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JAPS FLEET WINS lUUHHf,MHS WAR V K-hUS AACAFC TO THE 1UKTUW1ISV RURICK SUNK IN BATTLE CHI ISKB TlKAtfHIKO KEPOBTS NA VAL BATTLE STILL KAGINU. lory ladleataa Tbat If Nautrallijr Lava Wra Vlolatad tfaa RmliM Themaalvaa An Largalj Staapoa-tbla TOKIO.. The Imperial . prince, flTroyasu Kwa:ho, was slightly wounded abroad the battlecbip Mikaia In last Wednesday's engage ment. The Kussian armoured cruiser Rurlk was gunk In the en gagement In trie Strait of Corea. Tbe armored cruisers Rossla and Gromobl escaped to the northward heavily damaged. WA.SHINUTON.-The Japanese legation bas received a cablegram frotu Toklo, saying that Admiral Kamlmura reports that h's squad ron, after five hours' severe fighting with the three ships of the Vladi vostok squadron on the morning ol the 14th, In the mouth of Tsushima Island, sank the Ruirk. The other two ships which appeared to have suffered heavily, fled northward. 'Our damages" say the report, "are slight." Anotner cable from lokio io tiie legation says: "The commander of the Takashlkl naval station says rhat our fleet re potted by wireless telegraphy that the Vladivostok squadron was silenced on the 14th. The cruiser Takashlkl subsequently reported that a naval battle is being' fought" The Japanese government bas de clined to make a statement regard ing the Che Foo incident preceeding the receipt of a report from Admiral Togo. The naval engagement In the Strait, it Corca 1s still in progress. The following causualtles have been reported on the Japanese side during the action or August 10. The battleship Miknsa has four officers killed and twenty-nine men sevirely wounded. Six officers and twenty-nine men were slightly wounded. The armoured cruisers Yakumo bad one officer and furty-nlne men killed and one officer and eleven men wounded. Oo board the armored cruiser Klshin ten men were killed and seven officers and nine men wounded. The armored cruiser Kasuga had two fiffieers and fifteen men wounded. Torpedo boat No. ?H had one nun killed and eight wounded. The Navy department has Issued the following statement coveting the Che Foo Incident: "According to reports received to date the A sash I wo and Kasurul, be longing to the first destroyer 8ot!!!a, Captain Fujimoto commanding, were dispatched In search of the enemy's ships scattered during the engagement oo the night of August 10. They fouod a vessel resembling one of the enemy's destroyers and gave chase, but lost It in the dark ness." Continuing the search they dis covered that It bad entered the port of Cbe Foo. The Japanese ships waited outside the port, but the Husslans failed to leave. Captain Fujliuuto anticipated Its escape dur ing tbo night If possible to attack merchant vessels, and entered Che Foo with the two destroyers and found the' Russian destroyer Rye sblteinl remaining undisarmed. Lieutenant Terasblma was then sent to the Russian vessel with a message to the effect that the Jap anese commander expected him to leave by dawn or surrender. The Russian commander refused tocorop'y with either demand antl while the conference was still going on bo was heard instructing his men to blow up trie ship. At the same time be caught hold of Lieutenant Ker ashlma and threw him overboard. Our interpreter was next thrown overboard and other sailors showed signs of resistance. While this pro gressed the forward magazine ex cluded, killing some of our men. w then caoUircd the destroyer and retired. Our loss by the. ex plosion was one mail killed and font men mortally wounocn. xjiculcu ant Kerashlma, our Interpreter and nine others of . the boarding party were wounded. Find Evidence of a Crime. NEW YORK The oody of a woman thought to be that of Mr?. Kathleen Harry Vottier, once well known Id New York society has been fuund In the woods t Wbltc stone, L, 1. The body was expen sively attired and appeared to be that of a woman about forty years old. It bore marks of abuse, several toi,h being knocked out, .nd a part f i he clothing torn as though In a tmocie. A veil had beeo twisted about the neck like ft cord. RtSIS WITH THE mayor HA KB. ISO af TO Tier HIS HMD AT SEIIUJ.O tiTRilB. Fuck sr. Willing to Tr, Bat Olfer CHICAGO. -There were few de velooements in the packers' strike and it is not probable that there will be any riirbt away. A commit tee of reatil dealers will call upon Mayor Harrison and ask him to act as mediator Io the strike. The mayor declines to say what re will do until after he bas received the committee, but has expressed him self as anxious to do anything in his power to end the strike. The packers declined to say whether or not tbey would accept the mediation ..f tbe miyor. They de clared tint they would, oo the con trary, re -.. v( him and hear any proposition that he cared to ad vance, but it was manifestly im possible for them to say in advance what action tbey would take. They intimated very plainly, however, that the answer they bad given to the committee of retail dealers who they declined to have any further conference with the strikers was not likely to be modified under present ciicuuistancts. Chief of Police O'Neill and police InapectoCllIunt, who bas direct charge of I he stock yards district, laid formal charges before the mayor against Justice John Fitzgerald who, it Is claimed by the police has discharged the great mijority of the rioters brought before him no matter how strong the evidence against them might be. The mayor sent a summons to Justice Fit.gerald cull iost upon him to appear at the city hall and answer the charges. The jusitce failed to appear during the afternoon, and will he called upon on Monday. The Justice declares that te was doing this most to render fair decisions, but the police claim to have much evidence against him. Turkey Has Given In, CO N ST A N Tl NO PLE, After pro longed haggling on tbe part of the Turks a satisfactory solution of the American school question bas been arrived at. This matter, which is the most Important of the American demands, was settled by extending to American schools tbe same treat ment as that accorded to schools un der tbe protection of other powers. A settlement of other m liters affecting American interests in Turuey, of secooday importance, baa also been effected, and Minister Lelsbmao had telegaphed to Bear Admiral Jewel, iu command of the United States squadron sent to Smyrna, Instructing him to salute tbe batteites on land and depart. The sitting of tbe council of uiiuiaw-fs aw vVidu luu BOttt-rultruu was agreed upon, was "a long one and it was not until near its close .hat an agreement was reached. The de lay in settlement is believed to have been caused by the intervention of; the palace functionaries, whose policy in order to retain the sultan's favor consists of combating tbe rlgbts and advantages of foreign subject. Fatality at Fair Grounds. ST, LOUIS.Mrs. Jones, the wife of Breckenrldge Jones, one of tbe wealthiest men In St. Louis, died In tbe tent of Captain BJakely, In tbe Moor war encampment, as tbe result of Injuries received in a runaway, caused by the horses telng fright ened by tbe sudden firing from tbe war exhibition. Find Three More Bodies. PUEBLO, Col. Three more bodies of tbe victims of the Eden disaster were discovered by tbe searching party and all were Identified soon after being brought to the morgue. DENVER, Col.-Geocral Manager J. A. Edsou of tbe Denver k Rio Grande railroad said that tbe com pany was In no way responsible for tbe wreck at Eden. He further stated that the bridge was subjected to the regular Inspec tions of tbe company's bridge super intendent and was as safe as any bridge oo the Rio Grande or in fact on any road, and that no bridge could withstand tbe torrent that destroyed this one. Tbe unaer bents of the bridge, he said, were undoub tedly knocked asunder by tbe washed out county bridge, thereby leaving no supports. Murderer Shoots Himselt' CIIICAGO.-Mlcbael Burns, an ex convict, shot and killed bis wife, be cause she refused to return tu blu after be had driven her away by cruel treatment Ever since tbe murder tbe police have been vainly trying to find the man. Burns went to tbe borne of bis father and at tempted wltbout causa to kill bis sister. lie tired ooe sbot at ber, but the ballet went wild. Burns then hot Himself through the body. 'ro TRACE OF FLEET huikhboits or WIS- KNOWX, ST. PETERSBURG UNEASY TIDINGS OK MANY K.SCAVE FROM POKT. SINCE 1 1 I ii k Japaneaa Admiral Togo Coald t Tll It Ha Would-Oeraaaiu Compel Hauling- Down Of Flag. ST. PETERSBURG. The admlr a;ty bas no information that Lieut Newton A. McOauley of the Uoited Suits navy and Lieutenant de Cuiverville of the French navy, tbe only two naval attaches at Port Ar thur, joined Rear Admiral Wltbnft's squadron when it left tbe port. Had tbey joined the squadron they would presumably have been on board tbe flagship Czarevitch. Tbe absence of news as to their presence with Admiral Withoft Is taken to indi cate that they remained on shore, and It is poll ted out that it would be perfectly within the admiral's province to decline to take tbe at taclies in case he considered the enterprise too hazardous, and so as not to expose the representatives of neutral nations to danger. It Is reported tnat Viceroy Alex leff has left Mukden hurrldely for Vladivostok on' receipt of news that the lilness of Vice Admiral Bezo brazofl had takeu a serious turn and that the admiral was not expected to recover. The exact whereabouts of the Port Arthur battleships Is still a mystery on which hinges Russian naval for tunes In tbe far east. Telegrams reporting them back at Port Arthur have not been confirmed. It Is apparent that Vice Admiral Togo either cannot or will not say where they have gone. Admiralty officers declare tbey do not know, but tney refuse to believe that of live battleships not a single one managed to bieak through to Vladi vostok. Tbe cause of this uncer tainty Is attributed partly by a dis tinguished naval attache to tbe natural consequences of a sea light In the niubt Urn. Vessels on cither side mlgbt become separated and be unable to rejoin their respective fleets at daybreak or possibly be tempteu to cbase an individual eneAy who mlgbt be in sight, rather than to proceed to their ren dezvous. Vice Admiral Togo" report of bis awn damage mentions only a few ships, which Is believed to Indicate that the others have not rejoined his fleet. It is more than probable that Admiral Withoft, before going out, fixed a rendezvous to which the vessels would proceed ir separated, and It is likewise more than proba ble that this rendezovus was any where except at Port Arthur, the most likely point being between Shanghao and Kisuiu (the most southerly of the three principal Is lands of Japan) which Is on the cir cular route to Vladivostok. BERLIN. The hauling down of the flags of the Russian vessels at Tslnghtau took place In accordance with instructions of the German foreign office, which, having ascer tained that the damages sustained by tbe warships ' were too serious for repairs to be made within a reason able time, gave orders for (hem to disarm and be detained during the rest of the war. Japan has been officially Informed of tbe , action taken by Germany. Attempt to Blow up 'lous,. WHEELING, W. Va. -Unknown persons attempted to kill superinten dent F. M. Horcbler of tbe Austen Coal and Coke company and bis family by blowing up the resldeence at Austin with dynamite The charge was placed oo the front porch directly under the room In wblcb the family were floeplng Butte Has a Bull Fight. BUTTE, MONT. An allsged bull tight was held here. Tbe affair was widely advertised as a "human bull figbt" The animals were not pierced or otherwise maltreated, the bull lighter using only a red cloak to excite the animals. He avoided their mad rushes by his alertness. Butte ministers attempted to stop the exhibition by appealing tu Gov ernor Toole, who referred the matter back to the county authorities. Drug; Clerk's Fatal Error ST. LOUIS.-Uharles Farthing, an extra drug clerk employed at the Lindell hotel pharmacy, was arrested ana Is hld for tbe coroner on charge of having caused 'he death of Mrs. Jennie Helm, wife of Morits Helms, of New York. Mis. Helms died after suffering great agony for several bours, after taking a dose of tbat she supposed was cream of tar tar, wblcb ber husband, It Is al- lleged purchased from Farthing. ALL FAIL TO GET OUT t ARK TIMFOKAKT KUIOI 1ST BAT Or KIAO C MOU. fll rt From Admiral Toga Tvkto C:miu CiareriM-h Wu bunk- JnpaiMMta But Lit Ua Iaiuced. TOKIO. Admiral Togo reported as follows: "On August 10, our combined fleet attacked the enemy's fleet near Gugan Bock. Tbe Russian vessels were emerging from Port Arthur, trying to go south. We pursued tbe enemy to tbe eastward. Severe fight ing lasted from 1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon until sundown. Toward the close the enemy's fire weakened temarkably. Uls formation became confused and cruslers Askold aod Novlk and several nf the ships scattered. The Russian torpedo boat destroyers fled to tbe south ward. Other of the enemy's ships retreated separately toward I'ut Artbur. We pursued them tbat we Inflicted md It appears considerable damage. We other articles found life buoys and belonging to the Rus sian battleship Czarevtcb floating at sea. The Czareivtcb probably was sutik. We have received no re ports from the topedo boats ami the topedo bo.it dstroyers which were engaged in the attack oo the enemy. "The Russian vessels, with the ex- (itlnn it Hm N'nvIV rh AsL-'lr! the Czarevitch and the Pallada, ap peared to have returned to Port Ar thur. Our damage was slight. Our fighting power has not been im paired. Toklo bas not been in formed of tbe details of the result of the dasb t.f libcrtv marie by tbo Rus sian fleet fiorn Port Arthur on Wed nesday, August 10, or of the light which followed oil Port Arthur oo Wednesday afternoon and night, be yond a brief report from Tulleuwan reporting the engagement, a mes sage from Chee Foo announcing the arrival there of a Russian torpedo boat destroyer and a telegram from Tsing-chou, at the entrance of Kalo Cbou bay, reporting the arrival of the Russian cruisers Novlk aod Askold. The navy department here declares that it Is without any further Information. It is presumed here that the Rus sians vessels dispersed In several di rections and that the Japanese war ships, under Admiral Togo, pursued them. ' ' It now appears tbat Admiral Togo did not send the report which was crediated to him. The department nas not beard from him. It Is anti cipated tbat the Japanese govern ment will immediately make repre sentation to Germany concerning tbe Russian warships which have taken lefuge at Tslngcbou. Bryan Lose His Bequest. NEW DA V EN. The supreme court which has been considering W. J. Bryan's application frOfii the lower court decision which excluded tbe sealed letters In the Bennett will case adjourned having found no error. By this decision Mr. Bryan loses the 150,000 beq jest. Gets Five Year Sentence ST. LOUIS.-Robert B. Tav-lor, formerly interest clerk in the Citi zen's bank of New York city, wno pleaded guilty to the charge of utter ing forged bank note's and passing them, was today sentenced In the United States district court to pay a fine cf It and serve five years in imprisonment. Taylor was arrested In St. Louis last July with unsigned bmk notes In his possession amount ing to more than 16,500 belonging to tbe bank with which he was em ployed. Taylor appeared in court accom panied by William M. Seufert, a New York attorney who was em ployed to represent him by Taylor's friends and the secret order of which Taylor Is a member. Shoots His Way Out, HELENA, Mont.-lsaac Gravelle, on trial for robbing a powder house near Helena last September of giant powder, which wis used in wreck ing Northern Pacific trains escaped from tbe Lewis and Clark county Jail after probably fatally shooting Tony Korlzek, a deputy sheriff. PPursued by deputies and Rabb, a butcher who was armed, Gravclle took refuge In an alley beside the residence of Joseph K. Toole, where a pistol duel took place. After an exchange of shots Gravellc ran lota the basement of tbe governor's bouse where be shot and killed him self. Many Down With Smallpox. CHICAGO. Smallpox has broken out in Zion City the borne of Alexan der D)wle, the so-called "dlvloe healer." All told there are said to ba fifteen persons ill with the dis ease that but eight of tbe patients have Isolated and Dowle and all bis elders dally offer prayers for recovery. Tbere are oo physicians there and as Dowle will not pei ml t bis fol lowers to use drugs, fears are enter tainnd tbat tbe disease may spread, SOTH ARE BURNED BY MOB tWO KCGBOKX OIK AT TBI STAKE IN TOWN. Clothing Saturated With Baroaeae W lilla IfoM d Look oa Vain Abpaai to Mob Wblcb Know. No Mncj. STATESBORO, Ga.-With cloth ing saturated with kerosene, writhing tod twisting! n tbelr agony, screeni ng to heaven for tbe mercy tbe mob would oot show, Paul Reed and Will ato, negroes, two of the principals in tbe murder and burning of Henry Hodges and family, six miles from Statesboro, three weeks ago, were burned at tbe stake. A determine i mob cbarged on tbe jourt house, overpowered the mili tary guard, secured Cato and Reed, who had been found guilty after a legal trial and sentenced to be banged, took them two miles from Slatesboro, and there burned them ill ve. The climax came quickly md unexpectedly. The forenoon had passed quietly, the trial of Reed, the ringleader in tbe murder, being concluded, a ver dict of guilty rendered, both he and Will Cato found guilty the jay before, were sentenced to bang September 9. Tbe crowd assembled about the court bduse was not as I irge as the day before nor was it so threatening, though for tbat matter there was never much par ade the CJUutiyiucii uiWaJS being quiet. In the trial of Reed little delay had been caused, and its conclusion the prisoners, as before, were hust led Into the witness room where a S' rortg guard of military was mounted over them. In the corridors the agitation began. The spectators left the court room from the Jawo outside man entered the hallways. Shortly before 1 o'clock tbe crowd was addressed by a tall man who seemed to Inflame it greatlv. lie callsd on those about him to follow him. Then Captain Hitch of the Ogloihoipe light Infantry, who was Inccmmand of tbe forces realized that the situation was desperate. He posted guards on each of the stairways that led to tbe floor above where tbe prisoners were confined. With fixed bayonets but unloaded rlhs tbe guards stood. The mob surged toward them but were reDulsed several times. Tbe d itermined effort was yet to be made. At the rear stairway the gravest danger threatened. Prominent men, among them the Rev. Mr. Hodges, brother of the murdered man, sprang to the front to address the crowd Before tbey could be prevented they had caught two of the guards wrested their weapeons from them and thrown open the breech locks. The weanons were empty. That was what the crowd wanted to ascertain The trooos bad been given orders not to load their rifles. The captured soldiers were hold prisoners. Mormon Question foremost. LEWISTON, Idaho. Consideration of the Mormon question is blocking the proceedings of the democratic state convention which is in session here. United States Senator Dubois proposed a radical anti-Mormon reso lution. His resolution was softened the mixing of chur ;0 and ttate and promising to favor legislation to carry into effect those views. The prospect now is that this resolution will be defeated and the national democratic plank be simply re affirmed. Should the Dubois reso lution falllt is considered likely tbat ex-Senator Henry Heitfeld, who was regarded as almost certain to be nominated for the governorship, will withdraw in favor of Maj. James H. nalcy of Boise, though ex-Governor Frank Steunfccrg Is now being vigor ously upheld for the candidacy by members'of all factions. Twenty-Six Thousand in Line. BOSTON. Twenty-six thousant survivors of the union forces which f ught in the civil war marched through the winding streets of his toric Boston and over 500,000 people who have assembled from all sections of tbe United States, saw pass in review the G. A, R. This was the great feature of all the events of national encampment week, the occasion being made a holiday throughout greater Boston, whose residents (locked to the state caplto) to view tne veterans. Through streets, brilliantly decorated, be tween ranks of spectators who cheered, waved banners applauded In every possible way, sought to show tbem honor, the veterans marc bed fur bouts. Steps in Front of Engine. COUNCIL BLUFFS, la.-Floyd F. Mlt seil, a carpenter, aged fifty one, w. instantly killed by North western lassenger train No. 15 at tbe Broadway street crossing bere. He bad been drinking, it Is alleged, and started across tbe tracks behind one train only to step In froct of an other. His bead was crushed In be bind, both legs cut oil and bis left arm severed above Ibe elbow, Tbt remains will be butled at Logs n, la. U H HMMIIMI NEBRASKA NOTES I A t. A. a. J a a tA. a a a a .ajaaaJ srTTTTTT T PPttt r pPaP Theodore Johnson of Lincoln hat been chosen principal of tbe Beat rice High school. Miss Addie Reynolds of Boone county bas been elected principal of tbe Albion High schools. Charles H. Taylor bas beea ap pointed postmaster at Quinton, vice M. I. Tight, resigned. Jesse G. Moren bas been appointed rural carrier and George F. Mores substitute at Johnson. Dr. Blackburn, manager of a small' snow, was "touched" for 1200 while pitching bis tent at Beatrice. Beatrice Is to bare a new cream ery plant. A cigar factory is also contemplated for that town. County Superintendent J. L. Adams died at Geneva tbe result of an operation for appendicitis. State Superintendent Fowler will speak at te Dodge county teachers' institute on August 16 at Fremont. Tbe old settelrs of Otoe county will hold their thirty-seventh an nual reunion at Nebraska City on September 5. Frank Wylis, a young farmer near Beatrice, slid from a load of hay and was seriously injured by falling ua a pitchfork. A rural delivery route has been ordered established September 15 at Sterling, with an area of twenty-five square miles; population 400, Miss Frances Knight Wllsm nf Ne braska City will sing the prima donna iole in the comic opera, "The Tenderfoot," tbe coming sea-' son. Herman Smith, a farmer residing near Plattsmouth, bad bis hand, crushed in a corn sheller. Tbe limb had to be amputated at the, shoulder. The election ' for lighting bonds at Oakland, held some time ago, was declared Illegal. A second election was beld and the bonds carried by a majo'ity of 19. Troop A, Nebraska National Guard, has received new equipment and now bas Krag-Jurenson rifles, Instead of its former ancient car bines. John Jotman, a prosperous rarmer residing five miles east of tbe city, was thrown from bis wagon a mile' east of Beatrice and sustained brcken leg. John Casey a well known resident of Pawnee City died last week from, stomach trouble. He was a member of tbe Masonlo order and beld a high rank. Allan D. May, a recently connected newspaper man, with tbe Falls City Tribune, has bought from E.' F. Sharts a half Interest in tbe Enterprise of Humboldt. Mrs. Elizabeth Paddock, an elder ly woman, of North Loup, fell off tbe stone wall which was being laid for an addition to her residence in tbat city and broke ber arm. Miss Addie Reynoldson, a Boone county girl and a graduate of the state university, was elected to tbe position of assistant principal of tbe high school at Albion Herman Smith, a farmer residing west of Plattsmouth, had bis left inu so uauly mingled in s ccrs ibe Her tbat it was found necessary to amputate tbat member at tbe shoulder. , Columbus bas been In darkness for several nights. Tbe council would aot enter into a contract for lights for live years and as a result tbe i ight company turned off the "glim mer." Mrs. Mary Wilson of Beatilce died at her home this week, aged 54 years. Deceased buffered a paraly tica stroke several months ago, from the effects of which she never re covered. She is survived by a family of seven children, all grown. Captain Ashby, an attorney of Beatrice, was In Lincoln and made application for the pardon of Kelley and Himebarger, two boys sent from Wymore to serve three years In the penitentiary for highway robbery. They have served but one year. Tbe worst electrical storm of the season passed over Albion recently accompanied with a light rala. Tbe thunder was terrific while the light olng, which was almost continuous, kept telephone belis busy and bril liantly lighted tbe otherwise dark night No damages bas beea re ported, but from tbe deafening re ports of thunder Ic Is likely tbe llghtioing did some execution not far from that city. Tb United States Fisb com mission car, In charge of Superinten dent Johnson of Washington, ' Is stocking tbe lakes near Lodge Pole witb cropple, black and red bass. W. L. Taylor, Who disappeared from Table Rock In a mysterious manner, about a year ago, was ser iously burt by falling from a load of . lumber near Joplin, Mo., where be now lies Id a critical conditio, tbe wheel of tbe wagon running over Dim and crushing nlf cbstU