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IN FÜLL RETREAT Russian Army to Make a Stand at Tie Pass. JAPS MAY DRIVE THEM FURTHER L eft and Center Beaten — Japanese Draw Near Mukden and Camp Followers Stampede. Tokio, March 4.— W hile a few ofti- • cial dispatches from the army before Mukden have been received, nothing has been given out officially. Other reports state that the Japanese attack against the Russian left and center has been entirely successful. The right wing of the Russians has held so far, but it is believed that, on account of other reverses, it is only a question of a few hours until General Kuropatkin’ s whole army w ill be in flight before the victorious Japanese. The Russian general’ s objective is to reach Tie pass in the hope of establish ing another line of defense there. The elaborate and complete campaign planned by MarshalTfyama, if carried •out exactly as outlined, w ill make this extremely difficult of fulfillment, how ever. It is probable that Mukden must lie entirely abandoned by the Russians, or that they must face surrender event ually. From the front have come reports of continued heavy fighting last night. The heavy cannonading could lie plain ly heard and . the greatest confusion reigns in Mukden, according to the latest reports. Every means of trans portation is being utilized by the peo ple, who are hurrying away before the -Japanese. Heavy artillery firing has been the feature of the fighting again, the Jap anese continuing to hide their move ments under the smoke of the large guns. The attacks developed under this cover and during the night time have been fierce and in most cases ef fective. PEACE IS NEARER A T HAND. Russians' Only Hope is in a Decisive Defeat o f General Nogi. London, March 7. — The intensely dramatic situation in Manchuria devel oped by General Nogi’ s rapid advance and its strategic possibilities have raised excitement in Europe to the highest pitch. English pa(>ers for a long time have practitwlly ceased to re ceive war specials, and in this respect are lacking much information tliat is available in Associated Press dis patches. It is believed here that General Ku- ropatktn is in a very tight place, and the chances of his extricating his army are keenly discussed. The abandon ment of Mukden is considered to be in evitable, the only question being whether he w ill be able to effect a re treat to Tie pass. An immediate repulse of General Nogi’s army, it is held, might save the situation, but failing that, General Kuropatkin w ill have committed to him the dangerous and difficult task of retiring northward, harassed by flank ing attacks by the Japanese army. W hatever may be the result it is felt that peace is appreciably nearer. According to the Daily Telegraph’s Antwerp corresponednt, the Russian official purchasing agent there has re ceived orders to cease buying for gov ernment account. This is a significant statement, if true, as Antwerp has been throughout the war the principal center of Russian purchases for carrying on the conflict in the Far East. FOR GERM AN TRADE. Overtures fo r Reciprocity Treaty are Being Quietly Made. Berlin, March 7. — Relative to the German government’s overtures for a reciprocal trade arrangement with the United States, it is stated that there is no disposition here to expose Germany to a refusal nor to place the United States in a position where it would be obliged to refuse, provided the Am eri can government regards the time in opportune. Therefore (he German ministry desires to learn, informally, privately, as it were, how such a pro posal would be treated. That the state department has some idea that the commercial treaty may be discussed is indicated by its inten tion to retain Consul General Mason here for some months or until it is seen whether a commercial treaty would lie considered, instead of sending him to Paris. The German government has l>een testing public opinion on the subject by unofficial publications, such as the Commercial Treaty association's recent leatter advocating a treaty with the United States, arguing that it is one of the natural consequences of Germany’s arrangements with other countries. The editorial treatment of the associa tion’s letter was generally favorable. Will IGNORE LAW Western Railroads Decide Upon Livestock Rates. WILL MAKE TEST CASE IN COURT T o Obey Decision o f Interstate C om merce Commission Would Mean Heavy Loss T o Roads. Chicago, Mpreh 2. — Executive offi cials of Western railroads today decid ed to ignore the order of the Interstate Commerce commission requiring them to charge no higher rates for livestock than are charged for the transportation of the products of livestock. By the advice of general counsel the matter w ill be tested in the courts, as the rail roads have determined that it w ill be impossible either to lower the livestock rates or to increase the rates on pack ing house products. There is an in clination to do the latter, but the con tract which the Great Western road has with the packers for an 18-cent rate between Chicago and the Missouri river makes such action impracticable. A reduction in livestock rates in compliance with the decision of the commission would mean a minimum reduction of 3 % cents per 100 pounds and a maximum reduction of about 8 cents, and the reductions would affect fullv 40 per cent of all the livestock traffic west of Chicago. A compliance with the commission’s order by a re duction in the livestock rates would mean, it is now estimated, a loss to western railroads of at least $2,000,000 annually. They say that such a loss, in view of the contention of the rail road officials that the rates are even ptow unrempnerative, is not to be thought of. PO IS O N IN VIAL. Mrs. Leland Stanford Drinks a Fatal Dose and Dies in Agony. HOW TO R EM AIN YOUNG. K e e p Off A p p r o a c h i n g A g e by C a re f u l A t t e n t i o n to Die t. To drink the waters o f the fountain of youth Is still. In the opinion of some, within the range of possibilities. Professor Blufern observes that man began In a gelatinous condition and ends In an osseous or bony one. He is soft In Infancy; he is hard in old age. Aging is a process of ossifica tion. After middle life has passed a more marked development of the ossl- ttc character takes place. The arteries become thickened with calcareous mat ter, and there is Interference with the circulation, upon which nutrition de pends. The whole change from youth to old age Is one o f steady accumulation of calcareous deposits In the system. En tire blockade of the functions o f the body Is a mere matter o f time, and the refuse matter deposited by the blood through the system stops the delicate machinery we call life. The blood con tains compounds of lime, magnesia and iron. In the blood itself are these earthy salts. In early life they are thrown off; in age they are n ot A l most everything we eat contains these elements for destroying life. Earthy salts abound in the eereals, and bread itself, mistakenly called "the staff of life.” is one of the most calcareous of edibles. Nitrogenous food also contains these elements, hence a diet made up of fruit is best for people advanced In years. The daily use of water Is, after mid dle life, one of the most important means o f preventing secretions and de rangements of health. Diluted phos phoric add is one of the most power ful Influences known to science for shielding the human system from the Inconvenience o f old age. Use it daily with distilled water, and so retard the approach of senility. To retain per petual youth avoid all foods rich in the earth’s salts, use much fruit, espe cially Juicy, uncooked apples, and take daily two or three tumblerfuls o f dis tilled water with about 15 drops o f diluted phosphoric add In each glass ful. Thus will your days be longer In the land.— Popular Science. According to the Clnclunatl Post, the State of Ohio is about to close the last chapter of Its expose of one of the most remarkable gangs of Incendiaries ever or ganized— a gang that operated In north western Ohio, eastern Indiana and south eastern Michigan for twenty-five years, that was composed of men of repute In their communities, thst reduced arson to such a businesslike hssis thst Insursnee companies were robbed of $1,500,000 and that perfected its organization to such a degree that its members, though guilty of crimes, went unpunished for a quarter of a century. The gang had its beginning In 1874. In Williams county. Ohio, It had its head quarters. though it operated in Fulton and Lucas counties Impartially and spread into the two adjoining States. The leaders of the gang were men of business standing— farmers, merchants and the like. To ail appearances they at tended strictly to their own business. In reality they were ae busy at night plan ning and executing their crimes as they were in the daytime at their stores or on their farms. Their main line of business was the burning of property, by collusion with the owner, for a consideration, the owner re imbursing himself out of his insurance. Though more profitable to themselves, the incendiaries seldom burned their own ! property, fearing to fix suspicion npou ! themselves. They preferred to maintain j their pose as irreproachable men of busi ness, while destroying other people’s property for s share of the proceeds, of Honolulu, March 1. — Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, of San Francisco, widow of United States Senator Leland Stanford, died at 11:40 o ’clock last night, 40 minutes after she was taken ill, at the Moano hotel here, under suspicious circumstances, pointing, in the opinion of the physician who at tended her in her dying hour, and seemingly in that of others, to poison Admit They are Beaten. ing by the administration of strychnine in a vial of bicarbonate of soda given Ft. Petersburg,- March 4.— It is now just before retiring. generally admitted that after the long An autopsy on the remains showed and heavy battle which has been wag Treatment for a Fit.— I f a person is that the cause of death was tetanus of ing before Mukden, General Kuropat- t/ie respiratory organs, but how this suddenly attacked with violent con kin has t>een forced to abandon at least was brought about w ill not be known vulsions and loss o f consciousness you until after an examination of the con may know flint he has a fit of some a part of his most advanced position A Little Lesson tents of the stomach. kind. The head should be raised a lit under the fierce attack of the enemy. Mrs. Stanford built the children’s tle, and no stimulant given, the limbs In Patriotism The next stand w ill probably be made hospital, Albany, N. Y ., costing $100,- should be allowed plenty of freedom, at Tie pass, and little doubt is expressed 000, and supported by an endowment and a little beef tea or milk should be o f the ability of the Russian commander of $100,000 more. She also gave $100,- given on recovery. C R ASH HEAD-ON. to bring his forces safely from the 000 to kindergarten schools in San A New Anaesthetic.—Somnoform is «cene of the present conflict and firmly Francisco. Since the death of her hus "L e t our Object he our country. our a liquid, the boiling point of which is Express and Freight Trains Meet on establish himself in a new position. band Mrs. Stanford had devoted her 23 degrees below zero. The moment whole country, and nothing; but our Curve in Montana. attention to the development of the It comes In contact with the air it be country.” — Daniel Webater. Missoula, Mont., March 7. — Two university, and had been residing at Toward the close o f President Bu- FEAR R U SSIA N S W ILL FLEE. come« a gas A chemist broke a gloss men are dead and six people injured as Palo Alto, Cal. capsule of somnoform to illustrate Its chananan's administration, the admin Japanese Eager to Decide War with the result of a collision of a freight character. As soon ns the glass was istrative hotly of the government was T A L K O F R E TR E A T. almost completely train and the west-bound Twin Cities chipped a rush o f what lo o k «! like f Present Battle. disorganized. steam took place. Its great virtue, London, March 4.— A dispatch from express on the Northern Pacific at Japanese Have the Russian Army in a Where one man from a medical point of view. Is that Tokio to the Daily Telegraph states Bearmouth this afternoon at 2:30. was for the union , Very Tight Place. breathing stops tiefore the heart ceases that the Japanese are endeavoring to The express was 30 minutes behind two were for the St. Petersburg, via the frontier, to beat when administered. force a decisive battle in Manchuria, time and the freight had orders to wait rights o f accession. March 2.— Official circles at the Rus To Cure Lockjaw.— In case of a nail but it is feared General Kuropatkin at Bearmouth siding. Engineer Shee Resignations a n d sian capital have been seized with great or other sharp instrument being stuck w ill retreat, fighting a rear-guard ac han misunderstood his orders and pro dismissals alternat alarm, owing to the ominous news iu the foot of human or animal, and tion. ed. ceeded east. As the freight rounded from the Far East, and a conference lockjaw is threatened, take a bucket Reports from the Shakhe river indi the curve east of Bearmouth it crashed The P r e a i dent has lieen held of the military experts, of unleacbed wood ashes, put It In a cate, says the same correspondent, that head on into the express. was unable to meet who discussed the Japanese movement tub uml pour on two buckets o f warm the Russian morale is seriously im A high bank shut off the view of both and debated at length what action the the crisis adequate water, stir well and place the wound- ' paired and that there are numerous engineers, and no attempt had been ly. A great Presi Russian government should take at the ed foot in the mixture. Relief will be voluntary surrenders, not only of Poles made to slow down. Both engines present time to uphold General Kuro dent might have felt Immediately. Let remain an hour o knfixal d ix . and Jews, but of recently arrived Euro were thrown from the track and the averted the Civil patkin. or so if necessary. Another remedy pean troops. They relate that the ru mail and express carB telescoped, but W ar as Andrew Jackson had averted It is felt that the Japanese have him is to burn a flannel rag under the foot, mors are current in the army that the passenger coaches came to a dead it during his administration. Hut in a very precarious position, and one General Kuropatkin has been recalled, stop and remained on the track. but the latter applies to any cut that James Buchanan was not one o f the in which it may be necessary for him and knowledge of the internal troubles T he dead and injured were brought again to order a general retreat. It is is painful. great IVesidents. in Russia causes a deep impression in to this city on a relief train. The in recognized that the Japanese movement The country was in a state of apa N ot A S o c iety L ea d e r. the army. jured are being cared for in the com at this time is prompted hv a desire thy. The North was appalled at the An Erie man who has no Hinhitlon Reports are current in Tokio. but not pany hospital. Traffic has been re to crush General Kuropatkin in the to be a Chesterfield or a leader of treachery o f some of the higher ofH confirmed officially, that the Japanese sumed. belief that a Russian defeat at this time Erie's Four Hundred was Invited out cials in Washington. The South was have occupied Sakhalien. would compel the czar to sue for peace to dinner a few evenings ago. He busily making preparations for the Dodging Military Service. liecause of internal conditions in Rus conjured tip every excuse Imaginable, Inevitable conflict. Czar Welcomes Stoessel. Vienna, March 7.— As a result of in sia. It was at this time that President and us a last resort tried to make his Ft. Petersburg, March 4. — General quiries which were commenced in De w ife believe she was sick and unable Buchanan appointed John Adams Dlx Stoessel, who was given an audience of cember last it has been discovered that Ice Tearing Things Loose. to go. but she gave him to understand o f New York Secretary of the Trens the emperor yesterday and was invited in Upper Hungary there has been a Ixuiisville, March 2.— Drifting with Dfx at once ordered Captain that she was going anil he must ac ury. to luncheon with him, was nceived by system of falsification of records, such the ice, the steamer New South, one Breshwood, "who commanded the rev company her. "W ell.” he said, "Uni his majesty with a warmth which went as the changing of names, false entries of the largest passenger and freight enue cutter at New Orleans, to sail to far to atone for the cool reception of deaths, etc., by which many thou lioats on the Ohio, was today sighted at sick myself, but I reckon I'll have to New York. The captain was a Con which he was given by several of the sands of young Hungarians have avoid Carrollton, Ky. A mile below Milton, go." Anti they went. When the first federate Hnd proposed to turn his ves course was brought on the old gentle newspapers and military factions. Gen ed obligatory m ilitary service. These Ky., men finally succeeded in getting a sel over to the Confederate govern eral Stoessel is being feted by society. practices have l>een in vogue in certain line aboard and tying the boat up to man filled up pretty wed. but seem«*d ment, whereupon Dlx sent this order: A large dinner was given in his honor localities for the past 12 or 15 years, theliank. The local harbor authori to be getting along all right. In the " I f any man attempts to haul down last night after his return from Tsar- and the authorities decalre that those ties, on being advised from Cincinnati middle o f the second course he was skoe-Seio. No steps have been taken guilty of the falsifications w ill be se that GO barges and 50 coal boats, all full "clean up" and pushed back from the American flag, shoot him on the spot." yet toward an investigation of the verely punished. containing more or less coal, were com the table. "Ahem, you folks Jlst g o A sentiment so loyal and so fear surrender of Port Arthur. ing with the ice, despatched four tow ahead an’ eat your supper an’ don’t lessly uttered awakened In the North a mind me. I've got to go home an' Japanese Squadron Sighted. boats up the river. They will attempt lofty enthusiasm for the flag and the Cannon Roar on All Sides. feed the pigs.” — Erie (Kan.) Record. London, March 7. — The German to rescue the boats. cause o f the Union. In the midst o f a Mukden, March 4.— The thunder of steamer Numidia, according to the cor- H o m e - m a d e Definitions. vacillating government a man and a artillery is heard from all positions. 1 respondent of the Daily Mail at Hong Bombs Imported as Oranges. Here is a list o f definitions given by patriot had been found. The order of Poutiloff and Novgorod hills are hidden Kong, reports having sighted two J a p Ft. Petersburg, March 2.— Vast quan various boys recently In a literature I>1x became the watchword and the by the smoke from the guns. The anese squadrons on Saturday, 100 miles | tities of hand bom la* are tieing imported I paper, and they are guaranteed genu- battle cry of the Union. The first into Russia. The discovery was acci bombardments were resumed after the ! southeast of Hong Kong. repulse of an infantry attack by the j squadron, comprising nine battleships dentally made hy the customs authori | Ine and home-msde. "Papal Bull” — the B L E 8 S I N G O F T H E W A T E r 8. sacrificial bull o f the Church o f Rom»; Japanese. A heavy bombardment is I and cruisers, was seen at 2 o’clock in ties at Wirehallen, Russian Poland, on also in progress in the neighborhood of the morning, going at full speed with opening an ordinary fruit box marked a pretty bull; a fierce Pope; a Joke Q ua in t C e r e m o n y O b s e r v e d W h e r e v e r the Shakhe tiver, apparently in pre all lights out, and the second squad “ oranges,” which was found to contain alxiut popery. "Coin of vantage"— t h e G r e e k C h u r ch H o ld s « w a y . usury; s valuable coin: a bad coin. paration for an attack in that quarter. ron, of 13 large warships, was sighted 100-small bombs. Scores of similar There la a quaint ceremony o f the "Cabalistic"— pertaining to caldea; like The weather continues fine and warm. in the afternoon. boxes have been coming in for weeks, a cab. "Paradox” —opposite to ortho annual blessing o f the waters which T h e Chinese are preparing to sow grain. and the authorities fear they are already be witnessed In any country dox ; opposite to "authnilox;” a heav may Soldiers Keeping Lodz Quiet. distributed. The bombs are not of the where the Greek Church exists. The enly story; a humorous poem: accord Knows Nothing o f Arid Land Grabs. Lodz, March 7.— The town is quiet. type of those used by the terrorists. ing to strict rules, as a Paradox ceremony takes place during the first Washington, March 4.— Replying to Ftrong m ilitary patrols guard the church. "Apocryphal” —pertaining to two months o f the year and la always M ore Strikes in Polsnd. a resolution of the house, the secretary streets.’ There are 7,000 workmen a doctor’s business: pertaining to the attended with great demonstration* Lugansk, Poland. March 2.— The sit o f the interior today gave the informa from the Poxznanski cotton mills on science o f the lower limbs. "P reva ri and re oleings. particularly In Houma- tion that the general land office had no strike. The outlook is not promising. uation is growing wotse. 'T od ay 4,000 cate"— to think a long time before nla. Russia and Bulgaria. knowledge of the “ surreptitious” ac The workmen are indignant because men struck at the Hartmann works. Great preparations are made the day speaking. m ill owners are remaining A general strike of 200,000 miners in quisition of land set apart for irrigation several tiefore the ceremony. The route is set uses, as alleged by resolutions of the j abroad and threaten to cause trouble the Donets coal fields is expected on The more a man Is wrapped up in apart leading from the church to the March 8. National Business League of Chicago. 1 unless the latter return. himself the colder be Is. spot on the quay which hat been ae *»»#»*»»»»*»***■* £ $ * **************** which tha fir* Insurance conipauies were defrauded. The gang sought as confederates men desperately in debt, who were possessed of buildings or chattels heavily insured or capable of being so insured. When such a man was found one of the gang— likely enough a respected business acquaintance of the victim— Intimated to him. caaually or jestingly, that a fire would provide timely relief from pressing obligstions. When the power of suggestion had had time to do its work, the man was ap proached by another of the gang ready to “ talk business.” According to the confessions of con victed members, these advances were al most never repulsed. The following summary of facte tells of the doiugs of the northwestern Ohio gang of firebuga: Gang organized in 1874. Numbered from 15 to 20 men. Incendiarism placed on commercial hssis. Burned buildings for from $10 to $ 100 . Operated for 25 yeara throughout northwestern Ohio. Estimated losses to insurance com panies In that time $1,500.000. Insur ance losses so heavy that the State Leg islature created a State fire marshal's department. The gang exposed two years ago by the marshals. Over 40 indictments returned. Eighteen men sent to penitentiary. Many fled from country to escape exposure. Two members of the gang committed suicide, fearing arrest. One turned State's evidence and con fessed, implicating lunuy prominent men. lected for the ceremony, a enrpet o f straw being laid down. It Is usually a bitter cold day. hut the people are eager and happy. They arrive on foot or In sledges, dressetl in the plctur-. esque national attire. All of the horse« nre gayly decorated with worsted fa* vors and tassels. On the quay a layman Is actively en gaged In stirring a barrel-of water to keep it from freezing. At 10 o’clock, heralded by the sound o f many braza instrument«, the priests leave tha church, preceded hy a troop of cavalry.’ With them are borne numbers o f re ligious emblems and banners. Tha priests chant as they march to tha quay, where they go through the spa tial form o f blessing the waters of tha country. No matter how severe tha weather no word o f the long service is omitted. The water is distributed among tha people, who treasure the few dropa which fall to their share as an anti dote against the evil eye and other fearsome ills. The straw Is eagerly grabbed up after the ceremony to per form the same office for horses nud cattle. Until a few years ago It was the custom to cut a hole In the lee o f a stream and Into this hole a cross was cast. The Itoumnnlan men dlveu for this and the fortunate man could car ry It for three days and collect money. D o u b le I ’ u n isltn ien r. A young woman went Into a New York restaurant for her lunch, but a ft er a glance at the tablecloths and a snlfT of flic close air, says the New York Sun, she decided not lo eat there, and started to go out. The proprietor thought that she was leaving without paying for a meal, anil stopped her. In order to avoid hurting Ids feelings by telling tlie truth, the girl said: ” 1 find I have forgotten my purse, so I can’ t eat here now." She was hurrying on, but the generous man's heart was touched. "M y dear girl," he exclaimed, "yon alt right down and eat! No young woman Is going out o f my place hun gry because she hasn’t her money with her. You eat now, and to morrow you can come In and pay me.” The young woman sat miserably down and tried to eat, and as she left, hiding her purse, she walled: ’’Th at'« what I get for lying! And I've got to come aronnd to this place again to morrow, too!" Lu ther'* Fireworks. “ In my lecture on mediaeval hstory I was giving an account o f the spec tacular burning by Martin Luther o f the papal bull which put him outside o f the Church o f Home,” said n Co lumbia college professor. “ The next day I found this In the notebook o f one of the students who had h> ard the lecture: " ’Luther gives a vaudeville show, accompanied by fireworks.’ ” When a farmer wants to say that a building has le-en remodeled, ha sa ja It bas been "worked over."