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to the .h ? n , "'CninK ?* ,he hcir
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etc annrt D?ke Finl?nd,
etc announce to our faithful subjects
that on day of lh<! lhrj?,S?
of our son and heir, the Grand Duke
Alex.s Nicholacvitch, following the
promptings of our heart, we turn to
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pleasure ,nd h?'tfelt
Pleasure, even amjd? th<!se tim? of
upon the'rURK'e "" difficul"r- b?t??
upon them some gift, of our roya,
?heirrdX'lives."rCa,er tn~' in
The various benefits bestowed on
let! m, C a^C8 arc then enu*nerated at
^n?th. One of the most importan
Prov. r,Iatcj| fo fhe ent.rPaboi.|
tion of corporal punishment among
Z Irm Cl"'" lnd i,S curtailment i'
Jrmy and navy.
ar?arsmah flStVemitS ,and Purch"e
arrearSf wh.ch aflFects one of the lay
out CtheSeS ? thC p0pu,ation through
Mll ! eTP,re' and itS are
also extended to estates in Poland.
provisions of the mani
festo include an all-around reduction
?tgeC?Vra{?ra^r,V ,aW ?ff?
offenses e^iL ?nCSty for Poetical
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their civil right, a? the rest.itut.ion of
their sentence! cxp,ration of
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B?dn By WHi'i FrMi.
Richmond, Va., (Special).?At mid
night on June 16 J. D. Reece, who
lived in Lunenburg county, was taken
from his bed by masked men, beaten
and ordered to leave the county. He
did so, but returned three days later
and died, presumably from his in
juries. Now five white men and a
negro have been arrested and are be
ing held for the grand jury. It is al
leged that the affair was due to a dis
pute between Reece and his wife, and
that the whipping was administered
by friends of the woman. The af
fair caused much excitement in the
county. ,
Seaater CaaptoN RnmImM.
Berkeley Springs, W. Va., (Special).
?The democratic senatorial conven
tion for the Fifteenth senatorial dis
trict met at the courthouse in this
place and nominated Senator William
Campbell, of Charles Town, to succeed
himself in the State Senate.
Paak at Asaadaa.
Buenos Ayres, (By Cable).?The
panic at Asuncion is indescribable.
Foreigners in all parts of Paraguay are
leaving under the protection of the
diplomatic corps. Preparations for
hostilities and negotiations looking to
the settlement of the questions at is
?tie between the revolutionists and
the government are proceeding sim
ultaneously. The belief, is growing
that tilt government must yield.
REVIEW W CMP CMMTMMS.
Washington, D. C., (Special).?The
weekly crop report just issued by the
Weather Bureau is as follows:
The drought prevailing in portions,
of the central valleys in the previous
week has been relieved by abundant
rains, but drought continues in Cen
tral and Western Tennessee, and is
beginning to be felt in the Middle Gulf
States and over a considerable part
of .Texas. The Central and Northern
Rocky Mountain districts and the
North Pacific Coast regions are also
suffering from drought, the prevalence
of forest fires being reported from
Idaho and Montana. The latter part
of the week was too cool in the lake
region and unseasonably low tempera
tures occurred in the Northern Rocky
Mountain districts and upper Missouri
Valley on the aist and 22nd, but else
where east of the Rocky Mountains
the ten^erature has been favorable.
The principal corn states have ex
perienced a week of favorable condi
tions, abundant rains having fallen
throughout the corn belt, except in
portions of Ohio and Nebraska. Corn
has made satisfactory progress in the
states of the Missouri Valley, and is
generally improved in the Central
Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, although
a considerable part of the crop in the
Ohio Valley has been injured beyond
recovery. In the Middle Atlantic States
and lower Missouri Valley early corn
is now practically matured.
Spring wheat harvest is generally
finished, except in North Dakota and
Northern Minnesota where rust is con
tinuing to cause great injury. Rains
in North Dakota in the latter part of
the week interrupted harvesting. Har
vesting is also nearly finished on the
North Pacific Coast.
The general outlook for cotton is
somewhat improved as compared with
the conditions reported the previous
week, although shedding continues in
every state, and rust is prevalent in
the Central and Eastern districts. The
unfavorable effects of shedding and
rust, however, are less pronounced,
than were reported last week.
In Texas, the weather conditions
were favorable, but the crop continu
ed to deteriorate as a result of rust
and shedding, and damage by insects.
In this state injury by boll worms is
decreasing, but the boll weevils con
tinued very destructive in Southwest
ern, Central, Eastern and coast divis
ions, having caused entire absence of
bloom in many localities. Picking is
quite general in Texas, except in the
North portion, and is in progress in
the Southern portions of the Central
and Eastern districts of the cotton
belt * 1
Ir^wHSrtlrnOTTOT^c^na^madefav
orable progress, cutting being well
advanced. While the crop has been
shortened by drought in the Ohio Val
ley. late rains have improved the out
look in that section. Tobacco is mak
ing good growth in Wisconsin, but is
about two weeks late.
The reports respecting potatoes in
dicates that a good crop is generally
promised in the more important pota
to producing states.
Throughout the Central valleys and
Middl* Atlantic States the soil ;s in
fire conditions for fall plowing, which
work is in general progress, and is
well advanced in some places.
NOTORIOUSLY SLOW.
The Turkish Ooveraaent Has Come to Terms
With Usited States.
Washington, D. C., (Special).? In
quiry at the state department confirms
the Constantinople advice that Minis
ter Lcishman has taken the method
of recording the promises of the Turk
ish government to him in the shape
of a formal note recapitulating those
promises and stating that the United
States accepts them as sufficient for
the time and is fully confident that
they will be redeemed.
Having saved the principle in this
case of recognition of equal rights
for the American citizen in Turkey, it
is fully expected here that some time
will be occupied in settling the details,
particularly as Turkish diplomatic
methods are notoriously slow. The
department notes with gratification
that the firmans or permits already
asked for by American educational
institutions in Turkey have been pro
visionally granted by the local au
thorities, enabling them to continue
their business, but it will take some
time to secure action on the additional
list applied for, no less than 300 in
number.
Altogether, the state department of
ficials express satisfaction with the
status of the Turkish negotiations on
this point,
Carlyle McKlaley Dead.
Charleston, S. C., (Special).?Car
lyle McKinley, associate editor of the
News and Cov.rier, died here after a
long illness. He was the author of
"An appeal to Pharaoh," an argument
for deportation of negroes to Egypt,
which attracted much attention. Some
of his poems have been widely quoted.
He was a distant relative of the late
President McKinley.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Patrick Galvan has been appointed
chief assistant in the engineer's de
partment of the Panama Canal Com
mission.
Rear Admiral John C. Watson was
pUced on the retired list, having
reached the age limit.
The annual report of Pension Com
missioner Ware was made public.
The Insular Bureau of the War De
partment is much pleased with the re
ports from the Philippines as to the
successful change made in the curren
cy system of the islands when the old
Mexican dollars and Spanish coin were
superceded by the new Philippine
peso.
A chemical laboratory for the exam
ination of imported foods will be
opened in Appraisers' Stores Build
ing of the Treasury Department of
Agriculture.
NEARINt POKT ARTHUR
Jiywtie Sail to Be My i He ni
a U( iwaj.
RYE RUSSIAN FORTS ARE TAKEN.
Tfet Japaatse Ctoac to tte Seatfccra Farts ami
tk* Battin Defeases?Prr*1*" Naval Critic
Sagfests That Ike Atfalral at Part Artfcar
Disaaatk His Osas aai Tera Them Over to
Oeaeral StocaaaL
Cheefoo, XBy Cable).?It is reported
that the Japanese >now are in posses
sion of at least five of the outer forts
or defense positions of Port Arthur
and that their artillery and big siege
guns have wrought terrible destruc
tion.
The capture of Etseshan, or "Chair
Fort," indicates that the Japanese are
within a mile and a half of the town
and the main fortress. Reports are
conflicting as to the ability of the Jap
anese to hold all the positions taken.
The latest advices from Port Ar
thur indicate that if the Japanese keep
up their desperate assaults 48 hours
longer the fall of Port Arthur is cer
tain.
%
According to advices brought here
by a junk, the Japanese were hotly
pressing the Russian center along the
railway and the Russian right in the
vicinity of Golden Hill. These ad
vices are brought by Chinese who de
parted from Taipangtze, which is one
mile*from the city, near Golden Hill,
between the city and the forts of the
Russian right wing. The Chinese de
clare that the Japanese occupied Tai
pangtze and penetrated along the rail
way to General Stocssel's residence on
August 21.
A junk which left Liaotai promon
tory on the night of August 21 has
just arrived here. She reports that
the Japanese have succeeded in occu
pying Antseshan Fort, as well as "an
other fort, probably Etseshan, about
a mile southwest of Antseshan. They
have driven the Russians from the
parade grounds, which lie about two
miles north of the harbor; they have
destroyed two forts at Chaochanko,
which is within the Eastern fortifica
tions, and they have advanced to a
point near Chaochanko.
The iunk heard firing until mid
night of August 22. Scarcely a build
ing in Port Arthur remains undam
aged. The town hall, which was used
as a magazine, has been destroyed.
Four large warships unable to fight
are at Port Arthur.. Only one ship, a
vessel with two masts and two funnels,
'uWrtd
by the Japanese, together with the
effect of land mines, is given as the
reason why the Japanese have not
yet conquered the Russian strong
hold.
The local Japanese, under the lead
ership of their consul, are subscribing
money and preparing to celebrate the
expected fall of the fortress.
A report was cabled several days
ago that a gunboat of the Otvajano
type had been sunk. This is probably
the vessel referred to.
DISMANTLE HIS GUNS.
Advice of ? Raatiaa Naval Critic to Adalril
Oaktoauky.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?The
naval critic of the Viedomost; boldly
expresses the opinion that the Port
Arthur squadron would commit an act
of folly if it went out now. He adds:
"Although a portion of Admiral
Ouktomsky's ships arc in fighting trim
including at least the Percsviet, Pol
tava, Scbastopol and Pallada, it would
be futile to attempt to break through
Admiral Togo's strong lines. The
squadron would be lost without profit
to Port Arthur. Ouktomsky would
do better to dismantle his guns and
send the men ashore. This would re
inforce General Stocsscl to the ex
tent of 97 heavy and 4O0 light guns and
6,000 men. Then, if the worst comes,
the ships could be sunk."
A semi-official journal, while pay
ing a tribute to the heroic defenders
of Port Arthur, does not withhold
praise for the extraordinary valor of
the Japanese besiegers. It says:
"Neither a rain of cannon shots,
walls of bayonets, nor earth strewn
with putrifying corpses can arrest
their stubborn assaults."
PEACE CONFERENCE.
Presldeat May Be AnthoHicd to Samaioa Sacb
a Body.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special).?One of
the proposals that will be made by the
American group before the interparlia
mentary conference, which will be held
in the Hall of Congresses at the
World's Fair next month, is that
the President of the United States be
authorized to call a general peace con
ference sometime next year. It is
not the intention of the American
group to^have this conference along
the lines of that at The Hague. They
wish tv establish a system of arbitra
tion among the countries of the world
which will bring about a reduction of
the armaments of the powers.
Another proposition, that during
times of war private property on the
high seas which is not contraband be
declared exempt from seizure, will be
mtdc at the St. Louis conference.
Aaotbcr Qtorfla Barolag.
Cedartown, Ga., (Special).?After
being positively identified by Levia
Reeves, the 13-year-old daughter of
a well-known farmer, as the negro who
had assaulted her, James Glover was
shot to death near the girl's home
and then dragged into *hi?. town and
burned in the Public Sgujre.
Dead at It4 Year*.
Chicago, III.,(Special).?Isaac Mey
ers, of Neponset, III., is dead at the age
of 104 years. He had used tobacco
4<nr<* b# was 13 years old.
REVS flSMKT QUEL
Thirty-fire people were injured in
a trolley wreck near Rochester. A
train of two cars collided with a sin
gleear on the Rochester and Eastern
Railway.
A petition has been mailed to Presi- !
dent Roosevelt Asking him to inter
vene in behalf of the men deported
from the Cripple Creek district.
Salvatore Bossato was shot to death
by Carlo Rossati in New York because
he disclosed to the police the secrets
of the Black Hand.
Another, fruitless effort has been
made by the Western railroads to
bring about an adjustment of the su
gar-rate complications.
Two strikes, affecting 9,000 men,
were declared against the plant of the
Republic Iron and Steel Company,
Pittsburg.
The cotton firm of H. F. Page &|
Co., of New Orleans, failed and caus
ed much excitement on the exchange.
Four masked men held up the pay
master of the O'Rourke Construction
Company near Paterson, N. J.
Carlyle McKinley. associate editor
of the Charleston. News and Courier,
died after a long illness.
I. Harry E. Poyer, assistant city solic
itor of Cleveland^O., was stabbed by
his father-in-law.
The National Conference of the |
Seventh-Day Advsntists is in session
at Nortonville, Kan.
The Texas Prohibitionists nominat
edI W. D. Jackson^dr governor and a
1 full state ticket >
John Redmond, flte Irish leader, ar
rived in New Yojk!on the White Star
liner Teutonic, ? j ;
hTe German-African Bank of Sid
ney, O., has been placed in the hands
of a receiver. C '
The annual mo/nment of currency i
to the West for cnK>-moving purposes
has begun. "M _
Fire destroyed Re four-story tene
ment houses in tl^ftWiHiamsburg sec
tion of Brooklyn. ,
Plans have bed^reompleted for an
expedition to EgySj^y several Prince
ton professors. {
Mrs. Florencj^Jbiybnck left New
\ ork for Elleii*iB|,-. in the Catskill
Mountains. ' CcS:
tire in the glvMictory of Armour
& Co., Chicago, CtHncd a loss of $100,
000. ^ V,'
Near ShermAj, Ck, during the ab
sence of a fanMBr'nd his family, one
of the hired W/kt was caught by an
other hired mjukfe-hile trying to rob
a safe. A fighffnsued and the rob
ber killed tnelother man and es
caped. '.
An attemp^Kras dkmde by unknown
persons tq up the^rcicrvoir at
Sr. Marys, O. Neighbors believed
that they were threatened with a Hood
by the breaking of the dam.
Miss Bessie Johnson,* daughter of
Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland,
lias signed with Charles Frohman to
take part in a forthcoming production
on the stage in New York.
Miners submitted stveral grievances
to the board <>f conciliation of the
strike commission. Umpire Wright
reserved his decision.
J._M. Leonard, a lawyer, who is
serving a term in the Michigan Peni
tentiary for burglarly, has prepared
his own papers in which he will ask
for his release.
Edward Whitman, aged 19 years, of
Brooklyn, was instantly killed at Man
hattan Beach by an explosion of fire
works.
Mrs. Cora Langford, of Port Ches
ter, N. Y., was reunited to her hus
band, from whom she had been legal
ly separated 12 years ago.
Mrs. Mathildc Specht, of Brooklyn,
forced a powerful burglar, who had
entered her home during her husband's
absence, to flee.
Dr. William Rice Pryor, the emi
nent New York gynecologist, is dying
as a result of a general breakdown
from overwork
A day's outing cost Elliott Mead, a
speed-mad automoblist, of Stamford,
Ct., $500 for damages done in various
ways.
Congress Hall, in Saratoga, was sold
at auction for $150,000. Its original
cost was about $Koo.ooo.
George Sewell, a professional burg
lar, arrested in Cincinnati, has been
found to be also a bigamist.
Corporation Courtsel Tolman, of
Chicago, has given an opinion that the
packing-housc companies have no le
gal right to lodge workmen in the
buildings in the stockyards. Mayor
-Harrison turned the communication
over to the police department.
At Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Lydia A.
Monroe, of Riverside, CaL, was chos
en supreme chief of the Rathbone Sis
ters. Her competitors were Mrs. Belle
Quinlan, of Galcsburg, 111., the in
cumbent, and Mrs. Emma Young, of
Zanesvilie, O.
The three children who disappeared
at Oak Park, near Chicago, were found
three miles from their home. They
had run away, fearing that their step
mother would whip them.
In Chicagb Judge Dunn released on
ar technicality Ch.irlcs W. Spalding, a
former bank president, who was sen
tenced to 10 years' imprisonment for
embezzlement.
Forelga.
The infant son of the Czar and
Czarina of Russia and the future em
piror of all the Kussias, was chris
tened in St. Petersburg amid great
pomp an<i ".crcmon/. He was named
Alexis Nich-olacitch.
The christening of the heir to the
Russian throne took place at the
church of the Pctcrhof Palace.
Vice Admiral Bosanquet, formerly
British Commander-in-chief in the
East Indies, has been appointed com
mander-in-chief of the North Ameri
can and West Indian stations.
Th? strike of sailors and dock labor
ers has prostrated the extensive mar
itime interests of Marseilles.
The baptism of the heir to the
throne of Russia affords the Czar an
opportunity to discuss with the rep
resentatives of Emperor William and
King Edward questions of contra
band aftd other points connected with
U>? War.
fiALYESTON'S B16 WALL
City's treat Barrier to tfee Sea Has
A GKEAT PIECE OF ENMNEEWG:
Tkt Sea WaB WuCMvMd tk? Last at
My?Twa Ormatta Nianata Wan Ertct
a4 a! tfca Faal mt Triaiat Street ta Caar>
?eaiarata the Caaiftotfaa at tka WaO, aai
Thaaa Ma?iH Wara UardM Naaiay.
Galveston, Texas, (Special).?The
completion of the Galveston sea wall,
the greatest structure of its kind in the
world, was celebrated Monday by
running excursions from different
parts of the State to Galveston.
Governor Lanham was present and
made a eulogistic address, comment
ing on the remarkable work which has
been accomplished here, Galveston be
ing now in line to seek advantage
from th unique position of the city
as the up-to-date American port and
railroad center nearest of all to the
new Panama canal and natural outlet
for the commerce of nearly one-half
of the United States.
The sea wall was completed the last
of July. Two granite monuments were
erected at the foot of Tremont street
to commemorate the completion of the
wall, and these monuments were un
veiled Monday. The Galveston sea
wall is one of the finest pieces of engi
neering work of its kind ever accom
plished in America. The wall is 17,
593 feet long, 16 feet wide at the base, i
5 feet wide at the top and stands 17
feet above mean low tide, with a gran
ite riprap apron extending 27 feet out
on the gulf side. The contract price
of the wall was $1,198,318. The actual
construction of the wall proper con
sumed 1 year 4 months and 17 days.
The grade of the city is now to be
raised to slope gradually from the top
of the sea wall. This will necessitate
a raising of the grade from I to 15
feet, according to location. For this
purpose the State of Texas has do
nated all State taxes collected in Gal
veston county for a period of iS years.
Bonds to the amount of $1,500,000 are
to be issued for this purpose. A con
tract has been let for the grade-rais
ing work.
Under the terms of the contract a
canal is to be dug on the inside of the
sea wall which will permit hopper
dredges, loaded with sand taken from
the channel in the bay, to come' in and
discharge until the filling is of the re
quired depth. This work is now under
way. The last session of Congress
provided for an extension of the Gal
veston county sea will toT*otect from
the Crockett for a distance of 4,000
feet to the west. This will extend the
wall to Fifty-fifth street, so that the
city of Galveston on the gulf side will
be protected by a sea wall to the full
extent of its incorporated limits.
TRIED TO REACH PRESIDENT'S CARRIAGE.
Uakaowa Mm o! Athletic Build Creates a
Sccac In New York.
Oyster Bay, L. I., (Special).?In a
blaze of red fire the special train bear
ing President Roosevelt and party
drew into the Oyster Bay station Sat
urday at 9.12 o'clock.
An unpleasant incident occurred in
New York when the presidential party
reached the corner of Sixth avenue
and Twenty-fourth street. A big, ath
letic man sprung into the street in ad
vance of the crowd and, dodging the
mounted police which surrounded the
President's carriage, tried to reach
the carriage. Secret Service Officer
Taylor, one of the President's per
sonal guards, sprang from a cab !n
which he was following the carriage
of the President, and seized the man
before he could reach the carriage
step. Taylor forced him back to the
sidewalk, warning him not to attempt
again to reach the President in so un
ceremonious a manner.
What the man's object was nobody
knows. The President suggested that
he was "just a bit too enthusiastic."
RUSSIA WILL AOREE.
More Tbaa Probable Tbal Czar's Ooveraiaeot
Will Meat America and Qreat Britaa.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).? It be
comes more and more probable that
Russia will meet the view of the
United States and Great Britain re
garding foodstuffs as contraband of
war by agreeing that foodstuffs bound
to a belligerent's unblockaded port and
consigned to private firms or individ
uals when the ship's papers leave no
room for suspicion, be not regardea
is contraband. The subject is now
under consideration.
The Emperor's government appears
to be desirous of adjusting the ques
tion of the flour on board the Arabia,
confiscated by the Viadivostok prize
court, but it is pointed out that the
decision of the court makes it difficult
to adjust it diplomatically, and it is
suggested that the ease should be
appealed to the admiralty court here.
Cbarcb Destroyed By Llfbtalag.
Sheffield, Mass. (Special).?The new
Catholic church here, just completed
at a cost of several thousand dollars,
was struck by lightning and burned to
the ground. The fire was discovered
soon after it started and the villagers
turned out to fight the flames. They
could not save the edifice, but secured
the books and some other valuables
before the fire was well under way.
Favors Oao-Tena Licit.
Chicago, (Special).?The National
Business League is pushing its move
ment to amend the Federal Constitu
tion so as to lengthen the Presidential
term to six years and making the
Presi4ent ineligible for .re-election
The reason urged by the league for
the change is the constant danger of
business depression following the
Presidential election. Indorsements
of the plan have been received from
business men and organizations
thiwif beut tha country.
KOSSU LOSES AN9T1CI SUP.
Ntri Drives Atktn By tke Jiyu*
Tokio, (By Cable).?After a severe
engagement with the protected crui
sers Chitose and Tsushima the grey
hounds of the Japanese Navy, the fleet
Russian cruiser Novik has been van
quished. The fight occurred Sunday,
After it the Novik, in a sinking condi
tion, was run ashore in Korsakovsk
Harbor on the Island of Sakhalien.
The details of the day's fight are not
known here, but it is evident that the
Chitose and Tsushima caught up with
the Novik and that a running fight en
sued.
Captain Sukeichiro Takahashi, who
is in command of the Chitose. reported
the engagement in a brief telegram to
the Navy Department. He says he first
attacked the Russian cruiser Saturday
afternoon, and that on Sunday morn
ing he inflicted heavy damages upon
her. The Novik nearly sank, but she
was beached at Korsakovsk.
The imperial Prince Yorihito, of the
House of Higashi-Fusimi. is second in
command on board the Chitose. Cap
tain Sento commanded the Tsushima.
The fate of the crew of the Novik
is not known, but it is thought they
abandoned their vessel and landed at
Korsakoysk.
It is generally thought here that the
Chitose and Tusushima steamed in
close to the Novik and completed the
destruction.
The news of the destruction of the
Novik has been receivd in a curious
manner by the Japanese public. From
a political standpoint it is highly sat
isfactory, for the Novik could have
been most dangerous as a commerce
destroyer; but, considering the matter
from a sentimental standpoint much
regret is expressed at the loss.
The Novik has been splendidly han
dled and bravely fought throughout
the war, the Japanese naval officers
and the public generally have fre
quently expressed admiration for the
cruiser, her commander and her crew.
The Novik was one of the Russian
fleet that steamed out from Port Ar
thur on the morning of August 10 to
force its way through the Japanese
lines. She entered Tsinglau the night
of August it, but got away from there
the night of August 12, having remain
ed less than 24 hours. She was then
erroneously reported to have been
sunk 40 miles from Tsingtau.
The Novik was next reported head
ed for Van Dieman Strait, at the
southern end of Japan, evidently in an
effort to reach Vladivostok via the
eastern coasts of the Japanese Islands.
Yesterday it was reported from Sf
Petersbucg that the Novik had reach ..
KiJisjWrtVBlc: F>o*t? fh'e f?t that
the Japanese cruisers* met the Novik
off the southern end of Sakhalin it
would appear that the Russian cruiser
had passed through the Kurile Is
lands and was endeavoring to reach
Vladivostok by way of Laperouse
Strait, avoiding the passage of the
Tsugaru Strait, which was used by
the Russian Vladivostok squadron
when it raided the eastern coast of Ja
pan.
Korsakovsk, the" scene of the fight,
is a port on the southern^coast of
Saghalien, off the coast of Siberia, and
about 550 miles northeast of Vladi
vostok.
FATAL LIQHTNINQ.
Kills i Fanner and His Team aod Set# Houses
?a Fire.
Winnipeg, Man., (Special).?Reports
of a disastrous storm have been re
ceived from Pierson and Moosemin,
but so far nothing has been heard from
the intervening country, a strip of
land 70 miles wide.
At Moosemin, Archie Latimer, a
farmer, was instantly killed by light
ning. The same bolt killed his team.
For violence the stoxm surpassed any
thing ever seen in this neighborhood.
It is impossible to state the extent
of the damage done to crops in the*
district.
Lightning struck Lyttlcton, caus
ing a fire, destroying six stores.
A heavy thunder storm accompan
ievl by hail passed over Mclita. Crops
suffered considerably. The house of
the manager of Union Bank here, sit
uated several miles north of town, was
struck by lightning and wrecked.
HEAT MELTS THE STREETS.
Weaiero Provinces of Spsio Suffer Severely
Fro? Shu's Rays.
Madrid, (By Cable).?The western
provinces of Spain arc sweltering in
heat of record intensity. Already
there have been too victims and there
is no doubt the number will bo
swelled.
In many towns the water supply has
been dried up, and as a result sickness
is on the increase. Crops, too, have
been destroyed in many sections.
At Seville the thermometer register
ed 59 degrees centigrade (about 138
degrees Fahrenheit) in the sun and
49 degrees centigrade (120 degrees
Fahrenheit) in the shade. The as
phalt in the streets melted from the
extreme heat. Eight persons were
asphyxiated by the noxious gases aris
ing from the melting asphalt.
Those thus stricken included an un
known tourist, said to be an American.
FINANCIAL.
Tom Lawson declares that John D.
Rockefeller never had a dollar invest
ed in Amalgamated Copper.
All steel pools except the rail com
bination are now dead.
"Bituminous coal trade is some bet
ter, but the anthracite trade is very
dull," &ays a leading Philadelphia coal
m?.n.
The Lackawanna Steel Company is
now making its own prices on ail class
es of steel products, with the exception
of steel rails.
Illinois Central began paying divi
dends in 1863, and has paid from 4 to
12 per cent, every year since then.;
Pennsylvania began in 1856 and has
paid continuously. Both pay 6 per!
cent, now, yet Central sells at 136 andl
Pennsylvania at 124. '
WILL NOT INTERFERE
Afairil Stirfipg Sajs the Ckan?j[
Was Mj Carrjiag Dispatches.
OFFERS TO ESCOKT RUSSIAN SfflfS.
Tie Aatherttka at Washlaftoa Stat* Tfcty
Will Nat Now latcrlcre With Adairal Stir
Oat's Efforts ta Preserve the Ncatraltjr all
Staaaffaal. as He Is aa the Sceac aad Fafly
- Competent ta Haadle the Situation.
Shanghai, (By Cable). ? Rcar-Ad-:
niral Yates Stirling says that the trip
of the American torpedo-boat destroy
rr Chauncey from Woosung to Shang
hai Sunday was to carry dispatches.
Her movements had no connection
with the arrival of the Japanese tor
pedo-boat destroyer.
Nevertheless the American men-of
war in the harbor, while retaining the
outward appearances of inaction, have
for several days been practically clear
ed for action with gun sights in posi
tion and steam up.
Rear-Admiral Stirling is reported to
be determined that the Japanese shall
not interfere with the Russian vessels.
He has, it is reported, offered to es
cort the Askold and Grozovoi beyond
*.he three-mile limit.
The Japanese torpedo-boat destroyer
is expected to return to the harbor.
John Goodnow, the American Con
tul-General, who is dean of the con
sular corps, presided at the meeting ol
the foreign consuls Monday. All for
?ign countries with consulates were
represented. M. Odagiri, the Japan
ese Consul, and M. Kleinmcnoff, the
Russian Consul, were in attendance. J
M. Odagiri left a sick bed to attend'
the meeting. He made a vigorous
protest against the presence of the
Russian cruiser Askold aud the tor
pedo - boat destroyer Grozovoi in
Shanghai harbor and declared that
China had failed in her duties as a neu
tral power. He asserted that the Jap
anese had the right to take the inde
pendent step of entering the harbor
and seizing the two vessels. The at
titude of M. O^adiri was war-like and
uncompromising.
M. Kleinmanoff protested against
the entering of the harbor by a Japan
ese torpedo-boat destroyer and in
sisted upon the right of the two Rus
sian warships in question to remain'
and repair damages. A suggestion
made by the British Consul to refer
the entire matter to l'eking was
adopted.. In the meantime the work
on the Askold is*to ccaae 4or 48 hours,
and no further steps are to be taken by
the consuls, who will await instruc
tions from their respective Govern
ments.
It was unanimously derided by the
consuls that China cannot shirk her
responsibility as a neutral state by
handing tfiis matter over to the con
suls for adjustment.
Neither Rear-Admiral Stirling nor
Consul Goodnow has been instructed
by Washington as to what course to
pursue. Consul Goodnow has dono|
his utmost to bring about a peacefutj
settlement and he has the confidence,
of the foreign residents in the matter
of protecting the settlements in case
the Japanese should attack the As
kold and Grozovoi.
Evidence given before a naval court
Monday shows.the shelling and sink
ing of the steamer Hipsang by the
Russians to have been a reckless and
wanton act. (The. British steamer,
Hipsang, which belonged to the Indo->
China Steam Navigation Company,
Limited, was sunk by the Russians off
Pigeon Bay early on the morning of;
July 16.)
The name of the torpedo-boat de-;
stroyer which sunk the Hipsang is notj
known. No provocation of any kind
for the sinking of the steamer hadi
been given. She was on her regular,
course from Niuchwang to Chefu, and
her lights were burning brightly/
There were seven European and 83"'
Chinese on hoard the Hipsang.
The Europeans and 69 of the Chin-,
ese were saved uninjured. Nine Chin-,
cse were wounded and three were
killed on board vessel. One Chines?
is missing and probably was killed.
Another was drowned by the capsiz-i
ing of a boat.
TWO ARE KILLED AND THIRTY HURT.
PaUl Wlod storm Sweeps Over a Section of(
North Dakota.
Watertown, S. D., (Special).?A se
vere wind storm swept over a regionl
in Hamlin county, in the northeast'
part of South Dakota, killing Mr.;
Erickson, of Willow Lakes, and Mrs.]
II. Schilling, of Bryant, and injuring)
30 persons. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Smith,
of Willow Lakes, and Mrs. Schilling's
son and daughter were probably fatal
ly injured.
The greatest damage was done at
Willow Lakes ami Bryant.
At Willow Lakes every building was
damaged. Three churches, a school
house and all the elevators and livery
barns arc lying in heaps of ruins. The
Great Northern Depot was thrown
across the railroad track, and 17 box
cars were tttrne'1 bottotnside up. The!
Methodist church ts upside down on|
the parsonage.
At Brant. al<o in Hamlin county, thci
property loss is not so heavy.'
The fo?s to farmers by damage toj
their property will be heavy.
Made Counterfeit Plates.
St. Louis, (Special).?William W.
Wynne, of Atlanta, Ga., who was ar
rested on the request of the Atlanta
police authorities, confessed to having
mades plates used in one of the mo*t
extensive i??ues of counterfeit money
of recent years. So far as the Secret
Service men know, Wynne has no crim
inal record, and the only connection
he had with the issuance of the plates
comes to the oHicers through the con
fession# of four men arrested in At
lanta and Wynne's confessions. <