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5pii • : : S.i •-; * • '. * • • . the Mchenry nmmm McHENRY PLAINDEALER CO. MoHENRT. ILLINOIS. TOLD IN-- A rifled cannon that played an im­ portant part in the civil wa.r at Fort Morgan, near Mobile, was unveiled in Duncan park, Cairo. 111. * The formation of a corporation to include all the hopgrowers of Washr ington, Oregon, California, New York and England is proposed. Citizens of Elkhart, Ind., Organized and passed resolutions indorsing the closed lid policy of Gov. Hanly and the local police department. Detective Lee Killian ef St. Louis returned from London, England, "with Arthur F. Mclntyre, wanted in St. Louis to answer to a charge of em­ bezzlement. :- The body Of M. W. Criswell, a Fair- mount, W. Va., sporting man, was found in the Monongahela riyer and two wounds on his head led the police to suspect murder. C. H. Brooks, who was indicted two years ago on the charge of being con- nected with "get-rich-quick" concerns In St Louis, walked into the Four Courts there and surrendered himself. Irby Passwater of Greentown, near Kokomo, Ind., committed suicide by Ehooting. He was paralyzed mnd, rather than see his wife working in the field to support him, he killed him­ self. In a fight caused by jealousy about a woman Herman Faunter was stabbed to death at Smithton, Pa. An­ drew Haydo has been arrested, charged with th$ crime. Members of the senior class of the Kentucky state college who criticised members of the faculty after one Of their number had been suspended will cot receive diplomas. The Silver Brook colliery of John Wentz & Co. at Mahanoy City, Pa., which has been idle the past three • months on account of high water, re- k. Earned operations Monday, giving em­ ployment to 400 men and boys. Jones & Laughlin surprised their employes at Pittsburg by placing a 10 per cent advance in wages in their pay envelopes. Dynamite and fuses were found and a plot uncovered at Ironton, Mo., to blow up the town and county officials. A crowd of 100 armed men is hunting the conspirators. The coast squadron of the North At­ lantic fleet assembled at Annapolis Eunday, preparatory to the joint army and navy maneuvers which begin m . Chesapeake bay June 8 and continue until June 17. Jordan's elevator at Decker, Ind., was destroyed by fire. It contained 2,000 bushels of corn. Loss $6,000. Fire in the furniture store of James Fitzsimmons & Co. in Detroit caused a loss of about $50,000 on stock and $10,000 on building. Fred Scott and A. L. Meyer, stock­ men of San / Antonio, Texas, were found dead in 'bed in a Sioux City, Iowa, hotel. Death was due to asphyx­ iation. The Cllnchfield corporation of Bris­ tol, Va., has purchased the coal prop­ erties of the Interstate Coal and Iron company, aggregating 75,000 acres, for over $1,500,000. The trial of Stanley Francis, under $25,000 ball charged with conspiracy to defraud In connection with the de­ funct Storey Cotton company of Phil­ adelphia, has been postponed until Sept. 18. John A. Benson of San Francisco appeared in the criminal court in Washington, D. C., and gave bond in the sum of $15,000 to answer to the indictment of bribery and conspiracy in connection with the charge of ap­ propriating public lands to his own use. Most Rev. John J. Keane, archbish­ op of Dubuque, Iowa, has arrived in Messina, Sicily, on a visit to Charles M. Caughy, the American consul. Secretary Hitchcock says that no successor to CHftgii0 Breckenridge as a member of the Dawes Indian Com­ mission would be appointed. Harrison W. Ambrose, 1906, of Or­ ange, N. J., was elected leader of the Princeton university Glee club for next year and Frederick C. Letts of Evanston, 111., manager. Mrs. Williams, the alleged wife of Samuel J. Williams of Revere, Mass., was declared not guilty in Indianapo­ lis, of the charge'of violating pen­ sion laws Bids we^e_op<yied at the insular bu­ reau of the war department in Wash­ ington for the sale of $1,000,000 Ma­ nila municipal bonds, bearing 4 per cent interest, redeemable after ten and within thirty y£ars. The highest bidder was the First National bank of ' Columbus, O., which offered 109.5625. Fire in the lumber yard tit Dyment & Baker, London, Ont., destroyed tim ber valued at $80,000. The mills of the Aroostook Lumber - company at. Stevensville, Me., togeth er with a large amount of lumber : were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $75,000. • Joel W. Juett, on trial for the mur ^ der of his fathef last December, was v acquitted by a jury in Cynthia, Ka. Fire destroyed a large part of the Ohio Brass cpppany's plant at Mans­ field, Ohio. Loss, $100,000, covered t»y/insurance. The supreme council. Royal Ar­ canum, at Atlantic City, N.' J., voted to spend $18,000 to extend the order In states, where no grand council e* ists. Tw plea of the national sani tar him for assistance to build a home for consumptives resulted in the offi cial commendation of the project. #t*J, 'The United States battleships Maine, Kearsarge, Kentucky and Mia souri, under command of Rear Ad •r miral Evans, sailed from Hampton roads for, a thfee" days' cruise for ma LATEST GASH MARKET REPORTS* Chicago Produce. Butter--Creamery, extra, 210J prints, .So: firsts, I8#20c; seconds, 19017c; ren­ ovated, 18@19c; dairies, Cooleys, 19c; firsts. 38c; ladles, notnlnal, packing stock, H@l5e. Etnrs--Fresh stock, at mark, new case* included. 14t4@15c; firsts, la^c; prime firsts, packed in whitewood cases, 16V£c; iMi.Ua-, <.high grade); packed for city trade, 18c. " Cheese--Full cream, daisies, 10#10^c; twins, 10@10*4C; Young Americas, 10® 10M>c; long horns, 10@10%c; Swiss, block, lll4@12c; drum, ll^@12^c; Limburger, choice, 9^c: oft grades, S@9c; brick, 9Vic; off grades, 7@8c. Fish--Black bass, 14c per lb; carp and cuffalo, 2c; pike, 7c; pickerel, #c; perch, 4c: sunflsh. 2@3c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 14@15c; chickens, fowls, 13c; ducks, 12@14c; geese, $4® 7 per dozen. Potatoes--Car lots on track; Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan Burbanks, good to choice. 20@21c; extra, 23@24c; rural*, good. 20@2lc: fancy, 23@25c; cbarse, large, not well assorted, 15@18c: Kings, common to fancy, 19@21c; new potatoes, $2.5u®3.25 per brl; $1.00@1.10 per bu? New York Produce. Butter--"Weak. Creamery, common, to extra. ?0@22c; renovated, common to ex­ tra }5@19c. ^ Cheese--Weak. New. state, full cream, small.white, fine, 10^4c; do, fair to choice, Vj@I0c; eio, colored, fine. 10^e; do, fair to choice. 9Vi@10c; do, large, white, fine, 9\C?10c: do, colored, fine, 9^4@9%c; skims, full to choice, light, 11%®11%c; old. state, full cream, colored and white, fancy, H^e; do,' fine, 13%c.". Eggs--Weak. State. Pennsylvania and nearby fancy selected, white, 20c; do, choice. 19c; do, mixed, extra. 18@18Mic; western, fancy selected, 1.7% @ 18c; do, firsts,17c; southern, poor to fair, 8013c. HIDDEN PUZZUe R1CTJRE. .Grain Quotations. WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2-red. tl.09@1.10. J Minneapolis--No. 1 northern, $1.24. Duluth--No. I northern, $1.13%. Toledo^No. 2 red, $1.08%. New York--No. 2 red, $1.09^4. St. Louis--No. 2 red, *1.13%. v Kansas City--No. 2 hard, !1.02@t^KL Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, S1.1S. \ CORN. x Chicago--No. 2, 55@59%c. LiverpooWAmerlcan mixed, new, 4s. 54. St. Louis--No. 2. 51c. CORN. New York--No. 2, 57%e. Kansas City--^Jo. 2 mixed, 48%C. Milwaukee--No. 3. 53@54c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 32@32%e. New York--Mixed, 35@351/4c. St. Louis--No. 2, 30%c. Kansas City--No. 2 mixed, 32@32%C. Milwaukee--Standard. 33@33%c. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--*1.50 @6.60. Omaha-life® 6. Kansas City-- 12 2506.18. St. Louis--$2.25®6. St. Joseph--$1.50®5.90. New York--J2.20(g6. Pittsburg--$3@6.40. HOGS. Chicago--$2.25@5.47%, Omaha--J4.50<§5.25. Kansas City--$4.S0@5.37%. St. Louis--$4.S0@5.45. St. Joseph--$5.2o@r>.35.<?' New York--$5.90® 6.10. . Pittsburg--$3<go.65. --$3® 5.75. -- * SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago--$2.50@7.25. Omaha--$4 (§7.25. Kansas City--$4.15@7.35. St. Louis--$3.50®8. SHEEP AND LAMBS. St. Joseph--$3@7.35. New York--J3.50®8.75. Pittsburg--$2.50® 8. y Buffalo-- J3@6.65. In target practice in San Pablo bay, Cal., Kempstehorne Scott, an appren­ tice on the torpedo boat Preble, broke the American navy record with six-pound gun, by hitting the tar­ get at a distance of 1,000 yards, nine-- teen times out of twenty-one shot$. Chief Engineer W. B. Poland of the Alaska Central railroad, who has re­ turned to Seattle from an inspection trip, says the road has seven survey­ ing parties in the field locating exten­ sions and that rapid progress is being made on the eighty miles of construc* tion planned for this season. The new Christian church at For est, 111., was dedicated. Dr. Charles Reign Scoville of Chicago being the principal speaker. ' The United States Rubber company filed a certificate in the secretary oI state's office in Trenton, N. J., increas­ ing the company's capital stock from $50,000,000 to $75,000,000. Of this, $40,000,000 is preferred and $25,000,- 000 is common stock. Rt. Rev. Phillip J. Garrigan, bishop of Sioux City, Ipwa, has left Naples for Rome-. Walter J. Thomas of Terre Haute, Ind., master mechanic for the Big Four, has been appointed master me chanic of the Panama road. Congressman F. S.. Dickson of Ram­ sey, 111., has appointed his brother, George L. Dickson of Mount Vernon, to the military academy at Annapolis, The convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen In Buffalo, N Y., adopted a resolution empowering the grand master to appoint a com­ mittee to prepare plans and receive bids for a permanent home for indi­ gent members of the order. Rt. Rev. Thomas Augustus Jaggar, D. D., former bishop of southern Ohio, has been requested to become rectoi of St. Paul's Episcopal church in Bos­ ton and it is understood he will ac­ cept. President Roosevelt has appointed Belle W. Bridges postmaster at Ma­ son, Tex. Judge Samuel Davis of Marshall, Mo., special judge to try the case of former Lieut. Gov. Lee on the charge of perjury, set the ca$e for hearing on June 14. ; Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving and carM not for receiving. What? Why--Advice. < ; . Whom Is He Advising! ' STRIKES CHECK Spread of Labor Troubles Is Worst Feature in Business Situation. CROP PROSPECTS REMAIN GOOD Farm Work Is Showing Rapid Recov­ ery From Effect of Recent Heavy Rains--Grain Shipments Exhibit Loss of 7.4 Per Cent. Chicago dispatch: Dun's review of local trade conditions in Chicago has this to say of the present situation: "The worst feature of the business situation is entirely due to further spreading of labor troubles. With the struggle now carried into productive branches and enforced idleness prob­ able among large bodies of workmen obstruction becomes Intensified and -requires prompt relief. "Except the local disturbance trade generally exhibited strong tone throughout the Chicago district and the indications are good for continued industrial prosperity with the present difficulty removed. "In actual results the week's prog­ ress affirms the inherent strength of commerce. Money remained in fair demand and bank exchanges made the largest gain during this month as compared with a year ago. Production Is Large. "Production in the leading branches is without diminution and new com­ mitments were made to a satisfactory extent. Wholesale transactions reached a fair volume in staple mer­ chandise, deliveries were larger and State street activity was stimulated by better demand for seasonable wares. Country advices have been very encouraging, farm work showing rapid recovery from effect of recent heavy rains, crop prospects remain­ ing good and merchandising, expand­ ing. "Western railroad traffic sustains exceptional magnitude, earnings stead­ ily exceeding those of a year ago. Heavy movement of manufactured materials, raw products and general merchandise provided most of the tonnage. Marketing of grain has de­ clined 22 per cent, but this is due to temporary causes. Shipments from this por| were 7.4 per cent smaller than for corresponding week of 1904 and live stock receipts .were slightly lower, but the outgo of provisions was heavier and stocks suffered some re­ duction. Hides and Leather. 'Receipts of hides, 3,888,184 pounds, compared with 3,518,137 pounds a year ago. The markets for hides and leather exhibit steadiness in demand and prices, with deliveries still large. Receipts of lumber were 53,343,000 feet, against 41,368,000 feet last year, and general demand was good for yard stocks. Building work has not been interfered with and the value of new construction authorized largely exceeded both previous week and year ago. "Crop reports played a strong part in the markets for the two leading cereals, and, these being mainly un­ favorable and the May options much oversold it was not found difficult to manipulate sharp advances in quota­ tions. "Live stock receipts were 261,004 head, compared with 256,586 head a year ago. Shipping demand weakened in heavy beeves and hogs and sheep found ready absorption. Compared with the closing a week ago prices are unchanged in oats, ribs, hogs and sheep, but are lower in cattle 5 cents per hundredweight, lard 7% cents and pork 15 cents, and higher in wheat 8% cents a bushel and in corn 9 cents." DEATH OF GREAT BANKER OCCURS AT PARIS HOME Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, Head of French Branch of Family, Dies of Acute Bronchitis. Paris cable: Baron Alphonse de Rothschild died at 4:30 o'clock Fri­ day morning after an illness of two weeks. He was the head of the French branch of the great banking establishment of the Rothschilds, whose combined wealth is figured at $2,500,000,000, and he was also a di­ rector of thfe Bank of France. The malady that carried off Baron Alphonse was acute f bronchitis, com­ plicated with gout. When he first complained several days ago the indi- cations were that he would recover speedily. Although confined to his bed, he was animated and cheerful in demeanor, and his physicians were proportionately hopeful. Wednesday forenoon, however, a change for the worse suddenly developed. The baron became very weak, and was afflicted with severe pains in the region of the lungs. Medical aid proved futile, and Thursday night he passed into a comatose state. When death came he was unconscious. The family was at the bedside at the last moment. STUDENTS CLEAN THE STREET8 Strike in Sweden's Capital May Result In Soldiers Attacking Filth. Stockholm cablegram: Students of the high schools are cleaning the city'a streets id place of the regular street cleaners, who' have struck for improved conditions. Plenty of vol­ unteers seem ready to assist the mu­ nicipal authorities and it is said that in the event of a continuance of the strike military officers and civil offi­ cials intend to form a street-cleaning brigade and take turn^ in attending to the sanitary necessities of Stock­ holm. DISPUTE MAY LEAD TO STRIFE Sweden and Norway Said to Be Mak­ ing Preparations for War. London cable: The Christiania correspondent of the Daily Express sends a sensational story of alleged secret warlike preparations at all strategic points on the Norwegian frontier for the purpose of meeting possibilities in connection with the dispute between Sweden and Norway on the question of separate consular representation: WILL INHERIT MANY MILLIONS William Zie^ler's Estate Goes to His 12-Year-Old Adopted Son. Des Moines, Iowa, special: William Conrad Brandt, the adopted son of the millionaire, William Ziegler, who died on Wednesday, will inherit the estate of $25,000,000. The boy, who is now 12 years of age, is the son of Mr. Zieg- ler's half-brother, George Brandt, now a wealthy manufacturer of Chicago, and was born in Muscatine. Harry Brindley of Des Moines, Iowa, was cut in two by a Burlington train at Aurora while on his way home, called by illness in his family The national convention of the Switchfnen's union selected Detroit as the next convention city. Peoria has been decided on for the next sfate meet of the Illinois Fire­ men's Tournament association. The, statement issued by the de-' fiiECt M. L. Stewart & Co.'a bank at Owosso, Mich., which suspended April 14. states that its depositors will probably receive 80 per cent. - , The prosecution of Lee Trueblood at Jefferson City, Mo., on ttye charge o| bribery was dismissed after the Jury had been selected.' The prose­ cuting attorney announced that he had little hope of securing a conviction an4 woujd drop the case. Admiral Dewey, who has been suf­ fering from a severe cold, has fully recovered and was at his office in Washington. Judge O. L., Moore of Abilene, Kan., Encampment for New Orleans. lndianapdlis, Ind., special: The su­ preme assembly, Uniformed rank, Knights of Pythias, now in sixth bi­ ennial convention here, decided to hold the next national encampment of the Uniformed rank in New Orleans. Sheriff Is Shct Dead. Ironton, Mo., special: Sheriff John W. Polk was shot and killed while attempting to make an arrest. Bill Spaugh, whom he was trying to place in custody, disappeared and is being sought on the charge of having shot the officer. I- Pope Annuls Marriage. ,9" Rome cablegram: Pope Pius has ap­ proved the annulment of the marriage of Marie Jehning Reid, now Princess Rospiglioso, lo Col. Parkhurst of Ban­ gor, Me. This will, permit a religious marriage with her present husband. has been appointed judge advocate^. neuver work on the southern drill j ®eneral of the national department of the Grand Army of the Republic. Dies From Fall Into Cellar. St. Paul; Minn., dispatch: J. O. Pat- tee, for several years master mechan­ ic of the Great Northern and Milwau­ kee roadfe, is dead from the effect of a fall into the cellar of his home. Call to Ohio Pastor. Boston special: The Right Rev. Thomas Augustus Jaggar, D. D.. for­ mer bishop of southern Ohio, has been requested to become rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, and it is, un­ derstood he will accept. Oklahoma Boundary Dispute. Oklahoma, O. T., special: A bound­ ary dispute which threatens to in­ volve the territory of Oklahoma in a controversy with the federal govern- i&est is on at Keokuk Falls. > - / ji Large Cyanide Mill Burns. Deadwood, S. D., dispatch: Fire £e- stroyeTl the Horseshoe mill, said to be the largest wet crushed cyanide mill in the world. The fire started in the lime bins. The mill cost $300,000. To Defend Autolsts. New York dis"p«5.tcb: A former magistrate now practicing law has been retained by the Automobile Club of America to look after the interests ef any member who runs afoul of the speeding law in this city. Can-Makers Quit Work. Davenport, Iowa, dispatch: Five "Hundred employes of- the American Can company struck. The men de­ mand a 20 r©r cent increase in wages and recognition of their u.*3n. TOCO IS VICTOR IN SEA BUTTLE Japanese Vice Admiral Again Proves His Superiority .. / Over Russians. BOTH SIDES ARE HEAVY LOSERS Rojeatvensky Fleet Is Badly Crippled, Two Battleships, Three Cruisers and Several Torpedo Boata Going Down. ~ Tokio, May 29.--It Is officially an­ nounced that Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet has been practically annihilated. Twelve warships have been sunk or captured and two transports and two torpedo-boat destroyers have been suck. Russians Are Pursued. London, May 29,--The Tokio cor­ respondent of the Daily Mail says that the Russian fleet has been dis­ persed, that several Russian ships have been disabled and. that the. re­ mainder are in flight with the J*p*» nese pursuing. The correspondent of the Morning Post at Shanghrtl mk.vh (hat ti tHograra has been *•«*<•<*!v*»<l (Iter* from I'fklij announcing that Mojnstvi'imky's fleet has been defeato<t off thw Tsu inlands and is fleeing nortltwnnl, niiii that four Russian shlpM, iticltidltig the battleship Borodino, have boon sunk. Nsws at Washington. Washington, May 29.--The follow­ ing dispatches have been received by the state department, the first from the United States consul at Nagasaki, the 8econd from Minister Oriscom at Tokio: "Nagasaki, May 28.--Japanese sunk the Russian battleship Borodino and four more warships and a repair ship." The other dispatch read as follows: "Tokio, May 27.--Japanese fleet en­ gaged the Baltic squadron this after­ noon in the Straits of Tsushima, which was held. Cannonading he^trd from shore." Japan Loaea Ships. Tsingtau, May 29.--There is a run­ ning naval engagement between the* Russian and Japanese fleets in the straits of Corea^, near the island of Oki. It is reported that the whole Russian fleet Is not participating, all the slower vessels having steamed around Japan. The Japanese losses so far are stated to be one cruiser and ten torpedo-boats. Washington Gets Official Report. Washington, May 29.--A dispatch was received at the state department Sunday saying that the Japanese government had made the announce­ ment that its fleet had engaged the Russians in the Straits of Korea Sat­ urday and had held them. The re­ ported sinking of the battleship Bo­ rodino is mentioned in a,dispatch re­ ceived at the state department fjrom the consul at Nagasaki. The belief in naval Circles In Wash­ ington is that the Japanese resorted to a free use of their torpedo-boats in their attacks on the vessels of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet. Mr. Takahlra, the Japanese minis­ ter, received a private cablegram from Japan to the effect that the fight­ ing thus far in the naval battle had been with favorable prospects for the Japanese. RUSSIANS ARE WHIPPED. London, May 29.--Meager advices from news centers -in the orient in­ dicates that Admiral Togo has van­ quished the Russian fleet under Ad­ miral Rojestvensky. It appears that six Russian ships ha^e been sunk, others disabled and ihe rest of the fleet put to flight. The Japanese, however, did not escape without loss, a fact that demonstrates to .British minds that the battle was a terrific one, undoubtedly the greatest by far of any of modern times. It is difficult to obtain any informa­ tion on the exact losses. Apparently, however, the Japanese lost one cruis­ er and several torpedo-boats, one dis­ patch saying ten of the latter. If this be true it shows that Admiral Togo used his little wasps of the sea to far greater extent than naval observers expected him to do. Of the Russian vessels sunk the dis­ patches mention the battleships Orel and Borodino, two of the finest in the squadron and among the most power­ ful in the world. When they went down probably 1,500 lives were lost, for the complement of each was 750 men, and both, with all others in the fleet, were overmanned. Torpedo Boats Attack. The exact time of the battle's be­ ginning is not yet fixed. From vari­ ous dispatches naval experts judge that Admiral Rojestvensky stehmed into the strait of Korea between 2 and 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon., Togo's main fleet had been making its base at Massampho, Korea. Warned by scout-Ships of Rojestvensky's ap- WEE BOY STABS BIG BROTHER Uses Scissors in Fit of Anger to In­ flict a Fatal Wound. Pittsburg, la., dispatch: George Brockie, 7 years old, fatally stabbed his brother, Adam, 15 years old, with a pair of scissors during , a fit of anger at their home in Homestead. The boys were wrestling ifcnd when George realized that Adam was get­ ting the better of him he plunged a pair of scissors into Adam's breast. The physicians say the wound will cause death. proach, Togo stationed his ships at strategic points to command the strait of Korea, and when the Russians en­ tered the strait the swift little Jap­ anese torpedo-boats dated to battle against the pride of the Russian navy, striking first at the big battleships. It soon became a running battle that continued for 200 miles to the island of Oki, far northeast in the sea of Japan. Nothing has been heard of the Russian vessels from Vladivostok, and it is unknown whether they got south far enough in time to join in the fight­ ing. Reports Togo Holds Straits. "Togo holds the straits," is the la­ conic message that has been received by the Japanese legation. This means that Rojestvensky's bold dash for Vladivostok by way of the Corean strait and across the sea of Japal has failed. « The story of. the conflict step by step is this: After dividing and re­ uniting his fleet a dozen times in the evident pursuit of a policy of confus­ ing the Japanese admiral, Rojestven­ sky collected his entire force off the Saddle islands^--sixty miles southeast of Shanghai--Tuesday, passed * a day in coaling and refitting and Wednes­ day night displayed signals and head­ ed northeast for the Corea strait, 480 miles away. But, according to the naval intelligence bureaui of Naga­ saki, Togo had never been misled by the Russian strategy. Had Rojestvensky sailed around by the Pacific he would have found Togo waiting for him somewhere about the Hakodate rendezvous. Approaches during Fog. The Times' Tokio correspondent says that telegrams from apparently trustworthy sources show that Vice- Admiral Rojestvensky approached Tsu islands in the afternoon of May 27 during a fog, which cleared up in the afternoon, when the Russians were sighted by the Japanese. The battle commenced between 2 and 3 o'clock in the afternoon. There was a strong breeze blowing, with a high sea. A disaptch to the Times from Paris says that a private telegram from Che-Foo, probably from Russian sources, reports that Rojestvensky began to force a passage of the Co­ rean strait Saturday night without lights in two lines, one on each side of Tsu island. Heavy firing Is said to have btfen hearc' in the strait be­ tween 9:30 and 10:30 o'clock at night, when it ceased. The same dispatch says one of Ro­ jestvensky's ships returned to Kai- chou Friday night, having been badly damaged by a collision with another ship. When Rojestvensky began the fight he had eleven battleships. When, af­ ter a brave fight of thirty-six hoars, his battered, crushed fleet turned to fight, two of these monster ships were at the bottom of the Corean strait. With these and the other Rus­ sian ships „sunk it is estimated that Rojestvensky lost at least 3,000 men in the battle. Reports Favor Russians. St. Petersburg, May 29.--The St. Petersburg telegraph agcncy publish­ es the following from Shanghai under date of May 28: "From all quarters telegrams are arriving here announc­ ing that a naval battle is In progress in the Tsu straits, near the Japanese coast. No details are given, but the tone of telegrams from Che-Foo is favorable to the Russians. The tele­ grams say'that the Vladivostok squad­ ron participated In the engagement. "An English firm in Shanghai has received a telegram from Tokio to the effect that the Japanese have been victorious, but nobody "here believes it. ^ "There' Is the greatest excitement in Shanghai. All the warships in the harbor have cleared for action. "The cable to Woosung has been interrupted since Saturday, but the cause is not known. "Numerous merchantmen have post­ poned their departure pending the re­ ceipt of further news." THREE HURT IN SHAM BATYLE Participants in Spectacle tAre Tramp­ led on During Charge. New York dispatch: Three men were seriously injured and another may die as a result of being trampled on in the charge of the New South Wales lancers and the Highland brig­ ade at the Boer spectacle at Brighton Beach. The accident occurred in the tableau representing the battle of Paairdeberg, when more than 800 men are on the field. Charles Stewart and James Hardner, British guriners; John Barlow, a cavalryman, and Piet Gon- ner, one of the Boer horsemen, were badly hurt. Barlow may die. Appolhtfr-Navat Cadet. Ramsey, 111., special i^^Xgj&gressman,,? D. S. Dickson of this cityhas apj^intv, ed John J. Saxer of Centralia to the naval academy at Annapolis for the twenty-third Illinois district, with Francis C. Bennett as alternate. Roosevelt to Name Democrat. New Orleans dispatch: President Roosevelt has turned down the Repub­ lican machine here and will appoint L. G. Skipwith, a. dyed-in-the-wool Democ rat, appraiser of the iPWt* LOSES ALL RELATIVES AT ONCE Indiana Man Hears of Train Killing Four of His Kin in Ohio. Mishawaka, Ind., dispatch: * Joseph Howell, Connected with the Lake Shore office, sent his mother, sister, uncle and the latter's wife to Ohiorfor a 1 sit May 3. Friday he received a telegram informing him that all four had been killed by a train at the town of Louisville. They were the only rel­ atives he had in the world. SENATOR TILLMAN IS INJURED Horses Fall Over Embankment, Throwing Him Into Deep Ditch. Charleston, S. C., dispatch: While returning to his home at Trenton in a carriage, after attending the com­ mencement exercises of the South Carolina coeducational Institution at Edgefield, United States Senator Ben­ jamin R. Tillman was driven over an embankment near the campus and painfully but not seriously injured, sustaining two ugly cuts on the top of hie head. Police Chiefs Adjourn. ington dispatch: The Inter- InanAssociation of Chiefs of Po- held xs formal session and ad­ journed to njeet in Hot Springs, Ark., one year hence. All the old officers were re-elected unanimously. Kentucky Method. tOuisville, Ky., dispatch: William Cundiff who, several years ago, shot and filled T. T. Bradshaw in Adair pounty, Ky., was waylaid and murder ed eear Rowena. EVERY WALK IN LIFE. * • £. A. Boyce, a farmer, living thft* find a half miles from T r e n t o n,» Mo., says: "A sevete cold settled in my kid- j neys and de-: Yeloped s o quickly that ^ I was obliged ^ to lay off work on ac­ count of the aching in my back and sides. For a time I was un- able to walk at all, and every make- shift I tried and all the medicine I took had not the slightest effect. My back continued to grow weaker until I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and I must say I was more than sur­ prised and gratified to notice the back­ ache disappearing gradually until it finally stopped." Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all deal* ers or by mail on receipt of price, 50 cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. y. Richard Mansfield'e Explanation. One evening at supper, shortly after Richard Mansfield produced Mo- Here's "The Misanthrope," a bore, of the type who delight'to set them­ selves up against anything approved by others, was at much pains to tell the actor that, fine as his results had been, it was, nevertheless, an artis­ tic sacrilege to translate Mollere. "Translation," he said, "inevitably banishes1 the spirit of the original and defiles a work of art." "The produc­ tion of 'The Misanthrope,' my dear sir," replied Mansfield with a gra­ cious smile, "was our revenge on Bernhardt for playing 'Hamlet' In French." ULCERS FOR 30 YEARS. Painful Eruptions From Knees to Feet 8eemed Incurable--Cuticura Ends Misery. Another of those remarkable cures by Cuticura, after doctors and air else had failed, is testified to by Mr. M. C. Moss of Gainesville, Texas, in the following letter: "For over thirty years I suffered from painful ulcers and an eruption from my knees to feet, and could find neither doctors nor medicine to help me, until I used Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills, which cured me in six months. They helped me the very first time I used them, and I am glad to write this so that others suffering as X did may be saved from misery." The Uses of Evil. "Say, ma wants two pounds of but ter. She wants it just exactly like what you sent the day before yester­ day, an' if it ain't that same kind she don't want any at all." The small boy had bolted In, 61s> charging himself abruptly of his er rand, pausing now only for breath. But the grocer, taking down the ordei of a new customer, did not mind the interruption. "You see, Madam, how it goes," he said pleasantly. "My customers arc particular, and it is my pleasure to get them exactly what they demand. Yea, sonny," blandly to the boy, "you shall be attended to at once." "Ma says don't fergit to send the same kind of butter," reiterated the boy. "Some of pop's relations has just come to visit, and ma says that if thej stay long it won't be her fault." Leopold at Outs With Daughters. King Leopold, harassed by family litigation, is' reported to have com­ pletely altered his testamentary di» positions. He regards his daughters much as Lear regarded Regan and Goneril when he came to know them. King Leopold's fortune is estimated at about $10,000,000. Most of this he is expected to bequeath to the Belgian people for works of public utility. Hie daughters will get no more than $40,- 000 a year apiece. BOOK OF BOOK8. Over 30,000,000 Published. An Oakland lady who has a taste for good literature, tells what a happy time she had on "The Road to ffiell- ville." She says: "I drank coffee freely for eight years before I began to perceive any evil effects from it. Then I noticed that I was becoming very nervous* and that my stomach was gradually losing the power to properly assimi­ late my food. In time I got so weak that I dreaded to leave the house-- for no reason whatever but because 61 the miserable condition of my nerves and stomach. I attributed the trouble to anything in the world but coffee^ of course. I dosed myself with medi­ cines, which in the end would leave me in a worse condition than at first, I was most wretched and discoura^ ed--not 30 years old and feeling that life was a failure! "I had given up all hope of ever enjoying myself like other people, till one day I read the little book "The Road to Wellville." It opened my eyes, and taught me a lesson I shall never forget and cannot value too highly. I immediately quit the use of the old kind of coffee and began to drink Postum Food Coffee. I noticed the beginning of an improvement in the whole tone of my system, afitex only two days' use of the new drink, aid in a very short time realized that I could go about like other people without the least return of the ner­ vous dread that formerly gave me so much trouble. In fact my nervous­ ness disappeared entirely and has never returned, although it is now a year that I have been drinking Postum Food Coffee. And my stomach is now like iron--nothing can upset it! "Last week, during the big Cofr clave in San Francisco, I was on tlie go day and night without the slight est fatigue; and as I stood in the Im­ mense crowd watching the great paj> ade that lasted for hours, I thought to myself, 'This strength is what Po» turn Food Coffee has given me!'" Name given by Postum Co., Battli Creek, Mich. *, „ There's a reason. 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