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\ SEVERE ENGAGEMEN I
'I ! tilE ' CRUISER RURIK ( IS SUH ! { !
Two of the Russian War Vessels Es i
cape to the Nortwnrd-Shlps Believed '
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ports That the' Naval ' Battle Is Still I
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, 'I'Ol\rO.-Vlce Adlllrnl } Kam1t1l11rr1 I
: o/1collntcred the Hils sinn ! \1:1IIIvolltole I
I IHllIl1elt'O/1 nt dawn today north of 1'SII j
I Island In the strait of Coroa. and at j '
' tacked the enemy nt on co. The battle
I lasted for five hours and resulted In D
cOlllllloto Japanese vlclm'y. The Itus-
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i ' ulan cruiser / Hul'lle was sunk und the
: cruisers Hossla and Grolllohol fled to
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serious Ilalllago.
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navy department that the Injuries In.
I 1IIcteli upon hlH vessels were slight.
,1 The fate of the crew of the flunk Is
! t not known. It Is presumed that many
: of tholll were killed 01' drownod.
The strength of the fleet under Vice
: I Admiral Kalllltnu'a Is not known , hilt
I It Is Ilresulllell that ho had the Ad-
I : IlI\lIIn \ , the IIls111110 , the Iwate , the ,
: 1'almshfl\O and other light crulscrs. ,
'l'ol\lo Is joyous over the news , all
It gives Japan mastery of the sea and
restores cOl11merce.
.1alll\nese guns dominate the docle. I
yards at Port Arthur , and In view 01
this fact It would seem to he impossible -
slhle again to make seaworthy or
fi/htable / the Russian hnttleshlllR
which have returned to Port Arlh\I'
It Is probable that the Russian battleship -
ship Cmrovltch will disarm at 'rslng
Choll.
_ The best IlOS81hlo naval force that
Russia can now concentrate nt Vhull-
\'ostole is four C1'\I18er8.
The imperial prince , Ilh'oyasu
Kwacha , waH slightly wound aboard
the hatlloshlll ) l\lIlmsa In last Wednes-
day's en/agelllent. / The Russian armored -
1II0red cruiser turlle was sunk In the
onga/emenl / In the Strait of Coren.
1'ho armored cruisers Hossla and
Gromohol escaped to the northward
heavily dama/ell. /
WASIIlNGTON-Tho Japanese Ie-
gation has received a cablegram / from
'roldo saying that Admiral Kamimura
reports that his squadron , after five
hours' severe fighting with the three
ships of the Vladivostok squadron on
the morning of the 1-Hh , In the mouth
of 'rsushlma Island , sank the Hurlle.
The other two Ships , which appeared
to have suffered heavily , Oed north-
wal'll. "Our damages , " says the report '
port , "aro sll/ht. / "
NEBRASKANS FIRST TO FILE.
Prize Winners at Rosebud Begin Locating -
c:1t1ng GI:1lms.
BONES'rECL , S. D-The Rosebud I
reservation was thrown open to civilization -
lIzation at 9 ! ) o'clocle Monday morn-
ing , when William McCormick , 1 ,
filed on' a quarter section of land lying -
ing lengthwise along the side of the
town or HoosQ\'elt. Three other
towns have slll'un1111. / . Burke , Gregory
and St. Elmo
Talus Hugge , who drew No 2 , filed
on a quarter section adjoining 1\Ic-
shed prior to the opening , Itt hundreds
Cormlcle There were fears or hloOll-
of squatters had gone on lots In the ,
townsltes and were defying newcomers -
ers to dislodge them at guns' 1101nt8.
Governor Herded arrived to investigate -
tlgalo the situation with regard to
sending tl'oOIIS. Probably troops will
not bo sent.
The count seat fight has already
begun among now towns. Locating
agents claim knowledge [ of towns to
which the Northwestern railroad wlll
build , though officials refuse to give
any Information. Among the first
hundred several did not or could not
f1le. The land office Is protected hy
armed guards while \ filIng money remains -
mains inside
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DIE IN A WRECK.
Lives on One Hundred Passengers
Snuffed Out.
PU1711LO Colo.-Tho wreck of the
WI'III's Fair flyer on the Dent or &
Hlo Grande railroad near Eden , seven
miles north of Pueblo , Sunday even-
Ing proves to have been one of the
greatest railroad disasters In the his-
tory of the cOllntr Two crowded
passenger cars and It baggage car
were engulfl'ld In the torrent that tole
out n. trestle spanning Steelo's Hol-
low , otherwise known as Dry Creole ,
and , 50 far 1\8 18 known only three of
the occllllantH of these cars escaped
doath. Fortunately , two sleeping
cars and a diner , complct + ng the train
remained on the track at the edge of
the abyss and none of hose t on board
were Itllled or , Injured.
1I0w many 1101'Isheei ( probably : will
never be definitely known , for the
treacherous sands are drifting over
the hodles. Searching for the dead
was begun about midnight on I1n extensive -
tenslvo scale and Is still In progress
lonlgh All bodies found were
brought to Pueblo and placed In four
morgues here.
At 8 o'cloek Monday evening seven-
ty.slx bodies had been recovered and
of these fifty had been IdenUfied. Dur-
Ing the day bodies were recovered all
the day along Fountain river from
the scene of tile wreck to this cily. : .
At 1 o'cloek Monday afternoon two
I bodies ! ! were taken from time stream
at First street , Pueblo , more than
eight miles from the point where the
disaster occurred and it Is probable
that Some may he recovered even fur.
timer down stream. None of the bodies -
les are bady mutilated and all are in
such condition as to ho recognlzalJle.
Many identifications have been made
hy articles found on time bodies , no
persons who viewed thom recognizing
the features.
Two carloads of human freight
plunged into the raging torrent that
destroyed the trestle over time usually
dry arroyo known as Steelo's Hollow ,
near Eden , about 8 o'clocle Monday.
Two sleeping cars and time diner
stopped at the brink of time hungry
chasm filled with a boiling current
that quickly snuffed out probably 100
lives. So quietly hall time catn"tropho
been enacted that the occupants of
limo three cars remaining on the track
ltd not realize that ' an accident had
occurred until they alighted from the
train. 'rhen they ware utterly power-
less to render assistance to the vic-
tims who had disappeared In the 1 ush-
tug waters.
GRAND ARMY RATE WAR.
Railroads Striving for the Transportation -
tion Buslnes.
CHICAGO , Ill.-Tho rate war over
the Grand Army business has broken
out afresh Monda the Grand Trunk
made time announcement that Its rate
from Chicago to Boston would lJo
15.10 for the round trip and that
under no circumstances would it relinquish -
linquish the differential which It
claims is justly due to the so.called
differential llne8-tho Grand Trunk ,
Eric , 'Vahash , Baltimore & Ohio and II
Nickel Plate.
The immediate cause { > ; or the announcement -
nouncemont of a new cut in time rate
Is said to he an advertisement of time
Michigan Central that the lowest
rate announced over any line would
apply over time Michigan Central.
This was taken lJy the Grand Trunk
to mean that the Michigan : : Central
would not recognize a differential
rate to time Grand Trunk and other
lines , but would quote a rate or $17.95.
Brilliant Meteoric Shower.
WASIIINGTON.-The naval observatory
sCl'vatory reports Its observation of
a meteoric shower , brilliant and In
many respects llUusual. In eight-min-
mites fifteen meteors were counted , one
of which lasted fIve seconds , which ,
according to time scientists , is an ex-
coptio ' mally' : long time. '
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THE TURKISH . GITUATION DISCUSSED -
CUSSED AT LENGTH.
OUR MIUISTER IS HEARD FROM
After Several Days of Silence Sends
Message from COl1fitantinople-Ne-
JotJations Understood to Have Taken -
en a More Favorable Turn.
WASHINGTON-Foreign affairs , to
the pract ical exclusion of every thin
else , was considered at Fl'iclay's meet-
ing of the cnlJlnet. 'rho 'rmltish situation : -
uatlonrus discussed at length and a
line of action , in case 1\1inlJtel' ! : Lehih-
man's efforts are unavailing , waR
agreed to , but Its nature was not dis
closed.
Secretary Hay also presented to the
cabinet some Important Information
cabled the state department b- Minister -
tel' GrIscom at Toldo confirmIng the
reports of a great naval engagement
off Port Arthur. It is said time discussion -
eusslon of the .Japanese-Russlan war
was purely academic and not in any
sense relative to the attitude of Amer-
Ica toward either of the contending
powers.
After several days' silence , Minister .
tel' Leishman has been heard from
through a dispatch dated at Constanti-
nople Thursday night , recounting the
results of time exchangeR between him-
self and the foreign / office officials
there. The state department did not
see fit to make public the minIster's
communication , hut dill make the gen-
eral statement that negotiations had
taken a more favorable turn and there
was an expectation or a speedy and
satisfactory adjustment.
There is , however , a vagueness
about the 'rurldsh statements and
promises that has caused time depart-
ment , having in mind past experi-
ences in time way : of promises , to instruct -
struct Mr. Leishman to see to it that
these propositions are reduced to such
concrete form and are made In such
a binding manner that there cannot
lJe any question as to their fulfill-
ment hereafter by the Turkish govern-
ment. .
It is confidently expected that the
Turkish negotiators will accede to
such a demand on the part of 1\11'
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Leishman and it Is predicted that time
negotiations will bo concluded success-
fully hy Monday next.
CONSTANTINOPLE - Naoum Pasha -
sha , under secretary of foreign affairs ,
called On MInister Leishman at Thera-
pia , a town on the Dosphorus , nine
miles northeast of Conslanlfnople. lIe
reiterated the assurances of the government -
ernment regarding a speedy and favorable -
voralJle reply to the demands touch-
ing the rights of Am.rican citizens
in Turl\O
Subsequently Izet Pasha , secretary
of the palace , and Minister of -1\lInes
. Scum Pasha had a long interview
with Minister Leishman for the pur-
pose of determining upon the text of
n reply which nmay prove acceptable
to AmerIca !
Wanted for Murder In Nebraska.
DENVER , Colo-George Van Hal-
leI' , who Is wanted hy time Omaha po-
lice for murder , was arrested lJy Detectives .
tecti\'es Saunders and Kenn ' . Information -
formation as to the culprit was received -
ceived at the police department ; yes-
tOJ'day morning and every effort was
made to locate time alleged murderer.
He was finally located at a house In
the neighborhood of Seventeenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue and
was arrested. Van Haller will lJo held ]
until some word has been received
from the authorities at Omaha.
Distinguished Engineer Dies.
NEW YORK-Georgo Clinton Gard-
ner , the dlslfngulshed railroad man
and engineer , Is dead at his home In
Richmond 11111. He was born at
Washington in 183-1. His father , Colonel .
nel Charles J. Gardner , was formerly
adjutant general of the army .
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JUDGE PARKER CALLED UPON. ' " "
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Committee Notifies Him of His Nomination . , I JI
nation at St. Louis. ,
ESOPUS , N. Y.-Tho worst rant of '
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the summer marl\Od time advent or Uw
day on which Judge Parker was to bo' j
notifIed of his nomination to the presIdency -
Idency by the democrats.
The streets were deluged before . . 4
da 'lIght. From the tops of the hills , I
where Rosemont Is sItuated , time
water poured in torrent. Rain was
still falling steadily at 11 o'clocle.
Judge Parker was leeenly disappointed -
pointed , as he had hoped for n fine ' - " ' , . . :
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day. i .
day.One
One thousand persons were on thd
ground when the judge's employees .
began the decoration of the speakers' ' "
stand. Time committeemen found' .
places of fift ' -threo seats reserved for
them In time front of the speakers' _ -
stand.
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Judge Parleer's family ! was escorted I
from the house to seats of honor lJy a : - j
committee composed of National 1
Chairman Taggart and State Chair-
man 1\Ieyer. The same committee ac.J I
companied the nominee , who leaned :
on the arm of Champ CIarle. I
Champ Clark , chairman of the notification -
ficatlon committee , delivered the notification -
I I ficatlon speech. . j
Judge Parker was greeted with applause - _ .
plauso at every period In his speech. ,
lIe was gIven most respectful alton-
lion. He read the latter part or hIs
address Ho spoke evenly , seldom
raising his voice above a conversational -
lionnl tone. He finished the speech at "
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, DEMOCRATS AND POPS. FUSE. '
Both Parties Will Support the Same !
Ticket In Nebraska. j
LINCOLN-The democrats and
populists both held their state conven- 111
lions here the same day. Each made ' .
nominations , time populists' convention
naming five and the democratc three
of the state officers , as follows :
For Governor-GEORGE W. BERGE , . . Y
pglmullst . of Lincoln. '
For Lieutenant Governor-DR. A.
TOWNSEND , democrat , of Franklin
count ' .
For State Treasurer-JOHN M. OS-
BonN , populist , of Pawnee county.
For Secretary of State-H. E. \V ATZ-
IiE democrat , of Richardson county
For Audltor-J. S. CANADAY , popu-
list , of Kearney countJ- .
\ For Attorney General-ED\VARD 11
\VHALEN , democrat oC Holt county. .
For Land Commissioner-A. A. '
"rOnSLEY , populist , of Boyd county.
For Superintendent of Public 1n-
structlon-I\.LBERT SOFTLEY , popu-
list of Perkins county. a
Each party has a separate electoral
ticket in the fIeld and both presented
platforms.
The conventions were In session
many hours , and for awhile It seem
as Jr harmonious action could not be
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had , but finally' the two bodies got I
together and agreed upon candidates " t
as above given.
T. H. Watson , populist nominee for
president , was an attendant upon the
populist proceedings.
SENATOR VEST PASSES AWAY.
Aged Statesman Succumbs After Prolonged -
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longed Fight for Life.
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SWEET SPRINGS , Mo.-After In-
goring for weeks between mo and
death former UnIted States Senator
George Graham Vest passed peace
fully away Tuesdar. He had been
so near deaths for the last three days
that the end came without a strugglel
Ho was conscIous until about 2
o'clocl Sunday morning , when he sank
into a state of coma from which ho r
never aroused. Ho lost the power M
speech Saturday mornIng , but for .
several days before that he talked :
very imperfectly , and during the last
thirty-six hours of his life his breathing -
Ing was barely perceptl le. The flutter -
tel' of his pulse was all that showed
life still remained. The remains will
lJo taken to St. Louis for interment.
Alexleff Seeks Safe Place.
ST. PETERSDUHG-A dispatch I
from Harbin says that Viceroy Alexleff .
has passed through that place on his I
way to Vladivostok.
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