VOL. XVII., NO. 242.
WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1904.
-FIVE CENTS
CRITICIZE .KING LEOPOLD
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THE BOARD OF MISSIONS -
. BIG AUTOMOBILE RACE
300 MILE CONTEST FOR THE VAN
BDLTCUP. -
BIG SEA FIGHT
EEP PLUWGE
ITALIANS III A RIOT
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POLICY IN THE CONGO ASSAILED
v BY DELEGATES.
FEARED THAT A PUBIIO SOHOOIi
WAS TO BE DESTROYED.
! SESSION OF. HOUSE OP BISHOPS
AND HOUSE OF "DEPUTIES.
Automobile Containing j
Nine Persons Went Otf
Embankment
THREE KILLED
Two of the Others seriously xnjureu
and the Remaining Four Badly
-W . .1
JirUlSCO. i. XliXllM. axxw .
Wrecked Car and did Further Dam
ages The Accident was Caused by
the Steering Gear Getting out of Or-
Cier, JSiUJvms v.u.u..vx.
Control of His aiachine The Era-
- -' OK "EVw TTI rrTl anil fllft
" Danlunciii nas .
Car Dashed Over the Wall at High
Speed. ... '
New York, October T.-nDriven at the
rate of 25 miles an hour, a three seated
touring car, containing nine persons,
four men 'and Ave women, dashed over
an embankment at the southern end of
Jerome avenue, early this -morning,
landing on the southern track of tfhe
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad. Just that moment a south
hound local train running fast to make
up time rounded a curve and struck the
automobile. Three persons were killed,
two instantly, two were seriously -injured,
arid the other four though badly
bruised and shaken, were able to" go
home. - - ' -
The dead are :
Allen Noyes, chauffeur of the auto
mobile killed inskntly. , " -(Madge
Corcoran, killed instantly.
pitul. . r
The injured are: Mrs. Kitty Wads
worth, fractured skull, -will die; Moses
Spiess, fracture of the jaw, general con
tusions; jeannette Laevre, shock. ana
light contusions; Charles Doran, 23,
shook and light contusion, went home;
Emma'Perez, shock and hysteria; Thos.
Murphy, not badly hurt. V
IThe party were returning to the Riv
erside casino from a trip to Mount Ver
non. Allan Noyes, the chaff eur, had
intended turning 'from Jerome avenue
into the approach of the McCorhb's
dam bridge to cross to Manhattan.
- (Several persons, including two police
men, saw the automobile rushing down
the avenue and were surprised when it
kept straight ahead. They shouted a
warning, but it was too late. With no
apparent slacking of speed the big
car dashed over the retaining wall be
side -the New York Central and made a
sheer v drop of 25 felt to the railroad
track, in its descent the car half turn
ed over arid several of its Occupants
were spilled out. When it struck the
trackrosroyes, .Mrs. Stroebel and Madgfe
Corcoran were thrown to the tracJc.
the pothers falling to the side of the
rails. , ,
Just what happened in the few sec
onds that proceeded the crash of the
local train the survivors themselves
were unable to relate. They were stun
ned and bleeding and trying to re
cover themselves when -they heard the
roar of the train and then a frightful
crash. Noyes was caught in the wreck
age of the car and tossed up with it oi
the pilot of the engine. His body was
still there when the train was brought
to a stop. iMadge Corcoran was
dragged by her long automobile coat
which caught on the smashed car, for
a distance of 200 feet, and when the
cloth gave way she fell to the track,
only to be cut in two at the waist by
the wheels of the engine. The whole
train passed ' over her .body. Mrs.
Stroebel- was dragged about 50 feet
and then tossed to one side.
Thomas Murphy, one of the party in
the wrecked machine, disappeared im
mediately after the . accident. He re
turned to his place of employment to-
1 1 I tf ii i - w i i 1 1 cm .a. i iru vv j. i z t, . xiio w w
"badly cut and bruises on all parts of
his body.
IMurphy told the story of the ride
of the party and said that the steer
gear got out of order when the ma
chine .reached the corner of Jerome
avenue and 160th -street. , The chauffeur
lost control end the automobile went
straight for the fence, plunging over
the embankment. : Murphy landed on
his .back. He says he arose and start
ed to run. e does not know where
he went, although he wandered about
the entire day:
THE NEBRASKA LAUNCHED.
"Big Battleship Left Her Ways Thir
teen Minutes Before Scheduled
Time.
Seattle, Washn., October 7. At 2
o'clock this afternoon thirteen min
utes before the scheduled time, the bat
tleship , Nebraska left her ways at
Moran Brothers shipyard in this city
and slid gracefully and majestically
into the waters of Puget sound. The
launching was entirely successful and J
no hitch marred the proceedings.x The asensation. It is expected that the
only reason the vessel was launched j sessions of the school will be resumed
ahead . of time was that .by a slight Monday. J ;
r miscalculation the poppet (a wooden ... , " j . .
brace) at the bow was raising the ves- ! Four Alleged Lynchers Acquitted.
sel too high, and in the opinion of ex-J Nashvile. Tenn.. October 7.- The
rperts it was better that the supporters Jury . in the case of Isaac Cobb and
he knocked away without delay. thre-2 others charged with the lynching
Miss Mary Main Mickey, daughter of of Allen Small, colored, at Lynchburg,
"Governor Mickey, of Nebraska, chris- Tenn., several months asro, has return
tened , the vessel. ed a verdict of not guilty.
The Kins: Accused of Being Personally
on the "Natives-T-Next Peace Con
gress Will be Held in Lucerne, Swit
zerland,. Boston, Oct. 7. &Cing Leopold, of Bel
gium,, was assailed for his policy, as
sovereign of the Congo Free State, at
a public meeting held this afternoon
In connection with the sessions of the
international peace congress.
The attack upon King Leopold was
made by El T." Morel, of England, who
represented the Congo Reform Associa
tion. Mr. Morel charged that the king
was personally responsible in a large
measure for cruelties practised on tha
natives of the Congo 'Free State . in
the terrific endeavors of monopolistic
commercial organizations to obtain
from the country all the ivory and rub
ber possible. " i
The king was defended by George
Herbert, of Cambridge, England, who
submitted that King Leopold had done
all possible to stop the cruelties prac
ticed. '
The government policy in the Congo
also was bitterly denounced by Rev..
fW. M- Morrison, for seven years a
missionary in the Congo land.
The congress today accepted a re
port from the committee on propagan
da, recommending that the congress
in 1035 be. held at Lucerne, Switzerland.
One of the first things which the con
gress did today was to adopt resolu
tions recommending ; to all nations to
enter into a treaty insuring in cas3
of dispute between countries that the
difference would be submitted for set
tlement to a union of all the powers.
A second public meeting) was held
this afternoon in the Old South meet-:
ing house, to consider the - progress of
the peace movement in Europe, wUh
addresses - by prominent "foreign dele
gates. - ;
A dinner was given tonight at which
foreign delegates were the guests.
Speeches were made by 'Bishop Ferci
val of England, the Baroness Von Sutt
ner, Booker T. Washington and others.
DECLARE FOR RECIPROCITY.
Platform of the Massachusetts Repub
lican Convention State Ticket
Nominated. !
"Boston, Mass., October 7.j The Re
publican state convention nominated
a state ticket again headed by Gov
ernor John L. Bates and 16 president
ial electors and adopted a platform,
the main planks: of which endorse
President Roosevelt's administration
and advocate - reciprocity with foreign
countries and. especially with Canada.
The convention also passed resolutions,
paying an eloquent tribute to Senator
Hoar. .
Senator Lpdge addressed the con
vention defending his attitude on the
reciprocity question and the work of
himself and Senator Hoar at Washing
ton. Attorney General Moody also
made an address defending the admin
istration. The reciprocity resolution declares
"We believe that still further mea
sures should be taken toward negotiat
ing reciprocity treaties with f oreigh
countries and especially with Canada
.ind New Foundland. upon such termrJ
and conditions as will secure an en
largement of our foreign trade, for the
common benefit , of our people, where
ever reciprocal arrangements can be
effected consistently with the princi
ples of protection and without injury,
to American agriculture, I American
labor or American industries."'
FUNERAL OF MR. PAYNE.
Services Were Marked by an Impres
sive Simplicity, j
Washington. October. 7. Although
an official funeral, the services in St.
Johns church today over the body of
the late Henrv C. Payne, postmaster
general, were marked by impressive
simplicity. Official Washington filled
the nave of the church and brilliant as
were the uniforms of the large repre
sentation from the army, navy and
marine corps, the solemnity of the
scene was only enhanced by the sharp
contrast of color with the deep mourn
ing of the family and personal friends
of the dead cabinet officer.! Rev. Ro
land Cotton Smith of St.. Johns, offi
ciated. . v ' , : "" ; j " -
Side by side with Mrs. Payne sat the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, both In
deep mourning. In half an hour the
funeral procession was -winding its way
slowly down Pennsylvania avenue, es
corted by the postal carriers of the
city of Washington, in uniform, to the
Pennsylvania station, whence the body
was taken this afternoon, at 3:30
o'clock, on a special train- to Mil
waukee. The interment will be in that city,
the home of Mr. Payne. i
Raleigh School Suspends on Account
of Diphtheria, i
'(Special to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. C. October 7J-Children
of the Centenial graded school,' this
city ,r were dismissed this j afternoon
and told not to return until notified to
do so, the reason being that the wife
of the lanitor was found to have diph
theria and they live on the premises,
within, sixty feet of the nearest class
rooms. There are' only two cases of
diphtheria in the city, but the loca-
tjon of tnis one created something of
Women Stormed the School Entrance
and Police Were Called Out to Keep
Them From Entering the Building.
Existence of a "Black Hand Plot is
Denied.
New York, Ovtdber 7. Rumors that
a so-called BIack hand" plot was on
foot to destroy a public school in the
upper east side and, according to the
police, an article to the same effect
published in-an Italian daily newspa
per today, caused a riot of several hun
dred Italian women, 7nfbthers of the
children attending the school, which'
excited the neighborhood, alarmed the
teachers and pupils and required "a
force of police reserves to quell.
The women, with an undounded and
unceasing fear " that their offsprings
were to be destroyed, stormed the school
entrance and had not a policeman and
the janitor slammed and locked the
heavy doors in their faces the mob
would have swarmed into the building.
Albout a dozen of them did get inside
and exteited the pupils by their shrill"
cries. Those on the' outside joined in
the uproar and the situation was rapid
ly becoming serious when a patrol
wagon j loaded with reserves reached
the scene. Finally the p women were
driven away and after the 1,900 children
in the school had been quieted they
were dismissed and sent home.
Tonight .Superintendent of Public
Schools Maxwell sent to the press a
statement that there is absolutely nothj
ing in any rumor that any threat what
ever has been aimed at a school.
STOPPING THROUGH TRAINS
A Movement Begun Which Must Have
. its Limits Through Trains Wrould
Soon not be Fast Trains it they
Stopped at Every Hamlet.
Columbia, IS. October 6. Wheth
er througih fast trains can be made to
stop at the quest of communities or
by the railorad cornmission is a serious
issue that is now on its way to the
courts . s -
The railroad commission today
placed in the hands of Attorney 03en
eral Gunter the papers in the Lata
case, with instructions -to bring suit
against the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road to compel their fast trains to stop
at Latta, . This is the beginning of
what will probably be a hard fought
case on the. matter of compelling:
through fast trains to stop at stations
not now designated for stops.
iSevenrail months ago the-eitizens of
Latta, a town of afbbunt 00 inhabitants,
in Marion county, petitioned the com
mission to force the Coast Tvine road
to stop the fast train between Jackson
ville and the North. The railroad commission-
visited the town and, after a
conference with the people and a hear
ing with the officials who objected to
the. order, issued an order for the trains
to stop there. It is reported that five,
trains disobeyed this order, and the
matter has been put in the hands of
the attorney general for settlement.'
Latta is an ambitious town, and the"
train now stops at Dillon, just eight
miles south of -Latta, so that the roads
are all interested in the outcome, aa
it would give many small towns the
right to order fast trains through this
state stopped,- which would seriously
affect the schedules. f If the railroad
commission should be prevailed upon
to favor the idea large numbers of
voters would petition for f ast ,trair td
stop at their home, towns at no cott to
themselves. iNews and Courier Special.
DOUGLAS FOR GOVERNOR.
Harmonious Convention of the Mas
.. sachusetts Democrats. , i
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Boston, Oct. 7. The Masachusetts
Democratic state convention here to-"
day was one of the mostharmonious
in the party's history. With the excep
tion of a brief debate over -the propo
sition to reduce the" membership-at-large
on the state committee from 25
to 18, the proceedings were conducted
without friction. The, reduction was
made by the conventicn.
The entire state ticket, headed by
William L. Douglas, a manufacturer of
OBrockton, was nominated by acclama
tion. f' r
.' The platform adopted by the convent
tion endorses the national candidates
and platform assails the protective
tariff, charging that the ' system of
protection is responsible " for the pros
perity of "the huge industrial giant,
otherwise known as 'infant indus
tries': basking peacefully ; in the sun
shine of .the Dingley tariff, content
with the assurance that no Republican
government agent will 'run , amUQk cr
in any way disturb thelr-monopolisxic
tranquility.' --.'. ' m. '
The platform also declares in ftvo
of the Philippine independence, andrar
raigns President Roosevelt for usurlUhg
powers conferred upon congress afid
the ludlciarv in his Dension order aud
Panama policy. . . .
The convention .closed with the ad
tion or resolutions in memory of tre
AAkV .
y Strikers and Mannfactorers. )
Fall River, Mass., October 6. fThe
conference arranged by local " business
men, between the secretaries of five
labor unions, representing -the" 26,000
striking textile workers here, - and a
committee from the cotton mill manu
facturers who signed the wage reduc
tion agreement was held today and
came to naught. Neither party to "the
controversy would concede a single
point, and at the conclusion of the con
ference the strike appeared - to be no
nearer a settlement than jwhen it was
declared nearly 12 weeks ago. No un
derstanding was reached as to a future
conference, " r "
Many 3Iissionary Reports Submitted
Short Session of House of Deputies
Meeting 'of Students Addressed" by
the.'. Archbishop of Canterbury and
' Several American Bishops. '"
ostsn, October 7. Missionary! mat
ters were" considered during the greater
part of today's session ; of the general
triennial convention of the Episcopal
church. The House of Bishops and
House of Deputies were in joint ses
sian as the board of missions nearly
all day. x The delegates toi the Woman's
Auxiliary were? also present.
A't- a short session of the Hous'e of
Deputies, the committee on the admis
sion of new dioceses recommended that
Central Pennsylvania be divided Into
two diocesses find that the missionary
district of Montana be admitted; into
union with thegerieral convention, as a
full fledged diocese. . The recommenda
tions were -referred to the House of
Bishops. . ' 1 1 ',;. ';
The presiding bishop, Right k Rev.
Daniel . -Tuttle of Missouri, presided
oyer the Joint session. Many mission
ary repbrts were submi tted, regarding
the work of ? tike past three years. : All
were generally satisfactory . with the
exception of tbat part of the board
of missions report which stated that a
number of dioceses had failed to con
tribute their share of their fund as
sessed under the apportionment plan.
Rev. Hiram Rules, Cuban missionary,
advocated the election of a bishop for
Cuba and Bishop Henry Y. Satterlee, of
Washington; I, C- presented a resolu
tion askingi that a missionary - bishop
for Mcxico.be appointed. No action
was taken on either proposition today.
The convention sent greetings of as
surances of "profound sympathy to the
Internationar-Peace Conference.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and sev
eral American1 bishops addressed a
meeting of students held under the aus
pices of St. Paul's society of Harvard
in Cambridge tonight. .
PREPARING FOR GLENN.
FayetteviUe Will Give Cordial Recep
. tion to the Next Governor Repub
lican Speaking1 News and PPerson
al Notes, .
(Special tp . The Messenger.)
Fayetteville, pet. ,7. An audience of "
about two hundredf and fifty people
gathered in theiiofirt room last evening
to hearHonja.yHarris, Republican
nominee for governor, and Harry Skin
ner, United States Attorney .for the
eastern district of North Carolina, and
music was given by the Holt-Morgan
mill corri'et band. Mr. Harris was in
troduced by A. H. Slocomb and Mr
Skinner by Mr. John Underwood, both
making appropriate brief talks in intra-
duclng the speakers. v The Republican
gubernatorial candidate makes no pre
tensions as a campaign orator, but he
impresses one as a thoughtful, clear
headed business man. Mr. Skinner de
livered quite an effective speech, from .
his party standpoint hd was tistened
to attentively throughout. Mr. Harri3
had many callers yesterday , and today
at his rooms at the Hotel LaiFayette,
not a few Democrats paying respect
to his, position and his visit to the city.
There -was an enthusiastic meeting of
Democrats in the city i hall yesterday
afternoon, to arrange for the reception
of Hon. R. B. Glenn on the 18th, inst.
called to order by . Mr. H. L. Cook, who
requested Mr. H. MdD. Robinson ; to
preside, and Mr. D. T. Oates to act as
secretary. A ways and means commit
tee to raise necessary funds was ap
pointed, consisting of Maj. A. A. Mc
Kethan, Captain N. H. McGeaqhey,
and Mr. R. McMillan, and a committee
of arrangements to formulate a pro
gramme of "exercises ' consisting, of
Messrs. D. T. Oatest H.i L. Cook; J. D.
McNeil, W. C. Troy, H. L McDutfie. It
was decided that the Democrats - Of
Cross 'Creek and other townships meet
to form a CParker arid Gleen campaign
club in the court room half an hour in
advance of the speaking of Attorney
General Gilmer this evening. . .
Mr. Gilmerr. woh came in at 2 o'clock
this morning, on a south-bound train,
to fill his appointment - this evening,
informs, the correspondent that he ha.r
been speaking in the cotton sectioriV for
the past two days ; and.consldering that
the farmers are very busy getting their
crops picked, he has had very fair
crowds, and commendable intsrest is
shown in the campaign, j Attorney Gen
eral Gilmer is one of j the strongest
speakers on the canvass, and shoud
command a large audience tonight. .
This morning Chief of Police Flow
erar and Deputy Sheriff Monaghan ar
rested a tramp. Will Foreman, who
had in his Pocket1 a receipt for an ex
press Package to Lon Wett, Charleston,
S. C-, and whom the police suspect to
be one cf a gang of railroad car thieve?
Mr. D. S. McRae has taken the posi
tion of local agent of the' American
Telegraph and Telephone Company.
Mr. Mcl. Matthews, propri tor of the
Hotel LaiFayette, and Mr. E. E. Gor
ham of the Gorham book and musii
house, returned last night from- Hot
Springs, Ark. -
Mr. Joe. Bunting, of Wilmington, Is
visiting relatives in this city.
Mrs. MdCarmac, of Rowland, a niece
of Mrs. E. Floyd, of this city, isvas
brought up yesterday to the HIghsmith
Hospital for treatment, "
U. D. C. Day at the St. Louts Exposi-
C ':;. :. tion.
St. Louis. October 7. No session , of
the convention of the United Daugh
ters of the -Confederacy was held to
day, this being "United Daughters of
the Confederacy Day" at the World's
Fair. A number of receptions were
given in their honor.
Th convention will adjourn tomor
row after the election of officers and
the selection of the next meeting
place. -',-' - -
A Motion was Made In the Supreme
Court for an Injunction to Prevent
, the Race, but it was . Denied All
- Preparations are Complete and Very
5 Great Interest is Being Shown. '
New "York. October 7. Judge Wil
mot M. Smith, in the supreme court In
Brooklyn today, denied the motion for
an injunction against the : Automobile
Association of America, the object of
which was to prevent the threa hun
dred mile automobile race over Long
Island roads tomorrow for the W. K.
Vanderbilt. Jr.. cup.
The question argued before Judge
Smith was whether or not an injunC"
tion should issue restraining the au
tomobile association from conducting
the race on certain thoroughfares in
Nassau . and Kings counties. The pe
titioner was George M. . Bennett, of
Hempstead. L. I., secretary i of the
People's Protective Association of Nas
sau county, whose counsel argued
that the race was planned to take
place on highways from whicE the
general public was to be debarred
from early on the morning of Satur
day until" the middle of the afternoon
of that dav, solely for the gratification
tion, he said, of those who wanted to
learn how fast an automobile could be
driven. Attorneys for the automobile
association and for the board of super
visors of Nassau county contended
that nothing unlawful was being done,
that the authorities were within their
rights in granting permission to run
the race. !
The court room was crowded during
the entire proceedings by persons in
terested in them and in the race
Among those . there was Willam K
Vanderbilt, Jr., who gave the Vander
bilt cup.
Preparations for tomorrow's race
for the Vanderbilt cup were practical
ly complete tonight. All the big rac
ing cars were weighed in tonight. Each
was within the 2,240 pound limit, ex
cept that of William Gould Brokaw.
By lessening the quantity of gasoline
carried, this machine, too, qualified.
Until night came on the- course was
filled with swiftly moving cars. At
times ;there were as many as two hun
dred autos tearing around the triang
ular thirty mile track:
A .R. Pardington, chairman of the
Auto Association of America said that
every precaution had been taken and
that every means of safe guarding the
contestants had ben employed.
Every hotel, boarding house, cot
M
tage and farm house at points on or
near the course is packed tonight, and
many persons have returned to New
York because they were unable to se
cure accommodations.
MONT PELEE ACTIVE.
But There has Been no Violent Erup
tion as Reported.
Fort De Frnce. Island of Marti
nique, Thursday October 6. -(Delayed
in 'transmission.) The report that
there has been a serious eruption of
Mount Pelee is not true. There has)
been great activity on the mountain
during the last few days, and a week
ago the volcano emitted enormous
quantities' of steam and ashes. On
September 29 Nthe mountain was
throwing out steam all day. forming
a dense cloud eight or ten thousand
feet high. The escape grew less vio
lent as night approached, but after
dark there were two points on the
cone that were brilliantly lighted while
at.thegfoot of -".the dome was a hole
from which fire escaped into the val
ley below, but not in sufficient quan
tities to occasion damage.
WOMAN CONFESSES HER GCTLT.
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Mrs
Jacobs Admits the Existence of
a Gang who Have Committed Many
Robberies.
, Fairmont, W. Va., October 7. Mrs.
S. K. Jacobs, wife of the former station
agent at Worthington, W. Va:, has
been arrested for being implicated in
the robbery of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad station at Worthington. In
the jail today she confessed to Deputy
Sheriff Watson that she is a member
of a gang who have committed at least
twenty robberies in Worthington with
in a few months. - She named others
in the. gang with her, one of the ac
cused. Hays McDonald being arrested
today. Officers are searching for the
accused persons'.
Among the .robberies committed
were the Baltimore and Ohio station
at Worthington, robbed three times: a
flour mil, a brer shop nd numerous
residences and" houses. ' Mrs. Jacobs
said that, the gang'met in the house of
one iof the robbers, where the plunder
was stored. This house was searched
by officers and a large amount of
flour and groceries was found,
W AA-
Arranging for Match Between Cans
and Britt.
critii J! nxiivisfw, cfuivur aii mai
1 TT li If 111 lt..l
remains at present to clinch beyond the
slightest doubt the match between Joe
Gans and Jmmy Britt "is for the fighters
or their managers to affix their signa
tures to the articles. ; Last night was
the time agreed on for the meeting
but (WilUe Britt was ill and unable to
attend.. He sent word that next. Sat-
urday evening he would be present and i
would f then continue the negotiations.
AL EHerford, manager of Gans, said that
Britt's terms were agreeable to him and
that he was ready f orsignlng. .
Condition of Lady Cnrzon is Grave. '
m. The following bulletin has Just
been issued: .
-" "Lady Curzon is not ' so well. Her
Bniia nn-rfptv-V
.' At midnight the: condition of Lady
Curzon was grave. The patient shows
.no improvement.
Is Reported to Have Oc-
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curred Off Port
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1 Arthur
NOT CONFIRMED
It is Considered Probable that There
- May Have Been a Battle But all
Official News is Lacking A Report
is Given out That the Fire of Jap
anese Batteries Severely Damaged
Four Russian Warships in the Har
hor of Port Arthur Recent Russian
jsuntary jiovements isnusn steam
er Seized by the Japanese off New
Chwang. ,,
Continuance of the gale which de
veloped on the China sea and adjacent
waters on October 4th, precludes ao
five operatitions by the Japanese fleet
blockading Port Arthur. The British
steamer Sishan, with a -cargo of cattle
and floud from Shanghai for Port Ar
thur has been seized by the Japanese at
New iChwang. A detachment of the
j RUSSIAN .WARSHIP DAMAGED.
Tokio' October 7. 12:30 p. m. It is re
ported" here that the flra of the Japa
nese batteries sev&relv damappd four
Russian, warships in tlfe harbor of Port
Arthur." It is stated that one of the,
vesiseia was completely wreckea. The
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names oi none or the ships were given.
rNO NISWS OF REPORTED SEA
.--';' ..- V' FIGHT
St. Petersburg, October 7. 6:08 p. m.
Up to this hour, the war office has not
received fresh advices from the front.
une aamiraity continues without news
of the reported sea fight off Port Ar
thur, as well as of the Tokio report of
the ? wrecking and damacrinsr Rus
sian warships at Port Arthur by the
Japanese land batteries. As a portion
of the squadron has ;been going out
occasionally j to bombard the Japanese
land positions, the possibility that
some of the Russian vessels may have
been damaged by the Japanese batter
ies, is admitted.
rxne aamiraity officially announces
that the Baltic fleet will be ready to
sail as soon as the battleship Orel and
the cruisers Oleg, Zemtchug and Izum
rud, which sailed from Cronstadt today,
arrived at Reval. The ice1 breaker
Ermak will accompany the fleet.
The Associated press learns from an
admiral occupying a high position that
the proposition to send the fleet to the
far east by way bf Cape Home has
been decided in the neerati ve.
The admiralty is unable to furnish in
formation concerning the two Russian
ships reported to be cruising in Torres
strat, south (Pacific ocean, between
New Guinea an"J. Australia. If any
Russian ships: have ; been , sighted in
Torres strait, or if any Russian ships
are now there they must have been
sent out from Vladivostok by Vice Ad
miral Skrydloff. .
RECENT RUSSIAN MOVEMENTS.
Tokio, October 7. 4 p. m. The Impe
rial headquarters Issued a report today
of the recent Russian military move
ments and skirmishes with the Japa
nese south of Mukden as follows:
'"On October 4. a few tt tia pnmv,
cavalry approached the vicinity of
Atjro,U6ijiCxiicii( uui uur lurce uruyo
them off. The enemy, with a battalion
of infantry, eleven squadrons of caval
ry and- five guns advanced toward
Shaliuhotzu on October 4 and retreated
toward Huangshan, October 5 th. In
this direction there were only two or
three of our squadrons of cavalry.
Niaokoushan and Wangchlafen. The
Russian infantry heading the column
wore Japanese costumes.
"Kn October 4, a small body of the
enemy attacked our pickets at Pin-'
taitzu and on the Mukden road and
were repulsed. The enemy left his dead
and rifles behind. All the enemy were
Chinese clothing.
iFour squadrons of Russian cavalry
came to Sunshutzultzu, on the Fushun
road October 3rd and remained there
until the morning of October 5.
- TThe enemy's cavalry patrols have
been seen outh of Wulichies and iLung
- . .
wangiao, put tney retreated norm to
I Lutoalcou, leaving Infantry patrols.
TA aetachment of the enemys cavairy
October 4th; with three guns advanced
"toward fShtotai and taking up a posl-
I'tinn at Tn ta I flreil in rtfr trnons north
Ll - -. -
ot Yentai.
The enemy nosted at Changtan, on
the right bank of the Hun river, has
retired leaving a mall force there.
- TThexe are no troops of the enemy in
the neighborhood of Taotaltzu.
I 7 iii ,,taf nn th left bant of
f E SSJK!6:0
-1A small force of the enemy recently
the Hun river but was driven back.
JATls BXOICKIA1DB NOT ENTIRELY;
t. (Petersburg, ucxaoer s:ia a. m.
The only reference made to the report
ed ea figHt off Port Arthur Is contaln-
ed in a delayed special dispatch from
Che Fop, which says that -on the night
cctooer bin me souna oi nnng was
heard in the" direction of Port Arthur;
and that searchlights were seen to be.
workine in that vicinity.4 It is thought
there may have been a battle, but no
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