ADVANGE OF JAPANESE FORGES.
Mikado's Army Going Ahead With Great Rapidity in
Direction of Liaoyang Russians Are Re
treating Kuroki Cuts the Railroad.
Liaoyang (By Ca1tc). The Rus
ians retired from Anslianshan Sat
urday after a fight which commenced
on the morning if August 26 and con
tinued in a desultory manner all day
and night.
Arrangements for a battle had been
completed by the night time, when
the order to retire was given on ac
count of the situation to the East.
The order was received with dis
appointment by the troops. The re
tirement was made in an orderly man
ner. The plain between Anslianshan anil
Haicheng was covered with Japanese
troops, who burned the bridge and
hcl!cd the railway station after the
Russian retirement.
The Russian losses amounted to
3- .
The Japanese are advancing with
great rapidity.
After 3 o'clock Friday the Japanese
succeeded in commanding Kaofeng
shik from Paoshankan, where their
advance first began on August 23,
and also from their position at Liang
shikshan on the east, in such a way
is to force the Russian center and
Tight flank, compelling the evacua
tion of Anslianshan today. The Jap
anese south front therefore is several
miles nearer I.iaoyang.
At 3:30 o'clock Japanese shells from
a concealed battery in the vicinity of
Paoshankan began falling in the road
west of Kaofenkshik. leading to I.iao
yang. thus threatening to sever com
munication to the wet. The Rus
sians still controlled the road to the
north.
The Japanese fi-rc ceased in the
evening, but commenced again in the
morning upon the Kaofengshik posi
tion, but as the Russians did not re
ply the Japanese apparently, suspended
their operations to reconnoitre, while
the Russians fell back to a more fa
vorable position.
The gradual withdrawal of the Rus
sians before the Japanese advance the
Russians consider as increasing the
security of their position, as it is
freely acknowledged that the Japan
ese are able to beat them in detail in
the mountains. The Russians gener
ally praise ability and valor of the
Japanese.
Mukden Railroad Cut
Tokyo (By Cable). The general
staff maintained silence throughout
Sunday concerning the fighting in the
vicinity of Liaoyang. It is reported
that General Kuroki has seized and
cut the railroad south of Mukden,
thus separating the Russian forces
and cutting I.iaoyang off from a di
rect line of retreat, but confirmation
of this report cannot be obtained.
The fighting reported occurring east
and southeast of Liaoyang is regarded
liere as preliminary to a larger con
test in the immediate vicinity of Liao
yang. It is expected that Generals Kuroki.
Oku and Modzu will press forward
speedily.
Reinforcements at Dalny.
Chefu (Ry Cable). Seven hundred
Chinese who went to Port Dalny in
the hope of sharing with the Japanese
in the business boom there, returned
to Chefu and report that the Japanese
are monopolizing all opportunities at
the port.
These Chinese say that twenty
transports, bearing 22.000 troops to
reinforce the besiegers of Port Ar
thur, have arrived at Port Dalny dur
ing the past fort , .ght.
DROWNED WHILE FISHINO.
Five, and Perhaps Six, Lives Lost la Vicinity
of Skowhegaa, Maine.
Skowhcgan, Me. (Special). At
least five and perhaps six persons have
lost their lives during the past two
days while fishing in the southern
part of Somerset county. Pour were
drowned at Hayden Lake, about six
miles from here, while the bodies of
two others were discovered in a pond
at Mayfield, twenty-five miles to the
north.
The two accidents at Hayden Lake
occurred Sunday afternoon. Prevost
and Holgier were fishing, when the
former attempted to put on his rub
ber coat and overturned the little
boat. Rolgier managed to swim
ashore, but Prevost was unable to ex
tricate himself from his coat and was
drowned. While the search was be
ing made for his body another boat
was discovered floating bottom ivj.
and soon the bodies of Newell and
Weymouth were found.
liolgier stated that he noticed three
men in the boat. The third man is
not accounted for.
Samsouolf Is Alive.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). It is
reported that Samsonhoff, the assasin
of M. von Plehve, has been sentenced
to death and that the sen'encc is now
before the Kniperor. The reports
which have been circulated about Sani
sonoff having escaped and also that
lie was dead are declared to be false.
No Luxury oa Board.
Washington, D. C, I Special). Lhx
ory will be sacrificed for fnrma
bility in the new armored cruisers au
thorised by the last Congress, and the
planJ now in preparation in the Bu
reau of Construction and Repair show
important changes in the interior ar
rangement of these vessels. The
water-tight subdivision will be made
complete, and there will be no pierc
ing of bulkheads by ventilating pipes
or other openings.
Troublesome Port Question
Washington, I). C. (Special). It i
learned that the American minister
to Panama, John Barrett, acting under
instruction from the state department
lia assured, the Panaman government
that the United State will do nothing
in its interpretationof the treaty regard-
( the troublesome port question which
is in any way in contempt with the
1onor and true interest of both coun
tries, and that it will not adopt any
permanent policy a to the main issue
involved in the port matter without
rnnferring with the Panaman author-
. itic.
Liaoyang, (Ry Cable). A big battle
is in progress twenty miles east of
Liaoyang.
The Russian front from the Taitsc
river south was engaged.
The fighting continues at Liandian
sian, twenty-three miles southeast of
Lianoyajig. The Japanese are attacking.
Result is In Doubt.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). A dis
patch from Liaovang under date of
August 25, says the J apanesc eastern
lorccs began a forward movement
August 24, eight companies going on
the main Liaoyang road in the direc
tion of Liandiansian.
The Russian outposts held tlactr
position, the fight continuing Friday.
The result is not stated, but it ss un
derstood the second and twelfth Jap
anese Guards divisions are participat
ing, o
After Kuropatkin,
After four week's interval the Jap
onese have resumed their advance
against General Kuropatkin's position.
The opposing armies are in contact
east and south of Liaoyang and fight
ing has been in progress since Wed
nesday. The advices at hand are too
meagre to enable the officials to form
a correct opinion as to whether it will
result in a general engagement, but the
extent and character of the Japanese
movement leads to that conclusion.
Since the rain ceased, a week ago,
there have been continued intimations
that General Kuropatkin was about to
assume the offensive, but instead of
that it was the Japanese who attacked
the Russian commander's eastern and
southern positions. A Japanese col
umn, 30,000 strong, was reported on
'tuesday to be marching up the right
bank of the Lia river, which would
seem to indicate that three Japanese
armies are co-operating in enveloping
three sides otf Liaoyang.
Outer Defenses Attacked
From the meager accounts received
it appears that General Kuroki select
ed Tantziaputzy as the point for his
attempt to drive the wedge into Ku
ropatkin's outer defenses at Anping
and Liandiansian, which are situated,
respectively, ten miles northeast and
southwest of Tantzianutzv. the latter
hrtncT nti ! ....UA :i- . 1
"e, iiit i.iuuut; inci, Clgni IIUJC9
above the continence of the Taitse
river, whence a mountain ridge runs
westward. The fact that the Japanese
are preparing pontoons at the Taitse
river was noted in these dispatches
several days ago. The rapture of this
bridge will be the first obstacle of the
Japanese and doubtless will entail se
vere fighting, in which the Japanese
probably are counting on the super
iority of their mountain guns.
If they are successful the Russian
positions at Anping and Liandiansian
will become precarious.
Their operations on Anping are sup
ported from Gutziatzy. three miles
higher up the Lianhe river, and along
the Taitse river, as shown in the dis
patch reporting that the Russian front
south of the Taitse river was engaged
and that General Kuroki was simul
taneously moving on Liandiansian,
along the high road, as reported from
Liaoyang last night, and by the fact
that another Japanese column is mov
ing on Liandiansian along the south
road from Siaolindzy, ten mile north
east of Haicheng.
That General Kuropatkin had fore
seen these various moves is shown by
the manner in which the attack on
Tanzapu was met and by the repulse
of the Japanese at Siaolindzy.
Russian Warships are Safe.
Shanghai (By Cable).-.The work
of disarming the Russian warships As
kold and Grozovoi will begin on Mon
day. ,The Japanese declare that there
will not be a repetition of the Ryeshit
elni incident at Chefu.
SEIZED A TRAIN.
Poriiuayao Revolutionists Capture a Number
ol Government Officials. I
Buenos Ayrcs, (By Cable). It is'
now confirmed that the Paraguayan j
revolutionists have seized a train con- !
taining stores, and which had a num- j
her of government officials on board. I
A delegation headed by former Min
ister of linance Moreno, accompanied
by two representatives of the Para
guayan government arrived at For
mosa, Argentina. The delegation is
now on the way to Buenos Ayres un
der the protection of an Argentine
gunboat to confer with the Argentina
government, and with the Paraguayan
minister, Manuel Viera.
Two hundred and fifty citizens of
the Argentine Republic are returning I
from Paraguay under diplomatic pro- '
tection. I
The Paraguayan deputy, Senor So- j
ler, w ho is seeking the recognition of I
the revolutionists as beligerents, is
acquiring a stock of arms and other '
munitions of war from manufacturers
ill this republic.
Fatal Affray In South Cirolloa.
CM,r C (s,.i,.t1 XT.,,.:.
trate Richard C. Folk was shot and
killed by County Supervisor W. II.
Scale, at Providence, S. C. The men
had a dispute on the road near Scale's
house.
Death ol a Centenarian.
Akron, O., (Special). Dr. Charles
F. H. Wilgohs, aged too years and
8 months, died here. He was of re
markable mental and physical vitality
until a week ago and was able to walk
for miles. He was born in Denmark
in 1803. His father was a doctor in
the German Army and he followed
the German Army in the same cap
acity. He enlisted in the cause of
Polish independence and was wounded
four times in the battle of Ostralanka.
Vltllm of lynching.
Cedartown, Ga., (Speciat). John
Sexton, a young farm laborer, who
was shot during the lynching of the
negro Jim Glover, here last Monday
night, died at his borne In East View.
The shooing of Sexton occurred dur
ing the reckless firing of the mob.
Whether Sexton was taking part in
the lynching is not known. It is
thought, however, that he was stand
ing near the negro, and one of the
pistol bullqts intended for the negro
struck Sexton in the upper part of the
abdomen. ..........
KEWS IN SHORT ORDER,
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic
The F.dward Hincs Lumber Com
pany, of Chicago, has purchased a
timber tract of 50.000 acres in Miss
issippi. The sum involved is $!,
000.000. In New York a second indictment
was found charging Philip Wcinsci
mer, president of the Building Trades
Alliance, with extortion.
A. A. White, of Baltimore, was
among the speakers at the Convention
of the National Association of Master
Bakers, in St. Louis.
Judge Julian Bennett, of Water
town, D., who weighed 440 pounds
and who was known as the largest
judge in America, is dead.
Afrcd Davis, one of the oldest life
guards at Atlantic City, was drowned
while attempting to secure a bather,
who was rescued.
George J. Sicard, a former law part
ner of ex-President Grovcr Cleveland,
is dead at Buffalo, aged 66 years.
Four children were drowned in the
Brazos River, near Acton, Tex., by
the capsizing of a boat.
Comptroller Fdward M. Grout,
whose gubernatorial aspirations have
been nurtured by Senator Patrick II.
McCarrcn, of Brooklyn, came out in
the open as a candidate for the nomi
nation for governor of New York.
Mr. Robert B. Armstrong, assist
ant secretary of the Treasury, ad
dressed the second annual Convention
of the American Institute of Bank
Clerks, in session on the World's
Fair grounds.
Philip Weinseimer president of the
Building Trades Alliance of New York
tinier indictment on the charge of
extortion, pleaded not guilty. He
w;as released on $2,000 bonds.
Legal proceeding are- pending
against 28 prominent citizens of Crip
ple Creek, Col., who are accused of
conspiracy and assault to kill in the
deportation cases.
The L'nited Garmentworkers, at
their session in Ifuffalo, took up the
case of Henry White, former general
secretary, against whom charges have
been preferred.
At Yonngstown, O., pickets are
guarding the upper mill of the Ameri
can Steel Hoop Company. Strike
breakers are, however, being admit
ted. Rev. Henry Baas, of Lonrlon, Eng
land, died suddenly at the Inside Inn,
Wcrld's Fair grounds.
The National Association of Master
Bakers is holding its annual conven
tion in St. Louis.
The Connecticut tobacco crop is said
to be the largest for many years.
Thirty-five people were injured in
a trolley wreck near Rochester. A
train of two cars collided with a sin
gle car on the Rochester and Eastern
Railway.
A petition has been mailed to Presi
dent Roosevelt asking him to inter
vene in behalf of the men deported
from the Cripple Creek district.
Salvatore B ssato was shot to death
by Carlo Rossati in New York because
he disclosed to the police the secrets
of the Black Hand.
Another fruitless effort has been
made by the Western railroads to
bring about an adjustment of the sugar-rate
complications.
Two strikes affecting 9,000 men,
were declared against the plant of the
Republic Iron and Steel Company,
Pittsburg.
The cotton firm of H. F. Page &
Co, of New Orleans, failed and caus
ed much excitement on the exchange.
Four masked men held up the pay
master of the O'Rourke Construction
Company near Paterson, N. J.
Carlyle McKinley, associate editor
of the Charleston News and Courier,
died after a long illness.
Harry E. Poyer, assistant city solic
itor of Cleveland, O., was stabbed by
his father-in-law.
The National Conference of the
Seventh-Day Adventists is in session
at Nortonville, Kan.
The Texas Prohibitionists nominat
ed W. D. Jackson for governor and a
full state ticket.
John Redmond, the Irish leader, ar
rived in New York on the White Star
liner Teutonic.
hTe German-American Bank of Sid
ney, ()., has been placed in the hands
of a receiver.
The annual movement of currency
to the West for crop-moving.purposes
has begun.
Fire destroyed five four-story tene
ment houses in the Williamsburg sec
tion of Brooklyn.
Plans have been completed for an
expedition to Egypt by several Prince
ton professors.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick left New
York for Ellenville, in the Catskill
Mountains.
Fire in the glue factory of Armour
& Co., Chicago, caused a loss of $100,-000.
Foreign.
Unless the French dock laborers
and marineworkers' demand for an
eight-hour day is granted by Monday,
the marinewwkers at all French ports
will be ordered to strike.
The Czar has preseled a costly
jeweled pectoral cross to Father John
of Cronstadt, upon whose advice he
and the Czarina went to Saroff to can
onize St. Serafim.
The statue of Frederick the Great
to be presented to the United States
by Emperor William has been sent
to Hamburg, to be shipped to Wash
ington. For the first time in nine years
Mme. Gadski, the famous singer, took
part in the Wagnerian festival at
.Munich.
Polish cotton monufacturers have
decided to try the experiment of ex
porting yarns and coarse goods to
Germany, a novel factor in Russo-Ger-man
trade relations.
Storms continue in Italy, snow fall
ing on the Alps and the Lombardy
Plains. y
Professor Kehr, the German sur
geon, replies to the attacks of FrenrJi
medical journals on the operation pea
formed on the late former Premier
Waldeck-Rousseau.
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania,
sailed for New York from Liverpool.
The infant son of the Czar and
Czarina of Russia and the future em
peror of all the Russias, wa chris
tened in St. Petersburg amid great
pomp and ceremony. He was named
Alexis Nicholaevitch.
There is popular disappointment In
Russia with the Czar's manifesto be
cause it was not a broad as expected.
The Allan Line steamer Victorian,
the largest turbine vessel yet built,
was launched at Belfast.
Vice Admiral Bosanquet, formerly
British Commander-in-chief in the
East Indies, ha been appointed commander-in-chief
of the North Ameri
can and West Indian stations.
OIL GUSHERS AFIRE
The Flames Originated from a Friction
Spark.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT OYER 5200,000.
The Conflagration Spread to Other Wells
Four Tanks, Each With a Capacity of 1,200
Barrels, Caught and Burned-Large Like
of Oil Masses of Flames-Employes Joined
In Fighting the Fire.
Crowley, La., (Special). The big
gest fire in the history of the mam
mouth oil fields is raging. Morse Well
No. 8 came in. a boiling gusher, pour
ing out a volume f oil at the rate of
10,000 barrels a day.
The fire caught from a spark ema
nating from friction, and rapidly
spread to other wells. Four oil tanks,
each of which had a capacity of 1,200
barrels, caught and burned. Two were
full of oil and two were empty. Four
standard rigs, the property of the
Morse Company, were also destroyed.
During the afternoon the fire was
confined to the Morse wells No. 7
and 8. Large lakes of oil, which had
formed when the Morse No. 6 came in
caught fire.
A meeting of the employes of the
other wells was held, the wells were
shut down and the forces joined in
fighting the flames.
Eight lines of steam pipes have been
laid to the burning wells, and more
arc being prepared.
The oil being burned is worth $400
an hour, and the loss will amount to
$200,000. The fire cannot spread farther.
Petroleum at Antwerp on Fire.
Antwerp, Belgium (By Cable) The
oil tanks at Hoboken, three miles from
here, containing about 26.500,000 gal
lons of petroleum, are ablaze, together
with all the sheds, wagons and para
phernalia. The fire started at the Russian Com
pany's tanks, through the ignition of
escaping gas, and the flames quickly
spread to the Standard Oil Company's
tanks. A high wind fanned the fire.
Troops assisted the firemen to local
ize the conflagration.
The firemen said nothing could be
done except to allow the fire to burn
itself out. The estimates of the losses
run into millions of francs.
The Standard Oil's nine tanks con
tained 60.000 barrels of oil. They are
a total loss, but were insured for $240,
000. One Russian oil firm lost 120,000
barrels, insured for $180,000.
Although a strong gale was blowing
toward the Scheldt, the quay were
not endangered. The ships lying near
Hoboken left their wharves.
It is reported that four workmen
are missing, and it is feared that they
lost their lives in the flames.
Seven Reported Lost.
London, (By Cable). A dispatch to
a news agency from Antwerp says that
seven workmen perished in the oil fire
at Hoboken, and that only two out
of forty tanks escaped. The loss is
estimated at $1,250,000.
TORNADO STRIKES PICNIC PARTY.
Four Persons Killed and Several Hurt Prop
erty Damaged.
Jamestown, N. Y., (Special). Four
persons lost their lives and several
others were injured in a tornado that j
swept through Chautauqua county, j
Parkhurst's Grove, where the Stock-1
ton town picnic was being held, was '
directly in the path of the storm. I
Five thousand people were on the
grounds when a terrible windstorm I
swept through the place.
The storm came up suddenly.
Trees in the grove were struck by I
lightning, many of them were blown !
down and the rain fell in torrents. I
The people who took refuge under the
trees, at the firs sight of the storm,
were caught by the falling branches
and injured. Many horses were killed
in the same manner. Some of the ani
mals stampeded, trampling upon the
injured people lying upon the ground.
Some of the buildings in the vicini
ty were blown Jown and others were
unroofed. Hundreds of forest and
fruit trees were torn up, and corn and
oat fields were laid waste, entailing
a loss of thousands of dollars.
At the assembly grounds, at Chau
tauqua, many trees were uprooted, and
a portion of the fence around the
grounds was demolished. The men's
clubhouse was badly damaged.
MINDANAO BANDITS.
Several Town Looted and a Whole Family
Kidnapped.
Mamila, (Special). A detail of na
tive constabulary has been ambushed
on the Island of Leyte by a superior
force of bandits. Capt. H. Barrett,
of the constabulary, was killed in the
fighting. '
There has been trouble in the, Prov
ince of Misamis, Island of Mindanao,
where' bandits have looted several
towns. The native authorities were
defied and Tablo Mercado and his
family were kidnapped. Mercado was
accused of being too friendly with the
Americans. Three Chinese stores
were burned. Four natives were mur
dered, three of them being buried
alive. Colonel Harbord, of the con
stabulary, is now on the trail of the
bandits.
Lieutenant Thornton, of the con
stabulary, has met death by drowning
near Dagupin, Island. of Luzon,
Body Scattered for Mile.
Lancaster, Pa., (Special). Mark J.
Moran was killed on the Pennsylvania
railroad. Tarts of his body were scat
tered from Gap to Christiana, a dis
tance of nearly three miles. From
paper found in his coat it was learn
ed that he was a member of the Eagles
Aerie at Denver, and that he was a
member of the miners' union at Crip
ple Creek, Col. It is not known
whether he fell from a train or was
walking on the tracks.
A Siagular Tragedy.
Kings Tree. N. C, (Special). A
coroner's jury found Harry Hardy not
guilty of murder of his deafmute
brother, whom he struck with his fist,
in order to knock him from the track
to avoid fast-approaching train on
the Atlantic Coast Line. The deaf
mute was drunk and refused to re
spond to his brother's warning, but
foolishly tried to make signals to the
engineer to stop. Harry struck him
a violent blow in the face, and the
jury found that the blow caused the
dcalmute's death.
JAPAN WARNS THE POWERS.
Russia Must Disarm Her Wsrsblps at Shang
hai. Washington, D. C. (Special). Ja
pan has adJrcsscd a note to the pow
ers informing them that unless Rus
sia forthwith disarms her warships in
Shanghai, Japan will be forced to
take whatever steps she deems nec
essary to protect hef interests. Mr.
Takahira, the Japanese minister, called
at the state department and left with
Mr. Adee, the active secretary of
state, the communication of the Tokyo
government.
Japan Is Determined.
Mr. Takahira said:
"While Japan sincerely hopes that
the reported intention of Russia to
disarm the Askold and Grozovoi at
Shanghai will promptly be executed,
my government has felt that it was
advisable to inform the powers what
must necessarily be its attitude in
the event that the disarmament of the
Russian ships is delayed. The condi
tions at Shanghai are peculiar be
cause of the many international in
terests there, and my government is
desirious of giving these interests
every consideration."
"Will it be necessary to send a
Japanese squadron into Shanghai and
take away the Russian ships, lis was
done with the Rycshitelni at Chefu?"
the mir-'ster wa. asked.
"My government has not indicated
in its note to the powers," the minis
ter replied, "just what steps will be
necessary if the Russian ships are
not immediately disarmed. But it
should be remembered that the Ryc
shitelni was not completely disarmed
when seized by the Japance, and un
der the circumstances her presence
in Chefu was exceedingly disadvanta
geous to Japan for military reasons."
In Conference With Adee.
When the minister called at the
state department he spent some, time
in conference with Acting Secretary
Adee, but further than to receive the
communication Mr. Adee was care
ful not to disclose the attitude of
this government, although the minis
ter was assured that the continuation
of Chinese neutrality was earnestly
hoped for by the United States. The
minister told Mr. Adee that Japan
had been informed by China that the
Russian ships would be disarmed, but
as far as the legation here knew, iio
official date for this action had been
named.
It is understood that a similar note
to that presented by Mr. Takahira was
also delivered at the various foreign
offices by Japan's diplomatic repre
sentatives. The statement is definitely made
here that Japan is sincerely desirous
that China's neutrality shall be main
tained. The Japanese government,
however, feels that if China fails to in
sist upon the immediate disarmament
of the Russinu ships at Shanghai her
neutrality will have been violated and
in a manner so dangerous to Japan's
own military interests that Japan will
be forced to take such measures as
will effectively remove from the stage
of activity the Russian ships which
have sought refuge in Shanghai.
Trouble May Be Avoided.
In state department circles the opin
ion is expressed that the Russian
ships will soon be disarmed and both
at the state and navy departments ad
vices have been received that the in
cident is regarded in Shanghai as prac
tically closed. I twas suggested that the
effect of Japan's note probably would
be to strengthen the determination of
the Chinese officials to maintain the
neutrality of the Peking government,
not only at Shanghai, but at other
points where an attempt may be made
to violate it.
Millions In Japanese Qold.
Toyko (By Cable). Following an
inspection made by government en- ;
gineers, the government has issued
a proclamation making complete prep
aration 'to develop gold fields recently
discovered in the Province of Iwate.
The engineers estimate that these
fields will yield gold to the. value of
$500,000,000, and they are now pre
paring to start mining operations. It
is estimated that the annual yield
of the mines will be $15,000,000.
World's Fair Attrodance.
St Louis, Mo. (Special). The at
tendance at the World's Fair last
week was more than 125,000 in ex
cess of any week since the exposition
opened. Saturdays attendance, 152,
698, was the largest for any single day
since the opening day, with the ex
ception of the Fourth of July, when
172,140 persons passed through the
gates. The average daily attendance j
tor lust week was 132.245.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Further legal action against Thomas
. Waggaman, treasurer of the Catholic
University, against whom bankruptcy
proceedings recently were instituted
to prevent his making the university
a preferred creditor, was taken when
a number of citizens of Maryland
filed suit in equity asking for the ap
pointment of a receiver for certain
of his property.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has received complaint from the
Media Coal Company, with offices at
Fairmont, W. Va., that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company is dis
criminating in handling of freight, to
the coal company's disadvantage.
The Postoftice Department has de
vised a plan by which it is expect
ed railroad companies will be made
responsible for lost mail pouches.
The Civil Service Commission has
addressed a letter to the heads of
all the departments of the govern
ment warning them against the de
manding or payment of political
assessments and partisan activity of
officeholders.
Shipments of currency for moving
crops show improved conditions as
compared with last year.
Capt. William Swift will probably
be assigned to the command of the
battleship Maine.
The annual report of Pension Com
missioner Ware was made public.
Patrick Galvan has been appointed
chief assistant in the engineer's de
partment of the Panama Canal Com
mission. The Insular Bureau of the War De
partment is much pleased with the re
ports from the Philippines as to the
successful change made in the curren
cy system of the islands when th old
Mexican dollars and Spanish coin were
superceded by the new Philippine
peso.
A chemical laboratory for the exam
ination of imported foods will be
opened in Appraisers' Stores Bnild
ing of the Treasury Department of
Agriculture.
RELIEF TO THE OPPRESSED!
The Czar of Russia Grant's Some
Concessions.
DIE TO SON'S CHRISTENING.
Lengthy Manltesto Issued la St. Petersburg -Entire
Abolition of Corporal Punishment
and lis Curtailment In Army and Navy
Fines Imposed L'pon lb Jewish Communes
Are Remitted.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable). The
Czar issued a lengthy manifesto on the
occasion of the christening of the heir
to the throne. It is introduced by the
following message to the people:
"By the will of God, we the Czar
and autocrat of all the Russians, Czar
of Poland, Grand Duke 'of Finland,
etc., announce to our faithful subjects
that on this, the day of the christening
of our son and heir, the Grand Duke
Alexis Nicholaevitch, following the
promptings of our heart, we turn to
our great family of the empire, and
with the deepest and most heartfelt
pleasure, even amidst these times of
national struggle and difficulty, bestow
upon them some gif:s of our royal
favor for their greater enjoyment in
their daily lives.
The, various benefits bestowed on
many classes are then enumerated at
length. Oue of the most important
provisions relates to the cnlire aboli
tion of corporal punishment among
the rural classes and its curtailment in
the army anil navy. .
The manifesto remits land purchase
arrears, which affects one of the larg
est classes of the population .through
out the empire, and its benefits are
also extended to estates in Poland.
T he general provisions of the mani
festo include an all-around reduction
in sentences for common law offen
ses, a general amnesty for political
offenses, except in cases of murder
and the education of the children of
officers and soldiers who have been
victims of the war, as well as assist
ance for such families as need it,
whose bread-winners have fallen in
the service of their country.
The sum of S1.500.000 :s set apart
from the state find for the benefit of
landless people of Finland.
All fines imposed on villages, towns
or communes of Fii.land for failure to
elect representatives or to serve on
the military recruiting boards during
the years 1002 and 1903 are remitted.
Permission is granted to Finns who
have left their country without the
sanction of the authorities to return
within a year. Those returning, who
are-liable to military service, must
immediately present themselves for
service, but Finns who have evaded
military service will not be punished
provided they present themselves
within three months of the birth of
the heir to the throne.
Certain classes of offenses, exclud
ing theft, violent robbery and embez
zlement, are pardoned, and the gov
ernor general of Finland is directed
to consider what steps can be taken
to alleviate the lot of those forbidden
to reside in Finland.
Fines imposed upon the Jewish
communes in the cases of Jews avoid
ing military service are remitted.
Persons arrested for offenses pun
ishable by fines, imprisonment or con
finement in a fortress without loss of
civil rights and who were still awaiting
sentence at the time of the birth of
the heir to the throne are pardoned.
Political ' prisoners who have dis
tingushed themselves by good conduct
may on the interposition ofthe minis
ter of justice obtain the res'titution of
their civil rights at the expiration of
their sentences.
. Itrsons guilty of political offenses
committed within the last 15 years'
who have remained unidentified will
no longer be subject to prosecution,
while political offenders who are now
fugitives abroad may apply to the
minister of the interior for permission
to return to Russia.
The manifesto concludes:
"Given at Peterhof 00 this, elev
enth day of August, 1904.
(Signed) "Nicholas."
The date of the manifesto August
tl is the old, or Julian, style, co
inciding with Auorust 24 of the new,
or Gregorian style.
PEACE CONFERENCE.
President May Be Authorised to Summoa Such
a Body.
St. Louis, Mo., (Speciu!).-"-One of
the proposals thr.t will be made by th
American group before the interparlia
mentary conference, which will be held
.. 1 - .. .
111 me nail ui i-ungrcsses at tnc
World's Fair nex. month, is that
the President of the United .States b
authorized to call a general peace con
ference sometime next year. It it
not the intention of the American
group to have this conference along
the lines of that at The Hague. They
wish to establish a system of arbitra
tion among the countries of the world
which will bring about a reduction ol
the armaments of the powers.
Another proposition, that during
times of war private property on the
high seas which is not contraband be
declared exempt from seirure, will be
mi.de at the St. Louis conference.
Senstor Campbell Renominated.
Berkeley Springs, W. Va., (Special).
The democratic senatorial conven
tion for the Fifteenth senatorial dis
trict met at the courthouse in this
place and nominated Senator William
Campbell, of Charles Town, to succeed
himself in the State Senate.
Slabbed By FatbtHa-Lav.
Cleveland,' O., (Special). Harry F.
Payer assistant city solicitor, was
stabbed in the neck by Thomas
Graves, his father-in law, in the Ar
cade building, following a quarrel be
tween the two men. Payer's wound
is said to be serious. Graves was
promptly placed under arnest. It
seems that Payer had acted as at
torney for Mrs. Graves in a suit for
divorce. The quarrel is said to have
been relative to the divorce proceed
ings. Beats By Wife's Friends.
Richmond, Va., (Special). At mid
night on June 16 J. D. Reece, who
lived in Lunenburg county, was taken
from, his bed by masked men, beaten
and ordered to leave the county. He
did so, but returned three days later
and died, presumably from his in
juries. Now five white men and a
negro have been arrested and are be
ing held for the grand jury. It Is al
leged that the affair was due to a dis
pute between Reece and his wife, and
that the whipping was administered
by friends of the woman.
j Drouth Prevailing I
By Ksiu.-f
Washington, D. C, (Spec
weekly crop report just issued '
Weather Bureau is as follows:
The drought prevailing in porti
of the central valleys in the previo
week has Leen relieved by abundam
rains, but drought continues in Cen
tral and Western Tennessee, and is
beginning to be felt in the Middle Gulf
States and over a considerable part
uf Texas. '1 he Central and Northern
Rocky Mountain districts and the
North P acific Coast regions are also
sufftriun from drought, the prevalence
of forest tires being rep rtcd from
Idaho and Montana. The latter pnrt
of the week was too cool in the lake
region and unseasonably low tempera
tures occurred ir the Northern Rocky
Mumtain districts and upper Missouri
Valley on the 21st and 22::d, but else
W'here east of the Rocky Mountain
the temperature has been favorable.
The principal corn s'.ate have ex
perienced a week of favorable condi
tions, abundant rains having fallen
throughout the corn belt, except in
portions of Ohio and Nebraska. . Corn
has made satisfactory progress in the
states of the Missouri Valley, and is
generally improved in the Central
Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, although
a considerable part of the crop in the
Ohio Valley has been injured beyond
recovery. In the Middle Atl intic States
and lower Missouri Valley early corn
is now practically matured.
Spring wheat harvest is vrenerally
finished, except in North Dakota and
Northern Minnesota where rust is con
tinning to cause great injury. Rains
in North Dakotr. in the latter part of
:he week interrupted harvesting. Har
vesting is also nearly finished on the
North Pacific Coast.
The general outlook for cotton is
somewhat improved as compared with)
the conditions reported the previous
week, although shedding continues in
every state, and rust is prevalent in
the Centr-il and Ilastcrn districts. The
unfavorable effects of shedding and
rust, hewevcr, arc less pronounced,
than were reported last wee!:.
In Texns, the weather conditions
were favorable, but the crop continu
ed to deteriorate as a result of rust
and shedding, and damage by insects.
In this state injury by boll worms is
decreasing, but the boll weevils con
tinued very destructive in Southwest
ern, Central, Eastern and coast divis
ions, having caused entire absence of
bloom in many localities. Picking is
quite general in Texas, except in the
North portion, and is in progress in
the Southern portions of the Central
nd Eastern districts of the cotton
belt.
In the middle Atlantic States and
New England tobacco has made fav
orable progress, cutting being well
advanced. While the crop has 'been
shortened by drought in the Ohio Val
ley, lte rains have improved the out
jook in that section. Tobacco is mak
ing good growth in Wisconsin, but Is
shout two weeks late.
The reports respecting potatoes in
dicates that a good crop is generally
promised in the more important pota
to producing states.
Throughout the Central valleys and
Midd'- Atlantic States the soil is in
fire conditions for fall plowing, .which
work is in general progress, and ia
well advanced in some places.
MILLIONS PAID FOR PENSIONS.
Annual Report of Commissioner Ware Just
Made Public.
Washington, (Special). The annual
report of Pension Commissioner Ware
:overing the fiscal year ended June 30
1904, was made public by the acting1
secretary of the interior. The report
shows that during the year the cost
of maintaining the pension system of
the government has been $144,712,787.
The appropriation for this purposo
was $146,419,206, leaving an unexpend
rd balance of $1,706,508. During tho
year 47,374 persons were added to the.
pension rolls 326 by special act of
Congress and the balance by the pen
sion bureau.
During the same period 49,157 pen
sioners were dropped from the rolls.
Jjf these death claimed 4.1,820, of
whom 31,728 were soldiers, 30.071 be
ing volunteers for civil war. The total
number of pensioners on the rolls,
as covered by the report, is 720,315
soldiers, 273,841 widows and depend
ents and 606 army nurses.
The report refers to the order is
sued by the commissioner March 15
last, in which age is made an evidence
of disability, and says that in three
and a half months of its operation on.
ly 6 per cent., or 28,806 out of the 375,
000 pensioners, have asked for in
crease under its terms.
The report says the order intro
duces no new principle, and "is in
the direct line of economy, as it cer
tainly is in the line of precedent."
Less than 6 per cent, of the appropria
tion of $1,500,000 was used to pay
claimants under the order, the bal
ance being turned back into the treas
ury. Carlyle McKinley Dead,
s Charleston, S. C, (Special). Car
lyle McKinley, associate editor of the
News and Courier, died here after a
long illness. He was the author of
"An appeal to Pharaoh," an argument
for deportation of negroes to Egypt,
Which attracted much attention. Some
of his poems have been widely quoted..
He was a distant relative of the late,
President McKinley.
FINANCIAL.
Tom Lawson declares that John D.
Rockefeller never had a dollar invest-'
cd in Amalgamated Copper. j
All steel pools except the ra.il com-.'
bination are now dead,
Illinois Central began paying divi-j
(lends in 1863, and has paid from 4 to'
ta per cent, every year since then.,
Pennsylvania began in 1856 and has)
paid continuously. Doth pay 6 per
cent, now, yet Central sells at 136 and)
Pennsylvania at 124. I
"Bituminous coal trade Is some beU
ler, but the anthracite trade is very
dull," says a leading Philadelphia coa(
man. ; ' ' -
The Lackawanna Steel Company it
sow making its own prices on all class
es of steel products, with the exception
of steel rail. 1
Next month the New York Central
will retire $4,507,000 of the 5 per centJ
debentures of 1884 and tbxoonn nf ih-
debentures of 1889. Both pay's per!
cent, and fall due on that date. The
company has sold 3'A per cent, re
funding bonds to. raise the necessary
cash.