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~- TO UDtNsTE a FLEET GETS BACK News of Its Successful Return | Follows Report that Kuroki’s Army Has Been Defeated with a Loss of 17,000, ST. PETERSBURG, July 4.—Tho Viadivostok squadron is understood to have returned safely to port ‘The rumor that Grand Duke Roris has been exiled to Archangel as the Tesult of an altercation with Gen., Kuropatkin fa untrue, but It is un + derstood that he has been trans-| ferred to Harbin on account of an Unpleasantness with a colonel at Ciaoyang. Tremendous enthusiasm has result-| ed here from the report that Gen. Kuropatkin has met and defeated Gen. Kurok! tn a great battle in which the Japanose lost 17,000 men. While there te no offictal confirma- tion of the report, it is generally be- Heved by the populace. In officlal cir-| cles it has been known for several days that Kuropatkin was preparing | for a battle with Kurokl's army, and | it is believed that the battle has oc-| curred and that the Russians have Accomplished their first great victory of the war. | The enthusiasm over the report is #0 groat that the people are parading| the streets with bands and banners. A great crowd has gathereS about the Dullding of the Ministry of War an- ticipating the receipt of the official news from Kuropatkin. LONDON, July 4—Admiral Togo} bas reported a successful torpedo at- tack at the entrance to Port Arthur, ‘n which a Russian guard-ship and & Russian torpedo-boat destroyer were sunk, as having been made last Monday night. The guardship, described as hay- ing two masts and three funnels, wes either a battle-ship or a cruiser, She was torpedoed and destroyed, sinking near the base of Golden Hill, The torpedo-boat destroyer was struck, blew up and sank, Admiral Togo reports his loss as one officer and thirteen men killed, one officer and two men wounded, He makes no mention of damage to is fleet. ; ‘The twelfth torpedo flotilla, under Commander Yamada, delivered the attack, ‘The Japanese vessels were revealed | by the Russian searchlights and the shore forts opened a heavy fire The Russian guardship was sur- rounded and attacked by the Japan- ese, who saw this vessel sink amid bnge volumes of water thrown up by beavy explosions Then the Russian torpedo-boat de Btroyers immediately attacked the Japanese ve the onsiay A Russi urea Hit up by the geen to explode, ri fall buek into the water videways and eink The Viadivestok (Russian) squad- sssels, which responded to nt nh destroyer within the searchlight: was ted Vice-Admiral Kamimura’a anese) squadron east of the island of Tew Friday night in the “otkness, A drizzling rain and tug favored the Russian vessels The two squadrens sighted each) other early in the evening ten miles apart, the Russian ships being north ot Iki Islind and the Japanese ves- tels south of Tsu Isiand The Russians bolted to the north- fest, chased at full speed by th Japonese The Japanese torpedo-boats get within range of the Russian guns} ind were vigorously shelled, Thi- pring explains the cannonadiag isiand and gave rise to the belief that a general engage Mert was in progress. Vice-Admiral Kamimura gained on the Russian ships and was only five! miles in the rear, When suddenly, at # P.M, all the Russian vessels put out their lights and disappeared Ir the darkness. At that time the Japanese tor pedo-boats were pressing the Rus tians, who had been using the, fearchlights, The torpedo-boats failed to ger close enough to the Russian squad- ron to discharge torpedoes. ar SS THREE HOBOES HELD. Suspected of Robbing and Shoot. ing Man on Train, Harrison Hobbs, of Chicago: John Gee, of Hartford, and Louls Burkholiz, of nowhere in particular, were ar raigned in the West Side Court toda by Detective McManus, of the Wes One Hundredth street station, who told Magistrate Flammor that he arrested the men yesterday in Yonkers. They are wanted, he sald, as the men who are suspected of robbing and shooting a negro, Edward Thompson, of St. Lous, last Saturday night and heard on Ta —_— THE WORLD: WONDAY EVENING, JOY 4: 1908 RUSSIAN TROOPS MOVING GUNS AND ERECTING BARBED : WIRE BARRICADES TO DEFEND PORT ARTHUR. & — vr . ' ‘ . Be rey ith tae UTLER CHOICE CROCERIES WU aw, Is Here With its cannonading, firecrackers, fireworks and general jubilation. All hands join in celebrating Uncle Sam's birthday joyously and noisily. Great day for the small boy. He has all the fun he can stand and is lucky if he has all his fingers when he goes to bed. Tremendous appetites go with so much jollification, and the good housewife is likely to find a bare cupboard and empty larder to-morrow morning, Never mind. The doors of 128 RETAIL GROCERY BRANCHES will be swung ¢ pen bright and early. We ire then prepared to cannonade into every kitchen and dining-room a plentiful supply of food an drink. Call around and let us serve you. A few of the attractions for Tuesday and Wednesday follow: DOUBLE “‘S, @ H."" site STAMPS "2% > gusting of 00 worth or more except on C, O, D, orders, BUTLER'S BEST SELECTED NEW Bist Laundry BORAX SOAP, STARCH, | 3 Cakes for 10c, POTATOES, 3 Pounds for 10c. Large, White and Mealy, CAMPBELLS SOUPS. A A All Varieties, Peck, 25C.5 saket, LC. | ACan, 9¢.; 3 for 250. FLOATING SOAP, 3 Cakes for 10c, RE — —- | Triumph or Fair *, ‘ | Powder — A ; F aia wa Ete Bee: 20 (nana graeme hae ee eee PORT « ‘ “9 , al) | Phas eaiy pe 5c DAINTY BISCUITS Older or White Wine Vine. B¢ ARTHURS A Ri bottle For Home or Outing Parties. war—A quart bottle sssses Derencts ; f . . bya , te ern Pure Malt Vineaar- ’ : ‘ ; fi | } i to rl cade A Pound None better at any price’ 4 §¢ ] ’ Virginia Mixed... tle Vihehanmmantetucury for QC. 1 Johnnie Cake... 0c, Ive OM Putior’s Imported } « Horated Washing go | Golden Crisp * i agers, eel, Ont Dae : | A bottle Graham Waters....... 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Green Trading teoe, bot Stamps Offers “ Fro: r Fr ve 1 lu ne From the Toa @heub tq the Tea | Ener Miia deen toe MOVING ARTILLERY —PORT ARTHUR 30 Green Tradin | eve: {to-day for hia recovery returned from the hotel he visited the | communicated with us. He was a come | | Leon ts twelve year lived | #tation-house and several hospitals. @e) municant at St Stephen's and attend: | with his father and invalid mother at! spent Sunday looking for the boy, but} ed school on Twent epth street 1 He Nis efforts were futile. He was a home boy and cared for me Ross’s Royal Belfast Peerless Malt Extract. en Trading | Stamps witbever pund o - TERS TEAR at... 35c 10 Green Tradin ‘ r withevery : me ab Ten aseevents & dendadiv in the wbeenee Of my BUS The Revitallzer for Women, ne Ginger Ale. was 1a non Saturday by the jani-| Leon was popular among the women ht ; | A perfect tonic—not a stimulant: Giie tre sien tor, Mr erman, He was at that! patrons at the Martha Washington, | "0 Apawaiaea| ba gf a $1.15; a 5 Withevers poundof BEST Without a peer among imported time, late the afternoon, on his way where he sang on several occasions. | j\ ing in th » always | hottie a = * inl 10c MOCHA and JAVA COF 25¢ ales a8 a palatable, sparkling, to a drug store around the corner from | He frequently took dinner with his ad- | vccosted he w an oppor | Hlenseay poiaki gt BEE IRE healthful Summer bever- > hia home to get medicine for his! mirers, The boy's motner ts prostrated | ‘Unity. pati i a SPECIAL NOTICE, 5 en ander nur, age. Adozen, $1.175a ti A detective vistted th | Pithevery pow 17 ie ic mother. He had its to pay for his! over his disappearance day and questioned them doen allowed fur the JER'S COFFE! "®17¢ ottle TN Leon Earl Gibbs, a boy soprane and “ ait th at 3b on ha ‘of. medium t t 12 cents a doz i end... ath : , ap Crea aise LA ron tiie Pea on reed BURNER Alar dafecdtae eases ag A A ai Ona Se, enipty bottles, retucing (he cost 40 | | an ound Still retailing at _wholesaler’s & eneral favorite at the Hotel Martha mother sent out @ nelghbor and the. been stolen by somebody een | complexion, His uve Oc, a bottle, or $1.03 a dozen, while you walt prices. Washington, where his father is em- search was continued until late into attracted by the boy's tatente, N®\biue. He wore gray k ployed, is missing, A general alarm the night sald to-day, “but T feel that he must land white striped shir s was sent aft from Police Headquarters When the boy's fathet, Henry Gibbs, | be dead or he would in some way have | tie, blmek stockings and lace shoes 128 Retail Grocery Branches—You See Them Everywhere, WINES AND LIQUORS For sale at any of the 46 Licensed Family Liquor Stores, the addresses of which will be printed occa i sionally in these columns, ‘ WHISKEY. BRANDY. OLD TOM GIN. Pa FAROUS BRANDS. Every home should have a TWO FAMOUS BRANDS, Mena nine 85c}: bottle in the medicine cabinet, | J Sit Robert Burnett's Old 69c ; M * am Rye, age " awa Tom Gin, a bottle, Butler's Old } eemied . yt Hennessey's * * * a bottles... 1. Butler’s celebrated Trymore pol dll gual a 75c Hennessey’s * a bottle Old Tom Gin, a bot- 49 POOR Gash is RES SSS! Blackberry, a bottle 4 eegrrereedinay ‘ Cc Ne a rem PART V. NOW READY! | 30 Stamps Free. Pabst Beer. Gold Seal Champagne, ‘ America’s most popular Cases containing two dozen each, per case, $1. 10 Fine Table Claret. “From the Grape to the Goblet.” St. Julien, Ked Diamond, a bottle... vseree: w. 25C ==) | Send 10 Cents for One Part S\y or 50 Cents for Five Parts. Each of these splendid Portfolios contains 16 official] photographic views of the Great Universal Exposition at St. Louis, picturing the Life, Architecture, Exhibits, Sculp. ture, Plazas, Waterways, Vistas and Monuments; also, Sherry. Imported and Domestic, GIRALDA SHERRIES. a Solero Sherry, a bottle... Imperial Sherry, a bottle, 1,00 CALIFORNIA SHERRIES, J, B. choice Sherry, a bottle... --+se00s ’ 25c ee Imported and Domestic. CASTILLO PORTS, Cabinet Port, a bottle; .. , 78 Selected Vintage Port, bot., 1.00 CALIFORNIA PORTS. J. B. choice Port, a bottle 25c the Colonnade of States, the Palaces, the Cascades, the|ff |. 8. superior Shey, 35 ¢ CHOICE th a8, superior Port, a 35c Grand Basin, the Pike, the Model City, tthe Place of Nations, nomena Bhatt 8 50c CROCERIE T ry more Port, a Bn. ; Commonwealth Plateau, &c., with interesting descriptions by the Secretary of the Exposition. he NEW YORK wort’ NUNYONS | “2 “exposition Fill Pall ART PORTFOLIOS.” The regular price of these Portfolios is 25 Cents, but World readers can secure them for Only 10 Cents if bought at any of the following distributing points, or by mail. Fulton 9t., Brooklyn. 30 Trading Stamps FREE Tuesday. COUPON, Upor presenting this coupon at A, |, Namm’s Store Tuesday, July 5, and meking purchases amounting to $1.00 or more, we will give 30 4a} Trading Stamps Free, in addition to (54; those you receive on your purchases, i (Good July 5.) E,W. 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