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New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

the two-mi1e drive. The Workers. at last
paid that rather than wait longer.
We'll. that machine had taken a terrible
jump. The chauffeur said it had turned j com
plete somersaut. 1t was miracle the whole
party wasn't killed. When l came to examine
the wreck I found two wheels instead of one
ruined So I had to send my mac hine clear
back to Newark after extra wheel and an
axle. That took five hours more. At last got
what / wanted. strapped the new axle to the
old one. pulled the wreck up the bank by means
OF the tug and 1 toted it home. 1t was practi-
cally an all night job
There are many causes of breakdOwns besides
a smash-up A car is frequently stalled because
a green but enthusiastic owner starts out to
make a fifty-mile tour although he does not
understand the first principles OF the machine.
Some part of the mechanism goes wrong. and
he comes to standstill After puttering away
blindly for couple of hours he at last sends in
despair for a wrecker who perhaps need only
tighten screw to send him his way again
Such mishap. however will cost him from s1a
70 $50.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
roo GREAT A RESEMBLANCE.

Bishop Olmsted. Of Denver. is interested IN
number Of charities and obtains many generous
contributions their behalf from rich Epis-
cOpaIians
There is in Denver. however. millionaire who
will rarely consent to help Bishop Olmsted's pet
projects He is a generous man. and in his own
way he assists the poor. but to organized charity.
for some reason he heartily objects. The
Bishop often asks him for subscriptions. but
these requests are almost invariably refused.
Recently the millionaire had his portrait
painted. Bishop Olmsted met him the other day
and said:
"I saw this morning your admirable pOr-
trait"
And did you ask IT for . subscription" said
the millionaire. smiling.
mo" said Bishop Olmsted 7 saw there
vas no use-it was so like you"
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

bad recourse 20 stimulauts. both In the strain
OF preparing for play and also in the stress OF
portTaying their parts Mrs. SiddOns drankl-a
glass OF porter just before the curtain went mp
fox each act Edmund Kean slipped beef tea
n the wings constantly with a bit OF cold brandy
Inst before the crucial point Of the play"
But you don't mean 20 say that you advise
young man to take 20 drugs and liquors in or
Ger 70 win fame?' said portly. smooth faced
man who had preached in an upstate church
before he began to write books religion One
might see by the way he asked the question that
no possible answer could placate him
81 am giving advice 10 no one" was the quiet
snswer. I am only stating facts II Byron
had not touched gin or Tennyson tobacco. 1 have
doubt they would have eventually reached
as high ideals as yours"
But the literary theologian only shook his
head.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

he may pity their plight, but az the bottom Of
his heart he knows full well that the greater the
damage the bigger will be his bill
In New-Jersey the "auto wrecker" Is able to
ten OF adventures which in their dash and vigor
approach nearest TO the yarns OF the deep sea
salvage seekers In Newark there are several
concerns. such as the KOhler Automobile Com
pany. which tow in nearly half score Of ma
chimes every Sunday. and sometimes they have
20 send out a rescue tug for twenty or more
miles into the wilderness" as one OF them ex-
pressed IL
Most OF this wrecking business comes TO
Jersey companies" said the manager OF one big
Newark concern. for the reason that the New
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

The bell OF the telephone rang sharply. and
the wrecker excused himself. Into the trans
mitter he shouted this rather disconnected series
OF ordinations: "HelIOF' High. High" II see"
High. High" What elseT- High. High" I'll
be right up there" That depends High,
High" "GOodby."
After giving few explicit instructions to an
assistant he sent him out flying in a little steam
runabout Then he said:
"A fellows broken down half way between
here and Bloomfield BE let the water get so
low in his boiler that it's tubes collapsed No
remedy for such botch except a shop Job. So
the only thing 70 do Is 70 tow II IN"
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
THE AUTO WRECKER."
Men Business Made Necessary by
BreGIadOzUns of HOrseLess Vehicles.

The wrecker OF the sea has now found his
ournterpart on land Until recently he boasted
that he had no rival To be sure. there were
men who pulled down houses and who called
themselves wreckeTs. but the wrecker did
mot regard them n his class He said they were
only junkmen- Neither did he estimate the rail-
road wreckeT 70 be his peer. for he argued that
the man who carried back the remnants OF col
lisions TO the repair shops was limited 70 Ger
tain stretch OF track and 20 certain wages. None
sS these landlubbers had the widely rowing
commission. nor the romance. nor the salvage
that ne boasted OF.
II Is the automobile which has brought into
being this new wrecker Of the land. whose busi-
ness It Is 90 go 20 the rescue OF a broken down
motor car. Just as the deep sea wrecker goes
forth 20 pull ship OF the rocks. In the various
borOughs OF this city. as well as in Westchester
County and New-Jersey. many repairers Of
automobiles have established the novel industry
OF towing wrecks home" They send out cards
20 al the automobile owners that they know.
saying that in case OF accident they may be
surnmOned by telephone, and that they will send
out q mechanic to make the necessary repairs.
or, II the case be too serious, they viii furnish
xn ~auto tug 90 tow the wreck in
On Saturday and Sunday the "auto wrecker"
becomes especially alert, for these are the days
when most machines are abroad BE keeps
watch in the garage day and night. with an ear
ready 20 catch the first alarm from the tele-
uhone. And when the bell does ring, he Is
likely % hear some such message as this
ever the wire:
We've had a sTnash-up. At the corner Of
Eo-and-so and such an avenue Lost a wheel
Machine turned turtle
As rapidly as he can, he learns the name Of
the autOmobilist, and the particulars Of the ae-
cident Unless he knows what is broken and
what is not, he win 80 improperly prepared for
rhe sob. II he is asked his price. he always
answers:
THAT depends" Too big a charge might
scare the other man away.
There IS not a moment to lose A tifing de-
fzy may lose the job. Some rival wrecker may
hear Of the prize and beat him out BE does
not worry about lives lost or limbs broken
Those details are not within his province, but
belong instead 70 the doctor or ambulance sur
geOn-
When an the requisite tools and tackiing are
aboard the steam "auto tug" which Is always
standing ready for an emergency, he jumps In
with an assistant and goes skiraming away II
may be a half dozen blocks. or. as is frequently
she case In country districts. half dozen miles,
20 the scene OF disaster. Sometimes his tender
sympathies are touched on his arrival by a
group OF sad faced women standing about the
wreck who are still bemOanlng the loss Of their
hats or the hamper OF luncheon, which had been
packed with $50 many lovely things" BE Is
little moved however. by the fmprecations OF
the men OF the party, who do not complain so
much OF the lost luncheon or damaged drygoOds
as OF the smashed mechanism. which VIII per
hays cost 0ye hundred times more EIternAOy
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
4 PERTINENT CRLTICISM.

Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson in dis
cussing one of the many reverses of the Russian
arms said the other day:
'It seens that the criticism most applicable to
Russia in this matter would be one OF the sort
that du Terror made upon Vivonne at Messna
''Vivonne. you viii remember after some re-
verses wrote TO the King:
I'VE want only 10000 men to finish this af-
fair
He gave the letter to du Terror TO seal. and
du Terror. before closing it wrote in. after
10000 men, the words:
And . general"
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

letter dropped on his desk Just then from
the hand OF the postman. and as he pulled out
the letter a check for $500 dropped out Tuck
ing it away In inside pocket. he smiled as
he said
That letter reminds me Of wreck some
Sundays ago II happened away out near Sum
nit over the wire they told me that they had
run the machine over an ernbankment, and that
one wheel was entirely smashed II was one Of
the biggest types OF touring cars Well when
got there Il was after dark The women had
Just piled into a farm wagon to ride TO the Sum
NIT station OF the Lackawanna They had had
to wait four hours for that wagon An the
farmers around there were out for the cash. and
after an the dickering came down 20 s1s nur
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
A SOUTHERN BULL.

when I was student at the University Of
Virginia" said Surgeon General Rixey. Of the
Navy there used 70 be an old man named Tom
Crabbe who cleaned my boots and ran my
errands.
'~Tom ono morning. came into my room in
excited and gay mood
my daughter. SIR he said has little baby.
A fine child. Twelve pounds in weight
-FWhen was it born? said L
This morning. answered Tom
rs Il boy or a girl?'
-DO you know. sir. he said. 7 forgot. in the
excitement. to find out whether 1 was a grand
father or a grandmother
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

York automObiIist does not get venturcsOme
at home He doesn't break down there He
starts out. for instance, Sunday morning from
his New-York house. with the machine in apple
pie order: but just as soon he rolls that ma
chine on Jersey soil he begins TO let her out
We have fine roads over here, and these fellows
from the other side think they can use them
for racetracks. So the first thing they know
they find themselves ditched about forty miles
from home. In a country Of which they are most
generally ignorant, and where they don't find
an overabundant amount OF sympathy from the
country folk About the only thing they 60
Is to call up wrecker. and sometimes they have
to walk mile 70 the nearest telephone TO DO
that
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
TO FILL OUT.

You are entitled 20 five words more to make
the last line full IL you want Them" said the ad-
vertising clerk, after counting the words
The who had brought in a small ad-
gertisement offering his meat market for sale.
reflected moment
~Just add this" he said Reasons for selling
nobody-s business-"-(Chicago Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
CITY ENyEloPED IN SMOKE
COUNTLESS SHELLS coNTiNU.
ALLY EXPLODING IN ALL SEC
TioNs OF PORT ARTHUR.

Liaoyang, Aug. ia refugee from
Port Arthur, who has just arrived at
Liaoyang, says the defenders of the
fortress remain all day at their posts
In spite of the dreadful heat, the wo-
men heroically carrying water to the
parched soldiers, although not sin
gle space within the perimeter of the
fortress is free from bullets and burst
ing shells. Sometimes the whole fort
ress seemed enveloped in smoke from
the countless shell explosions.
There was a memorable sight from
the Wolf hills when the Japanese at.
tackled the Russian positions there
July rs. Five Japanese divisions
moved across the plain to the assault,
under cover of their guns. The onset
was so desperate that it almost verged
on frenzy. 1t was said at Port Ar.
thur that Field Marshal Oyama com.
manded the Japanese forces in person
and several princes of the blood and
veteran generals led on the attacking
forces, giving examples of courage
and resource previously uneQualed.
fresh supply of ammunition the pre-
there such terrific hail of projectiles,
but the efforts of the Japanese were
unavailing against the determined
stand of the Russians, who proved
themselves worthy sons of the de-
tenders of Sebastopol, and the attack
was repulsed with enormous losses.
The refugee gives the Russian losses
at 1900 and those Of the japanese at
10000
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
ETIEF ElTS OF NEWS.

Frederick Ratzel. professor oil
geography at Leipsic, Germany, is
dead.
The Populist national committee has
selected Peoria, ILL.,, for the national
headquarters.
The International Typographical I'M
lon convention has selected Toronto
Can, as the place in which to hold
the next annual convention.
James H. Montgomery, A. M. Phi
d., vice president of Allegheny college
and a scientist of national reputation
Is dead at Meadville, Pa, after an i'll
ness Of several weeks.
Fire in the grain elevator of the
Sheets Bros. company at Cleveland
O., caused damage to the extent OF
from $4,000 to 100000. The elevator
contained almost 100000 bushels oil
grain.
= Madame Janauschek, the aged &C
treas, who has been Ill at the Actors
Fund home at Staten Island, has sui
fered relapse and has been removed
to . sanitartum at Amityville, L. l.,
for special treatment.
. Emperor william has given hia
American built yacht Meteor to the
crown prince. It IL expected that the
emperorfs new yacht, to be built by
the Herreshoffs at Bristol, r. l., will
be ready in time for the Kiel races
next une. -,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
RUSSIAN FLEET MAKES SORTIE
Attempts of the Russian Squadron At Port
Arthur To Escape From the Harbor.

q remarkable heavy movement OF JAP
anese aorthward has been reported.
The Japanese seem to be trying q
turning movement on Yantai or Muk-
den.
Belated advices from Anshanshan
say the Japanese opposite General
Mistchenkos forces withdrew east
ward and when the dispatch was filed
were moving up on the other side OF
the mountain range, two divisions
strong, toward Taitse river, which the
Japanese were reported to be bridg
ing at Benitzu, twenty-eight miles
northeast of Liaoyang.
The Chinese bandits are becoming
exceedingly bold. They attacked 6
party of Russian scouts from q joss
house near the Yantai mines and {
hundred of them fell upon the militar,
telegraph station, but were driven of
The daring of the bandits Is attributed
to the proximity of the Japanese.
Viceroy Yuanshikai is reported to b
moving north with his army, but h
has not yet made hostile move.
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are expected hourly.

London, Aug. 12.-The afternoon
papers here, while admitting that the
result of the engagement of Port Ar
thur is not clear, generally interpret
the conflicting reports from Toxic and
Chefoo as meaning that the bulk of
the Russian squadron at Port Arthur
made sortie in the hope Of escaping,
but that only the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Ryeshitelni, which reached
Chefoo, succeeded in getting away
and that the Ryeshitelni believed, as
indicated by the statement, of her cap
tain, that the rest Of the squadron
would be equally successful.
The papers recall Admiral Cervera's
dash from Santiago, followed by the
speedy surrender Of the town, and
consider that the sortie from Port Ar
thur indicates the impending fall of
the fortress.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
STILL TALKS or FIGHT.
President Of Butchers Union Does No.
Favor Compromise.

Chicago, Aug. 12.-President Mich
ael Donnelly OF the Butchers union
during the day said he had little faith
in the retailers peace negotiations to
settle the packinghouse strike.
1T looks to me as though this is
only the beginning Of the fight" he
said. Il will not stand now for the
first agreement. The matter is now
beyond me. The allied trades confer
ence board will have to approve OF any
terms offered. do not think the
packers will agree to terms that !
would insist upon now and, of course,
the strike cannot be settled unless
terms are satisfactory to all the IN
Ions in the allied trades" .a,# ............
. Ethelbert Stewart, representing the
United States department of commerce
and labor, visited President Donnelly
during the day and had q conference
with the strike leader. Mr.. Stewart
has been in the city several days study
ing the strike situation in conjunction
with, United States Special Agent T.
"A. Carroll. ".
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
FLEET MAY HAVE ESCAPED
ONLY THE SMALLER JAPANESE
VESSELS PURSUED THE
RUSSIAN SQUADRON.

Chefoo, Aug. 1.-THE Russian feet
emerged from Port Arthur at a. m.
Wednesday morning. 1t is stated that
only the smaller Japanese vessels en-
gagged and pursued it. The pursuit
lasted two hours and half. The hos
pital ship Mongolia, carrying women
and children, is said to have accom-
panied the fleet.
The refugees from Port Arthur state
that during the last five days shells
from Wolf hills have been dropping
into the town, causing much damage.
Several civilians have been hurt. One
shell hit an oil storehouse under
Golden hill. Five hundred sailors vain
" attempted to extinguish the fire it
cauRed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
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EXPECTED At vLAplvosTok.
Preparations Completed for Reception
Of Port Arthur Fleet.

preparations CompIeteo TOR Inception
Of Port Arthur Flest.
Vladivostok, Aug. 12.-Preparations
are being completed here for the re-
ception and protection of the Port
Arthur squadron. The departure Of
the squadron from Port Arthur is gen
orally interpreted to indicate that the
siege of the fortress is entering on it's
Anal stage, as the programme has
repeatedly been announced by the AS
ISOLATED Press for the squadron to
leave as soon as the situation at Port
Arthur became desperate. The pres
ervation of the squadron is considered
to be vital to Russia's future plans
and, while 1t is acknowledged that it's
departure will greatly weaken the de-
fensive power of the garrison, without
the capture of the squadron the fall
of the fortress would be robbed of
smaller ships probably we're left be-
hind on account Of their slow speed
and inadequate fighting power, while
the torpedo boat destroyers would
constitute q constant menace to the
Japanese fleet outside.
Definite news of the result of the
reported battle outside Port Arthur is
awaited here with feverish anxiety.
Even If the squadron succeeded In get
ting through the Japanese ships it is
realized that it runs a desperate risk
In trying to reach Vladivostok, as Ad-
miral Togo's fleet is larger. of superior
strength and faster than the Russian
squadron. Besides the straits Of Ko-
rea are understood to be mined and
the squadron probably will be COM
PEELED to take the longer route around
Japan.
1t is believed that the purpose OF the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rye
shitelni in going to Chefoo* was to
notify Admiral Skrydloff of the sortie
of the Port Arthur squadron in order
that he may dispatch the Vladivostok
squadron to meet the squadron from
Port Arthur.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
MAKE A FLANKlNG MOVE
Japanese Making Wide Detour of the
Lao Valley In Direction of Mukden.

Toxic, Aug. 12.-Evidently driven
to sea by the fire Of the Japanese bat
teries the Russian fleet emerged from
Port Arthur Wednesday morning. Ad-
miral Togo Immediately closed in and
opened severe engagement, which
lasted until nightfall. Afterwards the
destroyers and torpedo fleet delivered
Q series OF attacks. The Japanese
fleet withdrew during the night. A
guardship stationed of the harbor re-
ported that she saw at dawn Thurs.
day the battleships Retvizan and Po-
bieda steaming toward the harbor of
Port Arthur.
Admiral Togo has not yet reported
the results of the engagement. 1t is
thought here that the Russians at.
tempted to escape seward from 4
base which is no longer tenable, but
that they again refused to attempt to
force Admiral Togo's line. Details
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
ENGINES BROKE DOWN.
Russian Torpedo Boat Destroyer Seeks
Safety at Chefoo.

Russian Torpedo Boat Destroyer sseiss
Safety at chefoo.
Chefoo, Aug. 12.-Captain Shesta-
kovsky OF the Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Ryeshitelni, which emerged
from Port Arthur with the feet
Wednesday morning and which ar
rived here early Thursday morning,
states that his engines broke down
when he was midway between Chetoo
and Port Arthur. He proceeded at q
speed of twelve knots to this port.
He says he saw NO Japanese vessels.
He confirms previous statements
that the large Russian warships had
left Port Arthur, but refused to say
directly that the feet had gone on an
in the course of long interview, that
vostok squadron, which he said had
been recruited by the purchase of ships
from the Argentine Republic. Captain
Shestakovsky said further that the
Russian torpedo boats, gunboats and
small craft generally remained at Port
Arthur. Some came out to perform
their usual duties in the vicinity, but
they did not follow the big ships.
Captain Shestakovsky said that the
recent firing heard at Chefoo evident
" came from Port Arthur, where the
japanese continue to attack daily with
scarcely less energy than they mani
tested during thef1evere three days
fighting the latter part of July. The
japanese line, he said, now extends
from the north shore of Louisa bay to
. point Immediately east of Taiche
bay, about seven miles east of Port
Arthur. The Japanese are, he alleged.
wasting lives with reckless courage
Their positions are frequently lost,
retaken, then lost and retaken again.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
TAKE STEP TOWARD PEACE
Chicago Retail Meat Dealers Are Trying To
Arrange Joint Conference TO Settle
Strike. .~; @~""~~ >'= $780,.

Chicago, Aug. 12-with" a view to
bringing about a peace conference be.
tween the opposing forces in the strike
G. w. Foster, member OF the commit.
tee appointed by the Retail Butchers
and Grocers' association, met Louis F.
Swift OF theapacking Arm OF Swift &
Co. With the aid of Mr.. Swift Mr.
Foster hoped to be- able to. induce all
the packers to consent to another con.
ference with the {labor leaders. q 4
Immediately following the VISIT Of
G. W. Foster to the yards Representa-,
tves Of the packers went into confer.
ence. There were present J. Ogden
Armour, 7. J. Connors, J. P. Lyman
Samuel Mclean, Edward Morris, sIrs
N. Morris, Thomas Wilson and Ed
ward Tilden.
The conference, it. was said, framed
IN answer to give the retail meat deal
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Wheat-Sept..
$l.03H: old. $105ss; Dec, $l.02A;
May, $1.041a. Corn-Aug., $3.50; Sept.
54%c; Dec, 51hc; May, 5OHe. Oats
Aug, 345sc; Sept. 34Mc; Dec,
35hc; May. 37asc. Pork-Sept., SILL.
IS; Oct, $12.05; Jan, $12s7h. Flax
Cash, Northwestern, $1.26h; South.
western, $1.l9; Aug. $l.19; Sept.
$l.19. Butter-Creameries, l3@l7c:
diaries, l2@l5c. Eggs-12h @l6Xc
Poultry-Turkeys. 10@1lc; chickens.
1O0llhc; springs, 10@l<c.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-08-12

Anshanshan, Half Way Between
Haicheng and Liaoyang, Aug. ia
reconnaissance in force Aug. Z proved
that the Japanese are making a wide
detour Of the Lao valley towards
Mukden. The Thirty-fifth regiment Of
sharpshooters, with two guns, partici.
pated in the reconnaissance, which was
directed against the west flank of the
japanese position near Anshanshan.
The movement revealed the presence
Of only one japanese brigade, with
ten guns, lately landed at the port OF
Newchwang. The brigade Is formed
Of raw recruits, almost boys. The
whole japanese force south of An.
shanshan is not more than q division.
with Q brigade of artillery. The re-
mainder of General Oku's army is evil
IDENTITY participating in the fianking
operations.
Liaoyeng, Aug. 12.-While NO fight
ing has occurred on the eastern front