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The Japanese mounted eight guns in
front of Wudianfan on Aug. Is and have
established one large and one small fort
to the northeast of the village. 1t was
detachment of Japanese cavalry and
Infantry that appeared In the open in the
vicinity of Wudianfan. which the Ret
vizan aided in causing to retire. A gun
on one Of the new Japanese forts was
struck by Russian shell and ruined.
The account published In the Novikrai
does not go into details but the inference
is obvious that the Japanese have been
assaulting the smaller Russian forts
dominated by Golden Hill. The paper
hills and remarks that only the heads Of
the Japanese troops can be seen above 1T.
On the night of Aug. %, according to
the Novikrai, a piece of white paper on
the end of a pole was hoisted above the
Japanese trenches. The Russians ceased
fire and sent detail forward to com
municate with the enemy. The japanese
requested assistance in removing their
dead. The Novikrai regards this request
as strange. considering the fact that the.
Japanese do not allow the Russians to re-
move their dead.
At 3 o'clock on the morning of Aug. 70
a Russian searchlight revealed the Jap
anese troops opposite Fort No. 1, begin
ming operations, and 4thereupon the en-
tire Russian line opened fire upon the enc
my with rifles occasionally using can
non. In reply the japanese fired irreg-
ularly at Fort No. 8. Daylight developed
the startling fact that the Japanese had
advanced trench to the north of Fort
No. O. This trench was manned heavily
with artillery, which interfered seriously
with the Russian fire. The japanese then
opened fire with six guns on the hill
known as the Eagles Nest, meanwhile
continuing to use sand bags for the
further strengthening of their newly in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
BATTLE WAS THE
LONGEST AND BLOODIEST

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 4.-The battle
of Liau-yang, which began with Jap
anese advance of Aug "a and concluded
Saturday, Sept. 8, with the retreat of
Gen. Kuropatkin, is believed to have
been the longest and bloodiest of history.
Numerous incidents in the fighting up
set the theory evolved by experiences in
the Boer war that a modern battle must
necessarily be fought at long range. Both
sides repeatedly met in hand-to- hand en-.
counters in bayonet charges, and the men
of both sides were often so near each
other that they could distinguish fea-
lures and hear words of command. In
one instance they were separated only
by the width of the railroad and actually
threw stones at each other. The mad
heroism of the Japanese and the stub
born tenacity of the Russian has seldom
If ever been paralleled.
Correspondents say that several Of the
bayonet attacks made by the Japanese
during the battle were forced by the de-
pletion of ammunition, of which modern
arms entail such extravagant expenditure.
The japanese came on with empty guns
and with the hopes of finishing the attack
with cold steel, but 1t was proved at their
own cost that such attacks cannot be
driven home in the. face of the fire of
breech- loading guns.
The Russian artiIlerymen suffered ter
ribly in the prolonged fighting south of
the Taitse river. One battery lost forty
men killed and the remainder of it were
wounded, and when a. fresh battery was
brought UP into position the survivors of
the original battery protested with tears
at being removed, begging to be allowed
to die beside their own guns
The work of the Red Cross, which
throughout the war has been most devoted
on both sides, has proved almost as dan
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RUSSIANS BLOW
Up MAGAZINES
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blunder, feared,
Second Sixth rifle divisions brigade
the First Siberian artillery sapper
LOSS STORES
The abandonment position al Lau-yang in
wolves the loss OF great Of stores though it is
believed that many Of these already had
fore the Of fighting is possible
Something akin to conservation
who have learned Of the disaster Gen takebergs
All realize that there
Arthur, but the military officers
only folly Kuropatkn
the risk being army,
that the by his withdrawal north has
actually converted what might have been disaster himself
into what is regarded for the
failure Of the Japanese to hold Gen Kuropatns and
nllct decisive blow 1t IS sald cannot be regarded other
WANTED DECISIVE ENGAGEMENT
Field Marshal Oyanaas tenacious
flank could not have had other object
than compel the
Gen Kuropatllin's retreat will undoubtedly
hope quarter doubtful,
n 81 18th the ARE IN poson to the siege
ton OF the besiegng reinforce their
lin the fighting at Port Arthur It is noticeable that the siege
reports do not mention further assaults the but
49, The Russians blew the magazines
place.
STILL THEY FIGHT
TOKYO, Sept 4 10 n1.--Fghing vicinity
Field Marshal oya1na reports
their storehouses Lauyang
leaving force at satzuago to protect his right flank
1au-yang oyaaas attacking
Russians south Of the walls Liauyang
RUSSIAN VERSION OF FIGHTING
ST PETERSBURG, Sept. s--Lieut. sakharoff,
report to the general staff dated Sept 2 says
after desperate whole
Immediately made the discovery that we had to deal with
Taitse. A detachment Maj. Orlon
lance but meeting the japanese superior force
strong position had to retire Maj Gen orloff wounded
COLONEL BADLY WOUNDED
1.-THE gallant regiments Of Siberian corps
Gen stakelpera checked the attacking Japanese
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
GREAT BATTLES OF HISTORY

The battle between the Russians
and Japanese at Liau-yang must be
recorded as among the greatest in
the worlds history in the point of
numbers engaged. More than 2o0,-
COO are engaged on each side. A
comparison with other great battles
is interesting in this connection.
In 331 B. c., at ArbeIa, Alexander,
with $4,000 Greeks, defeated Darius, !
of Persia, with $4,000 men. Of the
Persians, 100000 were lost, besides
prisoners. The Greek loss was but
1900.
At Hastings, Oct. IA, 1866, the
Normans defeated the English.
/, There seems to be no record of the
numbers engaged, but the total
losses in killed and wounded are
placed at 10000.
AT Waterloo, June 10, 1915, the
English and Prussians defeated the
French. There were 71,947 French,
67,661 English and $4,000 Prussians
engaged. The total losses were
1000.
At Borodino, Sept. z, 1912, 1000
French defeated 100000 Russians.
The total losses were $4,000.
At GraveIotte, Aug. 10, 1870, 2o0,-
600 Germans defeated 100000
French. The total losses were 49,
659.
At Sedan, Aug. 20 to Sept. 1, 1870,
250,000 Germans defeated $4,000
French. No accurate record of the
losses is available.
At PIevna, in 1877, 10000 Turks
engaged $4,000 Russians. The
Turkish loss was 10000 and the
Russian 10000.
The casualties in the chief bat
tiles of our Civil war, including
killed, wounded and missing, were:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

MERHAPS it would not be fair to call
II MI Bateman stingy. He simply has
a prejudice against certain customs
the indulgence of which he considers need
less, even criminal, extravaganza For one
thing, Bateman is opposed to photography.
Mrs. Bateman, on the other hand looks
upon the picturing of the human counte-
nance, whether by professionals or anna
teurs, as the highest form of art. FIRE.
quently she has wished that she might be
taken" She has even said to Bateman
that she would like it, To all those mild
suggestions Bateman has responded with
his usual contempt for such frivolity.
What is the use of it?'' he asked.
ooh, it would be such comfort sighed
Mrs. Bateman. Il would particularly like
the childTen's pictures. When they get big
it will be so nice to see how they looked
when they were little.
Nonsense growled Bateman. .They'll
live just as long and be just as handsome
without it. Nobody ever bolstered me UP
dangled an artificial moon before my eyes
to keep me from crying while the man
with the machine pressed the button, yet
look at me now
Mrs. Bateman looked. Yes she ad-
mitted, "you are all right, still 1 wish
somebody had taken you. I should like
very much to know what you looked like
when you were a baby. And. anyway
just because you lacked advantages is no
reason why our children should suffer the
same deprivation
To all these arguments, however. Bate
man was memorable.
It's piece of useless expense" he
said. II don't approve Of such tomfoolery,
and you know it,
Then Mr.. Bateman went down town and
left his wife to bewail her artistic re-
strictionS. In these lamentations she was
joined by the three little boys
If I only knew fellow that had a
camera" boosted Jimmy Bateman I'D
get him to take our pictures whether pa
liked 1t or not"
To this and similar threats Mrs Bate
man replied with precepts pregnant with
filial piety which, for the time being, had
a soothing effect. So the days passed and
the Batemans were not photographed
But finally their luck changed
Notwithstanding Mr. Bateman's rejec-
piled to his own family. he sometimes
standpoint. For instance, when he I'M
dertook to sell a piece of Broadway prop
erty for a wealthy client he found that
as to the best way to work up the bust
ness. He wished to distribute numerous
photographs of the property among pos
in the real estate columns of the daily pa
pers. Bateman secretly reviled the
wealthy clients stupidity; nevertheless he
gave an order for several hundred pic
lures. The photographer executed his
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trenched positions. The Russians concen-
trated their fire on the sand bags, the
Japanese replying from another position
three quarters of a mile to the northeast.
The Novikraf declares that at 10 o'clock
in the morning of Aug. 26 the japanese
were unable longer to endure the bonn
bardment and abandoned the newly made
trench to the north of Fort No. 2 and
Wudianfan, fleeing to the low ground
near the railroad. The Novikrai asserts
that a Japanese torpedo boat was sunk
off Port Arthur on Aug. 25.
Desperate Assaults
CHIFU, Sept 3.-On the night of Aug.
30 the japanese surprised the wornout
Russians at Palichuang and inflicted Sc
we're losses. The Russians retired and the
Japanese occupied their position. The
next morning at o'clock the Japanese,
moving from their new vantage ground in
heavy force, desperately assaulted Pail
chuang fort and an adjoining fort re-
peatedly until 2 o'clock in the afternoon,
when they were compelled to retire, los
ing over 1000 men. Finding those forts
impregnable the next morning at
o'clock the Japanese forces hurled them
selves against another fort near Pali-
chuang. BY hand-t o-hand fighting they
drove out the Russians and occupied
their position at o'clock in the morn
ing. Artillery was brought up and des-
perate efforts We're made TO make the
position secure, but after enduring for
seven hours artillery fire from the other
forts the japanese were compelled to re-
tire. They succeeded, however, in rem
dering the position useless to the Rus
slams, and it's now unoccupied.
1t is believed that the weakening of
the Russian line will attract further ef--
forts to break through in this quarter.
The bombordment of the town continued
The foregoing information is brought
from Port Arthur by an intelligent Chi
nese. He adds that the Russian warships
occasionally reply to the japanese bonn
hardnent
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
BATEMAMS
WE'RE PHO1TO'|ED

commission promptly. About o'clock on
the day he received Bateman's letter
jimmy Bateman tumbled up the steps of
his own home with a wonderful piece
of news.
Say, ma" he said, there's man
across the street with camera He's
going to take one of the houses over there
II Wen hurry up We can be in it,
Mrs. Bateman looked out and saw the
artist experimenting with plates and tri-
pods.
Dear me-, she said. IF I only had
little money"
But it won't cost anything" Jimmy
argued. The man is going to take the
picture anyway. Afterward, if we want
one we can get it for quarter
Mrs. Bateman wavered. What will
your father say?" she said.
1T won't do him any good to say any
thing after it's all over" replied Jimmy
with the wisdom of his eleven years
Come on, ma. They won't wait for us
much longer"
And then Mrs. Bateman cut loose from
her remaining scruples and went. She got
really quite nervous when it came to pos
ing, but the artist managed her with the
genius of his craft. The building he wished
to photograph had for it's basic support a
saloon of ample dimensions. He stood
Mrs. Bateman under the wines, Beers
and Whistles" sign and stationed the sa-
loonkeepers fat wife beside her as foil
to her dainty trimness. The Bateman
boys were taken in tow by the liquor
dealer himself, who persuaded them to
lean upon his coatless shoulders and perch
upon his knees in loving intimacy. For
the later pictures everybody shifted their
positions slightly, but always Mrs. Bate
man retained her proximity to the Bac-
chic inscription. When it was all over the
photographer declared the pictures the
best he had ever taken. He wrote Bate
man to that effect.
Every detail shows up perfectly" he
said. Not only the size and architecture
of the building are adequately reproduced,
but the faces of the people on the side
walk show up with remarkable distinct
ness
Bateman disdained to examine the
photographs. "All right he replied, brief
ly. IF they're distinct enough let them
CO.,
The photographer obeyed instructions
He forwarded copies of the pictures to the
several hundred addresses with which he
ments for their appearance in the daily
press. Bateman saw them in a paper,
but it was too late to do anything then
except talk. He did plenty of that. Mrs.
Bateman cried.
I'm sure" she said, "you can't blame
me. I didn't notice 1 was standing in
front of a saloon, and anyway, it would
never have happened if you had let US
get our pictures taken in a decent way.
Bateman groaned.
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gerous to nurses and doctors as has the
work of the combatants. Many bearers
and their assistants have been killed or
wounded in attending to injured under
fire. A Sister of Mercy was killed and
surgeon wounded in the final assaults on
Liau-yang. Telegraph operators and cor
respondents also have suffered severely.
Two correspondents of the Associated
Press have been shot and one has been
decorated for bravery.
During the ten days fighting the condf-
ton of the soldiers of both armies has
been pftiable. Many of the Japanese
prisoners were starving and almost naked
when captured which speaks volumes for
japanese endurance. It is wonderful that
the commissary arrangements made it pos
sible to continue to supply the men dur
Ing such continuous battle. The Rus
slams were better fed, being nearer their
own base, but the terrible strain of the
continuous fighting caused some of them
to fall asleep in the midst of cannonade
and even on the firing line.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04
A FEW DETAILS
FROM PORT ARTHUR

CHIFU, Sept. "a copy of the Port
Arthur Novikrai of Aug. q has reached
Chifu. The paper speaks of the Russian
battleship Retvizan's having shelled Jap
anese troops who appeared near the VII
lige of Wudianfan, and this would indi-
cate that some of the Russian warships
at Port Arthur are not SO seriously dam
aged as the reports from Chinese sources
have represented.
The Noyikrai confirms the official Jap
anese report that the japanese cruisers
Kasuga and Nisshin bombarded two small
forts near Golden Hill some time ago,
but it does not say that these forts were
silenced, as the Japanese reported. These
two forts are in the vicinity of Wudian-
fan, which is commanded by Fort No 2.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

suburban car start to cross the track.
It looked to me as if it had ample time
to get across"
The watchman and the s1agman at
the crossing and some of the passen-=
gers confirm the statement that the
car stopped. started across the railroad
and then stopped on the track. No
satisfactory explanation has been given
why the car stopped in the middle Of
the track after it started across.
Fred Utz, the gateman at the cross
ing, said:
"My orders have been not to use the
gates, although there are gates here.
When the car approached saw it and
rang the crossing bell. The car stop
ped. the conductor went to the front,
and then L saw the car start again and
stop in the middle of the track. 1t
seemed to be dead"
Theodore Cook, the motoNman. whose
shoulder was fractured, is held pris-
oner At the city hospital, and the con-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

train was a good deal nearer than that
one was, 1 gave the signal for the mo-
torman to come ahead. He started
ahead and l walked back toward the
rear of the car to swing upon the rear
platform as the car passed me. The car
did not stop on the crossing. 1t was
gong slowly across when 1t was
struck
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

ductor of the suburban car. Patrick
Sheehan, has been arrested. Conduc-
Tor Sheehan said of the accident:
Inc motorman stopped the car. at
t the crossing and L went ahead to see if
the way was clear. 1 saw the train An
preaching; but the fagman said: Come
on. hurry up. You can get across
ana as we had often got across when
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-04

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SEVEN ARE KILLED
ON ELECTRIC CAR

Continued From Eleventh Page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-20
FAIRBANKS TALKS IN DELAWARE
Defense of His Party's Record on Tariff
and Finance.

dispatch from Wilmington, DEL, last
night says: Senator Fairbanks, vice presi-
Dental candidate. addressed two mass
meetings In this state today. the first at
Dover this afternoon. and the other in TINS
city tonight Mr. Fairbanks arrived at
Dover from Washington shortly after noon
He was the guest of Senator j. Frank Al
lee. The senator's speech at Dover was
a short one. He reviewed national issues
and paid a compliment to the republican,
ism of Delaware. United States Senator
Dillingham of Vermont also made short
address.
Senator Fairbanks and his party arrived
In Wilmington this evening. Inc opera
house was crowded when the senator was
introduced. William 8. Hilles presided. ana
platform were Gov. Hum and Candidates
on the state tickets of both factions OF the
republican party in this state.
Senator Fairbanks said that DeiaWare
must pronounce her judgment upon the
protective tariff system. If she wishes IL
overthrow she must give her support to
the democratic cause. The triumph of de-
mocracy is a blow at the system or pro-
lection.
The republican Oparty, he said. has Deeh
consistent in its support OF sound none
tary system. The maintenance or hgh
grade of government credit is important TO
our national development The preserva-
ton of sound currency is absolutely es-
sentiaI to the fullest measure or our COM
mercial development. The republican party
stabItshed the gold standard because it
was vitality necessary to our largest lhuus-
trial development.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-20
ALABAMA OFFICIALS INDICTED.
Held by Grand Jury for Failure to OPP
pose Lynching.

dispatch from Huntsville, Ala, last
night says: The special grand jury made its
report tonight. recommending the impeach-
ment of Sheriff Augustus Rodgers. Mayor
Thomas w. Smith and Chief of Police
David D. Overton. 1t was recommended
that the police force of the city of Hunts
vile be reorganized.
The grand jury finds that Sheriff Rodgers
was guilty of neglect of duty or incom-
potency on the charges that he did not pre-
vent the lynching: failed to take proper
precautions for the defense of the prison.
ers; allowed a mob of unlawful assembly TO
remain several hours in the vicinity of the
Jail and took no steps to disperse 1t: per-
mitted arson in the first degree to be COM
mitted In the Jail; allowed the lives of pris-
oners under his care to be jeopardzed by
fire and smoke; willfully failed or refused
to fire upon the mob or to order 1t to be
done when the mob was besieging the jail
and assaulting the garrison by throwing
rocks and other missiles. and In failing TO
order or command the mob to disperse.
The jury finds that Mayor Smith was
guilty of neglect of duty. because he al
lowed an unlawful assembly of people to
throng the streets of the city for hours.
and failed to use proper means to disperss
them, and failed to adopt any measures u
preserve the peace of the city. notwith-
standing arson and murder were being
openly committed. and also. because he re-
fused to order out the fire department TO
extinguish the fire in the jail. failing or
refusing to send police protection with the
fire department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-20
TO TRAIN GUNS ON NEW YORK.
Republican Leaders Will Direct Efforts
Against TammanY.

dispatch from New York last night
SAYS: Gov. Odell and his lieutenants who
are in charge of the republican campaign
in New York state have arranged to turn
their heaviest guns on Tammanys strong
hold in this county during the remainder
of the campaign. and to that end the aoiest
defenders of republican theories in the
country. including present and former men,
bers of the Presidents cabinet, are to be
heard in Manhattan borough.
By appealing to Chairman Cortelyou or
the republican committee for aid to win
New York Gov. Odel1 has been able to OBJ
tain outside aid which he hopes Will bolster
up his state ticket and result in vlndiea-
ton at the polls of his methods.
John Hay Secretary of State; William H.
Taft. Secretary of War; Senator Knox.
senator Fairbanks, Elihu Root and Frank
8 Black head the list of prominent repub-
licans who are to be heard between now
and election day. At least one big meet
ing each week Is to be held
Gov Odell returned to his work at head
quarters yesterday. and Immediately after
his arrival the speed of his state machine
was increased. State headquarters was IN
crea sed from two to nine rooms. and his
Iieutenants were made to feel his presence
by the countless demands on them
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RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Schedule effective June 10. 1904


Schedule effective June 10. 1904
Trains leave from Pennsylvania Station.
7:35 am. Daily. Local for Harrisonburg, Waf.
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Savannah and Jacksonville. Dining car service.
HIS N. Daily. United States Fast Mali
New Orleans. Dining car service.
and way stations on Manassas branch
ass pm Daily. Local for Warreuton ald Char
900 pm. Daily. New York and Atlanta *.
press. First-class coach to Atlanta, sleeper to
Columbus Ca. via Atlanta. Sunset tourist sleeper
1000 o. Dolly. New York al Memphis Lin.
tied tvfa Lynchburg) First-class coach and sleep
ing car to Roanoke. Knoxville, Chattanooga and
lO:45 pm. Daily. Washington and Southwestern
Limited All Pullman train club and observa tion
cars to Atlanta and Macon; sleepers to Augusta.
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Leave washington $40 am.. 80 pm. 4:4s pm.
for Ls es Sa
Washington s:oi an. s:io an. e:2S pm. fOs
81 s 81 .'sss
pm. and $50 pm daily Local trains from Har-
daily. Prom Charlottesville S:25 am. and S:2o
Tickets. sleeping car reservations and detailed
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