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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1904)
. . . ' ( USTfR COUNTY RfPUBLICAn By D , M , AMSDERRY , DI10KEN DOW. - - NEnUASKA _ . --J [ News in Bri At l"alrmont , W. Va. , fOllr were fn. . lally hurt and eight ether serlouRly Injured in nn explollrm ! : of natural glUl . which wreclwd a InrAe hoordlng hous" th < 'ro. , A b'Tnnlto stone was erected o er tw ) grave of John Quincy Marl' on June 1 a few feet from the spot whore h ( ' fell In the bn.tt1o of FaIrfax COllrt , house. 'fho colnago facllltle9 II.t the mInt In : \h'xlco City are to bo largely IncreM' ( , I. The foreign demand for Mexican ( 'rln8 increaI > es , and JlJlI\n hns bOllght Il11.vlly of late. ntcarte , the former FIlipino lealieI' , has been captured hy the constnbulary mill sent to Guam in exile. He was the Instigator of an ullrlsl lg at "igan 111 l"cbrunry Iast. Sergt. John Marlin , the only sur. vivoI' of Gencrnl Custer's regIment , en , gaged in the Uatt1c of the Dig Horn in ] 8 i , haa heen placed on the rellrcd list of the army. Prof. Charles RIchard Van lIlse was iulU./turated : / 11realdcnt of the Unlvorsl- tty or Wisconsin. 110 is the first alum- I1UIJ of the unIversIty to 1.10 at the head of tbo instltutl m. John Hoblnson , a fisherman of Mau. , nce , III" shot and killed his wlfo , his IJrother.in.law , Shelby Atterbury , and 'thon hlmsel ! . Jenlousy is supposed to ha'e Ilrompted the deed. Chinese from Dnlny say that the ItuHslnns had twent.six naval guns at Nan Shan , and also that many b'\tnS from the Port Arthur fieet hn.d been 111led ! : in the land batteries. Colonel WillIam Herring , a leading l11.w'er of Tucson , Ariz. , has for a partner - nor hIs daughter , 1\Iiss Sarah , who 8tudierl in her ( ather's office when he was assistant dIstrIct nttorney In New Yorle city. Gocrett1ry Wilson will leave Wash. Inston for a tour of nbout ten days in the wcstern states to Inspect the asri. cultural colleges nnd experiment sta- lions. He will vIsIt WIsconsIn , 1\lIn- Iles tand' ' Iowa. The Reformed church In America hils twenty-three stations In foreign l1e1ds , 251 minor or "out stations , " 25J ! mlsslonarle3 , :12 : nath'o missionaries , 1iI2 natlvo hellcrs ! nnl ( 36 churches , wHh 4J3 ! : ! communicants. 'fho secretary of the interIor ap- llrJvcd contrn.cts for the construction of wnterworls at the towns of Lawton and Hobart , In the territor ) ' of 01\1 a- 1I0ma. 'rho IAwton woris are to cost $711,000 and the Hobart worl < s $ .12,000. The London Stdndnnl's Cho 1"00 " correspondent - respondent sa's that a HUBslan gun- lJO:1t : , belloved to 1.10 the Robr , which was In nctlon nt Tallenwan , hns ar. rlvel : from Port Arthur. She was chaed ! by the Jnlll\ncso , but was able to tal\C some rerugo nnd cscalled into Dnl1Y. She wns not followed into that port on account of mInes. 'rho department of ngrlculture has heen advised that Dr. CooI < , who lias dl3covered in Guatemala. an ant that la a fierce enemy of the boll weevil , has started by the overland route from GutemnJa for the cotton fields , carr 'lng olonles of ants wIth whicb experiments will be made in the wce. vii ravaged sedlons. It seems now certain that the mono. t:1r : ) ' m < msuro now before the Panama , assembly will be adopted , as It is Ii compromlso between the opposktg \'Iews. The l1rlncipal poInts of the pl:1n : nro that tilO bools shall 1.10 the American gold dollar and the unIt ot drculatlon the silver dollar , us used in the Phlllpl1lnes. Although not officially nnnounced , It Is understood that the order of merit of the bnttleshlps In the recent record target practice , so fnr n camplotcll. . Is as follow : Oregon first , n.nd prob , ahly winner of the pennant ; Wiscon. sin second and Iowa thIrd. 'I'ho bat. tleshlp IllInois is now engagel in tal' get 11ractlco In 1\1artha's Vlnc'nrd. , For extraordlnnry heroIsm In the recent explosIon on the 1\1lssourl , the followIng named enlisted men have heen made warrant officers : 1\l\cbae \ HIggIns , chIef boatswaIn's mate , np . poInted nn acting boatswaIn ; 1\lonl Monssen , chIef gunner's mate , appoInt cd acting gunner ; George Croftln chief machInist , appoInted acting war rant macbinlst. There is a great fi ht on for the va cancy in the United States senat1 caused by the death o ( Senator Mat Quay , Ex.Attorney General John F Elldn , who was recently nominated fo justlco of the SU11reme court for : term of twenty.ono years , at a salar ; of $10,000 per annum , Is a candIda\ \ ( General T. OlivoI' , a m\11lonalre \ , an' ' W\11lam \ A. FI'nn , a leader in vurlou ) Jolltlcal movements at Plttsblll'g , ar n.lso candIdates. The wnr office sa's that man ) ' ( the snns lost at Kin Chou'ero Ch neso suns captured durin ; the Doxe uprlslng. 'rho revolutionary DominIcan force flustalnel : a defeat Sunday at Couce ] cion do In. Vega , leavIng a hundre men dead or woundel on the field. Emperor FrancIs Joseph has al polgted KIng Edward a field marsl11 uf the Austro-llungarlnn arD1) ' . The comptroller of the currency hv extended the COrlJOrato exIstence ( the Flrot National bank at. Sterllni I l " unUll\lay 27 , 1924. . ' . . , GROP CONDITIONS' ' - OUTl.OOK AS A WHOLE IS QUITE FAVOR.\BLE. . . - - - - roe WET IN SOME lOOAL.lTIES Corn H&1S Becn Chccked by the l.ack of Warmth and Sunohlne-Wlnter Wheat In Oklahoma Surfers from Hc vy Rains. WASHINGTON-Tho' weather hu. 1'C'1U'S ! weoltly summary of crOIJ concll- 11011/1 / is as follows : While too cool for best results In Ilortions of the Inlto region and In the IIlslrlcts east of the Hocl ( ) ' mountaIns , with excosslve moisture and lacl < of sun13hlno in the central 1\lIssisslplll and lowel' MIssourI valleys , the weel ( as a whole has heen very favol'l1hle In the districts onst of the Hocl < y mountaIns. Drouth in the South At. lantlc and ens tern gulf states hns heen vry generally rellevell , although rain Is needed In Ilortions of Florida n.nd In the central and weSCOI'n gutr consl districts. 'l'ho North PacIfic coast also experienced flworahle weel" but In CalifornIa nearly all crolls ; were injured hy continued drying : north winds. Over the western portions of the corn holt the growth or corn has heen ( 'heclcd by the lack of warmth nnd sunshIne , and it is much in need at cultlvutlon , whllo In the central and eastern districts Illantlng and replant. In have been delayed hy raIns. Poor stands are reported from the lalO re. , WAS DONE DY DYNAMIT [ ! . I Twelve t.lveB Hurled to Death by [ ! x- ploclon. ClUPPJ. . CHm K , Colo-'rwolvo men were Itllled hy the explosion of an Infernal machlllo ht trIO railroad station in Independence Monday. Seven - en othl1ra were seriously injured. Eleven - en men were 1lIIed olllright and ono dIed later frolll his WOUlIIIH. All the Illled and Injured , with the exception of two mon from the Deadwool mIne , were non.unlon miners emilloyed Ull the night shlfl of the Findley mlno. The men llUd ( lull \Vorl < at 2 a. m. and were walllnE ; to board a suhurban traIn on the Florence & Cripple Creele rallro d and retul'll to theil' homes in Cr1)llllo ) Crecle and Victor. Just aCter the englooor of the approaching traIn blow his whIstle as a signal to the mIners , nccordlng to custom , a torrlfio explosIon occurred underneath the station - tion IllRtform , on nnd near which twen. ty-slx men wel'e gathered , The lllatform was blown Into splinters - ters , the station wna wrecl < od and 1\ hole twenty feet In dOl1th was torn In the ground. Frngments of bodIes worl. ! hurll'll throu h space for several hundred - dred feet , nnd IntoI' were 111clwd up stili quIverIng. Some of the holIes ( drollped Into the lilt made by the explollon , but the heads , hands , ears , legs , arms and trunl < H were strewn about on all sIdes. PIeces or fieDh wOl'e found on buildIngs - Ings liOO feut away , and blood staimJ I withIn a ralIus of fifty feet. The force of the explosIon was felt throughout. the camp , and the crash uwuliCned ev- er'lIody. I The npproachlng traIn wns stopped and the traIn crow were the first monte to roach the scene of the dIsaster , 'fhey were joined In a few mInutes by hundrels ( of persons , and relief worl. - . - . The Coal Man-"And before I GO , I'd like to prescnt my friend , Soakem , the Ice man , who plans to be In tow n for the season t" glen , OhIo valley and mllldle Atlantic states. In the southern stn.tes the : general condItion of corn Is promIsIng - Ing , although rain Is needed In the ccntl'al gulf coaat dIstrIcts. Winter wheat has suffered somewhat - what from heavy \'I\l11s In 110rtlons of OI < 1ahoma nnd MIssouri ; elsewhere thIs crOll bas advanced favornbl ' , but the outloolc over the eastern portion : If the entlro wheat belt continues un. IIromlslng , although more or less Improvement - provement In the OhIo valley and mId. 'lie Atlantle states. Wheat is now heading as far north DS the centrul : \lIsslsslppl valley , l1arvstlng beIng general in the southern states. On Iho North Paclfie coast the crop has allvanced favorably anll Is headIng. I In Callf01'l11a it ' Is maturIng mpldl , but Is beIng seriously damn.ged . b ) ' hot wInds. WIth the oxcellt1on or some weed ) ' lIehls In South Dalwta , sllrlng wheat Is In very promising condItion in all dIstricts. Oats ha vo made vlgoroui ! growth throughout the central valIe's and mldllio Atlantic states , and a general Improvement In the condItion of thIs croll Is Indicated In nearly all ( lis- Irlcts. EieolIng ( is now IJractlcally lIn- Ished In the extreme northern sections - tions ar\ harvesting continues In the 60llthel'll stntes. ' In the extreme northel'll states there Is an encollraglng outloole ( or n.llllles , I.ut In the centl'llllIsslsslppl amI OhIo \'alleys nnd mlddlo Atlnntlc states the 11rosllects appear to he somewhat 1m. pall'ed by extenslvo droppIng. In the southern states a good crop of peaches Is Incllcatell. General Kurokl Has Been III. , PARIS-Tho St. Petersburg corre. ipomlent or tiio Echo says , accordIng ' to Information r celved hero General Iurold has sufferell from a mild at. tack of t 'pll\ls fevcr , but 110 has now recovcred. ' ! he gonernl belle ( Is that General Iournllatl < ln will not advnnco to the relief of Port Arthur. In an ) ' case or , Ilers to do so have not ) 'et been trans' mltted. It. Is rumored that the arm ) ' COrl8 of the St. Petersburg dIstrIct will b ( mobllzed shorll ) ' . Spanish Distrust United States. 1\IADRID.-ho neWS111\pers are nnx 10\181y dlscu8slng the Morocco ques s tlon. The Elocha ) thlnls that the lIre- . clllltatlon in sCllllln ! ; II. fieet to the : \10 d rocco coa8t gives force to the reporl thnt the UnIted Statcs has asled tlu [ ) , sultan of Morocco ( or a 110rt on till 11 west coast. La Correslondencla ) do Espana gl\'ci LS a rumor or exchange of notes amen ! ) f I urol1ean chancelleries with a vlow te , obtaIning an nssuranCQ of Amt'rlca'i . Intentione. was ! Jegun at oncc , A special traIn was sent from Crlpl11e Creel , carr 'lng phrslclnns , nurses , officers an man ) ' others , but when it reached Independence enco the Injured had already been placed on bonrd the suburhan truln and removed to hospitals In Victor. The mnngled 1)oclles or the dead , plied togcther as well as possible , were removed to the coroner'e offico. FollowIng Is th'o IIsl of the dead : GUS AUGUSTINE , nged 15 ; has ! I. hrother livIng In Janesvllle , Wis. AR- 'I'HUR 1\IUHLEISE , aged :13 : ; relatives ia Germany. HENRY HAAG , formerly - ly of Leadville. ALEXANDEH.Io - LANE , Leadville. CHAnI.ES E. BAR- DER , HERDEH.'r McCOY , J. H. HART- SELL , WII..LIAl\I SHANKLIN , F. KEI..sO , marrIed ; W. W. DELANEY , ' ' EDWAHD ROSS , E H. JOHNSON , formerly of I..lttle Horse W'o. The In. jured are : Philip Chandlcr , J. A. Drool < cr , Edward Hollanl ( , .Joltn Pol. lice , Tom SInclaIr , Dan Galne ) ' , Clarence - ence Allen. , Amputation hItS heen IJerformetl ullon a numher of the wounded , but t. Is almost certaIn that several of them will dIe. A majOl'lly of the dead ! 1ful wounded were sIngle men , hut sevel'al had families lIvIng In the dIstrict. . OREGON IS STILL REPUBLICAN. Herman and Williams Re.Elected to Congress. PORTLAND , Ore.-At { ) o'clocle Monday it Is conceded that the re- IJllbllcans 1\1\\0 elected theIr congres' slonal cnndhlntes by henmajorIties. . Congressman Dhlgel' Herrman of Rosehurg , the ropubllcan candidate , hns llrobabl ) ' carrIed the distrIct over R. 1\1. Yeaten , democrat , by from 5,000 to 7,000 , John H. Wllllrunson of PIne- vllle , the ropubllcan ranlIdato In the Second dIstrict , will carry the dIstrIct by probabl ) ' 10,000 over J. ] < , Slm. mon ! ! , democrat. I'ranle C. Bulwl' , chalrma\1 of the state republican com. mlttee , saId : ' ' 'I prodlet thnt Herrmann's major- It ) ' will be 7liOO anll Wllllamson'8 ] 0" 000. Judge Franl ( Aluore : , the 1'0 , I l1\1bUcan canlIdate for state supreme Judge , will recolvo a majority of O" 000. " Hayashi to Visit Home. SEOUL , Kore1-Whllo ! there Is no absolute conllrl11utlo\1 o ( the report that. JalJaneso MInIster HayashI Is to vIsit Jupan soon , yet It Is bollo\'ell to be probable , as the Japanese govern' mont undoubtedly wishes to consult hIm , Owing to hIs long ( llplomatlc ) resldenco in Seoul , 1\IInlster Ha'ahl ! Is r ganled as a most comllotcnt au. thorlt ) . on 1Ire\'al1l\1g conditIons 1\1 Ko , rea. The Jnpaneso location has nl. renI ) ' submitted to the hem govorn' ment suestlons ! ! on n ( uh 'o pollc to 1.10 Inn llUoll by Jal1an toward Koran. . . , . ' - OEATH TO UNIONS - NEW Sl.OGAN OF THE ALl.IANCE AT CRIPPLE CREEK. - AOTIO" OF THE MINE OWUERS Alliance ISQues a StandlnJ Threat to XII Wage Earners In the Dlstrlct- rhe Recent Raid on the Victor Rec. ord Office , - CRIPPLE CRY. EK " , Colo-"Death to unionIsm In the Crlpplo Creele dls. trlct" is the now Blogan of the Clti. zen ! ! ' alllnnce , which has sent. a decree hroadcnst that every person connected with any unIon here must eIther sever his or her connectlton with such organization - ganization or leave the distrIct. The latest stand of the antl.union. Ists was vaguely hInted at two days ago , hut the movement on the part of the alllanco seemed so absurd to 3,000 or 4,000 unionists In the camp an(1 its enforcements fraught wIth so many dlfilcultles that it was not. talc- en serIously. l ' Tyson S ( DInes , a Denver attorney /lnd one of the executors of the Stratton - ton , estate , is here in conference with the CItizens' alliance , and It is an. . ' 1ounced that he Is here preparing a form whIch will be presC"lted to every morchant. nnd huslness man and other emplo'ers of labor in the entire district , pledgIng them not. to employ any person who is affiliated with a labor union. No person who works for a Hving will bo oxemllt and the absolute nn. I nihilatlon of unIonIsm In thIs county ; is predIcted by memhers of th Clti. , ; ens' nlllance. and the 1\Iino Owners' 1lSsoclation. ThIs Is consIdered the most drastic step yet taken by the alllanco slnco it. secured the upper hold in the dis- trIct. nnd Its enforcement will affect. 3,000 men and women now affiliated with varIous unlcns. Among the unions thnt will be affected by the new movement are cieris , cool < s and waiters , bartenders , carpenters , elec. trlclans , traInmen and stone and brlcle mason. The unIonIsts assert the ) ' will fight the movement to a fin. ish. General Bell issued the followIng sIgned statement regarding the raId on the Victor Record office and the destruction of the newspaper plant : "I cannot bo too emphatic in mr condemnation of thIs unamerlcan at- tacl , . Such action as thIs refioets upon the mllltarr , because martial law I lI'O\'a11s. All military commander - er I am solei ) ' responslblo for the clearing up of this crime If it is pos- sIble. "I am aware that EdltOl' K'ner was bltterlr denounced nnd threatened and accused of selling out when hIs edItorIal aIlPCtred asking the Western - ern Federation to call off the strike , The socIalistic element of the federa. tlon were the ones who took the prIncipal - cipal stand . .in thIs thing. However , whoever the perpetrators of tlHs crIme mny bo , ther will land in the bull pen it apprehended. " COUNTERFEITED LARGE BILl.S. Detectives Find Man wIth Spurious $100 Bills. ST. LOUIS , Mo.-A man gIvIng hIs name as 1\Iarcus Crahan , aged 34 , VlntJ arrested at the Delmar race track b ) ' Secret Service Operator 1\Iurphy and is now beIng held a prIsoner at the Four Courts pending hIs arraignment tomorrow before United States Com. mIssIoner GraIn on the charge of having - ing In his possession counterfeIt money. In the prIsoner's possessIon the of. ficer found a totnl of $ ' 1,000 In $100 gold certificates , whIch are saId to bo counterfeits sImilar to these passed iast Saturday orIonday : on boo1 , . makers at the Kenllworth and Graves. nd tracl < s. 'I'he bills are declared hr federal detectives to IJC very dangerous - ous counterfeits that ordinarily would not bo detected , The front of the bills Is a [ toad iml. tatlon of a real $100 gold certificate , but the portraIt of Senator Benton Is rough. In place of the yellow sllle threads on the hncl < the maker of the mone ' had slwtched the desIgn In red Inle. - - Will Not Compromise America , \ \ ' ASHINGTON-Secrotnry Hay on Thursda ) ' cabled Consul General Gum. mere , at TangIer , Instruction ! ! for deal. Ing with the brIgand Raisull , the poInt of whIch Is a posItive Injunction to re. ( raIn from committIng the UnIted Stn.tes government to nny guarantee of Immunltr for the brigands or In any war to tal < e any action that would amount to the recognItion of tha rIght of brIgandage n.nd hlaclmall In 1\Ioroc. co. This attltule will be ndhered to regardless or consequences to Perdl. carls , Brutal Iowa Hoodlums. CUl\IBElU..AND , la-Hoodlums as saulted a nOWSllnper man name Carleton nnd 1\IIs8 1\Iary Connelly Of ] Wednesday nIght wIth beer bottles and Inflicted such wounds on the lat tel' that she will lese her sIght. 'I'IH hoodlums wa'lald Carleton and tlu ) 'O\\I1g woman , who were out hugg ) riding. The ) ' first abused them witt vllo epithets and then throw hottlOl at them. Ono of thom cut 1\IIss Con nelly's rIght e'o and so injured Ill ( ether thnt its ahht I\lso will bo lust. . I I. . . ' . , . . I . . L - NIZWS FROM PORT ARTHUR. I - . RussIans Get Cheering Reports by.I I Carrier PIgeons. ! NEW ClIWANG-Two carrier' ' pIgeons nrrl\'OIl yesterday noon from cteneral Stoessel at Port Arthur. The IhtRslanH will not dlvulgo the message carried by the birds , but declare they contain good Information anl are very cheerful since the pIgeons ar. rived. An AssocIated Press messenger from the north reports that the mals. ( trates of lInl Cheng and I..lao Yang were recently arrested by the I"us. sinns and charged with furnishing supplies and informatIon to the enemy. They were taken to 1\htl < den , hut released after an investigation. Influential natives deelaro that the arrests were not made because the Russians believed they could prove the charges , but hecause the magIs. trates were non.commmlttal nnd re. fused to aid either sIde. The Husslans are prInting a news. paper In Chinese at 1\Iululen for the purpose of Influencing the natives. The latest copy r ceived at New Chwang says that .Jap.an nttempted to fioat a second loan in AmerIca for $3,750O O , but. WU3 coldly rejected , Other contents of the paper explaIns that the Hussian loss in the Yalu hattlo was due to the preponderance of .Japaneso cavalry and says also that the RussIans will Boon ellctato peace terms In Toklo and that the leadln Japanese statesmen will bo reduced to ricl < sha coolies. RUSSIA PLEADS 'INNOCENCE. Says It Hasn't Hurt Chinese , Unless Bandits. ST. PETERSBURG.-Russln. hns answered - swered the communication of ChIna calling attention to the interference of the Russian military authorities with the natives of villages in Manchuria on the lines Duggested in these dIspatches - patches June 6 , nsldng ( or specIfic In- stances. Recent Russian advlces regardIng the agItation among the ChInese are more dIsquieting. ThIs is the case with the news from Kwan Tung provInce - Inco , where , It is poInted out , the Boxer rebellion of 1900 was started at about thIs time of the 'year. Supposed Diamond Thief Caught.- KANSAS CITY , Mo.-A woman who Is said by the pollce to be a partner of Clara Leach , whose name , several years ago , W.LS connected with a $5,000 dIamond robber- : : Daltlmore , Is under - der arrest here. Her picture is in the rogues' gallery , and she has gone under - der the names of Derth\ ! . Davis , Del'- tha McConnell anl ( Bertha GlIllarl. She nnd William Gilbert. who was with her , are helng held for invest1l1- ! Hon. Jewelry and goods to the'value of several hundred dollars were confiscated - fiscated b ) . the police. Charged With Pohonlno Water. TOKIO - SUIJplementary rellorts from the bloclmdlng forces indicate that the RussIan gunboat , which was sunk by a torpedo off Port Arthur Sat- urda ) ' , was of the Gremiashohi type , instend of the Glliak class. Admiral Katnolm ( commllnder of the thIrd squadron ) reconnoItered San Shan Tao and Taku Kao. The Chlese say that when the Russians abandoned Ta1me Kao they poIsoned the water sources. AdImari Kataoka is investigating - gating the charge. Japanece Army Is Landed. CHE FOO.-Chlneso who have arrived - rived hero from Talmshan Sll ) ' that the Japanese army of 20,000 men that landed at Takushan last month and proceeded toward Feng Wnng Cheng , presumably to relnforco General Ku. rokl , returned to Talmshan May 28. The Chlneso belleved th t the Japa. nese had been defeated by the RussIans - sIans , but It Is regarded here as more 1I1 < oIy that the advance toward Feng Wang Cheng and return to Twmshan was simply a .Japanese feint. To FIJI Quay's Shoes. PHILADELPHIA. - Phllanler ( C , Knox of Plltsbmg , attorney genr.'al of the UnIted States , was selected Thursday to flll the seat in the UnIted Stutes senate made vacant by the death ofIatthow Stanley QU1Y. ! , Ho will accept and serve by appolntmont of Governor Pennypacker until Maretl 4 , the date of the cXllration of the late senator's commissIon. Tallafero Wins In Florida , JACKSONVII..LE , Fla.-Heturns to mIdnight of about three-fourths of the state leave the gubernatorIal nomIna. tlon still In doubt. Davis leads Brow. ard by 800 votes out or a total of 20" 000. Uncle Sam's Cash , W ASIIlNGTON-Tuesda"s stato- mC1t of the treasury balances in the general fund , exclusIve of the $150. ' 000,000 gold reserve In the dIvIsIon of I redomlltlon , shows : Avallablo cash halanco , $16-1,0-19,325 ; gold , $68,357" . . . 086. Signs of Battle at Per r , Arthur. WASHINGTON-Tho Japanese Ie. gatlon toda ) ' recolved the followlnp. cablegram from the homo overnmen1 at Toltlo , bearing on events nt. Port , Artnur : "Admiral Togo reports that. accord Ing to a message recoh'cd by hln ; through wireless toleg-raphy from the captain of the cruIser Chllose , whlcl : was cruIsIng off Port Arthur , fOI\l masts , ono with wIreless telegralJhle . Instruments and a sentry box , wore ) seen on the top of Laoteshan. ( ] real explosIons were also heard. . . : ; - - - - - - , , A BATTLE RAGING . - , AT1'ACK ON PORT ARTHUR DE. GUN IN EARNEST. AUIEADV FUUR DA VS' FIOHTltlC I Chinese Reaching Chc Fee Say Th. : . an Engagement Has Been Going on. for Some Time and That Much Damage - age Has Been Done to Forts"I CHE FOO-Tho Chlnqse , both mer- I chants and coolies , are leaving Port Arthur with the perrnlnsion of th'c t RussIan authoritIes. FIfty jun1ts which left Port Arthur yesterday . with ChInese 11assengers are now ar. ! riving here. ' ) 'he reports of the latest arrIvals vary In mnor details , 1mt agree In a gonernl statement thut n. I hatUo has been raging for four d1)'s ! I withIn ten miles uf Port Arthur. I AH the HUl3sslun soldiers ha\"e , It Is said , left Port Arthur for the front. I and only three Inrge shIps and a number of smnll ones remain In the harbor. The ChltH'se n.re unable to explaIn what has become of the other large ships. The further report that all the ( orte at Port. Arthur have been more or less damaged by recent bombardments - i . ments and thnt a number of mines recently laId in the entrance to the I harhor were eXIJloded durIng a Hllm. I derstorm. LONDON-Tho sudden interruption - tion of the cable hetween Japan and Corea Is considered sIgnIficant of the immInence of important operntions at Port Arthur , the Japanese havIng tal- en precaution , as usual , to cut the only menns of communIcation with the outsldo world and thus enn.ble Its naval and military forces to worl < : with absolute secrecy. t No nttention is paid in London to rumors that the stormIng of the fortress - ress has already begun , because it is lmown that a the battle of Kin Chen General Olm had exhausted hIs ammunition - munition , and an insufficient period has elapsed durIng which the stores of ammunItion could bo renewed and sIege guns brought into posItion. It is consIdered likely that AdmIral Togo is not averse to Port Arthur wnstlng its ammunItion in constant encounters wIth the gunboats. This may explaIn the rumored bombardments - ments , while the firIng on th < : ! land sldo may be due to prelimInary CJera- tions , having for the purpose the driv- 1ng in of the RussIan forces. ST. PETEHSDURG-The reports or sorties from and attacls on Port Arthur - thur coming in from foreign sources arouse the 1I\'ellest interest here. The government , not having means of communIcation with the fortress , accepts them with reRerve. The tension - sion over the situation at the theater of wwar is manlfesHy increasIng. The general staff Is becomIng more reticent - cent nnd the public Is convinced that an important batHe , whIch may de. eltle the fate of the camllalgn , is im. lIendlng. CAUSE OF THE DYNAMITING. Attributed to Military Despotism and Mine Owncrs' Action. AUGUSTA , Me.-Delegates from MaIn unions , nssembled in this city for the purpose of organIzing a state federation of labor , ndopted a consti. tutlon and passed a resolution benr. Ing upon the Colorado mIners troubles - bles nnd other subjects. The resolutions condemned vlolenco In times of strilcc , and the use of d 'n. amite , and urged that the condItions in Colorado should be gIven the utmost - most publicity. It was set forth that the present condition o ( lawlessness in Colorndo \Vas due to the 1\IIne Owners' assocla. tlon and capitalists causing a reIgn of military despotism. The deIegates pledged themselves to purchase only unIon labor clothIng. CECIL RHOADES SCHOLARSHIPS. Nebraska Has Four Names In LIst of Eligibles. MONTREAI.r-DI' , ParkIn hns received - ceived at l\IcGIII unlyerslty the report of Oxford examhlOl's upon the papers of clulllldntes cxamlned on April 1:1 : and 14 throughout the UnIted Stntes and Carmda whIch haYe no colleges 1If11l1atl'd with Oxofrd. Altogether 120 cnndlcilites have 1I1I8sed from the dlf- forenot stn.tes and territories of the unIon IInd thus become ellglblo for so- _ loctlon as Hhodes scholars. They in- include : Nebraslm-Rarmond Coon , Arthur H , 1\larsh , ] < 'rank A. Peterson , EdwIn Southorland , IowaCarlV. . Ross , Joseph E , Walleser. South Dakota- faul1. . Young , WyomIng-Harold G. MerrIam. 1 RussIans Suffer Reverse. LONDON.-'rho Shnnghal corre. tpondent of the MornIng Post tele- gralhs ) , under ( late of June 8 : "Gen- eral Stnkelburg's RussIan brigade , marchIng In the dIrection of Port AI'- , tlmr , suffered a reverse on Saturday n\:1r : Waangtlen and retired to Tashl. chiao. " Perfumery OVl'rcomes Firemen. NEW YORI-Sl fircmen'ero oVt'rcomo J"I'ldny by the , fumes of IH'rfutnery whllo fightin a fire in a \ . . huildln { ; in Duane sl1eet , in which Lazoll , Dalloy & Co" manufacturers c : perfumes , occupIed the fifth tloor. Several cl1rboys of 11erfumerr WIIS \ brolen O)1on ) dUl'ln the fire. The 11. quId run or the 11001' and Into the lIames , producing fumes so over. powerltlJ ; thnt the tlroment were r ' I ! Ileatelllr drIven awn ) ' br tllt'm , SIx : of the firemen were carrIed out un. 1 conscious , but were re\'h'ed. _ I , . . '