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ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1904.
NUMBER 291.
VOLUME LVIII.
LOSSES ARE
FEARFUL-'
BOTH S.S
Of
l3
Recent Battle at Liao Yang Cost
the Russians 20,000 Men,
and the Japs 30,.
000 Men.
Soldiers Are Without Shelter and
Their Condition Is Said to
Be Terrible.
EXTENT OF FORCES ENGAGED
ItiiNNliitm tiitWI lo llttv Number
ed I.'KI.OOO Hnd tb Jap
antae 00,000 toOO,
UOU Mure.
Ht. Petersburg, Sept. 10. A dispatch
frin Mukden describes the horrible
plight of the tentles und shelterless
xoldlera.
A detailed statement of the Rual.n
losses, which la promised to be Issued
lute today. I awaited with Intense In.
tereat. The general expectation la that
the loaaea will approxlmatt 20.000, n
agalnat JO.OoO for the Japanese.
The cure of the wounded has taxed
the hospitals to the utmost One cor
respondent euya 12.000 wounded hnd
paaaed through the Mukden hoapltala up
to Monday, and only the moat aevere
caaea could be attended to by the
nuraea and the aurgaona.
tIZI OF THt TWO ARMIM.
Ruaalana Had 133,000 and Jape W.OO0
tt eo.000 Mart.
8t Pettraburg, Bept I. Now that
the battle of Lluo Tang la hlatory, offl
vera of tht genera) staff atatt that
Oeneral Kuropatkln'i . army at Uno
Tang conelated of 20 battalions of In
fantry, 117 aquadrona of cavalry and
TOO guna, approximately 101.000 bayo
r.eta. 1S.OO0 aabrea and 10.600 gunnera.
Tortlona of two European corpa and one
(Siberian corpa had been left at Muk
den, and a number of theae reeervee
were brought Into the fight
The altt of the Jnpuneae army haa
not been definitely established, but Ita
actual fighting force la auppoaed to
have had a auperlorlty In numbera of
from (0,000 to 60,000 men and conald
erable auperlorlty of artillery.
LOSSES WILL. REACH 60,000.
Battle of Llao Yang Reaulta in Death
of Large Number.
Mukden. 8ept. 7 (via Pekln, Sept .)
A correapondent of tht Aaaoclated
press who haa juat returned to Muk
den with the rear Russian guard, aft
er having accompanied the army the
whole time el nee tht battle of Llao
Tang, says the loaaea on both aldea
were enormoua. Aa a moderate estl
matt ht -placed them at 60,000. He
confirma the report that tht fighting
at Llao Yang recalled In flerceneaa the
aangulnary battlea of the American
civil war. Oeneral Kurokl'a flank
moveemnt taat of the Russian poattlon
precipitated the retreat from Llao
Tang.
When the Russlana left Llao Tang
tht town waa strewn with corpaea of
the alaln. The Japaneae ahell Art con
tinued until September 4, when the
brldgea over the Taltie were deatroyed.
The Ruaalana' poaltlon at Lluo Tang
were too extended for their army to
hold. The greater portion of the Rua
alan forcea croaaed the Taltxe during
tht night of September I and engaged
Oeneral Kurokl with two corpa. The
fighting on the drat day waa favorable
to the Ruaalana, but tht condition
changed at night time. .. The Ruaalan
Infuntry Buffered heavily from ehrnp
nel and rifle fire. The fighting waa
continued September 8, and September
4, the Russians successfully protecting
the east aide of the railroad.
When the Japanese approached Ten
Tal they Immediately commenced tij at
tack It. The Russians' transport be
gan to retreat at midnight September
4, and waa attacked three miles from
Yen Tal on the morning of September
6 along the Mukden road. .The Rus
sians pushed out two corps and much
artillery to protect their right flank.
The condition cf the roads rendered
tht retreat alow, and the troopa anC
horse were tired out. The Japanese
seemed to lut V. "'"'!, mid failed tc
v ' L. 'oiitlin of tht
, m, 4 thi'lr troop
at everely tried.
A Jiipam-ae army of 40,000 Is report
ed to be west of Mukden, and It la con
sidered likely, In view cf the condition
of the two armies, Unit hutitllltlca tnu
be Indefinitely prolonged, unless the
Jupnriese are able to push on and force,
the Russlnna to give battK
RED CR08S PUT TO TEST.
More Than 12,000 Wounded Treated
en Read to Mukden.
ihukden, Sept. t (Thursday, .dwlayed
In transmission,) Tli Ruastun retreat
here hiis been accomplished without
losses und with the precision of a re
view at Krasnoye Selo. The accumula
tion of wounded between Llao Yang
and Mukden tested to the utmost the
resources of the Red Cross, Most of
the transport was carried In tht rough
est kind of two-wheeled carts, but the
arrangements for providing the troops
with food along the line of retreat
worked magnificently. ,
During tht five days from August 3D
to September 4, 12,300 wounded were
treuted In Red Crose ambulances, the
Sisters of Mercy vlelng with the doc
tors In physical courage and resistant e
to fatigue. '
Much of tht Japanese success la at
tributed lo tht millet n!ds. In which
the Russlana were not accustomed to
maneuver.
NEW RUSSIAN MINISTER TO
PURSUE A LIBERAL PO'JSY
Prlnoe Peter Bays Ht Payors D cen
tralisation and That Ht Will
. Treat Jtwa With Kindness.
Parla, Sept . A St, Petersburg cor
respondent aenda an Interview which
ht had with Prince Peter Svlatopolk
Mlraky, tht, new minister of tht In
terior, In which tht prince said:
"I do not Intend to change Russia's
Internal policy, but shall strive to fol
low tht program act forth In the tsar's
manlfeato of February, J901,- working
by trot liberalism, especially aa this
will not change the eatabllahed order
of thlnga. 1 am a firm partisan of de
centralisation, and consequently pur.
pose to glyt provincial communal as
semblies extensive powers to regulate
their local affairs."
The prlnct declared that ht Intends
to treat tht Jewa kindly, but aald that
If ht granted them the liberty now pos
sessed by the orthodox they might aa
aumt too great Importance.
STUDENTS FIGHTINQ FIRES.
Stanford Men Makt Up Party to Aaaiat
in tht Work.
San Franciaco, Sept. Flrt fighters
teem to be getting the upper hand of
tht foreat Area which Have been raging
In Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and
Santa Crux countlea. After burning
fiercely tht Alameda and Contra Coata
Area art about burned out Tht dam
age la estimated to bt 1100,000.
,ln Marin county the Area art under
control. In 8anta Crux county the
flamea have been brought under con
trol at all placea except Big Basin,
where 200 men art fighting tht blaxe.
A relief party eompoaed of Stanford
etudenta haa gone to tht acene.
WILL GO TO NEW YORK.
Parker to Ctndtiet His Campaign in
. tht Metropolis.
Ntw York, Sept There" la reason
to believe that Alton B. Parker will
makt arrangement! to coma to New
York city for temporary residence as
toon aa hit letter of acceptance la made
public. He will move hert to carry
on tht campaign. -
Killed Beneath Car.
Missoula, Mont, Sept. J. As tht re
sult of a freight wreck which occurred
at noon today on the Northern Paclfb
at Sand Point Idaho, J, C. Leonard, a
telegraph operator, was killed. He was
thrown from a car, falling underneath
the wheels, and both legs were cut
off., Leonard's mother, Mrs. W. B.
Leonard, Uvea at Spokane. '"
Large Vessel It Wracked. .
Highland Light, Mass., Saturday
Sept. 10. A large vessel has been auui
off the Highland lightship. The crev
left the vessel in bouts. It Is not know,
whether the wreck was that flf
freighter or a passenger boat
WORNOUT SOLDIERS REST
BEFORE RESUMING FIGHT'
IN VICINITY OF MUKDEN
London Story Says That Russian Force of
12,000 Has Been Surrounded
South of Present Base.
Situation Depends Upon Ability of Meyendorff to Hold Kuroki in
Check-KuropaiRin Reaches Mukden and Oyama's Ex
hausted Men Itjake Their Last Attempt to Head
Him Off-Incessant Rain Delays Armies. .
There ia still lacking speeifio information regarding the exact ait-
uation in Manchuria. The Ruaaian general ataff, lacking details, ia
unablt to speak authoritatively, while advices from Japaneae sources
art tignifioantly lacking. It ia established that tht Russian army ia
aaftly at Mukden, but thert la nothing to indicate tht exact where-
abouta of tht three Japanese armiti. When last heard from Kuroki'a
forces wart on tht Russian left flank, ateadily pushing northward,
but Viceroy Alaxitff reports that railway and ttlagraphio eommunica- 0
tion between Mukden and Harbin ia uninterrupted. ,
4 General Sakaroff reports that thert waa no fighting during Thurs-
day, and that while tht outposts art still in contact they art not ex-
ohanging shots.
The most atnaational bit of ntwa eomss from London and is to t)
tht tffeot that a Ruaaian column of 12,000 men ia aurrounded and will
bt eaptured. Thia London story has it that Kuropatkin's forcea art in
bad ahapa,
London, Sept. 10. The Dally Express
says It has trustworthy Information
that tht Russian army la divided into
live columns. Tht first has reached
Tletlt past (40 mllea norh cf Mukden)
and la preparing to defend that place.
tht second ia midway between Muk
den and Tel paaa, tht third la at Muk
den. whUe the fourth, consisting of
40,000 men under Oeneral Meyendorff
la holding Oeneral Kurokl In check by
hard fighting. 12 mOta aouta, of Muk
den. Tht fifth, of about 12.000 men,
further aouth, la exhausted by ine
aant fighting and aurrounded on three
aldea by tht Japaneae. its position be
ing ont of extreme danger, from which
It can hardly hope to escape. '
"Everything now depends," says the
paper, "on Meyendorffs ability to hold
Kurokl in check, which thua far haa
been successfully done."
KUROPATKIN AT MUKDEN.
Japs' Last Attack on His Army Waa
Made Tutaday.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 10. It aeema to
be definitely eatabllahed that Field
Marahal Oyama'a tired troops aban
doned on Wednesday the attempt to
head off General Kuropatkln, whose
army haa arrived safely at Mukden aft
er frightful experlencea floundering
through mud and mlrt over Manchur
lan roada.
It la evident that the last determined
effort of the Japanese to bring Kuro
patkln to bay waa on Tuesday, but the
Russian commander-in-chief faced
about and two corpa, with artillery,
beat off the Japaneae, while the re
mainder of the troopa continued to
march to Mukden. After that the Jap
anese -could only hang on the flanks
and try to shell tht retreating columns
from the hills. Tht outposts are still
In contact but they art not even ex
changing shote.
DOWNPOUR AT MUKDEN.
Inotaaant Rain Haa Checked Advanet
of Jap Faroes.
Mukden, Sept. 9. Tht greatest down
pour of rain of the wholt campaign
occurred tonight and with tt a terri
fying accompaniment of thunder and
lightning. There haa been the great
est difficulty In preventing the cavalry
from stampeding. Tht lower ground Is
under water and boata art navigating
many of tht roada and some of the
streets. 1
The rafh has checked tht movements
of the Japanese eastern and southern
armlea. Quiet reigns over the whole
front. The men are fufferlng from ex
posure. '
JAPANESE ARE RESTING.
Russians Are Busy Preventing Being
Cu( Off From Harbin.
St. Petersburg. Sept 8, t:2D p. m.
Dffitflaf hews from the front today con
firms the reporta of tht Aaaoclated
Press from Mukden that the Japanese
art atlll reatlng their main forcea, but
their outposts are In contact with the
Ruaalana. Tht latter continue to hold
Slntslntin, tt mllea taat of Mukden,
and Ruaalan cavalry ia operating over
a wide area east of Mukden -to pre
vent the Japanese column from slip
ping through and making Its way north,
' Tht reporta that alx mora army corpa
art to. be mobilised art untrue. Aa
stated In these dtspatchea there will bt
object-tn mobilising more than tht
railroad fa ablt to transport The pres
ent faclIltlM permit the transportation
of a little over one corpa each month,
but thla la expected to be Increased In
a few days with the completion of the
Clrcum-Baikal railroad.
Tht war office promisee to give out
detailed figures tomorrow In regard to
the number of Russian wounded. The
press dispatches place the figure at
over 12,000.
NO USE FOR ALEXIEFF.
Russian Papers Want Kuropatkin to
Havt Complete Control.
St Petersburg. Sept. 9.-An Impen
etrable curtain seems to have been
running down on the exact altuatton
at the theater of war.. The lack of
news here concerning the details cf
the Russlana' retreat to Mukden and
the moveemnta of the Japanese army
may bt described as complete. Even
the meager reporta published in the
foreign presa are not fully communi
cated to tht Russian newspapers, and
for three days practically no newspa
per dispatches have been coming from
the front i
Information may be withheld for
strategic reasons, but the public ia dis
posed to regard It as otherwise, result
ing in the circulation of wildest reports,
some of the Russian papers demand
ing In pretty outspoken faahlon reor
ganisation of1 the conditions at tlie
front and also demanding that Gen
eral Kuropatkln be given untrammeled
control aa commander-in-chief, evi
dently aiming at Vlcerov Alexleff, who
Is auppoaed to be responsible for In
sisting latterly that the reinforcements
should go to Vladivostok In view of
the probability of early Japaneae oper
ations thert or at Harbin, thus de
priving Kuropatldn of troopa which
would havt turned the scale at 'Llao
Yang. Tht Russ la especially bold
considering the restrictions . placed or.
the Russian press. It declares that
numerical auperlorlty Is not enough,
and what is needed Is some of the door-die
spirit of the Japanese. The pa
per quotes the words of General Drago
mlroff, former governor general of
Kieff, an authority on military mat
ter8, as follows:
"Give me a soldier who Is firmly de
termined to die for his country, and I
will guarantee that my tactics will be
super-excellent The man who will lny
down his life Is terrible. A bullet may
step one such man 6ut It will not stop
a company. It la difficult to fight anc
more difficult to vanquish them."
The Russ continues:
"What we need Is an entirely new or
ganization of everything connected di
rectly or Indirectly with the military
operations. A great deal Is admirable
but a good deal also Is deplorable. Th
fact that things have not gone well at
the theater of war may be due to the
fact -that everything Is not directed
with a single aim, subservient to a
single, undivided wlIL Kuropatkln,
now entrusted with the command of
the Manchurlan army, ahould be commander-in-chief."
The following dispatch, filed at Li
bau, has been received from the cap
tain of the Russian cruiser Ural:
"Have Just returned from a 30 days'
expedition raiding the enemy's contra
band on the Spanish coast"
The announcement that the water
supply of Port Arthur has been cut
off does not create particular anxiety
here. It Is explained that the water
of Port Arthur was never good, and
that the fortress Is provided with a
targe distilling apparatus.
No Fighting on tht 8th.
St Petersburg, Sept 9. General Sak
baroff telegraphs that there was no
fighting September 8.
HILL8BORO POSTOFFICE IS
ROBBED BY TWO STRANGERS
Cracked the Saft and Carried Off (1000
Worth of Stuff, - Including
S32S in Cash.
HUlaboro, Ore., Sept 9. Two stran
gers thought to bt men who had been
noticed hanging around the previous
evening, broke Into the postofflce here
and cracked the safe early thla morn
ing, making a successful getaway with
government money and property valued
at $1000. Of thla $325 waa cash. Tht
rest waa In stamps and valuable papers.
From a barn near tht Climax mill,
the robbers then took a horse and rig
belonging to J. M. Greer, and drove
rapidly toward Portland, whither It
la supposed they were bound. No tid
ings of it clew had reached Hillsboro
tip- to2, o'clock thia afternoon, thottgfc
Sheriff Connell, Deputy Sheriff Kane
and Mr. Greer, who la proprietor of the
Climax milling plant, were pn the
chase. ,
. Hanging around the machine shops
here last night were two unknown men,
one of whom waa a large man with
a black mustache. Tht night watchman
waa the one who saw them, and ht told
them to move on. They aald the
would. It tt supposed " these art the
safecrackers, who neglected to move
on until they had made a thousand
dollar -raise." .
Entrance to the postofflce was made
through a back window. Although two
men were Bleeping In tht building, one
of them not much more than 25 feet
from where the explosion took place,
neither heard any noise, ao it la claim
ed. '
Postmaster Waggener haa not dis
closed the nature of the valuable pa
pers stolen. The robbery apparently
happened between 1 o'clock and day
light Early this momlpg at message
waa sent to the police at Portland, stat
ing that the men were going that way.
but tt la thought they would leave their
horse and buggy some distance out of
tht city and try to make their way
on foot by an unfrequented route.
SOUGHT TO KILL HUSBAND.
Baker City Woman Fires at Spouse in
Jealous Rage.
Missoula, Mant, Sept 9. Mrs. Jack
Kleth. whose home ia at Baker City,
fired two ahots at her husband at a
hotel in thla city today. Neither shot
took effect She then attempted to
jump from the window to her death.
The husband Is employed at a local
playhouse. - She charged him with in
constancy, naming an actress aa the
cause of her anguish. She was per
mitted to leave for her home in Baker
City.
LOOKING FOR TERMINAL SITE.
GrandTrunk Officers Visit Port Simp
son and Tueks Inlet
Vancouver, B. C Sept. 9. Private
advices from Port Simpson, B. Cl
state that a Grand Trunk Pacific party
comprising Charles M. Hays. F. W.
Morse, William Walnwrlght and threi
engineers examined the harbor to de
termine Its qualifications for termlna
purposes. They announced their rhoic
to be either Port Simpson or Tuck
Inlet, which latter place they are no
visiting.
POLWORTH
CAPTURED
BY ENEMY
Democratic Warhorse of Wahkia
. kum County Named for At
torney by Republcan
Convention.
Own Party Leaders Turned Him
Down And Other Fellows
Took Him Into Fold.
MEOLER FOR LOWER HOUSE
Head Ticket Named Yesterday
by Republican, at Catb
lamet Brookfield Man
for Sheriff.
CathlametSept 9. (Special.) The
republicans of Wahkiakum countr,
Washington, met In convention today at
Cathlamet and named a complete coun
ty and legislative ticket The republi
cans of old Wahkiakum havt met here
tofore and named tickets, but never be
fore have they named Hon. J. Bruce
Polworth. Today, however, they select
ed him aa their candidate for attorney.
In the past 3. Bruce haa been a great
and good democrat He haa been nom
inated time and again for prosecuting
attorney, and usually baa been auocesa-
fuL But now he ia la tht republican
camp, and the republican! expect to
see him out on the stump for the whole
ticket
J. O. Megler, now senator, waa nom
inated for representative, hia selection
being unanlmoua. The nomination for
sheriff went to a Brookfield man. C.
W. Flanders. Dr. E. C Linton, who la
reputed to be a resident of Seaside.
Ore waa nominated for coroner. He
haa been hert for a few months while
Dr. Bales waa away.
But these little circumstances pale
into insignificance beside the nomina
tion of 3. Bruce Polworth. He had
come to be known aa tht democratic
aage of Wahkiakum county. Wash., and
had expounded the doctrine of the par
ty with all the eloquence and energy at
hit command. At the recent county
democratic convention, however, party
leadera laid him on the shelf, and the
ever-alert republlcana havt taken him
Into the fold. He haa not yet accepted
the nomination, but la expected to do
so. Mr. Polworth haa lately become a
member of the new law firm Of Smith
Bros. & Polworth, Astoria, but it la
understood he la to reside here for
some time to come.
The ticket nominated today waa as
follows:
Representative J. G. Megler of
Brookfield. '
Treasurer David West of Cathlamet
Clerk Clarence B. White of Cath
lamet. Sherinv-Chartea W. Flanders of
Brookfield.
Auditor Joseph, Glrard of Skamo
kawa. Prosectulng attorney J. Bruce Pol
worth of Cathlamet
School superintendent Mlaa Maude
Kimball of Cathlamet ... . .
Assessor M. S. Hougen of Skamo
kawa. Coroner Dr. E. C. Linton of Cathla
met. Surveyor B. H. Nelson of Skamo
kawa. ,
Commissioners First district, Georga
P. Irving of Cathlamet; Second dis
trict John S. Masten of Skamokawa.
THREE MINES CONSOLIDATED.
Deal Involving $1,500,000 Consummated
, at Wallace". ' .
Wallace, Idaho, Sept. 9. One of the
largest mining deals made In the Coeur
d'Alenes In recent years was consum
mated today when final consolidation
of the Frisco, Bernier and Flynn groups
was effected. The Frisco, Which is one
of the' oldest producing properties In
the district, has a total output of sev
eral millions of dollars. The other
groups are not so well known.
The new company ia to be cap'.Hl
ixed for $1,500,000. The Frisco la owne j
by New Tork capitalists and .th? Ir-
nler and Flynn properties by loco! rr.ln-.
ing men. '
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