The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 125, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 15, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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MMHEIi 125.
WILL WINTER
ATJMBIN
Russian Army is to Evac-
uate Mukden
RAINS HAVE EEASED
Kuropatkin's Report Relieves
Strain in Russia
ORLOFF IS RESPONSIBLE
His Defeat at Yentai Turned Rus
sian Victory Into Defeat anil
Compelled Ketreat-Japan-
ese Levying Taxes in
Manchuria
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WILL WINTER AT HARBIN. 4
4
Inactivity of the opposing armies 4
of Russia and Japan continues, and 4
no fighting of a general character 4
is reported. Information coming 4
from an authoritative source in 6t. 4
Petersburg Is that the Russians 4
will winter at Harbir.. But the fact 4
that there probably will be two 4
months of good weather for mill- 4
tary operations before extreme 4
cold weather sets in, leaves room 4
for a revision of this purpose in 4
the light of events that may trans- 4
plre. The Japanese are reported 4
to be collecting taxes and other- 4
wlie adininista, ing affairs In Man- 4
churla, as though that country 4
were conquered territory. The pub- 4
lication of General Kuropatkin's '
report of the fighting from August
26 until the retreat on Mukden has
created a better feeling in St.
Petersburg. The report distinctly
places upon General Orloff the
sponsiblllty tor the failure
come evident that General Kuroki was
making a determined drive at the Rus-
sian communications north of Liao
Yang. General Kuropatain pays tri-
bute to the courage and devotion of
every arm of the service under his
command and especially to the bravery
of the troops to whom was set the task
of recapturing the Sykwantun hill on
the north bank of the Taitse river. The
engagement of the night of September
26 as productive of some of the most
severe fighting of the whole battle, it
was practically a company comman-
der's tight, commands becoming sepa-
rated in the department and indepen-
dent unit acting on their own initia-
tive with the one object of carrying
out the commander's orders to retake
the heights. This account puts the
Russian soldier in a very different
light from the generally accepted be-
lief that he Is a mere military autom-
aton!, capable only of acting in a
mass under specified instructions.
THE DECISIVE MOMENT.
The necessity of retaking the Sky-
wantun heights formed the first break
in General Kuropatkin's plan and lost
him a whole day, September 2, and
thus delayed launching the blow
against Kuroki; and when the Rus-
sians had regained a foothold on the
coveted position Orloff's failure to hold
the Japanese advance against Yentai
mines threatened the envelopment of
Kuropatkin in the north, interrupted
the Russian scheme and forced the
now historic retreat to Mukden.
The report as given out does not
state casualties but the Associated
Press is authoritatively informed that
they were under 17,000.
The war office is extremely reticent
regarding the present situation and
future plans at the front. It is said in
general terms that the army is con-
centrated around Mukden, leaving the
inference that it is ready to make an-
other stand. There has been no rain
in the last two days and it is probable
the country will now dry up and leave
two months of good weather for the
fall campaign. Many things may hap-
imn during this period but the Associ-
ated Press is informed by a high auth-
ority that preparations are being very
speedily pushed looking to the winter-
ing of the Russian army at Harbin.
I. W. NIGGIfe
STILL LEADS
Will be Fight on Conven-
tion Floor however
HEAD OF PACKERS UNION
WOODRUFF IS FIRM,
Neither Side Will Yield in
New York Fight
NO TESF OF STRENGTH
Yesterday's Sessions Were With-
out Significance-Al&ny Confer-
ences Result in no Agreement
Between Piatt and
Odell
i hold
the heights in the vicinity of Syk-
wa-.itun and so to check the Jap-
anese advance.
i LENA IS AGAIN
EXAMINED
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causing sensation
Saratoga, Sept. 14— At 11 o'clock to-
night there was every reason to believe
that the following ticket chosen by the
Higgins supporters would be nominated
tomorrow:
For Governor—Frank w. Higgins, of
Cattaraugus.
Lieutenant-Governor—M. Linn Bruce,
Secretary of State—John F. O'Brien.
Attorney-General—JuIIuh m. Mayer.
State Treasurer—John D. Wallenmeler.
State Engineer and Surveyor—Henry
\ Van Alstyne.
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals—
Edgar M. Cullen.
Associate Judge of the Court of Ap-
peals—Wm. E. Werner.
RUMORS OF SETTLEMENT.
Although there is no assurance that
thlsOtlcket can be nominated without a
roll call the air Is still full of rumors
late tonight that a settlement may be
reached and the unanimous nomination
<>f Lieutenant-Governor Higgins accom-
plished on the first ballot.
At ll;;so Mr. Woodruff came from his
headquarters after a protracted confer-
ence with friends anil said;
"My name will go before the conven-
tion tomorrow."
Replying to an inquiry as to the num
Final Disposiiion of Russian
Warship Depends on Result
JAPANESE ESTABLISH SYSTEM OF
TAXATION IN MANCHURIA.
Mukden. Sept. 14 —The Japanese are
causing a sensation among the natives porteind dismantling
of Manchuria as they advance by estab-
lishing their own system of taxation and j ■
administration as tlftugh the country
■w«Tf actual Japanese territory. They are
paying for supplies with promissory not
the
the bfl
fund, a blanket note being
payment of each village
is of population, leaving the
the
residents to divide pro-ri
these notes have* yet bee
cash hut Japan.
Mukden i
None of
collected In
re collecting
levied "for war expenses.
i'ii notified the governor of
'continue the sale tax as it
^adjusted on a Japanese basis.
They have almost doubled the custom
dues at Ylnkow. and have placed such a
heavv tax upon the thousands of boats
Falling thence as practically to paralyze
Much bushwhacking Is going on upon
the toad south of Mukden, and many
Russian soldiers have been killed from
the fields of Chinese com. However, the
corn harvest will soon begin and when
the fields are cleared the country will he
much more suitable for military opera-
tions. The weather continues unsettled.
The conduct of the Japanese since their
©ecur itton of Liao Yang indicates a lax-
ity of discipline. One of the first Inci-
dents after tiie occupation wan the open-
ing of a number of music halls.
ENDS ALARMING STORY
Kuropatkin's Report is Feature
of War News Will Evacuate
Mukden
Do Actions of Captain Beriinski
Outcome of Incident Will be
Mantainance of Fleet at San
Francisco
San
Kuropatkin Sends tzar a
Detailed Account
OF GREAT DISASTER
| First Official Account of!
Fourteen Day's Engagement
TERRIBLE DIFFICULTIES!
Chief Speakers ct Semi.
Centennial.
,\ GREAT OVATION
Veterans Who Voted for Fre-
mont Cheer Fairbanks
ber of
hu\
. he said
Sept. 11.—Guarded by
several American warships the Russian
auxiliary cruiser Lena lies in the same
position In the bay where she dropped
chor Sunday afternoon. Today under the
direction of the United States navy
Inspection of the Lena was begun and
the disposition of the vessel will doubt-
less depend upon the result of the in-
vestigation. Rear-Admiral Goodrich to-
day appointed the following board of in-
spection: Lieutenant-Commander J. C.
Howard, of the gunboat Bennington;
Lieutenant-Commander J. E. Palmer, of
the cruiser Murblehead, and Lieutenant
\V. N la-ahy of the cnii. er Boston.
These officers are trained engineers and
their work will be searching and conclu-
sive. It is anticipated #that they will
finish their examination.
The visit today of Captain Berlinski
and the Russian consul to the Mare Island
naval station is regarded as significant,
as it is believed to portend the dismant-
ling of the Lena. They were courteously
received by Rear-Admiral McCalla .Rear-
Admiral Goodrich also attended the nieet-
h>g-
Tt is expected that the destroyer l'erry
will soon be brought down from Mare
Inland and added to the vessels now sur-
rounding the Lena.
An Outcome of the arrival of the Rus-
sian cruiser wil be the maintenance per-
manently In San Francisco harbor of a
number of warships to be prepared to deal
with any emergency during the Rus:
arrived
I don't know. That does
much to do with the matter, a
Neither side tonight is willing
the slightest point to the advantage of
the other. The friends of Mr. Woodruff
insist that there is no ground for hoping
that any moans Ukely to be adopted can
avoid an open conflict upon tlie floor
of the convention tomorrow. Governor
Odell was asked tonight whether any
concession were likely.
NO CONCESSION'S LIKELY.
"Not from our side," he said,
Mr. Woodruff said practically the same
thing, and Senator Piatt expressed him-
self as equally determined, atid ut an
early hour retired for the night.
Today's session of the convention was
without significance so far as the Hig-
gins? Woodruff controversy Is concerned,
involving only the preliminary organiza-
tion of the convention. There was no
test of the strength of the two sides.
The conference which resulted In the
completion of the Higgins ticket was at-
tended by aUrtft twenty-five men, but
none of the W oodruff or Piatt men was
present. The selection of M. Linn Bruce
was something of a surprise after the
third naming of Julius M. Mayer last evening
for attorney-general, as It gives New
York county two places on the slate.
At 12:30 there was no change In the sit-
uation. Both Senator Piatt nnd Mr.
WoodrufT had retired for the night and
Governor Odell said there would be no
further conference tonight.
MICHAEL DONNELLY.
Michael Donnelly is the president of the packing house union. He has Just
lost the latest big strike of the employes of the great packing houses and
has earned a name for ignomy by his arbitrary and headstrong manage-
ment. of a struggle that cost the consumers more than it damaged the par-
ties involved, although it brought striker's families to penury and want.
STALWARTS PEABODV is
GAIN POINT RE-NOMINATED
Retreat in Face of Natural Ob-
structions and Determined
Pressure of Japanese Armies
Will Stand Fourth as
Feature of battle
St. Petersburg, Sept
September 11, Genet
ports to the <
• It is now |
the battles *
various army
nlsh your
operations;
"On August
occupied thret
first at Pett.H'
flank; the set
center and tin
tho right flank.
ajesty the following t
; the Manchurlar
;roups of posltlo
and Anplng
hlW Wisconsin Supreme Court is j Colorado Republicans En-
Hearing on Contest j dorse His Administration
which is republican j for law and order
Anti-Third Term Counesl Says
This is Question as l^oth Set
of Names Should be Placed
on Ballot
Would Restrain all Excesses of
Capital or Labor-Urge Re-
buking of Class Hatred and
Lawlessness
lli\ I'Tt
no at uanusian, In the
third at Anshnnshaa. on
The same day the Jap-
the offensive along the
whole fronr.
"At Landianshin. all I heir attacks were
repulsed and on the left we retained our
principal position at Anplng. After a
desperate battle the Japanese, however,
succeeded til sOCUrlllg the position ilt
Pettsu, thus threatening the line of re-
I treat of the corps along the Tan river.
I Simultaneously a turning movement by
I considerable forces of Japanese \\;is ob-
served on the left flank of our position
at Anshanshan.
ABANDONS OUTER DEFENSES.
"Taking advantage of our positions at
Liandiansian and Anplng In order to gain
I time and Inflict severe losses on the en-
emy, I withdrew nil the army corps from
advanced posltlotu to Liao Vang
"In consequence of the mountainous
nature of the country on our front ami
the bad condition of the roads toward
t h< a south, the two days march toward
LI to \ ... .. w « mi the mo i ilifTicr't kin.I
ami only the devotion of all the troops on
the • ast front enabled it to be carried
out in good order. Only after incredible
difficulties was 11 found possible to drag
all the guns without exception and nil
our baggage through th
of the guns were carried through th«
mountains by Infantry. CMfTicult as w i
tin retreat through the passes unde
RAIN FALLS IN TORRENTS
I This Does nol Slop Crowds-At-
j tendance is Large-Fairbanks
j Characterizes Founding of
Pariy as Great Step for
Human Liberty
' ' Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. 14.—Rain
! ! which fell in torrents did not prevent
a good attendance at the republican
' party's semi-centennial tonight.
The celebration was brought about
by a committee composed of surviv-
ing delegates to the first regular repub-
,, jlican convention held here on August
10, 1854.
gained pyss. sslon
final)} « ompelb d r
Many «>f our -i t.
frt
convention im derail
St. Petersburg, Sept. 14.—Midnight.—
Gen. Kuropatkin's official report,
which was given out tonight, conies as
a considerable relief as setting at rest I Japanese war. ilad the
alarm Ut .tori™ of the .. ot f«~.!
the cutting off of divisions, and the war Vl.ss,.| ns n„. squadron had been ex-
death or capture of prominent com- ptrcted to .-ail the next day to other
manders. which have been freely clr- I waters for target practice.
iw i rumrA|
very long one describes in detail the lo itivjw> I Li*l I IvAL
phases of the battle of Liao Yang, and
entirely bears out the declaration of
WSoc'EKd Press at the time that i RU881 ANS J'HRPARE TO BJ.OW H>
Gen. Orloff's failure to hold the vital
COMMITTEES ARK ACTIVELY AT
WORK.
Saratoga, N. Y., Sept. If—When the
convention was called to order Former
State Senator J. Bloat Fassett was chos-
en temporary chairman.
At the conclusion of his speech a dele-
gaie from King's county Introduced on
behalf of the delegation of that county,
a resolution calling for an Individual roll
call on the nomination for governor.
The resolution was referred to the com-
mit lee. The convention then took a re-
,, . until ii o'clook toluol row,
ODELL DOES NaT OBJECT.
When Governor 0<l''ll was informed of
the action of the King# county delega-
tion lie said he had no objection to un
individual ballot, as It would make no
difference in the result.
ner Lieuten
i candidate for governor was tne
most Interesting feature of in.- day. Mr.
idruff'g friends early In the day as-
d that Kings county would not pte-
Madlson,
!OUrt today took
egularity of the
.he Judgi
:ourt ro<
The hut
he amei
faction.
•ommitte
Iglit to meet
Ion was legal
-xistenee two months.
Mr. Olln, for the an ti-third
spoke at great lengili
the party split and
the nat'ona
the Fuller opera convention. Ii
that the contest if. Which set of
shall tiie secretary of stale place
I, tll.it under the party name The puuey i
of the statute is that both factions shall I
be represented on tho ballotftwhen the
lit.
The briefs and arguments of Chynowe
and Barnes, for the LiFollette facile
will be devoted principally to denying tup ot in
right of the court to aviime Jurisdiction l>.
of the case and will 1" In answer to Olin | of th
as leading counsel The arguments will
bo continued
. ; v:
SENATOR CHAI'MCEY DEPEW.
Or.i' of t he ipetkera at the \'<v York
genii-centennial of the republita nparty
the platform
veterans who
voted fro John C. Fremont. The pre-
siding officer of the meeting was Fred-
erick W. Seward, the son of Lincoln's
set r< tary of state. Senator Depew and
Major Francis B. Fremont, a son of
John C. Fremont, conducted Mr. Sew-
.1 to his cnalr.
Chairman Seward Introduced Senator
i the "next vice-president
d btates" and the candi-
1 a great ovation when h
k. He said.
I ei You do well to cel-
nniv. rsary of the bir'li of
an party within the Km*
i !• it has done more fop
lom than any other polit-
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THE DAILY STATE CAPITAL X
position at Yentai was responsible for
tho breaking down of the whole ot
General Kuropatkin's plan of battle
and turned a potential victory into a
defeat. The manner in which the
retreat was carried out in the face of
the terrible condition ot ine country
and the determined pressure of the
Japanese armies does much to restore
General Kuropatkin'.. prestige in mili-
tary circles.
DWELLS ON HARDSHIPS
PORT ARTHUR FORTS.
Paris, Sept. 14.—The Journal's St.
Petersburg correspondent fays-
•• Avery high personage Informs me
that the emperor has revived a -
;r;rt from Lieut.-(leu to the
effect tha* the situation at Port Ar-
thur is most critical. For a week there
has been no meal and only a small
quantity of flour while aramunlUon
there is not sufficient for a long resist-
ance. Everything is prepared for the
blowing up ef the fortifications in the
report dwell- on 'the terrible j event ot a ."ccen'f" Japanew aaatult.
difficulties encomiiiriMl unrlnK the re-
treat at Liao Yang from positions on BOVltJ LAlloto r AHIt
the southern front, when 24 horses , #
and a whole company of infantry was j K1VK anarchists aid: held at
harnessed to a single gun and were not j iiAitcKLONA. spain
able to remove the gun from a quag- MpMeS'last night before
mire. It is shown, that the retirement | ,|l(. .,r st Joseph orphan g« it in-
from Liao Yang to the north bank of lured nobody
t In good I |h«*
the Taitse river w:; s carried o
order and with celerity under cover «.f
tight ou August 31, when it bad W-
t and passer-by. Five ana
,nRPmC detained in custody on «u>pl
I „f being concerned in this and in the re-
cent bomb exuloiMm ai lh« l.>w courts.
Woodruff
lieu
It-gO
the ticket
mid not take any plu
othei than that of governor.
platform was adopted by the com-
mittee on resolutions today that is the
idiortegt document of its kind ever writ-
ten.
The King's county asking for an In-
dividual ballot on the nomination for
governor was considered and unanimous-
ly agreed to and recommended that it
be adopted.
A sharp Interchange of personalities
Characterised the arguments before the
committee on credentials this afternoon
over the contest la the lath assembly dis-
trict of Ne York City. The participants
in this exchange of opinion were Lemuel
Qulgg and John S. Wise Mr. Wis...
KI..-;iklnit for the contenting .leli But.
attacked Mr. Qulgg in a personal w.
snd although Mt. Qulgg's repl\ was |.
heated the lie was several times pus*
b> both ildes.
The committee decided against the
testing deelgaflon, after listening t
gumcnts for over two hours.
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2 WEATHER.
a Washington. Sept. 14.—Forecast
A Oklahoma and Indian Territory—
+ Fair and warmer Thurtday ; Friday
• Thuri-
auiii.
led in getting all their artillery
Sept. 14.—Tho rcpi^lb ;
In this city
initiated the following Candidat<
presidential electors: David H. Moffat
ImitJW Denver; Percy 8. Ryd<
nmplaint of the Stalwart phllip B. Stewart, of El 1
at-large—Frank E. Bi
I of El Paso.
I T..nw.s j I. Peabody.
Lieutenant-governor—Jease F. McDon-
Holmberg of D<
King the fa*
Ided
of La-
Ins traction
D. Balrd
to 43
tk th
iiil, of I
♦ To January 1, 190f-
Sl.OO—By M
minatl
public Instruction but it failed.
PLATFORM ENDORSES PEA BODY,
plat f
m1 the nation platform adopted
local Issues the admlnlsti
of C
I called
Bupport him In his efforts
uke the spirit of lawlessness which
iiopulur government Into Irre-
FIND BODY IN TRIM
MUKDEN
River at Cleveland, Gives Up
Body of Young Ionian Who
Disappeared Sept. 6
d. lawlet
The platfol
14—The body of a young I J^trainM
.day crowded Into | bv capital
ked up In th
• "Orl.V ,-VL R- £fcp-
BLIAO-YANG
/ 0
An ''iglit hour I.
trunk which
und
front. The body wa identified
Mrs. Inez Smith, of
this
September
and her body placed
IINAL MAINE RLTURNS
thrown into tin
poll
upplled for
that he I Republican Plurality 27,130-Lec
Islature Which Will Elect
Senator is Republican
At CHfNO ■.«, ,
husband. BamuelSBmltl
living, whom he married in ISitit
Before her
I wnr
she lived
had lived
recently had
geth
YIN-KO
askkchao
ckimi
MORRIBLfc
ood to Septem
Ml TINS WIFE IN AN
I4PANIA.RI
M tdrldf
, ;
f '".J*.-f f'l\x . ) '* '■ ,t .
wing countrv
night
at'-d
he la.st
It Kuropatkin
ai but ti
bera
t of thlo offer. If .in i
r pay all arrearages £
ir m*ll rate of i4C0 +
pay $100 ahead, we >
January 1, 1905. fr
In your name and the +
oot convenient to send It hb
,nlf leave the amount and ^
tn\c with your poatmaater. +
. I send them In. >
Address.
THE STATE CAPITAL CO., >
Guthrie. Okla. >
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