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TOPEKA, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 5, 1904.
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THE ARTFUL DODGERS.
The School Fund Commissioners
Issue a Statement
About the Shady Comanche
County Bond Deal.
A STRANGE DOCUMENT.
Admits That State Holds De
faulted Honda as Charge.
While Pretending to Deny the
Fact.
MAY BE EARLY TRIAL
As Pressure Too Much for Com
missioners to Ignore.
Public Will See Now Whether
Case Can Be Tried
Before Election and Let the
People Hare Sworn Eridence.
State Journal Prepared to Prove
Its Charges.
The State Journal publishes below a
formal statement issued since this pa
per last went to press covering the re
ply of Secretary of State Burrow, State
Superintendent DayhofI and Attorney
General Coleman, the state school fund
commissioners, in reply to the charges
of the State Journal that they were In
volved in a questionable deal, and in
connection with which the three par
ties have filed libel suits against this
paper aggregating $45,000. Notice of
these suits was served upon the editor
and proprietor of this paper late Satur
day evening.
A -summary of the commissioners'
statement is as follows, as given in the
official organ, the Topeka Capital:
First No 6 per cent Comanche coun
ty bonds were ever offered to the school
fund commission by anyone who owned
or controlled them, or who represented
the owner or agents.
Second No agreement, understanding
or arrangement whatsoever was en
tered into with Mr. Godard until the
4V4 per cent bonds were already issued
and were offered to the commission by,
him on July 22. 1904.
Third The state school fund does not.
hold and never did' hold any Comanche
county bonds except the ones Just pur
chased.
Fourth Neither Comanche county,
nor any of its school districts, save one,
owes the state a dollar of past due in
terest.
Fifth Comanche county is within
legal limits as fairly entitled to bor
row the state school fund at 4 H per
sent as any other county in toe state.
Sixth -The school fund commission
era demand immediate trial of their
libel cases in court, and offer to waive
all formalities of law causing delay.
The State Journal is prepared to
rrove that the state school fund com
mission was offered the six per cent
Comanche county bonds by represen
tatives who unquestionably represent
ed the owners; that other investors
have refused the bonds; that the state
school commission was offered the six
per cent bonds by responsible and ac
credited representatives before they
bought the four and one-half per cent
bonds; that Comanche county is al
ready in default on Comanche county
school district bonds, as stated in the
State Journal.
The formal statement of the com
mis8ioners, as will be noted, shows
that the state lolds many past du1
or defaulted, bonds, those which were
payable in 1900. 1901 and 1902, and
still remain unpaid.
We will show, as does this statement
of the commissioners, that the state
board of equalization raised the as
sessed value of Comanche county
property over 1400,000 above the
rounty clerk's report for 1904; it
will show that Comanche county was
not within the legal limits entitled
to borrow from the school fund
until the state officers themselves rais
ed the assessment of the county board;
It will also show that not only the same
I'eeple who bought the bonds made this
increased assessment themselves, but
the legality of the matter was passed
upon by the attorney general, for his
own action as one of the purchasers for
the state; that the broker who sold the
bonds did so on an understanding to
Yiake from J8.000 to $10,000 on the deal;
and other things will be shown in court
that will astound the public.
It will also show that no one "got"
the Topeka State Journal to print the
charges. We printed them on our own
Tnotion and to expose a disreputable
transaction. Furthermore, the charges
on which the State Journal based its
statements were not obtained from
Governor Bailey or his expert account
ant. Rowett.
On the other hand the State Journal
gnve Governor Bailey the news.
The State Journal is ready for prompt
trial.
If the good people of this state. In the
majority, will vote on the evidence we
will present, if given the opportunity
before election, or have already pre
sented in these columns, they will de
feat the members of the ste school
fund commission who are candi
dates for re-election because they have
been unfaithful to the trust imposed
on them; and they will defeat State
Treasurer Kelly who has been shown
up in these columns and whose bad
record has been established.
The good of the state is above the
good of any party.
. The Official Reply.
So many false statements have been
made about the purchase of the school
fund commission of the county bonds of
Comanche county that we believe we owe
it to the people of the state to make a
statement of the facts connected with it.
The assessment of Comanchecounty and
tb mUob of the state board of equaliza-j
tlon thereon, since 1891, are shown in the
following table:
County Equalization
Tear clerk. board.
1S91 11.494,714 $1.357,2
lf'2 1.341.2H9 1.242.923
l!93 1.35S.924 1,273.516
194 &70.S44 836.537
1896 980.516 8l8,08
918.9X5 ; 759.994
1S97 983.438 . 808,872
1898 642.698 716,726
1899 557.968 737.654
191)0 677.454 742,088
1901 562,674 840,391
1902 678,971 861. 109
1903 633.852 1,036,865
1904 632.553 1,041.771
The equalized valuation of the lands in
1904 was $1.35 per acre in Comanche coun
ty. In Clark county on the west It was
$1.09 per acre. In Kiowa county on the
north it was $1.76 per acre. In Pratt coun
ty on the northwest it was $2.68 per acre.
In Barber county on the east it was $1.60
per acre. Air. Godard's appearing before
the board of equalization had nothing
whatever to do with fixing the amount of
the equalization.
The heavy reduction of the assessments
as returned by the county clerk from 1898
and onward was a part of a contest in
stituted by the county authorities against
tne oict bonus, in wnicn tney were de
feated, ana a judgment rendered for the
interest in the federal courts, which hp.s
now been paid. The original issue in ISM)
was iiao.ouo. ot which Si.000 has been oaid
on the principal within the last thirteen
months.
The state school fund now holds school
district bonds of Comanche county school
districts as follows:
Dist. No. Amt.
1 $1,500
6 275
Due.
1900
1901
1901
19ll
1902
1901
1901
1901
1901
191
1901
1901
1901
1S91
1901
1902
Int. paid to
July 1, 1901
July 1, 1904
July 1, V.H
July 1. 1902
July 1, 1901
July 1. 1904
11 230
17 l.KO
20...
350
350
23...
25...
29...
31...
33...
34...
38...
40...
41...
49...
220
400
125
350
30
HO
M0
300
400
July 1. 1904
July 1, 1904
July 1. 1904
July 1, 1904
July 1. 1901
July 1, 1904
July 1, 1904
July 1,-1904
July 1, 19M
July 1. 1904
In each
instance
we have
given the
amount of principal remaining unpaid. In
many cases partial payments have been
made on the principal.
Besides these, the university fund holds
the following school district bonds of
Comanche county
Dist. No.
Amt.
...$loO
... 200
2H0
... 2iO
...200
Due.
1895
197
1K98
1899
1901
Int. paid to
Julyl , 1904
July 1, I9i4
July 1, 1904
July 1. 1904
July 1, 1004
17..
17..
17..
17..
48..
Other school districts In the same coun
ty reported delinquent in 1902 have paid
off principal and interest since that date
as follows:
District No. 3 $500 and interest
District No. 10 500 and interest
District No. 25 300 and interest
District No. 29.... 200 and interest
District No. 32 500 and interest
District No. 33 300 and interest
District No. 62 200 and interest
District No. 53 200 and interest
The school fund does not hold and never
did hold any Comanche county bonds,
except those recently purchased from Mr.
Godard. It does hold two school district
bonds of Xl.OuO each from districts riOS.
1 and 3 in that county, purchased nearly
thirty years ago. which, for some reasons,
have been declared and treated as fraud
ulent. On Mav 30. 1904 (and fifteen davs after
his control ot the bonds had expired).
Mr. H. B. Kelley addressed to each mem
ber of the board a writing purporting to
make an offer of the old 6 per cent bonds
at oar "subject to prior sale. niie ir e
matter was nendine- before the board Mr.
Godard incidentally mentioned to Mr.
Coleman of the board that he was work-
ins on the Comanche county bond doa
and if he succeeded might offer the board
some refunding bonds. Mr. uoieman tnen
learned that Mr. Godard had a contract
to buy the bonds from the owner, dated
Mav 16. 1904. Mr. Kelley says in his pub
lished statement that his contract ex
nired on May 15, 1904. Hence it is clear
that Mr. Kelley did not own nor con
trol the bonds wnen ne maae nis oner to
sell them "sublect to Drior sale on
basis of 6 oer cent. The "Drior sale" had
happened, and the board paid no further
attention to air. jv.eiiey s oner. ir.
Godard did not at that time make any of
fer of the bonds nor mention any terms
upon which he would offer them. The
board heard nothing further of the trans
action until about seven weeks later.
when, about July 22, Mr. Godard appeared
before an onen meetinsr OI xne scnooi
fund commission and made an offer of
the refunding bonds which were after
ward bought. The offer followed the
usual course. The proceedings were re
ferred to the attorney general for ex
aminatton. a full investigation was made
of the affairs of the county, their way
of dome business, the result or ine nugr.
tlon about the indebtedness, the disposi
tion of the officials toward the new Issue
and the legality of the same. We were of
the opinion then, and we still believe,
that the school fund has no better, safer
or sounder investment than we tnen
made. The county has paid the judgment
and costs for the disputed interest, has
naid iT 000 on the nrinciDal of the debt
has paid all interest accrued to date, has
made the levies to meet accruing interest
and has money to a considerable amount
in both the sinking ana general iunu.
The refunding issue removed all ques
tions of the intention of the county to
ward the bonds.
We in not know what Mr. Godard re
ceived from the county for negotiating a
reduction of the rate of interest. We did
not ask him. and he did not tell us.
It was a matter entirely between him and
the rauniv. We certalnlv received notn
ing from his or any one else, directly or
lndlrectlv. and all statements and in
sinuations to the contrary are false and
r nnriproiifl.
That there was any concealment about
the registration of these bonds so far as
the board is concerned is wnoilv raise.
No member of the board ever mentioned
it to Mr. Wells or any of his clerks, nor
h-ard it mentioned to them, and no one
with their knowledge or consent ever
mentioned it to him. Mr. Wells denies
to Mr. Coleman that he ever stated that
he "had promised the other fellows, or
any one else, that he would conceal bond
registrations or anything else in his rec
ords. Rv the mirchase of these bonds the
state receives an investment of its funds
absolutely safe and at a better rate than
can usually be obtained. Comanche coun
ty gets an opportunity to carry its oeot
at a rate better than it has heretofore
paid, and the members of the board be
lieve that when the investment is safe,
the people of that county are as fairly
entitled to borrow the school funds at 4
or 44 per cent as any other county m
the state.
The charges and insinuations made by
the State Journal are so false, scandalous,
atrocious and malevolent that we be
lieved we could meet them in no other
way but in the courts. Kaon of us has
nstituted a suit against that paper for
Ibel. We have instructed our attorney
to demand immediate trial, to waive all
formalities causing delay and to make
tto' agreement necessary to bring a trial
Without delay.
J. K. dl kku w .
I. L. DAYHOFF.
C. C. COLEMAN.
The blow has fallen. The members of
the Btate school fund commission have
been driven by an outraged public to
attempt to make a defense of the Co
manche county bond deal. It is about
such a defense as might have been ex
pected from the men who would invest
the sacred school fund of the state in
securities of doubtful value.
The commission attempts to dodee
the main question at Issue. Were the
(Continued on Page Seven.)
STRIKE jJEAR END.
Packers and Butchers 11 a re
Keached an Agreement.
End of the Struggle Is Expected
This Week.
MUST BE VOTED UPON.
Strikers to Be Taken Back as
Fast as Possible.
Skilled Men to Htcelre Same
Wages as Before.
Chicago, Sept. 5. The Tribune today
says:
As the result of a conference just
held between representatives of the
union involved in the packing house
strike and of the owners of the plants.
the end of the long labor struggle is
set for the middle of this week.
An understanding was arrived at by
which the men will meet today or to
morrow and vote on the question of
calling off the strike. According to the
plans made they will be instructed to
cast their ballots in the affirmative.
These plans were made with secrecy
and care. They originated a week ago
in Chicago with certain of the packers
and of the conservative labor leaders.
The ending of the strike in the eastern
city by the vote of the men on Satur
day was the first step.
The following are the chief points of
me arrangements:
The unions to call off the strike.
The packers to re-employ as many of
the strikers as they can give work to
and to give the preference to the for
mer employes in the future as many of
the new workers as wish to remain are
to be retained.
Wages of the skilled men to remain
at the rate paid before the strike.
The packers who have often declared
they would not meet the labor men will
undoubtedly deny today that a confer
ence has been held.
The first serious break in the stock
yards strike in Chicago came last night
when 50 striking livestock handlers
were reinstated and at once resumed
their former duties.
14DIEBY FIRE.
Lamp Explosion Starts Blaze
in a N. Y. Tenement.
New York, Sept. 5. Fourteen per
sons were killed and nearly a score in
jured in a fire in a five-story double
tenement in Attorney street at an early
hour this morning. It was one of the
worst fires in the loss of human life
that has occurred on the East side in
several years, although the property
loss was slight.
The dead include four women, one
man and, nine children, ranging in
age from '3 months to 12 years.
Many of the injured were taken to
hospitals and it is thought that sev
eral of these will die. Among the
injured were five firemen who were
on a fourth floor balcony when it fell
with them.
The small number of men among
the killed and injured was due to the
fact that most of the men who lived
in the building, following the Attor
ney street custom in hot weather, were
asleep on the roof, while but few of
the women and children were there.
Those on the roof were unable to es
cape by descending through the burn
ing building and made their way to
safety over neighboring roofs. Mean
while the members of their families
who had remained in their rooms
found escape cut oft and panic reigned
throughout the structure.
The fire started about 3 o'clock in
the morning and there was consider
able delay in sending in analarm, al
though the district is one of the most
thickly populated in the crowded East
side of New York. When the firemen
reached the scene some of the ten
ants were jumping from the windows
and from the ends of fire escapes that
reached only to the second floors, and
others were crouching in the smoke in
the small rooms and narrow halls.
The fire is supposed to have been
causel by the exphon of a lamp that
had been left to light the hall on the
second floor, and the sleeping tenants
were not aroused until the hallway was
ablaze and escape through the build
ing cut off. The fire was soon extin
guished and the search for the dead
began.
Most of the dead were found on the
two upper floors.
While the search of the building
was going on four firemen were at
work on a fourth story balcony, when
it gave way. Another fireman on the
balcony on the floor below was also
carried down and was probably fatally
injured. The other four were badly
hurt but will recover. Two of them
fell upon a pile of bedding in the
courtyard ana tnelr injuries were
caused chiefly by the ironwork of the
balcony falling upon them.
COLORADO FLYER OFF.
Leaves the Track Today
at Lc-
compton.
Santa Fe train No. 10, the Colorado fly
er, eastbound. known as the Missouri
River flyer, is delayed at Lecompton by
a tender off the track. The flyer passed
through Topeka at 8:10 this morning.
The Santa Fe officials state that the ac
cident was not serious and that no one
was hurt.
The accident was probably due to the
same difficulty with tenders which has
made trouble for other Santa Ke trains
recently. A lot of new tenders, it seems,
were improperly built.
More Summer Resort Weather.
The weather is now typical of the
mountain resort variety again and "hopes
are entertained" that it will continue so
for fair week. The maximum tempera
ture Sunday was 78. The wind at noon
was southwest, blowing 12 miles an hour.
The hourly temperatures recorded by the
government tnermometer today were as
loiiows:
7 o'clock 56-10 o'clock 70
8 o'clock b2 11 o'clock 74
9 o'clock 6612 o'clock 77
Wind, nine miles south. Minimum this
morning, U; maximum yesterday, 78.
I IAN OFF THE TRACK.
Santa Fe Engine Slakes Sensation at
St. Louis Exposition.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 5. The mam
moth 134-ton Atchison, Topeka & San
ta Fe freight engine which the Penn
sylvania railroad was running into the
Palace of Transportation to be tested
on Its big testing plant, ran off the
track as it was being switched on the
sharp curve leading into the building,
and now the Pennsylvania engineers
are spending their time getting the en
gine back on the track.
Two powerful engines will be used
for this purpose. One of -the engines
will be hitched in front and the other
on the adjoining track. The first will'
pull the locomotive - forward, while
the second will pull it over on the
track from which it ran off.
This is the fifth of the engines se
cured by the Pennsylvania railroad for
testing in its plant. It is the only
practical testing plant in the world,
and will be put to permanent use by
the Pennsylvania company after the
world's fair. During the world's fair
nine locomotives will be tested at this
plant, all of them of different makes
and several of them of foreign manu
facture. By this experimenting the
Pennsylvania company hopes to de
termine the very highest type of en
gine for every kind of railroad use.
Some of the engines to De tested are
of the fast passenger types and thry
will be run for stretcnes oi eignt. or
ten hours at the rate of sixty miles an
hour.
The Santa. Fe engine which is now
off the track is a much more powerful
one than any yet tested. It is the sec
ond largest type of . locomotive ever
built. .
KELLY GETS A JOLT.
He loses His Contest for Recognition
In Miami ' County.
Thomas T. Kelly has received an
other hard jolt in Miami county. The
county contest board, contrary to the
expectations of the Kelly- crowd, has;
unanimously aeciaea mat j.eny s
rump county committee, which aided
Kelly in stealing the Miami county
delegation to the Republican state
convention last spring- and which also
fixed up a rump delegation to the Sec
ond district convention for Bowersock
the contest board has decided that
this Kelly committee has no legal
standing, and the anti-Kelly Repub
lican ticket will be placed on the of
ficial ballot.
The regular Republican committee,
of which Geo. L. Robinson is chair
man, called primaries for August 13
to nominate a county ticket. Kelly's
rump committee called primaries at
first early in August, but afterwards
postponed them till September 3. The
ticket nominated at the regular pri
maries was duly filed and then pro
tested by the Kellyites.-
B. F. Simpson, who has been Kelly's
attorney through all his troubles, was
the attorney for the Kelly crowd. His
whole argument was that the delega
tions which were seated In the state
and congressional trrwiventions were
those elected under the supervision of
the Kelly committee, and the Kelly
committee was therefore, the legal Re
publican county committee. The anti
Kelly crowd showed that the Kelly
committee had simply been trumped
up by Kelly because he could not con
trol the regular committee.
The contest board, which is com
posed entirely of fuslonists. decided
unanimously against the Kelly crowd.
This knocks T. T. Kelly completely
out of any semblance of control in
Miami county, and he is thoroughly
repudiated by the Republicans of that
county.
OKLAHOMA WEEK.
Is Opened With, a Reception at the)
World's Fair Grounds.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 5. World's
Fair Grounds. A reception in the
Oklahoma building attended by Gov
ernor Ferguson and his staff and 16
young women chosen from 12 cities
in the United" States and four cities
throughout the world on account of
their beauty was one of the unique
features of Oklahoma City day, which
today opened the celebration of Okla
homa week at the exposition. The
foreign cities represented were To
ronto, Havana, Tokio and Glasgow.
McCoy Postpones Fight.
San Francisco, Sept. 5. "Kid" Mc
Coy has left for Los Angeles to go into
training for his fight with "Twin" Suli
van. McCoy intends to camp at some
point on the sea shore, and will prob
ably make his headquarters at Lew
Kelly's, San Pedro. The Century club
had selected September 5 as the date
of the contest but McCoy said before
leaving San Francisco that he would
ask for a later date, as he wished to
prolong his training as much as pos
sible. McCoy has been out of the ring
for cuite a while, and for that reason
he wants to work into shape gradually.
Eddie Graney, the well known pugil
istic referee, horsesnoer and ex-pugil
ist, is lying quite ill in St. Mary's hos
pital. He was moved there at 9 o'clock
this morning from nis apartments in
the' California hotel, where he has
been staying for trie last ten days. He
is suffering from heart lanure.
A Fragrant Memory.
The traveling salesman for a New
York perfumery house was a guest at
one of the local hotels tne other day
and in order to boost his product he
distributed sample bottles of the stuff.
The bell hops managed to corral the
largest portion of the output and im
mediately proceeded to sprinkle every
body connected with the establishment,
with the result that guests became im
pressed with the idea that they were at
a backwoods dance. The proprietor of
the place did not take kindly to the
scheme and advised the help to don
different apparel before reporting for
duty the next day. Albany Journal.
Letter Perfect
Rustic poets do not always find rhymes
come easily and naturally. At least the
following epitaph in a country district
would seem to suggest it: . ,
Here lies the body of William Lee,
This was him, this was he,
A. B. C. D. E. F. G.
Nevertheless, there is no fault to be
found with the actual rhymes, as such.
London Globe.
. . , .
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Sept. 6. Forecast for Kan
sas: Generally fair tonight and Tues
day; warmer tonight; variable winds,
LOST 2(M GUNS.
Russians Were Compelled to
Abandon Their Artillery
In Their Precipitate Retirement
From Liao Tang.
BIG BATTLE HAS ENDED
Kuropatkin Retiring With the
Remnant of His Army
In the Direction of His Main
Base at Mukden.
Stakelburg Succeeded in Elud
ing lien. Kuroki's Pursuit.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 5. It is reported
here but not yet confirmed that General
Kuropatkin was obliged to abandon
200 guns at Liao Yang. Some of them.
it is added, were damaged in the fight
ing and the rest were disabled by order
of the Russian commander-in-chief.
The Fall of Liao Yang.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 5. A dispatch to
the Official Messenger filed at Mukden
on fsunday, says: ,
The bombardment of Liao Yang,
which commenced last Thursday con
tinued Friday and Saturday. On those
days the forts surrounding the town
withstood the heavy fire of artillery and
a brilliant assault by the Japanese in
fantry. All the attacks were repulsed,
mines playing an important part in the
discomfiture of the assailants.
Nevertheless the Liao Yang fortifica
tions were finally evacuated and the
remainder of reserve supplies destroyed
by fire.
During the three days' bombardment
the railway station and suburbs of the
Chinese town suffered the most. The
latter was abandoned by its inhabit
ants after the town was ablaze in many
places.
To the east, in the neighborhood of
Yentai station and the coal mines there
was hot fighting on Friday and Satur
day. Both sides according to latest in
formation were quiet.
On Saturday trains from Mukden went
south as far as Yentai.
KUROPATKEf'S DEFEAT.
St, Petersburg Is Hopeful That He Has
Made His Escape.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 5. 1:15 a. m.
The feeling of national grief and
disappointment caused by General
Kuropatkin's unsuccessful attempt to
make a stand at Liao Yang, deep and
bitter as it is. is somewhat tempered
by the development of the fact that
the Russian commander-ln-cmer naa
removed the bulk of his stores north
ward befoTe the battle, leaving a mere
shell at Liao Yang, and that he suc
ceeded in extricating his army and
especially General gtakelburg's corps
from the clutches or tne Japanese.
The war office here believes that the
battle is virtually ended and that
Kuropatkin's line of retreat is open.
- While admitting that Kuropatkin
sustained a severe reverse the war of
flee considers that the failure of Field
Marshal Oyama to hold and cut off
Kuropatkin is a strategic defeat for
Oyama. The Russian military author
ities figure that Oyama had a numeri
cal superiority of 60,000 men in the
operations against Kuropatkin.
The exact position of the Russian
flank is not known at the war office,
but it is not believed that the Jap
anese can now develop enough
strength to endanger its retirement.
being without precise information
themselves. The absence of news
from Tokio of anything decisive is also
regarded as a good indication that
Kuropatkin is free.
The officials of the war office do not
expect a renewal of the fighting for
several days, which they think the
Japanese will employ in recuperating.
while Kuropatkin collects his army
preparatory to pushing the troops
northward. He has a double track
railroad and the high road. When
the fighting recommences it is ex
pected here than it will be in the na
ture of a series of rear guard actions
as the final withdrawal is effected,
There are no facilities at Yentai for
defense.
According to the military authorities
all Kuropatkin's hopes and plans for
victory were dashed by the wonderful
celerity with which Oyama' s right push
ed northward after crossing the Taitse
river. Here Kuropatkin's information
evidently was faulty in believing that
he had before him the whole of the Jap
anese forces which had crossed over to
the right bank. He already had com
pleted a preliminary bombardment of
Kuroki s forces Friday and was about
to strike him when he discovered that
another Japanese column had crossed
the river further up stream, and had
worked around still further northward.
The latter column was marching with
great rapidity westward to cut the rail
road and close the door on the Russian
retreat to Mukden. Just at this point
there is a hyatus in the reports. Wheth
er Kuropatkin actually attempted to
deliver a blow against Kuroki is not
clear. At all events if he did he was
compelled to desist upon the discovery
of the northerly Japanese column. The
latter took him by surprise.
General Orloff's division, which suf
fered so severely, had Just arrived from
European Russia. - Although this di
vision was thrown into confusion and
lost a frightful number of men, the tem
porary check it was able to give the
Japanese probably saved the railroad
for Kuropatkin. In the meantime
Kuroki freed from Kuropatkin,
marched hastily westward to intercept
General Stakelburg, who was crossing
the river from the left bank. It was
then that Kuropatkin though Stakel
burg's corps was lost and so reported
to the war office, but Kuroki was too
late. Stakelberg not only succeeded in
getting his corps across but marched at
high speed thirty miles to Yentai, act
ually arriving in time to come to the
support of the hard pressed Orloff.
The war office professes ignorance of
the losses of guns and men sustained
by the Russians but there is no doubt
many thousands have fallen.
The retreat of Kuropatkin has evi
dently thrown everything into confus
ion at the front and the reports re
ceived are meager and incomplete.
The military expert of the Novoe
Vremya says the chief question of the
moment is whether Kuropatkin will
succeed in collecting all his forces from
Liao Yang and effecting a retirement
to Mukden in view of the flanking posi
tion taken up oy tne Japanese.
"Reinforcements," the., paper says.
"are undoubtedly arriving at Yentai
from the north. Our main hope lies in
the possible exhaustion of the Japanese
after the bloody and unprecedentedly
long and severe fighting which practi
cally continued day and night from
August 24 to September 3."
The emperor has undergone a great
strain during the past week. His main
fear during the last few days has been
that Kuropatkin would be cut off. Like
his subjects, the emperor has taken
Kuropatkin's defeat greatly to heart,
but the preservation of the army organ
ization has been a great relief and his
answer to the battle of Liao Yang will
be the mobilization of two more army
corps. So far as can be learned the em
peror shows no disposition to blame
Kuropatkin.
All classes of the population are
awaiting with intense eagerness the re
ceipt of details of the battle and esti
mates and particulars of the losses.
Crowds hang around the bulletin
boards. The wives and - families of
many of the lower classes of the people
spend most of their time in the
churches, praying that their loved ones
may be spared.
The accounts of the battle published
in the newspapers here are very in
complete. Some of the papers evident
ly have not yet awakened to the full
force of the disaster, but without ex
ception they try to put a brave face tin
the situation. There is not the slight
est suggestion of yielding. The cry of
the papers is that the war must go on
until Russia is victorious, if not this
year, then next year.
DETAILS OF FIGHTING
During the First Three Days of Sep
tember at Liao Yang.
Yentia, Sunday, Sept. 4. (Delayed
in transmission.) The Kusians evac
uated their positions around Liao Yang
durnig the night of September 3,
crossing the Taitse river and burning
the bridges behind them. In the
meantime a strong force was holding
General Kuroki back from Yentai.
During the combined attack on Liao
Yang, which commenced August 30,
by General Oku attackins from the
southeast and General Nodzu from the
southwest, the shell fire was terrific,
in one instance fifty shells bursting at
the same time.
The Japanese made a fine infantry
attack. They succeeded in reaching
the Russian trenches but were re
pulsed with heavy loss. The Japanese
shrapnel as a rule burst too high. On
the whole the day went all with the
Russians. The Japanese were driven
from the villages along the railroad.
On August 31. the shelling commenced
at daylight from all sides, but the Rus
sian infantry pressed forward. Late
that afternoon the news came mat
Kuroki was threatening the railroad at
Yentai and the Russians commenced
to retire, enabling the Japanese to
bring up wo batteries and enfilade the
Russian force along the railroad.
During the night the transport moved in
to Liao Yang. On September 1 the Rus
sians retreated from their main positions,
which formed a circle around the city,
while th transrtort crossed the river. At
2 o'clock the Japanese succeeded In plac
ing two guns m position ana sneueu mo
railroad station, resulting in many cas
ualties. At the same time the Japanese
infantry attacked the inner Russian po
sition, but were repulsed. In the evening
the Japanese brought up heavy guns and
used Shimose powder to shell the Russian
town. The Russians held the position till
the night of September 3, when they re
tired across the river.
On September 2 a strong Russian force
was moved east from Yentai to hold
K-nmiii hank. Kuroki attacked It and was
repulsed, being driven from his positions
on the left. The Japanese poured a terri
fic shrapnel fire, one sneli anninnatea iwo
Russian companies. In the evening tne
Russian artillery, which had been rein
forced, shelled the Japanese position and
Kuroki pushed right forward and got
within 12 miles of the railroad at Yentai.
Later he was driven back to his original
position.
Twmltorv fie-hting occurred September
3 in the vicinity of Mukden.
FIVE WEN DROWNED.
Their Naphtha Launch Sank in Lake
Erie Off Cleveland.
Cleveland, O., Sept 5. Five men have
been drowned in Lake Erie as the re
sult of the capsizing of a 22-foot naph
tha launch in which they were en route
from Cleveland to Vermillion to attend
yacht races at the latter place.
ine aeaa:
JOHN D. BEGLEY, 551 Scovill ave
nue.
ALBERT G. TREIBER, 28 Averdale
street.
PAUL HARTNER, 200 Root street.
These three men were employes of
the Cuyahoga Abstract company.
MAX HURTlUr, a traveling salesman
for a New York firm.
JULES HURTIG, draughtsman, em
ployed by the Garry Iron and Steel
company, Cincinnati.
MEDICINE MEN MEET.
Annual Convention of the Pharmacists
Assemble at Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 5. Medicine
men from all parts of the United States
convened here today at the opening of
the annual convention of the Ameri
can Pharmaceutical association. Two
hundred delegates representing 3,0ft0
members of the association were pres
ent. The first day's work was prelim
inary. SHOPS REOPENED
Rock
Island Will Not Remove
Shops to Shawnee.
Its
Muskogee, I. T., Sept. 5. The Rock
Island shops at Chickasaw have been
reopened and all the old men are back
at work. The shops have been shut
down for several months and reports
were sent out that they were to be re
moved to Shawnee. O. T.
Game at Philadelphia a Tie.
Philadelphia, Sept. 5. In the morn-
ne game with Brooklyn in the Na
tional league the score stood:
R.H.E.
Brooklvn 4 8 3
Philadelphia 4 10 0
Rehberjr Is Adjudged Insane.
August Rehberg was adjudged insane in
the probate court this morning. He has
threatened his wife and neighbors and
imagines people are after him.
Colonists' Rates via, the Maple Leaf Ry.
Chicago Great Western railway will
make low rates to points In Montana,
Idaho, Washington and Western Can
ada. Tickets on sale daily from Sep
tember 15 to October 15. For further
information apply to Geo. W. Lincoln,
T. P. A.. 7 West 9th street. Kansas
City,, Mo.
LABOR'SJOLIDAY.
Annual Event Is Celebrated
Throughout the Country.
Ten Thousand Parade Streets of
Kansas City.
A SPEECH BY WATSON.
Populist Candidate forPreslden
Addresses Labor llost.
Parade and Athletic Sports at
World's Pair Grounds.
Kansas City, Sept. 5. Thomas E.
Watson, Populist candidate for presi
dent of the United States, waa tho
principal speaker at a Labor day pic
nic here today. Previous to the
speech making nearly 10,000 working
men passed in parade through down
town streets.
At World's Fair.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 6. At tha
world's fair grounds Labor day was
observed with a parade and athletio
sports. As a part of the Olymplo
games, aquatic contests were held in
the United States life savers" lake.
Conditions Compared.
New York, Sept. 5. Labor day 1904
presents many interesting facts and.
conditions both to employers and em
ployes in New York city as compared
with the same period a year ago.
Within the five months between April
1 and September 1, this year, losses in
wages to workingmen in New York
city from strikes and lock outs hava
been more than one-third less than,
during the same months last year and!
the losses to employers have been cor
respondingly smaller.
In all of the 1904 strikes, except
possibly the building trades, the out
come has marked a decided step to
wards the "open shop" and in several
instances the employers have achieved
a decided victory, the striking union
men having returned to work side by
side with non-union employes. Thia
was especially noted in the strikes of
the marine machinists, the tailors and
the butchers.
Small Parade In Chicago.
Chicago, Sept. 5. The annual holi
day of labor was celebrated today by
parade and picnics. The march, the
chief feature of the day in previous
years, was a comparatively small af
air. It was participated in only by tho
teamsters, workers in the building'
trades, the butcher workmen and a
few other organizations.
At Bloomtngton, 111.
BlSOmington, 111.. Sept. 5. The largest
Labor day celebration in local history
took place today, about 8,000 persons be
ing in line.
100 Organizations in Line.
Denver, Col., Sept. 6. More than 100 or
ganizations marched in the parade to
day in the celebration of Labor day. Clar-
ence S. Darrow of Chicago delivered an
address at the Labor union picnic, di
cussing exhaustively the action of Gov.
James H. Peabody and the military au
thorities in connection with strikes it
this state.
KILLEDFIVE.
Explosion of Nitroglycerin at
an Oil Well In Ohio.
Findlay, O., Sept. 5. Five are dead
and an equal number seriously injured
as the result of a premature explosion
of a quantity of nitroglycerin near Up
per Sandusky.
The dead:
MALEN LOOKABAUGH, Findlay.
LAFE McKAY, Findlay.
JOSEPH FOX, Lima.
CORINNE WISE, aged 11, Upper
Sandusky.
EMANUEL URCAN, Cincinnati.
Tne injured:
Ernest Wise, leg badly mangled and
internally injured; will probably die.
Louis Lookabaugh, aged 15, ear blown
off and leg broken; not expected to re
cover. Alice Wise, badly Injured about the
head; condition critical.
Mary Gullliford, bruised about th
body.
Claire Lookabaugh, face and limbs
badly cut.
The accident occurred while McKay,
an oil well shooter, was engaged In low
ering the nitroglycerin.
At the time, his assistants, the Look
abaughs and Fox. with the others.were
grouped about the. well. The cause of
the explosion is -unknown.
The Johnnies and the Smiths.
Chicago's new city directory from
page 1.084 offers somewhat monotonous
reading, showing the whereabouts
on our mundane sphere of not
fewer than five thousand Johnsons,
with a dash of 500 Johnstons and an
advance guard of 150 Norwegians by
the name of Johnsen. Over 600 John
sons enjoy the given name of John.
The Smith family is losing ground and
takes second place, with 4,800 members.
The latter clan, however, has the con
solation of being closely bound with 1,
100 Schmldts.250 Schmitzes,150 Schmitts.
85 Scmlds, 65 Smyths, 20 Smythes, JS
Smits, 6 Smeets, 5 Smitts, 1 Smitt, I
Smeth. 1 Smet, 2 Schmidtzs, and 3
Smitals.
That Weshmen are not scarce in Chi
cago is evident from the Evans and
Davis department of the volume. The
former number over 600. and their
cousins, from Cambria's shores.those of
the latter name, are twice as numer
ous. In our midst dwell 16 George Wash
ingtons, 25 Walter Scotts, 2 Charles
Dickens and 2 Roosevelts.
The happiest man in the directory la
Mr. Sorgenfrel, who is manager of
something. Ask a German what It
means.
In the "Jawbreaker" class are entered
such disturbers of the vocal peace as
Zyguez, Czzalusts, Conzanwiewlect,
Czizek and other acrobatic feats of the
alphabet. The letter "Q" is not as
useless as supposed, as proved by the
fact that the volume contains 1.000
names beginning with that letter. Quin
tans, Quinns and Quirks predominate,
and seven Chinamen by the name of
Quong "help some." Chicago Intu.
Ocean.