Show russian shells did great damage to scout san francisco aug 3 advises advices nave been received here by the mail steamer siberia just arrived from the orient that the former togo aisen kaishas liner nippon was so badly damaged by the shells of the russian warships during the battle of tha sea of japan that it vas found necessary to run the vessel ashore to save her a total loss sho was ono of admiral bogos scouting vessels ana was the first to discover admiral fleet on the morning othe great naval battle it was while bearing the news to the japanese fleet tho well known steamer met disaster ever since the beginning of the war in the far east the nippon and her sister ships america and hongtong Hong kong formerly engaged in the trade between this city and the orient have been doing duty for japan as converted cruisers and scout ships from all accounts the nippon can be raised ahen she will again resume service on her old run SHE CONFESSES supplied her husband with and weapons seattle wash aug 3 the wife of jack chesterfield or christopher the prisoner at the king county jail afao attempted to break jail by tea use ot dynamite and who held at bay with a revolver the jailers police fire department and his fellow prisoners for the greater part of an hour appeared at the sheriffs office and confessed that she had last week smuggled into the jail for her husband tha six sticks of dynamite and the weapon with which fae made his desperate fight chesterfield is still alive though with a bullet in his brain the result of an attempt to commit fc suicide when escape was impossible doctors state that lie may possibly live FAVORS GREATER POWER for interstate commerce commission in stopping rebates chicago aug 3 president stuyvesant fish of the illinois central in discussing the vork of the interstate commerce commission declared he was in favor of making that body a court of record capable of forcing its rulings or passing the strongest hind of legislation tending to wipe out every known form of rebate that biars the earmarks of discrimination washington aug 3 the forest service is making examinations of a number of the western forest reserves to discover what portion ot their area needa and where planting will best succeed after studies in deball davs been completed and the desirability ot planting has been aa plans will bo made for the re of tracts now unproductive preliminary examinations anre now being made in modere and mountain forest forkla in the gila river reserve ot new mexico in the salt lake reserve of utah and in the cassia reserve of idaho MRS MACKAY ELECTED roslyn L I 1 aug 3 mrs clarence mackay was elected a trustee ot school district no 3 of this town yesterday yester dav much to the disappointment ot tha voters mrs did not com down from saratoga to vote in all fifty eight women voted practically all tor mrs mackay MILLION attendance portland ore aug S tha lewis and dark announce that v alth the attendance yesterday of tho million mark has been passa pass 6 ie total attendance from june I 1 to data including passes being |