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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09

evening. indicates that Europatkin.s
army and General Eurokf's army are
racing for Mukden. and that the re-
suit is I'm doubt.
Genera KuropaLkin says that the
retreat is being conducted in perfect
order.
The Japanese repeatedly attacked
the Russian rear On sunday. but in
every case they were repulssd.
Russian Forces North of Ycntai.
IL is officially stated hat the united
Russian forces are now north OF YEN
tai. except a detachment left at hat
place to cover the retreat
The Japanese swarmed across the
Taitse river ear It's junction with the
Pensi.
The Japanese forces are marching
direct on Mukden-
Russian Retreat Carried Out In Good
Order.
Under date OF september 5. Gener-
al Kuropatkin teiegraphed the En-
peror as low
The retreat OF our troops from Lao
Yang on the right bank OF the Taftse
river on the night OF September 4. was
carried out in good order. The e
niy's insignificant attempts az pursuit
were stopped by our rear guard.
During September n japanese
STRENGTHENED their tUEtrS. VptfaahE
against our left flank. extending their
line from the Yentai mines northward.
Japanese also on September Z cross
ed from Lao Yang and Its environs.
900 Guns Abandoned by Russians.
IL Is reported here but not confirmed
| that General kuropatkin was Obliged
TO abandon two hundred guns at Lao
Yang. Some OF them IL IL added. were
| damaged In the hghting. and the rest
were disabled by order OF the Russian
commander-in-chief.
The Emperor May Go so the Front
The report that the Emperor will 60
| TO the front is again revived and seems
| 10 have foundation. 1t II known that
| the imperial train has been fitted out
for a long journey.
| Russian Losses Estimated at 10000.
The Russian losses during the fight
ing at Lao Yang are estimated at
| l6. There is no doubt that n num-
| Der of guns. especially siege artillery.
| have been abandoned.
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Ing 1900 men. half its strength No
details are given OF the escape OF Cen
eral StakeIberg's corps from the
clutches OF the enemy, but IL Is beiiev-
ed IL owes its safety TO h neglect or
inability OF the japanese TO follow w
their advantage. General Sfakelhers
was allowed to cross the river and
came up with the main army in time
to enable the shattered remnants or
General OriofTs detachment to re-
treat This exploit IS likely to COLI
lone General Stakelberg's disobedi-
ence. but unless the Emperor forgives
him, he will have to appear before a
c~ourt-martial. and probably will lose
his command.
The war Office Is able to make the
r~eassuring statement that the Russian
retreat from ii Yang did not In
Solve the loss Of guns, and tt also de-
clares that the abandoned stores at
Lao Yang were set IN fire before the
Russians crossed the Taitse river.
The following Is the full text Of Cen
eral Kuropatkin's report announcing
the escape OF General Stakelberg's
army:
To-day tseptember 81 the greater
part of the Russian army. including
the First siberian corps, Is occupying
positions south OF the branch railway
from Yentai station TO the Yentai
mines. The Japanese. although they
were in the immediate vicinity of our
troops. today confined themselves prin-
cipally To sniping from the cornields.
Our troops which were posted at Lao
Yang, are crossing to the right bank
of the Taitse river. The area OF oper-
atoms and almost entirely by growing
Chinese corn. which greatly impedes
the movements of the troops The re-
treat of Major Genera Orloff-s detach-
ment yesterday afternoon (Friday)
was largely due 10 the fire with which
the force was assailed among the mil
let fields
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StakeIberg Makes His Escape.

st. Petersburg, September 4.-7:40
p. m.-General Stakelberg's First ST.
berian corps, which was reported yes
terday by General Kuropatkin as hav-
ing been cut off to the westward of
Lao Yang, has been safely extricated.
General Kuropatkin telegraphed at Z
o'clock Saturday evening that the
greater portion of his army was then
south of Yantai. o 10 miles
northeast of Lao Yang, and that the
other portion of it was crossing the
Taitse river and taking up a position
on the right bank. The troops left at
Lao Yang and surrounding fortifca-
lions to cover the retreat crossed h
Taitse river Saturday n occupied
the right bank Of the river.
This message, which vas received
by the Emperor early this morning
threw a more hopeful light on the po-
sition OF the Russian army, and the
authorities gave signs of relief. There
is no attempt, however, to conceal the
gravity Of the situation. in view of the
absence of news regarding what is
happening today. 1t is not clear from
the latest telegram whether the Rus
slams are continuing their retreat or
il they have been compelled to face
their foe
The gloomy report telegraphed by
the Russian general in the early fight
ing Of Saturday. and his bitter re-
proaches against Genera Stakelberg,
are attributed to his chagrin over the
failure of his offensive plans. General
Kuropatkin now, telegraphs that his
only serious losses are confined TO
Major General Orloff's detachment,
which was guarding h left flank at
yentai. This detachment consisted OF
mixed European detachments and was
suddenly attacked by Japanese fnfan-
try and artillery. concealed in the tall
Chinese corn and grass. The Russians
seem to have lost their heads and TO
have retreaied precipitately- The
Japanese inflicted great slaughter.
enc OF General orlof's regiments los
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09

The forces of Kuropatkin and
much stands out in the news of Mon
day, and is indicated in a report for
warded by Kuropatkin, who says that
his retreat is being conducted in per-
feet order, though the japanese on
Sunday repeatedly attacked his real
and continued The attack until Mon
day. The result of the race is in doubt.
The united Russian forces are now
north o. Yentai. a station en- the rail-
way about ten miles northeast of Lao
den, to which the bulk or the Japanese
forces is marching direct, after having
crossed the Taitse river.
With this race in progress, there
comes a brief dispatch from Mukden,
saying hat portions of the evacuation
of that place are progressing. This re-
port, if we'll founded, as is pointed out
i'm The Associated Press st. Petersburg
dispatches, would mean the abandon
ment of the whole Of southern Man
churia, and the winding up of the
present campaign.
1t was reported in ST. Petersburg at
a late hour Monday night that Kuro-
patkin's rear guard had been almost
annihilated and hat the main Russian
army was in danger Of being surround.
ed.
Kuropatkin in his report makes ne
mention of h abandonment of tive
hundred guns at Lao Yang, a rumol
to which effect is in circulation.
Advices from Port Arthur by way OF
Che Foo bring the fighting there up tc
September 2, and say the japanese
losses were very heavy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09

At 4:30 o'clock this morning, the two
alleged criminals, connected with the
assault and murder of Mrs. Packer,
We're taken from the Steamer Tar
Heels wharf to the Jail. They were
bound with ropes and were in charge
of three men. 1t was asserted that
they had been in the city-on The Tar
Heel-since about l o'clock and were
kept there till early morning to avoid
being seen.
At the Jail, Jailer Capps was aroused.
In reply TO the request of the officers to
take the negroes in.[Mr. Capps said:
I'll DO it-but l will not be responsible
for their safety He explained to the
officers that the Jail was crowded now,
but he will put them in as safe a place
as possible.
Quite a crowd accompanied the pris-
oners along the streets, the effort to
keep their arrival secret not being sue
cessful. There were mutterings of con-
tempt and horror at the deed done,
but no sign of any summary action.
The negroes were brought here from
EslizabethtOwn. where they a been
k for safe keeping But there was
intense feeling at Elizabethtown and
the officers decided to run no risks
Is il safer here than at Elizabeth
town.
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Kuropatkin's Retreat Cut of.

London, September 5.-The Daily
Mail this morning prints a dispatch
from Sinmintin, dated September 5th,
giving a report that Kuropatkin's re-
treat has bee cut off.
The dispatch goes on to say that the
Russian troops had advanced in strong
force to the southeast Of Mukden, as
far as Japing Hill, to oppose any pos
sible attack in the direction of their
advance. A Chinese official who ar
rived from Mukden Sunday says that
the Russian troops are leaving for The
north, that there are eighteen thous-
and men ten miles to the east.
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ASSdulters and Murder.
erS OF Mrs. Packer
Now i'm Jail.
EVIDENCE IS
CONCLUSIVE

Thrilling story of the Ffendish Double
Crime Committed at CIarkton Satur-
day MOrning-TwO Negroes Arrest
ed, the Principal and His Confed-
crate, that Would Have Fared Badly
at tile Hands of an Indignant People
Had They Not Been Spirited Away
from the Scene OF Their Deeds and
Taken TO EIiZabethtown for Safe
keepinS-Eyidence Against SelIars
as tIle Assaulter and Murderer OF
Mrs. packer is Complete, and Only
Prompt Action and Cool Heads Pre-
vented summary Punishment-It is
Reported hat the Negroes Will
Arrive in Wilmington Today, OH the
City of Fayetteville and Will be
Kept Here Until the Time of
Trial.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09
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Toxic, September SIS D.. ma
a of official reports OH The battle
of Lao Yang have been received at
the imperial headquarters, but they
will not he given out until IL is possi-
Die to put them in order and max
from them a concise and detailed
story. In the meantime, headquarters
is refraining from giving anything to
the public.
1t is generally known that General
kuropatkin succeeds by mean OF b
desperate guard action and strong and
well handled ank movements i'm with
drawing the great bulk of the Rus
sian army, and that he cut bridges to
hamper the japanese pursuit.
Critical interest centers in the oper-
atoms III the japanese right wing
which occurred late Friday night and
early Saturday morning. General Ku-
roki then swung to the westward, his
movement being designed 10 flank the
remainder of the Russian left at Lao
Yang itself. 1t is believed here that
General Kuropatkin is bound to lose
many prisoners 10 the japanese. 1t
is possible, however. that the topo-
graphical difficulties and The over
whelming opposition Of the Russian
army may creek this movement on the
part of General Kuroki.
Among the japanese officers report
ed killed in the battle of 4 Yang
ara Lieutenant Tearouchi. a son of
Lieutenant General Tearouchi. minis
ter of war. and Li~eutenants Fukushi-
ma and Muratta, both son of Japa-
nese generals.
Official figures Of the Japanese losses
and a list of the trophies captured are
expected to reach Toxic tomorrow.
| 1t is believed that General Kuropat-
| kin's next stand will be made at Muk-
| den, although there is defensible
| ground south of there.
Field Marshal Yamagati, chief of
| the general staff, and Lieutenant Cen
eral Tearouchi were the hosts at Il
| banquet given tonight in honor of the
Liza Yang victory. The guests includ-
| ed the imperial princess, the members
of the cabinet and the elder states
lIan. the staff officers of the army and
navy departments and chiefs of bu-
reauS.
Toxic is illuminated again tonight,
and the principal streets of the city,
where a series of lantern professions
are taking place, are tnronged with
people.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09
(Staff Correspondence.)
Ciarkton, n. c., Septemb,

Ciarkton, N. c., September ,.
Gagged as the brute he is Neill Sellars.
~negrO-rapist and murderer-is tonight
in the Jail at Elizabethtown. Behind
the bars with him is Dave Brown, an
other negro, who is in every way his
equal in british nature and who is as
guilty-in thought. though he may not
be in action. This is the present Gull
mination of the awful tragedy which
Clarkton witnessed Saturday. One of
these negroes is the rapist and murder
er who SO horribly dragged Mrs. George
Packer down TO shame and TO death;
the other is his ~accOmpice.
Both Sellars n Brown are of the
same negro class that coldly and re-
morselessly perpetrate crime in its most
horrible form; that desecrate the nth
erner'S altar of virtue; that spares not
the wife, nor the mother; that destroys
the home of happiness and robs the
fireside of its great blessing; hat
ruthlessly applies the torch or knife;
and that forces thoughts of carnage to
the living 10 avenge the dead. LAS ye
sow; so shall We reap Oh, the horror
OF it all.
PLACE OF DTSMALNESS.
From early morn today until tonight
ClarktOn has been wrapped in rain,
which but lends dismalness to that so
fresh in memory. 1t is true that the
Vleuu Is SAFE IN jail, Dur mat Q0eSn [
move the horror from what has trans
pired and the hope that age within
the breasts of those of this community.
Only he who knows can judge.
The Messenger Sunday gave an &C.
of the narrowing outrage and
told OF the arrest of the two negroes,
Brown n Sellars, on suspicion of hav-
ing beer the inhuman perpetrators of
the double capital crime. Subsequent
happenings have conciusively ixed the
latter with the commission of the deed.
First, silent witnesses point unmistak-
ably to his guilt, and then Brown. I'M
der oath, pointed to Sellars as the
guilty one
The finding of the dead and mutilat-
ed body of young Mrs. Packer, within
a stones throw of her home which is
on the outskirts of Clarkton. will be
recalled wildly. From the moment the
CHASTITY discovery was made by the
dead woman's father-in-law, a small
boy cousin II several others, the town
OF Clarkton was thrown into a fever
of excitement. The lawyer left his
office. the merchant mis- store and the
farmer his piow. The sturdy citizen Of
this thriving, white mans community
cast aside both labor and pleasure and
went forth as one to seek the brute or
brutes who had committed the foul
deed.
THE LONE HUT.
Within two hundred yards of the
Packer home is situated a howell Of a
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09
The Battles Around Lao Yang.

Yentai, September 4.-Delayed In
transmission-The Russians evacuated
their positions aroung Lao Yang dur
ing the night of September 8, crossing
the TaiIse river and burning the
bridges behind them. In the mean
time a strong force "a holding Gen.
eral kuroki back from Yentai.
During the combined attack on Lao
Yang, which commenced August 30,
by General Oku from the southeast
and General NodZu from the south
west, the shell fire was terrific. in n
Instance fifLv-six shells bursting at
the same time.
The Japanese made a fine infantry
attack. They succeeded in reaching
the Russian trenches. but were repuls-
ed with heavy loss. The Japanese
~shrapnel. as a rule. burst too high.
On IA whole, the day went we'll for
the Russians. The japanese were
driven from the villages along the rail-
road.
On August 81, the Smelling COM
enc at daylight from all sides, but
the Russian infantry pressed forward.
Late that afternoon the news came
that Kuroki was threatening the rail
road at ventai. and the Russians COM
menced 10 retire. enabling the Japa-
nese to bring up two batteries and
eInldCe the RuSS1dn 1OTce along the
railroad. During the night the trans
On September i, the Russians re-
treated from their main positions,
which formed a circle around he city.
while the transport crossed the river.
At 2 O'Clock the japanese succeeded in
placing two guns in position and she'll
ed the railroad station, resulting In
many casualties. At the same time,
the japanese infantry attacked the in
ner Russian position. but were re-
pulsed In the evening the japanese
brought up heavy guns and used SnI-
NOSE powder to shell the Russian
town. The Russians held the position
till the night of September 3rd. when
they retired across The river.
On September 2, a strong Russian
force was moved east from Yentai to
hold Kurok back. Kuroki attacked It
and was repulsed. being driven from
his positions on the left. The Japa-
nese poured in a terrific shrapnel fire,
at one spot annfhilating two Russian
companies. In The evening the Rus
sian artillery, which has been rein
forced, shelled the Japanese position.
and Kuroki pushed his right forward
and got within twelve miles OF the
railroad al Yentai. Later he was
driven back to his original position.
Desultory fighting occurred September
srd. in tire vicinity of[afukden.
Oyama's Army Pursuing Kuropatkfn.
St. Petersburg. September 5.-FieId
Marshal Oyama's whole army is across
the Taitse river and is pursuing Gen.
erai Kuropatkin's forces.
The Two Armies Racing for Mukden.
A. dispatch received from General
Kuropatkin, forwarded yesterday
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09
Japanese and Russians
Pushing on in Haste
to Mukden.
RESULT IN DOUBT

Attacks Made on the Russian
Rear and One Report Says That
k~uropatkin's Rear Guard Has Been
Almost Annihilated and That the
Main Russian Army is I'm Danger of
Being observation-disclosures Of the
Evacuation of Mukden. Ii True.
Show That the Russians Intend the
Abandonment Of the Whole OF
Southern Manchuria and the Wind
ing Up OF the Present Campaign
Stakelberg's Forces Were Not Cut
OF. as Was First Reported, but They
Are With the Main Army.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-09-09
The Fayetteville wa.erworks Case.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Raleigh. -. c.. September Before
Special Master James E Sheppard.
here tomorrow. the Fayetteville Water
works case will be argued. evidence
having all be taken at Fayetteville and
other points. Q. x Nimocks. l. a
Murchison and ". A Sinclair appear for
the city. \ George NJ Rose. James
and II. L Cooke appear for he con-
pany. ". n. Alexander, J.. A Pember-
ton, ID. A McMMIllan, W. L. Hawley.
and J. G.. Hollingsworth are here as
members OF the water committee
Mayor McMiIion and Alderman Huske
arrive tomorrow. The main point Of
differences between the parties to the
suit Is the value Of the property. though
IL will turn mp on legal points Arbitra-
rses fixed value az $4,000 company on-
tends value IL $l35 .eo6-
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Russian Army i'm Danger.

st. Petersburg, September st
reported at a late hour that Genera.
Kuropatkin's rear guard has been al
most anihilated, and that the mair
Russian army is in imminent danger
of being surrounded.
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Mukden to be Evacuated.

Mukden, September 5.-Prepara-
tions for the evacuation of Mukden are
proceeding. The japanese advance
is within thirty miles.
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successor to Won Plehve.

ST. Petersburg. September Seer
ator Plalonon, a member Of the coun-
Gil OF the empire. has been appointed
minister of the interior and chief OF
the Russian police. in succession TO the
late NJ. Won Plehve.
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Within two hundred yards of the
Packer home is situated a howell Of a
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