JAP VICTORY
Russian Army Driven From
Kiao Tung.
RESISTANCE WAS STUBBORN
Muscovites are Believed to Have
Lost 1,000 Men, While Victors
Lose Half as Many.
Tokio, July 25. General Kuroki
after a severe fight, occupied Kiao Tung
-on July 19. The place had been forti
ed by the Russians, who defended it
stoutly. In the fighting General Kuro-
ici'a troops drove the Russians from
their strongly fortified position on the
Chi river, which is northwest of Mo
Ten Paes and east of An Fin, inflicting
upon the enemy more serious losses
than they sustained themselves. The
fight began on the 18th and ended on
the 19th. The Japanese lost 424 men
killed and wounded. The Russian
losses are estmated at 1,000.
General Kuroki began his advance
early in the morning of the 18th.
The fighting continued until dark,
when the Japanese forces bivouacked.
'The Russians made two counter at
tacks, but were repulsed in each case.
The Japanese renewed the attack at
midnight, posting their artillery in
the valley below and on the high
ground to the south of the Russian po
sition. The main Japanese body was
assigned to attack the Russian center,
a small detachment sent toward the
right flank and another to watch the
enemy's left flank. -
After these positione had been taken
the fighting ceased for a time, but it
was resumed at dawn. The Russians
had 32 guns in action, and they vigor
ously ehtelled the Japanese. To this
fire the Japanese replied, and the bom
bardment lasted for four hours. Dur
ing this time the Japanese infantry
moved forward and the flankers had
succeeded in scaling the heights on the
Russian right by 3 o'clock in the after
noon, at which hour the main force
was ordered to storm the Russian cen
ter The Japanese artillery protected
ttis movement splendidly, but the in
fantry met with a severe fire and lost
heavily in training the heights.
The final successful charge was deliv
ered at 5 :30 in the afternoon. The
-Japanese succeeded in partially cutting
off the Russian retreat, and this soon
beame a rout. The enemy retired in
two directions, to the northward and
to the eastward. The Russian forces
-engaged included, in addition to the
artillery, seven battalions of infantry
.and a regiment of Cossacks.
NO MORE RAIDS.
Russia Will Release Malacca and
Put End to Red Sea Incident. .
St. Petersburg, July 25. The steam
ier Malacca is at Suda Bay, Island of
-Crete, where, under an agreement
reached by Great Britain and Russia,
he will be perfunctorily inspcted joint
ly by the Consuls of the two countries
-and released unless palpable contra
band of war intended for the Japanese
hall be found, in which case the contra
band only will be held. British gov
ernment stores aboard the vessel will
.not he examind.
The Russian reply to the Brittish
protest was handed to Ambassador
Hardinge in the afternoon. Russia
agrees that the Malacca shall not be
brought before a prize court, and un
dertakes that no incident similar to
this will occur in the future..
A claim for damages as a result of
delaying the steamer will be presented
in due course of time through the Brit
ish embassy.
Th captain of the St. Petersburg, in
his report, gives as his reason for sum
marily making a prize of the Malacca
the fact that the British master of the
Malacca declined to produce the mani
fests of his cargo.
Torpedoed by Accident.
Tientsin, July 25. A letter was
leceived here today from Niu Chang
aying that the commander of a Rus
sian torpedo-boat had reported that
while in the gulf of Pe Chi Li he had
.accident ly torpedoed a British steamer.
It is surmised here that the vessel le
ferred to is the llipsang, nowive days
overdue from Nu Chang. The llipsang
belongs to the Indo-China company.
It is reported here that a heavy bom
bardment of Port Arthur occurred yes
terday and heavy gun-fire was heard at
liiu Cbuang the same day.
Case of Senator Burton Up.
Washington, July 25 Justice Brew
er, of tlie United States supreme court
has granted a wiit of error to the
United States district couit for the
eastern district of Missouri in the case
of Senator Joseph B. Burton, convicted
in St. Louis of accepting a fee for serv
ing before the postoffice department
-while a member of the United States
senate. The ase will be reviewed by
the United States supreme court, prob
ably in the fall.
Panama Now Gold Standard.
Washington, July 25. The Panama
caaal commission today received infor
mation frdm the government of Pana
'V tne ratification of the money
cyetem of the new government in ac
cordance with the agreement ' reached
by the joint commission. Panama is
now a gold-standard country.
ALARM IS KEEN.
British Press Sees Peace Hanging
in the Balance.
London, July 23. The authoritative
assurances that the Malacca will be re
leased, cabled by the Associated Press
from St. Petersburg to the United
States, do not appear in the British
morning papers. Special dispatches
to a somewhat similar effect from St
Petersburg do not allay the alarmist
views of the leading organs which con
strue Premier Balfour's post-midnight
announcement that the government had
received no confirmation of the report
ed release of the Malacca to mean that
the incident remains unsettled.
, Another cause for great apprehension
is the broader "question of Russia's
right to send vessels of her volunteer
fleet through the Dardanelles. A etrifc
ing evidence that the danger of the
situation has not been mitigated in the
least, so far as British official an 1 pub
lic opinion is entertained, is afforded
by the Daily Telegraph, which, under a
targe heading, "An Acute Affair," de
clares that "relations between Great
Britain and Russia have reached the
state of an acute crisis, but behind the
incident of the Malacca is the far larger
question of the status "of the so-called
volunteer fleet.
"It has, we believe, been made clear
to the czar's government that the trans-
foimation of merchant vessels passing
through the Dardanelles into armed
cruisers cannot be recognized under any
pretext whatever as justifying Russia's
interference with British shipping. It
is-not impossible that as a concession
to Russian dignity, the-government
may offer to permit the Malacca to put
into some neutral port where her cargo
may be examined and the statement
verified that whatever munitions she
carried were intended for the use of the
British China squadron."
TRY TO DRAW TOGO AWAY.
Vladivostok Fleet Hopes to Weaken
Squadron at Port Arthur.
St. Peterbsurg, July 23. The news
of the first appearance of the Vladivo
stok squadron in the Pacific since the
outbreak of the war, telegraphed from
Tokio, causes no surprise at the admi
ralty here, although it is said Vice Ad
miral Skrydioff purposely has not noti
fied them of the squadron's departure
in order to prevent the possibility of
the information leaking out.
Vice A Imiral Bezobrazoff s action in
giving the slip to Vice Admiral Kami-
mura and passing Is gar straits is re
garded as evidence of the insufficiency
of the Japanese naval forces. It is
probably the purpose of Admiral Bezo
brazoff to raid the coast towns of Ja
pan, capture merchantmen, make a
naval demonstration off Yokohama,
and generally create a panic among the
population, in order to compel Rear
Admiral Togo to reinforce .Admiral
Kamimura, and thus weaken the fleet
off Tort Arthur.
The idea that Admiral Bezobrazoff
would seiiously attack large ports of
Japan is, however, 1 ejected, owing to
the danger from submarine boats,
mines, torpedo boats and shore batter
ies.
The report is current that the Vladi
vostok squadron is homeward bound
under orders to effect a juncture with
the first division of Vice Admiral Ro-
jestvensky's Baltic squadron, which is
ready to go out on a trial trip in the
Baltic.
ON TO MUKDEN.
Japanese Break Into the Enemy's
Left Plank.
Liao Yaang, July 23. News was re
ceived from Ta Tche Kaio yesterday
that the Japanese had broken through
the Russian left flank between Lieuten
ant General Count Keller's position
and that of General Rennenkampff, and
that they we'e marching on Mukden.
The rumors to this effect are persist
ent, but there is no official confirma
tion of them.
Confirms Japanese Victory
London, July 23. According to a
special dispatch from Moscow, the Rus
sky Listok of that city confirms the As
sociated Press report from Liao Yang
that the Japanese have broken through
the Russian left flank and are march
ing on Mukden.
More Men Charged With Outrage.
Cripple Creek, July 23. Informa
tion charging Pearl Skelton with mur
der and complicity with the Independ
ence depot outrage on June 3 was filed
in the district court today. It was an
nounced that informaiton making sim
ilar charges will be filed against Wil
liam A. Akreman, F. H. Mulaney, A.
L. Nugent and William Gaffney later.
Frank J. Hangs, local attorney for the
Western Federation of Miners, said
today that none of the men arrested
for the killing of Rosie Magee on June
6, in the Victor street riots, was guilty.
Increase of Capital Stock.
Louisville, July 23. At the stock
holders' meeting of the Southern Pa
cific held at Beechmont today, 1,520,
000 of the 1,978,000 shares of stock
were represented by proxies in the
hands of Judge E. P. Humphrey, who
acted as chairman. A resolution in
creasing the capital sto k of the com
pany 1100,000,000 by the issue of pre
ferred stock was adopted. Attorney J.
B. Weaver acted as secretary. None
of the other stockholders was present.
Hears She Will Release Ships.
Paris, July 23. Information reach
ing government quaiters here leads the
officials to believe that Russia will re
lease the British and German merch
antmen seized in the Red sea, as a
means of averting .international com
plications. - ; 'J.- j
FAVORS FORCE
Russian Acts In Red Sea Arouse
Ire of British People. '
FOREIGN MINISTER IN DILEMMA
Realizes That the Policy Fostered
by the King Will Be Repudiated
Press Is With the Public.
London, July 22. The Associated
Press. tonight interviewed many promi
nent persons connected and in close
touch with the government relative to
the seizure of British vessels by
steameis of the Russian volunteer fleet
in the Red sea. As a result of these
inquiries, there is shown to be a hos
tile feeling against Russia, of a strength
and bitterness almost without piece
dent. Tne most conservative men,
who have been in the service of the
government for many years, and, who
openly deplored the haste with which
they thought Great Britain bad plunged
into the Transvaal war, tonight frank
ly declared for a policy of reprisal
against what is regarded as Russia s vi
o'ations of treaty and her piratical at
tack on British commerce.
lhe warlike tone 01 such papers
like the Times, the Standard, the
Morning Post, and the Daily Tele
graph, which m national crises hither
to almost invariably have advised cau
tion, has had its inevitable effect
There has been stirred up a storm of
indignation among all classes in the
United Kingdom, the strength of which
the government itself can scarcely
gauge. Those who deplored the out
break of the war between Japan and
Russia and insisted publicly and pri
vately that Great Britain, crippled fi
nancially, after her South African ex
periences, must not, at all costs, be
drawn into the Far Eastern struggle,
are among the most outspoken cham
pions of a physical force that will pre
vent the repetition of the Malacca in
cident in the Red sea.
Those few officials at the foreign
office who are in full possession of all
details of Great Britain's desire to ar
rive at an entente with Russia are in
despair. They realize that the policy
so carefully fostered by King Edward
and Foreign Minister Landsdowne will
now be indignanty repudiated by all
parties in the house -of commons, and
involve with the public the downfall of
any ministry advocating it.
Every nerve will be strained, how
ever, by tne foreign omce to secure
from Russia an explanation that will
pacify the aggrieved feelings of the
British public, and no step will be
taken officially that will tend to preju
dice subsequent diplomatic negotiations
looking to the settlement of all im
portant qutstions now outstanding, be
tween Russia and Great Britain. ,
BIG STRIKE ENDS.
Packers and Union Have Agreed to
Settle Trouble by Arbitration.
Chicago, July 22. The strike of the
packing-house employes begun nine
days ago, and which has demoralized
the packing industry through the coun
try, was settled here tonight at a con
ference between representatives of the
packers, officials of the Meatcutters'
union and representatives of all the
allied trades employed 'at the stock
yards. The whole controversy will be
submitted to a board of arbitration,
both sides agreeing to abide by what
ever decision this board may raech.
Pending the decision of the arbitra
tion board, the men will be ' taken
back to wora as rapidly as possible by
the packers, and it is agreed by the
packers that all the old employes., are
to be reinstated within 45 days from
the date work is resumed. If any of
the former employes are still unim
ployed at the expiration of that time,
such persons aie to have the privilege
of submitting their cases to the arbi
tration board for settlement.
The strikers will return to work as
soon as they can be notified of the
peaceable adjustment of the trouble,
and it is expected that by tomoirow
morning everything will be " in normal
shape at all the plants in the different
cities where the employes were on
strike.
Japs Retreat After Hot right.
St. Petresourg, July 22. The czar
has received the following dispatch
from General Kuropatkin, dated July
19 : "There has been no special change
in the situation since July 17. "At 5
o'clock in the afternoon of July 18,
Japanese advance forces of considerable
strength were observed in the direc
tion of Sikseyann, on the Liao Yang
Saimatsza road, moving against a de
tachment of our treops. After two
days' .fighting, the latter force is re
treating toward the village of Houtsi-
atsze, east of Anping."
Shoot Japanese from Trees.
Ta Tche Kiao, July 22. All is
quiet in this region. Neither side is
moving. The only activity is at the
outposts. The Russian sharpshooters
are having good practice sniping the
Japanese from the mountain sides.
Small detachments creep out at night,
steal up to the Japanese pickets in the
darkness, hide themselves in treetops
and there await sunrise. So soon as
the light is strong they get fine shots
before the pickets can get away.
May Intercept American Steamers.
Paris. July 22. The Temps, diecuss-
ine the passage of the. Vladivostok
squadron through the Straits, of Tsur
garu, saye its purpose is either to attack
the unprotected cities on the eastern
coast of Japan, or to - intercept .Ameri
can merchant steamers, which are sup
plying Japan with all Kinds of provis
ions through the port 01 ioko. . .
LION. LIES IN WAIT.
Warships Will Compel Russia to Give
f ? Up Oriental Liner.
London July 21. It is believed by
leading naval officials here, who, are
cognizant of certain sweeping orders is
sued yesterday by the admiralty, that
the .British government intends to com
pel Russia, to surrender the Peninsular
& Oriental liner Malacca, seized as a
prize of war by the Russian"cruiser St.
Petersburg, and en route to Libau
under a prize crew.' It is also gener
ally understood in naval circles that
no other British ships will be stopped
by the Russians after the British cruis
ers reach the scene.
The orders to commanders of the lat
ter vessels are declared to be short, bat
explicit, and provides that British .veS'
sels shall be free to navigate Eastern
waters, without recognizing the war-
Bhips of any other power, or the right
to search them for contraband.
One of the developments yesterday
was the detachment by Admiral Dqm
ville, commanding the Medterranean
fleet, of his two swiftest cruisers to pro
ceed at full speed to Port . Said, which
is at tne northern end of the Suez ca
nal. It is understood that these two
vessels will arrive at Port Said before
the Malacca, and be there when the
latter emerges from the canal. It is
considered likely that they will compel
the Russians to give up their prize, al
though, of course, their future action
is carefully guarded, and laymen can
only conjecture and reason from the at
titude of the naval chiefs.
Naval officers generally agree that
such action can be confidently expected,
and they are for the most part now dis
cussing the probable attitude of Russia
when the Malacca is taken by force. .
FLEET ON RAID.
Vladivostok Ships Enter Pacific, and
Take Japanese Steamer.
Tokio, July 21. The Vladivostok
squadron has overhauled a Japanese
steamer eastwaid of Tsugar straits.
The name of the vessel captured and
her fate has not yet been learned.
The Vladivostok squadron, unac
companied by torpedo boats, entered
the Pacific ocean today at 7 o'clock.
Its destination is unknown, but it is
suggested it possibly plans to raid the
east coast of Japan and then either re
turn to Vladivostok, escaping to the
southward, or attempting to form a
junction with the Port Arthur fleet.
The squadron was discovered in the
straits of Tsugar at 3 o'clock this morn
ing, steaming rapidly eastward.
At 3:30 A. M. it was reported off
Tappicape, and at 7 A. M. observers at
Hakkodate discovered and reported to
Tokio that it was thensteaming east.
Warnings have gone out to shipping
along the eastern coast of Japan and
merchantmen are hurriedly seeking
cover. , It is expected that most of the
shipping will be warned before the
Russian ships can inflict serious dam
age, if a raid i,s intended.
Ordinarily, a lack of ccal would pre
vent an extended cruise, but it is possi
ble that 'the Russians possess a collier
at a rendezvous in the Pacific ocean.
ARMIES MEET NEAR TONG SCHU.
Russian Losses Put at 2,100, Jap
anese Losses at 1,200.
Chicago, July 21. A special to the
Daily News from Niu Chwang says :
Hard fighting has been going on for
several days in the neighborhood of
Tong Schu, eight miles east of Ta Tche
Kiao. It is rumored that the Russian
loss in last ngbt's engagement was 2,-
100 and the Japnaese 1,200. The Jap
anese also have been in active contact
with the Russians east of Hai Cheng,
where there have been many minor ac
tions.
AH along Kuropatkin's flank and
front the Japanese are moving into po
sition but the general attack is being
postponed until supplies and reinforce
ments come to the front. Progress
along the muddy roads and mountain
passes is slow.
Liao Said to Be Sealed.
London, July 21. The Times' Tokio
correspondent, cabling under date of
July 19 says: "Japanese military
critics anticipate renewed efforts by
General Kuropatkin to recover the Mo
Tien positions, which are essential to
the security of his army if it . remains
in the present position." The corre
spondent adds that it is rumored in
Tokio that three Japanese torpedo boat
destroyeis have sealed the Liao river,
where the Russian gunboat Sivoutch
and a Russian torpedo destroyer are
anchored. -
Pbrty-Six Clerks Employed.
Yankton, S. D., July 21. Seven
thousand people registered for 'Rosebud
land here today, and the rush tomorrow
will be etill greatei. The Milwaukee
road divided its morning train into Bix
sections and the evening train into two.
The total registration at Yankton alone
is now over 40,000, and will reach the
60.000 mark before closing Saturday.
Forty-six clerks are now employed, and
this force will be increased indefinitely
to take care of the people.
Russia Is Pleased.
St. Petersburg, July 21. The United
States has informed Russia that she
will be glad to join Great Britain: in
the protection of the seals at the-Kom-
mander islands. This act will doubt
less make the best impression. It is
understood that Russia will communi
cate her answer in a tewdays.
Another Russian Cruiser Passes.
Constantinople, July 21. A Russian
cruiser has just passed through from
Odessa with several guns covered with
canvas on her deck. She also carried
torpedo tabes, i '?X$. ?
SHOT AS
i- pr
EXECUTION OF TWO JAPANESE OFFICERS AT KHARBIN.
An eye-witness of the execution of the two Japanese officers, Colonel
TJkoko and Captain Otti, at Kharbin, has furnished an artist-correspondent
of London Graphic with an illustrated account of the scene. The two officers
were caught -attempting to blow up. the railway bridge over the river None,
in Manchuria, and were brought before a court-martial, which sentenced
them to be hanged as spies. General Kuropatkin, however, ordered that they
should be shot Throughout their trial and the preliminaries to the execu
tion the two men displayed the utmost courage. On the execution ground
both officers requested that their arms should not be tied to the boards
behind them, and Captain Otti asked that his eyes should not be bandaged.
Colonel TJkoko, who was a Christian, received the holy communion from a
Russian priest, and made a will leaving a sum of a thousand roubles to be
devoted to Red Cross work. "Both of the officers," writes the correspondent,
"died like heroes."
Few true stories of merited commer
cial . success Illustrate the value of
pluck and perseverance more clearly
than that of Thomas A. Edison and
the Incandescent electric light It was
on October 16, 1878, says uassiar b
Magazine, that Mr. Edison decided he
had reached conditions under which
a carbon filament, might be made into
a lamp. Accordingly a cotton thread
was laid in a hairpin-shaped groove
in aTiickel plate, nut in a nickel mold
and covered with charcoal and cooked
five hours, it was then thoroughly
carbonized, but unhappily it broke to
pieces when the inventor attempted
to take it from the mold.
Repeated experiments brought simi
lar failures, until late at night on the
18th one was rescued Intact; but It
broke while being fastened to the con
ducting wire. Neither Mr. Edison nor
his assistant, Charles Bachelor, had
had any sleep since beginning work
two daya before; but they determined
to keep at work and, make a lamp be
fore they slept.
On the 19th they made several fila
ments, but all broke in the clamping
process. On the 20th one was success
fully clamped, and hope ran hh?h that
the lamp would soon be Gone; out
as it was being carried from the shop
where it was made to the glass blow
ing room to be sealed in a globe a
breath of wind caught It and blew it
away.
Mr. Bachelor was dismayed and dis
gusted. Both men were exhausted and
almost discouraged, but they kept at
work. At last, on the morning of the
21st, the fifth day since they had
slent. thev had the happiness of see
ing a lamp finally completed and light-
The two men then went to bed
and slent several hours. When they
awoke the new lamp still burned. . Mr.
Edison increased the current, and the
lamp burned more brightly far more
brightly than they had dared antlcl:
pate. It was the first modern, incan
descent lamp. Mr. Edison believed it
was a successful one, but It lasted
only two days, and then burned out.
At. once a host of employes went to
work carbonizing every available sub
sance in search of a better filament.
In the midst of the work a passage
in one of Humboldt s books, describ
ing a certain kind of bamboo fiber,
suddenly occurred to Mr. Edison, and
suggested to him that the vegetable
strand would be just the thing. At
nnni he hunted up the passage and
reread it. Then he began a search for
the proper bamboo.
A corns of trained investigators was
sent out all over the world on this
search, and scarcely a region of the
known surface of the globe was left
un visited. A hundred thousand dol
lars were spent in this way before
William Moore found the proper bam
hnn in Northern Japan. To Insure a
good supply, he bought a tract of land
and put it In charge or two native
farmers.
Then with the bamboo fiber began
new experiments, and In the spring
of 1881 the first really successiul In
candescent lamp was made. - It burn
ed at slxteen-candle-power for nearly
sixteen hundred hours, and its success
was thus assured.
In the following year a hundred
SPIES.
thousand of those lamps were made,
the shape and construction being grad
ually modified as Improvements sug
gested themselves, until the present
common style of lamp was the result
Ten years from its first construction
four million lamps a year were being
made, and eleven years later, in 1903,
America alone required forty-five mil
lion to fill Its needs.
Western America vs. Eastern Asia.
That great changes are taking
place in the currents of Pacific 'ocean
commerce, to be followed fast by still
greater, is rapidly becoming manifest
Increasing production In our own Pa
cific States requires Oriental markets,
and Is finding them. Railroad develop
ment both in America and Asia, and
Increasing use of steam on the ocean,
are effecting great changes in the
courses of the trade of all countries
In touch with the Pacific. More than
fifty steamships now sail regularly
from the porta of California, Oregon
and Washington to ports in Asia or
in the great Pacific Islands, and of
"tramp" steamers and sail vessels a
continually growing fleet Between
porta of British Columbia and porta
of Asia, Australia and New Zealand
there is similar movement It In
cludes not only the local commerce
between countries that border on the
greatest of oceans, but carries also a
heavy trade from the Orient by rail
way across America to our Eastern
States, and even to Europe, from West
to East over the Atlantic.
Everything favors the growth of .
this commerce to very large propor
tions. There is promise of develop
ment of an International commerce
on the Pacific which, within the next
half century, may rival that on the
Atlantic. For the active theater of
the world's new effort is now eastern
Asia and western America. The two
hemispheres, heretofore scarcely at all
in communication except across the
Atlantic, are now rapidly developing
an intercourse over the Pacific, which
is to effect large transformation or at
least to become a great additional
factor in the commerce of the world.
Century.
A Hard Problem.
"Is this Mme. Pompon?" breathless
ly inquired a man who had climbed
several flights of stairs and been ad
mitted into a darkened parlor.
"It Is," replied the stately person-
age whom he addressed.
"The famous clairvoyant and for
tune teller?"
"The same."
"Do you read the mind?"
"With perfect ease."
"Can you foretell the future?"
"The" future holds no mysteries that
I cannot unravel." c
"Can you unfold the past?"
"The record of all things past is to
me an open book."
"Then," said the caller, feverishly
taking from his pocket a handful of
silver, "I wish you would tell me what
it is that my. wife wanted me to bring
home without fail this evening and.
name your price. Money is no ob
ject" '
Odd.
"That's Brightley; he raised quite a!
fortune on a patent mud-scraper."
"He doesn't look very prosperous."
"No, he afterward sunk it all in a
sky-acraper." Philadelphia Leaser.
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