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FIGHT IS ARGENTINE
Uruguayan Troops Cross Border to Attack
Party of Insurgents.
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS MUCH STRAINED
Action of the U '
Great Sensa
REVOLUTIONARY
Troops Canses a
2 Buenos Ay res.
i?lS ARE ACTIVE
They Are Carry in( and Arms and
Searching I -A sr Boats.
ARGENTINE WAR VE U - 'AKES A HAND
Thrralfai to Fire t'pon lnr(fnli'
Squadron If Any of the Repub
lic's Vessels Are Inter
cepted.
BUEN08 AYRES, Aug. 28. A great sen
eatlon has been created her owing to the
nupprcssing by troops of the government
of Uruguay of a Uruguayan insurrection
ary force numbering 180 man fully armed
and equipped, under Colonel Pampillon, on
a steamer on the Uruguayan coast, but In
Argentine territory.
President Ordoncc of Uruguay had been
warned that preparations had been made
for an Insurrectionary expedition and dls
pat -.lied two force with armed vessels to
watch for th.i expedition. At night the
government troops attacked the Insurrec
' tlonlsts with a continuous Are. Many of
the latter swam, but eight badly wounded
were captured. The fate of the others Is
not known." The Insurrectionary vessel
was also cuptured and with It a consider
able quantity of telegraph apparatus.
Diplomatic relations between Argentine
and Uruguay hnvo became much strained
owing to this incident.'
Paraguayan revolutionary vessels are ex
tremely active. They are carrying men,
horses and urms and are searching all
pasnenger boats.
An Argentine warship yesterday threat
ened to fire on the revolutionary squadron
'if It intercepted vessels flying the flag of
the Argentine republic.
dALLUUN HAUL NUI A -SUULti5
Prof. Meyers Lands at St. Charles, Ho.
Prof. Toroltnaon Passes,
Avon, III.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28. Prof. Carl Meyers,
the aeronaut, who started in a race from
the World's fair grounds yesterday after
noon for the Washington monument, and
whose bnlloon landed near St. Charles last
night, returned to the city today. Professor
Meyers said he landed where he did be
cause, he feared he would be unable to
catch an upper air current that would
take him east. After leaving the. World's
fair grounds the balloon was curried In a
northwesterly direction. Neither he nor
the bal'oou was injured, the professor said.
TWbalkon of "George K. Touilinson, who
started, in the race with Professor Meyers,
was aeon last night anchored on a pralrla
several miles north of St. Charles. A
farmer by he name of Dlerker sold that
when It passed over his house the rope
was dragging on the ground.
' A special to the Republic from Avon, 111.,
says:
A baVloon, supposed to be from St. Louis
enroute to Wushington, passed over Avon
today, going in an easterly direction, and
dropped a curd attached to a bun. The
card fell in the potato patch of W. H.
Cose. Mr. Cnse found the card, on which
had been written "Will finder please write
and tell of balloon passing town or city,
Oeorge E. Touillnson, World's Fair Ground,
euro W. E. Smith."
The balloon was seen by many cttlxens
of Avon. It Is estimated that It was more
than a mile high and was going at the
rate ot twenty miles an hour,
French Balloon Wrecked,
PARIS, Aug. 28. Lebaudy's stoerable bal
loon nurrowly escaped destruction today.
The aeronaut ascended this mqrnlng but
was unable to come down on account of a
galo. The balloon was anchored to a tree
and while there was no one on board It
tore loose, rose to a considerable height
and drifted towurd the sea. Several auto
mobiles, started In pursuit of the balloon,
which descended at 8erput,-ny, forty-four
miles from Malum n, whence It started. It
caught- In the trees, but It Is hoped the
efforts to disengage It uninjured will be
successful.
ST. LOUIS FAIR ATTENDANCE
Over Eight Million Persona
teen the Bin; Show to
Date.
Have
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 28. The attend
ance at the world's fair last week was
more than 12f,0(i0 in excess of any week
since the exposition opened. Saturday's
attendance, 1M,M. was th largest for any
slnglo day since the opening day, with tho
exception) of the Fourth of July, when
172,110 persons passed through the gates.
The overuse dally attendance for last
week wus""l!,245.
The following are the 'attendnnce figures
for the week in detail:
Monday, August 22 134. fW) !
Tuesday. August 1!3 124,649
Wednesday, August 24 l'JK.fti I
l mummy, aukuhi 3 IJJ.lhl
Friday, August 28 1W.424
Saturday, August 27 liv'.UMt
IUl 793,741
RECAPITULATION.
April, one day 1S7.97.1
May, twenty-six days.., 1.(1.2H1
June, twenty-six duys 2.12l.h:i6
July, twenty-seven days 2,343.ai7
August, twenty-five days 2,702,772
Total 8,3,249
NEW DANGER IN FRANKFURTERS
Boiler Containing; Them Explodes and
Fatally Injures Three
Person.. '
NEW YORK, Aug. J8.-Three persons
will probably die as the result of the
explosion of a frankfurter boiler in the
apurtinent of Israel Rosenswelg In a tene
ment In Norfolk street today. They are
Rosruswelg's wife, Pauline, his I-year-old
urn, Mendel, and his S months' old baby,
I.,:, ttoo-nswelg himself had a narrow
escape. The explosion and a small fire
that followed created a panic In the tene
ment. Rosenswelg Is a frankfurter peddler. He
fi led tho fuel tank of his frnrkfurter boiler
with kerosene and lighted the wk-k. It Is
thought, without screwing on the stopper.
ills wife and children were In the room
when the explosion occurred, scattering
the biasing oil about the room aud set.
their dothlug aa sura.
PEACE PROPOSAL IS DISCUSSED
Executive Council of Botchers' Inloa
Holds Session at
C'hleaa-o.
CHICAGO, Au?. 2. The members of ho
rational executive committer- of tho Butch
ers' union held a meeting today to discuss
the present condition of the stockyards
strike.
After the adjournment of the meeting,
those present would not divulge what they
hnd done, but made the announcement
that nothing definite had been settled and
that another meet In ,' will be held in the
morning.
The object of the meeting tonight was
to formulate a proposition that can be
laid before the packers, and If any such
proposition is decided upon at tomorrow's
meeting It will be brought first to tho
committee of the city council, which has
for several days been trying to arrange a
meeting between the strikers and the
packers, and the members of that com
mittee will be anked to tukc it before the
packers.
Ky some members of the executive com
mittee the Idea has been advanced that the
proposition should be made to the packers
to call off the strike, if the packers will
make individual agreements with the men.
The packers have already announced that
they will hold no conference or make any
acreements with any of their former em
ployes us long as they are on strike.
Head of Teamsters Arrives.
Cornelius Shea, the head of the national
organization of teamsters, arrived In Chi
cago tonight to attend a meeting of the
packing house teamsters, which Is to be
held Monday night. He declared that he
had returned to confer with the packing
house teamsters, who are now on strike,
because he learned that they were desirous
of calling off the strike, as far as their
own organization Is concerned.
"I cannot tell what action will be taken
at the meeting Monduy night," said Mr.
Shea, "but our merf, when they go back,
will go back In a body, and not like a
flock of sheep."
81BWAY MOTORME.V MAY, STRIKE!
Convention of Engineers Votes to
Support Their Contention.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. Fifteen hundred
members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, representing localities within
6O0 miles of New York, at a meeting here
today, unanimously voted to support the
contention of the motor engineers employed
on the elevated roud that the men em
ployed In the subway shall be paid the
union wage of $3.80 for a nine-hour day
Instead of S3 for a ten-hour day, the rate
at which1 Oeneral Manager Bryan of the
Interborough Rapid Transit company pro
poses to pay the subway motormen.
Grand Chief Warren 8. Stone of Cleve
land and Assistant Qrand Chief Edward
J. Hurley of Boston will remain here to
morrow and probably Tuesday to try to
settle the difficulty with the Interborough.
The men would not discuss the possibility
of a strike being ordered on the elevated
in case Mr. Bryan does not grant the de
mands of the brotherhood.
Besides the discussion of local conditions
the meeting considered the question of the
Introduction generally, of electricity In place
of steam power on rullroads, not only in
the vicinity of New York; but also through
out the country. The men are convinced
that this is coming more quickly than Is
commonly believed and the greutest part
of today's session was devoted to the con
sideration of this subject. Addresses were
were made by W. E. Fuch, president of
the Insurance association, of the brother
hood, and othe.-.i.
The wholi mutter of the settlement of
the local difficulty was left In the hands
cf tin grand lodg;, represented by Grand
Chief Stone and Assistant Grand Chief
Hurley.
Representatives of the local lodge In
Brooklyn, where the motor engineers are
paid only S3 a day, were present at the
meeting. They are, to a certain extent,
dissatisfied, and it la said they will de
mand the same wages they received as
engineers when their contract with the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit railway expires
in a few weeks.
LABOR, LEADERS SEXT TO JAIL
Striking; Machinists at Albuquerque
Convicted of Assault. -
ALBUQUERQUE. N. M., Aug. 2S. O.
Maiinun, president of the Albuquerque
Central Labor union, has been given a sen
tence of seventy dys in Jail, Hnd four
other striking Atchison & Santa Fe ma
chinists have been sentenced to sixty days
each fur assault upon a strike-breaker, In
violation of un Injunction Issued by the
local court recently, restraining the strik
ers from Interfering with the new men.
The case will be appealed.
CABLE TO ALASKA COMPLETED
Signal Corps of Army Completes Task
Which Haa Occupied Several
Months.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 28-Amld the
cheering of 300 men and women, the shriek
ing of whistles and the playing of the na
tional anthem, the final splicing of the
Seattle-Sltka government cable was made
today In the harbor ten miles out of Se
attle. Ten minutes later Mayor Ballinger
of Seattle cut the rope holding the Joined
ends of the wires aboard the United States
cable ship ltiirnslde, and with a splash
the completed wire connecting the United
States unci Alaska fell to' the bottom of
Pugi't sound, and the work of months on
the part of the Signal Corps of the United
States army was completed.
The cable touches at Sitka, Juneau snd
Skagway. From the latter point a tele
graph line leads over White Pass and at
Taglsh Joints the Canadian government
line returning to the boundary. From the
boundary the government has a line to St.
Michaels, snd the government wireless
connects St. Michaels and Nome.
WOMEN SPILL MUCH LIQUOR
Four Illicit Saloons Raided at Cuba,
Kan., and Slock and Fixtures
Are Destroyed1.
CUfcA. Kan., Aug. 28. Four Joints, or
Illicit saldbns. were wrecked by women
here and much liquor destroyed. Mrs. E.
O. Files and Mrs. Willi urn McDonald,
wives of prominent business men, armed
with hatchets, first entered without warn
ing the place run by Ben Hull. Without
ceremony they began to smash everything
In sight, and soon they had demolished
bar and fixtures and broken every bottle
ar.d opened every keg to be found. Later
they were Joined by twenty-five other
women, and the entire party raided the
other four Joints In Cuba. The stocks nni
fixtures at each place were destroyed in
prompt order. Finally the women spilled
Into the street a great quantity of keg beer
that had been confiscated and stored at
the city Jail j
WILL RETIRE FROM POLITICS
David B.Hill Announces That This Cam
paign Will Bo His Last
DESIRES TO ATTEND TO PERSONAL AFFAIRS
In Case of Democratic Success He
Will !t Accept Any Office,
Either Stele or
Katlonai,
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 28,-Davld B. Hill,
In conversation with friends here today, an
nounced that he Intends to retire from
politics January 1 next, and that no mat-.
ter what the result of the coming cam
paign may be In state or nation, he will
relinquish the leadership of the democratic
party In New York.
He added that In the event of democratic
success this fall he would not accept any
position under the national or state demo
cratic administrations, or again become a
candidate for election to any office what
ever. Former Senator Hill made these
statements on tho eve of his birthday an
nlversaiy, which comes tomorrow. He was
born August 29, 1843.
In partial explanation he said that he
had Intended to take such action a year
ago today, but was persuaded by some
close personal friends to defer doing so
until after the presidential election this
year. Having been engaged In active poli
tics since his youth and having served as
city attorney, alderman and mayor of Ki
rn Ira, member of the legislature, lieuten
ant governor, governor for seven years and
United States senator for six years, he
feels that ho has been sufficiently honored
by his party and that he has rendered
political service during a period of years
sufficient to entitle him to be relieved of
further active political effort.
He desires to devote more time to his
personal affairs and professional duties
than he has In the past.
Mr. Hill will continue his work in the
present campaign and to his friends said
that he would always maintain his interest
in democratic success, but only as a private
citizen.
Mr. Hill will speak for the democracy at
the county fair to be held at Whitney's
Point, In this state, on Thursday of this
week, to be followed by Senator Depew the
nex'. day for the republicans.
Judae Parker Attends Church.
ESOPUS, N. Y., Aug. 28.-Judge Parker
varied his usual Sunday program by dining
toduy In Kingston. With his family he
went to the city in his launch and at
tended services at the Church of the Holy
Cross, of which his son-in-law. Rev.
Charles Mercer Hall, Is rector.
After the service they went to dine at
the residence of Alfred Tanner, whose wife
Is Mrs. Parker's sister, and later returned
to Rosemount. Otherwise the day was
passed without special incident. A number
of friends called during the day.
Mr. Sheehan spent some time In confer
ence with the Judge this evening. He will
return to New York tomorrow. No political
calls huve been arranged for tomorrow.
Judge Parker has tried to reserve the day
for work upon his letter of acceptance, and
his now very large correspondence.
Judge Parker expects to go to Ellenvllle
Wednesday on the special train which will
carry a large Kingston delegation to tho
Ulster county fair. Judge and Mrs. Parker
have made It their custom for many years
to attend this fair.
Roosevelt's Quiet Sunday.
OYSTER BAY. N. Y., ACT- 28. President
Roosevelt passei today quietly at Saga
more Hill wit!) his family and the one or
two houso guestd. He accompanied Mrs.
Roosevelt and all of the children except
ing Quentlu to the morning service at
Christ's Episcopal church. Several rela
tives and friends called Informally during
the afternoon and evening.
BETTER TRANSIT FOR NEW YORK
New York Jt. Hartford Railroad Will
-Spend Eight Millions for
Improvements.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28. Eight million
dollars or more will be expended by the
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail
road company for lmprovnd rapid transit
from New York City to ho Bronx and
that part of Westchester lying along Long
Island sound, according to Information
given out tonight by President Charles S.
Mellen.
A connection with the Interborough sys
tem, the L road. Is proposed umong other
Improvements at West Farms, and It Is In
tended eventually to give a through serv
ice from the Battery to New Rochelle and
Mount Vernon. The amount is to be raised
by an lssie of $15,000,000 bonds, the balance
to be devoted to the repayment to the
New Haven of money advanced during the
past thirty years on account of Harlem
River & Port Chester railroad, the titular
owner of the Harlem branch of the New
Haven. The bonds have been underwrit
ten at a premium.
The plans now only await the formal
approval of stute and city authorities.
SENATOR HOAR HAS GOOD NIGHT
He Sleeps Well aud Takea Rather
More Nourishment Thua He
Did Saturday.
WORCESTER. Mnss., Aug. 28,-The fol
lowing bulletin, signed by General Rock
wood Hoar, was Issued shortly before noon
today from the home of Senator Hoar:
"Senator Hoar awoke quite early this
morning and Is refreshed by his s'eep. He
took rather more nourishment today than
yesterday. He chatted freely with mem
bers of his family, but his condition Is
still extremely week."
The following bulletin was given out to
night by General Rockwood Hoar:
'The senator has had a comfortable day,
has taken his nourishment and has held
his own, though there Is no evidence of
Increase in strength.
"For the first time since his illness he
culled this morning for the newspapers
and showed . Interest and commented on
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's address yes
terday, and other matters of public in
terest." MOB TAKES MAN FROM TRAIN
Sheriff Seads Posse to Search for
the Moh and Its
Captive.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Col., Aug. 2S.-A. G.
Ladue, one of the members of the West
ern Federation of Miners who was de
ported, returned from Anaconda today, and
while in the curtody of a deputy sheriff
was taken In tharse by a body of armed
men. When news of the occurrence
reached Sheriff Bell, he sent a force of
diputles In search ot the mob and Ita captive.
RUSSIANS IN EXPECTANT MOOD
Absence of Ofttetal News from the
Front Causes Pessimistic
Feeling.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., irl.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 28. (New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to
The Bee.) Last night's dispatch from Gen
eral Sakharoff sent people to bed In a
great state of expectation ns to what the
morning would bring In the way of de
tails, but not a word more concerning the
developments of the great engagement,
which is of auch tremendous Interest as
affecting the results of the campaign, has
bee.i received.
The strict censorship evidently prevails
and thus not a single newspaper comments
on the events around Llao Yang, editorial
pens devoting their efforts to any subject
except that so vividly Interesting. The
public an the result of this silence Is, as
usual, pessimistic. This Is possibly un
justified, because in the terse words of
military men the .truth probably Is that
both sides are so busy fighting that there
is no time to write reports for home con
sumption. It Is stated that the Japanese are short
of heavy artillery.
SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION
General Konropatkla's Army Believed
to Be In Bad Pliant.
LONDON, Aug. 29. The London papers
this morning have numerous special dis
patches from the far east, most of them
dealing with tho posltUm of Port Arthur.
It is pointed out that trie Japanese tactics
are very similar to thowe adopted by Gen
eral Oyama In 1S94, but; granting that the
Japanese have penetrated as far as repre
sented, which Is considered doubtful, there
are still formidable forts to be sllencdd,
before a general assault is possible. ,
"Interest Is displayed here In what is con
sidered the precarious position of General
Kouropatklns force. According to a dls
patch to the Dally Mall from Koupangtse,
dated August 27, Russian staff officers con
fess themselves completely In the dark as
to the meaning of the Japanese movements
and that consequently they have no defi
nite plun. Ten days ago, feeling that Llao
Yang would be surrounded. General Kouro
patkln began to draw his troops north
ward. Then on the Jiipnn-e retiring he
brought them back again, but continued
his preparations for effecting a retreat.
There Is no doubt, saya the correspondent,
that the Russian army Is now completely
at the mercy of the Japanese whenever
they choose to attack.
The Llao Yang correspondent of the
Dally Telegraph, In a dispatch dated Aug
ust 28, says that the Japanese are pushing
on against three sides of the city, near
which there is continued fighting. A great
quantity of transport has been sent north,
leaving Llao Yang ready for all eventuali
ties. V
The rumor that the Japanese lost guns
at Slaullns, the co-respondent says, turns
out to be Incorrect.
The Japanese comnftnder, the corre
spondent says, has ordered that no shells
be thrown into the ton of Port Arthur,
for the sake of the nonfeombatants.
DRAW1XQ I OX PORT ARTHIH
Story Comes from Mu Sources the
tna is Sear.
LONDON, Aug. 29. The Chronicle's cor
respondent with General Kurokl, cabling
under date of August 34, via Fusan, August
26, says: "The fall of Port Arthur is Im
minent. The Japanese are now within the
main defenses and their guns command
the town. Desperate fighting occurs night
and day, and the losses on both sides are
enormous."
The Russians are makl
attacks, but the Japanese are clinging to
the positions they have won at so great
a cost.
The Dally Mall's Kobe correspondent, in
a dispatch dated Saturday last, says: "Fol
lowing is the position of Port Arthur: The
Japanese hayo captured all the outlying
fortifications, but the Russians still hold
the citadel on Antseshan, Golden Hill forts
and the forts on Tiger's Tail and Llaotl
mountain. The Japanese are In possession
of the parade ground and barracks under
the Antseshnn fort on the outskirts.
"The fall of Port Arthur Is believed to be
Imminent. It Is believed that the gar
rison will make a desperate sortie before
the end comes."
The correspondent at Tien Tsln of the
Standard, cabling Saturday afternoon, says
"Confirmatory details Just arrived repre
sent the Japanese as having reached a
point within 1.200 yards from Ifee new town
at Port Arthur on the west side and as
being within a mile of the east dock basin
on the east side. Strong reinforcements,
it Is said, are hurrying up from Dalny
and Pletzwo, leaving reserves at both
places."
DRAWING IX ADVANCE POSITIONS
Koarapatkln Gradually Grttlna- Hla
Forces Inside Inner Defenses
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 29, 3:45 a ' m.
AU the news from Llao Yang, official or
otherwise, shows that General Kouropat
kln is gradually drawing In his advanced
positions to the Inner ring of his defenses.
General Kouropatkln has not yet dis
closed whether he Intends to make a de.
clslve fight at Llao Yang.
General disappointment Is expressed by
newspaper correspondents at the with
drawals now In progress. The statement
that the reserves were not cal'ed up to
hold some of the positions which were
abandoned seems to show that there U a
strong force at Llao Yang which Is not yet
being utilized.
At the same time from private messnges
received from Mno Yang It might be In
ferred that a heavy movement northward
had been In progress for several days
General Kouropatkln seems well satletled
with the situation, one dispatch describes
him In high spirits and laughing and Joking
at a meeting of the St. George's society at
Llao Yang. The Russian losses to date
are stated to be about 1,500. The Russian
batteries Inflicted heavy losses on the Jupa.
nese.
Nothing has been heard here regarding
the reported cutting of the railway south
of Mukden, but the fact that an unusual
mass of telegrams are arriving .
which were filed late Sunday night at
Llao Yang, seems to discredit the report.
Had the Japanese destroyed the railway
they doubtless also would have cut the
wires.
Ht SSIAKS
OIT OF POWDER
Explosion of Magasiue I'ses Ip All
Their Supply,
LONDON, Aug. 29. The Tokio corre
spondent of the Standard says: Unofficial
reports state that since the-explosion of
their magHzlne at the foot of Ilaoti hill,
the Russians appear to be destitute of
smokeless powder.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Times
says that the disarming of the Russian
cruiser Askold and torpedn biat destroyer
Qroxovol will begin today (Monday"
SEMBLANCE TO WAR HUES
Many Officers Visit Army Headquarters at
Washington.
ENROUTE. TO MANASSAS MANEUVERS
Ml m ic Warfare to Be tarried On on
a Large Scale on Bull Haa
Battlefield ext
Month.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.- Special )-The
war department these August days Is sug
gsetlve of a second edition of the Spanish
American war. During the past week army
headquarters has been filled with generals,
colonels, majors, captains and lieutenants
on their way to the maneuvers at Manas
sas, Va. Some of the men who have called
upon Becretary Taft and the officers In
charge of the several departments of the
army are known from one end of the
country to the other, not only for their
service In Cubs, In ChlnaVand the Philip
pines, but in that far-off time when the
north and south came together to try out
the problem of state sovereignty. Prob
ably no maneuvers ever conducted by the
government have attracted more attention
than the maneuvers which are to be held
upon the battlefield of Bull Run during
September of this year. These maneuvers
will be upon a scale never before attempted
by the military authorities of the United
States, and cannot help but be far-reaching
from an educational standpoint Officers
who have distinguished themselves In our
recent wars snd men who have shown es
pecial aptitude In military science have
been summoned by the war department to
participate In this greatest school of mili
tary Instruction, which is to extend over a
period of fifteen days, beginning Septem
ber 1,
Will Be Like Real War.
Is the great outlay of money, namely.
$000,000 worth the candle. Colonel H. O. S.
Helstand, replying to the question, said
that the amount was a mere bagatelle to
the benefits to be accrued from the maneu
vers at Manassas. "These maneuvers," he
said, "will be no child's play nor a vaca
tion for the men. In all essential particu
lars the maneuvers will be carried out
along the lines as If a state of war existed.
Problems in which both officers and men
are directly Interested will be presented for
solution. There will be no playtime for
officers or men. Umpires have been se
lected for tho two opposing forces which
have been designated the "Blues" and the
"Browns," on tccount of the uniforms
which they will wear, and these umpires,
chosen for their efficiency in fie several
arms of the service, will be called upon to
judge honestly and Impartially the move
ments of troops, their handling, their dis
position, and their victories and defeats.
These maneuvers, In my mind, will tend
to make better soldiers and better officers.
Nothing will be slighted. From the mo
ment a regiment Is ready to entrain, regu
lar or National Guard, the entraining will
be done under military rule. Tho train car
rying such regiment will be under military
control, and the detraining of the regiment
will be done with that precision prescribed
by avmy regulations. The quartermsster
and commJsssry departments will be called
upon to exercise their functions os In
actual war, while the troops themselves
will be constantly In a state of prepared
ness to resist attack, to move forward or
to retreat, as conditions may warrant. Is
all this outlay of money worth the candle?"
said Colonel Helstand. "Most assuredly It
Is," he continued. "The government can
not help but be the gainer, for It will teach
men bearing arms for the United States
the value of discipline and the right and
wrong way of doing things. The scenes
consequent upon the breaking out of the
Spanish-American war, where thousands of
men were thrown into camps without pre
vious military training, will be noticeable
by their absence. It Is no kindergarten
camp that Is to be erected upon the his
toric field of Bull Run. The maneuvers
will be surrounded with all the sternness
and reality of actual strife, and the gov
ernment will be richer many times througii
the lessons which the 30,000 men and offi
cers called together In two great rival
camps In Prince William county, Va., will
learn." '
Warships nt Washington.
For 'the first time In Its history Wash
ington Is enjoying the sensation of having
oft Its wharves seven or eight warships,
many of the most modern type. The moni
tors Florida, Arkansas and Nevada are
berthed oft the Seventh street wharf. In
addition to these splendid boats are the
torpedo destroyers Wordili and Whipple
and tho training ship Hartford, the old
flagship of Admiral Farragut. These ves
sels huve brought to the nation's capital
two or three hundred future admirals, vice
admirals and commanders of the United
States navy, now attending the naval
school at Annapolis. They are here for tho
purpose of making a personal examina
tion of the workings of the Washington
navy yard, where the great guns for the
battleships are finished. Owing to the fact
that the Potomac river Is not navigable
for the large ships of the navy It was
found Impossible to send the Texas and
the Massachusetts, which are part of the
squadron under command of Rear Ad
miral Sands, up the river even as far aa
Alexandria. Any ship of the American navy
with a competent pilot knowing the waters
of the Potomac can approach Washington
aa far as the Kettle Bottom shoal. This
shoal does not extend for more than one
quarter of a mile, but It is sufficient to
prevent vessels of heavy draft from coming
over it except at very high tide and even
then the risk of doing so is dangerous.
It has been the desire of the officials of
the navy on many occasions to give the
citizens of the national capital a view of
the best ships of the American navy, when
In addition to the residents of Washing
ton, thousands of the people of the coun
try have been congregated here In attend
ance upon encampments of the Grand
Army of the Republic and similar national
celebrations, but It has been a matter of
physical Impossibility to do so. An officer
of the navy, speaking of the Kettle Bottom
shoal, which virtually makes Washington
absolutely defenseless, said: "It does seem
too bad thut the big ships cannot reach
Washington, even though the only good
they could probably do would be to Im
press upon the people of the capital aome
Idea of the formidable force that Uncle
Sam has upon the seas. Such a photograph
as would bo presented by half a dozen
of the battleships of the United State
navy In the hurbor of Washington would
be ten thousand fold more advantage than
all of the descriptive stuff that cou!d he
written In many years. It would be an
education of the utmost Importance to our
legislators, and would give them a personal
knowledge such as It Is Impossible for
them to acquire from thu b iks. lionever,
it Is up to congress to ree that Uncle Bain's
big warships tan ai to and fr m b' tcen
the national capital aud the open sea. Un
til sufficient appropriation is made for
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JAPANESE ARMY IS DIVIDED
Plan to Attack the Main Russian
Forts at Port Arthur from
the Rear.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904 )
CUB FOO, Aug. IK.-tNew York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee )
The Japanese who are attacking Port
Arthur are divided into three divisions.
One Is to the eastward, one to the west
ward and a third Is kept in the reserve
to the north. They estimate their losses
now to be 16,000 killed and wounded.
To the eastward their advance guard has
pressed along tho Dalny road between
forts Nos. 13 and 14, to the Chinese village
of Chao Chang Kao, one mile from the
cast basin. Eight days ago they were
driven out of this position, but they arc
now holding It with their main body. They
regard the forts as feeble and hope to
capture them soon.
To the westward the Japanese are only
120 yards from the new town, facing Pal
Yul Shan, an unfortified nounluln over
looking the town, but they cannot advance
further owing to the firing of the Russian
ships In the harbor.
The main body at the Russians Is con
centrated In the east.
An attempt' to attack the forts outside
has "been abandoned, the Japanese having
secured Etsechan to the westward and
Chao Chang Kao to the eastward and
penetrated the main lines on both sides.
They will advance northward with a view
to assailing the forts from the inside.
Owing to the extensive area covered by
floating mines the co-operation of the fleet
Is difficult.
FORCES OPPOSING KOtROPATKI.1
Japanese Have 2M,(lOO Men Operating
in .nancnuria,
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1'J04.)
SEOUL, Aug. 27, Via Chee Foo, Aug.
28. (New York Herald Cablegram Special
Telegram to The Bee.) Authoritative In
formation places the total of the Jopuneve
forces in Manchuria at 2u0,000 men, dis
tributed as follows:
First army, under General Kurokl, seo
ond and twelfth divisions and also the
Imperial Guards, with headquarters at
Feng Wang Cheng; second army, under
General Oku, consisting of the Third,
Fourth and Sixth divisions, operating
against Port Arthur. In addition to the
foregoing, the Fifth division, formerly at
tached to the second army, now forms
with the Tenth division, a separate army
under General Nodzu, with headquarters
north of New Chwang.
All the troops In Corea, numbering 15,000,
are under General Haragucnl, whose head
quarters is Seoul and whoso authority has
recently been extended across the Yalu
to Feng Wang Cheng.
SAIMRS MIST STAY IX CHIA
Crews of Dismantled Ships Must Not
Return to Russia.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
SHANGHAI, Aug. 28. (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Cablegram to The llee.)
Fresh trouble has developed regarding
the fugitive Russian warships Askold aud
Grozovol. Japan, having discovered thut
the paroled crews of the Varlag and the
Korletx have now been drafted Into the
Baltic fleet, insists that China shall re
tain the Russian crews of the dismantled
ships here until the war Is over, following
Germany's action at Tslng Tau.
CODITIOS
AT PORT ARTHIH
Russians Driven from One Fort Two
Japanese Attacks Repelled.
CHS FOO, Aug. 28.-7 p. m Information
which to a very great extent confirms pre
vious reports of tho conditions at Port Ar
thur was reported here today by junks
which left there on August 25 and 26.
The most Important statement agreed to
by passengers on these Junks who were In
terviewed by the correspondent of the As
sociated Prese, confirms the report tht the
Russians have been driven rrom tne rort
Immediately east of the railroad. This fort
Is named Rlhlungshan, and Is located on
the tall of the Dragoon hills, along the
summit of which the eastern defenses of
Port Arthur are built.
When the Russian forces retired from
Fort Itzshan they entered Fort No. 15, to
the north of Chaochanko. During the
nights of August 18 and 19, while It was
raining,' the Japanese attempted to storm
Fort Antszshan, which Is a strong position
adjoining Itsshan, toward the city, but
they wera repulsed with heavy losses. Dur
ing the night of August 12 a horse band of
60tl Japanese attempted to capture fort No.
15 In the midst of a storm. Almost tho
entire detachment was killed. The Chlm so
declare, howevVr, that the Russians have
evacuated fort No. 6, but whether by reason
of this assault of the Japanese artillery
fire cannot be learned. The Japanese are
unable to occupy No. 6. The fighting from
August IT to 22 was severe, but since the
latter date It haa bpen comparatively light.
The fort on Uaoti mountain was flri
on August 22 by six Japanese torpedo
boats, but the result of the Action has not
been known.
The Russian marines have left the ships
in the harbor and are working at the land
batteries. Shells from the Japanese fire
continue to fall In Port Arthur 'nnd tho
dockyards and warshipa have scattered
about the harbor In attempts to protect
themselves from the enemy's projectiles.
A Chinese who was employed on the
docks at Port Arthur says that the bat
tleship Retvlzan. Poltava and Bevastr.pul
ore badly damaged. The first men ned
ship rests low In the water by the stern.
The battleship Pobleda Is in fighting mi.
dltlcn. Theie are also four gunboat nnd
several toi xlo boat deiitroyeis In tln far
bor. Tho recent report tli.it elht destroy
ers escaped from Port Arthur cannot be
confirmed.
The Jupsnese are constructing forts at
Uoul buy, northwefct of Port Artliur.
JAPS NEAR
LIAO YANG
Big Artillery Battle in Progress Near Gen
eral Konropatkin's Headquarters.
MIKADO'S ARMY IS ADVANCING RAPIDLY
Russian Main Position Forced Back to the
Outpost Line at Lino Yang.
CZAR'S ARMY RETIRES FROM ANSHANSHAN
Retreat Made in an Orderly Manner After
Fight Lasting All Day Friday.
GEN. ST0ESSEL STILL HOLDS PORT ARTHUR
Outer Forts Have Been Captured and
the Rrslstlnsr Power ot tba
Russlaaa Has Been
Kstlniated.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
LIAO YANG, Aug. 2S.-(New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
The Russians are falling back slowly but
steadily from their positions to the south
and east. The Japanese are pushing on
against three sides of the city, near which
continual fighting is going on. I expect the
resistance ofTered to the Japaneit advance
will be desperate, as the Russian are con
testing every Inch of ground with all their
characteristic stubbornness.
The Japanese are reported to be adopting
a new method of night attack. They con
centrate their searchlights on the point at
tacked, thus preventing the garrison from
seeing. Thry are ominously quiet. During
the recent period of tranquility the Russian
losses from all sources have been replaced
and the Japanese problem has been ren
dered more difficult.
Close to Llao Yang;.
LONDON, Aug. 28. According to a dis
patch of today's dute to the Central New!
from IJao Vang an artillery battle has
been In progress since 8 o'clock this morn
ing near IJao Yang. The Russlun main
position, the dispatch says, is what was
formerly tho outpost line of the Llao Yang
garrison. '
Japs Advance Rapidly.
LIAO YANG, Aug. 2610 a. m. (Delayed
in Transmission.) The rapid advance of
the Japanese has forced their fighting line
to within about ten miles of Llao Yang,
east and south, and guns are now heard
north and iust on the Tul Tso liver.
Fvaeuate Anshanahan.
LIAO YANG, Aug. 28. The Russians re
tired from Anshanshnn yesterday after a
fight which commenced on the morning '
of August 26 and continued In a desultory
munr.cr all d.y and night. , . (
Arrangements for a buttla had been com
pleted by night time, when the order to
retire was given on account of the situa
tion to the east.
The order was received with disappoint
merit by tho troops. The retirement T.-a
mule In an orderly manner.
The plain between Anshanshan and Ho
cheng was qovered with Japanose troops,
who burned' the bridge and shelled the
railway station after the Russian retire
ment. Tho Russian losses amounted to
3U0.
The Japanese are advancing with great
rapidity.
Japs Nearer Llao Tans.
LIAO YANG, Aug. 26. (Delayed In trans
mission.) After 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon the Japanese succeeded In commad-
ing Kaofcngshik from Paoshankan, where
their advance first began on Aug. 23, and
also from their position at Liangshlkhan.
on the east, In such a way ns to force the
Russian center and right flank, compelling
the evacuation of Anshanshan toduy. Tho
Japanese south front therefore is several
miles nearer Llao Yang.
At 3:30 yesterday Japanese shells from a
concealed battery in the vicinity of Pao
shankan began falling In the road west of
Kaofengshlk, leading to Llao Yang, thus
threatening to sever communication to the
west. The Russians still controlled the
roud to the north. The Jupunese fire
ceased In the evening, but commenced
again this morning on the Kaofengshlk
position, but as the Russians did not reply
the Japanese apparently suspended their
operations to reconqolter, while the Rus
sians fell back to a more favorable posi
tion. The gradual withdrawal of the
Russians before the Japanese advance the
Russians consider as Increasing the se
curity of their position, ns It Is freely ac
knowledged that the Japanese are able
to beat them In the mountains. The Rus
sians generally praise the ability and valor
of the Japanese. There Is stl'l heavy fir
ing in the direction of Anshanshan,
Hun Ian a Hold Port Arthur. '
Number of reliable reports reaching
here through a dispatch carrier and other
persons are to the effect that, despite the
extreme Japanese measures of the past
fortnight to perfect a blockade of Port
Arthur by means of sinking all Junks near
thut place, the Russians outside Port Ar
thur are considerably under-estimated, at
Is also the resisting power of the fortrens
which Is likely to hold out for two months,
and possibly until January, even under
such a strength of assault as the Japanese .'
are using.
Contrary to the belief here that tha Japa.
nese had taken the outer forts at fort
Arthur, it is now understood thut the Rna
slans up to August 25 were successfully
defending a five-mile circumference and
although the old town was receiving an
average of twenty-five shells a day, the
restaurants nnd clubs, properly safe
guarded, roatinued open and there was
order throughout the town. The Japanese
occasionally shell the nnw town and often
attempt to rush the outer trenches, some
times 'arriving to within 100 yards of them,
when they nre unable to hold their own
owing to the mortality in their ranks.
The wounded from Kaofengshlk are arriv
ing here today. An Important engagement
Is expected at Kaofengshlk this morning,
but there has been no report from that
quarter up to 10 o'clock. Two Japanese,
supixised to be correspondents, having
cameras In their possession, were captured
outside tliHr lines.
The position at Kuofengshlk at 2 o'clock
this morning was unchanged.
Investigation shows thut the foregoing
dispatch, though Ix-arlng filing date of
August. 25, was not transmitted from Lisa
Yung until August 2. While this dispatch,
wincn may nave oeen ueia up by tea
