West Texas News. (Colorado, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904 Page: 3 of 12
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Armies in Deadly Conflict.
World Awaits the Results.
Armies Engage in Terrific Conflict in
the Triangle.
Mukden, Oct. 12.—A bloody battle
is now raging about six miles north of
Yental Railroad station. Tho Japan-
ese on 8undny fell back along the
whole of the north front and the Rus-
sian advance guards crossod the Sohili
River (about half way between Muk-
den and Liao Yang) and came within
three miles of Yentai. Yesterday,
however, the Japanese received strong
reinforcements of infantry and artil-
lery, and not only hold 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 Sohili River, which
crosses the railroad seven mlh3 from
Yentai. The Russians this morning
resumed their advance, once more
crossing the Sohili River, and engaged
the Japanese two miles south of it. A
terrific artillery engagement is pro-
ceeding along the tntire front. The re-
sult of the battle is still undecided.
For three days there has been sharp
fighting a little north of the railway
town of Yentai. between Liao Yang
and Mukden. Tho Russian advance
was checked, and the attacking force
was compelled to retire to the north
side of the Tschiil River, but subse
quently recrossed to the south side of
the stream, where, at latest accounts,
a terrific artillery fight w«3 in prog-
ress. In military circles at St. Pe-
tersburg the fighting noted is not con-
sidered as being of the magnitude of a
general engagement ouch as is ex-
pected to come, possibly within a few
days, somewhere within a triangle in
dicated by lines connecting Liao Yang.
Yentai and Skywantun. This bWtle,
when it is fought, is expected to be
decisive of this year's campaign.
Tokio, Oct. 12.—The loss of the ar-
mored gunboat Ileiyen was announced-
today, and permission was granted by
the authorities to publish the details
of the disaster.
The Heiyen struck a mine off Pig-
eon Bay on the night of Sept. 28 and
foundered. Nearly 300 persons, her
entire complement, were drowned.
Two petty officers and two sailors
managed to reach Chlaopal Island,
from which they- w |-e rescued.
The Heiyen, which was engaged on
guard duty off Pigeon Bay, was miss-
ed by the fleet and a search for the
vessel was Immediately begun.
The petty officers and sailors found
on Chiaopai Island reported that at
dusk on Sept. 28 a storm came up, ac-
companied by high seas. The Heiyen
endeavored to return to her base,
■when she suddenly struck a floating
mine, which exploded under her star-
board side amidships. The vessel be-
gan to sink and an attempt was made
jto lower the 'oats. The boats were
Swamped and the crew jumped Into
the sea, where, owing to the heavy
combers, they were quickly drowned.
The Japanese fleet carefully patroll-
ed the locality, but failed to Und any
survivors.
The Halyen's complement was 300
officers and men. Eleven of the crew
had previously been detached for spe-
cial duty.
Catterpilars have denuded the cotton
•talks of foliage and have damaged
the staple In many -parts of Falls
County.
Ellis Countians' Faith in Wheat.
Waxahachle: Grain dealers and
millers of this city aro so certain of
good prices for 19C5 wheat that they
are already contracting for the crop
now being sown. D. H. Thompson has
contracted for some now crop at 90
cents a bushel. He has enough confi-
dence In the high price of the cereal
noxt year to rent one hundred acres
of land which he will sow to wheat.
H. A. Pierce, one of the best known
wheat, raisers in Ellis county, will sow
four hundred acres. W. J. Spencer,
who always raises good crops of
wheat, has contracted his entire crop
to a local mill at 90 cents per bushel.
Many farmers who have been farming
o?i a small scale will decrease their
cotton acreage next year and sew
largely to wheat.
Texas Odd Fellows.
Corsicana: The Odd Fellows' grand
cneampment came to a close Tuesday,
after selecting Cleburne as their next
meeting place, the date being the sec-
ond Tuesday in October, 1905. The ses-
sions of the encampment are all secret,
and the following public announce-
ments were made after their adjourn-
ment :
Officers installed: J. G. Gossett of
Denisnn, grand patriarch; W. C. Robin-
son of McKinney, grand high prtestj
Henry Oscar of Calvert, grand senior
Warden; T. C. Griner of DeKalb, grand
junior warden; S. W. Porter of Sher-
man, grand treasurer; Chas. L. Sauer
of Galveston, grand scribe; Columbus
A. Keller of San Antonio bud H. G.
Schnelle of Dallas, representatives to
the grand lodge.
Ragged but Rich.
Pittsfield, Mass.; Grove Hurlbut,
one of the most remarkable charac-
ters in the Berkshires, is dead at. 84
years. Ho could neither read nor
write, but amassed a fortune esti-
mated at $100,000 through shrewd
trading. Horse trading and real es-
tate dealing were the source of his
wealth. His holdings in the Berk-
shires comprised about 4000 acres, an
amount being Second only to the Oc-
tober mountain estate of the last Wm.
C. Whitney?
Coal Oil Can Explodes.
Yoakum:, Mrs. William Lerick, wife
of Engineer Lerick, while attempting
to light a fire in a charcoal furnace
with coal oil, was frightfully burned
from her head to her knees by the ex-
plosion of {he kerosene can and the
envelopment of her body in the flames.
Her injuries will no doubt prove fatal,
Mr. Lerick was badly burned in at-
tempting to extinguish the flames.
Mineral Welle Flower and Baby Show
Mineral Wells: The ladies of the
Civic League of this city have ar-
ranged for a flower and baby show to
be held here on the 10th, 11th and 12th
of November. Prizes will be awarded
for the finest boy under 1 year, pret-
tiest girl under 1 year, handsomest
boy and girl not over 2 and 1 year. A
fee of 60c will be charged for babies
to enter and 60c for twins.
Homer Hunter, a young man, was
pushed from a Texas and Pacific pas-
senger train near Wills Point Monday
night and was so badly hurt by the
fall that he lay near the track unable
to walk till found by a passer by Tues-
day morning.
HORRIBLE COLLISION.
Tweuty-nine Are Killed and Sixty
Are lujured.
Warrensburg, Mo., Oct. It—
Twenty-nine persons were killed
and sixty injured by a collision of
two Missouri Pacific trains three
miles east of Warrensburg yester-
day. The trains were the second
section of passenger train No. 30,
which left Wichita Kan., for St.
Louis Sunday night, and an extra
freight train. The dead are in un-
dertaking rooms in this city and
most of the wounded are in the hos-
pital at Sedalia, Mo.
According to tho local olTiec of
the Missouri Pacific, the engineer
of the freight was to blame for the
wreck, having forgotten his orders.
The spot where the wreck occur-
red was in a narrow cut, and this
fact, with the darkness, added to
the difficulty of the situation. The
greatest confusion occurred after
tho crash. It was some time before
word was sent back to Warrensburg
and news of the wreck was spread.
Relief trains carrying physicians
were sent out as quickly as possible
from surrounding towns, and every-
thing possible was done to aid the
injured.
The scene of the wreck was on a
down-grade on either side, where
there was a steep rise. Both trains
had put on extra steam to carry
them up the opposite hill, and when
they met at the curve at the lowest
point they were running at a high
rate. The passenger train was
made up of three coaches and a
Pullman, with no baggage car, the
front coach being next to the ten-
der. The freight train was a heavy
one. When the trains met the
heavy freight pushed the passenger
engine back into the first coach.
The tender of the passenger engine
literally cut the coach in two and
never stopped until it had plowed
itself half-way through the car and
its passengers, killing those in the
forward end instantly, und mang-
ling all within reach.
Half a dozen who were not killed
outright were so badly injured th i-
they died before they could be re-
moved from the debris. Many of the
dead are almost unrecognizable.
Arms and legs were dismembered
in several cases, and, together with
baggage and pieces of wreckage
were tumbled together in a con-
fused mass of bleeding human
forms.
The next two coaches were also
badly damaged, seats being torn
loose, windows being smashed, but
in these cars the passengers fared
better, all except a few escaping
with slight injuries.
The Pullman remained upright
and none of its occupants were hurt
beyond sustaining a severe shaking
'
Waoo Poultry Show.
Waco: The list of prizes for the
poultry exhibit to be given Novem-
ber 23-2fi is said to be the best ever
secured, tempting many outside
poultrymen to take part. The show
is given by the Waco Poultry asso-
ciation, and meetings are being held
frequently to perfect arrange-
ments. H. E. Savage of Belton has
been chosen as judge of the show.
The dead and frightfully man-
led bodies of John Kinsiey and
'm. Beaton were found on the rail-
way right of way south of Collins-
ville Monday morning. They had
been mutilated by a passing train.
RUSSIANS BEGIN ADVANCE.
A Decisive Aotion Is Anticipated at
an Early Date.
St. Petersburg, Oct 11.—A battle
tie upon which the fate of this year's
campaign in Manchuria depends*
seems only a few days ahead. Ad-
vices from the front are meager.
All that is positively known official-
ly is that (<en. Kuropatkin has cast
the die at last, about faced his army
and is marching resolutely against
the enemy as jf rciolv£tl to do or
die.
According to official reports,
Field Marshal (Jkama at the first
sign of Gen. Kuropatkin's taking
the offensive began drawing his line
and concentrating upon fortified po-
sitions north of Liao Yang. Ac-
cording to the latest reports, the
Japanese outposts are being driven
in all along the line.
The strategy of the forward
movement will be concealed, as were
the preparations for the advance, so"
that all surmises as to where Gen.
Kuropatkin intends to strike are
mere guess work. It is not dear
whether Gen. Kuropatkin contem-
plate s> blow on the left, center or
right of the Japanese army, but the
fact that stress is laid upon the cap-
ture of Bentsiaputze, which opens
the road and ford to Bcnsihu. twen-
ty miles east of Liao Yang, where
Gen. Kuroki crossed, and that Cos-
sacks are already reported in the
neighborhood of (he stream, might
foreshadow an exact reversal of the
battle of LiaoYang ,this time tho
Russian commander flanking a nd
turning Liao Yang with his left as
Field Marshal Oyama did with his
right.
Mukden, Oct. 10.—At last (lie
correspondents are' permitted to tel-
egraph the news (hat the Russian
army is moving upon (he Japanese.
They have waited a long time for
this moment—the turning point in
the campaign. The advance actual-
ly began Oci. 5 and flic preparations
were enveloped in the greatest se-
crecy. Last night a correspondent
of the Associated Press telegraphed
J,he* first news that the forward
march had begun auspiciously for
the Russians, the Japanese having
lost a most important fortified
point, Bentsiaputze, the key of the
Bcnsihu roads and the ford of the
Taitse River, and having exposed
(heir right fiank.
This morning came the news that
the Japanese were being driven back
along the whole front. But these
are only advance guard sueccsses.
The heavy work is still ahead an3 a
Russian victory will only be certain
when the Russians re-enler Liao
Yang. It is necessary to study the
Japanese dispositions in order to
appreciate Gen. Kuropatkin's task.
The Japanese armies are prepared
to meet the Russians and the ad-
vance of the- latter is expected to
develop quickly. The decisive mo-
ment of the campaign is close at
hand.
Pythian* Big Night.
Dallas: Monday night saw the
largest gathering of North Texas
Pythians ever assembled. It was
the occasion of the "Big Night/*
which has been anticipated somo
time. From nineteen lodges 289
members were instructed in the se-
cret work of the order. The work
was confined to the first rank only,
the other ranks will be conferred by,
the home lodges. There were set-
eral addresses by prominent
knights.
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