( USTfR COUNTY RfPUBUCAR
By D. M. AMSBERRV.
DROKEN DOW. " " NEDRASKA
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News in Briel
.Tudgo Dunne nt Chicago Issue 1\
writ of nJlLndnmlls orllerlng the clt
for the re'
to Iss\lo n hulldlng permit
modeling of the fire.strlelwn Iroquola
. theatre.
Secretary Loch , nccomplll1letl by
I\1rs. Loeb , will lea\'o on vncatlon
'trip of three wCls to the Yellowstone
Nnllonnl parle. They will spen alJultt
two weoles In the park. .
Debby Walthour , at Charles IlIver
parle , nt CamlJrldge , Mass. , established
II. now world's record for IJ CO follow.
ors hy riding thirty miles , In con1ll0tl.
tlon , In 33 minutes 623.5 seconds.
The jury of the Salon des Artists
Frnncnls , nt Paris , has awarded the
medal to the American nrllst Seymour
Thomas Cor his portrait of Henry ViS'
naud , soorotn.ry of the Unlte Stat
embassy.
In Ca1lCornia the lotal arell. 11'1'1.
gated Is 1,703,720 ncros. The figures
show thnt In the number of Irrigated
farms nnd the total construction cost
of Irrigation systems' California holds
first raule.
In the sale of the Princess 1\fn.
thl1do's jewels at Paris n IlOarl nCle-
lace , Cormerly the property of Queen
Sophie of Holland , brought $171,000.
It Is said the buyer representc the
German empress.
Al orman Charles T. Johnson t
Grand Rapids , 1\Ilch" Indicted for receiving -
ceiving no brlbo In the Lalco l\lIchlh'1ln
water deal , alpearcd In the suporlor
court J1d 111eadod guilty to accepting
$350.
$350.Tho
The prohlb tlon state conventl n of
Ohio nomInnted a state tlclcot , her.dG
by Harold King Rockhill for secretary
of state. Delegates.at.large were also
elqcWd. The platform eclares for
Ilrohlbition and for womnn sufIrage.
Tbo Unltc States supreme court
orderetl a now senl for the court for
the first time slnco 1790. ' 1'ho old
senl was the slzo of n elver dol1ar.
The now seal w111 be two and on ( }
quarter Inches In dlametor.
Four persona were Injured at St.
Louis when a Wabash shuttle train ,
bound for the 'Vorld's fall' grounds ,
erashed into the rear end of a Colorado
rado freight train , a short dlstanco
outside of the union station.
The 1'O'al commission alpolnted In
, August , 1901 , In England , to Inquire
Into the relnUon betwwccn human and
animal tuberculosis l1a8 arrlvc at 0
conclualon justifying the Issuance 01
an interim report , according to which
the commission finds that human and
bovlno tuberculosis nro lrIl tlcall
identical.
In the case of Elmira Knepper
against John A. Sands , the U'nlted
States supreme court held that pur
chascs from the rnllroad company 01
IMtl granted to the 0111 Sioux Clt
rallroa in Iowa did not have a good
tltlo as against homesteaders , because
the road wns never constructed. Sands
heijl the homestead title.
J. 'M. Neeland , general manager of
the PM.Amerlcan railroad , announced
at Mc-Ico City that ho has just o.wo.rd.
ed the contract to D. P. Doak and as ,
ooclo.tes of St. Louis for the construc.
tlon and equipment of that road from
Tonala , the present' terminus , In the
state of Chlapas , to Tapachula , on the
frontier of Guatemela.
John SorlOO , a wel1.1cnown snJoon. .
leeeper of St. Joseph , Mo. , was mur'
dered by thugs at his place of bust
ness early Sunday morning. Soyfrle 'E
head was tractured. Clrcum&ta cCf
Indlcnto tha.t robbery or revenge , 01
both , WCTe the Dlotl\'es for the rlme
About $200 WCiS securcd. CharlC !
1\Iack Is being held for Investigation
Announcement WfiS made at the gen
eral offices of the southwest B'sten
of the . Pennsylvanlo. lines at Colum
bus , 0. , that 1,100 shopmen would be
laid off to cut down exonsos. It I :
also announcc 462 men In the maintenance
tenanco devartment of tllo Pittsburl
dlylslon 110.vo been suspended for thl
same reason.
" Decausc of the extenslvo retrencll
ments being made by the great ral !
road systems , cspeclal1y the Pennsy ]
vanlo. railroad , the Westlnghouso all
braleo plant at WUmerdlng , PR. , 1111
cut down the working tlmo of its on
ployos. More than one-half of th
4,000 employes of the plant wll1 wor :
but llalf and two.thlrds at the flme.
The body of C. D. Dewey , a relntlv
of Admiral Dewey , was found In
clump of bushes In a pasture In th
northwest part of St. Louis. 1\11
Dewey disappeared from his homo laE
Wednesday , sa 'lng ho was going fa
a walk. The bo y bore no marks c
vIolence anll no bottles of POISOlI coul
bo found about the pcr on of the doa
man.
man.Grovor
Grover Cleveland has written a Ie
tel' declining UIO In\'ltatlon to SIQll
In Mexico on July 4.
Captain Lajoie of the Clevolan
American leag\lo club has been su
panded indol1nltely for rthrowlng
quid of tobacco at Umiliro Dwyer I
Chicago.
Three thousand machinists , emplo :
cd by the companies that compose tli
Metal Trades association , went on
atr ko at Chicago as a protest agalnl
the , da ' and } ' al1
tonhOltr ) , practical ) e
the 116 shops represented In the aSB
clatlon wll1 be closed.
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SEVERE FIGHTING I
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THREE DAYS' BATTLE , IN WHICH j
BOTH SIDES SUFFER.
DETAILED FIGURES ARE LACKIHO
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Fight Lasted from Friday Until Mon.
day , , the Engagement Occurring
Northeast of Feng Wang Cheng ,
Above Kin Chou.
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LIAO YANO-ConUnuo\l firing
bas tnleon 1III\co northeast of l eng
Wang Chong , and the railway above
Kin Chou , sluce May 27. A sharp
acUon has tal\Cu plnco eastward of
Simatsl , thlrty.fivo ml1es north of
Fens Wang Cheng , which lastCll from
the morning of May 27 until daylhhl ;
01 May 30. Uoth sldcH Hurfered se-
verely. Detailed figures are laclelng ,
The engab'Ument : res tecn \ the
Russians reUrlng on Shnntal , followed
cautiously by JapaneHc detachments.
Three comlHlnloR of .J alll1ne80 nro
rOllOrtCll to have ambu hod a llIltrol.
of the Nerlnsl < y regiment near 1Iun.
8lan , woundln thl'eo Cossacles. A
fourth Cossacle had his horse 1lIled
under him. Foarlng capture , ho
burled his rifle. lIe was captured , hut
lIuhaequemUy escaped , dug up his 1'1110
and rejoined hili regiment.
Severe flghUng Is reportell nlong
the rallwny hetwoen stations Vfangoy
and Vfandlen. The .Japancso suffered
henvlly , nnd would ha\'o lJoon annlhl.
lated hael not Infantry rellerves come
U ! ) nnd forced the Russlaus to rotlro
Into Vfongfoy.
CIIE FOO.-Chlnese arriving to.
night say thnt the Jnpanoso occuilled
Dalny without ollposltlon on last Sun.
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du ) ' ,
Flvo hundre Chinese refugees
from Port DlLln and 'rallenwan ar.
rived here toda ' . AHer sifting their
contllctlng stories , It appears that the
Russians left Aallenwan May 26 Cor
Port Arthur , aHer burning o\'orythlng
1I1\Oly to be of use to the Jalmncso.
Dandlts later toole possession of the
town , and were pillaging when the
.Japanese cavalry nlpeared , May 27.
On May 2G the Russlnns left Port
Dnlny , previously burning the oUlces
and residences , destroying the rail.
road nnd scuttling three mOl'chant.
! nen , the - Zedl Dorela Ilnd Nagadau ,
and nll- the dredgers and \ In\UlCheB.
Some of the refugees also Hay the
Itusslanq destro red the gunlJoat Do.
1at'r ; , which Is helleved to have taOn
: mrt In the batn.Uo of 'fhursduy last
at Kin Chou , and three torpedo bonts.
; > ther8 say the vessels returlOd to
Port Arthur.
The docks and piers at Dalny were
not destroyed. Bandits occupied the
city after the Russians left , and levied
trlblto on the Inhabitants. A Ohl.
neso contractor , who hnd lJulll most of
Dalny for the Russians , wus held for
ransom , nnd his clerks ldl1od. 'flle
town was still bumlng May 28 , when
the refugees started for Che 1.00. The
Jnlmneso hl\d not Ilppeal'ed at Dalny
up tQ tbat time.
Ono junl , which wn.s Jeavlng Dalny
wns sunk lJy handlts , and fifitty per.
sons were drowned.
The Chinese who have arrived here
dl not leave Daln ) ' or Tallenwan be.
cause they were afrnill of the Rus.
, slans or Japaneso. They fled from
the bnndlts who entered those towus.
JAPS HAVE LOST HEAVILY.
Officer of High Rank Points Out Im
portance of Victory.
TOKIO-A Japanese officer of high
ranle made the fol1owlng statement
to the correspondent of the Assoclat ,
cd Press :
The Japnneso In nUacllng Kin
Chou and Nanshnn hill had to fight
ngalnst great odds , The Russians
were In full command of the strntegl'
I cal advantages afforded by nature alH1
these ' ' h
ad\'antages wel'o augmented
the newest Inventions for defense
The forts on Nan Shan hill were arm
ed with heaguns. . The Jnpanes <
had ouly field guns , hell\ ' ) ' guns ho
Ins unavullable on account of the dlf
fi ultles of transportation.
Our arm ) ' lleserves great credit fOl
hn\'lng driven the Russians from thh
stronghohl ; It was 11. feat provlousl )
considered to hayo been Impossible.
fear our losses hI1\'e been henvy , 1m
we have gained the strongest loln
harrlng our wa ) ' to the Investment 0
Port Arthur.
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SituatIon Bad at Port Arthur.
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e LONDON.-Tho Dally : Mall's corre
Ie spondent at New Chwang says : Soml
Chlneso fugitives from Port Arthm
arrived here , describe the situation 0
o
the InhabltantR there as desperate
a
Fl1Iulno prloos exist. The cent 0
o
r. pro\'lslons Increases weelely. 1\lnn :
llCrsons are reduced to eating Chines. .
food , and o\'en that Is dear. Mille
flour costs $6 a bag. Whole street
and sovernl publlc bUllellngs ha\ '
been wrecltell by Japancso shell tire
The hospitals are pacleed with sic
and wounded.
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New Forts at Port Arthur.
TOKIO.- our 'gun o.ts , two de
Id stto'ors and two torpedo lJoats sel :
s lo Port Arthur earl ' on Monda ) ' morl
a Ing by Vlc Admiral 'fogo efIected
11 careful reconnolssanco , facing a heav
fire from the land Imttel'les. The
r. dlscoyered a new Russian searchllg1
IE station and ono or two new forts a
D the Llno Ten Shan IH'Omontor ) ' . N
t 3 gunboat was struc ) , by a sli01 .
)1 which lllled one petty officer , Injure
o three men and d'lmagcd ' one of II (
guns. The other boats escalle wltl
out dawaee.
HONOR OF HEROEG.
Commemorntlve Exercises on Field
nt Gettysburg.
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GE'l''l'YSDUHO , Pa.-On
Cemetorr hili , O\'erlooldng ground
IlltlJowed b ) ' the hlooel of half n hun.
dred thousand hra\'o mOil , and In the
presence of a conCOUr80 of thousands ,
who ha ails em hied to puy tribute to
Its memory of the uatlon's dead ,
Presldont Hooseve1t , on Monday , de.
livered n notahlo address. On nearly
the same SllOt , on November HI , 18Gl : ,
l'rosl ent Lincoln delivered the Immortal -
mortal address enunciating principles
which have rung around the world
fOI' moro thun n third of a century. .
Prosldent Hoosevelt was escorted
Lo the cemetery on the lJ11ttlefield by 1'
body of several hundred veterans of
the civil war. The preshlent and hJs
special cscort were preceded by s'v. (
eral organizations , Including a squad.
ron of United Stntes cavalry , the
Third United States artillery nnd the
1\lnrlno baud of Washington , which
ha IJCen ordered here for the occa.
slon. : Mrs. Hoose\'e1t and other memo
berH of the preshlent's party followed
In carl ages. 'fhe rear of the Ilroces.
slon couslsted of ch'lc organizations
and citizens In carriages.
to\'ernor : l'enn 'paclr lreslded at
the cOI'omonles , which were held on
the rostrum In the cemelm'y. Arter
the l\lellIorlal day services of the
Grand Army of the llepubllc had been
concluded and the pupils o ( the pub.
lIc schools had strewn flowers over
the graves of the thousands of dea ,
dnrlng which ceremony the Marino
hand pln. . 'ed 11. Bolemn dlrgeo , nr. 1id. :
ward Everett lIale , chapluln of the
United Statcs son ate , pronounced the
\'ocatlon. .
Go\'ornor Pennypaclwr then Introduced -
duced the president , who 'Illado ' .n.
lengthy nddress , saying , In part :
"Tho place where we now are has
\"on a double distinction. Hero was
fought one of the great battles of all
time , and h re was spoleen one of the
few speeches which shall last through
the ages. As long as this republic en.
dures or Its history Is Imown , so long
shall the memory of the bn.tl1e of Get.
t'slJurg likewise endure an bo
) mown ; and as long as the English
tongue Is understood , so long shall
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg speech
thrill the hearts of manldnd.
"The civil war was a grent wnr for
righteousness ; a war waged for the
uoblest Ideals , hut waged also In there
oughgolng. llractical fashion. It was
ono of the few wars which mean , In
their successful outcome , a lift toward -
ward lJetter things for the nations of
manl < 1nd. Sarno wars have mk'ant
the trlumlh o ( order over nnarchy
al1 < l licentiousness masquerading as
liberty ; some wars have meant the
triumph of liberty o\'er tyranny mas.
queradlng as order ; but this vlcto.
rlous war of ours mcant the triumph
of hoth liberty al1l1 order , the triumph
of ordel'ly 1Ibert ) ' , the bestowal of
civil rights upou the freed slaves , and
nt the lIame time the stern Insistence -
enco on the supremacy of the na.
tlonal law throughout the length and
breadth of the laud. Morcover , this
was one of those rare contests In
which It was to the Immeasurable In.
terest of the vanquished that they
should lose. while at the same tme
the victors acquired the precious prlv.
Ilego of transmitting to these who
come aftG" them , Il' 11. memor ) ' of
honor forever , not only the m mory
of their own valiant dCds , but the
memory of the deeds of these who ,
no less valiantly and with equal sin.
cerlty of purlose } , fought against the
stars In their courses. The war left
to us al1 , liS fel1ow.countryulen , as
brothers , the right to rejoice that the
union has been restored In IndQ truct.
Iblo shae ! In 0. country wher . slavery
no longer moclm the boast of free ,
dom , and also the right to rejoice
with exultant pride In the courage ,
I Ult'Self.sacrlfico and the deyotlou
a1lke of the men who were the blue
I nnd the men who wore the gray. "
The president's concluding wordE
were :
"AI1 are at ono now , the sons 01
these who WOI'O the hlue anel the sam
of those who wore the gray , and all
cal1 unite In pa 'lng reSIOct to' th <
memory of the so who fel1 , each 01
. them giving his Ufe for his duty !
he saw It ; anel all should he as one h
learning fl'om the dGnths of those mOl' '
how to 1I\0 lIseful1r whllo t.ho tlmef
call fOl' the performance of the count
less necessary duties of eyorrday Hfe
and how to hold ourselves ready te
dlo noh\ \ ) ' should the nation O\'er aguh
demand of he1' sons the ultlnuite 1)1'00
of 10yalt ) . . "
Demand of Packing House Workers
lANSAS CITY ; , Mo-Tho exeCI !
( ) tlvo board of the 'Amalgamated Mea
Cutters and DutcherVorlmen's assl ]
laUon met and formulated the fol
t. lowing demands which wl11 be 111' (
sente to the leading pacl\Crs In Chi
cngo tomorrow : Flrst-Thnt no 111'1
bo emlloyed In those department
where the lmlfe or any steel Is uRel' '
and , second , that employes througl
out the country shal1 lJo al10wed II :
! . Increase In wages , ranging from Ii t
k 25 Iler cent higher than the seal
I now In force.
One Trooper Is Dead.
eRA WFOHD , NelJ.-Prlvate Wall
or of K trooJl , Tenth nvalry , FOI
Hohlnson , was : : ! hot 111111 ldlled hy Pr
\'ate Wilson of 0 troOl ) . The two me
were carousing In Crawford and th
y shooting followed a fight.
It
11 An American at Port Arthur.
[ ) . IUKDEN-J.loutonul\t Newston 1
.I , McCul1) ' , United States navy , rocent'
! naval attache at 'I'01e10 , but orderell t
! r obser\'e the Husslan neet operation :
! I' IS Inside Russian lInes at Port A.
I thur
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AT PORT ARTHUR
GEN. KUROPATKIN WILL MOVE
FOR ITS RELIEF.
HIS ARMY IS Of THE MARCH
A Maneuver for Attncklng In the Rear
the Japanese. Now Besieging Port
Arthur-London Receives Reports
with Skepticism.
LONDON-Telegrams from dlfIer-
cut } lolnts seem to confirm the ru.
rnors that General KuropaUeln Is at.
tempting a diversion In the direction
of Port Arthur. ltusslan reinforce.
ments , according to a ells patch from
Tlen 'fsln , nro mo\'lng southward
from I\alpllng Coward Wafangtlen ,
under GeIleral Stal1cenberg. They
comprise a battery of artl11ery , four
Siberian regiments and 11. company of
CosBacles , aggregating 12,000 men. An.
other IJrlgade Is followlng , the Inten.
tlon being to engage In their rear the
Japanese now. attacldng Port Arthur.
The Standard's correspondent at
Tlen Tsln , sending the sarno news ,
says : "Tho TIuRslan force In the en.
gagement at Wafaugtlen May 30 was
SUIlosed } to have boon formed of four
Siberian regiments which were re.
ported to have left 'I'achahlochlo May
28 , .belng the first portion of It rellev.
Ing column for Port Arthur. The rail.
way Is fairly Intact from the north
of Wafangtlen , but Is completely de.
atro'e from there to Pulantlen.
" ' ' unconcerned
'I'he Japanese are
over this demonstration , being con.
vlnced that It wl1l lJo Impracticable
for the RusslaIls to move a sufficient
force to provo effective. "
These reports are received with a
certalu measure of slwptlclsm In Lon.
don. The belief here Is that If Gen.
eral KuropaUtin Is undertale1ng such
a desperate move he can only be doing -
ing so In deference to the strongest
political pressure and against his own
better judgment.
No further news of any lelnd has
been recel\'ed about the movements
of the Japanese forces , Doth Generals
Kurokl and O1cu are working In the
utmost secrecy.
The Dally Telegraph's well In.
formed Toklo correspondent estimates
the total defending force at Port Ar.
thur as 30,000. "This Is a most for.
mldnble army , " he sa's , "an It wll1
be a marvelous achievement to carry
by assault such a place with more
than a score of great landwn.rd forts ,
disposed at a distance of fifteen miles
from the harbor. Stili , the reduction
of the place undoubtedly can be ac-
complished. "
According to the Chronlclo's Toldo
correspondent , the Russians Imve
cupled eleven fortresses at Llao Yang
and are la'lng mines at a distance of
5,000 feet around them.
TREATY WITH FRANCE.
House of Commons Passes on Second
Reading Terms of Coflventlon.
LONDON-The Anglo.French con.
ventl9n bl11 unanimously passed Its
second reading In the House of Com.
mon this o\'enlng. The bl11 provIdes
for the assent of Pur1lament to the
Indemnities and cessions of territory
under the recent Anglo.French agree.
ment.
Premier Dalfour , iu the course of
the delJate , Imlll the speakers showed
lacl { of appreciation of the enormous
benefits accruing from the arrange.
ments Ip. re ard to Newfoul1l11and.
Under the old arrangement peace be.
tween France and Great Britain hung
by a thread. The difficulty was now
removed forever. Ho considered the
Anglo.French agreement to be ono of
the greatest International transac.
tlons on record and the eglnnlng ot
n happier era In national relations.
WORK AND WORRY.
They Drive a Business Man Into
Taking His Life.
OMAHA-Mentnny unbalanced from
the cares of business worries ane ]
physlcallY wrecI\Od from overworle , C
L , Saylor , office manager of the AI'
mour Pacllng company In South Oma'
ha , tool { his 111'0 In Hauscomm parll
Thursday afternoon , During th <
morning ho bade good.by to his offic <
associates und friends , prepn.rator
for"a journey to 'roledo , O. Short1
after 2 o'clocle In the afternoon he
told members of his family he waf
" olng to talce 11. stroll , promising te
return at an earl ) ' hour and complete
his Imcklng for the trip. An hOIll
later he was found dead on a bencl
along the main drive of the parle.
Officers Fight Horsethleves.
BASIN CI'fY , Wyo-ShorlfI Webl
an posse , accompanied by Deput
I. Sherlt'f ' Deard of Johnson county
fought a baWo with two horsethlevei
nenr the Putney ranch. The thlevos
memborll of Ule old gang of whlcl
"Driftwood Jim" McClOlUI , now serv
Ing tlmo In the penitentiary was UII
leadCl' , stole two horses from thl
Tcasdale ranch on 1\Iay 10. The am
cers had been following since May 14
Ono of the thle\'es was , , ; ounded , lJu
escaped with his comlmnlon to UI' '
bad lands of the DIg Horn.
Trouble In Paper Mills.
1\IILWAUKEE.-An E\'enlng Wle
consln Sleclal from Appleton sa ) '
that relations between Impel' mlll em
lloyers aud emplo'es , wblch.hav .
been stralncd to the ntmost , brolco te
day. The combined locIs mllls err
1)loyes refused to so to worle. Othe
mills' employes are to follow befor
Snturday. TodRY's action was take :
after II. statemmt by the mill owner
'In which they assertell two and nE
half ) 'oars of dealing through th
" . . union has lrO\'od that the unulon e I
not bo rellod UIOn In contracts.
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS MEET.
Delegates to Natlonnl Convention
Named , with Bryan Le dlng.
Dch. atl's-nt. Large-
\VILI IA I .J. BU AN , I..nncaRter.
W. H. TlIO IPSON , 11 nil.
C. .J. SMYTH , Douglru. ! .
\VALT H PIIILIIPS , Platte.
Al torUli teRatLarge -
J. 1\1. OtLCII1lIST . , Douglas.
II. G. .W AHD , .Johnson.
J. A. COWPgUWAI'rHE , Holt.
H. C. DAVIS , Hlchnrl1son.
Delegate ! ! , First Dlstrlct-
JOlIN A. l\I'OUIHE , LrmcnHter.
FHANIC E , : i\lOHOAN , Cass.
AlternntoR , First Dlstrlct-
LOGAN ENYEAn'r , Otoe.
D. L. GHEEN FIELDS , I'awnee.
Dcleglltes , Second Dlstrlct-
.JOHN A. CnEIGHTON , Douglas
\V. H. DE FHANCE , Douglas.
Alternates , Second Dlstrlet-
DU. J. P. CI.AUK , Washington
1I0WAHD WIIITNEY , SarIY.
Dcl'-utes. 'rhlrd Dlstrlet-
J. G. llI STE. Cedar.
DAN V. STEPHENS , Dodge.
Alwrnates , 'rhlrd DIstl'lct-
I W. II. GHEEN , Knox.
PA'l'IUCK GLEASON , Durt.
Delegates , Fourth Dlstrlct-
C. D.CASPER , lluttc
DR. C. P. FALL , GugP- .
I Alternates , Fourth Dlstrlct-
I C.V. . NUNA1\IAKEn , Saline.
'rIlOMAS IIEN AHAN , York.
Delesates , Fifth Dlstrlct-
:1. : O.V ALKEU , Fillmore. .
Dn. J. H. ENGLAND , Kearney.
Alternates , Fifth Dlstrlct-
DU. E , C. CASE , Frontter.
H. W. HISLEY , Hall.
Delegates , Sixth Dll1trlct-
' 1' . J. O'KEEFE , Dox Butte.
.T. J. 'VILSO , Custer.
Alternates , SIxth Dlstrlct-
C. E , SPENCER. DllwAon.
X. PIASECHI , Howard.
For National Commltteeman-
JAMES C. DAHLMAN , Doullas.
.
O IAHA , Ncb.-Tho democrats o (
Nebraslca , In convention hero \Vednes-
day , elected as delegates to the na.
tlonal convention the men whose
names are given above , and adopted
a platform which deals unequivocally
and comprehensively with national
questions , besides being , In the language -
guago of Mr. Dryan , "so plain that he
who runs may read. "
The delegates are uninstructed , but
they will va to under the unit rule.
Congressman C. F. Cochran of St.
Joseph , Mo. , deUvered a speech of al.
most an bour's duration. Mr. Coch.
ran's speech was an earnest plea for
the democrcay of state and nation to
stand firm against the Insidious -
gresslons of the trusts and corpora.
tlons and continue to be the unswerv.
Ing aud undaunte champIon of the
common people.
The four delegates.at.large were
elected without opposition and by ac.
clamatlon , there being no other candidates -
didates In the field. A similar hon r
was accorded James C. Dahlman for
national committeeman.
Repeated cheering greeted Mr.
Dryan when , as chairman of the resolutions -
lutions committee , he appeared on the
stage to read the platform , which was
unanimously adopted.
The convention adopted , amidst
chCrs , the following resolution , offered -
fered lJy W. H , Thompson of Grand
Island :
"Resol\'ed , That we are proud of
and most heartily Indorse the tecord :
of Hon , G. M. Hltchcocle , our democratic -
cratic congressman from this state ,
and pledge him our mO'st hearty sup.
port In his re-election. "
NO APPEAL FOR APPLICANTS.
Finding of Medical Board of Annapo.
lis Final.
WASHINGTON-Several matters
of importance were considered at the
cabinet meeting , It was decided on
, the suggestion of Secretary Moody ,
that hereafter the president or the
navy department would not entertain
appeals from applicants for admission
to the naval academy at Annapolis ,
from the doclslon of the modlcal ox-
amlnlng board. Heretofore , It haE
I been a practice of such applicants aE
were declared by the medical board
to be physically disqualified to car)1i )
theIr cases to the president or to tll (
llavy department , In the hope of hav. .
ing the decision of the board over.
ruled.
Secretary Taft presented some oj
the reason for bringing to the Unite' :
States of a delegation of betweer
r forty and fifty hlgh.class educatee' '
r Fl1Iplnos. The better class of Fl1I
pines felt that In the exhibit of na
tlves at the St. Louis exposition thE
population of the Islands was nOI
represented fairly , as the Fl1Iplnof
at the fall' were composed largely 0 :
representatives of the wild and unclv
l1Ized tribes.
Sun Worship Fast Is Fatal.
CHICAGO-Miss Eioiso Reusse 0
St. Paul , 1\Ilnn" who beenme Insane
hero while undergoing the ordeal 0
the so.caned "sun worship fast , " Ii
dead In the State Hospital for the In
I sane at Elgin. Dr. FranI { S. Whitman
superintendent of the hospital , sa ' 1
death was duo to acut mania , Inducel
by starvation. During the fast , whlcl
Is said to have last fortyono days
decease Is said by the hospital all
thorltles to have been sUbjected tt
torture by means of needles and till
application of lotus 011.
New Use For Wlre1efis Telegraph ) '
PARIS-The Journal's St , Peters
bury cOlrespon : ent says that Colone
Perky , In a communication to thl
Electric Technical soclct ) ' on the dls
covery of a means for utilizing wire
less telegraphy to explode Bubmarln ,
mines , sa's that an apparatus Invent
ed by him can change the position 0
mines already submerged , mak ,
mines attnched to the bottom rlso tl
the surface nnd explode and rende
fixed mines , not connected to a pOl'
by wires , harmless tlil specified ves
sels and dangerous to olher ones.
"
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RUSSIAN DEFEAT
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I < OUROPATKIN FORCES REPULS.
ED BY KUROKI'S ARMY.
RUSSIAN POSITIUNS ABAUDONErl
.
Losses of the Japanese In the Recent
Fight at Vagenfuchu-Several Guns. '
Taken nnd Squadrons of CossackG.
Catured. ,
-
LONDON-A special dispatch from.
Home says a telegrnm has been 1'0-
celved there from ' 1'01\10 reporting that t' I
Ueneral Kuroltl has completely de-
rented Ueneral KouropaUdn's forceI : ' .
.
near 8umentse ( probably 8almatszl\ .
! or 8Imutsl ) .
All the Husslan position cast or H\h
Cheug have been abandoned , accord-
In'g to the telegram : several guns.
ha\'e been taken allli whole squadrons.
or Cossacks captured.
LIAO YANU-eJaye ( ill ' 1'rans-
mlsslon.-Tho ) Japanese lost 200 1\111- I
e and a number of horses In the
fight at Vagenuchu. The Russlam
olened ! Ire at Ii In the morning ILn < l
after two hours an 11. ha1f long.range
IIrlng the Japanese l n er Ueneral Ale-
Idama prepare to charge and crush.
the force which bad been harassing :
them for twentr.one da's. hi the
menntlme Ueneral Samsonotr was approaching -
preaching Vagenuchu with a strong ,
fOl'ce or CIlVI1Jr ) : . it was a rJlght worth.
seeing when at the word of commallll
the Russian squadrons formed and.
rushed mee a whlrlwln across th
terribly cut up country , clearing away
al1 obstacles. the lJatterles at the same
tlmo trotting wong the ( rightful roads.
Having passed the rallroa station
the troops came under the fire of the
Japanese machine guns , but withdre\\-
without suffering much loss. The
Fourth and the Sixth companies 01
the Elgnth Siberian Cossacles ( urlous' "
charged the Japanese cavalry with
lances , 'attacklng both fianles. In rr
few minutes" they llteral1y cut the. ! '
whole squadron Into pieces. This wa
the first time lances were used and
they struck terror to the enemy. Som
of tbe lances pierced the rlderEt : .
through and wounded their horses.
Some of the lances could not be wfthr
drawn from the bodies. The Japan.
ese Infantry , numlJerlng four battal.
. Ions of 300 men to a company , al1 < 1
eight squadrons of cavalry attempted
to advance , but the Russian lJutterle&-
.
opened and roon the slope up which
the enemy was Il vanclng was C9vered
wtlh blacle spots and the enemy wag. \
forced to scatter and reUre. Some
of the Japanese cavalry were won-
derful1y dllShlng , charging with shout
upon the Russians , who met and scatl
tered them ,
The Cossacks pleled up boots which
had been taleen off by the Japanes(1'
in order to facilitate their flight and'
! lourlshed them on their lances mr
trophies.
The Jalmnese 'used ' the Doer trick
of dlsIJla'lng dm1mles , but the Cos
sacks did not waste a shot on them.
General Samsonoff highly praised the
practice of the Russian gunners.
GEN , WOOD RETURNS TO MANILA-
Officers and Men Killed by Mores Interred -
terred at Mindanao. IJ
MANILA , P. I.-Major Generai
, Leonard \Vood has returned from
I Zamboanga , Island of Mandana ( }
I where he has been organizing 11. pun.
, tlve expedition dispatched In pursuit
of the datto , All , and his band of
I Mores from the Rio Graude , who on
the 12th Instant surprised and mas
sacred fifty.three Fl1Iplnos , men , wo
, men and children , employcs of tha
government at Camp Overton. Unit
ed States troops are now tral1lng All.
deterlmend to either capture or de. .
stroy him 1111 < 1 his followers ,
The remains of the officers anil
men of the Seventeenth United
State Infnntry , recently ambushed and
leilled by 1\1oros , have been Interred
. at CotalJato , Mindanao.
The amlJush took place 1\1ay 8 at
Simnatem , on the cast shore of Lalee
Llgllasan , Island of Mindanao , when
Lieutenant Winfield Harper and thlr.
tynlne men of the Seventeenth In.
. fan try were attacked by severnl hun.
dred 1\Ioros.
,
Five Hundred Miners Strike.
DULUTH , 1\lInn - FIve hundrCl1
miners employed b ) ' the Draleo &
Stratton companl ut Eveleth went on
strl1ee Wednesday because their wages
. were cut from $1.15 t $ l.GO per dar.
, For a tlmo they threatened to do
Ilamage to the property , but wiser
counsel pre\'alled , and , asldo from n.
I parade on the streets tonight , In which
all of the strl1eers partlclpatOO , therd
was no domonstratlon. The strl1wrs
ha\'o plcl.ets stationed' about the
worles , and say they will not , nIlo\V
anyone to tal\O their places.
Deny Stories of Executions.
ST , PETERSBURG-A seml.offielat.
statement declares the reports that
GOO persont ! had been hanged at War . . .
saw for lolltlcal offenses and that " -
eighty coffins containing bodies of
o persons executed at Moscow hud been
secretly burled at night are I\ltogether
unfounded.
THE DALLES , Ore-Norman WI1-
lIams , convicted 0' " the murder of
Alma Nesbitt , formerly of Omalla , and \
j. her moth or was sentenced on Wed- i I
Incsday to be hansel. . . , .