The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 3, 1904, Page 1

iv, ? Extra Edition Occasional rain; brisk to Tonight and Friday high south winds NIGHT ED TION A AUGGIAN MILITARY > — WTTERLY DE MOnAL DA ON, THU ~ s worship ever experienced. The corr pondent Jide that he had an in- Transportation and Commissary Departs) srs. sevcurwin\ Pugctn Siesta Moen hna | | . | foreed to quit Viedivostok Febru ary 1% Lippe 4 ribed the ty as | the being a a pant No new bad t n i oe ments in a State of Hopeless Confus:) s::20%22 Te a a mission of offie « to md frow te ret Iwate My Lp messages being The people w terr stricken and ab ion and Army Is Panicky tneuge wore tant oe como me v- y going west The pe fou ght and sbied to reach the ST. PETERSBURG, Mareh 1.—(V ia the Fr er here ts no longer ticket office, Many who w uh wuer f and pre loud, 4 any pretext on the part of the s 7 " feny the ae Sees third day affic Was stopped and many started to walk ate & Quthoritics are in rd awh i h bd ere P panic and The rove ment of os, bank and hospital have been inoved . to Nibolisk. All the « i. Prices ha risen enorime ly chace. So far the Russian arms,have not met w ghtest »' The garrison, numbering 0 troops, ia provisioned for four months. ; The cruiser squadron left on February 9 to attempt to dash 5 i & ' = _ ot engaging th . , . Lal as for futur around Northern Japan and join the Por Arthur fle bat the Jape “Be movements. The complete an . £ the has thrown the em- | anese were patrolling the seas betw Baghalien and Taug & th uiners were ed to return, They are practically ; ee tire burden of transportation on the Trans railroad, and it is @ io . me When Lipp ft r¢ was at the w 4 er « oe acer - me nen (ae . hopes n ati false alarms « b» bar vent added to the ror the y Ret suffi mt re “se stock ¢ a ommedate any srea or of troops, Thirty-two searchlighta were nightiy flashed awar and the mveying of men in ordinary freigh are has uited f h their 2. One hundred and seventy Japanese, dinguised a» cooties, were caught on February 11 while attempting to blow up 4 bridge and @isease and many ‘The interruption of traffic at Lake Bai@al ts the railway An attack of the Co ~The Star Is Only One Cent Everywhere The Seattle Star ==.-=! VOL. 6 A HAND TO HAND CONFLICT cks upon @ Japanese redoubt, defended by i nfantry. ‘ mbch more serious than has been admitted, and the fact remains that the —___ —_—_—- J transportation of pre nw and stores to Port Arthur, Dalny and Viedb CZAR SUMMONS ALEXIEFF’S ENEMY leu tone dering Oc Ha Vestck and other points that are dangerously isolated, has been suspend- brie ted oa in ae = bes abisatas f nen asked } ed n ss to whether in i ST. PETERSBURG, March 3 1 Dragomiroff, the former | 1 in view of the fact @ . ‘The transportation department of the # t is paralyzed and governor general of Kieff ,and one of the bent posted Runs mili- | Jrourteen Hives were lost, Captali oi @bace reigns supreme in the commissary offices. No measures have been tary experts, has ben summoned to the caplial by the czar to take | usin acted wisely in lowering t 4 part in the deliberations reg the conduct of the War, and ! | t replied That was faken for the acc ation of food stofts and proper provisions, and it | dentally to ald in the preparat sf the plan of campaign | |best thing he could have done, rf The action is significant because the general han severely orit! | |the fire was getting awfully ol le known that the troops which are being hurried to the front are suf- int cauteas Anatette 4 nt has insisted that the sensible pol- | President of Labor Temple As | to. them.” } a fering terribly from the want of proper nourishment fey would have to y and navy to evacuate - —_ He cross-questioned Port Arthur and not have perm! Japanese to shat up these Bociation Makes Financial | regard king of the | ' The almost complete demolishment of the Asiati adron by the forces like rats in a trap, Such a retreat would have prevented fur- CAPTAIN COUSIN TOLD INSPECTORS THAT MACHINERY |aparatus and in regard to the con Statement in Court set of the men under him. He ther great disasters to the Russian arme Japanese has rendered Port Arthat useless as a strategic center, and it ie More then probable that the wiser Reads in the council of the caar will Daca urge its evacuation and destr m. If Rusaia had maintained partial su- oe int of destina- but ST. PETERSBURG, March 2 Alexieff says id have been the a, Port Arthur wou Premacy on the tion for the transports and the center for the mobilization of troops, now that Russia ts not in a position to transport her forces to the East Admiral Stark, telegraphing from March ayn the enemy did not appear off ‘Port Art February > . Port Arth Juclese from @ strategic point of view and See ers em ve rom © strategie pomt of view and Februhry 29 or March 1. Reconnateca by cruisers and tor merely means that the failure to avacuate and destroy the fortifications pedo boats over a radius of 60 miles from Port Art also failed ; to discover the enemy's Vensels _ - will result in a siege or assault which may lose the point and give the cate freee Gi xg, tha hlef of Alexieft’s staft, says: -| 300 i that Moulton is a de- eadant tn the scording to the reports of patrols to Pingyang and on the | Browiton teatith as pi no signs of the enemy. Pt we, who include 1 concerning Japanese possession of the post before it is made useless by being blown K- | than $40 of the a n's author 0 cavalry ined $50,000 aetually road to Gensan (Wonsan) there we been occupied by 6,000 Japar ‘© particulars have been obt up. artillery. It men As tor the national attitude, it has changed from disgust to the grav- has been learned that the Japanese bring troops by sea from Fusan | About # had b eat apprehension. ‘The people realise that the government is unwieldly | © Chemulpo, whence they come to Pingyang hat ts : 4 i Between 1,000 and 3,000 Kerean troops have been sent to Ping- wip along th » t rr @ q and Sitogether mcapabié of meeting the situation, and the possibility of yang from Seoul. Our patrole on February 28 were within 12 verste | SWck to this amount ismucd se of Pingyang, and report that the Japanese have fortified the town. Satern Contras ie embroflment with other powers might mean a blow that would threaten | ir. enemy's troops are arriving daily. At Port Arthur and in Man- | qpout ame gant intued to letachinent of the integrity of the empire. churia all is calm. According to Korean reports a PA tll ec sthg 2,500 Japanese, without artillery, landed at Songcen on February 19, | tion, i might vote t) and marched tow d southern Ma aria. im favor of the slice an o the VLADIVOSTOK GARRISON DEMORALIZED “There have been heavy snowfalls at Port Arthur and in M temple propert churia recently At Port Arthur th were 10 degrees of frost. 4 , hearing of the te ft e aocrenicaecn Vindivostok had a heavy mow storm. According to aditional infor- | Seattle B # & Malting compa : ‘ mation which has reached me, our patrols, having passed the night 12. | &a@ the Clerks’ association and LONDON, March 2.—The Expréas prints a dispatch from Shang- | Yersts (eight miles) from Pingyaig@ approached that town on the | Sumtcs tur the Labor ‘Temple mm hair, In which the correspondent says he has just arrived there from morning of February 29. They closely pressed a Japanese patrol | tign and an in with seven officers, forcing it to retreat at a gallop toward the gates | ing the sale ) COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF | =... oe “The presence of our patrole near Pinyang caused great alarm | @upertor Judge Hatet and soon the enemy's sharpshooters manned the wall and towers, ex- | noon pecting an attack. According to the report our patrols approached It continued through the exening and will be r hich they found to be surrounded with ked by my and it is supposed within 700 paces of the town. They were che Mr. Mowit the en ; new ramparts. i na the tnes : the Japanese have more than 3,000 men in Pingyang. ae dane one . ‘ = In regard to the point made by the complainants that near the stock wa held tive managers who had RUSSIANS FIGHT BANDITS: thing for. Mutton sald shat informed wyere Gaequeepeaass that unsold etock 1 t wot He stated that it was never the In- LONDON, March 2—An unconfirmed report from Yinkow says that Prcgned wan severe fighting, and that both sides lost heavily. This Indicates wo Bedf ne yAoosqfaow! that @ serious danger is onting Russia in these well-armed brig- | SOQee Or a cheaper © epee 4 bands. According to the Daily Mail's accownt of the affirm, #ix Jup- | Pe uy ©. ar’ daa tonvin, on ee found among the bandits were ki : the Japanose are organizing the ba nds. + a hee eee ap deciare that Japan has granted perm iasion for + ; per cofrespondents to accom the Japane Beventeen of these | eee te” a. of t parture has not been JAPS AND RUSSIANS ACTIVE Gene | — ndents are Americans. The da’ ' the Labor Tem Cash on hand ‘ pire ea tee Caeh value of 7 Ldabilities, including a 8 DESTROY PART OF RUSSIAN RAILROAD | ==. aie Balance $42.18 TOKIO, March %—It is reported that one mile and a quarter of the branch line of the trans-Siberian railway, connecting Viadi- TOMMY’S DOSE vostok and Harbin, has been destroyed at a point outside of Min Guma, a town midway between the two terminaia. The Japanese i agents who performed this feat also removed the telegraph wires TACOMA, Mar, 3.—Tommy Sar along the line, thus effectively isolating Viadivostok. tiago Howard, the Indian who was pss convicted sometime ago of the mur der of General Spot's wife, has been sentenced to 0 yea in the peniter RUSSIANS TRY TO KEEP RAILROAD OPEN i550 eo nee down its = remittur firming the | Judgment of the sv r court. At (By Seriops News Ansn.) effort was made by the Indian’s| ST. PETERSBURG, March 3~—Unesu: energy on the part of the an- layers, whb protest that he is in thorities ie being directed for the preventi of & Tranpeiborian ratiway | @ecent, to have the case tried tn} blockade. we new sidings have been built, and it fi hoped that tke | Qe federal courts, but AB rind | wilt clear the line and keep eleven trains moving in each direct satty, | Sized to spend any y and! ‘The fexerves from the Siberian rural districts ar d more xioug | detided to take his se © without | to go to the front than are the townsmen protest. ns City of Puebla wilt] oM at d APAN RAISES TAXES bee orone and a cargo of general (By Seripps News Aan’n.’ The mar Hoobelat, 4 LONI March 2.~T tral News Agency wires from 'T that | operated by the Alaska P . an extrac r ion of the Japanese diet has been sur 1 yee omy 1 h w hereafter} zs It fe 1 that when Russia geta all her troope entrated in March 18. It in not expected that the ion will last more th en be ted by Pacific Coast A Korea, Genera otf, commander-in-chief of the Rus a army, will Gays, The atoms are not to be to ucbed, but new taxes on salt and silk teamship compar ill wail for the will probably be imposed. North March 10. a eee meray me ee ee ne against the Jap DUTY UNCLE 8AM WORKED PERFECTLY AND In the THAT CREW DID ENTIRE th . f the be below I ph , sid see ¢ hing that «Oo « on. I ordered th , t et pull around to aide ¢ t 1 " le go. Wher it was a that th ft as under rdered th boats back to the engines work an of the ere hi LN. Hibbard, transporta r { the Northern Com: r ny, who testified t th the actions of th w were beyond criti to his mind ther on the vesne been done bette US. SALT mm RAT: s jcAvere > Vlas eLey IN A DUAI mat ter of eating, I'm on both sides, whether in his| 4, fact that] xt witnesses we haw, Who Was @ passenger of the and W. J. Mot i, chie nel of the Queen, The latte " 1 to give a statement of no complaint to make. Dther witnesses were them All corroborated the states { those previously called. +1 vestigation will end thi REDPATH ~ ENTERS cit a RACE the handling ¢ vessel; as to hether ber worked prop- | «| Spokane Man Modestly Admita | He'd Like to Be Governor , 2.—Col. W. ML KA Mar. Ridpath formally announced himself ~|a candidate for governor yesterday, el ce path made a fortune some | 1} s ago through his holdings in! "| the Le Rol mines, at Rossland, B. C. is a popular Republican and is n Me widely known throughout the state. ‘ourtee * wat, tain ——_____— by using acted ly in lowering} W. 8. Bishop, arrested last nigh, the boots. He replied that to his|on the charge of stealing carpepa! ind the captain could not have| ters’ tools, is believed by the police; | to be responsible for much of i e Captat | tool stealing that has been going om | late He has admitted stealing | *f| some tools and the police hope to r | Fe over through him a age Sa f such stolen property.