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The San Francisco call., 1904-09-01
THREE THOUSAND FALL.
Salxharoff's Report OF Russian Losses
in, YhInSda ", LlinInf

in Tuesdays Fight.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 31.-Lieu-
tenant General Sakharoff, telegraph
ing to the general staff on the con-
elusion of yesterdays sixteen hours of
fightfng around Liaoyang, estimates
that the Russian casualties through
out the day were'' 5000. The battle
ended at 9 o'clock last night, when
many positions occupied by the Jap
anese were retaken and again held by
the Russians. The report of Liedten-
ant General Sakharoff is as. follows:
From o'clock. this morning until
8 o'clock tonight the Japanese forces
attacked our frontal positions before
Liaoyang and ON the left bank of the
Taitse River. Both their artillery and
rife fire was intense. Their main ef-
forts were directed against our center
positions and left flank, but numerous
attacks were repulsed along the whole
line. Our troops made several coun-
ter attacks, eliminating in bayonet
lighting.
MANY positions which had been oc-
cupied by the Japanese were retaken
at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. During
the artillery attack our batteries did
very, effective work. About A O'Clock
this afternoon the, enemy was observed
attempting to turn our right flank
with considerable IOrceSs DuI SeVeral
battalions of reserves advanced, and,
after fierce engagement, checked the
Japanese. and compelled them to re-
tire. The battle continued until after
dark and ended at o'clock.
'The spirit of our troops is excel
lent. The men are rejoiced over the
news of the heroic behavior of the
garrison at Port Arthur the repulsing
Of Japanese attacks upon which has
l.. - ~,
Our casualties to-day have been
considerable reaching about 5000.
The Japanese losses must have been
heavy"
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WILL MEET AMERICAS VIEW.
Russia Likely TO Change Its Definition
of Contraband OF War.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 31.-A
meeting was held at the Foreign Office
to-day at which representatives of the
Marine and Finance ministries were
present TO discuss the question Of con-
ditional contraband of war in relation
to foodstuffs, etc, as set forth in the
Russian declaration on the. subject. No
decision was reached, but the Foreign
Office strongly favors a construction
in the direction of meeting the views
of the United States and Great Britain
and there is good reason to believe that
the Foreign Office's views will prevail
eventually.
There is no disposition to take snap
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RUSSIANS WE'LL PREPARED.
Kuropatlxin Had Everything. in Read.
iness for the Battle.

SIT! PETERSBURG, Aug. 31.-A
dispatch to the Official Messenger from
Liaoyang, under date of August 80.
says:
"All around Liaoyang the hills are
trembling to-day from the artillery
fire, which has not ceased for a mo-
ment. Liaoyang has become the CEN
ter of terrific sanguinary engage
ment, but we are prepared for it. Hos
pital trains are in readiness and other
trains are bringing in reserves. stores
and forage. together with artillery and
rifle ammunition.
.'To-day's battle seems to be de-
voted by. the Japanese to an artillery
fight with the object of searching out
our positions
''The Japanese advance has contin-
ued uninterruptedly since August "a.
Yesterday it led to number of brill
liant actions as the Russians drew in
upon their defenses, but these actions
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ENTIRE GUN CREWS SLAIN.
Russian batteries siIenced by Death
of Men. Manning Cannon.

Russian Batteries Silenced by Death
of Men. Manning Cannon.
LIAoYANG, Aug. S1.-A Russian
correspondent says:
The Japanese all. day yesterday
carried on the fight with an energy
approaching desperation, but. the Rus
sians were buoyed up in the belief
that a point had been reached where
there would be no more retreating and
the Japanese attacks were. met with
shouts and hurrahs from the trenches
and. the rifle pits.
s1tive times the Japanese hurled
themselves against our line, but eacn
time they were repuIsed at the point
of the bayonet.
There were about 1000 guns in ac-
ton on each side, but we have more
guns emplaced than have the Japan
ese.
1.-The losses cannot yet be computed,
but thev have been great everywhere,
especially among the artillerymen. For
instance, in the First Artillery Bril-
gade every officer was either killed or
wounded and some of the guns were
silenced absolutely owing to the death
of the entire gun crew.
1.-The spirits of the men are OF the
highest at all points,
JAPANESE TAKEN PRISONER.
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SAN. FRANCISCAN FINDS
= HE HAS a CONSCIENCE

:. ALBANY, ", " Aug. si.-stats.
Treasurer wiekser has received a
check for $500 from firm Of New
York attorneys with note saying that
it, is for the conscience fund" The
.senders said that it had been placed in
their hands by Attorney John T. Doyle
Of San Francisco, acting for a client
The. check is drawn on the First Ma.
tionaI Bank of San Francisco.
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STEAMSHIP DETAINED AT oHEFU
Customs Officer Holds Japanese Vessel
Carrying Five Million Dollars.

CHEFU, Aug. S1.-The steamship In
dependent, under charter to the Osaka
Steamship Company to carry food from
Japan to Newchwang, has been held
here by the Chefu Commissioner of
Customs. The Independent put into
this port to discharge passengers. and
local freight.
The Commissioner claims that If the
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Reported Capture of Gums.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aug: 31.-Fur-
ther dispatches from Liaoyang con-
firm the report of the capture Of for
ty-six Japanese guns which were
brought uD to the railroad station
where General Kuropatkin's train
was standing.
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Record Flour Cargo. for orient.

TACOMA, Aug. 81. = The China
Mutual liner .Oanfa will sail to-mor-
row with the record -four cargo from
the Pacific Coast for the Orient and
Liverpool. The flour alone in her
cargo amounts to 81, ,OS0 barrels, or
more than $500 tons, and is valued.
at $363,570. The valuation Of her. en-
tire cargo is $449,6S1.
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200 Japanese. captured at the battle
of Liaoyang, passed through here, to-
day on a train. =: .
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug, 31.-A
dispatch from Mukden this afternoon
says it is reported there that General
Samsonoff' has captured two Japan
ese battalions. =. -.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 1, 2
a. m.-With the knowledge that the
Russian and japanese armies. about
Liaoyang are locked in a death strug-
gle, the tension in St Petersburg to-
night is strained to the utmost. 1t is
believed here that the fight cannot
stop short of the crushing defeat of
one side or the other.
All reports so far are favorable to
the Russians, though the suspension OF
all news for many hours has been eX-
ceedingly trying and has given rise TO
several rumors somewhat temperlng
the earlier enthusiasm.
It is stated officially. however, that
the report that the railway and tele-
yang is untrue. A member of the gen
eral staff said at midnight;
Il can assure you that up to this
hour communication with Liaoyang
has not been interrupted. General Ku-
ropatkin has taken particular precau-
tions against any attempt to cut the
railway While it is always possible
that a small raiding party might slip
through the Russian patrols or that
hired Chinese bandits might cut the
telegraph, it is a fair supposition, in
view of ali the facts, that this has
not been done"
The highest military authorities here
consider that the most critical stage
of the battle has no. yet been reached
and they believe that the fight may
continue for some time before either
side Acknowledges defeat This is an
of which to interpret any immediate
news
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MAN WHO KILLED HIS
BROTHER TAKES OWN LIFE

DETROIT. Mich. Aug. S1.-James
B. Hawley, a prominent politician,
committed suicide last night by TAX
ing strychnine. The deed is attrib-
uted to remorse for. having shot and
killed his brother. April IS. 1909.
though he was exonerated on the
ground Of self-defense.
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fnsky, one of the Associated Press
correspondents, has been decorated
with the Order of st. Anne for brav-
cry on the field of battle while with
General Mistchesko.
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Wireless Station Dismantled.

WASHINGTON. Aug 31.-The
State Department has received a ca
blegram from Consul General Fow-
Ter at Chefu, saying the Russian wire
less telegraph station has been dis
mantled.
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Cameras, Photographic supplies, print
ing and developing at lowest prices San
horn Vail & Co. TAI Market street
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War Correspondent Decorated.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. S1.-Olig-
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LOSSES REACH INTO THOUSANDS

Ii is believed here that. in view of
the. numbers engaged. the desperate
ness of the assaults and the length of
The line (about seven miles). the losses
in the two days fighting cannot fall
short of 10000 on each side. Both sides
are straining every nerve. realizing
that the fortunes of war for a whole
year are in the scale: and neither side
is in the mood or the position to spare
men in. the effort to achieve a final
victory.
The battle sf Liaoyang probably will
fank. as one of. the great sanguinary
battles OF history. 1t is estimated by
the general staff that the Japanese
armies engaged number seventeen di-
visions of $1,000 men. each, or, allow
ing for tneffic1ents about 100000 men
Each division has thirty-six guns and
there are two Independent artillery
brigades of 100 guns each, making a
total Of about 500 guns. The estimates
Of Russian correspondents range from
500 TO 1000 guns per side
In the preliminary fighting of Mon
day the Russians captured two hun
dred prisoners, who have already ar
rived at Harbin, and report persists
that they captured more than forty
japanese guns yesterday:
General Kuropatkin's effective forces
are variouslY estimated at from 10000
TO 10000 men.
The Japanese on Wednesday morn
ing attacked three sides of the Rus
sian position. One correspondent also
mentions a japanese movement to the
northeast of Liaoyang, showing that
the japanese undoubtedly were trying
10 work AROUND Kuropatkin's rear
SUPREME TEST OF ENDURANCE.
One of the surprising phases of the
situation is the endurance of the men.
They have been engaged desperately
for two days, after more or less severe
fighting under unfavorable conditions
every day since August "a It would
seem that human endurance could not
persist much longer without respitevo of
some sort.
The Japanese are using balloons to
locate the Russian guns and trenches.
One of the Russian correspondents of
the Associated Press points out that
the Japanese sent up a balloon shortly
after daylight to the southeast of Lao
yang The Japanese are reported to
be using mortars to drop. shells into
the Russian positions. These proba-
bly, are the high angle hoWitzers which
were reported in action earlier in the
week.
/ It IS plain, however, that the Jap
anese are no longer enjoying the SUI
periority in artillery which stood them
months of the war It was then hill
fighting and the japanese mountain
batteries. in which arms the Russians
were deficient, told with deadly effect.
Now the contest is in a comparatively
open country where both the Russian
field guns and the Russian cavalry can
come into more effective use.
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were nothing compared with .to-day's
encounter"
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ORCHARD HO1fE-Health rest comfort
pleasure. boating. bathing fresh milk. eggs.
frLit; 81 to $40 week J. +. ORR, Duncans
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EcEAEFER,s 0KoTE-Eoss VALLEY.
Private boarding; terms reasonable. Team
meets Sunday morning trains Address ARh
MATT LINDSAY. Ross Station
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KoRTH SHORE EoTEE-On TomaIes
Eay Good table and accommodations House
ess lighted Prices very reasonable. MRS ].
fTIi BIDS Narshslls. Marin County. Cal
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LAKE TAHOE RAILWAY AND
TRANSPORTATION CO.
80 TALLAc. LAKE TARoE. 90

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BOTH PLANS-AMERICAN and EURO
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onward ST. so per week and upward EURO
TEAN-Rooms. 81 per day and upward Loca-
f.on. service. accommodations. livery and boat
.nC superior 70 any resort on the lake
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MARX WEST SPRINGS.

Il KOENER. Prop. MRS. J. D. DROST
and MRS IL koESER Will manage springs;
many improvements: new cement bathhouse
ard gas all over place; 81 day; $40 and SI3
week once. S33 LErkin st. cor. Geary or
Marx West Springs Santa Rosa. Rural No. g.
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LADD's GUN STORE.

Aenlo Park one hour from
HnITT1O city Nine trains daily. Per-
HIllI feet climate; beautiful place;
NVIll W comfort and quiet: excellent
table.
Address Is. : MEREDITH. Mgr: aoitt's School,
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HOWELL MT. WOODWORTH'S ! ;iIFs - =

no fox Purest spring water. Climate natural
tonic and invieorator. Residence % years. 81
per week Woodworth & Muller. ST. Helena Cal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1904,

The pitiable confession of President Beckwith, of the wrecked Oberlin, O., bank, in which he gives the details of his transactions with Mrs Chadwick, and tells how he accepted and en- dorsed notes for fabulous amounts pre- sented by the woman, bearing the name Andrew Carnegie, without taking even the ordinary precaution to verify the signature, creates feeling that the government should provide e commission whose duty it shall be to inquire from time to time asl the men tai soundness of bank officials, says the editor of Madame. Seriously, it should not be possible for one man to control the funds of a national bank and make loan aggregating several times the amount of the capital stock of the institution without even the knowledge of the other directors. ana 1t will be a surprise to many women, as we'll as men, to learn that such a transaction is possible. The interests of bank depositors should be safe guarded by the government.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27
NO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Death Sentence Is Often Pronounced
 in Belgium, But Is Never ~ Executed.

In Belgium there is no capital pun ishment The death sentence is often pronounced, but it is never executed The statutes prescribe an extreme pen atty, but 1t is only carried out con 'structively, the condemned person being regarded in the eyes of the law as dead but Is permitted to live, serving out a life sentence in imprisonment
 The reason for this strange state ot aaEairs is that King Leopold promised his mother when she was dying that he would never sign his name to a death warrant. Death has been pronounced upon many a criminal since that time. but the death warrant has remained un, signed by the king. A great many ef- forts have been made to persuade King Leopold to make an exception to his promise. This was especially urged upon him in the case of three anarchists who had been condemAed by the law to die, and although petitions signed by thousands of his subjects were pre-, sented he would not yield but remained faithful to the promise made to his dy- tng mother.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27

J. R. Freeman of the Metropolitan water board of Massachusetts, is the authority for the stateulcn: that Bos- ton is sinking into the sea, He asserts that the present datum plane, to which all elevations are referred by the en. gineering. department of the city of Boston, Jnd which is commonly known as Boston base, probably coincided al. most exactly in the year 1880 with the mean low water at the Charlestown navy yard. To-day, after lapse of seventy-two years. says Scientific American, the same datum plane as defined by numerous bench marks on solid ground, according to the best available determination, is o.79 fool helow mean low water. This compart son shows that the land now stands about o.79 lower relatively to the ses than it did about seventy-two year, ago. and shows that the land in Bostor and vicinity is sinking at the rate o1 about one foot per hundred years.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27

Japan laughed when foreign nations sent men to study their weapons and tactics and none to study their com missariat or their hospital and sanitary arrangements. They seem a most in, telligent race, who see no reason foS allowing men to die of water, food or care, when the object for which they are in Manchuria is to die in driving the Russians toward the north. Japan, says Golfers, finds science related as closely to diet as to cannon. She cal, cnlates that 5OoOOO soldiers who are properly cared for equal 2,O0O, 900 sub, jected to canned beef and typhoid gernis. She realizes how great a part in war is taken by the bacteria. What q contrast, what an inspiring catholfci, ty, is presented by the Japanese officer leading the world in using his micro, scope as weapon and the same Jap anese oficek dying with cheerfulness and living with the spirit of religious devotion to national ideal!
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27
NEW YORK FASHIONS
Patterns For Lady's Box Plaited Shirt Waist
 Suit by Martha Dean

The shirt waist suit has proved itself to be one of those happy inspirations of fashion which, being once worn, we won- der how we ever got along without. For coolness and comfort service and ap- pearance, it is not to be outdone. Owing to the great choice among fabrics this season all of these good points are per- fect1y consistent with good style and charm.
 The box plaited model is a style that Is entirely new. The waist is made on reg uIar shirt waist lines, and the sleeve is quite the snartest yet seen. 1t is made in raglan style, with top part of sleeve form ing yoke. The skirt is the newest box plaited model, in seven gore style Tt just slkips the floor, or it may be made aven shorter for walking length Scarcely a garment iS sesn now that is not Of walking length. which may mean two inches off the floor or as illustrated.
 Patterns Nos. 6182 and 61Ss
 Sizes for waist, No. 61S2, S2, 34, 36, SSs 70 and 42 inches bust measure.
 sizes for skirt. No s1ss, 20, 20. 24, $. B and 90 inches waist measure.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27

gineerfng Magazine, has excavated about S,o00,O0O cubic yards since that time. In addition to this work of ac- tual excavation, the French companies, especially the new Panama Canal Co, accumulated a large amount of availa' ble information regarding the sub surface material and depth of bed rock at many points along the line. The examinations, including jet bor- ings at the proposed Bohio and Gam boa dam sites and for the proposed dam at Alahajuela higher up the river, are included in this portion of their operations. The performance of this large amount Of excavation work and the investigations disclosing informa. ton regarding the sub-surface ma tefials, have largely revealed with cer tainty the character of the greater part of the work to be done in conn pleting ship canal. Tn other words, they reduce materially those exigen- l cies of such a great work which con- surne time and add to the cost. There is another asset available to an uncer- tain extent in the immense quantity of material and plant left, largely in we'll kept warehouses but otherwise spread along the entire line in an exposed condition. The apparent book value of all this material as shown in the records of the new Panama Canal Go is about S29,oOo,o0o. By far the great CT part of this value is now imaginary only. A considerable part of the plant and a large amount of the material in the warehouses can, however, be brought into condition of much value as the work progresses. Indeed, sev- eral of the old bucket dredges, a large number of dump cars, and various
 other plant, including most useful
 machine shop at Matachin, have al, ready been repaired and put in com
 mission by John F! Wallace, the chiei engineer of the commission.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27
Varying Estimates of Goodness
By LILLIAN RUSSELL. operatic Star

"OODNEsS -beauty--wisdom. And the GREATEST of AoW these for is WISDOM
 Goodness" such comparative term. It Is much
 difficult say who is good than say who is fu What may Mars ny what is merit New York deerit Constannope in place IDEAS OF GOODNESS vary exceedingly. Most people believe that chastity goodness while have heard it urged that charity generosity and loyalty finer traits One thing may be taken the deserves the credit of being good wohan. Others accidents
 Without undertaking the desrabily the power goodness ages the WISE rather than GOOD haps this is because goodness than wisdom Acknowledge h and viewpoint proved my contention.
 Beauty influence entirely tory power which may paradox not even through it's life.
 RETAIN HER SWAY OVER THE MINDS TlFUL
 every decade prominent by reason of their faces figures achieve anything worth havngat least by that alone Moreover beauty IS temptation and danger TO THE WOMAN WHO IS NOT ALSO WISE TT IS A FATALITY
 From the days of Greece the WITH BRAINS queen One recalls with merely lovely sister thought of with condescenson. would have been noneny but for boodhed brought about On the other hand admire Peces adirng Aspaa Socrates without Doma Pompey Corne Sencus without Marcia Heva Epurs tum, Lucu Buru without Panthea Dogene girl who half his intellect.
 Remember saying aught against the beauty of good the goodness of beauty merely declare have been Elizabeth Barrett Browning than othe history Tn the choice given remember that there is one which comprehends al
 WHO IS WteE LIKELY AND sEAurlFuL-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-12-27

Upon the advice of the bureau o4 forestry, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad eight months ago began to experiment with wooden tie plates. These plates are intended to protecc the tie from wear under the rail They are cut the width of the bottom of the rail and as long as the tie is wide, usu- ally six or seven inches, and are kept in place by the weight of the rail, in fiat groove in the tie. The results, of the experiment. are of much inter. est both to the railroads Of the couri. try and to those who have at heart the cause of forest protection. The Santa Fe placed cypress tie plates one-quar> ter of an inch thick on several thou. sand old and much worn cypress ties laid in it's track north of Galveston
 Tex. After eight months of constant use. the plates are perfectly sound and show practically not trace of wear. l The officials of the road are greatly pleased with result of this trial. The bureau of forestry will now make sim liar experiments with real gum, req oak. and beech tie plates. which will be placed in the tracks of the St-Louis and San Francisco, the Burlington and the Northern Pacific systems These are all harder woods than cypress, and are therefore less liable to wear under the rails, but are much more subject to decay. The tie plates made from these woods will therefore all- be heavily creosoted. This will make them about as resistant to decay as l the 1ntreated cypress, while theil much greater hardness will better 4 qualify them toslesist the wear of the rails.