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YOUBO, Ammt Ommh'r Vice President S. S. LYON, Cashier L.IABIUITIB8 Capital Stock, Hurplun, Uniiu Idcd '.'routs, Circulation, Depoilts, !S0,t0.M) 0,000.00 4.UM3.VM IV 1,00001) 1,233,406.70 1,W7,4S9 VJ INOOltrOHATKU 1HU7. LEWISTON, IDAHO II, W. DICKKV Cashier A.N.TOBIE Asst Cashier EVENTS OF THE DAY OATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. Comprehensive Review of the Import ant Happenings of the Past Week, Presented In Condensed Fora, Most Likely to Prove laterectktg to Our Many Readers. JapnneBO ponornla aro proving them selves great strategists. A Jnpnncso gunboat struck n mino of! Tnlien Wan bay and was lost. Russia objects to tlio presenco of a British uunboat at Niu Clnvnug. Tlio Democratic national convention denied a voto to tlio Philippine dele gates. The cznr fears a icvolution in Rus sian Poland and a state of siego will be proclaimed. The Russian war ofllco admits that a battle of consequence has tnkon placo near Liao Yang, but has no advices as to tlio outcome. A waterspout, accompanied by n torriflo wind, passed through Clinton, 0. T., killing six persons and injuiing suveral others. Japanese and Russian shipB hnvo en gaged in n battle in the Corcan Btraits and it is believed two or tliice of tho firmer liavo been lost. Tho correspondent of n Tarls paper says ho saw at Kronstadt tlio Ameri can built submarine boat Protector. Ho states that ho was also shown two other submarines of American manu facture A San Francisco man may start a 300,000 cemont factory in Portland. RuiRlnnn rnnnrt microns in several small engagements near Mo Ting pass. It is raid many Corenns aro prepar ing to riso on tho oppoaranco of tho Russians. Russian officials claim that tho heavy rains in Manchuria will do much to ward giving them ths upper hand. A train wreck on tho railroad from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek re sulted in tlio death of two passengers ard tho injury of 15 othors. Ono man was killed, another fatally injured and n score of others slightly injured In a collision on the Reading railroad at a suburb of Philadelphia. There aro 027 persons missing from tho Danish steamor Norgo, which foundered off tho coast of Scotland. All hope has been given up for them. A Philadelphia millionaire has been hold to tho grand jury as responsible for tho death of threo persons killed in a building in which ho fulled to pro vide fire escapes. Ilnyti has sovoroly punishod tho gunrds who stoned tho German and I'ronuh ministers recently. Tho presi dent, in a formal uudicuco, also apolo gized to botn ministers. Tho Japanese aro said to bo avanciug in two divisions on Liao Yang. Admiral Togo reports tho blowing up of a Ruffiian guardship and torpedo boat destroyer. Tho rainy season will greatly hamper operations in Manchuria, the wholo of that country seeming to have turned into a marsh. Tho Vladivostok equadron is faster than the Japanese fleet sent against it and ran continuo to raid tho coast until the Jups send fleeter ships after It. Kuropatkln has decided to withdraw to Ilaieheng. Tlio Japanese lmvo landed another army of 10,000 men. The Vladivostok squadron Bank n steamer and Bailing vessel at Genean, Corea. Mayr Jones, of Toledo, Ohio, is wlri ously ill and the chances of his recov ery aro slight. Harrlman lias placed an order for (10,000 tons of steel rails, one-third of which are for tho Southern Pacific. A Tellurido, Colorado, mino has closed down on account of inability to secure competent help. Other proper tics aio expectod to follow in a shoit time. A report from General Oku says that after the fight at Vafangow tho Japan ese buried 1,854 Russian dead, Tho trophies taken in this engagement con sisted of 10 guns, 40 wagons and 858 rifles. The proceeds of the Rutte mines for the fiscal year just ended is (7,354,220. Japanese advices state that women were seen on board the Russian war ships during the last engagement, con firming the suspicion that the Port Arthur fleet was trying to escape to a neutral port. Secretary Shaw has approved a de sign for the Lewis and Clark souvenir golddollat. A likeness of Lewis ap pears on ono side and of Clark on the other. The Philadelphia mint will coin 25,000 at once. Paul Morton has aesumed the ofllco of lecretary of the navy. The Russian Vladivostok squadron has appeared at Gensan, Corea, and filed on the town. The acting land commissioner ha decided that a corporation has the same right to file on desert land as a citizen. The secretary of commerce and labor has ordered that all passenger carrying steamboats in the New York harbor be reinepected. FLY FROM FLOOD. Kansas People Deserting; Their Homes Damage Will Reach Thousands Kansas City, Mo., July 0. Tho Kaw overflowed its banks near the Missouri Pacific bridge at 11 o'colck tonight, and tho water is now epiead ing over tho west bottoms, or nholesalo district. Tiio water has approached witiiin two blocks of the Union sta tion, and will reach the Union station before daylight. Tho Armourdaio dis trict of Kansas City, Kan., has boon dosorted, its inhabitants having boon diivon from thoir homes by tho over flow of tho river for the, second timo in 13 montliB. Mayor Gilbert, of Kansns City, Kan., is UBing all the means at his command to caro for the thousands of homeless pcoplo diivon from tlio flood Btricken district. Tonight ho sent the following telegram to tho secretary of war: "Ten thousand peopli liavo been driven from thoir homes in Kansas City, Kan., by flood. I earneatly ro quest that you direct commander at fori Lavonwortii to issue larous as wo may need." Tonight, oil Kansas streams aro high and thousands of acres of rich farming lands have already been inundated, causing Iobscb to crops that will doubt less run into tho hundreds of thousands of dollars. Farmers at n dozen different points have been forced to fleo from thoir homes, drivinir their cattlt before them and taking horses and what household goods that could bo gathered hurriedly. Uy tomorrow noon tho Kaw will liavo riBcn two fcot and a half higher than nt present and will begin to sub Bidor rapidly. Tho Missouri rivor at Kansas City, ulthough up from the overflow of tho Kaw at this point, is still in no danger of causing any serious flood, and aftor a further rleo of 18 inches, Obsorver Cooncr predicts, this stream will begin to fall tomorrow. Across from Kansas City, the Missouri has flooded Harlem, a sparcoly-Bettlcd placo, but nono of tho manufacturing concerns along tho stream lias suffered. CANNGRYMBN ALL PLQASBO. International Conference Results In Mu. tual Understaastlag. Vancouver, B. 0., July 0. Tho first international conference between the cannerymen of I'tigot .Sound and tho F razor river was held here today, and was productive of oralnently satisfac tory results. All the principal opoia tore woro in attendance. It was agreed that lor mutual protection a patrol boat be placed on esWri "llde of the boundary lino by tlio respective associ ations or governments, with a view of co-operating to prevent thefts of fish or gear aud bring tho guilty parties to punishment. The matter of hatcheries was laid over until tho next meeting, to be taken up witli the minister of marine and fisheries when ho visits tlio Const. The question of a joint close timu dur ing the packing season was referred to a committee. It was further agreed Unit no British Columbia dinners shall buy flah en Puget sound, and no Puget sound cuunners shall buy fish in Ca nadian waters, except ami through the authorized representatives of tho re spective caunerrles and tlio independ ent trap owners. It was reported that tho first trap in stalled In Canadian waters this season under tho new regulations was working to perfection. JAPANESE HUZZLO RUSSIANS. They Appear to Be Trying to Enter by All Doors. Liao Yang, July 8. Repoits have been received hero of Uie appearance of Japanese outposts on tho loads leading to Munkdtn. On the other hand, tho Japanoso liavo witlidi iwn from tho passes taken Juno 20 and 27, ami their advanco from Lien Slian Kuan has ceased, Tho Russian Kastern corps lias movfd forwaid to Kliawan and Ho zamn, which tlio Russians had evacu ated and reocutiplcd. The tactics of tho Japaneso aro diffi cult to understand. They seem to he trying to enter by nil doors. Probably tho u miles commanded by Geuorals Kuroki and Oku are combining to op eratOtaguiust Tu Tceh Kiao and Ilai eheng in order to gain poseetslon of the railroad and enable them to advance to Liao Yang. America Asks Iter Object. London, July 0 The Ahsoclalcd Press learns from a high British source that exchanges of views aro taking place beiween Amorlta and Great Britain with respect to Thibet. Being a do pendency of China, tho fate of Thibet is of considerable Importance, especial ly to America; not that Americans liavo interests of value in that country, but becaues of ita acquisition by any other power would mean a violation of the principles of the integrity of China, which is tho key note of Becretary Hay's Far Kaetern policy Much of North Topeka Flooded Topeka, Kan, July 9. The Kansas River is 20 feet 3 'nches above low water mark and rising at tho into of three ini lies an hour. Tlio north end of the Itnck Island railway bridge has been partly wrecked and Rock Island trains aro now being tun over the Santa Fo bridge. Director Jennings, of tho government weather bureau, does not expect a dangerous flood unless there aro heavy rains further west to night. Declared President of Colombia. Washington, July 0. Mr, Snyder, United States Charge at Bogota, has ctbled to the state department that Gi-neral Reyes was declared elected president of Colombia today. TO CUT OFF MUKDEN JAPANESE WOULD PREVENT RETREAT OP RUSSIANS. Armies Are Engaged In Fierce Conflict Only Twenty-Five Miles From Liao Yang and Large Numbers of Wound ed Russians are Arriving Small Skirmishes are Numerous. London, July 8. Tho Liao Yang cor respondent of tho Daily Telegraph, in a dispatch dated July 7, 1 a. in., says: "A battlo is proceeding 2f mllos from hero. "Numbers of wounded uro bolng brought in from tlio mountains. "It is holioved tlio JapancEO aro con tinuing thoir advanco witli tho object of cutting off Mukdon." Russians Lose Many Men. Gonornl Kuroki's Headquarters in Field, via Fuean, July 8. On July 4, two battalions of Russians attempted to break through tho Japanese outposts at the northern entrance of Mo Tien Pass. Beforo daylight, they surrounded an outpost of 80 men nt tho foot of a hill and charged tho trench above. A bloody encounter with bayonets, last ing n quarter of an hour, ensued. Tho Russians attacked tlio trench threo times, but wore driven up tlio valley by a Japaneso reinforcement, leaving ninny dead and wounded. Another stir- VlVOt BltW trench. 60 lying in front o'jUio Russians Inflict Heavy Loss. St. Petersburg, July 8. Tho Petor bourgsky Loutsk this evening publishes n dispatch from Liao Yung announcing that an engagement has occurred &t Ta Tclio Kio, during which Russian cav alry, under Gonoral Samsonoff, sup ported by a battory of horse artillery, dislodged tho Japaneso forco from tho heights in tho taco of a hoavy tnachino gun and miiBkotry flro. The Russians, it adds, pursued tho Japaueso and in flicted heavy loss upon thorn. RAINS SEND STRBAMS UP. Kansas Is Again Threatened With Serious Flood. Kanras City, July 8. All Kansas streams aro rising, tho rosult of hoavy rains in the past 24 hours, and serious Hoods aio threatened. From two to (our indies of water huvo fallen during that time. A worse flood than any that has pre ceded it if tliieatenod at Emporin, where both tlio Cottonwood ami Neosho rivers ore close to the high water mark and rising nt tlio rate of four inches an hour. At Sallna tho river is rising and threo feot moro will cover tho east ern part of tlio city. Dry Creek is rag ing, and tho citizens are moving out. Farms in the lowlands are flcoded, and farmers are moving thoir stock to high er giound. (iypetim City is Hooded. Tlio water is in tho houses and streets, and nt other points much damiigu to building lias been done by high winds. At Kansas City both tho Kaw and tho Missouri rivers uro high and rising rapidly, Thu water overflowed tho low places in Armnurdulo and Riverside. No great damage is expected l: tlio vi cinity of Kansas City, however, unless thero aro further iniiiB. At Leavenworth tho damago to prop erty will bo heavy. Thero tho manu facturing district adjacent to Three Mile Creek, along Cherokee and Choc taw streets, from Twelfth to tho Mis souri river, woro flooded. Houses and lumbor yards and wagon and railroad bridges uro washed uwuy and telephone und telegraph wires uro damaged. At and near Junction City the Smoky Hill and the Republican overflowed their banks nt several places. There was washouts on all roads at that point, and no trains liavo run in or out of Junction City today. At Iawrencc the Kaw is rislngut the into of three inches un hour, aud the lowlands are flooded. At Ahlleno the lowlands uro inun dated aud it is estimated that fully 20 per cent of the wheat Is ruined. This is the fourth flood this year In Kaunas, hi many places it rained neatly every other day last month, and the record this mouth so far bus been maintained. Moyer Again at Ills Desk. Denver, Colo., July 8. Tli'i oponlng of the now headquarters of the West ern Federation of Miners in tho Pio neer building, was marked by tho up peantnio of Charles II. Moyer nt his desk, tho first time since ho was arrest ed nt Ouray more than u hundred days hko. Ho held conferences with Vico President Williams and Assistant Sec retary Kirwun, in which tho entire sit uation was thoroughly discussed and plans decided upon for tlio continua tion of the sti ikon in which the Fed eration is interested. Port Nearly Destroyed. San Francisco, July 8. Private ad vices received by table- loport that the Port of Chumperlco, In Guatemala, was almost wholly destroed by u cyclone Details aro lucking, hut the few words received ty wiro indicnto that the land ing facilities had been swept uway, und in such an event the buildings ashore must have differed considerably. It is not believed that tho port will ho able to receive or ship goods for the next two months. Rutslans Suffer From Meat. Liao Yang, July 8. The troops here have suffered from a second day of ter rible heat, the thermometer registering 100 degrees. No moro rain has fallen here, and tho roads have considerably improved, Japanese prisoners uro bo lng brought to Liao Yang. POPULISTS NOMINATB. National Convention Chooses Candidates for President and Vice President. Sprlngflold, III., July 0. Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, for president, and Tho'maB II. Tibbies, of Nebraska, for vico prcsldont, wero nominated by the Populist convention today. The nauios of William V. Allen, of Nobraskn, and Samuel W. Williams, of Indiana, were also placed boforo tho convention for president, but beforo tho list of statos had been completed in tho roll call, thoir names woro withdrawn, and Wat son was nominated by acclamation. Ex-Senator Allen mado good his word that ho would not entor Into any Bcramblo for tho nomination, andwhilo tho nominations woro being mado ho twico instructed tho chairman of tlio Nebraska delegation to ray that his name must not go beforo tho conven tion. In tlio fuco ot this, howovor, ho received over 40 votes. Tho committee on resolutions in its report to tho convention reaffirmed ud ho'enco to tho basic truths of tho Oma ha platform of 1802, and of tho subse quent platforms of 1800 nnd 1000. Tho platform then demands that nil money bo issued diroctly by tho government, every dollar to bo a full legal tender; demands postal savings banks; upholds tho right of labor to organizo, nnd fav ors tho enactment of legislation for the improvement of tho condition of tho wngo earners; demands tho Initiative and ro'crcndutii; favors prohibition of tho alien ownership of lands; demands tho withdrawal of special privileges of trusts nnd'HionopolicB, nnd doclares the government should own nnd control thu railroads, telegraphs and tolopliono sys tems, and should providon parcels post. The platform was adopted unanimously. LIQIITNINQ STARTS 131U FIRB. Large Qraln Elevator Is Burned and Three Lives Lost Boston, July 7. Tho immenso grain elovator of tho Boston A Maino railroad company, ono of tho largest In the world, together with threo of the com pany's fiolghthousos on piors Nos. 1 and 2, Mystic wharf, Charlestown, woro burned tonight, entailing losses of over $1,000,000, Three lives are supposed to have been lost. Thirty-flvo sailors ot tho Allan stonmor Austria, which was lying at pior No. 1, jumped overboard to savo themselves from the flames, which had communicated to their vessel. Olga Olson, boatswains' mate; James Flynn, fireman, and Patrick N, Meehan, fire man, aio tho supposed victims. Flynn's body has boon recovored. Most of tho crew swam ashore, but 11 of their number required hospital attention. Beforo tho flro could bn controlled all the upper works had been burned. Tho flro started during n hoavy thunder storm, when a bolt of lightning struck ono of tho freiglithouses, In which was stored n quantity of liny. Tho Haines spread inddly to adjoining buildings, including tho elovator, aud the linger part of tlio flro apparatus of tho city was summoned to savo other property. Tho elevator is figuied nt $100,000. Losses on tho freight houses, thoir contents, tlio pier and the steamer Austria will easily swell tho total to more than 1 1.000,000. Among the steamship companies who will suffer losees on freight do stroyod uro tho Allan lino, tlio Scandi navian and thu Wilson. TOQO IN NO HURRY. Land Operations at Be Further Port Arthur Must Advanced. Chicago, July 7. Tho following spocial cablegrams aro from a staff cor respondent of tho Dally News: On board thu Daily News Dispatch boat Fuwan, Chefoo, July 7. While the Fawan was off Port Arthur Friday last, about noon, florce cannonading was heard, ending in n heavy explosion. The Fuwan stood by one of tho Japan ese picket ships till late in tho after noon, hut saw nothing. All was quiet on Saturday. Whilu cruising toward Tulleuwnn. Sunday, picket cruisers were met all along tho coust nt inter vals. About 16 miles off Dulny, tho Fuwan was stopped by a cruiser of the Asanil typo, hut not detained. "Several shots were heard about 4 p. m, in tlio direction of Port Arthur. "Thu naval situation is uppiuently at a standstill. No uctlvo incustiies uro likely to bo taken by Admirul Togo until thu laud operations uro further advanced," Would Save Many Lives, Victoria II, C, July 7.-Ijist wint er's terrible wrecks on tho west coust of Vancouver Island are hearing their fruit in u strong movement to have that portion of the coust better supplied with telegiaphia communication. At present the telegraph line rtitiB north only ob fur as Chiyoquot, just north of Iinrkley sound, leaving all tlio coast to Cupo Scott without any means of com munication. It is suggested that wire less telegurph stations should bo in stalled at suitable points along the coast. Many Mutilans Are Deserting. Vienna, July 7. Russian deserters uro constuutly crossing tho prutli into Roumaniu, Many uro arrested by thu frontier patrols, hut some reach tho in terior of thu state. Both tho soldiers and peasants of Ilefsurnbin huvo n su perstitious dread of going to tlio Fur East. The prisons of thu Rusisnu side of tho border aro full of men suspected of intention to desert. Tlio officers uro ttndei tho necessity of observing every precaution to avoid a general mutiny. More Troops for the Far East. St. Petersburg, July 7. It is beliov ed that another army coips will be mobilized for tho Far East, but it has not yet been decided what corps will be selected. TO WATERY GRAVE DANISH STEAMER SINKS WITH NEAR LY ALL ON BOARD. Was Carried Out of Course by Heavy Weather and SUuck Reef Off Isle of Rochall, Nrar Coast of Scotland and a Oreat Hole Torn la Side Beats Lowered Were Capslicd. London, July 0.Over 700 Danish and Norwegian emigrants bound for Now York woro drowned In tho North Atlantic Juno 28. Out of nearly 800 souls on board tho Danish steamer Norgo. which left Copenhagen June 22f only 27 nio known to bo allvo, and for thu rest no hopo 1b held out. When Inst seen tho Norgo was sink ing whoro she struck on tho Isle of Rocknil, whoso isolated peak raises it sol f from n deadly Atlantic reef 200 miles off tho went coast of Scotland. Early on tho morning of Juno 28 the Norgo, which was out of her course in heavy weather, ran on tho Rockall reef, which :n tho dlstnnco looks liko a ship unuor ltiu sail. Tiie tf orge was quick ly backed off, but the heavy seas poured in through a rent in hor bows. Tho emlgiants, who wero then await ing breakfast below, ran on deck. The hatchways wore scarcely built for these hundreds of souls nnd became clogged. Tho Norgo quickly began to go down by tho head. Eight boats woro lower ed, and into those tho women nnd chil dren woro hurriedly put. Six of these boats smashed against tho sides of the Norgo, and their holplcss inmates wore cauuht up by the heavy seas. RIVALS THE WAR. The Sane aad Safe" Poarth of Jury Casualty List Large. Chicago, July 6. Tho "cano and safe" Fourth of July in tho United States rivals tho Oriental war in its list of casualties. Partial reports show that 37 persons woro killed as a direct rosult of colebrating tho nation's birth. Of the appalling list of Injured, fully 200 or more will succumb, sooner or later, to thoir injuries, as tetanus) almost invariably follows a wound from fireworks or July 4 explosives. The foregoing takes no account of the race riots or murders of the day, but glvee an incomplete Idea of what it costs the American pooplo to celebrate tho glori ous Fourth. Incomplete returns show loss by flro, following celebration accidents, of mote than $160,000, The toy pistol has been overshadowed this year by the "dynamite cane," a contrivuncn which deals death and de struction in nourly ovory instance. Detailed reports of tho casualty lists show that a largo ntiinbor of person wero tho victims of malicious miechlof, ruffianly hoys nnd men in tlio larger cities taking pains to malm littlo chil dren and nged pooplo. In two races, aged persons wero frlKhtened to death by re vol vera. WRECK TAKES FIRB. Switch Left Open Causes Chicago Lias Itcd to Run Into Freight. Litchfield, III., July 0. A ecoro of pcisons killed and mora than 100 in jiued is tho rosult of a wreck on the Wabash railroad that occurred at this placo lato yesterday evening, The Chi cago limited duo at St. Louis at 7 o'clock and running nt a speed of 60 miles an hour to make up lost time, was wiecked by an opon switch. The engine on the passenger struck a freight train that was stumllng on tho siding, und tho engine nnd threo coaches fol lowing wero piled in a heap. The wreckage took flro and wub completely consumed, While it was at first thought that tho accident was duo to negligence, it has since developed, according to infor mation thai has leaked nut from what is cousltlored an authoritative source, that tho real cause for tho tlli-astor was ii dellbeiuto attempt on the part ot tralnwreckurs to deinil tno train, hut for what reason is not known, Wlillo thu railroad officials have giv en out no report for publication, they huvo said that tlio occurrence was not duo to any oversight on tho part of em ployes, hut Ih the result of u schomo on the part of unknown persons. Again the Center of Oravlty. St. Petersburg, July 0, Military ex ports helluva that the center of gravity bus again shifted to Port Arthur, wh-ro siego operations uro expected to engago most of the attention of tho Jupaneio until the conclusion of tho rainy Reason permits tho resumption of thu campaign In Southern Manchuria. Thownroffico believes that a farther advanco on Ta Tcho Kiao is impossible, in view of the powerful resistance which can ! mado by the Russians, combined witli the great difficulties of transportation over rain sodden roads, Japan Orders Cavalry Hornrs. New York, July 0. Tho Japanese government is stated to have practical ly placed an order for 10,000 selected cavalry horses witli a Now Ynik firm which supplied many cavalry homes it Great Britain during the liner wur. It is understood thut tho order culls for the smallest type of cavalry hnro, of which n largo supply is not readily ob tainable. It is insisted by tho Japan ese thut tlio hori-cs shall ho delivered at tlio ruto of 2,000 a month. Kuroki Occupies Another Port. Toklo, July 0, A detachment of Goneral Kuroki's army has occupied North Fen Shui Ling without meeting with resistance, The main army ad vanced westward and occupied a line extending from Mao Tlon Pas to Shao Mo Tien Ling and 8kinkaing. i 4 1 4 i