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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-09-15

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-09-15

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-09-15
TRAINS GOING SOUTH

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17

gagged since the morning of october 15. On the morning of October 15 the ene- my in front of the left army continued holding it's positions north of Shahopo and Lamuntan and offered strong re- sistance. The center column is engag- ed in taking Shahopo, and the main body of the right column is advancing against Lamuntun and is attacking that position. The enemy has six batteries between Shahopo and Sugantai, which are vigorously shelling the attacking column and our position at Linchienpo, but the bombardment is not strong enough to prevent our advance. On October Il the left column of the center army lost 261 killed and wounded.
 eThe casualties to ourselves and the Russians and the number of trophies captured by the left army follow:
 During the five days from October 10 to October IA, inclusive, our losses were about 2,5OO killed and wounded, officers i included. During the four days from October 10 to October 13 the number of corpses left by the enemy and buried by us reached 1000. The eneny's dead dIltT #DdlLlG Ol N(IlObCA WI ' numerous. The prisoners taken num- bered eighty. The principal trophies were many guns and many rifles, uni forms and aecoutrements. The latter are still uncounted.
 There are some forces of the enemy on the right bank of the Shakhe river in front of the main strength of the right and center armies, but no battle on great scale has occurred, The forces of the enemy at Shahopo and Lamuntun facing the left army have been offering a stubborn resistance, hut have been dislodged and their positions have been captured. On the afternoon of October 15 a force of the enemy ap- peared near santaokangtszu and con, tinued to offer resistance until sun. down, portions of our center and Jeff armies engaging them"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
TRIED TO CAUSE RrBEILror
Italian Extremists Carrying on Propa-
 ganda fin. Army.

Genoa. Oct. 16.--yThe following dis patch from Rome, evidently mutilated by the censor, has been received here:
 The minister Of war has addressed a
 circular to the military authorities say Ing that in the recent rioting the ex- treme party tried to induce soldiers to disregard discipline and rebel at Pa- dua. Subversive hymns were distrib- luted to some of the soldiers, who de4 stroyed the copies handed them or gave them to their superiors. The subversive propa ganda in the army is seen, but it is powerless against the sense Of duty
 strongly rooted in tue Italian army,
 still there is at present a grave danger, which must be foughrt. Besides the ordinary confiscation of all subversive propaganda to show the fallacy of cer- tain theories and for the observance of
 laws as a guaranty Of liberty.
 At Milan the escutcheons of a foreign consulate were defaced and the flag
 halliards burned by an exiIed Russian anarchist.n
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
BATTLE OF sHAKHE RIvrR,
Field Marshal oyama omeiaIly Names
 the Engagement.

 Tokio, Oct. 16.-S p. m.-A telegram received from the Manehurian head quarters late to-day reports that the fighting has ceased on the front of the right and the center armies. but that it continues before the left army. The re- port is as follows:
 The front of the right and center armies has become quiet, but on the front of the left army fierce cannon ading continues.
 Tn the direction of Litajentun the enemy is inactive.
 Our force under General Yamada captured one gun and two ammunition wagons during the attack on the heights of santaokangtszu on the night of October IL"
 Dispatches from Field Marshal Oya- ma officially designate the entire en- gagement since October 10 as the here tofore unnamed Battle cf the Shakhe river"
 Fragmeatary reports of the losses of the Japanese forces continue to arrive. The center column of the left army lost five officers killed and twenty wounded since october 12. On October F 1t lost 25O men. The losses in men by this column are under investigation. The right column of the left army lost one officer killed and fifteen wounded and 800 men killed or wounded on October IA. The left column of the left army lost seven officers killed and twenty wounded and 75O men killed or wounded on October 14.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
MURDER AND THEN SUICIDE
STONY CREEK YOUNG WOMAN
 VICTIM OF 4 TRAGEDY!

Miss Cora KIpIIng and Charles Pfeffer-
 man Found Dead in Lutter's Apart
 ments in New YOrk-The Man Be-
 IIeyed to Have First Killed the Girl
 and Then to Have Taken His own
 Life-AIso Turned Gas On.
 New York, Oct. 16.-Coroner Jackson to-day investigated the death of Charles Pfefferman, thirty-hve years old, fruit dealer of this city, and Miss Cora Kipling, who was found dead early to-day in Pfefferman apartments at East 18th street Miss Kipling's home is said to have been in Stony Creek, Conn.,, though she has lived for some time here. Both had been shot in the right temple and Pfefferman had also la bullet wound in his right side In the apartment where the bodies lay four gas jets were turned on and tow els had been laid along the cracks at windows and doors to prevent the gas escaping. This the coroner though had been done to make the case look like double suicide He was led to sus- pect double murder by the finding of a revolver on the left side of Pfeffer- man, who had been shot on the right Iside and who was lying on his back on the floor. It was thought the wound in the temple must have caused instant death in each case.
 Later Coroner Jackson announced that on further and more careful exam ination, he had arrived at the conclu- sion that it was case of murder first land suicide afterwards. His present theory is that Pfeffermafl struck the Kiipling girl over the right eye with I the butt Of the revolver, thereby stun ming her, and then fired the shot into l her brain. Having accomplished this 1t i Is the coroner's theory that he turned on the four gas jets to make his work doubly sure in case the bullets should fail to kill. He then lay down and I fired the shots that ended his own life,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
MONUMENT DEDICATED
Connecticut's Tributetto Veteran Dead
 at Chattanooga.

at Chattanooga.
 Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. 15.-Thou- sands Of people assembled at Orchard Knob, the famous battle-ground, north east of this city, this afternoon to wit ness the dedication of the monument erected by the state of Connecticut to the Fifth and Twentieth Connecticut volunteer regiments, by Governor Abiram Chamberlain and distinguish Ted part yfrom Connecticut. The parade to the dedication ground was led by an escort composed of the Governors Foot guard and bands of Hartford and New Haven, and the Third Tennessee irfan- try, National guard. The monument was presented to the governor by Cap tain Sanford E. Chaffee, of Derby, Conn, who was one of the commission which erected it. Governor Chamber lain received the monument and pre- sented it to General H. V. Boynton, president of the Cllicamauga National Park commission.
 Governor Chamberlain and party left tonight Tor home.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
RusslAN ARMT DEPREssEp.
shrapneI Falls Near Kuropatkin-
 shows Desperate Energy.

Shows Desperate Energy.
 Mukden, Oct. 16-Eyening. The firing Ito the southwest is less violent. The men are tired out and food has been in- sufficient Every available gun and man is being used
 The. troops have behaved most gall .lantly, hurling themselves repeatedly against impregnable positions.
 The heavy storm of october 14 added to the misery of the troops. There IS great depression, but stolid tenacity, among the men, There has been great sacrifice of officers.
 The plain occupied by the retiring Russians is covered with bursting shrapnel. The gunners shovelled shells into the brooches of the guns as stokers shovel coal into furnaces.
 Howitzers are used by the eastern army The Russian guns have superior range and burst shrapnel at six thou sand yards.
 There is a scarcity of reliable maps. Two divisional commanders have lost their chief staff officers, one of them being killed, and many commanding of ficers have met death heroically lead ing their regiments.
 shrapnel fell near General Kuropat- kin. He showed desperate energy and even In the darkest hour remained hopeful. The Japanese must feel the strain.
 There was a cessation of hostilities Saturday. Neither side can stand many such contests. the ferocity of which was frightful
 The Russians are now fighting as a matter of pride; Manchuria Is forgot ten, They feel that they cannot stop that they must win one battle.
 This evening the Japanese seem no nearer. Fires are burning to the. south. l About twelve miles from here the eastern army Is retiring without fight ing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
Rodx Found Near Tracks.

Vernon, oct. Is. The dead body of James Shea, twenty-eight years old, was found near the railroad tracks at this place to-day, and so far the au- thorities are unable to determine the cause of the young mans death. The fingers of his right hand were cut off but there were no bruises of any other description about the body Shea lived lin Manchester and worked as plumb er's helper. He gave up his position Hast night
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
oLEVELAND WILL NOT ATTEND.
Cannot be Present at Reception te
 Judge Herriclk.

New York, Oct. 16.-A letter received from former President Grover Cleve- land, addressed to Everett Abbott, of the New York Reform club, was made public to-day. The letter follows:
 Princeton, N. J, Oct. 13, 1904
 My Dear Sir-In answer to your let ter of yesterday I have to say that, while I am in complete sympathy with all the reform club may do in further ance of the pending campaign and I favor of your splendid nominee for gov ernor, and while remembering with peculiar satisfaction the services of the club in times past, I regret that my en- agreements are such as to render it i'm possible for me to be present at the re- Eception to Judge Herrick appointed for the 18th Inst. Yours very truly,
 Grover Cleveland
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
BOSTON MERoHANr MURDERED
Coast ArtlIerymen stationed at Fort
 Warren Arrested.

Boston, Oct. 16.-Larkin Wyman Hall, aged thirty-five years. proprie- tor oe a millinery establishment at 47 Mister street, was killed at his Back Bay lodgings. St. Botolph street, some time last night. The death was not discovered until late to-day, when a friend of the dead man called by ap- pointment.
 To-night the police arrested Fred Watson and Eugene Sennott, both pri- yates in the 77th company of the coast artillery stationed at Fort Warren on Georges island. The men are held on the charge of murder and Watson, the police say, has admitted the killing, but claims that it was done in self-defense. Sennott denies all knowledge of the affair.
 According to Watson's story he be- came acquainted with Hall little more that a week ago. On Thursday he received and accepted an invitation to visit Hall in Boston on Saturday night. He kept the ppointment, bring ing Sennott with him. The three men dined at restaurant In the West End and three hours later, when they re- paired to Halls apartments, all were under the influence of liquor Sennott retired soon afterwards but Hall and Watson continued drinking and became engaged in an altercation. Watson claims that Hall attacked him with a Japanese sword which he had previous ly taken from the wall to exhibit to his friend. Tn parrying blow watson says he caused the weapon to be de- fiected and the point entered Halls neck severing the jugular vein. The latter fell to the floor and died imme- diately after. Watson then aWoke the other soldier and they left the place
 Following the discovery of the body to-day the police found a letter ad- dressed to Hall from Watson, and upon this clue the soldiers were arrested. Hall was unmarried, a native of Rock land, Me, and had been in business here for fifteen years.
 | Watson and Sennott are each twenty one years of age and enlisted In New York last month.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
WILL FIGHT TO LAST D1rcH.
KuropatIin orders His Forces to Con.
 tinue Resolute Resistance.

St. Petersburg, Oct. 16.- Under date Iof october 15 General Kuropatkin sent the following telegram to.the emperor: "on the night of october 13 large forces of Japanese attacked the corps drawn up in line at Shakhe, on the Great Mandarin road. Several attacks were repulsed, but the last succeeded and the corps was broken.
 At that moment fighting began on the right flank with neighboring sec ton. The possibility was that, with the rupture of our center our whole forma- tion would be threatened and that the neighboring troops might force re- treat.
 Tn order to support the troops on the Great Mandarin road several battalions were rapidly pushed forward. The troops were thus enabled to take the offensive and succeeded in retaking the village of Shakhe, reoccupying the first positions.
 Reinforced by reserves, the Japan X ese dislodged us again from the village lof Shakhe. Then the advanced reserves and troops defending the position re- stunned the offensive and after a stub born fight we succeeded in reoccupying Shakhe, Tepulslng the Japanese and driving them back two kilometres from that place.
 "On our right wing the position was for some time very alarming. The troops were attacked from the front, and by turning movement on their right flank. The chief of detachment advanced the troops set apart for last rally. they having attacked the Japan ese from the flank in their turn. Sev- eral villages were retaken by us. The right wing maintained it's positions on the line of the Shakhe positions. The troops on our center were noticeably advanced in comparison with other troops in the general position of the line. One position on our right flank had been chosen beforehand and par tialIy fortified. Our troops retired from these positions after stubborn
 fight.
 The troops have been fighting for four days and many regiments have not slept for three nights. Nevertfe- Hess, have full hope in their capacity to continue the struggle. The Japan ese losses must be very considerable.
 '"The night of October IA passed qui- letly. Before 9 o'clock this morning a rather evidently marked movement of the enemy was noticed in the direction of our positions on the Great Mandarin read. Our batteries opened fire on them.
 1T have received a report from the commander of the left wing that the enemy has been strongly reinforced there. As was the case at Liao Yang, the quantity of heavy firing caused a storm to burst forth, followed by a torrential rain. The roads are in very bad condition and the level of the riv- CTS has risen. The general order for ali troops remained the same as before-to offer most resolute resistance.
 T have just received report that a considerable Japanese force has crossed the railway line from west to east"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
GTRL IN DIVERS SUIT
Searches Bottom of River for Valuable
 Papers Thrown from slocum.

New York, Oct. 16.-Miss Francis L. Barber of Detroit, Mich, donned a div CTS suit to-day and searched the bot tom of the East river. for a box of val uable papers which her uncle, A. F. Baker of Port Huron, three overheard from the burning excursion steamer General slocum off Hunts Point last summer. Miss Baker was accompanied to the bottom of the river by a pro- fessional diver. They made the descent from the tug Hustler and went down twice. staying each time as long as the diver deemed it safe for her to remain, but found no trace of the missing box. A. P. Baker was a passenger on the slocum the day of the disaster and has since died. Before his death he told his relatives that he threw the box containing valuable family papers into the river while the slocum was burn ing.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
550 DEAD ALREADT COUNTED
panese Legation at Washington Is sues q Statement.

punese Legation at Washington Is-
 sues Statement.
 Washington, Oct. 16. The Japanese sation has received the following ad- les from Tokio under date of October
 Marshal Oyama reports that the lnber of Russians found dead on the Id in front of our right army on the h amounted to 4,5O0, besides many Pre yet unaccounted for, and hun Ed sof new prisoners. The estimated tal Russian loss in this quarter alone eeeds 10000. The Russian losses in Pnt of our center and left armies are ing investigated. ''The number of Russian corpses bu- Nd by us previously, amounting to loo, refers to the quarter of our left my alone.
 StOyama further reports that he esti- iates the number of Russian corpses It on the field in front of our center Anly at 2,5OO
 The total number of Russian corps
 so far ascertained reach 8,55O. S'The above does not include the re- lts of the fierce engagement with our It army on Friday and Saturday and hny more yet undiscovered in all arters."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
Attempted Suicide.

Hartford, Oct. 6.-Despondent, it is believed, through his inability to find work, Sarafino Music, thirty-two years old, shot himself this afternoon through the head, and is now in serious con- dition in St. Francis' hospital. His wife, who was in the house at the time.
 disappeared and running across the city told friends some time later. Her actions were regarded as suspicious by the police at first. but later they were inclined to believe they were due prin- cipally to excitement rather than guilt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
Shipping News.

New York, Oct. 16.-Arrived: Steam CTS Arabic, Liverpool and Queenstown Hekla, Copenhagen. Christiana ant Christiansand; Bluecher, Hamburg, Do yer and Boulogne.
 Prawle Point, Oct 16.-Passed Steamer zeeland. New York for Dove and Antwerp.
 Lizard, Oct. 16.-Passed: Steame Minneapolis, New York for London.
 Bremen, Oct, 16.-Arrived: Steame! Friedrich der Crosse. New York via Plymouth and CherDourg.
 Rotterdam Oct. 15.--Sailed: Steamer Statendam, New York via Boulogns (from latter port on 18th and passed Lizard 16thl.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
PoRT ARTHUR's FATE SEALED.
No Hope Now of Raising seige-Pity
 for Kuropatkin.

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 St. Petersburg, Oct 17.43:45 a. rn.- The official veil was lifted to-day from the ghastly tragedy around Shakhe; but even the official account, supple mented by numerous press dispatches, leave much uncertainty as to the sit uation. Out of the fragmentary mass of information at hand it is possible only to conclude that the costly with drawal and retreat from Liao Yang Is being duplicated upon an even grander scale, after more desperate fighting and heavier losses.
 General Kuropatkin's story leaves the Russians still tenaciously holding the north bank of the Shakhe river, but general belief is that this is only the desperate finale of one of the greatest military dramas of history, and that the Russian army as whole iS retreating toward Mukden, having suffered at the most conservative estimate loss of over 30.00O.
 Of the left flank, which was one of the most important points in the line of battle, absolutely nothing is heard,
 
 not in a position to communicate with the remainder of the army. All the wounded are being carried to Harbin, further north. It is understood that the correspondents have also been ordered to Harbin, which indicates the retreat will not even stop at Tie Pass. All hopes of the world heralded advance to Port Arthur have been abandoned. The weather conditions are even worse than during the retreat from Liao Yang. Streams are bank high and fords are limpassable, but it is impossible to say how this will affect the final situation. It may prove Russian salvation by preventing Japanese pursuit. On the other hand, however, if the Russians are on the wrong side, the flooded rivers may only emphasize the completeness of the disaster.
 Another serious fact that remains un- determined ia the ammunition supply Seven days of furious fighting must have greatly depleted the supply of both armies. Official circles express great confidence that General Kuro- patkin Is better off in this respect, but at last accounts the Japanese were bombarding as if they were confident of an inexhaustible supply. -- | The official story of the battle says lthat the Japanese made a determined Ieffort to break the Russian center Fri day night, but this it seems may be a clerical or telegraphic error for Thurs (Continued on Second Page.l
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
LOSSES MAY EXCEED 70, GOO
goo Russian Dead Buried Up to octo-
 Der 14-Japanese Casualties.

300 Russian Dead Buried Up to 0ctO-
 Der 14-Japanese Casualties. sTokio, Oct 16.--11 a. m.-In the re- 5rts of the great battle which continue I arrive from the front the most strik- 9g feature is the terrible record of the 'ussian dead. Before the severe fight
 g on October 14, General Oku's army
 one recovered and buried 2,OOO. mak-
 g the total of Russians buried by the Apanese, with Nodzu's army still to bar from, 6,5O0. Applying the usual Alculation and making reasonable aI-
 wance for the fighting of the 14th and
 tn, the Russian losses will exceed 40,- S0
 Fragmentary reports of Japanese Asualties are coming in. General Oku, 5 to and including October IA, lost 800 men. Estimates of the total Jap hese losses are not possible, but they re small in comparison with the fright lIl losses of the Russians.
 Reports dispatched late yesterday |om the field are in the following neurological order:
 "The main force of the right army, mich had already occupied Chouchia- lln heights, reached line on the lhakhe river, but one division of the nemy continues to offer a stubborn re- tstance. The center army has reached ss objective and has been heavily en-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-10-17
Severe Gale Raging.

St. Johns, N. F.. Oct. 16.-For forty eight hours past severe gale, the worst Q! the season, has been raging here and it is feared it must have worked havoc among the fishing fleet of the Grand Banks and on the coast of Labrador. Large numbers of vessels are homeward bound, the fishing sea- son having closed, and inevitably many of them must have been driven ashore or foundered in the gale. The telegraph lins are down in many districts, which prevents reports of the disaster around the seaboard reaching here.