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THE BEAUMONT ENTERPRI
VOL. Vll.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1904.
t .If NO. 11
SE
HOT AFT THE CARTRIDGELESS SOLDIER
ALABAMA MILI1ARY COURT LOOKING INTO
THE MATTER OF THE LYNCHING OF
NEGRO HORACE MAPLES
RUMORED PRESENCE OF SECRET SERVICE MEN
1IIR0WS THE GRAND SCARE INTO LYNCHERS
Unwinding Thread of the Story of a Negro's Crime, a
Mob, a Burned ail, a Lynching and a Frail Sol
diery With Empty Guns and With
Knees That Vibrated.
HmitKvMIe, Ala.. Sept. 19. The mili
tary ('(iiirl of inquiry appointed by
Acting Governor Cunningham lo In
csiigalo the conduct of llio mililary
on guard nt the Juil when Horace .Ma
ples was lyiu'hl, lias arrived mill bo
run t') take evidence. Col. T. S. Kra
i.rr, of I'liiou Springs. Ala.. Capttiln
V. i. Vwlcn or Unloniown ami Cap
tain R. I). Smith of Ilirmlnghnm
compose t ho court.
t'apla:n Kohert L. Hay of company
"I'"," Lieutenant Tlionias I. Hay ami
Second Sergeant Jos. lirock were tin?
Hist witnesses examined when Hip
investigation began today. According
to l he testimony if Captain Hay ho
was t' receive his orders from Sheriff
Kodgers. Captain Hay testilicd thai
Pis pickets were posted on Hie stair
way and that the sheriff had ran-.-".ned
the soldiers not to allow anv
(.ne lo come up tho stairway and not
to shoot until ho ordered. After tho
moh had broken in the back door, ami
darted tho fire, the men bogged
either to he allowed to shoot or to
remove the prisoner.
I.ietil. Hay Testified Hint ho wont to
the assistance of a sentry and was
rut. olT bv tho rush of the moh and
could not i?et hack to the jail.
Grrnd Jury Reports.
Hiuitsville, Sept. 39. The special
grand jury made Its report tonight
ii commending the Impeachment of
Sheriff August Itodgers, Mayor Thorn
as V. Smith and Chief of Police. Da
vid Overton, and recommended that
Hie police force of Hie city of liiinls
villo bo reorganized. Tile grand jury
finds that Sheriff Rodger.-) was guilty
of neglect of duty or incompetency
in Hint 'he did not prevent tnc lynch
ing, failed to lake proper precautions
lor the defense of the prisoner; al
lowed a mob to remain several hours
in the vicinity of the jail and took no
sieps lo disperse the same, permitted
the lives of prisoners under lihis care
lo lie jeopardized by fire and smoke,
wilfully failed or refused to fire up
on the moh or order the same to lie
done when the mob was heseiging the
Jail, assaulting the garrison by throw-ii-g
rocks and other missies and fail
ing to order or ctnnmund the mob to
disperse.
Twenty-five Indictments.
The jury flails that Mayor Smith
was guilty' of neglect of duty because
In iillnwed an unlawful assemblage of
people to throng the streets of the
c-Wy for hours and failed to use proper
moans to disperse them, failed to
adopt any measures in preserve the
peace of the city, notwithstanding
overt ads were being committed;
failed or refused to send police pro
jection with the lire department.
' The jury relurnedd seven additional
Te'dietmclits, making L'lJ in all. and was
discharged by Judge Speako, who
commeniledd them for the faithful
discharge of their duties. He said
I heir ac I inn would go far to remov
ing the shame brought upon the com
munity by tho mob.
Secret Service Men on Deck.
nirmingham. Sept. 19. A special to
Hie News from Hunlsvillc, Ala., says:
An apparently well founded report is
in circulation there to the effect that
six secret service men In the employ
of tlie federal uovornmoiil have boon
direct ed to make extrusive investiga
tion of the lynching of Horace Ma
pus and the attack on the jail in
which federal prisoners are routined
and report that same to the federal
grand jury which meet next month.
Thin r-Mrt lias inspired more genu
ine terror than anything that has been
lone l.y the gra;id jury of the state
court.
Rum-r la Denied
Washington. Sept. If f'hief Wil
tv of the ferret wtvice itatid to
trr.it tin re are no -rH ervire men
inti-siicatine tl" recent hmhine af
t.iir at lliiuntMille as rnnMtred thf'
Militia W II Remain.
I!'' tn Helium. S-t't. 1. A''i-i.e 'lov.
Ii M. I'utiti nc'iirn who M ' Smii lav
i ).iin' nt Kn-' v. mur Im r . J'mt
!'tiM t' Mi'ti'L-.-ii!' TV t'ular
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t! fc! tij'j'"- 'V4- 1 ria of la !- -'
"The troops wore sent to Hunts
v'llo at the rcipicst of Judge Speako
Mid they will remain there as long as
he wants them."
DRUNKEN MATRICIDES.
West Virginia Whsiky Resoonsible
or the Shooting of a Woman,
rirlstol. V. Va.. Sept. 1!). Mrs.
Minerva Greer ,a widow, .'( years of
ago, lias been shot lo death by one of
her som nt her home near Foil
Blackmail, Scott county, Vlrglnln. Of
her two sons, Robert and drover. It is
not known which fired the shot which
ended tho woman's life, ns each de
clares the other guilty of the murder.
II Is said tho hoys wore drinking In a
room adjoining that ocuplod by their
molior, and firing their pisols, wien
she entered and asked theni to stop.
One turned a pistol on U mother
and sent a hall Into her heart, caus
ing deuth instantly. An inve-dlgnlion
Is being held.
Shot H!a brother.
Chariot to, N. C, Sept. 1!). Edward
Spenglo, aged 1!!, shot and instantly
killed his brother Hugh, aged Hi. in
Hurke. The lads quarreled over th
question of going to church.
SHOT IN FAMILY FEUD.
Victim D!ed after Having 26 Inches of
Intestines Removed.
Natchez, Miss., Sept. 1 9. J. 7..
Stampley. the farmer who was shot
l: his cousins Tluiil and Hugh Stamp
ley, in a family feud Saturday at Ham
burg. Kriinklin county, and brought lo
Natchez hospital, died (his morning.
Two of the bullets fired at him per
forated the Intestines twenty times,
necessitating tho removal of twenty-
six inches of his Intestines. Thad ami
Hush Stampley claim (heir cousin
opened the old fend and that !. 55.
Siampley fired llihree times at Hugh
and the latter returned tho fire In self
defense.
The dead man wns 23 years of age
and single. Hugh is in bin twentieth
year.
True Dream of Suicide.
Richmond. Va., Sept .19. John Tn
gram Alvis, son of n prominent furni
ture dealer of Manchester ."''ot and
killed himself today in hi homo,
ltnroding over 111 health Is Ktinposcrt
to have driven Alvis to end his life.
He was 19 years old.
A curious fact connected with the
tragedy is that last night his aunt
had bad a dream or premoniion,
which was fulfilled in almost every
detail.
TWO CHILDREN DROWNEO.
Swollen Stream In Arkansas Washes
Them from a Wagon.
Utile Rock. Sept. 19. A special to
the dazolte from Atkins. Ark., says:
Two little daughters of .1. H. Vest, of
this place, were drowned yesterday
afternoon six miles north of At kins
It. Isbal creek, which was swollen by
I oavy ra'ns. Mr. Vest drove his wag
on in which he was riding with the
two 'lltlo girls Into the creek, not re
alizing the danger caused by the
swollen condition of the stream. The
ftagou and team were washed down
the stream for some distance. The
children were washed from the wafTi.i
Plili drowned.
Mr. Vest esciiioil and the mnlea
re taken from tho water after thev
bad bii-n washed over the water gap
tx low.
Religious Riot.
Paris. Sept. lit The enu1sin of a
female relicioii order at Ilmbaix to
day can 'd violent demonstration",
dnntiz which mimlwT or ieriri
were In lured. The 'wiliro finally re
stored order.
SOLE SURVIVOR S STORY.
The irk "Luci" Sunk -fT Po-t Ar
thur Rut l"to a Mie.
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l. nh'ib n n: '-If V'tn Anl"ir
troni 'rl'..iPff "lit"'-. frr'-
l.i r-. H" rel"-d iha' th" 1."'ia
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THREE PULLMANS
LEFT THE TRACK
ACCIDENT AT JUNCTION CITY,
KANSAS, IN WHICH MANY
WERE INJURED.
CAUSED 8Y RAILS SPREADING
One Car Went Over a Fifteen-foot
Embankment and Rolled Over
Three Timet Many
in the Car.
Junction City, Knn., Sept 19. Th
I'll 1 1 man section of the east-bound
Atlantic Express on the Union I'nciUc
was wrecked six miles west of hoi
Mhorlly after 1 o'clock this afternoon
by ralU spreading. The train was
traveling about tort y miles an Tumi
Three Pullman cars lH'i she track an
one at the rear end of the train rolled
down a fifteen-foot pinbcnkment,
turning over three times. 'Phe'c
wore thirty-two persons In this car,
Six of them were seriously injured,
and tho rest received slight but pain
ful injuries. The seriously Injur! d
are?
h'roil S Coburn. Woonsnckol. Rhode
Island: overcome by ns and legs
hrnlspit.
A. Johnson, Providence, Rhode
Island: cut about neck and head:
nmv prove fatal.
(leorgo Englo, colored porter; badly
crushed about chest.
Mrs. H V. M. Rice, Providence,
nim.u Tulmiil' hln bruised, serious.
Tho In lured were Drought, to this
it nmt will bo cnted for hero.
The last two cars of the train wore
ocupled by the SI. Johns command'
ary No. 1,' and Knights Templar No
i imii f,r Providence. Rhode Island
Tim members were returning from
the San Francisco conclave.
TAMMANY AT ROSEMOUNT.
.!... I Im a Dfll.1!
I New YcrK I lyers uivb ouuao
Typical Demonstration.
I Rnsemount. Sent. 19. Judge Parker
'was the object of a typical Tammany
.ismnngirciinn today when a train
load of delegates stopped at Esopus do-
t oni-niiu tn Hie convention at. par
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atoga. nnd Judge Parker held an in
formal reception.
section reached Esopus a
little later and the occupants of 'his
train repeated the program set uy
their predecessors.
The Westchester county delegation
occupying a spocinl train, came fifteen
minutes later. The delegates nun
Hi.-.ii- train cldo irnkeil and formed a
nrocesslon nn marched to Rosemount
where Judge Parker receive them on
llin verandn of his house.
.Iitdgd Parker decided not to go to
New York tomorrow. If he visits
Hint eilv this week he will not leave
before Thursay as most of his ad
visers will be in Saratoga.
Flying Cloud Dead.
Scituate, Mass.. Sept. 19. Flyln
Cloud. Thomas W. Lamson's famous
show horse, is dead. The end came
suddenly, and the veterinary physi-
cian-t are unnblo to state the cause,
The stallion, for '.vlitoh Mr. Lamson
paid 12."lll before tho t'orse was
trained, had a record of never being
beaten at a horse : how.
IN BLACK AND WHITE.
Illinois Crap Game E-ds In Gun Ac.
tion Between the Colors.
Ooirx ill nni I'.i A necro em
ployed bv X. II. ThistlewiKid of this
r'tv at O'Hriens T.anditig. lour nines
I .,!... horn hau rrinie lITP alld Te-
-orted that In a quarrel over a crap
game, a general snooting ocrunen
l ween wliiles and negroes.
I-ate retiortR from ()Hricn-s Uind
ing. Mo., are thai everything is qui-
ri Tlirt ri(.frrrwH Imvo all fled and
those lii the surrounding country re
fitting out as fast as iKissible. The
fn.lv man shot was Foreman Robert
Casev. and be is not seriouslv hurt.
No further trouble Is exiM-rten.
New York Republicans.
New York. Sept. 1 T. The Rcpub
liran !tate b adqnart rs a' 'h- Fifth
Avenue bote Itook rm an lr of tni
ni-u tinliiT. Coventor f''' ;l ','n'r
man of the state nmmittw. unired
tudav. 'onf r nc-s w-n- beiu. ati'i
n.'iliv mUf-r were reee-ved.
WOMAN FOUNO DEAD.
Mytteriouf Case of Aore1 House
Vurder i rtentudfy.
ty'il'iill" Kv.. S .. IS - Vr Fan
jrr punrr tmTitT vr v'
to"Tn1 t-rt in hT iinm t,i i 1w I
jin an1 lrti-i .ir' to-lnv H it
j ,1, t)f b" i.-ir ti p c,'- tTI
, ft" i tAi t-i1 l.v win 'm- Vi
!i...1. t-mif.t w rr-lr trt ' ,0
Y i.'ei.'j'y T- vnii,t wi'int:'
.itTvu-t rm r'im -r ti '
!, niftrfvii ili'm-d t''- f a
j fi ! r'li' en iti'i.-'-. n T'MT !
il 1-., A imi r'.tll l T " 'i)-' '1
11., l.,1,. Cl,,. 1 Kf l-'"
te t'ltjul. N' rr'" bi-
WAR BULLETIN.
Except for lnisrtnnt recon.
nolsaueea by tienenils nentien
kampf nud Sanisanoff. there ap
pear to ha been but little In
terruption of the quiet that bus
ensued Mil e I he hard fighting
around Mao Yung more than a
fortnight ago. The Indication of
mortality anion it tho Russian of
ficer shown by the report from
St. Petersburg that about on
seventh of the officers of the
guard stationed hi the capital
are to ho drafted for aervice
with regiments at the scene of
the war. Thee Japanese are re
ported to ho aildvanclng slowly
upon tho posit Inns held by the
Russians in a line extending
uliout 27 miles. There huve been
no developments at Port Arthur
beyond a reported futile aortlo
by tho gurrlsoii against n height
which recently fell into the
hands of tho Japanese.
CAVALRY QUELL
ITALIAN RIOTS
TWENTY WOUNDED IN A LESSON
TAUGHT A M01 IN
ITALY.
CROWDS Of STRIKERS PROTEST
Streets In Vicinity of Meeting Were
Ocupled by Soldiers, Including
Artillery Corps Officers
Wounded in Clash.
Rome, Sept. 19., in a. m. The strike
situation Is improving. Premier (Ho
ld 1 1 left today for Raconnigl, Pled-
eiown notary of registering the birllt
of the crown prince.
At. Palermo, tho strikers and poller
were in collision during the day, and
the former displayed a rod flag.
Disturbances also occurred at
(icnoa today, in which anarchists vlo
lenlly participated. They burned a
r.iimbcr of street cars and destroyed
oilier property.
The workmen it became known.
shortly after noon, had tried to aban
don lite strike and the etly resumed
ils normal aspect.
The board of workmen has pub
'shed a manifesTb saying it lias plan
ned a parade of nil I he Roman prote
'ariiit for its victorious demonstra
tion. Protect Against Troops.
A meeting of strikers was held to
night, to protest agalnt the Inter
ventoin of troops. Fully 10,0(10 per
achists taking prominent parts nl the
proceedings. The chief speaker was
Kerr!, the socialist deputy, who de
livered a violent address. The
streets In the vicinity of the meeting
were ocupled by soldiers, including
detachments of artillery. An at
tempt was made bv the demonstrator
to invade the center of tho town, bur
the crowds wore dispersed by cavalry
charges In which about twenty clvii
inns were wounded.
Conflicts In which a number of offi
cers received lnturies nt the hands
of the mob occurred !n Turin and
Hologna.
The railway service Is Interrupted.
The strike has extended to Paler
mo and leghorn.
Old Soldir Was Knifed.
Newport, News. Va., Sept. 1!t. Fol
lowing a difficulty over the captainV
refusal to Issue a Pass giving him
leave to absent himself from th
ground-. Frederick .1. Kingley. f
vear old. an inmate or the Nations'
Soldiers' Home, at Hamilton, fatallv
stabbed Captain Augustus C. Paul,
aged Ifi yearn. he commander of his
company. In the latter otTlce tonight
In Han1 of Rc-civer.
Chicago. Sept. 19. The Western
Supply company. 1S West Randolpl-wini-l,
one of the largest farm Imple
ment jobbing firms In the mldd."
ift. mas nlared In the hands 'if
receiver todsv by Jililce Kohlsaal in
the .Cnpcd St at- crnirt.
Second rire at Halifax.
Halifat. X. S-. Sept. 19. The d''K
fire which stsrt' d after midnight, and
under mm'riil at 5 n'r'orfc. 1rk
tn tjicain rly today and it.in"il
j-veis l ar-h'rJ"! am' ntntr Inn ni
nes. The nr'hou en linrtifd w-r-Iiip
- lmili''.r tid lb- !' I
-iw plari-d at I ,'iin Ht.
WEATHER FORECAST.
tv I 'm.-'it' ii. r.. a-r'. l
tymKians- Ffir T'ie"r i'h
.riir.r 1)H filT finitl "T
Wim.niiir in Inn-Kir: ftr im
ffiftit. m-'h fr'-h M,ti I 1''.
f"s T-' Fair Tnf:-r
trfi-r j i-'-t'it rtr M'-'lr--'l: r
ti f"-ih i.'" "ti : fair tn 'i"t
F-. m ili- i
.: Turn- f'r iM''r
r- Ii.ii---- tir-i trXtr n "Ii'
Pat '.melle t'. Hli'llt il-'T
DRAiTINO TO
INNOCENT TRADE
RUSSIA MAKES THAT CONCES
SION IN CONTRABAND
OF WAR.
CIRCUMSTANCES Will GOVERN
Russia Will Not Undertake to Inter
fere With Cases of Arabia and
Calchas Now In the
Courts.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 19. The Rus
sian answer to I he American note In
regard to contraband of war, as spe
cifically recognized In the onsen of
the llrltlsb Calcium and the Portland
and Asiatic line steamer Arabia, both
apturod by the Vladivostok squadron
lias been delivered. It follows gen-
rally the lines of the reply to Great
Itrltain. On Hie broad question In
volved Russia recognized Mio princi
ple of the Immunity of Innocent, trade
with Japanese ports but she holds
to her right to slop contraband des
tined for tho use of the Japanese
militury or naval forces. The United
Slates Is notified as was Great llrlt
ain, September Hi. that instructions
embodying the decision of the com
mission, presided over by President
De Martens, professor of internation
al law at the Cniverslly of St. Peters
burg have been Issued In tho form of
instructions to the naval commanders
and prl.e court to govern them in
the future, the Instruction recognizes
the dual uses and therefore only the
conditionally contraband character ot
articles of food stuffs, rice, etc., enu
merated in section 10, article ti, of the
Kusslan regulations with the excep
tion of horses and other beasts of
burden. But the more fact that a
consignment Is intended for private
liersims or firms was also pointed out
to Great Rrllaln. Russia will not ac-
opt as necessarily furnishing exomp-
ion from seizure should circumstance
... I, iioiii nvift'ii f niM'lllll VllCllllin.UIHTe!
Mr lnstat.ee, like the shipment, or full
cargoes of food create a fair presump-
ion that it Is Intended for the use m
the Japanese government for supply.
ing her armv or navv The ptreuni.
dices' ofr"ic chJren,,?0"
... .......... '
. ......ui. uAoiu, Kovern ii.
Will Not Interfere.
Russia will not underiaKo at tnis
dage to Inlerefere with the cases of
he steamshlpH Arabia am! Calchas
i , . ,, . , , ,
f which the courts already have
taken jurisdiction and In which the
Madivostok court found the facts,
hut on ap.eal the admiralty court
will apply it interpretation of sec-
non i. which praciieaiiy amounts to
an assurance that flour! etc., seized
will then be released,
It Is Improbable, however, tint all', , th Associated Press dispatch
the article,, confiscated by the lower fnm MuU,,,.n, September Hi.
court will he released Kurooatkin Reviews Troops.
As far as the Associated Press can Qpn Kuropalkin sayM he reviewed
learn, the cotnmlsslo:i decision as t ... r,u .ii..iui.. whtMi
mllill..l In I ho Inaln.nlL.n .1... I
go beyond the articles enumerated
- ... ..... ...i. , ,,,,, ,,r.-n iiijl .
in section in. from which It Is In-
-i... i , .
....i mm ..uh , rimrimu maienai.
maciimery and Ikiikts for ships and
' con n are enumeraie.l along
articles which remain In the category
of absolute contraband.
Jans Driven Back.
Indon. Sent. IS. The followinc
t. Petersburg dispatch lo a n.-wsl"" Inmps In contact w in me jh, ..-,
agency today says the reeon noisn rices
were toward the Japanese front nd
right flanks. ,he Japanese being
driven back.
General Mitchenko Reported Killed.
lo!idini, Sept. 2U.- The Morning
Post's Shanghai f-orri'xirih'ni tcle-
grapliK thai there Is an nnctinflrmed
rumor that General Mlsrheriko eom
niander of Ihe Itussain etern Cm
sack briga'le. hss ln-n killed
Other f k- in disitfies frim the
fir ear.) rexrt that the Japanese on
Sunday last repulsed an aitai k to the
faxward of Vment-ufii-lian. nm'n'Sst
of Vi-ntai. Infliriing a havv l n
he Hii i- it n -
Aceordinc to the ItaHv TelearaphV
Tl.-n Ttdn eirr-Kitii nt. f -neral
Kurfiatkln l in nt ot fttpttitt . tint
hln order eatmol le fil'P-d.
Cung Wearinq Out.
Tbe Itailv Tleri.T 1'iie ki
eorretj-oiident -.-irri i.b refr'. ,
hth li- lainm emunii". from .m
e. f n lllll l"ort A"!!"' 'lis' til"
naval culm on 1,aH 1.111 Hort ar-
-'fn ont frotl lie"'tiiitt hlflitllit. and
l.at ("tiwrtiHftlr t1. lT(t fr a''t'
two a tid a 11' mi- e --tri1
h. Int ftiined. Tlie "rr-ii"1-r't
'. M't tli- w "f itir tiol of th"
rutin attii,ir tri ant'fy.
At t Jteae Peerv.
I''-. '." Tii- Viflittir
.. j. : - -i 'Ifit t.e v '" tlifc'
,1i-'itti U ' til'-f r "tt ni rrt-- iti'r
f s , t - tn" nt w "wt. A ti
'h l. .'" fr"i "
. .iidr.Jl
a
t" '--
J.n- mi- '
au-f 1,.
tm i! trit 1 it 4: liir.li-'ay.
FILL THE DEAD
OFFICERS OF RUSSIAN
CAST LOTS FOR 7
THE SLAIN AT
UNLIKELY THAT FIGHT WILL OCCUR AT MUKDEN
THE MAIN RUSSIAN ARMY BEING AT TIE PASS
Both Parties in the Contest
tle Doing Other Than Outpost Skirmishing.
Strength of Japancss Veiled by
Detachments in Vanguard.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 20, 2:15 a. m.
There Is n Btory iilhmt that a mid
den call ban been Issued to offleorn
of the guard regiments stationed at
St. Petersburg to report for servlco
at tho front. According to reporm
tho order directs that eight out of
u total of Sli ollleers of euch regiment
should be chosen by lot, and drafted
to serve with regiments now In tho
Tar east. It Is stilted that the order
has aroused great discontent, Whole
regiments are anxious to go to the
theatre of war, but the officers In
tensely dislike the prospect of the or
gunl.tttlons being split up. It. Is Im
possible at thin time to obtain an
authoritative confirmation or denial
of the report.
Not Likely at Mukden.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 19, ti:50 p. m.
While still Insisting that Gen. Kit
ropatkin haH sufficient troops at Muk
den to contest the Japnnese advance,
the war office admits that it Is not.
likely that a decisive battlo will be
fought, there. Everything goes to
show that the main Russian position
is now at Tie Pass, Hanked by hills
out on the left an by the river on the
rlghL
Official reports to the war office are
to the effect that the Japanese did
not make any further move townrd
I. . , , ,,, r, , i , 1 ...it..,.
Mukden until Seplomb. '
reconnolsances in force .lUcl s ed that
,,,K,y wt're B"" at Y.1" al,
' ..u.a.pu .e. f h h . or n in
1 seovcred east of the latter point.
T" olsa,.oe. ."TO""
iwero br 1 an v carried out by Gen-
. ... .wni,u,,,,-H
Icossnck brigades, with a mixed de-
taehmcnt. of infantry and artillery,
under flennenkuinpt's personal corn-
. '"' They tpturI "age nottn
i of Bentslapul.e, which was used as
........ vi. . n..uui.nu iru nir inter.
, , a few . M,WI or wounded,
afur K,.rnrnK valuable Information
. rc the Japanese strength and
p,,H,tllin.b A couple of days ago, Gen.
vniu,.h.,nir..u' .ii.ini-lim.'iil or I'ossacks
I 7', iriile
: , . , ,.,.,.,.
cost of a few score wounded as repoit-
' ' .. . .
"V" ... . . . Z, i.i,.r..,,..n corns,
-' . T... ... ....... .n.,iul.... f.,.n..ri
. oi wiotii in.; ..'
i AUu,..it(.h ro:u:hi , Lino Yang in
)ni , uke .)ar, ,lie ,ttMi0 ,i,ere
Th,. a,)Marlin,.,. of the newly srrlvtMl
i in., ii. "ij y
IMiropean ins,,, i V' , , V,,:" nerkampf an, Samsanoff are conduct
or being evidence of ho wmPe , ,,', r.r.on0,Sanses. whlcH
itussian "' i"mV. rki,hvo resulted In rather heavy fightm
Iv due to the decision of (Wn. Kurtv
M-iniiin imniiiy nr.n ........ ...
patkln to get tin's.- fresh and untest-
" ... .. . .
',' K'lVP " rH1 " " 1
,:r,'n "n"" "' . "h " .
''" " PIn"--i"7 "
irf'nim'raif-. t
I Gen. Kuronalkln has firdwred tho
Issue of hesvy winter clothing in hc
middle of llctolHT. The Russian
lrKiiK have slresdy exchanged th"ir
summer khskl for I heir ordinary
cloth uniforms.
Russians Reoutted.
l.ndon. Sejit. 13 -A dispatch from
Toklo lo a new acenry trays:
Itnusian lone made a
sortie frm Port Arthur on Septomlicr
IS and attack. d the Itcrchan fort Th Japanese positions are com
whiih was rw-enMy ai'ird by tblpb-lely screened behind a line of out
Jniihik'Kc. The fikhtlnc lasted mm' I kii n and It Is almost Impest-ible to
houm and the Rmsmihiis veiiinaiiy
,-re n tmlM-d with h.-ay loss.
Japs Ar Active.
tsmdofi K lit. lit A dlspntch lo a i
.... Irorn llail.ia today, nays
the Jaftatiee are di-'l vltis etmsid-1
-jet aide -ivlty la HOT'S Kiirrt Animiint ann tn i.eigeia nmnwira
kllfB.ifh I n ported 4n-n Japan
eiw trioi and a rt'imiil 'f t'osaclt
at r wt eiianR. a'ii hui.t. wiim
eaa of llanhimnj.
FipM.on trpettd.
Mnldefi. eit. 1 All is eiW to
day htit frtiMrr I aatir-Iied la the
neichivtrViod of t- nai.at B. I mlleti
wi-t of Mnkden.
Stwtnar f Veaael .vope4.
Vt'lpit. S". 1 The rirrerond-
ia f ttil rft ju.Muttt-d a
iatii fr'ifa ft- ima i'"lv it 'h- ef-
fet " a fc."ii rii' f 1 Iwefj
" "D In fx- yi M-ia ain me nn-
i " kll'l, a' " n jvw--w
Wit i a tn'fum iv-l u(ijrttM-4 to
MEN'S SHOES
HOME REGIMENTS TO
HE POSITIONS OF
IIAO YANG.
Sparring for Wind With Lit
ho a llrlt ish Rl earner. There la no
confirmation of tho report.
CONTRABAND OF WAR.
Russia Does Not See How 8ht Can
Comply With Demands.
London, Sept. 19. Russia's reply to
the Urltlsh protest on tho subject of
Russia's Interpretation of contraband
of war Includes a decision to respect
the Hi It Ish demand In the case, of the
llrlt Ish steamer Commander sunk off
I zu and afterward adjudged a lawful
prl.e. i I
It is understood Russia upholds the
principle that Admiral Jensen was
Justified In sinking they8teamer. The
government Is still hopeful of a set
tlement by means of nn indemnity,
but In view of the decision of the
prl.e court, It is said Russia does not
see how she can comply with the
llrlt Ish demand as she thereby would
recognize her officers to be at fault.
Russian Answer Received.
Washington, D. C, Sept. The
state department has received from
Ambassador McCormlck a cablegram
summarizing the answer of Comic
Lamsdorff, the Russian minister of
foreign affairs, to its protest against
the seizure by Russian warships of
food supplies of American origin cor
rled on neutral ships. Count Lams
dorff says that instructions have been
sent to the prize courts and naval
commanders supplementing and ex
plaining the regulations representing
contraband of war.
CREW OF LENA.
May Not Go Beyond Baunde of 8an
Francisco.
Washington, D. C, Sept. 10. Ad
miral Goodrich commanding the Pa
cific station, has telegraphed the
navy department thut he hag for
warded by mall a full report of the
agreement he" entered Into with Cap
tain llerllusky of the Russian vessel
Lena, for the parole of the officers
and crew of that ship. This provides
for their freedom of the city of San
" "l R" "v""u
lrlnilrius.of.tl,e !l,y d"rln? thCO!,'
Francisco but may not go beyond the
iinuance or me present, war ana uu-
milled to return to Russia except on
the conclusion of an agreement on
I hut jioint between the governments
of Kussln and Japan which would re-
illeve Hie United States or anr re-
aponslblllty,
Rather Heavy Fighting.
SI. Petersburg, Sept. !!. A dis
patch wag received from Gen. Kuro-
' lW . Hr,nlinni, jhnl rl.ineriilB Him'
with many casualties.
From Gen. Kuropatkl.i's telegrams,
which were dispatched at 6 o'clock
Willi ii were iiihiiuiitiii-ii ni o u t iji:r
, OV(.nn. ai)mar, that
G.meral Rennenkampf had recovered
from his wounds and had resumed
,.m,n.l of hl iroot.s
. ,....,, .... ...
The recmnoisance disclosed a fur
ther Increased Japanese force at
Venial. The Russians have occupied
several villages near the Japanese
lliii-s
General Kuropatkln yesterday re
ceived the :ird and 7th divisions of
the first army corps.
Thousands of Unburied Bodies.
Berlin. Kept. 19. A dispatch to the
likal Anr.eigr I mm Mukden says
""lain any iniormaium iran ut-umu
itbis veil, i tie Kimxians cannot leu
j which of th.- four roii:" ihe Ispanesei
advanee III follow. Three Ja;tanee
eomit nlm ate patrollng the Hub
river In unk. It ir rt-porled that
1 Jao Yang Is re-etm'ed by only on
w u uy z.'mi nen. ma air ia iw
wiaity of Mat Van Is polaoned hf
l.iit-iM AmwIim ol i
lhuands of latiuMed Studies. FlfU
Marnhl Ottni radnnarte a l
hon ilftanoe north of LJao Vase.
Second Manchuriatt Army.
FL retThnt. fl'pt. 1 Aetlne
, spoil ihe advW-e of tils snilttary ad-
to l't-m a aetvtnd Vaitebnrtaa array.
It will he formed of the roriie bkh
are l"fis out th far eat an.
di"-lleui I i -a Uneriif S prohahly HI
l ri'-a tt-e roaimaiid of ihe seetssd
ariry.
txn r.5irrrTni -a ui irrmw rain
t tfr n irni win jr-iurm J . w. w
t tie ifle of e-tmiBiatt'ler 1st etiiet.