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THE MCHENRY PUINDEALER PK fev 7 - ;• fev fe *" k;„ m, ' P V- '• -3M fe : f j-• ; PV McHENRY VLAINDRAI.EE CO, UcIIBNRY, ILLINOIS- iiJLtwvwnr iBPEVmE/i Site pi" ash; mLx &,Ki W&t-rr- f; : ; • J • Because of financial troubles and the illness of his wife in Chicago, Reuben Shirriffs, a civil engineer, ' committed suicide in Washington by asphyxiation. Fire in Juarez, Mexico, destroyed half the business houses of the city, Including the Banco de Minera and Piccard Brothers' dry goods house. Loss, $130,000. Nathan A. Frye, for eight years treasurer of the Watertown, MASS., Savings bank, was held to the grand jury in $10,000 bail on the charge of embezzling $12,000 from the institu­ tion. The speciaiboard appointed to rec: omntptirl a cite for a naval training station on the great lakes will report • within the next two or three weeks, tout it is ejected the president will bold tip the matter until congress meets. The new United States mint in Den­ ver, CoL, has ,been opened, but will "sot begin coinage until July 1, 1905. • Henry C. Fitch, colored, was hanged at Clearfield, Pa., for the murder of John Williamson on Sept. 29, 1903. Dr. E. G. Simons, a wealthy and prominent physician of Ripley, Nv Y., was instantly killed by, a train in Cleveland, O. L. M. Crawford, owner of a string Off opera houses from St. Louis to El Paso, withdrew his petition in bank­ ruptcy. In a letter to Gov. Peabody of Colo­ rado Sheriff Edward Bell has formally declined the services of the state mi­ litia to preserve order in the Cripple Q*eek district. X Dan £ Scharfer,. ik saloonkeeper at Pond du Lac, Wis., \as stabbed five times by John Riley,Vwho claims to live at Macon, Va. I Robert Mathley was found guilty of the murder of Emma Watkins at Ow- ensboro, Ky., and the penalty was i fixed at death by the jury. The second largest sturgeon ever -caught in the Fox river was landed tjy William Buss at Strobe's island, Wisconsin. It weighed 170 pounds. While workmen employed at the Lo- ifitine steel plant were tamping a «harge of .dynamite it exploded, kill- tog one man and injuring three oth- •#rs. • At the last session of the Iowa Lutheran synod at Dubuque, Iowa, it %as decided to hold the next meeting probably at Austin, -in April, , Charles E. Hoover, cashier for the lfew York Central railroad at East Buffalo stock yards, Buffalo, N. Y., committed suicide by shooting him- • *elf through the head. • The Evangelical Lutheran synod of X>hio and other states closed after a Week's annual session at Fremont. Hev. C. H. L. Schette of Columbus, • ^" > Ohio, was elected president. Brigadier General A. W. Greely has * . keen detailed as one of the represen­ tatives of the War department at the *ighth international geographic con- j, ^ress in Washington. 1 *A John Hubben committed suicide by ^ }; fcanging himself in his barn at oarth- ^ * «ge, III. John Alley, aged 18, was accidental­ ly shot and killed by a companion at Carthage, 111. , f v John Sweeney, an old soldier, was / tilled by a Chicrffeo, Burlington & Quincy train near Augusta, 111. V , The Ohio rural mail carriers' con­ vention at Newark adjourned to meet L_ next year at Columbus. Fifty dele- ' / fates were present. , Attorney Charles W. Knight of Del- ^ i Iprare, O., suffered an attack of epi- Itpsy while in bathing at Cedar Point, • * •#., and was drowned. |W. I. Stine was held at St. Paul, ' liKlnn., on the charge of stealing ' Southern Pacific railroad bonds val­ ued at $8,000 from the estate, of the ;' late W. A. Scott. „ The camps of Dr. E. L. Hdlt, in 6ellgnian, and Stanley Mortimer, on the upper Saranac Lake in the Adiron- -w dacks. were ransacked by robbers Sun- ^ day afternoon and about $12,000 worth 1 of jewelry and 6lothing removed. Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer, wife of a prominent Boston merchant, made a fast trip of 800 miles by a special train from Newport to Rockland, Me., to the deathbed of her mother, Mrs. Paul Revere, widow of a grandson of the revolutionary hero. Secretary of State House filed at Madlsom, Wis., Monday his answer to the complaint In the suit brought by the "stalwart" wing of the Republican party to eompel him to place the Cook - - ticket la the Republican column on s the ofltaal ballot. The case will come before the state supreme court Sept. 6. A large party of Belgian officials en , route for the St Louis exposition ar­ rived at New York on the Steamer Kroonland. fc*{ Julius M. Weiss has been appointed kCs receiver of the land office at Del ; Norte; Colo., vice Percy Hobkirk. Nathan Spencer was arrested at B;;" Zanesville, O., charged with murder- i ing William G. Tanner, an aged book agent Tanner's "body was found ;n W. a corn field. S Secretary of War William H. Tatt ?:>. delivered an address in Portland, Me. Rhoades Stansberry Sutton of Alle gheny, Pa., began suit in New York ifV against A. Hartupee McKee for $100,- tf.L. 000 lost in Colorado Fuel on alleged '.pfth'-V false information, ' . T The first of the vessels composing • > the midshipmen's practice cruise fleet &V , to reach Annapolis on the return trip 5 • was the Arkansas. *< •£(* » • An explosion of gas in. an iron fur- *i\l; , nace ot the La Follette Coal and Iron H'V-" company of La Follette, Tenn., killed . one and fatally injured another. - , , ; Fire at Hartsville, Tenn., destrdjed .the courthouse, Allen's hotel and much other property. Loss, $60,000. The twelfth annual reunion of Clay county old soldiers was held in Louis ville, I1L S^yen thousand people aft NEGLECT OF ORDERS CAUSE NINE DEATHS • if '" • • Excursion Train in Head-On Collision Near Richmond, Qucbec^-C^*- ;V ductor Disappears. ymtrPKl dtepritch! K!ac persons were killed and twenty-thiee others injured Wednesday in a head-on col­ lision on the Grand- Trunk railway near Richmond, Quebec. One of the trains carried an excursion party of j 1,000 from Montreal to SherbroOks. The collision, it is alleged, was due to neglect of orders on tho part of the train crew of the excursion train, which left Richmond without await­ ing the arrival of the passenger train. Following are the dead: . J. B. Blanchett, member of parlia­ ment, St. Hyacinthe. Fred Bowring, South Durham. Dubford, boy, Athabasca. .Ephraim Gaudette, St. Theodore -de Acton. I T. H. Hackett, Montreal. W. T. Mountain, Montreal. < Theodore Richard, Lisgar, Quebec. Charles A. Samard, St Hyacinthe. Unidentified,-iiian from BeloelJ, Que­ bec. Conductor Atkinson, in charge of the excursion train, disappeared after, the wreck.' ,*• SPONSOR FOR LOUISIANA-IS? Mfss Juanita T.allande, who chris­ tened the battleship Louisiana, is one of the belles of New Orleans society. Her beauty i$ of the JunoeBque type and is remarked wherever she api- i>ears. - -- i---'-' PECK IS NAMED HAPPY WEDDING ENDS JOURNEY BY LOVERS Couple Travel 5,000 Miles, So That Groom's Parents May Witness the Ceremony. Bangor, Me., special: A journey of 12,000 miles by the bride and 5,000 miles by the groom ended in a happy wedding here when Harry O. Robin­ son of this city and Mrs, Ella Stolzen- bach Prommell of Hamburg, Germany, were married at the residence of the groom's father. The wedding is the culmination of a romance that began in Guayaquil, Ec­ uador, less than a year ago. Young Robinson, who is a graduate of Tufts and a mining engineer, while in Ecua­ dor was taken ill. His case attracted the attention of Mrs. Prommell, who had recently arrived there after a trip of 9,000 miles from Hamburg with her son, who was to learn mining engi­ neering. The German widow nursed the Maine engineer back to health. Although young Robinson had met beautiful women in all parts of tho world with indifference, he surren­ dered to Mrs. Prommell and she con­ sented to become his wife and to jour­ ney with him to his far-off home in Maine in order that his parents might witness the-wedding. COREAN PRINCE IS. ENGAGED Democrats of Wisconsin Select the Former Executive to Head Ticket SENATOR VILAS THE LEADER Turns the Radical Element From Its Purpose and- Succeeds in Securing th£ Adoption of a Conservative Plat­ form by the Delegates. A. La- Heir to the Throne Will Wild a Pretty Ohio School Miss. Cincinnati, Ohio, dispatch: Prince Penkell Euiwha, kno%n as Prince Yee, heir to the Corean throne, has another affair of tlie heart. This time it is pretty 16-year-old Mary Buttles of Co­ lumbus, O., who is not yet out of hi£&^ school. Prince Yee now lives at Sa­ lem, Md., where he is studying under a private tutor, and it was while Miss Buttles and her mother Were spending the summer at a near-by resort that the attachment began. The formal engagement will soon be announced. Last summer Prince Yee was in love with Miss Clara Bull, a pretty Cincin­ nati milliner, whom he met at Dela­ ware, O., where he was attending col­ lege. Miss Bull displayed a dia­ mond engagement ring, but a few weeks later It was declared off. CRA8H CATCHES 100 PUPILS Rural Graduates Tumble Before the Camera When Platform Breakfli. Springfield, 111., dispatch: While 100 graduates of the rural schools of Sangamon county were posing for a class picture in the courthouse square the platform on which they were seat­ ed gave way and all fell to the stone walk. In the wild scramble that fol­ lowed several of the pupils were slighty injured. The graduating exer­ cises were held In Chatterton's opera house. Charles Knudson of Berlin was the valedictorian and Bertha Meyer and Mary Noe divided second honors. Judge Owen P. Thompson de­ livered the principal address. PRAYS UNTIL DEATH STOPS HIM Antonio Giorgio Is Electrocuted at the Auburn (N* Y.) Prison. Auburn, N. Y., dispatch: Antonio Giorgio was put to death Tuesday in the electric chair at the Auburn pris­ on for the murder of John Van Gorder and hiB half-sister, Miss Farnham, at West Almond, Alleghany county, May 4 last. Robbery was the motive for the crime. Giorgio went to tne death chair reciting prayers in a high voice, and his invocation only ceased when the electric current was turned on. Giorgio's companion in the mur­ der, Giuseppi Vtrsacia, is to be elec­ trocuted next week. NUN PER1SHE8 IN THE FLAME8 4-r While Saving a Patient After Oil Stove E <plosion Sister Meets Death. Springfield, Mass., dispatch: Sister Gohn of the Little Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart , was burned to death while trying to save a patient Mrs. Fred Passino. An oil stove ex­ ploded in the Passino home, where the ttleter was acting as a nurse. In stead of saving herself Sister Gohn ran to the aid,of the sick woman. The fire department rescued Mrs. Passino and her baby, but Sister Gohn was dead when found. She came to Spring­ field eleven months ago from France. Governor--George W. Peck. Lieutenant Governor -- Henry throp. < Secretary of State--James P. Nolan. Treasurer--Andrew Jensen. Attorney General--William F. Wolf. Railroad Commissioner--Edward L. Hanton. Insurance Commissioner--Henry Fetzer. Oshkosh, Wis., dispatch: Absolute opposition to the primary election sys­ tem advocated by Gov. La Follette was the striking feature of the Wis­ consin Democratic convention, which concluded its work Thursday night by nominating? the ticket given above. Former Gov. Peck was nominated for governor by acclamation. One element, determined up to to almost the very minute a platform was adopted to put out a set of reso­ lutions catering to the alleged over­ whelming popular demand, was swung from Its purpose by the oratory of former United States Senator William F. Vilas. Both Sides Are Pleased. The change of program took place without producing animosity, so far as is evident on the surface. The plank on corporation regulation pleases the conservatives. The 2-cent mileage proposition was doctored so as to call for "mileage books at a flat 2-cent rate." The revolution was made in open convention, after the radicals had reported from the committee oh resolutions, making minority reports which lost. * The greatest surprise of all was the vote on the primary election question, for before Vilas spoke the enthusiasm indicated a positive majority the oth­ er way. But the roll call gave 172 votes In favor of the minority report and 40f against it. Presents Peck's Name. Gov. Peck's name was presented to the convention by Neal Brown of Wau- sau, who arraigned both factions of the Republican party. Mr. Peck, who was given a tremen­ dous ovation, after the ballot, read a typewritten speech of acceptance. He said the political conditions in Wis­ consin threatened to lead to anatchy. The platform declares for the refor­ mation of the tariff, says the recent scandals' In department of the state government demand an overhauling through a change of administration, favors regulation of the speed of auto­ mobiles, and the income tax. The corporation regulation plank fa­ vors a commission to investigate pub- service corporations in all details. WHITE CAPS APPLY THE LASH HOLDS WOMAN WAS NOT WIFE OF GABE B0UCK Oshkosh Judge Decides Against Mary i Wadlelgh, Who Claims Estate! / . of Wisconsin Lawyer. , Oshkosh, Wis., dispatch.--Judge C. D. Cleveland handed down his d«- cislon in the application of Mary Wad-, leigh to be declared the widow of Co# Gabe Bouck. in the probate court Fri­ day morning. He holds that the evi­ dence failed to show that there was such a relation existing between them, and that no claim was ever made of such contract for forty-three years, during which time both lived in the same community. The case may be appealed to the supreme court, and there is time to get it there before the September term. The estate Is estimated at about 1500,000, and Mary Wadlelgh con­ tests the will, claiming she was a common law wife. ' QUOTE WINTER COAL PRICES In Accordance With Custom Schedule Is Put Into Effect. * Philadelphia, Pa., dispatch: In ac­ cordance with custom the anthracite coal-producing companies Thursday put up the pric« of coal to the regu­ lar winter rates. On April 1 each year the price of coal is reduced 50 cents and thereafter increased 10 cents a ton each month until September, when the regular prices $re reached. The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company's price list .for do­ mestic sizes for September Is as fol­ lows : Free white ash, broken, $4.50; egg, stove and chestnut sizes, $4.75. Hard white ash, broken, $4.60; egg, stove and chestnut sizes, $4.75. Shamokin egg, stove and chestnut, 15. Scfruylkill red ash, egg, stove and chestnut, $5.25. Lorberry 'egg, "stove and chestnut, $5.26. „ Lykens valley, broken, $5.50; egg, stove «nd chestnut, $5.75.' These prices are for coal delivere^ on board vossels for shipment beyonJ the Delaware eapes. MUST NOT SEARCH POCKETS Judge Reprimands Woman Who Was Too Free With Husband's Clothes. Cincinnati, O., special: Wives who are in the habit of going through their husbands' pockets after they have gone to sleep were warned by Judge Dumont, who had before him Mrs. Julia White on a, larceny charge. Mrs. Whito searched her husband's pockets and found therein a watch belonging to another woman. The -qther woman had her arrested when she refused to give up the timepiece. Judge Du­ mont dismissed Mrs. White, after she returned the watch, with a warning not to search her husband's pockets in the future. As a result of the find­ ing of the watch she has separated from her husband. Drag Victim From Bed and Whip Him Unmercifully. Dublin, Ind., dispatch: White caps entered the home of Sandy Moore, a farmer cf Brown county, dragged him from bed and whipped him unmerciful­ ly. His assailants, he states, num bered thirty and they were all masked He was bound and gagged and tied to a tree and punished with a rawhide until the blood ran down his naked back. Moore, after the white cappers made their escape, followed them to Elkinsvllle, hoping to recognize some of them, but could find no trace of them. BREAKS SKULL O^ HIS RIYAL George Woods Injures Fred Puts in Quarrel Over Comeliness. " Chicago special: In a quarrel over their comparative handsomeness Fred Putz, 41 years old, 74 Bunker street was struck on the head with a club by George Woods, Twelfth and Hal sted strdfts. Putz was taken to the county hospital, where the attending physicians said his skull had been fractured. His assailant was arrested and locked up at the Desplaines street police station.- Runaway Exploder-Dynamite. 4 Columbus, Ohio, special: While he was carrying 100 pounds of dynamite in his buggy, the horse of Ernest Web­ ber, a prominent farmer near Mar­ seilles, ran away, exploding the dyna­ mite and blowing Wjebber ~fo»rse and buggy to atoms. :-isr . ^ Recover Editor's Body. Nashville, Tenn., dispatch': body of E. C. Stahlman, news of the NaBl«*ille Banner, wh drowned, has been recovered. EXPECT TROUBLE OVER LAND Idaho Officials Find Rival Crowds Want Same Reservation Tract. Blackfoot. Idaho, dispatch: The line-up at the land office at Blackfoot in anticipation of the opening of Fort Hall reservation^ lands Sept. 6, is gradually increasing. Every train brings recruits. Trouble Is expected when tho Pocatello applicants, who were caught napping by the early ar­ rivals, begin to arrive, as several tracts close to Pocatello will be stub­ bornly contested. ARE INSANE OVER WITCHCRAFT Manr and Wife Follow Heresy and Are Committed to an Asylum. Sheboygan, Wis., special: Carl Ha- mann and his wife, Minnie, each about 50 years old, were committed to the Oshkosh insane asylum because each believed the other was bewitched. Mr. and Mrs. Hamann both were disciples of a Spiritualist teacher, but went further with their views as to witch­ craft. When their cherry crop was ripe they refused to eat them because they believed them bewitched. Later they decided the evil spirits had got into their cattle and nearly starved them'. '7r7. TORTURES A CHILD TO DEATH Small Boy Hung Head Downward in Cistern Dies From Injury. Peoria, 111., special: The death of Charles Ross, aged 5 years, in Peoria Sunday will be investigated by the coroner. It is said ttyat a man named Adolph Steive took the little fellow few days ago and hung him head downward in a cistern, leaving him in that position several minutes. Betore doing this he is said to, have kicked him in the stomach. The lad ^as un­ conscious when taken from the cistern and died several hours later. Steive has not yet been found by the authori­ ties and is said to be in hiding. PRODUCE COTTON FROM WOOD Artificial Article It Made From th« Cellulose of the Fir Tree. Washington dispatch: A report re­ ceived from Thornwell Haines, the United States consul at Rouen, France, states that the French chamber of commerce of Milan says that an ar­ tificial cotton is now made from the cellulose of the fir tree freed from bark and knots. In Bavaria experi­ ments have recently been made- to produce cotton from pine wood, and it is claimed that the trials have been very successful. •H ? V • anna puzzle pibturs, - ; :'CJ < I. „ •* ( >, S'"' lis'iHvS 'V -y'ri f WJ1 Find the Owner of the Bear. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR NEWS TRAIN8 IN CRA8H ,OH * CURVE Several Passengers Injured in Wreck on B. A O. Near Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., special: In a head- on collision near this city Sunday night four persons were severely hurt and ten or twelve sustained minor in­ juries. The trains came together at Beck's run on a curve. The engines locked so tightly together that it took three hours to release them and the coaches on the southbound train -were badly wrecked. The passengers were- brought to Pittsburg. - - - *-• CAMPFIRE ENDS THE REUNION AUG. 29, 1904. Russians Retreat--Russians are forced to abandon Anshanshan, An- ping and Tsegow, outer defenses of Liao-Yang, after four days of des­ perate fighting, and are falling back on the main position. Cuts Railroad--*A report is current in Tokio that General Kurokl has seized and cut the railroad south of Mukden, but it is not confirmed.* Dis­ patches da'ted late on Aug. 28 have come through, which causes the ru: mor to be doubted. Breaches in the Fort--Japanese are within one* mile of Port Arthur City and are holding the position at Chao- cliangkao with their main body. Two breaches in. the defenses ̂ have been made, according to Chefoo reports, and the frontal attack on the outer forts has been abandoned, with a view of an assault from the rear. '* Driven From Forts--Chinese who left Port Arthur on Aug. 26 said Rus­ sians have been driven from forts which command eastern defenses of fortress. \ Fear Seizure "of Port^-Fear Is ex- pressed at Tokio that Russia may seize a Chinese port as the base for the Baltic fleet. News that paroled sailors from the Variag are again in. service caused fresh complications. - AUG 30, 1904. Army Retreats--The retreat of Kouropatkin's army north from Liao- Yang has been in progress since Sat­ urday, huge trains of stores being sent out and the soldiers marching on foot, according to an English correspon­ dent in St. Petersburg, who forwards his dispatch from a German city. Attack Liao-Yang--The Japanese in close pursuit of the retreating Rus­ sians, have begun an infantry attack on the south front of the Liao-Yang defenses, following an artillery en­ gagement. Campaign Near Climax--St. Peters­ burg is in the dark concerning the progress of the engagement at Liao- Yang, but all indications are that a decisive attack on the city is in prog­ ress and the northern campaign near its climax. What Defeat Means--Defeat of Kou- jropatkin, if it comes to pass, is held to spell the fall of Port Arthur and the end of the first phase of the war, .with Russia overwhelmed on both land and sea. Officers Are Killed--Gen. Routkov- sky and Col. vo^ RaabSn. command­ ing the defenders at Anshanshan, are killed In the furious fighting o* Aug. 27. Stoessel Loses Hope--Gen. Stoessel is said to have informed the czar that the Port Arthur garrison is badly weakened and the fall of the fortress is likely in a month or six weeks. AUG. 31, 1904. Big Battle Is On--Furious attack, marking the first day of the final bat­ tle at Liao-Yang, ceases at 8 p. m., with the Russians still in control of the situation. A volcanic artillery en­ gagement and desperate bayonet charges mark the fighting. Losses Are 3,000--Russian losses during the day are estimated, in St. Petersburg at more than 3,000, but great confidence is expressed that Kuropatkin Will be victorious. Russians Take Guns--A report from Mukden states that the Russians re­ pulsed an attempt to turn their fiank and captured ten guns. Drives Back Japs--A charge of cav­ alry drove back the Japanese west of Liao-Yang, where a large force that has been marching up the Llao river complicates the defense. Port Arthur Notes--Gen. Stoessel reports to the czar that all Japanese attacks on Port Arthur up to Aug. 25 START WAR ON TRADING STAMPS Move la Made in Michigan Under the Gift Enterprise Law. Detroit, Mich., special: A warrant haa been issued for the arrest of Man­ uel Lewis, local manager of the Ben­ edict and McFarland Trading Stamp Company of Syracuse? N. Y. This company issues what is known as the "blue" stamps. The warrant for Man­ ager Lewis charges the maintaining of a gift enterpnse such as is prohlbit- Soldlera and 8ailors Are Paid a Trib­ ute by 8enator Queries. Elkhorn, Wis., special: A soldiers* and sailors' reunion was held here Wednesday, closing with a grand campfire. Senator J. V. Quarles, who was one of the speakers, said he bad only come for an informal talk with the soldiers and not for an annual ad­ dress as announced. He then gave a glowing tribute to the soldier* Md ' rs of Walworth county. ^ ( were repulsed with heavy loss to the besiegers. Chefoo reports that sor­ ties by the garrison on Aug. 26 failed, both sides losing heavily. Asks Intervention--King Leopold of Belgium has sent special envoy to ask President Roosevelt to intervene In the war. 1 SEPT. 1, 1904. Japs Get Position--Japanese troops are getting around the left flank of the Russian army at Liao-Yang, .there­ by menacing its rear and retreat, ac­ cording to reports from the battlefield. It is stated that the Russains have be­ gun q,n advance to the south. All-Day Battle--Second day of the Liao-Yang battle rages from dawn to dark, the entire Russian force being on the firing line. The Russians make repeated bayonet charges on the southern road. Twenty Thousand Die--Russian mil: itary officers in St. Petersburg esti­ mate that at least 20,000 men have fallen on both sides in the two days of fighting. Attempts of the Japanese to gain a hilltop resulted in slaughter. Favors the Russians--Reports to St. Petersburg favor the Russian side. It is stated that forty-six Japanese guns and two battalions have been captured. Saves $5,000,000--A Japanese supply Steamer, said to have had $5,000,009 <»n board for the Japanese army, was stopped by a Chefoo official, and a tor­ pedo craft from'Dalny rushed into port in the night and rescued the cash. Rus­ sian messengers and paper intended for Port Arthur are reported to have been captured. Russian Claim*--The first day of the desperate Liao-Yang battle ended In success for-the Russian arms, accord­ ing to St. Petersburg advices, the charges of the Japanese on three sides of the city being repulsed. The Rus­ sian loss Is estimated at 3,000 men. Japs on Tiger Tail--A report has reached Chefoo that the Japanese had attacked Port Arthur from the sea side and captured two forts eaat of Tiger Tall entrance. SfePT. 2, 1904. Evacuates Liao-Yang--Gen. Kouro- patkin evacuated Liao-Yang and with­ drew his whole army to the right bank of the Taitse river to meet a flanking movement by Gen. Kurokl, wlin has crossed the river with sev­ eral divisions. Attacks by Japs--Tokio dispatches tell of severe attacks by the Japa­ nese on the Russian right and center at Liao-Yang, ending in the retreat of the latter on an order from Gen. Kou- ropatkin to abandon outer positions. This movement immediately preceded the evacuation. Stop Train Service--Train' service between Liao-Yang and Mukden is in­ terrupted, indicating that the Japa­ nese may have struck a blow at the Russian line of communications. Repulse Japs--Chefoo advices tell of a severe attack on Port Arthur Aug. 27, in which, according to Chinese, the Japanese were repulsed and lost 1,045 men. Predict Japanese Victory--Japanese prisoners at Vladivostok predicted triumph of the mikado's arms. OVERCROWDED BOAT 18 LOST ed by the state law. One Dies In Frisco Wreck. Vsaa, 111., dispatch: Chester Selby was instantly killed and Engineer Tom Daily was seriously Injured In a Fris^- co railroad wreck here. The engine and four cars were demolished aad fifty yards of track was torn up. Surprise Rebels in Uruguay. Buenos Ayres dispatch: Great ex­ citement has been created here owing to the surprising by Uruguayan troops of a Uruguayan insurrectionary force numbering 180 men. fuUy armed and equipped. Seventy Lose Lives on Vessel Licensed to Carry Only Thirty. • London cable: A dispatch to a newer agency from Berlin says a tele­ gram has been received *here from ,Lodz, Poland, announcing that a ferry­ boat capsized on the river Kamien, Resulting in seventy persons being frowned. Thirty of the passengers were saved. It is added that the boat was to carry only thirty persons. DEPORTER8 ARE AGAIN BU8Y Miner Who Returned to Cripple Creek Met by Armed Men. Cripple Creek, Colo., special: A. G. Ledue, one of the members of. the Western Federation of Miners who was deported, returned to Anaconda Sunday and while in the custody of a deputy sheriff was taken in charge by a body of armed men. When news of the occurence reached Sheriff Bell he sent a force of deputies In search of the mob and Its captive. Chemical/Industry 8oclety. lfew York dispatch: Plans have been completed for the annual conven­ tion of the Society of Chemical Indus­ try to be held here Sept. 7 to 12. It will be the first convention of the so­ ciety held in America. - Albert Vlckers Acldentally Shot. London cablegram: Albert Vickers, the senior member of the firm of Vick- ers-Maxim,, was ^accidentally shot in the chest and neck while grouse shooting in Inveraessshlrer b* a fel­ low sportsman. LABOH LEADER IN TROUBLE. 7/ZSp : Philip Wefnseimer, who has beem Indicted on charges of extortion, is a leader in New York labor circles and is president of the Buildlnn Trades Alliance, whose members "are now on strike. The special accusation against Weinselmer is that he extorted from George J. Essig, a master plumber; $1,000 in cash and certain promissory notes, the consideration being that strikes against. Essig should be called off. The affair has greatly agitated labor circles and promisee to become as sensational as that of Sam Parks, . another labor leader, who died a few months ago in prison. TONE OF TRADE GROWS BETTER Good Weather Helps to -Re­ duce Stocks of Retailers in the West LIBERAL DEMAND FROM SOUTH All Lilies Show More Activity With Man^ Orders Marked for Immediate- Delivery--Breadstuff* Are Strength­ ened--Grain and Live 8tock. Chicago, special.--R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of Chicago trade-says/ "Conditions are not entirely relieved of features which hinder progress in several industries, yet current develop­ ments are encouraging and the tone of trade indicates growing confidences - Improvement is seen in the new de­ mands for early distribution of neces­ sities, while some of the factories are ' called upon for greater output, espe­ cially in steel and woodwork. "Leading retail lines have been stim­ ulated throughout the middle west and the seasonable weathers brought a considerable reduction of merchandise stock, the clearance being of good volume in clothing, shoes and women's wear. Visiting buyers appeared in larger numbers, and, while they select­ ed needs very carefully, their orders made a material addition to wholesale transactions. Gain tor Jobbers. "With a better demand for men's furnishings and children's clothing, Other jobbers found steady gain, and the trade in groceries, canned goods and confectioners' supplies compared favorably with same period last year. Country shipments are more frequent­ ly made and swell the railroad traffic movement. Districts where business is affected by poor crops are buying about as expected, and the city de­ mands drag less, but south and south­ western sections continue plaelng lib­ eral requests, some being marked for urgent delivery. Mercantile collec­ tions generally have held up well. "Were labor controversies eliminat­ ed distinct Improvei»ent might be re­ corded in the manufacturing division. Drop in Speculation. ^ ' "Less speculation attended board of trade operations and demand strength­ ened in the principal breadstuffs. Grain shipments, 3,556,627 bushels, ex­ ceeded those of last week, although 19 per cent under a year ago. Wheat • declined 3% cents a bushel, compared with closing a week ago, and oats fell 1% cents, but corn advanced fraction­ ally. Provisions show more absorp­ tion, with values but slightly changed. Receipts of live stock, 265.3T4 head, compared with 281,535 head a ye '.r ago, and indicate a closer return this* week to normal conditions In the pack­ ing Industry. Hogs and sheep both gained and choice cattle held steady ^ In price. "Failures reported In the Chicago district number twenty-tight, against" twenty-three last week and tveaty-stx a year ago." % New Post for Noted Diplomat. The Hague cable: Dr. T. M. C. Asser. the well-known authority on international law,- has been appointed"* minister of state without portfolio. Dr. Asser was the arbitrator in the Behr- lng sea sealing dispute, which was de­ cided in favor of the United States American School Is Burned. Constantinople cable: The Amer­ ican School for Boys at Erzerum has been burned. This Is the second American school at BTzerum to be de­ stroyed by fire, the institution for girls having been burned Jan. 10. ^ Big Medicine Man Is Dead. White Earth, Minn., special: Sha#i Hos8 Kung, chief oracle, and one of the last of the grand medicine priests of the Ojibays, died here, aged 80. A few years ago he became a Roman Catholic, In which faith he died. 'j: Mrs. William M. 8pr*nger *e III. Springfield, 111., dispatch: Mrs. Springer, widow of William M. , Springer, for twenty years congress­ man from the Springfield district, anil.. later federal judge, Is critically sick at her home here. , ^Russlah Strike Is Ended. Nljnt, Novgorod, Russia, cablegram: Twelve thousand iron workers of Sof* movo, province of Nijni, who struck Aug. 25, resumed wMonday. Thee* were no disturbances.