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Show ffll ASSOCIATED FSESS SHOWERS OGDEN NO. 215. VOL. L Will ENTRAPS THE His Sally From Port thur and Retirement Upon Meeting Toklo, July 2. 8:30 a. m. The Vladivostok squadron was report- td in the Tsushima Btralta last night Toklo, July I. Vice Admiral Kamalmura evidently tripped end attacked the Russian Vludivostok squadron off the Islanda of Tau In the Southern entrance to the sen The result ot Japan Inst night ol the encounter Is unknown. 6L Petersburg, July Nicholas has received the . Ar- Enemy- Jap Torpedo Attacks. -Repulsed REPORTS ARE UNTRUE. St Petersburg, July 1. Major General Pflug, telegraphing from Mukden, under date of July 1, aaye: The reports from foreign sources that the Japaneee fleet sank several vessels of our squad- ran on June 23. and that our loss included Rear Admiral Prince Ouk- tomsky and 700 sailors are sbeo-Iutely untrue. Csar 1. following sula In order to bring In food supAlexleff dated plies especially if the 10.000 troops from Viceroy dispatch reported to have been landed on the 30 tjune Elliott Islands march toward Port -A report received today from the Arthur. acting commander of the Port Arthur The Japanese probably wi'l be able squadron, (Rear Admiral Withoeft) to utilize the time In making preparaslates that on the night of June 23 tions to push the campaign on the eight torpedo boa's were despatched to guard the roadstead and seven resumption of good weather. The lengthy report to the Csar from miles out to sea. The torpedo boats repulsed the Viceroy Alexleff, detailing the sally of the Port Arthur squadron on June enemy's torpedo boats which had ap- 23 and the repulse of the Japanose proached. During this action Comthat Rear mander Ellisaeln, Lieutenant Smyrnoff torpedo attack, indicates Admiral Withoeft was in no wise sod two blue Jackets were wounded. caught off hia guard. The explanation All the torpedo boats returned toward of the fact that the squadron remorning. In the outer roadstead At eight o'clock tbe Nosik, Diana, mained Czare- throughout the night is that tbe twenty-fAskold, Sevastopol, Pollava, foot tide at Port Arthur renRetvisan, our vitch, Pobleda, Perevlet, ders the channel impracticable for Dayan and Pallada steamed out Into vessels of deep draught at the low Isa roadstead In line ahead and two floating Japanese mines tide. There ta much specula' ion as to the exact position of the Port Arhaving been perceived in tbe roadstead and Die squadron remained at thur fleet, the latter dispatch from Lieut. General Zelinsky to Viceroy anchor. ' Meanwhile several small boats Alexleff, bringing the reports from which had bean searching lor mines ths fortress up to two days after the discovered and exploded ten on tbe squadron was supposed to have gone into' the harbor, without mentioning rasters aide of the roadstead. An were the vessels, if the squadron has again showed that as is persistently rumored, probably laid during the night by two gone out M the enemy's torpedo boats which the authorities have not disclosed the fact tad approached Port Arthur. At 2 p. m. ths squadron, preceded by a flotilla of mine dredgers, torpedo St Petersburg; July 1. Grand Duke koala and the Novlk, steamed In line Vladimir, by order of the Czar, will ihead toward the open sea, having proceed to Novgorod on July 8, to InHuerged from the roads without mis-Uspect the general condition of the The squadron shaped Its course First Army corps. krathward and the dredgers were sent Uck to Port Arthur escorted . by , JAPS MOVE LIKE CHESSMEN. krnted picket boats Two Japanese icouts with a detachment of torpedo Liao Yang, July 1. General Kurohosts were keeping our squadron In and General Kurokl are moving patkin all tha while. light their like men on a chess board. troops e "Twenty mllea from shore a Japan-w- The Japanese ire now twenty miles squadron was sighted, steaming from Liao Yang. Ralna are Impeding a divisions which, on their movements. Detachments shead, totald (rawing clour, wu found to be men have been detailed from of one second class and four ing 1,200 Krstdass batleshipa, four armored General Rennenkamptfs Cossacks to scout deflies and hills, harassing the titss cruisers, seven second class and not allowing them any Japanese five krulsers, third class cruisers, one rest or day night The Japanese artilicout boat, one steamer and thirty Is said to be commanded by an lery torpedo boats In two divisions. American. Hia tall form is frequently "As they approached, the Japanese sun with the batteries. Kurokls army fceie seen to be preparing to a place Urition of cruisers and torpedo boats la extremely active, and the Russians RusMlwew the shore and our squadron are correspondingly vigilant The eria rapidly pushing northk order that during the night they sian cent ward to a point where Kuropatkin esSight force, by peislstent torpedo atttablished hia bau after the battle of acks, some of our ships to break the Aa far the Russians Vafangow. tormition and in the engage know, Kurokl la ateadlly pushing onmorning hs with all their ships. ward through all the mountain passes Taking into consideration the fact Mukden. Preparations at wai the enemy's force was greatly even toward all points are now practically complete. superior to ours, and in view also of Tbe demonstrations made during the Joe large number of Japanese torpedo few days against the Russian left I Mts, decided to return to ,Port last flank threaten completely to change the Arthur In order to net according to of the two armies. circumstances, considering that this position Sen of action laid us open to less nsk d, the-mine- CITY, UTAH, s p. com-Rotte- u of loss. At 7 p. m. our squadron on Its return to Port Arthur, Notwithstanding four days' rain, tba troops are still moving. Some railroad trains with wounded prisoners passed north June 27. St. Petersburg. July 1. Ths Emperor has received the following from Kuropatkin, dated June :0: Torrential ralne tell In the Ta Tchfl Kiao district June 28. and on the roads from Ta Tche Kiao to Slu Yen, inundating our bivouacs. The Japanese are advancing slowly iq different directions towards our Extend South It Is believed that this movement was a feint for the purpose of misleading the Russians as to the real position of the Japanese force. CONFIRMATION OF GENSAN Jai w the beach. . successful repulse of the attac In which eew CSL, was asrlsted theIl 1 P'nce, wrohlight. on shore. oralng our vessels tens port at high tide." . et7Bbnr. July 1 The c 01 th8 rainy season i affect the whole sltuat ,!!! the rain greatly lest an immediate 52r It is IL kumJJ.eBen,ent between Gem an(l General Kprokl am L that the wet weather ' caPa,Kn in tbe upper j K eirti!Jao Tung Peninsula until g The Japanese' 22lltSt,.tatUi iv forced to hold the p tlle ra!n fin(a them, last There can. - fleimiJ!IWa!lon It It ,r, arnnd Port Art he seriously hampei to establish a new b on the west coast of coast of the Liao Tung pet prv,.v,,ar-- Feet High Down Dry Canyon Doing Thousands of Dollars. Worm of Damage. n ASSASSIN'S VICTIM ESCAPES Mining Superintendent la Rendered Unconscious and Left for Train to Rbn Ovor. Mil-che- I IS RAGING Mining and Water Companies' Plant Are Threatened and Thousands of Acrec of Timber Go. 1. A fierce thousand acres of fine timber. Tbe fire started in Ash canyon and is spreading westward and threatening tbe property and buildings of several tbe fining companies near and also large plant and reservoir of the Huarh-uaWater Company, located In Mills canyon, and from which Tombstone receives its water supply. A large force of men is fighting the fire, but is unable to stay its progress. An urgent request has been wired the military commander at Fort Huarhuca to send troops to check the fire if possible. c BOOKMAKERS ARE INDICTED for the Tragedy. Gamblers at Hawthorne Race Track Must Furnish Bonds or Be his deputies, were ordered by the sheriff to disperse. Arrested. Notwithstanding this order, about fifty of the mob started a riot when Alfred Miller, one of Chicago, June 1. A Jury totheir number, attempted to kill C. C. day voted indictments grand against Hamlin, and during the shooting McGee persons, alleged to have conductand Davis were killed and others ed gambling nt tbe Hawthorne race wounded. Jath' As a result of th's action, Marshal O'Connell is charged wiPt Sheriff Barrett, who has refused to shooting J. J. Horner In the back dur- proceed against the bookmakers uning tbe riot. less warrants are issned for tbeir arThe officers of the Western Federa- rest, will be to serve tion of Miners ere primarily responsi- capiases and tocompelled take the accused perforty-tw- o ble for the crimes committed because sons In custody or compel them to of their seditious and unlawful furnish bonds for their appearance in the criminal court. The bills voted Among these who encouraged the gainst the bookmakers are under a crimes are Charles H. Moyer, W. D. section of the law which has hitherto Haywood, John C. Williams and the ignored in the pro section of members of the executive board as J"ce track gambling hi Chicago. In constituted. thus the past indictneats have always alInformaAfter the verdict wu read. leged that the accused persons were tion was filed against the Western Fed- inmates of a gambling house. Conorat ionofflclals and the executive com- victions that section have been undey mittee.' Capiases for their arrest were impossible so indictments today's placed in the bands of the sheriff. charge the bookmakers with keeping Bonds were placed at $5,000. gambling apparatus. Tbe rases will be beard at the SepAmong those who were indicted are tember term of court. uch well known books makers as Itn-gua- ga IN Dili TO pix-itlu- dition on the water front early this morning. 11a died at a hospital tonight. A post mortem disclosed extensive cerebral hemorrhage and concussion of the brain, possibly due to violence. Hill was last sen last night at bis hotel when he paid his bill and left wllh Ids grip, his trunk having heen sent on the trail snort Sherman, which sailed today. Hill came here from Washington, D. ('. He was transferred from St. Asph, Ya. The police say it It possible he exhibited some of hit money and wa waylaid and robbed. Another theory ia that he died front the effects of chloral given In knock-m- il drops." ' TO SUPPRESS EMBASSY AT VATICAN French Chamber of Deputies Votes for the Suppression of Appropriation for its Upkeep. Paris, July 1. The budget of the chamber of deputies today voted for the suppression of tbe appropriation for the French embassy at tha Vatican and passed n resolution which will be Incorporated In the committee's report to the chamber censuring Premier Combes for his refusal to. express the views of the government on the subject. NON-UNIO- N MEN WERE 'ASSESSED ' Mine Operators Charged Them a Dollar a Day for Guards From Union Violence. i ... Judge's Adherents Try to Rush Nomination Gorman Is For Himself Alone- Platform Makers Disagree. St. Louis. July 1. Two distinct lines of operation developed today in the preliminary skirmishing of the Democratic national committee. One in a scheme to rush the nomination of Judge Parker on the first and secoud ballot and the other is to Scatter the vote and prevent an early nomination with a view of naming Cleveland or Gorman. The friends of Gornmn and Cleveland are working to hold the convention for several ballots in the hope that their candidate may be mimed. Ths Gorman men are not parties to the Cleveland movement nor are ths Cleveland advocates combining with Gormans friends. There Is no alliance, but it la to tbe Interest of lioth that the Parker strength ba disintegrated as soon as possible. There are a few men here men of the old Cleveland guard who are watching every point and who are In close communication with Cleveland's supporters, and In a subtle and subterranean manner they have heen feeling the pulse of men as they arrive. They are using ths race Issue on the Southern men snd with all delegates they use tbe argument (bat Cleveland Is ths only man that the Democrats can elect, with some effect they are pointing out to the Southern delegates that they need no better excuse fin supporting Cleveland than that they did so for ths purpose of preventing negro domination by the Republicans. Tha man who Is credited with being the head and front of ths Cleveland movement, Thomas F. Ryan, will arrive tomorrow. Ryan la a delegate frrqu Virginia, and has been Identified with ths Atlantic Coast Una road. Hs has also heen associated with Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany hall. Ryan la credited with having some southern state delegations up Ms sleeve ready to throw 1 to Cleveland. Gormans position Is stated to be that ha will not enter into any combination to prevent tha nomination of Parker, unless It means bis own selection. He will not lie used to pull out chestnuts Around Gorman are for Cleveland. gathered the Maryland. West Virginia and District of Columbia delegations and some from other statea, with a hare possibility of securing New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Bui, like Gorman, former Senator Smith of New Jersey and James A. Guffey of Pennsylvania, want to see surreal In alght bofore they Ouray, Colo., July 1. Moat of the 200 men thrown out of woik by the eliul down of the Smuggler Union mines at Telluride departed from Sen Juan county today. One of the do-ping man claimed that the nonunion men were assessed a dollar a month by the mine managers for the maintenance of the guards who were Jump. Thera Is a story going tha rounds protecting them and that s vigorous of ths politicians who are here that tieen mado the had against protest the recent conferences between Gorassessment. man, Smith. Guffey and Multan bad for their main object a proposition to control the party organization: that In the selection of a committee chairman some one should he chosen who would name men for tbs campaign 1. President July Washington Roosevelt today directed the appoint committee under control of these men. ment of Col. Theodore A. Bingham, as This control is desired to prevent If foiling into the hands of David R. Hill, a brigadier general. and also that the machinery of tha parWashington, July 1. Sorrel ary Hay ty organization should not be used for and Minister Quesada today exchanged Parker In 1908 If ha ahould ha nomiratifications of the permanent treaty nated and maka a good showing this year. No one appears authorized to between the United States and Cuba. speak with authority for any men who Paris, July 1. Tbe French authori- participated in the conference, but ties do not attach significance to the whatever occurred tha friends of Gorconference between King Edward and man here are still talking about the possibility of his nomination and seem Emperor William as bearing on tbe to think he will be preeented to the Russo-Japanewar. convention. Thla may be part of a Santo Domingo. June 2k. (Delayed plan to secure concessions from the In transmission.) Disturbances at Parker men. It is somewhat surprising that, alAgua De Coraiiastaia have ended. The rebels have accepted the offer made by though 244 delegates are Instructed for the government and many political Parker and about 240 were elected under auspices favorable to him,' there prisoners have been released. should be so much talk about scattering his strength after one or two balWashington, July 1. Tho President lots been use ions are not under today removed William 1! Meade, Instructions. delegat The Inference seems to agent in charge of the Flathead In- be that they will go to another candidian Agency in Montana and appointed Captain Samuel Belie, of Mis- date at an early s'age In the balloting. Parkcr'a friends do not admit. This soula aa his successor. weakness of their candidate, althouah the opponents of the New Yorker are London, July 2. The Central News making the supposed lack of adherence has received a dispatch from Athens, of hie delegates one of their strongest saying that the minister of public in- points. , struction has been killed in c. duel by It seems apparent that, the control of member of the M. will to affairs the eastern party pass Chamber of Deputies. nominee, whoever may he the candidate or what may he the platform. ArSt. Agnes, Frilly Islands. July 1. A kansas, Missouri. Iowa and Nebraska stetmer to British the will give way under the changed host belonging to New York, Pennsylvania, Ping Suey and having on board faer arsecond officer and four of the crew, Maryland, New Jersey snd New Engrived here today and reported that the land. Thera Is a little talk about what Ping Suey broke her shaft in the stern William J. Bryan may do, but some tube In latitude 49 north and loimitnde strong assurances are given that he 1.7 west. Tbe vessel is in no da tiger. will not bolt. A topic of discussion also is wbat the convention may do New York, July 1. The Central with Bryan. It Is expected that he will TruKt company bas made known that have a vigorous dissent to the platit had not received any funds for form and possibly to the candidate, payment for the July coupons on the but some Democrats say that after exI5A40.000 Aral mortgage 5 ier cent pressing bis dissent, it Is not tbe inbonds of She Grent Northern of Cana- tention of the leaders to allow any da. which owns tLe main line between great latitude to him after his minority Hiviere-a-Pierre- . on tbe Quebec and report has been rejected. Lake St. John Railway. TIIE PLATFORM. New York, July 1. The day was a SL Louis. July 1. Longer In advance short one, many making preparations tar the three days holiday. Buyers of than usual the platform question Is redry goods showed slightly more Inter- ceiving the serious consideration of est, but transactions were of small mo- delegates and othera interested In tha ment No one seems to have confidence partys welfare and it Is already eviin the stability of the market, though dent that there will be a persistent efrecognlxlng need of goods in fair fort to secure an expression of party views which will meet the approval of quantities. all factions. CORTELYOU. We must get a pronouncement SUCCESSOR TO whkh will meet, the demands of all Mrt-calDemocrats. said Representative ClayWashington. July 1 Victor H. former representative from Cali- ton of Alabama, and I believe it Is gofornia was today sworn in na secre- ing to be a comparatively easy matter tary of commerce sol labor to suc- to accomplish that result. , Other party leaders on the ground exceed George B. t.'ortelyou, who resigned to become chairman of the Re- pressed themselves In like optimistic manner. But when they entered upon publican national citmuJliee. TelegrapH Notes. se Tombstone, Ariz., July Federation of Miners is Responsible 1. ar FOREST FIRE Jury oh Victor Victims Say That Western CLEVELAND Un- in the transport service, died today under circumstances that are causing a police investigation. Hill was found in an iinuonacJiMi con- forest fire Is raging in ths Hnuchucs mountains, which is destroying many Denver, July 1. A special to the News from Cripple Creek says: As the result of the findings of ths coroners Jury, who have been investigating the death of Roscoe E. McGee and John Davis, who came to their deaths during the riots In Victor on the aftet-nooPresident Charles of June H. Moyer and W. D. Haywood, secretary-treasurer of the 'Western Federation of Miners, together with some thirty odd men, are charged with murder and inciting a riot. Judge Lewis Cunningham, hitting in the district court, has fixed the bonds of Moyer and Haywood at 810,000 each. The jury found that on the day of the riot an armed body of men. about ninety, members of the Western Federation of Miners, assembled at Victor, plans from purtusnt to different parts of tbe county, and that they were appointed special policeman by Marshal O'Connell, hut that they were In Act an unlawful assemblage or mob.' Before the riot. O'Connell was removed from office by the mayor and San Francisco, July advanced Cate a confirmation of the press re- Coni company, at Jerryvllle, one mile port of the raid of the Vladivostok and half east of Trinidad, was beatsquadron at Gensau on Wednesday. en over the head and ent with a His He says that Gossan was bombarded knife by two men at Jcrrvville. unconscious form was placed on the jesterday for an hour by three Rus- electric railroad and would have been sian naval vessels and two torpedo boats. No deaths were reported, but killed by the Incoming car had he consciousness and four persons were wounded. Mr. Al- not regained crawled from the track before the car len adds: He says he would lie able I had previously arranged for the arrived. should removal of the Americana from that to recognize his assailants they be captured. vicinity." were always T John J. HilJ. a young man a ho came here a few Comes day ago to proceed to Manila to an . Si T. D. Trinidad, Colo., July Washington, July L Mlnieter Allen mines superintendent of the coal owned by ihe Rock Mountain cables from Seoul under yesterday's Denver, Cola, July 1. A coroner's Jury today decided that Dr. Seymour T. Jerrlck, assistant county physician, himself Inflicted tho gunshot wound which caused his death. ('an wrlght, Stranger In San Francisco Dies der Myeterious Circumstances Which Polite Are Investigating. Inundated. I DEATH WAS A. DROPS ARE Are BOMBARDMENT. MB,tandlng ths bright moon-ts- i, the enemy continued to make J.orpeuo.suacs, In the roadsted until In the morning bodies of a offlcn- - and two sailors Residences e . lau. Marcus : KNOCK-OU- CON-FIRME- UrkV0 w Salt Lake Salt Lake, July 1. A cloudburst In Dry Canyon tonight sent, a a till of water six feet hi;h down upon ilic north-eastersectinu of the city. The torrent canto down the caujou with terrific force, carrying fence and debris before it. For several blocks In St. Petersburg, July 1. 3:35 p. m. the finest residences motion cellars A telegram received from were flooded, lawns itesi.oycd and today General Kuropatkin pointed out tbe streets rendered impassable. Street difficulty of the military operations ac- car traffic was stopped. The damage count heavy rains and recorda the v-- il bo thousands of Holism. continued, though slow advance of Japanese from the south and .the ALLEGED JAPANESE H.itTRSES. brisker movement eastward of the Feng Wang Sheng force. St. Petersburg, July 1. There was considerable rejoicing In iJ.J capital REPORTS OF HEAVY FIGHT at todays reports from the war. From the headquarters at Mukuen came tha positive statement, nisue apparSt Petersburg, July 2. In view of ently on direct news from Por Arthur, tbe reports of heavy rain at the thea- to that none of the big Husrian warter of war the general staff thinks ships sust allied any damage during the Japanese advance on Hal Cheng tha Japanese torpedo .boat attack of baa been suspended. One war office June 23 and June 34. Also came tbe report says that fifteen minutes rain report that the Japanese have lost a flooded the valley near Kal Chou and thousand men in a land fight before that several men and horses were Port Arthur. Prom Liao Vang cams drowned and considerable quantities twjo separate reports thul General Miatchenko had dealt the Japanese adof stores were lost. Official confirmation has buen re- vance from Siu Yon a severe blow by ceived of the dispatch from Mukden recapturing Dalian Puss, which was saying heavy fighting wu reported to lost June 27. One of ihese reports, have taken place near Port Arthur dated yesterday, says Mistcbenko has on June 26, resulted in the Russian been inflicting loss ou the Japanese withdrawal from Guinaanshan after a for several days, capturing three guns and an ammunition train. Not any of severe loss on both sides. The foreign office has a dispatch these reports are official. The statedated June 30 which says the Rus- ment of a war correspondent (hat u Russian officer told sian warships safely port he would rather fall after the fight of June 23 and not one him a victim to Japanese bullets than Jew of them wu damaged. surgeons bad created considerable indignation here, the Novosti denouncEVACUATION WAS FEINT. ing it as a vile and gratuitous calumny, citing the exploits of two Jew Hal Cheng, June 30. (Delayed la aurgeona, who, according to official retransmission.) The Japanese eval- ports, bandaged 600 wounded men on uation of Dalin Pau was made with- the field ot battle sad me i sse of Dr. out any resistance. After the battle Banyash who refused to leave the field, of June 27, when the Russians re- although under a hall of bullets nted the Japanese threw forward patrols within eight miles of Hal Cheng. On June 28 tbe Russians, reinforced the Dalin position, but the Japanese promptly retired and took up a position on a hill to the right of Dalin torpedo attacks. mornlnS there were found long the coast near our warships T? WhithMd which had n launched bytorpedoes the enemy on long 1,18 torpedo boats not being approach nearer than cable lengths. attacked in tr3e torPc1o,eaatboats two r them wen l tank Cook. Sam Sumnierfleld, Steve William Appogan and John Celia. occupied by them. Th,lcovering forces, consisting of several companies, retired after a short fuailade. A report from the direction of Feng Wang Chang June 29 announced that an energetic advance of the Japanese force had been discovered toward Wa Fang Huan and the Lin Ho 8in Pass. g ! Fnd ii"innisdi-u- TODAY A'iD SUNDAY FATAL It has been ascertained by a reconnaissance lu the direct km of Dallen Pass the Japanese have retired some distance from tbe positions recently - an-cjp- Milled on EOSECAST PRICE FIVE CENTS JULY 2. 1904. FIDS 21 army. approach. "At Yd o'clock the squadron reached the roadstead, where It casts its r. At the same time our rearmost alps successfully repulsed two Jap- - in,11 MORNING. CLOUDBURST lronts. On the south the Japanese are advancing eastward with ii j object of affecting a juuction wit.i Kurokl's Wall of Water started a which the enemy did not to prevent, nor did he attempt WJ Break, but the attacka cuccessfuUy repulsed. SATURDAY RAINS BEGIN. Withoeft Describes , ODER UTAH SERVICE TELEGRAFtiie BTAMrEDE TO CLEVELAND. St. July 1 Practically the only feature of politics A Inter- eat connected wllh the approach- ing Democratic convention dls- cussed in the hotel corridors to-day. was the possibility of an at- tempt to stampede tlie convention to Cleveland. a comparison of views. It became evident that there are differences which will have to be smoothed 1own before the desired result can be necurdd. Evidently the political contention will be over the point as to whether there shall he a aiiecified declaration of the bill in affirmation of the views of the platform of 1494 and 1900. There Is today aims strenuous contention as whether there shall ba any reference whatever to those two declsratlons, and there are many similes of views aa to how ths subject should hs covered. Delegates who are close to Mr. Bryan want a In terms, but some of them are content to sty that, while making tbe they consider other and newer questions of loading importance atnd are willing on that account to give more prominence to them. Othera take the position that it would lie Invidious to mention tho Chicago and Kansu City utterances, and urge that It will he sufflrienfto reaffirm Hie principles enunciated by all previous Democratic conventions and then pass to tha consideration of newer questions A third class would have all references to recent party declarations entirely omitted. Roma express the opinion that prepa. ration of tbe platform would be loft almost entirely to Senator Gorman and Representative . Williams, the Demo-rrat- ic leaders In the two houses of congress It Is generally believed that the character of the platform will have a marked Influence upon the presidential nominal Inn, and as only a majority vote Is required for its adoption. Its exact wording will be awaited with much Interest. John B. Walker of New York is urging ths adoption of a financial plank declaring for a currency so adjusted as to meet all buslnau requirements. NO MEDIATION. Ft. Petersburg, July 1. Dispatches from Washington uylng that Inquiries mads by the government as to the of mediation show that neither Russia nor Japan ia in a humor to entertain overturns, but that tlie slate department is ready to offer Its servlres in tho Interest of mediation whenever they may bo acceptable, are attracting considerable attention in government and diplomatic rlrclen The nptimlatla opinions attributed to official circles at Washington regarding the early opening of friendly offices are not shared in pna-slhi- Russia ' On tha contrary, wherever inquiries have been made, the opinion haa been unanimous that there le nothing in tiie prewmt situation so far as Russia is concerned, on which to base an early termination of the war, and that the question of peace will be considered only when direct proposals have been mads by Japan. Russia has announced her intention not to alter her determination and tbla determination seems to be rather strengthened than shaken by the reverses of her arms. There can be no mediation, the Asinsociated Press wss emphatically formed, and any proposals looking to The peace must come from Japan. United States government might become the medium through which proposals for our consideration, and of course, any such proposal would be considered, but Russia is not seeking good offices, and neither the United States or any other power will be asked to act aa mediator." Hadji-Petrufl- mdi-tlon- sh FOR BEAR FELTS. BOUNTIES 1. From tbe bounty certificate have been paid by Missoula county the past month for bear jiells and the known killing ot more than a dozen bears upon whose pelts bounty has not been paid. It is believed tbat a new record for big game has been established for the state, if, Indeed, for the entire Rocky mountain district. Several of the tears were of immense size. Several were killed within six miles ob the city. Mont.. Missoula. fact that forty-thre- June e 1 ENGLISH LAD IS FAVORITE. Pi. Louis. July. English Lad, winner of the Chicago Derby and owned by Fred Cook, of St. Louis, wyi go to the post tomorrow an odds on favorite for the St. Louis derby. The tiark will be fast. Probable odds and JJockeys follow: horse. English Lai: Odd. weight, 125; Jockey, Dw.lnlck. horse. Moharib; weight. Odds. 125: Jocky, Fisher. horse. Rinlaad; weight Odds. 25-119: jockey. G. Gray. Prince Silver Wings is a doubtful starter. 2-- 1; f, Liao Yang. June 30. (Delayed in General Kuropatkin transmission.) with reinforcements personally moved toward Ifelln Pass, whereupon tbe pas was evacuated hr the Japanese and by the Russians. |