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OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1904.
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SHARP FIGHT
ALONG FRONT
BouitDi An Entrencl ? Vie Ground Ba
centlj Occnpia vj"hem.
. i i
ARMIES IN TOUCH Wl 3CH OTHER
Czar's Mea An Eipectei
eiune tha
Offemire Within 1
BIG BATTLE IS iX?lC
-SHORTLY
Watther Cold and Neither Army Can
. Winter in Freient Location.
GENERAL KOUROPATKIN STANDS PAT
There 1 No Evidence that Ilia Forces
Will Itnih Worth as They Did
After the Dattla of Lisa
Yaagr.
MUKDEN, Oct. 23.-Bhrp fighting con
tlnuea alone tha front. Tha Russiana are
entrenching- ground recently occupied by
them.
While no pitched battle haa occurred
during- tha Inst feW daya. the two armies
are kept In touch with one another, hold
ing the positions they occupied when the
big battle ended. There la no evidence
that the Russian army will ruah north, as
waa the case after the battle of Llao Tang.
In fact, the Russians have another line
of defenses to fall back on In the event
that they are forced out of their preaent
positions.
During the last few daya there haa been
frequent artillery Are, occasional infantry
attacks and daily clashes between otitposti
and scouts.
Unless the Japanese take the Initiative
aoon the Russians, it Is expected, will
resume the offensive and endeavor to drive
the Japanese back, for the purpose of In
suring the safety of their winter quarters,
which undoubtedly wilt be north of Mukden
unless a southward advance Is successful.
Another big battle is expected shortly,
aa the weather la already turning cold. It
will be Impracticable for the two armies
to winter in their present positions midway
between Mukden and Llao Tang.
Many incidents are coming to light show
ing the bravery of the Russian soldiers
during their stubborn resistance to the
Japanese advance and In their attempts
to drive the Jupanese back. The men
fought night and day without rest and
afterwards worked for hours carrying the
wounded to the hospitals. When the Rus
sian troops recaptured Lono Tree hill they
retook several' guns and a quantity of am
munition which the Japanese had previ
ously captured. They also took several
Japanese guns In addition.
At the conclusion of the fight the hill
waa covered with the dead and wounded
of both armies. The Japanese prisoners
were .treated by the Russians with tht
' greatest' kindness. At 'one hospital visited
by the Associated Press correspondent
Japnnese privates were found in their of
ficers' ward, The army hospital corps and
the Red Cross societies did splendid work.
The wounded were dressed and forwarded
to the hospitals with the greatest expedi
tion. The Russian commissariat also was ad
mirably handled. Portable soup kitchens
were most useful, going under lire to feed
the men.
HARBIN, Oct. ' 23. More than 20,000
wounded soldiers have arrived here and
are being tended with the greatest care.
Every available hand haa been set to work
In the making of 40,000 shirts for the
wounded.
Jap Estimate of Hosslan Losses.
TOKIO, Oct. 23.-9 a. m.-Manchurlan
headquarters reporting by telegraph yester
day says that the number of Russian dead
found on the battlefield and interred up to
October 22 mukes a total of 10,560. On this
total the Russlau casualties are estimated
to exceed 60,000. The Japanese captured a
total of forty-five guns during the Shakhe
operations. The report of the Manchurian
headquarters follows:
, The enumerated spoils, etc., of the battle
of Shakhe:
Prisoners, about 500; enemy's dead left on
the Held, 10,560 ; 46 guns, 37 ammunition
wagons, ,9i0 shells. 6.474 rides. 7H.0OO small
arms ammunition, number of swords
shovels, uxes and tents. Beside the enu
merated property the uncounted property
extending over twenty-flve miles, will reach
en enormous quantity.
The enemy's dead are being Interred with
military honors.
According to the number of dead the
Sujln casualties are estimated at over
Firing; A Ions; the Front. ,
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2S.-Lleutenant
General Sakharoff, In a dispatch dated Oc
tober 22, says:
There Is no serloua fighting, but there has
been a desultory artillery duel throughout
the day, The Hiimlin butteries bombarded
the portion of the village of Ltnshinpu. oc
cupied by Japanese, aa well aa Shakhe sta
tion and the villNga of Laingtun, while the
enemy bombarded the portion of Llnshlnpu
In the occupation of the Russians and the
viuage or tsnanrte.
Plantlngr at Port Arthur.
CHE TOO. Oct. 23.-4:30 p. m. The Japa
nese on the afternoon of October la re
sumed their attack on the Russian outer
works at Rlhlung mountain. After four
hours' fighting they succeeded In capturing
a number of the Russian trenches and one
small hill. It la the belief at Dalny that a
general assault on Port Arthur will be
made soon.
Werklaa- Toward Japaaeae Left.
MUKDEN. Oct. 22, noon.-( Delayed In
Transnilaalon.) Rumors are afljat that
Unit one of the Russian western corps has
gone around the Japanese left and Is now
abreast of Lino Tang, but the statement
larks confirmation.
The Russiana bombarded the village of
Shakhe on October 20 and 21, but tired only
about sixty rounda After the evacuation
of Shakhe village by the Jupanese thev
were oompeled to abandon the station to
avoid a flank attack from the village.
t B. m. Neither combatant seems will
ing to give way. The time for resuming
the Russian advance haa not yet come
The armlea continue In close touch. Sim
ultaneously they held the village of
Shakhe until the Japanese hurriedly
evacuated this Important position the
night of October . end Russians and
Japanese remain in Joint potaaasibn of
Llnshlnpu. west of the railroad, the Jap
anese cbatlnate defending the fortitWl
temile there. The Russians have driven
a trench to the village wall. The' weather
Is growing colder and some niifhts there
are It degrees of froet. Oreat hardships
are suffered by the troops in the tranche,
and even In the huts, which afford vw-y
light shelter from the Inclement weather.
fouuauod oa Second FageJ
ATTENDANCE ATWORLD'S FAIR
Rearly Three Million Persons Bee the
Big Shaw ia October Total Over
Fifteen Millions.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 23. The total record of
admissions into the. Louisiana Purchase
exposition during the last week was IW7.
697. The total number of admissions dur
ing October was 2,75,734, and with a dupli
cation of the attendance of the last week
October's total attendance will exceed by
a small margin the banner month's at
tendance of September. The record for laat
week stands:
Monday, October 17 130.55
Tuesday 14IW3
Wednesday Iu6,14a
Thmsday lf,3o7
Friday i Ii9.lw
Saturday 14ti,al0
Total ,
Recapitulation:
April, one day ,
May, 24 days
June, 2i days
July, 27 days
AuKust. 27 days
September. 2ti days
October, 19 days
, 807,697
, 187,793
, l.Ool.ifttl
, 2.124.83.1
, 2.S43.&57
, 3.0S8.743
S.tV.1,873
2,785,734
V"
Total 15.183.9n
The first official and authentic figures
of the receipts and expenditures of the
World's fair for the first four months of
the fair period May, June. July and Au
gustwere received tonight from Washing
ton. The figures are those embodied in
reports from the officials of the exposition.
The summaries show that the total receipts
of the exposition for the first four months
amounted to 20,ftn6,030.S4, the disbursements
for the same period being $20,477,066.07, leav
ing a balance on hand September 1 of
2188,965.67. During that period the revenue
from admissions and sale of admission
tickets amounted to $2,674,006.11 and the
percentage Income from the concessions
amounted to $1,316,526.04. Receipts from the
Intramural railroad for the four months
amounted to $171,221.64.
When the fair opened on April 30 the
balance In the treasury amounted to $1,451,
276.67. Aa September had the largest month's
attendance since the opening and October
bids fair to exceed that of September, It
is estimated that later figures now being
compiled will reveal a very prosperous con
dition of the exposition.
CHILD IS FOUND MURDERED
;
Bad Bees Kidnaped Day Before, Sap.
poscdljr by Baad of
Gypsies.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 23,-Wlth the fore-
head crushed and the throat cut. the body
of 4-year-old Michael Mayerskl, who waa
kidnaped near hts home in Phoenlxville rapt, Innfrlclent or despotic uoes great in-twenty-eight
mile, from this city. Friday ! AaM3!kr&
evening by a band of men supposed to be i and service will compare favorably with
gypsies, was found today In an abandoned
farm house, a few miles from Valley
Forge. In connection with the murder six
men belonging to a party of gypsies were
arrested by Chief of Police Carter of
Phoenlxville and several constables, and
after an exciting time were lodged in Jail
at that nlnca riniv th ,,, ", ,,,,,
at mat place. Only the courage and quick
action of the police saved the prisoners
from being roughly handled by a large
crowd of excited rjeonle.
The child was picked up Friday evening i
by a party of men who were driving !
through the town In two covered wagons. j
A boy saw them take the child, but before i
he could attract anyone's attention to pur
sue the kidnapers they had disappeared.
All day yesterday and last night search
parties were out trying to trace the wag
ons, but without success. This morning
while three men were In the woods gather
ing chestnuts they accidentally came across
the body of the boy. Nearby lay a club
with hair and blood on It. The authorities
were quickly notified and the entire police
, ... "nu. ,n" en"r" P0"0" 1 destroyed probably 70 per cent of the ani
foree of Phoenlxville and vicinity started mala used in agriculture, causing reduced
out In search tot gypsy bands. During the area cultivated land snd considerable Uis
afternoon one Dartv came arrnsa a mm I tress, which can be relieved by lnaugurat
Biternoon one party came across a com- , public work through aid generously
pany of them and took them Into custody. I extended by congress. Have succeeded
They are Henry and Robert Wells, Michael j by Inoculation in checking rlnder pest.
aw, nn ri ,,,, s..i rii- j Those localities most seriously affected
. , " " v' ,m have drawn from those where disease did
George Wolverton. They denied any i not prevail, and this together with anl
knowledge of the crime. . mals Imported and natural Increase, has
The report that six gypsies had been ar- i
rested soon spread through Phoenlxville
and hundreds of men and women gathered
along the streetu. As the prisoners were
brought through the streets there were
cries of "Lynch them." "Burn them." Tha
officers quickly drew their revolvers and !
kepi ti,e angry crowd back. At the lockup i
in- wo iiuwu vva si iiicrcu ana xne om
cers had difficulty In getting their prisoners
through the threatening mob Into the
Jail. The prisoners were badly frightened.
POPES BLANKS THE FHI0E MASONS
III
Holiness Surprised at Sise of
Premier Combes' Majority,
ROME. Oct. 23.-Pope Plus X waa almost
the whole of last night waiting for tele- j iuh regime. Industrial taxes also less than
grams from Mgr. Montagninl, auditor of ' j"n"hof uf'So" 1honeUy J'P,ied tor the
the papal nunciature of Paris, about the Fourth-It la'noFtrue that there are whole
discussion In the French Chamber of Depu- districts in the hands of the ladrones.
ties. His holiness was not surprised at the '1'ner,e ha" been occasional Instances during
. . .... j . " , . the last year of depredations of ladrones,
statement and speech of Premier Combes, i who find concealment In remote mountain
which were much aa had been expected, I fastnesses and raid isolated settlements of
but he had not thought, from private In. ' nullve ,nd, ,e,al tnelr bo": The' ,hVB
-., . ... . . v . " i been relentlessly pursued by the constabu-
formation he had received, that the pre- ' iry and scouts, who are natives com
mler's majority In the chamber would be ! manded by American officers. As a result
so large aa it was. The Dooe and his n ot thlB P'lcv ladronism Is no longer pop
. " " " V ' in" popa na n,B en ular or profitable. There Is at this time
tourage attribute the new success of Pre- not a single band of ladrones operating
mler Combes to the Influence of the Free In the great Island of Luzon, and In
Masons, who. according to reports received ' Vlsayan islands there are only four or five
, ,,.,,. " r ' . "a ; ladrone leaders, with a few followers.
at the Vatican, are determined to bring who occasionally give evidence of life by
about the separation ot cl.urcb and state I stealing curabos or plundering remote set
In order to be freer to undertake a earn- 1 ,'men,tr JhSyp",;wmo"t Lf lhilr tlme..'n"
,ltk . . " . " oam" I deavoring to dodge the constabulary. There
palgn with the object of destroying all s no disorder or disposition to violence
religious feeling In France. When the news among the great mass of the people, who
was received the pontiff exclaimed, "God s
wia be done. "
DENMARK IS SEVERELY SHAKEN
Maeh Property Dimagrd by aa Earth,
anake Shook.
LONDON, Oct 23.-DUpatches received
here from various points report a rather
severe earthquake and. much damage to
property throughout Denmark about 11:30
o'clock this morning. Thus far, however,
no fatalities have been reported.
Bam Thrower le KJIled I
nrnr tv rw m i ... - i
n 71 TJ.Zl ,r.2rr. . . rronof rAs.t towns. VliMns men. women snd
Blalystok, government of Grodno. October ! ohlMr-r.. wh-" the HrMet re.ist.inr-.
19, says: This evening a man about JO mpfostd. Thev hv hn riven a svere
years old and attired as a workman an-1 ,""n bv ,H" oonstshulRrv snd .ro.it. ht
...-a .K- ..Hl. , .... . " "' - ar. -Mil n r-..-W of r..l b-nrts of
tered the office of the prefect of Dolico
and threw a bomb. The terrific explosion
which followed killed the mlacreunt and
Injured some policemen and civilians.
OPEN SUNDAY AFTERNOONS
Lewis aad Clark Exposition Takes
Middle Groand en Much Die.
eaaaed (taestloa.
PORTLAND. Ore., Oct 23. The Lewis i th?"r" n r expression of the popular
snd Clark expoaltlon .round, will be kept Y.gh't trfieex.'fpf.
open Sunday afternoons, but the buildings, ; through press or otnerwtse. la recognised
with one exception, are to remain closed. ,.er, ",,ln ,h United States, and prac
The fair will be kept open, however, under ; iJ.heVn'r r"e-npon:ir,,,,ymforUiTlo'u.
such restrictions aa seem entirely In keep- ; and seditious utterxnrrs: the In w relative
lug with the charaoter of the day. The !
gates will not be opened until noon and all
buildings except the Flue Arts and others
of Its cusa will remain clonal. Religious
aervlcea will be conducted in tile after
noons In the Auditorium.
WRIGHT REPLIES TO PARKER
0 reraor of Philippine! Says tha Judge U
Growl Deceived,
GLOOMY PICTURE OF CONDITIONS FALSE
People Generally 1'roaperons, Taxa
tion la Not High aad Press la
as Free as la failed
States.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. The following
cablegram from Secretary Taft to Gover
nor Wright of the Philippine Islands anl
from the governor to the secretary In reply
thereto were made public at the War de
partment today:
October 20, 19U. To Mr. Wright. Manila.:
The democratic candidate for president, on
the fifteenth of the present month. In a
public address, said:
"But two classes of our people can hope
to be benefited by our holding the Philip
pines, the class which Is always hunting
tor special government privileges and the
class which seeks to make of oince-holdlng
a means of livelihood. The latter class in
the Philippines comprises some officials of
whom students of conditions there recently
said: 'Of the character of many In ottlco
too little cannot be said. At the best they
have been inefficient, at the worst dis
honest, corrupt and despotic. The Islands
seem to have succeeded in getting me
very dregs of our people.' "
He also said: "The situation In the Phil
ippines today Is so terrible that it passes
tne comprehension of our people at home.
Agriculturally the country ia for the time
ruined. Land is going out of cultivation,
the population Is Ill-fed and In some places
unable to get work. The country is over
burdened with taxation: disease Is preva
lent, the farm animals dead, the towns
In many places In ruins, whole districts
are in the hands of ladrones, tne price of
products poor and unremunerative. Publio
opinion has no free expression, newspapers
are bought up or are browbeaten Into si
lence; men of Influence who criticize the
commission are ostracized; the plays pro
duced in the theater are censored; there
is not an organ of expression of the popu
lar voice that Is not controlled. In private
life men are subject to a complete, far-
reaching, thorough eyBtem or espionage.
Detectives appear in the guise of servants
and the oath of a single one is enough
to destroy a man's reputation, property,
ir ltfo Itself."
Tour comment as civil governor upon this
statement of conditions in tne isiunns is
requested. 1
The reply of Governor Wright was re
celved here from Manila at 1 p. m. today
(October 23), and was as follows:
Governor Wright's Reply.
MANILA. Secretary of War, Washing
ton. With reference to your telegram of
20th quoting recent utttrances of Judge
Parker upon administration and conditions
here and requesting statement of tacts
relating thereto, I report as follows:
i ab:e number of officials have proven cor
'lrst Tne statement mat any cuiibiuci-
those or employes oi ine ieaerai ur smio
governments. Whilst there have Deen a
number of defaults by subordinates, they
nrj, fnw na onmnured with the Whole, and
have been promptly detected and punished.
Total defaults since July, 1901, beginning
civil government, $78,659. No u.tl nate loss.
! Government protected by Insurance. Wo
i have comprehensive civil service law,
rigidly enforced, under which antecedents
aj 'qualifications employes scrutinized,
I Defaulters, with few exceptions, appointed
' during disturbed conditions, prior to the
(Inauguration of the law. Complaints of
oppressive acta exceptional and promptly
invretlirnteri and corrected. Relations be
tween the American officials and Filipinos
M8e0Voth1nag warranting the state
- mentthat towns are In ruins, land, are
going out of cultivation, people lllfed, un
ahln to net work and country ruined agrl
culturally. Towns In same state as before
the Insurrection, save few burned by In
surgents, which have been rebuilt and re
occupied, towns generally populated us be
fore. Sanitary conditions greatly Im
proved, demand for labor generally equals
and In some cases exceeds the supply and
at Increased wages.
Peat Destroys Farm Animals.
In 19ol-2 epidemics surna, Rlnder pest
?au8d. ed,y,""r,eKlf;,,!? lJr, T "
tofore cultivated.
During the fiscal year ending June SO,
19i4, exports were $30,226,127; imports, $33,
221,250. Exports fell oft as compared with
previous year because of decrease In copra
and sugar crop due to phenomenally small
rainfall In certain sections and the plague
. of exportatlons $21,794,900 as hemp: of
Imnni-tatlons S11.648.S14 was rice, the princt
fin! food of the people. Present crop In all
Ines exceptionally good ' and prices re
munerative, and there Is not now, and will
not be for the coming year, any suffering
from lack of food. Enrollment In the
public schools In 1903 was 194,1202 and In 1304
Internal and Customs Taxes.
Third Taxation is not oppressive. Cus
toms duties average about 18 per cent, as
ed with 26 uer cent under the SDan
are attenaing ia ineir ubuh vocuiinns,
Americans can snd do go everywhere with
out danger or thoutcht of It. In- WiS there
were about 18.000 American troops In the
islands. This year thpre are only about 12
000. It msy be stated generally that life
and property are hs safe hers s In the
United States. These general statements
as to pexce and order a-e Intended to apply
to nil rf the Islands lnhatitatd bv clvl
llred Filipinos, excent the Islnnd of Snmar.
It ha a population In the mnuntslrs of the
lntrlor. many tf whom have never seen a
white man. are se.ml-savage and hnve a
weaknes for raiding tn-"ns along the
roast. Thev are also religious rnitlrs.
genersllv directed bv a pops clnlmlng to he
Invulnerable. Seven montha slnv there
was nn Irruntion of the neonls. who
piunferea snn nuwi a piimner or lurrtm
h... r.orl rirwllns nw th. rountrv
BiMir hf.wtrl wn sr. fitind setrd
ffcrtnh th mountain of th. srrhirinlio
pr vntV tfclr oA"tr rtv
rnsrfs -nrt sho-li S' e'"h'isried nees-nns
'"""'-"' of the character Indicated may
b ed.
Press as Free as la America.
Fifth Statements that newspapers are
bought up or browbeaten Into silence, that
men of influence, who criticise the com
mlsvion are ostracised, that all organs of
puimio expresion are controlled and that
ueing arawn from federal and
.late statutes of the unlun No newspaper
has anyone been tiMraplxed for crtllrlslng
the roinrnHMlon. The le.ttee have fre
quently been the subject both of criticism
(Continued on Second Page.)
MORLEY PRAISES ROOSEVELT
Says President Conablnea Practical
Politics with f tateantaa.
NEW TORK. Oct. fa. Rt. Hon. John
Morley, the English statesman and author,
trrivrd tonight on the steamer Celtic. Dur
ing his stay in this city Mr. Morley will be
Andrew Carnegie's guest.
When Mr. Carnegie, who also arrived on
the Celtic, was Informed that money is
needed to maintain the Peace palace at The
H?guo he an Id: "I have nothing to do with
that. There Is a convention between the
powers to maintain It and they aould not
find any trouble In raising $100,000."
On the ques'.lon of calling a peace con
ference he said:
"Let us not call a petce conference now
when two nations are struggling In awful
battle. Such an action Of President Roose
velt would be a great error and would not
be looked upon with favor In Europe."
Turning to Mr. Morley he asked: "Don't
you agree with me, Mr. Morley, that Mr.
Roosevelt has taken a Strong hold on the
Imagination of the English people?"
"Xes. Mr. Carnegie," was the reply. "I
agree with you."
Mr. Morley will make his first and only
address while in the country In Pittsburg
on November I before the Iron and Steel
Institute.
"I visited this Interesting country thirty
five years ago. I have made my life since
then and I expect to find a completely new
country. j
"I know that every aiinute that I am
here will be Interesting. I want to see
your tall buildings and lour elevated rail
ways. England Is, of course. Interested In
your political situation, and naturally I, as
every liberal, have a great admiration for
American Institutions. I have been corre
sponding with President Roosevelt and I
have a very great regard for him. Presi
dent Roosevelt Is one of your men of let
ten, but also combines practical politics
and statesmanship." ;
On the question of expansion he said
that he was very much Averse to lecturing
any nation. He added: "It is much easier
to get lnt6 external expansion than to get
out of It. All over England and the prov
inces there Is a growing good feeling to
ward America. Every Briton admires
America and Its Institutions."
Mr. Morley will remiln In America until
at least the last of November. He leaves
the city tomorrow for Canada.
DEMOCRATS JUKE PREDICTIONS
Committee Claims New York, Indiana
New Jer&ey and Other States.
NEW YOKK, Oct. ,2i.A stulement was
given out today by the democratic national
committee after a consultation between
Thomas Taggurt, chairman; William F.
Sheehan, chuirman of the executive com
mittee, and Delancey Nlcholl, vice chair
man for the east. It says:
We have made no formal statement con
cerning the puiitical situution before this
time because the materials on which alf.no
a correct judgment could be formed were
not at hand.
Our eiiuns during the lust three months
have been devoted to thai tusk or m-v,, nix
ing and harmonizing the pwrty In the state
iiimeiiu L-onsiuei'cu aououui Dy reason of
former dissensions. That vnrli la. nn
finished and it is possible for the first time
to reach a conclusion buned upon a syste
matic canvass, which cad never be satis
factorily made until tle M-ranlzutln i
completed' and-'the oamuslrti haa well nm.
gressed. In every state and ia all sections
democrats have buried their differences and
mo warning uurinoniousiy ana enthusi
astically for tho ticket. Our canvass shows
that scarcely anywhere is there a trace of
the dissensions which for the last eight
years has unhappily divided the party. In
the states of New York. New Jersey, Con
necticut, Indiana, Maryland, Delaware and
West Virginia and in many of the western
stntes our organization Is nnw mmnkm
and more effective than ever before in tho
history of the party. Candidates for gov
ernor who stand for the very highest type
of cltisenship and represent popular demo
cratic issues in all the doubtful states are
greatly aiding the national ticket by their
energetic campaigns.
Our canvass shows that we shall cer
tainly carry by good majorities the states
of New York Nnw ' Ter.ev nnnn.ntln..i
Mnryland, Delnware. West Virginia nn(i
Indinna, and that In addition to these elec
toral votes we shall have the majority if
not all of the electoral votes of the Rocky
mountain states It Is Imnosslble at this
juncture to predict the outcome In Wis
consin. Illinois must bl classed In the doubtful
col iimn, for although at this moment our
canvass there is imperfect, it la sufficiently
advanced to Indieato an unmiatukabie re
publican defection.
DEBS SPEAKS AT NEW YORK
Maaa Meeting" ait Academy of. Music
Ratifies His Nomination.
NEW TORK. Oct. 23. Eugene V. Debs,
the presidential candidate of the socialist
party, addressed a meeting which was
held here today in the Academy of Music
to ratify his nomination. The hall waa
crowded and Mr. Debs was given an en- !
thuslastlc reception. He said that the j
economic freedom of the laboring class
hinges upon the showing which the social
ists may make In the coming election, and
declared that the enmity, between the
leisure class and the laboring class Is In
creasing. He continued:
The an-callid middle class will cease to
exist aa soon as the laboring class finds
out that it has had enough of capitalism.
You neea a rew more miiiionmres and
tramps, the one enslaved by superabund-
a nee
cfur.eddwu'h
rithm1 runted with abundance nf rtlirAtt,m i
but :ack or food. The capitalist is bound .
to attack the so-called middle class, and
v hen he gets through with you, gentlemen
of tha m
i ddle .classes, you wlH be re?dy
lor us. You will then find that tha time
has come to shake off the two platforms
of the same party, which are in the field
for e'ectlon. The nominee of one of these
platforms was the choice of J. P. Morgan,
the nominee of the other the choice of
John D. Rockefeller. You have no candi
date, you middle class. You will be ex
pronrlatrd bv these capitalists, then vou !
win corns 10 ua. we wut, in turn expro
priate the expropriator.
SENATOR FAIRBANKS IN OHIO
Candidate Will MaVe Fourteen Ad
dresses Today. ,
COLUMBUS. O.. Oct. 23.-Senator Fair
banks will cross the eastern half of Ohio
tomorrow from Bridgeport to Columbus on
a special train, making fourteen stops and
as many speechea Governor Herrlck will'
accompany him.
Senator Fairbanks will reach Columbus
at S p. m., where he will address a meet
ing In the Columbus Auditorium In tha
evening. Prior to the meeting he will be I
entertained at dinner at the Southern hotel
by former Adjutant General Henry A.
Axllne, who waa a classmate of the vice
presidential candidate at Ohio Wesleyan
university. From here Senator Fairbanks
will go direct to Michigan.
Movements of Oeean Vessels Oct. 2.1.
At New York Arrived: Celtic, from
Liverpool; Blavonta, from Trieste; Bt. Paul,
fru-n Houthamplon; Umbrla, from Liver
pool. At Liverpool Arrived: Cedrie, fron New
York; Ktrurlu, from New York: Parisian,
from Montreal.
At Southampton Arrived: Germanic
from New York; Columbian, from New
York.
At Rotterdam Bulled: Amsterdam, for
New York.
At Cherbourg Sailed: Fried rich der
Grosse, for New York.
At Palermo Sailed. Pannonla. for New
Vork.
At Queenstown Balled: Campania, for
New Yuik.
At Dover Sailed; Voltke, for Hamburg.
ENGLAND DOUBTS AT FIRST
Firing on Fishermen, Seems Incredible, bat
Troth Fiaaliy Realised.
MUST BE SPEEDY REPARATION OR WAR
British Press and Pnblle Mea Speak
Calmly Bat la No I'ncertaln
x Ten Concerning- tne
Incident.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
LONDON. Oct, 24.-(NeW Tork Herald
Cablegram-Special Telegram to The Bee.)
-The Baltic fleet agency dispatches dis
played at the clubs and hotels yesterday
evening repeated that the Russian Baltic
fleet had been sighted off Dover, but no
indication waa given of the events which (
had marked Its passage through the North
sea. and with which all England will be
ringing this morning.
During the night of Friday to Saturday
the Baltic fleet came In contact with the
British Ashing fleet from Hull and opened
fire upon it, sinking several trawlers, kill
ing two fishermen and wounding about a
score of others.
It Is stated that the Russian warships
fired live shells without giving any warning
or even using preliminary blank shot, and
It Is suggested that the unfortunate Inci
dent Is the outcome of a dread that has
haunted the Russian naval authorities
that European waters r Studded with
disguised Japanese torpedo boats and mine
laying vessels bent upon destroying the
Baltic fleet before It could reach the open
sea. The Dally Telegraph suggests that.
Judging by Information supplied by per
sons who were actually present when the
catastrophe occurred at midnight. Is the
usual hour which the commodore or mo
fishing fleet signals to the boats under his
command the direction they should take
on the morning. So far as has been as
certained no on witnessed any such sig
nal. Guessing at Motive.
It may however have been made and the
commander of the Russian fleet may have
given away to panic and have imagined
that these rockets, supposing them to
have been fired, were signals from some
Japanese flotilla bent upon destroying the
squadron. Thta hypothesis, unsubstantial
as It is. can alone explan this wanton at
tack upon unarmed boats engaged In a
most innooent pursuit.
When the warships opened Are It was
at first supposed by the men in the
trawlers that they were discharging blank
ammunition, and a man held up the fish
which he waa handling in the glare of the
searchlights to show what he was doing.
Then the whistle of shots was heard, and
the trawlers began hurriedly to cut away
their nets and withdraw, then it was seen
that the British trawler Crane was sink
i-'' - . -aa- -1 4 ,
ing. Another vessel went w i .u
to
rescue the crew. -
A horrible sight met their eyes. On the
deck lay' the headless corpse of the cap
tain, while the first mate was deed, with
half of his head blown away. The boat
swain had his hand shot oft and five other
men were seriously wounded.
The Russian Are was maintained for
from twenty minutes to half an hour,
which waa apparently delivered from
quick-firing guns.
Rescue of the Wounded.
When the warships sailed away to tho
southward rockets were sent up from one
of the trawlers. TheMoulmeln steamed in mors circulated here and probably tele
the direction of the spot Indicated and on graphed to St. Petersburg that the Japa-
gettlng near cries were heard , and It was
found that the trawler Crane had been so
badly damaged that It was sinking. An
other trawler of the Gamecock fleet had ar
rived and was taking off some Injured
members of the Crane's crew. They In
eluded the engineer. -who had a wound In j
. , . . , .
the chest, supposed to be from a splinter,
and another man, who had his hand shot
off.
These men and others were placed on
board the Great Northern mission vessel,
where their Injuries ' were attended to,
those of the engineer being- stated to be
serious.
These cases, however, were not the worst,
for on the deck of the Crane lay Its skip
per, George Smith, and the second hand.
both of whom ' had had their heads shot ,
away. Their mutilated corpses were placed
on board the Moulmein and taken to Hull,
and some men with minor Injuries were
put on board of the trawler Gull, which
ot arrived at Hull up to a lata hour
last evening.
News of the outrage rapidly spread In
Mn -, tv,.nrt of nnu aaaemhlod
:-: ""Za -. Tl. xt . "
in the neighborhood of the docks. No In
formation could be obtained regarding the
names or right of the warships which fired
on the trawlers.
Another telegram from Hull says tha
fishermen can assign no reason for the at-
tack by the warshipa The only suggestion ,
Is that the trawlers appearing auddenly to
entarv nanle I
. L. l. P ' I
the Russiana caused a mom
on board. The Russian warships were
r."?,.I ZL. '
i..mln In Una anrl -tha lenrllnflr shins
pVssed without ncldnt though most of the ,
, a .h- ,,, ,,, ,l
fchltifr rrsft for a nerlod ions' enoua-h to !
show the Russians the Identity of ' the
strangers. After the grester part of the
squadron had steamed by the vessels
opened fire. Nearly all of them took part
In the firing.
Ofltelala Caanot Re Located.
Foreign Minister Lansdowne and M.
Benrkendorff, the Russian ambassador,
both were out of town yesterday and all j
the government emcee in London were
closed as usual on Sunday: therefore no ,
official view could be gleaned of the firing ,
by Russian war vessel, upon a Brltl.5 .
fishing fleet In tha North sea. The flr.t
report, of the affair received In London
I ... a-a .. . ili. ,tl.
Terw rcfaiusu sn tuiuiq, w lieu, j
however, cumulative evidence no longer ;
left doubt of tha general accuracy of the J
reports, astonishment Decame bewilderment
as to what possible motive could have led
Russian officers into such sn extraordinary
and Inexpliclble course of action, which,
unless a satisfactory explanation Is Im
mediately forthcoming, could only be re
garded as an act of war. This Is ths view
taken editorially by all the morning pa
pers. The worst feature of the story, as
viewed here, Is the heartlesaness displayed
by the Russian fleet In . steaming away
without taking the trouble to ascertain
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SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS'
No Important Chsnae Noted In Posl
tlea of the Hostile
Armlea.
so far as the die-patches from the Far
East show, there has been no change In
the relative positions of the hostile armies
! confronting each other on the lines of the
Shakhe river.
There Is an unconfirmed report that a
Russian force of 20,000 men has been con
centrated at Kauta Pass, twenty miles
northeast of Llao Yang, which may be In
i dicatlve of the direction In which General
Kouropatkln la likely to strike the next
blow. ;
ITpward of 10.000 of the Russian soldiers
wounded In the battle of the Shakhe have
reached Harbin. Cold weather Is causing
suffering to the armies In the field, al
though It has wrought an Improvement In
the conditions for the movement of troops.
A report has reached St. Petersburg, but
lacks confirmation, that the Port Arthur
fleet has left Its anchorage In the harbor
and has taken up a position In the road
stead. CARE OF WOUNDFD A PROBLEM
Hospitals Are Filled to Overflowing;
and More Provision Mast
Be Made.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1004.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 23.-(New York
Herald Cablegram Special Telegram to The
Bee.) During the ten days previous to the
recent continued fighting extraordinary
measures were taken to get rid of the
wounded at the hospitals in Harbin, 26,00()
of the unfortunates being sent north during
that period. The famous nine days' en
gagement has brought some SO.OOO more,
filling the hospitals to overflowing. General
Kouropatkln, who, like all good generals,
look' after every detail, Is little likely to
make a move forward and engage in an
other battle until the congestion at the
Harbin hospitals is relieved.
The colossal number of 111 and wounded
Is developing one of the most serious prob
lems of the campaign.
JAPANESE SHIFTING THEIR ARMY
Reports Indicate Important
Move la
Progressing-.
MUKDEN. Oct. 23.-During the bombard
ment of Shakhe station, shells destroyed
the water tower which the Japanese were
using as an observatory. ;
The Japanese advance guard, after evacuating-
Shakhe, has gone south. About two
miles below Shakhe the Russians discov
ered extsnsivA entr.nehn-i.nts TIia Ttti
slan siege guns are beginning to come into
action. Ther. w. eonirlerhi nrtnwv
lirlng October 19 to October 22.
The JaDanese have evacuated
Shakhe
but it would be premature to regard this were flnhed uPn thom' Jn the Iar ef
as the beginning of a general retreat. It ; whlch the crew obse-ved what they took
appears rather to be a strategic move, so ! to be torpedo boats approaching, appar
as to reinforce and realign their greatly , "nt,y wltn the Intention of boarding the
broken front. Moulme. They steamed away, however,
Scouts confirm the news brought Into I and BOOn the Ashermen were horrified to
the Russian lines by Chinese of a Japanese I flni1 tnev wpre being fired upon. First one
movement to the eastward, Indicating that ' RnA tnen another trawler was struck by
they have some fresh developments matur- i Ay'ng shot. What seemed to be a round
Ins there. They expect soon to hear ru-
nese have abandoned Yental and retired
i Llao Yang. On the contrary they ap-
l purenujr are preparing lor a BlUDDorn re-
sistence.
The Japanese on October IB undertook a
reconnaissance south of Llhshlnpu, but the
Russians drove back their advance guard
" b-ttanr with a loa. of
'our killed and eight wounded. The Japa-
nese occupied the village of Shakhe tha
night of October 20 and drove out Russian
volunteers by an attack In the darkness.
The Rlntan regiment then came up and
drove out the Japanese In turn. The night
of October 20 the Thirty-firth Western SI-
berian rifle regiment, taking advantage of) Crowds have gathered around the dock
the fog, advanced, and Lieutenant Zavaya- ' here, but no further Information la avail
Ion" with a small detachment crept up to ' able
the Japanese lines and carried off a
and caisson.
gun
LOTTERY TICKETS ARE SEIZED
District Attoraey Jrrome'a Aaeats
Arrsat fovea Wholesale Veaders
for Forelan Concerns.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23. In a series of raids
representatives of District Attorney
Jerome'a office today aeixed 12,000 worth of
lottery tickets here and arrested six men
und one woman, all residents of the lower
The prisoners are charged with selling :
lottery tickets at wholesale .1 a ticket ped-'
dlera. Most of them ostensibly sold "steam- '
ship tickets." though one advertised his
P' ot business as a real estate office and
-nolhor was h. oronrletor of a drv annda
.tore. All of tha Places, it Is alleaed. sold
aiure.
"Ind. f "ckets. representing foreign ,
lotteries. The tickets of two German lot- i
tenes wnicn are lesanzea ny ins uermsn p
sovernment are aald to be brought Into the
country by stewards of steamships and
smuggieo. io in. agenis. who, in turn, ae
liver them to tha smaller agents.
The attention of the district attorney waa '
called to the traffic In lottery tickets here
by the receipt of a number of complaints
regaruins tne mainuaa uieo oy some oi ins
" an,r way ior me
" "' l"""" . . " 1 . I
n""y inrougn me oeaiers wno
"Id hem. These men, according to As-
D"""ct Attorney Krelsel. have In
m"ny C"' Uke" ,h" W,nn,n ,,cket' "nt
' "P- and kept
the winnings, with the result th.t th.
money naa Deen inrougn me Dealers who
-
tlcket holder has reported the matter to the
d,",rlct attorney. As there Is no law to
reacn sucn a case mere nas been no
dress and the custom has continued.
re-
The prisoners will be prosecuted under
the section of the penal code which makes
the selling of lottery tickets a misde
meanor. Fatal Fight at Hsee,Trark.
KANSAS CITY. Oct. 23. Henry O'Con
riell, a trainer for M. Honatherg at the
-;lm Rldgs race track, died toduy from the
t-ffecls of k ii I fa wounds received while en-
faged in a right at the race track. Charles
.sn ye. a horsa exerciser with whom G'Con
ne.ll had frequently quarralled, has been
arrcslud and will be held for Investigation
FIRE upon
BRITISHERS
m Enesian Pacific Sqnadroa Sinks Two Fish
,"' log Boats in the North Sea.
ni
Z j TWO MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL W0UNDEB
Bereral Oth.r Trawlers in the Hnll riaet
Sustain Serious Damage.
MOST INTENSE EXCITEMENT PREVAILS
Owners of Vessels Notify British Toreigfl
, , ,.
i umoe ana Aunuranj.
NO MOTIVE ASSIGNED FOR OUTRAGE
j warships Flashed Their Searchlights
on Fishermen aad Then Regaa
Bombardment Which Lasted,
i
Twenty Mlnates.
HULL, England, Oct. 23. A. M. Jackson
& Co., solicitors for the owners of fifty
Hull fishing boats, have notified the For
eign office and Admiralty of an attack on
the Hull fishing fleet by the Russian Pa-
cific squadron, commonly designated as tha
Baltic fleet. Tho official Information Is thai
shortly after midnight Friday the Russian
squadron fell In with the Hull fishing fleet
In the North sea. The first portion of tha
Ashing fleet passed safely. Then the Rus
sian ships turned their searchlights on the
British vessels for some time and a little
later opened Are. The steam trawler Crane
was sunk and the decapitated bodies of Its
skipper and mate have been brought to
Hull. The boatswain and other members
of the crew, who are understood to be
seriously wounded, aro on board the mission
ship. The only slightly Injured member of
the crew has arrived at Hull.
Steam Trawlers Damaged.
The steam trawlers Moulma and Melno
have arrived' at Hull seriously damaged by
shots, the latter having sixteen holes In Its
hull. It Is feared that other damsge waa
done to trawlers and that at least one
more was lost with all hands.
According to other reports the affair oc
curred 200 miles of Spurn Head. The Rus
sian ships were steaming In line. The lead
ing ships passed without Incident, though
most of the vessels turned searchlights on
the trawlers long enough to prevent any'
mistake as to Identity. After the bulk of
the squadron had passed It opened fire,
nearly all participating in the firing. Tho
Crane was struck below the water line and
raked above deck. Skipper Smith and
Third Hand Leggott had their heads car
ried clean away by a shot many of the
crew being seriously wounded. Another
trawler also, was sunk, but the Moulma,
which brought the news to Hull, has no
particulars as to Its fate.
Indla-aatloa at Hall.
The news has created an Intense sensa
tion and Indignation In Hull. The Moulma
arrived with . Its-flag at half-mast. Tha
skipper stntes that the trawlers were Ash
ing annul zm mnes cast ny norm oi spurn
Head at 1 o'clock Saturday morning, the
1 W h"v. wh,en the outlines of
I several vessels, apparently warships Billing
In a line, were dimly seen. Whilst the crew
I LI .1.- LI L..-L.-
I wu.iiiuua viio ntiiDius Bcar;illisni.s
shot went through the Moulme. The
Cominlo, lying nearby, also was struck with
mnnv shots, hut fortunately tha Anmam
.
was above its water line and none of Its
crew was struck. The bombardment lasted
about twenty minutes. When It had ceased
the fleet sailed south and some of the
trawlers sent up rockets. The Moulme
steered In the direction of the rockets.
Soon pries were heard and the Crana waa
found sinking, with another trawler taking
off some of its crew. Those seriously In
jured were removed to a mission ship and
the bodies of Smith and Leggott were
placed aboard the Moulme. The other mea
with minor injuries were put aboard tha
trawler Sea Gull, which at a late hour had
! not arrived at Hull
Representative of the fishing fleet started
late tonight for London to consult with
the authorities there.
No motive can be assigned for tha ex
traordinary procedure of tha Russian war
ships. Soa of Captain la Port.
The only survivor of the Crane who has
yet sauched here is 'J. A. Smith, soa of
the deceased skipper, and who, with tho
captains of the Moulme and Melno, la going
to London to consult with the authorities;
Young Smith was asleep In his bunk when
the firing aroused him. Just as he was
getting up a shot struck the starboard side
I . . j ... ...
"7 """ '"". smasning
a ,amp "" Which ha was standing. Ha
ru,,hed dek- where tne earchllghts
revettleJ horrible sight of his father
nd LeBott headless, and the deck
",rew, 'he Injured. It Was Soon found
tht the vessel was sinking and signals for
aTthT i" "h . k
oncur In the details of the firing that have
"
Whole Thing a Mystery.
LONDON, Oct. 23.-The steam cutter
Magpie, belonging to the Gamecock trawler
fleet, which was fired on by the Russian
Baltic fleet, arrived In the Thames tonight.
Captain Peuker of the M igple confirmed tha
aetttjig 0f
the story received from HulL
He says:
"Friday night there were about forty
vesHela of the Gamecock fleet fl.hln, in
..,.,,. - - , - . , , " . " I
..,.. K deK'reel ,s minil., i.,.
, minutes It was m and
'Xg JnUal L "l!
sTanaJled by rocked
or nt w ,
n""lng direction for the night. Whether
that had anything to du with what followed
I do not know. The whole thing Is a
mystery.
"Presently through the mist there ap
peared the lights of many vessels, big and
small. Knowing that the Baltic fleet waa
enroute, we naturally assumed that they
were Russians, but I cannot say for cer
tain. They were signalling one unother
and with powerful searchlights spied out
every one of our fleet. Suddenly some of
the warships started firing at about twenty
boats which were nearest to them. We
at first supposed they were blank shots,
and the boatswain of the Tomtit, which
was close In, held two big fish put at arm'g
