MUST SOON FIGHT
JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN OUTPOSTS
ARE CI TOUCH.
Battle WUI Be Om at tbe Most Decisive
I U WiMkMnli Kurokl aa4
Oka Have Merged Their Twa Ana tea
Into OM-fcTaropalkta It Very Mack
a the AJert.
J5t. Petersburg, June 29. A dispatch
from Lieutenant General Sakharoff to
night, telling of numerous skirmishes,
confirms the belief that the great de
cisive battle of the campaign between
General Kuropatkia'a main army and
the armies of Generals Korokl and Okn
is imminent. The three armies aggte-
nl Sflfl OOA tnftn and thftir Atitnnat
are today in touch all along the line.
The Japanese evidently tried to draw
JSLoropatkln as far south as possible,
holding wit as incentive a cheek to the
advance of Oku's main army. Mean
timei Oka swung sharply to the east
ward to join Karoki toward theChapan
rasa, Karoki at the same time moving
a strong force by the right flank toward
Ilaicheng. The main Japanese ad
vance continues along the main Feng
Wang Cheng-Liao Yang road, avoiding
the Mao Tien pass by a detour to the
northward.
, .Nothing is known here of the exact
v point at which Kuropatkin'a main force
is concentrated, though it is believed
that a large part of the Liao Yang
force has been moved to a point be
tween Kinchou and Ta Tche Kiao.
BBLL COMBS OUT PLAINLY.
Hs Will Deport More Men if the Oover
tor WUI Only Direct.
. Cripple Creek, Colo., June 29. Gen
eral Sheiman Bell, who is governing
Teller county under martial law, has
issued another statement for publica
tion, which in part is as follows:
"There are 10,000 lies being written
about me. I am acting under orders
of the governor of the state of Colorado.
He stands lor peace and quiet and good
government, and has instructed me to
see to it that the Western Federation ot
Miners shall not directly or indirectly
murder any more men, and they
shall not.
' ''So far as placing Denver under
' martial law is concerned, that rests
- solely with the governor. Provided he
UVUIU BCV U W Ul DV, A HIT 11 IB OUIU
' tant general, commanding the military
forces of the state, and will see to it
that hundreds of bad men are deported,
and after martial law has been called
off, if the citizens permit the cattle
intend to deport to return that will be
their business. No man who wants to
work will be molested, but the person
ho lives solely and only by his mouth.
provided Governor Peabody gives me
the word, will hsve to emigrate. The
time for temporizing talk in - Colorado
has passed. What we ought to do now
is to act, and I guess ' wo are . going
some."
' LBQAL FIQMT ON OIL TRUST.
Onto Maa Beglas Salt to Dissolve the
Standard OU Company. -
Trnntnn. N. J.. Jnn 99 Phailpa J
Henderson, Jr., of Jersey City, and
Jospeh M. hewun, of Philadelphia,
counsel for George Rice, of Marietta,
O.. today filed in the court of chancer?
a 0)1,1 lor, the aisoiution ot the Stand
ard oil company, a New Jersey corpora
' tion, charging that the company is il-
lugaa, aim luai i CAiaia iu tiuimuuu ut
the anti-trust laws of the United States,
and of the statute relating to monop
olies. The bill charges that 'the Standard
oil company in Ohio was declared il
legal by the courts or that state, but
usv nie tuiiiiJauj, uigKwi vi uibbuiv-
ing, in obedience to that decision, has,
by subterfuge, evaded the Ohio deci
, tion, and that the New Jersey corpora
' tion is merely a holding company . for
' the Ohio concern. The bill aaka that
' not only the company be dissolved, but
that its assets be distributed among the
stockholders as paying off. its ontetand
' jng securities. ' For the accomplish
: ment of this purpose, it is asked that
a receiver be appointed.
To Discbarge Poor Thousand Mea.
Philadelphia, June 29. Four thora
and men will be discharged from the
JBaldwin Locomotive works within the
. M. M J OS . 1 I I
ten, uaj o , . uiuudauu ua c
already been dropped from tbe com
pany's service and the working force
will be reduced to 6,000. The greatest
number ever employed is about 16,000.
These statements were made by an
officer of the company today. The
places made vacant by the strike of 300
men in the boiler shops last week were
filled by the management from 3,000
taen recently discharged.
,. Condemned By Prize Court.
Vladivostok, June 29. The prize
cAiirt hug" condemned the British
Steamer Alanton, captured by the Rus
sian Vladivostok squadron recently
jn the straits of Corea, for. carrying
. contraband of war, and has confiscated
the ship and her cargo of 6,500 tens of
anthracite coal, valued at $50,000.
The firm at Singapore to which the
coal was consigned is the same concern
that supplied the Japanese-Chinese
war.
Wyoming Irritation Project Approved.
Cheyenne, Wyd.j June 29. The stafe
land, board was today advised by wire
that tbi interior' department had Just
approved the .segregation of 150,000
acres of land in the Oregon Basin irri
gation project. . By the Oregon basin
improvement and several allied .enter
prises several hundred thousand acres
of desert land will be converted Into
productive farau and thriving towns.
SUNK BY SHELLS.
JapaatM Seed Rwaalaa Battleships U
the Bottom.
Tokio, June 27. Admiral Togo re
porta an" engagement at Port Arthur
last Thursday in which a battleship of
the Peresviet type was sunk and a bat
tleship of the Sevastopol type and a
first-class cruiser of the Diana type
were damaged.
The report is general her that the
Port Arthur fleet cam out of the bar
dot Thursday and engaged the Japanese
fleet.
Fire for Twelve Hoars.
Chicago, June 27. A special to the
Daily News from Chefoo says:
"Another demonstration took place
off Port Arthur Thursday. Firing be
gan from the forts about 10 a. m., and
continued until 10 p. m. The program
was about the name as on the previous
day.
"The destroyers and torpedo boats
pursued the same tactics, and an aux
iliary cruiser lay off the islands until
the firing had ceased, when it proceed
ed eastward at full speed. .
"At 8 :30 p. m., the same evening,
firing began heavily from the bluff,
with much activity of the searchlights,
indicating the approach of torpedo
boats. A little later the sound of more
dietant firing was heard, evidently
from the land side of Port Arthur, con
tinuing until 2:30 in the morning.
"During that period there was an
almost uninterrupted thunder as of
field guns and volley firing, punctuated
with clashes as of siege guns.
"It is probable that what took place
was a general shore action with a naval
demonstration. It seems as though
the Japanese-intend to wear out the de
fenders by continued night activity, be
fore making a final simultaneous sea
and land attack."
MAY LEAD TO REBELLION.
President Moyer Says Miners Will Re
sent Policy ot BelL
Cripple Creek, Colo., June 25. In
reply to a telegram from the New York
World, Charles H. Moyer, president of
the Western Federation of Miners,
who is now a prisoner in the county
jail here, sent an extended statement of
present conditions in the state from his
standpoint. Mr. Moyer said in part:
"The deportation of the union men
and others, being in my opinion un
lawful, the Western Federation of
Miners will use all lawful means to re
establish their members in their
homes. No violence will be resorted
to, bat such legal steps as may be nec
essary to bring about the desired re
suits will be taken at the proper time
Pending such action, deported mem
bers and their families will be sup
ported by the federation.
"General Belt alleges that his policy
has been successful, and that ether
states are expected to follow suit. If
this be true, then rebellion is not im
probably, as the great majority of the
American people are today condemning
such a system, and, regardless of union
ism, would bitterly resist any attempt
to put the same into practice. 1 disa
gree with the general as to the labor
troubles being settled in Colorado,
but do believe they will be settled by
the ballot in the month of November."
Places Not to Be Had for Asking.
Washington.June 24. D. I. Murphy,
secretary of the Isthmian Canal com
mission, today gave out the following:
"Applications for places under the
commission have been filed by thous
ands, and are still pouring in. It
ought to be understood that no one not
possessing special qualification will be
appointed for tbe woik of the com
mission. The work will be largely of
a technical character.
"Those applying for service on the
isthmus, in addition to the possession
of exceptional qualifications, must pass
a rigid physical examination, .under
the direction of the public health and
marine hospital service to test their fit
ness for service in the tropics.
''Probably not one in a hundred of
those applying have even a remote
chance of appointment."
Kurepatkln Addresses Troops.
Kaichoa, June 25. General Kuro
patkin inspected General Stakelberg's
troops and addressed them, saying:
"I shall see you soon again. We
must settle with the Japanese prompt
ly. Till then we are not going home."
The men responded heartily. The gen
eral also addressed the regiments
which specially distinguished them
selves in the recent fighting, and pre
sented the St. George cross to 250 offi
cers and men. The reports of the Jap
anese treatment of prisoners and
wounded are marked by contradictions.
Icebreaker to Start for Far East.
St. Petrsebrug, June 27. It is stated
that the icebreaker Ermak, designed
by the late Vice Adimral Makaroff, is
preparng to start for the Far East.
Grand Duke Cyril, cousin of the em
peror, and Captain Jakovleff, who com
manded the battleship Petropavlovsk,
which was sunk off Port Arthur, have
been presented -with gold swords in
recognitioa of their bravery and ser
vices at Port Arthur.
Relief Fund Reaches 190,000.
New York, June 27. Jacob H.
Schiff , treasurer of the committee ap
pointed by the mayor to solicit sub
scriptions for the relief of the victims
of the General Slocum disaster, report
ed today that the committee had thus
far received over $90,000.
TO FORCE TURKEY
AMERICA DETERMINED TO SECURE
SETTLEMENT WITH TURKEY.
WU Make Deaaonitratloa at Alexaa
dretta With European S4Mdrva-lt
Saltan Dots Nt Yield Promptly, the
Fleet at Admiral Barker WUI Be
Ordered to Fallow It.
Washington, June 24. President
Roosevelt today decided that a naval
demonstration shall be made against
Turkey. Alexandretta. from which
port the American squadton was re
called last year, will be the objective
point.
Admiral Barker's fleet 'consisting of
the battleships Iowa, Kearsarge, Ala
bama and Maine, sailed today from
Gibraltar for the Piraeus.'. The battle
ships Missouri and Illinois and gunboat
Mayflower will join them there.
When Admiral Jewel and the European
squadron, now at Tangier, arrives, the
demonstration against Turkey will be
made.
It is probable that -the European
squadron will go first to Alexandietta,
this being decided upon in deference to
Russia's protest. If the sultan does
not then yield, the battleships will fol
low. It is understood there is no pres
ent intention of bombardment.
FORCED INTO BATTLE.
Raaalans and Japanese Unexpectedly
Meet oa March to ritnrhlltlea.
London, June 24. Conflicting ac
counts of the fighting in Manchuria are
arriving here, and it is plain that both
the Russians and the Japanese are en
gaged in a death struggle for the po
sitions between Feng Wang Cheng and
Mnkden, with the chances slightly in
favor of ultimate Russian success, ow
ing to the large number of men that
General Kuropatkin hn Minder his com
mand, and the stiength of the Liao
Yang defenses.
The censorship, however, is so strict
that what few ditpa ches are permitted
to get through are so badly mutilated
that it is impossible to determine just
wbat the correspondents who wrote
them jneans when he sent his accounts
of the fighting.
According to the Chronicle's Far
Eastern advices, a collision, which took
on all the proportions of a pitched bat
tle, has taken place between General
Baron Knroki's main army and a por
tion of the Russian army. The Rus
sians are said to have encounteied the
Japanese while both sides were trying
to take possession of the heights of
flsurhlitien. The fight was unex
pected end exactly what both com
manders were trying to avoid. The
Japanese were at a disadvantage, al
though they fought bravely and were
eventually compelled to retreat. Both
sides lost heavily".
BRIOAND NOW DEMANDS MORE.
Perdlcaris Will Not Be Released Until
Another Province Is Given.
London, June 24. The Daily Tele
graph's Tangier correspondent, tele
graphing to his paper at 9 o'clock last
night, says: There is another hitch,
and the order for sending forward the
prisoners has been countermanded.
Raisuli has demanded anothei province.
When Perdicaris is released he will be
brought to his town house, where his
wife is ill, suffering from the treat
ment shejreceived at the hands of the
brigands at the time the capture was
made. What will follow the release of
the captiveB, it is impossible to dis
cover. The next step lies with France,
who will not land troops, but acting on
the principle, a thief to catch a thief,
will recognize Raisuli as governor of
Zeenat and Abreeyzes and of the
country between.
Returns to Vladivostok.
St. Petresburg, June 24. The em
peror has received the following dis
patch from Vice Admiral Skrydloff,
dated June 21: "A division of tor
pedo boats, under the command of Cap
tain Venogradsky, aide-de-camp of the
grand admiral, which was sent out
June 15 on an expedition along the
coasts of Japan, returned to Vladivo
stok today. The torpedo boats ap
proached Port Esaahi, near Hakodate,
but a fog prevented their entrance.
Several trading and transport schooners
were captured.
Contest Advance of Kurokl.
St. Petersburg, June 25. The gen
eral staff has received a dispatch from
Liao Yang, dated today. It does not
mention any serious fighting. The
Russian rear guard is now at Beuchen.
General Kuroki's advance along the
roads from Siuyen, leading respectively
to Ilaicheng, Ta' Che Chou and Kai-
chou, is being warmly contested by
General Kuropatkin's outposts. The
column heading for Kaichou is the
furthest advanced.
Battleship Oregon (Jets Trophy.
, Washington, June 24. The navy de
nartment today awarded to the battle
ship Oregon the trophy for excellence
in gunnery in the last annual target
practice for which tbe ships of tbe
navy have been in competition. For
the crnnboat class, it was determined
that the Dolphin Is entitled to tbe
trophy, while the trophy for the des
troyer class goes to the John Paul
Jones, of the Pacific squadron.
THE AFTER-TIIE-F0URTI1 FANTASY ON
THE MODERN GEORGE WASHINGTON.
rather, I can
Cincinnati Tost.
OUR FLAQ FOREVER.
She's np there Old Ulory where Itfbt-
nlnft are etwd;
Rh daulee the nttlone with rlpplr of red.
Aud che'll ware for ua living, or droop o'er
ua dead
The flif of our country forrverl
She'e up ttaer Old Glory how bright the
tara atrrnni!
And tti atrlpve rd algnals of liberty
gleam!
And we dare for her. lUIng, or dream the
lnt dream
Neath the flag of onr country foreer!
She'e up there Old Glory no tyrant di-alt
eonre.
No blur on her brlghtneaa, no atalu on her
atara!
The brave blood of heroee hath rrlmaoned
hrr ban.
BUe'e tbe flag of our country forever!
Frank L. Htantoti.
:: A Fourth of
July Picnic.
Br XafaerlM Hclror,
H I I I U I It I 1 1 I -K-H-
v iirtu rnllfnrntan town, situated
at the foot of a long, low range of
mountains, lived a young girl wliose
name was Helen Mills. Hera was a
lovely home. The great house, with
Its wide verandas, stood In tbe midst
of many acres of beautiful grounds,
with mountains forming the back
wound. It was the second day of
July, and Helen had invited a number
of young people to come down from
San Francisco and remain over the
Fourth. That evening the young
hostess entertained her guests by tak
ing them for a hay ride; the next day
she had planned other Uellgntrui en
tertainments, so the boys and girls
looked forward with great anticipation
to so what the next day would bring
forth. Thcy were sure It would be
omethintr delightful, for who could
help having a good time on the Fourth
of July?
When her guests were about to dis
perse to their rooms that night Helen
told them that they would be called
verv crlv the next morning, os they
were going on a picnic and would have
to drive some twenty miles to rencu
the spot
Earlv the next morning they were
off, some In traps and others on horse
back. They were a merry party, and
the clear, fresh mountain air, ladened
with the perfume of wild flowers
which grew deep down In the canyons,
raised their spirits to the highest de
gree. Once or twice tney drove up
fearful inclines and the girls closed
their eves in terror, but there was no
cause for fear, as the drivers were
well used to such places.
At length the place was reached.
It was not a public picnic ground; in
fact, Helen said she knew there had
never been a picnic there before; that
she and her father were fishing one
day and their canoe bad taken them
by that place. Helen said then If they
had a picnic th Fourth, they would
go there, and her plan had been acted
upon. For some time before they
reached the spot the road lay between
great open fields, tbe canyons Just
visible across them. Tney turned off
the road and drove through a great
field; when they reached the trees they
all stepped from tnrir traps and tne
girls waited while the boys fed and
watered the horses, then they walked
down a steep incline and Into the
canyon. At first they were awed by
tbe grandeur and silence of the place
silent but for the rush of the liver
and tbe occasional song of a bird; but
they were young and full of life and
fun, and it was not for long that the
serious mood lasted.
The boys fell to gathering fagots
for a fire on which to roast tbe chick
ens they had brought with them; they
did this by taking a two-Dronged stick.
whittling It smooth, then thrusting it
into tne cnicten ana Holding it over
the fire; the stick was turned and
twined until the fowl was nicely roost
ed. .While the boys were doing. thla
tba girl spread a large cloth en a
not tell a lie; I did It with my
smooth piece of ground, and had put
on It all sorts of tempting eatables,
then placing ruga and carriage robes
on the ground, all sat down, with rav
enous appetlua. After lunch they lay
around on the robes, too laty to move,
and told stories and sang for nearly
two hours. Then, as It was very
warm, they were ready for a swim In
the Inviting pool surrounded by moss
grown Itowhlcrs, not far away. There
w is a scramble for bathing suits and
veryone helped to make dresatng
rooms of branches and long grafts, then
the fun began. One would have
thought they were ducks for all the
California boy a and girls are accom
plished In one thing, and that Is swim
ming. Awhile after their swim Helen, with
three, or four others, started out to
take a walk along tbe hank of the
river. They rambled on and on. The
river, which was not very large, had
dwindled Into a merry brook; they fol
lowed It along up a steep path, thickly
wooded, when suddenly they came up
on a clearing and In the midst of It
stood a cabin. Being curious to see
who could live In such a lonely place,
they approached. On the doorstep sat
a little girl about 9 years; she was
dreased matly In a blue gingham
apron, and her bare feet were like lit
tle snowflakes. Helw began a con
versation with ber In which she learn
ed that the child knew nothing about
the Fourth of July; but she appeared
"THE! WE.1T DOWN HIE MOUNTAINS1
very much Interested In Helen's de
scription of flrecrackers. One of the
girls said, rather thoughtlessly, what
a pity It was that the little girl could
not see the dlnplay of fireworks they
were to have that night Tbe child's
woebegone little face, touched Helen's
heart and shn acted upon a generous
Impulse. Knocking at the door, she
was admitted by the mother of the
child, who seemed greatly surprised at
seeing the group of boys and girls;
and when Helen told hrr of her wish,
to take the 'little one with them to en
Joy the fireworks that evening, prom
ising that some one would bring her
safely home the next day, tbe mother
was delighted, and, calling the child,
told her of the treat. When the little
girl, whose name was Ann Marlin,. was
ready they went down the mountain
and into the canyon.
Half an hour later hey were on the
road. Long before they reached home
the moon was up In all Us glory, flood
ing the mountains and valleys with its
light. They reached home about 8
o'clock and, after dinner, went out of
doors to see the wonderful display of
fireworks.
It had been a day long to be remem
bered, and that night when all the
house was still the moon, which had
peeped in at the window and had seen
a smile on every sleeping face, looked
in the window, into a tiny room, where
on a white bed lay little Ann Marlin,
and on her face rested the happiest
smile of all. Detroit Free Press.
Powder and Toy Pistol Wounds. ,
It will perhaps not be inappropriate
Just. at this time to say a word of
warning in regard to the wounds so
very frequently caused by toy pistols
on the "Glorious Fourth." , It Is Jby po
means uncommon for a boy to lose bis
little cannon."
eyesight In consequence of these ncc.1
dents. Eren when only one eye Is In
jured the other eye also frequently
becomes affected through sympathy,
and blindness stems a heavy price to
pay for tba brief pleasure obtained.'
These pistols rarely have shot or bul
lets In thorn, but they do have wad
ding. When this Is shot Into a boy's
hand It Is frequently found well burled
bones tb the muscles. The outxlde
wound looks slight,' and few people do
much iN'Nldes waxhtog and tying It up.
Quite often the hand or other part
swells and becomes a badly poisoned
wound. If the sufferer seeks good
surgical care, as ho should do limno
dlatoly, a cut Is made right down to
tbe offending piece of wadding. After
extraction the wound Is freely washed
with running water, ana If healing
results the boy Is fortunate.
It la by no means uncommon, how
ever, for these wounds to cause lock
jaw, and herein lies their great dan
ger. Two or three summers ago the
newspapers In the city of Philadelphia
collected from the hospltalr a list of
the cases which ended fatally in thta
way, and tbe result was such as to
cause any reasonable person to won
der why, If parents wera not sensible
enough to forbid the use of these dan
gerous toys, a law was Immediately
passed forbidding tha sale of pistols
In order to protect such foolish peopi
from themselves.
Grown up people as well as children
are also often disfigured for life by the
uiHcnarge or tuese toy pistols close to
thedr faces. The black gunpowder baa
to be picked out of their faces, and
rrequently tnelr eyes, bit by bit The
process U not pleasant, nor Imnrovln
as regards appearances. Any powder
remaining is always visible as minute
black specks In the skin. Ladles'
Homo Journal.
Tne Templo of Freedom.
May this Immense temnle of free
dom ever stand a lesson to oppressors.
an example to the expressed, a sunc
tuury for the rights of mankind. And
may these happy United 8tates attain
that complete splendor and prosperity
which will IlliiHtrate the blessings of
their government and for ages to come
rejoice the departed souls of Its foun
ders. Lafayette's Farewell Speech to
American Congress.
Where the "Declaration" Is Kept.
The orlirlnal conv of th rwimn
of Independence Is no loniree ta ha un
by the public, because exposure to the
air anu litem nai made the text and sig
natures almost Illegible. Thu
is now kept in a large safe In the library
or tne Btate Department Washington,
and It is believed that the faded llnea m
recovering tome of their color.
Where the I'lnch Cpmes.
Banks Going to have fireworks at
your house on the Fourth?
Blngs Nope. '
Banks Can't afford them, eh?
Blngs Can afford the fireworks, but
I can't stand the surgeon's bills.
Philadelphia North American.
The Glorione Fifth.
With the gleam removed from his eye.
His face Ilka a .strawberry pie,
Onr darling took wing
With his arm in a sling.
Just after the Fourth et Jolyw