The Evening Bulletin from Maysville, Kentucky • Page 1

EVENING BULLETIN. XXIII. MAYSVILLE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1904. NUMBER 241. LIAO YANG BATTLE The Second Day's Engagement Commenced at Dawn and Raged Until Evening.

REPEATED BAYONET ADVANCES. Japs Attempted to Occupy a Round Topped Hill Which Was Literally Shaved by Russian Shells. The Fight at Liao Yang Will Probably Rank As One of the Great Sanguinary Battles in the History of the World. Liao Yang, Sept. second day's battle commenced at dawn Wednesday.

The Russians made repeated bayonet advances on the road directly south of Liao Yang, where the Japanese approached from Sanquaiship and Tao, shelling the positions in the Russian lines until 4 in the afternoon, when the engagement, which was general throughout the south and southeast, narrowed to the main line. The Japanese advance on the southeast was by way of the Feng-Wang-Cheng road. Immediately in front of Chiaofantun the Japanese stubbornly attempted to occupy a round topped hill, which was literally shaved by the Russian shells, making repeated attempts the entire day, where apparently it was impossible for anything to live. The cannonading continued from this point to the vicinity of Wangpaotai until Wednesday evening without apparent advantage to either side. The Japanese dropped shells within two or three miles of the railroad station and in the plain of Wentzhu mountain, which is the most important eminence around Liao Yang, but the Japanese abandoned aggression there on account of the resistance they met.

There was cannon fire Tuesday night and this is expected nightly. Petersburg, Sept. the knowledge that the Russian and Japanese armies about Liao Yang are locked in a death struggle the tension in St. Petersburg Wednesday night was strained to the utmost. It is believed here that the fight can not stop short of the crushing defeat of one side or the other, All reports so.

far are favorable to the Russians, though the suspension of all news for many hours has been exceedingly trying and has given rise to several rumors, somewhat tempering the earlier enthusiasm. It is stated officially, however, that the report that the railway and the telegraph have been cut north of Liao Yang is untrue. It is thought here that, in view of the numbers engaged, the desperateness of the assaults and the length of the line, about seven miles, the losses in the two days' fighting can not fall short of 10,000 on each side. Both sides are straining every nerve, realizing that the fortunes of war for a whole year are in the. scale, and neither side is in the mood or the position to spare men in the effort to achieve a final victory.

The battle of Liao Yang will probably rank as one of the great ary battles of history. It is estimated by the general staff that the Japanese armies engaged number 17 divisions of 15,000 men each, or, allowing for inefficients, about 240,000 men. Each division has 36 guns, and there are two independent artillery brigades of 100 guns each, making a total of about 800 guns. The estimates of Russian correspondents range at from 600 to. 1,000 guns per side.

In the preliminary fighting of Monday the Russians captured 200 prisoners, who have already arrived at Harbin, and report persists that they captured over 40 Japanese guns Monday. Gen. Kuropatkin'g effective forces are variously estimated at from 170; 000 to 200,000 men. One of the surprising phases of the situation is the endurance of the men. They have been engaged desperately for two days after more or less severe.

fighting under unfavorable conditions every day since August 24. It would seem that human endurance could not persist much longer without respite of some sort. Death of Henry B. Coxe. Philadelphia, Sept.

was received hore Wednesday night by Chas. E. Coxe, of this city, that his father, Henry Brinton Coxe, a member of the well known firm of Coxe Bros. coal operators, and died suddenly Wednesday, at Brussels, Belgium, Russia Buys Two Steamers. Copenhagen, Sept.

purchased two steamers, the Korea and the Kitalic, belonging to the Danish Russian East Asiatic Steamship as auxiliary cruisers. The vessels will be attached to the Baltic squadron. ELEVENTH DISTRICT CASE. Every Inch of the Ground Is Being Gone Over. Irvine, Sept.

case of Godfrey Hunter and D. C. Edwards, candidates for congress in the Eleventh congressional district, was called Wednesday morning by Judge Robert Riddell, of this place. There were present representing Mr. Edwards, H.

Holt, of Louisville; W. L. Brown, of London, and John C. Eversole, of Booneville. Representing Mr.

Hunter, were preset: M. H. Rhorer, Middlesboro; James D. Black, Barboursville; C. B.

Hill, Winchester; W. Gourley, Beattyville, and W. M. Ramsey. It was very apparent from the outset that there will be an interesting trial, each side being ably represented and each watching with greatest care the actions of the other.

The Hunter attorneys presented numerous affidavits to the court, alleging fraud, fear of violence and intimidation if they undertook to count the election returns in London. The Edwards side presented claims of fraud ad other issues. Historic Tavern Razed. Shelbyville, Sept. Wayne building, on the corner of Main and Fifth streets, is being torn down to make room for a more modern and commodious structure.

The old building is one of the most historic in Central Kentucky. It was erected more than 100 years ago. The Monroe Celebration. Frankfort, Sept. of State H.

V. McChesney and Edward Leigh, the governor's private secretary, left Wednesday for Monroe, to attend the unveiling of the monument to the Kentucky soldiers who fell in the battle of the River Raiser in 1813. Fell From a Second-Story Window. Lexington, Sept. was received here from St.

Louis Wednesday, announcing the death of Robert F. Cassell, son of Mark Cassell, a prominent farmer of this county. He met his death by falling from a second story window in the house where he was rooming. Goebel Monument Commission. Lexington, Sept.

Goebel monument commission met here to review the work of Signor Moretti upon the clay model. Some unimportant changes were suggested. The commission adJourned until September 8, when the model will be ready for final inspection. Penalty of Faithfulness. Madisonville, 'Sept.

re maining at his post for three days and nights as flagman at the Illinois Central bridge in. Dawson, John Winston sank exhausted to the track he was watching, and while steeping peacefully was cushed to death by a train. Penalty Fixed at Death. Owensboro, Sept. Mathley was Wednesday found guilty of the murder of Emma Watkins and the penalty was fixed at death by the jury.

Mathley killed James Gregson and Emma Watkins at Owensboro, June 26, without provocation. Baptists Convened at Buckeye. Lancaster, Sept. Tate's Creek Centennial Baptist association, composed of the counties of Garrard, Madison, Boyle, Lincoln and Jessamine, convened at Buckeye, this county, for a three days' session. An immense crowd is present.

Sues For $10,000 Damages. Hopkinsville, Sept. D. Leavell has filed suit for $10,000 damages against the Western Kentucky asylum for the insane for injuries sustained in the laundry department during the preceding administration, about a year ago. Aged Pioneer Dead.

Covington, Sept. 1. John Smith, aged 91, said to be the oldest citizen of Ludlow, died at his home Wednesday afternoon. He was employed by the Southern road for years. His son is Hugh Smith, city weigher of Ludlow.

Joseph Rabbitt Is Dead. World's Fair Grounds, St. Louis, Sept. Rabbitt, 41 years old, formerly of Louisville, is dead at the home of his cousin, John S. Carroll, in St.

Louis. For 20 years he was connected with the St. Louis water department. Two Dry Towns. Covington, Sept.

1-Two special elections were held in Kenton county Wednesday, one at Stephenson and the other at Davison's precinct. The farmers were out in force and in each precince full vote was cast. To a. Higher Court. Williamsburg, Sept.

Gibson, aged 60, dropped dead from his seat in the court house Wednesday. Court was in session and he was waiting to be called as a witness. A SWEEPING ORDER All Butcher Workmen Throughout the United States Requested to Go on Strike. IT MAY CAUSE A MEAT FAMINE. The Order Affects in All About 2,000 Men in Chicago and Ten Independent Plants.

The Other Cities East St. Louis, Omaha, St. Louis, Kansas City, Sioux City, New York, Milwaukee and Syracuse. Chicago, Sept. in meat is declared by the strikers to be the probable result of their new move in the strike against the packers.

Orders have been issued for a general strike of all butcher workmen throughout the country. They are expected to go out Thursday. The order will affect in all about 2,000 men in Chicago, and ten independent plants. The order, if observed, will also affect independent plants of large capacity in the following cities: East St. Louis, Omaha, St.

Louis, Kansas City, Sioux City, New York, Milwaukee, Syracuse and hundreds of small plants throughout the country which employ from 10 to 20 men. All together, union officials assert, there will be 15,000 men to go out, and the meat supply will be seriously crippled, leaving as the only supply the output of the big packers by their non-union help. The packers say it is Leader Donnelly's aim to create a meat famine, which, he thinks, would be forced. "Donnelly is undertaking the impossible," said a representative of one of the packers. "There is little chance of a meat famine.

The independent packers, who, by their collusion with the unions, have profited much during the strike, will suffer the most." New York, Sept. members of the Amalgamated Association of Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen formerly employed here by the Schwarzschild Sulzburger and the United Pressed Beef who expected that the negotiations in the west would lead to a peaceful settlement of the strike, were Wednesday dejected over the news from Chicago that orders for a general strike of the butchers throughout the country has been issued. The packers here say that they have filled the places of the strikers and are killing and making deliveries as usual under police protection. The strikers say that the boycott is hurting the packers and that the bulk of the men who quit work at the abattoirs of the two companies are employed in the slaughter houses of independent firms. Boston, Sept.

order regarding a general strike of all butcher workmen in the country has yet been received from the headquarters in Chicago of the international union by the officers of the Boston local union of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. The officers of the local union do not think the strike will effect Boston. RETAIL DRUGGISTS. Twenty-Five Hundred Declared Guilty of Contempt of Court. Chicago, Sept.

hundred retail druggists in the United States were declared guilty of contempt of court by Judge Dunne, of the circuit court, Wednesday, and the National Association of Retail Druggists, of which they are members, was fined $2,000, while Thomas V. Wooten, secretary of the organization, was fined $500. The cases against five wholesale druggists of Chicago, also charged with contempt, were continued until the fall term of court, when it will be necessary for them to take additional proof into court to purge them of the contempt charges. The injunction under which the druggists' association was fined was secured by Isaac Platt, a retail drug. gist of Chicago, in' November, 1902, and restrained them from interfering in any manner with the securing of supplies by Platt, who had incurred the association's displeasure, it was charged, because he would not join it.

Strike Breakers and Policemen Hurt. East St. Louis, Sept. strike breakers and two policemen were more or less seriously injured in a riot in which about 400 strike sympathizers were engaged. The strike breakers are employed in the Swift Armour plants.

Big Fire in Juarez, Mex. El Paso, Sept. city of Juarez, across river from El Paso, is threatened with destruction by fire. PRINCESS' FLIGHT. Daughter of the King of the Belgians Vanished From Bad Elstar.

Berlin, Sept. Louise of Coburg, daughter of the king of the Belgians, whose relations with Keglevich Mattasitch, the former lieutenant of the Austrian army, caused a great scandal in European royal circles, seven years ago, and who has since been kept under the closest restraint, has vanished from Bal Elstar, where she has been taking the cure. It is presumed that the princess is in the company of Mattasitch and is seeking to gain an asylum where she will be safe from recapture. The escape of the princess was accomplished in a mysterious and romantic manner. Ladders and a swift automobile were brought into play to effect her release from the hotel, where she has been immured almost as a prisoner, and to convey her to some refuge regarding the location nothing is known.

POWDER LETS GO. One Man Instantly Killed and Three Seriously Injured. Punxsutawney, Sept. 1'-Eight hundred kegs of powder exploded Wednesday in the press room of the Lafin Rand powder works, two miles east of here, instantly killing one seriously injuring three others, and cansing costly destruction of property. The press room, which was about 40 feet square, was totally destroyed.

Leonard Bair was in the building at the time of the explosion. When his body, was recovered among the ruins after the accident it was found that a part of his head had been literally blown away. THE SLOCUM DISASTER. Report of the Committee For the Relief of Survivors. New York, Sept.

report of the committee for relief of survivors of the General Slocum disaster shows that 958 bodies have been recovered and that $109,543 was collected and expended. Of 990 families who lost one or more members by the disaster, 437 received aid and provision was made for the permanent care of many of these. Twenty thousand dollars has been put aside for this purpose. One hundred and twenty men lost their entire families in the disaster and in 12 families 27 children were left orphans. HEAD-ON COLLISION.

Nine Persons Were Killed and 23 Others Injured in Canada. Montreal, Sept. persons were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision on the Grand Trunk railway near Richmond, Wednesday. The trains involved were a special excursion from Montreal bound for Sherbrook and passenger train No. 5, running between Island Pond, and Montreal.

The collision, it is claimed, was due to neglect of orders on the part of the train crew of the excursion train, which left Richmond without awaiting the arrival of the passenger train. DRANK CARBOLIC ACID. Woman Attempted Suicide in the Indianapolis Railway Station. Indianapolis, Sept. woman believed to be Mrs.

John Collett Pritz, of 416 Ferrine street, Dayton, 0., attempted suicide in the Union 'railroad station Wednesday night by drinking carbolic acid. She was taken to the city hospital in a critical condition. A railroad ticket to Chicago was found among her effects. Will Take a Course in Pedagogy. Bloomington, Sept.

Filipinos will enter the State Normal university next week to take a course in pedagogy, preparatory to returning to the Philippine islands as teachers. The government pays their expenses. Attempted to Kill Herself. St. Louis, Sept.

Julius Lehmann, wife of the former member of the house of delegates who is serving a term of imprisonment for boodling, Wednesday attempted to jump from a window of her house and kill herself. Big Plant Destroyed. Baltimore Sept. large packing plant of Street Cockran in this city was totally destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at $125,000. The buildings, a large stock of meat and 180 live hogs were entirely consumed.

Five Hurt in Elevator Accident. Pittsburg, Sept. persons were seriously injured Wednesday afternoon by the fall of an elevator in the Park building, Fifth avenue. The cable broke and the car fell from the 13th floor to the ground. Old Notion.

The blue glass cure is used in Italy for neuralgia. AMERICANS WON. Track and Field Events of the World's Fair Revival of Olympic Games. ROSE SMASHED WORLD'S RECORD, After Three Trials the Chicagoan Put the Sixteen-Pound Shot 48 Feet and 7 Inches. H.

L. Hillman, of New York, Ran the 400 Metre Hurdle in 32.5 Seconds -Frank Waller, of Milwaukee, Finished Second. St. Louis, Sept. have the athletes competing in the track and of the Louisiana purchase revival of the Olympic games demonstrated that they are the peers of any previous aggregation of international character.

Wednesday, the third of the 1904 Olympic, one world record fell before the prowess of an American, three Olympic records were broken, the laurels going to two Americans and a Greek; and one Olympic and world's record was broken, but owing to an unfortunate accident, the time will not be allowed in the latter as the official record. As an indication of what the day was to bring forth, H. L. Hillman, of the New York Athletic club, ran the 400 metre hurdle in 32.5 seconds, under the Olympic and world's records. Hillman was forced the entire distance by Frank Waller, of the Milwaukee Athletic club, who finished second, and in the excitement of the race Hillman failed to clear the last hurdle clearly and the barrier fell to the ground, disqualifying his record, but not affecting the result of the race.

The 200 metre run again brought out a field of record breakers. Archie Hahn, of the Milwaukee A. won the first heat in the record time of 22 1-5 seconds. He fought the distance with W. J.

Cartmell, of Louisville, and only won by inches. The second heat was a trifle slower, but Hogenson was not pushed. In the final (the distance by American measurement of the 200 metre being 218.73 yards) resulted in the lowering of the Olympic record by threefifths of a second. Hahn won the event, but secured an advantage at the start of two yards over his three competitors, the latter having made a false start and receiving penalties. Perikles Kakousis, of Athens, Greece, had everything his own way in lifting the barbell.

The other entries were two men from the Milwaukee A. C. and one from St. Louis. Kakousis won the event by lifting a weight of 186 pounds.

He did this with apparently so, little dicculty that Qtto C. Osthoff: of the Milwaukee A. withdrew after having lifted an equal weight after several attempts. Kakousis then went after the Olympic record. He first lifted 200 pounds, and then had the weights adjusted at 246 pounds, four ounces more than the record made by the Danish athlete, V.

Jensen, of the Copenhagen A. at the Athens Olympic in 1896. His first attempt was successful. Ralph W. Rose, of the Chicago Athletic association, played ducks and drakes with the Olympic and world's record in the 16-pound shot put.

His first essay buried the Olympic record and came within two inches of the world's record. He tried twice more before he succeeded in smashing the latter with a put of 48 feet 7 inches. The former Olympic record was 46 feet inches, made by R. Sheldon, of the New York A. C.

at Paris in the 1900 revival of the Olympic games, and the former world's record was 48 feet 2 inches. The standing high jump, C. Ewry, of the New York A. first, 4 feet 11 inches; Joseph F. Stadler, of Cleveland; second, 4 feet 10 inches; Lawson Robertson, G.

N. Y. I. A. New York, third, 4 feet 10 inches; John A.

Biller, N. T. Newark, N. fourth, 4 feet 9 inches. Forest fires Are Spreading.

Missoula, Sept. fires at the head of the Bitter Root valley are spreading. Prospectors campers have been forced to leave and in several instances camps and cabins have been destroyed. Robbers Overlooked $13,000. Cheyenne, Sept.

The Oregon express was held up at Kemmerer, Wednesday morning by four men, who stole a package containing $900. A package containing $13,000 was not disturbed. Struck Natural Gas. Huntsville, Sept. New York-Alabama Oil Co.

has struck natural gas at Hazel Green, 16 miles north of this city. Other wells will be sunk for petroleum. The company will pipe gas to Huntsville..