CLOSEON FORT
Japanese Steadily Advancing
at Port Arthur.
SEVERAL POSITIONS TAKEN
Togo Will Withdraw Most or Squad.
run as Enemy's Ships arc AN
most Incapable of Resistance.
Cbefoo, Sept. 30. The newa received
from Pott Arthur continues to show
steady, II slow advance of the Japanese
upon the Russian fortifications. Day
by day the remoter positions of tho bo
leaguered fortress are Win)? takon by
the Japanese, and that its fait is only
a matter of a short time is the general
belief here. The number of Chinese
refugees arriving here increases con
stantly, and this it taken to bode no
good for the Italians.
The last of the Chinese to arrive
from Port Arthur report a still further
advance by the Japanese. They assert
that several of the most important po
sitions held by the Russians, farthest
from the central fortress have been
taken by the Japanese, the latter in
flicting considerable losa upon the Rus
sians. The Japanese had tunneled ap
proaches to theeo positions and Anally,
with the help of mines, made their
way within the fortifications. The
Russians were taken by surprise and
were able to offer little resistance.
Finding they were unable to hold their
own against the Japanese tho Russian
retreated, leaving their dead and wound
ed behind them.
When the Japanese attack wat dis
cerned by the o her Russian forts they
at once opened Are, and at Jast ac
counts this was still being maintained.
It is considered doubtful whether the
Japanese will be able to retain posses
sion of their newly acquired positions.
The greater portion of the Japanese
fleet has returned to the Japanese base
in the Eliot islands, the Japanese com
mander having become convinced that
the Russian vessels within the harbor
of Port Arthur are almost incapable of
further resistance and of making any
sortie into the open sea.
LAND fRAUDS ALL RUN DOWN.
Agent Greene Is Sure Oregon Cases
Will Result In Conviction.
Washington, Sept. 30. Special
Agent A. R. Greene, who has been Sec
retary Hitchcock's trusted lieutenant
in running down land frauds in Ore
gon, is in Washington, conferring with
the secretary. Discussing Oregon's
affairs, Mr. Greene said:
"We believe we have finished np
that land fraud business in Oregon.
We have the men reeposible held under
indictment and it is a safe prediction
that there will be some hot newa out
of Portland within the next month or
two, when the trials commence."
After describing the methods of the
fraudulent operators, Mr. Greene add
ed: The usual thing happened. One
member of the gang did not think he
was getting his fair share of the profits
and gave the thing away.
ACT Or VANDALS.
Oil Paintings of Czar at St. Louis
arc Mutilated.
St. Louis, Sept. 30. When the Rus
eian exhibit in the varied industries
building at the world's fair was op
ened today it was discovered that bev
eral valuable oil paintings of Emper
or Nicholas had been torn from the
wall and mutilated by some unidenti
fied person or persons.
Another portrait of the emperor, a
hsndtome and valuable panel, done in
colored silk, bad been torn from its
support and subjected to the greatest
indignity. The oil paintings were torn
and there were marks showing that the
pictures of the emperor had been
stamped upon.
The vandalism was reported at once
to the exposition authontites, and an
investigation ordered. Every effort la
being made by both tne exhibitors
and the world's fair authorities to dis
cover the guilty person or persons.
Officer Is Assassinated.
Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 30.
Word baa been received here that Col
onel Dikotf, commander of the Russian
guard on the Turkish frontier, has been
assassinated. Colonel Rikoff recently
helped the Tturka in an attack upon
Armenian revolutionists, in which an
Armenian piieat, bearing a white flair.
was killed as he approached tho Turk
ish troops. Follnwng the attack upon
the Armenians, Colonel Illkoff permit
ted tho Cossacks, who had Joined the
Turks to pilage and mutilate tho
corpses of the Armenians.
Japan to Borrow Again.
Tokio, Sept, 30. Tho government
has decided to float another domestic
loan of $40,000,000, ou conditions sim
ilar to tho last. It is probable that
the conscription law will be amended,
increasing the service in the reserve
five years, aniLrnaklng the regular re
serve service total 17 yeara and five
months. This means a large increase
in the strength of tho army.
tits Lire CNDS.
United States Senator Hoar Passes
Prom Earth.
Worcester, Mass., Oct. I. George
Friable Hoar, senior United States
senator from Massachusetts, died nt
his homo in this city at 1:35 o'clock
yesterday morning. The end followed
a period of unconsciousness that had
lasted since early Tuesday, and came
so gently that only the attending phy
sicians were nwaie of the exact moment
of his ending.
Tho attendng physicians despaired
of the senator's l.'fe six weeks ago, but
such was the vitality exhibited by their
distinguished patient that even they
were surprised, and tho public was at
times led to cherish faith in an ulti
mate recovery.
On Sunday last, however, all hopo
was abndened after a last unsuccessful
attempt to administer medicine and
nourishment. Uriel lucid Intervals
were followed by longer durations of
unconsciousness until Tuesday morning,
when tho venerable statesman sank into
a state of coma, from which all efforts
to rouse him proved futile. During
the last hours there was not a move
ment of the body, ami only a scarcely
pcrceptiblo pulse evidenced the final
struggle.
There were present at the U-dsIde
when death came the senator's son,
Rockwood Hoar, bis daugther, Mary
Hoar, and I). Warren K. Oilman, who
for weeks has been in almost constant
attendance upon the senior.
PAYNE VERY ILL.
Heart Disease Develops In Marked
form In Postmaster.
Washington, Oct. 1. Postmaster
General Henry C. Payne is seriously
ill at his apartments at the Hotel
Arlington here. Marked symptoms of
neart trouble nave developed, ami his
condition becane so serious during the
day as to cause grave concern.
Mr. Payne returned recently from a
trip to the West and appeared much
improved, though his bialth hat been
poor for a long time. He went to the
White House to attend the meeting ol
the cabinet last Tuesday and that night
was very restless. He was at his desk
at the poatoflice department during the
forenoon yesterday, although feeling
very badly, and did not return to the
department after luncheon, remaining
in his room. He became very ill latt
night, and has been confined to his bed
ever since.
Dr. Magrudei, who was his physician
during his severe illness ot some
months ago, has been attending him,
and Dr. Rixet , the surgeon general of
the navy, also has been called. During
the evening Pres.dent and Mrs. Rooso-
velt railed at the hotel and made in
quiries regarding the postmaster gen
eral's condition. Dr. Magruder on
leaving Mr. Payne's room later tonight
gave out a statement which admitted
the serious nature ot Mr. Payne's con
dition, but said the patient wat resting
easier then.
STUDENTS 00 ON STRIKE.
Chicago School Children Wrongly
Believe Negress Is to Teach.
Chkago, Sept. 30. Fifty boy pickets
stationed a boot the McAllister wiblle
school here prevented pupils from en
tering today None of the pieketa was
more than IS years old.
Oatside the picket cordon, a crowd
of 700 boys and girls hoot.! ami yelled
at the teachers looking from windows.
Every infant striker wore a badge to
show that he or she bolongd to a
"union." Some of the badges were
merely scraps of paper with the word
"union" scrawlrd arrows it. Others
wore union buttons which their father
had worn. Many of the striker car
ried clubs. Thev threatened violence
against any child daring. to enter the
school yard.
The picketing was the result of a
"strike" which was caused by a mis
taken belief of the children that an as
sit'ant kindergarten teacher wat colored.
After a detail of six policemen had
been sent to the school to preserve or
der, the "strike" was "settled." A
committee appointed by tho youthful
strikers learned that the rumor of a
coloied teacher having been employed
in the school was false. About 80 per
cent of the striker went back to their
classes. Truant officers began a search
for the absentees.
Would Try to Reach Arctic.
Christiana, Norway, Oct. 1. The
Duke of Orleans has at-ked permission
of the government to have the Arctic
steamer rrarn, in which Dr. Nansen
made his voyage to the Arctic regions,
lor me purport ot an arctic expedition
in 1005. It is understood that the ad
miralty will require that the Captain
Otto Sverdiup, the former commander
of the From, shall command the veetel,
if the goemment agrees to the propo
sition of the duku. The plan of the
expedition has been submitted lor the
approval of the authorities.
Wills City 4250,000.
Boston, Oct. 1. Public bequests ag
gregating over f 1,000,000, the largest
being a gift of f 250,000 to the 'lily of
New Bedford, are contained in the will
of the late Mrs. Sarah Potter, of Ron
ton, which was filed for probate this
afternoon.
ARE AGITATED
Continued Discussion of
pino Is Harmful.
Pill-
REVOLUTION DEING PREACHED
Speeches or Anils arc Made Tcxla
for ricry Editorials Report
of General Wright.
Washington, Sept. 28. President
Rotevelt is in leceipt of a letter from
Luke K. Wright, governor ol the Phil
ippines, in which tho governor discuss
es frankly some ot tho conditions which
ho encountered In directing the govern
merit of the islands. Under date of
August 16, General Wright wroto in
l rt as follows:
"Tho effect of tho continued dircits
sion of the capability ot tho Filipino
for self government Is having its effect
here, and makes our task more dllllcult
thau it otherwise would Ih. Unless a
man is equipped with intelligence nml
those qualities which make for good
citlienship, the more easily can he W
persuaded that he it the possessor of
all these qualities. Theinj iieople have
their full share of retklesa. half-formed
characters who are ready for intrigue
in any direction which promise them
protlt or power. It Is this class which
has largely given force and direction
to tho Aglipayan movement, and has
recruited its ranks from the Ignorant
and dangerous elements.
"In this general connection, I may
say to you as a matter of information
that the agitation in the United Stales
for Filipino indet ondence, and the
spoken and written utterances of prom
inent men who are urging It, are all
brought here and pubished In the
native newspapers and are being made
the text for editorials inaisting that
the Filipinos are now ready to bccoui
an independent nation.
"The effect of all this is distinctly
injurious. Its tendency Is to renew
the tho Influence of old Insurrection
leaders and make them active In preach
ing the old propaganda. This, in
turn, has the elTect of demorallting
and weakening thn more conservative
and thoughtful Hlipino, who fear If
they speak out as they really think thev
would bo considered the enemies of
their jwopleand loo thrirprrstlge with
them. Tlw-e of the nioie prominent
and best educated class, ami who, nat
urally, have the r ambitions, are in
clined to Join in the general cry."
UNIONS TEAR WAR.
Large
Plants arc Adopting "Open
Shop" Policy.
Chicago, Sept. 2S. The opening ol
the plants of the International liar
tetter cosapany and the Pullman com
pany on the "open shop" basis, free
from labor anion regulations, has
alarmed Obispo labor Iradrrs.
The fact that ,000 union Men will
ingly returned to work for the big har
vester company, antler the new condi
tions, is admitted t presage dlsraption
of tbeii unions.
Fear it expreed that the recent de
feats of labor anions, and the reduc
tions obtained in wages, may be fol
lowed by many other large eoocerns.
Tlt a giave crisis it fell in labor
nnin affairs seems to b certain frow
the failure of the slo kyardt, the ma
chinist and the garment workers
strikes. All theee walkout hate re
sulted disastrously for the union men
and women. In addition to this, the
following com pa ni rt have reduced
their wage scale am! ettablithed the
open shop :
Inland Steel company, Illinois bteel
company, topublle Iron ft bteel com
pany, and concerns in the Chicago
Metal Trades association. A(tr being
closetl down since September 1ft, the
rat shops ol the Pullanin company re-open-d
with a force of 2,000 men, out
of a total of 7,000, who agreed to an
eept a cut of 10 to 20 per cent in theii
pay.
The union leaders are Inclined to lay
the blame on "lack of proper brganiaa-tion,"-and
government officials for fos
tering the policy of thn "open shop"
by their action in the ease of employes
of the government printing bureau.
Race Riot In Mississippi.
Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 28. Two
negroes were killed and three fatally
injured in a race riot near Lynchburg,
Miss., 16 miles south of Memphis to
day. The shooting took place on the
plantation of J. J. Johnton, who with
his sons and two friends, went Into a
field to gather a load of corn. Ai the
white men were driving their wagon
from the field a fusillade from a party
of blacks met them. Tho fire was re
turned, with the result that two ne
groes were killed outright and three
were fatally shot.
Winter May End righting.
Mukden, Sept. 28, Doubts aro bo
ginning to be felt a to whether it will
be poes'ble to continue tho campaign
through tho winter, which begins in
November. The Chinese hate been
unable to harvest their crops, and there
probably.wlll be much distiess, as it Is
very difficult to bring up stores from
China or the native population.
IlLOCKAIiU TIGHTENING.
Absence of News from Port Arthur
Alarms the Slavs.
St. Petersburg, Sept. ill). Tho entire
absence of new from Port Arthur, It
Is feared, Indicate a closer blockade
there. Hitherto, dispatches from
General Btoeseol hao been coining
through toml-weealy. Tho admiralty
has not received any details of the re
ported sea light off Aiilva, at the south
eattern cxtiumlty of Sahalln. Tho
Vladivostok aquadiou, It It iiudoiatood,
It still In the harbor. The cannonad
ing at Anlva was probably a Japanese
attack on blockade runners.
A telegram received hero from Rat
ouui repotting that reserve aie being
transported along thn Caucasian coast
brings the llrtt Intimation that troop
are being mobilised there. There are
only two army corps In tho Caucasus,
and one of them hat apparently been
ordered to tho Fai Katt.
Prime Sviatopolk-Mlrsky was re
ceived in audience yesterday by the
emperor. The primo will assume
rharito ot the ministry of the Interior
today.
The latest developments In tho situ
ation at the front I the drllnltn estab
lishment of the fart that Field Marshal
Oyama has now- legun to move up his
It-It . General Kuropatkln's rcHirt
shows tliat the Jaaties hate leached
Davan, on thn et bank of the I.lso
liter. A considerable concentration of
Japanese It oborned at Slanchatl, on
the Hun river. H& milrt southwest of
Mukden, and Japanese cavalry it mass
ing in the vicinity of the Pu river.
The lattnr ta a tributary ot the linn
river, which cream- tho line of railway
midway Iwtwcen Tie pass and Mukdm,
and may furnish a natural line of ad
vance fiom the wnst.
Oyama's armle now apparently cov
er a front of 00 mite (or enveloping
movement. His wing are extended
to the northeast and west of Mukden.
Thus far the Russians have found little
strength of pressure from the Janr
renter. Ojatna seems to Ut moving
with great dellbeiatlon, probably gath
ering strength for a rapid advance of
loth wings when an attempt Is made
to close the net.
Although the Imaginary line connect
' ing the extreme Jpaiii advance and
writ of Mukden still pa- trii mile
below that city, It Is evidt-nt that the
fate of Mukden cannot long be dclayrd.
If (ieneral Kuropalkin intends to try
to hold the city lighting on hi (lank
will begin almost Immvdlalely.
ALEXIEfT TO COME HOME.
Ills
Position Will Dc That of An
Advisor to the Emperor.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 29. Although
an official announcement to the effect
Is not expected Immediately, since it
will require some little tlnxitogrt Rut
sla's M-oond army In the field, the des
ignation of Grand Dnke Nicholas
Nlcholaeviteh, the Inspector general of
cavalry, as commander In chief Is re
garded as practically settled. The sit
uation at the front, with two, and jmr-
hap ultimately three, big armies, Is
considered to demand, above all else,
that the supreme commander m of
such eronal authority a to Le be
yond Jealousies ami the poihllity of
Intrigue on fie part of subordinates,
am) such a man the emperor now rra
lite can only ho supplied by a member
of the Imperial family. Grand Duke
Nicholas I regarded a extremely well
flttrd for till great rrorislbllily.
Grand Duke Nicholas will not rely
upon a single advist-r, hut on a staff
comprising the ablrst strategists of tho
gt-neral staff, who in reality will oon
stiuto a board ot direction ot military
operations.
Viceroy Alexieff is regarded as al
most c i tain to return here. The re
port that he may become chancellor of
the empire, however, is exploded. He
is more likely to retain hi tltlo and
come to St. Petersburg, nominally In
the capacity of advinir to the emtwrnr,
and will thus efface hlmrelf as n factor
of the military situation in tho Far
Kast.
Attempt to Ruin Warships.
New York, Sept. 20. With tho In
tentlon of ruining the hull of the battle
ship Connecticut, which will lie
launched today, an obstruction was
placet! on tho ways. When It was
placed there, or hy whom Is not
known, aa It was not discovered until
diver were sent down to make nn In
vestigation. This Investigation uus
made as a matter of precaution ami tho
natal otllcer then learned that an oh.
nt ruction had been placed on the way
that would havo destroyed the work of
months.
Torpedoboat Lost.
London, Sept. 20. Tho llritlth tor
ledo boat destroyer Chamois has been
lost off the Is la lid of Cephalonla, in
the Mediterranean. All on board were
laved. While going at full speed on n
trial yesterday, a screw blado en mo off.
pierced tho botton of tho destroyer and I
the tank.
HORROR AWpilll
Nine Ohio School oirl.s J!
nn.uiv.ti in vuillf,
SCORE OTHERS NARROW ES
Were
Precipitated Into Cesspool J
ipse of rioor-llcsiucrs .,.!
Collapse
Mtrs ii.i
Overcome by the
rotil (j
Cincinnati, Sept. 2(1. At Iroit
brtltiwtl trlrla urnrit allR . ut.. I...I ..
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today dining (he afternoon rrcn. I
Pleasant Itldgn pulillo school hou A
nn mtirn in uwiors narrowly (..,
llio same horrible death,
aii oi mo victims wore from u,
military vrsdr. On im.iUi.h..h
the spacious grounds In the rear ol u
s ii (in rim n school building are two .
houses. At recess, a Unit so 1ai
gill were In the outhouse atoned J
lliein, wiien tliti Uoor gave my ij
cipiiBiinK mom in llm stoim will J
oeMHMii, is iret deep, and conltli
four fret of snwage.
The fiantlc struggle of thbre tt
were on lop kept at least nliio urx,(.
iicain iiuiii uiey wrro dead y,
frame shed over tho onwer wis aUm'
20 feel iqusin, without windows, ) j
nan oniy one narrow doorway. On
Km in uio pariy escaped falling kU
ran Into the school building and 141
the Iracher what had happed.
Principal T. I.. Zimmerman ami ro
female trachei ran to the rrcut. Mr,
Zimmerman cured a ladder, on whlcb
1.. .1 11 .1-1-
inu uiruciitoi Kmi ClimiWHI IMII, rKl
of them fainting a soon as ttr
rrached the surface, overcome by hlU
ami sewar gas.
I lie traelier were soon lelnfomd j
by the entire population of tht t
tub, the police ami fire departmeau I
rendering effective service.
Principal Zimmerman finally falnttd.
Then other lifted out drat! Utiles bb.
til the death kwI was clraird. TIioh
rescued alive prrtontrd such an apprti-
awe a to make many In the crowd tf
rpectatoi faint.
Jame Smith, agrd 14, a pnpll,
climbed to the roof of the school hour
ami got the lltg which wat mde into
a ropo that rc-ncued several.
John fitrlnkamp, when hi daughter
was not among those brought out alltr,
entered the vault and carried out set
eral Unlles, among thcrn that of hit
daughter. Thrn he fainted. At tht
same lime them were other rent Id
the crowd who fainted when II wt
announced that all at the living had
l-en resounl, ami their chlldien wets
stlil among the missing.
CHINA HAS APOLOatZEO.
Reparation Made for Attach on the
Guard at Pehln.
Paris, H.pt. 2fl, The foreign ollko
lis received a leport from the French
minister at Pekln saying that China
has given the most complete po!y
ami reparation for tho attack ol Chi
nese soldier at IVkln iiiii Captain
Uall, nf the French legation guard,
on Monday last The captain was In
sulted nml strurk with a stick, but he
was not seriously hurt. The 1-rrnch
minister energetically proleMcd to tho
general commanding the Chinese, who
wrote the minister an abject apology
while thn Chliiee captain commanding
the asnaiiltlng soldier made a personal
aimtogy to Captain Urlbe,
The Chine general condemned the
five ringleader to punishment onlv ono
degree short of death. Owlnir to tlin
action of tho general, the olllclaU hero
do not consider that this Incident and
the assault on the Ilallnn soldiers Hep
(ember 16 indicate another general
anti-foreign movement. Therefore tho
reparations havo been accepted am! the
incident Is closed,
Pier Gives Way.
Vlnlla, I.T., Sept. 20. The eatt
pier of a steel toll bridge Imlng erected
over Grand ilvvr nt Carey' terry, (en
mile cast of Alton, fell at noon kill
ing three men, fatally Inliirlmr threo
and Injuring 21 others, somo of whom
suffered broken limbs. All the sur
geon in Grove and Alton were sum
mon ml. A iiiesMingcr from tho accno
slate that 100 men were nt work at
the time, and the pier collapsed with
out warning, owing to tho faulty con
struction of the foundation, not going
down to bedrock.
Telephone In Plucc of Telegraph.
Chicago, Sept. 20. A rapidly n a
the change can lie brought about tho
management of tho llnrllngton system
Iihs determined to substituto tho tolo
phono for the telegraph in dispatching
nud operating both passenger and
fralght tialns, Tho announcement waa
made today alter the conclusion of com
pteheiislvo testa that have been In pro-
Kress for several years on vailous nsrta
of tho system.