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EVENTS OF THE DAY
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8everal packing plants- leport
their output is increasing.
that
Moorish bandits have looted bouses
within two miles ot Tangier.
The rush to South Dakota lands near
Yankton has become a veritable stam
pede.
One of the colliers authorised by the
last congress w ill be built at
island.
Germany w ill demand that Russia
explain the seizure of mails destined
for Japan.
Constant skirmishes are occurring
near Mukden between Coesacks and
Japanese scouts.
8mall riots continue at the various
packing plants where work is atlemted
with nonunion men.
About two-thirds of the rural mail
carriers w ill receive $100 more per
year, commencing July 1.
The steamer Hapsang, from Niu
Chwang to Chefoo, is overdue and it is
feared she bar struck a mine.
Japanese W ar Office
Charges Against Russians.
Tokio, July 20.— The Japanese war
office has made public a' statement
charging the Russians with violation
of recognized rules of warfare.
The
statement alleges that on two occasions
the white flag has been violated; that
once a Russian column fired persistent
ly on a field hospital where the Bed
Cross flag was flying conspicuously,
thus compelling the Japanese to remove
the hospital amidst great danger.
. Twice, it is alleged, the Russians
fired on the men of the Japanese hos
pital corps, although their badges could
readily be distinguished. On three oc
casions Japanese have been stabbed,
slashed and mutilated. On one occa
sion the Russians are declaied to have
stolen cattle and horses from noncom
batants and to have violated women.
I t is also claimed that numerous cases
can be cited where the Russians have
wantonly fired on
the
Japanese
wounded and that they have refused to
premit parties who were succoring the
wounded on both sides to go unmolest
ed.
These charges are made by General
Oku and it is stated that further
charges w ill be made, growing out of
the experiences of General Kuroki’
army.
In explaining the publication of
these charges, the Japaanese general
staff states that they had no desire to
take such action, but in view of Rus
sia’s charges that they made through
the French papers there wsb rothing
else left for them to do.
HELD UP BY SHOT.
Other Chicago unions w ill go out on
a strike unelss the trouble with the
Russian Steamer Stops British Vessel
meat packers is setlted at once.
the Red Sea.
Hot weather continues in the M id
London, July 20.— A dipsatch from
dle'W est and Central states.
Chicago
and Pittsburg have both had a number Aden to the Daily Mail says that the
captain of the British steamer Waipara
of deaths.
reports that the Russian volunteer
New York w ill be the chief battle steamer 8t. Petersburg signalled him
ground for both parties in the presi
to stop by firing across the bows of his
dential campaign.
vessel on July 15, w h ile 20 miles off
The body of Kent Loomis, the miss Jebel Zugur, in the Red sea.
ing American, has been washed ashore
The Russians examined the papers
of the Waipara and declared they
near Plymouth, England.
would hold his ship as a prize.
The
Russian vessels stopped a German
captain protested, and was taken on
steamer in the Red sea and seized
board the 8t. Petersburg, where he
much mail destined for Japan.
gave the Russian officers a guarantee
Extreme hot weather throughout the that there were neither arms nor am
Midd e West has caused many pros munition on board the Waipara destin
trations and a number of deaths.
ed for Japan. The vessel was detained
Peace negotiations are at a standstill for four hours and was then allowed to
in the meatpackers’ strike. The op proceed.
The captain confirms the report that
erators refuse to re-employ all strikers
the
Peninsular A Oriental company’ s
aton es,
steamer Malaica was seized in the Red
St. Paul strikers resisted an at sea July 16 by the 8t. Petersburg on
tempt of officers to place nonunion men the ground that she carried arms and
in the packing houses and a lies for all ammunition of war for the Japanese
hght ensued.
government.
Idn Per dicar is, of Tangier, who was
BRBAK OF A QRBAT DAM.
held captive by brigands, has grave
fears for foreigners unless France
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adopts stern measures.
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Japan denies the report ot a gcreat
reverse *»t Port Arthur in which 80,000
troops were lost, asserting that not a
shot was fired at the fort that day.
The Russians themselves are becoming
skeptical regarding it as not a word has
been heard since the first report.
The Russian losses in the last battle
at Port Arthur are placed at 5,500.
The Russians seized the Chicago
News dispatch boat and towed it into
Port Arthur.
Cholera and dysentery are said to be
epidemic among the Japanese troops at
Feng Wang Cheng.
Neither side in the meatpackers’
strike w ill allow the other to dictate
the teims of arbitration, but both want
peace.
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Property Destroyed.
Scottdale, Pa., July 20.— W ith the
roar of Niagara, the new reservoir of
the Citizens’ Water compaany burst at
midnight and more than 300,000,000
gallons of water rushed down the val
ley, sweeping buildings in its path.
I t was discovered about 9 o’clock
that the dam was in danger of break
ing and messengers were hastily sent
through the valley to warn the people.
Hundreds of lives were thus saved, foi
a few hours later the whole valley was
under water.
The damage to the machinery and
reservoir alone w ill amount to at least
$50,000.
When the torrent swept
down upon the valley, Duildings were
torn from their foundations and carried
on the crest of the great wave lixe so
many washtnbs.
Crops valued at
thousands of dollars were completely
wiped out.
CHECK
JAPANESE
ENGAGEMENT OCCURS IN THE
RECTIÓN OF Y1NK0W.
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Victors Los#
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Few Men—One Thous
and of Mikado’« Troop« Put Out ol
of Action—Co«sack« Lie In Ambush
oa Remote Part of Coast and Shatter
Advance Column.
L iao Yang, July 18.— General 8am-
sonoff seriously checked the Japanese
advance in the direction of Yinkow on
July 11. H is Cossacks ambushed the
Japanese column, and put 1,000 out of
action.
The Japanese attempted to
advance to Yinkow along the coast, bnt
they were hindered by the marshy
country, which also increased their
difficulties in carrying off their dead
and wounded during the retreat.
The Russian« J»ad expected a move
ment in this diretion. and a company
of cavalry with two gnns lay in am
bush in the high grass, catching the
Japanese in the remotest part of the
coast and shattering their advance col
umn. The artillery fire of the Rus
sians # was splendid and the Japanese
were unable to make effective reply.
They were forced to retreat.
The
Russian losses were six killed end
seven wounded.
Flag la Hoisted.
New York, July 18.— The Japanese
have hoisted their national flag on
Rose island, in Chemulpo harbor, says
a Herald dispatch from Seoul, Corea.
The Corean fortifications thereon are
still permitted to fly the Corean ensign,
but this is dwarfed by the larger em
blem
of Japan.
Native agitation
against the granting of a concession
covering the stream and vacant land
rights continues unabated, albongh the
Japanese minister is still pressing the
Corean foreign office to a favorable con
clusion, stating that the Coreans lack
the finances the executive ability
requisite to a proper development of
these resources.
Salvage operations continue on the
sunken Russian cruiser Variag.
I t is
hoped to have her on an even keel this
menth. The work of raising the sunk
en merchantman Sungari is rapidly
proceeding.
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PANAMA.
Merchant« Stronger Object to
Custom House.
trican
Panama, July 18.— The decree of
Governor Dais establishing a custom
house in the canal zone has cieated ex
cited comment here.
The principal
merhants of Panama and Colon assem
bled in the Commerial clnb to discuss
the situation, and, unanimously decid
ed that the-establishment of a custom
house in such form means the ruin of
the commerce of Panama and Colon.
and consequently of the republic
The canal commissioners and officers
of the government have discuseed the
situation, which is believed by all to
be extremely serious unless the decree
be revoked and the interests of Panama
considered.
The newspapers (have started a cam
paign to prove to |he people and the
government of the United States the
injustie of the measure, which is the
cause of excitement in all circles.
Yesterday morning the steamship
City of Pekin, of the Pacific Mail
8teamship company, arrived from Ban
Francisco, which port she left on June
19. On arriving at Corinto, the City
of Pekin got clearance papers for An-
con, the American port in the canal
zone, and the captain of the port of
Panama refused to receive the steamer
claiming that under, the treaty with
the United States all ports in Panama
are under the jurisdiction of the Pans
man authorities. The captain of the
port also made a protest on the action
of the Pacific Mail steamship company,
which he considers against the rights
of the tepnblic, and sent a copy of it to
the president and to the agents of the
company.
SAVED LIAO YANO.
DEATH ENDS TRIP
aeaeral Zassalltck’s Defeat at the Yalu
1 Was la Name Only.
8t. Petersburg, July 19.— Experts CHICAGO PICNIC TRAIN COLLIDES
who recently were inclined to criticise
WITH A FREIGHT.
General Kuropatkin’e management of
affairs iu the Far East declare, as the
situation develops, that bis strategies
Seveety Others Injur*«, Many e t
have proved, so far, beyond reproach.
Whom Are la Serious Condition—
He has successfully tided over a press
Curve In Road Conceals Danger
ing danger— bow pressing only those in
From Bng lnssr.
close touch with the Far East realize.
H is apparent mistakes, Hke the pro
longed resistance offered by Lieutenant
Chicago, July 15.— This evening 22
General Zasealitch on the Yalu, turn
members of the 8nnday school of Do-
out to be acta of the highest m ilitary
remus Congregational church at T h ir
judgment.
General Kuropatkin then had so few ty-first and Butler streets, went to
death with joy in their hearts and a
hymn on their lips. Seventy people,
mostly children, members of the earn»
Sunday school, were maimed and
mangled at the same time.
The carnage occurred in a collision
on the tracks of the Chicago A Eastern
Illin ois
railroad between Chicago
Heights and Glenwood, 25 miles from
Chicago. Today was the annual picnic
of the Sunday school, and, as in former
years, several hundred of the childien,
with their parents and friends, bad
gone to the picnic grounds at Mo-
mence, 111., for the day. The piepie
was over and the train was on the re
turn to Chicago when the accident oc
curred.
Two accidents combined to inaxe the
disaster. The first was the breaking
down of a freight train on the north
bound track, on which the excursion
ALTON B. PARKER
train should have proceeded after leav
Democratic Candidate for President ing
Chicago Heights, and the other
was the breaking of a coupling on a
and such poor troops at Liao Yang second freight train. Because the first
that the Japanese would have had < train had blocked the rightful track
eaky task to crush the main force of the the excursion train switched to the
Russians had they been permitted to south-bound track to ran for four mi lee
cross the Yalu without severe punish until it should have passed the station
ment, and the thousands lost by Zas- of Glenwood just north of Chicago
salitch practically saved Liao Yang. Heights. As it tore along the track at
Zaasalitch, until disgraced, occupied an the rate of 40 miles an hour it rounded
important staff position.
a sharp curve and came full upon th& »•
General Baron Stakelberg’ s march, second train, which was backing np on
which also was criticised, is now ad the south-bonnd track in order to take
mitted to hae been necessary. The ru np its lost cars, and trying at the same
diments of war are that the army time to keep out of the way of the com
should be in constant touch with the ing picnic train, which it believed w u
enemy, otherwise it wculd be impos on the north-bound track.
sible to know the strength of its op
There was no time for more than the
ponents or to be informed of their setting the brakes, then, with unslack
movements.
ened speed, the train, with its load o f
General Stakelberg’ s match was
500 men, women and children, crashed
at full speed into the freight. There
was a shock, a shriek, and over 20
s >uls were in eternity.
ARMIES CLOSE
Japanese W ill Attack Ta Tche Klao—
Victory W ill Compel Evacuation.
HENRY G. DAVIS
Democratic Nominee for Vice President
reconnaissance on a grand scale, and
not only enabled General Kuropatkin
to ascertain the enemy’s strength and
disposition, but materially disturbed
Great Biitain has granted the last
the Japanese plans relative to the siege
request of ex-President Kruger and his
of Port Arthur, gradually drawing the
remains w ill lie alongside those of his
bulk of the Japanese army to follow
Profit From a Volcano.
wife in the Transvaal.
the retreating column, and thus dis
Mexico City, July 20.— The formal
tracting attention from the vulnerable
The president of Panama has assured transfer of the volcano Popocatepetl
spot between Lia Yang and Mukden.
congressmen excited over the custom to New York capitalists w ill be com
Meanwhile the men at Kuropatkin’s
house that he is confident the United pleted this week.
The Inter-Ocean
headquarters are improving.
Fifty
States w ill interpret the treaty in a railway w ill take the sulphur from the
thousand of the best troops from Eu
liberal spirit.
volcano to Vera Cruz. I t is believed
ropean Russia have leached Liao Yang
A gigantic railroad ticket swindle, that sulphur can be landed at New
within
a month, and if the Russian
through which the railroads having York for $48 per ton (gold), which
commander
in chief should now choose
offices in Denver have lost thousands would make the sulphur an effective
to
accept
a
battle
he w ill be able to in
The
of dollars, has been unearthed. Three* competitor of the Italian article.
flict a heavy blow. A ll Russia i« look
reorganization
is
interpreted
here
to
men have been arrested. They are
Ovation to Skrydloff.
itig forward with confident
charged with having doctored tickets mean that the German directors were
Vladivostok,
July
18.—
Vice
Adm
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sue
of the fight.
by hanging the destination, plugging not w illing to support the Standard in
ral
Skrydloff
received
a
great
ovation
punched holes in cancelled tickets and fighting the other oil interests.
Russian Ship« Cruising In Red Sea.
at a fete today under the auspices of
otherwise changing them.
the Thirtieth rifle regiment.
The
Island of Perim, Strais of Bab-el-
Hemmed In By Big Fire.
The emperor of China is seriusly ill.
Oroville, Cal., July 20.— Fire at the horses were removed from bis carriage, Mandeb, July 19.— The American mis
which was then hanled by officers and sionary vessel, Morning Star, from
Omaha business has hegun to suffer Bella View mine, near La Porte, today
destroyed the m ill, engine room and men of the regiment. After the ban Boston, arrived here today, and reports
as a result of the strike.
quet the admiral telegraphed to Gen that yesterday she passed, between
other buildings close to the mouth of
eral
Kuropatkin that the assembly had Jabel-Teir and Jabel Zugur, islands in
The Russian losses in the latest en the big tunnel. A huge pile of timber
gagement at Port Arthur are placed at 4ay close to the mouth of the tunnel drunk to the health of the officers and the Red aea, a Russian volunteer fleet
1,800.
and this caught on fire. Four men men of the Manchurian army, adding: steamer, flying the naval flag, bound
The toast was received with tremend north. The Morning Star sighted at
The Russian government has ordered were working in the tunnei when the ous applause, a tribute to your strategic dusk, off Jabel-Zugur, another cruiser,
100,000, breastplates for the army in fire broke out and fears are entertained and tactical a b ility .'’
with three funnels and two masts, and
for their safety, as the tunnel is strong
the Far East.
at midnight she sighted a torpedo boat.
ly timbered and it is thought these
Both these vessels were supposed to be
Settlers Fly From Forest Fires.
Ruesia’s up of joy is filled to over timbers w ill catch fire from the huge
cruising.
Vancouver. B. C., July 18.— Owing
flowing now that the Vladivostok fire now biasing.
to the long dry period, forest fires
squadron is out again.
In W alt for Ruaalau Ship«.
Bandits Raid at W ill.
along the British Columbia coast have
Odessa, Russia, July 19.— The Jtus-
Tangier, July 20.— The mountain given unnsual trouble this year.
A
The trouble between te packing house
employes and operators is likely to be tribes, apparently satisfied that they bush fire is now raging at Wtflffsobn sian steamer Trouvor, which has ar
have nothing to fear from the govern- bay, a large area having been burned rived here from the Persian gulf, says
settled by arbitration.
men, are looting the entire countryside over. 8ett)ers at Roberts creek have the English are persistently spreading
Ex-President Kruger, of the Trans outside of Tanger. They approached barely escaped with their lives, all rumors to the effect that six armed
vaal, is dead. His relatives w ill ask to within a few miles of this place yes their property having been destroyed, Japanese merchantmen are lying in
Gleat Britain to permit his remains to terday and carried away hundreds of according to reports brought down by wait for Russian ships in the Red sea
and Persian gulf.
head of sheep and cattle.
steamer today.
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be interred in the Transvaal.
St. Petersburg, July 15.— Steadily
and cautiously General Oku’s army
from the south, and General Nodizu’ s
army from the east, are closing in on
Ta Tche Kiao, where General Kuropat
kin is reported to be entrenched. One
hundred and thirty thousand men are
involved in the movement. The next
few days w ill determine to what extent
General Kuropatkin intends to make a
stand at Ta Tche Kiao, possession of
which by the Japanese would compel
the immediate evacuation of Niu
Chwang.
The outposts of the armies are scarcely
15 miles apart. The slowness o f the
advance is apparently due to the nat
ural difficulties in the way of a rapid
movement of the Japanese eastern
flanking columns.
Lieutenant General Sakharoff reports
that General Kuro is massing his
troops near the Pkhamlin pass and
moving out by both roads upon Hai-
cbeng. Heavy pressure from this
quarter would render Ta Tche Kiao un
tenable.
A ll the Japanese energies now seem
to be concentrated on Ta Tche K iao
and Haicheng.
The operations, to the north, which
throughout may have been feints, have
been suddenly suspended.
Immsass Meat Shipment Concluded.
Minneapolis, Jnlv 15.— Advices re-
cieved at Northern Pacific headquarlers
states that the heaviest order'of canned
meat to cross the Pacific has been suc
cessfully delivered on the Pacific Coast
and loaded aboard the steamer Shaw-
mut for transportation from Puget
sound to Yokohama. The shipment
consists of a rash order for 1,000,000
pounds of canned beef for the subsist
ence department of the Japanese army.
It was handled from Chicago by the
Northern Pacific in special trains of 40
refrigerator cars.
Japan Braatlms Baslsr.
Tokio, July 15 — I t is thought by the
treaty between England and Germany
removes all possibility of a coalition
against Jspan, and insures that pro
gressive Anglo-German amity on which
the peace of the world has latterly de
pended. Japan would view with eqna-
namity the extension of
“ Pacific
zone” to include Russia, since such a
development would in nowise hinder
the fulfillment of Japanese purposes.