L BUTTLE REPORTED
Correspondent Sends News of
Another Engagement.
JAPANESE ADVANCE CHECKED.
Forced to Retreat at Yin Kow Before
Fire of Russian Artillery
Commander Wounded.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
liondon "Morning Tost," cabling under
late, of July 15, says: "A naval en-
gagement took p'.aco to-day off fort ,
Arthur." ed In cLcting the ticket.
The correspondent adds that the j i i ss. refused position of Fl:Rt As
Chicago "Dally News" dispatch boat sistant Postmaster General, offered
Fawan has been seized by the Rus- him by l'resident Cleveland,
sians and towed Into Port Arthur. in 18S3 and h85 refused to accept
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says : Democratic nominations for Ueutin
the war oHlee announces the receipt Bnt Governorship, and refused to run
of a dispatch from Port Aithur con- f()r United States Sennte In 1801.
firming "the report that the Japanese i in i.sss appointed Justice of Su-
sustained considerable losses on 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 Toklo correspondent of the I.on-
don "Times" says that the St. peters
burg story of a Japanese repulse with
heavy casualties at Post Arthur July Home Is RoBemount, at Esopus, N.
10 Is wholly discredited In Toklo, i Y., on the Hudson river. Judgo Park
where no such reports have been re-1 er la about six feet tall, weighs over
celved. It is believed that the story 20 pounds, and has reddish halt
originated In Shanghai.
General Samsonnff seriously check
ed the Japanese advance In ine direc
tion of Yin Kr.w July 11. His Cos
sacks ambushed the Japanese column
and put Ld'tO out of action. The .la-; Church of the Holy Cross In Kings
panese attempted to advance to Yin ton, eight miles away. They have two
Kow along the coast, but they were children, Alton Parker Hail, 4 years
hindered by the marshy country, which old, and Mary McAllister Hall, almost
also increased their difficulties In car- ' 2 years old.
rylns oft their dead and wounded dur- Mi's. Harriet Stratton Parker, Judge
lng the retreat. The .Russians had Parker's mother, is still alive, and In
expected a movement In this direr-; splio of her 8i years is hale and
tlon and a company of cavalry with hearty. Her hair Is snowy white, but
two guns lny in ambush in the high in no other way does she show her
grass, catching the Japanese in the age. Her fnee Is almost devoid of
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. They j
were forced to retreat. The Russian ;
losses were six killed and seven wound- j
Sd. . 1
$79,000,000 INVOLVED.
Judge Grants Injunction In Northern
Secuntlea Case
At Trenton N. J. Judge Bradford i
granted preliminary Injunction In the
suit btousrht bv Edward H. Hal riman. I
Wlnslow 8. Pierce and others, to re-
strain the proposed pro-rata distribu
tion of the assets of the Northern Se
curities Compnny. This Is a defeat
for the Hill Interests.
The litigation turned largely on the
question as to the title of the No: th
orn Pacific stock which E. H. Harri
man and Wlnslow S. Pierce put Into tho ; prospects Improved and the general
combination, and which amounted to cvel 0f prices lor farm products prom
about $79,000,01)0. Tho contention of i s a )arKe return to agriculturists,
the Northern Securities Company was j vMeh means belter business for all
that the stock had become the absolute indnstrhs. Contldenco grews with
property of the compnny. and that It the crops, retailers showing more dis
was perfectly legal for tho Northern position to prepare for the future as
Securities Company to carry out the t;,0 s,.ason advances with no serious
pro-rata plan of distribution upon j setback to the farms. A few manu-
rntcn tho company Hart agreed.
Harrlman contended that hy reason
or tne corporation being declared llle- the shops and mills, and pig Iron out
gal by the United States Supreme pt fr.r July will be smaller than In
Court, title had not passed from Har- any recent month, -..eports of Increased
rlman and Pierce, and In consequence ' pinna for erection of buildings are not
they wero entitled to have returned to accompanied by any noteworthy ex
them the particular stock they had put i panslon in demand for structural ma
in to me commnauon, and wnicn n,-
rolved control of the Northern Pacific
Company.
MAD MULLAH NEAR BERBERA.
Reported to be witntn Fifty Miles of
Capital of Somaliland.
The Mad Mullah 13 reported to bo 50
Miles from Berbera, the capital of So-
waliland.
A Hlcna)rh in Ilia T.nndin rtaM. ATnll 1
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ffnm II a A Ann nnnronraulont ,lntn.1
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July 6, said that the Mullah's forces
had attacked tho Somali, killing 50,
levying on the natives friendly to the
French and looting about 1,000 sheep
and 50 cattle. They then retired, pur-
tied by pioneers, who shot down 20 of
ti n HT.,11 nli'd mun H'l.. nrfna n.n.l . t
..oii,,..
of the same paper at Berbera main-
talned that the whole of the Comall-
lanu campttiKU uuu utuui iruiwenn, ur.i
Mullah retaining full control of his to become Berlous if the struggle Is 1 only 235 Out of Nearly 1 400 Passen
particular rogJon. prolonged. Falluies this week mini- . '
FAMINE FEARED IN RUSSIA.
Frosta and Lack of Rain Cause Failure
of Crops.
The prospective taJlure of the crops
In Borne of the southorn provinces of
Russia, possibly attendant with fam
ine, and the necessity of adopting re
lief measures, Is beginning to attract
attention.
ml ........ ... n .. , .. . ITIin.Dni. Tlio.
h:b luinuuicuu "i
uarabla, Taurlda, Pollava and Khar-; Liverpool on the 14th, wore 27 persons : , "V h"' Turner escaned unln
koff are principally affected. In the dls- who were on the Scandlnavian-Amerl-1 1 Assuming nhat thenldmSfled
trlct of Trjaapol the peasants ' ve a.-; CBB 8teamer N(pge wrecked off ! ' eJnTaU
ready been compelled to harvest the o..., .,. n,r,nn h. i.oph thn tr .n,m.
imrlne croim to feed the live stock.
'Committees have been appointed to re-
lleve the distress.
The failure of the crops Is attributed
to the early autumn frostB, lnsufllclent
moisture while sowing, the fluctuating
weather of the winter, the total ab -
sence nf snow, the heavy froBts which
followed the lata spring frosts In May j ably some of the children. The old man
and the infreqtiency of rains for the 1 refused to credit the news. The sur
coreals and hay. j vlvors were bound for Western points.
In some districts no rain has fallen. A collection was taken up among the
In many parts of Bessarabia cattle
are being sold for almost nothing.
Japanese Capture Guns.
Special dispatches to the London
Dally Telegraph and the Dally lall
from Tokyo assert that the Japanese
captured eight guns during the fight
ing around Port Arthur July 4 and
that they reconnoitered from a war
balloon.
All the union Iron and steel mills in
the Pittsburg district have signed the
Bew wage scale of the Amalgamated
Iron, Bteel and Tin Workers.
JUDOS ALTON BROOKS PARKER.
8keteh of the Career of the
Man
Chosen for Presidency.
Born on a farm In Ulster county, N.
Y., May 14, 1S51. His grandfather
was a soldier under Washington.
Worked on farm and attended
school until the age of Ifi, when he be
gan teaching. Later entered a lnw of
fice, at 22 g.adiialod from the Albany
Law School and began practice In
Kingston, N. Y. In 1870 man-led Miss
tichonntnnkrr, daughter or prominent
lawyer. In 1ST7 was elected Suit
gato of Ulster county, the only Demo
crat on the ticket who was successful.
He-cloct.'d Surrogate In 1SS3.
In 1 ;: was chairman of the Demo-
crmr state Committee, and succeed'
premp .Court by Governor Hill.. In
1S8R elected Justice of Supreme Court
without opposition.
In 189 appointed by Governor Hill
Justice of New York Court of Ap
peals. In 181)7 elected Chief Justice
of the New York Court of Appeals by
HO.mio majority, all the other Demo-
crats on the ticket being defeated
and blue eyes.
The Parkers lost their only son
when ho was 7 years old. Their only
daughter was married in 1898 to Rev.
Charles Mercer Hall, rector of the
wrinkles, and her form, unlike the
majority of aged "women. Js not bent.
STRIKE INJURES BUSINESS.
Crop Prospects Improved and Prices
for Farm Products, Promise
Good Returns.
R. O. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review
of Trade" says: "Trade conditions
were gradually becoming mere normal ;
" u 1 1 rem inriuu ui iiuum,
ventions, when a new disturbing factor i
nnneared In the strike of nacklng house i
.mnm.ra Bnn trades. This en-
hanced prices of meats and added
iu,
army of unemployed, weakening the
father ''Aside Worn this unable
development, the news of the week
contained much encouragement. Crop
factming lines are more active, al-
thouirh there Is still much idleness at
tciials as yet. Railway earnings for
the first week of July are only six-,
tenths per cent, less than last year. ;
and foreign trade at this port showed '
!ns of $530,286 In exports and $1,906,-
corresponding wesk a year ago. Tex
tile manufacturing planis are operat-
lng somewhat Inegularly. Export
buying has again provided the best
feature of the market, stocks of hcavv l
.hnntl. nn.l .lMn . i ii :
Miiuiuinn aim uiiua uciiik luiriy Wl'll
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,v.Uiit.u ui. til r.ui. iru Ki'i'ilB lite wecil
has brought the opening up of new
lines of medium grade men's wear at
about last year's prices. Footwear
markets nre more active, many West-
ern buyers having appeared In Boston
and a fair volume of supplementary
fall n.rlata ln... l.,n I 1 rr
' "c urn. ,,mc. mil-
ners who were short of hides are un-
able to secure deliveries on account of
me irim-, mm uie Hiiuaiion lurcatens
bercd t'25 In the United States, against
213 last year, and 20 in Canada; com -
pared with 16 a year ago.
iir
mwnu. IMVJI-vUt SUKVIVUHS
Landed at Boston, Having Been Picked
Up by a Ship.
On board the Cunard steamer Sax-
on,!e, which arrived at Boston from
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l" w""" """ n
voyage from Copenhagen to New York,
: The man who was the object of the
. greatest sympathy was Jeans Johan
; Hon a man of 70 years, who believed
i that he hud lost his wife and four ehil -
1 flren. Ho was giveu a massage that
his wife had been picked up and prob
passengers of the Saxonla and about
$180 secured.
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
The Shenango tin plant at New Cas
tle, Pa., employiuK 2,500 men, will
likely resume work Monday, July 25.
It has been closed down three weeks.
M'i'8. Bonjamln 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 aurface until Mrs. Lewis
walked over It, when It gave way.
49 YEARS AT HARD LABOR
Extreme Penalty Meted out to
New Jersey Criminals.
PRISONERS ALL PLEAD GUILTY.
Citizens Had Planned to Blow the
Prlcon Open and Lynch
the Culprits.
i
i
Aaron Timbers, Jonas Sims and.
William Austin, the three negroes who .
confessed to assaulting Mrs. Elsie Hid-1
..... M .1 . were sen- I
fenced to 4!) years each In the State
prison at Trenton after a record-breaking
trial. The three men arrived in
Mt. Holly at 1:15 p. m. Less than
half an hour Inter they had pleaded
guilty, been given the extreme penalty
for their crimes by Judge Unsklll 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
Juilge 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
.rvf oauault trt which vnti have lust
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llirtliltrw ftiuitj, r i J " " ........... ... i, , I
In the State prison at hard labor for ! vmced of the possibilities in the coal
the term of 15 years; upon the charge ; ad timber lands of the country sur
of robbery, 15 years; upon the charge ' rounding Piedmont, and he Invested
of assault with Intent to kill an olllcer,
12 years, and upon the chargo 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, seeuro the three ne
groes and lynch them.
DEATH OP PAUL KRUGER.
Former President of Transvaal Repub
lic Passes Away,
Paul Kruger. former President -of the
Tl.anBvaal lRenllbllc. died at Clarens.
swiizeriano, irom pneumonia aim u-
peivenlng neat weakness,
Stephen J. Paul Kruger, the
"lion
ot South Africa," was one of the most
picturesque figures of the last cen
tury. A man of intensely religious
temperament, he had with it a rare
,i, -i.im .,,
"?
Indom-
quall-
iiniiju nil,, cii.u nivoo
tles 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 Cnleshurg, Cape
Colony, October 10, 1825. At 11 tho
future President was working with his
lather on tho frontier; at 14, having
attained tho years of majority, ac
cording to the standard of his country,
he 3.0!n'H, l,,e .a,'.my an1. fol,Kht the
punitive expedition against the Mata
beles. Fi cm that time on his life was
a military one. At 10 he was promoted
to the po;t of field cornet and a few
years later became a commandant.
in 18s;l, the choice of his country,
tho 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, ho was forced to flee from the
..... ....... n..rl 4ftl. In llnll.n.l
I'.Icntone or Utrecht until a short tlmo
aso, when he traveled to Olarenz In
search of health, but only to end his
llle. dlrheartened and weary.
The former President was married
' ,L-flA l,rtn
miee XiniCS.
His last wife died in
tho early part of1901, and it is said
that this sorrow In his declining years ! notification meeting in Indianapolis 1 Co.'s clothing factory was destroyed
hastened tho end of his own life. I on July 22 ami then make formal ac-! and a number of adjoining business
j ccptance. He says he will make a ! houses damaged by fire. Loss, $80,000.
H. J. Richmond, a correspondent in vigorous campaign in every State, and : jy an,j -rjon" Wade were electro
Cripple C:eek, Col., for a Victor news- j will have the assistance of many who ! c,,ted at the Ohio penitentiary annex
pupar, wtiB ueponeu irom me lormcr
llv ,h f.lH.Bna. ..nmm!t,A
j
j SLOCUM DEAD NUMBERS 958.
u " " ' """""" h.
1 Tho to,al t,ea1 In the destruction of
I the excursion steamer General Slo-
, cum on June 15 Is given as 958 In the
final report to Police Commissioner
i McA:oo of New York by the Inspectors
In charge of the investigation by the
' imlla Hnnnrtmpnt Onlv fil7 rt tho
i dead were identified, 2 were reported
1 missing and 61 unidentified, while 180
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ed for.
THREE MEN KILLED.
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1 Touring Car Plunge. Onto Railroad In
rroni oi engine,
JameB Snyder of Brooklyn, Frank J.
Correll of Amityville, and a man be
lieved to be J. W. Jewell of Brooklyn,
were killed as the reBult of a collision
between a big touring automobile and
a train on the Long Island railroad at
Merrick road crossing.
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.
trlans, three Flnlunders 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.
. EX-SENATOR HENRY, G. DAVI8-.
Took Active Part In Developing West
Virginia Industries.
Former Benator H-?nry Gassaway
Davis was horn In Baltimore on No
vember 18, 1823. ITia father, Caleb
Davis, died when he was but a small
lad, and he was compelled to leave
school and earn his own living. His
first work was on the plantation of
ex-Gov. Howard, which he came in
time to siipe. Intend. When the 11a I
tlmore ft Ohio rnllroad was opened he
took scrvJce on It as a hrakemnn, and
eventnnlly became a conductor and
later the agent at Piedmont, W. Va.
Hg flrgt ,)nRlnPBI, vcnt,.e WDS at
piedmont, where, with his brothers,
under the name of Henry O. Davis &
he dealt in general merchandise,
HEsnr o. ijavis.
coal and lumbor. Ho became con
extensively In them. It was his con
ception to build the West Virginia
Central ft Pittsburg railroad from
Cumberland along the Potomac to Jts
source and across the western slope
of the Alleghanles. This road was
built and Senator Davis fortune was
made.
Senator Davis was a prominent fig
ure in public affairs when West Vir
ginia seceded from Virginia. In con
sequence of this he became a mem
ber of the House of Delegates In 1805
and in 1867 was elected a State Sen
ator. He held this office until 18G9,
and In 1871 he was elected to the
United States Senate. He served two
terms there, and retired In 1883, refus
ing to be elected agaJn. He has been
a delegate to six Demooiatlc National
conventions, and In 1890 was made a
member of the International Railway
Commission. He was also a member
of the 'Pan-American Commission.
In 1884 he founded the town of
Davis, and in 1890 he founded the
town of Elklns, which was named
after his son-in-law, Senator Stephen
H. Elklns. Senator Davis Uvea at
Elklns.
GREAT STRIKE BEGINS.
Over 40,000 Men Employed In Pack
ing House Quit Work.
As the result of a stubborn dlsa'
greement, chiefly over wages for un
skilled labor, one of tho most extea
Blve strikes In tho history of the meat
packing industries of tho United I
, . , ,, I
States began in Chicago, Kansas City,
Omaha, St. Joseph, Mo., and other j
cities wliere 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 Btrlke was
complete. More than 45,000 employes
are directly Involved. In Chicago
o'ine 18,000 men are on strike.
Dr. Swallow Accepts.
Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow has ac -
cepted the nomination for President
tendeied him by the Indianapolis con-
vent Ion. Dr. Swallow will attend tho
; nave not neretorore ueen inaentinea
! with the Prohibition party.
Woman Killed by Cigarettes.
Excessive indulgence in cigarettes
caused the death of Catherine Mc
Gulre, who died In her room In the
rear of 931 Noble street, Philadelphia.
This was biought out by the Investi
gation made by the coroner and evi
dence Introduced at the inquest. The
woman was employed in a restaurant.
She seldom was without a cigarette
between her lips. This habit caused
heart disease.
Japs Occupy Kal Chou.
Lieut. Gon. Sakharoff, in a dispatch
to the general staff, confirms the re
port of the Japanese occupation of
Kal Chou. He says that the Russian
loss did not exceed 150 killed or
wounded. General Sakharoff adds that
the Japanese are on the Yin Kow
road.
Toral Dies In Asylum.
General Toral, who commanded the
Spanish garrison at Santiago, when
that place surrendered to the United
States forces, died at an asylum for
the Insane, near Madrid. The gen
eral became 'insane brooding over his
capitulation.
Voted for Filtration.
At a special election the people of
Pittsburg disapproved of the proposi
tion to Issue $2,000,000 of bonds for
the removal of the Firth avenue bump
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 bouses, all
under one roof, owned by the Mer
chants Coal Company,' was 'burned at
the company's No. 3 mine, two miles
from Balisbury, Pa.
ill
PICNIC TRAIN WRECKED
Misplaced Switch Causes Col
lision with Freight Train.
TRAINS GOING AT HIGHSPEED.
Most of the Dead Occupied the Front
Coach, Which Plunged Into
tho Wreckage.
Chicago, July 13. Twenty persons
were killed and about 25 'Injured In a
collision on the Chicago Ac Eastern
Illinois railroad at Glen wood. 111., 23
miles south of Chicago. The collision
occurred between a picnic train from
Chicago, which was returning from
Momence, 111., 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. lenders; Lena
Palmer, daughter of Mrs. Palmer;
Lena Hipellus, Mrs. Gerrlnger, Miss
Oerrlnger, Walter Gerrlnger, Andrew
Kramer, William H. Meyer, 12 years;
John Podudn, 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
tho freight. The locomotive, the bag
gage car and the first coach of the pie.
nlc train were demolished and all of
the killed and Injured were on the
locomotive and in tho two cars. The
picnic was the annual outing of the
members of Dorcmus Church.
200 ARE HOMELESS.
Fire Destroys Many Houses In Mary
land Town,
Two hundred persons In Mllllngton
Md., are homeless and without shelter i
and food as the result of a Are which j
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J. P. Ahearn, prefJdent of the board of j
town commissioners, appealed to Wil
mington, Baltimore and Philadelphia
for aid.
Upon receipt of tho appeal for aid
from tho authorities of Mllllngton,
Mayor TJmanus of Baltimore called a
special meeting of the citizens' perma
nent relief committee. Governor War
field received an appeal from Mllllng
ton for tents and at once ordered 30 to
be sent. Aayor Weaver of Philadel
phia called a meeting of tho citizens'
permanent relief commltte. The com
mittee voted $500 to the sufferers to
be disposed of at tho dJscrntlon of
Mayor Weaver.
200 LIVES LOST.
Cloudburst Causes Great Damage Near
the City of Manila.
A cloudburst over the hills north
cast of Manila caused a Hood which
has destroyed San Juan Del Monte.
Two hundred lives were lost. The
low-lying districts were Inundated
The homes of Americans and foreign
w Isolated. Transportation
through tho streets was carried on in
boata ony
Kan ha8 fnnt.n for 27 hours, total-
iK 171 inches. Thls.Is unprecedented.
Communication with outside places Is
Interrupted. The damage to property
Is estimated at $2,000,000.
NEWS NOTES.
At a recent raea In England nencly
everybody bet on Admiral Togo to
win. But he wbh not even placed.
j Thirty-five hundred butchers, enrv-
' ers, slaughterers, drivers, helpers and
1 laborers in New York oity joined in
j tho great meat strike to-day.
At Portsmouth, O., J. Elsman ft
; 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.
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 bilbery In con
nection wJth the city lighting deal,
pleaded guilty.
Charles Ronner, an alleged compan
ion of Patrick Crowe, was captured at
St. Joseph, Mo., after a desperate bat
tle with olllcers, In which he was prob
ably fatally shot.
It Is reported at Chcfoo that tho
Russians have blown up tho Retzlvan
and one other battleship which was
badly Injured. Fighting is incessant
just outside of Port Arthur.
Contracts mado 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
ians, were arrested in Philadelphia on
suspicion of knowlug something of
the murder of Antonio Manzzio, an
Italian laborer, whose body, sewed up
in a mattress, was found on the banks
of the Wissahlchon creek Sunday
morning. Death was due to a stab
wound. '
The Department of Agriculture has
referred to the Department of Justice
the matter of the right of the Govern
ment to conduct experiments In Texas
with a Guatemala ant destroying the
cotton boll weevil.
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 B0-mlnute recess, at 9:40
p. m. nominated William M. O. Daw
son of Charleston lor Governor over
Charles F. Teter of PhJllppl.
The nomination was forced after a
prolonged but futile effort of the
Teter men to secure an adjournment.
The roll gave Dawson a majority of
131 votes, hut was not. announced,
as Congressman Dayton, for Toter,
withdrew him and moved that tho
nomination be made by acclamation.
The convention was fiercely partisan
at times, speakers being hissed re
pented ly.
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 lor a reform In
the system or State taxation. The
following candidates were named:
Auditor Arnold C. Scherr of Min
eral. Treasurer Newton Ogdln of Pleas
ants.
Attorney General Clark W. May of
Lincoln.
State Superintendent of Schools
Thomas C. Miller of Marlon.
Secretary of State Charles W.
Swisher of Marlon.
Judges of Supreme Court Frank
Cox of Monongahela, Joseph M. Saun
ders of Mercer.
Presidential 'Eleetors-at-Large Dr.
W. W. Monroe or Wood, and James A.
Lenhart of Preston.
RAINS DAMAGE CROPS.
Prevent Cultivation 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
1 1 aaimrl. rVntrnl MlnslHRlnni 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
hns sustained great damage from con.
tlniious 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 tho Mississippi
river, where, however, the conditions
were mtich less serious tlian In the
Sates of the lower Missouri valley.
Harvesting has continued under fa
vorable conditions on the Pacific,
coast.
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 nlglit attacked
positions near Port Arthur and were
repulsed with enormous losses, not
less than 30,ooo, 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 Novlk 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 tho
.Russian exploded land mines which
caused fearful havoc. Tho 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, 34344c; X, 30 0 31c; No. 1,
32fi33c; No. 2, 3435c; fine, un
washed, 23 21c; M. and Vi-blood,
unwashed, 2728c; flue, washed, de
laine, 85 37c. Michigan X and above,
2728c; No. 1, 29&30c; No. 2, 28
23c; fine, unwashed, 2122c; Yt.
and -blood, unwashed, 2727Mic;
fine, washed, delaine, 32(Q33c. Ken
tucky, Indiana, etc., and 4-blood,
2728c; braid, 2324c. Territory,
Idaho, fino, 17018c; heavy, fine, 14
15c; fine, medium, 1718c; medium,
1819c; low, medium, 2021c.
Fight In Servian Town.
A serious fight between Socialists
and army officers took place in the
square of Kraguyevats, a garrison
town of Servla. The Socialists were
annoyed at tho attitude of the officers
toward civilians, and attacked the of
ficers, who wero noisily celebrating
the King's birthday. The officers used
their arms, and it is reported that 20
men were killed during the tight.
Raisull Makes a Raid.
According to news from tho Interior
the bandit Ralsuli and his tribe made
a raid on Ghard and after two days'
fighting Raisull was victorious. The
tribe looted many cattle. Owing to
threats sent by Raisull and the neigh
boring tribes to Mohammed El Torres,
the foreign minister, work on the new
custom house In course of erection at
Tangier has been discontinued. The
tribes said they would raid Tangier
should the work continue.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIIJGS
RECEIVER ENTERS SUIT.
Claims Interest and Principal en Note
Given by President of
Closed Bank.
A suit In assumpsit for $20,300 was)
entered against Clinton D. Greenlee,
a well-known oil operator and presi
dent of the Standard Trust Company
of Butler, which closed its doors last
March, by Harry A. Staultcr, receiver
of the concern. The amount 'is Claimed
to be due as principal and 'Interest on
three notes given by Mr. Greenlee to
the trust company. Mr. Greenlee, It
Is understood, claims he does not owa
the money for tho notes as they were
given shortly before tho trust com
pany failed, to tide over the difficulties
at that time. He Bays Mr. Wylle, an
other stockholder, was to sign notes
for $10,000 for the same purpose. The
notes were to lie in the vault as as
sets,, he says, and bo returned when
the financial troubles were past.
Unlontown, Pa., July 7. A deal
was closed In Unlontown where
by John R. Byrne of Evcrson, with
Unlontown and eastern capltai'iBts, se
cured control of the property, charters,
stock and franchises of the Browns
ville, Bridgeport & West Side Street
Railway, the Brownsville ft Unlontown
Stieet Railway, the West Brownsville
& Washington Street Railway afld the
Brownsville Junction & California
Street Railway. These charters and
franchises cover a large extent of teriK
t-jry along tho Monongahela valley, In
the neighborhood of Brownsville, and
extend from Brownsville, along the
river in both directions. It is the
intention to merge and consolidate
the four companies Into a new corpor
ation with a capltnl stock of $1,000,000.
The work of building the lines of rail
way In Brownsville to Unlontown will
be commenced at once, and It Is ex
pected that Brownsville and Union
town will bo connected by ttolley with
in a year.
Judge Frank J. Thomas of the Craw
ford county courts handed down a
decision, declaring unconstitutional
the act of Assembly under which
liquor dealnis have been found guilty
of violating the pure food laws. The
case was that nf the pure food depart
ment against liquor dealers of Mead
vllle, found guilty of selling black
berry wine adulterated with salicylto
acid and colored with anallnedyes. The
title of the act contains no reference
to alcoholic liquors. Judge Thomas
further declared that liquors are not
foods.
A man who registered as J. M. Mil
ler, of Cleveland, O., was found dead
In his room in the Seventh Avenue
Hotel, Pittsburg. A bullet hole In his
right temple and a 38-callber revolver
gripped tightly In his hand told how
he had died. Ho was found sitting In
a chair directly facing a mirror, be
fore which he had evidently sat and
located his aim.
Thirty-nine free rural delivery
routes in Washington county will be
discontinued In a few days. This ac
tion is taken by the postofflce depart
ment as a result of the condition of
the Washington county roads. There
are 194 routes in Washington county,
more than In any other section of the
United States.
While driving over the Alleghanles
with a large sum of money, Charles
Walters, of Altoona, was held up by a
highwayman. Seizing the horse the
robber fired at Walters. The animal
reared and struck the robber down,
then ran off down the mountains. Wal
ters escaped injury. .
Charles Jeffries, a baseball player,
was killed and two olhnis slightly
shocked during the practlco before a
ball game at Steel Works Park, be- "
tween McKeesport and Rlvarton, by
a bolt of lightning which came out
ef an apparently clear sky.
Hush Feinsod, a brother-in-law of
M. Sllverblatt of Klttanning, was one
of the victims of the Norge disaster,
lie had loft his home In Russia to
come to this count,: y to seek his for
tune. Ho was married and had three
children.
Joseph Mahoney, 46 years old, an
employee of the tin mills of ' New
Castle, was found dead in his shanty
by boys who happened to pass the
place. Mationey lived alone and died
from natural causes.
William Nell, charged with robbing;
Westein Pennsylvania railroad cars,
was arrested near Klttanning, after a
chase in which a number of shots
were exchanged. Five companions of
Neil escaped.
Ira, a son of George Kaufman, a
faiimer, of Callery, was killed by being
Jarred from the rear platform of a
shifting engine, while at work on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
A, special election will be held on
August 19 at Donora, to decide a pro
posed issue of $80,000 in bonds for the
purpose of acquiring the Casner pub
lic school building.
T..e ninth annual reunion of the
Lutherans of Wtitern Pennsylvania
will be held on July 28 at Almeda
Park, Butler. Several thousand visit
ors are expected.
James Starr, of Butlor, manager of
the National Supply company's store,
was severely Injured In an accident
caused by a heavy piece of oil ma
chinery falling.
The body of an unknown man, sup
posed to be a Plttsburger, was fouud
along the Pennsylvania railroad track
noar Loci; port.
William Stolner was arrested at
Qreer.aburg, charged with attempting
to kill his wife with a razor. The
woman was badly hurt.
Frank Negley was shot and prob
ably fatally hint 1n a tight at Gates,
near Unlontown. John Valob, his al
leged assailant, was arrested.
Morgan M. Knox, about 45 years old,
committed suicide by banking him
self at his home, near Harveys,
Greene county.
Governor Pennypacker Issued a
death warrant for the locution at
Mllovar Kovovick at Washington, Pa.,
Hopteniber
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