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San Fran M- udey, contshued wind THE WEATHER Forecast made at Sz Framcises ¢ nidty Epfied pnijg syignight. Oct SAN ALCAZAR— The THE THEATERSOL} ALt T ALHAM R?v‘wi BSnd ,!"m:_.. ; b A Texas Steer.” CENTRAL— BDasy Crodketel 3MBIA—"San Toy CHUTES—Vaudeytile. FISCHER'S—Down C—“A Japanese Nightingale | ORPHEUM—Vaudevilie. | TIVOLI—"Der Rastelbinder." Way of, the Line FRANCISCO, MONDAY, OCTOBER 70,000 MEN FALL IN THE BATTLE OF SHAK R AWFUL SLAUGHTER GONTINUES UNGHEGKED ON FIGHTING LINE Ten Thausand Rus- sian Dead Lef Kuropatkin Holding His Pursuers at Bay ates of the losses in the first six days of the battle of the Sakhe place the total at more than 70.000 lled and wounded The Raussian josse= esceed 40,000 men and it is probable that those of the Japanese will mot fall far short of 30.000. Ten ‘ d Russian dead were left on [ s the Jap attempt to re- e ssian infantry. i indication that | vard the east and center the nese are more correspondent i ) ascer: —The fight uroki and N gathering to the rain | e roads. On Sat- ved at the rail- rs and dis- Shakhe and heard plainly en. however, lay sreat excitement. CHECK PURSUERS, | 3 | Satur (with siap army of the center).—After s of the hardest kind of fighting, ction of the Russian army fell night the Shakhe River " holding 2 position on the | he stream. The fighting, menced shortly after noon 9, has been in progress con- uously ever since. On October 9 the sizns advanced to the southeast, the Shakhe River, thence to | nnatung. twenty miles southeast of Mukden and ten miles north of Yentai. | On the hills around Hammnatung Japanese had planted four batteries. | U'pon the advance of the Russians | these batteries retired to the south- ward, across a narrow valley, which runs east and west, and joined the T y. Oct. 15 Countinucd to Page 2, Column §. Czar to Abandon Mé,nchuria; Kuropatkin Will Be Retired Russians Capture Six Guns MUKDEN, Oct. 17.— The battle was renewed and con- d throughout the night, being especially heavy at mid- I'he Russians retain their position along the Shakhe and have made frequent upon the Japanese, capturing six of the latter’s guns. The eastern army is help- ng the western forces. There has been verv heavy artillery tire to-day attack The fighting is itered on the plain. MUKDEN, Oct. 16.—There was a lull in the battle yes- The It is now certain that The losses amount to y, but fighting was conti nued to-day on the right. southwest of here, t be able to extricate itself. Tt 1 been a bigger battle than Liaoyang. on the right to-d , Oct 16.—The ic squadron put to sea at 1 A Copenhagen dispatch says the Bal- Il $ morming. d in two sections. It co 1 Bournholn m- ven cruisers and numer- ous smaller craft and was going nertheast ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 17, 3:456 a. m.—The official veil was lifted to- m the ghastly tragedy around Shakhe, but even the official account, supplemented by numerous press dispatches, leaves much uncertalnty to the situation. le only to conclude that the costly withdrawal and retreat from Liao- yang is being duplicated upon an even grander scale, after more desperate $ehting and heavier loss. General Kuropatkin's story leaves the Russians still tenaciously holding the north bank of the Shakhe River, but the general belief is that this is y the finale of one of the greatest military dra of history and the Russian army as a whole ring toward Mukd: aving suffered at the ive estimate a loss of more than 30,00¢ flank, which was one of the most important poin in the heard, h leaves the inference that it is not n a position to communicate with the remainder of the army. Il the wounded are being carri farther north. understood that the corresp. o have been ordered to Har- h indicates that the retreat stop at Tie Pass. All e world-heralded advance have been abandoned. eather conditions are even ng the retreat from impassable, but it is im- It may prove Rus- On the other hand, how- not even to Port worse than Streams are bank-high and fords are ffect the final situa ing a Japanese pursuit ns are on the wrong side, the flcoded rivers may only eteness of the disas XITIHN SUPPLY MAY BE DEPLETED. Another serious fact that remains undetermined is the ammunition sup- les express great confidence that General Kuro- T 1 this respect, but at last accounts the Japanese were bombarding as if they were confident of an inexhaustible supply. The official story of the battle says that the Japanese made a deter- ed effort to break the Russian center on Friday night, but this, it seems, may be a el >al or telegraphic error for Thursday. Simultaneousiy the Japanese launched a heavy assault against the village of Shakhe, which had already been the scene of so many furious attacks and counter attacks. The R s were forced to evacuate the village, but heroically recaptured the position. This brought reserves of both sides into action, but whether the whole of the reserves of either side were engaged iIs not clear.” In any event the Russians were again and finally driven out, making five times that Shakhe had changed hands in the course of the battle. The Russians then retired to a new position north of Shakhe. neral Kuropatkin says that Friday night was passed in comparative quiet, but that Saturday saw an immense concentration of Japanese on the Great Mandarin road, where the Russian batteries were vigorously playing in an effort to hold them in check. The result of Saturday’s fight has not been officially given, but there is every evidence that it was one of the m severe character. It was during the Japanese furious night attack on Wednesday, ac- cording to unofficial accounts. that the Russians lost their guns. RUSSIAN CENTER AND RIGHT FORCED BACK. Thursday witnessed another furious cannonade, in which the whole of the Russian center was forced back. In the afternoon of the same day the Russian right began to give way. Toward evening came a few hours’ . but at midnight the cannonading was renewed with increased fury, ye witnesses declaring that it exceeded in intensity that at Liaoyang during the famous fighting of August 30 and August 31 There was much desperate fighting on Friday, which was carried on through a tremendous storm of rain, hail and thunder. General Kuropat- kin personaily took command of the Petroff regiment. It was in the midst of this awful war of man and the elements that the Russians, the Pet- roff regiment leading, for the iast time charged doggedly into Shakhe and took the town in the face of the hottest Japanese bombardment. The latest reports from the battle came on Sunday afternoon and even- ing, when the Russians were carrying on a heavy rear guard fight, evi- dently retiring on Mukden. Generals Oku and Nodzu were concentrating for another blow on the Russian right, where the fighting is described as having been furious. General Nodzu is reported to have been wounded seriously, but this cannot be confirmed. Mukden itself remains quiet, though the sounds of battle are plainly heard to the southward. The railway station is congested with trains of wounded proceeding to Harbin. The hospital facilities are completely overtaxed. Six thousand wounded arrived at Mukden on Saturday alone. The heroic surgeons and nurses, many of whom have n without sleep for thirty-six hours, are ready to drop from fatigue. MEANS THE DOWNFALL OF KUROPATKIN. Although the official account of the battle does not present the dis- astrous picture that many in St. Petersburg has resigned themselves to see. the general feeling here is of th= deepest gloom. If the battie has not been Russia’s Sedan, in fact, the moral and political effects could hardly be worse. The result will render the war and its conduct more unpopular than ever at home, while the greatest fears are expressed that the Chin- ese population, if not the Governmen:, will be encouraged to abandon a long doubtful neutrality and openly side in with the victorious Japanese. From the military point of view the most bitter disappointment is in the knowledge that the reverse seals the fate of the heroic defenders of Port Arthur, who are now without hope of succor from the outside world. A remarkable feature throughout is the popular sympathy with General Kuropatkin. Viceroy Alexieff is again charged with responsibility for Kuropatkin's attempt to take the aggressive. Pity rather than ecriticism is awarded the ill starred general; but it is felt among army officers that the military prestige of the whole of Russia has so suffered at his hands that it is impossible that he can ever be given the chance to retrieve the disaster. Out of the fragmentary mass of information at hand’ it ‘is- | | of the other | | | CEMETERY | THE SCENE 0F A DUEL Farmers Fight With Knives and One Is Dead. Quick Ending of Combat Arising Out of Busi- | ness Dispute. Woman Widowed and Child Left Fatherless by the Victor’s { Fatal Thrust. Special Dispatch to The Call CLARINDA, Iowa, Oct 16.—A duel | with knives between two young farm- | ers yesterda ended in the death of mbatants and the arrest on a charge of murder. | Fenton Whitmaugh and Charles Mid- daugh had a quarrel arising out of a one of the ¢ small busir deal and they agreed to settle the dispute im a fight. With |a half dozen companions they drove | is a few years older. | | | | | tather defended his son at midnight in Middaugh’s carriage to the cemetery and Whitmaugh was given the choice of weapons. Middaugh | had brought a Yevolver, which was taken from him by his companions. Whitmaugh selected pocket knives. 1 The men entered the ring and im-| mediately clinched. Within a half min- | ute Middaugh had reecetved three bad gashes, one of which severed the cla- vian artery. He died in five minutes. The Coroner’s jury to-day found that | Middaugh came to his death from al knife nd in ¢ “inflicted by wvffifi: o b!m S Whitmaugh is in the County Jail 1t is said he has confessed to his part in the affair. Middaugh was 24 Vears of age. He | leaves a wife and child. Whitmaugh FATHER WILL DEFEND SO Attorney He Will .\‘eek‘ to Save the Life of Self-| Confessed Wife Slayer| R Special Dispatch t CHICAGO, Oct. 16. father will ap- pear in Judge Chetlain’s court to-mor- row as an attorney for the defense in| | The Call | | | | a wife-murder case, in which his son | |is to be on trial for his life. This unusual situation is to be presented in the trial of Victor Roland O'Shea.| the self-confessed slayer of his wife. At- torney P. N. O'Shea is the father of the defendant. For weeks he has been mustering all the legal lore bearing on the case that he could find, for, in ad- ditlon to the professional enthusiasm | of a lawyer for his client’s interest. he has the additional desire of a father | to save his son from the gallows. | is said that never before has a in a murder| trial in Cook County. In this case in-| sanity will be the defense. The State | will ask for the death penalty. — e WANTS FIFTEEN THOU FOR It ND A PURLOINED KISS Kentucky Society Leader Brings Suit | Against the Man Who Stole It From Her. CINCINNATI, Oct. 16.—Is a stolen kiss worth $15,000? | This is a question which will have to be decided by Federal Judge Coch- ran when his court convenes in Cov- ington, Ky., to-morrow. Mrs. Grant Mitts, a biue grass so- ciety leader of Mason, Ky., thinks ghe | is entitled to that amount for a kiss she declares was stolen last June by J. B. Alexander, a friend of her hus- band, who made a friendly call while the man of the house was not home and she has brought suit. As a result of the alleged larceny she declares she is a nervous wreck and has been subjected to much hu- miliation and notoriety. e e i GIRLS AT BRYN MAWR ESTABLISH A GROCERY College Maidens Will Conduct a Store to Aid Their Building Fund. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 16.—To aid their building fund the girls of Bryn Mawr College have established a gro- cery at the institution. Miss Anna M. Branson first thought of it last year and has succeeded in having a room fitted up in the basement of the new Rockefeller Hall. It is well stocked and well patronized by the girls. The honor system governs all transactions. ————— Lady Curzon Improving Daily. WALMER CASTLE, Kent, England, Oct. 16.—A bulletin issued to-night announced the continued improvement of Lady Curzon. She was this after- nooon removed to Walmer Palace, a house in the vicinity of Walmer Castle, where it was intended to remove her ore the last relapse. | place in the house. | Places the son has been in the habit of | night that 0IS CROCK PROVES A POOR BAYK Distrustful Artisan Loses $11,000 He Secreted, , William Schmitz, Painter, | Finds His Hoard Stolen From Hiding Place. | G s ‘ Son of Vietim, Arrested on His| Father’s Accusation, Denies Any Knowledge of the Money. e William Schmitz, a painter living at | 741 O'Farrell street, was robbed of over $11,000 in gold coin last Wednesday night. He reported the robbery {o the | police as soon as he discovered f{ and‘ | Captain Burnett set his detectives m“ work cn the c Schmitz's son, | George V/., was placed under arres[‘ on suspicion of having stolen the coin| | anks” | and is being detained in the * at the Prison, but he denies that | he knows anything about the stolen | coin. | Schmitz told the police that he had | kept the coin in a crock in a secret | The money had | been in his possession for ten years. | He has no belief in the stability of banks and flattered himself that the| coin was much safer in the crock than in the vault of a bank. The oid man suspects no one but his son, who, he says, knew where the erock containing the money was hid- n. - The detectives on the case are under the Impression that if the sor’ was the thief he had a confederate and they are working on that theory. frequenting have been searched, but no trace of the money has so far been found. | Though the elder Schmitz is certain that his son is the thief he said last | he would not prosecute George. The old man is on the verge | of a nervous collapse because of the loss of the money, which represents the greater part of the savings of a| lifetime. SELLS TICKETS - ~ FOR WEDDING Indiana Man Thinks He Sees Chance to Make Money Out of His Fifth Marriage Special Dispatch to The Call. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 16.—James Sutton will be married in this city on the night of October 30 to Miss New- man. It will be his fifth wedding. He has been divorced four times, and all his wives are alive. A few years ago he wrote a book, entitled “The Ups and Downs of a Young Married Man.” He has engaged a hall for the cere- mony, and will sell 20,000 tickets, charging cents, 35 cents and 50 cents for admission. One hundred tickets will be reserved for the newspaper men of Evansville and points within fifty miles of this_ city. Sutton is 50 years old, and is well known. He believes his enterprise will be a financial success. _——— McKEE'S FATHER CALLS TALK OF ENGAGEMENT “NONSENSE"” Says He Does Not Belleve His Son and Mrs. Tevis Are to Be Married. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Sellers Mc- Kee, the father of A. Hart McKee, who sailed with Mrs. Hugh Tevis on the White Star steamship Baltic on September 30, said to-night he had received cable dispatches from both young persons in London, but neither mentioned the report of their engage- ment. “I don’t believe they have become engaged,” said McKee.: “I am sure they would have said something about it if they had concluded to get mar- ried. I am satisfled that all talk of their engagement is nonsense.” —_——— JOKER DISCOVERED, THEIR | when United States Senator Bacon of EGG TRUST IS SMASHED Stored Cases as Meat, Thereby Securing Low Rates. PITTSBURG, Oct. 16.—The refusal of the railroads to carry stored eggs has practically smashed the egg trust. Since the Armours, Swifts and other ‘Western packing-houses have been storing eggs during the summer for winter sale dealers have had to go to these packers for eggs. The West- erners have been shipping eggs as meat and getting a lower freight rate by one-half. The railroads, it is al- leged, have been winking at this dis- erimination. The independent egg dealers laid a complaint before the Interstate Com- ‘merce and the railroads have refused to carry eggs out of their class as a result. RIVER enatorial Gourtesy Is Forgottéfi Bacon of Georgia Says Hopkins of Illinois Is a “ Lightweight.” i MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, FROM ILLINO RESPECTIVELY, WHOSE BITTER EXCHANGE OF PE ND GEORGIA, ALITIES IS ONE OF THE SIDE ISSUES OF THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN. o CHICAGO, Oct. 16.—Senatorial cour- | tesy is likely to be tossed to the dogs | Georgia and United States Senator A.l Hopkins of Illinois meet. i The Georgian has designated his| Northern colleague as a “lightweight—, the lightest man in the Senate.” He | charges that the Iilinoisan has been | sc lacking in courtesy as to accuse| him (Senator Bacon) of being no bet- ter than a murderer. To all of which Hopkins says surd.” Bacon is stumping the country for the Democratic National Committee and in Elgin a day or two ago, where Senator Hopkins had preceded him at a Republican rally, he was informed the latter had = warned the people against him, charging he had been one of six men to draw lots to see which “ab- should shoot a white Republican, who ! subsequently got his quietus. G o e N | TALE OF BOY NOT BELIEVED Coroner’s Jury Says Eleven- Year-0ld Lad Who Killed Sister Is Amenable to Law | REDDING. Oct. 16.—The Coroner’s jury that investigated the death of Rosa Stowe, the seventeen-year-old girl of Whiskytown who was shot and killed by her brother, Lester Stowe, aged 11 years, yesterday, would not believe the boy's statement that the shooting was accidental and returned the following verdict: “We find that Rosa Stowe came to her death from a gunshot wound in- flicted by Lester Stowe and from the testimony adduced we find him amen- able to the law and recommend to the District Attorney that he proceed as he sees fit.” The testimony at the inquest went to show that when the boy was quar- reling with his sister because she had liberated estray goats he had taken up, he had a knife in his hand and that he made a threat that he would hurt her and later told her that if she re- peated the offense he would kill her. After she locked him out of the room, the testimony shows, he went to the pantry and got the shotgun with which he killed the girl by shooting through a window. The boy said on the witness stand that he did not know the gun was joaded and only intended to frighten his sister. Both the District Attorney and his deputy were out of town to-day and the intended action of the office toward the boy cannot be learned at this time, but it is believed that the boy will be charged with murder. - General Worth Passes Away. NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Brigadier General- William Scott Worth, U. S. A. (retired), is dead at Clinton, Staten Island, after a long illness. aged 64 years. MOUR? (UL OTES TELL A STORY Last Hours of Wasted Life Are Spent ' at Piano. il e+ S S | Special Dispatch to The Call LOS ANGELES, Oct, 15.—After & | burst of melody like a dying swan's {last song, Eric William Lundberg. a | Swedish fisherman and once a piano l‘stndent under the old European mas- | ters, passed away suddenly In Santa | Monica. Lundberg, though long a rough | seafarer, had seen better days. Yester- | day he seemingly had a premonition | that the end was near, and during his | last hours on earth, while death hov- ered over him, this aged unfortunate | sat in a music store in a crowded street 'und drew from a piano such soulful, | sad and touching music as to cause | hundreds of passers to stop and listen, | enraptured and thrilled. He played as { nobody in the crowd had ever heard a | man play befo all the anguish of a sad heart and weary soul pouring forth | as the ivory keys yielded to the touch | of this strange, unkempt mortal’s rough \ hands. All the pent-up sorrow of a mis- spent life seemed to be released in ome glorious outburst of mournful harmony. For hours he played. and at 9 o'clock | at'night left the piano with a sigh and tottered away to an aid barn, where a few hours later his body was found. Lundberg was known all along the coast. —_——e————————— DEEP WATER ROUTE WILL JOIN ST. LOUIS AND CHICAGO Ship Canal at Mouth of Hlinois River Will Be Begun as First Step. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16.—The first posi- tive step taken in connection with a | deep water route between St. Louis and Chicago is the building of a ship canal at the mouth of the Illinois River. The canal will be a fourteen- foot channel and will supersede all plaps and schemes which have here- tofore been proposed and submitted as a means of solving the navigation problem in the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. By order of the War Department ‘lhe Mississippi River Commission has l:-med to be made surveys, plans and specifications for the St. Louis-Alton canal and these will be finally formu- lated at a meeting of the to be held in St. Louis om ber 10.