Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 24, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer : WANT AD Will Do It. e Bernidji 3 0 9 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Daily Pioneer The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- Dager between Duluth and Crookston, St- Paul and the North Pole. VOLUME 2. NUMBER 108. ~ BEMIL . MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1004, TEN CENTS PER WEEK PORT ARTHUR IS WOBBLING Japanese Ships Silence the Batteries on Golden Hill at the Entrance to Port Arthur. Chefoo, 2}, Information of undoubted authenticity states that the Japanese ¢ s Nisshin and Kasuga this morning bombarded and silenced the Russiaa forts on the east Golden Hill at the entrance to Port Arthur. Chefoo, Aung 24—According to a.i vices brought here from Port Arthur by a junk the Japanese were hotly ing the Russian center along the ay and the Russian ht in the ty of Golden hill. hese advices are brought by Chinese who departed from Taipingtse, which is one mile from the city, near Golden hill, be- tween the city and the forts of the Russian right wing. The Chinese de- clare that the Japanese occupied Tai- pangise and penetiated aloug tne rail- way o General Stoessel's resudence on Tondon, Aug. 24—The REvening! News publishes a dispatch from Che- foo aunouncing that the Japanese cap- tured “Chair fort” of the Port Arthur defenses Monday, after a tremendous attack. Etseshan, or Chair fort, according to the maps of Port Arthur available, is almost in the center of the chain of forts of which it forms one, defending Port Arthur, from which it is only a mile and a half. It occupies a com manding position and is possibly only | Aus. 21 second in importance to the Golden| .\ this report would indicate that hill forts. Port Arthur had all but iailen the It was announced from Chefoo Mon-' Ja expert attached to the locul day that the Japancse had swept the consu received the information Russians from Pigeon bay and had With great reserve. The information cuptured the northernmost fort of the I8 accepted, however, as a confirma- western line of inner defenses, though bOn Of brevious reports that the Ru of Ltscshan fort, might also be classed L as the northernmost tort of the west- ern line of inner defenses at Port Av- thur, te e local Japanese, under the lead- ership of their consul, are subscribing money and preparing to celebrate ti: expected rall of the fortress. The Chinese who arrived during the day Turtuer report that a wussian .ar- ship was hit by a shell recently and ONE BOAT sunk in the harbor. A report was cabled several days ago that a guunboat of the Otvajano type had been sunk. This is probably the vessel referred to. HOPE NOT ABANDONED. . Russians Think Stocssel May Beat off | Th® Japanese Protected Cruiser Japanese. Tsushima Alone |[Knocked St. Petersburg, Aug. 24.—Despite the 5 popular feeling that Port Arthur is Out the Novik, doomed the success with which Lieu- tenant General Stoessel has been beat- ing off the Japanese assaults and the heavy loss suffered by the besiegers Jap Warship Pierced Pierced By ofer considerable encouragement to g : Severai Projectiles During the war office. The Engagement. Sk “There is a limit beyond which troops cannot go, no matter how gal- lant,” said an officer of the general staff. “A fifth of the army before Port Arthur is a small estimate of the en- emy’s losses up to date. If the storm- ing operation, which we understand is now. proceeding, fails to give them a foothold in the ring of inner defenses [ Tokio, Aug. 24.—The Japanese pro- the Japanese will be compelled by |tected cruiser Tsushima alone defeat- sheer exhaustion to stop and recu- | ed the Russian cruiser Novik. The perate, while awaiting additional re- | first engagement occurred Saturday, Inforcements, and L personally, to- | Aug. 20, and the Japanose protected gether with some of my colleagues, | oryiser 'Chitose finished the destruc- believe they will abandon the idea of | S & general assault and settle down to | 108 of the Russian ship on Sunday. regularsiege operations. Starving out | The details of the engagement the garrison is less brilliant, but it is | 'éached the navy department here dur- ctive a way of reducing a | ing the day. At dawn of Saturday the The Japanese purpose in | Chitose arived at a point twenty pushing matters has doubtless been to miles northwest of Rebunshiri island rel e a section of the southern army ' and proceeded to search the Soya (La m\d_eual)le it to co-operate with- the - Perouse) strait. The weather w: armies in Manchuria.” { heavy and the Novik was not discoy- | ered. At 8 o'clock Saturday morning DIER T i the Chitose and the 'Psushima met SoioLEn ‘NLUST DIE: i close to Rebunshiri island. The Tsu- Death Penalty Imposed on Private for Shima had previously been searching Desertion. [ to the westward. After the meeting Washington, Aug. 24—One of the Of the two Japanese cruisers the Chi- few sentences of death recommended | Lose took up a line extending irom to he imposed on an American soldier, | Soya point to Cape Shiretoko and the ‘}gmwing out of service in the Philip- { Tsushima was dispatched toward Kor- pines, is found in the proceedings of ; Sakovsk. . e the courtmartial trying Private Fred | The Tsushima found the Novik off { H. Scow, Company M, Twentieth Unit- Korsakovsk harbor at 4:30 o’clock in | @1 States infantry, for desertion. the afternoon.” She immediately sig- - St nalled her discovery to the Chitose by wireless telegraph and at once at- tacked the enemy. The Novik was hit_frequently by tRe fire from the =illl'lllfilllllllli O U 1 O | - Open Thursday Until 10 P. M. | O’'LEARY & BOWSER, o+ | Bemidji, Minnesota. The End of the CLEAN-UP % SEASON. Only a few days left in which to take advantage of our Low Prices in Summer Goods. Mill Pay Checks he morning of September Sale Closes Wednesday, August 31, at 7 0°clock P. M. i T Goods in all Departments. Ist we will open with Fall g Ladies’ Shirt Waist Suits Lawn Shirt Waist Suits for $1.98 r :Ie ly Tumblers Until August 31 your choice of $5.00| oy entire stock of Jelly Tumblers, To introduce our new line of Furs, we while they last 2¢ each; 8 for 5¢ Ladies’ Furs will offer this wesk one lot of As- trakan Jackets, worth $35; now $25 ‘Men’s Clothing Men’s Suits and Trousers, medium choice for 2-3 of marked price. white and gray; Blankets weight: all in our summer stuff; your| 1 case of 10-4 Cotton Blankets; colors| Chamber Sets price 65¢ per pair. We have put in stock this week some new numbers in Fine Decorated 1 Wash Goods Still a good assortment of Wash Goods worth up to 85¢ a yard; now 1-2 price. Ladies’ $3.50 pat- ent kid Oxfords, now $2.63 Ladies’ $3.00 Ties, now Ladies’ § now $1.80 ey Ladies’ $2.00 Ties, Ingrain Carpets, per yd 50¢ to 90¢ s $1.50 Velvet Carpets, N Velvet Rugs, from $3.50 to $32.50 lllllllllllllllllill—lll-ll!llllill : — Chamber Sets. Men’s Underwear All odds and ends in Men’s Summer Under- wear, the 50c kind for 39¢ each. Ladies Tailormade Suits We have but two Suits left, one a blue Venetian, size 36, price $20; and a fancy mixed, size 38, price $11.50; now, $10.00 and $5.75. < $1.00 to $1.25 Japanese cruiser and at 5:40 she Retreated to the Inner Anchorage at Korsakovsk. She was then envel- oped’in white smoke and evidently on fire. Tke Tsushima had received pro- jectiles through bunkers Numbers 6 and & She was leaking badly and listing and was forced to withdraw out of the range of the Novik’s guns for temporary repairs. These were effect- ed that evening. The Chitose joined the Tsushima after sundown of Saturday. The Tsu- shima was sent to guard the strait and the Chitose watched Korsakovsk har- bor. At dawn of Sunday the Chitose ad- vanced to the Korsakovsk anchorage and discovered that the Novik had been beached close to the town and that the crew of the Russian vessel appeared to be disembarking. The Chitose shelled the Novik from 6:25 until 7:14. The hull of the Novik was concealed behind clouds of black smoke and thus made sighting by the Japanese gunners most difficult. After shelling her the Chitose steamed to within 2,500 yards to ob- serve the Novik. She saw that the Russian cruiser had been partially sunk. She had a bad list to the star- board and her side lights and lower deck were under water Her hull was seriously damaged. The Chitose satisfied herself that the Novik had been destroyed and steamed away. The Tsushima has been repaired and is again in fighting trim. The Jap- anese sustained no casualties in this engagement. FINDING OF NAVAL COURT. Steamer Hipsang Sunk Without Just Cause or Reason. Shanghai, Aug. 24—The finding of the naval court of inquiry in the case Jof the British steamer Hipsang was delivered during the morning. The Hipsang was torpedoed and sunk July 16 while passing Pigeon bay. The findings of the court are as follows: “A Russian torpedo boat destroyer, now ‘identified as the Ratstoropuy, came up at daylight with the Hipsang, whose lights were burning brightly and who had the British flag flying. The destroyer fired shells, killing and maiming passengers. The Hipsang stopped directly, .but the Russian ves- sel fired a torpedo, sinking her. There was no contraband aboard her nor Japanesé. Her capfail was experi- enced and he acted perfectly correct. The court desires to draw the atten- tion of the board of trade and the foreign office that the steamer, while proceeding with due caution and on her correct course, was torpedoed and supk without any just cause or reason.” The loss of life was due to the shell fire, previous to the torpedo- ing of the vessel. These acts were done by the Russian destroyer No. 7.” HAS BIG CARGO FOR JAPAN. Manchuria Ready to Sail From San Francisco. San Francisco, Aug. 24—The sail- ing of the Pacific Mail company’s liner Manchuria for the Orient has been postponed until Thursday. The reason for the delay is the failure to get per- mission from Washington for the transfer to the Manchuria of the Chi- nese crew brought from the Orient on the Siberian, The Manchuriia will Honolulu. From here she will go di- rectly to Yokohama. Of her 12,000 tons of cargo more than half is for Japan and most of the Japanese freight consists of provisions, machinery and other articles which the Russians have | declared to be contraband of war. The Pacific Mail and Occidental and Oriental Steamship companies have issued notice that after the departure |of the liner Manchuria freight wiii be | veccived from all shippers for Japan and Korean ports. Steamer not call at Survivors Landed at Korsakovsk. Tokio, Aug. 24—The Japanese be- lieve that the crew of the Russian cruiser Novik were landed at Korsa- ykovsk, island of Sakhalin, when the warship had been beached after the encounter with the Japanese cruisers {Chitose and Tsushima on Aug. 20. |The number of the survivors is not {known, Formerly Resided in Wisconsin. New York, Aug. 24—Mrs. Caroline Boies Fly, a well known writer, is | dead at the home of her daughters on Riverside drive. She was seventy- nine years old and was the widow of Colonel George B. Ely, an attorney of Madison, who organized a com- pany and afterwards commanded a regiment in. the famous Iron brigade during the Civil war. 'WORK OF DYNAMITERS Scores of Lives Endangered By Attempt to Destroy a Big Reservoir. Had the Floodgates Given Away Town of St. Mary’s Would Be Inundated. St. Marys, O., Aug. 24—Shortly after midnight the gates at the head of St. Marys reservoir were blown up by dynamite. The report of the explo- sion was heard for miles. The build- ings here were shaken and some win- dows were broken. Intense excitement prevails, but every precaution has been taken to prevent a flood. There are many who consider the reservoir a menace to surrounding farms. The attempt was made at 1 o’clock and if it had blewn out the entire bulk- head and opened the floodgates hun- dreds of lives would have been lost, as the waters of Lake Mercer would have run out. This bulkhead is the one through which the Miami and Erie canal is fed. A large amount of dynamite was used. The bank was Dbroken so as to give way and the eiti- zens were aroused and the place was watched. Bloodhounds are with those in search of the dynamiters; but they have no clue on which to go. This reservoir is the largest artificial body of water in the world and this city is lower than the water, so that intense excitement exists here. Miss” Susan B. Anthony, accom- panied by the Rev. Anna H. Shaw and Miss Lucy Anthony, have returned from Europej Whe(re they.attended the Congress of Women held in Berlin. PROBLIGBIBIBVBBBSIV S BGIOERBBERE D “Itis what you Save, not what you Earn, that makes Wealth.” Open a Savings Bank Account! Get & Home Bank Free! No Charge for the Little Bank It is Toaned to you Free. The first dollar you deposit is held as a guarantee that you will return the little Bank. 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