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k 1 f,ll,,tf " WEATHER TODAY Bain or snow: much colder. I j Yoz: LXX. No. 2. Salt Lake City Utah, Sundax MoEiroa October 16, 1904. 36 PHGES. five cents. I ill I j freight and Passenger i Trails Collide, , 1 3rash Into Each Other Head- on Near Portland, Colo., h injuring Many. -5. ; ' 1 tf&MDt the Fifteen "Wounded, One Suc nm cumhs to Injury; Others Jf Serious. aflLpcdnl lo The Tribune. 3ipUEBL0, Colo., Oct. 15. Failure upon ' Part of a freight crew to observe orders resulted in a collision on the Denver & Rio Grande railroad which Resulted in the injury of fifteen per Sons.. one of them fatally. The wreck occurred near Portland, Colo., at fan early hour this morning. ! Crashed Into Each Other. Train No. 6, the San Francisco-Salt lLake-Chlcago Express, which left Salt ;Lake at S.20 o'clock yesterday morning, IJwhlle running about thirty-five miles an hour, on time, and with a. clear right way, when within a milo and a half of Portland, crashed head on into a jjyestbound freight train running twenty jmllcs an hour, and n fearful wreck re sulted. .J Dead. V PITCOCK, CARL., fireman, passenger strain, died in hospital. .I Passengers Seriously Injured. it" CUNNINGHAM, MRS. F. H., Texa3 XCrcck, Colo., evere bruises and prob ably Internal injuries. 1 If HAWLEY, D. H., badly hurt, if "WEBSTER, T. H., Pueblo, Colo., legs Mfbadly hurt. at- Trainmen Injured. BANKS, G. S., train porter, badly IhurL 1. BOSSINGER, GEORGE, engineer. ;TONKLING, W. H., postal clerk. CAS LEY, PEARL., mail clerk. EVANS, C. E., express messenger, I . crushed and badly injured about body. 1 1 GLAYNER, AUGUST, engineer, pass : enger- train, arm and leg broken, and I' badly bruised. . MOULTEN. A. G.. conductor, possen- jger train, cut about the head.. l SMITH, O. M., Ilreinan, freight train; f rib broken. m Cause of Accident. .1 ;The accident was due- to the failure ;of the freight train, which was late, to 8 I ye l'ie a''ne al Portland and allow Kje passenger train, which was running IjMm schedule time and had the right of !way, to pass. Both locomotives -were completely wrecked, the baggage and i express cart were telescoped and piled up in a heap, the forward end of the - day coach was smashed and five freight I 'cars loaded with merchandise were de molished. The Pullman cars were not 'damaged. S. ill AFTER HELLO GIRLS. ijllBalt Lake to Bo Called Upon tor Kf Strikc-Brenkers. ' LV.sPcial lo The Tribune. If. PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 15 In view of ljthe strike of telephone company cm j Ijployees here, 200 operators having loft tfhelr switchboards, Salt Lake, Butte ijRiBnd other intermountaln cities will be lCCal,cd, unon 10 send strlJce breakers here. If forty rom Seatt,e arrived this lljmornlng. Ibirn ofllcIals of the Rocky Mountain IftUi telephone company, when shown IK ii ove Bncc'al. stated that If any lrr lrls,,are to he taken from this city it licii ' of coulw' be without the knowl Itt, ee,,.r tn& officials, ua such a move iHiYu e m dlrect opposition to tho dlo lwcipiiue of the local company. Tho Port Ut? i excnanse Is not a part of tho W0 ? Mou"taJn company, and to take . wSri0nced eirl8 from thl9 Pompanv tirv i0"' 8?.rve t0 lnJure th0 l0l IKSSif v!' ,iF1r y rcans oy do not BporM..nJ,,nt,.thcre 18 any ,lkeJihood of ffiS fflS"taB a 8Upp,y oC lrls from COMING TO SALT LAKE. jfHigh Officials of Smelter Combine to jjfcri, Visit Zion. SSpMal to The Tribune. i?B' Mo,U" 0ct- 1C.-A, number o h ofncIflls connected with tho flTv " SincUI"e and JloanuK com fcflnn 8r ln Butt0 on a lour oC Inspoc i im- J y Vb,tCri a "umtar of tho smolt planta In this city and Hlarlcd for J !oomp0fod nV" Sftornoon- WW ws I dent of tiff narln Selall, vlco-nre8l-i Mcrotow- A.COm,Vtt,nyfe,. E,1"'ard JJruBh, f Braden' lon 1L HUe,'B a" 1 s ,' ' Powder in Cootact Willi a Live Wire Explosion in Colliery at Rock Springs in Which Seven Men Are Injured. CHEYENNE, V7yo.t Oct. 15. A tcrrlllo explosion occurred ln mine No. 8 of tho Union Pacific Coal company at Rock Springs shortly after tho noon hour to day. Seven minors were cut, bruised and burned and five woro taken to the Union Pacific hosDltal bore. The explosion was caused by a miner who was carrying, a can of fifty pounds of powder comlntr in contact with a llvo wire. The explosion did not wreck tho work ings, but it caused ureat excitement, and there was a rush of workmen to tho exit manholes and hoisting shafts. Tho scene of tho explosion was about one and one-half miles underground. TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. Montana Supremo Court Hears Man damus Proceedings. HELENA, MonL, Oct. 15. The man damus proceedings against the Secre tary of State to compel him to place the name of Albert Galen on the Repub lican State ticket as candidate for Attorney-General came up ln the Supreme court today. Attorney-Generalonovan, for Secre tary Hays, made a motion to quash the proceedings. He admitted that the name should be on the ballot, but said the Republicans were not going about it the right vay. He claimed they should file original certificate of nomination, signed by the chairman and secretary of the Republican State convention. In stead of that, the certificate was signed by the executive committee of the State central committee. The court took the matter under advisement. The Supreme court also took up the matter of keeping the anti-trust State tickets off the official ballot. When the matter was called up, Attorney-General Donovan, representing Secretary of State Hays, demurred to the Athey pe tition, on the ground that the Supreme court did not have original Jurisdiction In injunction matters. Judge Frank Henry, who was to have taken the place of Chief Justice Brantly during the hearing, had not arrived from Living ston, and the court took a recess to await his coming. The day was consumed in argument without the court reaching any conclusion. HERRERA SAVES LIVES. At the Risk of His Own, Pugilist Saves Two Children. Special to The Tribune. BUTTE, 'Mont., Oct. lfe. Aurelio Her rera figured ln a daring life-saving stunt this afternoon that hag earned him the gratitude of Tony Hoytey and Charles Harries, both residents of Butte. The fighting Mexican, at the risk of his life, rescued two children from probable death or at least serious Injury. Charles Gllfeather and a woman were thrown from a buggy near Silver Bow park, the horses dashing along the road, and when near the Olj mpla breweiy, collided with a telegraph pole. Her rera's training quarters are close to the spot where the horses wrecked the buggy, and the Mexican was standing in the door of his quarters at the time. Right at the pole where the horses struck the children were playing, and hardly a second after Eerrera had snatched the children out of the way the maddened animals dashed over the spot where they had been playing. Gus Nickels, a well-known resident of South Butte who witnessed the act, says that but for the Mexican's pres ence of mind both children would have been killed outright. DIED ON A TRAIN. Young Woman. Passes Away in Sleep er, Near Reno. Special to Tho Tribune. RENO. Nov., Oct. 1C. Hattlo E. -Wcl-dona, tho eeventcon-yoar-old girl who vrns traveling from Banning, Cal., to "Waba3so. Minn., -with hor father, A. J. "Wcldona, died ln a sloopor car between Rono and Verdi, on tho train at i o'clock this mornlntr. Sho was a sufferor of tuberculosa and she camo "West with hor father ln tho lione tho chango of cllmato would benefit nor. Sho know aho wo: going to dlo so wished to be with hor mother when the end camo. The re mains wero brought to Rono, whoro they wcro embalmed and sent to "Wabaqso for burial. SLEW HIS SISTER. Elcven-Year-Old Boy Shoots Seventeen-Year-Old Girl. REDDING. Cal., Oct 15. lister Stowe, aged 11 years, Phot and killed his sister, Rosa, aged 17 years, this after noon near WhJskeytown. Ho claims he did not know the gun was loaded, but other members of the family allege that the boy had an ungovernable tem per und that ho killed his sister while ln a rage. President and Mrs. Roosevelt Home. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. President and Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by Secretary Loeb, arrived here from Devon, Pa., at 0:31 p. in. Tho trip from Devon was devoid of interest. It had been expected that the special car would be attached at Philadelphia to tho regular train on the Pennsylvania arriving here nt 10:10 p. m., but tho railroad officials decided lo continue the special to Washington. POLYGAMY M 400,000 of Them Bp. in Arms Against It Mrs. Anna RflcKean White Ap peals to Idaho Voters to Blot It Out. Senator Heitfeld Eavors Strongest Kind' of Punishment for Crimo of Plural Marriage. Special to Tho Tribune. WEISER. Ida., Oct. 15 Senator Heitfeld, Democratic nominee for Gov ernor, and Mrs. Anna McKean Whito spoke to a fine audience here this ev ening, the largest of the campaign. Mrs. White told the voters of Welser and vicinity that she came here as the representative of more than 400,000 women who had been fighting polyg amy for many years. Opposed Admission of Utah. They had opposed the admission of Utah as a Stale for the reason that they did not believe the ruling spirits of the Mormon church Intended at the time to discontinue the practice of polygamy. While abroad on a lecturo tour she had it said of, and to her: "Oh! You are from America, are you?" Swelling with pride she drew herself up to her full height and said, "Yes, Blr." "Then," said her English conversa tionalist, "you come from a country where they practice polygamy." She sold she started to deny the as persion, but hesitatingly said: "No, we do not as a country practice it, al thouch we have one star on the flag of our country which represents a State where the ruling power of' that State is a polygamous practicing hier archy." Save Idaho Erom Shame. Mrs. White went on in a forceful strain to urge the good women and good men of Idaho to awaken from their lethargy on this subject and save Idaho from such a shame. She qs nured them that the women of her great organization could not vote, but they fully appreciated the great Intel ligence of their sisters of the Western States, and congratulated them cor dially upon their right to vote and hold office. She said that they now stood under the gaze of the men and women of all the country, and that by virtue of the startling admissions of Presi dent Joseph Smith of the Mormon church last winter before the Senate committee the whole country was aroused, and watching these great Western States to see If they would step out boldly and set their firm seal of disapproval on the practices which he admitted he and six of his fellow apostles were engaging ln. Places Where She Speaks. Mrs. While will speak Monday night at Payette; Wednesday night at Moun tain Home; Thursday night at Halley, and Friday night at Shoshone. Senator Heitfeld made a very force- iui Dijeuuu. nf iuincu iiuoresungiy about national Issues; and the State issues as recited in his platform; and assured his auditors that ho would work for and sign a bill, If he became Governor, to fix the strongest kind of punishments upon the polygamlsts of Idaho. This was the Senator's last speech ln the south of Idaho during this cam paign. From here he goes north and speaks every day, and two or threo times a day toward the close of the campaign. BERNHARDT INJURED, Eamous Actress Has Splinter of Glass Strik Hor Eye. BERLIN. Oct. 15 Sarah Bernhardt was injured at Aachen, Rhenish Prussia, yesterday by the breaking of tho glass in ono of the carrlago doors. A splinter struck her ln tho eye, ranking tho ser vices of a surseon necessary for its re moval. Sho proceeded to tho theater, however, where sho appeared in "LAlg lon." Madame Bernhardt has cancelled her engagement in Bremen and Hanovur, but has telegraphed that sho will not postpone her opening ln Berlin, which is fixed for October 17. Europeans Are ln Danger. TANGIER, Morocco, Oct 15, Tho Sultan's representative hag informed the Legations that Europeans are not safe in the outskirts of the town and will be allowed to proceed Inland only by special permission. The Benimaur and Fahskbylo tribesmen today en gaged In a fierce encounter at a point two hours distant from Tangier. France Is Discouraged. PARIS. Oct. 15. The magnitude of Russia's latoBt disaster arouses Intense interest and apprehension here, and dashed the hopes raised by Gen. Ku ropatkln's recent offensive movement. Tho feeling of discouragement la evi denced by tho steady decline of Rus sian securities on tho bourse. Grecian Minister Resigns. ATHENS. Oct. 15. It is announced that Finance Minister Slmopoulos has resigned his portfolio. Roosevelt's Picture Witt Siioday Tribune Copy Is Given to Each Subscriber to or Purchaser of This Issue. With this issue of The Tribune is given a splendid picture of the Presi dent of the United States. It is a sup plement to the Sunday Tribune and each subscriber or purchaser Is en titled to a picture. Sec that your copy of The Tribune contains the picture. MISSIONARY CONVENTION. Christian Women's Board Hold Ses sions in St. Eouis. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15. Tho second day's session of tho Christian Women's Board of Missions, which group of meetings constltulo the opening sessions of the In ternational Missionary convention of tho Christian church, was hold In tho music hall building. Delegates aro constantly arriving and It Is estimated that tho full attendance will not bo reached beforo Monday. The board meetings conclude to day. Meetings of tho board of managers of tho Foreign Christian Missionary society and tho general board of the American Christian Missionary society, tho parent body, wore hold today and tho regular sessions of the society will continue next weok. Tho board of missions mooting today opened with devotional exercises, which wero proslded over by Mrs. S. L. Wilson of Kansas. Mrs. T. W. Grafton of In diana then made a report of ovangellza tlon In tho United States. TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL. Lieut. Loudon Must Forfeit Pay and Bo Reprimanded. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1C. First Dieut. Thomas F. Loudon of tho Phllipplno scouts has been convicted by court-martial at Malabang of conduct to tho proju dlco of good order and military discipline, ln having permitted his command of thirty-four men to bo surprised by seven natives whom ho had employed as guides. Four of his men wero killed and a quan tity of arms and ammunition captured. Tho court sentenced him to forfeit ?50 per month of his pay for six months and to bo reprimanded. Maj.-Gen. Wood, commanding tho De partment of Mindanao, ln revlowlng tho case, sold that tho sentence was entirely Inadequate, but approved It, bo that tho accused might not cacapo punishment altogether. Capt. Henry G. Lyon, Tenth Infantry, was tried and acquitted by a court-martial at Jolo, P I., of tho charges of neg lect of duty and disrespect to his com manding officer. The finding of tho court was approved by Maj.-Gen. Wood. CHURCH AND STATE, Meeting French Parliament Will Bring Question to Decisive Issue. PARIS, OcL 15. Tho reassembling of Parliament in extraordinary session next Tuesday brings to a decisive issue tho im portant question of separation of churcb and state. During tho recess tho rup ture of diplomatic relations between Franco and tho Vatican and tho recall of M. Nisard, tho French Embassador lo tho Holy Sco, occurred. It Is tho pur poso of tho Government to Immediately ask for a vote of confidenco concerning what lias already been done. Tho recent provincial elections havo shown that Pre mier Combes is as strong as ever, so no doubt oxlstn that ho will contlnuo to command a good majority during tho coming session. After Parliament votes its approval of tho Government's rupture with tho Vatican, It will remain for M. Combes to mature his plans for bringing about the separation of church and state. ViORTAR BATTERY EXPLODES. Threo Men Perish, Three Others Prob ably Fatally Hurt. BOSTON, Oct. 15. Threo men of tho Eighty-ninth regular coast artillery wero killed and eight injured by ilia oxploslon of a mortar battery at Fort Banks, Wlnthrop, today. Throo of the injured may dlo. Dead. HIGGINS, private. KEILLY, private. NEVIES, Sergcant-Goooral. Tho Injured Included Serjeant Foley and seven privates. Tho accident occurred while the artlllorymon wero engaged in target practice. Committees Knights of Pythias. RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 15. Charles 13. Shlveloy, supremo chancellor, Knights of Pythias, today mado public tho list of standing and special committees to sorvo during his administration of affairs, Tho chairmen lncludo tho following: Griev ances, J. B. Gallnghcr, Montana; war rants and chartora, M. L. Hollowcll, Kansas; rovlow, W. E. Chaplain, Wyoming. Thirtieth Victim of Wreck. SB-DA LI A, Mo., Oct. 15. Clifford Ra gel, 14 yenrs of age, of Edna, Kan., died at tho local hospital today as tho result of Injuries received ln the col lision Monday last near Warrensburg, In the Missouri Pacific wreck. This makes the list of dead thirty. Her father, mother, brother and sister wero killed in the wreck. Ex-Offlcial of Hawaii Sentenced. HONOLULU, Oct. 15 Judge W. J. Robinson of the First Circuit court to day sentenced E. S. Boyd, former Land C6mmissloner of Hawaii, to ten years' imprisonment at hard labor. Boyd was Indicted last April on the charge of embezzling public funds. Pending an appeal Boyd has been ndniltted to ball. To Buy Big Show. MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 15. Al G. Fields, the minstrel, corroborated tonight the report that he Is about to close a deal k for tho entlro Forpaugh & Sells Dhows. " mm will Slaughter " at Yentai Was Awful. Will Pale Even the Frightful Disaster to Russia at t Liao Yang. Entire Brigade of Third Division Slain and Forty-Eight Guns Captured by the Japs. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 15. Unable to withstand the tremendous assault of the Japanese, Kuropatkln has been forced back to a position north of the Shakhe river after a battle of the most desperate and sanguinary character. Absolutely no official news of today's fighting has been given out at St. Pet ersburg. Awful Loss to Hussia. The correspondent here of the Asso ciated Press, after repeating unofficial but circumstantial reports Baid to orig inate In high places, says that the pub lic Is convinced Kuropatkln's advance has ended In complete disaster with such frightful los?es that they will stagger Russia even after Liao Yang. Eluropatkin Is Worsted. Oyama reporting to Tokio. says that the fighting continues, but that the Russians are retiring, and the corre spondent adds :"Kuropatkln evidently is crushingly defeated." Brigade Wiped Out. The extent of the Russian Josses is ipartlally Indicated by tho correspondent of the Russoe Slovo, who telegraphs that Gen. Bilderllng's corps, holding the center of tho right, lost almost an en tlro brigade of the Third division, In cluding a third of Its artillery brigade (forty-eight guns), the neighboring corps being too hard pressed to offer as sistance. Zoroubaieff's Corps Suffers. Gen. Zaroubaleff's corps suffered ter ribly before Its retreat October 10, his brigade of reserves arriving too late. Zaroubaleff himself narrowly escaped, a shell bursting Inside a hut from whence tho General had just emerged. Fought at Closo Range. Gen. Mlstchenko, on the left, also suf fered heavily. Tho fighting was at such close range that his gunners were mowed down by the Japanese infantry lire. The Japanese positions which the Russians wero trying to take were sur rounded on three sides by wire en tanglements which cost the Russians dear. Japs Abandon Uniforms. The Japanese In some Instances aban-1 doned their khaki uniforms, donned gray overcoats and repeated a trick they havo often employed during the war, especially In night attacks, of yell ing out lit Russian, when discovered, "Friends " This time they crept up to the Russian positions, shouting, "Orders have been given to retreat," but were soon discovered. Lull in Fighting. A correspondent telegraphing from Mukden yesterday, said there was a lull in the fighting and that the Russians east of the railroad wcro holding the line of tho Shakhe river. PREPARED EOR WORST. Russian People Satisflod That Xuro pntkin Has Lost. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 15. Tho silence of the Russian authorities at this critical hour Is heartbreaking for the public. Not a slnglo official -word has been given out to relieve tho sus pense and anxiety for ovr twenty-four hours, and the public is convinced that it can only mean that Gen. Kuropatkln's world-proclaimed advance has ended ln complete disaster, with such frightful losses that they will stagger Russia, even after Liao Yang. Chief Blow a Failure Most circumstantial stories attributed to court circles aro told of tho failure of the Russian left from where Kuropat kln aimed his chief blow. The Russian commander is stated to havo had two and a half army corps there, with one and a half corps ln reserve, and they are said to have been beaten and thrown into a state of confusion bordering on a rout, it being now only a question of the magnitude of the defeat. According to theso stories Kuropatkln was really feinting on his front, having only throe corps, with ono General in reserve along the whole center and right. Jap Move Westward. Tho Japanese turning movement westward, which tbe general staff had repeatedly declined to qonslder danger ous, is also said to be developing force and strength enough to be a real threat against the Russian communications In the rear. It Is Impossible lo trace theso stories to a responsible yource. Tho general staff pronounces them to be wild, at tributing them to the general feeling of panic. Yet the members of the staff re luctantly admit that they can offer no official news to contradict them. Pessimism at War Office. The officials of tho War office them selves seem to share ln the genoral pessimism. Tho Emperor, they. Hay, I FulSiae Sleeper Plunges Into Creek Car Attached to Southern Pacific TTain Makes a Mad Leap From the Rails. ROSEBURG, Or., Oct. 15. Tho Pullman sleeper Mount St. Holc-ns. attached to tho rear of tho northbound Overland train, broke lbose. left the rails and plungod ovor a fifteen-foot cmbankmont Into Cow creek while tho train was run ning at 'full speed last night, ono mllo south of West Fork. Nono of tho occu pants of tho car wcro killed, although sovoral were slightly wounded, William F. Crosby and a Mrs. Morrill and A. C. Froomo of Portland, Or., being tho greatest sufferers. In Its mad leap tho car tipped over and slid top downward, stopping at tho edge of tho water. Had it gono a little further It would have boon ln the swift waters of tho crook, which is somewhat swollen by tho recent rains, and doubt less many would have been drowned. Tho train crew entered the car through tho windows and assisted tho passengers to dlsenEace themselves from the wreck. Ono man, William F, Crosby of Portland, was firmly caught by the neck between berths and was rescued with difficulty. PARKER MAKES A SPEECH. , Delivers an. Address Upon the Phil ippine Question. ROSEMOUNT, ESOPUS. N. Y., Oct. 15. Judge Parker today addressed two vis iting delegations on tho political Issues, making his second speech of the campaign shico accepting tho Democratic nomina tion for tho Presidency Tho delegates numbered about 120) men, a scoro rep resenting the Parker Independent club and the others tho Avon Beach Regular Dem ocratic club of Lonp Island. Judge Par ker spoko on tho Phllipplno question. Mrs. Potter in London. LONDON, Oct. 15. Mrs. James Brown Potter tonight reopened the sea son so unfortunately commenced at the Savoy theater with "Forget Me Not," followed by a dramatic version of "Cavallerla Rusticana." The piece met with a most favorable reception. has Kuropatkln's reports, but has not yet transmitted them. The only thing the general staff is able to offar is the Information con tained in the Associated Press St. Pe tersburg dispatch of this morning, an nouncing that unofficial reports from the battlefield were more encouraging and that there had been no rout, but that there was no question that the Russians had fallen back twenty miles. How Public Interprets Silence. The public, however, taught by long experience the meaning of official si lence, refuses to interpret it now as be ing anything but disaster. The failure of the Russian newspaper correspond ents at the front to send the results of yesterday's fighting Is also taken to be confirmatory of the worst, as It was no ticed Invariably ln tho post that when a reverse overtakes the army the cen sor Immediately shuts down, limiting the correspondents to Incidents from which no idea is obtainable of the large scale of the results. SIX DAYS OF FIGHTLN"G. Battle Unprecedented in History for Stubbornness and Tenacity. MUKDEN, Oct. 15. A Russian corre spondent of the Associated Press in his story of the fighting below Mukden, says: "The struggle was resumed to day at daybreak with every promise of another day of stubborn combat. It Is now the sixth day of fighting unpre cedented In hlstorv for tho stubborn ness and tenacity shown by both sides. Every Gunner Killed. "The fighting Friday morning was resumed at C o'clock. We again ad vanced from Shakhe, capturing the ad vanced positions held by the Japanese by brilliant attacks. We reached their second line positions, but here a fierce artillery fire compelled our troops to halt, and a desperate artillery duel was commenced. Twelve Japanese guns were silenced, overy gunner being killed and their Infantry support being driven back. The guns stood ln plain view, but It was impossible for us to take them. Whole Companies Fall. "Two battalions which were ordered to secure the Japanese gun3 advanced ln the face of a terrible cannonade and rlllp fire from tho Japanese rear posi tions. It was, however, an Impossible task, the shrapnel of the enemy declm inated the advancing ranks, whole com panies withered under the terrific fire, and our men were compelled to aban don the attempt. Russian Gun n era Slain. "Later in the day a similar fate be fell threo of our batteries. They had advanced behind our Infantry to pave the way for an attack on the Japanese position, but tho Infantry was forced back, the artillerymen wero almost all killed and the guns remained alone. ' The Japanese made desperate advances In the hope of securing the guns, but each timo were driven off, and toward nightfall we removed the guns safely. Battalions Mowed Down. "Our artillery action was beyond praise. Throughout the day tho serv ices of tho guns and -tho accuracy of tho fire was splendid. An entlro bat talion of Japanese way mowed down while attempting to advance, the troops fighting brilliantly and blood literally flowing In streams. Everywhere death seems to be a secondary consideration, "Toward evoning the fighting nt Shakhe abated and we and the Jap anese retained our respective positions. Sensational Nows. "Excellent news was received from the Eastern division Friday night, but It Is sc sensational that It seems unnd vlsnble to give It out until It shall have been oillclally confirmed. Wo can only counsel patience. Any hour r decide the fate of the battle." iropaikin Meets With I Crushing Defeat. I Japanese Field Marshal Es- I timates Russian Loss H at 30,000. ' H Gon. Oku Captures Thirty-Fivo Guns During the Four Days' En gagement. TOKIO, Oct 15. Gen. kuropatkln's southern advance has been beaten back and his army is In retreat. Ho is, howevor, still doggedly fighting, so as to spare the Russian army from an utter rout. Field Marshal Oyaina's triumphant troops have driven the Russians north to a line along the Sakho river. They are vigorously pressing the pursuit and will probably inflict -still more severe damage on Kuropatkln's forces. TOKIO, Oct. 15. Field Marshal Oyama estimates the Russian casual ties at 30,000. The fighting continue?, but the Russians are retiring. Gen Kuropatkln evidently is crushingly de feated. Heavy fighting continued yes terday. Three Jap Armies Make Gains. Tho reports from the field last night Indicate that all three Japanese armies mado distinct gains. Gen. Oku cap tured ton guns, making his record for the battle, thirty-five. The fighting in the vicinity of Bcnsihu continues. The report docs not mention the situation affecting the isolated Russian column. Continuing, the report says: What Field Marshal Says. "From October 10, to October 14 the result of the continuous fighting has been favorable ln every direction, whilo the enemy's strength was always su perlor. Not only was the enemy de feated, but he was vigorously pursued by us, our forces pressing him against the left bank of the Hun river and ln dieting on him heavy loss. "The trophies, besides the guns, in elude an enormous quantity of ammu nitlon, wagons and rifles. These are still uncounted. Dead Buried by Japs. "The Russian corpses left on the field between October 10 and October 13 and burled by us exceed 2000 ln number The bodies left after the fighting of Oc tober 14 are very numerous. Casualties of Brown Men. "Our casualties October 11 and 12 were fifteen officers killed, forty-six wounded and 1250 men killed and IH wounded. The enemy defeated by the Sien Chuang garrison October 10, ap pears to have halted at Plntienshan. '"According to prisoners captured, the Russian force formerly stationed at Lutaohotzu lost sixty killed and wound ed. The Japanese loss was three offi ccrs and a few men wounded." RUSSIANS DRIVEN BACK. Japanese Embassy So Advised From Homo Government. WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. The Japan ese legation today received the follow ing cablegram from the homo govern ment at Toklo: "Marshal Oyama reports engagement on Friday as follows: " 'His Imperial Hlghnoss, Prince Ka nln, Is now fighting on the left bank of the Taitse river, at a point seven miles east of Bensihu. Our attack and ad vance are progressing satisfactorily throughout tho whole front Our left army captured more guns.' " A second cablegram reads as follows: "Marshal Oyama reports that throughout the entire front of all of our armies the enemy was driven back to the right bank of the Shal rlvor, thus totally destroying the enemy's plan of attack. The casualties of the enemy are estimated at 30,000. The corpses which wero burled by our men Thurs day exceeded 2000. The trophies con sist of a large number of rifles, ammu nitlon, etc., besides tho guns already reported." RESISTANCE OVERCOME. Mukden Has Story That Russians Havo Cut Japanese Flank. MUKDEN, Oct. 11. (Delayed in transmission.) News has been received here to tho effect that one of Ihe Rut. slan eastern columns has overcome the desperate resistance of the Japanese a direct route to the right flank of th Japanese main positions at ihe Yental If the report Is true Gen. Kuropat kin's plans have succeeded and tho Russians have token the Japancso in flank and rear. One more effort, it in asserted, and the Japanese must retreat with heavy loss from the Shakhe rlvor or run the risk of being cut off from th army between the Shakho and Schlli rivers and bo annihilated. But It i added, it must be remembered that tho fianklng movements are double-edyfd 1 and cut both ways. In any case, the de clslvo moment appears to havo or- IjH rived, ll