Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 16, 1904, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sixteen vol 31 the of Elf news of the Defeated was heh at in Rossland broke his May be closed this Andrews locks is to be started on the Arcola sex ii go into Camp on Tater at i convention shamrocks Defeated russians torpedo japanese Cruiser logos ship was towed away by sister rising of chinese capture Coal mines Arthur Fairway of Dalny docks was Linin gov observed pm on organic of 10 be erected at appointments Mii a Tipograph letter Page i Page Ben victimized Page Liis position in in word Page Zinkil that reservists wit ii uniforms at in the cons Titu nil Irma Liberal and fought a fast six at Phila new York canals is to the Lake win the mile and received and three burned Page has Boon again line of com a full blooded or Vii yesterday at tie Page army and a will be charged with org Page Tuin the Ottawa 1 i famous m of tie Page has u to y believes that the will be prolonged and of the Riess upes Success Grain by for the of draught for Cana e Liao May russian scored its first distinct naval Success of the War on May by the Torp doing and though not sinking of an armoured japanese Cruiser at Talie wan the russian attack was carefully planned on May while the Jap anese Squadron was concentrated outside Dalny devoting its whole Atten Tion to Talie wan the attacking Force was not a regular torpedo but was Only a Small naphtha launch in command of a Young naval who had with him three the launch mounted a Small gun and carried three Tor darkness fell the launch crept out of port Arthur with no lights and no glow from the engines to betray her it was late when the gained the outer line of the japanese she slipped through the torpedo boat and selecting the nearest a big armoured stole toward her and succeeded in exploding against her Side a single a deafening Roar followed the sex which echoed far in immediately flames enveloped the which evidently was badly the Crew of the Cruiser was seen to be fighting the which they at last succeeded in extinguish a sister ship took the damaged vessel in and disappeared to the the launch escaped the hot fire d greeted against her by the japanese but being unable to return to port she was beached not far from Only a few of the higher officers were aware of the the Success of which depended upon the achievement raised the spirits of the russians ashore and the Young naval who was the hero of the sex was feted and recommended for the Cross of bandits becoming Liao May in chinese bandits Are becoming bolder and Are causing considerable trouble to the russian a swarm of the bandits at May attacked the Coal mines on the Branch line East of Yan Tai ten Miles North of Liao the which Supply the whole were guarded by two Hundred and one Hundred in a fierce fight the russians repelled the bandits and then charged the bandits fleeing to the and to three neighbouring the troops surrounded the Vil and demanded the surrender of the the surrender was at first but fearing that the russians would destroy their the villagers finally revealed the hiding places of the the bandits fought with the desperation of entrapped and 50 of them were speared and the russians suffered no among 17 prisoners taken by the were two japanese officers who had escaped from the one of the bandits taken prisoner confessed that the bandits had been hired by the whom they were supplying with a later Liao May soldiers yesterday attacked the railway Cost mines occupied by the russian administrative Force near port and drove out the who were working Many of them escaping partly the chinese looted the and port Arthur Channel May Mouth of port Arthur Harbor has been and warships Are Able to proceed to Sharp fights with at port Arthur from May 6 to May Shang Haf May r was received by bandits Are gradually approaching i new on three nights in the Manitoba Cloudy to some colder in West and fresh South thermometer May 54 45 ils Moon the Liui tulo Ather Bureau at 46 so 41 4 Montreal Orleans no York Francisco succession there has been Sharp Light ing near and a number of these marauders were their bodies were sell exposed As a warning to the evacuation of new Chwang is almost there being Only a Small Force still in the Russia menaced by May ing news regarding the attitude of the chinese is contained in despatches from officers at the front issued by the general staff in addition to giving further details of the Cut Ting Oft of port Arthur and confirm ing the report of the japanese and Vance upon Liao these Des patches state specifically that the chinese have commenced hostilities against the major Gener Ai Karkevich report that the chinese attacked his outposts on the Feng Cheng Road leading to Laimit general Pflug telegraphs according to reports of patrols and missionaries the chinese at Tapaszi 100 Miles Northwest of and just outside tie russian sphere of Are preparing to Rise against the russians and christians you there As it Alvyne the Confluence and preparedness of Admiral Vitt soft up to the second cutting of common Tlona with the the facts that the russians discovered another japanese mine almost in the exact spot where the battleship Zobieda was is taken As Evi Dence of the desperate thoroughness with which the japanese carried out their mining operations on april the military which have been officially reported Are consid ered As of minor importance in them but they indicate preparedness for determined concentration by the japanese against Liao the Russky the army or says we believe that two Jap anese divisions Are moving Forward from Feng Wang Cheng on the Liao Yang the presence of a Large Force of artillery at Siu about 55 Miles Southwest of Feng Wang May indicate a japanese intention of fortifying that place so As to protect the left flank of their base of opera which is probably now included in a quadrilateral bounded by lines connecting Siu Feng Wang Cheng and the advancing lines Are probably connected through Chan As showing the extent of Faizy on Vil Road leading to put sew eur i the hostile attitude of the Chin seat and a juju and Anju into magic 3s Mir f Marine Tention is particularly drawn to the fact that the distance in air line from the Point where the russian outposts were attacked and Tapa Diatsi is 200 the authorities say this Mailer i affects not Only but the i civilized As it is feared that Southampton the rising will spread toothed parts Liverpool i of the the hostile attitude York of the chinese is attributed to the action of the japanese in spreading 11 Plymouth or of Elf York York lev Erpal Muihor Point punt fatties 1oint Liverpool new York Liverpool Antwerp May Ilu Keye Midland All reports of their and magnifying their victories at port Arthur and on the this propaganda has been Active recently in All parts of so far As the railway is while it is admitted Here that a chinese outbreak will be a new source of preparations have been perfected by general Kuropatkin to the Protection of there Are continual reports of skirmishing with chinese bandits along the japanese and these Are considered More serious than Mere num Bers engaged it is feared that flying columns of brigands will form a serious menace to the russian com and will riot fall to in cite the whole chinese population to Covert acts i they Are convinced that the japanese Are making a winning s port Dalny May special from Che Foo to the daily news says when the daily news despatch boat Fawan arrived off Dalny Early this morning a heavy bombardment was in As the Channel was thickly mined by the russians and the Japa the had issued this artery which is vital to the Supply strict orders that noncombatant boats Imperial Turof his it is a matter of Santisi to be it was impossible faction to the authorities that tie to get within the hence an koreans Are proving More Friendly i accurate report of the is my Midland Queen at Turret and Shrut at and the what from and the wheat from Alnea Icv Ming at the Tea furn with a neral from Dellith Taxa As lot the do or Kalner Point this morn intermediate and 764 than the As is shown by the reports of destruction by them of Telegraph wires used by the japanese in Northern brigands Are new May band of brigands was attacked about a mile and a half Southeast of this City last night by a number of native the fight being watched by the Correl i Sponden of the associated As far As it was possible to ascertain the armoured Cruiser four other one gunboat and one battleship having cleared the entered the Harbor shortly after Daylight and Begshi a heavy which was still in Progress at it is estimated that japanese oni in line from Large Paa this thousand Island Parks minister of Interior concludes Selec Tion of International Park Clifford of the and contractor re turned from a trip up the River last where International Parks on the Canadian Side of the River Are to be they fixed Sites for eight Bill May receive third read ing this week obstruction carried too May is some talk of the National transcontinental Bill a third time on thursday there Are a Good Many conservatives of the opinion the obstruction to the measure has been car ried too but when it is to cease is another Only result was one sepoy of communication still Hay is no change in the situation but while there is nothing to indicate the tibetans plan of it is Clear they Are not Likely to rest Content with their present occupation of Pifari and the molestation of the Mission at Long our thin line of communication with the outer world remains a curious proof of the Lack of initiative or capability of except in Large bodies on the part of the toward noon yesterday and again today a violent bombardment was directed against the apparently the enemy Stock of Good rifles has but the Only result was that yesterday one sepoy was self fitly monster Hill will Supply millions of ties for Panama May num Ber of Ontario having Al ready secured the contract for Supply ing millions of lies to be used in the construction of the Panama ave making arrangements to erect the largest lumber Mill on the Pacific coast in the Cost when completed will be Over or Canadian nor local Trade will be the whole output being de voted to Supply the demands of the foreign it is expected the immense orders for Timber Given for the Panama canal will place the new firm solidly on feet so that it will soon become on of the most colossal con Cerns in the lumber the promoters have been working and have already secured hundreds of thousands of acres of Timber no names Are Given out but it is suggested that senator Cox and Are interested financially in the Fashoda incident recalled the Fashoda hero re tired in May Baron re a Friend of whose resignation from the army was accepted says the latter will probably offer his sword and ser vices to such a step by the hero Fashoda would give a dram Atic sequel to his retirement in Dis Grace from the French the russians have a High appreciation of his military and it is under stood that general Kuropatkin personally is desirous of securing mar hands in autograph letter to lady eulogies Afri can explorers my in an autograph letter to laity says i had the great Julia stage of knowing your distinguished husband personally and often heart irom res own lips most interesting of his grand travels and and the great services Fie for the civilized the name he won will Ever five after assistant chief Engineer Roy Here to perfect new Joseph assistant chief Engineer of the Public works depart arrived in the City yesterday from the East and is a guest at the his Mission Towin is one of great he has come Here under instructions from the minister of Public works to make some final inquiries and investigations in connection with the Andrews locks project in order that a new and satisfactory arrangement May be reached for the Early completion of the matters regarding this i project have been Well advanced at but 3ome technical details Are required to perfect specifications for the proposed new arrangement which is to be made As intimated in recent correspondence with the Board of Roy says the minister fully realizes the importance of the projected is anxious to have it carried out in a manner Satis factory to All Roy will be Here for about a and during his stay will Deal with other matters Over which his department has leading municipal governors of Britain leave for a tour of he prevented train Wrecx Wabash express saved by a postman beaten by wreckers to at tempt was made near Samoset to Day to wreck the Wabash passenger train the Cannon Ball which left Louis last night bound for Omaha and the James Dunn Rural free delivery went to Samoset station to get the mall from the it was a few min utes late and he walked up the track lantern in a few Hundred Yards from the station he found two Railroad ties across the he re moved the obstruction and started Back to the before he had gone half the distance he was at tacked by two men who beat him almost into insensibility and stabbed him four times with a his wounds Are the assailants made their May steamship which sailed from South Ampton carries an imposing delegation of scotch and Irish Exma Yors and chair men of Borough and other i varieties of City who Are go ing Over to see How some of the Prin Cipal american cities Are governed and to pick up Points for the possible improvement of municipal govern ment in great incidentally they Are taking their wives and daughters along to see the Louis exposition and to have a Good time the visit is the outcome of an interview lord Lovedon had last year with the mayor of the commissioners of the District of Columbia and the governor of they assured his lordship that an organized municipal 1j welcomed heartily will unload40 cars per hour new working House to be built at fort e is at work elevator b to be replaced by a modern Brick or tile be ready to handle this years fort May third Vic president and Man Ager of the Western division of the arrived last night in the private car and spent to Day in consultation with the officials this the free press representative had an interview with and he stated that the company will build a work ing House to run elevator the hew Structure will have a capacity of unloading forty cars per and be one of the most Complete and modern houses built by the company the building will be located near elevator Wittich will also be the Means or giving the railway More Yard room on the ground occupied by elevator b destroyed by in reference to the report that the company intended to make new Yards at West Whyte said the company had not any intention of doing so for some time to As the Yards Here with the extra room at their disposal made by the removal of the old Coal would be sufficient for any extra track room that was the company soon laying tracks in the rear of the flour new modern representatives of elevator construction companies Well meet Whyte in Winnipeg this and have a consultation on the proposed working it is most Likely to be of steel or and completed by september 1st for this years the fire underwriters arrived this evening to look Over the ruins of ele Vator the docks at steel elevator d since the morning of the fire have been the scene of great As All the loading of Grain beats had to be done there on account of elevators a Ana c and e being out of commis a Day and night shift has been on duty in the and the Load ing of the boats has been very Batla carried considering disadvantages they have had to con and the fact tha theele Vator was taxed to its utmost work ing this baskets at and had fib trouble unmoving from the boat was loaded to a depth of feel 10 which will be very accept Able news to the Marine men and freight agents of As tha report in fridays free press stated that boats could Only Load to 14 elevator e the men the new electric Power Plant have had a very Busy time of working night and Day to have the Plant in operation to Supply electric Energy and connect with steel elevator their were rewarded this evening at when one of the powerful Ett Gines and dynamos was set in motion and the machinery in was boats will be Row at this which Wilt re Lieve the congested state of the ship Ping of general manager of tha Western superintendent elevator agent Coram and other officials were present in the Power House to see the first operation of the new the engines and dynamos worked very and a look of satisfaction was on faces of the officials As Well As the men who were the when the ponderous machines started in Whyte also took an act Ive interest in watching the working of elevator e after the electric current had been turned with tha knowledge that the Grain shipments will be greatly increased after left for Winnipeg tonight on shipping this superintendent Bury informed tha free press last evening that elevator e would begin shipping Grain this thus relieving All fears of a temporary tie up at the a family nearly cremated Home of Luckwell burned saturday probably John an employee of the free was rendered destitute yesterday morning by a fire which destroyed his Home and ail the in escaping from the burning building All the members of the family were More or less and Luck Well and two children will probably have to be sent to the Hospital for the circumstances attending the fire Are particularly sad and fully exemplify the continuous Strain of hard Luck which will sometimes pursue a in his fight to make his Way in the some years ago Luck Well went to where he engaged in at that time he was Rairie but his Busi Ness venture was not a and he lost his Little his Home and furniture went in the which could not be traced to any fault of his undeterred by this stroke of mis he went to work in the Plant of the Dominion steel where he remained till he received an offer of a situation in he arrived in the City about two years ago and shortly afterwards bought a Home in Boniface which he was paying for on the instalment for Nineteen months he had paid a month and in addition had cleared the furniture continued on Page germs of Imperial Unity Archibald Wood dead Ontario financier and Manitoba Pion Eer passes prominent lib parly would be 10 the United and pointed out that such a visit would materially promote the Friendly interests of England and there Are about 200 Mem Bers in the prominent among in addition to lord who Heads the Are sir Thomas Brooke a sheriff of London sir Thomas Exford mayor of and sir Al Fred Exford mayor of the party will at new Philadelphia and Washington in route to so after a week spent at the exposition the itinerary will be resumed and the return Cable service Canadian associated May at the Cambridge University ban replying to the Toast of the gov said beacons Fields pro gramme for the self government of the colonies ought to have been accompanied by an Imperial Tariff and a military the great representative Council meeting in London had not been fully but it was a great thing for the Empire that the colonies should now have perfect free Dom to negotiate As the and by that very fact their Freedom would make for that greater Freedom which ultimately would based More on consent than on an assertion or an attempt at the Case of Russia afforded an example of the great an Empire in attempt ing to Rule solely from its Britain had adopted the opposite policy and its greatest achievement was the result therefrom that Liberty had been Given All parts of the pm Canada and Australia were Given a great Opportunity to Lead in this fusing sir Frederick the Canadian minister of had been appointed to the Imperial de Fence he was not a wit Ness or an assistant at the meetings of the but an actual and the quadrennial meet Ings of the colonial prime Steps cautiously were the germs in embryo of greater May advocates in the Post a state aided immigration system to Canada and Australia should be drawn up and the authorities of the motherland its Oversea posses Sions should see to it that the child Ren of the Board schools should a taught to look Forward to a colonial Cooke suggests that a government Grant should be established to take them out As thera would be sure employment on their reaching the other chairman of the animal meat Trade Section of the Liverpool chamber of states that 000 live animals were landed in United kingdom ports in 1903 from the colonies and foreign 810tons of dead meat was every Effort is being made to remove the restrictions from Canadian but with very Little chances at sent of a Board of Trade memorandum shows that during 1903 the american authorities rejected 305 British immigrants an Canada Canada returned 168 foreigners who had arrived through Britain on account of Dis Twenty years ago today from the free press at this us who were not assisted by the russian understood that the of i May to new York will be made by Way of head of the banking firm of Wood and that the i tvs died on saturday j fighting men in the but the Chi Nese Are not accepting the a chinese Engineer reports 30 Miles on Dalny piers blown Liao May he was had carried on business nearly fifty the firm pioneers in Manitoba the souls District being largely Ament of some the Peverett denies charge settled As the result of enter is to and Toa Cli collector Short of books oks Mckee of badly of russian plan is to Retreat to Habin and j Force against n mutilated japanese May 5 Corre Boa Dent of the Koko Umin of Tokio who is with general has made1 the charge that the russians mutilated japanese dead at the remain there until Home troops and then make a Quick and decisive Campaign the late sum Mer Rains commence and then campaigning will be All but col russian news end he also May state i meet by the covering of tuned on Page of Vovou Awu Jug j Zzz manager Bank of Toronto to a wheat the division court clerk milk Pendant entail an absolute found drowned in the May body of a Man found Fri River below angina May manufacturers suddenly saturday his Carleton aged was found the parliament buildings the remains Are to who fell from the Caudle re Falls a few the Steamer Princess now in port we Leav tomorrow for where 3he take on cargo for trip of the season to grand rapids the Pioneer steam fire Phoe is being reconstructed under chief Mcrobie or who has been so Creti Calls ill that is life was despaired is now said to safely Over the Dan Ger Chas local manager for Yates Coal tomorrow for port were it will Resh to a sendoff by it Tak a the form of it among those t trere Kenneth James m Eugene cart Douglasa Brace co dwell and Fred business manager for Maxwell left for Ontario last f t a boxing match took place in the musical Pavilion last night Between Mckeown and James tha latter wan knocked out in the 6m Bobby Hask Toa was referee Ana Dick the Charley of the Queens has gone to were be will be of the principals in an interesting of wholesale erect tag a handsome residence vat Eynon and Luxton Are Volt Init directors the general Hong lat for the ensuing the admitting at the third annual of shareholders Duncan Mclntyre Jec Raed reelection to Van Home was elected totall the e 6r of tire lumber form or Boyd has gone to Calgary to a Branch of the form ;