RUSSIAN AG
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General Oyama
Kuropatkin
Liao
BATTLE BREAKS V
After Seven Days of the Hardes
Has Been Forced to Quit Liai
Bank of the River?Russiar
a Part of Planned Actioniety?Losses
on Both
Awful?Japanese Bui
Field and Ship
Tokio, Japan.?The Russians were
driven from the heights south of LiaoYang
at dawn by the forces of General
Oku and General Xodzu, which
occupy the left and the centre, respec
tiveiy, or xne Japanese iiue.
The Russians were in full retreat,
with the Japanese pursuing.
General Kuroki's army, on the Japanese
right, crossed the Tai-Tse River
to attack General Kuropatkin's forces
in the rear.
The Jiji announces that the assault
on Liao-Yang began simultaneously
on all sides. The town was occupied
after continuous and severe fighting
since the previous morning. The whole
Japanese army began pursuing the
Russians.
There is a universal belief that General
Kuropatkin suffered an overwhelming
defeat in giving tbe Japanese
possession of Liao-Yang. The
Government will not confirm this.
It has issued nothing later than the
report of the successful rush at dawn
.whereby the Japanese left pierced tbe
Russian line on the heights four miles
south of Liao-Yang and west of Shoushan,
compelling the enemy to withdraw
from the right and centre positions
with the victors in pursuit.
It is known that tbe success to
which several days' fighting led has
boon gained at an enormous sacrifice
of life, but tlio various guesses as to
the number of casualties are wortnles*.
Field Marshal Oyama. tho Japanese
commander-in-chief, telegraphs that
ho lost heavily in assaulting LiaoYang,
but gives no figures. General
Kuroki admits that his losses were
2223 between August 24 and August
28. The other commanders have made
no report of their losses. An estimate
of 25,000 casualties on both sides is
not regarded as excessive.
ST. PETERSBURG ANXIOUS.
Sr. Petersburg. Russia.?General Sakharoff,
in a dispatch to the Czar, reports
that a portion of Kuroki's army,
which has occupied the extreme right ,
of the Japanese line on the south bauk
of the Tai-Tse River, crossed the river
at Sakan Kankwantum, where there
is a loop.
A division of infantry, with cavalry
and artillery, crossed lirst and covered
tho advance of the rest of Kuroki's
troops.
After fording the river, the Japanese
advanced on I.iao-Yang in two bodies,
the first marching west and the
r\?AAno/1!nrr Kv u*o r r\f fha Vnn.
UlUCl fc/J 11 uj V*. iww
tai mines.
Hopefulness Las given place to anxiety.
The General Staff announces
that General Kuropatkin has abandoned
Liao-Yang ami withdrawn his
forces to the north bank of the Tal-Tse
River, but it encourages confidence
in his ability to hold the railway, for
the defence of which elaborate fortifications
of great strength were constructed.
Nevertheless, these non-officials
who hare an intelligent interest
in the war, are gravely apprehensive
that the Japanese are across the railway
line and that Liao-Yang is surrounded.
The briefness of General Sakharoffs
mention of the crossing of the Tai-Tse
Rirer is regarded as of unpleasant significance
in view of the obvious importance
of such a movement.
The report that the Russians captured
forty-six gnus from the Japanese
in the previous fighting has not been
confirmed officially. The Russian
losses in the fighting during the day of
retreat are now stated to have been
5000.
It i? reported that General Linievitch,
the commander of the Vladivostok
district, is now within two days
march of Mukden with 30,000 men.
In the last four hours of the day the
Japanese fired an immense number of
projectiles, and the Russian positions
were searched by the Japanese shrapnel.
The Russians maintained a stubborn
defence the whole day. They
were exposed to a hail of shrapnel, but
defended the positions intrusted to
them with desperate bravery.
After preparing for the assault wKh
artillery the Japanese repeatedly attacked
the Russian positions. Some
of the advanced fortifications passed
Into the Japanese hands after a stubJudge
Gray to Arbitrate.
Judge George Gray, of Wilmington.
Del., announced that he would cousent
to the request or tue conciliation
Board of the United Mine Workers' Association
that ho arbitrate the disputo
over the check weighing system.
Colonel Clem Reprimanded.
Colonel John L. Clem. U. S. A., was
reprimanded for turning back into the
Treasury $423,000 unexpended balance
of an appropriation for the Quartermaster's
Department.
Sporting Brevities.
- "Tom" Butler won the twenty-mile
open cycle race at the Vailsburg (N.
J.) track.
! The schooner yacht Ingomar sailed
from Southampton, Eugland, for the
.United States.
Holcombe Ward won the national
tennis championship at Newport, defeating
William J. Clothier in three
straight sets.
Owing to the danger from dust in automobile
racing, parts of the route of
the Vanderbilt cup contest are to be
sprinkled with oil.
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MY ROOTED11
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Forces General j
to Abandon 1
STang. i.
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WORLD'S RECORDS ?
a
v j Si
t Fighting General Kuropatkin (i
1 Yang and Occupy the Right
i Authorities Claim This is
?St. Petersburg in Anx- I i>
Sides Known to Be
I
"n Their Dead on the j li
Ashes Home. j a
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born defence. Tiicy were, however, P
each time recaptured by the Russians 15
at the point of the bayonet.
The Japuuese left a number of dead. ^
After each bayonet engagement the ^
Russians dug pits in front of their positions.
These in some cases were 0J
completely tilled with Japanese
corpses. The Japanese losses must 1)1
have beei. enormous. The dispatch 1):
adds: v<
"The night passed quietly. Up to
G o'cloc.; in the morning there had
been no movement on either side."
General Stackelberg was slightly * *
wounded, but remained f i the fighting 01
line. N I1'
The news of the evacuation of LiaoYang
and the withdrawal of the Rus- i
sian army to the right bank of the Tai- 1 I"
Tse River reached only a small section i
of the people of St. Petersburg at a "j
late hour and caused intense excite- s*
ment and disappointment. 'r
The majority of the inhabitants rctired
to rest, believing that Russian P'
arms had again been successful, and ^
that the Japanese tittacks had been ^
repelled.
Ugly suspicions, liowevtr, had been
rife during the day. owing to the ab- P1
sence of press telegrams from Liao- *1
Yang, leading to the belief that the
communications had been cut by Gen- "
eral Kuroki.
The following statement was ob- j ,M
tained bj The Associated Press from i n
the War Ohiee at 10 o'clock at night, j
"General Kuroki's army crossed in i
force to the right bank of the Tai-Tse ;
River, and it therefore became neces- !(,(
sary for the Russians to be in a posi- ! ^
tion to repel a blow in this direction, j ct
' In view of this development in the
operations. General Kuropatkin dec id- j
ed to abandon his positions on the left
bank and to concentrate his whole !
army 011 the other side of the river. \ SI
This position is the strongest, both iu \
character and site.
"By withdrawing to this position the I
Russian army avoids the danger of | ^
being divided by the river, and enjoys !
the advantage of compactness. j G
"General Kuropatkin's move, there- !
fore, is not to be considered as a re- ;
treat, but rather as the carrying out ! 'r
11 i ! Hi
lu. ;i nvii-ut-uui'iL mt'il. j v*
The determined pursuit by the Jap- 1
anese of the Russian outposts when (
General Ivtiropatkin gave the first or- I
der to withdraw* was probably due to 1 ti(
their anxiety to keep the Russians ! "(
south of Liao-Yang until General Ku- j ^
roki should be able to strike from the j ?
northeast. General Kuropatkin, how- i }
ever, saw the trap and cleverly avoid- | 1,1
ed it.
A correspondent of The Associated i Press
at Vladivostok telegraphed that
the Japanese are relying on the aid of D
a gunboat flotilla for future operations
against Liao-Yang and Mukden. The
gunboats, the correspondent says, have
not yet materialized, but in any case ,
they would be in no position to vender j
aid to a force on the risht bank in ! P'
time of need because they would be
unable to run the gauntlet of the forts !
at Liao-Yang. The strongest forts are I
situated on the right bank, where the p'
Russian army is now concentrated. C1
BATLE HAS BEATEN RECORDS. Ct
The fighting at Liao-Yang has beaten V(
all records for the desperate valor of I jj
the assailants and the stubbornness of |
the defenders. The whole history of i jj(
warfare tells of no such bombard- |
ments, no such carnage, and no sue* j ?(
persistency. Day after day the fight ' c]
has been resumed at daybreak and
kept up with scarce a moment's inter- mission
until after nightfall.
War-scarred veterans scarcely believe ! ?
the stories which come from the seat !
of war, and declare that it is beyond
human endurance for an nrmv fn i
without respite for a whole week, each i C1
day of which. has exceeded its prede- i ^
cessor in the intensity of struggle and : 13
greatness of slaughter. Day after day i j,
the thousands of dead bestrewing the j S]
battle field have to be removed. The
Japanese have invented new methods 1
to incinerate the heaps of dead, com- i S!
rades taking charge of the ashes for I g]
the honors of burial in Japan. The j ^
wounded present a most serious prob- 1 ji
lem, as they tax the transport capacity 1 j(
on either side to the uttermost.
Prince Urges Annexation.
Prince George of Greece urged the j:
immediate annexation of Crete to g
Greece. ^
Chickens Find Jewel.
A diamond ring, valued at lost j
by Miss Rebecca Rennough, at the | c
home of Wright Griff en, in Great Bar- *
ringtou, Mass., fourteen years ago. ;
was scratched up by chickens and rc- 1
covered by Fred Burghard, who notified
Miss Rennough.
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Sultan Fired Upon.
A special dispatch from Geneva says
that during a disturbance in the pal
ace at Constantonople the Sultan was ' Ij
tired upon by bis bodyguards. a
Labor News Notes.
'A bartenders' union lias been organized
in Superior, Wis., with thirty char- *
ter members.
The independent chairman of the
South Wales Concll'ation Board is to J
be paid for his services. {
During the last week *n August the
greatest live stock exhibit that the
world has ever seen has been an- J
nounced. *
Membership in the journeymen blacksmiths'
organization has increased an
average of over 2000 per month in the ]
last year. J
VERMONT IS REPUBLICAN
ncrease in the Party's Vote Over
Last Election,
'LURALITY IS ABOUT 32,000
Zclunm From :J00 of 'M<> Cities unrt
Town* of U?e State Gifc Decision
to Republican* ? A Hani Fought
Election ? Cliarle* Bell the Nets
Coternor.
White R!ver .Tunclion. Vt.?Election
pturns from on; of the 24C cilies
lul towns of tlio State Roll (Rep.),
8.8GO; Porter (I)em.?, 12,802. The
ame places in 1!)(?0 gave Stickucy
Rep.), 38,048: .Sentor < L?eiu.i.
Those figures show a slight falling
ft iu Ihe vote of both parties, ami iiulifitc
the election of Boll by about
lurality. The Republicans ciuira the
tatc by that figure.
'llio returns imlicatc that the Replicants
won a signal viMory in the State
lection, iu that they held their own
nd elected the head of their ticket bv
plurality greater than that returned
>r William W. Stickucy when lie was
leetert Governor 111 iliou.
Stiekney. however, received the snpcirt
of many Gold Democrats, and the
lepublicans expected that Bell would
>se these votes. Stickney was elected
)ur years ago by 151.282 plurality over
enter.
The majority is beyond the Ilepubliin
expectations. I'rior to the election
ley conceded a falling off frr.in Stickpy's
plurality of I'.HMi owing to the
rohablc loss of the Gold Democratic
ote.
Information received by the Iiepubcan
State Committee indicated ttiat
[r. Roll. the Republican nominee for
overnor. was being cut by the farm's
of Chittenden County because of
is policy while Cattle Commissioner
i ordering the (daughter of many cate
in that county on account of the
revalence of tuberculosis.
In Chittenden. IUitland and Wash
igton counties the existence of a fu011
ticket fi?r county officers was lmvig
some effect upon the Republican
cket, as the so-called independent lteiiblicans.
who were dissatislied with
le Republican plank on the local op011
law, were supporting the fusion
mdidates.
Aside from these instances the Rcublicans
were voting without any
>lit in their ranks, in striking contrast
the election of two years ago. when
icre was a division over local option.
The campaign was hard fought by
Jth of the leading parties, the Demo*ats
bending their efforts to a reduc011
ol' the Stickney majority of 31,000.
The returns from the towns of West
airlee and Eden, the first to be re'ived.
indicated a falling off in the
cmocratic vote of 1900. and the suc>eding
returns were of a similar tenor.
The State officers elected are:
Governor?Charles J. Bell, of Wal n.
Lieutenant-Governor ? Charles II.
teams, of Johnson.
Treasurer?John L. Bacon, of Hartmi.
Secretary of State ? Frederick G.
leetwood, of Morrisville.
Auditor of Accounts ? Horace F.
rahnni. of Craftsbury.
David J. Foster, of Burlington, was
ected to Congress from the First Disict.
and Kittrodge Haskins, of BratL'boro.
from the Second District.
The vote for Congressman followed
osely that for Governor, and with the
iception of the three northern comics.
where local issiies affected the
)rmal vote, the complexion of the
egislature was practically unchanged,
his indicates that Senator Redfield
roctor will be re-elected at the comg
session of the Legislature.
VKKAXSAS GOES DEMOCRATIC.
emocratie Majority Cut One-Half?
Republicau Gains in Legislature.
Little Rock, Ark?Returns from the
[ate election indicate the election of
overnur Davis to a third term by a
urality of 20,000.
His majority two years ago was 40,>0,
double that which he now receives,
ho Republicans have made a great
fort this year to cut down the Demo atic
majority, and have been suc;ssful.
Several other Stale officers were
ated for, but there was opposition to
avis alone.
Several counties have given Repubcan
majorities, which heretofore have
one Democratic, but in the main the
unity Democratic tickets have been
lectcd.
[ILLS TWO FARMERS IX ROAD.
layer Was Riding Along the Road in
Louisiana Intoxicated.
Rayne, La.?A double kiiling has oclrred
seven miles north of this place,
tvo prominent farmers, William
runcr and Joseph Xeville Trahan, belg
the victims. Homer Meche, the
layer, was riding along the road indicated.
When ho met Trahau and Bruner he
lid lie was the best man. Trahau
lapped Meehe's face, whereupon
leche drew a pistol and killed both
Iruner and Trahan. Meche was
)dged in jail in Crowley, La.
Judge Sheldon Chosen.
Judge Joseph Sheldon, of Xew
laven, Conn., was chosen to head the
tate ticket of the People's party in
Jonnecticut.
Jap Torpedo Boat Lost.
According to a Russian report rccived
at Chet'oo, the Japanese lost a
orpedo boat before Tort Arthur.
For Minister of Labor.
Tlie British Trades Union Congress
massed a resolution favoring a Minister
f Labor, with Cabinet rank.
Armenians Fight Turks.
Over a score were killed in a fight
iotween Armenians and Turkish troops
it Van.
World's Fair Jottings.
Directly back of the Hall of Congresses
is the building set aside for
he Board of Lady Managers.
During the week of the meeting of
he Genera! Federation of Women's
31ubs the lady managers gave an af*
ernoon reception.
Rain leaking through the roof of tha
Palace of Manufactures ruined $.300,)00
worth of gowns on exhibition by
Paris dressmakers.
Stereopticon views of California'^
:wenty-eiglit richest counties, and Icenres
on their resources, arc giveu dailj?
n the Falace of Agriculture.
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LARGE ARMY AT MANASSAS ' f
j
1 Regulars and Militii in Camp j
Under Major-Cencrd Corbin.
;
| Tvrenty-llvH Thousand Tr><M?? filing
Through Maitetivre* o? **?? 'xi'i* j ?
liAttle Grotmilt
1 > i
, !.
New York Cii.v.?In thoyiciniiy of ,
| Manassas, Y-i.. 5000 rcpiiatainl 21,000 J
i State troops, ar? eneainpd, forming I
the largest niliiaiy can-p for ostab- j
I Hslicd in this country in tin* of peace. J
But it is not jntcndcrt that this large j
i body of men shall lv? meriy a <i's- ; ^
j play. Tlio encampment and miicuvres j ~
are arranged l?v the (Jovenment lo j
! provide the baldest and most rcessary : a
! kind of work known in the el neat ion : p
i of the soldier?the getting on tin to the j j
field and there putting: intobractice !
! the theories of tin classroom ?der the j
! simulated conditions of act\i! war. j 1
For two weeks the regular traps wilV j p
j have the opportunity oi" acting Igethcr j v,
! in bodies larger iliac. tlio companies ] c
and battalions of tJie army pots; the j
officers will be given an opportunity j a
to handle the larger bodies. j 11
Captain James A. Moss. l\ f>. A.. I 11
In Collier's Weekly, in commuting e
on these maneuvrcs. says that wihave I
I had many bard lessons to lean that 11
an army on paper a: d an army h the ^
field are two separate things. Even ^
far more than any other profession *
that of the miiib'.ry is one vbiebcan- !
not be taught in theory. :;p.d itwas }.
for that that the (leneral Stafl ar- '
ranged the scheme of annual nan- I (
euvres; to teach men by oxperkucc I a
! how to take care of themselves in the j
field, and to leaeli officers how to ]
handle and care for large bodies of jj.
men on large and diversified areas.not
j by telling them about it in leetires ?
and with books, but by giving tltm *
the men to handle ;.nd to take are
! of. thus acquainting them with he .
possibilities and difficulties of aetiai
I war. Aside from the line officers, to *
I whom the experience will be of inesimable
value in tl'.is way, each staff
corps ?the quartermasters, whidt
J moves and clothes the army; the con- ,,
| wissary, which feeds it, and the olhff j H
staff departments?will have the o|> j
portunity to Icarn by experience tin I ^
labor attending the care, transports- J *
j tion, and supply of large bodies ol !
i troops'. I '
; In order to produce as far as possible ?
j the actual conditions which would pre- C|
| vail in time of hostilities, the regulars ;
i and the militia, ail under the command j
[ of Major-General If. C. Corbin, are divided
into two hostile divisions, Gen- j jj
eral Fred 1). Grant, who is a sou of the j
great Civil War'leader, is to command ' 1
I the division near Manassas, and Gen- I
eral ,T. Franklin Bell the other, which y
j is camped twelve miles away, near q
' Thoroughfare. The territory in bei
tween is about ninety square miles.
The lirst i'ew days are being devoted
' to rcconnoissance. patrolling and regi- ...
1 mental and brigade drills, alter which *
! outposts will be established and main- ,
i tained, without interruption, day or 1
! night, until the termination of the iu;ir.- .
: euvres. The last four days of the man- i .
! euvres are to la; devoted to the solu- : !
; tion of two tactical problems, each of j
j which will take two days. The essen- '
I tial feature of each is. of course, so
i arranging the conditions that the na|
turc of the attacks will call for nianeu'
vring within the limits of the leased
I land. With this end in view tiie "Blue" C
I army, which is General Grant's, will,
in the first problem, be called upon to
defend Washington. I>. C., from the attack
of a "Brown" army, of which General
Bell's force at Thoroughfare j ^
is the advance guard, and the remain- i 1
der of which is supposed lo be march- f
ing up the Shenandoah.
The main body of the "Blue" army is
supposed to be :it Fairfax Court House, ^
while General Bell's supports are the- '
oretically at Front ltoy a I and Stras- '
burg. General Grant will try to at- *
tack and destroy Boll before his sup- *
ports can couie to his aid. The second {
problem transfers the initiative to the : '
Brown'' army, which has by this time ^
| a heavy support at Salem. Tile "Blue'' I =
j army has a base at Annandale.
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WOMAN SHOOTS TWO MEN*.
I J
; One of Them is Dead and the Other
f
Dying?Duel in. Court llooin. 1
Galveston, Texas.?In a pistol fight
at. Batson two men were shot by ;=. ;
woman. The trouble began when A. ! <"
I M. Tyler and Pearl Breeding had an I
i altercation over cards. Both were ar- ; f
rested and gave bonds. They met it: !
I the Justice's court and the woman ' 1
i pulled a revolver and began shooting t
i at Tyler, who promptly retaliated. In 1
I the fusillade Tyler was hit three times : 1
| and soon died. Bob Campbell, an in- ?
nocent bystander, was shot through ?
! the left breast, just above the heart. i
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! ILL WIND BROUGHT $30,000. '<
.?
! While Vessel Was Storm Bound Ilor <
Cargo of Sugar Advanced in Price. !
Honolulu, via Victoria, B. C.?The 1
| steamship Alaskan, which arrived at j
New York City the other day with a i
I cargo of sugar, made nearly $30,000 for
| the owners of her cargo by being <le- '
j layed in a storm at Caronel. i 1
The rise in sugar added to the value j '
| of the cargo by $29,120. It was Hie ;
. A. ?i?uu <.i> :*-vis\n H Ami' vr.nl fvnip I 1
I K1USI VUlUilUlC juij/iuau v. i v& ?\.u? *. w.?
Hawaii, ! '
Recluse Leaves Fortune.
Miss Alleine Ford, an cccentrie re- i j
| eluse, who professed poverty, died.
I leaving a liouie in Fast Somerville, N. J ,
J., which proved a treasure house.
Editor Lost Overboard.
C. B. Spahr. a New York City < :! j
! itor, is reported missing from the Kuir j
lish Channel steamship Prince Albert j
011 passage from Osteml to Dover.
New York "L" Strike Ordered.
Nearly 5000 members of allied or j
ionization of New York City street ;
railway employes voted unanimously j
for a general strike to enforce t!:<' de- j
mand for the same wagps for motor- j
nen in the subway as are paid on tlif j
"L." 1
Minor Mention.
The Paris Figaro announces the I
death, at Beirut, in Syria, of the
learned Franciscan, Pere Paul de Saint
Aignan, in the eighty-third year of his
age.
Shot through the head, the body of
Major F. E. Eltonhead, a retired array
officer, was found in his apartments at
Detroit, Mich., evidently a case of suicide.
A thriving new municipality has
been organized on the Letchworth estate.
near Ilitchin. England, and the
shareholders in the enterprise have
been invited to vote on a name.
1U85IA IN DIRE STRAUS
anan Closing in Compels Encmv to
Give Up Mukden.
)YAMA CROSSES THE TAI-TSE
Iia Army Jlarafwea Ktiropatkln's Hear
Guard?Czar's Thousands of Wniiiit'ed
Clog the ltoad or Retreat, and Hamper
Maneuvriiig ? Harbin Appears to Be
the Last Haac or Supplier.
New York City. ? Developments of
apanesc strategy have put the entire
Russian Arir.y under General Ivuropatin
in peril of annihilation or capture,
nd have caused the Russians to begin
reparations for the evacuation of
Iukden.
Kuropatkin, retreating from Li.iu'ang,
has faced a succession of ?urT.TSa
i.lon (/, r?-.lcl. ( ! r. 11 r>l>-l 1 Tv 11.
I tOUC* 1X1C | ' 1 (Hi n; VUK?I> \JWII\/kUi A?I|
oki before tlic other Japanese armies
ould cross the Tai-Tsc failed because
Japanese column of which lie had
o information was discovered further
orth than he thought Kuroki had pentrated.
Hastening north to prevent this cnlnm
from cutting the railroad, Kuro*
atkin has discovered that still another
olumn from the eastward is pushing
ircctly 011 Mukden, lie has sent a
irce of cavalry to oppose it. Such
U'catening developments have been
jund at Sing-min-Tung. west of Mukeu.
that he has been compelled to send
division in that direction. *
His retreat, meanwhile, has perdtted
Marshal Oyama, with Nodzn's
nd Oku's armies, to swarm across the
ai-Tsc and harass him in the rear and
n the right flank. With Mukden
bandoned. a retreat to Harbin. -PJO
liles northward, will be necessary.
In this desperate race Ivuropatkin is
ampered by the transport of his
ouuded, who are clogging the railway
irs.
Mukden.?Preparations for the evacation
of Mukden are proceeding.
St. Petersburg.?It is impossible at
ais hour to obtain any statement from
ie authorities regarding the reported
reparations for the abandonment of
[ukden.
This is the first intimation that such
course is contemplated. If it turns
Hoar* Burned Alive.
The large picking plant of Street
Corkrau. in Baltimore. Md., was total
ly destroyed oy nrc. x nu ? ?i.
mated at SIL'o.OOO. The buildings, a
large stock of uieats and ISO live liogi
were entirely consumed. The tire was
caused by the explosion of ammonia
tanks.
Panama's Investments.
Panama's fiscal agents have invc?-le?
nearly $10,000,000 In New York City
about $5,000,000 being in mortgages 01
improved property iu Manhattan.
PromineLi People.
David R. Francis, president of th(
St. Louis Fair corporation, ex-Secre
tary of the Interior, and ex-Governo:
of Missouri, began life as a newsboy.
Robert H. McCurdy, president of i
life insurance company, is having pinn
drawn for a mansion in New York witl
a sua parlor on the roof, to be 0.0x1!
feet.
Dr. Hillis, pastor of Flymoutl
Church. Brooklyn, has purchased ;
ranch near Ilood River Station, on th
Columbia River, iu Oregon, and it i
understood that lie means to go int
the business of fruit raising.
lit to be true It means tnc aoanuoulent
of tlie whole of Southern Mauliuria
and the Avindiug up of the prc-snt
campaign.
In fact, should Mukden be evacuted
there would be no point short of
[arbin for wintering the army of a
uarter of a million with its many
ounded.
On the other hand, the evacuation of
tukdeii would give Field Marshal
yama commodious winter quarters
nd the practical control of {wo lines
C railway. The Kinchoii-Simmintln
no, tapping rich Chinese territory,
tops little short of Mukden, with
hich it is connected by a good wagon
jad.
The report of the prospective evacua011
of Mukden, if well founded. would
ulicate that the crippling effect of the
Jau-Yang light on Kuropatkin's army
?more serious than has as yet been in*
hi a ted.
MANILA BAY PRIZE MONEY.
Officers and Crews Finally Receive
Their Rewards From Uncle Sam.
Washington, D. C.?The officers jind
ravs who were with Admiral) I>ewey
t the battle of Manila Bay began to
ec?ive their prize money for the capure
of the Spanish licet. The apporionaient
is as follows:
Admiral Dewey. $18,510.81;' Captain
.anibertson, Captain Gridpy;
Olympia. $!?41o.l">; Captain N. M.
jyet, Baltimore, S0011.33; Captain
""rank Wildes, Boston. ?5317.13; Capain
,T. B. Coghlan, Raleigh, $5854.61;
.'ommander Asa Walker. Concord, $o,W4.01;
Commander E. 1*. Woods, Perel,
$2948.00: Captain D D. llodgon.
JcCulloeh, $1754.:!9.
Tlieshare awarded to each sailor av
ragei three months' pay.
CTBA GETS IIER ?05.000,000.
^ast Installment of Bond Issue to Taj
Soldiers Reaches Havana.
Havana, Cuba? The last shipment
if monoy on account of the $,'55,000,000
)ond isfiuo for tlio payment of soldiers'
ilaims arrived here from New York.
The trial amounts lo $10,55S.G35, and
s divided as follows: $2,350,000 in
wenty-(o!lar gold pieces. $2,500,000
en-dollar gold pieces. $2,140,0155 in
ive-dollir jrold pieces. $1000 in cents,
>1,000.00) in one hundred dollar bills.
>50S.000 in fifty-dollar bills. $1,000,000
n twenty-dollar bills, $500,000 in tenlollar
bills, $:500.00(> in live-dollar bills
md $30,(ti0 in two-dollar bills.
I
?CRATv.jlED A CORN AND DIED.
\
Blood rtisoning From Slight Cause
(ills John Shortall.
Saratogii N. Y.?John Shorlall. aged
sixty-seven years, of Rome, N. Y.,
ivho, durinb the Civil War, was an ofjcer
attached to the Sixteenth Pennsylvania
Ablunteer Infantry, died of
[)Iood poiscjning at the Hotel Lafayette.
Early m the summer he scratched
with his thumb nail a troublesome
?orn. Gangrene ensued, and recently
the big toe was amputated with the
hope of saving his life.
For many years he had been Treasurer
of St. Peter's Catholic Church, of
Rome.
J
! DIVORCE REPORT ISSUE
| Government Gives Out Its Finding
of Last Census.
i
i
, Shotrn That In Ten Yeara Crowth ??r I)
vorceU Wage Karner? Ha* llecu
Tvrenty-five I'er Cent.
^Washington. D. r.?The Unit*
Staies Government, at a cost of llio
| sands of dollars and several years t
j lime, lias established the fact, throw
j its Census Bureau, that divorces ai
! becoming more numerous every ve:
i and that in the ten years between 18!
i and 1000 the number of divorced m<
! engaged in gainful occupations i
.j creased twenty-five per cent,
j Another fact that has been esta
; lished by the same means is that s(
j diers and sailors are the most lick
I men in the country, and that fiirme
;ind clergymen ure the least iiekl
The old belief that early mnrriaj
' leads oftnnest to divorce is shatter*
i by figures that prove tin* contrary.
The statistics upon whkli the Ce
i sus Bureau's results are based ai
i which are published iu a vokmie i
! occupations, were gathered four yea
ago. Since then a small army of e:
perts have been tabulating the result
The report says that in 10Ut> five 01
of every 1000 men gainfully employ*
who had been married were living
a state of divorce on the census da
compared with four out of every I'M
in 1S!H>. In other words, the number <
divorced males gainfully employed In
increased a fourth in a decade. Ti
; increase held good in nearly every o
eupation, but no greater tendencyi
divorce was shown in the cases >
| clergymen, teachers and professors
I college, manufacturers and officials .n
j textile mill operatives. With these fe
exceptions in every occupation consi
; ered by the census experts the ten
i ency to divorce was found to be groi
lug.
On analysis the Census Bureau fom
1 hat most of the occupations in whi<
divorce is most frequent contain a liij
Af li?t r*h r>lrti*c SltnticH,
j show that in nine of tbc fifteen oce
IM.tions in that list the tendency
defer marriage is exceptionally stroii
While not going so far as to asse
| that a prolongation of the period
j bachelorhood increases the probabili
of divorce when once the marriage t
has been formed, the census exper
say:
"This is a proposition which app?
ently derives some further suppo
j from the fact that those occupatio;
I in which the percentage of dlvoro
| males is exceptionally low are 1110
j of thein occupations in which ear
; marriages appear to be exceptional
! prevalent."
It is shown that in a long list
I occupation groups in which there a
j not more than three divorces to 10
I marriages, the tendency is town;
| early matrimony.
"This." says the report, "might see
j to contradict the rather common ii
' pression that it is the -early niarria;
j which is most apt to be the imprude
i marriage leading to divorce. But
I general probably the most that can i
! said is that some of the conditio!
j which promote single life and def
marriage also promote divorce."
The report shows that the number
| married women in gainful occupatio;
I is steadily growing. In 1S90 4.0 p
I cent of all the married women of tl
j country were thus employed. In lt>
i this percentage had increased to
It is also shown that the pereentaj
of single women in gainful occupatio
has declined since 1890, while that
married, widowed aud divorced,
cacti case, Has increased.>
WILL MINT PANAMA S SILVEE
New Republics Coins to Be Cast
Philadelphia Plant.
Washington. D. C.?The Republic
Panama has made arrangements
have its -silver money coined by t
United States mint at Philadelphi
the work will be begun as soon as t
dies have been made, which will
some time in October.
So far iis the Treasury officials kno
the new republic will have about $
500,000 in silver money as a starb
The coins will be at the ratio of o'J
1, about the present Japanese rat
and will be convertible into Unit
States dollars, halves, quarters, dim
and tive-cent pieces. In addition the
will be a coin of the value of two ai
one-half cents.
Philippine Currency a Success.
Colonel Edward*. Chief ot' the Ins
lar Bureau, has "eecivcd a letter frc
Henry C. Idc, Secretary of Finau
and Justice of the Philippines,
j which he says that nearly all the bu
1 ness houses have put their businc
I on the basis of the new currency: tL
I in all the province it is to be found
j free circulation, and the people obj<
i t) taking any other currency.
Slocunj Relief Wound Up.
I The Relief Committee of Citizoi
appointed by Mayor McClellan, of ><
York City, nt tlio time of tbe Genei
Slocum disaster, reported to tlio May
The committee collected $124,203.1
of which in round numbers, $83,
was paid for burials or other forms
relief and ?20,000 set aside for the 1
ture needs of survivors, leaving a b
ance of about $13,000.
> Uruguay Enjoys Victory.
The War Minister of Uruguay
ported that tbe Government troc
had won a decisive victory over U<
eral Saraiva, who was wounded.
Emperor Expresses Praise.
! In thauking tbe burgomaster
Hamburg fur bis welcome, the G
man Emperor praised his grandfathe
, work in building up tiie army, win
; object was to defend the peace of i
, Fatherland.
Meat Strikers Returning.
- -- . ? ..I.
j - iStriKin.tr uuuiins in J.?
I j Ing centres. St. Louis. Mo., except
voted to return to work. In I'Mr..
111., a thousand men applied for tli
old position'!.
From the Seat of War.
?
Two Russian battalions lost h
r their ipen at Bimoueheng.
Japgn lias ordered two fast new b
t tlesbips to b: bulk In England.
3 The Baltic squadron, twenty w
[l ships, has sailed from Cronstadt.
J Port Arthur sailors loft their sli
to serve guns on shore, the war cr
^ scattering for refuge from Japan
* shells.
^ The engines of the Russian battles
Orel were ruined by the iniroduct
0 of iron tilings into the valves and
linders.
ij
? imtoim
fS WASHINGTON.
Duricg the absence, of the Presiden
and Cabinet members official circle
were rather "quiet. |
Official advices have been received n
j the Navy Department from Renr-A(3
i iniral Stirling, who commands the flee
; of United States warships at Woosung
j the port of Shanghai, confirming the r?
port with regard to the disarming o
the Russian warships in Shanghai liai
d bor.
"f OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
No new reports linvp been receive*
from the front regarding the fcucces
r,! of our troops in quelling the insui
ir rection of the Morro insurgents.
JO Brigadier General Wiiiiam H. Cai
,n ter's annual report as commander o
the Department of the Visayas indi
cates the army belief that the Unltet
States will permanently liold the Fhil
"" Ippines.
? - \jr if'.
10 - DOMESTIC.! ?
rs ? "y
e> Rioting took place during Hie Labo
r0 Day parade In Indianapolis, Ind.
d The army nianeuvres at Manassa
began with tbe declaration of mimi
11- war at midnight.
id More than 200 gypsies, the vangim*
nf of 2000 intending to com? to America
rs arrived in New York City on the Car
x- patliia and were held up at Ellis Isl
s. and.
111 Eight persons were injured by win*
*(1 and lightning during a storm in Li
in Crosse, Wis. ;-.v j,
h Wisconsin Social Democrats nomln
^ ated a State ticket, headed by W. A
Arnold, of Milwaukee, for Governor/
1C, More than 300 scientists from al
l(._ parts of the world attended the Con
t0 ( vention of the Society of Chemical In
nf ' dustry, which met in New York City,
in Six persons were killed andufon
](1 dangerously injured by the expra?B
xv of an oil tank in a house at
d. Creek, <">hio. ,
d* The professorship of theism an
x- apologetics r.t Auburn Theologies
Seminary was offered to the Rev. Di
id Allen M. Dulles, of Watirtown, X. .J
h Willard Aikman, member of an ol
?h Brooklyn, N. Y., family, despondes
cs over having lost his position, ende
u- his life by gas in the home of a frlen
to in Prospect* Park South.
? A tallyho in which a party of Knigli
r* Templars were having an outin
struck a tree near Monterey, Cal., an
t>* two women were hurt.
ij? While returning from his weddln
trip Prof. J. F. Bivins. head master e
Trinity Park High School, at Durhan
1N. C.p was killed by a train, near 111
ns home- * .
e(] Eight persons were injured at Ch
st | engo, in., ana six cars or uie uan rar
ly | Elevated Railroad were demolishe
]y in a liead-on collision, caused by a mil
placed switch.
of In honor of the hand of the Card
ro Republicaine a luncheon was given a
00 the Cafe Martin, New York City, a
ril which were present city officials an
prominent members of the French co
in Diiy.
11 - In the United States Circuit Cour
??' In Trenton, N. J., the Northern Secur
i't ties Company filed its formal answ?
'? in the suit of Edward H. Hanima
be nnd others to restrain the corapan
ns from carrying out its proposed distr
or bution plan.
Suit was brought by the Central X
of tional Bank of New York and the Me
chants' Trust Company of New Yor
tr ngainst the Continental Trust Con
^ pany, of Baltimore, for $300,000. a
leging fraud in the promotion of th
? United States Cotton Duck Compan;
Miss Grace Decker, postmistress <
0'f | Linoleumville. S. I., was arrestet
charged with opening mall.
It became known that J. I\ Morga
and other financiers plan tc combii
the Union Traction and City Railwafl
systems of Chicago, the deal requirinH
at ?3G,000,000. (
A lion was reported to be at lar J
???? CUnnftrlar'c Mills Ponil.. >mill
^ ing anxiety to the farmers. I
l)C A special envoy from King Lcopofl
of Belgium arrived in New York Cifl
for a conference with President Roosfl
yc velt as to the means of lerminatirB
the war between Russia .and Japan. I
tv, Letters threatening death and dfl
lf. struction of ^is brewery unless $10,()(
L>r. be paid led Adam Eppig, of BrookiyS
to N. Y., to employ detectives. I
io. The submarine torpedo boat PoH
ed poise was successful in an attack ufl
ics on the battleship Kearsarge off Nea
re port, R. I. B
"J Several panics were caused at Lan
Park, on Coney Island, X. Y., by tlfl
explosion of gas in an electrical mafl
hole, throwing .he place in darkne*
mi i FOREIGN. - I
CL' Mount Vesuvius was again in ernH
'V ! tlon.
S1* I Prince George of Greece said tfl
! union of Crete with Greece could nfl
^ be further delayed.
>L.t The Russian imperial train has befl
made ready for a long journey, aud tfl
report was revived that the EmperH
will go to the front. Ml
)S Sedan Day was celebrated in Berlfl
Germany, by the parade of 3C,jfl
'a, troops, the Empress leading a reflj
<0, Lord and Lady Minto had a narnB
KXi escape and five women were killed Ixfl
of wreck on the Canadian Pacific RailwO
fu. iu Northwest Territory. * V
al' Strong dynastic reasons broujfl
about the betrothal of the CroiH
Prince of Germany to the Duchess <fl
celia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. H
Vfl.iictop nnirnn VAnorflvl that Y^l
1 *UllHCltl. A/V If V?? vr?..
>ps ezuela was making unexpectedly rajH
;n- payment of the judgments iu favor?
foreign countries. H
The imperial ukase extending fl
privileges of the higher class of JeH
()? in Russia was believed to be the coH
xnencement of the removal of vari<H
,r"*s restrictions on the Jewish race. H
jse Thirteen thousand idle cotton eH
;hu operatives in New England were H
dered back to work. H
The Russian Emperor promoted sH
oral generals for distinguished
ed. King Victor Emmanuel has relieS
sro, Signor Giovanni Branclii from the pH
fir of Italian Consul-Geperal at New l'l
City, at his own reouest. K
Mr. Anthony J. Drexel's dinnerH
King Edward, a special cable dispaH
from Marienbad says, was a featH
alf of the British monarch's entertainnH
there ^
'at- Members of the British Institn
of Civil Engineers are coming on
ar- Etruria to visit New York City,
c'ago, HI., and St. Louis, Mo.
ips The annual British Trades U2
aft Congress opened at Leeds, Englau
est1 St. Petersburg denied report
SassonelT. the assassin of Von Pic
!iip escaped from prison 011 a forged
ion dcr.
cy- Six persons were burned to d
near Freuerickton. X B.