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.. ir -T 3fc ,VV . - -e - . -H. ' V t. ?-. .? - '.. 1 .. - J..-: 7 :: Tie Colmlis Joinul By COLUMBUS JOURNAL CO. GOLUMBUa. NEBRASKA. News in Brief The czar of Russia, with 90,000,000 acres, is the biggest landowner in the world. Secretary of War Taft will speak at the St. Louis exposition on Manila day, August tl3. Sir George Richard Dibbs, former premier of New South Wales, is dead. He was born in 1834. Dr. Orlando Brown, formerly a brig adier general in the United States army, is dead here, aged 77 years. Green McCurtain was re-elected governor of the Choctaw nation, de feating T. W. Hunter. This is the last tribal election. Matt Storm, well known throughout the United States as a horse trainer and owner of thoroughbreds, is dead at Sen Francisco, aged 50 years. Secretary Morton has issued a spe cial order to the navy commendatory of the service to the country of the laie Hear Admiral Henry C. Taylor. The fly-wheel of a 70-horsepower en gine in the plant of a tinfoil company ai 'Su Iouis hurst while running at full speed and instantly killed Frank Gamache. In revenge for having been prose cuted on a charge of breaking a win dow. Ignatz Kita. in Chicago, shot and killed John Solarik and wife in their saloon at 57 Rawson street. Despite official denials, Madrid uwspater.s insist that a marriage has been arranged between the Infanta Maria Teresa, sister of King Alfonso, and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria. Sol Temple the Oklahoma outlaw, who shot and almost killed Police Ser geant William Gibson last May. was given a sentence of ten years in prison at St Joseph. Mo., for the crime. The populist national committee has decided to have the formal ratificaa tion of their party candidates for pres ident anil vice president at Cooper Union. New York city, on August 18. Dr. William Frye, a physician, re ported to the Kansas City police that burglars had entered his home and stolen $.r.o. They turned on the gas in an effort to asphyxiate the family. An invitation was forwarded today by western democratic leaders to ex President Grover Cleveland to take the stump for Judge Parker in Illinois in the coming presidential campaign. There is a society in England which has as one of its chief objects to strip the modern stage of its elalmrate scen ery and to return to the days when the play was the thing, and not its setting. General Davis, governor of the Pan ama canal zone, has left Panama, hav ing been called home on account of the iliuess of his wife, who has been spending the summer in the Adiron dacks. According to a message received from Harbin. General Kuropatkin has ordered the removal from that place of all useless civilians in order to pio vide the greatest iossible accommoda tion for the winter quarters of the Russian army. E. M. Johnson, president of the de funct Fidelity Savings association or Denver, and John L. Jones, secretary, arrested on a charge of having made false statements, were released on bonds. The grand jury is investigat ing the failure. Col. Clarence R. Edwards of the In sular department, who has arrived from Washington announces that Pres ident Roosevelt will uwnably visit the World's fair in October. Colonel Ed wards sas that the president is anx ious to see the exposition, and the de tails of the trip will soon be com pleted. Thirteen life iusurance companies in Great Britain refuse to accept risks on unvaccinated persons. A special from Digby, N. S.. says that a sailboat containing eight or ten American tourists capsized and sank off Smith's Cove, near Digby, and that all on board were drowned. Judge M. L. F. Smyser of Wooster. Pa., was nominated for congress by republicans of the Seventeenth dis trict. The Mexican government will soon pay to the Kansas City. Mexican & Orient railway the sum of $700,000 subsidy, due on the first 100 kilome ters of line constructed from Topolo banipo to El Fuerte. The Erie railroad has adopted a hos pital ear, which is equipped to render medical aid whenever needed along the road at a moment's notice. A doctor and attendants are constantly in charge. The, controversy over the sinking of the British steamer Knight Command er is not expected, either in British governmental or Russian diplomatic circles, to reach an acute stage, both governments having adopted a con ciliatory attitude. A Joliet man has invented a process for making steel beer kegs, using old rails. Seventy-five thousand dollars for a thimble seems something of an ex travagance, but this was the cost of one presented to the Queen of Siam by her husband. At Ponca City. O. T.. Clarence Ir win killed his mother-in-law. Mrs. John James, and immediately committed suicide. The cause of the tragedy was Mrs. James refusal to allow Irwin to see his wife, with whom he bad pre viously quarreled. Successful experiments have been made in the treatment of neuralgia and hysteria with radium at the Sal petriere hospital, in Paris. The most valuable sword in Britain is one that was presented to Lord Wolseley. The hilt is set with brill iants, and it is valued at $10,000. Lieut. W. E. Safford. recently of the navy, but now of the department of agriculture, has about 200 books from the library of the late Robert Louis Stevenson. Among them is the Bible which belonged to Stevenson's father. He bought the books in Samoa. A hurry call for 2,000,000 feet of lumber, mostly cypress, and 40,000 pieces of tiling was received by Sec retary Murphy of the Panama Canal commission from the isthmus. The lumber is to be used in repairing old aad. constructing new buildings and piling for canal construction. By an explosion in the Oliver Dyna mite company plant, at Laurel Run, Pa, James Doaglass was killed aad two girls were iajared by lying glass. There were 1.C00 pounds of dynamite in the one boildlag which was demolished. STILL FAR APART NO INDICATIONS OF SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE. BOTH SIDES JMKING CLAIMS Packers Say They Have Plenty of Men, While Donnelly Declares There Are Not Enough to Break the Strike j Aid from the Labor Federation. CHICAGO. All the labor unions in Chicaeo have indorsed the stock yards strike. After listening to the strikers' side of the controversy, which was presented to them by Michael J. Don nellv nresident of the striking butch ers' union, the Chicago Federation of Labor, which is composed of every la bor union in Chicago and has a mem bership of nearly ::o0,000, adopted res olutions pledging the moral and finan cial support of the federated body as long as the strike continues. Each member of the central body will lie assessed a small sum per week and the whole amount will be turned over to the striking unions to help In the support of the strikers and their families during the struggle with the packers. The exact amount each member is to be assessed was left in the hands of a committee with orders to report results tomorrow. While the officials of the Federation of Labor were unable Sunday night to give an exact estimate of the amount of money the strikers would secure from this source. It was stated that the total sum would be well up In the thousands each week. After a fight which has lasted for nearly four weeks, a settlement of the stock yards strike seems to be as re mote as at any time since the strug gle for supremacy began. Neither side to the conflict, during all this time, has shown any signs of weakening. The packers, while claiming that they will soon have their affairs in normal condition again, so successful have they been in securing non-union men, still admit that so far they have been able to get but 550 of their old employes back, and the majority of their employes are unskilled workers. In the last statement given out by the packers it was said that not half as many men were at work as before the strike began. Those men have been"trought to Chicago from all parts of the country, the majority of them having never seen a meat packing plant before com ing here. With these men the pack ers have succeeded in accomplishing a great deal of work, but according to the strikers, every animal that has been slaughtered since the strike was called has been at a financial loss to the packers, as in the majority of cases a lack of unskilled workmen has made it impossible to operate the by products departments, and this source of revenue, which, under normal con ditions, is a clear profit to the pack ers, has been allowed to waste. Iast week the packers" were fig strikers wheu work was resumed Mon strikers when wor kwas resumed Mon ( . . ::.orning. hut there is nothing to night that would indicate that the men were even considering such a step, nor that they had any idea of surrendering Monday or at any fu ture time. According to Michael J. Donnelly, president of the butchers union, the organization which precipi tated the strike, the strikers are in a better position today than they were on July 12, the day the orginal strike was called. JAPS SLAIN BY THOUSANDS. Sustained Great Losses, According to Russian Reports. ST. PETERSBURG. A telegram from Che Foo, dated August 7. says that according to Chinese information a fierce battle was fought on the land side of Port Arthur AugU6t 1st. The Japanese are reported to have been repulsed with great loss, the killed alone being estimated at 10,000, while the Russians lost about 1.000. The telegram says- that Lieutenant General Stocssel was personally in command, and that the conduct of the Russian troops was splendid. Lieutenant General Stoessel, com manding the Russian military forces at Port Arthur, in an undated dis patch to the emperor, says: "I am happy to report that the troops repulsed all the Japanese at tacks of July 26, 27 and 28, with enor mous losses. "The garrison's enthusiasm was ex traordinary. The fleet assisted in the defense by bombarding the Japanese flank. "Our losses during the three days were about 1,500 men and forty offl. cers killed or wounded. "According to statements of Chinese and prisoners, the Japanese lost as many as 10.000. "Their losses swere so great that the enemy has not hae time to remove the dead and wounded." Fierce Jaoanese Fire. LIAO YANG Detailed reports ar riving at headcuarters show that the right wing of the Japanese army had the hardest fighting during the battle of last Sunday, a sensational feat ure occurred at Chobaide pass, ten miles from the Motien pass. A brig ade constituting a center column rac ed with two Russian regiments for the possession of the summit com manding the Russian flank. The Jap anese fired as they ascended, dislodg ing the Russians from the rocks and killing or wounding 1,000. Secretary Wilson in Hills. HOT SPRINGS, S. D. Secretary wilson of the department of agricul ture and party were guests at the Ho tel Evans, this city. Saturday. In ad dition to the secretary the party con sisted of Senator Kittridge. Repre sentative Martin and Captain Seth Bullock. Secretary Wilson will soend the next three days in inspecting and studying the Black Hills forest re He serve and its relation to mining. left this evening for Deadwood. The secretary expects to return to Wash ington in a week. Taken to See Roosevelt. ST. LOUIS In response to a tele gram received Saturday from Colonel Edwards, chief of the bureau of insu lar affairs, saying that President Roosevelt would be pleased to re ceive some of the head people of the Filipino tribes at the Louisiana Pur chase exposition, Fred Lewis, mana ger of the Mono village, and Dr. T. K. Hunt, in charge of the Igorrote village on the Philippine reservation, left Sunday sight for Washington with eight natives of the Philippine islands. COUNT KELLEP KILLED. Japanese Shell Ends the Life of Rus sian General Near Liao Yang. MUKDEN. It is reported that Lieu tenant General Count Keller has been killed east of Liao Tang. LONDON. A dispatch to a news agency from SL Petersburg conflrms the report of the death of General Keller, saying he was killed by a frag ment of a Japanese shell at the time be was opposing the Japanese advance along the railway near Hal Cheng. Lieutenant General Count Keller, at the opening of the war, was in com mand of the Second Siberian Army di vision. He was 54 years old, and re signed the governorship of Ekateri nostaff in order to go to the front. General Keller took part In the three campaigns of the Russo-Turkish war. In 1887 he commanded the Imperial Rifle regiment and later was director of the corps of imperial pages, by which Keller came in contact with the members of the imperial family, with whom he was in great favor. Gen eral Killer was considered to be the possessor of cool judgment and to be a fine strategist. Though a strict dis ciplinarian. Keeller was a kind and careful officer and popular with his men. He wore a short gray beard, had keen blue eyes and dressed in khaki. HAS SUNK MORE THAN ONE SHIP Vladivostok Squadron Returns to Port and Tells of Action. VLADIVOSTOK. The Vladivostok cruiser division returned to port at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The cruisers were in perfect condition. They captured, during their cruise, the steamer Arabia and destroyed some schooners, a small Japanese steamer, one German steamer and one British steamer. The last-mentioned two were carrying contraband material, and had nearly reached their destina tion Yokohama but were almost without coal, and it was therefore im possible to send them to Vladivostok. The cruisers steamed up and down in front of the Japanese capital, but saw nothing of the enemy's warships. Although the Russian vessels had only three doors through which to get home the straits of Corea, La Perouse strait and Tsugarn strait which ap parently could easily have been barred by Vice Admiral Kamimura's vessels, bad luck pursued the Japanese admi ral, and the Russian cruisers had no difficulty in eluding him. CORTELYOU MEETS PRESIDENT. Outlines Western Campaign Will Have Thirty Advisers. WASHINGTON Republican Na tional Chairman Cortelyou arrived Thursday from Chicago. He called on President Roosevelt for an hour. The conference related largely to de tails of the opening of the campaign headquarters in Chicago and the po litical situation in western states. Chairman Cortelyou declined to be interviewed for publication regarding the campaign or any of his recent ob servations. He expressed pleasure that the national executive commit tee, the personnel of which he an nounced two days ago in Cttcago, had met with such general approval. Mr. Cortelyou will not announce, perhaps for several days yet, the composition of his campaign advisory committee. That committee wtll con sist of prominent republicans from various parts of the country. Its number is not limited and It may include thirty members. BONDS FOR POSTAL CLERKS. Postoffice Department Issues Order Requiring Them. ' WASHINGTON. The postoffice de partment has issued a general order directing that every railway postal clerk shall give a $1,000 bond to the United States for the "faithful dis charge of all duties and trusts im posed upon them by law and the rules and regulations of the department. Each clerk shall pay the premium chargeable to himself. Bonds will be filed with the second assistant post master general. This order affects approximately 10, 000 employes, embracing all the rail way postal clerks, except those who are assigned to clervcal duties in which they do not have access to reg istered mail. FUSION IN KANSAS. Populists Accept Offer of Democrats to Divide Offices. TOPEKA. Kan. After midnight this morning the populist state con vention, which had spent the night discussing the proposal to fuse with the democrats in the state campaign, decided to accept the democratic offer of a division of the ticket. The mid-dle-qf-the-road faction of the popu lists at once announced dissent, with drew from the hall, organized another convention and adjourned until 10 a. m.. when it is expected they will nom inate a straight ticket. The fusion forces nominated David M. Dale for governor. i tg Nebraskans Drowned in Colorado. BOULDER, Colo. Mrs. Una Cham bers of York, Neb., and Mary Renkes, the 12-year-old daughter of Charles Renkes of this city, were drowned in Boulder creek. They were part of a camping party in Bummer gulch, six miles from here. Without any warn ing, a wall of water, caused by a cloud burst, came rushing down the gulch, carrying the tent and the Inmates into the creek. Mrs. Chambers and Mary Renkes were carrie dinto the stream by the torrent of water and drowned. The bodies were recovered. Bill Aimed at tne Trusts. OTTAWA. Ont. A bill aimed at American trusts, and particularly American Tobacco concerns, will be introduced in parliament by the min ister of internal revenue, L. P. Bro deur. Mr. Brodeur presented a reso lution favoring the cancellation of ex cise licenses held by manufacturers who sell goods subject to the condi tion that the purchaser shall not sell or deal in goods of like kind pro duced by any other manufacturer or dealer. The resolution was unani mously adopted. Suffer from the Drouth. BUTTE. Mont. Advices received through the state the past week de pict a serious state of affairs on the big ranges in eastern and northern Montana, and it is said unless heavy rain is soon forthcoming considerable loss of stock will ensue. So bad have the conditions become that the state humane officers have interfered and compelled stockmen to drive herds into localities far removed where some grass and water remain, though even then the supply is scanty. The oat look is very glowing. LAND FORGRAZING RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING SAME BY THE STOCKMEN. WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE DOME Stockmen's Interest Transferred to Management of the Agricultural De partment No Action Taken with Reference to Butchers' Strike. DENVER, Colo. The western stock growers, who .have been conferring here for three days with the special land commission appointed by Presi dent Roosevelt, finally adjourned without taking any action with refer ence to the strike at the packing house centers. A resolution was adopted with prac tical unanimity urging on congress "the necessity of the transfer, at the earliest possible date of the manage ment of the forest reserves to the de partment of agriculture, where not only the forests, but all the interests involved, may be properly studied and protected." Discussion of the resolutions con cerning grazing lands was animated, but finally adopted as follows: "Whereas, After full discussion, the tact has developed that conditions over the vast area included in the grazing districts of the west are so varied and conflcting that much time must of necessity be consumed in the classifi cation of the public grazing area, as well as the determination of range customs and usages in different dis tricts; and, "Whereas, The past creation of for est reserves has often been ill-advised and far-reaching and the administra tion thereof as concerns the grazing interests has been faulty, even to in justice, and believing that the depart ment of the Interior is not fully equip ped to study and handle the forest reserve question; and. "Whereas, Feeling that the present grazing system has been built up through a term of many years, con suming the life work of the western pioneers and of the younger genera tion, entailing untold hardships and even sacrifice of life, and believing that such sturdy efforts entitle the great majority of the present occu pants of the range to no uncertain voice in the initiation of any legisla tion that may affect their interest; therefore, be it "Resolved, That we favor the pass age of a law which will authtorize the secretary of agriculture to thor oughly classify the vacant lands of the United States and determine the condition at present governing the use of the grazing areas and to ascertain those sections of the range, and if there be any to which a lease system can be satisfactorily applied, be it fur ther "Resolved, That the power to cre ate and administer forest reserves shall be vested in the department of agriculture, which is especially or ganized and equipped for this purpose; and he it further "Resolved, That we favor govern ment control of and jurisdiction over all public grazing areas by or through the department of agriculture; local questions being decided on local grounds and under regulations made to meet local conditions; that the range rights of present users of the grazing areas as determined by pri ority of occupancy and present use shall be carefully safeguarded, and that no sudden or stringent upheaval of existing conditions which would cause commercial distress shall be made; on the other hand, such legisla tion must be gradual in its effect and leases granted only where locally sat isfactory as determined by the prober authorities." FAIRBANKS HAS WORD. Republican Candidate for Vice Presi dent Notified of Nomination. INDIANAPOLIS. Charles W. Fair banks, senior United States senator from Indiana was on Wednesday for vice president of the United States vice president of the United Sttates by the republican national convention. The notification address was made by Eiihu Root, ex-secretary of war, who was temporary chairman of the convention. The exercises were held on the wide veranda of Senator Fair banks' beautiful home in the presence of members of the notification com mittee, consisting of one member from each state and territory, the governor and other state officers of Indiana, the republican candidates for state office, the Indiana republican congressional delegation, Indiana del egates and alternates to the national convention, the state central commit tee and the Republican Editorial as sociation. All these had been special ly invited. On the lawn surrounding three sides of the residence and ex tending far on all sides beneath the great forest trees were several thou sand friends, neighbors and political supporters of the senior senator. GRAFTING IN AMERICAN NAVY. NEW YORK. A naval board is in vestigating reports that certain petty officers on the receiving ship Han cock, stationed at the Brooklyn navy yard, have been selling ratings or pro motions to sailors for cash. The re ports were started by bluejackets who talked freely of the matter ashore. When the commissioned officers on the ship and in the yard heard of these reports they reported to the navy department, and a board was de tailed to investigate the rumors. A new bluejacket recently appeared on the Hancock. It was said that he had been transferred from the Wash ington navy yard. On the Hancock, It is alleged, he had a talk with a petty officer about bis rating and paid 25 for an advancement. CARACAS, Venezuela A cable Reyes Says There is No Revelutien. gram received here from Bogota, dat ed August 4, and signed by General Rafael Reyes, says that the rumors that a revolution has broken out or is contemplated are false. Roosevelt Sends an Inspector. CHICAGO. Inspector Carroll, the special representative of the United States department of commerce and labor, who obtained the evidence for the government on which an injunc tion was issued about two years ago by Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the fed eral district court, enjoining the larger packing companies from com bining In making the prices, either as buyers of live stock or sellers of meat. was in the stock yards here this af ternoon investigating condition. REPULSE OF JAPS. As to the Latest Assault on Russian Stronghold. CHE FOO. The steamer Wuchow, which has jusf arrived here from New Chwang, brings further details of the latest Japanese assault on Port Ar thur. When nearing Che Foo the Wu chow came upon .a junk carrying seven men, four women and a boy, who left Port Arthur yesterday. They reported that the fighting north of the city of Port Arthur occurred at Wolf Hill, and was sanguinary, re sulting in the repulse of the Japanese This hill is situated near the railroad, and eight trains were kept busy bring ing the wounded soldiers into the city. The wounded men from east forts reached Port Arthur in all kinds of vehicles, many, however, coming afoot, dragging shattered limbs. The Russians iinUted.in declaring that the fortress will never fall, but they expect that scarcely a building will be left in the city, where there now is scarcely a whole pane of glass. The Wuchow confirms the state ment that the fighting abated during the night of July 28. but had not com pletely subsided when the refugees left. The Russian fleet, from its anchor age, shelled the advancing Japanese, after returning from what seems to have been a reconnoitering maneuver The Chinese arriving here tonight say that the Japanese actually cap tured two lightly grrisoned forts on the east shore, but abandoned them when their comradAJ were repulsed from the other positions. The Rus sians, however, Insist that this is un true. The forts at Port Arthur bristle with guns, including many of 8-inch caliber, but the naval artillerymen are alleged to have inflicted the heav iest loss on the Japanese. The present unusual exodus from Port Arthur is due to the granting of permission to leave the besieged city, which heretofore the Russian officials have withheld. In most instances the refugees are people of the better class who are compelled to pay exorbitant prices for junks, which are scarce. The Japanese, while repulsed, have by 'no means been beaten, and a re newal of the fighting was expected when the junk departed yesterday from Port Arthur. A second junk which left at the same time, carrying the officials of the Danish East Asiatic company and their families, has not yet arrived at Che Foo. LEGATION HEARS THE NEWS. Russian Are Driven Back All Along the Line. WASHINGTON The Japanese le gation has received the following ca blegram from the foreign office at Tokio: "General Kuroki reports that at day break of July 31 our army commenc ed operations for attacking the ene my, occupying Yushulintzu (four miles west of Hsihoyen and Yangtsu ling, six miles west of Motien Ling), both places situated about twenty-five miles from Liao Yang. The enemy at Ynshlintzu consisted of two divisions, with corresponding artillery. The attacking operations were carried out as prearranged, and by sunset we defeated both wings of the enemy, but owing to their large force and strong positions we were unable to dislodge them entirely. At daybreak of August 1 we resumed the attack and succeeded in expelling the enemy at noonind pursued them four miles in the westward direction. The enemy fled toward Apping. "The enemy at Yanktsuling consist ed of two and a half, divisions, with four batteries of artillery. The at tacking operations there also pro gressed satisfactorily, and by sunset we carried the enemy's principal posi tions, but a portion of them offered the stoutest resistance, and we bad to bivouac the night in battle forma tion. "At daybreak we resumed the at tack, and at 81 a. m. all heights fell into our hands. The enemy fled to ward Tanghoyen. The casualties are under investigation. We captured some field guns, but the details are still unknown. "In this enagagement the attacking forces were at a disadvantage, first ly on account of the steepness of the ground, and, secondly, on account of the lack of suitable position for our artillery, while the heat was over 100 degrees Fahrenheit." WANT A RESPONSIBLE CABINET. Russian Newspapers Freely Discuss the Reform. ST. PETERSBURG The sugges tion of M. Souverin, editor of the No voe Vremya, regarding the establish ment of a responsible cabinet is cre ating much popular comment Great significance attaches to the freedom with which the newspapers are dis cussing the matter. The cry has been taken up by the reactionary Prince Mestchersky, edi tor of the Grazhdanin, who argues that a cabinet has become necessary. M. Souverin returns to the charge in a signed article, pointing out the evils of the present system and saying that the rivalry between the ministries is causing chaos in the public service, each pulling its own way, secure from criticism under the cloak of personal irresponsibility. " Coal for Vladivostok. CARDIFF. A newspaper says that within the last few days Russia has made contracts for nearly 200,000 tons of Welsh coal, which is suppoosed to be for the Vladivostok region. Wheat Makes Sharp Advance. CHICAGO. Under the Influence of a buying furore which had been grow ing for some days, prices for wheat made sharp advances here Tuesday, September at one time being 2c. above Saturday's closing quotations. The excitement was based largely on alarming reports of rust damage to the spring wheat crop in the north west. In addition to pessimistic do mestic advices, the condition of much of the continental crop-was said to be bad as a result of drouth. September option opened with a gain of 'c Vielate Letter Laws. BOSTON. John Marshall Barry .and Francis C. Webster, officers of an organization known as the North American Trust, were arrested on Thursday by United States officers on a charge of conspiring to defraud the public They are also accused of con ducting a business m violation of the anti-lottery laws. The concern hae branch ofices m a number of cities. In June Massachusetts officers insti tuted proceedings against the con !cera. and. the supreme court appoint ,ed Bertea P. Gray as receiver. A RUSSIAN DEFEAT GENERAL KUROKI'S ARMY WINS . TWO SEPARATE ACTIONS. THE ATTACK BEGUN OH SUNDAY Japanese Resume Operations on Mon dayThermometer Registers High, and the Soldiers Suffered Greatly from Heat Exhaustion TOKIO. General Kurok! has ad ministered a severe defeat to the Rus sian forces which defended the Rus sian east flank at Liao Yang, winning separate actions at Yushulikza and Yangtse pass. These two places are twenty-six miles apart, but the two ac tions were fought at the same time. The Russians held strong positions. The thermometer registered over 110 degrees Fahrenheit, and the soldiers suffered cruelly from heat exhaustion. At Yushulikza the Russians, had two divisions of infantry and some MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF HAIXHENG, NOW STORM CEN TER OF THE LAND CAMPAIGN. j m V A iA v jL SB " "" v COUNTRY WITH 'Wjjs r ro r- ' y&fUHY aw and -IVr ,f w Ey' ' jsufc - our maatcouiaes Jl " WkSuIMI zw"' soon. , vpj m www 9 wy vvjavaw sw s . iaaiAi MmMamlM V- Jm FLOOD TWC TnlWHNnmT jriSm 2ojuuj X pBto ammmatm V- ip-E 7 Vk. I20JVL15. L f I, y j Since the Japanese occupation o f Tatchekiao, Hai-Cheng is the most southerly point which Gen. Kouropa tkin holds in strong- force. It is a large Chinese city, surrour.deii by ol d (.tone walls, wl.ich, of course, are useless for protective purposes unde r the conditions of modern warfare. If the Russian army makes a firm s tand here, it will be compelled to de pend en its earthworks and puns on -the neighboring hills. The map show the roads which lead to Tatch ekiao and Siuyen. Along the former Gen. Oku's army is advancing, and a leng the latter the Takushan ar.tiy, supposed to be commanded by Gen. N odru,. both armies being in close touch. artillery, and they resisted the Japa nese assaults vigorously. Both attacks were begun at dawn on Sunday. July "1. At Yushulikza the Japanese carried the Russian left wings, but on account of the strength of the Russian position they were un able then to press the attack. The two armies rested Sunday night, fac ing each other. At dawn on Momiay the Japanese resumed the attack, and by noon they had dislodged the enemy and driven, snow in the hills, with the conse them four miles to Daoboling. ' quences that great deluges resulted. At Yangtse ppss. also, the Japa-jand these had cost I he government nese were successful. Their aitilleryj amj people countless thousands in opened on the enemy, and the infan-'the destruction of property. try moved forward from Makumeza. The arternoon SPS,um of the con The attack on this place was made at , fcrence of 8tockmen and federal land 1 o'clock on Sunday, ami by nightfall t comniission was devoted to discus the Japanese were in possession of a ' , crazinc on eovernment lands majority of the Russian position,s al-iam, te necessity for the enactment though the enemy had resisted with' f ,aws rcsuiatinR ur governing tho determination. The Japanese forces and another assault was made on Mon and another assault was mad on Mon day at dawn. By 8 o'clock Monday morning Yangtse pass and the -surrounding heights had been captured. General Knroki explains the slow- ness of these actions bv saving that the difficult topography of the battle! barth of the National Live Stock as fields made it impossible to secure sociation. discussing the report that good artillerv positions, and that the) the western cattlemen now in con great heat fatigued his troops. , ference in Denver with government The Russians' force at Yangtse pass , officials would attempt to break the was estimated at two and one-half di-, Chicago butchers' sfrike, is quoted as visions and four batteries of arUHery. ' saying: "We have troubles of our t,. ami- -..., trwi inU-nr) Taiur- own. and while we would like to see 1UU CUC1UJ .! !.. i.v - c I enemy hoyen. General Kuroki reports the capture of some field guns, but the number is not given. The Japanese casualties are being Investigated. Japs Occupy Ta Tche Kiao. ST. PETERSBURG A teregram from General Kuropatkin was receiv ed Wednesday confirming the occupa tion of Ta Tche Kiao by the Japanese July 25 and adding that a Japanese division had moved on Ha: Cheng. Stockmen May Intervene. DENVER. The News says that a movement to intervene in the great nackers' strike in the east will result from a meeting of live stock men from . eral of Finland, has been sent to St. all parts of the west which begins Petersburg. Prof. Gemmerus of the here. Stock growers from practically j University of Finland has been exiled every state west of the Missouri river to Russia, being the fourth professor will be in Denver, and because of a j from this institution to be exiled since 'lack of demand for their cattle, they the murder of General Bobrikoff. Noth will start a campaign as the indenend- J ing is known here of Legla, the al ent party to ecure an immediate set-1 leged name of the assassin of Min tlement of the strike. The stockmen ister Von Plebve. though rumors are have been called to meet federal offi cials and to discuss grazing. Russia is More Lenient to Jews. ST. PETERSBURG As evidence of the increasing leniency for the Jews, the exclusion of Jews from the ranks of barristers, followed since 1889, is becoming less rigorous, and it is considered probable that a corn- plete removal of the disabilities will ' result. The present restrictions have manv drawbacks. The Jews, unable to become barristers, monopolize the I posts of lawyers' office assistants and are gradually attracting most of the business to themselves, employing barristers to represent them in court, i Another Rush for Land. DEVIL'S LAKE. N. D. Nearly 1,000 persons arrived Thursday to await the beginning of registration for the reservation opening. Among the first to arrive are ::50 Iowa men, most of whom registered in the Rosebud opening, but failed to draw a farm. The first big rush is expected on Sat urday, when a special excursion train will arrive from the east. Arrange ments have been perfected to make the same rates for the visitors to the lake as to Grand1 Forks and this no 'doubt will swell the crowds. THE WANTS OF STOCKMEN. Secretary Wilson Vists Them te Find) Out. DENVER. Colo. Secretary James Wilson of the department of agricul ture and Dr. E. Salmon, chief of the bureau cf snimal industry, arrived in Denver Thursday and met with the special land commission and the rep resentatives of the National Live Stock association for a discussion of the grazing land and torest reserve question. At the first session Secretary Wil son made an address. There were 200 delegates present. In his address Secretary Wilson said hi had come to Denver as the representative of the president to learn what was agitating the cattle men, and declared it to be the point of both his department and the ad ministration to bring about more cor dial and pleasant relations between the official goveruirent and the stock growers of the country. Mr. Wilson puke of some of th LTnj::ms his department has had to de-1 with: of questions pertaining to he breeding of horses, of the need of water, the rights cr stockmen and the necessity of forest reseres. He pointed out that the building of great levees along the Mississippi at New Orleans was the outgrowth of the wiping out of the forests in the coun try higher up. The destruction of the trees, he said, had removed the only means for holding hack the I same. A committee on resolutions was ap pointed, among the members being Mortimer Levering. Indiana; C. E. Adams. Nebraska, and Murdo Mc Kenzie. Texas. In an interview President Hagen- the strike settled, there is notning for us to do in the matter.' Former Governor Is Dead. PHILADELPHIA. Robert E. Pat tison. who was twice democratic gov ernor of Pennsylvania and twice comptroller of Philadelphia, died early today at his home in Overbrook. a suburb of this city. Pneumonia, com plicated with weakness of the heart. was the cause of death. He was d ' years old. Finlanders Sent Into Exile. HELSINGFORS. Finland The father of Eugene Schumann, the assas- sin of General Bobrikoff. governor gen- afloat that he was here three weeks ago. Wheat Starts for Ceiling. SAN FRANCISCO Wheat in this market reached the highest price of the season Monday for both spot and futures. Under heavy transactions, part of which to cover shorts, the De cember ootion rose to $1.4::. Cash vales were auvanceu . ..uures ana No. 1 spring wheat is now quoted at $1.40 and choice at $1.UK$L42K. while milling grades are strong at $1.4.-; to $1.37 ler cental. The wheat yield for California this year, it is estimated, will not exceed five hundred thousand tons. Packers Ask for Protection. CHICAGO. 111. The packers asked and were given police protection for three of their distributing plants, which were surrounded by union pick ets who turned back all the retail butchers with wagons after suppieri of meat. European Squadron at Sea. TRIESTE, Austria The American battleship and European squadrons under the respective commands ot Rear Admiral Baker and Rear Admiral jwall sailed Sunday for Flume. FREE TO TWENTY-FIVE LADIES. The Defiance Starch Co. will give 25 ladies a rouad-trp ticket to the SL Louis exposition to five ladies In each of the following states: Illinois. Iowa. Nebraska, Kansas and Missou ri who will send in the largest number of trade marks cut from a 10-cent, 18 ounce package of Defiance cold water laundry starch. This means from your own home, anywhere In the above named states. These trade marks must be mailed to and received by the De fiance Starch Co.. Omaha, Neb., before September 1st, 1904. October and No vember will be the best months to visit the exposition. Remember that Defiance is the only starch put up 16 oz. (a full pound) .to the package. You get one-third more starch for the same money than of any other kind, and Defiance never sticks to the Iron. The tickets to the exposition will be sent by registered mall September 5th. Starch for sale by all dealers. Never play a trick on a bookmaker. Play a winner: that's better. This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray Sweet Powders for Chil dren, used by Mother Gray,' a nurse in Children's Home, Now York, Cure Fever ishness. Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the bow els aud destroy Worms. Sold by all Drujfgist-, -v. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy.N. Y. Never play hat-pin selections. You may get stuck some. Immensity of North Forests. The northern belt of forests is per haps greater in extent than all thv other timber belts and reserves of i Canada combined. It extends from i the eastern coast of Labrador north of the fiftieth parallel In a northwesterly direction to Alaska, a distance of some 3.000 miles, with an average width ot I perhaps 500 miles. ird Killed by Golf Ball. As a member of an English goll club drove, a wagtail was observed flying across the line of tire. Th golf ball was seen to hit the bird at :t distance of about forty paces froa; the striker. The wagtail fell at once to earth, and was found to be not only stone dead, but absolutely decapi tated. Brides Who Stay at Home. According to old and established custom in Japan, the eldest child, whether male or female, must, uudet all circumstances, abide at and in herit the home. By this means a con tinuous succession is assured, and the estates cannot pass into the hands o strangers. , Still More Evidence. Bay City, III.. August S (Special). Mr. K. F. Henley of this city adds his evidence to that published almost daily that a sure cure for Rheuma tism is now before the Americau peo ple and that that cure is Dodd's Kid ney Pills. Mr. Henley had Acute Rheumatism, lie has used Dodd's Kidney Pills. He says of the result: "After suffering for sixteen years with Rheumatism and using numer ous medicines for Rheumatism and more medicines prescribed by doc tors. I at last tried Dodd's Kidney Pills with the result that I got more bent fit from them than all the others put together. "Dodd's Kidney Pills were the only tbing to give me relief, and I recom mend them to all suffering from Acute Rheumatism." Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid in the blood. Healthy kidneys take all the Uric Acid out of the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kid neys. To Make Palms Thrive. A few pieces of hoof-parings which horseshoers pare off the hoof before shoeing horses will make palms thrive luxuriantly. Simply poke the parings well down in the soil at an time of the year. Horseshoers give away the parings tor the asking. Damage Done by Beetles. In 187:: in Germany l.r.oo.OOO trees are said to have been destroyed In the Hartz forest alone by two small species of beetles. The larvae bur row beneath the bark and thus cause the Injury to the growing trees. Suicides Find the Way. Vienna has a new prison so arrang) ed that suicide or escape by its prist oners was considered Impossible. One of its first inmates, a boy. hanged himself by means of his trousers oa the edge of the heating apparatus. Joy in One's Work. Joy in one's work is the consum mate tool, without which the work may be done, indeed, but without which the work will always be doae slowly, clumsily and without its fia est perfection. Phillips Brooks. If Bitten by Mad Dog. If a person is bitten by a supposed ly mad dog let him call a physician, and in the- meantime apply lemon juice to the wound. This is the ad vice of Dr. Lagorio of the Pasteur in stitute. OLD FASHIONED. But Still in the Fashion. It is an ever new and interesting story to hear how one can be entirely made over by change of food. "For two years I was troubled with what my physician said was the old fashioned dyspepsia. "There was nothing I could eat but 20 or 30 minutes later I would be spit ting my food up in quantities until I would be very faint and weak. This went out from day to day until I wag terribly wasted away and without any prospect of being helped. "One day I was advised by an old lady to try Grape-Nuts and cream leaving off all fatty food. I had no confidence that Grape-Nuts would do all she said tor me as I had tried so many things without any help. But it was so simple I thought I would give it a trial she insisted so. "Well I ate some for breakfast and pretty soon the lady called to see her 'patient' as she called me and asked if I had tried her advice. "'Glad you did child, do yon feel some better?' "'No.' I said, 'I do not know as I do, the only difference I can see is I have no sour stomach and come to think of it I haven't spit up your four teaspoons of Grape-Nuts yet.' "Nor did I ever have any trouble with Grape-Nuts then or any other time for this food always stays down and ay stomach digests it perfectly:' I soon got strong and well again and bless that old lady every time I see her. "Once an invalid of 98 pounds I now weigh 125 pounds aad feel strong and well and it is due entirely and only to having found the proper food In Grape-Nuts." Name given my Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich. Get the little hook. "The Road f WellviUe" In each pkg. J? w ri .1 Ki 4:U f-l i ', J. - -