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TALKS OECOXCORDAT
ArohbUhop of Bnen Opposes Separation of
Church and Bute.
Finds ccho of the reign of terror
BBSsBaBS f
CtaditloBi May Be Similar to Thoie Under
Contention and Directory.
CHURCH SHOULD DENOUNCE CLAIMS
Oatholio Dignitary Saya Pact Should Pro
. tect the Religion! Organiiation. '
I ' i
REPUBLICAN SEES NO HOPE FOR CONCORD
former Premier of Frmr Say Coa
ttriit VIM Have Go a
Popl Dtniil lb
Change.
' ARIS, Sept. t-(Speclal Cablegram to
Th Be.) An Important contribution to
th discussion on the separation of church
and stats la mad by Mgr. Fuzet, arch
bishop of Rouen, who I known for hl lib
eral view, waa Included among the six
member of tha episcopate mentioned In
the press about a month ago aa baring- been
signaled out for papal displeasure on ac
count of their attitude In the difference
between, the French government and the
Vala ' 141a statement, nublished In the
' Figaro, la certainly characterized by moral
courage and Independence, Inasmuch a It
Implicitly condemns the papal policy that
baa rendered the present crisis inevitable.
If a working compromise were possible
with the maintenance of the concordat.
It would hardly be realised except on con
dition that the church were inspired by
such good sense and appreciation of hard
facta aa Is shown by this enlightened
ecclesiastic Whether it Is any longer pos
sible to avert separation Is another ques
tion, which Is almost universally answered
In the negative. ...
, This Is the opinion expressed today by a
imnm nf the nresent majority, M.
Rene Goblet, the advanced republican x
premJer. Speaking to a representative of
. the same Journal, he explained that, al
though an advocate of separation, he did
it wh in nfrine. as at that
.1 ui. f,viv.. . . . - ' -
time he could not find a majority In Its
favor, either in parliament or among the
constituencies. New. however, he regards
It aa inevitable, aad only regrets that It
should be the consequence of violent Inci
dents such as have Just ocourred. Instead
nf hnini the result of friendly - arrange
ment. He fears that separation might
prove dangerous If accompanied by vex
atious' police measures. It Is only fair,
imaajw tn uv that anv such Intention Is
repudiated by Influential members of the
government majority. .
Believes Agreement Possible.
It, Is necessary to keep In mind this gen
eral anticipation of an Impending radical
change. In the relations of church and state
In France when considering the statements
. .V- .n.hllaknli f Rouen. WhO SD-
parently still believes In the possibility of
an understanding. He holds it to be "our
- tm ii aiAaalMe aaea-lflcea
if ... ... -
UIU. Mai w . f
tf save our institutions created under the
Jhcordat. and the concordat ltseu. as in
AStmvtts nf Oil r naatoral mission, and, oon-
iutiv the solvation of our souls r
at stake, We must not bide from ourselves
ha fart that, if . the ' nrolect of the ae
pucdatlon of the concordat and the sepa
ration of church and state, recently un
urtk. from the archives of the conven
(ton, be realised, it will Inevitably result
i . . rlv data in the abolition Of public
worship, Is it not contrary to all political
good sense to return to the regime oi m
geulously restricted, humiliating and pre
enriou liberty surrounded by severe pen
alties; that is to say.' to the religious leg
islation adopted by the convention and the
directory on the morrow of the reign of
tarmr. after a century of 'liberty ana prog
' ress, during, which religion has flourished
under a regular regime loyally accepted
! by the church of France? The abolition
i of tha concordat Is a political and aoclel
Impossibility. If the concordat were to be
, suppressed by the act of a parliamentary
: mainritT. It would . be necessary to re
establish It six month later."
In the future course of his remarks the
archbishop said: "Let us renounce all
' olaima contrary to the concordat and keep
nulat under the nrotectton of that pact.
In order that we ourselves may be left
linmOJesieu. in mm pwuo hiiuci mv vj
. taction of the concordat w can profitably
. nursue eur spiritual mission witn tne great-
'. mm iilvuitBn for the souls. of the faith-
' ful, for. the church end for France. With-,
OUt tne concords l mere nowuna 10 u
SXpSr.(eU IOC I HC SUM-0 UUI Uieiui unun-, iwr
'fusion and Interstlne strife, nor for the
' ihurrh hut immttnei. novertv and ruin. As
' a, devoted servant of the church and of the
' state, I pray for peace with all my heart.
-PARIS DRESSMAKERS ; ANGRY
Will Adopt Flaa to Proveat Advaaee
' Style Leaving; Their ' " .
J ' . City. .... ;
' PARIS, Bept. I (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The . ytfnatlo fashion In
Which during- the past yean the leading
dressmakers have been exploited by eer-
t tain American and German house n
at last led to resolute action on the part
Xf the Rue de la Paia, and the. outcome of
a meeting of ut principal rn oith.
makers was the drafting of a circular deal'
tng with the question. .
. It Is signed by such well known names as
Worth. Red fern, Baer, Doucet aad Paqula
nd 'states that in order to protect them
pelves against unfair competition ' by ' un
scrupulous rivals no winter models will In
future be shown, by them and other prom
inent houses before August , IS, nor wilt
they be delivered before September T for
America and September 15 for other ooun
tries. ..;...'..;
A correspondent saw' several of the lead'
Ing dressmakers this week and all of them
told th pam atory. , .
' "We have." they oaM, "beea too long
the dupe of competitors In Germany and
America, put pre .hare resolved to put aa
end to their unscrupulous methods.
, "This la what has happened: German
and AiMMnM have been In the habit of
somlng to Paris at th and ' of Juno or
the besinnlnar of July and whenever eca-
tunw for th folio wine winter could be
secured la advanc they promptly aoqulred
them, forwarded them to headquarter, had
them oopled In Inferior materials and sold
them a th latut Parisian oreatlona,
"The new Paris dealraa aoqulred tn this
. way were at once reproduced by th Amer
ican and aerman house, with th result
that when a woman earn to th Rue de la
' PaJx end waa shown the fashion for
winter wear she would exchvtrat- "Oh, bo;
thee s re not new. I hve seen these style
tn Berlin or New Tor much cheaper,'
POLICY OF THE IRISH LEAGUE
Meetlaa- at Dahlia Adopta Resolatlon
oa Many, gabject of
Interest.
DUBLlrf. Sept. I l ;,rra to
The Bee.)-At .v: ne directors
of the Unit' . held this week,
a rendu- 0N0 . self-government for
Ireland N" On the motion of Mr.
John mil0' - P., seconded by Mr. Conon
O'Conner. greetings were sent to the
I'nlted Irish league of America, thanaing
them for what they had done for Ireland
and commending the mllon of Mr. Red
mond, M. P., Captain Donelyn, M. P.. ana
Mr. Patrick O'Brien. M. P.. to the Irish
men of America. On the motion of Mr.
Thomas Hljrglns of Cork, seconded by Mr.
Boyden, M. P., a resolution was paesed de
claring that the land act of 1W3 was Inad
equate to solve the greater part of the Irleh
land question. On the motion of Mr. Jo
seph lvlln, M. P.. It was resolved to meet
the aggressive action of the landlords by
a strong anc vlgoroua agitation, and an
appeal was made to all nationalists to
strengthen and spread' the league. Ten
ants were advised to refuse to sln agree
ments of purchase at unreasonable prices.
Mr, J. P. Culllnan, M. P., moved a resolu
tion which stated that the government had
been guilty of a' breach of fnitb In not hav
ing passed the laborers' bill. A resolution
was passed In fnvor of the change of the
law In reference to town tenants.
It was resolved that the declaration made
by Mr. Wyndham during the debate on the
address constitutes an absolute refusal on
the part of the present government to con
sider the question of the removal of the
Intolerable grievance under which the Ro
man Catholics of Ireland have so long suf
fered In the matter of university educa
tion, and that this la an Insult to the people
of Ireland, which Is aggravated by the fact
that Mr. Wyndham's action marks the final
breach of innumerable ministerial pledges
on this subject, and was a definite pledge on
behalf of the government that the claims
of the Irish Catholics, admitted to be Just
by successive governments, would not be
considered so long as a handful of bigots
In Ireland continued to clamor against
them. On thr tion of Mr. John D.' Nu
gent, seconded j Joseph Devlin, M. P.. it
was resolved that the country be congratu
lated on ita almost unanimous refusal dur-'
tng the recent visit of the English king to
Join the unionist garrison In their mani
festations of loyalty and profession of con
tentment with the rule of a government
that ignored tne most pressing needs and
demands of the country, and nationalist
bodies were exhorted to give preference j of
position, whether honorary or remunera
tive, to men who are truly in sympathy
and touch with the nationalist aspirations
of the country, and thus counteract the in
fluence of the castle garrison, who always
gave title and position to those who desert
from or who fight agalnrt the patriotic
feelings of the people.
In consequence of the action of the direc
tory on the resolution relating to Mr. W.
O'Brien, several 'of his adherents in Mun-
ster resigned their places on that body.
The department of agriculture and tech
nical instruction for Ireland, having de
cided to establish a school of forestry, has
purchased the Avondale estate for use as a
forestry station. Avondale belonged to the
late Mr. Parnell, and It Is situated in a
well wooded district ' about on mile south
of Rathdram ' station, In. the county of
Wlcklow. The land attached to the for
estry station will afford ample facilities for
practical work In every branch of wood
craft. The department Is now prepared to
employ a limited number of apprentices
desirous of acquiring a training In practical
forestry ' with a view to undertaking the
planting and' management of woods for
owners of plantations, local authorities or
othera
BRITISH LIEUTENANT IS FREE
Klasr Exercises Clemency in Case of
Omeer Charged with Kill.
. . In; Prisoners.
LONDON, Sept. s.-MSpeelal Cablegram to
The Bee.) Lieutenant Wltton. one of the
Bushveld Carbineers, who three years ago
was sentenced to. penal servitude for life
for shooting a wounded Boer prisoner, has
been released by the orders of the king.
Mr. Amold-Forster made the announce
ment In , the House of Commons. Few
cases of the kind have stirred colonial
opinion so deeply. - -
. Lieutenant, Wltton and Lieutenants Mo
rant and Handcock were found guilty of
killing Boer prisoners at Spelonka and
Morant and Handoock were sentenced to
death, and were executed at Pretoria.
Many petitions have been forwarded to
the home office pn behalf of Wltton, who.
It was shown, protested against the shoot
ing of . the Boer prisoners and the Cape
House of the assembly passed a resolu
tion asking for his release. Strong feel
ing ' wss aroused In Natal also, and the
people of Victoria, from which colony Wlt
ton volunteered for the war, were almoat
to a man In favor of a free pardon be
ing granted. Even In New Zealand feel
ing was overwhelmingly n favor of the
lieutenant.
The murders for which Lieutenants Mo
rant ' and Handcock were executed and
Lieutenant Wltton sentenced to penal serv
tude for Ufe primarily arose out of the
killing of Captain Hunt, who waa In charge
of the Spelonka detachment, of the Bush
veld Carbineers, by Boers, who, It I al
leged; mutilated his body. Lieutenant Mo
rant vowed to reveng i him and a wounded
Boer wearing khaki and having In his pos
session several "of Captain Hunt's belong'
Ings, being later taken prisoner, Lleuten
ant Morant said he would shoot him and
Lieutenant Handcock agreed, and the man
was shot.
Wltton was subsequently sent to bring
some Boers who desired to surrender. On
his, way to the camp he waa met by Mo
rant. wno said he would shoot the pris
oners, but Wltton protested sinst his
doing so. The Boers, on learning what
was In store fcr them, tried to overpower
their escort Firing then took place, and
In th struggle . Wltton shot a man who
tried to grasp his rifle, j ,
ENGLAND WAY, BAR ALIENS
Josopk Chasnberlala Pay the Got
oraaaeat is Pledared to Bach
.a Poare.
LONDON, Sept. a. (Special Cablegram to
Th Bee- Joseph Chamberlain has been
asked by a correspondent whether. In th
event of protective measures being adopted,
provision would be made for the abolition
of unskilled alien workers In British ooal
mine.
He ha replied, through his private sec
retary, Mr. Wilson, that- the aliens bill
waa a movement In th direction of restrict'
lng foreign ImmlgTatloa, bat It was de
stroyed by the persistent obstruction of the
opposition.
Mr. Chamberlain adds that the govern
meat Is pledged te kwislatioa with to b
Jest el excluding; alteaa,
REMEDY WINS OUT
He Bests Bill Gnrley with a Big Sweeping
Victory Thfonghont Diatriot.
THREE WARDS ONLY F03 BLACKBURN'S MAN
In the Home Fonrth Ward Kennedy Eaa
Good Lead.
BREEN SHUT OUT- BURBANK GIVEN SIXTH
Instrnoted Delegates Insure Nomination on
the First Ballot.
ANOTHER KENNEDY . TAKES JUDGESHIP
Lively Republican Primaries Predec
Some Sadden aad Remarkable
Changee ia the Local Polit
ical Kaleidoscope.
For Congress JOHN L. KENNEDY
For Judge HOWARD KENNEDY, JR.
Delegates' for Kennedy 88
Delegates for Ourley Hi
Delegates for Uurbank , 11
Delegates for Raker "
Total 143
Necessary to nominate , 72
Popalar Vote oa Coaarveaa.
First m 167 8 t
Second 169 14T 1 1
Third M 133 S 2
Fourth S39 too ... 6
Fifth 182 179 C 8
Sixth 110 ltiii 234 8
Seventh 6 211 6 148
Eighth K6 1S3 11 ' I
Ninth 293 216 4
8. Oinaha..., iw 11 7 1
McArdle ... 16 11 0 0
Dundee 40 23 1 I
Florence .... 81 8 0
Chicago .... 33 0 2
E. Omaha ..10 26 1 0
Platte Valley 8 '42 0 0
Union 21 84 0 0
Scattering; votea only for Raker.
Delegates for Coag-ess.
Ken- Bur-
Ward.
First
Second .....
Third
Fourth
Fifth
nedy. Ourley. bank. Raker.
...... ..
11
7
Blxth .. 14.
Seventh 10
Eighth
Ninth
South Omaha
Country
' 8
(17
11
Washington Co. 17
Harpy uo .. ..
The vote In the nine wards In Omaha,
South Omaha and Dundee on district Judge
is: Kennedy, S,)6; Barllett, 1.681.
Kennedys oa First ballot.'
Tha two Kennedy on the first ballot.
That teUs th tale of the Joint republican
congressional and Judicial primaries held
In thla district yesterday. 1 '
It waa a clearout fight .all along- the line
and John L. Kennedy' vlotory over his
congressional opponents was notably
achieved in the wards where he was best
known. Ia ths Fourth ward, whloh Is the
home of the two principal candidates, Ken
nedy and Ourley both, Kennedy won out'
by a hao4soa majority, while, as one by
sunder remarked, "Chirley had to have
himself adopted by the Third ward, which
he and his friends tuvd bean reviling as
the corrupt Stronghold of th machine, to
get an opening Into the convention." '
. The leader of the antls bolstered up by
the Third ward and the man about whom
the machine had rallied waving the stand
ard Of the Ninth high In the air is one
of the paradoxes' of th situation.
Considering .that no other Interests were
at stoke, the vote was fairly heavy through
out the city. : Weather ' conditions were
most favorable, but the faot that the prl.
mary day had been fixed on Saturday,
the busiest of the retail trado, Interfered
noticeably with the soling of the vote. In
the Second, Third and Sixth wards only
one delega:lon waa In th field, the fight
being made for inatruotlons in the form of
preferential votea A nasty snarl was pre
cipitated in the Third ward, where the
Judges appointed by Blackburn refused tu
permit the voting of more than forty ortho
dox Jews . who had oonaclentlou scruples
about' marking their ballots on Saturday
and wished the Judges to mark their bal
lots for them. In th Fourth ward the
booth was for a while so congested owing
to the slowness of the election ofhoers that
an additional clerk waa Installed by agree
ment after which the line moved on faster,
. Breea that Oat.
In the seventh ward Breen was shut out
of his home delegation, but only after
a sharp struggle. Everywhere, but more
particularly . throughout the lower wards,
Ourley money , was In plentiful evidence
and a host of paid workers, brandishing
Ourley ballots, -was constantly hovering
about tha polls. It seems, however, that
the vote that told was a vote not to be
influenced in this way, notwithstanding the
fact that in the third ward a lot of dark
les, who had pledged themselves faithfully
to Kennedy the', day before, marched up
to the polls to vote Ourley ticket, each
answering th Inquiry with the same re
sponse, "I've changed my mind."
Out in South Omaha things were prac
tically al) one way so far as choice of
congressmen waa concerned. In four warda
a show of a fight waa put in behalf of
Ourley delegations that had been filed, but
Kennedy sentiment was ao strong that no
headway waa made against It.
Uvea Ppllt la Coaatry.
The county preolnots appear to have
split about even. Judging from those that
have already reported, few of them being
still behindhand with their returns. An
other surprise of the primary turns out
to be the overwhelming vote In favor of
Kennedy ' In ' Washington county in Which
lie takes the entire delegation of seven
teen exoeptlng possibly one preclnot he was
unable to reach In hi preliminary canvas.
Sarpy county, on th other hand, was al
lowed le go by default through 'W. B.
Baker, who bed been put up as a dummy
for Ourley, but Harpy altoffsther has only
eight votes I the convention. ,
For. district Judge Howard Kennedy, Jr.,
ran. even better than his namesak In th
Omaha wards. He lost out In South Omaha
and in th outside counties, but haa a
comfortable majority still to spare ever
his opponent. Judge E. M. Bartlett .
Oleem at PeBtaall Clan.
Joy waa changed ' to gloom In about
thirty minute at th Fontanell club when
th return cliochtag John L. Kennedy'
nomination for congress were received. A
small crowd of th most srdent Ourley
supporter, headed by his manager, T. W.
Blackturn..-had congregated to receive the
returns. The first reports were from the
Third and Klghth wards, and talk was rriip
and humorous Than the Seventh ward
waa announced for Ourley and exultation
had a brief flight, only to drop with a
thud at figures from th Fourth, Fifth,
Second and, South Omaha precincts,. The
(Continued oa Bend.Fage4
REMODEL THE BRITISH ARMY
Cabinet Approves a Pla Which
t May Result In Better
Service.
LONDON, 8ept. 1. (Special Cablegram to
Th Bee.) The cabinet has approved plans
for reorganizing the military commands of
the British Isles.
In accordance with the recommendations
of the Esher committee, seven genera! ad
ministrative districts sre to be formed.
The new divisions of the United King
dom Into districts Is being made by the
army council, which proposes the following
military commands:
1 First North snd Eastern district, head
quarters. York.
Second North snd Western, Chester.- .
Third South snd Enstern. Portsmouth.
Fourth South and Western, Plymouth.
Fifth Scottish, Edinburgh.
Sixth North of Ireland, Dublin.
Seventh South of Ireland, Curragh
Camp. ,
A miniature war office will be estab
lished at each of these districts, and the
majors general commanding will have all
the routine work of their sphere decentral
ized upon them. They will have both civil
and military staff.
They will be responsible for mobilization
within their section, for grounds and con
struction, supply and transport, hospitals,
stores, postings and appointments.
Above these administrators will be gen-eral-ln-chlef
responsible only for the train
ing of the troops for war. This division of
the duties will. It Is believed, add enor
mously to the efficiency of home adminis
tration and the field fitness of the men.
'It la under consideration to Increase the
number of generals-ln-chlef. The Esher
committee recommended only four auch
commands.
The striking force at Aldershot will be
formed out of the twenty-six general serv
ice battalions of Mr. Arnold-Forster's
scheme.
Some of these battalions will not be in
cluded In the force, but will have separate
existence from the territorial army of home
defense. The surplus not included in the
force will act as, reserve and will be .quar
tered in the great training stations.
It la hoped to Introduce the new system
In October. Oenerals Lord Orenfell and
Lord Methuen will be reappointed aa gen-erals-In-chlef
for the troops in Ireland and
In the east of England respectively. Lieu
tenant Oeneral Sir T. Kelly-Kenny will be
offered the command in the west In suc
cession to Sir Evelyn Wood. Lieutenant
General Sir William Butler will also get a
command.
O'BRIEN SHOWS BITTERNESS
Says Amendment Proposed by Irish
Party vaalts Him aad HI
Constituents.
CORK, Sept. 8. (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) The lord mayor of Cork has
received a telegram from Mr. W. O'Brien,
In ths course of which he says: "I should
have made no comment whatever on the
action of the directory if they had de
cided, or even attempted to decide,, the
question In dlsoutav They have decided ab
solutely nothing. Vfiey were asked to make
up their minds as between two policies
diametrically opposite and mutually de
structivethe ' conference policy and the
Freeman policy. A square and an honest
vote should have been - taken between the
two, as Mr. Howard's resolution proposed
to take it. j This straight Issue was de
liberately shirked by those who proposed
the amendment. The amendment, keeping
up the Inrce of desiring my return while
at the same time conveying; an insulting
vote of censure both on my old constitu
ency and myself, was exceedingly cunning
and not very scrupulous, but apparently
It served Its purpose in hoodwinking some
of the Innocent people who voted for it.
I only hope Mr. Redmond will find these
gentlemen's professions of loyalty to his
leadership leas hollow than the feline com
pliment to myself whenever they come to
be really tested. How far a "victory ob
tained by auch methods and founded wholly
on the suppression of public opinion can
lea l to any good remains to be seen. . .
. . I trust that anybody whom my voice
can influence will allow the wisdom of
valour of these gentlemen to be tried out
for another twelve months with the fullest
freedom. X have said alt that I conatder It
as a duty to say In order to warn the coun
try, and I shall certainly Interpose no further-obstacle.
I should never have allowed
my name to be dragged Into rivalries which
are absolutely odious to me, but that the
fond insistence of my faithful old con
stituents of Cork City made It ' necessary
to give them a final proof that nothing
short of my disappearance will sadsfy the
enormous and powerful Influences arrayed
against me in the party and In the press.
That conclualve proof has, I hope, now
been given nobody knows more than the
politicians who concocted It that their
amendments put an end to any possible
connection of mine with a public life so
tainted. Pray .accept my gratitude for
your lordship's own Arm and temperate
attitude throughout a most delicate crisis."
BLOOD POISON FROM A KISS
Girl at Bodapest Die from Klss
laa; Corps of Her
Father.
HENNA, Sept. . (Special Cablegram to
The Bee.) Passionately devoted to her fa
ther, who died recently at Budapest, a
girl of 17. named Anna Boros, threw her
self upon his body and kissed him on the
mouth, forehead and cheeks. Next day
her Hps became painful, her face swelled
and ahe died soon after In terrible agony
from blood poisoning, i
Her sweetheart was greatly affected at
her death, and having bought some ground
beside her grave, ; arranged that he should
be buried there when his .time earn. Then,
as he was about to vtait the cemetery with
his dead fiancee's mother, he suddenly went
Into a neighboring room and shot himself
dead.
MORE BIG SHIPS BUILDING
Canard Compaay to Coaatraet Pom
Lara; Thaa Aay hovr
ASoat.
'WASHINGTON, Bept. . That the limit
In building big ships has not been reached,
despite the wondera already done In that
line, Is Indicated in an interesting; letter
recently sent to the State department by
United Ststes Consul Deideiich, at Bremen,
who mentions the plane of the Cunard com
pany and describes two new ships which
are to be built by that company.
The new Cunard steamships are to be TOO
feet long, or thlrty-flve feet longer than
the Baltic, and eighty-eight feet on the
beam, and they win displace about 1.300
tons of water. They are destined to attain
a speed of fienty-nv knots, a knot and a
fraction faster than the record speed of
th German etramshlp Kaiser Wlihelm XL
NEWS IS HELD BACK
Russian Pnblio Geta Nothing About Fight
ing from Home Sources.
PAPERS PRINT ONLY T0KI0 DISPATCHES
Causes Suspicion that Defeat ia Worse
Than Reported.
AIR IS FILLED' WITH UGLY RUMORS
Report- General Linevitch ia Enrryiug to
Aid of Kouropatkin.
BELIEF THAT THE END MUST COME SOON
Coatlnaoas and Heavy Flsbtlnp la
Proarress for Eight Days aad Limit
of Human Endurance Afcont
Reached.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1D04.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Bept. 3,-(New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The
Bee.) You can Judge what the disappoint
ment was this morning when, after a rush
for the newspapers, not a word from Rus
sian sources was found, but more than
a column of dispatches dated Toklo, tell
ing that the Russians had been driven
back on the right, left and centeK There
upon, the hope, already diminished, went
to zero.
Ugly rumors are circulated about Kouro
patkin's line of communication being cut
This, however, was .promptly refuted by
an official communication announcing that
the ' telegraph from the Llao Yang rail
way station was working as usual, which
gave rise to still uglier report to the
effect that the worst new had come and
the government feared to publish It, .
.Almost the only special newspaper dis
patch received from the scene of action
was on published by the Rues. It was not
in the least reassuring, saying that the
division which had been winding Ita way
ur the Llao waa being pushed northward
by forced marches. Kurokl was reported
to have reached a point twenty-five versts
(sixteen mllee) northeast of Llao Yang.
'Another disagreeable Item, published this
afternoon, was In a somewhat vague din
patch from Kouropatkln In which he said
that he had taken means to stop the ad
vance of the enemy, while from another
source It was heard that a determined at
tack of the Japanese upon th railway had
failed, being repulsed by th Russian with
a strong force. .
It waa also affirmed that Linevitch was
hastening with large forces to reinforce
Kouropatkln; that the combined Japanese
attack upon the Inner works of Llao Yang
had been repulsed 'with great loss te the
enemy, whereas the Russians had .not auf i
fered at alj. ' ' ; )
Th fighting haa now been contlnuoua
for eight days, with terribl lossea on both
sides. Th opinion prevailing her la that
the end must come very soon.
FIGHTIKO BEFORE PORT AJftTHVR
nosslan Accoants of Japanese Ad
vance and Subsequent Retreat.
CHE FOO. Sept. i.- P. m. A copy of
the Port Arthur Novikrai -of August 27
has reached here. The paper speak of
the Russian battleship Retvlxan having
shelled Japanese troops who appeared near
the vOlage of Wudlanfan, and this would
tndicacb that some of the Russian war
ships at Port Arthur are not so seriously
damaged as the reporta from Chinese
sources have represented. . The Novikrai
confirms the official Japanese report that
the Japanese cruisers Kasuga and Nlsshln
bombarded ' two small forta near Golden
Hill some time ago but It doe not say
that these forts were silenced as the Jap
anese reported. Theae two forts are In the
vicinity of Wudlanfan, whloh Is com
manded by forfr No. 1 The Japanese
mounted eight guns in front of Wudlanfan
on August 25 and have established one
large and one small fort to the north
east of the village. It was a detachment
of Japanese cavalry and Infantry that ap
peared In the open In the vicinity of Wu
dlanfan which tho Retvlxan aided In caus
ing to retire. A gun on one of the new
Japanese fort was struck by a Russian
shell and ruined. -
Th account published In the Novikrai
does not go Into details, but the Inferenoe
Is obvious that the Japanese have been
assaulting the smaller Russian forts dom
inated by Oolden Hill. The paper makes
referenco to a trench along the hills and
remark that only the head of the Jap
anese troops can be seen above It.
On the night of . Auguat 26, according
to the Novikrai, a piece of white paper
on the end of a pole waa hoisted above
the Japanese trenches. The Russians
ceased fire and sent a detail forward to
communicate with the enemy. The Jap
anese, in Imperfect Russian, requested as
sistance In removing their dead. The
NovikraJ conalders thla request to have
been strange, considering the fact that the
Japanese do not allow the Russians to
remove their dead. ' -
At 8 o'clock on the morning of August
20, a Russian searchlight revealed the Jap
anese troops opposite fort No. 1, begin
ning operations, and thereupon the entire
Rusnlsn 11ns opened fire on the enemy with
rifle fire, occasionally using cannon. In
reply the Japsnese flred irregularly at fort
No. 8. Daylieht developed the startling
fact that the Japanese had advanced a
trenah to the north of fort No. t. This
trench wss manned heavily with artpicy,
which Interfered seriously with the Rus
sian fire. The Jap then opened ar with
six guns on the hill known as the Eagles'
Nest, In the meanwhile continuing to use
sand bag for the further strengthening of
their newly Intrenched position. The Rus
sians concentrated their fire on the sind
bags, th Jap replying from another posi
tion three-quarters of a mile tn trie north
east. The Novikrai declares In conclusion
that 'at 10 o'clock in the morning of Au
gust 26 the Js panes were unable to longer
endure the bombardment and abandoned
the newly made trench to the north of
fort No. 2 and Wudlanfan, fleeing to th
low grouud near the railroad. ,
The Novikrai asserts tht a Japanese
torpedo boat was sunk off Port Arthur on
August 26.
Ckaace la Chlaese' Vleesoys.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 1. The announcement
la made that I.I Ulng Jouel, viceroy of Foo
Chow, and Wei Kouang Tao, viceroy of
Nanking, . will exchange posts. Th effect
ef th exchanss) en foreign relation U
uncertain.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
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Briasrs Salt AsrHnst Wroac Maa.
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5 Alton ia Pnrely Financial Deal.
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10 Result of the Saturday Ball Gamre
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11 Brltlsk Plan Defense of Empire.
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IS Amusements. .
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Camp Followers of the Campalata.
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OYAMA OCCUPIES LIAO YANG
Kouropatkln la Full Retreat North
ward aad Stakelbera-'a Corp
1 Surrouaded. . ,
Th flag of Japan flies over Llao Yang.
Fl:d Marshal Oyama, who led his famous
Second army Into Port Arthur during; the
Chino-Japanese war of 1894-95, and who in
that struggle also captured Wei Hal Wei
and Talienwan, today by dint of Incessant
fighting, In which his men were spared
neither because of casualties nor because
of hardships, holds sway over Llao Yang,
and Oeneral Kouropatkln, through whom
Russia believed Its arms would be aerved.
Is In full retreat northward, while one of
his chief aides. General Stakelberg, with
his command, the First Siberian army
corps, numbering 25,000 men, Is cut off
to the westward of Llao Yang.
The Russians are concentrating- at Yen
tal, but the dispatches thus far . give no
Intimation as to whether or not they will
make a stand there, or if the Jape. pes e are
pursuing; their foe ' In flight. It la not
known Whether the Japanese will stop at
Llao. Yang and fortify, and with tha
Taitse liver between . them and General
Kouropatkln's force will endeavor either to
become defenders, in case the Russians
should attack, or by Inaction should they
not, end the campaign at Llao Yang. - .
. -This last blow to Russian - arms,, though
it Is spoken of In Bt. Petersburg as. the
logical consequence of Russian plans,
doubtless will be taken much, to heart by
the subjects of Emperor Nicholas, who,
after, a succession of defeats and retire
ment by their army had expected a final
ity of the 'Struggle at Llao Yang In tholr
favor.
In the losa of Llao Yang by the Rus
sians the Japsnese probably will gain little
except In the way of a strategical' point,
for the Russians blew up the magazines
and set fire to the enormous quantities of
army stores and provisions there before
they evacuated. -
What the effect of the retirement from
Llao Yang will be on the besieged at Port
Arthur can only be conjectured, but cer
tainly It cannot but cause depression
among the defenders, who were hoping
that eventually they would be relieved.
RUSSIANS LOSE SRVKlt THOUSAND
General Sakharoff's Report of Thurs
day' Battle.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 3. Lieutenant
General Sakharoff, In a report to the gen
eral staff dated September 2, says: "Today
our troops assaulted the heights of Sykwan
tun and after a desperate light we captured
th whole chain, but immediately made
the discovery that we had to deal with a
strong Japanese force with a front extend
ing from Yental to the river Taitse.
"A detachment under Major General Or
loff. which waa guarding the Yental mines,
advanced a shot t distance, but meeting the
Japanese superior in force and In a strong
position, had to retire.
"Major Genet al Orloff was wounded, but
the danger of the enemy's movement was
averted by his return to the station at
Yental.
"The gallant regiment of the First Si
berian Rifle corps came up and Oeneral
Stakelberg ' checked the attacking Japa
nese. In this fight the brave commander
of the Second Siberian regiment, ColoneJ
Ozersky. was severely wounded.
"At o'clock In the ever 'is; there waa a
lull In th firing all alot th line and
the only firing was the boom of guns at
Llao Yang. According to a telephone re
port, the garrison at Llao Yang repulsed
the second Japanese attack.
"In order to ascertain , the enemy'a
strength two regiments on the west front
were ordered to attack. After a fierce
light It was diacovered that the enemy
opposed to the two regiments were more
than two divisions strong.' The losses to
th Russian army have not been ascer
tained exactly, but according- to the latest
scount, they exceed 8.000 - tn killed and
wounded. . .. .
"At Jrt5 o'clock p. m. the first Japan
ahell fell in Llao Yang- and waa followed
by a hall of projectile which swept th
railway station and the auburbs of the
town Itself. Fortunately the station was
empty, all-the rolling stock having been
removed. The first persons wounded were
seven subjects of charity, a physician, sev
eral Chines and a commissariat noncom
missioned officer. , i
"By I o'clock In th evening several fires
had been caused by the bombardment and
the booming of the gtms followed oor train
as It carried off ths noonded.
"The Russian casualties In the fighting
of August 81 and September 1 are slated
to amount to 7.C09. The enemy lost double
or triple the number.
"The Japanese prisoners appear to
worn out."
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Cottoa Mill Company Aeslarns.
NORTH APAMH Mass.. Bent. I Th
Jihnion-rnribr afllls compunv of this
city, manufacturers of cotton goods, his
msde an anmirnment. It Is nndersrnuri the
liabilities amount to several hundred thou-
na miliars. ir is ne Jntenilon of the
a-hr-a. to contlnu. th. operation of th
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ARMY CORPS
CUT OFF
Japs Isolate General Btackelberg'a Army
Numbering Twenty-Fifa Thousand.
GENERAL K0UR0PATKIN IN FULL RETREAT
"
Defeated Bossiana Are Making an Effort to
Oonoentrate at Tentai. .
MUSCOVITE ARMY EVACUATES U AO YANG
Before Leaving They Blow Up Magasinei
and Set Fire to Store Houses,'
KUROKI FOLLOWS UP HIS ADVANTAGE
Japanese Armjr at One Ocrupt
Llao Yana Rssln Official Re
ports Tell of Dis
aster. ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 1 It Is
flclally announced that Oeneral Kuro pat
kin Is retreating, that Llao Yaas; has beea .
abandoned. . .
The First Siberian army corps, number- .
Ing- 25,000 men, under General Stackelberg,
was cut off westward of Liao Tang. Th
Russians are concentrating at Tentai.
Deatroy Maraalnes aad Stores.
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 8. A dispatch
has been received here from Oeneral Kuro.
patkln announcing that he has ordered hla
army to evacuate Llao Yang and with
draw northward.
The . Russians blew up . the magazine
and set fire to the army store and pro- -visions
at Liao Yang 1 before evacuating
that place. '
, General Kuropatkln say tha First Si
berian army corps, which during th past
five days suffered considerable loas, ha
been obliged to retire several kilometers
westward as the result of the Japanese
attack on Sykwantun, hatic th order to
evacuate Liao Yang.
The Japanese have occupied Llao Tana;.
General Kouropatkln says further:
'"On the night of September 1 Oeneral
Kurokl attacked Sykwantun, eleven miles
east of Llao Tang, and captured a ma
jority of the Russian positions, the occu
pation of which was completed on th
night of September 2, th Russlana retir
ing six miles distant.
'The First Siberian army corps waa al
most surrounded. This corps previously
saved General Orloff's detachment by at
tacking the Japanese flank when Oeneral
Orloff waa threatened with annihilation.
General Orloff waa seriously wounded."
No Official Informatloa. -
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. J.-A report has
Just reached Bt. Petersburg that General
Kouropatkln Is In full rtreat, . The War
office admits that auch a rumor haa com
from the seat of war,' but declares that ft
la not official. ,
The war office declare It la still without
official Information In regard to tha result,
of Kouropatkln's fight with Kurpki. If th .
report that the. Russian commander-in-chief
is retiring; turns out to be true. It Is con
sidered possible here that it may be due to
the appearance of another flanking move
ment of the Japanese higher up and from
the west Reports that the Japanese were
moving up the Llao river toward Slnmln
tin were persistent Just before the fighting
began. ' i
Notwithstanding the lack of official con
firmation of Kouropatkln's retreat, the re
port ha fallen like a cold douch upon
the general staff. The emperor, . who was
going to Liban today, has postponed his
trip on account of the situation at th
front. He has been spending most of his
time the last three days with his cabinet
at Alexandra villa, with maps spread out
before him, following the movementa of
the battle.
A high officer of th general staff said
to the correspondent of th Associated
Press, after the . receipt of the unofficial
report that Kouropatkln was falling back,
that If It was true he did not believe the .
commander-in-chief could afford to aban
don his stores at Llao Yang, and. In hla
opinion, an army corps would be left there
to protect them. He added: ;.
."Llao Yang, besieged, might then become
the Lattysmtth of the Japan-Russian war.
Russians Blaktt a Btaad.
TOKIO, Sept. 8. The following dispatch
has been received here: v.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE MANCHtT.
RIAN ARMY. Sept. S. 9 a m The re.
malnder of the defeated Russians are mak
ing a stand outside the walls of Lino Yang.
Our left and center armies ar attacking
them.
. 10:30 a. m. The Russian force confront- '
ing Field Marshal Oyama's left and center
continues slowly to give ground in retreat
and la crossing to the right bank of th
Taitse river. A portion of theRuatian army
occupies a line of defense works extending
northwest from a point south of Llao '
Yang. The Rueslsna alao hold an eminence
northeast of New Chwang, on the right
bank of the Taitse. This evidently Is In
tended to shield the general retreat of both
the left and center. The Japanese armies
continued to press the Russians yesterday.
They moved forward and occupied a lln
extending from Tatepjlf to Yanchtallntau. v
Oyama telegraph that he hopes they wlJJ
reach the right banks of the Tsltre th', .
morning. .
General Kurokl. after serious flghttnfc,
succeeded yesterday In taking a portion of
an eminence i near. Helylngtal. Detal's of
this fighting have not been received.
The Russians again appear to be con
centrating in the vicinity of the Tents!
coal mines, twelve miles northeast of Link
Yang-. Possibly another (Teat battle will,
occur there. ... '
The present trend of the movement tn- ,
dica'tes that possibly th Js panes will,
move past IJao Ysng, temporarily leaving
the city untouched.
Oyama Says Rasslsa Retreat.' ' '.
LONDON. Sept. 1.-11:89 . m.-A dis
patch from Toklo to th Japanese' legation -here
says Fled Marshal Oyama reporta .
as follows: ,
September 8, a. ra. A remnant of the
routed enemy still Is offering soins resist-,
ance outside I Jan Yang. Our central and
left armies are attacking It.
Aa earlier message from Field Marsha
east of Uao Ysng. thus locating th Jape- ."
Oyama aays: '
The enemr In front of our left snd center
armies continued to retreat ps September
8 to the right bank of the Tails river,
except the portion of his forces occupying
the defenca works from th south to the
northwst of Llao Yang and the heights
northeast of Nutchang. Our armies are
continuing the -attack. Our riant army "
occupied In the morning of September I
part of th htlghts west of Helylngtal.
Russians' Condition Ki . Desperate.
BsiRLIN, Sept. t The Foreign office has
nisi at pVtftavi MiW4a Ik.l
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