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4 'i i 1,1 4 The Wcathcf Tcdayr loSSSSI Fair. If? PnnrAft Santinn Two PrifTGQ 16. www 1 Voluind LVL No. 39. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 23, 1904.

Price Five Cents. ipftOoj GBaoDOflonsi fflflDj iPaip)tP Add GBttQu Moray sidqgD ep siftQ no Me I I i 1 i mm I i tlan cf the Democracy, followed Mr. McLean, making a splendid speech to WHILE RESTING A MASS MEETING LOST FL 1 HARD r- I Olll UUI1 a--. ,1 OUTPOSTS FIGHT Guns Occasionally Crash Into Artilley Duels. BATTLE COMES SOOH Such Is the Expectation, and It Is Al- to Thought by Correspondents With thi Russians That1 They Will Jake the Offensive.

(By the Associated Press.) With the Russian Eastern Army Headquarters. By Way of Mukden, Oct 22. Both armies remain practl- cally Inactive. The Russians have re-occupied Tantxlaputxy. The Japanese' hold a position on high ground sloping down to the Shakhe river.

There la continual outpost fighting and -snip-. Ing and the batteries occasionally en- gage In a duel westwards. Oeneral Mlstchenko fought a brisk engagement October 20. He reports progress and the capture of guns. The two armies are receiving fresh supplies of ammunition.

There is an indication of an early renewal of hos tilities, witn tne iiussians taxing tne offensive. The weather is cold. A rough estimate of the Russian losses during the recent battles places them at 45.000, of which 10,000 were killed. The correspondent of the Associated Presa who filed this dispatch was attacked by Chinese bandits while riding to rejoin his corps. What tlie Japanese Have Won.

(By the Associated Press.) Tokio, Oct. 4 p. A telegram received from Manchuiian, beadquar-. ttrs says: "On October 21 there was no change reported in the front of all our armies. "Further Investigation shows number of guns captured by our left army to have been forty-three, the left column taking twenty-seven and the right column sixteen.

The. wa-! cons, munitions, which have been -captured have not yet been "Scouts dispatched from the left army, a night of October 20. discovered the corpses of 200-Russians west, of Chang Liang Pan." The Retreat From Sltakhe own rails? Splrely the difference of 17. 8 per or 40 per cent. Is a sufficient Inducement to Jo so.

I can not Answer this question, but if the leaders of the steel rail industry am also the controllers of those railway which are strong enough to defeno themselves against extortion, the.mys-ter is explained. In such a case the profits go into the pockets of the controllers of the railways in their capacity of steel! producers, while the other shareholders of the railways and the genera public pay the dlffer- cute A Sort of Grab Game. The tariff lends itself to this sort of grab game 'and if the men wno command large; capital do not avail themselves of their opportunity they are riot so chrewd as they are genet ally supposed to be. I 'cherish no grudges against men because they are rich, nor do I greatly blame them for taking the pronts which unjust laws throw In their wa. but I protest against the unjust laws.

protest against the men who make them) and who) 'stand pat whenever anybody proposes to repeal or modify mem. "The nauper labor argument for the tariff! has for the most part dropped out "Of sight, Industries that compete with foreign markets no longer have the audactty to say that the difference of wages prevents them from competing on equal terms in the American market. "In place of the pauper labor argu- ment; and the ilnfant industry argument and all Other arguments heretofore noted, the home market argu ment! has been substituted and is now relied on so far; as any arguments art usedJ This assumes that without the tariff and indeed without the 53 per Dlngley tariff we should have no home market for the farmers pro ducts or for any other products, xnis is a bogy to frighten children. So childish is it in -view of what Hamilton told Us of the flourishing condition or large branches5 of manufacturing industry more than a century ago and of all that has transpired since that no ahswer to Is required. The Dare statement of such an argument carries its own refutation.

What happened under the low tariffs of 1846 and 1857? Was! there anyl lack of home maraei then? On thejeontsary Senator Morrill, 'of Vermont, the father of the Morrill tariffs 6f the war period, 'said In ajpublic debate that the year 1860 which fell within this period was 'one (Continued! on Page Thirteen.) Forty-Ona to Naught in Favor of fhe Tar Heal University. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro. I N. C. Oct.

22. The University of North Carolina football team defeitedl the Norfolk College teani here thW evening at Cone's Ath letic! Park by a score of 41 to 0. The Norfolk boys fought long and hard, but the f'Tar Heels" bore down on the "SorebacM" roost too hard ror me orange and Dluc to wave high. Carolina kicked to Norfolk, wno lost the tall on the flrst rush then Carolina jmade two-rushes, making a touchdown. Norfolk received the ball at the other end of jthe field, but soon lost It: then; Carolina made the second touch down.

Carolina kicked to Norfolk every time, soon securing the ball on downs audi making another touchdown until Carolina placed the pig skin beyond Norfolk's goal six times and kicked flve'Jgoals. The features of the game were the heavy line plunging of Carolina and the isafe tackling by Norfolk's quarter back. Carolina a whole team was a big htar, but jvery fine -work was. done by Webber, Story, Jacocks, Newton and Carpenter. Gill.

Norfolk's quarter back, was decidedly her star. Time, twenty minute halves. Carolina pttiy V. P. I.

next Saturday at BlackBburg. Va. Carolina: Podtlons. Norfolk. Stewart, Harrison Seagle r.

g. Walsh Manus 1. g. Johnson Story r. Jones Webber 1.

FIveash Sllton r. Upsher Barry Curtis Jacocks Oil! Roberson f. Woodward Carpenter .1. 1. h.

Walker Newton j. r. h. b. W.

It. II Other Football Game. i (By thie Associated Press.) Michigan 1130; West Virginia 0. 'Oilcago Northwestern 0. Wisconsin) 81; Drake 0.

Minnesota! 146; Grinnell 0. Illinois Purdue Washington and Jefferson Pennsylvania State H2. i Georgetown arid Leei I j-Navy Dickinson 0. Lafayette 1 4: Swarthmore 0. University of Florida 0: Florida State College 23.

West Point 21: Yale 0. Harvard Carlisle 0. Pennsylvania 16; Columbia 0. dornell Franklin Marshall 5. Ixrtmbs at Trinity College.

(Special io News and Observer.) Trinity Cllev. N. C. Oct 22. The first of thelserls of faculty lectures.

riven monthly year by some meinber of fche faculty or some Invited speaker, was delivered last night In the! Y. M. V. A. all by President Ktlffo.

His! theme was "A Genera tion of Great Men." "tnd he portray ed In vivid! and picturesque language the! choatlc! conditions that existed at the; beginning of the nineteenth century, and how there arose a race of veritable giants who moulded this country Into its present highly civil ized state. The second of these lee lures will be delivered November 1 7, by Mr. J. W. Bailey.

editor of the Biblical Recorder, of Ralelfc h. ii the delight of the voters of Cronly, who ever stand ready and anxious to nonor their favorite on. A BOMB WAS EXPIXDED. Believed to Have Been an Attempt on Spanish Minister's life. (By the Associated Press.) Barcelona, Oct.

22. What Is believed to have been an attempt upon the life of Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, and of Public Works Sal-urara. occurred today. A dynamite bomb was exploded in the street wfh'ile crowds were welcoming the minister who had come here to pre side at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. No one was injured, but the buildings in the vicinity of the scene of the explosion were damaged and the crowds ware thrown Into' a panic.

Several arrests were made. A SMALL DRUNK. Little Boy Given Whiskey by! Negro and Intoxleated. A pathetic sight seen vesterday was that of a small and' very much lntoxl cated boy who was picked up on the railroad track by Policeman Rogers and taken to the station house, where he was detained till friends came after him. The boy was not more than eleven years old, but he was exceeding drunk.

As he went up the street with the policeman, he lurched from side to side and struck at passers by with maudlin arms. A friend who rescued him from the Station house. said that his home was in Asbury. although the ticket found in his pocket read from Cary and return. The boy was questioned, but was too drunk to give a clear account of his experiences.

He got the llauor. he said from a negro at the Fair grounds, who gave him a drink from a bottle. Baltic Fleet Enters North Sea. (By the Associated Press.) Frederickshaven. Denmark.

Oct. 21. -All the vessels comprising the Rus sian Baltic Sea squadron passed into the North Sea during the night. The Norfolk Horse Show Great Event of This Week. (Special to News and Observer.) Norfolk, Oct.

22. The first annual exhibition of the Norfolk Horse Show Asoclatlon will begin in the big coliseum Tuesday night promptly at 8 o'clock, and the management makes the promise that in every way it will surpass anything any horse show has attempted in Virginia, Special rates have been given by the railroads. The entries are numerous, the local Interest great, and the patronage from out in the State and North Carolina most gratifying. Edward R. W.

Barker, manager of the show, says he lr: confident It will be the biggest horse show ever held in Virginia, and he has attended all of them for a decade. character rf the Mu-seg, -loos he ways is iar aneaa oc anything 'ever gotten together In the State. If not In the entire South. Entries have been received from all quarters and the very best show horses will be Been In the competition ring. Society, both of Norfolk and with out the city, is fully prepared for the opening of the show.

The last touch has been given to the new gowns destined to be on display and divide with blooded aristocratic horses the interest of those who attend, and the reserved seats and boxes present a scene of beauty and color never before equalled in the Old Dominion. HON. FICANCIS D. WINSTON. Republican Ariromenta Smashed by IBs Speech at Scotland Neck.

(Special to News and Observer.) Scotland Neck. N. C. Oct. 22.

Last night was the first time there has been a political speaking In Scotland Neck, during the campaign. Francis D. Winston being the speaker on this occasion. Dr. A.

C. Liverman. chairman of the township executive committee, called the meeting to order, and Mr. Albion Dunn. a rising young lawyer Introduced the speaker? Then Judge Winston arose amid hearty cheers, for the great audience gave him a round of applause which bespoke their appreciation of his presence.

He began by telling of how the He- nubllcans In North. Carolina nave put before the people ticket composed of men almost unknown In the State, and argued, that the 'people of North Carolina will be slow to take their government out of the hands of experienced men and place it In the hands of those unknown and without experience. He then dealt with, the Issue In detail and completely routed Republi can arguments at every pelnv wreaking an hour to a most Intelligent and attentive audience. He made a strong and convincing speech and closed with the pleasing and eloquent declaration: "Better government hat no land than North Carolina, and palsied be the hand and silent be' the tongue that would attempt to brea kthe peace and happiness of this great and grand old State." i White Golf Clianipion. (By the Associated Press.) Hamilton.

Mm, OcL T. White won the inter-colleglan golf championship, defeating R. Chandler 2 up Both men are from 1 Harvard. GALORE Raleigh Township Sunday School Association This Afternoon. This ufternoon at.

3 o'clock In the Academy of Music, a mass meeting will be held under the auspices of the Raleigh Township Sunday School A soclatlon. All the Sunday schools In the township have been Invited, and are expected to be represented at this meeting. There will be splendid addresses and good music. A cordial welcome is extended to the public to attend the meeting this afternoon. The officers of the township associa tion are: H.

W. Jackson, president: T. B. Eldrldge. secretary.

The program for the exercises thu afternoon are as follows: 3.00 p. m. opening Song Service. (1) Orchestra Selection. (2 Chorus Audience and Choir.

(3) Solo, Nina Cooper. 3.15 Prayer. H. W. Jackson.

Township President. 3.20 p. m. Greeting, Mrs. Horace R.

Dowell. 3.30. Address. "A Worldwide Movement." Rev. A.

H. Moment. D. L. 4.00 p.

m. Chorus Audience ana Choir. 4.05 p. m. Address.

"The Coming State Convention," X. B. Proughton. Chairman Executive Committee N. C.

S. S. Association. 4.25 p. m.

Offering. Male Quartet. 4.30 p. m. Benediction.

A large choir of several hundred children from the different Sunday schools of the city. Song service with orchestra accompaniment. Addresses by Dr. Moment and Mr. Broughton BILL, CAME APART.

In TiiMsle Between Pompey and Thief, Each Getn IHIf of Two Dollar' Certificate. Three unknown negroes played, a bold game In the city yesterday and hve so fat avoided capture. Going up to strangers one of them would exhibit a five dollar bill and ask for change, only to snatch the money from their victim hand any money produced In compliance with their re quest. From several rumored attempts and robberies two cases came definitely to iikht, one that of a while man named Pool, who lose rorr.e sliver and other Fompey Egerton, of Spring Hope, who lost the half of a two dollar bill. Pompey met the trio on the fringes of the east and went down in his I ocket by request for change, coming up with a two dollar bill, at which one of the three snatched eagerly.

Pompey. however, alarmed for the scfety of his silver certificate, closed his Angers on one of the bill, as those of the thief clutched the other. Instantly the trio turned and ran and with them went a portion of the two i pot. torn bet a-ten its iovlntr rl But the strange thing in the tale Is that, when thev discovered the tn-c" It ion of the goods the three came back, with the fragment of the bill and Indignantly demanded of Pompey the other half. But Pompey felt that this was a greedy and declined all overtures, even threats and curKes.

With one half of the bill In his pocket, he hunted up the polict and. Jn company with Oflicer Austin, set upon the trail of the other. Up to a late hour, however, the two duller bill was still divided against Itself one half in the pecket of the gloomy Pompey, the ether with the outraged thief. JOLL NEAR DEATH. Convict VYIm Was Cut at Penitentiary Friday Still Alive But In Preca-rloiM Condition.

Sherman Jolly, the coenvict who was Ktriously cut on Friday afternoon by a lellow prisoner named Archie Mclver. was reported last night as being In a pr-ecarious condition, with chances his recovery. Jolly 8 wounds are across the abdo- ren and very deep. Theie had been oud blood between him and Mclver for some time. Before the cuttlne Mclver was hit by Jolly, who used a brick.

It Is said that he had previously been chased by Jolly, who had an open knife im ins nana, ine weapon used was a knife made from the steel spring of a thoe sole. Both Mclver and Jolly are iiegroes who worked at the peniten t(ar ybrick yard at the penitentiary. nere the tight, occurred. Li HOERY AT FREMONT. Two Store Entered ami a Number of Article Taken.

to New sand Observer. 1 Fremont, Oct. 22. Yelverton Bros, and the Mumford Hardware Company's stores were broken into last night and the former place robbed of eight pairs of pantaloons, three pairs of shoes and a number of hats. From the hardware store were taken a number or razors, pocKet Knives, guns, shells, and a coat containing valuable papers belonging to, Z.

D. Mumford. The plate glass window of Mum-fords store was broken, presumably with a hatchet which was found near the scene. The robbers made good their escape. Hire and HuUiilns Gets Grand Prize.

(Special to News and Observer.) St. Louis. Oct 22. Rice and Hutchlns. of Boston, makers of "All America" shoes for men and women and "Educator Shoes" for children received grand prise at St.

Louis Fair. The "State" Building On Fire. (By the Associated i Columbia, Oct. 22. At 11.45 In.

m. the State building Is on fire Al All work' haa been stopped. Gen. Cox Has a $10,000 Fire T. M.

Davenport Loses $3,000. (Special to News and Observer.) Rocky Mount. X. Oct. 22.

A nre which broke out between three and four o'clock this afternoon in a gin house, on the farm of General W. R. Cox. resulted in a loss estimated at $10,000. The destructive blaze is supposed to have grown from a spark.

It spread with startling rapidity and when discovered wu already beyond There were eighty bales of cotton In the gin and these, together with the building ana a number of adjacent cow stalls, crumbled into ruin. A lot of valuable farm ma chinery; was also destroyed, making tne. nre; one or tne most ruinous that has visited t'is section for some time. This fire was yet giving forth Its glow and smoke when, at seven o'clock i tonight, a second broke out on the farm of T. M.

Davenport, about two miles from here. Mr. Davenport had twenty-eight bales of cotton stored in his pack house which, so swift was the enveloping rush of the names, he found It impossible to save. The pack house and its contents were destroyed. The loss is said to be about 33.000.

How the building caught is unknown. DEATH OF A LITTLE BOY. Lumbcrton Building and Loan Asaoci-: ation Elect Officers. (Special to News and Observer.) Lumber ton. N.

C. Oct. 22. Peter, the little son of Mr. and Mrs.

F. a. Moment. died this morning afte a long and painful Illness. The Lumberton Building and Loan Association have elected tne following officers for the ensuing year: President, R.

D. Caldwell. Vice-president. W. H.

Humphrey, Secretary-Treasurer. E. M. Brltt, Directors, R. M.

Moment. R. D. Caldwell. R.

E. Lee. R. T. Al len.

L.SE. Whaley. W. J. Prevatt an! W.

H. Humphrey. Democratic headquarters have been the new Banks Building. Mr. J.

G. McCormlck. chairman executive Icommlttee Is working to have Robeson's full vote polled. The commodious addition to th business establishment of Caldwell Carlyle has been completed and adds to the iconvenlence and appearance of the store. They now have one of the largest, business houses in town.

Messrs. W. A. McLean and S. A Edmund are attending the St.

Louth Exposition. The new public school building fot this school district is nearlng com pletion. An able corps of teacers will be placed In charge or the school. LOST IT IN BUCKET SHOPS. Defaulting Cashier Gives Himself 1 1 Thus Accounting for $33,000.

By the Associated Press.) Tullahoma. Oct. 22. Allen Parker, defaulting cashier of the First National Bank, gave himself up today. He says he lost about $35,000 of the bank's money in Chicago buck-et sho.s.

Parker. In addition to his banking was deputy, revenue -collector tor tne Juiranoma lustnct. He handled lare sums of money, and an examiner Is now going over the government books. TWO OLD "BIRDS." A Parrot Reformed and a Tough Old Gander. "I tell you that parrot Is an old bird.

but he has reformed and quit his bad language." That was what Maj. M. A. Bledsoe was Baying to a group of gentlemen yesterday as a reporter joined the party. Major Bledsoe had just told them of a porrot which he had owned since 1872.

a period of years. "He had years on him before I owned him" said Maj. Bledsoe, "and he used to cuss, but he has quit that Then un spoke another member of the party. "I know of another old bird'' he said, "and this is a gander. His home Is on Black River In Hai nett county, and he belongs to Perrin Honeycutt.

The gander has been in his family for forty -ears and Is now a pretty tough specimen. NOT QUITE READY. Pamphlet Imued In Reply to Charges of Judge Christian. The pamphlet Issued by the com mittee of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association in a repi to the charges made by Judge Chris tian; of Virginia, attacking the record of North Carolina in the Civil War will; not be ready for distribution for the ten days. The cause of the delayls that the may showing the positions at Chlch amauga is not quite ready.

Just as soon as this Is received the pamph let will be Issued, and requests seni to Chief Justice Walter Clark for it will be filled. ADDRESSES AT CRONLY. I Ioii. Dan Hugh McLean and Hon. A.

Brown Speak. J. (Special to News and Observtr.) Cronly, V. Oct. 22.i-Hon.

Dat. Hugh McLean and Hon. Brown, who have been making speeches for a veek In Columbus csuniyl spoke to a large and appreciative audience at this place this evening, Dan Hugh thtlold war horse of the Cape Fear, was at his best, catching Inspiration from the enthusiasm of the Democracy of this section and. made a very forceful and convincing speech. Hon.

J. Av Brown. Columbus county's chief (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg. Oct 22.

-General Kufopatkln in a dispatch to Emperor -Nicholas, under date of "October 21, -says: Japanese retired from the vll- Judge Par car Shows That the Masses Here Feel Them. HISTORY OF TARIFF The Men Vlio Command. Large Capital Are About Only Beneficiaries r- 1 at the Gnb Games to Which the His Tariff Lends Itsel i Says Parke (By the Associated Press,) Esopus, OcL 22.. In a speech on the tariff 1 isue today, Judge Parker replied to -emarks on that subject from men representing six distinct New York del gatlons which were received at Rose mount The day wis not pleasant for an outdoor polltl 1 gathering The air was chill and uring the noon hour a cold rain bega: to fall. I In his speec replying to the delega- Judge ker reviewed at some length the' ta IT history of the coun try.

Referring to Hamilton's report en manufactu es. Judge Parker said; "Hamilton aid that his object was to promote ucp manufactures, "as will tend to render the United States independent of foreign nations for military and other essential Does anybody say at we have not reached that condition? Does anybody contend that the Jnited States is still dependent on foreign nations for military and other essential supplies? Wave we not frequently heard the note of alarm in urope at the American invasion of the world's markets by our manufactured 1 goods, and especially those of Iron) and steel? Whether Hamilton's conceptions as to the best way to establish manufacturing indus tries were right or" not, the object which he sougt was long since gained. tut the protective tariff is now' vastly higher than any that he recom mended or probably conceived of. Parkfr Quote Clay. Judge Parkflr reefrred to the various tariff of Our early history, quoting Clay's remarks that no one supposed the protective tariff was to be perpet ual, Upon which the Judge comment eel thusv I "Mr.

Olay liere voiced the prevail tng opinion ojf the country that' the protected trades were no longer, in state of I infancy. In fact the Infant industry argument was then supersed ed by the pat; per labor argument It vas now! contended for the flrst time that the tariff should be used to compensate the Ainerlcan producer for the higher wages that he had to pay as compared with his foreign competitor, As this argument has at times done great rvlci although now quit tlucadbdre. Iilwlll dwell upon It mo ment. Inasmuch as the law puts the tuTlfr benefits exclusively In the hands cr me capitalists and provides no means for giving the wage-workers his Khare, the system virtually says 'Let the government take cure of the rich fond the rich will take care of the Toor It is a short step then to say 'Let the government take care of al doctrine abhored of all nud thlnklnk men. Dot it Is net tru that greatly enlarged profits are on that account divide! among the work men helping to produce them.

The bdvance in wkges Is not due as a rule to a desire on the part of the employer to snare profits with his workmen, but rainer to tne organisation of the work. men." Sooglit to Cut It. Judge referred to efforts by Republican statesmen to reduce the tariff lri 187 1, Senator Sherman's (pinion that the rates should be reduced and to a similar opinion by the tariff commlfKlon of 1882. This com. I said Judge Parker, reported a tariff bill taking a reduction of 20 1 to 25 per cen bill was killed by.

the protected; Interests and a. bill sub-, etltuted tncreised duties to per cent. TWOX I The McKlnlev bill Imposed Jutles averaging 4 J.71 per cenL and th present 53 per said: Dlngley bill duties averaelna centt Judge Parker then iTo Vll" we 'have coma at last. Beginning with tariff of i. "any of bur were reany in rants, we have by successive steps reached a scale while the become colossal.

Hamilton that the Iron and steel JiiZ Jn flourishing condition In his time. He was winding nevertheless to give 7 1-2 per It now has 17.84 ton 0n steel rails and the steel sells, them to Canadians at $1 per ton but exacts 128 from Amerl an purchasers. It Is en-abled by ie tariff to do this for without) the tariff It would be obliged 'to sell rails jat home ror' the price at which they could be Imported. American railways are thus compelled to pay $7.84 per ton more than a fan hat is 7.84 more than the prlce at wh Ich somebody else would supply them. Why do the railways submit to Vhv they remain! quiet? Why do they not establish rolling mills and make then lage of Shakhe at night fall October 20.

Thursday night passed quietly. 1 along the entire front." Lieutenant in a dispatch to' the general staff says: "The retreat of the enemy from Shakhe was precipitate. We found In tiej Ulage, arnmiRieisstoja pro-? 11 visions wnicn naa. oeen-ajandoned-ey the Japanese, who also left behind in A our old artillery position one tour umbers and a wagon full of In- strumenta they had previously captured, from lis. Since the battle of October 18 we have captured altogether 14 Japanese guns.

Including nine field pieces and have retaken one of our own lost guns. "There was no fighting October 21 on the front of the Manchuiian army." Shell Thrown at Sliakhe. (By the Associated Press.) Mukden. Oct. 21- 6:20 mTha Russians Thursday opened an artillery Are upon Shakhe station, where there seemeJ to be a Japanese outpost -r watching the Russian movements.

The guns were then trained upon the vll- lage of Laoatung. a little east of the station. The Japanese replied lau- i -guldly. i- The weather today Is fine and sunny. with a cold, biting There was a 1 severe frost last Hardening RoatL Mean Battle.

(By the Associated Mukden, Oct. 20. 1 a. m. To-yards evening yesterday the fog lifted and some of the Russian guns at various points opened fire against the Japa- 4.

nese defenses, but they did not respond either from scarcity of ammunition or the desire not to reveal the of their batteries. The weather and the condition of the roads have made ex-, tenslv operations Impossible. but the -icads are now doing hard which forecasts events in the near future. The war correspondents In the field, are kept In the dark, and It Is difficult to say when and how. this dreadful slaughter will enU.

Under, a Blanket of Fojf (By the" Associated Press.) Huanslani Manchuria, Thursday, October by. courier to Mukden, October 21. Wednesday passed quiet- ly. Along the Russian center there was some desultory outpost firing, but nothing serious. Last night also was without Incident! This morning the plain was covered with a blanket of fog as thick as the darkest night.

In the afternoon the weather cleared. The chief obstacle to a resumption of the advance continues to' be the bad state of the roads. When a man reaches the end of his argument he offers to- get but he Is seldom willing to put up yln real money. 4.