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7 THE PRICE TWO CENTS. URGES TINKERING OF THE i^F Candidate Lists Imperialism Another of the Grave Pub lic Questions. TEXT REVISED BY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS Effect of Managers' Advice to Be Seen in Tone of Parker's Letter. By W. W. Jermane. "Washington, Sept. 26.Judge Park er's letter of acceptance is a surprise, for it is a stronger document than the public thought he was capable of writ ing. It lifts the democratic campaign toward the level of the gold telegram, and for the moment the paity feels the thriL (rf hope. [Republicans freely admit that its im mediate effect will be to stimulate the democratic situation, but thev assert that xi is now too. late, even if the let ter had been much stronger, to bring victoiY out of the defeat which has been staring the party in the face since the rriddle of July. The letter was prepared with great care. Unlike the address of acceptance which was such a disappointment to the country, it was submitted for a revis ion to partv leaders, first at Esopus and later at New York, Judge Parker's first trip to that city having been made for the express purpose of offering the first draft of the letter to his managers for criticism. They accepted the offer with a will and changes which were made In the text were neither few nor unim portant. Finally the managers them selves fell out regarding the best man ner of treating certain subjects which the letter embraced, but notwithstand ing this, Judge Parker received a great deal of help as the result of their sug estions. The improvement which the etter shows over the address measures the energy and wisdom of the demo cratic managers. Life in Canvass. It Is good thing for the democrats that something has been done to iniect life into their canvass. In the quiet days following the gold telegram, the battle lagged, and the democratic lines were driven back at every point of at tack by the impetuous onrush of a con fident foe. Their cause was lost and all the country knew it. Tho Eoosevelt pluiihties promised to be as large as thoe received by McKinley in 1900. The Parker letter, for the moment, at least, will stop the stampede, and give the democrats a long-needed breathing epell. Of how much permanent value the letter will be, nobody (fan tell, aT this time. In a fewdays the flurry caused by its publication will be over, and then the country will leegin to pass judgment on the campaign in the usual cold and dispassionate way. Cannot Elect Parker. Tt is inconceivable, however, that the letter, standing alone and considered in connection with the untoward features of the campaign, can elect Parker. If the democratic situation were other wise good, such a letter might give it an important impetus, and even insure success at the polls, but with the situa tion as bad as it can possibly be, too much should not be expected from it. The entire party, apparently stricken with paralysis, has been anxiously waiting this letter. The leaders have said that it would create a reaction in the party's favor which would insure his election. They admitted that the outlook was discouraging for the pres ent, but after the letter of acceptance had come out they promised that all this would be changed. It will now be interesting to see whether they have been true prophets or not. Meanwhile the letter will un doubtedly do something in the way of rehabilitating Parker in the public thought. LETTER IS MADE PUBLIC. Judge Parker Accepts Nomination, Supplementary Speech. Esojus, N. Y., Sept. 25.Judge Alton B. Parker, democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, has sent his formal letter of acceptance to the notification committee. After reafirming his adherence to the gold standard and declaring that the chief issues between the democratic and republican parties are "tariff re- form," "imperialism," and "econom ical administration and honesty in the public service," Judge Packer states the vital and overshadowing issue is "constitutionalism vs. imperialism." The letter is as follows: To the Honorable Champ Clark and Others, Committee, Etc Genetlemen In my response to your committee at the formal notification proceedings. I referred to some matteis not men tioned in this letter I desire that these be considered as Incorporated herein, and regret that lack of apace prevents specific reference to them all. I wish here, however, again to refer to my Tlews there expressed as to the gold standard, to declare again my unqualified belief in said standard, and to express my appreciation of the action of th" convention in reply to my com munication upon that subject. Grave public questions are pressing for de cision The demociatic party appeals to the people with confidence that Its position on these questions will be accepted and indorsed at the polls While the issues involved are numerous, some stand forth pre-eminent in the public mind Among these are tariff reform imperial ism, economical administration and honesty in the public service I shall briefly consider these and some others within the necessarily prescribed limits of this letter Imperialism. Imagined by the framers of the constitution. While I presented my views at the notification proceedings concerning this vital issue, the over shadowing importance of this question impels me to refer to it again. The issue is often times referred to as constitutionalism VB. impe rialism. If we would retain onr liberties and constitu tional rights unimpaired, we cannot permit or tolerate at any time or for any purpose, the ar rogatlon of unconstitutional powers by the exec utive brnnch of our government. We should be ever mindful of the words of Webster "Lib erty is only to be preserved by maintaining con titutlonal restraints and just divisions of politi cal powers. Already the national government has become centralized beyond any point contemplated or How tremendously all this has added to the power of the president! It has developed from year to jear until it almost equals that of many monarchs. While the growth of our coun try and the magnitude of interstate Interests may seem to furnish a plausible reason for this centralization of power, yet these same facts afford the most potent reason why the executive should not be permitted to encroach upon, the Continued on Second Page. rt^^ PARKER'S LETTER TOO LATE TO HELP FAIRBANKS' TRAIN ENTERS MONTANA Vf./N| Presidential Candidate Will ^jnpaign State for Four Days. Glendive, Mont., Sept. 26.After a 7 o'clock breakfast Vice-Presidential Candidate Fairbanks and his party to day began the proposed four days' campaign of Montana with speeches at this place. Ex-Senator Carter, who is again an aspirant for senatorial honors, had joined the party at Bismack and will continue to be its guide until the borders of the state of Washington are reached. Under his direction the Fair banks special train was sidetracked for the night on the prairie east of Glendive so that it was necessary to make a brief run before beginning the speaking exercises, which took place at 8 o'clock'. Notwithstanding the early hour there was a good attendance for a sparsely populated country and the warmth of the greeting was in nowise diminished by the frost in the air. Wm. Lindsey, republican candidate for governor or this state, presided and speeches were made by Senators Fair banks and Dolliver and ex-Senator Carter. Senator Fairbanks devoted his remarks largely to the question of irri gation, prophesying a great future for the west because of the artificial application of water to the soil, re ferring eulogistically to President Koosevelt's instrumentality in securing a national reclamation law and giving ex-Senator Carter praise in the same connection. SUNDAY ON PRAIKIES Fairbanks Party in North Dakota for a Day. Mandan, N. D., Sept. 26.Senator Fairbanks and party spent Sunday crossing North Dakota. They reached Fargo at 7 o'clock. The run from that point to Jamestown, across the fertile valley of the Eed river, was made rap idly and almost without a stop. At Jamestown the train was held for two hours order to afford the vice-presi dential candidate and his friends an opportunity to attend church. A special religious service was held at the operahouse, which was attended by Senators Fairbanks, Dolliver and Hansbrough, who sat together in a pri vate box. The sermon was preached by Dr. J. F. Dudley, a Congregation alist minister from Fargo. At Dawson, the great duck-hunting center of this state, there was a brief stop to allow Senator Hansbrough and friends to fill the larder of the dining car with canvasbacks and teals. At Bismarck an hour was spent driving abott the city and in a visit to Fort Lincoln. Probably the most interesting expe rience of the twenty-four hours was had at Medora, in the extreme western part of the state, which twenty years ago was for two years the home of President Koosevelt. Many of the president's old friends were at the rail road siding to meet his running mate. They gave the vice-presidential candi date a characteristic welcome, and he expressed great pleasure over the meet ing with them. The night was spent at Glendive, the first stopping point in Montana. SALOON MEN ASK BISHOP TO JOIN Pennsylvanians Place Bishop Pot ter's Picture at Head of Members' Photos. New York Sun Special Servioe. Philadelphia, Sept. 26.Bishop Pot ter, who opened the Subway tavern in Now York, has been invited to attend the convention of saloonkeepers of Pennsylvania, which will be held in Odd Fellows' Temple, Tuesday, at which there will be a discussion of the question of opening saloons on Sunday and making a reduction in the present license fees. In addition to extending an invitation to the Episcopal prelate, the Royal Arch has placed Bishop Pot ter's photograph at the head of the souvenir program in company with photographs of saloonkeepers prominent in the organization. The convention will be held under the auspices of the Improved Order Knights of the Royal Arch, an organi zation which its officers say is repre sentative of about 10,000 of the 12,000 saloonkeepers in the state. Subway Tavern "Unionized. N"ew York, Sept. 26.Someone not a respector of persons has started a re port that Bishop Potter had been made a member of the Bartenders' union. Later it was explained that the rumor probably had grown out of the general unionizing of the Subway tavern which the bishop recently opened with hymns. It was announced at the meeting of the Central Federated Union that all bar tenders hereafter employed in the tavern must be union men and that only union liquors and cigars will be sold. Hitherto non-union bartenders and waiters had been employed at the tavern. 75 FOUNDLINGS SENT TO WEST FROM GOTHAM New York, Sept. 26.Amid scenes of weeping, seventy-five children have taken their departure from the New York foundling asylum for new homes in the west, secured by agents of the charity. The children were taken from the home by Fifth avenue stages and placed aboard a special passenger car in which they are now speeding westward, bound for Nebraska and Arizona. All are from three to five years old. A large crowd gathered to see them start, while wealthy patrons of the institution looked on with moist eyes and the nurses who had reared the little ones were deeply affected. RICH CANADIAN DEAD. Halifax, N. S., Sept. 26.John F. Stairs, banker and capitalist of this city, and one of the wealthiest men in eastern Canada, died of pneumonia to day. He was 56 years of age. ii^iis^ RUMORS BETROTH ALICE ROOSEVELT President's Daughter Wooed, Says Report* by Congress man Long-worth. New York Sun Special Service. Boston, Sept. 26.The North Shore summer colony has busied itself in weav in a pleasant little romance in which Miss Alice Roosevelt is the most con spicuous figure. The president's daught er has been a not infrequent visitor to that region and has been the recipient of numerous attentions. Among the most attentive of her ad mirers, Nicholas Longworth, the wealthy and accomplished bachelor con- {arly pressman from Ohio, has been particu prominent, and social circles have been expecting the announcement of an engagement between the congressman and Miss Roosevelt. The dinner and costume ball given for Miss Roosevelt by Congressman Long worth on Friday at the Myopia clubhouse has revived the gossip of an engagement between the two with more emphasis than ever before. Ridiculed at Capital. Washington, Sept. 26.No corrobora tion can be secured in Washington of the report from Boston that the en' gagement of Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representative Nick Longworth of Ohio is soon to be announced. Friends of the SIr. resident's family ridicule the story. Longworth paid Miss Roosevelt considerable attention last winter, but he was more devoted to her great friend, Countess Cassini. Society did not regard his attentions seriously in either case. LADY GURZON IS SLIGHTLY BETTER Oxygen Treatment Proves Help ful, Tho Her Condition Is Still Grave. London, Sept. 26.Lady Curzon of Kedleston passed a quiet night, and there were slight signs of improvement this morning, tho her condition is still very grave. The improvement has been maintained thruout the day. The nurses are said to be fairly able to keep up Lady Curzon's strength, while the oxygen treatment is proving helpful. If a collapse can be prevented within the next twenty-four nours the doctors will have hopes of her recovery. A special train with a supply of oxy gen for Lady Curzon arrived at Walmer last evening. All other traffic was held up to expedite its progress. Two spec ialists in administering oxygen trav eled in the train. A long cable dispatch couched in the most pathetic terms was received last night from Lady Curzon's mother, Mrs. Leiter. It was dispatched from New York on the eve of her embarkation. Mrs. Leiter will be landed at Dover from the Vaderland, where in the or dinary course of traffic she would not arrive until 6 a.m. on Oct. 3, but a special effort will be made to make a record trip. FARMERS AND HOUNDS ONTRAIL OF FIREBUGS Ogden, Iowa, Sept. 26.Bloodhounds used to track the Rock Island train bandits at Letts a week ago were placed on the trail of incendiaries re sponsible for wholesale fires here today. Barns, stacks, corn cribs and even dwellings have been fired and in some instances smouldering embers satur ated with kerosene used in starting the' blaze were found. A posse of farmers .i/i following the dogs. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1904. Vesuvius is again in eruptionbut Bryan is yet to be heard from. tttltQtMlfltBM TRAIN IN FATAL LEAP IN CHASM Death for Four Near Peoria Be cause of Burlington Washout. Peoria, JJfyiSaB^,sBurnhg'toan a washout $&-raAs result of on the railroad two miles east- of Blmwood, at 5:05 o'clock this morning, two passenger cars werp ditched, one man lulled, three fa tally and twelve seriously injured. The wreck took place at the junction of a small stream and the Kickapoo creek. A terrific rainstorm visited that section last night, and the roadbed of the track was washed out for* a short distance, leaving the rails suspended in the air. The train struck the unsupported rails at a high speed. The engine shot across and left the track, but remained up right. The baggage car was hurled into a deep ditch and the smoker on top of it. The chair car remained on the track. Death List of Seventy. Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 26.The death list as a result of the fearful wreck on the Southern railroad near Newmarket Saturday has grown to six ty-two, and it will probably exceeed sev enty before Tuesday, as many of the in jured are in a serious condition, and more deaths will occur at the hospital. Yesterday there were six deaths at that institution. Mrs. Erbe Killed. Lyons, N. Y., Sept. 26.A serious wreck occurred early yesterday on the New York Central railroad, three miles east of here. Fifteen persons received severe injuries. Mrs. Erbe, wife of the president of the Flint & Pere Mar quette railroad, had both legs taken off above the knee, and died later in the Rochester hospital. She and her hus band wer returning home from a Eu ropean trip, Death for Engineer. Bav City, Mich., Sept. 26.Cows on the track caused the derailment today at Linwood of a thru Michigan Central passenger train from Mackinac. The locomotive and five coaches left the track. Engineer Thomas Rae of West Bay City, was fatally injured, and Fire man Horace Shaw of the same place and Mail Clerk E. Miller of Detroit were also hurt. None of the passengers were injured. Killed in Trolley Wreck. Camden, N. J., Sept. 26.A trolley running from this city to Riverside, N. J., jumped the track today near River ton! and the motorman, John S. White of Palmyra, was killed and the conduct or and three passengers were injured, one of whom may die. The accident was the result of slippery rails caused by a heavy fog. Four Die on Track. Greensburg, Pa., Sept. 26.Three for eigners were instantly killed and one fatally injured early todav by a fast passenger train on the Pennsylvania railroad. The men were employed by the railroad and were walking along the tracks on their way to work. CRITICISM I N ENGLAND Pall Mall Gazette Traces Wrecks to Strenuous Life. London, Sept. 26.The recent rail road accidents in the United States are attracting no little comment in Eng land. The Pall Mall Gazette says: "They are far too common in Amer ica, especially of late. The fact that it is a large country with plenty of room for them to happen in is not sufficient to explain them. Probably the funda mental cause is the hasty and imperfect cosntruction of the lines, the makeshift arrangements for saving time, and the general rush of strenuous national life.'' PICK COTTON BY MOONLIGHT.^ Augusta, Ga., Sept. 26.The cotton planters of this section are preparing to start tonight picking cotton by moon- light."-"Pickers are scarce and a bonus will be given those working from sun down to rnidnigbt* gt HENDERSON'S MIND IS NOT FAILING Stories Printed in Hearst Papers Are Branded as False at Dubuque. Special to The Journal. Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 26.There is not the least foundation for the story printed in several large eastern and western papers Saturday evening, that former Speaker David B. Henderson is losing his mind. The colonel is indig nant over the report and is tunable to learn who sent it out. On Sunday morning his son, Don, who lives in Los Angeles, wired to Dubuque inquiring as to the truth of the report that his father's mentality was im paired. It seems that the report ap peared in all of the Hearst newspapers and caused hundreds of inquiries from Colonel Henderson's friends in various parts of fhe country. Colonel Hender* son is^enjoying the best of health. SENATOR HOAR AT POINT OF DEATH Aged Statesman's Demise Ex pected Within Two or Three Days. New York Sun Special Service. Worcester Mass., Sept. 26.Abso- lutely refusing all nourishment and medicine, Senator George F. Hoar lies at his home here at the point of death. So wonderful is his vitality and so tenacious is his hold upon life, however, that the attending physicians say he may live two or three days. Last night's bulletin was the first official an nouncement that all hope has been abandoned. Only his son. General Bockwood Hoar and his daughter. Miss Mary Hoar, are allowed to see him. They are both constantly at the bedside of the distinguished patient. The last bulletin was: Senator Hoar has been weaker since Friday, passing most of the time In sleep. He is now refusing to take his medicine. He also refuses all nourish ment offered him. If this condition continues it will have a serious effect upon his little remaining strength. The following bulletin on Senator Hoar's condition was given out this morning: The senator slept all night and is in a stupor this morning. He did not take food or medicine during the night. The end is not immediately expected." At noon Bockwood Hoar, the sena tor's son, said his father has remained in a state of semiconsciousness since morning, but that hope was felt that he would rally. He still refused to take nourishment, tho some medicine was ad ministered during the forenoon. The sick man has failed gradually since last Friday and there have been indications that his mind was being affected by the increasing weakness. Bockwood Hoar, however, repeated the statement previ ously made that the senator might live several days. SEES ANNEXATION AS DESTINY OF CANADA New York Bun Special Service. London, Sept. 26.Denying the statement in a letter from F. W. Glenn, Ee ublished in the Ottawa Journal, that favored Canadian independence, An drew Carnegie says, in a letter to the Mail: "Whenever Canada makes a change, I think it will be her destiny to annex the United States as Scotland did Eng land. After this is accomplished, the motherland will be glad to unite with her then united children.' 1 *nr.\c President's Announcement of a Move for Conference at The Hague Is Praised. New York Sun Special Service. Washington, Sept. 26.The presi dent's promise to the delegates to the interparliamentary union Saturday that he soon will invite the nations of the world to join in a second peace con gress at The Hague, and the possibili ties of the international arbitration movement under the new impetus given it by Mr. Eoosevelt, were actively dis cussed by diplomats today. They are agreed that the invitation will come with better grace from the United States than from any other power, and they believe it will be responded to with a spirit that will carry much far ther along the work begun by the first congress, called by the czar in 1899. In response to the presentation of resolutions recently adopted by the in terparliamentary union, President Eoosevelt said: 1 shall at an# early date ask other nations to join in a second congress at The Hague. I feel, as I am sure you do, that our efforts should take the shape forward toward com gletionofthpushink wor already begun at The [ague, and that whatever is now done should appear not as something diver gent theEe&om* but as a continuation thereof. A reasonable time has elapsed, and I feel that your party has shown sound judgment in concluding that a second conference should now be called to car ry some steps further toward comple tion the work of the first.'' There is some difference of opinion among the diplomats as to the propriety of calling the congress "at an early date," as promised by the president. Some of them believe that it would not be in good taste to call the congress while the ruler who called the first one is at war. It is regarded as certain that neither Russia nor Japan would be a party to any movement that would seek to any way interfere in the present war. Many fcf the' diplomats believe, on the other hand, that" the congress can be held without any suggestion of in terferfnee with Eussia or Japan. They rely on the diplomacy of Secretary Hay to handle the matter in a way that will give no offense to either of the belliger ents. They also believe Mr. Hay can se cure acceptance of the president's invi tation by the representatives of Central and South America, which is one of the chief objectives. One of the most important matters that will come before the congress, aside from securing a more universal and binding agreement to the principle exact under standing as to contraband^ of war: Th Io3ee^* ,rsia*Rmg' Exiles ftoivifce,, Csafr's Domain Are in Search of a Milder Climate. Bpeolal to The Journal. Winnipeg, Man., Sept. 26.Word has just been received here from the Dukhobor colonies near Saskatoon, N. W. T., that a large body of them has started" on a march States.1 forarethe goyalhavethey E AGESFIVE O'CLOCK. ARMIES OF MIKADO RESUME ACTIVITIES DIPLOMATS LAUD PEACE CONGRESS -$ -gn^iuternationae agreement on contraband has already been broached to Secretary Hay by the British foreign office, tho no action was contemplated until after the close of the war. DUKHOBORS ON A MARCH TO STATES United Thi time they not looking for Jesus, but are on the trek for a warmeT climate. Only the bare fact has been received here as yet, but the affair is causing much excitement, as it is known to what extremes these people will go to obtain' their ends. It is feared they are really in search of a warmer climate and started on the longest pil rimage have ever had. The northwest mounted police is be ing rushed to the scene. YESUYIUS RAINS REDHOT STONES Volcano in More Violent Erup tion Than Recorded Since 1872. Naples, Sept. 26.The eruption of Mount Vesuvius continues to increase in force and is now more violent than at any time since 1872. Bedhot stones are hurled to a height of 1,600 feet and they fall with a deafening sound down the flanks of the mountain. The di rector of the observatory says that be tween 5 o'clock yesterday morning and 6 o'clock in the afternoon his instru ments registered 1,844 violent explo sions, and that one stone thrown out weighed about two tons. Lava flowing from the crater has melted the metal of the Funicular railway, destroyed the upper station ana burned the wooden huts in which guides live All vegetation with in a radius of one mile of the crater has disappeared. Several earthquake .shocks were felt. Some of the people in the surrounding village have left their homes and they are camped in the open air. The curiosity of tourists to ap proach the volcano is such that a large number of carbineer guards have been detailed to prevent them crossing pre scribed limits. SUCCESSOR TO JOSEPH Indians Will Hold a Pow-Wow and Choose a Chief. Lewiston, Idaho, Sept. 26.Indians from all over the northwest have been summoned to gather at North Lapwai, on the Nez Perce Indian reservation, in order to celebrate with a feast and war dance in honor of their late leader Chief Joseph. At the same time a suc cessor will be chosen to rule the tribe* JAPS ARE TURNING i THE RUSSIAN LEFT Kuropatkin Reports Extensive Operations by Enemy East I of Mukden. _j POET ARTHUR SIEGE REACHES A CRISIS* Japanese Control Water Supply:$ of StrongholdCapture De fensive Positions. t~ St. Petersburg, Sept. 26.A dispatefej has been received from General K^uro-j patkin announcing that the Japanese* are preparing an extensive turning, movement east of Mukden. A larger force is advancing from Liao-yang by way of Tai-che to Tsi-an-schan. Skirm-t ishes have occurred in the valley of thK Hun river, and at In-pu between Ben^ tsia-put-ze and the railroad. There were many casualties at In-pu. *j General Sakharoff in a dispatch dated", yesterday telegraphs that the Japanese* advance guard during the last few dayir attempted to occupy Kaou-tou pass,, commanding the road to Fu-shun, but were repulsed by a detachment of the" Russian advance guards** i Mukden, Saturday, Sept. 26.The Japanese do not appear to be moving, but it is believed that htey will begur a general advance within a day or two. They arec ontinually receiving rein forcements. Eussian scouts who pen etrated beyond Ben-tsia-pu-tze saw large encampments of Japanese and a strong column is reported to be forming northwest of Liao-yang. A thousand Japanese are daily crossing the Tai-tse river over three bridges which have been built above the railroad. Doubts are beginning to b felt as to whether it will be pos sible to continue the campaign thru the winter, which begins in November. The Chinese have been unable to har vest their crops ariat"there probably will be much distress, as it is very difficult to bring stores from China for the na tive population. New York Sun Bpeoial Service. London, Sept. 26.The Mail's Ohi-fu correspondent Says: The situation at Port Arthur has reached a crisis. Since the last assault the Japanese troops have made rapid, progress on the chain of earthworks ex tending from Pigeon bay to Ta-ku-shan, Large siege guns have been mounted which exceed in number and effective range those employed in any previous siege in the^ historxjpJLwarfare. Fur ther reinforcements, of men^ guns, stores and ammunition are i&rariving constantly*! day and "Might for the besieging army.**? Nothing is being left to chance in prep arations to render the next attack suc cessful. That attack if one may rely upon what is learned from Japanese official opinion, is to be made with the object of driving out to sea the remains of the once 'formidable and still powerful Eussian fleet from its present shelter in the east port. The Japanese assault will be directed against the strong forts west of! Port Arthur which com mand every part of the harbor. At pres ent the imprisoned ships are safe but will try to leave before '"these positions are taken." JAPS HOLD WATER SUPPLY They Capture Fort Kuropatkin at Port Arthur. Chi-fu, Sept. 26.As a result of the battle before Port Arthur which began on Sept. 19 the Japanese succeeded in capturing three important and six small positions and today the Eussian tenure of the big forts guarding the north, northeast and northwest sides of the town is seriously threatened. Chinese information places the Japan ese losses under 3,000^ for the three days' fighting, and this comparatively small casualty list is due to the exces sive care used by the Japanese in mak ing their preparations for the advance. Possibly the most important capture during the three days' fighting was that of Fort Kuropatkin, which, while of minor yalue as a defense had been con structed to protect the source of the garrison's water supply. The control of this water supply now is in the hands of the Japanese. The battle began before daybreak on Sept. 19. During the day and night of the 19th and until noon of the 20th the bombardment continued without cessa tion, and the many shells falling from quarters which previously had been si lent, made it obvious that th Japanese had at least succeeded either in mount ing many heavy guns in new positions or in strengthening their old positions. The infantry fightings during^ this pe riod was comparatively trivial. H- A -& Japanese Advance. m. At noon on Sept. 20 the Japanese right and center, the former being to tho west and the latter to the east of the railroad, commenced the advance. The troops made use of the trenches and infrequent natural cover that lay in their way. The small forts to tha south of Shushiyen resisted this ad vance but briefly, their garrisons ndfc being strong numerically. 4 Since the beginning of the bombav4 ment artillery fire from Fort Kuropat kin had been growing steadily weakst, and, it having become apparent that it had been practically silenced, the Japanese asaulted the fort. Fort Kuro patkin is situated to the south of Palichuang and to the northwest of tho parade ground, on a low hill. This cap ture lessens further the security of tire fort on Bihlung mountains, which is now threatened from a new quarter as well as from Pelichuang. At 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th the Japanese captured a supple mentary fort which, from the lower ground threatens the fort on Itz moun tain. Hand-to-Hand Fight. 5J During the night the heavy bombard ment of the Eussian position continued* The Japanese fire was directed with par ticular vigor against another supplemen tary fort 3,000 yards to the west of the fort on Itz mountain, and regarded as highly important because of its bearing on the Itz and Anshu mountain forts. The next day, after having pounded this position unmercifully and until its fire had slackened visibly, the Japanese delivered their -assault. The Eussina Continued on Second Page.