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F * ?' V < >L. XIII. A RATHE IS RAGING i I I'rnnl) encounter Reported Betweefc j Russians and Japanese IK!: JAPS GET RE-ENFORCEMENTS j Fighting in the Vicinity of Yentai \ Station Lasted All Day Monday and ; Monday Night and is Yet Unde- ! cided?The Russians First Fell Pack, But Later Resumed Their Advance, Engaging the Enemy South i ef tho Schili River. Mukden. By Cable.?A bloody battle !.-i now raging about six miles north of tho Ventai railroad station. The Japanese on Sunday fell back along the whole front and the Russian advance guards crossed thi Jffaili river {about half way betweoen Mukden and Uao Vang) and cairn j within throe miles of Yentai; but Monday the Japanese received Btrong renforcements of infantry and artillerj and nearly held their positions, but oven assumed the offensive. The tight ;ng lasted tho entire day and night The Japanese directed their artiller; tiro with great skill and searched th? Russian positions so fiercely that tin Russians fell back north of the Schi! river, which crosses the railroad seves miles from Yentai. The Russians thi morning resumed their advance, on< more crossed the Schili river and en -raged the Japanese two miles south o j it. A terrific artill?ry engagement i: j proceeding along the entire front. Th< result of the battle is Btill undecided. Dost Blinded Combatants. Mukden, By Cable.?A Russian cortespondent of tbe Associated Tress de rlbing incidents of the Russian advance. tells of a frightful dust storm, peculiar to this season in Manchuria. Y'lucn raged on Saturday. it was ni ;is h? iglit while a battalion of Pekofl regiment with guns attacked a Japanese force posted in a village, east of ftio railroad and south of the Sliakhr ! iver, and drove out the Japanese, after .1 stubborn resistance. Clouds of dust blinded the combatnnts and made it .mpossible to aim. The Angers of the soldiers were nnntbed with the cold and a strong wind carried the shells beyond the mark. The Japanese got away in good roder, carrying off their l illcd and wounded. The Russians lost 7'* men. The railroad is clear and not damaged so far as the Shekhe river The correspondent repeats the state meat that Lino Yang is practically 'oar of Japanese troops, indicating that all of Field Marshal Oyama's men are north of the Taitse river. Russians in Good Spirits. A Russian correspondent of the Associated Press telegraps as follows: "1 have seen a number of wounded who have been sent back front the front. It is impossible at present to enter into details of the operations on foot, but the nten interviewed are in Infinitely better spirits than were those woum.e 1 . when we were retreating. Every one is ?enfident and the men are all anxious io finish the war and get back home. None of them, however, has any idea of going home except as victors. We | have enough troops and the one determination of officers and men is to wipo ont the Japanese." The Work of Spies. St. Paul. Minn., Special.?A special to The Dispatch from Minot, N. P.. says: "Two knocked-out torpedo boats e.n route over the Great Northern to Seattle have been wrecked near Towner through the breaking of the forward journal on the truck of the car carrying the boats. It Is thought the truck was tampered with at Rugby. During tffo summer a number of Russians have been employed oa the section crew at Towner. Some of them, it is said, have disappeared. It is known the Russian and Japanese governments have had spies in this covin try with a view of watching suspicious shipments to the Orient," Vessel and 300 Lives Lost. The loss of the armored gun-boat Vleiyon was announced Tuesday, and permission was granted by the authorities to publish the details of the disaster. The Heiyen struck a mine off Mgoon Ray on the night of Scptembe1R and founnered. Nearly 300 persons her entire complement, were drowned. Two petty officers and two sailors managed to reach Ciilno I'ai Island, from which they were rescued. A Divorce Discussion. Boston, Spcrtial.?A proposed ?Jiange in the canons of the Episco pa; i nuron, vHereby clergymen are forbidden to re-taarry any person who hr-s bo si divorced was discussed for two hours by the House cf Deputies at Tuesday's session f f the I'2f.<seopal Goneral Convention. The House of Deputies was sitting as a committee of tho whole, amV the eon sldttratlcn of the subject, regarded a:<>nc of the most important to come before the present convention, will be taken up from time to time, until tlio matter |e fina.i> disposed of. I-'or some time there has I con a strong sentiment in tho church thai the cleigy r-houll ret marry the inno*;cat party. ORT NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Imoortance Gathered From Many Sources. Through the South. Richmond. Va.. was selected tor the Ivpiscopal General Convention of 1907 by the convention in Boston. Senator-elect Rayner, of Maryland, opened the Democratic campaign in Delaware with a vigorous speech at Wilmington. Representatives of ths Mormon Church of Utah are negotiating for the J purchase of a tract of 300,000 acres of 1 land in the State of Tabasco. Mexico. Confederate Toterans of Texan celebrated on Snndav the eighty-sixth irthday of Judge John H. Reagan, tho .nly survivor of tho Confederate Cabitet. C. J. Cassimus. a wealthy retired 'ruit dealer, was run over and killed y a street car In North Montgomery Yednesday. Eye-witnesses say tho ;an deliberately walked upon tho racks. The body was horribly man-led. At the request of the Governor of Virginia, Colonel Charles A; Dempsey, 1 United States army, retired, has been ordered to Richmond for duty with the organized militia of that State for a neriod of 1 years, unless sooner relieved. A dispatch front Mexico City says: Louis Mazzantine, the noted Spanish bull-flghtcr. and his brother, Thomas, will soon arrive here, where they will rive one of their last performances. ? Louis intends leaving the profession after returning to Spain shortly to kill his last bull in honor of the Queen. At Chapel Hill. N. C\, Wednesday the one hundred and ninth anniversary of the opening of the State University was celebrated. I)r. Vcnable of the University. reported the institution in excellent condition and then introduced the orator o( the day, l>r. (\ Alphonso Stni.h, who delivered an address on "The Literature of tin* South." A special from Montgomery. Alabama. says- Attorney General Wilson has filed impeachment proceedings with the Supreme Court against Sheriff A. D. Rodgers, of Madison county. He is charged with neglect of duty in not protecting the negro, Horance Maples, wiui w<?? i) iicul'u in mm is vine, on nits n'ght of September 7th. The hearing has been set for November 24th. Washington Happenings. The War Department has just received the report of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission submitted for the commission by General H. V". Boynton, chairman. The commissioners state that during the year monuments were erected and dedicated by the States of Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In the North. Senator Fairbanks spent the day speaking at points in Nebraska. Ex-President Cleveland will preside and make a speech at a general Democratic mass-meeting in Carnegie Hall. New York, October 21. Frank De Peyster Hall, a wealthy member of a prominent New York family, committed suicide as a result cf charges of disgraceful practices made against him. Thirty-three persons were killed and many injured by a collision between a passenger train and a freight on the Missouri Pacific railroad near Warrensburg. Missouri. At St. I-ouis Wednesday night. Grant Eby, of New York, who holdR the championship medal, defeated Benja inin rj. nrumuy, or Aiiania. ua.. in me third championship pool tourney game, the score being 125 to 27. Eby's playing was brilliant throughout, while Brumby had several hard luck breaks when his turn came to play. Foreign Affaire. At least 15 persons were killed by falling walls at Santiago, Chile. Jews desiring to emigrate from Russia were granted reduced railway rates within the empire. Earl Grey advises that a conference of Englishmen and Americans ho held ta deal with the race problem in South Africa. It is expected in St. Petersburg that General Kuropatkin's advance will be ftrongly resisted by the Japanese in u few days. M 11 .......... .1 MaM.ra A number of new plays were produced in New York and other cities. Court-martial trials in the army decreased nearly 20 per cent, last year. John Alexander Dowie, the. "first high priest on earth," in a "sermon" al Zion eulogized Roosevelt and denounc ed Parker and the Democrats as the "eeruro of the earth." Henry C. Prick was elected a director of the Reading Company and of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. The death is announced of Mrs. John Angell, who sued for a share of the estate of the late Jay Gould, alleging she was his widow. MI] FOliT MILL, S.C., WE CATAWBA HEARING South Carolina Institutes Proceedings Against Railroad MANY WI1MESSIS ON THE STAND South Carolina Railroad Commission Takes Evidence at Columbia?Governor Heyward Appo.nts New Treasurer for Lee County. Columbia, S. C.. Special.?A hearing was had before the railroad commission Tuesday in the matter of the double wrecTi on the 9th of September st Catawba bridge on the Seaboard, when a number of lives were lost by leason of the passenger train leaving Ihe bridge, shortly after midnight, and a freight train following 10 minutes later, falling in on the wreckage, tin tho part of tho railroad, the witnesses were examined by Mr. J. L. Glenn, of Chester, district attorney for the Seaboard, and Chairman Garris conducting the examination for the State. Among the spectators was Mr. John ICarle, of Greenville, commissioner-elect. Commissioner Caughman's report was read, lr which ho pointed out the possible cause of the wreck being the breaking of the liolt retaining the front trucks ef the passenger engine. In this broken bolt he had detected au old crack. He also criticised tho road for having the second train run so close as to render its flagging impossible. He thought a speed of 10 rnlh's an hour too great for tills bridge. In reply to this. General Suporinton- . dent linger read his report of the accident to President Barr, in which lie ciscwveren uiai mo cainsiropne was ; robably due to a rail being unsplke 1, the retaining bars of the no t rail being found unbroken and their bolts discovered in good condition nearby. lr. the circumstances there was no time to flag the second train and for that reason it was impossible to prevent the double wreck. The physical condition of tho bridge, which was only two years old. was perfect, as was admitted, and | Mr. linger would not hesitate to run a l-assenger train over such a bridge at a rate of 60 miles an hour. These witnesses were sworn for the railroad: it. I>\ Luther, master mechanic; A. L. Monroe, inspector of engines; Janus Durkin, inspector of bridges; General Superintendent linger; It. F. West, conductor on wrecked passenger train; Pink Carpenter, colored, flagman; G. H. Monies, engineer; T. C. Link and J. .1. Duncan, of freight crew; P. K. Sanders, train master. The witnesses for the State were Commissioner Cough man and two citizens of lteddy, a station ncr the scene cf the accident, It. W. Patton and T. K. Geddys. The testimony was all one way and ae railroad people had no difficulty in proving that the accident was probably due to a rail being unspiked. Ifisinterotcd witnesses testified that they found angle liars and bolts untapped and unbroken on the ground just beneath the first break in the trest'e, that the threads in the bolts were nbroken and that a number of unbent spikes were found near the same spot. Gasoline Engine Explodes. Ashoville, Special.?A gasoline engine used in pumping water at the residence hero of President R. S. Rowland, of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, exploded Tuesday afternoon, painfully injuring an employe named Garner about the hands end arms. Mr. Howland said tonight that h? did not know whether it wai carelessness on?the part of the employe or a defect in the engine that caused the explosion. Garner was given medical attention, and it Is not thought that his hurts will result seriously. It is said that a heavy woolen shirt worn by Garner was responsible for his comparatively slight injuries; that otherwise his clothing would have probably ignited and he would have been burned to death. Russian Fleet to Leave. Copenhagen, Ry Cable.?The Associated Press learns from an excellent source that the Russian Lin!tic Meet will leave Id ban October 14 and pass through Danish waters Ocvtobcr 1C. High Russian naval officers have arrived here and will investigate the Danish waters before the passage of ihe fleet. Mr. Davis on Campaign. Cnmborland, Md., SpeciaJ.?Henry G. Davis, Democratic vice presidential candidate, has mauo a fiying start on Lis whirlwind campaign through Maryland and \Va3t Virginia. Leaving Baltimore Tuesday morning on a special train over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, he has made an even dozen speeches, arranged the details of every mooting, introduced his corps of campaigners, tc the audiences in all the West Virginia towns visited, has struck out vigorously on State issues, dono the greater pnrt of the lalking and is the freshest from fatigue of any member of tho party. DNESDAY, () . TOliKii RUSSIANS STILL RUN Japanese Holding Out Well in Chase After Their Army BLOODSHED GROWS APPALLING One of the Bloodiest Battles in History Still Raging South of Mukden, the Russian Advance Having Been Converted Into a Stubbornly Fought Retreat?Whole Regiments Mowed Down on Both Sides. Tho main armies of Russia and Japan in Manchuria continue to be engaged in a elesperato struggle for supremacy south of Mukden. On both aides there have been such looses in killed and wounded as mark the contest for one of losses In killed and wounded. Already the losses at L.iao Yang liave been approximated and the indications aro that they will be exceeded, that of the Russians up to roon of October 14 being estimated at 15.000. Tho Russian advance has been converted into a -stubbornlyfought retreat, Thei result, according to the Russians, is still to be determined. Reports from thy. "Wtiss4uiileft wing are lacking, leaving room for question if part of Gene ral Kuroputkin's army is not in worse extremity than tho centre and right were at any stage 01 the battle On both sides the soldiers have shown the tit most tenacity and bravery and whole regiments have gone down before the flro of the enemy. In oilicial circles m St. Petersburg there is a disposition to argue that e von should Genei;.l Kuropatkin be obliged to retire upon Mukden his position will bo quite as favorable an il was when th ; crilor to advance was given on October tl; and that on tho ??t!ior hand ?ho,Japanese powers <>f future rosislanio will haw been materially wiakened. There is no news from Fori Arthur. Gloom in St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg. Rv Cable.?Tho great feeling of concern which exists in cir- i cIob in the Russian capital by no rneas j equals the foreboding of coming disaster pervading the general public, which is indulging in the deepest pessimism. In the. absence of official news, the publcc is being fed on the wildest rumors of defeat suffered by General Kuropatkin. The fact that nr word regarding the battle has been ollleially given out only confirms the popular fear. The explanation offered that it was a holiday docs not suffice to ally the apprehension. General Kuropatkin's report, of tho result of tho day's operations has reached Emperor Nicholas at Tasarkoe Solo, but it had not been returned here before the war commission, which sat only until 'J o'clock, hail adjourned. The Emperor himself is represented as being bitterly disappointed, and spending hours with his cabinet, studying out, with the help of his military aids, the reports of tno battle. Tho general staff, however, by no means despairs. Though admitting that the tide in the last two days has been against General Kuropatkin, the general staff sa"s tho battle is not yet over, and that in any event there is no question of a rout. lno depressing feature or the situation is tliat everyone is willing to 1m> lieve tht; worst. Thus, reports from Tokio and elsewhere, stating that the Japanese are advancing and that the Russians are falling back are accepted with faith based upon the previous Russian retreat. Naturally many reports are current as to the genesis of the forward movement. It is freely stated that General Kuropntkin was forced into taking the offensive by uressure by the authorities here. This has been officially denied, and as General Kuropatkin's order to advance was given over his own signature, it seems likelv that he i will have to bear all the responsibility, whether the situation is of his own making or not. , Friends of General Keropatkin eaJd the present offensive movement was inspired from St. Petersburg, as was doubtless General Stakelberg's movement for the relief of Port Arthur, and that iT Kuropatkin's star has set. others higher than ho are responsible. At the same time, the supporters of General Kuropatkin argue that, whatever may be the direct outcome of the past few (lavs' fighting, it is not likely to he an irretrievable disaster to the Russian army. Dispatches from the front give a vivid picture of the desperate character of the fighting along the whole line. The Kusian plainsmen have been again forced to engage in hill fighting, which Is little? ti their liking. There have been desperate and repeated attacks upon almost inaeessible positions, which leave no question of the resolution and gallantry of the Russian forces. Guns have been captured and -e-captured in fierce hand-to-hand conflicts. The latest word direr,ly from ,ho field of battle is the Mukden dispatch to the Associated Press, ii which it is stated that 15,000 Ruslans had been wounded, which, together with the day's casualities, would make the total probably exceed tho figures of L:ao Yang, and inane the fight rank as one of the bloodiest battles in bis tory. riME i. f!\ 1904. m:\ysy gleanings. After two weeks ?.f mi seasonal)!* heat a cold wave slnu k Tcxai. The parcel post treaty between t!i United States and Japan has gone into force. Several trains on the Atelitson, To' peka and Santa 1?V Kailroad were tied up at Ardiuore. I. T. Courtniartials during 1!H)f in flu army were only -t'JIt), or lOJtl less Lliaii tiie year preceding. For trying to wreck n trolley car Nick M* Intosh was sentcneeil at Sa vannah, (!a? t*> life iiniirisouiuent. Contrary t*> ttie usual practice the protected cruiser Chattanooga will l?? commissioned before given her trial j trip. A rumor that the Pimo PavingiRank, at Canton, Ohio, tiad lost by a local failure started a run on the ( institution. Shot at their respective homes by 1 Hilly Fiscal, a full blooded Indian Jack F.llis and Walter lteidy are dead at lloldemilio. I. T. Filling a cigar box with cotton. Township Clerk James F. Kill n, sit Celina, Ohio. po"r >1 chloroform ?>n it. I 1 1.1 i ?ui ii-ii in* uu;?e iu me couou anu was found dead. Guests of the Forest Park ITotet, just outside the Exposition gintmls at S.. I.ouis, Mo., were routed out hy a lire in an adjoining amusement place, which caused ?10,<kH) loss. Ten per cent, of the 10,000 children In the Berlin schools litis year wer /omul insutUcienliy de\ >pid in body "or mind, and had to he excluded for half a year or longer. Lighting fires for the Jews Is the way in which some people in Manchester, England, earn a living. Strict .lews must not light tires or candles on the Snlihath, which begins on Friday at sunset. Still Fighting Stubbornly. Mukden, By Cable.? Stubborn flip t ing Is still in progress this being the third day of the engagement, it is im pcssibln at this time to s'y what to been nccornplis' od. Hospital trains ar? continually arriving from the south 'I he wounded nie being sent flirt* ei north. A dressing station has been leblished on t'e rnilwav yi!-' orni {.r, \\ here nurses and s : < ' s rive pro t attention to the n o t u. oh rased i> ."or the trains proceed. Battling Hard Near Ymtai St. Petersburg, By Cable.?General Snkharoff, telegraphing confirms the reports of the Ycntai, where the 1 eights were alternately held by the Russians and Japanese. Ceneral Danieloff, who siicceo led Gt nerals Trousseff and U-imnnoff in (cmmand of the Sixth Siberian Billcs ! (vision, was wonnded in the left, but id not relinquish his command. The losses are not stated, and "crorling u the latest advices the battle is continuing today. Medical Association Meets. Cincinnati. O., Special.?The Missistiippi Valley Medical Association un-tn- I iniously elected Bransford Lewis, St. j Tennis, president, and II. K. Tnley, Lou- j isvilie. secret.''! y. The scs'ons of the association closed with the reading of papers by Shelby C. Carson, Greens boro, Ala.; Duncan Eve, Nashville, Tonn., and F. D. Kendall, Columbia, S. C. Fighting Boll Weevil. Washington, Special. The Department of Agriculture, in a circular issued. warns planters throughout the cotton belt that in thcix efforts to procure an early crop of cotton to avoid damage by boll weevils they must not overlook the -grout prime factor in the control of the pest, the destruction of the plants in the Held is stamped as the most effective method of reducing the numbers of the weevil. The circular calls for concerted action of committees, in taking these steps. Illu?. lilt? it wo uy f?iro? Tho Imported stallion Meddlor, of tho stud of the late William C. Whit noy, was sold Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, New York, to Matthew Corbott for $r> 1,000. Bedouin, ridden by Shaw, won the it; neho del Pneo slakes nt Morris Park. Pasadena was second, Calrgorm third. Th'j time was l:0'J3i. Bedouin broke in front and making tho pace, won by a head. Y. M. C. A. For Chester. Chester. Special.? A number of clti! zens of the town interested in the moral welfare of t.ho young men of the community are making a movement towards organizing a Young 'Men's christian Association. Correspondence I s being had with the Y. M. C. A. scc etarv of the Carolinas, inviting him o visit Chester in tho interest of the ovemeut. Something over $3,000 have een suhs< ribed. It is proposed to buy lot at some eligible point, erect a tiilding and furnish it with the neecs iry equipment for the work proposed So light is me touch of the native arber in India that ho can shave a istomer while a^leup without waking i::n. ' * o ' I - t I ?^ -w .. r NO. :?0. lilt LiVuaU LV1L j Charged That I ivnrces and Satooay Are eljscly Linked Sl'XTON HOT ArTFR BISHOP POTTER i i Winston Deputy at the Episcopal Convention Attempts to Bring Up the Liquor Question in Connection Witt* the Debate on Divorce arvd Yields Only to the Time Limit of the Se^* ion. Boston. Special.?A marked division of sentiment regarding tho proposal to prevent the re-marrlacro of tho innocent party to a dlv? co durtng the life of the former partner developed" at today's sen-ion of tho tlDUBO of Deputies of tho Episcopal trencrai Convt ntion. The house, sitting as ? committee of tho whole, discussed in? i Xll.? Illl HOV niwl ntun.. \o?h orv^Att ? ! (II esses were 111 lie Ml both sides. Several prominent delegates erp-essod the opinion that in view of the great difference of opinion the present conference would not act u? the matter but would, like its predecessor, refer the problem to lh? next triennial convention. A commotion was caused by Joint C. Buxton, of Winston. N*. C? who attempted to link the .divorce cvif with the liquor question. Mr. Buxton is the deputy who, oit the opening da;* of the convention, attempted to read a resolution cen;r Bishop Henrv C. Potter, of ' e\v York, for opening the subway i:lo<in. In It's remarks he expressd the oninii 11 that it would he bolter ' r the church to curb the liquor trafbofe.ro chang ng the cannon on di>rce. out inning, he was saving: '< .1 of a h tit ei'.ieial of the church. img hi: inlluenec to the dedication 1 -:iions " when he was intorrupt'*>; * a point f order. Mr. Buxton diminished liy the chairman. 1 h" attempted to make roino furr :efern<e. indirectly, to tho sub;i lavern. hut was promptly called order by the eh ilriuan. Tho time * t't of the 1111 ming session expired. B re Mr. Buxton could continue. i me. MrConneil, c t N<iw Orleans, i '*1 t!i? adoption of the new eann a dram;*lie speech. "In (loci's* i iic <ic< I roil, "how ran a I'un h legislate to take away the pain <f nnoccico? What ripht has any' !" to i Iff:,' t'-o meaning of the iv rib in St. Matthew's Onspol v" o e in tlic man to expound away the written word of the Son of <?od h If?" I >v. T. J. Beard, of Birmingham, AI .. was opp? seel to the adoption of the pronoFod (anon because it compri raised the church as a teacher. Beer Re Ko'-ter I'eabodv, of Brook|v?. thought that all udditions should !,e voted down. Tiie debate was put over. Tito !h lis t of Bishops presented tiie Areliltisop of Canterltury with a K'iver loving clip. The Kngllsh prin a?e will leave the < ity for Now York temorrow and will nail for Rngland < n Monday. The resignation of Bishop Thomas' A. JaniRiiar. of Southern Ohio, was received and accepted by the House ' f Bi hops, and his co adjutor, Right t'ev. Boyd Vincent, becomes* bishop of the diocese. Wood Alcohol Kills 16. New York, Special.?When Mcrmair Sachs died In Roosevelt Hospital, Bit minutes after he had been admitted, another death wtut added to the longlist (?f fatalities which Coroner Scholer beliovos were caused hy the ???? of wood alcohol in the whiskey sub? in the raloon of Rudolph Kritscbc. i inre urv uuw sixiifii ur.ii-iiy uii mil* list. Sachs wa.s seized with violent abdonional pains this afternoon. <k>ronc?r Scholcr wm notifbwl and a htirrl'*(1 investigation showed that tin* stricken man had l>oen drinking whiskey bought r?t Fritche'u saloon jusr. before the police took possession or the plai-o. Apprehension at St. Petersburg. St. Petersburg. Hy Cable.? It is now midnight on the battlefield below Mukden, and the failiue to receive news that the Russians achieved decisive results In Wednesday's fight north of Yontnl, coupled with the Toklo report that Field Marshal Oyuma in gaining ground, causes increased apprehension. Crane Succeed Hoar. Boston, Special.?Governor John Rates appointed former Governor W. Murray Crane, of Daltori, United States Senator to fill the unexpired term of -Vnntor George F. Hoar, recently deceased. Mr. Crane has informed Governor Hates that he will accept. Ho in no of the largest paper manufacturers in the Slate and has been prominent in State politics for a score of years. In 1 S*)7 he was elected Lieutenant Governor and in 1900 became Governor, which office he held tor three years. Mr. Craro is a personal friend of PresidentRoosevelt.