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SUBSCRIPHON; $8.00 PER TEAR. CHARJ-QTTKlJCIQPAX MORNING, OpTOBER J7 19Q4. price five c:;;; J- -SLOCUM DISASTER RErOBT. f. DAMXIXO REVELATIONS , MADK, v . r-- , t Conunrwdon finds the Burning of the L New xow Kxcnraion steamer, and f h rm nt flw KM lima Tno , Solely to Wretched Equipment and f 'roor- rarsonnet urew vessel a $ Flre'Trap-No Serious Effort Made f By Captain or Crew Moral Quilt t Placed Upon Owncra Biamlseala and Prosecutions The President's Comments, . - Washington, Oct. 16. 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 Commerce and Labor George B. Cor telyou, and consisting or Lawrence O. Murray, Assistant Secretary of Com merce and Labor; Herbert Knox Smith, deputy commissioner of corporations; George Uhler, supervising inspector general of the steamboat inspection ser vice; General John M. Wilson, United States Army, retired, and Commander Cameron McR. wlnslow. United States navy, was made public to-day. ?.Jn 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. Me tea If, Of the Department of Com merce and Labor, briefly summarising the report and directing him to carry into effect the recommendations of the commission. He also directs that Rob ert S. Rodle, supervising Inspector of the second district steamboat inspection service, and James A. Dumont and . Tfiomas H. Barrett, local Inspectors in charge of the port of New York, be dis charged from the service, the commis sion holding them directly responsible for the laxity of the steamboat Inspec tion to which the Slocum disaster was' directly attributable. Commissioner Uhler dissents to that portion of the report which places the responsibility on the supervision in spector of the second district, Robert S. Rodle; otherwise, he concurs wun the commission. Appended to the -report is a report from the Department of Justice and criminal proceedings con nected with the disaster and the life preservers cases.. THE PRESIDENTS VIKW8. The President's letter to Secretary Metcalf follows: "White House, Washington, D. C, Oct. n, 1904. My Dear Sir: I have received the report of the Commission of the United States on the investigation of the Gen eral Slocum disaster and the report of the Department of Justice on October 12th. reclpulating what has been done by the department of Justice in connec tion with the criminal proceedings taken . against various Individuals be cause of their connection with the dis aster. I eend .you herewith both..je ports. Punitive action by the govern ment can; of course, only taHe two forms; that of legal proceedings against those either within or without the ser v Ice. It appears that the Department of 1 Justice has already secured indict ments against the master and captain: of the Slocum and against the manag-! Ing 'directors of the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, to which company the steamer belonged, for misconduct. negligence, and Inattention to duty by the captain, and for aiding and abet ting therein by the managing directors. Furthermore, the Department of Jus tice has secured Indictments against Henry Lund berg and John W. Fleming, the assistant Inspectors of the steam boat inspection service, who actually kind Chief Engineer Conklln, who re- insoected the Slocum. for fraud, mis conduct, and Inattention to duty. Lund-berg-had been appointed merely on pro bation In the service and has been drop ped. There can, of course, be Ho fur ther action, taken about Fleming, until his trial has been finished, although it does not follow that-an acquittal would prevent the Department from discharg ing him from the service, in addition. the Department of Justice has secured their duties they must be held ac countable. He must, however; exer cise as . thoroughly a supervision as the means at - his disposal allow, 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 search ing Investigation In consequence of the Investigation of - the commission Into the conduct of the central office and of , every outside subdivision of the service save that In New Tork. "You will also make such changes in the regulations as are recommended by the commission, and. you will there fore call a special meeting of the-board of supervising inspectors for this pur pose. -, You . will also lay before the Congress a reauest that the law be changed In the various particulars rec ommended by the commission. I wish particular emphasis laid upon the pro posal of the commission that there be created by a law a special body thor oughly to investigate the laws which are supposed to provide for the safety of passengers on steamboats, and es pecially on excursion boats, where the prime causes of danger are the over crowding and the' flimsy and highly In flammable character of superstructures "Very truly yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELTT. "Hon. V. H. Metcalf, Secretary of Commerce and Labor," . WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. The report states that the General Slocum was owned by the Knicker bocker Steamboat' Company, a New York corporation; that the Slocum was last Inspected by Henry Lundberg, and John W. Fleming, May 15, 1904, and that current cert locate of Inspection at the time of "the disaster was issued May 6 by James A. Dumont, inspector of hulls, and Thomas H. Barret, Inspec tor of boilers, the board of local in spectors at the port ef New York, on the origin of the fire the report says: "The fire started in the forward cabin. so called, being the . third compart ment under the main deck from the bow, and probably Originated In a barrel: containing packing hay which was in that compartment, one of the barrels used for bar glasses and brought on board by the charters. Fire was probably communicated to this barrel through the carelessness of some unknown person." The report also states that this cabin was filled with inflammable material In cluding a large amount of oil; that members of the crew frequently Want ed matches in the compartment, and that on the morning of the disaster a porter filled the lamps in the cabin, lighted a lamp, blew out the match and threw It on the bench." "The condition of this cabin, with the purpose for which it was used," the reort recites, "constitutes one of the essential facts of negligence contribut ing to the disaster." Speaking of the fire-fighting appara tus, the report says: "This forward valve and standpipc were supplied with a 100-foot length of cheap, unlined, linen hose, costing probably less than 20 cent sa foot, age unknown, but probably several years old." The rest of the fire apparatus on the main deck Is said to have consisted ol the after valve of the suld standplpe, two hand fire pumps and some 20 buckets. "None of remaining apparatus was used and the buckets were empty.' It is stated further that the line fire hose attached to the forward standplpe burst In two or three places, and was blown oft from its own coupling with the standplpe. Efforts then were made to attach rubber hose to the standplpe. "Upon the failure to couple the rubbei hose to the forward standplpe," the re port says, "the crew gave up all further attempts to fight the fire and went uft, some of them overboard." Tribute If paid to Assistant Engineer Brandow A TRAGEDY. IX DAVIDSON CLAY GRUBB KILLS O. L. DAVIS. malned at their poBts. Continuing, he report says: NO ATTEMPT TO FIGHT FIR 13. "The evidence before the commlssioi, establishes the fact that the majstei made no attempt 'to fight the fire, to ex amlne its condition, or to', control, as ure, direct or aid the passengers in an way' whatever, 4t is alleged that ht was unable to reach the place where the indictment of the manager and;;", :.V,Za,Z TT L ' three employes of the Nonpareil Cork b,utthi!. If SSi ,by n ev denct work,-of Camden, N. J., for putting " ' V' "l upon the market compressed cork ..' ..n.t i, . ... blocks for use in making life preservers, Iltt!Erf'? f "" the .ut.h'-M-Hinh i i-i u"er tenure of the maater to fight the lire or aid the passengers. In a less .de gree me pilots, tn the- same manner, eabh of which blocks contained In Its center a' bar of iron weighing several ' ounces. This' last offense was of so heinous a cnaracier mat is is aimcuit to com rrfrrtt . upon it with proper self-re-p.ralnt. It. appears that the natlonai legislature has never enaced a law providing In set terms for the punish ment of Xhls particular species of in famy, doubtless, because it never en tered the head of any man that so gross an infamy could be perpetrated.. i suggest that you. report this whole matter to Congress, transmitting these two reports, and a that time calling special attention the need of imposing an adequate penalty for the making or selling or defective life-saving ap pliances. ' REMOVAL OF DELINQUENT OF " FICIAL8. "So much for what the Department of. Justice has done in reference to the disaster. But In addition to the men put on trial by the Deparment of Justice, action should be taken against, hose ' employes whose respon sibility for the state of things pro ducing the accident has been brought Into the' report of the commission. According to this report It appears that In addition to the two asssistant Inspectors who are now on trial, the supervising inspector of the second dis trict. .Mr. Rodle, and the two local Inspectors of the port of New York, Messrs. Dumont and Barrett, should a IU three. be removed ' for laxity and neglect Irt performing their duties. As regards" the Conduct of Mr. Rodle. Mr.' Uhler' dissents from the conclusion of: the four other commissioners. I aaree with h-Mnlll.lnn f th hpr ,.r.l"cw --"". ia? iMtitv .nd ,hJ..-,H. .nu. lne opnion "tnai- the-ewners -XLBCncew .may he so terrible as they naye proved to be in this case, cannot be 'passed over, even where there has been good conduct in other respects on the part of? the man Implicated. Ac cordingly, ft the three officials named wllj bef removed ' from . the service. , Moreover, youf writ please direct their su(tcceBrB'ijv. office at once to conduct a fhowwght examination 'of the entire InKpectibnj force; of the port of New Yotki-i-Witl the!obJect,ot weeding out all the; me whom such examination shtfll show ttof be unfitted to perform the? pe-y p. arduous f and responsible duties; f their positions. The super vtahirl inspector) general ha af pre-- ., entf fid i Matiquartet " t orce et special , hlia to exercise any s adequate and dU reot sepervtelen; over the various local divisions efi toe inspection service. In each division he must rely chleflyl on , the fidelity end cinrcy of the local : heads, and when these fall to perform after beaching the boat, and while tnert were still marry passengers on board, failed In their duty to. assist and rescu the said passengers," x '. The Commission ' expresses the opin ion that the men In the pilot bouse had knowledge of the fire in time to have beached the vessel either In t,mi HpI, Gate,, to1 the westward Of the Sunken Meaaows, or tn the Bronx Hills, to the eastward ox me Sunken Meadows. In. stead, as the' com mission states, of Dur- suing a course which drove the flame art and delayed beaching longer than necessary. The commission sharply criticises the nre-flghtlng apparatus, saying There is a strong probability that the Are would have been controlled had the lire hose been of required statutory strength." Many of the life preservers. u 13 stata, were bad, and further that oniy a small percentage of the passen gers used them. "The inefficiency o ana poor quality or the deck crew of uie vessel is doubtless typical of the majority of the crews of the excursion steamers," says the report, "end Is or of the essential facts that caused tht lose of so many lives, and while, it l? true that it is the business of the steam boat inspection service to See that prop er safety appliances as' required by iawi are, proviaeu, mis by no meant relieves --me owners , rifim jl imii.i legal and moral obUgqiiotv. nor from the UuOillty ferHhe n'i.iTitenano at tinnw crew discipline, me commission is of of- the steam boa t are censurable and . fear jt he morai responsioiiKy lor the awful .'re sults or this disaster." ; i RECOMMENDS RE-OROA N IZ ATI0N. v The commission made an Investigation of the i working of , the steamboat iln pectlon service n iew York, nd states that' life-saving apparatus was often in extremely had condition. Tht commission recommends thorough ! re organization of the force of the assist ant inspectors, with a view to eliinl. natlng air who have demonstrated Un- i competency, and continuing, says: i , It Is undeniable that the, local board in tble port did not do Its duty.- upon the supervising Inspector. there fare. must rest a large snare or the-responsibility for the existence of such" lifef flclency end neglect." 'The commission presents the facte ' developee by - the re-Inspection of a large numher of ves sels, showing, U U staled, H per cent.! Hie Victim the Slayer's Brother-In. ijaw and Hrvrine fartner 'In Bust ncse -The lmihle Unknown, llut or Nome inration (rubb Clalma Kclf-Icfense and Surrenders With out Hesitation to tlie Anthoriti KlKMKlng Oocurs at Ilnev Aaurcb Doth Uw Men Well Known la the county,; t X - if Special to The Observer, ,v - " ' Lexington, Oct.' ll About noon to day at Plney Church, in Boone town ship. Clay Qrubb, a well known dlst ler, shot and killed O. U Davis, his brother-in-law and former partner In business. Grubb says that Just as he drove up near the church, where a pro tracted meeting was going on, he saw Davis attempt to draw a' pistol, and, believing his own life to be in danger. he shot Davis to save himself. He did not know how many times he shot, nor whether Davis was dead, but said that three chambers of his revolver were empty. Davis lived about ten minutes after being snot, but never spoke MANY WITNESSES. Several hundred people were present and several of them witnessed the fear ful homicide. As the three shots rang out on the Sabbath stillness, the crowd gathered around Davis and saw at once that he was shot in the breast, and they looked on while streams of blood flow ed from the nose and mouth of the dying man, forming a pool where he lay. Orubb, as soon as he fired the fatal shots, left the crowd In silence and went to the house of Bill Slmer- son, a magistrate, close by. and asked that he appoint deputies to bring him to Lexington. Accordingly, Boon Wlt- Hon and Clarence Thompson were ap pointed and they accompanied Grubb to this place, where he surrendered to Sheriff Dorsett, about 3 o'clock this af ternoon. The prisoner at once retained f'apt. F. C. Robbins, Emery E. Raper, 8. E. Williams. Walser & Walser, Mc Cntry & Ruark, of the local bar, and 'phoned to Lee S. Overman and C. B. Watson, to defend him as counsel. He remained in consultation with his local attorneys for a long time. THE CAUSE UNKNOWN. Hoth (irubb and Davis being so well known, the news of the killing spread like wild-Are and caused a sensation in Davidson county. The cause of the homicide is not known exactly, at this date, but is supposed to be over some business transaction. It Is said that the men had exchanged threats to kill each other, and that for the last fsw months feeling has been high between them. Some say the trouble arose over a lot of whiskey which was stolen In Boone recently." Grubb married Davis' sister,' and for a long time the men were part ners In business" and the best of friends. Some months ago, Grubb withdrew from the whiskey business In this coun ty and went to Salisbury, where he now has an Interest in a large distillery. Davis, It Is said, had also quit the liquor traffic. Davis was here yesterday and while In conversation with some friends, stated that he expected serious trouble with Grubb at any time perhaps with in 48 hours. DANGEROUS MEM. Both Grubb and Davis have been In trouble several times before, but never with each other. They have the repu tation of being dangerous men to tam per with, but have never attacked any one until, as they said, their business was being Interfered with, for many years the people of Boone township have been slow to open their mouths about either- of. the two -men, fearing the consequences. The killing Is much deplored, for in spite of their faults, both men have a hest of friends and supporters. Grubb was the Republican candidate for sher iff In this county two years ago. O. L- Davis is survived by a wife and several children. He was was a man of considerable property, and Is said to carry heavy life Insurance. Another Account. Special to The Observer., Lexington, Oct. 16. Rev. Jeff Lan nlng, who preached to-day at " Plney Church, where Davis was killed, ar rived here to-niaht and gave another account. of the homicide. He said he did not See the affair, but talked to sev eral eye witnesses. It seems that Davit and his wife had come to preaching ne was in cnurcn wnue Davis wat outside talking with Sam Crump. Grubl drove up, It Is -alleged. Unseen by Davit and shot the latter three times. It is said that Davis did not attempt t draw a weapon. When Davis fell tht bystanders rolled him over and a pis tol dropped from his pocket. Davis' small brother took this pistol. A horse to one side of Grubb is said u aave been shot. Davis was shot through the neck, breast and thigh Grubb Is-in Jail here to-night. He If very calm and expresses great regret over the affair. directly. The men had quarreled, but that misunderstanding ha a not been re duced to public property. Davis had been here recently and that he had via. lence In his heart for his brother-in-law, is learned' from friend of both parties here.: One of thuee who went to Lexington this, afternoon at the betient of the slayer of Lwvls,v'ha4 tried 'to patch up peso? between the men, v He to make peace with Davis sor kill him, Davis having made threats" against Orubb, To-night gentleman from Salisbury,; who was there to-day said he had endeavored to get the men to gether upon friendly terms. He also' says Dsvls shot once at Grubb and missed his mark, but hit a horse In the back. There seems small doubt that Grubb Will get out on ball to-morrow morning when he applies tor it. Mr. Orubb is well known here as he1 is Hi Davidson. He runs a large dis tillery and has accumulated quite a lot jf property. The unfortunote circum stance has created a sensation here. The remains of young Harvey At w ell, who waa killed Friday afternoon at Spencer, were buried this afternoon from the Methodist church. He was u Salisbury boy held In high esteem. A slight error has crept Into the newspa per accounts of his death. Young At' well was not engaged in tils regular work, but was climbing a ladder upon which there were two other boys. When near the top of It, it broke and he fell backward with the instrument of death upon mm. ttin neati ana shoulders struck first and caused his death, There waa a rumor afloat here to day that a Spencer man had been killed In a row last night. It developed thai the fellow dreamed that he was shot and upon awaking labored under that hallucination, told It until the matter ussumed serious shape and passed as current news. The past week has been one of the greatest political activity. The county nae been thoroughly canvassed but the work goes on. The succeeding three weeks give no promise of a surcease ;ind there will be most aggressive work until the close of the campaign. Walter Murphy, Esq., spoke last night it China Grove; Burton Cralge and T. Frand Hudson, Esqs., at Rockwell, and Editors JnoT M. Julian and W. T. Bost at Llsk. There Is greater Interest In politics now J.han at any other time. The Republicans also are active. They hold RUSSIAN .LOSSES ,,40,000 .jor BISHOP. fQITLi: LEFT ' 10,000 - ' DEAD n BBIIW1X'. . , omlll coromencd, he spoke vvra mmr-ir n ,.- ., . , " . ill Howlng term of the bravery of the CHLUCII P. Ooc - of Seventh Day's Fighting Finds the Battle trnwren Pursuer "and rursuod Ktill lUglns nl the , Cnuallloa Growing All the Time Japanese LnMses Much the 1 Jghu-r Ordtimt the Disastrous Advance, ' At 1 the Jjfos pf the seventh consecu tive day of fighting between Mukden and Ltao Yang, the battle was still rag ing, the Russians offering a stubborn resistance to the fierce onslaught of the Japanese. The sacrifice of life has been appalling. Estimates of the Russian losses alone In killed and wounded at the ertd of the sixth day's fighting be Ing conceded SO.000, while tt seems not improbably 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 Oc tober 14, and claim that the Japanese losses are small by comparison with those of the Russians. General Kuropatkln's report to Em peror Nicholas depicts the desperate character of the fighting and praises the valor of the troops, Indicating, however, that he Is hard pressed, with the result still tn the balance. All hope of suc coring Port Arthur this season has been abandoned. Ht. Petersburg has un unconfirmed report that the Jap anese General Nodsu has been seri ously wounded. A question of Inter est In St. Petersburg, Is the fate of General Kuropatkln as a factor In the Russian military situation. JAPAN ESSE GALLANT FOES. Grit. Kuropatkln Snys That In Home KtwiNHHs This In the Most Plcnuant War He Has Kver IWhmi Engaged In Centre Army Fighting Every Inch of the Ground. Mukden, Oct. 15 Via Pekiu, Oct. 1. (With the Russian army of the center.) After six days of the hardest kind of fighting, this section of the Russian lant ft and alia tkst h Jf n GrtcwiwmN of tl SlTl thm !L&s ' of Canterbury to the 1 cerrect In the observance of the rules vThosa in Hiuli Ktati. , of war. In this respect, he said. It was . 2anVlS tt, "X Morning reopie n the most nlMum h. i.. i been engaged in.'.. . .'--4s. REPORT FROM KUROPATTUST..' Chnrch fn tlto Va t Spirit Threw Ler i Meetings Make I p c v Programme. Boston; Oct. 1-Three In army fell buck last nlaht on the Hhak- caucuses every week and their legls-he river and Is now holding a position lative candidate, Walter Burrage, haul,,,, the north side of that stream. The elory of Defeat lfeHwntd -Many Tl.rce MKritIleavy Firing IUUi d meeetlngs made up t m Htornt m Happened at Ltao Yang. I.mmliof thw. Trl-enni.,i 8t. Petersburg, Oct lt-Ubdee datlS'",;Wt!?ftlhurc of October IS, General Kuropatkln sent the following telegram to the Emperor: "On the night of October 14 large forces of Japanese attacked the corps drawn up In Una at Shah he, on the great Mandnritt road. Several attacks were repulsed, but the last succeeded, and the corps were broken. "At that moment fighting began on thu right flank with a neighboring section. The poslblllty was that with the rupture of our centre, our whole formation would be threatened and that me neignnoring troops might force a there were services In the 1 missions. , . "Social and Industrial I ness," was the general topic . at a third meeting at the cu ,r the Advent. -l - - A' ' Right Rev. Daniel Sylvester T D, D LL. D., bishop of presiding bishop: of the Cimrr . elded at the missionary meet!.. , the speakers Included Right. Itv 11am Boyd -Carpenter, bishop of i ot England; Bishop P. T. ltov. Alaska; Frederick W. Keett retreat. "In order to support the troops on the'',yTO'la J.WM,uan Luclen le great Mandarin road, several battalions' vhif, of southern Brazil. Pish. were rau d v Bushed forwril Th.""" ue.-rioa conauioiis ui uie r had his photograph made upon buttons which his enthusiasts are now wearing. Squire Ab. Uligle Is leading the BlacK burn forces and your correspondent has been Invited to hear his campaign speeches. A report of these may follow soon. CONNECTICUT MONUMENT. Gov. Chamberlain and a Dlstlngiilsliod Party wfors5t Dedicatory ex ercises on the Battlefield Near Chat tanooga. Chattanooga. Tenn., Oct. Thous ands of people assembled at Orchard Knob, the famous battle ground north HBt of this city, this afternoon, to wit ness the dedication of the monument ireeted by the State of Connecticut to the Fifth and Twentieth Connecticut Volunteer Regiments, by Governor Ablram Chamberlain and a distinguish iA party from Connecticut. The parade to the dedication ground was led by an escort composed of the Governor s juards and bands of Hartford and New Haven and the Third Tennessee Infan try, National ouard. xne monument was presented to the Governor by cap- aln Sanford Chanee, or Derby, Conn., who was one of the commission which erected the monument. Oovern- r Chamberlain received the monument ind presented It to General H. V. Boyn- on, president of the Chlckamauga isa'. tlonal Park commission. Governor Chamberlain and purty Ufi few shells on the road and In the vll lighting, which commenced shortly af ter noon. October 9, has been In pro gress continuously ever since. On Oc tober 8, the Russians advanced to the southeast, crossing the Bhakhe river, thence to Hamantung, 20 miles south east of Mukden and ten miles north of Yentui. On the hills around Haman tung, the Japanese had planted four batteries. Upon the advance of the Russians, these batteries retired to the southward, across . a narrow valley,, which runs east and west, and Joined the main Japanese force on the hills beyond. In the fighting around Haman tung, a few Japanese prisoners were taken. The Russians followed the Jap anese across the valley, taking positions in the foothills, from which the artil lery shelled the Japanese force, while the infantry advanced through the de files. October 10, the artillery duel contin ued, the Russians advancing slowly. During the night the Japanese changed their position and at daylight enfiladed the trenches, pouring a terrific shrapnel Are on the Infantry, composed of one regiment, only a remnant of which was left. From this on the Japanese took the offensive, the entire day of the 11th throwing shrapnel and shtmose powder shells among the Infantry and artillery, The Russians held tenaciously to thel positions. Early In the day the Jap anese began to work around the Rus hIhii left and succeeded in dropping to-ntght for home. SIDELIGHTS OX TRAGEDY. Some lnlercHtlng Features Develop in Salisbury Keinains of Harvey At well Buried A Week of Political Activity. Special to The Observer. i - Salisbury, Oct. 16. Side light tipw. the. terrible tragedy to-day in which Henry Clay Grubb, of Davidson coun ty, shot and killed his brother-in-law, Obe Davis, develop here In, Salisbury tt is impossible to obtain absolute truth about the matter. A Mr. Leonard pf Salisbury, was an eye witness to tht affair but he was unable to say how the trouble began. It is to-be hoped that the Lexington correspondent hat- succeeded In obtaining the account ol the killing. Mr. Leonard says service at the .piney church hud Just begun,' it being a few minutes past' noon, 1 He heard a shot and upon looking out tht window, he saw Grubb shoot Davis the second tuoe and the wounded mah sank in his tracks .and died. , He was ahol the third time, , one ball entering ' tht right- breast,- another the face and tht other his leg. There seems to have been no' Immediate preliminary quar rel. .Mr. Grubb drove up near . the church and waa helping his wife Davis' fatster'; out of- Jthe; j.buggy4 1, Dr, : Davis arew bia revolver and was attempting to? shoot Mr. Grubb, but Mrs Orubb was in the way. i Grubb drew his own gun and -shot with the result mentioned Above., Davis felt anon his pistol. What RUSSIANS LEFT 10,000 DEAD. lages, where the transport and reserves were gathered. The Japanese had the range of the road and village perfectly They compelled the men and wagons to take to the fields. This shelling did little damage beyond disconcerting the men and horses. Additional guns were KeHrt Dealing With Casualties Re ceived at Toklo a.fiOO Bodies in iVntit nf fVtitrA Armv. , a ,., aui. sent forward to protect the left, while BtK c-auaiue. .! the batter!e withdrew across the plains '?,,, ' , ,.,., ,,- to the hills on the north side. This celved here at midnight says that, ac- . . . . . .. , ,h n,ntr'Kave the Japanese possession of a high ' 8 , i-u, ir,n nriKm.r. 1,111 on the north side, from which they army at midnight, loO . Prisoners; thronh which thi. wei, inndi 1,11 .v.i.'i- , ... .... Russian dead under Investigation on that day will reach BOO. On October 14 the enemy's dead totalled 1,000, One hundred prisoners were taken, together Ith rifles, guns and wagons. Under In vestigation, the total Russian dead left in front of the centre army are esti mated at 2,600. The enemy's dead al ready Investigated, the. report totals at 8,550. but the ctwmy's losses during the two days of nerce engagements on the valley through which the Russians ad advanced during the even Ing. The Japanese apparently suffered greatly from the Russian fire, The morning of the 12tn found little change tn the positions of the two ar mles, except that the Japanese had worked further around to the left. Probably the greatest artillery fight took place October 12. Batteries were placed on every available hill and at the same time regiment after regiment :,.Hn(v..o..vn ". ... ... ... October 14 and 15 are not Included In '"""' iwuieu mio me p mn thl. nnmhor. Moreover, there are some no,n Blae". "'y 10 mrown Daca nii.nvB.rt rtea1 hv all of the armies, shattered and torn. It Is Impossible as so that the enemy's dead left on the yet to estimate me loss or lire. During field will reach a total of over ten ' '" nravy nuii-.ionn occurreu thousand. FAIRBANKS' ITINERARY. Republican Vice Presidential Candi date to iK'gin ill tanipaign in uie East With a Speech at Troy, N. Y To-Mght. Chicago, Oct. 1. Senator Charles W. Fairbanks left Chicago this afternoon for Troy, N. V., where he will deliver a speech to-morrow night. Senator Fairbanks arrived from Milwaukee on a Northwestern Railroad train In the morning., PrevKous to his departure for the East he met Col. Harry 8. New, of the Republican headquarters, and Secretary Dover, of the national com mittee, and received a number of cal lers at the Auditorium Annex. Although Senator . Fairbanks' speak ing itinerary following his tour in the in the midst or which the artillery continued to boom, and at one point the Japanese Infantry charged. They were met by Russian infantrymen In the darkness, which was lighted only by Mashes of guns, the bursting of shells and the streaks of lightning. The men fought hand-to-hand, the Japanese regiment being finally driven back. The thunder and ruin continued all the morning of the 13th, but, notwithstand ing, the guns opened Are promptly at daylight. The Russians fought stub bornly, but retired slowly. The Japanese continued to threaten the Russian left. Toward the evening, the Japanese opened with all their guns on the Russian positions, the shells dropping like hail In the field and on the hills. The morning of the 14th found the. Russians with their backs to the Shakhe river, across which the tja.t ku. , i rt Vol lwan HKnil.lv nr. ranged, If has been decldedAhat he is transports had. withdrawn througout to visit Ohio,- making an address at Clnclnnnatl on the evening of October 29th. He will also speak In1 West Vlr ginnla. The Indiana' tour will begin October 31 MADE, THIRD t VICE PRESIDENT. .Mr. J. M. 'uln Promoted In Southern Railway Service. Washington, Oct. !. J. M. Culu, the fourth vice president of , the-8outhern Railway, has been elected to the office ot third vice president, s His headauar let s will be located in Washington. Mr. Culp Has been In thai-all way service slnec the 70s. Since 1891 he naa heetf fighting every Inch of the way; When the night. Fighting continued from these positions all during the day of the 14th, while the Russian re-enforce menta took up positions on the hills to the north of the river. Another thun der storm broke shortly : after, noon, flooding the streams and turning the roads Into seas,', and by evening the main Russian force had withdrawn across the Shakhe river. The. Japanese shells were dropping within' a short distance ot the river on the left, t. ; The fighting re-commenced at ; day light to-day. the boont Of 'guns being distinctly heard in Mukden, The whole Russian: army- Is elowly retiring and traffic manager and fourth vlce ipresl-j the Associated Press ? correspondent dent, respectively, of the Souther tt, the earns" north to-day there appeared no latter position having been 'filled by him danger of any part of the army being for the twt four veara ". Mr. Cnln's'eut oft. . : . ; r-r-' -.: .) -; led to the shooting cannot he .learhedlnuccessor bag not, yet been selected. , j in an Informal talk, which fn'Aaso trufptt were thus enabled to take the i.rr.-nf Ive and succeeded in retaking the village ot Shakhe, re-occupying the flrat positions. "He-enforeed by reserves, the Japan ese dislodged us again from the vll Isge of Shakhe. Then the advanced re serves and troops defending tht posi tion tesumed the offensive, and after stubborn tight we succeeded In re- occupylng Shakhe, repulsing the Japan ese and driving them buck two kilo metres from that place, "On our right wing the position was for some time very alarming. The troops were attacked from the front and by turning movement on their right flunk. The chief of a detachment ad vanced the' troops set apart tor a last rally, they having attacked the Japan ese from the flank In their turn, Sev er vlllugee were retaken by us. The right right wing maintained Ita posi tions on the line of the Shakhe posi tions. The troops on our centre were noticeably advanced in comparison with other troops in the general position ot the line. One position on our TigM i'ii nk had been chosen beforehand and part lally fortified. Our troops retired from these positions after a stubborn fight. "The troops have been fighting for four days, and many regiments have not slept for three nights. - Neverthe less. I have full hope in their capacity to continue the struggle. The Japanese losses must be verv considerable. ' "The night of October 14 passed quiet ly. Before o'tilock this morning a ruther marked movement of the enemy: was noticed In the direction of our posi tions on the great Mandarin road. Our butteries opened fire on them. "I have received a report from the commander of the left army that the enemy has been strongly re-enforced there. As was the case at Llao Yang, the quantity of heavy firing caused a storm to burst forth, followed by a tor rential rain. The roads are in very bad condition and the level of the rivers hus risen. "I have Just received a report tnat a considerable Japanese force has crossed the 'railway line from west to east." RUSSIANS FIGHT FROM PRIDE. Manchuria Forgotten In the Desire to Break the Record of Continued De feat Many Officers Killed. Mukden, Oct. 18, Evening. The firing to the southwest Is les sviolent The men are tired out, and food has been insufficient. Every available gun and man are being used. The troops have behaved most gal lantly, hurling themselves repeatedly aaaltiftt Impregnable positions. Tho heavy storm of October 14 added to the misery of the troops. There ' 18 great depression, but stolid tenacity the men. There has been great sacrifice of officers. The plain occupied by the retiring Russians Is cover ee with bursting ehraphel. The gunners hoveled shells Into the breeches of the guns as stokers shovel coal' Into fur naces. The Russian guns nave superior ranae and burst shrapnel at 6(ooo yaraa. There la a scarcity of reliable maps. Two division commanders, have lost their chief staff officers, one of mem being killed andmany commanding of ficers have met aeatn neroicauy, teuun-s their regiments. Shrapnel fell near uenerai i4.uropai- kln. He showed desperate energy nnu even in tne aaraosi nour ramuw hopeful. The Japanese must reel me strain. There was a cessation oi Hos tilities Saturday.- Neither side can stand many such contests, the ferocity of which was frightful. The Russians are now righting as a matteri of pride; Manchuria Is forgot ten. They feel that they cannot stop,; that they must win one battle. , This evening the Japanese seem iw nearer, nres are ourninn iu About 12 miles from here the eastern army 1b retiring without fighting. length. At the Church of the Advent, l Henry Codman Potter, ot New 1 who presided: Dr. John p. Peter -tor of St, Michael's church, New . city, and tr. Floyd W. Tompkins, t tor of the Church of the Holy Tn Philadelphia, mad addresses. Bishop Potter spoke "briefly . on dust rial problems. He said that within the Church in times pirn i done much to keep working people of tt. He thought a great lesson v. be learned from, the recent visit of j archdeacon of Canterbury, who, though he came from a country v. ' rank was more prominent than h was Just as gracious to thai "humble to those In high stations. The son told how the English Primate, Cooperstown, N. T, recently, met ; cordially greeted a woman ; who ! been cook in his family when he w young ma:.Kv 'Bj.v Rev, Dr. Tompkins said the Chu had not always done what It ought do for the interests of those who v. with their hands, but tt waa now those oppressed and was net. afraid denounce the improper use of rt 1 Many visiting bishops and preached in the Episcopal church- the city to-day. Bishop Tuttle, of aourl, occupied the pulpit at Ft, ena and Blahop Gallor, of Tenr at Emmanuel. I'v-W.tfrf, ' FIRE DESTROYS RESIl"i;?,(" . Cottage Owned by Mr. P. Port l, I . Miles From Southern Pines, l.m Uith Ita- Contents PfrwiH 1.1. j N'ewa ' Notes, , ' , , t Special to The . Olwcrvet ' Southern Pines,; Oct. MM;inv f i Ot Mr. P. Pond will sympathise In the kiss by fire- of his cottar, from town,. Friday. , The lire oi in the cook-room, destroying Its and even the clothes of the VI;. P. who wero occupying it at the titn-. v It caught Are, Mr. Vlall and two .-h., were in town, and the oldest boy ; Ihe youngest .Wing' the only two Ihth or the family at home.' I'ortio the furniture . were , taken out. Hut. having taken ' them to a safe they were aim consumed.' No InMtna and the toH, Including houee, d n , t about t2,Nk - -.:.-,.. ;-. C. T. Patch nnd family have r t r from tholr visit t the Eastern Si.. MeKsra Armfteld and Psge niadu t Ml' nt!id speech In the opera housi t tiay tight. They were lntmducel to t audience oy Judge Oeorge H. iMtcny r Mayor Ferguson, both of . whom i very appropriate and timely IntrcwiiH . remurks. . , Mlrn M. T. Crotty has Sold her . pretty and comfortable cottage on ilVIIWS II, MT. lTf . TV HI !0 1 1 . Hutton. Vt.. who. with bis family, I taken possesfeloa. Mr. Oeorge Aj Kimball arrived ! right from Thousand Island Park. ,v, lie will leave neat week for his f..t home. - In Bprlngvule, ide.. taking i hnn his bride, now Miss Flora L.. ' bell. .-j .y. -it ,.,-.( our community mourns the death Mrs. 8. M. Day, which occurred nt I home of her brother, Mr, L D. Tart ' at 12:10 o'clock last night, The fun. services were conducted from the Con antlonal church at 4 o'clock this rift" - by Rev. H. B. Fobs, assisted by 1 w. J. Fulford. Mrs. Day was loved honored by-a large number of tru i. KtVinflT fWn4, nA aha rmm A w, , - : noble chnrscter. She delighted In ! Rood, and labored always for the v: pt those with whom she come in con! Mny a consecrated worker for k-kvI. i enly child, a daughter, died In thit t About a year ago. Mr Day wss t,t yc. ago, and was a native of New llarr- though tor many years haa lived wui i brother In i!outhern Pines. - Her 'rem Will leave at 11:15 to-night for intern . HOT- uiu uuiiMV. uiueuin, n. XI.. chargfi of Mr. H. A. Jackmao. TOOTH FATALLY SHOT. KUHOPATKISf WILL ESCAPE. Uonuwratlve IiUll In the Rattle Sat urday lugger name .nun uuu Yang. Mukden, Oct. 16. There waa a lull In the battle yesterday, but fighting was continued to-day on the right, The army Is southwest? of here, ,ten Ralph Rogers,' While Randlln? a I sumabiy unloaded Pistol, 1 :c -m Bullet In HI Rraln. Special to The Observer. : ; SparUnburg, S. C Oct 16. A ti. and probably fatal -accident occun at the home of .Rev. W. A. Rogers, Evans street, this' afternoon at o'clock,' when his son, Ralph, a 18 years of age, was accidentally by a pistol In bis own hands. An t or so before the accident a broth- - (the - young mans borrowed , the i from a friend and in the presen. -Ralph Rogers unloaded the -weapon, short time afterwards he re-loa i- ! j It is now certain that the army "7 T "XT, ' . , "-( be able to extricate Itself. The losses amount to 80.000. It has been a bigger battle than Llao Yang. The; Russians Lu-eLaltacklne enlhe jlght toAy. Parker Coins; to ' New York ' To morrow. rrjoriiis. Oct. ' 16. Jddae Parker will go to New York Tuesday morning and will return to liosemouni. inuraunj night. His callers . to-day were Wil liam F. Sheehan. chairman or . me Democratic national executive commit tea and Charles M; Preston-nf King ston, chairman ot the Democratic com mittee of Ulster county. Judge Parker and his family went to Rondout to-day ,: in the ; candidates launch and attended services at Rev. C M.. Hall's church. - " - The latter, thinking the pistol eti J loaded attempted to adjust the 1 and the weapon fired. The bullet s hlm In the forehead and pus tween The eyes ranged up and l,. Itself tn the brain. Physician ing the wounded ,-. man . to-n i';t that there is little hope for 1. i err. t Young Rogers died to-night tv. effects ot his Injury. -;--: ,''.,.,.''. .'av '"" .i 1 WATSON AT BRYAN'S I PopuliNt Candidate to Foll -. the Ncbraskan; in In;' Week. : ( New York. Ot.t 16. Th son, catidldatci ' for Pri People's prtttv ticket. follow W. J. Hryari io I Ing In Vlncenacs on the ! ' ' ! BynumUfd ami Ihwtroyed. Jndlw naoollH. Oet.-1 l.--A telephone mes sage from Rensselaer, I. irt.j. rporta i'"'1 diiinapolis on tlu? tne resiuence ot a'sibo intwy, jr..-:,,u)iin-wi,. an. h , T'irk of the defunct McCoy Rang, usrainwt wlioml ,,' t h, ; ., lili,trnei)iH irxni recently - returned foi',"" ule w alleged complicity In the wrecking of th.; speaker at a to if oiiiik.- lias been' dynamited . and -totally, by tl"' l'"! t' '1' ! destroyed. ..- . Centr;l lv:.ii-.:, I . :i i
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