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THE MORNING NEWS. I ' Established 1850. .- - Incorporated IS3B > VT"AI DTT’T* rr J. H. ESTILL. President. ‘ I 1 .<SO9. BLOODY BATTLE IS NOW RAGING JAPS DROVE THE RUSSIANS but Russians rallied and con timed their advance. Dnaalas Advance Crossed the Schtli Uiver and Went Within Three Miles of Yentai Before Being; Driven Back—Japs Then Rein forced and Fought Their Artillery- Most Effectively—Fight Still on and the Result Undecided. For three days there has been sharp fighting a little north of the railway town of Yentai, between Liao Yang and Mukden. The Russian advance was check ed and the attacking force was compelled to retire to the north side of the Schili river, but subse quently recrossed to the south side of that stream, where at latest ac counts a terrific artillery fight was in progress. In military circles at St. Peters burg the fighting noted is not con sidered as being the magnitude of a general engagement, such as is expected to come, possibly within a few days, somewhere within a triangle indicated by lines con necting Liao Yang, Yentai and Sykwantun. This battle when it is fought, is expected to be decisive of this year’s campaign. Wounded Russian soldiers who have been taken back to Mukden show by their cheerfulness the im provement that has been produced on the spirits of his troops by Gen. Kuropatkin's course in assuming the offensive. Mukden, Oct. 11, 11 p. m.—A bloody battle is now raging about six miles north of Yentai railroad station. The Japanese on Sunday fell back along the whole front, and the Rus sian advance guards crossed the Schili river (about half way between Mukden and Liao Yang) and came within three miles of Yentai; but yes terday the Japanese received strong reinforcements of infantry and artillery and not only held their positions, but even assumed the offensive. ' The lighting lasted the entire day and night. The Japanese directed their artillery fire with great skill and searched the Russian positions so fiercely that the Russians fell back north of the Schili river, which crosses the railroad seven miles from Yentai. The Russians this morning resumed their advance, once more crossed the Schili river and engaged the Japanese two miles south of it. A terrific ar tillery engagement is proceeding along the entire front. The result of the battle is still un decided. A NUMBER OF WOUNDED BACK FROM THE FRONT. Mukden, Oct. 11, 7:45 p. m. —A Rus sian correspondent of the Associated Press telegraphs as follows: "I have seen a number of wounded who have been sent back from the front. It is impossible at present to enter into details of the operations on foot, but the men interviewed are in Infinitely better spirits than were those wounded when we were retreating. Ev ery one is confident and the men are all anxious to finish the war in order to get back home. "None of them, however, has any idea of going home except as victors. TVe have enough troops and the one determination of officers and men is to wipe out the Japanese.” ONLY A PORTION OF HIS REPORT IS GIVEN OUT. "*r Commission Doesn’t Tell All the Kent ot the Battle. St. Petersburg, Oct. 11, 5:11 p. m.— No official news has been received from the front as to what is happen ing to-day, but a portion of Gen. Ku topatkln’s dispatch of last night, giv en to the public showed that his army "as steadily pushing forward and that the Japanese were gradually with drawing their outposts, which were °nly a cannon shot distant. There have been almost constant ar tillery skirmishes, which at any mo ment may develop into a battle. There is no confirmation of the Jap enese evacuation of the Yentai mines, but the report is credited at the War Office. ONLY RUMORS HAVE REACHED JAPS’ CAPITAL Tokio, Oct. 11, 7 p. m.—Toklo to night In eagerly awaiting tidings of the persistently rumored engagement •outh of Mukden. It is reported th'at the Russians, as suming the offensive, crossed the Hun river and attacked Gen. Kurokl's forces, charging a position which the Japanese, being strongly reinforced, re captured and reoccupied. The Japan ese, it is reported, have checked the Russian advsnoe. It is suld that the losses on both sides were heavy. No official confirmation of these re ports can be obtained. Jsabannab JBoMna RUSSIANS DON’T THINK THE BATTLE GENERAL Believe the Crucial Moment ot the Campaign llau Not Yet Come. St. Petersburg, Oct. 12, 2:10 a. m.— Severe fighting north of Yentai, re sulting in a temporary check of Gen. Kuropatkin s advance guard, of which the Associated Press correspondent at Mukden telegraphed the first news, is not regarded at the War Office as in dicating a general engagement. The latest official dispatches indicat ing the disposition of the various corps show that the whole army is not yet in line of battle. The present engage ment may, therefore, be regarded as the result of a counter attack, which an enterprising foe like the Japanese might be expected to make, hut with out any calculation to prevent the Rus sian advance. Gen. Kuropatkin’s present superiority in numbers, it is held here, is bound sooner or later to compel the Japanese to fall back upon their strong positions within the tri angle formed by Yentai, Liao Yang and Sykwantun. Everything points to that district as being the prospective scene of the decisive struggle of this year’s campaign. Strategic reasons of the most weighty character render it impera tive for the Russians, as well as for the Japanese, to bestow their chief at tention upon the country east of the railway. The Russians are compelled to this course because the railroad runs northeastward, and hence lines of communication are more vulnerable from the east. The Japanese are in fluenced by a similar consideration, but the railroad no longer plays a fore most part in their plans. In view of the approaching close of navigation at Yinkow and of the fact that the line from Pitsewo is long and cumbersome and liable to interruption, they must consider Feng Wang Cheng and Tak ushan as the source of supplies dur ing the winter, and with this in view the eastern communications of Liao Yang are of the utmost importance. The Yentai triangle is admirably situ ated to protect them. Field Marshal Oyama must, therefore, hold the tri angle at all costs. The problem confronting Gen. Kuro patkin in the immediate future is the capture of the fortified hights compos ing this triangle, where the Japanese will have the advantage of fighting behind breastworks and utilizing their superiority in mountain guns. The general superiority of the Japanese in mountain operations is conceded. The Russian commander, undoubted ly is aware of the difficulties of the task before him, has measured them well and is confident of his ability to overcome them. If Gen. Kuropatkin possessed an army of half a million men he could leave a sufficient force to attack the triangle, while he moved with the remainder around the eastern and western flanks. This is consid ered in the best informed circles at the war office to be impracticable with the numbers now composing Gen. Kuropat kin’s army, and a frontal advance i the only alternative. Operations, how ever, are likely to he nl'arked by feints on the right and felt. The Japanese will probably make similar movements until both forces become engaged In a death struggle. TERRIFIC DUST DEVIL HINDERED THE FIGHTING. Mukden, Oct. 11. —A Russian corre spondent of the Associated Press, de scribing incidents of the Russian ad vance, tells of a frightful dust storm, peculiar to this season in Manchuria, which raged on Saturday. It was at its hight while a battalion of the Pek off regiment with guns attacked a Japanese force posted in a village, east of the railroad and south of the Shakhe river, and drove out the J'apanese aft er a stubborn resistance. Clouds of dust blinded the combatants and made it impossible to aim. The fingers of the soldiers were numbed with cold and a strong wind carried the shells beyond the mark. The Jap anese got away in good order, car rying off their killed ‘and wounded. The Russians lost seventy-nine men. The railroad is clear and not dam aged so far as the Shakhe river. The correspondent repeats the state ment that Liao Yang is practically clefar of Japanese troops, indicating that all of Field Marshal Oyama’s men are north of the Taltse river. TWO TORPEDO BOATS WRECKED ON LAND. It In Thought Cam That Carried Them Were Tampered With* St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 11.—A special to the Dispatch from Minot, N. D„ says: Two knocked-down torpedo boats, en route over the Great Northern to Se attle, have been wrecked near Towner through the breaking of the forward Journal on the truck containing part of one of the boats. It is thought the truck was tampered with at Rugby. During the summer a number of Russians have been employed on the section crew at Towner. Some of them, it is said, have disappeared. It is known the Russian and Japanese gov ernments have had secret agents in this country with a view of watching suspicious shipments to the Orient. BALTIC FLEET HAS SAILED FOR LIBAU. Reval, Russfti, Oct. 11, 9:05 p. m.— The Baltic fleet weighed anchor ear ly this morning and sailed for Ltbau, one torpedo boat destroyer remaining behind because of a broken rudder. Copenhagen, Oct. 11.—The Associat ed Press learns from an excellent source that the Russian Baltic fleet will leave Libau, Oct. 14, and pass through Danish waters, Oct. 16. High Russian navtul officers have arrived here and will investigate the Danish waters before the passage of the fleet. JAPANESE ATTACKED BUT HAD TO RETREAT. Ch Foo, Oct. 11, noon.—Japanese who left Dalny Oct. 10 says that a de tachment of Japanese attacked, on Oct. 9, a small position In the hills near Fort Itzshan. The Japanese crossed a moat which the rains hid filled In sampans. The Russians offered a slight resistance at first, but later the Japanese were com pelled to abandon the position under a scourging artillery fire, recross the moat and retire to tbelr trenches. NEARLY 300 MEN LOSTJHEIR LIVES WHEN GUNBOAT WENT DOWN. DETAILS OF THE DISASTER TO THE HEI YEN. Jnpnnene Gunboat Struck: a. Floating Mine*—Filled Soon Afterwardn. Only Four of the Complement Managed to Heacli an Inland—Heal Were Drowned In the High Sen Running at the Time of the Dln anter to tlw Venael. Tokio, Oct. 11.—The loss of the ar mored gunboat Hel Yen was announced to-day and permission was granted by the authorities to publish the details of the disaster. The Hei Yen struck a mine off Pi geon bay on the night of Sept. 18 and foundered. Nearly 300 persons were drowned. Two petty officers and two sailors managed to reach Chiaopai island, from which they were rescued. The Hei Yen, which was engaged in guard duty off Pigeon bay, was missed by the fleet and a search for the ves sel was immediately begun. The petty officers and sailors found on Chiaopai island reported that at dusk on Sept. 18 a storm came up. ac companied by high seas. The Hei Yen endeavored to return to her base, when she suddenly struck a floating mine, which exploded under her starboard side, amidships. The vessel began to sink and an at tempt was made to lower the boats. The boats were swamped and the crew jumped into the sea, where, owing to the heavy combers, they were quickly drowned. AMERICAN MAIL WAS STOPPED BY RUSSIANS. Protest Is Made to St. Petersburg About It. Washington, Oct. 11.—One of the subjects brought before the cabinet meeting to-day was a protest against the seizure of American mail on the British steamer Calchas by the Rus sian Vladivostok squardon, from Dod well & Cos. to Tacoma, repre senting the steamship line. Postmaster General Wynne present ed data collected by the PoStoffice De partment to show that American mail was on the ship. These papers were transferred to the State Department and will in turn be transmitted to the American embassy at St. Petersburg for submission to the Russian govern ment as part of the whole matter re lating to prize seizures. Treaty provisions between the United States and Russia which bear upon this case was discussed and specific re ports as to the mail taken were sub mitted. It is anticipated that If the Russian government sustains the act of seizure the contention will be that the mails taken were contraband, a uosition to which this government is opposed. There are a number of pre cedents sustaining the inviolability of the mails under the same general circumstances. KUROPATKIN WIRED THAT FORCES MET. St. Petersburg, Oct. 11. —Gen. Ku ropatkin has telegraphed to the Em peror that the Russian van guard is now in contact with the Japanese, who are within gunshot. There is skirmish ing along the entire line. WILL COUNT BONDS IN TOBACCO MATTER. Coart Want* to Learn tf Majority Favor a Merger. Newark. N. J., Oct. 11.—After hear ing arguments on the return rule, ob tained by Julius B. Ikeiheimer of New York and other stockholders, to show cause why an injunction should not issue to restrain the Consolidated To bacco Company, the Continental To bacco Company and the American To bacco Company from merging, Vice Chancellor Pitney to-day appointed Halsey M. Barrett as master to count the bonds claimed to be owned by the defendant, showing that a "majority of the bondholders had agreed to the merger, and report back to the court. Counsel for the complainants hold that the common stock practically would be wiped out by the proposed merger. They also allege that the doc uments annexed to the answer of the defendants showed that nobody had signed the contract merger. The de fendants, on the other hand, declare that the merger would increase the value of the holdings of the complain ants and explain that the signatures of subscribers to the merger were pur posely omitted, as the subscribers did not want to place on record or dis close to the public the amount of their holdings. Counsel said the defendants were willing to prove that a majority of bondholders had agreed to the merger and the appointment of Mr. Barrett as a master to count the bonds fol lowed. Vice Chancellor Pitney this afternoon dismissed the temporary Injunction and abruptly terminated the hearing in the tobacco merger case. He said he dismissed the temporary Injunction against the merger on a technicality. The rule to show cause, however, would be continued until the case can be heard by the Court of Errors and Appeals. lorFmilner resigned. London, Oct. 11.—Lord Milner hss reslkned the high commlsslonershlp of South Africa on account of 111 health, brought about by the prolonged strain In grappling with the situation, which Is becoming daily more difficult, ow ing to the financial and racial troubles of ths country. SAVANNAH. GA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1001 NOT A MEMBER OF THE “SWEETHEART POOL.” Ilay Had Forgottrn Koine Thing* About His Dealing* With Solly. New York. Oat. It—Frank H. Ray appeared to-day at a witness In the continued bankruptcy proceedings in the case of Daniel J. Sully & Cos., and denied that he was a member of the "Sweetheart pool,” which has figured prominently in the investigation of Sully’s affairs. He said, however, that he was interested in the pool in a way, but made no profit. “It was for other people,” he added. According to his ’testimony, his re ceipts from the pool included a check for $7,500, which was delivered to "oth er people.” The witness had forgotten a check of $10,825 sent in December until shown the returned check, when he said he must have received it. He had put up no money on the deal, however, and said that it was all clear profit. He also received a check In the same deal for $65,205 on Jan. 26, making $75,030 without a cent put up for margins, ac cording to the testimony. He had re ceived other amounts, including checks for $9,860 and $48,966, at various times from Mr. Hawley, although he never had any arrangement with him. He considered it as Just his profits in cot ton deals and he did not go into details. Ray said that he never put up any money to secure these profits, with the exception of Feb. 12, when he put up $15,500 for margins. This money was returned to him within a month, how ever. Mr. Ray said he received statements for profits of some of his. deals from Sully & Cos. direct. He had a “memo” for profits of over $117,000, but testified he had torn up the statements. The statements produced in court, however, were ones said by the witness to have been given him, together with a check for $48,966.67, to close his account after Sully & Cos. had failed. Mr. Sully expected to testify in the regular proceedings to-morrow, this special hearing being adjourned until Dec. 6. WILLING TO GIVE SSOO lint Wnnlil hot Mnnd for a fItTi.OOO Touch. New York. Oct. 11.—At the trial of Philip Welnselmer, former president of the Building Trades Alliance, who is charged with the extortion of $2,500 from George Essig, a contractor, George F. Johnson of the firm of Johnson, Kahn & Cos., the contractors, who erected the Chatsworth Hotel in Riverside Drive, told In detail of an alleged attempt by Welnseimer to ob tain from him $2,000 on the Chats worth contracts, of his refusal to pay the amount and the subsequent strike on the plumbing contract. Mr. Johnson said that in November, 1903, he met Welnseimer. Weinselmer, he said, announced that a strike was to be called. "You are making some money on the Job—about slo,ooo—and you ought to give up $2,500, Welnseimer said,” continued the witness. "1 said we could not do that, but that after the Job was completed, if the work had not been interrupted, our firm might make him a present of $500.” He laughed and said, "Why, that is not cigar money for my friends.” Several conferencese were held be twene him and Weinselmer, he said, but no agreement, was reached. Dedicated l> Warren. Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 11.—Bishop Warren of Denver. Col., dedicated a new Industrial building at the Morris town, Tenn., Normal and Industrial College to-day. He was assisted by Dr. W. C. Thlrkleld of Cincinnati. The new building was erected by Misses Mary and Belle Boyd of Philadelphia, Pa., as a memorial to their father and mother. William And Sarah Boyd. It represents an expenditure of $15,000 in building and equipment. INTO THE FOLD. N. Y. HeraVL NINETEEN LOST WITH THE CALL THE STEAMER WENT DOWN AJiD IT IS BELIEVED THAT NONE ABOARD ESCAPED. Steamer Piled Between New nrnns vriok and Prince Edward Island Port*—Wu* Hound to New London When Wrecked In Bale* Tlint Pre vailed In Thonc Water* Last Sat urday— Report* of tlie Wreck Are but Meagre. Halifax, N. S., Oct. 11.—News reach ed here to-day of the wreck of the lit tle steamer Cali of New London, Prince Edward Island, during last Saturday’s gale, with the loss, it is be lieved, of all on board, some nine teen souls, of whom fourteen were pas sengers, all man. Among those on the steamer was the son of John Fagar of this city, one of the principal owners. The Call was anew vessel and had been busily engaged during the last six months in plying between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island ports on a regular packet service. The steamer was bound from Tra cadi, far up in Northern New Bruns wick, to New London, on the north ern coast of Prince Edward Island. It had been the custom of the Call to stop at numerous little fishing ports on her way down the coast, and it Is thought that her passengers were near ly all fishermen. Last Saturday’s storm raged with great severity in the Gulf of St. Law rence, blowing directly on the north ern shore of Prince Edward Island. The harbor of New London is a diffi cult one to enter, and while the re ports of the wreck are exceedingly meagre, it is believed that the little vessel was caught in the gulf by the storm and was either thrown on the ledges at the entrance of the harbor or foundered a short distance off the sjiore. BIG FIRE AT WINNIPEG. Three of the Finest Business Blocks Destroyed. Bt. Paul, Minn., Oct. 11.—A special to the Pioneer Press from Winnipeg, Manitoba, says: Fire to-night destroyed three of the finest business blocks in this city, en tailing a loss of at least SBOO,OOO. For a time the flames threatened to spread to adjoining buildings, and but for the splendid work of the fire brigade a much larger damage would have re sulted. The fire started In the new Bullman block, which was totally destroyed. The Ashdown Hardware Company on Bannatyne street, one of the largest establishments of Its kind In Canada, was next attacked by the flames. ■Many explosions were caused by powder and cartridges carried in the stock of the hardware company, but no one was injured. I.ady l orion'a Conilltlnn. Walmer Castle, Oct. 11, Midnight.— The night bulletin states that Lady Curzon's condition continued un changed since morning, but it Is un derstood that the patient had a rather serious relapse, causing considerable anxiety. FAIRBANKS BN PROSPERITY. ni View of What Hl* Party Ha* Dune for Farmer*. Marshalltown, la., Oct. 11.—Senator Fairbanks made here to-night the last of a series of ten speeches delivered sine* leaving Omaha early this morn ing. At lowa Falls, Senator Fairbanks dwelt upon the prosperity of the farm ers. He said: ”An eminent Democratic authority sometime ago. In the hope of winning the support of the great agricultural vote, asserted that the Republican party had done but little for the fann ers of the country. He contrasted the expenditure of $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 for the support of the Agricultural De partment with expenditures for the support of other branches of the fed eral service.* His statement was not entirely accurate, though he did not mean that it should fall short of the absolute truth. “The Republican party has not only appropriated over $5,000,000 for the sup port of that department, but it appro priated more than $20,000,000 at the last session for the support of the rural free delivery service throughout the United States. That service Is one of the fruits of Republican administra tion. More important than these are the benefits coming to the farmers of the United States through the benefi cent operation of the policies of the Republican party. "We have found everywhere among the farmers of the country where I have been that they have been able to rtayo ft mortgages Incurred during a Democratic administration, with the fruits of Republican prosperity. In all of the cities and villages through the great agricultural regions, farmers have money on deposit In the banks. They have become in many places money lenders. Down in Kansas, the other day, I learned that many of the farm ers of that state and of Oklahoma hod Invested In millions of dollars worth of the Philippine bonds floated In the United States, and I learned further the fact that the farmers of some sec tions of our country have Invested their savings, won under Republican administration, in the bonds that have been negotiated by one of the Powers now engaged in war in the Far East.” TRAIN CHKW AILEkP. Charged With Responsibility for the Terrible Wreck. Warrensburg, Mo v Oct. 11.—The crew of the extra freight train which collid ed with the Missouri Pacific World's Fair train yesterday, resulting in the death of twenty-nine persons, Is held responsible for the disaster by the coro ner's Jury, which returned a verdict to-night. The verdict charges the crew with disobeying orders, and with being asleep at their post of duty. No rec ommendation wus made as to the prosecution of the ti*aln crew. Prosecuting Attorney Morrow said after the inquest that he would Imme diately begin the prosecution of the persons charged with the responsibil ity of the wreck by the coroner's Jury. HORRIBLE WORK OFTbI IN ISLAND OF ST. LUCIA. Kingstown, St. Vincent, Oct. 11.— Barbarous superstition which prevails among a portion of the population of West Indian Islands Is the basis of a ghastly and extraordinary crime that has come to light In the Island of gt. Duels. The finding of the heart and hands of a white child In the posses sion of a obi-man (a negro aorcersr) led to the discovery that the child had been murdered and the body mutilated in order that superstitious natives might, through possession of portions of the body, be able to work spells. World's Pool Tonrnnmenl. St. I/ouls. Oct. 11.—The second aeries of the world's pool tournament was played to-night, Jerome Keogh of Buf falo winning from Thomas Huston of *t. Louis by a score of 1U te U. 6 CENTS A COPY DAILY. 18 A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEBK.BI A JUDGE ADVOCATING SECOND JEOPARDY SAYS ALLEGED LYNCHERS MAV BE INDICTED BY LNITED STATES BRAND .11 KV. t ailed Slate* Dlatrlet Judge Jnne* of Alabama I* After Thoe Who Lynched the Negro Maple* and Fired Ihe Jail. In Which Were Federal I’rlioner*-Hold* That Ac quittal by State Coart Doe* Not Header Them Immune te Hl*. Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 11.—Judge Thomas G. Jones, In opening United States court here to-day, delivered a vigorous charge to the grar.d Jury with regard to the recent lynching of Hor ace Mapjes, colored, and th firing by the mob of the Jail, In which were con fined federal prisoners. Judge Jones said in part: “If you are fairly satisfied that the rnob would not have murdered Maples If he had been a white man, then every dictate of humanity and Justice demands that you return true bills against the members of the mob.” The grand jury was Instructed to probe to the bottom the action of the mob In firing the Jail, which held In custody persons accused of crimes against the United States. The Judge also fully explained what constitutes a conspiracy and directed that that phase of the lynching be investigated. In conclusion he declared: "A conviction or acquittal In the courts of Alabama for what these par ties did Is no bar to prosecution under the laws of the United States. The United States owed a duty of protec tion to Its citizens, which was the most Imperative since It had rendered him helpless to resist the efforts of the mob or save himself from the flames. It would be a grave reproach to Its Jus tice, If such an offense went unnoted and uncondemned. *' Judge Jones arraigned the mob In the severest terms and instated that every citizens must set his face against lynching for any crime. williamTdreamof - HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. Wants to Brian the Vatican Indrr the Drelbnnd Orbit. London, Oct. 12.—The limes' Rome correspondent, upon what he is In clined to regard aa accurate informa tion, says: “It appears that Emperor William has conceived and is attempting to execute a master stroke of poliov by bringing into the orbit of the Drel bund the Vatican, hitherto its most persistent foe, thus bringing within measurable distance the realisation of the Emperor's lifelong dream of re vival of the Holy Roman Empire, In fact, if not in name under Hohensoi lem leadership." flan host Paducah l.annrbed. New York. Oct. 11—The gunboat Paducah was successfully launched st the shipyards of the Oaa Engine and Power Company and the Charles L. Reabury Company on the Harlem riv er at Morris Heights to-day. Mtsa Annie May Yeiaer of Paducah. Ky., the sponsor, broke the bottle of cham pagne over the vessel's bow si