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Horse Sense. A Maiden physician was roturnlni home from visiting a patient late a night in company with a clergyman when his horse stopped short at om I of the most dangerous grade crossing within the city's limits. Seeing no gat< I down, he mechanically touched tin horse with the wrip, but the spiritec animal for once would not respond I and Instead of obeying stepped brisk B ly aside and turned his head as far a possible from the train which just tiiex whizzed by at the rate of forty mile: an hour.?Detroit Times-Tribune. /* WMbr v| ** ? fk \i? JHp^\y.?;j'?? I The letters of Miss ture is printed abov< prove beyond questi cases of inflammatio | womb are annually jLydia E. Pinkham's "Dear Mrs. Pixkham:? Gra< ftold me something- was radically w i j pains throught the pelvic organs, jpelled me to seek medical advice, trouble and ulceration, and advise( ?this and decided to try Lydia E. j I soon found that my judgment things said about this medicine v ?ain and increased appetite. The Complications disappeared and in <and vigorous and perfectly well. ; " My heartiest thanks are sent Jdone me."? Sincerely your3, Misa l&Iilwaukee, Wis. t r\iss Claussen Saved fr In ^ jM# feredwitlic feet health* i *N,> value befor . _J". have been s fruitless operations cost me. If I , the doctors do not help them, ? j, table Compound, they will not b i[Miss Clara M. Claussen, 1307 Pe | ApAAn FORFEIT cannot fortb .VHIIIIll above teatimoniaU, wliich will [ RtPAXS TAbjiiGS iro tho tiMtdn MWa pepsia modicine ever made. A bun /ToTTdred millions of them have been noli /rgy I in a single year. Constipation, heart / ,.cp/ burn, sick headache, dizziness. ba< breath, soro throat and every illnca ^? art*lnz from a disordered Btomod are relieved or cured by Rlpana Tat tiles. One will generally giro rolie within twenty minutes. The five-cent paekatro ie enoug4 & foran ordinsrv o-?.->?tnn. *11 ilnvnHst* ??|) thnra. School* in Porto Itico. An official report says that at th time of the American occupation ther was not a schoolhouse in Porto Ricc ^ there are 50,000 children now in schoo but there are 310.000 children unprc : vided for. Wanhin;; Machine Only S'i.70. Save your wife's health ana t.aughtcr beauty by using our grtat Star ?Vas>hin p Machine. .Vorth its weight in gold, l'ric only $2.70: with wringer, $3.90. John J i Salzer Seed 'Jo., La Crosse, Vis. > The man who carries a gun isn't huntin for work. ?'j MaKaachuHpttf* Native*. Among the people of native stock i Massachusetts there are each year 12 000 more deaths than births. | WOMEN'S WOES. - * Jo MUCI1 01 nuuirup uunj >uc 13 uu r' to kidney trouble. Sick kidneys caus backache, languor, blind headache i dizziness, insomni and urinary trouble To cure yourself yo must cure the kidney Profit by the exper enccs of others wfc Brown, profession; nurse, of 16 Jane S' "I have not only set kidney trouble, but ftint-A c?nharo/1 mTQo! 3 At one time I thougl I could not 'ive. My back ached, thei ? -were frequent headaches and diz: -spells, and the kidney secretions we: -disordered. Doan's Kidney Pil v/ helped me from the first, and soon r | - tieved me entirely of all the distressii and painful symptous." A FREE TRIAL of this great kidn( i'j medicine which tured Mrs. Brow , *vill be mt.iled on jpplication to at $s ' -part of the United States. Addrc Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. ' i-.] . For sale by ail druggists; price 50 cen . jjer box. I Nnrse Told to Spank Raby Hourly. ; "Spunk this baby once every hour t until she <th?s." These unusual dii. ructions wore given at the City Hos? pital Sunday, with hopes of working s a euro in the case of a baby sent tc i the institution from a private hospital ? in Clark street. The baby was four 1 months old. and was deficient in lung . development, owing to its disinelin ation to cry. Whether or not there is s any efficiency in the treatment could l not be determined, for the baby died s after beins in the hospital one day.Cincinnuti Commercial Tribune. g t v* j ***. \ v?i* ''^ * y* l Merkley, whose pic-1 s, and Miss Claussen, ion that thousands of >n of the ovaries and cured by the use of Vegetable Compound. lual loss of strength and nerve force Tong with me. I had severe shooting cramps and extreme irritation comThe doctor said that I had ovarian 1 an operation. I strongly objected to Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, was correct, and that all the good rere true, and day by day I felt less ulceration soon healed, and the other ileven weeks I was once more strong ; to you for the great good you have Margaret Mrrklby, 275 Third St, om a Surgical Operation, Irs. Pinkham:?It seems to me that >rsements that I have read of the value Pinkham's Compound do not express the virtue the great medicine really ~ - ?... * 1 T I know that it savea my me auu i e the credit where it belongs. I suf>varian trouble for five years, had three md spent hundreds of dollars on dooedicines but this did not cure me r, what doctors and medicines failed ia E. Pink ham's "Vegetable Com. Twenty bottles restored me to perand I feel sure that had I known of its e, and let the doctors alone, I would spared all the pain and expense that the women who are suffering, and will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vesjeie disappointed with the results.' ? nn St., Kansas City, Mo. ivrith produoe the original letters and lgnataraa of irove their absolute genuineness. Ljdia E. Pink bum Med. Co., Lynn, Mut. I PAY SPOT CASH FOR i Bourmr*Y LAND WARRANTS 3 iswed to so'di-ri of am* war. Write meat once. J l'HA.N K H. KEG EH. Barth Block, Denver, Colo a Electric Lighting. Tho use of electric li?htinz in New York State alone has increased ovei 2000 per cent, in ten years, and th( use of electriciiy for power has in ' creased in the decade almost 1200 pei ' cent. ) oTATK Ot \jaIU, wu Of lutauu, i Lucas County. ) '' Frank J. Cheney make oath that ho Is > senior partner of the tirm of F. J. Cheney 4 Co., doing business in the City of Toledo County and State aforesaid, and that saic 'e firm will pay the stun of one hundred dol labs for ea?h and every ease of catabri that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. 8 Sworn to before me an>i subscribed in mj < presence, this 6th day of Decern - seal. ber, A. D., 1886. A.W.Gleason, >? ' Notary Public. n Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, anc . acts directly on the blood and mucous sur ' faces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by ail Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family P:lls for constipation ie Ilan Spent Lifetime in Ministry. ,e Reverend Dr. Edwin Robie has beer s' pastor of the Greenland, N. H., Congre gational Church for fifty-two years s' and is still healthy and active in th< u work of the ministry. He is now sev enty-three years old. IA 17 I norm n n Anf 1 rr ?*a.1 Va fife /M>nnwrrAiia ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Greal rr Nerv<iUe3torer.82trialbottleandtreatisefre( Dr. R. H. 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No nausea. 50c *8 No man is every very great from hi neighbor's poiut of view. .'ME m OB Mil \ : R'vssian Arnr^ Driven Back After a [ I Fierce Battle. ^ : 1 THE FIRST GREAT LAND FIGHT i L ; L ; Mikado'# Army Across the Yalu Drives * j the Czar's Troops Back in Manchuria? Turned Enemy's Flank?Japanese Loss Probably G50 and the Russian 800? Russians Admit Defeat. Tokio, Japan.?The first general engagement between the Japanese aud Russian armies began at dawn Sunday morning on the Manchurian side of the Yalu River, and resulted in a Japaucse victory. A dispatch dated "From the seat of J war, 3 p. m.,"' says: "The Japanese captured Kiullencheng, which is regarded as the key of the Ilussian position on the right j bank of the Yalu. It is expected that | the Russians will retreat on Fengj wangcheng." xue oame was prect;ueu uy a ?ti-n of skirmishing, in which the Japanese were successful. They drove the Russians from the islands in the Yalu. silenced the artillery ou the opposite bank and built pontoon bridges on which the army crossed. General Kuroki, commanding the First Army Corps, reports that at dawn on Saturday morning he attacked the Russians near Kiulieucheug, a detached torpedo boat squadron at the nAiuth of the Yalu supporting him. After a hot fight, including a long range duel with heavy guns which lasted several hours, he silenced the Russian artillery. Then the Twelfth Division crossed the river on a pontoon bridge near Wiju and occupied the Hushan District The troops then marched in the direction of Kiuliencheng. The Japanese loss was small, while that of the Russians was apparently heavy. Meanwhile, a second pontoon bridge | was being thrown across the river ! above Wiiu. It was completed by 8 I o'clock p. m., and the Guards and the Second Division crossed during the i night. They succeeded in turning the jfleft flank of the Russians. At daybreak next morning the gcn; eral attack began. All the Japanese batteries on the south bank of the river and a flotilla of gunboats, in command of Admiral Hosoya, co-operated. The Japanese had secured the advantage of position. Tokio.?Later reports of Sunday's victory in Manchuria say that the Japanese loss was over loO killed and 500 wounded. The Russian loss is stated at 800 killed and wounded. The Japanese captured tv.-euty-eight quick-firing guns, eight machine guns, much ammunition and many prisoners. The battle was fought along a fourmile fr^pnt, with about 30.000 men engaged on each side. It was opened at daybreak by the artillery fire, to which the Russians responded. The Japanese had 142 guns in action, and gradually the Russian fire slackened. . Then, shortly after 7 o'clock. General Kuroki ordered the Twelfth Division to storm the hills around Kiuliencheng. The troops advanced steadily under a severe fire from the Russian rapid-fire guns. They had to cross one small river, going into the water waist-high. When they got into position for the charge they swept up the hills with irresistible force and the Russiaus retreated. Czar Admits Disastrous Defeat. St. Petersburg. May 1.?The General Staff account of the operations on the Yalu River is as follows: At 4 o'clock a. in. Japanese field batteries and 4.7 guns opened a terrific fire | on our position at Turenchen and on our troops posted near Potientinsky. The overwhelming superiority of the Japanese in artillery and the heavy losses their fire inflicted on our troops occupying these positions made it clear j to General Sassulitch that it was imI possible to hold Turenchen. ConseI quently the troops were ordered to re* j tire from Turenchen, while still lioldj ing the Potietinsky road. When General Sassulitch dispatched . j his telegram the Russian troops were retiring in good order from Turencheu , and Schadhedzy to their second posii tion, and the battle was continuing at Potientinsky and Tchin-gu. KILLS FOUR AND HIMSELF. Indian Territory Man Wipes Out Near! ly All of His Father-in-Law's Family. Dallas. Texas.?At Valllant, Indian Territory, John Walliugburg killed William Sheffield, his wife and two daughters, shooting them to death with a rifle. Two sons of Sheffield, one sixteen and the other seven years old, escaped ! and aroused the other white settlers, j and pursuit was made of Walliugburg, i who had fled toward the timbered botj toms of Red River. The dead body of Wallingburg was found next morn j ing ux me iiiuian xerruory 011 tue . north bank of the Red River. An empty vial was found that had contained poison,V which is tHken as evi1 dence that Wallingburg, knowing that he was pursued by a uiob of lynchers, ' committed suicide when he found that | the waters of the Red River were too high for him to cross. Socialists Celebrate in Europe. 1 May Day celebrations in Europe - were marked by gatherings and par> ades of Socialists. a - World's Fair Visitors Hurt. The hurricane roof of the ferry steamer Alonzo C. Church collapsed while the steamer was crowded with sightseers viewing tlie United States ' gunboat Nashville, at anchor at St. Louis, Mo. About twenty people were 1 injured a number of them seriously. Panama Caual Sanitation. I The sanitary experts of the Panama 9 ; Canal Commission have a big job be| fore them, but they expect to have the 1 isthmus habitable in a year. * Personal Mention. The Khedive of Egypt, it is reported, will visit the United States for the St. 3 Louis Exposition. ^Xorodoml., who was crowned King e of Cambodia in ISO'),-is dead. He is 2 succeeded by Lobbarach. Lord Braye, who is now paying a . visit to Canada, is one of the thirty or forty Roman Catholic peers df Great Britain. Dr. Frank I. Shaw, a young dentist, of Seattle, has been offered the ap? pointment or dentist to King Charles I of Roumania. WORLD'S. FAIR OPENING Presidont Roosevelt Starts the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. President Francis Welcome# to St. Louli Exhibitor* and Visitors From All Nations to the Great West. St. Louis, Mo.?Amid the booming of cannon, the crash of brass bauds and ! the cheers of more than 100.000 people, : the great St. Louis Fair that has cost j this city millions to prepare, opened its doors to the public. The cascades, as if by the touch of a magic hand, sent forth their glittering j streams of crystal. Flags were un-1 furled and the great Louisiana Pur- i chase Exposition sprung into being. In the White House at Washington President Roosevelt, who awaited the ' signal, touched at the proper moment an electric button connected with the Exposition grounds, and at that touch the machinery of the most colossal exhibit ever attempted"on this side of the water began to move. Simultaneously salutes were fired from the two naval vessels in the river, and thousands of steam whistles took up the work of celebrating the opening of the fair. The streets were crowded. ! Banners all over the grounds' were i unfurled at the moment when the Exposition became a thing accomplished. Representatives of every government and people on earth, attired in glittering uniforms of exalted rank, stood un. covered on the great platform, a glorious sun shining down, while a vast throng in holiday attire cheered for five minutes and swung hats, handkerchiefs and flags in the euthusiasm of the occasion. There was no hitch anywhere. At night the grounds of the Exposition were a fairyland of light and color. The boulevards and piazzas were almost impassable. Crowds were jammed in every building. St. Louis ! had given herself up to the occasion, l and it was practically a silent, empty j city that waited for the Exposition I grounds to relinquish the sightseers and j celebrants. The day broke fair and comparative- j Iy cool, and presented a surprising I scene on the fair grounds. Absolute J transformation had been brought about. I A week ago the unknowing visitor ; would have viewed the seeming chaos with dubious thoughts as to the ability of the Exposition management to finish the physical part of the Exposition on time. Even the night before- the outlook was doubtful for a presentable field for the overshadowing occasion. Day brought a marvellous transformation. Tons of debris, scores of unsightly shacks, temporary bridges and murky pools that had disfigured the beautiful main picture had disappeared over night, and in their place appeared greensward, flowering beds, bright colored booths and spotless white palaces. This had been wrought by an army of 30.000 workers. By 9 o'clock a. m. not a workman was visible. The work had been done. The completed picture was on exhibition for the admiring gaze of the world's visitors, who beheld walks clean and flowers blooming, the green of the lawns in perfect harmony with the ivory of the palaces, without ever knowing what remained to be done but a day before it was accomplished. St. Louis itself was in holiday attire in honor of the event. Business houses and private residences throughout the city were decorated, and every department of public life was engaged in the celebration. The special World's Fair police force of three captains^ eighteen sergeants and 275 meu, were drilled and organized for duty, and the Jefferson Guards nau aireau.v uecoiue uiiures uuuui iue Exposition grounds. The streets are crowded and every hotel and boarding house jam full. Distinguished visitors were to be met everywhere. Quite unexpectedly the Nashville and the Lawrence, of the United States Navy, arrived in the harbor a day ahead of time, and all day they were visited by hundreds of people to whom the presence of a warship in the harbor is an event as unusual, almost as the holding of a world's fair. The program of the openiug ceremonies was as follows: Prayer by Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus, | concluding with Lord's Prayer repeat- | ed by the audience. Address by President Francis. Presentation of keys of the Expos!- 1 tion by Director of Works to the Presi- \ dent. Transfer of the Exhibit Palaces by ; the President to the Director of Ex hiblts. Address by F. J. V. Skiff, Director of i Exhibits. Chorus, "Hymn of the West." Address by .Mayor Rolla Wells, of St, Louis. Address by Thomas FT. Carter, Prest- | dent of the National Commission. Addresses by Senator H. E. Burnham I and Representative J. A. Tawney ou j behalf of Congress. Address by Edward FT. Harriman, ! President of the New York State Com- j mission. Address by William FT. Taft. Secretary of War, on behalf of the President of the United States. Starting of machinery by President ! Roosevelt.iin the White House, Wash.- I inston, touching a telegraph key. Parade of concessionaires. Suicide Robbed Her Father. A handsome woman who committed ; suicide in Baltimore hag been identified as Clara L. Charters, who robbed : her father and who was an accomplice I of "Dr," Charles Woodward in forger- j ies. Boston Faced Broad Famine. A strike of more than 1400 bakers in , Boston, Mass., Cambridge and Chelsea i went into effect, and every bakery in j the three cities was affected, with the i exception of the Hebrew establish- i incuts. Cotton Planting Closing. ""Cotton planting is general over the northern portion of the belt, and is j nearly finished in theeentraiand south- j ern portions, where chopping is in general progress. Sporting Brevities. to yachts belonging to clubs enrolled in the Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound. Chainoion James J. Jeffries will | probably retire from tlie prize ring inside of a year. ,T. 0'3rien, tiie American jockey, will shortly return to this country and will ride in jumping races this summer. S. F. Edge, the famous British automobilist, says he will enter for the Vanderbilt Cup race if it be opened to the world. IINOR EyENTSOF THE WEEK i WASHINGTON ITEMS. United States Attorney Grigsby, ol 1 Nome district. Alaska, has resigned j under charges. Investigation of the Post Office Dp- i partment will be continued during tb? j summer. A $5000 silver service given by tl)e State for the battleship South Dakota has been received at the Bureau C'f Equipment of the Navy Department. Postmaster-General Payne has returned from his sea voyage, improved in health. Wendell Phillips Stafford, of Vermont. has been appointed a Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of I Columbia. President and Mrs. Roosevelt were entertained at dinner by Secretary and ; Mrs. Cortelyou. The Senate in executive session confirmed the nomination of Jeter C. | Pritchard. of North Carolina, to be j United States Judge for the Fourth j Judicial District. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. J. G. Brioso, member of the Executive Council, and Robert Todd, Mayor I of San Juan, have been elected delegates at the Republican convention to represent the island at the Republican National convention. Party dissensions were bitter and caused disturbances during the session. Santiago Viva and T. J. Besosa will go as substitutes. DOMESTIC. Shortly after taking office Police Commissioner Woodville, at New Orleans, La., furnished the police with a complete list of the gambling houses in the city and ordered them to arrest the proprietors. Harris E. Dexter, fourteen years old, of Randolph, Mass., who confessed to killing his ten-year-old brother, was | found not guilty of causing the death, j iToprietors or snows aiong tne riue [ In the St. Louis Fair hope to obtain j permission to open their places-on Sun- i iay. May day strikes and lockouts involv- , Ing thousands of workmen were re- j ported throughout the country. Henry Bilz, of Lake View, N. J., went down a ninety-foot rope into the j Passaic Falls chasm to rescue a small | fox terrier that some heartless person \ bad thrown over the rocks. Dr. August Greth of San Francisco, j took an eight-mile trip across country ; toward San Jose in his new airship, j A broken valve in the motor brought ; the voyage to an end. While Mrs. Fleming Frobman was putting her baby to bed at Huntsville, Ala., her husband killed her and then inflicted fatal wouuds upon himself. Judge Gaynor discharged the ball players who were arrested in Brooklyn to test the Sunday law and going outside of his decision scored the police ind described Sunday ball playing and golf as innocent and healthful amuse- j inents. District Attorney Jerome declared | that the Western Union directors were morally responsible for the continuance of poolselling, so long as the telegraph company continued to sell the racing news to pooirooms. Arrangements were completed for the payment of the $10,000,000 due to the Republic of Panama for the canal i concession. It was announced at Ithaca that | charges against Supreme Court Justice i Warren B. Hooker would be heard ou : May 24. I It was reported in Salt Lake City j chat the Executive Board of tho United Mine Workers, at a ui2etiug in Indianapolis, had decided to call off the coal strike in the Western fields. Whitelaw Reid was elected Chancellor and St. Clair McKelway ViceShancellor by the Regents of the Unieersity of the State of New York. Rhode Island Republicans in State convention elected National delegates, and strongly indorsed President Rooserelt, pledging him support. A jury in Rock Rapids, Iowa, found j Charles Rocker guilty of the murder : Df August Schroeder, at Doou, Iowa, Tune 30, 1901, and fixed the penalty at ieath. "Bob" Taylor, a criminal with police records in Indiana, Colorado and California, killed two men and wounded Sheriff Denholm before allowing himself to be taken prisoner, at Tacoma, Wash. Four lives were lost in the buruing )f the Bryan House, a three-story brick structure, in Lansing, Mich. The dead are: Jerome C. Stiles, Grand Rapids; : Panortm Rmmnnn niifi i JULII1 llUIKUiU, LUUJOVua James Ray, Lansing. Mrs. Edith J. Hollis, indicted for the j murder of her husband, Delaware T. Hollis. of Camden, Del., November 11, was acquitted, the jury rendering a verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity." FOREIGN. The American schooner Irene, which cleared from Key West three months ago for Nicaragua, has been captured j by the Cuban revenue cutter Atrana | while tishiug for sponges close to the north coast of Pinar del Rio. Reinforcements of 1300 men will be sent from Berlin to German Southwest Africa, with two batteries of held guns. Military authorities think that the suppression of the rebellion may require a year. Berlin was surprised by the appearance of the Kaiser on horseback in Unter den Linden, his first visit to the capital since his return from the Mediterranean. Tests of four Russian submarine boats at Port Arthur were reported successful. Recent surveys in East Africa are reported to show that an important strip of territory belongs to the Congo Free State instead of Great Britain. Two hundred Japanese troops, who refused to surrender after the capture of the transport Ivenshiu by the Vladivostok squadron near Wonsaii, were sunk with the vessel. The German Emperor at Karlsruhe I hinted at the possibility of German inti?rventioa. in the Far East. Russia may protest against the permission giv-iu by France to Great Britain to use Egyptian funds. The Russian Govt runient has decided to lay another line of rails ou the Trans-Siberian Road. King Edward and Queen Alexandra landed at Kingstown, Ireland, and went to the Punchestown races; the i King expressed his pleasure with the good outlook for the country. A British force bombarded the town of lllig, on the Somaliland coast, Africa, and captured its Sultan. An attempt has been made to assassinate the District Governor of Echmfedziu, Russia. He was struck by two bullets. One of them penetrated his chest. The motive of the_ attempt was political. SLAY BROTHER AND SISTER John Van Gorder and Anna Farnam Murderod at Almond, N. Y. An Old Iron Safe Pried Open and Rilled, and Beda, Hureaus and Trunks Ransacked For Money. Angelica. N. Y.?John Van Gorder, a i'armer, fifty-two years old, and his half-sister, Miss Anna Farnam, fortytwo years of age, were murdered at their home, five miles northeast of here, in the town of West Almond, and the hojise was ransacked for booty. xiic-jf were siuuueu iu aeaiu, ana 11 is believed that the crime was committed by Italians employed on the construction woi'k of the Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad. Charles A. Rice, a neighbor, was the first to discover the crime. He went to the Van Gorder farmhouse the morning after the murder to borrow a grain drill and found the front door partly open and the bodies of Van Gorder and his sister lying on the kitchen door. There were ten or twelve knife wounds about the head and chest of each body and several stabs made with a three cornered tile. The heads of both victims were battered with a heavy monkey wrench. The wrench was found in the room and the file in the front yard. The Coroner's autopsy showed that the body of Miss Farnam had been brutally treated. Mr. Van Gorder was a well-known farmer and nurseryman. His half-sister had lived with him for many years as his housekeeper. He was a brother of former State Senator Greenleaf Van Gorder, of Buffalo. At Camp Burk, two miles from the scene of the murder, about 200 Italians are employed in construction work, and for many weeks they have made a practice of buying cider, butter, eggs and apples of the farmers in that neighborhood. At about dark two Italians were seen by James Coker on their way toward the Van Gorder bouse, where the workmen often went to purchase supplies. Van Gorder occupied a large white house located on the summit of a hill, and the nearest neighbor lives abouc a quarter of a mile away. So far as is known neither of the victims bad an enemy in the world. Mr. Van Gorder was not a strong man physically, but Miss Farnam was a woman of unusual strength. The room in which the double murder was committed showed signs of a fearful struggle. The l;od.v of Miss Farnam had been^ drags;ed acToss rne room into a cioset tnat adjoined the kitchen. There were many clots of blood on the floor. The body of Mr. Van Gorder lay in another corner of the room. His broken pipe lay on the floor, and the rocking chair in which he was evidently sitting was badly broken. An old-fashioned iron safe which stood in the kitchen was pried open and rifled, and every bureau drawer, trunk and gripsack in the house was ripped open and the contents scattered over the floors. The beds were turned upside down in search of booty, and there were marks of bloody hands on the sheets and pillows. The murderers did not get much money, for Mr. Van Gorder did not make a practice of keeping money in his house. Sam Parks is Dead. Sara Parks, who as walking delegate of the old Housesmiths and Bridgemen's Union, of New York City,- held ,up employers and sold out fellow workmen, died iu Sing Sing Prison. When Pafiis went to Sing Sing his condition soon became so serious as a result of consumption that he was taken to the hospital, where he remained until his death. Parks, who was thirty-eight years old, came to this country from Ireland when he was a boy of fourteen. He was sent to prison after conviction *f extortion in the case of a strike iu Vnnr Vni.l- rst-r. Transfer of Canal Property. The President was officially informed by tbe Isthmian- Canal Commission that the transfer of property on the Isthmus from the canal company to the United States had taken place. Simultaneousiy Attorney-General Knox informed the President in writing of the completed arrangements for paying to the New Panama Canal Company, of France, the $40,000,000 agreed upon as the purchase price of the company's rights aud property. New-Chwang Taken. New-Chwang was captured by Ihe Japauese, who landed, attacked the town and forced the Russians to fall back to defend the railway. In the pursuit of Russians toward Feng-WaiigCheng the Japanese met stubborn resistance and lost 300 men. Two Russian batteries, twelve guns, were captured. General Kasbtalinsky was reported killed. Many Russians entered the Japanese lines and surrendered. Missouri's Officers Not Blamed. Captain William S. Cowles and ihe other officers of the battleship Missouri have been exonerated by the court of inquiry from all blame and responsibility for the explosion in the Missouri's after turret and handling voorn, which ivsulted in the death of live officers and twenty-seven enlisted men. The court recommends that no further oroceedincs be taken. Con., oser Dvorak Dies iu Prague At Prague. Bohemia. Dr. Antonin Dvorak, the noted composer, director of the Conservatory of Music at Praguff and formerly director of the New York Conservatory of Music, died of apoplexy. He was sixty-two years old. Brooklyn to Have Sunday Ball. Police Commissioner McAdoo. of New York City, announced that there would be no further police interference with Sunday baseball, save on complaint of citizens, and Charlps II. Ebbets, President of the Brooklyn Club, will continue Sunday games at Washington Park. Hurricane in Cochin-China. A hundred natives were killed by a hurricane in Cochin-Cliina. and much damage was caused at Saigon. Woodend Surrenders to Police. Dr. William Edwin Woodend. of New York City, owner of the collapsed brokerage concern of W. E. Woodend Co.. surrendered to the police. Dr. Woodciid declared that he was penniless. denied that he "bucketed" stock orders and ascribed his failure to hi* unfortunate venture in backing l'atti's tuur. Troops Mobilizing in Brazil. It was rumored in Rio Janeiro that Brazil had ordered the mobilization of troops to enforce claims to the territory disputed by Peru. A ' s t ; % ?????? THOIfflS DM 01MO' Russian General Admits Heavy Losses in Battle With Japanese, THE BODIES LAY IN .HI Between 3000 anil 4000 of hie Mlkv Troops Fell In the Fight ? Superior Xumbers Forced -the Russians to Retir* ?Japanese Male Continual "Bayonet Attacks Under Calling Fire. St. Petersburg, Russia.?In a report received by the Emperor from General Kuropatkin it is stated that at least from 3000 to 4000 men were killed in the Yalu River battle. General Huropatkin's report of Sunday's battle at the Yalu is, in part, as follows: General Sassolileh's report on the fight with the Japanese on the Yalu River says that the battle was fought under the following cfVcumstances: The Twelfth and Twenty-second regiments and the Second and Third Batteries of the Sixth Brigade of Artillery were engaged in the battle, which began with heavy cannonading of our right flank by sie?? guns at Wiju and field, batteries in the distance. After a lull the fighting was "resumed with extraordinary v.olence against the left flank of our main position at Turenchen and our position at Potientinsky. A fusillade was also begun by small parties of Japanese across the Ai River. The situation of the defenders' posi- * '< tion became difficult, especially at Potietinsky, which was bombarded on the front and on both flanks. Thirty Japanese guns were pitted .. against our battery at Totietinsky, which after having silenced the ene rays mountain nattery directed its lire on the Japanese infantry and sustained few losses co Ions as it was not obliged <. to take up another position owing to the withdrawal of our infantry from * the bank. The Japanese under our fire made continual bayonet attacks on our troops. Japauesa bodies lay in heaps at the tfiver fords. Simultaneously . with the attack at Potletinsky an attack was being made on our left, flank at Turenchen. and the Russian trenches had to be abandoned under the Japanese enfilading fire. Our reserves several times mingled with the first line, thus enabling it for a long time to maintain its position, K Finally all of the supports were brought up into the tiring line, but owing to the great distance from our main reserves it was impossible for them to reach the advanced force in time, and our men retired from the principal position to another position in the rear of Turenchen, followed by the concentrated fire of the Japanese, who could not make up their minds to descend from the crest they occupied and face the fire of our batteries at I Poulemetts. They dug fresh trenches and opened a heavy artillery fire on our new position and began to.turn our left flank toward Chingow. Two battalions of the Eleventh Regiment and the Third Battery of the Third Brigade of Artillery, belonging to the main reserve, were ordered to Laofunhou. They occupied a position with a double firing line, thus permitting our- advanced line, which had suffered heavily, and our wounded to retire. A battalion of the Eleventh Regiment, both flauks of which were repeatedly turned by the enemy, advanced with fixed \ bayonets, preceded oy buglers, to clear a passage.- The Japanese, however, declined a hand to hand conflict. In the Eleventh Regiment the killed included Colonel Laming and Lieuten-ant-Colonels Domctti and Raievsky. The Twelfth Regiment lost nine com-' pany commanders killed or wounded. The Second and Third batteries of the Sixth Brigade, having lost the greater number of their men and horses, were compelled to abaudon their sixteen guns after rendering them useless. ' The Japanese losses were very heavy at the passage of the Ai Piver, at their position at Turenchen and ca the hill occupied by the two battalions of the Eleventh Regin*nt. According to the statements of participants in the battle at least 3000 to 4000 Japanese were killed. It is now admitted here that both Generals Jjassolitch and Kashtalinsky were wounded and that twenty-seven guns were captured by the Japanese. As is well understood here. General Kuropatkiu's program did not contemplate such resistance to the Japanese advance. NUN FOUNDS INDIAN SCHOOL. Mother Katherine Drexel Gives $500,000 For One For Winnebagoes. Sioux City. iow.i.?Mother Katlierine Drexel. of Pinladelpb.a, founder and head of the Order of the Blessed Sacrament. nuns who devote their lives to the uplifting of the Indiau and negro, has offered $300,(XX) of her own private n'ifli -vliinh tA hllilH O /*1l11IV?h and school for the Indians of the Winnebago (Neb.) reservation. Mother Drexel, who gave up a life of ease for her charily, was moved to. make the offer, she says >. a letter to a friend, because her forefathers had interests in Xejraska. ( \ Batted Baseball Kills a Man. Frank J. Duccau, twenty years old, was hit by a batted ball in an amateur baseball game it Baltimore, Md? and died iu a hospital in a few hours. Magistrate Kills Lawyer. At Manning, S. C., under the Court House portico, ami while court was in session. Magistrate S. M. Youmans shot and instantly killed John It. Keel, a lawyer. Youmans tired tive shots, all taking effect, and immediately gave himself up to the Sheriff. The quarrel was over a business transaction. New Bishop Consecrated. The Rev. William Stang was consecrated Bishop of Fall River at Providence. 11. I. Minor Mention. Mexican bcaltli officers refused to recognize Texas quarantiue regulations. A long drought in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado was finally broken. Ilobbers got $1200 and overlooked $901) more when tliey looted the bank at Iola, Wis. In the German Reichstag was discussed a bill, the purpose of which ia to promote the cottou grow lug industry iu Germau East Africa. I