The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 20, 1904, Image 6
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A Nig'ht Atia<
A Sfi
By \V. J. Henderson
'IA.GINQ a hostile ship lyi
Ifigrl I position on a dark anil
|Jv| J[ I breeze and sea to make s<
KSAmh a low headland half a mil
four or five boats pulled \
GwfaEkl men. They anuroach aoi<
ered and thus reach the s
armed men are pouring over her bntw;
n her decks. Perhaps they are disc*
aide. The j.larm is given. The men ir
through the water in a determined off
tare guns can opca upon them. Flasl
earcblights; send out shafts of blindin
and three pounders. th9 rapid hoarse t
the vicious sputter of Gatlings, break ti]
frill!" shouts the officers of t!:e boats
light guns iln the bows hurl their defiai
As the boats sweep up to the vessel's ?
lag away the riflemen to repel boarder
can board the ?Mp and clap down "her
theirs Is the victory; but If her secon
men stationed before the boats are a1
pedU^o. for thero is nothing more piti'
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Function of Canonization
Toge|her Over One
By David Bal
act of canouization of
I treated by the Russian i
I 8 I cern. Diplomatic reprcse
Lmm ei?Lera knew ol the mat
' for permission to attend
dations of the monastery
lng British -advocates c
?rtt?ods<r* churches fared no better.
tar nasi know, the only foreigners thj
\ tbalrtSur presence was undesired. No!
shared with the peasants wearing
gear. we were richly repaid by the
1 image, and to witness & marvelous ir
mad creates miracles.
The function of canonization called
jL mme hundred thousand people, a vcritz
X cratic wltenagemot. Besides at least
email tradesmen?Russian accounts say
presence of Che imperial famliy, mobi!
able number of police, and attracted a 1
clergymen of all grades. The complici
cratic. bureaucratic and hierarchic ma
law to an unusual extent. The Empe
the hermit, and drank and laved them
Wring beside which his hot was built,
la a costly casket beneath a massive sii
both the gifts of his Majesty, and th(
Miracles, a Russian Lourdes.?The Cen
I " Why They
By
Orison Sweet ^
ideas are larger than
I^T^I They think the wor!
I They do not kesp ac
HHHjjc They are easy dupes
They reverse the ma
They have too many
They do not think it
They have risked a competence
t. . < They allow friends to impose upon
They try to do what others expect
The parents are economical, but tl
,-v.w They do not do today what they <
They do not tibink it worth while to
They prefer to incur debt rather
k -Math them.
I They do not dream that little mo
- them out of doors.
' Tbey have indorsed their friends'
oeommodRtion.
Tltey risk all their eggs in one ba;
-watch or uontrol it.
They think it will be time enough
the rainy day comes.
Tfie nc.ka OI loe UUIIJC 13 a 6wu A.
i ness In a businesslike way.
P The only thing the daughters a<
mart clothes and expensive Jewelry.
They do not realize that one exp
iRhote fttrfly of extravagant habits.
They do not know that giving a
Iwryei puts their property at his me
On a six-hundred-dollar income, tl
* twt^thouRand-dollar-a-year neighbor.
They subscribe for everything tha
T, ~w?abscript ion hooks, pictures, brig-a-bra
Instalment plan.
They have not been able to make
%est, but have thought that th?y could
thing, the]- know nothing about.?Suco<
l-s *4*4
x\^ign ?
Cutting Off of These Gia
Simultuneoua t
^ By Henry Fa
HSVER in the whole history
there' been such remarkal
the reign of these titan)
also ttee prevailing life
America anil India. VCe
from fifty to eighty fec-t i
to those of gigantic eicpli
4be long, flexible- and tapering necks i
-tack into tfco equally long and still m
* aieties width existed together were ea
sense living more exclusively on land,
The competition for existence wa
flinosaura but with other kinds of h
which tad much smaller bodies to sust
Ism for the taking of food.
The cutting off of this giant dincsa
nltaneous the world ever. The expla
aatUstroplrte to other large types of a
at limited and specialized set of teeth
at dangerous combination of ctaractc
longer adaptable; any serious chang
eliminate the special food would also
c&sary consequence.
There is an entirely .different c)a?
oddered. wMch are consistent both wit
the giant dinosaurs themselves and w
?uch, for example, as the introduetio
Ctura the groat carnivorous dinosaurs
xeaious is that of the late Prof. dope.
' inoffensive and inconspicuous forms o
akrew and the hedgehog, contracted
tfeese dinosaurs, gnawing through the
?. fffce joun.g. The appearance, or evoh
L: whether reptiles or mammals, which c<
| < dtenaeleas point would be rapidly folio?
ck on
up at Anchor
ng at anchor In an apparently secure
cloudy night. Theiv is Just enough
>unds on the water indistinct. Around
? away from the anchored vessel steal
- * o../i wit h armed
WLiI lUUUiC M Wtilo uwu it. .v..
;elessly. Perhaps t'ncy are not discovidcs
of the ship. The next instant the
arks and a desperate light takes place
overcd before they reach the vessel's
i the boats hear it, and lash their oars
ort to reach the ship before the rapid
iks of fire illumiao the night. The
g white. The sharp peals of the six
>arking of Hotclikiss revolving cannon,
r>on tlie frightened air. "Give way with
, as the men bead to the oars and the
at answers hack at the wall-sided ship,
ide gongs clang and rattles sound, call's
from the l>oats. If the boats' crews
hatches before the crew gits on deck,
dary battery is manned and her rifleongside,
then goodbye to the boat excess
thar. Gatlings and revolving canon.
3
r
e Range.
of Saint Seraphim Culled
Hundred Thousand.
1 MacGovvan.
St. Scrap": ira on August 1. 1903, was
authorities as n purely domestic conntativcs
were not invited. Few former
beforehand, and those who asked
were informed that all the accomruohad
been assigned. Even the lead>f
union between the Anglican and
An Englishman and myself were, as
it went, and so we -were rnado to feel
.withstanding this, and the discomforts
sheepskin coats and bircb bark footopportunity
to study Russia at close
tauifesiatioa of ttio faith that expects
together a camp meeting of more than
ible nation assembled in faith, a theotcn
myriads of peasants, artisans and
350,000?the ceremonies demanded the
ized an army corps and no Inconsiderlost
of civil and military dignitaries and
ited action and interaction of the autochinery
of church and state were laid
ror and the court visited the haunts of
selves with water from the miraculous
His uncorrupted rema'ns were placed
Ivor canopy of monumental proportions,
i monastery was proclaimed a seat of
tury..
Are Poor.
Jerden.
their purses.
d owes Lhera & living,
count o! t':i?lr expenditures. of
schemers and promoters,
xim?"Duty before pleasure."
and too expensive amusements,
worth while to save nickels and dimes,
in trying to get rich quickly,
th-eir good nature and generosity,
of them, not what they can afford,
le children have extravagant ideas. :an
possibly put off until tomorrow.
> put contracts or agreements in writing,
than to work, whldj they consider be rtgages
on their homes can ever turn
notes or guaranteed payment just for
sleet when they are not in a position to
to begin to save for a rainy day when
nan, but 'bo has not learned to do busi;complish
is to develop fondness for
ensive habit may introduce them to a
full power of attorney to an agent or
rcy.
ley try to compete in appearance with
,t comes along?organs, lightning rods,
c,?anything tbey can pay for on tho
much in the business they understand
[ make a fortune by investing in some
ess.
he Dinosaur.
r?t Reptiles Was Almost
he World Over.
irfield Osborn,
of the world as we now know it, have
bio land scenes as were presented when
Ac reptiies was at its climax. It was
picture of England, Germany, South
can imagine herds of thes? creatures
n length, with limbs and gait analogous
?wte hut with K-iriips rxtendme through
nto the diminutive heads, and reaching
ore tapering tails. The four or five vaidh
fitted to some special mode of life;
others for longer periods In the water,
s not only with the great carnivorous
?rblvorous dinosaurs (ths< iguandonts),
tain and a much superior tooth mechan*
mr dynasty was nearly, if not quite eimnation
which is deduclble from similar
niruals is that a very large frame, with
i fitted only to certain special food, la
ts. Such a monster organism is no
e of conditions which would tend to
eliminate these great animals as a necss
of explanations, however, to be conth
the continued fitness of structure of
itfc? the -survival of their especial food;
n of a new enemy more deadly even
Among such theories the most inwho
suggested that som? of the small,
f Jurassic mammals, of tie size of the
the habit of seeking out the nesta ot
shells of their eggs and thus destroyin?
ition, of any egg-destroying animals
)uld attack tnis great race at such a dered
by its extinction.->Tho Century.
NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY '
Paragraphs of Minor Imoortance
Gathered From Many Sources.
Through the South.
Richmond. Va.. was selected for the .
Episcopal General Convention of 11*07
by the convention in Boston.
Senator-elect Rayner, of Maryland, <
opened the Democratic campaign in
Delaware with a vigorous speech at
Wilmington. ;
Representatives of the Mormon '
Church of Utah are negotiating for the
purchase of a tract of 300,000 acres of
land in the State of Tabasco, Mexico.
Confederate veterans of Texas cele- .
brated on Sunday the eighty-sixth
birthday of Judge John H. Reagan, the
only survivor of the Confederate Cabi- '
neb i
j C. J. Cassimus, a wealthy retired .
fruit dealer, was run over and killed
by a street car in North Montgomery
Wednesday. Eye-witnesses say the
man deliberately walked upon the
tracks. The body was horribly mangled.
" j
At the request of the Governor of j
Virginia, Colonel Charles A. Dempsey, j (
United States army, retired, has been (
ordered to Richmond for duty with the
organized militia of that State for a
period of 4 years, unites sooner reliev- .
j ed.
A dispatch from Mexico City says:
Louis Mazzantine, the noted Spanish ;
bull-fighter, and his brother. Thomas, ]
will soon arrive here, where they will j
give one ?f 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 me 11
on? hundred and ninth anniversary of |'
the opening of the State University was <
celebrated. Dr. Venable of the Univer- (
Bity, reported the institution in excellent
condition and then introduced the 1
orator of the day. Dr. C. Alphonso
Smith, who delivered an address ou i
"The Literature of the South." (
I 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 i
charged with neglect of duty in not ;
protecting the negro, Horance Maples,
who was lynched in Hnntsville, on the
night of September 7th. The hearing
has been set for November 21th. <
Washington Happenings.
The War Department has just received
the report of the Cbickamauga and
Chattanooga National Park Commis- .
sion submitted for the commission by
General H. V. Boynton, chairman. The
commissioner:; 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
ipeaking 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
rf 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 tho
. Missouri Pacific railroad near Warrensburg,
Missouri. |
- - ? * - Mtarilt n ffl n I
At St. LOQ18 weuucouaj uib.?. v..
Eby, of New York, who holds the
championship medal, defeated Benjamin
E. Brumby, of Atlanta. Ga.. in the
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 Affairs.
At least 15 persons were killed by
falling walls at Santiago, Chile.
Jews desiring to emigrate from Bus- ;
sia were granted reduced railway rates
within the empire. )
Earl Grey advises that a conference '
of Englishmen and Americans be held
to deal with the race problem in South
Africa.
It is expected in St. Petersburg that
General Kuropatkin's advanco will be
strongly resisted by the Japanese in a
few day3. i
Miscellaneous Matters.
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" at
? -i JL .
Zion eulogized Roosevelt ana aeuuuut;ed
Parker and the Democrats as the
"strum of the earth."
Ilcnry C. Frlck 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.
Robert J. Wynne, First Assistant
Postmaster-General, wan appointed to
succeed the late Henry C. Payne as a
Cabinet member.
Perhaps the mof-t remarkable old
man in the world is stationed at Fort
St. George, Calcutta, India. His name
s Saikah Imamudda, regimental chap'ain
to the ISth Native Bengal infantry.
He is 130 years old, and still
:eads without spectacles.
Secretary Hay and the Chinese Minster
win draft a new and more liberal
Chinese exclusion treaty,
V
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THE SLOCUM REPORT
President Roosevelt Submits a Letter |
Commenting on the Matter j
DAMAGING RELATIONS MACE
Commission Finds the Burning of the i
\s~-i. c??.ipeinn anrl !
WCW I VI r\ UAVU OIVII
the Loss of Over 900 Lives Due Solely
to Wretched Equipment and Poor
Personnel cf Crew.
ft
Washington. Special.?The report of
the United States commission on the
investigation upon the disaster to the
steamer General Slocum, appointed .
June 23, last, by the then Secretary of j
L'orcmerce and Labor George B. Cortriyou,
and consisting of Lawrence 0.
Murray, Assistant Secretary of Com- !
Sierce and Labor; Herbert Knox Smith, i
deputy commissioner of corporations; !
Seorge Uhlcr, supervising inspector
&tneral of the steamboat inspection
service; General John it. Wile-on, '
United States Army, retired, and Com- .
mander Cameron Mi:it. Wiaslow, United
States navy, was made public Sunday.
In connection with the important
findings of the commissions presented
in the report, President Roosevelt, to
whom the report was submitted, has
written a letter to Secretary Victor H.
Metcalf, of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, briefly summarizing !
the report and directing him to carry
into eU'ect the recommendations of the
commission. He also directs the Robert
S. Rodic, supervising inspector of
Lhc second district steamboat inspection
service, and James A. Dumont and
Ihomas H. Barrett, local inspectors in
charge of the port of New York, be discharged
from the service, the commission
holding them directly responsible
for the laxity of the steamboat ihspec- 1
lien to which the Slocum disaster was
directly attributed.
Commissioner Uhler dissents to that
portion of the report which places the
responsibility on the supervision inspector
of the second district, Robert
S. Rodie; otherwise, he concurs with
the commission. Appended to the report
is a report from the Department
of Justice and criminal proceedings
connected with the disaster and the
iife preservers cases.
?^.TT^rivTi- T-irur
Tilli 1 o ? iu .? .
The President's letter to Secretary
Metcalf follows:
' White House, Washington, D. C., Oct12.
1904.
"My Dear Sir: I have received the
report of the Commission of the United
States on the investigation of the General
Slocum disaster and the report of
the Department of Justice on October
12th, recipulating what has been done
by the department of Justice in connection
with the criminal proceedings
taken against various individuals because
of their connection with the disaster.
I send you herewith both reports.
Punitive action by the government
can, of course, only take two
forms; that of legal _ proceedings
against those either within or without
the sendee. It appears that the
Department of Justice has already secured
indictments against the master
and captain of the Slocum and against
the managing directors of the Knickerbocker
Steamboat Company, to
which company the steamer belonged,
for misconduct, negligence, ahd inattention
to duty by the captain, and for
aiding and abetting therein by the
managing directors. Furthermore, the
Department or justice nas acvuicu m .
dictments against Henry Lundbcrg and
John W. Fleming, the assistant inspec
tors of the steamboat inspection service,
who actually inspected the Siocum,
for fraud, misconduct, and inattention
to duty. Lundburg had been
appointed merely on pobation in the
service and has been dropped. There
can, of course, be no further action
about Fleming until his trial has been
finished, although it does not follow
that an acquittal would prevent the
Department from discharging him from
the service. In addition, the Department
of Justice has secured the indictment
of the manager and three employes
of the Nonpareil Cork works, of
Camden, N. J., for putting upon the
market compressed cork blocks for use
in making life preservers, each of
which blocks contained' in its center a
bar of Iron weighing several ounces.
This last offense was of so heinous
o niinrflrter that is is difficult to com
raent upon it with proper self-restraint
It appears that the national legislature
has never enacted a law providing in
set terms for the punishment of this
particular species of infamy, doubtless
because it never entered the head of
any man that so gross an infamy could
he perpetrated. I suggest that you report
this whole matter to Congress,
transmitting these two reports, and at
that time calling special attention the
reed of imposing an adequate penalty
for the making or selling of defective
life-saving appliances.
REMOVAL OF DELINQUENT OFFICIALS.
"So much for what the Department
of Justice has done in reference to the
ciisastc:*. But in addition 10 the men
put on trial l?y the Department of Justice,
action should be taken against
those employes whose responsibility for
the state of things producing the accident
has been brought into the re
port of the commission. According to
this report it appears that in addition
to the two assistant inspectors who are
now on trial, the supervising inspector ,
t:f the second district. Mr. flodie. and
the two local inspcc tors of the port of
New York. Messrs. Duroont and Barrett.
should all three he removed for
laxity ami neglect in performing their
duties As regards the conduct of Mr.
Rnaie. Mr. Uhler dissents from the con
(iution of the fo::r otber commission-.
err,. I agree with the conclusion of the
otber four. Laxity anil neglect, where I
he consequences may be so terrible as
they have proved to he in this case. I
cannot be passed over, even where
'there has been good conduct in other
respects on the part of the man implicated.
Accordingly, the three officials
ramcd will be removed from the service.
Moreover, you will please direct
their successors in office at. once to conduct
a thorough examination of the entire
inspection force of the port of New
York, with the object of weeding oat
nil the men whom such examination
r-hall show to be unfitted to perform
the very arduous and responsible duties
of their positions. The supervising
inspector general has at present no
headquarters force of special agents, so
that it is very difficult for him to exercise
any adequate and direct supervision
over the various local divisions of'
the inspection service. In each division
he must rely cbieCy on Qe fidelity and
energy of the local heads, and when
those fail to perform their duties they
must be held accountable. He must,
however, exercise as thoroughly a supervision
as the means at this disposal
fdlow. In order that I may be informed
as to the exact condition of the
service in all its parts, I direct you to
order a searching investigation in consequence
o? the investigation of the
commission into the conduct of the cen
tral office and of every outside sunaivjpion
of the service save that in New
York.
"You will also make such changes in
the regulations as are recommended by
the commission, and you will therefore
call a special meeting of the board
of supervising inspectors for this purpose.
You will also lay before the Congress
a request that the law be changed
in the various particulars recommended
by the commission. I wish particular
emphasis laid upon the proposal of
the commission that there be created
by a law a special body thoroughly to
investigate the laws which arc supposedto
provide for the safety of passengers
on steamboats, and especially on
excursion boats, where the prime
causes of danger are the overcrowding
and the flimsy and highly inflammable
character of superstructures.
"Very truly yours,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"Hon. V. H. Metcalf. Secretary of Commerce
and Labor."
Battling Hard Near Yentai.
St. Petersburg, Ry Cable.?General
Sakbaroff, telegraphing confirms the
reports of the Yentai, where the
heights were alternately held by the
Russians and Japanese.
General Dauieloff, who succeeded
Generals Trousseff aud Ramanoff in
command cf the Sixth Siberian Rifles
Division, was wounded in the leg, but
did not relinquish his command. The
losses are not stated, and according to
the latest advices the battle is contihs.ing
today.
Fighting Boll Weevil.
Washington, Special.?The Department
of Agriculture, in a circular Issued,
warns planters throughout the
cotton belt that in their efforts to procure
an early crop of cotton to avoid
damage by boll weevils they must not
overlook the great prime factor in the
control of the pest, the destruction of
the plants in the field 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.
News of the Day.
The heading and stave mill at Burkeville,
Va., was partially burned.
In Campbell county a mob wrecked
the tents in which Seventh-Day Adventists
were holding meetings.
*- t-i?a rtpero fastened his j
I in rmamuuiu ?
j little son in his homo and then set fire
to tho building. The boy was burned
ui>.
Tho Ancient and Honorable Artillery
of Boston arc being hospitably entertained
in Norfolk. '
\
The opening session of the October
term of the United States Supreme
Court was of four minutes' duration.
The Dowager Empress of China has
given a sura of money for the establishment
of an institution for teaching
medicine, the management to be
confided to the missionaries.
The Mexican government has appointed
Cayctano Romero, once ambassador
in Washington, to be consul
general at New York, succeeding Dr.
Navarro. Mr. Romero* is now consul
at San Francisco.
A Chronological Impression.
January's made for work an' February,
too.
Come3 'round to rrtvc do folks a chance
to show what dey kin do.
Dar's Christmas an' Thanksgivln' day
a-scatterin' through the year
An' spring to stnht you singin' 'cause
de sky is bright an' clear.
Mos' every month ?tat comes along some
special work will show,
Exceptln' one. Dat's Aligns*. Den de
world moves kind o' slow.
You feels like loatln* frum de dawn until
do shadows fall.
It 'pearr 'ike Augus' wasn' made foh
anything at all.
It gives the ol' thermometer a second
chance to climb.
It Jes' slips in between do fireworks an'
de reed bird time.
Do sleepy days is noddin' like de
branches of de trees
Dat's bendin' whah de clover is invitin*
of de bees.
When folks divided up do year. I reckon
it was found
Dcy had mo' sunshine dan dcy really
needed to go 'round.
Dev found some extra time dat somehow
didn't lit in pat. ,
So dey rolled it up together an' mad*
Augus' out o' dat.
?Washington Star.
~i ^ ' "'Vr If i^ili 'jMritiiHr"
iHEsrEci
Japanese Holding Ont Well in Cliase ^ 4
After Tfieir Army
BLOODSHED GROWS APPALLING
One of the Sloodicst Battles In His.
tory Gtiil Raging South of Mukden,
the Russian Advance Having Been
Converted Into a Stubbornly Fought
Retreat?Whole Regiments Mowed
Down on Both Sides.
The main armies of Russia and
Japan in Manchuria continue to be
engaged in a desperate struggle for
supremacy south of Mukden. On both
sides there have been such lesser, in
killed and wounded as mark the contest
for one of losses in killed and
wounded. Already the losses at Lia?>
Yang have been approximated ancl
the indications are that they will be
exceeded, that of the Russians up to
rocn of October 14 being estimated at
15,000. The Russian advance has
been converted into a stubbornlyfought
retreat. The? result, according
to the Russians, is still to be determined.
Reports from the Russian
left wing are lacking, leaving room
for question if part of General Kuro- ,
paiKin o a nay is nui m wuiau ciuiun?ty
than tho centro and right were at
any stage of the battle On both
sides the soldiers have shown the utmost
tenacity and bravery and whole
regiments have go^e down before the- %
fire of the enemy. In official circles,
m St. Petersburg there is a disposition
to argue that even should General
Kuropatkin be obliged to retire
upon Mukden his position will be
quito as favorable ds It was when the
crdcr to advance was given on October
6; and that on the other hand
the Japanese powers of future resistance
will have been materially weakened.
Thero is no news from Port
Arthur. . .
Gloom in St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The great
feeling of concern which exists in circles
in the Russian capital by no meas
equals the foreboding of coming disaster
pervading tho general public,
which is indulging in the deepest pessimism.
In the absence of official
news, the publec is being fed on the
v/ildest rumors of defeat suffered by
General Kuropatkin. The fact that
nc word regarding the battle has been
officially given out only confirms tho
popular fear. The explanation offered
that it was a holiday does not suffice
to ally the apprehension.
General Kuropatkin's report of tho '
result of the day's operations has
reached Emperor Nicholas at Tasarkoe
Selo, but it had not been returned
hr>rp hefore the war commission.
which sat only until 9 o'clock, had adjourned.
The Emperor himself Is represented
33 being bitterly disappointed,
and spending hours with his cabinet,
studying out, with the help or
his military aids, the reports of tho
battle. The 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 says the battle
is not yet over, and that in any
event there is no question of a rout
The depressing feature of the situ-x.
ation Is that everyone Is willing to believe
the worst. Thus, reports from
Tokio and elsewhere, stating that the
Japanese are advancing and that tho
Russians are falling back are accepted
with faith based 'upon the previous
Russian retreat.
Naturally many reports are current
as to tbe genesis of the forward movement.
It is freely stated that General
Kuropatkin was forced into taking the
offensive by uressure by the author!
ties here. This has been officially
denied, and as General Kuropatftin's
order to advance was given over his
own signature, it seems likely that he
will have to bear all the responsibility,
whether the situation Is of his own
making or not.
Friends of General Kuropatkin said
the present offensive movement was
inspired from St. Petersburg, a3 was
doubtless General Stakelberg'g move ment
for the relief of Port Arthur, and
that if Kuropatkin's star has set,
others higher than he are responsible.
At tbo same time, tho supporters of
General Kuropatkin argue that, whatever
may be the direct outcome of
the past few days' lighting, it is not
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likely to DO an irrciriuvauie uiaoaiw.
to the Russian araiy.
Dispatches from the front give a
vivid picture of the desperate character
of the fighting along the whole
line. The Rusian 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 inacessible
positions, which leave no question
of the resolution and gallantry
of the Russian forces. Guns have been
captured and re captured in fierce
hand-to-hand conflicts.
The latest word directly from ibe
field of battle is the Mukden dispatch
tu the Associated Press, in which it
is stated that 15.000 Rusians had
been wounded, which, together with
the day's casualties, would make the
total probably exceed the figures of
Ltao Yang, and make the fight rank
as one of the bloodiest battles in history.
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Medical Association Meets.
Cincinnati, O., Special.?The Mississippi
Valley Medical Association unanimously
elected Eransford Lewis, St.
Louis, president, and H. E. Tuley, Louisville,
secretary. The sessions of the
association closed with the reading of
papers by Shelby C. Carson, Greensboro,
Ala.; Duncan Eve, Nashville,
Tonn., and F. D. Kendalf, Columbia,
S. C. ... ... . _