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VOLUME XV. CAMDEN, S. 0., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1004. NO. 22. VCH UNEASINESS IS FELT r . ? . > ? # ; ? Reports From Russia Indicate a Considerable / \ Feeling of Apprehension r ARTHUR MUST BE HELD AT ANY COST Government"# prestige With the .ower Classes Staked Upon the folding of Port Arthur? Preparing Cope With a Chinese Invasion Manchuria* )ndon, By Caftle.? 1 That the curtain jlrawn again over the progress of the r problem indicates that important '*nts are impending or afoot. Tho ex loni heard at Port Arthur suggest i the Russians have renewed their mpts to remove obstructions in the fth of tho harbor. All kinds of ru ?rs are current, few of which appear have any reliable basis. arioue special correspondents in 8t. crsburg report increasing depression Russia ovor tho prospect of the fall Port Arthur and say that wild re ferts are in circulation of dissensions !f Questions of policy and strategy, ho Daily Mail gives great proral ncc to a statement "from a Russian respondent" declaring that Russia 11 stand or fall by Port Arthur as far the government's prestige with the wef classes is concerned. "fTiternal troubles are inevitable," e correspondent u says, "should tho fortress fall. Count Lamsdora displays strong personality, but his position precarious, and he is likely to be sac sliced as a scapegoat to popular In Ignation at the way the war has been nducted. Although it is said that eral Kuropatkin has toet favor at urt, change in the commandcr the army Is contemplated." ' The St. Petersburg e^Bkpondent of Renter's Telegraph Agency says that Increasing anxiety is felt over the rest aness of Chinese troops on the Man ihurlan frontier. The Morning Post's respondent in St. Petersburg goes far as to say that Russia is prepar ?g to cope with a serious Chinese In i*a*lon. A dispatch to the Standard from ?>t. etersburg asserts that no preparations Whatever have been made to organize a nsport service down the great wa terways of the Sungarl and Amur lyers. Great indignation is felt over e dlcovefey that several wealthy Rus sian Arms "secretly assisted in the re cent Japanese loan." ? A dispatch tc the Morning Post from anghal says that some of the war ips at Port Arthur have been beached fcnd their guns removed to the land works. The Shanghai correspondent also says that Field Marshall Yamagata lias been appointed viceroy of the ter ritories Japan has occupied since the war began. This is the only reference this morning to the statement of the Tfctly Express Saturday morning that Field Marshal Yamagata had been ap i pointed commander-in-chief of the Jap % anese army of invasion. The Stanrad's Tien Tsin correspond I cnt reports that the Russian forces are : being withdrawn gradually northward, | the Russians being aware that a strong 1 force of Japanese is gathering in the passes northeast of Mukden. Two Encounters Reported. . Toklo, By Cable.? The Japanese and Russian forces located north of Pulan tlae, which were In a series of brushes during th eearly part of last week, had enothev encounter on Friday, June 3ro, near Chu Qhla Tun. On that day the Japanese cavalrymen met the Russians ?at noon. The Russians numbered 2,000 men aud were composed of Infantry,' detachments of cavalry and artillery. They were pressing the Japanese cav alry, when tho Japanese assembled their entire force ahd engaged the en emy. The Russians drew off gradually, and at half-past 6 in the afternoon they retired. The Japanese suffered fout mien killed and four wounded ih this fight ing. A report has been received from General Kurokl, saying that on Friday last a detachment) was dispatched from Ai-Yung Cheng (Ai Yang Pienmen?) to tho east of Feng Wang Cheng to make a reconnaissance toward Chaimatsl (Simatsi?) 35 mil?s north of Feng Wang Cheng. This detachment encoun tered 600 Cossacks, and after a brisk engagement tin* Russians retreated. General Kurokl reported that the Russian loss was heavy. The Japanese suffered only one man killed and three wounded. Armies Within Two Mil?R? Chee Foo, By Cable. ? But two mllcB separated Japanese ahd Russian armies on the Lino Tung peninsula on June 2nd, according to Chinese who have ar rived here from Dalny. The Japanese army, re-enforced by the men who landed at Dalny, occu pied Twing Ching and also Sanchlmpo, several miles west of Danly. They then proceeded along the coast toward Port Arthur. On one side or tho army are high maintains, and on the other side is the sea, from which the Japanese gunboats are supporting the flank of the army. On June 2nd the Japanese forces were within several mileB Of the outer forts of Port Arthur, only two miles frdm the Russian army, which te ready to protest their further advance. The Chi nese ' believed that there would be a big battle at this point. It is also stated by the Chinese that the Jap anese have moved their base to Dalny from Talien Wan. The larger Japanese ships are anchored outside, the smaller ones Inside the harbor. Troops are being landed, they say, from small ves sels, apparently coming, from Pitsewo cr the Elliott Islands. The Chinese further reported that a number of Chinese have been shot whll eattempting to get through the Russian lines. ?* Trying to Influence Natives New Chwang, By Cable.? Carrier pigeons arrived here Sunday at noon from Gen. Stoessel, at Port Arthur. The Russians will not divulge the mes sages carried by their birds, but de clare they contain good information. They a're very cheerful since the pig eons arrived. ? o An Associated Press messenger from the "north reports that the magistrates ofcHal Cheng and Liao Yang were ar rested recently by the Russians, and charged with furnishing supplies and information to the enemy. They were taken to Mukden, but were released af ter an interval. Influential natives de clare that the arrests were made, not because the Russians believed they could prove the charges, but because tho magistrates were non-committal, and refused to aid either Bide. . The Russians are printing a news paper in Chlnfese at Mukden for the purpose of influencing the natives. The 4a test copy received at New Chwang sayfl that the Japanese attempted to float a second loan In America for $3, 760,000, but that it waB coldly rejected. Oihvr cvuvouta of ths paper cspm.r.c? that the Russian loss in the Yfelu bat tle was due to the preponderance of Japanese cavalry, and says also that the Russians will soon dictate peace terms in Toklo, and that the leading Japanese statesmen wllWxs-jrjeilhced to Rick8bae coolies. / Washouts In the Norwk' Elm Ira, N. Y? Special.? There were numerous washouts and landslides on tl?? Northern Central Railroad, be ? jjitau-gtwtea and. Winiamsport. Pa., last night, and the vhole division has ?r ? Parker Leads In Texas. ' Fort Worth, Texas, Special. ? Re turnt received by The Fort Worth Uteord from 150 counties that held primaries . Saturday in Texas show^ that 66 counties instructed (or Parker, ten for Hearst and the remainder un instructcd. Most of the unipstructed delegates are reported as Parser men. There are 200 voting counties in the Stacfc Influence of Corporations. ? Schenectady, N. Y., Special. ? At the 108th commencement exercises of Union College, President A. V. Ray-, tuond, in his baccalaureate sermon, referred to the growth #f corporations ahd their legislative influence. He salta: "Starting as are' the revela tions made by Mr. Steffens, for in ptance, we cannot discredit the evi dence which he placea in detail before us. When to these we add the facts which come within our owa^observa tlon, we are forced to believe that _the government of the peopl^ by the .people and for the people, for which the fathers fought, .8 tpday more of a theory than a reality." Cruisers to Remain at Tangier. Lisbon, Portugal, By Cable.? It Is stated here that tho United States cruisers Baltimore, Olympia and Cleveland, will not leave Lisbon, but wlir stAy at Tangner, pending & set tlement of the difficulty arising out of tho detention of Ion Perdlcaris and Cromwell Varley, respectively/ citi-* zens of the United States and TJreat Britain, by the bandit ^asiuli. " Made New World's Record. Cambridge, Maes., Special. ? Bobby Walthour, at Charles River Park on Tuesday nlgk^t established new world's lecords for pa'oe followers by riding 30 miles In competition in 33 minutes, 52 3-5 seconds, Four men started in the race, Bobby Walthour, Nat Butler, George Lender. Leander took, the lead at the start, but was passed by Walthour In the second mile and the Southerner equaled the world's record at four milt* and established new rec ords up to the end of the race. The PVevloue re^'d was made by Harry Caldwell, in 1903, and was 85 minutes, 15 4*5 seeends. ' 1 The Town's 250th Anniversary. Northampton, Maee., Special.? The city .began Sunday a celebration of the 2*0th anniversary of the settle rnent of the town of Northampton with religious services In its sixteen churches. The many, guest* of to* city tacfrfit Got. fotra kiMaran^ staff, tuiiaei Secretary of the Navy tjftka D .I^oiag oad 8. 8. Campion, tho " -? the city of North SCUltl CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Warm Weather Last Week Favored Cultivation and Growth. Columbia, 8. (Y-'ihe week ending 8 I a. trti, .In rift Oth, I)ftd U mean tempera ture of 78 degrees which Ih practically normal. The extremes were a maxiyiury of at Clai'kg Hill ami Little Moun tain on ih?> 4ttt, and a minimum of .VJ at Greenville on the 3rd. Tin* relative humidity wuh about normal, and much higher than lust week. The winds were generally light to fresh southerly. The sunshine wuh slightly below nor mal. Although farm work wan interrupted by the heavy fains that rendered culti vation Impracticable, it is generally up with thb n*H!dB l?f field clops, but with numerous reports of grass and weeds springing up rapidly since the rains, especially in cotton Oelds. Such re ports originate In localities where the rainfall was heaviest and where the crop could not be worked. Generally all field crops are clean. There was a general improvement noted in the growth and color of corn. Bottom lands and stubble, fields have been planted, and the late plantings are c.omitig up to very good stands. Early eofn has received Us third cul tivation^ and some has been laid by. Stands of cotton have Improved, since the rains, on red and clay lands, with latte plantings and re-plantings all hp to good stands. There is a general improvement In color and looks of cot*? ton, extending to the sea-island variety that was suffering seriously from lack of moisture. The week's growth was rapid, due to the more favorable mois ture and temperature conditions. The whole crop is now quite promising, Squares have been noted Tn Colleton and Hampton counties; lice in Green ville county. The t'ains benefitted both wheat and oats; harvesting made slow progress. Ric* in glowing nicely, and June sow ing lias begun. Tobacco is doing well, but is small, and it continues too dry in places. A large number of sweet potato slips were transplanted. Truck shipments are increasing; the quality of peaches is normal. Sugar cane has poor stands. Melons are late, but have improved, as have pastures and gar dens. All minor crops, are nourishing. J. W. BAUER, Section Director. Hurt in Runav/a/i Darlington, Special-. ? Friday after noon a party of young people drove Out (in buggies and wagons) about two miles to Black creek to enjoy an evening's picnic. On their return trip abftyt 9 o'clock there wa? a. fearful runaway. Chief of Police A. E. Dar gan's horse ran away. The horse wjyf hitched to a spring wagon and ac companying~Mf7 " TTafgftn" were throe young ladles. Chief Dargan was thrown out and one of his legs broken in two places. One of the young ladies was also thrown out but was not seriously injured. 'Two of the; young ladies Jumped out from .the rear o( the wagon and were unhurt. The horse with the wagon rushed on, striking and upsetting the -buggy of Mr. T. Eraser James. Both Mr. and Mrs. James were thrown out and the latter was painfully but it is hoped not seri ously injured as no bones were broken. The accident occurred Just beyond Swift creek, out of Vhe^own limits. The horse ran into town .via Cashna street at a frightful rate, passing through the squire, fuuuuu by l!vs pesters, down Orange street, crossing to Pearl, on ward back to the square and to police headquarters, where he stopped.- The wagon was not damaged. Those injured have been carefully attended and their speedy recovery is hoped for. Erecting Pottoffice Building^ Bishopyllle, Special.? Mr. J. S. Cor b?Lt Ifl erecting#>fflc6s to b?> Vised for a postolflce building. He is connecting the building In which the postofflCe now is with the side of his large depart ment store. When these now offices arfc complete^ Capt. H. D. Corbett, the efficient postmaster, will be prepared to give better postal service than has ever been given in this town. The of fice will be separated into departments, with a large lobby in front. Lauren* Wants College. lAurena, Special. ? Tho city of Lau rens is going. .to make en effort to se ; cure the Episcopal college which the South Carolina diocese proposes to bulhl in this Stale. At a meeting of the citizens Wednesday afternoon ?ver which Dr. W. H. Dial presided, it was determined' to appoint a committee to confer with the committee of the dio cese and Invite it hero to view Lau* Ten's sites, railroad facilities, etc. This committee consits of W. E. Lucas, H. Y. Simpson, J. (X C. Fleming, C. H. j Roper, Dr. W. IT. Washington, J. F. Bath and W. L. Copeland. Deep interest is manifested in the effort and united action wll) be taken In ptesenting Lau rens' .advantages for the location of Just such an institution Palmetto . Gleanings. The trustees of the Newberry city schools have selected {he following of the corps of teachers: W. H. Stucky superintendent; and .. Miyesa Agnca Bummer, Mary. Barton. Amanda Wells Alice Jones, Gertrude Simpson and Mra.-W. J. Fair. Tbe following new (HfclMN were elected i Mitres- Ruby tfolloway, Laura Bowman, Gentvie+r Boozer, Oralis* Williamson and Mrs. J. (.Kennedy. V-f- . . .. AWFUL EXPLOSION Deadly Infernal Machine Sel Off By Cowardly Assassins 12 MINERS KILLED IN COLORADO . ? ... i ? All Except two Outsider* were Non Union Men ? Fragments of Bodies Strewn Within * Radius of 500 Feet ? Others Will Die. Cripple Creek, Col., Special.- -Twelve nun were killed ami several severely wounded Monday toy the Pxpiosibti of an infernal machlrte at the ralltt>a<i fetation in Independence. EleVen were killed outright, being blown tb piece*, aud one died later from bis wounds. All (he killed and injured, with th o ex cr.pt ion of two men from the Dead wood mine, were non-union miner* employed on the night shift of the Findlfty. The infernal machine with which the mur der was committed consisted of a quan tity of dynamite, probably :wo pound*; a loaded revolver, and a long. fine steel wire attached to the trigger. The re volver was fastened bo that the pulling of the trigger would not draw it away. The wire ran from uilder the ."station platform to the cribbing of the Del itjonico property, about 400 feet away, where ita end wits fastened tb a ftiiig of a chair. The dynamite wan placed close to the muzzle of the revolver, whith was discharged by pulling the wire. The ball from the revolver, and (lie resultant "concussion, exploded the dynamite. A man was seen running down the hill fiom (he Delmonico property after I be explosion. The Victor troops, who were ordered out by Mayor French, w< re so stationed an to keep people from passing over the track taken by this man, and bloodhounds were sent hom Canon City and Trinidad to trail i the assassin. The infernal machine used was sim ilai to the one exploded in the Vindi (-?tor miiw?, on November 21. l?J03t killing two men. The men quit work i?i .2 o'clpck and were waiting to board a suburban train in the Florence & Cripple Creek Railrad, to return to their homes in Cripple Creek and Vic tor. Just after the engineer of the ap proaching ? train blew whistle as a signal to the miners, according to cus tom, a terrlHc explosion occurred uit :;<rneath the station platform, on and near which twenty-six men were gath ered. The platform was blown into splinters, the station was wrecked, and a hole twenty feet In circumference and twenty feet^n depts was lorn in the ground. Fragments of bodies were, hurled several hundred feet. Several bodies dropped into the pit made by the explosion, but heads, hands, ears, legs, arms aud trunks were strewn about on all sides. Pieces of flesh wore round on buildings 500 feet away, while splashes of blood were found on everything within a, radius of fifty feet. The-foree ot -Uift explosion was left throughout the camp, and the crash awakened everybody. The approaching train was stopped, and the trainmen rushed ahead to the scene of the dis aster. They wer.e Joined in a few min utes by hundreds of persons, and relief work was begun at once. A special train was sent from Cripple Creek. Car-, rylng physicians, nurses, officers and many others, but when It reached In dependence the injured had already been placed oh board a suburban train and removed to a hospital, In Victor. The mangled bodies of the dead, pieced together, as well as possible, were re moved to tfcws coroner's office.. The deati: Qua Augustine, aged 15; Arthur Mvthlelse. relatives In Germany; Henry H^ag, Alexander Mcl,ane, Charles E. Harber, Herbert McCoy. H. J. Hartsell. William Shanklln, E. Kelso, W. W. De lar.ey. Edward Ross and E. H. John son. The injured: P*nii Chandler, J. A. Brooker, Edward Holland, John Pol lice, Tcm Sinclair, Dan Gainey and Clarence Allen. Amputations have been performed on a few of the wounded, and it is almost certain several of them will die. No Attempt to Run Cars. Houston, Texas. Special. ? The ut most quiet prevailed Sunday. ~No at tempt was made to run street cars, and no crowds collected on the streets. It is reported that the com pany has increased its force of strike breakers by 80 men. The Central La bor Union met and adopted a resolu tion calling on the mayor to appoint citizens or Houston as guards. $400,000 Fire at Danville. Danville, Va., Special. ? The costliest fire in the history of Danville occurred Sunday. The loss will probably reach within, the neighborhood of $400,000. Of the burned, buildings, -Lee's warehouse was owned by J. G. Penn and O. W. Dudley, the factory adjoining the warehouse on the cast by B. Newgrass & Co., end the factory of the Williams estate', of Richmond, the American To bacco Company waa the lessee of all the buildings, and us<fll them a& stor age warehouses for leaf tobacco. Near* ly 4jQOO.OOO pounds of laaf tobacco stor ed in hogsheads were burged. Wife of Mark Twain Dead. Florence, Italy. By Cable.? -Mrs. Samuel Clemens, the wife of "Mark Twain/' the American author and Wfr lur<T, died of syncope hare yesterday -vruing. Half an hour before her deafF lhe had conversed cheerfully art til tier utsband. Mrs. Clement died painless jr. The body, has bem embalm*^, and wilt Ik sent to the United States. Mr. dement kneels continually by the cof 3h. Me speaks to no' one. DtATB OF;!?UJ iondon Well-Known and Popular Citizen o1 i Rock Hill Pa6t?t to the Great Be yondi Hook Hilt, Spetlai.- Majrtr J Oh it M I ondon, one of Hock 11111*0 oldest and b??t beloved citizens, died at IiIh home en Chatham avenue on Wednesday evening shortly after Jl o'clock, after ai> illness extending ovet* a period t'f ?ev?ral month*. Home time ago Maj. L.ouduii became afflicted with enlarge ment of the liver, hnt though suffering ai utely continued in more or lcs? active life. About three weeks ago he went, to Baltimore to week relief but wan in Irmed that nothing could be done. Returning home, his decline wan rapid until the ehd. Johil It. London was 7j years of age and a native of North Carolina, doing noith in early manhood, i;he wan lp Boston when the Civil war broke out. t tuning home, he offered his services to the south and wuh assigned to en gineering work. The railroad between Creenaboro and Danville was built by It. in. He l?*f t the Hervlce at. the end of the war with the rank of major. Set tling in this neighborhood In February. 1 8(>ti, he was from that time on closely Identified with every movement having for it? object the upbuilding and up lifting of the community. He was one c : the first of Hock 11111'* mayors. When the Standard, now the Highland Pa(k, cotton mills were erected about ifj years ago Major London was elected president of thfc company and continued to hold that offitie .ytl.tll the mllla changed when the Olobfe became the Victoria mills, erected about the same time, he wan also president, the two rperatlorts being run under one man agement. I^ater when the Globe become the Victoria he was again made presi dent, aii office he held until the time of his death. Major London was married In lKf>r> t?; Miss Rhodes of Greensboro, N. C.. who survives him. Resides his widow, ( he leaves three brothers, Frank Lon don of Atlanta. H. A. and W. L. Lon don of Pltlsboro. N. C., an?^4hre4 sis ters Mrs. Iloiton of Plttsboro, N; C., Mrs. Mary (i. .tone?. ?f Wllliston, S. G., nnd Mrs. Snowrioti Of Jusksonville. Fla. The funeral waa held Friday a f. ter noon at H o'clock from the Episcopal church, in the building of which he waa largely Instrumental and in which lor 40 years he served with faithful ness and earnest zeal. Th?rty*On^ Graduates. Spartanburg, Special. ? The closing exercises of the Spartanburg Graded Schools were held in the Converse street school building last week, a? which time diplomas wpre glve^i to 31 graduates, and an address, brief and suitable to the occasion,, was spoken by ttie He v. W. A. Rogers, D. D. Dr. Roger* choBe as bis subject "J Ugh Ideals," and i R a concise, prac tical manner be told the pupils of the value of ideals and JEM importance of a thorough preparation and equip ment for life. Diplomas were deliv ered by Secretary H. K. Ravenel, of the bo?r4oftruuleesof the schools, to the foljowing: . Olin Hammond, Helen Greenewald, Viola Ladshaw. Nell Burnett, Dora Kzell, May Bateman, Robit Sprottr Mary Anderson. May Gentry, Mattie Harney, Lois Nott, Eva Fike, Bossle Wood ward,. Charlie Brown. Alexander. Copeland, Geneva. Hart, Francis Tar boux. Lew oil Lynch, May Fostor, Bertha 'Rudisall. Lucius Jennings, Pretto Halyard. Annie Callahan, John Lee Hydrlck, Yates Smith, Margaret Cunningham. Gertrude Blowers, Texic Naney, Ernestine dark, Sybil Smith, May Hodges. Thomas Jenkins Found. Spartanburg, Special. ? Thomas Jen klnH, the white farmer -who so mys teriously disappeared Monday even ing at Union, w.ns found in an oid, un used house, about a mile from that town. When discovered, he was crdzed from the effects of morphine or liquor. It is thought that it must have been the former, as some of it was found on the floor near his head. He had never used tho drug DWove, as he does not remember When or how he got. to such an out-of-the-way place. Jenkins became ~ somewhat more rational several hours after he was found. He waa taken by his friend* to his homo^ on Enoree river, and the doctors think he will recover entirely within the next few days, 1 when possibly the circumstances sur rounding hig disappearance will be cleared up. Accidentally Shot., Anderson, Special/ ? By the acciden tal discharge of a parlor rifle in the hands of his younger brother last week, little Ralph Edwards, six years of age, was shot through tho^iead and fatally wounded. It is not thought that he will live through the night. The child is a son of MV. and Mrs. A. M. ICdwards, of Monterey, Mexico. Mrs. Edwards and family arc cpo rid ing the summer here With Mrs. Ed ward's mother, Mrs. Mary Brown, but Mr. Edwards is In Mexico. The fam ily is one of the oldest la the city and the news of thf accident shocked every one. 4> 1 * First Line Occupied London, By Cable. --The corre spondent of The Dfttiy News tele graphs: "A Tokio dispatch to Tfcft fortification* of PorcAr^ur after ovX .coming ft teebie resistance. ? ? ? "The correspondent at Toklo pf a Japanese froop* have occnpiwt Kwair height# oft which they eta placed heavy artillery -tetiitftetfta* port Ar thur. ? . .. - m NEWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Sources. Through the Soutb. A horrli-ahk canned $100, 000 damage, mainly to oil derrick*, at Fairmont, W, V?. ' Representative Richardson. of Teu hesaee, says he thinks Senator Gorman is the strongest man the Democrat h can Dominate. One negro waa lynched and two ware shot as tho result uf the murder of John Slmma, a prominent planter, and William Cato, his overseer, by negroes near Greenville, MIhs. Wshljigton Happenings. The War Department announced a lint of ondet* designated to enter West Point Mllitafy Academy, It 1h thought there will .he a deficit at the close of the Haiaf year on Juno 30. the oxpeudlturcs of the national Government having been increased hy the purchase of the Panama canal. The second annual conference of the State health and quarantine authorities with the Public Health and Marine Hospital Service was held in Washing ton. To prevent kii< ii an accident as that which occurred on the battleship Mis souri on April 13 from a "flare-l>ack" In the turret, the Navy Department lias Kif.ued stringent regulations in regard to target prncticj^ In the North. The Republican Statu Convention whb continued In llllnoiH. The ninety-eighth General Synod of the Reformed Chuivh met at Grand Htiplds, Michigan. Goveruor llerrlclj. of Ohio, ordered troops to Hanging Rock to atop atrike riots against negroes there. It li5 A.0lU<*dHd that the Republican congressional candidates in Oregon were elected by safe majorities. Judge George Gray made a notable address at the opening of the Peaco Conference at Lake Mohonk, N. Y. Mr. Joseph W. Folk declined to ailbw the use. of his name in connection with the chairmanship of the National Dem ocratic Convention. As well as could be estimated, twenty-two persons are dead, and a Score injured as a result of the law less conditions in Colorado. A .Wabash train Crossed the great Mouongahela river' bridge and entered Pittsburg, and regular train's to St. i/OUls are promised by July 2fi At Victor, Col., Sheriff Bell swore In more than 300 deputies last night and made more than 100 arrests. At a late Ironr-ar-Tumor beeame tumfltf'tnarne" had been killed. Tfce S.OQfl men employed by the I > . high Coal and Navigation Coiafpprym the Painter Creek Valley may go on strike because of alleged discrimination against union men, Melvin 4>alllzer, of New Vorlc, Issued n call for a Democratic convention In Cooper Union Hall, June 18th, to pro test against the recent endorsement of Parker at Albany. A suit for $50,000,000 for royalties al Uged to be due for using an oil-render ing process 'was filed in New York by Mrs. Elizabeth Greenough agalnut the Pratt estate. Charles s. ueneen won i?ojr?iastc4 iov. } Governor of lllinoia by the Republican State convention, thus ending the most famous deadlock in Illinois politics since John A. Logan was named for United States Senator years ago. Foreign Affairs. Sir Henry Irving Announced that he would retire from the-Mago in lQQli. __ Gov. B. B. Oil ell, of New York, was received in audience by President I^ou bet In Paris. Miss Susan B. Anthony was. chosen president of the Internatlonl Woman's Suffrage Association, which was or? ganir.ed in Berlin, ' ? it is now admittedHhat the Japaneae lost 4,304 men In the battle of Kin Chow. The Russians loss la officially stated as 830. Rear-Admiral A. S. Baker and other officers of the North Atlantic battle-, ship squadron were entertained at din ner by King Charles at Lisbon. Mrs. Cromwell Varley writes to a friend*in Norfolk. England, that her husband and Ion Perdlcaria. who were kidnapped hy bandits In Morocco, are well treated. Miscellaneous Doings. ^ il-. Hundreds ot.iufian immigrant* are in danger of atArving at Montreal. Democratic State conventions were held in Nebraska. Georgia, Michigan and Oklahoma. Order* ware given at (he Vatican that all persona admitted to audience with Secretary Hay's action in asking France's help In souring tht> re*ea*t M ten Peridlcarls and Cromwell Var? I \ tfy-ta aignlfltant as tts Im rec<*?H Hon of Pranoa's position in Moroco under ths Angl^-FYea^k treaty. TROOPS SENT DAILY , Many Armed Men Being Sent to the Scene of Hostilities mtc IISSIANS BECOMING STRONGER ^ No UtlinlU Information, However^' Showing That tho Russians A re Ready to Matt the Japanese, ' "T ?t. Petersburg, liy Cable.? Tho bedt informed circles attach 110 Importance to tho reports that Ueu. Kuropatkln Ua? detached a large force from hiH army at l.lao Yang and dispatched it south ward to relieve Port Arthur, and it is distinctly denied that Emperor Nich olas personally ordered such a move*? ? ment. it can be authoritatively stated that the. Emperor's confidence, in Ku ropatklu Is unshaken and hie majesty n? not attempting to interfere with hit* plan of eampfllgn. Wbi\ no such army has beeh dlnofttchod fcjutbwftrd, It is natural tl)k Khropntkin **11 do all possible to hlrdas/Gencrql QAu'e rear. ' ho railroad^ have been l&pt open sh Tui as Vafangow, 25 ml lea abnv? Kin t hou, ain^ it la not unlikely', since the Japanese/have fai le<| to push through a line uc/oeg the heud of the IJao Tung ponii^ula, that several thousand Rus sian' troopa may be sent down thft rait r<)^l to Impede the Japanese operations' a ml Inflict as much damage aa possible, as thcBo oould be easily withdrawn by railroad If the enemy threatened to cut ?h<>. line of communication above. Kvon the loss of a few regiments would bo eonsid ered^ e hea p if the Japanese op orations agcinat Port Arthur were ' thereby retarded for an appreciable time. However, Jt is realized that with the Japanese occupation or Port Dalny . and Talion-Wan as base6 for landing ^ guns, the small force above Kin f'hoti could accomplish but. little, and' it Is now more likely to be withdrawn, destroying the railroad us it retires 4 north wanTT . Tr(Jtr HI rfctrghr -purposes-? Kuropatkln may be 'trying to -> make the Japanese bellev? that a movement southward Is contemplated. In order to divert Kurokls' attention in that direction. The impreN?ion ia be ing thrown out In certain quarters here that Kuropatkln is about to take the offensive and that an engagement with Kurokl in Imminent. But, so far as can be ascertained, there is no so1l?T~^ foundation for this- It Is unquestion able, however, that the railroad ta pouring tvoops into Mauchuria at the i: rate of almost 2, BOO a day and it will not be long at the present rate before, the Russian commander-in-c. lef will be at leaatr-QB- -equal ..terms wjtft ??y force the enemy can* bring against him. ' * The general staff is keeping vetv ri trout In ami Vu, poses of the Cossack* reported io W working ground Kuroki's rear, and th<^ numj>er ofjgriders opefatlbgln Korea. S ? J?pi Occupy Dalny. * . Washington, Special.? The Japanese lection gave out the following dis patch from the home: government at Toklo, embodying a report from Gen. Okh an follows: "Gen. Oku, command ^ Ing the arnriy operating against vP?rt Arthur, reports that our troopa occu pied Dalny on May 30. Over XQO ware houses a?fi barracks, besides telegraph offices and railway station were found uninjured. Over 200 railways cars are usable, but all small railway p?i*hhQrhood are' de stroyed. AH dock plera, except the great pier, which was sunk, remain uninjured. Some, steam launches were also found sunk at tho mouth of the dock. V Wage Cut Postponed. Fall River, Mass., Special.? At a meeting of local cotton goods manufac turer* 1t ' WMVOted i?UllpQXlCLill4?IL:_ nitely the proponed cut of 10 per cent, in wages of employee. The cut was to have been made June 11, provided such action was agreed upon by operatprs of; 2,000,000 spindles. It was stated that manufacturers representing 'only 1. 500,000 spindles had agreed to a wig* curtailment. Cyclone Does Dantage. Oman a, Neb., Special? Reports from" Tekam4h, which was struck Thursday night by a tornado, indicate that about twenty, persons ft$re. injured, some of them^ ierfousiy. Theiw wtre no fataIT-~ ties. The storm wrecked most of the buildings in Its path, whicb was a block -In width and several blocks long. The apera house, twogeneral stores and sev eral residences were destroyed.1 A high_ school commencement rehearsal was tn progress In the opera house when the .storm struck the. building, carrying rosy the roof apt partially wrecklUg the walls. A number of pupiiewar* in jured. The property loss Is estimated at $60,000. '..Lynching In. Kfah*. Orangevllle. Idaho, Special? T. -If, Myers, Who frilled George wounded. coViW ihrc* *??*???*< 1 assari piutj> uriiwnsi?..i masked ai