BUMEFOR SLOGUH HORROR i
Directors, Captains and Inspector
Accused of Manslaughter
PENALTY TEN YEARS AT LABOR
Verdict of" Coroner's Jury, in Session in
New York City, Charge* Officials of
Knickerbocker Company and Government
Inspector "With Criminal Negligence?Warrants
Issued For All,
New York City ?For the deaths of
more than a thousand human beinss
on the Sloeum the Coroner's jury returned
to the court room after three
hours and forty minutes' deliberation
and declared that the following men
were guilty of negligence or cowardice,
and demanded that they be held on a
cnarge ot mansiauguier in xoe seconu
degree. The penalty for such a crime
is ten years at hard labor.
Frank A. Barnaby. President Knickerbocker
Steamship Company.
James K. Atkinsou, Secretary.
Charles E. Hill, director.
C. De Lacy Evans, director.
Robert K. Story, director.
Floyd S. Corbin. director.
Frank O. Dexter, director.
William H. Van Schaick. captain of
the Slocum.
Jehu A. Pease, commodore of the
Knickerbocker fleet.
Edward Flanagan, mate of the Slocum
Henry Lundberg, United States Inspector
of Hulls.
The verdict rehearsed the history of
the Slocum's trip up toward the Sound
until she was destroyed. The jury expressed
its belief that the boat was not
equipped with proper life saving or
fire fighting appliances, and that her
crew was neither efficieut nor well
drilled. It was held that President
Barnaby and his associates as directors,
especially James K. Atkinson, who
-with \fi\ Rarnabv as
managing director, were responsible
for the lack of provision for disaster ;
on the Slocum; Captain Van Schaick
was charged with criminal neglect of
duty for permitting tbe boat to be in
an unsafe condition; so was Captain
Pease^ commodore of the company's
fleet; Mate Flanagan was described as
a coward, and attention was drawn to
the fact that he had no liceuse; Inspec- ,
tor Lundberg was charged with not '
having made a proper inspection of (
^ the Slocum. The jury charged all the ,
A persons named with criminal negli-.
if gence. The Federal prosecuting offi- J
cers were asked to get after Lundberg. 1
Secretary Cortelyou was asked to take (
steps to make future inspections of ves- (
sels ia this harbor "efficient and lion- ,
est." J
As soon as the reading of the verdict j
was over Assistant District Attorney
Garvan asked the Coroner to issue .
warrants for the arrest of the persons .
against whom the jury's verdict had
made charges. This was done.
JAPANESE STILL ADVANCE.
Large Armies Continue to Surround '
, the Russians. i
Liau Yang. ? The Japanese continue j
their advance from the eastward. The
southern Japanese army has advanced
ten miles beyond Senucben and halted, !
evidently awaiting the arrival of Gen
or.il Knrnti Sevwal davs must elaDSe
before General Kuroki and General ,
Oku can get into position and jointly J
attack Tachichao, which it is believed :
will be the most likely point for an
important battle.
Reports of lighting between the Rus- (
sian rear guard and the advance guard
regiments of the enemy are continually
coming in; The battles are indecisive,
but they show that the Japan- i
ese are in great strength and are mov- ]
Ing forward regularly on each front,
despite strong opposition. This is cor- i
roborated by official dispatches. Mem- i
bers of the Red Cross, together with
non-combatants who are desirous of
witnessing the fighting, are leaving ]
southward daily. It is believed here ;
that a battle between the main armies <
caunot be delayed longer than a few
days, and unless General Kuropatkin i
decides to abandon his positions south
of Haichen and risk the capture of the
small divisions between Siu Yen and
Tachichao, he will have to fight shortly. :
KILLED HIS LITTLE PLAYMATE.
Six-Year-Old Threw Stone That Struck
I Two-Year-Old.
j Hoboken, N. J.?"Jimmie" Hartwig,
|who is just six years old, was locked
.up in the detention room in the Ho- '
Iboken Police Headquarters because he
threw a stone which hit Eiuil Haltering
and killed him. The Hartwig lad
lives at 714 First street. Hoboken. The
Haltering boy, who is but two years
old, lived next door.
Both were playing on th? sidewalk
with other children. Hartwig in his
play threw a stone or a lump of coal,
and it hit the Haltering boy in the
stomach. He dropped backward and
his head struck the curbstone.
An ambulance was summoned from
&t. Mary's Hospital, and the child died
on the way to that institution. His
neck was broken.
New Jersey Mob Assaults Man.
Frederick Hughson. a carpenter of
Collinsville, N. J., was taken from his
home by a mob of men and women,
thrashed and threatented with hanging.
The mob's action was due to
scandalous stories circulated about
their victim.
Man Killed For a Deer.
Henry Prentice, a machinist, who
has devoted a great part of his life to
bunting and trapping, was shot and
killed on the Osgood River, near Paul
Smith's, X. Y.. by Jerry-Parsous. who
mistook Prentice for a deer.
A Mysterious Shooting.
Miss Julia Sharp, whose engagement
to Manson Fiske, of Buffalo, was mysteriously
broken off a year ago. was
shot and killed in North Carolina. Her
family say her death was accidental.
Prominei i People. Speaker
Cannon, who has a touch of
malaria, will take a sea voyage.
King Alfonso of Spain will visit the
icourts of Europe this summer.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans is a
baseball enthusiast, and seldom misses
an opportunity to see a game.
Earl Roberts has definitely accepted
'Ambassador . Choate's invitation to
visit America before the close of the
year.
riiui r?.ruger is living iu u vuia at
Clarens. o;i the Lake of Geneva, with
his daughter, his grandchildren, his
L^ccretary and his physician.
HUGE BRIBERY SCANDAL
l. a. outks Makes Full Conlessior
to Folk.
Gives the Prices That Hie St. T.ooli
Boodl* Combine Iteceive<l For Virions
Deals ? City Pluudereil.
St. Lpuis, Mo.?With the hope thai
cleaiency will be shown to him wlier
he will plead guilty to bribery in th
city lighting scandal in Judge McDon
aid's court. Charles A. Gutke made a
voluntary confessiou to Circuit Attor
ney Joseph W. Folk of all he knows
concerning the various boodle scandals
which have been before the public foi
the last two and a half years, telling
in minute detail of the parts he played
and who did the bribing.
Gutke said in his confession:
4,I did not realize that I was committing
a crime in taking money f'ot
tuy vote until these boodle prosecutions
began.
"The people of St. Louis even now do
not realize how they have been persistontiv
nlnndered for vears and years
by the men they elected to make laws
for the city. Were I to give the details
of all the various deals iu my knowledge
volumes would be filled.
"The first bill that came,up after I
had become a member of the combine
was the Suburban Loop bill. The combine
got $30,000 for their votes on this
bill; 011 the Belt Line bill. $1S,000; ou
the Union Avenue bill. $18,000; Central
Traction bill, $73,000; Third Street
Line bill, we were to get $15,000;
Lighting bill. $47,500; on the Suburban
we were to get $75,000 which is now
in the safe deposit box in the Lincoln
Trust Company, being placed there
with the agreement that it should be
turned over to us when the bill had
been passed.
"While thjjse are some of the largest
bribes secured during my term of
office, there were innumerable others,
ranging from $10,000 for switching
bills to a few hundred dollars for
some minor privilege.
"The bribe prices were fixed in meetings
of the combine, the procedure being
for .some member to get up and
move that a certain price be fixed on
a certain bill. Other members would
give their opinions and a vote would be.
adopted. Then we would select an
agent of the combine by ballot to negotiate
for and receive the money.
This agent would distribute the money
among us.
"From my intimate knowledge of
Jealings with this combine and from
information secured of what has been
?oing on here for the last quarter of a
century, I make the positive statement
that there is hardly a corporation in
the city of St. Louis of $250,000 and
jver that has not either been held up
Pat- hriho mnnor rt? thnf llflS lint hOUCTht
official action from the combine in the
House of Delegates.
'I acted as agent of the combine in a
[lumber of these deals. When these
prosecutions commenced we were
astounded, but still confident of our
ability to get out on top. Ed Butier
assured us there was uo danger, and
?ave us authority to employ all the
attorneys we wanted and he would pay
the bills, and he did. He told us not
to feel uneasy. Butler talked to me a
srreat many times confidentially about
liis plans and what he had done.
"The gang known as fhe 'Boodle
erang' in St. Louis is more powerful
than the people of this city dream of.
ft has millions behind it, and the
chances are .that unless the people of
St. Louis rise up they will succeed in
jetting control of the city again."
HELEN KELLER GRADUATES.
Gets Her A. B. Degree at Radcliffe and
Receives Hearty Applause.
Boston.?Helen Adams Keller, the
blind and deaf girl whose progress in
tier studies has interested many of the
leading educators since she was a
child, was graduated from Radcliffe
College, receiving cum laude t honors
with her A. B. degree.
The commencement exercises took
place in Sander's Theatre. Cambridge.
Miss Keller sat among her classmates,
in hor mnrtarhnarri and crown. She
was accompanied by her teacher and
companion. Miss Sullivan.
President Brings referred to Miss
Keller as one who. in learning much,
taught more. Dean Irwin then presented
the diplomas, and when Miss
Keller's name was read she went forward
tc the platfcrm guided by Miss
Sullivan, took the degree, bowed smilingly,
and then left the theatre amid
protracted applause. She did not attend
the alumni dinner.
DEPORT 31 MORE MINERS.
General Bell Says It's the Last Batch;
Order Prevails at Victor.
Victor. Col?The fourth and. General
Bell says, the last deportation of union
miners from this city was made. There
were thirty-four, making a total of 1S1
to date.
Four Deputy Sheriffs and a squad of
the National Guard, under command
of Captain Moore, have orders to leave
their prisoners at Colorado Springs, the
home of most of the mine owners of
this district. Peace and quiet prevails,
but martial law is stiil in force.
King Edward Visits Hamburg.
King Edward paid a visit to Hamburg.
the occasion of his visit being
made a general holiday.
Olney and Taft on Philippines.
At Harvard Richard Olney attacked
and Secretary Taft defended the Gov
eminent s runnipius [tuiaj,
War Against Setting Craze.
The Equitable Life Assurance Society
of New York City lias issued a
circular prohibiting its employes from
betting oil races on pain of dismissal
and several of the largest stores iu tht
city have begun a war on the fever foi
betting on the horse races.
Syracuse Wins Boat Race.
Syracuse University won tiie inter
collegiate and freshman eight-oarei
'varsity races at Potighkeepsie atic
Cornell the four-oared race.
Sporting Brevities.
Devlin, of the New Yorks, rises t<
emergencies like a hungry trout t<
1 flv ..J r
Haverford Ccllege cricket toan
played a drawn game with Rugby, ii
England.
Hermis, the winner of the Suburbai
Handicap, traveled from New York t<
St. Louis in a special car to enter tin
$50.00!) World's Fair Handicap.
f The Wrean brothers lost and W. A
Larned and M. D. Whitman won in tbi
j two lawn tennis matches played in ai
invitation tournament at the Rocka
I way Hunting Clyb.
jJAPANESECONllNUETOWINp
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I Drive the Russian Fleet Back to j
Port Arthur.
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j PRINCE UHTOMSKY IS LOST
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' The Peresviet Was Sank anil Two Othei !
Warship* Damaged?Japanese Lossel
l o;
I Slight?The Russian Annies Are Hard
( i t C1
' Pressed and Heavy Fighting is On?No
Decisive Engagements Reported. /
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! Tokio. Japan.?Admiral Togo has^ s<
> j sent a report on the naval engagiren* tl
> off Port Arthur, when on Russian watf. j r<
ship was sunk and two others we,re r<
; ! damaged in an attempt of tbe RusstaD
fleet to escape from the harbor, The
report follows: .' : t]
| "On receipt of a message seriO^y I d
; wireless telegraphy from a picket ship t]
i off Port Arthur, that the enemy's fleet
, i had emerged from the port, I advanced J <j<
i to meet them with all my fleet except I ai
i vessels on special mission. .. | w
| "The enemy consisted of sis battle
ships, five cruisers and fourteen de- h:
| stroyers, which apparently attempted j <-'1
J to move southward, but at nightfall j S
i they stayed outside of the port. j sc
"That night a majority of our de
j stroyers and torpedo boats attacked ti
| the enemy's fleet outside of the port C2
and sank at least one battleship of the j 01
; Peresviet type and damaged seriously j y
; one battleship of Sevastopol type and i y<
i one of Diana type, which were towed J w
i into the port the next morning. | is
uu uui: 3iue iiie wuailuuui ui uuc j
destroyer Shirakumo was damaged and j a
! three men were killed and one surgeon sa
I and two men were wounded. Torpedo er
I boat Chidori received one shot in the p<
! aft engine room, but there were no cas- h(
j ualties. Torpedo boats 64 and G6 were
slightly damaged." vi
Rome, Italy.?A dispatch from Tokio | is
! to the Giornale d'ltalia says the Rus- J hi
; sian Admiral, Prince Uhtomsky, and j gf
j 750 men were drowned when the bat- j &i
I tleship Peresviet was torpedoed and ; ai
i sunk. j p
The Japanese lost six killed. Four of j ai
the Japanese torpedo boats were dam- j ?
i aged. j si
Newchwang. ? It is becoming clear j
that the two great armies now practi- : ai
! cally facing each other have in their I tr
recent engagements sought to win only ! I
a position for the decisive battle that ; tt
, cannot now be far away. The sharp |
I assaults of the Japanese east and west ' ci
' of the railroad near Kaiping and north
! of that city near Tachichao undoubted", i Pi
i ly had for their purpose a plan to force j y<
I General Kuropatkin to fipht south of 1 er
i Haichen, and to fight without delay a 1 in
i battle which, in the event of defeat, j P<
> would have made his retreat perilous j b<
' if not impossible, because of the si
i forces which General Kuroki has to i y<
| the northeast threatening Liau Yang j tt
: and Mukden.
But the Russian forces under Stakel- ; n<
i berg on the railway line and Mist- ! n<
| chenko to the east of Stakelberg's left j ft
flank are persistently fighting a rear i 3*<
j guard series of engagements, hoping i rc
i with the advantage of the mountain- ; tt
I ous country to get saieiy ooriu ul nai? |
! chen. The Russians, retreating on pi
I three roads, must be fighting continu- . ai
! ously, as the ambulance trains prove, | th
j and ia two days' march of them, at . w
I Haichen, is General Kuropatkin's main i P1
infantry and artillery force. Teady to I
I go south if necessary, but for strategi- ! Ii
| cal reasons preferring to make the act- j ni
; ual battle ground between Hachen and di
| Liau Yang, where formidable entrench, i hi
j ments and fortified roads would serve I in
I greatly in defending a naturally strong 1 to
! position. The advance of the Japanese 1
1 and the threatened destruction of the se
I Russian forces south of Haichen may i ti
! force the Russian commander to fight ; hi
| on ground selected by the enemy. The ti
j situation is clear only to the strategists |
; on the two sides, ar.d the only thing | m
: plain to all is that the Japanese con- j al
tinue to pursue Stakelberg's army, ! a
Mistchenko's Cossacks bravely fighting j bi
to keep the line of rereat clear by pre- , hi
venting a junction of the Japanese i Jo
forces from the southeast with those ! P'
under General Oku on both sides of i ai
the railroad running north. hi
DEAD NUMBER ABOUT 913. s<
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! Police Make Up Lists of Dead, Missing,
Hurt and Unhurt.
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New York City.?Police Inspector ' ?
Schmittberger turned into Commission- j
er McAdoo a long report on the Slocum |
disaster. It contains much valuable 1
information, laboriously collected and ' fa
approximately correct?especially the'; ci
lists of names of the dead, missing, in-1 oi
jured and uninjured. I ol
The total loss of life was 915. ai
It- annears that less than eighteen
per ceut. of tliose on the Slocurn es- k
| caped unhurt and that about sixty-nine 111
, per cent, perished?that nearly four |
! times as many lost their lives as es- [
: caped injury. I
Jobs in the Harvest Field. j b;
Superintendent John J. Bealin. of ! c<
the State Free Employment Bureau, I
at New York City, hears from Labor !
Commissioner Anderson, of Missouri, ' v
that there are needed there according
to latest reports. 21,000 extra hands to j
reap the harvest in the wheat belt. I
The wages are from $2 to $3.50 a day j T
with board. Only hardy, strong men, rt
accustomed to outdoor labor are want- 11
ed.
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Carry 22,000,000 Passengers. : tJ
I Steamevs in Boston Harbor carried a
' i over 22,000,000 passengers last year. T
Only one life was lost. ' 11
Lightning Kills Four, Destroys House.
. I During a severe storm at B?aver
Mills Creek, near Edmonton, N. W. T., **
lightning struck the home of T. <J
Kaczuk, killing Mrs. Kaczuk and three
I children. The house was destroyed
; 'and the bodies were found in the ruin9
j :by neighbors. ! P
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National Bank Fails.
- | The Controller of the Currency. r,t |
1 Washington. D. C.. has received word
I j of the failure of the Medina Nationa' j ?
i uaiiK, <u ?ucuniii, -a. i.
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News From the Far Ea:t.
} ' The military attaches arc going to b
5 i Southern Manchuria, in anticipations
of developments there. ii
1 i General Kuropatkin left Llaoyr.ng
1 to assume command of the army op- ^
crating toward Port Arthur.
1 The Japanese are experimenting b
> v-itli automobile traction to take stores ii
? from the front from Takuskan over a
road of rough planks. s
i- Tokio dispatch says a Japr.neso do- 0
e fachment surprised and routed a cora1
pany of Cossacks, seven miles north- S
' west of Taku-Shau. b
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Olises m ^ew iors, u UI uiug >vus i
erved on employes in several cases !
lat if they continued patronizing pool. |
>oms or visiting the race tracks their ,
>signations would be requested. j
The fight is the most far-reaching
ver carried out in this city. In a let?r
directed to its army of employes
lie Equitable Life Assurance Society
eclares in no unmistakable language j ?
lat if any of the men working for the '
Deiety have anything whatever to do !
ith the races they will be discharged, j
he New York and Mutual Life insur- i
nee companies have likewise begun a ;
ar on gambling.
Several of the big dry goods houses 1
lve joined in the anti-betting crusade, !
liief among these being Macy's and
aks & Co. Nathan Straus, of Macy's, !
iid: j
"I am glad to see this question agi- j
ited. I consider the growing tendenr
to make wagers on horse races one j
I the greatest evils that threaten our >
oung men of to-day, and employers of !
)ung men owe it to themselves, as j
ell as to their employes, to do what j
possible to stamp it out.
"A young man who gambles is not j
good employe, and I am frank to j
ly that if I knew of a person in my
nploy frequenting the race track or ! g
xdrooms I would discharge him or | r
rr. ^
"Gambling is the most insidious of t
ces, and its increase in recent years j
really alarming. Of the many forms ^
arse-race gambling is the most dan>rous.
because the most accessible, 4
id combines sport with speculation,
nd a concerted effort among large em- j
loyers to put an end to speculation
uiong employes who cannot afford it
and no man can afford to gamble?
lould be productive of much good." 1 x
Secretary Conne. of Saks & Co.. said: C
"First I would warn the young man d
ad then if he continued to use the c
ack or poolroom for betting purposes r
would take steps to dismiss him from c
ie employ of the company." s
The letter sent by the Equitable Soety
is as follows: c
"Dear Sir?For reasons that seem c
oper to the officials of the society, I
>u are hereby notified that your pres- I
ice on a race track, in a poolroom or F
1 future to be seen in company with t
arsons whose business is to place a
its on horse races, will be counted
ifflcient excuse to which to request F
>ur resignation from the affairs of i
te society. I B
"To make certain that the excuse of ! a
)t having been duly notified as to this a
;w ruling of the society, and for 2
iture reference, you will kindly place ?
)ur proper signature on this com- j
unicatlon and return to the office of *
ie general manager." *
Every one of the army of men emoyed
by the Equitable Life Assur- I
ice Society lias received a copy of I
nhovo lptter. The communication "3
as not signed, hnt as one of the em- j
oyes said. "It didn't have to be."
In the office of the New York Life I
lsurance Company it was said that so j ?
any unpleasant incidents had arisen, j I
le to betting on the races, that the '
?ads of the departments held a meet- i
g to consider means of putting a stop ^
i the evil.
There were several summary dismis- | t
ils from the clerical force of the Mu- j
lal Life Insurance Company recently *
jcause the men paid too much attenon
to the racing news. r
The general manager of a depart- ; t
ient store discovered that every day j j
[ noon a hand-book man appeared at j
certain corner of the store and took
?ts from salesmen, saleswomen, cash j
jys and cash girls. Commissions as ?
>w as ten cents were taken. The em- s
loyes of this store were warned' that
ay one who bet on the races during j
usiness hours would be dismissed. | ,
Similar notices have been posted in | (
>veral houses in the wholesale dis- j ?
ict #411j [ j
DAN EMMETTiDEAD. j ,
elebrated Minstrel and Composer of ; j
"Dixie" Passes Away. j i
Mount Vernon, Ohio.?Dan Einmett, ] 1
imiliarly known as "Uncle" in theatri- |
il circles, and widely known through- j 1
at the United States as the composer ; ]
I the celebrated song, "Dixie," died J
t this place.
The death of the aged and well- j
Down song writer and minstrel did i 1
ot come as a surprise to many of his i '
iends. because he had been ill for i
lore than a year.
Emnvtt's death is thought to have ; ^
een due to heart disease, brought on j ]
y his extreme age. He bad recently i j
?lebrated his eighty-sixth birthday. t
DEAD CHOKED TftE RIVER.
ictims of Recent Massacre by Turks j
Now Said to Number G000.
London.?It is stated from an anti- <
urkish fource that the victims of the 1
K'ont Armenian massacre uuinberedj
early GOOO instead of 3000.
At the village of Akhbi the number '
f peVsons killed -were so many that j
leir bodies, which wore thrown from ;
bridge, dammed the river, which the j
urks freed by firing artillery into the j
eaps of corpses. I
American Warships at Haiti.
An American squadron reached Haiti
) oversee the punishing of Haiti by
rcrmany and France. j '
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Memorial For Slocum Dead. ! <
A memorial service for those who j '
erished on the General Slocum was j
eld in Cooper Union. New York City.
Courts May Be Criticised.
United States Circuit Judge Pritch- j ,
rd held that courts are not exempted | (
roui criticism by the press.
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Minor Mention.
Poverty and want are beginning to I
e felt in Russia.
Montreal will spend S3,000.000 in the J 1
improvement of its wliarves.
Thirty-two of the forty-five State3 j j
rill elect Governors this year. j '
Great irrigation works are projected j .
y the State of Kio Grande do Norte, I ;
1 Brazil.
The Government wirebss telegraph
tation at Newport. R. I., will be kept 1
pen day and night.
The locust has become a plague in
pain and the Minister of Agriculture 1
as been authorized to flgbt the pe^t.
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IAKE PORT ARTHUR FORTS
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Three of Beleaguered City's Defenses j i
Captured by the Japanese.
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\RTILLERY FIRc OVERWHELMS' <
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Russians Driven Back From the Outor J
TTorkg With Logg of Gnng?Japanese
Army in the North Advancing on
Kuropatkiln'g Pogltiong?Jap Armies |
Effect a Juncture.
Tokio, Japan.?Information lias been
ocoived of the occupation of important
leights four miles west of Cape
Sevan, near Port Arthur.
Cape Bevan is a promontory about
ifteen miles east of Port Arthur and
i like distance southwest of Dalny.
["he Cbjkwanslian, Chitan and Sungihoo
forts were captured after a day's
ightiug. The Sungshoo fort was
alien nrst ana iue oiuers souii unw
ward.
The defense was stubborn. The Rus:ians
were routed- and driven westward
by the Japanese artillery, leaving
orty dead, two rapid-Are guns and a
arge quantity of ammunition behind
hem. The Japanese casualties were
ibout 100.
The armies of the Japanese leaders,
Jenerals Oku and Kuroki. have efected
a junction and present a front
if 120 miles. News of the capture of
vai-Ping after hard fighting has been
eceived.
Reports from the Far East are eonlicting.
Hai-Cheng advices say that
Jerieral Kuroki's advance from SinTen
and Feng-*VTang-Cheng continues
:nd that General Oku is still moving
lorthward. Liao-Yang sends word
hat the Japanese have retreated, and
hat their operations north of Port
Lrthur are thought to be indefinitely
lostponed.
0,000 TROOPS IN PORT ARTHUR.
Suropean Refugees From There Tell
of the Conditions.
Chefoo. China.?Eight European refiffees
who left Port Arthur in a
Chinese junk, were picked up by tho
[ispatch boat Fawan. There were five
nen. two women and a child in the
tarty. They belonged to the uppe?
lass. The information they gave
eems reliable.
They state that the Russian fleet novf
onsists or me iowowmg suips m gwini
ondition: The Czarevitch, Retvizan,
'obedia. Peresviet, Poltava, Askold:
Diana. Bayan, Novik and twenty tortedo
boats and smaller boats. Th?
orpedo transport Amur is damaged
nd the battleship Sevastopol slightly
lamaged, trot they can soon be re<
aired.
There are 12,000 sailors and 40,00(1
oldiers in the fortress. The women
re mainly engaged as nurses. There
re 250 artisans and 2000 citizens. Tho
1000 have now been drafted into the
rmy and are drilling daily. There
s plenty of food, but the Government
3 controlling prices in order to pre'1
ent speculation.
RUSSIAN SUBMARINE SINKS.
Twenty-one Persons Are Drowned
Through Terrible Accident.
St. Petersburg, Russia.?The submaine
boat Dellin sank at her moorings
n the Neva with the loss of Lieutenant
^herkasoff and twenty men.
The officers and the men detailed for
iubmarine boat instruction had assem>led
and three officers decided to go
lown in the Delfin, although her capain
was not present, relying, ou the ex.
>erience of her skilled crew. A score
>f novices were anxious to go.
The Delfin's nominal capacity is teA
nen, instead of which thirty-two enered
the boat, bringing her manhole
n dangerous proximity to the river
evel.
Just then a tug passed, sending a
leavy wash against the boat. As
loon as the water splashed into the
mUlliUl Mill? UUilL O IXiLCTilWL 11 WICUICU ?*
janic among the novices and oue of
:hem tried to get ont of the manhole,
vhieh the older hands were Screwing
iown preparatory -to the descent, the
submerging compartment having al eady
been opened.
The water rushed in, and as the subnerged
vessel sank the officers and
some of the men were saved by being 1
)Iown up through the manhole by the
ush of escaping air. The Delfin shorty
afterward was raised.
The Delfin is Russia's best submarine
boat. She underwent a successful
:rial in 1903, following the Oonstadt
squadron to Reyal.
TORNADO WRECKS MOSCOW.
S'early 200 Killed in the City and
Nearby Villages.
Moscow, Russia.?A tornado swept
:he city, causing enormous damage.
Forty-five persons were killed, and
:hirteen injured are being cared for in
:he hospitals.
Two villages near here were destroyed.
One hundred and fifty deaths
ire reported there, while eighty-five
persons were hurt. Hailstones weighng
three-quarters of a pound fell. In
>ne grove of 250 acres only one tree
ivas left standing.
Steamboats Must Be Reinfected.
President Roosevelt ordered the immediate
reinspection of all passenger
carrying steamboats in New York Harx>r,
and steps were taken by Secretary
Cortelyou to put the instructions
nto effect.
Maine Republicans Meet.
William T. Cobb, of Rockland, was* j
loruinated for Governor by the Republicans
of Maine. The platform de
blared for protection, and indorsed tiie
National ticket.
Dumont's Airship Injured.
M. Santos-Dumont's airship, brougln
to America to compete in the aerial |
:aces at St. Louis, was slashed by vanlals.
and the Brazilian may not "be
ible to take part in the contests.
News of the Toilers.
Boot and shoe workers of Petaluma,
Crtl., have formed a union.
Membership in the Amalgamated
Society of Engineers now totals about
v- ruin
Memphis, Tenn.. trill entertain the ;
Brorhei-hood of Locomotive Engineers
in 11)00.
Slate loaders at the Penrhyn (Wales)
Tuarries are 011 strike for an increase
in wages.
The Association of Bureaus of Labor
Statistics will meet at Concord, N. H.,
July IS to 10,
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Remarkable Freljlit Stealer. 1
From a Thames dockyard the other
lay was launched th# first steamship
?ver built iu which the whole of the <
nternal space, except that required
'.or the engines and bunkers, is to be
levoted for the transportation of fruit,
[t will carry a dead weight cargo of
5000 tons. Cool air is kept systematcally
circulating throughout every part
>f the fruit space. The steamship will
larry bananas, the annual importation
)f which into England has increased
.n three years from 1.500,000 to 5,000,XX)
bunches.?Exchange.
y Miss Hapgood tell
of Fallopian and Ova
and escaped an awful
Lydia E. Pinkham's 1
"Dear Mrs. Pinkham:?I suffe
doctors called Salpingitis (inflammatii
ritis, which are most distressing and
surrounding parts, undermining the
forces. If you had seen me a year ag<
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound,
sallow complexion,and general emacis
person with me as I am today, robu*
wonder that I feel thankful to yo
which restored me to new life and he
from an awful operation." ? Miss Is
"Windsor, Ont.
Ovaritis or inflammation of the ovari
?varies may result from sudden stopping
tion of the womb, and many other aauaes
with the ovaries, indicated by dull thro
by heat and shooting pains, should claim
cure itself, and a hospital operation, with
neglect.
"Dear Mas. Ptnkham:?lean
my life, and I cannot express my g
" Before I wrote to you telling h
two Jtjn steady and spent lots of mc
failed to do me any good My
u I will always recommend your
these few lines may lead others \
remedies.*?T. C. Welxjldsen,
Such unquestionable testimony pre
ham's Vegetable Compound over d
Women should remember the
Sirs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mafli*u, abc
Horse Values. <
Erroneous impressions are in circulation
as regards the leading horse-raistng
States. One is impressed that
rr ? *-?*? 1 ~ ? *x ..w 4-a lonH frnm
l^eniUCky IS eunilCTl uw wuc ILUU ~?
the frequency that the horses of the
Bluegrass State are eulogized. Yet
there are fifteen States that surpass
Kentucky in the number of their
horses, while the average value in
twenty-three States rates higher than
the horses of the Bluegrass ^tate. The
horses of New Jersey average S90.2S
a head, and of New Merico $17.32.
the extremes of average prices in the
different States and Territories.?
Drovers' Journal.
Why i* a Hound?
The spaniel is so called because tha
original breed came from Spain, and
the first arrivals in England were
called Spanish dogs.
A REASON FOR SICKNESS.
Healthy kidneys take from the
blood every twenty-four hours 500
grains of impure, poisonous matter? ,
A jm. mere than enough
AKkU to cause death.
PfjjS Weakened kidneys :
leaves this waste
in the blood, and
you are sooa s'c'c- i
fK To get well, cure the ,
kidneys with Doan's
Kidney Pills, the
1?\ ^1Gat kitluey spoci"
J' ' KWS iIrS" Bowles,
J; ? HKTv of 118 Core street,
J4 1 \ f l\\Durham, N. C., says:
<f_ WJG-ty \\ I was sick and bedfast
for over uine
P months, and tbe j
doctor who attended me said unless I
submitted to an operation for gravel [
I would never be well. I would not
consent to that and so continued to
suffer. My back was so weak I could
not stand or walk, and it ached constantly.
The first day after I began
using Down's Kidney Pills I felt relief,
and in a short time I was up and
around the same as ever, free from
backacho."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Bowles
will be mailed to any part of the
* * -1 ? \ T: I
unitea srares. a.uuress
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all
dealers, price fifty cents per box.
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First Iron Casting in the United State*.
What is believed to be the first iron
easting made in the territory now included
in the United States Is preserved
in Lynn, Mass. Its history Is
well authenticated. It is a cooking
pot weighing a little over two pounds.
It was made about 1042. near Lynn,
where a small blast furnace was built
that year. This furnace used charcoal
for fuel, with bog ore fou? in
the meadow along the Saugus River
and oyster shells as flux. The furnace
was operated until 1SSS, with some intermissions.?Scientific
American.
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j 'i^u hw
w*%'[ \m
s how she was cured
irian Inflammation?
[ operation by using
Vegetable CompouncL
red for four years with what the
Dn of the fallopian tubes) and ovapainful
ailments, affecting all the
constitution, and sapping the lite ,
3, before I began taking Lydla EL
and had noticed the sunken eyes;
ited condition, and compared that
it, hearty and well you would not
11 and your wonderful medicine,
alfch in five months, and saved me
?ni Hafqood, 10-22 Sandwich St,
es or fallopian tubes which adjoin the
of the monthly flow, from inflammai.
The slightest indication of trouble
bbing pain in the side, accompanied
i your instant attention. It will not
t all its terrors, may easily result from
truly say tnat you nave sarea
ratitude to you in words.
.ow I felt, I had doctored for over
>ney in medicine besides, but it all
s did not appear in that time, and
sd much pain. I would daily nare
; spells., neadache, backache and
down pain, and was so weak that
lard for me to do my work.
used your medicine and treatment
ited, and after taking three bottle*
la E? Pinkham's Vegetable Coxa*
i menses appeared, my womb tratt*
t me, and I have been regular ever
since. I used fourteen bottles erf
Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and Blood Purifier
together, and am now restored to
perfect health. Had it not been for
you, I would hate been in my gram
wonderful remedies, and hope that
vho suffer as I did to try your
, R R. No. 1, Maiming, Iowa.
ires the power of Lydla E. Pink"
isenses of women.
it they are prlrileged to consult
>ut their Illness entirely free*
Japanese Traits.
In no country is William Morris'
golden rule, "Have nothing about yon
but what you know to be useful and
believe to be beautiful," so scrupulously
followed as in Japan. The politeness
of the Japanese?a sign of
"equality"?the politeness of this
hierarchical East, is in surprising con.
trast witli the aggressive rudeness or
our democratic communities. Gentleness,
cordiality, are the Japanese rule.
No scenes of violence. The readiness
with which Europeans fly into a passion
stupefies the Japanese, appears,to
them to be a sign of innate coarseness.
In his consideration for others,
a Japanese habitually refrains from
making any show of his personal sorrows.
Only her vanity has !ed Europe
to rancy that the Japanese regard
Westera chilization as superior to
their own, and that therefore they are
"Europeanizing" themselves purposely.
The Western diplomatist who described
modern Japan as a "bad translation"
merely shared the delusion and
conceit of foreigners generally.?P.
Challaye, in Revue de Taris.
Farmer Aghumed of Hia Ilalrlegs Horse,
A farmer near Jackson raised a colt
that was as bare of hair as a Mexican
doer. The parents of the foak were
of the ordinary covered kind, and no
theory is advanced as to the cause of
the offspring's ridiculous nudity. The
animal grew to horseliood. but seemed
so "sort of repulsive like" that the
owner was ashamed to drive him to
town and kept the hairless monster
at work on the farm. A Jaekson man
heard of the horse and for $40 became
his owner, and now has an offer of
$."00 for him, a sum which he has refused
on the ground that the freak is
worth much more.?Detroit Tribuae.
Civilized VPays.
Ethnologists tell that among primi^
tive ces kissing was unknown. The
Lapps and Maoris to-day simply rub
noses. Even the average native of
Japan still knows nothing about kiss-,
ing. The French and the Germans are
the great kissing races. The learned
Erasmrs who visited Ergland in Tudor
times, sf.ys that tue "kissing investment"
was universal and that
everybody kissed, so thai he felt that
he was being "kissed to death." when
there, - .
rfUST NOT PLAY RACES' '
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Employes of Large New York Concerns
Warned Against Practice.
nsurance and Commercial Companief
Threaten to Discharge Clerks Who j ,
Bet on the Horses.
'
New York City.?A vigorous crusade !
gainst betting on horse races and I
ambling in general has been started (
y a number of the largest business j