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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. wallacemnsThe 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.