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ROOSEVELT ON ISSUES
President'! Letter of Acceptance of the
Republican Nomination.
LINES BETWEEN PARTIES SHARPiV DRAWN
No Doubt m to Attit'
the
Pnblio Question. -.
POLICY OF ADMINISTRATION M. 5 i "AR
o
Actio of the Past and Pie, r
Future Maintained. V
DEMOCRATIC ATTACKS FULLY ANS "
i.
All Points at Inane Concisely and
Lucidly Considered la . tbe
Formal Document by
the Candidate.
President Roosevelt formal letter of
acceptance of the nomination for the office
of president of the United States, tendered
him by the republican convention last June,
la published In full In The Bee this morn
ing;. In It Mr. Roosevelt has covered fully
but concisely the Issues raised between
the two parties In the present campaign,
and frankly states his own and the party's
position In regard to the great questions'
that concern the people and the govern
ment. He makea plain the success that
lias attended the nation under republican
policies, and points out the mistakes made
by the opposition, and Its Insincerity and
Inconsistency In attacking the republican
party and its policies. The monetary ques
tion, the matters of trusts and tariff, of
labor and capital, of the Philippines, the
' army and navy, In faot everything that
Is covered in the platform of the party,
are dealt with In the president's usual
vigorous manner, without ambiguity of
phrase or effort fo mislead by shiftiness
In construction. It Is a plain document,
setting forth frankly the views of the man
and outlining a policy that all good cltisena
must endorse. The letter In fall Is:
OYSTER BAY, N. T., Sept 13, 1904,-Hon.
J. U. Cannon, Chairman 01 the Notification
Conunliiea: tly Dear bir l accept tue
nomination tor the presidency tendered mo
oy me republican national convention ana
cordially approve the platform auopied by
It. In writing tfiis letter ymre are certain
points upon which 1 aealre to lay especial
stress.
It Is difficult to find out from the utter
ances of our opponents what are the real
Issues upon wnich they propose to wage
this campaign. It la not unfair to say
that, having abandoned most of the princi
ples upon which they have insisted dining
the last eight years, they now seem at a
loan, both an to what It Is that they really
believe and as to how firmly they shall as
sert their belief In anything. In fact. It. la
dobuL'til If they venture reaulutely to press
a single Issue; as soon as they raise one
they tthiink from it and seek to explain It
away. Such an attitude Is the probably In
evitable result of the effjrt to improvise
conviction, for when, thus Improvised It Is
natural that they should be held In a
tentative manner.
The party nour In control of the govern
ment Is troubled by no such difficulties.
We do not have to guess at our own con
victions and then correct the guess If U
seems unpopular. The principles which we
profess are. those In , which we believe wit
heart nd soul and atrength. Men may
differ from ua, but they cannot accuse us of
shiftiness or Insincerity. The policies we
have pursued are those which we earnestly
hold as essential to the national welfare
and repute. Our actions speak even louder
than our words for, the faith that Is In us.
We base our appeal upon what we have
done and are doing, upon, our record of ad
ministration and legislation during the last
seven years. In whloh we have had com
plete control of the government We In
tend In the future to carry on the govern
ment In he same way that we have carried
It on In the past
Not to Be Trusted.
A party wnose members are radically at
variance on most vital Issues, and If united
at nil, are only united on Issues where their
attitude threatens widespread disaster to
the whole country, cannot be trusted to
f overn in any matter. A party which, with
acile ease, changes all Its convictions be
fore election cannot be trusted to adhere
with tenacity to any principle after eleo
tlon. . A party fit to govern must have con
victions. In l96 the republican party came
Into power, and In 1900 It retained power
on certain definite pledges, each of i which
was scrupulously fulfilled. But In addition
to meeting and solving the problems which
were issues In these campaigns. It also be
came necessary to meet other problems
which arose after election; and it Is no
small part of our claim to public confidence
that these warefaolved with the same sue
cess that had attended the solution of
those concerning which the battles at the
polls were fought. In other words,, our
governmental elfiolency proved equal not
only to the tasks that were anticipated, but
to doing each unanticipated task as It arose.
W hen the contest of 1H96 was decided, the
question of the war with Spain was not an
'5U5- .When "e contest of 19uo waa de
cided, the shape which the Isthmian canal
question ultimately took could not have
beJ!.n foreseen. But the same qualities
which had enahled those responsible for
making and administering the laws at
Washington to denl successfully with the
tariff and the currency enabled them also
to deal with the Spanish war, and the same
qualities which enabled them to act wisely
,n,the,Ph"lriP,ne" and ,n c"a also en
abled them to do their duty as regards the
problems connected with the trusts and to
secure the building of the Isthmian canal.
We are content to rest our case before the
American people upon the fact that to ad
herence to a lofty Ideal we have added
proved governmental efficiency. Therefore
our promises may surely be trusted as re
gards any Issue that is now before the people-and
we may equally be trusted to deal
with any problem which may hereafter
arise.
Panama and the Constitution.'
So well has the work been done that
our opponents do not venture to recite the
facts about our policies or acta, and then
oppose them. They attack them only
wheit they have first misrepresented them;
for a truthful recital would leave no room
for adverse comment.
Panama offers an Instance In point. Our
opponents can criticise what we did In
Panama only on condition of misstating
what was dune. The administration be
haved throughout not only with good faith,
but with extraordinary patience and large
generosity toward those with whom It
dealt. It waa also mindful of American In
terests. It acted In strict compliance with
the law passed by congress. Had not
Panama been promptly recognised, and the
transit across the Isthmus kept open, In
accordance with our treaty rights and
obligations, there would have ensued end
leu guerilla warfare and possibly foreign
complications; while all chance of building
the canal would have been deferred, cer
tainly for years, perhaps for a generation
or more. Criticism of the action In this
matter is simply criticism of the only pos
sible action which rould have secured the
building of the canal; as well as the peace
and quiet which we were, by treaty, bound
to preserve along the line of transit across
the Isthmus. The service rendered this
country in securing the perpetual tight to
construct, maintain,' operate and defend
the canal was so great., that our opponents
do not venture to rKlse . the issue In
straightforward fashion; for If so raised
there would be no isaue. The decisive no
tion which brought about this beneficent
result was the exercise by the president
of the powers vested in him. and In him
alone, by the constitution: the power to
recognise foreign governments by entering
Into diplomatic relatlima with them, ana
the power to make treaties which, when
ratified by the senate, become under the
constitution part of the supreme law of the
land. Neither In this nor In any other
matter has there been the slightest failure
to live up tn the constitution in letter and
In spirit. But the constitution must be
observed positively as well as negatively.
The president's duty Is to serve the country
In accordance with the constitution; end I
should be derelict In my duty if I used
a false construction of the constitution as
a shield for weakness and timidity, or as
an excuse for governmental impoteuce.
Bis rarelga Poller.
Similar misrepresentation la the one
ayuu ft our eppoucnui la regard 10 our i
foreign policy, and the way the navy ha
been made useful In Carrying out this
policy. Here agxia all that we ask Is that
they truhtfully state what has been done,
and then ,-a whetner ,r not they obj.ci
to It; for If continued In power we snail
continue our foreign policy and our han
dling of the navy on exactly the same lines
in tne future as in the past. To what phase
of our foreign policy, und to what use of
the navy, oo our opponents object? Do
they object to the way In which the Monroe
doctrine has been sir. ngthened and upheld?
Never before has this doctrine teen ac
qulmced in abroad as It is now; and vet.
while upholding the rights of the weaker
American republics against foreign aggres
sion, the administration has lost no oppor
tunity to point out to these republics that
those who eeek equity should come w.th
clean hands, and that whoever claims lib
erty as h right must accept the responsi
bilities that go with the exercls of the
right. Do our opponents object to what
was done In reference to the petition of
American citizens against the Klsheneff
massacre? or to the protest against the
treatment of the Jews in Roumania? or to
the effnrtn that have been made in behalf
of the Armenians In Turkey? No other ad
ministration In our history, no other gov
ernment In the world, has more consistently
tood for the broadest spirit of brotherhood
In our common humanltv, or has held a
more resolute attitude of protest against
every wrong that outraged the .civilization
of the ago, at home or abroad. Do our op
ponents object to the fact that the inter
national tribunal at the Hague was reciied
from Impotence, and turned Into a potent
Instrument for peace among the nations?
This government has used that tribunal,
and advocated Its use by others. In pursu
ance of Its policy to promote the cause of
international peace and good will by all
honorable methods. In carrying out this
Collcy It has settled dispute after dispute
y arbitration or by friendly agreement.
It has behsved toward all nations, strong
or weak, with courtesy, dignity and Justice;
and it Is now on excellent terms with all.
Some Pertinent Points.
Do our opponents object to the settlement
of the Alaska boundary line? Do they ob
ject to the fact that after freeing Cuba
v" ,her reciprocal trade advantages
with the United States, while at tne same
time keeping naval stations in the island
and providing against Its sinking Into chaos
or being conquored by any foreign power?
Do they object to the fact that our flag
now files over Porto Rico? Do they object
J the acquisition of Hawaii? Once they
hauled down" our flag there; we have
hoisted it again; do they Intend once more
to haul it down? Do they object to the
part we played In China? Do they not
know that the voice of the United States
would now count for nothing In the far
east If we had abandoned the Philippine
and refused to do what waa done in
China? Do they object to the fact
that this government secured peaceable set
tlement of the troubles in Venexuela two
years ago? Do they object to tliu presence
of the shlp-of-war off Colon when uie revo
lution broke out In Panama, and when
only the presence of this ship saved the
lives of American citizens and prevented
Insult to the flag? Do they object to the
fact that American warshjps appeared
promptly at the port of Beirut when an
effort had been made to assassinate an
American official, and In the port of Tan
gier when an American citizen had heen
abducted? and that in each case the wrong
complained of waa righted and expiated?
and that within the last few days the visit
of an American squadron to Smyrna was
followed by the long-delayed concession of
their Just rights to those Americans con
cerned In educational work in "Turkey?
Do they object to the trade treaty with
China, so full of advantage for the Ameri
can people In the future? Do they object
to the fact the the ships carrying the
national flag now have a higher standard
than ever before in marksmanship and In
sensmanshlp, as Individual units and as
component parts of squadrons and fleets?
If they object to any or all of these things,
we Join issue with them. Our foreign policy
has been not only highly advantageous to
the United States, but hardly less advanta
geous to the world as a whole. Peace and
food will have followed in its footsteps,
he government has shown Itself no less
anxious to respect the rights of others than
Insistent that the rights of Americans be
respected In return. As for the navy. It
has been and now Is the most patent guar-,
antee of peace; and it is such chiefly be
cause it is formidable, and ready for use,
, Pension, policy of Administration.
When, our opponents apeak of "encroach
ments" by the executive upon the authority
of congress or the Juulclary, apparently the
act they ordinarily have In view la pension
order No, 78, Issued under the authority of
existing law. - This order directed that
hereafter any veteran of the civil war who
had reached the age of & should be pre
sumptively entitled to the pension of 6 a
month, given under the dependent pension
law to tnose whose capacity to earn their
livelihood by manual labor has been de
creased 60 per cent, and that by the time
the age of 10 waa reached the presumption
should be that the physical disability was
complete, the age being treated as an evi
dential fact In each case. This order was
made In the performance of a duty Imposed
upon the president by an act of congress,
which requires the executive to make regu
lations to govern the subordinates of the
pension office In determining who are en
titled to pensions. President -Cleveland
had alreaay exercised this power by a
regulation which declared that 75 should be
set as the age at which total disability
should be conclusively presumed. Similarly
President McKlnley established 66 as tne
age at which half disability should be con
clusively presumed. The regulation now In
question, In the exerclae of the same power,
supplemented these regulations mado under
Presidents Cleveland and MclKnley.
The men who fought for union and for
liberty In the years from 1861 to lfutt not
only caved this nation from ruin, but ren
dered an inestimable service to all man
klnJ. We of the United States owe the
fact that today we have a country to what
they slid, and the nation has decreed by
law that no one of them. If disabled from
earning his own living, shall lack the pen
sion to which he Is entitled, not only aa a
matter of gratitude, but as a matter of
Justice. It is the policy of the repub
lican party, steadily continued through
many years, to treat the veterans of the
civil war in a spirit of broad liberality.
The order In question carried out this pol
icy and ia justified not merely on legal
grounds, but also on grounds of public
nioralltv. It la a matter of common knowl
edge that when the average man who de
pends for hla wages upon bodily labor has
reached the age of 62 his earning ability
Is, In all probability, less by half than it
was when he was in his prime, and that bv
the time he has reached the age of 70 he
has probably lost all -earning ability. If
there la doubt upon thla point let the
doubter examine the employes doing man
ual labor In any great manufactory or on
any great railroad, and find out now large
Is the proportion of men between the ages
of 62 and 70. and whether these men are
still employed at the highly paid task
which they did In their prime. As a mat
ter of face, many railroads pension their
employes when thefy have reached these
ages, and in nations where old age pensions
prevail thev always begin somewhere be
tween the two limits thus set. It Is easy
to test our opponents' sincerity In this
matter. The order In question Is revocable
at the pleasure of the executive. If our
opponents come into power they can revoke
this order and announce that they will treat
the veterans of sixty-two to seventy aa
presumably in full bodily vigor and not en
titled to pensions. Will they now authorita
tively state that they intend to do thiaT
If so, we accept the Issue. If not, then we
have the right to ask why they raise an
Issue which, when raised, they do not ven
ture to meet.
1 Other Arts of Government.
In addition to those acts of the adminis
tration which they venture to assail only
after misrepresenting them, there are oth
ers which they dare not overtly or officially
attack, and yet which they covertly bring
forward as reasons for the overthrow of
the party. In certain great centers and
with certain great Interests our opponents
make every effort to show that the settle
ment of the anthracite coal srlke by the in
dividual act of the president, and. the suc
cessful suit agulnst the Northern Securities
coinpuny the merger suit undertaken by
the department Jjf Justice, were acts be
cause of which the present administration
should be thrown from power. Yet they
dure. not openly condemn either act. They
dare not In any authoritative or formal
manner say that In either case wrong was
done or error committed In th method of
action, or In the choice of Instruments for
putting that action Into effect. But what
they dare not manfully assert In open day,
they seek to use furtively and through spe
cial agents. It la perhai natural that an
attack so conducted should be made some
times on the ground that too much, some
times on the ground that too Utile, has
been done. Some of our opponents com.
plain because under the anti-trust and In
terstate commerce law suits were under
taken which have been successful; others,
because suits were not undertaken which
would have been unauoceaef ul. The demo
cratic state convention in New Yoik dealt
with the anthracite coal strike by demand
ing in deliberate and formal fashion that
the national government should lake pos
session of the coal fields; yet champions of
that conventions cause now condemn the
.Continued, on tne FIXUi Pa-.)
LETTER FROM THE FRONT
Press Correspondent Writes Impressions
Received At Battle of Motion Pass.
JAPANESE ARMY THE BETTER HANDLED
Writer Fines Some Rnsslan Soldiers
Who Arc Tired of War and
Possible.
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)1
HEADQUARTERS SECOND DIVISION
FIRST IMPERIAL JAPANESE ARMY,
NEAR MOT1EN PASS, July 22.-When
the whole history of this war is written the
affair at Mo Tien Ling on July 17 may
have the proportions merely of an outpost
engagement. But It brings Into strong
light the methods and the efficiency of the
two armies at the present stage of hostili
ties and It explains the continuous and un
varying success on land of the Yankees of
the east against one of the great military
powers of Europe. Why the Russians
sho lid have abandoned the best defensive
position between the Yalu and Llao Yang
without a fight and soon afterward make
two costly and unsuccessful efforts to re
gain it remains yet a mystery. Two days
before this attack the Japanese knew,
through their remarkable Intelligence serv
ice, that It was planned. They foresaw
largely how It would be executed, though
probably they did not anticipate how stub
bornly the Russians, fired with ambition
to maintain the prestige of European
troops and Inspired by the name of Skobe
leff, linked with the memories of Schipka
Pass, would etorm the stronghold. It was
Skobeleff's fighting and Skobeleff's men
against the men and the methods of a
quarter century later.
Correspondents Are Delayed.
On the morning of the 17th several of the
correspondents who were camped at the
division general's headquartera some miles
from the pass were awakened at daylight
by tbe sound of distant volleys. A thick
white fog covered the hills, like a London
fog in December, so dense that tents could
not be seen 100 yards away. The ground
was muddy and trees dripped as though
there had been a heavy rain. The corie
spondents were soon In their daddies, but
word came from the press censor that they
were not to go until given permission.
Within an hour most of the military at
taches and newspaper men ' had gathered
in front of headquarters, fretting to be re
leased. Delegates from each '.amp were
laboring with tbe staff officers. Word
came from within that the general was ac
quiescent, but part of the staff unwilling.
We were to "wait a little," a phrase be
come familiar during two months of wait
ing at Tokio. Later the general might go
and perhaps the correspondents could ac
company him.
The waiting was protracted until 3
o'clock, and meantime could be seen the
machinery of battle behind the stage. Bev
eral Infantry battalions came up the road
at a dog trot, the men's khaki tunics plas
tered to their backs with sweat, while they
mopped their faees with towels presented
by the patriotic societies of Japan, benrlng
blue prints, oi .the mikado's soldiers storm
Ing Impossible blue precipes lit the face of
gigantic .blue bearded Russians. Most of
the men looked as eager for their work as
a foot ball team racing onto the Held,
There were no shirkers, although some fol
lowed the rear of their companies, panting
painfully under the fifty pounds weight of
equipment which they all carry. A hos
pital company marched past, with the
stretchers roped to the backs of horses
and some of the lied Cross men shoul
dered wooden crutches to help soldiers with
leg wounds from the field. Trains of the
small black Japanese stallion passed.
bearing ammunition boxes and trenching
spades, which are also utilized for bury
ing the dead. Ammunition caissons with
lathering six-horse teams rumbled over the
road, and two or three, field batteries In
reserve appeared and unharnessed on the
square, where 'the marks or the Russian
tents remained, to await possible orders for
the front. A company of engineers shoul
dering bamboo poles and colls of copper
wire began to stretch a new telephone
line, which extended across the fields as
fast as the colls could be unwound.
(Array Has Light Equipment.
Probably no other army has as light and
durable material for many uses as the
Japanese find In this bamboo. Occasion
ally an officer wearing the gold and white
sash of tho staff galloped in from the di
rection of the firing. But there was no
confusion or disorder and seemingly little
hurry. Every officer and man and every
organisation knew Its business and pro
ceeded about it without excitement or fuss.
The whole machine operated with the same
smoothness that It has exhibited from the
day. the mobilisation began in Tokio.
The sounds of battle were increasing at 7
o'clock and the expectant witnesses be
came impatient. The guns tiegjn booming
about that time and the explosion of. a
shell was heard every two or three min
utes, while the unremitting rattle of rifle
fire became louder, punctuated by frequent
volleys, and everyone knew that the vol
leys came from Russian rifles and that the
Japunese were firing at will. In accord
ance with their .usual tactics. . Soino
fancied that the work was comlnj closer.
It certainly sounded nearer , than on the
morning of the Fourth, and the listeners
began to speculate whether ihe Russians
had carried the pass. The Chinese were
getting frightened and parties of women
and children went scurrying up the hill
roads with bundles of valuable.
Correspondents Get Started.
About 9 o'clock the telephone bell In the
staff office gave a long, sharp ring and an
officer emerged to announce that all might
start Word had come that the Russians
were running. Correspondents and officers
were off at full speed, the cavalcade with
the various uniforms of different national
ities making an unusual group. The tall
German captain towered above all others,
wearing a cap of the same color and pat
tern as a Russian officer's, which sug
gested the realisation of the Japanese fear
that foreigners on the battlefield might be
shot by their own troops. '
Just t the foot of the high hill where
begins the steep accent of the pass came
a squad of wounded soldlors going to the
base hospital Some had their arms in
slings; others were bandaged across their
faces. Most of them were very pale 'from
loss of blood and heat, but all smiled and
saluted. A long procession of wounded
descended the Jilll. Part were carried on
stretchers, with their guns and equipments
beside them, for nothing is wasted or lost
with the Japanese army, and when the
soldiers go Into a fight they leaye no trail
of discarded blankets and haversacks. All
the wounded were quiet and stoical, as
usual. One boy. shot through both arms,
was walking, and. aa he could not salute.
(Continued on SeeooA fsgs)
ROBBERS GET SIX THOUSAND
Express Train on Canadian Parlne
Held Vp by Foar Men at
Mission Junction.
WINNIPEG. Manitoba, Sept.- 11. The
Canadian Pacific railway's westbound
Transcontinental express was held up by
four masked men four and a half miles
west of Mission Junction.
At the point of revolvers the express
messenger was compelled to hand over the
valuables and the aaf was dynamited.
The registered mall iss also ransacked.
The robbers escapAl to the bushes and
are supposed to have grossed tbe boundury.
They secured about 81,000 from the express
safe.
MONTREAU Sept. 11. General Manager
McNIooll of the Canadian Pacific tonight
stated that he had been advised that the
transcontinental trais) which left here last
Tuesday morning hi
been held, up by
train robbers twenty!
two miles from MIs-hrty-three
miles from
Ion Junction, B. C,
Vancouver. There
four men. in the
party. They compelled the train crew to
uncouple the mall aljd express car from
the remainder, of the train and run ahead
two miles. Here theft looted the mall and
express cars. It Is nW known how much
they secured. .. Mr. llcNIcoll stated that
he had been advised hat arrests had been
made.
rjpnT
HOHESZOLLERNS
HCHWER1S
Emperor William sd Family Onests
of the Grasid Dike.
BCHWERIN IN MECKLENBERO. Sept.
11. Emperor William and Empress Au
gusta Victoria nnive here this evening,
accompanied by Crown Prince Frederick
William and hi betrothed, Duchess Cecilia
of Mecklenberg-8chwrl. The city was
lavishly decorated and, tbe royal party was
given in enthusiastic reception by the
populace. I
At a state dinner at Jos castle the grand
duke of Mecklenberg-Schwerln in a short
speech welcomed hla guests. The emperor
In his reply expressed great Joy at the
betrothal of the crotrn prince and the
duchess and said thatltbe latter would be
received with open arris and honored by
the Imperial house. tHer character, his
majesty said, be was convinced would
ensure the happiness it his son and with
it the happiness of els house and the
fatherland.
The emperor ooneludld by proposing the
health of tho grand duke, dwelling on the
close and Intimate relation, which always
had prevailed betweenhe two houses.
FIRECRACKERS , IX WESTMINSTER
Antl-Rltaaltst Disturbs the Sunday
.. Meeting.
LONDON, Sept. 11 --A singular affair
took place in Westminster Abbey today.
At the middle of the morning service a
serlrs of loud explosion came from the
north transept and started the kneeling
congregation to Its, feed causing an almost
dangerous rush for th"Voors. Rev. Canon
Duckworth succeeded In reassuring the
people and In preventing a panic. It was
discovered that the cause of the explosions
was a firecracker, , te ; label attached to
which showed tho outrage to be the work
of a fanatical adherent' of- the late John
Kenstt, the antl-rltulfj!c crusader. The
culprit escaped In the "confusion following
the explosion.
MELBA'I Al'TO KILLS
MAN
Fatal Accident In Streets of Parts
Prostrates' Noted Slnster.
PARIS, Sept. ll.-Mme. Melba. the dis
tinguished singer, while driving in an auto
mobile this afternoon, accompanied by. her
two cousin, the Misses Walker, ran over a
man about 84 years of age and killed him
instantly.
The accident occurred on the Boulevard
Perolre, Mme. Melba being on thr, way
from the Hotel Rlts to Versailles.
The chauffeur was not to blame, as the
old man got In the way of the automobile
while endeavoring to escape being run over
by a cab. Mme. Melba was greatly dis
tressed and returned to the hotel, where
she Is now confined to her apartments.
SERIOIS
ANTI-SEMITIC
RIOTS
Several Persona Injured nt Rovno and
Many Houses Pillaged.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 11. Antl-Sem-Itlc
rioting took place at Boa no, in the
government of Volhynla, 8 ntember 4, dur
ing which many persons were Injured and
shops pillaged.
A similar outbreak occurred at Bmela In
the government of Kleff, where the troops
were called.. Ninety-eight houses ana 146
shops were pillaged and several persons
seriously and many slightly wojinded by
the troops. Many of the rioters were ar
rested. The affair lasted for two days,
September 4 and 6.
MASSACRE IN GERMAN NEW fit INK A
Natives Attack Catholic Mission and
Kill Priests and Sisters.
BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 11. News
has been received from Oerman New
Guinea saying that natives attacked the
Catholic mission and murdered Fathers
Raschen and Ruttar, Brother Bley, Plar
schaert and Schellekens, and Sister Soflt,
Agatha, Annie, Agne and Angella.
Thirty-six natives were captured and six
teen of them were executed for the crime.
The design of the native was to murder
all the whites, but this was frustrated.
TROOPS LEAVING GAINESVILLE
All the State Mllltla Will Be on Their
War Homo Within Few
Days.
GAINE8VILLE, Va Sept. 11. General
Corbln has abandoned the battlefield. He
left corps headquarters thl morning for
Washington In an automobile. Mrs. Corbln
and Mrs. Grant accompanied the general.
The state troop are on the move and
according to the program all will be out
of camp and on their way home by to
morrow. The entraining 1 progressing
tar-pldly and according to a temporary
schedule arranged by the management of
the Southern railway the score of tracks
at each of the two main camp are filled
with troop train which are being loaded
with horses, etc. Each regiment Is run In
two and sometimes three sections.
Already the cities of canvas which nestled
In snug localities In the Virginia hills and
warmed with the armies of the blue and
the, brown have disappeared. The 1,000
regular troops which were divided between
the two camps will remain ,ln the Held
until the' state troops have reached their
destination and the necessary cars have
returned for the transportation of the
regulars.
Movements of Oeeaa Vessels Sept. 11.
At Liverpool Arrived: Ionian, from Han.
treal.
At Queenstown Sailed; Lucanla, for New
York.
At Dover Sailed: Phoenicia, for New
York; Vaderland, for New York.
At New York Arrived: ilimbunr. from
Hamburg; Columbia, fry at Glasgow,
FATHER SCHELL AT CAPITAL
Urges Action by Department to Protect
the Winnebago Indiana.
COMMISSIONER JONES PROMISES TO HELP
Insists that Lnek of Appropriation
Leaves Him In Position to Do
Little In Matter of Break
Ing; 1 p Illicit Traffic.
(From a 8taff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. ll.-(8peelal Tele
gram.) Father Joseph Schell of Homer,
Neb., who. with The Bee, has been active
In behalf of ameliorating the condition of
the Winnebago Indians before the Interior
department, Is In Washington for the pur
pose of urging the Indian office to do some
thing to stop the illicit sale of liquor to
the Indians. Father Schell, says that if
something Is not done soon the Wlnne
bagoes will be put back a generation, their
property confiscated by land sharks and
their moral condition will be ft thousand
fold worse than when they were wholly
savages.
Father Schell called yesterday upon Judge
Campbell, assistant attorney general for
the Interior department and waa Informed
by the latter that he had heard of the
conditions of the , Winnebago reservation
and that he was ready to prosecute any
case reported to him by the commissioner
of Indian affairs. He waa unable, he said,
to act until the matter had been brought
officially to his attention.
Following the Interview with Judge
Campbell, Father Schell had an Interview
with Commissioner Jones. "I am well ac
quainted with the said condition of the
Wlnnebagoes," Father Schell reports Mr.
Jones as answering, "through your reports
that reached me and through reports of
our agent. I know that the Indians lose
their money and that n enormous whisky
traffic is ruining them, but I am not In a
position to do sjiy thing, as there are no
funds provided."
This Is astonishing," raid Father Schell.
"Who Is supposed to protect the Indians
If you cannot do It?"
"The government Is supposed to protect
them," Mr. Jones answered, "but as con
gress has refused to appropriate the neces
sary funds, I can do nothing."
After a further representation of the case,
however, Commissioner Jones promised to
do all that he could to remedy matters, al
though he repeatedly expressed doubts as
to the department's' ability to accomplish
reforms until congress had acted.
"The bootleggers and the saloonkeepers
are comparatively Innocent people and are
only tools In the hands of those who collect
the Indian pay checks," said Father Schell.
"I am convinced that If Secretary Hitch
cock could only know one-tenth of what
Is going on there something would be done.
Most of the notes which these traders are
holding against the Indians are whisky
notes and the proofs are on hand, and
something must be done."
Father Schell will leave tomorrow for his
home In Nebraska, but will return to Wash
ington unless the department takes some
steps to remedy the condition of which he.
complains.
BALTIC ' KLRET SAILS FOR EAST.
Squadron Consists of Nine Battleships
and Four Cruisers.
CRONBTADT. Sept. 11. The Baltic fleet
sailed today for the far east. The vessels
of the fleet are the battleships Souvaroff
(Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's -flagship), the
Navarln, Slssol, Vellky, Borodino, Alex
ander III, Orel, Olcg, and the Osllabia
(Rear Admiral Voelkersam' flagship); the
cruisers Admiral Nakhlmoff, Dmitri Ddna
kol, Aurora and .the Almas (Read ytdmlral
Enqulst' flagship), and several torpedo
boats and torpedo boat destroyers.
, The fleet will merely touch at Libau,
where It will be Joined by' twelve trans
ports, colliers and supply ships already
waiting there, and will then proceed direct
to the Orient.
The scene on the departure of the fleet
was an Imposing one. At dawn the first
anchor, was hoisted on the swift cru!aer
Aurora, which, accompanied by two torpedo
boats, slipped out of the harbor. The town
was awakened by the booming of the guns
of the forts as.; the Aurora sped towards
LI ban In advance of the main squadron.
At 2 o'clock In the afternoon, the time
set for the departure of the remainder of
the fleet, the Imperial yacht, with the em
peror, Grand Duke Alexis, the high ad
miral and other high naval officer on
board, put out from Peterhof, on the other
side of the bay, with an escort of three
torpedo boats. Admirals Rojestvensky and
Voelkjersam went on board the Imperial
yacht and personally said farewell to the
emperor.
Then with destroyers ahead and abeam,
the Souvaroff led the squadron down the
Finnish gulf. The water front and the
piers and forts were crowded - with spec
tator. The ensigns . on the forts and
yachts were dipped and the guns of each
chain of forts across the bay Joined in an
admiral's salute, while from the signal
masts above the forts fluttered a string of
oolored flags reading: "Good luck to the
Bsltlo fleet on Its long voyage."
The weather all day had been alternating
from clear to cloudy, but as the fleet left
port there was a burst of sunshine followed
up on the southern horlson by the blurr of
a ralnsquall across the gulf.
PRAYERS FOR RUSSIAN SUCCESS
Holy Synod Orders Special Services
In All Churches.
ST. PETERSBl-'RO, Sept. 11. The official
Messenger today publishes the following
resolution which was adopted by the holy
synod:
"By virtue of an imperial ukase to the
effect that during the present trials of our
dear country ' more ardent prayers should
be offered for the victory of the Russian
troops, who are worshipers of Christ, over
a cruel enemy, full of guile, the holy synod
pronounced the time ripe for special pray
ers to be offered in all of the churches in
the empire on Sundays and holidays after
mass, beseeching that heavenly aid should
be sent to the Russian army, whloh I
sacrificing Its life for Its faith, Its emperur
and Its country, for long life for the vic
torious troops and for the repose of th
souls of the warriors who fall."
DONNELLY VISITS DAVENPORT
President of Meat Cutters' In Ion
De.
Clares Strike Accomplished
Mark Good.
DAVENPORT. Ia.. Sept. ll.-Presldent
Donnelly of the Amalgamated Meet Cut
ters today addressed a large cro-vd at a
meeting of the Butchers' union. H de
clared that the recent strike had resulted
in Improved conditions of labor and that
the butchers would establish a permanent
board of arbitration fcnd bring about last
Ins Industrial peace.
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SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
Cessation of Flahtlnsr In Manchuria
for the Present Baltic Fleet
Sails.
What little news was received Sunday
from the Manchurlan theater of war Indi
cates the almost entire suspension of ac
tive operations by both Russians and Japa
nese. The last dispatch from Mukden was
filed by a correspondent of the Associated
Press Sunday evening. It said that all was
quiet in that region and the understanding
was that the main force of the Japanese
had retired to Yental. on the railroad about
ten miles northeast of Llao Yang. Kouro
patkln briefly reports that there was no
fighting Saturday, except patrol encoun
ters. A dispatch received In London from St.
Petersburg gives a report that Viceroy
Alexleff has resigned.
The Baltic fleet, rumors regarding which
from time to time occupied the press re
ports, sailed Sunday from Cronstadt and It
Is officially announced In St. Petersburg
that Its destination Is the far east.
St. Petersburg dispatches Indicate active
preparations . to greatly Increase the Rus
sian fighting force. The story from Port
Arthur la one of bombardments.
SITUATION
AT
PORT ARTHUR
Russians Drive Japs from One of the
Minor Trenches.
CHE FOO, Sept. 11.-11:20 p. m.-Accord-Ing
ta the latest news received here from
Port Arthur the Russians, on September
4, shelled the Japanese covered trenches In
front of Pallchuang and destroyed them.
Everything waa quiet along the entire line
during the night of September 4. but In
the morning It was seen that the Japanese
outposts had crept closer In to the Russian
lines.
One Incident of the recent bombardment
of Port Arthur was the striking of the roof
of a hospital by a Japanese shell. The Jap
anese fire waa drawn to the hospital by
Russian beacon signals placed near It.
One small Russian scouting party suc
ceeded In creeping close to the Japanese
entrenchments on Corner mountain, but the
barking of dogs gave the alarm and pro
vented a further advance. Japanese re
serves poured Into the Intrenchments and
opened fire, but a shell from a Japanese
battery landed In the trench and killed
many of the Japanese soldiers, and the re
mainder retired. This enabled the Russians
to occupy the trench until dawn. The
trench evidently waa unimportant, for the
Japanese made no attempt to retake It and
the Russian scouts withdrew shortly after
daybreak.
On September a small body of Japanese
troops captured 'some outpost trenches on
High hill, which Is not faf from Corner
mountain, but upon the approach later of
a Russian detachment they evacuated this
position without fighting. .
The Port Arthur NoVlgral, In a recent Is
sue, declares thut a Japanese colonel has
beeen executed because he failed to occupy
a certain position on Corner mountain
within a specified time. J
In Its Issue of September 2 the same paper
says that a Japanese torpedo boat struck a
mine fourteen mile southeast of the 'har
bor and sank, and that on the day after
this occurrence the Japanese cruiser Itsu
kuwhlma also was da-naged by a floating
mine..
A Chinese who left Port Arthur the night
of 'September arrived here today and re
ports that Japanese troops to the numberof
5000 control . Louisa bay. to the northwest
of Port Arthur, and that the Japanese sre
In control also of Pigeon bay, to the ures
of Port Arthur. This Chinese' wanted to
leava from Pigeon bay, but the Japanese
would not allow him to do so. He was
taken to Port Dalny and on the wsy passed
through Ave villages where detachmenta of
Jnpaneso troops numbering from 2,000 to
5,000 each were quartered.
He says the Japanese are making use of a
balloon, which he describes as a cigar
shaped affair with a car suspended, and
says that a "fat foreigner, wearing a mus
tache" runs the balloon.
The Japanese Intrenchments line the hill
tn every direction and reinforcement are
constantly arriving from Port Dalny. The
Japanese horpltals at Port Dalny are filled
with wounded and transports are engaged
In removing the wounded men to Japan aa
fast as possible.
Rl'SSIAN SHIP AT SAN FRANCISCO
Captain of Trnnaport Lena Says
Hla
Engines Need Repairs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. ll.-The .Russian
transport Lena, Captain Berllnsky, put Into
this port today for repalra. The 1ena in
thirty-one days from Vladivostok, via Bay
atwa, Sakhalin Islands. It made the run
from Bayalwa In nineteen days, which is
ronaldered fast Jtirrt'e. The Lena has a
crew of 497 mail and twenty-one officers,
and carries twenty-three guns. It has three
funnels and three masts.
Captain Berllnsky, who officially declares
the Lena to be a transport, state that
their engines and boilers are In need of re
pairs. After passing quarantine, the Leria
anchored off the I'nlon Iron works, where
It now lie.
According to Brassy's Naval Annual, the
Lena formerly was the Kherson of the
Ruaslan volunteer fleet, Brassy refers to
It as a "volunteer cruiser," and also as a
"transport vessel." The Lena has a speed
of nineteen and one-halt knots. Its hull
I of steel and Its displacement la of 10.2-'5
tons. It Is 4(11 feet long, M feet S Inches
wide and has a draught of 24 feet. It has
two propeller. Its Indicated horse-power
Is 1J.500. It was built at Hebbum, England,
In 189t. According to Brassy the Lena car
ries three 4.7-lnch quick-firing guns and
twenty of smaller caliber.
The arrival of the Lena has been re
ported to Washington.' Instructions are e
pected from the Waahlngton authorities to
morrow as to the length or time the Lena
may remain In pert.
Pilot MeOulloch, who brought the Lrna
into port, says that chains were wrapped
round Its hull. Indicating that tome of Its
plates were loose.
Immediately after the Lena dropped an
chor In the bay" Captain Berllnsky left the
warship, but the object of his visit ashore
was not announced. An officer of the
cruiser, however. St ted that the Lena left
Vladivostok on a cruising expedition, hop
ing to capture some of the transpacific
vessels carrying contraband of war. It was
admitted that the vessel moat eagerly
sought for was th steamship America
of th Toyo Klaen Kalaha line, which com
pany nt It from thl port several week
go for th Orient. The America arrld
lafeiy at Hon- Kong on September X
BALTIC FLEET SAILS
Imperial Taobt Giea Parting Signal of
"Good Voyage and Suooeds."
MAKES IMPOSING ARRAY IN HARBOR.
Stop is to Be Made at Lisbon, When Tores
More Ships Join It,
NOT ALLOWED TO COAL IN BRITISH P0RT3
Humor Viceroy Alexieff Has Tendered
Resignation to Our.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF JAPANESE LOSSES
Killed and Wounded -In Battles 1st
Vicinity of Llao Vang Abont
Eighteen Thousand Officer
and Men.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. U.-(New Torlc
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to Tha
Bee.) At midday today the second Paclflo
squadion, the powerful Baltic fleet, the de
parture of which caused much - specula
tlon, started from Cronstadt to Libau,
where It will remain until Joined by tha
Orel, the Jenitoung and the Ssumrud.
The fleet formed In a double line, led bjr
ten torpedo boat destroyers. It made an
imposing showing as it turned slowly, amid,
impressive salutes and farewells, tn tha
fore were the three slater battleship of
13,51$ tons each, the Suvoroff, 'flying the
pennant of Vice Admiral Rojestvenskyi tha
Borodino and the Alexander III. Cloily
following came three other battleships, tho
Oslyblax, the Slssou Vellky (Slssou the
Great j and the Navarln, the first flying tha
pennant of Rear Admiral Felkeraon.
Then the cruisers, the Oleg Nakhlmoff,
the Dmitri Donakol, the Aurora, the Svlet
lana and the trim Almas, Intended origi
nally as a yacht for Viceroy Alexleff, flying
the pennant of Rear Admiral Enkvlit.
About an hour later the Imperial yacht
Czarvana appeared and gave the signal:
"Oood voyage and success."
Apropos this morning' papers publish la
full the memorandum of the governor of
Malta announcing that ships of belliger
ents may not be coaled In English govern
ment harbors and comment on the! asm
In the most bitter terms. The statement
Is heard today that the Ruaslan people will
never forget It. t
The account of the battle of Llao Tans
sent by M. Nlmlrovltch Datschenko fully
shows 1 what has been previously tele
graphed, that General Kouropatkin waa
confident of victory, which failed through
the misconstruction of his order by no
less than three ' of . hi generals. . Kouro
patkin now calls urgently for a Urge Xofco
of reinforcements, the Japanese possibly,
having forces in the field exceeding all
anticipations.
Th Odessa military district Is being rap
idly mobilised. There Is a persistent rumor
afloat that the reserves of St. Petersburg
and Moscow are likewise to be mobilised.
Terrible anxiety exists owing to lack of
the publication of the details of the losses
at Llao Yang. All known Is that hun
dreds of wagons and stores of diftereu
descriptions have been sacrificed. .
Viceroy Alexieff Resigns.
LONDON, Sept. 11. A dispatch to Hus
ter's Telegram company from Bt. Peters
burg says It Is understood that Viceroy
Alexleff, In view of the paramount military
exigencies In the far cast, has placed his
resignation In the hands of the emperor,
but that no decision with regard to It has
yet been made.
Csntr Calls Reserves to Arms.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. ll.-The em
peror his called to arms the reserve troops
In twenty-two circuits In the governments
of Kherson, Bessarabia, Ekarerlnoslav and
Taurlda, bolonglng to the military district
of Odessa, and nlso one category of reserve
officers throughout the empire.
Official Report of Japanese Losses.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11. A dlspsto't
from Tokio, which reached the Japaneae
legation today, places the total casualties
on the Japanese side at the battle of Llao
-Vang at 17.52!) officers and men killed and
wounded. Of these the army of the right
(Kurokl's) lost 4.88. the center (Nodtu'a)
4,092 pnd the left (Oku ) 7,681. .
The number of officers killed was 136 and
the number wounded 464.
No Fialitlns; Saturday,
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. ll.-In a tele
gram to Emperor Nicholas, dated Septem
ber 10, Generol Kouropatkin says: ,
"There were no hostilities today (Satur
day) except Insignificant patrol encounters,
In which we sustained no casualties."
All Is Unlet at Mukden.
MUKDEN, Sept. 11. -All la quiet in thl
region. It Is understood that the mala
force of Japanese has retired to Yenta.
A solemn service was held here today for
the repose of the aouls of those killed in
aotlon. It was attended by the entire Staff
and garrison. f
A few distant shots were heard during
the ceremony, but this did not disturb th
solemnity of the services. The weather IS
threatening and more rain la expected.
CREW
REMAINS
ON
A Mi OLD
Ruaslan Cruiser Taken Into I'pper
. Harbor nt Shanghai.!
SHANGHAI. Sept. 11-Th Russian pro
tected cruiser Askold, completely repaired,
painted an glided, but with no bunting
whatever showing, proceeded to It berth
In retirement In the upper harbor yester
day. There were three courses proposed
for the disposition of th crews of the
Askold and the torpedo boat destroyer
Grosovol, alsp held In retirement. One waa
to dlstVlbute them among the chief treaty
prt. which was first accepted and re
jected; the second ass to Intern them In
the Chinese forts at Klang Nlng,on th
Yangtsxe river, and the third was that
they should remain on board the disarmed
warships. The Japanese government has
accepted the third and final proposition.
It Is understood that the visit of 11
Tlang, who left Peking a short time ago
for a visit to th southern provinces, I
mainly concerned with an exhaustive In
quiry Into the proposed removal of a por
'nn of the Klngan arsenal and th erec
tion of the arsenal at Ping Hsiang, th
It of th Sheng Kung faoa colliery said
Iron rain.