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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE'
Oyster Bay, X. YPivsiRoosc elt's
letter of acceptance. wlii? h Las
just been reteased for :i i?~*u. is a
document of nearly words. In
its preparation a numoer <>t uepuiuican
leaders from various > * 'tions were
called into conference, and 'hen the entire
letter was carefully g oe over l?v
Elihu Root and Senator Lt..|gs?. of Massachusetts,
who sugges'-.-.l certain
change?, which were made.
The President deals larg'-iy with the
record of the Republican [ arty for the
last eight years, and after reviewing
the acts of his own and President McKinley's
administrations he- "stands
l?at."
Aside from this history >i' the Republican
achievements, the tariff, the Philippines,
the Panama Canai. the Northern
Pacific merger, the now famous
pension order, the money question, the
coal strike, the army and ihe navy are
the chief topics discussed. The Panama
treaty is defended, as is also the
age pension ruling.
The letter is, in part. follows:
"We base our appeal upon what we
have done and are dotug. upon our record
of administration and legislation
during the last seven years, in which
we have had complete control of the
government We intend in the future
to carry on the government in the same
way that he carried it on in the past."
Referring to the ue^ problems
which arose after the campaigns of
1S96 and 1000. the President says: "We
are content to rest our ca?e before the
American people upon the fact that to
adherence to a Iqfty ideal we have
added proved governmental efficiency.
.Therefore our promise may surely be
-trusted as regards any issue that is
now before the people, and we may
equally be trusted to deal with any
'problem which may hereafter arise."
Taking the Panama Canal question
as an instance, the President declares
fho nnnnnpnts of the administration
?
can only criticise what was done ou
condition of mis-stating if. and goes on
say: "The administration behaved
'throughout not only With good faith,
Jjut with extraordinary patience and
large generosity, toward those with
whom it dealt. It was also mindful of
American interests. It acted in strict
compliance with the law passed by
Congress." "Neither in this nor in
any other matter has there been the
slightest failure to live up to the Constitution
in letter and in spirit. But
the Constitution must be observed positively
as well as negatively. The
President's duty is to serve the country
in accordance with the Constitution,
and I should be derelict in my
duty if I used a false construction of
the Constitution as a shield for weakness
and timidity, or as an excuse for
governmental impotence."
The President says of the pension order,
which is ordinarily referred to as
an encroachment of the Executive on
'the legislative or judicial functions of
government, that it was made in the
performance of a duty imposed by
Congress on the President, and supplemented
the regulation* of Presidents
Cleveland and McKinley.
The point is made that, while the opponents
of the administration make efforts
to show that the coal strike settlement
and the railroad merger suit
were acts lor which it should be
thrown out of power, yet they dare not
openly condemn either aci. the President
saying: "It is perhaps natural that I
an attack so conducted should be made I
sometimes on the ground that too
much, sometimes on the ground that
too little, bus been ilone."
Of the monetary policy of those who
oppose the continuance of the present
administration, the President says:
"On some of the vital Questions that
have confronted the American people
in the last decade our opponents take
the position that silence is the best possible
way to convey their views."
"The record of the last seven years
proves that the party now in power
can be trusted to take the additional
action necessary to improve and
strengthen our monetary system, and
that our opponents oaiuiot be so
trusted."
On the question of the r:giits of capital
and labor the President says: "So
far as the rights of the individual
wage worker and the individual capitalist
are concerned, both as regards
one another, as regards the public, and
as regards organized capital and labor,
the position of the administration has
been so clear that there is no excuse
for misrepresenting it, and no ground
for opposing it unless misrepresented."
Doubt as to the Democratic meaning
In regard to the great question of the
tariff impels the President to say: "Of
course, if our opponents are uot sincere
in their proposal to abolish the
t-re+Am r\f nrnfontira taHfP thorp is no I
njQb^Ul V4 |/4VW\'VM? >? ??w.
use in arguing the matter at all, save
by pointing out again thnt. if on one
great issue ihey do not mean what they
say it is hardly safe to trust them on
any other issue. But if they are sincere
in this matter, then their advent
to power would mean domestic misfortune
and misery as Widespread and
far reaching as that which we saw ten
years ago." "To uproot and destroy
that (the protective) system would be
to insure the prostration of business,
the closing of factories, the impoverishment
of the farmer, the ruin of the
capitalist and the starvation of the
wage-worier. Yet, if protection is indeed
'roobery,' and if our opponents
really brieve what they .jay, then it is
I precisely to the destruction and uprooting
of the tariff, anil, therefore, of
our business and industry, that they
' are pledged.'' "It is a matter of regret
that the smrtrctivc tariff policy, which.
EAKL OF DARTMOUTH HERE,
Will Lay Cornerstone at College Bearing
His Name.
New York City.?Th?> Earl and Countess
of Darlmou ?. accompanied by
>he Earl and Countess of Litchfield,
arrived in ibis citj on the White Star
Line steamship Cedric. The object of
Lord Dartmouth's visit is to lay the
cornerstone of the new Dartmouth Hall
*1.~ U.i mntiiilT. cntlo"A Hp
it L liiU iJiti ?i v r.-- ?will
also visit the St. Louis Exposition!
cad some of ihc larger Western cities.
Sporting Brevities.
i The First Regiment. New Jersey National
Guard, wou tlie Columbia
trophy at Sea Girt.
' The Albany, N. Y., polo team defeated
Saratoga, N. Y., in the final
'ound for the Grand Union cups.
Frank L. Kramer won the quarter
mile cycling championship race at
Vailsburg, N. J. Time, 33 seconds.
M. J. Sheridan, of New ifork City,
made a world's record discus throw
at the Olympic games, St. Louis, Mo.
The Maydick, the Bagheera, the
2saiad and the Ogeemah were the winin
iha A HrtnftA Vii HIitK ?or*o?i
' ' I . J
(luring the last forty odd year?, has j ...
become part of the very fibre of tho j U
country, is not now accepted as dell* | III
nitely established."
The President claim* that tiic Demo- |
crats have occupied three entirely dif- i
ferent positions in regard 10 Philippine ! Ui
independence within fifty days, and !
directs attention to the extreme unwisdom
and wickedness of deceiving the I
Filipinos if they do not mean what j
they say. and says: -If our opponents | .
came in power and attempted to carry ' JA
out their promises to the Filipinos by j
giving them independence, and with- j
drawing American control from the isl- ,
amis, the result would be a frightful rit
calamity to the Filipinos themselves, j
and in a larger aspect would amount to |
an international crime." '"Of course, i
the practical difficulty in adopting any |
such course of action?such a 'polky |
of scuttle.' as President McKinley | .
called it?would be found wellnlgh in- !
superable." "It would be a criminal ; P?
absurdity, and yet our opponents have j pa
pledged themselves thereto. If sue- i
cessful in the coming election they I '
would either have to break faith, or
else do an act which would leave at
indelible stain upon our National rcpu- Ri
tation for courage and for good sense."' | caj
"We did not take the Filipinos at will,
and we cannot put them aside at will.
Any abandonment of the policy which I
we have steadily pursued in the isl- <Zo
ands would be fraught, with dishonor an
and disaster; and to sv.eh dishonor and T,
disaster I do not fcr-rieve the American "vl
people will consent." I ;
In conclusion, the President says: j ^
"We believe that the progress that we i JV*'
have made may be taken as a measure * V
of the progress we shall continue to ill1
make if the people again intrust the
government of the Nation to our ! .
hands." "There is not a policy, foreign i
or domestic, which wo are now carry- i . k
ing out, which it would not be disastrous
to reverse or abandon." "We .
have striven both for civic righteous- | ,
ness and for National greatness, and
we have faith to believe that our cu
hands will be upheld by all who feel .
love of country and trust in the uplift- .
ing of mankind. We stand for enforce- .
ment of the law and for obedience to r ,
the law; our government is a govern- .
ment. of orderly liberty, equally alieu |Vl
to tyranny and to anarchy, and 'its
foundation stone is the observance of _ f
the law, alike by the people and by , ^
the public servants. We hold ever ^
before us as the all important end of J,e'
policy and administration the reign
of peace at home and throughout the ar'
world, the peace wLich comes only by
doing justice."
GOVERNOR DURBIN I.OST.
Ye
On South Dakota Flains?Foung by In- vi{
dinns?Nearlv Starved. tin
Indianapolis. Intl.?Governor Durbin, sia
who has been in the West for two ?01
weeks, was lost on the plains of South
Dakota for two (lays and nights and /
his friends were greatly alarmed over
his continued absence. ^ i
It appears that he left the camp to
make some investigations on his own ca'
hook and rode over the plains, giving '
free rein to his horses. Finally he dis- jjF1
covered that he must have ridden a _
great distance, for he had lost sight ju'j
of the camp and nothing about him ??'
seemed familiar. .ir
Night again overtook him. but the n?
nest morning he was discovered by
some Indians who were assisting in the ?.01
search for him and was taken back ^ *
to the camp. During the entire time fia
he had nothing to eat but a couple of
sandwiches, with which he had pro- ?
vided himself before he left the camp.
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RIO GRANDE IN A FLOOD.
100 Houses of Presidio del Norte Said pj,
to Have Bee a Carried Away.
Alpine, Texas.?The Rio Graude is oc a
rampage and great destruction of
property lias occur led at Presidio del
Norte. Ojinito and many other settle- . 0
ments 011 both sides of the river for a 'ar
distance of 300 miles. j*
The valley is narrow along the river
through the Great P.end region of "!
Texas. According to information re- ,
ceived from ?lie mounted courier who
came direct from Presidio del Norte,
more than 100 houses of that town, iu- Lo
eluding the United States custom Pla
house, were washed away by the llood. V5
The flood is said to have swept away j (
whole settlements- of houses occupied
by Mexicans between Presidio del
Norte and Boquillas. No reports of
loss of life have been received.
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MASKED MEN HOLD UP TRAIN. ?
Jli
Six-Thousand-Dollar Robbery ou the Qe
Canadian Pacific. ,
Winnipeg. Man.?The Canadian Pa- j
cific west-bound transcontinental express
was held up by four masked men j*,
at 9.30 o'clock at night four and a half ? 1
miles west of Mission Junction. At ^
the point of revolvers the express messenger
was compelled to hand over the t .
valuables and the safe was blown open ?
with dynamite. The registered mail ..
was also ransacked. ,
The robbers escaped to the bush and ~
are supposed to have crossed the boundary.
They secured about $0000 from Lr
the safe.
BALTIC FLEET SAILS. n
Leaves Ivronstadt For the Far East?
Twelve Ships. all
Kroustadt. ? Tha Baltic fleet sailed exi
for the Far East. The vessels of the
fleet are as follows:
The battleships Kniaz Souvaroff *
(Vice-Admiral Rojestvensky's flag- P01
ship); Navarin, Sissoi Veliky. Borod:- th<
no, Alexander III.. Orel aud Oslnbya Tjj
(Rear-Admiral Voelkersam's flagship): chi
the cruisers Admiral Nakhimoff. Oleg.
Dimitri Donskof, Aurora and Altuaz.
(Rear-Admlial Enquist's flagship?, and I
several torpedo boats and destroyers. to
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Official Self-Slain.
The dead boJy of David r. Leib- j
hardt, Superintendent of the Dead r
Letter Office. was found in the Post- ..
office Depiirtmeut at Washington. D.
C. There was a bullet hole in the right j an
temple, while a pistol with one or more
barrels discharged lay 011 the floor.
at
Jap Prince Coming Here. pa
Prince FusLlm', one cf Mu generals
at Nan-Shan, will sail from Japan in j
October to visit the UnU'ni Sv.tes as ci rj
special representative of th-i Emperor. sj.
bo
Molba'* Auto K:!!> Man.
Mme. Me'/oa, the singer, while driving:
in an automobile n<*ar Paris.
France, accompanied by her two con- ia:
sins, the Misses Walker, tea over a
man eighty-four years *. Id and tilled ^
him instautiy.
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Russiaus Reach Mukden.
The Russian rear guard, according to be
a dispatch from Mukden, succeeded Ai
in reaching that town with most of in
its transports and g-;ns. The Japanese
under Kuroki were said to be in the Su
bills east of Mukden m
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03SIAN GENERAL TAKE!
sutenant General Sassulitcn Re
ported Captured With 3000 Men,
PANESE ARE MOVING RAPIDU
tie Inlormnlion of an Official Sourc
Ha* Been Received, But It Is Believei
That Indications Point to n Wint-e
Campaign ? Chineao Officials a
Mukden Break Willi Russia.
London. England. ? The Morninj
st states that official Russian dis
tc-hes received in London announo
it Lieutenant-General Sassulitch
10 commanded the portion of thi
issian rear guard south of the Hui
ver. has been severely wounded ant
ptured with 0000 ont of his u00<
ill.
t is added by the Morning Post tha
n era Is Zaroubaieff. Kondratovilcl
d Bilderling have checked Genera
iroki's advance.
V. correspondent of the Daily Mai
10 was with the Japanese army re
iits, in a telegram from Tien-Tsin
? report that Lieutenant-Genera
novitc-li with 50(100 nipn. invadet
>rtlieustern Korea and out Genera
iroki's communications with Feng
ing-Cheug.
?t. Petersburg. Russia. ? The Birz
vlya Viodomosti's correspondent a
s? Pass telegraphs to his paper as fol
vs:
The Japanese, who had been ac
sed of moving forward slowly, an
w advancing very rapidly.
'Little avails the Russian increase o
>ops, for the Japanese are recoivinj
nforcemcnts from Niu-Chwnng.
"The initiative will remain in th
nds of the Japanese, and their tac
s will always he repeated."
V dispatch lias been received fron
eutenant-General Sakharoff report
j that no large Japanese force ha
en seen north of the branch railroa<
Yeu-Tai. but that south of it ther
i many large camps of Japanese.
L'he three armies of Marquis Oyami
s reported to have united north o
j Tai-Tsc River.
Russian correspondent telegraph
it General Ivuroki has fallen back 01
n-Tai, but he points out that pre
>us experience has shown that whei
i Japanese withdrew from the Rus
n front this usually was the precur
of their appearance on the Russiai
nk.
The correspondent thinks that the in
ations point to a winter campaign
>reovei\ he says, there remain tw<
>1 months, the best of the year, fo
mpaigning.
Jnofficial information tends to con
m the reports that General Kuropat
1 is withdrawing the bulk of hi:
ny northward from Mukden. Tbi
>t unofficial opinion is that Kurop?at
1 does not contemplate making a se
us stand at Mukden.
L Russian correspondent at the fron
isiders it to be extremely significan
it the Chinese officials at Mukdei
ve already broken off relations witl
t> TUa +>, ^ Phinoci
r lut' tuivi V*. viae V.U1IIW91
icials saj's he has received order
ira the Japanese to pay the taxes ti
>m.
MAINE AGAIN REPUBLICAN.
irality of Over 30,000. But Les:
Than in 1900.
'ortiand. Me.?The Republicans ex
ded their expectations in the Stati
ction in carrying the State for Will
11 T. Cobb, of Rockland, the caudi
te for Governor, by a plurality o
:>ut 30,000 over Cyrus W. Davis, o
iterville. his Democratic opponent.
Complete returns will not be re
ved for several days, but 300 out o
\ cities, towns and plantations giv<
bb, 59.075; Davis. 38,399. The sami
.ces in 1900 gave Hill (Rep.), 51,707
rd (Dem.), 29,302. These returti:
>w a Republican gain of abou
*en per cent., and a Democratic
in of about thirty-one per cent, ove:
)0.
"he vote for Governor will probabl:
the largest since 18S8.
^NEUVRES A1 DIJON OPENED
rman Attache Attends For Firs
rime Since Franco-Prussian War.
'aris, France.?Tiie grand maneuvrei
jned at Dijon with 60,000 men en
?ed in an attack and defense simila
Garibaldi's operations against Ger
ins in 1870. There was a continuoui
ir of cannon during the attempt t<
the defenses of Dijon.
The Russian milatry attache, wh<
ended the maneuvres, was receivec
th shouts of "Long live Russia!" 1
rman attache attended the man
vres for the first time since thi
anco-Prusslan War.
Trouble in New Guinea.
?en German Catholic missionariei
re murdered by natives in Gerinai
w Guinea. There was a plot to kil
the whites. Sixteen natives wen
scuted.
Engagement in Uruguay.
Lnother severe engagement is re
rted to have taken place in Uruguay
i Government troops being defeated
,e situation iu Paraguay remains un
inged.
Trincess Louise Examined.
?rincess Louise of Coburg has gom
the house of an expert alienist ii
ris to be examined for her sanity.
Pray For Victory,
rhe Russian Holy Synod made pub
a special prayer for the conversioi
d destruction of the Japanese.
Russian Ship Here.
The Russian transport Lena arrivet
San Fraudsco, Cal., in need of re
irs.
Riots in Russia.
Two anti-Jewish riots occurred in Rus
t, many persons being injured am
use* and shops pillaged.
Personal Mention.
Hie German Emperor spoaks severs
nguages fluently.
Ambassador Choate is regarded a
e wittiest and most brilliant convei
tionalist among the diplomats i:
>ndon.
Professor William II. Goodyear ha
en made an honorary member of th
rchitects' Society of Koine by a unar
ious vote.
H. O. Havemeyer, of New York, th
igar magnate, is said tc possess th
oat magnificent collection of violin
the world.
|! ROBBED BY TRAIN BANDITS
| Reek Island Passenger Train Held
- j Up and Express Safe Looted.
I
j rhleren Keep Up a Fusilade Alongside of
Train to Keep Paasenjfer* From Inter*
l' | ferins ? Bloodhound* on the Trad.
*
i
n i Chicago. III.?Five robbers held up a
* i Hock Island passenger train near Letts.
r ! In., a small town near Davenport.
* i shortly after 12 o'clock in the morning.
' The express messenger was compelled
to open the door. The car safe was
* blown open and after securing its contents.
the robbers made good their es"
cape.
The amount of booty taken is not
8 known, but one report places the
i amount at $10,000. Express officials
\ ' here, however, say that the safe was a
^ | Iocs.} one and contained little money.
" j A reward of ?1000 was offered by
the Rock Island Railroad and the Unitt
| ed States Express companies, jointly,
, ! for the capture of any one of the rob.
i bers.
Posses brought by three special
trains and reinforced by scores of cit1
izens in the neighborhood pursued the
" I Ave men.
Two packs of bloodhounds assisted
1 ! the posses. One pack near Columbus
* ! Junction .struck a trail three hours
1 j after it was made by the robbers.
xuetc >vcie aiuic uiuu aw uitu a??
regular organized party, and twice that
many more were searching separately
t with more or less diligence. The rob"
bers were supposed to have left the
line of the railroad near Letts, toward
which place they started on the loco*
e motive of the train which they had
robbed. The passengers were not mof
lested. None of the trainmen showed
? ; fight, and no one was hurt.
The train was one which left Chlcap
I go at 6.05 at night. As it was passing
'* on a sharp curve a few miles east of
Letts the engineer stopped in answer
1 to a red light. Five men covered the
* | engineer, fireman, express messenger
5 | and conductor with revolvers, uncou1
j pled the engine from the rest of the
e ! train, entered the express car and blew
J open the safe. They took the contents
* | of the strong box and ran to the engine,
f [ on which they at once started toward
[ Letts.
s ! There was no way in which the traini
| men could pursue the robbers, -or get
" word ahead of them. By the time the
* J conductor could w'alk to the nearest
* i telegraph office, the robbers had at
' least an hour's start.
1 The robbery was committeed at exactly
the point a similar hold-up was
* carried out two years ago by the Chi'
cago car barn bandits.
5 A fusillade of shots was fired along
r the sides, of the train to prevent inter!
ference by the passengers. The mes
senger of the express car was com*
pelled to open the door. The manner
3 in which the robbers handled the en5
gine, their knowledge of the fact that
* Letts was a closed station at night,
* and the selection of a point contiguous
to Columbus Junction to abandon the
t engine, convinces the officers that the
t robbers, or some of them, arc experi*
i euced railroad men.
i |
f j LONGEST DROUGHT IN 20 YEARS.
; I
1 I Talbot County. Md.. Suffering From
Lack of Rain.
Easton, Md.?'Talbot County is experiencing
the longest and most disass
trous drought iu the pa?t twenty years,
while the adjoining counties of Caroline,
Queen Anne's and Dorchester
* have frequently been blessed with nu
nierous and refreshing rains.
The tomato crop is .suffering greatly.
* and a shortage is much feared. The
? corn is also suffering, and the dry
f ground is hampering the plowing for
wheat.
| >veus ana rumnug sucjuu* aic sums
f dry. making it a serious matter in
- some cases for farmers to water stock.
?
: ALBANIANS REVOLT AGAIN,
s
? Turkey Mobilizing Militia ? Rebels
r Have 30,000 Martini Rifles.
Satlonika.?Sixteen battalions of Pa'
ves (local militia) have been ordered to
mobilize in the districts of Kilkish,
Seres, and Berat. They wHl be dls'
patched to Prizren to suppress the insurgent
Albanians.
A Salonika Ilave battalion left here
for Prizren.
5 The Albanians are again revolting,
. and are demanding the acceptance of
r their demands iu full.
s A FOUNDRY DYNAMITED.
Much Damage Done at Watervliet?
j Man Shot by a Watchman.
Troy, JN. I.?me west oiue rounary,
^ at Watervleit. was dynamited at night.
Considerable damage was done, and
? James McGlynn, who rushed to th
scene, was shot in the right foot by a
watchman after the explosion. The
explosion was heard for miles.
1 Employes of the foundry have been
J on strike for some- time past.
I
i Steerage Rate Cut.
A cut iu steerage rates from London
and Liverpool. England, to Quebec
Canada, was mude by the Allan, Dominion
and Canndiau Pacific stenm?
ship lines.
Rioting in Silesia.
The military had to be called out ai
Sosnowice, Prussian Silesia, to suppress
anti-Jewish rioting. Twelve oi
? j fifteen Jews were injured with stone?
1 and others were stabbed.
Gives $50,000 to Y. W. C. A.
John D. Rockefeller has given th?
Cleveland (Ohio) Young Women'?
* Christian Association $50,000 in addition
to a like sum previously given if
the association completes a fund ol
$150,000 by November 1.
I
Chinese Troops Gathering.
| Reports that Chinese troops wor?
! concentrating in the Valley of the Liac
Itiver save concern at .St. Petersburg
~ the view being taken that such actior
i makes China an active ally of Japan
News of the Toiiers.
There will be no strike in the anthra1
cite coal regions.
Nearly all of the 4000 journeymet
s bakers in Chicago, 111., are union bak
ers.
n There are 10,438.210 people engaged
in agricultural pursuits in the United
s States.
e Rochester, N. Y., employs between
l* 8000 and 9000 in the garment making
industry.
e In Trenton, N. J., there are abou*
e 200 men idle in the pottery trade be
3 cause of a strike.
ENO OP AMY 1UANEUVRE3
Grand Review of the BIub and
Brown Divisions.
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK'S WORK
Thirty Thousand Troop* Fanaed in Iteview
of Major-General Corbin and Hi#
Staff ? What the Maneovrea Itealljr
Mean? Damage Done to Farm Property
a Feature.
Corps. Headquarters. Gainesville,
Va.?The Septeml^r maueuvres of
the army ended with a grand review
bf the. men of the Blue and the Brown
armies, nr.d Ihe third battle of Bull
Pain has passed into histoty as not less
Interesting, if less important, than the
two other conflict!:, waged on the same
field forty years ago.
Tiie troops of tlit? raaueuvre corps
were assembled early in the morning
on a great plain near Wellington, about
three miles from Manassas, the reviewing
position being at the head of a
gentle slope 100 yards wide. It was
estimated that about 20,000 of the 30,000
men in the maueuvre corps participated
in the ceremony, the other 10,000
being held at camp on account of their
condition resulting from the hard work
and long marches of the -week.
Lieutenant-General Chaffee, Chief of
Staff of the army, was the reviewing
officer. He took his position on horseback
in front of the grand stand, surrounded
by the members of his staff.
Major-General Cor bin and staff, the
foreign military attaches who have
been guests ut Camp No. 3, and many
prominent visitors from Washington.
The grand stand and the ground back
of the reviewing party was packed
with people from all over Virginia,
who had come to see the review.
Not since the Spanish-American war
has such a large body of regular and
citizen soldiery been assembled in one
spot for review.
At the conclusion of the review the
troops were marched back to their respective
camps. About 3000 of them
were entertained at Thoroughfare.
Now that the meneuvres are over
and the 30.000 regular troops and military
which made up the Brown and
Blue forces are scattering to the various
States from which they came to
Jjtiruuipilic: ill lui' wax i^auic, lunc AO
apparently a vastly better general appreciation
of the value of properly conducted
raaneuvres as a method of
practical military education. A maneuvres
problem is not primarily a
sham battle, and a sham battle does
not necessarily occur during the working
out of the maneuvre problem.
According to the high officers of the
army who have been guests of General
Corbiu at the headquarters mess during
the past week, a sham battle, pure
and simple, is ordinarily of no possible
value to either regular soldiers or mili^ia
organizations in training them to
meet the conditions of actual warfare.
In the working out of maneuvre
problems, however, particularly in
those conducted on a large scale like
the present, when 30,000 men maneuvre
over a territory comprising nearly
70,000 acres, and when the camps of
the opposing forces are more than
fifteen miles apart, experience of great
value is gained.
"If we had 30,000 regular soldiers on
this ground for the purpose of the war
game l ctouot very mucn wuemer ;i
single blank cartridge would have been
fired. The whole problem would then
have resolved itself into something
very much like a game of chess played
on an immense board, the various companies
of the regiments and brigades
of tte opposing armies b?ing the chess
men, aud the roads, hills and various
strategic positions of the maueuvre
field being the squares.
"The solution of the problem and the
ultimate victory or defeat of one of
the sides would have depended entirely
on their respective positions at the
close of the war period. This, I said,
could have been done with regulars,
but we realized when drawing up the
plans for the war games that with
only 6000 regulars, and all the rest of
the troops made up of militia organizations
from seventeen oiates, in order
to keep up the interest of militia men
as individuals it would be necessary to
burn a good many thousand dollars'
worth of powder and endure a great
amount of noise."
An estimate was obtained on a feat'
ure of the week which may have an
important bearing on future appropriations
by Congress for maueuvre purposes.
According to the estimate,
which has been most carefully made
by army experts, it .appears that after
expenditures for commissary supplies
and railroad transportation, the biggest
item of expense in connection with
the maneuvres will result from damages
inflicted by the troops.
a nwiR a T. TTTv'RTOMSKY SHOT?
His Return to Port Arthur After Defeat
Results ia Court-Martial.
Paris, France.?It is reported that after
Rear-Admiral Prince Ukhtomsky
was deprived of his command for disobeying
the order of the Czar not to return
to Port Arthur after the sortie of
the Russian fleet, which resulted in its
practical destruction by Admiral Togo,
he was tried by a court-martial and
sentenced to be shot, which sentence
was executed.
Japanese Hardships.
The Japanese fought two battles
without anything to drink and with
only dried rice for food.
Oyama's Plan Failed.
A correspondent with Oku's army
cables that Oyama's plan to end the
war at Lino-Yang was upset by Kuroki's
failure to flank Kuropatkin.
The Laio-Yang Losses.
The Japanese estimate of their own
losses at Liao-Yanc foots up 17.500 and
of the Russian losses more than 23.000.
Czar Calls Out Reserves.
The Czar called out the reserves in
twenty-two military circuits.
From the Seat of War.
The Baltic squadron returned to
Cronstadt.
It was reported in Tokio that a
great conflagration was raging at
Liao-Yang.
The Chinese Government has stopped
the repairs on the two Russian war
vessols at Shanghai.
The Russian cruiser Diana, which
escaped to Saigon after the battl? of
August 10, will be dismantled.
It wa9 reported at St. Petersburg thai
General Korspatkin was obliged to
abandon 200 guns at Liao-Yang.
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I RUSSIAN SHIP AT 'FRISCO
Auxiliary Cruiser Lena Drops Anchor
at Facific Port
h Anxiety Felt by Merchants and
Jap*?President Decides That the
Ship Must Dismantle.
^ ? ;
Oyster Bay, N. Y. -The Russian auxI
fliary cruiser Lena, which put into San
| Francisco some days ago. must leave
that port within a brief time prescribed
by this Government to make necessary
repairs, or must be dismantled.
This, in brief, it can be said on authority,
is the decision of President
Roosevelt, to whom the question was
referred by the officials at Washington,
D. C.
The President spent most of a day
reading the reports from Washington
bearing on the case. The special wires
running into the executive offices were
kept warm with messages between the
department heads at the capital and
their chief at his home in this village.
The President, of course, would prefer
to adjust the affair so as to satisfy
both of the belligerent powers, but he
will not under any circumstances
swerve from the letter of his neutrality
proclamation issued at the beginning
of hostilities. If he is convinced that
the commander of the Russian ship
merely wishes to make sufficient repairs
to enable him to take the vessel
to the nearest Russian port, he may do
so. If, on the other hand, it appears
that the Russian officer entered the
Golden Gate with the intention of putting
the Lepa again in fighting trim, he
will be ordered to dismantle the ship
and must remain in the harbor until
the war ends. In other words, the harbors
of the United States are not to be
used as navy yards by any foreign
power.
President Roosevelt has ordered the
Lena to be thoroughly inspected by
the chief engineer of Admiral Goodrich's
fleet and the United States
steamboat inspectors at San Francisco.
Until their report is received no drastic
action will be taken. If the report
shows that the Lena's boilers and en
gines can be repaired, within a reasonable
time, the Russian commander will
be told to go ahead and have the work
done. If the inspectors find that drydocking
is necessary and the work of
repair will consume weeks or months,
the Lena must be dismantled and detained.
Should the Russian commander
refuse to dismantle his ship on receiving
orders to that effect, he will be j
required to leave the harbor within the !
customary time limit of twenty-four
hours.
On the arrival of the Lena considerable
anxiety was felt in San Fran- i
cisco by the merchant marine of that j
port, as it was felt that the Russian !
cruiser had come with the purpose of
waylaying any ship leaving port for
Japan.
The Russian commander of the boat
desired time to make sufficient repairs
to his boilers, which were then inspected
and the above decision was made by
the President on receipt of the inspection
report.
San Francisco, Cal.?It seems certain
from latest developments in the case
I of tUe ltussian cruiser tnat Tne Lena i
l will Lave to be dismantled bere. This j
! decision was reached by the experts j
j here after a careful examination of the ;
| Lena's boilers by Captain John K. j
Bulger, United States inspector of j
hulls and boilers. Admiral Goodrich's |
i fleet engineer reported the day before
! that six weeks would probably be am!
pie time for putting the boilers in serviceable
condition, but he did not rnako
the careful and detailed inspection j
that Captain Bulger made. Although ;
Captain Bulger will not talk it is understood
from an authoritative source
that he has reported that the boilers
are in such bad condition that it would j
be folly to attempt to patch them up
in a few weeks. Either extensive re- j
pairs must be made, which would re- !
quire months, or new boilers must be !
put in. In either case the work could j
not be done under the neutrality laws,
for it would mean converting a disabled
ship into an effective cruiser.
According to Captain Bulger's report
the cruiser would be taking great risks
in attempting to cross the Pacific at
this season with hastily patched up
boilers. It is understood tnat tne omcers
and men of the Lena will be glad
to have the vessel dismantled, as they
know she could not hold her own
against even a small Japanese ship. |
Collector Stratton sent the inspector's
report to Washington with his official
approval.
It is reported here that Consul-General
Uyeno, of Japan, received a sharp
reprimand from the Japanese Minister
in Washington because of the dictatorial
tone in which he demanded the
right to inspect the Lena. Local Japanese
are still greatly excited over tho
presence of the Lena. The editor of
the Japanese paper waits in the early |
morning for the first editions of the local
newspapers, and then makes up I
his journal from their news. In the |
windows of Japanese shops bulletins are
posted giving iu Japanese the
latest news of the Lena case. If Admiral
Goodrich had not posted guards
over the cruiser, patriotic Japanese
would/have blown the vessel out of
the water, as they are greatly incensed
against her for trying to secure a haven
in this harbor.
Killed in Railroad Crash.
One passenger was killed and several
persons were hurt by one special
Ivnlffbts Templar train from San
} Francisco, Cal., running down anotner
j special near Laughton Springs, N'ev.,
I on the Southern Pacific.
Germany Takes Ammunition.
The ammunition of the Russian batj
tleship Czarevitch and the three Russian
destroyers at Tsing-Cliau has been
! stored in a German magazine, and the
I guns of the vessels have been dismauI
tied.
4miv of Hereros Escape.
J The main body of Hereros. sevoral
; thousand strong, has broken through
' til** German ring encircling it ami ?\sj
caped. This means a prolongation of j
j the war in Southwest Africa.
New-sy Gleanings.
The warship Topeka and Navy Yard j
f officials wiH test Professor Fessenj
den's system of wireless telegraphy. J
King Edward and Queen Alexandra j
I paid a visit to Mr?. Arthur Paget, of
I New York City, who was ill in Engj
land.
I William Katz, of New York City.
1 aged eight, who killed a playmate by
a blow in the solar plexu;, was arrested
and paroled.
Eight persons were hurt, two women
seriously, in a bead on collision of
trolley cars on the Patersou line, near
Little. Sails. N, j,
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l!HOR EVENTSOf THE WEEK
WASHINGTON. 1
ho Peruvian Government has ajk
pointed Manual Alvarez Caldvron to
be Peruvian Minister t? Cuba, while
retaining his post of Minister of Pern
in Washington.
The eighth International Geographic
Congress opened in Washington, witW
many noted scientists present.
Checks for prize money due navalS
men as a result of the Manila Bay victory
were sent out.
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. 1
Major-General .Tames F. Wade, commanding
the Philippine Division, was
authorized to sail for the United States
on the next available transport leaving
Manila.
The school teachers who visited the
United States last summer have begun
their year's work, and are putting into
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Cornell University.
DOMESTIC. '
fAt the opening of the New York City,
schools 579.854 pupils registered, 50,000
more than last year.
The steamer Longfellow, of Wilmington,
Del., foundered off Highland
Light, Mass. Her crew of sixteen were
rescued.
The preliminary statement of trade
for August showed a decrease In exports
of $4,000,000. >
The steamship Parthian, from Boston,
Mass., for Philadelphia, Pa., went
aground in the Delaware River near
Reedy Island, Del.
Two men were killed and several
persons injured in a train collision on
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Tjrest fires wore'raging in timber
.tions of Northern California and
near San Francisco. The city of Santa
Cruz was reported in danger, and the
situation in .the Santa Crux mountains
was extremely serious.
The plant of the Eastern Shipbuilding
Company, fit Groton, Conn., was v
sold to George R. Sheldon, of the reorganization
committoe.
James J. Corbett. once a champion
pugilist, went to a New Ywrk City p*r
licemah's assistance in making an ar<
rest in Broadway after three of the
prisoner's friends Interfered.
An amusement park is to occupy thf
fifty acres at the northern tip of Man*
hattan Islan^, New York City.
Assistant Secretary of State Francis
B. Loomls delivered an address of wek
come at the first session of the Interparliamentary
Union in St Louis, Mo.
The revolt of students at the Stat*
Agricultural College, at Raleigh, N. G.,
to sectire greater liberty has collapsed.
The wrecking of a south-bonnd train
near Rocky Ford, Ga., in the same
manner aa the north-bound had been
derailed the day before, has caused
officials to offer rewards for the capture
of the train wreckers.
The battleship Georgia will
launched at Bath. 31?., next month.
The salmon pack in Southeastern
Alaska is short this year, only 393,800
cases having been made up to September
1.
After a quarrel over a p?Io game Sergeant
Boyle killed Private Pearl Allen:
at Glenwood Springs, Col.
Klondike treasure worth $500,000
and upward of 150 passengers reached
Seattle, Wash., on two steamers.
The United States cruiser Milwaukee
was launcheJ. at San Francisco,
Cal., Miss Lillian Jeffrey, of. California,
christening the ship.
Bank robbers got $14,000 from a safe*
In Pomcroy, O.
The agreement between the New;
York City "L" employes and the Interborough
Company was signed.
Chemists from all parts of the world
assembled at Columbia University ini
New York City.
Seventy-five of the gypsies at Ellia
Island, New York Harbor, were placed
on the Campania for deportation.
The real estate and personal property:
of the White Mountain Paper Company, B
were sold at auction at Portsmouth, N* K
H., for $2,650,000. * Eg
Two were killed and four injured in E
& freight train wreck at Klttannlng V
Point, Pa., on the Pennsylvania Bail- B
road. i'B
Judge A. Heaton Robertson waff B
nominated for Governor by the Dsmo- Hj
cratic Convention in Connecticut a|
Dr. J. R. A. Crossland, former Minis- B
ter to Liberia, was shot twice and se- B
riously wounded in a fight with anoth- H
er doctor at St. Joseph, Mo. H
FOREIGN. ||
A regular dealer in orders and titles H
of nobility has been exposed in Berlin. H
West African natives have broken H
through the cordon of German troops II
and escaped to the south, making it B|
likely that the war will be indefinitely, H
prolonged. B
The German provincial Protestant H
press objects to having their future B
Empress called Cecilia, the name of a l|
Catholic saint, It is reported. -Bfij
A Japanese officer at Tsingtau says B
the Japanese losses at Port Arthur thtf B!
last few days exceed 15.000. and thaiBI
their losses at Liaoyang exceeded 20/ H|
France upheld Combes in his deter* H
mination to separate Church and State. MB
The Russian press expresses great H
satisfaction at the appointment of^H
Prince Mirsky as Minister of the Inte<H[
rior, regarding him as the right man^M
for the present crisis.
After signature of the treaty atBj
Lhasa Coionel Younghusband pointed^H
out that the British had avoided inter-^H
fering in any way with the internal af<^B
fairs of Tibet. 8?
Lieutenant-General Prince FushimiMj
will visit the United States in October^B
as the special representative of the^H
Emperor of Japan. aBfl
Prince Mirsky, Russia's new Minis-^H
ter of the Interior, is said to be the an-^0
tithesis of his predecessor, M. von^H
Plehve, being kind and conciliatoryWg
and liked by everybody. Sc8
Ex-King Prempeh of Ashantee ad-H|
niired Joseph Chamberlain to such a
extent that he has ordered for himsel^H
a complete suit of clothes and nionocltHB
like those worn by the ex-Colonial SecHjE
rotary. MHH
King Victor Emmanuel of Italj^H
has, entirely unsolicited, sent a checi^H
for $2000 to the Italian hospital at th<H|
City of Mexico. BHj
It is otiicially reported that Samue^H
Mhafero, the leader of the Hereros, th^M
Southwest African tribe that is in re^H
boliion against German rule, was cap^H
tured by Major Estorff in an enguge^H
ment. Fifty Hereros were killed. HOB
The Right Hon. James Lowthei^^B
Member of Parliament for Kent, IslSjB
of Thanet division, and at one timBH
Under Secretary for the Colonies anJ^B
later Chief Secretary for Ireland, iHB
dead. He was sixty-four years old. jBB
Russia agreed to pay damages fo^B
the deteution of two British colli era. mg