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Show UTAI--I OGDEN, TROOPS ARE SUFFERING RUSSIANS WILL AGREE VOLUME Yin. NUMBER 87. Russians Meet Great Difficulties Sending Reply to Soldiers to the Front. Feb. 17, (via frontier). Russian troops which are being sent to the Far insurmountable difficulties. They are being sent in ordinary freight cars, gut are encountering small a stove in the center to furnish warmth. The fuel used is wood men in each, with twenty-fiv- e en route. bich is replenished as the train stops across used still lake Baikal and the journey across is a continuous story of are being Sledges The terrible barracks at Missoyaga are inadequate to contain the numbers hardships. neat delays and is demoralized. traffic that Food is scarce as the plague killed the Mongolian and beyond jolt there season attle the past In Manchuria the Russians control only the land within the range of their rifles. The country and but little food is left. The war officials declare that any bis been completely ravaged by brigands Is liable to the of put the troops to awful suffering The temperature ranges railway grlous blockade zero. below fram thirty to sixty degrees ST. PETERSBURG, WEDNESDAY, X Purpose of Making Flank ack on Port Arthur. Att- X LONDON, Feb. 17. A dispatch from 5t Petersburg says the Russian reply to Secretary Hay's note is nearly ready. The reply will be acquiesent with a reservation covering the ITanchurian region leased by Russia or covered by the Chinese Eastern railway. The reply will assert Russias keenness to It says, however, that the trans-Siberiprevent disorder and the preservation of Chinas integrity. be The must railway protectedgovernment desires to make this point clearly explicit and unequivocal-ST- 17Admiral Roshbestvensky will leave here immediately for the Far PETERSBURG, Feb. East, where it is asserted he will assume supreme command of the Russian navy under Admiral Alexicff. One report says that he will travel to the Red sea taking the vessels gathered there to the seat of war with him. Makatoff departed for Port Arthur to succeed Admiral Stark- - He was given an ovation when he started. No requests of foreign military attaches to join the Russian troops have yet , been grantedan - Vice-Admi- ral - j Admiral Togo reports that an attempt Sunday to again attack the ships at Port Arthur A blinding snowstorm separated the lleet so by torpedo boats was frustrated in a degree by the heavy weather. that but two destroyers succeeded in reaching the vicinity of Port Arthur. These two attacked independently and while the result is not given out, Admiral Togo believes the moral effect upon the enemy was excellent. An officer of one of the destroyers asserts that one Russian ship was torpedoed. The fortress kept up a sharp fire after the attack was discovered until the Japanese retired from range. The location of the torpedo flotilla is at present unknown. LONDON, Feb. 17. The Kobe correspondent of the St. James Gazette asserts that in Sundays attack on Port Arthur the Japanese succeeded in torpedoing a warship in the harbor and also'one lying outside. CUR Feb. Tokio . the senate chamber where it rested on the same eatalfaque that performed service at the time of President McKinley's funeral. A beautiful profusion of flowers was heaped around the bier. Two remarkable floral offerings bore cards from the minister of the republic of Panama and from the government and people of Panama, the first In the form of a wreath four feet in diameter, the second a cross six feet high. President Roosevelt and wife sent a handsome wreath of violets and orchids. The floral display was the greatest ever seen In Washington. Florists say the cost was between and 610,000. It was a few minutes before the distinguished personages began taking their seats. The president, cabinet, Admiral Dewey, General Chaffee, the la-0- 00 diplomatic corps und supreme court were severally escorted in according to the program of precedence. A semi-circof chairs near the casket and to the left of the main aisle accommodated the family und immediate friends, while on the right were seat (4 the president and cabinet. Admiral Dewey and General Chaffee. Extending to the rear on the' left were seated the diplomatic corps and member of the senate. In the rear of the presidential party were the Justices and representatives. There was but one vacant seat, that formerly occupied by Senator Hanna and It was draped in black. The galleries. Ailed with fashionably dressed people, were in contrast to the black garbed men on the floor. There was Intense silence as Chap- time-honor- ed le X X X X Iain Hale arose, stood silent with eyes closed for a moment and then began the prayer in a resonant voice. He eulogised the dead senators qualities of friendship, broad mlndednesa and simplicity. After the prayer the Gridiron quartette sang and President Frye of the senate announced that the remains would be given over to the charge of the committees to be conveyed to Cleveland. Chuplaln Hale pronounced the benediction and the members of the Hanna family withdrew followed by the president and other distinguished personages. The senutors, who remained standing as the mourners withdrew, were then seated and Senator Lodge moved an adjournment and In a few momenta the bier stood surrounded only by the guard of honor keeping silent vigil. ' DOWIE GOT A RUN Tin-Bu- m MR IS IMMINENT BUI DECEMBER GETS NO MONEY DIVORCE FROM 1 MIT e URGES CT. TRANQUILITY IN IN FACE OF REVERSES PETERSBURG, Feb. 17. Vice- - Sacramento River Is Booming But Bulgarians Seek to Force the Turks Australian Mob Breaks Up a Meet- Woman of Four Score Was to Start the Ball the Danger Point Has ing and Chases Prophet to By Her Youthful Hotel. His Passed. Husband. Rolling. has issued an appeal to the them to swAn tranquil, to the help trusting ta Almighty. It dose by saying: "kt very man perform his task, that prayer to God and ser-t- o the emperor are never wasted. Ntaatche from an official at Port Arthur report that the fortress la ready withstand a siege and descriptions 1 that the place is ready to serve uwl a n inaccessible stronghold. tnaIr nd navy which urge LONDON. Feb. 17. A dlsaptch from Feb. 17. All PARIS, Feb. 17. The Bulgarian dipFRANCISCO, outSidney, Australia, says that J. Alexandanger of a serious flood and damage lomatic agent today said that the hostilities is der Dowie is being given a lively realong the Sacramento river la practi- break of wave Imminent ha is seeking to force ception. Rowdy scenes have characterBulgaria cally over. The crest of the SAN Turko-Bulgari- passed Red Bluff, Marysville and Oro-vll- le an Turkey to take the initiative to win sympathy. order ised the meetings, culminating in the breaking up of the service. Dowie escaped from the mob in a cab, but was ALBANIANS IN REVOLT AGAINST THE TURKS. pursued to his hotel by a howling crowd of five tnousand. The police are 17. unable to check the mob and Dowie SixFeb. CONSTANTINOPLE, teen thousand Albanians are in revolt escaped through the back door of the hotel. in Diakova district against Macedonian reforms and obnoxious taxes. Several conflicts have taken place in one of MINE WORKERS WILL HONOR HANNA'S MEMORY which the Turks were repulsed with heavy losses. In and all these points report a rapid falL In the vicinity of Redding much of the lowland is said to have been washed away and the farmers suffered Russians accuse czar considerable damage. One span of the OF BEING UNPATRIOTIC Spring creek bridge near Keswick was washed away. BERLIN. Feb. IT. The Morgen Post Many cattle have perished and sevJ ftere hitter discontent in the ctnr ha no ostenta- - eral houses were carried away. In a hown 11" displeasure at the number of the valley towna the power "0 of the war. He I being nc-- 1 lines were cut, leaving placea without MAYOR HARRISON IS lack of patriotism. light for two days. There will be no EXONERAED OF BLAME WUU IS through trains from north of Redding DECLARED TO BE AN OPEN PORT until tonight. The weather Is clear CHICAGO, Feb. 17. Testimony in the Iroquois disaster investigation by state. the throughout APHIXGTON, Feb. 17. The state the grand Jury today tended to exonerment has received ate Mayor Harrison and establish his . a dispatch UNDER INDICTMENT FOR lack of culpability in the Issuance of a WESTERNERS vr.Aiien at Seoul stating DEFRAUDING Korean license before the examination required vrnment hna hwd Inan at the mouth of the Yalu 17. After Feb. by law was rrmde. Prior to the fire NEW YORK, n Pen the three Mayor Harrison suggested at a conferlasted port. days which vestigation of the heads of departments that ence returned has United States grand Jury JPN HAS Snif-fethe BOUGHT Edward building Inspector carefully Inspect Indictments against eight TWO PACIFIC STEAMERS who is charged with carrying on a all the new theaters before approving scheme for beguiling western prop- their applications for license. The i reported erty developers Into paying him large mayor was not aware that the Inspecthat th canndian fee, for which he promised to float tor had failed to do this in the Iroquois was Tarta, which their bonds on the market at par after case. The evidence, throughout rewn n the Victoria to ns act to damaging Inspector Building trust companies itn, Japanese obtaining trustees and guarantors. Rus-Usti- de-'"J- ae u. n. c?rjoughtnl -- Realized INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Feb. 17. President Mitchell at noon sent the following to all lodges of the United Mine Impending Castotrophes When News Was Received That Japan Had Broken Off Negotiations Foreign Minister Fainted. 17. The Vossische when slates that the Zeltung today news that Japan had ruptured relations with Russia reached St. PetersMinister Lainsdorff, burg Foreign knowing Russia's unprepnrednesn, fainted from the shock. When told of Japan's action the csnr exclaimed: This Is a veritable catastrophe. BERLIN. Feb. HOW THE GUNBOAT YENESEI WA8 DESTROYED ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 17. Capt. Stepaiiolf, who was blown up with the torpedo gunboat Yenisei, and who himself invented the system for laying submarine mines which Is considered responsible for the catastrophe, has caused the Yenisei to be fitted with hi device for the rapid laying of mines whereby a trolley line extended beyond the vessel's stern, along which the mines slid out and dropped into their appointed place. Thl plan did away with the cumbersome work of laying the mines from small boat. The accident was due to the excessive strain on the Yenisei's anchor cables while the mines were suseiided pending the Immersion. The tow cables snapped and one mine collided with another. CUT-OF- F IS OPENED FOR FREIGHT TRAFFIC SALT LAKE, Feb. 17. Freight trafcut-on over the began across the lake today. The rut-o- lf was formally opened by President liar CAMBRIDGE, Mass Feb. 17. Mrs. riman last Thanksgiving, but owing to Louise Price Barnes, whose matrimondelays no trains ran over It until ial troubles have been given much publicity, has been granted a decree of divorce from her young husband, Dr. RIFLE DUEL BETWEEN FARMERS. Barnes, with wffom'she eloped. The GUTHRIE. O. T., Feb. 17. Last grounds for granting the divorce were evening Phil Green and Bill Bryan, two cruelty and abusive treatment. She is farmers living near Beorden, a small wealthy and the testimony tended to town In Indian Territory, fought a show that Dr. Barnes married her for pitched battle with rifles. Twelve shots her money. She is eighty years old and were fired In all, and Green died within Dr. Barnes thirty-seveHe is now in thirty minutes as u result of a shot California., where he has been for some through the neck, while Bryan's wounds are such that he can live only time. a short time. The trouble grew out of a quarrel of long standing. MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF fic Alexieif FORESAW THAT DISASTERS WERE MEMORIAL SERVICES IN HONOR OF SENATOR HANNA 17. An official dispatch says that pne of the main tranche of the army, constating of WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The homthree dlvilsons, la today going aboard age paid to the memory of Senator the transports. Nearly 60,000 men are Ilanna today by the great men of the nation and the people of Washington being embarked and it la believed their Mlnation la near the mouth of the will long be remembered. Simplicity marked the ceremonies. Tdlu or a point on Liao Tung peninsu-- h Half an hour before noon the gallerHanking Port Arthur. ies of the senate began to fill with those who held cards of admission. OwJAPAN ALSO HAS ing to the small accommodations of the DAMAGED WARSHIPS galleries many were turned away. Each senator, congressman and supreme jusLONDON, Feb. 17. A dispatch from tice was allowed two cards for his Xifmkl, dated the 15th, reports the friends. embarkation of 15,000 troops. The hor-- n At 11 o'clock a detachment of mountdam-tieed d are in poor condition. police drew up at the Arlington and Two a few minutes the body was within to are into go warships waiting borne to the hearse. Carriages in thedrydocks. which were the mourners followed. The people gathered along the route VLADIVOSTOK TO BE ATTACKED FROM REAR stood with uncovered heads. A detail of capltol police carried the casket to 17. BERLIN, Feb. Die Tag reports flat Japan is sending troops from the Hand of Yezo across the Ice on the SERIOUS FLOODS tali of Tartary to Konstantlnovsk for a tank movement on Vladivostok. The troop will proceed to the railway IN CALIFORNIA taction at Khabarovk and from thence attack Vladivostok In the rear. German 'ipcrt declare that The plan is feasible. PARIS, from 1904. Is Almost Ready. TOKIO, Feb. 17. Sent to the Eg Army Is Being Booth of the Yala for the 17, the Noted Note of Secretary Hay JAPANESE TORPEDO TWO MORE RUSSIAN WARSHIPS I FEBRUARY Ogden-Lucl- ff n. A NOTORIOUS WOMAN SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 17. Mrs. Workers: Mary Sanborn, known as Russian As a tribute to the memory of M. A. Mary, notorious as one of the Queen Hanna and as an expression of appro- gang of Russian convicts, who escaped bation for the many services rendered from Alcatras Island In a spiall boat, by him to our organisation, you are re- was picked up when almost dead from quested to cease work at noon on Fri- exhaustion and brought back to San Francisco, where the gang had comday, the day of the funeral. mitted a number of sensational crimes for which one waa hung and others DEWEY8 MURDERED MEN WHO WERE UNARMED were sent to the penitentiary, waa found dying this morning at the foot of NORTON. Kas.. Feh. 17. Mrs. Ber- the steps of a lodging house where she Her ry was on the stand today and testified was employed as housekeeper. that her husband and sons were un- skull was found to have been fractured armed at the time they were killed by and she died soon Hfter. Before dying the Deweys. As the trial progresses she said: Charlie did It. CMirlie Hamlin- was arrested on suspicion of having the sentiment against the Deweys caused the Injury but proved an alibi. SMASHER SENTENCED. TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 17. Blanche Boles has been sentenced by Judge Ha-xto serve thirty days in Jail and pay a fine of S100 for her second offense in smashing windows of buildings In which Joints were operating on February 14. 1903. Miss Boles smashed the windows of five buildings. en THE AFRICAN WAR. BERLIN, Feb. 17. A dispatch to the Lokal Anxeiger from Okhandja,, German Southwest Africa, says that In an outpost skirmish near Reels, east of Windhoek, February 14th, the German column marching to the relief of Windhoek lost three men killed and had two men wounded. |