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t 'S. W'< -fr t l*>4T> Si5-' y -I ; 4' • <>; ** < LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS v., v t 'H* H HE "s«E»fiY PUJWSBIER :* •*- »: jy£i^I '•'/•' *P*--• ̂~ jmmsmtr plaindbaler co. McHENRY. ILLINOIS. Wi H •• • "fi i >i.",,1 *v ! Vi.,*1 pja LIm FUAWJ Ncvnvy Ife mi Aa ItalJai* coal uiiuei was drowned while bathing in the Wabash river If near Terre Haute, Ind. ,v Mrs. Sarah Carter, a negress of $0 / V^vears, was lodged in the Terre Haute, !rv'*flnd., jail accused of attempting to ; k#1'̂ ~fi The new'Spanish Discount bank at • . » ujpoison her husband. >fexlco City has opened. Its capital ijs $3,000,000. British residents are 'projecting starting a new bank. The Illinois district conference erf <* ^ /the Lutheran league held its anniial Y '*• . fconvention at Chesterton, Ind., over delegates being in attendance. *""A* "M. Leon," whose right name was §§»: •?. - "f - Green, who was injured by the * breaking of * wire upon which he f?1 } '^ ̂ ^id the Gliding act" at the world's y\'~ fair, died of his injuries, v*'"" . ' Three women were killed and six ; 'S'^eriotisly injured by an explosion at |£v» ,»V *n electrical fuse factory in St. Mar- 1' iin de Grau, near Marseilles, j, , -s- The statement that Vice Common ( i3ore Morton F. Plant of the Larcb- ' „ \ Jtoont Yacht club is ill owes its origin . .to the fact that he is suffering from ;^i3iin old wound in his leg. ' * The damage to the new German bat­ tle-ship Scbwaben, which ran aground Curing ' her speed trials some weeks vS^*go consists of a rent seventy feet z ' long in her hull. [j Admiral Sigsbee at San Juan has - •*~^~|>een directed to dispatch a war ves- j, V 4el to Monte Cristi, .San Domingo, % v "Where it is believed trouble is im- $ - -pending. Charles M. Schwab arrived In New ^ Vork on the White Star line Baltic. 3kfr. Schwab went abroad to have d -business' consultation with a rdpre- \*tentative of the Krupp people. Monsignore Falconio, the^apal ab- L legate, arrived in Washington after a ; 4 j v V i s i t to Rome../ He was accompanied * '-v |jy Dr, Marchetti, the auditor of the le- £ Ration in Washington. / ' .Representative Cooper of Wiscon- tin, chairman of the house committee f *m insular affairs, has accepted an in- ;:J'. ' Citation extended to him by Secretary v Taft to be present at thd exposition in r,'8t. Louis Aug. 13, Manila day. Mrs. Roosevelt left Washington for IKcw York, where she will join her #ons, Theodore, Jr., and Kermit and 1 their friends, who have been visiting r |he St. Louis exposition. Together they will proceed to Oyster Bay. Rear Admiral Glass and the officers •• ;f>f the United States squadron, which /|ias been cruising in South American •^^Waters, have presented to President . Barnes A. Scrymser of the Central and South "American Telegraph company ft cup as a mark oi their appreciation Jor courtesies extended. Third Assistant Secretary Pierce lias returned to Washington from his Summer home at Marblehead, Mass., fiaving been summoned to advise the ti-- president and Secretary Hay respect* 1 Jng the consular service, especially ' Consulates in the far East whiehwere fc l"f Recently inspected by him. ^ ; - The Malta-Tripoli cable which had " been reported interrupted, has been re- ,. •," v " stored to service. ; The Servants' Registry Trust (Lim- '<Yi: Ited) has been formed in London for rl '::; j the purpose of organizing a national 1 JSnglish domestic service bureau. " It is reported from Bombay that M. , iPierre Roudanovsky, first secretary of - the Russian legation in Pekin, shot * JMmself while proceeding fpom Madras to Calcutta by train. * J The United States ambassador at , " - txmcfrn entertained at dinner/recently » llhe French ambassador, the duchess of , Uontrose, Lady Hermione Graham, ; | f the Earl of Kilmorey, the Earl and Countess of Wemyss, the Countess of Ancaster, Lady Nina Willoughby, Sir > Evelyn Ruggles-Brise, Col. and Mrs. J . "JDawson, Mrs. Adair, Mr. and Mrs. Er- f. *est Cunard. Max Mullet, Mr. Dick- ^ fason and Mr. Phillips. ! s Gov. Blanchard of Louisiana has se­ lected Miss Juanita Lalland <- * New - Orleans to christen the battle _..ip Lou- tsiana. which is to be launched at Newport News Aug. 27. Miss Lalland belongs to a distinguished family, Rev. Dr. William H. Sallmon, presi I _ WHEAT. »H.:H?cagro-iK'o. z red, '*.Vew York--No. 2 red. {1.0SV&. iMlrir.papolls--No. 1 lmrij, • iitst. Louis--No. 2 red. 97{ff98H<f. Kansas City--No. 2 hard, 88@90c< ClliV Duluth--No. 1 northetri, H.OO^. / rji" No. \ aorfnerpi $1.01..::••••'&- COHN. " , -HChleapo-No. 2, 49%e< • - .New York--No. 2, 65c. ^ • k, :|St. I.ouls--No. 2, 4S%C. .' ' "3* Kansas City^-No. 2 mixed, M> *. ' ^'Milwaukee--No. 3, 60©61%*\ , •-* ?4 iPeoria--No. S, 48c. - OATS. 1~": JChlcapo--Standard, 44c. , - - - - , V -New York--Mixed. 43@45c. ' .%* - . JSt. T,onls- \'n. 2. 3S',£c. - ~ THiluth--No. 2. 'S8e. ' ? Kansas City--No. 2 white, 'JlWifcr Milwaukee--Standard. 4S®W»0! CATTLE. .. . Ch!caj?o-4£.50@fi.0i>. Kansas City--?2.?0©5.SB. dmaha-$1.75@5.26. " ™ Ft. l^ouls--|1.50(S5.40. St. Joseph--J1.5«>®5.2B. New York--Dressed. 90126. Plttsburp--$2^6.25.' Buffalo--52.2S®5.7R. , HO«a - Chlca«0-$r).20(5T5.90. Kansas' City--J5.10@5A. Omaha--$4.50ff 5.35. Bt. Lowis--Jl.75W5.7ff St. Joseph--J5.15®5.a7|4. "" P'ttshurg--$3®6.25. ' ' Buffalo--$2.25'55.75. SHEEP AND IAMBS. Chlcagro--J3.8G®<!.76. Kansas City-- „pmaha--J2.25®6.^>. •St. Louis--J1.T5@5 5n • , . ,, St. Joseph--J2.1rt^5,3S. . . . to.... New York--J3®S.50. : & Plttsburgr--Jl-.50iSfi.30. • ? 4 Buffalo--$1.7506.75. v. Selects leaders for the Presi­ dential Contest About, to Open. --i LOOKS TO DOUBTFUL STATES Worker* ^rom New York aha I ndiana :. Are Expected to Take Care of,Vote* and See That They Are Deposited ' fpr Purty's .Choice. ^ fneniiL/M m oufro 'UIPJI l l l 111 IIIILII Ficrce FftrHtfn^ Preceded ffifi pv«i hat ion , „ . clieng--Japanese Strategy Superior to ^ That of the Russians. • 'v- .;-'s * •s I '-p mm London, Aufc. The war news fettemr fat Slmouchenjr. I^he kusslanS j but military erftfertl are of the opinion Rev. D. Nevin, rector of St. Paul's, the American church in Rome* retnrn- ed from Wiesbaden, where he under­ went an operation, as a result of which his eyesight is being restored. The first riieeting of English a»iii JFtench archers since the wars of th« middle ages took place at I.e Tou- quet, neait^ Etaples, the French being the victoi^s in the international match. Owing to the frequency of bicycle thefts by Kaffirs in Pretoria the gov­ ernment has authorized a municipal by-law, providing that natives' bi­ cycles shall be painted yellow. Four smugglers were recently found lying dead in a mountain hut on the Avstro-Italian frontier, having been poisoned by a viper concealed at the bottom of a gourd of milk from which they had drunk. ^ Texas Socialists held their state picnic in DallaaSunday, and nomina­ ted a state ticket headed by Word H. Mills of Dallas for. governor. "The killing of a white carpenter named Baker by Octave Smith, a ne­ gro*, has started a race war in Cy­ press, a small place in Natchitoches Parish, La. The whites-have driven the negroes from the town and, it is reported,. have wounded several of them. " An international rifle match ha? been arranged between rifle teams of the Fourth battalion, national guards, of New York, and the Canadian Rifle association at Ogdensburg, N. :Y., Aug. 12. An unknown man committed suicide near the Aldinea station of the Chi­ cago & Erie railroad by standing on the track and, permitting a freight train to strike him. His body was cut to pieces. One of the most remarkable trips in the connection with the exploitation of the St., Louis world's fair was com­ pleted when Rev. S. Pi Verner, the Presbyterian missionary who brought eight pigmies out of the African jungle, arrived at the fair. His jour­ ney included 26,000 miles, 800 miles of which was traversed on foot through the wilds and deserts of .cen­ tral Africa. The trip lasted eight months. E. C. Wall of Wisconsin and Mrs. Wall sailed for Europe on the steamer Celtic. Secretary of State Hay has returned to Washington from his summer home in New Hampshire. Rev;-Dr. D. Clay Lilly hasTbeen chos­ en co-ordinate secretary of foreign missions of the Southern Presbyterian church. " C. H. Reaver of Chicago has been elected president of the International Apple Shippers' assocjation at St Louis. - . Lieut. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee inspec­ ted the garrison and buildings at Fort Douglas, Utah. Tne First National bank of-Cincin­ nati and the Ohio Valley - National bank will merge. - The convention of stationary engi­ neers at Richmond, ,Va., held a special memorial service, t , Edward Wolverton of Hartford City, Ind., who died recently, left his entire fortune, valued at $20,000 to the Ma­ sonic lodge of that place ^nd cut off a brother without a cent. •>"' * of Carleton college, Northfleld ^jMinn., has been notified that Miss --.Mary Reynolds of Sibley, Iowa, has Vtoeen appointed by imperial decree iJ|-|utor in the English language to the ; fiephews of the . empress of China. v.-SMiss Reynolds will sail for China in .. October. She graduated from Carle- ton with honors last June. i Prominent photographers from five , !# states, embracing Minnesota, the Da- „,k°tas> Iowa and Wisconsin, gathered "at St. Paul, Minn., for the tenth an- J' J nual convention of the Northwestern jv<. ~ Photographers' association, An exhi- ^ T, bition of the photographic art is a fea- L ture of the meeting. Charles Timmons Hallock has been ^ appointed a member of the state board ,' of equalization of Illinois. Finland is indignant because Gen- Schaumaun, father of , t£e assassin of Gen. Bobrikoff, ljtfcs been incarcerated in the dungeons of the SS. Peter and Paul fortress afc St. Petersburg. The Oma^ia club will give a dinner : to Gen. A. R. Chaffee Aug. 8 in Omaha, • Neb. , ^. r . Acting Postmaster General Wynne will sail Aug. 20 for Europe, to be away ^ about six weeks. ... R^ed of Chicago was elected 1,1 ' president of the National Jobbing Cbn- V fectioaers' association in session at St. Louis. -- • . , *. \ Fourth Assistant "Postmaster Gen- '1;^'..1,1 cral Bristow left Washington for Debs- coneag, Me., to spend several weeks. Monsignore Falconio, apostolic dele­ gate to the United States, was a pas­ senger on tlie steamer Sardegna*. which arrived in |lew York, from Ge­ noa and Naples. Gen. Davis, governor of Panama canal zone, has been called home on account of the illness of bis wife. postmaster General Payne held a brief conference with the president *rter to a Uty ixam Washington to Ml* The fourteenth &nnuai report of the Yale alumni fund show* that the vol­ untary contributions of the alumni amounted to $35,949 the past year, which is $3,905 more *han was raised in the previous year.] Plans are being drawn at Union Pa­ cific headquarters at Omaha for a new office building to replace the1 old one, which has been in use since the road was built. The new structure will be eight stories high. i Mortorman Edward Doe of Welles- ley, who was handling one of the trol­ ley cars which collided at Westboro, Mass., is dead. . For the second time within a week Gus Keifer, a Springfield, O., aeronaut, fell at Silver Lake park, Ohio. His injuries are believed to be fatal. John Boyd, said to be known as Dominie Boyd, and ^wanted in T^xas, was arrested in East St. Louis, 111. Louis Aultman, who was shot at Norfolk, Neb., while attempting to avoid arrest for rioting at Bonesteel, S. D., is dead. . Secretary of War Taft will deliver an address at Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 11. His subject will be the tnilip- pinea. He also will speak at the St. Louis expogitipn on Aug. 15, Which ha3 been designated as Manila day. Secretary Taft has returned to Washington from Murray Bay, Can. All grades of refined sugar have been advanced 10 cents per 100 pounds ih New York. The director! > the Erie Railroad have declared a semi annual dividend of 2 per cent on the first preferred stock, payable Sept. 7. Dr. Brown Ayres of Tuflna sity, New Orleans, has accepted the presidency of the Ui)iversity of Ten­ nessee. The -engagement, is announced at faris of Count Samitle'De Borchgrave d'Altena to Miss Ruth Reilly of Phila­ delphia. * Chicago special: Tlie names of the men who will conduct the Republican national compaign were made public Tuescday evening. Chairman GeOrge B. Cortelyou finally selected them and made the- announcement just before he left for the East. They fofin the executive committee of the national committee and the officers of the lat­ ter body. These officers are also ex officio officers of the executive com- mittee.^This list is: Officers national committee--Chair^ man, George B, Corteiyoti, New York; secretary, Elmer Dover, Ohio; treas­ urer, Cornelius N. Bliss, New York; sergeant at-arma* William J1. Stcne, Maryland, Executive committee, fJalterri 1 eadquarters, New York--Charles F. Broker, Connecticut; N. B. Scott, West Virginia; Franklin Murphy, New Jersey; William L. Ward, New York. Western headquarters, Chicago-- Harry S. New, Indiana; Frank O. Lowden, Illinois; R. B. Schneider, Jf&- braska; David W. Mulvane, Kansas. Has Charge of Speakers. ^ James A. Tawney of Minnesota has been put in charge of the speakers' bureau for the Western headquarters. He will select the- spellbinders for this territory and direct their ener* gies. Another person may be added to, the Western division of the executive committee. If it is done it probably will be either Henry C. Payne of Wis­ consin or the national committeeman from a far Western state, preferably Tdaho or Colorado. There is a diffi­ culty in naming the Wisconsin mem­ ber, however, as to dp this would give lecognition to one of the two factions in that state, Mr. Payne being a Spooner man, and the national com­ mittee desires to keep out of the trou­ ble. Honors to Doubtful States. , In the main the executive commit* tee is made up of men from what are generally regarded as doubtful states. Nevr York is trebly represented. Not only is Mr. Ward, its national com­ mitteeman, on the executive commit­ tee, but Mr. Bliss Is an officer by vir­ tue of being treasurer of the main tody. Chairman Cortelyou himself comes from New York. Brooker of Connecticut, Murphy of New Jersey and Scott of West Virginia were &1L selected, on account of the contest^ ex­ pected in their states. ' . Mr. New of Indiana was put at the head of the western branch of the executive committee because his state is the one in the west in which the most active fights is looked for. Col. Lowden was chosen largely hecause the headquarters are located In Chi­ cago and Illinois by right looked for representation. The appointment of Lo\yden also is expected to please the faction of the Illinois Republicans who were defeated in the recent state con­ vention. - j I Fight In the East. Iti was taken for granted that the makeup of the committee indicated that, in the opinion of Mr. Cortelyou, the main fight will be in the east. The fact that the easterners On It all come from states classed as doubtful was understood to indicate this. For the first time in the memory of men now active in politics, not in the history of the Republican party, Pennsylvania is not represented in the executive committee. Ohio, which in older days always had its committeemen, also is passed by, except that Mr. Dover is the secretary of the main committee, and as such is an officer of the body which will do the work. While Mr. Cortelyou is in the east-- and he expect3 to spend most of his this morning is devotfed chiefly to counting the cost at tie three days' battle preceding the evacuation of Haicheng by the Russians. Gen. Ruroki gives his losses and with great reserve says he thinks the Rus­ sians lost about 2,000 men. On the heels of his report comes a Russian estimate which puts the loss at over 4,000. " The two versions of the fighting force the singular conclusion that the Japanese strategy surpassed that of the Russians and the Japanese com­ manders anticipated and blocked every movement contemplated. the forces Of Kouropatkin, Fight at Simoucheng Cost Russia Two Thousand Soldiers. Tokio; Aug. 6.--It is now estimated that the Russians lost^ 2,000 men in the fighting at Simoucheng. Th*s occupied strongly intrenched at Simoucheng and the fighting con­ tinued during the 30th and 31st. Final­ ly the Japanese left, driving the ene­ my before them, threatened the rear ?f the Russian main body and corn­el led the latter to retreat during the night toward Haichenaj. The Russian forces were command­ ed by Gen. Alexieff and consisted of tWo divisions of infantry and seven batteries of artillery. The Japanese captured six field guns and a number of prisoners. The Japanese casual­ ties were about 400 killed and wound­ ed, while .Rjiifaia&f. on the field. / | Surrender of 'ftalcheng ii» \ Galling to Russian Pride. St. Petersburg, Aug. 5.--The capture of Haicheng by the Japanese has caused vivid disappointment, as the that a inonm will eiapse beiore the Japanese make their final assault. It is estimate'd that there are 100,- 000 Japanese trootos before Port Ar­ thur. ' \ Defenses, of Port Arthur 4 > Taken by the' London, Aug. 8.--The Times cor­ respondent at Tokio under date of Aug. 7 says that there are unofficial reports there that the Japanese have captured commanding positions north and northeast of Port Arthur at a dis­ tance of 2,750 yards from the main line of Russian defenses.- -.awtw^r , - - 1 • - • $ .7- ' Kouropatkin Claims Little » V ' Change in the Situation St. Petersburg. Aug. 8.--Gen. Kou­ ropatkin, in a telegram to the emper­ or dated Aug. 6, reports a-reconnais­ sance on Aug 6 ^n the south front In 8CENE OF RECENT JAPANESE VICTORY, FOLLOWED BY ADVANCE ON MUKDEN. ' ..v.. .. • ' : ' . V I time in New York or Washington-- Secretary Dover and Mr. New will be in charge of the western headquarters. sfe r MAMCH&J&lAif W-AU* iSL CHIAO £JVOU$ ANTUNU. Japanese sanitary corps recovered | people had been and burled 700 bodies in the valleys through which the Russians fought and retreated. Prisoners and Chinese report that many of the Russian dead and wounded were removed by the Russians themselves. The Japanese captured six guns, 670 shells, a quantity of stores and thirty-three prisoners. A detachment 01 the Russian medical corps, •which was captured by the Japanese, was returned to the Russian lines. The Japanese casualties at Simou­ cheng amounted to 860 men, includ­ ing eight officers killed and twenty- four officer^, wounded, TOLEDO ELEVATOR 18 BURNED Paddock Hodge Property Worth $200,- 000 Is Destroyed. Toledo, O., dispatch: The Michigan Central elevator, operated by the Pad­ dock Hodge company, was destro/ed by fire Monday evening at a loss of $200,000. The Insurance on the build­ ing amounted to $189,000. The build­ ing contained 150|000 bushels of corn and. 75,000 bushels of oats. In addi­ tion to this fifteen freight cars were destroyed in the fire. The fire started on the fifth floor, eighty-five feet above the earth, and the cause is unknown. COAL PRICES AGAIN ADVANCE Fourth Advance of Ten Cents a Ten Ordered by Operators. New York special: The fourth ad­ vance of 10 cents a ton ordered by the anthracite coal operators, in ac­ cordance with their agreement made in March, and the third advance of the same amount agreed upon by the Coal Merchants' association, went Into ef­ fect Monday. The wholesale price for domestic sizes 1b $4.90 and $6.15 a ton for the same sizes at retail. Receiver for White Pigeon Bank. Elkhart, Ind., dispatch: A receiver will be appointed soon for the White Pigeon bank. Deposits at the time of suspending were $131,000. Assets are placed at $166,000. The bank will pay depositors in full. Absence of News From the t Front Alarms St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Aug. 4.--There has been complete and ominous silence regarding events at the front since the receipt Of Gen. Kouropatkin's brief dispatch of Aug. 2. There is the gravest anxiety here to. learn whether Gen. Kouropatkin is se­ riously giving battle or Is determined­ ly screening the withdrawal of his main force. There is a persistent stoyy afloat that the Russian army has beentnovi|ig north for some days, but this cannot be confirmed. If a general engagement is not al­ ready progressing around Liaoyang between the forces of Gen. Kouropat­ kin and the three Japanese armies which have been moved against them from the south and east, the decisive battle of the campaign is regarded cs certain if the Japanese energetically follow up their preliminary successes of the last three days. . A + uia /MI W WF f 4K A FLFFHTLMF ViMia -- A t -- -- p u t I I L b I Q u n g l l l l f i g been of a desperate and bloody charac­ ter, the Russians offering the most stubborn resistance. The losses, therefore, although their extent is not yet established, must be heavy on both sides. Between <6,000 and 8,000 men is one estimate given of the Rus­ sian losses; believe a strong stand would be made there. From a reliable source it is learned that over a thousand Russian prison­ ers were taken. Haicheng dispatches state that Oku and Nodzu have attacked with eight cavisions, so with Kuroki threatening the left flank with three divisions and three batallions, a strong feeling of pessimism has set in. One military critic echoes the con­ stantly escaping opinion that Kouro- patkin's task must, indeed, be one of territle difficulty, and the seriousness of the situation is added to by the fact that Kouropatkin has stated that similar retreating tactics must con­ tinue for at least a month or six weeks more. • ^ , Jockey It InjuredL . Vichy, France, cable: Jay Ransch, the American jockey, was thrown in the raccs here and was carried off the course to a hospital. He is suffering, (rom concussion of tne brain. Japanese Legation Notified of the Capture of Simoucheng; Washington, Aug. 4.--The Japanese minister to-day received a cablegram from the foreign office at Tokio report­ ing the battle at Simoucheng and the Russians retreat toward Haicheng. The cablegram, says that an official report has been received at headquar­ ters to the effect that on the 30th of July the Japanese forces attacked the He Could Spare a Pin for Baby. One day the wife of an absent-mind­ ed professor in a New England college stepped into the library, where the professor was supposed to be enter­ taining his youngest boy and particu­ lar pet. There was a suspicious si­ lence, and then she saw that her hus­ band was deep In a book, while the baby, perched upon his father's knee, was endeavoring to swallow a large black-headed pin which he had pulled Trom a tempting coat lapel. "Dear me, Henry," gasped the moth­ er, as she flew into the room, res­ cued the pin and seized the child. "Didn't you know that baby was try­ ing to swallow-a pin he had pulled out of your lapel?" The professor looked at her with a dased smile. "No, my dear, I had not noticed," fee said, mildly. "And in any case I have another pin there. fYes, there it ip. You see I could easily spare one to the baby. It almost seems a pity to have disturbed him when he was playing so quietly, does It not, my <1ear? And all -for a pin!" said the Surrender to Victorious Japs Urged on Genera! Stoessel Tokio, :Aug. 6.--The Kokimin, dis­ cussing the situation at Port Arthur, rays it is nlmast incredible that the Russians do not know thaf the relief of the place is impossible. For this reason it believes they should surren­ der without any further fighting, and in this way save tens of thousands of brave lives. Such action would re­ dound to the honor of Gen. Stoessel, the commander of the troops there. It assures him he will receive generous treatment at the hands of the Japa­ nese. The paper urges the Russian commander, on the ground of humani­ ty. to take this course and avoid the meaningless sacrifice of tuman lives. If. the Russians continue to resist, the Japanese In the end will raze the forts end contents to the ground. It is for the interest of the Russians, not the Japanese, to surrender without further bloodshed. - _ the directioflt of th$ Japanese posl- tions. . *. |"' .- Tim Russians set fire to the village of Henchuantsa, thirteen miles north­ east of Newchwang, from which place a small force of Japanese fled precipi­ tately, leaving their transport animals. The report gives details of other skirmishes "and concludes with the statement that there is no change or the east front of the army. Russians Compelled to Fall Back on Japanese Advance Liaoyang, Aug. 4^ -- (Delayed, in transmission.)--Liaoyang is in no Im­ mediate danger, though the Russians have been compelled to fall back ow­ ing to the superior numbers of the Japanese. * - A Russian cavalry division wae un­ til to-day in contact with the enemy south of Anshanshan. The Japanese did not capture any rolling stock at Haiehen. It is rumored here that the Japan­ ese are changing their base tp New­ chwang. . " One Thousand Russians Killed in a Recent Engagement Liaoyang, Aug. 4.--The Russians at­ tempt to push back a numerically su­ perior force of Japanese from Kuchi-. atzu on July 31 resulted in an admit­ ted Russian loss of 1,000 men, - Expect Fall of Port Arthur Within a Month, at Most Tientsin, Aug. 6.--Heavy and con­ tinuous firing, was heard yesterday at Peltash© from this direction of Port Arthur. There are persistent rumors here from Japanese sources that the fall of Port Arthur will occur within a week, tie reproach, as. he returned to his book, and the mother withdrew the baby to a place of safety.--Youth's Companion. Tobacco and Baldness s ,• A medical man is responsible for the theory that the smoking of tobac: co tends to develop baldness. For some reason or other every mysterious disease is attributed, sooner or later, to tobacco. But there were brave men before Agamemnon, and there was disease before the days of Sir Walter Raleigh. Julius Caesar, who lighted neither church-warden nor ha- vana, was wont to comb his thinning locks forward over his brow in order to cloak his baldness, and Elisha cer­ tainly could not have preserved his hair at the period when he was in- :ulted by ribald boys. From earth's earliest ages there have surely been men walking under the everlasting fir­ mament with smooth and shiny heads, and we altogether protest, therefore, against the addition of baldness to the cumulative charges brought against tobacoo. *••••* man of. learning, with an *lf of gett^j- itts one of the saddest evidences of • V ' •••• ' -J,-.-' Japanese Strongly intrenched Close to Beleaguered City Chefoo, Aug. 8.--The Japanese force j which captured Wolf's hill is now in­ trenched iri the valley, about two- thirds of a mile from the fortress at Port Arthur. A Japanese cruiser is alleged to have struck a new mine and to have 6unk immediately, in the vicinity of Cristova battery. < The Japanese have occupied Louisa bhy, landing troops with the prob­ able intention of attacking west of the city. There has been no import­ ant fighting in the vicinity of Port Arthur since July 28. - • ' The Russian artillery harasses the Japanese, who are attempting to ad- vacce. their trenches. u ..T May Bag Port Arthur and kouropatkin on Same Day -Berlin, Aug. 6.--The National Zei- lung prints a private telegram from Tokio which says Tokio is expecting Ibe fall of Port Arthur and the capitu­ lation of Gen. Kouropatkin on the same day. It is stated that there are five Japa- 1 ese divisions before Port Arthur, part of them within three and a half miles i t the fortress, and that there are al­ together twenty divisions in Man­ churia. , mortality's inherent, and - incurable baseness that tobacco, which is cer­ tainly one of mankind's chiefest bless­ ings. should be forced to beat out in­ to tlie wilderness of medical theories rearly every sickness and evil which, TO far, the sacred weed has been un-. able to remove.--London Globe. Present From Crimean Veteran. The other tlay thp duchess of Al­ bany, widow of one of Queen of Vic­ toria's sons.y^TsftM' one of the Lon­ don almshouses. An inmate, a veter- ap. of the Crimean war of 1854-'56, pre: sented td her a beautifully embroid­ ered table cover that he had made. She accented U with thanks. n,-r..r* Largest Wireless Statioil* The largest station for wireless te legraphy is being placed near Pisa, Italy. On its completion, by the end of this year, it is expected to afford direct communication with all coun­ tries of Europe, as well as the United States and Canada, and with all ves­ sels on the Mediterranean, Indian and Atlantic oceans. / Seven Girls and a Man SiriH to Their Death in Mississippi. '•> WAVES FROM STEAMER'S WASH Littla Ottea Held Tight to One Afr * other When Walking on the Sand* ^ bar Of* Alton, and AM but One Lo«p • Livem ' . - ,' < /Alton, f!!., speilal: WBftg Wrffif th the Mississippi river Friday night Michael Riley, his daughter and six of the latter's little girl friends were . , drowned. One child, who waa in the party, was rescued. p The dead: ( 1 ' ' *i f *"• ! Michael' Rik% &z years ofiL ^ Elizabeth Riley, - li years ©«£ \ Alle Syner, 14 years old. / Lucy Bates, 8 yesJrs old. ' Lizzie Bates. 14 year« oM. Bessi* Brum, 14 years Old. j',-, Myrtie Brum. 10 years old. " * ' V Ruth Marshall, 12 years Old. - Riley lived , near the river in t&a ' southern part of the city and was ac­ customed to bathe on the beach in •(front of his home after his return |from work. His little daughter Pegged to go with him and Riley took her and seven of her girl friends to the beach with him. The children Joined hands and they all waded into the river and walked along a sandbar f which stretched out into the stream at that point. They had gone some distance from the shore, when sud« denly the whole party disappeared be­ neath the water, having in the dark* ness stepped from the gfend bar intp the deep channel. Children Struggle for Life. " The children struggled, screamed and tried desperately to reach the sand bar, where the water was only a foot or so in depth. Riley, who % said to have been a good swimmer, is thought to have been made helpless by the girls clinging to him and hampering his efforts to save them. . The only one in the party to regalli the sandbar was Mary Timiny, 8 yeatfft old. The child is unable to tell how she saved herself, beyond the state­ ment that, "I snatched my hand loos® from the grasp of the little girl next to me, and soon found that I could: Stand up and that the water only can^r ^ to my knees." '<*'A The beach where the accident oc ­ curred is practically deserted after nightfall, and the screams of the little. Timiny girl failed to attract any one ^ to the scene. After Riley and her playmatea had disappeared beneath the water the child ran from tbe beach - and reached her home screaming at the top of her lungs. She was so' hysterical that it was some time b^':^ fore her parents could gather an a<^ j | count of what had occurred. Immediately Mr. Timiny organized ; rescue party, but when they reached : the beach there was no sign of Riley I and the seven little girls. Boats were hastily secured and in a short time four of the bodies had been recovered. Searching parties worked lajte into the night. Survivor Teljs of Disasti According to_the account of the~ac- cident given by the little Timiny girl, after She had been in a measure calmed by her parents, the drowning was cause# by the excitement inci­ dent to the passage of a large river steamer. The girl says that they had waded some distance into the stream, keep^ Ing carefully to the stand bar, when the wash from the steamer caused waves of considerable height to come ashore. Before entering the water' Riley had Instructed the little ones to maintain a tight grasp on each oth­ ers hands, he taking .A placenta the" Center. " The wash from the steamer created considerable confusion among the ^irls, Mary explains, and in the dark­ ness they lost their bearings and bev/5-^ fore they were aware of their dangers- two or three of them had stepped oft 5 * the sand bar into the channel, drag­ ging the others with them. The Timiny girl was at the end of the line and when her companions dragged her from the sand bar she was the nearest to shoal water that fact she owes her escape. ASYLUM ADDITION IS v OPENjED,, Costly Improvement at Wdtertown, III., Institution" Is Dedicated. Moline, * 111., special: The new $140,- 000 ward addition to, the Watertown hospital for the insane was informal­ ly dedicated Tuesday and 300 new pa* tients from Lee, Ogle and Stephen­ son- counties were instituted. The new structure raises the capacity of the institution to 1,200 patients. There were no formalities at the dedication further than a dinner served by Supt W. E. Taylor to the Rock Island coun­ ty supervisors. HANG FRCM 285 FOOT TRESTLE Girl and Two Children Brave Peril Escape Train on High Bridge. Cincinnati. O.,.special: Sarah Burns of Highbridge, Ky^-and Margaret and Mary Sweeny, aged 10 and 12, in or­ der to escape the Queen and Crescent flyer while walking over the high trestle at Highbridge hung by theiff- hands over the edge of the trestle, 285^ feet above, the Kentucky river, whilee the heavy train dashed over them. None of the children was hurt l^ot Wave In London. London cable: The stifling heat wave continues. The city is swelter*^ ing with the thermometer registering. , 93 in the shade and 105 degrees in tjie sun. The weather is the hottest has been experienced in years. »-|Ji 1. "'svlX-S'V!, ,. . - -rg Storm Damages Shipplnq. ^ Victoria, B. C., special: The stela- ' * er Miowera brings news of a terrifl<Liz.^ f.torm on July 10 on the southern Aus«. iralian coast which paralyzed all shipf^ ifl ping for awhile. Heavy rains have g tfcllen in New South Wales. ?! •ja • - - .. •'* * . <4. . s.'•.V«5L* "I1L mailto:1.75@5.26