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The Herald, 1904-07-08, Page 6t SSI. iPla1,n•w . J9AnrtWgp. LEE IN s Victorious After Six lours Nerd Fighting. /tar Correspondent .• $ London �® m 1tgze is N iivo Rath r rd T of it ort Arthur. orni. g Post Killed. London. Cable: A despatch received at the Japanse legation . from Tokio says the Takushan army occupied Peng Chin Ling, some 20 miles northwest of Siuyen, June En. after six hours of hard fighting. The Japanese losses are. estimated at 100. The Russian force, which consisted of five battalions of infantry and twp regiments of cavalry, with sixteen guns, fled in disorder to- wards Tumoching, Fishing Privileges. London cable: The Tokio corre- spondent of the Times says that the Japanese Official Gazette announces the conclusion of a convention under which the Japanese acquire fishing privileges on the coasts of three of the northwest- ern provinces of Corea for a period of twenty years. The Coreans are granted coresponding privileges on the central and western coasts of Japan. Press Corespondent Dead. New Chwang cable: H. J. Middle- ton, Associated Press corespondent with the Russian headquarters near Liao Yang, in Manchuria, died suddenly from enteric -dysentery. Henry John Middleton, the first of the American war correspondents to lose his life at the front in the present conflict, was representing the Associated Press at Gen. Kouropatkin's headquarters, near Liao Yang. He was taken sick with ' enteric dysentery less than a week ago, and only on Sunday was a despatch re - seised from him, in which be requested that a substitute be sent to relieve him, He was about 33 years of age, unmar- ried :&nl1 born in London. n• Mr. Middleton was a vivid descriptive writer, a linguist, a student and one of the best posted of men on interna- tional affairs. Ile became connected with the London Bureau of the Associated Press in 1892, and filled almost every position, except superintendent, in that office. While his career contained many remarkable journalistic feats, which brought him praise, perhaps his most brilliant work was in ,reporting for the Associated Press the Dreyfus trial at Rennes, where he made a name for him- self in competition with such well- known men as Julian Ralph and Harry Dan Stevens, whose admiration and re- spect he obtained at that time. Though unassited he often forwarded four and five columns a day of the interesting pictures and dramatic incidents of that great case. Mr. Middleton was Paris correspondent of the Associated Press for several years before being transferred in 1002 to New York, where he acted as night cable editor. Upon the opening of thePacific cable at San Francisco Mr. Middleton was •sent to inaugurate the cable depart. ment of the Associated Press in that city. With the imminence of the Russo- Japanese war he was among those draft- ed far that service by the Associated Press. Vladivostock Fleet. 1 Tokio cable, 11.30 a. ni : An un- confirmed report has been received from the Island Hokkaido okkaido that ships re- sembling the Russian "Vladivostock squadron heel P appeared off there on June 0 27. Similar reports its have been received from otter s place along the northern coast of Japan. '.Che navy 'office does c ot give any credence to these reports. Affairs of Port Arthur. Che Foo cable, 3 p. m. Chinese who left Port Arthur on June b4, say that only four .battleships, five cruisers and the torpedo boats left the harbor June 23. Of these three returned badly dam- agd, but nofxe, sank. The several large ships previously damaged carried duo guns, . On June 24 the Japanese main army was within fourteen miles of )ort Arthur. Their scouts were nearer. Natives of Manchuria have not been or- dered out of Port Arthur, but only the natives of other provinces and a thou - ''':sand of thesehave left. The hospital at Liao -Yang is ovcr- ".wvded. Letters from Peng Wang ng. say that the. Japanese transport " is demoralized owing to the. sol condition of the roads. • fotbt.fraid of Brigands. Wilnpnc','ang cable, 8 a. m,: Bree- n le air active in this vicinity. St 1pt. ed a village two mules south. staff be esenight, and the natives and liureee oic;Y, is fear that on, account n: combined .,`,reverses; if the Japanese linin before beeeivo within a few, days 41d364* to 'io so,`ll be,eonin bolderand ==slug season, c4, bis could be done eas. • e ily as it lies practically unprotected. The Russians have less than seventy-five men in the city proper with e, few Chinese police who, • it is believed, are in league with the outlays, Ail the foreign. resi- dents, the British especially, are unable to understand the reason which prompt ed the British Consul to report to Lon- don Government that !there is noth- ing to fear from these brigands. Twenty military attaches who were permitted to come here yesterday from Ta The Kiao for supplies, were obliged to promise not to talk of the Russian movements. A native report that one division of General Kuroki's army was fifteen miles south of Ta Tche. Kiao at five o'clock yesterday evening, is not confirmed. If true, it indicates that the Japanese plans for a fight there yes- terday must have been upset by the heavy rains. Two regiments ma •ched through hire from •Kaichou toward. Ta Tche Kiao yesterday. Wf#.r Correspondent Killed. Tien Tsin cable: It • is reported that Edward F. Knight, the correspond- ent of the London Morning Post, with the Japanese army, was, killed at Wa- Pang-Tien. All the papers consider almost inex- plicable the failure to receive further re- ports from Tokio of the sea fight off Port Arthur, and are reproducing with great prominence despatches from Ger- man papers to the effect that Admiral Togo, in. his official reports did claim positively to have sunk a Russian bat- tleship or to have crippled two other vessels: Another Vessel Stranded. London cable, 3.49 p. m.: A des- patch to the Central News from Tokio says it is reported that another Russian battle ship has been discovered stranded off the Tiger Rock. It is presumed she was wrecked while returning to, Port Arthur . after the recent naval engage- ments. Several engagements between the Rus- sian and Japanese forces have been re- ported as having occurred at or near tVanfang Tien, that town being occu- pied by the Japanese on June 19, and it is" possible that if the report of Mr., I<night's death be true, he was killed in one of these battles. Spectators at one of. these engagements state that they saw three horsemen appear on a hill, one of them resembled either an Am- erican or British attache. This man feil from his horse when the Russians fired and was evidently killed. - Jap Spies Arrested: Nerve (Russia) cable: Two Jan pan- ese masquerading as itinerant organ grinders, and attired in Bulgarian` cos- tume, were arrested, here yesterday. Their organ was searched and was found td contain maps of the Baltic coast line and surveying instruments. The prison. ers confessed. It is believed that one of them is a colonel on the Japanese general staff, and that the other is his orderly, Both men were sent to Si. Petersburg. The Nerve was a Russian fortress and seaport, a hundred miles by rail from St. Petersburg, on the Nerve River, eight miles above the entrance into the Gulf of Finland. Killing Russian Wounded. • St. Petersburg cable, 12.13 p. The Novoe Vremya, to -day, calling at- tention to the statement that Don Jaime De Borbon was an eye -witness to the killing of Russian wounded at Vafangow, declares that something must be done quickly to prevent the war degenerating into the senseless brutality' which the Japanese practice indieate. 'the paper. urges the Russian newspaper correspond- ents in the field to show up the authors of this brutality and secure the evidence of eye -witnesses and photographs, in or- der that The Hague convention inay be invoked. The sudden cessation of newspaper de- spatehes from the theatre of. war tends to confirm the belief that the armies are About to engage. Most of the military critics take the view that a big battle is imminent, although the Novoe Vrem- ya's expert thinks that a pitched battle now 'is more attraetivc to the Japanese generals than to Gen. Kouropatitin, say- ing that 'the latter does not need prcei- pitexacy-, as Russian reinforcements con- tinue to arrive, but if the Japanese want a battle they mist .hasten, as only a fortnight remains before the raius set .in. The army organ, whose comment was written before' the arrival of Lieut -Gen. Sakltaroff's despatch last night, points cut the difficult, mouuntainous country through Whicli IZuroki's column ismov- ing, and finds in Gee. Oku's withdrawal ieuthvrard, either that the Japanese are �i trying to draw off ,part of Koopatkin's army or, their decision, ur ision, in View of the near approach of the rainy season, to ar- rest further advance. In the latter case the enemy. would be, able to hald the greater part of the Liao Tung Peninsula until the resumption of active opera- tions 'in Augusta Hard »Times at Port Arthur. Chefoo Cable, 6' p, m.: Letters re- ceived, here to -day • from Port Arthur, dated June 23, give no news, but convey an idea of the conditions prevailing in the besieged city. One writer says the civilians, though knowing something of what is occurring, are ignorant of the passage of the. war. Little leaks out. Most of the non-combatants have caves in the hilts or underground cells, where they ,spend the nights in safety.. ' Bands play "occasionally in the parks and the prices of food are slightly higher. The Chinese are snft ring severely, in many ways, as a resu.h)of the fighting. The food on the junks is provided by the government to enable the Chinese to leave Port Arthur. The Red Cross nurs- es, in the absence of regular work, have established eating houses for the needy. Some of the Chinese are still working on the new ship building works. .RUSSIANS RETREATED. General Kouropatkin Makes a Report to the Czar. .St. Petersburg cable: The Emper- or has received the ;following despatch from Gen. Kuropathin, dated Liao Yang, June 27:' The Japanese attacked our forces, occupying Motien, Fen end and Ta Passes on. June 26. Our infantry and cavalry retreated, persuaded that the advancing divisions of the Japanese army which were operating against each of the three passes were stronger than our detachments. In the attack on Ta pass, the Japanese guards besides other regiments participated. The Japanese made a frontal and flank attack in con- siderable force on both sides of this po- sition'. The Japanese troops occupied Fen Shui and Mo Tien passes during the morning of June 27. "Our forces which retreated irom Fen Shui pass were attacked by small de- tachments of Japanese. They were, however, easily repulsed. "After pushing back our advance guard during the evening of June 26, from V an- diapudze, (on the ,Siu Ycn-Hai Cheng road), to Ta Pass, the Japanese con- tinued their advance this morning again against our position in a defile. For some time the attack of the Javanese infantry brigade was repelled. Three battalions were engaged in the frontal attack. But being menaced by other troops engaged in a flanking movement our forces retreated." ARMIES IN TOUCH. 300;000 Men Likely to Clash at Any Moment. St. Petersburg cable: Lieut. -General Sakharoff's despatch, received to- night, confirms the belief that the great decisive battle 'of the campaign, be- tween Gen. Kouropatkin's main army and the armies of Gens. Olen and Kuroki is imminent, The three armies probably aggregate 300,000 men, and their outposts are to -day in touch all along the line: The Japanese evidently tried to draw Kouropatkin as fax south as possible, holding out as an incentive a check to the advance of Oku's , main army. Meantime, Oku swung sharply to the eastward to join Kuroki toward the Chapan Pass, Kuroki at the same time moving a strong force by the right flank toward Hai Cheng. The main Japanese advance continues along the main Fent Wang Oheng-Liao Yang road, avoiding Maotien Pass by a de- tour to the northward, The advance an all points is being attended by constant skirmishes. Nothing is known here of the exact points at which Gen. Kouropatkin's main force is concentrated, though it is thought a large part' of the Liao Yang force has been moved to a • point between Rinehart and Tatcheldao. A large force has pushed southward from Tatchekiao against Gen. Oku. While Gen. Kouropatkin is thus ex- tending: himself, the Japanese seem to be trying to concentrate for the pur- pose of striking the Prussians in flank and rear. OUT -MANOEUVRED BY TOGO. Details of the Naval Battle'Off Port Ar- tiror, London cable: A despatch to the • Times from Tokio slates definitely that the Russian battleship Peresviet was sunk at Port Arthur, and that the bat- tleship Sevastopol and the cruiser Diana were damaged. The Japanese the des; patch adds, had been aware for some days that the Ruesdnns were making strenuous efforts to clear the passage, hence the (repeated mining operations by. the, Japanese. *Against this venture, Ad- miral Togo heel prepared a special plan of -operations, which in some respects was 'siuniiar to drat o£ April 13, A weak. squadron was ,:o give the Russians confi- dence, while the battle squadron remain- ed conecaled within easy striking els- tame. :When it was seen on June 23 that three battleships and four cruisers bad cleared the entrance the scheme' was imnxecliately pit• into force, but en soon es the ships arrived they found that the battleships Retviza.0 ,and Ceerovitch had joined the .squadron outside. The latter was flying the Admiral's flag. All the veasele had been ,pilotea out by an. er- chant:nein be unmask the .:newly -laid OnNiYWyblWi'=�L.24"'iY;�gIC—'-!---y:1�du�ea,r�,uwmvwaw:�WW.b�W14NYmYY1Wtl14ot�ID,.,ux( mune field. The .extrication of the big ships was eery slow. The first Japanese ntttaek by three divisions of destroyers was repulsed by one Russian destroyers, which were assisted by the cruiser No- vak. 'i ride this fight was progressing, the Russian fleet, .the •Czareviteh leading,• formed a line ahead and steamed at full speed for the Shaun -.using promontory. Soon after 6 o'clock the Russian fleet was within ten miles of Encounter Rock, which brought it in view of Admural Togo's battleship squadron. The Rus- sians immediately changed their course due south, bringing Admiral Togo's de- coy squadron of cruisers on the pont beaus. Admiral Togo gave phase, the de- coy squadron leading the battleships in line ahead at mile intervals, with ,three destroyer divisions sheltering on the pont beam, The first cruiser squadron followed at similar intervals. The Jtnp- anese rapidly gained, and between 6 and 7 o'clock bath fleets hoisted 'their battle flags, and it seemed ee if lane naval bat- tle of ,the war was imminent. Admiral Togo steamed parallel with the Russians for some time at a -range of 14,000 metres (about nine miles). Then he changed his course, and bore in. The Russians immediately changed their course as many points, and this man- oeuvre was several times septated urltli Aamiral Togo had got the Russians steering west. At about 8 o'clock in the evening the Russian Admiral's heart fail- ed him, and, posting over his helm, he eteered directly for port. The Japanese fleet at once pursued him, the manoeu- vring having brought the three squad- rons in line abreast. As it was now getting. dark, Admiral Togo reformed his fleet in Inciahead, and •signalled for the destroyers to go in and attack. The lit- tle craft dashed in, and in a moment threw the Russian line •out of its align- ment. The Russians made nine best of their way back to Port Arthur, but it wee impossible to enter the harbor an the dark except very slowly, and they had to anchor outside. The remainder of the despatch adds nothing to what is known of the en- gagement. The statement that the Russians wre steering for the Shan - Tung Promontory is compatible with the suggestion in some other Tokio ronorts that the ships had actually, as report- ed, landed their guns for the forts, and were making for Wei -Hai -Wei or liin- chou for the purpose of saving them- selves by dismantling, as in the case of the gunboat Mandjur at Shanghai. This would accord with the belief that the re- pairs to the damaged warships only am- ounted to sufficient patching to enable them to make the voyage. ALEXIEFF REPORTS. St. Petersburg Irritated Over Absence of Details. St. Petersburg cable: Under date of to -day Admiral Alexieff says that reports from Admirals Withoeft and Gregorovitch, despatched from Port Ar- thur June 20 and June 23, respective- ly, state that the sortie of the squad- ron was preceded by prolonged opera- tions for the netting and destruction of the enemy's mines. This work was car- ried on by all the ships and boats in the harbor, and all the dredging flotilla. A fight occurred on the night of June 22-23 off Port Arthur, between Russian and Japanese torpedo boats. Captain Elisseieff and Lieut. Smirnoff were slightly injured. The Russian squadron put to sea at two o'clock in the after- noon. There were then eleven Japanese warships and twenty-two torpedo boats on the horizon. With the exeept>Ibn of the above broken despatch nothing fur- ther has been received of the naval fight at Port Arthur. Considerable irritation is expressed that definite news of the result is not issued, but late this even- ing it was stated in official circles that the Czar and the Government are w 'b- out positive information, and are un- able to confirm or deny the reports of the disaster to the Russian ships. FOROOT TO KILL HIMSELF. Actor MaoDowell, Who Intended to Commit Suicide, Gives Explanation. San !Francisco, Julie) A. — Many friends of Melbourne MacDowell, the actor, were much alarmed last even- ing over a letter he sent to Coroner Leland announcing his intention 'of committing ,suicide, especially when inquiry at the Windsor leotelnehere heha,l been staying c11 itel the infor- oration that he had not been ,seen at the hotel for several hours. Spine of his more intimate associ- ates, however, were sceptical concern- ing his suicidal intentions, and start- ed out to hunt for him in places where they knew they would be most likely to find him if ho were still in the land of the living. They duly lea.ppened upon him, and took him in triumph to his betel. "Ye -es," admitted Mit.Dowell,doubt- fully, this morning. " I did intend to shuffle off • this mortal coil ;Wien I wrote that letter, but on the way I met a friend and I—and we—well, I forgot all about it, and that's all there is to it." COWS KILLED BY LIIiHTNIN6. Freaks ot Electricity Near eiarmora— Two Narrow Escapes. Mla;rhn'ora, Jui'led 4.— — Tho httorrnni which passed about five n111es north of this place on Saturday afternoon did much. damage. Tite lightning killed three cew,s belonging to a farm- er named neickle. It also ran down the chimney of a farm house belong- ing to Mr. Mallory. Ile was stand- ing near the stone whittling ellen-- Inge and held a largo butcher knife in bbs hand. The lightning struck the knife, 'breaking it in three pieces and knocking him] down a also strik- ing his little daughter, knocking her down and tearing; the steel from her boot. Neither Wa,s seriously injured. HIUCU'is THF GOUNTLRFEITEHLI Former Hamilton Man irk Trouble Once 'Vlore. Caught in the Act of Making Dominion Bills. And Anthony Decker, an Accomplice, Also Taken. Toronto despatch: Charles Higgins,. alias Edwards, 354 Pront street east, and Anthony Deckoi;, slims Alfred Rose, were arrested about 4 p an. yesterday, charg- ed with making counterfeit money. Hig- gins was apprehended by Detectives Cud- dy, Black, Mackie and Twigg at room 18, SS Church street, and Decker at 91 Peter street, by Detective Cuddy, on informa- tion laid against them by Mr. Jamee Parkinson, of the Dominion Police. Hig- gins was cleverly caught by the detec- tives while printing money on his stone. 'dies, and about five hundred two-dollar- Daminoin notes Were found on the prem- ises, most of which were impressed an one side. The plant was a good one,. and the counterfeiters showed consider- able skill in tihe making of the bills, 'which were a fairly good imitation of the Dominion money. Both men were lodged in No. 1 Police Station. The accused are vld offenders, having. served terms in Kingston Penitentiary for counterfeiting. In March, 1900, they were arrested, Anthony Deckers and his . son Paul in Woodstock, and Higgins in, Toronto. The charge against the trio was uttering five -dollar notes of the • Molsons Bank. The three were sentenced to five years in the penitentiary, and Hartz Kuntz, lithographer, allaccom- plice, was -sent to the Central Prison for eighteen months. The two Deckers and Higgins conducted themselves so as to• vein the approval of the Kingston au- thorities, and were freed on March 24. last, with their sentences not yet ex- pired. Paul Decker left for the United States immediately on his release, while - his father and Higgins-repared to re- sume their former nefarious trade. The - Dominion officer and the ether detectives were promptly on the trail, and trapped the two criminals before they were able • to issue bheim goods. ▪ KING AND KAISER. Royal Uncle and Nephew Meet at Kiel•'. and Exchange Greetings. Kiel, July 4.—The royal Vic- toria and Albert, with King Edward on.. board, entered the Uoltenau lock at the mouth of the Baltic Canal, shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon, amid salutes from the assembled German war ships. Einperor William, who was accom- panied by Prince Henry of Prussia, the Crown Prince Frederick William and a brilliant suite, awaitecl his uncle there. The meeting between the two sovereigns was most hearty. Late this afternoon Ring Edward landed to pay a visit to Prince Henry at the castle, whore His Majesty took tea, later attending a banquet on the Hohen- zollern. Emperor William, in proposing a toast to Kin; Edward, said in part: "Your Majesty was greeted by the thunder of the guns of the Gerrnan fleet, which is glad to see its honorary admiral. It is the youngest creation among fleets in the world, and an ex- pression of the reviving sea activity of the German empire regenerated by the great Emperor of undying memory. "It is intended for the protection of trade and territory, and it also serves, like the German army, for the mainten- ance of peace, which the German empire. • has kept more than thirty years, and . which Europe has preserved with it. It is known to everyone by Your Majesty's words and influence that Your Majesty's whole enclea.vors are directed to this very end—the preservation of peace— as I, too, am ever devoted to the wish that all might attain this end. May God lend success to our efforts. "In unfading remembrance of the memorable hours 'spent together at Os- borne at the deathbed of the great Mon- arch of the world empire now ruled by Your Majesty i empty my glass to the • health of Your Majesty. I drink the • health of His Majesty the King of Great InBritdia.ai"n and Ireland and Emperor of The Kings reply, in part, was as fol- lows: "Your Majesty's appreciative reference to my unremitting endeavors for the maintenance of peace deeply touch me, and I am happy* in the cer- tainty that Your Majesty has the same object in view. "May our two flags float side by side to the remotest ages, even as to -day, for the maintenance of peace and the welfare not only of our own countries but also .of all other nations." Berlin, Mine 26, -To -day Ring Edward and Emperor William attended divine service on board the German imperial yacht ilebenzollern and afterwards took lunch on board the Empress' yacht 'dent, which did not take part in the regatta. Later, Ring Edward, accom- panied by Prince Henry and other menu - bees of the royal party, paid • an in- formal visit to the Royal Yacht Club. Among those present at the luncheon were the Enterer and the Empress, Kinn. Edward, Count Von fluelow and the Marquis of Ormoncle, Tim Emperor and the Empress dined this evening with King ? ' ..tel nn Lured the Vic- toria' and iAlhert.