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Kuropatkin's Entire Army
Routed.
SUPPLIES CAPTURED
Fushun Also Fall Into the Hands
of the Victorious Japanese
Army.
RUSSIAN FORCES RETREATING
Kuropatkln'e Army Receives a Crush
ing Defeat at the Hands of the Jap
anese, Resulting in Heavy Loss of
Men and Munitions and Supplies.
St. Petersburg. March II, 2:30 ft. in.
An official bullet In-received In this
city last night from General Kuropat
kin ihijh:
"Ijml night nil our tirmli-n com
nwiKi'd to ritr"iit."
The greatest defeat In the history of
thi Russian-Japanese war woa made
known nt St. Petersburg last night,
but only In ii paltry eight words from
General Kuropnlklti to i:niTor Nicho
las which was llung iiliout the streets
In newspiipcr extra anil passed from
mouth to mouth. Two thoughts
fin un ci liiHiantly In the nilmla of every
one, there were but two word on
every Hp, "surrender," "peace," the for
mer dreaded, thi Inter hoped for.
Ht. Petersburg know nothlntc about
the extent of the disaster, not even n
dispatch from Kuropatkln. whether
he l retreating, or whether Tie l'aaa
la ett III open; whether he la endeavor
ing to cut bin way through to aafety,
or whether u pessimist believe, he
ha taken to the mountain. If II be
the lutter he will be Inevitable hemmed
In nml starved Into a surrender as
Marshal llaseulne wiia at Metx.
The result of Oynma great turnliiK
movoment ib'pemla almost entirely
Uam Kawnniurtia army whKh Ima not
yet been lociiteil definitely, nlthouKh It
In NUpMiHed to lie movliiK oiiat towur.l
Kuropiitkln'a line of retreat, HhouUI
he reach the military road, which runa
nlmoHt In a direct line from Kuahun to
Tin I'naa before thw pnmuiKe of tho
niiHHlan army, the circle would In come
complete im NorIn (tuna are nlready
In i-ommaiiil of the railway and nliould
Hoon control the Mandarin road,
which In but a abort dlKlance eat lf
the nillroad. (l.Mienil Iteuneiikampffa
forces mi aomewhat Icnb than 10)00
men, which haa bwn the extreme left
mid ate In a recarloUH condition. With
these exceptlona all the Kuaalan troop
are now concentrated on roiida I.shIIiik
northward. It may take another 24
houra before their fate la decided.
Kven Hhould Kuropatkln extrlcale
hlmaelf It la believed In Knropoan
cnpltolH that jace la certain to fol
low the lateat JapnneHe victory. The
chIHiib of M. Iawolaky, Kuaalan ml
later to Denmark, to Ht. l'eterabur to
nlKht. who was formerly at Toklo, la
omiHlilered alKnlllciint. No time will
be lost In atartliiK iH'Kotlatlona aa noon
na Kuaala lutlmatca a wlah to close
tho war. Shortly after the fall of
Port Arthur hlith ollUlala In the Jap
anea foreign olllce arrived In London
with authority to take up negotiations
na soon aa Kuaala declared that ahe
desired peace.
The fate of the Kuaalan army at the
battle of Mukden la summed up In a
loss of a quarter of a million men and
two thousand plecea of artillery, with
which it was copftdently expected Gen
eral Kuropatkln and his lieutenants
could prevent the axlvnnoe of the Jap
nneae beyond the Hhakhe and Hun
rivers positions, but with the loss of
so many men and most of their heavy
guna, tho Kuaalan army la crlppleJ
and will be compelled to surrender
They have been driven from all their
strong positions and are now rush
ing northward, a disorderly, crushed
remnant of an at my, and expect to be
checked at Tie Tags, around which
sr With hills which wits prepared for
it d-fense after the bull l of Llao
lining jut Hcptember, there being no
Imiirt lit Unit tlmo that the Japanese
would ullow Him defeated army to rent
south of Tie Pas.
ANARCHIST KILLED.
Tried to Blown Up a Building With
Bomb.
HI. Petersburg. March 10. A Bt. Pet
ersburg correspondent of the Dall
Mall telugraphs as follows: At 4
o'clock tlil (Halurday) morning an ex
plosion occurred In the center of the
city at Voanacensky and Bolocholam
orskalr (part of name ommltted on ac
count of space), fiulnif Kt. Imtc ca
thedral which blew mil (he Interior ami
an apartment house, killing four men
and four women. It was undoubtedly
an accidental explosion of an anar
chist's bomb, which killed the person
who Intruded to uae tt.
GOVERNMENT MUST PAY.
Decision Against the Government for
13,000,000.
New York. March 10. Judge Wheeler
of the United Htates circuit court to
day handed down a decision, which If
sustained will coat the United Htates
government five million dollars. This
money the government will have to
refund to the American Sugar Keflnlng
Company for duties for sugar Imjiort
ed from Cuba In 1903, and upon which
thn company contended tliat a reduc
tion of 20 per cent should be allowed
under the rxlatlng treaty.
h.wffl.bC INhKg.y hrdluapaupupupppj
Nothing Doing at Denver.
Denver, March 10. Pending a de.
claliiu from the supreme court aa to
tho right of the legislature to declare
a vacancy existing in the office of gov
ernor, further consideration of the
I'eiibody-Adama gubernatorial contest
has been postponed until next Monday
TOTALY ANIHILIATED
Disorganized Army Running for
the Hills.
SLAUGHTER WAS TERRIFFIC
Russian 8upplies Have Been Cut Off,
the Entire Army Is Demoralized and
It le Only Question of Short Time
When They Must Surrender.
Nleuchwang, March 10. According
to reliable Information received here
the Itusslana have been drlvn out of
Mukden and Kusliun. and. with the
railroad cut, are retreating In a de
inoralUed condition to the hill country
toward the northeast.
Detached isulles of Russians are
roughly Intrenching with a view to
checking the pursuit, but no great rear
guard action la being fought.
It will be ImiKisslble for the Kua
slons to keep any sort of resistance
for many days, as there are no means
of provisioning In the rought country
to which they are retreating.
It Is believed that the Russians may
attempt to reach Kliin, 225 miles
northeast of Mukden, through the val
leys, but a special Japanese corps from
the direction of the Yulu river (prob
ably General Kawivmaura's forces)
threatens to cut them off. General
Kurokl la advancing northwest and Is
forcing the Russians against General
Nogl-'s army.
The caaualtlles on both aides have
been enormous. The Russian Six
teenth nrmy corps waa practically an
nihilated at Tatchekluo. fright thou
sand Russians fell nt Lcuktmupao.
Toklo, March 10, S p. m. Field Mar
shal Oyama telegraphs na follows un
der date of today:
"We captured a great number of
prisoners, enormous quantities of arms,
ammunition, provisions and other war
supplies. There la at. present no time
to Investigate the number of these."
8enator Indicted.
Indianapolis, March 10, The county
Jury today Indicted ex-Senator K. O.
Baker on a charge of bribery In con
nection with the recent cigarette leg
islation In this ntnte. Baker has di
sappeared.
STRIKE
ENDED
Rumored Trouble Without
Foundation.
STRIKE NOT JUSTIFIED
New YorK Labor Unions Violated
International Laws of
Unions.
COST ONE MILLION DOLLARS
Chief Stone and President Mahon of
tho Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers Refuse to Sanction Strike
nd Men Return to Work at Once.
New York, Mar.ch 10. A scare
among employes on the elevated and
subway lines early today over reports
that the strikers were gathering at
various points for the purpose of dem
onstratlng their strength la stated to
have arisen from news brought by a
spy who was present at a striker
meeting In Marlon hall. The police
authorities who were at once notified
hurriedly massed reserves at alrategl
cal points while guards were doubled
at manv stations along the lilies. False
alarms by telephones added to the ex
cltemenl and squads of Officers who
rushnif In sitveml directions In re
sponse to their alarms found no sign
of trouble.
The rumors of trouble appeared to
grow Into a certainty when the police
reserves were sent In patrol wagons
from the Harlem stations to the car
barns at One Hundred and Forty-fifth
street. Police headquarters had been
notified and the patrol wagons were
tilled with 15 men apiece and hustled,
to the bams. Tao hundred strikers
were said to have assembled but they
disappeared before the police arrived.
It waa said that they had done nothing
but stand about and talk and they
scattered slowly In all directions with
no apparent Intent of causing a dis
turbance. The Killce remained about
for half nn hour and then were sent
back to their station houses.
Similar results attended alarmist re
liorts from the Bronx.
Rest came to the almost exhausted
olllce force of the Interborough com
pany when the statements refusing to
Indorse the strike and warning the
men to return were Issued by Chief
Stone und President Malum of the
Iirotherhood of Locomotive Knglnecrs
and the Amalgamated Association. Re
gardless of the fact that the strike
leudfVa denounced their statements
and declared they would continue the
fight the clerks deserted their posts
In the company's general olflces and
when home to sleep for the first tims
since last Monday night. The recruit
mg stations were closed within 3
minutes after Mr. Stone's prononncla.
mento was Issued, and announcement
was made thoj regular running sched
ules on the subway nnd elevated line
would be resumed today,
Generul Manager Hedley said it was
quite probable that for a few days
there mlglrt i4 temporary Interfer
ence, but that now every place on the
system was essentially filled and all
that remained to be done was the per
fect adjustment of the new mm to
their places.
Various estimates have been made
as to the losses entailed by dry goods
merchants and theater proprietors
during the three days when the strike
was moat felt. In round numbers the
estimates agree that these two lines,
of business alone sustained a lis In
receipts during Tuesduy, Wednesday
and Thursday aggregating $750,000.
The falling on began early on Tues
day. Store proprietors then declared
that no such slump hnd been known
In this city since their earliest recol
lection. All records for meagre re
ceipt were broken. Hut conditions
grew worse on Wednesday and still
worse Thursday. Thirteen great de
partment stores In what Is known as!
the fhlppl'ig district figure largely !r.
these estimate.
AFTER CHIEF HUNT.
Charges Preferred Are Now Being In
vestigated.
Portland, March 10. Chief of Police
Charles H. Hunt will have an Inning
before the tiollrc committee tomorrow
afternoon, when he will be given op-
oorunlty to explain away the grave
charges of failure to perform his duty,
made by Councilman A. F. Flfgel and
supported by evidence presented be
fore the committee yesterday after
noon. It Is announced by the commit
teemen today that the Investigation
will be most thorough, and all who de
sire to give evidence will be heard.
The direct charge against Hunt Is
that he willfully failed to enforce tht.
ordinance closing saloons at 1 o'clock
In the morning.
It was announced this morning by
members of the committee that the
case would not be continued, the reason
to be given In a statement to be pre
pared for publication by the commit
tee, but later the announcement was
made that the committee had conclud
ed to puahe the Investigation to an
end.
Intjreit of Shipping.
Pekin, March 10. The chief ship
ping firms of Tientsin have approach
ed the Prltish authorities advocating
active measures against the danger of
the floating mines In the gulf of Pe
Chi Li. The British authorities com
municated with Yuan Shan Kan. vice
roy of Chill province, asking for his
co-operation In the work of destruc.
tlon. suggesting that he send a Chi
nese man of war to aaslst. Admiral
Noel. In command of the British fleet
on the China station, who was com
munlcated with, Is very desirous that
all the authorities cordlully co-operate,
as the imssage of the northern waters
is ettended with considerable danger.
Representatives of Stanford Estate
Doubt Foul Play.
THE VERDICT, IS NOT FINAL
A Thorough Investigation of the Mur
der Theory Claimed to Have Been
Established by the Coroner's Jury
Will Be Made by Relatives.
San Francisco. March 10. In a state
ment to the Associated Press tonight,
Mountford Wilson, one of the legal
representatives of the Stanford estate,
said that although the coroner's Jury
at Honolulu had declared that Mrs.
Stanford had been murdered by the
administration of strychnine poison In
bicarbonate of soda, and that she was
murdered by either close friends or
relatives or philanthropists, he Is not
prepared to accept the verdict as final,
as the testimony of a half dozen phy
sicians state that the symptoms Just
prior to her death would Indicate that
she died of angina metpectorls, a dis
ease of the heart. A thorough Inves
tigation of the various phases of the
mystery has resulted In nothing tangi
ble, and nothing to Justify an arrest.
Another Riot.
New York, March 10. Dispatches
from San Marco, in Lamia, near Man
fredonla, repim. according to a Her
ald dispatch from Naples, that peas
ants, provoked to riot by local mat
ters, attempted to storm the custom
house nnd town hall. There was a con
flict with the troops, who had 15
wounded, while the rioters had numer
ous Injured nnd four dead.
Chadwick Trial.
Cleveland. March 10. Saturday will
see the close of trial of Mrs. Chadwick
and the case will probably go to the
Jury during the afternoon. The entire
day was devoted to arguments.
Fairbanks a Mason.
Indianapolis, March 10. Vice Presi
dent Fairbanks will come to Indiana
polls the latter part of this month to
take Intervening degrees In Masonry
between the Blue lodge and the Thirty
second degree. He was Initiated Into
the Masonic order December 27.
MURDER
DOUBTED
WIN
D
Arrested in Portland for
Murder.
SHOT E. G. SHARRETT
Mrs. Minnie Oreen Kills Promi
nent Citizen While in
Bed.
HUSBAND AN ACCOMPLICE
The Murder Was One of the Most Cold
Blooded and Puzzling Crimes in Ore
gon Sharratt Was Prominent
Merchant of Lutjens, Ore.
Portland. March 10. Mrs. Minnie
Green, charged with murdering E. G.
Sharratt at Lutjens, Lincoln county,
on the night of January 21, 1905, was
arrested at 315 Nineteenth street, Port
land, at 11 o'clock lust night by Sher
iff T. M. Wrord. She la now In the
county Jail, and will be taken to New
port by Deputy Sheriff D. E. Keasey
tomorrow morning Her husband, G.
D. Greene, was arrested at Lutjens
yesterday afternoon, charged with be
ing an accessory.
The murder of E. G. Sahrratt was
one of the most cold-blooded and pux
zllng crimes In the history of Oregon.
Sharratt, a prominent merchant of
Lutjens, waa found In his bed on the
morning of January 22 with a bullet
in his brain, a revolver lying on the
bed beside htm. He was unconscious.
He lived for eight days, suffering un
told agony, finally regaining con
sciousness, but being unable to speak a
word. During the eight days he hov
ered between life and death Mrs. Green
waited upon him. When he died a
coroner's Jury Investigated and re
turned a verdict of suicide.
A short time after his death an in
strument purporting to be his last will
waa filed for probate, and under Its
terms the bulk of his property went to
Mrs. Minnie Green. Although the cir
cumstances of his death had been the
subject of much speculation, when the
will was filed for probate the suspicions
of the district attorney were aroused,
and he commenced a thorough Investi
gation, with the result that both Mr.
and Mrs. Greene have been arrested,
Mrs. Green charged with the act and
Mr. Greene charged with being an ac
complice. The theory of the prosecution is that
the Greens committed the murder for
the purpose of getting the property un
der the will and to stop all talk of
undue Intimacy between Sharratt and
Mrs. Green, of which Green is said to
have made complaint. It Is said that
Mrs. Green had access to Sharratt's
room, und on this the theory is con.
structed that she entered the room
some time during the night of Janu
ary 21. secured Sharatfs revolver and
fired, the shot, after which she placed
the revolver within reach of his right
hand on the bed and returned to her
room. This theory, tne prosecution
claims, is strengthened by the remarks
of Mrs. Green the next morning, and
also the conduct of Mrs. Green.
After the shot was fired Charratt
was not disturbed until after 7 o'clock
the next morning, when Mrs. Green
went to call him. She says she knocked
on the door, but received no response,
and then entered the room, and dis
covered that Sharratt had shot him
self. She Immediately notified Mr.
Green, who came to the room, and then
notified the authorities. Mr. and Mrs.
D. Stanton, who live about 100 feet
from the Green residence, In which
the murder occurred, were asked to
come to the house at once. Stanton,
It Is said, made a remark about the
suspicious character of the wound. In
timating that Sharratt could not have
Inflicted It hlmstelf. To this Mrs. Green
la said to have replied:
Don't say anything about that, or
all four of us are liable to be pulled for
this Job."
Reduction in Rates.
Londofi, March 10. The reduction
of the bank rate to two and one half
per cent, the lowest In seven years Is
the subject of Intense satisfaction ex
pressed In most of the newspapers tnls
morning as showing that the county
at last is recovering from the strain
Imposed by the South African war.
Such an Indication of soundness of the
country's finance is expected to have
a stimulating effect upon trade, and in-
vestments. t
y
Another Old Settler.
Baltimore, Mr., March 10. Mrs.
Nancy Kelly, the oldest white woman
in Maryland, Is dead at the age of
107 years. Her oldest living son Is 72
and her youngest daughter is 63.
For nearly half a century Mrs. K-'tly
resided In the houes In which she died.
There are ten grand children, and 19
great grandchildren.
RESULT OF HAZING.
Albert DeRome a Hopeless Cripple as
Result.
San Francisco, March 10. A hope
less cripple from the result of a haz
ing administered by the students of
the Hopkins Art Institute, Albert De
Rome today swore out warrants on a
complaint charging Jackson Hatch. A.
P. Hunt and C. C. Harrison with bat
tery. The men were arrested.
Crop Report.
Washington. March 10. According?
to the crop report Issued by the agri
cultural department, shows the per
centage of wheat remaining in the
hands of farmers to be 20.1 or 111.
000.000 bushels; of corn 38.7 or 954,
000,000 bushels, and oats, 3S.8 per cent
or 347,000,000 bushels.
WILL HOLD JOBS
Competent Men to be Continued
in Office.
LENGTH OF SERVIGE NO BAR
President Roosevelt Today Announced
That No Changes Would Be Made
..in Publio Offices of the Country as
Long as Men Were Competent.
Washington, March 10. President
Roosevelt at a cabinet meeting today
announced that the policy of the ad
ministration, for the present at least,
will eb to retain In office the present
Incumbents without regard to lengta
of service. ,
This decision, it Is stated, applies to
all departments. Cortelyou said that
especially would this rule apply and
be strictly adhered to in the postofflce
department.
While this has caused much rejoic
ing In many quarters where present
public officials holding appointive of
fices were beginning to fear they might
feel the weight of "Teddy's stick," in
other quarters the news is not meeting
with the same glad reception. Many
disappointed seekers for public berths
under the new administration are hid
ing their chagrin and awaiting fur
ther developments.
This action will, It is said, bring to
a close, for a time at least, the Impor
tuning of many members of both
houses who have been diligently lab
oring to secure the ( appointment of
some of their favored constituents to
lucrative places with the government,
the success of which meant the re
moving of the present occupants of
these offices.
The senate committee on foreign re
lations today reported the San Do
mingo treaty with the amendments
agreed to. The reports commends its
ratification. The treaty will be con
sidered Monday and the debate will
probably last several days. While the
arguments will be varied and of much
interest. It Is now believed the treaty
will be ratified aa amended.
The president today nominated Ed
ward Whitson of Washington for dis
trict Judge of the eastern district of
Washington. This appointment is to
fill the new district created In that
state.