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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
RUSSIANS ARE SATISFIED.
Believe the Japans~s Have Reached
Their i.iJn Tie.


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eral stan aF.a .,.- - v..-.t~,! salts
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aneSe ho, .~ss Thea. nIsh tide.
A high OlAteI aaIs 10 tAG Associated
Press
The japanese .ly is unique in
military histors .,As. probably the
world, combining tAe strength OF bar
barism with GFinkatlon, dtawiEg from
the former fanatic al b. avery and scorn
of death and nom the iatter The latest
knowledge OF the science of var We
have been fighting them unde9 heavy
handicaps. but have at last definitely
stopped them. They have missed the
psychological moment. They should
now be al lfarbin, with Eladiyostok
and the East literally cut off and de
facto theirs instead of Wintering
where they are. The cold is acting
against them as it did against Napo-
leon. The JapfAese cannot endure ex-
treme cold like the Russians. They
are not strong enough to attempt to
turn Mukden now and will not be
even If Port Arthur falls and $4,000 re-
Inducements are sent up to join Field
Marshal Oyama In the meantime
Russian troops are piling up behind
Mukden In February, before the port
of Newchwang is ice free, General Ku-
ropatkin will have close upon half a
million men, disposed in three armies,
amply sufficient to turn Oyama's posi-
tion at the Shakhe river and force the
japanese back into Korea and the
Liaotung peninsula.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR INDIANS.
Bill to Be introduced Gives Them Title
to Their Lands.

Washington, Dec. 15.--Representa'
tive Steenerson of Minnesota intends
to introduce, after the holiday recess,
a bill which, If passed, would revolu-
tionize the Indian affairs of the gov
ernment, as it would grant to the In
dians all the rights now possessed by
citizens of the United States
Mr. Steenerson would give to the In
dians in fee the lands they now oc-
cupy, would pay them pro rata the
trust funds now in the treasury and
would eliminate entirely the tribal re
lations. This policy which he has not
yet worked out in detail. would in his
opinion, eliminate the Indian question
within twenty-five years.
He would not force the new relation
upon the Indians at once, but would
introduce it gradually, requiring the
Indian bureau to relinquish much OF
the responsibility ii now carries and
place it upon the shoulders OF the in
diyiduals
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
TO ATTACK kUROPATkIN.
Rumored That Japs Are Ready to Ad
vance.

St. Petersburg, Dec 15.-It is ru
mored here that. having settled the
question OF how to dispose OF the Rus
sian warships at Port Arthur the Jap
anese have withdrawn their troops
from there and are preparing to un-
dertake an immediate advance against
kuropatkin.
Opinion continues widely at varl-
ance regarding whether Rojestven-
sky's fleet will be called back or not.
Present indications seem to point TO
its being allowed to proceed. 1t is inn
possible to send other ships before
August.
Provisions and ammunition at Port
Arthur are nearly exhausted and the
futility of further resistance is ad-
mitted, but communication with the
besieged garrison is impossible except
through the Japanese, which course is
not favored.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
BODIES TORN TO SHREDS.
Awful Effect of the Use of Hand Gren
AIDES at Port Arthur.

AIDES at Port Arthur.
Before Port Arthur With the Third
Japanese Army, via Fusan, Dec. 10
The effect of dynamite used as an of
fensive weapon in the form OF hand
grenades is instanced in an appalling
manner by the condition of the dead
bodies, which are torn and unrecog-
nizable masses of flesh and bones.
Fragments of hundreds of killed un-
earthed from the filled in Russian
trenches presented a scene of awful
horror. The heaviest timbers and steel
plates OF the bombproofs were torn TO
splinters by shells and dynamite.
The work of removing the dead from
the slopes and crests of 203-Metre hill
has been completed on the north side
The south slopes are still covered with
bodies buried under the debris of
trenches and bombproofs. The hill
and the slopes previous to interment
presented an awful appearance. Most
of the bodies were partially naked and
horribly torn by dynamite bombs.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
TWO French n...leL
- LOSE THEIR LIVES FIGHTING A
STUBBORN AND COSTLY MIN
NEAPOLlS BLAZE.
LOSS THREE QUARTERS OF MILLION
FINEST PART OF ClTYS RETAIL
DISTRICT WAS FOR A TIME
IN GRAVE DANGER.

Minneapolis. Dec 15.-Fire which
broke out in the Photographic supply
house OF the o. I'll. Peck company on
Fifth street south at 10; 80 p. III. spread
To adjoining builSings and caused .
loss roughly estimated at $750,O00
Two lives were lost. The dead ara
Jacob Miller and John Fellows, mem
beis of the fire insurance patrol.
Jacob Miller fell into an elevator
ing with line OF hose. Help could
not reach him and if he was not killed
instantly he must have suffered a hor-
rible death
Fellows, with Tony Wilson AID
James Sincoe, were on the fifth floor
of the Boutell building with line of
hose. A burst of flame in their lace
drove them to the windows, but Eel
lows never reached the air and was
burned in the wreckage. Wilson fell
to the street, breaking both legs, but
Sincoe managed to hold TO the ladder
and escaped injury.
The Peck building was gutted,
whlle the six-story furniture house OF
Boutell Bros, one of the largest estab-
lishments of it's kind in the North
west, was ruined and number OF
smaller buildings were also destroyed
The Powers Mercantile company, an
immense department store just acIoss
First avenue south, was threatened
with destruction but heroic efforts on
the part of the Minneapolis and St
Paul fire departments prevented this,
although damage to the extent of $45,-
600 was done TO the stock by water.
For q time the best part of the retail
district of the city was threatened and
the firemen seemed poweiless 10 stay
the onrush of the flames, which were
driven by high wind from the north
AS soon as the extent of the fire was
seen an appeal for assistance was
made to the st. Paul department and
two steamers and crews were dis.
patched by a special train.
The cold weather and the high wind
deferred the tifemen to great ex-
tent in their Efforts to subdue the
flames, but fortunately the wind oied
down about O'Clock and further dan
ger of the conflagration spreading
was averted
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
STORY PURELY FICTION.
Russian Cruiser AskoId Will Remain
Disarmed at Shanghai.

st. Petersburg, Dec. l5.-The admi-
ralty characterizes the statement from
Shanghai, published In London, that
arrangements were being made to take
out the Russian cruiser Askold to join
Admiral Rojestyensky's squadron as
q piece of fiction. Nothing OF the sort
is contemplated. A telegram from the
captain of the Askold few days ago
reported that there was no change in
the situation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
Committed for Extradition.

London, Dec. 15.-At the Bow Street
police court James Wallace of Mar
quette, Mich, was committed for ex-
tradition on the charge of having
stolen stock certificates valued at $780,
900 from Edward Breitung, banker OF
Marquette. Wallace was arrested at
Liverpool upon his arrival there Nov.
20 on the steamer SSxonie frQm Bos-
ton. C, kkat - nfH =. ri
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
ARMY AS A sAREFooTED MOE
Russians Claim That the Picture is
OverdraWn.

Mukden, Dec. photographic re-
ports and extracts from newspapers
picturing the Russian army as bare
footed mob have been received here.
Although there are occasional cases
of this nature, the condition is by no
means general. In the summer many
went barefooted in the wet ground
and rivers. but now all have shoes and
nearly all have fur coats. Some few
reservists sell their outfits for drink
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
BANDITS BLOW BANK SAFE.
Secure $4,000 in Cash and Make Good
Their Escape.

ST. Cloud, Minn Dec. 15.-Burglars
blew the safe in the Bank of Rice, at
Rice Station fifteen miles north OF
here, between and a. III.
The robbers secured $4,000 in cash
and about $4,000 in negotiable paper.
After completing their work they made
their escape toward st. Cloud with a
stolen team.
The men were professionals and
used nitroglycerin. The safe was COM
pletely shattered. Several citizen
posses and number OF deputy sher-
IFS are securing the country for miles
around, looking for the robbers
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
PURCHASE kAKEBEkA FALLS
Canadian Capitalists Engage In Vast
Undertaking.

Duluth, Dec. 15.-C. r. Hosmer. III.
Nj. Holt, +. w. Thompson and other
capitalists OF Montreal have purchased
Kakebeka falls, eighteen miles east
OF Port Arthur. Canada, and this COM
ing spring will commence the develop
ment of a 10000 horsepower plant
which will supply all the industries
OF Port Arthur. Fort William and sur
rounding towns.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
A Runaway Bicycle,

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove, III.
1t developed stubborn ulcer unyleld-
ing TO doctors and remedies for four
wears. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured. It's just as good for Burns,
Scalds, Skin Eruptions and Piles. 25c,
at Stoddard & Halstead's Drug Store.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
suLD BANK ROBBERY.
Lone Bandit Holds Up Cashier and Sc
cures $4,000.

Hibbing, Mimi, Dec 15,-The Bank
OF Chisholm at Chisholm was held ur
at 1880 a. m. by lone highwayman,
who got $4,000. He shut Cashier Grieser
up In the vault and escaped. The
bank refuses to make statement un-
Til the insurance company reports.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
WILL REQUIRE SOME TIME.
New Form OF Arbitration Treaty Pro
posed by Russia.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Russia has
submitted to this government new
form of arbitration treaty which that
country is willing to negotiate. As
the Russian draft differs radically from
that suggested by Secretary Hay II is
expected the negotiations will. require
some time.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
BIG JAP VESSEL SUNK.
Three Hundred Lives Reported Lost
in Disaster.

London, Dec 1.-THE Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent at Chefoo gives
a rumor OF the sinking OF big Japa-
nese warship of Port Arthur on Nov.
sc. 800 persons being drowned, and
another rumor that two Russian tor
pedo boat destroyers were sunk by
the Japanese on Nov. 26. The first OF
these reported disasters Is probably
only another version of the sinking Of
the Japanese cruiser Saiyen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
TRAINING SHIP FOR DULUTH.
Vessel viii Be Provided for the Nava
Militia.

Washington, Dec. 15.-Representa-
tive j. Adam Bede called at the navy
department and renewed his request
that the Fern be turned over to the
Minnesota naval militia at Duluth.
Assistant Secretary Darling said
that If the Fem was not given the ma
val militia arrangements would be
made to give Zenith City sailors some
other vessel before the 1st of July.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1904-12-15
SIGNED IN WASHINGTON.
Arbitration Treaty Between United
States and Italy.

Washington, Dec. IA treaty of
arbitration between Italy and the
United States was signed during the
day at the state department by Baron
Mayor des Planches, the Italian am
bassador. and Secretary Hay. The
treaty is identical with other arbitra-
tion treaties signed by this country.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-12
JAPS BROKE
NEUTRALITY

Several weeks ago, shortly after
Prince Fushimi had passed through
Honolulu, a hundred or more of the
japanese reserves who were waiting
transportation here i'm order to get back
to fight the Russians, put i'm a happy
Sunday having sham fight at Kaimu-
XII. They carried no arms but they
were drilled by officers OF the Japanese
army and as they were all veterans of
the Chinese war they went through
their evolutions with much skill. All
of these men have gone away now and
it is by no means improbable that ere
this many have given their lives for
their country's cause before Port Ar
thur or in fighting with Kuropatkin's
hosts.
At the time of the drilling here how
ever, the point was raised by many
pleople that the Japanese were commit
ting a grave breach of neutrality by
openly preparing for war with a power
friendly to the United States.
Leading Japanese were themselves
much worried over the matter and a
consultation was held with u. 5. Dis
trict Attorney BreCkons. He settled
their fears of making trouble with the
opinion that there had been no breach
of neutrality There the matter rest
ed until last week when the news came
from the island of Kauai to the effect
that the japanese reserves there who
have been called back home, are not
only drilling with arms but are actual
ly doing firing practice.
The matter was reported to Cover
nor Carter and he at once turned it
over to the Attorney Generals depart
ment. Assistant Attorney General
Fleming dug into the different statutes
respecting neutrality and this morning
handed to the Governor an opinion in
which he distinctly disagrees with the
view taken of the case by the United
| States District Attorney.
After reviewing the different laws
and precedents the opinion concludes
| thus:
at has been held that a combination
of number of men with common in
tent to proceed in a body to a foreign
territory. and engage i'm hostilities with
others, constitutes a military eXpedi-
ton whether they are provided with
arms or intend to secure them i'm tran
sit"
Governor Carter was asked what he
was going to do in the face of this
opinion.
Il am not going to do anything until
| find out the facts" answered the Gov
ernor guardedly. TT has been report
ed that the Japanese on Kauai have
been doing certain things but there is
nothing official about it. 1 have sent
word to Sheriff Coney to get all the
facts and report to me-"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-12
KILL
TOO MANY BIRDS

Members of the Honolulu Gun Club
are taking up the matter of new game
regulations and will probably inaugu-
rate a movement to have the legislature
pass some laws on the subject. 1t is
thought by some of the sportsmen that
the bags of dove are sometimes too
large, and they propose to have a law
to limit the number which a hunter
may bag in a day, in the same way as
bags are limited elsewhere. The num-
Der of doves shot during the present
season is believed to be larger than
ever before and some of the hunters
fear that all the birds will be killed off
if the slaughter is allowed to continue.
In the last issue of a New York
sporting weekly is an article roasting
hunters here for too great slaughter of
birds. Reference is made to the party
which went out some months ago and
shot over a thousand birds. Yesterday
number of huntsmen were out and
some of them found it easy to kill
about a hundred in a very short time.
There are some hunters, however,
who think that the doves are increas-
ing very fast in spite of the tremendous
number killed. III some parts of this
island thousands of them are to be
seen and even the hunters who are poor
shots have little difficulty in bagging
a hundred or so. The doves breed fast
er than almost any other bird and the
supply is therefore kept up fairly well.
At the next meeting of the Gun Club
the matter of limiting bags will prob
ably be brought up. 1t is proposed by
some members to have limit set at so
birds, which is the number of ducks
hunter is allowed to shoot in one day
in California. Ten is a proposed limit
for pheasants, though in the case Of
the latter there is not much need Of
any limit, as it is so hard to get them
that few hunters are in danger of get
ting even ten.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-12
WAS The DULWICH'S
GROUNDING FEIGNED2

The news of the grounding and sub
sequent detection of the nature of the
cargo of the British steamer Dulwich
in the Inland Sea last month furnishes
quite an interesting chapter in the Rus
Japanese war. 1t is possible how
ever that the grounding of the vessel
far from being an accident was de-
liberately done. The laws of the Brit
fish government are such that the
grounding could have been used as an
excuse for their evasion.
Under the foreign enlistment act of
Great Britain if any sailors enlist on
vessels carrying contraband of war and
the vessel clears for one port and goes
to another with her contraband, the
crew is liable to suspension for two
years from service. They are also Ii
able to Imprisonment.
The Dulwich cleared for Nagasaki
with a cargo of naval guns and ammu-
milton but she went to the Kure navy
yard. The fact that the vessel had
cleared for Nagasaki and then gone to
Kure might have been construed as a
violation of the law, for certainly law
was being violated when the cargo of
munitions of war was taken to Japan.
But if a vessel should get aground
there is nothing to prevent her going
to some neighboring port in distress.
This appears to have been the case
with the Dulwich She got aground in
the Inland Sea and then went to Sase-
DO navy yard. By apparently being in
distress" she would have the right to
go to Sasebo or any other place for
haI h,
technically avoided.
The reason that such a trick might
have been attempted If indeed it was,
was in order to clear the crew from
the possibility of falling under the ban
of the foreign shipping law. 1t Is OF
course by no means certain that this
was the cause for the Dulwich getting
aground, but a similar act was done In
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-12
Is Like The Late
Ten Dollar Club

The Hawaii Shinpo this morning pup
fishes the following startling charges
of another conspiracy equal in hideous-
ness to the famous Ten Dollar club
which was so successfully throttled by
United States District Attorney Brec-
kons.
There is i'm existence a regular hui
of Japanese, here and in San Francisco
who traffic in passports to the main
land, using them to get women from
Hawaii to San Francisco, Seattle and
other cities for immoral purposes. How
to stop this sort of business is a pro-
blem, but surely there should be some
way i'm which to prevent such a ne
farious business.
japanese women are constantly leaV-
ing Honolulu for San Francisco, only
to fall into the clutches of pimps at
the other end of the journey. One
such case created a lot of newspaper
talk in San Francisco recently, when
the woman on landing was confronted
by a Japanese wearing a policeman $
star, who promptly escorted her to a
hotel where she was expected to
live the life of shame. She revolted,
and there was trouble, and as the Jap
anese had committed a grave and I'M
usual offense IN personating an officer,
the matter attracted wide attention.
He was prosecuted, and the woman
gained her freedom. But for one such
case which is found out there are a
dozen that are not heard of. The wo-
men here are told of great chances
for them, and they go, only to find
that they must starve or submit to the
pimps who have enticed them.
Japanese women are not given to
travelling alone. Under ordinary con-
ditions they will not do So In most
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-12

cases those who do travel about on
own hook have been deceived i'm some
such way. Naturally japanese wo-
men remain with their husbands and
families. The travel among them to
the coast has been abnormal lately.
1t is simply the exodus of women who
are victims of this shameless hui.
Passports for women command a
price of ten dollars or more here They
are used, gathered up at San Francisco
and sent back to be used again. Lee
gally, no passports are required, but
the steamship companies have made
the excellent rule of asking for them,
to avoid just such difficulties as being
accused Of importing prostitutes. The
pimps at San Francisco send the pa
pers back after the women are safe
~ landed, and the documents are sold
and used here again. And so the
travel of japanese women to the coast
continues most of them unconsciously
going to be forced into a life of prosti-
tuition.
We would like to know how this
business is to be prevented. Warn
ings do not seem to be effective, for
the Shinpo has given warnings before.
But there certainly should be some way
to stop such an infamous business.
Perhaps it is the duty of the San Fran
cisco authorities to look after the
pimps; but what is needed is some ac-
ton to protect the women at this end,
when once they reach San Francisco
the harm is done. Often they have not
the money to come back They are
strangers and helpless, and no matter
how little the ymay want to do so
there is nothing for them to do but
submit to the degradation mapped out
for Them What can be done to pro-
tect them here?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-12-12
FULLERTON IS
NOT YET CLEAR

Apparently the last has not yet been
heard of the row between j. E. Fuller
ton and Mrs. Bertelman over the eject
ment of the latter from her house un-
der foreclosure of mortgage.
1t will be remembered that the Grand
Jury indicted Fullerton for malicious
injury to person and property at the
behest of Mrs. Berteman and that the
case was tried at the present criminal
term before Judge Gear. The result
was a mistrial, ten of the jury voting
to convict and two holding out for AN
acquittal. Judge Gear then trans
ferred the case to Judge Robinson and
a date for it was set peremptorily. 1t
happened that on the day set the whole
of the Attorney Generals staff was
busy i'm one court or another so a nolle
prosequi was entered as the defence in
sisted on going on 1t was stated at
the time that this was done so that
Fullerton would not be able to gain
immunity on the plea of twice in jeo
pardy but Fullerton and his friends
were of the opinion that the case was
to be dropped.
The morning the Grand Jury took the
matter up again and heard the testi-
mony of number of witnesses. All
of the testimony had not been given
when the lunch hour arrived.