Morning .Post. THE WEATHER TODAY : For North Carolina : Fair: showers on coast. For Raleigh : Fair, wonr.er. TEMPERATURE: . Temperature for th past 24 Hours: Maximum, 67. Minimum, 56. Vol. VII RALEIG-H. N. C.y TUESDAY. ATJG-UST 30, 1904. No. 3 UK AGAINST K Their Progress Maintain a Their Transport eral in the Mao Y;mg, Aug. 29. The Japanese 3 n Tilery resumed the battle at 6 o'clock tins inorn'insr, the point of pressure r- iin being the Russian south front. T!-- Japanese infantry is now adva'n i - i r.ttuck. The regiments de in oi'tn order. The Russian ar- i , s effected its retirement with ;:; import and artillery on Liao Yang, v.. is now in position awaiting the ad ; :i.-ing Japanese. The progress of the . has been rapid and determined, i M,; i itice being spared. .Japanese have transferred their ity to the Russian eastern and -ov.iltin fronts. A rear-guard battle p: neseding. The weather has ' im proved, and the roads are drying. F. outs, therefore, are likely to be pre cipitated. In the attack on the Siaolindzy posi tion one Japanese battalion lost all its The retirement of the Russian j .-dicers. transport of four corps yesterday even i: across the plain while the artil 1 rv and trcoos in the rear held off the TapaiK-se afforded a magnificent spec-j tacle. All along the extended line" j there was an incessant roar of batter-j Hit r'.tM lei ua "uuvuia mtrii tuno v ith great coolness and not retiring un til. the transports was in safety. Cr-neral Routkovsky was among the til.ed. j Severe Fiqhtirtg Sa'.urday end Sunday Ft. Petersburg, Aug. 29. The-opera -Mon around Liao Yang have under ;n;tc a complete change. Owing to the !ay in the concentration of General uropatkin's' army, as a result of the errible condition of the roads, the Jap anese seized the opportunity to attack :he slow moving corps., and severe fighting occurred August 27 and 28, in n hu h the Russians lost another -thousand men, and they now probably will mve to accept a general engagement. -i-n-?ral Kuropatkin himself describes i:o latest phase of the hostilities in a ' ong dispatch to the emperor from a on the railroad a few miles south ' iao Yang, where practically the i.oie ;.rmy was assembled and await "tg battle. The telegram, wnich was iitd early this morning, says: "The Japanese began at dawn August 27. two movements designed to cut off ;he first and fourth corps. The first, tationed at Anshanshan, half way be ween Haicheng and Liao Yang, expe- ienopd the most serious difficulty, ow- ng to bad roads. The Japanese under General Oku tried to flank this corps from the east. In the meanwhile. Gen 1 Kuroki. abandoning his pressure ' f Generals Ivanoff and Herschelmann. drove a wedge between the second and fourth ''orps, which were stationed west at Liandiansian, a strong defensive po ion in the hills twenty-four miles southeast of Liao Y"ang. The Russians, rro ttly impeded by their-artillery and ; m rrpisariat. fought a series of rear guard actions in order to cover the re treat of their impedimenta to Liao s";'i!g, in which they were successful. The first corps, which figured at the -tattle of the Yalu and in the fighting 'it Mntien pass, again sustained the brunt f the lighting: and suffered the majority of the losses, including Gen-j Liao Yang, were 3.0CO killed or wound eral Routkovsky and Colonel Von Raa- ; ed. The great majority of the casual- hen, "The first, second and fourth corps, coi.-.bined under the command of Gen- rrai Zaraoubaieff, and the tenth, sev- v! teeth. ;uid third corps, under General ivanotf, forming the eastern contingent, succeeded in effecting a concentration it Liao Yang without further . loss. The whole six corps, of which two di- visions are European troops, have now 'onned a semi-circle within a radius of i. r eight miles of Liao Yang." Ceneral Kuropatkin has not far short f 170,000 men. Fanatical Sraverv of the Japanese - L'ndu, Aug. 29. A dispatch from Mukden, dated today, says that 600 Russians, w.ounded in the fight 1 south of Liao Yang Friday, were ir;t north yesterday. - 'Hie Japanese Friday attacked the Kusian centre and left flank, hoping in nf,., t a surprise. They advanced , n' out firing and then attacked with -' -bayonet, but lost heavily. , The 139th Saraisk regiment made a, successful' operation, turning with a vttery unperceived the extreme right ank of the Japanese and attacking I. fir rear just as they were turning he Russian left, and were unable them- ires to attack. Whole columns of Japanese were mowed down. Eye wit ifses pay a tribute to the fanatical v-Hvery of the Japanese. Many of the bounded Japanese disembowled them v,rrf! rather than fall into the hands Sf the Russians. Forces South of Liao Yang Withdrawn St. Petersburg, Aug. 29. The general' naff has- received a lengthy dispatch fiom General Kuropatkin to the effect lat all his forces south of Liao Yang ve been withdrawn north of there. . Yesterday morning, when the battle THE Rapid and Determined-Russians Rear Guard Battle Protecting They Lose a Gen Fighting was resumed, General Kurokl and General Nodzu were fighting the Rus- ian left. General Oku, confronting the Russian right Was scarcely engaged The losses on both sides during the three days' fighting at . Liandiansian are estimated at 8,000. Stores Abandoned by Russians Tokio, Aug. 29. As a result of the combined forward movement of their armies, the Japanese yesterday occu pied Anshanshan and are now pur suing the retiring Russians. The Japanese have captured Anping, a Inch is twelve miles southeast of Liao Yang. As soon as the Japanese ad vanced to the attack of Anping the Russians evacuated . the place, aban doning quantities Of stores. The Japa nese turned the right Hank of the Rus- sians at Anshanshan and captured eight guns. Discussing Frospects of Intervention Cologne, Aug. 29. The Gazette has a dispatch from Tokio stating that a leading Japanese paper discusses at great length the question whether for eign intervention is near. It protests against any peace negotiations before ibp v. rpahPrt. it r,rofPSSes t rr w - " ' - i-- 'to disbelieve in the possibility of inter-j it t tYm interoetQ nf tv. powers are too widely divergent. As was the case during the Boer war, a certain power hopes that the war will be protracter, expecting to be able to dictate a pence, and so earn the grati tude of one belligerent and gain a con siderable advantage. Another paper speaks in similar terms, adding that Germany is unable to intervene as she is isolated and has no eminent statesmen. The events of 3 $95 "are therefore not likely to re occur. ' The Gazette comments on the above and ays that the high tension pro duced by this bitter war is responsible for fanciful views that are not shared by Europe and that have no founda tion in fact or in anticipation. Port Arthur Can Not Hold Out Much Longer Paris, Aug. 29. A St. Petersbury dis patch to the Echo de Paris says that it is admitted at Russian military headquarters that the Japanese have occupied the Outglauo heights and Itseshah forts at Port Arthur. The Japanese are favorably situated for at tacking purposes, but it is dffucult for them to bring up siege guns as the positions they have won are dominated j by the Russian guns on other positions. Nevertheless.the anxiety in St. Peters burg is increasing. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Petft Journal says it is reported that General toessel has telegraphed to General Kuropatkin that Port Ar thur cannot hold out very much longer. Russian Losses in Two Days Harbin, Manchuria, Aug. 28. The Russian losses in the righting of Au gust 25 and 26th, east and south of 'ties were sustained at Anping. The withdrawal of the Russians from their front at Anshanshan eastern position . was eoUsly. and from their made simultan- Anping and Tanghoyen Abandoned London, Aug. 29. A dispatch to a news agency from Tokio under today's date, in reporting the Japanese occu- : pation of Anping and Tanghoyen;. 'savs "On the Japanese advancing to at- that the Japanese have cut General tack Anping the Russians evacuated Kuropatkin's communications north of the place, abandoning large quantl- the Liao Yang, but this cannot be con ties of stores. It is roughly computed firmed. fhat the Russian force around Liao There is no definite reliable news Yang consists off thirteen divisions." fro,ri port Arthur. The Chefoo corre More Forts to Be Silenced London, Aug. "29. The London pa pers have numerous special dispatches from the far east, most of them deal- mg with the position ot Port Artnur. It is pointed out that the Japanese tactics are similar to those adopted by General Oyama in 1894, but granting that the Japanese' have penetrated as far as represented, which is consider- ed doubtful,- therfj are still formidable tnat the Japanese have abandoned con forts to be silenced before a general fiAnnP in thP immediate capture of the assault is possible. Severe Fighting at Port Arthur Chefoo, Aug. 29.4-Severe fighting was renewed at Port Arthur Saturday and became general yesterday. Firing was heard at sea. Chinese who left Port Aithur. Saturday," say fort No.' 5 has changed hands four times and now is empty of troops, the artillery making it impossible. for either, side to .ocdupy it. The. Japanese are employing thou- sonds of Chinese coolies, in building trenches, throwing up earthworks and changing the positions of the guns The Chinese say these coolies were hired at Chefoo. Refugees say they saw a Japanese torpedo destroyer sink two loaded junks off Liiaotishan. A Russian who has arrived, here from Tort Arthur describes the arrange j ments of the fortifications as re Jselmblihg a chess board, . on which ; every fort has- the moving power of the queen in respect to the sone cov ered by its artillery. Camp Followers London, Aug. 30. A dispatch from Tien Tsin to the Daily Mall 'says New Chwang is now the Japanese base of supplies. One hundred and twelve sail ing vessels entered that port Monday loaded with provisions and munitions of war. Rome, Aug. 29.-A dispatch from Chefoo says that Admiral Togo has landed fifty more heavy guns from his ships By almoat supernuman efCorts the Japanese soldiers dragged them up the heights and planted them on their fortifications around Port Arthur. They have proved of great assistance in shelling the town. Paris, Aug. 29. A dispatch to the Petit Parisien frmo St. Petersburg says that the Baltic fleet did not put into Reval as it has expected to do after its gunnery practice at sea. It is reported that some of the ships sus tained serious damage as the result of the firing trials of their twelve-inch guns. Strike Will Break Chicago, Aug. 29. The police have received information that the strike will break tomorrow or Wednesday at the latest. This afternoon all availa ble police reserves were ordered into the stock yards. The police .expect a stampede back into the yards, and when union men and non-union men meet there is likly to be trouble. The union men have frequently boasted tVlot if Vim- ,-4- , 1. A , . " cvcl tu me non-union workmen would be made "to . inmn tVA 4 uuiiureu ana fifty union men broke ranks and walked back to work today. This it is predicted is but the advance guard. BULL RUN FIELD A Confederate Menument to Be Dedicated Today Headquarters Camp, Gainsville, Va., Aug. 29. A monument erected to the Confederate dead of the first battle of Bull Run by the Daughters of the Confederacy is to be dedicated tomor row at Groveton, General Bell, in com mand of the troops at Thoroughfare, will participate in the exercises with The.R essiaii- Retiring Fighting Going on Almost Constantly Hews From Port Arthur Is Indefi nite and Unreliable. Mostly Rumors London, Aug. SO.-The struggle be fore Liao Yrang is still going on and such news as is aailable indicates that it may last for several days. The latest information here is contained in i the Post's St. Petersburg dispatch that General Kuropatkin's retreat to Muk den is in orderly progress and a brief telegram from Liao Yang stating that the Russian army has completed its retirement to Liao Yang, where a great battle is immient. Japan has issued nothing of yesterday, even concerning her undoubted successes at Anping and Anshanshan. There is a general rumor spondent ot tne leiegrapn claims to have received information from reliable sources that the Japanese made a gen eral attack on Port Arthur, but were repulsed with heavy losses. They only capturecl two small forts northeast- ward of the town and distant a mile and a half therefrom. It is believed that these forts are Nos. 10 and 11, which are untanable because they are dominated by forts on either side. It jt x , j j is also said, tne correspondent auus, fortress. General Stoessel a heoric stand. is making Japanese Loncentraung ior a uauie . 1 1 m n 111 I St. Petersburg, Aug. '29. A telegram from Liao Yang, dated August 28, says: i "The enemy are concentrating around us. It is impossible to say at the moment whether we will meet them here or move our base elsewhere, Our troops await the expected decisive battle with calm confidence." It is now positively . stated . that General Kuropatkin's predicted retreat the seventh cavalry. .Governor Mon tague will make the dedication ad dress. " ' A meeting of all the officers of th" three camps has been called by Gen eral Corbin at his headquarters Wed nesday morning, when the general sit uation will be discussed. That the proper information of the maneuvres may be had General Corbin has . issued instructions to Col. A. L. Wagner, chief umpire, or some member of his staff of assistants, to deliver a lecture at the camp established for members of the press each evening after a day of maneuvering. This lecture will foe available for officers of the army If they desire to attend. General" Grant, in command of divis ion camp No. 1 at Manassas rode to headquarters today for a conference with General Corbin, General Bell, in command at Thoroughfare, put ' in the entire day on his horse, making ob servations to aid him in the defence of Thoroughfare Gap. Russian Ship in Port Vigo, Aug. 29. The Russian cruiser Don, mounting 17 guns and carrying a crew of 400 men, arrived here- Sunday night. The Don was formerly a Ger man 'liner which had been converted in- to a warship.'- The Spanish port au thorities' notified the captain that he would not be allowed to stay more than twenty-four hours. The Russian com mander decided he must remain in five day3 in order to repair a defective en gine. The port -officials thereupon tele graphed t.o the Madrid authorities ask ing for instructions. Several . letters and telegrams were delivered to the commander of the Russian vessel, who immediately telegraphed replies. BLACK HAND LETTERS Efforts to Obtain Money by Making Threats - Jersey City, N. J., Aug. 29. Geo. Horlander. the North-Bergen ( N. J.) milk dealer, and Mrs. Derenbach and Mrs. Cholman, neighbors, who received black hand . letters Saturday telling them to place cigar boxes containing SoOO behind the wall east of the Wee Hawen cemetery gate tonight, found similar letters in their mail today. Hor lander was threatened with death and the women were warned that they would be kidnapped if they failed to deposit the cash at S o'clock. Both sets of letters were evidently written by the same person. "Chief -".of Police Sullivan of North Bergen sent three special officers with three cigar boxes filled with dirt to the cemetery tonight. They hid the boxes behind the gate and then settled down to await the arrival of the black hand conspirators. 01 toward Mukden is in orderly progress, the rear guard meanwhile keeping the Japanese in check. The government has not issued anything confirming this and the is little to be said as to the actual position. The Russian correspondents send long accounts of the fighting in the early days of the prolong-1 struggle which is still proceeding, but add little of consequence to the official dis patches already cabled. The Russian retreat August 26th was covered by a charge of Caucasian Cossacks, who, it is. stated, scattered the Japanese, but lost severely in men and horses dur ing the operation. Colonel Kharanoff and Prince Sscherkassy were seriously woulided. Tha latter commanded a sotnia. ' . " 1 Doth sides appear to have lost a large number of officers and both are greatly exhausted by their tremendous fights. The Japanese are so worn from ceaseless fighting that they were only able to follow the Russians slowly when the latter fell back. The difficul ties of removing guns and transports are immense owing to the mud and re newed rains. Some of the Japanese prisoners were terribly fatigued and they evidently had undergone great hardships. It is stated that the reinforcements which reached General Kuropatkin during the fortnight's lull preceding the renewal of fighting has given him a decided advantage in numbers, not withstanding the fact that the Japa nese also received additions to their numbers. General Kuropatkin's rein forcements included four quick firing batteries and General Oku's 30,000 men and 140 guns. The troops recently land ed at Yingkow by the Japanese amount to ,25,000 infantrymen and 5.000 artil lery. Their strength at Liao Yang and in, the neighborhood is placed at 280,000 men and 940 guns. Loth armies are suffering considerably from dysentery, otherwise they are singularly free from epidemics. Some correspondents ' condemn the treatment of the Russian sick and wounded. They say when the luxurious hospital trains are filled the sufferers are put in freight cars without even a straw to lie on, and are left there for days without even the necessaries of life. The slightly wounded are not separated from those who have been severely injured, and those suffering from dysentery lie alongside. 'AY IS F ORTHCOIiUNG FOR EXPENSE OF ENCAMPMENT Colonel Macon Conducts a Successful Campaign in Washington-Republicans Alarmed Over Prospect of Losing the House-New Bridge Across Potomac River BY THOMAS Washington, Aug. 29. Special. After a day of constant maneuvering during which time he encountered many re buffs. Col. Francis A. Macon, quarter master general of the North Carolina state guard, secured, late this after noon from war department fficials the promise that he will be handed a check for $20,000 tomorrow morning, which will be disbursed at once to meet the expenses incurred in the encampment of the second "and third North Carolina regiments at Morehead City. Col. Macon will return to North Caro lina as soon as he secures the check for the encampment expenses, and within a week he expects to have every obli gation discharged. All officers and en listed men who attended the encamp ment will receive a check, the compen sation for actual service being the same as that "which prevails in the regular army. ; r It has been erroneously reported In the state that the government appro priation for the encampment was al ready available. The contrary pre vailed, and the outlook for an early dis bursement to the two North Carolina regiments looked rather unfavorable when Col. Macon started for Washing ton.: A" telegram ' from the auditor of the war department stating: that the accounts of the .state soldiery. were in a badly mixed condition hastened the quartermaster - general's ; visit to the national capitol. Upon his arrival Col. Macon lost no time in shortening the space between his hotel and the war department. He got immediately down to business and in a. few minutes had war department officials busy getting together scattered reports and records relating to the state guard. The audi tor of the war department was quick to realize that "the mixed condition" of affairs was due to failure on the part of the. officials to keep the reports and records from the state together. Later Col. Macon was heartily congratulated upon the excellence of his accounts and was assured that a check for the much desired appropriation would be forth coming tomorrow morning. The enlist ed men will get about $4.50 each for their services. The bulk of the appro priation will be disbursed for subsist ence and railroad expenses. Republican papers in the eastern states are calling upon the campaign managers to show more activity in the congressional campaign, else control of the House will be lost to the' party. It is pointed out that the Democrats are reasonably sure of 159 seats in the next House of Representatives, while the Republicans are sure of but 156, and that if the Democrats carry 35 of the remaining 71 they will secure a ma jority of the House. This they stand an excellent chance of doing, because of local squabbles among Republicans who are aspirants for congress. Some of the larger factional fights may also affect the congressional .result. Dan ger points for the Republicans are found in Wisconsin. Delaware, West Virginia, Colorado, New York, Pennsyl vania, Nebraska, Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Is land, Indiana and Kansas, where the party in power concedes that it will lose a number of congressmen. Representative Broussard of Louis ana, spent the day here in consultation with officers of the Democratic con gressional campaign committee and left tonight for Maine, where he will begin a spell-binding tour. Mr. Broussard is going to fry to win over the French CanadTian vote of Maine to the Demo cratic ticket. His addresses will be de livered in French. There are signs that the Democratic congressional campaign, committee will move its headquarters from Washing ton to New York. William F. Sheehan suggested this arrangement and then went to Maine before anything was set tled. He said that very much more ef fective work could be done by the con gressional committee by close co-operation with the national committee in New York than by having the two bodies separated by more than 200 miles, thus preventing frequent per - sonal "consultations and complete united ; exchange, and the price of the prefer effort. Chairman Cowherd of the con- !red stock was run up to 311-2 and tha gressional committee is to be in New York tomorrow to talk with Mr. Shee han, . Chairman Taggart, August Bel mont arid other campaign managers, and the chances are that when he gets back he will start right in to move the committee to the metropolis. Everybody from the south who has taken the all rail route north remem bers the long bridge over the Potomac, a ramshackle old wooden affair that has been in use for generations. It i passed into history yesterday, with the inauguration of railroad service be- - - - tween the north and south over the mammoth new iron bridge, that was fAnatrlipfc.fi at f rrtt nf $7rrt ftOft, Thp Southern, the Coast Line, the Seaboard and all the roads leading from Wash- ington wilLuse the new bridge, which, has eleven, .independent spans and is 1. PEACE 2,528 feet six v, construction oT length. The - dge was author ized by congre . . 1901, and the gov ernment and the railroad company each paid half of its cost. Miss Ada'V. Wrenn of Goldsboro and Mr. Charles D. Farmer of Raleigh were married this morning at the Ninth street Christian church, Rev. Wm. C. Creece officiating. The ceremony was a simple and pretty one, being witnessed by relatives knd a large number of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Farmer left to night on the Norfok boat for Raleigh, where they will make their home. Hon. Kerr Craige of Salisbury, who is ill at Columbian University Hospital, had another good day. His condition is, however, pronounced critical. Judge Pritchard is here on a visit. He called at the district court today where he spent some time with his for mer colleagues. Ex-Judge W. S. O'B. Robinson spent the day here. a? SORRY NIGGER" .. . - Statesboro Comes up With Another Brutal Outrage Statesboro, Ga., August 29. -Sebaatin McBride and his wife, negroes, were taken from their home on their par ish'' place, twelve miles from here, Fri day night by five men. After whip ping them the men' told McBride to run. Immediately after he started ho was fired upon, a charge from a shot gun tearing a large holerin his body just beneath the shoulder. He died Saturday, after giving' the names of three of his assailants. They were, he said, Berry and ' Henry Barnes, brothers, and their brother-in-law J. W. Waters. " ' Warrants ; for their, ar rest were issued today. The cause of the outrage is npt known, ' other than McBride was said to have been a 'sor ry nigger." HILL'S ANNOUNCEMENT Some Say It Was a Neces sary Political Move New York, Aug. . 29. David B. Hill's announcement that he intends to re tire from politics next January did not seem to stir up much excitement in this city today. - The probability is that Mr. Hill has been invited to, make an. announce ment of this kind to counteract tha impression that in the event of Judge Parker's election Hill will be asked tcT take a seat in the cabinet.- The: pros pects of Hill becoming secretary of state has been taken in earnest up the state and the interests of Judge Par ker are being correspondingly - jeop ardized. It is said in some quarters that Mr. Hill is piqued over his failure to persuade some of : the Democratic leaders to agree to the nomination of his friend John R. Stanchfleld for governor, and that is the real reason of his announced intention to retire from politics. . ' SEABOARD IN DEMAND Trading in th e Stocks Active at Material Advance Baltimore, Aug. 29. Stocks of th Seaboard Air Line Railway were aga.it the leading feature in the local mar ket today, and the heavy buying wai generally ascribed to the -New York interests identified with the Ryan-BlaU syndicate, which bought the stocks vl J. W. Middendorf & Co. and John L. Williams & Sons. On the New York curb market there was even more ex- ! citement than at the Baltimore stoch common stock to 16. On Saturday tha closing prices for these stocks in tha local market were 27 3-8 and1 14 3-4. The heavy buying was accompanied by a number of rumors. One of these was that a third financial' syndicate was figuring in the control of the prop erty, and that the Ryan-Blair crown was not in undisputed possession even with their recent purchase of 140,000 shares of stock. The buying was va riously attributed to the, desire of the ifH tn inrfnA thir holdinflrs and ta -;'',-,,,'- 1 rnmneHtivp olivine- from otner auart- i , , . i ers. The excitement brought Ip a local following, and some of ... the stock bought was for Baltimore; account. The j selling also Included -stock .that mr been carried for some t!me:-JX-,alti' ( moreans. ;- ; - , V-. -