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VOL. XVII., NO. 2513. WJXMINGTQN, NY C, FRIBAY, OCTOBER 21, 1904. FIVE CENTS NO ACTIVITY Factors That Have Caused Suspension of Hostilities IN MANCHURIA Rain, Ijnpassablc Roads and Exhaust ed Armies Cause Almost a Com plete Cessation of Hostilities A Dense Fog Overspreads the The atre of War and When it Lifts, Eighting May Ix Resumed Under Entirely New Conditions Xo Re port from the Commander at Port Arthur" -Later than October, 10th. An Estimate of the Losses in the Recent Fighting. With the country enveloped in a thick fog and- the roads in wretched - condition, activity is for the time fee ing: impossible . -for either the Japan ese or the Russian army south of Mukden. There have been several brisk skirmishes and some surprises t of a minor character, but the lift ing of the f os must precede any not able conflict of the hostile forces. r No official report from the com- mander at Fort Arthur later than October 10 has reached St. Peters gurgr. ALMOST COM PLKTE SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES. St. Petersburg:, October 21, 2:30 a. m. Apart from skirmishes -and ex ploits of 'i sco joiner parties there is almost a complete suspension of op erations frt Man : l it. a. The heavens have interposed to put a stop to bioodshed. Rain, impassable roads and exhausted armies are factors sufficient in themselves to; explain the cessation of hostilities, and these conditions are aggravated by a dense fog overspreading the whole of the atre of war. Behind this pall either side Would be able to change the disposition of whole forces Jin abso lute secrecy; but the obscurity ren ders absolutely dangerous any at tempt at a f irward movement When the curtain of mist is lifted the fighting may be resumed under . totally changed conditions. The wild flight of rumors contin ues in -St ' Petersburg, the rout or capture of Japanese divisions or bat talions nnd scores of guns alternat ing with alarmist stories of General Kuropatkin's retreat on Mukden, ah equally untrue. :Tne war office de clares that there have been no seri ous developments since the capture of Lone Tree Hill last Sunday ana authorizes the Associated Press to deny the report that a Russian bat tallion ,had been annihilated in try ing to recross the Taitse river. The Associated Press is informed on 'good authority that the (sixteenth -army corps will be the next to start for the front. This corps is station-, ed at Vitebsk and belongs to the mil itary district of Vilna which, as al ready announced by the Associated Press is going out as a part of the second Manchurian army under the former chief of the Vilna district, General Grippenberg. The corps probably will leave Vilna November Sth direct for Harbin. EmDorer Nicholas has received no report . from General Stoes&e?. the military commander at Port Ar'r.ur eince October 10. A correspondent of the Russky Listok sends to that paper a graphic; account of the ngrfting by Genera: Bildejcy? caips on October" 12th, wb-B ii he Russian right flank was broken. It now develops that disas ter was averted solely by the timery arrival of General Soboleff's sixth Siberian corps, composed almost en tirely of reservists and mahy regi . tnents of which were experiencing their 'first taste of actual war. The correspondent telegraphs that Gen eral Oku's desperate onslought forc ed back General Bilderlings' right. 1 The situation was most critical; but the sixth corps, which had been held In reserve, promptly came up and supported ' Bildering, and things as sumed a brighter aspect. The fight ing was exceedingly furious. The .v.iAi n.v.tni t reserve cuips icnucuia, wiucu niu not before been under fire, bore the 4runt of the Japanese advance and obstinately held their ground The following day the battle was resum ed -'with the fullest intensity. The Japanese threw themselves headlong against the positions of the sixth and seventeenth corps. The fighting ccn tinuedthe whole day, .despite a ter rific downpour of rain and a fearful thunderstorm. A Japanese battery dashed out from General Oku's right and opened a deadly, fire upon the Russian trenches until the, tenth ar tillery brigade came Into action LOSSES EN THE RECENT FIGHTING Tokio, October 20. (Noon. Reliable , v. ". . - : reports received from private sources estimate the losses of the Japanese left army during the recent battle at about five thousand. I... The number of Russian dead is large ly increased by the further discovery of bodies, notwithstanding the nightly removals by lantern light. ' The Russian forces have been rein forced by about thirty thousand men of the seventeenth corps, a large por tion of the tenth corps andT portions of the fifth and sixth Siberian corps, which recently arrived. In all six divisions of the Russian army now confront the Japanese left army. j Heavy rains have impeded the move ments of the opposing forces since Oc tober 17 th. THE SITUATION AT THE FRONT. Tokio, October 20. 1 p. m. Manchu rian headquarters, telegraphing yester day, reviews the situation at the front as follows: J - "Yesterday the center column, of the right army attacked and dislodged the enemy's cavalry holding I Tunchiaf en, but a small body of the enemy's inv fantry has returned to thai eminence. ''The enemy continues toihold Waitao mountain. "On the morning of Octojber 19th two battalions of the. enemy's infantry were visible near Kaokwanchia lying to the right of the right army and they ap peared to have supports jin the rear, The strength of the latter vestigation. is under ln "On the afternoon of October 19th, the right wing of the center column dis covered two (battalions and that bat tery of the enemy advancing in its front fr&m Tunchiaf en to . Tit mountain. They concealed themselves behind Titi mountain. j "One brigade of the enemy is locat ed near Fench'apao. The enemy's guns north of (Fenchiapao occasionally shell our positions. There is no change in front of the left column of the right army. "There has been no change in front of the right army except; that there are occasional exchanges jf shells. I "It is quiet in front of tlje left army, though the enemy occasionally sends shells toward our position. On the night of October 18th the; enemy at tacked the front of th,e leftlcolumn, but he. was repulsed." REGENT HAPPENINGS AT PORT ARTHUR.. 1 L iChe Foo, October 20. 3 p. m. The roost important recent events at Port Arthur include the capture by the Jap anese of further minor positions near Rihlung mountain and the severe dam age of a Japanese torpedo boat destroy er hy strking a floating inipe. According to Chinese adyices which reached here today and which are con firmed in essential points by Japa nese letters from Port Dalriy, the Jap anese made assaults on th4 remaining outer works of Rihlung mountain at dawn October 18th and were repulsed. The following day the Russians made an attack on the Japanese trenches and they in turn were repulsed. Tha Japanese immedately followed with another assault resulting in the capture of an iron railroad bridge and th heights south of the bridge, which is .five hundred yards from the main fortress. The importance or these cap tures Pes in the fact that they curtail the Russian fire in harrassing Japanese who may attempt to advance on the trenches located on the slope of Rih lung mountain. This attack seemes to have been a surprise for the Rus sians, the Japanese claiming that they lost only fifty men. 'Since the capture of the points mentioned the Japanese assert that they have successful! re sisted numerous sorties in attempts to capture them. i At 10 o'clock in morning of October 12th, seven Russian torpedo boat de stroyers emerged from the harbor of Port Arthur and later they were follow ed jby two more destroyers. This squad-, ron proceeded to iShaopingtau and bom barded the Japanese left flank. Four Japanese torpedo boat destroyers hur ried to the scene and the Russians re tired to the harbor followed jby the Jap anese. The pursuit ceased upon enterv ing the. mined area. One Japanese de stroyer while returning hit j a mechan ical mine and was severely damanged but she managed to reach Port Dalny and is now tbeing repaired.j 'Meanwbile the Japanese j siege guns continued to drop big shells in the har bor, the Japanese claiming that they damaged the Russian gunboat Giiiak, which is alleged to have been hit three times, and to have chjanged hft anchorage from the east basin to the shelter of Tiger Hill. 'It is also believ ed that the funnel of another Russian warship was pierced as a dense cloud of smoke followed the landing of a shell on board of her. j - A Chinaman who arrived! here, today declares that during the Japanese as sault on Rihlung mountaii the Rus sian battleships fired almost incessant ly to the north. ! The Japanese at Taku moiintain have, dropped a ceaseless" storm pt shells on the Chinese town and many rifle bul lets also fell in the place. jThe China men adds that the fighting was very severe and that the Japanese loss was considerable. He says hej. left Port 'Arthur October 18th because he was frightened by the shells. i It is asserted that the Russian force at Port tArthur now numbers five thou sand men excluding the militia, , which is not engaged in the fighting but pa trolsvhe streets, doing provost duty and guards the arsenals, etc. ; i fWinter clothing is very! scarce . at OPort Arthur, shoes m particularly, j The Russian soliders are wearing Chinese (Continued on Fifth Page.) NDIAMA SAFE A Plurality for Parker and Davis Will be Returned SAYS W. J. BRYAN The Former Trader Says there is lit tle Trace of Disaffection Among the SilTer Democrats and there are Many Evidences of Unity and En thusiasm Mr. Bryan Makes a Dash into Kentucky and Delivers a Speech at Doiusville He Will Go to West Virginia and Will Proba bly be Accompanied on His Tour of that State by Mr. Davis Judge Parker Returns to Esopus. Louisville, Ky.. Oct. 20. -"The Democrats in Indiana seems to be ready to vote now," said William J. Bryan, when he concluded his tour of Indiana at New Albany tonight. The closing day of the tour through India na was regarded by Mr. (Bryan and his party as the imost successful of all, in respect to the size an (enthusiasm of the audiences. "I firmly believe that Indiana will return a plurality for Parker and Da vie," said Mr. Bryan in opening his speech at New Albany. "The obser vations made during the trip which I have just finished reveal a imost en couraging state of affairs. There is little or no trace of disaffection among the silver Democrats and there is no reason for the gold Democrats to i'eei disaffected. The evidences of unity and enthusiasm among the Democrats are so plentiful that it seems that the only apparent hope for Republican success would appear to lie in their polling the entire doubtful vote of the state." Immediately on concluding, his New Albany speech Mr. Bryan made a dash into Kentucky, addressing a great throng which filled Phoenix Hall Gar den. "A vote for Parker and Davis," said Mr. Bryan, "is a long step toward the abolition of special Privileges granted to the few, at the expense of the many, a condition of affairs which has in no small part been brought ajDout-by the Republican party's tariff system." DAVIS WILD WELCOME BRYAN TO THE STATE. Parkersburg, W. Va., Oct. 20. Henry G. Davis, Democratic candidate for I vice president will welcome W. J. Bry an to West Virginia tomorrow. Mr. Bryan will speak here during the after noon and Mr. Davis, who has just com pleted a canvass of his own state, will attend the meeting. It is the present intention of Mr. Davis to accompany the NeJoraskan to Huntington and Charleston, but h'is fatigue from his strenuous trip ' of the Past ten days may make it necessary to alter this plan tomorrow. Mr. Bryan speaks here at 3 o'clock, at Huntington in the even- King and at Charleston Saturday night- Democratic state leaders conferred with Mr, Davis today relative to state election machinery. It was decided to organize vigilant comrmittees to watch the polls in certain parts of the state. JUDGE PARKER AGAIN AT ESO ' PUS. Nw York, Oct. 20. Judge Parker left New York at 5:30 p. m. today for Esopus. He had dinner at the rail way dining room and took the 0:45 o'clock train from Rosemount where he will address a, delegation of Democrats from Hudson county, N. J. and on Sat urday delegations from the Harlem Democratic club and the Parker Inde pendent Club. It is likely another, delegation will visit Esopus Monday, which Judge Parker will address if arrangements for the trip are completed. Late today Judge Parker received calls from General Nelson A. Miles, Hoke Smith, of Georgia, Representa tive H. L. Maynard of Norfolk and S. Gordon Cumaning, of Norfolk, Va. HONOR TO NEW PRFSJDENT. Colonial Dames Give JlccepiWn to Mrs. CI li.Vorne of Richmond. St. 'Louis, October 20. The Colonial (Dames of America did honor at the world's fair today to their national president, Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, of (Richmond, Va. The arrangements in cluded a meeting and luncheon at the Missouri building, a reception at the Illinois pavilion, followed by a recep tion tendered by the board of lady managers of the !Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Addresses were made at the iMissouri building by iPresident 'D. R. Francis of the exposition, Mrs. Daniel Manning, president of the board of lady mana gers, Dr. Horace N. Spencer, governor of the society of Colonial Wars and George H. Shields,, first vice president of the National Society Sons of the Revolution. I, CJEXON ON DI VOl ICE". Compromise Adopted by the House off Degudes by An Overwhelming Majorii Boston,; .Mass.. October 20. By an overwhelming majority a .. compro mise canon on the re-marriage of divorced persons was adopted by the house of deDuties of the Episcopal general convention today and if it is concurred in by the house of bishops the most important issue that has come before the present conven tion will be disposed of for at least three - ytears. The compromise measure, like the old law. permits the marriage of the innocent person in a divorce for the cause of infidel ity but further provides that no re marriage shall be allowed within one year after a decree has been issued by a civil court. Satisfactory proof of the innocence of : the applicant for remarriage must be furnished in the shape of court records and after the consent of the bishops is obtained a clergyman may refuse to perform such a ceremony without subject ing himself to censure or discipline. In the opinion of Francis A. Lewis, of Philadelphia, a member of the convention on canons who favored no remarriage of any divorced per sons about who accepted the com promise, tha. car. on adopted toay is so strict that if endorsed by the bishops it will practically put the church as he expressed it, "out or the divorce business," Others, however, claimed that they saw "loop holes" in it. The vote ott the passage stood: (Clerical dioceses ror; sever against; two divided; lay vote 46 dioceses for; five against .and two di nided. The house of bishops today nomi nated Rev. Henry D. Aves-, of Hous ton Texas, for missionary bishop ot Mexico,; to have supervision over English-speaking congregations In that country. A twp days session of the national council of the clerical union for the? maintenance and defense of Catho lic principles, a high church organi zation was aoened with . oleir.n ves pers at the church of the advent to night. Bishop Isaac Lee Nicholson, of Milwaukee president of the Union, officiated. RECEIVED BY KING EDWARD. American Naval Officers Guests at a Luncheon at Buckingham Palace. London, October 20 "The Amer ican Navy(, May its glory never grow less" were, the words in which King Kdward toasted his naval guests at the luncheon at Buckingham palace today. Ambassador Choate first pre sented Rear Admiral Jewell. com manding the European isiquadron of the North Atlantic fleet and his staff, Captain Colby, of the cruiser Olym pia, and Lieutenants William C. Watts and Charles T. Jewell, aides of the admiral,, who were accom panied by Secretary White and Cap tain Charles BI. Stockton, the naval attachee of the American embassy. Then with an informal "Well lets have lunch." the king, wearing an admiral's uniform, led the way to the dining room, where eighteen per sons sat down, mostly members of the household, with Captain Prince Louis of Battleberg, director of navai intelligence, Admiral Lord Walter Kerr first sea lord of the admiralty and Sir Thomas Lipton. Ambassa dor Choate was on the king's right and Admiral Jewell on his left. The king, as usual with American guests, demanded their latest Stories and chatted most informally until near the end of the luncheon, when he rose and proposed the health of President Roosevelt, the American navy and then the officers of the vis iting squadron.' No formal reply was made, but Admiral Jewell told King Edward hoiv much he appreciated the compliment. The king chatted showed them the palace pictures and with each member of the party, ended the most cordial informal par ty by saying how he was always pleased to see American war vessels? in Engand. McCUE TRIAL RESUMED. Only Three of the Venire of Fiftj Men from Richmond Accepted. Charlottesville, Va., October 20. -The trial of ex-Mayor J. Samuel McCue, charged with the murder of tion court here today, the court room being filled. When the defendant came into court, his two brother and a son kissed him. XChe examine ation of the talesmen of the second veire of 50 men drawn from Rich' mond, was begun in an effort to com plete the jury. Only three of the venire, of fifty from Richmond were? accepted, A. E. Heinrich, Judd B. Wood and John A. Taylor, making a tota: of twelve who have qualified. Forty-three were rejected because ot opinions formed, and three were ex cused. As four more are neceesary to complete the panel of 16 from which the jury finally is to be drawn, the court ordered the city sergeant to secure a. third venire. : . . . A recess was taken until Saturday at 11 oclock a. m.. the witnesses, .however, beinst excused - until Mon day morning. - , . - ' - REFORM CLUB Democratic Mass Meet ing Held in Carnei gie Hall. l PANAMA CAN XL Was the Subject of Most of the la. marks of Senator Culberson '.I of Texas Goreri r Montague of Vir- ginia and Borough President litUe john of Brttlyn Also Made Speeches Senator Culberson Went Fully Into ti e Transaction .Where by the Republic of Panama Was Born ,and Severely Criticized the Course of the President Two Let ters Read that Have Never Beloro Been Made I'ublic. New York, Oct. 20. Under the !aus pices of the" reform club, a Democratic mass meeting was held here tonight at Carnegie hall at which Senator Charles A. Culberson of Texas, Governor An drew Montague, of Virginia, and Bor ough, 'President Martin W. Littleton, of Brooklyn, were speakers. Senator Culberson devoted the great er portion of his remarks to a discus sion of the Panama canal. Alluding to what he termed "The spirit of law lessness which led the President, in! this disgraceful affair," he declared that the transaction, "above all others in hi? ca reer, strikingly typifies his contempt of all legal restraint and his insatia ble passion for personal and arbitrary government." Senator Culberson sketched the course of events in the Passage by, Congress of the bill known as the "Spooner law,'- - authorizing the canal and charged that the President In his course with Colombia "defiantly violated both the Hay-Herran treaty, if not nullified the Hay-Herran traty, if not nullified by the unanimous vote of the Colom bian senate disapproving it, expired by limitation upon the failure of Co lombia to approve it within the time fixed for its ratification. . j After quoting from the President's messages in support of this statement, Senator Culberson read the following letter from Secretary Hay to Minister Herran, which has never before been!. published: Washington, Jan. 21, 1903. "Dear Dr. Herran: "I am directed by the President to say to you that in his opinion the 'rea sonable time' allowed him by the sat ute to conclude negotiations with Co lombia for the construction of an Isth mian canal has come to a close, and cannot be extended. , He authorizes me to sign with you the treaty of which I have the ionor to gilve you a draft with this change, that the sum of 3100,000 annual payment therein men tioned be increased to $250,000. I am not authorized to consider or discuss any other change whatever " (Signed) "JOHN" HAY." "I accept as true thatthe erecutive ogicers of the administration did notof hcially and publicly instigate the ire- volt in Panama, but that the adminis tration, 'including the President, pri vately favored and encouraged the movement and that this was widely known is susceptible of demonstration, and in a matter of this character it was tatamount to committng the govern ment to it." , ISenator Culberson then read the fol lowing letter to (Dr. Albert Shaw, edi tor of The Review of Reviews: MWhite House, 'IWashington, October 10, 1904. '1My Dear Dr. Shawj j "!I enclose you purely for your own information, copy of a letter of Sep tember 5, from our minister to Colonic bia. I think it might interest you to see that there .was absolutely not the slightest chance of securing by treaty any more than we endeavored to secure. Alternatives were to go to Nicaragua, against the advice of the great majofity of competent engineers some of the most competent saying that we Jiad 'better have no canal at this time than go there or else to take the territpry by force without any attempt at get ting a treaty. I cast aside the propo sition made at this time to foment the secession of Panama. Whatevei other governments can do, the United States cannot go into the securing by such underhand means, the cession, (Privately, I freely say to yo uthat I should be delighted if (Panama were an independent state or if it made itself so at this moment; !but for , me to say so publicly would amount to an insti gation of a revolt, and therefore I can. not say 'ID I With great regard, , I "Sincerely yours, i - THTEODOtRT; ROOSEVELT," MFrom this remarkable letter,!: con cluded the speaker, 'it seems evident that when it was written the President was advised of the contemplated seces sion of Panama." ; ' FIGHTS BRYAN AND PARKER. Tom Watson Makes a Speech In Wliich Democratic, Xewdcrs and Policies are Scored. Indianapolis, ind., October 20. The populist campaign in Marion county was opened tonight, by .Thomas JET. Watson, of Oeorgia, the people's party, candidate for president, who spoke at a mass meeting. (Mr. 'Watson said hi part:1 - ... YThe plutocrat section of the Demo, cratic party is as much opposed to a genuine man like Hearst or Bryan, as itha Republicans are. It cost plutocra cy $10,000,000 to defeat iBryan. It would have cost them twice as much this year to defeat Hearst. Then they bought the American for 'Parker. It was cheaper to buy up a few hundred delegates than to buy millions of voters. "Mr. fBryan must know th.xt th& Cleveland crowd is in control of Par leer and is no betier now than it was In 1S94. The appetite of the leopard may be a little keener than it was then but he has not changed his spots. "But suppose Parker should be de feated. Then what attitude would Mr. Bryan occupy. He would according to his oyn declared purpose begin to re organize his party In favor of the va rious reforms for which I am making this campaign and it would not be until' the next national campaign 190S that he can know whether he can tri umph over the plutocratic element or be defeated by it again. If he should triumph again, as he did in 1896, Ihey can knife him again as easily as they, did then, if they triumph over him again as easily as they did in 1904, h will submit to defeat again just as h did this time. Therefore 'Mr. Bryan's plan offers to the people no hope Of reform, whereas if they will Join the broadly Jeffersonian movement which I am organizing, we will build up a real party of opposition to the Republicans, unhampered by those internal divisons which make it impossible for the Dem ocratic party to enact remedial legis lation even when they have the op portunity." , A TWO WEEK'S EXPOSITION. State Fair May Assume Wider Scope Next Yeaj. --Officers of the Agri cultural Society. (Special to The. Messenger.) QRaleigh, tN. C, October '20. The long est drought ever known here was ejided tonight by quite a rain. The attendance at the state fair today is said by officials to have equalled the largest ever known at previous fairs. Julian 'S. IGarr, while in a dark tent this afternoon at the fair witness ing moving pictures of a show of train robbery was touched by a thief who got away with his $250 diamond jpin. George iDyon, of Durham won the state championship -in the clay pigeou . shoot, today, breaking 96 out of 100. J T. Anthony won the professional match. The State Agricultural society in an- 4 nual session this evening, re-elected by rising vote iAshley 'Horne, president, Joseph E jPbgu.e, secretary, Clauda 33. Denson, treasurer. There was consider able discussion of the question .o amusements at the fair, by Pogue, NY B. IBroughton. and J. S. Wynne. The society is determined to have a higher class of attractions and to have no vulgarness or swindles. A committee of five was created to consider the ques. night next-October and to report to the night next Octber and to report to the executive emmitte MARINES TO PRESERVE ORDER. A Battalion Will be Sent to the isth mus PrjifI to 31cct Any Emer gency that 3Iay Arise. Washington, October 20. American marines will be retained on the Isthmus of Panama for the present, prepared to meet any emergency which may arise as the result of disgruntled elements in the new republic. This decision was reached today and orders have been issued for a battalion of marines to gO( to the isthmus about November 15 to relieve the battalion which has been there for a year. The new battalion will be commanded by iLieutenant Colonel ml . tl T TTTA J V. i- 1 of men in this new battalion has not been decided on but ft probably will be " of about the same size as the battalion now on the isthmus which is to be brought home and dispersed among the marine harracks in the northern part of the United States. That the situation on thV isthmus is not all that could be desired is the1 news which came to (Washington today in a personal letter from an official now in Panama. While 'the panama govern ment is entirely loyal it seem3 that there are certain disgruntled elements in the Isthmus and in view of the eas with w-hich revolutions are started in Central and South America it is the of ficial opinion here that the marines should remain' there for the present. .. Negro Assaulter Arrested. Montgomery, Aal., October 20. Judge Jones, alias Frank fimith, alias Eight (Rock, a negro, captured at Century IFlsLt who was brought berei lias Been identified as the man who assaulted two women, attempted an assault upon two otners of his own race and then at tempted to assault Mrs. fWilliam Led Iow, white, at the point "of a pistol. It is thought here that he is the sama man who assaulted "Mrs. F, M. Hydrlck, white at Boyles Gap, Jefferson county, for whose capture a large reward wast; offered. .
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