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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1905)
BUKllo UufcAl rlULfc ttUTXIONH LOST IN 1'IHK 11AQ1NO AX KJW OltLUANS. SWEEPS THE RIVER FRONT 4X.I.TOOIS OKMTIIAI. KIIRIOUT M1NAL8 JDKSTKOITKD TEK- OoeiI' Sqnaran of Motlorn "WhnrTM Baton Up, Together With Freight, jjj' Cum unit Keloiioi Lost " May Bo 5,000,000. NEW ORLEANS. Firo involving millions of dollars' loss in physical property, and wblch strikes u sor Urns, it temporary, blow at the 1m tnenso export trade of Now Orleans, iwopt the river front and wiped out Iho vast freight terminate of I lie Illi nois Central, known as tbo Stuyves- fcnt docks. Nearly a dozen squares of modern wharves and freight sheds, two mag pillcent ears, and vnst quantities of freight, Including 20.000 hiiles of cot ton, wero destroyed, together with a kargo number of smull residences. Iho lire was raging fiercely at mid night, at which time it hal nearly ireached the north end of the Illinois bentnil property. It has not been determined whothor there has been loss of life. The ocean shipping fleems to have escaped serious damage. Two fireman and several dock employes were injured. The loss may exceed 3o,000,000. The Stuyvesiut docks extend from fcoulslana avenue almost to Tsapoleon kvenuo, a dlstunoe of twelve squares. tthft wharves between thesj two points wero covered with miles of ttrackaec. Bteel and iron sheds ran the whole dlstnnce. Two grain ele xators were of the most modern con atruotlon, tho upper nno having capacity of a million bnshels. i Much cotton, several hundred (thousand packages of Bugar, great inantitles of cotton seed oil and oil sake, and lumber and every con solvable variety of bushels handled jy the Illinois Central was put iahnard shins at these docks. The Iflocks and improvements have been pnder construction for ten years past, elaborate preparations ond Invest cj-ments having been made after tin constitutional convention of 1808 made It possible for the road to in vest permanently at this point. The firo was dlsoovorcd shortly after 7 o'clock. It is said to have resulted from a Journal that had not been sufficiently oiled. Tho whole plant was equipped with gigantic water tanks and Are extinguishing noaratus. but the blaze, small at the beginning, almost Instantaneous fiy got beyond control. Tue respouse of the fire department was prompt but owing to tho fact the terminals were not readily accessible because Of fences and tracks, the engines found difficulty in reaching the tames. In half an hour the fire covered two sqaarei, tho lower elevator was sractlcallv consumed and the fire wan sweeping w Ith IrresistabiJ fury both up and down tho river. As toon as it became known that the rone of the fire was the Stuyvosan Hocks haroor tugs hastened to the -wharves and vessels that were moored there wero nulled out Into the river, lo the Bame time switob engines voro rushed to the wharves and kundreas of box ca3 loaded with relnbc wore drawn to points above bo upper end of the terminals be ire the firo could reach them, hundreds more, however, were con jured. The wind was blowing down the tiver as tho blaze began, and tho firo ipread with greater speed In that 41ret tlon. By ft o'clock tho lower ilevator and sheds and wharves fnm Amelia street to Louisiana avenue, distai ce of six squares, had fallen n. Fortunately, Louisiana avenue Is a broad thoroughfare, and the further spread uf the fire beyond that point Into a residence section was checked. Between the points jomod, however, tho flames swept to complete destruction many cottags V tho poorer classes, the occupants m a great many Instances losing al' bey pubSfs?ed. Tho river boats, the employes of he road and the firo department .oocenttated all tbelr energies In an tffort to save the upper elevator be .ween Anstorlltz and Constantinople trcets and check tho fire ut that Jnt. A iit HUHl HAS iStGUft nmsK hattlk niciNO waokd on 711 K 8I1AKUK 1UVI.K, llltter Attnclcn Mailo on Stoeisel St of 111 Arrlvul Man Onoo Extollrct lliitnrna Al most In Ulcgraoo ST. PETERSBURG. -Belated offi cial reports of tho attack on trio Russian left at Tsinkhetchen do not satisfy tho curiosity of tho publio as to what Is going en in Manchuria, but the military authorities explain that tbo Japanese probably aro at tempting only to forco in tho Rus sian advanced position. An Associated press dispatch from TslnKhetohen is interrupted at an Interesting point and doos not givo the losses or final results of the battle, but It is evident both slaos lost heavily. On tho ovo of General St'iessel's ar rival hero a so tlon of tho press Is Htiacklng him bitterly. These uun rs have nrintod all tho stories tending to show that the garrison of orb Arthur was not at extremities when it caplttmtod tho blovo oven llcging mistreatment of tho inhabi tants of tho clt. Tho majority or the papers, however, resent criticism advance of tho official lnvestlga tlon as being unjust and unwarranted. Un account of tho rioith of Grand Duke Sorglus all tho plans for a big nubUc ovation for Genoral Stoesael iavo boen countermanded and tbo man who a lew weens ago was ex tolled as tho hero of the war returned to the Russian capital almost like a soldier In disgrace. Accordingly to an apparently wel grounded raport Minister of Finance Kokovsoff will soon leave tho em peior's cabinet and be succeeded by M. Rouculoff, a former assistant to President of tbo Council of Ministers Wltto and strong supportor of tba statesman. Thero aro various re porta concerning tho proceeding of the session of tho councils of minis tors but in all of them aro indica tioos that M. VVitto played tho most prominent part, as ho did at the preccodlng meeting. It is known that the matter of reforms was taken up, but left undetermined. Street sales of tno Russ havo baen suspended on account of an arilcla in Its issue of Friday reciting con ditions In Russia and asking whether they Indicate the existence of a gov ernment. Tho Journal Nnrsbadney is planning to resume publication under tho frauohlso of Its predecessor the suspension of which expires Marsh 1, but uuder restriction. Tho Buss says tho committee of ministers decided at tho. mietlnir to indefinitely posptpone tho question of the consideration of the convoca tion of a zemsky zobor owing to tbo impossibility of summoning the assembly until exhaustive rules gov erniog the examination thereof, etc., hare been drawn up. TSINKETOHEN. The Japaneso attack on Beresneff bill developed into an encounter of the most sang ulnary nature. The Japanese, press log forward a bayonet charge, were received with pyroxlln hand gronda des and were blown up by burled mines, but Japanese machine gum wblch took positions to support the advance, were sllencod for a time and. beaten back. The Japanese came on with greater resolution, however, and the Russians flna'ly yielded the hill In the face of greatly superior numbers and a determined series of attacks which oontinued night and day. The Japanese on Friday attacked a hill opposite with great loss. News has Just been received that the Japanese renewed the attack un Tslnti pass. ST. PETERSBURG. General Sak baroIT. General Kuropatkln's chief of stair, in a dispatch reports that whon tho Japaneso atticked and captured Beresneff hill they wero in superior force and advanced literally over the bodies of tbelr own men. The Japanese Joss was very heavy, tho dead lying In heaps. Tho Bus sian losses havo not yet been ascerJJ talned. Tho text of Goneral Sakharoff's dispatch Is as follows: "Wo evacuate Beresneff hill after a severe fiwht, tho enemy having a considerable superior force. The attack on Tzlenti pass was ropulsod. At Bo'esneil hili the Japanese ad vanced over the bodies of their own doad in tbo face of exploding surface mines and through barbed wiro en taoglemontB. Their losses were con siderahle Ours have nut yet beon 'ascertained. JUMP 1HE WVR JA TANKS W ABSMM1S AOOIWKs8IVK AND CROSS MIAUIIM Determined Effort to Brenk Strike on ltntlronil Vitnl for Transportation of Men and Munitions the ST PETERSBURG. According to the Associated press dispatches from Mukden tho Japanese, crossed tho Shakho river, but tho place of cross- rig was eliminated by the censor. Tho advanco was oiicckco oy mo Russian relnforcomtnts. This Is tho most important news from the front. Fighting is continuing on tho Russian left flank, with indicat ions that the Japaneso are planning demostratlon against the center but Russians bt Hove tholr positions aro impregnable. How groat tho prosecution of tho war Is embarrassed by tho internal situation Is raado manifest oy tue exceptional measures inaugurated to break the railroad strlko on lines vital for the transportation of pro visions, troops and rauultlons. Tho demands of tho raon in tho matter of wages have bo n granted cn gov ernment roads and tho samo point has boon conceded in the caso of employes of government atBonals and arms aud munitions factories. In addition, a statute has beou found under which striking railroad em ployes in time of war aro subject to arrests and punhhment by martial law and all ralltoad strikers have, been notified of the penalty under this law if thev Interfere with military trains. Tho Russian naval program still hnnoR fir on account of tho fulluro of tho ministry of finance to allot an app'opriatlon. whloh may not bo made until a now loan Is floated. In the moantime ropresentatlres of for eign shipbuilding firms who aro bore i.rtr contracts aro coullne tholr heels In tho corridors of the admir alty. Mr. Gauatlot oi jsewpon News, and Simon Lake, the submar ine boat bulldor, nro the latOit ar rivals. Tbo report telegraphed here from Now York that Japan had Intimated to Seoietary Hay termB on which she Is willing to make peaco, and that Mr. Hay had instructed Am- bassa lor McCormick to convey tho in timation to tho Russian government has created muoh interest coming on tho heels of rumors current in bt. Potersurg that Russia is willing to end the war upon substantially the terms as these attributed to Japan. Thn forelcn office declares that on onrh intimation has been received and furthermore expresses Itself as scotptlcal regarding the reliability of this report. The roreign omen also repeats the assurance tnuc lius sla's position is unobanged. It is seml-officlally announced that in view of the appearance of Japan ese troops in the rear of the Russian army west of the railway, Russia wiil address a circular to tbo poweis protesting aganist Japan's persistent violation of tho Chinese neutrality. Aside from the news of the re sumption of the Japmei attack on Guato pass the war office has no dis natrhM from the front and does not attach great Bittniflcanoe to the tiuhiing eastward, siylng that ttoa forces engaged are comparatively small, though they aro suffering heavily. The Associated press dis patches verify this conjecture. The position at Tsinkhetchen, about seventy miles east of Mukden is far advanced in comparison with tho goneral line and the retirement of the Russians as only as far as the genoral alignment, but the dis patches Intimate that tho Japanese are now concentrating against the whole left flank, at which is being heavily reinforced in preparation for extensive fighting. A correspondent of tho Associated press who has Investigated personally the reports that large foroes of Jap anese are In Mongoliu says they do not exceod COO Japaneso and 3,000 Chinese bandits. A dispatch from General Kuropat kln dated February 20 says: , 'Tho enemy Is continuing the offensive acalnst the front of our Tsinkhetchen detachment, und has turned both Its flanks. Tho Japan ese have also advanced against Kan tle pass, turning our left flank, but all his attacks cn Tantru and Hoydal irig have been repulsid. His offen sive movement against Homapudz has also been repulsed. At borne positions our rlflo men forces the I Japanese outposts to retire. FIGHT OF WAR ON UKATH HTRUQOtR STAltTKD THK SUAKMIS VALliKX. 1A RUSSIANS AGGRESSIVE KUROl'ATKXN AflLTO TO RKFKL INITIATIVE A TACK Qenernl lCnrokt Ponmllnir Awny fissmilnsrly Coining (Jronnrt Cluh Of Aunt Alone the Knllrr Front. wrt Fighting on a largo scale Is In pro gress botween tho Russian and Japa neso armies in Manchuria, General Kuropatkln, at tor meeting tho Inla tlve of thuJapancso in tho custom part of the Sliakhc valley, assumed tha aggress! vo In the western portion, and under covor of a heavy artillery firo from Putlloff hill and Novgorod hill succeeded in driving tho Japan-' eso from a position in tho outskirts of Saudiapu. Simultaneously tho Russians attacked and capturod a railroad bridge on the Japaneso edi tor. Much more serious is tho Jap anese left wing which threatens un less quickly chcokod, to obligo Gon oral Kuropatkln to abandon tha pos itions on tho Hun river whloh ho hai occupied and fortified during th winter. There is no confirmation ol the report that tho Russian commander-in-chief has notified the em peror that retreat northward hai become Imperative. ST PETE RSB U RG Last even Ing's news from Manchuria is of tbt most important naturo, tbo Associa ted press olapatobes from Muk den, which were transmitted indicating that a genoral bttl was beginning along tbo whole of the hundred miles of front oc cupied by the two armios. General Kuropatkln appears to have taken a loaf out of Field Mar shal Oyama's book and roplled ta Goneral Kurokl's attacks on the Russian left by a counter attack on the Japaneso left, in which General Kaublars' initial success Is bottoi for tho Russians than tbo bc6t effort! of Genoral Grlppenherg, tho Russian vanguard being established at tba outskirts of Sandlapu. At the samo timo General Kuropatkln delivered a blow against tbo Japuneso center, seizing a railroad brldgo across the Shakhe river. These reports, thorerort, give more hopeful aspect to the situation as the Russian army,, though driven out or Da pass, appears, to have sue I ceeded in stopping at least for the moment the further advance of tho Japanese eastward an beaten off the attack on the center. The effoct ol yesterday's development on General Kuropatkln's reported Intention ta withdraw from the Shakhe Is proble matical. Retirement in the faoe ol an enemy, wblch Is extremely haz ardous under any circumstances, li doublv dangerous when the armies are grappling in a general engage ment, but If General Kuroki sue coeds in rolling up tbo Russian left much further the perilous expedient may become necessary. The counter siroKes on uie nu6 uu vuuwi possioiy db lawuuuu w wtmi m withdrawing trains and stores. II however, Goneral Kuropatkln is de termlned to stand and fight out the battle on the line whloh bo has hr'l during the winter, and if he should be able to administer a vigorous check to General Kuroki, he has se cured a good position for his second movement In tho great-game. The Associated press hf ars from a high soure that Genoral Kuropatkln considers his position on the shakhe river to be menaced to such an ex tent by General Kurokl's sucoess nn the left flank as to necessitate tba immediate withdrawal of his army to Tic pass, and has so advised Emperor Nicholas. No confirmation ot this 1b obtainable in military circles here, where It is pointed out that with the Japanese pressing tbo whole Russian lino, such an oper ation must almoBt inevitably end in a disaster of the first magnitude. Generel Kuropatkln, In .a dls natch to Emperor Nicholas, says: 'Ten attacks made by twu Jap aneso battalions and some cavalry west of tho village of Tunsingtoog havo beea repulsed. The Japaneso renewed tho attack in the morning of February 27 and were again re plulsod. They left a hundred corpses in rropt or oar positions, vine usi sian josa was six menVl .... t NEBRASKA NOTES Tho electric plant at Sidney ft) nearly completed. Many wild dunks and quails werd killed by tho recent onld weather i k ro vicinity of Suthorlund. The mcmbors of tho mudcrn Wood4 men of Cass county will hold theii semi-annual convention at Piatt mouth on April 0. Arthur Recso, an employee of tin Union Paolflo at Grand Island, brcks two finger bonos und a ono ln-hls oand whllo at work in tho shoft) there. 1 Kirpatrlck Bros. A Collins f Bcatrico shipped another tralnloaJ of gradlug equipment together witM tevcral carloads of horses to Onaga KUtl. Tho Methodists of Stella ban bought tho tenant house on tbo-far of A. J. O. Robb two mllca west town and arc having it moved in tho lot east of tho ohuroh to bo use ii b a parRonago. Fulls City business men are dis cussing bottor wotcrworks and sew oravo Improvements. A mass meet ing for that purpose was held' Moo Cay night. DcClelvo action will to taken next Monday night Whllo enroute to Beatrice with waconlood of ohickens from Odcll Jnv exnerionceo no end of trouble J making tho trip on account of t condition of tho oads. It rcquln four horses to pull tho wngoq will was overturned nt ono point alan 4 tho route resulting In tho death forty fowls. Fifteen moraDors of Interior lodgfj No 9. Independent Order of Odd TM 'ows, at Pawnee City drove over Iftj Jloighs Saturday night to visit Um lodgo at this place. The lodge teaM came along, as work In the Inltlsw tory degree was to bo put on her HI Asocial and fraternal tlmowashafM The crnldcn weddlnn of Mr. aa Mrs. Allen Barnes was eclebra nt Tahlo Rook at their homo. A r caption waB bold from 2 o 6 in t afternoon under the auspices or tn Grand Army of tbo Republic an Women's Relief oorps, of which the; are mombors. Mr. and Mrs. Bain havo resided here sinoo 1882. t Tho regular February term of the district court convonod In OolumbusJ Judac Hollenbeok of Fremont pr siding. The cases were assigned f trial at a meeting of the bar las week. Tho docket Is a large on and contains ninety-live civil an 1UU thirteen criminal cases. Along th civil cases are several actions damages. The big bnlldlngs whloh for tbt teen years contained the machlner tnat around out sutrar from oe roots at Norfolk aro now empty. Ti last carload of wheels and nolle has been shipped to Lamar, Coky. and the masons are Datohlns H holes In the walls which the lemov; of the mammoth engines ma on necessary. Manager Bundlck expett to leave almost any day this weesj and the plant will be abandonee" within a very few days snore. TM proporty Is to be restored te bi original donors who contributed ti the eish bonus at the outset. James Markham, who live mt Fnltburv ttemD'ed to kill hlmse with a 82-callber revolver; H etili alive, but the chances for fa recotey are very slight. Ho eaaaa assigned for the act. Ed Hart, a section foreman on tl Burlington railroad, was struck b; a switch engine In tba local yards ai Nebraska City. His left 'eg was broken below the knee and be susj talned a number ot severe bruises.' Ho was removed to St. Mary'sj hospital, where bis Injuries were dressed. I D. Noels who Is employed on farm of Simon Patton west a Nebraksa City lost a portion of bli right hand in a corn shelter. Hii hand was caught in the cog wheel of tho ubeller and tbo first finger am a portion of bis band was torn oft, before tho machine could bo stopped. William Hccscb, a Hall county iar mer while sawing wood on his farm near Grand Island met with an aci oldent that cost him part of his foot His foot oamo In oontaot with tbs buzzing saw and cut before th machinery In the sawmill could bt stopped. h. Schlnstook Bros., of West Polo tho noted shippers and breeders horses aro now In St. Joseph Mo., disposing of several carloads o Nebraska draft horses oil raised Is Cuming county. This firm is bulldf lng up an immense export trado Is horses and affording a ready an a.-v.i .b.f f- th h.. A ( LQr8eg n th,B ?onnty for lLelr 8Ur. Qua sta. J