NAVAL BATTLE REPORTED
Correspondent Sends News of
Another Engagement.
JAPANESE ADVANCE CHECKED.
Forced to Retreat at Yin Kow Before
Fire of Russian Artiliery—
Commander Wounded.
The Shanghai correspondent of the |
London “Morning Post,” cabling under |
date of July 15, says: “A naval en-|
gagement took place to-day off Port |
Arthur.”
The correspcndent adds that the |
Chicago “Daily News” dispatch boat |
Fawan has been seized by the Rus- |
sians and towed into Port Arthur.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
the war office announces the receipt!
of a dispatch from Port Arthur con-
firming. the report that the Japanese
sustained considerable losses cn July |
11, the exact particulars of which have |
not yet been ascertained. According |
to the dispatch, the Russians recap-|
tured all the positions lately taken by |
the Japanese.
The Tokio correspondent of the Lon- |
don “Times” says that the St. Peters-|
burg story of a Japanese repulse with
heavy casualties at Post Arthur July |
10 is wholly discredited in Tokio,
where no such repd:ts have been re-
ceived. It is believed that the story
originated in Shanghai. i
General Samsonoff seriously check- |
ed the Japanese advance in ne direc- |
tion of Yin Kow July 11. His Cos- |
sacks ambushed the Japanese column |
and put 1,000 out of action. The Ja-
panese attempted to advance to Yin
Kow along the coast, but they were
hindered by the marshy country, which
also increased their difficulties in car-
rying off their dead and wounded dur-
ing the retreat. The Russians had
expected a movement in this direc-
tion and a company of cavalry with
two guns lay in ambush in the high |
grass, catching the Japanese in the
most difficult part of the coast road
and shattering their advance column. |
|
|
The artillery fire of the Russians was |
splendid, and the Japanese were una-
ble to make an effective reply.
were forced to retreat.
losses were six killed and seven wound-
ed.
$79,000,000 INVOLVED.
Judge Grants Injunction in Northern
Securities Case. |
At Trenton, N. J., Judge Bradfcrd
granted preliminary injunction in the
suit brought by Edward H. Harriman,
Winslow S. Pierce and others, to re-|
strain the propecsed pro-rata distribu-
tion of the assets of the Northern Se- |
This is a defeat]
curities Company.
for the Hill interests.
The litigation turned largely on the |
question as to the title cf the North-|
ern Pacific stock which E. H. Harri- |
man and Winslow S. Pierce put into the
combination, and which amounted to |
The contention of |
the Northern Securities Company was |
that the stock had become the absolute |
property of the company, and that it]
about $79,000,000.
was perfectly legal for the Northern
Securities Company to carry out the
pro-rata plan of
which the company had agreed.
Harriman contended that by reason |
of the corporation being declared ille-
gal by the United States
Court, title had not passed from Har-
riftdan and Pierce, and in consequence
they were entitled to have returned to
them the particular stock they had put
into the combination, and which ii-
volved contrel of the Northern Pacific
Company..
MAD MULLAH NEAR BERBERA. .
Reported to be Within Fifty Miles of
Capital of Somaliland.
The Mad Mullah is reported to be 50
miles from Berbera, the capital of So-
maliland.
A dispatch to the London Daily Mail
from its Aden correspondent, dated
July 6, said that the Mullah’s forces
had attacked the Somali, killing 50,
levying on the natives friendly to the
French and looting about 1,000 sheep
and 50 cattle. They then retired, pur-
sued by pioneers, who shot down 20 of
the Mullah’s men. The correspondent
of the same paper at Berbera main-
tained that the whole of the Comali-
land campaign had been fruitless, the
Mullah retaining full control of his
particular region.
HEROIC GIRL SAVES LIVES.
Plunges Into River and Rescues Man
and Two Girls.
At South Yarmouth, Mass. Miss
Catherine Callaghan, of Boston, alone
and unaided saved from drowning B.
F. Wildes, a summer resident, and
two young women who are in the em-
ploy of Dr. Durrell and Judge McKim.
The two girls.had gone in bathing at
Bass river in front of Mr. Wildes’ cot-
tage, and he sat on the veranda watch-
ing them. The tide was running swift-
ly down stream, but the young women,
unconscious of the danger, struck out
into the current, which soon forced
them away from shore. They screamed
frantically for help, and Mr. Wildes
went to their aid. He endeavored to
pull them ashore, but they clutched
h#m in such a way as to render him
helpless, and the three were drowning
when Miss Callaghan went in after
them. Being a strong swimmer, she
soon dragged them ashore.
Glassworkers Ultimatum.
The United Glassworkers of Ameri-
ca, which has been bitterly opposed to
the operation of the plants of the
American Window Glass Company dur- |
ing the summer, has delivered an
multimatum to the men employed by the
latter, that unless they stop work
within seven days they will not be pér-
mitted to work in the hand glass fac-
tories when they resume work in
September.
{ under
| and twisted, as though wrenched by a
| ship as a prize.
They |
The Russian |
| steamer Malacca was seized
| Red sea July 16 by the St. Petersburg
| on the ground that she carried arms
| and ammunitions of war for the Jap-
distribution upon |
Supreme |
BIG RESERVOIR BURSTS. |
People Warned of the Danger Had |
Time to Escape Drowning.
With the roar of Niagara, the new
reservcir of the Citizens Water Com-
pany at Scottdale, Pa., burst at mid-
night, and more than 200,000,000 gal-
lons of water rushed down the valley,
sweeping all before it, inundating crops
and wrecking buildings in its path.
It was discovered about 9 _o’clock|
that the dam was in danger of break-
ing, and messengers were hastily sent
through the valley to warn the people.
Hundreds of lives were thus saved, for
a few hours later the whcle valley was
wa .
The break occurred at the north side
of the reservoir, a section of the re-
taining wall about 60 feet wide and 80
feet high, being torn out. The retain-
ing wall was about 200 yards long, and
the break is in the shape of an .im-
mense V. More than half of the re-
maining part of the wall lis cracked
mighty earthquake.
The damage to the machinery and
reservoir alone will amount to at least
$50,000. When the torrent swept
down upon the valley buildings were
torn from their foundations and car-
ried on the crest of the great wave.
Bridges were carried away and crops
valued at thousands of dollars washed
away. In the gorge just below the
dam huge trees were torn out by the
roots and stones weighing tons were
overturned by the fiood.
BRITISH SHIPS HELD UP.
Stop Vessels and Cause
Dissatisfaction.
A dispatch from Aden to the London
Daily Mail says that the captain of the
British steamer Waipara reports that
the Russian volunteer fleet steamer
St. Petersburg signalled him to stop
by firing across the bows of his ves-
sel on July 15 while 20 miles off Jebel
Zugur, in the Red Sea. The Russians
examined the papers of the Waipara
and declared that they would hold the
Russians
The ‘captain protested and was tak-
en on board the St. Petersburg, where
he gave the Russian officers a guaran- |
tee that there were neither arms nor
ammunition on board the Waipara de-
stined for Japan. The vessel was de-
tined for four hours and was then
allowed to proceed.
The captain confirms the report that
the Peninsular & Oriental Company’s
in the
43 YEARS AT HARD LABOR
Extreme Penalty Meted out to|
New Jersey Criminals.
PRISONERS ALL PLEAD GUILTY. |
Citizens Had Planned to Blow the
Prison Open and Lynch
the Culprits.
Aaron Timbers, Jonas Sims and]
William Austin, the three negroes who |
confessed to assaulting Mrs. Elsie Bid- |
dle, of Burlington, N. J., were sen- |
tenced to 49 years cach in the State |
prison at Trenton after a record-break-
ing trial. The three men arrived in |
Mi. Holly at 1:15 p. m. Less than |
half an hour later they had pleaded
guilty, been given the extreme penalty |
for their crimes by Judge Gaskill and |
were on their way to Trenton to begin
their long sentence. |
When the three men, handcuffed to |
three detectives, stepped from the train
there were at least 1,000 persons con-
gregated about the railroad station. |
Company A, New Jersey National |
Guard, quickly opened a passageway
and within five minutes the criminals
were in the court house, When the
negroes were brought before the court
Judge Gaskill appointed counsel to de-
fend the men. A brief consultation was
held between counsel and the three
men and it was announced that the
men would plead guilty. Judge Gas-
kill accepted the plea and in pronounc-
ing sentence said: .
“The judgment of the law and sent-
ence of the court is that for the charge
of assault, to which you have just
pleaded guilty, each of you be confined |
in the State prison at hard labor for |
the term of 15 years; upon the charge
of robbery, 15 years; upon the charge
of assault with intent to kill an officer,
12 years, and upon the charge of rob-
bing the house of William Streeker,
seven years, making a total of 49 |
years.” |
. There was a meeting of 200 men held
at Rancocas at which complete ar-|
rangements were made to blow open |
Mt. Holly jail, secure the three ne-
groes and lynch them.
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DEATH OF PAUL KRUGER. |
Former President of Transvaal Repub- |
lic Passes Away.
aneses government.
THINK LOOMIS WAS KILLED.
Wound on the Head May Have Beén
Given Before Death.
Ixamination of the body of F. Kent
Loomis, which was found at Warren
Point, about 15 miles from Plymouth,
England, has given rise to grave sus-
picions on the part of local officials
that Mr. Loomis met with foul play.
The wound behind the right ear ‘is
described as being circular, large and
clean and, it is said, was inflicted be-
fore death. It is surmised that Mr.
Loomis’ body fell into the water near
the Eddystone Lighthouse, as Mr.
T.oomis’ watch had stopped 10 minutes
before the Kaiser Vilhelm II, passed
that point June 20.
Story of Japanese Loss Denied.
The Japanese Imperial headquarters |
staff officially deny the reports from
St. Petersburg that the Japanese lost
30,000 men in a battle near Port Ar-
thur on July 10 or 11.
fired on either date.
ceipt from Tokio of an omicial denial
of the report of a Japaneses loss of |
about 30,000 men skepticism as to the
truth of he report
Alexieff’'s headquarters has pervaded
all circles. While not insisting on
the accuracy of the figures, the gen-
eral staff claims there is good reason
to believe that a severe check was ‘in-
flicted on the Japaneses in front of
Port Arthur.
Killed By Passenger Train.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bolles, were
struck by a passenger train on the Au-
burn branch of the New York Central
road, while driving across the tracks,
near Canandaguia. Mr. Bolles was in-
stantly killed. Mrs. Bolles was taken
to a hospital, where it was learned she
had received fatal injuries.
Hot Wave Caused Death. |
Sunday was the hottest day in many
years in Chicago.
ed 97 on the streets.
As a result of
the heat there are eight dead and a|
score of prostrations. With the wind
from the southwest blowing a furnace |
blast off the Illincis prairies, Chicago
has not so suffered in years. Many
other cities reported the temperature |
above 90.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The Shenango tin plant at New Cas- |
tle, Pa., employing 2,500 men, will
likely resume work Monday, July 25.
It has been closed down three weeks.
Fire destroyed the plant of the
Alabama Ritt Flooring Co., at Mont-
gomery, Ala., entailing a loss of $200,-
(00, partially insured. The company
was owned by Pennsylvania capital-
Ists.
Mrs. Benjamin Lewis, of Pittsburg,
fell through a sewer at New Castle,
Pa.. while attending a picnic and was
badly hurt. The earth had been wash-
ed away underneath by the breaking of
a sewer pipe, but the break did not
show on the surface until Mrs. Lewis |
walked over it, when it gave way.
Themes Porter, a Pennsylvania con-
ductor, was killed at Clark’s siding,
east of Canton. He had just stopped
to receive orders at a
and was stepping upon his train as it
swung into a bridge. Projecting beams
knocked him from the train causing]
instant death.
Fcr the murder of James Donnelly,
a grccer of Bedford avenue, one the]
| under one roof, owned by the Mer- |
night of New Year’s eve, John Henry
Johnson and Frank Ousley, both ne-
groes, were hanged together in the
county jail yard at. Pittsburg.
Not a shot was |
Since the re-|
from Viceroy |
The mercury touch- |
telegraph tower |
Paul Kruger, former President of the |
| Transvaal Republic, died at Clarens, |
| Switzerland, from pneumonia and su- |
| pervening heat weakness.
| Stephen J. Paul Kruger, the “lion
| of South Africa,” was one of the most |
picturesque gures of the last cen-'
tury. A man of intensely religious |
temperament, he had with it a rare]
executive and martial ability, a wond-
erful mental power and an ‘indom-
itable will, and these quali-
ties combined were what raised |
him from the humble grass: |
roofed cottage of a frontier grazier to |
the occupation of the presidential
chair.
He was born at Colesburg, Cape
| Colony, October 10, 1825. At 11 the]
future President was working with his
| father on the frontier; at 14, having
| attained the years of majority, ac-
| cording to the standard of his country,
| he joined the army and fought in the
| punitive expedition against the Mata-
beles. From that time on his life was
a military one. At 16 he was prcmoted
to the post of field cornet and a few
years later became a commandant.
In 1883, the choice of his country,
| the South African republic, fell upon
him, and he was elected President.
This post he held until 1900, when, the
fortune of war turning against his
land, he was forced to flee from the
country and take refuge in Holland. |
He remained either at Hilversum,
Mentone or Utrecht until a short time
ago, when he traveled to Clarenz in |
search of health, but only to end his |
life. disheartened and weary.
The former President was married
three times. His last wife died in
the early part of 1901, and it is said
that this sorrow in his declining years
hastened the end of his own life.
H. J. Richmond, a correspondent in
Cripple Creek, Col, for a Victor news-
paper, was deported from the former
place by the citizens’ committee.
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| SLOCUM LEAD NUMBERS 958.
gers on the Steamer Escaped.
the excursion steamer General Slo-
final report to Police Commissioner
McAdoo of New York by the inspectors
in charge of the investigation by the
police department. Only 897 of the
dead were identified, 62 were reported
missing and 61 unidentified, while 180
jured. Assuming that the unidentified
| dead are among the missing all but
| one person has been thus far account-
ed for.
THREE MEN KILLED.
Touring Car Plunges Onto Railroad in|
Front of Engine.
James Snyder of Brooklyn, Frank J.
Correll of Amityville, and a man be-
lieved to be J. W. Jewell of Brooklyn,
were killed as the result of a collision
between a big touring automobile and
a train on the Long Island railroad at
Merrick road crossing.
Voted for Filtration.
Pittsburg disapproved of the proposi-
tion to issue $2,000,000 of bonds for
| the removal of the Fifth avenue hump
| and voted in favor of an issue of $5,
| 000,000 for the building of a filtration
{ plant.
|
Ten Houses Burned.
A block of 10 four-room houses, all
chants Coal Company, was burned at
| the company’s No. 3 mine, two miles
from Salisbury. Pa.
1
| sarabia,
| complete.
|
Only 235 Out of Nearly 1,400 Passen- |
The total dead in the destruction of |
cum on June 15 is given as 958 in the |
were injured and only 235 out of near- |
ly 1,400 on the steamer escaped unin- |
At a special election the people of |
Frosts and Lack of Rain Cause Failure
of Crops.
The prospective failure of the crops
in some of the southern provinces of
Russia, possibly attendant with fam-
ine, and the necessity of adopting re-
FAMINE FEARED IN RUSSIA.
| lief measures, is beginning to attract
attention.
The governments of Kherson, Bes- |
Taurida, Pollava and Khar-|
koff are principally affected. In the dis-|
| trict of Triaspol the peasants have al-|
ready been compelled to harvest the]
unripe crops to feed the live stock. |
Committees have been appointed to re-
lieve the distress, |
The failure of the crops is attributed |
to the early autumn frosts, insufficient
moisture while sowing, the fluctuating
weather of the winter, the total ab-
sence of snow, the ‘heavy frosts which
followed the late spring frosts in May
and the infrequency of rains for the
cereals and hay.
In some districts no rain has fallen.
In many parts of Bessarabia cattle]
are being sold for almost nothing.
MORE NORGE SURVIVORS
Landed at Boston, Having Eesn Picked |
Up by a Ship.
On board the Cunard steamer Sax-
onie, which arrived at Boston from |
Liverpool on the 14th, were 27 persons |
who were on the Scandinavian-Ameri-|
can line steamer Norge, wrecked off |
the north coast of Scotland while on a
voyage from Copenhagen to New York. |
The man who was the object of the
greatest sympathy was Jeans Johan-|
son a man of 70 years, who believed |
| that he had lost his wife and four chil-|
dren. He was given a message that
his wife had been picked up and prob-|
| ably some of the children. The old man |
refused to credit the news. The sur-|
vivors were bound for Western points. |
A collection was taken up among the
passengers of the Saxonia and about
3180 secured.
GREAT STRIKE BEGINS.
Over 40,000 Men Employed in Pack-
ing Houses Quit Work.
As the result of a stubborn disa-
greement, chiefly over wages for un-
skilled labor, one of the most exten-
sive strikes in the history of the meat
packing industries of the United
States began in Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha, St. Joseph, Mo., and other
cities where large packing plants are
located. If prolonged, the strike is
expected to cause widespread incon-
venience, possibly equaling the an-
thracite coal famine of two years ago. |
The unanimity of the strike was|
More than 45,000 employes
are directly involved. In Chicago
alone 18,000 men are on strike.
BREASTPLATES FOR RUSSIANS.
100,000 of Them Are Ordered From
An ltalian Company.
The Russian Government has order-
ed 100,000 breast plates from a com-
| pany in Milan, Italy, engaged in the!
| manufacture of the Beneditti cuirass. |
The cuirass in question is a pliable |
breastplate, weighing nearly 16 ounces
and is almost half an inch thick.
The inventor gave a demonstration
of it last winter in the presence of the
Czar at St. Petersburg. The present
order is to be delivered by August 15
and the total price aggregates more
than 500,000 roubles ($250,000.)
The manufacturing firm, which em-
ployes 250 workmen, keeps the secret
of how the breastplate is made.
GOOD LUCK FOR PREACHERS.
Four of Them Inherit the Bulk of a
$150,000 Estate.
Rev. Reginald H. Potts, of Suffolk,
| Va., and three brothers, all clergymen
and members of the Virginia Metho-
dist Conference, have inherited the
bulk of a $150,000 estate left by M. R.
| Harrell, who died recently at Williams-
burg, Va. Fifty thousand dollars is
left in trust to two sisters of the de-
ceased, one the mother of the clergy-
men; $3,000 to the two older children
of Rev. R. H. Potts and the remainder
to’ Revs. Thomas N. Edgar A. and
Eugene J. Potts. Ninety thousand
dollars of the estate is in cash and
| bonds. Rev. Eugene J. Potts is exe-
cutor.
Maine Democratic Convention.
The Maine Democratic gubernatorial
was held in
with 600 delegates in attendance. The
resolutions reaffirmed and indorsed the
platform adopted by the Democratic
national convention at St. Louis,
pledged support to its nominees, and
demanded the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people. The platform was adopted
amid some confusion, an effort to have
stricken out a plank calling for the
resubmission to the voters of the pro-
hibitory lipuor law being drowned
I by cries for the previous question.
| Cyrus W. Davis, mayor of Waterville,
| was nominated for governor over
| Samuel W. Gould of Skowegan.
| convention
|
|
1
Russians Catpure Chinese Steamer.
A report has heen received tnat the
China Mining & Engineering Com-
pany’s steamer Hai-Ping, from Shang-
hai, July 8, was captured by the Jap-
anese 10 miles north of Chefoo this
morning, loaded
war.
Seven Men Killed.
Seven men killed and two injured
is the result of a premature dyna-
mite explosion upon the New Canadi-
an Pacific Sudbury-Toronto line near
Romford. The dead are three Aus-
trians, three Finlanders and the
walking boss, H. Poole of Wakefield,
Quebec. The bodies of the killed, ex-
cept Poole, were literally blown to
pieces. The accident occurred through
placing dynamite in a hole which had
been shortly before blown with
| powder.
with contraband of!
PICNIC TRAIN WRECKED
Misplaced Switch Causes Col-|
lision with Freight Train.
DAWSON DEFEATS TETER. :
West Virginia Republicans Select a
State Ticket.
The West Virginia Republican State
Convention, after being in session at
Wheeling from noon continuously, ex-
cept for a 50-minute recess, at 9:40
| p. m. nominated William M. O. Daw-
| son of Charleston for Governor over
TRAINS GOING AT HIGH SPEED.
| Charles F. Teter of Philippi.
The nomination was forced after a
prolonged but futile effort of the
Most of the Dead Occupied the Front jn io. en to secure an adjournment.
Coach, Which Plunged Into
the Wreckage.
| as
| withdrew him and moved that the
Chicago, July 13. — Twenty persons
were killed and about 25 ‘injured in 2
collision on the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois railroad at Glenwood, Ill, 23
miles south of Chicago. The collision
occurred between a picnic train from
Chicago, which was returning from
| Momence, Ill, and a freight, into the
rear of which the excursion train
dashed at high speed.
Among the dead are Carl Stewart,
Mrs. Ellen Landers, Mrs. Emma Palm- |
er, daughter of Mrs. Landers; Lena
Palmer, daughter of Mrs. Palmer;
Lena Hipelius, Mrs. Gerringer, Miss
Gerringer, Walter Gerringer, Andrew
Kramer, William H. Meyer, 12 years;
John Poduda, 8 years; Mamie Poduda,
3 years; nine unidentified children.
All the dead lived in Chicago, as do
all the injured, most of whom are chil-
dren.
About 75 per cent of the injured sus- |
tained fractured legs. In many cases
both legs were broken.
A misplaced switch threw the pic-
nic train over on the southbound track
and before the engineer could apply
the brakes it dashed into the rear of
the freight. The locomotive, the bag-
gage car and the first coach of the pic- |
nic train were demolished and all of
the killed and injured were on the
locomotive and in the two cars. The
picnic was the annual outing of the
members of Doremus Church.
200 ARE HOMELESS.
Fire Destroys Many Houses in Mary-
land Town.
Two hundred persons in Millington,
Md., are homeless and without shelter
and food as the result of a fire which
destroyed 39 dwellings and 17 places
of business. The loss is placed at
$150,000, with practically no insurance.
J. P. Ahearn, president of the board of
town commissioners, appealed to Wil-
mington, Baltimore and Philadelphia
for aid.
Upon receipt of the appeal for aid
from the authorities of Millington,
Mayor Timanus of ‘Baltimore called a
special meeting of the citizens’ perma-
nent relief committee. Governor War-
field received an appeal from Milling-
ton for tents and at once ordered 30 to
be sent. Mayor Weaver of Philadel-
phia called a meeting of the citizens’
permanent relief committe. The com-
mittee voted $500 to the sufferers to
be disposed of at the discretion of
Mayor Weaver.
200 LIVES LOST.
Cloudburst Causes Great Damage Near
the City of Manila.
A cloudburst over the hills north-
east of Manila caused a flood which
has destroyed San Juan Del Monte.
Two hundred lives were lost. The
low-lying districts were inundated.
The homes of Americans and foreign-
ers were isolated. Transportation
through the streets was carried on in
boats only.
. Rain has fallen for 27 hours, total-
ing 171 inches. This is unprecedented.
Communication with outside places is
interrupted. The damage to property
is estimated at $2,000,000.
NEWS NOTES.
At a recent race in England nearly
everybody bet on Admiral Togo to
win. But he was not even placed.
Thirty-five hundred butchers, carv-
ers, slaughterers, drivers, helpers and
laborers in New York city joined in
the great meat strike to-day.
At Portsmouth, O., J. Eisman &
Co.’s clothing factory was destroyed
and a number of adjcining business
houses damaged by fire. Loss, $80,000.
“Al” and “Ben” Wade were electro-
cuted at the Ohio penitentiary annex
for the murder of “Kate” Sullivan, at
| Toledo, in 1900.
The Erie Railroad Company admits
its liability in Midvale, N. J., wreck,
and wants a settlement with friends
of 16 victims.
Waterville, |
Three barns were demolished, six
coal cars blown from the track and
other damage done by a windstorm
this afternoon at Barnitz, on the Phil-
adelphia & Reading railroad, near Mt.
Holly.
Charles J. Denny, a former mem-
ber of the St. Louis Municipal As-
sembly, charged with bribery in con-
nection with the city lighting deal,
pleaded guilty.
Charles Renner, an alleged compan-
ion of Patrick Crowe, was captured at
St. Joseph, Mo., after a desperate bat-
tle with officers, in which he was prob-
ably fatally shot.
It is reported at Chefoo that the
| Russians have blown up the Retzivan
| and one other battleship which was
badly injured. Fighting is incessant
just outside of Port Arthur.
Contracts made by incorporated la-
bor unions with manufacturers prohib-
iting the employment of non-union
workmen are void, according to a de-
cision announced by Judge Ludwig in
the Circuit Court at Milwaukee. -
| Eight men and a woman, all Ital
ta31
| The roll gave Dawson a majority of
votes, but was not announced,
Congressman Dayton, for Teter,
nomination be made by acclamation.
The convention was fiercely partisan
at times, speakers being hissed re-
peatedly.
The convention adjourned after the
governorship nomination till next day,
The State Republican convention
completed its work Wednesday after
a continuous session of more than 11
| hours. The salient feature of the plat-
form, which was the last matter taken
up, is its declaration for a reform in
| the system of State taxation. The
following candidates were named:
Auditor—Arnold C. Scherr of Min-
eral.
Treasurar—Newton Ogdin of Pleas-
ants.
Attorney General—Clark W. May of
| Lincoln.
| State Superintendent of Schools—
| Thomas C. Miller of Marion.
Secretary of State — Charles W.
| Swisher of Marion.
Judges of Supreme Court — Frank
| Cox of Monongahela, Joseph M. Saun-
| ders of Mercer.
| Presidential TElectors-at-Large — Dr.
W. W. Monroe of Wood, and James A,
| Lenhart of Preston.
RAINS DAMAGE CROPS.
Cultivation
Prevent and Interfere
With Harvesting in Many
Sections.
The Weather Bureau's weekly sum-
mary of crop conditions is as follows:
Unseasonably cool weather has con-
tinued in the States of the Missouri
valley and over the western part of
the upper lake region, but elsewhere
| the temperature has been very favor-
able. . Heavy rains have prevented
cultivation of crops and greatly inter-
fered with harvesting in the lower
Missouri, Central Mississippi and
| Ohio valleys, and in portions of the
| Middle Atlantic States and lake
region, and much grain has been dam-
aged in Oklahoma, Kansas and Mis-
souri. Drouth prevails in the coast
districts of Washington and Oregon,
where crop prospects have been ma-
terially lessened. Over the greater
part of the corn belt corn has made
vigorous growth, but continued rains
have prevented cultivation, and much
| of the crop is weedy. Winter wheat
has sustained great damage from con-
tinuous heavy rains in Nebraska,
Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri,
where the unharvested grain was seri-
ously damaged by rust and lodging,
and that in shock by molding and
sprouting. Harvesting was also great-
ly hindered by unfavorable weather
in the districts east of the Mississippi
river, where, however, the conditions
were much less serious than in the
Sates of the lower Missouri valley.
Harvesting has continued under fa-
vorable conditions on the Pacific
coast.
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ENORMOUS LOSS REPORTED.
30,000 Japanese Said to Have Been
Killed or Wounded.
A dispatch from a Russian corre-
spondent at Mukden, dated July 12,
says:
“According to intelligence received
here the Japanese last night attacked
positions near Port Arthur and were
repulsed with enormous losses, not
less than 30,000, it is said, being killed
or wounded by our mines.”
It is repored in Shanghai that a
battalion o. Russian infantry reoccu-
pied a position commanding Port Ar-
thur which had been captured by the
Japs. The Russian cruiser Novik and
three gunboats assisted the military
forces and forced the Japs to retire.
It is also reported that a great bat-
tle was fought on the land side of
Port Arthur on Sunday and that the
Russian exploded land mines which
caused fearful havoc. The casualties
are estimated at 28,000.
Boston Wool Market.
The wool market is strong and act.
ive, with the volume of sales remark-
ably heavy. The leading quotations
| are: Ohio and Pennsylvania, XX and
| above, 34@34%c; X, 30@31c; No. 1,
| 32@33c; No. 2, 34@35c; fine, unm-
washed, 23@24c; 1%, 3 and 4-blood,
unwashed, 27@28c; fine, washed, de-
laine, 35@37c. Michigan X and above,
27@28c; No. 1, 29@30c; No. 2, 28@,
29c; fine, unwashed, 21@22c; %, %
and %-blood, unwashed, 27@27%¢;
fine, washed, delaine, 32@33c. Ken-
tucky, Indiana, ete, 3 and 14-blood,
27@28c; braid, 23@24c. Territory,
Idaho, fine, 17@18c; heavy, fine, 14@
15c; fine, medium, 17@18c; medium,
18@19c; low, medium, 20@2ic.
Fight in Servian Town.
A serious fight between Socialists
and army officers took place in the
square of Kraguyevats, a garrison
town of Servia. The Socialists were
annoyed at the attitude of the officers
toward civilians, and attacked the of-
ficers, who were noisily celebrating
the King’s birthday. The officers used
their arms, and it is reported that 20
men were killed during the fight.
| ians, were arrested in Philadelphia on | Raisuli Makes a Raid.
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the murder of Antonio Manzzio, an | the bandit Raisuli and his tribe made
| Italian laborer, whose body, sewed up
in a mattress, was found on the banks
| a raid on Ghard and after two days’
of the Wissahichon creek: Sunday | fighting Raisuli was victorious. The
morning. Death was due to a stab | tribe looted many cattle vi
ound. y tle. Owing to
| threats sent by Raisuii and the neigh-
Rev. J. W. Campbell, pastor of the | boring tribes to Mohammed El Torres
First Methodist Church of New Castle,
Pa., met with a painful bieycle aceci-
| dent. His wheel got beyond his con-
trol and threw him heavily.
| badly cut,
He was
the foreign minister, work on the new
custom house in course of erection at
Tangier has been discontinued. The
| tyibes said they would raid Tangier
should the work continue.
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