GUNS ROAR AT MUKDEN'S GATES PRICE: DAILY, BY CARRIER, 65 CTS. PER MONTH JAPAN'S HERO, CONQUEROR IN THE BLOODIEST OF MOD ERN BATTLES LOS ANGELES, CAL., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1905. VOL. XXXII, NO. 159. MISS RICHMOND TALKS OF CRAFT li a\ sf L^^ /— % -,M 'M ~ if^ A II A |F^ J L^T H H IT^ A\ '*' M~« I /"'% II A 11 W SEARCH FOR CLUE IN MURDER CASE ARMED PEASANTS ON THE MARCH Moscow Gaxette Declares Editorially That the Present Revolt Must Be Put Down at Any Sacrifice POLICE FORCE INSUFFICIENT COUNTRY DISTRICTS SCENES OF PILLAGE Practiced a Bystem of "Rake. downs" to Defraud Their Employer Declares the Secretary and Butler SHE ATTACKS MISS BERNER MAY SHOW MOTIVE FOR THE STANFORD MURDER Business Partner of the Woman Baya That Bhe Consulted a Clairvoy- ant Several Days Previous to Her Death PSYCHIST PROBING MYSTERY MRS.MILBURN MAY HAVE BEEN GUEST AT OCEAN VIEW \u25a0 The director threatens to close the works. .! The news of'a retreat on 1 Tie pass * I (Continued'on Pag* Three.) ' The workmen have struck in the Bal- tic naval dockyard because three of their representatives to the workmen's conference have been arrested. . The Liberals are making a great point of the fact that at the very time when Emperor Nicholas Is declaring the necessity for a strict observance of the law he has again set the exam- ple of disregarding It. According to the law of the empire an lmperal man- ifesto must be read in the senate, which is the legal body In the promul- gation of laws, before Us publication in the Official Messenger. By his di- rect order this formality was omitted In the case of the recent manifesto. "It would be a sad sacrifice of life," says the Gazette, "but a hundred times less now than If the revolt should be allowed to continue until it becomes absolutely necessary to take decisive steps." A sensation was caused today by a leading editorial In the Moscow Ga- zette, the traditional spokesman of autocracy, declaring that the present revolt In the Interior should be put down Immediately In the fashion which Gen. Michael Muravleff crushed the Polish and Lithuanian rebellion In 1863. ST. PETERSBURG, March B.—The peasant movement against the landed proprietors of central Russia Is grow- ing stronger. Bands of armed peas- ants are, marching through villages and . destroying property. They have even entered the town of Penzaw, where the police force Is not suffi- cient to cope with them. By Aimoelntffl Vtk>i>. ANOTHER BLOW AT KANSAS OIL GRAVES VIOLATED BY STANDARD OIL MAY YET CONTROL LICENSE HOLDERS FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA WITHDRAWING HIS ARMY Russians . Fear That Rennenkampff Has Been Isolated and That Jap. anese May Cut Off Their Retreat . General Kuropatkin Is givingground before the. armies of Japan, and yester-' I day he abandoned positions south and southwest of Mukden, burning such of • his supplies as he could not carry withI him. ,The Japanese artillery Is thun-'. during at the very gates of ' Mukden, •' which position the Russians still hold, ' but are admittedly prepared to evacu-" I ate, changing > their .base to Tie pass, which Is forty, miles north of Mukden.' So fnr as the retreat has . progressed .]' it has been orderly. ... «, , What the \u25a0 "Japanese may , have .' lri\, \u25a0 store for, the defeated ,. army on. Its re-' 1 ' tirement northward remains to 'be dls- % ' closed. There are .reports that General^; Rennenkampff, the foremost .cavalry;,' general , ot L the Russian army. in Man- j churla, ; has been \u25a0 cut. off, on the J east,', from the main (force/, and, Japanese';. ' troops In considerable numbers are said'- to be already In the j vicinity 'of '\u25a0'\u25a0• pass. _ .. .' \u0084.,.. \u25a0. ' \u25a0 The retirement .unquestionably ,cost? the Russians dear In ; the • matter.Jof '. supplies . and .. heavy .... guns. Neither^ commanders, nor correspondents^have j. yet ventured, to, estimate the '.number V,. of killed (and, wounded .in the 'eleven";; days of fighting. , The Russian casual-J" ties In the fighting Tuesday on, the left .>.; flank are said to have been fullyJ.OOO.^ KUROPATKIN WITHDRAWING ALL HIS FORCES TIE PASS HIS ONLY REFUGE <\u25a0 |The police J believe that among the stories, of quarrels and of- graft- a hint of the motive for the. murder may*be found. \u25a0 . . \u25a0' Albert Beverly, who for the two years ending In May last was Mrs. Stanford's butler, verified the state- ments of Miss Richmond and gave, thfl police much further Information. He said that In all, by means of "rakp- downs" and commissions, he had "grafted" about $2100.' After each "rake-down," according to his story, I he would divide with Miss Berner. Ho says that her share amounted to be- tween $1000 and $1100. Mrs. Stanford,^ according to his ' story, was easy 'to dcccive 1 when 'it came to business. ; . That Miss Richmond had accussJ Miss Berner of using undue influence over her aged mistress In many ways, and that a bitter quarrel followed. That Miss Berner had stated that she was a legatee under Mrs. Stan- ford's will, but had no knowledge as to what amount would be left to her. That she had quarreled with . Miss Berner and had told the latter that It was "no way to treat Mrs. Stanford" and that the two had bitterly discussed the matter of alleged "graft." That she had full knowledge of a system of graft and "rake-downs" prac- ticed by Beverly and Miss Bertha Berner, Mrs. Stanford's secretary. To the police Miss Richmond stated: HAN FRANCISCO, March B.— Though they still deem the proof of murder conclusive, the police of San Francisco are trying to find a possible motive for the poisoning of Mrs. Stan- ford. In this search they are making a minute examination Into the stories of household Intrigue and graft told by Beverly, the ex-butler, and Eliza- beth Richmond, the former maid, who now r lives In Beverly's cottage at San Mateo. By Ao»oel»t#4 TrMi FOR ITS LINES THE DEAD MUST MAKE WAY ORDER; ISSUED BY PRAIRIE \ \u25a0- \u25a0 \u25a0:' COMPANY City Attorney Bays That the Police ' : Board May Dispose of Saloon Privileges as It Deems . - \u25a0' Best'" SALE AT'AUCTION DOES NOT ! :; MAKE FRANCHISE This Branch of the Standard Declares It Will Purchase No Petroleum Whfcn Tests Below 30 De. grees Gravity Great Indignation at Whiting, Ind., Over Determination of Company to Annex the Village Cemetery Race for Tie Pass . \u25a0 General RennenkampfT's force to the eastward admittedly is In great danger of , being cut oft, and a considerable force of Japanese appears to be operat- ing on the Russian right well , toward Tie pass. If the Japanese succeed In reaching the railroad and interrupting traffic, If only for a few hours, it may have the greatest consequences ., for General Kuropatkin. who is now en- gaged in a literal race with the Japa- nese to reach a naturally defensible position forty miles northward. Thus far he has stood off all attacks direct- From information In the possession of the Associated Press it ,is known that General Kuropatkin contemplated retirement before the beginning of ; the battle, and that he had hoped to'ac- complish it without a serious combat. The Japanese, however, forced him to accept battle. ST. PETERSBURG,' March" 9,' 3 a. nv —The battle of Mukden has resulted in I a Russian defeat. Field 1 Marshal 1 Oya^-. ma has once more proved himself one* of the greatest masters {of \u25a0 offensive \u25a0 strategy' since Napoleon,'- while General Kuropatkin ; is" riow 1 engaged '-in \u25a0•' en- deavorlng to defend his title as a. mas- ter of ; successful. .retreats ; and' ; brln|r^ his arrnjv.wlth^its immense train, safe- ly to Tie pass, ' where a position was long ago prepared with"this contingen- cy in view. ; The ' problem before the ' Russian commander In chief is much j more dlfflccult than ; the one he \ met successfully at Llao Yang, : since now. he is threatened on both flanks, his left wing being entangled in a inoun-' talnous region far from the railroad. • By Associated Press Kuropatkin Now Is Laboring Grave. Difficulties Under Which Gen. THE DAY'S NEWS FORECAST Southern California: Cloudy Thursday; fresh west winds. Maximum temperature In Los Ani geles yesterday, 74 degrees; mini, mum, 53 degree*. LOS ANGELES RESIDENT IS BURIED AT SEA By Associated Press. CYNTHIANA, Ky., March B.—The grand Jury which has been in session for more than a week today brought in more than 200 Indictments against the Standard OH company, which Is charged with "retailing oil from a wagon without a license." The fine In each case varies from $50 to $1000. Indictments Against Standard Oil I This Is characterized as the' hardest blow yet struck by the Prairie" com- pany at the Kansas oil producers, \u25a0 as it means that practically no oil will be taken by this concern in Kansas out- side of the bottom Independence field, the Tyro and Chautauqua counties. This, It Is expected, will not affect the district where the state oil refinery Is to be located. By Associated Press. ; INDEPENDENCE, Kas., March B.— The Prairie Oil and Gas company, the Kansas branch of the Standard OH company, todny' Issued an order to the effect that hereafter In 1 Kansas oil test- ing below thirty ' degrees gravity will not be bought by the company. CONDUCTOR, UNARMED, OVERCOMES HIGHWAYMAN The Standard Oil company practical- ly owns Whiting, nearly every inhabit- ant of the place being an employe. Hence, when the superintendent decid- ed that the cemetery was needed, none dared raise a protesting voice for fear of losing his position. The cemetery Is well Improved and there are many beautiful monuments. These will have to be taken down and removed. The people of Whiting are indignant because the Standard Oil company did not plan to build its pipe lines around the .cemetery instead of despoiling It. In this way, the rest- dents say, the company could have let the; dead rest In peace. , WHITING, Ind., March B.—This city, which Is located Just across the state line from Chicago, Is all torn up. John D. Rockefeller has bought the village cemetery as an annex to the Standard OH refinery. .He needs the ground oc- cupied by. the dead for his pipe lines, and the cemetery willsoon' be honey- combed with oil pipes. What is. to be- come off the bodies has not yet been determined. ' . ' . . \u25a0 . By Associated Press. Deputy High Sheriff Rawllns, who will accompany the remains to Snn Francisco, will make the trip for the purpose of consulting the police In that city. The physicians say that one-twelfth of a grain of strychnine mightpossibly be fatal to a person of Mrs. Stanford's age. .A. ;\u25a0 According to the estimates of the chemists, the strychnine in' the dose of bicarbonate of soda and the capsule combined was only one-twelfth of a grain, unless the strychnine was all at the top of the bottle and was taken when Miss Berner poured out the dose of soda. Mrs. Stanford's failure to comment on ' the bitter taste of the medicine, however, is held as disprov- ing this theory. ItIs pointed out that the opinions of the physicians taken with the result of the chemical analysis as given In evidence at the inquest indicate that to | bring about a fatal result Mrs. Stanford would have to have been given one of the capsules, which It has been admitted contained a small quan- tity of strychnine, and a., dose of -the bicarbonate of soda at the same time, and that both 'would be required to bring together enough/; strychnine to be fatal. \u25a0 - '\u0084-\u25a0' .. The police are of the opinion that if Mrs. Stanford was murdered the guilty person is in San. Francisco. High Sheriff William Henry expresses this view. Siaerlft Henry also said that he is not certain whether or not additional witnesses will be called upon to testify. High Sheriff Henry says that the Inquest was postponed because the stenographer's transcript of the testi- mony was not ready, and the Hawaiian law requires that the witnesses \ must read and sign their testimony in the presence of the Jury. j HONOLULU, March B.—The Inquest into the death of Mrs. Jane L. Stanford has been postponed until tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. The 'police sur- round the case with considerable mys- tery. Considerable Mystery By Associated Press. Honolulu Police Surround Matter With INQUEST 18 POSTPONED It is* the. opinion generally of the commission that the method of auction- Ing all saloon licenses by the city would be much better than the present method, for a man who had paid -a large sum for a license would hesitate some time before he broke the law and thus endangered his license. The purchaser of a license has no more protection from tha commission than the holders of licenses have at the present time, and if he violated the law his license /(\u25a0mild be taken away from him and sold to the highest bid- der again by the commission." "This would not be the case at all," said City Attorney Mathews. "The city cannot bind Itself in any way in a deal of this kind, and the licenses sold by I the commission would come under It's authority Just as those given away did. 1 Thus answered City Attornew Math- ews when questioned In 'regard to. a rumor to the effect that if the police commission auctioned off saloon licenses the license would become a franchise and the holder of the license would not be liable to the commission for his actions, and could do as he pleased. "The police commission can sell a man a license and \u25a0' take it . back the minute he violates an ordinance, even though It be the next day." ' I "The city may sell the saloon licenses at publicauction If they so desire. ! "Licenses' sold. In this manner will not be any more binding than those already issued. MINERS PRECIPITATED SIXTEEN HUNDRED FEET SAN JOSE, March B.—An electric car was held up by a highwayman near Santa Clara at 10 o'clock tqnlght. The fellow boarded the car at New- hall street, and presenting a revolver at the head of Conductor J. Buck, de- manded his money. Buck grabbed the highwayman, and in the tussle that ensued he secured the revolver. The robber then Jumped from the car, fol- lowed by two shots from the gun In the conductor's hand, lie escaped and has not yet been caught. By Associated Press. On Monday night Col. A. H. Crowell of Hyannls, Mont., died suddenly of pneumonia at the Deaconess hospital. The remains have been sent to his old home for burial. For years Col. Crowell was one of the largest shippers of California oranges and lemons in the east, and from this business, to- gether with his extensive produce trade In Bloux City, .lowa, he amassed a fortune. Puiing the past six seasons Lou Angeles wus the winter home uf the deceased, . j at the Deaconess Hospital Col. Crowell Succumbs to Pneumonia SUDDEN DEATH OF TOURIST •"It Is also known that before leav- ing St. Louis Mrs. Mllburn sold her property there, valued at $18,000. She held . a mortgage for $13,000 on the I property and took a note for $5000. She had the property In the hands of a St. Louis real estate agency to sell, but she sold it herself, and out of the transaction has grown a suit against the' deceused for $5000, which amount It I' ls claimed by the plaintiffs they might -have secured above $18,000 had i they, made the sale. Mrs. Mllburn wn» worried over that transaction, and be- cause of 'the litigation and of her in- terest In.me personally It appears that she" called on a clairvoyant in Los Angeles, - about two weeks ago, and secured a reading. She told me about the visit to the clairvoyant and whnt was,! said by the person. The Bub- shim? of the reusing, as applied to Mrs.' Mllburn, was: She would be very successful In all her Investments; she would find the best results by placing her money In property at Newport Ueach or in property In southwest Los Angeles. The reading as applied to myself was, according to the notation made by Mrs. Mllburn after the visit toVthV clairvoyant: I wus accurately described, and the story of my recent accident ...was told In detail. It wan stiit^il by tin) clalrvoyunt that I was uiore seriously Injured than I thought; that I was Injured internally; that blood I clots had formed, and that »J 'Continued on I'uue »ev«nt I {-"By appointment I called upon Mrs. Mllburn . at her room on South Hope street the night of February 22, the day before ' she disappeared, and had a talk withher about her property Inter- ests. She told me on that occasion that she had been advised by a party whose name she did not mention that there was a bargain In a property at Ocean Park, and that she Intended to visit the beach before going to Watson- vllle to visit her daughter. It appei-rs from later developments that Mrs. Mil- burn had made full preparations to go toiWats'onvllle. : . ."I have no ' doubt but Mrs. Mllburn went' to Ocean Park to meet someone to talk over the bargain Bhe spoke to me about. From all Ican learn She must have had something like $100 on herVperson. She may have hRd more, as! It is known that before she left St. Louis some weeks ago she became possessed of some money arising from a gale of tent sleeping goods that were used during the progress of the world's 'fair. 1 She had a rooming house there. No - one knows how much money she had on her return, from St. Louis. She may 'have kept It in' her trunk or on her person. The banks do not show that, she made any deposit of money secured In St. Louis. She may have had. all of the money on her person when she went to Ocean Park. AH of the money she had acquired growing out of her realty deals In Los Angeles is accounted for. V Sold Property in East Mr; Hamilton's Statement In this .regard Mr. Hamilton said: exact ptate of Mrs. Mllnurn's affairs . than are those with whom she had nijsiness connections in the east. ..• .According to F. H. Hamilton, who avhs for a time engaged in business with Mis. Milburn in Los AngeleB, the murdpnd woman consulted a clairvoy- »rf1 .1 t'fw <la\i» befoi-e she disappeared. •VInvestigation Into the mysterious '.tragedy at Ocean Park within the past :' twenty-four hours has developed sev- , ieral features deemed important, but 'the authorities are still working in the I dark as to the Identity of the murderer or murderers of Mrs. N. J. Mllburn. .-'Reports from St. Louis and the state- . .merits [of relatives of the deceased, to : the amount of money she •'\u25a0Is supposed to have had with her when jshe returned |to Los Angeles, differ. ?• However,' it Is said that the relatives -are In a. better position to know' the Proprietor Allison of the Ocenn J \ View lodging house, Ocean Park, • > says a woman called at his place | [ and engaged a room the Wednesday * • or Thursday preceding the mur- ' t ', def of Mrs.' Mllburn. She paid for '• the room In advance, saying sho ! ', would retire. Immediately. Alll- '' son next saw her the following !! morning. She appeared to be in \ | a" hurry. Since then he has not < • seen her. Allison viewed the body J J of Mrs. Mllburn when It was taken • ' from the surf, but says It never ', ', occurred to him that she might '' have ,' been the woman who hail ',', stopped at his house until after J [ he had been Interviewed by news- . > paper reporters and detectives. He J \ Is now positive there was a de- < > elded resemblance In the features J | of the two women.' No record of • > the- woman Is shown on the regls-l ', ter kept by Allison. . ' '• *** **** >!• ** •!' *+***'**+**&&** BAN FIIANCISCO. March B.—The grand Jury today returned Indictments against -Patrolman William It. Byrnes and L. 8. Carson for their alleged il- legal actions In the Wyman scandal. Hymen Is charged with perjury. Car- son was a Judge In the thirty-seventh district at, the time the alleged ballot •luffing \u25a0'\u25a0 was perpetrated. -' :;.': ;.' "1 ; , Ballot Stuffing Indictments By Ataoclated Press. I— Search for clue In murder case. 2 — Santo Domingo treaty urgent. 3—W. C. T. U. elects officers. 4 — Southern California news. 6 — Branch revivals In progress. 6—Editorial. 7—Warned not to proceed. * 8.9 — Classified advertisements. 10— Sports. . 11—Markets. 12—Demand gas legislation. EASTERN rralrio Oil and dai company itrtktt • wvare blow at tha Kannia oil industry. President »*nd» meniia to »enat» on Banto Uomlnco matter. Whiting. Ind.. lndlsnant ov«r action of th« Standard Oil company In annexing tn« vil- lage Lomelfry. FOREIGN Kuropatkin conf«u«dly b»at*n and racing : "flSSral.' m'T* r.!".bu;. P ""lcom. th^ " V aV," d vujs.3 r and daatroylng property., COAST Miaa Richmond declare* Mla» Berner and former butler practiced wit»m or "sraff to defraud Mr*,BUnford. Honolulu police declare that. If ' Mrs. Stan-, ford wm murdered tb« murderer la In Baa Vr.ml.rn>. LOCAL ofliters aearch for clue In Ocean rark mur- "two" wlvei vUlt patient dying la county Hiluil nun «">\u25a0 ha.wai victlmiiedila a bualneu trannacdon. . ami \u25a0 brings auit tp ,t— ' voter amount paid for lodging house. Judge inllourefuaea offer vt nUleuicut Iv tb« . lightning: rapidity. Cable In Virginia Coal Mine Breaks Killing Four and Seriously Injuring Ten By Associated Fnu, WHEELING, W. Va., March B.— By the breaklng'of a cable in the,Shrews- burg coal mine, near Charleston, today, four miners were killed and ten others seriously hurt. Four of the Injured will die. The men were precipitated to . th» base of the . mountain, 1800 feet, with BAKKKBFII3LD,March B.—Adrlenne Ciliuuil, a eheepherder, was accidental- ly shot near Sunset today. Glraud and a companion were In a hut and a pistol which the - other man was . handling was discharged. The bullet entered Qiraud's left breast, passed through the lung and emerged at the back. The Injured man was hastily brought to Bakersfleld. . The wound was dressed and the munis still alive, but- Is In a very low condition. \u25a0 ( By Associated I'remm. Sheepherder Accidentally Shot SAN FRANCISCO. March B.—The steamer Marlposa, which has arrived here from Tahlta, reports. that on Feb- ruary 10, while outward bound from this port, Henry W. McClelland, cash- ier of the Pacific Coast ' company of Los Angeles, died from tuberculosis and was bured at Hen. By Atioclated Pre»«. the Steamer Marlposa, Out. ward Bound Henry W. McClelland Dies While on in Gold Free IP THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS cARE NOT TRUE: The Herald Claims and Has a DAILY Circulation of 25,010 —AND ON SUNDAYS— 31,410 This is guaranteed by $5000 in Gold and all contracts are made on this basis. But Best of All ; The Herald's Circula. tion Books Are Open at All Times to Every Advertiser or Prospect- ive Patron, and Better Yet... 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