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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
Republicans Indignant Because
Democrats Now Have Cam
paign Document.
Report Does Not Show That Con
gressmen Have Violated
Laws.
Bristow's Charges Criticized as
Unjust and also IN
timely.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington. ..s,..-.,.,.

From The Journal Bureau. Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, March 9.-Congress Is
angry over the latest Bristow ex-
posture. 1t is the general opinion that
foolish to publish it afterwards.
The report does not show that any
congressman has violated any law,
save in the three instances where VIC
lations are purely technical and with
out intent
The charge is that the regulations of
the postoffice department have been
violated. Just what these regulations
are, nobody on earth knows, not even
the highest postoffice department off,
Gals. The postoffice inspectors, who
made the case against congressman
and senator's took such Of the regula-
lions as they could find, and charged
UP to members of both houses all sorts
of delinquencies, as the facts seem to
show.
AS a matter of fact, it is said on
high authority that these postoffice
regulations are wholly unauthorized
by law and that many Of them violate
the law.
McCleary Is the Minnesota represen-
tative who Is hit hardest in the re-
port, but he is standing pat" here as
elsewhere, and doesn't purpose doing
or saying anything by way of explana-
ton or defense.
Campaign Document.
The unfortunate part Of the whole
affair is that the report will surelyl be
converted into a campaign document
by the democrats in numerous close
districts and possibly affect the po1iti-
cal complexion of the fifty-n1nth con-
gress, to be elected in November.
Senators and representatives whose
names are unpleasantly associated
with that of Beavers do not share
Chairman Overstreet's view that the
dissemination Of the report will do
no harm. They realize all too keenly
that it will send them into the cam
paign explaining; that their oppon-
ents will ask nothing better than this
report to use on the stump.
Prominent statesmen who have
heretofore ardently championed Mr.
Bristow's work because of it's admitted
thoroness, and who are not per-
sonally touched by these disclosures
criticize him severely for going into
things, which. save in three or four in.
stances, involved no questionable
transactions by congressman.
MinnesOtans Angry.
Great Indignation is expressed by
many members of the house anC
among them the members from Min.
nesota and the Dakotas, that theil
names should be set forth in the re
Their conduct was subject to criticism
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
LOSS FOR JAPANESE
Russians Claim to Have Destroyed
Warships in Chemulpho Fight.

Washington, March "A copy of a
mail report by M. Pavloff, Russian
minister at Seoul, to the foreign office
at ST. Petersburg, which has. been re-
ceived by Count Cassini, gives in de-
tail the story Of the engagement of
Chemulpho, which resulted in the
sinking of the Russian cruisers Variag
and Korietz. Referring to the Jap
anese losses, M. Pavloff says:
cit has been positively ascertained
that one Japanese torpedo boat was
sunk by our shots. Moreover, on the
Asama, the forward turret was de
stroyed.
Toward night the cruiser Takachi
foundered, and in the morning about
eighty dead and wounded were con-
veyed from the Japanese cruiser in
Asan bay to the transports for the
purpose of being carried to Japan
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
.MRS.DYE MAY not
Be PROSECUTED.
Governor Cannot Extradite Her
and She Is Released From
All Restraint.
She 1ntimates, However, That She
Will Go to Pierre to Face
the Charges.
Letter by Miss Nelson Tells Of
Eating the Candy and Pre-
monitions Of Death.

Boope, Iowa, March Mrs. Sher-
man Dye, accused OF sending a box of
poisoned candy thru the mails to Miss
Rena Nelson Of Pierre. S. D., was re-
leased from custody to-day, Judge
Whitaker framing his decision in the
habeas corpus proceedings In ac-
cordance with the decision Of Gov
ernor Cummins in the requisition mat
ter.
Mrs. Dye will not be molested as
long as she remains outside the state
Of South Dakota. altho the death of
Miss Nelson makes the charge that OF
murder.
Mrs. Dye 1ntimated that she might
go to South Dakota to stand trial.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
VOTING MACHINE
ANNULS ELECTION.
New Jersey Politicians Attempt
to Secure Advantage and
Disarrange Mechanism.

New York, March "A new voting
machine used in the municipal cleo
ton at Washington, N. j., has gone
wrong and another election will be
necessary.
When the election board opened the
machine they found an amazing re-
suit in the days balloting.
Members of the independent party
are jubilant, because one of their OPP
ponents caused the trouble by at
tempting, when the polls opened, to
shift the tickets and put the regular
one at the top. thus getting the mech
anism out OF order.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
JAPANESE CROSS YALU.

Force Invades Manchuria Forty Miles
Northwest of Wi-ju.
New York Sun Special Service.
London, March ct is reported
from Chinese sources at Yinkow that
the Japanese have crossed the Yalu
and are advancing upon Fenghoan-.
cheng, forty miles northwest of Wi-ju.s
It is partly admitted that the Rus
slams in northern Korea are gradually
but constantly withdrawing to the
Yalu river.
It is stated in' Chinese official quar-.
tiers at Shanghai that the rival armies
are likely to meet on the Yalu river In
three or four days.
A Shanghai correspondent says the;
Russian defenses to check the Japan
csc. advance in Manchuria include an.
Sunbroken line of earthworks from
Kaiping to Litao-yang.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
CANNOT BE ExTRAD1TED
Governor Cummins Prohibited by I,
Supreme Court Ruling.

Governor Cummins Prohibited by a
Supreme Court Ruling.
Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Iowa, March 9.-Mrs.
Sherman Dye, arrested at Boone for
near Pierre, s. d., from eating poi
soned candy, received thru the mails,
will probably go forth from Jail a
free woman without having been ex-
onerated of the charge.
Requisition papers addressed by the
governor Of South Dakota to Gov
ernor Cummins were dishonored by
the latter last evening on the ground
that a supreme court ruling makes
person unless he has committed a
crime in some other state and has
fed therefron1. &
In this case Mrs. Dye was never in
South Dakota before, and is not sub
ject to extradition.
Another Point.
The governor raises another point
informally by suggesting that the law
crime in the place at which the crime
is consummated. AS the murder was
actually consummated in South Da-
kota, he does not believe Mrs. Dye
could be prosecuted under the Iowa
law at Boone or any other point in
this state. He holds this opinion after
having obtainef advice of the
attorney general
Under the CIRCUS distances it, there
fore. seems propa bic that MRS: Dye
VIII be released when her application
for habeas corpus is heard at Boone.
Mrs. Dye was an invalid at the time
Miss. Nelson visited Boone, which &C
counts for Miss Nelson's never see
ing her.
Mrs. Dye, says she was Informed OF
her husbands infatuation for Miss
Nelson and quarreled with him re-
peatedly on that account, having inter
cepted several letters and presents adj
dressed to him by Miss Nelson. But
she stoutly maintains that she did
not mail the poisoned candy tc
Pierre.
Miss Nelson said that Dye repre-
scented to her that Mrs. Dye was g
woman of unchaste character and thai
he had secured a divorce on that
ground. Sheriff Laughlin says that, sc
far as he could learn at Boone, Mrs
Dye is a woman Of excellent character
and reputation.
Miss Nelson's Letter.
It was a week ago Saturday that the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
JAPs INVADE MANCHURIA
Movement From Korea More FOrmid.
able Than Was Supposed.

movement From Korea More FOrm0S
able Than Was Supposed.
New York Sun Special Service.
Shanghai, March 9.--The military
movement from the east coast of Ko-
rea into Manchuria is more formidable
than was supposed. All the coast ships
coming in tell of Japanese landings
last week at Port Lazareff, Hong Won,
and at Ken Seng, south Of Cape Lin
den.
The japanese transports have been
busy conveying troops and supplies on
the east coast Of Korea, and it begins.
to appear that $4,000 soldiers have
gone, or are going, thru the roads
across the Musan valley to the lower
beach of the Tooman river.
There is a, considerable body of the
Japanese army to be accounted for
yet, but these men are now generally
believed to be on either the Elliott
islands, near Port Arthur, or on the
Mia Tao group in the gulf of Pe-chi-li.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
RACE WAR RIOTS
FOLLOW LYNCHING
Negroes Threaten to Avenge
Hanging by Burning
Springfield.
Mob Attacks Colored Quarter Of
City and Destroys
Dives.
Shots Fired on Streets and Ohio
Troops Are Called
Out.

Springfield, Ohio, March 9-On
Sunday Police Sergeant Coils was
killed and Mamie Corbin wounded by
Richard Dickerson,. colored. Monday
night Dickerson was 1ynched. Last
night five colored joints on the
levee were burned.
Open warnings were given to-day
that the trouble would never cease
until all the "colored joints at
which there had previously been so
Mayor Bowlus held a conference
with city and county officials and
prominent citizens at which it was de-
Ac1ded' to close all colored resorts. This
was done at noon to-day.
After the conference it was also
announced that property owners had
ordered all undesirable colored ten
surance companies have cancelled all
policies on properties occupied by coll
ored tenants along the levee.
Threats Are Made.
Threats on the part Of negroes
to avenge the lynching Of the
colored murderer, Dixon, by burn
city, yesterday led to an attack
upon negro resorts by the mob Of
white men that did the lynching.
Ultimately a block of frame structures
occupied as dives on the levee was de-
stroyed by Ere, causing a loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
An appeal was made to Governor
.Herr1ck for aid. Six companies of
militia were sent in from neighboring
cities. but they did not arrive until
after a large portion of the negro
quarters had been burned.
Then they were deployed about the
business and residential districts to
prevent negroes from retaliating upon
the whites.
Saloons Are Closed.
Mayor Bowlus issued an order at
'8:25 to the police to close all the sa-
looms of the city. At 1920 the threat
of the mob was made good, and a
volume Of flame was seen to shoot up
from the rear Of a place occupied by
Lee Thomas, a saloonkeeper. For
a half hour the mob had amused itself
by shouting at the front of the build
ing. The fire. spread rapidly to the
east and west of Ieslie's place.
Atemidnight. the entire block in
Washington street from Gallagher
street west to Spring street was on
fire, and no hope OF saving any Of the
buildings.
In the crowd yesterday afternoon a
negro fired a pistol. There was cry
that it was aimed at a, policeman, and
Immediately the whole contingent of
police, the mob yelling at their heels,
started in pursuit, but the negro got
away.
Negro Fires Shot.
Charles Jackson, a negro aged 10,
:fourished big revolver in the pres
ence Of a, small crowd of whites in
Primrose alley and Immediately a mob
of several hundred surrounded him.
He was rescued by the police and
held at headquarters all night, the po-
lice fearing to remove him to the
county Jail.
Mayor Bowlus, Sheriff Routzahan
and the other officials are in constant
communication with Governor Her
rick. Six companies Of militia from
other cities besides the three local
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
New York Sun Special Service.

5-
Toxic, March 9.-The czar's vladi-
vostok squadron, under Captain
Re1tzenstein, has been destroyed or
captured in a desperate sea battle off
Possiet bay, by the japanese fleet,
which bombarded the Siberian fortress
Sunday.
This news Of victory. while not
officially made public, came as no sur
prise, tho the complete destruction or
capture of the fleet was hardly ex-
pected. No report OF the loss Of life,
II any, was received.
The Russian fleet consisted of the
armored cruiser Gromovoi, the belted
cruisers Rosia and Rurik and the pro-
tected cruiser Bogatyr. They are be-
lieved to have left vladivostok some
days ago for the purpose Of protecting
the troops in the land operations near
Possiet bay, and were thought to be
the object of search by the Japanese,
whose squadron was the larger, and
which cut the Russians off from Vladi-
vostok.
No details Of the battle have been
given out, the Japanese government
following it's usual course of secrecy
until a report from the commanding
officer is received.
The only definite statement made is
that the engagement took place Sun
day, which would indicate that the
japanese found the Russian warships
soon after the bombardment of
Vladivostok, when they disappeared
from the sight of those on the land
batteries.
They were going south at the time,
and, Possiet bay being but seventy
miles away, it was possible for the
battle to have been fought off that
part of the coast that evening.
The names and number Of ships in
the Japanese squadron have been kept
secret but it was probably sufficiently
strong to divide into two divisions.
the one to guard Vladivostok. and the
other to cruise in search of the Rus
sian ships.
1t is said that the newly purchased
cruisers Nisshin and Kasuga are TAX
ing part in the present movement off
Vladivostok. The navy department
expects to receive dispatches to-day
from Yuen-san, where it was planned
that the fleet would call after the
Operation involving an attack upon the
Russian squadron had been concluded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
SMITH is RECALLED
Mormon President Admits He Urged
Election of SmOOt.

Washington, March 9.-The seventh
day of the hearings in the Senator
Smoot case was opened by Attorney
Tayler for the prosecution recalling
President Joseph F. Smith to the
stand.
Mr.. Smith was questioned as to the
interview he gave to the Associated
Press in 1902, giving statistics in re-
gard to the church and the number Of
polygamists in Utah. Mr.. Smith said
that in that statement he had said
nothing for the purpose Of supporting
the candidacy Of Reed Smoot for the
United States senate. Upon hearing
the interview read. Mr.. Smith adj
mitted he had been quoted correctly
in regard to Mr.. Smoot and had urged
his election.
Mr.. Smith said he was acquainted
with Benjamin Clough, Jr., president
of the board of faculty of the Brigham
Young academy and that he is reputed
to be a polygamist. 1
He also was asked about Abraham
Cannon, and if the general charge had
not been made that he took plural
wife, Lillian Hamlin, since the mani
festo Of 1890.
Charges Disregarded.
Mr.. Smith said that had been a
newspaper charge and he had paid no
attention to it.
"The officers Of the Mormon church
are sensitive in regard to charges that
plural marriages have been performed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
FRANCE PLANS DEFENSE
Hundred Coast Artillerymen Perec
HarbOr Batteries at Marseilles.

Paris, March 9.-Active work has
been begun with the view of placing
the coast defenses in a state Of readi-
ness.
A hundred coast artillerymen at
Marseilles are perfecting the harbor
batteries. naval mechanicians are
working on the island approaches and
the trials of heavy ordnance are pro-
crossing actively at Marseilles and
elsewhere.
The measures are an indication of
the determination Of the officials to
have the coast defenses in state Of
preparedness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
100 PERISH IN
STEAMER WRECK
French Vessel Goes Down in
Storm Off Coast of Cochin
China.

Paris, March 9.-The French steam
err Camodge, Of 1855 tons, which left
Rangoon Feb. II for Cochin China and
European ports, has been wrecked in
It is believed 100 persons persisted in
the wreck.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
sAIL FoR NIU-CHUANG.

Nineteen Japanese Warships Reported
on Way to Ma1lchurian Ports.
New York Sun Special Service.
Chi-fu,y March 9.-Fifteen Japanese
men-of-war and four torpedo boats
have been seen proceeding in the di-
rection of Niu-chuang.
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In a~large majority of cases, which
have to do with increased allowances
for separating service in third class Of
fees, they contend, the rules of the
department, and not members of con-
gress, are to blame for improper re-
quests that were made.
The department has a rule that al
1owances for separating service shall
be guaged by the number of mail
pieces separated, but what number Of
mail pieces is necessary to secure a
of the department.
1t is easy to see, they point out, that
with this essential information with
held from members Of congress, i'm
proper requests for increased allow
ance might easily be made by mem
bers in all good faith.
Explanations in Record.
The three hours of debate held to-
day on the motion to table the Hay
resolution did not afford all the mem
bers who wished to make personal ex-
plantations an opportunity to speak,
and should the proposition for further
investigation be defeated, it is posi-
BILE unanimous consent will be secured
for the publication Of such explana-
lions in the record.
It is even possible THAT the pro-
gram of the committee on post
offices and post roads to lay the Hay
resolution on the table will be de-
feated when 1t comes to a vote in the
house to-day.
A large number Of the republican
members believe the resolution should
be adopted and a special committee
appointed to investigate and report on
transactions of members of congress
with the postofffce department.
w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
RUSSIANS AGAIN ROUTED

Troops Forced to Abandon Arms and
Stores Near Vladivostok.
New York Sun Special Service.
Shanghai, March 9.-An engage
ment between the Japanese and Rus
sian troops has happened about 100
miles from Vladivostok. The Russians
fled abandoning arms and stores. Such
is the report that reaches here from
Osaki, Japan. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
CENSORSHIP is RIGID
Correspondents Who Violate Law
Must Face COurtmartial:

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Shanghai, Feb. 17.@The rigid CEN:
sorship placed by the Japanese au-
ithorities on all Geographic dispatches
both press and private, has caused
many of the foreign correspondents
to seek a field of news on the MAIN
land.
Correspondents who have reached
here from Toxic report that the. cen
sorship is more perfect than they have
ever encountered and is exercised on
Accommodation as we'll as on
foreign matter.
Traffic on the wires has trebled
and their original carrying capacity
reduced because the war department
and the foreign office have each taken
one of the main trunk lines that run
south thru the empire.
It is expected that when the corps
of newspaper Representatives now at
Toxic are finally allowed to go to the
front, a serious congestion of tele-l
graphic service will result, as the mill
itary and available land lines are not
adequate to the service they will be
called upon to perform.
The regulations for the government
of the foreign newspaper correspond
ents have been promulgated and are
ironclad. One article provides that if
a war correspondent violates the crin1-s
inal law, or law Of the preservation Of
military secrets, he may be punished
according to military law by court
martial.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
FLEET DESTROYED
BY JAP SQUADRON
Russians Forced to Give Battle Off Possiet Bay
Sunday.
Four Cruisers From Vavostok Captured
peror ForceJapanese Government Withhods Details Until
Report of Commander Is Received.

lament includes an increase in the
income tax, sugar duties and excise
customs. The government tobacco
monopoly will also be proposed. It is
promised that the increase in taxation
shall cease with the termination of
hostilities except such taxes as are
necessary to repay long-period loans.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
REACHES PORT ARTHUR
Vice Admiral Makaroff Takes Com-s
mand of Russian Fleet.

Port Arthur, March 9.-----Vice Adj
nliral Makaroff, who will take COM
mand Of the Russian Pacific fleet, ar
rived here yesterday and hoisted his
flag on the cruiser Askold.
His arrival has aroused great ex-
pectatiOns among the Russian sailors,
and he was given a triumphant recep-
tinY1.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
RUSSIA ABANDONs FAIR
Building at st. Louis Torn Down on
Receipt of CabIegram.

st. Louis, March 9.-The frame
work for the Russian national pavilion
at the worlds fair was torn down yes
terday on receipt Of a cablegram from
st. Petersburg by Contractor LIE
Couer.<
The cablegram was from the depart
ment of the interior, briefly ordering
such work as had been completed
torn down.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
JAPs REFUSE SALARIES
Members of Diet to Follow Example
~ Of Leaders.
yew york sun Special Service.

Now 90fK Sun bpetn1 bofvIce, -
Toxic, March 9.The chancellor
and vice chancellor of the house of
peers have refused to draw official
salaries during the continuance Of the
war. 1t is, believed the members Of
both houses OF the diet will follow
their example. M
The war taxation proposed in par
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
RETyIzAN Is FLoATED
Russian Battleship, Damaged at Port
Arthur, Is Repaired.

Port Arthur, March s.-The Russian
battleship Retvizan has been repaired
and the battleship has been refloated
She is now anchored In the inner
alongside the Czareyitch.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
RUMoR OF BATTLE
Fight Between Russians and Koreans
on Tumen River Reported.

Seoul, March "a party of nine
Russians seized the Korean telegraph
station at Yung-won to-day. It is re-
ported that a fight has occurred be-
tween Koreans and Russians on the
Korean side of the Tumen river.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
PORT DALNY BoMBARDED
japanese Shell Forts and Then Attack
Port Arthur.

Toxic, March 9.-Japanese warships
bombarded the forts at Port Dalny on
the night of March and then at
tackled Port Arthur.
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Charges Disregarded.

CONTINUED on Second Page.)
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t was week ago Saturday that the