JAPANESE ATACK AGAIN
Another Desperate Assault Made om
Port Arthur.
REPORT SAYSJAPS SUFFERED GREATLY.
Chefoo Dispatch Says Their Losses Were Very
Large, the Number of Killed Alone Being
10,000, While the Russians Lost Only 1,000—
General Stoessel Said to Have Personally
Commanded the Russians.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). —An of-
ficia! report from Lieutenant General
Stoessel, commanding the military
forces at Port Arthur, says that the
Japanese were repulsed with tremen-
dous loss in a three-day fight from
July 26 to July 28
Kuropatkin
Liaoyang some small Russian success-
General reports from
es in outpost fighting up to August §,
without the expected great battle hav-
ing been opened.
The simultaneous
able news from these
in the far East raised
receipt of favor-
commanders
the spirits of
ult
ly.
Repulsed with Great Loss.
General Ste
days old,
refutation of recently
rumors of the of Port Arthur
He states that the determined Japan-
ese assaults were repulsed with tre-
mendous le
The fact that the Japanese were not
taken as a satisfactory
the
fall
is
£8
taken to prove that their de-
f oreat
have been one of great
ed
feat must
verity.
18
Togo not Mentioned.
The part played by the fleet
out the prediction that Rear Admiral
Withaoft le to render cin
support to the garnson It
ered significant that no ment
made of Vice-Admiral Togo indicat-
ing that the Japanese fleet 1s impotent
to aid friend or injure foe Possibly
the bulk of the fleet has been detach-
ed for other, service, though this would
not be likely at a time when a serious
land assault on the fortress was cf
templated.
The anthoriti
source of G
though it
by way
Japanese
country as
ders it unhb
land route
General
that
this
vity
cast
are able to take the offensive
the movements in themselves
parently of no great importance,
are interesting showing that
Japanese are still halting before ur
dertaking the serious task of at k-
ing Liaoyang with strong circle
of defenses.
General Stoessel’s Dispatch.
8
abie
a
The
DOESEESIO
Naichen
came
wrth at
it
ne
kely that
Kuropatkin's
Jag ancse are :
front, the greatest
south and south
where the
st
he
eastern
being on
positions,
Nn
th
¢
are ap-
as the
un-
tac
te
General Stoessel
WE
Lieuter
patch to
“1 am
repu
July
fogses
ant
the Emperor folie
h: to report
all Japanese
1 1a the
La
ipPYy
ised the at-
fy
Vs
troops
racks of
mous
27
traordinary
“The
by bombarding the Japanese flank
“Ou during the three days
were about men and 40 off
killed or wounded.”
Another Battle?
A telegram Chefu;
gust says that according to Chi
ese information a fierce battle was
fought on the land side of Port Ar
thur Augus The Japanese are re
ported to been repul=ed with
great 108s
The telegram says that L
General Stoessel was personally
command, and that the conduc
Russian troops was splendid
It is probable that this dispatch re-
fers to the same battle as
Stoessel’'s telegram,
Kuropatkin Reports Skirmishes,
General Kuropatkin, in a telegram
feet assisted in the defense
losses
{200 CeTSs
1
from lated
A
v
2
$
t
have
t
.
v
.5
direction
The Russians set
a reconnaissance August
south front in the
Japanese positions,
fire to the village
thirteen miles northeast of Niuchwang,
from which place a small force of Ja-
on
transport animals.
PETROLEUM PRODUCTION.
That of 1903 Greatly Exceeded the Output of
Previous Year.
the United States during the year 1003
of petroleum, asphaltum and bitumin-
ous rock and copper.
The petroleum production was 100,
=1,178,010 in 19002. Production in Cal-
tfornia increased over 10,000000 bar-
rels, while the Texas production de-
creased over 1,000,000 barrels
The production of copper was 730,
044.517 pounds, against 600,508,644
pounds in 1902
{The production of asphalium and
bituminous rock was 101,255 tons, val
wed at $1.005.466. This was a smaller
amount by over 4000 tons in quanti
ty than the year previous, but its
value was 31 per cent, greater, Of
the total production, 46,187 tons, val-
ved at $522,164, was from California
This Looks Like Business.
"Washington, D, C, (Special).—A
hurry call for 2,000,000 feet of lumber,
mostly cypress, was received by Sec:
retary, Murphy, of the Panama Canal
Commission from the Isthmus. Be-
gides the lumber, 40,000 pieces of
piling also was asked for, with the re-
west that the shipment be expedited.
is is the second order for lumber for
the canal. The purchasing agent of
the commission is now in New Or-
leans supervising the shipment of 1.
500,000 feet of yellow pine to the Isth.
mus.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading,
Domestic,
Joseph Shearer and his wife, Eliza-
beth, who were married about a month
ago, were shot and killed by Harry
Fisher, aged 30 years, the woman's
brother, m their home, in Philadelphia.
Fisher also shot himself and died
later. The motive for the crime was
robbery
Benjamin Brown, of Philadelphia,
aged 72 years, will wed a widow aged
65 years. This will be his fourth mat
rimonial venture. Brown has figured |
in several accidents and on three oc
casions had been pronounced dead
There was a run on the Drovers’
Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago by |
strikers in retaliation for the
of one of the packing firms in making i
the bank an adjunct to its pay de-
partment.
Rear Admiral Rivet and a party of
officers from the French cruiser Du
the statehouse
hall in Boston and paid their respects
to the governor and mayor
An express train on the West Jersey
and Seashore Railroad, bound
into an
open
N. J. A
action |
and ty
%
i
}
jor
n switch
at Waodbury number of
An ltahan quarryman was wedged
ks,
on the Hudson. He was without food
or water lost his reason because
is sufferings.
Pottstown,
1d Henry Str
of
and
Pa, Harvey Keck
aub had a prize-figh
nsult offered Keck’
Keck was the wi
an
ner
Alfred Knapp, the
enced at Columbus,
rtric chair, has
cat or sleep
strangler,
CQ,
collapse d
sen
the
can
die in
ang
in the building trades
way, in New York, is
3 affect 40,000 n
f dynamite
lian q artes
uthbound passenger train on
1 and Nashwville Eoad
collided with a north-bound passenger
train near Ho Cave, Ky pas-
sengers and 4 trainmen were injured
In interview in S Francisco
vernor Carter, of the Hawaiian ls-
said that annexation has
been commercial far
the islands are concerned,
Judge D. D. McKoon, of New York,
o disappeared on July 15, reappear
ed in California. He tells a thnlling
story of being kidnapped
Supreme Court Ju
rse 32
wii an
Gs
lands,
not
@ SUCCeEss as as
Wil
i Nash, of New
York, } pronounced the trading
stamp act of that State to be anconsti-
tutional f
Dr. Orlando Brown, f« a
brigadier general in the Umted States
Amy, died at his home, at Washing
ton, Ct
Senator
attack
Sug slice
“as
rmerly
»
Hoar
is suffering
He 1s confi
t is not seriously
ully creditors
York, but adjourned without
n any proposition
Democrats and Populists of
succeeded in effecting fusion «
state tickets,
Russell Sage
eighth birthday
] imbago
New
definite
met in
K 5
ansa
their
observed hi
by attending
In Chicago September wheat reach-
nearly 3 cents
are raging |
a gain of
Destructive forest fires
Taggart, chairman of the |
National Committee, an-
noun ‘illiam F. Sheehan, of New |
‘otk, as chairman of the national ex-
utive committee
Inspector Robert C. Ould, |
‘nited States Customs Service,
of Virginia and a member of
Mosby's command, died at
Champlain, N. Y. !
Governor Blanchard has selected
{iss Juanita Lalland, of New Orleans, |
risten the battleship
1
will
we
ani
Prof. Frederick Starr, of the ni-
1
China next year to investigate a mys- |
terious white race, said to be residing
Dr. Brown Ayres, of Tulane Uni-
New Orleans, has accepted
the presidency of the University
lennessee
John M. Jones, the oldest printing
manufacturer, dead at his
Rochester, Y., aged B83
18
N.
years
W. N. Ferris,
of Big Rapids, was |
¢ State Convention
postal clerks are hav- |
in Chi}
gan Democrats
The railway
ing their annual convention
There is a great demand upon tne
skilled |
the
Chicago packers and they will thus
One thousand nonunion
The coming report of the Geolo-
gical Survey will show that the Unit-
ed States exceeded all previous re-
cords in the production of coal in 1903
A suit involving the possession of |
letters written by George Washing- |
ton and Daniel Webster has begun
in New York.
Bishop Potter denies that the visit
of the Archbishop of Canterbury is
for the establishment of an American
Mrs. George Law has been sued by
the widow of Dr. Lane for medical
attention rendered the defendant by
her husband.
Joseph Holtz, a retired farmer, of
New Oxford, Pa, was too shrewd for
two bunco men who tried to swindle
Foreign.
Three hundred and ten houses out
of a total of 560 at Ilsfeld, Germany,
have been destroyed by fire. There
were few fatalities,
The adoption of the closure reso-
lution caused an exciting scene in the
British House of Commons.
The proposition for a responsible
Russian cabinet has not secured the
favor of the Czar,
The Japanese government has is.
sued treasury bills to the amount of
10, yen, which will be disposed
of in Japan,
CONSID
Until Our Claims Get Recognition.
MINISTERLEISHMAN'S EFFORTS FUTILE
dent and Several Members of the Cabinet.
Washington, D. C,
the
the
ordered
(Special)
of
secretary
Rear
state
the
Tewell
3
he
of
evs toa }
Admiral
on request
This it
means
to be
action,
that
made
ted in official circles,
naval demonstration 18
rders were cabled to Rear Ad
Nice His
Baltimore and (
The «
iral Jewell at ships
ii 4 are
the Olympia, leve
land.
Smyrna was selected because it
p commi
18 Oniy
forded direct cable nical
with Washingtor
tar
Lal
1
ana
startin
onstaniyy
be
arrives
miles dis from (
trip probably will
three davs and when he there
Admiral Jewell will put himself
communication with Minister Lei
and also report to Washington
Act Follows Deliberation.
taken by
esident after deliberate con
Cabinet «
f Turkey's dilat
jing several
: .
presented by Mi
UK
The made
On Was direction
i
18 Hig
Were
these
pre fessions
basis as other
protest becaus
foreigners
e of the
against Amery
country in f§
Europeans
an
{fe §
avor ol
&
Evasion Tantamount to Insult,
Tt
ed by
“15113
e state department cons ders
the
'y
gstpaonements
VvETIOUS pre{texts,
ut representative
as permitted by
Leishm
the instru
'
linister
Secretary Hi
answer He
Ty Bus
i UCSGAY
14 +}
eign office on
day arrived he was to
have t until Th
latter day having passed w thout
ng from Porte. M
man tt}
ment
wart ursday
the inieter
informed e state
when the m
6
that
before
It 1s understood
i brought
the members agreed
Secretary Hay that
Was ©
£49 4 sed
inan SUSY
somethr should
gov
£ BE
¥
done to show the Turkish
f thi Overs
as agreed that
ald
is J
waters and
nd
ment. Acc
Rear Adm
forthwith t«
there u
mands of the
rdingly it
Jewell she
T
Ww
roceed
rkish
stil the claims a
United States should
re
t
ar
fe
te
ceive (nition
recog
JUDGE MAY DECIDE DISPUTE.
Conciliation Board Determines to Place Cour
troversy Before Chalrman.
LA’
vy
iikesbarre,
g of
oncihiati
meetin
»
pr
of
operators esented a
settlement the
weighmen and check
questions which have caused $0 1
ouble m the
The
miroversy
operators ask
be
(ray,
submitted
chairman
George
anthracite strike COMMIS
sion to be final and binding
was deferred
of the
ail Bete
and action
meeting
proposition
ntil the next
In view of the fact that
Nicholls of District No. 1, U. M. W,
of A., in a public statement, proposed
hat Judge Gray or the entire strike
commission be asked to settle the
it is quite hkely that the
whole matter will eventually be sub-
mitted to Judge Gray
The grievance of the employees of
Coxe Bros. & Co, of the Middle Coal
Fields was also taken up by the board
S80
by a resolution, presented by the oper-
ators, beng adopted to the effect that
the suspended employees be reinstat-
ed immediately and, as a compen
sation for their loss, to allow
50 per cent
from tht date
earnings of
of
the
the gricvence,
month previous
calculation,
It was also
compromise concerning
that
gize
recommended
the
officials of the company
A EATERS LAE
$20,000,000 Lost in Forest Fires.
St. Johns, N. F,
niewed outbreaks of forest
out the colony.
ent localities,
the spread
terior this season.
lcspector Carroll, of Department of Commerce
and Labor, on Scene.
Chicago, (Special). —Inspector Car-
roll, the special representative of the
United States Department of Com.
merce and
evidence for the government on which
an injunction was issued two
the federal district court,
{the larger packing companies
| combining in making the prices either
{as buyers of live stock or sellers of
| meat, was in the stockyards here in.
| vestigating conditions The inspec-
| tor's presence is by direction of the
| Department of Commerce and labor,
from President
{anxious to obtain exact
Difficulty was experienced
| packers’ employment agents
| ing strikebreakers into the stockyards
| come
their
Roosevelt, who
by the
In one case 12 Greeks who have
| from Milwaukee reach
| destination captured
while enrou by a
of strike Greeks
farled
They
through (
pit Kelis
were
te hicago
The
mn headquarters and
crowd
were taken to uni
i from
dissuaded working I'h
had better suc
CESE Wit
igs mit
INR
the
Goors of
into
the
ockyards and
the varic
short time
of
a er
A
strikebreakers quit were
ciency
: pealed for pe
tection for their distributing
Sixteenth and S
street and |
branch he
surrounded
he pac ke rs a
tate streets and
Lincoln avenue
uses of the pach
by 1 i
turned back all the retail butchers with
wagons after supplies of meat. Police
prevent
tatlers
ung from
fle. A
stoned
union "
were dispatched
wit}
*
ie
interierence the re
res
trike Was mad CTov
sympathizers
Mary
ies
Efreet
Anders
left
and
1
i when she
her housel carried «
by
ared
wagon
the
thr
Ha got were
a
. 1
constables Anders
for by
of pol
WCers
urs n
neighbors A 1
was
atrol
¢ stopped the tone-
the lice,
th
Before the arrival of pe
wrecked
however, the crowd had c
cottage
evicted
other tenant except bs
dow
ac
woman h
for
eft
from which the
been
Nothing was
5 doors, shelves
smashed bevond
THIRTY-SEVEN HURT IN WRECK.
were
Enjioeer Rehm, Whe, It is Thought Was
Responsible, May Die
lie, Kv
passenger a
and Nashville whi
ti at 6 o'cl PM,
Hi ree with a nt
passenger
about 8 30
Thirt
(Special)
fran
ck
Cave, Ky
train which
o'clock
y-three 1
eft
assengers and ur
ser
the
tramnmen 9 inured. bot none
wusly except Engineer Rehm, of
southboun whe ay dae
or
¥ } nformation
m At
ord
Rehm
sgn nd
bpre
rue
ge
he
either disregarded orders
Was Tr
ng at the
when it
The
tra
damaged, but
the K
asleep, as his ram was
rate of ies
the
ir
struck
baggage
was destroved and the postal car
none of the coaches |
northbound tram
3
r on sthbound
a n the s«¢
left
tras
AUTOMOBILISTS HELD UP.
| Highwayman Gets $1,000 in Money and Jeweh
ry Near Philadelphia.
, Pa, (Special)
tomobile were held
n Old York
, a resort about
road,
ie.
The highwayman
in money and
the robber
C. Hall, M1 Hall, Mrs. Ar
nj Mrs. Thomas C
all of New York, They were
the Delaware Water Gap
{ The highwayman rode a motor cycle
| He disabled Mr. Hall's automobile,
| and, after having been relieved of their
the victims were compelled
{ to walk two miles to a toligate. There
they secured a conveyance and drove
Doylestown, Pa, where the rob-
gery wad reported to the police
MAY FORFEIT BIG SUM.
ir 1.
alton,
en route
: Jackson a
1a
HS
to
i tO
Penalty of the Battieship Obie to Make
Speed Requirements,
penalty for failure to bring the battle.
ship Ohio up to the stipulated speed
requirements
original contract price of $2.800.000
The official corected time made by
Washington, was 17.817 knots, which
is ,183 knots below the mark named
in the contract.
The Ohio will be accepted by the
government, as she proved herself a
perfect fighting machine and met all
requirements with the exception of
speed.
a arama EA IN
9000 Armenians Massa
London, (By Cable).—~The corres
pondent of the Daily News wires
from Van, Turkish Armenia, that a
report has reached there from a high
Turkish authority that gooo male Ar
menians have been killed in the dis
tricts of Mush and Sassoum.
Explosion Felt Twelve Miles.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, (Special) —By an
explosion in the Oliver Dynamite
Company's plant, controlled by the
Dupont-De Ne Mours Company, at
Laure! Run, one man was killed and
two girls were injured by flying glass.
The force of the concussion was felt
twelve miles away. A hole fifteen feet
deep and nearly as wide was torn out
under the site of the mill and not a
vestige of the body of the dead man
can be found.
HAITIAN TROOPS RIOTING
Syrians in Port Au Prince Are Pelted
With Stones.
THE AMERICANS FLEE TO SAFETY.
Diplomatic Corps the Government Will Take
Measurers to Protect the Peaceable lobabi-
tants and Patrols of Police Have Ecen Sent
to Protect Syrian Stores,
Port au Prince, Haiti (Special )—TI
in a state
disorder Bands
throwing stones prevent
from re-opening their sto ;
he
residences,
hit
ican citizens have hoisted t
and Stripes over ther
a number of them have soug ref
in the American
ing there in carriages flyin
Rag an
Hag an
Car
energetic rem
matic
COTrps
Government has
ures {«
tants and strong pa
t to
the
protect
beer
A
S07
n protect the Syrian
fter disorders of the mq
» —— *
AMITICan
i demanded
(sOvernn
President sent for
Ph
erior and the Mil
i ordered them to tal
ui
1 4 tro
sturbed 4
! assured Min
ose 10
ps and
KiriCls President
Powell that the
y
foreigners would
sCY
isle
tv of
lives and proper
be protected sve wai $
: projecica, anc 2G
that their business dic
age
After
Minister
the
d oui
the
Powell
American
ritery
La at
Alexander
Deputy Co
General Carrie, the M
the
nor i
r, visited
pesonally
gi
ven 1
Turkish Subjects Protected.
D. (« Special it
i
y
i
Washin
gion
urious fact that while nister led
nts ie, 1s
four
Mr. Pe
to
pre tecling
seeking 1c
Lay
Consta
ernment
rights
ent there
certam
resid
an Mir
page
P
ster Hats
i in
Indies are American
tization. but the m
anced their Turk
Mr. Powell i= car
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
Seven Little Girls and ¢ Maa Who Was With
Them Go to Death.
Cigi) While bath
River, Michael
:
p Sircam at
had gone s
when Ke
isappeared 1
11 in the
sand bar 3t
ne
fighting desperately te
the water was
in depth. Riley,
Ni
been a good
ha
darkness
y the deep «
ggRied and scream
the
ly
1%
the
children str
ed reach
sand bar,
foot
{0
where on
:
wi
Or
Ae
a
£0
ave
ght to
«aid mer,
ging to him
§
i
and the
ed ranged
of the
Riley was 12 years old,
R to 14 years Four
bodies have been recovered
JUDGE PARKER RESIGNS.
New York
Albany, N. Y., (Special).—Alton B
Parker ceased to be chief judge of
the Court of Appeals of this state at
120 P. M,, Friday and became the un.
trammeled candidate of the Demo-
cratic party for the presidency of the
United States, lacking only the for
mal notification of his nomination,
which will take place at Rosemount
Wednesday.
Without any advance announcement
or intimation of his purpose, he came
to Albany, took part with five of the
other judges in clearing up practically
all of the cases which had been argued
before the court, and then sent a mes:
senger to file his formal resignation in
the office of the Secretary of State, as
the constitution and public officers law
required,
I asin
FINANCIAL,
All Japanese bonds are strong.
Money in New York loaned at 34 of
1 per cent. ;
Cambria Steel sold ex-dividend,
which amounts to 75 cents a share.
New York banks presumably gain.
ed §7:500/00 of cash during the past
wee
A large number of anthracite col
lieries will be shut down during Au.
gust in order to curtail the output.
Canadian Pacific's June net carn.
ings increased $203,000.
ME. FAIRBANKS NOTIFIED,
Speech of Notification Is Delivered by Hom,
Elibs Root,
Indianapolis, Ind, (Special).—~Char-
les W. Fairbanks, senior United States
senator from formally
notified of nomination for vice
president of the United States by the
Republican
The not
by Elihu
{ war
Indiana, was
his
National Convention
ification made
of
3 address was
Koot, former secretary
- wide
beauty
siendan
nembers
of
Orie
ng
ang territor
y
Etat
{at
The
¢ officers of
Program
ent cheers
fv residences
GCCOra
et:
hrs
Were NeCessary
r. Root
§ %
ured i
addressed
fication
Seria
SETA
a4
€r O%
VON PLEHVE'S SLAYER CONFESSES.
Says He Was 8 Rural School Teacher snd
interested in the Zcmsive.
St. Petersburg By
assassin of Min
Plehs
partial cx
ister
von
that
| greatly interested
curiaiiment
Emperor
Ing of ti
ial treaty
f £
{aerm
The
°
long,
luravieff, the
the
arrived an
gle, i &a
d
h the two min-
e proposed reforms for the
| minictry of the interior. It is consiud-
| ered more and more probable that M
| Muravieff will become minister of the
interior. but, if so, he will not be chief
of the gendarmeri=, which now in-
cludes the department of political po-
lice, which was merged into this port-
folio in the case of the late M. von
Plehve
i
3
| Emperor discussed w
sh
{ isters 1D
mi
Airship 8 Saccess,
Oakland, Cal, (Special). Captain
T. C. Baldwin made another ascen-
sion with his airship from ldora Park
He rose to a height of about 500 feet
and then sailed northward for a dis.
tance of about ten blocks in a slight
breeze, made a turn, came back and
descended in the park without any
mishap. The ascension was entirely
satisfactory
A Jealous Rivals Crime.
Chariton, la, (Special) —~Maddened
because his sweetheart went riding
with a rival, Walter Ralston, aged 19,
lay in ambush, and when the couple
returned fired upon them. Miss Ruth
Campbell, aged 14, was shot through
the lungs and probably will die. Her
companion escaped. Ralston is under
arrest, ees
Secret Service Agent Gudity.
Wilmington, Del, (Special). —~For-
mer Secret Service Agent Peeke, who
was convicted of conspiracy mn con
nection with the arrest of Italians for
naturalization frauds, was sentenced
b Judge Bradiord, in the United
States District Court here, to five
Jeard imprisonment and to pay a
ne of $3000. John C. De Cillis, who
was implicated with him and who
pleaded guilty, was sentenced to four
Jars ment and $2000 fine,
e Cillis was the principal witness
for the government against Peeke