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GREAFEST HUE GOUTIUES
RUSSIAN AND JAPANESE ARMIES
SLAUGHTERED.
Czar'i Men Succeeded in getting
Away< but Then Losses Amount to
Over 30,000 Men—Bigger Battle
Than Liaoyang—Both Armies Com
pletely Exhausted.
Mukden, Oct. 17. —The battle was re
newed and continued throughout the
night, being especially heavy at mid
night. The Russians retain their po
sition along the Shakhe river, andj
' na ve made frequent attacks upon the:
Japanese, capturing six of the latter's
guns. The eastern army is helping
the western forces. There has been
heavy artillery firwig tonight. The!
fighting is "ow centered on the plain.
There was a lull in the battle Satur-;
day, but fighting was continued Sun- j
day on the right. The army was then
southwest of here 10 miles. It is now
certain that the army will be able to
extricate itself. The losses amount
to 30.000. It has been a bigger bat
tle than Liaoyang. The Russians at
tacked on the right yesterday.
Slowly and painfully the entire Rus
sian army is retreating upon Mukden.
Hostilities practically ceased with yes
terday's victory of General Oku'a left,
wing over the Russian flanking force,
and only desultory firing, directed
against Isolated Russian rear guards,
is heard. Both armies are exhausted
to the point of collapse. The fighting
of the past four days without rest.
without proper provisions, almost'en
tirely without sleep, require superhu
man effort:? on the part: of every man
engaged, and now the reaction has set
in.
General Kuropatkin has abandoned
his plan of effecting a rally on the
north side of the Hun river, lie is
retreating without fighting, and his
main object is to reach Mukden suf
ficiently quick to leave the Japanese
outside the gates.
Numberless stories of heroism on
the part of the commander in chief
are told by wounded soldiers arriving
here. Thursday evening ho took per
sonal command of the fighting, di
recting operations on many points
amidst a shower of shells and shrap
nel. Twice he rescued considerable
forces from being annihilated by ex
tricating them from perilous positions.
He failed to save the force which at
tempted to turn General Kuroki's
right army, and jeopardized his own
safety, but was able to withdraw with
the troops surrounding him before the
Japanese could cut him off. There
is no longer any doubt that General
Kuropatkin made the forward move- j
ment against his better judgment and
that,he went into the fight expecting
defeat. It is positively known here
that he was commanded by the czar
to advance at all costs and to issue
statements of a reassuring character.
St. Petersburg evidently trusted to
the effect of a sudden stroke upon the
enemy.
Harrowing tales are told by return
ing soldiers of the frightful slaughter
of the last three days. The number
of officers killed is appalling and can |
only be accounted for by the desperate !
bravery with which they led their
troops against the enemy. Several
companies lost every officer and were j
commanded by privates next in rank
by seniority of service. No dependable
estimate has reached here of the to
tal loss on the Russian side. Some
Place it at fully 50.000, but this nura- j
ber may be too high. They will reach
40,000, however, it is feared.
Orders have been received to con
tinue the fortifications of the city with
renewed vigor. Thousands of Chinese
have been pressed into service and
great stretches of land south of the
city are being covered with entangle
ments. New trenches are being built.
The first regiments returning from the
battle line are expected to arrive here
late tonight.
Preparations have been made for
their reception. The accommodations
are likely to be inadequate for the
present, but the work is progressing
rapidly.
Burying the Dead.
Tokio.—ln the reports of the great
battle which continue to arrive from
the front the most striking feature is
the terrible record of Russian dead.
Before the severe fighting on October
14 General Oku's army alone recovered
and buried 2000, making the total
number of Russians buried by the Jap
anese, with Nodzu's army still to hear
from, 6500. Applying the usual calcu
lation, and making reasonable allow
ance for the fighting of the 14th and
15th, the Russian losses will exceed
40,000.
Fragmentary reports of Japanese
casualties are coming in. General
Oku, up to and including October 14,
•ost 3500 men. Estimates of the total
Japanese losses are not possible, but
they are small in comparison with the
frightful losses of the Russians.
A report dealing <with the Russian
a m tie . reived here at mldnigh,
•JW that according to a report from
«£ center army IN prisoners were
taken on October 13. The Russian
'^ad as estimated, on that day will
reach 500 October H the enemVa
'-■"I totaled 1000. One hundred pris
oners were taken, toother with rifles
guns and wagons. The total Russian
>lead left in front of the center am.v
;"'° esti™ted at 2500. The enemy's
dead already investigated, says the re
port, totals at 8580, hut the" eneniVs
losses during the two days of fierce
engagements on October H and If, are
not included in this number. More
over, there are some undiscovered
'lead by all of the armies, so that the
enemy's dead left on the field will
reach a total of over 10,000.
St* Petersburg
Has Celebration
St. Petersburg, Oct. 20.—There is
jubilation thoughout the city over the
newa thai General Kuropntkin has re
sumed the offenaire, «ud the holiday,
which began with little heart, closed
brighter. The crowds iii the streets
and the illuminations in honor of the
czarevitch's nmnes day gave a tin-e oi
brilliancy to an evening otherwise de
pressing, through a constant drizzle of
rain.
Newsboys up to midnight raced
through the thoroughfare! with even
in- extras ihouting, " Great Russian
victory," and the crowds bought the
papers greedily. Groups of men in
brilliant uniforms or in evening dress
at the hotels and restaurants diaouased
the ohange in the fortunes of war; but
the people as a whole were slow to take
tire. They reecive.l the, news of the
j earliei reverses stolidly, and now ac
cepted reports of Kusisan successes and
the capture of guna quietly, with satis
faction, but with considerable reserve.
Correspondents at the front the past
is hours had been hinting that the
Russian army was on the eve of an
other advnace, but it was thought her.'
that the troops weie too exhausted by
more than a week of TiUutic BtTUggle
:to eu-ja^e in an immediate advance
movement. Therefore the news of the
definite resumption of the adanoe was
calculated to arouse the ureater satis-
I faction, but the realization of the sig
nificance of news permeates the musses
here more slowly than in American
ctiies. The kaleidoscopic changes on
the Shaken river have been to swift
for the populace to follow, and so the
better news from the front has been so
far taken with comparative quiet. In
j the best informed circles,however, this
already is accepted as true. It is be
i lieved that General Kuropatkin in
tended to signalize the cKarvitclrs fete
by a victory, just as Grand Duke
J Nicholas did at Plevna.
The failure of the war office to irive
out dispatches is attributed to the holi
day, the censor's committee disbanding
early. The Associated Press,however,
hears on authority that the em
peror has received a telegram from
General Kuropatkin reporting that the
Kusisans are moving forward.
HEROIC ACTION SAVES THE PASS
Gallant Charge of Left Column Wins
for Japan.
Liaoyang, Oct. 17. —General Oku,
commanding the Japanese left, is driv
ing the Russian reserves back upon
Changtau, after having frustrated their
attempt to flank him. He captured
two more guns east of the Tumin pass,
and trained them upon the enemy.
Heavy cannonading is heard without
interruption from the direction of the
pass, and it is believed here that Gen
eral Oku is following up his success by
pursuit. Field Marshall Oyama has
ordered seven regiments of infantry
and three columns of cavalry to pro
ceed to the Tumin pass in order to
enable General Oku to cover the ter
ritory east and west during the pur
suit.
It develops now that but for the he
roic action of the extreme left column
of General Oku's force, all the advan
tages so far gained might have been
lost. The column was reduced to less
than one fifth of its original size, but
prevented the Russians from complet
ing their flanking movement and turn
ed threatening defeat into victory.
Coming Events.
Washington State Teachers' associa
tion, Spokane, December 28-30.
Idaho grand lodge, I. O. O. F., Nam
pa, October 17-21.
Oregon State Bar association, Port
land, November 15-16.
Patrons of Husbandry National
Grange, Portland, Ore., November 16.
Washington Arctic Brotherhood
grand encampment, Seattle, Novem
ber 3.
Gen. Wm. Scott Worth.
New York.— Brigadier General Wil
liam Scott Worth, retired, is dead at
Clinton, S. 1., after a long illness, aged
64 years.
Dr Corfe, British bishop of Korea,
who has been trying for years to learn
the Korean language, has given up in
despair and resigned.
SHAKHE IS IN HANDS OF SLAVS.
Mukden Reports That Japanese Failed
to Hold It.
Mukden. Oct. 17.— Shakho is again
in tb« hands of the Russians. After
the last evacuation Of tho village by
the Russians the Japanese falied in an
attempt to rooccupy it. and now the
Village is held by Russian Infantry.
There is every indication that tho Rus
sian right (lank is about to resume the
offensive and reoccupy the positions
held by them on October 10 and 11.
The Japanese resistance is growing
weaker and they are apparently pro
paring to evacuate. Toward the ast
and center the Japanese are more stub
bora and are showing more resistance.
Some of the positions of the fighting
line have already changed hands ten
times.
The Russians were engaged Sunday
in ■ heavy roar guard art ion south
west of e>uakhe. The Japanese, who
are in enormous force, have a great
advantage In knowing the topography
of the country, They evince a desper
ate courage. They have suffered ter
note losses, but bear them with pei>
fed equanimity. Their energy seems
unbounded and they continue Ihe ag
gressive unceasingly.
SPORTING EVENTS.
Manager Dugdale is tired of the
Portland team and has sent a letter
to the directors, resigning his posi
tion.
The navy football team, so helpless
ly defeated by their army rivals last
year, Saturday worsted the last year
college champions, the Trine.'ton ii
gers, the score being LO to 0.
West Point was defeated at football
Saturday by Harvard, 4 to 0.
Vale defeated Syracuse Saturday af
ternoon in a sensational game by a
score of 17 to !'.
In mie of the hardest and fiercest
contests ever held in Spokane, Jerry
McCarthy and Jim Burrows Saturday
night struggled hammer and tongs for
2n rounds without a knockout, and fit.
the (ltd of that time Referee McNally
sd ihe contest a draw.
Fn a fierce 20 round draw Friday
night, Perry Queenan and Kid Parker
fought for dear life at Walla Walla.
The San erancißco police committee
of the board of supervisors has decid
ed to report iii favor of granting a
permit to the Shasta club for the l'.ritt-
Qans match October 31.
Friday closed the lit days' trotting
meeting at Lexington, Ky., during
which nearly $75,000 was distributed
in stakes and purse races, six world's
records were broken and several stake
records were lowered.
LOSSES OF 60,000 ON BOTH SIDES.
Strong Argument for Peace in Awfu
Tragedy.
Tokio. —Tuere is a strong appeal for
peace in the appalling tragedy which
is now under enactment in Manchuria.
Both armies have fought, ferociously
for a week, and desperate fighting still
continues. It is probable that the
death roll will be largely increased
before the final shot is fired.
The preliminary reports indicate
that about 60,000 men on both sides
have been either killed or wounded,
the larger portion of them being Rus
sians, since the armies of the two
belligerents closed in combat. Even
the Japanese, to whom the great vic
tory is of paramount importance, seem
to be shocked by the slaughter of their
enemies.
The Japanese people are receiving
the news from the field of battle calm
ly, and there can be heard no sh<"-*~
in the streets proclaiming the victory
of their nation.
DEAD LIE EVERYWHERE.
Oyama Tells of Decisive Jap Vie-
tory.
Toklo, Oct. 17. —Field Marshal Mar
quis Oyama, in telegrams to the war
office, summarizes the operations
against the Rnssioiis south of Mukden
up to Saturday, October 15, as fol
lows:
"As a sequel to the fight lasting five
days continuously, we have driven
back superior forces of the enemy at
every point, pursuing him and forcing
him to the south bank of the Hun
river.
"We have inflicted heavy losses,
captured over 30 guns, and hundreds
of prisoners. We have defeated the
enemy's plans, converting his offensive
operations into a radical failure. The
enemy's dead are everywhere on the
field, and indeed are too numerous for
their number to be even estimated.
We have already buried easily 2000 of
the dead Russians and still great num
bers are lying on the field of battle.
"Since the fighting is still progress
ing, it is imossible accurately to esti
mate the casualties of the enemy, but
these must be at least 30,000."
Attendance at World's Fair.
St. Louis. —The following statement
of the attendance at the world's fair
was given out Sunday:
Monday, October 10, 117,638; Tues
day. 179,847; Wednesday, 165,977;
Thursday, 168,286; Friday, 153,765;
Saturday, i^i,2*A; total, 939,774.
PRESIDENT ON SLOCUM HORROR.
Direct* Discharge of Three Men
Proven Guilty.
Washington.—-Tin report of the com
mission on Investigation Into the dis
aster to the stoamcr General Blooun
has been made public. In connection
with tho Important findings of the com
mission, President Roosevelt, to whom
the report was submitted, has written
a letter to Secretary Metcall of the
commerce and labor department, brief
ly summarizing the report and direct
ing him to carry Into effect the recom
mendations of the commission. Ho
also directs that Robert S. HodW), sup
ervising Inspector of the second dis
trict steamboat Inspection, and James
A. Dumont and Thomas H. Barett, lo
cal inspectors in charge of the port of
New York, be discharged from the
service, the commission holding them
directly responsible for the laxity of
the steamboat inspection, to which the
Slocum disaster was attributed.
Appended to the report is a report
from the department of justice on the
criminal proceedings connected with
the disaster and the life preserver
cases.
IDAHO ITEMS.
Moscow is in the height of a buihl-
Ing boom, and many One residence
structures are being erected. In ad
dition to the more elaborate buildings,
smaller houses arc going up In all
quarters.
Ben Rhodes, accused of complicity
In Hi" holdup and Bhooting of Mci
chant Keuther at Denver, Idaho, lasl
Bpring, was found guilty of highway
robbery and sentenced to six years
and three months in the penitentiary.
The county commissioners al Lew
ro have granted a franchise to Mrs.
Mary B, Qoddard to lay a private pipe
line along the public highways. This
■ the commencement of an Important
project. The pipe line for which the
franchise was granted Is Intended to
wat< i- from Waha lake to Irri
gate Uo.OOO acres of land between the
ake and Lewiston.
I school census of Boise gi >
total of 2937, a gain of :n I over last
year.
At Coeur d'Alene the Coeur d'Alene
Lumber company has shut down its
sawmills for the winter. This action
was taken, say:; Manager Carroll, be
cause of the Bcarcity of teams for work
here and in the logging camps, as well
as the fact that lumber piled at, this
time of the year does not dry out as
last as earlier in the season. This
throws aliout LOO men out of employ
ment.
The fight for steamboat supremacy
on the Snake river has stalled in dead
earnest, and only the Steamboat men
themselves fully realize the rivalry ex
isting between the 0. U. A -\. Co, and
the Lewiston Navigation company.
Several of the ranchers around Troy
have formed a wheat pool and art;
holding nut for 7fl cents.
The longest bridge on the route of
the Northern l'acirlc in iis sweep from
Si. J'aul to Seattle will he ready for
the accommodation of trains this week,
When the steel bridge Which has been
in course of const rue! ion across the
I'etid dureille river all summer and
fall will be ready to be turned over to
the transportation department.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
While experimenting with a patent
flre escape twung from the eight fi
story of a building recently in St. Paul,
P. M. Bcannon and wife of Minneap
olis fell from the third story to the
stone sidewalk. Mrs. Seannon was
killed and her husband fatally in
jur 'd.
The Rapid Transit commission will
open the mai i line of the New York
subway to the general public on Thurs
day, October 27.
President Francis and Director of
Exhibit! Frederick V. Skiff of the Lou
isiana Purchase exposition, have been
made grand officers of the Order of
Hk; Crown of Italy. The decoration
was conferred upon them by the king
Oi Italy.
A passenger on a steamer which
passed Mont Pelee October 11 says
the volcano was not in eruption at
that time, but was emitting jets of
steam.
The president's yacht Mayflower is
to be placed out of commission soon
and her officers assigned to the new
battleships which soon will be ready
for service.
The movement for the separation of
church and state in France has
brought out a proposition from a
group of deputies to submit, the ques
tion to a referendum of the country.
The const it ut ion contemplates a ref
erendum, but it is only adopted in the
case of questions of the highest im
portance. The proposers of the plan
assert that the separation of church
and state is so vitally important that
it should be submitted to the country.
In three years the progeny of a pair
of rats, under favorable conditions, will
number 1000.
Report of Railway
Accidents Last Year
Washington.— -A report tamed by the
interstate commerce commission dhows
that Dm total number of casualties to
porsons on railoads during the ficoal
year ended Juno .'JO, 1004, was MM SO,
conipising 8787 killed and 51,844 in
jured. This IAOWI a largo increase
The total number of collisions and de
railments was 11,371, involving ♦»,
--888,077 damage to cars, engines and
roadways. This is an increase of 648
collisions and derailments.
The casualties wen an inoroaso of
988 killed and of 5868 injured over tin
preceding year. Four hundred and
twenty Of those killed were passengers
and 8861 railroad employes, and of
those injured 8077 were passengers and
48,906 railroad employes. Included in
these aro the statistics for the past
three mouths of the year, which show
a tatol of 077 killed and 11,418 injur
ed, a decrease from the preceding qaar
ter. These figures do not include cas
ualties at highway crossings. The re*
port Hays:
"As the accident bulletins are issued
famish th»» public with facts this ex
hibit of the dangers of railroad travel
is an exhibit which the most conserva
tive must agree should be termed
alarming, and will not bo in ado the
subject of comment in this place, but
it will bo proper to observe that each
hullcitn adds to the mass of evidence
meaning to enforce the observations
and recommendations made in the last
report."
Wyoming Rangers
Having Trouble
I.ik Piney, Wyo., OotSO.— Banoben
arriving from the vicinity of Gray's
river report a pitched tattle between
the oattle and sheep forces between the
river and Piney creek, in which TOO
xheep, the property of the Batterfield
outfit,were driven over n high Olifl and
killed.
The trouble originated over the ex
pulsion of the Butterfield sheep from
the forest reserve*, where it iH Claimed
the herders drove them without permit.
in the lirst instanoe the ontfil waa
driven from the reerve by Finest Ran*
ger Miller and pat off on the we*l side.
on n(,':iin entering tin- forbidden range
the reserve offloex rejected them on
the east lide and into a strong oattle
county. The cattlemen in that terri
tory learned of the details of the fcrou-
Ibleont lie reserve and ran the sheep
, over the cliiY.
Wild Rumor
Is Denied
London, Oct. 20 —At the ofl'iees here
of the Ounard .Steamship company tlio
rumor published in Amerca that the '
steamer Slavona had sunk oh" the Bp»n
ish coast is entirely discredited. The
Sliivonia 'it is pointed out, passed Uib
ralter October 11, and the otlicials can
not see how .she OOnld be any where
near oil the Spanish coast. The vessel
is due in New York October 22.
Kvanston, Wyo., Oct. 20.—William
11. Kensington, a leading Mormon mid
United States commissioner at Afton,
8 Mormon settlement in Uinta couny,
lias been arrested, charges of jHilygamy
being preferred against him. Resi
dents of Af'tou are greatly excited as
the result of the visit of secret serioe
men of the government, who are snid
to be gathering evidence against Mor
mons who it is alleged are practicing
polygamy.
Trade Report.
Bradstreet's says: Despite Irregu
larities, duo to warm weather condi
tions and reduction* in crop move
ments, trade as a whole maintains a
satisfactory volume. Nothing of a
boom character iH to be noted, but
many lines show gains over the cor
responding period of iuo:{, confirma
tion of this being found on the best
record September railroad earnings
and clearings enlarged over last Oc
tober's weekly totals. Business is also
bitter on the Pacific coast. This same
warm weather, however, is a draw
bark to retail business, which needs
the stimulus of sharp cold weather.
The reports from leading indus
tries are fully as good as recently
made. Lumber is active at the west,
but quiet at the east. Copper is rather
easier on reported withdrawal of ex
port demand.
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week ended October 13, aggregate
1,837,176 bushels.
Business failures in the United
States for the week numbered 196.
In Canada failures for the week num
bered 18.
OREGON ITEMB.
I T. Mayfiehl, one of the olde«t en-
Klncfrs in point of service on the O.
R. & N. line, died at his home in Ba
ker City recently.
Every girl operator In the Portland
office of the Pacific States Telephone
& Telegraph company is on a strike.
