The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 5, 1904, Page 2

THE FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1904. S SATHER FOR Al 7| Thousands Fall in Charges Upon Lleven-Year-Old Boy, Fren-| s IAS TRl ‘Fierce Attack Upon the Port Arthur Delens-s. —_— | | ¢ it e > 1 s Hnat —_— - —— zied by Inhuwman- Treat-| by AT e ’ Heraid. Copyright, 1904, by the New H ment of His Mother, Uses | a Rifle on His Herald Publishing Company. Parent| CHEFU, Sept. s.—Since August 31 | when the second general attack on Por TOESSEL'S GARRISON REPULSES ASSAULT T LULL IN FIGHTING NEAR LIAOYANG APPAREN It was reported St. Petershuig on Sumdny night that Kuropatkin had arvived at Tiehling, which ' ef Yeniai and elghicen miles south of Mukden. Should this vrove trae, it would mean » tricated his urmy aad wos peactieally out of the danger of being enveloped. he only divéct news from” UR7SCRt of war, bearing Sunday’stdate, came by way of 'Fokio in a-re- Field Marsiial Oyama, ‘saying that Linoyang had fallen complelely into the hands of the Japanese aLy o'elock that, morning: thiat the Japanese casualtics were believed 1o bé héavy and that nothing was known by the Japenese concerning conditions on the right bank. g ; Taitse River.” The only coinfort for the Russians at home was the news conveyed In a report from General Kuro- patkin, dated Suturday afteenoon, that General Stakelberg’s ¥irst” Siberian Army Corps of 35,000 men, ve- ported on Saturday as having been cut off to the westward of Liaoyong, had been safely extricated and that the corps had suceceded in joi the main, Russian body on . the vight. bank of me.river. blltno details of the escape of Stakelberz were xd“n. Geéneral Kuropatkin also reporteds that the greater portion of his army was, at (he time of filing the report, south of Yentai (ten miles northeast of Liaoyang) and a few milgs from the Yentai mines, where fierce fightiug had been in progress. = - | 1t is indicated that there has been a cessation of the fighting. Kuropatkin reported that his men were not being much interfered-with by-the Japanese in the neighboriood of- his-army. In S 'CONTINUING FOUR DAYS OF PLEAVE GOES FREE | Friends of the Assassin, by a .Daring Coup, Succeed in® Effecting His Release From a Russian Prison e Battle of Armies North of the " Taitse. apanese Hamper the Retreat of Kuropatkin. |J S YENTAI Saturday, Sept. 3.—The battle continued with great ferceness up to Friday. The Russians evacuated Liaoyang, but got the bulk of their { rolling stock across the river safely. >— BULLET IN THROAT MAY PROVE FATAL| Neighbors Applaud the Act of the Little Fellow and Spivit Him Awa) Cfficers Cannot Find Him iR Special Dispatch to The Cali. ANGEL , Sept. 4.—1In defense ol his mother, who had been frequently b by her husband, Roy Roberts, #e ears, fired a ritle bullet inte his father, John Roberts, Thirty-seventh and home inflicting a fatal oved of his act, gh how the father wife took the boy in ed him and when the stated phat they and if necessary best attorneys in he St Neo effort was . however, and uniéss ded man dies the boy proba- t be arrested ng was the culmination of »w which had b in pro- Roberts is id to have for his mily for went home, the or children never he T night he cared at the house, ! played 2 handful of coin and taunt- his wi vith the fact that there t enough to eat in the house. ipbraided him because of his neg- amily and he began beat- was stopped by the chil- t into the yard and seated I rom there who had worked himse!f a frenzy, shouted to his he would end it ail. Be- could realize what he was do- t red & small rifle and going the yard deliberately shot his struck Roberts squarely v below the “Adam’s ap- cturing the windpipe and nar- the large blood vessels muscles in tbe back of 1 half a mile to the ysici. who dressed the ent him to a hospital. He :ake any statement other for shooting him. the shooting ig outside v the time the o ers lace neighbors had hidden efused to tell where he wourd considered COMBES DOONS THE CONCORDAT and * AUXERRE. France, Sept. 4.—Pre- mier Combes made af important e to-day. In reviewing the Government during the 1 two wears he claimed that the wunici; and departmental elections hzd given full evidence that it was approved by the country. Reg: & the future, the Premier said he would comtinue to carry out his policy for national sovereignty and ihe complete laicization of society. The | Y ous power had openly torn up the concordat and it was not his in- tention 1o try to mend it. The r losing her p sitior ctor of Eastern Cathe Premier said, was a whol nt motive for forego- g wtion of church and state, wh ms s had obliged him to iuscribe o 1is programme, along- side the reduction of military service, the income tax and workmen’s pen- siops. [y Premier was heartily ap- plauded. et i LOVER OF PRINCE LOUISE WAS NEAR HER FOR WEEKS Lived Incognito in Suburb and Con- stantly Communicated With the King's Daughter. DRESDEN. Sept. 4.—The discovery has beep made that Lieutenant Count Mattasisch Keglevitch lived incognito at Klotsche. a suburb of Dresden, for several weeks préceding the flight of Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg from Ledelster and that he frequently com- municated secretly with the Princess. When she was staving at Coswig the Princess one day slipped away and hid in tme neighborhood, but she was found and taken back. She explained ber absence by sayving thar she had ADVERTISEMENTS. Two Ways rt gquick breath—when you are £ ®oing upstairs, singing. or are ougry and excited? You may not think t this means, but doctors will tell it means weak heart action. Take Dr. Miles's New Heart Cure at muscics of the ou stronz and healthy This is ene way-—the right way. Where | t that he would not pros- you noticed a difficulty in breath- | Arthur ceaded, quietness has prevai | there. - T It has been ascertained that the at- tacking forces numbered 45,000 meny | consisting of three divisions—the First, | commanded by Lieutenant General | | Matsumura: the Ninth, by Lieutenant v Lieuten- | i under | Nogi. | L. | Oshima, and the Eleventh ant Tsuchiya, the whole the supreme command of Ge ! The Nibth Divigion suffc ‘The army .is naw being b forced from Japan. 2 The plan ter an immediate infantry assault has been abandoned, and 400 |hea\‘y guns are being mounted on the Javanese pesitions for a continual bom- ! bardment of the enemy, with a view to ! silencing the Russian guns hefore the {infantry renews the advance, ! Lieutenant General Nogi is said to| ! have been disheartened ‘and to have | been restrained with difficuity from charging at the heéad of his troops to| ! the walls of the forts. One large naval gun at Liaoshan has | 'burst. This indicates that the life of | the similar weapons is growing preca- rious. \; € A more stringent blockade has been instituted by the Japanese. Their war- ships were cruising along the Chinese | coast, where there are husndreds of| junks apd blockade runners—at Wei- | haiwei particularly. b Chinese refugees’ repotis are worth-/| less, but it is officially announced by Japanese and Russians that a luil has | taken place in the opegations, The Russians are rélaxing their regu~ lations with reference to correspond- ents, amd are inviting those in China to join Kuropatkin's army. r FOUR DAYS FIERCE FIGHTING. The secord generai assault on' Port { Arthur assumed crushing proportions | on August 27 and continued unabated until the morning of August 31, when the Japanese retired everyvwhere ex- cept from Palichuang, which they have apparently firmly secured. Etzehan was re-attacked on August 0 with great furv, but the Japanese were unable to secure a position. A fierce asgault was made on the left flank at 3 o'clock in the morning. The assault lasted until 8 a&. m., when the | | Japanese retired. The bombardment then recommenced, ‘the Japanese firing chiefly from Suishiying and Palichu- w ang, the Russians from Antszshan. Japanese losses, according to the Ri an estimate, were 8000 during the four days from August 27 to August 31. {The Russiar losses are placed at 3000. During the assault shelis from the field | guns and. rifie bullets fell in the city. The Russian ships in the harbor par- ticipated occasionally in the firing. GARRISON IS DWINDLING. A reliable authority in touch with | events at Port Arthur declares that a week ago the garrison numbered ap- proximately 15,000. Accepting the Chi- nese report of the recent loeses, the effi- cient men now number 12,000. The past | week's advices confirm previous deduc- | tions that the Japanese are bending | their fiercest energy to secure an in- | gress along the railroad. | The-Japanese now expect, it is said, | | two months or possibly more of fight- | The ing before the fortress is taken. | garrison is said to be greatly worn and | weary. but determined to continue re- sistance, always hoping that General Kuropatkin will soon gain sufficient | strength to come to its relief. ———e EXPECTS NEWS OF CAPTURE. | | | Tokio Yet Believes Kuropatkin to Be Surrounded. | TOKIO, Sept. 4.—Beydénd Field Mar- ! shal Oyama’s dispatches reporting the | occupation of Liacyang and the com- mencement of General Kuroki's turn-a | ing movement against the Russian left, rothing further concerning the battl® «f Liaoyang has reached Tokio to-day. | Neither the number of Russians who succeeded escaping northward nor | the number encompasséd by General | ll\’urnki's turning ‘movement is knu\\n4‘ here. The severity of the ‘Russian defeat hinges largely on Kuroki's moveme If successful, the number of Russian | prisoners will be large. The meager re- | ports received indicate that the sol- | diers of both armies went to the limit of human endurance and suffcred ter- | ribly. It was impossible constantly to supply them with food and water and | the men have fought for days past | starving and parched with thirst. Although fail deiails are lacking, the duration of the fighting, the numbers | engaged and the losses so far reported | indicate that the battlie of Liaoyang ' will prcve to have been one of the | greatest of history. | The dispatch received from Field Marshal Oyama announcing the fall of | Liaoyang had the effect of cheering up | all the subjects of the Mikado. Throughout the rejoicings here, follow- | ing the earlier successes of the Japan- | egse armse at Liaoyang, the more | thoughtful! Japanecse feared the results | of the exposure to which the right wing | of General Kuroki's army was sub- | jected and it was held possible that | the strength of the Liavyang fortifica- | tions would permit the withdrawal of ) the bulk of the Russian forces there. | Even now there is doubt concerning | the number of Russians who have es- | ! caped, but there is no doubt about the | | character of the victory at Liaoyang. Tokio was brilliantly illuminated to- night and joyful crowds paraded the ! | streets, cheering the exploits of Field Marshal Oyama and Generals Oku, | Kuroki and Nodzu. e —— CZAR PROMOTES GENERALS. Alexieff, Rennenkampff, Gernross and | Fock Are Advanced. f PETERSBURG, Sept. 4.—Major ! | Nenerals Aiexieff, Rennenkampff, Gern- | ross and Fock bave been promoted to ! fresh f Kronstadt. the Russians, Petersburg the absence of news is looked upon as heightening the gravity of the situation of Meager Advices From Front Leave Doubt as to Whethe r Kuropatkin Has Fully Extricated His Army. Continued from Page 1, Column 2. were cet on fire before the Russians crossed the Taitse River. SLAV COMMANDER'S REPORT. Following is the full text of Kuro- patkin’s report: “To-day, Septémber 3, the greater part of the Russian army, including the First Siberian Army Corps, is occupy- ing positions south of the branch rail- way from Yentai station to the Yentai mines. “The Japanese, although they were in the immediate vicinity of our troops , to-day, confined themselves principally 10 sniping from the Chinese cornfields. “Our’ troops ‘which were posted at Liaoyang are crossing te the right bank | of ‘the.Taitsé River. “The area of operations is almost entirely vered by growing Chinese corn, which greatly impedes the move- ments of the troops. ‘'The retreat of Major General Or- loff’'s detachment - yesterday (Friday) was largely due to the fire with which the force was assailed among the mil- let fields.” Generai Orloff's losses were considerable, one regiment alone losing 1500 men.” AL 'GLOOM IN (ZAR'S CAPITAL. Russians Losing Confidence in Their Commander in Chief. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 5, 2:20 p. m.—There was bitter disappointment. last night—probably the keenest of the whole land campaign—over the situa- tion at the front. Up to Liaoyang the | retreating from and the abandonment | of pokitions had been expected and that much the public and. the officials thought they knew of General Kuro- patkin's plan of campaign. Had Liao- yang been abandoned without a fight the public at least would have looked forward patiently to a decisive stand. at Mukden, but, after a desperate battle, with victory for the instant ap- parently in sight, to find Liaoyang abandoned, its immense stores captured or destroyed and-the retreat continued under most adverse conditions, severely tries public confidénce in der in chief. i ac g At this hour, even the jauth knowiiIftle' oty (EHgw it a8 n ven b e, sn?x:-xmnmauuar?fi !owl\l'trhetfi& patkin is’ con nuLp! 3 whether, indeed, he hul%meh able -to do so, but the public so far is not aware of General Stakelberg's narrow escape from being cut ‘off: The situation as it is known td date is that the Russian army is south of | the branch railway connecting Yentai station, twelve miles northeast of Liao- yang, with the Yentai mines, where fierce fighting has been in progress. Active fighting seems to have been suspended for the moment, the armies probably resting after their terrific and continuous exertions of the past ten days—the longest single battle in his- it will depemd upon their recuperative powers as to operations. It is fiatter and more open than the region south of Liaoyang, buf |is covered at this season with dense’ fields of Chinese corn, growing higher, than a man on horseback. It is maore suited to surprise tactics and to of- fensive operations than to an orderly retreat. One feature of the situation, however, has apparently been overlooked by the 1 1 critics in their recent eagerness to chronicle a decisive engagement, namely, that Xuropatkin is still' in command of the railway and apparent- Jv has saved a majority of the rolling stock. This is chiefly in requisition at present for the transportation of the wounded, but Mukden, with strong de- fenses, ig less than thirty miles north of Yentai. What ferce Kuropatkin . is holding in reserve there even the au- thorities do not exactly know, but it is believed that it must be considerable, | while tHe European reinforcements, which have been rushed east for weeks past, e pouring in there daily. The Japanese army is confessedly exhausted and is getting farther from its base of supplies. If it reach Muk- den without dealing, Kuropatkin a crushing blow—and Field Marshal Oyama seems to be not yet able to envelop the Russian force—the Japan-' ese will find themselves in front of a and strongly defended city, where the Russians will be sure of a warm we'lcome and renewed supplies and against which it scems impossible that the Japanese commander. will be able to burl his brave, but worn out and possibly starving, forces. It is possible that even now Rusgian reinforcements may be descending from | the north to aid their retreating com- | rades at Mukden, which is less than two days’ ordinary march distant, even ignoring the rallway. 2 ‘What effect the present result will have uvon Kuropatkin's reputation at home it is impossible to say. It may be remembered, however, that before starting for the Far East General Kuropatkin said that he fully expected his reputation to sink lower than his friends even dreamed, but that there- j after there would come a turn and it would rebound. He was unwilling to predict where the turn would occur. The battleship Orel has gone ‘to This brings Rear Admiral Rojestvensky's squadron up to its full’ complement. el SMALL GAIN TO JAPAN. reven the loss of a gun and that Stakel- | had made the Japanese pay sufficiently | 4 perg’s corps had succeeded in rejoining ! {the main army. . s | After seven days of terrific fighting. {in whieh the Japanese losses .are: ad- { mitted to have been encrmous, the net | results are the occupation of Liaoyang, | which has-little strategic value. and the | destruction of the stores that Kuropat- kin could not take with him in his re- | treat. With the entire Russian.army jout of the trap set by Field Marshal LMurqula Oyama and well on its ‘way to ! Mukden, the Japanese must begin all | over again. f t ’ It is dowbted here if the Japanese will | | continue ‘the pursuit. of Kuropatkin {much farther. .It is not unlikely that they will remain’ at Liaoyang., and strongly intrench, against . the . time | ! when Kuropatkin, reinforeed, shall take | , the offensive and sweep down from-ihe north in an'attempt to> regain the ground he has lost.r By following the pursuit farther, the Japanese would be playing into the hands of Kuropatkin by the consequent Jengthening of their line of ‘communications, while the Rus- sian force 'is drawing nearer its own!: base. Within the past six weeks a large number of troops have left Russia for the front, and these soon will be added to Kuropatkin's army, placing it upon an equality with or making it superior to the combined Japanese armies. Should the Japanese 'continue the pursuit of Kuropatkin, the next great battle probably will be fought very soon at Mukden. -In the meantime there may be a series of rear-guard actions. At Mukden, Kuropatkin in all proba-! { bility will make another determined i stand, retreating again if he shculd find his position in danger of being sur- | rounded. His army will be &trength- ened by the addition of the garrison at Mukden, whose exact number is not knewn. . That the Japanese, with superior inumbers ‘and the choice of time for aggression, would inflict severe losses was taken for granted here. The oc- cupation of Liaoyang, with enormous Russian casualties and the evacuation of fortified positions, are regarded here as merely incidents. Though it is rec- ognized that the week’s battle must take its place as one of the bloodiest in ancient or modern history, vet if Kuro- #atkin reach Mukden with & potential remnant of his army Qyama's -effort #l, in English eyes,. be led more or less as a Ppuitless rifiee. . } - The bravery of hoth ithe opposing. forces excites here a thrill of admira- tion mixed with awe. Steeped as Hng- lsh military critics are in the histories of their own wars for centuries past, the combination of fanaticism and sci- ence displayed under modern conditions ‘of warfare around Liaoyang strikes for them a new and almost terrible note. “All we know,” says the Daily Graphic, “is that the battle of Liaoyang has been fought and won by the Jap- anesc. We have yet to learn the extent of the defeat of the Russians.” Kuropatkin's position is generally held to be still desperate, but, as the Daily News says, the latest cablegrams point to the fact that tWe Japanese have “lost the chance of achieving an unequivocal triumph.” +The Morning Post pays a high trib- ute to Kuropatkin's genius and to the traditional morale of the Russian troops under the disadvantages of de- feat. It believes.that a pause will now | follow events that even in themselves. would mark the century with a grand tragedy. - Such a keen supporter of the Jap- anese as the Daily Telegraph this morning rather regretfully admits that !Oyama. “'failed to achieve his strategical | object.” Reflecting the British Government’'s | views, the Daily Telegraph comments solely upon the point that nothing has | been. accomplished unless Kuropatkin's Torce vut out of action. “The Russians' immense losses in men and guns and their sunreme ex- ample of discipiine and determination, | concentrating with unshdken firmness for another fight, count,” according to the Daily Teiezraph, “‘for no more than | puperhuman prod of courage andl | tenacity performed by the Japaness| something more has been | 1chieved than is shown in the late dis- | ! patche: | The Standard characterizes Kuropat- | kin’s transnort of his army across the “wide and flooded Taitse River, in the | face of 'a pursuing enemy,” &s a re- markable feat, and voices the general belief that the Russian commander, having tempora extricated himself, } will_still continue on his retreat with {an “army ia beinz.” -l AT LIAOYANG. ! NO STORES | Russians Removed Bulk of | Before the Battle Commen: ST. PETERSBURG. Sept. 03 a. [ im.—The Novoe Vremya, this morning, ! ¢laims to have informaticn to the ef- | fect that the bulk of the T i plice were removed from Lia: { Mukden before the battle con The paper says that the belef of the | | public that Lizoyang would be held by i the Russians was based on the suppo- | sition that the supplies were still there !and it was believed that Liaoyang i'weuld be a sort of Plevna-held garri- /son, even if the main army retreated I morthward. The fact is, however, the i paper adds, that ths plice had been ! virtually dismantled and was held by 1' strong rear guard. Th~ battle of | ' Liaoyang, therefore, becomes merely { rearguard action of an excentionally ! 5 7 . sertion of the — for their attempts to take it. Spi g JAPAN'S PACT WITH KOREA. Hermit Kingdom's Poiicy to Be | s + position. 4‘ | Shaped by the Mikado. TOKIO, Sept. 5.—The Government to- day published the text of an agree- ment signed at Seoul on the 224 of August between representatives of Japan and Korea. The agreement fol- lows: “First—The Korean Government shall engage as financial adviser to the Korean Government a Japanese sub- Ject recommended by the Japanese Government, and all matters concern- ing finance shall be deaii with after his counsel has been taken.: ¢ “Second—The Korean ‘Government shall engage as diplomatic adyiser to the Department of Forsign Affairs a foreigner recommended by . the Japan- ese Government, and all _important matters ¢oncerning foreign relations shall be dealt with after his counsel has been taken. “Third—The Korean Government shall previously consult the Japanese Government in concluding treaties and convehtions with foreign powers and in dealing with othér important dip- lomatic affairs, such as the granting of concessions to or contracts with foreigners.” The Japanese Government explained the foregoing agreement as follows: “This agreement is nothing more than a natural and logical sequence to the protocol of February 23. It will be remembered that in this® protocol the Japanese Government undertook to give advice to the Korean Government with regard to improvements of ad- ministration, which advice the latter ;%rud to accept with full confidence. e financial embarrassment of the Korean Goverpment has been, in the past, a constant cause of internal trouble and the.chief hindrance to the development of foreign commerce. This serious aspect -of Korean administra- tion naturally attracted the first at- tention of the Japanese Government. '1): will ‘be ren"!n‘emhered (mhe; :lh::: in the protocol -it" was stipulate in ‘case the ‘welfare of the imperial use of Korea, or the | rial din- %::my gnor:t‘: ws:e '2;; igered g; l‘p& 6f a third power or by. m:emu&,:i s % ‘the Japanese Government. was to take the measures made requisite by the circumstances. This stipulation makes it incumbent upon Japan to exercise careful con- trol respecting Korean diplomacy. In fact the responsibilites devolving upon the Japanese Government in conse- quence of this protocol of February 22 can be discharged only by possess- ing a consultive voice in all import- ant questions of foreign intercourse and in assisting Korea to secure trust- worthy advisers to examine on the spot questions of international con- cern. These measures to control Korean finances and Korean foreign intercourse do not jn any way inter- fere with the full operation and va- lidity of Korea's existing treaties. “Article No. 3 is not intended to place an impediment ugon the legiti- mate enterprise of foréigners in the sphere of commerce and industry, but ig caluculated to serve as a precantion against the conclusion of improvident and dangerous engagements, which'in the past often have proved to be sources | of serious complications, such as was shown conspicuously in the case of the Russian lease at Yongampho.” Durham White Stevens, counselor of the Japanese legation in Washing- ton, will be the diplomatic adviser to the Korean Government, while Me- gata, Director of the Revenne Bureau at Tokio, wiil be Korea's financial ad- viser. URCES THE ME T0°STAND FIR ers Claims Desertion New Yorkers Was Expected * >~ CHICACO, Sept. 4.—The return to work of the 390 strikers in New York City will have no material effect upon the general situation in the stockyards strike, according to President Dunnelly' of the Butchers’ Union. In an address this afternoon before an audience com- posed of 5000 strikers and their friends Donnelly declared that despite the de- New York members of the union he would makg‘:m change in hjs plans to tie up the meat industry the country this week. “The action of the New York strikers, who are said to have voted to desert us,” said, Donnelly, “was not entirely unexpected. Their grievances were not ias great as ours, as they quit work merely in sympathy with the strike of the members- of the Butchers’ Union. Before next Saturday night I expect there will be fully 10,000 workmen in- volved in the struggle, and the product of {fe New York plants will not break the tic-up planned for this week. It - ! | the making of | ¥ i ther attempt at train-wrecking. | from the United States. of | ! A new station, with locomotives, trains, | etc., was . established several versts| north of the Taitse River, as was a| | general station for the Red Cross. | On . Friday, the fcurth day of the battle of Liaoyang and the tenth of | the general advance, the battle .com- | menced at dawn on both sides of the Taitse River. The Japanese advanced { early in the morning in the direction of | the Yentai mines, which were defended | by twelve battalions. | | Owing to the superiority of the. Jap- | | anege this force was giving way, pre-’ paratory to ‘retiring on its rear posi- | | tion, when fresh men were brought up, | which enabled it to retain its former From the left bank of the Taitse the | Japanese persistently bombarded Liao- yang, their shells reaching as far as the railway station. The Russian troops on September 1 occupied the main line, where the Jap- | anese assdults were persistent and | deadly; and the Russians not only stood off the attacks, but took the of- | fensive, broke the Japanese lines and | occupied a village in front of the posi- i tion. CHARGE THROUGH CORNFIELD. The: advance through the Chinese corn, which was'more than fourteen feet high, was very difficult, though the stalks had been cut down in places. The Russians pushed forward in the face ofiall obstacles and, reaching the | Japanege lines, drove in an assault be- fore which the Japanese fled, leaving | piles of corpses. The Russian losses also were very heavy. | On the evening of September 2 a large | Japanese force occupied the right bank of the Taitse River. It is reported to have consisted of the whole of General | Kuroki’'s and Nodzu's armies, General Oku alone remaining south of Liao- | ang. | The Chinege population is quiet. The | Chinese bandits are sometimes offens- ive when they become encouraged by the Japanese advance. The Russians are in the best of spirits. The wounded svpeak in the highest terms of the bravery and en- durance of the Japanese. The battle near Liaoang continues to-day (Saturday). There has been hot cross-firing at the Yentai mines, but at present silence prevails and no firing is heard in any direction. HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE. The fight of August 3I¥continued in a terrific manner until after dark. The Japanese maintained a storm of artil- lery fire on the Russian positions and | pressed the Russian right flank and | southern front, but they were driven back by the infantry whenever they came within rifle range. On September 1, owing to the extreme atigue of Generals Oku's and Nodzu's forces, all was quiet until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when forty-two guns opened simultaneously on Liabyang and continued until dark. Little damage was done, only four persons being killed. The Russian artillery began to reply at 3 p. m. and under cover of a sharp cannonade the evacuation of the town was commenced and a new rail- road station was established several versts to the north, the station master, his assistants and the engineers all working bravely under fire and ap- parently having contempt for the flying shells. General Kuropatkin decorated | the station master for his services. % nelly, declared victory would follow if the strikers would remain out about two months longer. The Sunday quiet at the stockyards was marred by but one insignificant disturbance. Four switches on the Chicago Junc- tion tracks ‘In the vicinity of theli stock vards were torn out to-night, signals, track and all, by some un- known persons, in an effort to wreck trains carrying meat from the pack- ing plants. The absence of the switch lights was discovered in time, how- | ever, to prevent an .accident. and a i guard of policemen has been placed along the tracks to prevent any fur- ey e 4 Good Points to Remember. We are selling agents for. “The Water- man Ideal- Fountain Pen” and sole agents for ‘““Ihe Marshall,” the best $1 fountain | | pen ever made. Sanborn, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. . —————— Much use is made in the vineyards | of Algeria of sulphate of copper; more than 120 tens were imported last year | cent] DUPE OFFICTALS WITH FORGERY Note Alleged to Be From Minister of Justice Mura-~ vieff Is Presented and Tts§ Order Is Promptly Obeyed Special Cable to The Call and ‘New York Herald. Copyright, 1904, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, Sept. 5.—A spegial dis- patch from St. Petersburg says that by a daringly conceived coup on the part of his friends, Sassoneff, the mur- derer of Von Plehwe, succeeded in escaping from prison. Early on Saturday morning two men, apparently officers of high rank, ac- companied by an army surgeon aad two gendarmes, presented themselves at the prison with a note alleged to be from Minister of Justice Muravieff. The forged note sanctioned the removal of Sassoneff. The prison officials were completely duped and handed over the assassin, who was driven away in the most de- liberate mammer. - Nothing has beenm heard since either of the assassin or of the bogus officers. The letter pre- sented at the prison was a elever forg- ery, written on official paper of the Ministry of Justice. * CAR ACCIDENT ENDS IN DEATH Man Killed and Woman Hurt by Being Thrown From Platform of Dummy BTGRP TN A car of the Sutro Railroad whirling in from the beach at a terrific speed last night Burled two passengers to the ground, killing one and injuring anoth- er. The car was in charge of Motor- man Schwartz. As the car swiftly rounded the turn at Thirty-third avenue Frank Romanio d Miss Virginia Sorena were-thrown rcibly from their seats. "Romanio was killed almost instantly and the young woman was badly bruised. An ambulance was sent for and the dead man and Miss Sorena were taken to the French Hospital. Here the woman was treated for severe lacer- ations of the scalp and extensive con- tusions. The body of the dead man was later taken to the Morgue. The motorman was trying to make up for lost time and let his car take its course down a steep grade. Its speed increased so that he could not check it at the turn. The car was crowded, but all except the two named managed to cling to their seats. Romanio was 31 years old. He had been living at the Garibaldi Hotel. Vir- ginia Sorena resides at 1419 Mason street. Motorman Schwartz will probably ba arrested this morning and charged with manslaughter. —————————— An Excellent Opportunity. For visitors to the World's Fair to ses the East. 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Liaoyang's defenders ; | have now safely extricated themselves, 5::9 p:lper concludes, n‘t‘\dThn_\'c, Joined 4 ' the ‘main army across the Taitse River, LONDON, Sept. 65.—The feeling of 'in the neighborhocd of Yentai. g elation aroused by the news from the The Novoe Vremya says that Cap- ' culled the strike off. You empowered vicinity of Liaoyang the past few days, | tain Schiraffe of General Kuropatkin's | me to start it, and you will have to in- which led to the belief that the com- ,:“f‘;’i Xlls'g ’t- hcomx{xg to S‘t.‘Petlcruburg ;.lmct me h:l/)el‘”menl :;teflo end it. spane afmiss Hal sl - with atches, in an interview at | Let no one: ISCOUrag: if the fight ::r:n;‘du ‘l’n ‘[: Ge::rnl es Bl .mt‘:eieo'f' Moscow, said as early as the middle of | seems to drag along. We will be all the July preparations were begun for the | stronger and will secure a better set- sition where he would have to fight | evacuation of Liaoyans. When he left ! tiement if we stay out for seven or hus been predicted by many that the strike would be called off before to- day, but we are still in the struggle and will remain. “It would not be fair to you .if I Kuropatkin's Escape Undoes the Work of pield Marshal Oyama. . - - i against odds and eventually be crushed, | there on August the town was al- | t weeks longer. L was succeeded to-night by ' chagrin | most wholly a shell surrounded by for- 3 ;m vice president of the| when the press dispatches annaunced | tifi ; from which the Russian Cutters’ in California, also He, like Don- that the Russians had escaped without force intended to slip as soon as they 'ma-u”m Through Cars cach sale day. September 3, 6, 7, 8, 19, 20, 28, 29. October 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 20, 26, 27. Stopovers en Route. Why not see Salt Lake and Denver? I