Plymouth Tribune, Volume 4, Number 5, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 November 1904 — Page 2

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1904 NOVEMBER. 1904

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$ 30th. 7th. S) th. 22nd. PANOR .MA OF THE WORLD ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Conditions of Things re Shown. Nothing- Overlooked to make it Complete.. Bis Building Collapsed. With a terrific crash the building occupied by the Continental Saving bank, at No. 19 Madison street, Memphis, Tenn., coil apsed, burying a number of persona in the wreckage. So far as known only one person, a negro saloon porter, remains under the debris. The other rictims were quickly rescued by the fire and police departments. Joseph Fischer, a tailor, who had a shop in the building, is the only person known to have received serious injuries. He was badly mashed about the body, but will recover. That many people were not killed is almost miraculous. The building, which was recenly detached from a similar structure, was a four-story office house. Excavations had been made at the corner adjoining and fifty workmen who were employed there heard a peculiar crackling noise and it was seen that the bank building was in danger of falling. The laborers immediately sought safety and reached the .street just in the nick of time, as the building fell with a loud report a moment later. Those in the bank and offices also heard the warning noise and a large number reached the street in safety before the crash came. All of the occupants of the building have been accounted for and the negro saloon porter is believed to be alive in the cellar. Three Killed, Sixteen Injured. Three persons were killed and sixteen injured in a rear end collision between section No. 2 and section No. 1 of train No. 3, Missouri Pacific world's fair special, at Tipton, Mo. Train No. 3, on account of the heavy world's fair traffic, was made up in two sections, the first leaving St. Louis for Kansas City. The second section left a few minutes later ar.d when it reached Tipton section No. 1 was taking on passengers. According to Engineer Ramsey, of section No. 2, headlight in the yards blinded him lad he was unable to see section No. 1. He also says that his orders were "clear ahead." The second section was running about thirty miles an hour when the collision occurred. The end sleeper of section No. 1 was entirely demolished and the second sleeper was overturned. State Treasurer Thousands Short. Topeka (San.) special: Governor Bailey gave out a long report from State Accountant Rowet: showing additional shortages in the state treasurer's office aggregating about $31,000, and covering school fund transactions concerning Pratt, Cowley, Nemaha and other counties. Accountant Rowett draws no conclusions from his findings. He simply records the fact that certain blocks of bonds were purchased on certain dates by the school fund commissioners and that certain interest payments were made on these bonds, which are not accounted for on the books of the state treasurer. Threw Enemy Into Coke Oven. Steve Borck, employed at the Bessemer coke plant at Masontown, Pa., reported thr.t he saw a man thrown into the coke oven and cremated. Borck says he saw three men scuffling on top of an oven and a muinent later saw two of them jump to the S round and disappear, in the darkness ust then flames issued from the oven as though fuel had been tossed into it. Coroner llagan ordered the oven drawn, when blackened human bones and teeth were found. The murdered man and bis assailants are unknown. Wreck on fie C II. Sc D. Eastbound freight train No. 83 on the Fort Wayne branch of the Cinciunati, Hamilton and Dayton, was wrecked near Baldwin. Ind., and the road was completely blocked at that point. The accident was caused by the train breaking in two and the two parts colliding with terrifio force. Five cars were derailed and some of them badly broken up. No one was injured. St. Louis Muzee Destroyed by Fire The five-story building at 312 North Broadway, St. Louis, Mo., occupied by the Midland Machine Company of Chicago, with a number of kindred amusement concerns, as a muzee, was gutted. William Hick, president of the company, a bed-ridden invalid, Robert A. Lychou, his nurse, and Ellsworth Adams, treasurer of the eompany,narrowly escaped suffocation. Buffalo Elevator Falls Into Lake. From some cause which cannot be definitely explained, the Ontario Elevator, at Buffalo, N. Y., collapsed and sank into the waters of the Evans slip. The elevator contained 370,000 bushels of barley, a large portu n of which lies at the bottom of the slip. The loss on the grain and the building is estimated at 1350,000. One Man Killed In Wreck. The North Coast limited on the Northern Pacific was wrecked near Lind, Wash. The engine and four cars were derailed and one passengtr killed, tvo seriously and several slightly hurt. Bad Fire at Fowler. The Newson block, the largest business building in Fowler, lndn Luxntd with the stock, making a total loss of about $23,000, with $3,000 insurance. One hundred and eighty pounds of dynamite stored in the building did not explode. Tell of Jewish Uprising. A dispatch from Gomel, Russia, says: Evidence is being adduced to prove that the w hole Jewish porulation of Gomel was organized for an armed conflict, the city being divided up into quarters and arms distributed. . Fast Halt 'Jits Freight. The Xilwaukee fast mail collided with a freight train at Minneiska, Minn. Express Hessens Allen wjia injured, but not seriously. No one was killed. Tue crc rrrs derailed and badly danajsd, wills Ca express and several freight cars were demolished. Heiress Kills White Han. In Cincinnati Mary Bogle, colored, CzzZizzzl to killing Herman Ileuck, vrlite, and was charged with murder in tLa Crrt decree. Heuck was a machinist. C!;a tiyi the csed Heuck's knife to def r--l herself la a fight in which a cero run toci pirt

POISON GUILT ON OTHERS.

rather of Mrs. W. If. Krauss Pnta Blame Elsewhere. With the confession of Mrs. W. R. Krauss of Hartford City; Ind., to the j murder of htr stepdaughter, Crystal, by j giving her poison this sensational case was supposed to have come to an abrupt, end. But scarcely had the prison doors closed on the self-confessed murderess than other sensational rumors, believed to be well founded, are in circulation. Dr. F. W. Anuerman, father of Mrs. Krauss, stated that others are as deep iu the crime as his daughter. He s&ys that she did not commit the deed without help and instructions. Attorney J. A. Hindman, who had Mrs. Krauss' case in hand, did not know his client intended to plead guilty until he was called to the court room ten minutes beforehand. He said he was in possession of facts that convince him that Mrs. Krauss was in consultation with some one who instructed her in the crime. He asks how would she know what kind of poison was in the Krauss drug store and what kind of strychnine was on sale in the Logan drag store, where the poison was purchased. Some one, he says, who knew these facts must have told her. IS NEIL S. PHELPS A SUICIDE? Mystery Surrounds Absence of Battle Creek's Former Millionaire. The 'mysterious disappearance of former Millionaire Neil S. Fhelps, builder of the Phelps sanitarium, promoter of varions breakfast foods and other enterprises and president of the Ellis Publirhing Company, has caused a sensation in Battle Creek. Mich. Mr. Phelps, who has been greatly depressed over large financial . reverses, has not been heard from for several days, and it is now feared that he has ended his life. His family is greatly alarmed over his absence and detectives are making every effort to locate him. Mr. Phelps left his home one afternoon about 2 o'clock,' telling his wife he was going to his office. That is the last she saw of him. About 5 o'clock he was observed by a passerby leaning against the headgates of the mill race adjoining his office, apparently in deep meditation and looking down in the water. This is the last that has been seen of him. The next morning his keys were found in the lock on the outside of bis office. MANY KILLED IN MINE BLAST. Twenty-one Are Dead in Underground Explosion In Colorado. A terrific explosion occurred at mine No. 3 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron Company at Terclo, Colo., and the number of dead is estimated at 21. The mine caught fire and in all likelihood the bodies will be cremated. Nearly all the miners employed are Slavs. The mine was opened only a year ago and extended 2,000 feet into the hill. The explosion is supposed to have been caused by dust. F. J. Foreman, government inspector, who 6aw the explosion, says it began with a low rumbling sound like an earthquake. Out of the airshafts timbers two feet in diameter were shot and broken to splinters. Pieces of rock were thrown over the camp a quarter of a mile, and many persons were hurt by the shower of missiles. BIG BLAZE AT BROOKLYN PIER. Loss Foots Up $300,000 One Man Is Killed, Another Seriously Hurt. One man was burned to death and another seriously injured In a fire at the Bush Terminal Company's piers, South Brooklyn, N. Y., which caused a loss of $200,000. The dead man Is Patrolman Patrick Cashing and Fireman Jhn B. Walsh is in a hospital suffering from scalp wounds, concussion of the brain and contusions of the body. The fire started on the lighter Victor, lying at pier 7, foot of 41st street. The vessel was laden with cotton. Before the engines arrived the flames had spread to the pier, which was loaded with cotton, and it was entirely destroyed by fire. Four other boats were burned. County Treasurer Is Indicted. On the charge of embezzling $14,500 from the county treasury in Pomeroy, Ohio, under the alleged pretense that he had been robbed of the money by bandits, Thomas J. Chase, treasurer of Meigs county, and prominent in church and Sunday school work, was indicted by the grand jury. He was unable to furnish bonds of $10,000 and went to jail. Imprisoned on Steamship. Twenty persons are virtually being held prisoners on the Allan line steamer Ionian in Montreal .at the request of United States immigration officials. They have United States naturalization papers and some thousands of dollars. It is understood that there is some irregularity iu their naturalization papers and the matter has been referred to Washington. Removed Official Strikes Back. James N. Tyner, former postofflce official, removed by the President and afterward acquitted by a jury of charges in connection with the postal scandal, arraigns the President In a scathing letter, charging fraud. A former reply of Mr Roosevelt reiterates his belief in Tyner's guilt, and promises an investigation. Indiana Town Badly Scorched. Nearly half the business district of the little town of Wyatt, Ind., was de- ' stroyed by fire Wednesday. The fire started in an oilhouse. The village has no facilities for subduing a fire. The loss to business houses will reach $10,000 or $12,000 and the insurance aggregates only $4,500. Bank Loses $2,000 to Bobbers. While members of the Bank of Hamülton staff were returning from Plum Coulee to Winkler, Man., village masked robbers held them op. The bank men were ordered at the point of revolvers t turn over to the robbers the satchel, which contained $2,000 of the bank's funds. The robbers escaped. Forest Fires Cause Big Loss. Forest fires have been raging in the Blue Ridge mountains, spreading over 20,000 acres of timber and brush land and along a tract twenty miles long eastward from Wind Gap, Pa. Scores of farmers and squatters have been forced to flee with their movable possessions. Fatal Collision in Missouri. Three persons were killed and twenty three Dasseneers were injured, five seri ously, in a collision between two sections of the world's fair special on the Mis souri Pacific railroad in Tipton, Mo. The trains were filled with visitors to the ex position returning to their homes. Sends Regret and Sympathy,. Emperor Nicholas has telegraphed to King Edward expressing nis deep regret ir what occurred in the North Sea Saturday and his sympathy with the families or tne KJiiea ana wounded hah ermen. ' Sixteen Perish at a Weddlnjr. At a fire following a wedding In toe poorer part o' Gt Petersburg, Russia, eleven of the guests were burned to death. Five others are missing, and it is fcareci they also Lave perished. ' XZursia and England in Dclc?k. Prussia and Greit Britain were brought to a deadlock by ths report of Admiral Lc;:itvc-:by, j:'j:jlrj Ui tzizz r::a

the" trawlers at Hull on the ground that he was attacked by torpedo boats. Ths time limit on the British demand for a promise of punishment expired without any answer from Russia beyond an expression that such a pledge could not be given under pressure. DEATH PREVENTS ESCAPE. Prisoner In Dash for Liberty Is Killed by Guard. Fred C. Mathews, a general prisoner at Fort Wayne, near Detroit, serving a sentence for desertion, was shot and killed or Private Frank J. Hilla while trying " '.o . escape. Guard Hilla was conducting Mathews to the wood pile for his day's work when he broke away an! ran toward the fence about the fort grounds. Hilla ordered him to stop and when he failed to do so shot him in the back. Mathews lived but twenty minutes. It is believed at the fort that Mathews, who had been despondent for a number of days, made the attempt to escape, with the deliberate purpose of being shot by the guard.- The other day he tried to hang himself, but was discovered In the attempt and prevented. On the fatal morning he said to Sergeant of the Guard Young before being taken from the guardhouse: "I'm going to put myself out of the way. I'm going ft try to duck this morning and I hops I'll get plunked."

CHEERS AMERICAN NAVY. London Crowd Gives a Remarkable Demonstration. A remarkable spontaneous street demonstration in favor of the United States cccurred in the west end of London after midnight Thursday morning. It arose from an unpleasant cause. An intoxicated sailor belonging to the American cruiser Olympia was arrested by a po liceman in Leicester square, the onlookers say needlessly, as he was giving no trouble. The sailor resisted and in the struggle both he and the policeman fell. The Sailor's hMrl vai hfldlr cut. A crowd of several hundred persons gath ered ana demanded the sailor s release. Other police came to the scene and the crowd, which continued to increase, accused the police cf brutality and hooted at them. Suddenly the hoots gave way to cheers for the United States navy. They continued to increase in volume until the police station was reached, where a nig rorce of men scattered the crowd. Several spectators who wished to testify against the police were refused admission to the station. HORSES PERISH IN FLAMES. Fire Ruins Livery Stable and Eight Animals Are Killed. Beforp thov fvvM K ranl from a burning livery barn at 353 West Taylor street, Chicago, eight horses were smoth ered to death. The fire started at tne rear of the building, which is a one-story frame and brick structure, and caused a damage of $1,500. Henry Massey, the owner or tne livery stable, told tne police that he had left the barn a short time before the fire was discovered and he Could think nf tin roflsmi for the fire other than incendiary causes. The blaze, . . wnicn was discovered by a citizen, was burning fiercely, and before the firemen arrived the entire rear of the building was aflame. FUrpml nprsnns livinr in the vicinity rescued ten horses. TOLEDO THEATER DESTROYED. Blaze Thought to Be Incendiary Regis tration Books Damaged. Fire which started on the stage of the Grand theater in Toledo burned out the playhouse and damaged the National Union building. In which is the theater, to the extent of $75,000. Inasmuch as there was no fire' of any kind in the building and the watchman heard a noist as of some one walking, the State fire marshal will investigate. The office of the board of elections is in the building, and the registration books for the year were damaged by water, but not so seri ously as to render them useless. Lawyer Attempts Suicide. Charles V. Culbert, ag 1 about 30, formerly an attorney of Washington, D. C, and said to have wealthy parents there, made what will probably prove a successful attempt to commit suicide in his room in Pittsburg by cutting the arteries In his wrist and opening the stops in all the gas jets in his room. He was despondent Fatal Concert Hall Fire. Failure of the asbestos curtain to work and lack of fire protection and of the proper number of exits in Michael Fewer's concert hall, 145 West Madison street, Chicago, resulted in a panic when a fire broke out in the rear of the stage, causing the death of one man, the proba ble death of another and the total destruction of the building. Buffalo Elevator Collapses From some cause which cannot be ex plained the Ontario elevator in Buffalo, N. Y., collapsed and sank into the waters of the Evans slip. The elevator contained about 370,000 bushels of barley, a large portion of which lies at the bottom of the slip. The loss on the grain and the building is estimated at $350,000. War Danger Is Over. Great Britain and Russia decided to rtler the North Soa djspute to an International tribunal under the rules of The Hague convention, and the danger of war between them is over. The ships of the Baltic fleet will be held at Vigo pending the decision, which will come in twenty days. President Makes Reply. President Roosevelt replied to - James N. Tyner's letter, declaring the record of the former postal official Justified his removal from the service, and the latter promptly Issued a statement to the public defending his position and accusing the President of unfairness.. Defies a Trio of Sheriffs. Charles Rogers, about 21 years of age and wanted in three counties of Kentucky on charges of housebreaking, is walking through the country armed with a rifle and defies the officers. Several attempts have been made to capture him, but all have failed. Lincoln Assassination Echo. Mrs. William T. Tonry, the only daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Surravt, who was put to death for being involved in the Lincoln conspiracy, is dead in Baltimore, after several years' illness, resulting from her efforts to save her mother. She was OS years old. Charges Against Bank President. Charges of incendiarism made against President Isaac N. Perry of the National Hank of North America in Chicago are being investigated by detectives employed by Mr. Perry, by the police and by the fire department agents. Magazines Exploded in Port Arthur. attack oa Pert Arthur destroyed the only yikb w - m w v i w u, ani a conflagration followed which lasted a day. The Japanese captured several important positions. , liilltd by Thrashing Eccrine Elaxt. Henry Ehlert, a farmer, was killed tnd John Lcndeen, an 'jngineer, was seriously injured, by thcUxplocica of a thrislilns engine on the farm of J. EL

WAß DUBING A WEEK

INTEREST WA3 IN THE WAR SCARE RATHER THAN IN WAR. Threatened Hostilities Between England and Russia Startled the WorldLion and the Bear Growled Viciously at Each Other. The ctief interest of the week centered not in the war, but in the war scare. The scare was a real one. England and Russia did not so nearly fight simply because of the fishing trawler Incident The Hon and the bear hated each other long before that happened, and will continue to hate each other long after It Is forgotten. Since the Crimean war they have been perpetually growling at each other; contlnaally showing their fangs; occasionally raising their paws to strike. Neither has ever dared to turn his eyes away from the other. ' The Dogger bank affair merely evoked a display of the hostile feeling which constantly exists. As for the happening Itself, Russia was entirely in the wrong, and displayed an unparal eled ignorance of sea manners, sea custom and sea efficiency. It Is said that the Russian boats are commanded by cavalry officers and manned by farmers. This seems to be true practically, if not literally. The firing on the English trawlers began at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. Two or three hundred shots were fired In about twenty minutes' time. Two fishermen were killed and eighteen wounded. One fishing boat was sunk. No attempt was made by the attacking fleet to rescue the wounded fishermen, although a Russian boat staid on th scene until 6 o'clock in the morning. The last shot was fired at the trawler Kent at 7 a. m. The British government immediately demanded from Russia: (1) An apology. (2) An indemnity for the families of the killed and wounded fishermen. (3) The punishment of the Russian officers responsible for the offense. (4) An adequate guarantee that there shall be no repetition of the Set Russia consented to requirements one, two and four, but held out against three. It would not agree to punish the responsible officers. It said its sense of sovereignty would not permit it to comply with such a request Great Britain answered that the request must be complied with, otherwise the British fleet would not permit the passage of the Russians through the Straits of Gibraltar into thp Mediterranean. At this point the tension was very great France acted as a cruse of oil for the troubled waters and contributed to the eventual peaceful settlement When the Russian fleet arrived at Vigo, Spain, Rojestvensky, with the press report! before him, wrote out his own reports. This is patent because he replies to the statements in the British press on the Incident Rojestvensky's explanation, the Chicago Tribune declared, consisted of an extraordinary lie, but the He undoubtedly averted a disagreeable alternative for the government war or Muscovite humiliation. The admiral stolidly maintained that he had actually been attacked by two torpedo boats. One of his officers Prince Keretelli went further, and said that there were eight hostile torpedo boats. Rojestvensky would have attaJaed a greater degree of plausibility 'by i making all stories tally. Rojestvensky's report raised a question of fact between Great Britain and Russia. The facts must firs: be investigated to see how they He. A inlxed tribunal of admirals will decide whether or) not the Russian squadron was attacked by torpedo boats. A huge mass of evidence wUl be sifted. A large number of depositions will be taken. Finally the tribunal will decide that there was no evidence that torpedo boats had attacked the Russians. By the time this decision is reached the Incident will have lost its burning public interest Russia will quietly apologize, pay an Indemnity, ruarantee Immunity from like occurrences in the future, and punish (perhaps) the offending officers. Everything will go on as before, except for the unfortunate fishermen and their families. While the Baltic squadron has as yet STORM FORT TRENCHES Japanese Drive Russians from Outer Line of Works at Port Arthur. The general assault on Port Arthur which began Oct 24 developed into a fierce battle Sunday. According, to a hitherto infallible authority the Japanese flung heavy forces against the fortress in their third attempt to obtain a commanding position. The Japanese have been preparing for this assault for a month. It is believed that they did not expect to capture the town on this occasion, but to accomplish another important forward step. The plan was adopted following the first assault when thousands of lives were sacrificed in an attempt to swarm over the fortifications by mere force of numbers This assault Hke the previous one, followed weary weeks of trench digging, gun mounting and small engagements. In the opinion of experts the assault will cease when the Japanese $ave won positions that will enable them to creep steadily closer under the noses of the Russian guns. It Is believed that two mora general assaults will be necessary before the distance between the belligerent lines is shortened sufficiently for an attempt to enter the main forts and make the end of the siese practicable. Some dirties Yarns. They tell some funny yarns about the operation of wireless telegraphy in the present war. When Admiral Togo as at bis Island shelter, some miles ' from Port Arthur, he was the victim of what might be called a "Russian" joke. The Russians knew that Togo's ships were equipped with wireless apparatus, so the Russian wireless station at Port Arthur scat the following message: "Russia's fiset coming out" and signed ths name of Rear Admiral Dewa. Togo came rusting cp, with his wholf fleet forced draft, four boilers, four bells, lippity split anxious to get there in timfe to intercept the Russians. In the meantime the Russian joker was leaning against a fortiScttlcn, licshinj In Lis beard, and uttering strong soundi of mirth. Admiral Toro did not consider it much of a jsi at all, acccrSins , Citfoo rraors, tnd ths Rsxa afteratVj tltw tha top c2 cf a prominent tiü near tas daal

Inflicted fataUtles only on the English, it has practiced target shooting at several other nationalities. It fired on the Swedish steamer Aldebaran, likewise on the German steamer Sonntag, on the Norwegian steamer Skaatol, and on" a Danish torpedo boat These extraordinary performances may be explained by Rojestvensky's original proclamation that he would fire on any ship which approached him. His officers evidently Interpreted his words to mean that they must fire on every ship which they approached. The British trawlers, for instance, had their nets down and ware barely moving along. The Russian squadron came upon tlem and promptly fired. The War in Manchuria. After ten days of comparative quiet along the Shakhe river there are signs that the two armies are again coming together. The Russians claim to be the aggressors In certain places, but dispatches from correspondents at General Kuroki's headquarters state that the Russians have now been driven out of their last position south of the Shakhe river. In the opinion of the Chicago Record-Herald, It would appear that the Russians are no longer strong enough to take the offensive on a large scale, while the Japanese have as yet ßhown no desire to push their way further to the north. There is sure to be a great deal of scattered fighting before winter sets in, but whether there will be another pitched battle Is uncertain. The battle of the Shakhe river will be meucrable In history for the economy of lives with which the Japanese fought it In the battle of Liaoyang, although the Japanese had to charge again and again upon Russian Intrenchments, the losses of- the Russians were the heavier the proportion being about four Japanese killed and wounded to five Russians. In the battle of the Shakhe the figures thus far available would Indicate that the Russian losses were at least three, and possibly five or six, times as great as the Japanese. Concerning the losses, we have two facts upon which we can absolutely rely, because both come from Japanese official sources, and Japanese official statements have not once during the war been open to the slightest suspicion as to their literal truth. The first Is that the total Japanese casualties killed and wounded numbered 15,879 officers and. men. The second is that the total number of Russian dead burled by the Japanese on the field was 13,333. Now in the Japanese army, for which we have detailed figures, the ratio of killed to wounded was as one to six, and If that same ratio should apply to the Russians their total casualties on the basis of the dead burled on the field would number about 90,000. The Russian official statement places the total number of killed, wounded and missing at 800 officers and 45.000 men. This sete the lowest limit of the losses, but unfortunately we cannot feel confident that it Is the whole truth. An earlier figure purporting to come from an official report of General Kuropatkin's. but not verified, puts the wounded alone at 55.SGS. We have also the estimate of a correspondent at Mukden, who places the dead at 8.000 and the wounded at 40,000. If he was as much too low on the wounded as on the dead (using the Japanese figure of burials as the test), the total Russian casualties by this reckoning

j would be nearly 75,000. j Now General Kuropatkln cannot have had over 250.000 men In the battle, and It thus appears that his total casualties were at least one-fifth, and possibly from one-fourth to one-third, of his entire force. Reports from Port Arthur indicate renewed attack on the Rihlung and Keekwan forts just north of the city. The end of the siege may very possibly be approaching. . There are Indications that the resistance of the fortress is fast weakening and cannot be sus- ; tamed wuch longer. The Japanese are creeping In on all sides, taking an advance post here, another one there, a minor fort here, and a few machine guns yonder. They are always closing in, never receding. They are strengthening their artillery every day, while the Russian guns cannot be added to nor replaced when worn out Nogi fills up the gaps in the ranks as fast as they are made, while Stoessers gaps constantly grow bigger and cannot be Ülled up. Weight must shortly tell. War News In Brief. The Blaci Sea fleet may join the Baltic ships. Gen. Kuropatkin is holding bis center and right to allow the left to retire. Both armies are waiting for fine weather to make further carnage practicable. The Japanese are working oat some flanking movements that may be heard from soon. Every one of the Cossacks commanded by Capt Tourgenie ff was wounded, and the captain fatally. The Baltic fleet will go East In two divisions, by the way of the Suez canal and Cape of Good Hope. The Eighth Russian army corps is reported to have reached Mukden and Kuropatldn will begin new plans. A correspondent with the Japanese army tells something of the progress of that army to its present position at Port Arthur. Japanese estimate Russian casualties at 60,000 and they admit about 40,000. It is thought the total may be for both armies 80,000. . The Japanese protest against the use of Chinese clothing by the Russians has reached Washington and been forwarded to St. Petersburg. The German Red Cross Society will offer to establish a hospital at Irkutsk and equip a train, and a similar offer will be made to Japan. The Japanese captured a height near Bentsia putze, on Mukden road, and a L battle with cold steel on the summit left the slopes covered with dead. ' Leading Russians in Paris attack Balfour's speech, stating that precise infor mation of danger to the Russian fleet is in the hands of the authf-nties. - Japanese shells fired during a general attack on Port Arthur destroyed the only smokeless powder magazine in the town. and a conflagration followed which lasted a day. The Japanese captured several important positions. The peace agreement between Russia and Great Britain leads to much discontent in London, the Britons 'earing that the tribunal, containing so many foreign ers, will take the word of Admiral Rojoetvensk as against the fishermen and

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Cincinnati Post FEAT OF BALDWIN BALLOON. Experts Believe Machine Can Easily Be Made Fully Dirigible. The Arrow, Captain Thomas S. Baldwin's airship, which Tuesday sailed over the world's fair grounds and portions of the city of St. Louis, landing in a cornfield near Cahokia, 111., is entered in the $100,000 contest for dirigible balloons. A. R. Knabanschue, who piloted the machine, Is a Toledo (Ohio) electrical engineer, 27 years old. He said he had perfect control of his ship until his engine went dead over the manufacturing building at the world's fair grounds. "From that point" continued Mr. Knabanschue, I must acknowledge that I and the machine were at the mercy of the ten-mile breeze in which we had become embraced and until the landing was safely made over in Illinois a higher power than mere machinery stood between me and destruction." Experts believe the Baldwin balloon will be completely dirigible as soon as slight corrections in its mechanism are made. It is cigar shaped, of Japanese silk, fifty-four feet in length and seventeen feet in diameter and requires 8,000 cubic feet of gas to inflate it. The frame attachment is thirty feet in length. It carries a double cylinder, seven-horsepower gasoline engine, making 2,000 revolutions a minute, to drive the propellers. One of the chief new features is an arrangement whereby the ship Is pulled through air, instead of being pushed. There are 1,700 stations on the Chicago and Northwestern, with a tributary population of 7,000,000. The Big Four Railway has completed its new double track line between Hillsborough and Mitchell, III. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen has made an appropriation for the railroad men's home, at Chicago. After a trial of the telephones in train oUspatching, the Lake Shore is reported to have decided to retain the telegraph system. The Big Four route has Inaugurated through passenger and freight service to Toledo and Detroit via the Michigan Central. The annual report of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company shows last year to have ben the most prosperous in the company's history. Business men of Springfield, Ohio, are trying to raise $10,000 as an inducement to the Detroit Southern to locate its shops at that city. It is announced from New Haven that the New York, New Haven and Hartford will hereafter employ no new men over 35 years old. According to the government report there are now 30,118 miles of railway in India. This means a gain of almost a thousand miles in a year. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Company has filed one of the largest mortgages ever recorded in Missouri. The mortgage is for $40,000,000. The City Council of San Antonio, Texas, by ordinance, has made it an offense for any one to display scalper's tickets or offer them for sale. The Georgia Senate has shelved a bill passed by the House to require railroad companies doing ' business in the State to take out charters in Georgia. The Twentieth Century Limited last week made a run of 138 miles on the Lake Shore's Cleveland division in two hours and twenty-two minutes. It has been decided that all-rail rates on grain will not be advanced until Nov. 1. The contemplated raise in rates from Buffalo eastward has abo been deferred. Trunk lines have' agreed in the future to exchange records regarding half-rate transportation. The plan has been derised with a view to preventing an abuse of the privilege. -In order to hasten the work'of conrtruction of the Seaboard Air line between Atlanta and Birmingham several of the contracts on the route are to be divided up and sublet The New York Central, partly estimating its returns, reports for the September quarter a total income of $8,526,000, an increase of $3SD,4CG. The surplus over dividend requirements for the quarter is $1,402,700, increase, $37,1G3. East-bound lines have had e larger tonnara la all articles of western products for eight months than for the same time fest yew. The chief feature was ths facrtsxa cf 2,314,873 barrels flour, 8,CC3,C0O bushels ercia tri C 1,831 fcr3 rrcTÜ3, x

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Dun's weekly review of Chicago trade says: The variable weather Cl:c3;i conditions were somewhat of a hindrance to retail lines, but notwithstanding this there was little indication of reduced consumption in the necessities. The production of leading manufacturers maintains a 6teady advance and Is better distributed, while prices exhibit a rising tendency in furnace product New orders are notable in shlp-build-Ing and rolling sto:k In anticipation of transportation expansion by lake and rail. These commitments involve large expenditures and are Indicative of tin improved confidence felt throughout business circles. Developments In the Hne of new enterprise are found encouraging and building requirements disclose no diminution. Lumber receipts, 45,430,000 feet are the heaviest this season, and compare with S9.134.000 feet a year ago. The recent drain on yard stocks Is followed by a prompt replenishment and heavy factory needs are being provided for. Distribution of other commodities has widened, and railroad traffic returns exceed those of the corresponding week last year. East-bound forwarding made a sharp gain in foodstuffs, especially of packing-house product Wholesale dealing make the best showing within the last two years. Buying is more characterized by discount taking, and, while merchants select cautiously, the disposition to limit their extent Is less apparent than during last month. Interior advices generally are satisfactory as to merchandising and crop conditions, winter wheat having made an excellent start The situation in metals attracts considerable attention, and the rets arkable reawakening to activity Impart much strength throughout other industrial departments. Aside fm raHs, contracts reached a heaA-y aggregate, and whUe pig Iron Is In best demand there was also liberal buying of structural material, plates and merchant forms. Factory supplies have run Into much tonnage for early consumption by car and machinery Interests. Hardware and farm machinery producers report a steady gain in output and the furniture and woodworking branches are all busy. Failures reported tn the Chlcage district number thirty-five, against twenty-one last week and twenty -eight a year ago. Bradstreet's trade report for the week has this to say: Nev York. Good feeling, In some Instances closely approaching optimism, dominates the general trade situation, but the undertone is withal one of conservatism, and there Is a general desire to avoid overtrading. Past reports of good wholesale trade are reflected in an increased speeding of the wheels of Industry, but except In portions of the West and Southwest, where cool weather has helped retail distribution, and In the South, where good pricei for cotton Induce free marketing of the crop, there Is a disposition to regard the weather as voo warm for best results in final distribution. Railway earnings turned the corner In August the roads of the country showing a gain of a fraction of 1 per cent in net over 1903. Collections have continued to hold the improvement noted last week, being especially good at the South. Business failures In the United States for the week ending Oct 20 number 227, against 1J3 last week, 216 in the like week In 1903, 194 in 1902. 223 In 1901 and 161 In 1900.' In Canada failures for the week number 39, as against IS last week and 25 la this week a year ago. IBS ÄS ChicagoCattle, common to prune, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades. $4.50 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.75 to $4X0; wheat. No. 2, $L16 to $L17 com. No. 2, 53c to 55c; oats, standard, 20c to 80c; rye, No. 2, 77c to 79c; hay, timothy, $3.50 to $13.00; prairie, $0.00 to $11X0; butter, choice creamery, ISc to 21c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 18c; potatoes, 80c to 37c Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $r..00; hogs, choice light $4.00 to $525i sheep, common to prime, $2X0 to $3.00 wheat No- 2 $L16 t0 $1-18: c No- 3 white, 53c to 55c; oats. No. 2 white, 30c to Sic. St Louis Cattle, $4X0 to $0.10; hogs, $4.00 to $5.20; sheep, $3.00 to $4.13 wheat No. 2, $L13 to $L14; com. No. 2, 49c to 51c; oats. No, 2. 2Sc to 29c; rye, No. 2, 70c to 71c Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $4.83; begs, $4.00 to $5X0; sheep, $2.00 to $3.25; wheat No. 2, $1.21 to $L22j corn. No. 2 mixed, $5Sc to 59c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; rye. No. 2, S4c to C3c Detroit Cattle, $3X0 to $4.S5; hoga, $4.00 to $5X0; sheep, $2X0 to $3X0; wheat No. 2, $1.19 to $1.21; com, No. 3 yellow, 57c to 59c; oats. No. 3 white, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2. 83c to S5c. Milwaukee Wheat No. 2 southern, $L14 to $L10; corn. No. 3, E3c to 55c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; rye. No. 1, SOc to 82c; barley. No. 2, 52c to 54c pork, mess, $10.90. Toledo Wheat No. 2 mixed, $L16 fc $L19; corn, No. 2 mixed, 56c to 57cj oets. No. 2 mixed, SOc to 82c; rye. No. 80c to 81c; clover seed, prime, $7.45. Buffalo Cattle, choice shippiig steers, $4.00 to $5.75; hogs, fair to choice. $4.00 to $5.C0; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.15; lambs, fair to choice. $4X0 to $3.00. New Tork Cattle, $3.50 to $5.10; hoc. $400 to $5X0; sheep, $3.00 to $4X0; wheat No. 2 red, $1.13 to $L21; corn, No. 2, 57c to 59c; oats. No. 2 whits, C5c to 37c; butter, creamery, 19c to 21c tZZ, western, 22c to 24c. An American forest congress will fcj tell In Washington, D. C, for five diyc,