8 P---- THE MORNING (iU RDI ' _- =--1 as-==_ 7 - - _:gi .,".,,,""',.,, ‘§‘l.‘I,’i.?.f‘Z,:’°')» -FRIDAY MoRNlNo- cHARLo`rl'E'rowN P E i MARCH la 1904 -i=RlDiiY Mosullvc- “’"°“ °°" "'° “N” “ir il TWRNTY FIVE CENTS PERIKONTH ROAD COSTING FIVE iillLLlON STILL INCOIVIPLETE 'Twin Thread of Steel Extending Across More fl.;...Tl`.f'I.°..Z7IZ$...l'3.'Z‘i'.`...Z‘l“°lfZ.§.f£§” Than 5 000 Miles of Country Between the Zone of War and Russias Based Supplies Russia s greatest problem in her strug ‘ The old post rogdhacrirss Silfrkia tolsk the "QM, mm” the léka is 24 can at men a ` ` out t t gle with Japan is that of transports °““`°’ 'i lm ”° y° 2 2°’ '"_“ day, or, say9iK)men.The dther boat might "on ”°"°° 40 mu” ‘mm tbl’ 3 ° S we” lake at the outside H10 men a trip, or lfiw shore sh°“1d J“P°“ m“° “Wd hm' "'17 “‘v°l The. railroad was built to Irkutsk and :Z;e;|;?:;=tdJrb2l:?£;;::::;§h::Lm;:;: successes and gain command of the sea in carried straight down to the lake, sirl the theatre of setion Russia must look to IDB |59 'V955 “il°l`° "elf We l'°“i'l1 ‘md 'her inland communications alone for No ours anomin salxai. means or brinilins supplies to hsr srmiss The eriginnl pinn for bniiainn the me TM’ "°“l" '"°““ “lx "ek" '“ “°“'““ Imam Uh lhk , ld li lib In um had em bmced ° "ne amund me had °f mm could allluhl; xlrfisiid fi;-\v1:d Dwlleneaorcsz Chief among these is the twin thread of l"k°» °' “°“l'h ""3 W°‘": ml* *mis T: Thai; this oould be ,-hm, Mem, pm|,|em° steel known'ae thsjtrans Siberian railroad, °°°°|“3u"k ‘"5 len' °° ll ° 5°" “ ° 5| |11, din ftp, 5 be ca econ ono e rca youd lake ssisais track iins srwndins svrvss more “°°°"‘1 "sh °° °“°l‘ "“’ "°“d ‘°"'“d Bniirnl inthe went in the whale longline th" sw() mu" of comm., between the to the Pacific, and so little has been dons mm” Ash' md such tha, continuous zone of war and Russia s base of supplies °“ It "M" ““d°' cl” lm” °m°l°°° °“ military traihc cannot be hoped fer, o in Europe gineering direction and with ample labor In (ML tha mad W" opened before it ,S will tm. “mud pm" “dean” to it probabiyrould not be completed within was mad.” In mm, places beyond hkeln inave the armies of Russia that must be °"° ’°“'“ "°“° ““" “‘°' Bniirni ii. in ilnraly better rnnn n ann- . _sent to the from to Join the forces Mmm, The distance around the foot of the lake tmctafs une for curling dump can t there and sustain them while they are in ls 157 mu" “nd ‘he mme t° be taken by Bridges in the mountains are of weed N the Heidi the “"'°“d ls 180 '“"°°‘ There "8 19 Tunnels are not completed, and ihe road what is ,ta count,” md cnpwityn tunnels in the proposed route, the longest climbs pagans by zu “ga at amber can EVGYY Bilildwi Of U50 BIWFUUU iii W9 fm' Nw mugs ln length' Many mnsheg’ rs struction Tile road bed is in had con- t east has Asked UJBBB llil5!if|0"B “D09 vines md gun” Wm need w be br' ge ` dltion, and in many places unballasted t tho WM' bctweeii Riliiilil Mid JAPAN bf8°Bi1. UM" mls "Mk Mn b° d°n°‘ °r thnlugh' To udderstand the causes of these oon- s ° about five weeks ago. 'ml' the present’ war’ In All D'°b°b'm'y' ditions one must know the story of the h As In naval warfare the speed of A sqm* Russia must depend on her ferry across mam t dum annum be renter than that of its lake Bsikal to take care of the trans-Sib- slowest Shiv SDK,” military transport* erlan traiiic when the lake is not frozen. WHY THE ROAD WAS ¥UIi»1'- d . HUNDRED The military trelght cars are each marked ‘ for 40 men or eight horses." As the distance across the lske is 40 miles, the round trip B0 miles. the boat can make but two round trips in 24 hours at best, moving 48 cars. ' As a soldier and his supplies and im pedimenta when on the march take up about equal space, it may be assumed that if half the cars moved contain men and half supplies the rare of moving an k under most favorable circumstances, pro vided the line were entirely devoted to such work, would be 2560 a day i as the East China railway Its length from the Manchurian frontier to Port Arthuris about 1500 miles ln manage- ment it is distinct, though it works in close connection with the trans Bsikai section ot the Siberian road In construction the East China, o Manchurian road,iaauperior|to the eastern sections of the road in Siberia, though by no means as heavy or strong as a standard guage road should be Much money has been spent on heavy and ornate brick stations, but the road bed hastily constructed is not yet all ballasted The rails for many miles in some sections are laid in loose sand The Chinese use it for highways, and think it fine The Manchurian road like the Siberian, is single tracked throughout The highest rate of speed for express trains is ll 1 miles an hour. Freight trains run about six miles an hour, and construction speed At present, according to despatohes, leave the lines free for military move ments of troops and supplies glues are obliged to take their supplies long distances, as the arid northern country does not supply water at all rezular train service is suspended, to reported quiet at Port Arthur In some parts of Manchuria the er. will Join hands with Japan of water from tanks, on fiat cars, hauled HLS‘iAN IJESTROYEH BLOWN UP points where it is needed Russian torpedo boat destroyer Skovri colvntrlorvs nasr or ealxal. _ if ls; 1'; REPORTED Benefit LONDON March 17 -(Specla )-All s The belief grows that before long China Wnllc entering Port Arthur harbor thc Q"iiiEi‘ 0”' AT PORT ARTHUR Belief Growing that China will Join Japan- Russian Torpedo Boat Blown up by a Mine -Length of the War and i`iow it will Russia l _ trains eight miles at their best rate of Lum* “AY NU” “PAN struck a mine and was blown up wall wli.L iii: Loud PARIS. March l7 -(Special )-Count Nelidoif Russian Ambassador here, declares the war will be a long one and Will Rreatly benefit Russia, as the large body of soldiers sent out will make East ern Siberia thoroughly Russian Mr Charles Klein, an Englishman in he trans-Siberian railway is a cheap and tion on land the capacity of a line of trans- F" fffryluk purposes um Steamers an TUB Di'i‘.l€Ci Of bilildlhl' the rnilrcad a d portation cannot exceed that of its weak- '"°d' ihe-7 were bum in Eusllmd' "ld across Asia was presented to the Russian e es, point, °"°‘° ming turned °“t place by ple” I” “ government by generals and engineers in r,| Such information as has reached the N°w°°'m° 5hlpy"d we" br°““ht by “ll the fifties. but it was not until the awak- I world concerning the railroad shows that W the luke and seaup by Brmsh em 0iilli8°f i-l1EJi\PAi1230 hild WAFDB3 Russia c far from being the completed line repre- 3l°°°"' _ Of 080801 50 UBI' i'iI'€Bi1'iS Of EXDi1DSi0i1iiJ ing the logs and laying the round side sented by Russian interests, it is, in fact, 1h” "mme" “re the Bnkal' an lc" the east ibat its construction as a through u incbmplete, and in its present condition breaking fe"-V lm" far trains’ “nd rl" line WHS iiiiiierihkisii- f inn‘equate to the urgent immediate needs A““““' 9 “wel ”"°'"”°' 1°' °“"'-7 "5 On March 17, 1891, the late cz xr, father n , 0| Russim P°3°°”3°"’ ‘?“l7' Th” “N l'h° °“l7 steam of the present emperor, in an imperial re- b The czur has paid $500,000,000 for a rail- Cm” °“ th’ l"k°- Sl’°“l‘l, “"7 a°°ld'""l’ script, commanded “the immediate con- road, only to find it needs a few more be.t“u "mm nm’ caan” b° d°°k°j no' struction of a railroad through the entire f, ` millions and a few more years of,labor to °°“ld they bl’ repmced ln les’ “au slx length of Siberia," and commissioned his he u-,tempting nn impossibility. In the Great expendlmre” were almnem' but make 'it a workable military instru- '-“°“I'h“ at' best' ` S00, the DPCSBDY/ CZAP. U0 lDi\ilBiii'>it€ the first place, the trains cannot, consist woml waste of “ood mnmrlal lm every mum F"°m the °P°“l°¥ °! the 5lh"l““ um’ construction at Viudivostok, the Pacific 0 This expmlnu in large mum” the den,” two years ago these steamers have trans- and 0| the “nm the Charmter at the mmm Coils of telegraph wire were seen lying rusting in the bottoms of mountain _ ,ng on the hmm. conmot for wmoh Japan- lake Baikal except when the lake is from- 'mm was turnféd by 6he'o1t§,Z;"£é|',"M”%° ‘speed of 'muah mom than 20 miles an hour streamr; crock insulators, both broken for delay on the part of Russia in cnler p°""ed “ll the t‘"m° °f ""5 mad 3"" “ The first sol for tho construction of h pallt to bear heavy traffic. The former re 20 feet long, and usually rest on three n laying the ties the workmen simpiyi “To attempt to convey a large body of The condition of ihe Siberian road east by the °b'°"°“°"° °f the °mh°' °l"°dy Unke Bama, an the way to the Pmmc quoted, who went into the incomplete stated to be md by an who have sean tunnel in Great Klnghan the mountain and are ‘me to give an omnlon range east of lake Blikal While work on this tunnel is going forward, the road he Chinese customs service who was in aumbs the 9°" by l’emD°“" Lrestles ew York mommy having lately came Entering from the east end, Mr Ger- hom the ent’ “ld of the mad rare found that the tunnel, which is to Official corruption was responsible for be H mues hmx' had pmgnqaed but UU he road being improperly constructed at yards only n few men were wmklng be start Instead of beings well built “nd afe and serviceable track from St. Peters- presson’ but' were drilling by hand' ' r' um to the mr “st the greater Dum U, Water greatly impeded their progress. ’ Phe e forllghting signalling and firing blasts k niit. ‘ ‘ llll1?,?;¢;_|;T,sm;_eP,s,Rht and the ties mo mr bu_t1:ll progress had to wait on the band es, one inthe middle and one at each end. Qgeiharacterlstlc °r me W” work has ut down trees as they went along, splitt» ,mlm ppcrmosm The mils are ‘nsecurely saw waterconduits made of thin sheet astened to the ties and to each other, l_r°';;` , h ld h b ot half the requisite number of spikes L" enwam mpeg ° ou “ve een sing used at the ends. used' mskeshifts were insuiliclent to support roops over the railway in a hurry would the heavy welghls pmmlng ‘wer them* they had no power drills, or com wasa perfect electric lnstaliiation nil.. The writer cited this state of things done, and is being done, on the 'ny. Farther eastward, in Manchuria, ho where culvelts of masonry or Being near the surface these A HUYAL DUKE ENDS IHS EAHEIH Duke of Cambridge Dead at Gloucester House He Married an Actress and Marriage was not Recognised by Queen - Iiogai Visit to Ireland- Liberal Victory. DUKE OF CAMIlRII)iiI'1I)EAD. ,_'§.‘han partly for the sims reason, 11 apparently was ready and eager. °“ °"°‘ °° ’“°l‘ “ d°P°l' °h“° "lm l°°'b"°“k` 1891. sud work was bsizun shortly after at is not nttninnbie. Likewise the trnnspori- “nd Much that has been written about the 5’ °°“"°" "°"k' various other points tion of heavy guns would be attendant "ack - a railroad of nn unfavorable nature is from Thi” 'lute' the ¢hl°k i°° “topped "“m° There was already a railroad to the Ural ll English sources, and, therefore, maybe IW "'°°m°" el-‘rlyln January' Then' Wm] mountains, the frontier of' Russia in accepted as possibly prsjuilced. yet the W" l'”P°”dl“3' ln ‘he “Bti *nd vast' Europe, and on thc western curl the con- author 0( rr heuek on Russia recently , consensus of opinion is that the road, con- q““"°m°°’ °‘ 3°°d9 °° be Imshed tl-"`°“3l"~ struction of the new line began at Chelia- p tered' I" "muy lnborers camp” the with vexatious delays. ' sm" Another Englishman, Mr. WirtGcx1'arc Qgflgldunghfheliil;j'd;vh€:sB;ro;;D§:°r;:;; uhllshed, traversed the road not long Sem’ sidered in the most favorable light, is far “"3 R““l““ mlllww ““°l’°"m" b°3““ 3 binsk, a point near tho border. The road nge, golnir over the trans-Bailml section “mu” from being satisfactory as a military “WKEIB in "°“s9°""“tl°“ th” I5 'WW 3° was planned in live sections, namely, the a wa, '"8 0” M' l“k° B“lk“l' western Siberian to the Obi River, the 5 rniirnnd trump, He says of ii; _ can in ran Rsluzoan. WE A5 A m“HW‘“" Its weakest part is A np 40 mugs long Temporary tracks on the ice had served Uesuri divislom ' C at lake Bilikal. 4000 1l1l|¢S ‘P0111 SU- Pei/BFS' ln Mb" wl“t°"‘ 'md were "led “Run” The route as first luld out was followed burg and 2000 mll¢S fr0lii the fl'0iiD ill/ PON But’ °wl“R "° helwy "l'°rm" 5° whlch the substantially as surveyed to Irkutsk but Arthur. “ke is s“l’l°°t' mm me md "ow" 'lu from that point on the Pacific there ,were hummock and la ing railroad tr k ~ Here rail communication is broken S' 7 M 5 many changes in direction. 1 during the winter months, or is cu-fied across it has been a dithuult work. From Beyond lake HMM, the mud was pus.,_ if forward in makeshift fashion, in the latest a°°°“"l‘s Mn “tempt pmved °, ed forward to Streten1k,§ou the Aiuur earlier part of the winter, by means of an '“ll“’°' ' river. The original plan was to build it from 42 eu 48 pounds to the yard, though ice-brbilkliik Fiiisililiiifr 'Wd 15391' 0"' To mow ll" “my g_°lng forward’ and down the Amur valley to meet the divis- 7 temporary tracks md on we me' when the mountains of supplies that are ac- In summer me Lnmo 'B onmely da, Russia is said to be employing the loc as ni il rl i tn .l b - ' fe pendent on water transportation. ° 3 W*-V' " W” ‘ma n 5 By" B But it was not ihe most direct line tu the H k I fore the railroad opened In considering this Bur- All D05 il ‘ coasi. Russia knew this, and depended of [ming hard mil nreei, me sore, The Russhrs mu” une of mmtuy tmuspop The forwarding capacity of the railroad tation from her base, the ciasuill 0hH€l‘V6i‘ appears manned’ themfure’ t° me volume to put the road across Chinese territory f, asks, “Why did Rilfifill lil! 0115 the F050 °f umm” mal' ‘mn be taken “msg Ink” by the shortest route to Viadivostok. i, tn ellis inks i" B“’k“l “Y bf' ""1 ““d '°"°""“°d "°'“ The rnrnring ci this riniri, in unc, wnn b,,w...,, ri... ringer., 0., one Cn..-e ' Tnsnnnwer to this query is told by the “he f" *Me* S"l‘"°"’° l” “"”"“"°' “° iniinweu in lsus by n Chinese concession 1;, in ...id ,. cerinin mil in nrnrhea every d I M across on foot Areceni; report stated map.. It was the shortest an on y proc - ' d b I d to Russia to carry the road to and ice free time the ~‘express" passes. The buckling cable route in the the tra'n~Asian survey. thalem men lu one bo y 6 ugh, move ii ut in South Manchuria. Port Arthur. of the web of tho rail renders ii. useless, Lake Bsikai lies in a KBDBFBIIY D0I'iil1 “ruse me lake perlshed from °° ' _ ihough taken from the Chinese by the ,md it has eu he replaced by yr new grin I The winter storms at lake Bailral when .nd nnntn direction. Itis400mii2s °11R» t h uh h ,bl ' .1 Jsosssssiis wsnsnd -7si>sw`s by rizht of rneh iinlv; time is. four rniir rnni. week. nd surrounded by tallmountaias Those “ t' ° “R °'”° wr' 7 severe’ ‘he a . tothe south areanimplssablo rM1R!.Mid 'md' °°m° dow" 'mm the m°u“t°'l“ as well as Talienwan, now known as nnnmin me weight, 01 rrninn nr slew onthe far side lls still other ranges in Wm’ °““l"“ n"°°“°”' ‘md hllndlnx norihem Mongolia. To pass around the _ wolf. With the temperature often failing “mth md °‘ tm hm would hue length to 50 below zero, soldiers caught out in a eaed thellne about 10(1) miles, In Obouhtry _ England secured Weihaiwel for a naval cuttings the same, and the sleepers loo pompossd entirely of mountains. 'l'°'m °° “ml l°° °‘ an nk’ -Are ln “I un |base. Germany 5i'0tlliilD0l'f»allt ¢10l10¢Biii0hS soft and too thin. In construction no al- Russia had no choice, then, in brilJirinR °“'l“l’l° P" °l°"' . farther south. iowanoe has been made for differences in k I | Accordfnglo all authorities this con- hcr raliroadto lake Bai al- twlii ll dm t nl H* B ‘ki “bei The Chinese were Dowerlesstoprevenlt soil and material. Consequently there the natural line of travel to the far east. °“ ° “ “ rs ‘ ° ° ‘ "nn . - expectedto change before the middle or, h uh w nw, and Rama’ with th "H th “I d dl nh _ 1 Lug, if Aplriihwlxs trgillc hy the ies- lgrecmstasrhmz, wa; annum' e ear n ecu rigs an sprcn ngo e rI°t.ia°;l:per, then,utTTnqnine what the capacity of this vessel is for moving care. I iileiiliisini I ' .:’.:‘::..’;°;.°~:.":..:f‘°.¥:;...t;i.':..;. VS ALL COMERS §J'¥;e;;1;;)composed of Senior! S ! ALSO ‘ DRUGGISTS Spring Fashion vs ' Books ` A and magazines for the LADIES. T ogy per winter. line... 20.. RUBBER BALLS. . Marbles for the BOYS. . General Siberian tc Irkutsk, the Trans- sion built north from Vladivostok around the northern end of Manchurla on diplomacy to secure for her thc right conquest, was secured to Russia by lease, D I The protests of other powers to this nr- rangoment were silenced by concessions. ithe three powers named from securing ‘ The plan of the railroad across Asia was to be made perfect by the outlet in Msn- l' THE KANOHIYRIAN ROAD. In carrying throughlthe negotiations for its Manchurian concession, the Russian government worked through the Russo- Ohlneiie bank, its dscalagendy in the east. By the terms of the concession it made China a party us the enterprise, by stip- ulating that at the expiration of 35 yearsi China could take over the road by pur- chase, sud at the end of K) years the road should become the property ofthe Chinese government without further con- sideration. . Some very important conditions in Rus- lia’s concession were that Russia should have the right to maintain troops along lla rodd, and thstsll gocdsin “transit from ons Russian station to another.' should bs tres from all duties or taxes to China, and that discriminating, or din’er- entlal rates could be enforced against any place or lution. ' Only Russian and Chinese subjects can hold stock in the road. All matters of management are in the hands ofthe Rus- D WEBSml~ .». Iii. I lie H. J. LT' cniem. .d lic-is DNS York ghoiharn --+3 23- an 'York an } . lil J. _' 'v _ »\ ' l r , \ -' \ l‘k _,. . i,_._.-If* s .i ' i , i . i , 1 i \ \ , , i M 4 li i 5 i . i I 4/1 ” i ' I 4 ..»‘-,. is » -\ / ,., \‘ ‘i I i . /\ . , . r i .ull , . i i \ ` ¢ '.,.,.j,>.,, ,.,<. .,A. K i f ' i < ii \'.» #HF i y I i . , i ’ i 1 r ‘ i ._» r i xl I ‘ .~\,i \ I 4 i . \ , ri i i I