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i yj' PRICE TWO CENTS.^ kUROPA TKIN A BA JAFS FORCE BATTLE Gigantic Conflict Raging at Liao-yang, Russians Hav- ing Withdrawn Before the Onslaughts of Kurohi and Oku, Japanese Forces Pierce to Within 1,200 Yards of Port Liao-yang, Aug. 29.The Japanese resumed the battle at 6 o'clock this morning, the point of preure again being the Russian south front. The Japanese Infantry advanced to attack with regiments deployed in open order. The Russian army has effected its retirement with transport and artil-, Jery on Liao-yang and is now in posi tion awaiting the advancing Japanese. The progress of the latter has been rapid and determined, sparing of no sacrifice. I the attack on the Siao linday position, one Japanese bat talion lost all its officers. The retirement of the Russian trans port of four corps yesterday evening aoroBB the plain, while the artillery and troops in the rear held off the Japanese, afforded a magnificent spec tacle. All along the extended lines there was a roar of batteries, the Rus sians working their guns with great coolness and not retiring until the transport was in safety. The Japanese have transferred their activity to the Russian eastern and southern fronts. A rear guard bat tle is proceeding. The weather has Improved and the roads are drying. Events, therefore, are likely to be pre cipitated. KUROPATKIN I N RETREAT Russians Again Fall Back Before Jap anese Thousands. St. Petersburg, Aug. 29.-1:60 p. m. General Kuropatkin, since yester day morning, has been drawing in all his forces from his eastern and south ern front towards Liao-yang. An-ping, Tse-gow, Lian-dian-sian and An-shan-shan, constituting the main positions of the outer defense line of Liao-yang, have been aban doned. The* heaviest fighting oc curred on the extreme left, where the Japanese advanced to the assault again and again with bayonets. Th positions at Tse-gow and An-ping were held by the Tenth European corps. The attacks were delivered with fanatical bravery. The Russians lost a large propor tion of officers, ten guns and from 1,600 to 2,000 men, but had been gen erally successful in beating off the as saults all along the long line and de clared that the order to retire came as a surprise Just when they were expect ing orders for a general advance. This is considered to be proof that General Kuropatkin, finding his main positions menaced on the flank and anticipating difficulties in withdrawing owing to the condition of the roads, which have suddenly been trans formed into mud bogs by the rain,con sidered that a retreat was imperative. Menaced by Thousands. The Japanese column moving up the Llao river and threatening General Kuropatkin from the -west is regarded extremely dangerous and General Ku rokl's extreme right seems also to be working around General Hershel mann's position at An-ping and to be moving toward Mukden. The strength of the enveloping Japanese armies may be judged from the fact that General Oku alone, who is coming up from the south, is officially reported to .have 75,000 men. he plan of operations around Lia o yang has undergone a complete change. Owing to the delay in the concentration of General. Kuropat kin's army, as a result of the terri ble condition of the roads, the Jap anese seized the opportunity to at tack the slow-moving corps, and se vere fighting occurred Aug. 27-28, in which the Russians lost another thou sand men, and they now probably will have to accept a general engagement. Kuropatkin Reports. General Kuropatkin descrives the latest phase of hostilities in a long dispatch to the emperor from a point on the railroad a few miles south of Liao-yang, where practically the whole army was assembled, awaiting battle. The telegram, which was filed early Arthur, Sacrificing Thousands in Assaults, this morning, says: "The Japanese began at dawn, Aug. 27, two movements designed to cut off the first and fourth corps. Th first, stationed at An-shan-shan, half way between Hai-cheng and Liao yang, experienced the most serious difficulty owing to bad roads Th Japanese, under General Oku, tried to flank this corps from the east. "In the meanwhile General Kuro ki, abandoning his pressure of Gen erals Ivanoff! and Hershelmann, drove a wedge between the second and fourth corps, which were stationed west of Lian-diart-slan, a strong de fensive position in the hills twenty four miles southeast of Liao-yang. The Russians, greatly impeded by their artillery and commissariat, fought a 'rear-guard action in order to cover the retreat of their impedi menta to Liao-yang, in which they were successful. "The first corps, which figured at the battle of the Yalu and in the fight ing at Mo-tien pass, again sustained the brunt of the fighting and suffered the majority of losses, including Gen eral Routkovsky and Lieutenant Colonel von Raaben. Th first, sec ond and fourth corps, combined un der the command of General Zarou baleff, and the tenth, seventeenth and third corps, under General Ivanoff, forming the eastern contingent, suc ceeded in effecting a concentration at Liao-yang without further loss. Army In Battle Array. "The whole six corps, of which two are European troops, have now formed a semicircle within a radius of six or eigflt miles of Liao-yang." General Kuropatgin has not farthe short of 170,000 men. Whether General Kuropatkin in- fl i"'i l&&&kM&l ^ftW^t11"* MINNESO TA 'S ORE A FAUCIS 1 OFFICIALS ARE PLANNING tends to accept battle at Liao-yang, may not be known positively for sev eral days, but the belief several times indicated in these dispatches prevails here that he will withdraw northward, having found that he is not. strong enough to cope with the Japanese and realizing that Liad-yang is made no longer tenable on account of the Jap anese threats at his, west rear. This retirement undoubtedly will cause keen public disappointment, as it was generally believed that he at last had sufficient reinforcements to accept a decisive engagement, and by the military critics his retreat is in terpreted to mean a great proldnga ton of the war. Railroad in Danger. The Tokio report that General Ku roki had succeeded in cutting the rail road south of Mukden is not con firmed by the telegraph department, where it is said that the reports have been received of an interruption of communications. Of course, it is realized here that if the railroad north of Liao-yang is cut, the position of the Russian army would be rendered seri ous if not desperate,as it would prob ably compel General Kuropatkin to accept an engagement against his will. The rain, which has again been fall ing in Manchuria, will again serve the Russians much more than the Jap anese, as their retirement as soon as they reach the railroad will not be impeded, whereas it is likely to stop the Japanese forward movement. Russian General Slain. An official dispatch from Liao-yang dated yesterday to the general staff, reporting the continued Japanese ad vance on Sunday, confirms the report that General Routkovsky was killed during the rear guard engagements and adds that Colonel Von Raaben was also killed. Lieutenant General Routkovsky for a number of years had been attached to the staff of the governor-general of the Caucasus, as chief of the engineer corps, He belonged to a prominent family of the Novgorod district. Colonel Von Raaben was a well known character in St. Petersburg. He was a man of great wealth and was very popular socially. Four more regiments will be raised in the Caucasus. An official an nouncement to this effect is expected to-morrow. The first contingent of the First Army Corps has arrived at Harbin. This corps was destined for Vladivo stok, hut upon the urgent request of General Kuropatkin will be diverted to Mukden. From an excellent source it is stated that the ill-starred Russian bat tleship Orel, which already has suf fered two accidents, will not be able to join the Baltic squadron. According to reports when her engine trials be gan it was discovered that the engines had been practically wrecked by workmen introducing iron filings into the valves and cylinders. I will require many months to repair the damge. The department of telegraphs in forms the Associated Press that the lines are working direct to Liao-yang thus refuting definitely the report that General Kuroki had cut the railroad. RUSSIAN LOSSES 3,000 Withdrawals from Front Made for Strategic Reasons. Harbin, Manchuria, Aug. 29.The Russian losses in the fighting of Aug. 25 and 26, east and south of Liao yang, were 3,000 killed or wounded. The great majority of the casualties were sustained at An-ping. The with drawals of the Russians from their front at An-shan-shan and from their eastern position was made simultan eous for strategic reasons. In the fighting of Aug. 26 the 139th Sarask regiment, with a bat tery, executed a particularly success ful flanking movement on the Japan ese extreme right. The Russians, un percelved, got in the rear of the Japan ese whole columns of whom were mowed down before they were able to extricate themselves. JAPS 1,200 YARDS AWAY Three Divisions Hamm er at Port Ar thur Forts. Chi-fu, Aug. 29, 5:50 a.m.The Japanese who are attacking Port Ar thur are divided into three divisions, one to the eastward, one to the west ward and a third kept in reserve away to the north. They estimate themselves that their loss now num bers 15,000 killed and wounded. To the eastward their advance guard pressed along the Dalny road between forts twelve and fourteen, to the Chinese village of Chao-chang kao, one mile from the east basin. Eight days ago they were driven out of the position, but are now holding it with their main body. To the westward the Japanese are only 1,200 yards from the new town, facing Pai-yu-shan, an unfortified mountain overlooking the town, but cannot advance further owing to the firing from ships in the harbor. Russians Are Obstinate. Tokio, Aug. 2 9.TAccording to un streets official reports from the Liao-tung peninsula, the Russians, since' the ex plosion of their powder magazine at the foot of Lao- ti-shan hill, appear to have been destitute of smokeless powder, but the obstinacy with which they defend the stronghold is un months', abated. The garrison is said to feel heat so much that troops called out to make sorties fight in their underclothes. y&%&L FEffi"400" MIGHT RULE DOMINION Canadian Paper Opposes Duke of Marlborough as Governor General. DUWE OF MARLBOROUGH, Who, with His American Wife, May Govern Canada. Montreal, Que., Aug. 29.The Sun day Sun, the only English Sunday pa per in Canada, says: "Those who prate about the Duke of Marlborough being one whose ap pointment as governor-general would be especially popular in Canada be cause he is married to an American lady, do not know enough about Can ada to keep them awake of nights. The very fact that his grace has mar ried a wife from the neighboring re public will make him a less satisfac tory person to occupy Rideau hall than if he were a perfect stranger to this continent. "To speak frankly, Canadians do not want to be patronized, by their friends over the border. Perhaps courtesy, which is often misunderstood, pre vents our speaking more emphatically upon this subject. If his grace of Marlborough should visit Canada he will be sure of a most cordial wel come. At the same time, Canada does not want to have the vice regal chair of this country made an annex to New York's '400,' or be patronized by the Vanderbilts. Perhaps others will not care to say this quite so bluntly, but many think it." Y. W. C. A. WARS ON PROFANITY IN STREETS Berwick, Pa., Aug. 29.A campaign against the use of profanity in the here has been inaugurated by the Young Women's Christian asso ciation. Copies of an ordinance re cently enacted by the. town council nave been posted conspicuously about town. I forbids the use of profanity on penalty of $100 fine or three imprisonment. Members of the association propose to secure the strict enforcement of the law, and have called on all good citizens to help '"^A*) mm Defective Page ^mmaismsmm^m%iM '-^-.S.it l^v^O^lW^ MONDAY EVENING^ AUGUST 29, 1904. POLITICAL JtETIREMENT. Dave HillI'm goin' to retire at 12 o'clock. Uncle SamYes, David, Uncle Sam is fixing things so you can retire before that time, and take little Alton with you. ,JF*^V HILL STATEMENT Announced Intention to Retire from Politics Jan. 1 Is Discredited. By W. W. Jermane. New York, Aug. 29.David B. Hill's statement that he -will retire from pol itics Jan. 1, is not being taken with especial seriousness here. What he has in mind, nobody knows, but that he actually purposes stepping down and out is not commonly believed. In the light of the storm of protest from democrats which was raised by his speech denouncing President Roosevelt as a "fraud," it may be that his latest announcement is intended to help the Parker campaign, for it is now apparent that the friendship of Hill is to be a tremendous handicap for Parkar. The report that Parker, if elected, will make Hill secretary of state is widespread in this state. Hill's retirement, of course, would render this impossible. It is evident that the World, which is the leading Parker organ of New Torfe, 'will not permit a misvma.eT standing. I .denounced Hill's Bing hamtoh speech editorially, the day after its delivery, and yesterday had a cartoon making a further attack on it. To-day it begins an editorial with these words: "The "World has already expressed its opinion, of David B. Hill's coarse denunciation of President Roosevelt as a 'fraud.' I is prepared to em ploy equally, strong language in de nouncing the inspired idiocy which is responsible for the circulation of the cheap and palpable falsehood that President Roosevelt once referred to the farmers as 'the basest set in the land.' "If the campaign is to be free from personalities and insults, Hill will not be much in evidence during Its prog ress. I is apparent that he has been a source of. weakness to Parker since last spring. His friendship came very near, preventing Parker's nomination. The Binghamton speech has hurt the democratic cause In this state thousands of votes. Of course Parker cannot be expected to carry such a load without protest." That Hill's announcement of his in tended, withdrawal from public life is intimately related to the campaign in this state is very generally believed and that is why it is not accepted at its face value. YOLDME OF MESSAGES AS RANNA MEMORIAL New York Bun Bpeoial Service. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 29.On the demise of the late- Senator Hanna, the family received 1,434 telegrams of condolence and 3,240 letters. These were sorted in alphabetical order and inserted in albums as companions to eight books, of newspaper, clippings. Included in the books are resolutions passed by all manner of organizations and the cards left at the house and the cards attached to the floral of ferings. There were four, "large vol umes, making a total of twelve vol umes of tributes, constituting are markable memorial that will be most highly cherished by future -genera tions., ?--*mwx PIONEER MERCHANT FOUND DEAD. La -Crosse, Wis., Aug. 29.C. F. Scharpf, a pioneer hardware merchant, was found dead in bed today. He was 68. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. rxt ^V' YILASDMAKE: KEYNOTE SPEECH Former Senator Sees an Opening in Mixed Political Situation in Wisconsin. WILLIAM F. VILAS, Veteran Democratic Leader, Back in Political Arena. New York Sun Special Servioe. i Chicago, Aug. 29.Chicago demo crats became interested in the "Wis consin democratic state convention, which meets at Oshkosh. on Wednes day, when it became known that for mer Senator "William Vilas is to take a. prominent part. Word comes from Madison that not only has Colonel Vilas engaged headquarters, but will make a "keynote" speech and return to his old position in Wisconsin pol itics. This was taken by Chicago demo crats to mean that Colonel Vilas be lieves he sees in the present situation in Wisconsin a chance to elect a dem cratic legislature this year, which, in turn, will choose a successor to Senator Quarles. That former Governor George W Peck will be nominated by the con vention for governor is taken for granted, as there is no serious oppo sition to him The possibilities in the senatorial situation, however, promise to make the convention in teresting. GANNON TO SPEAK IN THE FLOUR CITY Special tp The Journal..' Winona, Minn., Aug. 29.Congressman Tawner, cnairman of the speakers' bureau of the republican national commit tee, is home for a day and reports that Speaker Cannon has consented to speak in Winona as well as in Minneapolis. J. Ham Davidson, formerly of St. Paul, will make -several speeches in the. first district. Other good speakers will be sent to Minnesota. German republicans are organizing a national German republican Roosevelt league and have 82,000 Germans enrolled in Illinois- gf^K- or' CLOUDY WITH POSSIBLY SHOWERS TONIGHT AND TOESDAY! IMMENSE CROWDS At 12 o'clock to-day the turnstiles at the state fair showed a total of 6,854 admissions, including the pass gates, but not including the admis sions at the team gates, thru which probably 1,200 passed. At the regular turnstiles the count from St. Paul was 2,179 and the Minneapolis count 2,521. The figures are very large for a Mon day. They do not reach the totals of last year's Monday. A the 1903 fair Monday was Dan Patch day, one of the largest of the whole'week. Th total attendance last year was close to 33,000 including the night admissions. To the stirring music of three great military bands the forty*flfth an nual fair of the Minnesota State Ag ricultural society was opened this morning. Senator Knute Nelson was the guest of honor and orator. Th officers of the society and of the state government "did the honors" of the hour. Thousands thronged the big livestock tent, which is the largest spread of canvas ever: seen in this state. The bands of "the Ninety-first High landers of Toronto, Canada, and the First Regiment, Minnesota National Guards, with the ever popular Minne apolis Journal Newsboys' band, of over fifty pieces, filled the grounds with their inspiring and enlivening music. President C. N Cbsgrove and Sec retary W Randall, on whom has fallen the bulk of the work of ar of ranging the exposition, gave this morning a splendid lesson of how to open a big show on time. Practically every exhibit was in shape to be seen this morning. As a matter of fact, the show was as nearly in readiness last Saturday afternoon as it us,ed to be on the opening days-of fairs a few years ago. Weather Db%^V Keep' Crowd Away." Threatening -wieather had littlft or no effect on the early' comers, and altho the skies were still gloomy and rain was in prospect as late as 11 o'clock, the cars from both cities were liberally filled with early comers and the grounds plentifully besprinkled with eager sightseers before Senator Knute Nelson began' his speech in the large tent near the main gate. The stocksheds, always an attrac tive spot to the breeder, farmer and fancier, were given some early clean ing, and in many cases picturesque decorating, before the crowds began to arrive. From Agricultural hall and the Manufacturers' building, at one end of the grounds, to the grand stand and. -midway at the other,- the curious, or those desiVOusof being in formed as to what is going forward in the great state, trod the miles of ce ment walks. I addition, they trav ersed the other miles of dirt paths and board walks, intent on getting a first, sight of the wonders of the great est of the many great fairs the State Agricultural association has given. Early in the day it was apparent that, no matter what the size of the 16 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.^ *j 1 OPENED- FAIR'S GATES SWING WIDE TO VISITORS' Senator Nelson Formally Opens Great Exposition of th$ State With Speech Which Large Numbers -1 Gather to Hear. Exhibits of Rare Merit Are in OrderCrowd Is in Goodt HumorFair Grounds a Veritable I "White City."A Running RaceHalf mile in heats. f Running RaceMile dash. Balloon Ascension and parachute 'drop. Band Concert. Wilton Brothers in bounding bed and triple Dode Fisk, bareback rider, and his educated horse and clown mule. Kitamura's troupe of Japanese acrobatsland wrest- lers. Leaping the ChasmThrilling bicycle act. s$ Slide for LifeDaring feat of Jap. if Peerless Potters, the human shuttlecocks. j? Death Trap Loop-By the Great Babcock. High DivingFearless act. Destruction of St. Pierre^Pain's great fireworks spectacle. Tomorrow, August jo, St. Paul Day. MORNING. Judging of cattle in large tent near tne cattle barns._ Judging of horses in tent near the horse barns. 10 a.m. to 12 m.Band concert. incoming and outgoing crowds might be, the vastly improved terminal fa cilities provided this year by the Twin** City Rapid Transit company would- be entirely adequate. This most prac-* tical form of "loop the loop" was th$ first and most impressive feature tof those who came to the fair for the| first time this year* and was gener-t ally and favorably commented on. |i Next to this, the. new $30,000 Man-f ufacturers' building attracted the at4 tention of the newcomers, and wasf. generally accredited with being thai finest permanent improvement the'! State Fair association has made for, this year. Improvements in the grand." stand paddock and adjoining portions of the grounds were also favorably*: noted. Entertainment for All. As with all great fairs, variety in attraction and manner and mode ofj life, combined to stimulate the inter-i est of the young and revive fleeting memories of the old-time devotees that. American int&tion known aat "the fair.'- Sandwiched in between the lines of animal sheds and the many beautiful buildings in which are) housed the various industrial, horti cultural and other exhibits o those who labor for the state's sound ad vancement were rows' and rows off hucsters' tents and stalls where the? venders exhibited the curious product* their different crafts. Dark skinned gipsies vied with those of a lighter hue in showing rare and cost ly souvenirs of the fair. The lemon ade man shouted opposite to he who instantly created the succulent apple cider, red, yellow and other colored popqorn was seductively offered to the paSser-by, while the chewing candy of commerce was invitingly "pulled" so th ai all whtf ate might see. The "red hots" and other cousins of the family "sausage"-sent the ordecs of their con version ipjfco luncheon into the nostrils of those afar off. Down by ^he "Pike"r that portion of the grounds designed to amuse, where other attractions fail to appeal to a possibly jaded appetite all things were made in readiness to fur nish the sensations of the day. Th lion tamer and he, who looped the loop, foregathered inside the place of attractions and prepared for the great day's doings. Outside, the organ grinder ground for the pennies proffered him, and the lame, halt and blind, saw to it th at the charitably disposed were not neglected. From all parts of the grounds came the ringing of the tempting dinner Dell or the over-dona opera tunes advertising the merry- WHATS DOING AT STATE FAIR Tonight at the Grand Stand, y-. ^^:M-^:^^ At the grand.stand, 1 p.m., races: 2:13 class, pacing, St. Paul purse, $5,000. .2:45 class, trotting, $1,000. --v Free-for-all pace. Minnesota horses, owners to drive, 2 in 3, silver cup. '44 .\f.V"." %4 -'j Running race, 1%-mile hurdles, for 3-year-olds and upwards. 1 'l, .Remainder of the afternoon program same as tonight. On the Grounds: S APTBBNOON. 3 to 5 p.m.Grand Band Concert. In the Horse Exhibition Tent: 'K 2 p.:nxJudging of saddle horses judging of turnouts -3 p.m.Judging of harness.horses, matched heavy and light carriage te,amsv .i'.^Vfc af*r 'Mi EVENING-AT THE GRAND STAND. ila Same program as tonight. go-round. Strong men fresh from the country saw to it that the striking machine was not allowed to lie idle, others skilled in athletics swiftly knocked the babies down and got the good cigar, while from all point came the multitudinous sounds mark- Continued on Seoond Page. a A? bar act. I *$$*** S. ^Vi *m ''tjd&jdfjft'Sfa. %ijn,' 'mOhr l*t'?% &. "'r'jf'l.f* 11*1 Hi i'l il