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TIDE OF BATTLE NOW NEARER
MU. . < DEN.
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FIGHT RENEWED DAY BY DAY
The Conflict of Saturday Continued on
Sunday with Kouropatkln Attacking
-Russlana Forced Back to the Sacred -
cred City.
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MUKDEN-There wall a lull III the
battle Saturday , hilt fighting ! was con.
tinned Sunday on the rlJ.ht. The
army Is southwest of here tOil mlloH
It Is now certain that the army will
lie able to extricate Itsolf. The losses
amount. to :10,000 : , It. has been n bigger -
gor battle than Llno Yang
gvonlnJ.-'l'ho firing to time southwest -
west Is less vlolont. The men are
tired out and food lids been 1111:111111. :
clont. Every available gun and mllli
are being u8ed. The troops have behaved .
l1l1.ved most gallantly , hurling themselves -
selves repeatedly against impregnable )
positions. The heavy storm of Octo-
ber 101 added to the misery of the
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troops 'I'horo Is great depression , hilt I
solid tenacity among time mono 'l'horo I
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has been great sacrifIce of omcerH.
The plain occupied hy the retlrlllg
Russians la covered with bursting
. Hhrupnol. The gunners ! shovolled
shells Into the breeches of the guns ns
stolwra shovel coal Into fmnnces.
Howitzers are used by the eastern
urmy. The Russian guns have superior .
101' rang and burst shrapnel at BOOO
'll1'IIB. There Is a scarcity of reliable
maps. Two divisional commanders
have lost their chleff staff officers , one
of them being killed , and many commanding -
manding officers have met death heroically -
roically leading their roglmonts.
Shrapnel foIl near General Kouro-
} ) atldn , Ho showed desperate energy
and even In the darkest hour remained -
ed hOloful. ) The Japanese must feel
the stmln.
- Sunday evening the Japanese scented -
ed no nearer. Fires are burning to
the south About twelve niches from
bore the eastern army Is retiring
without fighting.
RussIan Dead More Than 10,000.
, WASHINGTON-The Japanese lega-
tion has received the following advices
from Toltlo , under date of October 16 :
1\Iarshal Oyama reports that the
number of Russians found dead on
the field In front of our right arlllY
on the 16th amounted to 4.500 , beside
many more yet unaccounted for and
hundreds or now prison era. The estimated .
mated total Russian loss In this quar-
ter alone exceeds 20,000. The Russian
losses In front of our center and loft
armies are being Investigated.
'rho number of Russian corpses
burled by us previously : , amounting to
2,000 , refers to the quarter of our left
army alono.
"O'ama further reports that he as-
tlmates the number of Russian
corpses left on the field In front of
our center army at 2,500.
"The total number of Russian
corpses so fur ascertained reach 8,850
1'he above does not Include the re.
suit of the fierce engagement with our
left army and many more ret undiscovered .
covered In all Quartel's. "
Two Stories About ChInese.
LONDON.-Donnott DlII'lelgh reports .
ports from Shanghai to the Daily 'T'ele-
graph that the Chinese are becoming
restless and anxious to attack the
RUBslans. Tine correspondent ) of the
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'rlmos telegraphs f1'01ll1ll Peking that
after traveling through the northern
provinces tr China ho has arrived at
the conclusion that the reports of un-
rest and anti-foreign disturbances
have litHe foundation In fact anti are
largely disseminated throllh the Influence -
fluonce of the Russian llgaUon ! for interested -
terested motives.
Broolcs-Crlllller ) met his wIfe In a
railroad acclllcnt. Croolcs = - Did he
eta the r.ompan1' Topics.
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THE ARMIES MEET.
Jut : at Present All the News In Un-
offlclill.
ST. pg'J'I HHBUIlG-No official
wws ; of the result of today's battle
south of l\lulttlen Is available at thla
10ur. General Kuroplllltin doubtless
las communicated his regular report
,0 Emperor Nicholas , hut the dispatch
vas not sent back to the general staff
onlght. So the latest word from Rus-
inn sources lEI contained In the As-
Ilochlied Press dispatch from l\Iultden.
\EI lEI natural , the I absence of official
IeW'S lEI pessimistically ) Interpreted In
nallY quarters , hut the general staff ,
, hough reticent , counsel patience ,
minting out that the offensive move-
'llent was IIInnnClI on a large scale
\nd has not yet reached a stage where
L decisive reverse could have been at-
: Illnod.
1'he frontal attack on thhe Yen tal
mineR developed a desperate battle In
Nhlch Ilrollllbly 100,000 men are en-
raged ( , hut though the dispatches so
far deal almost exclusively with this
feature or the battle , It rn pointed out
that there Is a much wider fielll In'
vol\'el1 A fIght on the Russian left
flank has not yet developed and Ilos-
HIJb' : here General Km'ollRtlcln intends
to deliver his main blow. What force
Is pushing forward In this : : direction
lIehlllll the screen containing the column .
limn at Shantlntaldze Is unknown , but
the aplloaraco tonight oe a Russian
at ' ' ' miles
column t 'l'zo'anchan , thirty
southeast of l\lultdon , striking at Flolll
Marshal Oyama's communications with
the Yalu , and tko knowledge that an-
other column Is already across the
Taltao river , gives evidence of the
wide nature of the turning movement.
II Is possible that the attack on the
Yelllni mines may simply ) be Intended
to hold time j main Japanese force stationary .
tlonar and that the outcome of the
Yental fight may have little bearing
on the result of the general engage-
mont.
While It Is now 'nssertod that General -
eral Kurolmtltln enjoys a considerable
numerical superiority , the main fear
expressed Is that this superiority Is In-
sul11clent 10 enable him to carry out I
the big operations ! he has undertal.en.
Apprehension Is caused by the 1'0-
Itlo dispatch saying that Field Mar-
shal Oyama reports that he Is galnlug
ground and has cut off a Russian col-
umn below the 'rnltHo 1'1..01' It Is only
natural , after the repeated reverses
already suffered , that Russians fully
realize how much General KurollRtltln
has staked on the assumption of the
offonslve. Tim battle now In progress
undoubtedly will outweigh In importance -
anco the hard fIght at Llao Yang. For
Kuropatltln victory , partial or com-
11lete , Is necossary.
NEW PHASE OF MAIL SEIZURE
Pouch Destined to American Warship
Tampered ! With.
WASHING'rON-It developed 'rt.
day that a pouch containing mail for
the United States . cruiser Cincinnati . ,
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then at Nagasaki , Japan , which wa
aboard the British steamer Calclins ,
when that vessel was seized by the
Russian Vladivostok squadron , had
been opened while In the possession
of the Russian officials , subsequently
resealed and sent on to Its destina-
tlon. This information came to the
postoll1co department Friday in a communication .
munlcatlon from the Japanese postal
administration , In conformity with a
practice always followed when there
has been any mishap In the delivery
of mall 1lOuche8. The matter will ho
referred to the state department for
action , as was done with the case at
the ordinary United States malt on
the vessel at the time she was selzod.
Mikado Thanks His Army.
LONDON.-The correspondent fif
Ito ( Times at 'rolclo says the mikado
has warmly thanked the ManchurIan
army for defeating the offenslv nove-
\11l11ents of time Russians and driving
thom back : after many days or severe .
.ere fighting ' '
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BOTH SIDES LOSE !
THERE 18 NO SIGN OF BATTLE
SLACKENING.
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WEATHER IS BITTERLY GOLD i
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General Kouropatkln Is In the Thick- :
est of the Conflict-Russians Strlv. I
Ing for the Possession of a I
Pass.
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S'l' PETERSBURG - Desperate
fighting and heavy losses on both
Bides , with varying success for the
Russians , such Is the slimming up of
the situation by General Komopatldn
In a telegram med October 1 ; . There
Is no sign of the battle slacltenlng.
On the contrary , General Kouropatlcln
telegraphs that he has ordered time
army .to resume the fight with unabated -
bated vigor. General Komopatlcln
himself Is In the thlclwst of the fight-
lug and General Saleharoff , his chief
of staff , Is personally directing recon-
naissances. The conflict has been
most desperate on the center and
west fiank. The advance guards at
these points had to he repeatedly reinforced -
Inforced owing to the great pressure
of the Japanese attaclts. At nightfall
on October 12 the Russian right was
withdrawn from Its main position ; hut
one of the abandoned positions was
retaken at the point of the bayonet
during the night.
. Contrary to Field Marshal Oyama's '
report , no indication Is given In Gen-
oral Kouropatleln's telegram of an enveloping .
veloplng movement by General DIm
The only positions captured by force
were at the center , where the Rus-
sians were compelled to retire dur-
Ing the afternoon. There Is no men-
tion of the loss of guns. The war of-
fice declines to deny that there was
such a loss , hut explains that such an
Incident was quite possible white Positions .
sltlons were changing hands , but that
even If It Is true , it Is of no material
consequence.
According to telegrams from Russian .
sian correspondents ( , the horrors of
the battle were Intensified by bitter
cold and rain.
General l\lIstchonlw. who had been
reported to bo raiding In Corea , played -
ed a conspicuous part In the fighting
on the Russian left flank.
According to the latest news of the
fighting In the direction of Denslhu
the Russians were striving for the possession .
session of a pass , but no news was
received from there 1'hursdny. The
pass alluded presumabl Is the U\I
pass , which Is mentioned In General
Saleharoff's telegram of October 11.
Hu pass Is eight mites due north of
Denslhu. Should this , pass fall Into
the hands of the Russians It would
Involve the capture of llensllm , thus
opening up the road to Llao Yang.
According to the belief of the general .
eral staff , General Rennenlcamff has
not penetrated as far as the Taltso
river , but he Is co-opemtlng In the ,
attempt to capture Denslhu.
MATTER FOR HAGUE TRIBUNAL
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Question of Malls as Contraband of
War May Be so Referred.
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ASHINGTON-'rho state depart-
nient expects to dispatch the papers
relating to the seizure of the malls
on the Calchas to the American embassy .
bass ' at St. Potersburg. As . Ambassador .
sador McCormick Is now en route to
the United States , the matter will be
dealt with at the embassy by Spencer
Eddy , the secretary , who will simply
submit the papers to the Russian for-
eign office with a request for an explanation -
p1anatlon as to why the Russian naval
vessels have Interfered with the operations
eratlons of the Universal Postal
Union treaty. There I : : ; little In thQ ]
way of precedent to guide the negotiations .
tlatlons on either side In this matter ,
which probably will III the end come
before Tile Vague tribunal when It
Is recollyencl1.
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SIX TRAINMEN SUFFOCATED.
Employes of Grand SUFFOCATED.'f } '
Death In St. Clair Tunnel. .
PORT HURON , l\ltch.-Slx em-
plo 'es ot the Grand Trunk railway
were suffocated to death by coal gas
early Sunday In the St. Clair tunnel
which runs under the St. Clair river
from Port Huron to Sarnla , Ont. A
coal train broke In two while passing -.4C. :
through the tunnel and three of the
train crew were suffocated while part -
of the train lay stalled In the tunnel.
The engineer lost his life when he returned -
turned and endeavored to push time
stalled cars back to safety , and two
other resellers perished In vain attempts -
tempts to penetrate the gaseous atmosphere -
mosphere of the great tuhe
The train , which entered from the
AmerIcan side of the tunnel , was "
made up of seventeen coal cars When
It broke Engineer Coleman realized
that the accident halt happened and
with the three cars that were still
attached to the engine steamed out of
the tunnel Into the Sarnla yards. He
hastily detached his engine and went
hack Into the tube for the stalled
cars. When his engine reached them
he attempted to push them back
. through the tunnel and out of the
I American portal. The grade proved
too steep , however and the attempt .
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was a fnllurc. The engine and cars r " ! ! II
rolled back Into the gas laden tunnel
and Engineer Coleman was suffocated
at his post In the engine cab.
MORE PAY FOR SOLDIERS.
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That Is What Funston Recommends
In His Report.
ASHINGTON-DI'13adier General
Frederick Funston , until recently
commanding the department of Columbia
lumbia , In his annual report , says that
additional observation and conversa- .
tlon with officers confirms hIm In
the views expressed In his last re-
port that there should be a substan- 1
tlal Increase In the pay of the enlisted
men of the army. General Funston a- - ,
says : \
'l'here can he scarcely a doubt that . I
such action would bring Into the army
a vastly superIor bodY 0 fmen who
would remain In the service. It Is
doubtful If an Increase over present
rates of pay of 50 per cent for noncommissioned -
commissioned officers and 30 per cent
for prIvates would be more expensive
than under present rates when so -
a vastly superior body of men who
much tIIme and money are wasted In
trying to make soldiers out of the
Inferior class of men who constitute
at lE East halt of the rank and file of
the army toda ' . ' $ J
A decrease during the pest year In
the percentage of men tried by both
general and Inferior court martial ho "
says , "probabl Is due to time fact that . - ,
there has been during the fiscal year
covered by this report a smaller num-
her of new men In the various organizations -
ganlzaUons tan In the preceding year. . ;
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UNION PACIFIC OIRECTORS.
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Frick and Rockefeller Succeed Burt '
and Fitzgerald.
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SALT LAKE CITY-At the annual.
meeting of the stockholders of the +
Union Pacific railway , held III this
city Tuesday , Henry C. Frlclt of Pith'
burg and William G. Rockefeller r
New York were elected directors
the place of L Fitzgerald and HorD'
G. llurt. The board of directors n ,
stands as follows :
Oliver Ames , Thomas P. Eck\
henry C. Frlcle , George J. Gould , ' .
I-I. Harriman , Marvin Hughltt , Jar : \
II. Hyde , Otto H. Kahn , Charles . .
Peabody , Winslow C. Ptlerce , W1l1\ \ ,
G. Rockefeller , Henry H. Rogers , .1 ,
cob H. Schiff , Joseph F. Smith aH
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James Stillman. "
There were renresented at the meet , " ,
Ing 1.uO,866 shares of stock. ,
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Dignitaries on the Ocean.
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NEW YORK-Tho archbishop of t
Canterbury and his party sailed for 't
home Friday on the White Star line
steamship Cedric
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