JAPS PRESSING FORWARD Thair Forces Advance Close to Liao-Yang. RUSSIAN RETREAT CONTINUES. Por4 Arthur Again Cut Off Cossack Driven Back Enemy's Mine De stroys Mikado's Boat. Tlio Japanese activity In Southern Manchuria continues and from I.alo Tang, General Kouropatlcln's head quarters, comes the Information that the enemy has advanced close to the Russian position, and that he Is Lhiowlng up defenses on the; Liao Yang road. Onneral Kurokl's bold ness Indicates that he believes the RusJ'aiigre much weaker than has , -W-en rep!em.ieil. The latest move traces KouropHLln In a critical no-; slflnn. v I ! In tli" office windows. While Mo i! Kr r...tin, fin! awaiting for the explosion the bur the enemy's operatiomfjtates that glars withdrew to the freight house. ' ...-.u iVtu n Hum- After the shot the robbers visited bfr cf Cossacks from a IfttlliH po- the office and secured about $5. Their aitlon. It Is Impossible ti. identify Job completed the thieves warned many of the UusAian-Clilnp.-qL names Wmkburn not to stir for 10 minutes given In the Russian accountant the and then left The operator after a operations. t few moments succeeded In freeing The Rusmans tetreat from Soul,; era Manchuria continues, the arm.V alarm to the residents cf Mosgrove, burning bridges and everything notVnd then reported the Incident to the transportable. Ncwchwang reiterates tIn dispatcher In Pittsburg. the belief thnt It will extend ns far, sonn no iiarum. uniy two regiments of Russian soldiers remain at New-: chwang. I The Japancso have ncnln occupied 1 Pnlandlcn on tlio Lino-Tung peninsula, wlo the result thnt communications with Port Arthir, both by railroad and telegraph, have been Interrupted .., . , . rf ; ..-no nini t. m7 UT-KIHIIIIIH of the war occurred Thursday, when a torpedo boat was blown up by a Rus sian mine while on a scouting trip. DALNY BLOWN UP. Russians Destroy Docks and Plora Be fore Evacuation. Dalny lias been evacuated by the Rnsalnnn nnd the irrit iinnka nnd plors constructed by tho czar's engirt-; clerical departments. Extra clerks cera at enormous cost have been blown who were taken on dutlng the early tip and destroyed. This fact was tel- winter rush of business are to be cgraphed to the emperor by Viceroy ! dropped and several hundred of tho Alexlcff. At one stroke the Russians l "I'l employes will be Inld off tempor have destroyed the Improvements on i nrily. the finest deepwater harbor on the i Vice-President Edgar Von Etten, In Pacific, which was crencd to com-' charge of tho Poston & Albany dlvl racToe In December, 1901. "Ion cf the New York Central system, Tho reason setnl offlclo'.ly advanced , llRs arranged to reduce Ii!b working for shattering the docks and piers was' tmce of 6.430 men to about 6,w)0 be that such an action would Impede the ' wepn now and the end of this month, landing of a Japanese force at Dalny,' Petween l.noo and 1.500 employes will but when the news of the complete do- j ' lft off the June payrolls on the trnctlon of the cltv was received it ! New York Central and there will he was regarded ominously as Indicating a desperate situation, and still gloom ier news Is now feared. Port Dalny, on Tallenwan T.ny, on the east coast of Liao-Tung peninsula, was intended by Russia to be the chief commercial emporium of Its eastern dominions, and was called the "Magic City." An edict providing for Its con atructlon was Issued by the Russian Emperor July 30, 18119, and Port Dalny, fully equipped with all modern Improvements, docks, warehouses and railroad facilities, was opened to com merce In December, 1901. Over $ti,000,0t)0 had been expended on the harbor system before the end At 1902 and it was estimated that, the cost of completing the works would bo nearly 120,000, but this does not In any way represent tho total cost, of ! the erection of this great commercial I foo.ooo In earnings since April 1, com port, which, with Port Arthur distant ! pared with the corresponding period of about 20 miles, was leased by the ! '-J03- Cttlneso Government to Russia In 1898 Entire Block Burned. A ET.eclal dispatch fiom Couderrrort, Pa, states that fire destroyed an entire block of tho town. A high wind blew parks from a bonfire into one of the buildings, and the Farmers hotel, three grocery stores, a feed store, a m.wI bIji-a n lm Dlnm ffnlirlita nf Labor hall, a dwelling and tour barns : were destroyed. Help was sent from Port Allegany. The loss Is estimated at S.00O. DECISION AGAINST B. & O. Intar-State Commerce Commission Finds ,lt Discriminated. " The Inter-State Commerce Commls- alon announced Its decision, which Is ! ,1 adverse to tho railroad. In the case of tha Glado Coal Company, of Meyers dale, Pa., against the Baltimore & r? 5?rLp2"?' .,t:r.S.J"; .. nu. . to furn'ish cars to complainants at Meyeredale and Keystone Junction yhlle furnishing them to complainant's competitors at other points, was tin Iris and unlawful discrimination for t'hich complainants are entitled to reparation. It also holds the road irllty of violating the law In making brtain charges for the transporta tion of coal when It Is loaded by tipple Kid exacting a higher charge when it C loudod In some other way. Thirty-One Hereroa Killed. A dispatch received from the gover nor of German Southwest Africa, Col. Leutwoln, announcing that Lieut. Volk anann with 22 men engaged a detach ment of Hereros, at Okankawlndl, April 28, killing 31 of the natives and toning one man killed. Cremated In Oil Fire. Fire at Batson, Tex., destroyed 13 derricks, five drilling, rigs and 20 tanks containing about 15,000 barrels of oil. Thomas Walker, of Leaven worth, Kan., mounted- a ladder In an Obrt to cut off the flow of oil, but fell Into a mass of burning oil and Umbers and was slowly roasted .to oath. The loss la $BC;000. The Knowllng Expedition, after ex treme hardships, arrived at Glenwood, Newfoundland. OPERATOR HELD UP. Masked Men Make Successful Raid en Railway Station. Three masked tmrglars committed a daring robbery at the Mosgrove sta tion of the, Allegheny Valley railroad, five miles notth of Klttannlng, I'o. The night operator, A. I.. Blackburn, had occasion to leave the telegraph office and pass to another part of the building. He was suddenly startled by hearing a noise nt the door leading Into the waiting room. A few minutes later he heard a rough command at. hU back to throw up his hands, and turn ing quickly he was surprised to see three masked men standing before hi 111 with diawn revolvers. They seised the operator and, going through his pockets, secured about $'). They then blindfolded him and tied his hands. Escorting him to another room, one of the robbers was left to guard him, while the other two pro ceeded to the telegraph and ticket of fice, where they began to work on the safe. The knob was knocked off and an explosive used to blow off the door. The shot was heavy and damaged the safe badly as well as breaking all the himself, and running out gave the TUie only clue that the burglars may hn left behind Is that three men stole N horse and buggy belonging to Joseph ' Ifnllman, who lives several miles frotS Jlosgrove. RAILROADS ECONOMIZE - Falling Off In Traffic Makes Reduction 1 of Force Necessary. Orders have gone oift- from the . ., , M ..A , -,0. lliruiiiium i c-i H ui rnrii ui n road systems to curtail expense. The gradual falling off In freight traffic since April t hns prompted railroad dl rectors In every part of the count: y to Insist upon a rigorous economy In maintenance and operating depart The Vanderbllt fines have taken the lead In cutting down expenses. Presi dent Newman has ordered a thorough "weeding out" In the maintenance and about 750 unfortunates on tho Iake Shore lines. President Ingnlls of thei nig Four has given instructions to let every unnecessary man In tho clerical nnd shop departments go. The economies on the Pennsylvania lines, both east and west of Pittsburg, It is expected, will result In iho dis missal of not less than 6.000 men. The Wabash has, already discharged 330 day wage enrnets and Is planning to make reductions In tho clerical force. ProMlilont fnilerunml f thB Rrl has 1 ordered each department to report minimized list of employes and the Dolcware. Lackawanna and Western and the Lchish Valley roads are tak ing similar action. An expert railroad accountant la au thority for the statement that the rnll- roads east of Chicago have lost vio, WORK OF TRAIN ROBBERS. Masked Men 8topped Train and Rob bed the Conductor. Four masked men entered the Frls-! co Railway station at Baxter Springs, Kan., and with drawn revolvers lined ' up tha passengers waiting for trains, While threo of tho men covered the f w'th una. tho fourth searched j them and compelled the operator to open the safe, from which he took about $50. ; The Meteor, bound for Kansas City, : arrived about this time, and the con-! ductcr also fell a prey to the highway- men, all his cash fare receipts and watch being taken. The robbers cs-1 caped on a handcar. It Is believed ; they secured In all about $200 cash, , five gold watches and a revolver. Eooton Wool Market. T-nuRunl nulptnpss nrevnlls in the wool market. Some dealers say that, th. .rtuaVlon U not only unseasonable' hllt .,,. fpnm tha manufacturers' standpoint It has not been bo bad for ! The plntrorm Indirectly favored tne years. Not only have the mills not I nomination of President Roosevelt to had the usual volume of orders but ! succoed himself, although, In keeping much dissatisfaction is reported with ! with the policy that has always pre the quality of the goods delivered and I vnllod in this State, the delegates were the possibility of cancellation. Terrl- not Instructed, tory wools are dull and weak. Pulled wools are steady with medium grades Ex-Queen Lll at the Fair, scarce. There Is a Arm tone to for- Qeen LlluokalanI, the deposed rulor elgn wools. Leading quotations are: 0f Hawaii, accompanied by her adopt- Ohio and Pennsylvania XX and above, 32333c; X. 2930c; No. 1. 31 32c; No. 2, 2132c; fine unwashed, 22323c, An east-bound freight train struck a rock that had fallen in a cut near Fairmont, XV. Va. The engine and four cars loaded with merchandise wore destroyed. The trainmen es caped Injury. C. & P. to Sell Mora Stock. A second circular has been sent out by the Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad Company urging tho stockholders to consent to the proposed Issue of $10, 000,000 7 per cent additional stock. A similar circular was sent out a short time ago, but It met with Very little response. Of the seven per cent four per cent la to ba guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. -The purpose of the new atock Issue It to reimburse the Pennsylvania for money advanced.. , , SEVENTEEN SLAUGHTERED American Soldiers Ambushed on Island of Mindanao. SEVENTEEN LIVES WERE LOST. Two American Officers and Fifteen Men Killed and Five Men Wounded by Moroi. I.leut. Wlnfleld Harper and 39 men of F company, of the Seventeenth United States Infantry, were caught on May 8 In an ambush by several hundred Moros. Two American offi cers and 15 men were killed and five ! men wore wounded.' The ambush oc-! curred at glmpatem. on the east shore of Lake Llguasen, Island of Mindanao. The officers killed In the ambush were First Lieut. Harry A. Woodruff and Second Lieut. Joseph H. Hall, both of the Seventeenth Infantry. Lieut. Woodruff was horn In Indiana, nnd entered tlio service in the State I of Now York. Lieut Hall was born In j Alabama and was promoted to his lieutenancy from tlio ranks. A CAR OF POWDER EXPLODES, I 8ix Men Killed and Many Injured by Accident In a Mine in Illinois. Six men wero Wiled and a number a((1 BIld tne ij0ndon "Telegraph" sent burned by an explosion of powder In I him to equatorial Africa; In 187U, the Illg Muddy Coal and lion Company wnen ne f0,,n,o, the Congo Free mine at Herrln, III. About 325 men state, and In 1887. when he went to were at work In the mine. A car . the rescue of Emn pasha. Arter his containing 5') kegs of powder explod-j retHrn from this trip In 1800 he was ed. The cause of tho explosion Is naturalized as a nrltlsh subject, lec not known. Klghty Injured men and tllr0(i for a yPar or BOi was married the following dead have been removed; ami mottled down as a gentleman of from the mine: Thomas Green, Fred-j icH,ire. He wos defeated for Parlla erlck Selberg, John Miller, Craln, tnent In 1892 by tho constituency of Williams Druthers. North Lambeth, a parish of London. The mine was badly wrecked mak- Ing the rescue wotk difficult It Is not known how many men were working In the vicinity of the ex plosion. It Is believed that several are dead and covered with wreckage. The explosion was caused by the 4g-1 union oi nre uauip inai nun loruit-u in f a pocket and was touched off by a miner's lamp. Fully 60 men were at work In tho tunnel In which the ex plosion occurred, and all of them were thrown to tho floor or hurled analnstl the walls of the cut by the blast. I Mangled and mutilated bodies of those ; Instantly killed were piled upon those who wero so badly Injured that they were unal le to move after the deadly gas and flame had swept over them. Iron Imports Fall Off. The Imports rf foreign pig Iron, pcrap Iron, old Iron rails, structural Iron, step billets, steel blooms, steel wire rods, scrap steel and old steel rails, which during some months with in the past two years have aggregated close to 100,000 tons, fell to 3,685 tons last month. Practlcnlly all was ship- ,.., tn tii,ai,nr Bn.i r.nltv nn enn t,a,,,, ma(lo when thp demand was at the highest level. Tho pig Iron lm rnrted In April represented a total of but 1,(114 tons. The Iron and chrome ores Imported In April represented Jn all 35,775 tons. Verdict Over Wentz. . '" l" " ".", "y ' "n,al llClargO Of his Own pistol. la the verdict of the coroner's Jury In vestlgatlng the circumstances and eon dllions surrounding the death of Ed ward I. Wentz, the young millionaire, whose body was discovered decayed and tmburled on a spur of Black mountain, Tenn., last Sunday after noon. Convicted in Hungary. Gabriel Hossza, the Hungarian bank er who was Indicted In Mercer county. Pa., on a charge of embezzlement, has been sentenced to thiee years In pris on. Ilia trial lias Just been concluded In Hungary, where he was captured nor "is sensational escape irom an Erl trrJn near Ulnghnmton, N. Y. Tho popers were sent from Mercer county. Some of the persons ho swindled were not naturalized. arlous irauus nave ncen aiscoereo I contracts to Bupply the Russian army. New Jersey Republicans, At the Republican State convention tho delccatos-at-lnreo elected to the Chlcai!0 convention wero Governor , , .. , , Franklin Murphy. United States Sena- lors Kean ana Liryuen nun muie n sessor David Balrd, of Camden. The alter nates-at-large are Secre- tary of State S. D. Dickinson of Hud- son; Senator Wood McKee, of Pns- aalc; Clarence Breckenrldge. of Ber- gen. and Griffith Lewis, of Burlington. ed son. former Prince Cupid, now known as Joseph Kalanlanol. and his Wife and a number of friends, arrived In St. Louis from Washington and took apartments In the Inside Inn, In side the fair grounds. The party ex pejs to remain In St. Louis about two weeks and a number of entertainments have been planned In honor of the vis itors. Filipinos Will Travel. The 60 Filipinos who are now at St. Louis as assistant commissioners to the world's fair from the Islands are going to take an extensive tourH through the United States this sum mer, and will be in Pittsburg June 27 and 28. Their tour will be undertaken for the purpose of showing them the Industrial development of the United States. At Pittsburg they will spend their time In Inspecting the great Iron and steel works and other Industrial planta that make tho city famous. DEATH Of HENRY M. STANLEY. "" Famous African Explorer Passes Away at His Home In London. 'Henry M. Stanley, the famous Af rican explorer, died of pleuio-pneu-monta at his home 'In London, where he had been living In quiet since the close of his last lecturing tour in 1801. Mr. Stanley was 64 years old. His wife, who was Dorothy Tennant, an artist of note before her marriage, was In constant attendance at the bed side. 8lr Henry, who was attacked toy Pleurisy a fortnight ago, was at his London residence. His Illness was complicated by chronic heart trouble. He bad been In a semi-conscious con dition since Sunday afternoon. Mr. Stanley was as much an Ameri can as an Englishman. He was born In Denbigh Wales, In 1840. hfs real name being John Rowlands, Left an orphan when threo years old lie was sent to a poor house, where he re mained until he was 13. Soon after ward he made his way to New Orleans as a cabin boy and was adopted there by a merchant named Stanley. When the Civil war broke out he en'Jst.ed In the Confedetate army, but after cap ture by the Federal troops enlisted and served with credit In the United Mates navy. His principal expeditions to Africa were In 1867, when ho went to Abys- slnla as a correspondent of the New York "Herald;" In 18C9, when the '.'":rn,,V' n''" to ?"nr?ulaL?: He was elected Jn 1S9ii, however, and has since been a member of the House of Commons. TER8E TELEGRAMS. Many persons have been bitten by a nincl dog at Cleveland, O. New cases of bubonic plague are re ported at Lima, Peru. The sultan Is watching the progress of events In the Far East. Twenty-four Jows have been arrest- ed nt Kishinev, charged with riot. The Meteor, the fast train of the 'Frisco road, has been held up nnd robbed. Figures show that over 135,000 visi tors attended the World's Fair during Its first week. Tho United States Its resolved to create an Asiatic department to deal with business In the Far East. The International convention of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butch er Workmen considered the annual re port of the secretary nnd reports of committees Congressman Chnrles E. Townsend,, of Jackson, Mich., was renominated by acclamation nt the Second district Republican convention. The resolu tions endorsed President Roosevelt. Of the $40,000,000 received by J. P. Morgan & Co. tn payment of the Panama Canal properties $15,000,000 has been withdrawn from tho sub Treasury, and the bnlnnce will bo col lected through tho Clearing House banks. The $15.0oo,ouo in cash was taken In $5,000 and $10,000 gold certi ficates. Madame Janauschek, the actress, has been taken to the Actors' Fund home at West Newbrlghton, Staten Island, N. Y., where sho will probably remain the balanco of her life. Sho Is 74 years old. After various attempts to hold to gether tho Italian settlement at New Palermo, 30 miles north of Mobile, Ala., lias gone to pieces. The Rev. Gustave Poensgen, the German Lutheran clergymen at Ellers- j t"ive tariff; favors reciprocity Jn non-! lorpedo boats .nos. 4S ana w ais lle, N. Y., was shot accidentally while 'competitive products, and opposes the; covered a large mechanical mine In duck shootlnir with the Rev. Mr. Hen-1 rntu.nl nf tha iintv nn coal. More lib-; Kerr bay. Their various attempts to son, also of EllerBlle. Tho gun was In crnl appropriations for the Improve tho hands of Mr. Henson. j ment of rivers and harbors are de Gen. Nelson A. Miles' hag been se- j manded. cured by President Turner to dellv-1 er the commencement address belore tho graduating class of Waynosburg college on June 10. TURKISH OUTRAGES. Ambassadors Attempt to Limit De-' Movement Begun tor wne on turo atructlon and Bloodshed. I Pean Lines. An ofllclal dispatch from Constant!-! A movement has been started for nople confirms tho reports that Tur k- tho establishment of a national col Ish troops have burned villages ege 0f mU3lc In Washington and throughout the Sassoun district of Ar-1 an organization has been formed for meniu, Killing ine jnnaimaniB. l ne French ambassador, M. Constans, has Joined with tho Russian and British ambassadors in sending consuls to Kr zeroum in the hope nf limiting the de struction and bloodshed. However, the official advices, although trlef, .In dicate that the work of exterminating the Armenians occupying the moun tainous district of Sassoun Is practic ally accomplished. The French authorities were advis ed some time ago that Turkey was taking advantage of Russia's preoccu pation In the far east and Intended to adopt a decisive course toward the re bellious Armenians. The Information then showed that the Turks would be gin the work of suppressing on about April 15. In order to prevent this tho powers made an energetic protest. This delayed Turkey's action, which, however, has now been executed with the same severity as at first contem plated. Soldier Must 6tick by Wlvea. Before leaving Puerto Rico for the United States, those enlisted men of the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-ninth com panies of Coast Artillery who had mar rlod native women were notified by their commanding officers, by direction of the War Department, that they would be held responsible by the mil itary authorities If they deserted their wives and children. Some of the men married Puerto Rlcana when the com panies went to the Islands, four years axo. RUSSIANS AGAIN DEFEATED Czars Forces Overtaken After a Twenty Mile Chaje. DROP SHELLS IN PORT ARTHUR. Admiral Togo's Fleet Rsnewa Attack on Beleagueted Fortress, Shoot ing at High Angle. The Paris "Matin's" St. Petersburg correspondent says It Is persistently rumored that there has been a big fight near Mao-Tlen-LIng pass between the Russians and General Kurokl's army. The Russians, he says, lost heavily, Lieutenant General Zassalltch . being among the killed. decline In prlcf s occurred during the The first and second Japanese j past week, but the average has fallen ft t mlcs under the command of General ; considerably from the best position of KurokJ, met a large Russian force last year, and consnmots are confident near Walfungtlen and a terrible bat-1 that further delay will result In still tie ensued. It resulted In a complete more attractive terms. This Impres vlctory for the Japanese, the Russians I slon Is largely due to the recent dlsa fleeing In disorder. Their loss was i greement among or producers, yet It great. The Jnpancse are said to have ! Is staled on very high authority that suffered big lueses also. Instead of ; trovlslon has already been made for pursuing tho Russians, General Ku-' most of the year's requirements. In roll! advanced towatd the Russian po- i spite of the large Increase thus far sltlon at Hnlcheng, which Is seriously j stocks have decreased from 697,904 menaced. An engagement Is expect-' tons on January 1 to 444.059 on May 1. ed within a few days. The Japanese j Yet. these figures do not Include the are In superior force, and unless the holdings of the steel companies, which Russians hold an extraordinarily pow-1 reported the largest, share of tho In erful position, Indications are that i creased output. Western Lido mar General Kurol-.l will gain another lm- kets are firm and fairly active, and In portant victory. ; many casts holders Insist on further The Tokyo correspondent of the ' advances. Receipts of foreign dry London "Morning Post," cabling under, hides have Increased without weaken date of May 10. says that a high- Ing the tone or reducing demand. Corn angle bombardment of Port Arthur Is merclal failures this week In the proceeding. j United States are 230, against 2C7 last Russia announces that the railway week, 2"2 the preceding week and from Port Arthur to Newchwang Is 19fi the corresponding week last year, again open, but makes no explanation ' Failures In Canada number 23. against of the apparent abandonment of the 27 last, week, 10 tho preceding week slego of that place by tho Japanese : nnd 13 last year. army that landed on the peninsula a few days ago. REVOLUTIONISTS BUSY. Bomb Placed in Palace of the Ciar and Rlota In Finland. It Is reported from Paris that the Russian government has asked the j government of France to expel the i Russian revolutionists, Durtsew and j Vorakow, and this has been done, be cause It was proved beyond all doubt that these two men were at the head of a gng of conspirators who are scheming to take the life of the ciar. Iloth of them were recently banished from Switzerland. The Russian defeats have Inspired . . . )..,(...... lm All I parts of Russia with new life. It has become known here that the governor general of Russian Poland recently dls- covered a conspiracy at Warsaw and 1 !int the IS leaders of the plot have ncen secieny shot, in several piuc-M rnt lnto te har)0r during a heavy In Finland bloody encounters , have (tlg Tney rrPJ)t llp through tho chan tnken place between the people and j nol nortn cf Kozakavitchka Island and trie police. An inrernui mar-nine was louim the private lllirnry or tno czar in tne winter palace at St. Petersburg me oiner aay ami uesiroyeu jusi m uiiih u prevent a terrllilo explosion. At Kran- stain several airempis nave iieen niuuo to blow up me powuer magazines there. it is sam nero ni ir.c itussian lego- ; atta(.k blll la0 ropo..t 9 very general Hon that the actual number of Russian , cre(ntod. troops In Manchuria at the present j ' ' time amount to 170,000 Infantry, 32,-' JAPANESE LOSE FIRST BOAT. (00 cavalry and 316 heavy guns. j Instruct for Roosevelt. Tha n. .,,,l,ll.on ototo .nnventlnn nf Woahineton adlonrned after nominal - Ing William E. Humphrey, Wesley L. Jones and F:aruis W. Cushman for Congress and nomlnntlng for governor Albert E. Mead, of Whatcom. The platform Instructs the delegates to vote for Roosevelt; advocates a protec - : Twelve bodies have been tavten rrom ' the ruins of a collapsed building at St. Etlenne, France. NATIONAL MUSIC COLLEGE. this purpose. A music college is to be opened at tha Capitol under these auspices Oc tober 1, which win ioiiow me motn ods employed In the Vienna, Brussels and Paris conservatories, where the I President and Vice President have been students. A bill has been draft ed by a well-known Senator to Incor porate the University of Music, as It Is to be called, and this will be pre sented to Congress at the next ses sion. Russlana Cross Yalu. Tho Japanese consul at Wonson tele - . . . n , graphs that a force of Russians. ber unknown, accompanied by Man- churlan mounted bandits, crossed the Yalu far above WIJu, adva'need south- east and occupied Chang-Jin, 100 miles west of Song-Chin, May 5. ATTACK ON BRITISH MISSION. Butchery of Eight Servants by Tib etans Reported. ' The London "Times" publishes a dispatch from Gyantse, Thibet, which reports the butchery of ejglit servants of the British mission by Tibetans. The dlspatfb says that the Tibetans are constantly getting better arms and ammunition, which are manufactured at Lhassa, and that It Is clear the Tibetans contemplate a combined ef fort to overwhelm the mission. SOME IMPROVEMENT. Railway . Earnings Show Decrease Compared With Last Year. R. O. Dun ft Co.'i "Weekly Review of Trade" says: Seasonable- weather ha restored normal conditions In many branches of retail trade, but the Improvement has not yet extended to wholesale, Jobbing or manufacturing departments, except In special lines. It Is difficult to find evidence of In creased activity In any of the lead ing Industries, and there Is more Idle machinery. Traffic conditions are lit tle changed, railway earnings In the first week falling 7.5 per cent behind last yesr and the late opening of lake navigation was further retarded by a strike. While many features of the business situation make poor compari sons with last year, It Is worthy of note that few Presidential years have made a better exhibit. In liio leading manulacturlng Industry scarcely any liradst.reet's will say: The Iron mar- ket Is quiet and rather easier. Pro ductlon Is on the largest, scale shown since lost summer, but Btocks are not Increasing as yet. Good reports come from the hardware trade. The lumber trade .Is hardly up to expectations. Manufacturing Is active, but there is Increased ease In prices at several markets. THE RURIK 8UNK. Report That Japanese Destroyed An other Russian Ship. Rumors are current In Nagaskl that Admiral Kamamura, In command of the squadron which Is looking after Vladivostok, has made an attack on the n""slan "T'adron within the harbor ; and succeeded in smiting me big itus j slan armored cruiser Rurlk. According to the story, as told here. . gevPrai Japanese torpedo boats were nucceedod In getting within torpedo i distance of the Russian squadron : wi,lch was nt anchor, before they were ,i.M.OVered. Two torpedoes are said to have struck the Rurlk and report has that Bhe was badiy damaged that gnfl gunk , Tne naval authorities profess to have received no news of the reported I Blown Up While Attempting to Re- : move a Mine. , The Japanese torpedo boat No. 48 was destroyed while removing mines from Kerr bay. north of Tallenwan I (Ft. Dalny). Seven men were killed and seven were wounded. This Is the flist warship Japan has lost In the 1 war. blow It up failed and It suddenly ex ploded of Itself, cutting No. 48 In two. The torpedo boat sank In seven mln utes. The squadron hurried boats to the rescue and picked-up the wounded Three other mines were discovered find avnlnrieri. W MINISTERS TRY PISTOLS. Clergymen In Sensational Shooting Af fray on Train There was a sensational shooting affray on the east-bound Texas & Pa cific train coming Into Texarkana be tween the Rev. J. B. Cranflll and the Rev. S. L. Haydcn. Cranflll fired two shots from a magnzlnc pistol at Hay- den while the latter was struggling for possession of the weapon. Neither shot took effect The encounter occurred In the lava- , f th glee'per on wn!ch both men were enroute to tne.soutnern uapust convention at Nasnviue, lenn., cran- nil was arrested on his arrival at Tex arkana, and arranged on a charge of assault with Intent to murder. The encounter, it is alleged, grew out of past differences between the two men Plaaue Epidemic In Formosa. I A. C. Lambert, Vlce-Consul-General 1 t Daitotel, which Is a new name for Tamsul, the old capital of Formosa, ! fOr't0 the state Department that j during March there were 558 easel of ; bubonic plague on the Island, with i 3-10 deaths. The Consul shows that lad plague nas oeen epiuunuc iur mo last five years In the southern part of the Island Gen. Hiskenloooer la Dead. . Oen. Andrew Hickenlooper, ag."( died In Cincinnati on the 12th. He rase from captain to a brigadier goneral In the civil war, and was a famous com mander of artillery In tho Union army After the war he was civil engineer of Cincinnati, and for the past 30 years president of tho Cincinnati" Gas and Electric Company. II W83 lieuten ant governor of Ohio from 1380 to 1832. 1 THE NATIONAL CAME. I.ajole la hitting the ball better than ever. Th Plttsbnra Club litis released Pltchere Veil and Tfclster, Rochester hns released Ram f). GrK- fen, the one-armed pitcher. Hemphill. Wallace nnd Glensnn nre doing the best batting for the St. Louis Browns. Willie Keeler Mil! ling the nrt of dumping the ball down nnd beating It out-as of old. Frank Pelee says that the crentest Inflelder of tho sensnn In bis position will be Evers. Frnnk Dillon, the mucli-ndvertlsed first tinsemnn, hns nt last Joined- the Brooklyn team. According to the OlnrlnnfUl critics Joe Kelley Is playing Urst base right up to the bnnille. Inflelder Jimmy Stafford, the well- known player, niiiiounces that bo will give up professional ball. Pittsburg has turned Warn, the aroinlslrig young pitcher, over to Jer- . Icy City for development. Chance bids fair to cuiint his stolen base record of Inst season judging irom tne way ue mis i:irtcj. Barney Dreyfuss, of Pittsburg, In sists that ho lias another Pblllppl lu Iloscoe Miller, lute or the New Yorks. A series between tho Washington and Boston Nationals to see which was tho weaker might prove inter esting. ' Cincinnati may miss Billy Bergen this year Martin's younger brother has started la the season well for Brooklyn. San Franslsco tinners assert that pitcher Joe Corbitt will draw $wwu this year from the St. IaiiiIs Club. Los Angeles paid III in i0UU Inst year. J the St. Louis figures are correct be iU be the highest-salaried player la ;wuolo baseball world. Talking About Shakespeare. In my own opinion bookish people who do not often go to the theater have a tendency to overestimate the desirability of more frequent repre sentations of the Shakespearean plays than at the present time. Thau a reasonable number of Shakespearean performances In a year Is a good thing for the theater and play-goers general ly I have always maintained. Sad to tell, I have usually found that the people who complain clamorously, de manding to know why it is that Sha- e.ipeare Is not cft?ner represented, have generally had prior engagements that prevented them from attending the relatively few Shakespearean per formances that are given in the course of a season. Pulladlphla Press. Knife Blade Thirty Feet Long. The biggest carving knife ever man ufactured may be seen at the World's fair. This monster blade la 30 feet In length and has an edge as sharp as a razor. It Is made out of the finest steel, and the handlo Is a master piece of tho cutler's art, elaborately carved and beautifully polished. It would take a vertiable giant to wield a knife like this. The blade Is alto gether of American manufacture, and It is expected to show far i'..e first time that American cutlery has now reached a point of perfection where It fears no rivalry. The giant carving knife cost several thousand dollars, and special machinery had to be made before its construction could begin. ' No suck knife was ever before manufactured. IMC AXl. XS. 33 'J7. PITT8BURQ. Grain. Flour and Feed. WhMt-Ka I red . . t Rf--No. ri Corn Nn. yellow, ear .. GO No. 3 fellow, ilielll........ M Mixed ear Oata No. white No. 8 white . 4 flour Winter pulent.... ..... 4 ft Straight winter 4 AO KayNo. itltnotby 1 W Clover No. 1 li TJ Feed-No 1 white mid. ton Hrowo middlings M Bran, bula SO Straw-Wheat Oal 00 Dairy Producta. Buttr Eldn creamery Ohio creamery V3 fe nry rouu try roll I t'ueeaeOhlo, new 10 hew York, new 10 Poultry, Etc. ' Dena per lb .. I K I hlc-kena dressed ... , 17 Turkoys, lue 14 tnua-i-a, aod OUlo, freeh 1 Fruits and Vegetables. Potatoes Fancy whtta per but 1 P -t.alil.age per bbl H (Intone per barrel ....HM a ll Apitlea (.er barrel 30J BALTIMORE. flour W'tater Patent . $5 00 Wheat No. ireU 1 00 turn nifxed M KtlKs W butter Creamer 44 PHILADELPHIA . Heur-Wlnler Patent ...I.IMS Wteat No. 2red .... 104 Com No. 2ailxed 60 Oat No. while . butter Creamery, extra..... 4 bgg Peuuaylvaui lireta 17 NEW YORK. Flour Tatent...... ....5 00 Wheat Nu. r J... ........... I 04 Corn-No. 2 ....X W Dale No, 2 White.. 44 butter Creamery VI Egg hlaleanU I'eunaTlvaula.... LIVE STOCK. M si 01 Ml 57 J9 47 ' i m 4 U IS Oi) 1J 0l ftl 90 n v XI M VI so l as JO it 1 111 ii w sr. 1 u M 40 l is 5 40 1 0 OS a t m Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Pilro bfavy, HfOto lcot lbs.... 5 10 515 Prim. UVO to lu) Iba ... 5 iJ S 10 Medium, UUU lo im lba. 4 7 4V tatkellers SHO 4 butcher, M to 1000 lb atk) 4 40 Iniumoa to fair Suo 3 70 (lien, common to lal 0d 400 Common to good lal bulla anil cow 30 S AO allUuecwa.eatfli JJ Hon. f frlmeheaTy hot 600 , 6 10 . 4 IM 4 ) , 470 40O 5 00 J to i IS t. IH 4 HI 4 n ,! frame medium weight Heel heavy yorkera and medium. id4 fig and llgbtyorker I'',, common to good wugb blag..... Sheep. , litre. medium wethera Ouod to oholca Medium Common to fair bl-rliig Lamb to , 4 to . 171 , IS! , eoo l.t soo 4i S0J 10 00 Calves. V sal, extra V eal,good to cholo. ... Veal, common near1.. 45 1 H 17 10 soi 4 ft i?rN 4
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