Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 2, 1904, Page 1

A Pioneer : WANT AD :: Will Do Tv. i - -:flv The Bemidji Daily Pi i The Pioneer Prints MORENEWS than any other news- paper between Duluth and Crookston, St. Paul and the North Pole. \'()LU\IP 2. NUMBER 116 +* BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1904. TEN CENTS PER WEEK IN FAVOR OF JAPS Indications That Tide of Battle In Vicinity of Liaoyang Has Turned. Russians Retire to Fortified Posi-| tions in the City and Its Immediate Enviorns. The ds the tide ¢'s dispatehes indicate that battle avound Liaoyang h turned appreciably in favor of the Jap- anes With a tremendous and sus- tained assault on his vight and center | and threatened in his rear by a heavy force which has crossed the Taitse river Kuropatkin been forced to fall back from his first line of battle to the fortificd position he had estab- lished in the town of Linoyang and its immediate environs. A St. Petersburg dispateh this order was given after the Rus had withstood an artillery and infantry from dawn to midnight, but that the Jap- FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA. [In Command of Combined Forces at Liaoyang.] Japanese anese pre s 100 great to per- mit its being executed, Kuropatiin probably fearing a retrog movement at that time might i in a rout. A dispatch from Tokio, bringing the action up to a later hour, says that the Russian richt and center falling back, pursned by the . ) lhl,\\ official advices say that General Kuroki, who was reported as moving northward on the Ru i left, has thrown pontoons over the Taitse river and has crossed with o di on, while others are following. Kuroki's object obviously is to int pose his between Linoyang, t an b and the north, a move ment which, if successtul, would cut Kuropatkin's rear and command the railroad leading from 1 yang Lo Mukden. The withdrawal of the Rus- sian right and center probably W iin- volve a similar movement of tlie troops holding the extreme left of the line and result in a concentiation ol Kuropatkin's army position he has established in Linoyang. This is said to bo superbly fortificd with rifle pits, entrenchments and barbed wire Ellll\n&,ll.‘lhk.hla JAPANESE ARE [N PURSUIT RUSSIAN RIGHT AND CENTER DE- FENDING LIAOYANG FALL BACK ON CITY. Tokio, Sept. 2.—The Russian right and center defending Liaoyang south- ward are retreating. The Japanese are pursuing the Russians. A telegram from the Japanese h quarters in the field s; the Russians at Liaoyang number twelve or thir- teen divisions. As Kuropatkin's line, according to previous advices, occupied a semi- circle several miles to the southward of the wown of Liaoyang it is evident that the movement above alluded to is a reireat into the fortified positions of the town and its environs and not from Liaoyang itself northward. St. Petersburg, The war office is unable 16 confivm (he dispatch from Tokio to the sociated Pre announcing that the Russian right and center belore liaoy had fallen back upon the city. No reports of the fighting have been received up s It is pointed out, how- ssible (:(m‘ldl 11l back on the main pos which was given at 8 o'clock in evening and was not carried ot cause the lamnoso resumed the battle. ons the LACKS CONFIRMATION. Reported at Tokio That Liaoyang Has Fallen. Tokio, Sept. There current here that the captured Liaoyang. It is quite without confirmation. is a report Japanese have Japs Northeast of Mukden. Mukden, Sept. 2.—A Japanese force of 10,000 is reported to be advancing from the noriheast of Mukden. Russian Cruiser Still at Saigon. Paris, Sept. 2.—Advices received af the foreign office here from Saigon, French Indo-China, say that the Rus- slan cruiser Diana, which arrived there damaged Aug. 20, following the naval battle off Port Arthur Aug. 10 is still at Saigon. She has not yet #ntered the dock for repairs. Final orders from the Russian admiralty are expected to reach the Diana soon, REPEATEDLY REPULSED. lapnnese Made Desperate Attacks on Russian Front. Liaoyang, Sept. 2—A Russian cor- spondent of the Associated Press the following from the south- U front: After midday Wednesday the ~Jap- anese concentrated the strength of all their artillery fire against hill No. 98 and the village of Maetum, endeavor- Ing to break into our line. At the pame time they viciously attacked our west line to the right of the hill. Attack followed attack for three hours. Between 2 and 5 o'clock in the ntternoon we repulsed three headlong charges against our line. After this the Japanese, with the strength of all their batteries, opened fire along the whole southern front, but this attack, sends [ too, was driven back with what scemed tremendous loss, although it i ble to tell clearly what happened amid the shell fire and fight- Ing. The roar of siege guns, mortar set in. storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, broke, while along the fromt thousands of shells were bursting cgustantly. Tt seemed like a magnificent display of firewor beggaring deseription. on until darknes To ihe north a TURN RUSSIAN LEFT FLANK LARGE JAPANESE FORCE SUC CEEDS IN GETTING ACROSS THE TAITSE RIVER. St. Petersburg, Sept. 2.—Ceneral Kuroki’s force is crossing the Tail river on pontoons. One division already across and others are follow- Ing. General Kuropatkin’s forees, it wa announced from St. Petersburg o Wednesday, occupied pos 5 forr ing a semi-circle about Liaoyang, t flanks resting on the Taitse river, which flows north of Liaoyang, the left flank being east and the right flank west of the city. It will the fore be seen that the dispatch from St. Petersburg announcing that Gen- eral Kuroki's force was crossing iuc Taitse river on pontoons would in.i cate thal. the Japanese have eithor turned or are turning the Russian flantk, as Kuroki is understood to hac been on the Russian lett flank. A cis patch to Lhe Associated Press fio.n Linoyang ~ Wednesday evening an- nounced that the apanese were get- ting around the Russian left flank and thal developments were in the west and northwest. ment now appears to be confirmed, for it announced from Mukden in a delayed dispatch that a Japanese force s said to be advancing thie northeast of Mukden. The ern move has not yet developed, according to the advices to hand, but the anuouncement probably refers to the Japanese force which has been reported to be moving up the Liao river. from RUSSIAN OFFICIAL REPORT. Description of Second Day's Fighting at Liaoyang. St. Petersburg, Sept. 2.—General Sakharoff, in a dispatch to the general staff on Wednesday's fighting, s “A portion of General Kurok force has crossed to the right bank of the Taitse river at Sakankankwantun. A division of infantry, with cavalry and artillery, crossed first and covered the advance of another detachment. After fording the river the Japanese ad- vanced toward Liaoyang in two bodics, one due west and the other by way of the Yontai mines. “There was fighting between the two armies all day long especially betwecn 8 p. m. and midnight, after which the fire slackened. As on the previous day the fighting ended with complete success for us. The Russians main- tained all their positions, General Ko dratenko’s detachment specially dis- itself. The Russians a_stubborn defense the Our troops all day long maintained whole day. were exposed to a hail of shrapnel, but defended the positions entrusted to them with desperate bravery. After preparing for the assault with artillery the Japanese repeatedly attacked our position: Some of our advanced for- t ations passed into their hands after a stubborn defense. They were, however, each time recaptured by us at the point of the bayonet. The Jap- anese left a number of dead. After each bayonct engagement our troops found time to dig pits in the fields of Chinese corn in front of our positions. These in some cases were completely filled with Japanese corpses. The en- emy's losses must have been enor- mo Ours have not yet even been approximately computed, but they are also large. A considerable number of Japanese arms fell into our hands.” COMPELLED. TO RETIRE. Japs Capture Port Arthur Fort but Fail to Hold It. :f00, Sept. 2.—At 4:40 on Aug. 28 the Japanese attacked fort No. 6, on the northeast portion of the right flank. This fort is a new and strong one. After an hour’s fierce firing, dur- ing which the Japanese endured a cross fire from fort No. 2, the Japanese succecded in entering the fort. When the Russians were safely away from fort No. 6 the Japanese flag waved over but several forts concentrated their fire on it and the Japanese were compelled to retire. DAN PATCH BREAKS A RECORD. Speedy Pacer Lowers the Mark for a Half-Mile Track. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 2—In an exhibi- tion mile on the state fair grounds frack Wednesday Dan Patch lowered the record for a half-mile track and clipped three-quarters of a second off his own best time for a half-mile track made at Des Moines last week. He covered the mile Wednesday in 2:05% on a track still a trifle lumpy from the recent rains. He was ac- companied by a runner but no wind TWO CITIES AFFECTED! Order Tying Up the Independent Packers Limited to Chi- cago and St. Louis. Strike of Handlers Causes Com-| plete Cessation of Work in Stock Yards. Chicago, Sept. 2.—The strike order of President Donnelly with regard to independent packing plants is to apply only to those plants in Chicago and St. Lonis. “It was President Donnelly’s idea,” said a national officer of the striking butchers’ organization, “to tie up the independent packers and bring on a meat shortage in order 1o awaken pub- lic interest in the strike. This v opposed because it felt such ac tion would hurt us most by throwing our men out of employment in large numbers, Confining the crder to Chi- cago and St. Louis is not an effort to produce a meat famine, but is simply a case of co-operation with the str ing live stock handlers. Comparatively | few independent houses will be af- fected.” “Stock handlers,” said President Donnelly, “ave on strike only in Chi- cago and St. Louis. In Chicago only the independents within the st yards enclosure will be of necess affected. Union men employed in in- dependent packinghouses will not be permitted to dress cattle hanidied on ! The faic tbe hoot by nonunion men, of the outside independent pa pends on their ability to secure without recourse to the Stock company Not a’bullock, hog or sheep has been driven out of the stock y ince the order to the handlers went into force. A committee of live stock owners and commission men has waited upon Donnelly and requested permission to load catile now in the yards for ship- ment (o the east. The request was referred to the allied tra After >veral hours’ the conference hoard of the allied trades council refused to call oif the strike at the plants of the independent packers, Wholesalers have already begun to raise the price of meats and it i stated that before another week is over Chicago will be without meat. HILL ON THE STAND. Testifies in Suit Involving Famous Northern Pacific Corner. New York, Sept. z.—James J. Hill, president of the Northern Securities company, testified during the day that on May 9, 1901, the day of the panic in Northern Pacific stock, he remained in his office and was bus the buying of new locom other railroad atfairs. When ques- tioned as to the apportionment of Northern Pacific stock prior to the panic Mr. Hill said his personal hold- ings in Northern Pacific amounted to $7,000,000 and an additional $14,000,- 000 was held by friends of hi Mor. Morgan's share, he said, was $20,000,- 000. These holdings were of common stock. Mr. Hill was called to tell what he knew of the famous Northern Pa- cific corner in which John J. O'Leary of Chicago, who was short, claims that his brokers closed down on him at a much higher figure than should have been done, and in the . in whick Mr. Hill, J. Pierpont Morgan and oth- ers have been called as witnesses, O’Leary sceks to recover $33,000 de- posited with his brokers as margins. It was announced that Mr. Morgan will not testify in person, but repre- sentatives of his firm will be present. Yards Jo J FIGHT ON RESOLUTIONS. Wisconsin Democratic Convention Is Making Slow Progress. Oshkosh, Wis. Sept. 2.—The entire morning session of the Democratic state convention was spent in a fruit- less discussion of the proposed plat- form. No action had been taken when the convention recessed until after- noon. The convention reassembled at 9 o’clock. Tormer Attorney General James L. O’Connor of Milwaukee was made permanent chairman. A bitter fight was precipitated by the reports of the resolutions committee, consist- ing of a majority and two minority -reports. The majority report, which is advocated by the faction headed by Vilas and Rose, contains a plank de- nouncing the present system of pri- mary elections, which is to be voted upon and made operative by the peo- ple at the election next November. The fight was waged on this plank. The intimation that the majority report was dictated by the “stalwart” leaders of the Republican party was bitte: resented by the men who signed i At. 12:30 p. m. adjournment was taken fo 1:30 without action on the resolutions reports. CALLED BY INVITATION. Officer of Federation of Labor Visits Judge Parker. Esopus, N. Y., Sept. 2.—John H. Bogart, one of the state organizers of the American Federation of Labor, v-as a visitor at Rosemount during the day. He declined to discuss his visit and Judge Parker would say nothing about it, but it was understood that he came at Judge Parker’s invitation and_that his visit had to do with the reported attacks of the labor organi- zations upon Senator McCarron as chairman of the state executive com- mittee. It was stated here during the afternoon that an effort would be made to get the labor people to modify the methods of their attack on Senator McCarron s0 as to defer the battle to some occasion other than a national shield. Fifteen thousand people saw the performance, = election. RIOT AT EAST ST. LOuUiS. Mob Attacks Street Car Bound for the Stock Yazrds. East St. Louis, 111, Sept. 2.—Several | persons were seriously injured in a riot that was precipitated by the ar- rival at the Vandalis crossing of the first street car bound for the stoclk yards with nonunion men on board. James Johnson, one of the passen- gers, was struck on the head with a stone and his skull ‘ractured. “Doc” Murphy, a negro, was badly beaten by the mob, his left ear being almost ltorn off. Another ngsro was knocked senseless and several more passengers were bhadly beaten ;before they got away. Several of the novunion men were pursued and a pistol battle ensued. A fusillade of shots was fired, but none was struck. GUILTY OF CONTEMPT. Hundreds of Druggists Accused of Vio- lating an Injunction. Chicago, Sept. 2.—Twenty-five hun- dred retail druggists in‘the United States have been declared guilty of contempt of court by Judge Dunne of the circuit court and the Nation- al Association of Retail Druggists, of which they are members, was fined $2,000, while Thomas V. Wooten, sec- retary of the organization, was fined $500. St. Petershurg, Sept. 2—The second fay’s batile at Liaoyang was of the most desperate charvacter. It raged continuously from dawn until mid- night and the- slaughter must have been immense. At § in the evening, after holding his outer positions all day in the face of the most desperate tharges, General Kuropatkin gave the order to retire upon the main works about the city. The Japanese assaults during the day had been directed principally against the Russian center, a little cast of Maietung hill, near the railroad and three iiles southwest of Liaoyang. Nothing approaching the geverity of the infantry and artillery fire heve had been heretofore experi- enced in this war., General Kondratz- viteh's division bore the brunt and suffered the most. Bayonet charges succeeded each other in rapid succes- sion, while the artillery duel never ceased for a moment. No attempt w: made in the official advices to esti- mate the number of guns the Japanese used, except that they had many hun- dreds. Bach gun carries 150 charges and these must have been expended mauny times, as several hundred thou- sand shells were fired between sun- rise and sunset. General Kuropatkin’s order to fall back on the fortifications was probably due to the receipt of information that the Japanese had succeeded in cros ing the Taitse river, northeast of Liao- yang, although Generals Rennen- kampif’s and Mandaritaff’s divisions had been especially placed in position in this direction to checkmate such a move. The Japanese crossed at a point called Sakankankwantun, twenty miles east and somewhat above Liao- yang, and marched in force directly westward with the evident object of cutting the Russian line of communi: w :Fine Shoes & “PINGREE “MADE The largest stock of Shoes in Northern Minnesota to seleect from. The makers make the I prices; the same in Bemidji as in New York. : : Douglas Shoes for Men $3.00, $3.50, $4.00, $4.50, $5.00 Pingree Shoes for Ladies $2.50, $3.00, $4.00, $5.00 Little Giant Shoes for Children $1.50 te $2.50 Story Books and Blotters free to school children. . O’Leary @ Bowser, Bemidji, Minnesota. lllllllllllll | cationr with MuKden. TheiF exact bundreds and were éngulfed and im- strength was not established, -but a DPaled on the stakes and their lines . Atvislent Was madd onts ,were thrown into confusion. When | i | the Russians faced about and returned Japanese Resume the Attack. |4 their old positions they found these As soon as the Japanese found that 'death traps filled with dead and dying. the Russians were retiring from their i The rattle of musketry and boom of outer positions southward they r cannon continued until midnight when, sumed the attack there, although it ;at last, silence Dbrooded over the was then quite dark. Thus pressed :bloody battlefield and the tired sol- the Russians arrested their . move- | diers lay down where they had fought, iment to the rear and again faced the while the worn out surgeons and {Japanese. With the view of eventual jangels of mercy ministered to the retirement from their outer positions | wounded ail night and the Chinese the Russians had dug a large number | coolies worked at carrying lhem into of pits, with stakes concealed in their | Liaoyang. bottoms. The pits were artfully con- General Sakharoff, in reporting the cealed among the high Chinese corn. | battle, says the Japanese suffere® ‘When the Japanese charged after the enormous losses, much larger than Russians they fell into the bpits . those of the Russians, who also lost heavily. No statement is made in re- j&ard to the losses. General Stakelberg, who is among the wounded, still retains command of his army corps, although he is no longer in chief gommand of the south- ern army, w has since been con- solidated under General Zaroubaieff. General Marozovsky, who was also wounded, commanded the artillery brigade. He distinguished himself during the suppression of the boxer trouble in China. His wound is se- vere. There has been no interruption of telegraphic communication with Liaoyang up to this hour, which the general staff considers to be conclusive evidence that if the Japanese flanking movement was pressed north of Liao- yang it was unsuccessful. J. A. McCONKLEY VER SINCE COMING TO BEMIDJI I have been confronted with the same problem every merchant has to meet—namely, whether to do a cash businesy or to extend credit. merchant is obliged to mark his prices a little higher in order to cover losses he meets through bad debts and slow paying customers. 1 those who do not and consequently have finally determined to put my prices down on a strictly cash basis. The best Tea Dust I can get, usual price per pound 25 cts., now 15 cts. or 2 pounds for 25 cts. A 40 cent Tea, per pound 30 cts. or 3 1-2 Ibs. for $1. Pearl Tapioca, per 1b 5 Fine German Sago, per 25 cts. Pop Corn, very dry, bou kernel ought to pop, only Fancy large Lemons, per doz. 20 cts. Seeded Raisins 10 cts. per 1b, usually sold for 13 cts. s Continued In Our Next. % A. McCONKE Everyone knows when cradit is given a have always thought it an injustice to those who pay promptly to be obliged to pay for Note the Following: Kirks Soap Co.’s Laundry Soaps, none better made, 9 bars Satinet for 25 cts or $2.65 per box, T bars Dome or White Russian for 25 cts. or 15 bars for 50 cts., per box $3.25, 8 bars Cabinet for 25 cts. or $3 per box. Toilet Soaps—Bengal Castile 3 for 10 cts, per doz. 40 cts.; Butter Milk 3 for 10 cts., per doz. 40 cts; Oat Meal Soap 3 for 10, per doz. 40 cts.; Daily Queen 3 for 10 cts., per doz. 40 cts.; Golf 3 for 10 cts., per doz. 40 cts. All above are usually sold at 5 cts. straight. Violet DeParm 3 for 20 cts., per doz. 75 cts; Jockey Club 3 for 20 cts., perdoz. 75 cts.; Shandon Dell 3 for 20 cts, per doz. 75 cts.; Heliothorpe 8 for 20 cts., per doz. 75 cts. Above are especially low prices, some brands less than whole- sale. Juvenile per cake 15 cts. This is usually sold for 25 cents per cake. cts., usnal price 3 Ibsfor 25 cts. 1b 5 cts., usual price 3 lbs for ught over a year ago so every 5 cts. per Ib. PHONE 2353.