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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1904)
The retreat of Russians from Liao- c ; , at first orderly , 'developed into a night to Mukden. Kuropatkin did stop at Mukden , but continued his : fiigiit toward Harbin. His rear guard Was in continuous fighting since the tretreat from Liaoyang began , men fall- Ing by thousands under the terrific fire of the relentless and tireless Japanese. 'Who clung to the retreating army like leeches. The Russians , in dire panic , fled for their lives , abandoning their runs to lighten their burdens , and leav ing their dead where they fell. So trantic was the despairing rush toward Mukden that the Russians were unable to care for their wounded , leaving men , In throes of anguish , lying in the road- Tvnys , to fall into the hands of the Jap anese. Many soldiers , losing their self-con trol under the terrible strain , attempt ed to seek safety by llight. The Rus sian officers. dJishing among the men , used their revolvers freely , shooting down many of them in an attempt to ieep the troops in some semblance of order. Dispatches via London Thursday reported that the Russian army , again defeated in another terrific battlo that raged furiously for hours live miles south of Mukden , rushed through tthat city in a mad flight toward Ilar- ibin , 205 miles northeast. General Kuropatkin , leading the battered rear guard of the army , did -.not delay in the ancient city. Leav- ing orders that the men should hum * on as rapidly as possible and still ieep up a semblance of resistance to Uie pursuing Japanese , he hurried "through the city to the north to gath er Ills scattered forces. The line of the Russian retreat has grown longer .ami more straggling each day , cover- Ing twenty-live or thirty miles , with the Japanese sharpshooters on each ,6ide , snipping at them continually , and killing hundreds on their flght. It is claimed that more than 21,000 Rus sians have been lost since the flight from Liaoyang. Five miles south of Mukden the flee- SS OF THE v I Russian Retreat Was a Rout. TIGHTENING THE LINES. JAPANESE BLOWN UP. Column of 70O Annihilated by Klec- tric Mine Placed by Russians. A Japanese column numbering approx imately 700 men. while marching along at night on a road in the valley , met a frightful disaster through the explosion of an electric land mine. The mine was carefully laid by the Russians three weeks ago. It covered nearly a mile of available marching space. The explo sive was placed at the bottom. Rocks were placed next and on top of these clay was packed so carefully that tlu > ground grave the impression of not having been disturbed. .The indications of Japanese activity in the vicinity put the Russians on guard. Near midnight the outposts rushed in and reported that the Japanese were ap proaching. The Russians withheld their searchlight coldly lighted up the road and hillsides strewn with dead. The follow ing day the Russians buried the dead , but owing to their dismembered and mu tilated condition the Russians were un able to accurately estimate the number of killed. PREDICT LONG STRUGGLE. London Papers Think the War Has Just Begun. What is termed the Japanese iupene- trable silence reduces English comment on the events at the seat of war to a minimum. As dispu.-hes : to the Asso ciated Press from St. Petersburg have continuously painted out , every develop ment now lies with the Japanese , in whose hands is the initiative. The fa natical disregard for death displayed on both sides and the ability to keep an HOW THE RUSS'ANS DIE AT THEIR GUMS. This spirited picture by R. Caton WoodvUle , the celebrated artist of the Illustrated London News , depicts a scene it the battle of KaJping , but fits with wonderful fidelity some of the incidents described in the stories of the sanguinary Conflict before Liaoyang. ting Russians turned and again at- tempted to make a final desperate -.stand against fieir relentless foes. .For hours the battle raged. The fire uf the Japanese light artillery , which ; hart not been left behind in the pur suit , was terrific and mowed down the Russians by hundreds. Corpses strewed the battlefield. For the length .of time the fighting continued it was -the most sanguinary battle of the war. The Japanese , seeing the awful ef fect of their machine gun fire on the Jlussinns. charged with fixed bayonets , .disdaining to use their rifles. Charge .nftor charge they made with reckless bravery. The battle became a furi ous hand-to-hand conflict and degen erated into a butchery as the Jap- .anesp pushed the Russians back. Then -the line of the Czar's troops broke , and they turned again in flight. * ni " It is now 'apparent that Oyama's purpose by pressing llu Russian posi tions in front of Liaoyaug was to hold Kuropatkin's attention while the Jip- .ane.so right wing was thrust around the Russian rear to block fhe Russian line of retreat. Hut Kuropatkiu. at Its very inception , hart his eyes upon this flanking movement and countered by early withdrawal of his main army to the right bank of the Taitse river , changing his front to meet and hold Gen. Kuroki In check while Gen. Za- roubaieff's corps , at Liaoyang , crossed , burning the bridges behind him and placing the river between him and Gen. Oku. fire for some time. Suddenly they threw a searchlight up the valley. The Japan ese opened with a rifle fire. The Rus sians waited until apparently the whole Japanese column was in the danger zone. Then the mine was exploded. The forcp $ f m U p 'M $ ii i l- : T i & \ ys'4o"P'J' : ! ' # ! W : rM K.J-W' . : ( &M Mil MElJ-MuOkWil U-.fi FILXI ) ilAKSUAL OYAMA. of tlie explosion knocked a number of Russians down and the sight of Japan ese rifles , water bottles , legs and arms hurtling through the lighted space made by a searchlight was an awful spectacle. Some rocks landed inside the Russian lines. There was one appalling moment during which the garrison itself was stunned , then a deathlike silence. The army in being , either from offensive or defensive point of view and under con ditions considered to be prohibitive , has done more to convince the English press of the desperate character of the struggle being waged in the far East than all the dispatches that have emanated from Tokio or St. Petersburg declaring that neither the Japanese nor the Russians will over give in. In place of endeavoring to follow the minute progress of the campaign , London newspapers somewhat hopelessly devote editorials preparing the English public to be witnesses that the war will be longer drawn out and more terrible in every respect than any within recent centuries. War News in Brief. The Japanese are reported to hav ' cut off the reservoirs at Port Arthur and to occupy new positions. Soven hundred Japanese are reported to have been blown up by a mine while advancing on Port Arthur. The St. Petersburg government ap proves American and British terms re- j garding contraband of war. The commander of the French mail steamer Ocoanica says fomJapanese warships searched his vessel , detaining him five hours. The Novoe Vremya of St. Petersburg urges the appointment of Kuropatkin as commander-m-chief of the Russian forces in the East. Dr. Emil G. ILirsch , woh has just re turned to Chicago from Europe , says the assassination of Plelive will have a tendency toward peace between Russia and STRIKE JS AT AN END. LABOR TROUBLES AT PACKING CENTERS SETTLED. Butcher "Workmen Accept Terms Pro posed by J.Oijden Armour OldVajes to Prevail Packers A ree to Take Former Employes ) Back. The great stockyards strike in Chi cago reached an end at midnight Thursday. On terms similar to those proposed the previous week by J. Og- den Armour , the Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butcher Workmen's Union took the initiative Thursday evening and declared the strike at an end , so far as their organization was concerned. Acknowledging the defeat of Ms or ganization and insisting that the offers of intermediaries should be received as a solution of the industrial difficulties , President Donnelly assumed an atti tude of leadership that had been taken from him by the allied trades confer ence board , and in an impassioned ad dress to representatives of the various packing trades forced the end of the strike. After a day of meetings , conferences and voting , the struggle that began July 12 reached a finale when complete authority to act at his own discretion was placed in the hands of President Donnelly. Within an hour the packers had been apprised of the situation , and had an swered that the old men would be re ceived back at any time under the terms which were rejected by the ref erendum. More satisfactory conditions for both employers and employes are embodied in the agreement. Terms Accepted by Strikers. The terms offered by the packers and accepted by the leaders of the butchers are as follows : The packers agree to give work to as many of the strikers as nro needed , giv ing preference in future to the old men in hiring employes. Present non-union employes to be kept so far as they wish to remain. Wages of skilled men to be the same as before the strike. The packers agree to trait the labor ers fairly and declare that in the future the plants will be run more evenly the six days of the week. The Union Stock Yards and Transit Company to reinstate all striking live stock handlers as rapidly as possible. The butcher workmen and members of the allied trades began Friday to apply for their positions. There will be no wholesale discharge of the col ored and foreign laborers who have acted as strike breakers. Hope in the Future. The return of the strikers to the packing houses after almost nine weeks of voluntary idleness will not imme diately bring to an end the dispute which started the strike , the matter of a reduction of the pay of the un skilled men , but better conditions of employment are augured. More work , less politics and amicable adjustment of differences will probably follow the ratification of the peace pact. Cur tailment of the working hours has been one general cause of discontent among the packing house employes. In the past the butcher workers and their immediate associates have not been given full time because the ad justment of unskilled laborers to the work did not permit the rapid disposi tion of the carcasses and by-products. Often the butchers were given only four full days of work during the week. In solving the problem of break ing in strike breakers the packei-s reached a solution of the difficulty , and now declare that they can give the skilled men a full week of work and handle their output. History of the Strike. The strike , the largest in Chicago for ten years , was called July 12 , after the packers had announced a reduc tion in wages of the unskilled men from Ii > cents an hour to IG1cents. . The men made a demand for a raise to IS1cents. . An agreement to sub mit the matter to arbitration was made July 20 , and the strike declared settled. July 22 the men returned to work , but struck again in an hour on the ground that there had been discrimina tion in hiring them back. July 2G the allied workers walked out on a sym pathetic strike. Campaign Jlarchinsr Clubs. The great years for party marching clubs were 1S40 , 18GO and 1SSO. In 1840 the clubs were Harrison boomers , and did much toward rousing the excitement which defeated "Little Van" and put "Tippecanoe and Tyler , too , " into office. There were no clubs of that sort on the Democratic side in that year. In 18GO appeared the Wide-Awakes , on Lincoln's side , which were by far the most numer- . ous and famous of all the campaign uni formed organizations which the United States has seen. Douglas had some uni formed clubs , the "Little Giants" and others , but numerically they were much weaker than their Republican antagonists and attracted less attention. The great campaign clubs of 1SSO , the Garfield and Arthur campaign , were the Boys in Blue. Clubs carrying full dinner pails were features of the McKiuley campaigns. Kansas has 119 cities and towns with 1,000 inhabitants or more , according to a compilation of the assessors' and coun ty clerks' official returns for 190-i lately completed by the State Board of Agri culture , as against 118 belonging to such 'list last year. The body of a man was found beside the Union Pacific tracks between Yiuing and Clifton , Kan. His neck was broken. He is believed to have fallen from a train while stealing a ride. Papers , on his person lead to the belief that he was Walter Kemp of Roumania , Ind. FIGURES SHOWING MAGNITUDE OF STOCK YARDS' STRIKE. I Strike b ( : nn July 1'J. Mm .n strike In Chicago 20.024 Men ou strike In other cities M.OOO Total men on strike 01,024 ! Loss to strikers In wages $ 3,500,000 Lose to packers 6.000,000 Loss to stockmen 2COO.COO , Total money losses 512.000,000 raid to striker"in benefits $100,000 I'ald by packers In Increased u-atres - . . . 2oO,000 Number of cattle tied up ou ranges L'30,000 Number of sheep tied up on _ ranges 275,000 Number of , hogs tied up on ranges ; 3SO.OOO Number of labor unions Involved. J > 0 "VVives and children of strikers. . . 230,000 Number of days on strike EG Number of cities Involved 12 LOSH to the public by Increased price of meats ? 5,000.000 MOVING THE CROPS. West and South Require Millions of Money for This Purpose. The annual movement of money from New York , the financial center of the country , to the West and Sotrfh , to "move the crops , " has begun , says the Toledo Blade. In the ordinary business of the country , a transfer of credits is the main feature ; but when it cornea to harvest ing , threshing and moving the grain crop , the picking , ginning and packing of cot ton , the demand is for actual money. Hence each year , from the end of August to about the middlrit November , the demand for currency comes on the finan cial centers. Money goes West and South by millions of dollars in the ag gregate. It is paid out to farmers and planters , who in turn pay their labor and other expenses , and purchase their fall supplies. About mid-November this is all done , and the tide of currency turns to ward the financial centers once more. This annual movement has the certainty and regularity of the tides of the sea. All over the country there are banks in the county seats and the larger towns and villages. The farmers and business men deposit therein thedr surplus funds. One of these country banks , say in an in terior town in Iowa , finds that it has a larger amount of money oir hand than it can use in loans and discounts. ltd officials do not allow this cash to remain idle in the vault. They send this unused surplus to the bank in Chicago with which it does business , receiving interest thereon. The Chicago institution , finding that it also has more money than it can profitably use , sends its surplus funds to its correspondent in New York. This is simply an example and illustra tion of whnt is going on nil over the country. The small banks send the funds they do not require to the larger centers , which in turn send their excess to the great financial centers , of which New York is die chief. The result is a gen eral movement of money during the sum mer to the East. The banks of New York City often have a total of such funds from the in terior of 400 millions or more in August , on which they pay 2 per cent interest. When the harvest and crop-moving pe riod comes , usually about Sept. 1 , the country banks are called on by their cus tomers the farmers and planters , the grain buyers , the cotton factors for money to meet this annual expenditure. When the Iowa bank , mentioned above , finds , this demand beginning , it calls on its C'hicago correspondent for the funds deposited. The Ohicago bank in turn calis on the New York bank for its bal ance. And as this is true of all the coun try banks , the result is a heavy move ment of money from the great financial centers out into the country. This demand for crops , as above stat ed , will end about the middle of No vember , and the return flow of money to the Bast will begin , and continue during December and January. In February , the New York banks generally have the largest amount of deposits from the in terior. When spring opens , there is a smaller outward movement , to provide funds for planting the crops. Then comes die summer dullness , and a return flow of money eastward sets in , which lasts until the crops begin to move. Never does the Chinese Boxer overlook an opportunity to create a barrel of trou ble. According to the latest quotations , Co lumbian half dollars are still firm at 50 cents. As compared with real war , mimic war may be said to be a mild edition of pur gatory. Gen. Stakelberg has become historic already as the hero who escaped from the Japanese. In tiie military dictionary used by Kuroki an army's flank is defined as "something to be turned. " ' Dirigible balloons are all right. The trouble is that the world fails to rotate the right way under them. Let us hope that the oyster will not prove susceptible to the "sympathetic" influences of the price of meat. If the Chinese Boxers really hanker for another international expedition to Fekin they know how to get it. Prof. Benbow successfully steered his airship for 500 yards at St. Louis. But it's a thousand miles to Washington. Advance styles in fall millinery show that the possibilities of ugliness in head gear had not been exhausted before. The Brooklyn man who lived on grass for six months seems to have succeeded in reducing a meat diet to its first prin ciples. The very finest of dancing "creations" has been introduced to the dancing pro fessors at their convention at St. Louis. What has become of the "very finest" novelty of last year ? As Japan could not begin to pay its soldiers what their fighting qualities are worth it is probably quite as reasonable to pay them 45 cents a month as some larger amount. It is said to take from ten to twenty ncres of land to fatten a steer. But even this does not furnish an .entirely satisfactory explanation of the high price of a porterhouse steak. THE WEEKLY One Hundred Years Ago. Congress provided that an equivalent of malt liquors or wine should be sub stituted for a ration of spirits at such seasons of the year as , in the opinion of the President , It would be advisable to make the" change In order to pro mote the health of the soldiers. Russian troop ships were in the Bos porus , to protect Turkish and Greek provinces from the French. Seventy-five Years Ago. In political circles of Paris an alli ance between England , Russia and Austria was talked of , to be opposed by another between France and Prus sia. sia.The The purchase of Texas by the United States was the subject of much discus sion by the American and foreign press. President Jackson ordered the naval forces of the United States to the coast of Mexico to aid American citizens re siding there. Fifty Years Ago. Grand opera was produced in Castlo Garden , New York , by Giulia Grisi.and Sig. Mario. King Leopold of Belgium arrived at Boulogne on a visit to Napoleon. The allied French and English forces made an attack by sea and land on Petropaulovski. The allied Pacific squadron buried their dead at Tarenski , and in a crip pled condition left Petropaulovski for San Francisco. Jerome Bonaparte , formerly of the United States army , was made a lieu tenant of French dragoons. Forty Years Ago. John Morgan , the Confederate raid er , was reported by Secretary Stanton to have been killed at Greenville , Teiin. General Sherman had broken hi3 communications at Nashville and was on his way toward Atlanta. Sherman , having taken Atlanta , had pushed his campaign twenty-seven miles to the southward , in pursuit of General Hood. President Lincoln issued a proclama tion of thanksgiving because of the successes of Farragut at Mobile and Sherman at Atlanta. General Richard Oglesby , then can didate for Governor of Illinois , ad dressed a union mass meeting of more than 15,000 at Freeport The Supreme Court of California decided that San Francisco must issue $4,000,000 bonds in aid of the Central Pacific Railroad. Thirty Years Ago. Governor W. P. Kellogg , of Louis iana , placed a price of § 5,000 on the heads of the participants in the "Cou- shatta affair , " in which a number of Republican office-holders were killed by a mob. The reported discovery of gold near Carroll , Mont. , started hundreds of for tune hunters in that direction : The discovery of a ledge of gold bearing rock in Montgomery County , Maryland , was announced. Shanghai dispatches reported the settlement of the controversy between France and Japan over Formosa. Professor King's balloon , Buffalo , with a party of newspaper men , made an ascent at Cleveland , Ohio , and , after twenty-four hours' voyage , land ed near Port Huron , Mich. , nearly 500 miles away. Twenty Years Ago. Because of the prevalence of pleuro- pneumonia among cattle , a quarantine was declared on Cass , Kane , Du Page , Peoria , Whiteside , Morgan and Schuy- ler counties , Illinois. Henry E. Abbey was reported to have paid $10,000 for an interest in the Porte St. Martins Theater , Paris , in. ' order to secure Sarah Bernhardt for an. American tour. Fifty acres of lumber yard and frame buildings in Cleveland , Ohio , were burned over with a loss of $2- 000,000. It was the gossip of Wall street that the Vanderbilt family had lost $50,000- 000 in unfortunate speculation within a few months. Ten Years Ago. George W. Peck was nominated a third time by the Democrats of Wis consin for Governor. Labor day was observed for the first time as a legal holiday throughout the country. One hundred and thirty-four uniden tified dead , victims of the forest fire , were buried at Hinckley , Minn. Fires were threatening Ashland and Waah- Imrne , Wis.