Y BATTLE ON AT PORT ARTHUR Reported That Russians Are Staling Desperate Resistance. TOE CASUALTIESr VERY HEAVY. The Japanese Make Desperate Ruthea to Selie Advantageous Positions, and Havlne, Captured Them. Loe Them Whole Reil menta ol Infantry and Squadrons ol Cavalry ' f Reported to Nave Been Blown to Pieces. I if Chcfoo, (By Cable). Chinese who ft , mbarkcd from Liaotienshaii promon- I tory report the continuance of heavy ... 11. i. t ........ i Iignting. 1 ncy s.iy me jjjanirjc uav occupied Pigeon Bay and are within striking distance of the Liaoticnshan (! fort, which, however, are still occu pied by the Russians. According to the Chinese, the Rus sians at Port Arthur are making their final stand. They declare that the Japanese po sition at Palungchang. from which Ihcy poured heavy tire into Port Ar thur and the inner forts, lias been re taken, the Japanese retiring to Sliu ahiyen. The German authorities at Singtan have sent a guard of loo men to a point 15 miles east of that place for the purpose of frustrating an expect ed attempt n the part of the Japanese to erect a wireless telegraph, station. Tokio. Major Vamoka, represent ing the Japanese forces besieging l'ort Arthur met the Russian chief of the garrison staff about boo yards north of Shoshi Ying at io..to A. M., under a flag of truce and delivered to him the Emperor's offer to remove non combatants to a place of safety. The tender included women and children under 16 years of age, priests, diplo , mats and officers of neutral powers. Terms of Surrender, The conditions of the answer requir-1 regret is expressed at trie loss ed that on August 17 at 10 o'clock, j The Novik has been splendidly han the noncombatants should advance 1 died and bravely fought throughout under a flag of truce. At 2 o'clock, August 17, a detachment of Japanese j nfantry would accept their delivery. ' "Aj.t the conference point and convey to iJalny, together with a limited ., mount of baggage, the examination of which was to be optional. Non-,th iptional. ,Non- combatants were forbidden to br;ng ' force its way through the Japanese books, w ritings, documents and arti- ! hues. She entered 1 singlau the night clcs relating to the war. The Rus-t "f August It, but got away from there gians were required to answ er cither I the night of August 12, having remain yes or no, and they were not allowed I ed less than 24 hours. She was then to alter the Japanese conditions. erroneously reported to have been General Stoesscl's treatment of the Japanese Major was courteous, but li rf!.. x.-nc fir.imnt mm rhnr:if tl'f. istic. The Japanese Major then asked 1 for a three-day truce in which to bury j the dead. This was refused. The battle was renewed at 10 o'clock on the morning of the l"th, and as the junk left it was being waged fur iously on all sides. The Russian ref ugees expressed confidence that the fortress will hold out. They state that reinforcements from General Ku ropatkin are expected within a fort night. I Entire Regiments Blown Up. A frightful incident of the recent fighting, the refugees state, occurred in the storming of Forts 3 and 4, on the right wing, when land mines were exploded. It is alleged thut two Jap anese infantry regiments, two squad rons of cavalry and one artillery com pany were destroyed. , The refugees further say that the warships now at Port Arthur are still in fighting trim. This statement seems hardly credible in the light of recent developments. It is stated that Admiral Withofts last signal during the battle of Au gust 10 was to remember that the Emperor's orders were not to return to Port Arthur. It is presumable that Superficial repairs have deceived spec tators viewing the ships under the disadvantages occasioned by the or der that no one be allowed io inspect them. The Japanese loss at the taking of lakushan i estimated at 5.000. Shell falling in Port Arthur fall comnlctc ly in the old town. On the right wing it is stated that the Japanese have penetrated the abandoned Chinese arsenal, one and one-quarter miles east of the city. Most of the dockyard buildings have not been affected. Ready to Adopt Desperate Resort St. Petersburg. (By Cable). Acute nxiety prevails regarding the situ ation at Port Arthur on account of the desperate character of the fighting re ported as taking place there though the War Office does not seem to be lieve that the danger of the fall of the fortress is so imminent as is generally asserted. According to advices re ceived by the War Office, there is still an ample supply of ammunition and provisions there. While it is realized that the Japanese probably outnumber the defenders six or seven fold, the trrrat strpnirtll r,f the fortifw.-itions it is believed, will do much to make un for the disparity in numbers. Upon one point there i absolute unanimity here, namely that if the fortress fall, the fleet will not fall into the hands of the Japanese. On this point the Admirality's instructions are of the most imperative character. Vice Admiral Prince Ouktomsky has been ordered, should the worst come to sally forth for a death struggle, and there is no question here that these instructions will be earned out. both 5n letter and spirit: but if, for any rea son, a final sortie proves to be impos sible, the Admiral is to destroy his ships and to make certain that their wreckage shall be absolutely irrepar able. . Presidents (or Peace. Ls Libertad, Salvador, (By Cable). President Escalon, of Salvador, sail ed for Amapala, in the Gulf of Fon eca, where he will be met by President Bonilla, of Honduras. The two Presi dents will then proceed to Corinto, Nicaragua, where they will meet Pres ident Zelaya and conference will be held, having for its object the taking of measures to maintain peace in the Central American republics. Favors Ooe-Ttrai Limit "Chicago, (Special). The National Business League is pushing its move ment to amend the Federal Constitu tion so as to lengthen the Presidential term to six yean and making the President ineligible for .re-election The reason urged by the league for the change is the constant danger of business depression following the Presidential election. Indorsements of the plan have been received from business mm and organizations throughout 4he country, RL5SIA LOSES ANOTHER SHIP. Cruiser Novlk Driven Aabort By the Japan ese. . Tokio, (By Cable). After a severe engagement with the protected crui sers Chitose and Tsushima the grey hounds of the Japanese Navy, the fleet Russian cruiser Novik has been van quished. The fight occurred Sunday, After it the Novik, in a sinking condi tion, was run ashore in Korsakovsk Harbor on the Island of Sakhalicn. The details of the day's fight are not known here, but it is evident that the Chitose and Tsushima caught up with the Novik and that a running fight en sued. Captain Sukcichiro Takahashi, who is in command of the Chitose, reported the engagement in a brief telegram to the Navy Department. He says he first attacked the Russian cruiser Saturday afternoon, and that on Sunday morn ing he inflicted heavy damages upon her. The Novik nearly sank, but the was beached at Korsakovsk. The imperial Prince Yorihito, of the House of Higaslii-FuMiiii. is second in command on board the Chitose. Cap tain Sento commanded the Tsushima. The fate of the crew of the Novik is not known, but it is thought they abandoned their vessel and landed at Korsakoysk. It is general! v thought here that the Chitose and fmushima steamed in close to the Novik and completed the destruction. The news of the destruction of the Novik has been rcceivd in a curious manner by the Japanese public. From a political standpoint it is highly sat isfactory, for the Novik could have bevn most dangerous as a commerce destroyer; but, considering the matter from a sentimental standpoint much the war, the Japanese naval omccrs and the public generally have tre qiiently expressed admiration for the cruiser, her commander and her crew. The Novik was one of the Russian tie fleet that steamed out from Port Ar- inur on me morning oi nugusi iu i sunk so miles from Tsinirtau. The Novik was next reported head ed for Van Dieman Strait, at the southern end of Japan, evidently in an effort to reach Vladivostok via the eastern coasts 01 tne Japanese isiauu. Yesterday it was reported from St. Petersburg that the Novik had reach ed Korsakovsk. From the fart that the Japanese cruisers met the Novik off the southern end of Sakhalin it would appear that the Russian cruiser had passed through the Kurile Is lands and was endeavoring to reach Vladivostok by way of Lapcrouse Strait, avoiding the passage of the Tsugaru Strait, which was used by the Russian Vladivostok squadron when it raided the eastern coast of Ja pan. Korsakovsk, the scene of the fight, is a port on the southern coast of Paghalicn, off the coast of Siberia, and about 550 miles northeast of Vladi vostok. j "Lincoln Party" In Field. St. I.ouis. (Special). A number of men, designating themselves the "I.in coin party," met here and perfected the organization of a political body. The platform adopted demands free dom for every man, with special refer ence to the negro, llawaiians and Porto Ricans. E. P. Pcmj, of West Virginia, and Judge John J. Jones, of Chicago, were nominated for Presi dent and Vice-President. Church Destroyed By Llfhtnloi. Sheffield, Mass. (Special). The new I Catholic church here, just completed ; it a cost of several thousand dollars, wa, Mrm.k b laming and burned to : (he roulu The fire was discovered ; soo a(tcr it Marted an(1 ,,,e vililKPrs . ,urned om to fitfh, 1c flalI,cs They roul( nf), fave the cdificei but secured the books and some other valuables ! hcfor the fire was well under way. killed In Dynam te Wreck. Nevada, Mo., (Special). Five per sons were killed at Miuden, a station on the Nevada and Mindcn branch of the Mioiiri Pacific railway by the ex plosion of a car of dynamite. A train crew on a local freight was switch ing come cars when they struck a car of dynamite and the explosion fol lowed. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Minister Bowen has submitted t j the State Department a lull report : of the seizure of the asphalt mine, I of an American Company by the 1 Venezuelan government The fact has just been made public that Senator Fairbanks offered to re sign his seat and go to the front with the Indiana Volunteers during the war with Spain. The general staff of the Army has ordered that all troops serving in the United States, excepting the artillery corps, shall be equipped with full-dress uniforms. More than 100 guests at the Mount Vernon Hotel, on Pennsylvania aven ue, were aroused by fire. They made their escape in safety. The President left Washington for Oyester Bay, where he will remain until September 20. The wireless telegraph system will be employed in government forests as a fire-alarm system. According to reports to the Slate Department, the enforcement of the anti-adulteration act by American con suls in the case of wine intended for American consumption has gotten the consuls into hot water. New Jersey will receive from the federal government the sum of $202, 251 on account of a war claim. For the first time since the training nhool for officers of the United States Navy was established at Annapolis the mtire class of midshipmen, now on a practice cruise, will be taken to Washington to study gun construc tion. Assistant Secretary Darling, of the Navy Department, has written a letter to the Christian Endeavor socieliea of Connecticut pointing out why he is not in position to comply with their petition to dispense, with the custom of breaking a bottle of wine over the bow of the battleship Connecticut when she ia launched in New York next month, 7 LIVES LOSTJN FLOOD Man; Others Are Thought to Have Been Drowned. AN ARIZONA TOWN STORM SWEPT. Globe la Situated In Broad Valley That Slopes Down to Pinal Creek, Which Crosses the Main Street ol the Town The Flood Was caused By a Cloudburst In Pinal Creek Half a Million Loss. El Taso, Tex., (Special). It is known that seven lives at least were lost in the flood that swept through the town of Globe, Ariz., and sur rounding country. The Gila Valley Globe and Northern railroad tracks were washed out for three-quarters of a mile. Telegraphic communication with Globe is inter rupted, and it has been impossible as yet to learn full details of the disas ter. Globe is located in a broad valley that slopes down to Pinal Creek, which crosses the main street of the town. The flood was caused by a cloudburst in Pinal Creek. O. D. Wilson and Stanley Mcent zer, by heroic work,, saved many lives. Wilson saved a young woman whom he was to marry, and is reported to have then lost his life in trying to save another. The property loss will probably reach half a million dollars. Large forces of men are reconstructing the railroad and telegraph line. BATTLE IN SOUTH AFRICA. Germans Crushiojly Defeat the Hostile Natives Conflict Lasta AH Day. Berlin, (By Cable). Four columns of German troops attacked the hostile natives known as Hereros, near Ham akari, German Southwest Africa, on the night of August II. The fighting continued all the next day. The natives were defeated with heavy losses. Five German officers, including Count von Arnim, and 19 men were killed. Six officers, among them Baron von Water, and 52 men were wounded. Two are missing. Thousands of cattle are missing. General von Trotha, sending the particulars of the battle from Hama kari, adds that his soldiers fought with the greatest bravery. The natives, who numbered about 6.000 fighting men, under old Chief Samuel Maherero, to whom the younger leaders turned after their former reverses, were concentrated in the Waterberg Mountains. With their women, children and flocks they occupied a plain of meadowland roughly estimated at 250,000 acres, on which they had 50,000 head of cat tle and 50,000 sheep and goats. The approaches to the plain were difficult passes, so that the Germans had se vere work forcing them. The number of the Germans in the fighting is not accurately known, but as nine companies and four and one half batteries, with some irregular troops, were engaged the total proba bly was about 2,000 men. Deserters from the Hereros re ported that the arrival of German re inforcements at Swakopmund caused great depression in the native camp. Chief Samuel spent much time in hav ing the Bible'read to him. General von Trotha will doubtless follow up his success and finish the revolt with the Waterberg campaign. It seems improbable that many of the natives can have escaped through the German forces holding the mountain passes. NOTORIOUSLY SLOW. the lurkito Ubverument Mas Come to Tcrma lth Lolled Slates. Washington, I). C, (Special). In - ...... . . quiry at the state department confirms , , , . , .... the Constantinople advice that Minis- ter l.eishman has taken the method of recording the promises of the Turk- ih government to him in the shape of a formal note recapitulating those , . t it- . promises and stating that the United States accepts them as sufficient for the time and is fully confident that they will be redeemed. Having saved the principle in this case of recognition of equal rights for tht American citizen in Turkey, it is fully expected here that some time will be occupied in settling the details, particularly as Turkish diplomatic methods are notoriously slow. The department notes with gratification that the firmans or permits already asked for by American educational institutions in Turkey have been pro visionally granted by the local au thorities enabling them to continue their business, but it will take some dared a dividend of $5 per share, time to secure action on the additional the three dividends of the year ag bst applied for, no less than vx in gregating 28 per cent. number. Altogether, the state dcp-irtment of ficial, express s-.tisfaction with the status of the Turkish negotiations 011 this point. Run Down By Train. Richmond, In.l., (Special). A carri age in which were four young people returning from a di'tice at a summer resort hotel just acro.-s the Ohio state line, was utruck bv a Pennsylvania passenger train. Three of the oc cupants were instantly killed and one seriously injured.- Mrs. Falltr Dead. Sorrento, Me. (Special) Mrs. Mary F-. Fuller, wife of Chief Justice Fuller of the United States Supreme Court, died suddenly in this city. Mrs. F'uller was the daughter of William F. and lane Brown Coolbaugh and was born in Burlington, la.. August 10, 1H45. She is survived by her husband and seven daughters and one son. T'-f death of Mrs. Fuller occurred while he was sitting on the piazza of her summer cottage. Death was caused by heart disease. Wrecked By Spresdlnt Ralls. Altamont, Mo., (Special). The Chi cago, Rock Island and Pacific railway, which left Kansas City for the north was wrecked by spreading rails two miles east of here. Two persons were probably fatally hurt and fifteen eth ers seriously injured. The train, which wss made up of baggage, smoker, two chairs, a Pullman sleeper and an ob servation car, was runn-ng at h,c rie of otilv fifteen miles an hour when the accident occurred. The baggagelcar, smoker and one chair car were tuied over and went down the embanknirW NEWS IN SHORT ORDER, Tne Lateat Happenings Condensed for Rapid . Reading. , Domestic. Corporation Counsel Tolman, of Chicago, has given an opinion that the packing-house companies have no le gal right to lodge workmen in the buildings in the stockyards. Mayor Harrison turned the communication over to the police department. At Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Lydia A. Monroe, of Riverside, Cal., was chos en supreme chief of the Kathbone Sis ters, lier competitors were Mrs. Belle Quinlan, of Galesburg, III., the in cumbent, and Mrs. Emma Young, of Zanesville, O. The three children who disappeared at Oak Park, near Chicago, were found three miles from their home. They had run away, fearing that their step mother would whip them. In Chicago Judge Dunn released on a technicality Charles W. Spalding, a former bank president, who was sen tenced to 10 years' imprisonment for embezzlement. St. I.ouis was visited by a sudden windstorm, which played havoc in the northern part of the city. Two men were killed and several were injured. F'ish Rock Camp, owned by Isaac Scligman, of New York, and located on Upper Scranac Lake, was burned. Loss, $75,000. At Columbus, O., Knapp confessed before going to the death-chair that he had assaulted two girls. Another cut in steamship rates has been made by competing transatlantic companies. August Anderson, an Indiana farm er, died from the effects of a mos quito bite. In an attempted general jail delivery at Camden, N. J., six prisoners es caped. At Boston General Wilmon W. Blackmar, of Massachusetts, was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic by acclamation. Negroes are leaving the country around Statesboro, Ga., in consequence of lynching and whippings. Fear is expressed that there will be a scar city of labor in harvesting the cotton crop. J. W. Midgely, of Chicago, has been employed by big railroad interests to demonstrate the practicability of applying the clearing-house system to railroads. A passenger train was wrecked near Altamont, Mo., by the spreading of rails. Seventeen persons were hurt, two probably fatally. At Zicgler, 111., the meat strikers fired upon a train filled with laborers. Two men were wounded. Three children have disappeared mysteriously from their home at Oak Park 111. Tobacco and other crops in Lan caster county, Pa., were injured by a storm. Philip Weinseimer, the labor leader who is at the head of the union or ganization in the present building trades strike in New Y'ork, was arrest ed on a warrant charging extortion. The complainant is George J. Essig, plumber, and the amount named as extorted is $1,000. The new United States steel sail ing ship Cumberland was launched at Boston. She was christened by Miss Pauline Morton, daughter of the Secretary of the Navy. An Italian who, it was charged, attempted to kidnap a five-year-old girl in Pittsburg, had a narrow escape at hands of a crowd which was anx ious to lynch him. At the meeting of the Society of Friends in Toronto, John W. Graham, of Manchester. England, spoke on the life of Christ. Some of Chicago's passenger steam ers will be supplied with gas lifebuoys' which will display a brilliant light for use at night. The American Water Purifying Company has been incorporated at i Trenton. N. J., with a capital of 1 $1 000000 I Eniilius Pierre Trenchery, a blind I musician, who was prominent 50 years I ago, died at Alton, 111., aged 9! year. ' ' , ., , , , . I George Sweitzer, of Philadelphia, Sllalche(1 two boys (ro)n the approach. j hoofs of five horses, tossed them out of harm's way and was so badly ' gled that he died four hours later. , -wsuoys irorn 11. over tne conn- in mil aijiuiiivu live iw uic ituniiB ,.-ai. Thcv . ,..., and or- ganized a national association. At the session of the Society of Friends in Toronto philanthropic work and treatment of animals were subjects under discussion. High government officials including Secretary of the Navy Morton, Attor ney General Moody and General Cor bin, made tours of inspection at New port. Valmy W. Foster, a prominent bus iness man of Chicago, and a former president of the Union League of that city, is dead, aged 5.? years. The Standard Oil Company has de- tuiciin. Frank Wylie, a fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, was married in Pari to the daughter of ldmond Kelly, the well-known American lawyer of that city. The Italian cruiser Amerigo Ves pucci has been sent to Dermal), East ern Tripoli, to demand an apology for insult to the Italian consular agent. Minister How en has requested Ven ezuela to remove Mr. Carver, the re ceiver appointed for the New York ;ind Bermudez Asphalt Company. 1'ranz Schneider declared in Lon don that he had been hired to rob a lemon he believes to have been the late F. Kent I oomis. Great precautions have been taken to guard Prince Oboluisky, the new governor gtneral of Fiuhiiid, from as Fassination. Grand Dtike Michael, brother of the Czar, has been betrothed to the Prin cess of Montenegro. Papers were read before the vari ous sections of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, iu session in Cambridge. Mohammed el Torres, the repre sentative of the Sultan at Tagier, has resigned. John Redmond and other Irish leaders sailed from Liverpool on the Teutonic for New York. Earthquakes have caused serious damages to several villages in the Is land of Samos. Alexander Agassiz, the celebrated scientist, of Cambridge, Mass., was elected president of the International Zoological Congress, now in ses.ion in Berne, Switzerland. " Prince Obolcnsky assumed his func tion a governor general ol inland. ON GUARD AT SHANGHAI United States as Protector of the Neu trality of China. JAPANESE SQUADRON ARRIVES THERE. Standard Oil Company and Other American Interesta Appeal to the American Consul for Protection Russian Consul General Refuses to Disarm Russian Warships or to Order Them to Leave the Port. Shanghai, (By Cable). Shanghai was thrown into a fever of excitement Sunday afternoon by the arrival of a Japanese torpedo boat, which was sighted coming in from the south at 4:30 o'clock. She passed the VVoosung at .full speed and started up the River Ju for Shanghai. The UniteJ States torpedo-boat destroyer Chauncey slip ed her cable and followed the Japanese destroyer. The Japanese boat was cleared for action. She anchored off the Cosmopolitan dock, where the Russian cruiser Askold is undergoing repairs. The Chauncey came to an chor practically between the dock and the Japanese destroyer. A foreign pilot ship reports having seen a Japan ese battleship and two cruisers 60 miles outside of Woosung. There are at present no Chinese men-of-war in this port, but the Tao tai has telegraphed that a Chinese cruiser be sent immediately. The Rus sian consul general here flatly refuses to disarm the Askold and the Russian 1 torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi or to order them to leave the harbor. Appeal to American Consul. The Taotai has notified American Consul Goodnow, who is dean of the consular body', that China cannot pro tect the foreign settlements. He con tends that Russia ignores the orders issued by China, and that China has not the means of making her obey them. Consul Goodnow has called a meet ing of the consular body to take joint action for the protection of foreign inhabitants. The Askold has docked adjacent to the warehouses here of the Standard Oil Company, which are val ued at over $1,000,000. The Standard Oil Company has demanded protec tion for its property from Consul Goodnow. The dock where the Askold lies is owned by British interests. On one side of the dock is German and Dutch property, and on the other side Ameri can property. There are eight American, one Ger man, two British and four French warships here. Japanese Squadron Sighted. The steamer Hatln, which just ar rived here reports having sighted a Japanese squadron off Gutselaff Is land, about 65 miles southeast of Shanghai. The squadron showed no lights. The L'nitcd States monitor Monad nock and two torpedo-boat destroyers have been ordered to be ready to pro tect the neutrality of Shanghai. It is believed the foreign consuls will arrange means to strengthen the hands of the Taotai in dealing with the mat ter of the Russian warships here. Later reports declare the Japanese squadron to be 20 miles from Woo sumr. Woosung is the outside harbor of Shanghai. TRIED TO REACH PRESIDENT'S CARRIAGE Unknown Man of Athletic Build Createa a Scene In New York. Oyster Bay, L. I., (Special). In a blaze of red fire the special train bear ing president Roosevelt and party drcw into the Oyster Bay station Sat- "rjay at 012 o clock An unpleasant incident occurred in New York when the presidential party reached the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-fourth street. A big, ath letic man sprung into the street in ad vance of the crowd and, dodging the mounted police which surrounded the President's carriage, tried to reach the carriage. Secret Service Officer Taylor, one of the President's per sonal guards, sprang from a cab in which he was following the carriage of the President, and seized the man before he could reach the carriage step. Taylor forced him back to the sidewalk, warning him not to attempt again to reach the President in so un ceremonious a manner. What the man's object was nobody knows. The President suggested that he was "just a bit too enthusiastic." HEAT MELTS THE STREETS. Western Provinces of Spain Sutler Severely From Suo'a Rays. Madrid, (By Cable). The western provinces of Spain are sweltering in heat of record intensity. Already liiere have been 100 victims and there is no doubt the number will be swelled. In many town the water supply has been dried up, and as a result sickness is on thf increase. Crops, too, have been destroyed in many sections. At Seville the thermometer register ed 59 degrees centigrade (about ijR degrees Fahrenheit) in the sun and .10 degrees centigrade (120 degree Fahrenheit) in the shade. The as phalt in the streets melted from the extreme heat. Light persons were asphyxiated by the noxious gases aris ing from the melting asphalt. Those thus stricken included an un known tourist, said to be an American. Killed By Overturning Car. Lamuen, is. J., t special ). une per son was killed and seven were slight lv injured by the overturning of 1 car on the Camden and Trenton trol ley line at llatchs Corner, near Del air, N. J. As the car approached the sharp curve the brake chain broke. The car jumped the track and top pled over. Conductor Robert Hollo way fell underneath the car and was crushed to death. The injuries to the passenegers consisted of slight bruis es and cuts from flying glass. Csaauader-la-Ckicf BUckaaa. Boston, Mass. (Special). Gen. Wil mon W. Blackmar, of this city, was elected comander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic by acclamation at the closing aesion of the national encampment here, and Denver, Col., was selected as the place for the en campment of joo,. The other nation al officers elected were: Senior vice-commander-in-chief, John R. King, Washington, D, C : junior vice-commander, George W. Patten, Chatta nooga. Tenn : surgeon general, Dr. Warren R. King, Indianapolis. PARAGUAY INSURGENTS. They Make Prlsonera of the War Minister and His Aids. Buenos Ayres, (By Cable). The Paraguayan insurgents have seized an other steamer, which had on board the minister of war and a small escort. The minister and his companions were made prisoners. The vessel was towing four lighters loaded with 190 bullocks for the gar rison. These were confiscated. At the conference on board one of the insurgent 'steamers after bombard ment of Asuncion last Wednesday be tween the minister of Argentina, Bra zil, Italy and France and the insur gent leaders the latter said that after t lie ministers left the vessel they would fire two more shots, one at the resi dence of President Ezcurria and the other at the church, concealing the battery, in order to demonstrate the excellence of their artillery. The shots were fired and both the President's residence and the church were hit. No further bombardment has been reported. The insurgent commander, with 2000 land forces, is approaching Asuncion. One of the insurgent steamers has sailed for the Villa Hayes, north of the capital. The Villa Hayes is the only point which can now be com municated with. Asuncion is com pletely isolated. The foreign ministers have offered their intervention, to which offer the insurgent leaders replied that they would permit President F.zcurra to contimif in ofVici hut would demand the resignation of other high officials' of the government. . The insurgents' terms were convey- 1 ed to the government officials and promptly declined. The insurgents then sent an ultima tum demanding the surrender of the capital within twenty-four hours, say ing that should this demand be not granted the bombardment of Asun cion would be resumed. A dispatch from Buenos Avres Au gust 12 said that the insurgents had captured a steamer commandered by the government, and that the acting minister of war, who was on board the steamer, attempted to escape by jumping overboard ai d swimming to the river bank. llc was, however, taken prisoner before reaching the shore. The name of the acting min ister was not given. The minister of war is Col. Antonio Caceras, who was appointed when President Ezcurria assumed office in 1002. FATAL LIQIITNI.NO. Kills a Farmer aud Hla Team and Seta Houses on Fire. Winnipeg, Man., (Special). Reports of a disastrous storm have been re ceived from Tierson and Moosemin, but so far nothing has been heard from the intervening country, a strip of land 70 miles wide. At Moosemin, Archie Latimer, a farmer, was instantly killed by light ning. The same bolt killed his team. For violence the storm surpassed any thing ever seen in this neighborhood. It is impossible to state the extent of the damage done to crops in the district. Lightning struck Lyttleton, caus ing a fire, destroying six stores. A heavy thunder storm accompan ied by hail passed over Melita. Crops suffered considerably. The house of the manager of Union Bank here," sit uated several miles north of town, was struck by lightning and wrecked. RUSSIA WILL AGREE. More Than Probable That Ciar's Ooveroment Will Meet America and Oreat Britao. St. Petersburg, (By Cable). It be comes more and more probable that Russia will meet the view of the United States and Great Britain re garding foodstuffs as contraband of war by agreeing that foodstuffs bound to a belligerent's uublockaded port and consigned to private firms or individ uals when the ship s papers leave no room for suspicion, be not regarded is contraband. The subject is now under consideration. The Emperor's government appears to be desirous of adjusting the ques tion of the Hour on board the Arabia, confiscated by the Vladivostok prize court, but it is pointed out that the decision of the court makes it difficult to adjust it diplomatically, and it is suggested that the case should be appealed to the admiralty court here. Lockstep Abolished. Cedar Rapids, la., (Special). War den Hunter, of the state penitentiary, at Anamosa, has abolished the lock- step among convicts. United States military tactics will hereafter be used. The reform is made from a humanitar ian standpoint. Dead at lit Year. Chicago, Til. .(Special). Isaac Mey ers, of Neponset, III., is dead at the age of 104 years. He had used tobacco since he was 12 years old. FINANCIAL The bears and bulls are having their troubles in wheat. Little attention is being paid to the anairs in tne tar cast. There is a good undertone to the market and the reactions are healthy Commission houses report an in crease in business, with brighter pros pects. The Southwestern and Southern stocks are the most active and strong est. J. P. Morgan ia bullish on the future both in regard to an advance in stocks and an increase in general bus iuess. The losses by fire in this country and Canada in seven months this year are estimated at $184,457,050. which is nearly double the losses in the same period of 1903 or 1002. No change in the Board of Directors or in the management of the Ameri can Railways Company ia anticipated at the annual meeting on September 15. The company has had success ful year, earning 7 per cent, on its stock. St. Paul officials say that the crop damage in the Northwest hat been exaggerated, they believe the ton naire will be as bis as last vear. Trust companiea are not buying any more bonda. 4 hey are waiting to get rid of what they have. The advance in American Smelter is attributed to pool which 11 work ing for higher prices. MR. DAVIS IS NOTIFIED Simple Ceremonj at White Sulphur Spring?, W. Va. TOLD DY NOTIFICATION COMMITTEE The Scene of the Ceremoa ea' Was Ideally Pic turerqu. iwo Huge Oaks Mingle J Thelf Branches Directly Over the Platform ol tht Speakers Fou- 0;h.rs In a fern circle In Front Furnished Shede for ?p:c.atcrt. Greenbrier White Sulphur Spring, W. Va. (Special.) 1 n the presence ol more than 1,500 pvrsens the principal figure in an inspiring scene, Hon. Henry Gassaway Davis, of West Vir ginia, was formally notified Wednes day afternoon of his nomination ai the Democratic Candida' for Vice President. The feature of the occa sion was the speech of Cor. re -man John Sharp Williams, who as chair man of the notification et..mit!ce de livered the principal a dress. Mr. Williams' utterances aroused the crowd to a high pitch of enthus iasm. The speech of response accepting the nomination, made by Mr. Davis, was short and informal. Mr. Davis intention being to more ff'.'y discuss issues and policies in his letter of ac ceptance. From Mr. Davla' Speech. The most sacred right of nrmerty is the right to possess and own one's self and the labor of one's own hands, capital itself being b'lt sK-red-up la bor. l"or years I worked i:i the ranks as a vagc-e-,rre-, and I know what it is to earn my living in the sweat of my brow. I have always believed, and my convictions came from the hard school of experience, that, measured by the character of work he does the cost of living, a man is enlklcd to full compensation for his services. My experience as a wage-earner and my association with labor have alike taught me the value, of Demo cratic principles, for in them the liumblct has the strongest security for individual right and the hihcst stim ulus to that independence of spirit and love of self help which produce the fin est private characters and form the) base of the best possible government. i he apprehension w hich now pre vails in business circles and the pres ent unsatisfactory industrial condi tions of the country seem to demand a political 'change. With the convention and its nominee for President, I regard the present monetary standard of value as irre vocably fixed. I beg my countrymen, as they value liberty, to guard with great care the acred right of local self-government and to watch with a jealous eye the tendency of the times to centralize power in the hands of the few. KILLED ON WAY TO RACES. Railroad Train Dashes Into Trolley Cars and. Four Die. Chicago, (Special). Four persons were killed, another fatally hurt and 23 severely injured in a collision be tween an express train on the Chicago Great Western railroad and a train of three trolley cars bound for the Haw thorne race track. The accident occurred at the cross-i ing of Forty-eighth avenue and the Chicago Great Western tracks. The. train was coming into the city and, according to some witnesses of the ac cident, was running at high speed. Others Htid the train crew declare that it was not going more than 20 miles an hour. The trolley train, which was made up of a motor car' and two trailers, in charge of Conduc tor W. II. Condon and Motorman Mi chael Ryan, approached the crossing at a rapid rate just as the train came, around a sharp 'curve to the west. Rvan put on the brakes with all his strength in the effort to stop his car, but the brakes refused to work. . j PENNILESS BRIDE FOR DOWIE'S SON. ' The Wealth ol Miss Ruth Hofsr Haa Bees Exagferalcd. 1 Geneva, (By Cable). Dr. Dowie is likely to benefit very little from the reported engagement of his son to, Mile. Ruth Hofer, of Constance, whose wealth haa been largely exag- gerated. Her money is entirely un der the control of her friends, whO indignantly deny that any engage ment exists, and declare emphatically) that should such a marriage be con-, templated young Dowie would receive a penniless bride. Mr. Palmer, who has just arrived here on his motor car from Switzerland, and who is an intimate friend of Mile. Hofer's fam ily, says such a marriage with the son of a man who trades in religion would never be tolerated. The girl herself was "captured" by Dowie senior, and wss reported to be willing to sacrifice everything rather than forego the marriage with' the "Prophet's" son. "But," added Mr. Palmer, "such a sacrifice would' not suit the Dowieties, who, finding business slack elsewhere, are endea voring to secure her fortune." I Small Renominated. Raleigh, N. C, (Special). Hon.1 John H. Small was renominated as representative from the First North Carolina Congressional district. fhf DeadAUvs. Little Rock, Ark., (Special). Dr. R. G. Lightle, who was supposed to have, been burned in his barn at Searcy May 32, and on whose death insurance: companies paid $10,00 on policies, re-! turned to Seprcv and surrendered to) a, deputy sheriff. Lightle says he did' not attempt to commit fraud, but left suddenly because he had a corpse in his barn for dissection and when the building burned he fared he might be arretted for grave robbery. Mrs.1 Lightle has returned $15,500 of the: insurance money. ' facte Saa Breaks Falter Alamost, Col., (Special). United Statea Senator Thomas M. Patterson, of Colorado, who, at the request of) the Secretary of the Interior, went to. the reservation of the Southern Ute Indiana to interview them on the pro position foi1 the purchase of the cliff dwellers' ruins, in the .Mesa Verde country, for the purpose of converting the section into , a national park, re porta a comrlete failure of the pro ject. The Senator says the Indians1 absolutely refuse to treat with the, Government because they have beta so badly treated in the past. 11 Hi 1 1, 1 1 1 l. i i I 1
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