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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01
Some Russian WAYS

buildings. good houses are going up IN
the administrative quarter. the only
part as yet in ease and the bricks or
which they are being built can be
erumbled TO powder with a stick
When one considers the amount OF
money spent in dredging. IN construct
ing breakwaters, piers, and so on, one
is lost in wonder as TO why this par
ticular site has been chosen Seven
miles away across the bay lies Tailen-
wan. an old Chinese village, in which
the railway station is about the only
European building.
Ice Danger at Dalny.
At Talienwan the water is much deep
er than at Dalny-deep enough for any
large ship-and from Talienwan the pre-
vailing winter winds blow across TO
Dalny the ice which impedes and de-
stroys the harbor works.
When 1 asked why Dalny had been
chosen as the site of the town In prefer
ence to Talienwan the only reason as
signed was that there was more level
land.
But though we may wonder at this
aspect OF the matter, it is impossible
not to be struck with the growth OF the
town-a town about three years old.
where Yet so much has been done and
so much more planned; for il must be
remembered how lately this was the
site Of Chinese villages, Of which but
scanty remains are now In existence
The architect has placed the town
parks and gardens where these villages
once stood. and so escaped one of the
worst features of Port Arthur. where
the soil Is impregnated with poisonous
germs.
Harhin Has Crown.
But II the growth of DaIny Is note
worthy. scarcely less so is that OF Har-
bin or Kharbin (neither spelling quite
gives the Russian pronunciation, the ini-
tial letter approximating TO the German
"ch'D.
Where in 1898 there was nothing but
one building, a Chinese distiIlery. is now
the junction of the main or mid Man
churian line with the VladiyoStok
branch; here are now three toWns-New
Hardin, Old Hardin. Port Hardin "a
river port), with a dozen distilierIes.
with breweries and factories and mills.
with large railway workshops employ
ing some 1000 Europeans and as many
Chinese, with a railway hospital and
dispensary with 40 beds
In these shops some sixty engines, OF
which the chief parts come from Rus
STA. are made per apnum, besides all the
repairing that IS done.
AT Hardin is the largest of the Man
churian Railway bridges there are In
in all seven large iron bridges; gener-
ally Of the lattice girder type: that over
the Sungari River at HarbiE is 1000
yards long.
The scale on which things are done
seems at first sight worthy of so vast
a nation; but when one has some ex-
perience of the waste, the trickery the
Illustration Of excellent designs by some
piece of utter foolishness, one remem-
bers and echoes the oft-reDeated say
ing OF our Russian steamer captain. who
Illuminating as shippers win against the
shore authorities, always ended with
deep sigh ana ~Ah. WELL kOd is high
and the Car IS very far away. I.
Chomley in London Black and White
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until it is said that in recent years it
has come TO rival even Uriu's American
alma mater. il has remained always
very near to his heart, and when he be-
came vice minister of the admiralty he
saw to IL that appropriations were In
creased and the academy launched upon
even wider seas of usefulness.
First Experience in War.
Uriu is now forty-seven years old.
but until his attack and victory at
Chemulpo he had never smelt the
smoke OF powder in actual conflict
with the enemy. During the Chino
japanese war he was naval attache Of
the legation AT Paris. and at different
times since he has been in command OF
the crgisers Matushima and Yashima.
Since his most recent promotion. 10 the
grade of rear admiral. he has been
chief of the bureau OF naval intelii-
gence.
The Uriu family has reason TO he
partial to this country, for both the
admiral and his wife, who was Miss
Nagai, daughter of one of the great
japanese bankers. were educated in the
United States. Madame Uriu is a grad
uate OF Vassar
The victor OF Chemulpo, as he is come
to be called. is the right arm of Togo
He bears TO that great leader some
thing of the same relation that Sheri-
dan did to Grant and Stonewall jack
son TO Lee during the civil war. When
swift action is needed. Uriu viii be CALI
ed for-and he viii respond He is a
leader, and one of the prime favorites
of Young Japan"
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Togo imbibed much OF the spirit and
traditions Of the young officers. with
whom he pursued his studies. To all OF
these he has added the results of thirty
years Of close study of his profession
and the perhaps larger benefits OF expe-
rience in actual war.
When the conflict between Japan and
China was imminent Togo was in COM
mand OF the cruiser Naniwa, OF $3.50
tons, one Of the vessels of the japanese
flying squadron. From the quarterback
of this ship he directed the hiring Of the
shot that actually inaugurated HOSTILE
ties and made his name a familiar one,
wherever newspapers are read. in every
quarter of the globe The act was char
acteristic Of the man.
1t was in 1894 that this incident occur
red. No formal declaration of war had
been made, but both OF the impending
contestants and the powers generally
realized that it was inevitable, and on
both sides strenuous efforts were being
made to have everything in readiness for
the conflict when it came. The fleets
had been assembled and transports al
most without number were busily en-
gagged in assembling troops at strategic
points, where it was thought they would
be most needed.
Sinking of the Kowshing.
The Kowshing. a transport vessel fly
ing the British flag and with a British
captain and crew. was carrying some
l. 100 Chinese soldiers to Asan, when she
was sighted by the Naniwa- The Kow-
shing was directed to heave TO, two
blank cartridges being fired from the
Naniwa to give this order meaning.
Togo sent a lieutenant and boats crew
to the Kowshing. with directions to her
commander that she could not proceed
further. but must accompany the Mani
wa TO the headquarters OF the japanese
fleet.
Captain Galsworthy. of the Kowshing,
was perfectly willing TO obey this order,
but the Chinese soldiers aboard the
transport would not hear of II. Gals
worthy was threatened with death If he
obeyed. while he quite realized that it
would be something very much like
death TO refuse. In a very real sense
he was between the devil and the deep
sea" Togo perceived the agitation that
was in progress and signaled Gal
sworthy to take one of his boats and
bring his officers and crew aboard the
Naniwa, but this the Chinese would not
permit.
For four hours Togo endmed this stu
alton, standing off and doing all that
he could to induce the Chinese to COM
ply peacably. When this time had
elapsed he determined upon more active
measures Of enforcing obedience. One
well-directed shot pierced the engine
room of the Kowshing, letting in a flood
of water, and in a few minutes the YES
sci had keeled and sunk. All the sur
vivors that could be reached were picked
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UP In the boats Of the Naniwa, but
there was still fearful loss of lie.
Saw Much Hard Fighting.
Throughout the war Togo was present
where the naval fighting was hottest.
He participated with his vessel In the
conflicts at Phungodo and Ha;rang,
took part in the bombardment Of Tang
chow, and at Wei Hal Wei saw the final
overthrow and destruction Of the Chi
nese feet. His vessel was struck on
several occasions, but was never so in
jured as TO be put out OF the engage
ment
The experience thus secured gave Togo
the reputation among his countrymen of
being determined and aggressive fight
er, in whom the power of initiative was
strongly developed. His achievements
brought promotion to the rank of rear
admiral and the place Of third in COM
mand Of the japanese heet. Since that
time he has received a new grade.
Content spread over Japan when 1t
became known he was in personal COM
mand Of the attacking squadrons.
''Ah. Togo. japanese in cottages and
tea houses would say; sit was Togo who
TO do"
Events have justified the confidence
thus reposed.
The admiral has a charming and at
tractive family at his home in Tokyo
His wife is the mother OF three boys
and a girl. and two of the former are
being educated TO follow the profession
of their distinguished father.
A Product of Annapolis.
When some American navy officers
heard of the brilliant exploit of Ad-
miral Socokitchi Uriu at the battle OF
Chemulpo they went back in fancy TO
their old days at Annapolis and to a
modest, unassuming Woodworking fell
lOw-student who answered then TO that
name. He lacked the distinguishing rank
to which ne has since attained; he was
but a private in the cadet corps. but
then as now he was a good fellow and a
gallant gentleman.
1t was in 1877 that Uriu came TO the
Academy, a little chap, who seemed
scarcely strong enough to stand out long
against the hardships of the world. He
had spent the preceding year at a pre-
paratOry school at Middletown, Conn,
where his classmates had been inclined
at first TO guy the diminutive Jap and
his queer attempts at what was then
known as the Queens English There
the pigeon English and other peeuliari-
ties had disappeared and the remaining
oddities consisted for the most part OF
a skyness and moo esty somewhat out OF
place in the constitution of a modern
college student in this country.
Uriu was not physically up to the
standard required for participation in
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VUST as lockers on proverbially see
most of the game. perhaps it is
~ possible more easily TO form some
estimate of a national characteristic, OF
at least TO gain some impression of it by
brief sojourn. More particularly will
this be the case where the conditions
are simplest.
Had my acquaintance with Russians
and Russian methods been gained mere
ly from my not very lengthy stay In
Russia itself, IT would have been chaoti-
cally useless, but out in the East In
Port Arthur and Dalny and travelling
through Manchuria and Siberia IL
seemed more possible to get at some idea
of things. The railway is. of course. the
first striking fact, but the more init
mate are ones relations with 1t the
more does one wonder at the amazing
Inconsistencies of the Russian methods.
Fail in Details.
They seem to have the capacity TO
conceive on a generous scale, and then
fail IN the details. but ! remember that
the first express-practically the nrst
passenger-that ran all the 5,V00 miles
from Dalny to Moscow arrived at Mos
COW strictly 10 schedule time after a
fifteen days run.
My own experience was-one tram
from Dalny TO Manchuria, railway
station on the Siberian frontier; a sec
ond from Manchuria to Missovala, the
station on the Pacific side of Lake Bal
kali: sledge across the lake; third train
from the Baikal railway station to
Irkutsk, about four hours; a thirty-siX
I I'll 81 from SATURDAY.
night to Monday morning, and fourth
train for the weeks run from lrkutsk
to Moscow.
It is nothing new to say that the
line is badly laid in parts. and the
amount of peculation and triekery IN
calculable. The Russians would seem to
find it impossible to carry out anything
Loyalty usque and fnem.
For this line. designed TO be interna-
tional. 10 be the quickest and cheapes;
route from the Western Pacific to Eu-
rope. as it undoubtedly would be. and
to attract the passengers from all the
European ports in the Far East, the of
ficials seat out TO Dalny as a special
booking clerk a woman who spoke moth.
ing but her native Russian.
Founded by Gear.
Another instance is TO be found in
the town of Dalny itself Here is 4
town founded by imperial decree; nomi-
nally, of course. IL is built by the Chi
nese Eastern Railways Company. bu,
as that company has its annual deficit
guaranteed by the government at ST
Petersburg, Where it has its headquar-
ters. 1t is practically an imperial under
taking.
The town has been carefully laid out
the architect, NJ. Kasimir Skolimowski.
is an enthusiast. and has embodied in
his plans the result of his study of the
finest European cities.
Enormous sums are being spent on
dredging. retaining. leveling. etc. Fine
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Was Educated in England.

The commander of the Japanese fleet
received his education as naval officer
at the British Naval College. Green
Wich. which he attended as a student
more than thirty years ago. The foun-
dation Of his skill with ships and men,
therefore is the sturdy one that Great
Britain gives the men who are destined
10 carry her nag into foreign lands.
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New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
RUSSIANS CONCENTRATE.
A STAND ON THE SHAKHE.
Fierce ActiOH To-day-T'hs Russian
Losses Enormous.

Although dispatches from both Russian
and Japanese sources yesterday indicated
that the entire Russian army was IN retreat
telegram from MOukden this morning savs
that kuropatkin's troops retain their posi-
tons along the Shakhe River and have taken
siX japanese guns. \ heavy artillery action Is
going on in the open country
The Russian right wing, which on Satur-
day evening was reported 20 BE- falling baca
from point about ten miles south of Mouk-
den, has apparently been drawn TO the east-
ward TO aid the centre and left. Marshal
Oyama reported lull in the lighting on
these two fronts on SATURDAY..
General Kuropatl1in. in a dispatch dated
Saturday, described the desperate actions ar
Shakhe village, which was several times lost
and retaken. Heavy rain, the general said
had added to the suffering OF the troops. bus
the order to maintain a desperate resistance
had not been modified
The Russian dead left on the field IN the
first FIVE days of fighting are estimated BY
the Japanese at ten thousand and IT is ex-
pected that General kuropatkin's total
casualties viii be more than forty thousand
men. Russian dispatches place the losses at
thirty thousand Six thousand fve hundred
Russian bodies have been buried by the
Japanese.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
J. J. VATABLE STOPPED.
Vas on Way in Auto' to Wife, III
at COuntru Home.

Jules J. Natable, we'll known in society. and
q member OF the Racquet Tuxedo and Coney
Island Jockey clubs and the Aldne Association.
while hurrying 10 reach his wife who was Ill
at hts country place at Tuxedo Park. was
STOPPED by the police at one hurdred-and-
eightieth-st- and WashIngton-ave. on Saturday.
The driver, George Beach, OF No. ~ East-ave.
Long Island City. was charged by Bicycle Po-
Hceulan Kiely. OF the fremont station. with
speeding the car at the rate OF eighteen miles
hour he went by One-hundred-and-sev-
enty-ffth-st. and Park-ave. Kiely gave chase.
stopped the automobile ana arrested the driver.
IN the car with Mr.. Vatable and the driver were
two men.
The party went TO the fremont station where
Nj Vatable offered q hundred dollar bill as bail
He told the sergeant he was on his way TO Tux
edo IN a great hurry. his wife was ill there.
He said 1t would be impossible for him 10 have
the driver IN court yesterday. The sergeant
told him that his failure 70 produce the driver
would mean the forfeiture Of the money. but
that II he would see Magistrate Crane at his
house, the magistrate might arrange the matter
that he could save tLe money
Mr.. Vatable. after leaving the station stopped
at the house Of the magistrate. After he ox-
planned the circumstances Magistrate Crane as
sured him that he would adjourn the case when
Il was called. and that he need not worry about
the money
When the case called before Magistrate
Crane In the Morisania court yesterday. the
magistrate told KieIy that the case was ad-
1ourned until next Wednesday at a. n
Mr.. Vatable said last night az his country
home at Tuxedo that while he desired 10 reach
there on Saturday as quickly as possible on ac-
count Of his wife's illness his driver was nor
running the car faster than ten or eleven miles
an hour. An automobile ahead OF him was run
ming about eighteen miles an hour. and the
police unable 20 catch II. he thought, stopped
him instead. He added that Mrs. Vatable was
not seriously III, ard that he had told the
police sergeant that she was about 70 undergo
ar operation. was reported
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
TELLS or OPIUM DREAMS
Wan Who Tried Suicide Describes
First Effect of Poison.

A man who said he James r. Jones' OF
Marshall. Fauquier County Va. was arralgned
before Magistrate Mayo in the Jefferson Market
police court yesterday and held in $500 bail for
examination tomorrow on a charge Of attempt
ing suicide Policeman Bernard found Jones on
q bench in Madison Square Park at 3 a m Sat
urday Near the bench bottle containing
a few drops of opium poison Bernard called
an ambulance from Sew-York Hospital and
after doctors had worked over Jones for hve
hours he recovered.
Jones had in his pocket the following lines:
One more unfortunate. weary OF breath
Rashly importunate, gone TO his death.
Alas FOR the rarity OF Christian charity under
oh. II was pitiful-nigh whole city fuu. home
he had none
TO this was signed y. R. Jones. Hartford
Conn"
on the back OF the paper was written:
Although I couldn't get job, for Gods sake
Ne7g-Yorkers. give me a decent burial
Jones told the magistrate that ne lost his en-
ploymeut a teacher in Hartford. and walked
20 this city de was unable 10 get work.
Friday night / went to Madison Square Park
20 think IL all over carefully, and 1 finally con-
cluded life was not worth the living he said.
Il attempted suicide"
He said that the way ne tried 10 end his life
was = pleasant one. There was no taste 10 the
poison AID as soon Il takSl II put one
20 sleep. TIE hsst esects we're strafsse cceaFrs
relating 20 and stretching over the entire life
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
GIFES LIFE FOR BAIL.
Boz Gets 1t, but Is Crushed bY
Barge.

Bernard Cleary. dfteer years old. OF No. %
nine, known as the Sixteenth Streeters." which
was playing a match with = rival nine yester-
day In an open space at Nineteenth-st near
the river. "grounder" went through the boy
who playing nearest the pier and the ball
rolled into the water. The boys could see 1t
bobbins up and down. and Cleary thought
nothing Of stripping or his clothes and pIung-
ing in after IL.
He recovered the ball and attempted 10 Dull
himself up the stringpiece across the piles
under the rier Outside of him lay the brick
barge Rosa. The tide. at the ebb swung the
boat in toward the pier. and the guard rail Of
the barge pinned the boys head against the
stringpeoe. A few seconds later the boat
swung back on it's cable and the boys body
dropped into the water.
Michael MeCann, thirteen years old Lester
Murphy. seventeen years old. OF No 500 East
Fifteenth-st.; Policeman Morris. of the East
Twenty-second-st. station and Detective Ser
geant Sullivan attempted 10 rescue the boy
but all their attempts were futile some Of the
boys ran TO Cleary's home and told his mother
Almost bereft OF reason. she hurried 10 the pier.
and was with difficulty prevented from throw
ing herself into the water
CIeary last June jumped from the recreation
pier at East Tventy-fourth-st ana rescued two
girls who had fallen into the water. For this
he received a medal from the Humane Society.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-17
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Man AND WOMAN SHOT.
Gas Turned On-Coroner Abandons
Double Murder TheOry.

Charles Pfefferman. thirtv-Ave wears old q
fruit commission merchant and a woman known
as Mrs Olga PfeTerman and Miss Cora Kiplfng.
found dead in PfeTerInan's apartments
al No. f03 East Seveuty-eighth-st. YESTERDAY
Both had been shot Four .,as lets had baan
turned on in the apartrne,ts Ever, ..,-,.,,,,,
stance points 70 the killing ~ tho ,ror,., b.
Pfefermau followed by his suicide or a death
pact between them Coroner Jackson had a
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Charles Stewart tenant of The anar+r,a,,t Al -
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F1@''S4'4'H Satul"ts htshe-
The body ~ the woman was I'm bedroom.
She had been shot through the rfrbr ta,,rla
r,r s.- -
''-"' iI'e''' "''7 ~ fii"l4'' room WIN puliet
wound In the right temple and right side 4
revolver Law at his left side Towels had baar
1afd along 49,. .-,,.l,- f.. .t, ..,. ...
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'.'' 't '' '''s go = '3' was found
dead in tbe kit hen. No eue jff hotIse hoard
shots
'-' va t't' h '' "'f % i-etLctli-a 'etierheads
was found the address John onEtord No 2uT
East F0urteerth-s Coroner Jackson sent De-
rac-f,a M3f-,,fra IN cot f,-f,r,-f nh, nee %. t,
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nome. ne aa'f ne had received word that the
girl dead. He told the coroner that the
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