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BEAUMONT ENTERPRI
THE
BC AUMONT, TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1904.
VOL. VIM.
STATUS OF THE "LEN4" AT SAN FRANCISCO
JAPANESE CONSUL PROTESTS AGAINST THE
PRESENCE THERE OF THE RUSSIAN
AUXILLIARY CRUISER.
FEDERAL INSPECTORS OF
WILL INVESTIGATE
Russian Representative at Washington Will Ask Per
mission to Remove Guns and Thoroughly Over
haul the Vessel Which May Remain
Until War is Over.
San Franc!
sco, Sept. 12. Tho Him-1
b'ftn triniHport
.. ...i,ii. .....,. I
b nil iritiin,'i'i i jji-uu, wuii;ii MiiuAiiLi-f .
u.ly arrived .a port yesterday m !
Vladivostok, remains nt anchor oft Secretary Murray of the department
tho Union Iron Works. Her coin- of commerce and labor who has dl
mnndcr states that her boilers are In ' jurlslctlon In the matter. Tho
need of repairs and that some .me,- .ts "Sand!
iiiust elapso before tho wl.l be In . mo tnat R8san auxiliary cruiser
condition to go to sea As yet nothing j Lena, arriving at this port nth Inst.,
fin ill i. it iiiJiiu i t n in u iiiiiv ink ii vi na - - i i . .
i . . 1 i .. l : - u nvn wnnm a. nmira 'i no nontu n
dry dock and no Intention has l.oen i -lrtS that hu has entero for repairs t.onera! Kt.ropatkin has returned to
. - reports that ho has entered for repairs Mukden al'tor in-neeiimr u.. f,..nn,.n
dlKcloscd regarding her future move- ,llttor , am reqno8llns lho InHiiecto-lfi" "t ?, ,C ? ?
m.-nta Tho TTnlVc.l States aillhoH-' ,f 1,.I1 n.wl Mlon, In nmlo. mi nvmn. i 'lns at 1 iO 1 8S3, WOI It Oil which IS
Los here say their action will be
governed by Instructions f-'om Washington.
At tho conclusion of a conference regulations for the collector asiiinn
between the collector of the port and lug any authority and request instiuc
the Japanese consul, the collector :tions."
gave out a statement in which ho Orders to CohecUr.
sulci: "I have decided not to allow I Acting Secretary Mm sent tho
tho Japaneso to go aboard the Lena following dispatch to the collector:
t; make an examination.- This mat-1 "Your telegram addressed to the
ter is between the United States and secretary of the treasury concerning
tho 'Tlusslan government and the jitussian steamer Lena received, at
United Stales will attend to It with- '4; 45 p. m. You shoal"' have miurivs
out asking assistance from others. 1 ed this department as directed in cfr
know the law and will enforce It. Iculnr 29.
The neutrality of the United Stales "Wire the exact hour of sttMrnor's
will be maintained without regard to, arrival at vour port and concise state
tiny request or act of the Japanese p-icnt of steamboat in '! icier ?. repoir
consul." land if repairs arc neeissarv ami iho
Wants to Make Repairs.
Itear Admiral Goodrich lunched
wilh Captain Berlinsky and oilier of
ficers of the Lena on board the ves
sel. Thov could nt be seen. Lieut.
7.tolT. npenking roriiie captain. sm
tnat tlio mam oojeci 01 uie iuiih
v,.Ssel In making this port, was to
have an opportunity to make neees-
fary repairs to tier ensme an- "'
ers. tier 1101 nm 1 10111 "-c
t,v 1.0 cleaned in dry dock.
The liei!tonnnt said that tli i j Lena u
coal bunkers wero far from being de
pleted and he thought It would ue un
necessary for her to coal at th's pott.
The Unitedd States Inspectors of
i...iic f.nri hnllers have been ordered
l,n nnlf red
xam nal ion of
,ort win toW
. .1 . i.
of the stay
to make a thorough exa
the Lena and on the report
lv depend the duration
tii" vessel In this bay.
If It is decided that repairs are re
tiuired they will be made as rnpily as
possible and It js generally antici
pated that this Is what will ho done.
Collector Wires Account.
Collector of the Port Stralton has
not received any definite instructiona' es from the front, St. Petersburg has l mil retreat, and tne nrst a. my
from Washington but has wired anngain fallen back upon rumors. 'P?' X 'hi
account, of the situation. . Countless stories are afloat regard- .(( ,,J
In the meantime, the cc- lector Ing he 1 uss n aeiea a , . . - )Ic momnt an, 8W!1lrc safe
vii'W or tne met rnni mo rcunirs uiu.himiiu ui ...-.....- - - -
said to bo Imperative, has refused 1 to while others have apparet. ly basis
o,der Lena fremt the harbor wl.h- In fact to give them a semblance of
n ,4 t,o:s wttnout a tin. mvesug,-
The Lena is anchored between the
fer army transports lying In Mis-
from tno n.g guns " -nno oatiiesm,,
wineii was aeccptcd ny tne v:," " , " , n.
ment Saturday.
The navleatlng officer Speckeniff,
t.n being asked how long he wouM re
main ho-e. said: "We expect orders
f-om our naval representative at
Vashington, who has been advlsedd
of our arrival. It Is probable that he
will ask the American government
foT permission to remove the guns
from our decks and allow the vessel
to remain hede until the repairs can
b'j finished."
When asked how lo-ig h thoneht
that would require, he said: "The,
I-cna will prohoh'v remain here tin
t; h. wr Is over."
The Japanese cfinsul has little to
My on the nihlrct of the presence In
tlio Brtir ' the Ictis.
"I hsv wlrd to te Jsan w min
ister WaRhlnirton." ail he. "noti-
f:ng him of the vessel srrtval ne.
i, .!,, v. Russian 'iilia t r"ii.r
The Japanese a-ovem ment w-l take U,nm, s,.pt. 12-Jmes i.w,n.-r. " "" ,rtlrf. a,Hr.-d
action at present, hut will wait for thr onvrvstive m-mt-r P-rlis- fr'ne,.p.T.. hn
'l.e rni.e,i S.ate, to make their K Thao, diviMon .f Ken,, is to be lmtv mI.-p J '"Wn VhsV
Th vsel d'K-s impress ,Km in 1ML K-irM. 'JZ
me as lKin formidaMe and I do no, J J'Tsav-
,,,,. tba, ,h, hs. r.r g.o this port j Repwbllt.B. CmrTlti M.,e. ,M fnrr, U
in a spirit of t-im.ty to Japan. j rorlUn, M,inP fA 12-Tb- T.',I1 if,,.iri.m its'
Jaoanese Con-ul Prof.ts. ' publican, nrrl-d t. ss'e in M- t ert.r.'Wrt, in ih- R-
r.m,r, of Jstisn Main- s;-,o 11 oTWk .onisti, in1du.-:r a r,:.rlm t.rr.,..,ir V-.ns 11.-
I,na. which srrivM at Pun Fran. two , R..p,nfj t-sndidi
vesterdsy. to rmin Vf'T :;r. with
l.. nrs came tlsv lni ,h'- .'n"-- I .r-r rM:n' - i'ir v-"" e
m.t'r 1:mm d-msnd si diTK-s. ih rirr,. in.,'
ri rn.i " ' . ....... . . -.A it..
that
tifct il'.c
BOILERS AND HULLS
SINCERITY OF THE VISIT
ties of tlio arrival and
the protest
Wax addressed tn thn uninlnrv nf thn
ij -
J,
Nation of the vessel's !iinc.lii:iery,not wc" advanced but is being bur-
with the consent of the RiiFfdnr. eon-
sul and the commander of the Lena. 1
Can tlnd no authority In the law or
(time probably required t.i complete troops Rpnt t0 Topingshcn retreated
them. On receipt of partlr.ilats i.inwjtll heavy ,OHg
(le.iaiimenr. win instruct yuu mum;..
The circi.ar referred to w:ts to
sued on February 13 of the present twcen Sinmi.ntin and Mukden, shoot
year before tho hosl ihtlo .-twcen ,nR tQ (Icat(l n,lsslln ,)!Urjols,
Russia and japan uopmhh h- u huh m-
sides containing mo piesmuin a i"'"-
IRHtion and the stahileft regarding
neutrality, gave inslr.ictiors to tol
lectors "that snoum any mws ...-
lng nnicmi acuuu wtm, ju
nmnicate the fact to the dep '-"tment
by tcsegraph.
Russians After Kurokl.
London, Sept. 12. The Daily Mail's
...1.... ...111. tr TgnniinHn rO-
, t tne Japanese re-.
, cl" 1 lBl"'"ul ' ... .1.
correspomiem. "" i" .'
'peats tho Tien Tln report that Lieut
lUncvitch with 6H.0U0 men invaded
tvl ltl, Wea and cut Gen. Ku-
, Sj"Wan6
B iviM..v -
niinnw
"' .
Fails Back on Rumors. ,
o... 10 rnh
St. reuersoiuK. ...
the lull in military operations and an
almost, entire suspension of despatch-.
inn Kuropa.k.n
is to bo superceded by G.-n Linevl.eh
Is named as thermos, probable sic-
" satisfaction
Willi tne uiiimie "i
fron, Noither Alexieff's nor Kuro -
natkin'g friends RfH-m to attach great
' . . .i .. . . .1 .... I ..... .1 V.
imporiance to imw! .
. ing mem.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, D. C. Sept. 12 Korc
cast :
Ixmislana partly cloudy Tuesday;
show-e a and ctwder In west ponion. firo Hn .rten tno neaviest.
Wednesday, showers; light to fresh I t must Ik- aid for the .lamncsp
south winds. Iths althntich ther flcht with the
East Texas Showers Tm-sday: j r,oM fw-rrencss. risrina and curaco.
cs1er in northeast p irlion; Wed-n-s- j,jl0r ,Bit1. not like msdm' n. but
day showers; fresh south winds U lth their hearts and they .lx y th ir
West Texas Part cloudy TuesdaT-. 'omrn, )n nu ,tnlt."
showers; cooler in extreme western- yr rturltirh testlflod. s oth r cfr
porlion. respondent have f1fc. tht t'.e Jsrv
so's a f oontinMslly rrt!nc f'evh
Member of Parlilsment Dd.
plur!i-y f Vnt'
f'r r - n - - rrt -
M fr li il '
I .... Mf-f.lln1ilv IllM i ' I" ' K
A BREAK DOWN.
A break down and delay of 3 hours '
at tht power houte of the Beaumont
Ice, Light and Refrigerating CoWi'pany '
almost put the Enterprise out of bus
Ineas last night.
RUSSIAN RETREAT
IS YET
CHINESE BANDITS AliE SWARi.;.
ING AROUND MUK
DEN. 12 om ficiinT mo n
Correspondent say Musscovites Pre
sented Dejected Appearance
After the Battle and the War
is Unpopular
London, Sept. 12. The Dally Mall's
Sinnilntin correspondent cabling un
der date of S
led along. At the some Unit danger
ous and costly efforts to delay Japan-
ese advance are being made.
This is the outcome of the em
pi rors orders and that the emperor
even peremptorily commanded Kuro
patkin to retake Liau Yang.
There is no abatement in the re
treat of the Russian troops north
ward. The noise of a fierce artillery
ei.gagement was heard south of Muk
den Friday night.
The whole line of retreating Rus
sians when within five miles south
east of Mukden were attacked by
Japanese marksmen who were invisi
ble amid lh5 millet. The Russian
Chinese bandits are swarming the
Thp 0))(,ra(ons aKainst Liao Yang
nro described as twelve days of the
llnr(lost flpl,UnK an( marching on
Klnrt ralnns wj(n a ,,ml,oratr (i
100 doRroes ln tno 8ha,j0 and f.-eqnont
fcs of nijn A) ()f njs jj. js saj,j
,)orno Hi;lpn(),,y though the men
wnro wora out aftor tno tcnH0 Kirtig-
gle.
Recounting the general lines of
fluting, the correspondent says
I "On Until nml. 1 (till ullllPl.' fi
"On September 3. the at tack of the
.. , 1,
Japanese first army had been check
ed. The enemy were much s ronger
tlinn we. they having five divisions
holding the northeaster,, heights. Our
. , ., ... . ,,
I POSH.lOn HI! UIH IMIIC Wtt!S i-llin .i: i"
v.ew of the possibility that the enemy
might have attacked us In force. Ttul
a mixed brigade and later the left
rnrorp0,, maklnR ,r
pf . lon
i.Qn g0ptOinber 4. the enemy was
- . f ,, Brmv
ri Buriollh "rt1o thn nallv
nolt
quarters a long description of the
fighting
m-a h,-1y .U.rkl by K-tropa
. Kan for fc IMs.lans.
I -k, K.m.rlved mo more than any
' ... . . , ,
, thine else was the wonderful insnner
in which th Jananesc continue I for
whole week their awful bombard
ment of the Russian nosltlons. R
was the fiercest artillery attack Ier
iiS"i. !n history."
Tens f thousands of shells were
thrown daily, bill the supplies seemed
InenhaiistKble. The Ruslanti only Te-
upasmoiliesllv. but their rifle
Wn Into the flchtine rTi:s nn v
. T- Miii'" t-'-,"t,' a wi'
it-t-i A :.,!"-,' 'n th- r r
tm-
t.w- - ,
ih .fT.- If msnr .--tt
. ... TV.. - fiM.i1 tl r ik.t.i :if
ANTI-JEWISH OUTRAGES.
Kaltowltx, ItiiHHlnii Kllesla,
Sept. 12. Anil Jewish disturb-
anee ornrrcd Sunduy at the
fi-ullller lllWll l.f SostloficC. UllH-
shin I'olaiid. on iho occasion of
4 Iho colobntlon of tho Jewish
Now Year.- Hoys atoned the celo-
brationlsts and Injured' a child.'
4 with tho result that a rumor
spread that Iho Jews had Killed.
a child. A number of women
marched In procession throiiKh
tho street In tho evening, at on-
Inf tho windows of Jewish Hons-
es and thoso of the synagogue
Several Jews wero Injured with
Knives and stones. Tho doctors
refused to attend them, fearing
tho mob. Tho rioters also broke
Into several Jewish dwellings.
Tho troops of tho garrison event-
4 imlly dispersed tno rioters aim w
arrested ten of them.
NOT YET ENDED
EIGHT PEOPLE INJUREO IN AT
TACKS ON N0N- UNION
MEN.
fOUR IRE SENT TO HOSPITAL
Two Young Women Pulled From Car
and Ecaten, One Struck With a
Rock in the Face Mob
Foupht the Police.
Chicago, Sept. 12. Savage attacks
were made on non-union workers at
tho stock yards tonight and In the
lights that followed, eight people
were Injured, four o f.hcm so severely
that it was necessary to take thorn
to hosoials. A Halsead and Root
streets, two young women, Annie
Cook and Mamie Jasper wero dragg
ed from a street car, pounded over
tho head, knocked flown and badly
beaten before the police arrived. Misa
Cook was severely cut in tho face,
her shoulder was Injured and sho
was taken to the ho-pital. Miss Jas
per was struck with a brick and her
tacc and forehead tiadly cut. It was
necessary to take her also to the hos
pital. Three policemen rescued the wo
men from the mob, but it refused to
disperse and continued to throw
stones. A west hound car which hap
pened to pass during the trouble, was
struck and two of the passenger,
wero hurt. One woman was hit in
tho mouth with a hr'ck and all her
front teeth knocked out.
Anton Ashutra, a driver for a brew
ery, tried to drive through the crowd
and was hit in the back of Iho head
with a brick and knocked from hsl
wagon. His scalp was badly cut.
A call for help has been sent In
and officers soon arrived, whereupon
the r-owd soon scattered.
Ten minutes after the oicers re
turned to the station, ficy wero call
ed out to suppress a second rial In
which several colored men employed
In the stock yards were scattered vbv
a large crowd of strike sympathizers.
Policemen made a strong light
acaln.st 'he crowd.
One of the negroes was chased Into
an alley where he was knocked
down, kicked and badly bruised. A
number of the crowd wero hurt by
flying stones.
MODERN THEATRE.
Louisville Play House Fitted With
Fire Protection Devices.
Ixuilsvlllo. Sept. II The Hopkins
theatre, situated on the site of Musi
Hall, the scene of thn famotn f!och"l
convention, opened Its doors tonight
The theatre which has the iartfst
scatinst capacity of any In Ixuisvill'1
was built in i-trlct conformity wilh
the city ordinances regulating th
ronstrnetbn of theatres. A wall
ma'.mry 71 Inches th'ek and extern'
inr 'our feet sIkivo fie roof of IV
htiiidin? on the houe nrop-r fror-
!- caste wh'eh can be Instantly cut
off by an aslwstos curtain.
In addition ;n ample flro apparatus
there Is an Immense spray over flu
Ware f-r em'-rency tiso. There "
numerous exits rn three don's, al'
operated by an electric t.n'ton anf1
flm ewrapes si tn w-M'h ffl'
tr from tho fl-nrs MilirHr to ttr
rmimd . The 4vnmos whi'h otx-rst-
hr. ttphts from n'-carate r'nt a
! -he i,v ordinsit' pwiuirs that "
Pchr. Knrn -rti"iea'Tv. Th In,'--'.!-I
rfr 'ir,'n . tA '" tv 'n -sh't
and n -Ti-r ,f
i "ne-rs w- r pr-'tit a th- riprn
ins
l-f.r V.1,i.V-T. Sdd .y y
T. fieMt.
ti" Ri"i I v- h'-aiily f'-;f!',
t.-r Vn-s ip"r 't.e rltT and 'in
't tn-s ti-Tth f VtiVd'-n ''"
I '-t t iid 'i ttiV a !-:
-nd.
PRACTICALLY
HOUSE
FLORIDA TRAIN
WHITE MAN AND NEGRO DEAD
,AS,THE RESULT OF A
'"' FIGHT.
FRIENDS TO RESCUE Of SH001ERS
Are Guarding a House Where Accused
Are and Offer Defiance to the
Sheriff and Militia. Cause
of Trouble Not Known.
Atlanta, Sept. 12 A spcclul from
Cordole, (!a., says a party of about 50
friends are standing guard with load
ed Winchesters around a house In
Ihixtcr, Darker county, Florida, In
which nro Charles Altnian and Hilary
Altnian, two men who aro accused of iho time being, centered In rumors
killing n negro and a white mail In today that Viceroy Alexlelf had re
nt! excursion train near that placo ' signed ns roortod Sunday; that Ku
last night. ropatkln Is to bo replaced by Lieut.
Tho friends of tho Altmans say den. l.lnevllch now in command of
that tho sheriff or militia' will take the forces at Vladiuistok and other
tho men only over their dead bodies. Ktalements which cannot he traced to
The two men killed wero Jackson 1 authentic sources, but all of which
Duncan, a young white man, and Jlui
Riley, a negro.
W. M. Iluncan, tho father of tho
man who was killed, was iliot from
ambush four times today. It Is not
known who did tho shooting.
It is reported that a military com
pany from Jacksonville has been or
dered to tho scene.
Tho exact cause of the trouble on
the train Is not known.
No Arrest Made.
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 12. Pur
ine a row on an excursion train on
the Ucorgja Southern and Florida
railway between white men, Jackwm
Duncan was killed and ins nroiner,
Marshal Duncan, dangerously wound
ed. Both men lived at ICddie, a sta
tion just south of tlio Georgia- lorida
line.
Jim Riley, a negro, was killed by a
stray bullet, ho not being mixed up
in tlio row.
Today. W. M. Duncan, father of tho
Duncan boys was shot four times In
tho back as the result of tho trouble.
No arrrests have been mad up to
6 o'clock tonight.
W. M. Duncan is a tiirpcntino oper
ator at Haxter. His sons run a gen
eral merchandise storo at lSddy.
ASKS REDUCTION.
McFaddin Interests Write Letters to
Railroads.
Mr. W. I'. II. McFaddin of the Mc
Faddin, Wiess and Kylo Rico Milling
lonipany yesterday sent out letters to
(
, ..i,i.,. (i
lr.rxr. . ",' I 7'
' ,,,U.T", ' '"V e'
. - il,. rniinrnfiu
Urn, the MeFaddln mill here, which
will begin operations within tho next
few days, has made a cut of & cents
per barrel on tho current rato 01
milliiiLr ric
A short time ago wiien air. wicrao-
din was In Houston, asking the rail-
roans lor a reuiu;iin mm -
..i.i.. .1... I-..-.,.,... .... n.ii, mnncv tbo
railroads asked him. "What aro' you
mii.ers ilolng for thu farmers?" Hl.
letter announcing tho cut Is his aa-
.aJi;
ALLEGED HE WAS DUMB.
Clyde Arnett Arrested Yesterday as
Suspected Fraud.
A man giving his name as Clyde
Arnett. his profession as a waiter.
and Ills home as New Orleans, was
arrested and confined in tho police
station last evening on a charge of
vagrancy. He Is sisH-c,ed of having
worker! a fraud on the licaumont pub-
!ic. by palming himself off as deaf
snd dumb, and thereby securing gins
if money.
Some of he police, officers say they
saw Arnett during the flay, repre-M-ntinc
himself as desf and dumb
n at-king alms by signs and writing.
In the cv.-ning. fhey alleged, they
kw him talking wilh other men, and
laimliine arid using his vocal orRans
as mil ax anybody. He was there
fore tti'D imo custody.
Hypnotising Rabbits.
Amer'ein ihyslrian. who ss
An
boen
ral.bi'
form
acc iivtr,nier to xrlnnnt wi'h
s. E'fi'rilly f'nind that chloro
killed them before lie had a
rhanet- t.i tifi-nt". Ii'ri1ei at the
ii.ii tulpe-s of this method, h" trld
l:j pi,'.' :mh on one rabldt that he had
J. ft. an-t f'i'it-4. Ms mrpri, that
with a few ,ae of ?h hands b
r-n'A -il lilpO'''"'' Ptfle rr-a
t.ire pirfeeiij that it Jit ail caps
ii'i 1 .t fun tit or s-n-atl'ifi If
r. an t ht i -vi'lred. it i'.i
- -i t -ri t" a pt'le jner-'l.l.
; 1 ';!'" e-iiw "f V t may
, ; . 1 ,' ' titl v Stn '-t-t.
NO NEWS FROM THE FRONT
RUMORS OF ALEXIEFF'S RESIGNATION AND
RETIREMENT OF hUROPATKIN CANNOT
BE AUTHENTICATED.
DISAPPEARANCE Or JAPANESE TRUM FRONT
IS PRECURSOR OF APPEARAN( E ON FLANKS
Roads are Impassible at Mokden and the Price of Fc( d
Has Become Prohibitive, Army Srottlers Losing
Most of Th ir Supplies la the Retreat
From Liao Yang.
Associated Prcsa llullotlll.
Tho samiuinary sldo of tho Russo
Japanese conlllcl Is now la evidence
and with the practical suspension of
news from tho front, tho Interest for
If true, would have a. most Important
hearing on thu situation.
One Russian correspondent points
out that when tho Japaneso with
draw from the Russian front, It Is
usually tho percursor of their nppear
a nee on tho Hanks and ho thinks the
Indications point to u winter cam
paign. Japanese Use Balloon.
Ceo Foo, Sept. 12, 7:110 p. m A
Chinese who left Tort Arthur the
night of September C, arrived here
today and reports that Japaucst
troops to tho number of 5,000 control
Louisa Hay. Ho says the Japnnesr
aro making use of a balloon whic!
he describes us a cigar shaped affair
with a car suspended and says t ha
a fat foreigner wearing a moustache
runs tho balloon.
1 The Japaneso entrenchments lint
tlio hills In every direction ami rein
forcements aro constahlly arivlnv
'from Port Dalnv. The Japaneso bos
( )(!l,H (l( ,,,., ,)aIny ,. ,,,, wU
wounded and transports are eng'igedi
In removing tho wounded to Japan ui;
fast as possible.
Rumors Discredited.
St. I'etersbirg, Sept. 12, 8:30 p. m
Tho rumor thut Viceroy Alexlefl
has tendered his resignation has beer
.rmit rr H,,v,.rnl days. No conflr
Million of It is obtainable but it Is
hardly credited.
A report that Lieut. Gen. Llnevitcl
w1 ' Ku.opatkli.
as com
I'ttlHI-Ilill"IIH"l in inu ill
relating
ll not connrmabl
The report, published It. the Dally
Mail of l,onloii that (iiti. Kurnpatki
ordered by the Ktnperor to
r.-capenrc Kiao King is noi creuueu
ni.it.
Losses at Liao Yang,
Ovster Hay. Sept. 12. President
u,M((.(.V). l r,.(.,.v,.d today a cablegram
from United Slates
com at Toklo giving revised ofliclal
figures of the Imssoh at the battle of
Liao ran.
As reported by Field Marshal Oya-
ma, the Japanese losses during the
several days' fighting were 17.5im,
while the Russian losses were 20,000.
Russians Continue to Retire.
Mukden. Sept. 12. The Russians
Br(; d,,,,!,,,, their retirement to
.(. pHKK The Japanese advance Is
ow thotmh the military situation Is
not unfavorable lo them. Many Rus
slan companies now consist of only
thirty men. Notwithstanding the
Russia,! reverse the troops arc ch. e -
mi
Keeping in Touch.
Toklo. Sep,. 12. 2 I m -KI'M Mar
shal flyama reKirts that a Urz- IkhIv
of Russian cavalry has spin an d at
rittaltxu. eastward of the rsilrosul lie
tween Venial arid Mukden. The Rus
sians a e merely keeping in touch
with the Javam-ie
Rinhted Japanese.
I'eti rstiure. Sept. 12 A d-s-has
fx en r eved Imm Lieut
Sakhac.ff under vet.-rdav
St.
patch
'en
di.te. nina-ilne hs a IsfL-e Jauawve
f'Tee ha tnn s"fi north "t Yttitsi
lint on the mint h there . many
lare- camps .f JapatM'-e.
Minh P"ic- t Wu"1e.
Mukdn. S -p '2 l--' tdaht rain
at in fe'l in torr'-ii's a ! t'Klar It I
drir..lins Th- r'K in-pas'1''!
ar.il nui.tarr mn "''ti' 9
s-aiii-'ill. Tt-- town
I at f.iorls-i.tt" are aim
ate at a
' T'lWd'll
. i'tp. iw nr
al.le ITm ha-. i
t.i.-i and quad
iii"'t lout al
.ri pled Tle . inoti
most all their supplies during the
Russian retreat. Civilians aro at the
allroad station and other plucuu.
hut It is almost Impossible to got
food.
Dum Dum Bullets Used.
Washington, I). C, Sept. 12. Tho
Japanese legation today received tho
fallowing cablegram froniToklo; Tho
Mnnqhuriun army reports that two
finds of dum dum bullets wero
found among tho munitions of war
captured at tho Liao Yang battle.
They resemblo cartridges intended
fol tho Russian rifles of the typo of
IS!1. Some of the wounds Indicted
on tho Japanese Ih thought to hnvo
been caused by bullets of that kluu.
As to Contraband.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 12., fi Ji p. m-
The commission which has been
considering contraband qucstlolis has
n ached a decision While unable to
ascertain Its exact terms, tho corres
pondent of tho Associated Tress
li'tirns that it is ravorable in the main
to tho contention of tho United
sintf.u ii nl n ii.ii t tlillnln recnrdlnsr
absolute and conditional contraband.
Foreign Minister Lcmsdorrr , will see
iho Kmporor tomorrow and answers
to tho American and British notes
ire expected this week.
The Baltio Fleet.
St. lotoiHburg(..-8opt. I2.rr-The Dal
'ic fleet, which nulled from Cronstadt
yesterday la expected to remain at
Lilian for about a fortnight. Thence
t will sail for tho Medlterannean.
From Front to Flank.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 12. Tho re
tirement of tho Japanese southward .
rom Mukden means nothing to a
Russian correspondent, who when
.elegraplilng tho news calls atten
tion to the raot that previous expe
rlince has shown that when the Jap
aneso withdrew from tho Russian
out this was usually the signal for
their appearance on tho Russian
dunks.
It. Is said there Tomaln two full
months, the best of the year for cam
paigning. Another corresismtlent
c insiders it extremely significant
'bat the Chinese olllclals at Mukden
have already broken off relations
with thu Russluns. The chief of the
Jlilncse says ho lias received orde s
fioin tho Japaneso to pay tho tax to
I hem.
Maine Election.
Portland. Me.. Sept. 12. Returns
fo, governor In today's state election
fMim ouu bundled clUcs aid towns
B:ve Cobb, republican, 24,034; Davis,
emocrat. 14.1187.
In 1!H'0 these p'.aces gave Hill, re
publican, 22.4W; lod, demtxrat
....i n lvfivn Tim returns ao far
piiinii mi, i. - .
show a demtK-rallc gain of 1.378 and
on the basis of the present returns,
Cobb's plurality Is estimated at about
2:,,ooo.
ALLEGED FOOTPAD.
George Hobbs Accused of Attempted
Hold up of Stranger.
A strang. r to the city filed com
plaint with the police yesterday that
h.. had bei-n the victim of an attempt
ed hold up the evening before In h
vlrinlty of th 'mi " - -
Kit He had f.sshed a roll if money
at the depot and later, ne claims a
sanlted by a man who attempted f
rob him. lJvt renins he went l it
town with jsilice o rs and suc-.-d-e.
In ) aline ami. If sys. Idetit dy
ing his assailant In the fw-rwi i
a man who riv his iiiiw as Gfftge
Hol.l.s. H' bbs was arretted.
Hcoq CsHed O" Davis.
New York. Kept. 12 H-nry C.
lmisall-d DimorTatic aja'Pmal
t,. a Iqisrters and held 'iite
ni in tb rwm -riii 1 ty W m T.
-hehsn. t'hairman Tatcac. r'it
ivlmon. leT'tsry Wnodwm. rirm
( l a m n V. K Joties Form-T
mor Hoes f T and all "f '
promimtit offleia'a connered wt'h !
t,-l..nal mimni"i- ea.)l tn him
w- anf Nieol. le rba;rman '4
the I xniorTa' w wttmiai com mi"
ha fine to St. lyiies to sp-nf t,-mr
t.r at th World s Tair.
Xj,,. tnetfc' T"-:f?'n a i'1' i ts:i'r four
j is ti'-t 'h r'-'T" i ' "
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