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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
KIIROPATKIN In FULL
RETREAT N0RTHWARD

out the Japanese at the successive sta
tfons of the road northward, thus plac-
ing their foe at the constantly growing
disadvantage of Iengthening the lines
OF communication. The success of this
plan was marred by blunder or Cen
eral StakeIberg, who in the words OF
General Kuropatkin, insisted on piac-
ing his own Interpretation on orders,
instead of fulfilling them. General
Stakelberg erred in falling to cross the
Taitse river when General kuropat-
kin decided that the whole army should
retreat to it's northern bank, as was
exclusively reported in dispatches 10
the Associated Press on September /.
This blunder, it is feared, will involve
the loss of the whole OF the nrst Sioe-
rain army corps, consisting or the nrsl,
second and sixth rifle divisions the
Ussuri Cossack brigade, the first Sibe-
rian artillery brigade and a Sapper
battalion.
The abandonment of the whole posi-
ton at Liao Yang Involves the loss OF
a great accumulation of stores. though
II is believed that many Of these al
ready had been sent north before the
commencement of fighting.
1t is more than possible, however
that the Russians destroyed what tney
could not remove.
something dkll lO CoiiSlCi hA1ioA -
walls among Russians who have learn
ed of the disaster to General Stakei-
berg's corps. All realize tnat tnere
is small hope now for the relief of Port
Arthur. but the militory officials are
unanimous in the belief that IL wouio
only be folly for General Kuropatkln 10
remain and run the risk of being sur
rounded with his whole army, ana tnat
the commander-in-chief, by ms Wltn-
drawal north, has actually converted
what might have been disaster 10
himself into what is regarded as re-
verse for the Japanese. for the 1alluIe {
of the Japanese to hold General kuro-
patkin's army and infiict a decisive
hIov. il is claimed, cannot De reSdroeo
otherwise. than a reverse. Field Mar
shall Oyama's tenacious frontal attack
and the clever flank movements couiu
not have had any other object tnan 70
compel the Russians to accept a decls-
i've engagement.
General Kuropatkin's retreat Will un-
6o,rbtedlv have a discouraging e1ecl
on the garrison of Port Arthur, which
can no longer hope for relief from TINS
quarter. IL is doubtful, however, II
the Japanese are in a position to press
tha siege and it is more than prooaoie
that they have diverted a portion OF
tho besfeeing army to reinforce their
corns operating in Manchuria. TINS
would account for the temporary luii
in tho fighting there. 1t is noticeable le
that the siege reports reaching mere oo
NOT mention further assaults on the
fortress, but only speak of lombard
mentS.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
Russians Giving Way Before the
japanese.

Toxic, september 3.-10:3O a. m. Inc
Russian force confronting Field Mar
shall Oyama's left and center continues
slowly to give ground in retreat, ana
is crossing to the right bank OF the
Taitse river "A portion of the Russian
armv occupies a line of defense works
extending northwest from a point soutn
of Lao Yang The Russians also hold
an eminence northeast of Nuchang. on
the right bank of the Taftse. This is
evidently intended to shield the general
retreat of both the left and center.
The Japanese armies continued to press
the. Russians yesterday. They moved
forward and occupied a line eXtendlng
from Tatepjif to Yanchilintzu. Oyma
teIegraphs that he hopes they will reach
the right bank of the Taitse this morn
ing.
General Kuroki, after serious nSnt-
ing, succeeded yestrday in taking q po-
sition of eminence near Heiyingtal. De-
tails of this fighting have not been re-
ceived.
Russians again appear to be concen-
trating in the vicinity of Yentai coal
mines, twelve miles northeast OF Lao
Yang. Possibly another great oattie
will occur there
The present trend of the movements
indicates that possibly the Japanese will
move past Lao Yang, temporarily leaV-
ing the city untouched.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
OLYMPIC GAMES REVIVAL.
Competing Athletes Show Fine Form
and Establish Three New Records.

ST. Louis, Mo-, September 3.-After
a meet probably unequalled in the
sporting annals Of this country or any
ton revival of the Olympic games has
concluded.
Again today did the competing ath-
letes show championship form, and
three Olympic records fell before their
assaults.
Not only did James D. LighLbody,
Of the Chicago A. A, clip three-fifths
OF a second off the Olympic record for
the 1,5Oo meter run. but he won the
event in one of the finest finishes that
has marked the entire meet. Light
body, Vener and Hearn. all Of the c.
A. A., were we'll punched at the begin
ming of the last lap. 1t was seen that
they were moving at a wonderful rate
of speed, but when three-Quarters Of
the way around the track on the last
lap, Lightbody developed burst OF
speed that left his clubmates several
yards in the rear and brought the au-
dience to it's feet. His time was 4:05
2~5.
There was an unusually fine field in
the pole vault contest. Five men
broke the Olympic record before the
event narrowed down TO the final
jumps, with three men eligible.
Charles E. Dyorak, of the c. A. A..
then demonstrated his class. and from
the 11-foot mark he competed alone,
the other four men being tied at that
mark. Dyorak's best was IL feet 6
inches, breaking The Olympic record
of ten feet 9 9-10 inches, held by I. K.
Baxter, Of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, made at the Paris Olympiad.
The keenest competition of the en-.
| tire weeks program developed in the
discus throw. NJ. J. Sheridan. of the
G. N Y. I. A. A. and Ralph w. Rose,
| CT the G. A. A, tied for first place, with
| throws of 12S feet 10 IL inches,
breaking the Olympic record by more
| than ter feet.
| As splitting points is not allowed in
| an Olympic championship, the men
| were forced to throw off the tie. The
| best that Rose could do was 120 feet
6 ga inches. while Sheridan, although
| beating him. also showed a reversal OF
form, and the distance that gave him
| first place was 127 feet 10 IA inches
| The New York Athletic Club won
| the Olympic championship with 6:
| points. Chicago Athletic Association
| with So points. A protest has beer
/ made by the G. A. A. against several
| entries. and the award of the cham
pionship cup has been withheld.
The New York Athletic Club team
won the four mile internationa, team
race. Time. 21:17 As.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
J. WILMINGTON N. c., SEPTEMBER 6, 1904.
SYNOPSIS OF WAR NEWS.

. The flag of Japan flies over :
. Lao Yang.
. Field Marshal Oyama. who led
. his famous second army into Port
. Arthur during the Chino-Japa-
; nese war OF 1S94-'95. and who in
. that struggle also captured Wei
: Hai-wei and Talienwan. today,
by dint of incessant fighting. in
: which his men were spared
. neither because of casualties nor
: because of hardships. holds sway
: over Lao Yang, and General
: Kuropatkin, through whom Rus
: sia believed it's arms would be
: secure. is in full retreat north
= ward, while one of his chief
: aides, General Stakelberg, with
: his command. the First Siberian
: army corps, numbering 25,OO0
: men. is cut off to the westward OF
!. Lao Yang.
!. The Russians are concentrat-
!. ing at Yentai. but the dispatches
: thus far have given no intimation
!. as to whether or not they will
= make a stand there, or even If the
: japanese are pursuing their foe
!. in fight.
Ills l1Sl DloW " ISuSSidi al iIiSy
!. though it is spoken of in st. Pc
: tersburg as the logical conse-
!. quence of Russian plans, doub-
!. tless will be taken much to heart
]. by the subjects of Emperor
]. Nicholas, who. after success
!. sion Of defeats and retirements
+ by their army, had expected a
z finality of the struggle at Liao
T Yang in their favor.
]. In the loss of Lao Yang by the
: Russians. the Japanese probably
!. will gain little except in the way
!. Of a strategical standpoint, for
]. the Russians blew up the naga-
]. zines and set fire to the enormous
!. quantities of army stores and
!. provisions there before they
+ evacuated.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
PARKER TO ADDRESS EDITORS
VIII Make short Reply to the Address
of Their Spokesman.

New York, September 3.-Josephus
Daniels, chairman of the committee
on arrangements of the Democratic
editorial conference, today received a
letter from Judge Parker in which he
said:
Il shall be glad to see the delega-
ton OF editors, and in accordance with
your request, will be prepared to make
a brief reply to the address Of their
Spokesman
The banquet will be given on We'd
nesday evening, September Z, in the
ball room of the Waldorf-Astoria,
when the following editors will re-
spond to tcasts: Henry Watterson,
Louisville Courier-Journal; Clark
Howell, Atlanta Constitution; John b.
Stolt, south Bend Times; Herman Rid
der, New York Staats-Zeitung; Willis
J. Abbott, Detroit United states Daily,
and Andrew Mclean, Brooklyn Citi-
gen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED.
IN COLLISION BETWEEN A TRAIN
AND ELECTRIC CAR.
The Accident Occurred at the Sarah
Street Crossing i'm ST. Louis-Bc-
sides Those Killed, Eighteen Other
Were Injured. One Fatally ansl
Nine Seriously.

st. Louis. No. Sept. 3.-Seven per
sons were killed and eighteen were in
jured. one probably fatally. and nine
seriously today. by the collision OF a
Wabash Worlds Fair shuttle train.
with suburban electric car at the
Sarah Street crossing. There were
twenty-five passengers in the car and
none escaped injury.
The dead are: John W. Wilson. ST
Louis county. aged 20: George ". Ma
jors, aged 90. st. Louis county; Mrs.
Charles Merkley. Ottawa; Andrew
Mckinley, II years old St. Louis: two
unidentified women. NJ. b. Bristol.
aged so. Webster Groves. St. Louis
county.
Fatally hurt: n. B. Cup. aged co,
st. Louis. skull fractured.
The shuttle train was returning to
Union Station from the Worlds Fair
grounds at the rate OF about twenty
miles an hour, il is stated. The street
car which was on its way to the sub
ing home, stopped directly in front of
trucks Of the car were knocked one
hundred feet away. while part of its
roof was carried two hundred fee:
further by the train. Bodies of the
dead and injured, with wreckage OF
the dismantled car. We're scattered
along the track for that distance.
A. w. Burbank, engineer OF the
shuttle train, who blames the motor
man Of the electric car for the accident
said:
Il was within one hundred yards OF
the suburban crossing when / saw tie
suburban car start across the track.
1t looked to me as II it had ample
time to get across"
The ,watchman and the fiagman at
the crossing and some of the passen-
gers confirm the statement that the
car stopped, started across the rail.
road track, and then stopped where
it was struck
No satisfactory explanation has been
given why the car stopped in the mid
die of the track. Theodore Cook, the
motorTan. whose shoulder was fracI-
ured, is held a prisoner at the city
hospital, and the conductor Of the sub
urban car. Patrick Sheehan has been
arrested.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
ESCAPED CONVICT CAPTURED.
Dart Taken i'm Citizens Clothes at the
River Bridge.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Fayetteville. Sept. 3.-This morning
Octavius Dart, the negro mentioned
as having escaped yesterday from the
chain-gang, was recaptured at the
railway iron bridge over the Cape
Fear River by two guards, Oscar Hay
wood and Charles McLarium. placed
there by Sheriff Marsh for the purpose.
Dart was in citizens clothes and
was free Of his shackles, which. he
stated, had been filed from his leg by
a negro woman living near Mineral
Springs, who had also given him the
suit of clothes.
A few minutes afterwards Deputy
Sheriff Monaghan and posse came up
with the blood hounds, hot on the
trail
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
ANOTHER HOMICIDE.
A Young Man Killed by His Step
Father Near LAGRANGE.

Raleigh, ". c., September 3.-A spe-
cial from LAGRANGE. n. c., says: Will
liam Exum shot and killed his step
son, Guy Walstin, this afternoon at
their home about two miles from In
stitute. on John H. Dawson's farm A
difficulty arose and Exum went to the
bureau drawer, took out his pistol and
shot Walstin through the chest. The
young man rushed into his mothers
arms for protection when Exum placed
the muzzle of the weapon against Wal
stin's head and fired, blowing his brains
out. Exum is at large. He and Wal
stin's mother were married about last
Christmas.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
ARRIVAL OF STATE MILITIA.
DIVISION CAMPS BENG POPU-
LATED RAPIDLY.
CanvB Cities Sprang Up Like Magic.
The Reception Program Carried Out
Ex,ctIy as Pianned-Manoeuvr
Be8n at Midnight Monday.

CAM, Number 2, Thoroughfare, Va,
Septefber 3.-The two division camps
at M3fassas and Thoroughfare are be-
ing Ppulated rapidly today with state
militil- Long troop trains are constant
ly arriving at the two camps AID can
vas cfies are springing up among the
hills with startling rapidity. The
Twelfth New York regiment was the
first b arrive at Thoroughfare and add
ed So men 20 the strength of the
',Brosc- army, under General Bell.
The regiment came in two sections,
from New York, going over the Penn
sylvaHa road 10 Washington and then
over the Southern TO Thoroughfare.
The tetraining tracks were utilized and
illustrated TO the militia and also the
reguhr troops who witnessed the de-
training, the advance in railway facill-
ties br handling troops. The baggage
cars we're switched to a separate siding
and ly the time the troops filed out of
the ars and marched to their camps
on anil. a short distance to the west,
their tents and equipment were on the
SIOuiN. me ground naQ Deen Staked
in advance, each company was assigned
a Street. The men stripped off their
coats and brown shirts and rapidly
hoistd tent poles and spread canvas.
The regiment was snugly in quarters
an bur after it's arrival. This opera
tion was repeated as other regiments
cami in and at each camp the reception
programme was carried out exactly as
planned without a hitch.
The charge has been made that the
government is paying for elaborate din
ners at Corps headquarters, attended
by dficers in full dress andSby other
guess. This is said to be inaccurate,
as tie officers of General Corbin's staff
are paying for the officers mess at
whic1 the guests are entertained, en-.
tirelE out of their own pockets.
Rgimental drills will be held Mon
day in both camps. BY that time it is
expected that most of the militiamen
will be settled for the manoeuvers,
which will begin at midnight Monday.
The two camps will be in great activity
tomorrow, in receiving the remainder
of the state troops.
The quick work shown by troops in
detraining is a source of qualification
to the officers. The excellent trackage
facilities provided by the Southern
Railway for this purpose aided greatly
in this work
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
THE RAILWAY LEASE.
The Deal ComDleted-Suit i'm Federal
Cour. to be Dismissed.
Especial to The Messenger.)

ISpecldI 10 The MssseHgSEJ
Raleigh, y. c.. September 3.-The
lease of the Atlantic and North Caro-
lima railway is complete. The lessee,
Mr.. Howland. has deposited his hun
dred thousand dollar guarantee with
Governor Aycock, who has completed
the ratification of the lease. which
completes the transfer OF The proper
ty.
A formal motion will be made before
Judge Purnell next week by Thomas
B .Womack, representing the largest
private stockholders, to dismiss all
proceedings in the Federal Court re-
garding this road. 1t is taken for
granted dismissal will be made at
once, as Judge Purnell has said to the
attorneys that he was pleased with the
lease and will do nothing whatever TO
obstruct it.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06

St. Petersburg, September 3.-A dis
patch has been received here from Cen
eral Kuropatkin, announcing that he
has ordered his army to evacuate Lao
Yang and withdraw northward.
The Russians blew up the magazines
and set fire to the army stores and
provisions at Lao Yang before evacu-
ating that place.
General Kuropatkin says the first
Siberian army corps. which during the
past five days suffered considerable
loss, has been obliged to retire several
kilometres westward as a result of the
Japanese attack on Sykwantun; hence
the order to evacuate Lao Yang.
General Kuropatkin says further:
ION the night OF September 1st, Cen
eral Kuroki attacked Sykwantun, eleven
miles east of Liao Yang and captured
a majority of the Russian positions. the
occupation OF which was completed on
the night of September End. the Rus
SLAMS retiring six miles distant. The
first Siberian corps was almost sur
rounded. This corps previously saved
General Orloff's detachment by attack
ing the japanese flank when General
Orloffs was threatened with annihi-
lation. General Orloff was seriously
wounded
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
Russians Make a Stand.

Toxic. September 3.-The following
dispatch has been received here:
Headquarters of the Manehurian
army, September 3.-9 a. m. The re-
mainder of the defeated Russians are
making a stand outside the walls OF
Liao Yang. Our left and center armies
are attacking them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
Russian Troops Ordered to Retire
NorthWarti

st. Petersburg, September 3.-The fol-
lowing report has been received from
General Kuropatkin dated September 8:
The enemy last (Friday) night at
tackled and seized most of the positions
occupied by our troops at Sykwantun
and the troops holding the positions in
question retired to a rear guard posi-
ton between the villages of Shansuntun
and Shitshanga.
The same night the first Siberian
army corps, which had sustained heavy
losses during the last five days and
which was in danger of having its flank
turned, owing to the enemy's superior
forces, retired several kilometres TO the
" eStward.
''In these circumstances I ordered
Iiao Yang evacuated and the troops
TO retire northward.'
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
Death of the President of the Brad
street Company.

New York, September 3.-Charles
Finny Clark, president of the Brad
street Company, died in London, Eng
land, today of heart failure. presum-
ably caused by an attack OF indiges-
ton. Mr.. Clark's life work was the
development of Bradstreets Mercan-
tile Agency. The business was incor-
porated in 1876 as the Bradsfreet
Company. Mr.. Clark becoming secre-
tary and later he was elected TO the
presidency.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06

St. Petersburg, September 4.-12:15 a.
m. All Russia will learn by the morn
ing newspapers that General Kuropat-
kin's army is in full retreat to the
northward, that Liao Yang has been
abandoned and that General Stakel-
berg's corps is surrounded and cut of.
The hopes of success raised in Rus
sian breasts by the telegram from the
eommander-in-chie published this af-
ternoon, saying that the Russians had ad
yanced against General Kuroki on Fri
day, and that an attack on the Russian
right had been repulsed, proved short
lived. General Kuropatkin had scarce
~ begun the offensive against General
Kuroki's army when he was compelled.
by the overwhelming force of the Jap
anese f1anking movement, to give up
all idea. of continuing his advance. and
hurrie1ly withdrew in the direction
of Mukden.
The retreat is the logical consequence
of Russian planof leading on and tirinS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
JUDGE BROWN RESIGNS.
George w. Ward, the Democratic
Nominee, Appointed by the Cover
nor
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. y. c., September 3.-Gov-
ernor Aycock today received and ac-
cepted the resignation OF George II.
Brown, Jr.. as Superior Court judge.
effective October eth. and appointed
George W. Ward to fill the vacancy.
Ward being the Democratic nominee.
III. T Ward was appointed solicitor.
vice George w. Ward. promoted
judge.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06
Russian Advance Against the Japa-
neSe.

St. Petersburg, September 3.-Gener-
al Kuropatkin. telegraphing under to-
days date. describing the change OF
front resulting from General kurokts s
fianking movement, says the Russians
advanced against Kuroki yesterday
and adds that the japanese the same
day attacked the Russian right, our
were repulSed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-06

St. Petersburg. september at rs
officially announced that General kuro-
patkin is retreating; that Lao Yang
has been abandoned, and that General
Stakelberg's corps has been cut off.
The Japanese have occupied Lao Yang.
The first Siberian army corps. num-
bering $4,000 men, under General Stakel-
berg. was cut off westward of Lao
Yang. The Russians are concentrating
at Yentai.
The oasis., 1904-01-30

shall be rendered to the man witt
whom they originally contracted
otherwise he forfeits all he has
paid, or for such part as he may
not have used; and the courts sus
tain the unjust contention. Blu
in the other case they contract tC
carry box of merchandise, ano
they carry out the contract
whether the man in whose name
or for whom it was made presents
the bill of lading and receives the
box-or another man. In one case
they contract to carry man to a
certain destination, and they re-
fuse to carry out the contract be-
cause they say it is not the same
man. In the other case they con
tract to carry merchandise, but
they fulfil the contract, whenever
the bill of lading is presented, no
matter through how many hands
the bill may have passed before pre-
sentation. In equity, and it ought
to be in law, the railways should
make good to destination their
passage tickets, just as they make
good their bills of lading. The
only point they can advance
against this proposition is that the
box called for in the transferred
bill of lading is delivered at des-
tination which the same man
called for in the ticket does not
ride to destination. But that
point should not be considered. In
both cases the railway contracts
to perform certain services, and in
both cases the party with whom
the contract is made should have
the right to sell that contract, if
for any reason he sees fit; and in
both cases the purchaser thereof
should have the right to its
ultimate enforcement, which lie
has in the case of the bill of lading,
but which he is denied in the
ticket.
But, say the railways and their
judicial apologists, the purchaser
ii the ticket has contracted, and so
signed upon the face of the ticket,
hat he will himself use it to the |
destination designated, and will /
lot dispose of it, agreeing that any
yiolation of those stipulations shall /
york a forfeiture. But such con-
racts on tickets are not contracts
n the ordinary and strictly legal
ense Of the term. They are
printed upon the faces of the
ickets, thrust through the ticket
window for the purchaser to sign,
which he does in the excitement
nd hurry OF a crowd of people all
waiting to buy tickets; and he
las no time nor opportunity for
crutiny of the alleged contract.
n every other relation of life save
nth a railway corporation con-
racts made in that way are
oidable and are voided by the
ourts. That is where, as herein
efore alleged, the courts are multi
wing the law of contracts. In
laking the distinction they do be-
yeen bills Of lading and passage
ckets they nullify the law of
ommon carriers. In holding as
ley do upon the contracts rail
avs secure upon their passage
ckets they nullify the law of con-
acts. In the case quoted from
exas the very point herein out
ned is the point at issue; the
arty to whom the ticket was