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the MORNING NKWB.
i J. H. BSTILL, President.
A B tablUhed 1860. - - Incorporated ÜB.
K/SSED AND KISSING , THE
DOUGHTY KUROP ATKIN
\ IS OFF TO THE WARS
St. Petersburg Told Russia's General
Goodbye and Now Looks for Victory.
Commander of the Russian Armies in the Far
East, Accompanied by His Entire Staff, Left
on a Special Train—An Ovation for the
Warrior—Women Kissed Him, and Ku
ropathin Returned Their Kisses.
EVENTS OF A DAY IN THE FAR EAST
Gen. Kuropatkln, Who Is to Command the Armies of the Czar In the
Far East, Has Set Out From St. Petersbnrar for the Front. Kisses of
Enthusiastic Women Were Received and Returned by the Man in Whom
Russia Places Its Trust.
Statement From Port Arthur, Giving an Account of the Bombard
ment by the Japanese, Gives a Fist of the Casualties That Were Sus
tained by the Russians.
It is alleged That the Fire of the Japanese Paring the Latest Bom
bardment Showed Marvelous Accuracy, Being Far Superior to the
Marksmanship Exhibited on Former Occasions.
It is announced That the Japanese Have Subscribed 150,000,000 Yen
to the War Bonds.
Pt. Petersburg, March 12.—Gen. Ku
ropatkln, accompanied by his entire
staff, left here at 6 o’clock this even
ing on a special train for the Far East,
where he will take command of the
Manchurian army.
The departure of the general was
marked by demonstrations of patrio
tism and personal regard such as sel
dom have been witnessed in the Rus
sian capital. The thousands of per
sons, who lined the Nevsky Prospect
and the approaches to the Nicholas
Railroad station, vied with the high
est persons in the Empire in giving
vent to expressions of confidence in
the new commander who is to lead the
Emperor’s armies.
Modestly and without the accompa
niment of music or escort the general
drove to the station In an open car
riage. His passage down the broad
boulevard was followed by a storm of
cheers, which grew louder as the
crowd grew denser near the station.
Here the enthusiasm broke out Into
mighty shouts.
As Gen. Kuropatkln reached the
head of the stairs Gen. Eggrestoft,
white haired, and trembling with emo
tion, presented him with a small im
age of Alexis. Gen. Kuropatkin knelt
reverently and accepted the talisman.
Gen. Kuropatkln then stepped for
ward. His strong personality was
strikingly Illustrated in the way he
moved through the room. His griz
zled beard and piercing eyes suggest
ed a resemblance to Grant. He greet
ed all present, embracing and kissing
old comrades and shaking hands with
officers.
The Korean minister to Russia, who
v.if present, was as enthusiastic as
any Russian and seemed to regard
Gen. Kuropatkin as the saviour of
his country. He pushed and struggled
hard to get near enough to shake the
general’s hand and wish him every
success.
Several ladies who were present
could not refrain from kissing the
hero of the hour, and the attention
he gallantly reciprocated.
As the train slowly gathered head
*ay every voice in the vast multitude
broke out into a roar of cheers and
blessings.
CAVALRY SCOUTS
HAD A SKIRMISH.
Seoul, Friday, March 11.—An engage
ment took place on March 8 between
Russian and Japanese cavalry scouts
near Kasan, fifty-seven miles north of
Rjang Yang. One Japanese trooper
"as killed during the fight. The Rus
sians eventually retired.
The engagement referred to In the
above dispatch is possibly the same as
'he one reported from Tokio under
date of March 10, which, however, made
no mention of casualties.
RUSSIAN SQUADRON IS
TO GO TO THE FAR EAST.
Barts, March 13.—The Petit Parlsten
publishes a dispatch from St. Peters
burg this morning, saying that a Rus
sian squadron, composed of the bat
tleships Osllabla, Slava and Alexander
111. the cruisers Dmitri Donskol and
Aurora and a number of torpedo boats
and submarine vessels, will go to the
Bar East In May.
SAYS JAPS FAIL AGAIN
TO BLOCK THE ENTRANCE.
Paris, March 11—The Tokio eerre
•Pondent of tbs Oaulois reports that
another unsuccessful sit amps to ob
•'ruct ths sntrsnes to Part Arthur
harbor has bssq. mad* by Uis Japan*
asa.
Jiatararal) JKflfiiittfl
CASUALTIES SUSTAINED
IN THE BOMBARDMENT.
Some Execution \Vn Wrought by
the Japanese Fire.
Port Arthur, Friday, March 11.—Last
night passed without incident. The
Japanese squadron, which disappeared
after Thursday’s bombardment and
naval fight, has not returned. The Rus
sian squadron proceeded to sea this
morning and returned this afternoon.
It is understood that no Japanese ships
were sighted.
Although during the bombardment a
number of shells from the Japanese
ships burst in the streets of the town,
the damage to the buildings was com
paratively slight.
The new town sustained the greatest
damage. A shell burst a few yards
from the house of M. Sidorski, a law
yer, whose wife is a daughtSFOf "Cot
Baron Frank. M. Sidorski and his
daughter were killed on the spot, the
latter’s head being blown off. Mme.
Sidorski was injured by fragments of
the shell, and a girl named Waleritch
was wounded and died soon after
wards in a hospital.
A Chinaman was killed and several
fchinamen were wounded.
Gen. Stoessel, the commander of the
Russian troops at Port Arthur, and
his staff, while watching the bombard
ment from a battery, were peppered by
splinters from a shell, but sustained
no injuries.
On Golden Hill, Lieut. Waehtin and
one soldier were wounded.
Two sentries on Electric Cliff were
wounded.
A Japanese iron-clad was struck by
a Russian shell and slowly withdrew.
The bombardment, which was se
vere, only ceased at 12:45 in the after
noon.
CEN. KUROPATKIN, WHO WIUU COMMAND THE RUSSIAN ARMIES NND
WHO WAS SPED UPON HIS WAY TO THE FRONT BY MIGHTY THRONGS
AT ST. PETERSBURG.
FIRE OF THE JAPANESE
MARVELOUSLY ACCURATE.
Tien Tain. March 12.—The first cred
tble reports of the effect of the bom
bardment of Port Arthur from mid
night "on Wednesday to past noon
Thursday last, which have been re
ceived here arrived to-day.
Eye witnesses say that the Japanese
fire. which was Indifferent In previous
attacks, showed marvelous accuracy.
The fire came from the direction of
Pigeon Bay, where the Russians re
ported sighting double the previous
number of Japanese vessels, and It Is
supposed that transports of various
kinds accompany the fleet.
It |a reported that the Retvlsan.
which It Is understood wee then Inside
tbs entrance of the harbor, wee streak
TORPEDO BOATS MANEUVERING IN COLD, STORMY WEATHER. IT HAS BEEN UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS THAT THEY HAVE OPERATED THUS
FAR IN THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. t
CAR BARN BANDITS
ALL TO BE HANGED
VAN DINE, MARX, NEIDERMIER
MUST SAVING FOR THE Ml-RDERS
THEY COMMITTED.
The Desperadoes Gained Notoriety
Through Their Car Barn. Robbery
and Murders and the All-Day
Fight They Made Against a Posse
That Sought to Arrest Them—Emil
Roeski Is to Be Tried Separately.
Marx Confessed and Begged for
Mercy, to no Avail.
Chicago, March 12.—Hanging for all
was the verdict of the jury to-day in
the first murder case against the so
called ‘‘car barn bandits," Harvey Van
Dine, Peter Neidermier and Gustave
Marx, who attained notoriety by a
desperate all-day batUe, that started
in a “dug-out” near Liverpool, Ind.,
where the trio had taken refuge after
a series of remarkable crimes, includ
ing the murder of two employes of the
Chicago City Railway at one of the
company’s barns in this city, the mo
tive in each instance being robbery.
Emil Roeski, who was with the ban
dits in the dug out, and who partici
pated in many of their crimes, is to
be tried separately, not having been
implicated direetjy in the particular
murder for which his associates were
first arraigned.
A confession on the part of Marx
led to the discovery of the hiding place
of the other bandits. Marx entered a
plea of guilty and begged for mercy,
while the other bandits attempted to
brazen out a plea of innocence. Epi
lepsy, the result of heredity, was also
pleaded in the case of Van Dine.
several times, and that there were fa
talities among the crew. It Is also said
that the Golden Hill forts were badly
damaged, and that there were, many
casualties among the remaining non
combatants in the new town, which
suffered most.
One building in the rear of the War
Bureau was destroyed, and elsewhere
a shell annihilated an entire family.
The Russians are suppressing the cir
culation of foreign newspapers, and
any person suspected fit being a corre
spondent Is ordered out of their lines.
REPORTED LANDINGS
OF JAPANESE TROOPS.
St. Petersburg, March II.—A tete
grsm from Oen. Zhllnsky, Qen. Kuro
(Continued on Sixth Pact.)
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. MARCH 13. 1904.
WHICH LABAREE?
Was the Father or Son Mnrdered In
Kliot, Persia.
New York, March 12. —Though cable
inquiries were made - to-day, the Pres
byterian Board of Foreign Missions
has received no word from Persia re
garding Dr. Benjamin Labaree, the
missionary who has been reported mur
dered in Khoi, Persia. Doubt is felt
as to whether the missionary reported
slain was Rev. Benjamin Labaree, D.
D., the father, or Rev. Benjamin W.
Labaree, the son.
The Associated Press dispatch stated
that it is Dr. Labaree who has been
killed, but the advanced years of the
elder Labaree have made it impracti
cable for him to be out much among
the villages, whereas the son is fre
quently engaged in such work and the
i‘ast letter received from him, dated
Feb. 1, stated that he was about to
leave for a visit among the villages
to the south of TJrumia. Khoi, how
ever, is a city to the north of Urumia.
about fifty miles. It. is near to the
main road from Urumia to Tabriz,
and Dr. Labaree may have been mak
ing a journey there, or it may be his
son, who is confused with him, who
has been visiting the villages to the
north of Urumia.
Dr. Labaree was born In Columbia,
Tenn., in 1834: his father. Dr. Benja
min Labaree, being then president of
Jackson College at Columbia, Tenn.
His son, Benjamin W., w*as born at
Urumia in 1865.
MAY ACT AS THOUGH
CANAL BELONGED TO US.
That Privilege Is Extended to the
(anal Commission.
New York. March 12.—William Nel
son Cromwell, counsel for the Panama
Canal Company, sailed for France to
day on the steamship New York to ar
range lor the final transfer of the prop
erties and records of the company to
this government.
"I will attend to all the formalities.”
he said, “the holding of final meetings
and the getting ready of the archives
of twenty years, and all necessary pa
pers for the final transfer. I will also
arrange the details so that the turning
over of the property will be simulta
neous with the turning over of the
property and rights on the isthmus. I
will bring back the deeds of transfer,
and they will be formally turned over
to the Attorney Genertfl and the Sec
retary of the Treasury in New York.’’
Things are in such shape on the isth
mus, he said, that Admiral Walker and
the commission, which sails from New
York on March 25. will be in a posi
tion to undertake the work leading to
the actual transfer, and he had given
orders to the company’s agents tn
Panama to afford to the Canal Com
mission every facility to- examine and
study, or for such action as they de
cide to take, as though the canal was
formally in possession of this govern
inent. ‘
ORGANIZE IN THEIR
SUPPORT OF HEARST.
Providence, R. 1., March 12.—Six of
the eight delegates to the St/ Louis
convention chosen at the Democratic
convention on Thursday formally or
ganized to-day. Resolutions were
adopted supporting William R. Hearst
of New York for President and declar
ing in favor of the “unit rule” In vot
ing at St. Louis.
Col. Patrick Henry Quinn of War
wick and Col. Samuel R. Honey of
Newport, both of whom were chosen
delegates notwithstanding their oppo
sitlon’to Mr. Hearst, were ndt present.
The Rhode Island delegation will be
headed by former Mayor George W.
Greene of Woonsocket, with Dr.
Thomas H. Connelly of Warren as sec
retary.
DRIGGERS’ EYES’WERE
KNOCKED OUT IN ROW.
Liberty City, Ga„ March 12.—1 tls
learned here to-night that during the
performance of a show to-day at Wal
thourville, two white men, Mell
Fletcher and Hanley Driggers, became
involved In a difficulty, In which the
latter's eyes were knocked out snd he
was otherwise seriously mutilated and
la now In a serloua condition.
FIRE AT CHESTER, S. C.
Charlotte, N. C., March U.—A tele
phone meeeage from Chester, S. C.,
•ays a portion of that town wee burn
ed to-night. The lose waa 126,000,
CHUBCH AT BACK
OF BEED SMOOT
UNLESS AS AN APOSTLE
HE COULD NOT HAVE HUN FOR THE
l', S. SENATE.
Being an Apostle and Having the
Support of tlie Chnrch, Witness
Before the Committee Declared
That Smoot Could Not Have Been
Defeated—Hlles Told of the Prose,
cation of Mormons for Polygamous
Cohabitation.
Washington, March 12. —That Reed
Smoot could not have been elected to
the United States Senate without first
having been chosen as an apostle of
the Mormon Church, and that after
he was so chosen he could not have
been defeated, was asserted to-day by
Judge (jgden Hiles, formerly Assistant
United States attorney, and later a
judge of the District Court in Utah,
who was a witness in the Smoot case
before the Committee on Privileges and
Elections. He told an interesting story
of the prosecutions of Mormons for
polygamous cohabitation and the man
ner in which they had been met by the
defendants.
Mr. Critchlow was first heard. He
was questioned in regard to the sen
timent for or against Reed Smoot for
senator, and said that so far as he was
concerned he had no objection to Smoot
personally, but opposed him on the
ground that he wa jf a general author
ity of the church.
(hnrrh - * Reserve Force.
To ascertain the difference between
the influence exercised by the Mormon
Church over lay members and general
authorities was the object of the in
quiry by Senators Hopkins and Mo-
Comas, and the answers of the wit
ness indicated that the machinery of
the church was so adjusted that either
might be compelled to obey the > be
hests of the church, and that the
wishes of the ffigh authorities might
be enforced by the “reserve force” in
politics, which the church is said to
maintain.
In the examination concerning the
Thatcher episode It was brought out
that Thatcher was in the same status
in 1895 as to polygamy as was Brig
ham H. Roberts when he was elected
to Congress, and that Mr. Cannon
made his campaign for the Senate
against the wishes of the church, Justi
as did Thatcher. It also wus brought
out that in 1895 Mr. Roberts, refused
to sign the church rule in regard to
politics, the’same as Thatcher had re
fused to subscribe to church dictates.
This was in Roberts' first campaign,
but Mr. Critchlow could not say
whether Mr. Roberts recanted before
or after the election. *
“Did he recant at all?” asked Sena
tor Overman.
“Oh, yes, there is no question about
that.”
The witness was asked to explain
the change of mind and said:
“Wrestled” With Smoot.
“It Is understood,.in fact, it has been
published in the official church paper,
_ that authorities of the church labored
'and prayed with Mr. Roberts for six
weeks, and then announced that he
had received a vision of his dead an
cestors being lost to perdition, because
he was out of harmony with his church
and could not go into the temple and
be' baptized, and thus save their souls
as well.”
After that, the witness said, Mr.
Roberts subscribed to the church rule
and was not dlsfellowshlpped.
Instances were asked In which the
church Interfered In business matters
In the last five years, and Mr. Critch
low mentioned the location of a union
depot in Halt Lake, - the Incident at
Brigham City, In which the church is
said to have opposed a certain amuse
ment hall, a case before the high coun
cil of the church, In which the parties
were Jensen vs. Dietrich Land and
Live Stock Company, and certain wat
er litigation between Halt Lake and
the West Jordan canal.
The witness asked concerning a atate
ment In former testimony that a Mor
mon committee dictated legislation In
the first session of the Legislature. He
was asked for a list of the commit
tee, and he gave the following: C.
W. Penrote. w. W, Rite, James Sharp,
William H. King, William 8. Rich
ards and James M. Tanner.
Breaking Up Cohabitation.
Judge Ogden Hiles, In prefacing hie
testimony, eeld he had drawn more j
Continued on Sixth Page.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
TALKED OF ITS WORK.
Considered Question of Investi
gating the Charges.
Washington, March 12.—The special
committee appointed by Speaker Can
non to-day to investigate the connec
tion of members of the House with
the Postoffice Department, touching
clerk hire and building leases, met la
ter and continued in session for sev
eral hours.
The time to-day was devoted to a
discussion of the work to be done and
the procedure to be followed for Its
accmplishment. Copies of the report
"indicting” members and all of the
Bristow report reviewing the result of
the general investigation and trans
mitted to Congress by the President
last November are to form the basis
of "the Inquiry.
While no investigation of the Post
office Department proper is to be made,
the acts and conduct of those officials
of that department who transacted the
business of members of Congress, the
propriety of which has been question
ed, will undoubtedly be scrutinized
closely. The Investigation also will
disclose the author or authors of the
"indictment" report.
The session of the committee held
to-day was executive and that to be
held Monday will not be open. When
the committee begins the taking of
testimony It is understood that the
press will be admitted, although this
question has not yet been formally
passed upon.
EMPEROR WILLIAM^
DELAYED BY THE FOG.
Finally HU Ship Wa* Able to Pro
ceed on It* Way.
Bremerhaven, Germany, March 12.
Emperor William sailed to-day for the
Mediterranean on the North German
Lloyd steamer Koenig Albert. On his
arrival at Vigo, Spain, he will be met
by the King of Spain.
Emperor William experienced & te
illous delay In getting away. The
Koenig Albert weighed anchor at 8
o'clock In the morning, but Bhe had
to lay to, owing to a thick fog, In a
narrow stretch of the river off Miers
ledge, Where there was a 'long wait.
His majesty passed the time in
promenading the deck with the ship's
officers and officials of his entourage.
At about 2 o’clock the fog broke,
the sun shone fitfully and the Koenig
Albert weighed anchor and dropped
down the river. She had to re-anchor,
but finally at 3:25 p. m. the fog lifted
and the ship steamed out of the har
bor to sea.
BARTLETT
TO INVESTIGATE CHARGES.
McCall of Mannachosetts Wnn Named
a* Chairman.
Washington, March 12.—When the
House met to-day Speaker Cannon an
nounced the special committee provid
ed for In the McCall resolution, adopt
ed by the House yesterday, to investi
gate the "indictment” report from the
Postofflce Department, as follows:
McCall (Republican), Massachusetts,
chairman; Representatives Hitt (Re
publican) of Illinois, Burton (Republi
can) of .Ohio, Metcalf (Republican) of
California, McDermott (Democrat) of
New Jersey, Bartlett (Democrat) of
Georgia, and Richardson (Democrat) of
Alabama.
A bill was passed to authorize the
Norfolk and Western Railway Com
pany to bridge the Tug fork of Big
Handy driver, where the same forms the
boundary line between West Virginia
and Kentucky and West Virginia.
After passing 264 pension bills the
House adjourned until Monday.
WO M ANSHOfTTUSBAND ;
THEN SHOT HERSELF.
Laurel, Miss., March 12.—Lee Jack
son is dead from the effects of a bul
let flrdd from a pistol In the hands
of his wife. Mrs. Jackson then shot
herself fatally. *
Family troubles. It is said, drove the
woman to desperation.
TILLMAN’STHIfbATTs”
NOW REPORTED BETTER.
Washington, March U.—The condi
tion of Senator Tillman's throat, en
which an operation waa performed sev
eral days ago, t raltava an almost,
la reported to toe better to day.
DAILY, IS A YEAR.
6 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK, I A YEAR
NEGRO LYNCHED
IN CALIFORNIA
FOR AN ATROCIOUS CRIME
HE WAS EITHER SHOT TO DEATH
OR CLUBBED TO DEATH.
It la Said That the Pnrpose of the
Mob Was Renlly to Apply a Coat
of Tar nn<l Feather*—The Negro,
Not Liking Thl* Apparel, Restated.
This Angered the Mnh, nnd tn the
Midst of a Sen tile the Negro Was
Killed—Negro Wan Unknown.
Mojave, Cal.. March 12.—An un
known negro Was taken from the local
Jail last night, and after being tarred
and feathered, was either shot to
death or killed by being struck over
the head with a heavy piece of iron.
The negro was arrested yesterday for
an atrocious crime, and was confined
in the Mojave Jail, preparatory to tak
ing him to Bakersfield. The facts con
cerning the crime became noised about
the town, and before the officers could
place the man aboard the train, a large
crowd had gathered about the Jail,
which is an insignificant affair, and un
guarded.
It was the evident intention of the
leaders of the mob, when the prisoner
was in their hands, to go no further
than to supply a coat of tar and feath
ers, and to that end there had been
provided a big pot of hot tar and a
number of feather pillows.
This form of punishment was meted
out to the negro, who continued to re
sist the efforts of his captors. His re
sistance angered some of those tn the
mob. with the result that in the midst
of the scuffle the negro 'was killed.
presidlnt and booker
WERE LEWDLY SHOWN.
McLanrln Told of Pictures Shown in
Mississippi.
Washington, March 12.—There was
an echo of the Indianola, Miss., post
office ease in the Senate to-day, when
Mr. McDaurln rose to a question of
personal privilege to explain a news-,
paper report to the effect that the au
thorities of that place arrest peddlers
of pictures of President Rooßevelt and
Booker Washington, who may chance
to go there.
The Senate considered but did not
dispose of the fortification appropria
tion bill.
A number of bills were passed. One
of them has for its purpose the pre
vention of the deseci'ation of the
American flag by using it for adver
tising purposes.
Mr. McLaurin, of Mississippi took
the floor to make a personal explana
tion regarding a newspaper paragraph,
saying that authorities in Indianola,
Miss., are engaged in arresting people
for selling photographs of President
Roosevelt and Booker Washington. Or
dinarily, said Mr. McLaurin, a stt>ry of
this character would not be worth
attention, but that under the circum
stances he felt he should refer to it
for the purpose of refuting it, as it is
entirely without foundation.
Mr. McLaurin said that the para
graph had grown out of a statement
made in a newspaper letter written by
A. G. Paxton, an attorney of Leland,
Miss., who told of the arrest at thfat
point of three men who, he said, were
engaged in selling pictures of the
President and Washington, seated at
a table together, and also of an ob
scene character. These pictures, he
said, appealed strongly to race preju
dice.
Similar a wests also, Mr. McLaurin
said, had been made at Indianola, and
It was found upon the hearing of the
case, that a Cincinnati concern en
gaged In publishing the pictures in
question, had many agents out In the
Interest of these works.
The men were tried and some of
them sent out of the country, and Mr.
McLaurin expressed surprise that any
community should have permitted them
to be tried. He said the penalty im
posed by the law was entirely too
small and expressed the opinion that
the death penalty would not be too
severe. He added that the arrests were
not bec'ause the men were selling pho
tographs of the President or of Wash
ington, but because they were selling
lewd pictures.
Mr. Foraker said that he had never
heard of the Cincinnati firm mentioned
as responsible for the publication of
the pictures.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
TENSION AT SPRINGFIELD.
It 111 Believed, However, That the
Trouble Im Over.
Springfield, and., March 12.—1 t was
Saturday that was most feared by the
city officials, and it has passed with
out disturbance of any sort. There
have been the usuaj Saturday night
crowds In the streets, and there has
been constant reference to the riot
ing, but absolutely no demonstrations.
The soldiers are still on duty, and
will remain over Sunday. There is
no Indication of trouble after the sol
diers go, further than that there have
been veiled throats on the part of the
negroes, and the people are still easily
thrown into a panic.
A man in the streets dropped a re
volver from his pocket, and it was
discharged. The crowd at once gath
ered, but It was immediately dispersed
by the police.
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WILMINGTON OFFICE.
Washington, March 12.—The Presi
dent has settled the contest which
srose over the Wilmington, N. C.,
postoffire by the appointment of T. S.
Wallace as postmaster. Miss Darby
is the postmaster, snd was a candidate
for reappointment. An effort was made
a short time ago to secure the ap
pointment for Mrs. Russell, wife of
former Governor Russell. but It failed.
Wallace, it Is understood, has the
backing of T. ■. Rollins chairman of
the Republican (Hate committee, and
of the Republican organisation feu
i eraiig.