Arizona republican., 1904-10-31

air; the noise was literally deafening. Suddenly, just at o'clock, the we'll known hisslng sound of a shell was heard above the station roof, and the projectile burst alongside the building An awful crash for the moment oblit- erated all other sounds; then came the rattle of falling glass and stone. the crowd rushed hither and thither-a piercing shriek rent the air; it came from a Sister of Mercy who had been struck by a splinter as she was cross ing the platform. She fell covered with blood. Then came another shell. bursting a little to the side. near the water tower; a third fell beyond the station. at a spot where the foreigu military attaches lived. The Lombard ment of LiaO Yang had begun
 Along the whole length of the rail- road, from the Red Cross hospital Of the Georges Sisterhood. stretched a line of tents, where lay the wounded
 whom it had been impossible to place in the railway carriages. Here they were dressed, sorted out and entrained. As the carriages were filled up the
 trains moved off, one after another.
 northward. The sun was westerine=
 night was at hand. In some places fire
 broke out; some stores which had not
 been removed were burning. Shots re echoed on all sides. The flare of fn-
 numerabIe discharges of artillery was
 to be seen here and there. Above
 everything glowed the flames of the
 fire, and the heart was filled with the bitterness of a vague affront. Only now could I to some extent realize what our ancestors had felt in leaving Moscow, since the abandonment of such an insignificant and even foreign place as Liao Yang causes a heart ache Today it is still in our hands, but tomorrow, or, at latest, the day i after, the Japanese win enter.
 All night long the Japanese poured a stream or shot and shell into Iiao Yang, centering their fire upon the spot where stood the Headquarters Of the commissariat de2ots. The latter. however. had almost all been emptied. This senseless. futile bombardment racked ones nerves. What are the fools wasting their ammunition for2" muttered Q spectator beside me
 Whom are they shooting at? Noth- ing but empty air and empty houses. Evidently they don't know what to do with their shells.'
 It must be true that the Japanese
 have an inexhaustbIe supply of ann intuition if they can squander it so fooishly. It is 10 be supposed that they derive an aesthetic delight from l listening to the sound of their OVID guns.
 ] Late in the evening we were told
 that ou the following day September ! 2, Kuropatkin would leave his train ] which was going straight on to Iuk- ! den, and that he and all his staff would march with the army. ] Sept. 2.-About 6 o'clock in the morn
 ing a convoy of Amour Cossacks drew
 up around the. commanders carriage. l where a brilliant staff was assembled. ] The commissariat trains had already left and were stretching in long car avan towards the village Of Chanstun, . where they were to bivouac.
 ! After half an hours conference in ] KurOpatkin's carriage the first to come ! out was General Sakharoff. He looked : robust and cheerful. his face breathing i energy. Summoning his orderly offi-
 cers, the chief of staff quickly gave
 them his instructions and then lightly
 jumped into his saddle. He is a sDlen-
 did hOrseman.
 Immediately behind Sakharoff came
 KurOpatkin, walking, with slow. de-
 cided tread. Good morning. Coz
 sacks" rang out his cheerful greeting.
 We wish good health to your high eXcellency," came the reply. The com
 mander mounted his horse and the
 whole cortege moved of.