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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
ENDS CONTEST OF TWO YEARS.
Favorable Report on Bill to Repeal
Timber and Stone Act.


Washington, March 1.-THE senate
committee on public lands, after con-
test extending over two years in which
an attempt was made to repeal all of
the general land laws of the country,
has authorized favorable report on
Senator Quarles' bill to repeal the
timber and stone act. AS reported the
bill has provision authorizing the
secretary of the interior to sell at pub
lie sale or otherwise the right to cut
timber on government lands. The bill
was amended to provide that the mon
eys derived from the sale of these
rights should be converted into the re.
clamation fund for irrigation purposes
and is now identical with one intro
duced two months ago by Senator
Hansbrough, chairman of the commit
tee,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
SUFFERED INTENSE PAIN.
Postmaster General Payne Very Weak
From Gout. ~

washington. March 17.-Postmaster
General Payne is much weaker than
has been generally believed and it is
likely that he will be unable to resume
his duties for several weeks. He has
about the knees and both feet and has
suffered intense pain. His weakness
has been aggravated by his efforts to
Sit up and transact oficial business
with his secretary and to see others
who have had occasion to call on him.
He is now confined to His he'd and DR..
q. 4. Magruder, his attending physi-
clan. has directed absolute reat.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE Ill.
Cousin OF Queen Victoria in Critical
Condition. "a. ~ IA

London, March 17.-The Duke of
Cambridge, cousin Of the late Queen
Victoria. is In q critical condition. Re
cent bulletins regarding the dukes
health have been Of q sreassuring ma
ture, but during the morning his royal
highness. who has been i'll for long
time. was seized with q recurrence Of
Aemorrhage OF the stomach and an Of
fcial bulletin issued later admits that
grave anxiety is felt regarding the out
como Of the attack.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17

New York, March ia number of
Northern Securities officials, including
President Hill, Vice President Clough
and Directors George F. Baker and
John S. Kennedy, held long confer
ence at the company's offices during
the day. It was said that plans to dis
solve the company and return the rail.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
!, Japanese spies Captured.

New York, March IT, Russian
sources report the capture on March Is
sf eighteen Japanese spies dressed as
Chinese laborers, in the village Of
wanglin. near West Port Arthur, ca
bles the Herald correspondent ct Che
Zoo. II IL supposed these men were
landed from the ieet during Thurs
days attack. The men are being re-
moved to Mukden under the yiceroy's
orders.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
TO DISSOLVE THE MERGER.
Number of Northern Securities Officials
Hold Long Conference---President Hill
Refuses to Talk.

road stocks to the original holders
were discussed, but this could not be
confirmed, inasmuch as Mr.. Hill de-
clined to make any statement. He did
say, however, that the general situa-
ton was unchanged. He refused to
discuss any of the reported alternative
plans.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
ARE STILL BLAMING JAPAN.
Car Receives the German Attaches on Way
to Front and Says Japanese Are to
Blame For War. > 5:. =

on the Chinese robber bands, VINO may
become emboldened by the war.
valid contends that the Japanese &C.
ton In covering their forces at Ping
yang, Korea. and at their bases, Che
mulpo, Chinnampho and Seoul. means
that detachments have moved out
along the Vellimkang, which may be
compared to miniature Tugela river.
! number of these detachments, it Is
added, have crossed the Vellikang at
Panchen, eight miles from Anju.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
CANNOT HE GIVEN ANY HELP

Port Arthur Must Be Held With Pres.
ent Garrison.
Newchwang, March 17.-General Ku-
ropatkin has telegraphed General
Stoessel that he must hold Port Arthur
with the present garrison.
Kuropatkin states that he is forming
his first line of defense with an army
of 100000 men, with second line of
200.O0O to guard the lines of communi.
cation and to prevent the Chinese
from assisting the Japanese.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
MORE ARRESTS IN MILWAUKEE,
Grand Jury .lndicts City and Ex-city
III s55SS1$5 tt65S Officials. y al

Gfdno jury .lnotctS lily ano EA.Stty
Officials.
M Milwaukee March 17.-Several ar
rests were made during the day on
warrants covering indictments re-
turned by the grand jury Tuesday
evening. Among those arrested and
the charges are the following: .a5
building Inspector Michael Dunn,
bribery; former Alderman Charles
Cooke, bribery; Alderman William
Murphy, bribery Supervisor William
Sutton, bribery; former County Clerk
Otis Hare and Frank Keough, printer.
conspiracy to defraud the county;
Frank Himmelstein, deputy tax com
missioner, conspiracy.
Warrants are also issued for Super
visor "A. G. Babe and former Super
Visor Joseph Schunck. 55
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
WILL, BECOME AGGRESSIVE.
Rumored junction of VIadivostok and
@G2s# 8, Port Arthur Fleets. r~

Rumored junction of VIadivostok and
@G7# :, Port Arthur Fleets. ~ ~'-'
Shanghai, March 17.-Advices from
Nagasaki say that rumor is in circu.
lation there to the effect that Admiral
Aakaroff's feet, which YVES stationed
In the outer harbor at Port Arthur, has
broken through the Japanese Gordon,
probably under cover Of darkness, and
effected a junction with the Vladivos-
tok fleet. ~77'''-' '>' A. '~'7>.' ''' .'~'-' D
This move has been expected ever
since Admiral Makaroff decided to
keep the fleet under steam in the outer
harbor.
It is supposed that the feet made q
dash. through the. Korean straits and
found the Vladivostok cruisers along
the Korean coast.
It will be in keeping with Makaroff's
policy to launch his whole strength
against the Japanese Port Arthur feet
and such action is looked for, provid.
cd the rumols are true.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
AMERICANS FURNISH THE ARMS

American firms and individuals having
an interest in San Domingo that they
have small ground for complaint OF
revolutionary disturbances affecting
their interests unfavorably SO long as
they themselves are in the habit of
furnishing arms, ammunition and
money to both sides engaged in this
strife.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
RUSSIA SECURES A LOAN.
Completes Arrangements for Money
When Needed.

Berlin, March IA dispatch from
ST. Petersburg says that the Russian
government has succeeded In floating
Z war loan Of 5000, 900, 1000. Interna-
tional fnanciers, the names Of whom
are kept secret, have agreed to adj
vance the money to Russia, to be re-
paid when the war ends. The loan
will take the form Of consolidated
stock. The money will be given to the
Russian government when the present
resources become exhausted. The
funds Russia has at hand win LAST .
considerable time. II
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17

Washington. March 1.-THE usual
daily revolution is reported from San
Domingo by Minister Powell in a ca
blegram dated March IA. He records
trouble at Sanchez.
1t is admitted at the state depart
ment that some representations have
been made in forcible. way by the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
THREE HUNDRED CASUALTIES.
Said Russfans Lost Heavily in Last
Port Arthur Attack.

Port Arthur Attack. VA.
London, March 1.-THE Telegraph's
correspondent at YinkOw cables that
most Of the shells fred into Port Ar.
thur during another bombardment on
March IL were part Of the ammunition
found on board the captured East
Asiatic steamer Manchuria,S which was
bound for Port Arthur with 1000 tons
Of war material. The Russians were
greatly surprised at seeing their own
shells bursting among them. Thirty
casualties occurred in one large fort.
The total Russian casualties were over
800 killed and wounded. This is au.
thentic. Evidently not much damage
was. done to the Japanese ships, for
the forts made but feeble reply. /.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
PERFECT THEIR APPEAL.

Machen, Lorenz and Croft Brothers
File Bonds.
Washington, March 1.-THE appeal
of August W. Machen, George B. Lo-
REM, Diller B. and Samuel A. Croft,
recently convicted of conspiracy to de-
fraud the United States in connection
with the postal investigation, was per-
fected during the day by the filing of
the appeal bonds of 500 each and
their approval by Judge Pritchard.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
AROUSE BITTER RESENTMENT.
Reports That Russia Intends Abandon.
lnu Port Arthur.

in0 Port Arthur.
II ST. Petersburg. March The re-
ports OF the aband onment Of Fort Ar
thur continue to arouse the bitterest
resentment. the papers denouncing the
story as 4 stock jobbing scheme, One
paner remarks:
Let other countries be fed on such
tales. hut while Russian blood is flow
Ing the authorities should not allow
the people to be disturbed by such
falsehopds. The official telegrams are
believed and trusted by everyone. 5
The government Is building some
larnored trains for use on the Manchu.
y ian railroad after the model Of fhose
used by the British III South Africa.
They viii not be employed 20 much on
account of tear that the Japanese may
cut the road - for their moral eject
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17

st. Petersburg, March 1.-THE EN-.
peror. receiving the German attaches,
Laneinstein and Tettau, who are to
leave for the front March 10, said,
among other things: . ;. Sxs5 .f+$$
Gentlemen, all Europe now realizes
that Russia tried to avoid war and to
obtain a peaceful settlement. Many
Of the powers strove also to attain
this end, but Japan forced the war, In.
fringing all international law. Gentle.
men, you will be able in the Far East
to see how HAssia observes humane
and correct conduct during war;"
! The Grand Duke Cyril, who has ar.
rived at Port Arthur, will serve "a
first officer Of the battleship Petro'
pavlovsk.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
NO SIGN OF THE ENEMY.

Report From Port Arthur Asserts Al
Is Quiet. , '.- -
d Port Arthur, March 17.-Exerything
Sis quiet here. There ia, no sign of the
enemy. Ri z5..,..,.,. ,....
Y + Advices from Fenghuancheng, about
forty-fve miles northwest Of With, say
the Russians troops are showing adj
mirable spirit in surrounding the diff
culties and hardships of the march
over the frozen tracts Of East Manchu-
ria AZ Z, !5sls e99a lss = &y,is,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
Rsslrns from oawss Communion

Ardmore, /. II, March l7.--William
b. Stanley. ex-governor OF Kansas. has.
confirmed the report that he had re-
signed % 8 member Of the Dawes
commiaston. effective April l2,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-03-17
DESTROYS ANOTHER VESSEL


destroyer
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Sketch of His Career.

Matthew Stanley Quay was born at
Dillsburg, Pa. September 80, 1888. His
father was a Presbyterian minister,
descended from a ~Scotch-Irish family
which traced its lineage to the earliest
days of this country. Young Quay was
brought up in Beaver County, his ma
tive State, and there was educated at
the public schools.
He entered Jefferson College at the
age of sixteen and proved a bright STU
dent, with pronounced literary tastes,
graduating with honors, and after
ward studying law. Before completing
his studies he went South and for a
time lived in Texas, returning to Penn
s~ylvania when twenty-one years old,
and there being admitted to practice.
In 1856 he was elected Prothonotary
of his county and was reelected in
1859. Afterward he served for 4 time
as Secretary to Andrew G. Curtin in
the latter's first term as Governor, re-
signing to serve in the Civil War as
Assistant Commissary-Genera of his
State, as Colonel Of the One Hundred
and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania In
fantry, as Military State Agent, and as
Military Secretary of State.
Right after the war Quay started ac-
lively in politics, being elected to the
Legislature in 1865. and again two
years later. Here he began to build
up what later became the Quay ma
chine.
BY 1878 Quay was Secretary Of State
and a leader in his party. Hartranft
was Governor, but he bowed to Quay.
In 1878, before the ink was dry on a
bill creating the Office of Recorder Of
Philadelphia, Quay was appointed to
the place, which carried a salary and
perquisites of $4,000.
In 1885 Quay vas elected State
Treasurer by an overwhelming major
ity. and during his term was credited
with making large sums by depositins
State funds in the Peoples Bank.
In was in March Of 1887 that Quay
took his seat in the United States SEN
ate, succeeding John ]. Mitchell. The
following year he was made Chairman
of the Republican National Committee,
managing the Harrison campaign. 1t
was in this campaign that he acquired
the title of the silent man."
While Senator Quay had resided in
Washington for many years, very few
of it's people were familiar with one
side IF his life. He was devoted to
his family, which consisted of his wife
and three daughters, and spent his
evenings and other leisure time in
their society. One son, Major Andrew
G. Curtain Quay. is in the army, and
another, Richard, is married and lives
in Western Pennsylvania, where he is
engaged in business.
Senator Quay was passionately fond
Of the best literature. and his library
at his Washington home is filled with
a fine collection of standard works.
He was said to be as well read as any
man in public life, including even
President Roosevelt. Senator Lodge
and Secretary Hay. His wide reading
and technical learning was a source
of constant wonder to those who had
known him only as a political boss.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-22
Curious Custom.

In Friesland, it seems. there is a
custom that the news of 4 birth or
death is announced verbally by a man
who calls at every house in the vii
lage for the purpose. If he brings
the news of a birth he wears white
gloves, if a death they are black. Some
days back a child was born dead i'll
a Tristan village. 1t was necessary
that the usual announcement should
be made, but in what colored gloves?
The harbinger was a man of resource.
He went his rounds wearing one white
glove and one black one.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-22
JAPS Make BRAVE
BAYOHET CHARGE
Capture Nanshan bill After
Repeated Attacks Under
Deadly Fire.
ALL NIGHT, ALL DAY BATTLE
Estimates of the Losses Put as
High as $4,000.

Tokio.-In a battle lasting two days
the Japanese second army. under COM
mand of General Oku, captured all the
heights south of Kin Chow and also
the so-called im%pregnable Nanshanh hill,
the fortified gateway at the neck of
Port Arthur, commanding not only the
entrance to that fortress, but dominat-
ing Talienwan Bay and the land forts
on the heights of Port Dalny.
The story Of the battle sent to Toxic,
In rather complete form. while disclos-
ing the tremendous fighting ability of
the Japanese against a we'll 6%ntrenched
army. is first of all important in the
fact that its result now closes in Port
Arthur absolutely from the land and
gives to the Japanese the chain of hills
running twenty miles north, whichth they
can proceed to fortify, preventing any
relief from coming to the invested
fortress.
The most severe fighting was shortly
before dark. the Japanese ascending
terrace after terrace against barbed
wire entanglements, hidden mines.
rapid-firing guns and other obstacles.
Their loss must have been exceedingly
hea:y up to the time they got into
hand-to-hand conflict with the Russian
infantry; but after that period the Rus
clans were moved down, so Admiral
Togo's report says. and sent in great
disorder against the southerly slope.
OF almost as much interest is the
admission of General Kuropatkin in a
message to the Emperor that General
Kuroki's forces have been suddenly
advancing and that at every point
reconnoitred by the Cossack scouts
the Japanese have been found in in
creasing numbers nearer and nearer
to Haichen and Liau Yang.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-22
DEATH OF SENATOR QUAY
The Famous Political Leader Passes
Away at Beaver, Pa
End Came Peacefully, the Noted Penn
%sylvanian Being Unconscious For
Hours Before BE Died.

Beaver. Pa.-Mattkew Stanley Quay.
senior Senator from Pennsylvania.
slept peacefully into death at twelve
minutes before 3 o'clock p. m, after
an illness which had been persistent
for the last year. which took a turn
for the worse ten days before his
death, and which the doctors diagnosed
as chronic gastritis. Mr.. Quay had
been unconscious since early morning.
and the stupor grew more profound
each hour. Oxygen was administered
constantly in the hope that it would
revive him, but in vain. The immedi.
ate cause of death was exhaustion due
to inability to assimilate nourishment.
Chronic gastritis and inflammation Of
the stomach was the foundation of the
trouble.
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Thrilling Account of the Battle.

Tokio.-After what was probably the
severest land fighting of the campaign,
the second japanese army, under COM
mand of General Oku, drove the Rus
slams out of Kin Chow and followed up
it's victory by driving the enemy back
upon Port Arthur.
All the reports indicate that the fight
Ing was of the most desperate charac-
ter. The Russian resistance was as
logged and desperate as was the jap
anese attack.
The Russians had devoted great eff
forts to preparing to check the advance
of the Japanese southwark. Mines
were laid on the lower slopes and
barbed wire entanylements were placed
around the northern and eastern hill
bases. Another line of defense. SINH
larry protected by barbed wire, ex-
tended from Yenchiatun. neal the
head Of Talienwan Bay. northward to
Tinchiatien. which is south Of Kin
Chow. A strong force Of Russian in
infantry and artillery held Kin Chow.
They had fortified the heights on the
south shore of Talienwan Bay. both
to the east and west. Their extreme
right rested on Hushangtao, and their
extreme left on Nanshan hill, the latter
being the stronSest'point of the whole
iine. A series of batteries strongly en-
place crowned the crest of the hill,
and there were rifle pits extending
around the sides.
The Japanese first occupied the line
Of hills east of Chin Chow. This posi-
&-@> co,n11I o1.,~- nv o~nn% rir1,f
angle. its southern front facing Talien-
wan, it's western Kin Chow. and its
apex at the village of Chiulichan. Its
extreme right was at Chenshiatien,
which is almost due north Of Chiuli-
chan, and its extreme left at CHAT
zuho, which is due east Of Chiulichan.
The attacking army assembled in
complete security back Of this angle.
The Russians apparently tried to uraw
the Japanese attack. Their batteries
slowly opened fire, but the Japanese re-
fused to be drawn until the exact
strength of the Russian positions and
their artillery was revealed.
The Japanese then began a series Of
careful reconnoissances. working their
way close enough to the Russian po-
SltlOn TO draw the nre or tnelr artll-
lery, thus securing fragments Of shells,
which enabled them to ascertain the
calibre of the Russian guns.
They found that the Nanshan Hill
batteries included four howitzers Of
about fifteen centimetres, ten old
patterned cannon Of between nineteen
and fifteen centimetres, and two quick
firing guns of twelve centimetres.
They also discovered a number Of en-
placements facing the northeast, but
were unable to learn the number of
guns in them. These guns developed
d range of $500 metres.
Eight heavy guns near Hushantao,
OH the Russian right, were also dis
covered. There was another strong
position Oh a hill to the south of Nam
shan Hill, with a series of shelter
trenches.
On the shores Of Talienwan Bay,
near, it's head, the Russians had estab-
lished a series of positions with search
lights, which played nightly upon the
angle Of the Japanese position.
Further "Reminiscences showed a
line of defense west Of Liuchiatien, ex-
tending northward from Yenchiatien
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-22

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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-06-22
OHIO RIVER BOAT BLOWS UP.
Boiler Of the Fred Wilson EXplodes
and Vessel is Demolished.

Louisville, Ky.-Ten persons were
killed, one fatally injured and sixteen
hurt by an explosion Of boilers which
totally demolished the towboat Fred
Wilson, off Riverview Park. The dead
are: Captain Joseph Price, Pittsburg;
William Holland, Braddock, Pa;
travelling with Captain Price; William
Quinn, steward, Pittsburg; Albert
Miller. pilot, Pittsburg; Sherman
Shively, second engineer, Pittsburg;
Hugh Hoskins, cook, Pittsburg; Jo-
seph Warren, negro, Middleport. Ohio;
William Thornton. negro, Middleport,
Ohio; - Patrick, portion Of body
found on coal boat, and one deck hand,
name unknown.
The Wilson was literally blown to
pieces and her hull sank in eighteen
feet of water. Two heavy pieces Of
her boiler were found almost five hun
dred yards from the bank, and her
flag floats from the top Of a tree near
! "erview Park, where it was blown
with a piece of wreckage.