Telegraphic News
Of The Week
Olympia. March. 9—A resolution
has passed the house cnngratulat
ulating Kansas on taking up the
fight against Standard Oil. A res
olution is int roduced in the senate
keeping lobbyists from the floor
(luring the rest of the session.
Berlin, March 9—Military au
thorities admit that the Russian
cause is lost, and that the Czar
must now sue lor peace.
Denver, March 9—The Colorado
legislature is discussing the reports
of the gubernatorial contest. From
appearances they augur ill for the
Penltody followers.
London, March 9—Princess Vic
toria, daughter of King Kdward of
hugland, has l>een caught in a
love affair with a man of the lower
classes. For eight years she has
been exi hanging letters with a
poor leather guilder here named
Ftederick Naylor. It is a desper
lo\e mavli. The King tried to
get the letters from Naylor, hut
w as unable to do so. The guilder
was arrested.^declared insane and
sent toau asylum. ~
Olympia, March 9—Senator
Piles and his followers have caused
the retirement of Collector of Cus
toms Clarence Ide. F. C, Harper
will succeed him.
i'ew tdiwang, March 9—It is re
ported that the Japanese have in
vested Tie pass. It is prohnhle
that Kuropatkin will surrender
within the week.
Olympia. March 9—The legisla
ture adjourns to-night. The di
rect primary law was defeated.
Yinkow, March 9—Mukden fell
at ten o’clock this morning. The
Russians there are panic striken.
1 bousands of prisoners and enor
mous quantities of supplies were
captured by the Japanese. The
streets are strewn with bodies of
Russian soldiers, there having been
no burials for the past four days
on account of the terrific fighting.
Moscow, March 9—The reports
oi Kuropatkin’s defeat cause the
revolutionists great rejoicing. They
believe the greater the drubbing
Ovama gives the Czar’s forces the
greater concessions the Czar will
have to make their party.
St. Petersburg. March 9—Kuro
putkin is completely defeated.
I'uder cover of the darkness yester
day evening his fon^es evacuated
the whole line of defences occupied
by them. The army is now retreat
ing northward, hut very meagre de
tails are obtainable as to its condi
tion, although it is certain that it
is hadlv disorganized. Ovama’s
forces arc in hot pursuit, and ha«e
great hopes of overtaking and cap
turing the whole army. Mukden
is now occupied by the Japanese,
before evacuating the Russians set
tire to thousands of tons of sup
plies.
Tokio, March 9—The Japanese
are reported to have taken one
hundred thousand Russian prison
ers at Mukden. Kuropatkin and
the greater part of his army are
fleeing northward, pursued by the
Japanese. The Russians are try
ing to reach Tie Pass, which is a
fortified town on the railroad forty
miles north of Mukden, and two
hundred and sixty miles l>elow
Harbin, where Mukden-Harbin
railroad joins the Silterian road.
The Japanese have taken Fushuu,
which is fifteen miles north of Muk
den. and which during the past iew
days has lieen Kuropatkin’s head
quarters. Kuropatkin will trv to
hold Tie pass long enough to cover
retreat on railroad to Harbin. The
left wing of the Japanese army, un
der Nogi, arc making a detour by
forced marches tc cut the railroad
north of Tie pass.
I Denver. March 10—The repnbli
jt-nn party here is badly split on
the guliernntorial contest, and Pca
|ho«lv stands no show of election.
Lieutenant Governor McDonald is
very likely to gel the otlice, al
though a deadlock, which would
continue Adams in oflice, is not
impossible.
Berlin, March 10—Crown ''rince
Frederick Wilhelm is to wed Duch
ess Cecelia June tith.
Yinkow. Match 10—The Russian
Manchurian headquarters, Muk
den is now in the hands of the
Jnpanese. Russians have fled
panic striken. Thousands of pris
oners and enormous quantities of
stores and arms were captured. It
is a complete Japanese victory.
Kurnpatkin is in full retreat, and
the fate of his armv is still in
doubt. It is doubtful ii he is able
to reach Tie pass, for which he is
I headed. The Japan* so. in force,
have all tiie strategetie points, west
nnd north, encompassed with guns
1 c<>\*-riti4 liie railroad. Kumnrii’s
army is making forced marches,
'intending to strike the left of the
| retreating Russians. The iron
hand of Japan almost encircles
Kurnpatkin, it seems almost im
possible for him to extricate him
self.
nonoiuiu, .warcn iu—i ne jury
in the Stanford inquest hist night
returned a verdict oi death caused
by strychnine from a carbonate of
s<>da bottle, the poison being placed
in the bottle by some unknown
person.
St. Petersburg, March 10—The
war office is stunned bv the over
whelming defeat of the Russian
army, but still entertain hopes that
Kuropatkin will hold Tie pass long
enough to cover the retreat to liar
bin.
Mukden, March 10—There is
terrible lighting north of here. The
Russian rear guard are lighting
desperately trying to check the
onslaught of irresistable Japanese.
Washington, March 10—U. S.
Senator Win. 8. Rate, of Tennessee,
died of pneumonia Thursday. Gov
ernor Benton McMillan will prob
ably be elected by tlie legislature!
March 21 to succeed Bale.
The Portland will leave on the
13th with 60 passengers for Valdez)
St. Petersburg, Marcli 12—in
the fall of the Russian army head
quarters at Mukden the Japanese !
captured $100,000 worth of sup
lilies and 800 guns. It is estimat
ed that the Russian killed nundier
100,000, and the Japs 40,000. Ova
ma took 70,000 prisoners. The
battle lasted ten days. It is an
nounced here that there is no in
tention of suing for peace, and tiiat
the fighting will continue. As soon
as Kuropatkin can he located lie
will lie called to stand court mar
tial, and will be replaced by some
member of the imperial family.
Montreal, March 12—The Lau-1
rier government is in clanger of1
dissolution. Minister of the in
terior Clifford has resigned. Min
ister of Finance Fielding and Post
master General Mulock resigned
hut resignations were not accepted
by Lau rier. The trouble is over a
bill granting government funds to
Catholic schools, and a religious
political war is on. Old party
lines are obliterated.
San Francisco, March 12—Judge
Lieb, attorney for the Stanford es
tate, declares that Mrs. Stanford
was murdered, and announces that
the investigation will never be
stopped until the murderer is found.
Cleveland. March 22—When the
Chadwick jury to-day returned a
verdict of guilty of conspiracy to
defraud, Mrs. Chadwick shrieked
“My God. let me go. 1 am not gui!-1
ty.” She struggled with the mar
shal on the way to the cell and fi
nally went into hysterics. She was
convicted on each of seven counts.
Tokio, March 12—The conviction
is general here that Ovania will
succeed in capturing the whole of
the Russian army in Manchuria.
Momhasa, S. Africa, March 11—
Nine thousand Somalis attacked
the town of Merkel last night and
WikideS’s
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Private Apartments Open Day and Might
massacred the entire imputation.
?*t. Petersburg. March 13—Nieh
olns has summoned n council of
war for tomorrow to discus* the
whole war situation and decide on
what measures will he taken Noth
ing has been made public as to the
probable action of the conference.
Washington, March 13—Asso
ciated press reports of tins morn
ing are authority for the staten.-nt
that the Russinn Parifir squadron
has lteen recalled. If this is cor
rect it is believed to be a ho)>eful
sign of peace negotiations soon.
The location of the squadron at
the present time is unknown.
New Haven, March 13— The
supreme court has refused to ad
mit the Philo Bent,ct letter, l»e
queathing foO.OOO to William Jen
nings Bryan, as a part of the will.
The widow will now get the sum
intended bv the deceased for Bry
an. This etuis the fight unless
Brvnti determines to carry it to
the United States sui reme court.
San Fran-isco. March 13—The
California coast has tarn visited
by 11 ic fiercest wind ever exper
ienced here. Wires are nil down,
a imr ion of the '>ntr i bulbs v-s
caved ii. by ;hc gale, and shipping
is considerably damaged. The
wind attained a Velocity oi 100
miles an hour, and lasted for aliotit
half a day.
St. Paul. March 13—The Chicago,
Milwaukee St. Paul road 1ms de
cided to build west from Chamber
lain. S. 1).. this summer. The line
will inn 300 miles into the Black
Hills President Darling is re
sponsible for this statement.
San Francisco, March 13—Britt
and Nelson have come to an agree
ment. and will meet at some date
not yet specified. Negotiations for
this contest have been under way
for some time.
lie rnss, March 1H—I he Rus
sians are nearing their intrench
rnents liere. The Japanese are in
hot pursuit, straining to cut tlie
enemy off from their position.
There are rumors to the effect that
the Muscovites are succeeding in
extricating themselves from the
encircling forces of the Japs, hut
to all appearances they are entire
ly surrounded. The greatest Rus
sian disaster of the war is predicted
at the Tie Pass intrcuchments.
Jlonvcr, March l.'J -The supreme
court lias no! announced its decis
ion in the gubernatorial contest.
Wnfhington, March 14— The
president is following his expressed
plan of giving appointments to
Alaskans. The successor of Jar
vis is Clarence L. Hobart, former
deputy collector in the Juneau of
fice.
I !,•<« Ang'-Vs, Mart'll 14 The
i storm, wh'ch has lern raging for
'the past 4* hours, is (he worst in
' t he history of this section. A Hood
has devastated many miles of ihe
country. Fi\e and one-half inch
es of rain fell during the storm.
Loss it estimated at $o4H),000. San
ta Monii a $200,000. The San IV
dro breakwater is destroyed. I/iss
$120,000.
Tokio. March 14—Messages from
Kuroki’s headquarters in the lielil.
near Mukden, stale that the coun
try is swarming with small squads
■ of hungry Russians who Itecame
de’atched from the main army and
were unable to connect with it
again. They arc totally disheart
ened and are surrendering to any
Japanese parties they meet.
St. Petersburg. March 14—The
news that Kuropatkin succeeded
in escaping to Tie pass with the
bulk of his army has caused re
joicing here. || was thought for a
few days that his forces would be
entirely destroyed or captured,
hut the news of his successful re
treat seems to !*• correct.
Valparaiso, Chili, March 14—
The inhabitants have abandoned
Pi-ngna. Hundreds are dying from
toe Ruhonic plague.
N**w t ork. March 14 -Nineteen
'leml ami scores of injured is the
tin result of a tenement house fire
on the east side. The tire escapes
were piled with rubbish and the
victims could tiot get down. Were
roasted to death in sight of the
crowd.
St. Petersburg. March 14—At a
council of the Czar and his minis
ters to-day, which was called to
consider wli.it should he the furl lit r
action of Russia in regard to the
war, it was decided to continue the
struggle regardless of previous loss
es. fhe poiiev that will he atlop
| ted in the field has not been made
public, hut it is announced that
the fight will be continued until
victory is won.
I Mukden, March 14—Most of the
foreign attache*-* of the Russian
army, including two Americans,
were captured at Mukden, when
the Japanese occupied that posi
tion. It is -bought that the great
er part of the retreating Russians
have reached Tie pass. The Jap
anese officer* here admit that Kil
ropatki.i has again made a master
ly re:r*-al and saved u much larger
par* of iiis army that was thought
possible.
New York, March J4—Rapid
Transit Company strikers have
been repudiated by the national
organization, and advised to go
hack to work. The lines are, how
ever, still tied up.
Wines,Liquors and® igars.
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