CLAIM A VICTORY LULL ,N T1,E F,GHTING
CHANGE OLD CAN0NIARE mtT with bayon ts
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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.
