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. , t . BUT THREE FORTS
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THAT IS ALL THE RUSSIANS SE
CURELY HOLD.
i HERE ARE OTHERS OCCUPIED
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But Owing' to Heavy Artillery Fire
! , I of the Japanese They are Uncer
/ ' " i taln-Boys are Fighting In Russian
J Rank
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; CITE FOO-Golden hilt , White
Marble and Liaotl mountain , according .
1 Ing to Chinese advices , dated the
night of August 22 , are now the only
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x o : : . scans at Port Arthur. Others are
t occupied by them , but they are subjected .
jected to an artillery fire which renders .
dp.rs their tenure uncertain. Fort
, number five , which has frequently
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. been .reported tal.en by the Japan
.1 ese and retaken by the Russians , is l
I again declared to be in the hands
I of the Jalanese.
J A rumor having some points indi-
eating authenticity says that the I
! , r new European section of Port Arthur -
thur is in flames. Owing to the mud
and brick construction of the build-
' , 3 1. , Ings , however , It Is probable that the
fire Is not general
. It is said that the Japanese are
. . , using guns taken from the harbor
defenses of Kobe , Nagasaki and Yo-
kohama. . These guns , numbering
; 300 , are of heavy cal1bre.
: A junk which left Port Arthur Au.
, i gist 22 reports that the Russian
wounded at that date numbered 6,000
, and that the Japanese occupied the
heights near Chaochanko It Is
further reported that boys are fighting .
Ing In the Russian ranks now.
Major L L Seaman , U. S. A. ,
went from here yesterday to the summit .
mlt of a mountain on one of the :
MIll.o Tau Islands , twenty miles from
- , ) Golden Hill , near Port Arthur. With
, , . a powerful telescope : Major' Seaman
. > could see .great deal of the coast
of the Lill.o 'fung peninsula He
beard six : heavy shots and much small
artillery firing , Indicating that fighting .
Ing had subsided to a certain d gree.
JEFFRIES WINS IN SECOND
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Butte Miner Unable to Show That He
Is In Championship Class.
SAN FRANClSCQ-LH the veriest
amateur In the prize ring , Jack Mun-
roe of Butte , Mont. , went down and
out before Champion James J. Jeftries
Friday night In the second round. The
man from the mining district made
such an extremely sorry showing that
the great throng in Mechanics' Pa-
' hooted him as he .
o I vlllon roundly pros
s tested to Referee Graney against the
decision that had been given In favor
of Jeffries.
The two giants had not been In the
ring two minutes when It was for-
seen that the aspirations of Munroe
had been quickly ] disposed of. The
miner was scared and awkward and
Jeffries In the first round had him
twice on the canvas taking the count.
.
Jeftrles directed his bombardment
against the stomach of his opponent
and each shot was followed by a blow
on the jaw that sent Munroe to his
knees.
Bii Fort.ftvo second ! after the gong
- - sounded for the second round 1\Iunroe
was lying on the floor , a bloody ,
- , _ bruised mass of humanity : with Jeff-
.4' . " rles standing over him ready , if necessary .
cessary , to put the quietus on the
championship ambitions of his adver-
sary. The miner was too dazed to
rise to his feet and the timekeepers
counted him out.
Repairs Ordered Stopped.
WASHINGTON - Consul Genera ]
Goodnow at Shanghai cables the State
department that the Chinese toatal
of Shanghai , through the British consul -
8ul , bas ordered that \ the repairs to
, ' . the Russian cruiser Askold and the
' . ' Grozovol be
\ r torpedo boat destroyer
stopped .
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Desperate Fighting Is 'On From Day
to Day.
, ST. PETERSBURG-A dispatch
from Cue Fee , dated August 22" says
that according to Chinese reports the
Japanese Sunday bombarded Port Arthur .
thur from 6 o'clock In the morning
until 1 o'clock In the afternoon , pouring . ,
Ing In a very hot fire , but that the '
Russians succeeded in silencing the
Japanese batteries.
The following is supplied by a Russian '
sian correspondent of the Associated .
Press
" VIth each additional report from
Port Arthur wonder Increases both at
the persistence of the Japanese attack .
tack and the heroic stubbornness of
the defenders or the fortress. The
Japanese arc literally throwing away
thousands of lives In the hope or
shaking the courage of the Russian
tl"OOps.
"Major General Foek says he Is
confident the fortress cannot be talc-
en , but that If it is taken the whole
Japanese army will have to Immolate
Itself on the slopes of the fortifica-
tlons.
"There were five desperate assaults
on Green hills July ] 26 , the Japanese
apparently having Inexhaustible rein-
forcements.
"In the final assault , however , the
Japanese broke badly , throwing away
their guns , cartridge belt : and even
their boots to facilitate their flight ,
and leaving 7,000 dead ) or wounded.
"Our surgeons worked heroically ,
Impartially aiding Japanese and Rus
slans. The Japanese were so touched .
cd that they tearfully thanked the
Russian surgeons.
"The assault on Green hills was repeated .
peated on July 27 , and thCl'O were
frequent hand to hand encounters , the
Russians leaving the trenches to follow .
low their enemies.
"Tho assaults of July 28 and 29 on
the Wolf hills were not followed up ,
the Japanese being too severely
shacen. ] We evacuated the Wolf hills
chiefly for strategic reasons , as the
hills made the line of defense too
I long to effectually withstand the furious .
OtiS attacks of the Japanese
"The assault of July ] 30 was made
In the dark of night in the hope at
surprising the nusRlans. Sixty { thousand .
sand men were hurled against our
43,000 , but we drove them back again
and again at the point of the bayo-
net. It was another 'Shlplca pass
"The Japanese poured In fresh bat-
talions and the slopes , covered with
dead and dying , literally ran with
blood.
"Our Thirteenth regiment was forc-
ed from its position , but the Fourteenth .
teenth regiment came up and with
the bayonet again dislodged the vic-
tors.
"The Japanese losses since the siege
began have been 28,000 men. The
explosion of one mine wiped out 500.
This was an , awful sight. A volcano
of stones dismembered the bodies ot
the soldiers , while the ser ] was lit
up with a purple glare and the mud
walls of the Chinese village were
thrown down by the shocl After
this fight General Stoessel collected
20,000 Japanese rifies " ,
Women Spill Much Liquor
CUBA , KAN.-Four joints 01' illicit
saloons were wrecked br women here
and much liquor destroyed. Mrs. E.
O. Fltes and Mrs. William McDonald ,
wives of prominent business men ,
armed with hatchet , first entered
without warning the place run by
Ben Hull. Without ceremony they
began to smash everything In sight
and soon they had demolished bar
and fixtures and broken every bottle
and opened every keg ] to he found
Later they , were reinforced and other
po
joints were raided.
Chinese Are sore at Japan.
TIEN TSIN-Tho reported violation
by Japan of the neutrality of China
In ! the capture of the RussIan torpedo
boat destroyer 'e8hllelni at Clue Faa
has rosulted- alienating to 1\ great
extent the sympathy ot Chinese oil'
dials fur Japan , . .
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NEBRASKA - STATE ' NEWS Il
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NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Threshing machine men have decided .
clclod not to make any exhibit at the
state fair. '
The citizens of Hooper have taken
preliminary steps for organization of
a commercial cluh.
Wages or county teachers In Lancaster .
caster county have been considerably ,
Increased , still good instructors afro a :
scarce article .
Just now a great many western
sheep ! are being shipped Into Johnson
county to be fed the coming fall and
part ot the winter.
Imposing ceremonies will attend the
laying of the corner stone or the now
postoffice building at Lincoln If preti I
ena plans ] arc carried out. .
While traveling from Wisconsin
and while asleep In the Omaha depot ,
Salem Twist , a resldel'\t of Call1\way ,
was robbed of a hlllboolc , which contained .
talned a draft for quite a sum oC
money , besides his pension voucher
and other valuable papers
. Patrolman R. C. .Joerger of the Lin-
coin police force has sued the Lln. .
coIn Traction company for the sum : !
of $6,000. The suit is a result of the
pollce.sll'eet railway war , he t com
pan having withdrawn all free t\l1S
portatlon from thc policemen.
In the justice court at Seward John
I. Goeggers was lJOlmd over to the
November term of the district ' court
In the sum of $500 , charged with 1m.
personating an olTlcer. Defendant Is
the young man who tried to gain access .
cess to funds of the 'ramora bank by
claiming ] to be a bank examiner
While the youngest child of Rev
H I = B Smith or Falls City , who Jives
upstairs over a grocery store , was
playing ] about the back door the
screen was pushed open and the child
fell to the platform below , a distance
or about twenty feet , lighting on Its
head and receiving injuries that arc
likely to prove fatal
Olney D. Smith , alias Brent A. Neal ,
a young man who , It Is alleged , she-
ceeted ] In defrauding several banks
of Beatrice and private citizens in
\mounts aggregating about $2,000 hy
forged checks ] and mlsrepresentatlcfls ,
was arrested on n charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses. He was
bound over to the district court.
Charles F. .Junen ] , an old soldier
nnd a carpenter , 76 years of age , met
with a serious accident at Bancroft.
He , with some other laborers , were
engaged In raising a roof on a dwellIng .
Ing , a section of which dropped and
aught 1\11' Junken , one leg being
crushed at the Jmee , one arm was badly .
ly torn , besides being badly bruised
on the bed ' . He Is not expected to
recover.
Deputy Game Warden Hunger has
reported the arrest and conviction 01
three prominent citizens or Ord , Neh. ,
for violation oC the ( state game Jlws. ]
Mr. Hunger was at Ord and arrested
'I' . Hocletord and C. 11. Patridge for
having In their possession ten young
prairie chickens which they had slain
They were assessed $50 and costs
amounting to $ [ .110. When the two
men were arrested they at once lent
ant. mounted messengers to notify
others hunting In the' vicinity of Ord.
Frank ] Barker who Is under sentence .
ence to be hanged September 2 , Is at
work wheeling cement for workmen
within the walls of the prison He Is
not compelled to worl The warden ,
out of deference to the usual custom ,
would rather keep ] the man In seclu-
slon because of the nearness of the
, day for the execution , hut he was
obliged to accede to Barlccl"s request
for work The man pined away when
shut UII In his cell for three days and
now the workmen witness the unusual
spectacle or a fellow laborer whose
life la drawing to Il close on the gallows .
lows working along contentedly n.t
their ISIt'U '
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MORE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS.
Varlons Counties In state Are In-
craeslng Amount for Education.
LINCOLN -Tho school returns ,
which are being made to the office \ ot
the state superlntondent , show t lint
many of the county school authorities
have made decreases In ho average
n
levies , hut In most cases the docrens-
es In the rate of taxation are not
equal hy several PQ1' cent to the increases .
creaseR In the valuation , and the result -
stilt will he that the aggregate of
sheool taxes wll ] bo In excess of the
totals for last ] year.
An example Is the case or Oleo '
county , which scored a 60 per cent increase -
crease In the taxable valuation , the
average levy for all the districts was
recInced from 8 to 6th mills , n decrease .
crease or IR per cent , 01' slightly more
than one-t.hlrd oC the Increase reported -
ported In the taxable vnluatlon In no
case reported so far has the levy decreased . Q
creased at the sumo rate as the Increase .
crease in the val nut Ions , Tim follow-
lug table shows thin changes In leyl08
IU1I1 the rate or increase in the valuation '
tlon of ouch of the reporting counties
as compared with last year :
Tnc
Levy I'.evy Vol.
Counh' . " 11103 11101. : Pl' Cl
SIII'PY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1 : 9 ! I : I:1H : ,
Polk..l ! ! 11 lli1
PhiufI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7 llii
.Tefl'crfo1on . . . . . . . . . . tli ( 12 G.I
Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . 1a 10 :18 :
Saunders . . . . . . . . . . 11 II 207
Antelope . . . . . , . . . . 21 ' 11 G5
Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 11 97
Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12 76
Gage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1 : 9 . GS -
G'celey . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1:1 : 6:1 :
Harlan . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 II 60
Kimball . . . . . . . . . . .1:1 : 14 3:1 : .
Hanllln . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8 62
Otoc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R 6'1.1 ' 50
Saline . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 10'1.1 if
Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . 17 12 72
Thayer . . . . . . . . . . . , 15 13 43
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DISPOSITION OF STATE L NDS.
Recommendation That They . . Be
Leased at 3 Cents an Acre.
In ] response to a'n Inquiry from Gifford .
ford Plnchot , head of the United
States bureau of forestry , Land Com
missioner Fonmer has recommended
that the public lands In the western
section of the state , not. homesteaded
under the terms of the Kinkald law ,
be leased at not less ] than :1 : cents an
acre , or as much more as It will bring
at a competitive hlcll1ng : or auction.
This It is believed would help the
state in disposing oC the leases of its
school lands.
"I am unable to see , " ho says ,
"where the state would receive any
greater valllo by exchange or consolidation ! .
dation with the national government ;
other than cooperation regarding thin
leasing of public and. ] "
This last response was In answer
to the query of the head of the forestry .
estry bureau as to the possibility : ! or
some kind ] of a joint management or
national ] control or the public land in
the west. The proper method of
handling the problem Is the leasing
or the vacant United States c1oman !
at nol to exceed 3 cents an acre
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Work on Normal Delayed. j
LINCOI N-Tho wore ] on the Kear
ney Normal ] school 13 malting slow
progress. According to the statement
of an official who has just returned
from that city , the footings for thin i
walls have not yet been completed , although -
though It is more than three months
since the contract was let. The contractors .
tractors are at work preparing the {
cement blocks which are to enter Into
the construction of the hulldlng- Some
delay was experienced In securing ,
the necessary mllchillcry for the con-
IItrllotioll oC tbe blocks ) ) ot the two
sizes \ needed , . ' .
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