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NEWS OFJHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Oar
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Rosums of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
llUBsInn soldiers in Manchuria nro
offering Httlo resistance nnd many sur
render. More nnti'truBt laws havo been
passed by the leglalntures of Kansas
and Nebraska.
The senatorial deadlock In the Mis
souri legislature continues with no
prospect of an early break.
Burglars blow open tbo bank safe in
ClarkHvilo, Oklahoma, and secured sev
eral thousand dollars and escaped.
Tho contest between Peabody and
Adams for tho governorship of Colo
rado will result in tho latter being de
clared elected.
Kuropatkln has been ordered to re
treat to Harbin to save IiIh army.. His
left wing has been driven back and a
sevcro defeat Inflicted.
Tho steamer Oregon was successfully
beached nt Eureka, Cal. Tho lire in
her hold waH dllllcult to extinguish
and much of thu cargo will bo lost.
It Is now certain that Mrs. Stanford
waH given strychnlno and every effort
1h being made to discover who placed
the poison in the harmless medicine.
The internal situation in Russia is
growing steadily worse, lioinbs are
freely used on troops by strikers and
tho czar is In abject terror of assassins.
A terrorist arsenal has been found In
Moscow.
A Nevada mob has lynched 11 high
way man.
Japan will ask a new war loan with
out foreign aid.
Provision has been mado for instruc
tion at West Point of jiu-jitsu.
Congress has agreed on .1 minister to
Morocco ut a salary of $7,600 a year.
Mayor Williams, of Portland, is now
tho only living member 01 u rant's nrst
cabinet.
The Missouri legislature has passed
a law prohibiting all forms of book
making and poolHolling.
Six largo buildings and n number of
smaller Ones in East Liverpool, Ohio,
wero destroyed by lire, entailing a loss
of $500,000.
Ice gorges nt East St. I -on is h.ivo
done much damage to property. Tho
new fL'00,000 government (like lias
been completely demolished.
Severe measures have been adopted
to put down the revolt in Poland. In
Warsaw thu strikers aro growing worse,
and a coal famine is threatened.
Tho government Is now investigating
land frauds in Minnesota. Onu man
has secured 111,000 acres by having
others mako application for him.
Tho somite will not increase tho Co
lumbia river approprlatoiiH,
Joseph W. J. Leu has been named
for consul general ut Panumu.
Tho Panama canal commissioners
havo violated tho law in buying Hup
pile without advertisements public for
bids.
George S.lloutwell, of Massachusetts,
formerly secretary of tho treasury, is
dead,
Peasants are joining In tho strike
movement in Poland aud nro burning
saloons.
The Rus-ilan olhYere who broke their
parole have been ordered back to Sun
Francisco.
The ilnul settlement of the Klamath
irrigation scheme has been postponed
until April.
The Itussiun government has adopted
strong measures to keep tho railways
in operation.
The Russian Third Pacific squadron
has passed Cherbourg, France, on its
way to tho Far East.
Gorky, tho priest striko leader, has
been released and re-arrested, to bo ex
iled from St. Petersburg.
Eleven persons wero killed and more
than 60 others injured, some probably
fatally, by tho collapse of a floor in a
New Vork colored church.
Starvation threatens Fairbanks,
Alaska.
Secretary Tuft w ill speak ut the Lewis
and Clark fair.
Oil men of several states have united
to tight the Standard Oil company.
Northwest senators havo asked an in
crease in river and harbor appropria
tions. St. Louis financiers aro interesting
capital for tho construction of an elec
tric road from St. Louis to Kaausas
City.
What Is believed to hayo been Paul
Jones' lxdy has been found by the
searchers in tho old St. 1-ouis cemetery,
in Purls.
Tho secretary of state has received
for presentation to President Itooseyelt
a largo photorgaph of tho empress dow
ager, of Chin,
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
, Friday, February 24.
Tho titno of tbo senate today was
divided between tho Swayno impeach
ment trial and the motion of Boveridgo
to appoint conferees on tho joint state
hood bill. It Is the expectation that a
voto on tbo Swayno matter will bo
reached Monday. No agreement was
reached in tbo appointment of state
hood conferees.
A resolution was introduced in tho
liouso directing the attorney general to
proceed against tho armor plate trust.
A number of pension bills from tho
senate woro considered, altogether 126
being passed. Four hours was given
to tho sundry civil appropriation bill.
Saturday, February 2G.
Tho hoiiBo today divided its time be
tween legislation and patriotic exor
cises. An hour and a half was spent
in passing minor bills. Tho same
period was devoted to tho sundry ap
propriation bill, without reaching a
conclusion. Legislation then gavo wny
to speeches by several members honor
ing tho memory of Houston nod Aus
tin ; when tho mnrblo statues of each,
given by the Jstate of Texas, wero ac
cepted. Somo sharp criticisms of tho presi
dent's policy towads Santo Domingo and
in enlarging the navy was indulged in
today by senators on both sides during
tho debato on the naval appropriation
bll.
A voto on the Swayno impeachment
case will bo taken Monday.
Mondayl February 27.
Charles Swbvbo, district judge of tho
Northern district of Florida, was today
acquitted by tho scnuto of all 12 ar
ticles of Impeachment against him.
President Uoorfovelt's policy of build
ing up 11 great navy came in for more
criticism todayMn tho senate when tho
naval appropriation bill was uiulor con
sideration. Tlwblll was passed, carry
ing appropriations of $100,300,000.
Tho houso agreed to the conference
report on tho uriny appropriation bill.
Tho sundry civil appropriation bill
wiib passed, carrying $46,272,280.
Tuesday, February 28.
Tho senate pperit almost tho cntlro
day discussing amendments to tho In
dian appropriation bill. It was agreed
that no funds should bo used for
church schools. An amendment was
adopted appropriating $500,000 to
carry into effoct an agreement entered
into with tho Klamath Indians.
Tho liouso today' considered tho gen
eral deflcieny appropriation bill, but
reached no ,irrelMion. The bill
a:neiuKivlht'Ximeiteau,law8''as'to un
appropriated and unreserved lands in
South Dakota and Colorado so 11s to
allow selection of 040 acres instead of
100 acres was also discussed. A num
ber of minor bills wero passed.
Wednesday, March I.
During tho day thu senate considered
nnd passed three supply bills, aggre
gating an appropriation ol over $!I57,
000,000, and at night took up a fourth
bill, carriyng over $07,000,000. Tho
bills passed wero thu postotllco, pension
and river and harbor bills. Thu sun
dry civil bill was not completed at time
of adjournment. A largo number of
minor measures weio passed.
Thu houso passed thu general doll
cienoy appropriation bill, tho hist of the
great supply measures to bo acted uhii
during thiB o.ngress. Thu total
amount carried is $.'11,221,0711. Tho
bills amending the homestead laws us
to certain lamls in South Dakota and
Colorado wero passed.
Thursday, March 2.
Tho senate today passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill, carrying about
$08,000,000. The general deficiency
bill, carrying $211,7011,1(111, was passed.
An agreement cannot ho reached on the.
bill for tho governmnt of tho canal one
ami it is possible the present law will
continue.
Tho liouso agreed to tho conference
reports on tho fortifications, agricul
tural aud river aud harbor appropri
ation bills. The naval appropriation
bill wus sent back to conference.
Both houses have decided to send
committees to attend tho opening of the
J-owis aud Clark fair, and $10,000 bus
been uppropriatedd to defray their ex
pentes. No Time for Tobacco Trust.
Washington, March It, No action
will bo taken by tho houso at this ses
sion on the Kehou resolution for an in
vestigation of tho "tobacco trust."
Representative. Smith, of Kentucky,
who was delegated by tho judlcary
committee to consult the attorney gen
eral on the subject has found it impos
sible to arrange a satisfactory interview
uud today expressed tho opinion that
with tho "steel trust and tho Standard
Oil investigations, the Department of
Commerce and laibor will lie running
to its full capacity all summer."
Nebraska Anti-Trust Bill.
Lincoln, Neb., March 3, The house
today passed thu anti-trust bill. It
has still to be considered by tho senate.
The bill exempts domestic corporations,
and its author said tlmt, while it af
fected all foreign corporations, it was
aimed specially at tho so-culled beef
trust and the Standard Oil company.
Puhliidty by tho medium of complete
retorts to the attorney general ami se
vere penalties for violation of the anti
rebate provisions are leading features,
Suspjcted Assassin Caught.
St. Petersburg, March.'!, Tho police
at Tsarskoe-Selo, who since tho assassj
inution of Grand Duke Sergius have
redoubled the ordinary precautions foi
the'protcction of tho imierlul family,
liiivu nrrentiil a susnect. who ehiimed
ttt bu u nephew of General Fock, but
whoso papers are irregular, and who
was found to bu armed with loaded
revolver. An Investigation is on foot.
WILL IGNORE LAW
Western Railroads Decide Upon
Livestock Rates.
WILL MAKE TEST CASE IN COURT
To Obey Decision of Interstate Com
merce Commission Would Mean
Heavy Loss To Roads.
Chicago, March 2. Executive ofil
dais of Western railroads today decid
ed to ignore tho order of tho Interstato
Commerce commission requiring them
to charge no higher rates for livestock
than aro charged for tho transportation
of tho products of livestock. By tho
advlco of general counsel tho matter
will bo tested in tho courts, as tho rail
roads havo determined ihat It will bo
impossible either to lower tho livestock
rates or to Increase tho rates on pack
ing house products. There is nn in
clination to do tho latter, but tho con
tract which tho Great Western road has
with the packers for nn 18-ccnt rate
between Chicago and tho Missouri
river makes such action Impracticable.
A reduction in livestock rates In
compliance witli the decision of tho
commission would mean a minimum
reduction of :i cents por 100 pounds
and 11 maximum reduction of about 8
cents, nnd the reductions would affect
fully 40 per cent of nil tho livestock
tralllu west of Chicago. A compliance
with tho commission's order by a re
duction in thu livestock rates would
mean, It Is now estimated, 11 loss to
western railroads of nt leant $2,000,000
annually. They say that such n loss,
in view of the contention of the rail
road olllclals that tho rates are even
now unremuiieratlvo, is not to bo
thought of.
POISON IN VIAL.
Mrs. Laland Stanford Drinks a Fatal
Dbso and Diet In Agony.
Honolulu, March 1. Mrs. Jane
I.athrop Stanford, of ban rruneisco,
widow of United States Senator Loland
Stanford, died at 11:40 o'clock last
night, 40. minutes after she was taken
ill, at tho Moano hotel hero, under
suspicious circumstances, pointing, In
the opinion of tho physician who at
tended hor in her dying hour, and
Fcomiugly in that of others, to poison
ing by tho administration of strychnine
in 11 vial of bicarbonato of soda given
just before retiring.
An autopsy on tho remains showed
that the cause of death was tetanus of
tho respiratory organs, but how this
was brought about will not bo known
until after an examination of tho con
tents of the stomach.
Mrs. Stanford built the children's
hospital, Albany, N. Y., costing $100,
000, and supposed by an endowment
of $100,000 more. She also gavo $100,
000 to kindergarten schools in San
Francisco. Since tho death of her hus
band Mrs. Stanford had devoted her
attention to thu development of tho
iiuiversitv, ami had been residing at
Palo Alto, Cal.
TALK OF RETREAT.
Japanese Have tho Russian Army In a
Vory Tight Place.
St. Petersburg, via tho frontier,
March 2. Ollcial circles at the Itus
siun capital have been seized with great
alarm, owing lo tho ominous iiowh
from thu Fur Hast, and a conference
has been held of thu military experts,
who discursed the Japanese movement
aud debated at length what action tho
Russian government should take at the
present time to uphold General Kuro
patkiu. It is felt that thu Japanese havo him
In a very precarious iMisitioii, and one
i 1 which It may bo necessary for him
again to order 11 general retreat. It is
r.-coguied that thu Japanese movement
at this time is prompted by 11 desire
to crush General Kuropatkln in the
belief that n Russian defeat at this time
would compel tho car to sue for peace
because of Internal conditions in Rus
sia. Ice Tearing Things Loose,
Imisvillc, Muich 2. Drifting with
the ice, tho steamer Now South, one
of the largest passenger and freight
boats on the Ohio, was today sighteilat
Carrolltou, Ky. A mile below Milton,
Ky., men finally succeeded in gutting a
line aboard uud lying the boat up to
tho bank, Thu local harbor authori
ties, on being advised from Cincinnati
that 00 barges mid 60 coal boats, all
containing more or less coal, were com
ing with thu ice, despatched four tow
boats up the river. They will attempt
to rescue tho boats.
Bombs Imported as Oranges,
St. Peleisburg, March 2, Vast quan
tities of huud bombs are being imported
Into Russia, The discovery was acci
dentally made by the customs authori
ties at Wlrehalleu, Russian Poland, on
opening an ordinary fruit lox inurked
"oranges," which was found to contain
100 small bombs. Scores of similar
lxxes have been coming in for weeks,
aud tho authorities fear they are ulicady
distributed, Tho bombs ure not of tho
typo of those used by thu terrorists.
More Strikes In Poland.
Lugansk, Poland, March 2, Tho Hit-
iintlim Ik cmu'Iiic uniiui. TVulnv .1.000
men struck at the Hurtmann works.
A (rnnnnit nfrlkn nl ''0(1 (Klft mlnnm In
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the Donutz coal fields is expected on
March 0.
RACES WITH FIRE.
Steamer Oregon wilt bo Beached at
Eureka If Possible.
Crescent City, Cal., March. 1. Tho
steamer Oregon, with a burning cargo,
left bore today for Eureka, whero she
will bo beached. Tho Oregon was ac
companied from Crescent City by tho
steamer Del Norte, Captain Payne, nnd
every effort will bo made to reach
Euroka.
The Oregon has a heavy list and Ib
drawing nbout 20 foot of water. This
will mako it dilllcult to tnko hor over
tho Humboldt bar. It is thought hor
cargo of general morchandiso will bo u
total loss.
Firo broke out in tho cargo of tho
steamer Oregon when tho ship was
north of Crorcont City, on hor voyago
from San Francisco to Portland. There
wore 50 passengers on board tho Oregon
besides tho crow.
Signals of distress woroatonco mado,
nnd tlicso brought tho collier Meteor
promptly nlongsido.
The first thing considered by Captain
Warner was tho safety of his passongors,
and all of the 50 woro nt onco trans
ferred to tho Meteor. Tho Oregon was
then turned back in hor eotirso nnd
beaded for Crescent City, whero it was
determined to beach hor in tho event of
oxtrotno necessity.
Ncaring Crescent City, tho htcamo?
Del Nona was attracted by tho signals
of distress that wore still Hying. The
Del Norte was nt onco headed toward
tho Oregon, and within n fow minutes
the passengers made another transfer,
this time to the Del Norte.
Soon uftor this thu burning steamer
and the Del Norte shot out of Crescent
City harbor, Captain Warner believing
ho could make Eureka In time to beach
his vessel. Smoke was coming out of
the Oregon In clouds, however, and it
was deemed very, doubtful by those
who saw hor that she would ever reach
the more southerly port. Captain
Warner and bis crow were lighting tho
Haines in henyiu fashion.
IN DEATH GRIPS.
Battle Rages Along Entire Front of
Two Great Armies.
St. Petersburg, March 1. Uist even
ing's news from .Manchuria 1b of the
most Important nature, tho Associated
Press dispatches from Mukden, which
wero transmitted nt noon of Tuesday,
indicating that n general battle was bo
ginning along the whole of tho 100
miles of front occupied by the two
armies. General Kuropatkln appears
to have taken u leaf out of Fluid Mar
shal Oyamii's Ismk and replied to Gen
eral Kurokl'H attack on thu Russian
left by a counter attack on the Japanese
left, in which General Kaulabrs' initial
success Is bettor for thu Russians than
thu success of General Grippcnhcrg,
the Russian vanguard being establish
ed in the outskirts of Samllapit. At
the same time General Kuropatkln de
livered a blow against tho Japanese
center, seizing it railroad bridge across
thu Shakhe rivur. Tlicso reports,
therefoitt, give u more hopeful aspect to
the situ'itiun, us tho Russian army,
though driven out of Da pass, appears
to have succeeded In slopping, at least
for thu moment, the further advance of
tho Japanese eastward and beaten off
the attack on tho center,
The effect of yesterday's develop
ments on General Kuropatkin's report
ed intention to withdraw from the
Shakhu is problematical. Retirement
In thu face of an enemy, which is ex
tremely hazaidous under any circum
stances, are doubly dangoroiiH when
the armies are grappling in u geueral
engagement; but, if General Kurukl
succeeds in rolling up thu Russian left
much further, thu perilous experiment
may become necessary. Tho counter
strokes on thu right and center may
possibly bo intended to cover the with
drawal of trains and stores. If, how
ever, General Kuropatkln is deter
mined to stand and light out the battle
on the line-up ho has held during tho
winter uud if ho should Ixi aide to ad
minister a vigorous check to General
Kuroki, he has scored a good position
for his second move in tho great game,
Are Between Two Terrors.
Vienna, March 1. Tho authorities
of tho Austrian province of llukowiua,
close to the Russian frontier, have
ordered all the Russian refugees and
deserters, totalling ubout 3,000 per
sons, to leave within six weeks. The
reason for this action is that the Rus
sians uiu underbidding tho Austriaus
In tho labor market ut it timu when
many Austriaus aro out of work, It is
also alleged that most of the Russians
are suffering from trachoma, The ma
jority of the Russians came to lluko
wiua during tho last six months.
Bandits Ready to Harass Russians
Nlu Ohwuiig, March 1, Advices re
ceived hem say that over two Russian
army corps aro engaged in building
elaborate defensive works opposite tho
extreme Japanese left and that large
forces of cavalry aro protecting tho Rus
sian Hanks. It is ropoitcd hero that a
railroad bridge between Tie pass and
aiyuuiu lias been destroyed. It is also
reported tlmt large bodies of well untied
Chinese bandits are prepared to harass
tho reheating RusslatiH.
A Costly Shooting Scrape,
lioudoii. Muruh 1 .-Tho Router Tele-
grwu company states that tho com-
pensatlon lor the isortn sea nimir hum
Ih-'Oii fixed ut between X76,000 and
JK100.000.
AIMING AT MUKDEN
Japanese Strike Decisive Blow
at Main Position.
OYAMA ORDERED TO ADVANCE
Must Act Before Snow Melts May
Attompt to Isolate Vladivostok
At Same Time.
Toklo, Feb. 28. Following tho cus
tom of thu Japancso government, the
officials at tho war ofllco rofuse to dis
cuss tho present movements in Man
churia, but there is a general t air of
confidence among the higher officers,
who aro absolutely posted on tho situa
tion, which is believed to indicate that
General Kuroki has again scored a com
plete success and that olllcial announce
ment may bo expected very soon.
Up to midnight Monday no particu
lars of tho fighting bad been given out,
but it was stated that, so far as was
known, only tho right and center of
Marshal Oyama's army had been engag
ed and that tho conditions on the left
aro unchanged.
It is 'tho general opinion among the
best informed exports in tho Japanese
capital that tho present movement, be
fore it ends, will result in tho capture
of Mukden. It is known that orders
havo been sent.to Field Marshal Oyama,
telling hltn that the time 1b ripe for
taking tbo Russian main position, as,
if action is postponed much longer, the
spring thaws with their resultant Hoods
will bo upon him and It will bo Im
possible to do any fighting until thu
roads dry up.
Tliero is, of course, a possibility that
tho present movement may havo for Its
object, us well as tho capture of Muk
den, the isolation of Vladivostok. In
view of tho recent reports that tho port
was liolng blockaded by sea by a Japan- k
eso squadron of torpedo bouts and pro
tected cruisers, tliero can be little
doubt that, if Kuroki crushes tho Rus
sian left, such troops as can be spared
will bo assigned to a special campaign
against tho Siberian stronghold.
FOR PHILIPPINE FREE TRADE
House Committee Reports In Favor of
Curtis' Tariff lilt.
Washington, Feb. 28. Chairman
Patno, of tho houso ways nnd meant)
committee, today filed a report favor
ing ' the passage of the CurtlB bill pro
viding for the free entry of products
from tho Philippine islands, uxcopt
sugar and tobacco, on which 25 per
cent of thu Dlngloy tariff is to bo col
lected. The report declares that the
only logical result of our possession of
tho islands Is freo trade.
It has been definitely settled, it sayH,
that wo will retain the islands until
their population is fitted for solf-gov-ernmeiit.
and ho repeats Secretary
Tuft's suggestion that this will bo at
least ono generation. Until the treaty
stipulation between tho United Slates,
and Spain shall expire In 1U00, nil
tariff advantages given by tbo Island,
to thu United Stated must be given to
Spain, and for that reason reciprocal
free trado is not feasible. The present
bill, says tbo roKrt, goes ua far as is
practicable under these consdltlona.
FOUR SENATORS EXPELLED.
Result of Bribery Investigation ,in the
California Legislature.
Sacramento, Cal,, Feb. 28. Crowded
galleries ami lobbies this afternoon
watched a dramatic scone when Senat
ors Hunkers, French, Wright nnd Em
mons were expelled from the state sen
ate of California by a voto which con
tained no dissenting voice, Hunkers
case was first to be considered. Thirty
four brother senators supported tho re
port of tho Investigating committee that
he be put out. No onu voted for him.
He was not present.
The report of thu committee recom
mending expulsion of till four was
adopted by 35 votes to 0, tbo four ac
cused seutaors and Senator Walch not
voting, Expulsion balltots then fol
lowed separately.
Anti-Trust Law Sustained.
Washington, Feb. 28. Tho supreme
court of the United States has decided
the case of the National Cotton Oil
company vs. the state of Texas, involv
ing the Texas anti-trust luw. The statu
court found thu company guilty under
that law and hold that it had forfeited
its right to do business in thu state.
Tho case was appealed to the supremo
court on constitutional grounds. That
court, however, in its opinion today,
held that the claim wus un
tenable and sustained the verdict of
the court below.
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Passes Taken by Japanese.
Mukden, Fob, 28, Tito RussiuiiH re
port that the Jupuuese ure in ikhhcu
slou of Tilling, aud also the pass lie
tweon Tilling ami Kutoiillug. The ih8
session of Tulfiig threatens Fushutuk,
Tiopllng and lllegesway. Tilling Is re
garded as of tho same consequence to
thu Japanese in their operations
against Mukden us was Motieulliig in
relation to Lino Vang, In case thu
Japanese push on to the southeast,
their operations will bo in, tbo bills.
Anti-Salt Trust Measure Killed.
Topeka, Fob. 28. A Iioubo concur
rent resolution culling for an Investiga
tion of thu suit trust was defeated by s
voto of 67 to 10. It was necessary for
the resolution to receive a, two-tlilrda
Yote, or 03 votes,
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