BATTLE AT KiAO-Ti okl Drives Russians from brtifcations on the Chi River. GHTING LASTED TWO DAYS. ane&e Lo3 Estimated at 424 Killed and Wounded Russians Lost 1.COO. enoral Kurokl, aflcr a severe fight, upled Klao-Tung, July 18. Tho ice had boon fortified by tho Ras ing, who defended It stoutly. In : fighting General Kurokl's troops jve tho Russian from their atrong fortlfled position on the Chi river llch Ig northwest of Motion pass id east of An-PIng, Inflicting upon le enemy more serious losses than ley sustained themselves. The fight gan on July 18 and ended on July The Japanese lost 424 men lied and wounded. The Russian sacs are estimated at 1,000. General Kurokl began his advance Inrly In the morning of July 18. He ncovered, and followed tho enemy long the ClU river. The Russians oemed to be retiring to the north- hard when suddenly two battalions with eight guns turned and attacked he Japanese advance guard vigorous- y. At this point the Japanese stif ered before relief came, one company using all Its officers. The final successful charge was de livered at 5:30 In the afternoon of the 9th. The Japanese succeeded In pir- ially cutting off the Russian retreat. and this soon became a rout. The enemy went In two direction, to tho northward and to the eastward. Th Russian forces engaged Included, In addition to the artillery, seven battal ions of Infantry and a regiment of CossackB. The enemy left 131 dead and 3U0 rifles on the field. Prisoners taken estimated the Russian losses at ' 1,000. The Japanesa lost one officer ! and 64 men killed, and 18 officers and 1 351 men wounded. On July 19 Japanese forces attack ed a battalion of Infantry and 1,000 cavalry who occupied Che-Ch.lato, to : the northward of Shaotlantszu. After ' four hours of fighting the Russians re- tired across the Taltsu river. In j this engagement the Japanese had 17 i men wounded. I CUEA HAS TAKEN NO ACTION. Permission to Remove the Maine Wreck not Requested. Assistant Secretary Darling, who Is I In charge of the Navy Department In the absence of Secretary Morton, has been annoyed by the suggestion that the department offered an Insult to Cuba when It refused to give B. F. Sewall, of New Orleans, permission to raise the wreck of the Maine in Ha vana harbor. Cuba has not asked the Navy De partment for permiHslon to raise the Maine wreck, and the Acting Score tary'has seen nothing to indicate that Mr. Cewall. or any other contractor who Is seeking to get permlss'on to raise the Maine, has been authorized by Cuba to take any such r-ctlon. If Cuba were to ask, through the State Department, that it be permitted to remove the wroek ol the Amrrlccu battleship, It .Is likely the Island re public would bo granted permission to remove the obstruction. But until Cuba formally makes such request, the Navy Department will not feel that It has been dealing with Cuba. Scores of requests have reached tho Secrf'taiy of the Navy from persons .who want to remove the Maine wreck for various purposes, and the responEo to all has been the came as that of Mr. Sewall. The Navy Department holds that Congress lias control of such matters. If Cuba were to make formal request the question would then probably be regarded as one for diplomacy to settle, and through tho State Department the request would doubtless be granted without refer ence to Congress. ! North Dakota Prohibitionist? nom inated H. H. Aker, of Fargo, for Gov ernor. GREAT DROUTH IN GERMANY. Waters of the Elbe and Saa'e the Lowest Since 1811. All the rivers are at unusually low -water, owing to the light rainfalls 1 this summer. The wators of tho Elbe and the Saale are the lowest since 1811. At Hamburg shippers have suspended operations to tho upper Elbe and tho movement of freight In the Rhine above Cologne is much Impeded. ! In Silesia numerous dye works and : factories have shut down, owing to j lack of water. The farmers through out North Germany are complaining. The harvests have been much dam-1 aged and all the growing crops heav ily deteriorated during the great boat of the last week. J An enormous forest fire is raging near Osnabrueck, the woods being ex cessively dry. Gold Standard for Panama. The Panama Canal Commission re ceived official notification from the Government of Panama of the ratifi cation ot thfe monetary system of the new Government in accordance with the agreement reached by the Joint commission. Panama Is now a gold standard country. Colombia Forgives All. Colombia will again come into full diplomatic relations with the United States and the Panama matter will be a closed Incident between the two republics. The state department re ceived a cordial Tetter from the Colom bian minister for foreign affairs, an nouncing that Dr. Thomas Herran bad been .given full letters of credit as Colombia's envoy at Washington. Dr. Herran for many years was secre tary of legation hers. . . . RUSSIANS LOSE 1,000. Gen. Keller's Forces Repulsed by Japanese Under Kurokl. At 3 o'clock Sunday morning, a heavy fog veiling their movements, two divisions of Russians, commanded by Lieutenant General Keller, made an assault on tho Japanese positions at Motion pass. General Kurokl adds that tho Russians assailed all the Japanese positions at Motlen pnss and In Its vicinity desperately. The Japa nese resisted stubbornly, repulsed the Russians, and pursued them for a con siderable distance westward." Kurokl In his report praises the valor of his men. One thousand Russians were killed or wounded. Another report says: The Russian force, apparently about 3o,ni0 strong, attacked the front left and right of the Japanese positions on the west ern slope of the Motlenling pass at 2 o'clock in the morning under cover of a dense fog. Tho sudden onslaught drove In the , Japaneso outposts, but as soon as re- j Inl'orcements arrived the Japanese; gallantly advanced to attack and after I severe fighting drove the Russians off and retook the positions. j The Russians retired, their retreat! being well covered. Tho Japanese pursued them as far west as Kun teapaotzo. The fighting lasted until 3 o'clock in j the afternoon and when the reporter, left the scene of encounter desultory firing was still proceeding. BUTCHER'S STRIKE RENEWED. Union Charges Packers With Discrim ination Agalnot Old Men. The packing house strike which was practically settled by an agrca ment to submit the dispute to arbi tration, was ordered renewed in Chi cago and all other cities. Violation of agreement by the packing house pro prietors Is assigned ts the reason. The following telegram was sent by President Donnelly to all the em ployes of various packing houses .In tho different cities affected by the previous strike: "Order out all tho departments again. Companies violated agree ment. "MICHAEL DONNELLY. "President International Meat Cutters Butchers' Workmen." Friday 3,000 cattle butchers reported at the stockyards here for work. Only half of them were given places. Thereupon all refused to work. They reported In a body at their union headquarters. The general order for a renewal of the strike was soon forth coming. NEWS IN BRIEF. Contracts have Just been signed by the Nicola Building Company of Pitts burg with the Sheffield Land Company of Uirain, O., for the construction of 1,'iOu houses for worklns?men at South Lorain to cost Irom $t.tioo to $1,100. John M. Nowak and Michael Tomas ewskl, Polish bankers of 'Pittsburg, are held under charge of embezzle ment. Thomas S. Elgelow, leader of the Ci'izons party of rittslntrg, died sud denly at his home in Highland ave nue of heart disease. Mrs. Florence Mavbrlek. who serve! 14 years in an ICnglish prison on charge of murdering her husband Is new free. Tho Westlnghouse Interest: have secured a contract for a generating s"t of 1,500 horsepower capacity for installation In the Ilford (Kssex,'r.-a,' lxmdon) district council electr'c light ing plant. Russell Harding, Vice Prei lent and General Manager of the Mlrsouri Pa cific Railway system, was elected President or the Pore Marquette Rail road at a meeting of the directors cf the latter road in Boston. Mr. Hard ing succeeds F. H. Pr'nce, resigned. The Federal Grand Jury at James town, N. Y, discharged William D. Dimm, of Dayton, O., charged with rc-bbing the mails. The State bank of East Moline. 111., was entered by robbers, who wrecked tho building by dynamiting the vault. No money was secured and a posse !s in pursuit of the roblfers. NO SHIRT WAISTS AT FAIR. Visitors and Employes Must Wear Coats. If you want to see the World's Fair, bring your coat. This applies, even If you are a little boy. Two lads of 7 and S years, wearing natty blouse waists, without coats, were stopped at the entrance to the art pal ace by the guards and were required to get permits before they could en ter. This is the first effect of a rule against shirt waists worn by males. It was Issued by President Francis several days ago, and It applies to em ployes and visitors alike. Burton Gets Rehearing. Justice Brewer, of the United States Supreme Court, has granted a writ of error to the United States District Court for tho Eastern District of Missouri, in the case of Senator Jo seph R. Burton, convicted in St. Louis of accepting a fee for services before the PoBtoflice Department, while a member of the United States Senate. The case will be reviewed by the United States Supreme Court proba bly In the fall. Two Drowned. Henry Tetter and bis son Arthur, aged 10, were drowned In the canal near Grand Rapids, O. The boy was seized with cramps while bathing and the father jumped In to save him. The father had a cork leg and this proved such an Impediment that he was unable to control his own move ments and both were drowned. ' The father's body was recovered nearly a mile below the scene of the drown- iU. ,;-,-,! - ,-.v , Complications Threatened Over Seizure of Vessel. ENGLAND'S PROTEST RECEIVED. It Is Asserted Seized Ship Was Carry ing Government Stores and Not Goods For Japan. The Associated Press has been In formed that Emperor Nicholas, In an Interview with Count Lanisdorff, the foreign minister, expressed his dis pleasure at the turn events have taken and at the possibility of complications with Great Brit inn arising out of tho detention of British ships by the Rus sian volunteer fleet steamers in the Red sea. Sir Charles Hardinge, British am bassador to Russia, in behalf ot his government presented a strong pro test to Russia against the seizure In the Red sea and detention of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Ma lacca, which was carrying British government stores for the naval es tablishment at Hong Kong, each case of which was marked with the broad arrow, which Is tho government stamp. The ambassador also presented a gen eral protest against the action of tho Russian volunteer fleet steamers. The protest wns In the form of a verbal note made In conformity with telegraphic Instructions from the Brit ish government. It does not raise the question of the passage of the Dar danelles by vessels of the volunteer fleet, It being understood that Great Ilritlan Is reluctant to reopen the ques tion of the Dardanelles and that she will not do so unless as a last re sort. Russia has reason to believe and contends that the Malacca In addi tion to British government stores had on board munitions Intended for Japan. Russia seems prepared for any representations Great Britian may make. It Is understood that before sending the cruisers there the Rus sian authorities became satisfied through n elaborate system of espion age that an Immense amount pf contra band was going from England through the Red sea to Japan and they decided to stop the traffic. It Is understood that If this traffic Is now diverted to the Cape route the Russian admiralty is prepared to send ships to the cape of Good Hope. If Great Britian objects to the passage of the Dardanelles by more vessels of the volunteer fleet the ships Intended for cruising off the capo may be sent from the 'Baltic. In this connection very important develop ments are believed to be Imminent. FEREDAL TELEPHONE DEAL. Company Reduces Lisbilities and Will Extend Its System. By the transfer of a block of stock tho Federal Telephone Company re-, dnccd Its liabilities $600.0)0. The stock consisted of bonds of the United States Telephone Company which Is ! controllpd by the Federal and were' tsken at 85 and accrued Interest, the ' purchasers agreeing to Jsecp the stock . off the market for three years. Later It was announced that tho Federal Company had concluded ar rangements for borrowing $450,OfiO , from a syndicate of Cleveland and New York capitalists, all of which wlil bo used for the exteimlon of tho long distance lines of the United States Company through Ohio and ad joining states. Russia Ready to Settle, Count Benckendorff, the Russian ambassador, at a conference with For eign Secretary Landsdowne made what may be considered to be a pre liminary reply to the British protest nrnlnst the seizure of the steamer Malacca. Ho assured the foreign sac retary that fc.'s government had no In tention of Infringing on the rights of Great Britain, Germany or any other neutral power and that If a mistake had been made in the seizure of the Malacca unquestionably the steamer , would immediately be restored and , damages would be paid. Large Orders for Ralls. The United States Steel corporation has obtained steel rail orders aggre gating 50,000 tons, of which one order of 20,000 tons, said to be for an At lantic seaboard 'road, goes to the Carnegie Steel Company. Among the other orders which have been placed on the books of the Illinois Steel com pany are said to be one for 12,000 tons for the Chicago Great Western, one for 10,000 tons for the Chicago and Northwestern and one for the Illlnbls Central for 8,000 tons. It Is understood that only one of these or ders calls for delivery during the fourth quarter, and this Is only con tingent. Ohio Law Unconstitutional. Attorney General Ellis of Ohio, rendered an opinion 1 to the - State auditor to the effect that the act ot last winter Increasing the salaries of the circuit judges from $4,000 to $6,000 cannot apply to the Incumbents. The act expressly states that It shall apply to them, -but that provision Mr. Ellis declares to be unconstitutional. The opinion saves about $15,000 to tho State, Report of Slaughter, A Junk with eight Russians and 50 Chinese on board -arrived at Chefoo, five days from Port Arthur. Tha Russians refused to talk, but the Chinese say that on July 11 and 12 the Japanese captured and occupied with 4,000 men one of the eastern forts, near Port Arthur. Before re inforcements arrived the Russians cut off the 4,000 troops In the fort and exploded mines,, which resulted In the killing of every Japanese soldier there. THE CROP CONDITIONS. Harvesting Well Advanced In the Ohio Valley. The following Is the summary of the weather bureau weekly crop report: East of tho Rocky mountains the temperature during the week ending July 18 was highly favorable, but In the Pacific roast states and over the western portions of the Middle and Northern plntenit districts It was tin seasonably cool with light to heavy frosts In Washington and Oregon. Too much rain hindered farm work In the Central Gulf districts and .In portions of the Ohio valley and Middle Atlantic States. Drought has been relieved In the North Pacific coast districts, but continues with Increased severity in the southern plateau region. Corn has experienced a week of exception ally favorable weather conditions, and has made rapid growth In all the dis tricts. In the .Missouri valley and In portions of the Upper Ohio valley and Middle Atlantic States corn has, how ever, suffered somewhat from lack of cultivation. Better weather for harvesting, win ter wheat prevailed tnan In the pre ceding week, and this has made generally satisfactory progress, al though still delayed by moisture In portions cf Kansas and the Ohio val ley. Harvesting Is well advanced In the Ohio valley and the Northern portion or tho Middle Atlantic States. As a whole both early and late spring wheat have advanced satisfac torily. Recent rains have greatly Im proved tha condition of spring wheat on the North Pacific coast. Reports of Injury to oats by rust continue from tho lower Missouri valley, but elsewhere this crop has advanced favorably. Iowa Republican Ticket. The following tiekPt was nominated by the Republicans of Iowa: Secre tary of state. V. B. Martin, or Adair; treasurer, O. S. Gllbertson of Winne bago; auditor of state, B. F. Carroll of Davis; attorney general, C. W. Mttllan, of Black Hawk; supreme Judge, H. E. Demer, of Montgomery; railroad com missioner, N. S. Ketchum, of Marshall; electors at-large. Col. E. II. Ormsby, of Palo Alto, and J. H. Trewln of Linn. $1,000,000 Fire. At Rhinelander, Wis., fire destroyed 30 dwellings, several big lumber yards and one sawmill. The wind car ried the fire beyond the control of the firemen and the entire city was threatened, but the wind suddenly changed and the town was saved. The department was helpless in the face of the flames. The loss is estimated to be nearly $1,000,000. Deposed Their Candidate. W. T. Scott, presidential candidate of the National Negro Liberal party, who Is now serving a 20-day sentence In the Belleville, 111., Jail, charged with keeping a disorderly house, has been deposed. Judge George E. Taylor, of I Ottumwa, la., has been chosen to fill ' the place made vacant by the removal ' of Scott. 21 Cattle Killed by Lightning. During a thunderstorm nenr Can field a herd of cattle, which were ready to be shipped to market, took refugo under a tree on tho farm of J. A. Kline. The tree was struck by lightning and when the owner went to the field he found that one stroke tit' lightning had killed the entire herd. They were Insured. - Japanese Ship Sunk. The Japaneso legation at Washing ton has received the following cable gram from the foreign offlco at Toklo; "At 9:30 a. m. July 20 tho Vladivostok squadron fired on and tank a Japanese steamboat of 318 tons, off the coast of Isoya, about 25 mlle3 from Hakodate. All of the crew were landed safely ut Cape Yesan." Democrats Nominate Candidates. The South Dakota Democratic State convention nominated Louis N. Crlll, of Union county, for governor. Tho platlorm adopted commands the action of the St. Louis convention, renews allegiance to William J. Bryan, and declares for government ownership of railroads and public utilities. Textile Workers Threaten Strike. By a vote of 1,510 to 396 the textile workers of Fall River, Mass., decided to strike on July 25 In all of the socallcd union cotton mills of the city, where a 124 per cent reduction in wages has been announced, to become operative next Monday. Thirty thousand employes are affected. NEWS NOTES. During a riot of strikers at Clauses, France, four persons were killed and 25 wounded. Two distinct earthquake shocks were felt at Guayaquil, Ecuadoi. Thomas Morrison, it ts announced will succeed Charles M. Schwab as a member of the board of directors of the United States Steel corpora tion. Michael McCurran, of Waverly, W. Va., was almost beaten to death by footpads, who secured his watch and money. The robbery occurred near Wllliamstown, W. Va. It Is stated that the government will bring In a bill making wireless telegra phy throughout the United Kingdom a government monopoly. The govern ment officials have been experiment ing with a new system of their own. Two more of the lifeboats of the Danish ..teamer Norge, which found ered June 28 off Rockall rief, 290 miles from the Scottish mainland, have been washed ashore on the Orkney Isl.tnds. They were both empty. At the annual missionary services of the Christian and Missionary Al liance for the district comprising Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and District of Columbia, held In Lancaster, Pa., at Rocky Springs Park, over $42,000 was raised for for eign missions. BANNER YEAR FOR TRADE Fiscal Period Just Ended Breaks Foreign Commerce Record. EXPORTS EXCEEDED IMPORTS. Neither Reached the High Figures Of Any Earlier Year, But Combln , ed Were Greater. The foreign commerce of the United States In the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1904, was the largest in Its history. The exports of manulneturers were larger than Jn any preceding year and tho exports of domestic prodifcts exceeded those of any other country. There was a falling off ot imports as compared with 1903, when all records were broken. Comparing the figures of 1904 with those of earlier years, It may be said thnt the total exports are larger than In any preceding year, except 1901, thnt the Imports are greater than that of any preceding year, 1903, and that the total commerce the Imports and exports combined In 19t;4 Is greater than that of any pre ceding year. The total commerce of the year amounts to $2,451,574. 623, against $3,445,860,916 In 1903, and $2,310,937,158 in 1901, the years In which Imports and exports, respectively, made higher records than those of 1904. Thus, while neither imports or exports for 1904 reach the high record of a single earlier year, the total of Imports and exports combined In 1904 exceeds the total commerce of any earlier year. It Is also apparent that the exports of domestic products from the United States In the fiscal year Just ended will exceed those of any other coun try. The United Kingdom Is, next to the United States, the world's largest exporter of domestic products, and un till within recent years surpassed the United States In Its total. During re cent years, however, the United States has rapidly gained upon and finally overtaken the United Kingdom In the race for supremacy as an exporter of domestic products. The first year In which the exports of domestic products from the United States exceeded those from the United Kingdom was 1898, the excess in favor of this country In that year being about $98,000,000. In 1899 the pendulum swung the other way, the exports from the United Kingdom ex ceeding those from the United States by about $35,000,000. WORLD'8 WHEAT CROP FOR 1904. Chicago Paper .Estimates .Falling Off of 150,000,000 Bushels. The Chicago "Daily Trade Bulletin" credits the United States with a wheat crop of 61o,0i)0,0OO bushels, and claims that reducing supplies to a minimum the surplus for export may be 112,000,000 bushels. Exports last year were 121,0()0,ouo bushels, and the average for the past 15 years 170.ooo.ooo bushels. Supplies of flour and wheat in America are about 1, 7oi),ooo bushels less than last year, while the amount of wheat In larm er' hands is ,000,0i:o bushels. Ac cording to tin "Bulletin" the world's wheat crop for 1904 Is 1 !0,oo0,000 to l"0.0i.0,o0') bushels less than last year. An increase in Asia, it. Is declared, wlh offset tho decreas? In the United States. The decrease Is chiefly In Europe and mainly In Russia, Rou nuiiiJa, Austria, Huneary and Italy. Baltimore Losses Settled. The general loss cohinilttee. which organized shortly after the great fire or February 7, In Baltimore, made Its report through Chairman Paul Turn er, that 3,778 separate claims wi.-o handled by the committee und the amount ol Insurance paid on these claims was $29,074,358.51. There ure still 11 claims unsettled,, and in ad dition there were probably about 1,000 or 1,200 smaller claims, which were settled by the companies. Tho amount Involved In these small claims will not exceed $1,500,000, and tho total Insurance paid will be about $30, 500,000. MILLIONS ARE BEQUEATHED. Miss Dolbeer Leaves Most of Her Vast Estate to Her Cousin. The will of Miss Bertha Marlon Dolbeer, who Jumped to death from a high window at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, In New York, several days ago, has been filed for probate. Most of her estate, valued at nearly $2,000,000, is given to her cousin, Etta Marlon Warren, to whom Is bequeathed $300, 000 in cash, $400,000 of the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company's Btock at par value, the home and personal offocts of Miss Dolbeer In San Fran cisco, and all the residue of the es tate not otherwise disposed of. About $125,000 is" given to other friends and relatives. Eighty thousand dollars is given to charitable Institutions, and $50,000 Is sot aside for the erection of a mauso leum In Cypress Lawn cemetery. A Temperance Will. Hon. S. P. McCalmont, a millionaire who died at Franklin, Pa., devised a most effcci've way to stamp out IP temperance among his children. Hla will, excludes as beneficiaries any child who uses liquor, tobacco or nar cotic drugs. Ravages of Cholera. Refugees from Teheran tell terrible stories of the ravages ot cholera. Tbey say that on some days the mortality reached 900. Tho Europeans are abandoning their property and are fleeing to a camp In the mountains. There Is a pitiful condition or affairs at the quarantine stations, which are almost without food. The Russian government has ordered the closing of the frontier for the purpose ot pre venting the Introduction of the disease. DULL SEASON IS NOW ON. Outlook for Fall and Winter Business Has Improved In Some Sections. Reports received from special agents of the International Mercantile Agency at the leading centers of ac cumulation and distribution In the country shot very llttlo change In con ditions from those previously stated. Actual trade Is dull, a normal situa tion for this season of tho year. Tho outlook for fall and winter business la better In some sections, notably tho South and Southwdei, than it has been for a long time. Calmer judgment than obtained In the beginning has reduced the esti mate of loss by flood to 30,000,000 bushels ot winter wheat In the four Btates most affected. One reliable trade Journal has 1 sited a bulletin which points to a total yield or this cereal or 610,000,000 bushels, and an exportable surplus ot nearly 145,000, ooo bushels. These are facts that have helped to dislodge some of the dis couraging sentiments of the recent past. The strike of the packing house employes assumed larger proportions than were first believed possible. However, there has been no suffering from the advance in the price of meats. It has always been believed that eventually there would be a peaceful adjustment by arbitration, and that the disturbance would pass away as quickly as it developed. This senti ment was borne out by Wednesday's action. Probably a more Important matter Is the threatening attitude of the Fall River operatives toward the re duction of 12', per cent in wages, which becomes effective next Monday. This may spread throughout New England and unsettle business In that section. The best commercial reports come from the West and Southwest, or from the very regions where the greatest disturbance to business poise might be expected to exist. For Instance, Kansas City takes very hopeful view of the crop situation. A week of Ideal harvesting weather has changed the wjiole aspect of things and mer chants are refilling orders that had been cancelled on account of the floods. In aplte of the packers' strike Chi cago has had a week of marked trade Improvement, especially In clothing, shoes, drygoods and men's and wom en's furnishings. Interior merchants have shown more willingness to order than for some time, With the prospect of average cereal crops and an eurly and large cotton crop the Southwest Is beginning to discount some of the expected de pression of that part of the country. Salesmen from St. Louis have had a better trade than a year ago. Job bers are satisfied with returns, which they find exceed those of recent sim ilar seasons. One significant fact Is the demand for a better quality of goods. This Is noticeable In clothing and shoes. FOLK NOMINATED, Man Who Prosecuted Boodlera Chosen Candidate for Governor. The Missouri Democratic State Con vention adjourned after nominating the following ticket: Governor Jo soph w. Folk, or St. Louis; Lieuten ant Governor, Thomas L. Rubey, of La Platta; Secretary of State, Sam uel 13. Cook, of Mexico; Auditor of State, Albert O. Allen, of New Mad rid; Treasurer of State, Judge Jnmes Cowglll, of Kansas City; Attorney General, Elliott W. Major, of Bowling Green; Italiroad and Warehouse Com mlssloner, H. Rubey Oglesby, of War relishing. A determined fight against bribery and the corruption of officials through out the Slate was the keynote of the convention' nnd the platform adopted stands for the stamping out of bood ling and the prosecution of corrup tlonlsU to the bitter end. Japanese Sink Contrabands. Japanese warships In the Gulf of Llao-Tung are stopping vessels carry ing contraband of war. They sank four Junks off the Chinese coast. All the crews were lost. Other junks from Chefoo for the Kwan-Tung pe ninsula with rice have been deprived of their cargoes. LOST SHIP BUT SAVED LIVES. Vessel En Route from Cuba to Baltimore Went to Pieces, After a terrible experience 1n two rowboats, following shipwreck on one of the most treacherous coral reefs of the Antilles, Capt. William N. Brewin of the -British steamer Aid borough, and bis crew of 24, arrived at New York on the steamship Al tai. The Aldborougb, loaded with Iron ore, left Dauquirl, Cuba, July 5, bound for Baltimore. Outside the port the ship encountered a terrific storm which drove her against the' reef of Oakland Island. At the first shock the vessel went to pieces, the men barely having time to get into two lifeboats, which had been stocked at the beginning of the storm. AH night the boats kept as near each other as safety permitted, tha huge waves threatening to dash them together. At dawn the main Island of Oakland was sighted and, making for this the two boats were beached. Hiring a small schooner the men went to the Fortunate Island, where they boarded the Altai. . , , Canada Will Have Ammunition. Sir Frederick Borden, minister of mllltla, has under way a contract with the English firm ot which Sir Wlllam Armstrong Is head, for the construction of an ammunition . fac tory In Ottawa, capable of turning out 20,000,000 rouuds of ammunition a year. Frederick Jones, colored, charged with committing highway robbery at St. Clalrsvllle, O., was arrested at Wheeling, W. Va. He claims he ' is Innocent of the charge. KEYSTONE STATE CULLIES BELLEFONTB ACADEMY BURMED. The Building Was One of tha Three Oldest Preparatory 8chool In Pennsylvania. Two professional burglars entered J. E. Miller's Jewelry store at Glen, Campbell at night and secured $700 worth of Jewelry and about $250 In honey and escaped to Punxsntawney with a horse and buggy, which they took from G. M. Glasgow's stable at Glen Campbell. The horse having become tired they went to the horrre of Walter F. Armas, Mrs. Armas, who was alone, beard a noise at the barn, and, seeing some men trying to break Into the stable, fired at them four times, driving the burglars away. Tho robbers were pursued toward Rey noldsville by a posse from Glen Camp bell. ' The Eellefonte academy, a land mark, was almost entirely destroyed by tire. The dormitories on the third and second floors were burned away and the entire building ruined - by water and smoke. The damage wast $6,000, fully covered by Insurance. This was one of the three oldest prep aratory schools In the State, It being erected In 1805. The principal, James R. Hughes, was making extended preparations to celebrate the centen nial next year. The trustees have de cided to rebuild. A monument In honor of the late John G. McConahy, was unveiled In Oak Park cemetary at New Castle, the exercises being In charge of the Woodmen of tho world. The address was delivered by H. K. Gregory. The Woodmen attended In a body, several hundred New Castlo citizens also be ing present. McConahy was a pro minent lawyer of this city. He drop ped dead while attending a service at the Presbyterian church last winter. WHllara S. Byers, of Qreensburg, who recently gave over bonds to the value of over $200,000 alleged to have been secured from bis granduncle, Jacob Byers of Mt. Pleasant township. Is the defendant (n a crtjl suit brought by his granduncle to recover -an alleged balance on two judgment notes. The amounts alleged to be ow ing the plaintiff total over $7,000, and $10,000 damages are asked In ad dition. Max Colman, 35 years old, wss struck by a passenger train near Allenport. He died before reaching the hospital at Monongahela, Pa. Thomas Wallace, 45 years old, was arrested, given a hearing and held for court at Blalrsvllle, on a charge ot assaulting a 9-year-old girl at Coke vllle. A legal dispute has come Into the Fayette county courts between Al fred M. Fuller and Mary T. Nutt, over an eighth of an acre of land la Perry township, the original deed to which was held by George Washington on a patent granted him In 1702. Dr. E. W. Samuels of Mount Car mel, Northumberland county, was nominated for Congress at a meeting of the Sixteenth district Republican conferees held at Danville, Northum berland. Montour( Columbia and Sulli van counties comprise the district. Frank Verlno and Gianni Stauffa, alias "Joe" Notintz, were given a hear ing and held for trial at court at Belle vernon. They are charged with the killing of Llbarlo Viso last Sunday. The prisoners were arrested In Wash ington county, but have been removed to the Fayette county Jail. Cash Furman of Strattonvllle, Clari on county, has surrendered himself to the sheriff of that county as the result of the death of Ora Sampson of the same place, with whom he had engaged in a fist fight. Frank Rawson, of Bessemer, was taken to the Unlontown hospital suf fering from possibly fatal knife wounds received In a fight. One slash nearly touched the Jugular vein. His assail- ant Is still at Urge, The Petroleum Iron Works Com pany of Washington has bought 17 acres of ground from William Hough, at Arden station for $7,000 and will remove its plant there. The company is capitalized at $150,000. A company capitalised at $1,000,000 will erect a plant at Greenville, for the manufacture of glass sanitary ap pliances, including bathtubs, tanks, acid vats, beer kegs and burial cas kets, by a process Invented at Dres den, Germany. Freeman Grace, a prominent con tractor of West Middlesex, was kill ed by lightning. He was latBlng a house at New Bedford when killed. He was 42 years old and leaves a wife and one child. Henry L. Coe, of Unlontown, has sold his 124 shares In the Lockrone Coke Company to John R. Carothers for $14,000, thus ending litigation over the management. Two freight trains on the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg railroad col lided at Carman, 25 miles north of Du Bols. Engineer Carvln, of Brad ford, was killed. Other trainmen were hurt, but not fatally. Mrs. Charles E. Parkin, of New Kensington, has added $5,000 to the bequest of $8,000 left by her husband to the Young Men's Christian associa tion for a new building. Andrew Zedlck, a Slav, was ground to pieces by a train at Wlndber. Policeman Kimmel, of Blalrsvllle, has been arrested on a charge of strik ing Perry Allen with a mace and In flicting injuries that caused his death. , James Hennesy, a miner, was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train at Connellsvllle. Ha was 40 years old and leaves a wife. J. W. Hunter was drowned at his home near Cheat Haven, while trying to save his 2-year-old child which bad fallen into the river. The Installation of Revx L. K. Pea cock, the new pastor of the United Presbyterian Church at Leecoburg. will take place July-19.
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