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Newspaper Page TextG OOD EVEimJO. v ...-' .The Weather. . v ''' Tonlarht and Thuri!i- ikMiM! ,'' arlablo winds, mostly ' erly, . VOL IV. NO. 8. . F. f,l. G LT ..... : ''', Inmediatelyn to Prison; Makes i?SFatallyouncled; "Ski l- Deserted to Elope With ? Character, Leavii ;aj$yer y Wealthy ; Kentuckian; VBcoiiTr, Waah., Mrch J. LInt Frmnoia M. Boon. dfaerte'r. from the Nlneteanth tnantry Ut(oar4 t Vncou- er bu-racka, waa tbot and probably fa tally wounded, whUa .aXUraptlng to c- cap f ram tha cuard at 10:JO o'clock tbla . loornlnaT.t ; - - , Boon recelvad notification thl'a morn- ina through department headqiiartera that the aantance impoaed upon him by , the eourtmartial had been approved by . the department at Washington. This . emntence waa ' t or one year's . lmprleon mDt at Alcatraa Island and dishonorable dismissal from the service. ii"t - i. i ' - - Boon requested to be- taken to the hospital. Where he deal red 4o traoaact some bualneaa. Corporal of the Ouard ' Brant called Sentinel Irwin and Boon . ' waa. escorted to the post howpllal. "After transacting some buslneca there he waa returned to the guardhouse. He thsn requested to be allowed to aee the offl ' cer of Ihe guard. Sentinel Irwin stepped to another room to aee If the of fleer waa there. Boon started Out through a aide door.' The sentinel Mld.,"DDt)'t go -out that way.'V ." ,-i 7 Boon, replied: tt1hi going nyhW. ' I've received my aentenoe today, and 1U all up with me; goodbye." . . With these worda he ' bolted . down stairs, and out of - the door, and had .covered a distance of about 104 yards pefore he waa shot. He was three times ordered to halt and npon refusing to -do so Sentinel Oreen who had him In charge fired. ' Private wtfeftn ,weerwiif!tir-rtt No. 1, , hearing the commotion rushed to the eaat end nf his poet and fired at the" fleelrul anaq. ' . Corporal . Brant' alao secured a gun and shot at Boon. The fleeing lieutenant. continued to run -Until almost opposite the hospital, where"1 he tlir ' " - He waa Immediately taken Into the hnepltal and waa on the operating table within 10 mtnutea. t"p to this time he had . retained connclouaness. ' Only one ..shot struck him. though three were fired. He waa at ruck by a, muIU-baJl. that la. the. effective rhaige waa fired f rom a ' cartridge containing two balls. ' ' One ahot entered behind the left ear, lodging over the left eye. -'" The seeond bullet of the multi-ball JMruck Boon below and slightly under ' the attotilder, pasaing through l)ls lunge. No arrests will be made of the men who partlotpated in the ahootlng. '' ' . Boon deserted 'October 1 6f laat year end on Peoembet 09 of the same yesrt- returned. He waa born 1 at Pearsall, Tezaa, and la II years of age. He baa a wife and child at 014 .East , Thirty-sixth street. Vom Angeles. . . He 'enlisted- In the Third Infantry and was promoted for gallantry with the Tweaty - sixth Infantry in the Philippines. : He waa transferred to the Nineteenth lnfan, JORDAN SAYS DEATH ; NOT Dl'E TO POISON State That Mrs. Stanford Died From Combination of "" V f Circumstances. , , ; i ' " (Joornal Bperial Herrlee.) - Honolulu, March 16.-President David Starr Jordan of Stanford university and Attorney Hopkins made signed state ment before sailing tossy, declaring that Mrs. Stanford's death was due to nat urar reuses brought about by a combi nation of clrcumatanees and conditions. They pointed out her advanced age and that aha was unaccustomed to ex ertion, snd that aha had had. a surfeit of unsuitable food; that she had suffered unusttal exposure on the day of her death, and that the presence of strych nine in the cspsules end soda possibly aggravated her general Indisposition. . They said the presence of strychnine In the soda waa probably due to a drug gist's error or placed there for tonic! purposes, and declared tnst stira nerner partook of the capsules and'aode at the same time that Mrs. Stanford did. snd felt- bo HI effects..; President Jordun withdrew this portion of the statement NEW COURTMARTIAL ENDS. ARIVJY ISGANDAL " (Joonul Qeeelal rvlee.i Omaha, March IS. A new. eour martlal has been ordered to i'.t in Judg ment upon .Captain Klrkman of the regular .army, and .lt will convene at Fort Niobrara on March 11. The Wide publicity of the Klrkman case through the recent sensational suicide In Omsha ef the wife of Lieut. Louis B. Chandler, and the connecting of the dead woman's name with thst of Klrkman, has led the military, authorities In; prefer1 new .Charges sgalnst Klrkman. ', The exsefc nature of the charges, are not learned, but It Is given out that they have relation to Ma conduct In connec aoulkeut - .1, , . J V SilOT RcceivingSehtencc a Dash ana Is oman-pf Querfionable try while at the Presidio after Jrbj retvm from the; Philippine ' i -'i ? 'Lieutenant Boon' comes of one of the oldest end wealthiest families in Ken. tacky.- He enlisted in the Philippine army as e private and waa raised from the ranks and commissioned, seoond lieu, tenant of the Nineteenth Infantry Feb ruary 2. ltOJs . - ; .The. escapades of Lieutenant Boon be gan laat September. - At the close of the field day exercises he disappeared from his post, "and did not return for four days, when he was placed under arreat pending Investigation for ' being - absent without leave. t Two days later be broke arrest and' did. not return until three months from that date, lacking one 'day..- '' i-' ' - '- v. . At divers times 'before his absence without leave o the first time, Lieuten ant; Boon had secured the indorsement of his i brother efrioers on notes. To accomplish thia he showed letters thst he had received from his wife, who waa In San Franclaco. at the time, regarding her .need of funds for an anticipated ac couchement. ' i , ' Instead, however." of sending hie wife the money tHus secured, he broke arrest and fled to Canada, with another woman of questionable character. He remained away traveling 'about the country with this woman until last December, when he returned, hoping te avoid being charged with desertion. An officer ef Use army is not dropped as a deserter under three months, whereas 'a private la considered to' ha vs deserted after an absence of 10 days. Ills, return' was due.. to. hi fartefiTnreat ihat he would be dis owned unless. he straightened the. mat ter up and squared blmself with the government as best he could. ' Before arriving at Vancouver, " while en route there from Canada, at the end of his three-months' absence. Lieuten ant Boon telegraphed Colonel . WustOn that he was coming back and requested that a conveyance meet him at the de pot. The conveyance was there in the nature, ef an armed guard, which es corted him to the guardhouse.' The eourtaaartiai was ' immediately ordered end Lieutenant Boon ' tried, the hearing of the testimony being finished on . February $, 190&. The chargea agalnat him were many, among them being desertion,' securing indorse ment or money by. misrepresentation snd the theft of government arms, he having carried away e government pis tol. During the trial he practically ad mitted . the chargea mads sgaJnat htm and sentence wss pronounced today. A,botit the time that he broke arrest Mrs. Boon, gave birth, to a eblld fend both .she and the baby have been taken care of by the lieutenant's fsther. - ' Friends of Lieutenant Boon state that be had not been responsible for his acts Of late as lie , has become a user of cocaine. -'; NAME NEW DIRECTORS -OFOREGONrSHORTLINEi - jS .. . ' v . f ' .." ' - ; j ' - R. S. Lovett Succeeds Horace G. " " Burt Qther Members Con- T s Vtinue in Office.' ; ; . (iearnal IpecUl Servlee.) . Salt Lake City, March It. At the an nual meeting of the stockholders of the Oregon , Short . Line today, which has been postponed slnoe October, the old board of directors was .re-elected, .with one exception. The name of R. S. Lov ett of New .Tork was. substituted for that of Horace G. Burt of Omaha. The other members are: Oliver Ames, Bos ton; Samuel Carr, Boston; W. D. Cor nish, New ' Tork: Edwin Oould. ' . New Tork: George 3. Ooulo, Lake wood. N. J.; Edwin H. Harrlman, Arden, N, T ; James H. Hyde. New . Tork; Otto H. Kahn, Morrlstown, N. J.; Oardner M. Lane.' Boatonr Oliver Mink. Boston; W. 8. McCormlck. Salt Iaka City; Wins lows. 8.. Pierce. New ' Tork; W. , V. a Thome, New Tork, and Paul M. War burg, New Tork. - . tion with Mr." Chandler, and ere sen na tional In the extreme. It la stated that Mrs. Chandler called "at Fort Niobrara' to testify In the trial .of Klrkman, and while she was there a personal,, en counter took place between Captain Klrkman and Lieutenant Chandler, In which Klrkman was severely handled. Mrs. Chandler's departure from the fort was hastened by the altercation, snd the euiclde ensued a few days later. . Potent western railway influences may be exerted In behalf of Klrkman to enable him to retire Iron the army on the plea of Insanity. Second Vice President M. F. Klrkman of the North western Is an ancle of Klrkman. -i PORTLAND. OREGON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. ' MARCH - 4- V:X.:' 3' Grand Duke Nicholas NichoUlerltch. Kantioned ' as Socceasor to - . . I ..... e i i i .r ill GREAT K FOR ' BALD HEADED MEN Substitute Found , for ; Human I . H.air, Lighter, Softer and Bet- ' : ter Than Real Article. -: TO ESTABLISH FACTORIES' : FOR HIRSUTE ADORNMENT Invention - Discovered Incidently v il in Quest for Making Ar-! ; ' r -:r :- - tificial Silk. .. . : (Jearssl teeeisl Servlee.) - waaTJhgton.IX.CV March l V-Invn- tlon haa found a aubstitute for-human hair. It 'was discovered' incidentally In a long qhest, for some method of mak ing artificial silk. After lt years ot failure. . French and, Osrman chemist have solved the artificial allk problem. The department of commerce and -labor has been informed that factories .will soon be started in the United States for making, silk collodion. The same, fac tories will make. hair for wigs.' In the matter of hair; for the head, nature has not been abra to keep up with art. The collodion-spun ' hair Is lighter, softer, cheeper and altogether, better hair than is cropped Tnsm the human head. i .. . - . . Inventors of the artificial allk process are Prof a Lehnsr of - Augsburg and Count Hilalrede Chardonnall . of Parts. Two factories are running In Germany, two In ' Switserland and one tn France. One of the German factories sold the United States $115,11 product last year. ' -' .- : f Cellulose is the. basts of the artificial silk, and this Is obtained generally from carded cotton, although also obtained from com and' other grains. .' i HERMANN EXPECTED - ; TO COME THIS WEEK Congressman Blnger Hermann, la ex pected, to arrive from Washington be fore the .end of ' this week.- . Three months remain txoi-i ne will be called upon to answer hi the federal court to the tndlctmenta which have been found against htm for complicity In the land fraud. and- he will probably, enter at once upon the preparation of bis de fense. - - Hermann must also appear during the summer r fell In ' Washington. 1 IX C, te defend himself sgalnst the Indictment returned against htm there by a fed eral grand Jury, for destroying Yecords of bis office whije he was Vnlted Btstes land commissioner. The date of that trial haa not been fixed, however, and it will ' probably be subsequent to the trials In port rand. The facts '' upon which the Washington Indictment ere based were published In The Journal last year, ' when Hermann was making his campaign for re-election to congress. , ,v '-. .-, '- .,.....J t : - t. s-..t.i. l SPRING : f. Many Important Improvements ' Noted In 'the' Neighborhood 7 ,'f of the Union Depot. brick Structures are " ' credit to portland District - Between . Fourth and ' Fifth, North of Everett Street, ' . Is Scene of Activity. ' More than tl2S,O00 Is being expended In boddlng ouef attonsbetween-Foiirth and Sixth streets from Kverett street to the union, depot by Foster at Kleisar, Povey Bros, . A. H. Blrrell. the tfhlon Meat company and, the Northern Paolfe Terminal company. Brick buildings are being constructed by each of ths firms and individuals named, excepting tbe terminal company, which Is constructing steel train aheda and' laying cement and asphaltum pavements at the onion depot. About $35,000 -will .be a pent by tbe Union Meat company In reconstructing its plant,--The place was so badly dam aged by fire that ali of the Interior haa been removed, and portions of the east and .west walla are being taken down and rebuilt. The 'brick work la being done by Freebergsr Bros. The earpen- (Continued- on Page Ten.) THAT THREE PER CENT i REBATE EXPIRES TONIGHT .. . . .' .. . ', Chief Tax Collector-Ferguson ; wilt keep - his office- open until . ' midnight, if property owners de- e sire it. to take advantage of the e per cent rebate privilege, which . e 'expires tonight. This will en- able the working. people to pay e their taxes. As lorig a any re- 'main in line awaiting oppor- tunlty to get to the cashier's. desk. - the deputies wOl be on "w hand. . . ':' '""' .. " ' . , e ' . Collections at tbe rinse of tnisl- e ness last night". exceeded IUIQ,- 00 0. " The close of business to- ' night will have brought the total e abeve the on and one half mil- e lion mark. " The largest rheck recelvsd' wss : from the, VmAA estate, which e , paid ,000.? , g e ' Propertr owners may par their . e . taxee on or before April 1. when -hy t become .delinquent, and 'avoid the imposition nf the 10 e per rent penalty and Interest. e) .-' Ksrly this morning the, line of e . waiting property owners formed e again, and ths day waa tbe.busl- e est experienced by the tax de- e partntent. - e , 15. 1905. FOURTEEN PAGES. Insulted and Abused. But He Wflr Not Prosecute His Persecutors. l WOULD RETURN IF HIS SERVICES WERE NEEDED Says - the Story That He Ap peared ; In the .Pulpit . and Preached in Tar and , v Feathers Is Fals,e. If there were no sin, there would be no need for preachers; if there were no preachers, there would be no sermons; and If there were no sermons, there would be nothing ' .to roase . the fierce hostility of men who had been told of their, sins. ' Wherefore, there would be no persecutions snd little suffering In this world." : - . - Such Is tbe locks, of Rev. K. E. Ca wood, the Free Methodist preacher, who was tarred and leathered-at Ooldendale, Wash., Sunday night, and ordered j to leave the town on penalty of death. He Ignored the threats, completed his en gagement and arrived In- Portland yes terday. . "1 will not prosecute those that perse cuted me, because Christ, in whose steps I follow, waa persecuted -and did not prosecute," he aaid today. "I will offer no excuses for what happened, for If truth and the church cannot endure Without excuses, they should falL" As radiant and cheerful as a day. In June, free of all reeeDtment, but in tensely persistent in following his con-, vlctlons. Mr. Cawood told with hesi tancy the story ot the attack on htm. He hesitated, he said, because his con duct needed ne explanation, and; bis church could 'live without defense. When struck, he would turn tbe other cheek. he says. . Wonld Betorn: If ee4ea, ; "If I were ordered to Ooldendale to morrow, I Would go, although I knew that the same men were there prepaiiag to do again what they did Sunday night I have a story to tell, a mission to per form, and all such obstacles and perse cutions are merely incidents, contriv ances ot th evil one to thwart the will of Ood. But they have always failed, and I will continue to preach, as I have dona for yeara." : Saturday afternoon, preceding the day of the Incident, three clttaena of Golden- dale called on the preacher ana aavmea him to desist la his work and leave, the town at once. Tbelr measags waa hot a request, he said, but an- order convey ing a threat. The county attorney was the snokeamsn. Hs told them that his engagement would be-concluded with Sunday evening's services, but that he must remain until that time. "It was about 1 o'clock Sunday even ing." he aaid. "while I waa at the resi dence of Isaac Henabaw, that the broth er of the county attorney knocked at the door. We feared the knock meant noth ing good for ua. - When' ths door was opened, a yoong man. the brother of the county attorney, asked to see me. I did not hesitate, but went at once. . Seised 7 Twt Ksa. On a trivial pretext be asked me to step outside the door. I did so, and waa Instantly sehted by four men. One ran In - front-end-oae on each side of me, grnspimr-me by-ths arms, while the rnnrtti ran behind. He held me by the LooUar siting me-anihlaaingcot)tleu: ally, "Now. we've got you.' - "I offered ne resistance, and they had no difficulty In taking me to the lltUe htu that crosses tbe Klickitat river. As we went through the streets the crowd grew lsrger. Men and boys yeueo in derision. They Joined the crowd, snd probably there were 100 by the tima It reached the river banks. They hooted and shouted in almost fiendish glee. 'I will not tell the rest. Tnere sre man a-ood eeonle in Goldeodele, It was only a few sinners-who took off my coat snd shirt and undershirt," and dtd "the rest." ( Tae was smeared liberally over his body by one of the four men who took him from the Henshaw residence. Then a barrel of feathers was suddenly pro duced and scattered ever tbe tar. None at the mob attempted to aisguiso or coneeal his identity. Having completed tne tasg me men qajcuy oiiwiot, liarlns - tha preacher half-clad and coated with a mixture of tar and feath ers, alone on ths bridge. . - am Absnrd Story ' ' l cannot say ' bow I removed the staff, for I do not want to go into tbe details of the affair." he aaid. today. "Of course it is untrue that I buttoned my coat -and preached my evening ser mon in that condition. That . ia too preposterous and allly to even deny. , . Friends et the Henshaw residence snd others, fearing that ths preacher had met with foul play, went to his assist ance. The tar and feathers wero re moved to a great extent on the river bank, and the task was completed at ths Henahsw residence la time for the preacher to conduct the evening services. "But I hold no grudge agalnat them." hs said today. "They iiad never heard me preach, and ttttt who did the thing had never been. Inside the church, so far as I am Informed. - Of. course Justice weald have given me a bearing, and only the deepest ignorance could have ac complished each a thing. There Is a town v-marshal in the place, and tne sheriff lived only a abort distance away. There was no. effort to prevent the af fair. . "I think the reason they did It waa because several women of other churchea began to attend the services regularly and to show greet' Interest In them." (Continued on Page i'wo.) HAVE SAY 7" Secretary Hitchcock As sures Him Ht Will -. Be Considered. WILL TAKE ApTION IN ROSEBURG APPOINTMENTS Also Calls on President and Sec retary Morton Senator An- keny Distributes Salmon -V With Lavish Hand. ' (Special Dispatch e The Isaraal.) Washington. March 1. Senator Ful ton today Interviewed Secretary Hitch- stock relative to the reported statement that in making future Interior depart ment appotntmenta In Oregon, he, Ful ton, .waa not to be consulted. Hitchcock promptly contradicted the correctness of the statement and -said that ths recommendations of Senator Fulton would be given the same con alderatlon aa heretofore in determining Oregon appointments. Before , leaving tbe - city Senator Kulton will make recommendations for the Roseburg land office aDDOlntments. . '.'Senator Fulton" also called1- on he president and ' Secretary Morton today, with.W. F. Butcher of Baker City, and secured the reinstatement in the Naval academy of Midshipman Cos, a stepson of Butcher. Coe and two other' cadets were dis missed from the academy-three years ago for slight physical defects Cos's companions were reinstated, and Sen alorFHonXekedlhat the doctrine of a sousr deal be followed and Coe be given the same show as the others. Senator , Ankeny ' sent to the White House today a 2t-pound Belllngham bay salmon and was the .host today at the senate to a doaea aenators with a slight ly, smaller, one for - luneheon. A third salmon was presented te - Senator yal linger, who will . have it . served ai luncheon tomorrow with a number of senators as guests. - . . . ! j MINERS EXCITED OVER GOLDFIELD BANK FIRE (Jooraal Besets Barviea.1 Gold Field. Nev.. March la. Fire In the rear of the Nye County bank build ing at . midnight caused great excite ment, as It waa at first thought an at tempt was being made to rob the bank, tn which taoo.OOO is in the coin deposit and $101,000 in tbe vaults. - The town was I nominated for miles around by the- Blase - end - thousands crowded the streets, attracted by the firing pistols and acreeching whistles. Over 100 cases of gasoline were stored in the front of the bank, which was thrown Into the middle of the street. The excitement increased when it be came known that 50 pounds of dynamite were stored In ths store next the bank. Volunteer flfemen stopped the, spread of tbe flsmes. which threatened the en tire camp. . . MRS. CHADWICK VISITS HOME AND SEES HOSBANO (Jearssl Special lerrles.) i Cleveland. Ohio. March IS. Mrs. Chad visited her borne on Euclid avenue this morning for the purpose of selecting roch of her personal effects as are ex empt under the bankruptcy law. She waa greeted at the door by Drr-Cnad- wick, whom ahe had not seen for aome time. He embraced her and chatted with her for. a few mlnutea in the presence of the deputies. ,. BRITISH SHIP WRECKED 'ALL LOST BUT THREE v (Jearaal Special Service. London. March U. The British, ship Khyber. bound from Melbourne for Queenstown, was wrecked off Cornwall. Of the crew of TO only three were saved. 9VBOXS mOASTS MOmafOsTXSlb (Joaraal Special Brrvke.) ' Washington. V. C, March IS. Senator Dubois of Idaho last night addressed the mothers' congress on the purity of the hrmiB;-Hte speech -waa a historical review, of Mormonlsm.- and the severe arraignment of the Mormon organisation as a national peril. . GOTHAM TO CHICAGO BY TOBOGGAN SLIDE ' (Jearaal "perlal serrke.) -Cleveland, tx. March Is. -Mayor .Tom k. Johnson last night told of rapid transit future to the members of the Cleveland Civil Englpeer club at their annual banquet He predicted thati the trip from Chicago to New Tork will be made over a sort of toboggan slide electric road In two hours. It has long been an-open secret that Johnson Wss smhltioua to perfect a device for annihilating time In rapid transit. For aeveral years he has been working his hobby along strictly 'origi nal lines, until at laat he haa reached a point where he venturee to hint at the method of invention. The englneer'e work. the mayor Is one vf the esaentlala of mod PRICE FIVE CENTS. STRIKE AT Mm Japanese Give - Russians No Breathing Spacer, After Flight. VLADIVOSTOK IS SAID . :i TO BE ONE OBJECTIVE I Grand Duke Nicholas to , Sue ceed ' Kuropatkin Since Lat- ' ter's Succession pf ..Crier i i ' ous Failures. 1 " ,'V - . . -; - St Petersburg. March IS. (Bulletin.) I An official report of yesterday's esv-1 gagement eaya: "A fierce Japanese at-1 ' tack on the center of our position at j Fan river, II miles south of Tie Pass,, has been repulsed. - More than a thoo- j sand corpaes remain In front of our I positions." - ' A report Is current here that General) tjnevltch has been cut off and sur rounded by two divisions of the Japan ese under Nogi. which are attempting m turning movement west of Tie Pass. - The decision of tbe council of wsr te send Orand Duke Nicholas Nhmolslevltch to replace Kuropatkin has been approved oy tne emperor. (Jearaaf Special Service.) ' ' 1 ' ' Ionden. March 15. Tbe Japanese" yesterday began - their assault on the Russian fortification at Tleling. The. first attack was repulsed by Llnrrich's, troops after a severe conflict, in- which ; : both sides sustained heavy losses. Tbe Russtsn losses are l.Ooo, and Kuropatkin : reports that the Japanese left 1,000 dead i upon ths field. ' '' . . Tbe Japanese withdrew after tbe fail ure of their -first effort, -and another at tack Is expected today. The wide turn-. ' Ing movement started by Oyama con-1 : tinuea with the obiuct of flanking tbe I Russian position. Fresh Japanese), de- ', tachments are reported hourly arriving, I and it is evident that another big bat- i tie has become necessary, with the oh Ject of crushing Kuropatkin'S forces. A large body of Japanese Is within j a few miles of Tie Pass. - Oyama holds , - a position -of immense strategical ad vantage, having, several bases of sup plies to which is now sdded 'ths Slo- minttn road, while Kuropatkin moat de pend upon Harbin and the one line ot railway conarecting and may therefore be easily out flanked. According to a member of the Japan ese embassy ths plans to be, followed by' Marshal Oyama Is to force Immedi ate battle with, Kuropatkin and his troops in their present aworganlseol condition, or compel his retreat to Mar- bin. Simultaneous with the advance on, Harbin an attack will be made on Vlad ivostok with ths object ot .seising that port and cutting off Russia from sea board connections. With tbe capture of Harbin and Vladivostok Japan will be b a position to practically dictate tbe terms of peace, aa Russia will not only. bavs lost Manchuria but a urge por tion of eastern Siberia and be in danger of loslnRher entire .eastern posse lo.na Ths miseiane 'are preparing xor a stubborn resistance at Tie Pass. Re organisation has been partially affected and the morale of the army largely re- tored, I ' '.' y- . ' Prloce KMlkoff. Russian. minister of! public works snd railways, today con firmee the statement that a council bald at Tsarkoe Selo yesterday had decided to continue the war and te recall Kuro patkin. ' In an Interview KhflkofT said! soaally I should be glad to see an end te the war, but peace la Impossible at the present time.- Since we received Koro- patkln's telegram stating that ail - butt- forces have arrived Barely at Tie rm snd that hs can hold the posttloa Indefi nitely, there Is no reason tor alarm. The: question of peace could be eoreed by) tbe Zemaky Sobor, but this will not do summoned soon." ' Grand Duke NlchoMs Nlcholalevttclil has been named to succeed Kuropatkin In command in Manchuria. - Tha rafuaal ef tha French bankers: to handle ths new Russian loan Is eon-i sidored the most hopeful sign of an early peace between Russia and Japan,! STORY OF THE BATTLE. , ' Ooanteeted Aoooaart ef the rtfteem sys rigat That laded ta Bassiaa Befeat, i (Joaraal gpeeial garvke.) ' St Pehersbtrrg. March !(. It is possi ble now to build a connected Story of the" battle of Mukden. The battle began. (Continued on Page Two.) em life. For mstsnoe, do yon think we ought to be satisfied with a te-hour schedule between New Tork end Oil cagoT By no means. Although tha wheals and tracks will not allow a speed, ef more t haa to miles an hour, 1 be lieve many- of yoo will see the time When two hoers or better between t xitlee will be commonplace, "IfAwe can control electric!?, r work It along a straight line now In a circle, when used, we the problem solved. Anl easier than heretof"- t people will ba a r t on a sort of p..u. something like a t by Br-e: It Ll I u future,"