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INSTRUCT For HEARST.
Meade County Democrats Held Meet.
ina at Sturgis.


Sturgis, S. D., March 23.-The demo-
cratic county convention OF Meade
county was held at the court house in
this city Saturday. The convention In
structed for William Randolph Hearst
for president; for ex-senator r. F. Pet
tigrew to head the South Dakota del
egation to the national convention at
st. Louis, and for e. IS. johnson of
Armour, for national committeeman.
Following are8the names Of delegates
to the state convention at Sioux Falls.
March 30:
Jesse Brown, Wesley A. Stuart, John
Scotland, M. NJ. Cooper, T. III. Sin
clair, w. ". Doyle, Vim. Calvin, S. HI.
Martin, B. NJ Oliver, Geo. b. McPher-
son. Among the a%lternates who will
also attend the convention will be Or.
y. ii. McSloy and C. +. Runkel.
Among the resolutions upon Mr..
Hearst were the following:
We greatly applaud his recognition
of the great mass Of voters. as the pri-
mary repository of political sovereignty
In consulting them first and direct as
to his candidacy for the presidency
OF these United States. and direct all
voters attention to n diametrtcal
methods always employed by the mod
ern Hamiltonian party under the lead
ership of Theodore Roosevelt, who
seeks h nomination for the first post
of political honor through the corrupt
t~rust-owned political machine.
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BURKE MEN CONTROL
Lincoln County Democrats Name Dele.
oates TO State Convenfion.

GstS0tu SVuNky g~cTuOCE AXIS tNdEaG OSsOs
gates to State Convention.
Canton, S. D., March 22.-The demo-
cratic county convention held at Fair
view was a peaceful and harmonious
gathering, contrary to all expectations.
The Burke men had entire control of
the organization, and the friends of Mr..
Pettigrew failed to ever make an APP
pearance in the convention. s. l.. Tyler
of Harrisburg presided, and A. C. Raig
of Fairview acted as secretary. The
delegates selected to attend the state
convention al Sioux Falls on the thir-
tieth of March Were all friendly to Mr..
Burke to be selected as delegate from
this district to the st. Louis convention.
Resolutions We're adopted requesting
that the delegates to the state conven-
ton use every honorable means to Sc
cure the election of Thom1ls. H. Burke
as a delegate to the national demo-
cratic convention. and commencing the
services OF W. r. Hearst, of New York.
as a man OF h people and faithful to
his trust. No opposition is shown
among the Pettigrew democrats to the
work of the convention and the claims
OF the Lincoln county delegation viii.
be undisputed in the state convention.
It Is believed among Burke's friends
that he can be elected delegate against
Petttgrew without much trouble on ac-
count Of his long and faithful services
to the democratic party in the county
and state,
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WHOLESALE MURDER.
Prisoners in a Seoul Prison Are eeino
Disposed Of in a Barbarous
Eashinn

New York, March 23.-The numer-
BUS executions at the local prison are
reported to be due to a movement by
the supreme court in the direction of
clearing out the place. says a Seoul
dispatch to the Herald. A total Of six
prisoners have been decapitated in
three nights past, and thirty-eight
hanged. Many of these victims had
been in Jail for years without trial.
Som were former students in Japan,
and others thieves. highwaymen, en-
bezzlers Of public funds, political Of
tenders and traitors. AS the bodies
We're carried out strings of ten or
twenty men bound together reflled the
cells just vacated.
1t is probable representatives Of for
eign powers will investigate, and II
justified will take action. The prison
is heavily guarded, as 1t is feared the
peddlers' guild may attempt to force
all entrance and liberate the prisoners.
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SCANDAL IN JAPAN.
Legislators Alleged to Have Been
Grating Like Occidentals.

Toxic, March pa legislative scan
DIAL is threatening in connection With
the proposal of the government to ere
ate certain monopolies. 1t is alleged
that certain members of the diet agreed
to support a movement to increase the
compensation to be paid to manufac-
turers for a share of the increase Sc
cured.
1t was originally proposed to pay the
manufacturers a sum equal to three
years income from their business.
1t is said the Illicit project was to
secure the equivalent of four years.
income. The police are Investigating
the matter.
That Firing at New chwang.
New Chwang. March 24.-The firing
heard here this morning. it has been
officially explained. was from the guns
OF the fort engaged in practice. The
Associated Press learns that the Rus
slams notified the Chinese late yester-
day that this u practice would occur,
but not in time for the Information to
become known. Consequently there
was considerable alarm when the firing
was heard.
The ice in the river is rapidly break
ing up and it is expected the river will
be entirely open in a few days.
Two Japanese merchants and five
women refugees who have been inn
%prisoned since February Z. at Port Ar
thur, left today en- route to Tien Tsin,
this satisfying the American officials
inquiry and negotiations, covering sew
eral weeks. Merchants who We're ar
rested on account of possessing charts
of the coast at Dalny report they were
treated kindly. British residents here
have sent a petition to British Minister
Satow at Pekin, asking thai a warship-
be allowed to remain at New Chwang.
He Has Experience Ahead.
Shanghai, March 24.-llle proclama-
ton of the rebel leader, Yuan, who at
the head OF 1000 opium s,nugglers, re-
Gently defeated a detachment OF
Chinese troops near Chung King. a
he has no intention of causing trouble
to the Chinese or to foreigners in China.
but being determined TO eradicate a
false n foreign religion, he will raise
10, 1000 men and march to the Western
ocean to destroy the Christian religion
of foreign countries. The proclamation
especially condemns Roman Catholics.
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lNsTRUcrs FoR CRAWFORD.
sulIy County Republicans Take Action
Against Machine.

H.
Onida. 8. D., March pat a mass con-
vention OF the republicans Of sully county
held In the court house at Onida Satur-
day afternoon the following delegates and
alternates were elected to represent the
county IN the republican state convention
to be held at Sioux Falls May 4:
Delegates-David Hall, chairman: C. r.
Garner, NJ. ]. Haverly, w. H. Green, Will
liam Floyd, ]. H. Gropengeiser.
Alternates-John Jane, NJ. Leon French.
j. 8. Walker. r. j. Courtney, Thomas
Crawford, Claud Garner.
The following resolutions were adopted:
w the republicans of Sully county in
mass convention assembled. congratulate
the country on its happiness and prosper
ity, brought about by the direct result Of
the able administration of President
Roosevelt; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That we unqualifedly. I'M
,equivocally and irrevocably indorse his adj
ministration and reflections: and,
Resolved. That we desire and hereby
instruct the delegates chosen by this con-
tvention persistently and unseekingly to
labor for the nomination of the Hon. Coe
i. Crawford for governor on the 4th of
May next at the Sioux Falls convention;
and,
Resolved. HI this convention do IA
vor the denomination OF all state officers
who are now serving their first terms;
and,
Resolved, That the delegates to be
chosen by this convention vote to in
struct the eight delegates to be chosen to
represent South Dakota In the national
convention to vote for the reelection of
President Roosevelt continuously until he
is nominated; and
Resolved. That we indorse the repub-
lfcan administration, both state and ma
tional, and be it further
Resolved. Tha the delegates chosen by
this convention to represent Sully county
In the state convention at Sioux Falls be
and are hereby instructed to vote as a
unit on all questions
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RECEIVERS ARE NAMED
Liquidation of the suIly Business vii.
Not Be Conducted by Assignee
Hoadiev.

New York, March 24.-David Miller
and Henry Taft were today appointed
receivers for d. ]. Sully & Company.
the suspended cotton brokers, succeed
ing j. H. Hoadley, assignee, to whom
exception had been taken by some Of
the creditors.
First prices OF the cotton exchange
were lower today on rumors that tho.
Sully settlement would be u~nfavorable.
Opening prices were at a decline Of
1908 points. Liquidation was heavy
and the market ruled very feverish.
New York, March 22.-The
ment that a petition in involuntary
bankruptcy had been filed by certain
creditors aginst Sully & Co., was fol-
lowed by renewals Of liquidation, re-
sulting in a net decline Of 81 to &C.
points. From this level there was an
other partial rally. The market around,
steadfer.
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AMERICAN DESCRIBES BATTLE.
reIls of First Attack on Russian Fleet
at Port Arthur.

Tacoma. Wash. March pa de-
scription OF the first attack on the Rus
sian fleet at Port Arthur and the dash
made Into the inner harbor by the Jap
anese t%orpedoboats is given in a letter
to the Tacoma News from Purser
F~airweather, of the steamship Pleiades,
which had arrived at Port Arthur with
attack was made. He says:
we arrived at Port Arthur February
Y. The Russian fleet, consisting of four
teen battleships and cruisers, were all
lying outside h mouth OF the harbor.
We got a berth just inside the Spit,
which forms one side of the entrance.
Monday night about II o'clock we
heard heavy firing, which continued un-
til about 1880 a. m. Everyone thought
night target practice. but in the morn
ing, when we saw two OF the largest
and best OF the Russian warships
aground on the Spit, we knew that
something more than practice had been
going on. 1t developed that a fleet of
Japanese torpedoboats had come along
quite close inshore, flying the Russian
flag and giving the Russian signal.
They had passed right under forts along
the Spit side Of the harpor and had
passed by the patrol boat at the en-
trance. giving the countersign.
They passed through the entrance
to the harbor, turned around and pass
ed out, going UP to the other coast UNI
til directly behind the largest and best
of the warships lying inside, when
they turned and fired their torpedoes
into three Of them. The remarkable
part of it was hat the dash of the
torpedoboats through the 1O0-yard wide
mouth Of the harbor and their turn
ing around inside.
THE Russians fired upon the torpe-
bobcats, but apparently did not harm
them. They then attempted to get
their warships into the harbor, but two
of the worst disabled ran aground on
the Spit and We're in q sinking condi-
ton.
The next morning at II O'Clock the
Japanese fleet move into firing dis
lance and fired shell for forty-five min
utes. The Pleiades was behind the Spit,
but in direct line, and shells fell around
US. Our deck was covered with pieces.
Later the Russians got their grounded
warships off the Spit and inside the
harbor, where they now lie on the bot
tom. By working hard they succeeded
in bringing in a f1ve-funneled cruiser,
which sank in the harbor the next day.
We had great difficulty in getting
away. We We're obliged to take 900
Chinese women away with u.s."
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STAND FOR MARTYR.
Believed Lawrence County Republicans
Will Pledge Him Their Support,

Deadwod, S. D., March 22.-George
v. Ayres, chairman of the Lawrence
county republican, central committee,
has sent notice of a meeting, to be
held at Deadwood. at which the time
and place of holding the republican
county convention for the selection Of
delegates for the state convention at
Sioux Falls will be set. AS the state
convention is set for May 4. the Law
renee county convention will probably
be held at least ten days in advance.
It has been customary for several years
to hold the county convention on Sat
urday, and the primaries a week earlier.
It is expected hat the primaries in
Lawrence county his year will be held
April 16 and the county convention
April %.
Owing to the situation among the re-
~bicans OF Lawrence county over the
candidacy of Congressman Martin.
there is expected to be a larger scram-
BILE for the control. Mr.. Martins
friends declare that he has a majority
Of the central committeeman at this
time.
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OBSTRUCTIVE BLAZE
AT fAULkToN
Over Entire Block of Business
Buildings Destroyed With
Small Insurance.
KNOWN LOSS IS ooc
firs Started in = Meat Market-Heroi.
Efforts of Firemen Saved Much
Property--Meade County
Democrats.

Faulkton, s. D., March 23-The mos
destructive fire in the history OF this
city occurred this morning at 2 o'clock
when nearly all of one block in the
business portion with Its contents was
burned to the ground, besides two resi-
dences. The fire started at the rear END
Of the j. H. Hays meat market, and but
for the heroic work OF f1remen the
whole Of the business portion OF the city
Would have been destroyed. The fol
lowing are the Losses:
Dean & Whitlock, general merchan-
disc stock, loss SIS, 900; insurance, $40.
600.
o. M. Moe, W story building. loss
5000; insurance, $2,400.
]. H. Hnys. butcher shop, telephone
exchange and buildings, loss $500; in
surance 81, 400.
r. II. OMEN, bank building, loss, So
600; insurance, $1,000.
John Hansel, barber shop, loss $500:
Insurance, $500.
r. N. Armstrong Co, general mer-
chandise, loss 5000; insurance, $4,200.
loss 1920; insurance. $500.
Oulton & Reed, drug stock, loss $4,000;
insurance. $3.50.
Eugene Brown pool room fixtures,
loss 5000; nj insurance.
Chas. Elliot, restaurant fixtures, $175;
no insurance.
Amos Pond, restaurant fixtures, loss
$500; no Insurance.
Merchants bank fixtures. loss $3.50; in
surance, $3.50; Morse Bros, two story
building, loss 81, 200; insurance, S1,600.
j.. NJ. Sockey, drug stock, loss $4,000;
insurance, $500.
C. C. Moulton. building, loss $1,000;
Insurance, 5000.
Belle F. Mccoy residence. loss $4,000;
insurance not known.
Hotel residence. loss $500; insurance
not known.
Miscellaneous losses estimated at ST.
600.
Total loss. $54.525.
Total insurance, $4,000.
It is believed the fire was Of incendi-
airy origin. as no fire or light was in or
near the building.
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WOULD BE DIFFICULT.
RothchiId Says Raising s~1s5,ooo,ooc
Would Disturb the London Money
Market.

London. March 23.-The impolicy Of
a clause in the port Of London bill
providing for the payment to the ex-
listing dock company of the purchase
price OF their property in cash was
forcibly presented to the president Of
the board of trade, Gerald Balfour, to-
day by a small but influential deputa-
ton OF banks, headed by Lord Roths-
child. Unless the clause is altered 1t
would necessitate the raising OF about
1856. 600. 900 in cash. and this, as Lord
Rothschild pointed out, could hardly be
accomplished with out a serious dis
furbance OF the London money market
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SALE OF school LANDS.
Commissioner Bach at Aberdeen Con.
Quoted Sale Of Number Of Iracts.

Aberdeen. s. D.. March &c. j.
Bach, commissioner of school and pub
lie lands Of South Dakota, yesterday
conducted a sale of lands in Brown
county, and a considerable number Of
forty-acre tracts were sold, at prices
much above any before reached here.
The lowest price at which any sale vas
made was $22 an acre. the other tracts
going at from $40 to $37 an acre. The
purchasers were all owners Of land they
farm. and the tracts bought were gen.
orally adjacent and added to their
farms, some taking a numbers Of for
ties. The leasing Of lands unsold is
taking place today.
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THE PLAN.
Japan Will Try Different Revenue
Scheme Than Proposed.

Toxic, March 23.-As the result Of a
series Of conferences between party
leaders 1t seems certain the government
will abandon h attempt to create a
salt monopoly and place a tax on silk,
and will also make a smaller increase
in land tax than originally proposed.
Members Of the cabinet are holding a
series of conferences with party leaders
who have been explaining how the in
terests of the people they represent
would be affected by war taxes. The
cabinet is endeavoring to frame meas
ures which will prove satisfactory to
the people.
There is a growing feeling that this
government should not attempt imme-
date payment Of a large part Of the
cost of war by taxation, III that it
should issue bonds and extend the pay
ments over q series of years.
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AT THEIR OWN RISK.
German Consul Warns countrymen a.
New Chwano,

Yin Kow. March 2s.-The German
Consul from Tien Tsin. at a meeting
Of German citizens held here yester-
day counselled all residents Of that
nationality that they remained at New
Chwang at their own risk, and that in
the event of loss Of property, recovery
was doubtful. Also in the event Russia
was defeated recovery OF losses, IL pos
sible. would only be after a long time,
but II Japan was defeated recovery
might be sooner
British residents propose to protest
against the indefinite absence Of war
ships from New Chwang.
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Rl.'0aT TO CzAR.
Alexieff Tells of the Late Bombardmen,
at Port Arthur-says Damage
Mas Small.

st. Petersburg, March 4-The en-
peror has received the following tele-
gram from Viceroy Alexieff:
Lieutenant General Stossel reports
that at midnight of March 81 Japanese
torpedoboats were discovered by our
searchlights. Our guardships and fort
batteries opened fire upon them. the
firing lasting for twenty minutes. At
4 O'Clock in the morning the attack was
renewed.
"At $50 o'clock In the morning four
OF the enemy's ships appeared from
the south, followed by the whole SQUAD
ron Of eleven ships and eight torpedo
boats. Our squadron left the road
stead to meet the enemy.
"At 9 o'clock the enemy's battleships
/! opened fire on Lao Tishin, after which
they took up a position behind the
rocky eminence of Lao Tishin and
bombarded Port Arthur
Viceroy Alexieff adds that he is wait
ing for details.
A later dispatch from the viceroy to
the emperor avs
from Lieutenant General Stoessel, the
enemy's fleet consisted of six battle
ships and twelve cruisers. About 9
o'clock In the morning the feet divided
the battleships and t~orpedoboats taking
up a position between Lao Tishin and
GoiuDlnala Day (FlEeon bay), while the
cruisers formed up In two divisions
to the south and southeast of Port
Arthur.
"At $3.50 o'clock the battleship Ret
vizan opened fire owe the crest OF lao
Tishin against the enemy's %battleships,
which replied by firing on the town.
Meanwhile. u feet formed up in line
In h outer roadstead.
About II o'clock in the morning the
c%annonade slackened n the japanese
fleet. reuniting, drew on slowly to the
southeast, and at 1880 o'clock had disap-
peared.
During the bombardment ave soldiers
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RUSSIANS IN BAD SHAPE
Arrivals in Manchuria Have to Go to
the Hospital,

Rome, March 2~4.-According to a tele-
gram from Hardin, there arrived at
that point in the last forty days about.
10000 troops; 1000 were dispatched at
once to Much Wang, Port Arthur and
Mukden, and 1000 to Vladivostok. Me
greater part of the remainder is in the.
hospital as the men arrived in wretched
condition. Only thirty-three military
trains had reached Hardin yesterday,
since the outbreak of hostilities. Not
less than half of these brought only
munitions of war and provisions. 1t
is hoped that next week troops will ar
rive at the rate of 1000 per day, hut
there is still great disorder OF T}arls..
junction, where fortificatios. rs ..a.ng
-1Ie5
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SENTENCE.
August Forth Who Robbed Postotfice at
Pluma Given Another Chance.

Lead, s. D., March 22.-August Forth,
a minor. who was arrested some weeks
ago charged with the robbery Of the
postofflce at Puma, vas given a hear
ing in county court with the view Of
having him declared a fit subject for
the state reform school. but at he
urgent request of his father sentence
was suspended. and he will be given his
freedom. His father has agreed to
place him In st. Morton's academy at
Sturgis, where he will be kept under
careful surveillance Although only Is
years Of age he has twice been in jus
tice court. Once he answered to the
charge of attempting to burn the dwell
ing Of his grandmother. The articles
stolen from the postoffice and store at
Puma We're recovered.
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Probably canard.

st. Petersburg. March 2l.-The re-
ported Russian victory on the Yalu
river is frankly declared all but inn
possible at military headquarters here.
and is pointed out hat to inflict such a
crushing defeat On the Japanese the
Russians would have had to been
numerically enormously superior TO the
enemy which the Russians in Korea
are not.
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SEVEN ARE INDICTED.
Oregon Land Frauds Bring aMilIionaire
and Six Homesteaders Into
Al. -.:

Washington. March 24.-The interior
department today received the follows
ing dispatch from Portland, Ore: /.
Reporting the lntest development in,
in the west, Charles Cunningham. FL
millionaire stockman of eastern Oregon
and six homesteaders procured oy him
were indicted today for conspiracy"
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oficers Commit suicide.

New York, March 21.-News has been
received from Port Arthur that several
officers Of the garrison, under the strain
caused by the bombardment by the
Japanese, committed suicide, says a
World dispatch from Shanghai.
The total number of casualties in the
town to date is 265.
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Death Of Mrs. Xavier.

Sioux Falls. s. D., March 22-Mrs.
Xavier, wife Of Professor Xavier, Of
the Lutheran Norwegian school in this
city. died at the family residence Of
consumption. The remains have been
shipped to DEBORAH. Ia. where the fu-
neral services will be held and where
tnterment will take place.
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Jao sf.N CHINA.
Bm:ed Alive Amid General Re-

New York, March pa dispatch
to the Daily Mail from Tien Tsin.
China. says that a Japanese merchant
named hatacka' act1ng as a spy for the
Russians has been murdered in Tie1
Tsin. being buried alive. Japanese resi-
dents show universal joy over he pun
ishment meted out to the traitor. jan
anese officials disclaim any knowledge
OF theassassins.
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School Land Lease. Raise Rents.
Electric Zinc snowbound.

Lead. s. D., March 23.-The Burlins-
ton Railroad company has been unable
to use it's electric line along Main
street In Lead for several months
owing to the accumulation Of snow and
ice. At the beginning Of winter eff
forts were made to keep the line open
but on account Of the narrowness OF the
streets 1t was found that this would
seriously interfere with other traffictby
completely blockading the street on
both ides of the railroad track, and
even In some cases the sidewalks. 1t
was found that to keep the line open
would necessitate the entire removal Of
snow from the street and this was
considered too expensive.
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TO NOMINATE JUDGE
Republican Central Committee Of Fifth
Judicial Circuit 10 Mat Anrii ~.

Aberdeen. s.. D., March 22.-At a
meeting of the republican central COM
mittee for the Fifth judicial circuit,
held at Webster, the convention for
h nomination Of a candidate. for Judge
was called to meet at Webster on April
q. $50 far there appears to be no OPP
position to the denomination of Judge
n. McCoy.