The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 16, 1904, Page 2

. THE AN FRANCISCI Q CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1904, - REPORTS OF BIG VICTORY STILL S Claims of Japanese Disaster Are Yet Pouring In. AT -lief Is General That Battle Was Fought. a Japanese Lose Two Thousand Men in Combat. Hurled Back by the Defenders of Port Arthur. ~A dispatch to the | Petersburg says | rounces the receipt Port Arthur c the Japane ’ July of which have | i According to ussians recaptured taken by the 1 is not of extent of the 1 is beginning nee reived from A v A r he 2 w ded as | r th en h fight- tr r of Port Arthur , . »f Tokio regarding it is re significz | CHINESE ESTIMATE OF LOSSES. A special dispatch from Tatchekiao, | aat July 14, reports the account of the attempted storming of P ort Arthur estimate the Japanese T Japanege, the dis- | pe = ng as the result of Ch e epidemic ¥ EW gcheng and there are many is repeats the at Port not add nt that fled in Rus- ued by the to General Ren- ven Cossacks v i yish In which the I s n which the at Dalny, the cor- Wounded Japan Black Mountain, buried were day, July 14— egarding the Port Arthur panese losses 000 and thos 5500. The Japanese issians occupied the | on in. have now changed n and a big battle - eastern portion of £ to the Japanese | al posit at t as captured to-day the garb of a | rkably cool and | aid he wae a lived in Japan d loved that coun- | he declared, 'R REPAIRED. vp Resumes Her Place in Viadivostok Squadron. PETERSBURG, July 15.—It is| the fourth ship of the Y k squadron, now off the | J > is the craiser Bogatyr, | to that vessel were time ago to have been-| pleted. | T letter received here from | Viadivostok, dated June gives the first authentic account of the mishap | to the Bog from which it appears the cru h Rear Admiral Jessen on boar 1t out in pursuit of .a cruiser. The fog was so t the captain caused his pro- t attempting to navigate the be entered in the logbook, | r Admiral Jessen insisted on er struck on the rocks. were immediately placed e vessel as protection against { Mines ¢ Japanese, and it required a week for the other Russian cruisers to haul “% the Bogatyr. - CZAR REVIEWS TROOPS. Enthusiastically Cheered by the Popu- lace of Tamboff. TAMBOFF, Russia, July 15.—Czar holas arrived this morning and ac- cepted bread and salt from a deputa- tion representing the Jewish communi- ty. After services in the cathedral, he {manding Lunsantan Pass. . heretofore have been merely | parades, delaying | submarine boat Fulton, | Far reviewed the troops. On leaving Tam- Loff his Majesty was enthusiastically cheer=d by the people assembled in the sireets. R i HIGH STANDARD OF HONOR. Japan Returns Pamphlets Sent by Russian Revolutionists. MOSCOW, July 15.—According to a in circulation here, a revolution- zanization sent a package of unphlets to the Japanese, requesting that they be distributed among the Russian prisoners. The pamphlets were returned, with the statement that the Japanese did not engage in such work. . SRS MUKDEN, July 15.—In the fighting at the right flank of the line of de- fenses of Port Arthur on July 3 to July 6, the Russians drove back the Japanese and occupied the east bank | of the Lunsantan and the heights com- The Jap- anese losses were about 2000. Those of the Russians were insignificant. All is quiet in the direction of the | tussian left flank. The populace is following npeaceful occupations and working in the flelds. It seems certain that the Japanese | right flank is weak. According to the Chinese, the Jap- anese are making great preparations for the coming rains, which are due in earnest about Juiy 31. The rains chance dc ours. There is further confirmation of the reports that Koreans are guarding the Japanese rear. There are 10,000 Koreans regularly enrolled in the Japanese ser- vice and these, with a leaven of Jap- and under Japanese officers, are guarding the lines of communication. There has been a sudden movement of the Japanese right flank to the south. LIAOYANG, July 15.—Fighting is im- minent at Tatchekizo and Haicheng. The six Much Japanese are entrenched south of Tatchekiao. skirmishing is taking place. It is rumored that a Japanese column has appeared on the Mukden road. There are several Japanese wounded at Liaoyvang. They are well treated and contented. TATCHEKIAO, July 15.—The Japan- | ese have withdrawn from the west le of the railroad and are massing armies on the Russian rear. Re inaissances in force carried out by n cavalry and artillery vesterday nd to-day almost as far south as Kai- | hou failed to disclose the Japanese. A diversion is expected from Tai Pas. - ALEXIEFF AN AUTOCRAT. ! Viceroy Frequently Reverses the Or- ders of Kuropatkin. BERLIN, July 15.—A aispatch to the Lokal Anzeiger from Newchwang, dated July 11, describes the friction between seneral Kuropatkin and Viceroy Alexieff which, in connection | with the correspondent’s recent inter- view with General Kuropatkin, indi-| cates that the present dispatch was sed on information from n headquarters. pondent says that Viceroy tinvally disturbs military assuming kingly airs. Kuropathin's orders, arro- ating powers as the Emperor's direct When troops arrive at en Alexieff holds inspections and the soldiers’ arrival at the front. He sends his own chief of staff twice or three times weekly to Ta- tehekiao to observe and report on Gen- eral Kuropatkin's doings. It was re- ted that the officers’ corps was al- T v mutiny against the ¥, but refrained. near the matters pe —_— RUSSIA OWNS THE FULTON. Mystery of the Submarine Boat's Dis- appearance Is Cleared. ST. PETERSBURG, July been at Kronstadt, is reported to be in the Neva, undergoing tests. It is ot known whether she will go to the st by rail or with the Baltic squadron. PARIS, July 1 Che St. Peters- | burg correspondent of the Petit Par- isien telegraphs that an American submarine boat “of the latest model | and of the Fulton type” cently at Kronstadt. He add | American ¢ is about to reach Kronstadt to instruct the Russian crew of the boat. Three other Am lican submarine boats, which have been ordered through an intermediary, will reach Kronstadt shortly. S R PLEDGE RUSSIA'S S KEPT. Japan Supplied With Full Reports Concerning Prisoners. ST. PETERSBURG, July 15.—The authorities are unable to comprehend the Tokio reports of complaints of the failure of the Russian Government to send intelligence concerning the Jap- anese prisoners. Two full reports have already been forwarded to the Japanese Minister at Berlin and their receipt has been acknowledged. The embassy is convinced that Russia is doing everything possible to comply with her agreement and is supplying reports of the names and condition of the Japanese prisoners. —_————— BRITISH VESSEL STOPPED. ! Russian Craiser Overhauls the Drago- man in the Red Sea. ISLAND OF PSERAM, Straits of Bab el Mandeb, July 15.—The British steamship Dragoman, outward bound, signaled, at 4 o'clock, that she had been delayed by a Russian cruiser in the Red Sea. Two steamships, one large and one small, which passed here at midnight are believed to have been Russian cruisers bound for Jibutil, French Somaliland. ek LS RENNENKAMPFF WOUNDED. Commander of Cossacks Receives a Bullet in the Leg. ST. PETERSBURG, July 15.—Gen- eral Rennenkampff was wounded, but not seriously, in a recent skirmish. A bullet passed through the calf of one of his legs. General Sakharoff, who reported the wounding of Rennenkampff, says it occurred on July 13, between Liao- yang and Saimatsza, in a skirmish in which the Japanese were repulsed, He | 15.—The | which has | TIR THE RUSSIANS | 'Grand Duke Boris % High Roller While at the Front. Crowns His Escapades With an Insult to Kuropaikin. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. BERLIN, July 15.—Further particu- lars of the circumstances under which Grand Duke Boris was ordered home by the Czar on complaint of General Kuropatkin reveal that Boris arrived at Mukden with a suite filling four railroad cars and including seven !handso ne girls from St. Petersburg theaters, with maids, vast piles of | luggage, a chef and assistants and a quantity of tinned delicacies. Boris proceeded to @emoralize en- tire garrisons. "He had parties which became indescribable orgies, treated everybody with insolent disdain and { drew gword on Kuropatkin when | the general sent for him and ordered {him to miss his suite, mend his donduct and to conform to ordinary | discipline. | Kuropatkin was only restrained by | his aid-de-camp from replying to this | insult by cutting Boris dcwn, but con- tented himseif with telegraphing to the Czar, ‘peremptorily requesting that Boris be at once recalled. The Czar | thereupon telsgraphed Boris ta leave Mukden on the next train, accompa- nied by one servant and to report him- self as under arrest to the Governor of Moscoew. Boris, among other escapades, had issued a proclamation offering a re- ward for the capture of handsome Jap- anese geisha girls, who were reported to be following the Japanese general staff. | On cne occasion, at Mukden, a divinely beautiful Circassian was wor- shiped by Boris, his other | women and officer friends and an im- | pudent me: ge was sent by him to | Kuropatkin, inviting the general to | forsake the god of war for the goddess s departed in a’ very crestfalien while Kurcpatkin the following day bundled off the harem and other hangers-on on an ordinary troop train { —very different from the luxurious cars they had traveled out in. | The Grand Dike probably will be | banished to his father's estate in | Southern Russia"for a year. | aamge iiads | TARGET PRACTICE AT MANILA. | American Fleet Will Not Go on An- nual Cruise to Chinese Waters. WASHINGTON, July 1 drders ued for the Asiatic’fleet | to conduct its target practice in Sep- | tember in Manila Bay instead of Che- | fu, hitherto has been the custom. | This change is in nce of the | policy of thi Government not to per- | | mit the battleship squadron to go! | nearer the zone of operations of the | Far rn war than Shanghai. Ma- nila Bay is admirably adapted to tar- | get practice, being about sixty by thir- have been i D ty miles in area. — e TOLEDO YS TRIBUTE | One Hundred Thousand Persons View i Samucl Jones' Eody it ‘ Lies in State. TOLEDO, O., July 15.—The funeral of M. Samuel Jones to-day was the largest ever held in Toledo. While the body lay in state it was viewed by 100,- | 000 persons. The city was draped in mourning and this afternoon there was TO MAYOR'S MEMORY a g al suspension of business. | The serv at the house were | simple. One of the eculogists was i Brand Whitlock, novelist and social re- former. A feature of the services was | the reading «f Mayor Jones’ favorite poem from Walt Whitman's “Leaves | of Grass.” The burial was at Wood- lawn Cemetery ————— "TON 1N SECURE THEIR RELEASE PO | Police Ascertain That They Arc In- nocent of Particination in the Fraud Plot. ST. LOUIS, July 15.—William H. Ei- | lis, checker, and Charles H. Stiller, in- { spector in the concessions department | of the World's Fair, who were held | prisoners for more than twenty-four hours in the hope of learning from them the details of a supposed plot to rob the exposition company, have been released. Norris B. Gregg, director of the di- vigion of admissions and concessions, | said to-day that it had been decided that the men had no information re- garding the alleged plot. ——— | | TRAIN RU DOW? PARTY ON HANDCAR Although One Is Killed and Three Fatally Hurt the Engineer Does Not Stop. EMPORIA, Kans., July 15.—A freight train ran down a handcar to-day on which four young persons were return- ing from the country. John Owens was killed and Arthur Denham and Mae and Pearl Miller were fatally hurt. The freight train, after striking the handcar, passed on without stopping, and Owens' body and the injured were not found until two hours later. Owens and Denham were rounfhouse em- ployes. i ——————— BILL POSTERS GENEROUS. Association Offers ¥ree Seyrvice to the Fair During August. ST. LOUIS, July 15.—Tht Associated Bill Posters and Distributors of the United States and Canada, assembled in international convention on the ‘World's Fair grounds to-day, tendered without cost to the exposition manage- ment its services, guaranteed at more than a million miles of boarding throughout the United States and Can- TRADE MAKES POOR SHOWING Conditions Are Irregular and Much Depends on the Future of the Crops STRIKE RAISES PRICES Undertone Good and Confi- dence Will Be Maintained NEW YORK, July 15.—Bradstreet's to-morrow will say: Diverse movements in trade, industry | and speculation give an irregular ap- i pearance to the general business situa- tion. Distributive trade and industry are still quiet and even dull, awaiting cleapér views of the crop outlook. Dam- age to the wheat crop by heavy rains is admitted, though alleged to be ex- ! aggerated. © Disorganization in the meat slaughtering industry has caused a strike which, if not settled now, seems likely to contain a powerful evil. ' Meat vrices have advanced and cattle shipments are checked. Railroad gross earnings for the fiscal year will show |an increase over the best previous | years, but net results are less clearly | definéd, with the question whether an | Increase or decrease will be shown still in doubt. The general undertone is one of confidence, good results being looked for by the business world from an ex- ! pected large volume of small trade. | Viewed geographically, the South Seems easily to have the brightest out- 100k, the cotton crop having progressed s0 far with little or no drawbacks, ex- cept the original lateness of sprime. The Southern peach crop this year has been enormous and has sold at good prices. Midsummer trade conditions have deminated distributive markets. Col- lections the country over are classed | &s little better than slow. > The iron trade notes increased quiet- ness, production being scaled down to meet receding consumption. Foreign trade totals for the fiscal year are next to the largest ever re- ported. Imports are 3.5 per cent less than in 1903, and the aggregate for rade is 1 per cent under that of the fiscal year. Exports of manufactured goods have, however, exceeded all previous years. Business failures for the week end- ing July 14 number against 172 last week, and 193 last year. In Canada failures for the week num- ber eighteen, as against fourteen last week and thirteen in this week a year ago. | Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending July 14 aggregate 1,142,498 bushels, against 875,910 week and 3 84 this week last year. From July 1 to date the exports ag- gregate 2,291,408 bushels, against 6,033,- 194 last year. St CROPS ARE ENCOURAGING. Ouilook Has Good Effect on General Industrial Conditions. NEW YORK, July 15.—Dun’s review of trade to-morrew will say: Trade conditions were gradually be- | ‘uvlnlng more normal after the conclu- sion of the political conventions, when a new disturbing factor appeared in the shape of the strike of packing house emplcyes and allied trades. This enhanced prices of meats and added many thousands to the atready large army of unemployed, weakening the purchasing power of the people still further. Aside from this unfavorable development the news of the week caused much encouragement. Crop prospects improved and the general level of prices ¢f farm products prom- ises a large return to agriculturists, which means better business for all in- dustries. Confidence grows with the crops, re- tailers showing more disposition to pre- | pare for the future as the season ad- vances with no serious setback tc the farms. A few manufacturing lines are more active, although there is still much idleness at the shops and mills | and pig iron warrants will be smaller‘ than any recent month. Reports for plans of erection of buildings are not accompanied by any notewcrthy ex- pansion in demand for structural ma- teriais as yet. Railway earnings for the first week in July are only 6 per cent lower than last year and foreign trade at this port shows gains of $530,- 286 in exports and $1,906,724 in imports, s compared with the corresponding week a year ago. Textile manufacturing plants are operating scmewhat irregularly, regu- lation of wages by Fall River con- cerns having been decided ‘upon and | this may result in the'general resump- | tion so greatly desired. Tanners who are short of hides are | unable to secure deliveries on account of the strike and the situation threat- ens to become serfous if the struggle is prolonged. This influence is calcu- lated to advance the hide market. Failures this week numbered 225 in the United States against 223 last year | and 20 in Canada against 16 a year ago. ————————— MURDERERS CONFESS AND ' PLEAD FOR FAIRNESS Montana Criminals Are Arraigned and Extra Guard Is Placed to Guarantee Safety. BUTTE, Mont., July 15.—A Billings, Mont., special says that . O. Mosier, |James and Edward Grady, who con- fessed to having held up nine gamblers in the Owl saloon in Billings two weeks ago, killing Sergeant of Police R. J. Hannah and wounding Sheriff George Hubbard, were arraigned to- day and an information charging them with first degree murder was filed. The prisoners have made the an- nouncement that all they ask is a | “legal handling.” Extra precautions have been taken to guard against mob violence. e e Electric Railway to Mount Hamilton. SAN JOSE, July 15.—An electric rail- way from this city to Mount Hamilton is being projected, and a company of by Much Small Business last and His Family Must D: ESOPUS, N. Y., July 16.—Judge Par-| ‘.ker drew the line on photographers to- ' day and announced that this would be ithe last day of promiscuous photo- | graphing of him and his family. | Esopus has been fairly overrun with | | photographers, who have haunted the | Judge’s footsteps and photographed not only himself, but every one and everything remotely connected with thim or his daily life. To-day a series | of pictures was taken of the Judge and his family, picturesquely grouped on the lawn near the house. Judge Parker to-day received the following telegram from United States Senator John W. Daniel, dated Lynch- burg, Va.: “oub people gratified that united Democracy hasg a leader who leads and I tender my respects and congratula- tions.” Congressman Wade sent the follow- ing letter from Icwa City, ITowa: “As the lone Democratic Congress- man from Iowa, I congratulate the peo- ple of the nation that you have been nominated. 1 am especlally gratified in view of the fact that I made a struggle in your behalf against over- whelming odds in our State canvass and was compelled to await the St. Louis convention for justification.” Judge Parker received a letter from General Nelson A. Miles, in part as fol- lows: “Safety for the good ship of state is of first importance. At a time when a material crisis is pending; when Demo- cratic institutions are in peril, when sreat evils should be eradicated, when | important political questions must be decided, it is fortunate that the Demo- cratic party has given to the country a candidate for President in whom the great council of representative men has every confldence, and we have the best of reasons for believing that that‘con- fidence will be confirmed by the in- telligent patriotism of the people of the country.” William F. Sheehan came here to- day from New York. He drove to Rose- mount this afternoon and had an hour's conference with Judge Parker. He de- clined to discuss the conversation. On the question of the national chair- manship, Judge Parker has given much thought. At present four men are men- tioned: Sheehan, Belmont, Gorman and | Taggart. Rosemount has become a center of eager interest to passengers on all the ! pa ng boats on the Hudson. Nearly all of the vessels blow a salute as they pass and in the day time Alton B. Parker Hall, Judge Parker’s grandson, | answers the salute wigh a big Amer- ican flag, brought by Sheehan from the St. Louis convention, where it was waved in honor of the Judge's nomi- nation. In the evening, usually. Secrp-‘ tary McCausland answers the salute| with a rocket cr a roman candle. The | bugler on the Mary Powell blows “taps” as the boat leaves Esopus land- | ing, which is just in front of Rose- mount. | | | { | | ——— ‘[ DAVIS OUTLINES PLANS. Vice Presidential Nomince Wili Mal Few Speeches, W , July 15.—Henry G. Davis expects to leave Elkins in the private car Graceland to-morrow morning for New York to join a con- ference of Democratic leaders. Davis does not expect to make any formal speeches during the campaign except that he will follow the McKinley polic and recelve delegations. He has ex- pressed his approval of the McKinley method. If he cannot avoid it, He will make a few speeches, but under no circumstances more than six. Charles M. Hendley of Washington, D. C.. for- | merly secretary .of the West Virginia | Central Railway, will assist Davis dur- ing the campaign. John T. McGraw of West Virginia will be his adviser. It is said that McGraw, who is the West Virginia national committeeman, has the Dentocratic forces in this State well organized. “Senator Davis has accepted Judge Parker’s invitation to visit him at Rosemount,” said Secretary Robbins te-day, “but the date is uncertain, de- pending upon the length of the con- ference which begins in New York Monday. Nothing more than this can be given out now.” P LA ‘ CANNON TO T 7 THE STUMP. ke | “Uncle Joe” Will Make Speeches in | | the Middle Western States. | CHICAGO, July 15.—Speaker Joseph Cannon has declared his intention of taking an active part in the campaign next fall, making speeches in Illinois, ‘Wisconsin and Indiana. “Will you go to Oyster Bay to notify President Roosevelt of his nomina- tion?”" was asked. “Yes, I have been rguring on the trip and have been preparing a five- minute speech for the occasion,” he replied. “It will be my duty to spring | the surprise on the President. After | we get through with the surprise party I think I shall play hookey for a few { weeks. I may go up the Maine coast, | take part in a odam bake or two and get away from the crowd.” T A OLIVET COLLEGE GAINS COLORADO EDUCATOR E. G. Lancaster Accepts the Presidency of the Michigan Institution. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July { 15.—Dr. E. G. Lancaster of the depart- | ment of philosophy and pedagogy of Colorado College to-day telegraphed | to the trustees of Olivet College at Olivet, Mich., his acceptance of the presidency of that institution. Dr. Lancaster is ptesident of the child { | | | Dr. | blow open the jail to-night, secure the | | to await the result of the trial. PHOTOGRAPHERS BARRED - AT THE HOME OF PARKER Besieged by an Armyv of C:mer: Bearers, the Democratic Nominee for the Presidency at La-t D= res That He .w Line Against the Visitors ently transiated into English by Col- onel Iaukea. The delegates were full of enthusiasm and received a hearty welcome from the club. As they prom- | ised to carry with them back to the| islands some of the methods of the| party as viewed by them in St. Louis, | they were lustily cheered. | $ Tt S R LR, B ROOSEVELT CERTAIN OF NEW YBHK? LN Continued From Page 1, Column 2. | nomination of Parker and Davis with | a largely attended meeting on the| Plaza. Judge S. S. Knoles presided. | The speakers were County Clerk Will | Holcomb, George H. P. Shaw, Colonel | Fred Jewell and Ed Wells. | —_————— STATE TROOPS PROTECT | COLORED PRISONERS | | | Assaflants of Mrs. Biddle Are Sen- tenced to Forty-Nine Years in Penitentiary. ! MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., July 15.—| Aaron Timbers, Jonas Sims and Wil-| liam Austin, the colored men who con- | fessed to having attacked and robbed | Mrs. Biddle, were to-day sentenced to | forty-nine years each in the State| Prison. Judge Gaskill to-night explained the swift methods employed in sending the three negroes to the penitentiary. He said: “The rapidity with which the cases of the three assailants of Mrs. Biddle were tried, sentenced and sent to| prison was due to a meeting of 200 men, | at which arrangements were made to | prisoners and lynch them. It was the women of the county that drove the men to determine upon a desperate measure."” CAMDEN, N. J., July 15.—In response to a telephone message from the Sher- iff of Burlington County, Governor Mur- phy’ to-day sent a detail of the Na- tional Guard now in camp at Sea Girt LOUBET HONORS AN AMERICY France’s President Confers Grand Cross of Legion of Honor on Seeretary Hay DISTINCTION IS HIGH N o i) Gift Offered as Testimonial of Regard for the Con- duet of Foreign Affairs B L 37 s PARIS, July 15.—The most important announcement in the forthcoming list of decorations following the French na- tional holiday will be that of President Loubet conferring the Grand Cross of | the Legion of Honor upon Secretary Hay. The Grand Cross is the highest grade and is given only to personages whom the Government desires to signally hon- or. An official said it was evidence of Foreign Minister Delcasse’s high regard for Hay's conduét of foreign affairs during the last flve years. This had certainly strengthened Franco-Ameri- can relatio the latest being Ameri- can recognition of French paramount authority in Morocco under the Franco- British agreement. ——p BANDITS HOLD [P A TRAIN Passengers Tell Story of a Robbery on International and Great Northern Road POSSE IS IN PURSUIT Cars Carry Valuable Treas- ure, Which Includes Reg- to this city to escort Timbers and Sims, the negro assailants of Mrs. Elsie Bid- | dle, to the jail at Mount Holly. The| Sheriff informed the Governor that the | feeling in Burlington and Mount Holly | was bitter against the negroes, and he | considered the presence of the troops n ary as a precautionary measure. | The troons escorted the negroes to the County Jail and then went into camp | Atter | the trial they escorted the men to the State Prison at Trenton. | e ] TO KNOW WHO [ IS PLAINTIFF IN SUIT| WANTS Marconi Wireless Company Secures | Injunction and Name of Opponent | Must Be Produced. | NEW YORK, July 15. — Justice | Scott in the Supreme Court granted an | order for which application was made | by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph | Company of America compelling Law- ver Franklin Bien, attorney for Henry Gardner, who has instituted an action for an accounting and the appointment | of a receiver for the Marconi Com- | pany, to show cause on July he should not furnish the defendant | with the full name and address of his | client. A stay of all proceedings on the part of the plaintiff until the de- | termination of this motion was also granted. Affidavits accompanying the appli- cation for the order state that no such | person as Henry Gardner can be| found. — \ MINER: LIVES TMPERILED BY AN UNDERGROUND FIRE Flames Break Out on the Fifth Level and Cause Damage of $5000. BUTTE, Mont., July 15.—A Miner | special from Livingston, Mont., says! that fire late I night did damage to the Cokedale coal mines to the ex- tent of frogn $4000 to $5000 and for a | time threatened the lives of six miners who were brought to the surface in an | unconscious condition. The fire| originated on the fifth level and was | not brought under control until this morning. The Cokedale mines employ over 100 men and will be closed for some time as a result of the fire. ———— MANSION IS DESTROYED AND SERVANT PERISHES Home of Mrs. Willlam B. Fasig Is| Burned, Involving a Loss ¢ of $35.,000. BREWSTER, N. Y., July 15. — The mansion of Mrs. William B. Fasig, widow of the well-known horseman, was destroyed by fire to-day. The ser- vant girl, Annife O'Brien, was burned to death and Mrs. Fasig narrowly es- caped a similar ‘fate. The house and contents were destroyed. Loss $35,000. istered Mail and Express S R NTONIO, Tex., July 16, 3 a. m. — South-bound passenger train No. 5 on the International and Great North- ern Railway was held up at 11 oclock Friday night about four and a half miles south of Oakwoods. The {rst in- timation the railway officers had of ihe hold-up was the appearance of two passengers at Oakwoods. They could say nothing beyond the fact that the train had been held up. They did not know how many robbers there were and did not remain on the scene long enough to learn whether an attempt was made to blow up the mail or ex- press car. The train left St. Louis Thursday night at 8:30 o’cleck and is due in San Antonio this morning. It carried both registered and ordi- nary mail, in addition to express. C ductor Blount of San Antonio is charge of the train and Engineer Mc- Quillen of Palestine at the throttle At 3 o'clock this morning the train had not reported at any station, which led the officers to believe something serious had occurred after the hold- up. It is thought the affair occurred at Spar Switch, which is a blind sid- ing. Steps have been taken to advise Sheriffs and other officers and to start a posse immediately after the robbers. SRR S i e ARE AWARDED FOR RECLAMATION WORK Thirty-Seven Miles of Lateral Ditches, Dams and Bridges to Be Con- structed in Nevada. RENO, Nev., July 15.—Bids calling for an expenditure of meore than $300,000 and which will give employ- ment to hundreds of men on the recle- mation work now in progress in Ne- vada, in addition to the 2000 now at work, were opened to-day by Engineer L. S. Taylor in Reno. The work is BIDS divided Into four schedules, calling for the construction of thirty-seven miles dams of lateral ditches, floodgates, | and bridges. The successful bidders wer: Coast Construction Company, 887; R. C. Mattingly, $52,168 26; San Francisco Construction Company, $43,219 50, and Clarence W. Swain of Ione, $4288. 2 ———— Carpenter Is Killed by a Fall. SUISUN, July 15.—J. Burton, a car-, penter employed at the works of (hl Pacific Portland Cement Company, fell from a scaffold this afternoon and broke his neck. Deceased was a native of Sweden, about 45 years of age, and was formerly a resident of San Francisco. Emperor of China Not TIL PEKING, July 15, noon.—The re- port that the Emperor of China is seriously ill with dysentery is not con- firmed here. ‘ ADVERTISEMENTS. Sale Ten Million Boxes aYear. The BEST HOT WEATHER MEDICINE 10c, 256, 50c, Undi; study department of the National Edu- cational Assoclation and one of the leading educators of the West. SRR Iroquois Club Meets. Hawaiian delegates to the St. Louis Democratic convention were in at- local capitalists is being organized to do the preliminary work and float a ada, for the entire month of August. The proposition was accepted and |up by the Chamber of Commerce. |Taukea, J. L. Coke and T. B. Lyons. will be carried out. The cost of the | There is a general desire among the | Lyons delighted the “braves” with a service thus given free fs estimated at | people of this city to have the road |speech, an echo of the convention, in a quarter of a million dollars. bond issue. The matter has been taken bullt. tendance at the Iroquois Club meet- ing last night at Pythian Castle. The delegates were Colonel C. P. the Hawaiian language. This was flu- quick] food in the human body will ferment a hundred times as in summer as in winter. Consequence—stomach, liver, bowels isoned, thrown out of order; sour stomach, gases, colic, diarrhcea, tery, cholera, dicitis, and in some regions yellow fever and the plague. 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