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SQUADRON STEAMING FOR ISL
AND TO SHELL CITIES.
SHIPS ARE NEARING YOKOHAMA
Ships Sighted In Jap Waters and Born-
I bardment May Be Expected-Jap.
anese Torpedo Boats Retire Under
. Heavy Fire From FortG.
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r , ? a ' , TOKIO."A fisherman reports that
the Vladivostok squadron was of Mr-
. aim yesterday , going In a southeasterly -
ly direction at a speed of 10 knot
. If this course and speed Is maintained
the squadron will bo off Yolmhoma
late toda " . The eastern coast of
Japan Is shrouded In fog. Shipping
has been suspended , awaiting the location '
r cation of the Russian fleet.
CHEF FOO.-Coples of the Novo
< liras , a newspaper published at Port
' Arthur , Including the Issue of Jlllr 11 , ,
I L reached hero this nfternoon. According ( .
Ing to this paper the Japanese fleet ,
composed of six cruisers , five gunboats .
" . ' boats and twenty torpedo boats , was
seen early In the morning of July 10
, to the southeast.
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At 1) ) o'clock In the morning part of I
the Russian fleet moved to the entrance -
r& trance of the inner harhor. The Jap '
.Jap'l
. 1 : r- 8nose torpedo boats then approached .
, and at 10 : 30 they were fired upon by
i the gunboat Kllinlt and the cruiser
Diana. The Japanese vessels retired.
At 5 o'cloolt In the afternoon several
torpedo boats again approached \ Port
Arthur. The cruiser Novl1t , with nn
escort of torpedo boats , advanced
and the enemy retired the second
time.
- During the night of the 10th six-
teen Japanese torpedo boats formed
for attack. They were , however , discovered -
covered br the searchlights and retired -
tired under a heavy fire from the
flJrts. At a later hour that same
night a single torpedo boat made for
. . the entrance of the harbor at frill
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\ . . . . . . " ' spetid , but also retired under fire. The
. I whitehead torpedoes which had failed
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. to reach the cruisers at which they
had been discharged by the Japanese
were found at the entrance of the har-
bor. -
bor.On
On July 11 the Japanese fire from
thA sea stoppr > d and the Japanese ascended .
cende(1 Klnsan heights , from the summit .
mlt ot which rapid fire guns wore
. . ' used against the Russians. During
the evening of the 11th the Russian
batteries sent many shells : from three
. posltltons against the Japanese on
these heights. Later the Russian reserve -
serve , accompanied by bands of music .
sic , began to move toward Ludslgdao.
The fire on the heights was very ef-
fective.
News was received from Ta Tohe
" - Klao yesterday that the Japanese had
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'f' . broken through the Russian left flank
" between Lieutenant General : Count
l Ke11er's position and that of General
< Rennenlmmpff , and that they were
'f ' marching on 1\Iulden. The rumors to
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this effect are persistent , but there
,
Is 110 official confirmation of them.
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Launching of Nebraska.
WASHINGTON. - The battleship
Nebraska , which has been under process .
cess of construction at the yards of
Moran Bros. , Seattle , for several
years , will In all prohahllltr he
, launched before the close of the pres-
, ent rear. According to the statement
of the bureau of construction , given
out Saturday , on June 1 of this Gear
. the Nebraska was 4:1 ! : per cent. corn-
, N - pleted , and that on July 1 51 per cont.
of 1\Ioran's contract. had been per-
formed. The department Is exceed- .
Ingl anxious to get the ship afloat.
Broke Blcyccle Record.
SALT LAKE CITY , Utah.-Emll
Agra , a California amateur , clipped
seventeen seconds off the world's amateur .
atour five.mlle bicycle record made by
urley on the Vallsburg track. Agraz '
I rode the distance ill 10:39 : 'I
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I THE IOWA REPUBLICANS.
I Saate Convention Takes On Nature of
a Love Feast.
For Secretary or State-WILLIAM D.
l\fJ\R'l'IN , ADAIH.
For Treasurer or State-C. S. GIL-
DgRTSON , WlnnebnH"o.
For Auditor oC State-DERYJ. ii'
CARItOLL . DII"IIoI.
For Attorney ; Genernl-C. . W. l\1UL ,
LAN . Billclchawlc.
For Judgc of Supreme o\ll't-lIOn-
ACE B. DEEMElt . Montgomery.
For Railroad C0I1I1111HHlonel'-N. S.
KETCIIUM . 1llarshnll.
For Presidential Electors J :
At Lnr e-B. S. ORni ! : i13Y. ! Palo Alto
county : J. H. ' ! 'Hl : WIN , Linn county.
First DIstl'lct-W. B. BELL , Wash-
InH"ton.
Second Dlatl'lct--'Y. H. WILSON ,
Scott.
Third District-F. D. BLAIR , Dela-
ware.
Fourth Dlslrlct-.G1 OHGE E. MAY ,
Charles Cily.
Fifth Dbtrlct-'YAHD WILSON ,
' 1'0 mn.
Sixth DlHtrlc . -ELJ WORTH RO-
l\IINnm. iavls.
Seventh District-A. U. PROUD-
FOOT : 'nrl'en.
EIghth DlHll'lcl-PAUJ. JUKIN ,
AdamI'
Ninth DlRlt'let -CAP'l' . , JOHN W.
SCOTT " Cn/i.
Tenth Dlstl'lctD. . CLARKS Kos-
8uth.
Eleven tl'lct-FnEJ 1 ) P. 1\-
YILI..E , Buena VIotn. :
DES MOINES-The ticket selection
In the state republican convention was
the easiest on recOl'(1. Never before
In the history of the party had five
unnnimous I'cnomlnatlons been accorded .
corded state officers. 1l - tribute
10 the confidence which the party has
In its selected ' : officials that no opposi-
tion appeared to them at this time.
The only contest was on one office ,
where the present incumbent had posS
Ilively refused to ho candidate Corn
n second term. Three of the state officials .
flclals got third terms-Secretary or
State \V. B. Martin oC Adair county ,
State Treasurer Gilbert S. Gl1bertson
of Wlnnebago and Charles W. Mu11an
of Dlaclthawlt. Chief .Justlco 11ol'aco
E. Desmer of Montgomery county ,
who Inns had a full term and nearly
all of another was given unanimous
renomination.
The following resolution was reported '
ported and adopted :
\Ve , the republicans of Iowa , hI convention -
vention assembled , do heartily endorse
the platform adopted at Chicago Juno
21 , 190' , by the republican national
convention and do hereby declare our
allegiance to the same.
\Vo endorse the present republican
administration of the affairs of the na-
tion under President Theodore Roosevelt -
yelt , and believe that the republican
national convention acted wisely In
nominating Theodore Roosevelt for
president and Charles W. Fairbanks
for vice president.
\Ve approve the able conservative
and patriotic statesmanship of the
Iowa delegation In the national con
gress. ,
\Ve commend the able and business-
like administration of Governor A. B.
Cummins and also the manner In
which the affairs of the state of Iowa
have been conducted under the 111 es-
ent republican admlnlstmt\on. \
JONES ISSUES FORMAL CALL.
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The Democratic National Committee
Requested , to Meet.
ST. LOUIS-Hon. James K. JO\1es
of Arkansas , chairman of the national
committee , who is In the city , today
Isued the following call for a meet-
Ing of the committee :
"Under the authority oC the democratic .
cratlc national convention I hereby
can the democratic committee to meet
at the Hoffman House , New York
CUr , on Tuesday , July 21 , at 12
o'cloclt noon , for the purpose of organizing -
ganizing and transacting such ether
business as may come before the
committee. " JAMES K. JONES. "
1mbia Is Not Cacturcd.
HAl\InURG.--The # HanbUrg-Amerl. ;
can line steamer Samhla passed Perlm
at the southern entrance of the Red
sea , thus disproving the report of Its
capture by a vessel of the Russian
volunteer \ l1eot. . .
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II NEWS IN NEBRASKA !
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WOULD ALTER KINI < AID LAW.
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Senator Dietrich Thinks System Can
Be Changed to Advantage. I
HAS'rINGS.-In an interview In rc- i
gard to the taking up of Nebraska
land under the Klnlmh1 act Senator
Dietrich expressed himself as follows :
I um satisfied from information that
1 have received from \ a great many
sources thM the Klnlmhl bill , increasing .
Ing the homestead right in the western -
om part of this state to G40 acres , is
not a satisfactory solution of the problem .
lem , for the reason that the size of
the homestead provided for Is nol sufficiently -
ficlently large to justify settlers In entering -
tering upon the land except In a very
few places. While the hill will bo at
some benefit I confidently believe that
something more must he done.
1 have talked with a great many
men on this subject , and the opinion
seems to be quite general that a law
should be enacted at the next session
of congress authorizing the secretary
of the Interior to classify aU lands
which shall have been entered ; under
the I\lnlmld : hill , und also all'unappro
printed lands In Nebmsl Time purpose -
pose would he to sell at auction all or
any land nol taken within two years
after the passage oC the Klnltnill hili.
This would furnish an incentive fpl'
the settlement of the vast territory
tinder existing laws , hy malting it p013-
slhlo for homesteaders to later on acquire -
quire additional land at a fair price.
I think the Klnlmhl bill should hQ
amended so as to allow communtatlon
at GO cents an acre ; instead oC $1.21i ,
us under the old homestead law , such
commutation , however , not to he allowed -
lowed until after two 'ears' occupa-
tion and full compliance with all the I
provisions of the bill. The major por-
tion of the land within the territory
specified by the Klnlmld hill Is of
such character that 640 acres does not
make a tract large enough for limo
support oC a family The law should
he amended to enable the settler to
acquire additional land.
TAXING INSURANCE COMPANIES.
A Matter In Which the Last Legisia
ture Budded Well.
LINCOLN.-'fhe late legislature
Imllded well when It changed the
manner of taxing Insurance com-
panies to the 2 per cent premium
plan. So far this year , seven and
a half months , Deputy Pierce has col-
lected In fees , reciprocal tax and other
taxes , $74,963 , while last year for the
twelve months there was collected on-
ly G6,3G5.72. Before the year Is out
the total In all probabIlIty will be run
lip to $100,000 Mr. Pierce hoe sent
out notices to the companies which
are yet delinquent in their reciprocal
tax , telling them of the decision oC
the supreme court holding the law !
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constitutional and requesting a seWe'I 'I '
ment. However a rehearing has been
asked for , and as this will not bo act- I '
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ed upon probably until September I
some of the companies may yet , hold '
off 10nJm' The life companies have
paid In $48,726.64 and the sure ' and
casually companies $ ' . ,402 on the 2
per cent gross premium tax 1lan.
The Auburn Chautauqu !
UllURN.-Tho announcement OJ'
catalogue for the sixth annual assem-
bly of the Auburn chautauqua Is out.
The chautauqua Is to be held at Howe
& Nixon's park in Auburn , commenc-
Ing August 13 and ending on the 21st.
Howe & Nixon's park Is In the heart
of the city of Auburn.
Wheat a Two-Thirds Crop.
SE\VARD. The wheat harvest Is
In full blast. The wheat is rusted
and will be a two . thirds crop. _ Early
oats are also being harvested aLloW.
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THE STATE AT LARGE.
A now business college will open In
I
I'alrbun' ; In the fall.
The Episcopal congregation or halls ;
City will " erect a $2,000 rectory
J. 11. Lnndate , oC Beatrice , ellCl1
from lockjaw , the result of a Fourth
of July nccldent.
During the healed term union religious '
lIglOlIS services will 110 held in the
park at Table Roclt.
August 2:1 : , 24 and 25 are the dates
set for the fraternal order lllcnt ) : to
be heM in Falls Clt ' .
Ray Curl , a 10-year-old ( boy , was
drowned 111 the clay 11001 at the brick
yard near West LIncoln.
At Rogers Samuel I'JstoR ' was hound
over lo the September term oC district .
trlct court for assault with Intent to
kill 1 Martin lI'avlcnso.
Burglars broke Into the house or
Henry Kluger at Rude and stole a
gold watch and chain and a necklace
that was given his wife for a wedding
present.
The Hastings Pressed Brick com-
panr has filed articles of Incorporation \ -
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tion with the secretary of alato. The
capital stock 18 $50,000 and the paid \
liP capital $15,000.
Anton Nemec , aged 30 , single of
Newman precinct , was brought before
the examining board at'ahIO ( ) and
adjudged Insane. lie was tlllten to
I the Lincoln lIylum.
Muny reports \ are roll1lng Into Ce-
hllnhuH front the harvest fields hal I
the Wheat and oats are badly dam.
aged from rUI > t. Rye Is gonel'lllly reported -
ported to he a very good crop.
The records at the county HUIIC\'ln. \
endent's office In Dodge county show
that of the elghly.throo districts In
the county all hut about a dozen have
already engaged their teachers for the
ensuing 'ear.
Master Sclhr Butler , the young son
of 1\11'1 Florence Butler , of Tecumseh . '
seh , came near drowning . In time Ne
maha river. He was fishing from the
mill dam when he lost his footing and
fell Into the water. lIe was rescued
as he came UI the second time.
Har Nye , senior member of the
firm , 'e.Schnehler-Fowler company ,
t
Fremont ; , has In his possession the
first lading hook Issued from time old
Fremont ; Union Pacific depot , which Is
soon to ho moved from Its present 10-
caatlon.
Over 120 horses are entered for the
race meet at the Fremont Driving
Park association , which will be held
on August 3 , 4 and 5. Time lIst com-
prlsCl4 some of the hest horses in the
country , and the meet promises to bo
a successful one.
Eight hours of toil does not end
the day for the deputy assossor. Nebraska -
hmska haH no effective law regulatIng -
Ing the hours In a laboring day. So
declares Attorney General Prollt In an
opinion formulated Ilt the request ot "
the county clerk of rage county.
Denny Hobbs , or Humboh1l , a young
man of about twenty , shot himself
In the foot with a 22.callbro rifle , aa
the result of accidentally plllllng the
trigger while standing with the muz-
zle of the gun on his Coot. No serious
results are anticipated from the
wound. .
Word was received In Hastings of
the sudden death of Edgar l\Iorledge ,
the youngest eon of l\tr. and Mrs. H.
n. Marl edge oC tier " 'ly. Young Mol'-
ledge was killed 1 \ . . . . railroad wreck
near Colorado Springs while eat duty
as fireman on the Colorado Southern
ral1road.
\\'m. Sutton , president and manager
of the Table Rock Clay company , says
that the recent stock Issued hy tile
company and ordered sold has been
'disposed.of , and that the erection of
a new plant on the ground recently
purchased for that purpose of C. H.
Norris will begin In the near future.