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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER XcHBNftY FbAINDBAkER Oa HctJENRY, a • -- D&IK018. FliE \Jw Ewmmc BREvrriE/ ,w,.^ v * rv- LATEST CASH MARKET REPORTS >«*--- -- , EL W. Perry, 70 years old, who wcs ^believed to be a nephew or grandson of Commodore Perry. and P cousin of President James A. Garfield, died sud­ denly in the Gilsey Hons? New ^ ork. llbHrt disease caused tvath. K;*:'y In the *50s he went to the California and Washington territory gold fields and remained there some years. The nonunion negroes are reported to be gradually leaving Hanging Rock, Ohio, and unless new strike dis­ turbances are threatened it is expect­ ed the troops will be withdrawn. W. H. Dorry, aged 60, and his wife, aged 40, were found dead at Phila­ delphia. Dorry had been out of em­ ployment for some time and the po­ lice believe he shot his wife and killed himself. ' The Augustana synod of the Swed­ ish Lutheran church at Lindsborg, Kan., ordained a class of twenty-nine for the mission service. A young peo­ ple's rally was addressed by Dr. Evald of Chicago. The Howe Military School of I.ima. Ohio, has been left a sum of money by Mrs. Francis M. Howe, widow of the founder, who died recently at Fort Wayne, Ind. The amount of the bequest has not been made public. While at work on a twenty-story building in lower Broadway, New York, John Sullivan, a laborer, has fallen five stories and lost one of his legs In midair. As he dropped down an open shaft Sullivan struct an iron girder with great force. It cut ofT one of his limbs above the knee like a knife. The First National Bank of Cleve­ land, Ohio, is short $7,500, and an ex­ amination of the books of a clerk, now missing, has disclosed many fraudu­ lent entries. Suit has been begun at St. Loftiis for a receiver for the Colonial Securi­ ties company by three bondholders, who allege that the liabilities are $1,- 600,000 and the assets $575,963. Willard H. Myers, bookkeeper for the National Safe Deposit, Savings & Trust company of Washington, has disappeared and is alleged to have stolen the proceeds of stocks valued at $17,000. The congressional merchant marine commission closed its sessions at Bos­ ton until after the Republican nation­ al convention, when they will be re­ sumed at Detroit, Cleveland and Bof- talo. j. Satisfactory trials were made by the Submarine boat Fulton at Newport, R. I., torpedoes being successful^' fired while the boat was entirely submerg­ ed and with her conning tower above "the surface. Herman S. Pettibone, 31 years of age, a son of former Congressman A. EL Pettibone of Tennessee, was found dead in a hotel in Washington. Dregs of a mixture of aconite and morphine found in a glass indicated suicide. Military Convict Tony C. Wisch and Private Reilly, awaiting trial for de­ sertion, attacked their guard, Private Kennedy of the Twenty-first infantry, at Forst Snelling, Minn., and attempt­ ed to escape. Wisch was shot d£ad and Reilly was captured after a bHef taste of freedom. A monument commemorating the death of John Quincy Marr, the first confederate soldier killed in actual conflict, has been unveiled at Fair­ fax Courthouse, Va. John Herrell, aged 25, was arrested on the outskirts of Portsmouth, O., by the sheriff of Jackson county on the charge of murdering his uncle, William Herrel, aged 60 years. When the United States supreme court adjourned there remained on the calendar 282 cases, the smallest num­ ber left after any term since 1870. During the term 449 cases were dis posed of. The state department l*as issued t warrant for the surrender to the do­ minion authorities of Walter McMillan held under arrest in Minnesota on charges of forgery committed in Mani­ toba. Elmer Hopper, head brakeman on an Illinois Central freight train, residing at Mattoon, was knocked off the train and both his feet were cut off above the ankles. He has a wife and five children. Representative John G. P&rkinson of Bt. Joseph, Mo., and Miss Mildred, daughter of United States Senator William Joel Stone, were married at Jefferson City, Mo. Secretary of War Taft was the guest of Kansas City for a few hours Tuesday. He spent part of the day i at Fort Leavenworth, Kas., as the guest of the commandant general, J. P. Bell. Mrs. Cordelia Botkin appeared be­ fore Judge Cook to hear his decision on a motion for a new trial by her attorneys, was told by the judge that he wished to consult further authorl ties, and he continued the case. M. S. Perry, a contractor of Salt Lake City, believes that his 16-year-old son Mayo has been murdered near Mansfield, Tex. Rt. Rev. Ignatius F. Horstmann, Ro­ man Catholic bishop of Cleveland, sail ed for Europe on the steamer La Tou raine. WHEAT. Chlesce-Vo. 2 red, Liverpool-- No. 1--California, €• New York--No. i red, J1.13. Kansas City--No. 2 red. >1.02. St. Louis--No. 2 red, Minneapolis--No. 1 hard. 96%c. Duluth--No. 1 hard, 98o. Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, 98Hc. CORN. Chicago-- No. 2. 50c. Liverpool--American nixed, now, « co- New York--No, 2, 64^4c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 47@4lc. St. Louis--No. 2. 47c\ Milwaukee--No. 3. 60<g^2e. Peoria--No. S, 45^c. OATS. Chicago-- Standard, 4l%i@42c. New York--No. 2. 46c. St. Louis--No. 2. 40Hc. Kansas City--No. 2 white. 424NM- Duluth--No! 2. 41V6c. Milwaukee--Standard, \ CATTLE. ̂ ChiVapo--$2.T5^d.lO. Kansas Citv--$2.3.S5. St. Louis--*2.25-fi5.90. Om a h a -- $2. (XW7 5.75. New Yxork--$1 ."lOftPS.lO. St. Joseph--$2.25(5/5.75. Buffalo--$3 OOftj.fiO. Pi itsburg--J2.OOiiS 50. HOOP. C h I ca gr>--POJi 4. s5 Kansas City--H.'X>;7 IJ571!-. St. Louis-- $4AVu4 70. O m a h a - 4 . < > . " » . New York--~ <"y St. Joseph--J4.40fH.tw. Buffalo--$2.7r*i5.15. Pittsburg- $2 1". S H K K T A N D L A M B S Oh ion fro--$5 AW(i 7. f>0, Kansas City --J4.75ff7.00. St. Louis--fc..W? 7.50. Omaha-- t'V(*yi/ 7.<"0. New York--$.'•!.OWi'S.iS. SI Joseph- $2 5(MTti..">0. Buffalo--$2 .V^'j.vOtV P111 f b u rgr- $2 0P& S. 00. E \ J V * ' ^ ? ,. .. * * <V-V> /,n>.. ,v JAPS FALL BEFORE COSSACKS TO HEAD TICKET Illinois Republicans Select the Cook County Man for Goyernor. SHERMAN FOR RUNNING MATE J Gov. Yates Suggests Latter for Sec^ ond Place After Fcur Leading Can­ didates Had Agreed to Merge Their- Forces Against Col. Lowden. l-"ir Governor---Cha/lrs S. Doneeii, Cook fiiunty. For Lieutenant-Governor--Lawrence x. Sherman. MelHinonsh county. For Sti.te Treasurer-- Len Small, Kan- k.ikee county. For Attorney General--William 11. Sioad. La Sa lie'county. For Secretary ol State--James A. Rose, Popr Comitv. For Auditor--Jr. mes S. McCullough, Champaign county. For I'niversitv -Trustees--Dr. Charies \V. Davison. Ci.ok county: W. L. Abbott, Took county; Mary 10. Busey, Champaign l oil nt v. A man who committed suicide at the Arcade hotel in Los Angeles by inhaling illuminating gas has been Identified as E. D. Sheets, who tor the past twenty years had been in the em­ ploy of the Snyder-Trunkamp Com­ pany of Cleveland. Captain Lahey, postmaster at Falls Creek. Pa., was shot twice by a burg­ lar and later one of the burglars was shot by Rev. Dr. Chisholm, pastor oi the Presbyterian church at Falls Creek The wounded burglar left a trail of 1>lood and was captured in a lumber yard after daylight. While Undertaker D>-W. Hurley was removing Ihe body of Tony G. Wisch the soldier who was shot by a guard •t Fort Snelling, Minn., from the fort to St. Paul the wagon was struck from behind by a street car and smashed to l»ieces. Joseph Flory has tendered his resignation as secretary of the na­ tional world's fair commission, to take offect July 1, when he will be succeeded, it is stated, by Laurence H. Grahame, a New York newspaper man. Mr. Flory expects to become as­ sociated with one of the big trunk line railroads. George F. Phillips, who won renown as engineer of the collier Merrimac, sunk by Hobson at the mouth of San­ tiago harbor, died at Cambridgeport, Mass. After- the war Phillips was transferred to Philippine waters. His death was due to Bright's disease. Henry Marshall, aged 74, who went on the Walker filibustering expedition In 1855. died of heart disease at Buf­ falo. He arrived in Buffalo recently from San Francisco, where his home was at the Bohemian club. John Duncan of Calumet, Mich., died from heart failure. He was su­ perintendent of the Calumet and Hecla mine and one of the most prominent men in the copper country. He was conspicuous in Republican and Masonic circles. Mervyn Edward Wingfleld, Viscount Powerscourt, died at his home in Eng­ land. He was born in 1836. Peyton Wyeth of Philadelphia, an insurance man said to be temporarily unemployed because of losses incur­ red in the Baltimore fire by the com­ pany for which he was assistant man­ ager, has committed suicide in Brook­ lyn. Mrs. P. Quinlan of South Bend, Ind., claims that she knows the murderer of Sarah Schafer of Bedford, Ind., and says she warned the teacher last fall that she would he killed oy a man whom she had discarded. Elmer a Leavltt was acquitted of the charge of larceny of $100,000 at Boston. He was accused of making false representations to national banks to secure a loan for Lamkin & Foster, of which firm he was a member and which soon after went into bank­ ruptcy. William A. Banahan, evidently de­ mented, was taken in charge by the Baltimore police and locked up in an insane asylum. Among his posses­ sions was a letter from his mother, Mrs. Ella Banahan, president of Our Lady of Lourdes branch of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association of Ravenswood, 111. A writ of habeas corpus was fJed at La.wrenceburg, Ind., for the release of James Gillespie, Myron Barbour and his wife and Mrs. Belle Seward, de­ fendants in the Gillespie murder case. Two workmen were fatally injured and several others seriously burned by an explosion of a mixing turnace at the plant of the Monongahela Steel Company at McKeesport, Pa. J. Clark Sproat, manager o Z the Grand Rapids Democrat, testified in the trial of Editor E. D. Conger at Grand Rapids, Mich., that l^ant K. Salisbury had paid him $13,500 and had told him that he had paid Conger $iU,000, but that the latter had net "played fair," and he would nave to give him $10,QO, more. Salt Lake police are searching for Henry Baxter Kingsley, a wealthy New Yorker, who disappeared last No­ vember, and who is believed to be in the vicinity of that city. President Roosevelt hat been invit­ ed to visit Cincinnati, O., in Novem­ ber to attend the installation of Dr. Charles W. Dabney as president of the University of Cincinnati. Kogoro Kanokogi, director of the com­ munication department for Formosa, and Meatomo Isoda inspected the vari­ ous offices of the Washington post- offlce department to secure ideas of American methods, Fire at the Hackberry mne, Big Bug district, Ariz., has destroyed the hoisting plant and resulted in * the probable death of threC piners. Superior Judge Cook at, San Fran­ cisco has continued the hearing of a motion for a new trial in the case of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin until Aug. 4. Nicaragua, it is learned in Washing­ ton, has begun the construction ot an isthmian railway to compete with the proposed canal. The company has appropriated $3,000,000 for the work", which is to be completed within one and one-half years. Henry Ern, a well-known violinist, has been appointed head of the or­ chestral department of the University of Michigan school of music to till a vacancy made by the resignation of William F. Hoffman, who resumes his position as concertmeister of the Damrosch orchestra, New York city. Josephus Daniels, -president of the Raleigh (N. C.) News and Observer company, held on a charge of con­ tempt by Federal Judge Purnell, was ordered released on bail by Judge Pritchard of the fourth United States district court. Springfield, 111., special: The above ticket was nominated by the Republi­ can state convention Friday. The phenomenal deadlock in the Illinois Republican convention was smashed in the afternoon. On the sev­ enty-ninth ballot Charles S. Deneen of Chicago received 9o7V£ of the 1,501! votes in th«* gathering and was de­ clared the nominee for governor by the Republican party of the state. Gov. Yates, Attorney General Ham­ lin and L. Y. Sherman threw their strength to Cook county's state's at­ torney. Frank O. Lowden, also of Chicago, contesting the nomination to the end, received on the final decisive ballot 522 Vj votes. So ended the most stubbornly fought political contest this or any other state ever has known. Once a candidate for governor had been named the convention took a re- ccss until evening before nominating candidates lor miner offices. Yates Suggests fherrr.an. In making up the slale for minor offices a caucus was held in the even­ ing at the executive mansion, at which Mr. I)eneen. Gov. Yates. Attor­ ney General Hamlin and ex-Speaker Sherman Were present. The caucus took up the matter of lieutenant gov­ ernor first. Sherman said h? would like to have William E. Trautmann of St. Cfair nominated. To this Gov. Yates en­ tered objections, saying his friends in the southern part of the state would not stand for this largely be­ cause of the course pursued by Con­ gressman Rodenberg of St. Clair. "I would rather see Sherman nom­ inated," suggested the governor. This was the first suggestion that had been made to nominate Sherman for lieutenant, governor. Sherman at first hesitated and said he would like to have an opportunity to consult his friends. It was not until an hour or two later, after he had talked the matter over with his friends, that he consented to accept the nomination. Governor Given Three Places. There was no disagreement as to the renomination of Jaipes S. McCul­ lough for state auditor. The gover­ nor was then conceded -the right to name the nominees for secretary of state, attorney general and treasurer. It was suggested eithei James A. Rose, present secretary of state, or Scott Cowan would be acceptable. The governor said that he did not know that Mr. Cowan was a candi­ date, and that within the last few hours he had promised Mr. Rose his support, and he would ask that Rose be renominated. This was promised. For attorney general, when the gov­ ernor proposed B. C. Chiperfield of Canton, Mr. Sherman a^ first object­ ed. but finally said that he would agree. Chiperfield was beaten in the convention by W. H. Stead. The gov­ ernor's suggestion of lxm Small for treasurer was accepted without con­ troversy. Lowden Forces Combination Co!. Lowden contested the nomina­ tion to the end and went down with f>22V^> followers behind him. One vote was cast for Yates by the ever faith­ ful Maj. Adams of Adams county and twenty-one for Col. Vespasian War­ ner on the final ballot. The withdrawal of the candidates was brought about by the strength shown by Col. Lowden on Thursday and the threat that perhaps he would do better. On his highest vote Thurs­ day he needed only 121 votes for vic­ tory. He had fallen back on subse­ quent ballots, but Thursday nigth his forces were rallied again and more votes were promised him. Speaker Cannon had rallied his entire con­ gressional district, the Eighteenth, and Friday morning the delegates from Iroquois and Kankakee were guaranteed. That meant twenty- seven more votes and it was reported Fulton county, with fifteen, would be added. Votes which had been given to Pierce and Warner were expected to swell his total. It lookod r.3 i! Lowden vould be nor.iir.ated on the second if ait on the first ballot. - For a couple of days a quasi under­ standing had existed between the Yates and Deneen people that a union would be formed if it became neces- sary to circumvent the nomination of*. Louden. The argument for it was that Yates represented the majority of delegates outside of Cook county and Deneen ^e mejority within it. It was felt that to one or the other the nomination should go. Early Friday morning Gov. Yates sent word to Mr. Deneen that he could not hold his people much longer against the onslaughts of the Lowden forces. The Deneen ranks in Chicago were still unbroken, but the Lowden men were breaking through the Yates phalanx in the state. The governor was overwhelmed by superior num­ bers and beaten in detail. It ^looked as if a uni<$ ( , f forces musjy be had if defeat at the hands of tft^ senatorial clique was to be avoid Small Goes to Lowden. Senator i.en S m a l l , w h o h a d stood by the governor all during the battle of the day before, had served iljptice on him that he was going to Lowden w'ith Kankakee county. The defec­ tion of Iroquois was known to the governof. If each of the two candidates were to continue to figlit independently it was plain the Lowden people must win. Accordingly b e f o r e t h e convention was called to orrter Deneen and Yates met in the arsenal building. Lawrence Y. Sherman and Gen. Hamlin were called in. The thing to be done waw to gain time for counsel, and that was had by the convention taking a recess till the afternoon, the new com­ bination forcing the move. Governor Forgives and Forgets. T h e n t h e four c a n d i d a t e s --Deneen, Yates. Hamlin and Sherman--went to the executive mansion. That was at 11 a. m. Once there, Gov. Yates spoke out. "It is evidentsaid lie, "that if this thing goes on no one of us tour can be nominated. It also is evident if we act together one of us on whom we decide (an win. 1 had hoped it would be myself, but it evidently cannot be. "I am willing to withdraw, and it seems to me as if Chit ago should get the nomination. I do not think I have been treated fairly in Chicago. I do not feel the Chicago newspapers have acted toward me in a way which I de­ served. "I am, however, willing to forget all that and unite with you, gentlemen, in sending this nomination to Chicago. If a Chicago man is to get it we ought to have the right to say who that Chi­ cago man shall be."*' Political Enemies Agree. Then turning around to ex-Speaker Sherman, who sat a little behind him, the governor asked: "What do you have to say, judge?" "Well," replied Mr. Sherman, "I agree with you, and as it generally lies with me tg break the ice, I will add that Mr. Deneen here is the only man on whom we can unite. It would be useless, governor, for you to try and give your delegates to me. Many of them would not come. So I proba­ bly could not give those I have to you. The same is true of Mr. Hamlin. But we can get practically all of our friends to vote for Mr. Deneen, and that of itself should be enough. It is r i g h t t h e n o m i n a t i o n s h o u l d g o t o Cook county and Mr. Deneen repre­ sents the big majority of the Repub­ licans there." Attorney General Hamlin was ap­ pealed to and he joined in the agree­ ment without hesitation, saying: "It not only is the only way, but in my opinion the best way-out." Entire Squadron of ^Japanese Cavalry Wiped Out in Wild Charge--Czar's Soldiers Astonish Opponents. Liao-Yang, June 2.--The Japanese lost 200 killed and a number of horses in the fight at Vagenfuchu. The Rus­ sians opened fire at 8 in the mean­ ing, and after two hours and a half long-range firing the Japanese, under Gen. Akkiama, prepared to charge and crush the force which had been harassing them for twenty-one days. In the meantime Gen. Samsonoff •was approaching Vagenfuchu with a strong force of cavalry. It was a sight worth seeing when, at the word of command, the Russian squadrons rushed like a whirlwind across the terribly cut-up country, the batteries (he other side is the sea, from which the Japanese gunboats are support­ ing the flank of the army. First Line of Port Arthur Defenses Taken by Japanese. London, June 4.--The Rome corres­ pondent of the Centjral News "tele­ graphs : "A Tokio dispatch to the Giornale d'ltalia says that the Japanese have occupied the first line of the outer for­ tifications of Port Arthur after a fee­ ble resistance. "The correspondent at Tokio of the news agency Llberas says that four SCENE OF BIG BATTLE NEAR PORT ARTHUR. HOLDS SON'S LIFE WORTW $200 Father Recovers Damages From Of­ ficer Who Shot Boy. Marshall, Mich., special: The case of William A. Mosher cf Cassopolis, Mich., administrator of the estate of his son, Otis Masher, vs. Charles B. Furner, sheriff of Calhoun county, and his deputy, Thomas Annis of Battle Creek, which has been on trial since May 3, has ended. Suit was brought for $10,000. damages, and the jury ren­ dered a verdict in favor of the plain- tifr for $200. On Aug. 17. 1903, Otis Mosher stele a bridle valued at 50 cents at Battle Creek and was arrest­ ed by Deputy Sheriff Annis. While en route to police headquarters he broke away and ran. The deputy sheriff fired at him and the bullet struck the fugitive. Mosher died the next day. The coroner's jury released Annis of criminal charges, hence the damage suit. NOT TO FORCE MEN INTO ARMY Jacob Frankel, a merchant of Balti­ more, filed a bankruptcy petition Debts, $63,000; assets, $125. Two battalions of midshipmen In Annapolis fought for forty-flve minutes in sham battle for possession of the old armory building. The holders had to evacuate, Accidentally Shoots Wife. Bethel, Ind.. special: Mrs. I^ee Har- ken was perhaps fatally wounded by t'K'e accidental discharge of a rifle in the hands of her husband, who was shooting sparrows in the yard, while his wife was watching him. Fall Kills Bank President. Toledo, Ohio, dispatch: George W. Davis, oruani/. 'M" and for over forty- years president of the Second Na­ tional bank is dead. Death was the result of a faifl downstairs in the bank. Kearsarr<e Reaches Lisbon. Lisbon cablegram: The United States battleship Kearsarge, flying the flag of Rear Admiral Barker, com­ mander of the North Atlantic fleet, and the - battleships Alabama and Maine have arrived here. English Will Not Introduce a System of Conscription. London cablegram: War Secretary Arnold-Forster, answering a question in the house of commons, said the government had no intention of pro­ posing to parliament the introduc­ tion of a system of conscription, as recommended by the royal commis­ sion on the volunteer and militia forces. Americans Big Insurera. New York dispatch: Statistics com­ piled by an insurance journal here show that the American people are takirg oyt life policies at the rate of $8,000,000 a day. In the last year the companies paid out $285,350,000. Negro Slayer is Lynched. Arlington, Ga., dispatch: Arthur Thompson, a negro, shot and killed M. L. Dudley, a young white man. A crowd of men captured the negro, lynched him, and riddled the body. Body of Old Woman ia Found. Sheboygan, Wis., special: The body of a woman about 70 years old, clothed in seven shirtwaists and seven skirtS, was found in the Sheboygan river by William Haun. wbo was fishing. Yale Professor Seriously III. Boulder, Cal., dispatch: Dr. Fred Chase, professor of astronomy at Yale university, came here some weeks ago to visit his parents. He is suffer­ ing from nervcus prostration at a pri- vato sanitarium in this city. I Showing location of Kin-Chou and N anshan Hill, captured by the Japanese. at the same time trotting along the frightful roads. Having passed the railroad station the troops came under the fire of the Japanese machine guns, but withdrew without much loss. The Fourth and Sixth companies of the Eighth Siberi­ an Cossacks fuficusly charged the Japanese cavalry with lances, and lit­ erally cut the whole squadron into pieces. This was the first time lances were used, and they struck terror into the enemy. In some cases the lances pierced the riders and wounded their horses. Some of the lances could not be withdrawn from the bodies into which they had entered. The Japanese infantry, numbering four battalions of 300 men to a com­ pany, and eight squadrons of caval­ ry attempted to advance, but the Rus­ sian batteries opened on the slope up which the enemy was advancing and the enemy was forced to scatter and retire. Armies in Close Touch; Only Two Miles Apart. Cheefoo, June 6.--Only two miles separated the Japanese and Russian armies on the Kwantung peninsula on June 2, according to Chinese who have arrived here from Dalny. The Japanese army, re-enforced by the men who landed at Dalny, occu­ pied Twingching and also Sanchimpo, several miles west of Dalny. They then proceeded along the coast to­ ward Port Arthur. Og one side of the army are high mountains and on HOBBY IS MOTH COLLECTING. Appoints Federal Judge. Washington dispatch: William N. Lanning, representative from New Jersey, has been appointed United States iudge for the district of New Jersey by President Roosevelt Peculiar Fad Indulged In by Lord Walsingham. Lady Walsingham, who is still love­ ly and not yet old, has had rather a remarkable career, says M. A. P. She was Miss Locke, the only child of her parents, and ap extremely beautiful girl. When about sixteen she married Lord Burghersh, eldest son of a for­ mer Lord Westmorland, and in two years became a widow. Her second husband was an Italian noble, the Due de Santo Teodoro, and her third is the present Lord Walsingham. In ap­ pearance she is tall and fair, with a wonderful refinement of manner and appearance. Lord Walsingham is, in many ways, a noted personage. He is almost, if not quite, the best shot In the world, and once made the record bag of 1,070 grouse to his own gun. He has traveled*much, and it was he who tried to' reintroduce the great bustard into England. Moth collect­ ing seems his favorite amusement.and his collection of moths is probably the most valuable in the world. He has recently been staying at Biskra, in divisions of Japanese trooph have oc­ cupied Kwangtung heights, on which they emplaced heavy artillery domi­ nating Port Arthur. "The same correspondent adds that the Russian squadron attempted a sortie,, but was forced to return, being threatened by the Japanese fleet." Battle at Nanshan Hill Costly to Both Sides. Tokio, June 4.--The total of the Jap­ anese casualties at the battle of Nan­ shan hill or May 26 is 4,304. They are divided as follows: Thirty one offi­ cers, including one major and five sergeant majors, and 713 noncommis­ sioned officers and men killed; 100 officers, including one colonel, one major, and twelve surgeon majors, and 3,460 noncommissioned officers and men wounded. The Russian losses in the fight at Kinchou are officially stated to be 30 officers and 800 men killed or wounded. Fighting at Port Arthur Both by Land and Sea. London, June 6.--There has been fighting at Port Arthur, both by land and sea, since last Thursday. A Tokio dispatch says that the Rus­ sian gunboat 'vyas torpedoed and de­ stroyed outside the harbor on Satur­ day. Japanese correspondents arriving at Chefoo say the Japanese army was within fifteen miles of Port Arthur m June 2 (Thursday), and that the army was advancing on both coasts. North Africa, and at night in the des­ ert has used gas, and by this meaps was able to attract a vast number/of moths and other insects unknowfi in European countries. His collection will one day belong to the ration. Revenge of Jilted Women. I From Arad. Austria-Hungary, comes j n e w s o f a t e r r i b l e r e v e n g e w h i c h t w o j g i r l s h a d o n a y o u n g m a n n a m e d j Peter Krott. The man had promised marriage to no fewer than three girls, | and finally selected one of the trio. The other two. smarting under disap­ pointment, conceived a terrible re­ venge. They waylaid Krott; one of the girl's brothers, a soldier, ueld the man's hands, while they threw vitriol into his face and also upon their rival. Krott died from the wounds inflicted; his wife lost her eyesight. A large crowd witnessed the tragedy, but maintained a passive attitude, as they sympathized with the originators of this terrible revenge. It is reported, but not confirmed, that a battle was fought fifteen miles from Port Arthur on June 3. Heavy firing was heard near Port Arthur oa June 4. From St. Petersbur, via Paris, comes the news that at a meeting of the grand council and the general staff, the czar presiding, it was decid­ ed to order Gen. Kouropatkin to adopt offensive tactics at once in order to save Port Arthur. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Express says the feeling, general there, that Port Arth,ur must be saved at all costs has overcome the opinion of the best military authorities, and Ws a result Gen. Kouropatkin has been structed to attempt to get through a re­ lief force of 40,000 or 50.000 troops. The czar and the co'urt advisers favor this plan. The Express correspondent adds thai he has reason to believe that the forceVwiii be merely kept ready, and, by making feints at Gen. Kuroki'a army, assist Port Arthur by lessen­ ing forces opposed to it. It Is stated that Gen. Kouropatkin has requested the czar to cancel the instructions sent to him. A dispatch from Chefoo says: 'The Japanese army investing Port Arthur extends from Shulantarkao on the west^to Chickengteu on the east, from twelve to fourteen miles from the fort­ ress. The Japanese outposts are be­ ing gradually advanced to within four miles of the land defenses. The Jap­ anese fleet has taken possession of two Russian torpedo boats that were abandoned at Dalny and another ves­ sel that is ashore in Talienwan bay. "There are indications that the Port Arthur fleet will make a desperate ef­ fort to sally from port during the land attack" The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Standard telegraphs: "I am informed by a general staff officer that Gen. Kouropatkin is be­ lieved to be moving sixty miles south of Liaoyang. The fact that telegrams to the czar from the iront are signed by various commanders, apparently in­ dependent of each other, is causing the belief that it is a case of 'too many cooks.' It is believed that some questions have been referred to the czay by Gen. Kouropatkin. The let­ ter's position is extremely difficult, ow­ ing to the desire of different individ­ uals, besides Admiral Alexieff, to in­ gratiate themselves at St. Petersburg." I Russians Attack Japanese and Are Driven Back. London, June 6.--The Daily Tele­ graph's Tifen-Tsin correspondent wires: "Four thousand Russians be­ longing to Gen. Stakelberg's brigade on May 31 attacked 1,500 Japanese oc­ cupying a position five miles south of Wafangtien. The Russians were repulsed, losing 200 killed and 400 wounded. The Japanese lost more than 100 killed." The Standard's Tien-Tsin corre­ spondent reports that the Russian forces are being withdrawn gradual­ ly northward, the Russiaris being aware that a strong force of Jap­ anese is gathering in the passes northeast of Mukden. Gen. Kuroki Attacked by Typhus In Mild Form. Paris, June 6--The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Echo de Paris says: "According to information received here Gen. Kuroki has been .suffering from a mild attack of typhus fever, but he has now recovered. "The general belief is that Gen. Kouropatkin will not advance to the relief of Port Arthur. In any case orders to do so have not yet been transmitted. "It is rumored that the army corps of the St. Petersburg district will be mobilized shortly. I have reason to believe that two other army corps in the central districts will also be mo­ bilized." Port Arthur's Capture Will Be Serious Blow to Russia. London, June 6.--Russia's hopes in the war with Japan lie in the ability of Port Arthur to resist capture, ac­ cording to a Russian correspondent of the Daliy Mail. The Mail leads with the dispatch from this correspondent, who says: "From conversations I have had with several officials of high rank, I gather that Russia will stand or fall by Port Arthur, that is. so far as the prestige of the government with the lower classes is concerned. "In the event of the capture of the fortress internal troubles in Russia are possible and local complications and disturbances are inevitable." A busy person isn't necessarily In­ dustrious. Gossips are always busy. The City of Kano. General Sir Frederick l.ugard says of Kano, recently conquered by the British: "Kano alone amoug the cities of Africa which I have seen, with the exception of Katsena, is worthy of the name of city, for its houses are of solid mud, with flat roofs, imper­ vious to fire and lastinp through the centuries, instead of the beehive- shaped huts of the populous towns of the south. Traces of Motorish archi­ tecture are visible everywhere. I took up my quarters in the small hall of audience in the mud palace of the Sul­ tan of Kano, a room twenty-five feet square, eighteen feet high, decorated with quaint shapes and designs in black, white, pale green and yellow-- the latter formed of micaciotis sand, which glistens like gold. The dome- shaped roof is supported by twenty arches, all of mud, but admirably fashioned." Not one man in ten walks with a woman on the streets as if he were not trying to get away from her. To Enlarge Water Power. Measurements are being taken by the German "government to exploit the now dormant water powers ot the country on a large scale.