’s Shanghai cable
dated Sunday, says: Tne iviadjur C4.1 of.
lair has assumed internationl impor
tance. The French consul has sided
with Russia, and backs up the claim
that the Madjur is needed to protect
Russian interests at Shanghai.
Japan's consul has telegraphed the
Chinese foreign office, explaining
the serious consequence possible it
such a flagrant breach of neutrality is
permitted. The Akitsushima has clear
ed for action.
rinsh warships Einaido, Phoe
nix and Butomart have anchored in
the harbor.
The correspondent’s first cablegram
concerning the affair was as follows:
“The Russian gunboat Madjur is re
TY1 aming in port in defiance of the Chi
nese order, which expired at 5 o’clock
this afternoon. It is oelieved the Pei
yang squadron (Chinese) will be in
structed to enforce the order.
"Russian and French authorities
claim there has been no infringement
of neutrality, but the Japanese assert
the presence of the Madjur prevents
their merchantment coming to port.
“The Japanese cruiser, AnMsuisima.
is still outside the harbor waiting for
the Madjur. Captain Cowan, com
manding the Madjur, is an English
man, educated at Eton, Oxford. He
is ashore assisting the Russian con
sul.’’
The News in St Petersburg.
A dispatch from Port Arthur receiv
ed in St. Petersburg stated that the
first land encounter occurred Saturday.
A picket of Cossacks attacked a
small detachment of Japanese troops
on Korean territory.
The Cossacks captured some Japan
ese prisoners, on whom they found
maps and papers.
The collision was presumably be
tween reconnoitering parties. An en
gagement is not anticipated immedi
ately. a Port Arthur dispatch says
the Japanese fleet was observed Feb
ruary 16 cruising off that port.
Jap Major and Guard Captured.
An Associated Press dispatch from
■••t. Petersburg says: Major General
Pflug, the chief of staff of Viceroy
Alexieff. telegraphed from Port Arthur
Saturday as follows:
A body cf Cossacks, marching from
Wju, captured a Japanese major, Tat
?urn ’ with five soldiers and two civil
ians.
The reports regarding the enemy
are generally contradictory and
scarce.
L| LY WHITES CF LGUISISiANA MEET.
* ame State Ticket and Adopt Platform in
Convention at New Orleans.
Louisiana republican state con
comi>ose( i °f what is known as
' ° !ly V/ hite element, adopted a plat
l0 and nomfhated ticket
a full state
' ^ r 'ouns Wednesday. Every
I farM !i' ' n tIle state represented,
out was
I T , “ rre were no negro delegates.
I, ■(ate Platform i is largely devoted to
affairs aQ d embraces an arraign
i- L‘,‘ 1,1 '^e policies o*
f 5 r >-y. the democratic
l The supremacy of the Caucas
ar - race i us maintained.
tiv Nationally the
ii lustration f 11011 heartily endorsed the ad
oi President Roosevelt
RUSSIA ^ACQUIESCES
With Specific Rcservatioas, in Proposi
tion of United States for the
Integrity of China.
A St. Petersburg dispatca says
Russia’s reply to Secretary Hay’s note
on China probably will be made in a
few days. It will acquiesce in the
principle, but with certain reserva
tions, regarding Chinese administra
tive control over the region in Man
churia leased to Russia, or covered by
the Chinese reservation in order to
safeguard existing Russian interests.
When the note was first dispatched
to the powers the authorities in St.
Petersburg were undeniably disposed
to view it with suspicion, and there
fore its reception by the other caoi
nets was awaited with keen interest.
The Russian authorities have obtained
the views of the European chancellors
and have seen the friendly reception
given to the note even by Russia’s
ally, the fear that it might contain a
hidden pitfall for Russia began to dis
appear. The Russian authorities have
new been acquainted with the replies
of the remaining powers, including
that of Japan, and it has practically
been decided to give adherence in
principle.
Russia explained that she was as
anxious as the other powers to prevent
disorders in China and to preserve
its integrity, but that owing to Ruus
sia’s interests in Manchuria difficulties
are presented . China must be protect
ed and Russia will make a reservation
on this point. She does not desire her
position in this respect to be misun
derstood hereafter and for this reason
her words will be explicit and not
equivocal.
Russia has not yet given permission)
for any military attaches to join the
Russian army in the field. Requests
have been received from all the pow
ers, including the United States, an
it is understood that Viceroy Alexieff,
to whom the question was referred,
would prefer that foreign attaches
should not join in the Russian field
operations until March, explaining that
owing to the unexpected suddenness of
the outbreak of hostilities, it is difficult
to make arrangements for their com
fortable accommodation, especially
during the severe weather, until that
time.
PORT ARTHUR IS GOAL.
Japs Preparing to Make Onslaught on
Russian Stronghold by Sea
and Land.
Dispatches from the Far East Wed
nesday indicated that Japan is prepar
ing to make a determined attempt to
capture Port Arthur, the stronghold of
the Russians.
Tokio advices state that numerous
transports, heavily laden with troops
and munitions, are on the sea, and it
is believed that these transports will
land at places where the Japanese ar l
my can co-operate with the navy in
an attempt to reduce Port Arthur.
Tokio advices report that Japanese
troops are at Wiju, on the Y'alu river.
Wiju is not a great distance irom
Port Arthur.
British military experts believe
that the Japanese plan of campaign
contemplates the immediate invest
ment and capture of Port Arthur. On
this' theory they explain the continued
attacks which the Japanese fleet is
making on the port.
The capture of Pert Arthur would
enormously increase the prestige of
the Japanese and give them a fortified
base from which they could operate
effeotively against the Russian line of
communication in Manchuria.
ENORMOUS FUND FOR SCHOOLS.
Bill Appropriating Million and a Quarter
Passed by Mississippi Solons.
After a debate lasting all day the
Mississippi senate, Wednesday, passed
the house bill appropriating $1,250,000
per annum to the common schools and
the measure now goes to tne governor
for signature.
Members cf the two levee boards
are at the capital in iorce to oppose
the amendments to the bills authoriz
ing bond issues aggregating $1,500,000.
LOWEST ESTIMATE OF BALTIMORE’S LOSS, j
Tax Assessors of City Place Conservative
Figures at Eighty-Five Millions.
It is learned from an authoritative
source in Baltimore that the tax as
sessments on the realty m the burned
district are approximately between
twenty and twenty-two milaon dollars
and the assessment on the average
stock of goods consumed in the fire
was between fifty and fifty-two mil
lions. As the real estate was assess
e'd at three-fourths of its value, these
figures would indicate a total loss by
reason of the lire of a.bout $85,000,000
at the lowest figures.
DEATH DEALT
j BY DYNAMITE
Tv/enty -Five icop e are Hurled tc
Instant Annihilation.
WRECKCAUSED EXPLOSION
Two Freight Tra ns Crash at Small
Station in Uiah and Deadly
Cargo Scatters Rum.
Twenty-five persons have been kill
ed, fifteen others injured, several, it is
believed fatally, and a great amount
of railroad property destroyed by an
explosion of a car load of dynamite
at Jackson, Utah, a telegraph station
on the western end of the Great Og
den-Lucien cut off on the Southern Pa
cific railroad.
The explosion was caused by a col
lision between two freight trains, du-.-,
it Is said, to the failure of the air
brakes apparatus to operate. Eight of
the dead anjl five of the injured are
Americans; the others are Greek la
borers.
The dead are T. W. Burke, section
foreman, his wife and three children;
J. W. Burke, a former general fore
man; W. L. fToller, messenger, for
merly of Andrew, Ind.; Owen Der
mody, conductor, formerly of Beaver
Dam, Wis. Seventeen Greek laborers.
The explosion was terrific. Every
thing within a radius, of half a mile
was wrecked. The town of Terrace,
15 miles to the north, was shaken as
though by an earthquake. Window
panes in the station at Colon, 15 miles
away, were shattered, anu the sound
of the explosion was heard in Ogden
city, 81 miles from tne scene of the
disaster. The ground upon which the
trains were standing was torn up for
over a thousand feet, leaving a great
excavation 30 feet in depth, fragments
of a dozen freight cars and two en
gines were thrown for incrediole dis
tances over the surrounding country,
the station building was biown tc
splinters and the dead and injured
were scattered or hundreas of feet in
all directions, most of them having
their clothing torn off. Telegraph
wires and poles were tern down for a
thousand feet and the first knowledge
cf the disaster came from Terrace, 15
miles away, the operator at that place
reporting to headquarters that he saw
an immense cloud of smoke ascend
from Jackson and spread out at a
great height.
A relief train with doctors, nurses
and stretchers was hurriedly dispatch
ed from Ogden. The train returned
with the injured who were placed in
the company’s general hospital.
The great loss of life among the
Greeks is accounted for by the fact
that they occupied outfitting cars
which were standing near the spot
where the explosion occurred.
Of the forty-six persons at Jackson
at the time of the explosion, only nine
escaped death or injury. The great
railroad trestle over the laxe was not
damaged, the explosion occurring a
short distance beyond the western end
of that structure.
FIVE THEAIRE MEN INDICTED.
Grand Jury Investigating Chicago Horror
Have Finished Their Labors.
The special grand jury at Chicago
summoned to investigate the Iroquois
theatre fire and the charges made
against persons directly connected
with the tragedy of December 30, com
pleted its labors Saturday by voting
indictments against five men and no
bills against four others. Mayor Har
rison was not indicted. •
MONEY PROVED FOR FAST MAIL.
Same Amount as Last Year Carried in Pos
tal Appropriation Bill.
The postoffice appropriation bill com
pleted by the house committee on
post.offices, contains an appropriation
of $142,72875 lor the continuance ol
the Southern fast mail service through
South Carolina to Atlanta and Now
Orleans. This is the same amount
appropriated for the past year.
INTERNAL TROUBLES FOR RUSSIA.
Home Dissentions May Precipitate Another
W'ar on the Czar’s Hands.
According to an Associated Press
dispatch, official circles at St. Peters
burg are awakening to the fact that
Russia has two' wars on her hands—
one against Japan and one against
the dissatisfied elements at home.
It is remarkable as showing the dis
content which exists throughout the
empire that, as soon as it became cer
tain that Russia would have to fisV
Japan, news of attempted outbreaks
were reported Lem seve-al quarters
of the empire.
/
HANNA BURIED
AT CLEVELAND
Large Ccnccurse Attends Last Rites
Over Dead Statesman.
PEOPLE EXPRESS SORROW
Many Sobs Heard During Services in
Church—Whole City Was For a
Time Totally Silent.
The people of Cleveland, Ohio, paid
homage Friday to the memory of their
first citizen, the state at large added
its tribute of respect, and many citi
sens, distinguished in private and offi
cial life in all parts of the country,
lent their presence at the ceremonies
which preceded the consigning to
earth of the remains of the late sena
tor.
'ihe last rites over his body were
held at St. Paul Episcopal church,
During the solemn service Cleveland
was a silent city, street raiway and
steam traffic on every line in the city
was stopped for five minutes at 1
o’clock.
Among the distinguished people
present from abroad were J. Pierpont
Morgan and party, of New York; Gov
ernor Durbin, of Indiana, and staff;
George B. Ccx and party of Cincin
nati, and a number of business and so- ■
cial friends of the dead senator from
'Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Pittsburg
and New York.
At early hour the chamber of !
an
commerce, where the body of the dead
statesman bad lain in state since
Thursday morning, was besieged by
thousands of workmen with their din
ner pails, on their way to their daily
toil. In such great numbers did they
assemble that many unable to stand
longer in line, were deprived of a last
look at the face of the dead.
Thousands of visitors who , had , , hoped , „ ,
to have . an opportunity . oi passing . oy
the bier of the dead senator, also aban
llonc hopeless ' d the was '*» their *«» chance "»* ot “V gaming ow
admission.
At , a ten , o , clock , , the a , memoers , of „ the
state , . legislature . . , a who , recently chose ,
.. ,.tr TT Hanna to , represent ohm in the
Omtod States senate drove from their
hotel to the chamber of commerce m a
body and looked for a time upon the
face of the dead /tatesman.
The Washington delegation arrived
at 10:30, and they, together with the
personal friends of the late senator,
were admitted to the chamber of com
merce between 11 o’clock and noin.
The scene at the bier at tnis time was
strikingly sad.
When the doors’ were closed finally
at noon it was estimated that since
(he face of the late senator had been
exposed to the public sixty thousand
people had looked upon it.
Promptly at noon the funeral cor
tege left the chamber of commerce
building for the churcn, preceded by "
platoon of police and escorted by mili
tary and civic organizations.
Reservations on the centre aisle
were made for the family, governors’
staff, the Washington delegation and
other distinguished guests and mem
bers of the state legislature. The
church was filled long before the hour
for the services to commence, and
thousands lined the streets about the
edifice. The church services were
brief, but solemnly impressive, being
interrupted at times by sobs from all
parts of the church.
Immediately on the close of the ser
vice the body, accompanied by the
family, pallbearers and Bishop Leon
ard, proceeded slowly out Euclid ave
nue to Lake View cemetery, where a
final farewell of the dead was taken in
Wade Memorial chapel. The service
consisted simply of a prayer by the
bishop. ■
The body was deposited in a crypt ;
in the chapel to await burial at the
pleasure of the fam'ly. j
!
CZAR ABOLISHES CENSORSHIP. '
Russian Government at Last Gives Per
mission for Publication of News.
The Russian government,. Friday,
abolished the censorship upon all news |
and other telegrams going abroad.
The lifting of the embargo, which
has existed for generations upon ths
free transmission of news from the I
Russian empire, came as a direct re
suit of consideration of the subject by
the czar hlmelf and in some respects
,
this abolition is regarded as the most
important act since the emancipation j
of the serfs. I
TRIBUTE PAID
MARK HANNA
In Befitting Public Funeral Services
in Senate Chamber.
EUL0G1UM BY CHAPLAIN
Notable Assemblage Gathers to Wit
ness Solemn Proceedings-Body
Sent to Cleveland.
A Washington special says: In the
presence of the grief-stricken family,
of many friends whose sorrow was 1
scarcely less pronounced, ot the sen
ate and house of representatives, off
dignitaries from all the other branches
of government, and of the chief official
representatives of most of the foreign
powers, the funeral of the late Senator
Marcus A. Hanna occurred in tne sen
chamber Wednesday at noon.
Seldom has a more distinguished
body of people been collected in Wash
ington to do honor, either to me * 1 v
D f the dead.
In the front rank of the eminent as
sembiage gathered Immediately about
the bier of the depared statesman
sat the president. He was flanked
by the members of his cabinet, all ot
whom had been closely affiliated with
Senator Hanna by ties of friendship
and political association. There were
scarcely any absentees from amoi O
the members of the senate. All of
them were visibly affected. The desk
of their late colleague was heavily
draped.
All the people in the galleries rose
as if with one impulse as the casket
wag borne to its place. The pallbear
ers had scarcely retired when the sen
ate was called to order. Immediately
afterward the house oi representa
tives, with Speaker Cannon at its
head, was announced.
Mrs. Hanna, leaning upon the arm
of her son, Dan R. Hanna, entered the
chamber and took a seat in the front
row on the left side of the presiding
officer. She was followed by her
daughters and their husbands and oth
er members of the family, and Tmme
diate friends, all of whom were given
seats ^ in tho immediate vicinity . . ., ot e the „
Tem Fryo tb ,„
«mw« the senate, saying: 2
„ Se „ ltor3 . You soiemnly aai ,
lovinalv devoted this day to , an ob- ,
~
sei . Vctice of a proper ^ funeral cercmoiy „
over Marcus A. Hanna, late distin
^ membw ot this „ 0( , all
w ,„ „„ suspendsd t0 thlt
en( j >>
Chaplain Couden, of the house, then
offered an invocation.
Immediately afterwards Dr. Hale de
livered his funeral dress. Although a
man of over eighty years of age, his
voice penetrated every corner of the
hall. He said in part:
“That, class of people, which is too
large, who makes it their profession
to ascribe the worst, conceivable mo
tives for every human action, could
not make Mr. Hanna out when he ap
peared in what is called public life.
They made the mistake which such
men always make of thinking that the
mind with all its maneuvers and gym
nastics and memories and imagination
is greater and stronger than the soul
of man, when it works in sincerity and
truth, in faith and hope and love.
“Here was no contriver, no schemer,
no mere inventor; least of all was hero
any copyist. Here was a whole-souled
child of God, who believed in success
and who knew how to succeed by
using the infinite powers.”
After the prayer with which Dr.
Hale closed his sermon, the Gridiron
quartet, composed of newspaper cor
respondents at the capital, stationed
in the press gallery, sang “Nearer,
My God, to Thee. This was the last
tribute of an organization with which
Senator Hanna had been a great favor
ite, and was a tender and a delicate
farewell from those who had known
and loved him.
The hymn concluded, President Pro
Tem Frye addressed the assembly,
saying:
“We commit the body of our beloved
senator now to the two committees of
the houses of congress and to the offl
ccrs of the senate to be conveyed co
us late home in Ohio, and to its final
resting place. May God sanctify his
life and death to us nho loved him
well.”
The services which had occupied
about half an hour’s time were closed
with a benediction by Dr. Hale.
There was a crush about the senate
door to see the remains, but no one
was admitted, and they were left in
(be closed chamber surrounded by the
floral offerings and under a guard of
capitol police. At 5 o clock they were
( a ^ en Pennsylvania stat.on, os
corted by the two committees of con
? ross - The funeral train left for
Cleveland at 6 o’clock.