The Oregon daily journal., October 18, 1904, Image 1

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THE GECUUTtCI
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TESTU3AYWAS
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Tonight and Wedneeday cloudy,
with showers; winds mostly southerly.
VOX- III. NO. 1H.
GRAND JURY
TAKE UP
Timber Thieves Who Have Been Fear
ful of Indictment Granted Reprieve,
'5 r But Agents Gathering Evidence. -
John Anderson, Accused of Manafadaring
Bogus Coin, Held to
Indian Murder,. Under investigation.; :'
Th timber th levee whs have
fearful of - Indictment by the federal
grand Jury, which oosriBtd thla morn-
,.. ln. ere to have om nor respite. With
perhaps k alngl unimportant excep
tion, no evidence In relation to the land
fraud la to ba submitted to thla grand
Jury and a Sort wilt be made by tba
government to oaoaro further Indict
mente. No sabpoeaee"' for wltnaaaaa
against thoaa concerned la tha frauda
have baaa Issued by United States Dte
trlct Attorney John BalL
Tha government's Inaction la a aur-
1 prise, yet It doea not aeosssarlly todl
.. aate an abandonaaaat of tha effort to
- reach thoaa of tba oonaplratora who have
thus fnr oaeaped from that clutebee of
. the law. Secret areata of the Interior
department are- still engaged hi ferret
ing oat th proofa of guilt, and tt la
well known that they have evidence
which points stroagly to tha complicity
- at mew of mean end e blah station,
wboaa roator haa long ooanoeted with
, the frauda. But whether thla evidence
. la sufficient to form tha basis of to
dlctmente la uncertain, i
Francis' J. Heaey. special sounstl for
' tha government la tha proaocatlon of
Benson, Hyde, Dtmond and ohaoMer.
. and la the eaneo against Home McKta-
ley and hie aooooaplloss, la taking ho
part In the Investigation of ethers whooa
- operations la pubUo nan hava arouse
the suspicion of tha foruMot Ow
ing to the aim ile of hts private prae
tloe Mr. Honey la relaetant ta extend
. tha scope of hat wees, la the land fraad
caeca. .
Tha sesslea of tha preaant grand jury
bj likely- ta ba aeveta of sissst'oas
v faataraa and will probably ba ooacladed
within h weak or It daya. Ope liMUob
mant, that of Joha Andoraoa. aceuaed of
eoaaterfeltlnc. waa roturaed thla morn
Ins. Am Indian murdar aa Ma Grand
Koad reeervatkm la ecoupyla tha
crand Jury' a attenttow thla afternoon.
Other easea to ooana beforo thorn an
, aaaiporatlvaty awlmportaat.
Tha Jurors assembled In Judo Bst-Mna-or
court at It e clock thla morw
anc and wore duly sworn ta. W K.
Stobsrtsom of Portlaaw waa ppslatsg
foremaa. 1 W. Durant of Woodbarn.
P. . Brlsham of Portland and Jamas
Dart of It. Helena were saeiissfl Oeorse
D. Paebler of PeadlcoB J. B. Cawl-
fleld of ttosobar ana J. W. DaTta of
Xemota failed to appear. Qeare Ma
TouTall of T-oacalla on Fred Q. Buf
fum of Portland were reported aa out of
the state. The Jury aa impanelled la as
follower W. B, Robertson otf Portland,
JURY GIVES 15-YEAR- -OLD
GIRL 40,000
aecrsal apeak aervteak
- Chicago, Oct. Its. A Jury toddy awardV
ad damage of M,sao to Shorn Groa
nell. a la-yearld girt, against tha Union
Traction company, for Injuries caused
by being run over by a streetcar hi 114.
Thla tap tb third crnu ox wo
Taeoma, Oct. 11 William H. Dosllt
Ue, who Is to flU out the aunegeaMnto
ftpinel DJBMtel ts The earasL
GRAFTERS PLAN
FOR FAIR YEAR
. A wide opes town during IBs totr a eat year would be worth thoua
ands ps thousando of doUara, sot alons ts trass tmmedlataly ansa get
hi the wars, box to thoaa to apposition to afford them protection
It would ba great thmg for tha graftera, but It would bo a body
Mow to rortlaadt which stust hasp te skirts slssm then above all other
tima ' - t '
It was for reaeoa of the preopoaO'vo graft that as much sli ms wss
laid apoa th passage sf tha poolroom nrittiiaos sod m waa to fessstolt
apposition, which In the ars hstsrs of things was ts ha expected, that
n wss sneaked through. But the smooth sailing was Interrupted by the
unexpected veto of the mayor, which has precipitated discussion aad
mads apparent ths unalterable opsoshlos to the meaeuTO.
, n takes a twa-thlraw vote to pass tha ordinance over ths veto. Oaly
two men. Flegal and Albee, wars aeiely ssuiiUd againac. SI tier Is sot
sf ths dty aad cannot return for tomorrow' meting aad it is stated
Max Bentley will absent himself. Other members of ths "solid sevan" ,
are said to be wavering; which would Indicate that ths ordinance sen
sot ba paasid,. , . -
But as ths ordinance was erlgtooilr passed without th susHo being
swsr sf what wss going om tt m barely posslbla that another trleh of
ths same sort will be attempted at ths suiting held at o-oJaok tomor
d row. It would therefore be wall to
d are tatsrseted hi suppressing Oris spetriee sf gambling shouM be present , d
d Is the council chamber tomorrow. They should make It dearly evident d
d by their prapanoa that they will sot stand such work and that th aider- d
d) swa whs vote ts override tha may ors veto will ho marked man la this d
d eonmunlty haraaftans. -r . , d
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WILL NOT
LAND FRAUDS
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Answer for Crime-
faremaaf A. Bettlasar, The Dalles; T
, X Bd wards, Duety ; Ooorvo Oust In,
Chrtetea Chrle tense n, PorUsndi U
Herrea. Turner; J. R." Haya, Oaweco;
Willis Johnson, Clsckaman; Al Voale,
Pilot Bock; V. W. Roblnet, bhedda; W.
H. H. ads. CurrlDsvllle; J. r. Tempi.
Pendleton; William flhepperd. North
TamhlU; roster Adams. W. P. Xhittoa.
Hepnper; J. W. Jory. Booedalo; Al H.
Parsons. Cove; - Joha Shaw, North
Powder; Joseph Petaner, Grants raaa;
Carl Phelps. Odd hUl; Prank Bolter,
Brooks; Joseph Keener. Ifovntatadala,
Tba flret oaaa to be considered by taa
fettlna aaainat Joha Andoraoa, wboeei
plant for the manufacture of spurious
cola waa discovered at- ' Willamette
heights, six moatha Tba evidenee
waa so clear that Andoraoa
attempt ta defend himself from ' the
chars and tha ladlotmeat area found la
abort site
Tha next case to ba considered waa
that f lOBla avaaa. aa Indian, ac
cused of the murder ax Poster Waohono
on the Grand Bondo taaervaUoa. Aprlt
14. ipsa. Tha Indiana had beam hold
ing a pow-wow at tha house of Wach-
0000 brother aJM H waa prolonged far
Into the- alght.- Savage anally
quarrelsome and engaged ta a flrht w..
another Indian. Waehena attempted to
part tha oembataata and Savaga la
to have ahot and killed him.. Br.
Korehaw. superintendent of the
tloa. waa tha only wli
folaied (Miy to the aatava anTdh wound
roeotvon ay Waehonew and to aha Mea
ttfloattea of tb masdiMi mam A roora
of Indiana of both eexea were on hand
tat testify to the facto of the- affray, and
their evidence to being takeav this after
noon. .
One of the moat hat portent oasis to
be considered by tow grand jury la tha
peaatoa fraad charged against Iao M.
T re via of Bttgeoe. Travla ta well
known la the Willamette valley. He
ran for the legislature against Dr. Kuy
kendail four years ago on the Demo
oratle ticket. - He waa a" member of the
caoad Oregon regiment la tha Pblllp
ptnon and the panalea applloatlaai whloh
forma the baala of the charge against
him waa founded apoa that serrhio.
Albert HaaTendoa. formerly poet me s
tor at Woodatook. must faoa the charge
of smbsaallng governmeat funds, and
hta ease will probably coma ap tomor
row. Sam Bales, aceuaed of v using a
canceled pontes stomp, will alee have
to faoa the grand jury.
of Oeargo Taraer, Pemocratla aandldate
far sivimtr of Washlngtoax is Is Ta
oema today. Mr. Dootlttle Is aathorlty
for tba sjtstomsnt that Senator Turner is
vary etch and) mar net make any mart
spsoahee this ammpalsav Mr. Turner waa
Brat takes tU ta Taosamv His sflmeat
is stoasach troubta.
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Pendleton. Or., Oct, XI. At Irtt
Cotock Wednesdar afternoon, eetober
It, the Inland Eat pirst Teachers' sseqela
tfcm will bo sailed ts order. Tba aaa
sfons will continue over four days.
Many teachers are already bora aaC
others w1lbrrtT tonight and tomorrow.
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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING,
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cr Hcrw aro ataia Psafc'a rmaontam-tellinwInTg reoardsr thW best to a:womsa
In tha western hemisphere:- Mount TfiUaecSni'Peru, '31.0 fast. October v '
1M4; Mount Sorata, Bolivia, 10. tot feet. -August-1 10." lto Mount OHsebe, -htexloo.
It. tot feet May 1. ISB7; Mount Shasta, California. lt.4 feet;
htattemhorn. Swjtaevlaod. lv7M feet; Monat Popocmtepetl, Moxleav IT.ted -
ENGINEER
IN "FLYER'S". CAB
Uearaal Speenl trtae. ' '"
XeCDok. Neb., Oct. It. A Burttagton
"flyer paaaoagor train went thundering
through the darkness from MoCook to
St. Louis lite last alght, while the en
gineer sat upright In bis seat, his hand
gripping taa throttle, dead. ' Tba en
gineer waa James O'ConnelL ' Tha train
reached a point some distance from bora
and waa running at a high rata sf speed,
when the fireman happened to glance
at tha engineer and observed that a
pallor had overspread his face and that
hie body app eared rigid. The firemaA.
went over and touched th sngtmer and
waa ahoakod to discover that, he- was
dead, aad had evidently baas dead some
time.
The train was thaa running on s down
grade and had attained a terrific spedd,
having gained sot only tba momentum
of tha biU Itself, but that of working
with wide open, throttle and tun t head
of steam.
it waa the wUdneas of , the running
MUSICIAN'S FIERCE
FIGHT WITH MAD DOG
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Baetoa. Pa. Oct 9vr M
sto Sunday soon Arthur Smith, aa or
ohestra loader, battled with a mad bull
dag. which had- attached and bitten Sue
aad ' Mary Danner. daughters of - Stat
Senator Danner. Ha managed to choke
th brute- to death. In killing ths dog
Smith's handa were she winy hie arras
torns and most sf his clothing stripped
from his body. The Mlssse Danner, aev
oom panted Smith for s walk. . Th
aanators bull dog waa s beast weigh
lag 44 pounds, s pot of the girls, aad
went along. Suddenly th dog - went
mad and attacked the girls, biting them
severely. Smith attacked tha dog and
tried- to Strangle It, During the id mln
utse ths light Issted man and dog rolled
about on the ground,, and tha. man was
anally tha victor.
FIVE CARS OF JAPAN
COTTON IS WRECKED
(ftpaslal Dtojttek ta Tb Jeerml.)
Twooma, Oct. IB. A frotght train west
bound on tha Northern Paclflo waa
wreaked Inst night near Weston. Bight
rare piled in tha ditch. Viva of the
wrecked care contained cotton- for Jnpea.
BrnMeman J. M Hatton waa Injured,
hut not aerlously. The exact sauss of
ths wreck is sot knows .
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DEAD
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that caused the Bremen ts withdrew
from the window and looar across at his
companion. It la not Improbable thst
tha train waa running-at nearly 74 miles
an hour, as tha looomotreo haa, aw many I
occasions, exceeded t miles aa hour,
being one of. the fastest that Bulla tha
-flyer."
With-ewe- head tha flieeneii supported
the engineer's - body. white- with tha
other he snapped the throttle shut and
gradually released the air until -tha
trala came to a atandstllL The conduc
tor came running, forward,, s brakemaa
asated himself behind the serpee and
In this way the fireman ran the trala
back to MoCook, wbern another engineer
waa supplied and It went on to . SC.
Louis, Bad the engineer's death not
been discovered and the train stopped
beforo It reached the station It waa ap
proaching. It would havs collided with
a trala coming from tha oppoalte dtreo
tion. The paeeengera wars unaware of
Um-occurrence. ' . ' ,
MUMMIES OF PIGMIES
FOUND IN ARIZONA
fJeareel apenal aeiilee.' ' '
Phoenix, Aruw Oct-1 An arohaasle-
gist sow conduct! ns m research hi t
vldnlty 1 of the govermnent reservoir hi
Tonto baaUt haa found ths mummies of
two children six years, of age whoas lag
aad- thigh bones are only four Inches in
length. - The- doors of -the prehistoric
cave dwelling of these people waa only
three feet high.
Oti tha floor bsslds tha mummies were
found beautifully woven sandals exquis
itely embroidered and tha material of
which they were mad la silk, Thoaa
things may havs bean, obtained he Be
lieves by trad lag. He aleo obtained
many crude hterogtyphloa and paintings
executed with Indestructible metallic
paint. One snows one of their own peo
ple attacking a man of much larger stat
us with a apsar which. hS'Saar oaly lift
to th bigger nan's knee,
JUMPS 125 FEET, :
DASKED TO DEATH
X (yesmsl gpHMl aervtea)
New Tork. Oct. 1 .Paul Oooard, s
FreeehnMMV Jumped from one of the ap
proaches of t .the new Wtlllameburg
brMg this nwrnlng, Snd waa dashed to
dtath on tbe navemant, lit feet below.
He was despondent because- he bad
failed to mass a sueessa to bueaaeua- is
this souatry
OCTOBER it, 1904.
PORTLAND
IN LEAD
One Month's Wheat Ship
ments Largest in
the World.
THE OFFICIAL FIGURES
September fieports Show This City Id
Froot Thir. 01 List for Year
flour Sbfpaeots Blj
Shippers JoblUat
Statlstles Just prepared by the 4
pertinent of commerce and labor show
that there waa a greater ouantltr of
wheat exported from Portland during
tha month of September than from any
other port ta the United States. Port
land takes the lead with HS.ttl buah
ela. San Pranoloo cornea next with
t7.ti, Galveston at third with It. tot
white Puget sound comes fourth on the
hot with only f.Ut. bushels to bar
credit.
During tha nine months of tha year
ending with September, Portland ocou
ptea third pines oa the list -mil reepeet
to wheat exports. Oalvestoa shipped
l.it,l4 bushels. New Orleans, 1,117,
4e, and Portland la a eJoaa eoatostant
for aeooad ptaco with l,l,t. which
she sent to eountrtee across the sea.
San Francisco comes next with t71,t
bushele and Paget sound hi fifth with
S.m bushele placed oppoalte her
Ait owing to tha difficulty which has
Kpeiienced la getting su (Detent
number of oriental Hoe re at this port
Puget sound takes tha . load when It
comes to flour shipments. During tha
month of September the Several sound
cities exported 111,174 barrels of flour,
Saa Franc leoe, 41. Set, and Portland la
third of any other port ta the' United
States --with 41,404 barrels. At least
two mors iniairr prnils eamdMawaTts-
patehaS from here had they seen availa
ble, and tb Oregon metropoUa would
have bees wall up toward the lead Is
this' Has Sf business. Mot belag able to
secure traaaportstlos facilities the ex
porters wars obliged to send their ship
ments by way of the sound.
During the past alne months th Sous
exported from Portland meaaureg 434.
S43 barrels. For the same length of
time New Tork carried oa? th honors
with s total of I.17I.SS1 barrels. Balti
more comes next with 1.6ft.17S and
Philadelphia shipped l,r71.l barrels,
HOLD CONVENTIONS
' AT STATE CAPITAL
(atoawl Pkjpefew the JbeveaLV
Salem Oct. It. The eTuAday sehsol
aad Toung People's Alliance conventions
of Salem district, Evangelical asaoela-
Uow, wlU begin Its session her ta the
Cbemeketa street Bvsngelloal church at
T:S o'clock this evening Many delo-
-gatea and vlet tors hava already arrived
and every Incoming trala adda Its Quota
of Interested and en thus last to members
aad visitors to tha assemblage.
The program for this evening wm be
gin with a general Opening at ?:t.
o'clock by tha Sunday school district
superintendent,
This will ba followed
by an address of welcome by Kelvin
Burdlck and a responaa by It. P. Jame
son. At o'clock J. J. Hoffman will de
liver Mrxeon. Tha conventions will
otoe as th evening sf October M.
COMMITS ASSAULT BY
PULLING MAN'S BEARD
k Jaeeh KrtmM ta very proud of his
whlsksrs. Ha would rather a man would
do most anything toward him thaa to
tamper with them.
. W. B, Abels knew sow Krtmbls re
garded hta whiskers, so when he I
came angry the old man, and wanted
to get even, h walked up W him and
laid hold of th h. route adornments.
TU pull that bunch of whisk re est
and throw It Is th buss saw,' aald
Abels. "Ton will complain about mo
dropping debris on tba street from my
scavenger wagon, will your
And Abels started to do aa ha said ha
would, tor tha light took place at the
plant of tha Eastern A Westers lumbar
mill. Btit Krlmbla got away with his
whiskers and had Abels arrested. Jus
ttcs Reld today fined th defendant 14.
r.n4ll Psjsaaw, tm The JtofceU "
Taeoma, WaaiL, Oct. It. Surgeon S
J. Call of the revenue cutter Thetla,
now In Taooma harbor, is In receipt of
a handsome gold meomi rrom tne gov
ernment. The act of heorlsm this medal
IS intended to com me me rats waa Sur
geon's Call's devotion to duty In reliev
ing the suffering of thoaa on eight ves
sels oBoght to tha lea near Point Bar
row. Surgeon Call was then attached
to the cutter Bear.
(Spatial PI amies m Tbe Jeerml.T
Taooma, Wash- Oct. It. Tbe frelght
Bllhu Thompson, which arrived la
Taooma harbor four days sverdue, had
decidedly rough voyage, according to
Captain Amea, The Thompson brought
down a full csrgSt including an immense
quantity of fish. Th Thompson will
llkety go into wlatev quarters-at Quar
master barboa, ,
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HBLBTf, DUCHRSS OP MAN
- CHBSTBR, WHO WAS MISS
ZIMMERMAN OF CINCINNATI.
- She has set London ts talking
because she declined the Invita
tion from the king and queen of
England to hunt around Balmo
ral. Royal tarvltetlons begla "Hie
majesty "commands." snd any one
receiving s "command" Is expect
ed to oanool every other engage
ment and accept tha king's Invi
tation, , . , ,.i Ji
WAR FORESEEN IN
INCREASE CF BOYS
Birth Bee$f. tf Rales li Cblcatt
Bigbest Imwi--CiIi tl 500 Per
Cent IttdieatH fcy Flfarev
IJearasl special fhevl.)
thla year will break all records. The In
crease hi the majority of boys ova girls
born si see January 1 has startled statis
ticians aad the superstitious are pre
dicting s war.at It Is believed by them
that the sudden Increase Is tha snmbar
of boy babies portends war.
A local scientist claims th war be
tween Japan aad Russia, has as aroused
the martial spirit of. Chios goans that
the proportion of boys will show aa ia
erease of M per cent ts lto4. He figures
th increase la 141, bora la Chicago, at
14. lit boys and girls; hi It,
at l,Mt boys, and 1S.444 glrla, th boys
showing a majority of 1.144.
In the Mrot eight months of 1M4 there
were 1,444 mora boys than girls bora and
stetlatlclans declare that should this
rate of gala continue growing, complete
returna for 1444 will show 1,444 mora
beys thaa girls being aa advance of 404
per cent.
MUST FILE BOND
TO CONTINUE SUIT
If JVBL McClung whmea to saatteu
the oaaa against W. B.-McPheraoa for
th peas ass ton of tha Tremont house,
corner af Seventh and Everett streets,
he will have to ale a bond tor tt.ui.ta.
Circuit Judge Seara rendered, this de-
oieiou in ia morning. iast sprmg mc-
Clung, aided by friends asm Mlghbora,
went to the lodging house and eueted all
those living there. It was then being
occupied by McPheraon, wn had leaeed
th property from- a real estate com
pany. Later MeClang. purchased t tha
houee.
Before costing McPhereon and hte ten
ante. Justice William Held had. given a
deolalos that McClung wa eatitled to
the property. McPhereon did not move
aooa enough, so he waa moved, Whan
appealed to the circuit court, - Judge
Seara found for McPheraon, The case
will a doubt bo carried to ths supreme
osurt, , , .. ,.. .
ftJMVsa'VaTsi sffrCvt! aBmeawBV
Saa Praneleoo, Oct. It. Oarnett was
this morning asntsnoed to 14 yearn la
Sas Quemtla- for the siurdev of Mai. J.
W. McClung In the room of Mrs. Rttoh
ooek st tba Palace hotel last Novsmhor,
fSesraal toeSil Serrtoa.) r ,
wlbraHar, Oct.. It. 'During man-
oeuvers off her last night tha British
torpedo destroyers Ardent and Boxer
collided sad the- Ardea, waa seriously
demagog. ,
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GERMAN
WORKS AS A WAITER
' '' tfaersal tpeeial Swihe.) '
Chicago, Oct. lBv--Prem copies off a
hook from Berlla tt develops that Im
pertai Councilor Kolh sf that city, g
fatldtoua gentleman of the Imperial mto
lstsrlal circle, spent Several Weeks ta
Chloags working disguised as s common
waiter la order to study conditions snd
make s report to th he tee.
Among ether employments mentioned
by Msrr Kolh Is that of watte Ineog
atto at the fanMonaMe Chicago Athletic
olvn. t or the time he lodaed ta a
r" i $1.41 a week aad
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ARE STILL
The Great Armies Fight
Throughout the Mght
' ta Chilling'Raio. -
REPORTS IN CONFLICT
Battle Seem to Be flloH Upoi tbe
Active if tbe Central Potato
vV Wlere broftalUi StIU
(sperlal Dtepswh ts the l.sal
Mukden, Oct. Is, it rained all nlrhd
and daybreak came with s sold biting '
wind that chilled the troops, whose rest
enrougnout waa broken by a ateadv ar
tlllery battle that never wavered ss
osased.
Unlike tb previous atahts them waa
no loll la th Art as. the unnera of. secik
side steadily serving their pieces, eisitadi
ay angles ano naanee.
Several attacks were made hv rha
Russian forces to tha alght aad theee
were met by Japanese counter aitecka.
There la so news from the front indi
cating that either side gained anything
ny ibis desperate wart are. although tha
opponents frequently came to such close
quarters that the men fought each other-
bllndly to tha darkness and rain, tell in ,
friends only by tha eoBtlauel aalilna ad
battle arlea.
The casualty lists oa both sides are "
not believed to have bees heavy, aa stock
of such gating Is Ineffectual when mi
lled by dead and wounded.
Thla fighting wss nearly an confined to
the central positions, which seemed des
tined to be tbe turning points of tha bat
tle: Unless the Japanese forcee are '
greater thaa they ere believed to be, they
will bo unable to execute any hanking
ssovementa and stand tha constant dan
ger of sturopatkln's driving bis wsdgs
home and cutting them hi two.
absreaattkla continues ta command of
the center which be Is reported to bo
steadily holding although the Jasaseas
are bringing forward fresh troops.
operations aw. the ahisstea right flarfh
ars said to be nearly at a standstill to
day aad) yesterday there- was but Itttl
lighting oa the left Sank reported. If
there was say ssrloas ooafllet at the let
ter point It must have bees far removed,
because whUe the rear of artillery eouM
do heard to the west and from the cen
ter, there was nearly complete aUsnoa to
the east. .
The, trains loaded with wounded aoa-
nue their passage through here te th
north, whore hospital facilities are ade
quate to provide for such a great news
of patients. . y
Jeamat geirtsl SMvteer
St Petersburg, Oct. 14. OenersJ tak
harotl resorts sadar today date as fsev
lows!
Ths Japanese yesterday evening at
tacked aur right Sank la saasldarshto
force, but were repulsed.
"We thea puehed forward and ohouxds
positions at ShalaatsL
"A largo aumber sf
burled by oa oa Puttloff kllL
Th snemy Is now concenfrattag to
large aumbero against our center.
"There was so fighting oa our left yes
terday.' A report from Washington to th ef
fect that President Roosevelt la Inclined
to bVlteve the tlm for mediation to th
far eastern war approaching haa created
An. unfavorable tmpreealoa la govero-
meat electee here. The Idea of peace, M
le asserted, eeuld hardly come st, a atorw
inopportune time and tha announcement
has aroused only resentment. There hi
no doubt that tf President RooeeveU
attempted to open ths question at this
time he would meat a rebuff.
Almost all ths papers Is comment
ing on his attitude emphatically assort
that there can be no peace and no steaa
In such direction until th war has been
fought to a more definite coaolualon thaat
It la rfow nosatbla to reach.
Anxiety here la centered oa th Mtus
tloa south of Mukden, where th deci
sive battle of thla season's cam net en
1 unquestionably being fought. Mope To
expressed her that Kuropatktn will ba
able to hold hie position and make at
leeet as orderly retreat. It la even regarded-
as possible by some that th baf-
tl may eventually he decided to s vic
tory for the Russlane.
Ths public is pcMlmtstto as a rule hot
haa lost no whit of Its oonfldenoe that
next ceases will tell m different stow.
Port Arthur's downfall la aow regarded
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BATTLING
MWTiagyf BMPOaWS ABAMOSV
Sight WhU Seed to Bhww tilljl-l
COUNCILOR
at m restaorene where nothing on to
bill sf fare cost mors thaa a dime
Ho offered himself as a hostler, a
milker of cows a grocer's driver, baker' s
boy, dishwasher, gardener and bterk
smith's helper and waa rejected la eacs
piee. t
Then ho get s tsmotary Job at - -club,
wher he was e e of To
wearing black t-
white tie. L -cry.
carrirtir
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