SURROUNDED BY JAPS |
Movement is Almost Completed and
Kuroki and Aku Are Closing In.
THE ENEMY'S FROAT IS EXTENDED.
Russian Geoeral Must Now Either Fight er
Withdraw Northward — He Is Closely Pressed
at Haicheng, Where There Has Been Heavy
Fighting, the Rear Guard of the Retreatiog
Russians Being ln Grave Peril.
St. Petersburg (By Cable), —Though
public attention been
from the events of the war during the
past week, first, because of the fear of
and,
has distracted
sec
of
Plehve,
international complications,
ond, because of the
Minister of the Interior
the situation at the
assassmation
von
front is regarded
as critical,
The enveloping
three Japanese armies of General Ku-
movement of the
roki, Nodzu and Oku around General
be |
i
€ xtended i
to
Kuropatkin's position appears
1
aj
almost complete, and the
line of the Japanese seems to be the |
only drawback to concerted action. |
It is realized here that the Russian |
general must now either fight or with- |
draw the whole army
Kuropatkin being closely
at Haicheng. At that
Kuroki's northern colu
extremely dangerous to
because, while holding
give battle against the Jap
advance 1s always slo
General Kuroki ]
and cut his communication
oyang
“While nothing is definitely
there are some unofl
that matters are rapidly maturnu
either a battle retreat
stance, the refusal
press te
narthward
pressed :
place General
is
the
il
fh al indices tion
Or a
ations are making
that the wires ar
cident to a co
or Liaoyang
A few
mine which cou
kin has elected
There is no inch
that there
vere fighting a
Port Arthur, possibly a
a bombardment fr }
not believed that
ready ste
Admiral Withe
naval forces at Po
on to put to sea ul
fortress becomes
no definite rma
the report that
of ammunition
public g
of the situation there
The indications that
squadron is on the eve of an importar
movement Noti th
can be ascertained officially, but
of the officers already i
well to friends and fanmulbs
holding themselves ready
¢. The Emperor
to inspect uadroe
Was given uf
tion of Mimste
Plehve
Londo, (By
pondent of the
wang, in a
says that there
two
days are
nave
may
tf 1h utes
1 the
to rm
she
ier fk
int
as the 1
are the
ing regaramg
ave
ser €
dispa
Gays
\ 3
heng dur:
treat | Tate
sjans forpung th
the peril of th
rom
SWEPT BY CONFLAGRATION.
Destructive Fire Starts in Lumber Yard at
Salisbury, Md.
Md.
bury was visited by one of
she
Years
Salisbury (Special)
destructive fires
in a number of
Company's lumber and
plant here was partly
with a loss of
amount is well
Their mam
warehouses and most
ber have gone at 1.30 o'clock A
A row of dwelling-houses, more
lumber and an entirely new sash mil
are in the path of the flames and only
one engine can be worked because of
the bad conditions of the water mains.
To the south and east are the Bal
timore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Rail-
way Company car shops and the junc-
tion and freight house of that railroad
and the New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railroada
The fire was Ho vered by one of
the two watchmen at the vard and he
endeavored to extinguish it, burning
his face and hands and singeing his
hair. All the records and books in
the office were saved.
This
covered by insurance
about $40,000
fiooring mill, sawmill,
valuable tim
3
3
Georgia Family Murdered.
Statesboro, Ga, (Special).—~Henry |
R. Hodges, his wife and three chil-
dren, living about six miles from |
Statesboro, have been killed and their |
bome burned There were blood-
stains outside the building. Hodges, his |
wife and one child had had their skull |
broken, apparently with an axe. Rob.
bery is supposed to have been the |
cause of the crime
Murderer Commits Seicide.
Chicago, (Special).—After a week
of mental anguish, during which he
continually wept and prayed, Frank
Bendetto, who murdered his wife dur-
ing a fit of jealousy, committed sui-
cide in his cell in the county jail by
hanging himself,
Boy Fatally Shoots His Chum.
Pittsfield, Mass, (Special) Thom.
as Magner, a 15-year-old grocery
clerk, shot and killed his chum, Pat-
rick O'Brien, in a grove at the foot
of Linden street. The boys had been
shooting an old-fashioned 32 caliber
revolver, and Magner, supposing all
the cartridges had been exploded,
pulled the trigger over one that had
not yet been discharged, the ball en-
tering the left side of O'Brien's face
and lodging in the skull. O'Brien
died in a few minutes,
~ NEWS IN SHORT ORDER,
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading,
Domestic,
The large independent operators of
the Pocahontas coal region have en
tered into an agreement to raise
price of soit coal
Rear Admiral George A.
verse was appointed chief
of
late Admiral Taylor
The ‘peace prospects at the stock
vards' strike received a black eye
the arrest of President Golden,
Teamsters’ Union,
The managers of the St. Louis
position have decided not to pay
expenses of the foreign jurors to
fair
Receiver W
York Savings
drowned in a
River,
E. J
tii
0. of the
was
the
Taefel,
Bank,
branch of
icket
dealing in ne
Fair railroad
persons
J. Gildersleeve, a
was fined for
ferable World's
A dozen
ollisi
a collision
a trolley car near Coney
is * :
Minister Lei
were inju
between a motor trai
Island
view with the Sul
Une man was
jured in a hea
Cu
hanged at
murder, in
Osborn and |}
te
siCr
man,
r.. fi¢
1
The house of John
Haven, O., burned,
and his wife, both
were burned to de;
The remains of R A
: Taylor were buried
} at the National
ngton
State
Wisconsin, ok charge
bank at Mauston, Wis,
doors
4 he
Miss
and
over Bo
ith
year
rs
es
Xiamine
Republican
iN ¥
I reside nt
returned te
will remarr
i FIR EP
mother
{eathfield Washburn
of Buffalo, committed sn
The accident bulletin of
state
$opw 3 h
gecrease in the
since the
ommerce Commission
twie
we vv
NEW XY (
onfessed
Anderson,
, killed his sweetheart,
:
¢ Mrs. J. |
ley, and thea shot and killed him
A v
Ap
Lil.
1
Bank
in «
of Lancaster
sEGucnce
he Lancaster
closed
kD. its doors ol
inted
1 ' ail
The onal Association of Rail
way Postal elected
the national convention to
Boston in September
Davis emphatically
the report that he to marry
widow of Dr. John Reynolds, of Shep
herdstown, W. Va
The record in the case of James B
Howard against the State of Ken
.$
svat
Clerks
be
$ held
tO cia
Senator denies
1% tne
Court
resignation
as a director of
Stee] Corporation
supreme
The
Schwab
States
of Charles M
the United
Was al
of
the
Thomas Indiana,
Democratic
Taggart,
chairman of
Rev. Robert Perrine, dean of All
died at Newark
Foreign.
The recovery of Lego, alias
Porozeff, the assassin of the Russian
Minister of the Interior von Plebve is
believed to be assured. The officials
of a widespread plot.
The French police are searching for
an Italian nobleman who is alleged
to have swindled various people in
London out of sums amounting to
about £80,000.
Antonio de Castro won the prize of
£1,000 awarded by the Lisbon Geo-
graphical Socicty for completing a
walking tour of Europe in 18 months
The Viceroy of Hukwang has noti-
fied the othcials of Singanfu to pro-
duce the murderers of Monsignor Ver.
haepen, the Belgian bishop, on pain
of punishment,
wo Frenchmen were arrested at
Wilhelmshaven, Germany, on sus
picion of spying on the fortifications
there,
Rudolph Spreckels, of San Fran-
cisco, was successfully operated on
a Carlsbad by Dr. Sonnenburg, of
Berlin, and 18 doing well,
A British cruiser has sailed for
Tangier, presumably in connection
with disturbances in Morocco.
SEVEN ARE INDICTED
Federal Grand Jury Acts in Slocum
Disaster.
"HEAVY BAIL WILL BE DEMANDED.
True Bills Found Against the Captain, the
Inspector and a Probationary Officer, the
President, Secretary and Ircasurer of the
Knickerbocker Co., and Against the Captain
of the Grand Repubiic,
1 he
Captain Van
Steamboat In-
New York, (Special).
Grand Jury indicted
Schack and Federal
spec 1¢
Lund}
erg connection i
aster of the General Slocun Ju
last,
were
when
lost
! was com-
locum.
had
the
Dexter
be “i
the
fleet
aeneral
+
commaoaqaore
these men and
is spectors
PRESIDENT IS NOTIFIED,
An lateresting Ceremony at the Country Home
of the Roosevells.
{ }y ster
Fresident
ners
{hey were
rida, Senator Chaun
f New York, whe &
Senator Clarence D
ng
iunded an
yee
Were men
? mi PW
o
eption the
began y iemb oof
lv. the house guests and the
VIsSIfOrs were assen
notification
assemblage he was warn
President and
on a chait
pH ke
an angle of th veranda, so
hear
conclusion
Roosevelt
STON amd
photographs were taken on
ith the
x
that a
At the
President
il could
of
received
several
the addre “8.
group
the
President in
slene
and lawn, w
entre
Balioons to Hurl Explosives,
Nashington, (Special) y
marked the termination of the agree
entered into by the Powers at
fy
ment
Hague Peace Conference,
‘ory, whereby the use of war balloons
for throwing destructive
prohibited for five years
tuesia and Japan are
explosives
Joth
to
&
now free
in this direction will be closely watch-
ed by American military strategists,
Farmer Assassineted.
Augusta, Ga, (Special).—A special
the Chronicle from Washington,
Wilkes county, Ga., says that while
Charles J. Tyler, a prominent young
farmer of the northeastern section
of the county, was at supper with his
wife, Dr. Thomas C. Burch emptied
two loads of buckshot from the win-
dow into the body of Tyler, killing
him instantly Dr. Burch has been
taken in custody in the adjoining
county.
to
Waders Swept to Their Death.
Winnipeg, Man, (Special). -~While
four persons were attempting to wade
across Old Mans river, at Mcleod,
N. W. T, they were swept from their
feet and drowned. They are Nellie
and Katie Higgins, aged 20 and 16,
respectively; Eddie Higgins, aged 6,
all members of the same family, and
Mary Robinson, aged 21, a Friend.
The river, which is usually a shallow
stream, had become swollen by recent
heavy rains,
ONE DEAD; ANOTHER DYING.
Three Highwaymen Shoot Mine Superintendent
and Stable Boss.
P. F. Camp-
superintendent and paymaster of
Altoona, Pa. (Spec al)
bell,
the Puritan Coal Mining Company, at
Puritan, Chas
£8 for the same com
Cambria county, and
Hays, a stable be
pany, were held up on a public road
a mile out of Portage at 10 o'clock A
M.
bed
10
shot in twenty-five places and rob
of $28%65 which were taking
Puritan
%
ntly
man
id a number
cters were arrested
armed
ickshot
CHILD SCARED TO DEATH.
of a Mam Afflicted With
Epilepsy.
Wild Rampage
had gone
with y
he roadway Heiser, wh
NR spring and summer
been employed as a farm
been epilept <
x the
has subject to
lent form
Templars’ Gift to King Edward.
san Francisco, Cala, (Special).
California Knights
ngland in appreciation of
conferred upon the Californians in
of the of England and
conclave at San
Francisco. The rouvenir consists of
a volume of the history of the con-
great priory
ed for the King,
For Uniform Corporation Laws,
Nashville, Tenn, (Special)—Through
the efforts of Sceretary of State, John
W. Morton, an arrangement has been
made whereby representatives of states
and territories will meet in St. Loms,
September 2. The object is to dis-
cuss ways and means for securing a
uniform law incorporation charter and
kindred matters, The bureau of cor.
porations of the department of com-
merce and labor will send a represen-
tative,
I a
Gallows Trap Would Net Work.
Uniontown, Pa, (Special).- John
Jackson, colored, was hanged here
for the murder of Jack Kinney, also
colored, whom he killed near Con.
nellsville, June 30, 1003, in a quarrel
over a game of craps. The trap re-
fused to work and for five minutes
the condemned man stood with the
black cap on his head while the spring
was being adjusted. Death resulted
\ from dielocation of the neck
VON PLEHVE MURDERED
Russian Minister of Interior Yictim of
Assassin.
Assassin, a Young Flon, Is in Hospital Dan-
gerously Wounded by Fragments of His
Own Missile Widespread Anarchist Plot
Suspected and Numerous Arrests Made
St. Petersburg Shaken by Tragedy.
Petersburg,
Plehve,
(By
minister of the
{ ab ©)
is %
sd mated atl 6.80 ocio
bomb thrown at
3 friving
was driving
Cy.
| Station to take a train
Peterhof, where }
i 4
WEeCKIY
y report to
saAssin,
to be a
is now
haps fatally
own bomb,
An
parently a Finn, but
accomplice of Leglo,
whose
unknown, has been arrested
in his possession
to throw, but
by the pol
great |
irister
ving to
tried
ered
prevent
As M
as dr
abu
the
corted
bicvre Ts
AeLgEEyr
reamem
station
crowd of
and the busy
aimed ‘the eternal
Memory « f the departed servant Wer
all thoee 1 the com.
gregation dropped to
A no less
cesias,”
their knees
impressive
the min:
service
stately
to which
sted by
M. Dur
temporarily in charge
of the ministry of the interior
The magnificent staire
reception rooms were draped
of the wae
covered by a white
which concealed the ghastly mutila
tine It reposted in a black and
silver casket in the corner of the vast
hall. surrounded by luxuriant palms
Gendarmerie and
officers stood sentinel at the head of
was
ster «
®
were 1
even
intimate friends
tehve's
von assistant,
fon, ww ho 1%
and the
in black
com:
shroud
Asr
minster
high officials of the mmnistry
A special edition of the Official
in the afternoon contained only a
brief announcegent of the death of
M. von Plehve and the intimation that
an official requiem would be con.
ducted
The Emperor. who wae at the Villa
Alexandria, at Peterhof, was greatly
affected by the news, coming, as it
did, atop of the bad tidings from the
seat of war and fears of international
complications. The Emperor almost
broke down when he was informed of
the minister's murder.
a
FINANCIAL.
Chandler Bros. & Co. say: "We
still expect to see higher prices.”
Morgan brokers say United States
Steel preferred should sell to points
higher.
he Westinghonse Company's $4,
000,000 new § per cent. notes were all
sold in a day.
A bond house of Philadelphia has
issued a circular letter quoting 500
street railway bonds,
Wheat exports this week were 1.
281,000 bushels, againet 2,781,000 for
the same week last year,
BRITIAN MAKES DEMANDS.
Russisn Government Must Apologize asad
Salute British Flag.
The British
ernment has to
ir Charles Hardinge, the British Am-
to Russia, to energetically
against the sinking of the
British steamer Knight Commander
by the Russian Viadivostiok squz
Until the
the Russ
eat
i secrecy w
London, (By Cable)
C
§E
sent instructions
bass ador
projest
1
saron
presentation of! the note
an Government the
great
11 be maintained
vernment
answer
ally recerved
nment in case
nf an and. later,
PIETRENeY ATISINR
the warious
The
reserved her rights
the receipt of
filed ohiectionz agamst
fIresy the
United States aleo
iwtome of declaration
when scknowledging
th R
The
wietent
pecian declaration
British authorities
de. ire to the
United to make a declaration
in respect to the policy it proposes to
the matter of the protec.
tion of commerce, but nothing has yet
been done so far as known here
KUROPATKIN TELLS OF BATTLES.
tow the Japanese Turned Both Flanks of the
Russians.
Petersburg, (By Cable) ~The
following dispatch from General Kuro-
patkin, dated July 25 has been re-
ceived by the Emperor:
“Reconnaissances carried out daily
per.
inn their
States
pursue nm
St
tan showed the summits of the heights
north of Kaichou to be strongly oc-
cupied and fortified. At 5 in the
morning July 23, the enemy, two di
visions strong, assumed the offensive.
Along the lime of outposts to the
south the enemy developed a division
of infantry, concentrating his main
body toward Datchapn, 12 miles north
of Kaichou, and keeping lis cavalr
on our left flank near the railroad,
His advance was effected slowly and
at mtervals was accompanied by a
heavy fire from 30 guns, which our
rear-guard batteries successfully ans
wered. The Japanese fire at first was
directed at the heights, which gradual
ly were evacuated by our outposts
Our sharpshooters with the rear guard
opened fire upon the advancing Japan
ese infantry, and at a favorable
moment Colonel Lesch withdrew our
rear guard to a new position at Dat
chapu, and our baiteries, which had
several times changed their positions,
continued the duel with the enemy's
artillery, also firing into the infantry
columns.