Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 22, 1904, Page 1

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They cure constipation, biliousness, sick-headache. Sold for 60 years. L:.5Arce: BUGKINGHAM'S llYE FIFTY T3, OP DRUGGISTS OB B B Want your moustache or beard abuuum lvrown orrichblack? Use Shaxhe river, MASS MEE ING TONIGHT AT THE COURT HOUSE i Bemidji can have the Red Lake Railroad if it wants it. If you want it, come to the Court House tonight. The presence of every Citizen is Urgently needed at this meeting. This means you. At 8:30. PREPARING TO RESUME INDICATIONS POINT TO CONTIN- UANCE OF THE BATTLE OF SHAKHE RIVER. ROADS RAPIDLY GETTING IN SHAPE BCTH SIDES ARE RECONNOITER- ING AND ARTILLERY FIRING IS REPORTED. WAR DISPATCHES SUMMARIZED. Fighting has not been resumed in Manchuria and the Russian general, Sakharoff, reports that the two armies maintain their respective positions. There is desultory artillery firing | along the lines and reconnaissances are continuous on hoth sides, indicat- ing that, with the rapidly drying roads, developments may soon be looked for. While official figures on the losses! | are still absent St. Petersburg believes ; from information in hand that the total | Russian casualties during the battle of Shakhe river will not exceed 20,000. i There was heavy mortality in offi- cers on the Russian side, 172 being killed in the fighting of Oct. 11 to 13, including one major general and sev- enteen field officers. RIVER SEPARATES ARMIES OPERATIONS ON BATTLEFIELD BELOW MUKDEN CONTINUE AT A STANDSTILL. St. Petersburg, Oct. 22.—The two armies face each other across the but operations continue at a standstill. The heavy fog which hung over the plain has been burned up by the sun and there has been some desultory artillery firing from some of the Russian batteries, but nothing im- portant. One of the Associated Press correspondents says the Japanese did not reply, indicating a possible short- age of ammunition or a desire to con- ceal the location of their guns. The war oflice has no fresh news ex- cept a list of the losses of General Ekk's Seventy-first division of the Fifth Siberian corps and General Mo- razoff's First division of L)eutcn.mt General Dambowski’s corps. h lost half a dozen officers. The ol‘ludl lists of officers killed and wounded between Oct. 11 and 13 totals 172, in- cluding Major General Rabinski d seventeen field officers killed. The wounded are in the proportion of one to six. The list for the heaviest day’s fighting is still unreported and doubt- less will exceed the losses at Liaoyang, when 500 officers were killed or wound- ed. The losses among the men are not yet reported, but they are thought to approximate not much over 20,000. News from Port Arthur brought to Chefoo by a junk which left there Oct. 19 says a fierce bombardment, which began Oct. 16, was still progressing ‘without interruption. Many buildings had been damaged and ships in the harbor had also been hit by shells, but the character and extent of the damage are not stated. The Japauese main forces are now posted at Liudziatung. They have placed guns of large calibre on Iunjida The Russians continue sorties successfully and in- flicting heavy losses on the besiegers, whose losses since the commencement of the siege are said to have been 50,000. BATTLE MAY BE RESUMD. =y \ Roads in the Vicinity of Mukden Dry- ing Hard. Mulkden, Oct. 22.—Towards evening the fog lifted and some of the Russian guns at various points opened fire against the Japanese defenses, but they did not respond either from scarcity of ammunition or of the de- sire not to reveal the location of their batteries. The weather and the condition of the roads have made extensive opera- tions impossible, but the roads are now drying hard, which forecasts events in the near future. The war correspondents in the fleld are kept in the dark and it is difficult to say when and how this dreadful slaughter will end. More Troops for Kuropatkin. Berlin, Oct. 22.—A dispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Mukden says the Eighth Russian army corps has arrived there and that General Kuropatkin will | mak pul RUSSIAN LOSSES FRIGHTFUL. German Cerrespondent Tells of Terri- ble Siaughter. Oct. 22.—Colonel Gaedke, war coirespondent of the Tageblatt, has telegiaphed to his paper from Muk- den as follows: “Have been unable to telegraph for two days owing to the absence of the censor. Both armies are much fa- tigued. They occupy positions in close contact. Only an occasional shot breaks the stillness. A general Rus- sian attack appeared to have been planned for the night of ‘Oct. 20, but a freshet in the Shakhe river prevented it. The roads and fields are drying slowly. The Russian losses were fright- ful. Sifigle regiments have as few as 800 men left. The Viborg regiment, of which Emperor William is honorary colonel, had 20 -officers and 300 men killed. The feeling is accordingly grave. No end is visible of the ghastly slaughter.” No skill in leadership can bring Victory in the present struggle, but only the firmer will of the commander and his troops. The wgends are much more dangerous now Than formerly. This is partly due to the use of the old style Japanese rifles, with their flattened, copper covered bullets, and partly to the thicker clothing of the soldiers. I have private news from Port Arthur that there is abundant an munition for two months and prov sions for a much longer period. No- body in the fortress thinks it can ever fall The Chinese report barbarous cruelties on the part of the Japanese. The mere possession of Rubsian money is dangerous at Newchwang.” Berlin, ARMIES HOLD POSITIONS. | Situation Unchanged According to offi- cial Reports. St. Petersburg, Oct. 22.—General Sakharoff telegraphs that there was no fighting during the day. The armies maintain their respective positions. There are continual reconnaissances on both sides. The admiralty has not received con- firmation of the report from Chefoo that Russian ships in the harbor of Port Arthur have been damaged by Japanese shells, as the blockade has been effective enough to prevent the delivery of official dispatches. The admiralty says there was no in- tention in a recent oflicial note to deny the Associated Press report that Rear Admiral Wiren has succeeded Rear Admiral Prince Ouktomsky as com- mander of the Port Arthur squadron. ‘What the note intended to deny was the story circulated abroad that Prin Ouktomsky had heen deposed in favor of Admiral Wiren at a ma3ting of General Stoessel and the other high military and naval officers after the return of the squadron to Port Arthur Aug. 10. JAPS USED MACHINE GUNS. Every Man of a Russian Force of Two Hundred Wounded. Mnukden, Oct. 22.—Every man of the 200 Cossacks commanded by Captain Tourgenieif, who on Tuesday night re- connoitered -the Japanese left south- westward and who near Sandohu un- expectedly encountered a good sized Japanese force with machine suns, was wounded and every horse except Captain Tourgenieff’s was hit by the bullets from the Japanese machine guns. Tourgenieff, though mortally . wounded, carried off one man behind his saddle, while others managed to creep back to camp. But, as already cabled, not one man was killed on the field. Therc is the greatest fear on the part of the Russian wounded of falling into the hands of the Japanese, the Russians Deing convinced that they torture their prisoners. RELEASED BY JAPANESE. Russian Prisoners Incapacitated for Further Fighting. Tokio, Oct. 22.—The military au- thorities bave released the captured paymaster of the Russian armored cruiser Rurik, who is seventy years old, on account of his age, thirty-four Russian hospital attendants and twelve battle maimed soldiers. They will be iem to the Russian consul at Shang- ai. In future it is probable that the Jap- anese will release prisoners whose wounds are healed and who are i capacitated from further fighting. RACE RIOT. IN INDIANA. Italians and Negroes Engage in Fatal Fight. Lawrenceburg, Ind., Oct. 22.—Dur- ing a fierce race riot between ne- groes and lLtalians employed at the Oliver construction camp near here, Lewis Hughes, colored, of Fairfield, Ky., was shot twice in the head; John ‘Wills, colored, of Louisville, Ky., was shot in the right leg and abdomen and others received minor injuries. Hughes is fatally wounded. Sheriff Axby was notified and return- ed to the city with five negroes and three Italians. The I[talians claim that the negroes held them at the point of revolvers and robbed them of their savings. Twenty of the participants escaped and bx{‘:;othounds haye been but on t Lha NEXT PEAGE GONGRESS PRESIDENT WILL SEND FORMAL "INVITATIONS TO POWERS WITHIN FEW DAYS. MEETING TO BE HELD AT THE HAGUE NATIONS INTERESTED ASKED TO SUGGEST THE DATE FOR THE CONFERENCE. Washington, Oct. 22.—In the course of two or three days the president will dispatch formal invitations to the pow- ers to name delegates to the new peace conference to be held at The Hague. The powers are invited to suggest a| date or dates for the meeting of the conference. Secretary Hay submitted a draft of the invitation to the cab- inet during the day. Notice of his intention to issue this call was given by the president sev- eral weeks ago upon the occasion of the visit to the White House of the delegates of the Interparliamentary union and the formal invitation has! been in course of preparation ever | since. There was no hesitation on the part of the president in naming The Hague in- the invitation, hence of course it is assumed the government of The Netherlands was first consult- ed. The date of the meeting was left open because it is stated that any one of the powers has as much right to suggest a date as the United States. Consequently there must be consider- able correspondence on this suh]mt before an agreement is reached. It is not expected that the conference will meet during the continuance of the present war unless this should con- tinue indefinitely. It cannot be learned that any consideration has yet been given to the personnel of the delegation which will represent the United States at the congress. IOWA BANKER SUICIDES. Despondent Over Loss of Money in Failed Institution. Davenport, Ta., Oct. 22—William Schwarting, president of the Farmers’ bank at Walcott, committed suicide during the day by hanging. He is said to have been despondent over the loss of money 1n cohnection with the-failure of a bank at New Liberty. As a conse- quence of tlfé ‘failure of the New Lib- erty bank charges have been pre- ferred against the Beuthiens, father and son. Man Killed in Street Duel. Hobart, Okla., Oct. 22.—In a street duel T. P. Lea, a grocer, shot and killed Charles G. Hill, a barber. Lea was shot in both arms, but will re- cover.. Domestic_troubles caused the shooting. The Leas were recently divorced. Overdue Vessel Safe. New York, Oct. 22.—The New York agents of the steamer Buenos Ayres have received a telegram announcing 23333 Wait and see the finest line of Genuine Hand Painted - China A. E. WINTER_Leading Jeweler B23: 33 23 &3 SS2E33 All kinds of Engraving done free. FEE2333333833333333333353 SGGEEEEG%S@ i EEEE é&EEE&EEGQEEG the arrival of that vessel at Havana. She was more than three days overdue and some anxiety was felt for her. 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