Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 3, No. 103, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 3, 1904 Page: 5 of 6
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of ihe Terrible Encounters oi
Japs and Russians
OLD IN BRIEF FORM
TTlth Persistent Courage Forces
the Mikado Stormed and Cap-
tured East and West Forts
on Ianlnn Jlountalo
at
Toklo Nov 3 Official reports of
Port Arthur operations since Au 1
form a recital of almost continuous
fighting of desperate nature The Rus-
sians first struggled energetically to
block pvery Japanesp advance and then
met the concentrated artillery lire of
the Japanese with its kind Iat or
since the Japanese hegan running par-
allels and traverses and extending
mines the Russians have been con-
stantly making sorties They rushe1
the Japanese I Tenches und engaged In
furious struggles with engineers and
others With desperate courage the
Japanese continue to close in upon the
fortress progressing stage by stage
The Japanese Infantry however never
failed to respond when asked to make
an assault on almost Impossible posi-
tions and when the troops gained a
foothold they held It with unflinching
determination
Reports commencing Aug 1 r cord
the assault on and capture of Takhu
mountain a general advance following
and then a general bombardment
cpenlng Aug 19 and Aug 20 the at-
tack on Panltng mountain Electric
wire entanglements protected the lat-
ter position The Japanese artillery
first shelled Panlung fortifications
fiercely and Aug 21 the Japanese In-
fantry charged and were beaten back
owing to the deadly fire from Russian
machine guns and Insufficiency of pre
liminary destruction of wire entangle-
ments The Japanese were also forced
to abandon the fort southeast of Ket
kawan mountain which was captured
after deperate fighting owing to enfi
lading lire of neighboring troops Dur-
ing the morning of Aug 22 Japanese
troops forming the center of the army
charged the east fort on Panlung
mountain and by noon captured two
thirds of it Russians resisted desper-
ately aided by liie of the west fort
and forved the Japanese to abandon po
etions occupied Th < Jnpanese center
Immediately reformed stormed cap
tured and held the west fort forced
abandonment by Russians of the east
fcrt and mastered the entire position
On the night or Aug 23 the Japanese
center with right cooperating attack
edhelghts of Wang Tal and the fort
east of KeeRawan mountain but the
troopswere forced to abandon the at-
tack on account of heavy losses sus-
tained from machine gun fire from ev-
ery direction
On the morning of Aug 27 the Rus-
sians concentrated their artillery fire
attacked the entire Japanese line anJ
were repulsed
Up to the end of the month and
first week In October the Russians con-
tinued to attack and shell Panlung
mountain They managed to seriously
damage the new Japanese works there
and to hamper operations of miners
By Aug 9 Japanese mines reached
within ebout forty yards of Fort Ku
ropatkln and about 200 yards east of
the northern forts on Keekawan moun-
tain and some fifty yards from Fort
Euihlying
Aug 12 the Japanese discovered the
Russians endeavoring to mine Pjn
lung mountain
On the afternoon of Aug 19 the Jap-
anese using siege and naval gun
opened a general bombardment nnd at
6 oclock In the evening made assaults
on Forts Sulshlylng and Kuropatkln
and on the Russian position on Metre
hillThe
The attack was continued at dawn
en Aug 2Q with the result that tin
Japanese occupied Fort Kuropatkln in
the forenoon of that day They also
captured fouraddtlonnl forts south of
Sulshlylng mountain and two forts
couth east 174 meters inflicting serious
casualties on the retreating Russians
The Japanese attacked 203 metr hill
from the east north and west during
the night and a company of Japanese
managed to reach and secure a foot-
hold on the northwest point of th2
summit of the hill which th Japan-
ese prepared as a base for future op-
erations and then pndeavored to cap-
ture the entire position The Rus-
sians however were reinforced an J
desperate fighting followed A gallant
little company of Japanese without
fcod or water managed to hold the
position throughout August 21 and un-
til August 22 when they retreated
On Aug 27th Russian shelled thj
Japanese mines twenty Russians
charged the Japanese twice throwing
bombs Jnto trenches
During Aug 28 the Japanese bom-
barded the Russian fleet Seven or
eight shells struck the Russian war-
ships
On Aug 30 the battleships Pcrsevlet
and Pobleda were each hit five times
On the night of Oct 20 the Russian
desperately attacked the Japanese
miners also the Japanese siege line
but were repulsed arter a fierce battle
During the night of Oct 4 the Jap-
anese surprised the Russians and de-
stroyed two guns on YenChiang hill
On Oct 11 the Japanese capturmJ
the railroad bridge south Iungycn
Oct 12 and 13 Japanese shells set
to battleship Persevlet and ap
parently disabled her They also scl
Jre to another warship name un
known
On Oct 16 the Japanese center
stormed and captured the fort on th
center of Ihlung mountuln after a
desperate struggle The Russians lefi
behind 300 deal Desperate fighting
also took place around SungShj
mountain
Since Oct i the Japanese have con
i feffoifflt r li vi nit m mimiHin
tlnued to drlv trenches forward Uii
Russians desperately resisting
Oct 25 Japanese Buns sank a 1000
ton steamer anchored In the harbor
TERRIBLE DEPRESSION
Russians Are Gloomy Over Assaults on
Port Arthur
St Petersburg Nov 3 Official re
ports from Toklo describing the des-
perate assault on Port Arthur begin-
ning Oct 2C created a visible depres-
sion at the war office The serious
character of the bombardment with
siege cuns and breaching of walls by
underground mines convinces mili-
tary authorities that after long prepa-
ration General Nog I Is not only mak-
ing a supreme effort to carry the for-
tress but feels confident of success
The war office is trylnr to buoy
up Russian hopes with references to
the long and successful defense Lieu-
tenant General Stoessel has thus far
conducted iut things have now reach-
ed such a pass with the garrison and
character of the present attempt upon
the fortress Is evidently so determined
that the authorities frankly admit that
they would not bt surprised if the end
Is at hand
In the face of the gloomy report di-
rect from Toklo the Invalid Russ the
army organ announces storming oper-
ations ended with the repulse of Jap-
anese on Monday but the paper falls
t give Its authority foi this important
statement So official report warrant-
ing It has been received by the war of-
fice
Amicable Settlement Assured
St Petersburg Nov 3 The Assocl
eted Press nan authoritatively announce
this for the BritishRussian agreement
to submit the North sea Incident to
a commission Insures an amicable set-
tlement without a sequel The un-
derstanding Is complete In the heit
of excitement following the Incident
many false Impressions obtained cred-
ence abrqad Now that the smoke has
cleared away it is possible to state
that Great Britain has disclaimed any
Intention of trying to detain the Rus-
sian squadron which could only be
Interpreted as an hostile act It has
never been Intimated to Russia that
Vies Admiral Rojestvenskys recall ot
demanded and Great Britain has never
asked Russia to pledge herself to the
punishment of any one The British
government fully realized that the of-
ficers of the Russian squadron may
have acted with excess of zeal Ths
whole affair a deplorable mistake
bdt as the result of Inquiry which will
establish facts that each government
Is expected to take appropriate action
without demands from either side and
no pledges have been requested or
given by either country So far fu
ture complication concerning the Inci-
dent Is regarded as closed though
there has been a slight hitch In Rus
soAnglo negotiation regarding matters
relating to the International commls
slon which necessitated their transfer
here But they only cover mlno
points
It Is now regarded almost certain
that the commission will sit at Paris
and be composed of five naval officers
one Russian and one British each
power to choose another member and
the four to select a fifth Russia has
practltsally named Admiral Kaznakoff
and Great Britain Admiral Sir Cyprlun
Bridge Great Britain has expressed
her Intention of asking an United
States naval officer lo sit on the com-
mission whereupon Russia has an-
nounced she would select a Frencn
officer Great Britain may Invite Ad-
miral Dewey to b > one of the com-
missioners
Departed For Shanghai
Chefoo Nov X The crew of the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ry
shltelnl which was cut out of this har-
bor August 12 by the Japanese de-
parted today for Shanghai
CANADIAN LUMBER
Receipts From That Country For Oc-
tober Over Fifteen Million Feet
Bay City Mich Nov 3 Lumber re-
ceipts from Canada during October to
talled 15200000 feet the aggregate for
the season being 87600000 feet some-
what less than last year The re-
ceipts of saw logs from Northern Mich-
igan however have Increased greatly
this season over last year the Mack-
inaw division of the Michigan Cen-
tral railroad being 1SO000000 or the
season against 110000000 last season
Many million feet are still to come
DENIED BY LODGE
Says the Trusts Are Not Supplying Re-
publican With Funds
Newark N J Nov 3 S nator
Lodge of Massachusetts spoke here
Tuesday night In the Kreuger audito-
rium In answer to that expression ot
Judge Parkers speech In Mndlsor
square Garden referring to Mr Cortel
you Senator Lodge vigorously denied
the charge that socalled trusts are
supplying the Republican party with
funds for the campaign
Taken to Montague Tex
El Reno Okla Nov 3 The remains
of James B Wyche a brakeman on
the Choctaw railroad killed here while
attempting to make a coupling bein
caught between the drawheads hl
stomach crushed were taken to Mon-
tague Tex for Interment Ills moth-
er resides there His headquarter
were at Shawnee He was about twen
tysix years old
Many Participated
New Tork Nov 3 The Guatemalan
schools have Ju t held their annual fes-
tivals In which 6000 scholars partici-
pated says a Herald dispatch from
Guatemala City The children cheered
President Estrada Cabrera whose worl
in their behalf It much appreciated
Banker Seriously III
New York Nov 3 Joseph C Hen
drlx former president of the Natlona
Bank of Commerce and widely known
In financial circles Is III from typhoid
fever at his home In Brooklyn anJ
grave fears are entertained regarding
his recovery
WAS A PANIC
There Was Not a Single Instance to
Justify It
London Nov 3 Negotiations be-
tween Great Brltlan and Russia look-
ing to a settlement of the North sea
affairs are progressing favorably and
there Is not the slightest danger of
any friction arising between the two
governments The constitution of the
international commission under The
Hugue convention is on the verge of
settlement
In spite of these pacific condltlols
Great Britain Tuesday experienced a
war panic that only can be compared
to the panic created on Sunday Oct
p3 when the new of the sinking of the
trawlers In the North sea was received
Not for years have so many alarmist
reports and flaming extras flooded
London The most extraordinaryfea
lure of this scare which was serious
while It lasted Is that there xvas not
one single circumstance to Justify It
The excitement started early In ths
morning when the newspapers an-
nounced the departure of the Russian
Baltic squadron from Vigo The public
were not In possession of the Informa-
tion cabled by the Associated Press to
the United States that only the officers
concerned In the firing on the British
trawlers would be detached and Jump-
ed at tha conclusion thnt Russia had
broken faith by not detaining the ves-
sels involved In the affair On top it
this came the wild report of tremen-
dous activity at Gibraltar Hour by
hour the news from Gibraltar became
more serious until at last the climax
was reached with the announcement
that the British fleet had cleared for
action
This furore would be ludicrous oxcept
for the striking Instance It has afforded
to the willingness of the British public
to believe that almost any development
Is possible after the North sea affair
and for the enthusiasm produced by
Gibraltars warlike news The forelrn
office Is intensely irritated at the con
structlon placed upon what they de
clare must have been mere fleet and
garrison exercises The Associated
Press Is authorized to state that no
orders have been given the huge fleet
now concentrated at Gibraltar to
rrake any preparations in connection
with the departure of Admiral Ro
Jestyvenskys squadron
DOING NOTHING
On Shakhe River Both Seem to Hesi-
tate In Assuming Offensive
New York Nov 3 Japanese official
reports regarding the siege of Port Ar-
thur Indicate that the attack begun Oct
24 was still In progress on Oct 29
The statement is made that the fire of
the besiegers was increasing In effec-
tiveness Nothing of Importance has
developed on the Shakhe river where
both sides seem to hesitate to assum
the offensive although the Japanese ara
tha more active In the matter of at
tacks upon Russian positions
BANK HELD UP
Cashier Killed and Bandits Esoaped
Without Securing Money
Cody Wyo Nov 3 The First Na
ttonsl bank of Cody was held up Tues-
day afternoon by two bandits and the
cashier R R Mlddaugh killed The
robbers rode Into town and went
straight to the bank and dismounted
One entered the bank the other held
the horses outside Cashier MIddaugn
refused the robbers demand for money
and was shot and Instantly killed The
rolse of the shooting brought a crowd
to the bank but the robbers had fled
Instantly after the shooting wlthott
further waiting to get money All the
available men In town were soon in
hot pursuit of the fugitives Sheriff
Champion and a posse overtook the
outlaws at dusk twenty miles south f
Cody and battle ensued In which
Champion had his horse shot from un-
der him but was unhurt The bandits
obtained fresh horses at a ranch near
by escaped
Buffalo Bill started from Omaha In a
rpeclal car to pursue the robbers hav
lng a party of titled Englishmen and
two ot his Sioux Indian scouts and
telegraphed orders for horses to be
waiting his party at the station
BY ELECTRIC SHOCK
Hendriek Met His Terrible Fate
Contact With Wires
Montgomery AIa Nov 3 The body
of James H Hendriek twentytwo
years old was found Tuesday morning
on a shed adjacent to the American
National bank and a coroners Jury
rendered a verdict that death resulted
from contact with a powerful current
of electricity In the clothing of Hen
driek were found a stick of dynamite
and Implements of several kinds em-
ployed by safe blowers Hendriek was
a member of the Montgomery Greys
and the body was clad In a uniform of
that company
In a yard at the rear of the bank
was found suspended from the second
story by a rope a bundle containing
twa blankets a comfort and wrapped
tightly In these a Jimmy drill brace
screw driver and other Implements
Ten Dray Loads
Guthrie Okla Nov 3 Chief Justice
Burford convened federal court here
and Issued an immediate order de-
manding forthwith the seizure of all
slot machines and gambling devices In
the saloons and gambling houses
Sheriff Carpenter collected enough to
load ten drays They were placed In
the grand Jury room for evidence
by
Swallowed Fade Teeth
Oklahoma City Nov 3 V I Hen
derson of lauls Valley I T died In a
hospital here as a result of a surgical
operation He swallowed til false
teeth a few days bro Surgeons re-
moved the teeth from his stomach but
the operation proved fatal
Dr J II Florence of Dallas has been
appointed quarantine officer at
Erownavlllt
mTTtn m tfnWtni
JAPANESE CAVALRYMEN
I
Love Displayed by the Soldiers
For Their Horses
G0MT0BT THEM WITH 0ARES8ES
AJFIeld Surgeon Telln or the Fntlent
and Affectionate Cnrc Uentnrreil by
it lip Hlilcra on Their Monnte Cbt
Jnlrjmmi Great Grief at Lose of
Ills Home
The Japanese cavalry was censrnlly
criticised nt the outbreak of the war
because of tho poor quality of the
horses Japnn bad been able to secure
Horses were unknown in the old Japan
and nrc practically unused there now
But the Jnpanese cavalry has dona
pretty well after all The soldiers
take care of thklr horses A field sur-
geon writing about the Japanese car
airy In the Independent says
IjAbout a week ago I came upon a
company of rueu who were engaged in
transporting supplies for the army
The tnnrch was beastly the weather
was vile and the roadless country was
the worst of all The horses were
fired Depend upon It the men were
quite ns tlrod as the horses As soon
ssUuey ennic to a halt I saw a number
ot tuese fellows rush with their own
canteens in the direction or a little
stream of water
l Vhy dont you lead your horses to
thestrcatu I asked one of the horse
men What he said was simply this
iJThy Why dear sir these horses
have made many miles over the coun
try vhoro they are too barbarous to
hare roads They are tired nnd we
are runnlng to fetch some water for
JBem And they did run these men
Mice mad fetching water fodder nnd
jrHat little green vegetation there could
ijeifound
SjfAnd these men after fetching food
and drink for the horses after com-
forting them with all kinds of caresses
11636 tired men turned in aud took to
Woking beans In Iron pots Ask them
jjwhy it Is when they are so thoroughly
ured while their stomachs arc empty
anthelr legs are nchlng under them
they should take the trouble of cook
jSglflry beans which are not meant for
their mouths In explaining this mnt
jterjjto a friend of mine I heard one of
Ufgse transport men say You see sir
green feed I mean too much of it is
not always good for the horses Some-
times groen feed and n strange climate
make a rather rocky combination for
thepoor horse and then you know
these Chinese beans are not tho softest
thtegs that you could bite and heaven
Imows these horses of ours have
fkgi trouble without swallowing
tiede beans green and uncooked
JNo sooner are they done with their
5W A toward their horses than you
flMtbese good horsemen of ours roll
ing J themselves up In a blanket and
throwing themselves as If they were
ioTbany tacks of potatoes down any
where at the feet of their horses and
pull for all they are worth for the land
otsleep I came upon a soldier the
pttier day Ho was trudplug along a
dusty highway and crying like a child
illald my hand upon his shoulder and
asked him What Is the matter Are
yqti wounded Startled nt first by the
touch of my hand upon his shoulder
lnjt in a second recognizing that I was
nothing more than n surgeon he shook
his head without saying a word Then
he went on crying as bitterly as ever
Naturally I questioned him as to the
reason for bis grief All the answer I
received was a series of sobs which
were more heartrending than the ones
that bad shaken his body nnd always
weeping be struggled on
Nj At last he tried to say something
but could hardly say one word His
sobs broke even one word into so many
pieces that I wab obliged to sharpen
mp wit and tenses pretty keenly in
order to catch the moaning of what
bfvwas trying to say I fancied that
hejsald something about his horse
tJWbat about the horse I asked
Hevwas overwhelmed once more with
hls grlef with his tears and with his
heartrending sobs It was very pltl
fuU nnd the sight of him touched my
heart to such an eitent that I was
voiceless for many a minute As soon
nsil regained my breath with a hard
heartednes that pastes all understand-
ing I persisted in saying What did
yog tay was the matter with your
horse i
jiDdddcad he at last managed to
blurt out and once again he was orer
wfielmpd by the storm of tears and
sclj that seemed to rend him Into a
thousand pieces I do not know why
I did not laugh outright Perhaps his
grief was too overwhelming and there
is thnt dignity that always belongs to
the expression of sincere human emo-
tion
I have seen many a soldlor burying
a hundred of his dead comrades after
a ftgbL I hare never seen such an
overwhelming expression or grief ns
was shown by this lonely follow who
bad lost ills horse and refused to bit
comfort ed
i A Intlttnvaa Clnb
To promote polltvnwH ami a more
accurate nnd IIbiiHUi use of tho moth-
er fonxue U tho object of the Knight
and IndlM of Courteay a club recently
organized by tho puplli ami alumni of
Holy Ancels acadctny at Chicago The
society lma elected an optliulet and
a pessimist whose duties are to
keep a keen watch of the ctato of so
clril amenities nnd to report respective-
ly tPPX tho Hvinptorau of Improvement
and decadence In the public and pti
vay uiatiners of the community says
ttieiChlcnco Tribune Meetings will he
held at tha academy Mlis Agnes Mil
lWof Chicago U sccr tary of tba or
gtuliatloo
i
i MHalSMta tftM
WINTER THOUGHTS ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED
J F Weeks A W Ewlng
Weeks Ewing
Professional business in all Courts
given prompt attention Local and
Foreiun Collections Probate of Wills
and Estate matters and Proceedings
in Bankruptcy
Office ovor Palostlno National Bank
Spring Stroot
ANDREW A SPEEGLE
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
OSes OTer Jordans
Hardware dtoro
PALESTINE TEXAS
Will do a general practice without
medication or the surgeons knife
Knife as last rosort Office Phone 236
Rosidonco phono 494
W K WYATT
TRANSFER LINE
All Orders Given Prompt
Attention
Telephone 284
0 H HUNTER
Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist
Office at
Latimer Crawfords
Livery Stable
Office Phone 25 Residence Phone 663
Palestine Texas
BUY YOUR
HORSE BLANKETS
From
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Agonts for tho Colobratod
5 A Brand
CARRIAGE LINE
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Proprietor and Driver
Office Phone 611
HesWence Phone 678
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What you need is a good liver pill
The color of your skin shows it Your sickheadaches declare
it And your disposition proves it Who makes a good liver
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Attorneys at Law
Practice in all the Courts
Ofllce in Colley Building Second Floor
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Of competition Thereis where
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have steadily forged ahead and it
is my aim to retain the position
attained and to always be in the
van of the column
HONEST GOODS
HONEST SERVICE
A determination to always give
satisfaction no matter at what
cost to mc has procured for mo
the patronage of the discriminat-
ing dressers of the city I have
now ready for inspection a clean
neat wellselected and uptodate
line of New Fall and Winter
Goods Call and see them Leave
your order for a suit or trousers
for future delivery But whether
you wish to place an order or npt
call and sec tho goods I ihavefc c
always time to be courteoustd all
The latest reports on mens fash-
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The name of SINGER stand
for family sewingmachine in every
known language The familiar sign
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ineverycity in the world and no prod-
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or has a wider vogue
The fact that Singer machines
are made for every stitching pro-
cess used in manufactures is not so
well known and most visitors to the
Exposition will be greatly interested
in the exhibit to be made by THE
SINGER MANUFACTURING COM-
PANY
There mil be two Singer pavil-
ions one in the Manufactures Building
from the American factories and one
in the Varied Industries Building
from the British factory
Here one may see the practical
manufacture of Corsets Muslin Un-
derwear Shoes Mens Wear etc by
operatives from leading establish-
ments in these industries There will
be machines for stitching the heaviest
rubber and leather belting formaking
a dozen dainty tucks at once for
attaching all kinds of buttons hooks
and eyelets for sewing sails for
stitching kid gloves and furs in short
for everything that can or might
be stitched
There are eighty or more dis-
tinct types of Singer sewingmachines
for manufacturingpurposes andthese
types are adapted to many hundred
varieties for a thousand or more spe-
cial uses all interesting and educa-
tional to the great majority of people
The display of Art Needlework
for which the Singer Company has
long been noted will excel anything
previously shown and the various
types of sewingmachines for family
use will include some new designs
recently perfected and about to be
nlaccd on the market
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