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Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
FUTILITY OF GOVERNMENT
For the Benefit of tLe People Thinks
 TOIStOi.

London, March 1O.-Count Tolstoi, in 2 letter to the Times of London which will be published tomorrow morning says he regards not only the Russian government, but all govern ments as intricate institutions sane tified by tradition and custom for the purpose of committing by violence the most dreadful social crimes
 He therefore thinks the efforts of those who wish to improve the social life should be directed to the liberation of themselves from the governments whose futility in these times is be- coming rnore cn1 more obvious" and this object could only be attained by the unique means of religiously and morally perfecting the separate indi- viduals. The idea is prevalent that the evil accomplished by ''the present particularly coarse, cruel, stupid and deceitful Russian government is due to the fact that the Russian govern ment is not organized on the model of other existing governments. which are similar institutions for the committal of all crimes against their peoples. % For the purpose of cofrecting this the people had used all the means at their disposal, lima gining that an alteration of external forms might alter the es- Sence."
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
TOOK TO THE HILLS.

New Chwang, March 1O&According to reliable information the Russians driven out of Mukden and Fushun. and with the railroad cut, are retreating in demoralized condition to the hill country towards the northeast. De- tached bodies of Russians are roughly entre0ching with a v.ew of checking pursuit, but no great rear guard battle is being fought. It will be impossible for the Russians to keep up any sort of resistance for many days as there are mo means of provisioning in the rough country to which they retreated
 It is believed that the Russians may attempt to reach Kirin, 225 miles northeast of Mukden, through the val leys, but special Japanese corps from the direction of Yalu river (probably Kawamura's forces) threatens to cut them off. Kuroki is advancing to the northwest, forcing the Russians against Nogis army. The casualties on both sides were enormous. The Russians were annihilated at Tatchekiao. Eight thousand Russians fell at Leulxuanpao.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
The Extent of the Russian Disaster All
 That Remains to Be Learned
From all that Can Be Gathered Appears that the Sue of Oyama's Carefully Planned and Wide Ex- tended Movement has Brought the Bloodiest War of Century Very Near Its End.

The fate of the Russian army of up- wards of quarter of a million men and two thousand pieces of artillery with which it was expected confidently that General Kuropatkin and his lieu tenants could prevent the advance of the Japanese beyond the Shakhe and Hun rivers positions is still in the bal ance. They have been driven from those positions and now are rushing northward toward Tie pass around which are high hills, which were pre- pared for defense after the battle of I,;ao Yang in September. there being no ho-'e that the Japanese would allow the defeated army to rest south of Tie pass.
 That the Russians have lost many men and large quantities of ammuni- ton and supplies is certain for with the single track railway to the north it would be impossible to remove the large stores which had been gathered at Dukden. These it seems certain have been destroyed. The Japanese have not yet reported the capture of munitions which they generally do all most immediately, but it seems hardly likely tat KurOpatkin could have re- mnVeG - his artillery.
 On the first of January, according to correspondents who have just return- ed from Mukden, the Russians had in
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
The Presidents Policy of
 Appointments
INCUMBENTS MAY REMAIN
As Long as Their Service Is Satisfac- tory-In the Army There Will Be 10 Promotion in the Active List fer Those Eligible to Refinement.

Washington. March 10.-A general policy as to federal appointments was determined upon by the president anl cabinet today at their semi weekly meeting. At the conclusion of the meeting t was announced that for the present at least the uniform policy would be to retain incumbents In of- flee as long as their services were sa- tisfactory- This policy win hold. lt was stated further. entirely irrespec.- i've of the length of service of the in cumbent- The policy announced is. to apply generally to all departments of the government It is in precise Ene with determination reached and an nounced some time ago regardIng pOstmasters- The announcement was made that the case of each postmas- ter would be determined on it's merits and it would make no difference whether the incumbent had serVel one. two or more terms
 In line with the general policy or civil appointments. secretary Taft said it had also been determined not to aI- point as brigadier eenerals on the ac- tive list. army officers who had serVeI forty years. including service in the el-
 
 gible to retirement as hrigadier gen eral ard -t ss -0t the purpose or the administration to make them brIga- dieP generals on the active list The secretary said there were approxl- mately forty such officers. all Of whom would be permitted to retire as hriga- dier generals or continue in service in their present grade at their option The adoption of this policy win open the way for appointment as brigadier gen erals many younger officers than have heretofore had that grade.
 Postmaster COrtelyOu said after the meeting that although a decision hal been reached as to the appointment oc fourth assistant postmaster general he was not ready to make an an nOuncement- He said probably iu a few days he would make the announce ment both Of the fourth assistant pos-- master, general and the acting chair man of the national republican com mittee.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11

position along the Shakhe and Hun rivers, 1.5OO guns, including a number Of ana inch guns on cement foun- dGtions straddling the railway north or SEahne station. in addition many guns oIrived in Mukden during Jan uary ard February so that the Russian artillery when the big battle started must have numbered 1000 pieces. It is Iikelv tlcat KuropatlIin has sacri- feed some of these and is bending all his energies toward extricating his arlny.
 That his task is a difficult one aii dispatches indicate. but Russian sylnpathizers point to his retreat from Liao Yang which was ac- complished during terrific 'rainstOrm over road hub deep in mud, while at the present time the Afanchurian roads ara frozen hard as stone md have been worn smooth by tie continual passage of big tired com InisSdriat wagons.
 The result of Oyama's great turning movement depends almost entirely up- Oil kamamura's arnv which has not yet been located definitely. although it i.i supposed to be moving from the east toward Kuropatkin's line of retreat. Should he reach the military road which runs almost in a direct line from Fushun to Tie pass before the passage of the Russian army, the circle will be
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
When Preparation Was Being Made for
 the Retreat.

St. Petersburg. March 1O.-A delayed dispatch from the Associated Press says: Eneasily sleeps Mukden to- night. In the main streets the lamps burn dimly. Along the dark roads in the heavy dust are marching columns. The cool night air is full of the rustic of movement. Near the station, in over filled hospitals. are heard low groans. The wounded arrive in never ceasing stream of carts. and another stream of anbulances moves nOrthward for the place must be cleared for tOday's vic tims.
 The eternal pines whisper above the tomos of the Chinese emperors. In the fields watch fires are burning. The sky is lighted with the glare of burning stores and evacuated villages.
 A veteran regiment of the imperial rifles distinguished itself especially the members earning the St George crosses time and again in supporting and 'rescuing raw regiments. Among
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
oYAMA,s REPORT.

Tolio, March 10, D. m.-Oyama tel egraphs as follows. under today's date: We occupied Mukden at ten o'clock this morning. Our surrounding move ments in which wo were engaged for some days past, have now completely succeeded. The fiercest fighting con- tnues in several places in the vicinity of Mukden. We have captured a great number of prisoners and an enormous quantity of arms. ammunition, provi- sions and other war supplies. At the present there is no time to investigate the number of these
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11

complete, as Nogi's guns already com :lIand the railway and should soon con- trol the Mandarin road which is but a short distance east of the railroad and runs parallel with it. The army of general Kaulbars, which has been pressed back across the western plain, fighting every inch of. the ground is moving northward to protect the line of retreat from attacks from the west ward while General Bilderling is pro- tecting the rear against Generals Oku and Nodzu, and Linevitch is doing his best to hold the military road against Kuroki. They have numbers against them, but have succeeded against odds in similar retreats before.
 The appearance of General Kama mura would render futile all their eff forts. General Rennenkampfs force of somewhat less than 10000 men which has been on the extreme left, is in a precarious position but the force is a mobile one and the officers know the mountains we'll With the exception of this latter force all the Russian troops are now concentrated on the roads leading northward and it may take an other twenty -four hours before their fate is decided.
 The army which General Grippen- berg turned over to General Kaulbars, when he left Manchuria, and portion of which General Bilderling command ed, consisted of Gregoff's cavalry, Mistchenko's mobile division and the fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth and seven teenth army corps, extending from Liao river to the Mandarin road Gen eral Linevitch's army. which held the important positions at the bend of the ShalShe river, including Erdagou Hill, comprised the first European and first, second. third and fourth Siberian corps, Rennenkampffs mobile division and Samsonoffs cavalry. The troops which arrived in January and Februa- ry, probably two corps. are not includ- ed in this list.
 Even should Kupopatkin extricate himself it is believed in European cap itals that peace will soon follow this latest Japanese victory. The calling to St. Petersburg of M. Iswolsky, the Rus sian minister to Denmark, who form erIy was in Tokio, is most significant. No time will be lost in starting nego- tiations as soon as Russia ntimates her wish to close the war. Shortly af- ter the fall of Port Arthur a high of ficiaI of the Japanese foreign office ar rived in London with authority to take
 
 clared her desire for peace.
 The losses in the operations preced- ing the battle and those in the battle proper must have reached enormous proportions but up to the present neither side has attempted an esti- mate. They will exceed the Shakhe losses, in which the Russians alone lost in killed and wounded and miss ing 67.00O men,
 Field Marshal Oyama arranged his attack so that the Chinese city of Mukden should not come within the range of hattie, rather an easy task as the Russians had no positions imme- diately around the city as was the case at Liao Yang. and the Russian town is two miles from the outer walls of the old city. The western imperial tombs were under shell fire, but no account has been given of the damage. if any, suffered by them. The eastern tombs, around which the Russians had erected positions, apparently did not come within range of the Japanese shells.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
NEVADA WIDE OPEN.
The Gamblers Won in the Legislature
 Yesterday.

Reno, New, March 10.-Another rad teal victory was won by the wide open element in the Nevada legislature to- day when a bill compelling all gamb- ling to be conducted on the second floor was repealed.
 The measure practically makes Ne vada a state where gambling can be carried on in any place either on the street or in a house. as long as the gambler pays a license. Governor Sparks this. afternoon said that he will sign the bill.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
PRESSING THE PURSUIT.

Tokio. March 10. noon.-The Japa- nese who destroyed the railroad are pressing the Russians northward along the Mukden road and are now engag- ed six miles north of the Hun river Nearly all the Russian heavy guns and many field guns were captured.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
THE sPoILs.

Yinkow, March 1O.-Mukden. fell at ten o'clock this (Friday) morning. The Russians are panic stricken. Thous- and of nrisoners and an enormous quantity of stores and arms were cap- tured.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
RUSSIAN REvoLuTIoN.
The Date of the Beginning Sent Out
 From Sioux City.

Sioux City. Iowa. March 10-Aaroa Emden. who came from Russia four months ago and joined the Russian colony here today. received a letter from a member of the Russian revolu- tionary party saying that April IS ot the Russian calendar. or May of thc American calendar. had been named for the opening of the national revoiu- ton.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
THE TAKING OF FUsHuN.

Tokio, March 1O.-Fushun was occu- pied by the Japanese last night. Fight ing continues on the heights north of Fushun
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
MAN OF FEW WORDS.

Kurop patkin's Laconic Announcement
 of the Disaster. St. Petersburg, March 10, 2: 30 a. m.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11
THE OCCUPATION.

troops occupied Mukden at ten o'clock Friday morning.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11


 The government has made no at tempt to palliate shock or explain the significance of the retreat. It simply sent tbe dispatch when it was issued by tie general staff late in the even ing direct to the papers with author i2ation to print. In clubs and private houses however the situation was dis cussed. Conjecture is added to fact and the invariable query is what fur ther." One circle of liberals on re- ceiving news, called for wine and sol emnly pledged "the new Russia" but generally the defeat cuts deeply and is keenly felt especially by families rep resented in the endangered army. A spirit of unpatriotic exultation will do the liberals no good at this time. As the defeat which one Russian corre- spondent describes as slaughter not battle" entails the sacrifice of so many thousands of Russian lives, the people fear to count up their losses. It is real ized that in the fighting before Mul1- den was evacuated the death roll of the battle of the Shakhe must have been far exceeded and the streets of St. Petersburg where every third woman wears crepe. will present a sombre sight when the casualty lists arrive.
Arizona republican., 1905-03-11

WANTED-Some nice furnished rooms for housekeeping or small cot tage. F. E. Pascoe, no N. Center St.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-25
PendIeton Fans Knocking.

AS was to be expected PendIeton
baseball fans are already throwing
cold water on the scheme of Walla
Walla and Pendleton joining hands
and entering Lucas league with a
combination team. Visions of a de-
felt of $11OO left over from the old
Inter- State league still haunt some
of the weakened ones and they are
expressing doubts as to the success
of a joint team. Still there are few
who are open to argument and when
George Connors and Leon Cochin of
Pendleton get started and put the
matter before Pendleton and Walla
Walla citizens in a business way there
may be change of sentiment. The
East Oregonian counted noses and in
cidentally secured the opinions from
a number of Perdleton fans yesterday
and in summing up the situation it
says:
To ascertain the sentiment among
the business men in regard to the
formation of Pendleton- Walla
Walla baseball team to enter the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-25
Too Bio for Such a Job.
x.;ES,

The sun went behind a cloud. The
astronomer, looking thoughtfully up
toward the softened light, said:
'It is mistake to think that the
suns sole duty is the lighting and
warming of the earth. The sun is too
big for such a little job. 1t is capable
of lighting and warming two thousand
million earths land each as large as
ours.
THE sun is ten thousand times big
ger than the earth. For every acre of
earth substance there are 10000 acres
of sun substance. And as for the suns
neat-well, the heat that flows at every
instant through a single square foot of
the suns surface would be sufficient,
converted into steam, to send our
greatest ocean liner across the Allan
tic and back in record time.
There must be other worlds on
which the SUMS rays have produced
wonderful life, wonderful minds. 1t is
folly to suppose that our little world
alone has benefited from the light of
this incompatible luminary.'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-25
SENATORS FACE BLOCKADE.
Upper House Of Congress Must Hustle
to Get Through March 8.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The Unit
ed States senate is now confronted by
the greatest legislative blockade in it's
history. There is an unprecedented
amount of business awaiting DISPOSE
ton, all of which must receive action
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-25
JIMMY INTO SOCIETY
BY TED KEMP

What. Well l should say 1 wuz
up ter de Vanveer doins'. Sunny
we didn't see youse dere. Oh, yer wuz-
emit, hey! l didn't tink I seed yer
How did me cum ter be dere? Well
you know desc ere Vanveers' has got
a butler when deres no one visitin'
is usually gone on a trip to see his
aunt. So when dey had dere dOins
ley needed a butler and Scratch got
de job of draft clerk, opepin' an shut
tin doors. Well, he couldn't go so ne
gets me and OATS how as 1 cum to be
dere Dan Webster, me fren of de
dictionary, SEE dat a social gaderin'
is "a temporary association of per-
sons for pleasure but say if you'd
seen dat bunch use dere hammers
you'd had a fit. But to continue me
narrative. In butts some woman an
rusnes up an grabs Madame Van
veer's lunch hook an SEE, on, my
dear Mrs. Vanveer, how delighted l
am to see youse.' Den she turns
aroun', an SEE to der loidy followin'
her, Just look at de hatefu1 old ting's
dress. It's de very same piece OF
goods 1 wuz a goin' to get to make a
dress from. Heavens!
But just yer listen to de antique
female reclin on de Mission Style ia
bouretteski She's tryin' to appear
comfortable an chat wild de woman
wrastlin' some tea anchored in one
by twice cup.
ooh! Mrs. Rockerneigie, don't
vouse tink Miss Vanderfish's new Gre
alton is lust dream? Look at dat
beautiful yoke. Do youse know dat
she made dat dress from a pattern of
mine?'
"Just den guy logged out in a
bob-tailed coat-it wuz a Kirschen-
heimer; notice de cut of de- collar,
prices ranges from eight ter twenty
foive bones-comes in an de fair sex
gader aroun' him. He wuz sum kind
of genius er oder, an by de way he
tried to excuse his apparel-sez he
had come in hurry, but he didn't
saw dat his dress suit was in soak,
dough.
"Well, say, youse ought ter invest
fer a poiper after dat squirt. Tanks,
very much. Ia Tai"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-25
Willie Goode Talks,

Willie B. Goode, sporting editor of
the Spokane Press is getting warmed
up over the Reilly Mccarthy contro
versy and intimates that if the cry of
fake" is heard any more he will pro-
coed to tell a few things that he knows
about the fighting game in Spokane.
account in the following:
1.-The way some of the people with
pitch on their fingers are jumping
into the Reilly camp to scatter slurs
is going to result in one wholesale
expose in certain quarters.
THE statement is made this morning
that Reilly can not fight in Spo.
kane again. That's his punishment
for telling what he believes to be the
truth.
Il want to say now that this system
of undetermined knocking of a good
little man has gone about far enough
and there will be a public expose of
some things which have happened in
the conduct of prize fights by these
sledge- hammer artists.
Either Reilly fights here again if
he wants to or there will be a large
doings in the direction of the knockers
the men who robbed Jim Bur-
rows and Jerry Mccarthy Of $500 cold
cash.
AT the rate these people are going
boxing in Spokane will be closed
within a Snort time-and 1 shouldn't
wonder if some things were printed
then which would show up the virtu
Gus ones-and it would only be neces
sary to print what they have said
about, themselves.
Jack Reilly was either doped Or
taken suddenly sick from some cause
not known. To, insist that he pur-
posely lost that fight through an
agreement to quit is a lie made out
of whole cloth-and the men who are
busy spreading such talk know bet
ter than any others what a dastardly
lie it is
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-25

The sundry civil bill, which is always
productive of long debate, has not
passed the house. The senate apprp-
priations committee has taken up the
consideration of amendments to this
measure. Senator Allison and some of
his colleagues worked all of yesterday
on this bill.
Eleven legislative days of the session
remain The Swayne impeachment
trial must be concluded within this
period. Provisions must be made for
governing the canal zone. The state
hood question must be settled. Con-
ference reports on all the appropria-
ton bills must be arranged and accept
ed.
Such leaders as attend to the ar
rangements of routine details say the
senate will complete it's work on time,
but that heroic measures must be
adopted to come out even. The senate
must soon give at least twelve hours a
day to hard work. This will prove
trying to some of the older members,
but no alternative is presented.
Word was passed around today that
senators must prepare to concisely dis
cuss all propositions in which they are
interested and forego the interminable
debate that often arises over trif1ing
matters. This warning is especially
applicable to the naval and sundry
civil bills.
The existing blockade is appalling
even to such veteran as Senator ALI
son, and he realizes that unless the
warnings given are needed some i'm
portant affairs must be sighted.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-25
Odd Fellows.

Monday night Trinity lodge No. ~
had six candidates for the second de-
gree. The team was at It's best and
the ritualistic ceremonies were per-
formed in an excellent manner. Next
Monday the third degree is on the
program.
Washington lodge No. 10 had the sec
ond degree Thursday night and the
members Of the lodge are looking for
ward to the next meeting wnen the
third degree will be given large class
of candidates.
Last night Bee Hive Rebekah lodge
No. 70 initiated several candidates.