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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03

KANSAS CITY, Sept 2,-Senator
n Fairbanks formally opened the Re
publican campaign in Missouri to-
night. The ceremony took place IN
Convention hall, and that immense
building was filled in honor Of 1heeoc-
casion. The event was rendereesfneyr
erable by the presence not only OF the
Republican candidate FOR vice presi-
dent. but by the presence Of many of
the Missouri Republican leaders, in
Guiding the candidates for most of the
state and local Offices
The day was devoted largely by Sen
ator Fairbanks TO meeting personal and
political friends and to a visit 10 Kan
sas City, Kan, where he made a brief
address; For an hour or more in the
afternoon he stood in the parlors OF
the Midland hotel and shook hands
with citizens who presented them
selves. among them being many former
residents of Indiana.
At the meeting in Kansas City. KAN
reference was again made to Senator
Fairbanks availability as pregi-
Dental candidate It~came from State
Senator Cubbison, who presided over
the meeting, and was in the following
terms.
IF President Mckinley had lived
Senator Fairbanks would almost Ger
tainly have been the presidential nom
inee at this time. but under tho circum-
stances all We can do for him ROW is 10
elect him to the vice presidency and
then nominate and elect him president
four years hence"
In his response Senator Fairbanks
spoke in high terms of praise of Pres
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LULL IN FIGHTING.
Russians Are Confident That Time
Will Turn Tide.

St Petersburg, Sept. 3, $40 a. M
The text OF the dispatch sent to the
car by General kuropatkin Thursday
evening, the most of which was given
out by the war Office and was ca bied by
the Associated Press at 4:50 o'clock
Friday afternoon, was not made public
Friday night as was expected II was
promised TO the local press and was
awaited with feverish Impotence until
O'Clock this morning. when il was an
nounced that II would be issued today
All the news. therefore. as fas as st.
Petersburg is concerned, is contained
in kilograms from foreign sources. and
there IS painful suspense awaiting news
from Russian sources.
Continued and logged confidence in
General Kuropatkin is expressed in
many quarters, anu the public general
~. as we'll IS many Of the military au-
thOTitieS. absolutely refuse 10 believe
that Lao Yang has been abandoned. or.
If it has been abandoned that General
KurOpatkin is now i'm q better position
20 make "A better stand north of the
Taitse river. There seemed 10 be an
air OF considerable confidence at Pc
terhof Friday night. An official who
saw the car Friday afternoon said
shat he was extremely confident EX-
perts who are familiar with the nature
or the ultrlcate ana lOMeltul otleliSeS
constructed north OF Taitse river by
General Nelitchko. one Of Russia s
foremost army engineers. believe that
the japanese arc facing an almost inn
possible task 81 attacking them. espe
cially With divided forces.
IL Is pointed out that General Ku-
roki viii have to make a considerable
detour 10 reunite his forces. The
bridge heads abutting on the north
bank OF the Taitse river are strongly
defended by entrenched artillery. while
II is said that there is a strong rear
guard still on the south bank 10 contest
The japanese advance. thus making the
bridges utterly impracticable for a Jap
anese crossing. The river Itself. there
fore, becomes an important factor in
the general scheme OF defense.
A temporary lull in the fighting
would moi, he surprising The men on
both sides have already made almost
superhuman efforts. and il Is thought
that there must soon be a let up Of
some sort.
The report that Rear Admiral OK
tOmsky. now in command of the naval
forces at Port Arthur. is TO be court
nartialed lacks confirmation. The story
possibly originated in the same sources
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Additional Particulars of the Bloody
Contest Are Few.

Toxic, Sept 2, 8 Il. ma few addi-
1onal details of the progress of the bat
tle al Lao Yang reached Toxic at a
late hour today.
General KurolIi's right is continuing
TO press the attack at Heiyingtai. seek
ing ground whence their guns will DOM
mate the railroad. The troops under
General Kuroki are jaded and weary.
They have been marching and fighting
since Aug. q, but in spite of this they
attacked with spirit. The japanese are
confident that they already have swept
back the strong Russian force with
which they have been engaged and it is
probable that when the details are
known IL VIII be found that a great
uegedy was enacted today along the
Taitse river.
The TGitse is flooded and cannot be
forded. General Oku, in command of
the japanese left army, has directed
his energies TO forcing the Russians to
the river and it is probable that many
We're drowned there.
A private dispatch received hero re-
ports that great fires are raging at
Lao Yang.
This statement is not confirmed Off
cially. These fires are believed TO re-
suit from the Japanese Smelling OF
stroy their stores preparatory 10 evac-
uation OF Lao Yang with the addition
al hope of injuring the city as future
JAPANESE base.
Unofficial estimates place the Rus
sian forces in the vicinity of Lao Yang
at fifteen divisions of $4,000 men each
These are probably excessive, but it is
evident that numerically the Russians
exceed the japanese.
The opinion that the Russian casual
ties in the recent fighting viii reach
$4,000 is confidently expressed in high
quarters here. Neither Field Marshal
! Oyama nor the Japanese army COM
manders has as yet estimated the Rus
sian losses.
IL seems that the Japanese avoided
direct assault upon Lao Yang itself
but devoted their energies to the troops
outside the city and an effort TO cut
on the Russian retreat. Lao Yang is
strongly fortified and il is possible that
the Japanese will not attack the city
directly until they have succeeded in
isolating it. Should the Russians aban-
don Lao Yang. the Japanese Will, OF
course enter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03
DECREASE IN SALMON
PACK OF NORTHWEST

Portland. ore. Sept. 2.-On the ar
rival of the bark c. +. Sargent about
Sept. 5 from Driscol bay. Alaska. the
pack Of Alaska salmon destined &c tie
Columbia river will have been all re-
ceived The pack this year will De
about - per cent Of the average, oW-
ing 10 the poor run Of salmon during
the first part of the season. bad YEA
Their and trouble between the cannery
men and their help. II amounts TO
l04. 800 cases against tbaut 10000 last
year and based on last years prices
should be worth in the neishborhood
of $3.50 900. On the Columbia river TIE
pack viii be about equal TO that OF
1908 in quantity. but as the bulk OF
the catch was made later in the sea
son il is stated that the quality VIII
be slightly inferior The run of sal
mon was very light early i'm the sum-
mer, but towards the last of the sea
son the run improved aud IN view OF
the small catch earlier in the year the
legal time limit was extended two
weeks.
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General Humphrey has informed Col
onel elem that his action is disap-
proved and would not have been taken
II he had had u proper conception oil
his duties. The money having been
turned into the treasury. is now beyond
the control of the war department and
the officers, and It viii have to be re-
appropriated by congress to meet ex-
isting obligations. 1t is not unlikely
that Colonel elem viii be relieved OF
his present duties and recalled To the
United States Colonel elem is one OF
the heroes of the war Of the rebellion
and is known as the drummer boy OF
Chickamauga" because of his gallant
conduct during that battle while serv-
ing as a drummer in the Twenty sec
cnd Michigan volunteer infantry
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THREE PAINTERS KILLED.

Butte, Mont, sept. "A Letbbridge
y. w. T., special 10 the Miner reports
the killing OF three painters. residents
of Chicago who were engaged il the
painting Of the stand pipe erected in
connection with The municipal system
Of waterworks The three men. whose
names could not be learned, were in the
employ of a Chicago firm having the
contract for the construction OF the
stand pipe. They were al work on a
swinging scaffold near the top Of the
stand pipe. about eighty feet high,
when one of the ropes that held the
seaffold broIe and the three men fell to
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fashioned southern half-moon STYLE.
Within a short time after the boys had
received their unexpected donation all
that remained of the banquet was a
few green rinds.
The tourists at the Warm Springs r.
sort who saw the spread" wondered
If IL was a usual occurrence, and ac-
cepted without question the glib story
that watermelon feasts of this descrIp-
ton were of daily occurrence.
IL all came about. say witnesses. be-
cause two farmers who were driving
into the city at O'Clock last evening
abused their horses SO heartlessly thar
the animals ran away. overturning the
load Of melons that was being taken 10
market. The men paid no attention 10
the melons, but continued along tho
road to look for the horses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03
JOY OH JOY! FOR THE SMALL BOYS
WATERMEL0NS STREW THE STREET

Perhaps the recent oversupply Of
Watermelons on the local market will
be relieved today owing to the non-ar-
rival in the city last evening Of a
wagon load of the fruit from Center
vile. There was a runaway. and the
melons were dumped along the road
south Of the -four mill near Warm
Springs. Boys of all sizes and descr.p-
ton, who seemed TO come from every
where, scrambled for the fruit The
way those melons disappeared would
appeal 70 the heart OF that class Of
mothers who do so love to see boys
eat"
The boys did not wait for cloth 10
be spread before partaking Of the feast.
but with jackknives had soon divided
the luscious fruit among themselves.
The melons were cut in the, good old
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03
WILL MARRY HER LOVER.

Badelster. Saxony. Sept. 2--Investi-
cations pursued in behalf OF the former
guardians of Princess Louise of Sake
Coburg, who escaped from her hotel
Tuesday morning, show that after Sc
curing her personal liberty she intends
seeking a divorce. with the purpose OF
marrying Lieutenant Count NatzSs4ch-
KeRlevitch
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KURoPATKIN's STRATEGY.
Belief That Leader of Cars Forces
Has Acted Wisely.

st. Petersburg. Sept. ., 1:25 p. NJ
No absolute Information has reached
the war Office concerning the reports
that Lao Yang has been occupied by
the japanese, but IL is positively
known that General Kuropatkin had
decided TO withdraw from his positions
south of Lao Yang TO the north or
right bank Of the Taitse river Tues
day night, and the orders were aciu-
ally given, as stated in these dis
patches yesterday. The war Office
presumes that the movement was car
ried out since the latest advices yester-
day were that TIE crossing Of the river
was not being opposed. The fact dis
closed for the first time in these dis
patches lssl night that the strongest
Russian position prepared by General
Kurcpatkin was not around the town
Of Lao Yang as the public had been
led to believe but on the right, or
north bank of the Taitse river, was a
secret 50 successfully guarded that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03
LAND FOR SETTLERS.
Many Railroad Sections in Montana
TO be Put on Market.

Butte, Mont. Sept. "A Missoula
special 10 the Miner says; Advices have
been received here 10 the enect that the
Northern Pacific viii throw several
thousand acres OF western Montana
railroad lands on the market about
Oct 10 Owing TO the rapid Increase ia
land valuations the company found il
necessary 10 Withdraw these lands
from The market last spring in order 70
rearra nge the price lists. The land de-
partment has been ar work on them FOR
months. and all the classifications have
practically been made.
Most all of the land in Missoula
county west Of the city is owned by the
cOmpeny- Their holdings include val
liable ranch property, timber and min
eral lands
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03
REBUkED FOR HIS ECONOMY
Army Officer Chief ouartermaser in Philippines Saved
Money to Government and Wins Dis.
approval

tkf ASHINGToN. Sept. 2--Colonel
wv John NJ. Glen. chief quartermas-
ter Of the Philippine diyis
been reprimanded BY General Hum
phrey quartermaster general, for his
action in turning into the United states
treasury the sum of s42S,O0O as "unex-
pended balance Of the appropriations
Tor the last fiscal year, when, as stat
ed at the war department, the money
was actually needed TO meet expenses
of army transportation and other work
Of the quartermaster's department. 1t
is said that the service was embar-
raised by Colonel Clem's action. as it
seriously intereferes with the work OF
the quartermaster's department.
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LINE OF LAND SEEKERS.

, Especial TO The Herald.l ,
, BlackfOOt Ida. Sept. There is
no material change in the situs- =
? ton OF the United States land Of \
, fee. The line grows. however. 4
, The first Corners begin 10 show =
, signs of the strain, but there are =
; no desertions SO far Tomorrow is =
; looked upon as the critical day, =
; when the railroad men from Poca- 4
> tello are expected 70 arrive and 4
r line NJ. =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03
FIRE AT OIL RIG.

Six Persons Burned to Death in an
Explosion.
Elyria O.. Sept 2.-Six persons We're
burned to death and four terribly in
jured during a fire and oil explosion
here today.
The dead:
Mrs Henry Fling and two chiIdren.
Three unknown men.
Among the injured is Rev. Mr.. SJidd.
The house OF Fling was fired by 81
street lamp and the intense heat set
FIRE TO the big OF an oil well near tEc
louise. The flames destroyed the der
rick and communicated To the tank.
which was full OF oil. - A terrific eX-
plosion occurred. The blazing OF was
thrown all over the house and es-
cape was cut Off
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03
SHOT IN Els CHAIR

Butte, Mout-- Sept "a Miner sue
cial from Malta, Mont, says. Word
was received here on Friday from the
Cunningham ranch. near Wagner. that
Jackson Trask, well known character.
had committed suicide. The remains
were found sitting erect in a chHir BY
j. y. Ebaugh, with a 22-calibre rifle
grasped by the barrel in the right hand.
He had evidently placed the muzzle 20
his right eye and pulled the trigger.
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END oF HER TROUBLE.

San Francisco, Sept. 1.-The body OF
Dora Fuhrig. midwife. was found in
Golden Gate park today. She had TAX
en- earbolic acid. She was 50 years old.
Mrs. Fuhrig has been in continual trou-
BILE, growing out of cases of criminal
maltreatment. The cause OF her sui
eide has not been ascertained.
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SHOW MINT AT FAIR.
Portland Exposition to Have Medal
Mill.


Portland, Ore. sept. THAT there
Will be 4 government mint in tull OPP
Grafton at the Lewis * Clark eXpOsi-
ton IS the assurance given President
H. W. Goode by Secretary shaw Of
the treasury department Mr.. Shaw
has definitely promised this exhibit.
The visit of Secretary Shaw TO the
exposition grounds Wednesday had the
effect of gaining his sanction 60 the
establishment of the mint. Tie mint
viii be an active exhibit and viii be
placed where the processes OF making
money may be viewed by all. The
plant will be complete in every detail
and the coins struck off Will be trans
formed from gold bullion as it comes
from the SmelterS.
Since it would not be practicable 20
make legal tender the coins viii be
in the form of medals. but the same
percentage of gold and alloy win be
used as in making legal eagles, hal.
eagles and double eagles.
The only difference viii be in the
design appearing on the coins.
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BODY IDENTIFIED.

; Ogden, Sept. 2.-The body of the 4
; young man ground to an unrecog- I
nizable pulp by three passenger :
, trains several days ago near 4
, Promontory Utah, was found to- I
, night 10 be that OF Alexander
; Havanian. a medical graduate OF I
; Yale. His nearest relative, kap-
riel Yerzion. of Newark, n. J., 4
, was notified and sent for his re- 4
? mains tonight. 4
, y y = = 4
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-03
RUMoRs ARE RIFE.
Conflicting News Puts st. Petersburg
in Suspense.

IL gus t'SASC-
St Petersburg, Sept ?, 4:5O p. ma 4
O'Clock this afternoon the war office re-
ceiVec a dispatch from Peterhof. sent to
the emperor last night by General KurO
patkIn, dated r. m. yesterday. As
transmitted TO the war office for publ
cation the Information is extremely med-
gre and only reveals the truth in the
liSht OF the Interpretation OF those VINO
are conYersant with the situation at Lao
Yang. IL is possible that this is justI-
fable on strategic grounds. AS conmu-
nicated to the press the dispatch states
that an artillery battle proceeded until
the hour OF sending if, and that the Rus
SLAMS were retiring upon their ''maia
positions that General kuroki was at
lacking the Russian left north of the
iaitse river; that the railroad station.
Waich is situated a mile northwest of
Lao Yang, has been SIT on fire by Jap
aneSe shells; that the station had been
transferred across the river 10 point
on the north bank; that KurOpatkin had
passed in review the Third Siberian
corps under General IVanoff which stIf-
fered greatly in the earlier stages OF the
battle on the east front and finally that
the Russian losses for two DAYS were
900 killed or wounded.
The dispatch as given out. therefore
does not admit that General Kuropatkin
is Withdrawing across the Taitse river
entirely II is possible that. owing 10
the pressure of the Japanese. the Russian
army. as stated In the Toxic dispatches
ham-ered.
In the light of the knowledge that the
main positions of the Russians are on
the north bank Of the river. the dispatch
becomes ineligible. The artillery fight
during the day makes II evident that 4
screen or Russian guns was used 20 cove
the foYement across the river. The guns
on the north bank doubtless were also
employed for this purpose. being placed
so as Co protect the railroad bridge span
ming the Taitsc.
The review of tho Third Siberian corps.
mentioned in the dispatch, probably refers
20 a march past Of the troops while
crossing the river. it being impossible 20
suppose that a formal review occurred
while tho battle was IN progress
A. 100 o'clock this afternoon the war
office said II was entirely without news
OF todays fighting. but adde dthat the
railroad between Lao Yang and Mukdsn
was open. No press dispatches from the
front had arrived uD to the same hour.
The suspense I'm St Petersburg is intense
and the town Is filled with all kinds OF
rumors, ranging from n complete vic
tory for General KurOpat6in TO a dis
astrous defeat Of the Russians.
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7 OKIO, Sept. :, 1880 a. m.-The fight
ing at Lao Yang was continued
until "a 1ofo Tc,,, 1oos ,,5r-,e u

OhlO, Sept. 2 1880 a. m.-The fight
ing at Lao Yang was continued
until late tour last night. il
was resumed at dawn today. The fate
ct the great bulk of the retreating
Russian army hinges upon the BRAY
cry and foTtitude OF its left flank. Be
fore falling back General Kuropatkin
intended that his left, TO the eastward
end northward of Lao Yang, should
be greatly strengthened in the hope OF
checking General kuroKs advance
ground his flank. and to protect his
line Of retreat and communication. TIE
greatest portion Of this protecting
force seems to have been massed IN
the neigh bOrhood of Heiyingtal,
twelve miles northeast OF Lao Yang.
where il was fiercely assaulted by
General Kuroki at IL O'Clock Thursday
morning.
The result OF this fighting is not
known. If Kuroki wins and strikes
the flank Of the retreating Russian
army and reaches the railroad, it VIII
p ace the Russians in a most serious
predicament
Yesterday the Japanese nlaIaged 10
interfere seriously with the train ser
vice from Lian Yang. They used some
guns captured from the Russians, to-
getheT with some of their own to
lombard the railroad station at Lao
Yang. thus preventing the entraining
of Russian troops
Few details of the pursuit OF the
Russian right have been received
Eere. 1t is evident that the Russians
are moving back slowly contesting the
ground. and shielding their movement
S far as possible.
Nothing concerning the actual occu-
patton Of Lao Yang has been received
here. Official dispatches indicate that
the Russians were still in possession
OF Lao Yang this friday morning.
The list OF casualties in the fight~' z
before Lao Yang is growing, and the
indications are that il will prove TO be
the bloodiest battle since the Franco
Irussian war. The calculations Of
casualties must include the losses
since Aug. % for the contest has been
practically continuous since then. The
japanese have already reported over
$4,000 men in killed and wounded.
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FROM JAPAN,s VIEW.

as the earlier report of his deposition
and OF his suicide at Port Arthur.
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PRESSED HARD BY JAPS,
RUSSIAN ARMY MOVING BACK
Kuropatkin Reports That This Move Is a Part of
Arranged StrategicaI Play.
City Of Lao Yang Burning and There Appears TO Be LulI
in The Fighting

Beyond establishing the fact that
Kuropatlzin has withdrawn tie main
portion Of his forces to the north bank
OF the Taitse river. and that the action
is still in progress. today's dispatches
do not give clear idea Of the situa-
tion at Lao Yang.
Accepting st. Petersburg adviccs at
their face value, it is seen that the
Russian commanded effected partial
retirement, placing the river between
himself ana the main body of tie Jap
anese and at the same time establish
ing a position that viii enable him TO
oppose the force under General Kuroki
which succeeded in crossing the river
and is now attacking the Russian left,
The same dispatches say that the po-
Eition kuropatkin now occupies is the
one he had prepared and fortified and
where he has an along planned to
make his second stand instead of d.
reetly IN and around Lao Yang with
the river at his back, as has been be-
licved.
On the other hand Toxic dispatches
say tnat TIE Russians were closely
pressed aud much disorganized in tkeir
let "enent across the river. The re-
port from Marshal Oyama that he
was yesterday engaged with the Rus
s'an cen or would indicate that at
least portion Of huropatkin's army
r. sull on the south bank OF the river
While II is not definitely stated that
the japanese have occupied Lao Yang,
F"kto reports that the town is being
burned. II does not appear that the
japanese main army has as yet crossed
the Taitse and details OF teday's fight
ing are entirely lacking. Oyama re-
ports that his losses from Aug. 90 to
September were 10000 The Russian
casualties Of Aug. 81 and Sept / are
given in official reports as 5000 killed
and wounded
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: Toxic. Sept. 8. 1880 a. MT is I
> expected that the main strength 4
= Of Field Marshal Oyamas forces 4
+ to the southwark will succeed this
= morning III crossing the Taitse
= rivef General Kuroki yesterday 4
= captured 4 portion of the heights 4
y commanding Heiyingtai, and IL
. is hoped that he will dominate 4
y the railway today. The Russians 4
= appear 10 be gathering at Yentai 4
= colliery, northeast Of Lao Yang. 4
y = = = y y = e > = 3 = 4 y y y y y 4
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Coaunued on 20. Ed
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