Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 29, 1904, Page 1

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I guarantee my work mothproof and the most lifelike of any in the state MY WORK IS EQUALLED I PEW, A Deposit TRAL)E Required on All Work OLICITED YOUR EXCHLLED BY NOMNE| BATTLE IS o’clock this morning, the point of pr front. At 8 o’clock the Japanese infan have abandoned Anping, Tsegow, Liau concentrated at Liaoyang. 2,000 men and 10 gun: RESUMED Japanese Again Attack Russian Scuth Front.---Russians Abandon Cities. Lioayang, Aug. 29.—The Japanese artillery resumed the battle at six sure again heing the Russian south ntry- began to attack diansian and Anshanshan and have The Russian losses at Tsegow and Anping were Paris, Aug. 20.—A dispatch to the Temps from Liaoyang, dated Satur- day, says the engagements continued throughout the day east and south of | the town. The Japanese directed a strong cannonade against the Russian positions, the firing lasting from day- light until 1 p. m. Hospital trains are being sent tu\vaul (ll(, front. {LOSS OVER GKE THOUSAND | RUSSIAN CASUALTIES IN FRI: DAY’S ENGAGEMENT IN VI- CINITY OF LIAOYANG. 20.—Russiau ‘ placed at over a thou: jsand in the report of General Kuro- ‘p\m\m relative to the fighting around | Liaoyang Friday. The Japanese also "sustained serious loss, while twenty- ! four of their guns are reported to have been put out of action. St. Petersburg, Aug. ! casualties .ave General hmupal kin reports that tie fighting of Aug. as in all parts oL the theater of operations, the he 5 being east and southeast of Liaoyang, in tie vicinity of the Lan river aiul at Liandiansian. The hottest fighting occurred iu the valiey of the Lan, a small tributary of the Taitse; around I'segow, a place be- tween Anping and Liandiansiai. Gen- eral Kwnvoki's first aim apparendy was to separate the two principal Kus positions. The Russiaus in the v of the Lan lost 1,450 men. General Kutoki's aimy advanced in three strong columns; one northward along the valley of the Sindatia, a tributary of the Taitse, as tar as i.1a0- dintan, whence a portion of this iorce warched westw: to Miao pass, threatening Anshanshan, the othei portion pushing up the stream to Tun- sunpu, four miles southwest of Lian- icy | diansiun, where it was Stopped by Kuropatkin’s Cossacks. The second column marched along the high road and occupied Eraahe, whence the Japanese batteries shelled Liandiansian, a couple of miles north- west, until the fire ot the Russian guns silenced them. Several Japanese bat- teries were completely dismantled ana were abandoned by their gunners, llllllllilllllllilmlllllllflllilllll Bemidji, - O’LEARY & BOWSER, - Minnesota. .RELIABLE CLOTHIERS...5 Our fall stock of Clothing is now nearly complete. As B B usual, we will show the largest stock in Bemidji. 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CHICAGR. llllllllllllllllllllfllllllfl!llllllll Children’s School Suits, from $2.00 to $10.00 COPYRIGHT 1903 BY DAVID ADLER_ 4505 CLOTHINGCO| llllllllllllllllllllllllilllflflflllllll The Russians. .| Generals * Kuroki SEVERE TASK AHEAD JAPANESE ATTACK ON PORT AR- THUR WILL NOT BE SUCCESS- FUL FOR SOME TIME. MAKING SLOW PROGRESS AT PRESENT ADVANCE LINE IS SEVERAL MILES DISTANT AND OPERATIONS ARE SUSPENDED. Chefoo, Aug. 20.—The latest reports received from Port Arthur are to the effect that the Japanese in their attack during the night of Aug. 22 captured Poyodo, a fort midway between Taku- shan and the eastern defepses, and reduced another fort immediately east of the railway. Poyodo mounted only two smali guns when the Russians were in possession of it. The assault was preceded by heavy artillery fire from the Takushan fort, where the Japanese have big naval guns. The Russians lost considerably before they were compelled to retire. The fort was not occupied by the Japanese, as it is behind a moat which the Japanese in no instance have been able to cross. Recent arrivals here, who were in Port Arthur as late as Aug. 24, believe that the Russian resistance will prove successful for some time yet. They explain that the Japanese are unable to occupy Etseshan fort. The Japan- ese feinted constantly in attempting to do so and in the meanwhile, by tre- mendons labor, raised the summit of a smaller hill behind it to the level of Etseshan hill by means of sand bags and there they mounted guns which assisted materially in the reduction of the fort east of the railway. This fort is the northernmost of the eastern defenses and, with other positions re- duced or occupied, renders the Jap- anese position in the vicinity of the railway threatening to the Russian hopes. It is obvious that the Japanese expect to enter Port Arthur from the north. Previous Reports Confirmed. Confirmation has been obtained of the announcement made in these dis- patches Aug. 18 to the effect that the Japanese drove the Kuesians from their positions at Louisa bay and Pig- eon bay, the Japanese vanguard, num- bering 500 to 600 men, penetrating into the fort situated on the highest hill of the Liaoti mountain, the south- ernmost mountain of the Kwaungtung peninsula, incidentally capturing an incompleted battery on the west shore of the Liaoti promontory, and then retired. The Japanese fleet during the attack made a demonstration against the main Liaoti fort. It is also confirmed that the Japan- ese silenced a small fort near Golden hill. The Japanese line on the west is approximately, according to the.ad- vices received here, three and a half miles from the KEuropean, or new town, where there has been no con- flagraticns, although numerous in- dividual fires have occurred there. ‘When the last arrivals left Port Ar- The strength of the gar estimated to be 15,000 efficient men. On Aug. 23 the Russians arrested four Japanese spies within the fortress and shot them. No Chinese except out- bound servants are allowed in the European town, the Russians being afraid of spies. s Sinces Aug. 21 the Russian ships have not been firing shells. INJURIES NOT SERIOUS. Russian Cruiser Diana Remains at French Port. Saigon, French Indo-China, Aug. 29. —The Russian cruiser Diana, which ar- rived here Aug. 20 with a shell hole beiow her water line received in the naval battle off Port Arthur Aug. 10, has not received instructions from the government at St. Petersburg to dis- arm or repair her damages, which are slight. Another Japanese shell killed an ofiicer of the Diana and three men and wounded twenty-three others. The ruiser tried to reach Shanghai, but The latter discharged nine torpedoes with- out effect at the Diana. The oflicers of the cruiser declare that General Stoessel will never sur- render Port Arthur. When the Diana left the harbor General Stoessel had 40,000 men. JAPANESE ARE RESTING. Will Then. Press Home Their Attack on Port Arthur. Tokio, Aug. 29.—It is understood that the lull followed the desperate fighting of the earlier half of the week at Port Arthur. The lull was for the purpose of allowing the tired men to rest, arranging certain things in the plan of aitack and for completing preparations for pressing the attack home heavier. The Japanese guns continue to shell the defenses of the fortress, but the majority of the forces are not engaged. ATTACK IS GENERAL. and Oku Advance Simultaneously. Tokio, Aug. 29.—It is reported here that General Oku commenced the at- tack on the Russians at Anshanshan at the same time that General Kuroki commenced to attack them at Anping. Anshanshan is midway between Haicheng and Liaoyang and Anping is thirteen miles southeast of Liaoyang. EVERYTHING IS LOST TO RUSSIA. French Military Man Urges the Kaiser to Bring About Peace. Paris, Aug. 29.—A military man of high rank and a Russian sympathizer, in an interview acknowledged the Japanese superiority pertaining to military operations in the East and that everything is lost to Russia. He urges the kaiser to act as mediator to bring peace. .tend. FIGHT THEIR OWN BATTLES. Americans Shipping Contraband Goods _ Under Foreign Flags. ‘Washington, Aug. 29.—It is an- nounced by the state department that American firms doing business in the Far Iast whose shipments are seized as contraband of war by Russia or Japan must fight their own battles for the return of the goods or their value without any assistance from this gov- ernment unless the confiscated cargoes are transported under the American Bag. This decision was reached in the case of the steamship Arabia, a Ger- man ship loaded with American flour from Oregon for Japan and China, which was captured by the Vladivostok squadron. The Portland Milling com- pany, the owners and shippers of the flour, was informed that it must con- duct the appeal to the Russian ad- miralty court and was advised to em- ploy Russian attorneys on account of their familiarity with the law and procedure. The milling company was also in- formed that under international law the burden of proof rests on it and that it must show that the flour was not intended for the use of the Japan- ese army or navy. Vigorous protests against this ruling already are reach- ing the state department from firms that are shipping goods to the bellig- erents or near the scene of hostilities. PEACE TAT-K PREMATURE. Czar Would Reject Mediation Even Should Port Arthur Fall. London, Aug. 29.—The Associated Press learns in connection with the revival of the rumors of mediation that Eiperor Nicholas only recently announced in the most positive terms that he would not permit peace nego- tiations even should Port Arthur fall and General Kuropatkin be driven back to Harbin. This fact, well un- derstood in ofiicial circles, has pre- vented the British government from taking any steps in the direction of wmediation. It is known here that Ger- many understands this attitude of the emperor as well as Great Britain and other powers. Therefore the reports from Paris that Emperor William is prepared to suggest peace is dismissed as groundless, for the present at least. It General Kuropatkin, how T, should win a decisive victory at Liao- yang, which in a measure would re- store Russian prestige, it is believed here that the restoration of peace would undoubtedly materially facili- tated. JAPANESE ARMIES UNITE KUROKI AND OKU ATTEMPT TO CUT RUSSIAN LINE EAST OF LIAOYANG. Liaoyang, Aug. 29.—General Kuroki has joined forces with General Oku in an attempt to cut the Russian line east of Liaoyang. The baitle of Aug. 25 raged along the eastern front. A strong Japanese force attacked the Russian positions at Miao pass, eleven miles east of An- shaushan, and at Sandiatzi and Tsegow, ten miles northeast of Lian- diansian. Nine batteries of six guns each bombarded the Russian outposts. At this point the combat repeatedly developed into hand-to-hand fighting. The Russians stubborniy heid the out- posts the whole day, falling back on their main position at night. The chief artillery engagement was in front of Liandiansian, the Japanese concentrat- ing the fire of ten batteries and simul- taneously ~advancing on Torintspu, four miles southwest of Liaundiansian, but they were arrested by Cossacks, who were afterwards reinforced by in- fantry and artillery. The Japanese resumed the bombard- ment early Aug. 26, devoting most of their attention to Liandiansian. The Russian fieldl guns were very efiective. They dismantled thirty-two Japanese guns, mostly mountain pieces. The casualties have not been ascertained. TO DROP DIRECT ASSAULT. Paris Matin Dispatch Says Japs Will Go Slower. Paris, Aug. 29.—The Tokio corre- spondent of the Matin declares that the Japanese minister of war has con- fidentially informed his colleagues that there is no hope of taking Port Arthur by direct assault and that long operations will be necessary. There- fore the minister has ordered the field marshal, Oyama, to avoid attacks en- tailing heavy losses. This, the corre- spondent says, has been concealed from the public LOUISIANA LAUNCHED. New Orleans Girl Christens OQur New- est Battleship. Newport News, Va., Aug. 29.—The battleship Louisiana, sister ship to the Connecticut being built at the Brook- lyn navyyard, was successfully launched at the Newport News ship- building yards during the day. Miss Juniata La Lande of New Oricans was the sponsor and broke a bottle of wine across the prow of the new fighter. Louisiana was represented by the lieu- tenant governor, J. Y. Sanders, Gov- ernor Blanchard being unable to at- Assistant Secretary of the Navy Darling represented the navy depart- ment. Governor Montague was also Dpresent. Manager Dead; Workman Dying. Negaunee, Mich,, Aug. 29.—By the bursting of a rendering vat at the Dal- ton packing plant, west of this city, two of the employes were burned so severely -that one is dead and the re- covery of the other is despaired of. The victims are Ed Cinoweth, manager of the packing plant, who died after being taken to Negaunee hospital, and Nick Webb, a workm: Cleveland’s Former Partner Dead. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 29.—Attorney George J. Sicard, former law partner of Grover Cleveland, Charles W. Good- year and late Postmaster General W. S. Hissell, and for years one of the most distinguished lawyers of the Erie county bar, died Ffldfly, aged sixty-six years. PROPOSAL FOR PEACE STRIKING STOCK YARDS BUTCH- ERS WILL SUBMIT PROPO- SITION TO PACKERS. RECEDE FROM ORIGINAL DEMANDS DO NOT INSIST ON IMMEDIATE RE- INSTATEMENT IN THEIR FORMER POSITIONS. Chicago, Aug. 29.—President Michael Donnelly of the striking butchers said during the day that it will probably be of no avail to make a proposition of any sort to the packers. “If we make a proposition,” said he, “it will undoubtedly meet with the same answer as that which was made to the aldermanic committee—‘the strike is already settled.’ There is to be a general meeting shortly at which the matter will be taken up and until then I shall be unable to say what will be done.” The members of the national execu- tive board of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen began to arrive during the day preparatory to holding a meeting which was called by President Donnelly and which it is generally believed will result in some step looking towards a termina- tion of the strike. In a signed statement issued during the day President Donnelly says: “Our national executive committee convenes here for the purpose of fram- ing awnother proposition of peace to the packers. If this is refused we shall meet the committee of the city council to demand that a thorough in- vestigation be made into the immoral and unsanitary conditions now exist- ing in the stock yards. We are pre- paring evidence to present before the aldermanic commitiee to verify our statements.” The peace proposal to be presented to the packers was formulated at a meeting of the allied trades confer- ence board. It will be submitted to the national executive committee and then be forwarded to the packers di- rect. While its details have been guarded with the utmost secrecy it is understood that it is a simple propo- sition to return to work without preju- dice, as the demand for labor at the plants warrant, and to leave all ques- tions of wages and working condi- tions to arbitration. STRIKERS ARE DEPRESSED. Indictment of Two for Rioting in New York Is the Cause. New York, Aug. 29.—The return of indictinents against two striking butcher workmen, accused of rioting, had a depressing effect upon the rest of the striking packinghouse employes. The indictment came as a great sur- pris The heads of the packing con- cerus say they are getting along as well as they did before the strike. FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. Presidential Electors Intervene in Wis- consin Fight. Milwaukee, Aug. 29.—Announcement was made during the day that Fred C. Lorenz and Fred W. Cords, two of the presidential electors nominated by the La Follette state convention, will in- tervene in the supreme court contest instituted by the anti-third termers on Aug. 9 for the purpose of establishing which was the regular Republican state convention. Both conventions nominated the same presidential elec- tors. Messrs. Lorenz and Cords will intervene, submitting answers to the petition of the anti-third termers pre- sented to the supreme court. It is un- derstocd that they will ask the right to be made intervening defendants in the action, presenting their rights for places upon the regular Republican ticket. The importance of the move is read- ily seen when it is considered that in this proceeding the nominees for pres- idential electors will be brought into the contest before the courts for the first time, the proceedings thus far having involved only the state candi- dates on the La FKollette and Cook tickets. The proposition of intervening, the anti-third termers claim, will mean nothing more than a monstrous mixup that will be very difficult to disentan- gle. FARMERS SUE RAILROADS. Ask $150,000 of St. Paul and North- western Roads. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 29.—Suit has been commenced against the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and Chicago and Northwestern railroads for $150, 000 by fifteen farmers who live along the lines of the railroads near here for damages alleged to have been caused by the changing of the channel of the La Crosse river. The plaintiffs. in the case claim that the changing of the channel of the river by the rail- roads caused their hay lands to be flooded, entailing a heavy loss, the crops being totally destroyed each year. TRAIN KILLS TWO MEN. Run Down While Walking on Great Northern Track. . Minneapolis, Aug. 29.—Harold Kin- caid, Oshkosh, Wis., and Guy Cotton, Madison, Wis., were killed by a Great Northern train near Cedar Lake. The men were walking -on the tracks with Fred Hoffman. Hoffman jumped in time to save his life. Cot- ton was instantly killed and Kincaid died Yefore he reached the Minneap- olis ¢/ty hospital. Fatal Elevator Accident, New York, Aug. 29.—Two men were Kkilled and two others fatally injured by the falling of an elevator at the Babbitt soap factory on Washington street. On the elevator with the men when it fell was a carboy of muriatic acid. This broke open and all four men were badly burned, one of them baving his eyes burned out. -