\ THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWSJOURNAL , , , . NOKKOUC NKIJKASKA 1'MUDAY A HITS I' 111. 11)01 ) TlllllTV THOUSAND MU.V TAKIJN KIIOM ST. IM CHtllSKUS Iir.ACII VLADIVOSTOK Oromobol n nd llinmln Arrive In u Dnin- ngcd Condition No Nevtn of I'nllnila nnil Dliinn ItiiNiInn Coinmniuler lle- to Surrender Tort Arthur. 8T , PRTERSBURG , Aug. IS. The mobilization of the reserve troops In flvo of the seven districts of the pro vince of St. Petersburg has been com pleted. Probably 30,000 men will bo taken out of the population and called to the Russian colors. Many factory and mill hands will be Included. TWO CHUISEHS IlEACH POUT. Groninliol mid Ilinmln Join Vlndlvontok Squadron. ST. PETERSBURG , Aug. 18. It Is learned from otllclal sources that the cruisers Gromobol and Russia have reached Vladivostok. Both ships were considerably dam aged during the recent battle. There Is no confirmation of the re port that the cruisers Pallada and Dl- nna have reached Vladivostok and the admiralty had no news this morning bearing on the whereabouts of the other vessels of the late Admiral Wlthoft's squadron. ILL FATED RUSSIAN VESSELS. Every OlHccr Either Killed or Wound ed. - > ST. PETERSBURG , Aug. 18 , 6 p. m. Jf"ater \ \ official dispatch from Vlodlvo- - & 'hows that every officer on the f < lf id Grombol was either killed or- . ° 1 Rear Admiral Jessen narro. / & / 'od the fate of the Wl- ' ' " 'usslan cruisers were thoft. 'iv , Q'YC literally riu < W ? \f \ guns and en gines being pu < / 'y dismantled. The escape of the i.usslan vessels from Kamlmuras' four armored cruisers Is regarded as a wonderful piece of luck. It Is presumed that the pursuers of the Russian ships did not dare go far north , fearing some of the vessels of the Port Arthur squadron would break through the straits of Korea. REFUSES TO SURRENDER. Cominnmler Jit Port Arthur N .InpnneNe DrninndH. LONDON , Aug. 18. It Is announced from Toklo that In reply to the Jap anese demand for the surrender of Port Arthur the Russian commander yesterday refused Uls surrender to the besieging force of Japanese or to send out the non-combatants. EXPECTED A REFUSAL. St. Petemliurpf Not Surnrlned nt Gen. StoenNel'H llenly. ST. PRTRRSBURG , Aug. 18. Tha report that General Stoessel , the Rus- i V elan commander at Port Arthur , had r declined to surrender In response to the Japanese demands creates no sur prise. The war office would be amazed If he should yield ivlthout a determined resistance. "WILL NOT P.IVE UP IIO.VT. Jnpan IlefiiHeM to Pnrt With the Cap ture Ma tie In Chefoo Harbor. LONDON , Aug. 18. The Japanese povornment has oniclally notified Great Britain that she does not pro pose to give up the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshltelnl , captured in the Chefoo harbor. FAUMEHS LOSE HEAVILY. AsKnllod In Turn l y IliiNt. Hot Wenth- er nnil Drought. FP.AZBR , Minn. , Aug. IS. The cut ting of wheat In Becker county has revealed far more destruction than was at first suggested by the appear ance of the grain. Southwest of De troit the damage Is very great. Coun ty Treasurer Glaum , who has a farm of over 200 acres of wheat , says he will not thresh over 500 bushels. Much of his wheat and of others In that neighborhood will be either burned or nlowed under. Some of the farmers are complain ing that the hot weather has Injured the late grain and In some cases .has burned It up. Vegetables are also be ing burned and will be scarce and high In price this fall. Corn Is rapidly ma turing , but the heat Is too great even for It , and rain Is greatly needed. FALSE TEETH KILLING HIM. Vermont Mnn SwiillinvN HI * Set While Axlcep nnil IN Clinking. RUTLAND , Vt. , Aug. IS. William Dlxon Is dying ns the result of swal lowing his set of false teeth while asleep this morning. Dlxon walked moro than a mile to a physician's of fice after swallowing the teeth. Three doctors have worked over him all day but they have been unable to extract the teeth. They are In the lower part of the esophagus. Dlxon Is so weak that he could not survive an opera tion and Is constantly growing weak er. He breathes with great difficulty and cannot live long. NO MOHE WHIPPING. Czar AlioHnheN Corporal PiiulNhmcnt . In Honor of HI * Son. ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. IS. Onoof the acts of grace signalizing the birth of an heir to the throne will bo the total abolition of corporal punishment throughout Russia. A ukase to this effect Is expected to bo Issued today. It Is reported , Inpparently on good authority , that Emperor William , of Germany , has asked , for the privilege of acting as one of the godfathers of the heir. The christening will take place August 25. THE STATE LUTHERAN SYNOD crx nnil l.njni"n of the Ml enrl \vnml are 1'roxriit I'niin All IIATTLR CHUNK. Neb. , Aug. 13. The Lutherans of the Missouri synod nf this state nro In session hero thin week. About 2RO ministers and lay men are In attendance from nil ever the state. Yesterday the synod open ed with a sermon by Dr. F. I'olpor. of St. Louis , who Is the general presi dent of this great body of the United States. Friday evening there will bo i sermon again In connection with the holy communion. Next Sunday will bo a general mission feast and services will bo hold In the morning. afternoon and evening , the latter In the Rngllnh language. Monday even ing there will bo a sermon devoted to the Lutheran schools , and on Tues day the visitors will leave for tholr homes , l' MM ) OK AI.H.VANDltlA , S. I ) . , HANK , SMOOTH HIMSni.K. wouitiin OVKH 111,1100 AITuIrN of the Hunk lire Snlil In lie In ( iuoil ConditionloNeph I.inul 1'rc-N- lilrnt of Hie I'lirmeni Hunk Could Not See Illn Wn- Out of IMIIlenlt.v. ALRXANDHIA , S. D. , Aug. IS. Jo seph Lund , president of the Farmers bank of this city , committed suicide by shooting himself with n shot gun. Worry over the payment of a Judg ment for $1GOO against him la said to have driven him to take his life. The affairs of the bank arc said to bo In good condition. TO NOTIFY POPULIST NOMINEES Arrangement * nil Completed for the Fnriiuil Exerolnen In New York To- nlKlit Senator Allen SpenkN. NRW YORK , Aug. 18. The local committee has completed all arrange ments for the notification of the pop ulist candidates for president and vlco president at Cooper Union tonight. Although Thomas E. Watson of Georgia ' gia , the nominee for president , and Thomas II. Tibbies of Nebraska , the nominee for vice-president , will deliv er the principal addresses of the occa sion , there will also be on hand oth er orators of note , among them ox- Senator Wm. V. Allen of Nebraska and Judge Samuel W. Williams of Vln- cennes , Indiana. Preceding the notifi cation there will bo a reception to Messrs. Watson and Tibbies at the Union Square hotel. THE NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL Oln > IiMi ky ANMiinien Fiinctlonn Today. UlN Life IN Alrrmly Threat ened. IIELSINGFORDS , FINLAND , Aug. 18. Prince Obolensky today assumed functions as governor general of Fin land , In succession to General Bobro- koft , who was assassinated June C. The wife of the new governor general has received many threatening letters declaring that her husband will bo killed within a week after arrival. EdltnrN In Senlon. COUNCIL BLUFFS , la. , Aug. 18. There was .1 large attendance of ed itors and publishers today at the openIng - Ing of the Joint convention of the Up per DCS Molnes Rdltorlal association and the Western Rdltorlal association. The visitors nro the guests of the Com mercial club of Council Bluffs. At the Initial session on this afternoon the speakers Included S. G. Goldwalte of Boone , E. T. Childs of Dunlap , P. S. Junkln of Corning and Rimer Johnson of Rockwell City. Congressman Wal ter I. Smith has accepted an Invita tion to address the meeting tomorrow. INTERNATIONAL AMERICANISTS Itegnn UN SCNH | IIH nt Stiillgnrt Today fuller the I'ntrnmiKe nf Hie King \Vlirteiiiliurir. . BRRLIN , Aug. 18. The Internation al Americanist congress began Its ses sions nt Stuttgart today under the pa tronage of the king of Wurtemburg. the congress Is Well attended by American , English , German , Italian , French and Spanish scholars , who nro exports on the subjects to be dis cussed. During the five days It will be In session the congress will discuss : The native peoples of America , accordIng - Ing to origin , geographical distribu tion , history , physical constitution , speech , material culture , mythology , culture , morals and habits ; the monuments ments and ancient customs of the American continent ; the history of the discovery and settling of the new con tinent. King William of Wurtemburg will read a paper on several Interesting but unpublished documents bearing on American early history recently discovered among the royal archives at Stuttgart. The Spanish govern ment will lay before the congress nu merous highly Important state docu ments throwing light on Columbus and the history of his contemporary ad venturers In the American hemisphere. The Flour Market. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. IS. Mills put quotations up with a big Jump yester day morning. For some time they have temporized with prices , as It was dllllcult to sell flour on parity with cash wheat. This morning they made the full advance to get them In line , and first patents are now $ G,309 G.40. Demand U very erratic and spasmodic. The whole market Is In tmort In a state of somldomorallza- tlou. vi'.xr.iiiit.n SUNATOH or Mss. . \ rill'SI'JTTS IS PASSINU \\\V. . in : is si'Fi > 'iniNi : rito.M HolliMfd the l-lnil Will he Hem-lied Within Three DIIJN UIIN Hern Sick Three WeekN mill SulTereil n llrlnpxe I.euUnu ; Him In Critical Cmidlllmi. WORCESTER. Mass. , Aug. IS. There Is no marked change In thocon- lltlon of Senator Hoar this morning. It Is evident , however , that ho Is growing weaker , although ho may live twenty-four IIOIII-H or perhaps forty- eight hours longer. The senator'H mind IH perfectly clear and ho thoroughly realizes the scrl- iiisness of his condition. Ho awaits the end with calm resignation. Yes terday he said farewell to his friends and relatives , not knowing how soon the end may come or how soon ho would lapse Into unconsciousness At 2.1f > this morning ho was sleeping and his condition was unchanged WIFE OF CHItfJUSTICE FULLER _ MrN. Fuller Died of Heart DNCIIMI | > To day nt Siirentii , Maine , . .Vflrr n llrlef IllnenN. SORRNTO. Maine , Allg , 18.-Tho wife of Chief Justice Fuljor of the United States supreme court died here today of heart disease after a brief lllnc.su. OIIDEIIS A HE ISSUED. To Exleml riiurteNlt-N to flm. Mny- tirlrk nnil Fiicllltnte Her Imuling , WASHINGTON , Aug. 18. It Is stat ed at the bureau of Immigration today that Its otllclals In charge at Now York have Instructions not to detain Mrs. Florence Maybrlck , now on1 her way to America , after upending , , years In an Rngllsh prison. The Now York of- llals have been given Instructions to extend to her every courtesy iluv an American citizen , and to facilitate her landing as far as possible. EVERYTHING SHOWS UP WELL i l.l\e Stuck IN Prospering mid Crnpn lire lliioinlng nt Sliinrl nnil VIe - e I n I l.v. STUART. Neb. , Aug. 18. From a staff correspondent : Tlio hay crop around Stuart , together with the corn crop and the pork crop , shows up well this season. The rains hnvo all had a share. The Klnkald bill , opening those r 10- acre farms , has settled up a portion of country around hero which was be fore vacant. . > . . Tlio stock business Is the great busi ness for Stuart. A largo number of extensive dealers live hero. "Wo nil rely on The News for our markets , " said one of them today. "Your mar kets save us 80 cents every day In the year In telegraph tolls. It Is a great help to us. " NEW YORK FEARS BLACK HAND ! lal > 'M Criminality Itlfe In Ciithnni mid Aid of ( internment Will he Invoked. NRW YORK. Aug. 18. Coming as a climax to a long series of crimes of violence and craft , the kidnapping of 8-year-old Antonio Manlno from his home in Brooklyn by a band of Hal- Han desperadoes has aroused a pitch of Interest seldom evinced In this community , where HO much lawless ness picturesque or sordid Is dally chronicled. Rverywhoro that men and women meet It Is a chief topic of con versation. It Is not so much the settling of the crime , though that Is sulllclently the atrical , nor the widespread sympathy for the boy and his bereft parents , that has caused the unusual public In terest In the case. It Is the wonder- whore nil this imported criminality Is leading to , and the half fear that the bands of "Black Hands" and the Mafia , emboldened by the failure of pollen efforts to suppress them or protect tholr homes , may widen their fields of operation , heretofore restrict ed to their own countrymen. It seems to the average New York er as If the worst feature of Italy's most lawless districts were to be grafted upon orderly Now York , which Is unable to deal with this growth of exotic crime. The offenses that hnvo been com mitted of late by organized bands of Italians here are not all crimes of ox- tortlon. Besides , kidnapping and threats of murder , counterfeiting and the stealing or forging of thousands of citizenship papers are laid to them. The result has been a great and unjust cry against Italians In general. Nobody feels this moro keenly than do the many law-abiding Italians who live In the city and Its Immediate vicinity. Washington Is to be appealed to , There Is a clamor that the immigra tion laws bo more rigidly enforced , and Ellis Island authorities will be asked to scrutinize moro carefully the papers of the Italians who come to this country to seek permanent homes. That many convicts have been able to enter this country there can bo no doubt. For this , congress will be ap- appealed to to enact now laws which It la hoped will prevent the Importa tion of criminal aliens. While Captain Roonoy and the de tectives who have been at work on the Mnnlo kidnapping case from the beginning , will not say openly that they bollovo the hey will never bo restored to his parents alive , yet among themselves they do not hesi tate to whisper their ftjars. Nobody knows hotter than do captnln Roe noy and Detective Sergeant Antonio Vachrls the desperate character of the kidnappers. FOUR ARE BURNED TO DEATH I remitted In llniixc Struck li.v l.lnM- ulnuciir ( inllirlc , Oklitliiinin , HI'TIMUR. ' OUlii , AIIK IS Tln > fit nil house of 11. A. Howling near lion > was struck liy lightning HIM ) burned to the ground yesieiday morning. Four menthol H of the family wuro Inn nod to death In the IIOIIHO. 'I'lto ili'iul : II. A. Howling. MI-H. Dowllng. lion Dowllng , ugod 11. Fiinnlo Dowllng , aged 0. Attempted Snlclile , MARSIIALLTOWN , la. , Aug. IS. Alliort C Sharp , aged SS. drank throe ounces of laudanum anil cut liln throat. Hi ) WIIH foiinil In the cemetery at .S o'clock thlH morning anil WIIH to- inovuil to an undertaking establish- munt when ho WIIH found to liu nllvo. It IH now thought ho will Hiirvlvo. iMiisn > rvi' DO\MI.I.V HAS CON- i'im\ : : WITH ir.m > i : . EXTEND TO A 1.1 , PAHTS Ol > ' riTV IliixIneNN Men'M LciiKiieVIII Secure Mone > to ANNN | | In M < > \ niienl Illiec iNNiie In UnlNfil nnil llnil Ili-nulU nre Pointed Oul. riUCAOO. Aug. IS. President Don nelly hnil a conference with the ex ecutive lioanl of the Business Men's league , which IUIH been formed to raise funilH for strikers. A committee was appointed to extend the inovoiiioTTl to all parts of the oily , Instead of con- tilling to the Hlook yards districts. The league lia.s ralHuil thor ace Issue , taking the grounds that If the packers win the strike all white roHlilontH will ho driven from the stock yards region anil the place will become a negro settlement , with a population of HOV- iMity thouHand men , women anil chil dren. inn \v.\Tr.u\voitics. . lln.vi. KIIIISIIN , IM linprnt Ing llaphlly ThN Su r. HAYS CITY. KIIH. . Aug. 18. ThlH rlty has commenced the construction of a $ lti,00n waterworks plant with live inlloH of street mains find a largo steel tank lf > 0 feet up. The work will ho completed within three months. The now stone JlO.noo building of the Wostoru Kansas slate normal school on the Fort Haynys reservation Is also completed , furnished and ready for the fall term. The building will ho dedicated with appropriate ceremonies - monies , the hoard of regents being liresont , and the principal address will he made by Allen White. Will Try A Kill n to Nominate. ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , A tiff. IS. The democratic convention of the Fourth congressional district ronssomhled here today. The convention mot two weeks ago and adjourned after taking 777 ballots without agreeing on a candidate. HOUSE STIIUCK AT IIATTLE CltEEIC Home of Air. Mini Mr * . Fred Schroeder lilt li.v it Hull VeNlerdny. BATTLE CREEK. Nob. , Aug. 18. Special to The News : During the storm hero yesterday afternoon a bolt of lightning struck the residence of Fred SchrooKor , who was In the liouso at the time , was shocked by the elec tric bolt , but was not seriously hurt. The house was riot badly damaged. IHIV IN INDIANA. People I'ra.iliiK for llnln In Driiulli Stricken IMMrlel. LA PORTE. Ind. Aiiff. IS. The drought Is working such havoc In the Knnknkee district that many of the country churches wore thronged with worshippers last night , who offered up prayers for rain. Many prayed un til dawn. Nights and days of almost ceaseless praying have been passed , while those who have not gathered for religious supplication have fought fires. There Is a prospect this morning that rain will fall , and If the drought Is broken meetings of Jubilation will be hold. DII. COMAN ATTEMPTS TO HESCUi : imOWNING WOMAN. PHOMINENT NEW YOIIIC PHYSICIAN Ilrnuuht the Woman to the Surface AfliT iming Three Time * lint lle- dime NO ExIiniiNled ( lint He Sunk. Woman Will Ao Die. NEW YOUIC. Aug. IS. Dr. J. S. Coman , one of the most prominent physicians and dentists of New York sacrificed his life In an attempt to save a woman bather In the Shrewsbury river. Ha brought the woman to the surface after diving three times. The efforts exhausted him and ho sank , while another bather took the woman to the shore. The woman will also die. .loliiiNon Declared Inxaiif. PLATTSMOUTH. Nob. , Aug. IS. Harry Johnson , a man who has been employed at the stone quarries at No > hawka for some time , was examined before the board of Insanity today ami pronounced a fit subject for treatment at the Lincoln asylum. Tllinir.MMM S I 1101 * IS xo\\ IIM AI.I , oviii : TIM : woui.n Tlu > ( 'nip IN N llcnv > Till * Yenr Tluil II l Fenred Thnl ( InI'rlrr Will he All'ccled HUN ) Sceni'N In ( he Ifpper Illkhnrn Vnllc.v , MAHMETT. Nnb. . Aug. 18. Front n staff corrcspondiMil Itock county Is Just now tlm scene of Its greatest ac tivity , for the hay-malicrs of thi < imrthwosl the grmilnHt hay uountry In the world , are busy. Today every horse that can wear a harniiHs Is In the liny Hold , along with all of tlu < human help that money can hint. It Is Just the critical period of Iho year , and fast work Is n factor. The heavy rain yesterday morning came with a snddon force that was surprising. It followed a hot day. This country has never known finer crops than this year and the whole region Is fooling happy over the out look. ACTIVITV IN TIM : Kir.i.ns , I'Jtrrj one IN MnUliiit liny Wlillr ( In- Sun ShlncN. NKWI'OUT , Ni'b. , Aug. IS. From n staff correspondent : Newport IUIH a reputation an Iho greatest hay market In all the world. This being a busy HOIISOII Just now , everybody Is mak ing hay here while thn sun Million. Hundreds and thousands of bales of hay are annually shipped out of horn to all polntH of the globe. There Is no farming land around Newport. It IH all hay country. Hay land IH hold at from J10 to J30 per noro. Thin ynnr there Is so much hay that dealers are complaining. The crop In too good. It cuts down the price of liny. Today hay Is worth but J.1.C.O per ton. ISven at that , the farmer will make $7 off every aero of hay land. ANOTHER NEWJFI1EPHONE LINE .liiNt Cninpleleil Krnni Nenport In Unite nnil Nnprr , Coillii'ClliiK .At n n j I'll mix inriinle. : NRWPOHT , Neb. . Aug. 18. From a stuff correspondent : It Is getting so that the larmer and ranchman away elf on the prairies of Nebraska , who used to bo considered isolated from the world , can be connected with the rest of civilization Just as well IIH hlH city cousin. Today a telephone line was finished I'rom hero to llutto and Nap or , which nlroady Joins forty-llvo farms ami promises 100 soon. Farm ers In Iloyd county can chat with those of Itock all day. * Wlr f ate lining sprung by the Farm ii'nd Homo Telephone company , of which fi. R. VanRvory Is president and ( ' . M. Thompson , secretary , .lumen- ton , Urockshurg , Nnpor and Unite are Joined. Lightning burned out many wires yesterday. CIVE DOII.All FOR 1)1)1,1Alt. Ciindldnle DntlN AdoplN New Scheme fur l'miiinlKii ( 'niitrlliiillniiN. WASHINGTON , Aug. 1 S. Candidate Oavls Is going to do the right thing by the faithful. Ho has decided to follow the methods employed between the City of Washington and the fed eral government. In tlio District of Columbia every dollar paid by property owners for taxes Is mot with a like appropriation from congress. Mr. Davis has promised to put up dollar for dollar In the West Virginia campaign. For every contribution made by others and from any source whatever the vlco presidential nomi nee will give another dollar. In addition , he will subscribe very liberally to the national democratic committee , which thus far has not succeeded In raising much money. Congressional headquarters here Is not a very llvuly place , and there Is much complaint of lack of funds. CluiN. i : . MiKcly. LOUISV1LLR , Ky. . Aug. 18. Charles R. Shlvely of Richmond , Ind. , was to day chosen chancellor commander of the Knights of Pylhlas. rilA7.ii ) IIY HEI.KilON. Yming Wiminn < ; Hc n Cnngregntlon mi rnpleiiNiint SnrprUe. PHILADRLPHIA , Aug. IS. Miss Mary Hlaek. a pretty young woman and a distant rclmtlvo of ox-Gov. lilack of New York , walked up the alslo of the Fortieth Street Methodist Episco pal church clad only In undergar ments , Interrupting the evening ser vice , and announced In solemn tones : "I nm with a message to you from Christ. " Awed by the apparition the congre gation , numbering upward of 300 , sat speechless. Nona knew what to do. In another moment , as the girl stood helpless before them , women wept and prayed. The girl was finally persuad ed to go to her homo In Pine street. She appeared to bo rational upon all subjects other than religion. Later she did not recall going to the church , In which she was an active worker. Miss Black Is 25 years old. She has boon an orphan since she was 9 years old , and though dependent upon her self had acquired a good education. FnlrnhnkN I'ninlly Iteiinlon. DRDHAM , Mass. , Aug. IS. From allover ever the world descendants of Jona than Fairbanks , founder of one of the oldest families In America , have as sembled here for their third annual reunion. The family association num bers thousands of members , promi nent among them being Senator Charles W. Fairbanks , the republican candidate for vlco president , and sec retary Victor A. Metcalf. The reunion , which will last several days , U being- held at tha historic THE CONOITiqNJJnilE WEATHER 'I' lirrnlnri * for Tumi-four Hour * Ciiillnu nl N O'clock Till * MiirnliiK. I'liriTiiNl fur NHirnkii. ' I'ondlllon of tlm wimthor an rononl- i'd for the 21 hours ending lit S n. m. today. .Maximum 39 Minimum oj Average 7n Itnliifall 1 ,1 , Tola ! rainfall for month fl.u llaromKlnr an,94 I'lllfAdo , Aug. IS. The bulletin la- Hiioil by the Chicago station of dm United HlatoM woathur biireiiu thin morning , glvos the forecast fur No- braHka an follows : Hcaitorod local Hhoworn tonight ami possibly Friday. FnlrbnnhM homeMtead , which wna h'litlt of HmbnrH brought ever by | | , , i orlg- ' ' ' ' " ' ' ' ' " ' " ' . - ; .i"i I'rom in icna. INM1KH TIM : < i , A. it. M\T : IN ni\vin : Urenl Elect rlcnl I'lirmle Will Tnl I'lnee Tliln IHcnlim ( "nnip Fire of W IIII'N Heller Corn * Another Fea ture of the Ittenlnic I'riiKrnni , BOSTON. Aug. 18. Kindlon of of- llcers WIIH Iho llrrit biiHlnoss hnforo the o. A. R. oncampmnnt today. Gen. Nllmoii N. Illackmai- Miisnnc.liunott was iinanlmoiiHly elected coiiimandor- In-chlof. John H. K-ing of Washington , l > . C , former commander of Iho department - partment of Maryland , was cho.iun .13- nlor vlco commandor. Denver was chosen as the next place for holding the national oncampmont. IIUHlness and pleasure divided th , time of the visitors to the national otif campment today. Tlio sessions of the n. A. . R. encampment and the meet ings of the several auxiliary organiza tions were cut Hhort In order to por- mll ( ho delegates to take part In tha great automobile race t. Is afternoon. Thanks to the generosity of tlio auto mobile owners of Boston and vicinity several thousand machines of various descriptions were placed at the dispos al of the entertainment committee. In these gaily decorated vehicles the vet erans loft Symphony hall nt 1 o'clock this aftoinoon and In two divisions be gan a twenty-mile tour ever the his toric road leading through Cambridge , Arlington , Lexington and Concord. llotiirnlng to the pity this evonlnK the visitors will bo treated to still an other of the Habornto fmitmvA of en tertainment ' nrnngod in their honor. This wll ) bo the great electrical parade - rado which promises to bo one of the most novel and gorgeous spectacles ever witnessed In this city. It will ha a parade of Illuminated Moats , pro ceeding ever tlio Hiirfaco railroads , representing sixteen of the must Im. portant events of American history. Including the birth of the nation , the purchase of the Louisiana territory , the civil war and the acquisition of the Philippines and other Insural pos sessions. Another notable nvont of the even ing will be the great camp lire of the Woman's Ilollof Corps. In order to accommodate the largo crowd ex pected H has boon decided to hold tha meeting In Mechanics' building. Gov ernor Hates and Mayor Collins will do- llvor addresses of welcome In behalf of the state and city respectively , anil other speakers will bo General Juhti C. Illack , Mrs. Sarah Wlnans , national president of the W. U. C. . anil Miss Clara Harton. John Hi-ilnifiiiil Coming Over. LONDON , Aug. IS. John Ufidmond , leader of the Irish national party , Is among the passengers on the Teuton ic sailing today for America. Mr. Kudmond Is to be one of the chlof par ticipants In the great Irish convention to be hold In New York the latter part of August. Illg Log Itnlllng n < .McCook. M'COOK. Nob. , Aug. 18. Two thou sand members of the Modern Wood men of America are attending the big log rolling begun here today under .ho auspices of the Southwestern No- Uraska Log Rolling association. Band contents , competitive drills and amuse ments of various kinds are features of the throe days' program. Govern or Mickey , Congressman Norrls and other men of wide prominence are to 10 among the speakers BIRTHDAY OF AUSTRIA'S ' EMPEROR FrmiclH .liiNeph N Setenly-Pnnr Year * of Age nnil UIIN ( he Honor mid llr | iect of IIlN Jinny SnhJcelH. VIENNA. Aug. IS The seventy- fourth birthday of Emperor Francis Joseph was celebrated with fetes throughoutJLho dual empire today In the capital there was a grand review of troops and a general Illmlmition of the city. The venerable emperor Just returned from his visit to King Ed ward at Marle.nhad. observed the an niversary by granting amnesty .to a large number of prisoners undergoing sentence for minor crimps. Francis Joseph was proclaimed emperor - poror of Austria on the abdication of his uncle , Ferdinand I , on December 2 , 1S4S. Ho was crowned king of Hun gary June S. 1S'37. ' Ho married In ISSt Elizabeth , a daughter of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria. The empress was assassinated by an anarchist In Geneva. September 10 , 1S9S. Of the emperor's three children the Crown Prince Rudolph committed suicide , and , ns his daughters , the Archduch esses Glsola and Marie , are Ineligible , his brother Charles Louis , will become emperor when the beloved monarch ends his beneficent rule.