The Guthrie Daily Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 48, Ed. 1, Friday, March 11, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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Fnlr tonight and Saturday.
Toe Guthrie Daily Leader
THE ONLY EVENINQ jSSOCIATED PRESS PAPER IN OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.
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GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA FRIDAY MARCH 11. 1004.
VOLUME 28
NUMBER 48
TORPEDO
New Russian Admiral Starts Out
to Make Things Lively and As-
sumes the Offensive Against
the Japanese.
(By Associated Press.)
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(By Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg March 11. 7:10 i.
m The Russian torpedo boat flotilla
loft Port Arthur at broad daylight this
morning and attacked the Japanese
fleet One Japanoso torpedo boat was
sunk and ono Russian torpedo boat
the .Bezposhtchocrnl was sunk. The
fate of the la' tor's crew is nit known.
Admiral Mnkareft Inaugurated his
assumption of command of (he Rus-
sian fleot at Port Arthur by a com-
plete change of tactics.
As soon as he appearod he ordered
the romovul of the battleship Retzivuti
which was stranded at the mouth of
the harbor and barred the channel at
certain stages of the tide making the
egress of battloshtps Impossible. This
B morning he dlrec'od a sortie of the
torpedo boat flotilla supported by a
part of the Russian squadron ag?inst
the Japanese squadron. Details are
not yet known except that Uie erv
counter resulted in the lots of one
Japanese torpodo boat and one Rue-
Hlan torpedo boat destroyer.
'Bombardment Detail Not Obtainable.
St. Petersburg March 11. 2:45 p.
ra Up to this hour no further news
Is obtainable of the bombardment of
Port Arthur which was progressing
according to la'est dispatches at 8
o'clock yesterday morning. Wfintever
later Information If any tie emperor
mny have Is not known. Military and
naval clrolos are mystified at the pur-
pose of the appearance of the Japan-
ese torpedo boats during the previous
night as It was not accompanied by
a serious attack upon the Russian
ships. Tho bombardment of the fleet
from the position on Llao Tlshln
promontory which is five or a'.x miles
from Golden Hill at tbe entrance of
the haroor Is believed to Indicate
tba- the Japanese were afra d to risk
an attack under the gun of tho land
batteries. It is pointed out that true
dropping of shells into the harbor
and town even in fun U acci mpanled
bj danger and this haphazard wo-k is
explicable only on the theory thai it
was meant as a diversion to coor
mqre serious operations elsewhere
Some experts declare that the object
at the Japanese was to keep the garT
rison and fleet worried
Lost Strayed or Stolen.
New York March 11. Two torpedo
boats sent out as scouts from Port!
Arthur March 7 have not been heard
from according to a dispatch tram
Chefoo. It 1b feared they hate fallen
into the bands of the Japanese
Japanese Woman's Daring Feat-
New York March 11 A daring and
clever feat has been performed by a
Japanese woman who escaped from
Dalny y means which are still shroud-
ed in secrecy says a dispatch from
Tle.i Tsln. It Is said she secured the
official plans of the harbors of Dstny
and Port Arthur and took them to
Tokio getting away simply as an or-
dinary refugee A decoration for her
heroism Is reported a her reward.
Russian Concessions Annulled.
Toklo March 11. -Ths Japanese-
BOATS
FIGHT A DUEL
Korean protocol was published at
Seoul yesterday Tho Korean govern-
ment will publicly announce that the
publication of the protocol nullifies
the concessions granted to Russia
such as non-allenatldn of ooal mining
nt Kochyo and Roze Islands and the
forestry oonceaslons In the Ulleungdo
Tumen and Yalu valfoys.
Korean Evidence of Sympathy.
Vladivostok tarch 11. Korean in-
habitants of Vladivostok as t mglbla
proof at their sympathy with Russia
have gratltuously plaoed tholr ser-
vices at the disposal of tho command-
er of the town for the construction of
defenses.
What a Refugee Saw.
Tien Tsln March 11. A Chinese
refugee from Hsu Ylen insists thai ho
has seen Russian retreating from
Yalu river and destroying villages en-
roiite. Preparing for Defense.
Tien Tsln March 11. One field baU
tery has een Installed In the fort at
New Chwang and also one company of
Infantry while preparation arti being
made to mount a siege gun.
Russians Parade Prisoners.
Tien T6ln March H'. One officer
and four Japanese soldiers who were
recently captured noar Wlju Korea
were paraded through the streets of
Mukden. On February 20. Major Gen-
eral Pflug. telegraphing from Port Ar-
thur said that Cossacks marching
from Wlju had captured n Japanese
major named Tatsum with live sol-
diers and two civilians.'
Japanese Convoy on
Road to Ping Yang.
Paris March 11 The Echo de Paris
publishes a telegrum from Oeneral
PHug. Alexieff's chief of staff sent to
St Petersburg. In w h the general
states that Cossacks Sighted a Japan-
ese convoy sou'h of the Yalu trans-
porting provisions cattle and horses
in (be direction of Ping Yang. j
Threaten Russia's Communication. I
Washington D. c March 11. The
government here lias rnoolvedi ad
vices from Che 3oo to the effect that
Japanese land forces have a p tea red at
Fung Wji.ig Chang and at Tashan. No
details are furnished. The first nam-
ed place la about forty-five miles
narth of Aaiung In Manchuria and
the latter is a few tulles Inland from
he mouth of the Yalu river Naval of-
ficers here beliove that this movement
has placed the Japanese on the Rus-
sian flank and perhaps In the rear and
on their line of oommunieatlon. It Is
believed that. Yesterday's attack on
Port Arthur and Tallen Wan was a
diversion perhaps td caver this expe-
ditious land movement of the Japan-
ese farces who were probably landed
from transports at some point west of
the Yalu river
The Realty men and Rankers are
trying out their muscles for the base
ball set-to on Arbor Day.
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
SlllOOt
Shown
Light
in Favorable
Mormon
in
Church Inquiry
(My Associated Press.)
Washington D. C March 11. IB. B.
Critchlow of Salt Lake was the first
witness today In tha Sraoot case. lie
resumed his statement In regard to
conditions In the s'ate proseoqttons of
pdygamlsu. In the legislature of
1001 was Introduced the Hvntm anti-
polygamy bill to limit prosecutions for
certain classes of offenses. President
Snow and Joseph F. Smith were In
favor of the bill said Critchlow nntL
Mr. Smoot was quoted as recommend-
ing that the measure bo left to the
g-od sense of the people. Witness
told of tho passage of tho bill in the
house of the veto by the governor and
the su8'n!nlng of the veto. In answer
to a question Critchlow said the gov-
ernor was a Mormon but that the
seutimettt of tho country demanded
the veto.
Frederic
Suffers Loss of Entire
Business Block
by
Fire i
Lawtbn Okla. March 11. Fire to-
day at Frederick u small town five
miles west of here destroyed nn en-
tire block of business buildings caus-
ing a loss estimated nt $100000. A
fierce wind aided the flames. Insur-
ance one-third. The buildings de-
stroyed include the Schaflelds build-
ing one of the biggest in town; the
State bank. W. S. KlJIdtt & Son. hard-
ware; A. M. Smith dry goods; Emer-
son's raakot store; the Red Store; L
T. Massey grocery; Dr. Hayes office
and building; Smith's resturant;
Hlnkle drugs: Cato's saloon W. S.
McCauley Grocery Co.; Lafterty. coal
and feed: Price's bakery anil Martin's
barber shop
Advises Miners in
Central District to
Accept Reduction
(By Associated Press.)
Indianapolis lnd March 11. The
United Mine Workeis' local unions in
Indiana Ohio. Western Pennsylvania.
ilinols Maryland. Central Pennsyl-
vania Kentucky Michigan. West Vir-
ginia and Iowa that are to partici-
pate In the referendum vote Tuesda
ou the proposition of accepting a re-
duction of 6.66 iter oent in wages or
detains the soft coal mines on April l.
will receive their ballots today. With
the ballots Is being ut out the clr
cular letter that the national conven-
tion on Monday authorised President
Mitchell Vice President Lewis and
Secretary and Treasurer W B. Wilson
to address to the locals setting out
the reasons for accepting
The letter says:
"It u conceded on all sides that the
spex of industrial uclvlty has been
reached and we are slowly moving' to
wards an adufttrla) depression Th
operators came into the joint eonven
lion asking for a reduction in wagon
of fifteen per cent. Their proposition
was opposed by us with all tk inform
atlon and' skill at our command. As
an uitima'um from which tbey could
lHt us moved they offered us a reduc
Hon from present scale prices of the
aad flfty-ihe one-huadredths per pent
"We know how hard it Is to be com-
pelled to accept a roduetkm in wages.
Mitchell
but it la better to accept a slightly
lower rate and hold your orgsnlxatlon
Inlrct. ready to take advantage of any
Improvements wbicti the future of the
trade may show than to be forced to
accept a greater reduction at the end
of a disastrous strike that may leave
our organisation so weakened and de-
moralized that It would be unable to
cope with the vast combinations of
capital now engaged In the coal
trade."
College
Scrap May be Amic-
ably Settled by Ex
ecutiveCommittee
The exeat ive committee for the
field day exercises and oratorical con-
test which is held every year and
participated In by tho educational in-
stitutions of the territory are iu Guilt-
jrie for the purpose c'f deciding upon
a place of meeting this year and make
preliminary arrangemeu's for the
event. Guthrie is talked of very favor-
ably for the place of meeting nnd In all
probability the meet will be held here
as Oklahoma City Is tho only contest-
ant. Guthrie has had it every year
but last year and (he contest wns held
at Oklahoma City because of there
being no race track hero at that time.
Guthrie in now better fitted for the
meet than any eHher city as its race
track Is the host In the territory.
Another Important point to be de-
cided Is whether or not Stillwater will
be admitted again lno the contost
Stillwater was ruled out year before
last and requested to forfolt the cup
whloh her team thought they had
rightfully won. This UtSy refused to
do and It wns fallowing this refusal
that Stillwater college was barred out.
The trouble arose In this way: At
the contest held in Guthrie In 10O the)
Stiywater college and Oklahoma uni-
versity teams were cftMe con'estants.
Kingfisher college. Oklahoma univer-
sity and the Agricultural and Mechan
ical college were the only contestants
when the last even of the meet was
pulled off. the pole-vault. It was grow-
ing dark but the vaulting had com-
menced. For some reason the stu-
dents raised a howl especlully Okla-
homa university claiming that the
darkness was muklng It impossible for
them' to complete the event. Still-
water was then a point nnd a half In
tho lead or the other participants. The
Judges gave them their choice of three
things vis.: To call Um event cfT. to
divide the oint equally among the
participants or to finish the pole
vault. Slnrtjy afterwWds the other
teams left the field except St 111 water
and as they remained on the ground
and had the greatest number of points
claimed the cup which the Judges
awarded them. The nest day the Ok-
lahoma untrersUy team held an im-
promptu meet aud without uuy Judges
being present decided among them
selves that they had won the cup
They then demanded It
Ah 8 illwater
refused to give it up they were Im-
mediately barred frotn participation
In any further track meets
inoy are it w msKing application as
a new cHlege would asking for mom
bership s though they had not -r l'eu
In the field
Without H' illwater In tho gamo tho
event appears flat for although thi-
ol her collogjcH have some verv good
con t; uts. Oklahoma unheml'y ami
Stillwater haw alwayx bt-oa noc k and
neck Tho sympathy of every one
to bo with HHIIwa er and It l
hoped that thoy will iw again allowed
to atop Into the arena
The oratorloaj content will Ih' hold
in connection with the track meo
Those inter collegia'e (-ontostn al-
ways bring large crowds to the city
and Guthrie "will be happy if she gets
it"
Oonnlueiable pulling 1 being done
'o briiiK tbe A and M college hack
luto he iiiik ami it In thought that the
Oklahoma university will cousem
The contests will be held early is
May.
HANQMAN GOT DUNN.
(By Associated i'rens.i
r St Joseph Me March 11. Mark
Dunn the murderer of Alfred Pea to.
ENATOR'!
VIEWED
Damaging: Testimony is Produced
Against Dietrich of Nebraska
Who is Charged With Peddling
Postoffice Patronage.
(Uy Associated Press.)
Washington D. C March 11 The
sensational inquiry Into the charges
against Senator Dietrich of Nebraska
began today before a special commit-
tee In Senator Hoar's ocromlttee
room. Leopold Hahn postmaster at
Hastings. Neb. from 1807 to 1001. who
was succeedod In office by Fisher re-
lated a conversation with Fisher on
April 23 1001. relative to his (Fish-
er's) appointment as postmaster.
' He asked me" said' the witness
"what the office paid. I told him $.-
500. He said that wus what Dietrich
wnnted him to pay for the office. He
also told me that Adam Breed had
said that Dietrich bad asked him $2.
S00 or 1700 a year for the four years.
"Ho asked me." the witness contin-
ued "what I had paid Senator Thurs-
ton for my appointment and I said
'not one cetvts.' "
was hanged at the county Jail here nt
10: 10 this morning
Spark
Only is Needed to
Revive Springfield
Race War
(By Associated Press.)
Springfield O. March 11. The
race disturbances which have terroris-
ed the town for the past three da s us
the result uf the murder of Patrolman
Collins and the uib'.e-iutu lyucMug
of the negro. Dixon who shit Collin
are well In check by the IJ corape.ile
of slate militia nnd the million1 ft
are of the opinion tlU no more troops
will be needed to oontrri the situation.
Roth Chief of Police O'Hrlen and
Sheriff Roiitsalian betlevo howover
that It would be u mistake to material-
ly decrease the number of troops an
hand. There are unmistatable signs
tlist there Is au ugly feeling on the
part of the men and boys who have
composed the mobs of the pus' three
days and the authorities realize that
tho shooting of elthor a white man oi
negri or even a street flgnl br-iwecv.
j n)en 0f poposltn race would he suffl-
clout to again start the mobT an a kill-
ing end burning expedi'lon.
ISHt evening the police arrested a
l(.Kn V. W. Smith
rlnuati as his home
who daunt Cin-
llo n.is accom
panied by severs' strauge negroes
and whenever they could gsla sn su-
d it-me oi on or more negroes on the
r!.e road a highly Infitnstory
tvue writ ton paper urging tho negroea
to a venae' tho lynchlag of Dixon and
u apply i he ( torch to the white busi-
ness and residence districts in retalia-
tion for the burning of the negro
mrUrH on the eve. Tnd poii.
lhiipv.r h n..i f.r irm.i.i-' in
resident nogroes ax thoy hvr been
prompt su day to keep tho sniicc is
I IMIll-Ii nttu HU BlglM ui upriviOb uu
'h part of tbe strange negroes
In the opinion of City Solicitor Ta-
turn neither the rlty nor tho county
can h held responsible for the 1mm
nig ii the I even district by tho mob
A bpoclal grand Jury will Hit londa
to invstig the lyoohtag. but It U
thought It will be Impossible to indict
ott her the leaders of the mob which
did 'be lynrbing or the subtequent
burping
HIGH WATER IN MONTANA.
Butte Mont March 11. Reports
8Y PEERS
The witness also aald that Fisher
had questioned him as to whether he
(Fisher) would have to pay a note for
the $2300 U he should give one. and
the witness said ho had volunteered
to Investigate that point for him and
had done so getting legal &dvice that
such n nute would not be negotiable
At a Inter date Fisher had come to
hie store with a Wm DuMon and thoy
had announced 'hat thoy were there
for the purpose of "fixing up post-
office business" He wns told after
ward that the manor had been nr
ranged He then produced a memor-
andum which he saM he had made
on the day of the convorsntlon.
Halm said that when Dietrich was
elected he had given up all Idea of be-
ing continued as postmaster because
he had understood from various
sources that Die' rich was "after his
scalp."
from the eastern part of the state toll
of damage done by high water from
Ytllowslone rivor ns n result of Ico
gorges. At Miles City the entire real
denco portion is flooded.
CRUSHED UNDER WAGON.
(By Associated Proas.)
Osborns Kasr March 11 Dr. C. I
Hart a well known dentist wus killed
almost instantly hore today by botng
otushed beneath a heavily loaded
wugon which overturned us he was at-
tempting to board It.
VETERAN ACTOR DEAD.
(By Associated Press.)
New York March 11. Augustus
Cook rather of Hlennor Robson and
one of the best known actors o i tho
American stnge is dead at hln home
here from cirrhosis of the llvor and
dropsy aged fift joarw
Money Leaner Had
Nothing to Live for
After Robbery
By Associated Press )
New York March 1 1 Abraham
Newmsn.ss old and wealthy money
lender and diiujtid dealer nan been
found doad in hi- office on the Bowery
Robbery had boon committed but
whothor it followed the murder U a
question Wiiic'i ih police hr.ve boon
unable to solve Thtru Mure no marks
of violence on the body and no signs
of a strugulo in tho place HIh safe
n" '" e" rim"'
Surrounds Finding of
Bodies in Dela-
ware Bay
l By Aasoeiaiod Press.)
Bridgets-. N. J. March 11. Tho po
lice sro endeavoring to unravel tho
mystery aurroun-llnk' 'hi Hading of
tho bodies of a man and ffomsu iu
fx law are bay opposite has hie Th
w i ims n txjd U headles- There It
nothing 'a el't.er body b wBlch they
Jean he identified.
Bowery
Mystery
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