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BOTH SIOES LOST HEALY
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So Russian War Office Learns
from Kurapoctkin.
MANY OFFICERS WERE SLAIN.
General Herschelman Sustained Great-
est Casualties While Defending
: Saimatze Road.
It is reported at Mukden that the
Japanese attacked the Russian posi-
tion at An-Shan-Shan, midway be-
tween Hai-Cheng and Liac-Yang, on
August 2, and were repulsed with
heavy loss. The Russian casualties
are not known.
Detailed reports reaching the war
office at St. Petersburg from General
Kuropatkin’s generals show that the
Russian losses July 30, July 31 and
August 1 did not exceed 4,000. The
Japanese are believed to have lost at
least an equal number.
Most of the Russian losses were sus-
tained on the Saimatze road and be-
tween Simou-Cheng and Hai-Cheng.
The greatest number of casualties
was Sustained by General Herschel-
man, who, with the Ninth European
division, held Ku-Chia-Tze and Yu-
Shu pass, on the Saimatze road. The
fighting there was of the most des-
perate and bloody character. A sin-
gle regiment lost 25 per cent, or 800
men before jit withdrew toward An-
Ping.
Another post where most stub-
born resistance was made was at
Nanga pass, a position between Si-
Mou-Cheng and Hai-Cheng, which
was held by General Zassalitch, who
kad been placed in command of a
newly-formed corps, including the
Thirty-first division belonging to the
Tenth European corps, and two Siber-
dan battalions, altogether 18,000 men.
General Zassalitch’s misfortune at
the Yalu river was duplicatéd, owing
to the superiority of the Japanese ar-
tillery. He was making a splendid
fight until he suddenly discovered that
the Japanese gunners were enfilad-
ing his batteries.
AUTO TOURISTS HELD UP.
Highwaymen Rode WMoctor-Cycle and
Got $1,000.
A party of four in an automobile]
were held up late on Old York road,
near Willow Grove, 14 miles {rom
Philadelphia. The highwayman se-
cured about $1,000 in money and jew-
elry. The victims of the robbery]
wera A. C. Hall, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Ar-}
thus 1. Jackson and Mrs. Thomas |
C. Walton, all of New York. They
Gap.
The highwayman rode a motor-
cycle. He disabled Mr. Hall's auto- |
mobile and after having been re-
lieved of their valuables the victims |
were compelled to walk two miles to!
a toll gate. There they secured a
conveyance and drove to Doylestown,
Pa., where the robbery was reported
to the police.
BOOM DOES NCT COME.
Coke Trade Shows Falling Off Instead |
of a Gain.
The anticipated brightening of the
coke trade has failed to materialize,
and last week’s record shows a fall-
ing off in coke of several thousand
tons of coke and 700 ovens banked,
and the latter half of the year prom-
ses only a moderate demand.
Coke prices are not regular and
much has been disposed of on close
margins. There were 13,345 active
and 9,782 idle ovens last week, With |
a production of 151,972 tons of coke,
compared to 157,440 tons the previous |
week. The Trotter plant of the H.
C. Frick Company was closed down. |
Extensive repairs are proposed. Ship-|
ments last week were 8,252 cars, dis-|
tributed as follows: To Pittsburg,
3,332 cars; to points west of Pitts-
burg, 3,985 cars; to points east of the
Connellsville region 985 cars. Pro-
duction in the Masontown field was
64,098 tons, compared to 52,938 tons
the previous week. |
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Death of Mrs. Miles.
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles died very sud-
denly from heart failure at West]
Point, N. V. General Miles was
away from home and learned the sad
news en rouae from Washington to
West Point. With the deceased was |
her son, Cadet Sherman A. Miles, and |
Miss Fitch, of Washington, a niece of |
Mrs. Miles, and ‘her son-in-law, |
Colonel Samuel Reber, U. S. A, form- |
ser aid-de-camp to General Miles. For
several years Mrs. Miles has suffered |
from ‘attacks of heart trouble. The
General and Mrs. Miles have been |
occupying quarters at the Academy
all summer, visiting their son, who
will graduate next June. |
Seven Persons Drown.
In trying to reach the shore in a]
small tender from a stranded yacht]
at Halifax, N. S., seven of the eight]
perscns in the boat were drowned |
through the capsizing of the little
craft. The dead as far as can be
learned are: George Leach, Nason-
ville, R. I.; Captain Charles Hers
Digby; Mrs. Vedlto, Digby; Mrs.
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O'Reilly, supposed to be a New York
woman; son aged 13, and also a
daughter.
Fairbanks to Visit.Ohio.
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks will
attend a reunion of former residents
of Union county, O., at Marysville,
August 11. Marysville is about 85
miles from Unicnville Center, where
Mr. Fairbanks was born.
Russians Lose Over 1,000 Men.
General Sakharoff reports that 29
officers and over 1,000 men were kill-
ed or wounded in the engagements of
July 30 and 31, and six guns were;
abandoned.
| peals. The resignation is wcrded as
| follows:
| ly notified on the third, of his nom-
| United States by the Republican Na-
| address was made by Elihu Root,
| cises were heid on the wide veranda
| of Senator Fairbanks’ home at In-
| other state officers of Indiana, the
| the Indiana Republican congression-
| the Republican editorial association. |
WEST VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS.
Ticket Chosen by Delegates to State
Convention at Parkersburg.
~ John J. Cornwell, of Hampshire,
was nominated for Governor by the |
West Virginia Democratic State Con-|
vention on the third ballot. Follow- |
ing is the vote of the three contest-
ants: Cornwell, 638; Thompson, |
285; Bennett, 64. Cabell county then |
moved that Cornwell's nominaficn be |
made unanimous, which action was
taken.
The following is the ticket:
Governor, John J. Cornwell, of |
Hampshire county. !
Secretary of State, William G. Pe-
terkin, of Parkers
Auditor,
Wayne county.
Superintendent of Schools, the Rev.
M. D. Helmick, of Pleasant county.
Attorney General, Lawrence A. Rey-
mann, of Wheeling.
State Treasurer, Robert 8. Carr,
of Kanawha county.
Judges of Supreme Court of Ap-|
peals, M. H. Dent, of Taylor county
and Henry W. Cilmer, of Greenbrier |
county.
Presidential E'ectors-at-Large,
Colonel R. P: Chew, of Jefferson
county, and Lewis Bennett, of Lewis
county.
The platform endorses the St. Louis |
platiorm; arraigns the Republican
party of the Sta
travagance and corrupt use of elec- |
tion machinery; condems the Repub-|
lican majority in the present Leg-|
islature for having defeated the sub-|
mission of constitutional amendment, |
making the payment of a poll tax a|
prerequisite to the right to vote. |
“We condemn the present sp.:zial|
and extraordinary session of the
Legislature, called by a Republican |
Governor upcn a hollow pretense of |
tax reform, and designed for the pur- |
pose of enacting into laws hybrid |
bills concocted beyond the limits of
the State, with the intent to relieve
but to deceive the people. We con-
demn the same as hypocritical, fu-
tile and extravagant.
— eee eee
PARKER RESIGNS JUDGESHIP.
te for wasteful ex-|
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Presidential Candidate Passes Up Seat
on New York Bench.
Judge Alton Brooks Parker filed
with Deputy Secretary of State Hor-
ace G. Tennant his resignation as
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.
Although dated at Esopus, the resig-
nation was handed in at Albany by a
messenger sent from the Judge's
chambers, and followed a conference
between the Judge and his associates
on the bencn of the Court of Ap-
Rosemount, Esopus, N. Y., Aug. 5,
1904.
1 hereby respectfully resign my of-
fice as Chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals of the State of New York,
such resignation to take effect imme-
diately.
ALTON B. PARKER.
By resigning now Judge Parker
makes certain that his successor will |
have to be elected in November and |
not appointed by Governor Odell.
FAIRBANKS NOTIFIED.
Republican Candidate for Vice Presi-
dent Receives Announcement.
Charles W. Fairbanks was formal-
ination for Vice President of the
tional Convention. The notification
former Secretary of War. The exer-
dianapolis, in the presence of mem-
bers of the notification committee,
consisting of one member from each
state and territory, the Governor and
Republican candidates for state office,
al delegation, Indiana delegates and
alternates to the National Conven-
tion, the state central committee and
|
All these had been especially invited.
Russians Desert THeir Dead.
General Kuroki reports that he bur-|
ied the bodies of 512 Russians on the |
battlefields of Yushulikzu and Yangt-|
zuling. In these actions he reports
the capture of 268 Russians, eight!
of whom were officers. One hundred |
and fifteen of the prisoners were
wounded. |
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Will Send Warship.
Admiral Sigsbee, at San Juan, has|
been directed to dispatch a war vessel |
! to Monte Christia, Santo Domingo.
This was done at the suggestion of
Mr. Dawson, the American minister
at Santo Domingo, and the inference
is that trouble is impeding in that |
country.
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34 HURT IN COLLISION.
Passenger Trains on Louisville and |
Nashville Crash. |
A southbound passenger train on
the Louisville and Nashville collided
near Horse Cave, Ky., with a north-|
bound passenger train. About 30
| passengers and four trainmen were |
| injured, but not seriously except En- |
gineer Rehm. of the southbound train,
who may die.
According to the information here
Rehm either disregarded orders or
was sound asleep as his train was go-
ing at the rate of 40 miles an hour
when it struck the northbound train.
The baggage car on the southbound
train was destroyed and the postal
car damaged, but none of the coaches
left the track.
Eight Drowned.
While bathing in the Mississippi
river at Alton, Iill., Michal Riley,
his daughter, and six of the latter’s
girl friends were drowned. One
child who was in the party was res-
cued.
German Steamer Sank.
It is officially announced that the
German steamer recently sunk by
the Vladi stok « was the
man vessel of about 1,000
i ‘Subway
NEI JAPANESE. KILLED
The Mikado’s Fcrces Entrenched |
Near Port Arthur.
REPORTS FROM TWO SOURCES.
General Stoesse! Declares His Oppo-
nents Were Beaten Back After
Three Days’ Fighting.
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The Japanese force which captured
Wolff's Hill is now intrenched in the]
valley about two-thirds of a mile from |
tne fortress at Port Arthur. A Ja-|
panese cruiser is alleged to have
struck a mine and sunk. The Ja-
panese have occupied Louisa bay,
landing troops with the probable in-
tention of attacking west of the city.
The Russian artillery harasses the
| Japanese who are attempting to ad- |
vance their trenches. |
The London Times’ correspondent
at Tokyo, under date of August T7,|
says that there are ‘unofficial reports |
| there that the Japanese have captured
| commanding positions north and
northeast of Port Arthur's at a dis-
tance of 2,750 yards from the main
line of Russian defenses.
According to Chinese information, a
fierce battle was fought on the land
side of Port Arthur August 5. = The
Japanese are reported to have been |
repulsed with great loss, the killed
alone being estimated at 10,000, while |
the Russians lost 1,000. The tele-
gram says that Lieutenant-General |
Stoessel was personally in command |
and that the conduct of the Russian
troops was splendid. .
Lieutenant-General Stoessel, com-
manding the Russians at Port Arthur, |
in an undated dispatch to the Emperor
says: “] am happy to report that
the troops repulsed all the Japanese |
attacks of July 26, 27 and 28 with |
enormous losses. The garrison’s en-|
thusiasm was extraordinary. The |
fleet assisted in the defelise by bom-
barding the Japanese flank. |
“Our losses during the three days |
were about 1,500 men and 40 officers |
killed or wounded. - According to|
statements of Chinese and prisoners |
the Japanese lost as many as 10,000.]
The losses were so great that the|
enemy has not had time to remove |
the dead and wounded.”
ee |
TAGGART ANNOUNCES HIS AIDS.
Makes Appointments to Democratic |
Campaign Cemmittees. |
Thomas Taggart, Chairman of the|
Democratic National Committee, an-|
nounced the following officers of the]
Democratic committee and the follow- |
ing members of the National Execu-|
tive Committee:
National Committee—Delancey Nie-
oll, Vice Chairman, New York; George
Foster Peabody, Treasurer, New |
York. |
Executive Committee—W. F. Shee-|
han, Chairman, New York; August
Belmont, New York; Jchn R. Me- |
Lean, Ohio; United States Senator |
Thomas S. Martin, Virginia; J. M.|
Guffey, Pennsylvania; former United
States Senator James Smita, Jr,
New Jersey; Timothy E. Ryan, Wis-
consin. !
SPEED TERMS ARE NOT MET.
Union Iron Works May Forfeit $18,300
on Account of the Ohio. |
According to a statement in the San |
Francisco Examiner, the Union Iron
Works may forfeit $18,300 to the
United States government as a pen-
alty for failure to bring the battle-!
ship Ohio up to the stipulated speed
requirements. The sum will be de-
ducted from the original contract
price of $2,899,000.
The official corrected time made by
the Ohio on her trial trip, as tele-
graphed to the Navy Department at
Washington, was 17.817 knots, which
is .183 knots below the mark named
in the contract. |
The Ohio will be accepted by the
Government, as she proved herself a
perfect fighting machine and met all |
requirements with the exception of
speed.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
During a downpour of rain at Baily-
stok, Russia, there was a regular
shower of small fish.
The consumption of cotton by mills |
in the United States exceeds 4,000,-
000 baies annually. |
Bugler Martin, who was with Custer
in many of his fights, has been retirea
after 30 years’ service in the United |
States army. i
A report issued by the Bureau of
| Commerce and Labor shows a shrink- |
age of domestic commercial opera-|
tions.
A band of alleged robbers, belong-
ing to the Black Hand Society, has
been rounded up and arrested in West-
chester county, New York.
An order was issued by Secretary
Taft permitting army officers on duty
at the War Department to wear civil- |
ian dress.
Creditors cf Daniel J. Sully & Co. |
decided to refuse his offer of 40) per
cent, and the bankruptcy proceedings
will go on. |
Governor S. W. T. Lanham was un-|
animously renominated for Governor!
of Texas by the Democratic State Con-
vention.
Bishop H. C. Potter, of New York, |
who assistci at the opening of the
Tavern,” was roundly ecrit-|
icised by some temperance people and |
praised by a few. |
{| no meat.
George M. Long, a navy yard em-
ploye at Washington, cut the throat
of his sweetheart, Nora Adams, and |
then took his own life. Both died |
together.
|
Former Governor James T. Lewis, |
War Governor of Wisc 1 |
the result of a second
oplexy a week ago. Gove
3 83 years of age.
| .
| their homes.
WEATHER AND CROPS.
Spring Wheat Affected by Rust in
Some Sections.
The weather bureau's weekly sum-
mary of crop conditions is as fol-
lows:
Very favorable temperature pre-
vailed during the week ending Au
gust 1 in nearly all districts, and
while droughty conditions are begin-
ning to be felt over limited areas in
the central valleys and Southern
{ States, the rainfall has been gener-
ally ample for crop needs. Corn has
experienced a week of favorable tem-
perature, and while needing rain in
portions of the Ohio, Central Missis-
sippi and Missouri valleys, the crop,
as a whole, has made good progress
and continues in promising condition.
Thrashing winter wheat has advanced
under favorable weather conditions
in the central valleys, but frequent
rains have interrupted this work in
th» middle Atlantic States. The
quality and yield of grain are prov-
ing disappointing in the lower Missis-
s'pi valiey, where the crop suffered
much from excessive rains during the
period cf harvest.
Unfavorable reports respecting
spring wheat are more pronounced, as
well as more general, than in the
previous week, rust being more or
iers prevalent in al] of the principal
! spring wheat States of the Rocky
mounta ns. In portions of Minne-
sota and North Dakota, however, a
geod crop is promised. Harvesting
is in progress in Iowa, Nebraska and
South Dakota and will begin about the
5th in Minnesota. Harvest is also
in progress in Oregon, with better
vields than were expected. In Wash-
ington spring wheat is -sripening
scmewhat too rapidly as a result of
| het winds. Oat harvest is in general
progressing in the more northern sec-
tions and is largely finished in the
central and southern districts. Rust
has caused damage in North Dakota
and portions of Minnesota, and rains
have proved injurious to oats in shock
in Maryland, Delaware and New Jer
sey.
RIOT IN CHICAGO.
Police Use Clubs Freely and Make
Many Arrests.
In a riot which broke out at the
stock yards in Chicago, two police:
| men were injured and 28 rioters were
| arrested.
The trouble started when
five strike-breakers from one of the
machine shops in one of the packing
plants were leaving the yard and
tried to board a street car to go to
Despite the signals ci
the strike-breakers the motormen on
12 cars refused to stop, and a crowd
standing near by, seeing a good oOp-
portunity to get revenge on the non-
| union men, commenced hurling stones
at them. Two policemen who wero
guarding the entrance went to the
assistance of the non-union men, but
the rioters by this time had grown in
numbers so rapidly that fully 1,000
angry men were trying to get at the
strike-breakers.
Retreating into the machine shop
the policemen sent in a riot call
When the additional officers arrived a
charge was made on the rioters. The
crowd was armed with bricks and
stones and when the policemen start-
ed forward every man who could find
| room enough threw a brick. Two
| of the bricks went true to the mark
| and two of the policemen dropped in
their tracks, having been ®it on the
head. They were picked up by
| their companions and taken inside the
machine shop, where it was found that
one of the men, Patrick Ryan, was
suffering from a fractured skull.
Seeing the condition of their com-
panions the other 18 policemen made
another charge on the crowd. This
time the onslaught was in earnest, 18
clubs being swayed from right to left
| with all the muscle that each man
could muster. Each time a club de-
scended, it landed on a man’s head
and fully 50 of the rioters were beat
en to the pavement before they show:
ed any signs of scattering. As soon
as the policemen saw that they had
the mob on the run they turned their
attention to those who were lying on
the ground and succeeded in arresting
28 of them before they could scram?
ble to their feet and get away.
Cruiser Kasuga Is Sunk.
The Giornale 4d’ Italia, a Roman
paper, published in an extra edition
| a dispatch from Tokyo announcing
that the Japanese armored cruiser
Kasuga, formerly the Argentine war-
ship Rivadavia, has been sunk. The
Liao-Yang correspondent of D’Italia
asserts that conditions among the
Russians at the front are disastrous.
The army, he says, is dying of hun-
ger. After a march lasting 48 hours
they were given nothing but a piece
of sugar. They have no bread and
Provision trains arrive
at long Intervels only. “Under
these conditions,” he adds, “the work
of the troops is truly heroic.”
Revolutionists Condemned to Death.
The Haytian military tribunal has
| condemned to death by default 40 ex.
iled persons accused of complicity
in the attempted revolution headed
by General Montplaisir. At Archa-
ries the populace, after looting three
Syrian shops, drove away 100 Sy-
rians, who reached Port au Prince
stripped of everything. Trouble iA
| feared in other cities of the republic
Athlete Named for Congress.
Robert Garrett, of Baltimore coun:
ty, was nominated for Congress by the
Yepublicans of the Second Maryland
Congressional district. Mr. Garreti
is a nephew of the former President
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad oi
that name. During the Olympian
games in Greece, in 1896, he won first
prize in the discus throwing contest.
Contracts were let in Pittsburg for
constructing a trolley line from Gar-
rett, Pa., to Frostburg, Md
| 26@27c; Michigan X and above, 28@
SLAUGHTER AT PT. ARTHUR
japanese Make Desperate At-
tempt But Meet Repulse.
YANGSE PASS WAS TAKEN.
Army of the Czar Forced to Retreat
Toward Its Base at
Liaoyang.
A desperate three days’ assault on
the inner defenses on the eastern
and northern sides of Port Arthur
failed, according to advices brought
by two junks which arrived at Che-
foo. A Russian who escaped from
Port Arthur via Pigeon bay on the
night of July 29 states that the earth
trembled under the terrific can-
nonading which began at 4 a. m.
July 26 and ended during the night
of July 28, when the battle ceased. A
Chinese who has arrived here on a
separate junk confirms the Russian’s
statement that the Russian killed and
wounded during the assault numbered
between 5,000 and 6,000.
The Japanese in their repeated as-
saults against the eastern forts on
the hills, through barbed wire entan-
glements and over mines, displayed
fanatical bravery. They were mow-
ed down by the hail of shells and bul-
lets and the explosion of mines under
their feet. Their losses are esti-
mated at 20,000. The Russian de-
clares that the Russians held all the
eastern forts leading to Golden Hill
and that the Japanese, shattered and
exhausted, retired to the eastward.
As related by the passengers from
the two junks, the Japanese advance,
which began from Kwokau before
daybreak July 26, was directed against
Kikwan, Kinkintun, Kinkinshan and
Piehtoushan forts, lying mnear the
shore. The Russian outposts were
driven back. In the meantime Ad-
miral Togo shelled the forts at long
range, but the return fire of the forts
kept his ships at a safe distance,
rendering the co-operation of the fleet
ineffective.
General Kuroki has administered a
severe defeat to the Russian forces,
which defended the Russian east flank
at Liao-Yang, winning separate ac-
tions at Yu-Shu-Lik-Zu and Yangse
pass. These two places are 26 miles
apart, but the two actions were fought
at the same time. The Russians held
strong positions. The thermometer
registered over 110 degrees Fahren-
heit, and the soldiers suffered cruelly
from heat exhaustion.
Fusion in Kansas Complete.
The Democratic and Populist State
Convention at Topeka, Kas. effected
fusion in the State campaign, and
nominated the following joint ticket:
Governor David L. Dale, Democrat;
Lieutenant Governor, M. A. House-
holder, Populist; Secretary of State,
John H. Curran, Democrat; Justice
of the Supreme Court, John T. Little,
Populist; State Treasurer, Thomas
F. Dolan, Democrat; Superintendent
of Public Instruction, Martin R. How-
ard, Democrat; Attorney General, W.
W. Wells, Populist; Superintendent of
Insurance, John Stowell, Populist;
Congressman-at-Large, Frank Brady,
Populist; Railroad Commissioner, F.
H. Chase, Populist. Each party will
vote for its own National ticket.
WIFE MAKES CONFESSION.
Tells How Husband and a Partner
Committed Wholesale Murder.
The wife of Paul Reed, at States-
boro, confessed that Will Catts and
Paul Reed, negroes, who are in jail
at Savannah, Ga., for fear of lynch-
ing, murdered the Hodges family near
Statesboro and burned their house.
‘The motive was robbery.
They killed Hodges with an iron
brace after he had caught them dig-
ging up a pile of money in the yard.
They then killed Mrs. Hodges and the
little girl by striking thetn on the
head with a lamp. The babies were
killed before the house was fired.
nominated for Governor by the State
Democratic Convention of Michigan.
Boston Wool Market.
The wool market here is quiet this
week, most manufacturers having
freely stocked up during the early
part of the summer. Quotations are
as follows: Ohio and Pennsylvania,
XX and above, 34@35¢c; X, 30@
3lc: No. 1, 33@34c; No. 2, 33@
840; Vy, 3% and 1%-blood, un-
washed, 281, @29c; unwashed, delaine,
29¢; No. 1, 30@3lc; No. 2, 29@30¢c;
14, 3 and ¥4-blcod, unwashed, 28@
2814c; unwashed delaine, 25@26¢;
Territory, Idaho, fine, 17@18c; heavy,
fine, 14@15c; fine, medium, 17@18c;
Wyoming, fine, medium, 17@18c; Utah
and Nevada, fine, 16% @17%c; fine,
medium, 17@18c.
Unions Endorse Strike.
All the labor unions in Chicago have
endorsed the stock yards strike. Aft-
er listening to the strikers’ side of the
controversy, which was presented to
them by Michael J. Donnelly, Presi-
den of the striking Butchers’ Union,
the Chicago Federation of Labor,
which is composed of every labor or-
ganization in Chicago, and has a mem-
bership of 300,000, adopted resolu-
tions to-night pledging the moral and
financial support of the Federation
body as long as the strike continues.
Pay of Rural Delivery Carriers.
In the adjustment of the salaries of |
rural carriers in the postal service |
it has been decided that all carriers
appointed prior to June 30, 1904, who |
were entitled to th? maximum pay of |
$600, under the rules which govern-|
ed the establishment of routes at that |
time, shall receive the maximum of |
$700, but that the schedule which be- |
came effective July 1, 1904, and rec- |
ently. announced, shall prevail in fix-
ing the compensation of all carriers
appointed since June 30.
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TWO OF THE INJURED MAY DIE,
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Firemgn Prevented Flames from
Reaching Place Where Ben-
zine Was Stored,
By the explosion of 10 kegs of rail-
way torpedoes at the plant of the
Versailles Railway Signal works,
along the tracks of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad in Versailles borough,
Allegheny county, Pa., the three brick
buildings used as a factory were en-
tirely destroyed, two men were per-
haps fatally injured, one young Wwo-
man badly hurt, while four others
were scratched and cut by the flying
tin and brick.
The injured are: Charles Klingen-
smith, 39 years old; burned ail over
the body; taken to the McKeesport
Hospital and may not recover.
Chariés Bevan, 23 years old; in
jured internally, cut about the face
and body; unconscious at the house
of Superintendent Frank Dutche, at
Versailles, and may not recover.
Nina Doty, 17 years old; cut about
face and arms and suffering from
shock.
Alice Fagan, West Newton, Pa.;
cut about face and arms, but not seri
ously.
Annie and Mary Coates, sisters, of
Boston, Pa.; bruised and cut by flying
bricks; injuries not serious.
Lizzie Ormon, . of VMicKeesport,
bruised and cut by fiying bricks and
suffering from shock and fright; in-
juries not serious.
Just what caused the explosion ig
not known and may never be known.
All the workmen know is that while
two of them were shoveling torpedoes
into a keg, getting them ready for
shipment, there was a flash and a
roar, the buildings trembled and
rocked and then commenced to crum:
ble into pieces. In addition to the
three buildings of the plant, which
were completely destroyed, the win
dows and doors were torn from four
other buildings of the plant, while
the windows and doors were wrecked
in dwelling houses within the space
of four blocks of the scene of the ex
plosion.
The buildings caught fire, but the
‘blaze was soon, extinguished.
MILLIONS IN SMALL COIN.
Mint Will Turn Out $100,000,000 ir
Nickels and Cents.
Successful experiments in the manu
facture of copper blanks from which
cents are stamped at the United
States mint in Philadelphia will ren
der unnecessary the reduction in the
force which it was expected would
go into effect there in September.
The mint here is the only cone in
the United States which makes cents
and nickels and there will be a rec
ord breaking production of those
coins from September to December
The mint will devote itself exclusive
ly to this coinage and $25,000,000 wil!
be turned out each month. In the
last four months of the year the de
mand for subsidiary coin is so greafl
that $100,000,000 material, it is esti
mated, will be exhausted by Feb
ruary.
NEWS NOTES.
Cotton authorities expect a crop
of 12,000,000 bales.
A Rock Island train was held up,
the passengers robbed and cars looted
near Tucumcari, N. M.
The campaign managers of both po
litical parties have begun the work
of collecting funds for the great ex
pense of the campaign.
J. G. Garber was nominated by the
Republicans of the Ninth Congres
sional district of Missouri, to oppose
Congressman Champ Clark.
Despite official denials; the news
papers insist that a marriage has
been arranged between the Infanta
Maria Teresa, sister of King Alfonso,
and Prince Ferdinand, of Bavaria.
A dispatch to a London paper from
Brussels, which is not confirmed, re
ports that 32 persons were killed near
Arion by an explosion, which after
ward set fire to several miles of corn
fields.
Four hundred and fifty telegraphers
employed by the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway system stopped work
August 1. The action of the men is
the result of demands for an increase
in wages and certain other conces.
sions.
Commander N. E. Mason has been
appointed chief of the bureau of ord-
nance, navy department, to succeed
Rear Admiral Converse, who ‘to-day
assumed the duties of chief of the
bureau of navigation.
Five Gold Miners Killed.
An accident at the Shakespeare
gold mine, Webbwood, on the Soo
branch of the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road, east of Detroit, Mich., resulted
in the suffocation of five men. The
dead are: Peter Entid, John Wal-
ton, John Difhby, Webbwood; Peter
Grant and an unknown man.
Gunboat Is Blown Up.
The Russian gunboat Sivoutch
(which has been in the Liao river
since the beginning of the war) has
been deserted and blown up near
Sancha, and the crew with the ves-
sel’s guns have started for Liao-
Yang. Two Japanese gunboats went
on Monday to reconniter the position
of the Sivoutch and were fired upon.
New Counterfeit Bank Note.
Chief Wilkie, of the United States
secret service, announces the discov-
ery of a ncw counterfeit $10 National
bank note. It is on the National
Bank of Commerce in New York, ser-
ies 1882; Bruce, register; Wymen,
treasurer. It is a poorly executed
photograph.
The family of the late T. D. Law-
son, of Meridian, Miss., have insisted
hat the wo “Killed by F. G. Sem-
iY
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