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TALK OF RETREAT.
Japanese Have the Russian Army in a
Very Tight Place.

st. Petersburg, via the frontier,
March 2.--Oficial circles at the Rus
sian capital have been seized with great
alarm, owing to the ominous news
from the Far East, and conference
has been held of the military experts,
who discussed the Japanese movement
and debated at length what action the
Russian government should take at the
present time to uphold General Kuro-
patkin.
1t is felt that the japanese have him
in very precarious position, and one
in which it may be necessary for him
again to order general retreat. 1t is
recognized that the japanese movement
at this time is prompted by desire
to crush General Kuropatkin in the
belief that Russian defeat at this time
would compel the czar to sue for peace
because of internal conditions in Rus
sia.
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Thursday. March 2.

The senate today passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill, carrying about
$6S, 100000. The general deficiency
bill, carrying $29, ,769, ,466, was passed.
An agreement cannot be reached on the
bill for the governmnt of the canal zone
and it is possible the present law will
continue.
The house agreed to the conference
reports on the Notifications, agricul-
tural and river and harbor appropri-
alton bills. The naval appropriation
bill was sent back to conference.
Both houses have decided to send
committees to attend the opening of the
Lewis and Clark fair, and $4,000 has
been appropriated to defray their ex-
penses.
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Admit They are Beaten.

st. Petersburg, March At is now
generally admitted that after the long
and heavy battle which has been wag-
ing before Mukden, General Kuropat-
kin has been forced to abandon at least
a part OF his most advanced position
under the fierce attack OF the enemy.
The next stand will probably be made
at Tie pass, and little doubt is expressed
of the ability Of the Russian commander
to bring his forces safely from the
scene of the present conflict and firmly
establish himself in a new position.
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POISON IN VIAL.
Mrs. Leland Stanford Drinks a Fatal
lDose and Dies in Agony.

Honolulu, March |. -- Mrs. Jane
Lathrop Stanford OF San Francisco,
widow OF United States Senator Leland
Stanford, died Mt ll;I0 O'Clock last
night, 40 minutes after she was taken
i'll, at the Moano hotel here, under
suspicious circumstances, pointing, In
the opinion Of the physician gho at
tended her in her dying hour. and
seemingly In that Of Others, TO poison
ing by the administration OF strychnine
in vial of bicarbonate Of soda given
just before retiring.
An autopsy ON the remains showed
that the cause Of death was tetanus Of
the respiratory organs, but how this
was brought about will not be known
until after an examination Of the con-
tents OF the stomach.
Mrs. Stanford built the children's
hospital, Albany, N. Y, costing tlOO,-
900, and supported by an endowment
OF 800, 900 more. sh" also gave $780,
900 TO kindergarten schools in San
Francisco. Since the death OF her hus-
band Mrs. Stanford had devoted her
attention to the development of the
university, and had been residing at
Palo Alto, Cal.
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FRIDAY, March 8.

The last days session of the house
before the final adjournment of the
5Sth congress at noon tomorrow found
that body almost through with its
work. The conference reports on the
Indian and postoffice appropriation
bills were agreed to. At the evening
session the sundry civil, the river and
harbor and general deficiency bills were
agreed to as reported from conference.
The conference reports were agreed
to by the senate on the same measures
the house acted on. The present tenn
porary government for the Panama
canal zone was continued.
The statehood bill is dead and the
house will resurrect it in the next con-
Qregs
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Western Railroads Decide Upon
Livestock Rates.
WILL MAKE TEST CASE IN COURT
To Obey Decision Of Interstate Com
merce Commission Would Mean
Heavy Loss To Roads.

Chicago, March .. - Executive otll-
cials OF Western railroads today decid-
cd to ignore the erder OF the Interstate
Commerce commission requiring them
TO charge no higher rates for livestock
than are charged for the transportation
OF the products Of livestock. BY tho
advice OF general counsel the matter
will be tested In the courts, as the rail-
roads have determined that II will ba
impossible either TO lower the livestock
rates or to increase the rates on pack
ing house products. There Ii an In
clination 10 do the latter, but the con-
tract which the Great Western road has
with the packers for an ls.cent rate
between Chicago and the Missouri
river makes such action impracticable.
reduction IN livestock rates In
compliance with the decision OF the
commission would mean minimum
reduction of 81 cents per 100 pounds
and u maximum reduction OF about 4
cents, and the reductions would affect
fully 40 per cent OF all the livestock
traffic west OF Chicago. A compliance
with the commissions order by re-
duction in the livestock rates would
mean, II Is now estimated, a loss TO
western railroads OF at least 81 900. 900
annually. They say that suci, iuus,
in view OF the contention OF the rail-
road officials that the rates are even
now unremunerative, Is not to be
thought of.
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More Facts About Land Laws.

Washington, March 8. Additional
reports sent to congress today by the
president from the public land commits
sion include much material gathered
by the special agents of the land Office.
They relate to grazing on public land,
leases for grazing purposes, operations
under the timber and stone act and
under the homestead and the desert
land flaws. These reports were not
made in time to secure any action at
this session, but will furnish informa-
tion upon which legislation can be
founded in the next congress.
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Vienna, March 1.-The authorities
of the Austrian province of Bukowina,
close to the Russian frontier, have
ordered all the Russian refugees and
deserters, totalling about 5000 per-
sons, to leave within six weeks. The
reason for this action is that the Rus
slams are underbidding the Austrians
in the labor market at a time when
many Austrians are out of work. 1t is
also alleged that most of the Russians
are suffering from trachoma. The ma
jority Of the Russians came to Buko-
wilma during the last six months.
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Ice Tearing Things Loose,

Louisville, March 2.-Drifting with
the ice, the steamer New South, one
of the largest passenger and freight
boats on the Ohio, was today sighted,at
Carrollton, Ky. A mile below Milton,
KY, men finally succeeded in getting
line aboard and tying the boat up to
the bank. The local harbor authori-
ties, on being advised from Cincinnati
that go barges and 80 coal boats, all
containing more or less coal, were COM
ing With the ice, despatched four tow
boats up the river. They will attempt
to rescue the boats.
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IN DEATH GRIPS.
Battle Rages Along Entire Front of
Two Great Armies.

st. Petersburg, March Last even
ing's news from Manchuria is OF the
most important nature, the Associated
Press dispatches from Mukden, which
were transmitted at noon OF Tuesday,
indicating that n general battle was be-
ginning along the whole OF the 100
miles Of front occupied by the two
armies. General Kuropatkin appears
to have taken leaf out of Field Mar
shall Oyamas book and replied to Gen.
eral kurokis attack on the Russian
left by counter attack on the japanese
left, in which General Kaulabrs' initial
success is better for the Russians than
the success of General Grippenberg,
the Russian vanguard being establish.
ed in the outskirts OF Sandiapu. At
the same time General Kuropatkin de.
livered blow against the japanese
center, seizing a railroad bridge across
the Shakhe river. These reports,
therefore, give more hopeful aspect to
the situation, as the Russian army,
though driven out of Da pass, appears
to have succeeded in stopping, at least
for the moment, the further advance Of
the Japanese eastward and beaten off
the attack on the center.
The effect OF yesterdays develop
ments on General Kuropatkin's report
ed intention to withdraw from the
Shakhe is problematical. Retirement
in the face of an enemy, which is ex-
tremely hazardous under any circum.
stances, are doubly dangerous when
the armies are graphing in a general
engagement; but, il General Kuroki
succeeds in rolling up the Russian left
much further, the perilous experiment
may become necessary. The counter
strokes on the right and center may
possibly be intended to cover the with
drawal of trains and stores. If, how.
ever, General Kuropatkin is deter
mined to stand and fight out the battle
on the lineup he has held during the
winter and if he should be able to adj
minister vigorous check to General
Kuroki, he has scored good position
for his second move in the great game.
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DolNos IN CONGRESS.
Saturday, February o5.

The house today divided its time be-
tween legislation and patriotic exer.
cises, An hour and half was spent
in passing minor bills. The same
period was devoted to the sundry APP
preparation bill, without reaching n
conclusion. Legislation then gave way
TO speeches by several members honor
ing the memory of Houston and Aus
tin; when the marble statues of each,
given by the state OF Texas, were ac-
cepted,
Some sharp criticisms of the presi.
dents policy towads Santo Domingo and
in enlarging the navy was indulged in
today by senators ON both sides during
the debate on the naval appropriation
bill.
A vote on the Swayne impeachment
case will be taken Monday.
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Gar Welcomes Stoessel.

st. Petersburg, March 4 - General
Stoessel, who was given an audience Of
the emperor yesterday and was invited
to luncheon with him, was received by
his majesty with warmth which went
far to atone for the cool reception
which he was given by several of the
newspapers and military factions. Cen
eral stoessel is being feted by society.
A large dinner was given in his honor
last night after his return from Tsar-
skoe-Selo. No steps have been taken
yet toward an investigation OF the
surrender of Port Arthur.
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Warsaw Strikers WarIike:

Warsaw, March 3.-Strikers today
drove the officials and clerks from the
offices of the gas company and then
marched to the gas works, which are
occupied by the military. The strikers
merely jeered at the soldiers, shout
ing: "You will only stay there till
Sunday; then we will clear you out"
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Knows Nothing of Arid Land Grabs

Washington, March 4.-Replying to
resolution OF the house, the secretary
of the interior today gave the informa-
tion that the general land office had no
knowledge of the "surreptitious" ac-
QUESTION of land set apart for irrigation
uses, as alleged by resolutions Of the
National Business league, of Chicago.
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More Strikes in Poland.

Lugansk, Poland, March 2.--The sit
uation is growing worse. Today 1000
men struck at the Hartmann works.
A general strike OF 100000 miners in
the Donetz coal fields is expected on
March 8.
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A Costly Shooting scrana.

London, March 1.-The Reuter- Tele-
grim company states that the COM
pensation for the North sea affair has
been fixed at between G75, 900 and
E100, 900.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18

and made 1t more clear. The fact is
that the time is passing when the son
OF a rich man is given the Opportunity
to invest his money simply because he
has 1t and has inherited it from his
father. He must have some ability in
order to be recommended by what he
knows" His birth and wealth" alli-
ance must be aided by knowledge, or
more properly, by real wisdom. The
reason is that there are too many riv-
als-too many of the men who were
not born rich but who have acquired
riches through careful outstanding of
their earnings and their force. These
are the men Of the present and If there
are not enough Of them to overcome
the brainless alliance of birth and
wealth then the fault Is with those who
have not acquired riches
In brief, the question, Have you
money!" Is replaced by the query,
did you inherit your money or did
you earn it?" And the change is a
good one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
NEW MILWAUKEE, TRAIN.

Although the Milwaukee officials
have not taken formal action as yet,
the reports are growing daily that a
train is to be put on between Seymour
and Davenport, to run east in the
morning and west in the evening. This
Is change which will be of benefit to
everyone living along the line and
the many r>ests that are going in to
the Milwaukee officials from points
along the road will no doubt bring
to a decision to put on the new train
at least as an experiment, during the
coming summer.
Such train, leaving Seymour in the
morning, would bring people to Of
tumwa in time to trade before getting
dinner. After the noon meal they
could finish their shopping and be
ready to return home early in the even
ing, arriving their in time to get sup
per. This would give the people all
along the line of the Milwaukee from
Seymour to this city the advantage of
the exceptional opportunities offered
to shoppers by the modern and we'll
stocked stores Of Ottumwa. The train
in the afternoon would give the people
living along the line east of Ottumwa
time to come to this city and spend
an hour or two shopping, returning
home on the train leaving this city at
Z o'clock.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
THE RETURN OF THE SWORD.

Kansas City Journal. Military
experts have been commenting
significantly during the present
war in the Orient upon the fire.
quent occasions that have arisen
where the sword has been effectively
employed. Indeed. this is one Of the
surprises of the Manchurian compaign,
for in nearly all of the land engage
ments there has been much hand-to-
hand fighting. in which revolvers were
OF little use except as clubs, and the
arbitrament of the struggle lay in the
welding of the bayonets and swords
The introduction of long range guns
and other innovations in military
campaigning was thought to have
weapon of war. Army officers have
continued to carry swords, but more
as part Of the uniform than as arms
and on dress parades and ceremonious
occasions they are admired as neat and
artistic. More and more has the
sword of the officers come to be merely
symbolic of what 1t once was, and it's
doubtful utility had not been preserved
even In a keen cutting blade.
The action Of President Roosevelt in
Endorsing the recent recommendation
OF the military and naval commission
seems to have restored the sword to
Its pristine rank as a weapon of war
Infantry officers will continue to carry
swords, but they will not be mere SEN
timental toys or archaic insignia of
command; they will be heavy sharp
stern Instruments Of death. Cadets at
west Point are to take up sword prac-
tice seriously and will be required to
gain high manual efficiency in the use
OF the ancient weapon, and on board
ships sword practice will be more than
a picturesque exhibition of calls
themes.
Instead OF having a tendency to keen
ilgntlng lines apart, rapid fire guns ami
improved rifles Of the present day
seem seem to have had the opposite effect.
war has undoubtedly grown more ter
rible and human nature does not
change with the veneer Of civilization
rubbed Off in the shock of battle. War
is still an insane frenzy in which the
delirium of slaughter actuates men to
grapple and tear each others throats
Inc nearer the fighting lines approach
each other the more furious is the
plood-lust of the breast aroused In
every soldier. During the Manchuria
campaign we have seen evidences of
this In the awful charges of regiment
against regiment and the moral con-
fiict of man with man. Here the
deadly effectiveness Of swords and
bayonets has been demonstrated time
and again. The Japanese have maneu-
vered at night SO as to escape the ef-
fects OF the rapid fire guns They have
crept upon the enemy's trenches and
surprised them at arms length. At
such times 1t was a conflict of the in
dividual units, and where men fight
each other at close quarters there
must be one supreme and most ancient
weapon-the knife, represented today
by the sword and the bayonet,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
THE GARDEN FEVER.

Omaha World Herald.-"God AL
mighty first planted garden" said
Bacon, and the garden has been some !.
what OF an index of the home of civil
lied man ever since. Where refine
ment and love Of the beautiful have n
place In domestic life there is a gar
Gen near by, and ported plants and
flowers wherever window light or a
chink let's the sunlight in through the
long days Of winter. Where the man
OF the household is interested in the
miracles of nature and the Joy Of
digging IN the ground is closely inter-
woven with the appetite for good
Things that that have been created. de-
veloped and rfpened in the spring and
summer soil, there Is another kind of
garden near blythe vegetable gar
den.
This Is the garden making time and
we are all interested. The efforts at
gardening in city are often pathetic
indicating as they do all peryading
human desire to get close to nature in
the midst of all that is artificial and
narrow and conventional, very often
unnatural. But in many a little
Omaha back yard may be found the
small plot OF ground today being care
fully prepared for the radishes and
lettuce and onions, which seem to
thrive under Nebraska's sun in the
most unpromising of city fields"
Everybody ought to have the garden
fever at this time Of the year. The
scope OF operations may be limited, and
net results in dollars and cents yery
trifling, but 1t is well to give attention
to the lessons Of nature which we may
learn in the little row of radishes. or
the portulaca bed as we'll as from the
blooming flower or the vast waving
fields Of Nebraska corn. Everybody
needs a garden and everybody should
try to have one. II you have neves'
tried it you have missed something
that cannot be compensated in seats
at the theater or in the park.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
AN IMPORTANT CASE.
Attorney E. E. McEIroy Prosecuting
$4,000 Suit In Federal Court.

Attorney e. e. McElroy Of this city
is in Keokuk appearing before the
federal court in $4,000 suit entitled
the Egg Shippers Strawboard & Filler
Company VS.. United States Fidelity &
Guaranty company. The suit is for
the recovery of this sum on bond Of
an employe Of the company guaran
teed by the Fidelity cmopany.
Mr.. McElroy is being assisted in the
prosecution Of the case by H. Scott
Howell d. Son, Of eokuk. The attor-
neys for the defense are J. L. Stevens
of Boone and j. o. P. Wheelwright Of
Minneapolis.
A statement of the issues involved
in the case are as follows:
H. G. Boardman, formerly Of Neya-
da, was the secretary and treasurer Of
the plaintiff company. He was bonded
in the defendant company for the sum
of 100000. In November Of 1902 Board.
man Bros, failed and then 1t was dis
covered that H. G. Boardman had ac-
cepted large amount of accommoda-
ton paper Of the Tama Paper Mills
& Filler Company. In the settlement
of Boardman with the Egg Shippers
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION.

Among the important questions that
will be brought up for the considera-
ton OF the Iowa legislature next win
ter Is that OF child labor. The inter-
ests which are busying themselves in
behalf of a child labor law are varied,
ranging from the most exclusive of
women's clubs to the organizations of
laboring men of all occupations. Most
prominent in the movement in Iowa
is the State Federation Of Labor, whose
president, A. l.. Urick of Des Moines,
has spent much Of his time during the
past two years in working up interest
throughout the state in the child labor
bill which will be introduced in the
legislature next winter The fedora
ton regularly appropr1ates money to
be used in distributing literature re-
garding child labor and in this it is
aided by the National Child Labor COM
mittee
In recent publication issued by the
national committee DR.. Charles Rob-
erts is quoted as giving the results of
the examination of 1885 boys and
men. OF these 5,915 belong to the
mountaineering classes of the English
population, such as students and
cadets, and 1891 belong to the arti-
san classes. The report shows the diff
ference in height, weight and chest
measurement, averaging the showing
made by all the youths ranging in age
from 13 to 16 years. In every case the
boys employed as artisans are dwarfed
as compared with the boys of the nom
laboring classes. The figures for the
ages of 13 and Is years are given here:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-18
a DAILY PRAYER.

The Des Moines News prints as an
editorial, notably without comment, a
suggestion for daily prayer. Now
while there is much reason for asking
for what we have not when we are at
prayer there is also good reason for
asking for what we have some excuse
for expecting to get. The day of mira
cles is past and there are few among
us who are paragons. The prayer sug-
gested by the News, If offered by ev-
eryone and answered in every case,
would bring Joy to the churches and
prayer of the News is this:
Teach us. o Lord, to see the bright
side of things that we may radiate the
sunshine.
Save us, we pray thee, from petty
ness and fault finding and self-seeking
And may our minds be too big for
prejudice and our hearts too large for
hatred.
Keep u.s. on the one hand, from the
pride. Of pretense and on the other
from self-pity and moroseness. Help
us that we may be sweet Guide us
that we may be glad.
MAY we be charitable in thought and
generous in deed, white-souled and
helpful
May we be straightforward and un.
afraid.
Help us to love and laugh and give
as we loved and gave and laughed
when children. And so lead us that
we may be mean to none of Thy chill.
dren.
Keep us in the ways of temperance
in our working, our resting. Help us
that we may take the time to do the
things that We ought to do and that
we may not do the things we ought
not to do.
Forgive us our waywardness and
forgetfulness and the deceit that is in
US and lead us into the serene and
blessed ways of peace.
MAY that which is good in us be
made stronger and that which is bad
in us made weaker.
"And save us from pessimism and
spitefulness and narrowness and haste
Of judgment.
Look with tenderness upon those
we love and divide, we pray, our hap.
piness with them.
MAY we forget those who hate us
and cherish those who love us and O
Lord, we pray thee
Make US very kind"
1t would be splendid world If this
prayer were answered for everyone
and the object here is not to discour.
age any who wish to offer such an
invocation. But the practical is al.
ways the best and though the condition
is one that no doubt should not be, II
is true that very small proportion OF
the people in the whole wide world can
come within the requirements of the
prayer of the News.