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THE FLEET SAILS
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GOES ON ITS LQNG VOYAGE TO
THE FAR EAST.
THE SHIPS IN THE SQUADRON
Four Cruisers and Several Torpedo
Boats and Destroyers-To Be Join
ed Later at Llban by Twelve Trans.
ports.
CRONSTAI1 = Thc Baltic fleet \ sailed .
ell Sunday for the fur east. The vcs
sell or the fleet are the battleships
SOIl\'I\I'off , Vice Allmlral Hojes\'ensley's
flagship : the Navurln , Sissoi : : I , Vallley ,
llorollillo , Alexander III I . Orel Oleg
and the Oallnblll , Hear Admiral Voel.
lwrlHun'H flagship : the cruisers Ad.
mlrnl Nalehllllol'r , Dmitri Donsl\Ol , Aurora .
rorn und the Ahnll , Hem' Admlrnl En.
qulat'll flagship , and several torpedo
boats and torpedo boat destroyers.
The fleet will merely touch at 1..1.
bUll , where It will \ bo joined by twelve
transport 8 , colliers and supply ships ,
already waiting there , find will then
proceed direct to the orient.
The scene on the departure of the
fleet was un Imposing ono. At IIIIWU
the first anchor was hoisted on the
swift cruiser Aurora , which. accompanied .
nled by two torpedo hosts , slipped out
of the hnrhor. The town was awakened .
oiled by the booming of the guns of
: ha forts IIH thc Aurora spoil towards
1.lbau In advance of the malll squad-
rOil
ron.At
At 2 o'clock III the afternoon , the
time net for the departure of the 1'0- '
nhalnder of the - ' fleeet the imperial
yacht : with the emperor , Grand DulO
Alexia , the high admiral and other
naval officers Oil board , put out from
Peterhof , on the other side of the
hay , with nn escort of three torpedo
lIouts Admirals ! Rojestvensley , Voel-
1.OI'tmm and Bnqulst went on board the
Imperial yacht nllll personally said
farewell to the enworor
Then , with the destroyers : ahead
and abeam , the SOUVl\l'of led the
squadron down the Finnish gult' The
water front und the piers und forts
were crowded with slectntorR The
ensigns on the forts and yacht.r : were
dipped 1\1111 the gllllH or each chain
of forts across the bay Joined in an
IlIlmil'l\l's salute , while from the slg.
llal musts above the forts fluttered n
string of colored flags reading : "GoOlI
luck to the Baltic fleet on Its long
'oyage "
TWO ARMIES ARE AFTER HIM
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Kuroki and Oku Arc In Pursuit of
Kuropatkin.
S'I' PE'l'ERSBURG-A dispatch
from General I\\\I'omtleln ) , timed G:10 : :
o'cloel Wednesday evening , was received -
celved later in he day.
lie reported that General Kurold's I .
. army was about t.wonty.sovon miles
eastward of the railroad and that Gen- .
ernl Olm's army was twenty miles
went of the l'aill'ond
The general staff expects that Il big
. battle will ho fought.
At G:28 : p. I m. General Kuropatlln ; :
reported that he dill not lose n gun
during ; the retreat.
' 1'ho.hest . information of the war of-
flee Indicates that General Kuropnt1dn
lost about 17,000 men during the ten
_ dad s' battle at Llao Yaul
Teamsters Return to W rk.
CHICAGO-All probability of com-
IllIcllllons Ilt the stock yards was removed -
moved when the packing house teamsters .
titers voted to return to work on Momi .
day m01'lling. The offer of the packers
to take ; : back ; : now us many teamsters
as are needed and to hire the others
t\s necessity demands was made
known through n committee that had
visited the packers , and the proposition .
\Ion was nccepte\l \ without opposition
The packers were at once notified that
the men would report for work nt 9
o'clocle.
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AGAIN HEAD OF IRISH LEAGUI
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The United Irish League of Amen-
ca at Its session In New York conferred .
ferred I1n honor on .John F. " Finerty of
Chicago by electing him to the
office of president. Patrick Egan , who
was elected first vlce.president , resides -
sides In New York He was formerly
minister to Chill Both Mr Finerty
pact MI' Egan arc among the league's
most earnest workers.
FINDS A VOLUNTEER FLEET.
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Orders of Russian Government Com-
municated. ,
ZANZIBAR , Island of Zanzi Rr-
The British cruiser Forte early this
morning 10uuc1 the British volunteer
fleet stQamers , St. PtersbUl' and
Sl11olensl ; : , within the three-mile limit
and communicated to them the orders .
of the Russian government to desist '
from interference with neutral ship-
Ding The commanders or the Rus-
sian vessels said they would forthwith
proceed to Europe.
A report was brought in yesterday
by the German stenm.r Krlnp1'lnz that
the St. Petersburg and Smolensk were
coaling In territorial waters. The
Forte Immediately proceeded to
search for them , and eventually
found the Russian vessels They
wore not coaling ! , hut after the orders
of the Russian government had been
delivered to them the Shole11s1. and
St. Petersburg joined a German collier
and proceeded to Dar-Es-Salaum , on
the African coast , twentyflve miles
south of nnzlb1tr.
AMERICAN COLONY IS SAFE.
Consul Reports Many Victims of the
Massacre
ASHING'1'ON - The American
consul at lIarput has reported to the
state department that he has visited
DlUls and Is now In Moush.
The consul states that the district
of Snssun Is tranquil and pacified and
the strategic points are garrisoned by
infantry detachments and permanent
ba1'racles erected The survivors of
the massacre are In a destitute condition -
tlon , but are attempting to rebuild
their ruined villages with a little gov
ernment nid. The consular corps at
DlUls estimates the number massacred .
cred and dead from exposure and hunger .
gel' , etc. . as :1,500 : The American colony .
ony at DlUls appears to be in no pres-
ent 01' prospective ! dang I' _
Sues Secretary of War. I
WASHINGTON-Major Peter R.
Egan , ' surgeon In the United States
army , brought suit against W H.
Taft , secretary of war , to compel him
to remove from the record of court-
'martlul proceedings , adjudging him
' ) not guilty charges
( Major Egan on
of neglect of duty , the indorsement on
the court's finding of Colonel San no ,
time revIewing officer , then commandIng -
Ing the department of Colorado , whIch
Indorsement the complainant says Is
In effect punishment for alleged of.
tenses of which he was found not
gum nt Fort Douglas , Utah , In De.
cemller. 1901.
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SAFE ATMUKOEN
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RUSSIAN ARMY DODGES THE
JAPANESE.
RETREAT WITHOUT FIGHTING
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Terrible Experience While on the '
Forced March Floundering Through
the Mud Along the Mandarin Road
-Hospitals Taxed by the Wounded.
' ' to be
ST. pg'I'EHSBUHG-li seems
definitely established that Field
Mashnl Oyama's tired troops aban
doned on Wednesday the attempt to
head off General Kuropatltin , whose
army has arrived safely at Multden
after frightful experiences in floundering .
erlng through mud and mire over the
Mandarin road
Some descriptions ! of the scenes
along the line of retreat are almost
Incredible They tell how the men
lay down In the mud and slept in a
drenching min.
It Is evident that the last determined .
mined effort of the Japanese to bring
Kuropatkln to bay was made on Tuesday .
dar , but the Russian commander.in-
chief faced about and two corps with
: artHllery beat off the , Japanese , while
the remainder or the troops continued
the march to l\1uJ.den. After that the
Japanese could only hang on to the
flanks and try to shell the retreating
columns Cram the hi1ls
Th outposts are still In contact , but .
they t are not even exchanging shots.
A lute Associated Press dispatch .
from l\fuleden describes the horrible
plight of the tentless and shelterless
soldiers.
Time detailed statement of the Russian -
scan losses , which It Is promised will
be Issued on Saturday , is awaited
with Intense interest The general
expectation Is that the losses will approximate -
proximate 20,000 , ns against :10,000 :
for the Japanese
The work of burying the dead was
left for the , Japanese , who were forced
to attempt the task as n matter of
self preservation . but it was un impossible -
possible undertalelng The awful
rains have handicapped the work of
cremation , on which the Japanese re-
lied , and only : shallow trench burials
were possible In most cases. Not
only : Is such burial one of great difficulty -
ficulty but it is almost valueless from
a sanitary point or view , the storms
undermining soon after It is accom-
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pllshed.
The care of the wounded has taxed
the hospitals to the utmost. One correspondent -
respondent says that 12,000 wounded
have passed through the l\Iultden hose
pitals up to Sunday and only the most
severe cases could be attended by the
nurses and surgeons. Many therefore .
fore had to be left to the rough , but
well.meant cure of their comrades.
Now that the hattl D : of Llao Yang
Is history officers of the general staff
are more ! disposed to discuss some
of the phases of the fight , but they
I still lack specific information , making .
Ing It Impossible to speak on many
points.
General Kuroputltin's army at Llao
Yang consisted of twenty battalions
ot infantry , 147 squadrons of cavalry !
and 700 guns , approximately 108,000
bayemlets , 1 ,000 sabers and 10,000
gunners. Portions of two European
corps and one Siberian corps hadI
ben left I at l\Iuleden and n number of I
I
these were hrought into the fight
The size of the Japanese army has
not been definitely established , but
its actual fighting force is supposed to
( lave had a superiority In numbers of ! .
from 50,000 to GOOOO men and n con-
side ; 'able superiority in arUller ' , '
One of the chief advantages pOSe
sensed by Field Marshal Oyama , according .
cording to Russian ! experts , consisted
In the greater elasticity In move-
ments ,
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EXPECT REPLY FROM RUSSIA.
British Foreign Office Looks for Settlement . 'r '
tlement of Contraband Ca.e.
LONDON-The preliminary representations -
sentations made by Count Benken-
dorff , the Russian ambassador to the
Foreign office , Indicate that Russia la
on the point of making substantial
concessions to the United States and
Great llrilaln regarding the question ' '
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of contraband of war , as a result ot I
time submission by , Foreign Minister
LalUsdorff of the report to Emperor :
Nicholas today with Information transmitted -
mitted by Ambassador Bengendortr
showing the views of the British gov
rnment. The Russian foreign minis. I I
tel' is expected to present to the Brit. :
ish government , through Sir Charles
. Hardinge , the British ambassador to
Russia , tomorrow the final reply 01
the Russian government.
It Is understood in official circle
here that Russia , while not acknowledging .
edging itself at fault for the captures
made by Its ships in the past , will
more specifically describe the conditions .
tions under which certain goods , such
as foodstuffs and cotton become in its
: view. contrabund.
, The British Foreign ofilce Is satis-
fied from the representations made te
It that such substantial concessions ,
will bo made by Russia as will lead
to nn early settlement of the vexatious 1
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tiO\1S question .
FEW APPLY FOR WORK.
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Many of the Chicago Butchers DtI Not
Know Strike is Over.
CHICAGO-More ' than 600 hive
stock handlers who went out on a
strike appeared at the office or Mana
goo Skinner of the Union stock
Yards and Transit \ company Friday to
apply for their old positions iie had
II'O\ : ' ously nnnounced that he would
employ all the old men needed.
Members of other unions were not
so much in evidence when work waa
begun at the packing houses Friday.
Most of the men did not know that
the strike was off. " '
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President Donnell has received a
telegram from the last member ot
the international executive board ot
the butchers giving permission to can
off the strl1\O
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None of time stock handlers were
talen back , being Informed that they
I
would bo sent for when needed It
ir understood that before going t8 I
work they will be required to sign I
all agreement setting forth that they
return ns individuals and not a's an
organization. "
Business Agent Golden of the teamsters .
sters said that the teamsters will go
back to worlt ns an organization or
not ot nil
A CHANGE IN RESIDENCE.
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Judge Parker Likely to Move to New r
York City.
NBW YORK-There is reason to
believe that Alton B. Parker will make
arrangements to come to New York
City for temporal' residence soon after .
tel' his letter of acceptance is made
public. It is known that the loadIng
democrats have strongly represented
to him that his continued presence at
such an inconvenient place as Rose-
mont , with no hotel accommodations ,
has kept Judge Parker from personal
contact with many prominent men
who are frequently In New York City ,
but who have no time for a trIll to
E'Iopus. ! The plan has even progressed .
eel ns far as the making of tentative
arrangements for him to take a suite
of rooms.
According to a cleric in Parker's . . . . : l. .
I counsel , his idea is to be Immediately "
in touch with the party leaders and
accessible to those whom it Is desirable .
able to meet a6 the campaIgn pro-
gressE's.
Bury Japanese Dead.
ORE FOO-Advlces from Port Ar.
Umr say that followIng the terrlfle
bombardment of the fortress for the
five days ending September 1 , heaps
of Japanese bodies were removed by
the Chinese under ordor.s given by the
Port Arthur authorities \
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