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THE TITUSVILLE HERALD.
FORT-F-SEOOND YEAR.
TITUSVIIJLE, PA,  AUGUST 9, 1004.
VOLUME    XL] .NO.   49
PORT ARTHUR VICTORY
RAISES RUSSIAN HOPE.
BELIEVED   STOESSEL   DEFEATED
JAPS AT STRONGHOLD.
GEN. STOESSEL REPORTS
ATTACK ON FORTRESS.
KUROPATKIN    STILL    RETREATS
But   Ho Has   Not Beon   Surrounded.
The Japanese Aro Now Halting Before  Liao Yang Defenses.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 8.—2:25—a.
m.— An official report from Lieutenant
General Stoessel, commanding the military forces at Port Arthur, says that
the Japanese were repulsed -with tremendous loss in a three days' flght from
July 16 to July 28.
General Kuropatkin reports from
Liao Yang some small Russian successes in outpost fighting up to Aug. 6,
without tlje expected great battle having been opened.
The simultaneous receipt of favorable
news from these commanders in -the
far east raised the spirits of those in
the Russian capital Immensely. Tile
dispatches were printed in special
newspaper bulletins and were eagerly
bought up on the streets. The newsboys arotmd the "depots met the returning crowds of Sunday pleasure seekers
and shouted their wares without being
reproved by the police and thousands
of St. Petersburgers went to their
homes tonight apparently satisfied that
a favorable turn of affairs had commenced At the front.
General Stoessel's report, though ten
days old, is taken as a satisfactory refutation of too recently repeated rumors
of the fall of Port Arthur. He states
that the determined Japanese assaults
were repulsed with tremendous loss and
figures 10,000 as the number of Japanese billed and wounded. This is admittedly on Chinese information which
heretofore has proved to be of exceedingly doubtful value. But with Russian
losses of 1,500 as a basis the authorities consider that 10,000 is a fairly
conservative estimate since the Japanese were beaten off in what must have
heen a desperate assault on tremendously strong fortifications. The fact
that the Japanese were not able to remove their wounded and dead ls taken
to" prove thiCr def gat.. must ba$e heen
one of great severing, '
The part played by the fleet bears out
the prediction of the Associated Press
that Rear Admiral Withoft is able to
render efficient support to the garrison.
It is considered significant that no men-
lion is made Of Vice Admiral Togo, indicating that the Japanese fleet Ib impotent to aid friend orlnjure foe. Possibly the bulk of the fleet has been detached for other service, though this
would not bo likely at a time when a
serious land assault on the fortress was
contemplated.
The authorities do not divulge t&e
source of General Stoessel's report
though it is understood that It came
hy the way of Chefoo. The fact that
the Japanese are in possession ot the
country as far north as Haicheng renders it unlikely that it came by the
land route.
General Kuropatkin's report states
that the Japanese are stationary on hts
eastern front, the greatest activity being on the southeast posizUons where
the Russians are a life to take the offensive. While the movements tn themselves are apparently of no great importance, they are Interesting as showing that the Japanese are still halting
before undertaking the serious task of
attacking Liao Yang with its strong
circle of defences.
NEWS OF PORT ARTHUR
HA8 REACHED CHEFO-.
Said That Japanese Have Come Very
Close to Fortress.
CHEFOO, Aug. 8.-9 a. m.— The Japanese force which captured Wolfe Hill
is now entrenched in the valley about
two-thirds of a mile from the fortress
at Port Arthur.
A Japanese cruiser Is alleged to have
■track a new mine and to have sunk immediately In the vicinity of Cristova
battery.
The Russian cruiser Bayan has a
small ho!e above her water line which
was inflicted by the explosion of a
mine which had floated to the harbor
entrance.
Tne Japanese have occupied Louisa
Bay, landing troops with the probable
intention of attacking west of the oity.
There has been no important fighting in the vicinity of Port Arthur since
'July 28.
The Russian artillery harasses the
Japanese who are attempting to advance their trendies.
The above information was brought
here today by Russian refugees who left
Port Arthur the 4th instnt.
PORT ARTHUR SAFE.
LONDON, Aug. 8.—-No further news
from Port Arthur has reached London
and  there is no confirmation of the
rumored fall of the fortress.
Says All Posts Were Held and the
Enemy Lost 10,000 Men.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7.—Lieutenant General Stoessel, commanding
the Russian military forces at Port Ar*
thur, in an undated dispatch to the
emperor says:
"I am happy to report that the troops
repulsed all the Japanese attacks of
July 36, 27 and 28 with enormous
losses.
"The garrison's enthusiasm was extraordinary.'
"The fleet assisted in the defense by
bombarding the Japanese flank.
"Our losses during the three days
were about 1,500 men and 40 officers
killed or wounded.
"According to statements of Chinese
and prisoners the Japanese lost as
many as 10,000.
"Their losses were so great that the
enemy has not had time to remove the
dead and wounded."
JAPANESE 3UCCE8SE8
ADMITTED BY RU88IAN3.
Three Invading Armies Will Follow
Up Their Advantage.
LIAO YANG, Aug. 7.—The past
week has been a most dramatic and
eventful one.
The Japanese intend to follow up the
Russians and to gain ground east and
south by an attack on Anshanshan
(midway between Haincheng and Liao
Yang).
It is reported that the Japanese are
advancing on the west and exciting
rumors are current.
Though apparently beaten at every
IoInt and though the Japanese have
advanced well on the Russian flask,
the Russians in council of war hav?
determined to defend all their positions as heretofore.
All the foreign attaches and newspaper correspondents are hurrying to
the lines.
A RUSSIAN VICTORY
REPORTED AT FORTRESS.
This Time the Chefoo Man Claims a
Loss of 10,000 Men.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7.—A telo-
gram from Chefoo, dated Aug. 7, says
that according to Chinese information
,a fierce-battle was fought on the Iand
side of Port Arthur Aug. 5. The Japanese arc reported to. have been repulsed with'fereaf loss; iholtliled alone
being estimated at 10,000, while the
Russians lost about 1,000.
The telegram says that Lieutenant
General Stoessel was personally In
command and that the conduct of the
Russian troops was splendid.
TOULON-IS THREATENED
WITH DISASTROUS FIRE.
Whole Blocks Menaced-—The Flames
Are Spreading  Rapidly,
TOIJLON, France, Aug. 8.—<Fire
broke out ih the arsenal hero at midnight, originating in the extensive
stores. The flre spread rapidly and
now threatens to embrace entire
blocks of buildings.
The troops were at once called out
and mustered in the streets. The prefect of the maritime port is organising
assistance and admirals and generals
are helping in the work at the pumps.
A division of the reserve squadron has
been called upon to aid.
MI88 ESSIE TOOLE HURT
AT HYDETOWN $ESTERDAY.
Fell From a Street Car, Injuring Her
Back—An Unfortunate Girl.
Miss Essie Toole, who lives in the
family of J. J. Breene, South Franklin
street, was severely injured last evening while returning from Mystic park.
When the car arrived at Hydetown the
crowd made a rush for the 8:80 Titusville car which was standing on the
other side of the track. It is said that
Miss Toole, who was with several
companions, stood up before tbe car
stopped. She was sitting on the end
and stepped or jumped backward from
the car. She was thrown violently to
the ground and was unable to move or
help herself. Her young friends who
got off the car from the opposite side
reached the Titusville car before they
were aware of any trouble. Dr. Hatch
of Pleasantville, who was on the car
at the time, made an examination and
found that there were no bones broken.
She was taken into a nearby residence
until a special car in charge of General Manager W. J.. Smith was sent io
Hydetown and the injured girl was
conveyed to the Breene residence.
Drs. Jameson and Burchfieid found the
muscles of the arms and back bruised,
hut no bones broken. There was alsn
a bad bruise on the thigh and the
cords of the back were strained. The
physicians were not apprehensive ot
any serious trouble. Miss Toole suffered great pain in her back and arm.
The young lady is particularly unfortunate. Just a year.ago she stepped
from a chair and fell, breaking her collar bone. At another time she broke
the bones of her arm and a few month?
ago ran a needle into one of her fingers, which required the services cf
the X-ray before being dislodged.
TNE STRIKE INDORSED
BY ALL LABOR UNIONS.
300,000 CHICAGO MEN WILL STAND
BY BUTCHERS.
ASSESSMENT   PLAN   IS   ADOPTED
And   President   Donnelly   Thinks" He
Will     Win     Eventually—Packers'
Side of the Case stated.
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—All the labor
unions in Chicago have indorsed the
stock yards strike.
After listening to the strikers' side
of the controversy, Which was.'- presented by Michael J. Donnelly, president of the butchers' union, Chicago
Federation of Labor, which is Composed of labor organizations In 'Cfi^igo
and has a membership of nearly $0(/,-
000, adopted resolutions pledglngMhe
moral and financial support of the ipC-
eral body as long as the strike continues.
Each member of the central body
will be assessed a small sum per week
and the whole amount will be turn-.'.l
over to the striking unions to help in
the support of the strikers and their
families during the struggle with the
packers. The exact amount each member Is to be assessed was left in the
hands of a committee with orders *"
report results tomorrow. While tho
officials of the Federation of Labor
were unable tonight to give an exact
estimate of the amount of money the;
strikers would secure from this source,
it was stated that the total sum woull
be well up in the thousands each week.
After a fight which has lasted for
nearly four weeks, a settlement of t*,je
■strike seems to be as remote as at any
time since the struggle began. Neither side to the conflict, during all tnis
time, has shown any sign of weakening.
. The packers, while claiming thht
they will soon have their affairs in normal condition again, so successful have
they been In securing non-union men,
yet admit that so far they have beeu
able to get but 560 of their old employes back and that the majority dl
these men are unskilled workers. In
the last statement given out hy the
packers it was said that nearly half
as many men were at work now, as
before the strike began. These .men
have been brought to Chicago from all
parts of the country, the majority^ if
them having never seen a meat packing plant before coming here.
With these men the packers have
succeeded in accomplishing a great
deal of work, but according to tlie
strikers eyery.-„animal that has been
slaughtered since- the stride w.is
called has been at a financial loss to
the packers, as in the majority of cases
a lack of skilled workmen has made It
impossible to operate the by-products
department and this source of revenue, which under normal conditions
is a clear profit to the packers, has
been allowed to go to waste.
Last week the packers were figuring
on a break in the ranns of the striker*
when work was resumed tomorrow
morning, but there was nothing to indicate that the men were even considering such a step or that they had any
idea of surrendering tomorrow or nt
any future time. According to Presi
dent Donnelly the' strikers are In a
better position than they were on July.
12, the day the original strike was or
dered.
"During the four weeks that the
strike has been in force," said Mr.
Donnelly tonight, "there have beeu
fewer than 200 desertions from the
various unions whose members have
joined the struggle for living wages,
and not one of these workmen who.
have gone back is a skilled worker. T .
offset these desertions our men have
secured at least twlee that number of
new recruits from the men the packerr
have brought to Chicago to take the
strikers' places.
"From a dispute between the packers and butcher workmen the strike
has spread into a struggle between organized capital and labor, but there
are not enough men and women nn
this continent to break this strike, de
spite the assertions of the packers
that they have nearly all the workmen
they require and that their business is
about back to its normal basis.
"I bave received assurances from tbe
most powerful labor organizations
throughout the United States that they
are with us in this fight and are only
waiting to have representatives from
our unions sent before them and make
the request, when contributions to our
financial support will be freely made.
L'nder these circumstances there is
nothing for us to fear, as the victory
will be with us in tbe end, no matt-r
how long that may be.'"'
8TRIKER8 GOING BACK.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Aug. 7. The local
packing house managers tonight say
that fully one-half the union men remaining out will go back to work tomorrow morning. Applications by letter and in person, the managers say,
have been made by 1 He strikers. The
men are compelled fo turn into the
manager's office their union cards and
buttons before being admitted to the
plants.
ITALIAN BOMB THROWER
IN CUSTODY OF POLICE
A
Believed to Be Member of Terrorizing
"Black   Hand"   Society.
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—A bomb was
thrown into a crowd of Italians in East
Fifteenth street last night, injuring a
score or more persons and led to the
arrest today of Vincenzo Donetto, who
tbe police believe is a member of the
"Black Hand" society, which for some
time has terrorized residents of the
Italian districts and extorted money
from them by threats and actual violence. Donetto himself was more seriously Injured by the bomb than any of
the others, one leg being badly torn
from the hip to the ankle, but he managed to escape at the tints and was arrested today at his home.
It was some time before the police
were informed of the bomb throwing
and although they succeeded In learning that more than twenty persons
were injured they have been able to
find only a few of them, as the Italians
in the neighborhood refuse to give information.
Two rival saloon keepers on opposite
street corners were giving away beer
in an effort to outdo each other and a
crowd surrounded each place. Peter
Dimerto, who was acting as doorkeeper at one saloon, says that Donetto approached bim and demanded
money, which was refused him. He
immediately steppecTback, took a bomb
from his pocket, lighted its fuse and
threw it. An explosion followed and
men, women and children ran screaming from the place.
Donetto was Knocked down but soon
recovered sufficiently to Be able to get
away. When fhe police went to arrest him today he threatened to commit suicide but his door was broken
in before he could obtain a weapon. A
physician was attending to his wounds
at the time.
Several children were slightly injured and one man is known to have
had his chin blown off but so far as the
police havo been^able to learn no one
was fatally hurt.
FELL
TRAIN S
BRIDGE
FROM   FORTY   TO   FIFTY   PEOPLE
REPORTED   DROWNED.
MRS. MARY MURPHY DEAD
AT HER MEADVILLE HOME.
NO   DEFINITE   NEW8    RECEIVED,
A Heavy Rain Weakened Bridge—Engine   and     Five   Cars     Dropped.
Trainmen Cannot Be Found.
FELL SIXTEEN  FEET
FROM A HOUSE ROOF
Manley Beebe of Pleasantville Had a
Narrow Escape Friday.
Manley Beebe, son of W. D. Beebe of
Pleasantville, who is at home from
Harvard for the summer vacation, miraculously escaped serious injury Friday in falling from the roof of a two-
story dwelling house in Pleasantville,
Mr. Beebe ls studying architecture, and
during the summer has been gleaning
practical 'knowledge pertaining to the
construction of houses. He was assisting in shingling the roof of a new dwelling Friday afternoon when the board
or scaffolding upon which he and a
companion were standing, gave way.
Mr. Beebe was whirled over several
times and struck another scaffolding
which .he grasped but was forced to
loosen his grip and fell the remaining
sixteen fset to the ground. No bones
were broken but Mr. Beebe was badly
bruised and shaken up. His companion
was more fortunate as in his descent
he grasped a projecting window frame
and thus saved himself.
PUEBLO, Aug. 8.—Rio Grande passenger train No. 11, due to reach Pueblo at 8:15 p. m., went through a brMge
at Pinon at 7:50 o'clock tonight. The
engine and five coaches were wrecked
and a number of passengers injured.
The accident was caused by a- heavy
rain which weakened the bridge.
It is now reported that between thirty
and fifty people have been drowned in
the wreck near Pinon, many of them
Pueblo residents.
A call for volunteers has been made
on Pueblo and every available man is
being sent to the scene.
Details are very hard to obtain at
this hour.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. 8.—Rio
Grande passenger train No. 11, southbound, fell through a bridge south of
this city tonight. The engine and five
coaches went through the bridge.
The engineer, fireman and conductor
have not yet been found.
The train dropped into Fountain
Creek, the bridge being weakened by
continuous heavy rainsA
, Wrecking trains have been sent to
the scene from Puefilo, Carrying physicians.
DENVER, "Col., Aug. 8.—A special
train carrying Chief Surgeon O'Connor,
Superintendent of Motive Power F.
Merbheimer and other Rio Grande officials, left at 12:30 o'clock tonight for
the scene of the wreck at Pinon.
No definite information has been received by the. officials here beyond the
fact that three cars went through the
bridge.
The Rio Grande people fear that the
loss of life will be heavy.
She Claimed to Have Been 134 Years
of Age—Retained Faculties.
MEADVILLE, Aug. 7—(Special.)—
Sirs. Mary Murphy of "Kerrtown, a suburb of this city, died at 1:80 o'clock
Saturday morning of the infirmities ot
old age. She claimed to have been' born,
in Dublin, Ireland, on Christmas' day,
1770. She remembered with distinctness
the great Irish* rebellion of 1798 and in
her old age could recall vividly the occurrence of tbose strenuous times in
the Emerald isle. She was a middle-
aged woman of 15 when Napoleon was
defeated by Wellington at Waterloo
and she was far past the years allotted
by the psalmist when our Civil war
broke out. At the conclusion of the
Revolutionary war she was a maiden of.
thirteen summers and the days of
George the Third she remembered well
Mrs. Murphy emigrated to the United
States when .about 100 years of age and
had resided in Meadviile for many
years. She was a small woman?
wrinkled and brown, But retaining ber
faculties of reason until her death. Sim
read without glasses, walked with a
firm step and was never seriously il£
A year ago she Informed your corresj
been taken.
Mrs. Murphy Is survived by her BuP
band, a bent old man of 90 years, Shi
leaves three children, a daughter* j
Erie and a son and daughter in Ashta?
bula. The son is past 70 years of agfa
and is the youngest of the family. tiff
making out the deatn certificate *tj||
age of 112 years was marked by jth*
undertaker.
BOY BURNED TO DEATH
AT OIL CITY SUNDAY.
THE SIBERIAN RAILROAD.
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 7.—Print, o
Hilkoff, minister of railroads, left St,
Petersburg today for Baikal to inspect
the railway in that district. He declined the favorable offers of foreign
companies for the double tracking of
the Trans-Siberian railway and the
project has been postponed.
PENNSYLVANIA   MAN
SHOT HIMSELF DEAD.
A. Patchen, of    West    Spring Creek,
Killed Himself While Temporarily Insane,
CORRY, Pa., Aug. 8.—A. Patchen, of
West Spring Creek, committed suicide
at a*j early hour Saturday morning by
shooting himself in the brain with a
revolver. Death was instantaneous. He
was despondent because of ill health
and the deed was committed during a
fit of temporary insanity.
Mr. Patchen, who was a well-to-do
farmer about 55 years of age, rose as
usual and started the flre tor breakfast.
Then he left the kitchen and a few
minutes later the sound of a shot was
heard from the woodshed. He was
found there with a bullet hole in his
temple and dead. The revolver with
which .he did the shooting was by his
side. An undertaker from, this city was
summoned to take charge of the remains.
The unfortunate man leaves a wife
and several children.
Death of Cherrytree Lady.
Mrs. Schreves of Cherrytree township, mother of George Schreves, died
last Friday, aged 88 years. The funeral
took place Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock and interment was made in the
Miller Farm cemetery.
Found Matches and Ignited His NlgWt
Gown—Lived 12 Hours.
OIL CITY, Pa.,*Aug. 7.-—(Special.)-*
Edward Rezoski, aged 3 years, the son
of Jacob Rezoski of this city, died' at
7 o'clock tonight from burns received:
at 8 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Rezoski is employed at the National Transit shops and ' returned
home from his work at 6 o'clock Surf-
day morning. The little boy heatfl
him and after the father retired crept
cut of bed. He found some matches
and went on the porch to play. Ha.
lighted one of them-and it fell on his
nightgown. Neighbors were attracted
by the little boy's screams and ran toward tbe house. Before their arrival the
parents had been awakened and had'
smothered the flames with a blanket
Of the nightgown only the bands at the
wrists and neck remained. The child
was frightfully burned about the abdomen and back and nothing could bo
done to save him.
Edward .was the youngest of a family
of seven boys and one girl.
8UNDAY MORNING FIRE
i     OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN.
Three Barns, a Horse and, Wagons
Burned at Meadviile.
MEADVILLE, Aug. 7.—(Special.)—
A flre of incendiary origin broke out at
12:80 o'cloek this morning tn a barn
belonging to Mrs. D. E. Conover at the
corner of Chancery lane s.nd Liberty
street. It was fully ten minutes before
the flre department arrived and by that
time the flames had been communicated
■to two adjoining barns.
A horse, sleigh and b jggy belonging
to H. H. Hewitt, a rural free delivery
carrier, were burned in the Conover
barn. The loss will not be above $1,000.
There was no insurance, either on
building or contents.
••••eooeoeee***.
Uncle Sam Approves
of the Business Methods of the
Second National Bank
1st.   RESOURCES.
Its capital, surplus, undivided
profits and stockholders' liability aggregate
$765,000.00.
2d.   FACILITIES.
With large resources are combined the most complete facilities in Credit, Foreign Exchange, Savings and Safe Deposit Departments, Four Per
Cent. Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit and many other
branches, illustrating a working out of details in each special
direction of helpfulness.
Attention is called to its position in reference to three
points to be considered in the
selection of a bank.
3d.   POLICY.
The Second National Bank welcomes small as well as large accounts and renders Its best service to all. The facilities of
every department are at the disposal of customers and correspondents. Extensions of credit
are made on as liberal terms as
is consistent with good banking
principles and in such extensions customers are always
given the flrst consideration.- '
The resources of the Bank are large because through its facilities and the adop-i
tion of a liberal policy towards customers and correspondents, it has been of important
service to those associated with it.