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PRESIDENT SEEKS USEDTHE YJ.C.A.
TO SHIFT MOODY
Choate Feels Too Old for Knox's
Place, so Roosevelt Changes
Plans.
Executive Accordingly Wants
Secretary of the Navyto Take
the Place.
SECRETARY MOODY,
Urged by President to Take Knox's
Place as Attorney General.
Washington, June 14.It Is learned from
a high sorce that Attorney General Knox
will resign from the cabinet In a few days
and will be succeeded by Mr. Moody, the
present secretary of the navy.
New York Sun Bpeoial Servioe.
Washington, June 14.The presi
dent has given up hope of induci ng
Ambassador Choate to become taaor
ney general, and now is urging Sec
retary Moody to take the place. Close
friends of Mr. Choate have told the
president that he would not accept
he place because he is too well suited
with his prese nt place and becau se he
feels that he is too old to take up the
hard work th at goes with a cabinet
position. Mr. Choate's friends were so
positive in he assurances that Mr.
Roosevelt did not make him a formal
offer of the place.
The president, in urging Secretary
Moody to take the place, believes it
will be easier to And a new head for
he navy department than to select a
successor to Mr. Knox, outside of he
cabinet, who will not be offensive
either to the corporations or to he
opponents of the trusts. Mr. Moody
had decided to leave he cabinet next
winter, but, being a lawyer, he would
muoh prefer the. attorney-^generalship
to he place he now holds and the re
is a stro ng probability that he will
yield to he president's request.
If Mr. Moody should change chairs
he friends of Assistant Secretary Dar
ling of he navy department will boom
him for he secretaryship.
LAKE STRIKE MOB
FIRES TO KILL
Millionaire Owner of Freighters
a Target for Bullets at
Port Huron.
New York Sun Special Service.
Milwauke e, June 14.After having
narrowly escaped an assassin's bullet
at Port Huron, Millionaire John Cor
rigan of Cleveland, part owner of he
Corrigan fleet of lake freighters and
one of the wealthiest men on he
lakes, arrived here on he Urania last
night from Buffalo,.having shipped as
a deck hand.
While passing thru Port Huron last
Tuesday, he Urania and consort,
Polynesia, were attacked by a mob of
strikers who were lined up on both
sides of the shore and fired on he
boats as they passed.
Captain Gaines paid no attention to
the shooting and continued on his
route. Soon after Corrigan and he
chief engineer went astern to fix he
hawser of the Urania, and while the re
saw a man on shore who raised a gun
and sh ot at he owner. Mr. Corrigan
says had he been armed he easily
could have picked off he assassin.
On he following day, people came
from Port Huron and apologized for
the action of the mob.
Corrigan says that he strike is
broken and that in a" few days he
end of the trouble will have passed
over. EMPRESS REGE1YES
CONGRESS LEADERS
Berlin, June 14.The chief interest of
the American delegates to the interna
tional women's congress" to-day attached
to an audience given to twenty-one mem
bers of the international council by the
empress. The deputation comprised the
retiring and newly elected officials of the
council, the president of each national
council and several leaders of the move
ment. The Americans in the deputation
were Miss Susan B. Anthony, Miss May
Wright Sewall of Indianapolis and Mrs.
Swift Her majesty engaged all the dele
gates" in conversation, evincing great in
terest in the progress of the women move
ment. She expressed much pleasure at
hearing from the foreign delegates of the
success of the Berlin meeting of the coun
cil. The American delegates were charmed
by the empress* gracious bearing, which
Mrs. Sewall said was a lesson in kindness
and courtesy. The reception lasted an
hour and a half.
The sessions of the congress this morn
ing were again well attended. Mrs. Em
meline P. Wells of Salt Lake City made
the first address in the first section on
"The Education of Girls in American Pub
lic Schools." In the second section Mrs.
Lydia K. Commander of N ew York spoke
on "Industrial Work for Women and Ma
ternity," and Mrs. Frederick Nathan ot
N ew York delivered an address on "Fac
tory versus Home Work." In the third
section Mrs. Cummings of Toronto spoke
on "Custodial Care of Feeble-MlAded
Women of Child-Bearlng Age." In the
fourth section Mrs- M. L. Carr of Lorfg
muru i Ml
AS THEIR BLIND
Startling Incongruity Charged Up
to Alleged Saloon Robbers
Now Arrested.
Even he Young Men's Christian as
sociation is not a sufficient shield to
keep criminals from arrest as Edward
Burns and George Fitzgerald, two Chi
cago youths, can testify. They are be
lieved to have held up and robbed four
Minneapolis saloons, one St. Paul sa
loon and one Milwaukee drinking
place. The young men are under ar
rest in Milwaukee and if the authori
ties the re fail to ho ld them, they will
be returned to this state for trial.
A Milwaukee saloon was held up on
the night of June 7, and the saloon
keeper, who showed a disposition to
interfere with robbers, was locked up
in his refrigerator. I he scuffle, he
pulled the mask from one of he high
waymen and had a good look at hi3*
face. A day or two later, he police
picked up Burns and Fitzgerald,
whom they found at the Y. M. C. A.
The saloonkeeper positively identified
them as his assailants.
Knowing that similar saloon hold
ps had be en prevalent in the twin
cities, he Milwaukee police sent 'pic
tures of their prisoners to St. Paul,
where a robbery resulted in an almost
fatal shooting. James Murrane of he
St. Paul police department submitted
the photographs to Y. M. C. A. work
ers in the twin cities, who recognized
them as likenesses of two young fel
lows who had sought to identify them
selves with he association.
Incidentally, mamermss overcoats
and small articles disappeared from
the Minneapolis aasocfation rooms
abotrt the- time the suspects were
hanging about.
CORDS PUNCTURED
BY FIVE BULLETS
Murderous Shooting Near Win
dom the Result of a Fam
ily Feud.
Special to The Journal,
Dundee, Minn., June 14.Ernest
Cords, who was shot five times by
Henry Trautfether, Jr., a few days ago,
near Windom, is not dead and his phy
sician sa ys he is making progress to
ward recovery. A statement of what
are alleged to be the facts in the case
has be en issued by a committee, and is
in substan ce as follow s:
Cords received five 32-caliber bul
lets in his body. Two lodged in the
back of he neck, one in he shoulde r
blade, one just below the shoulde r
blade and one in the fore-arm.
Immediately after he shooting
Chris Cords did not chase Trautfether,
as reported. did, however, start,
to a neighbor's house for assistance.
On the way he saw Trautfether, who
asked him whether Ernest Cords was
dead. Chris, believing his brother
was sure ly dead by th at time, replied
th at he was. Trautfether then drove
on. Chris, after sending for help, re
turned to he house to find th at his
brother had be en able to go upstairs.
Trautfether, in the meantime, had
driven to a field in which some neigh
bors were working, alighted from his
buggy, called to the men, and then,
taking a pistol from his pocket, shot
himself dead.
A old feud, continues the state
ment, was the cause of the tragedy.
About a ye ar a go Trautfether had
Ernest Cords arrested on a charge of
assault upon Trautfether's wife.
Cords was committed to jail and later
was sent to the insane asylum at St.
Peter. Cords was sent back to Win
dom to jail again, the asylum authori
ties declaring that he was not insane.
When he came to trial again he was
declared not guilty, Trautfeth er not
appearing against him. According to
Ernest's brother, Ernest recently
brought suit against Trautfether for
false imprisonment. This is said to
have enraged Trautfether. went
to he Cords' home and called Ernest
out. Chris Cords saw what Traut
feth er was up to and called Ernest to
return to the house. Ernest turned
and started back, when Trautfether
pulled his revolver and began firing.
NEGRO SAVES LIYES OF
GEN. AND MRS. BDCENER
New York Sun Bpeoial Service.
Louisville, Ky., June 14.To he
bravery of a negro is probably due
he lives of General and Ms. Simon
Boliver Buckner, who were involved
in a runaway accident this afternoon.
"Jim" Clay observed the runaway,
and, dashing into he street, grabbed
one of the horses by he bit. held
on grimly, falling under he horses*
feet as he brought them to a standstill.
The trap, as It stopped, struck a wagon
and careened. General Buckner
hastily extricated himse lf and then as
sisted Mrs. Buckner out of the wreck
age. Mrs. Buckner presented he ne
gro with two $5 bills.
,uu ~c~ a mine manager and bridge builder, is
mont, CoL, made an address on "Paren ts dead at his home on a farm near "here,
Authority." aged 81.
PIANO MUSIC AS CORE
FOR SOME BALD HEADS
New York Sun Special Service.
New York, June 14."Generally
speaking, piano music is good for he
hair and he music of wind instru
ments is bad," said Mrs. Amelia Weed
Holbrook, an advocate of the theory
th at disease can be cured by music.
"No one should undertake the musi
cal cure for baldness rashly," she
added, "for the very tune th at will
promote growth on one head will
cause the hair to fall out on another.
In Munich there is a hospital where
music is used exclusively, and many
cures of disease have been effected."
DIVIDEND FOR ENGLISHMEN
Thirty-five Shillings a Share for Holders
of Hudson Bay Company.
Special to The Journal.
London, June 14.The Hudson Bay
company has declared a dividend of 35
shillings a share and has also returned
1 a share of capital. Last year the divi
dend was 25 shillings, with 2 returned.
The last two years were'the most success
ful for many years past.
OLD MINING MAN IS DEAD.
Detroit, Mich., June 14.Samuel S.
Robinson, well known in the copper coun
try of upper Michigan and in the west as
TAMMANY AGAIN
LOOKS TO CROKEB
Indications That Murphy's Hold
on Organization Is Fast
Waning.
Special to The Journat.
Chicago, June 14.*Walter Well
maiv in a New York special to the
Record-Herald, says:
Is Dick Croker to be invited to
come back and take he place of
Charlie Murphy as the leader of Tam
many Hall?
This is a question which just now
is much discussed among the dis
trict leaders and the rank and file of
Tammany. There has even be en talk
of a round robbin begging Croker to
return from his English retreat and
take the reins into his hands again.
That there is.great discontent with
Murphy among the braves is obvi
ous to eve ry one. Predictions are
freely made that if Murphy makes a
fizzle of it at St. Louis he will be re
pudiated and Richard Croker will be
summoned from Wantage to take his
old place.
The prevailing dissatisfaction in
Tammany is due to two causes. One
is political and the other is "the lid,"
the suppression of gambling.
The most serious part of he com
plaint which "the boys" make is that,
while their friends and themselves are
deprived of the pickings, profits and
perquisites which come from a wide
open policy, Murphy and his friends
higher up are making money in the
stock market thru tips given them
by traction., magnates and the big
financiers who like to stand in with
the powers th at be in he organiza
tion.
Incidentally, I hear on pretty good
authority that Richard Croker is anx
ious to come back. is awaiting
the summons, and probably some of
his adherents are fomenting the dis
content with Murphy. It is said By
men who ought to know, that Croker
has run thru a good share of he pile
he took away with him, and that, for
financial reasons, he is not averse to
coming back to he rich harve st field
of Gotham.
These Tammany men also claim
th at Murphy has made a bad mess
of politics.
ISSUE I N COAIJ ROAD FIGHT
Government May Proceed Against Al
leged Trust Before Election.
New "Vcrk Sur Speoial Service.
Washington, June 14.The prose
cution of the coal-carrying roads may
be made a feature of he national
campaign. President. Roosevelt's
broad hints have encouraged the be
lief that action will soon be taken
against the railroads and the anthra
cite coal companies under he Sher
man" antitrust act.
Prior to the adjournment of con
gress Attorney General Knox said the
coal-carrying roads were being inve s
tigated by he interstate commerce
commission and nothing could be
done until" the inquiry was complete d.
Officials to-day express he same
opinion.
The difference of sentiment prevail
ing between the commission and he
president leads to the belief, however,
that the department of justice may
act before he hearin gs of he com
mission are resumed in September.
CIRCUS GHARIOT IEAM
ALMOST STARTS A PANIC
Special to The Journal.
a Crosse, Wis., June 14.By the
throwing out of the driver of a chariot
team last night during the closing races
of the circus, four horses became
frightened and ran around without a
driver, almost causi ng a panic among
the spectators. The tent was crowded
when the accident occurred. Many
women screamed and began to cli mb
down the seats. The horses were not
Stopped until a hundred men lined up
and with waving arms headed the ani
mals into the dressing room. The
driver was slightly injured and sev
eral persons in he
bruised.
THE POLITICAL CINDERELLA.
The Congress Shoes-r-Whom Will They Fit?
MOORS ATTEMPT
TO KID1IAP CONSUL
-La-
Italian Luckier Than Perdicaris,
Who May Not Be Freed
This Week.
Tangier, Jude 14.An attempt has
been made-t0*fe&pture the Italian con
sul at Laraehe bya band of mounted
me n, who day in1
ambufch for him near
his residence, a mile outside 'of tow n.
The consul, warned in time, took
refuge inside the town.
A courier from Raisuli, the bandit
chlef who kidnapped Messrs. Perd i
caris and "Varley, arrived here during
the night: United: States Consul Gen
eral Gummere and. the British minis
ter subsequent ly visited Mohammed
E Torres, representative of the sul
tan of Morocco, to discuss he con
tents of Raisuli* message. The dis
tance of Raisuli's headquarte rs makes
the negotiations drag.
It is now thought possible that he
captives will not be released this
week.
Hitch in Parley with Bandit.
Washington, .June 14.United
States Consul GUmmere, at Tangier,
Morocco, to-day cabled to he state de-
?ions
artmen indicating T:hat the negotia
for he release of Perdicaris and
Varl ey have not yet been complete d.
Ju st where the hitch is cann ot be
learned. It is suspect ed th at it relates
to the vexed question of a guarantee
by he United States and Great Brit
ain of immunity for Raisuli and he
faithful observance of the sultan's
promises. A a result of to-day's ad
vices, officials here have changed their
opinion as to the date of he release of
the captives and say th at several days
must yet elapse.
FALGONIO WANTS
CONDITIONS CHANGED
Special to The Journal.
Rome, June 14.A sensation was
caused to-day by Archbishop Falconio,
who has arrived from Washington and
has notified Cardinal Gotti he would
not return as apostolic delegate to
America unless conditions in Rome
and Washington were changed. Fal
conio says under present conditions
his work is being neutralized.
JOKE ON HIS FATHER
COSTS BOY HIS LIFE
Mount Holley, N J., June 14.
Prank Reinecke, aged 16 years, was
killed by his father while trying to
play a joke on the latter. Young
Reinecke hid in he bushes along he
highway near Riverside and as his
father approached the boy jumped out
expecting to scare him.
he elder Reinecke drew a knife
and plunged it into the boy's heart,
killing him almost instantly. Mr.
Reinecke thought he was about to be
attacked by a highwayman. The
father is almost insane from grief.
I
PASTOR OPENS INDIANA^
DANCE WITH PRAYER
Brazil, Ind June 14.A dan ce giv
en by he Pastime club of Knightsville
was opened with prayer by he pastor
of he Methodist church as a compro
mise with he young folks who were
members of he club and church.
When he dance was announced there
was a division followed by warm
words, the -xitrier: members supporting
the pastonin tipposltion.
The dan ce was given with the pastor
arid other members attendi ng In a
bo dy and opening the festivities with
prayer and with authority to stop he
fun if it became to their eyes unseem
ly. The waltzes were played slowly
and the re was no interruption. There
id still much feeling, however.
PREPARING FOR
WISCONSIN CASE
Republican National Committee
men Gather in Chicago for
Preconvention Work.
From a Staff Correspondent. 1'
-Chicago,- June 14.Only ten in
bers of the republican national com
mittee are in the city to-day, and it is
not possible to know what he com
mittee thinks in advance of he hear
ing of he Wisconsin contest. To
morrow the committee will ho ld its
first preliminary meeting and it will
probably be short and confined to the
adoption of the record Secretary
Dover has made of the proxies.
Thursday morning the contests will
be taken up either alphabetically by
states or in the order in which they
were filed. The Wisconsin case will
come last in either case. It is hardly
likely to be reached earlier,th an Mon
day morning.
Senators Spooner and Quarles are
here ready to present their side. The
a Follet te people are also beginning
to arrive. Mr. Spooner said to-day
that no matter which way he na
tional committee decided, the electoral
ticket in Wisconsin would not be af
fected. "We control that feature of
the situation," he added, "and will
preserve he Roosevelt electors from
danger." declined, however, to
tell what his program of preservation
wa s.
Senator Scott of West Virginia and
a member of he national committee
does not favor seating both sets of
delegates. feels sure he contest
will be settled amicably. This sug
gests that he may favor seating
neither set of delegates.
The national committee will do one
of wo things in the case. It will hear
the evidence and make a recommen
dation, or it will decline to hear it and
will refer he entire matter the na
tional convention committee on cre
dentials. This latter body will be
much nearer the convention than he
national committee and there is much
sentiment in favor of passing the con
test up to it, especially In view of he
embarrassment that would come to
the postmaster gener al and acti ng
chairman of he national committee,
Mr. Payne, if that committee were Jto
undertake to pass upon the merits of
he contest.
Senator Hansbrough and National
Committeeman Alexander McKenzie
of North Dakota, Colonel C. W John
on of Minneapolis, who will be sec
retary of he national convention, are
here.
W. W Jermane.
FILIPINOS IN AMERICA
AFTER SELF-GOYERN'T
Philadelphia, June 14.Accordi ng
to the members of he Filipino com
mission now visiting this city, their
mission here is to set in motion pub
lic sentiment favorable to self-govern
ment of the Philippines. Dr. T.
Pardo de Tavero, one of he promi
nent statesmen of he islands, said:
"According to the law which pro
vides for a popular assembly In he
Philippines, it is left to he president
of he United States to say when he
condition of the islands warrant such
an election. Secretary Taft will short
ly visit us and make a report on con
ditions, and we expect their impres
sions will be such as to bring about
th*- establishment of popular govern-
ment." SUN WORSHIP PRIEST FREE
Head of Cult Miss Reusse Followed Is
/Jx Not Convicted. *'**?S** t'M,
New York Sun Special Servioe.
Chicago, June 14.Ottoman Zar An
dusht Hanish was set free yesterday aft
ernoon by Justice Chott, who found that
the state board of health had failed to
prove Jjts charges of practicing medicine
illegally. In the summing up of the case
it was shown, according to the magis
trate, that the prosecution had not
proven that the defendant failed to get
a license, nor had It proved that Hanish
sracticed medicine or surgery.
HEARST-HARRISON-
COMBINE FORMED
Deal Intended to Beat Hopkins
in Illinois Convention Pre
sages Hard Fight.
Sprinfleld, 111., June 14.The plan
of John H.Hopkins of Chicago and the
majority of he members of he state
central committee to make Frank P.
Quinn of Peoria temporary chairman
of the convention, which meets to-day
has forced he Hearst and Harrison
factions of he party into an alliance
defensive and offensive.
The de al between Harrison and
Hearst was arrang ed last night, but
the fact that it had be en made was
guarded with the greatest secrecy. It
was feared th at if he Hopkins men
knew of the arrangement they would
offset it by unseating a sufficient num
ber of Harrison and Hearst men to
leave them in full control of he con
vention. The deal is advantageous to
the Harrison people, for while they
have about one-fifth as many dele
gates as Hearst tney are to have one
half he delegates-at-large to he na
tional convention and equal voice in
naming candidates for state offices if
the* alliance is able to control the
convention.
The Harrison people have agreed to
vote for an instructed Hearst delega
tion and to secure the withdrawal of
Chairman James R. Williams from he
presidential race.
The situation was made more com
plex thjs morning by he announce
ment by Congressman Williams that
he was not inclined to withdraw.
has eighty-seven instructed delegates
in he convention who would be left
to him if Cook coun ty should aban
don him.
There is talk this "morning of two
conventio ns to be held in he same
hall if the Hopkins people prevent a
roll call.
It is certain that Hearst and Harri
on can control he convention if they
get a roll call and it is equally cer
tain th at Hopkins will rule it as long
as he prevents a roll call.
The convention was called to order
with the delegates keyed up to he
fight expected on he selection of a
temporary chairman. Policemen
were scattered Hberally thruout the
hall."
James Hopkins of the state central
committee presented to he convention
for temporary chairman Frank P.
Quinn of Peoria. The re was a brief
outburst of cheers from he Hopkins
people as Quinn grasp ed the gavel.
Trouble came very quickly after
Chairman Quinn had taken up he
gavel. ordered the roll of dis
tricts read for the names of men se
lected at the caucuses fOr the various
committees.
M. B. Cagn ey of he third district
jumped up .and shouted: "There is
a contest in the third district." The
chairman paid no attention and only
stalled softly when Cagney shouted:
"We want no gag rule in this conven-
tion."
The cry was taken up by others arid
in a short tim^ he third district, pedr
-p\&- had worked ^etntelvfes^/:ihtS ^a
frenzy.
The chairman, however, quietly or
dered he clerk to keep oh. reading
and he roll was continued, altho it
was not audible ten feet from the
stage. Immediately after the roll of
committees had be en read the con
vention took a recess until 3:30
o'clock.
DEATH FOR FOUR
IN INDIANA FEUD
Gun Fight Between the Routs and
the Tows Cuts Down Size
of Families.
Bryantsville, Ind., June 14.Three
are dead and two wounded, one fa
tally, as he result of a battle fought
on the streets of this village to-day.
The dead:
James Rout, aged 32.
Charles Rout, aged 36.
Milton Tow, aged 34.
Fatally wounded, James Tow, aged
32.
Severely wounded, Frank Tow, aged
26.
The fight is the culmination of a
feud between the Rout and Tow fam
ilies which has existed for several
years.
The latter are relatives of the Tow
family which participated in the no
torious Tow-Bass feud, which formed
a bloody record for Lawrence coun
ty and southern Indiana.
The Tow boys were standing near
each other in he crowd, when the
Rout boys drove past, and It was
whispered thru he crowd at once that
trouble would follow.
Two weeks a go at a social fair the
smoldering hostility had be en rekin
dled by a fancied insult to Charles
Rout by a young woman who favored
one of the Tow boys. Hostilities were
averted at he time. To-day the Rout
brothers openly announced that they
had come to "even things up."
Within five minutes they ap
proached the booth. The Tow brothers
drew together and after a brief whis
pered conversation stood about ten
feet apa rt awaiting he Routs.
Bach of the five men drew a re
volv er and each side advanced, all
firing. The men were not fifteen feet
apart when he firing ceased and on
he ground three lay dead, one dying
with a bullet thru his neck and one
still stood with a bullet wound thru
his arms and another in his side.
The crowd had scattered hastily and
none of he bystanders was struck, al
tho more than twenty-five shots were
fired.
ASKS BALM OF GUGGENHEIM
Hannah- McNamara Sues Mine Owner for
Breach o Promlse^lS^I^K^M
Special to The Journal.
New York, June 14.Meyer Guggen
heim, millionaire mine owner and copper
smelter, has been made defendant in a
breach of promise suit for $100,000, filed
by. Hannah McNamara.. Guggenheim is
76 years of age, and is well known In
the northwest. Miss McNamara says he
twice promised to marry her.
OFFERS TO MURDER MILNER
Anarchist Arrested In Johannesburg,
Threatens Briton.
Johannesburg, Transvaal, June 14.
Three foreigners, supposed to be anar
chists, were arrested here during the
night. One man had been heard to boast
that he would attempt .to assassinate the
British high commissioner, Lord Mflner,
1 if it was made worth his while*
RUMOR OF FIERCE
BATTLE RENEWEff
Story of Land and Sea Combat al
Port Arthur Heard by ^s
Russians.
Czar Calls Out Reserves and I?
Said to Have Sent Baltic
Fleet East.
GENERAL. MISTCHENKO,
Russian at Head of Cossacks at the
Mo-tien Pass. i.
RUSSIANS TOTAL THE IR CAS-
UALTIES
St. Petersburg, June 14.The fol
lowing official statement of Russian
losses In the war has been issued:
NavyForty-four officers and 920
men killed 13 officers and 220 men
wounded.
ArmyThirty-six officers and 980
men killed 103 officers and 2,080 men
wounded.
Taken PrisonersTwenty officers
and 696 men.
S
Paris, June 14.A dispatch to the Temps
from Llao-yang says that the Japanese
divisions, which debarked at Ta-ku-shan
and General Kurokl's divisions which were
at Slu-yen, are marching toward Hal-'
cheng. Indications, It Is added, point to
a great battle soon In the region south
east of Hal-cheng.
PURSUE RUSSIANS NORTHWARD
Japs Are Tremendously-Active Along
All Their Lines.
St, Petersburg, June 14, 5:12 p. m.-
The Japanese are displaying activity
on all their advance lines. According
to he information of the war office
wo divisions of the enemy are now
marching north along the railroad to
ward Va-fan-gow (twenty-five miles
abo ve Kin-chou). They are having
constant skirmishes with he retiring
Russians but he advance is not being
seriously contested. Alt ho it is too
early to determine he exact purpose
of he advance, he presumption of the
general staff is that the northward
movement is intended to effect a junc
ture at Skai-chou with the column
from Slu-yen, which is still moving
westward.
Object of Bombardment.
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Speoial to The Journal.
Londo n, June 14.A great la nd
and nav al battle has been fought at
Port Arthur, according to a report re
ceivedfi*roinv "St. Petersburg to-day. c*f3
The Japanese army, acting in conjunc
tion witfe he navy, began the'attack
June 10, and while it is not yet known
just how decisive the battle was, re
ports seem to indicate it was the most
important of the war thus far.
The battle began with an attempt of
he Japanese to storm he outer lines
of defense at Port Arthur, and while
the land fighting was at its height the
war vessels in Port Arthur, It is said,
went out of he harbor to meet the
Japanese vessels. It is reported a des
perate naval battle followed outside,
and th at four Japanese vessels and.
two Russian were sunk.
The re are a hundr ed rumors em
anating from all sources, and it is dif
ficult to tell just what has occurred.
The land attack indicates that the
Japanese army has drawn closer
around Port Arth ur than was realized,
and th at it is preparing for final
battle.
I he fighting of June 10, which"
was of a sanguina ry character, Gen
eral Stoessel, the Russian commander
at Port Arthur, was wounded in the
leg with a rifle bullet and one leg has'/?
be en amputated at the thigh.
The bombardment of he coast near,
Kai-chau and he blocka de of Niu
chuang might indicate that the ulti
mate object of the combined mOve-'
ments is to clear the Liao-tung pen-J
insula of Russians a.nd occupy Nlu
chuang as a new base. The garrison
at Niu-chuang remains undiminished,
but it is not believed th at he Russian
pla ns contemplate a serious attempt
to ho ld Niu-chuang.
North of Feng-huang-cheng the
Japanese are also moving. The war
office has no advice confirmatory of
their abandonment of Saimats za
(north of Feng-huang-cheng and east
southea st of Liao-yang.) On the con
trary, the latest reports are to th.e
effect th at he Japanese ho ld Sai
matsza, their outposts reaching as far
north as Fen-shuy-lin pass (about due
east of Llao-yang) which is held by
he Russians.
A Japanese force of 3,000 men fc
reported to be moving north from
Huan-dian-siang, thirty miles rojji ,1
Saimatsza.
The Japanese a re strongly fortify v
ing Feng-huang-cheng as a precau
tion against possible disaster.
The war office has advic es since
June 12 from Pu-lan-tie n, in the.
southern part of he Liao-tung penin-'
sula, and they do not mention the re
ported Japanese ambush of that date
resulting in the loss in that vicinity,!
to he Russians of 800 men.
Neither has the war office anything,
confirmatory of he reported ambush
ing and almost total destruction by
he Russians of two Japanese battal-j
ions on he Hai-cheng road. The of
ficials of he war office discredit botbjl
reports.
News from Port Arthur.
Private but reliable advic es front,
Port Arthur dated June 8 are to the'
effect that the Japeneee on that date
were still at a considerable distance
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