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About The Nebraska advertiser. (Nemaha City, Neb.) 18??-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1904)
CLAIM A VICTORY LULL ,N T1,E F,GHTING CHANGE OLD CAN0NIARE mtT with bayon ts i NEBRASKA NOTES ItUSSlANS MA KINO MKItllY OVHIt OllA(lltl UONOITIONH. ST. PETERSBURG IS JOYOUS I'UIJlilC II S MCWS THAT KUIU1 I'ATK IN IS ADVANCING. Kiiinorfl Taking I'lium nf Ollldnl Id" portu nt Mot fi ?npltl l.tt tlu Dixilit I'll nt Itattl.) In Colllllllllllf;. ST. PETERSBURG There Is a Jubilation throughout the city over the news that Gemral Kuroput kin has resumed the oirenslve, and the holiday, which began, with little heart, elos-d brighter. The otosvds in the streets and Illuminations in honor of the tv.Hrevlteh's name day give a tli-jp of briUla cy to an even ing otherwise depressing, through a constant drl.le of lain. News hoys up to midnight raced throtmh the thoroughfares with evening ex tras, shouting "Great Husslan vic tory," and crowds bought the papers. Croups or men in brilliant, uniforms or evening dross at the hotels and restaurants discussed the change in the fortunes of war. but the popula tion as a whole were slow to take lire. They received the news of the earlier reverses stolidly and now ac cepted reports of Russian suocrss acid the capture of nuns quietly with satiasfaetlwi hut with considerable reserve. Correspondents at the- front the past forty-eight hours hud been hinting that the ltussl m army wi s on the eve of another advnn e; but -it was thought here that the troops were too exhausted by more than a week of titanic struggle to engage In an Imtnedmte advance movement Therefore the news of the dollnlto resumption cf the adavnee was calcu lated to arouse the greater satisfac tion, but the realization ol the slgni licance of news uormeates tho masses here more- slowly t nat) id aiu rhau cities. The kaleidoscopic chances on tho Shukhe. have bun too swift for the pipulace to follow, and so the better uws from too fiont. Ins been so far taken with comparative quiet, in toe best informed circles, however, it is already accepted as rtup, It is believed that General Kuropatkln intended to signalize the czarevitch's fete by a victory Just as the'grand Duke Nicholas did at Plevna. The fallme of the w.ir olllce to give out dlsp-iich s h attrlbme i to tho holiday, the concurs commission disbanding early. The Associated press, however, hears on good author ity that the emneror lias reee veo a telegram from General Kuropatkln reporting that the RihhIwis are moving forwird. Toe rev. rsr sus tained by General Vamada's coin n has not been reported by G-neral Kunpatkin or Gemeal Sakharoll except' in rcferenca to an unsucc.ss ful attack near Shukhe. The Associated press Mukden dis patch evidently refers to thh allar in iepoiting that the Japanese Ml had been beaten off with terrible slaughter and its retreat cut olT by a Husslan army corps. Another Associated press dispatch from Muk den confirms the news of the Rus sian advance. When telegraphing late the correspondeent says: 'It is rumored that we are moving ahead." Offenders To Be Punished WASHINGTON. -Tho ropo't ol the United States commission or in vestigation on the disaster to the steamer Slocum, appointed June 2f 1-ast by the then secretary of com merce and labor, Coretlyou, and con sisting of Lawrence O. Murray, assis tant secretary of commerce and laior; Herbert Knox Smith, deputy commissioner of corporations; George Dhler supervising Inspector general v? Ui st uolor 1; -, i:tl(-. serief; General John M. Wilson, U. S. A., rotired, and Commander Wlnslow, U. S. N., has made public. President directs immediate actioti or unuings. uemovai or inspection service men ordered. Weeding out process to be followed nt once and those guilty of neglect to suffer loss of positions. Keeps Bobbing Up BOSTON. The divorce Issue again has cine, b fore the Eplsopil con vention i ut no final acum was taken on sov r il Or"solntloiis referring tt the subject which were proientcr1 IIOTII KUSMAN.S AND .lAI'ANKSK SA'l'ISIMHDTf) 3fOI (Mum OlVmi Out Tlml Troup of Kw ritp-thtn Am Ktutovrrlnjc I'rum Aw ful Shook mill 31 uy 'i'ty tit Ail vatiuo. ST. PETERSBURG.-For the mo iient heavy rains and Impiismb'e. or (is have cnmplled a suspension of )porations in Manchuria. There is evidence of a new dispoil ilon from the forces on both sitlcs. .lOneral Kuroput kin Is extending lib right, whether with a view tun tuni ng movement for the satety if Lows rreehill, the importance of which .1 tint l fully rca i .( by the Jap torse, a'Iki nave attempted to retake. It, r iwo tiitfht attacks, or whether In meet tod thwart a Jananeso turning move nent from the. west, Inh not, yet. di fdoped. The Japanese also appear to se shifting welghr, to the westward. Ve led hint' continue to arr vo inat he. Russians have recovered fiom the slow lull oted last wcck Ut Klo'd Mar iha.ll Oyann, and that General Kuro jatkiti is preparing to renew the ?ti'iu'ule as soon as the roads become J v. Two Associated press dlsp'itohes rom Mukden mention rep rts tlut ,be Japanese a'ready are preparing ti retire and the war olllco admiUs t'at KiMopatkin s left has auain inovel i iirhtly forward, but there is no light .1 pun the rnoveinft'its if the Japanese I'here is, inde d, an utter lack of late news from Tokio and an enemy ho re sourceful rimy really be preparing a surprise movement Instead ol a re treat, relieving the pressure on the front with a view to accomplishing something on the ilank. Many critics here continue to be lieve that General Kuropatkln in r, uds to return to the Hun river. Not Guilty of Any Crlms TltlONTON, N.J II. Stone, II H. Qulntard, ' hares W. Kuss ami James ttuss of the N uipaieil cork works, Camden, who wen; Indicted in 1 the United States district court on the oh irge of conspiring against the United States government and in pre judice to the government steamboat inspection laws because of selling lite preservers inside of whien were pieces of iron, today retracted tholr.p'eas of not suilty. These men, through their council havrt Hied a demurrer and will light the indictment on the grouuJ that, the indictment does not charge any of sence of whion tliev are. guilty. It is claimed in their defense that their goi ids were sold in the open market and no d'recMy for the government, a id therefore there was no couspirao against the government. Mnde Se-t of Supplies SANT PRANCISOt) -Quarterniaste-Major Devol has received Inst ruct io-i-from Washington that hereafter San i-'rancisco will bo 'lie point from which al! western posts will receive their supplies. According to tin1 irders sent out by the departmental, o her depots in the western third of the Un terl States are to be abolished and the 15,000 troops now located in the western'United States, Alaska and Philippines are to be cared for by one s'ation iu this city. Promisss an Ea'ly Trial NHW YOJIK Mrs. Nan Patterson, the youn - woman who has been In the Tombs prison for severa' month charged with the murder of Oae-ta Young, a bookkeeper and turfmiu, will not be released on bail District Attorney Jerome, however, has prom ised toca'l the case for trial during November. J. B Patterson, the prisoner's father, called on the dis trict attorney and told Mr. Jerome t-iat after trying two months he was convinced that he would not be able to furnish the $20,000 bail Tor his daughter's release lie pleaded that thecasi be br night for trial at the earliest possible moment. '-I'll Uy four Case for jou in the coming month" the district attorney told hiu School Trouble at Firth FIR ' II, Neb. The eighth and nintli gradesof the Firth schools were closed today on account of the resigna tion of professor oeorge R. Mo Dona hi who decided to b-aro the service of board of education cn Saturday. The primary teacher, Miss Champion, al the meeting of the board declared that tho pro'essor paid her decid-d al lent ions and even went to the length of saluting her up n her cheek imai. btr ! I. ICI'ISl OI I. lllil't TlliS OMIMCO.UISK ON IMVOKtfH, PERMITS OF A REMARRIGE UlVOlttHH, nowicvr.it, MUST WAIT A VltAK A 1' TICK DliOltUK. ,Vnw l.'wv nl lUlVclivn Until Ooii uurt-4'ii i tiy iiou ii r iiuimpi Nointn il oil Mmtn lor JMlH'loiiHriiti. BOSTON. By an overwhelming majoiitf a compiomlse canon on the romaulae of olvorctd persons was. adopted oy tho house of deputies ot the Episcopal geucr.il l Onvent ion and If it is eoneuriod in by tho house ol bishops the most important Issn that has come bcfoiu too ptesint convention will be disposed of for at least three jear. Toe cmupromlst' measure, like, the old liw, pHrmlts the remarrui'e of the innocent peison In a div uce f r the cause t.f infiuol lty, out lunher proidts tliat, no h marriage shnll be ado.ved within one year nh or a decree 1ms been IkSiuni by a civil court. Satlslacoty ptoof Of the Unmet-lice of the applicant !r r muni ige must lie turtiished in the shape of itiurt reco ds, and after the tormentor the bishop is obtained a clurgyran tuny refuse to perform such a teremnny wltlimt suli J cung himsiir .to censure or tils cipllui. The forces fa voting a rigid di vi'iee canon iti the ISlsmpal cbu-ch and tlioso w hn oppose them w re presrnt in full strength at the su3 slon of the house of deputies, an agreement having been roue lied to consider the Issue and settle it, if possible, for the ji'Stnt. Tin contest cHuifl before t lie deputies again on the question ofconcuiing witli a reso i tion adopted by the house of 1). shops for bidding tho niiirrbigo of "the Innocent party," in divorce for Infidelity. The action of the bishops was met bv the committee on canons in flu; house ot deputies, which prouostd as a compromise an amendment for bidding retuurri.igu within one year 'after the gtanting of a dei-ree by the civil court, o impelling clergunen to examine tne court n c irds before per forming the c I't'moi.v. At the opening ot the house of deputie , Rtv.' Ih. George Hodgtg, of Cambridge, chaif man of the c.i'in mlttetion Christian cducitloi), read a report which Indicated tl'mt Christ Ian education whs making remark able progress. Besieged lixpcctlng Relief, CHK1C KOU A Junk which left Liacti promontory was driven by a gale and ariived hei-o bringing one hundred coolies who left Port Arthur because they fturcd Injury from J a panose' shells. These coolies sav t' at on Octooer 13 there was lierce ighting for sev eral hours on the s. ipes of llihlung mountain, betve i comparatively small forces, dun g which the Jap anese lost three undred killed or wounded. The couli.:s wore unable to give details of the 'Ighting, but apparently it was tho result or one of the numerous sorties made by the Russians against the .In panose who were attempting to advance from their trenches. Japanese wounded say that the soldiers In the trenches suffer severe ly from thb cold, although the Jap anese army is now almost ''mpletc lv supplied with winter outfits. It is said that the Port Arthur garrison is frantic for news of the operations of Gcnreal Kuropatkln, from whom the defenders expect relief. Tho news that the Baltic Meet nao sailed for the Pacific was announced to the garrison and greatly encour aged the Russians. Claim Fifty Thousand Killed. CHICAGO. A special to ttie Daily News from Che Von says: According to a camp 'ollower, wno aas been for some time with the Japanese army now beselglng Port Arthur and who is at present in Jhe Foo, having arrived from Dany, rho number of Japanese killed before jhe forts has reached 50,000. Ho says the mikado's, men recklessly attack ed tho strongest positions making bold rushes in masses, tho soldlors being stripped of their accouterments ind clothing. The result was that the Husslan machine guns mowed them down. (iKii'inc ni'iirw. or Ui:t icnt in- hum is i ion r. Siiprlxp Anil IIiiimI to-llniiil OlnfUi ill pi ft of OppnalH I'oriiw AttiOMpl tit Nstntie tlio l.iinw TiVH II ill. MUDICBN. Japnneie are 'op (I rf niiiht attacks, which llitv organUe cleverly. Clioy light n series of cMitumous cimptiies nt false bivouacs mul ibon stealthily creep up n the luiihi in sentinels, who peering Into the darkness and blinded by the alure, cannot see the Japanese ap proaching. Oi they take advmitagp nt a iiiiu storm and Irv tusurnrls? the Russians. One night tiny adop ted both tushui ran In ton hornet'f nest. The night was inky bhek, rain wa Cubing and a col J wlno was blo.vlnt!. "A tl no night Tor tho J tpinese," every one buld, nnd tho Russians, buJdieo In the ttenohes, hutl sirict oides given to them that II the v peeled but uninvited guests appear td not to lire, hot Co mnet ilnn, with the biuonoc. It w s so (lurk that a pernun could not see his hand tielore Ins fuee. esoent viimielv. Thrnigh thu rain, In the dlieclloo of the tn He emnptlres, all cys wen V ruined and o.im ligt.ned inteutily. The itd which ns as ook! as to and rut to tho bot.o, was suddenh freighted with oaitoous sounds, at unmis'akiihb squaih In the uilit un:i a squiiiing ot water under l hi ttamp ot Inn rylng feet, ae-ompan lod bv thu metallic rattle of anus Tho Russians sioopod lower. Tin oillcers piiksed along another caution under no circumstances to Urn Lul to meet the Japnieso with tho bay opet. On tncy came. The Russlaoi could readily see tho silmutus o the Japanese nd watched the ap proneh of their vict ms with grin sntissaetlon, their only anxiety bi-lnv b'st some nt rvou? soldier might Hr and thus spoil tne game. The J,ip a Df.se ciirne on, strahiinu then eyet In the darkness, evident ly bellevim; that the Russians mrn not so eloe. When they were right m der tl). Ii feet tho Roeshns los- op a- ii out of tl o ground and, with a bur rib, wildly fell upon thorn with ilu bajonet. L'he front ittuks i f t in Japte-e iin.ke, turned and stmnhec lino ilu.1 second l.ne, thruwijg tin whole fome into uiMJukr. Like i labblo tliwy tiled to escape but tbt Russians gave thorn no lueny. bav Dueling Hum us lhey puisne.,! Ko. a mile the work ot blaughier pro cecded and fu of thu J, pitms livet to carry hack the tale, hi the mum lug the grund wasstre.vn wit i eor pses. Jiinehliipu si ill remilr.s i,ir lr Russian hands and hair in thu h.inrJf of the Japanese. The former haw not been aule to dlsUlgo the l.ntei from too Buddhist Uinple wind tl. dy so thoroughly fortified whet the village was occupied by tin i l foices as previously cabled to tin Associated Press Will Guuul C nal. WASHING :ON.-Anierican mari nes will be retained oo the Ihthmut, of Panama, for the present, pro pared to meet any emergency may arise as the result of the disgruntled (ihnents lu thu now republic. This decision was reached and orders have been Issued for a new battalllon of marines o loi to Mm itoh.n,,c about November IS to relievo the battalllon which has been there foi a year. The new battalllon will be commanded by Lieutenant ColonoJ Thomas N. Wood. That the situation on the Isthmus is still not all thai eouU be deslreo is the news which came to Washing ton in a personal letter trom an olll clal now in Panama. While the Panama govirnmnet is entirely neu tral, it seems that there are curtain dlsgiunti -d dements in tho Isthmus, anci In view of the ease with which revolutions are started In Central andSouth America, it Is the official opinion here that the marines should remain there for the prccent Refuses to Draw Color Line. DES MOINES Ia.-Natlonal Con gregatlonal council was adjourned by Moderator Washington ' Gludden, after two strong addresses, one by himself interpreting significance of the cnuncll as related to the future of Congregationalism, and another by President Cyrus O. Northron of the Minnesota university. Tho delegates were carried by special train to St. Louis to hold services at tho ex position. 'Jhe council refused to draw tho color lino by adding tho word "colored" after the names nt negro churches. Mrs. KUa Glvcns, wife of Folh 3Iven, died at the family rosWenw it Pender. A falling trrc caused the broaklm )f a leg for A. B. Linn of aftliind .ocontly. O. A. Swanson, a retired farmei Ivlng nt Oakland, died, last wookt, igcd 7G yoars. He leaves a widow i n(l one daughter. Balzer Mueller, a prominent Ger man resident of Oloe couutv, died nrar his home at Nebraska City ol paralvsis. He was 77 years old. The Nebraska university author! ties cxprot to ask the legislator this winter for an appropriation fo) ad addition to the uulvutulty cano pus. Humboldt's hoard of educatloi has Instituted a movement to en fotco tho law compdling chlldroi of s hod age to attend school al least a portion of the year. Wlllllam iM. Siring, who Ind farmed near Lit woo I for forty years, h dead at tho age of 78 years, lit whs born In Ne v York In 1820. fli leavrs a widow and a daughter. Tho new ptistmasl or general Roboci J. Wynne, Is a relative of Joseph O'Neill of Lincoln, Mr. O'Neill it cousin of Mrs Wynne. Mr. O' Nell! says Mr. WyruiM was a telograpb operator at the lime of ills marriage The eight months old child of Mr. and' Mm. Thorn is Floyd, who llvt near llolmesvil , whs severely burn ed by (it ink in cncentiaied lye tin other day and 'lie prompt arrival ot a physician sa o its lire. The fall term of district court for Dakota county will be ronvened al Dakota City Oetob r 17, by Judge 3 T. Graves of Pender. The suasloi will likely continue; fur iwo woeka The mist important ciso for trla Is thatJigainst Steve. WhlUecar, wli has hi en con tin d in the county )ai for stvral inon lis p ist, charged wlti assault upon his H-vear-uld daughter, Whlttcar's attorneys are I). H. Sulll van of Sioux ity and Mell C. Reel of Dakota City, and the case promi ses to bo a hard fougot one, 'na thej will try to suo their client fro he penitentiary. The man Martin, who hied to com toll suicide by cutting his throat with a knife at the h uueof a fahnei near Renvoi Crossing, where he witi emd.iytd, was br' u.lit to Dr. Mor n w's sanitnniim in Se ward wnd al tho; gh he ruic -ceded In cot,tl' g hli, windpipe, y -t he nuss-d the Jugnla'i vein, but fearfully ..Irfcmutcd hii throat. Brfore, or until the tlnn of tie Fiaternal picnic at Bcivi, Croslng In August, he was always socmlngly light hearted, but' at thai time he went on a protracted sprei and afterwarvd some filend su'e3 hltu for a small debt, which scenic to make him dfRp.ndent. Sherifl Fin i ley Is endeavoring to Hud a ro b.tveof the would-be suicide wlu lives in Iowa. A very Interesting meeting of tin teachers of Dakotu, Dixon, Thurs ton and Wayne counties was held at Emerson. The program was t long and InterestlriL' one.1 Tho dl cusslous were participated In by thi teachers generally, those of Prluci pal J. W. Orabtrce of the state normal school, President W. H. Clemmons of the Fremont normal, and Pres dent J. M. ITe of tl Wayne normal being of especial In terest. The leading features of tli program were the able and pcholarlj addresses of J. M. Pile of Wayne and J. L. MoBrlen of Lincoln. More, than 200 teachers of northeast Nebraska were present. Captain R. A. T.ilbit of Dakota City has received a to'eurira frofc Kansas City, that the gasoline pro pelled car to be used on the Sioux City Homer & Southern railway, be tween South Sioux City and Homqi would be shipped soon. Upon ttit arrival of the car and Its being oper Ktcd, a movement is now on foot to have a celebration of the event lb that place, in tne Ahapo of a bur hecuo and general all around good time. A gang is now engaged In laying track through Broadway ana" enough material is now on band to extend the trade about three miles south and west of Dakota City to wards nomer. A tailor giving the name of Harrj DuBolB and who nent to work In the tailoring department of tipelai & Co., at Beatrice recently stole a Rold watch from Carl McCune, one Qt the clerk In the store. Ho ea capod arrest by paying Mr. McOune in cash about half what tke watoA was wortb.