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ARMIES .'AT PORT ' ARTHUR
'- FIGHT L FIERCELY' AND i
V. ;both suffer "bJgl' .
- LOSSES. ' , .'
The City Bombarded by tbe Entire
j Japanese .Fleet Firing is at
Such Long Range as to Ba -
sf Little Effect on "
-; Fleets Death of ' ;V
Senator Vest. -
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London, Aug. 10. Tbe Chefoo cor
respondent of the London Daily
Telegraph, one of that newspaper's
most reliable .men, under date of
Aug 9, states that ,twa messengers
have arrived there from Port Ar
thur, who'brirrg an account of the
most desperate fighting of the war,
which is said to bave begun last
Sunday : andi continued. . ,fo"r ; three
days.: , . . .i ... a:
According to .the correspondent,
the Japanese, following " their Cap
ture of Wolf Hill, , immediately be
gan to prepare for an assault upon
the chain of forts which I line Ahe
limits of the town -'Brigade "after
brigade moved but,'- until ' finally
three divisions of Japanese -trcjops
occupied a position etretched entire
ly across the couptry beyond Port
Arthur. So far as could ' be seen
from the. towD, the attacking forces
were so disposed that they were 'en
abled to attack in four divisions,tbe
two'ceatral of which were much the
strongest numerically., After, the
Japanese had disposed of their, for
ces, they becana cannonading, the
strength of which was .very- much
greater than any which the garri
son naa previously experienced.
For four hours the enormous siege
guns poured hundreds of pounds of
metal into tbe Russian fortifications
and many of the garrisons were kill
ed or wounded before nightfall
caused tbe enemy to cease ltsef
forts. ' ' " " y. t. y
: ' At dawn the next dav the Japan'
ese, massed on tbe extreme right of
the- fortress, moved forward, " and
tbe Russian guns opened on them.
Little daunted for a time, they
made a desperate effort to capture
the smaller of tbe forts; but the "ri
fle and artillery fire of tbe Russians
were So deadly that the attacking
garty was forced to retreat' bsfore
more lhan half of tbe distance had
been covered, r - - : -
"Shoitly afterward the' entire Jap
anese fleet, Which had taken "-up -a
poeitiob behind the peninsula, be
gan a long-range -bombardment of
the town. ' Pursuant to orders, the
Russian ileet sailed out- to .distract
the Japanese wa"rehip6,and H' naval
conflict at long range -was immedi
ately precipitated. Tbe warahips
fired on each other uttil nightfall,
and there were casualties on 'both
sides, how great is (till unknown.
Sboo after darkness had put an end
to the conflict, the Japanese at
tempted a night attack all along
tbe line, which would have proved
successful had it not been for tbe
vigilance of tbe Russian sentries of
the extreme left, who, while closely
scrutinizing the Japanese positions,
I discovered evidences that a ' move
ment ot some cnaracter ' was being
planned.- .-
The word was quickly given, and
the fortifications were manned by
all of the men who could be spared.
When the: Japanese moved forward,
expecting to completely surprise a
sleeping garrison, they were, greeted
with a fire that flesh and - blood
could, not withstand?, and. had to
retreat; -: I
-:.- -' - - - -J- -.-Louia.
this" evening for interment la
the1 privale car of A.' Aj'AlleuV vice
president and general .manager of
the1 Missouri, Kansas & Texasail
road.t -'' ' ' '-. ;:.-..r
' - Senator Jobrl H.-Mitcheil learned
with surprise and deep f egret of the
death' of hig former c&lleauge, Sena
tor1 Vest? with-' whom he' had served
in the senate for a rHnmber of years:
"We were' warm' psrsonal friends,"
said Senator Mitchell, 'anet" I b-teemed'-hiiri'most
highlyj-THe -'Was
by fap ene of the most brillian t men
on the demdcratrc side of-the senate
and for thai matter I might 6ay in
the eatire senate; ' He was a very
able' mao, a man witb; a great big
brain;and a great big: Leart.-Whsn
be left the senate In March of .last
yea his departure Was regretted by
every senator there; "j-'well remem
ber a speech " which' he 1 made just
beforiis term expired; He spoke
upon the death Sf a prominent man
fr6m''7'the'soath,Vand though his
physical strength had for some time
been'io mucfi impaired that he had
ttfibe suplported by two attendaht?,
'bis mental pbwers';:were undimin
ished'. Every one' who -heard that
epsech admired it.. It was a woad
ef ful -efforK Senator- Vest -'"was a
Very 6Shol&rly' va'Ace and fci3 Bpeecb
es wie finished and 'ieloqoent.'' -I
cantiot:spe(& too' highly of hlm. 'I
am sore hiB death will be" deplored
bv everv one who knew- him.- as it
certainly is by rhe. s
JHE TRAIH.VBECK
COLORADO PROVES JO BE
s ONE OF THE MOST- DISAS-"
TROTJS IN THE HISTO
. ' RY OF THE COTJN- -
' TRY. " ' . "
'Cbefob.' A'uei' 1 1. The Russiah
fleet eWirged from' Port,' Arthur' at
7'a.' m!. Wedhesday'nibrhing'. It'is
stated .that only ' the smaller Japan
ese vessels engaged and - pursued it.
The pursuit lasted two hours and a
half. The hospital ship Mongolia,
carrying wotnehand - children, "Is
eaid- to have accompanied the fleet.
Refugees from- Port .Arthur state
that during-' the last five days Jap
anese; shells from Wolf's Hill have
been dropping into the town caus
ing much damage. -
Several civilians have beea hurt.
One shell hit so oil storehouse .un
der Golden- Hill. Five hundred
ta41ora "vainly attempted "to" extin
guish the fire it caused. -r
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XtnftooD Glothes
For boys, little fellows and
young men eee Nolan & Cal
lahan. ' . ;
G. R. FARRA
Physician. & Surgeon;
Office up stairs back of Graham &
Wells' drug store. Residence on the
corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele
phone at residence, 104. .
All calls attended promptly.
- Sweet Springs? Mo., v- Aug.
After lingering for weeks between
life and death, ex-Senator (Seorge
Vest passed, peacefully away oday.
He had been bo near death far the
past two or three days that the end
came without a struggle. He was
conscious until about 2 o'clock Sun
day morning, .when he-aank into a
state oi coma trom wmcn ne never
aroused. - He lost , the .power of
speech Saturday "morning, but for
several days betore' that he talked
very imperfectly, and during the
last 36 hoars of his life his breath
ing was barely perceptible:;!-The
flutter of his pulse was all that
showed that life still remained
At the bedside when the end
came were his wife; Dr. Jarvis, the
family physician, Senatqf Vest's
son, Alexanderhis daughter, Mrs;
George P. , Jackson, and er 4ics-
band, and Mrs. Thompson, a niece
ot Mrs. Vest - - -
The remains were taken to- St,
Chefoo, Aug. 11; Captain , Rost-
chavoski, of the . Russian torpedo
destroyer Riesitelim, which emerg
ed from Port Arthur with the fleet
Wednesday morning, and which ar
rived here early this morning,
states that his engine broke down
when he was midway between Che
foo and Port Arthur. He proceed
ed at a speed of 12 knots to this
port. He fays he saw no Japanese
vessels. - r .
The Kiesitellni reports - that six
Russians battleships,, four cruisers
and half of the torpedo boats es
caped from Port Arthur yesterday
morning The torpedo boat left
Port Arthur last night, ' bringing
five passengers.
.. Captain Kostchavoski refused to
say directly that the: fleet had gone
on an extended cruise, but left .the
inference, in the course of a long in
terview, that the warships expect to
loin tbe Vladivostok squadron,
which he said had been recruited
by the purchase of ships from the
Argentine republic. Oaptain Kost
chavoski said further that the Rus
sian torpedo, boats, gunboats and
small craft generally remained at
Port Arthur. Some came out 1 to
perform their usual duties in the
vicinity, but they did not follow the
big ships. " ' ;; --
Liao Yang, Aug. 11. The Jap
anese are very active in Bendziko,
27 miles east of the Taitse river.
They are bridging tbe river at eight
points to facilitate their advance.
It is reported that tbe Japanese
have 20,000 men and 20 guns idle
at Haicheng, awaiting the turning
movement which they are .now at
tempting around Liao Yang. " f The
Haicheng force will be' ready to ad
vance if the flankers succeed? in
pocketing the Russians. ";
ueneral Lubavm' made a recon-
noissance to the eastward ' ih" the
valley of the Taitse river on ' the
night of' August 6, striking the Jap
anese at Izyatichan. The night' was
dark and foggy. Three feoninanies
of Cossacks rushed the- Japanese
outposts in "order ' to develop the
strength of. their, reserves. . It , was
discovered, that the Japanese had
30,000 mn and eight guns.: The
Cossacks found that they nad stirr
e'd np'a hornet's hestr,' , Tbey ' had a
severe fight and. drover back : the
Japanese advance, but got away be
fore, relnforcemeDta had . time to
come up.'
Tbe Russians lost two men kill
eu ana nine wounaea, as ..well as
lour ooreee. - .- .
Eighty Are Found Dead Washing
ton DoctorIs Among the Lost,
" 'Scenes .'at tne. Morgue.
,- -Are '" Hear trendi ng .. ' '
,,, : Remains Buried in 7 v
i ; Sand- Other .. .;
' , News." :::-r-' :
' Pueblo, Tolo , ' Aug.' 8. The
wreck of te World's Fa'r Flyer on
the1 Denvei- & Rio Grande railroad,
near Eden,' seven miles north of
Pueblo, last evening proves to have
become one of I he greatest disasters
in the history of this country''. Two
crowded-cars and ' a ' baggage car
were engulfed in the torrent- that
tore out a trestle spanning 'Steele
Hollow, otherwise .known Dry
Creek, and so far "as known ' to
night, only three of the occupants
of these cars escaped death. Fortun
ately, two deepen -and a -diner,
Completing the train, -remained on
the' track at the edge 'of : the abyss,
and none of - their occupants were
killei or injured! '- ' - .,".'
How many ' perished " : jprobablt
will never be definitely ascertained,
for the treacherous sands- are drift
ing over the bodies. Searching for
the dead was begun about midnight
en an extensive scale, :and is. still
in progress tonight.
All corpses found were brought
to Pueblo .. and ' placed in four
morgues here. : At- 8 o'clock - this
evening 82 bodies had been. recov
ered; and of these 60 had beeh iden?
tined. Thirty-three are still miss
ing. During the day bodies were
recovered all the way along . Foun
tain river from tbe scene of . the
wreck to this city. At 1 o'clock
this afternoon two bodies were tak
keu from the stream at First street,
more than eight miles from the
point where tbe disaster ' occurred,
and it is probable that some 7 may
be recovered eveo further' down
stream. - None of the bodies were
barely mutilated, and all are in such
condition as to be recognizable
Many identifications have been
made by articles found on the bod
ies; no persons who viewed them
recognizing the features'. -
' A visit to the morgue "presented
a horrible picture." Relatives and
friends - were ' anxiously seeking
friends and loved ones who art sup
posed to be among the blackened
bodies piled" in rows' in different
rooms of the untertaking establish
ments. : v- '
The work -was - apparently con
ducted with" as much system aspos
eible, bodies being carded ,as fast
arecognizedt and many of - them
being taken away Immediately and
several sent to their" homes in other
cities:. . ..'" , , '-'.. -:
The streets, of this ciy present a
picture such as was probably never
witnessed before. Women and men
are to be seen rnshing 'frantically
from one place to another wringing
tneir nanas la anguisn and impior
in g those supposed to be in posses
sion of information to tell them the
fate of their relatives , and friends
ana every lew minutes a wail can
be heard as they have found What
they sought for, yet hoped not to
find, the horrible reality thai their
fears were confirmed.
Peculiar pathos attaches to the
death of Miss Stella McDonald, of
Pueblo, and Dr. James B. Mac Gre-
gor, of .Ballard, Wash., who were
drowned together. Their engage
ment Was announced last week to
the friends of Miss McDonald and
the wedding-was planned . for' the
ear future1. Miss McDonald had
been connected with the Pueblo
schools- for several years and - had
beea tha-v principal? of the central
high School" one year.'
' 'Another very sad case is that of
Mr. and ' Mrs,.,- Henry', Gilbert,, oi
Oklahoma City, who had been mar
ried only two months and were on
their hooeymoon trip. Gilbert is
one oi the three- men who msrvel
ously escaped from tbe . chaircar.
His wife, who was sitting- beside
him, was lost,, and although he is
unscathed, her death has made him
a nervous wreck.- He is now in
the Pueblo hospital.
; W. Vance, porter on the forward
sleeping car Wyuta, was one of the
heroes of the disaster. - To him and
his -nerve and bravery: the people
on that car owe their- lives.--;'- He
wag etandin'g near the front end .of
the car when the crash came, " and
with fare presence of mind - rushed
to the hand brake 6h -the front Of
the cart-and 'began tightening the
brakes on the-wheels... His car was '
slipping. forward- from the 'momen
tum and from the terrible' drag of "
the forward cars falling into the .
stream.1 Vance held on to the brake
like grim deaths HiSibands clench
ed the wheel, until 4U fingers al
most bled, bat, he heia on until his
tight grip stopped the ear. " The
forward cars broke from the sleeper
and fell into the water, 'while the
car which Vance had held with the
brake stopped one-third of the way
on-the brink. of the chasm, over
hanging the gulch below: -: -
"The forward trucks h'd left the
track and gone down." bu'.Mha re
mainder of the eoac h rin.n'ned on
the tracks and tli- 1 ver .i-t .Uie pas
sengers were saved! 'lifquired two
engines and nearly a half ' hour's
work to pull this sleeper back from
the brink of the chaem. ' Nothing
but Vance's eool and ". brave work
the .brakes kept the car from
pluDging'into the stream.
Tolcio, "Acg.-: 1 i. 'Evidently driv
en to see by the fire ot the - Japan
ese landhatteries tbe Russian fleet
emerged from; Pirt Arthur . yestet
day morning. . .Admiral- Togo im
mediately closed in and opened a
severe engagement, which- lasted
until nightfall.:- -'-Afterwards the
Japanese . destroyers and torpedo flo
tillas delivered a eeries of attacks.
The. Japanese fleet withdrew during
the night. - ' '
A"guardsbip'- stationed off the
hbrbor- reported that she saw at
dawn today the battleships Retvi,
zan and - Pobieda steaming toward
the harbor of Port Arthur. "
Admiral Togo has not yet report
ed the results of yesterday's engage
ment. It is thought: here that, the ,
Russians attempted to escape sea
ward from, a base which '5 no long
er tenable, but that they again re
fused to attsmpt to force Admiral
Togo's lines. - Details are-expected
hourly. " "
,; THE STATE FAIR.
This tear is going to be a record
breaker, in more ways than one.
The races are going to be very rap
id for there are in . training now'
more horses than have ever been on
the track at this time of the year
and in the Greater Salem Stake for
2:15 pacers $2,000 purse. - There
are 31 entries in - the $2,000 2:17
trot. ...In the Lewis & Clark Stake
there are 17 entries. In the Rural
Spirit Stake 2:11 .pace for $1,000
there are 18 entries. In the Inland
Empire Stake for 3 year old pacers
for $500 there are 11 entries - and
there ate besides 11 other pacing
and trotting races, to eay nothing
of the running races of which there
will be at least two each day. . . : '
; The Campicg Ground rhas been
fixed up and streets laid out and
named, camps numbered and in
charge of a Camp Grand Marshal,
who will -look after the matters
there day and night. Water has
been piped into- the grounds and
other improvements made making
it one of the best camping grounds
in the state. Take your family and
a tent and enjoy a week of solid
comfort to say nothing of the edu
cational advantages, that you and
the children will get at the Fair
that they never could get any place
else in tbe same time.
All trains of the S. P. R. R. Co.
stop at the grounds during the
week.: J,be pavilion sod grounds
will be lighted by incondei-;ent e
lectric lights thus giving -i much
improved light servict-.
60 different games all new .
one in each package of "
Lion Coffee
at your Grocer's.