CARNAGE AT LIAO YANG -PORT ARTHUR STANDS
Dispatches of Sept, i indicate
that the tide of battle around Liao
Yang ha l turned appreciably in
favor of the Japanese.
On this the third day of the great
battle the Japanese inflicted a tre
mendous assault on Kuropatkin’s
right and center, and then threat
ened the Russian rear by a heavy
Japanese force crossing the Tai Tse
river.
Kuropatkin was forced to fall
back from his first line of battle to
a fortified position established right
in the town of Liao Yang and its'
immediate environs. This position
is said to be superbly fortified with
rifle pits, with entrenchments, and 1
with barbed wire entanglements.
Kuropatkin had the best of the i
first two days of the battle.
Half a million men and 1,500
guns are contending for the mas
tery.
The second day of the battle was
of the most desperate character and
raged continuously lrom dawn till
midnight. Nothing approaching in
severity the infantry and artillery
fire has heretofore been experienced
in this war. The bayonet charges
succeeded each other in rapid sue-1
cession, while the artillery duel
never ceased for a moment. The
slaughter must have been immense.
Tokio, Sept. i.—The Russian
right and center of the army de
tending Liao Yang southward are
retreating this afternoon. The Jap
anese are pursuing them. A rout
is possibly on at this time.
Up to Aug. 31 Port Arthur not
only had not fallen, but the Japa
nese would seem to admit its cap
ture by assault impossible.
The Tokio correspondent of the
Paris Matin says Japan’s minister
of war has confidentially informed
the Japanese ministry that there is
no longer hope of taking Port Ar
ther by direct assault, and that he
has therefore ordered Field Marshal
Oyarna to avoid attacks entailing j
further heavy losses. The opinion
at Tokio is that a siege will be in-1
stituted, and famine and disease
left to do the work that Japan con- ■
siders it too costly in men and;
money to accomplish.
me ivuviK Kai, ohiciai organ ot
Port Arthur, declares there is am
ple provisions for the present forces;
for three years, the losses of men ;
each day making the supplies suffi- !
cient for a still longer period. It;
says the great underground maga- j
zine is in such a rocky position that!
Japanese mining operations could
not reach it in ten years, and points!
out that in extremity the reduction
of the fortress can be made a barren
victory by blowing the place up.
Advices from Gen. Stoessel of
Aug. 25 describes the stench of the
decaying bodies between the lines
as horrible. With the wind blow
ing across that awful field toward
the beseiged garrison it becomes
almost unbearable. The bodies can
be seen in great mounds, which
sink as the Ixxlies become more!
putrid.
N. A. T. & T. CO.
MANAGER HERE
General Manager Griffin of the
North American Transportation and ,
Trading Co is in katnpart closing
up the affairs of the cor";--""
The goods remaining in the local
store will be sent to Tatiana on the
Cud«by when she returns from her
trip up the Tatiana river.
Fortytnile and Fort Yukon posts
are also closed.
The N. A. T. & T. Co. is appa
rently drawing out of the country.
With the exception ol the Cudahy
and the John J. ticaly the latter
used by Capt. Humphrey as a tow
isjut this summer its boats have
lieen laid up since last tall. The
Isom and her targes are now in
w inter ((uarlers at St Michael,along
with the Hraly; the balance of the
tleet w on the ways at St Michael,
a ut it does not look as if they would
!-• used again by the present com
patty.
The Cndahy will winter at l*aw
aon
Leave for the Outside.
A. H. Dallimore left Monday for
his wood camp twelve miles up the
river to join his partner James
Cummings, whence they will take
passage via the upper river route to
the outside. Mr. Dallimore will
prex-eed to his former home in Kng
land and from there to New Zeal
and, fiom which latter place he
came to the north with the early
Klondike rush. Mr. Cummings is
. kU AkUJ til l»«K. . >lulo.
Mr. Dallimore is an accomplished
vocalist ami his singing as well as
I his genial personality will he missed
| by his acquaintance on the Yukon
GEOLOGICAL
SURVEY MEN
In Readiness to Depart for
the Outside.
Assistant Geologist L. M. Prin
dle and Geologic Aid Frank L.
Hess of the United States geologi
cal survey, who have been prose
cuting their labors in the vicinity
for a fortnight past, are in town
ready to take the next boat for the
1 outside. They have been in the
field since June 17 and have cov
ered much territory, beginning at
Eagle and including the Fairbanks
and Rampart districts.
Their official instructions were
to “continue stratigraphic and eco- :
nomic studies in the Yukon-Tanana
region, and study the Rampart and
Fairbanks placers.’’ They have
fraternized with the people and will
leave many in the district who hope
to renew their acquaintance in .he
future.
Messrs. Prindle and Hess have j
had numerous colleagues in the1
territory this summer.
Alfred H. Brooks is geologist in
charge of the Division of Alaskan
Mineral Resources. Personally he
has carried on geologic and topo-1
graphic work the present season in !
the following sections:
Southeast Alaska, Cook Inlet re-,
gion, Alaskan Peninsula, Seward
Peninsula, Cape Lisburne, Yukon !
regions.
Under his supervision work was
prosecuted in the following locali
ties:
Alaskan Peninsula, Admiralty;
Islau 1, American Creek, Birch
Creek, Cold Bay oil fields. Control
ler Bay, Etiochkin Bay, Fairbanks
[district, Herendeeu Bay. Juneau,'
Kachemak Bay, Kenal Peninsula.
1 Ketchikan district. Cape Lisburne,
j Nome region, Rampart region, Sew
ard Peninsuia, Sitka region, Sun
I rise placer district. Wrangell re
gion, York region, and Yukon
! region:
Some twenty men have been en
gaged in the work in Alaska, ex
' elusive ol .» large number of non
prolessi'.nal assistants.
W* carry • roraplrlr line of
Miners’ Wenrinjf Appnrel
»lock line Iamt Watch**
t'ine Watch K*)xltrt»j(
Jewelry marl* to or.ler
rm mi ttm r*. mi yum «>tr
roll line t»| l Kin fohaccw, Hnt<ih«r*'
%rti» ley an<l Stationery
\fut» far <ni* af MWaCt
Wild tail Home at w
MU
Traeger &
Falkenberg
MINERS STORE
(In the Postoffice Building)
General Merchandise
Outfitting.
Florence
Restaurant
Home Cooking
Clean Service
Meat, Fish and Game in season
Regular Meals fi. Lunches 25c upward
MISS WIEHL
John the Bear Hunter
Is ready to do any kind of
chore work. Prompt
465 MEN ON
A. C. PAY ROLL
H. M. Coleman, general commis
sary of the Alaska Central railroad,
was in Seattle recently, in company
with G. W. Dickinson, to engage
250 or 300 more men for the con
struction work they expect to con
tinue throughout the winter.
“We have kept about 465 men
on the pay rolls this summer,’’ Mr.
Coleman said to the Seattle Times.
“We have no expectation of being
seriously embarrassed by either
cold, snow or ice in prosecuting this
work, and the road will be pushed
to completion with the greatest
practical speed.’’
Alaska-U. 8. Commerce.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 19.—
Gold and silver shipments l>eing
included in the account, the domes
tic commerce with Alaska for the
fiscal year just closed amounted to
$26,383,539- This breaks the best
previous record foi territory by
a little more than $2,000,000.
The total shipments of domestic
merchandise from the United States
to Alaska, not including gold and
silver, were valued at $<2,869,721,
and the shipments from Alaska, not
including the precious metals, $10,•
100.220. The gold and silver ship
ments last rear were $6,332,028. as
against $4 754 57* the year before
Nicolai, the patriarch ol the vil
lage >u the west sale «*| the Yukon,
has ewar up from Cochrmes. where
he has sojourned this summer lot
his wife Mis children are trying
to persuade him to remain at Mam
part.