Tokio, (By Cable).—Vice Admiral Kamimura encountered the Russian Vladivostok Squadron at dawn Sunday north of Tsu Island, in the Strait of Korea, and attacked the enemy once. The battle lasted for five hours, and resulted in a complete Japanese victory. The Russian was sunk and the cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi fled to the northward, after at cruiser Rurik having sustained serious damage. Vice Admiral Kamimura cables the Navy Department that the injuries in- flicted upon his vessels were slight The fate of the crew of the Rurik is not known. It 1s presumed that many of them were killed or drow ned The strength of the fleet under Vice Admiral Kamimura is not known, but it is presumed that he had the Adsu ma. ldsumo, Iwate, Takashiko and other light cruisers, Flags are flying, mering and gs ringing in ti or of the wictor Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Ka mmura. Underneath the jollity of the popu lace lies a feeling of deep satisfaction and gratification at the disposal of a problem of lanterns are glim of “Banzai!” are ve streets of Tokio in hon es gained at sea by Crie desperately serious the War. The Russian squadron whi fronted Ad Togo refu It was stronger tan Admiral battleships and ar had it elected might have war 1 he which opi go compellec miral squadron In cruisers the result tunes of squadron anda : 1 Key from th al Kam navy power 4 } Russian unable vessels Re S814 bas Japanese guns yards at Port this fact it ble agam t able have retu probable that Czarevitch wi The best Pe Russia can now ivostok In the fight of ron Admiral cally uninjured . sa suffered tl on the fight The : Kasuga a $11 tt repairs already have they are fully Eleven wounded officers wounded men arriv The imperial Prince Hiroyasu who holds the rank of the Japanese Navy, gion of the heart ever, The #“ cing ie ® the is four cruisers August 10 the under Cris temoora LF rvs : and ed at Sasebo todas Kwac! commander 1 3 was ait in the re His wo lL h una & ! OW is slight steamer bound Gaelie,® i wk Saturday nn ian Cruiser, steering fire 1071 A 5 ev: : Novik, by east. This be heading for Van Diemen Strait ce showed her Japs Losses Up to August L Washington, D. C., (Special).-—~The Japanese Legation has received a re- vised list of casualties on the Japanese side from the battle of’ Chongjiu, March 28, up to and including the bat tle of Yangtse pass, August 1, show- ing the total estimated casualties to be 12,055. The largest losses resulted from the battle of Kinchow, or Nanshan Hill, the first in the Port Arthur campaign, when 13 officers and 716 men were kill ed and 1.455 men wounded. The next largest loss was suffered in the battle of Telissu, or Vafangow, June 15, when the total casualties were 1,173, includ- ing 7 officers killed and 43 wounded. The actual known losses for the eriod of this report are given as fol- OWS! Killed—Officers, 54; men, 1,500; to- tal, 1,563. Wounded--Officers, 96; men, 6,330; total, 6.426. These are added to the estimated casualties for some of the engage- ments, amounting to 4,066, making the grand total of 12,055. Revolution in Paraguay. Buenos Ayres, (Special) ~The Par- aguayan revolutionists have occupied several districts and are rapidly ap- proaching Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. One officer and eighteen men were killed and several others wounded in an attempt to board a rebel vessel. An attack on the capital by insurgents is believed to be im- minent. The Argentine government has dispatched two gunboats to pro- gect its interests in Paraguay. i i i i Tokio, (By Cable). —Admiral Togo has reported as follows: fleet at- tacked the enemy's fleet near Gugan Rock. “August 10 our combined The Russian vessels were em siuth, ward. o'clock sundown. Wednesday aiternoon the remarkably confused Toward the close enemy's flre weakened His tormation became then his ships scattered. “The Russian Ask Novik and several torpedo- stroyers fled to the southward of the enemy's ships retreated separ ately toward Port Arthur. We pur id and boat de Others Cruisers flicted considerable damage “We found lifebuoys and other articles belonging to the Russian battleship Czarevitch floating at sea The Czarevitch probably sunk “We have received no reports from the boats and destroyers engaged the on the of the enemy Russian with the of the the Novik, the Czarevitch and Pallada, appear to have Port Arthur damage wa was te irpedo attack The exception were in vessels, Askold, the crmser urned to retur § | {Jur power has not been in paired he casualties in Japenese navy 170 hours in 1g the numbered are anxious are confident tt d at d ole » has "we nflicted senou am 3 fiect SIEGE GUNS THREATENED IT. A Reason for the Departure of the Port Arthur Squadron. vement of mall Jd chment of Japanese against the sou Manch forward m as ront of the Hriat i Army Bands led by Japanese Ng to appear today in the N fuse hy RECEIVER FOR LEGION OF HONOR Commissioners. Henry A. Wy man was appointed permanent receiv of of the American Legion of Honor, a bene Boston, { Special) er the Supreme Council ficial organization, with headquarters in this city. The insurance commis- the organization was such as to ren der its continudance hazardous to the public, if the emergency fund kept on deposit with the state treasurer, in order that the association might meet death claims then pending. This request was refused. The emergency fund in the state treasury amounts to $300,000 One hundered thousand dollars of this is represented by real estate in this city. State Insurance Commissioner Cut- $10,000 in the organization's financial standing, as accounted for June 23 He also said that death claims aggre- gating $200,000 remained unpaid, Life Imprisonment for Boy Bandit, Chicago, (Special).—~David Kelly, a member of the “Boy Bandit” quartet, has been found guilty of complicity in the murder of John Lane, a stage carpenter at the Illinois Theater, by a jury in Judge Chytraun's court and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. James and William Formby and Peter Dulfer already have been sentenced to life imprisonment for their part in the killing of Lane, they having pleaded guilty. NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic, The coal miners have to submit to Judge Gray the entire ques tion of check-weighmen and check- docking bosses Hereafter the convent of the Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen will be held every two years mstead of annually Dr. Frank GG. Sanft, a prominent physician, of Roxbury, Mass., has been arrested on a charge of counterieiting Seymour DD. Thompson, former as sociate justice of the Court of Ap peals at St. Lows, died at East Or ange, N. JL Chairman ( President R 3 3 1 1 any pontical speeciles au decided ine “artelvou announced that will ng oosevelt the cam The Interstate Commerce Commis sion announced its decision regarding the fruit Aran charges Half a dozen men were injured in vari between and nonunion in Chicago Former Congressman George Brick heart trouble at sportation ous encounters men ner died suddenly of Shegovgan | Wis Prince Henry, of Prussis will visit the ‘alls, and eldest Expositi 1 hres SON n persons WwWre Lehigh wn Company will shut de mn rrested for in A meteor struck the ¢ Pa A $15,000,000 mortgage Irom in Norfolk and Western Railroad Con i the Guaranty Trust Compa : we was fled for record were a a raid at hicago arth n : rd Station, fr York International nary F en f the packing-hou out in ummer 3 4 Brotherhood iret indorsed the symipath trolley ran away 1 11 ss vet eel vy ality turned operty and were b Birmi £1.000,000 Vera ( and have we 1 y 1 wig rue i at five been ne Carson and both from were drowned while bathing at a dan part of the Cape May beach. Many business houses 1 ana visa fazzie garet Gillie, Miss 1 loosed, several persons have lost because of the railroad their wreck. minds Foreign. In her reply to Great Britain in the case of the destroyed steamer Knight Russia does not recede from her former position, though as Germany will not further pursue case of the steamer Thea, sunk by Rusesin, and which was chartered by Japan. because her position might involve the question of her protection of Japan's commerce The family of the late Waldeck- Rousseau, former French premier, are in receipt of condolences from promi nent personages Hamet Jaiya, principal secretary to the Moroccan Minister of War, has Sultan. In the House of Commons Secre- tary Brodrick announced that the Brit ish do not intend to occupy Tibet per- manently. Mr. Lewis Nixon, of New York, has closed a large contract with Russia for building ships for the Black Sea. An arbitration convention between Sweden and Norway and Great Bri- tain was signed, The General Conference of the So- ciety of Friends began at Toronto, Robbers broke into the desk of United States Consul General Gowdy, in Paris, stealing the petty cash and some stamps, but were unable to break into the safe, which contained $5,000 in cash and some important docu: ments, JUDGE PARKER ACCEPTS Notified of His Nomination. senting Every State and Territory in the Union. Esopus, N. Y, Brooks Parker, > ' Rosemont, near this village, (Spe ial) home was Wed whose is nesday afternoon formally the party. his nomination for Democratic by Democrats, a committee of and by the Accompanied other prominent one from each State appointed Le Territory, ‘onvention in St the by the recent ( to tis came Esopus on The party num more than 500 They joined by relatives and Parker The programme of notification was simple of a Congressman one Missouri, chairman of the addressed the and handed him a written n« the Judge Parker a speech which by members re was the nomination, and lar e. because it dec bli th views on the great pu before the country in Famous Message Recalled, . a sheeed 8 4 Vers ' 3 : bei The Platform. §tsid pial Ser erst Executive Power Usurped. EE % $y \ Ee ARITA NY iy feason i nif the limstat a WIned OF mpaties aRntatu ir fe i t or because plac the departments of Govern { IAs by the by that wi the power fatittion disre accom are othe desiring to in them « it bec ie to call ¢ to that the 1 whom all power resides, through mediom station, to limit the conferred and to created by it “Thus far shalt thou go and no farther’ Tk secure the ends sought the people have by the Constitution, separated and distributed among the three depart. of Government-—the executive, exists Hier desirab : IES 4 § 50 i fact the fityrn the of the de. DOwWers Pow gay oo ere, and it is the duty of those admin. istering cach department so to act as to preserve, rather than to destroy, the potency of the co-ordinate branch. of the Government, and thus se. cure the exercise of all the powers conferred by the people, Tariff Law. “The present tariff law is unjust in its operation, excessive mm many of its rates, and so framed in particular in- stances as to exact inordinate profits from the people. So well understood has this view become that many prominent members of the Republican party and at least two of its State Con- ventions, have dared to voice the general sentiment on that subject. That party seems, however, to be col. lectively able to harmonize only upon a plank that admits that revision may from time to time be necessary, but it is so phrased that it is expected to | be satisfactory to those in favor of an increase of duty, to thbie win favor a reduction thereof, and to those opposed to any change whatever Common Law Controls Trusts. The combinations, popularly called trusts, which aim to secure a oly of trade in the necessaries of life well as things that are employed upon the farm, in the factory and in many other fields of {| have been encouraged and stimulated by excessive tariff duties. These op erate to furnish substantial market in the necessaries of 0,000.000 people, by practically excluding con With large a narket and hi remunerative the Monop | as n those g i I i i, po inausiry 4 “ti 1031] pppULI0 § Ki { aller £8 10 combi at ho duction of pri ble in a number must agree th act laws tl table conditi« i for ti430008 | petition 1a the pee sem i that the effectiv ! tO appropr would ately aw, Long a World Power, “Our 1S 4 W v d OW it must be maintained it 15 at | States bh Oar all recently as attained y became a century off estab! source countr over a hrown the ree government 14} rit they 3 { a | and was continu sis] t the will of | Will not be a Candidate for Re-elec- tion, Brot the people themsely GEORGE C. VEST IS DEAD. | Hed Bees Critically iti a Long Time at Sweel Springs, Mo. at Senator 1 1 unt him. with three FIGHT MEN PERISH Mine. Salishury, N. C, (Special Informa. jocated Rowan jarringer gold Gold Hill, N. C suddenly flooded with water causing the death of eight men em- ploved in the mine Nine men mine, county, was instan were an the mune entrance to the mine suddenly broke lobse, the hreakage being caused by excessive raing, the waters rushing in with terrific and deadly force to a who were powerless to save them: selves Mr. Thomas Moyl, manager of the plant, was the only one to escape dealh. The mine is filled with water and none of the dead bodies have yet been recovered. The flooded mine is the property of the Whitney Reduction Company, of Salisbury and Pittsburg, Pa. and has been operated for a num. ber of years, Scalped By An Automobile. New York, (Special). —As Miss M. Doughtery, of Rochester, N. Y., was stepping out of an automobile in Cen- tral Park she slipped and fell, and her hair became caught in the crankshaft of the engine, which was still in mo- tion. The crankshaft wound up the hair till it pulled her head to the end of the shaft, and then it ripped her scalp. he was taken to a hospi - very severe one, but that she will mdanhtedly recover, - Bonini Money continues to be a drug on the market. The banks hold more than they desire, Samuel Spencer, president of the Southern Railway Company, sailed for Europe. P. W. Harding is dead. He was the “specialist” in Erie on the New York Stock Exchange, The American Telegraph & Cable Company will on September 1 pay the regular quarterly dividend of Ta per cent, DEATH CAME TO TEN Naph ha Launch, With Fourteen Passen~ gers Capsized. in the Upper Potomac lu the Course of the Regatta of the Potomac River Regatta Association The" Victims Were Passengers Aboard a Steam Picasure Launch, Ten steam Were BRYAN LOSES $50,000. The Bennett Will Case Decided Against Him — “Sealed Letter” Rejected. and als nstituted an Hetry ng 1siry a i Superior Court. Simul will by the . » testator 8 taneously counsel for the widow and other heir: appealed from the Probate Court in admitting the will, alleging undue in- fluence on the part of Bryan Judge Gager, in the Supreme Court, the sealed letter was character and therefore i statute ROvVerning decision of dig- in within the that is codicil must Judge or festamentiary peal stricken from the trial hist, Adrift on a Raft. Lowell, Mass, (Special) By the breaking of the chains which had held it to the shore, a landing raft crowded with picnickers was set adrift in Lake Kabnassett at West Chelms- ford and in the panic which ensued x women and children were push overboard into 15 feet of water, while many others received painful bruises. The most seriously injured was Mrs, Gertrude Weaver, who was trampled upon and who suffered from nervous shock. Mrs. Maybrick Sails. London, (By Cable).—Mrs. Flor- ence Maybrick left Rouen alone and did not announce her destination. She possibly joined her attorney, Mr. Hay- den, and sailed on the Red Star Line steamer Vaderland from Antwerp. A diepatch to a news agency from Buse sels says it is asserted at Antwerp that Mrs. Maybrick sailed for America un- ‘der an assumed name on the Vi wn
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