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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-16
First American Hydraulic Lock
Completed at Peterborough,
Ontario.
NOTABLE ENGINEERING FEAT.
1t Is a Feature of the Trent Wat
erway Now Being Construct
ed by the Canadian
Government.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Peterborough, Ontario. Oct. I5.-An ele-
vator that raises and lowers steamboats,
and ba-ges is a decided novelty in this
country. and ths first one OF the kind to
he built on the American continent has re-
Gently been completed and put In sc-vics
here. 1t Is technically known as n hy-
draulic lift lock. and 1t performs with one
movement tho functions OF five ordinary
locks, which would be required to over
conc the fall OF s;xty-fve feet in canal
level at this point.
As a work Of engineering initiative AMI
kill It is unsurpassed by anything accom-
pltshed In recent years and Canadians feel
a just pride n their achievement.
The Peterborough lift lock is the out
standing feature of the Trent Waterway.
now In course Of construction by the Ca
madam Government. and little Is known in
tie United States regarding this scheme
for connecting Lake Huron with Lake On
ta Id BY a nav'gasie waterway that that T Ibs
Northwest to tideSater.
Few are aware of this dangerous rival
to the Erie Cs1aI that Ia now almost fin
ished. and will be in full operation long
before the enlarged Erie Canal will be IN
position to meet its new and un!':oreG- for
competition.
IN lahSC AZ rly map vi t.f NAV
States and Canada will demonstrate the
Utility OF the Trent Waterway. which Is
the name given to that magnificent series
OF water stretches connecting Georgian
Bay tan arm of Lake Huron with Lake
Ontario. Travelled y Cl;srip:1ln. sh1ied
by Indian WARRIOR. later considered as 4
military route By British soldiers. these
waters are now once more the center of
interest-a greater interest than that of
war. for heuceforth this grand system of
lakes and rivers will be dedicated to COM
merce and industry.
NORTHERN TERMINUS.
At Midland. Ontario. the northern ter
minus Of the Trent Waterway Gt would
be a misnomer to call it canal there is a
splendid ha-bor. Between this point and
the town OF Trenton. on Lake Ontario,
there lie Il dozen or more large bodies of
~nayigable water known as the kawartha
Lakes. Joined continuously by rivers also
~navigabIe to a great extent. so that of tire
go miles covered by this route but twenty
miles required canaI.zat:ou. As stated
above, all but three miles have been f1n-
ished. but these unfinished portions are at
either END. The waterway In Its present
uncompieted condition IL an internal
stretch Of first-class navigation. hermctic-
ally sealed at either end: useless from a
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
OF LATER DATE.
The Japanese Slowly Wearing Their
 Way Into the Fortress.

Che Foo, Sept. 3.-9 D. m.-On the night of August 29, the Japanese sur prise6 the wornout Russians at Pali- chuang and inflicted severe losses. The Russians retired and the Japanese oc- ing at 8 o'clock the Japanese, moving from their new vantage. with a heavy force, desperately assaulted Palichuang and an adjoining fort repeatedly until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when they were compelled to retire, losing over 1000 men. Finding those forts im- pregnable the next morning at 4 o'clock the Japanese forces moved against another fort near Palichuang.
 By hand to hand fighting they sue ceded in driving out the Russians and occupying their position at o'clock in the morning. Artillery was brought up and desperate efforts were made to make the position secure but after en- during for seven hours an artillery fire from the other forts the Japan csc were compelled to retire. The Jap anese succeeded, however, in rendering the position useless to the Russians and it is now unoccupied. It is be- lieved that this weakening of the Rus sian line will attract further efforts 10 break through in this quarter. The bombardment of the town continues. The foregoing Information is brought from Port Arthur by an intelligent Chinese, who speaks both English and Russian. He adds that the Russian | warships occasionally reply to the Jap' anese bombardment.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
END OF 0LYMPIAN GAMES
Chicago Protests Against Awarding of
 Loving Cup.

St Louis, Mo-, Sept. 3.-With the fin ish of the international team race the last event on today's card, the 1904 Olympic came to an end. Owing to protests made by the Chicago Athletic association, the award of the magnifi- cent loving cup emblematic of the Olympic championship was not made to the athletic organization, whose rep resentatives scored the most points in the Olympic championship events dur ing the meet
 The final scores according to the of ficial records of the four clubs follow: New York Athletic club 63; Chicago Athletic association 59; Milwaukee Ath letic club AS; Greater New York Irish association 31.
 The Chicago association, however, has protested against the entry of John R. Dewitt of the New York Ath- letic club, who won second place in the 1s-pound hammer event and the New York Athletic club tug of war team which finished fourth in that event.
 The result of these protests will be, unless the charges are withdrawn, that the awarding of the championship cup will be delayed until after the meeting of the governing board of the Anna teur Athletic Union in New York next November. Should protests be al- lowed by that body, it will result in a tie. as Dewitt won three points and the tug of war team one point for the New York club.
 Jas. D. Lightbody of the Chicago Athletic association clipped 3-5 of a second off the Olympic record for the 1500 meter run.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
RUSSIANS LATEST STAND.

Tokio, Sept. 3.-From the headquar- ters of the Manchurian army comes a dispatch saying that the remainder of the defeated Russia. army is mak- ing a stand outside the walls of Liao Yang and left a thousand men in the center. The Japanese armies are Gt- lacking them. The Russians appear to be again concentrating in the vicinity of the YentIi coal mines, northeast of Liao Yang, and the trend of move ments indicates that another great battle will occur there. Possibly the Japanese will move past Liao Yang temporarily leaving the city untouch- ed.
 The estimate of the Japanese losses up to yesterday as being 25,0O0 is re- garded here as moderate. The war of flee is not ir possession of sufficient data to estimate the Russian losses but it is thought that they will reach 15,G0O. St is now regarded that the battle has reached it's most critical stage.
 The report that Oyama is throw ing the bulk of the army across the river would indicate that the Japanese are rushing endorsements to support Kuroki, necessitl for whose relief may be urgent.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
FRENCH ANXIETY.
1t is Admitted that kuropatkin Was
 Checked.

Paris, Sept. 3.-The battle of Liao Yang attracts intense interest and anxiety among French officials and the public generally as likely to prove the turning point of the war. The for eign office construes the latest adviceS received this afternoon as showing that General Kuropatkin has suffer ed serious check though not yet amounting to defeat or rout. Officers continue to say that he is executing plan by slow withdrawal toward Mukden giving Q dogged resistance as he falls back. Military experts point out that the magnitude of the battle is greater than any fought during the F'ranco-German war, the siege of Metz involving 35O,00O on both sides, whereas there are over 100000 at Liao Yang.
 The Figaro says it is the greatest fight since the battle of Leipsig. News papers here reprint the Berlin Tage- blatt's statement that King Edward s visit to the emperor of Austria brought about mediation movement to which the United States and France arc par ties. When questioned on the state ment today the foreign office here re- piled: lowing to the frequency of such reports we are authorized to say that France has had absolutely no com munication with Russia up to the pres ent time relative to mediation"
 The authorities here are hoping for an early determination of the status of the Russian cruiser Diana, now al Saigon, but reports today show thai
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
TWAS A GREAT BATTLE.
1t Will Go Down as One of the Most
 Remarkable in History.

St. Petersburg, Sept. 4, 2: 50 a. m.- The battle of Liao Yang which began with the Japanese advance on Aug. "A, the day of the christening of the czar- cvitch and concluded Saturday, Sept. 3. with the retreat of General Kuro- patkin is belieN ed to have been the longest and bloodicst of history. Num- erous incidents in the fighting upset the theory by experience in the Boer war, that modern battle must neces- sarily be fought at lorg range. Both sides repeatedly came 10 hand to hand encounters in bayonet charges and the men on both sides were often so near each other they could distinguish their features and hear words of comment. In one instance they were separated only by the width of he railway and actually threw stones at each other The mad heroism of the Japanese and the stubborn tenacity of the Russians has not been paralleled anywhere save in some desperate encounters in the American civil war.
 Correspondents state that several bayonet attacks made by the Japanese l throughout the battle had been forced l by depletion of ammunition, of which modern arms entail such extrava gant | expenditure. Russian artillerymen suffered terribly in the prolonged fight 2 ing south of the Taitse river. One 1 battery lost forty men killed and the commander of it was wounded and i when a fresh battery was brought up | into position the survivors pro- l tested with tears at being removed, begging to be allowed to die beside i their own guns.
 The work of the Red Cross which throughout the war has been devoted to both sides, proved almost as dan gerous to nurses and doctors as was the work of the combatants. Many
 bearers and their assistants have been killed or wounded in attending the in- Jured under fire. A Sister of Mercy
 was killed and surgeon was wound ed in the fatal assaults on Liao Yang Telegraph operators and correspondents have suffered severely. Two corre- fspondents of the Ass ociated Press have been shot and one Las been decorated
 for bravery.
 During the days of fighting the con.
 dftion of soldiers of both armies hay, | been pitiable. Many Japsnese pri. l "SAS S'eiA HIS anu dIII4OSl HdheC
 when captured, which speaks volumes for the Japanese endurance. It is won derful that the commissary arrange.
 ments made it possible to continue tt
 supply the men during such a contin.
 ous battle. The Russians were better
 fed, being nearer their own base, bu
 the terrible strain and the continuou:
 lighting caused some of them to fal
 asleep in the midst of the carnonad,
 and even on the firing line,
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
General Mropan Resumes His Original Programme and Con-
 tinues Northward Apparently Not Followed
Sakburg With the Gallant of OrdeThe
  the Year Fatef Port Arthur

ternoon, saying the Russians had ad- vanced against General Kuroki on Friday and that the attack on the Rus sian right has been repulsed proved short lived. General Kuropatkin had scarcely begun the offensive against General Kurokfs army when he was compelled by the overwhelming force of the Japanese flankiny movement to give up all idea of continuing his ad- vance and hurriedly withdrew in the direction of Mukden.
 The retreat is the logical consequence of the Russian plan of leading on an1 tiring out the Japanese at successive stations of the road northward thus placing their foe at constantly grow ing disadvantage lengthening the lina of communication. The success of this plan was marred by the blunder of General Stakelberg, who in the words of General Kuropatkin, insisted on placing his own interpretation on or ders instead of fulfilling them. General Stakelberg erred in failing to cross the l Taitse river when Kuropatkin desired that the whole army should retreat to its northern bank as was exclusively reported in dispatches to the Associat- ed Press on September 2. This blunder it is feared, will involve the loss of the whole of the first Siberian army corps consisting of the first, second and ! sixth rife divisions, the Ussuri Cos sack brigade. the first Siberian artillery | brigade and sapper battalion.
 The abandonment of the whole posi- 1 tion at Liao Yang involves the loss of 1 a great accumulation of stores, though ! 1t is believed many Of these had al ready been sent north before the com- i mencement of fighting. It is more -tha ! possible, however, that the Russians destroyed what they could not remove Something akin to consternation pre- vails among Russians who have learn ed of the disaster to General Stakel- ! berg's corps. Ali realize that there is l small hope now for the relief of Por;
 Arthur, but military officials beIievs
 that it will only be folly for Genera | Kuropatkin to remain and run tn, risk of being surrounded with hi. i whole army and that the commandel
 in chief by his withdrawal north ha,
 actually converted what might have
 been disaster to himself into what |.
 regarded as reverse for the Japanese
 for the failure of the Japanese to holC
 General Kuropatkin's army and inflic
 decisive blow, it is claimed, can.
 not be regarded otherwise than as
 reverse. Field Marshal Oyama's tena.
 ciOUs frontal attack and clever fam
 movement could not have had any oth.
 CT object than to compel the Russia!
 to accept a decisive engagement.
 General Kuropathin's retreat will un
 dOlIhted1Iy haUa offoc
 on the garrison of Port Arthur, whicl
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
BoURkE cocHRAN's SCARE.
He Sees in Colorado Signs of the
 Downfall of the Republi5.

Bangor, Maine, Sept. 3.-Congress- man w. Bourke Cochran addressing a large audience at the auditorium to- night. declared that the administration at Washington had proved itself in competent to maintain a constitutional government in all the states and that the situation in Colorado was proof that the republican form of govern ment in this country was In danger.
 The trusts, he said, were licensed by the republican party to exact tribute from the public and the administra- tion's policy in the Philippines was an extension of the field for plunder.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04

The flag of Japan flies over Liao Yang Field Marshal Oyama, who led his famous second army into Port Ar thur during the Chino-Japanese war of 1S94-95, and who. in that struggle, also captured Wei Hai Wei and Talienwan, today by dint of incessant fighting in which his men were spared, neither be- cause of casualties nor because of hardships, holds sway over Liao Yang and General Kuropatkin, through whom the Russians believed their arms would be successful, is in full re- treat northward, while one of his chief aides, General Stakelberg, with his command, the first Siberian army corps numbering 25.O00 men, is cut of to the westward of LiaO Yang.
 Tue Russians are concentrating at Ycntai, but dispatches thus far give nc intimation as to whether or not they will make stand there or even if the Japanese are pursuing their foe in flight. II is not known whether the Japanese will stop at Liao Yang and fortify and with the Taitse river be tween them and General Kuropatkin' $ force endeavor either to become de lCHueIS III CdSe lHe NURSERIES SHOulC attack or by inaction should they not end the campaign at Liao Yang.
 This last blow to the Russian arms though it is spoken of in St. Petersburg as the logical consequence of Rus sian plans, doubtless will be taker much to heart by the subjects of Elm. peror Nicholas, who, after a succession of defeats and retirements by thei army, had expected a finality of tn, struggle at LiaO Yang in their favor.
 In the loss of Liao Yang by the Rus sians, the Japanese probably will gail little except in the way of a strategica point as Russians blew up the mag azine and set fire to the enormous quantities of army stores and provis ions there before they evacuated.
 What the effect of the retiremen from Liao Yang will be on the besieGeC at Port Arthur can only be conjectur cd but certainly it cannot but cause de Pression among the valiant defenders who have been hoping that eventual ly they would be relieved.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
DOnneiIy'S Plan to Create a
 Famine Defeated
NO INDEPENDENT STRIKE
The Meat Cutters Decline to Join the Butchers, the Teamsters Decline and the American Federation of Labor Decides to Stand Aloof

Chicago, Sept. 3.-Members Of the association of Meat Cutters met here tonight at one of the downtown hotels to discuss the stand taken by stock yards strikers in endeavoring to fore. a meat famine. No specific action was taken by the meeting. but at it's close 1t was announced that all those present had determined to handle meat just as | though there was no strike. It was announced that there woul. be no ia mine and that the detlers would see that the public secured all the mea- it desired to use.
 The packing house teamsters also took action against the striking butch CTS by announcing that they would nsS countenance the strike ordered by the butchers against the independent pack CTS. but would continue handling al meat that the independents turE-oa ca
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
STALWART WON CENTURY
The Colt Also Made a New Track
 Record.

New York, Sept. 3.-Before a crowd of 25.O0O people Stalwart, at to ? won the s2O,OOO Century stakes for a mile and half at ,Sheepshead Bay to- day, defeating the II to 20 favorite, Ort Wells in one of the closest finishes of the year. Short Hose was third, eight lengths behind. The time, 2:31 1-5 is a new track record, two-fifths of I second faster than the previous record made by Waterboy last year.
 Sidney Pagets Tradition, who ran second to Artful in the Futurity to- day easily captured the $10,00O Flat bush stakes, seven furlongs on the Futurity course. She was heavily played being backed down from three to five to eleven to twenty at post time.
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
PORT ARTHUR
A Newspaper Account of a Weeks
 Operations.

Che Foo, Sept. 3.-9 p. I1.-A copy of the Port Arthur Novikrli Angus: 2, has reached here. The paper speaks of the Russian battleship Retvizdn having shelled Japanese troops who appeared near the village of Wudian- fan and this would indicate that some of the Russian warships at Port Ar thur were not as seriously damaged as reports from Chinese sources lave represented.
 The Novikrai confirms the official Japanese report that the Japanese cruisers Kasuga and Nighin bombar1- ed 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 Wudianfan which is commanded by fort number 7. The Japanese mounted eight guns fin front of Wudianfan on August p and have established one large and one small fort to the northeast of the village. It was a detachment of Japanese cav airy and infantry that appeared in the open in the vicinity of Wudianfan and the RetviZan aided in causing them to retire. A gun on one of the new Jap anese forts was struck by a Russian shell and ruined.
 The account published in the Novik- raj does not go into details but the in ference is obvious that the Japanese have been assaulting the smaller Rus sian forts dominated by Golden Hill. The paper makes reference to a trench along the hills and remarks that only the heads of the Japanese troops can be seen above 1t.
 On the night of August 25, accord ing to Novikrai, a piece of white paper on the end of a pole was hoisted above the Japanese trenches. The | Russians ceased firing and sent a de- tail forward to communicate with the enemy. The Japanese, in imperfect Rus sian, requested assistance in remov- ing their dead. The Novikrai considers this request to have been strange, con- sidering the fact that the Japanese do
 not allow the Russians to remove their | dead.
 At o'clock on the morning of Aug
 ust 26 a Russian searchlight revealed
 the Japanese troops opposite fort No. 1. | beginning operations and thereupon the
 whole Russian line opened upon the
 enemy with a rifle fire, occa sionally
 using their Cannons. In reply the Jap
 anese fired irregularly at Fort No. 8 Daylight developed the startling fact | that the Japanese had advanced a trench to the north of fort No. 2. This trench was manned heavily with ar | tillery, which interfered seriously with
 the Russian fire.
 The Japanese then opened fire witE six inch guns on the hill known as
 Eagles Nest, meanwhile continuing
 the use of sandbags for the further
 strengthening of the newly intrench-
 cd position. The Russians continued
 their fire on the sand bags, the Japan
 csc replying from another position three-fourths of a mile to the north east The Novikrai declares in con- | clusion that at 10 o'clock on the morn | ing of August 26 the Japanese were
 unable longer to continue lombard
 ment and abandoned the newly made trench to the north of Wudianfan, flee
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
APPEAL TO NON UNIoHIsTs.
To Join in the Southern csIorads Coal
 Strike.

Pueblo. Colo, Sept. 3.-A special to the Chieftan from Trinidad says President Howells and Secretary Simpson of District No. 15. United Mine Workers of America, have issued a call entreating non-union coal miH- CTS, who have assumed positions made vacant by the striking union miners. to strike on September 7th- The call appeals to every non-union miner in the southern Colorado coal district and guarantees them the same protection and help that is being furnished unio5 men who are on strike. IL Is not s-- lieved that any of the non-union E1sa will accept the offer of the strike
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04
HOW THIS CAME ABOUT.
General Sakharoff's Report of Innme
 diately Pr.ceding Events.

St. Petersburg, Sept. 3.-Lieutenant jor General Orloff was wounded but general staff dated September ?, says: Today our troops assaulted heights of Skywantun and after a desperate fight we captured a whole chain but im- mediately madeNth discovery that we had to deal with a strong Japanesa force with a front extending from Yen Tai to the river Taitse.
 "A detachment under Major Orloff, which was guarding the Yen Tai mines advanced a short distance, but meet ing the Japanese in superior force and in a strong position, had to retire Ma jor General Orlof was wounded but the danger of the enemy's movement was averted by his return to the sta- tion at Yen Tai. The gallant regi- ment of the first Siberian rifle corps came up and General Stakelberg checked the attacking Japanese. In this fight the brave commander of the second Siberian regiment, Col. Ozoesky was severly wounded.
 At o'clock in the evening, there was Hull in the fight all along the line and the only firing heard was the boom of guns at Liao Yang. According 10 a telephone report the garrison at Liao Yang repulsed the second Japan csc attack
 Tn order to ascertain the enemy's strength, two regiments on the west front were ordered to attack After a fierce fight, it was discovered that the enemy opposing the two regiments were more than two divisions strong. The losses to the Russian army have not been ascertained exactly but ac- cording to the latest account they ex- ceed 5000 in killed or wounded.
 Al 3:45 D. m. t!.e first Japanese sher
Arizona republican., 1904-09-04

fell it. Liao Yang and it was followed by hail of projectiles which swept the railway station in the east sub urbs of the town itself. Fortunately the station was empty all the rolling stock having been removed. The first persons wounded were sever subjects of charity, a physician, several Chi nese and a commissariat non- commits stoned officer. By o'clock in the evening several fires had been caused by the bombardment and the booming of the guns followed our train as 1t carried off the wounded. The Rus- sian casualties in the fighting of Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 are said to amount to 7,OO1. The enemy lost double or tre- ble that number, Our Japanese pri- soners appear to be worn out"