Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 25, 1905, Page 2

os Herald-Review. : By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Bank notes are great germ carriers. Burn your money. There are times when the Ohio river is this country’s yellowest streak. Just think of it! Good, pious Massa- “busetts has outgrown the state prison at Charlestown. George Ade gets $2,000 a week, and ‘he dyspepsia thrown in on the side— the inside, in fact. The grief of Japan over Russia’s in- ‘«rnal troubles is not inconsolable, It > wholly under control. The Savannah News wants “clean paper money.” We can clean up all we can get hold of, as a rule. A New York woman wants to know why married life is “dull.” Certainly not for want of “sharp” answers. Col. Astor lost six $1,000 bills in a ‘heater the other evening. Most of us couldn't be so careless if we tried. Come rest in this bosom, my own stricken trust, when the other states ell you to get up and dust!—New Jer- A New York dentist accepted a com- mission to repair the molars of a prize bull dog. Notice of funeral here- after. Wonder that nobody has yet sug- gested the advisability of employing Digger Indians to dig the Panama 1. William Dean Howells is 68, but it would take two or three strong men to hold him for the chloroforming process. The woman who sold one of her fingers for $500 had already given her whole hand away to a man for the mere asking. A contemporary alleges that the giraffe can kick harder than any otker animal. What's the matter with a defeated candidate? An eastern paper refers to her as “old Mrs. Chadwick.” She undoubted- ly deseryes punishment, but ought it to be as severe as this? Authoress of one of the brochures on “How to Manage Your Own Hus- band” has had her better half arrested on the charge of wife beating. Not a few people will sympathize with the boy who, when he was asked what he would like to be when he grew up to be a man, replied: “A centena- rian.” They are naming race horses, cheap cigars and corn cures after Kuroki. But we refuse to pity him. He was warned before he started out to be- come famous. A Los Angeles florist has developed the green carnation at last, but prob- ably it will never appeal to so large a percentage of the public as the green apple does. Mr. Edison’s doctor has ordered him to quit thinking for the next few months. Let him butt into the Four Hundred and he'll give up the per- nicious habit forever. The examiners found $100 in cash in a Chicago bank which was capitalized for $1,000,000. No explanation is of- fered as to how the officials of the bank happened to overlook it. “Bachelors and club men are the bandits, guerrillas and outcasts of so- ciety,” says Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheel- er. The doctor seems to be alniost as elephantine a joker as Prof. Osler. The Santo Domingo revolution is seid to have been suppressed. One half of the revolutionary army has fled to the mountains and the other jellow has secured a job on the police force. It appears that when Max Lebaudy set up in business as emperor of Africa he hired a poet laureate. We are sorry to have to add that he did it merely because he could get one cheap. Miss Jennie Crocker of San Fran- cisco has just reached the age of 18 end come into possession of $5,000,000. Titled foreigners will please file pho- tographs of themselves with their ap- plications. Search the scriptures! A pious citi- zen persistently refused to pay his taxes until the collector referred him to the concluding portion of the sev- enteenth chapter of the gospel accord- ing to St. Matthew. Then he paid up. It was a “make-up” man with a highly developed sense of humor who placed close to the item touching Mil- lionaire Arbuckle’s 50-cent-a-day hotel for working people the four-liner in which John D. Rockefeller declares that we live too fast and eat too much. is the oi] magnate interested in the coffee king’s scheme? When the shoe manufacturers, in eonvention in New York, announce that the women of the future will have bigger feet, they mean, of course, only that they will wear bigger shoes. RUSSIANS ARE STILL HIKING THERE IS LITTLE FIGHTING, BOTH ARMIES MOVING NORTH RAPIDLY. LINEVITCH LIKED BY ARMY ALTHOUGH TROOPS PARTED IN SADNESS FROM GEN. KUROPATKIN, St. Petersburg, March 22.—The lat- est dispatches from Manchuria indi- cate that the retreat of the ‘Russian army is being conducted uneventfully. The last few days were unmarked by any fighting of a serious nature. Both the Russians and the Japanese at this stage are probably considering that marching is more important than fight- ing. The Russians, however, are neglecting no precaution to impede pursuit and hamper the construction of permanent Japanese lines of supply. According to an Associated Press dispatch from Gunshu pass, the ap- pointment of Gen. Linevitch has made a good impression with the army, the new commander enjoying the affection and confidence of the troops almost in the same measure as Gen. Kuropatkin. Both are fighters and not carpet knights, Urge Czar to Move for Peace. St. Petersburg, March 21. — While Emperor Nicholas, whose word is final, still declines to abandon the prosecu- tion of the war, and the government maintains its ability to continue the conflict, the Associated Press is in a position to state that powerful in- fluences, including several of the em- peror’s own ministers, are now strong- ly urging that the time has come to indicate to Japan Russia’s desire for peace upon a reasonable basis. Should Japan then attempt to impose too on- erous conditions, these influences argue that in view of the , universal wish to see the bloody conflict ended, Russia’s position will be strengthened abroad by the by «the aNKenation of sympathy from Japan and the situa- tion at home improved when the na- tion is made to understand that the emperor's pacific proposals have been met with impossible terms. Japs in Hot Pursuit. Gunshu Pass (About 165 miles north of Mukden), March 21. — The First army, which has been covering the retreat of the Russian forces from the south, is withdrawing slowly, check- ing comparatively light attacks by the Japanese. The Japanese are conduct- ing a flanking operation on the right, and from the Russian column Japan- ese batteries are vicible keeping pace a short distance away. Still on the Run. With the Japanese Army in the Field, via Fusan, March 21.—The Rus- sian army continues its northern re- treat, the Japanese following. The Japanese have occupied Gakoman, to the northwest of Tie Pass. Yesterday evening the Russian’s cavalry camped three miles south of Kaiyuen. Large Russian columns are retreating to- ward this place from the southwest. The natives report that they are not stopping there, where the hills make a defense possible. If the retreat is forced, it probably will continue to Harbin.. The Russians are reported as being badly disorganized. . Kuropatkin Ordered Home. With the Japanese hanging on the heels and flanks of the remnants of the broken and defeated Russian army, Gen. Kuropatkin, the old idol of the private soldier, has been dismissed and disgraced. Gen. Linevitch, commander of the First army, is appointed to succeed him in command of all the Russian land and sea forces operating against Japan. The word disgrace is written in large letters in the laconic imperial order gazetting the change. The order contains not a single word of praise and also disposes of the rumor that Kuropatkin asked to be relieved. The Russian military annals contain no more bitter imperial rebuke. Russians Anxious About Army. Decided anxiety is felt here regard- ing the fate of the army in Manchuria under its new commander, no news of military developments the last two days having been received. The only dispatches from the front are the brief announcements yesterday that Gen. Linevitch had assumed command and that Gen. Kuropatkin was de- parting for St. Petersburg and the As- sogiated Press Changtufu dispatch filed the morning of March 16 and writ- ten at the station of Kaiyuan, which was then held by the Russians. In this correspondent’s opinion no pause in the Japanese advance is probable for some time. The Russians Are Losing Heavily in the rear guard actions, and Japan- ese columns are reported to be push- ing northward as fast as possible to complete the envelopment of the Rus- sian forces. Gen. Linevitch, however, will have a considerable accession of fresh troops in a day or two, the Fourth European corps being now at Harbin and departing southward: Military officials here declare that there are now 268,000 men at Gen. Lin- evitch’s disposal in Manchuria, and it is believed that this force will be suf- ficient to cause the Japanese to exer- cise greater caution in their pursuit. Although Gen. Kuropatkin’s down- fall was inevitable from the military standpoint, nevertheless It Arouses Sympathy in circles familiar with the long cam- paign that has been waged against him by the general staff. Gen. Linevitch is distinctively a line officer, with a long record as a fighter. He is almost as cordially disliked by the general staff as is his predecessor, and there also is bad blovd between Kuropatkin and Linevitech dating from a personal quarrel in the days when Kuropatkin was commander in the trans-Baikal army, which led Linevitch to demand satisfaction. Kuropatixin assumed the position that he could not fight an officer of inferior rank. The succession of this offiger will naturally increase Gen. Pate kin’s discomfiture. Jap Column Is Repulsed. Meager reports have been received from a Russian source of a fight eight miles south of Tie pass between a Russian force under Gen. Mistchenko and a Japanese column, the identity of which is unknown. The Japanese were repulsed, it is said, with a loss of 1,000 killed. The rumor that after the evacuation of Mukden eighty foreigners, including an American newspaper correspond- ent, had been murdered by Chinese is discredited by the fact that the cor- respondent in question, Richard H. Little, of the Chicago Daily News, re- ported to his paper on March 14 that he had been captured by the Japanese and was leaving Yinkow for Kobe. A steamer arriving at Singapore re- ports having passed a_ squadron of twenty-two Japanese warships about twenty miles east of the entrance to the Straits of Malacca. Two Japanese cruisers and two auxiliary cruiser: previously arrived at Singapore. Pre- sumably these vessels are on the way westward in search of the Russian second Pacific squadron, last reported in Madagascar waters. Make Victory Complete. The Russian general staff reports that “the main body has already com- pleted its retreat and the rear guard southward are falling back slowly.” What either the “main body” or the “rear guard” consists of has not been definitely fixed, but from the dis- patches from the Associated Press correspondents with the Japanese and Russians, the two combined must be but a small portion of the army which Gen. Kuropatkin had gathered along the banks of the Shakhe and Hun rivers, And yet those who have reached Tie Pass, worn out from days of fight- ing and retreating, are not yet out of danger, the Japanese, it ts reported, having already started Another Turning Movement which will force the Russians onto the plains north of the pass, where, in their disorganized state, they would be easy prey for the victory-flushed soldiers of the Mikado. The men who escaped are strengthening the fortifi- cations in Tie pass, but it is hardly possible that the pass can be held in the face of the overwhelming forces opposed to the Russians, and it is not likely that Oyama will rest satisfied with his victory at Mukden as he did after Liao-yang. There will be no uneasiness as to the food supply as Jong as communications are main- tained to the northward, as large bands of cattle roam the plains under Cossack herders, and at every station on the railway is a huge commissariat department. The Russian soldier is always well fed, the soup kitchens on wheels always keeping in touch with the men. Sympathy for Kuropatkin. London, March 19.—No further news regarding the situation in Manchuria or of the whereabouts of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s squadron has reached London. The greatest sympathy is expressed by the British press and public for Gen. Kuropatkin, and there is strong criticism for the curt manner of his dismissal, without a word of thanks for past services. wee nnrnnmnnmnnwnrnnnns LEAVING THEIR HOMES. Reservoir Threatens to Break and Drown People of Pennsylvania Town. Latrobe, Pa., March 22.—T¥e large reservoir at Chestnut Ridge is said to be on the point of collapsing as the rresuit of heavy rains during the past twenty-four hours. Thé residents of Baggaley, a mining village near here, are leaving their homes and moving their valuables to a place of safety. The village of Lycippus was vacated yesterday. FELL UPON A FORK. Brain of lowa Farmer Boy Pierced by Tine of Stable Tool. Towa Falls, Iowa, March 22.—Geskee Tjarkes, the nine-year-old son of Aaron Tjarkes, a farmer living in Ellis town- ship, was instantly killed last evening while doing chores. He slid down from a hay mow into a manger, his head striking an upright pitchfork, cne tine penetrating his left cheek, and passing back of the right eye, piercing his brain. UROPATKIN 1S. AGAIN AT FRONT VOLUNTEERS TO REMAIN IN ANY CAPACITY UNDER OLD ENEMY. EMPEROR ACCEPTS TENDER LEAVES HARBIN AMIDST MOST REMARKABLE FAREWELL FROM RESIDENTS. REVISED FIGURES OF LOSSES RENNENKAMPFF PROBABLY iS SURROUNDED IN VICINITY OF TIE PASS. ae ane { St. Petersburg, March 22.—2:20 a. m.—The Russian army in Manchuria is still to have the services of Gen. Kuropatkin, who is considered by many, in spite of his series of re- verses, the best general and foremost strategist of the Russian army. Sinking all feeling of personal bit- terness because of his supercession and all the old-time enmity between himself and Gen. Linevitch in a pa- triotic desire to be of service to the fatherland, the former commander-in- chief volunteered to remain in any capacity with the army which he had so long commanded. The tender has been accepted by Emperor Nicholas and gratefully received by the new leader of the grand army. The change exactly reverses the old order of affairs, when Kuropatkin was the supreme leader and Linevitch directed the first army. Authoritative news of this remark- able step was known in Manchuria much earlier than in St. Petersburg. Gen. Kuropatkin, having paused on his homeward journey at Harbin, started southward the afternoon of March 20, amidst a Most Remarkable Farewell from residents of Harbin and soldiers who are on the way to fill out the ranks of the depleted army The send-off was a mere forevsste of what awaits Gen. Kuropatkin at the front; and his self-sacrificing de- termination and the equally patriotic course of Gen. Linevitch in accepting the services tendered are bound to do wonders for the reinspiration of the emperor’s legions, and they give promise of union and harmony at the ecuncil table which that army has hitherto lacked. 4 The retreat apparently is progress- ing uneventfully. No dispatches of moment were received yesterday. Closely Follow Rear Guard. Tokio, March 22.—No reports of the Russian retreat or Japanese pursuit were received yesterday, which is strengthening the belief that the Rus- sians plan to hold the lines from Changehun to Kirin. The Japanese continue to closely follow Gen. Line- vitch’s rear guard, but the damaged bridges delay their progress and pos- sibly will create sufficient delay to permit the Russians to reconcentrate, reinforce, partially reorganize and construet works at Changchun and Kirin. It is reported that a portion of the Vladivostock garrison has been with- drawn and hurried to Harbin, but no confirmation of the rumor is obtain- able. } The Japanese are recovering gun parts from: wells in the vicinity of Mukden and it continues to be sug- gested that the Russians buried guns or threw them into the rivers. The Japanese are continuing their search. The first Mukden prisoners are ar- riving in Japan. The government has chartered and fitted out forty steam- ers to assist the transports in carry- ing prisoners and wounded. Revised figures of the Japanese losses at the battle of Mukden place the number at 50,000, and revised esti- mates of the Russian losses from the commencement of the battle of Muk- den and ending with the fighting at Tie Pass place the total at 175,000 killed, wounded or captured. Fear He Is Surrounded. London, March 22.—Russian official circles in London, although without official news, are inclined to credit a Harbin story published in Paris con- necting the firing reported to have been heard yesterday morning seven miles south of Tie Pass with Gen. Rennenkampff's division. The dis- patch from Harbin points out that the only explanation of a cannonade in that locality is that Rennenkampff has at length arrived at Tie Pass, where the Russian armies were ordered to rendezvoux in case of retreat, but only to find the place occupied by the Japanese. Consequently it is feared that Rennenkampff is surrounded. MacArthur Arrives. With the Japanese Left Armies, March 22. — Gen. Arthur MacArthur, the American military observer with the Japanese armies, and Capt. Parker W. West, his aide-de-camp, who left Tokio on March 9 for the front, have reached Gen. Oku’s headquarters. Gen. MacArthur said: “I cannot express my appreciation of the kindness of the Japanese offi- cials. Everywhere they have done everything possible to assist us.” ALL AWARDS INVALID. So Says Senator Carter of the Na- as tional Commission. Washington, March 22.—Senator Carter, who has just resigned as presi- dent of the exposition national com- mission in supervisory charge of the big fair at St. Louis, declared that all awards made at the close of the ex- position are invalid. Charges fre- quently have been made that many awards were not based on merit. AlJl now are pronounced illegal, even where merit was proven. Sensa- tional developments are expected after the final report submitted to the state department in about two months. The St. Louis exposition medals and diplomas then will be brought in ques- tion. CASTRO HAS A SCHEME. Is Notified by Minister Bowen That It Won't Work. Washington, March 22. — Minister Bowen cabled the state department yesterday from Caracas that he had served notice on President Castro that -his arrangement to validate $28,000,000 worth of revolutionary bonds held by British and German financiers and provide for their pay- ment must not take precedence over the settlement of pending American claims. It is reported that Castro will play for time and that there will be much further correspondence on the subject. MOURNING AT FRISCO. Mrs. Stanford’s Remains Arrive From Honolulu. San Francisco, March 22.—The re- mains of Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford arrived here yesterday from Hono- lulu. Accompanying the body were Detectives Reynolds and Callahan, Miss Bertha’ Berner and Miss May Hunt, the private secretary and maid respectively of Mrs. Stanford. A large crowd had assembled, and as the vessel came to her moorings every head was uncovered. At the South- ern Pacific depot a special funeral train was in readiness, and to it the remains were transferred. The funer- al services will be held on Friday in the Memorial chapel at the universi- ty at Palo Alto. JULES VERNE IS DYING. Famous French Novelist Lies Dan- gerously Ill at His Home. Paris, March 22.—A dispatch from Amiens confirms the report that Jules Verne is dangerously sick. He con- tinued writing, until recently, when he was obliged to suspend all literary work and his duties as a municipal councillor, M. Verne occupies the same room in which he wrote his ex- traordinary stories of voyages. He is 77 years old. Amiens, France, March 22.—The condition of Jules Verne is regarded as hopeless. Telegrams of sympathy from all quarters of the globe have been received. Many of them are from children and scientists. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers, St. Paul, March 22.—Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.09@1.10 1-2; No. 2 North- ern, $1.05 3-4@1.07 1-2; No. 3, $1@1.03. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 45@46c. Oats — No. 3 white, 30@31c. Minneapolis, March 22. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.14 3-4; No. 1 Northern, $1.12 3-4; No. 2 Northern, $1.08 1-2 @ 1.09 1-2. Oats—No. 3 white, 30c. Duluth, March 22. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.07 3- No. 2 Northern, $1.01 3-4@1.05 1-4; flax, $1.403-4; rye, T7e. Milwaukee, March 22.—Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.141-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.10@1.10 1-2. Rye—No. 1, 85 1-2c. Barley—No. 2, 51¢. Oats — Standard, 33 1-4@33 1-2c. Corn—No. 3, 481-2@ 49¢e. Chicago, March 22.—Wheat—No. 2 red, $1.13 1-2@1.15 1-2; No. 3 red, $1.07 @1.15; No. 2 hard, $1.11 1-2@1.13 1-2; No. 3 hard, $1.05@1.12;' No. 1 North- ern, $1.14 1-2@1.15 1-2; No. 2 North- ern, $1.08@1.12. Corn — No. 2, 48 @ 48 1-2c. Oats—No. 2, 32c¢. Sioux City, Iowa, March 22.—Cattle —Beeves. $3.50 @ 5: cows, bulls and mixed. $2.55 @ 4: stockers and feed- ers, $2.75 @ 4; calves and yearlings, $2.25 @ 3.75. Hogs — Bulk, $4.90 @ 4.95. Chicago, March 22.—Cattle—Good to prime steers, $5.10@6.25; stockers and feeders, $2.50@4.60; cows, $2.75@4.50; heifers, $3 @ 5; calves, $3 @ 6.75. Hogs -— Mixed and butchers, $4.95 @ 5.25; bulk, $5.10@5.25. Sheep—Good to choice wethers. $4.60@6.10: native lambs, $6@7.60; Western lambs, $6.50 @7.60. South St. Paul, March 22.—Cattle— Good to choice steers, $4.60 @ 5.50; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.25 @4.25; butcher bulls, $2.65@2.40; veals, $2@4.75; good to choice stock steers, $83@4; good to choice milch cows, $30@40. Hogs — Range price, $4.75@5.10; bulk, $4.85@4.95. Sheep —Good to choice lambs, $6.75@7; fair to good, $6@6.75; good to choice yearling wethers, $5.40@6.50; good to choice ewes, $4.75@5.25. . Going to See the Czar. New York, March 22.—Charles M. Schwab sailed for Europe yesterday on the steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm. It was said that Mr. Schwab was bound for St. Petersburg to negotiate the building of warships for Russia. Separate Schools Opposed. Toronto, Ont., March 22.—A mass meeting of 5,000 citizens’ was held here last night to pass resolutions unanimously opposing separate schools. in the new provinces of Northwest, Canada. NEW MEN TO DIG THE DITCH HORACE G. BURT PROBABLY WILL BE EXECUTIVE OF COM- MISSION. JOBS FOR RAILROAD MEN FELTON AND LOREE SAID ALSO TO BE SLATED FOR PLACES. i WILL BE TWO HOLDOVERS BUSINESS METHODS MUST BE INTRODUCED AND WORK PUSHED. Washington, March 22.—Horace G. Burt, former president of the Union Pacific railroad, probably will be the executive head of the reorganized isthmian canal commission. He has heen offered the place, and while he has not finally accepted it, it is be- lieved that he will do so within two or three days. It is stated that his salary will not exceed. $25,000 a year, which is the salary of Chief Engineer Wallace. While Mr. Burt will be the active head of the commission, his duties will not conflict with Mr. Wallace, who will be charged, in the new ar- rangement, with the actual construc- tion of the canal. Mr. Burt has been in the railroad business all his life, holding execu- tive positions involving large respon- sibilities. Loree and Felton Mentioned. Two other prominent railroad men, S. M. Felton, president of the Chi- eago & Alton, and L. F. Loree, for- merly president of the, Baltimore & Ohio and Rock Island, are being men- tioned for places on the commission, and probably will be appointed. Mr. Felton is an old friend of Secretary Taft. When Mr. Taft was a federal judge in Ohio, he appointed Mr. Fel- ton receiver of the Cincinnati South- ern railroad, in which position he dis- played marked ability. If these three men are appointed, the president intends to centralize practically all of the authority of the commission in them. They will be expected to see that business meth- cds are introduced and work actively pushed in all directions. Other com- missioners, of whom two will be the only holdovers—William B. Parsons and W. H. Burr—will be engineers and will serve in an advisory ca- pacity to Mr. Wallace. Commissioners Asked to Quit. President Roosevelt yesterday gave an intimation as to his plans for the reorganization of the isthmian canal commission, and at the same time served notice on the commi whose services are to be dispensed with, by making public his comments, along with those of Secretary Taft, on the charges of mismanagement on the isthmus, made by Dr. C. A. L. Reed of Cincinnati. The only pur- posetin giving out the correspondence was to notify Rear Admiral Walker, Gov. Gen, Davis and Commissioners Grunsky and Harrod that their resig- nations are wanted. STANDARD BACKING JAPAN. Story Circulating That Oil Company Has Advanced Mikado $100,000,000. St. Petersburg, March 22.—In the Novoe Vremya is published a sensa- tional story to the effect that the United States is urging Japan to make the hardest terms possible with Russia. It says that the Standard Oil company has advanced a loan of $100,- 000,000 to the mikado on the security of the oil wells in Sakhalin island, which belongs to Russia and has not yet been captured by the Japanese. ROBBERS CAUSE WRECK. Engineer and Mail Clerk on Rock Isl- and May Be Fatally Injured. Des Moines, Iowa, March 22.—Rock Island officials claim that the wreck of the Rocky Mountain Limited near Homestead was caused by robbers. Mail Clerk Lew Webber and Engineer Hotchkiss ‘are thought to be fatally injured. Practically all of the train was overturned. Gored by Bull. Shell Rock, Iowa, March 22.—Alf Eggleston, who lives two miles north of this place, last evening was seri- ously hurt by a mad bull which got him down ard broke two ribs, erack- ing two others. When found, Mr. Eg- gleston was unconscious, with the bull standing over him. It was several hours before Mr. Eggleston was re- stored to consciousness and it is still a question as to whether he will live. Will Be Torn Down. Cincinnati, March 22.—The old house in this city in which Thomas Buchanan Read wrote “Sheridan’s Ride,” forty years ago, has been sold and is to be torn down to make room for a new manufacturing building. Makes a Borrow. Chicago, March 22.—A loan _ ob- tained by the Chicago & Alton Rail- way company for $5,000,000, secured by a mortgage given the Illinois Trust and Savings bank, was filed for rec-