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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
SMITH CHANGES MIND.
Head of the Mormon Church Says This
Time He Does Get
Revelations.

Salt Lake City, Utah, March. 20
Joseph f. Smith, president of the Nor
mon church, today in an address In the
tabernacle modified his statement in the
senate investigation at Washington to
the effect that he had received no reyel-5
ations from God. President Smith to-
day is quoted as saying:
an Washington / refused to say
what my inauisitors wanted me to say
in order to get me into a trap-that is,
to say that God had given me revela-
ton on some new law or precept, which
was to be included and put into the
laws of the church. Did you ever hear
me deny that had been guided by
God? No, no man ever heard me say
this. When / was first baptized as
a child God revealed to me that Joseph
Smith was a prophet of God, raised
up by the power of the almighty. He
revealed to me in terms incontrovertible
that Brigham Young succeeded lawfully
to the presidency OF the church by the
will of the almighty; he revealed to
me that John Taylor was the divine
successor of Brigham Young; that VIII
| ford Woodruff was the divine successor
| of John Taylor; that Lorenzo snow
was the divine successor of Wiiford
| Woodruff. :,
| 81 leave it to you to say whether It IS
| right and lawful for me to be In this
position. I feryently believe that Goo
| has made manifest to me many glorious
| things. and much more wisdom than is
inherent in myself. ard will continue to
do SO as long as am ready to listen
when he speaks.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
Jap GENERALS IRISH.
Indiana Man Shows that Their flames
are Really O'Yama and
O'keauuh.

Logansport, Ind, March 23.-New
light upon Japanese history was cast
at the St Patrick's banquet of the
Ancient Order of IIibernians if this
city. O. =. Smith, state labor organ
izer, aroused the enthusiasm of his
hearers to a high pitch by declaring
that the japanese generals, Oyama and
Oku, We're descendants of Irishmen and
still bore the original Irish names Of
their families slightly changed.
"Oyama is of Irish ancestry" said
Smith, and his name as originally
borne by his forefathers, was O'Yama.
The original O'Yama, whose given
name was Patrick, left Ireland during
the Elizabethan era for France, but
was shipwrecked in the Bay of Biscay
and rescued by a Spanish ship bound
for the Philippines. He was TAX en-
there and cast adrift. His descendants
went to Japan and turned naturally
to the career of fighting men. Inter
marriage with the natives gave them
standing and position close to the mi
kado, which was advanced by their ac-
tivity in military affairs.
General Oku's name originally was
O'Keough, who. though military
genius, was a poor hand at spelling
The rigors Of the Japanese alphabet
proved too great for him, and by i'm
perial edict he was given permission
to cut out few letters. Thus the
family name became Oku. and the sons
and grandsons for many generations
followed the fighting trade"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
RUSsIAs TROUBLE.
Peasants and Workmen Making Com
mon Cause and Repeatedly Warn
Guards

St. Petersburg, March 23.-Recur-
rences and extensions of agrarian
troubles are noted, and near Libau
workmen and peasants are making
common cause The Caucasus is al
ready a scene Of armed resistance to
the forces of the civil authority and in
the region around Kief, where the
peasants are increasingly bold, there
have been many cases Of violence. The
labor leaders of the social revolution
istic persuasion in the great indus
trial centers are planning to synchro-
nize general renewal of the strike.
With the climax of the peasant dis
orders and with the action of the
troops in mind they have been serving
notice by anonymous letters and other
warnings on guard officers here and
officials in other cities that If another
red Sunday" comes and they order
the troops to fire they will be held re-
| sponsible therefor and their lives be
made the forfeit.
! The Moscow assembly Of zemstvos
4; is forcing the hand of Interior Minister
| Bouligan in the matter of the reform
| ukase Of March 3, and has taken the
bold step Of requesting and practically
! demanding that the minister accept
the services of zemstvo delegates
| throughout the empire in drawing ur
the plan Of the new governmental or
ganism to be created under the re-
script.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
WAS A BIG CONTRACT.
kentuckian Declined When Given Re-
vover and Told to Kill Five
PEOPLE,

Lexington, Ky. March 24.-Dr. Cox,
Jim Cockril, Mark Cockril and Attor-
neys Vaughan and Marcum were to be
shot by Anderson White while In the
court house during the trial of Tom
Cockrl for killing Ben Hargis, in obed-
fence to orders by James Hargis ac-
cording to a sensational story told to-
day by White in hearing on motion
for bail for the Hargises and Callahan.
Anderson White is a brother of Tom
White, who is under death sentence
for the murder of ]. B. Marcum.
White said that prior to the killing
of Cockril, James Hargis took him to
Hargis' store and gave him 45-cali-
Der pistol and told him he wanted him
to return to the court house where the
trial Of Cockril for the killing of Ben
Hargs was in progress. and be ready
to do as Judge Hargis told him He
declared that Hargis wanted him to
shoot five men. White being ordered 10
shoot in case any trouble started.
kill all or any damned one of them.
is what White said Hargis told him to
do. He said he declined to do this and
| returned the pistol.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
WAS ALMOST A RoUT.
New Account of the Russian Condition
on Reaching Tie Pass.

Kapontzc, March pa Norwegian
trader accompanied the Russian re-
treat to Tie pass, and with a single
companion crossed over to Fakomen,
following the water course to avoid the
Russian patrols from Hunghut-Zu.
The russians left Mukden with five
columns of infantry, in the center Of
which were two lines of the commits
sariat, with artillery flanking the body
and cavalry acting as screens still
farther afield.
The demoralZcd troops discarded
their boots and equipment, abandoned
their transport carts and left the guns
and carriages, using horses to save as
many as possible. The last day at Tie
Pass the Cossacks looted the booty of
the traders and sold champagne at a
rouble a bottle. and smashed and
burned everything salable.
They caught a Japanese spy, who,
upon resisting was killed. The guilty
Cossacks We're shot a quarter of an
hour later Lieutenent General Mist
chenko with only 5000 Ural Cossacks.
some European cavalry and two bat
terics Of artillery is now operating on
the Russian extreme left.
Major General Fukushima has visited
Sinmintin and perfected arrangements
for the installation of a Japanese gar
rison there.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
Holland in Earnest.
SITUATION is CRITICAL.
United States Has Taken Great PAIN
Before Sending Ultimatum.

Washington, d. c., March 2S.-ln
calling upon President Castro for an
answer to his proposition to submit to
arbitration the issues between the UNI
ted States and Venezuela Minister
Bowen is acting in accordance with
specific instructions from the state de-
partment, which have recently been
placed in his hands.
Mr.. Bowen made Il proposition OF lhls
kind to the Venezuelan foreign office
several months ago. and there was an
exchange of notes on the subject, put
its further consideration was cut OIL by
the abrupt departure from the capltal
of Castro at the moment when his own
decision was required.
Castro Stopped Farley.
The Venezuelan government at that
stage had made a counter proposition
to Eowen looking to arbitration of the
Dispute by The Hague tribunal, but
with the important qualification that
the tribunal should arbitrate, as pre-
liminary, the question as to whether
or not the United States government
had the right under international law,
to intervene at all as between the Ven
ezuelan government and American con-
cessionaries for their protection. This
was construed here as an attempt 10
bring into play the old Calvo doctrine,
which the United States has resolutely
repeatedly refused to accept IN us ne
gOtiationS with the southern republics.
SO Mr.. Bowen reported to the state
department the fact of Castro's de-
parture and asked for instructions.
These We're prepared With great care,
and after Attorney General Moody had
furnished an opinion that the proceed
| ingS in the Venezuelan courts inVolV-
| ing the asphalt company's properties
were SO irregular as to amount prac-
! tiCal!V to a denial of Justice.
Must Be Settled Now.
Therefore Bowen was told to renew
! his proposition for free arbitration of
| the issues between Venezuela and the
United States at the first OppOrtune
moment, and this it appears he has
now done
Besides the asphalt case there are
| three other matters which are suS.
gested as proper subjects for arbitra
ton, namely, the Critchfield claim (alsC
based on the asphalt conccssions), the
claims of the OrnocO Steam Naviga
ton company, based on n violated fran
chise, and the claim of a newspaper
correspondent, Jaurett for damage:
arising from his summary expulsion
from Venezuela.
If Castro repects this last offer o
Bowen to arbitrate these cases it i:
expected he win promptly report thu
fact to the state department and i
will be determined what course to pur
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
kUROPATkIN TO REMAIN.
Will Be Commander Of First Army,
Linevitchs Former Place.

VIII BE COMMANDER OF FIRST Army,
Linevitch's Former Place.
St. Petersburg March 2S.--The Rus
sian army in Manchuria is still to have
the services of General kuropatkin,
who is considered by many, in spite of
his series of reVerSeS, the best general
ard foremost strategist of the Russian
army. Sinking all feeling of personal
bitterness because of his suppression
and all the old time enmity between
himself and General Linevitch in a pa
triotic desire to be of service to the
futherland, the former commander in
chief volunteered TO remain in any ca
pacity with the army which he has so
long commanded. The tender has been
accepted by Emperor Nicholas and
gratefully received by the new leader of
the grand army.
The change exactly reverses the old
order OF affairs. when kuropatkin was
the supreme leader and llneVltch d.
rected the First army.
authoritative news of this remarkable
step was known in Manchuria much
earlier than in st. Petersburg. Cen
erTl NurOpatkin, having paused on ms
homeward journey at Hardin, started
southwark the afternoon of March ~
amidst a most remarkable farewell
from residents of Hardin and soldiers
who are on their way to fill out the
ranks of the depleted army. The send
off was a mere foretaste of what awaits
| General Kuropatkin at the front; ana
| his self sacrificing determination ana
| the equally patriotic course OF Generai
| Linevitch in accepting the services ten
dered are bound TO do wonders for
the reinspiraton of the emperor's le-
gions and give promise of union and
harmony at the council table which
that army has hitherto lacked.
The retreat is apparently progressing
uneventfully, No dispatches of moment
were received yesterday.
Little weight is placed here on the
deduction drawn at certain European
capitals from the dispatch announc.
in; that cannonading had been heard
south of Tie pass: that General Ken
nenkampff'S corps. endeaVoring to re
join the main army, had been inter
copied south of Tie pass. AS stated
yesterday morning, the dispatch II
question was undoubtedly erroneous
and it is pointed out that several CORE
spondents at the front have mentioned
the orderly retreat of General Line
vitch's army and asserted that 1t eff
fected a concentration at Tie pass will
scarcely a straggler missing, but mad
, no mention of the absence Of so wei
: known a fighter as Rennenkampff. il
/ addition, the Associated Press CORE
2 spondent, NJ. Tolesoff, who was a
General Rennenkampff's headquarter
during the battle, has arrived at gen
s eral headquarters slightly wounded.
s Preparations are now making for tn
/, mobilization of n number of new dc
d tachments, not, however, on genera
e scale the preliminary orders affectn
but twenty-five districts in the govern
y ments of Odessa, Warsaw and Moscow
e The grenadiers have not received OF
: ders to proceed to Manchuria, but man
: officers of that organization drafted I
e command units now bound for TT
g front left Moscow yesterday.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
IOWA EDITOR DEAD.
Fred w. Faulkes, of the Cedar Rapids
Gazette, Passes Away in Missouri
of Heart Disease.

Cedar Rapids, Ia. March 23.-Fred
W. Faulkes, editor of the Cedar Rap
ids Gazette, died Tuesday at Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, of heart disease.
Mr.. Faulkes had been for twenty-five
years editor and chief owner of the
Evening Gazette, being associated with
his brother-in-law, Clarence w. MIL
Ter Mr.. Faulkes was editor and Mr..
Miller business manager of the paper.
Mr.. Faulkes was one of the most
widely krrwn men in Iowa. He occu-
pied a place entirely his own. No 9TH
er newspaper man did things as Fred
Faulkes did. He was fighter always;
independent in politics; fearless, bold
determined; loyal to friends and
unrelenting toward his enemies. The
Gazette haa been re Donsible for many
of the most striking and effective po-
litcal fights. in local and state AFFAIRS
alike that have been made in Iowa.
Mr. Faulkes has not been in good
health for se"cral years. though his
death was entirely unexpected and
came as a great shock. lie will be
buried here.
The deceased publisher was one of
the wealthiest newspaper men in Iowa,
having large real estate and mining
interests in addition to his valuable
newspaper property here. He was prob
ably worth $25O,0O0.
Death Was Very Sudden.
| Not much is known here OF the cir
/ cumstances of the death, save that it
was very sudden Mr.. Faullies went to
Excelsior Springs a week ago to re-
| cuperate, and was supposed to be get
| ting along well as late as o'clock last
night. After that hour nothing is
known of his condition until o'clock
this morning, when, according to re-
| ports, he died. Heart disease is sup
posed to have been the cause.
Fred w. Faulkes was born in Dane
county Wis, April IS, 1855, and re-
ceived his education in the common
schools of that county and in the Wis
consin university. He came to Iowa In
1874 and was first an operator for the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
railroad, and later became city editor
Of the Cedar Rapids Republican,.
Married in 1878.
In 1878 Mr.. F'aulkes married Miss
Alice Miller, and six years later, asso-
ciating himself with his wife's brother
Clarence L. Miller, he bought the Cedar
Rapids Gazette, which they have con-
tinued to own and publish ever since.
Mrs. Faulkes and two children sur
vive. Miss Alice is young lady, now
attending school in Pennsylvania; an(
: the son, Julius Fakes, is in Cedar Rap
ids.
Arrangements for the funeral are no
l vet announced.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
ALABAMA TORNADO.
1t, and Many Lives Were Prob
ABLY Lost

Columbus, Ga. March 23.-The Opt
liques News publishes special from
Roanoke, Randolph county, Ala, stat
ing that reports have reached Roanoke
of one of the most disastrous storms
that ever visited that section, which
swept across the southern part of RAN
doph county late last night.
Eight or nire lives are known to
have been lost, and damage amounting
to thousands of dollars was done to
property.
The tornado started at point near
Double Heads and proceeded in
northwesterly course.
The residence of Mack Carlisle was
demolished and R. c. Haynes of Roam
oke, was killed.
six miles east several houses were
| demolished.
Three negroes We're killed and sever
| al injured on the Wilson plantation.
| Three or four negroes were killed on
] the Holly plantation, near Rock Mills.
| At Lime postoffice store was de-
molished and little white girl daugh-
! ter of Mr.. Lucas, was killed and her
| mother seriously injured.
Details Of the storm are difficult to
! obtain on account Of wires being down.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
DEATH OF GEN AAWLE4.
Soldier. and For Twenty Four Years
Senator from Connecticut, Passes
AWAY at Washington.

washington, March 21.-General Joseph
r. Hawley, for nearly twenty-four years
United States senator from Connecticut. IL
dead.
Death came peacefully after stupor
lasting with but slight Interruptions since
Wednesday afternoon. At his bedside
when the end came were Mrs. Hawley.
her three daughters and Major Hooks. for
a long time messenger to the committee
on military affairs of the senate
The body will be taken to HARTFORD.
Conn. for burial, but the time for tho
funeral services has not yet been fixed.
General Hawley's active career In the.
senate came to and end in December. 1902
When failing health compelled him to re-S
linaulsh his legislative work, In Febru-i
cry of 1903 he was In the senate chamber
for a short time. that being his last visit
to the capitol He was Is years of age.
The funeral will be held at his old homat
| in Hartford Conn. "! sss.ss
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31

and tore away a screen, calling con-
stantly to Mrs. Newton and the boy and
getting no response. The breaking OF
the west window provided draft and
soon the smoke was pouring from this,
followed by red tongues of flame.
Sobbing, Kneebone slipped down the
gas pipe to the ground, shouting fire,
fire" at the top of his voice. Frank
Messick and Jack Kyle, near neighbors
hurried to the scene and Messick at
tempted to reach the window. Flames
drove him back.
KneebOne, who was nearly exhausted,
was led away and the neighborS and
the tiremen carried some of the furni-
ture downstairs. They realized that two
people were burning to death, but the
house was so thoroughly on fire that
nothing could be done.
After the roof had fallen in, tiremen
kept water on the ruins until the blaze
was eXtinguished. In the southwest
corner of the basement the bodies Of
Mrs. Newton and the boy We're found.
They were burned beyond recognition.
The boys body lay on the bed springs
and the mothers was near. 1t appeared
she had tried to reach her son to wake
him and had tainted The limbs of
both had been almost entirely burned
away. Nothing but the trunks re-
manned.
Il can't understand why she didn't
jump out of the window said Knee
i bone as he stood looking at the smok-
| ing ruin from which the bodies had
been taken. My God, it was awful.
If had only had {; ladder. ] did every
thing l could. but ! couldn't save them.
Poor mother she came here to see US be
fore moving south to Georgia. What
an ending to that visit.
Dead Woman's Husband III.
Knc ebone bought the house about a
year ago from John l.. Pegar 1t was
insured for $500. There was no insur-
ance on the furniture, which was prob
ably worth $500. Kneebone is a driver
for the Kudrle grocery, corner of west
Third and Sioux streets. He was mar
ried about two years ago.
The relatives of the dead reside or
farms near Shelton, Hall county, Neb
Mrs. Newton leaves a husband, who Is
bedridden as the result of being kicked
by Il horse, two brothers and two sis
ters, two sons and a daughter at home
and Mrs. Henry Kneebone of SiouH
City. The relatives at Shelton were
notified by wire today. Arrangement:
for the funeral will be withheld pending
their arrival
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
Drag River for Victim Probably SIai.
BY Rejected Lover.

Marshaltown Ia, March 22.-Believing
that the granddaughter of their chief has
been murdered and her body thrown into
the Iowa river the Musquakie Indians on
the reservation at Tama, twenty miles
east of here, are holding a great council
and have begun dragging the river.
The missing Indian girl is Ma-Puck-
Chez, aged II, and she disappeared twen-
tv days ago. At first 1t was supposed she
had gone with some trapping parties, but
when they returned without her. the whole
tribe became excited. Chief Push-Ton-
Que is aiding in the search.
There have been several mysterious
murders on the reservation in the past
wear or two, the last one being that of a
young man who was seized by his rival
while holding tryst with an Indian
maiden. The young buck was scalped
and his body stakcd down in the shallow
water of the river, on the banks Of which
the girl and her lover had met in the
moonlight The girl witnessed the murder
but kept the awful secret for weeks.
Finally the body was discovered, and the
girl told her story.
On another occasion one of the women
of the tribe was found murdered just out
side the reservation. Her murderer was
/ never discovered. 1t Is believed the grand
daughter of the chief, who is missing, was
! killed by rival for her affections, she
t 'aving but recently been married.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-03-31
ROBBERS WRECK TRAIN
Limited Passenger on Rock Island Is
Thrown from Track and Three
VIII Die.

Des Moines March 2S.-Rock Island
officials claim robbers wrecked the
Golden State limited near Homestead,
Ia, early Tuesday morning.
Seven persons were injured in the
wreck, three fatally. Examination or
the track developed the fact that the
spikes for nearly the length of rail
had been removed.
Cars Thrown Down Embankment.
The wreck occurred on a high en-
bankment. the road being soft from the
thaw and recent rains. Two Denver
and Colorado Springs sleepers were
landed in the ditch, on end, the en-
bankment at that point being about
thirty-five feet wild
The engine, mail car and composite
car also went down the embankment.
The injured were:
Engineer A. c. Hotchkiss. Rock IS
land; hands and feet scalded.
Mrs. l.. Cross White, Sargent, Colo.
William Smith. Rock Island, fireman;
head and shoulders bruised.
w. II. Nallcock, porter. Chicago;
head cut.
c. ]. Pomeroy, mail clerk, Newton;
head cut
L. A. Weber, mail clerk, Council
Bluffs; head cut.