In some respects the strategical situ
ation of the armies in central Manchu
ria is now similar to what it was six
or eight weeks before the brittle of
LLioyang. Tiding and Mukden , the
Eussian positions , now correspond to
Liaoyang , Haicheng and Tatchekiao
then. The Liao valley and the Mongo
lian frontier lie to the west of the
Russians , as before , while to the east
are the same mountain ranges witli the
Japanese forcing one after the other
the passes that command the most im-
portant roads.
We still have the great weight of
Ok'iTs and Nodzu's armies grimly
astride the railroad , preventing any
possible expedition to "the relief of
Port Arthur , " and at the same time
ready to ( leal the sledge-hammer
blows that will force the Russians still
farther northward when the time
comes. We still have Kuroki in touch
with the Russians on the east and do-
Ing the most important work over the
mountain trails.
During the week General Kuropat-
lin has reported in repeated dispatch
es the progress of a part of Kuroki's
force along the roads from Bcntsia-
putze to Fu-llng and to the Fushun
niines , which lie respectively ten and
thirty miles oast of Mukden. Kaotou
Pass , where there was a skirmish ,
fieems to be on one of these roads ,
wkile an official Russian dispatch from
Harbin reports a fight on the south
"bank of the Hun River on the road
leading to Fu-lhig. The Japanese are
said to have bad two divisions here ,
rather a. large number of men , and to
have been repulsed. Farther east on
the road running northward from Sai-
matse , the Japanese advanced to an
attack on Da Pass. An official tele
gram given out at Tokio tells of the
Japanese capture of Tieling , which
may be one of the passes just men
tioned , or some other , as it clearly
cannot be the City of Tieling north of
Mukden.
How far and how fast these move
ments will progress cannot be told , as
that depends on factors of weather ,
transport and men , concerning which
we are but poorly Informed. We may
'V ' expect , however , in due time to see
, Mukden abandoned without hard fight
ing , much as Haiclieng was abandon
ed when the Russians were concen
trating on Liaoyar.g. If this is not
the case it will probably be because
Kuropatkin sees hope of retaining for
a while longer his control of the im
portant Fushun coal mines.
The opening of the circum-Baikal
railroad during the week will mean
much for Russia , as her re-enforce
ments can now be sent forward to the
full capacity of the Trans-Siberian
/ Railroad , and not merely to the capaci-
ty of the steamers and ice-breakers
-across the lake.
If we had any solid facts to go on
the news from Port Arthur would
probably be vastly more interesting
and important than that from the ar
mies farther north. But we have still
nothing but rumors gathered at Che-
loo from refugees from Port Arthur
and Dalny. The accounts agree that
another general assault has been be
gun , with Japanese successes at sev
eral points , and we are also told that
Port Arthur is in desperate straits for
lood , for water and for coal. But
what weight to give to the reports we
-do not know.
For some reason the Japanese gov
ernment has thus far declined to pub
lish any account of the fighting at the
southern tip of the Liaotung peninsu
la. ' So what is happening must be
pieced out from the story of Lieuten
ant Radziwill. who reached Chefoo
with dispatches from Stoessel , and
from "reliable Chinese , " who , In mill-
HARVEST OF DEATH.
.Attacks on Port Arthur Are Marked by
Terrible Slaughter.
Twelve thousand fresh Japanese troops
have arrived to re-enforce Gen. Nogi
In his siege of Port Arthur. A new bat
tery of field artillery has also been turn-
e < l on the city , according to official re
ports received in St. Petersburg. Since
the last terrific assault , in which the
Japanese lost heavily , there has been an
ominous silence. V'ieeroy Alexieff , in a
message to the Czar , declares the food
-supply of the garrison good , the defend
ers in excellent spirits , but that the wat-
to the com
er supply is causing concern
manders.
Terrible havoc is beingwrought by
land mines. Both sides , under cover of
darkness , are undermining the fortifica
tions. Quantities of shiniose , the deadly
Japanese explosive , have killed many
Russians. The losses of the besiegers ,
however , are terrible. Thousands of
dead bodies have impregnated the very
airtrSth death. Due to this , the health
' of the entire garrison is menaced.
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It is also understood in official quar
ters that fresh Japanese re-euforcements
are continually arriving outside the be-
aieged city.
Despondency in St. Petersburg regard
ing the situation iu Port Arthur is be
coming more pronounced daily. Grounds
for this feeling of pessimism have been
added to in the past few days by the en-
lit Ttire absence of news from Gen. Stoessel.
'Heretofore ' the Russian commander has
been able to get some word through by
means of vessels to Chefoo , but it is now
stated the Japanese blockade is perfect
n . nnd all junks or other vessels owning out
of Port Arthur , or attempting to enter
?
I ! the port , are seait to Dalny.
Indications point to a hard winter
-campaign 4n northern Korea.
SCENE OP PANIC IN PORT ARTHUR.
tary matters , are the most unreliable
people on earth. There is no one so
afraid of powder and ball as the China
man. When he sees or hears an out
post skirmish it seems to him like the
last desperate general assault , and
when he reaches Chefoo he reports of
"hails of shot , " "cyclones of shell. "
and 'earthquaking mines. "
In the latter part of August the Japs
took four outlying forts in front of
Rihluug and Klkwang. They immedi
ately set out to strengthen these
places , and made them into most re
spectable fortifications. When the
next general assault starts , these forts
will try to silence the guns of their
Russian opposites before the infantry
come into operation. If the new Japa
nese forts can obtain a preponderance
over Ribluug and Kikwang those
places may possibly fall to general as
sault. But the whole operations at
Port Arthur up to the present date
merely confirm the old lesson that de
fenses adequately manned by resolute
troops cannot be taken by frontal at
tack. The Japanese are desperately
brave ; they are especially good on the
offense. They started at Port Arthur
flushed with victory. They considered
the place as holy and and went at it
like crusaders. But they have come
nowhere near storming it. Strong forts
containing good men cannot be storm
ed.
ed.The
The fall of Port Arthur is evident
ly one of tho vital links in the Japa
nese chain of strategy. Time and
again have the Japenese movements
been evidently thrown out by the per
sistent and unexpectedly successful de
fense of the Russian fortress. In their
intended calendar of war the fall of
Port Arthur was set for a date some
months back probably in June.
Then from this June fall they educed
a long train of Consequences , such as
the destruction or capture of the Rus
sian fleet , which would allow part of
the Japanese fleet to go home , repair ,
take on new guns in place of those
worn out by constant firing , rest up its
men , while the remaining ships sealed
up Vladivostok.
Meanwhile Nogi and his 80,000 men
would be released for other work
perhaps at Vladivostok. Kuroki and I
War News in Brief.
Port Arthur's fate is said to hinge on
a single fort that the Japs are trying to
capture.
The people of Japan plan sacrifices at
home to enable the nation to prosecute
a long war.
Oyama's cavalry has entered the Pu
valley , which leads to the railroad north
of Mukden.
The Japanese have landed many
troops in Korea for anadvance toward
Vladivostok.
Port Arthur's plight grows worse , the
city being absolutely cut off from the
rest of the world.
Fresh troops are being added to the
Japanese garrison at Bentsiaputsze , now
the headquarters of the army.
A mysterious foreign cruiser was
sighted off San Francisco and is supposed
to be the Korea , u Russian raider.
Marshal Oyama is bonding all his en
ergies to a flanking move of vast pro
portions around the east side of Muk
den.
den.Ta
Ta Pass was taken by the Japanese
after a slight engagement The island
ers are advancing an Tieling along the
Uao river , according to a report from
Harbin.
At Mukden it is believed that the Jip-
nnose will not make a frontal attack
upon that city , but will seek to engage
the Russians north or northeafct of there.
The line of 'the Japanese army at Muk
den is sixty miles long , stretching from
a point near Fushun on the east to a
point just south of Mukden and near" the
Hun river on the west.
Major General Orloff , who was blamed
for the Russian defeat at Liaoyang , will
be detached from the Manchnrian army
by order o Ren. Kuropatkin. He may
be retired SHmmarily or given a new com
mand in Russia.
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The wide sweep of the Japanese cast-
ward turning movement is Indicated in the
map. Using the Taitse Illver as a means
of transit , Oyama Is dispatching troops to
Slanchan , thirty miles northeast of Liao-
Yang. The appearance of Japanese near
Kaolau Pass also is significant , nnd might
he taken as a design to cross the Hun at
the Fushun ford. At Port Arthur the line
of Investment is drawing closer. The lo
cation of Fort Kouropatkln , which is re
ported captured , is pointed out. Almost
directly eastward and westward are Rlh-
lung and Antseshan forts , the loss of either
one of which would be a serious hlow to
General Stoessel.
Oku obviously tarried long waiting for
Port Arthur to fall. And by their tar
rying they wasted much valuable time
and probably inflicted a less severe
whipping on Kuropatkin than would
have been possible earlier. Stoessel
remains a great big spoke in the Japa
nese wheel.
"JAPS" TAKE DA PASS.
Important Point Forty-five Miles from
Mukden Captured.
The Japanese at last have begun the
offensive. They have captured Da Pass
and are pressing on Gen. Kuropatkin's
left flank. It is believed the Russians
abandoned Da Pass without serious re
sistance. Several other passes of the
Da range east of Bentsiaputze , twenty
miles southeast of Mukden , are also in
the hands of Japanese.
Kuropatkin evidently is drawing in
liis forces to the loss mountainous coun
try northwest , where he may decide to
give battle. Meanwhile sharp fighting
if ; regarded as imminent southeast of
Mukden , whence the Japanese are ex
pected to deliver their main attack , the '
flank movement from the west being of
secondary importance.
Da Pass , or Ta Pass , meaning Great
Pass , is situated about forty-five miles
southeast of Mukden and about the same
distance northeast of Liaqyang. It is
about twenty-five miles south of the Hun
river. The Japanese attacked Da Pass ,
which was occupied by the troops of
Gens. Mishtchenko and Samson-ofJ , Sept.
24 , but , according to dispatches from
Harbin , were repulsed twice.
Czar to Reorganize Army.
The Czar , spurred by repeated defeats
at the hands of the Japanese arms on
land and sea , hag decided to reorganize
the Russian army. Gen. Grippenberg
has been assigned to command the sec
ond division of the Manchurian army ,
and is placed on equal footing with Gen. J
Kuropatkin. Seven hundred thousand"
men may soon be ready to. take th ag
gressive against the Japanese. It is be--
lieved tliat Grand Duke Nicholas will be
made Commander-in-chief of the Russian
armies in tha lax Eas *
JUDGE PARKER'S LETTER.
Attacks Imperialism and Advocate !
Tariff Reform.
Arraignment of imperialism and ex
ecutive power based on individual
caprice , demand for tariff reform on
prudent lines so as not to work revo
lution in existing conditions , unequiv
ocal declaration in favor of Filipino
independence , the urging of the im
mediate curtailment of expenditures
and a return to economical administra
tion , and promise of a sweeping Inves
tigation of all departments of the gov
ernment in the event of parry success
these are the distinctive features of
Alton Brooks Parker's formal letter
accepting the Democratic nomination
for the presidency.
Judge Parker digresses from the is
sues he regards as standing forth pre
eminent in the public mind to answer
Rooscveltiau epigram and interroga
tion with judicially constructed state
ments on a few of the other issues in
volved in the campaign. Characteriz
ing the service pension order of the
President as a usurpation of legisla
tive power , he quotes from Mr. Roose
velt's letter of acceptance , and accepts
the challenge contained therein by de
claring that if elected be will revoke
the order. He. adds , however , that ,
having done so , he will contribute his
effort toward the enactment of an age
pension law by Congress. The lan
guage of the President's letter , Judge
Parker says , suggests the suspicion
that the order was made to create an
Issue.
The duty of proceeding with due dil
igence In the work of constructing the
Panama canal is imperative , Judge
Parker declares , but he says the meth
ods by which the executive acquired
the canal route and rights are a
source of regret to many.
Another matter discussed briefly is
American shipping , forty years of de
cadence being deplored , and the rec
ord of the Democratic party being
pointed to as giving assurance that
the work of restoration can be more
wisely intrusted to It. The remedy ,
it is declared , does not lie in subsidies
wrung from the taxpayers. Attention
Is directed also to the officers and men
of the army and navy , both , it being
declared , having suffered from the In
jection of personal and political in
fluence.
In a paragraph devote I to foreign
relations , Judge Parker says the new
conditions call for a management of
foreign affairs the more circumspect
In that the recent "American inva
sion" of markets in all parts of the
world has excited the serious appre
hension of all the great industrial peo
ples. It is essential , he believes , to
adhere strictly to the traditional pol
icy regarding friendship and entang
ling alliances , which means the "cul
tivation of peace Instead of the glorifi
cation of man , and the minding of our
own business in lieu of spectacular In
termeddling with the affairs of other
nations. "
SIXTY-TV/O DIE IN WRECK.
Mistake of Engineer on Southern Rail
way Causes Great Loss of I/ife.
Sixty-two persons were killed and
120 Injured ( many of whom will die )
In a head on collision on the Southern
Railway nineteen mines east of Knox-
ville , Tenn > , at 10:18 : Saturday morn
ing.
ing.The
The engineer of the west bound
train , so investigation shows , was di
rectly responsible for the disaster. Ha
deliberately disobeyed orders. Why ,
will never be known , for he was
crushed to death beneath his engine
and his fireman suffered a like fate.
The crash came on n sliarp curve ,
between high banks. The west bound
train was a heavy one , it carrying the
sleepers from the east for Knoxvllle ,
Chattanooga , aud other Southern
cities. The east bound train was light
er , consisting of day coaches and chair
cars. It was going thirty miles an
hour , the other forty. The heavy
train crashed into the lighter one with
the force of a giant missile hurled
from a catapult. And , by the irony of
fate , the engineer and the fireman of
the train at fault were the only ones
on that train to lose their lives , while
fifty-three travelers were killed on the
train that had the right of way.
Expert railroad men who have seen
scores of wrecks unite In saying that
never have the } ' seen such an Inexpres
sibly thorough smashup. The two en
gines and their tenders were simply a
mass of scrap iron , from which vom
ited fire , smoke and steam. The light
coaches of the local train were literally
knocked into splinters. Roofs were
smashed like crumpled envelopes , two
cars had both sides torn out , floors
were driven up and forced through the
ceilings , catching and crushing men ,
women , and children as if in a vise.
News of Minor Note.
In a quarrel over a polo race Sergt.
Boyle shot and killed Private Allen of
the Port Robinson , Colo. , cavalry troop.
President Hyde of the Bath iron
works announced that the battleship [
Georgia would be launched Tuesday , Oct.
11.
After shooting Maddie McGill , his
woman companion , twice in the head and
wounding Claude Gardinen , John Isaacs ,
n Colored man , drank carbolic acid and
.ied in New York.
In a deal involving more than $1,000-
000 the Dupout Powder Company of
Wilmington , Del. , has taken the property
of the Chattanooga Powder Company of
Chattanooga.
Erik Lars Didrik Edhelm , general
manager of a London company , was
killed instantly in Larchmout , N. Y. , by
a train. It is believed he committed
suicide , but no motive is apparent.
The steamer Longfellow of Wilming
ton , Del. , bound from Philadelphia to
Yarmouth , N. S. , with a load of dyna
mite , sank off shore opposite Highland
Light , Mass. The crew was
Cincinnati Post.
GURNEY MAY BE PUNISHED.
British Embassy to Be Suppliedvvitli
j the Facts in the Cuae.
! It seems that Hugh Gurney , third
secretary of the British embassy at
Washington , who was fined 25 for driv
ing his automobile too fast and § 25 more
: for contempt of court by Judge P-helps
of Ijee , Mass. , and who raised a row
with tho judge over a question of privi
lege , caone out second best after all. Gur
ney pleaded official exemption from ar
rest for the violation of a Massachusetts
law , but 'he ' is not to esoape scot free if
Gov. Bates can prevent it. The State
Department , in transmitting Gov. Bates'
apology to the British legation for the
arrest of Mr. Gurney. will present a
statement of facts nnd testimony to show
that Gurney violated the plain law of
Massachusetts.
j Judge Pholps exhibited ignorance of
. international law , but the opinion seems
j to prevail that Mr. Guruey betrayed a
lack of common sense , a lack of good
breeding and , worst of all , a lack of dip
lomacy. A man who does not know
when to be complaisant and yielding and
when to be tenacious of his dignity and
privileges , especially when he has been
guilty of disorderly conduct , will hardly
shine as < a star of the first magnitude
in the diplomatic sky.
This is the view taken of the case in
London , where it was made known at
once that the government at Washington
would make any reparation that was de-
j sired , .but where the only feeling was
I that Mr. Gurney had made 'himself ' ridic
ulous. The Westminster Gazette thinks
that as Mr. Gurney had violated the law
he should have peaceably waived his
privilege and paid his fine. If this is the
general feeling it is likely that Mr. Gur
ney will be conveniently dropped from
the diplomatic service of 'his ' country.
BIG GAINS MADE BY COLLEGES.
Students Are Flockinsr to University
Towns in Increased Numbers.
Matriculation days at the universities
are bringing students into the college
towns in larger numbers than ever be
fore , and reports from nearly all the
larger institutions indicate that the en
rollment this year will break all records.
The entrance time has not expired as
yet at most of the universities and the
students will continue to arrive until the
hour for first lectures , but estimates
from registrars and deans give the fol
lowing comparative table of attendance :
190i-1905 1903-190-1
( estimated ) , ( actual ) .
Harvard 4,700 4,328
Yale 3,400 3,142
Michigan 4,150 3,957
Chicago 3,420 3,119
Northwestern 4,050 3,831
Iowa 1GOO 1,393
Wisconsin 2,600 2,379
California 2,470 2,433
At the University of Michigan the
greatest increase this year is in the en
gineering department , which has 125
more students than registered for instruc
tion last y ar. Wisconsin will have the
largest freshman class in the history of
the institution , and the total attendance
in all departments will run above 3,000.
The figures given in the table are for
the academic department.
An average increase of 20 per cent in
all departments is reported from the Uni
versity of Iowa. The University of Chi
cago figures for 1903 include students
registered in the summer schools.
NEW WARSHIP AFLOAT.
The Connecticut , Most Powerful Type
in Navy , Is Launched.
As the bands on the severalwarships
at the New York navy yard played "The
Star-Spangled Banner , " a new United
States battleship slid down the ways into
the water at 11:16 a. m. Thursday and
Miss Alice Welles , granddaughter of
President Lincoln's Secretary of the
Navy , broke a bottle of champagne over
the vessel's prow , naming it Connecticut.
The launching was without hitch of any
kind and was entirely successful.
Many thousands of people witnessed
the launching of this , the first battleship
built in a government yard since the
ill-fated Maine ; large crowds gathering
at the navy yard and at various points
on the Manhattan and Brooklyn sides of
the East river.
More than 30,000 invitations were is
sued and few wer not used. Streamers
and bunting were displayed in profusion
everywhere around the navy yard , par
ticularly on the scaffolding surrounding
the enormous hirll of the new battleship.
The bow w-as tastefully draped with a
large American flag.
Engineer W. F. Kimball and Fireman
William Chapman were killed and thirty
others injured in a collision between a
passenger train and a freight on the
Maine Central railroad near Lswiston ,
Me.
SOME NOTABLE RAILWAY WRECKS.
Following are some of the most nota
ble railways wrecks this year :
Jan. 5 Rock Island , at Willard ,
Kan , ; 17 killed , 37 hurt.
Feb. 8 Canadian Pacific , near Land
Point , Ont ; 14 killed , 30 hurt.
Feb. 24 Chicago Great Western ,
Ryersville , Iowa ; 7 killed , 15 hurt.
March 7 Alabama Great Southern ,
Kewanee , Miss. ; 5 killed , S hurt
April 29 St. Louis , Iron Mountain
and Southern , at Kiminswick , Mo. ; 8
killed , 40 injured.
June 2 Missouri Pacific , near Mar
tin City , Kan. ; 9 killed , 30 hurt
'
July 3 Wabash , Litchfield , III. , Chi
cago and St. Louis limited ; deaths 19 ,
injured 50.
July 10 Erie , at Mid vale , N. J. ; 10
killed , 4G2 injured.
July 12 Chicago and Eastern Illi
nois , at Gleinvood , 111. ; 22 killed , 44
injured.
Aug. 7 Missouri Pacific. Steel's Hol
low , Colo. ; 90 killed.
Aug. 31 On Grand Trunk , Rich
mond , Quebec , 9 killed , 23 hurt
Sept. S On Seaboard Air Line , near
Monroe , N. C. ; 4 killed , 35 hurt
The Populists of Idaho have nominat
ed a State ticket headed by T. W.
Bartley of Moscow.
Francis B. Harrison. Democratic nomi
nee for Lieutenant Governor of New-
York , gives § 50,000 to the campaign
fund.
Owing to pressing business in Wash
ington Secretary of the Treasury Sha-yr
has canceled his Wisconsin and Illinois
speaking engagements.
Charles A. Towne is slated by Tam
many for the place in Congress now held
by W. R. Hearst , who is reported as not
a candidate for renomination.
Wiluam E. Curtis writes of the polit
ical situation in Colorado , which really
is a campaign to win a popular verdict
on Gov. Pcabody's strike policy.
The Montana labor and Populist con
ventions indorsed the Democratic State
ticket , Gov. Toole promising not to ac
cept an election for United States Sen
ator.
ator.David
David B. Hill , former Senator Wil
liam P. Whyte and Senator Daniel of
Virginiawill accompany Henry Gass-
away Davis on his speaking tour of
West Virginia.
Roosevelt must decide the controversy
over the proposed change in the imported
cigar stamps , which has become a polit
ical dilemma , with the labor union ele
ment playing a prominent p-art
Former Mayor A. A. Ames of Minne
apolis , indicted for alleged corruption ,
was a candidate for the Republican
nomination for Cougress in the Fifth
District primaries , and drew heavy Dem
ocratic support , but was defeated by
Loren Fletcher.
The alleged "letter" from President
Roosevelt to Michael Donnelly on the
meat strike proves to be a farce instead
of a forgery. It originally appeared in
the New York Evening Post with a pre
face which explained that snch a letter
might have been sent by the President.
Alton B. Parker , in his letter accept
ing the Democratic nomination for the
presidency , criticises the Republican par
ty on its stand in connection with the
tariff , the acquisition of the Panama
strip , government expenditures , the pos
tal frauds aud reciprocity. He says the
determination of the procedure against
trusts lies with the judiciary and not the
executive branch of the government.
President Roosevelt brands as false
statements made by the Democrai/c can
didate for Governor of North Carolina on
the President's attitude toward Confed
erate veterans , Southern people in gen
eral and negroes.
President Roosevelt has received a let
ter from Gen. Luke E. Wright in which
the Governor General of the Philippines
says that the talk of independence and
the agitation resulting from the presi
dential campaign are demoralizing the
Filipinos.
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