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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-21
OF THE SECOND
WEE~K

Mukden, Oct. II, $40 p.m.-Throush-
|out the whole OF Mukden there can
be distinctly heard cannonading in the
south, which is raging more fiercely
than previous days of the fight, which
lis now entering on the second week.
The d-esperateness of the battle, esce-
lcially near Shakhe, has not been equal
led since the war begun. The ferocity
lof the fighting has driven out Of the
minds of the soldiers all thoughts Of
personal safety, and the troops, living
in an atmosphere of sudden death,
have lost all thought save to conquer.
losses on both sides have been
enormous. but this is forgotten in tile
lcrowding of the dreadful events upon
leach other. The fighting still conttn-
ueS without intermission.
The wounded from the fight at Tumin
pass state that some positions were
under fire by both sides and tina il
was impossible TO emo the wounded.
1t Is alleged that japanese searching
.iparties, working at night. hailed the
iwounded. and whenever reply was
imade In Russian, bayonetted the SUI
i~farers.
lBoTH ARMIES OCCUPY THE SANE
yILAGES@
! HurH Dxxcor ~ UnfSn~z ~
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NEWS FPOM THE FRONT.

st, Petersburg. October Is. 3:15 a.
lm.-The news from the front tonight
lis more reassuring, from the Russian
standpoint. The situation is still re-
Igarded as being critical. but General
IKuropatkin is apparently holding the
Japanese firmly OF his center and
fright wing, even having r~ecrossed the
IShakhe river; and while there are
rumor of an japanese
thanking movement both on the east
land on the west, there is no evidence
THAT they are actually occurring.
General kuropatkin's left wing has
lbeen heard from. The Associated
Press has the first connected account
lof the four days fight in front of Tu-
min n Saitchoun passes, resulting
lin the final withdrawal of the strong
Russian column which had been sent
Ito u the japanese though General
lMistchenkO seems to have actually
penetrated a considerable distance in
side the Japanese line. The eport
lof the operations of the Russian left
living is still three days old and since
that time no news has been received
from this column. The situation at this
date may be described as follows:
General Kuropatkin has slightly add
lvanced his centre, re-occupying Shak-
he, south Of the Shakhe river. Direct
lily behind him at a distance of line
tIlilCS, liSS liiS IuH v dlIO dSIOSS IL
bridges spanning this stream, the Rus
!sians must retire in case they retreat
ON Mukden. General Kuropatkin must
l%continue to firmly hold his centre and
fright flank in order to prevent the Jap
anese getting possession of the Hun
river bridges. Thus he will cover the
Withdrawal Of his apparently beaten
west wing.
There is still considerable uncertain
lty as to the disposition of this left col
umn. Certainly it has not returned to
lMukden. Whether it is again advanc-
ing after its first withdrawal is not
known.
1t is no longer a question of a Rus
sian Sedan; though all hope of relisv-
ling Port Arthur must apparently be
abandoned. Little hope is expressed
that Kuropatkin will be able to con-
tinue to advance. The four days fight
iof the eastern column was Of the sane
desperate character that marked the
Operations of the centre and right
wing. A heavy Russian column I'M
der such leaders as Ivanoff, Rennen-
kampf and Kondratovitch REPEATEDLY
ASSAULTED strongly entrenched japanese
positions on heights commanding the
passes. The assaults were largely
might work. The cannonade was SO
furious that it was impossible to adj
vance in the light Of day. Finally on
IOctober 13, when the passes had been
actually occupied, came the order to
WITHDRAW, probably owing to a criti-
lcal condition of the other parts Of the
front. Here the story Of the opera
Itions of the eastern wing of the Rus
lsia narmy ends.
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A Fight on Disorderiy Houses I'm Raj.
Especial to The Messenger.o

tcpSclAl 10 Ihe AeSstnSefD
Raleigh. ~. c.. Oct. 17.-Af the Bap-
fist Tabernacle here a sensation was
sprung in a meeting for Men oniv
which was held today and vas largely
attended. Addresses were made oy
Pastor Massee. ~. b. B~roughton and
others upon disorderiy houses mere.
which they stated were numerous and
bold. They further stated that they
had a list Of forty f~requenters OF such
places, OF whom many are Haarrte1
men. The disclosure a caused a
great stir. Demand was made oy some
speakers for a reformation OF the city
government to stop such.
Grand Secretary Drewry Of Grand
Lodge OF Nasons says new lodges nave
been formed at Hamlet and Boadmdn-
President George T. Winston, OF the
Agricultural and Mechanical college
viii tomorrow. n the absence OF Gov
ernor Aycock, formally open the STATE
A&2@M{<Z#
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at The Front is
Still Regarded as
Critical.
ON Shake RIVER

News from the Front Is More Reassur-
Ing to the Observation-Disclosures Is
Holding the japanese on His Center
and Right Wing and He Has Re.
crossed the Shake River-SeveraI
japanese Guns Have Been Captured
by the Russians and Lone Tree Hill
Has Been acknowledgements
of IN Battle Shows No Signs of Di-
minfshing.
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Result Of Federal hives
tigatiOn of the Slo-
cum Disaster.
THE PRESIDENT

Removes Three Steamboat Inspectors
for Laxity and Neglect-Oficers and
Crew of the Slocum are Held Re-
sponsible and the Moral Guilt is
Placed Cpon the Owners-Sweep-
ing Reforms are Urged for the In
spectiOn Service-lPresident RoOse-
welt Reviews the Report and Makes
Comments On 1t.
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JAPANESE ADVANCE CONTINUES.

Toxic, Oct. II, Noon,-It is reported
from reliable private sources, that the
japanese are continuing their advance
and that they have Cccuoied addi-
tiOnal positiCnC- south of the Shakhe
river. The left army occupied Wufu-
kiatun yesterday, dislodging four Or
five batts1ior5 of Russian infantry and
several batteries Of artillery end
crushingly REFUSING a subsequent
attack. Artillery from the
|center and infantry from ne I-ft army
are h~arrassing the Russian retreat.
General Oku has attacked the main
strength of the Russian right, based
at Chen Pass and ~ChuangtOu, and is
now operating to block the Russian re-
treat along the railroad.
Official confirmation Of the above is
not obtainable.
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iMukden. Oct. l.. 5:45 D Mon SAtur-
ldcy at midnight, the yalikousk reg
Imsnt moved out of Its position Forth
iof Shakhe to capture the village OF
sonts. clearing cut the japanese at the
lquietiy n then charged with the bay
Ionet. clearing out the japanese at the
IsouLh end of the village.
| But at the other elI1 sAooG \ Bud
hist temple wai-h The japanese h7i
into n $or.rasa. They dug >
deep trench around its stone walls and
surrounded them with wi.e sEiangle-
Imsnts. making il impossible TO storm
1.-THE temple. Sc the Russians brought
IUp artillery under ~ n dark
mess and tried TO reach the walls az
la distance cf 500 pacSs, but b she:ls
lproved ineffective ard unfortunately
mot all he cor.S were provided with
lfield mortars with which they c1ud
have quickly cow erfed the temple Into
ruins. there fore the Russians wer=
lforced TO leave the japanese in posses
SION OF he temple and turing the
whole OF yesterday the Russians held
lone half OF the village and the Japan-
lese the other half. a pool Of wates m
the village square separated the COM
lbatants. forming a sort Of neutral
lake. The Russian and Jarunese SOL
ldiers occupied neighboring huts and
tkIOii AiS CiA VI bHt So4 Ait<At ~
OF the Chinese court yards they hurled
abuse and jokes at each h to tbs
Accompaniment OF occasional rife bull
lets when any one was rash enough to
|shcw his head.
The village OF Lamontang Uamu-
|tingO on the south side OF the Shakhe
river and slightly east OF the railroad,
was also simultaneously occupied by
Russians and Japanese.
D ~slo-l a., tA1 l1 Ia..
sian offensive operations were crowned
with success and the Russian right
moved forward TO the village
OF Wuchang, which was carried
by a brilliant assault against d.ter'nin-
ed resistance. the japanese finally
abandoning il With heavy los.
At 3 o'clock the Russians occupied
the village of Chenlianpu, which les
almost parallel with L%inchinpu, On the
north side of the Shakhe river ard 10
the westward Of where il bends south.
This concluded the fighting at Shakhe
river sunday.
1t is expected that night attacks viii
follow today and tomorrow.
Owing TO he capture Of ChenlianDu
by the Russians the japanese viii
be compelled to finally evacuate LIN
chinpu, which is Of the greatest impor-
lance to the Russians as its possession
W4ii eHdoie tHem ~ roA UP tie japan
csc left and go TO the help Of the Rus
sian centre by enfilading the japanese
flank.
M weather today was warm and
clear, but it grew suddenly cod his
.|evening.
Let the japanese freeze exclaimed
the Russians. stamping on the cod
|ground in the trenches to keep them
selves warm.
The fighting ceased entirely at night
fall. Everything was wrapped in dark
mess and under a black, s~tarless sky
the Russian soldiers brought up their
supplies from the field kitchens to the
trenches, while over the Japanese po-
|sition lowered great fiocks of carbon
crows.
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"a GUNS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED
BY THE JAPS.

Toxic, Oct. IL, Noon-It is reported
that Major Takashima's battalion cap
ltured fourteen guns at Sanchiatzu on
October Is. This makes a total Of 3.
Iguns captured by Genera Nodzu's
.lcenter army since October 18th.
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RUSSIAN MOVE SUCCESSFUL.

Nukden. October IL, 6:51 p. M
Yesterday the Russians were not only
successful on their right but carried
out some brilliant movements on the
left where they assumed an energetic
offensive against the Japanese posi-
ton at Soukhetung, southeast OF Hun
pass. SoukhetIng Is on the high
road which runs 10 Bentsiaputze. join
ing the Mandarin road, where the Hun
river intersects it. IL Is n mile north
of Hun pass ard is five miles north
Of Shakhe. The Petrovskiy, Neuch-
let and W~ilminstrand regiments
stormed the japanese trenches at
Soukhetung and carried them after
desperate resistance. capturing ten
guns. The japanese losses We're
enormous
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RUSSIANS RECAPTURE LONE
TREE HILL

st. Petersburg. October 17.-Gen-
leral Sakaharror telegraphs that the
Russians yesterday recaptured Lone
Tree Fill. south of Shakhe and cap
ltured eleven japanese uns and one
lquick fire gun.
| o rec Hill is situated near
lShakhe. about three miles east OF the
railroad. The Shakhe river runs round
Iits ase The japanese seized the hin
iduring the night of October Is, over
the tive Russian regiments
(which previously were I'm possession
iof ii. Russian reinforcements were
hurried I'd and early the following
morning opened a sustained artillery
fire. Subsequently the Russian infan-
TRY stormed the hill Int farce fight
ling at close quarters followed. Num-
Ibers OF japanese were bayoneted in
1.-THE trenches and ultimately the de-
TENDERS were driven out after several
hours of fighting. The losses were
heavy
Reporting the details OF the fight at
lone Tree Hill. General Sakharoff
Iadds.
The fighting die not cease uE.til
this morning. The japanese defend
led the hfn with great stubborrnesz
tand accepted bayonet attack. IN
IMAM mans = them n<EfGho6 On
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LONE TREE HILL AN IMPORTANT
POSITION.

-
LONE TREE HILL AN IMPORTANT
POSITION.
81. Petersburg. October Il. SKA n
mL-The corps OF Generals Neyen-
dorf and Zaroubaieff bore the brunt
Of the fighting of Saturday and sun
day ut the Russian center.
A high officer of the general star
Informed The Associated Press hat
the Russians still hold Fengtiapu. a
mile northeast OF the point where the
Observation-Disclosures road crosses the
Shakhe river and they are holding
command Of tho from BentSia-
putzc to Fushun.
The officers declare hat there VAS
nothing EXCEPT diminishing on the
Russian right and left wings through
out October Is. The fighting which
began yesterday was concluded at s
o'clock this morning with h capture
OF Lone Tree Hill. the Importance of
which. 10 Is explained. Is u TO the
fact that the Japanese therefrom were
able to pour enfilading fire upon the
Russians posted east and west along
the Shakhe river. The japanese fully
appreciated Its value promptly mount
ing heavy guns upon the hill. OF which
the Russians captured twelve. The
others were removed. The possession
OF Lone Tree Hill will enable
the Russians in turn to snniade the
Japanese trenches right and lea OF
the hill. An effort on the part of The
Japanese TO re-capture the hill - ex-
pected, as reinforcements r seen
moving from the other side OF the
railroad ~ostensibly for this purpose.
II is not improbable that the Japanese
will require some time to dispose their
troops and concentrate for the at
tack.
The war Office Is keenly watching
for any evidence OF a wide thanking
movement from the east with the OBJ
ject Of compelling K~uropatkin to with
draw towards Mukden. but as yet
there Is no sign OF il.
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RUSSIAN ATTACKS REFUSED.

Toxic, Oct. IL, ? p. m.-The Russians
.ferceiy assailed General Oku's left col
'umn yesterday and made six counter
attacks, all Of which were successfully
'repulSed.
At sunset when the last telegram was
from the field the Russians were
advancing for a seventh attack.
Field Marshal Oyama reports that
the Russian losses in these attacks
were heavy. The report say
1.-THE enemy's dead left on the Gei l
in the direction OF our army on Octc-
Der 10 increases the total to about four
Many lead remain in front
of the left army but they are too nem>
,erous to count quickly"
A report dealing with the Russian at
on Sienchuang (Sianchan?) i'm the
to reach the japanese communi-
cations to the Yalu river was received
last night. 1t a y the Russians re-
and were defeated at Sienchu-
'ang
An official estimate prepared at I'M
|perial headquarters places the Russian
force engaged in the battle OF the
Shakhe river at 200, 900 infantry AMI
|2S.o 600 cavalry with $50 guns.
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troops fought valiantiy. The loes>s
have not yet been asccrtafned.
A the present moment. 5 o'clock
this morning. q desultory cannonadc
Is proceeding along the yyhoIe ns -
position. The troops are very ssra1
but they are IN splendid sp.rits"
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st. Petersburg. October 17.-Gen-
|eral Sastaharof reports that q can
|nonade was ~re-opened along the
whole front this morning.
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n = u ~ IN
gree the pilots, in the same manner,
after bleaching the boat, and while there
We're still many passengers on boarc,
failed in their duty to assist and rescue
the said passengers"
The commission expresses the 7opin-
ion that the men in the pilot house had
knowledge of the fire in time to have
beached the vessel either in Little He'll
Gate, to the westward Of the Sunken
Meadows. or In the Bronx Hills, to the
eastward of the Sunken Meadows, IN
stead, as the commission states, OF pur-
suing a course which drove the flames
aft and delayed Bleaching longer than
necessary.
The commission sharply criticses the
fire-fighting apparatus, saying:
There is a strong probability that
the fire would have been controlled had
the fire hose been of required statutory
strength" Many Of the life preservers,
it is stated, We're bad, and further that
only a small percentage Of the passen-
gers used them. THE inefficiency OF
and poor quality of the deck crew or
the vessel is doubtless typical of the
| majority of the crews OF the excursion
steamers says the epo land IS one
of the essential facts that caused the
loss of SO many lives, and While 1t is
| true tha it is the business Of the steam-
boat inspection service to see that prop
| er safety appliances as required by
law are provided, this by no means
relieves the owners from a similar
legal and moral obligation, nor from the
| liability for the maintenance OF proper
| crew discipline. The commission is OF
| the opinion hat the owners OF the
| steamboat are c~ensurable and bear the
moral responsibility for the awful re-
suits of this disaster"
RECOMMENDS REORGANIZATION.
The commission made an inyestiga-
The San Francisco call., 1904-04-19
which the carmen asked that Colonel
Coolidge be reprimanded.
PETITION OF CARMEN.
The petition is as follows:
SAN FRANCIsCO.

SAN FRANCISCO. April II. 1904
Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United
States the White House Washington. D. C
Dear Sir: Division No. 2O5. Analgamated
Association of Street and Electric Railway
Employees OF America. desire to direct your
personal attention to the following facts:
The United Railroads Of san Francisco is a
corporation Capitalized and bonded for over
SAC. 600, ,OOO) which operates the streetcsr sys-
The relations between that corporation and
Division No. 205. A. A. S. and E. R. E. of A
(the Street Carmens Union) at the present
time are somewhat strained for the reason
that the union and the United Railroads have
thus far failed TO arrange working agree
although negotiations and conferences on this
question have been in progress during the last
Although the union has repeatedly declared
that 1t desires to avoid an open rupture in
its relations with the United Railroads. the
latter has for some time been engaging men
in this and other cities under contract TO
operate it's cars in the event of a strike being
declared by this union. In carrying out this
policy the company has taken a step which.
we believe is unprecedented and, we respect
fully suggest, merits your disapproval.
We refer to the fact that the United Rail-
roads has an arrangement with Colonel Charles
Austin Coolidge U. s. A. (retired). formerly
of the Seventh Infantry under which this Off
Ger OF the government is recrtlting prospective
strike breakers among discharged soldiers of
the regular army at the. Presidio in this city.
This fact is well known at the Preside and
we have thoroughly satisfied ourselves that we
not in error in asserting 1t to be fact
We do not believe that such conduct is in
harmony with the principles that supposed
to govern the actions of officer of the
United States army and your attention is in
this manner directed to the conduct of Colonel
Coolidge in the belief that you will not suffer
II to continue Very respectfully yours.
AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF STREET
AND ELECTRIC RAILWAY EMPLOYEES
OF AMERICA. DIVISION NO; 2o5.
BY r. CORNELIUS President.
Attest: J. H BOWLING. Secretary.
The officials of the United Railroads
last night refused to discuss the situ-
alton, except to state that the company
had not altered its stand. and that
there was no chance of it's doing so.
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MAHON FEARFUL
OF The FUTURE
President of the Interna-
tional Union Says That He
Sees Dark Days Ahead
60

In the maelstrom of events that have
held the United Railroads and the
Carmen's Union, the United States
army has appeared. Officials of the
union assert that they have discovered
plot whereby a prominent retired
officer has lent his assistance in the
hiring of men to take the places of
union men, should strike occur. In
order to Illustrate this alleged plan,
the Garments Union has issued an ap-
peal to President Roosevelt, in which
it asks that Colonel Charles Austin
Coolidge be censured, owing, they claim
to his having been active in assisting
the United Railroads.
A rather gloomy aspect was placed
on the position of the carmen by the
declaration made last evening to a
Call representative by President Ma
hon of thu International Union. Mr..
Mahon stfted that the conference of
yesterday had had little effect on the
situation so far as the carmen were
concerned. and that he considered that
the outlook was much less favorable
than it was Saturday.
After our conference to-day" said
Mr.. Mahon, 1--WE were inclined to the
opinion that nothing but some favor
able revelation to the railroad people
would bring them to understand the
justice of our claims"
Then you consider the situation as
foreboding?" was asked.
SITUATION is BLACK.
II look upon the situation as very
black" replied Mr.. Mahon. I'm fact it
is much worse than it was last Satur-
day. While the company has granted
us further conference for Tuesday,
we have little hope of gaining anything
thereby"
"Then you think there will be a
striker" was the next question"
"As to that 1 cannot venture an
opinion replied the national presi-
dent
The conference, which had been con-
tinued from Saturday. began shortly
after o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Representing the union side were
President Mahon of the international
Union and President Cornelius and
Secretary Bowling of the local organi-
zation. For the company President Hol-
land, Vice President Holbrook and Di-
rector Tobin, with David Young, who
appeared in the interests of Brown
Bros, were in attendance.
The conference lasted nearly three
hours, during which time Mr.. Mahon
argued the case of the carmen, stating
also that their greatest desire was to
avert any overt action on either side.
Mr.. Mahon also called attention to the
petition sent to President Roosevelt. In
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HACKMEN's FIGHT STILL ON.
Both Sides See Victory in Sight and
Refuse to Yield


There were no new developments in
the hackmen's strike yesterday. Both
sides claim they can see victory in
sight and declare they are IN the fight
to stay and will not give in.
The hackmen declare that no matter
how long the strike may hold out they
will always be ready to accommodate
funeral parties.
The Bookbinders' Union has present
ed to the bosses a new schedule, in
which is embodied q condition that a
cut of half an hour a day shall be al
lowed members, the rule to take effect
on July Is next.
Three photograph galleries have
made application to join the central
body, and 1t is said that the galleries
of Alameda County are being unionized
rapidly.
The Elevator Operators Union will
entertain it's numerous friends in a
dance and social entertainment next
Saturday evening in Golden Gate Hall.
The union appointed the following COM
mittee to take charge of the event:
D. Richardson, A. E. Fields, ]. A. Fon-
tanel, E. b. Ring and III. Dibben.
The Car and Furniture Workers
Union has decided to affiliate with. the
Amalgamated Woodworkers' Union.
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In the land fraud case yesterday
Henry p. Dimond succeeded. with
aid from Government counsel. in
inducing Commissioner Heacock 10
reverse himself and permit the intro
duction Of the correspondence that
passed between Dimond and his CO.
defendant and former client. Fred A.
Hyde. Letter after letter was put in
evidence tending 70 show that when
Dimond became Hyde's attorney he had
no knowledge Of Hyde's methods in
acquiring the California and Oregon
school lands afterward transferred to
the Government: that when he found
the Interior Department investigating
these methods he advised his client to
take the only possible means Of estab-
fishing their legality. and that when
this advice was rejected he withdrew
from connection with the land specu-
lstor.
This may or may not clear Dimond-
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stock certificates and seal presses at short
notice. Edw. S. Knowles. "a Second St