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.THE EVENING BULLETIN.
VOLUME XXIII.
MAYSVILLE, KYM THURSDAt, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904.
NUMBER 241.
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LIAO YANG BATTLE
Tho Second Day's Engagement
Commenced at Dawn and
Kaged Until Evening.
REPEATED BAYONET ADVANCES.
Japs Attempted to Occupy a Round
Topped Hill Which Was Literally
Shaved by Russian Shells.
The Fight at Llao Yang Will Probably
Rank Ao One of the Great San-
nutnarv Battles In the His-
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k iory of tne World.
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Liao Yang, Sept. 1. The second
day's battle commenced at dawn Wed
nesday. The Russians made repeated
bayonet advances on the road directly
south of Liao Yang, -where the Japan
ese approached from Sanquaishlp and
Tao, shelling the positions in the Rus
sian lines until 4 in the afternoon,
when the engagement, which was gen
oral throughout the south and south
cast, narrowed to the main line The
Japanese advance on the southeast
was by way of the Feng-Wang-Cheng
road.
Immediately In front of Chiaofantun
the Japanese stubbornly attempted to
occupy a round topped hill, which was
literally shaved by the Russian shells,
making repeated attempts the eiTtire
day, where apparently it was impos
sible for anything to live. The can
nonading continued from this point to
the vfclnity of Wangpaotnl until Wed
nesday evening without apparent ad
vantage to either side. The Japanese
dropped shells within two or three
miles of the railroad station and in
the plain of Wentzhu mountain, which
is the most lmportant'emtnence around
Liao Yang, but the Japanese abandon
ed aggression there on account of the
resistance they met. There was can
non fire Tuesday night and this Is ex
pected nightly.
. St. Petersburg, Sept. 1. With the
knowledge that the Russian and Jap
anese armies about Liao Yang are
locked in a death struggle the tension
in St. Petersburg Wednesday night
was strained to the utmost. It is be
lieved here that the fight can not stop
short of the crushing defeat of one
side or the other,
AH reports bo. far are favorable to
the Russians, though the suspension
of all news for mapy hours has been
exceedingly trying and has given rise
to several rumors, somewhat temper
ing the earlier enthusiasm.
It is stated officially, however, that
the report that the railway and the tele
graph have been cut north of Liao
Yang is fntrue.
, It is thought here that, in view of
the numbers -engaged, the desperate
ness of the assaults and the length of
the line, about seven miles, the losses
in the two days' fighting can not fall
short of 10,000 on each side. Both
sides are straining every nerve, realiz
ing that the fortunes of war for a
whole year are in the scale, and 'nei
ther side is in tho mood pr the posi
tion to spare men in the effort to
achieve a final victory.
The battle of Lino Yang will proba
bly rank as one of the great sanguan
ary battles of history. It is estimated
by the general staff that the Japanese
armies engaged number 17 divisions of
15,000 men each, or, allowing for in
efficients, about 240,000 men. Each di
vision has 36 guns, and there are two
independent artillery brigades of 100
guns each, making a total of about 800
guns. The estimates of Russian corre
spondents range at from 600 to, 1,000
guns per Bide.
In he preliminary fighting of, Mon
day the Russians captured 2Q0 prison
ers, who have already arriyed at Hart
bin, and report persists that they cap
tured over 40" Japanese guns Monday.
Gen. Kuropatkin's effective forces
arc variously estimated at from 170;
000 to 200,000 men.
'One of the surprising phases of the
situation is the endurance of the men.
They have been engaged desperately
for two days after more or less severe
fighting under unfavorable conditions
every day since August 24. It would
Beem that human endurance could not
persist much longer without respite of
some sort
Deatlr of. Henry B. Coxe.
Philadelphia, Sept. 1. Word was ro-
coiyea nora Wednesday night by Chas.
E. Coxe, of this city, that his father,
Henry Brinton Coxe, a member of the
well known firm of Coxe Bros. &' Co.,
coal operators, and died suddenly Wed
nesday, at Brussels, Belgium;
Russia Buys Two 8teamers.
Copenhagen, Sept. 1. Russia has
' purchased two steamers, the Korea
und tlje KItalic, belonging to tho Dan
ish Russian East Asiatic Steamship
Co., as auxiliary cruisers,. The-, Yes
sols will be attached to the Baltic
squadron. . - ,
ELEVENTH DISTRICT CASE.
Every Inch of the Ground Is Being
Gone Over.
Irvine,-Ky., Sept. 1. The case of
Godfrey Hunter and D. C. Edwards,
candidates for congress in tho Elev
snth congressional district, was called
Wednesday morning by Judge Robert
Riddel), of this place. There were
present representing Mr. Edwards, W.
H. Holt, of Louisville; W. L. Brown,
of London, and John C. Eversole, of
Booneville. Representing Mr. Hunter,
were preset: M. H. Rhorer, Middles-
boro; James D. Black, Barboursville;
C. B. Hill, Winchester; O W. Gourley,
Beattyvllle, and W. M. Ramsey.
It was very apparent from the out
set that there will be an Interesting
trial, each side being ably represented
and each watching with greatest care
the actions of the other.
The Hunter attorneys presented nu
merous affidavits to the court, alleging
fraud, fear of violence and intimida
tion if they undertook to count the
election returns in London. The Ed
wards side presented claims of fraud
ad other issues.
Historic Tavern Razed.
Shelby ville, Ky., Sept. 1. The Wayne
building, on the corner of Main and
Fifth streets, is being torn down to
make room for a more modern and
commodious structure. The old build
ing is one of the most historic in
Central Kentucky. It was erected
more than 100 years ago.
The Monroe Celebration.
Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 1. Secretary
of State H. V. McChesney and Edward
Leigh, the governor's private secre
tary, left Wednesday for Monroe,
Mich., to attend the unveiling of the
monument to the Kentucky soldiers
who fell in the battle of the River
Raiser fn 1813.
Fell From a Second-Story Window.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 1. News was
received here from St. Louis Wednes
day, announcing the death of Robert
F. Cassell, son of Mark Cassell, a
prominent farmer of this county. He
met his death by falling from a second
story window in the house where he
was rooming.
Goebel Monument Commission.
Lexingtori, Sept 1. The Goebel mon
ument commission met here to review
the work of SIgnor Morettl upon the
clay model. Some unimportant changes
were suggested. The commission ad
journed until September 8, when the
model will be ready fon final inspec
tion.
Penalty of Faithfulness.
Madisonvllle, 'Sept. 1. After re
maining at his post for three days and
nights as flagman at the Illinois Cen
tral bridgo in Dawson, John Winston-
sank exhausted to the track he was
watching, and while sleeping peaceful
ly was cushed to death by a train.
Penalty Fixed at Death.
Owensboro, Ky., Sept. 1. Robert
Mathley was Wednesday found guilty
of the murder of Emma Watkins and
the penalty was fixod at death by the
jury. Mathley killed James Gregson
and Emma Watkins at Owensboro,
June 2C, without provocation.
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Baptists Convened at Buckeye.
Lancaster, Ky., Sept. 1. The Tate's
Creek Centennial Baptist association,
composed of tho countieB of Garrard,
Madison, Boyle, Lfncoln and Jessa
mine, convened at Buckeye, this coun
ty, for a three days' session. An im
mense crowd is present.
Sues For $10,000 Damages.
Hopkinsville, Ky., Sept 1. Nellie D.
Leavell has filed suit for $10,000 dam
ages against the Western Kentucky
asylum for the insane for injuries sus
tained in the laundry department dur
ing the preceding administration about
a year ago.
Aged Pioneer Dead.
Covington, Ky., Sept. 1. John
Smith, aged 91; said to be the oldest
citizen of Ludlow, died at his home
Wednesday afternpon. He was em
ployed by tho Southern road for years.
His son is Hugh Smith, city weigher
of Ludlow.
Joseph Rabbltt Is Dead.
World's Fair Grounds, St. Louis,
Sept. 1. Joseph Rabbltt, 41 years old,
formerly of Louisville, is dead at the
homo of his cousin, John S. Carroll, in
St Louis. For 20 years ho was con
nected with the St Louis water de
partment,
Two Dry Towns.
Covington, Ky., Sopt. 1. Two. spe
cial elections were hold in Kenton
county Wednesday, one at Stephenson
and the other At Davison's precinct.
The fanners were out in force and in
each precince .the full voto was cast
To a. Higher Court.
Williamsburg, Ky., Sopt. 1. Dan
Gibson, aged CO, dropped dead from
his seat in the. court houso Wednes
day. Court was In sqssion and ho was
waiting to bo.callqd as a witness.
A SWEEPING ORDER
All Butcher Workmen Through
out the United States Re
quested to Go on Strike.
IT MAY CAUSE A MEAT FAMINE,
The Order Affects in All About 2,000
Men in Chicago and Ten
Independent Plants.
The Other Cities Are:. Eastt. Louis,
Omaha, St. LoUls, Kansas City,
Sioux City, New York, Mil
waukee and Syracuse. ,
Chicago, Sept. 1. Famine in meat is
declared by the strikers to be the
probable result of their new move in
the strike against the packers. Or
ders have been Issued for a general
strike of all butcher workmen through
out the country. They are expected to
go out Thursday. The order will af
fect in all about 2,000 men in Chicago,
and ten Independent plants. The or
der, if observed, will also affect Inde
pendent plants of large capacity in
the following cities: East St. Louis,
Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City, Sioux
City, New York, Milwaukee, Syracuse
and hundreds of small plants through
out the country which employ from 10
to 20 men. All together, union offi
cials assert, there will be 15,000 men
to go out, and the meat supply will
be seriously crippled, leaving as the
only supply the output of the big pack
ers by their non-union help. The pack
ers say it Is Leader Donnelly's aim to
create a meat famine, which, he
thinks, would be forced. "Donnelly is
undertaking the impossible," .jsaid a
representative of one of the packers.
"There is little chance of a meat fam
ine. The independent packers, who,
by their collusion with the unions,
have profited much during the strike,
will suffer the most"
New York, Sept. 1. The members
of the Amalgamated Association of
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
formerly employed here by the
Schwarzschild & Sulzburger and the
United Pressed Beef Cos., who expect
ed that the negotiations in the west
would lead to a peaceful settlement
of the strike, were Wednesday deject
ed over the news from Chicago that
orders for a general strike of the
butchers throughout the country has
been issued.
The packers here say that they have
filled the places of the strikers and
are killing and making deliveries as
usual under police protection. The
strikers say that the boycott is hurt
ing the packers and that the bulk of
the men who quit work at the abat
toirs of the two companies are employ
ed in the slaughter houses of Independ
ent firms.
Boston, Sept. 1. No order regarding
a general strike of all butcher work
men in the country has yet been re
ceived from the headquarters in Chi
cago of the international union by the
officers of the Boston local union of
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen. The officers of the
local union do not think the strike
will effect Boston.
RETAIL DRUGGISTS.
Twenty-Five Hundred Declared Guilty
of Contempt of Court.
Chicago, Sept. 1. Twenty-five hun
dred retail druggists in the United
States were declared gulKy of con
tempt of court by Judge Dunne, of
tho circuit court, Wednesday, and the
National Association of Retail Drug
gists, of. "which they are members, was
fined $2,000, while Thomas V. Wooten,
secrotary of the organization, was fined
$500. The cases against five whole-
sale druggists of Chicago, also charged
with contempt, were continued until
the fall term of court, when it will be
necessary for them to take additional
proof into court to purge them of the
contempt charges.
The injunction under which tho
druggists' association was fined was
secured by Isaac Piatt, a retail drug
gist of Chicago, in November, 1902,
and restrained them from Interfering
In any manner with the securing of
supplies by TJatt, who had incurred
tne association's djmpleasune, It was
charged, because be would not Join it.
Strike Breakers and Policemen Hurt.
East St Louis, III., Sept 1, Twenty
strike l breakers and two policemen
were more or less seriously Injured in
a riot inivftilch about 400 strike sym
pathizers wore engaged. The sfeiko
breakers are employed in the Swift
&i Armour plants.
Big Fire In Juarez, Mex.
El Paso, Tex., Sent 1. -The, city of
Juarez, Mex., across .tho rivor'from
El Paso, is threatened with, destruc
tion by Are.
PRINCES8' FLIGHT.
Daughtor of the King of the Belgians
Vanished From Bad Elstar.
Berlin, Sept. 1. Princess Louise of
Coburg, daughter of the king of the
Belgians, whose relations with Kegle
vich Mattasitch, the former lieuten
nnt of the Austrian army, caused a
great scandal in European royal cir
cles, seven years ago, and who has
Blnce been kept under the closest re
straint, has vanished from Bal Elstar,
where she has been taking the cure.
It Is presumed that the princess is in
the company of Mattasitch and is seek
ing to gain an asylum where she will
be safe from recapture.
The escape of the princess was ac
complished In a mysterious and roman
tic manner. Ladders and a swift au
tomobile were brought into play to ef
fect her release from the hotel, where
she has been immured almost as a
prisoner, and to convey her to some
refuge regarding the location nothing
1$ known.
POWDER LETS GO.
One Man Instantly Killed and Three
Seriously Injured.
Punxsutawney, Pa., Sept. 1'. Eight
hundred kpgs of powder exploded Wed
nesday in the press room of the Laflin
& Rand powder works, two miles east
of hero, instantly killing one man,
seriously Injuring three others, and
causing costly destruction of property.
Tho press room, which was about 40
feet square, was totally destroyed.
Leonard Bair was in the building at
the time of the explosion. When his
body was recovered among the ruins
after the accident it was found that
a part of his head had been literally
blown away.
THE SLOCUM DISASTER.
Report of the Committee For the Re
lief of Survivors.
New York, Sept. 1. The report of
tho committee for relief of survivors
of the General Slocum disaster shows
that 958 bodies have been recovered
and that $109,543 wascollected and
expended. Of 990 families who lost
ono or more members by the disaster,
437 received aid and provision was
made for the permanent care of many
of these. Twenty thousand dollars has
been put aside for this purpose. One
hundred and twenty men lost their en
tire families in the disaster and In 12
families 27 children were left orphans.
HEAD.ON COLLISION.
Nine Persons Were Killed and 23 Oth
ers Injured In Canada.
Montreal, Sept. 1. Nine persons
were killed and 23 others Injured in
a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk
railway near Richmond, Que., Wednes
day. The trainB involved were a spe
cial excursion from Montreal bound
for Sherbrook and passenger train No.
5, running between Island Pond, Vt.,
and Montreal. The collision, it is
claimed, was due to neglect of orders
on the part of the train crew of the
excursion trnin, which left Richmond
without awaiting the arrival of the
passenger train.
DRANK CARBOLIC ACID.
Woman Attempted Suicide In the In
dianapolis Railway Station.
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. I. A wom
an believed to be Mrs. John Collett
Prltz, of 416 Ferrine street, Dayton, O.,
attempted suicide in the Union 'rail
road station Wednesday night by
drinking carbolic acid. She was ta
ken to the city hospital In a critical
condition. A railroad ticket to Chi
cago 'was found among her effects.
Will Take a Course In Pedagogy.
BJoomington, 111., Sept. 1. Six Fili
pinos will enter the State Normal uni
versity next WPPk in fnkfl n pnnrRo tn
Pedagogy, preparatory to returning to
tie Philippine Islands as teachers,
The government pays their expenses.
Attempted to Kill Herself.
St Louis, Sept. 1. Mrs. Julius Leh
mann, wife of the former member of
the house of delegates who is serving
a term of imprisonment for boodling,
Wednesday attempted to Jump from a
window of her houso and kill herself.
Big Plant Destroyed.
Baltlmor.e Sept. 1. The large pack
ing plant of Street & Cockran in this
city was totally destroyed by fire, the
loss being estimated at $12C,000. The
buildings, a large stock of moat and
180 live hogs were entirely consumed.
Five Hurt in Elevator Accident.
Pittsburg, Sept. 1.-Five persons
were seriously injured Wednesday aft
ornoon by tho fall of an elevator in
the Park building, Fifth nyenue. Tho
cable broke and the car fell from tho
13th floor to the ground.
Old Notion.
The blue glass cure lsused In -Italy
lor neuralida.
AMERICANS WON.
Track and Field Events of the
World's Pair Revival of
Olympic Games.
ROSE SMASHED WORLD'S-RECQRD,
After Three Trials the Cliicajroan Put
the Sixteen-Pound Shot 4U
Feet ami 7 Indies. '
H
. L. Hillman, of New York, Ran the
400 Metre Hurdle In 32.5 Seconds
r-Frank Wallo, of Milwau
kee, Finished Second. i
.St. Louis, Sept. 1. Again have the
athletes competing in the track and
field events of the Louisiana purchase
exposition revival of the Olympic
games demonstrated that they are tho
peers of any previous aggregation of
international character.
Wednesday, the third of the 1904
Olympic, one world record fell beforo
the prowess of an American, three
Olympic records were broken, the lau
rels going to two Americans and a
Greek; and one Olympic and world's
record was broken, but owing to an
unfortunate accident, the time will not
be allowed in the latter as the official
record.
As an indication of what the day
was to bring forth, H. L. Hillman, of
the New Yorjc Athletic club, ran the
400 metre hurdle in 32.5 seconds, un
der the Olympic and world's records.
Hillman was forced the entire dis
tance by Frank Waller, of the Milwau
kee Athletic club, who finished sec
ond, and in the excitement of the race
Hillman failed to clear the last hurdle
clearly and the barrier fell to tho
ground, disqualifying his record, but
not affecting the result of the race.
The 200 metre run again brought out
a field of record breakers. Archie
Hahn, of the Milwaukee A. C, won
the first heat In the record time of
22 1-5 seconds. He fought the distance
witluW. J. Cartmell, of Louisville, Ky.,
and only won by inches. The second
heat was a trifle slower, but Hogenson
was not pushed.
In the final (the distance by Ameri
can measurement of the 200 metre be
ing 218.73 yards) resulted In the low
ering of the Olympic record by three
fifths of a second. Hahn won the
event, but secured an advantage at the
start of two yards over his three com
petitors, the latter having made a
false start and receiving penalties.
Perlkles Kakousls, of Athens, Greece,
had everything his own way in lifting
the barbell. The other entries were
two men from the Milwaukee A. C. and
ono fiom St. Louis. Kakousls won the
event by lifting a weight of 18G pounds.
He did this with apparently so, little
dicculty that Qtto C. Osthoffl of the
Milwaukee A. C. withdrew after hav
ing lifted an equal weight after sev-
eral attempts.
Kakousls then went after the Olym
pic record. He first lifted 200 pounds,
and then had the weights adjusted at
210 pounds, four (.ounces more than
the record made by the Danish ath
lete, V. Jensen, of the Copenhagen A.
C, at the Athens Olympic in 189G. His
first attempt was successful.
Ralph W. Rose, of the Chicago Ath
letic association, played ducks and
drakes with the Olympic and world's
record Jn the 16-pound shot put. His
first essay bulled the Olympic record
and came within two inches of the
world's record. He tried twice more
before he succeeded In smashing the
latter with a put of 48 feet 7 Inches.
The former Olympic record was 4G
feet 3 Inches, made by R. Sheldon,
of the New York A. C. at Paris in tho
1900 revival of the Olympic games,
and the former world's record was 4S
feet 2 Inches.
Tho standing high jump. Ray C.
Eury, of the New York A. C. first, 4
feet 11 Inches; Joseph F. Stadler, of
Cleveland, O., second, 4 feet 10 inches;
Lawson Robertson, G. N. Y. I. A. A.,
Nev York, third, 4 feet 10 inchos;
John A. Biller, N. T. V., Newark, N. J.,
fourth, 4 feet 9 inches.
Forest Fires Are Spreading.
Missoula, Mont, Sept. 1. Forest
fires at tho head of the Bitter Root
valley are spreading. Prospectors and'
campers have been forced to leave and
in several Instances camps and cablntf
have been destroyed.
Robbers Overlooked $13,000.
Cheyenno, Wyo., Sept 1. Tho Ore-
gon express was hold up at-Kemmererf
Wyo., Wednesday morning by, fouV
men, who stole a packago containing
$900. A packago containing $13000?
was not disturbed.
Struck Natural Gas.
Huntsville, Ala., Sopt 1. The New
York-Alabama Oil Co. hns struck nat
ural gasat Hazel Green, 10 miles north,
of. this city. Other wells -will be sunk
for potroleum. The company will pipe1
gas to Hunts vllle.- j