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FATAL MIC PARTY
A Disastrous Storm Visits Merrv
Makers.
DEATH VISITS PICNIC GROVE. .
Four Killed and Many Injured by Fall
ing Trees During Terrific Storm,
No i r Stockton,
A mod disastrous storm. Willi
of lilo a.ii properly, pnmed over ecu
Inil ChaMaitqiia lotinly, New Yoik.
Till very rrntiT of It wi In ill" pi"
11 If! grove, near Ihe vlilnic ol Hn. ii
tun, where r,iinil persons wot" aticnd
Ing Hi annlml town picnic. I.l.;lil
nlng'wa.i Inccssnnl, li'.in lell In tor
rents, treen with blown ilnwti, lumm'i
were iiiiiodIimI mill In I hi p I'll I ! Kin...
where men. women ami children were
huddled In an HTort nt protection,
lightning stinck ninny places. Two
or throe rigs worn crushed t t tl.o
ground hy Intuitu tvi'.'fl.
When lli' Hioim t-i rin k tin' grove
inn) i Ihi i iim'h begun tallliii the utmost
(onu'pi'nnllon prevailed ; I line was no
place of Halelj. Women were s"ream
lll.j flliil children dying, Willie men
were nilliost IionIiIi themselves Willi
teller 11 'i lliey liliulo repealeil efforts
lo -remove I In. di u,l and Injured from
atnonrr Gin fnlleii I Inihers. Hvenl
horses weie killed oiilrluhl, no effort
licin male In rclenfo Ilie Injured na
hr. i,-. until the men nml women wlio
lad !i i'n hurt were cared for. I'liy
flcliiiM were on the ground and every
Ih.t'ir p'lisllile v.as ilone for til.' Iiiief
ol tite Injured.
GETS DIVOPCE IN HOUR'S TIME.
Mta. Fe'-.cr Given Her Child and
$20,000 Ca3h.
Ill II mill villi h oeenpli'il l.'-t Ih.ltl
nil lioitt Until ihe lime of II. Ing, ..Mis.
Alary H. Fetcr. of Chhiigo. was di
vorced hy Jiidje !ri utano trotn .lolin
C. Fet:'er, llminrler nml inanav!ng re
ceiver lor the ( kleagu I'liion Traction
Company. 'I lie rluii'ge brought h
Mr.-i. K. t.er was desertion. .Mrs. I"i i
bit was given ?2:i,ncti caidi n ti 1 lite
htisba:i'l agreed to pay her $I5,iiiio
more whliln live years. Mrs. Kelxe
woe given custody of tier Hiyenrelil
iluiignler. i he couple wild mnrrleil
I!) years ii.fi In tr.t titnv. n, In. They
llve.l together ntilll Maj, I!"I2. when
they separated.
STARVING IN THE FLOODS.
Five Thousand Persons Without Food
In Western Districts.
Word from Reno, Nov., stales Hint
rloittl hursts nml washouts In Tono
pan ami Carbon nail t'olornilo Rail
roads nro the most disastrous in the
history of these districts. People at
Touupih and Goldllohla are on the
verge of starvation. They Hie being
teiup;)i ut lly ri'llevetl by the rushing
in or supplies via Croon Springs, Si:-
ver Peak and Cnndelitrln by wuon
t i n In k.
Hut this la no'y tenipornry, and ns
over i'.i.iHI people must he led In the
illflVriMt camps, extra. in"nary meas
lireg must he taken for their relief.
Food supplies are praclienlly oxiiaust
c.l. No lues have heeii lost.
St. Pcteicburg Builds Hopes.
The latest Intoniiiitlon from the
front ht Kiitnmeil up In a dispatch from
(,n!lit. alu'whiR Dm! the Japanese !n
the ohs.-uiKh on I'ort Arthur AiiKuat 21
and ii wero mtaln repulHed with
heavy losses. The leellnR grows here
that the ferocity of the repeated at
tacks anil the deleuts must bo grad
ually dissipating the energy of tho be
aicgera, end that the .Japanese may
flint that "they have broken their teeth
on thu stones of l'ort Arthur." It up
pears that the balance of sea power in
thu Kast h thoroughly upset pending
Dm) arrival there of thu Baltic squad
ron, which, wdth the exception of tho
battlefhip Orel, left Kro.istailt on a
10-days' cruJse.
At I lie busl.iess meeting of the
.Ringgold cavalry at its reunion at
Freduricktown, it was decided to hold
next year's affair at Washington. Pa.
This year'u festivities ended with a
llg cEmp flru on the public square.
General Beaver Sorlously III.
General James A. Heaver, former
Governor of Pennsylvania mid at pres
ent a Jncl;a of the Superior Court, Is
dangero-ily 111 ut his homo In Belle
fonte, Pa. Last Saturday General
Beaver fell downstairs and injured thu
stump of bis amputated eg close to
the body. Abscesses formed and Gen
eral Beavor'a condition grew worso.
The iatnily admit that serious resul.s
may ensue.
Will Fight Into Winter.
According to the correspondents of
thu London Dally Chronicle with Gen
eral Kurokl's army, the Japanese are
not likely to retire Into winter quar
ters. Hut her than to thus rive the
Russians a breathing space they will
prosecute a vigorous winter campaign.
The correspondent says tuut the Jap
anese are accumulating immense
stores, ammunition and fcimi ut llai
rhena. Another Steamer Stopped.
News has reached England that tho
nusslaii auxiliary cruiser Ural Btopped
and examined the British collier Fen
calenlck on August 12. .Tho Pen
caleiiick was bound from Cardiff for
Malta with coal for tho lirltlali navy.
Explosion Injures Three.
An explosion at the blast fumaco of
il.e Illversldo plant of the National
Tube Company ut Wheeling, W Vu.,
fi.tully injured one laborer and serious
ly burned two others. They are:
Anton Schok'havlc, a Slav, burned to
that the flesh fell from his body. Ho
cannot live longer than few hours.
Menu PulanskI, a Pole, burned about,
head and body. Virgil Sobuck, ser
iously burned about tho face and body.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Better Crop Prospects Helps Trade,
bot Labor Controversies Is
a Drawback,
It U. Dull ft Cn.'s "Weekly He-e-w
of Trade" enys:
Trade has llnl .ivcd ttotiiew hill,
rhli'tlv because of heller crop pros.
peels ued the lie I thai hio. week's,
viiti.i'loiis In prices nf ole'el products
tailed lo itciiiornll.e that liidii.il 'V.
The Industrial iitiiiimphcro hi mill ills
iiir'n'd hy 1'ihcr i iitil rovi i sieK, how ever,
and it will he Inipus llile lo fully
leOere National prnspctliy until the
pi Mierllou of voliiiHi'.lilv illiemployi il
v ir;e ent tiers Is Ki enllv leilin ed, loll
lj"li' Is increuMliiK rolilldcnce In the
'ilfure. l'ro)cit.i lire iniHldeied
hr:. Ill on the lai Itle const liecinise of
lie' h!:.;h prh cs pul. I for fiiriu iio
ciH'ts. V'orel',n commerce til Ihl.-i
poil for Ihe lnsl wi.eU win iiiifiivorn
. Ii'. ej.'irls hIioWIMk II loss of $l,H!l,- ,
! ..I n coliii:ilcd wl'h the Hiilue week
'tut M ar. while iiupoils ilccrciised $ 1,
L'i7.77:l. I'llie uncertainty Hllll dom
I'lalen the Iron nml n eel liuirket. Vn
liens eonstntcl'etis lite placed upon
the recetti ri'iluct .on. hut. whatever
the, oheel tuny have been, the result
liiirt'rertaln!)' tnllltnted nitnlnst reiov- 1
ely ill a most ill loil time, and Ihe
hope that hI 'II inure at I rni'tlve iiiiiin
tlon'.t' may prevail inilses pnstpoie"
ti'.etit In pacing contracts. While
liii-itiess Is I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ipiicl, on Hie
wliole several cotimiils have been
place I ioei .ini n lai;e tonnage,
which ft ads lo null the llile.il' li 'il
ilei'toiallalioti. New bilsiuiMS n Ii -p.
lied lii nIoi I mils lor both iheiieinle
nml for' :n inc.iuul. SHiuliiial
h'"i'I feels the effect ef labor enutro
cevsles 111 the 1 u 1 1 1 1 11 Irades, bill
t'l "te is e;icoura.;ciiii tit In liirue pur
1 1 mm' for i .( 1 i v : i y hilii.jes nml eb.
v.i t
hiis
I roads. The pin il'itl iciltnok
been lel-h'eticil by the re'-.tiirii.
ol l everal lil.isl furmici a to the
e ll-l. ami Soiilhetn proiluci r.i
I loll
lli-t i '.
I.itv e
been i Omiiellcil to inircliaso
llt 'je iiu'lt II li-s of col,
nl' ihe III : mil I in coal
' oil 11"' nihil
Hti.'ke, which
has proved more mi nlili ii ii thati e
ei!rd. Imlead of Incicased acliv
I y with fie proNlmlly lor i..' undani
raw material t!ie ininiHai I lire ot ul
I' ll nonds h i i experienced a further
cii' tail'iicni . Activity has conliuiied
In J ilibliig clre cs, but Ibis bnt.lnes
has h:'.d no tiipreclable effort nil the
in iiniu y ti'iii licl. Ilool mid uhoe
i-hopa of New Kng'atiil have received
j'ltili'le.n adi'll lotial fall conlractM to
irlv pra'Mlenl assurance of ticlivity
veil llilii October. Sales of mile
lenlher are of moderate ptoporl.'ona
a firm Ion" prevailing hcuiui-'e of
srna'l pvo lui (Ion.
Kn! lures this week niitnbeicil "'. In
the Culled Sl-ltis. IlKillnst I'll Ills!
year, ntul In ('lunula Hit, ns compared
with :::! a year aa-
IN FURSUIT OF RUSSIAN3.
Enyl:!i Will Deliver Orders from Rus
sia to Commander of Smolensk.
riitne Mlnl-itef ll.ilfout- annouueeil
thai the British governmeitt ha'i or
dered two erutsers from the sqii.idtoh
Jl ti e Cape :!' Good Hope, w'thoul de
lay to lecate the ititiinlan volunteer
beet steamers Smolensk Mini I'cteri
bill"?, and to convey to them the or
ders of ihe ItussUiti government that
they must not further Inleilere Willi
Ticittrul shipping. The premier Htal
cd tliat this action was taken nt Ihe
r. quest of tho Russian rfoverntiient.
This extraordinary Klalement was
made when the premier, by appoint
ment, reoived a deputation of the
London chamber of commerce. The
deputation was appointed al a meet
ing held earlier In tho day by the
China and Kast India section uf tne
chamber. whl;-h wan attended by rep
resentative shipowners und oth.Ts in
terested In trade In the Kur Kast.
Panic at Race Track.
By tho explosion of some dynamite l
raps and iu the panic thai followed it, ,
three persons were Injured al the ,
Hawthorne rac: track at Chicago. It 1
is supposed that the raps were thrown i
on the floor of thu betting ring with '
the Idea of creating a panic, during !
which tho cash 'boxes uf tho book- j
makers might bo robbed. An attempt
was made to rob one bookmaker, but ,
it failed. None of the . injured uro 1
ser'.ously hurt.
BURY FILIPINOS ALIVE.
Bandits Ambuth Constabulary, Killing
Captain Barrett.
A detail of native contabulary of
Manila, has been ambushed on the
Island of Leyte by a superior force of
bandits. Captain H. Barrett, of tho
constabulary, was killed In the tight
Ing
There has been trouble In the !
province of Mlsumls, island of Min
danao, where bandits have looted sev
eral towns. The native authorities
were defled and Pablo Mercado und
his family wero kidnapped. Merca
do was accused of being too friendly
with the Americans.
Three Chinese stores were burned.
Four natives wero murdered, three of
thorn being buried alive. Col.mel
Harbord, of the constabulary, Is now
on the trail of the bundlls. Lieuten
ant Thornton, of the constabulary, has
met Ueuth by drowr.-lng neur Dagupln,
Island of Luzon.
'I en thousand people assembled at
St. Paula urpuuu nome, In mi.iei',
1 u lor 1110 uiiui.l nome picn.11- uim
leu ct tbiuuou 01 Uii. louiiiuus ol me
instilutluu which belongs to U10 He
io:uieu (.iiiocii.
$50,000 for Missions.
Tho will 01 Isaac .seton Topllff,
who dltd recently at Syracuse, N. Y.,
was probuied in Cleveland, O. Thu
estate is valued ttl $25u,icU, of wlucn
sum $uU,(Juo is given lor t hrisilun mis
sionary work 10 bo carried on under
lliu Hiurtl,tn .if ul liinitl thi-,, , li n I fluid '
of dllVereut denominations.
For tho first Mine in eight years the
Populist purty in Connecticut held u
iiia.e convention. T. P. Hynuer, of
rle, Pa,, member of Uie national
committee, spoke.
LOWE
Czar Orders Disarrrifnent of Two
Warships at Shanghai.
OUT OK THE FIGHT TILL THE END
Under International Law They Must
Remain In Port Until tin
War Is Over,
The eotrejpoliileiit of the London
Times lit i-.i.mu'ial In n dispatch del
ed Annnsl 21 says that order from
Kinperor Nliho its have been loineyetl
lo Captain ttoi.zwnslcln comiminillne
I .'in forthwith to dls utll the cruiser
Askold mid the torpedo l.'ial ilestroyer
!ro?oo and that "th" Hat's on both
vessels wet" lowered nl once."
The it mi assault on I'orl Arthur Is
imminent. Iluinlnils nf Jspnucse
mills ciiinlune to pour it ileslrucllVH
tile Into the city nml harbor. iiIoiik
the lines ol foils mid elilicliclilnenls.
Iiteparalery tor the Infanliy assault. I
it Is evident thai the Itiisslan lines
linve I n weakened ,in, partly pene-'
trilled In the vicinity of Antseshnn'
and HseHhan lolls. The cliliro lliiCi
ol Itusulnu delellscH JinmedUilely
u oul the Inn I. er me w lttiln lanne or
the .lapauese kUHS, i
.I.i fii in hi- olllcliil channels of Infor
mation remain closed, ami the Navy
Department's aniioitncelneiit of the
hi rlklng of a mine by
the luit'lcHlilpi
Hevnstoiiol and the II ling upon the
Itussluii forts by the cruisers Nlssln
und K11KI1411 yesterday ure the only
ilba losures made fur several days. It
Is lellcvcil here thai biilh sides have
suffered heavy losses, nml that Ihe
Html recotd will make the i.lege the
blo.idies1 Hin, e Si dan.
The Japanese me suprctni'ty ronll
di ill of Ilie . ult imali! 1 e-tn I. The
badeis uf the government await Hie
null utile lit 1 aim ihmii.'iiii 1'. The
people are every where ilee:irallng
sheets und houses 11 ml creeling lirche-t
nml llai'.d.ift -i in irepai at ion for 11 11a
tloiial celebration of tin- en'e id vie
Inry.
PENSION OFFICE REPORT.
Appropriation Exceeds the Amount
Paid Out During Year.
The annual report of I'ensb n Com
missioner ICugetie K. Ware, covering
the llscal year ended .lime :iu,
shows that during the year the cost
of maintaining the pension system ol
Ihe government has been $1 1 1.7I2.7K7.
Ihe appropriation for this purpose
was $1 lii,ll!l,2!ll!, leaving un unex
pended balance of $ 1, 7m;, Mix. I tui-.'im
the year -I7.:'7l persona were added to
Ihe pension roils, :I2H by special uct
01' Congress, uinl the balance 'by Ihe
petnsloii bureau. During Ihe same
period I!l.l.'i7 pensioners were dropped
Trotn ihe rolls. Of these ilculh
ilulmed 1:1.112.1. The total number ol
pensioners on Ihe roll, as covered by
the report, Is 72D,:il,"i soldiers. 27.1. H4I
widows mid dependents nml tint! 111 my
nurses,
ROB PAYMASTER OF $5,000.
Daring Crime in Which Thieves Are
Well Repaid.
Koiti- mushed men held up ray
master While of the O'ltoitrke Con
struction Company on Ihe Kidg road,
near J'atet'sou, N. J and robbed lilm
of $.1,nii). The paymaster, ai comj an
led by two other men, was on his way
to Hie olllce of the company in a
buggy when thu four men, one un
American und the other three 1 1 11 1 -luns,
ciime out of tho woods.
The American shot the horse. Tho
robbers covered Ihe three occupants
of the buggy with guns and got away
with the bag of money, which was In
the bottom uf the buggy. All of tho
robbers were masked and wore blue
goggles.
Want Wages Advanced.
The wage committee of Iho Amalg
amuted Window Glass Workers of
America has decided to usk Ihe man-)
ulucturers for an increase, which will
bring the new wage sculo up to where'
.It was when a 28 per cent reduction j
was niudo In the middle of last year.
Negroes Kept Off Ticket.
The Republican State Convention
was held at Fort Worth. A lull State
ticket was nominated, as lollows:
Governor, J. C. Lowden; Lieutenant
Governor, San Davidson: Associate
Justice of tho Court of Criminal Ap
peals. Lock McDunlel; Attorney Gen
oral, Charles W. Ogden; Comptroller
General. John M. Clarkborno; State
j reasurer, ti. uorcnesier, or liray
son couuty; Kleclors at Large,
Charles A. Hoynton. of McLennan
county; J. H. Kurih, of Angelina
county. The platform indorses the
National Convention. The total
elimination of negroes from the Slate
ticket was a feulure of the conven
tion. China Stops Repairs.
Consul-Getieral Goodnow, at Shan-
ghui, cabled the Slute Department at !
Washington, that the Chinese Taotal I
of Shanghai, through the Orli'ish con
sul, hud ordered that tho repairs to
the Kusslun cruiser. Askold und the
torpedo bout destroyer Grozovoi be
stopped. Tho order was made through
the iiritlsh consul because of the fact
that the repairs were being made by
the ltiitlah Dock Company at Shan
ghai. Pneumatic Tube Mall Sorvice.
-Chicago's pneumatlo mull service
was formally opened on the 24th.
After tho first batch of mall had 'teen
sent through the bore the system was
formally turned over to the govern- loss. There has been no serious flght
ment and was accepted on behalf of: tug In this region, but there bus been
thu Federal authorities by Postmaster a small skirmish at Aushunshuu,
General Payne. The system consists where Japanese troops attacked a
of nine miles of brass tube through j Russian outpost aud wore driven oft
which bags of mall are tinnsporledi wllh a loss ol six killed. The mill
by compressed air to various stations,' tury Inactivity is credited hero to the
Including those located at all railway
depots.
DROUGHT.
Potato Crop
Threatened
by Rot and
Blight.
The weekly crop report, Issued by
Ihe Weather lliiteaii Is lis follows:
The ilroiilli prevnllliin In portliuis of
the central valleys .In Ihe ptevloiip
week has been relieved by aliiinilanl
rains, but ilr.iulh eoiilluuet In Cell
tint nml Western Tennessee, and Is
hccliinltiK to he relt III Ihe .Middle
J nl f Kliles mid over H considerable
part or TextiM. The Central mid
Norlhein H'M'Uy luoiitilHln illMtrlelH
uinl Ihe Nor Hi I'ncllle coast region
lire also surTerltii; trotn (Iron h, the
prevalence of finest Urea ImIiik e
liorlnl from Idaho anil Montana
The latter purl of the week whs too
' ci io in the take n-Kloii and iiiisciihoii
ubty low temperatures occurred In
I the Northern (c!y mountain ills
trtcls anil upper Missouri valley on
AiikusI L'l mid 22, hut elsewhere east
of the 11 nl. y niiiiililalliii the tetiipein
lure has been In Vnralile.
The principal corn Hlatea have ex
perb'iiced a week of favorable eonill
tioiiM, ahuiiiliint inlns IiiivIiik fiilleti
IhroiiKhoiit the corn bell, except In
pot I Ions or Ohio and Nelu asku. Corn
has Hindu Hiilhifnelory prourcss In the
Siules of the
Mhisourl valley mid Is
generally Improved In
the Cent nil
MlsHlssipl mid Ohio
HioiikIi a eonslileriihli'
crop In the Ohio valley
Jilted beyond recovery.
valleys, nl
purl of the
has been In
III the M lil
die Atlmiilc Stales und lower .Mis
soiirl valley early corn Is now prac
tically matured. Spring wheat harv
est Is getieially Mulshed, except III
North Dakota and Noli hern Mliineso
ta, where rust J a continuing to cnuse
great Injury. Ilalns In Nor It I'n
kola III the bitter purl of the week
Interrupted harvesting. 1 lat vest Itu
Is also nearly finished on the North
I'nellle const.
The reports respecting potatoes In
dicate that a good nop is generally
promised In tin. more Important pula
to producing Stales. I111111.I1 has
Impaired Ihe outlook III portions of the
OI1I11 valley, however, mid tot mid
lilielit arc Iticreio.lng In Peiin-ylvunin
Throni;hoiil I be .cent nil valleys anil
Middle Atlantic Slates Ihe soil Is in
line condition fur tall plowing, which
wnil, is In general ptoress and Is
well advanced .In Home places.
NICHOLAS IS MERCIFUL.
Corporal Punishment Is Abolished
in
Russia.
I'.imperor Nicholas' tmitiifeslo on
the birth of un heir lo Ihe throne,
abolishes corporal punishment mining
Ihe rural classes and for first offences
mining the sea und laud forces; re
mils til rears owing to Ihe stale for
I ho purchases of land and o her ill
reel Imposts; set apart $I.5iiii.iiiiii from
the slate funds for Ihe purpose of
forming un Inalienable fund for the
hetielll of landless people of Finland;
grants amnesty to those Kinlandi ia
who have emigrated without nuthorl
xot Inn : remits Ihe Hues Imposed up
on the rural and urban communi s ol
Finland, which refused to submit lo
military conscription in !iu2 and
lllii'l. and also remits the lines Im
posed upon the Jewish communes In
tile 1 uses of Jews uvoldlng military
serv.lce.
The manifesto provides tor a gen
eral reduction 'in sentences for com
mon law i.ffenses. while a general am
nesty is u irded In the case of ull
political off. 'lists Willi the exccptltiti
of those III which murder has been
done.
AT BOTTOM OF SEA.
Exciting Experience of Crew of New
Government Submarine Boat.
While the submarine torpedo boat 1
Shark was being prepared for a sub-'
merged run near llrcntons reef light
ship Monday afternoon, she sunk to
the bottom in lull feet of wuter und
remained there for some time before1
the crew could move her. Th cause;
of the sinking is not known. j
Lieutenant Nelson was In charge of'
tho bout, with Lieutenant Shepley and
a crew uf eight men. The men dis
played no excitement, but tried a
number of ' experiments before the
bout could be ru-lsed. Finally, lift or
40 minutes, they succeeded by use of
tho hand pumps In bringing her to
the surface.
Boston Wool Market.
The market for wool mulnlulus a
firm lotio, but Ihe demand rules quiet
under a Light demand from manufact
urers. Tho strength from the mar
ket tomes from Its statistical position,
hence, tho result of the sales ot wool
ens will have much to do In deter
mining the future price of wools.
Ohio delaines hold firm at a cut 36
to 3i;; uuwushed Ohio delaines.
23V4; to 211. Territory wools firm.
The scoured basis lor nne is bo to ,
57c, with flue medium at S3 to 55. !
One quarter blood unwushed Arm, 28
2Uc for OIUo, three-eights blood 27 Vi !
ft28c; one-hull blood 27(&'27V&e. Mich-1
Ignn and Missouri one-quarter bloods'
aboul 27&27H.
Negroes for Iron Mills'.
For the first time in the history of
Ihe Iron business -In Ihe Muhoulng
valley, negroes Imve been Imported
Into the valley to take the place of
white men who . huve worked for
years In the iron mills. The men were
Imported to lake the place of the
striking Amalgamated men ut the
Girurd plant al' the American Steel
Hoop Coinpuny.
Japanese Repulse Confirmed,
According to the latest information
from Port Arthur a furious Japanese,
attuck throughout August 19 und Au
gust 20 was repulsed with terrific
fact that the Japanese are concentrat
ing all their attention on Port Arthur,
RAINS RELIEVE
SLOPES RAN WITH BLOOD
frightful Slaughter of Japanose
at Port Arthur.
13.000 MEN DRIVE BACK C0.0U0.
Asoault of July 30 Said to Hava Re
sulted In Loss of Ten
Thouund Men,
The sloliiilng of I'm I Arthur by Ihe
.lapiino'e Is iosIIiih the Mlkiido'f
nrmy thousands of men, a-cordlng ti.
11 correspondent who semis In 11 vivlo
account of Ihe lighting now filing 011
at the fortress. The Husslnn torcps,
although greatly iiiitniini! cred by the
jHpsuese, are holding out nobly and
lighting against gn at oihls. The cor
respondent wilting of the recent fight
ing says:
"With each inldltloiial report from
I'ort Arthur wonder Increases both al
the persistence of the .lapauese lit
lai k and Ihe heroic stubbornness of the
defenders of Ihe fonreiis. The ,llii '
anese are literally throwing away
thousands of lives In the hope of,
slinking the courage of the Kiiss.hu
troops. Major General Fock says lie j
Is confident the fortress cannot be!
taken, but it It Is taken the whole Jap-1
anese army will have to Immolate it-1
selr nil thi slopes or the furtlllculionM. !
There were five desperate assaults on j
Green hills .Inly 2li. the Japanese re-j
turning each tone with uiiniri ntly
Inexhaustible reinforcements. On the
Ileal as-null, however. th Japanese
broke badly, throwing away iluir
guns, cartridge bells and even their
boots to faii'ila'e their night nml
leaving ".non dead or wounded. Our
suigeons worked heroically, Impartial
ly liiilitu .I'MHine ie and Itnsslmis. The
JllpunoKi. weie ho touched Hull they
teatiitlly thanked Ihe Russian not
genllS. "The assault on Green hills was re
Di nted on July 27. and there were fro-
I ipt 'lit hand to l and em outliers. Ilie
I Kiissiuns leaving the trenches lo fob,
low their enemies. Ihe assaults or
July 2H and July 211 on the Wolf hills
were nfil followed up. the Japanese
being loo severely shaken. We evue
, tinted the Wolf hills chiefly for strate
I gle reasoiH, ns the hills made the line
i of deletis's loo long lo effectually!
withstand Ihe furious attacks of the
1 .lapauese. j
I "The assault of .Inly 3n was made i
In the dark or night in the hope of
surprising Ihe Russians. Slxi thou-1
sand men were hurled against our
lll.uiiu, but we drove them back again
and una :n al tho point of tho bayonet.
It was nnother Shlpku pass. The
Japanese poured In lie., I) battailous
and the slopes, covered with the dead
mid the dying, literally run with
blood."
TWO KILLED; 30 INJURED.
Windstorm Leaves Death end Ruin in
Its Wake.
A severe w tulslorm swept over a
regbiii In Hamlin county, South Du
kolu, hilling Mr. Lrlckson und Mrs.
II. Schilling, mid Injuring ;bi persona.
Mr. und Mrs. L. II. rtinlih, of Willow
Lakes, and Mrs. Schilling's sou and
il.iuglitir were probably fatally In
jured. At Willow Lakes every building
was damaged. Three churches, a
school house and ull Ihe elevutors
und livery burns are lying in heups
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Ol rillllS. I IUT .Ml-,11. ,11,111'VIII ll'-" 1
was thrown ucross the railroad truck,,
and 17 box cars were turned bottom,
side up. The Methodist Church Is,
upside down on the parsonage. ,
Big Contract for Steel. 1
One of the largest individual con-,
tracts for iron and steel structural
material placed in the I'nlted Slates 1
In many years has been awarded to '
tho American liridge Company by the
South Side Elevated Kuilroud Com-,
puny of Chicago. It. calls for the do- i
livery of rJ4.otio.MUii pounds of mulerlal
for use In the construction of the
proposed stock yards and Englewood 1
extensions of the overhead line, ut a
cost approximating $.j,ooU.iiuo.
REVOLUTIONISTS TAKE A TOWN.
Vice President Dominguez, of Para
guay, Has Resigned.
Tho Paraguayan revolutionists have
seized the town of Villa Reyes and
have captured the garrison, consisting
of 2im men, l.Tmt rifles and one can
non, in addition' to a quantity of am
munition for rifles und cunnon.
In u hand-to baud tight between the
Uruguayan revolutionists and the
government forces at Santa Kosa,
held by the government force, 35 men
wore killed and 85 were wounded.
The town eventually surrendered and
the government l roues retired by
water.
Manuel Dominguez. Vice President
of Paraguay, has resigned. It Is ru
mored in Formosa that Asuncion has
surrendered, but the rumor cannot be
confirmed. The revolutionists have
seized another steumer loadod with
cunnon, lilies and munitions of war.
Six employes of the Buffalo. Roches
ter and Pittsburg Kailioad were seri
ously Injured near Rochester. N. Y..
by a handcar, upon which lliey were
tiding. Jumping the track.
Strikers Lose Support.
The members of tho Chicago Teams
ters' I'nlon who huve been on strike
for several weeks in the effoit to uid
Ihe striking buuhers ut the stock
yards held a meeting to determine
whether or not lliey should withdraw1
from the strike. Il was decided that !
uie icuuiHiem us a uuuy wuum rciimv
to five any further assistance to the
strike, and tho question of remaining
on strike, or of going back to work
was left to the vote of the various lo
cal uuloua.
MA .WALL COMPLETED,
area' Engineering Feat to Protest
City of Qalvestog.
The complc! Imi of I lie Gnlwsloii
ten null, Ihe greiilrst sttucture of Its
.liml. In the world, was celehrnled oil
the 2:id. Governor l.auhain was pies
nl nml made 11 11 niblress. The sen
aiiII was completed the last it July.
Two granite tiu.n micnls were ereiled
at Ihe fool of Treinotii street to loin
meiiiorsle the cottipiet'iui of the wall
The vn:i icprcsents one uf ihe Huesi
plei c i ,,l eugliieeiiiiK win k of liny kind
ei". ,jr( 1 itn pi litheil In Aluclica. It Is
J7.r.:l feel long, III tcet wide ut the
. use, live feel wide at the top, and
1'iilels 17 feel nbiee iri'ini low tide,
with a granite ilpttip niirmi extcudiiig
27 ieel 1.11I 011 the gulr side. The
eontriicl price ol the wall was
1!K,:i IK. The art'ial 1 oustritclloii if
the wall iiroper ci'iisiimed one yiu',
lour inotiths and 17 days,
Older the terms of the eoiilrii'l a
canal Is In be dug on the Inside ni the
sea wall, which will permit Mi en
trance of hopper drcilneii, 1'iaileif w it b
sand taken from the channel in the
hay, to come In and db'ehnrge tne fil
ling to the required depih. This
work Is now under way. The Inst
session of Congress provided lor tin
extension of Ihe Galveston county
011 wall lo protect Foil Crockett, for
a distance of 4,1100 feet, to the ws,
This will extend the wall to Kin y
fifth sired, ho that the city of Gal
veston on the gulf Fide will be pro
tected by sea wall Ihe full extent of
Us Incorporate limits.
NEWS NOTES.
Sheriff Hell, of Victor. Col
v. nt 1 it the lynching or a man.
Ilishop of Greek church ut Chicago
will relitse communion to strike break
ers. IMwtird Whitman, invd 1!i yiivs, i
was killed in un extiloslo.i of fireworks
at Mauhailan lleai h. 1
.ludg" Mat tin ,i. Wade was renom
inated for Congress by the Demiiniiis
of the Second piwa dlstrli t.
Di Minerals of the First Indiana dls
Irbt nominated Allien G. Ilolcomb, of
Fort llranch. for Congrcs-i.
Dr. IMinund J. James, of North, st
ern Oiiverslty, was elected president
of the Oil verity of lll.'tiols.
Albert Davis unit Dave F.elds, wile
iniirderers, were hanged on the satii"
scaffold at Uoliing Folk, Miss.
In 11 hotel Are at Lima. O , Ge-irge
llutliige u traveling snlesmmi, or Law
rencehiirg, Inil., whs sulTocaled.
The an iidtiiicp at the World's Fair
for the past week Is il.2x:i; the totul
for the week previous, i;i;i;,i;.i7.
John and F.lmcr Duke and John
Ilordcn were Injured by an explosion
In 11 coal mine at Kergholx, ().
Marshal Wo'diim, of Hanging Km k,
(.. shot and killed Talley Williams, of
Kentucky, wi 'le trying to arrest him.
lly the overturning of a boat to le
(over u hat blown Into Ihe wa'er.
Ihreo persona were drowned nt lt.n
Ion, .
St. Louis and San Francisco pas
senger train collided w.'th a west
bound freight train te-ar Snrcuxie ami
II passengers were Injured.
'the I'nlled States nolillcs Cons-d
General Gooduow at Shanghai thai
our wurshlps will nor. iic used 1,1 en
force Chinese neutrnilly.
Fire badly damaged the plant of the
Domestic Coal Coinptmy at Axlelnn.
I'a. The loss Is 11)10111 $ I, noli, puit 'y
Insured.
General Prince Fusslinl, who panic-
hailed in ihe l adle of Kiln how, has
1 .;
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appointed imperial rcpresc ntu-
Jy(,
,,
Juptin at the St. Louis P.xposi-
n,urls , representative
, le M1(,hl(,a U.KMu,urP lrm .
, ,.-, was shot through the
right lung whil on his wuy from
Greenland to Mass City
Wllllnni Wostbrook, of Mononga
hebi. Pa., was sentenced to the West
ern penitentiary for four years by the
Washington county court. lie was
convicted of ussuultlng und ribbing
a peddler.
George Hoyce, his wife and their 6-months-old
child were found yhot to
deulh in llu'lr homo in New York city.
Hoyce Is supposed to have killed the
woman and child, and then ended hii
own life.
Two more suit i have been filed at
Oiloiitowu. Pa., against the Dunbar
Furnace' Cooipuny by relatives of vic
tims of the Ferguson mine disaster.
The claims now entered aggregate
$17),UU0.
At the meeting of the German Vet
erans Association In St. Louis, Julius
Franz, of Dallas, Tex., was elected
President. Wheeling. W. Va., re
ceived tit) votes for the next conven
tion, Jollet, in., winning with 4.
May Devln is dead und Joseph Men-
zo is critically 111 at Augusta. Gu., us
a result of eating bread ' which had
been poisoned. ,eat Williams is
warned by tho police for alleged con
nection with tho poiMunlng.
T-..I,A.I a,n,.j 1-iI,Ia .....
New York has ordered the dismissal
of the suit against the United Stales
Shipbuilding
M. Schwab.
Company and Charles
The sale of tho He! hie-
hem works at foreclosure will lake
place.
The Muncle, Inil.. Trust Company
i was appointed receiver lor Central
Coal. Oil and Gas Company, Gopher
Oil Company and Ijiroca Oil Company,
combined capital $l,2an,iiu. on com
plaint of the Mumie, ija-i Engine and
, Supply Company that the companies
are Insolvent.
Idle Men Reinstated.
All Iho men employed en thu Pirn
handle division ot tho Pennsylvania
Lines West of Pittsburg ure at work
ugaiu. Early In tho summer fully
one-haU of the men employed on that
,llvlljlon Wore laid off. They ba'.a
all been relnsta'ed uinl it Is expected
tluit more men will bo employed la
the utar future because ot the large
amount of roptJr work to bo done und
tho large amount ol Improvement
thai are' to be made.
HER OLD DAD POOLED 'EM.
When Mary .Tnn, lat Tue'dny night,
Klepi',1 w'llli .lliiitnv' Hi ewer,
Dud tlii nwi'il it tiiblie mi ole I'rluce,
A-vowIn he'll peisne 'ers
lie learned they went to I'eepervlllS,
An', nil advice H-sbunnlu',
lie sliirtcil fer the town at onrt,
Willi lliel ule Inn-si' 11-1 iilinln'.
Dad reiieheil (he town nv I'eeperTllln,
At I' ll 011 Wcilm-mlur Illornlu'i
Tbouuli Hied out be never slopped,
All thought m litingcr scoriiin'i
lie lid In e i V pi I' leliel i lioiisu
An' fer 11 liiinnle liinied,
t'niel nt Kin. be fiuitiil Hie two,
Hut I hey hail just been marlieil.
'Well, Dad." sen Mury, "me tin' Jim
Air one. What, air von siiyiii'?''
"Itbiink the l.nrd,'' Dail iiliiiiet yelled,
A Mined ll gllllle he'll bell plavlll'.
"Ain't lioulf inked (be. Dud SU
sweieil. ''.No,
It's Jnr to lie the oer,
I 1 tiaieil you el lit egg yon nil."
Wan t Dad a slick obi simoer?
si. I.oiti Mirror.
JUST FOR FUN
Waller Will Jon have some Ponton
soup? DIcfotiKolal liver No; but If
you have any parts green soup bring It
along. IMr it Frep press.
"Has .lonns as assured reputation as
an author?" "Absolutely. Why, he
says he ran now turn cut poor work
alt the rest of his lire." Life.
Flral. Physician - Did you get much
out f Stlngylelgh? Swond Physician
(gloomily) - Nothing hut an appendix.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Are yon fond of music?" asked
Miss Cayi nne of lo r guest, of honor,
"Very. I'h"ii I won't ask Mr. IJllg
(jltis to sing."- Washington Star.
"I wrote1 a little war poem and mjr
wife burned It." "What was thu
trouble with It?" "She said II. wasn't
fiery enough."- Cleveland liuln Dnal-
IT.
Tommy Fiirgjam- Pnw? Paw Flgg
jam Yes. sonny. "D a't th', 1111)10 any
'All flesh Is grass? I guess so,
sonny. limn Is cirisi! beef hay?"
Baltimore American.
Mrs. Cnlb r-I tiulsnitand your hus
band is troubled with rheumatism. Mrs.
Growell - Yea; but b'.s rheumatism
doesn't trouble him IiAlf as much us
It does nie. Chicago N.vs.
flessle lly tills time every on
knows that he kissed Fh ssln nut In th .
conservatory. ToHsin Yes, a thing
like that always passes from mouth to
mouth bo quickly. Yale Record.
The Landlady I'm afraid Mr.
Slopay has forgotten what a larga bill
he owes me. The Star Hoarder No.
j ho hasn't: he said only yesterday that
he wished ho had money enough to
move. Judge.
Artist (at work) "Now give mo
your henest opinion of this picture."
Visitor (who fancies himself a critic)
"It's utterly worthless!" Artist
(dreamily) "Y e-s but give It, all the
same." Punch.
"Open your mouth a littlo wider,
please," said tho dentist. "My friend,"
replied the professor, with some Im
patience, "I can't open my mouth any
wider. Hut I can extend It vertically a.
littlo mere, If you Insist upon it."
Farmer Jason "So you want a Job,
eh? What can yer do?" Frolicsome
Frisble "Nothln"." Farmer Jason
"Well, I can't give you a Job of that
kind, but It seems to me yen might get
a Job somewhere aa a war corre
spondent." Puck.
Customer "Why doesn't that spin
ster. Miss Brown, deal at your shop
any more?" Draper "One of my
clerks insulted her." . Customer
"How?" Draper "She overheard htm
telling some one that she was cur old
est customer." Glasgow Evening
Times.
"Do you encourage your daughter's'
literary ambitions?" "Decidedly," an
swered the matter-of-fact woman. "If
she has the gossiping Instinct It la
bound to ccme out, and she'd better
be making up stories about Imaginary
people than about the neighbors."
Washington ptar.
"Did ''you hear the shot fired?" In
qunred the lawyer of the peppery fe
male witness. "You told me," replied
the witness, "that you didn't want any
hearsay evidence." "Answer my ques
tion, madam!" roared the lawyer. "Dli
you hear the shot fired?" "I beard the
gun fired." said the witness, "if that's
I what you want to know." Cleveland
pian Dealer.
Oystermen Bring Up Pirate's Gold.
Captain Lemuel Hordiker of the
. 8looP Be!,Hle NX ' Vroane brnb
' Prt at Baltimore a pot of gold. It
, tamo from inesapeaxe Day. in u
i were an old cross of antique design.
two finger rings cf old English design.
ono neck chain, 17 gold coins, suposed
to be Spanish doubloons; 38 silver
coins, varwlng In size from a silver
dollar to an old tlrha throe-cent piece,
and an endless variety of gold and
silver trinkets Capt. Hartier found
his treasure while dredgLng for oysters
I off Kent Island. For generations real
I dents of Kent Island have known that
j the pirates of old bad burled treasure
along the shore.
Reclaiming an Island.
The Island of Nordstrand 4the only
portion of onco fertllo North Frle.
land which Is as yet unreclaimed. Is
now to bo saved from the sea by the
construction of a large dyke. The la
land was first separated from the
mainland by a teniae storm in 1C34,
during which over six thousand pets
sons were drowned.
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