ms
Meeting of Peace : Eavoys is Again
Postponed,
ROOSEVELT DOES NOT GIVE UP.
Sigas That His Persistency Is Causing Resent-
ment The Respective Sultes of Pleaipoten-
tiaries Take a Discouraging View of the Out-
look—Have Trunks Packed and Accounts
Readered Preparatory to Departure.
The gravest crisis in the peace
negotmtions has been reached.
At the request of the Japanese,
who are awaiting a
from the Mikado to a commun
cation supposed to have em
amated from President Roose
velt, the next meeting has been
postponed until Tuesday
noon
Mr. Takahira says that as the
conference was brought about
by the President it would be
to go cantiously out of
him
response
ater
he
well
onsidered the
peless
3
the
Frost of the Army in Maochuria Greatly
Extended.
Gunshu ass, Man
(By
center
August 10,
skirmishin
of a
bodies
nothing
ing the long quiet
forcement i
tre
whi
the
the
of
of
the
wire
example
character of ¢
war, whether it |
mobilization
tested
The
armies
ago, and the
the Japanese
that which
yang
The
as
rola
: i
acquisition of the railway
gether with their Fengwangcheng Ct
munications, and General Kawamura's
new line of communication and defense,
running from the head of navigation on
the Yalu river across to Kaiyuan, with
the occupation’ of the Changpaishan
Mountain region, makes control of the
administration of South Manchuria as
complete as that achieved in the north
by similar organization, and in the rapid
consolidation of these connections the
destiny of Manchuria is clearly fixed
regardless of other influences
Japanese Transport Sunk.
Nagasaki (By Cable), — The British
steamer Heralong and the Japancse
transport Kinglo collided at 10 o'clock
P. M. in the Inland Sea. The trans-
port was sunk and 160 men were drown.
ed.
Twenty Actors Injured.
Berlin (By Cable).—~The collapse of
the timber Work of a terrace 16 feet
above the stage during a rehearsal at
sthe Metropole Theatre, while 10 per.
formers were on the terrace and the
stage was crowded, caused the injury
of 20 persons. Panic-stricken actors
and actresses rushed into the streets in
stage attire. It is feared that four of
the injured will die, Max Steiden, the
most popular comic singer in Berlin, be-
ing among the number, Nearly all of
the others injured are young girls,
Domestic,
Edgar Stachelberg, member of a cigar
manufacturing firm of Tampa, Fla, has
been challenged by one of his employes
swht a duel because Stachelberg or
dered his employes to cease reading
The
cha
literature,
ignored
In his
partment
archistic
hie
War
commander
annual report the
Wint,
Department of the
mends that married
General
the
men he
enlistment and that chap!
ited from marrying sold
William H. York, aged
was of Gu Me
during the Civi
| County (Kv.) Jail
| murder of h broth
Mr eodore P .
the Isthmian Canal
guest of the Presi
and discussed with
taming to the great
The discovery of
Warren, Pa.
1c!
year
rgan’s
one eri
1
onts, chairman of
HIIMIISSI100,
Oyster
matters
was a
Bay,
apper
lent
him
arma
3
Revoluti vements h
asus and ns of Russia
mcreasing, and serious disturbances hb
nary me
other sectic
telephones and telegraphs throughout the
-ountry are government monopolies.
Japanese warships bombarded and de
stroyed two Russian guard stations on
the Amur River.
The Portsmouth correspondent of the
St. Petersburg Slovo cables his paper
that Emperor William is exerting his
influence with the Czar against Presi.
dent Roosevelt's good offices. being de-
sirious of seeing Russia further exhaust
ed by a continuance of the war.
General Liautey, commanding French
forces in Algeria, is preparing for a
movement along the frontier of Morocco
in the event of the Sultan refusing the
French demands
Charles R. Flint, of New York, had a
conference with the Czar on industrial
conditions with a view to Americans be-
coming interested in industrial projects
in Russia,
Count Lamsdorff, the Russian foreign
minister, denies having made a state-
ment in an interview that Russia would
not pay an indemnity under any guise.
The fifth of a new fleet of 25 Japanese
torpedo-boat destroyers was launched in
Kure.
No new cases of Asiatic cholera have
been discovered at Culm, West Prus-
sia,
PRESIDENT TAKES DIVE
Goes Down on a Submarine in the
Sound.
WAS SUBMERGED FOR FIFTY MINUTES.
President Roosevelt Spends Three Hours, All
Told, on Board the Plunger and the Sub-
marine Is Put Through All Her Maneuvers
for His Benefit— The Boat Behaved Beautls
fully, Though a Heavy Sea Was On.
dent
HIS EVE
descent
made a
1 i
On board
nger
delight
saiQ
IAIN that posit
AW apDoriyg
ating an
of her torpedoe a
dron wh
Burglars Blow Open Safes.
N J} Bur
Flemington, { Special)
the other morn.
ing. Enough
to wreck a dozen
secured $6 in cash and between 140 |
and $150 in postage stamps. The bur-
glars did not disturb the mail matter, |
i
i
mitroglycerine was used |
safes. The thieves |
but carried away a bundle of papers be-
to Postmaster Wood. The
drawer, comtaming a small
of cash and stamps, was not
forced open. Frank H. Van Syckle’s |
meat market was broken into. but noth- i
ing of value was taken Surrounding |
towns were quickly notified to be on the
lookout for Suspicious characters, but
no arrests have been made
W. C. Hardison a Suicide.
Charlotte, N. C { Special), —W.
Hardison, of Wadesboro, N. C,
fied with various manufacturing enter.
prises, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head, only half an
hour after reaching home from Blowing
Rock, where he had been on account of
his health. He died almost instantly.
The act is attributed to ill health, cou-
pled with recent heavy losses occasioned
by the failure of the Independent Cot-
ton Oil Company, of Darlington, 8. C.
Mr. Hardison was owner of one of the
mills controlled by this company,
c.
identi.
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
Wilkie, of
report,
of
Sect
of
'
4 number
conhscati
Chief the Service,
I annual tells dete
and of
counter
ther
arrest
and mm of
Carl Bailey
Methodist
pomted 1
Germany,
It i ate I r dent Rooseve
5 of State
Loo
ador
George S
which before the
Was
for se months, ha
Pre
charge
Verai
ident
condition
mind as
Thomas E, Waggaman
for embezzlement,
sum of $3000 for hi
M
Bave i
appearance
Bonaparte
idate for 1
ceed Senator
regarding
n and
deter
sirable
WANTS TO RACE AIRSHIPS.
Aerosaut Kansbeoshue Issues Challenge to
Asother Flyer,
AMERICANS IN PRISON.
They Are Held in Nicaragua Oar Goverament
Growing Arxiour,
Rockefeller the Donor 7
1}).-<That the hue
y : has
Pt secre ¥
i Specia
$014
Qanvw
nierence
$6 000.000
of new
des
} the source
The an
following right on the heels
Rock- |
y
he ned to disclose
nouncement
of President Harper's visit to Mr
cfel in Cleveland, leaves
t . abo
Ins :
AlCS
let's home
room {or where the
y's windfall has come
Fired om From Ambush.
Tenn al) ~When
Tennessee Consolidated Coal
open the
hut-down of over fourteen months, ). |
Rust, Dick Henley, John McGovern, |
and another man were shot from am- |
bush. Rust and Henley are dead. and
Tracy, { Spe the
Company
after
mines, al
ed. The company had refused to rec-
ognize members of miners’ union
i
3
Manila (By Cable) —An outbreak of |
cholera in Manila has been reported. It |
is thought that it is due to green vege.
tables from Hongkong. Two soldiers
died at Camp McKinley, which is now |
quarantined In the city several na
tives and American woman have
The of the board of
one
Surgeons
ous, and that heroic efforts will be made
to place it under control,
FINANCIAL,
Cambria is tipped for a rise. ow
to the advance in United States
and Pennsylvania Steel preferred,
In the first week in August ten rail.
roads report a gain of 7 per cent. in
gross earnings. For the month of July
31 railroads made a gain of 8 per cent.
in gross earnings.
Baltimore & Ohio's net Carnings in
July increased $160,000. Northern Pa-
cific’s gross earnings for the same month
ing
Steel
FROM PLACE TO PLACE
M————
Fever is Fast
Scattered.
SEVERAL CASES AT GULFPORT, MISS.
It
Yellow Becoming
Hes Also Reappeared at Providence The
Fallure to Isolate the Scourge Has Sent |
Another Panic of Quarantine Through
Louisiana lo New Orleans the Situation
Coatinues to Improve,
3%
NS ¢
New
Total to
Deaths
Total
a
T: tal
Remaini
The
Nat hie 7
1
$€5
date
ng
Bi
increased $400,000,
Burial of Pag! Joses.
Leprosy Cured.
11
+
International Sund
was held
Toledo, Ohio
here
general
resented
Ass cial
54.801
teachers
Sunday
and a |
member 4.168.308 in
international f
Shoots His Wile snd Seif.
Pittsburg Alexander Stem
Hwright, McClurg |
i
le, shot his wife through
{ Special)
mi living in
er,
street, South Si
a
the head and then, placing the revolver
to temple,
his brain Stemer
his wife will recover
i$ sani, was caused by
due to drink
sent a bullet mo
died netantly, but
The shooting, it
msane jealousy
his right
Fight te Death at Picaic.
Meridian, Miss. (Special). —At a pic
nic in Union Springs Frank and Manson
Chisholm, cousins, engaged mm a quar
rel, in which Frank was stabbed in the
neck and fatally wounded. As he fell
he drew a pistol, and, firing twice, in-
stantly killed his cousin, Manson Chis
holm,
i SA
Women Cat Fanciers,
Albany, N. Y. (Special).~Women cat
fanciers living in various parts of the
country incorporated the Lock Haven
NEW YORK DAY BY DAY
a.
SET ioe
sleuth
toms
senger of
steamship Kr
eral unnatura
Oat, waistcoa
n th
Duiges and
howed th
He takes has mt
ily from Keeper Gleason
and seems to like It is vehemently
asserted that he has already mastere
the first few bare of “Tammany,” ane
he'l
elephant
1.
Is at
£1C SSONS Ga
£4
Il have the song from end to end hn
election day—sure
To the Pole on Missouri Mules.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). — Advices
Dawson that a club of 2x
Kilondikers has been formed to finance
and equip an expedition to the Nort}
Pole. Sufficient funds have been as
sured to make the expedition a certain
ty. Eskimo dogs and mountain-chimb
ing mules are 10 carry the explorers
They will strike straight northward
Missouri mules will be weed
NASA
from slate
——
IN THE HELD OF LABOR,
There are said to be 100.000 Japa
an interest in the ownership of thor.
oughbred cats, to find homes and care
for vagrant cats and to give private and
public feline exhibitions, he head.
quarters of the club is in Rochester,
and the directors include women resid-
ing in that city and in Chicago, Chat.
bam, N. Y.; Dorchester, Mass: Ro-
meo, Mich; Pittsburg, Pa; Ithaca, N.
Y., and New York city.
Printers in Troy, N. Y., have obtained
Only $0,000 persons employed in the
are unorgan-