THE PLYMOUTH TRIBUNE

.PLYMOUTH, IND

HENDRICKS CI CO.. - Publishers.

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PAST AND PEESENT

AO IT COMES TO US FROM ALLCORNERS OF THE EARTH.

Telecrephlc Iniormatlon Oatlieredby tK- - Tew for the Call afctn menf tts Many.

Hatchet Brigade Smashes Saloons.Four illicit saloons were wrecked by

Tomen at Cuba, Kas., and much liquordestroyed. Mrs. . O. Fites and Mrs.William McDonald, wires of prominentbusiness men, armed with hatchets, firstentered, without warning, the place runby Den Hult. Without ceremony theybegan smashing everything in sight, ands on they had demolished bar and fixturesand broken every bottle and opened everykeg to be found. Later they were joinedby twenty-fiv- e other women and the partyraided the other three places in Cuba.The stocks and fixtures at each placewere destroyed in prompt order. Finallythe women spilled into the street a greatquantity o keg beer that had been con-fiscated and s toted at the city jail.

Fnnston Accepts the Post.It is announced that General Grant will

assume the command cf the Departmentof the East, on September 28. GeneralGrant will be succeeded in Chicago byGan. Fred Funston.

General Funston has notified the WarDepartment that be is willing to take thedetail of the Department of the Lakes,made vacant by the transfer of GeneralGrant, lie admits that he would havemuch preferred being appointed to theDepartment of Columbia.

When he learned, however, that Gener-al Williams had been assigned there hewaived his desire. General Williams isalready on the way to his new appoint-ment.

Resumption at Joliet.There has been a general resumption of

work in Joliet, 111. The Illinois SteelCompany plant is running full force, andso is the American Steel and Wire Com-pany's Scott street mill. The Rockdalemill is rushing its Improvements to getunder way. The old Railroad streetmill, idle for a long time, has startedwith a double turn drawing wire. TheJoliet plant of the Great Western CerealCompany, idle since last February, hasbeen opened with a fall force and manyorders ahead. The steel and wire com-

panies have many advance orders.

Jealousy the Cause.Actuated, it is believed, by Jealousy,

and his infatuation for his step-daught- er,

Augusta Guth, Lorenz Lentsch of Chi-cago shot the girl and her fiance, EdwardMoeller, and then killed himself. Therecovery of the young woman is doubtful.Lentsch was a tool maker and residedwith his wife and two step-daughte- rs.

During the last five years, it is said, hohas been openly infatuated with Augusta,who is twenty years old. AntonioLentsch, widow of the suicide, says th--

on several occasions her husband las toldher she should die and allow him tomarry the younger woman.

Four Injured in a Collision.In a head-o- n collision between two

passengar trains on the Pittsburg divisionof the Baltimore & Ohio, near Glenwood,Pa., four persons were severely tart andten or twelve sustained minor injuries:The road is single track at Glenwoodwhere these trains usually pass, and thenorth-boun- d train, being twenty minuteslate, was for some reason allowed to gopast. The trains came together at Deck'sRun, on a curve. The engineer and fire-

man on the north-boun- d train escaped in-

jury by jumping.

Philippine City Destroyed by Fire.Manila special: The city of ßinang,

Island of Luzon, has been destroyed byfire. One hundred persons perished inthe flames and 5.000 were rendered home-less, 'ibe loss is estimated kt $100,000.The government is furnishing shelter andfood to the people made destitute by thefire.

According to the census of 1S95 B inacghad a population of 8

Found Bich Vreaanre.A dispatch from Johannesburg sayst

Mr. Kemp, & cousin of General Kemp,the Boer Commander, hs dficovered be-

yond Shelonken, in the nnthjrn Trans-vaal, the treasure removed fron Pre-toria before the entry ol Field MarshalKoberts. The value of the treasure is es-

timated at $1,250,000, of which the gov-ernment will receive half.

American School Burned.Constantinople special : The American

flohool for boys, at Erzerom, has beenburned. It is believed the fire was starttdby accident. This is the second AmericanSchool, at Erzerom, to be destroyed bylire, the institution for girls having teesburned, January 10. The los in that in-

stance was attributed to inceniiaries.

Bulgarians and Turk lent.Belgrade special: A telegram from Us-k- ub

reports a desperate fight betweenBulgarians and Turks at Staraatow. TheBulgarian leader was among those killed.

Two Men Killed by Explosion of Gas .An explosion of gas in an iron furnace

of the Lafollette Coal and iron Company,at Lafollette, Tenn., resulted in the deathof two men and the fatal injury of. oneether.

Explosion Kills Two. ,An explosion of gas in an iron furnace

of the Lafollette Coal and Iron Company,at Lafollette, Tenn., resulted in the deathof two men and the fatal injury of aaether.

Forest Fire Causes $200,000 Loss.News from Barrow, Wash., states that

forest fires have destroyed the stampmill of the Goat mine and all of thdevelopment improvements on the Whixt-le- r

mine in the Slate creek district. Tiefire swept up the creek for a distanc- - elseveral miles. The property loss is esti-mated at $200,000.

Trap Gun Shoots Dursrfar.Jim Streeter, a negro, was killed by a

trap gun in the store of R. F. Lacey C;

Son at Powderl'y, a suburb of Bim;-j-ha- m,

Ala. The store has been bur;li-ize-

repeatedly during the lart f;77xnnntha.

BOYCOTT riGIITWAD BEAUX.

Twenty Girls Rljcn Appeal for SomeItoturn for Favors Shown.

"Tightwad Beaux" is the caption of aproclamation signed by twenty youngwomen of Logansport, Ind., and to bepublished by them, in which they protestagainst the selfishness of the young menof the town. The petition says: "This isa complaint from representative girls ofLogansport, who cry for relief from acondition which has prevailed since Lo-gansport was founded. We refr to theutter selfishness of the city's young men.They are content to sit around ourhomes, allowing us to fan them, sing orplay for them. They eat our 'fudje andbestow the blessing of their companyupon us. But when anything comes upinvolving the expenditure of money it'sa different matter. If smiles cost theyoung men anything they would not be sogenerous even with them. Such a thingas taking a girl buggy riding or to atheater, or sending her sweets, flowers,books or music is unknown. The boys inother Indiana towns are not this way.We are tired of it, and wish to say so inplain English. A hint usually suffices.'Boys, get busy. " Tbe original twentysigners of the appeal announce their in-

tention of crusading against the closefisted swains and effecting a boycott ofstingy beaux as soon as their numbersare sufficiently augmented to make thestep effective.

REUNION ENDS LONG MYSTERY.

Brother, Acquitted 20 Years Ago ofMurder, Finds Supposed Victim.

Edward Van Lieu of Grand Rapids,Mich., agent of the Chicago AutomaticBrake Company, and Cornelius S. VanLieu of Pasadena, Cal., brothers, metby accident in Granl , Rapids Monday,after twenty years separation. Themeeting cleared up a long mystery in thedisappearance of Cornelius, which causedthe trial of Edward on a charge of mur-der. The brothers lived at Vernon Cen-ter, Oneida county. New York, and onenight in a tavern had a quarrel and fight.Cornelius left that night for the Westwithout informing evr.u his mother. Ed-ward was soon afterward arrested, thetheory of the prosecution being that hekilled his brother and concealed the re-

mains. Edward claimed self-defens- e,

and believed that his brother, dazed froma blow, had fallen into the river and per-ished. The first trial resulted in a dis-

agreement of the jury and the second inacquittal. After the reunion the broth-ers telegraphed their mother, who is stillliving in Oneida county, and also theOneida county officers, and will leavesoon for their old home.

BLOW UP RESERVOIR GATES.

Precautions at St. Mary's O., to Pre-vent Flood People Excited.

Before daybreak Tuesday the gates atthe head of St. Marys reservoir at St.Mary's, Ohio,' were blown up by dyna-mite. The report of the explosion washeard for miles. The buildings in thecity were shaken and some windowswere broken. Intense excitement prevailsbot every precaution has been taken toprevent a flood. There are many whoconsider the reservoir a menace to sur-rounding farm?.

Kills Wife with Hatchet.Charles V. Sherman, aged 31, killed

his wife at their home in Hamilton, 0.,and then cut his own throat. lie willrecover. Sherman quarreled with hiswife because she wanted to take a posi-tion as telegraph operator. In his un-governable rage he struck her with ahatchet, crushing her skull. In a state-ment to the police he said jealousy wasthe cause.

Armour Glue Plant Burns.A fire which started in the glue plant

of Armour & Co., in the stock yards dis-

trict of .Chicago, destroyed propertyworth about $100.000. Lime "working"in the vat is thought to have started thefire, and so quickly did the flames spreadthat before they were under control thethree-stor- y brick building was in ruins.

Mexican Dollars Flee Isles.American money rapidly is driving all

Mexicun dollars out of the Philippines,according to a ietter received from HenryC. Ide, secretary of finance and justice atManila. Mr. Ide says the old currencyamounting to $40,000,000 has been large-ly brought into the insular treasury forrecoinage or the Mexican has been ex-ported.

Picnic Is 8wept by Tor lado.Three persons lost their lives and sev-

eral others were injured in a tornadothat swept through Chautauqua county,N. Y. Parkhurst's Grove, where theStocktown town picnic was being held,was directly in the path of the storm.Five thousand people were on thegroinds when the windstorm sweptthrough the place.

Will Start as Open Shops.The Macbeth-Evan- s Company, which

operates four large lamp chimney fac-tories in Marion and El wood, Ind., To-ledo, Ohio, and Charleroi, Pa., has noti-fied all its employes that the factorieswill resume operations and will be con-ducted as open shops, unions not to berecognized.

Ohio Bank Fails.On application of Frank B. Reed, the

cashier, the German-America- n Bank, theoldest financial institution in Sidney, O.,was placed In the hands of a receiver.The bank has a capital stock of $73,000.The liabilities are estimated kt $250,000and the assets at $200,000.

Killed by Iiis Young Son.Harry MiUer, 17, shot and Instauxly

killed his father, John Wr. Miller, 50, attheir home eight miles northeast of Eas-to-n,

Ohio. The tragedy resulted from aquarrel between the elder Miller and hiswife, in which the former had threatenedto kill the latter.

Quarrel Has Fatal End.Lyman Kimbel, aged 60, and Albert

Stagle, age 50, farmers living nearSouth Charleston, Ohio, quarreled abouta fence. Kimbel is dead and Stazle ifin jail. He admits beating Kimbel onthe head with a brick, but asserts self-defens- e.

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Tries to Blind ßentry.Private Costello of Company I, Ninth

Infantry, threw a quantity of pepper ina sentry's eyes at the post at Watertown,N. Y., and attempted to escape. Thesentry fired, the bullet taking effect inthe back. Costello will die.

Galveston Sea Wall Dedicated.Galveston, Texas, on Monday dedicat-

ed the great sea wall which is expectedto protect the city from a recurrence ofthe flood of four years ago. The struc-ture took a year and a half to build andcost $1,200.000.

Wild Stampede in Asuncion.The panic at Asuncion, Paraguay, is

indescribable. Foreigners in all parts ofParaguay are leaving under the protec-tion of the diplomatic corps. The beliefis growing that the government mustyield.

Dronght Is Relieved.The" weekly crop report says abundant

rains have relieved the drought in partscf the central valleys and corn has madegsod progress.

Favor Separate Ccaools.Ti.3 Kansas association of citks cf ths

Crrt tnd cend class has a:;tcl a r;

olution In favor of maintaining separateschools for negro and white pupils. Theresolution stated that the race questionhad grown so serious in Kansas as tomake some action necessary.

RENEW SMASHING CRUSADE.

Women of Cuba, Kan., with HatchetPut Four Saloons Out of Busines.Four joints, or illicit, saloons, were

wrecked by women in Cuba, Kan., andmuch liquor destroyed. Mrs. O. E. Fitesand Mrs. William McDonald, wives ofprominent business men, armed withhatchets, first entered without warningthe place run by Ben Hull. Withoutceremony they began to smash everythingin sight and soon they had demolishedbar and fixtures and broken every bottleand opened every keg to be found. Laterthey were joined by twenty-fiv- e otherwomen, and the entire party raided theother four joints in Cuba. The stocksand fixtures at each place were destroy-ed. Finally the women spilled into thestreet a great quantity of keg beer thathad be.cn confiscated and stored in thecity jail.

EDDY VAT BREAKS JAIL.

Confederates Climb Prison Walls andSaw Through Bars of Cell.

Eddie Fay, who was in jail in Janes-vill- e.

Wis., awaiting trial on a'charge ofrobbing the Superior (Wis.) postoffice of$14.000 in stamps and money, and forChicago robberies, made a sensational es-cape from his cell some, time' duringThursday night. Fay was assisted byoutsiders, who climbed to the secondstory outside his cell and sawed through j

the heavy iron bar, enabling him to effect j

his escape. Two others who were charg- -ed with complicity in the robbery are !

Charles Flaherty, now in jail at FortLeavenworth, and Ed Flaherty, whomade his escape from the Madison jaiLFay is said to be in Chico. He lawanted there for several jobs.

VICTIM OF DYNAMITE PLOT.

Hotel Demolished and Proprietor Nar-rowly Escapes Death.

The Avenue hotel at Elmira Heights,N. Y., was practically demolished bydynamit i and the explosion shook thecity from center to circumference. Theexplosive was placed against the hotelunder the window of the proprietor,Pearl Scott, who was in his bedroom.A hole ten feet wide was blown throughthe building, but Scott escaped injury.A stone building in the rear was demol-ished and windows were shattered in alldirections. There is no clew to the per-petrator.

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KILL HERD OF 1,000 SHEEP.

Horsemen Keep Up Fusillade for TwoHours, Destroying All Animals.

More than 1,000 thoroughbred sheepbelonging to Morrow & Keenan of Wil-low Creek,, were killed at Little SummitPrairie, forty miles east of Princeville,Oregon. While the herder was aloneabout twenty horsemen, with facesblackened, emerged from the timber andcommanded him to throw up his hands.A fusillade with Winchesters was begunby the mob and lasted nearly two hours,by which time the entire baud had beenkilled or scattered. x

STRIKERS STONE A FUNERAL,.

Attack Is Made to Show ResentmentAgainst Nonunion Carpenter.

A mob of nearly 200 strikers and theirsympathizers attacked a funeral procession In Omaha. Bricks were thrown at ,;

the hearse, and a large force of deputieswhich was on hand was unable to quellthe disturbance. The strikers took thismeans of showing ' their resentmentagainst a carpenter who had remained atwork in one of the packing plants, and ?

whose child s body was in the hearse.

Swear? Why Not? 8he Says.Miss Mcud Kocher, Who was fined 07

cents in Wilkesbarre, Pa., for two swearwords, has decided to appear and test theright to freedom of speech in. her ownhome. She was arrested recently oncomplaint of Mrs. Pearl Hayes, who saidthat, in a quarrel at Miss Koch er's housethe young woman swore at her twice.

Says Husband Slew Child.Alfred Boister, colored, aged 72, is in

jail at Niobrara, Neb., charged with mur-- !

dering his child with a saw last month. '

His wife alleges he killed the child andburied it and says she has been afraidt'j reveal the facts because he had threat--,encd to murder her if she did.

Held Back by Labor Troubles.Weekly trade reviews report a confi-

dent tone in business, with an activecountry demand and satisfactory distri-bution of merchandise.. Labor contro-versies prevent improvement in manufac-turing.

Mrs. James H. McVicker Dead.Mrs. James H. McVicker, widow of

the late manager of McVicker'a theaterin Chicago, and for many years after her '

husband's death in charge of the playhouse, died in Pasadena, Cal.

Marshall Field Pays Most Taxes.The largest individual taxpayer in the ;

United States is said to be MarshallField of Chicago, whose Cook countyassessment this year reaches a total of$40,000,000. .

Velvet" Paper Money Loses.After most exhaustive experiments

with a process to make paper money orvelvety softness, treasury officials inWashington have decided to retain themethod producing the "crisp" variety.

Hail Loss in Northwest LarfrslOtto C Tollefson, secretary of the

Northwestern Fire and Marine InsuranceCompany of Minneapolis, says that hailalready has caused $L 100,000 damage tocrops in the two Dakotas and Minnesota.

Japan States Her Intention.Japan has addressed a note to the

powers informing them that unless Rus-- !

sia forthwith disarms her warships inj Shanghai Japan will be forced to take

steps to protect ner interests.

War on Impur. Food Imports.The war o. impure food imports is to

be extended by the Washington authori--!ties, who will place chemists at the prin-- i

cipal ports as an additional safeguard.

Large Wheat Crop in Canada.The Canadian wheat crop is declared

to be in no danger from rust and esti-mates place the yield of he harvest atnearly 100,000,000 bushels.

Puts Force on Short Time.The Reading company posted notices

that empkr-- s in the locomotive and carshops wiH-'vor- k eight hours a day and'five days a week

Fum'ture Factory Burns.The furuiure factory controlled by the

Canada Furniture Syndicate at Waterl-oo, Ont, was completely destroyed tyfire; loss., $125,000.

Drown in Adirondack. .

Adele Sturtevant and James A. Sturte-va- nt

of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Harris ELSturtevant of Rome, N. Y., were drown-ed in the Arirondacks.

CII Landmark Dtitroyed.Fire has destroyed the Benjamin

Schenci hcieL-tead-, one cf the oldestho::3 cn Lccj Islanl, built a nula freuCzz--- 3

I---l 13 years ao.

During the past week the greatstruggle in the central theater of tbeRusso-Japanes- e war seemed to havebegun. General Kouropatkin notedthat the Japanese pickets were perni-ciously active, especially at Llandian-sian, Llandiansian is about twenty-fiv- e

miles southeast of Liaoyang, onthe main road to Fengwangcheng. Itwaa said to bo the key to Liaoyang.But this may be taken with a grainof salt. The war correspondents, des-pairing of news, are falling back onstrategical hypotheses and denotingaknost every little village in Manchu-ria as-- a "key."

During the night the Japanesethrew up breastworks southeast ofLlandiansian, and in the morning be-

gan the bombardment They had nottaken the place at the point whereKouropatkin's report suddenly breaksoff. They probably have taken theposition by this time, slnco they wereattacking with two divisions.

The Russians suffered more navalreverses during the week. On Satur-day, the Novik was seen in a harborof Sakhailen Island. About 4 o'clockin the afternoon the Japanese cruiserTsushima bore in toward the harbor.The Novik was coming out The Tsu-shima was-- careful to keep broadsideon to the Russian ship, so cvs to de-

liver the full efTect of tho first volley.Had It been bows on its rear and sideguns would have been rcasked. Thefighting lasted forty-fiv- e minutes,when the Novik retired. A Russianhell hit the water, ricocheted, and

struck the Jap cruiser over its coalbunker, straining its plates. It began

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ETSESilAN AND AXTESIIAN F0ÜTS, CAPTURED BY JAPANESE.Etseshan fort, captured by the Japanese, is one of the principal defensive

works northweät of Port Arthur. It surmounts a hill 4G5 feet in height, and isabout two miles from what is called the new city, located on the northern shoreof West Port. This new city is principally occapied by Russians. Another fortthat the Japanese captured is called Anttshan, and stands about a mile north ofEtseshan. The latter is considered to be the key to Port Arthur. In the war of1894 Etseshan was captured by the brigade of Gen. Nishi, who is now fightingat Port Arthur.

to leak, and at 5:30 the ships, pulleda.part. The next morning the cruiserCShitose sailed up to the harbor andfound the Novik aground, listed over.The Chitose leisurely threw a fewhells Into the Muscovite ship, then

bombarded the town behind, and sail-

ed away. Thereal work had alreadybeen done by the Tsushima.

Sakhalien Ls situated inunediatelynorth of Yezo, the northernmost Japa-nese island. The Japanese formerlyowned and occupied the southern por-

tion of Sakhalien, but were Inducedor compelled to relinquish It by Russiasome thirty yeers ago. The Island isbarren and desolate, but is supposedto contain minerals of not inconsider-able value. If Japan wins 'in the warßhe will probably take Sakhalien backagain.

On Tuesday, the battleship Sevas-topol, already crippled by Togo in theprevious fight, struck a mine in PortArthur waters. Its fore part filledwith water and its bow became sub-merged. It was "towed to the innerharbor. A month ago such an eventwould have been set down as a fear-ful Russian calamity, but the Rusisianfleet is so badly demoralized and crip-pled already that ; a little additionaldamage does not seem exciting news.

On the day after the Sevastopol mis-fortune, two Russian destroyers, cock-chaferi- ng

around, struck mines. Onesunk immediately. The other withdifficulty was towed back to port.

General Stoessel ans-were- that hewould not surrender. Three days laterthe Japanese began what they hopedwould be the final assault on Port Ar-

thur. All through Saturday, Sunday,'and Monday they threw their soldiersas they would throw Iron splinters ofcanisters at the steep rock sides of thefort capped hills. But the Nipponeseeffort was vain. Port Arthur Füllstood.

Then the onset slackened. Even theJapanese could not persevere in thatmilitary operation. They are recklessuoldlers, when 'Dai Nippon Banzai" isccreamed. The first law of nature Isaltered with them. They löse the In-

stinct of n, Butagahast Stoessel, fat, heavy, profaneBtoessel, who wears out many horseswith his all day riding, they could notprevail.

The Japanese, however, were notabsolutely defeated. Upon the redmap of the Kwangtung peninsula, thebrown line has pressed the gray linefurther southward, and both are morecontracted. The Japanese have

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cured a footing on the inner line offorts at Peiyushan and Etseshan. Toth north they hold Palischwang; tothe east, Takushan. From these posi-tions they can pour in a convergingCre on the eastern defenses.

The phrase "Port Artnur' no" longermeans the town of. that name whichformerly existed. That town has been"wiped out The houses are, leveled,the streets uprooted, the decks andTTharves- - are formless, the harbor Isfilled with crippled or sunken ships,tha banks are closed. Port Arthurrow means the chain of hills sur-mounted with forts. Under the fortacaves hare been ma d3 for tha eolilcrat3 live lx

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The Japanese base is Dalny. TheJapanese towns are being stripped oftheir heavy gins, because no Russianfleet can now menace the Mikado'scities. These guns have been broughtto Port Arthur and mounted on hills,w hence they keep up an unceasing fire.The great drama of the war is PortArthur. The great protagonist isStoessel. The play is a tragedy withmany acts. ;

TRAGIC STORY OF NAVAL

DESTRUCTION IN EPITOME.

Russian Naval Losses.NOVIK (cruiser), beached in a sinking

condition Aug. 21 at Korsakovsk, Isl-and of Sakhalien, after a battle withtwo Japanese cruisers.

RURIK (cruiser), sunk Aug. 14, in a"'fight with Kamimura's squadron.

FETROPAVLOVSK (battleship), blownup at Port Arthur April 13, AdmiralMakaroff and 700 others perishing.

CZAREVITCH (battleship), severelydamaged in the fight of Aug. 10, Ad-miral Withoft and 220 others beingkilled; vessel now at Tsingchou anddismantled.

BOYARIN (cruiser), reported sunk nearDalny, Feb. 14.

VARIAG (cruiser), blown up by the Rus-sians at Chemulpo Feb. 9, to preventits capture by the Japanese.

MANDCHTJR (gunboat), dismantled atShanghai Feb. 10 to prevent captureby the Japanese.

YEXESEI, sunk by a mine at DalnyFeb. 11.

SIVOUTCn (gunboat), scrttled at New-chwa- ng

Aug. 1 to prevent its fallinginto the hands of the Japanese.

KORJ.ETZ (gunboat), blown up at Che--

mulo Feb. 9 to prevent its beingcaptured.

BOGATYR (cruiser), badly damaged byrunning aground at Vladivostok May19; reported on May 22 to have beenblown up, but is known to be In drydock.

ASKOLD (cruiser), bidly damaged infight of Aug. 10, docked at Shanghaifor repairs.

ROSSIA (cruiser), badly damaged Lafight of Aug. 14; now at Vladivostok.

GROMOBOI (cruiser), suffered severelyin the battle of Aug. 14; is at Vlad-ivostok.

RIESHITELNI (destroyer), forciblytaken from Chefoo Aug. 11 by theJapanese.

GIOZOVOI (torpedo boat), now atShanghai, may be dismantled.

VNUSII1TELNY (destroyer), drivenashore in Pigeon Bay Feb. 14.

STERUGUTSCHI (destroyer), reportedsunk off Port Arthur March 10.

SKORI (destroyer), blown up by a mineMarch 16.

STRASHNI (destroyer), sunk In a fighteast of Port Arthur April 13.

Two torpedo boats sunk off Wei-Hai-Trr-Vi

after battle of Aig. 10.Gunboat sunk by a mine near Port Ar-

thur Aug. 18.

Japanese Naval Losses.HATSÜSE (battleship), sunk by a mine

near Dalny May 15.YOSIIINO (cruiser), sunk by being ram-

med by the cruiser Kasuga off PartArthur May 15.- -

MIYAKA (cruiser), sunk by a mine inKerr Bay May 13.

KAI M ON (gunboat), sunk by a mine hiTalienwan Bay July 5.

Five transports sunk by the Vladivostokraiders.

Sixteen vessels sunk at various timeswith the object of "bottling up" PortArthur.

War News in Brief.The report Is current in Tokio that

Gen. Kuroki has seized and cut the nil-roa- d

south of Mukden.,' Refugees from Port Arthur who hartreached Chefoo report that Gen. Stoesaelnow has only 15,000 effective men.

Gen. Sakharoff reports to St. Peters-burg that the total Russian losses atLiaoyang are estimated at 1,500 men.

The Russians were forced to abandonAnshanshan, Anping and Tsegow, outerdefenses of Liaoyang, after four days ofdesperate fighting.

Japan addressed a note to the powersinforming them that unless Russia forth-with disarmed her warships in ShanghaiJapan would be forced to take steps toprotect her interests.

French officials, fearing that Japan'svictory over Russia would give her adangerous predominance in the far East,urge that France, Great Britain and theUnited States join to avert it.

Gen. Kiropatkin reports that the Jap-anese hav advanced on Llandiansian,one of the principal defenses of Liao-yang, and Tantziaputzy, which lies be-

tween Liandiansian and Anping.

The Japanese are now in possessionof all the Outer defenses and some of theinner line of forts at Port Arthur. Onlythe citadel itself, the forts on GoldenIlhl. on the Tiger's Tail and on Liao-Tish- an

mountain remain in possession ofthe Russians.

The Japanese Sunday were within onemile of Port Arthur City and were hold-

ing the position at Chaochangkao withtheir main body. Two breach in thedefenses have been made, according toChefoo reports, and the frontal attack onthe outer forts has been abandoned, witha view cf ea trsaalt from the r:'.

HILL WILL QUIT POLITICS.

Makes the Announcement on Eve ofSixty-fir- st Birthday.

David Bennett Hill on the eve of hissixty-fir- st birthday, announced his inten-tion of retiring from politics Jan. 1, 1005,regardless of the result of the nationalor State election.

With the passing of Hill goes the lead-ership of the Democratic party in NewYork State, which has been held by himfor twenty years. Not only will he re-linquish the active leadership, but he de-clares that in the event' of Democraticsuccess this fall, he will not accept anyposition under the national or State ad-

ministration, nor will he again be a can-didate for any office.

Mr. Hill called some of his friends to-

gether the other night for the purposeof making his announcement, which was

DAVID BEXXETT IIILL.

a great surprise. He explained that hehad Intended to retire and make formaldeclaration to that effect on his sixtiethbirthday, but had been persuaded to stayat the helm until after the next presi-dential campaign. He felt, he said, thathe had performed sufficient service forthe party to be released from furtheractive duty, and that it was his desirehenceforth to devote more time to hispersonal affairs and professional dutiesthan has been afforded through his con-nection with politics.

Following is an epitome of David B.Hill's career:

1871-- 2 Member of the New York As-sembly.

1SS0-8- 1 Member of the Board of Al-

dermen of the city of Elmira.1852--3 Mayor of the city of Elmira.1853--5 Lieutenant Governor of New

York.18S5-0- 1 Governor of New York.1891-9- 7 Member for New York of

the United States Senate.1S94 Candidate for Governor of New

York State; defeated by Levi P. Morton.

THE BIGGEST MAJORITY.

Political Race in Which Pennsylvaniaat Present Leads Texas.

In 1SC8, at the first national electionafter the close of the Civil War, theRepublicans carried Pennsylvania by 28,- -000 majority, and Kentucky, then thestrongest of the Democratic States, gavea majority of 70,000. Texas had notbeen readmitted to the Union, its re-

construction not being complete.In the succeeding presidential election,

that of 1872, Pennsylvania rolled up amajority monumental for that period, of135,000 for the Republicans, and Texaswent Democratic by 1G.000.

In 1870 Texas gave 00,000 Democraticmajority; Pennsylvania went Republicanby 1S.000. In 1SS0 the Republican ma-jority in Pennsylvania was 37,000; theDemocratic majority iu Texas was 98,-00- 0.

Texas leading all other States inmajority.

In 1S84 Pennsylvania gave 81,000 Re-publican majority and Texas 132,000Democratic Texas still further ahead.

In 1SS8 Pennsylvania gave 80.000 Re-publican majority and Texas 140,000Democratic Texas still further ahead.

In 1892 Pennsylvania gave 03,000 Re-publican and Texas 140,000 Democraticmajority. In 189G Pennsylvania shotahead with 295,000 Republican majority,but Texas was not very far behind with202,000 majority for the Democrats.

In 1900 the Republicans carried Penn-sylvania by 2S8.000 arid the Democratscarried Texas by 140,000 Pennsylvaniafar in the lead.

Of these two States, one intensely Re-publican and the other overwhelminglyDemocratic, the two parties are likelyto depend this year for their banner ma-jorities; and under existing conditions itis not thought probable that the Demo-cratic majority in Texas will fall below200,000, whatever may be the result InPennsylvania.

NAVY NEEDS MEN.

Not Enough Officers and Sailors toMan American War Vessels.

Secretary Paul Morton will require allof the genius with which he is accred-ited if he is to dispose of all of the seri-ous problems that will come up withinthe net few months without any essen-tial decrease in the efficacy of the navy.

Because of the rate at which the navyia growing the old question of r "hortageof officers has presented itself in muchmore aggravated form than ever before.

With it is the new problem of a short-age of men, which is complicated by thedanger, due to a ruling from the Comp-troller of the Treasury, that it may beimpossible to recruit the enlisted forceup to the number required to man theships.

.There is a grave danger that withinthe next three or four months severalwarships which are In no need of repairsmay have to be put out of commissionfor no other reason than that officers andmen cannot be provided for them.

There is not a ship in the Americannavy- - that is not short of officers

One of the firsl messages the Presidentwill send to Congress will be an urgentrequest that the limit of the enlistedforce in the navy be Increased, and thatnw regulations for the enlistment ofmen be provided.

In a Prairie Schooner.Rev. J. W. Harrison of New York,

aged 67, recently passed through Alli-ance, Ohio, on his way home from theWest He is traveling in a prairieschooner and is accompanied by his wife.Together, they, have journeyed hundredsof miles, in his effort to regain his health.When Rev. Mr. Harrison's health beganfailing in New York a year ago, Iiis phy-

sicians advised out-do- or life. Tyheir, for-mer home was Atlanta and they decidedto make the journey to that city. Theyequipped a wagon with a complete cook-ing and sleeping outfit, light enough foronly one , horse, and left New York inSeptember, reaching the Georgia city inMarch. There they remained severalweeks. The aged minister conducts re-ligious services in the towns and citiesthrough which they pass. He feels thattaking up a collection is equivalent tobegging, so he does not ask anything.

Telegraphic Brevities.The department store of J. W. Tfcjns

at Marysville, Ohio, burned; loss $50,000,partly insured.

Gov. White of North Dakota appoint-ed Edward Engrud of Fargo to be su-preme judge, to succeed the late JudgeJohn IL Cochran?, who died tiiizzljJulyO.

The latest advices re-

ceivedNsv York. by the Interna-tional Mercantile Agen

cy show that there has been littlechange in business conditions duringthe week except in districts especiallyaffected by reports of crop damage anddisturbance incident to the cut In steelprices. Business on the whole-show- s

up well, and in most retail lines isfully holding its own. In certain sec-

tions of the West trade has been decid-edly stimulated, with Improved distri-bution and a generally hopeful feeling.Commercial centers are beginning tofeel the Impetus of summer travel, andbuyers are flocking to distributingpoints, disposed to buy liberally, al-

though with marked discrimination.This Is a good sign and shows that re-

plenishment this year wiil be conduct-ed along conservative lines. More sea-

sonable weather throughout the South-west has led to better results In manylines, especially in dry goods and va-

rious . branches of apparel. Boot andshoe orders are in better volume, andjobbers in hats and caps are forcingfactories to work overtime to keep upwith current business. This improve-ment has extended to the clothing In-

dustry, the outlook for which in somesections was reported uncertain a weekago. Less stock than usual Is believedto have been carried over in manylines, owing to the known conservatismof prominent dealers. Their experiencelast winter led to the greater care ex-

ercised this year in avoiding the "over-stocking evil" with spring and summergoods.

The Kansas City and St. Louis dis-tricts report another week of activbusiness, with steady improvement inmany lines and generally expandingtrade. The latter section especiallyis feeling the stimulus of increasedtrade from the World's Fair visitors,whose purchases are swelling the vol-

ume of ordinary business to abnormalproportions.

R. G. Dun & Co's weeklyChlcam review of Chicago trade

says:Business developments hare not rrn

evenly, although taken as a wholethere is Indication of progress towardfurther activity. The agricultural sit-

uation is not yet clearly deSned, andconflicting reports as to present condi-tion of growing crops, while unsettlingrecent estimates, cannot be seriouslyentertained until corroborated. It ap-pears highly probable that there willbe a diminished surplus of wheat avail-able for export, but thero is no just ap-prehension as to a great corn yield.Prices of the three leading breadstuilsnow average one-fift- h more than ayear ago, wheat alone being 29 centshigher. Speculation in the latter cerealhas created its highest quotation in6ome years, but Its altitude discouragesbuying and Invites violent reaction.

A more healthy feature is found inprovisions and live stock, both exhibit-ing recovery from the late depressionin values. Current dealings In the man-ufacturing and distributive channelsreflect wider demand. Cutting of listprices may be followed by increasedorders for wire and nails, but moresatisfaction is derived by local pro-ducers in the new commitments closedin Iron and steel, which reached a largetonnage In structural material, railsand pipe. Wholesale transactions werestimulated by augmented numbers ofinterior merchants, who selected freelyin staple lines for fall consumption.Purchases made indicate that there hasbeen little carrying over of old stock.Local buyers also added satisfactorilyto the demand, and the volume of salesmade a favorable showing in generaldry goods, men's furnishings and foot-wear. Demand disclosed a rising tend-ency in clothing, silks and cottongoods, and notwithstanding smallercity needs, sales were large In gro-ceries and canned goods on heaviercountry requirements. Retail trademaintained a fair level, with a bettertone In the fashionable goods. Mercan-tile collections were prompt on the out-

side, but a trifle slower on city bills,and defaults decreased. Grain ship-ments, 3,291,993 bushels, fell behindlast week's and 13.2 per cent under ayear ago. Cash operations were ratherlight in flour and wheat, but the coarsegrains experienced strong demand.Compared with the closing a week agocorn and oats values show no change,but wheat gained Si cents a bushel.Receipts of live stock, 248,774 head, arecloser to the normal. Trices closed 10cents lower for sheep, but gained 25cents a hundredweight in both choicebeeves and hogs. Bank clearings, $118,-159,41- 5,

are SJ3 per cent over those ofsame week bist fear.

Chicago Cattle, common to prime,$3.00 to $5.95; hogs, shipping grades,$4.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.75to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.05 to $1.07;corn, No. 2, T2c to 53c; oats, standard,S2c to S3c: rye, No. 2. 7Gc to 71c; hay,timothy, $8.50 to $13.50; prairie, $0.00 to$10.00; butter, choice creamery, 10c to18c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 10c; potatoes,47c to 52c. "''

St. Louis Crttie. $1.50 to $5.35; hogs,$4.00 to $5.43 : sheep. $3.00 to $3.75;wheat,No. 2, $1.00 to $1.07; corn. No. 2.51c to 52c; oat?. No. 2, 32c to 33c; rye,No. 2, 70c to 71c.

Cincinnati Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00;hogs, $4.00 to. $5.C0; sheep, $2.00 to$3.50; wheat, No. 2, $1.09 to $L10;corn, No. 2 mixed. 55c to 50c; oats. No.2 mixed, 33c to Sic; rje. No. 2. 72c to

oC.

DetroitCattle, $3.50 to $3.50; h.-$4.0- 0

to $5.00; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75;wheat, No. 2, $1.10 to $1.31; corn, No. 3yelLiw, 57c to 5Sc; oats. No. 3 white, S3cto 31c; rye, No. 2, 77c to 7Sc.

Toledo W!heat, No. 2 mixed, $1.11 to$1.15; com, No. 2 mixei 5Gc to 53c;oats. No; 2 mixed, C3c to Z4c; rye. No, 2,74c to 7Cc; clover seed, prime, $7.0.