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SLAUGHTER Gory Record Being k;? J aP Shocks ismy mm i an In Seven Days of Fighting in Vicinity of Mukden. Carnage Brings Out Talk of Peace. General Kuropatkin's southern advance has been beaten back and his army is in retreat. Ke is, however, fighting doggedly, so as to spare the Russian army from utter rout. It is now estimated that the combined losses of the Japanese and Russians, including kiHed, wounded and missing will reach 60,00u. At the close-of the seventh consecutive day of fighting between Mukden and Liao-Yang, the battle Was still raging Sunday night, the Russians offering a stubborn resistance to the fierce onslaught of the Japanese. The |x sacrifice of life fias been appamng. Estimates of the Russian losses alone /in- killed and wounded at the end of the sixth day's fighting being concededly 30,000, while it seems probable It aggregated at that" time 40,000. Japanese official reports estimate that 10,000 Russian dead were left on the battlefield, up to the night of October 14, and claim that the Japanese losses are small by comparison with those of ? the Russians. General Kuropatkin's report to Emperor Nicholas depicts the desperate character of the fighSng- and prais9s the valor of the troops, indicating, however, that he is hard pressed, with - the result etill in the balance. All hope of succoring Port Arthur this season has been abandoned. St. Petersburg has an unconfirmed report that the Japanese General Nodzu has been seriously wounded. A question of interest in St Petersburg is the fate of . General Kuropatkin as a factor in Russian military situation. A Tokio dispatch says: Field Marshal Oyama estimates the Russian dead left on the field, including the fighting of the 15th (Saturday) at over 10.000. Under investigation, the total Russian dead left in front of the center army, are estimated at 2,5G0. The enemy's dead, already investigated, the I report totals at 5,550, but the enemy's losses during the two days of fierce engagements on October 14 and 15, are not included in this number. Moreover, there are some undiscovered dead by all of the armies, so that the enemy's dead left on the field will reach a total of over 10.000. # A Mukden special says: There was a lull in the battle Saturday, but fighting was continued Sunday on the right. The army is southwest ten miles. It is now certain that the army will be able to extricate itself. The -losses will amount to 30,000. St. Petersburg Hears of Tragedy. 'A St. Petersburg special says: The '"official veil was lifted Monday from the ghastly tragedy around Shahke; but even the official report, supplemented by numerous press dispatches, leaves much uncertainty as to the situation. Out cf the fragmentary mass of information at hand, it is possible fonly to conclude that the costly with*drawal and retreat from Liao-Yang is being duplicated even on a grander scale, after more desperate fighting and heavier losses. _ i General Kuropatkin's story leaves the Russians still tenaciously holding the north bank of the Shahke river, but general belief is that this is only the desperate final of one of the greatest military dramas of history, and that the Russian army as a whole GUN EXPLOSION PILLS THREE. Fatal Accident Occurs While Soldiers Were at Practice. Three United States soldiers were ?>itrhr u'pro ininred. one fa AiiiCU auu vt^u^ *? v - ^ liv' tally, by the premature explosion of p|. powder as a ten-inch mortar was being jg: \ loaded at Fort Banks, Winthrop, SatjP^ orady. The artillery men were having the i|P& customary morning practice in the W;\ tnortar battery which overlooks the ? '< "entrance to Bcston harbor. One shot had been fired and the gun was being p- reloaded for a second trial when the ? explosion occurred. | fe VOTERS ILLEGALLY COLONIZED. p; Warrants Issued Against Prominent Republicans in New York City. Warrants were issued at New York Saturday against Richard Van Cott |p; and Bankson McAvoy, a cashier in the general postoffice and a republican S? worker in the fifth assembly district, pV on charges of colonization of illegal fe - voters in the fifth district. Van Cott is a sen of Cornelius Van Cott, post|j?*' master of New York city. - . . FRIGHTFUL A T ^ J TT *r X) * * c~\ c\ r\ -? /"I I lVldUC Juy i\U33 CtJLLU. the World. * I j is retiring toward Mukden, having suffered at the most conservative esti! mate, a loss of 30,000. All of the wounded are being carried to Karbin, farther north. It is understood that the correspondents also have been ordered _ to Harbin,, which indicates the retreat will not even stop at Tie Pass. All hopes of the world-heralded advance to Port Arthur have been abandoned. The weather conditions are even worse j than during the retreat from Liaoj Yang. Streams are bank high and ! fords are impassable; biit it is impossible to say how this will affect the final situation. It may prove Russia's ; salvation by preventing a Japanese ! pursuit. On the other hand, however, if the Russians are on the wrong side, | j the flooded rivers may only emphasize { -jthe completeness of the disaster. I Another serious fact that remains : undetermined is the ammunition sup' ply. Seven days of furious fighting | must have greatly depleted the supply of both armies. Officials express coni fidence that General Kuropatkin is betiter off in thifc respect, but at last re ports the Japanese were bombarding ; as if the were sure of' an inexhaustiI ble supply. Awful Slaughter Suggests Peace. A later dispatch from Tokio is as follows: There is a strong appeal for peace in the appalling tragedy which is now under enactment in Manchu! ria. Both armies have fought fero| ciously for a week and desperate flghtj ing continues. It is probable that the j death roll will be largely increased | before the final shot is fired, i The preliminary reports indicate that about 60,000 men of both sides have been either killed or wounded, the larger portion of them being Russions, since the armies closed in combat. Even the Japanese, to whom, the great victory is of paramount importance, seem to be shocked by the slaughter of their enemies. The Japj anese people are receiving the news {from the field of battle calmly, and ! there can be heard no shouts in the j streets proclaiming the victory of their | nation. Few flags are displayed. Probj ably later on there will be a procesj sion with the consequent jollification, | but there are heard many expressions i of opinion that no demonstration of I any kind should be held. A prominent i Japanese said to the Associated Press ; correspondent: "We have won a sweeping victory which may prove to be the salvation of our country's existence, but regrets both our own losses and the terrible slaughter which our forces have inflicted on the enemy. We regret still more the necessity which forced us to engage in this war." A member of the diplomatic corps, in an interview with the correspondj eat of the Associated Press, said: "I believe the world will recoil I from the sickening slaughter of this I battle. Every interest of humanity j demands the adjustment of the differ ences between the two nations and the i proclamation of peace. ! ' The situation between the two bel| ..gerents is a delicate one, but what a splendid triumph for diplomacy it! would be if peace could be arranged. It seems to be that the question of hon| or is no longer involved. If Russia J feels that such a question is involved, i surely the heroic and successful dejfense of Port Arthur,-and the valor shown by Rusian soldiers on the fields of Manchuria should forever determine the quality of Russian courage. Russia should remember that the distance j dividing her strength and the limita| tions of her railway are historical fac1 tors in this war. These factors are I generally known. They are appreciated by everybody and are not looked j on as faults." I MONUMENT TO RANSOM. , North Carolinians Begin Movement to.: Honor Departed Statesman. j A movement has begun in Raleigh, j ' XT ^ *Vio Qri^cnf oimnnpl' ! j WUlV^ll uao cut aiutuc wuj/|/v4 ?p j of the state officers, for the erection j of a statue of the late United States | Senator Matt W. Ransom, the purpose | being to place this i?; the capitol j I square in which there is a statue of j | the late Z .B. Vance. It Is stated that j the funds could be quickly raised j It is declared that Ransom did j more for his state while in congress ; i than every other man it has ever had : | to repreesnt it there. ESTIMATES OF COTTON CROP. I j Agricultural Commissioners Place Fig- , ures at 10,771,000 Bales. j Ten million one hundred and seven- j j tv-one thousand is the figure at which the agricultural officials of the cotton j growing states, in session at Baton i Rouse, La., estimate the cotton crop i for this year. The estimate Is made | from full and carefully compiled rej ports. i YHE WATER CURE AS Pi CHILDREN m "When a Japanese child tells lies he shower bath until the lies are washi homes, the Japanese of the poorer c'j house In which is enthroned one of th saint Every morning he makes an sprig of green, and every night he 1 Japanese worship, ablutions play a la illustration, having indulged in the lu process of purification., SKELETON OF MAF . . FAMOUS Here is me skeleton of Marengo, Napoleon Bonaparte's famous charger, which is now in the Royal United Service Institution, in London. The mortal remains of Marengo are divided between France and England, the skin of the famous horse being in the military museum at the Invalides, having / V NAPOLEON'S CHJ been sent there by a special order issued last March, while the bones are in London. After the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo Lord Petre obtained possession of Marengo and sold him to General Angerstein. The animal was well cared for and petted in his old age, and on bis death the skeleton was presented to the Royal United Service Institution by General Angerstein. FOLDING CHAIR FOR THEATRES. The chairs commonly used in theatres and auditoriums do not permit of the rapid emptying of their occupants, the only egress being in a transverse direction, resulting in the immediate congestion of the entirely too contracted aisles. The object of a recent In vention is to provide a cnair wmcu will materially enable the public to escape promptly in case of fire *or emergency. Side frames of the chairs are placed in rows and parallel to each other, each of which serves for the attachment of a folding seat and a back. When not in use the hinged iETsr GLISH PROGRESSIVE Jones (from next door)?"What the Smith (whose wife is away)?"Oh! coming home to-night, so I'm just getl lore she arrives."?Illustrated Bits. \ JHISHMENT FOR JAPANESE 10 TELL LIES, . 'w>.v</w?n^A j is punished by having to sit under a ^ j pd away. As in the Italian peasant ass .always has a. little shrine in his e Seven Gods of Riches, or a family offering of a cake, a little rice and a ights a little lamp in front of it. In rge part, and the boy shown in our xury of many lies, is undergoing a , ! tENGO, NAPOLEON'S a. r*/> iTi wn^Kuc. . ? seat is turned up alongside one side frame. The hinged back closes in front next to it. A spring engages with the - edge of the back, preventing it from accidentally dropping. The seat being folded toward the back, the latter is free from connection with the next side frame, thus affarding numerous lRGER, MARENGO. [ comparatively free passageways. It is possible, though not desirable, by em- j ploying this style of chair, to entirely FOLDING THEATRE CHAIR. dispense with the middle and side 1 passages or aisles. j HZTTITVCOZR. 'VWWVW HOUSEKEEPING, deuce does all 'this mean?" Nothing much. You see, the wife is ting things spick and span for her be?i ' * ' 0&OI5 I^OABSl ' V? mm I ? |' liosdn in the liast. ,tt.OU th? Ir.st teii years the r ~' m question of road improve- j ill! Tp Ijll ment lias received a good j M ^..T-.igj deal of attention from tiig j legislators in the Eastern j .States, notably in'Massachusetts and-i New Jersey. Careful study of the road j question in these States soon developed j the fact tha the counties and towns;! were doing little, and in many cases j nothing, and that the roads we're grad- i ually becoming worse instead of bet- j ter. In Massachusetts the idea was first conceived of having the State and i civil subdivisions thereof co-operate in the improvement of the roads. A State j law embodying this principle was I adopted in New Jersey about the same time as in Massachusetts, and for the last ten years remarkable pre gress has been made in these two .*;ates. lnuceti, tne principle or Mare aid has become so popular within the last few years that this same principle has been enacted into law in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Hliode Island, Connecticut, New Yorktjt Delaware and Pennsylvania,'- and the klea. is being carefully, considered bv , the legislatures of many of the- Southern and Western States. Mr. M. 0. Eldritlge. Assistant Direc- j tor, Offijce of Public Road Inquiries of the United States Department of Ag- I riculture, recently made an inspection trip thrush the States of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York. In an interview Mr. Eldridge had the following to say in^ regard to the road conditions in these States: "I am fully convinced from my recent trip that the roads which have been built in the East through the aid of the States and under the direction of highway commissions are the best roads in the United States, and are equal, if not superior, to the best roads in the world. This is due to the fact that these roads have been built under intelligent supervision, by skillful workmen, out of the very best materials and with American road building machinery, whereas most of the roads that I have seAi in the old country were built by hand, and have since been maintained in the same way. In spite of the long drought which prevailed throughout the New England States during the spring and summer, the State roads were firm and smooth, and although I personally inspected over 500 miles of improved roads, I did not see a single one which had raveled, or which had signs of wear from the recent dry weather. In the southeastern part of Massachusetts nnrt alone CaDe Cod Bay. and in the southern part of Connecticut, the old roads were composed entirely of sand, but in spite of the dry weather, the State roads built on these sand foundations are remarkably hard and smooth." Mr. Eldridge was asked if he thought that the people of the Eastern States, who had already built some good roads, and who have organized to continue the work along the present lines, would be willing to accept the co-operation of the Government. They have been building good roads for the past ten years, yet the work of completing the system has just fairly started. Even if the present plans and liberal appropriations are continued, it will take many years to improve all the important highways in these States, and consequently the people are anxious to secure, any additional aid possible. The State Highway Commissioners of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey expressed themselves as being in favor of national aid, and I believe that all gcod roads people in the Eastern States are in favor of it." Be~inninsr of the Movement. The good roads movement of to-day began to assume national proportions about twelve years ugo. A number of good roads enthusiasts, among them Colonel Albert A. Pope. Isaac B. Potter and General Roy Stone were priminent, had been trying for a number of years to arouse general interest in road imDrovement. but with small sue cess. They were so much discouraged that, when it was proposed to hold a j convention in connection with the opening of the Columbian Exposition in 1892 they hesitated. To the surprise and gratification- of its promoters, the convention turned out to be a decided success and attracted the attention of the whole country. One of the principal aims of the good roads people who met in Chicago was to secure the establishment of some kind of a Government road office or bureau at Washington. A committee was appointed to lay the matter before Congress; a pamphlet of nearly 100 pages was prepared, and hearings were secured before the committees of Congress. The outcome was the establishment in the Department of Agriculture of the Office of Public Roads Inquiries, with an appropriation of $10.000. Its work was to be educational in character, and General Stone was made the first director of the office. The first important work of the office of Public Road Inquiries was the collection of information. Road statistics were collected. Methods of road building were stuuieu. muuitions under which roads had to be j built in different parts of the country were ascertained. Then all this information was published In small pamphlets for free distribution to the people. About ffty different publications of this kind have been issued and several hundred thousand copies have been distributed. I .V SADIE R03INS0N. Pretty Girl Suffered From Nervounktt Quick . WEAKNESS CURED I wnm-ntt - - "W . . ? > Miss Sadie Robinson, 4 Rand street, Maiden. Mass., writes: ; [ "Peruna was recommended to me about 1 a year ago as an excellent remedy for the i troubles Deculiar to our sex. and as I found that all that was said of thi* medicine was true, I am pleased to endorse it. % *. "/ began to use it about seven months ago tor u eakness and new- * cnisneM, caused from overwork and sl-eepfessness, and found that in a few days I began to grou strong, my appetite;increased and I began to steep better, consequently my nerv> r.u*ness passed away and the weak ness in the pelvic organs soon di*~ ' I appeared and I have been well and j strong ever since." I Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, 0., for free medical advice.' AD correspondence strictly confidential. A Raw Recruit Majcr General Henry C. Corbin, who is to sncceed General Taft in the Philippines, was reared on a farm in Ohio, and takes a great interest in recruits, particularly if they be from his own State. . j 'They are amusing and pathetic, the raw recruits from the farms and villages of the West" said Generalv A Corbiij recently. "And they make in the end the best soldiers i the world. "But at first they are too ingenuous, too boyish, too naive. For instance? "An Ohio lad was doing his first ' , sentry duty. To and "fro he paced. ) The landscape was fertile and lonely and quet, and the young recruit, as he regarded the green fields, fell into a reverie. His pleasant inland home rose up before him. He thought, of his father and mother, his school days and his sweetheart. "In the midst of his dream the major passed, and the youth forfeot to salute. > * " Instantly the major turned on him. " 'Don't you know who I am, sir?' he said in a terribte voice. "'No,' said the recru.t, softly, and, thinking it was a friend from home? .some friend of his family?he asked tn a gentle voice: . " 'Do you knew me?'" . : ? A Queer Phenomena. A French authority had two thermometers?one of ordinary glass, the other painted black?placed in the 'sun. In the white giass the mercury* rose to 144. Under the black paint It went up to 157 in the same position. The inference is that people who wear ) black coats are warmer in the sunshine than those who dress in white. ) SAFEST FOOD In Any Time of Tronble is Grape-Nats. Food to rebuild the strength and that Is pre digested must bo selected when one is convalescent. At this time there is nothing so valuable as Grape-Nuts for tbe reason that this food is all nourishment and is also all digestible nourishment. A woman who used it says: - -\ > ' ; "Some time ago I was very ill with typhoid fever, so ill everyone thought I would die, even myself. It left me so weak I could not properly digest # food of any kind and I also had much bowel trouble which left me a weak, helpless wreck. "I needed nourishment as ba?ly as anyone could, but none of the tonics helped me until I finally tried GrapeNuts food morning and evening. This not only supplied food that I ttfougbt I - - -- U V. t?i :i - delicious as couiu ue uut il uisu uuw me perfectly well and strong again so j I can do all my liousework, sleep well, can oat anything without any trace of bowel trouble and for that reason alone Grape-Nuts food is worth its weight in gold." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Typhoid fever like some other diseases attacks the bowels and frequently sets up bleeding and makes them for months incapable of digesting the starches and therefore pre digested Grape-Nuts is Invaluable for the well known reason that in Grape-Nuts all the starches have been transformed into grape sugar. This means that the first stage of digestion has been mechanically accomplished in Grape-Nuts food at the factories and therefore anyone, no matter how weak the stomach, can handle it and grow strong, for all the nourishment is still there. There's a sound reason and 10 days y trial prores.