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LOS ANGELES, CAL., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1905.VOL. XXXII, NO. 159.

MISS RICHMONDTALKS OF CRAFT

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SEARCH FOR CLUEIN MURDER CASE

ARMED PEASANTSON THE MARCH

Moscow Gaxette Declares Editorially

That the Present Revolt Must

Be Put Down at Any

Sacrifice

POLICE FORCE INSUFFICIENT

COUNTRY DISTRICTS SCENESOF PILLAGE

Practiced a Bystem of "Rake.

downs" to Defraud Their

Employer

Declares the Secretary and Butler

SHE ATTACKS MISS BERNER

MAY SHOW MOTIVE FOR THESTANFORD MURDER

Business Partner of the Woman Baya

That Bhe Consulted a Clairvoy-

ant Several Days Previous

to Her Death

PSYCHIST PROBING MYSTERY

MRS.MILBURNMAY HAVE BEENGUEST AT OCEAN VIEW

\u25a0 The director threatens to close theworks..! The news of'a retreat on1 Tie pass *

I(Continued'on Pag* Three.)'

The workmen have struck in the Bal-tic naval dockyard because three oftheir representatives to the workmen'sconference have been arrested.

.The Liberals are making a greatpoint of the fact that at the very timewhen Emperor Nicholas Is declaringthe necessity for a strict observanceof 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 Inthe promul-gation of laws, before Us publicationin the Official Messenger. By his di-rect order this formality was omittedIn the case of the recent manifesto.

"It would be a sad sacrifice of life,"says the Gazette, "but a hundred timesless now than If the revolt should be

allowed to continue until it becomesabsolutely necessary to take decisivesteps."

A sensation was caused today by aleading editorial In the Moscow Ga-zette, the traditional spokesman ofautocracy, declaring that the presentrevolt In the Interior should be putdownImmediately In the fashion which Gen.

Michael Muravleff crushed the Polishand Lithuanian rebellion In 1863.

ST. PETERSBURG, March B.—Thepeasant movement against the landedproprietors of central Russia Is grow-ing stronger. Bands of armed peas-ants are, marching through villagesand .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 BLOWAT KANSAS OIL

GRAVES VIOLATEDBY STANDARD OIL

MAYYETCONTROLLICENSE HOLDERS

FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA

WITHDRAWING HIS ARMY

Russians . Fear That Rennenkampff

Has Been Isolated and That Jap.

anese May Cut Off TheirRetreat .

General Kuropatkin Is givinggroundbefore the.armies of Japan, and yester-' Iday he abandoned positions south andsouthwest of Mukden, burning such of •his supplies as he could not carry withIhim. ,The Japanese artillery Is thun-'.during at the very gates of 'Mukden, •'which position the Russians still hold,

'

but are admittedly prepared to evacu-" Iate, 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,otL the Russian army.in Man- jchurla, ;has been \u25a0 cut.off, on the J east,',from the main (force/, and, Japanese';.

'

troops Inconsiderable numbers are said'-to be already In the jvicinity '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 WITHDRAWINGALL HIS FORCES

TIE PASS HIS ONLY REFUGE

<\u25a0 |The police Jbelieve that among thestories, of quarrels and of- graft- a hintof the motive for the. murder may*befound. \u25a0 . . \u25a0'

Albert Beverly, who for the twoyears ending In May last was Mrs.Stanford's butler, verified the state-ments of Miss Richmond and gave, thflpolice 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, Ihe would divide with Miss Berner. Hosays that her share amounted to be-tween $1000 and $1100. Mrs. Stanford,^according to his 'story, was easy 'todcccive 1 when 'it came to business. ;.

That Miss Richmond had accussJMiss Berner of using undue influenceover her aged mistress In many ways,

and that a bitter quarrel followed.

That Miss Berner had stated thatshe was a legatee under Mrs. Stan-ford's will,but had no knowledge as towhat amount would be left to her.

That she had quarreled with .MissBerner and had told the latter that Itwas "no way to treat Mrs. Stanford"and that the two had bitterly discussedthe matter of alleged "graft."

That she had full knowledge of asystem of graft and "rake-downs" prac-

ticed by Beverly and Miss BerthaBerner, 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 storiesof household Intrigue and graft toldby Beverly, the ex-butler, and Eliza-beth Richmond, the former maid, whonowr lives In Beverly's cottage at SanMateo.

By Ao»oel»t#4 TrMi

FOR ITS LINESTHE DEAD MUST MAKE WAYORDER; 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 theeastward admittedly is Ingreat danger

of ,being cut oft, and a considerableforce ofJapanese appears to be operat-

ing on the Russian right well,towardTie pass. Ifthe Japanese succeed Inreaching the railroad and interruptingtraffic, If only for a few hours, it may

have the greatest consequences ., forGeneral Kuropatkin. who is now en-gaged in a literal race with the Japa-

nese to reach a naturally defensibleposition forty miles northward. Thusfar he has stood off all attacks direct-

From information In the possessionof the Associated Press it,is known

that General Kuropatkin contemplatedretirement before the beginning of;the

battle, and that he had hoped to'ac-complish it without a serious combat.The Japanese, however, forced him toaccept battle.

ST. PETERSBURG,' March" 9,' 3 a. nv—The battle of Mukden has resulted inIa Russian defeat. Field 1Marshal

1Oya^-.ma has once more proved himself one*

of the greatest masters {of \u25a0 offensive \u25a0

strategy' since Napoleon,'- while GeneralKuropatkin;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 waslong ago prepared with"this contingen-cy in view. ;The

'problem before the

'

Russian commander In chief is much jmore dlfflccult than;the one he \ metsuccessfully at Llao Yang, :since now.he is threatened on both flanks, hisleft wing being entangled in a inoun-'

talnous region far from the railroad. •

By Associated PressKuropatkin Now Is Laboring

Grave. Difficulties Under Which Gen.

THE DAY'S NEWSFORECAST

Southern California: Cloudy

Thursday; fresh west winds.Maximum temperature In Los Anigeles yesterday, 74 degrees; mini,

mum, 53 degree*.

LOS ANGELES RESIDENTIS 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 inmore than 200 Indictments against theStandard OH company, which Ischarged with "retailing oil from awagon without a license." The fine Ineach case varies from $50 to $1000.

Indictments Against Standard Oil

IThis Is characterized as the' hardestblow yet struck by the Prairie" com-pany at the Kansas oil producers, \u25a0 asit means that practically no oil willbetaken by this concern in Kansas out-

side of the bottom Independence field,the Tyro and Chautauqua counties.This, It Is expected, willnot affect thedistrict where the state oil refinery Isto be located.

By Associated Press.;INDEPENDENCE, Kas., March B.—The Prairie Oil and Gas company, the

Kansas branch of the Standard OHcompany, todny'Issued an order to theeffect that hereafter In1Kansas 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, nonedared raise a protesting voice for fearof losing his position.

The cemetery Is well Improved andthere are many beautiful monuments.These willhave to be taken down andremoved. The people of Whiting areindignant because the Standard Oilcompany did not plan to build its pipelines around the .cemetery instead ofdespoiling It. In this way, the rest-dents say, the company could have letthe; dead rest In peace.

,WHITING,Ind., March B.—This city,

which Is located Just across the stateline from Chicago, Is all torn up. JohnD. Rockefeller has bought the villagecemetery as an annex to the StandardOH 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 offthe bodies has not yet been

determined.' . ' . . \u25a0 .

By Associated Press.

Deputy High Sheriff Rawllns, whowill accompany the remains to SnnFrancisco, will make the trip for thepurpose of consulting the police Inthatcity.

The physicians say that one-twelfthof a grain of strychnine mightpossiblybe fatal to a person of Mrs. Stanford'sage. .A. ;\u25a0

According to the estimates of thechemists, the strychnine in'the dose ofbicarbonate of soda and the capsulecombined was only one-twelfth of agrain, unless the strychnine was allat the top of the bottle and was takenwhen Miss Berner poured out the doseof soda. Mrs. Stanford's failure tocomment on

'the bitter taste of the

medicine, however, is held as disprov-ing this theory.

ItIs pointed out that the opinions ofthe physicians taken with the resultof the chemical analysis as given Inevidence at the inquest indicate thatto |bring about a fatal result Mrs.Stanford would have to have beengiven one of the capsules, which It hasbeen admitted contained a small quan-tity of strychnine, and a., dose of-thebicarbonate of soda at the same time,and that both 'would be required tobring together enough/; strychnine to befatal. \u25a0

-'\u0084-\u25a0' ..

The police are of the opinion that ifMrs. Stanford was murdered the guiltyperson is in San. Francisco. HighSheriff William Henry expresses thisview.

Siaerlft Henry also said that he isnot certain whether or not additionalwitnesses willbe called upon to testify.

High Sheriff Henry says that theInquest was postponed because thestenographer's transcript of the testi-mony was not ready, and the Hawaiianlaw requires that the witnesses \mustread and sign their testimony in thepresence of the Jury.

jHONOLULU, March B.—The Inquestinto the death of Mrs. Jane L.Stanfordhas been postponed until tomorrownight at 7:30 o'clock. The 'police sur-round the case with considerable mys-tery.

Considerable MysteryBy Associated Press.

Honolulu Police Surround Matter With

INQUEST 18 POSTPONED

It is* the. opinion generally of thecommission that the method ofauction-Ing all saloon licenses by the citywould be much better than the presentmethod, for a man who had paid -alarge sum for a license would hesitatesome time before he broke the law andthus endangered his license.

The purchaser of a license has nomore protection from tha commissionthan the holders of licenses have at thepresent time, and ifhe violated the

law his license /(\u25a0mild be taken awayfrom him and sold to the highest bid-der again by the commission."

"This would not be the case at all,"

said City Attorney Mathews. "Thecity cannot bind Itself in any way ina

deal of this kind, and the licenses soldbyIthe commission would come underIt's authority Just as those given away

did.

1 Thus answered City Attornew Math-ews when questioned In 'regard to. arumor to the effect that if the policecommission auctioned off saloonlicenses the license would become afranchise and the holder of the licensewould not be liable to the commissionfor his actions, and could do as hepleased.

"The police commission can sell aman a license and \u25a0' take it.back theminute he violates an ordinance, eventhough Itbe the next day."

'

I"The city may sell the saloon licenses

at publicauction Ifthey so desire.!"Licenses' sold. In this manner willnot be any more binding than thosealready issued.

MINERS PRECIPITATEDSIXTEEN HUNDRED FEET

SAN JOSE, March B.—An electriccar was held up by a highwaymannear Santa Clara at 10 o'clock tqnlght.The fellow boarded the car at New-hall street, and presenting a revolverat the head of Conductor J. Buck, de-manded his money. Buck grabbed thehighwayman, and in the tussle thatensued he secured the revolver. Therobber then Jumped from the car, fol-lowed by two shots from the gun Inthe conductor's hand, lie escaped andhas not yet been caught.

ByAssociated Press.

On Monday night Col. A. H. Crowellof Hyannls, Mont., died suddenly ofpneumonia at the Deaconess hospital.The remains have been sent to his oldhome for burial. For years Col.Crowell was one of the largest shippersof California oranges and lemons inthe east, and from this business, to-gether with his extensive producetrade InBloux City,.lowa, he amasseda fortune. Puiing the past six seasonsLou Angeles wus the winter home uf

the deceased, . j

at the Deaconess HospitalCol. 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 theIproperty and took a note for $5000.

She had the property In the hands of aSt. Louis real estate agency to sell, butshe sold it herself, and out of thetransaction has grown a suit againstthe' deceused for $5000, which amountItI'ls claimed by the plaintiffs they

might-have secured above $18,000 hadithey,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 LosAngeles,

-about two weeks ago, and

secured a reading. She told me aboutthe visit to the clairvoyant and whntwas,! said by the person. The Bub-shim? of the reusing, as applied toMrs.' Mllburn, was: She would be very

successful In all her Investments; shewould find the best results by placingher money In property at NewportUeach or in property In southwest LosAngeles. The reading as applied tomyself was, according to the notationmade by Mrs. Mllburn after the visittoVthVclairvoyant: Iwus accuratelydescribed, and the story of my recentaccident ...was told In detail. It wanstiit^il by tin) clalrvoyunt that Iwasuiore seriously Injured than Ithought;that Iwas Injured internally; thatbloodIclots had formed, and that »J

'Continued on I'uue »ev«nt I

{-"By appointment Icalled upon Mrs.Mllburn.at her room on South Hopestreet the night of February 22, the daybefore

'she disappeared, and had a

talk withher about her property Inter-ests. She told me on that occasionthat she had been advised by a party

whose name she did not mention thatthere was a bargain In a property atOcean Park, and that she Intended to

visit the beach before going to Watson-

vllle to visit her daughter. Itappei-rs

from later developments that Mrs. Mil-burn had made full preparations to go

toiWats'onvllle.:. ."Ihave no

'doubt but Mrs. Mllburn

went' to Ocean Park to meet someoneto talk over the bargain Bhe spoke tome about. From all Ican learn Shemust have had something like $100 onherVperson. 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 froma gale of tent sleeping goods that wereused 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. Shemay 'have kept It in' her trunk or onher person. The banks do not showthat, she made any deposit of money

secured In St. Louis. She may have

had. all of the money on her personwhen she went to Ocean Park. AH of

the money she had acquired growing

out of her realty deals In Los Angelesis accounted for.

V Sold Property in East

Mr; Hamilton's StatementIn this.regard Mr. Hamilton said:

exact ptate of Mrs. Mllnurn's affairs.than are those with whom she hadnijsiness connections in the east.

..• .According to F. H. Hamilton, whoavhs for a time engaged in businesswith Mis. Milburn in Los AngeleB, themurdpnd 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

Idark as to the Identity of the murdereror 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 whenjshe 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 Jof 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.—Thegrand Jury today returned Indictmentsagainst -Patrolman William It. Byrnesand 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-seventhdistrict at, the time the alleged ballot•luffing\u25a0'\u25a0 was perpetrated.

-':;.':;.' "1 ;,

Ballot Stuffing IndictmentsBy Ataoclated Press.

I—Search forclue 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.

EASTERNrralrio 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.

FOREIGNKuropatkin conf«u«dly b»at*n and racing :

"flSSral.' m'T*r.!".bu;.P""lcom. th^"VaV," d vujs.3 r

and daatroylng property.,

COASTMiaa Richmond declare* Mla» Berner and

former butler practiced wit»m or "sraffto defraud Mr*,BUnford.

Honolulu police declare that.If'Mrs. Stan-,

ford wm murdered tb« murderer la In BaaVr.ml.rn>.

LOCALofliters aearch for clue In Ocean rark mur-"two" wlvei vUlt patient dying la county

Hiluil nun «">\u25a0 ha.wai victlmiiedila abualneu 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 BreaksKillingFour and Seriously

Injuring TenBy Associated Fnu,

WHEELING, W. Va., March B.—Bythe breaklng'of a cable in the,Shrews-burg coal mine, near Charleston, today,four miners were killed and ten othersseriously hurt. Four of the Injuredwill die.

The men were precipitated to. th»base of the.mountain, 1800 feet, with

BAKKKBFII3LD,March B.—AdrlenneCiliuuil, a eheepherder, was accidental-lyshot near Sunset today. Glraud anda companion were Ina hut and a pistolwhich the

- other man was .handling

was discharged. The bullet enteredQiraud's left breast, passed throughthe lung and emerged at the back.The Injured man was hastily brought

to Bakersfleld. . The wound was dressedand the munis still alive, but- Is Ina very low condition. \u25a0 (

ByAssociated I'remm.Sheepherder Accidentally Shot

SAN FRANCISCO. March B.—Thesteamer Marlposa, which has arrivedhere from Tahlta, reports. that on Feb-ruary 10, while outward bound fromthis port, Henry W. McClelland, cash-ier of the Pacific Coast

'company of

Los Angeles, died from tuberculosis andwas bured at Hen.

ByAtioclated Pre»«.

the Steamer Marlposa, Out.ward Bound

Henry W. McClelland Dies While on

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