THE BEAUMONT ENTERPR1
SE.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1904.
NO. 14a
VOL, VIM.
HENRY WATTERSOIN ROASTS ROOSEVELT
THE ACTIVE PRINCIPLE OF THE COURIER-JOURNAL
FLAYS PRESIDENT AT WALDORFF
ASTORIA EDITORIAL BANQUET.
CLAIMED THAT THE ROOSEVELT PERSONALLY
IS THE CHIEF HORN OF PEOPLE'S DILEMMA
la His Stinging Dintmctatlon of the Administration Said
That the President Was as Fine a Gentle
man as Ever Scuttled a Ship
or Cot a Throat.
t ....!. c...i - v,.ni'lu r.OII 1
new nun, oijii. . - ,1
democratic editor from u.l parts of
the United States met at tho banquet
at tho Waldof Astoria tonight, tlio
occasion lioiiife- a national conference,
called at tho lustanco of the demo
cratic uatioal committee.
The toast list included several of
Hie best known Democratic editor
in
the cjunlry.
All of the toa.;ts were on political
subjects. Col. Sylvanus 13. Johnson,
Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Huutiiicr unit a forme:
president of the Gridiron club was
tho toiutma.ster.
A largo orebe Ira furnished music
dining the dinner. When "Dixie'
was played, the diners, many of
whom weru from the south jumped
to their feet anil the rebel yell wa.s
given several limes.
Knthusiasm was at the highest
pitch wlieii the selection was en
cored. The Kentucky Inspiration.
Col. Johnston. ii ,a brief speech
introduced Coh Henry Watlerson
who responded to the toast "Tin
Issu- and the Outlook."
lie sad!:
"In order to allay curiosity am
i, nv . r.iniii.r-iiii-e or words t-'
tint efrect let me say in the be
ginning, I hat I bei'.evo we can wu
the presidential battle.. I will X
even furelhr and tay thai with any
thing like an even show down "
powder and hull, it will be our owi
fault if we lose It. The two pnrlie;
will go lo the finish fairly united
Knob will poll very nearly, if noi
quite, its normal strength- The inde
pendent vote therefore, will decide
th" result. , , ..
"In the five debatable states of
New York. New Jersey and Connec
ticut in the east, Indiana and Wiscon
sin in the west, there are on a rough
estimate, a million o flhesn important
voters Half a million of them arc
Germans. The other half are mug
wumps and floater?. For tiic life of
me, I cannot see how any self re
specting mugwump can vote for
Uoosevelt, Hie recreant civil service
reformer, nor how any intelligent
(lermati. much as the president re
sembles t!ie Kaiser, can be willing
to I like even n lottery chance in a
war with the mother country, preclp
tnied !i-iii the drop of a hat, to glo
rify V.'.n fdiuinlst ration.
"Parker, the jurist, means pence
with nil nations, entangling alliances
with none. Uoosov;:. the war lord,
means complications abroad and cor
ruption at home, designed to prolong
a - ingle partv dynasty and to perpel
unlo its favorites and agent in pow-
Kvitv economic nuo-tion must
rausc before an issue so transccn.l-
ii nl."
Mr. Wrtlerson mid if he wnr- a
republican he would vole for Parker
find lmvis and lie gave many reasons
that would prompt htm to do so.
Chief Horn of Dilemma.
lie continued: "Inevitably the per
Minality. the character and peiform
incc of Roosevelt, occupy the fore
most, plnce In the public mind. They
will constitute the chief horn of the
M-oplc':; dilemma in the coming cam
T!iev lire ns il wcr". Hie be
ginning and the end of the chapter. ;
"Vet. Iiccbiisc we propn-v
liscus the pro-ddeiit. and to
hoid him o a Jnt measure of
ar-ffiniiijiliility, we are accused of
plmsinir him. .1 would not. f ir mv
Irrt. iit an nnVInd or discourteous
wH I admit that he Is as sweet n
twntleiiiMti ever piinic'i a mm.
"tiij.ii an - j ..... .......... -
nt a throat. Indeed, very much r.mdioa'o in his own t;to has oen
kind of tentlcmn. for hoisting j ()f,:rr)I)i at Pvrrv cPr-Mon.
bluet rj3 over hc i-o.ith has he ( s).'0)l)() hfl cfrrv ,hp f,,'IT,trv in Xo
entiled the fhin of civil service ; vml0r psf(jt,ir that he may.
. . tf.fY.at nf rocin-i ... . ij
o- cut
f at
111"
,,t u-iitiioi tne fnin ot onu wm-.
r. f..rn and rut the throat of rooip-
r-K iivr li' he cvt ver) the law,
tn cam- it jt'Kl in 1h" ny of his hn
r"'. '-itn the t:mc
f.c'1' 1 '. IT r' lwirt of
triii'to!. t" r'TT'oied a Mate a"or
T" v f-.ni l'" ..fice to "hie the pco
(.'. .al i.-i1 tit-n h'rr- in the cilv
ai d r.-ft- ff Ni V irV. to t.c tim"
i'ti. .r a f rx't b .f hi K-n. he
11 '-r"-i 11 rrf r ircT"- ;,ri t
t. rnn,T rn:T,;'m of n-it tar to
tt.. 1. j.in r"'' 1" ' T"-' n-
:. r I r...;r1t lVf.;.;f
C'ifT-l, Tift " T""ca''-1 tr.r P'-i'l' !:"
r,..;- f-w -i'"ltl 'if
y ' f1 ' t lrr 'b " a i -c or
f... : :.)-- t" t -T'' " '.'"H h: T"
. ,,f i---- "'. 'n
Khnft'n iln.'ilirnod In Hiinnrcsa what.
- --..
r!S,r "
Secuiltlee not ii piny to tho gal
leries nchlci'lnir tint fnr llllthinJT
beyond tho throwing of a lltlo dusty
into mo eyes or an unuiinKing pco
pie? Does not lils whole career, Il
lustrated iy his writings, and his do
ing his heedless criticisms, his
spectacular exploitations, his brok
en promises reveal to tis a self-willed
adventurer upon the high sea of pub
lic life, having no rudder or compass
except, his own ambition, no prlnel-
nl,. in- milt ill' eomlni't snvn that of
decking tho machine with the floun
ces nd furbelows ot civic rignteous
ness? Was Jackson whose Igno
rance he rebukes, moro personal
mid autocratic than ho Is himself?
Was Grant, whom, In life, he per
sistently antagonized, more indiffer
ent to the admonitions of public
eiitinicnt? And as we have seen
such things in the green leaf whit
may we respect to see In the brown?
If elected president In 1!01? why
not again in liMHi? Tile tradition be
spoken, what may not be the possibi
lities In 1012?
"As a republican, I would take no
such risks; as an American II would
such rifks; as mi American I would
not. I dread the one man power,
er; absolutism at length barricading
itself against the reach of tho puo
nlo; the opposition thoroughly de
bauched and because of its demorali
sation and impotency, only a degree
'ess corrupt than the autocracy; the
Tovcnimeiit a close corporation of
irgnnlzed interests; slowly but surely
breeding class distinction" in our pub
Mo men a race of medieval princes
-.vit limit the learning of the arts or
Florence; the old, free system of war
and Franklin and Jefferson a very
syndicate of wealth and officialism; a
republic only in name; resplendency
greater tlian Homo itself.
"If wo want these things, let us by
all means elect. Theodore Roosevelt. '
'Mr. Wiittersoii said tint through
several congresses ho had fought for
many things, some of which had been
attained. Me believed in law and
order and concluded as follows:
"Hence is it, that I still believe i's
the people and believing in the peo
ple, I am confident that, they will
iil:o no chancs, cither in the would
be man on horseback or in a new
lease of power to a party already too
firmly set in the saddle, but will
come to Hie rescue of their threatened
institutions, while they may. They
did this In 1S7G and, though cheated
out or the immediate fruit of their
victory, they yet watched corruption
niifl nut a cheek niioii arblrarv power.
"Anolhe Tilden has arrived upon
the scene and fittingly here hi tne
rmniro seat of New York; a very
tribune of the people, mini, resolute
,.,wi .ini Hr.,1 n nil wmiiM t in pxnci
!Uil it !-is of Theodore Koosevol
nnrt in mv belief, as surely as Tilden
was elected, hi1 will lie elected. And.
when elected, ho will be inaugurated
nnd all will be well."
Letter From Pulitzer.
A letter was received from Poseph
written from liar Harbor, to Chair
man Daniels, in which the writer
stated that his infirmities prevented
Ills being present, was read. The let
ter in part, was as follows: "The
result In Vermont reported todav
should he accepted as a warning, not
as n discouragement. Remember
the larireot total voles cast in Ver
mont is onlv r,f,.noo. It I.- absurd to
snpiw.se that the result of the jiresi
dcntii! election is decided, or even
ri.iTsh.-iilfiwfil in th" fastnesses of
the lit'lo preen mountain Mate.
Le.ion of Vermont.
'Mr. Roosevelt's weakness
ivnml.or It t nosfildc that he may.
. .vcrse vote of New York wool
i ine aivcrse voie oi r lurn wtru-
ol- ved the l lf!rn,e u a Kalutatry fheck on hii
i. way or his j :,,.-,,. (n ,)f ,K,wcr. and no elfon -
wh'Tl. over th- h(M w ,,.,, ,;;rf this
is nwn Cilt-i.-i, Th- Kiu.n ..r tho Vermont fle"-
aliitatry chock on hie
j ntt. The tec.,n of tho Vermont f-lc-tion
Is that tho ind. id nts nnd
I tho drmirrat mu-t w.rl; wh 'n
tfroaced viror and und'T a moro thor-
Otic'l svetrm.
Truth Needa A:ttance.
Truth nay sejfviden. but 1'
i t,f,t Boif nf',-cir.c. Tniih t
r:z' tv. .t;i it will it t.rMa'1 wi't-""
all the aids of j,v.,;u i'r Trtfh mu-t
ir. -.T'tt '-T.d. iii -ii 1 -j. -f - -wt.'i' hf ".
lif'i-c d
What It Teace Pfr.
Tin- r-n!- i.f th V'-TP'ir;' lect it
irrrr.-'r:')'- f.n p'-?'- 4 t
DAVIS SPOKE AT
WHEELING FAIR
VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
HEARTILY CHEERED AFTER
HIS SPEECH.
ADDRESS MAINLY 10 FARMERS
The Senator Spoke on "Agriculture"
and Said Many Nice Things Con
cerning the Condition of the
Man with the Hoe.
Whcc-Iing, W. Vu., Sept 7. An Ini-
iiicusc crowd attended tho West Vir
ginia stato fair at Morgana Orovo
the presence of ex-Senator Henry G.
Davis, the democratic vice-presiden
tial nominee, who was scheduled to
make a non political address.
Senator Davis, accompanied by Na
tional Committeeman John T. Mc-
Graw and John J. Cornwcll, the dem
ocratic candidate for guvernor, left
Wheeling for tho fair grounds about
1 o'clock, arriving an hour later.
The senator was enthusiastically
received when ho entered tno
grounds and when he arose to speak,
he was heartily cheered.
In tho course of a short talk on
aurlculture." SeiiaV'r Davis referred
to this as man's natural occupation
and the most important and useful
to mankind. The agriculturalists
iiaave always been found in the ad
vance guard of the march ot civill- crn0I. Cunningham has ordered a
Sd Cght'lr tdejcompany of soldiers to lluntsvi.lo io
denco and liberty were tillers of tho .protect the negro Maples, who was
soil; nearly all our early presidents 'arrested today, charged with the
had been farmers; the majority of '.., f t,,!,,, Waldron. an old nod-
our successful men of today have (
come from tho farms. Farmers as a
class are a liberty loving people. j Since the arrest of the negro there
Agriculture started England on thc,,as UCen a feeling of unrest among
high road to prosperity and the com-'(1)0 1)eo.)lo of Huntsvillo and open
mercial supremacy which she has, ,,,. ,ua i,i..iLr,..i in.
maintained in the world for
I
years.
Agricultural products ieeu ns anu against the prisoner,
pay much of our foreign debts. Do-1 00V. Cunningham has given orders
twecn 00 and 70 per cent of all our that, the negro's life must bo pro
exports are from tho farm. tecfed at nil hazards. The company
Tho farmer can live won and pros-
ner without the town or cities, but
the people of tenvns aro bound to .
starve if the fanners
them.
do not feed
Connecticut's Democratic Slate.
New Haven, Conn., Sent. 7. In an
enthusiastic convention held at
the Hyperion theatre today, tho
Democratic state ticket was placed
in nomination as follows: Moh Fired the Jail
Governor, A. Keaton Rouertson, M,r i, a . 7
New Haven. Ilnntsvillc, Ala., Sept. 7.-After
Lieut. Oovcrnor, Henry A. Bishop, setting fire to the jail and smoking
Bridgeport. 'out tho prisoner, wliilo tho fire do-
Secretary of stato, James Hunting- j paltmt,nt wa3 ncI(I Ilt ))ay wltn guns
'"staTrcasurer, Jno. M. Ney, Hart-'and the sheriff, his dep.ipties and
.iia. ti10 s,,idiers out wilt od, a moli estimat-
romntrnllr Wm Belcher New at ov,;r 2'0,M' IL'"Ilc 1y,l(:,10, I,or
Comptroller, wm. Ueitner, w, Mai)es 10 m,Kr) acclls,,(1 of Ul0
UOmlOn. ' ,...,.. ,.r i,,l, w,l.l,. xv ulrlmrlnir
enn.cinsn nt lnrcr Wm Kclinc
dy, Naugatucket. . I
Tho platform- endorses 1110 nonii -
nation of Parker and Davis; ratifies
and confirms the national platform;
demands reciprocity with Canada;
declares the last Republican admin
istration in Connecticut to have been
the most extravagant In tho history
of the stato and deals with many
exclusively state matters.
' i
VERMONT'S FARMER VOTE.
Claim that It Wa the Leading Fac
tor in State Election.
New York. Sept. 7. Although mem
hers of the republican national coin
ir.ittec would not comment upon the
Vermont election, other republicans Fjre Department Shot wt.
who" visited headquarters were not sO At jjciock t)C jaii as flretl
Representative Babcock. chairman In the back part, burning fiercely,
of the republican congressional com- dense smoke spreading through the
inittee. said: "Hurrah Tor the farm- ,,K.r M(,rl,'S and rills of the build
er. He Is the fellow that made the department was not
big vote in Vermont. Ever since the ""- l
campaign started. I have been hear allowed to pppnach within a block
ing doubting Thomases, in our own of the scene and ati driven ay
party, who were wondering whether. ; Hh bullets. The rrowd on the out
in view of the abundant crops even-' side would allow noWly to enter or
vhere snd tho general satisfactory com.- out until the htwid of Horace
condition of affairs, the farmer could Maples wat surrounded by the crowd
be sufficiently Interested In the cm- Tho sheriff and bis guards would not
inc election to get out and vote. I civo in, but in some manner tho no-
am dellehted to soo the vote in V'-r-
mont, because It i-hows that the far-
mi'r is willing to vote hi approval of
existing conditions. Th' re is fio
doubt In mr mind that tho farmer
everywhero aro ciine to do JuM what
the farmers in Vermont have done."
Nominated for Second Tire.
Concord. N H, F'-pt. 7 P.r a
...-etmrl time th f v m'-r' of N w
liampvhiro to lay norriiiia'od H-iiry F.
I!','li of C'lticird to ' th''r arli
f'a'o tor c-. "rnor. Tho i-to cn
ent'"n was h'-ld b'To and p'aii"
nad- a' a f-mi'-m la-t isht w-1'
f i"'r carrj' d out.
The rrtt Ti'f'Ti d'i"d (''a'Torm
I tfttr:il.T it I. t.i'Tlt Il-TI'K Tl
i'af'rni ar, I en''id'lat t d r,rr d
. f- ,r ,rei id'fi' ' :-". Ill"
iiii'i'm t.. p-f-d a tbi:'i f'ir tr'
'l-l.rn- rti'i fc 'l olr t HI 1.1
t- t"od by aJ.p'!l"T!,.
DEPEND3 ON JAPS.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 7. Km-
ropniklu'H inovenicniH, after nil,
miiHt depend chiefly iikui the
tactics of tho JapniK'Ke, witli
whom lies t'.'o Initiative. If tho
Jupanese comliuio to mess iiorth
;
In tho hope of ciiltlug off tho
Riissliiim and bringing them to
hay, then Kuropaikln will bo
obliged to inovo north to clrcuni-
vent them. Iloth armies are ul-
ready terribly exhausted and if 4
they again como Into n contest
tho action will largely depend
upon which of thorn i nhlo to
Ihrow tlio most fresh reserves
Into tho fight. If there is a raco
northward. It Is apparent that
tho greatest danger will como
nt tho narrow defile of Tlelillng,
north of Mukden, hut tho an-
thorities seem fairly satisfied 4
with tho situation and aro con-
lldent of Its ultimata outcome.
EXCITE ALABAMA
MILITIA ORDERED OUT TO PRO-
TECT NEGRO CHARGED WITH
HOMICIDE.
MOTIVE OF CRIME WAS ROBBERY
Latdr Advices State that the Negro
Was Taken from the Jail by a
Mob and Hanged. Militia
Not on Scene.
Birmingham. Sept. 7. Acting Gov-
"l -
.. n Ihpnnta linintr tnnrlf.
nmn ihhuh ii"'-o ....3
c militia loft Dirniingnam toniglii
t i o'clock.
jf S ,clieved that the object of the
crime was roblicry, as me nouy or
the old man was found near the
roadside, with his pockets rifled, $200
having been taken from lilm.
Maple was arrested today and
was spending money freely. It. Is
asserted that bloodstains were found
r.n his clothing.
lill" "I .l.".i nm ...!., -j
J ' 'to a tree on
tho court house
,""'"
Sheriff Was Powerless.
Tho crowd began to gather this
afternoon and tonight as soon as the
details of the crime spread through-
out tho country in which Waldorp
bad a number of friend and before
the militia was ordered from Birm-
Ingham by Governor Cunningham ar
rived, the mob had swelled to enor
1 mous proportions. The sheriff and
his deputies stood powerless before
the mob and the lire. The local
militia company was called out. but
they were outwitted by the men who
" conceived the idea of smoking the
prisoner out.
pro pot throueh a window and Jiimp-
f.d out of the building into the crowd
jtP i chkiod down and rofw wat
thrrrwn around his nuk and ho if
pullf-d np to th- fo'trt bonao. There
mj en tmnionae crowd on the lawn,
wt.ilo Maples wa infes-iiig hi
, rriio and Imp'icatirit a while nun
and two moro (icnm, J'.bn W. Wu)
lac Jr. and So!iH",r Fjirl Teium
d liv-r-d lmpaion-d addr-"-. T
ine o livnado the mod. Tb y w-r
Vro4 down In inrn. but finally wb'ti
Solicitor I'ettiis ft ""I on a I w ('
in favor of Oi- law ia mr t
-ri. hold the r l ands itnt
hu f of 'bo bit cow d of aeveral t.e
ar, l did -o Th' r a .- f 'iiz !
a rri'it.,. i,t. but -be m wi-h i rot"
p.'l'ed the n.-r-"! v. thrw i'
. rd over a it- f"1 d' w btrn ' f.
Tho t t-ro w a d'-ad n a n n '!-
a cr'-wd wi t male an -f'ic- t p
l-'-i. .e yi.-t-',V " 'TT' J.'i'-- . I.tt fl'
n-i'o crjT'i'T ! I-r'fl tvij'tlj-.
CURTAIN IS
HEAVY F
AT PORT ARTHUR
PASSING SHIP 8TATES RUSSIAN
FORTS DID NOT
REPLY.
JAP TORPEDO BOAT IS DAMAGED
Mikado's Forcoa Confine Theli'
Efforts Almost Entirely to Hold
ing Positiona They Have
Gained.
Clio Foo, Sept. 7 .FlriiiR was
hcnrtl here indistinctly to night.
A steaimhlp, which passed. Port
Arthur I.vt night, reports that she
hcjird 110 llring from tho Russian
stronghold.
A copy of tho Port Arthur Novlkrtil
dated Aug. 1 published incidents of
1 lie light :ng or Aug. 2!) and III) on tho
Russian cast flank. On the evening
of tho 2Utli. tho Japanei-o opened n
heavy fire from Fort No. 3 nnd oilier
points directing thetr larger guns
chiefly nt the Russian positions on ft
bill called tho Small Magic's NoBt.
At Siishlyen, tho Japanese removed
the roofs of a number of C?hine.-?e
houses, strongly constructed of mud
and stone, and oenverted them into
excellent redoubts. At !) o'clock on
I ho evening of tho 29th., n Russian
force made a sudden onslaught on !
the Japanese and at tho point of tho
bayonet, the Japanese were forced
to the redoubts. Trio Russians were
unnhl" to proceed further than tins
redoubt because oV the fierce flro
poured In upon them by tho Japan
. t ...1.. i...
ese. According to comment, iiihikj -j
the NovlUral. this redoubt evidently
had been ereatly strengthened durlnK
tho previous night. On the east
Hank, the remainder of the night of
the 29th. was quiet. Nothing oc
curred on the west flank during tho
night of Hie 2!lh:
A Japanese torpedo boat recently
fired on Tigers Tall fort. She ap
peared to be somewhat damaged by
the answering shells.
Japanese Retreat.
Che Foo, Sept. 7. It is now ap
parent, that heavy lighting reported
by numerous Chinese refuges an hav
ing occurred before Port Arthur Aug.
27 and 31 occurred chiefly on tho
tlrH two days mentioned, tho Japan
ese thereafter confining their efforts
i I most entirely to holding the posl-
ioiis Ihev had obtained. That thee
fvo positions were of considerable
Importance was evident bv the facts
Hint the Russians risked the lives of
valuable men In open fight In their
efforts to dislodge (he Japanese from
ihcm. As proiouslv reported, the
la panose troops retired from nenrly
in points on the night of Aug. 31.
Correspondent' "Scoop."
Paris, Sept. 8. The St. Petersburg
?orrespondent of the ICcho dc Paris
ays: A great hat He is going on be
fore Mukden. The first nnd seven
teenth corps are engaged against
. . ir .11.-1. urith
Ten. Kiirosi. uon. iuiiinin.i
1 he bulk of his troops
toward Tiding.
is movie;:
To Succeed Von Plehve.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 7. !i :'M p. ni.
Bulletin. The Associated Prof s learns
-m high authority that Prince Sviva
tolpk Mlrsky has boon selected to
wooeed tho late M. Von Plehve as
Tiinlst.r of tho Intorlor.
Tho prince I a military officer of
ho rank of general. Formerly ho
was governor of Ponra, and Kkatorl
joav and occupied the poRt of chief
of the Interior under the late M.
Siplagnine. Ho Is 4s years of ago.
ind considered n "''lo man. Ho haa
not iMin Identified with hirh meas
ures and bis appol.ilni.-nt Is hall'il
as the inauguration of a mild re
gime. Revolutionists Successful.
nn.ios Ayrf. Sept. 7. The rvo-'
!ulioniKt of 1'aracnay havo raptured.
Vil'a Knurnsoeion. with in garrison
nd their arm Tho portion of ov-
ernrm nt of Paraguay is iK-c.ndng j
.Lir HMlv and lt ultima'o mirrcn
1cr and ron'ij ! 'o d -fret In tn.-vitaUe.
.
D'd at Auati".
AnMin Sept. 7 O. H. M'-'anhy.
. ,i .......r ar.,,1 U
ho n. and
T' Th'. I'iaT.
S W.. die! at Ani'ln,
Nothing For te Public,
fl.atlo'to. V '.. K'tit 7 lloiry
and yarn Tfiar,ufaoinT t- ir- 11 tne
:,'" f 'ho '"' """ Kefld'o IHtlf
A in tla- ! ro of fowl in 'bo So.i'h.
''.! h' w" aid " t- n
t'lav.
a1''"i-tirit,t t in r;rn
.'
a t," w frt,,re 1'" h f"1'
)f '.n to t '-oi-diT.r ; tha' -v-rl
! i'lfiK w'-ro t'll 'bo
:ion wri 4-
DOWN IN THEATRE OF WAR
TOKIO GIVES OUT NO WORD AND ST. PETERS
BURG ONLY STATES THAT KUROPAT
KIN HAS PASSED DANGER POINT.
AN ABSOLUTE NEWS SILENCE PREVAILS
AND ALL ADVICES ARE PURELY CONJECTURAL
The Russian Commander is at Mukden and it is Claimed
Will Make a Stand There, While a Dispatch
From That Place Says Flight
Continues Northward. '
Associated Press Bulletin.
There is no news from tho far east;nt known.
either from Russian or tho Japanese
sources. For the world watcnors 01
the great tragedy, tho curtain hns
been dropped nnd nil Is conjecture.
Not even an expression of opinion
was hoard from tho Japanese sources
but from St. Petersburg It is Indicated
by tho authorities that tho critical
stage of tho Russian retreat is past
and that Kuropatkln is no longer In
danger of losing any part of tho forces
to tho pursuing Japanese. The. Rus
sian commander has arrived, at
Mukden and It is given out in St. Bo
tersburg that tho bulk of his army
is now near thero, while a dispatch
from Mukden to tho Associated Press
riled Tuesday, says that tho main
Russian army 1H pushing northward,
and oviiciiaiing mm iimcu. n 10 m-
dicnted that tho Japanese aro still
harrasslng tho Russian rear. Further
than this, nothing Is known. An ub
soluto news silence prevails.
Tokio Furnishes No Details.
Toklo, Sept. 7, 8 p. m. Tho gener
al staff has not yet made public any
details of tho battle of Llao Yang.
Tho people aro still celebrating tho
victory, but there Is considerable
speculation over tho ofllclul silence
regarding (Ion. Kurokl's movements
since Sunday.
It Is reported that the Japanese,
notwithstanding tho ravages of fire,
captured vast accumulations of Rus
sian stores and ammunition ut Llao
Yang.
The report Hint Uetit. Terouehl, a
son of Ueiit. Hen Teroiiehl, minister
of war, was klll.jd in the fight beforo
Uao Yang Is denied todatly.
No Official Report.
Tokio, Sept. 7. No official report
of tho subsetjiient movements of Gen.
Kuropatkln has been received but thJ
Kiikumin says It learns on good au
thority that . Kurokl, after landing
tho heights near Helyeiigla! aoout IS
milt's northeast of Uao Yang, occu
pied a lino from Yleutal to tho mines
by hot ursuit of the Russians Septem
ber 4 and B. The Russians, who had
hold to this coii cent rated twenty
...ii,'u .,..Hi. of!.:.,. Ynmr nnd are now
retreating in the direction of Milk- Gen. Grant's forces pushed through
den. the left wing of Gen. Bell. This put
The pursuit was obstructed by lhn tm! nine force within two miles of
high millet. The Russ bins destroyed.,.., , . ...
their stores, but numbers of glins Thoroughfare Gap. the objective
and quantities of ammunition and point. However, Gen. Bell had Smiths
other supplies were raptured. brigade 011 the right and Barry's bri-
Heavy Japanese Loss. Igade on the left of this breach In
The Nichl Nichl says it thinks tho'blH line, nnd Col. Waggoner, chief
Japanese casualties may exceed Hint ' umpire, draws no conclusion as to
of the Russians, owing to the latter' what might happen, had not hostilities
having occupied fortified positions In r,.llH(., un1,.r tn onicrs previously
superior numbers. The mikado has .
1 . . . . - I,.... Issued by Gen. ( or bin to cease hos-
congratti aled the force on their brill- J hj
iant victory In the face of tremendous " ,n8t f'ho ,tlred
dimeulllesy adding that the end of '"?! might be givon relief Tho .t-
.u 1 .111 i t.n .ii.i,... 1 f,.in.
the war is still In the distant nit tire
1 . .
and exhort 11 g care and patience.
Reverse Affected Securities.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 7. Prices on
tho bourse were still weaker today.
Russian 4's droppi.ig another 1-4
lioint to 91 12.
Attach at Vladivostok.
Vladivostok. S.-pt. 7 Lieut. New
ton M'Cully, the l ulled States naval
attache, arrived here today Irom
Mukden. ,
Russian Army Near Mukden,
St. Pet or burg. S.-pt. 7. .
'Tho bulk .f tbo Ku-fian army
nur Mnl-d. n. wh.-ro it now aid- ars
!;.-n. KiiropatV.in ba b--n ainco M'rti.
iday. Mm troopa. it i iiiid-ratKid.
I w bilo not nt.-rinu th. city, are tal- in
! If I ar. d p.-!!
m arotint .Mtik-
'd. n
While
'h.ro l tin ar flc In
.f'rtniati'in oti t Ii i i":tjt. tin- en.-tal
taft l ! m- that .t !v a mull f
reard i in tho n UMKi-b-iod of Y'H
tal No fnr-b'-r fiirtiiine "f imirtaTi'
i tH-.''1 noteh of V .tdn. Tho
cti'i.al i-r i r.-ra'd'-d a. ikt and
tbo ar:tint:'K'. ni'tii t ado tl i af-
rti'xin that -h war fl'- wi'l n
. 1'itir'T r v. out ti'i I,hI"-ti nn:f.
Th.- r i-. tl v " a nut "i ui
V.ufir i-'nilnii 11 '" ;"n.-
" ''' V',--rt u-r i , ii "r dtti-d a
'-o i ,.- r-- ' '--,rl
b p, ''i''t! i' .t-i'-J-d btla
I ICxactly when It will sail thonce II
Russian 8taff Not Alarmed.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 8, 2:10 a. m.
Tho general staff is not dlspalylng
great anxiety ovor tho alarmist re
ports that Gen. Kuropatkln Is In ser
ious danger of being cut off, but if
they had any information from tho
front Wednesday, they have not ro
vealed it. Tho members also decline
to say, even if they know, whether
Oen. Kuropatkln proposes taking his
army north of Mukden.
An officer of tho general staff said
to tho Associated Press Wodnosday
night: I believe it Is safe to say
that Gen. Kuropatkln's army Is now
out of danger. Our advices here
Mondny indicate lighting is of an
insignificant character, and I do not
bellevo tho tired Japanese troops are
capable of Bcrloiisly threatening tho
lino of retreat. The greatest difficul
ty our army is now having to contend
with is tho terrible roadd, resulting
from tho rain of Monday and Tuosday.
Our Information Is that the bulk of
our baggage has already passed Muk
den. This Is tho usual procvedure in
the case of retreat.
SOLDIERS PLAY
AT
REPORTS SOUND AS IF WIRE8
OF VIRGINIA AND CHE FOO
ARE CROSSED.
STRIFE Of BLUES AND BROWNS
Grant's Forces Pushed ThrouoJi Tha
Left Wing of General Bell and
Knocked Out a Pillow
Full of Feathers.
Corps Headquarters, Gainesville,
V'n Kent 7. Tin. flrut niniieliver
'. . . .
Problem closed at noon today when
" "n ine pan ui ine niuo unco
, t-i-
iwhh made by Gen. Int with Price s
, , . . ... -,.,u
111 iiiiji- 1 trnnini iiih, wi tnt; w
ginia, the 1st Maine, 1st Alabama
and 17th Infantry. T'herc had boon
hover.- lighting on the line to whlcn
(Jen. Bell had fallen back during the
night. Tills line, the Ant loch road.
was within two miles of the western
limit of the maneuver zone and ox-
tended five miles from the Carolina
tho r.ono.
While Con. Bell was falling back
to the n.-w lino from the Carolina
road which had been the scone of tho
conflict, tho day Ix-forc, Gen. Grant
iK-cupii-d tho hours In-twccn midnight
and daylight in concentrating his
furc.-s for an attack on the Brown
left. Hp withdrew all his cavalry
from tho noiithein portion of Ms line
from tHltiti on th first day, and
throw two full brleado and 1 mm
to tbo point indicated. Hi artilb-ry
111 no well placed that onobstrytoil
play 1t an boitr on th Brown loft
waa bad. Tbo rffi-ct of this fire was
take ii,to aocmnt by a d-rlair roti
dirod l,y tho itmpiro on tho field
-arly in tho baulo, wh.-n the Blo)
forci- wa r-iMaiod to fall back, but
wa iak.li iti'o a'-oourt la'rr and
cr'-dit tin n aoo-riinaiy. to th t-f-fociivo
fro ,f the P.iiie artillery.
Strike's Return.
cm.alia S r- 7 Two bondrM of
tho j.a'l ne botiao trikT r.dornod
to w.rrk t'iday a a r-iilt of lb
al'ti im .o flnou-piaj of diwnitiDB
itij tbi- urAe.