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$ A Pioneer WANT AD Will Do it.. VOLUME 2. NUMBEB WAR DISPATCHES SUMMARIZED. The only direct news of the clay's fighting in Manchuria is contained in an official report from Marshal Oyama to Tokio that the battle is raging along almost the entire front and that the Japanese arc making "satisfactory progress." Beyond this the dispatches relate entirely to the developments of Wednesday and Thursday. They make It plain that the battle is of the mojt desperate character, the fighting ex ceeding in fierceness the terrific com bat at Liaoyang. The losses on both sides are undoubtedly heavy, but no figure-s have as yet been received. Kuropatkin officially confirms the loss of a large number of guns on his right flank, which was forced from its position by a night attack of the Jap anese. He was also compelled tc withdraw some distance on his left, as the positionx was found to be loo far advanced. The dispatches show that the opera tions of Wednesday and Thursday Were unfavorable for the Russians. The Russian losses are reported as especially heavy on their left and cen ter, where il appears that the hottest fighting occurred. FAVORABLE-T0~ JAPANESE OYAMA REPORTS FIGHTING IN PROGRESS ALONG ALMOST THE ENTIRE FRONT. Tokio, Oct. 15.Field Marshal Oyama reports that fighting is in prog ress along almost the entire front and that the Japanese are making satis factory progress. An extended report from the Man churian headquarters reached Tokic later and was published during the afternoon. It records severe fighting during Thursday and additional Jap anese gains. The contest around Bensihu contin ues to be undetermined. Thursday a force of Japanese cav alry, commanded by Prince Kanin, "ifulp. a 4* 4s 4* 4 4* 4* 4* 4 4 4* 4* 4* 4* 4 4* d.-ir-v" of the Russian, left 4* 4* 4*4s and 4* mm* ,v~ y^ ^J-.^i i fl-w'T^tS'-Wr J, 1f^p lhe OK GETS GUN S RUSSIANS RETIRE General Ok Captures Ten More Guns From the Russians and Heavy Fight ing Continues South of Mukden. Tokio, Oct. 15, 7.00 P. M.Fighting south of Mukden still con- tinues, but the Russians are retreating. Kuropatkin is evidently crushinaly deleted. Oyama estimates the Russian casualties at thirty thousand. Tokio, Oot. 15.Noon: Heavy fighting continues south of Mukden. Official reports announce the capture of ten additional sjuns by General Oku yesterday. St. Pvitsrsburg, O^b. 15Unofficial reports from the battle field this morning are more encouraging. The Russians have fallen back twenty miles but there has been no rout. General Kuro- patkin has retired across the Shakhe river and is holding the Japa- nese in check there. RELIABL E FURS Thursday Friday Saturday will be THELANPHER'FUR COAT 4* 4*^ 4*# 4s day at this stoiv, our en- tire stock riv- ali ig in splen- WPP 'K^iPS^V^T^. ilank in the rear of Bensinu and par tially scattered the Russian supports. RUMORS OF DISASTER. St, Petersburg Hears That Kuropatkin Is Defeated. St. Petersburg, Oct. 15.Nothing official regarding the day's fighting is yet obtainable, but the prevailing im pression in St. Petersbuig is that the i!nv has eone aeainst GenernL.Ku.a- patKin. Tne city is even hiieu wuu tumors of his disastrous defeat. Wounded Bound for Harbin. London, Oct. 15.A dispatch to a news agency from Harbin says that the hospitals there are preparing tor the reception of 37 officers and 1,200 men wounded during the recent fight ing before Yentai and who are now on their way to Harbin by train. MAY ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE. Important News Relating to Port Ar thur Squadron. St. Petersburg, Oct. 15.The ad miralty says it has no information in regard to the report from St. Peters burg by way of Paris of the appearance of five Japanese cruisers off Vladivos tok and discredits it. The admiralty has received impoi' tant news from Port Arthur, simul taneously with the arrival of General Stoessel's dispatch. It is evident that the news relates to the Port Arthur squadron and it would not be surpris ing if Rear Admiral Wiren made an attempt to escape at any moment. Partial Casualty List. Tokio, Oct. 15.The first partial casualty report of the battle now pro gressing south of Mukden was re ceived (luring the day. Part of the central column of the left army lost on Wednesday 1 officer killed and 6 wounded and had about 300 men killed or wounded. Jap Losses at Port Arthur. Tokio, Oct. 15.It is officially an nounced that 27 officers were killed and that 133 were wounded during the operations against Port Arthur from June 2G to Julv 31. St. Petersburg, Oct. 15.A dispatch from General Sakharoff, sent at o'clock Friday morning, explains more of the opeu: Ions of Oct. 12 and 1 4* **3 & 4*# 4* 4*# *i*4* dor many of the great city stocks will be on exhibition. Our guar- antee goes with every piece of fur & that leaves tbe store OUR PRICE IS ONLYA PART OF WHAT OTHERS ASK OLEARY* BOWSER 4* 4^' 4s em 4 6 *f*4s 4s irom wnicn it appears that the Russian center was due north of the Yentai mines, the right running west a short distance beyond the railroad and the left sweeping southeastward toward Bensihu. The real bloody work did not begin until Wednesday, when the Japanese made a series of determined attacks on Sialiuhedzy, about seven miles north of Yentai, but the Russians held off their assailants. In the mean time, however, the extreme right was forced back, thus compelling Kuropat kin to slightly draw back his line above Yentai in order to preserve its alignment. On the extreme left, after a determined resistance, the Russians succeeded in carrying the rocky heights and Hua pass north of Ben sihu, but the arrival of Japanese rein forcements made it impossible for the Russians to press their advantage here and as the left was now too far advanced it also was withdrawn some distance. Reports from the left, how ever, only bring the situation up to Thursday afternoon. A high officer of the general staff tells the Associated Press that the sit uation, while critical, is not desperate. Kuropatkin is keeping his head and acting cautiously, as is shown by his withdrawal of both wings in the hope that the Japanese assaults will ex haust themselves. He says the slaugh ter was frightful. No estimate of the losses is yet possible, but they run far into the thousands. The losses were especially heavy on the Russian left and center. In a single regiment out of over a hundred officers only eight escaped. REPORTED BY KUROPATKIN BELATED DISPATCHES TELL OF RUSSIAN DEFEAT ON THE RIGHT FLANK. St. Petersburg, Oct. 15.The em peror has received the following dis patch from General Kuropatkin: "Two regiments of the Russian right on Oct. 12 sustained heavy losses. The commander of one was killed and the brigade commander was wounded. Both regiments were compelled to withdraw, abandoning their artillery, but subsequently, under Colonel Van novsky, who temporarily assumed com mand of the brigade, they, after a des perate assault, regained possession of the guns with the exception of sixteen, which remained in the hands of the Japanese. The final issue of the battle Wednesday on this flank was unsuc cessful for us. On account of a night attack of the Japanese, who executed turning movements, our troops were forced not only to abandon their posi tions, but again lost the guns previ ously recovered from the Japanese. Our forces retired to the position pre viously prepared on the Shakhe river." JAPANESE OFFICIAL REPORT MIKADO'S FORCES HAVE BEEN ON THE OFFENSIVE SINCE DAY- BREAK THURSDAY. Tokio, Oct. 15.Marshal Oyama sends the following report of the en gagements of Wednesday and Thurs day "In the direction of Bensihu the en emy made repeated counter attacks on Wednesday, but were repulsed. The enemy showed a sign of retreat to wards the evening and our forces as sumed the offensive since daybreak of Thursday. The flanking movement of our strong force of cavalry on the Kanien largely contributed to the favorable development of the situation in that quarter. "The central and left columns of the right army both occupied important eminences, continuing attacks. Oper ations of the central army are pro gressing favorably, dislodging the en emy there from several strategical positions. Our reinforcements are ar riving continually at Yentai." Cannot Go on Ballot Under Name of Democrats. Helena, Mont., Oct. 15.The su preme court has held the Walsworth Democrats of Silver Bow county to be regular. The effect is to shut out the so-called Heinze Democrats of that county from a place on the ticket un der the designation "Democratic/ Butte is in Silver Bow county. SMUGGLING IS CHARGED. Officers Arrest Canadian Bringing Grain Across the Line. Portal, N. D., Oct.* 15.Albert Wal berg, a prominent Canadian, was ar rested heie during the evening on a complaint sworn to by George Sco field, United States custom officer, charging him with smuggling a load of flax and the team, also belonging to Walberg, was also seized. WOMAN AND MAN FIGHT A DUEL. Both Principals Killed and Two Other Persons Wounded. Euporia, Miss., Oct. 15.In a pistol fight at close range, between James Stallings and Mrs. Dixie Beard at Colooga, Mrs. Beard and Stallings were killed and Beard and his child were wounded. The cause of the trouble is unknown. Agrees to Pay the Award. Washington, Oct. 15.Mr. Dawson, American minister at San Domingo, cabled the state department during the day that the minister for finance had agreed to pay the award of the arbi trators in the case of the San Domingo Improvement company, amounting to t4.S00.00Q. IB^^Wfl 1 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1904. |^7fl1f8p| j%^**, t ALL ON BOARD PERISH SCHOONER WENTWORTH ASHORE DURING STORM OFF MASSA- CHUSETTS COAST. LIFESAVERS POWERLESS TO ASSIST VESSEL CARRIED CREW OF EIGHT AND CAPTAIN, WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN. Chatham, Mass., Oct. 15.Driven down the coast by a northeast storm the Nova Scotian schooner Wentworth was thrown u^n Chatham bar and smashed to pieces in the terrific surf. It is believed that not a soul on board survived. The body of a woman has been dragged out of the breakers by the government lifesavcis, who haW been waiting on the beach powerless to aid since the vessel went onto the bar. Later another body, that of a man, was recovered. It is believed that in addition to the unfortunate woman the ill fated vessel carried a crew of at least eight men, besides her skipper, Captain Preddle. The Wentworth was a three-masted schooner owned in Windsor, N. S., and was bound from Hillsboro, N. B., to New York with a load of plaster. St. John, N. B., Oct. 15.At the house where Captain Priddle lived in this city it was said that his wife and three small children accompanied him on the voyage which has ended in dis aster. They left here some weeks ago. The captain and his wife were both natives of Newfoundland. FATAL FIRE ESCAPE TEST WOMAN INSTANTLY KILLED AND HER HUSBAND RECEIVES FATAL INJURIES. St. Paul, Oct. 15.Mrs. J. C. Sc'am mon was instantly killed and her hus band received fatal injuries while giving an exhibition test of a new patent fire escape at the Germania Life Insurance company's building in the presence of a large crowd. Scam mon had descended in safety from the eighth story to the third, where he took his wife on the rope by way of showing how rescues could' be effected. The added weight caused the rope to cut through on the sharp stone sill where it was fastened at the eighth story and it broke almost as soon as Mrs. Stammon got on the escape. Both victims struck on their heads, the wo man's neck being broken. Mr. Scam mon was still alive when picked up and placed in an ambulance. Physicians say there is no hope for the recovery of Mr. Scammon, who is sinking rapidly. The apparatus was tried last week in a series of tests in Minneapolis with eminent success. HOTTENTOTS MAY RISE. Expect ad to Join Rebellion Against German Rule. Berlin, Oct. 15.Germany's old en emy of a decade ago, Hendrick Witboi, according to an official dispatch from Windhoek, German Southwest Africa, has declared war against the Germans. He sent Samuel Isaak, Oct. 3, to Burgs dorff with a declaration of hostilities. The station at Morenga, which re cently was reported to have been at tacked by insurgent Witbois, is offer ing a firm resistance and is continu ally receiving reinforcements of mount ed and unmounted Germans. There are many gatherings of Hottentots on the Grootbroek and Carro rivers, eighty miles south of Gibeon, connec tion with which has been cut off. It is expected in German official circles that Hendrick Witboi's influence will cause a majority of the Hottentot tribes to join in the uprising as Wit boi, ever since his rebellion was quelled ten years ago, has been credit ed with designs to seize a favorable moment to throw off the German yoke. 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The wreck occurred at a place called Big Bend, in a cut, where it was impossi ble to build a temporary track, and traffic was blocked for fourteen hours. FOUR DROWNED IN TEN DAYS. Number of Lives Lost-in Portage Lake! Arouses Officials. Houghton, Mich., Oct. IS.Two bod ies were found in Portage lake during the day, making four recovered in ten days. One was identified as that of William Hanna and the other as Giver I Rincalainen. The number of drown ings in Portage lake in the last few weeks has been suspiciously large and the authorities are investigating. Fell Two Hundred Feet. Calumet, Mich., Oct. 15.An un known man fell 200 feet in No. 2 shaft of the Quincy mine during the day and miraculously escaped from instant death. He was engaged in dumping a car and lost his balance. Four tons of rock went down the chute with him. The chances for his recovery are con sidered fair. i| Jap Cruisers Off Vladivostok, i New York, Oct. 15.Five Japanese cruisers are reported off Vladivostok, according to a Times dispatch from Paris. It is added that the comman der-in-chief of the Russian fortress has summoned the inhabitants to surren der firearms of all descriptions within a week. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. We are Positively Going Out of Business. A $20,000 Stock of Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Furnishing Goods Must be Sold ardless of Cost. 5 The Following are but a FEW of our Closing Out Bargains: Men's New Winter Men's Trousers Overcoats. LT Men all wool tancy eassimer Men's Covert Cloth Coats wors ed and cheviot^$1.90 all $2.75 Men's new Fall pants, nobby, $4 grade, sell ing out price Extra heavy Tivoli, over the world for closing out price ored in the latest styles, Extra fine all wool fancy ribbed and colors, bought to! shirts and drawers, regular sell for $18, sell- $1.75 quality, clos ing out price $1^ 3 ing out price saX '-fK1}-I'.'--' very $3 Men's fine worsted pants in handsome patterns, regular grade, selling out price $3.90 Men's Furnishings Men's fleece lined shirts and drawers, regular 60c JA^ quality selling out price TC\/(J All wool ribbed drawers and shirts in gray and blue shades, regular $1.00 grade, (*fl0 selling out price \J\J\J All wool shirts and drawers, $1.50 grade, selling out price $i sold all $2.25? $1.65 $1.30 S This is the Greatest Opportunity ever of- fered the people of Bemidji. Don't fail to take advantage of it. 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