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, Jr* • * ' * . < r " i - r * SIXTEEN DEATHS TORNADO THE MGHENRY PLAINDEALER MCHENRY PLAINDEALER CO. ILLINOIS MCHENRY, Eumsfm BmuiK/ if : r.: fe' fc'v. •'> K fc: •S; ¥> F §; e- fe | %• $:• t t- I £•' i> FK fe '* ^ > :. .;iFohu Voder, Jr;, .af Areola, 111., was kicked by a vicious horse and died in . three hours. Mrs. Leonard Dodge of "Saginaw, M£ch., and Mrs. Thomas Knox of Lyn­ don, Ont., were struck by a train near Jferseyville, Ont., and killed. The thirtieth afinual convention of the American Bankers' association will be held it the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, New, York, Sept. 14, .15 and 16. - William Matherly, employed on the new Wabash river bridge at Terre ' Hfliute., Ind. was killed by touching a live wire while trying te repair a mo- tor,' ; •; - * • The third* section of the west-bound Cleveland $n"d Cincinnati express on the Pennsylvania railroad ran into a " landslide, at Conewago, Pa., and was, ditched, injuring four of the crew. Mme. Schumann-Heink was taken Ml in Saratoga with what the physician ' - diagnosed as appendicitis. r 1 The Queeh pity Curling Rink--ia- Toronto, Ont., occupied temporarily '• - by Brown Brothers, stationers, who were burned out m the big fire of last April, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000. Henry Schaefer, employed in a $ Bpckford, 111., photograph gallery, com­ mitted suicide by drinking chemicals used in developing photographs. He had made several unsuccessful at­ tempts before. ^ Rear Admiral Goodrich sailed w^th his squadron from Seattle for San Francisco. The steamship Tremont sailed'from Seattle for Japan, carrying $160,000 worth of flour. A new stone passenger station will 1MS constructed in Butte, Momr., -at* a ^ ,«ost of $250,000. \ During a quarrel in a saloon at Cin- - cinnati, O., Isaac Adams was stabbed to death by John Parks. The first rain fell Friday in eastern ^Indiana since July 19. The greater part of the corn crop will be" saved. While fishing near Chestertown, Ind., .Will McHendree, aged 15, fell out of the boat and was drowned. Michael Callahan and John Mark- ham of Van Home, Iowa, were killed by a train near Blairtown, Iowa. The British ship Lyderborn, from Hamburg, for Seattle, is reported aground in the River Elbe 4a a bad position. Fish Rock camp, owned by Isaac Seligman of New York, said to have been the most beautiful and expensive camp in the Adirondacks, was de­ stroyed by fire; loss. $75,000. Rothwell Waite, who murdered an officer and probably fatally wounded another at New Castle, Fa., was ar­ rested by a posse. vA hailstorm passed over the towns £|lican, Maplewood and LidayaJ 1 Bishop Fallows of Chicag^ deliv­ ered the old soldiers' JNty"address at the Lincoln, 111., Chatilauqua. James Bremner and Henry Gould, both of whom are aged and blind, are Charged with the murder of John Gommersal at Sterling, 111. The annual reunion of the Illinois Associations of Ex-Prisoners of War will be held in Decatur Sept. 12. This is the silver anniversary of the asso­ ciation. News received from Fez confirms 1 the report current at Tangier that Mo­ hammed El Torres, the representative of the sultan at Tangier, has resigned. Grand Duke Cyril has returned to St. Petersburg from Cobourg. He will accompany Vice Admiral Rojestven- sky, commander of the Baltic fleet, toc the Far East. In the Rogers Locomotive Works in Paterson, N. J., a reduction of 10 per cent In wages, effective Sept. 1, has been announced. Twelve hundred men are affected. Miss Pauline Morton, daughter of fiecretary Morton, christened the new steel training ship Cumberland, which was launched at the Charleston navy yard Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Gray of Flora, 111., re* ceived injuries from which she will dt§ in the ditching of a special Santa Fe train near Scranion, Kas. Eleven * ©tilers were hurt. |~ , Regarding the postoffice in Hermit- • + nge, Tenn., Postmaster General Payne announced that the present incumbent is a good Republican and an ex-con^ed- , v erate, and that no other1 person has applied for the place. John Davis, alias John Davidson, escaped from jail at Covington, Ind. He was awaiting trial on the charge of house-breaking. He is a noted Chicago crook and has four times es­ caped from prison. The body of Kit Jacobs, the 45- . --.year bid boy who was drowned in the Wisconsin river near Bridgeport Sun­ day afternoon, has not yet been re- ?r' covered and all hope of finding the f!C>;"f§mains has been given up. The Wisconsin postmasters in an- » Heal convention elected E. W. Keyes of Madison president. The next con- Mention will be at La Crosse. Comptroller Tracewell has decided • ^that the machinists employed at the '^Washington navy yard are entitled to , ' ^pay for their half holidays. / ^, j^Five thousand people attended the 'lihual picnic of the old settlers of ' yhlteslde county, Illinois. _ George Bailey of Sioux. City, white" •-Grossing the Rock Island tracks at Qeneseo Crossing, 111., was killed- by 1 a-train. 4 'i Capt. Mott, United States military attache -at---Piris, has returned-- to 7. -the French capital to witness the I French army maneuvers. Jerry Kennedy of Assumption, 111., s £ was struck by an Illinois Central train and killed. He was 40 years of age 4 4nd a farmer. . . , Sivert Nielsen, former president of the storthing, is dead at Christitnia, Norway. . ' .. r ... it . Thurston Burnell, river reporter for the Daily Telegram of Cairo, 111., was frowned in Brewer's lake while' camj with friends. Of MLAOTZS? Massachusetts, Neyv Commander-in- Chief of the Grand Army. BURN NEGROES AT HE STAKE Georgia Mob Overpowers the . Militia and Securer tht Prisoners. ; - BOTH HAD BEEN CONDEMNED 'Victims Are Chined to Stump While Pine Wood Is Piled Up " About Them and Soaked With Kerosene Oil. Utatesboro, Ga., dispatch: Paul Reed and Will CafcJ*, negroes, tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged Sept. 9 for a part in the murder and burning of "Henry Hodges, wife and three children, six miles from States- boro, three weeks ago, were burned at the stake by a mob Tuesday. It is alleged that the deputy sher­ iffs were in league with the lynchers ..and aided them in overpowering the soldiers. Capt. Robert H. Hitch, com­ manding the'troops, was seized by a stalwart deputy and husUed down the stairs and out on the lawn where a crowd massed about him. His re­ volver and sword were taken away from him. When he fought his way back upstairs the prisoners were gone. The climax came swiftly and unex­ pectedly. After the military guard sent here to protect the prisoners had been overcome the condemned men were seized. They were told that they had but a short time to live and that thay should confess. The mob intended to take the men to the Hodges place, but the heat was so intense that the members wearied when two of the six miles had been traversed. Reed made a confession, and im­ plicated several other negroes, as he had during the trials : Several mem­ bers of the mob climbed to the ^ranches of a tree and called for ropes. * * "Burn them! Burn them!" shouted the crowd. Cato begged to be shot or hanged, saying he was innocent. Some of the more humane wanted to grant his request, but they were in the minority. The rest wanted to visit the same death upon the ne­ groes that they had visited upon the Hodges family. Then a wagonload online wood was hauled to the spot. It w£S---piled around the men add ten gallons of kerosene Was thrown over them. Cheers rent the air as men, almost crazed wii^i hatred of the accused, saw the flames spread. Just as the match was applied to the pyre one of . those in front asked Reed if he wanted to lell the truth before he died. ; "Yes, sir; I killed Mr. and Mrs. Hodges," he replied. "Who killed the children?" he was* asked. "Handy Bell," came the response, as the flames leaped upward and further questioning was impossible in the tu­ mult. As the flames, touched Reed he twisted his bead around in an endeav­ or to choke himself and avoid tne tor­ ture. Only once did he complain. «'He said: "Lord, have mercy." , Cato begged that he be shot. His heavy suit of hair, which Was oil soaked, was almost the first thing the flames fastened on, , and, while the hemp rope became a collar of fire around his neck, a thrill of horror seized the more timid of the specta­ tors. Before the flames had quenched Cato's life, l!>e rope Was burned in two ana his head swung from side to side as he endeavored to avoid the fiery tongue, but the close locked chains pj evented. For only about three mln- ,utes was he visible to the crowd be­ fore the great pile of fagots made a wall of flame which the wind wiped around on Cato's body and hid him from view. He was the first to ex­ hibit Unconsciousness and was per­ haps the first dead. Soon his head sank forward and some of the more excited members of the party began throwing light wood knots aF it. •\ • ^ FIND LONE WIDOW LYING DE^D Woman. Who Lived by Herself Meets Strange Fate at Marian, Ind. ^ Jgteon, ind., dispatch: Mrs. Cora RHwfits, 45 years old, a widow who] lived alone, was found dead on the floor at her hoyse. The coroner said tive body indicated that she has been ifad sever a 1 days. The cause of her death is unknown. She has no rela­ tives living in Marlon. Friends in I.ogansport were notified and the body was removed to a morgue. Hundreds Arfe Injured at St. Paul and Minneapolis and Other Points. St Paul dispatch: Sixteen persons Kiiied and inobably 400 injured: a property loss upward of $3,000,000; two of the loveliest municipalities in the world bedraggled and shattered, and vast tracts of farming lairds, with grain ripe for the harvest and barns ready for the crops' decimated and ruined--this is the record of Satur­ day night's tornado. The storm last­ ed fifteen minutes in the Twin Cities, and reports from outlying districts say that it tarried no longer there. The 1 wind's highest velocity, as offl- ciallM bulletined by the United States weati<pr bureau-, was ninety miles an hour. When 'the anemometer which guages a gale's speed scheduled this mark it went to pieces, and it is be­ lieved by experts who are qualified to judge that for a few moments the air demon must have sped on his way at the tremendous gait of 150 miles in sijety minutes. p' , , The list of dead fs as follows:. In St. Paul--Lorin F. HokknsOn, George Kwenton, Shepherd V. Rob­ ertson. . ' In Minneapolis--Richard Hlllisbrick, operator , at Minneapolis Junction, killed by lightning; unknown woman. St. Louis Park--Albert' Odhe, aged 32; son of Frank Hedges, aged 6; un­ known girl, aged 10. In Waconia--Four unknown. In Bergen township--Frederick Gross, Mrs. Gross, Mary O'Donnell, aged 13, daughter of Patrick O'Don­ nell, 7-year old son of Anthony O'Don­ nell. HOLDS OUT WELL on Port Arthur" Repulsed by '.^Russian Garrison--Important Position Re­ captured from the Besiegers. Desperate Attack TORNADO AT NORTH ST. LOUIS Cyclone Strikes City, Killing Two Per­ sons and Injuring Twenty. St. Lotus, Mo., dispatch: For the second time in less than a decade St. Louis people were terrified by a death- dealing tornado Friday afternoon. This time it was North St. Louis that was torn and twisted and turned in a mo­ ment into heaps of debris, whereas it was that portion of the city south, of the business center an<f extending from the river to the wekern limits that was laid waste by the great tor­ nado of 1896. In Friday's storm-two persons were killed and twenty were injured. The fatalities were as follows: John Ellington, a boy named Joe. The injured: William Bigger, bruised; James Crosby, broken hip; William Ditckhauer, leg and arm brok­ en; William Fouche, leg broken; W. Fricke, scalp wound; Jacob Harmeste, shoulder dislocated; W. H. Litham, badly cut; Louis McCullin, leg brok­ en; Edward Papison, badly cut; Girt- wood Powinski, burned by live wire, seriously; Herman Sauerwine, age J 10 years, arm broken and crushed, probably will die; T. A. Sommers, bruised; William Yorkicke, leg brok­ en; six employes in Niedringhaua roll­ ing' mill, jnot seriously; names not learned. BLACKMAR HEADS $RAND ARMY Boston Man Is Chosen Commander In Chief to 8ucceed Gen. Black. Boston, Mass., special: Gen. Wilmon W. Blackmar of Massachusetts was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic by accla­ mation Thursday. Denver, Colo., was chosen as the next place for the en­ campment, and after the final roll call, the veterans answered "taps" and broke camp. The other national officers elected are: Senior vice commander in chief, John R. King, Washington, D. C.; junior vice commander, George W. Patton, Chattanooga, Tenn.; surgeon general. Dr. Warren R. King, Indian­ apolis; chaplain in chief, the Rev. J. H. Bradford, Washington, D. C. Later Gen. Blackmar made the fol­ lowing appointments: Adjutant gen­ eral, John E."Oilman, Massachusetts; quartermaster general, Charles Bur­ rows, New Jersey; assistant quarter­ master general v and custodian of the records, J. Henry Holcomb, Pennsyl­ vania; assistant adjutant general, E. B. Stlllings, Massachusetts. STRUBE CASE IS POSTPONED Alleged Murderer of Alice Hi|nninger Secures a Continuance. Bloomington, III., special: The trial of Fred Strubs for the murder of Alice Henninger, which was at first sched­ uled to begin at Havana, 111., Tuesday, has been postponed until Sept. 1. Judge Higby of Pittsfleld will preside at the trial on accQunt of the refusal of Judge Mehan to conduct the case. The latter said that he had heard ar­ guments for a continuance and was therefore not in a state of mind to fit fcim for the hearing of the trial. Great preparations are made on both sides and it is expected that it will attract much attention throughout this sec­ tion of the state. Marries an American Girl. Paris cablegram.: The marriage of Frank Wylie, a fellow of Brasenose college, Oxford, and a daughter of EdmQnd Kelly, the well-known Ameri­ can lawyer of this city, took place at the American Episcopal church. Loop the Loop Fatality. Salt Lake City, Utah, dispatch: Clarence D^ Ryder, a cyclist, was Jill led while attempting to "loop the loop" at a resort here. His wheel left the track and he dropped to the ground. His neck v?as broken. Palrpa Homestead Is for 8ale. Middletown, N. Y., dispatch: The Orange county Estate of President Palma of Cuba, located in Central Val­ ley, has been advertised for sale, Pal­ ma having declared his intention to remain in Cuba permanently; * * _ Marshal Stabbed to Death. Madisonville, Ky., dispatch: A re­ port was received from Dixon U the effect that CjLty Marshal Overby- of that city had been stabbed to death while trying to arrest a drunken man <y>j Steamship Lines Cut Rates. "^Liverpool cablegram: The shipping combine has. made a further reduction in its steerage rate, cutting the rate between Boston and Liverpool' from fifty shillings to thirty-five shillings. Pythian Supreme Chancellor. Louisville, Ky., |dispatch: The su­ preme lodge Knights of Pythias has elected Charles E. Shively of Rich­ mond, Ind., supreme chancellor and Charles A. Barnes of Jacksonville, 111., supreme vice chancellor ' ' Strikes Vein of Sulphtlf. Burkesville, Ky., dispatch: The Royal Oil company, while drilling for oil on Kettle creek, struck a vein of sulphur £en feet thick. It will now op- erate lor sulphur instead ot oIL Chefoo, Aug. 20.--One fortified posi­ tion Which comfhands the entire sweep of the besieged city won and lost after a struggle of unparalleled fierceness, more than 10,000 men killed and wounded, mown down in solid com­ panies by the" ceaseless deluge of sheiN from the Russian guns, and the most desperate attack ever made on the fortress cheeked and broken--this sums un, to the present, the results of the attack launched by the mikado's army upon Port Arthur in answer to Gen. Stoessel's refusal to surrender.- News of the, repulse to the Japanese army was brought to Cliefoo late last night by refugees from Port Arthur. From their accounts of the fighting that rages without a pause around the fortress the last attack of the Jap­ anese army was launched with a des­ peration and recklessness little short of fanatical, and was only repulsed by the wonderful heroism andi fortitude of -the Russian troops, who are resolved to die to a man rather than surrender before, the fortress falls. Late Thursday night the Japanese carried by storm the Russian position at Palung Chang, which commands the entire city and fortifications. Hand to hand fighting of the most terrific na­ ture marked the capture. The Russians stood to their guns until every man was killed or wound­ ed. All through the night the Japa­ nese from the position poured a rain of shells into the very heart of Port Arthur. Just before' dawn yesterday a strong force'was dispatched by Gen. Stoessel, with orders to recapture the fort or die in the attempt. In the semi-darkness the Russian troops crept up the nillsides and were right under the muzztes of the Jiapa- nese guns before their presence was discovered. For two hours a fight of the most desperate and frantic nature raged At close quarters.. Finally the Japanese were driven from the posi­ tion. which was reoccupled by Russian troops. The Russian forts at Hao Tien Shan are now threatened by a large body of Japanese, who> have pushed their advance to positions along Pigeon bay. The refugees who left Port Arthur |apt night declare that it is a physical impossibility for the fortress to hold out much longer, and that the Rus­ sians, realizing this, are concentrating their final efforts to dealing the great­ est possible havoc to the besieging army. ' American Warship Protects Disabled Russian Cruiser. Shanghai, Aug. 22.--A Japanese de­ stroyer, with decks cloared for ac­ tion, entered the rive* here and anchored off the dock where the Rus­ sian Cruiser Askold is undergoing re­ pairs. The United States destroyer Chaun- cey at once took a position between the Japanese and Russian warships. The United States monitor Monad- nock and two torpedo boat destroyers have been ordered to be ready to pro­ tect the neutrality of Shanghai. A Japanese squadron, consisting of a battleship and two cruisers, is ap­ proaching and is now forty miles off Woosung, the outside port of Shang­ hai. The Russian consul generah flatly refuses to disarm the Askold^ffnd the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Grozovoi or to order them to leave the harbor. American' Consul Goodnow has called a meeting of the consular body to take joint action for the protec­ tion of foreign inhabitants. It is be­ lieved they will arrange means to strengthen the hands of the taotai in dealing with the matter of the Rus­ sian warships here. The Askold has docked adjacent to the warehouses here of the Standard Oil company, which are valued at over $1,000,000. The Standard -Oil company has demanded protection fpr its property from Consul Goodnow.. will capture the fortress within five days. The Russians claim they will be able to hold it for two months, but admit it must fall eventually, They add that the Japanese "have been rein­ forced'with 100 more siege guns. At St. Petersburg all hopes of Port Arthur holding out halve been aban­ doned. All day yesterday the Russian capital was filled with rumors that the stronghold already had ^surren­ dered. , So much of public interest is cen­ tered on Port Arthur that the land campaign has fpr the time been for­ gotten. Dispatches to the war office at St. Petersburg yesterday, however, indicate that the Japanese armies have begun a general advance to flank Liaoyang. Kouropatkin himself refers to the coining battle as a deci^iv^^e. Terms Offered by Mikado • .for Surrender of Fortress. London, Aug. 19.--Japan's demand for the surrender of Port Arthur was not made uptil, after severe fighting on Aug. 14 and 15, the Japanese troops had attacked and captured forts within a mile and a half of the city. fortress In accordance with the wishes expressed by his majesty, the emperor of Japan, are women, all children un-, der 16 years, priests, diplomatic agents and officers of neutral powers. Second, a reply should be handed to the Japanese at 10 a. m. on Aug. 17 at the ppint where this note is deliv­ ered. % Third--Refugees should leave the fortress undeV a flag of ftruce and ar­ rive at the same point befare.2 p. m. on Aug. 17. Fourth--A body of Japanese infan­ try will proceed, to the point designat­ ed to receive the refugees. Fifth--Each refugee will be allowed one piece of luggage, which will be subject to examination. Sixth--Writings, printings, books, papers bearing marks , Or things con­ nected with the war can not be brought out. Seventh--Refugees will be sent to Dalny under sufficient protection. Eighth--The reply must indicate a definite acceptance or refusal, with no change in the above stipulations. The Japanese also delivered a note from Emperor Wiliam, sent through Count Arco-Valley, the German minister at CARE TESTING FLOUR. RUSSIAN PREDICAME NT AT PORT ARTHUR. vy •« . 1 J Big Mitts Take Pains to Ascertain > Quality of Output. . * ' "It is surprising to note the differ- >\ ence that exists between the various brands of Soar," G. D. Hutcmn-- £ *on;.th*» representative 6f one of the^" big mills In Minneapolis, Minn. "It! " all depends on how the fitour is milled' r»nd on the kind of wheat from which £ - •t -is made. Flour made from hard" f'$. spring wheat will give from twenty to forty more loaves of bread per bar- • V rfei than that made from .the softer ,r winter wheat. It contains a larger; percentage Of gluten and absorbs* more water. The mills ate exceeding-) ly careful about the kind of flour they! „ send out, and the testing department. * is one of the most Important branches. • / "After the flour is ground comes the, ^ crucial test. A sample is taken and- -^ made up into bread. We have four N bakings a day, and from twenty to; thirty loaves are baked each' time, «ach one representing a sample of flour. After thfe test has been made the bread is turned over to ,the~Asso-d?^l ciated charities. ' ~ , •• v-'v ,, "You may haye noticed that the col­ or of flour is' no longer a marble white, but a creamy white. This comes from the fact that the rich portion of the grain, right under the woody coat- ; 1 ing, is ground into the flourl What is left can hardly be called bran, for it ^ is only the coarsest part of the cuter fiber/--Milwaukee Sentin& Trees Make Complaint. 1 When the trees in his orchard at Fresno, Cal., are getting cold feet or chilled limbs, they call Mr. J. P. Bol­ ton up on the phone, so to speak, and tell him to* get up and put a hot wa­ ter bottle or a blanket on them. Mr. Bolton has had great trouble with his orchards on the slopes of California mountains, where sudden frosts killed the buds at night. But necessity proved the mother of an invention, which, though it keeps him awake cold nights, gives him care-free sleep between whiles. In every row there is a tree fitted out with a thermometer and wires connecting with an electric bell and dial board in his bedroom. Whenever tits temperature is too low for the comfort of the young buds, in any row, the "monitor tree" with the thermometer registers a noisy kick in Mr. Bolton's bedroom and keeps it up until measures *.ave been taken to warm the trees up. The method is not to administer whisky or chafe the limbs, but to spread rolls of cloth about the trees, squirt warm water on them and leave tubs of water about. These, by freez­ ing, use up the action of the cold in the atmosphere. ^ Stoessel Will Fight to Hold - Port Arthur to the Last London, Aug. 18.--The Russians re­ fuse to surrender Port Arthur and are not inclined to accept Japan's offer of a safe conduct for noncombatants. This is the news brought in a brief but unofficial message from Tokio. Gen. Stoessel's refusal to surrender the stronghold causes no surprise. His refusal to send noncombatants to a place of safety indicates a confi­ dence in his ability to hold out that is not shared elsewhere. Reports brought, by Chinese refu­ gees who arrived at Chefoo yesterday declare that the Japanese have ad­ vanced their lines to within two miles of Port Arthur. Shops are closed and hospitals are crowded with the wounded. Food is plentiful and vodka is furnished to the troops. The Japanese say they CHIVALRY NOT YET DE*P. . (' Two instances of Self-Sacrificing! De­ votion to Duty. Sublime was the mingled devotion to a lifelong principle and the perfect self-abnegation of John Bibb, the rail­ way engineer who, fatally crushed be­ neath the wrecked locomotive at Le- moln, Tenn., on Feb. 28, 1904, found in terrible pain neither reason nQr ex­ cuse for relaxing the uncompromising attitude of selfless abstemious recti­ tude so long and unswervingly main­ tained. „ . A pitying physician offered this man whisky, thinking thereby to prolong life a little and to deaden the pangs of hopeless mutilation. The extend­ ed flask wasB*wavecI quietly a&ide and an appeal made for others. "I have never touched whisky yet,1 and I don't expect to begin to drink now," said John Bibb, calmly. "I am going to die, so leave me, and look after the women and children in the coaches." When death came, mercifully but a few minutes later, he had not yet "given in." This news was brought to Chefoo by refugees who arrived at Port Ar­ thur Thursday eyening. The dehiand for the surrender of Port Arthur was made during a lull in the battle Tuesday evening. Gen. Stoessel refused to give up the for­ tress. Chinese and Russian refugees who left Port Arthur Wednesday night de­ clare that the Japanese lost 10,000 men in the assault on the western forts last Sunday and Monday. They Insist that batteries of horse artillery, squadrons of cavalry and half a di- on xdjf infantry were annihilated by tlurexplosion of land mines. The Chefoo refugees declare that the Japanese have captured some of the Liautishan forts. These forts are less than four miles frcrm the city and dominate it completely. Their guns not only command the city and har­ bor, but the forts on' Chick wan hills, the Tiger's Tail, and Golden hill. Refugees who arrived at Port Ar­ thur last night assert that the mi­ kado's demand for- the surrender of Port Arthur made the following terms: First, the Russian troops to be al­ lowed to go under arms past the Kin- chau positions in order to unite with JKouropat^in's army. T -- Second, all citizens who should de­ sire it to be protected by the Japa­ nese government, and sent at its ex­ pense to any place. In exchange the Russians must leave Port Arthur intact and deliver up all ships in the harbor, namely: Battleship Retvizan, battleship Sevas­ topol, battleship Pobieda, battleship Peresviet, battleship Poltava, armored cruiser Bayan, protected cruiser Pal- lada, twelve torpedo-boat destroyers, four gunbtfats. , , Gen. Stoessel replied that as long as there is a man in the last fort Port Arthur will fight. i A dispatch from Tokio brings the terms offered the noncombatants, but makes no mention of the terms grant­ ed by the -Chefoo refugees. The mi­ kado's offer to release the noncomba­ tants is related in the following re­ port: First, those entitled to leave the "Look after £he women wad chil­ dren!" Read this phrase again, ye who be­ lieve chivalry dead in the breast of present day American civilization. A number of times has it been notably used of late when forgetfulness of all save the personal self would have been anything but surprising. The Glen wood and Litchfield wrecks had each its hero whe^ made quiet use of these words. Charles Ward of phicago carried off the Litchfield honors in this connec­ tion. With one leg completely torn from his body he was borne in bleed­ ing, nerve torturing misery from the doomed train. But "Lay me down somewhere, and go back and save the women and chiK drcn," he quietly directed those who would have rendered him further «id- Tokio, ordering Capt. Offmant and Lieut. Gergenheim, the German mili­ tary attaches, to leave the fortress. Important Positions Captured at Heavy Sacrifice <of iLtfo Chefoo, Aug. 19.--A battle of huge proportions raged around Port Arthur Aug. 14 and 15, and was resumed on Aug. 17. The Japanese, it is reported, sacrificed 20,000 more men, but gained Important advantages in the matter of position. The main force of the attack was di­ rected against the left wing and re­ sulted in the capture of Pigeon bay position and some of the forts at Lia­ utishan. At Palunchang the Japanese hastily mounted guns, -which did excellent service in aiding the storming of the right wing, where the Japanese are said to have'captured two forts of minor value, mounting eight four-inch guns, two siege guns, and six quick- firing guns. Russian Gunboat Safd to Have Struck Mine and Sunk London, Aug. 20.--A dispatch to the Japanese legation' from Tokio says: "According to a report from our watch tower new Port Arthur a Russian gun­ boat of the Otvajnl tyj^ struck a mine and sank off Liao Ti promontory at 7:52 p. m., yesterday." The Otvajni is an armored gunboat of 1,500 tons' displacement, launched in 1894, and carries one 9-inch gun, one 6-inch gun, and ten quick firing guns. She has two torpedo tubes, has a speed of fifteen knots, and carried a crew of 142 men. Execution's In China. China holds the world's record hi the way of executions. There are at least 12,000 legal executions yearly. Red-Headed Britons. One Briton in forty is red-headed. Cruiser Novik Forced Ashore by Jap Warships. Tokio, Aug. 22.--The Russian cruis­ er Novik was sunk this morning ofl the port of Korsakovsk, island of Sak- halien, 550 miles northeast of Vladi­ vostok, by the Japanese cruisers Chi- tose and Thushima, after a running fight which began yesterday and end­ ed this morning. The fate of the crew of the Novik is not known, but it is thought they ababdoned their vessel and lancbed at Korsakovsk. Long Distance Conversation. "Here's a strange thing," said Dr. Lincolnpark. "Two sisters under the influence of hypnotism converse with each other a mile apart." "Over the 'phone?" asked Dr. Broad- street. > "Of course not. That would be out of the question, hypnotism or not." . "It isn't remarkable," said Dr. Broadstreet. "Tve known two men under the influence of liquor to hold a conversation at a distance of six city blocks. And there's a dog next door to me that talks with a dog in Flat- bush, Long Island, every clear night." --Newark News. Effect of Heat on Rails. The intense heat caused a lengtn of rail on an English railway line be­ tween Aldershot and the North Camp to expand to such an extent 'that the line buckled foot. Too Many Doctor#. The Institute of German Physicians Issues a warning to young men against taking up the study of medicine, there being at present a surplus of doctors • "\.n: ' Indictment of Aristocracy# That the idle rich of to-day are worse than the French aristocracy is the opinion expressed by Lady Helen Forbes in a recent number of an Eng­ lish magazine. The French aristoc­ racy, she says, was obliged by the despotism of the crown to live in the capital and grind down its dependents, but the modern idle rich live the life they lead from choice. And the wo­ men she finds are wors$ than the - men, at least in England. When the South African war came to prove the mettle of the country, many of the men of the idle rich stood the test. They went out and "faced reality. But thfe women failed. Some of them, too, went out to South Africa with a lie in their mouths, and a particularly black and cruel lie, too. They made the life-and-death struggle of the empire an occasion for a picnic, an assigna­ tion with lorers, under cover of a pre* tended desire to be of use. Pay the Fiddler. Every time the traitor Polly chases Rea­ son from her throne Someone has to be the victim--some poor sinner must atone; It's an old and truthful saying:--printed on each page of fame-- They who dance must pay the fiddled; it's the ethics of the same. a In this world where Folly's minions are - so largely in excess, Many a "fiddler" gets his money, quiet­ ly, as you may guess; And the world Js none the wiser--not a chance is left for shame To the man whose pur* is equal to the „ limit of the game.?.' But, alas! for those who falter, those who hesitate to pay » For the music and the dancing through King Folly's night and day; Such a one disgrace, dishonor, even pen­ ury, shall claim-- •fhey who dance must pay the fiddler-- 'tis the order of the game. --New York Times. Rats and Sulphur. Here is a farmer's mode fOr ridding bis premises of rats and mice: "If you will sprinkle sulphur on your barn floor and through your corn as \ou gather it there will not be a rat or mouse about. I have done this for several years, and I have never been bothered with rats or mice. I have some x>ld corn in my crib at present, and not a rat or mouse can be found, in stacking hay or oats, sprinkle on the ground and a little through each load, and my word for it, rats or mice can't stay there. A pound of sulphur will be spufficient t© preserve a large barn of corn, and it Is good for stock, and will not hurt the corn for bread." Engltsh Legal Technjcatitlesr In English courts the solicitors must always appear in their robes. A London newspaper of recent date con- lains the following: '"I can neither see you nor hear you,' said Judge Edge to Mr. Turner, a solicitor at Clerkenwell county court, when that gentleman, who was unrobed, rose to eppose a barrister's application to have a case adjourned. Mr. Turner began to'put on his robe, but Judge Edge interposed. 'Now, that will dp,' he said. 'I will not have this court made a robing room of. Next cafe.' Mr. Turner protested that' it was an Injustice to his client, but the judge ordered him to be silent." Whence Esopus? The most puzzling thing about Eso­ pus is the origin of the name. Phil­ ologists are busy working on the ques­ tion. They are divided on its deriva­ tion between the Indians, the Dutch and the early English colonial gov­ ernors, with the odds in favor of the Indians. Even Schoolcraft, authority on Indian matters, could not settle the question in his researches. He thought it might be from "Sepus," the name of a river among the Me- toacs- " »< i." jl. »,IL