flCM UPS KurokTs Troops at Gatos of Llaoyang.

A SHELL KILLS RONTKOWSKY

turopilUi Now Pressed Back Toward Mukden.

RUSSIANS LOST THREE THOUSAND

Ik* Captar* of Aaoka Forrww of tko Mlka4o Ha' aa Wllk IraoalatlkU Powor, aa« Mow af Llaoraaa Tkor Tkroatoa tko Prartlral AaalktlaUoa of tko Kaoatr'o Wkolo Amy. LONDON. Aoii HI.—Tbo n»oot Important moreineut of the war tnia boon opontwl by tbo combined atUrk of the Japaneao troopa under Knroki. Oku ami Nodxu. drlvin* In tbe Uuaalan* from their poaltlon* at and Aaplng aa far aa LUoyan*. It la even reported that General Kuraputkln la retiring toward Mhkden. At Port Arthur General StoeaaeL hat Reported that It will be Impocalble for fchn to bold that atroocbold much Loo *er. Adricea from LUoyang aky that tbe RuaaUna have retired from Anahanahan after a flgbt which commenced ' on the mornlnx of Aug. 20 and cootinned In a desultory manner all day and night. A furiona general attack along the whole Ruaaian Hue by Genera la Kuroki'a and Oku'a united force* hua begun. After Kurokl'a gupa bad ailenced aeveral of tbe batteries under General Ivanboff, tbe Japaneue Imperial guard and tbe reglmenta of the Second brigade made a night charge In which they rushed General Herschelman's brigade la a bayonet fight on the bilks leading toward Anplng. At the same time General Oku baa attacked Anshunshan. about ten mill farther aouth and midway between Haicheng and Llaoyang. It la reported from Wethalwel that the Japanese have captured several fort* belonging to Port Arthur's west era line of defense*. If Ibis poaltlon has been taken and occupied. It rmliaed that union the Ja|mneee are at once dislodged tbe whole chain of forts will be breached and tbe peattlou of Port Arthur rendered critical. Prime Minister Batfuur has aimouo «d that the British government ordered two cruisers from the symadron at the Cape of Good Hope without delay to locate the Ruaaian volunteer fleet a tea mere Smolensk and 8L Petersburg and to convey to them the order* of the Ruaaian go r era meet that they must not further interfere with neutral shipping. Tbe premier stated that this action was taken at the reyuest of tbe Russian government This estr^>nUnary statement was made when the premier by appointment received a denotation of the London chamber of commerce. Late special advices received from Harbin. Manchuria, say that the Ruaaian losses is the great four days' battle east and sooth of Llaoyang were tftOO killed or wounded Tbe great majority of the caanalOaa were sustained at Anplng. With tbs enemy now preealn* him on three aides General KUropatkln most rapalea the attsdk at the Japanese or bis army arlM be in a poaltlon that will mean Its practical anirtbllsl The withdrawals of U gfrom their front at Andbanahan and from their eastern posldsn simultaneously for stratagic reasons to being ontfianhed by the

Tbs Japanese artillery at LUoyanf resumed tbe battle at 9 o'clock In the morning, tbe point of pressora again being the Russian sooth front. The Japanese infantry than advanced to the attack, the reglmenta being deolorad In onen order. Tbe retirement of the Russian transport ef four corps acroes the plains while the artillery and troope In tbe rear held off the Japanese afforded a

rear of bcttaAes. the Russians work tag their guns with great coolnasa and tuft- retiring until the transport eras la

safety.

General Rontbowsky eras killed by a abeU while leading bta command.

General Kuropetklnb entire army sooth of Liaoyang has retreated to . that ptacw "

The Japanese.

kin baa seat pf-evWaM north and Is retiring toward Makden. The general staff at BL rrisraborg has rscetTed a lengthy dispatch from Geo anil Kuropatkln >e the effect that all bis faresa south of LUoyaag have been withdrew* north at there. Tbe Japanese an practically at tbs gates of UseyaacTbe roads are almost ImpanabM. and the RMrian troops In falling back are hampered by tbe number of baggage and commissariat wagons with them. Igte official advices received from Tokyo say that wttb 200.000 man Oensnala KwrokL Oku and N«dau arv pressing their attack on liaoyang. where General Kurojmtkln Is strongly fortified with an army of 180,000 men. The battle that has developed and still conttaoes la tbe greatest of the war, and upon its result practically depends the fate of the Russian arms. At & o’clock In the morning tbe mikado’s troops, moved by tbe knowledge that It was the amflrerasry of the mikado’s birth, opened thatr aaaaulf with a rain of shrapnel which swept tbe entire Russian front I'nder cover of tbe bear lest kind of cannon sdlog. so fierce that the hills appeared ablaae and the Individual detonations of the guns Could not be distinguished, the Infantry advanced. In four hour* they were dose upon the Russian line. On the west It was rei>orted that the Russian cavalry, bad checked tbe forward movement, but on the aouth. where the fighting fiercest, they came Into baud *o hand conflict with the Human*, and bayonet charge* resulted The Ruaaian loaaca have been heavy. It la estimated that more than half a million men are engaged In the

battle.

A dispatch from Mukden says that In the stubbornly fought battle which" has been In progress near Usayaug all attempts of the Japanese to turn tbe Ruaelao flank have been repulsed. It is said at Mukden that the Japanese lost over ten guns, but details had not yet been rvo • 1 Tbe Japanese have aJUU guns near liaoyang. * A Chefu report any*: “All I* quiet on the eastern front of Butt Arthur’s fortification*. The gun* on Quail bill and the shore batterl** successfully bombarded the enemy on the western front. The Japanese have occupied the quarantine station at tbe village of Dajrangow. The battleship Sevastopol went out to bom hard the enemy In Tube bay, but withdrew under cover of the batteries ui*an the appearan'se of the cruisers Nlashln and Kasuga with a detachment of torpedo boats. 'The Japanese have delivered three assaults on the battery, but were driven off’by shrapnel from the rear with heavy loase*. They are hurriedly intrench lug at the foot of Ougloraya or Corner hill, to the northeast of Port Arthur.”

A SECOND CORPSE FOUND.

COOCHERTBR, Ooam. Aug. HL Alonso Grant a court Interpreter, has brought to light tbe body of a murtana hand oo tbe farm of GerB. Mara, the octogenarian now In accused of tbe murder of John who was employed by Mara after the mysterious disappearance of a farm band two year* ago. Further search U being made in the eggpetatioa of recovering tbe body of a peddler who visited the Man Cara’and was seen no more. Jewelry and clothing

Mara's poeaamou, it is alleged. That the man bad bass moMb was established after an autopay by Medical Examiner Gaudy and Oorooer Brown. They fioupd that tbe akuil bad been crushed la. tbe man baring bean struck an tbe foenbead with a heavy.

ngrttlatnfl. a> bad the body of Pawri.wtdeh Was found la April Mat and to answer for which crime Man and young wtte am new in tbs Jan to Sot-

WILL NOT CALL OFF STftfKE.

CHICAGO, Aug. SL—The national executive board of tbe boteUr workmen has voted not te eafi eff tbe atx Instead tbe struggle to to be oootta until tbe striker* are "accorded an honorable adjustment,” according to a statement leaned by Praelganf Donnelly. After a conference with members of tbe executive committee of tbe etrik-

Donnelly refused to divulge what bad taken place. He admitted that means of securing money tor the strikers hem discuss sd. but be refused to say wbat rise bad been talked of at tbe

that a general mass meeting would be held by tbe striking unions today -• p. tn. at Watita hall, naur the sta j yards. Plane of action will than

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all they had to from Oa—a myaterloos lead bsytmd the planets. He to to United States. Ha to aooomp ad by several companions. Out to the Scarecrow, found In a fieri la tbs land of Os. Thoogn filled wttb Ufa. ba to stuffed with straw and has no brain*. And companion in tbiTln Woodman, mads of things from s tinsmith’s shop. He ha* no beard Ttton there to Jack Pnmpklwhaad. ade by a boy named Tip. Be waa made acage a witch. Tbe witch sprinkled the powder of Ufa oa blm and mad* him walk Tip stole the powder of ttfe, sprinkled H on a Sawhorse, and tbe Sawbone cantered sway with Jack on bin back Then *11 of the Ostia* earn* across the Gump. Tbe Gdmp to two blgb-bsoked sowith * staffed dear's fans for wing*. Tbs Gump U the vehicle oo which the Wagglebag. the Scarecrow, the Tl* Woodman. Jack Pnmklabead fend tbeSawbv.se haw

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words, would form a town of 50.000 inbabitants, of about tba proportions of tbe rity of p —o-g or about one twenty-fifth of Um ala* of Philadelphia. The funeral o

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