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THE BEAUMONT ENTERPRI
SE
VOL. VIM.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS, tATURDAY, SEPTEMBER H, 104.
NO. 15.
PORT ARTHUR
FRENCH CORRESPONDENT AT ST. PETERSBURG
WIRES A SENSATIONAL STORY
FROM THAT CITY
JAPANESE NOW MAKING A
DETERMINED
Togo's Fleet Is la the Thickest of the Fight and a Perfect
Rata of Shell Is Falling Into the Town. Rus
sian Mines Blew Up Whole Battalions
of Assailants. Other War News
Paris, Sept. 21. Tho Matin's St. Pe
tersburg correspondent telegraphs as
li.l.ows: Telegrams of which the gen
rial staff havo ilk yt't not knowledge
reached (ho emperor nt foil o'clock
thin morning. 1 ran nlllnn that they
concern Port Arthur. regarding which
place tho g. cutest anxiely prevails at
nourt. Tho Japanese arc now en
gaged In ft general uasault which Is
more furious than Its predecessors, at
tacking tho town on throe sides si
multaneously and employing th'jlr
whole forces, being determined to Hu
ll h tho business. Russian mines blow
up whole battalions of Japanese.
Ceil. Fook especially distinguished
liiniself, dl.'oet'ng tho firing wall which
the Japaneso rcuched after Indescrib
able massacre.
Japanese Fleet in the Fight.
Tho whole of Admiral Tokos and
Vice Admiral Kaminiira's squadron
are aiding in the struggle which it is
li ared hc:'o will l;o filial.
Tho besieged force!, are fighting as
if in a furnaoo. A perfect stream of
nhcll is falling on tho town, port ami
fortresses from tho whole hill and
roadstead. (Jen. Stoessel is going
f.om fort to fort encouraging t lie iIl'
li nders in their desperate efforts.
News Subdued in Russ a.
In St. Potershc.r, tho dots ooii
rerning the tragic event wbleh per
haps will terminate by a glorious fall
oi' l'o t. Arthur are wholly unknown.
Al. court hope has not yet bom on
inely abandoned.
Russian Disturbances.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 23. Tho dis
turbances which occurred at Odessa
lust week (ire now said not to haw
been anti-Jewish, hut anti-military,
and to have boon caused by rcse.ve
men who, it is alleged, refused to go
to the far east. A detachment of
regular troops sent to suppress the
disturbance:! Is said to have refused
to obey orders.
Japs Become Active.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 2.I. On Ku
ropatkln telegraphs tlio Japaneso havo
assumed the offensive from Pent sal
put o on Fu Pass, which is on the
railroad between Mukden and Pushan
about 12 miles from Mukden.
Vladivostok Squadron.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 2.1, (1:25 p. m.
Tho admiralty here does not con
firm iho report of the departure of
the Vladivostok squadron.
. , Refugee's Story.
""The Foo, Sept. 24. Noon. A Japan
ese, who arrived hero from Dalny,
rays that ihe battle which began at
Port Arthur Sept. continued dur
ing Sept. 2U. but ho Is unable to give
any details of tho fighting.
On September 21 and 22 the Ja
panese bombardment was slight. The
Japanese further nays that there were
few unverified rumors at Dalnv to
the effect that the Japanese had made ly surveying the canal route with a
tome gains. Jvlew of determining at what level
the canal Is to bo cut and the exact
Racer Made Record. 'line it Is to follow will consume, Mr.
Alitown. Pa., Sept. 23 Before Wallace nay, the remainder of VH
crowd of P...-.0 ,H.r-ons Prince Alert I""' " ""P " M'? m
1 he sav he expects to have the oam-
loday established a new half mile iagn entirely mapcl out and the
track record by pacing a mile in i actual work of diguing tho canal In
2:i; 12 without a w'nd shield at the 'systematic proeresH. Then It will
Alletitown fair races. Ho made ihe!ake ,K," "'k" 'ar ' eomplet
f ame lime at lw-thlchem. Pa , on i' p m,,rk- The lino of tho canal will
S"lt. 1 last vear but a shit-Id n,,,' '""t n.il- l'-ng the t hseras
then used to achieve It. Mi t!-ne .
tiu.'iiters tcwl.-iy wns I!t 1-2: :im
1:31;
:2 1-
Enriorte Fall River Strike.
Washington. D. C. S ;ii The en
tile council of the American Prlers
tion r lalior r(Tiri;ir- nlo-w
the rtrik f the ;"..imi(i etile owf a
!- of FM Ki--r. Ma Thin ' -1im
li rnntafrw-d tn a irrnlr l-tteI
todnv ft al' 'ti tfrnvia' im tie
eW the tnri-rt'd in of t,e fwl r' io.i
i t .iti'l t.v r-TCi.i,,f)i f ;.,tnt-r
nd nn-l'-s an awnl 'r eon'ribn-tion-
In a'-l ih --ir:i.-r
Snow r M 'ftetri.
Ft lrn'ie. fSetif ? A ;! t '
iv 1 liaT -ti.,w lli-r I n an b'
IN THE THROES OF BATTLE
GENERAL ATTACK
TO FINISH THE BUSINESS
WALLACE BACK
F
STATEMENT OF CHIEF ENGINEER
OF ISTHMIAN CANAL
COMMISSION.
18 NO FRICTION WITH GEN. DAVIS
States That It Will Take Eight Years
and $200,000,000 to Complete
the Canal, 20 Per Cent of
Old Work Available.
Flossmore, 111.. Sept. 23. Mr. John
F. Wallace, chiof engineer of tho
Isthmian canal commission and as
such in direct charge of the construc
tion of tho canal to bo built by the
United States across the Isthmus of
Panama, Is nt homo for two weeks,
after a busy summer in the canal
zone.
Mr. Wnlace denied emphatically
the story printed in a New York paper
that there was friction between him
self nlid Oon. D;i r'vernor of tho
canal zone.
Mr. Wallace says that the relations
between hint and don. Davis always
are of the most pleasant and cordial
character.
During his three months stay in Pa
nama, Mr. Wallace completely cover
ed the entire canal strip, about ten
miles wide and 47 miles long, at least
twenty times and his obosrvations
were thorough. He saw Gen. Davis
frequently and the two always work
ed in perfect harmony. Mr. Wallace
says that at present there are about
1,'iOfl men In tho field in Panama.
There are now at work six divisions
(Of engineers corps, each in charge of
a resident engineer -who reports to
Mr. Wallace ns chief engineer. The
engineering and clerical departments
are nlmost entirely Americanized and
nearly every arriving steamer brings
fresh additions from the United
States.
Little Sickness on Isthmus.
Mr. Wallace says that the health
conditions in Panama are excellent,
and there is little sickness. The mean
temperature this summer was about
84 degrees and Mr. Wallace says that
he does not remember that he ever
passed a summer in theUnited States
when the weather was more pleasant
than it was this summer in Panama.
I The idea that yellow fever is still
prevalent In the Isthmus. Mr. Wallace
says, is erroneous. It. ns well ns tho
malarial fever, common to the tropi
cal countries is being eradicated.
Mr. Wallace says that of tho work
done by the French company, perhaps
ten. maybe fifteen percent can be
used. It all depends on the plan final
ly decided on for the completion of
the canal.
Will Require Eight Years.
Tho nrclfniinary work of thorongh-
""r ,n" "" '"" "".
of the fharten. ""'"8 ihronth the
cut anrine th" bill Vnown a th"
ftilelira cut. alout ten niilea from
Panama P-fv.
Will Cot t?00.0O0.0OO.
Vr Wallsf-e e'imste thxt the
completion .f h" eatial wi I cot
lir.HO'Hi imii. Thin fim ad!-l o tho
4i imMi rii.fi ;, to ib" Frii-h rom
tmny f'r the r-ansl tr'i;nTtr nl 'b
fii mki .mxi i the l'ntt)a e"v
-mTn-iii 1'ir h'- tTfctit f tb- Itinfl.
mill nial a '"' f't tb- rr'
Mr We' ' t'ivt.1 ! t'if'tver t -T
fru.'i;r 'ihr4 't-- 1"ti"t
th'Muh n, of h- 'li'if't -h'"t
fr a ,! TM-rt'T ,f I i:-h I - it, r
4Hif-A a l''V i-'rt "' 'lv
f'eitxl te A ti"--' -tit - ti'f ' tr
lii(JfTf ti Fr-twli l.il l-n.
BOILER BURST
THREE DEAD
SUPERINTENDENT 01 COTTON
MILL WAS AMONG THE
VICTIMS.
NEGRO SCALDED AND M ILL Dlf
New Fireman Had Deen Engaged
and Had Gotten up Too Much
Steam. Was UnaM to Start
the Engine.
Jtalelgti, N. C, Sept. 23.-Tho holi
er ... i..u eiigiiiu department of tl.i
innmmolh rotton Mill Id win No. 2.
nt Dnkc'a on the Cajie Four nnd
Northern railroad about 2fi nu'e
from Hnliegli explodt d with ten III
violence early today, partially wi-e;
Ing tho engine room .Insianiiv 1 1 !
Ing three while men. one of whni:
was the superintendent of Iho mill
and one negro.
Another negro was scalded ho
badly that he will die.
The dead:
HENRY C. FOWLER, of nurlln
ton, general superintendent.
LEI3 HlltSII, Fireman.
H. O. HRASWKI.I,.
C1EO. M'LICAN, colored.
Fatally scalded, Henry Wall, co1
orod.
From the heft Information obtain
able It seems that the old firemen ol
mill having been discharged, the nev
man was not thoroughly used te
the engine and; had gotten up to'
much steam.
The engine refused to work am
the fireman went after tli" stiperin
tendent. As they entered the engim
room toglher, there was n roar am'
tho men were blown tot pieces.
WAS OF UNSOUND MIND.
Man Who Tried to Assassinate M
Neidgart Was Not Responsible.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 2.".. 4 p. m. Ac
cording to info mat ion furnished Tin
,,.ninin,i ProKa bv the minister o.
tlie interior an attempt to shoot. Chle
of Police Neidgart at Odessa yestei
,inir in. n vniiii"- man wlio fired a rc
vo'lvor at him from u distance of si:
paces, was not. connected with tl"
Jewish question or the mobil'zaiion ol
troops now proceeding in Odessa.
The man who tried to assas:sinati
M Neidgart was evidently a Russian
factory employs. When arrested by
Neidgart. ho shouted "long live la
Ix.r." He refused to dlvulpe his name.
He is a person of unsound mind, win
wished to imitate Sosonoff, the as-sash-in
of Minister Von Plehvo.
. This belief is confirmed by the nb
sence of labor troubles at Odessa.
The mobilization led to slight riot
ing at Ekaterinostav. About 23 drunk
en reserve men were arrested.
The rioters were arrested.
A slight Jewish riot is r,a!d to have
occurred at Spola, province of Kieff.
Tho details have not boon received.
Charged With Killing Sheriff.
Tallnhasee, Fla., Sept. 23. Adjutant
Oen. Foster today Issuen orders to the
Jacksonville light infantry to net n
gua'd to the prisoners recently ar
rested at Ilaxter charged with heln;
implicated In the murder of IV-pnt
Sheriff Thrift. There are 21 prison
ers who will be taken fo.- preliminary
trial from Jacksonville to MeCk'tiny
li is said that the slat. will ask n
postponement and that this will h
opposed by the deft'tidiilits.
COAL MINERS TO STRIKE.
About 5000 Men in Tennessee Will Be
Affected by Tie UP.
Knoxvllle. Tenn.. Sept. 23. Tin
miners of district 29 I'nlted Mini
Workers have voted by an overwhel
ming majority against the accept a net
of the operators' proposal to .eiluci
the wage scale alum, sevt n pT cent
I . Is believed that every union work
man in the district will lay down hii
iooIh today In response to the not let
sent.
S-cretary MeCracken estimates that
between 4mmi and 4 -"'" union men will
tro tint and between 1'mmi ami l.Mo non
union l mn. the la:ter n a yni
pathetic strike. htTiu.-e tlvy ill i'"
work at reducotl ag .
Alttiher tln-re are nearly 1kh
minert. in the distntt. tmt many o
'lie m are n ii-ii n ion nun.
Alleged Lyncher Arrested.
Hmville. A'.a,. S-tt. 2".. .lasn
AmM Luc. a 1rrr'-r. wa' arrx--d to
l!y on a warrant fhar?!M b'n' wi;l'
n nr'hr. l'- i th- :it-'h all' s"
'-.n'ti'T rr--i4 f th i'; ;c-r-ori n
ilwiH hr the rtw-i. I rrjnd j'l v.
K.'a Virl t. fht rr'-d v.-f.i trm
i im trial in th- irii t eo' rt.
Conrttii'l l Pot-ptned.
A'lafa. P-it t'3 - Tb f.-i-t mar
)t 1 lr f.v Ttt-'I t-t in
i-ii-:.;ti H .t tjerh aid 'to- ,M 'T f
tj. 'ti . t- ' S'at"-1 ir l
tM-.fi ' j fe -ti 1rnu t't
1"
WAR BULLETIN.
Secrecy Veil the movement
of the Japanese armic In Mau
cliurlu, and little more U liullea-
live of development!! In the aiiu-
Mihm iH-rmlited to reach iho
ftirrt'knomlciiu. Apparently four
JupHtiene armies are converiiinR
iiMin Mukden but althotiiili the
dlNtance to be covered U not very
great, aeverul day are expected
lo eliipno before there eiuues a
battle with the force under (leu.
Ktiropatkin. Improvement In the
weather conditlona la retarded
an udvuntageoiu to the Japanese
There la no mown from tho dlree-
Hon of Pen Arthur though It
aeenia probable fighting la In
progresa there. There Is no con-
tl mint Ion of Hie reMtrt that the
Russian cruiser (iromobol has
left Vladivostok In pursuit of a
Japanese iriinniort.
FREIGHT TRAIN
HIT DYNAMITE
TWO WERE KILLED AND NINE IN
JURE? BY EXPLOSION ON
B. A 0. LINE.
ENGINE RAN INTO ICADEO TON
Vchice Contained 750 Pounds of Ex
poBive Engine Was Overturned
and Stripped and Rails Were
Snapped Like Pipe Stems.
Cumberland, Md., Sept. 2 Fas'
freight No. ill on tho llnltimore
Ohio railroad struck a wucon loade
with 7.10 pounds of dvnnnilte at tin
crossing nt North Branch. W. V.i.
four miles east of iiere thii afternoon
Two persons were killed and nine ir.
jurod, three of them seriously.
The dead:
C. WALTER WHITEHAIR, from
lirakeman, Brunswick, (In.
NELSON PIKE, Martinsburg, vet
eran engineer, scalded all over an
internally injured, lived two hours.
The injured: A. B. Snnders, fir.
man, Norlh Mountain. W. Vn., nrn
broken and scalded on face, body nm
hands.
Charles Hamilton, n. nnd O. opera
'or and postmaster nt North Branch
-uts on face and body. Scott Hami'
ton, of Little Orleans. Md., cuts oi
face nnd body at least flftv In nntf
her. James Ashketlle, Little 0
loans cut in faco. Mary Twlgg. Ol.
Town, cut on face. Roymond Hami'
ton. cut on fnce. Maud Sibert, or
m face. James Lalng, aed 21. wli
was driving the dynnmlte wagon, cr
in leg and ear drum f-aclured.
The Baltimore & Ohio tower wn
wrecked as were reveral resident
near by.
James Lnlng, who drove the wnson
miftiilned Injuries, as did the tw:
'lois-es.
Scene of Wreckage.
According to eye witnesses Lain
hearing tl- train became terrine--and
stooped on tho track. The or
jine was overturned and stripped an
seven cars following, loaded wit
high grade merchandise, were brol'
n, several being demolished. Th
'racks were thrown out of tho'r hot1
while rails were snaped like plp
-items.
The wires were ten down and r
tfef was telcgriiuhed for after goln'
'o Patter-on's Creek on a hand en'
Engineer P'ke wns held untie
craps on ton of the lio'lei-. wh-Io hi
'ng slowly eooked to death. It rc
mired fonr ""n extricate bin
The explosion knocked every perse
'n the nelL'iihorliond down, hnrle
Hunter Bowen thremgh h roof, but rl1
lot hurt him. ami 'brew narts of th
nglne two hundred yards.
Stevens Gets Pou- Lk Office.
Washington, D. C Sept. 2.1. At th
tinclitsion of the cabinet meeting It
l:.y. Postmaster General Payne ai
loi.nccd I !u-1 T. J. Stevens had Ixe
h-elded tin for postma.-.tcr nt Sor
.rtl.e, Texas.
Died from Eating Canned Goods.
Augusta. Sept. 23. P.ov. Bynf
WotMlward. pastor o! North August'
Baptist church. Is in a trtiral cor.
'lit ion and his wife died today ns I
result of rtoni:.'no ptrisoning. Tire
lays ago they were taken vioicnti
t altit eating canned g'xls r-hict
iad been tiiened and left Klindin'
hit nlcht.
Tit-ir two children were not afT-c
fl.
WEATHER FORECAST.-
Wavhinc'on. l. C. Kept. 23
Wtn T' Part cloudy Satur
day; Sunday will ! fair.
Kt Txav: Part cloody Ritnr
!ay: how r and okiIit In ttt
n'irhw-t trtipn; Sunday ei--rallv
fair. fret.h oiith winfls.
lyxii'.ianx : Part r-londy Fatiir'lay.
PtKiwtn in wHitheavt pinion:
urtii't in tionh-m rtioti:
Sutilr f;r: lirht to fr-h xmih
-at in tu.u-h winds.
CZAR'S ARMY
SUFFOCATION OF
10 SCHOOL GIRLS
FLOOR 0 VAULT OF SCHOOL
H0U8T NEAR CINCINNATI
GAVE WAY.
GIRLS WIRE All UNDER 13 YEARS
About Thirty Girls Were Precipitated
Into the Vault Which was Twelve
Feet Deep and Afforded no
Opportunity for Escape.
Cincinnati. Sept. IM. School rinsed
toduy at Pleasant Ridge, seven miles
north of Cincinnati, wlili the ilrst
imirter of Ihe session, when nine,
stsslbly ten school bI'Ih were stit
taaied in a vault during the fort
ntsin rccoi'H and oer a aeoro of
libera narrowly escaped tho sumo
lioriiblo l at li. During the r(.st of
the tluv .the suburb was wild with
mingled excitement, sorrow nnd In
llgnutlon, and tonight those wb.'
ipenly churgo the ealumlty to official
negligence are muklng threat,
uinong them being muiiy women.
How It Happened,
The large building Is used for a
high school as well ns for all lower
lopurtinonts. All of the victims
wtre from primary grudes. On oppo
site sides of tho spucious ground i in
the reur of I'he school, a:-e outlioiises.
When recess was given about IK) of
he smaller girls were on the ltlo as
'gped them, when suddenly tho floor
pave way, precipitating them Into x
vault, of filth. This vault Is 12 feet
leep and walled up with stone like
i well. There are four feet of wa
ter or filth that would have bee'i
iver Hie heads of Iho girls falling In
t singly, hut those fulling foremo.H
llb'd up the. vault purl bill v -o that
others were not entirely submerged.
The girls fell eight feet from tho flow
ng before striking the flit li nnd
trnggloR of those that wore on top
'tepl nt least nine underneath until
bey were (lend. In the frame Rheds,
ivor Miose vnults wec square win
'nws and onlv one doarwny so that
niiv f.no Utile girl escaped from Hib
iKr. She 'nn !nlo the s"l"
'ng and told the teachers what had
''nppened. Tlie teachers wee sfi.ui
oinforced bv the entire noeiilnC'in
'f the town, the police and fl'o tin
lartmenls renderltiT most effective
ervlco. Those aide to climb out on
"le ladders themselves were res
iled by Principal Zimmerman, who
'"iillv fainted. Then others wen:
nln tho vault and kept brlngtnu
'end bodies rfom the filth nntl Pie
milt was cleaei'. The firemen
drained the vnu't so ns to be sure
he rescue wns complete.
Many Spectators Faint.
Those engaged In the rescue work
ecile the most ghastly experiences.
Even those rescued alive prosentol
nnli ii ti fi mi'ii'ii nrn nu I it ninkf niiin V
n the crowd of ppoctutorH faint, hm
ine sight within the vault beggare I
all description. The children wlio
.vere on toy of the writhing heap
ere rescued first. While (her were
setting out of the vault, their feel
rowded relent IoshI? down on others
who were meeting with a most agon-
zing deuMi in the filrh. It wai no- i
Iced that the older ones were on III'?
op anil rescued. The import uniil"i
if friends, especially of the w o.rng
not hers, were utmost beyond the cou
rol of Ihe officer.-. Doctors ft. (i.
enor and P. .1. Shank with their as
istanls. used the school httUiPng for
i hospital and a morgue ent'l after
he ileiid and Iho rescued wc-o taken
o their home. In ad" Ion to the fv
era' Mml bm1 Hnouneoi r- Sum
'bv. there will lw memorial service
n the three churches of the village.
Timbers Were Rotten.
IKn"t alsiiit the floor bavin? g?
n way last year aie denied by lie
chool trustees. Rev. Fred. Uorma'i.
;eo. W. South. F. K. Acomb, am
Irewer. Charles l.lllev and Ciia-le-Vacomb.
They Matp that the floor
vere reoalred during the summer va
cation and nothing was wrong Jan
tor Smith hlates that ho told
nenibers of the iKwrrf that the pla.
as "ot saf'-. CoroK'r Weave- ha I
hp wrwked girders irn"'-rv'-d. It In
tainted ha as foon a the? worn
irl-d tbat tho tltrilxrs were ound t
o rotten and It ' sa'd tbat o-e of
tu-m a -tili(fl "- -rinl'-r-t mill
. bnui'M to Cincinnati lomorrovr
or ttmnination at he lnj'i-t. C'e
nT Veav-r . In-d mmr i
li ati-lr in I t a; ant ni'ir" einur "n-i
mi'l con'itine the lnqu"-t titrttl lie '
a'i--fi-d as to tbo cau o t,r the di-
i-r r.
List nf Dead.
Tl." 'tf-ict ar:
IWFTTA nVKG. aced 1. ilmrV.
-r o' H'-nry Finte ,f ih K'b:d tbo tn-ril tomt. buh is lit-o-;
T,eV itir cmtny fit' 'titis't. ilv t,, revive i fer Mlit."-! at'
KM'-'t KTt:iXK P. 1'. tMi-bt'-r ti ( Ivl a that an -tirrenw,t n.sr tie1
lot n Ko-'t.l ati. Iffttirt.t at tb- Imrial ,1ae d' bo '
AMCIM IIKcr. . dant-b -r d t Matiebnrian tvn-'y Ni mti' t l
l rnti It'- 'ir-'tttjn ; titiiili- iA r-si'aeee to tl, adtatie, '
tfVrt.tirntetl ,m .pe Three " It Is ' t-ibis Indieatea
MAY NOT FIGHT AT MUKDFN
SURMISE THAT THE LONG EXPECTED BATTLE
MAY TURN OUT TO BE ONLY A
REAR GUARD ACTIONJ
IF MIKADO'S TROOPS OCCUPY FU PASS
KUROPATKIN'S POSH ION WILL BE INSLCURE
Movement of Japanese is Veiled With Secrecy, Corres
pondents Not Being Allowed to Send Oat Reports.
Indications, However, Point to Further Re
treat By The Russians.
St. PetershnrR, Sept. 24, 2M5 a. m.
Tho absence of details from tho
sent tif war despite tho Important
oharoter of events that nro develop
ing around Mukden, support tho sup
position that (Ion. Ktiropatkin may,
after all, not seriously contest the
Japaneso advance nnd that tho long
expected buttle nt Mukden may turn
out to be merely a rear guard action
upon a large scale.
May Threaten Communication.
Oen. Snkluiroff reports that the Ja
panese army la moving toward Fu
Pass, a villuge six miles northeast of
Mukden nnd near tho right bank of
the Hun river. The river nt this
point is bhnllow and probably for this
reason the locality has been selected
by the Japaneso forces for crossing.
If the Japanese succeeded in gaining
a foot hold at Fu Pass. ien. Kuropat
kln's position at. Mukden will bo in
secure, as tho Japaneso will from
thence be able to threaten tho Rus
sian line of communication. The Puss
is only twenty miles norlh of Dent
saluput.o, but at the prcuent rate of
progress, the Japanese will probably
occupy four or five days In traversing
It. The Russinn force south of Muk
den Is believed to consist of only one
army corps which is actiing as a rear
guard and It Is not intended to offer
a serious resistance to the Jupnncse
advance.
Japs Are Secretive,
Mukden, Sept. 211. The Russians
aro using war balloons southeast of
Mukden for the purpose o fohservlng
the movements of the Japanese In
that direction. Th line of outposts
established by the Japanese Is so ef
fective that not even tho Chinese
have boon nble to penetrate it. It
is Impossible, therefore, lo Hay de
finitely how Mnniuls Oyama has tils
posed his forces. It Is believed that
(Ion. Kuroki's army stretches from
Renishii to Rent slat putze and the
armies of Generals Nod.u nnd Oku
from Yental along the high rond and
railroad to Shahepu, Hi miles south
of .Mukden while a fourth army Is
moving from Dxlnntclinn, across the
Da mountains. All these roads con
verge at Mukden. Of Ihe four armies
those of Oku and Nod.u aro nearest
Mukden and their progress will have
in tia nlnrkunfwl In nrrtnr in norm ft
jKiirokl and Iho flunkltiK column to
r'omo i n. nwn nw n iikii ntui omv.ii
have command of the railroad. Sup
piles or grain and ammunition are
carried from Yental over heavy roads
exposed lo capture by enterprising
Cossack raiders.
There has been an Improvement In
the weather at Mukden which is ol
great help to the Japaneso.
KUROKI'S TACTICS.
Deployment of Japanese Army in Vi
cinity of Mukden.
St. Petersburg. Kept. 2:!. A dis
patch received from Mukden today
gives details of the Japanese poult Ions
aK follows: (ien. Kuroki has colleen
(rated one army with Hcntsiitputr.e
and licnschii as Its radius and his
advance Is pushing forward alone
the road leading to Fusliun and Fu
Pass. The advance forces of two
other armies tut-uny the Venial
mines, the village of Yental and San
den. The front or these three armies I
protect1 by an onlpofl screen which
Chlnfvc arc not allotted to pat. A
small Japanotu, detachment is mov
ing along tho (eft bank of tho l.lart
river In order to tiroteet junks. The
samo dispatch rciport that Chinese
lia.iditH are oiply Kidlng with Ihe
JapiineM-. The weather at Milt den
Ik rainy and windy and cold ban per
niatiently not in.
MAY DISTURB CHINESE DEAD
Possibility of a Battle at th T cribs
f the ManchM Dynasty.
Kt. Pitersberc. Sept. 2', :2; p. in.
A lri-f telegmtn receive to
day from Lieut, inn. Sl liaroff. an
noiltl' itH tlio 1tfctiee of tb- Jjne
from Tl-ntf.iar',- 'h fillaro tstr
F, M f miM'1i. and tho lt I
, tlmt Ihe RusHlona do not Intend fur
ther to oppose tho mnrch or the Ja
panese on Mukden.
I It probably fllgnincH that the Japan
eso force Is using the rood to Fu
Pass more than tho high road leading
to Mukden nnd Fustian with the In
tention or Isolating tho Russian col
umns guarding Fusliun.
The Jupaneae nre still trying to
turn (leu. Kuropat kin's left flank, but
there Is no Indication of their moving
west of tho Hun river. Blnmlntin is
still held by tho Cossacks.
MATTER OF CONTRABAND.
On Foodstuffs Is Conditional; Coal Is
Absolute.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 23. According
to the present status of negotiations
between the United States and Great
Britain with Russia on the matter of
contraband. Russia hag notlflod
Orcut Britain that she has no Inten
tion to depart from her original view
that coal Is ubsolute contraband. At
tho same time It la understood that
Foreign Miuister LamsdorIT has given
Sir Charles Hardlnge, the British
ambassador a verbal assurance of
Russia's desire to apply the rule with
tho greatest leniency. Tho same as
surance applies to all articles of dual
use numorated In article six. of Rus
sia's declaration on contraband.
RUSSIA'8 DENIAL.
Says That Country Has No Intention
to Soil Manchurian Road.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 2H. Tho As
sociated Press is able to deny the
statement from Pekln that M. Lessart
the Russian minister Is trying to ar
range tho sale of the Manchurian
ruilroud to China.
The reports in the foreign press,
tbat Lieut. Oen. Stoessel, the com
mander of tho Russian mllltnry force
at Port Arthur la of Jewish descent
uro denied by his nieco, residing In
M. t'etorsburg. (len. HtoesHers grand
father was a Lutheran, a general in
tho Russian army, and played a con
spicuous part In repelling the Na
poleonic invasion. His father was
converted to Orthodoxy and also serv
ed In the army.
The KXeui patriotic festival day at
Vilna, on the occasion of tho unveiling
of a monument to Culherlno tho Great
Is the subject of editorials in tho
newspapers, of the empress for
the restoration of Lithuania to Rus
slu and Iho liberation of tho Lllhunl
and from the Orthodox church from
the oppression of the Polish Catholics.
FOUR KILLED BY TRAIN.
Pennsylvania Express Runs Down a
Christening Party with Fatal Re
sult Pittsburg, Sept. iX Two men ,on.i
woman and a bab." were kl'led at
llradd.K'k tonight by tho peniisylvit
nla fast exnrosH, wb'ch left here at
!l o'clock. The victims:
JOHN ROM ANOSKI.
JOKICPH PASLA7.SKI.
ANTHONY Al'C.rSTlXO-
WICZ.
INFANT SON OK JOHN ROMAN
OSI. The party were returning from
church where tbev bad gone to hav-
'he baby rhrlMtened.
Fire In Pt"wr Tobacco Works.
St. IhiIk. Sent. S Fire whle'l
started on thp n'xth flotw o h
PepiHT Tobacco comnanv faetttrr
todav rulted 'n the fol rttct Ion .f
practically all the stock ,tantared h
biilldlnc and .-ndanirered the I've of
the employes. Th l'w estimate!
at I'lti.t'Oii r bit fly by mat or.
MADE HAUL OF M.400.
Sin rratfisco FeMoads Ceinnelled
Tw Cl'-rks t Deliver Goods.
Kan Franelsen. Rert. JS. Com pel -liaff
t lorks icr n tttto a imni, at
in twrfnt of roro'voT. to ho irnV
Irtiwmer--. mailed mail lodar too
-n't r-. or-ntsinttie and roo
ords and p r-" helotirlne to
eetit-at grain and rt'k oichanro
end , tead M
F I Flrnn H T P-imer ar
i -tniiired ly tho ovehanro anl
tr.ey trer-n rm rr lr t tv, sn H en " rvfft
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into tho t-tTieo t,mr1 a a
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mi t'.st rrM tot t wi nl
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