JAPANESE JITTACK AGAIN
Awther Desperate Assault Made on
Port Arthur.
SEPORT SAYSJAPS SUFFERED GREATLY.
Cfcefao Dlspach Say Ther Lose Were Very
Larfe, (be Number of Killed Alone Beln
H.WO, While Ibe Russlins Los! Only 1,000
General Stocssel Slid lo Have Personally
Coanaaoded Ibe Russians.
St. Petersburg. (By Cable). An' of
ficial report from Lieutenant General
Storssel, commanding the military
forces at Port Arthur, fays that the
Japanese were repulsed with tremen
dous loss in a three-day fight from
July 20 to July 28.
General Kuropatkin reports from
Uaoyang some small Russian success
es in outpost fighting up to August 5.
-without the expected great battle hav
ing been opened.
The simultaneous receipt of favor
able news from these commanders
in the far East raised the spirits of
those in the Russian capital immensely-
Repulsed with Great Loss.
General Stocsscl's report, though ten
elavs old, is taken as a satisfactory
refutation of the recently reseated
rumors of the fall of fort Arthur.
lie states that the determined Japan
ese assaults were repulsed with tre
snrtulons loss.
The fact that the Japanese were not
file to remove their dead and wound
ed is taken to prove that their de
feat must have been one of great se
verity. Togo not Mentioned.
The part plaved by the fleet hears
out the prediction that Rear Admiral
Withoft is able to render efficient
isnpport to the garrison. It is consid
ered significant that no mention is
made of Vice-Admiral Togo indicat
ing that the lapanese fleet is impotent
to aid friend or injure toe. 1 rsin y colh(1(.j W1(h nortl).b(nmd passenger
the bulk of the fleet has been detach- train IR.ar Q Ky ; 32 pas-
rd for other service, though this woU, , and 4 ,rallmi(. wcre ,njured.
not be likely at a time when a serin,, . n a m,ervew ,n San Fra,lcl5CO
land assanlt on the fortress was con- Govt.rm,r Carter, of the Hawaiian 1s
tctnnlatcd. j land.-, said that annexation has not
The authorities do not divulge the . .tn a commereia, succe5S as (ar as
aottrce of General Stoessel s report, ,h j..aKls are concerned.
though it is understood tnat it came
by way of Chefu. The fact that the
Japanese are in nossessinn 01 mc
country as far north at Naicheng reli
efers it unlikely that it came by the
Jand ronfe.
Genrral Knropatkin's report states
that the Japanese are stationary on
this eastern front, the greatest acti
vity being on the south and south
cast nositions. wher the Ruians
re able to take the offensive. While
the movements in themselves arc ap
parently of no great importance, they
re interesting a shnwinp th-it the
Japanese are still halting before un
dertaking the serious task of attack
ing I.iaoyang with its strong circle
f defenses.
General Stoessel'a Dispatch.
Lieutenant General Stoesttl's dis
patch to the Emperor follows: :
"1 am happy to report that the
troops repulsed all the Japanese at
racks of July 26, 27 and 28 with enor
juf.ns losses.
"The garrison's enthusiasm was ex
traordinary. "The fleet assisted in the defense
ty bombarding the Japanese flank.
"Our losses during the three days
were about 1500 men and 40 officers
killed or wounded."
Another Battle?
A telecram from Chefu, .lated Au-
arust 7, says that according to Chin
ese information a fierce battle was
fought on the land side of Port Ar
thsir August 5. The Japanese are re
ported to have been repulsed with
Ifreat loss.
The telegram says that Lieutenant
General -Stoessel was personal'y in
command, and that the conduct of the
Russian troops was splendid.
It is probable that this dispatch re
fers to the same battle as General
Stoessel'a telegram.
Kuropatkin Reports Skirmishes.
General Kuropatkin, in a telegram
to the Emperor, dated August, reports
a reconnaissance August 5 on the
tooth front in the direction of the
Japanese positions. The Russians set
fire to the village of Henchnantsa,
thirteen miles northeast of Niuchwang,
from which place a small force r.f Ja
panese fled precipitately, leaving their
transport animals.
PETROLEUM PRODUCTION.
That 4 mi Oreally EiceedeJ the Output ol
Previons Vear.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
United States geological survey has
issued reports on the production in
the United States during the year 1903
of petroleum, asphaltum and bitumin
ous rock and copper.
The petroleum production was 100,
461,337 barrels, valued at $44.'4-t-050,
against 88.766,016 barrels., valued at
$71,178,910 in iv)2. Production in Cal
foTTiia increased over 10,000,000 bar
els, while the Texas production de-tT-ned
over 1. 000,000 barrels.
1 The production of copper was 7.W
044,517 pounds, against fx;, 508,64.1
jMinds in 1002.
The production of asphaltum and
bituminous rock was 101,25s tons, val
ed at $1,005,466. This was a smaller
atmonnt by over 4000 tons in quanti
ty than the year previous, but its
-value was ji per cent, greater. Of
. tbe total production, 46,187 tons, val
ued at $522,164, was from California.
This Looks Like Business.
" Washimzton. D. C. (Special). A
lorry call for 2,000,000 feet of lumber,
mostly cypress, was received by Sec
retary Murphy, of the Panama Canal
Commission from the Isthmus, ttr
niHri the lumber. 40.000 pieces of
nilina also was asked for. with the re
juet that the shipment be expedited.
Thii it the second or Jer for lumber for
the canal. The purchasing agent of
the commission is now in Pew Or
leans anpervising the shipment of t,.
500,000 leet of yellow pine to the Isth
anua.
The new steamship company that
Ium been organized especially to
carry emigrant front Austria-Hun-
, ary to Amernca lias 4,uuu,uuu mpi
tat
A merirer of Wabash and Missouri
raxiric might belp Wabash stock, but
Zt would add a big load to the other
rtwapana burden.
riorta are being made to bring
'i the deported miner to the Crip
j Creek mining district.
" 'ted State Steel has bought the
1 mUl oi the trento:t iron Lorn-
the capital of which is (1.000.000.
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happeoin Condensed for Rapid
Readinf.
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, in their home, in I'hiladelphia.
Fisher also shot himself and died
later. The motive for the crime was
robbery.
Benjamin Brown, of I'hiladelphia,
aged 72 years, will wed a widow aged
05 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 action
of one of the picking firms in making
the bank an adjunct tJ its pay de
partment. Rear Admiral Rivet and a party of
officers from the French cruiser Du
pleix vi-itcd the statchouse and city
hall in Boston and paid their respects
to the governor and mayor.
An express train on the West Jersey
ind Seashore Railroad, bound for
Cape Mav, ran into an open switch
at Woodbury, N. J. A number of
passengers were injured.
An Italian quarryman was wedged j
for two days in the Palisades rocks,
on the Hudson. He was without food
or water and lost his reason because
of his sufferings.
At Pottstown. Pa.. Harvev Keck
and Henry Straub had a pfizc-fight
because of an insult offered Keek's
bride by Straub. Keck was the win
ner. Alfred Knapp, the trangler, sen
tenced at Columbus. O., to die in the
electric chair, has collapsed and can
not eat or sleep.
A strike in the building trades and
in the subway, in New Vork, is im
minent. It wiil affect 40,000 men.
An explosion of dynamite caused
a panic in the Italian quarter at Pas
saic, N. J.
A southbound passenger train on
the Louisville and Nashville Road
u D McKoon, of New York,
who disappeared on July 15. reappear
ed in California, lie tells a thrilling
story of being kidnapped.
Supreme Court Justice Nash, of New
York, has pronounced the trading
stamp act of that State to be unconsti
tutional. Dr. Orlando Brown, f ormerly a
brigadier general in the United States
Amy, died at his home, at Washing
ton, Ct.
Senator Hoar is suffering with an
ittack of lumbago. He is confined to
his room, but is not seriously ill.
The Sully creditors met in New
York, but adjourned without definite
action on any proposition.
Democrats and Populists of Kansas
succeeded in effecting fusion on their
state tickets.
Rusell Sage observed his eight
eighth birthday by attending .-trictly
to business.
In Chicago September wheat reach
ed g-Ji, a gain of nearly 3 cents.
Destructive forest fires are raging
in Montana.
Thomas Taggart, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, an
nounced William F. Shcehan, of New
York, as chairman of the national ex
ecutive committee.
Special Inspector Robert C. Ould,
of the United States Customs Service,
a native of Virginia and a member of
Colonel Mosby's command, died at
Champlain, N. Y.
Governor Blanchard has selected
Miss Juanita Lalland, of New Orleans,
to christen the battleship Louisiana,
which will be launched at Newport
News August 27.
Prof. Frederick Starr, of the Uni-
verity of Chicago, will visit Northern
China next year to investigate a mys
terious white race, said to be residing
there. .
Dr. Brown Ayres, of Tulane Uni
versity, New Orleans, has accepted
the presidency of the University of
Tennessee. , .
John M. Jones, the oldest printing
press manufacturer, is dead at his
home, Rochester, N. Y., aged 5
years. . ,
W. N. Ferris, of Big Rapids, was
nominated for governor by the Michi
gan Democratic State Convention
. The railway po,tal clerks are hav
ing their annual convention in Lhi-
0,1 The re is a great demand upon the
Philadelphia Mint for subsidiary coin.
One thousand nonunion skilled
workmen have been employed by the
Chicago packers and they will thus
be enabled to operate the by-product
divi ion of their plants.
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 1003.
A ,1111 involvinir the uossesMon 11
letters written by George Washing
ton and Daniel Webster has begun
in New York. . . .
Itishou Potter denies that the visit
of the Archbishop of Canterbury is
for the establishment of an American
primacy.
Mrs. George Law has been suen py
the widow of Dr. Lane lor medical
attention rendered the defendant by
her husband.
Ioser.li lloltz. a retired farmer, of
New Oxford. Pa., was too shrewd for
two bunco men who tried to swindle
him.
Foreifa.
Three hundred and ten houses out
of a total of 560 at lllsfeld, Germany,
have been destroyed by fire. There
were few fatalities. s
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
t'avor of the Czar.
The Japanese government has is
sued treasury bills to the amount of
10,000,000 yenvhich will be disposed
of in japan.
The White Star Line ha reduced its
steerage rate to $10.
Dr. Ernest Jedliarka, the eminent
fianist and leading teacrter, is aeaa
le was well known to American.
M. Waldeck-Rosseau, former French
premier, is reported to be again criti
cally ill
The British government committee
on naval boiler reported unanimously
that water-:tube boiler are more suita
ble than cylindrical.
The Zeigler relief expedition re
turned to Vardo, Norway, without
havniir been able to reach the Amer
ica, having on board the Zeigler arctic
rxurdition.
C0NSIDEREDAN INSULT
Ba!tlch'p Squadron Ordered to Smyrna
Until Our Claims Get Recognition.
MINISTERLEISHMAN'S EFFORTS FLTILE.
The Radical Actloo Taken by the United
States In Ordering a Naval Demonstration
Against Turkey Was, it Is Understood, D.
termined at a Conference Between the Presi
dent and Several Members ol the Cabinet
Washington, 1). C, (Special). Act
ing on the request of the state de
partment, the secretary of the navy
has ordered Rear Admiral Jewell,
commanding the European squadron,
immediately to proceed with his fleet
to Smyrna. This action, it is admit
ted in official circles, means that a
naval demonstration is to be made
against Turkey.
The orders were cabled to Rear Ad
miral Jewell at Nice. His ships are
the Olympia, Baltimore and Cleve
land. Smvrna was selected because it af
forded disect cable communication
with Washington and is only about
100 miles distant from Constantinople
Ihe trip probably will ne made in;
.v ,... ,i ..... 1,- .rrlvpi flii.ro !
l "TWHw nu," himJe in
communication with Minister Lcish- ! !;"r"J" uJl or wcre "charged
man and also report to Washington. XM for police pro
Act Followa Deliberation. j tection (or their dift routing plants at
Trtis action was taken by direction . Sixteenth and State streets and George
of the President after deliberate con- j street and Lincoln avenue. The
sultation with his Cabinet officers, , branch houses of the packers wcre
and is the result of Turkey's dilatory j surrounded by union pickets, who
tactics in landing several impormni
matters presented by Minister Lcish
nian. Among these were:
Claim for damages to American
citizens in the Ottoman Empire.
A demand that American physicians
and dentists be allowed to practice
their professions in Turkey on the
same basis as other foreigners.
A protest because of the discrim
ination against American schools in
that country in favor of institutions
managed by Europeans.
Evasion Tantamount to Insult.
Tl. ....... An ..n rtrti M , ' n L i rl f 1 C t Vl f
1 IIC Plait UlUttllimill
recent evasion of its promises by the I
Porte as almost tantamount to an in
sult. For nearly a year Minister
Lei.-hniaii had sought an interview
with the Sultan, in order to present
the matters referred to. Finally, after
many postponements from time to
time, upon various pretexts, the Sul
tan received our representative.
As forcibly as permitted by the cir
cumstances Minister Leishman con
veyed to the Sultan the instructions
he had received from Secretary Hay
and asked for an early answer. He
was promised that the answer would
be communicated to him by the for
eign office on Tuesday. When that
day arrived he was told that he would
have to wait until Thursday. The
latter day having passed without hear
ing from the Torte, Minister Leish
man so informed the state depart
ment. It is understood that when the mat
ter was brought before the cabinet
the members agreed unanimously with
Secretary Hay that something should
be done to show the Turkish gov n
ment the displeasure of this govern
ment. Accordingly it was agreed that
Rear Admiral Jewell should proceed
forthwith to Turkish waters and re
main there until the claims and de
mands of the United States should re
ceive recognition.
JUDGE MAV DECIDE DISPUTE.
Conciliation Board Determines lo Place Con
troversy Brlore Chairman.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., (Special). At a
meeting of the anthracite board of
conciliation held here at the request of
the miners, the operators presented a
plan for the settlement of the check
weighmen and check docking boss
questions which have caused so much
trouble in the upper coal fields.
The operators ask that the entire
controversy be submitted to Judge
George Gray, the chairman of the
anthracite strike commission, his de
cision to be final and binding. The
miners asked for time to consider the
proposition and action was deferred
until the next meeting of the board,
which will be helj here on August 12.
In view of the fact that President
Nicholls of D strict Nor 1, U. M. W.
of A., in a public statement, proposed
that Judge Gray or the entire strike
commission be asked to settle the
question, it is quite likely that the
whole matter will eventually be sub
mitted to Indue Gray.
The grievance of the employees of
C'uxe Bros. & Co., of the Middle Coal
Fields was alo taken up by the board
The men claim that several of their
number wcre discharged for loading
coal above a certain size, when they
had never received notice not to do
in
The matter was temporarily settled
bv a resolution, presented by the oper
ators, beng adopted to the effect that
the suspended employees be reinstat
rti immedintelv and. as a comben
sation for their loss, to allow them
ber cent, of their avern'-e earnings
from tht date of the grievence, the
earnings of the month previous to
their suspension to be the basis of the
calculation.
It was also recommended that a
compromise concerning tne size 01
coal to be loaded be effected by joint
consult! tion between the men and
officials of the company.
$20,000,000 Lost In Forest Fire.
St. Johns, N. F., (Special). Re
newed outbreaks of forest fires are
causing widespread destruction through
out the colony. A number of settle
ments have been destroyed in differ
ent localities, and the outskirts 01
St. Johns are now being threatened.
A force of police and citizens nave
been employed in trying to prevent
the spread of the fires. It is estimated
that $20,000,000 wortn ot marketable
timber has been destroyed in the in
terior this season.
Kilht Comaiaader Was Lawful Prize.
Vladivostok, (By Cable). The prize
court has adjudged the sunken steam
er Knight Commander and it cargo
a lawful prize. The trial of the case
and an investigation of the steamer'
papers, etc., established the fact that
the cargo, consisting principally of
railway material, was consigned
through a Japanese port to Chemulpo,
leading fairly to the inference that it
was designed for use on the military
railway under construction from Se
oul to the Yam.
INQUIRY INTO CHIC AG) STRIKE.
Inspector Carroll, ol Department of Commerce
and Labor, on Scene.
Chicago, (Special). Inspector Car
roll, the special representative of the
United States Department of Com
merce and Labor, who obtained the
evidence for the government on which
an injunction was issued two years
ago by Judge Peter S. Grosscup, of
the federal district court, enjoining
the larger packing companies from
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,
actuated, it is stated, by direct orders
from President Roosevelt, who is
anxious to obtain' exact information.
Difficulty was experienced by the
packers' employment agents in bring
ing strikebreakers into the stockyards.
In one case 12 Greeks who have come
from Milwaakee failed to reach their
destination. They were captured
while enroute through Chicago by a
crowd of strike pickets. The Greeks
were taken to union headquarters and
dissuaded from working. The pack
ers had better success with a special
train bearing 145 men and women
strikebreakers, chielly negroes and
Italians. These wcre switched direct
ly into the stockyards and unloaded
he doors ol the various packing
houses. A short time previous .00
turned back all the retail butchers with
wagons after supplies of meat. Police
were dispatched to prevent further
interference with the retailers.
The first eviction resulting from the
stockyards strike was made. A crowd
of strike sympathizers stoned two
constables who put Mrs. Mary Anderson-
out of her home, in Forty
fourth street, for nonpayment of rent.
Mrs. Anderson's husband, a striker,
had left Chicago in search of work.
The wife was ill in bed when she and
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by constables. Mrs. Anderson was
, .
red ff,r. b-vr ,u:,pb""'
cared for bv neighbors. A patrol
wagon of police stopped the tone- I
throwers.
Before the arrival of the police,
however, the crowd had wrecked the!
cottage from which the woman naa 1
been evicted. Nothing was left lor
any other tenant except bare walls.
Windows, doors, shelves, plumbing,
etc., were smashed beyond all repair.
THIRTY-SEVEN HURT IN WRECK.
Engineer Rehm, Wbo, It I Tnootht Was
Responsible, May Die.
Louisville, Ky., (Special). A snuth-
1 1 . . ., . . ...
u.iim.u passenger train on me i.ouis-
ville and Nashville which left Cincin
nati at 6 o'clock P. M., collided near
Horse Cave, Ky., with a northbound
pnssen-er ;" which left Nashville
about 8 30 o'clock.
Thir.y-tl.ree passengers and four
trainmen were injured, but none ser
iously except F.ngineer Rehm. of the
southbound train, who may die. Ac
cording to the information here,
Rehm either disregarded orders or
was sound asleep, as his train was go-
ing at ine raie 01 40 nines an no ir :
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v ntn 11 rnuin me iiuMiiiJimiiij iram.
The baggage car on the southbound
train was destroyed and the postal car
damaged, but none of the coaches left
the track.
AL'TOMOBILISTS HELD LP.
Hij hwsyman Gels $1,000 In Money and Jewel'
ry Near Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa., (Special). A par
ty of four in an automobile were held
up late at night on Old York road,
near Willow Grove, a resort about 14
miles from this city. The highwayman
secured about $1,000 in money and
jewelry. The victime of the robber
were A. C. Hall, Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Ar
thur L. Jackson an 1 Mrs. Thomas C.
Walton, all of New ork. They were
en route to the Delaware Water Gap.
1 he highwayman rode a motor cycle
He disabled Mr. Hall's automohile. 1
and, after having been relieved of their The children struggled aifrl scream
valuables, the victims were compelled ! tfj, fighting desperately to reach the
to walk two miles to a tollgate. There
they secured a conveyance and drove
to Doylestown, Ta., where the rob
gery was reported to the police.
MAY-FORFEifoFoSUM.
Penalty of Ihe Battleship Ohio to Make
Speed Requirements.
San Francisco, Cal., (Sprcial). The
Union Iron Works may forfeit $18,300
to the United States government as
penalty for failure to bring the battle
ship Ohio up to the stipulated speed
requirements.
The sum will be deducted from the
original contract price of $2,800,000.
The official corected time made by
itip Ohio on nor tri:il trin. c trli.-
graphed to the Navy Department at
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.
WOO Armenians Massacred.
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 0000 male Ar
menians have been killed in the dis
tricts of Mush and Sassoum.
Eiplosloo Fell Twelve Mile.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., (Special). By an
explosion in .thc Oliver Dynamite
Company's plant, controlled by the
Dupont-De Ne Mour Company, at
Laurel Run, one man was killed and
two girls were injured by flying glass.
The force of the concussion wa 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.
Amcricaa Tourist Drowned.
Halifax, N. S., (Special). A pec
ial from Digby, N. S., say that a sail
boat containing eight or ten Ameri
can tourist capsized . and sank off
Smith' cove, near Digby. and that all
hoard were drowned. Tub anJ
boats with grappling and doctor have
left Digby lor the scene ot tne acci
dent. '
Suicide ol Jud D. P. Veraer.
Greenville, S. C, (Special). Judge
D. P. Verner, master in equity of
Greenville county, committed suicide
by shooting. He wa one ol the best
known men in the state.
HAITIAN TROOPS RIOTING
Syrians in Port An Prince Are Pelted
With Stories.
THE AMERICANS FLEE TO SAFETY.
Owing lo Energetic Remonstrances ol the
Diplomatic Corps Ibe Government Will Take
Measurers to Protect Ihe Peaceable Inhibi
tion and Patrols ol Police Have Been Sent'
lo Protect Syrian Stores.
Port au Trince, Haiti (Special) The
city of Port au Trince is in a state of
great disorder. Bands of soldiers
throwing stones prevent the Syrians
from re-opening their stores. Amer
ican citizens have hoisted the Stars
and Stripes over their residences, and
a number of them have sought ref
uge in the American legation, driv
ing there in carriages flying the Amer
ican flag and pursued by the populace
throwing stones.
Owing lo the energetic remon
strances of the diplomatic corps the
Government has decided to lake meas
ures to protect the peaeable inhabi
tants and strong patrols cf police have
been sent to protect the Syrian stores.
After the disorders of the morning
Mr. Powell, the American Minister,
went to the palace and demanded of
President' Nord that the Government !
should take immediate action to stop .
the rioting and to protect all foreigners
and their property, demanding es
pecially that American interests be
protected.
The President sent for the Minister
of the Interior and the Military Gover
nor and ordered them to take immedi
ate steps to stop the disorders, and for
this purpose to senJ troops and police
to the disturbed districts. President
Nord assured Minister Powell that the
lives and property of foreigners would
be protected, and said he would see
that their business did not suffer dam
age. After the interview at the palace
Minister Powell. Alexander Rattiste.
the American Deputy Consul, and ;
Utneral Larnc. the .Military ijover
nor. visited the disturbed districts and
pyxMiany '" " t
K'ven to the houses of the foreigners,
, . .
Turkish Subjects Protected,
Washington. D. C. (Special). It is a
curious fact that while Minister i.eish
r,,0 , r,.nlis,.!nnot . iPi-kino to '
secure from the Turkish Government ! "''d- Mr- Rol. without preliminary
certain rights for Ameican citizens i addressed himself to the formal noti-rcside-it
there. Mr. Powell, the Amerl- I fixation.
can Minister to Haiti, should be en- Senator I-airbanks was given anoth
caged in protecting Turkish subjects " ovation as he arose to accept the
in I'ort au I'nnce ana in me resi 01
ihr Haitian Reoublic.
It is learned
that this is done at the request of the
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lurkisll uovernmcm. .nauy "
vnan aim Armenians now
in the
- . A ;. ,:,;. ,
esi mine!, air niu'inni'
naturalisation, brt the majority have
not renounced their Turkish nation
ality. Mr. Powell is caring for all
alike.
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.
Seven Little Girls and a Man Who W'a With
Them Go lo Death.
Alton, 111., (Special). While bath
ing in the Mississippi River, Michael
,. , ... .,,, ,1.-
Ri ev. his daughter, and six ol the
- .
latter's little girl friends were drown
ed. One child, who was in the party,
was rescued.
Riley lived near the river in the
southern part of the city, and was ac
customed to bathe on the beach in
front of his home after his return
from work.
His little daughter begged to go
with him and Riley took her and sev
eral of her girl friends to bathe.
W hen they entered tne water miey
. . . , , 1 . 1 .
,ade the children join hands and they
all waded into the river and walked
along a sand bar. which stretched out
into the stream at that point.
They had gone some distance from
the shore when suddenly the whole
n.-irtv disanneared beneath the water,
having in the darkness stepped from
u cn,l Kr into ihp Heen channel.
sand bar, where the water, was only
a foot or so in depth. Riley, who is
said to have been a good swimmrr,
is thought to have been made help
less by the girls clinging to him and
hampering his efforts to save them.
Riley was 32 years old, and the
sges of the children drowned ranged
from 8 to 14 years. Four of the
bodies have been recovered.
JID0E PARKER RESIGNS.
I'cslgns as Member ol the Court ol Ap eals of
New York.
Albany, N. Y., (Special). Alton B.
1'arker ceased to be chief judge of
the Court of Appeals of this state at
' 3 20 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 Roscmount
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 Jhen sent a mes
senger to file his formal resignation in
the office ol the Secretary 01 state, as
the constitution and public officer la.w
required.
FINANCIAL
All Japanese oonds are strong.
Money in New .York loaned at 4 of
I per cent.
Cambria Steel 6old ex-dividend,
which amounts to 75 cents a share.
New York banks presumably gain
ed $7,500,000 of cash during the past
week.
A large number of anthracite col
lieries' will be shut down during Au
gust in order to curtail the output.
Canadian Facific' June nef earn
ings increased $203,000.
Winter wheat harvesting in the
West is completed. "Modern Miller"
say the total crop is better than ear
lier estimates made it.
Copper export for the year ending
lune 30 were 142,000,000 pounds, an
increase over the previous year of
1,78,000 pounds.
The United State Leather Com
pany ha put up the price of sole
leather I cent a pound. Thi is equi
valent to a net profit for the company
of 2 000,000 a year.
Union Pacific director have de
clared the regular semi-annual of a
per rent, on both the common and
prelerrid tocK.
MR. FAIRBANKS NOTIFIED.
Speech ol Notification Is Delivered by Men.
Elihu Root,
Indianapolis, lnd., (Special). Char
les W. Fairbanks, senior United States
senator from Indiana, was formally
notified of his nomination for vice
president of the United States by the
Republican National Convention.
The notification address was made
by Elihu Root, former secretary of
war.
The exercises were held on the wide
veranda of Senator Fairbanks' beauti
ful home at Sixteenth and Meridan'
streets, in the presence of member!
of the notification committee, consist
ing of one members from each state
and territory, the governor and other
slate officers of Indiana.
The program was similar to that
arranged at Canton by Former Presi
dent iMcKinlcy on the occasion of his
official notification. The especially in
vited guests were served with lunch
eon in large tents on the lawn, and
the general public was served with
light refreshments in the house. A
photograph of the candidate and com
mittee was taken from the steps of
the veranda. The members of the no
tification committee began arriving on
early trains. Ex-Sccrctarv Root took
hrrakfam i ih r'ninmKi. rii.
Shortly after noon the journey of
one .Ad one-half miles north, beneath
t)l(, overlapping trees of Meridan
street began. One thousand members
of the Marion Club acted as escort
In the first carriage rode Mr. Root 1
I t t-, , , i , r. 1
ana governor 1'uruin ano Marry a.
New. The notification committee and
other special guetts followed in car
riages. Several thousand persons
along the line of march sent up frc
(iicnt cheers as the procession moved.
Many residences along the line were
profusely decorated.
Gathered at the residence were 5,000
people.
Senator Fairbanks and Mrs. Fair
banks received the committee and es
pecially invited guests, and with little
delav Mr. Root and Senator Fairbanks
ltd the way to the veranda, where
seats were arranged tor all.
An enthusiastic greeting was accord
ed the two speakers as they appeared
on the veranda. The demonstration
lasted for several minutes, during
whith the members of the committee
were seated. Cheers broke out acain
and Jgain. and several recognitions
w ere necessary before quiet was se-
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VON PLEHVE'S SHYER CONFESSES.
. H W. . er.l Srhnni T..rh.. .-a
Interested in the Zemstvo.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). The
assassin of Minister of the Interior
von Piehve is said to have made a
partial confession, in which he declar- j
id that at one time he was a school
teacher in a rural district and was
greatly interested in the Zemstvo, for
the curtailment of whose powers he
blamed the dead minister. He still
absolutely refuses to disclose his
name. A watch is kept on him day
and night, not only in order to prevent
Ins doing himself bodily harm, but in
the belief that he may betray himself
in his sleep. Thus far, however, he
has only muttered two words in sleep
endearing diminutives for Peter and
Natalie, probably the names of a com-
' rade and sweetheart.
The police have discovered that a
third accomplice was concerned in thf
murder plot, anJ that he was sta
tioned on a quay on the Neva, where
one of the imperial yachts was moor
ed, on the chance that the mtuistet
might go to Petcrhof that day by
boat.
The Emperor will not reach a final
decision regarding the successor of
the late M. von Piehve until he con
sults his uncle, the Grand-Duke Ser
gius. M. Witte, president of the minister
ial council, had an audience with the
Einpt-ror on the occasion of the sign
ing of the German-Russian commer
cial treaty. The audience was long,
and before it ended M. Muravirff, the
minister of justice arrived and the
F.mperor discussed with the two min
isters the proposed reforms for the
ministry of the interior. It is consid
ered more and more probable that M.
Muravicff 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
Piehve.
Airship a Success.
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 s;iiled northward for a dis
tance of about ten blocks in n slight
breeze, made a turn, came back and
descended in the park without any
mishap. The ascension was entirely
satisfactory.
A Jealous K.val' 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 win die. m
companion escaped. Ralston is undei
arrest,
Secret Service Agenl Guilty.
Wilmington, Del., (Special). For
mer Secret Service Agent'Peeke, whe
was convicted of conspiracy in con
nection with the arrest of Italians foi
naturalization frauds, was sentenced
by Judge Bradford, in the United
States District Court here, to five
years' imprisonment and to pay 1
fine of $3000. John C. De Cillis, whe
was implicated with him and who
pleaded guilty, was sentenced to foiu
years' imprisonment and $2000 fine.
De Cillis was the principal witnesi
for the government against Peeke.
Stillan la Mk Answer,
Washington, D. C, (Special). Min
ister Leishman, at Constantinople, ca
bled the state department that he had
been informed by the Sultan that the
latter' answer to the demand of
this government will, be given in a per
onal audience next Thursday. The
demand in general are that the dis
crimination aguinst American citizen
shall cease, and that Americana shall
have the same privilege and exemp
tion a citizen of European nation,
and especillythat Turkey shall cease
to embarrass American educational
and religious institutions there. .
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News of Pennsylvania Told itt
Short Order.
Auditor General Snyder has received;
a check for .iS5,oo5 Irom City Treas
urer Schocli, of Philadelphia, collect
ed as license taxes. Up to the present
time the collections of the Auditor
General's Department are $1,000,000
ahead of this time last year. An effort
is being made now to run down the
foreign corporations that are doing
business in this State and evading
taxation by not registering. Every
one of them will be made to register
and pay back taxes, and it is thought
a million dollars will be secured from
this source. Recently one of these
foreign corporations was forced to dis
gorge $13,000 back taxes and another
paid over to the- State $0000 taxes,
which it had evaded paying for a long
time.
William A. F.ngle, of Pottsville, an
engineer employed on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, has received a patent
on a cut-out valve for locomotives,
the principle of which came to him
in a dream. So realistic was the de
vice pictured to him that he could not
get it out of his mind, and the result
was that he perfected models and
drawing and applied for a patent. At
present, for the slightest breakdown,
it is necessary to disconnect the entire
disabled side, causing expensive de
lays. Mr. Englc's invention is a form
of valve cutting off the supply of
steam from .one or the other pipes
leading to the steam chest. By it de
fects in the steam chest and cylinders .
are readily located.
While he was walking along the
tracks of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railway Jacob Zook Schmucker was
run down b? st freight train at a point
just north oj the station in Phoenix
ville and received injuries which re
sulted in his death. He was 15 years
of age and was considered one of the
brightest pupils of the Hill School,
Pottstown. He had been camping
with some of the faculty in the Adi
rondacks and while on his return his
mileage book gave out when he reach
ed Perkiomen Junction. Being put off
the train at that point he started afoot
to Pottstown. He was the son of the
late Dr. V. M. Schmucker, of Read
ing. A contract has just been closed be
tween the Tittsburg Steel Company
and the Republic Iron and Steel Com
pany for 110.000 tons of billets to be
delivered to the Tittsburg Company's
works at Monessen within the next
two months. The contract involves
about $2,000,000. The business goes
tot a concern outside of the Steel Cor
poration, and the price is about $19.25
a ton, although the Billet Association
recently fixed the price at $23 a ton.
Burglars at the home of Mrs. Kate
Berger, early the other morning, were
badly frigtened when she suddenly .
opened a door and burst in upon
them. They were so scared that in
escaping through a window one of
them carried along the sash upon his
shoulders and bore it down the street.
Mrs. Berger pursued two of. the men
until they outdistanced ' her. ' The
burglars dropped most of their booty.
Henry Buhmn, who owns a small
farm in Powder Valley, in the lowct
portion of Lehigh County, for some
time has noticed that an oily substance
appeared on the stream running
through his property. Mr. Buhmn se
cured a quantity of the substance and
had it analyzed by a chemist in Phil
adelphia, who pronounced it to be
petroleum of a fine quality. Further
investigations will be made and the
drilling of a well may be started.
Dr. R; L, Cooper, one of the best
known physicians in the lower end of
Montgomery County, died after a
brief illness at his late residence on
York Road! at Ogontz. He was
stricken with paralysis and never re
covered consciousness. He had been
a resident of Ogontz for the past
thirty years and for the past five
years had served Cheltenham Town
ship as sanitary agent.
The plant of the Eljis & Lessig Iron
and Steel Co., Pottstown, was sold at
public sale for $105,000. George B. Les
sig, president of the company and the
heaviest stockholder, was the purchas
er. The company will be organized
and work is to be resumed in a short
time. The Ellis fit Lessig plant cov
ers fourteen acres and is equipped"
with plate and bar mills and nail ma
chinery. An unidentified man was killed on
the Pennsylvania .Railroad at Lafay
ette. He was about 60 years old.
He had a discharge paner for Neal
Devlin, of Company E. Second New
Jersey Cavalry, dated Vicksburg. June
20. 1865. He also had a slip of paper
bearing the. address of Dennis T.
Gopnlcy. of 1024 South Eighteenth
Street, Philadelphia.
' John H. Harden and Paul Kernan,
liminary surveys for the buildings
of Phoenixville, have begun the pre
which will be erected on the farms
recently pnehasrd by the State for a
hospital for epileptics, near Spring
City. The plans for the huildlnir
will be drawn by Philip Johnson, of
Philadelphia.
The committee appointed at a re
cent citizens' meeting to call upon
he Board of Public Buildings and
Ground with a view to ascertaining
the character of the wall it is proposed
to put around Capitol Park, made a
report at a meeting held in the Board
of Trade rooms, Harrisburg. In its
report the committee says it had the
assurance of Governor Pennypaclter
that plans for a proposed wall have
not been approved, and that no con
tract has been made.
The farmers of Aston Township are
alarmed by the numerous robberies
in that vicinity. F'our places were
entered in one night. Miles Kelly, a
grocer, lost a wagon; Andrew Math
ews lost a saddle and bridal; a num
ber of chickens were taken from the
hennery of Samuel Riddle and a colt
was stolen from Solomon Dean.
On a Lehigh Valley express train
Edmund F. Ritter, a bartender in an
Easton saloon, shot his wife twice in
the bead and then turned the weapon
on himself, putting two bullets into
hi own brain. He died instantly, but
the woman may survive,
Jerry Condo, the turnkey at the
Center County jail, who wa beaten
by the rive prisoners, who escaped
from the jail on Friday evening, died
at a result of hi injurie. He never
regained consciousness after the as
sault. Condo was 62 year of age,
and a veteran of the Civil War, having
served in General James A. Beavern'
regiment, the 148th. He' leave a wife
and teveral children. Public sympathy
for the murdered turnkey if pronounc
ed and many threats of lynching have
been made against the murderer! if
they thould be caught.