BOTH SIS LOST HEAVILY
So Russian War Office Learns
from Kurapotkin.
MANY OFFICERS WERE 8LAIN.
General Hertchelman Sustained Great
est Casualties While Defending
Satmatz Road.
It It reported at Mukden that the
Japanese attacked the Russian posi
tion at An-Shan-Shnn, midway be
twoen Hal-Cheng and Llao-Yang, on
August 2, and were repulsed with
heavy loss. The Russian casualties
are not known.
Detailed reports reaching the war
office at St. Petersburg from General
Kuropatkln' generals show that the
RuBSlan losses July 30, July 31 and
August 1 did not exceed 4,000. The
Japanese are believed to have lost at
least an equal number.
Most at the Russian losses were sus
tained on the Saimatze road and be
tween Slmou-Cheng and Hal-Cheng.
The greatest number of casualties
was sustained by General Herschel
man, who, with the Ninth European
diviaton, held Ku-Chla-Tzo and Yu
Shu pass, on the Salmatze road. The
fighting there waa of the most des
perate and bloody character. A sin
gle regiment lost 25 per cent, or 800
men before It withdrew toward An
Ping. Another post where most stub
born resistance was made was nt
Nanga pass, a position between SI-Mou-Cheng
and Hal-Cheng, which
waa held by General Zassalttch, who
had been placed In command of a
newly-formed corps, including the
Thirty-first division belonging to the
Tenth European cor ps, and two Siber
ian battalions, altogether 18.000 men.
General Zassalltehs mlst'oniine at
the Yalu river was duplicated, owing
to the superiority of the Japanese ar
tillery. He was milking a splendid
fight until he suddenly discovered that
the Japanese gunners were enfilad
ing his batteries.
AUTO TOURISTS HELD UP.
Highwaymen Rode Motor-Cycle and
Got 1 1,000.
A party of four In an automobile
were held up late on Old York rond,
near Willow Grove, 14 miles irom
Philadelphia. The highwayman se
cured about $1,000 in money and Jew
elry. The victims of the robbery
were A. C. Hall, Mrs. Hull, Mrs. Ar
thus L. Jackson and Mrs. Thomas
C. Walton, all of New York. They
were en route to tho Delaware Water
Gap.
The highwayman rode a motor
cycle. He disabled Mr. Hall's auto
mobile and after having been re
lieved of their valuables the victims
were compelled to walk two miles to
a toll gate. There they secured a
conveyance and drove to Doylestown,
Pa., where the robbery was reported
to the police.
34 HURT IN COLLISION.
Passenger Trains on Louisville and
Nashville Crash. I
A southbound pasHenger train on j
Che Louisville and Nashville collided
near Horse Cave, Ky., with a north-;
bound passenger train. About 30
passengers and four trainmen were
injured, but not seriously except En-!
glneer Rehm, of the southbound train, I
who may die. j
According to the information here
Rehm either disregarded orders or'
waa sound asleep as his train was go
ing at the rate of 40 miles an hour
when it struck the northbound train. '
The baggage car on the southbound
train was destroyed and the postal '
car damaged, but none of the coaches
left the track.
Eight Drowned.
While bathing In the M'lsslsslppi
river at Alton. 1 1 II.. MlclfaSI Hlley,
his daughter, and six of the latter's
girl friends were drowned. One
child who was In the party was res
cued. WIFE MAKES CONFESSION.
Telia How Husband and a Partner
Committed Wholesale Murder. j
The wife ot Paul Reed, at States-!
boro, confessed that Will Catts ami
Paul Reed, negroes, who are In Jail
at Savannah, Ga., for fear of lynch-1
lng, murdered the Hodges family near
Statesboro and burned their housu. !
The motive was robbery.
They killed Hodges with an iron
braco after he had caught them dig-:
glng up a pile of money ln the yard. i
They then killed Mrs. Hodges and the
Tittle girl by striking tht.n on the 1
bead with a lump. The babies were j
killed before the house was fired.
Seven Persons Drown.
In trying to reach the shore ln a '
small tender from a strauded yacht j
at Halifax, N. 8., seven of the eight 1
persons in the boat were drowned
through the capsiaing of the little :
craft. The dead aH far as can bo j
learned are: George Leach, Nasou
Tllle, R. I.j Captain Charles Hersey,
Dlgby; Mrs. VeOTlo, Dlgby; Mrs.
O'Reilly, supposed to be a New York
woman; her Bon aged 13, and also a
daughter.
Fairbanks to Visit Ohio.
Senator Charles W. Fairbanks will
attend a reunion of former residents
of Union county, 0 at Murysvlllo,
August 11. Marysvllle is about 85
miles from Unionville Center, whore
Mr. Fairbanks was born. .
Russians Lose Over 1,000 Men.
General Sakbaroff reports that 29
officers and over 1,000 men were) kill
ed or wounded ln the engagements ot
July 80 and 81, and six, guns were
aba"'1'"
DEATH OF EX-GO V. PATTISON.
Overwork at Demoeratle Convention
. Cause of Broken Health.
Robert E. Pattlson, twice Demo
cratic Governor of Pennsylvania and
twice Controller of Philadelphia, died
at his home In Overbrook, a suburb
of Philadelphia, August 1.
Although pneumonia was the Imme
diate cause of death, Mr. Pattlson
was Indirectly a victim of overwork
In connection with the recent Dem
ocratic National Convention. He re
turned with broken health and shat
tered nerves. Ho Is said to have
done the work of nt least five men as
a member of the special subcommittee
that drafted the platform. It Is
known that for 19 hours, without
sleep and with only a meager
luncheon, he sat up all night and the
best part of the following day work
ing on the platform.
The ex-Governor was a giant In
stature and of powerful physique.
There Is no doubt that had his sys
tem not been run down so seriously,
pneumonia would not haVe secured a
fatal hold upon him.
Last Friday pneumonia developed
and heart complications aggravated
Mr. Pattlson's Illness. Sunday his
condition was encouraging, but late,
at night he collapsed. Saline Injcc1
..,,. ... .,.,,.., i
..ni, M .-i hih . w V,
sank rapidly and died shortly after 6
o clock Monday.
PROGRESS OF MEAT STRIKE.
Chicago Packera Buy Largely and ed down by tne h'all of BheIU and bul.
Ship Great Train Loads. lets and the explosion of mines under
On the first day of August the big their feet. Their losses are esti
Chicago packers bought about 8-000 mated at 20,000. The Russian , de
cattle, 13,000 hogs and 10,000 sheep. Clares that the Russians held all the
Before nightfall 80 per cent of these eastern forts lending to Golden Hill
purchases were slaughtered. Further and that the Japanese, shattered and
proof of the assertions of the pack
ers that the difficulties of the strike
are being overcome was furnished by
the shipment of 500 carloads of fresh
meats from the stockyards. Of this
number, 400 cars were loaded and 1
shipped by tho firms affected by the Plehtoushnn forts, lying near the
strike. shore. Tho Russian outposts were
Deputy Sheriff Burke, who shot and driven back. In the meantime Ad
killed WIlMam McLaughlin, a striker, miral Togo shelled the forts at long
in East St. Louis, was exonerated by
tho coroner's Jury.
A temporary Injunction restraining
the striking packing house men at St.
Joseph from picketing the pants atll
from Interfering In any way with em
ployes was granted here to-dny by
UnJted State District Judge John F.
Phillips.
Judge Holder, of the Circuit Court,
refused to grant the appeal of the
striking packing house employes to
dissolve the Injunction granted on be
half of the East St. Louis packers, re
straining the strikers from interfering
with the operaUon of the plants and
men employed therein.
CHURCH TROUBLE MAY RESULT
House of Lords Decides in Favor of
Opponents to Church Union.
A Judgment delivered In the House
of Lords has produced consternation
In Scotland, and as a result of it
there will probably be a great religl
mm t.ptionvnl In Mi.t.vhnr 1UDI1 lhurr
-ei Ei- i
thero '
occurred the famous union of the!Kd'!r commanding had chosen this
Free Church of Scotland with tho! a h P "t from which to watch the
United Presbyterian Church. Twenty-!
f,., ev r-h...oh nnna.
the union, and through the Scotch j
courts and the House of Lords have
fought their claim to the whole prop
erty of the Free Church. The courts
rejected the claim but the House of nurlng a downpour of rain at Bally
Lords, by a majority of two, reversed ; Etok Rll!lsla nPre wa8 a roguiar
uitii jiiiiKHieiii wu'i ri-iinui lu a urciBiuu ;
wiNi-n piut-es in ino imnus oi inese 2
ministers, a majority ot them be
longing to small Gaelic congregations
In the Highlands, funds amounting to
over $5.1)00,000 and property compris
ing over 1,000 churches and manses
throughout Scotland, valued at near
ly $50,000,000.
Five Gold Miners Killed.
An accident at the Shakespeare
gold mine, Wcbbwood, on tho Soo
branch of the Canadian Pacific Rail
road, east of Detroit, Mich., resulted
In tho suffocation of five men. The
dead are: Peter Entld, John Wal- j a bill 'introduced by Representative
ton, John Dlfhby, Webbwood; Peter Rogers, of Mcintosh, the only negro
Grant and an unknown man. j in the Georgia Legislature, approprl-
' ! atlng $5,000 for tho Stnto Industrial
W. N. Ferris, of Big Rapids, was ; College for Negro Youths at Savan
nominated for Governor by the State ; nan, Ga., was passed by the House ot
Democratic Convention of Michigan.
FAIRBANKS NOTIFIED.
Republican Candidate for Vice Presi
dent Receivea Announcement.
Charles W. Fairbanks was formal
ly notified on the third, of his nom
ination for Vice President of the
United States by tho Republican Na
tional Convention. Tho notification
address was mado by Ellhu Root,
lornier Secretary of War. Tho exer
cises were held on tho wide veranda
of Senator Fairbanks' heme at In
dianapolis, In tho presence of mem
bers ot the notification committee,
consisting of one member from each
state and territory, the Governor and
i-thar Btato officers of Indiana, the
Republican candidates lor state office,
the Indiana Republican congression
al delegation, Indiana delegates and
alternates to the Nulloual Conven
tion, the Blato central committee and
tho Republican editorial association.
All theae had boeu especially Invited.
German Steamer Sank. j tions.
It Is officially announced that tho ' The consumption of cotton by mills
German steamer recently sunk by 1 in the United States exceeds 4,000,
the Vladivostok squadron was the 000 bales annually.
Tbea, a German vesBol of about 1,000 ! Cotton authorities expect a croo
tons.
I
Pay of Rural Delivery Carriers. I
In the adjustment of tho salaries of
rural carriers iri the poBtal service
it has been decided that all carrier
appointed prior to June 30, 1904, who
were entitled to the maximum pay of
$600, under the rules which govern
ed the. establishment of routes at that
time, Bhall receive tbe maximum of
$700, but that the schedule which be
came effective July 1, 1904, and rec
ently announced, shall prevail In fix
ing the compensation of all carrier
appointed siuce Jutte 8U.
IT PL
Japanese Make Desperate At
tempt But Meet Repulse
YANQSE PA83 WAS TAKEN.
Army of the Czar Forced to Retreat
' Toward Its Base at
Llaoyang.
A desperate three days' assault on
the inner defenses on the eastern
and northern sides of Port Arthur
failed, according to advices brought
by two Junks which arrived at Che
foo. A Russian who escaped from
Port Arthur via Pigeon bay on the
night of July 29 states that the earth
trembled under the terrific can
nonading which began at 4 a. m.
July 26 and ended during the night
Oi July 28, when the battle ceased. A
Chlntse who has arrived here on a
,J Vh p .. "Jm..
"went that the Russian killed and
wounded during the assault numbered
betweeu 6.000 a
nd 6.000.
The Japanese in their repeated as
saults against the eastern torts on
the hlllB, through barbed wire entan
glements and over mines, displayed
fanntlnnt hral'nrv Thau njiira tiin.
exhausted, retired to the eastward
As related by the passengers from
the two junks, the Japanese advance,
which began from Kwoknu before
daybreak July 26. was directed against
Klkwan, Klnklntun, Kinklnshan and
range, but tho return fire of the forts
kept his ships at a safe distance,
rendering the co-operation of the fleet
Ineffective.
General Kurokl has administered a
severe defeat to the Russian forces,
which defended the Russian east flank
at Llao-Yang, winning separate ac
tions nt Yu-Shu-Llk-Zu and Yangse
pass. These two places nre 26 miles
apart, hut the two actions were fought
at the same time. The Russians held
strong positions. Tho thermometer
registered over 110 degrees Fahren
heit, and tho soldiers suffered cruelly
from heat exhaustion.
General Keller is Slain.
The emperor received the following
dispatch, dated July 31, from Gen.
Kuropatkln:
"All our positions were retained nt
Slmottcheng when the fighting ceased
at 6:43 p. m., July 30, but I have
not yet received reports of the opera
tions on our extreme rlRht flnnk. We
retained alt our noRitlnns hold hv nur
pas,Prn force at Yangsee pass. Gen.
"f "l- DautY "r nlm pxPoa:
ed to heavier Hie than any other and
ho was nirtI,"y "'""- He died at
2 oIock ln tho afternoon."
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
shower Of Small fish.
Governor S. W. T. Latiham was un
animously renominated for Governor
of Texas by the Democratic State Con
vention. George M. Ixmg, a navy yard em
ploye at Washington, cut the throat
of his sweetheart, Nora Adams, and
then took his own life. lloth died
together.
Former Governor James T. Lewis,
War Governor of Wisconsin, diod as
tho result of a second stroke of ap-
oplexy a week ago.
Governor Lewis
was 83 years of age.
Representatives by a unanimous vote,
A contract involving about $2,000,
000 was closed by officers of tho Pitts
burg Steel Co, for the delivery, with
in 10 months, or 110.000 Ions of bil
lets on a conversion basis of $6 a
ton from the Republic Iron and Steel
Co. It Is estimated that consuming
Interests within the last two weeks,
have closed negotiations for about
200,000 tons of pig Iron.
Bishop H. C. Potter, of New York,
who asslstou at the opening of tho
"Subway Tavern," was roundly crit
icised by some temperance people and
praised by a few.
Creditors of Daniel J. Sully & Co.
c'erlded to refuse his offer of 40 per
cent, and the bankruptcy proceedings
will go on.
An order was lBsued by Secretary
Taft permitting army officers on duty
at the War Department to wear civil
ian dress.
A report Issued by the Bureau of
Commerce and Labor shows a shrink
age o domestic commercial opera-
of 12,000,000 bales.
New Counterfeit Bank Note
, Chlof Wllltle,. of the United States
' secret service, announces the discov-
ery of a new counterfeit $10 National
bank note. It Is on the National
Bank of Commerce ln New York, ser
ies J882;' Uruco, register; Wymen,
treasurer. it Is a poorly executed
photograph.
The family of the late T. D. Law
son, of Meridian, Miss., have insisted
that the words "killed by F. G. Sum
inos" be placed on bis monument.
WEATHER AND CROPS. '
Spring Wheat Affected by Rust In
Some Sections.
The weather bureau's weekly sum
mary ot crop conditions Is a fol
lows: Very favorable temperature pre
vailed during the week ending Au
gust 1 In nearly all districts, and
while droughty conditions are begin
ning to be felt over limited areas In
tho central valleys and Southern
States, the rainfall has been gener
ally ample for crop needs. Corn has
experienced a week of favorable tem
perature, and while needing fain In
portions of the Ohio, Central Missis
sippi and Missouri valleys, the crop,
as a whole, has made good progress
and continues in promising condition.
Thrashing winter wheat has advanced
ivuler favorable weather conditions
In the central valleys, but frequent
rain, lave Interrupted this work in
th- middle Atlantic States. The
quality and yield of grain are prov
ing duappomting In tho lower Missis
TPl valley, where the crop suffered
much from excessive rains during the
period cf harvest.
Unfavorable reports respecting
spring wheat are more pronounced, as
well aa more general, than ln the
previous week, rust being more or
ieis prevalent ln all of the principal
spring wheat States of the Rocky
mount o.ns. In portions of Minne
sota r.nd North Dakota, however, a
good crop la promised. Harvesting
Is In progress in Iowa, Nebraska and i
South Dakota and will begin about the
6th in Minnesota. Harvest is also
In progress In Oregon, with better
yields than were expected. In Wash
ington spring wheat Is ripening
somewhat too rapidly as a result of
hot winds. Oat harvest Is In general
progressing In the more northern sec
tions and Is largely finished In the
central and southern districts. Rust
has cnused damage In North Dakota
and portions of Minnesota, and rains
have r-tcved Injurious to oats In shock
ln Maryland, Delaware and New Jer
sey. ,
RIOT IN CHICAGO.
Police Use Clubs Freely and Make
Many Arrests.
In a riot which broke out at the
stock yards in Chicago, two police
men were Injured and 28 rioters were
arrested. The trouble started when
five strike-breakers from ono of the
machine shops In one ot tho packing
plants were leaving the yard and
tried to board a street car to go to
tlioir homes. Despite the signals of
the strike-breakers the motormen on
12 cars refused to stop, and a crowd
standing near by, seeing a good op
portunity to get revenge on the non
union men, commenced hurling stones
at them. Two policemen who were
guarding the entrance went to the
assistance of the non-union men, but
the rioters by this time had grown In
numbers so rapidly that fully l.ouo
angry men were trying IV) get at the
strike-breakers.
Retreating Into the machine shop
tho policemen sent In a riot call.
When the additional officers arrived a
charge was made on the rioters. The
crowd was armed with bricks and
stones and when the policemen start
ed forward every man who could find
room enough threw a brick. Two
ot the bricks went true to the mark
and two of the policemen dropped in
their tracks, having been Sit on the
herd. They were picked up by
their companions and taken Inside the
machine Bhop, where it wns found that
one of the men, Patrick Ryan, was
Buffering from a fractured skull.
Seeing the condition of their com
panions the other 18 policemen made
another chnrgo on the crowd. This
time the onslaught was in earnest, 18
clubs being swayed from right to lolt
with all the muscle that each man
could muster. Each time a club de-;
scended, It landed on a man's head i
and fully 50 of the rioters were beat-:
en to the pavement befora they show-1
ed any signs of scattering. As soon '
as the policemen saw that they had ;
the mob on the run they turned their i
attention to those who were lying on
the ground and succeeded in arresting
28 ot them before they could scram
ble to their feej. and get away.
Cruiser Kasuga Is Sunk.
The Glornnle d' Italia, a Roman
paper, published In an extra edition
a dispatch from Tokyo announcing
that the Japanese armored cruiser
Kasuga, formerly tho Argentine war
ship Rlvadavla, has been sunk. The ;
Llao-Yang correspondent ot D'lulia j
asserts that conditions among the 1
Russians at the front are disastrous. !
The army, he says, is dying of nun- i
ger. Alter a march lasting 4S hours
they were given nothing but a piece ;
of sugar. They have no bread and ;
no meat. Provision trains arrive
at long Intervals only! "Under i
these conditions," he adds, "the work
of tho troops Is truly horolc."
Revolutionists Condemned to Death.
The Haytlan military tribunal has
condemned to death by default 40 ex
iled persons accused of complicity
In the attempted revolution headed
by General Montplalair. At Arena
rles the populace, after looting three
Syrian shops, drove away loo Sy
rians, who reached Port au Prince
stripped of everything. Trouble is
feared In other cities of tho republic.
Athlete Named for Congress.
Robert Garrett, ot Baltimore coun
ty, was nominated for Congress by tho
Republicans ot the Second Maryland
Congressional district. Mr. Garrett
Is a nephew of the former President
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad of
,that name. During the Olympian
games in Greece, In 1896, he won first
prize in the discus throwing contest.
Contracts were let in Pittsburg for
constructing a trolley Lino from Gar
rett. Pa., to Frostburg. Md.
SEVEN WERE INJURED
Buildings Wrecked by Explosion
of Torpedoes.
TWO OF THE INJURED MAY DIE.
Firemen Prevented Flames from
Reaching Place Where Ben
zine Waa Stored.
By the explosion of 10 kegs of rail
way torpedoes at the plant of the
Versailles Railway Signal works,
along the tracks of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad ln Versailles borough,
Allegheny county, Pa., the three brick
buildings used as a factory were en
tirely destroyed, two men were per
haps fatally injured, one young wo
man badly hurt, while four others
were scratched and cut by the flying
tin and brick.
The Injured are: Charles Krlngcn
smith. 39 years old; burned all over
the body; taken to the McKeesport
Hospital and may not recover.
Churle's Uevan, 23 years old; In
jured Internally, cut about the face
and body; unconscious at the house
of Superintendent Frank Dutche, at
Versailles, and may not recover.
Nina Doty, 17 years old; cut about
face and arms and suffering from
shock.
Alice Fagnn, West Newton, Pa.;
cut about face and arms, but not seri
ously. Annie and Mary Coates, sisters, of
Boston. Pa.; bruised and cut by flying
bricks; Injuries not serious.
Lizzie Ormon, or McKeesport,
bruised and cut by flying bricks and
suffering from shock and fright; In
juries not serious.
Just what caused the explosion Is
not known and may never be known.
All the workmen know Is that while
two of them were shoveling torpedoes
Into a keg, getting them ready for
shipment, there was ft flash and a
roar, the buildings trembled and
rocked and then commenced to crum
ble Into pieces. In addition to the
three buildings of the plant, whTch
were completely destroyed, the win
dows and doors were torn from four
other buildings of the plant, while
the windows and doors were wrecked
In dwelling houses within the space
of four blocks of the scene of tbe ex
plosion. The buildings caught Are, but the
blnze was soon extinguished.
MILLIONS IN 8MALL COIN.
Mint Will Turn Out $100,000,000 In
Nickels and Cents.
Successful experiments ln the manu
facture of copper blanks from which
cents are stamped at tho United
States mint in Philadelphia will ren
der unnecessary tho reduction ln the
force which It was expected would
go Into effect there In September.
The mint here Is tho only one In
tho United Stutes which makes cents
and nickels and thero will be a rec
ord breaking production of those
coins from September to December.
Tho mint will devoto Itself exclusive
ly to this coinage and $25.ooo,ooo will
be turned out each month. In the
last four months of tho year tho de
mand for subsidiary coin Is so great
that $100,000,000 material, it Is esti
mated, will be exhausted by Feb
ruary.
SEIZED BY A LION.
Trainer Almost Torn to Pleeea at
Coney Island.
Captuln Jack Donavlta was nit but
torn to pieces by the big African lion
Baltimore In the Uostork arena at
Coney Island bofore a holiday crowd
of 3.000 persons rooted to their seats
In terror. The big lion, roused to
frenzy by tho Btln.ijs or a whip, foil
upon the trainer at the closo of a 15
minute fight between man and beast,
Frank C. Rostock sprang Into the
den, where seven other lions were
fighting, and snatched tho swooning
trainer from beneath thoi very body
or me won.
NEWS NOTES.
A Rock Island train was held up.
the passengers robbed and cars looted
near Tucunicarl, N. M,
The campaign managers of both po
lit leal parties hnvo begun the work
of collecting fund for the great ex
pense of the tiitnpalgu.
J. G. Garber was nominated by the
Republicans or the Ninth Congres
sional district of .Ml:-Himrl, to opposo
CongroxKinun Champ Clark.
Despite ofTli'iiil denials, tho news
papers Insist that a marriage has
been arranged between tho Infanta
Maria Teresa, sister ot King Alfonso,
and Prince Ferdinand, of IJuvaria.
A dispatch to a Loudon paper from
Brussels, which Is not confirmed, ro
ports that 32 persons were killed near
Arion by an explosion, which after
ward bet fire to sevc'ral miles of corn
fields.
Four hundrod and fifty telegraphers
employed by tho Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway Bystem stopped work
August 1. The action of tho men Is
the result of demands for an increase
ln wages and certain other concos
slons.
Injunction Against Union Miners.
Joseph Letter's Coal Company ob
talncd an Injunction from Judge
Humphrey In the Federal Court, pro
hibiting union miners from picketing
or patrolling tho premises ot tho com
pany nt Zolgler, 111., from enter
ing upon tho property from Interfering
with men who wish to work, from
threatening or persuading men to quit
work, from Interfering with or en
tering trains or cars going to and from
Zoigler. The restraining order is
temporary, and tho rase Is . set for
oearuis Seutember 15 In this clLv.
SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.
Considerably Better Business on Hand
Than Customary at This Season,
Especially In the 8outh.
From almost every quarter of the
country from which the International
Mercantile Agency has received spec
ial reports this week there are slgnl
of an Improvement Jn , trade, with
quite a considerable better business
on hnnd than Is customary at this
season of tho year, and few cancela
tlons as a result or the rather calam
Itons reports that have been sent out
the last few days from the spring
wheat sections In the northwest.
Locally the strike of tbe men In th
packing house trade Is of small con
sequence, while Indications In the
west ate that It will Boon be settled.
In Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis
and St. Paul, cities that would nat
urally be affected by the disturbances,
there Is very little trace of a reac
tion In trade. It Is equally signi
ficant that these same sections should
report a very satisfactory distribu
tion of merchandise, In view of the es
timates that have been made ot dam
age by rust to spring wheat.
In some of the countries of North
and South Dakota there has been
a material setback, but tbe damage
figures that have been made up to
help along a big bull speculation In
wheat are being generally discred
ited. The best reports are from the
South and Southwest. It Is evident
that preparations are being made by
merchants In those sections for an
unprecedented - business. Louisville,
St. Iouls and Dallas all tell the same
story of a present good demand, with
satisfactory collections and the pros
pect of a much better business.
Traveling men are sending ln larger
orders than they have been known
to at this season of the year.
Failures for the week In the United
Stntes are 230, against 220 last week,
231 the preceding week, and 178 the
corresponding week last year. Fail
ures ln Canada number 18, against 18
last week, 20 tho preceding week,
and 19 last year.
PARKER RESIGNS JUDGESHIP.
Presidential Candidate Passes Up Seal
on New York Bench.
Judge Alton Brooks Parker filed
with Deputy Secretary of State Hor
ace G. Tennant his resignation as
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.
Although dated at Esopus, the resig
nation was banded in at Albany by a
messenger sent from- the Judge's
chambers, and followed a conference
between the Judge and his associates
on the bencn of the Court ot Ap
peals. The resignation is worded as
follows:
Rosemount, Esopus, N. Y., Aug. 6,
1904.
I hereby respectfully resign my of
fice as Chief judge of the Court of
Appeals of the State of New York,
such resignation to take effect imme
diately. ALTON B. PARKER.
By resigning now Judge Parker
makes certain that his successor will
have to be elected ln November and
not appointed by Governor Odell.
RUSSIA WILL SEARCH SHIPS.
Officially Announces the Release of
the British Steamer Malacca.
The Russian government has issued
an official announcement or the re
lease of the steamer Malacca which
was seized in the Red sea by the Rus
sian volunteer fleet cruisers.
It is stated that the liberation of
the vessel was due to the declaration
by the British government that the
cargo was the property of the state,
but says It must not be deduced from
this fact that the imperial govern
ment abandons Its Intention of send
ing out isolated cruisers as well as
warships generally to search for con
traband of war intended for Japan.
Gunboat Is Blown Up.
Tho Russlnn gunboat Slvoutch
(which has been In the Llao river
sinco tho beginning of the war) has
been deserted and blown up near
Sancha, and the crew with the ves
sel's guns have started for Llao
Yang. Two Japanese gunboats went
on Monday to roconnlter the position
of tho Slvoutch and wero fired upon.
RUSSIAN LINE BROKEN.
Japanese Pass Between Forces of
Stakclborg and Kuropatkln.
A dispatch to a Ixndon news agency
from Tokyo says there Is reason to
believe that alter two days' fighting
tho Japanese occupied Sitnou-L'heng.
thus cutting off Gen. Stakolberg from
Gen. Kuropulkln. I
Tho correspondent of tho London
Times with Gen. Kurokl in the field,
In a dispatch dated July 31, says:
"This army began a general attack
at daylight today which lasted until
sunset. The Japanese center took
the town, capturing the enemy's
northwestern positions.
"The left advanced and occupied a
position Jeopardizing the Russian
right. Tho Japanese right carried tho
position against superior nuniDers
"There wns tremendous artillery
firing throughout the day and tho In
fantry finished with a brilliant march
under the enemy's shrapnel. I be
lieve that the Russian position will be
untenable to-morrow."
A band of alleged robbers, belong
ing to the Black Hand Society, has
been rounded up and arrested in West
chester county, New York.
Big Increase in Coal Output.
The forthcoming report ot the
United States geological survey will
show that the United States exceeded
all previous records In tho production
of coal In 1903. The total amount
of the output during that year waa
359,421.311 tons, an Increase of uearly
58,000,000 tons, or 19 per cent, over
the preceding year. The value of the
product of 1903 Is given as $504,190,
733, an increase lu value of SS per
aant. ovar thit preceding va&r.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
FOUGHT OVER A CHILD.
Man Trlea to Get Possession of Baby,
but Woman Gives Chase and
Wins Battle. "
A fight between husband and wife
for the possession of a two-year-old
baby at Grecnsburg resulted in a man
chase that occupied tho attention of
all the constables of the borough and
many citizens. Some tlmo ago Will
iam Rupe) and wife separated rtid she
returned to tho home of her mother,
Mrs. Donnelly. Rupe, It Is said, has
been residing at Wllklnsburg. Riipo
concealed himself near the Donnelly
home and when tho opportunity was
afforded he grubbed the babe and
started down the pike at a lively clip.
The wife gave chase. 8ho caught up
with Mm and a desperate encounter
took place. Every stitch of clothing
on the child's body was torn off In the
struggle, and besides It was badly
hurt. The woman won the fight, tbe
man dropping the Infant upon the
appearance of the police and consta
bles. Rupe was chased to a dense
thicket, a half mile east of here,
where he was surrounded by frlenda
of tbe woman and the officers.
The shutdown at the coilerlei In
the Schuylkill region was complete
with the exception of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company, which con
tinued to operate Its collerles in tho
Panther creek valley. All the Indi
vidual operations along the Reading
system were compelled to shut down
by reason of the fact that no cars
wlH be furnished until August 8. It
Is conservatively estimated that tfiere
are abotit 60,000 idle men in the coun
ty as the result of the suspension.
During the period of Idleness It la
the Intention or the companies to
make many Improvements, which It
was not possible to do while tho col
lerles were In operation.
No further application for frogs for
propagation purposes will -be received
by Fish Commissioner Meehan. To
date 1,000 persons have applied and
this will exhaust the supply. Each
application calls for 300 tadpoles, and
If all grow to be fullfledged frogs
there will be 800,000 new frogs In
the State next year. At the rate of
$1.60 a dozen "25,000 dozen frogs will
bring a revenue to the frog raisers of
$37,500. The State Fish Commission
has decided that hereafter it will
not show leniency to any person
catrght violating tt-,e flrsh laws and
will Insist on tin. full penalty.
Eldward Rltter, a waiter 1n an East
on restaurant, shot and probably mor
tally wounded his wife and then killed
himself, while on a Lohlgh Valley
train at Lehlghton. The couple had
been separated for some tlmo, the
woman. It Is said, having eloped with
another man, tnklng all of Rltter'a
money and disposing of their furni
ture. Rltter was about 35 years old
and his wife several years younger.
The woman was taken to an Ai'.len-
town hospital.
The group of four buildings of the
ornamental terra cotta works, owned
by Conkling, . Armstrong & Co., at
Wlssnhlckon avenue and Bristol
street, Philadelphia, was totally de
stroyed by Are. The loss Is esti
mated at $150,000, fully covered by
Insurance. The concern employed
200 men and had orders on hand to
the amount of $dOO,Ooo.
Within the last two weeks the
charge of murder has boon entered
after the names of four persons In the
Fayette county Jail to await the ac
tion of the grand Jury at the Septem
ber term of court. The four men who
will answer to the charge of murder
are John Valob, Frank Verlno, Sain
na Stanssa and Frank Davis.
Prof. A. J. Stewartson, of Greens
burg, has been elected principal of
the public schools at Vandergrlft, and
Prof. Roy M. Jamison, of Apollo, has
been elected principal of tho high
school.
The strike at, the steel plant at
Clearfield has been declared off and
the men have returned to work. About
500 employee are affected by the re
lumption. R. Y. Elder and D. B. Caulk have
leased the mold shop.of the Saltsburg
Flint Glass Company and are placing
machinery for the manufacture of bot
tle molds.
The Democrats of the Fifth Legis
lative District, in convention at Pitts
ton, nominated Attorney George F.
O'Brien, of that c'lfy, for Representa
tive. Fire destroyed the dwelling of Will
lam Pardoo, near Sharon, causing a
loss of about $2,000. The Are orig
inated from a detective flue.
Prof. D. C. Sbenkard has been re
elected principal of the public schools
at Bedford, a position he had filled
for a consecutive number of years.
Roscoe Parsons, of Sharon, an elec
trician in the steel hoop mill, waa
probably fatally Injured by being
crushed by a traveling crane.
Charles Reed, of Washington, 32
year old, was fatally Injured by a
fall from the top of an oil derrick.
Mrs. George Gallaccl, ot New Cas
tle, Is dead at her homo from injuries
received from a fall. She leaves a
husband and seven children.
Prof. Benjamin Hutchinson, of East
Brook, Lawrence county, has been
elected a teacher In a school near
Carnegie.
John Warrick, of Bid well, near
Connellsvllle, was probably fatally in
jured by being shot through the Jaw
while experimenting with an old mus
ket that was not supposed to be
loaded.
Thomas Kelly, ot Sharon, is under
arrest, charged with shooting hU
wife at the home cf her mother at
West Middlesex. The woman will
probably die.
Mrs. Margaret 'Rush, of Derry, an
Inmate ot tbe Westmoreland county
home, committed suicide by JumpJug
from a third-story window.