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NO. 35. THE JAPS ENTER 1. 1 AO YANG Russian Headquarters m Manchuria Occupied After Desperate Fighting MOOE IN REAR FORCED A RETREAT Kurokl Having Thrown a Strong Force Across the Taitee River Twenty Miles Above the City, Kuropatkln decided to Concen-1 .trate Hi3 Whole Army on the Further Side, Abandoning Liao' Yang. Thursdays news from t h? Heat of war closed ith the rcccipt of two dis pa c os giving Information of a most ? ' gniflcant character as bearing on the domination of Muwhuna at the do^o nf -- I'. , if campaign. l|io li:st IV, mo from the Associate 1 Press correspondent at St. Petersburg, Jlled there at 10: ! C and said that Ooncral Kuropatkln had withdrawn Ills wjiolo army to the right bank of the a ts< live] fo a 3 to moot General Kuroki's flunking movement. Tho in ference from this d^pat -h was that po ^ ang had 'noon evacuated, that tity 1> ing on the left bank of tho river. Nothing to confirm this was received until several hours l iter, when a dis patch from the Associated Press oor lespon'lcnt at SI. Petersburg dated Sep tember i, and timed at 1 : 20 Friday lnornin-r, said; "The news of the cvacur;iion of Liao Yang and tho with drawal of the Russian army to tho right hank of tho. Tnltse river" had caused intense excitement and disap poiP'.ment. I he same dispatch points out with notable lack of comment that tho Jap nneso took advantage of Genera! Kuro patKui s withdrawal to occupy tiie city ?f L?ao Yang. . The second dispatch, which may have n siKiiificnnt bCtiring on tho fJimpciign is that filed at Mukden at 92 7 p m' Thursday, stating that the train ser vice between Mukden and Liao Yang was interrupted. This may mean tho cutting of railroad communication, ?which would deprive General Kuropat kln of an opportunity to retreat to his iroro northern base at Mukden. As P^iMod out in the St. Petersburg dis wi'li, the Mukden correspondent does rot Mention wlietlier telegraphic com munications are open. S. Petersburg, Uy Cable.? The news of the evacuation of Liao Yang and the withdrawal of the Russian army to tfie right bank of the Taitso river, reached only a small section of the people of St. Petersburg at a late hour, and caused intense excitement and disap pointment. The majority of the in habitants .retired to rest believing that the Hussiin arms had again been suc cessful ani| that the Japanese attacks had been ? repelled. Ugly suspicions, however, bad been rife during tho day, owiiig to tho absence of press telegrams frojh Liao Yang, leading to the belief that the communications had been cut by General Kuroki. The following statement was obtain ed by the Associated Press from tho "War Office at 10 o'clock Thursday night. "General Kuroki's army crossed in force to tho right bank of tho Taitfie river, and it therefore became neces sary for tho Russia ua to be in a posi tion to repel a blow in this direction. "In view of this development in the operations, General Kuropatkln decided to abandon his positions on the loft bank and to concentrate his whole army on the other side of the river. This position is the strongest both in charactf-r and in site. The great issue will be finally decided there. MOTIVE FOR WITHDRAWAL. "Uy withdrawing to this position tho Russian army avoids t be danger of bo- | lng divided by tho river, and enjoys the advantages of compactness. "General Kuropatkin's move, ther<?- j fore, is not to be considered as a re- ! treat, hut rather as tho carrying out of] a well defined Idea. Dr. Herran Dead. I New York, Special. ? Dr. Thomas I Herran. who represented Colombia at J Washington for several years, up to ' the time of the Panama incident, ; died Wednesday at Liberty, New York. 1ft* had been ill for somo time ; and wont to Liberty In tho hope that 1 a sojourn there would aid in the re storation of his health. V j Large Packing Plant Burned. Baltimore, Kpecial. ? The largo pack- i ing plant of Street & Coekran, in this ; city, was totally destroyed by fire, the loss bolng estimated at $125,000. The buildings, a large stock of meats r.nd 180 live hoge, were entirely ronsimed. So quickly did tho fire sj>read that ol- i though efforts were made to save tho animals. none could be gotcn out. . It wa 8 only with the greatest effort that thG Are department was able to snve i -<he adjacent buildings from destruc tion. Several firemen received injuries, norfe serious. Tho fire was caused by the exposition of ammonia tanks. ? - ? . 300 FamiHea Homeless. St. John3. N. F., apecinl. ? Fore*t have destroyed tho hamlet, of little Bay and 200 families aro homo Mm. Two men have been drowned - The steamer Prospero has embarked , the woman and children.' The* men are fighting the flamee in an effort J to prvrmt the destructive fee* from eoTtrini a wider area. The govern MSt Iding food, shelter and ?? ,fc The withdrawal of the Russians tc the right bank involved the abandon iin'iit, of Llao Yang, which Is situated on the left bank. The Japanese took advantage of this to occupy the city, but the sternest part of the fighting is still before them unless General Ku ropatkln decides at the last hour tc again fall back, to the northward. It Is more likely, however, that he will decide to light to a finish. The cards are all in his favor, it is believed, now that he has the Japanese divided by the river, thus effctually turning the J tables upon his foe. "The determined pursuit by the Jap anese of the Russian outposts when i General Kuropatkln gave the first order to withdraw, was probably due to their anxiety to keep the Russians south of l.iao Vang until Central Kuropatkln should be able to strike from the north cast. General Kuropatkln, however, saw the trap and cleverly avoided it." I'p to the hour of filing this dispatch the War Office has not given out the details of the fighting of September I, but It is believed that this fighting cx cecded In fierceness that of any pre vious day. CENSORS WITHHELD NKWS. The absence of press telegrams from l.iao Yang on September I aroused suspicion that changes of Importance were proceeding which the military censors did not wish to be made known. A telegram from the Associated l'ress correspondent at Mukden, filed at 'J: 27 on the evening of 'September l, states that fhe train jjervlee be tween Mukden and Llao Yang has been interrupted, but the dispatch does not mention whether telegraphic commu nication are open. According to a dispatch from Liac Yang, General Kurokl made bis first attempt 'o cross the Taitse river late in the evening under cover of a heavy bombardment of tho extreme Russian left. The Japanese artillery, wliieli had been firing uninterruptedly for 11 hours that day, ceased about 9 o'clock and then suddenly re-opened about. 1 1 o'clock to conceal Kurokl's prepara tions for crossing tho river. These preparations necessitated the estab lishment of a pontoon bridge, ns tho river was not fordable lower down the stream. JAPS CROSSED 20 MILES ABOVE The efforts of the Japanese to cross the liver on August 30, were not sue cessful, and General Kurokl ordered a portion of tho army to ford It at Sakankankwantun. General Kuropat kln was unable to prevent the passage of tho river, owing to the distance from Liao Yang, about 20 miles, but for the same reason the Japanese wore unable to bring the X^fces which gained the right bank lnHRdlately into action. Kuropatkln heard of the passage at Sakankankwantun after G o'clock on the evening of August 31, and immedi ately gave orders for "his men to fall back upon tho outer positions. This movo Is explained by the deslro to col lect a strong force with which to re pel the flanking attack. General Sakharoff, In a dispatch tc the general staff dated today on yes terday's fighting says: "A portion of General Kurokl's force has crossed to the right bank of the Taitse river and Sakankankwantun. A division of Infantry with cavalry and artillery crossed first and covered the advance of anothor detachment. Aftei fording the river the Japanese ad vanced towards Llao Yang In two bodies, ono due west and tho other by the way of the Yontai mines. BOTH SIDES LOSE HEAVILY. The Japanese left a number of dead After each bayonet engagement oui tioops found time to dig pits in the fields of Chinese corn in front of some of our positions. Theso, In some cases were completely filled with Japanese corpses. .. Tho enemy's losses must have been enormous. Ours have not yet beon even approximately comput ed. but they are a'.so large. A consid erable number of Japanese arms fell Into our hands. . "The night pased quietly. Up to 6 o'clock this morning there has been no movement on either side. "General Kurokl is constructing a pontoon bridge."' Fight Was a Draw. Philadelphia, Special. ? Frnkie Neil, of San Francisco, the bantam weight champion, and Tommy Murphy, of New York, went six rounds to a draw at the National Athletic Club. It was a terrific fight from beginning to end. and both men received some hard pun ishment. Neil, however, had slightly the better of the bout. Fears German Invasion. Cape Town Hy Oablo. ? Official in formation from British Central Afri ca says that the Congo Free State Is constructing concealed forts of con siderable magnitude on the western shoro of Lake Tanganyika, and that one of these forts, which is equipped with 20 guns, is within two hours of the German frontier. It. Is believed that the Holglans apprehend a German invasion. A numhet- of natives who are German subjects have been ex pelled from the Congo Free State. H is understood that negotiations re garding tiie matter arc now proceed ing between Berlin and Brussols. A Dynamite Exploded. Blfflilngham, Ala.. Spocial.? Dyna mise was exp oded under the house of ' a negro preacher at AdamnvITIe, near the coal mines operated by the Tut wller Coal & Iron Company, Monday | but no one wan seriously hurt. Part of the 1iou?e~*RiI~d?Iinoll?hed. The neg/o ? preacher la Mid to hav* preaohed a t sermon Sunday night adrtolnf Tilt SECOND DAY'S FIGHTING Graphic Description of Conflict H?< twccn l.arice f orces. Liao Vang, Hy Cable.? -The second day's battle commenced at dawn. The Russians made repeated bayonet ad vances on the road directly south of J/iao Vang where the Japanese ap proached from Sanciualship and Tao, shelling the position in the Russian lines n lit i 1 4 in the afternoon, when the jiuxafc?*tri cut, which was general throughout the south and southeast, narrowed to the main line. The Japa nese advance on the southeast was by way of the Feng- Wang-Cheng road. Immediately in front of Chiaofantun the Japanese stubbornly, attempted to occupy a round-topped hill, which was literally shaved by Russian shells, making repeated attempts the entire day where apparently H was impossible for anything to live. The cannonading continued from litis point to the vicin ity of Wangpaotai until this evening, without apparent advantage to either t-iu?\ 'i in; Japum-sc* dioppeci Hindis with in two or three miles of the railroad station and in the plain of VVentshu Mountain, which is the most important eminence around Llao Vang, but the Japanese abandoned aggression there on account of the reistance they met. There was cannon fire last night, and this is expected nightly. The varied ? asualities here included oi^o Hussiali war correspondent wounded aJid also P}; jnnwo u'nuiofi f rniii 'I'll** day's developments show that the Rus sians are prepared for all emergencies. Siow rain began to fall at noon, grad ually transforming the plain into a wil ticnuss through which the wounded, in rarts and walking, are tonight mak ing their way to the hospitals. Con sidering the scale of the day's opera tions, the number of Russian wounded is apparently small, while the Japanese losses are believed to be great, espe cially where they were repulsed on the aouth road. Chinese graves with trees nre being levelled about Liao Vang in order not to interfere with thn defence. Developments are expected west and northeast. The Japanese are using balloons to locate the Russian guns. One of tlio Russian correspondents of the Asso ciated Press points out that the Japa nese sent up a balloon shortly after daylight to the southeast of Liao Yang. The Japanese are reported to be us ing mortars to drop shells in tile Rus sian positions. These arc probably tlio high-angle-flre howitzers which wero reported in action earlier in the week, it Is said, however, that the Japanese are no longer enjoying the superiority in artillery, which stood them in such good stead In the earlier months of tlio war. It was then hill fighting, and tho Japanese mountain batteries, in which arms the Russians were deficient, told with deadly effect. Now tho contest is in a comparatively open country, where both t lie Rusian field guns and tho Russslan cavalry can come into more effective use. South Carolina Primaries. Charleston, S. C., Special.? Demo cratic primary elections were held throughout South Carolina Tuesday for State and county officers and members ?of Congress. Success in this primary ensures success in the general election in November, as the Republicans mako no nominations except possibly in some districts for Congress. The State offi cers nominated without opposition to day arc: For Governor, D. C. Hey ward; Lieutenant Governor, John T. Sloan; Secretary of State, J. T. Gantt; Attor ney General, 1J. X. Gunter, Jr.; State Treasurer, R. II. Jennings; Comptroller General, A. W. Jones; Superintendent .?*f Education, O. M. Martin; Adjutant General, J. D. Frost. Lowers Half-Mile Record. Lincoln, Neb., Special. ? In an exhibi tion mile on the State l>'air grounds track Wednesday afternoon, Dan Patch lowered the record for a half-mile track tin! clipped three-quarters of a second >fi his own best time for a half-mile track, mafje at Oes Moines last week. Time by quarters, .32. 1:04, 1:36, 2:05Vi. r'ffeen thousand people saw the per formance. A Mysteriour Lynching. Chicago, Special. ?A dispatch to The I nl?.r-Qcean from Woimer, Texas, says: "While Incarcerated in Jail, Oscar l>ce Tucker. a 17-year-old negro, under ar rc-t for attempted rape, was mysteri '?:'? iy lyinjied. The officials are unable ?>) determined Just when or how the act was committed. The cage had not been broken into, but Tucker had a 40-foot rope around his neck and his head was drnwn tip to a hole In the cell about ri?ht Inches in width and not over four fer t fmni the floor, used to^j>ass food through to the prisoners. His feet were ? let' close to h'is body with cords. There is no clue to the perpetrators." State Brings 8ult. Columbia. Special.? The summons in I he matter of the State of South Cartv' !1nn against Prank P. MHbwrn and oth ers was (lied Thursday withithe sheriff of Richland county. The Charges are >er y direct in their wording and the Dlalntiff asks for damage* !n the ran of $200,000 for the uhsalfsfacloi? man ner in which the State House was oom r>letcd through 4ho alleged - fraudulent r.nd coilualrv agreement to cheat and <mnwu ymm \ mmmtSmm* MEAT FAMINE SURE This Agreed To Be 1 he Only Means of Settling Strike ? ? ? ? BOYCOTT IS MADE ALL-INCLUSIVE An Extreme Step Taken by the Strike Leaders at Chicago, Indicating Their Intention to Fight to a Finish? All Packing Establishments Whatsoever I Brought Under the Ban. ? Chicago, Special. ? "A meat famine , will be forced at all cusis. It is the ! best weapon with which to fight (ho I trust i^ti-Uers, although it may not bo welcomed by the independents." 1 In these words President Donnelly, of the butchers' national organization, de < I a red a boycott agnijtst all meat aiu! nmuM'iiccl that unlrm men will quit in all narking establishments this ;i r tn noon regardless of where live stock is secured. | Donnelly'.* announcement was made at the conclusion of a meeting of the allied trades conference board. The executive board of the Ketail Meat Dealers' Association <>f Chicago had just been in conference With Mr. Donnelly and his associates, having ; come to ask certain concessions for the I independent packers and to seek au thority to attempt to bring about a i meeting between the packers and representatives of the strikers. By ignoring these latest attempts at peace and adopting such an aggres sive step, the strike leaders demon strated the intention to make it a light to a finish. 'Indications are that the five independent packers within the | t took yards enclosure will Join (ho big Packers in their tight, while those out side will endeavor to continue opera tion with union crews. Within (he ijards (ho independents are obviously ; preparing for war, ? wagon load of ! cots having been taken to one plant. I The police record of (he strike at the ! stockyards station to date reads: "As saults, 4?? ; murders, 4; accidents, 1>7 ; . icmoved to hospitals, 4 H . " Fairbanks in Missouri. Kansas City, Mo., Special. ? Senator Charles W. Fairbanks, formally opened the Republican campaign in Missouri Friday night. The day was devoted largely by Senator Fairbanks in a visit to Kansas City, Kansas, whore he made a brief address. At a meeting in Kan sas City, reference was again made to Senator Fairbanks' availability as a Presidential candidate. It came from Stato Senator Cubblson, who presidod over the meeting. Ho said that all that had to be done now was to elect him to (ho vice presidency and then nominate aud elect hlnv- President four yoars henco. Senator Fairbanks spoke in high terms of Roosevelt, saying that "among all the splendid men who had occupied (ho White House, none had manifested a higher puryose than President Roosevelt to secure the wel fare of the entire peoplo of the coun try." Two Killed In Elevator Car. Chicago. Special. ? Two people were killed and six seriously injured by the falling of an elovntor in the store of Hears, Roebuck & Company Friday af ternoon. The passenger elevator ordi narily used in the building was out of repair and the freight olevator wbh used during tho day by the customers and employes. While a load of passen gers was being carried up, the cablo parted. allowing the elevator, with its load of ten people, to fall three stories. Tho conductor of tho elevator Philip Caldwell, was instantly killed, and Mrs. Kate Hayes, 40 years old, was so badly hurt that she died thiB evening in tho hospital. Six others of the people who were In tho elevator at the time of tho accident were Injured, but not fatally. An Evangelist a Forger. llounoko, Special. ? Rev. L. P. Mar tin, an evangelist, arrested hero last Sunday, is badly wantod by the gov ernment for raising money orders. Post-office Inspector M. W. Malone ar rived here from Washington and swore out a warrant before United States Commissioner White against Martin. Malone snys he has evory reason to believe that Martin is guil ty of having raised a large number of money orders in Virginia during the last few months. Recently, In Phila delphia, Martin, it alleged, mado moro than $ 1 ,000 by this scheme. Malone has in his possession a num ber of the raised orders. Martin this evening admitted his guilt. ; Negro Teamster# Strike. .Vew Orleans. Special. ? A strike of the negro teamsters who haul cotton has gone Into effect Friday. Not h bale of cotton was.jnoved in tho city Vest er day and, th^i, efforts to bring about a comprtfmme of the difference between the draymen and tho team sters have failed. Tho teamsters pre sented a new tu-hedule for 1904-1906 in, August, coupling It with conditions | objectlonablo to the draymen. The teamsters declare they will not handle the team of any drayman who d<*w not submit to the schedule. An Ultimatum. An ultimatum was Issued by the mine operators to their men In con ference at Knoxvllle Thursday after noon. li was to accept a 7 per cent, reduction or quit. With that the op erators left the conference and (fee I miners went into a secret session to discuss tfie proposition. They did not reach an agreement, hut met again SOUTH CAROLINA CltOHS Conditions for the Growth of Crops Have Been Favorable. 'I he week on 1 1 i s a. in , Sept ember Cth, had a moan temperature of 71> do me's which is about I degree above normal. Tho (omporadiro was very uni form throughout (ho week. Tho ?-x ironies \v o ro a iniiiimuin of fa! at Green villi' on August lloth, and a maximum id !'l at Diack vlllo on (ho li r *1 The sun shine was slightly abovo tho normal amount, and tho relative humidity was slightly below. There wore no violent wind, or any hall storm* during tho week. The precipitation averaged loss than 1I10 weekly normal amount, although In tho northwestern counties and in the middle Savannah valley rountlos there were excessive rains locally, over quite larr.o areas, A number of places had l.o rain until the 4th when generally : howerv conditions prevailed over the i utiio State. What rain fell during the weoli was generally benefit lal Tho moderately high temperatures, and genet ;t 1 absence of precipitation were favorable, and farm work made rapid progress. rodder pulling is under way, and Hearing completion, in the western i counties and is prncticully finished in (he eastern ones. Tfto hulk of tho corn crop has mntutoil, V?nd it is a uniformly largo crop. On sandy lands, cotton ban stopped growing, and generally stopped fruit ing; it is opening fast, with pleking general, over tho eastern and central counties, while picking has just he gnu in the western counties where the nop is from one to three weeks Into. Rust. shedding and blight continue to cause deterioration on light lands, and inst has appeared on some clay lands and on sea-inland cotton. Doll worms and catorpillers have appeared in a few Holds but are not yet threatening. Sea island cotton is heavily fruited, and is still blooming freely. The weather was Ideal for cutting rice, and much of (he early planted crop has been harvested; kite rice is very promising; rice birds have ap peared in a few coast Holds. Consid erable hay was cut and cured in flue condition, rcas are fruiting heavily re cently. Nearly all reports indicate a continued promising condition of all minor crops, and fall truck. -*-J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Observed at Augusta. Augusta, Ca.. Special. ? With ft pa rade nearly (wo miles long, organized labor began (he local celebration of La-' bor Day hero Monday. Later, at a su burban resort, there was on elaborate programme of exorcises. Congressman T W. I lard wick was the principal cpeakcr, choosing as his subjects, "Rights of T/abor, Organized and Un organized." No man, he said, had any right to Interfere with another in his\ right to work, and this was a point or ganized labor should remember. Other speakers were VV, S. V?eir, of Atlanta, [and John R. Durke, managing editor of i The Chronicle. A barbecue dinner was served by the blacksmiths and a | h ngthy programme of athletic exer j e:.ses for prizes was carried out. Dy Wire and Cnbltf. j A San Francisco dispatch says a i number of special trains bearing Knights Templars, entered that city ? Sunday, and. there was almost a eon I tinned profession up Market, street of I marching l ommanderies, being escort fd to their respective headquarters. Special services wore held In connec tion with tho conclave. The London Times' Shanghai corres pondent says it is understood there ' that China has agreed to keep the I (rows of the two Russian vessels now in Shanghai in Chinese territory until the end of the war between JaiKin and Russia. Five Killed and Five Wounded. Findlay, O., Special.? Five are dead and an equal number seriously Injured [ns the result of a premature explosion of a quantity of nil ro-glyeerlne near It'pper Sanducky Sunday. The cause of .the explosion Is unknown. The glycer ilue at the time being lowered down a well by Lafe McKay, an oil well Ubooler of this city, who is among tho I dead. Odds and Ends. f There is at present no such thing ns a German legation to the Holy Soa. lior has there he?>n such since 1872, le vlo Home, withdrew the Imperial charge d'affaires Prussia, like Havaria. is rep resented at the Vatican by a minister, [hut of an imperial "embassy" there lean he no question. An ambassador iu only accredited to a "great Power" j which the papacy certainly is not., though Ri^mack once addressed the Pope as "Sire," thus conceding to hl? Holiness sovereign rank. There were no vlsIR>T8 ftl Ttoscnionut Saturday. Nothing disturbed Judge Parker's quiet Sunday. He made his iipual trip to Kingston to church. There was a Continuous procession of sight seeis, but most of them observed the candidate's wish that the grounds be iiot invaded on' Sundays. then you may speak His words oVeon demnatioA You cannot boost another when jrou - -i - from NRWS IIIDOKillOUV THE COUNTKY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Souroes. Through the 8outh. Maine* avonuo, Kooxvllle, threatens to euvo In. Two prisoners got into it stubbing affray In Roanoke jail. Mrs. Edit if Oladstun, a pensioner of il *.' war <;f 1812, dlod at ynussvlllo V.i. A negro preacher who advocated social equality la warned to Uave West 1'oint, Miss. In the race of tho warships from Work Inland to tlio Chesapeake the (.Columbia outran the Minneapolis. Ureal, interest In manifested in tho Democratic nomination for the House in the Fifth Maryland district. There is a vigorous contest in the Fourth Virginia district for tho Dem ocratic nomination for the Mouffo of Kepmscntati vos. There was great excitement among tin; crabbers of Tangier Island about a proposed Irasc of crabbing ground for an oyster farm. Tlie court of investigation that has born looking into the lynching cases at Statesboro, (ia., has decided that the identity of the lynchers cannot be found out. Washington Happening*. Au interesting question has been raised us to tho status of Mrs. May brick. Tho opinion prevails among government ofllcials In Washington tl'af she is entitled to American citi zenship. The exports of mauufacturus for May, June and July exceeded the ex perts of farm products by nearly $14, j (>00.000. The house in Washington once oc cupied by Daniel Webster is to bo torn down and tho site used for a i police court, building. \ I Army ollleors In Washington are now deeply absorbed In tho forthcom ing army manoeuvres in Virginia. Foreign powers object to the freo j dom ueeord'ed American sailors abroad, bocauso they fear It will cause discontent in their own navies. Ex-Consul O'Reilly, who years ago idiot a queen of Zanzibar for bathing in front of his consulate, Is ill In Washington. Representative Rabcock called on Representative Cowherd to exchange Congressional campaign documents. In the North. Eil win W. Hagar, a Springfield manufacturer, was killed by his au tomobile. A mob Charged a Chicago saJoon In which a number of strike-breakers had taken refuge. Tho brotherhood of Looomotlve En glneers supported tho demand of | New York motormen for $3.50 per day in the subway. Miss Josephine Williams has been taken to Jail at Franklin. Ind., from Which her sweetheart had Just es < apod. Hon. D. D. Hill announced that ho would retire from politics aftor Jan uary I next, no matter how the elec tion results. The pr.risengcr steamers Cygnus and Rosedale, both of which run to Coney Island, were in collision Monday night u! the West Twenty-second street pier, New York. None of the 200 passengors wns Injured, but the Cygnus was bo badly damaged that she hed to be tf0<^n to Erie Basin for repairs, Senator C. W. Fairbanks mado his first speech of this campaign at White River Junction, Vt., defending the Roosevelt administration and claim ing the Republicans have brought about all tho good times. Rev. T. 8. Iceland, a Methodist min ister at. Victor, Col., was arrested with two WosU rn Fedoratlon men, who aro alleged to have shot at depu ty sheriffs.^ A request by. tho Chicago packing houso strikers for a eonferenco with the packers was refused by the pack t rs. Foreign Affairs, Tim Archbishop of Canterbury proache?l Sunday In Queboc. SiKiior ICrn<>sto Itlondi, the sculptor, has won his light for recognition by the truHtooA of the Metropolitan Mu seum of Art and1 is to haro his Saturn alia uroup placed on exhibition in the sculpture hall qt tho museum. Another budy has been found on the farm of Qershon B. Marx, near Colchester, Conn., and a search Is be ing made for the bodies of other men thought to hare been killed t?y Marx. H Is said that Messrs. Harriman and Gftuld have roaeh?!"?n mider* standing as to the railway situation west of tho rockios. The .fighting around Ltaoyang and at Port -Arthur continued with hated fury, tho Japan** driving Ku r6patkln's troops bettors them. v The photographer who was aocased at Arcoli, Italy, of having stolen the ancient cope, commitu* his cell. A new military brtd?a wag shown by tho German army sgjfMn W I tks Rivnr Bba t t -art? i. ? ? - ? ? ? ?? ? INANOnUVRL'S BEGUN Game of Mimic Warfare at Manassas No,w in Progress r A MIDNIGHT IfUSII FUR POSITIONS Gen. Grant'* Army Put Under Way to Attack Gen. Be|l, Who i? Advancing Jl at a Dcuble-Quit k to Prevent the Assailants Prom Reaching Thorough* fare Gap. Corps Headquarters, Gainesville, Vft., Special OkI. i k for a rush to positions wore ^1 von in both manoeuvre camps exactly ut midnight Monday. The "Blue" army, under General Grant, was put under way to nttaick the "Brown" army, under General Hell. The orders of (it'ueral Bell sent his forces towards his adversary at double-quick. It is !:!h desire to reach position n^r tho centre of the manoeuvre field and stop the attacking force, whose duty it is to force a passage through to Thorough fare (Jap. Careful estimates of these marches indicate that at daybreak a collision between the opposing forces will take place somewhere near Grove ton, a memorable spot in the Bull ttun battles. From this first collision, the "Brown" army can foil back, if neces i? " ry, to g??{?('(kuj?|vf tMjoUI/jnu inuua^a Thoroughfare. General Corbin will Join General Grant and witness the opera tion of his army. The day following he J will be with General Boll. The pl<vjs of neither commander have been divulged, but the problem makes plain to military strategists the course that will be followed In all likelihood., Every regiment to participate in the manoeuvres was in its place shortly af ter noon. Outpost duty, regimental aud brigade drills, have been in progress, and all final arrangements made for leaving camp for tho battle, which is to continue until 3 o'clock Wednesday dwlth a truce. from Tuesday afternoon until midnight. While the armies were preparing for their con test In manoeuvre camps Nos. 1 and 2, corps headquarters presented a oceno quite in contrast to warfare. Labor Day Observances. Kansas City, Mo., Special. ? Thoa. E. Watson, Populist candidate for Presl-.. dent, was the principal speaker at a Labor Day picnic here. Mr. Watson began by announcing that he was 48 years old. He said in part: "The workmen whose toll produces the vast annual increase in the nation's wealth asks why it is that the men who produce the most wealth shfchld enjoy the least of it, while the1' then whose toll produces tho least of it, should ,byf subtle contrivances of law and q?,toi0i-* no bs., enjoy the most of it. In other words, the man who makes it all thinks that he ought to have a fair share of that which he makes. "Tho laborer has the right to com plain that too mu?h of the weight of taxation falls "pqp him, the poorer man, when the greater weight of the burden should be borne by the richer ? man. who is more able to bear it, and who enjoys to a greater extent the benefits of government. "Labor has a Just cause to complain that the hours of wo^k are too long. "The laborer has Just cause of com plaint because childron who are too young for the confinement and toil are kept at-'tforTTIn unhealthy and exhaus ting employment. Houston, Tex., Special.? I^abor day v/as observe^ here with a_.blg p^jadeA 2.500 men ixing in line. The feature of the day was I be address of Governor J. S. llogg, who made an attack' on corr _ porntions and asserted that strikes - could bo prevented by legislation. Labor Day at Richmond. Richmond, Spcclfvi--;?- bor Day was probably more generally observed here than in any year heretofore. Business was practically suspended throughout the city and there was a parade ten blocks long of lnbor organizations and an all-day series of exerciser, with an address by Charles T. Bland, o4 Ports mouth, Va., at a suburban pant, were features of the celebration. 14 Die in New York Fire. New York, Special. ? Fourteeb per sons were killed and nearly a acore Injured in a flro In a five-story double tenement In Attorney street at an early hour Monday morning. It was onq of the worat flros In the loflus of human lives that has occurred on the ..... Bast Side in several years, although the property loss wa* alight. The dead include four woi&en/ one man and nine children, ranging in age from three months to twelve year*. - > Mnnr of *he Injured -wore tahaa hospitals, and it is .thought that aever- - a! will die. Among the injured were five firemen who were on a fourth- ? floor balcony wheh it Yell with them. ?g. , ? Three drowned '?* U<K'** fflvaf Little Rock. Arlrr. spwiAl.? * ap?F" lal to the Oaietto from Clamrtkier Ark.. saya that John H. Diggle and Mlaa Mamie Johnson, of " AilWRr and Mm. l?ta Veegein, of Mo|lee?ld** ho, were drowned la White ir while hoattag ia a gMQtteo ? ! J. Dawaon and MlaajpretchSlSi of Stuttgart ?we*#, laired ~ hx djaffeg* ? M to lb****, ^ .