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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
Oyama Reports
That the Enemy
Is Reinforced
Thirty Thousand
Slav Troops
Arrive.
Oku's Loss in the
Battle Otals
5000 Men.

TOXIC. Oct 20-Relia BILE reports re-
ceived from private sources estimate
the losses of the japanese left army
General Oku's) during the recent
battle at about 5000.
The number of Russian dead is large
ly increased by the further discovery Of
bodies, Notwithstanding the nightly re-
movals by lantern light.
The Russian forces have been rein
forced by about 10000 men of the Sew
enteenth Corps, large portion Of the
Tenth Corps and portions of the Fifth
and Sixth Siberian Corps, which re-
Gently arrived In all six divisions of
the Russian army now confront the
japanese left army.
1t is announced at headquarters here
that the Japanese left army captured,
near Langtouchieh, six ammunition
carts, 1854 rifles, 1920 rounds of field
gun ammunition, $4,000 rounds Of rifle
and implements.
Manchurian headquarters, telegraph
ing yesterday, reviews the situation at
the front as follows:
Yesterday the center column Of the
right army attacked and dislodged the
enemy's cavalry holding Tunchiafen,
but a small body of the enemys in
fantry has returned to that eminence.
The enemy continues to hold Waitao
Mountain.
There has been no change in front
OF the center army, except that there
are occasional exchanges Of shells.
1t is quiet in front of the left army,
though the enemy occasionally sends
shells toward our positions. On the
night of October IS the enemy attacked
the front of the left column, but was
repulsed."
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21

ON DIVORCE
QUESTION

BOSTON. Oct. 20.-By an overwhelm-
ing majority a compromise canon on
the remarriage of divorced persons was
adopted by the House of Deputies Of
the Episcopal General Convention to-
day, and if it is concurred in by the
House of Bishops the most important
issue that has come before the present
convention will be disposed Of for at
least three years.
The compromise measure, like the old
law, permits the remarriage of the in
nocent person in a divorce for the cause
of infidelity but further provides that
no remarriage shall be allowed within
one year after a decree has been issued
by civil court. Satisfactory proof OF
the innocence of the applicant for re-
marriage must be furnished in the
shape of court records, and after the
consent of the Bishop is obtained
clergyman may refuse TO perform such
a ceremony without subJectlng nlmsel1
to censure or discipline.
In the opinion of Francis A. Lewis OF
Philadelphia, a member of the commit
tee on canons, who favored no re-
marriage of any divorced persons, but
who accepted the compromise, the
canon adopted to-day, if Endorsed by
the Bishops, will practically put the
church, as he expressed II, out Of the
divorce business. Others, however,
claimed that they saw "loopholes" In it.
The vote on the passage stood: Cleri-
cals-52 dioceses for, z against, 2 divid-
ed; lay vote-46 dioceSeS for, 5 against
and divided.
The House of Bishops to-day nomi-
mated Henry d. AYES of Houston,
Texas, for missionary Bishop OF Mex
leo, to have supervision over English
speaking congregations in that coun-
try.
A two days session Of the National
Council of the Clerical Union for the
Maintenance and Defense of Catholic
Principles, a high church Organization,
was opened with solemn vespers at the
Church of the Advent tonight Bishop
Isaac Lee Nicholson of Milwaukee,
president of the union, officiated
The House of Deputies and the Bish-
ops, sitting jointly as the board of mis-
sions, heard reports from the mission
fields this afternoon. Tomorrow the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
HUSBAND NOW
UNDER ARREST
Special Dispatch to The Call.

BRIDGEPORT, N. J., Oct. 2O.-Frank
Rasinger. whose handsome wife was
murdered Tuesday, with her babe on
her breast, was arrested this afternoon
and taken to the county Jail. As no di-
rect proof had been obtained against
him he was not charged with the muir
der, but was held as a witness.
The prosecuting attorney and the
Coroner spent the greater part of the
day at the Rasinger farm, questioning
separately each member Of the house
hold They found that the exact dis
lance between the kitchen. where Mrs.
Rasinger was killed, and the spot in
the carriage house. where Rasinger
says he was sorting potatoes. is sixty
one feet. The kitchen windows were
open and as the Outbuilding is a mere
shed, with cracks showing everywhere,
there should have been no difficulty in
hearing the shots, which the husband
protests he did not hear.
Rasingers explanation was that he
thought the door had slammed, but his
hired boy, Everett Shepherd. who was
quarter of a mile away. heard the
shots distinctly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
WOUNDED FIGHT WITH TEETH.
Ferocity of the Combat on the Crest
of Lone Tree Hill

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2o.-Ad-
diuonal details Of the capture of Lone
Tree Hill bestow much credit on Col
onel Baskoff of the Thirty-sixth Rifles
Regiment, who was leading one of the
storming parties. Finding that his
men were giving way he seized the
regimental colors and dashed for
ward toward the Japanese trenches,
shouting: Brothers, save the fag!'
The regiment, although terribly pun
ished, responded CALAMITY. The
wounded in the trenches fought with
their teeth.
The Wilmanstrand regiment, while
stormfng the front of the hill, fired
by mistake on some of their comrades,
who were circling the Japanese flank.
The warm clothing on the Japanese
corpses was promptly appropriated by
the Russians. More than 600 japan
csc were buried on the hill.
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ECHO OF LIAoYANG BATTLE.
Private Letter Reveals the Extent of
General Orlon's BIundef.

MUKDEN, Oct. 15.-There are now
available for the first time two inter-
esting technical statements. One is
General Kuropatkin's order of battle at
Liaoyang, issued between the evacua-
ton of the advanced positions on the
southern front and the desperate Jap
anese assaults on August 80 and 81 on
the main positions around the town.
The other is a detailed description of
the military defenses of Liaoyang,
written by an expert Russian officer on
the ground. This shows clearly that,
though Liaoyang was fortified to the
limit of military engineering skill, Ku-
ropatkin had made all preparations in
advance for the withdrawal of the Rus
sian army in case a decisive victory
was not achieved. The statement also
shows that this withdrawal of the COM
missariat and supplies had begun early
in July, and it was only the reserve
stock of supplies, which had been re-
tanned in case of a Russian victory,
that was removed on August 81.
1t is also significant that even early
in July the bulk of the supplies that
were removed were transported to Tie
Pass, indicating no intention at that
date of making a decisive stand at
Mukden. 1t is made clear that the only
danger threatening the defense of and
withdrawal from Liaoyang was the
possibility that Japanese, traversing
the hills to the eastward, would make
a descent on the railroad about Yentai.
This was provided against and actually
occurred. 1t was here, If at all, that
Kuropatkin hoped to catch the Japan
csc in their own trap and defeat them
in detail.
How nearly this came to pass is told
in a private letter from an officer par
ticipating in the Liaoyang fight on the
Russian right flank. The letter, how
ever, gives even a worse picture than
hitherto drawn of the terrible miscar-
riage of plans in connection with Or
lofts division. Orloff was directed to
take and hold at all costs a naturally
strong position dominating the Russian
eastern flank. The hill in question was
unoccupied, and Orloff had three regi-
ments to throw upon it in abundant
time to head off Kuroki. But, through
a bungling of directions, the force was
actually lost in the fields Of Chinese
corn, and entirely missed it's objective.
meeting the Japanese before either had
occupied the position. Orloff lost many
of his best officers, while his force was
crumpled up and in aimless retreat
through the dense corn fields, when
Stakelberg came to his rescue. Stakel-
berg retrieved what otherwise would
have been a disastrous defeat, but the
rescue was too late to give Kuropatkin
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AWAITS DRYING OF ROADS.
KuropatEin Will Resume Battle n
Soon as Weather Permits.


Soon as Weather Permits.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 81. 2:S0 a
m.-Apart from skirmishes and ex-
ploits Of scouting parties there is all
most a complete suspension of opera
lions in Manchuria. Rain, impossible
roads, and exhausted armies are fac
tors sufficient in themselves to explain
the cessation of hostilities, and these
conditions are aggravated by a dense
fog overspreading the whole Of the the
alter of war.
As to the stories of General Kuro-
patkin's intention of retreating it is
sufficient to refer to the energetic
scouting behind the japanese lines to
show that the Russian commander is
determined to engage the enemy as
soon as the weather permits
The Sixteenth Army Corps will be
the next to start for the front The
corps probably will leave wilma on No
vember direct for Hardin.
A correspondent Of the Russky Lis
tok sends to that paper a graphic ac-
count Of the fighting by General Bill
derling's corps on October IL, when the
Russian right flank was broken. 1t
now develops that disaster was ayerted
solely by the timely arrival of General
Sobeloff's Sixth Siberian Corps. COM
posed almost entirely of reservists.
many regiments of which were expert
encing their first taste of actual war.
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japanese Left
Army Inflicts
Crushing Blow
BeIated AdviCes
From General
Oku's Camp.
Thousands ofRus.
sian Dead Are
Inferred.

WITH GENERAL OKU'S LEFT
ARMY, Sunday, Oct. 16.-The seven
days battle north of Yentai was the
heaviest blow yet struck the Russians
by the Japanese, so far as loss of life
is concerned. The left Japanese army
during the week buried 400 Russian
dead left in front of its lines. A viii
lage in front of the left wing contains
many Russian dead. but the shell fire
of the retreating Russians prevents
the japanese reaching them. Con-
sentative estimates place the Russian
casualties at not less than $4,000.
Probably many more dead are on the
field, in places not yet searched.
The japanese report their total cas-
ualties at a little more than 5000
killed and wounded.
The principal Russian casualties oc>
CURED in determined counter attacks
against each village captured by the
Japanese. The Russian attacking par
ties were in many cases entirely an
initiated. For the first time the Rus
slams have met the Japanese on an
equal footing, not having strong de-
fensive positions to depend upon, and
for the first time they attacked the
japanese in the latters own trenches.
The Russians everywhere fought
bravely, but they were unable to drive
the japanese out or to hold their own
positions against fierce charges. AL
most in every case the Russians re-
tired from their positions at the first
charge, then made repeated attempts
to recapture them.
The Japanese left army, with
front of nearly ten miles, moved for
ward about five miles, fighting over
every inch of ground. The final re-
treat of the Russians was almost a
rout this morning. The Japanese eX-
IRENE left advanced, driving the rem-
nant of Russians ahead. The Russians
covered their retreat we'll with artil-
lery and carried away much baggage
and manv wounded.
At 1880 o'clock this morning the
Russians made a determined counter
attack at Lamuting with two regi-
ments of infantry and two batteries of
artillery. They were repulsed after a
half hours fighting, with heavy loss.
The Japanese left army during the
past seven days fighting has captured
thirty-four guns, a large number of
rifles and oVercoats and 100 prisoners
The strength of the Russians opposed
to the left army was three corps and
thirty companies Of artillery. All but
a very small part were newly arrived
troops. The Japanese soldiers were
fore Liaoyang.
Chinese report that heavy works are
ready for the Russians along the Hun
River. The Japanese are undecided
where the next stand will be made.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
NOGS ARMY Hc 5Rg Hf g ssu s' GAINS GROUND
Dense Fog Settles
Over Battlefield

AT THE VILLAGE OF HUANSIAN,
TEN MILES SOUTH OF MUKDEN.
Oct. 20.-All has been quiet to-day on
the western front. There were isolated
discharges of artillery in the early
hours of the day, but later complete
silence prevailed.
There was a sudden attack by the
Japanese at 3:25 o'clock yesterday
afternoon on the Russian advanced po-
sitions southwest OF Mukden. held by
the Thirty-fif Rifles. belonging to
General KOndratovich's division. Col
onel Mustnitsky promptly sent out
three companies to make a counter
attack and the Japanese quickly fell
back, having sustained severe losses
The Russian casualties we're three
killed and eleven wounded The Jap
anese were pressed so hard that they
were obliged to abandon gun bearing
the number 1863, but before abandoning
the gun the breech block was removed
The timber contained fOrty-four rounds
of ammunition. Thanks to the dense
fog prevailing at the time, the Rus
slams were able to remove the gun
without the loss of a single man.
A few scouts belonging to the same
regiment that night raided the Japan
csc trenches and brought away a num-
Der of entrenching tools.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
STOLEN VALUABLES SENT
BACK TO HER BY MAIL
Miss L. Simms Receives by Post Tick
cts and Letters of Which She
Had Been Robbed.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 20.-Miss L. Simms
of San Francisco to-day reported that
she had received through the mail
letter postmarked st. Louis, contain
ing letters of credit for $500 and
two railroad tickets stolen from her
several days ago by a burglar who
entered the cottage at 1924 Maple
avenue. where she is staying during
her Worlds Fair visit. The hand
writing on the envelope was evidently
disguised. but the detectives are using
it in their efforts to trace the robber.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 2O.-The
Russian authorities have been unoffi-
cially assured that the report that
the United States contemplated ten
dering its good offices in the interest
of the restoration of peace in the Far
East is untrue. The assurance was
received with satisfaction, although
the report had not been given credence
in Government circles.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
Marine Surgeon Jumps to Death.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20.-Suf-
fering from acute nervous disorders,
DIR. George H. Purviande of Wash
ington, d. c., assistant surgeon
general of the Marine Hospital Ser
vice, jumped from a fourth story
window of the Orthopedic Hospital in
this city tonight and was instantly
killed. He was SO years old.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21

SKAGEN, Denmark. Oct. 2O.-The
vessels Of the Russian Baltic Sea fleet
arrived here this morning and an
chored in the bay. 1t is learned the
Baltic feet intends to proceed TO vlad-
fvostok. which it viii reach in eighty
i've days.
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NOT USED AS A DISGUISE.
Chinese Clothing Donned by Russian
Soldiers to Keep Warm.

Soldiers to Keep Warm.
WASHINGTON. Oct 2O.-As indi-
Gated in the Toxic dispatches, the Jap
anese Government has entered a for
NAL protest against the use by certain
bodies of Russian troops of Chinese
clothing. The State Department has
transmitted the Japanese complaint to
the American Embassy in st. Peters,
burg for presentation to the Russian
Government.
1t is understood here that the Chin
csc clothing was not used by the Rus
sian troops to deceive the enemy, but
simply to make good the failure of
the Russian quartermaster department
to supply much-needed warm cloth
ing upon the sudden advent of cold
weather in Manchuria Nevertheless
IT is believed here that the wearing
OF this Chinese clothing constitutes a
technical violation of the rules of war
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21

Ten dollars will buy you ready-to-wear suit cut
along the latest fall lines from fabrics which are being
sought by very careful dressers In the collection are
browns, blues, grays and blacks. If you could find
suit in other stores good the price would be
$3.50 and possibly $500
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any chance of the victory for which he
had hoped, and it was only by the ut
most exertion and skill that the Rus
sian army was safely withdrawn north
ward,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
JAPANESE BATTALION TAKEN.
Surprised by Russians and Compelled
to Lay Down Its Arms.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 20.-A
dispatch to the Bourse Gazette from
Mukden. dated October 10, says that
on October Is a detachment of the
Russian vanguard on the west front
surrounded Japanese battalion and
compelled it to lay down it's arms. The
Bourse Gazette's correspondent at
Mukden adheres to the story that the
japanese are slowly retiring.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21

House of Deputies will take up the
election OF missionary Bishops for Han
kow. China; Salt Lake City, Utah;
Cuba and Mexico.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21

WOMAN SLABS HERSELF.-Rose Beay-
valid. a paroled inmate OF an insane asylum,
stabbed herself seven times yesterday in a
restaurant Seventh street. The wounds
which are not serious. dressed by DR..
Wilson at the Central Emergency Hospital.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21
Picture Frames.

Our Eastern selection of frames and
holdings for fall trade now in Better
and more beautiful than ever before
Sanborn Vail & Co.
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What SO viii Do
I'm Our Store

Ten dollars will buy you more clothes value here
than elsewhere for the very good reason that make
every garment ourselves and sell direct to the wearer
at a saving of the middlemanS profit
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-10-21

Ten dollars will buy you ready-to-wear overcoat
in any style from short top coat down to long fifty
inch garment coming almost to your ankles The as
sortment contains every STYLE color and fabric known
to overCoatS You are sure to find what you want in
our stock and find it for $1,000.
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Ten dollars will also buy you genuine Priestley
Cravenette ralncoat which We guarantee to be water
proof
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-07
lila Gentle Rebuke.

The turbulent blood Of old Ireland
flowed in his veins, unless his rugged
oountenance was in error, and 10
could be seen that prosperity had
not weaned him of his short pipe as
he sat in the mems cabin of the ferry.
boat Rutherford. says the New York
Times.
A package occupied the seat be-
side him, and as man full Of his own
importance made for the place the
old Irishman removed 1t, leaving q
few drops of whitish liquid on the
seat.
as that milk, sir?" demanded the
Important One.
without a word the Irishman took
uut his pocket handkerchief and wiped
away the offending liquid that had
oozed from his package.
The Important One gathered his
overcnat about him and sat uncom'
fortably on the edge of the seat with
out any recognition OF the courtesy
OF the Calt, while the other commuters
watched the performance.
Thank you kindly, sir" quietly re
marked the Irishman, with just sus
picion OF a twinkle In his eye, and
the Important One suddenly sought
the other cabin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-07
Witty Wedding Toast.

John w. Savage, a prominent mem.
Der of the Philadelphia bar, was an
usher at the wedding of Evelyn Collins
and Miss Mildred Thorpe in New
Brunswick. N. j., last week. Tho
groom is the eldest son of Sir John
c. Collins, an English member of par
lament. At the wedding breakfast
Mr.. Savage was called upon for toast
and gave the following: Here IL
health, wealth and Flppiness to the
won one, to the one no won one, to
tho CO who was Won by one, TO the
two. who now are won ones, to the
ovon 4 ="
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-07
THE RICHES OF BOSTON.
Total Value Of Assessed Estates 10
S1,22o,4 57,323.

In the official report of the Board
Of Assessors of the city of Boston the
aggregate OF polls, property, taxes,
etc, as assessed May 1, 1903, places
the total valuation of assessed estates
In Boston at 81 ,220, 457,3e3, OF which
1884, 599, $50 was on land, $500. s60,55o
on buildings, 1921 ,462 900 on personal
estate, excluding resident bank stock.
and s13,434,423 on resident bank
stock. The total real estate was $685.
rec, 800, of personal 1924, S97023. The
total number Of persons assessed was
S223,361, Of whom 160,947 were as
sessed for poll tax only, and 62,414
ON property. The total number Of male
polls assessed was 17s,905. The num-
Der OF residents assessed on property
was 55,154, OF whom 42,956 were In
dividuals and 1913 we're firms, cor
porations, associations, institutions,
trustees, etc. OF non-residents as
sessed on property there were 1850
OF whom 6,39S were individuals and
S62 were firms, corporations, associa
tons, institutions, etc. The whole
number of dwelling houses assessed
was $4,000. The total tax for state
county, and city purposes, including
overlap, was s1S,420,57S.39, of which
S14.5S6,292,44 was on real estate So.
t.6,475.95 on personal estate and
$357,si0 on polls. The number o.
horses assessed was 15.441, and o.
cows 5S6.-Boston Transcript.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-07
a MercIful Justice.

In order to save 17-year-old lad
from the shame of a conviction, Mag.
istrate Crane in the Harlem, N. Y,
police court, paid out OF his own pock-
ct a sum of money which the prisoner
was accused of having wrongfully con-
verted to his own use.
You have done wrong, my boy,
know" said the magistrate, but
believe You are an honest lad, and to
me It wo,-ld seem terrible to have to
pass sentence upon you. You are 80
young aa4-->G lo's-sn much before
you, that it would hardly be just Il
sentence you. | was a lad like yo'
when came to this city, many year
ago, and l know the temptations tina
beset you. But now you can go bacl
into the world and look everybody II
the face and battle with life's prot
lens as If nothing had happened t
mar your reputation"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1904-01-07
SOME HOPEFUL NEWS
An Electric tRaiiway May Find Its
Way Here Soon.
From Wednesdays Banner.


Frances X Bosely of the firm OF
Mcbride a. Bosely of Grand Rapids,
an electric railway promoter, repre-
senting an eastern syndicate, was in
the city today in company with j. E.
Rice of the Bridge street house in
that city. These gentlemen were
here In the interest of the long
talked of and much hoped for rail.
way.
our reporter interviewed Mr.
Bosely and he said, the Syndicate
hat he represented had sufficient
money to build and equip the pro
posed road provided p ople along tn
line woul hear their proportion of The
expense along the line of right o.
way and bonuses. = g fsis
He was no. prepared 10 give much
Information as yet on the matter bu
laid that he felt sure that this com
pan, If given any encouragement
would be ready TO commence opera
tions early in the spring and will b.
able to give us more information II
be near future. Belding citizen
will rally to his support If they cal
ne assured that ii is ore than Mis-
sissippi Bubble.