THE O’NEILL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. VNEILL, NEBRASKA There Is in Paris a new school of psychology to Investigate such ques tions as mind reading, mental sugges tion at a distance, clairvoyance, pre sentiments, automatic writing, double personality, etc. This school, unlike most associations studying these sub jects, has for its members medical men almost entirely, whose professional du ties bring them in close contact with these often curious phenomena. The members are followers of Charcot. They claim that most of these societies of psychical research, especially In Eng land, have produced no results, due to too much speculation and mysterious interpretations, which have led people into *rror, which Is more difficult to uproot than It Is to propagate the truth. French translators are to make an other attempt to turn Shakespeare’s •'King Lear" Into their laguage. This, the third attempt, will be undertaken by Pierre Loti, a noted author. French translations of the English poet since the days of Voltaire have never proved successful, being either burlesques, rank perversions or too literal render ings of the original. Shakespearean scholars will be interested in the out come of the present endeavor, which, It Is said, has been undertaken with a view to doing justice both to Shakes peare and to French taste. But liter ary France never valued the English dramatist highly. The Australian postmastergeneral re cently Invited competitive designs for pictorial postal cards to be printed and issued by his department for use throughout the commonwealth. Pre miums of $50. $25 and $16 respectively will be paid for the three series of twelve designs each adjudged by the postmaster general to be first, second and third in order of merit, In the case of each state. The designs will consist exclusively of Australian sub jects. The tobacco monopoly yielded the Austrian government the enormous profit of $27,000,000 In 1902. Of the 40,446 persons employed, 35,824 were females; the number of factories was thirty., The average wages of the male em ployes were only $2.80 a week; of the females, $2.08. Since 1875 the number of clgaret smokers has Increased enor mously, while of snuff-takers there are only one-third as many now. A Russian who fought with Kos suth In the rebellion of 1848-49 received a bullet wound In the shoulder In the' battle of Isaazegh. The bullet could not be extracted, but the wound healed satisfactorily and Its presence was nev-, er felt till recently. Not long ago the soldier began to suffer pain In the re gion of the wound and mortification set in. He died from the wound flfty-slx years after receiving It. The Sultan of Turkey has seventy one titles and on the parchment con taining them are the words "us many more as may be desired can be added to this number." Among the titles are "Abdul Hamid, the Eternally Victor ious,” "the Eternally Smiling,” “the Eternally Invincible,” "Distributor of Crowns to the Heroes Seated on the Thrones” and “Shadow of God on Earth." The French Savant, M. Bernard, Is convinced that Nansen took the only route by which the north pole can pos sibly be reached. He favors an expedi tion with two ships connected by wire less telegraphy. The time Is estimated at three years, and It Is hoped that the Prince of Monaco, who Is greatly Interested, will contribute the neces sary $300,000. A Hungarian government document notes a great decline In the manufac ture of corsets; some factories have 'been closed, others have lurgely re duced their working force. It attrlb , utes this result to the growing custom of wearing “reform clothing,” and to the persistent denunciation of corsets by physicians. War la once more being waged in England on ivy and on elder bushes near cathedrals and other fine build ings. The ivy is accused of being a “destructive boa-constrictor weed " while the elder is condemned because its roots have a habit of forcing them selves into masonry chinks. An organization is being formed in New Haven to solicit funds for the erectloti of a monument to Ell Whit ney. the Inventor of the cotton gin, to be placed near his factory in Whltney vllle, Just outside of New Haven. Con gress will be asked for an appropria tion. A Swiss Journal relates that the two eons of the German emperor who vis ited Zurich the other day happened to see In the window of a bookseller a number of volumes marked ‘'Forbidden In Germany." They promptly went In arid bought copies of them. The Russian peasants are beginning to name their children after the oft mentioned towns in the seat of war. The name Arthur was very rare up to the present.year; now It Is all the rage. One child was baptized Vladivostok, another Retvizan, and so on. Nebraska has a special exhibit of popcorn In the palace of agriculture at the world’s fair. Nebraska stands' at the head of the states in the yield of popcorn. All of last year's crop has been bought by a world's fair conces sion. Briquettes made of the compressed slack and coal of the mines are pre ferred in France to any other fuel, and are kept In most houses. They are more easily handled and ignited than coal, yield more heat, and make no dirt. A new record for sailing vessels has been established by the new vessel named Preussen, which made the trip from Germany to Iquique, Chill, In fifty-seven clays. The Preussen is the largest sailing vessel afloat. When the originator of the genuine eau de cologne died, aged eighty, he gave his secret to his nephew and heir. Since 1709 only ten persons have seen the recipe, which is kept in a box trebly locked. The toad is exceedingly greedy. It fee’s continuously throughout the night, and In twenty-four hours con sumes a quantity of insect equal to about four times its stomach capacity. An English farmer has had several cats killed, stuffed and placed In threatening attitudes among the branches of his fruit trees. Not a bird will come anywhere near the orchard. A Pennsylvania fisherman has dis covered that bullfrogs act as sentries to fish, and that It Is useless to try to catch baze when a deep voiced, bel lowing frog Is watching. STREET RAILWAY'S ' ! LOSS IS SEVERE l - Twenty-Four Cars and Carbarn of the Omaha Company Are Destroyed. ORIGIN OF FIRE UNKNOWN _ Largs Number of Winter Cere Were Being Stored in the Rlaoe for the Summer—Lees le Fully $60,* 000 on the Cere Alone. Omaha, Neb.. Aug. 31—Fire of un un known origin almost completely de stroyed the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway company'* barn nnd storehouse on East Locust »treet. Twenty-four car* were destroyed nnd comprise the principal loss. Muster Mechanic H. B. Noyes estimate* the valuation of the cars at $50,000. General Manager Smith did not cure to place even an estimate of the loss sustained by the destruction of the building until the books had been examined. The building was one story In height, of brick and wood, 90 by 200 feet, con structed three years ago and used mainly for a storehouse, where sum mer cars were kept in winter and. vice versa. The cars lost had recently been overhauled for the winter. The barn was closed as usual, and It Is said no Are of any kind was left In the building at closing time. The Are had gained considerable headway when discovered and owing to the distance from the nearest Are station, the struc ture was a mass of Aames when the de partments arrived. A still alarm was sent In and Chief Salter sent No. 4 hose company from Sixteenth and Izard streets, No. 6 hose from Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets and No. 2 hook and ladder from the latter house, on "spe cial duty,” the building being out of the city limits. The Hremen devoted their energies chleAy to saving the walls of the building and the adjoining power house. For a while the power house was threatened, but was saved from any loss. This power house came Into the possession of the Omaha und Coun cil Bluffs Street Railway company .when the recent consolidation was ef fected and has not yet been used for the purpose for which It was con structed. It was built for the proposed lnterurban line. ARGUE FOR ASSESSMENT RAISE, ! Attorney General Attempts to Defeat Church Howe Injunction. Auburn. Neb., Aug. 31.—The case wherein Hon. Church Howe obtained a temporary Injunction restraining the county clerk from extending on the tax rolls the 6 per cent. Increase made by the state board of equalization came on for hearing Saturday on the motion tiled by the attorney general and coun ty attorney to dissolve the temporary order before Judge W, H. Kelllgar of the district court. Attorney General Prout and his deputy, Norris Brown, together with County Attorney Quack enbush, argued the case In support of the motion, and Edgar Ferneau and H. A. Lambert represented the plain tiff. The first contention of the attor neys for the defense was that the court had no Jurisdiction of the case; that the board acted Judicially, and its action was final and could not be reviewed by a court of equity. This contention was overruled by the court, which an nounced that In a proper case a court of equity would grant relief. The case was then argued on the question wheth er the petition stated a cause for ac tion, and whether there was any equity in the bill, and on this phase the court took the case under advisement, and will render an early decision. One of the contentions of the plaintiff is that the authorities cannot tax a man on a valuation of his property for more than the true value thereof, and that any law that permits it, or any attempt to do so is illegal and In vio lation of the constitution. The motion to dissolve Is In the na ture of a demurrer, and the attorney general announced his Intention to stand on his motion, should It be over ruled and take the case to the supreme court, where he hopes to‘get a speedy hearing. THINKS HE IS A LOCOMOTIVE. Insane man “Chu-Chus"1 on Overland Route But Leaves Cars. Kearney, Neb., Aug. 30.—Walter John son was adjudged Insane by the Insanity commission this morning and will be taken to the asylum at Lincoln as soon as possible. Johnson Is a stranger In Kearney. Ho came hero Friday morning from Grand Island, from which place it has since been learned he was shipped by the authori ties, Upon arriving here he obtained (work in a restaurant and worked during 'the day, leaving before supper. About 7 ■o'clock in the evening Johnson appeared nt the Union Pacific depot and soon there ■after a crowd collected. Ho seemed to Imagine that he was a lo comotive pulling a big train of cars. With a loud ehu-chu he started west on the track at a rapid gait and had gone sev eral blocks before he was overtaken by a man on a bicycle, who persuaded him that he had left his train behind and had better return and meet it. He was taken In by the police and placed in the county jail, where he made the night hideous vlth his singing and preaching. A FUSION TICKET. Republicans and Citizens of Dakota County Nominate Same Men. Dakota City, Neb., Aug. 29.—The re publicans of Dakota county met In convention and ratified the actions of the citizens mass convention a week previous by placing in nomination the same candidates for county offices, viz: F. S. Berry for county attorney; H. O. Dorn for county assessor to fill va ; cancy; Thos. C. Baird for county com missioner. All the nominations were made by acclamation and were unanl i mous. J. J. Elmers was chairman of the meeting and George J. Boucher sec retary. The following were selected ns delegates to attend the conventions , designated: Senatorial. W. P. Warner, R. D. Rockwell, J. J. Eimers, F. B. Buekwalter, Henry Loomis, Gerald Dil lon, J. T. Spencer, Charles Myers, A. L i Davis, X,. Kryger. liepresentatives: T. J. O’Connor, Mell A. Schmied, H. O. j Dorn, R. E. Evans, Evan Way, James Flynn, Nelson ITeame, T. D. Curtis, Nell Boyle, Thos. Teter. The republl i can and citizens parties of Dakota county have fused on county affairs for the past nine years and in that tim^ I have succeeded In electing every coun ; ty officer except two. Rev. Wm. Nltschke, of Ponca, for i seven years pastor of the Salem Ger man Lutheran church, will sever his connection with the church October 1, Rev. Mr. Nitsclike has accepted the i pastorate of the German Lutheran i church at Emerson. 0FFICER8 ARE CH08EN. John T. Spencer, Soorstary Fifteen Years, Remclna at the Helm. Dakota, City, Neb.—Officers for the en tiling year were elected by the Dakota bounty Pioneer*' and Old BetUers' aeeocl itlon, which was held here on August 25, ire us follows: President—A. T. Haase, Dakota City. Vico President—Gibson Bates, Sergeant SlufT. Secretary—John T. Spencer, Dakota City. Assistant Secretary—W. H, Hy an, Bo ner. Treasurer—-Geo, T. Woods. Dakota City. Financial Secretary—A. H, Baker, Da lota City, Historian—M. M. Warner, Dakota City. Executive Committee—John W, Haxle jrovo, Dakota City! John Holer, St, John s precinct! Michael iieaoom, Sutnmltt pre •Inct; D. C, Heffernan, Hubbard! Thomas .1. Clapp, Omadl! Fred Hiume, Emerson; lease Williams, Pigeon Creek. A T. Haase of Dakota City came to ho county in 18B7, and Gibson Hates of Sergeant Bluff settled In Woodbury county n 1834. The other officers are the same as iavo served for some time, John T. Bpencer, of Dakota City, who las been the Secretary for the assocla :lon for the past fifteen year*, was re dacted. Many compliments wore paid him yesterday by speakers and old settlers jpon the success which ho has made of tlui innuul affair. 12s devotes h great deal of ;lme and much energy to the event. One year from last Thursday to a day. August 25, 1905, has been decided Upon as :he time of meeting of the next annual tcnic at Dakota City. THE POOR BOY'S ADVANTAGE. Dr. Miller Points out the Training Value of Work. Among the old settlers gathered at the innual picnic of the Dakota County Pio neers’ and Old Settlers’ association, at Clinton park, Dakota City, Neb., last rhursday, no one enjoyed the day more :han Dr. G. L. Miller cf Omaha. Dr. Miller ;ame to Omaha in 1864 and traveled up ind down the Missouri river valley on :he Nebraska side in political campaigns md also In a professional capacity. For lome time he was editor of the Omaha World-Herald. He was acquainted with ;he most of the older, men and officers )f the association at Dakota City yester- I lay. He was on the program for a ipeeeh in the morning, but, because of the ' ..... " ■ 'I 'i lateness of the hour the program was car ried over until the afternoon, so his was the first address of the afternoon.| It was practically impromptu, and he spoke with much emotion as ho mentioned many of the citizens of Nebraska who had rained nonor and fame. Dr. Miller spoke particularly of Paul Morton, the new secretary of the navy, whom he had known since a boy, and at^ tended when ill. He said that Paul Mor*j ton began work at the age of 15 years In a railroad office at $15 per month, and front that time on had climbed the ladder af success, bringing honor to himself and fils state. “1 am overcome with emotion*,” said the good doctor, his voice choking and tears in his eyes, “when 1 think of the success of our poor boys. I was a poor boy my self. T know what poverty is. I have gone through it all. I also know that while the spirit of conquest Is In the heart of the American boy, spurred on by neces sity, there are great heights to which he 2an rise. Mothers, don’t pamper your 1 boys. Be severe with them. Just as the hardships which you old settlers faced | when you came to this untamed land has* | developed you and made you the men am) ! women which you are, so will hard knocks Jevelop your boy. I want you all to think jf the lesson in this. I don’t know ex- j ictly what 1 would do if I had to rear q boy. I know one thing, however, I’t$ break his neck if he didn’t work.” Geo. \V. Berge, of Lincoln, candidate for governor on the democratic ticket and in dorsed by the populists, was in the crowd and was invited to the platform to make \ speech. Mr. Berge did not touch upon politics, but congratulated the old set tlers of Dakota county upon their pros perity. “I want to indorse what Dr. Miller said that It is not always a blessing to be rich,” said Mr. Berge. “It is some times a blessing to be poor. While I wish every one might live in comfort, yet I would not have you all In palaces, for ail who live in palaces are not happy. But, my friends, It’s the man with a rugged, sturdy character, fired with an ambition to do something, who makes his mark in this world. I sometimes hear people say that life Is not worth living. There are thousands here today who are happy and contented. It’s a mighty good world to live in. I wish I could live 500 years. I believe the world is growing better. I am an optimist. I am glad to meet you today. You pioneers have a record of vhlch you may well be proud.” LAMBS HELQ GUILTY. Httorney in the Famous Peter Power Case Conducted His Business Unprofessionally. New York, Aug. 29.—The charges by the bar association against George Al fred Lambs, *aho was the attorney in the Peter Power suit brought to test the legality of the merger of the North ern Pacific, Great Northern and Bur lington railroads were sustained by Referee Abbott today, to whom the matter had been referred. The report has been filed with the appellate divis ion of the supreme court. The referee declares Lambs was guilty of unprofes sional c/mduct and malpractice. BATTLE RESULTS IN ! A JAPANESE VICTORY 180,000 Men of Kuropatkin’s Army Are Now Practically Besieged. JAPANESE HAVE 240,000 The Terrific Rush of the Mikado’s Men Against the Outposts of the City of Liao Yang Is Un precedented. Liao Yang, Aug. 31.—The Russian army has effected its retirement, with transport and artillery on Iflao Yang, and is now in position awaiting the ad vancing Japanese. The progress of the latter has been rapid and determined, sparing no sacrifice. In the attack on the Siaolindzy posi tion, one Japanese battalion lost all its officers. The Russian general, Rent kowsky, was among the killed. The Japanese artillery resumed the battle this morning, the point of pressure again being the Russian south front. The Japanese Infantry is now advanc ing to the attack, with the regiments deployed in open order. The retirement of a Russian trans port of four corps yesterday evening across the plain, while the artillery and troops In the rear held off the Japan ese afforded a magnificent spectacle. All along the extended lines there was the incessant roar of batteries, the Rus sians working their guns with great coolness and not retiring until the transport was in safety. All Outer Positions Abandoned. Kuropatkin since yesterday morning has been drawing in all his forces from his eastern and southern fronts toward Liao Yang. An Ping, Tse Gow, Lian Dian Sian and An Shan Shan consti tuting the main positions of the outer defense line of Liao Yang, have been abandoned. The heaviest fighting oc curred on the extreme left, where the Japanese advanced to the assault again and again with bayonets. The attacks were delivered with fanatical bravery. The Russians lost a large proportion of their officers, ten guns, and from 1,500 to 2,000 men. The Russians have been generally successful in beating off as saults all along the line, and declare the order to retire came as a surprise, just when they were expecting an or der for a general advance. This is con sidered to be proof that Kuropatkin, finding his main positions menaced on the flank and anticipating difficulties In withdrawing owing to the muddy condition of the roads, considered that retreat was imperative. The retire ment from the east fxont was greatly impeded by the conversion of the Lan river Into a mountain torrent, and this proably also accounts for the failure of the Japanese to follow up the retir ing Russians. wariycruus «iapancio muvcmenx. The Japanese column moving up the Liao river and threatening Kuropatkln from the west Is regarded as being ex tremely dangerous, and Kurokl's ex treme right seems also to be working around General Herschelmann’s posi tion at An Ping, and to be moving towards Mukden. The strength of the enveloping Japanese armies may be Judged from the fact that General Oku alone, who Is coming up from the south, Is officially reported to have 75,000 men. Whether Kuropatkln In tends to accept battle at Liao Yang may not be known positively for sev eral days, but the belief prevails here that he will withdraw northward. JAPS LOST NO GUNS. Story of Their Demoralization at Seaul inso Turns Out Incorrect. London, Aug. 31—The London papers this morning have numerous special dispatches from the far east, most of them dealing with the position at Port Arthur. It Is pointed out that the Jap anese tactics are very similar to those adopted by General Oyama In 1894, but granting that the Japanese have pene trated as far as reported, which Is con sidered doubtful, there are still formid able forts to be silenced before a gen eral assault Is possible. Interest Is dis played here In what Is considered the precarious position of General Kuro patkln’s force. According to a dispatch to the Daily Mall f£om Youpangtse, dated August 27, Russian staff officers confess them selves completely In the dark as to the meaning of the Japanese move ments, and that consequently they have no definite plan. Ten days ago, feeling that Liao Yang would be sur rounded, General Kuropatkln began to draw his troops northward. Then upon the Japanese retiring he brought them back again, but continued his prepara tions for effecting a retreat. There Is no doubt, says the correspondent, that the Russians are now completely at the mercy of the Japanese whenever they choose to attack. The Liao Yang correspondent of the Dally Telegraph In a dlspafch dated August 28 Bays that the Japanese are pushing on against three sides of the city near where there Is continued fighting. A great quantity of transports have been sent north, leaving Liao Yang ready for all eventualities. The rumor that the Japanese lost I guns at Siaullnsa the correspondent I says turns out to be Incorrect. The j correspondent continues: "The Japanese are reported to be ; adopting a new method of night attack, i They concentrate searchlights on the i point attacked, thus preventing the garrison from seeing anything." Special dispatches from Shanghai re port that there Is a hitch regarding the cruiser Askold and the destroyer Grozovol. The Japanese government having discovered, the dispatch says, that the paroled crews of the Varlag and Korlet have been drafted Into the Baltic fleet now Insists that China shall retain the crews of the cruiser and the destroyer until the end of the war. The Tientsin correspondent of the Standard, discussing the distance which the Japanese are now from Port Ar thur, declares that they are unable to approach nearer the town owing to the fire from the Russian ships. The Japanese commander, the corre spondent says, has ordered that no shells be thrown Into the town for the sake of the noncombatants. The correspondent adds that owing to the extensive mine area the co-opera tion of the fleet Is difficult. SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS. One of the greatest sieges of history, at Port Arthur, and one of the might iest open field campaigns, around Liao Yang, are now coming rapidly to their crises, in Manchuria. General Stoes sel is reported at St. Petersburg to have sent warning to the czar that he is near the end. The Japanese are inside Port Arthur, but there are sev eral very powerful forts which they have not taken. It may be hours oi days, possibly weeks, till the inevitable end shall be reached. In the north the four co-operating Japanese armies have completed the enveloping of Liao Yang on three sides* and persistent rumor is that they will have it practically shut in on the j fourth, the north side, which will meat the cutting of the railroad and the tel- j egraph line. It is almost certain that j before the campaign is many days older the Russian army of 180,000 at j Liao Yang will be isolated from the j world more effectively than that at Port Arthur has been for weeks. Five days ago when the Japanese be gan their whirlwind advance on Liao Yang, that city was defended by pow erful fortified outposts at Anplng and Tsegon on the southeast, Miao pass and Liandianslan or. the south and Anshanshan on the southwest. All these have been taken by the Japanese, whose terrific advance has never been stopped from the hour it was begun. The Russians are driven back and cooped up in Liao Yang, according to today’s dispatches. The Japanese have in five days accomplished what is be lieved to be a great and decisive vic tory. They have not captured or de stroyed Kuropatkin’s army, but they have it shut up and all the \ military authorities expect to see them soon close up their lines and force the as sault on the powerful defenses of Liao Yang. Victory here means, in the esti mation alike of German and English critics, either the defeat or the an nihilation of the great Russian army’, of about 180,000 men. The fighting is still going on today, and there is no indica tion of a cessation in the vigor of the! Japanese assaults. :rr-.-: JAPANESE TAKE ANSHANSHAN. Invariable Policy of Falling Back Is Followed by Kuropatkin. Liao Yang., Aug. 31.—The Russian forces have been disappointed by an other unexpected withdrawal. The whole eastern dlvlson and the troops on the Anshanshan have been ordored to fall back to positions nearer Liao Yang, just as the soldiers were ex pecting another advance. The Japanese are not following the Russians. The advance from the south is ai>» parently being pushed home. Sounds of artillery from that diection arej plainer than they were yesterday. The Chinese at Liao Yang are bringing out women and children which they usually do when expecting a Japanese advance. The Russians had sustained a hot artillery fight all day of August 26 in the eastern front, but held all of their positions. At 5 o’clock in the evening the As sociated Press correspondent crossed over to the left flank. The understand ing was that the Russians would con centrate heavily in the morning for an attack of the Japanese in that direction and this afternoon the surprise was greater at the order to retire. The explahatlon is given that the Tenth, corps, especially General Herschel] Mann’s division on the extreme left, was confronted by a greatly superior force of Japanese. Though the Rus-: sians fought bravely and held all their; positions, they had lost an immense number of officers. Movement Was Difficult. I Most probably the retirement from i the An Shan Shan position arose from: the same reason that the whole moun- : tain division, as well as the eastern, I troops, retired, apparently not from the! pressure of the Japanese, but for strat-; ] egic reasons. The rains had made a thick and bind-: ing mud which almost paralysed] wagon transportation and made the i! movement of guns even more difficult. I Though the Japanese witnessed the I slow retirement of the eastern divls-; ion they made no attempt to follow the] Russians, being apparently exhausted: by the duel of August 24 and 25. and the desperate and unsuccessful all day attack of August 26. Today the sound of cannonading is] heard plainer in Liao Yang. It is: more to the south thai\ to the south-! east. The Japanese are said to be ad-] vancing along the entire front, particu larly in a large force up the valley of the Liao river. Liao Yang, Aug. 29.—The Russians retired from An Shan Shan yesterday after a fight which commenced on the morning of August 26 and continued In a desultory manner all day and night. Arrangements for a battle had been1 completed by night time, when the or-] der to retire was given on account of1 the situation to the east. The decision was received with disappointment by the troops. The regiment was made up in an orderly manner. The plain between An Shan Shan and Liao Yang was controlled by Japanese; troops who burned the bridge and shelled the railroad station after the Russian retirement. The Russian : losses amounted to 300. i The Japanese are advancing witl^ great rapidity. HOW IT ALL HAPPENED. Japanese Attacked Two Slow Movini Russian Corps and Started Trouble. St. Petersburg, Aug. 31.—The opera-i tions around Liao Yang have under-' gone a complete change. Owing to the delay in the concentration of Kuropat kin's army, as a result of the terrible condition of the roads, the Japanese seized the opportunity to attack a slow moving corps, and sever fighting oc curred, on August 27 and 28, in which the Russians lost another 1,000 men, and they will now probably have to ac cept a general engagement. Kuropat kin himself describes this latest phase of the hostilities in a long dispatch to the emperor from a point on the rail road a few miles south of Liao Yang, where practically the whole army Is assembled awaiting battle. The tele gram, which was filed early this morn ing, says: "The Japanese began at dawn of the 27th two movements designed to cut off the first and fourth corps. The first, stationed at An Shan Shan, half way between Hai Cheng and Liao Yang, experienced the most serious dif ficulty, owing to the bad roads. The Japanese under Oku tried to flank this corps from the east. In the meanwhile Ivuroki, abandoning his pressure of Generals Ivanoft and Herschelmann. drove a wedge between the second and fourth corps, which were stationed west of Lian Dian Sian, a strong de fensive position in the hills twenty-four miles southeast of Liao Yang. The Russians were greatly Impeded by their artillery and commissariat, and fought a series of rear guard actions In order to cover the retreat of their impedi menta to Liao Yang. In which they were successful. The firsi corps, which figured at the battle of the Yalu and in the fighting at Motien pass, again sustained the brunt of the fighting and suffered a majority of the losses, In cluding General Rotkovsky and Colonel; von Raaben. The first, second and fourth corps, combined under General Zaroubaieff, and the tenth, seventeenth and third corps, under General Ivanoff, forming the eastern contingent, suc ceeded in effecting a concentration at Liao Yang without further loss. Thd whole six < orps have now formed a semi-circle within a radius of six or eight miles of Liao Yang. General Kuropatkln has not tar short of 170, 000 men.” SITUATION IS NOW VERY DESPERATE General Stoessel Telegraph! Czar That Port Arthur’s End Is Near. HE CAN’T HOLD OUT LONG Chinese Say There Are Not Over 10,00t» Effective Men Left of the Garri son, and These Are Suffering More Severely Every Day. ^ Chefoo, Aug. 29.—The steamer Chin-j^ hua reports that there was heavy'M fighting at Port Arthur last night from 9 until 2. St. Petersburg, Aug. 31.—It is. re ported from a reliable source that Gen eral Stoesel has telegraphed that the garrison at Port Arthur has already suffered severely and intimating that it is hardly' possible to hold out for more than a month or six weeks. Pour more regiments will be raised* in the Caucusus. The first contingent of the first army corps has arrived at Harbin. This corps was destined for Vladivostok, but upon the urgent re quest of Kuropatkin it will be diverted to Mukden. An official dispatch from Liao Tang, reporting the continued Japanese ad vance on Sunday, confirms the report that General Routkovsky was killed, and adds that Colonel Vanraaben was also killed. The total Russian losses ok Sunday are not known, but 400 wounded have passed through the first aid stations. The losses of the Jap anese were considerable. Prom an excellent source it is stated, jthat the ill starred Russian battleship Orel, which already has suffered two 'accidents, will not be able to join the (Baltic squadron. According to reports, [when her engine trials began it was discovered the engines had been prac 'tically wrecked by workmen introduc ing iron filings into the valves and cylinders. This is the secret of the failure of the Orel to go out on the trial trip with the other ships last week. j , Inquiries made at the admiralty elic-: ited an absolute denial of the report regarding the damage to the Orel bat-i tleship. V More Severe Fighting. Chefoo, Aug. 29.—Severe fighting is* reported at Port Arthur on August 27, according to Chinese who left there the evening of the 27th. Between August 22 and 26 there was some fighting, but less severe than that of the 27th. One Chinese was arrested and compelled to carry the dead from the battlefield of, IPalichuang, which the Japanese at tempted to capture on the 26th. Thir-, ^ ty carts were used to carry the dead,, k numbering 400, from the trenches and* ^ putskirts to the city. A policeman told' the Chinese that the efficient soldiers in the garrison at Port Arthur num bered over 10,000. JAPAN’S NOTE TO THE POWERS. Russian Warships at Shanghai Must Be Disarmed Forthwith. • Washington. Aug. 31.—Japan has pddressed a note to the powers in forming them that unless Russia forth with disarms its warships in Shang hai, Japan wii! be forced to take what ever steps it deems necessary to pro tect its interests. Mr. Takahira, the Japanese minister, called at the state department today and left with Mr