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Show ttth srcrxrco hOwisKi. oaoiw, ittatt, Ttrsnair arnwnrw?, skvlt &, HISTORY OF FAMOUS STRIKE PARKER TELEGRAI THREATEN JAP FLOTILLA AS A'V GENERAL ATTACKS RUSSIANS iews Willi0 e1 yorth eniay d poking pwn w tJ the Thousand Teametere Chargt Truck Ownera With a Violation of Agreement. York, Julv It. This rily n again threatened with n general strike of aevan thousand teamsters against tbe New York Truck Owners association. An agreement for one year waa entered only recently. U la now charged by tha teamsters that the truck ownera are deliberately violating the agreement, and that some f them wish to provoke a general strike. Bcvqrgl strikes sre scheduled for today agginsi Individual employers in Manhattan and it Is declared a general strike will be ordered at once against every, member of the Truck Ownera' association if any of it members try to assist truck owners whose employes mas, adlreaaed tha amparor thus: Little Father, we are happy to see are out. you take such a jiersonal interest lu MAYOR OF MOBILE DEAD. the soldiers and we workingmen are reaily to enter the ranks and shed our Mobile. Ala., .July II. Mayor Charles blood for the emperor and fatherland. Graciously accept bread and salt on McLean, mayor of Mobile, Is dead. behalf or your loyal subjects, the workMAYOR JONES DYING. ingmen." Lieut. Gen. Count Keller's HeadToledo, O., July 11. May or Jons la quarters in the Mountains West of unconscious with high fever, and all Hoi Van, July 8. Via Liao Yang, July signs point to hla death at any moment. XL Lieut. Gcu. Count Keller, couv raander of the second Siberian army division, though a strict disciplinarian, is a kind and careful officer and is v popular with his men. He has made many changes in bis officers since ha took command and has hla force in excellent condition. He la 55 years old but as active as his youngest lieutenant. Ho wears n short gray beard, Brooklyn Man' Fatally Wound Wif and Then Suicides. has keen blue eyes and dresses in New York, July 11. In n jealous khaki. His ouly decoration is the rross of the military order of Bt. rage William Nocrling has probably George's which he wears on the breast fatally wounded Ms wife and then comof his tunic. He works all day at a mitted suicide at his home- in Brooksmall table under a tree In the corner lyn. Tbe couple had five children of tho ramp with a single orderly who wero huddled In an adjoining room when the crlue was committed and no guard. WILL NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. Tnkirt. Julv ll.- - ll in-- Tnklo. The TO THE FRONT. July The on foreign at' aches assigned to the Russian cruisers Mayan. Diana, PaHada and Novik, two guuhoats and btven lurptilo lwwi destroy- r came out of the harhor of - I.iri Arthur on Saturday morning. July 9. preceded hy a number of ruami-rengaged in clearing away ihe Rua- mined. In the sian pkkoIk readied a point tween Scusikahn and I.unwanlang, where thev wer- - attacked by a Japanese flotilla of torpedo boats and destroyers. Fire was ex- changed with the Rayan. At 4 in the afternoon the Russian essels retreated to the harhor. Admiral Toro report that the Japanese vessels hail one cabin Imy sllgha The vessel them- ly wounded. selves sustained no damage. second Japanese army corps have been Informed that they are to leave for the front on or about July xoth. It is believed nwxMper corresisindents the second army will leave about July 2:stL alu-rnoo- n CONDITIONS ,.! (Tie Foo. Julv 11. 4 p. m- .- The Port Arthur Novi Krai of July 7. a copy of which has just reached Che Foo, au account of the opcraliona con-lam- a . GO around Port Arthur from July 3 to July S. It nay a: "Heavy fighting has occurred between the first line of defenses and the Japanese. The result are not announceJ. Never) helesa, little at a time,! ho facts are becoming known. Our aido sent acouta Lo ascertain the position and arChgih of the enemy, and whether they were protected by Irencbre. It was Impossible to find out the exact strength of the Japanese, hut they do not number lex than r.O.iHW men. Tim Chinese credit them with 60.INM. Thirty thousand men are not aufflcienl for operations against a fortress like this, unless they expert assistance. After three days fighting, the posttlnns of the two armies are as follows; On the left flank we retained Ihe posiThe tion we originally occupied. forcing of our right flank hack previous to this was rectlfled and we have both green and semaphore hills In our hands. In front of these hills we wrere not opposed, hut we are being heavily shelled from both sides. retired a considerable Thetnemy ' of roitrse, all this was not ifhg nifwMut losses. Hovtn of whichwm Jrrike the hearts of our count ry- "We started to Take the offensive the night of July 1, when we bogs it a strong attack. Our soldiers, who had been forced hack at Kin Chou, were waiting for an opportunity to get at the Japanese. The result was most satisfactory. They murrhed out as if engaged In maneuvering, while the artillery taking tip a position, opened a fierce fire with shrapnel on the enemys line, resulting in their retirement. During the three days battle the Novik and a fleet of gunhoata left (he harbor daily, covering tbe right flank of the army and stopping the tire of the enemye artillery. On July 4th the Novik finally obtained the range did of Ihe enemy's batteries and frightful damage to them. All the without remorning, the gnnhoali ceiving any return fire, shelled the enemy's troops marching toward our defenses. The Japanese fleet appeared In the afternoon and our gnnhoata returned to the Inner harbor without sustaining any damage. General Kumki'a Headquarters in thn Field, Tuesday, June 28. via Flog Yang, July 10. via Seoul, July 11. For the flrst time during ihe war, newspaper correspondents and military at laches have lieen jiermiited to accompany tbe Japanese troops on an advanen Instead of remaining behind with the headquarter! of General Kur-ok- l. Almost all the correspondents are uow attached to the staffs of tbe division generals, and although they are not on tbe fighting line, they now witness the preparations from a closer range than heretofore. Lieut. Gen. Ian Hamilton, one of tbe Hritish attaches, travels with General Kurokl. Col. Jluuie, another British attache, and Col. E. II. Crowder of tbe general staff of the American army, are to go with tho western column. Ihe The country through which army la advancing la a succession of ranges of closely woodod hills, with narrow valleys between them. The valleys are sown with corn and beans and are traversed by many streams. The roads are winding, and rocky. There are many steep passes and tbe engineers were required to do much road building. The Russian forces Imfitfvjtfu Tien pass consisted of two regiments with four guns, and an outpost of 300 cavalry, There were a surceaalnn of fresh graves, each surmounted by a wooden cross upon which had been penciled the name of the hurled man, marking tho line of tho Russian retreat. Hnnday was oppressively hot aud tho army on tha 1ekln road camped In shadeless and sandy fields. The soldiers Improvised shelters of boughs and corn stalka, hut still they suffered much from ihe heat. Monday brought a heavy and rhllllng rain, and thn army was soaked for 21 hours. There were few tents and Ihe men huddled under trees, or built shelters on the banks of the river, but most of them slept In the Held with litllo to protect them from Ihe rain. Neither sun nor rain affects the valor of Ihe Japanese soldiers, who sro in fine condition, confident of victory and keen (o meet the enemy. The men are wonderfully hardy, and there is remarkably little straggling nr dropping out of line. Tbe Chinese complain that the Russians confiscate all their grain and provisions, and (hey are now helping (he Japanese In all possible ways. NEW CHWANli Bt. Petersburg, July aim semi-circl- London. July XL The attempt of the London Daily Express to rerive the bogey of a posaible Russian invasion of India by the publication ol an alli ged secret plan of campaign prepared hy Gctn-ra- l Kuropaikin. a ciililed to the Associated Press llila unit nltig, has not created a early ripple of excitement. Even If ihe document is aulheutic it la recognized that it will not give the cause Tor alarm It is puitii.il out that the whole scheme as published it of so academic churncii r that there is nothing in the nature .if a iliveet menace therein. the pigeonholes of all the w.ir oflins in Europe are filled with similar pint,. providing for the 'heori-tuinvasions of their next door s ne'ghbor teirilory. I'liiL-uId- s y. INVAR- - ION. aftt-rmio- A THEORETIC e - I I I SPEED DEPARTING TROOPS. Moscow. July 11. The emperor's - ond Journey to south Russia to speed the troops has thus far been attended by demonstration simitar to ihoee made during Ms first tour. At Kolomna, after holding h review, the emperor addressed the troops, expressing hla assurance that thev would maintain the honor of the Kumian arms. An Impressive tuone followed. The emperor, who was mountel, raised aloft an Ikon, and Ihe officers and men sank to their knees. While his majesty made the of tho cross with the Ikon, uIm.vmsign their luiwort heads, he nmfci-n-.- j itA himself and the empress upon . deputy of workmen from fh" works. Ill rough their ijkcts- thi-iii- Worry-Clevel- and Would Affect 12,000 Men at the Kansas City Plants Probable Strikers are Ordered by Their Officers to Obey the Law ie knd iion ,heudel i Accor-- neighbor I.JBU) fo in Utah. Turpi" ibis wine toubicdl tufferlnf sited ( plans have aa yet been midj , markable series of events was under Parker will not tour the count 1 j unable ,.n Gate way. That night while the convention lng apeecbes. His persons; iieadqua be will conducted In sensation a war the gimZ'i with tossed and billowed in ecv he had produced, he did not go early to that of President McKinley l0 .T the lor from RosJv the porch si bed. aa be had done the night before, degree absent although the local celebration in his He will probably make only one!! log hi honor ceased and the people dispersed pilgrimages to the larger cities. I proved aa early as 10: 15 p. m. He sat up until Jlurpin after 3 a. ra.. closely watching the bulCLARK KILLS SILVER The letins, and made no move toward retirear-ol- i convenQUESTION, ing until after tbe action of the juent tion on hie telegram waa made plain to ininus 1 Kansas City, July ll.-w- inn. him. Clark, senator from Montana Judge Parker received today tha fol- waa lOLOH in Kansas City tudav on bin low message from Former President home from the east, said reun Cleveland: E. H the ticket named by the betuuena "You must permit me to express my Bt. Loula: ,ho cl lilen E gratitude and admiration for tbs splenIt la a magnificent ticket m leader did manifestation of honor and cour- platform Is all right. The silvers tlynami age you have given to your countrytlon aa a political issue is dead, l, behind men, and to the Democracy in your 8L juat an much a bimetallist as ent k lor the Louis dispatch. the unusual increase In the prodaok jrisom Tha telegram of Mr. Hearst went of gold has temporarily shelved Will astray, but a duplicate waa received to- free silver Issue. 1 he platform !i ? iGrandi one that particularity appeals to & day. as follows: night, I congratulate you ou your nominawest, but we will not fight II. Ait ixmfld! tion and on the expression of Demo- aa the monetary question is cacm jail in cratic principles in the platform on ed It is n stand-of- f between the w was whlrh you stand. I hope and believe forma of the Republican and Dm of the for conventions. cratic But for and the that battling people Parker k ing Ui such principles you will lead the De- safe, conservative man and the me. do an nee for is entirely w mocracy to victory. IthatK Judge Parker Immediately wrote Mr. factory. They will be elected. X Alt ms will carry New York by IOOJKiO.b Hearst the following letter: Creek Just a word to thank you for your West Virginia will go from the Reg tually lican to Democratic tbe column. kind of message very congratulation, der and to asaure you of my very grateful Idence I non-appreciation. Very truly yours, CHEAP RATES TO CINCINNATI PARKER. ALTON waa filed with the operator and the re- ; t 'About 10:30 o'tloijc he rode up to the railroad station, naked for telegrams and received quite n bunch of them. I happen to know that none of them Rave him tbe information he wanted. He chatted with the report-er- a for a while and it waa afterwards recalled that some of hla quest Iona to them betrayed the fact of hla lack of Other telegrams received today infirst-han- d knowledge of the convenclude the following: tions action. He waited about tha staAcJohn Williams, of Illinois tion. almost Irresolute In bearing, for cept my sincere congratulations and fully ten minutes, and then suddenly beat wishes for your election." galloped hark toward Ronemont. An A long siding will be in for spehour afterward his famous telegram cial, trains at Kaopus. put Aa far aa his a vice-preside- VIA UNION PACIFIC AY. Account Grand Lodge of Elks ft. Union Pacific will sell tickets to Ct cinnall. O., July 14th, lilth and It. for 48.75 limited to July 27t)i. - 3 TP Ifurihi 1 I in E ARE TUNNELLED Crowd of Reputable North Topeka Citizens Take Needed Action Floods Subsiding. Topeka, Kan., July 11. mob of about twenty-fiv- e X An orderly avenue have been cleared of the mudwater today. reputable ritisens of North Topekn took n Union dy rarlflu work train Saturday afternoon, Kansas July 1 1. With the exwent four miles west of town and with ception of City, a part of Kansas avenue, in picks and shovels dug n ditch three feet the lower part of Armourdale.sthe wide and seventy-fiv- e feet long through flood had practically disapthe railroad embankment Thie waa peared district, today. It will be days, done to allow the stored flood water to however, before some ofaeveral the streets escape to the river Instead of running in the lowest portion of Armourdale through town. The mob then re- are dry, aa the river must fall below turned quietly to their homes. Another the sewer mouths to allow the water expedition was made in n similar man- to drain emt The west bottom are entirely dry agslnnt tbe Bant Fa tracks east of Declara- ner town. A gang of section men were and the stock yards began receiving working there, but they made no oppo- stock today. The Armourdale packers sition to the tearing out of a section of expect to he ready to kill tomorrow. It embankment. will he two or three days before some of the faetoriea there can resume. Wichita. Kan., July 11. The big Many hundreds of persons are still . Arkansas river has fallen 18 inches being fed hy the rlty with tho aid of here since It reached the highest the government rations sent frojn 1 mark lata Saturday afternoon. Tbe Fort Leavenworth. hi I"v A Little river shows a total fall of about fifteen inches. On the streets, especTbe Organising committee of the as Ihe ouly one that furnished the ially in the downtown district, whlrh Ban Francisco, Cal., Labor Council bas slightest hope even of an exciting con- Is drained hy the big river, there Is a formed the chorus girls Into a union text. To bring this about and to sedecided rhange for the better. Most and a charter has been secured front cure an unequivocal acknowledgment of the business houses on Douglas the American Federation of Labor, that the money question was settled, were the two objects to which the Tammany delegation confined the efforts of Ha members. It appeared quite early that the flrst of these waa wholly Impossible. To accomplish the second we felt it was only necessary that the delegates from all tha doubtful states should demand It formally aa a condition absolutely necessary to success. At the meeting of the New York delegation on Tuesday morning a resolution to this effect offered by me was suppressed by a parliamentary mauue-ve- r. After It had been agreed hy the leaders to eliminate all reference to Go-Car- ts the money question, I again moved that the New York delegation offer as an niendment In the convention the financial plank submitted by Senator Hill, to live committee on resolutions, but Hu- - motion way rejected by a vote of 50 to 2S of the delegates. v "Under these ilrrumslances the nomination of Judge Parker, who waa without any record on the coinage question, except that he ha.l voted twice for Mr. Bryan, lo preclude the slightest hope that he would receive even ns many electoral votes as Mr. sell Bryan twilled in l!u0. But this very pusillanimity of hin managers which led them to surrender their own conviction and to stifle every attempt of the New York City delegates even to voice the opinions of their constituents on this momentous question, furnished Judge Parker with an opportunity which he has Improved decisively, It has revealed him to the people of this country almost In an Instant as a great leader, the greatest of this generation; an honest man the most impressive in displaying that virtue that I have ever know either through experience nr reading a courageous man -- of siirh Incomparable courage thnt he willing to throw-- away not merely the h'ie of prosiMit of a nominal ion. but an actual nomination for the y. rather than to stoop to m ivasbwi or equiviHa'ioB on a matl-- r of ' I rim lpl" Believed Parker Would Not Make a tion on Financial Policy He Did Not Like Platform but is Overjoyed With GnU Pl;inlr f New York, July It. The Associated luday received tbe following from Bnurke Cock ran, dated Indianapolis. July 10. explaining his declination to address the national convention at. Bt. Louis: I left Bt. Louis yesterday at 12:45 o'clock because, as matters then stood, I did not want to be In the convention when nominations for were reached. Calls for me to make a speech which had been made repeatedly on prior days, would very likely be renewed at the final session, and at the time I could not truthlly asaure tbe convention that Judge Parker had, In my opinion, the faintest prospect of success. I have made It a rule never to say on a public plafform anything which I could not repeat in tbe witness chair. 1 could nut prophesy victory and I would not foretell defeat. Silence was therefore the only course open and ihe best way to pursue It was by my absence. When 1 readied lndiauapolis 1 was handed a telegram from Charles K. Murphy, informing me of JuJge Parker's message to Mr. Shot-baand urging me to return Immediately. In an instant the whole situation was changed. The prospei t wlih h had been black with signs of disaster, at once became splendid with promises of victory. For many months I had been the preaching that the success of Itemocratlc party this year Involved the continuance of government Ir this country. This view was expressed in the resolution suhmitted to the state convent last April by the Tammany memhers and I think it Is shared by every thoughtful man in the country. The one thing absolutely essential to Democratic success 's a leader. Till uow. no one ' possessing anything lik" ability was a conspicuous csndtdnte except Mr. Cleveland. To him there were weighty objections, tits nge is advanced. Many politicians believe there is. a widespread objection to giving Buy n:an. however wise or virtuous, mure than two terms In the president y. The antagonisms whl- h he hns provoked an- - numerals ant bitter. Btill hts running qualities were so excellent Hint Ihe delegates Troni the old city of New York urged his nomination Press nt - U Ty Alaska that I lOgde luovt lean Aden Depot We make a specialty of Prescriptions. Telephone orden promptly attended to. J. E. CAVE. Frop. tiom tPP It .deli f city has fmaz hav! of RICHEY, UNDERTAKER 'Phone 150. 2372 Washinston Avt Chas J. A. Lindquist FONERALFURNISHIMS and Erobahnlni OPEN ALL EIGHT. BOB Waafci AM Refrigera- iages Dont break lour wifeVback by making her carry the paby.Buy4a carriage now. Now is the time we must them. Now is the time for you to buy at 33J per cent off. Remember the Alaska Refrigerator is the best in the world. We have but a few of them left. They are no good to us in the winter so we offer them to you now at 33i off. preel-'cm-- ever. quea East ALBERT F. tor, vs th thori' sever Wi days coun Drug Store vtie-preal1e-nt ward any one. into kirn Esopuf. N. Y., July 11. Light was thrown on the history o! the now famous telegram, and the reply to it made by the Democratic convention aA St. Louis by a close friend of Judge Iarker, who declined to allow tha uaa of hla name. When Judge Parker retired at 9:49 Friday night, said this man, he did not know anything nt nil about tha financial aide .of the . platform, w hich had been agrsed upon, more than waa outlined in He very brief bulletinh telephoned fron Kingston. When Informed by the Associated Press correspondent at' 8:59 a.' m. of the bare fact of Ms nomination, ha knew no more, aud tha first real knowledga ha had of tha action on tha financial plank In' the platform .waa when ha read the1 New York moraine papers. Immediately after breufast, that la to say, n little after 9 odork, he started for a horseback ride Just before mounting hla horse, a telegram waa bandsd him, giving a coiclse outline of the platform. From the moment of hla reading of that telegram, It was noticed that be waa very much preoccupied, and aa he rode off, hla head waa bowed aa if in deep I Rulx-Iterg- W sitb .. The lamia Erglehsrt, bust ness manager of the packing trades council and seventh of tha Amalgamated unions, rereivet a telegram from Michael Donnelly, president of the Call out all union, today, aa follows: men at noon tomorrow unless otherwise ordered. Instruct each mr.n to take all hla tools when leaving (he plant and proceed direct to hla home. to During Ihe strike all are ordered obey the lawa and urn no violence to- li tight- - Expresses Admiration. and Use no Violence. Kansas City, July 11. Unless tho parkera recede from their poaltlon In the wage wale controversy. It Is exported 11.000 men nnd women employed In the Kansas City packing plants, and who owe allegiance lo the AmalButcher gamated Meat Cutlers anJ Workmen's unions, will go on strike tomorrow at noon. The plants that, will be affected are the Armour, Rwlft, Fowler, Ruddy, Cudahy and Bchwarlxachild and T i.uct- - t a p. m. 11.-- 3:25 Was not Satisfied With the Platform When Was Presented to Him and it Caused Him 1 d11 rs- - thought JAMS. l I company of Cossacks during a ronnaissance near Si sn Chan, in the pu direction of Liao Yang and Saima'vva ambushed a aqnadrou or Japanese ear-airThe Cossarkx' losses were three killed. Th tost Japanese twenty men kl'lei or wounded. The sentiments of the general staff foreshadows an engagement at Hal Cheng. Lp to noon yesterday thn Japanese i.a not resumed the offensive. The admiralty baa no confirmation of the reported activity or the Port Arthur squadron. Nevertheless, there la excellent ground for believing that tt has ruwout of port Arthur. The Vladivostok squadron la also at sea. OF General Kuropatkln, according In private advices from tho front, will not make a serious attempt to hold Ta Tcho Klao. above Kal Chou, midway between that place and Hal Cheng, and where the railroad ronnerts with the branch from New Chwang. Developments of the Japanese strength on ihe Bin Yen marts seem to be forcing a Russian concentration between Hal Cheng and Liao Yang, but preparations seem to he makiug to defend the former aa long as possible. Gen Count Keller's force, which waa a little southwest of Liao Yang, ha apparently moved further southward, to stay the advance of the Japanese direct from the Feng Wang Chenf-llaCheng mail. The pressure on the Russian left rear as It withdraws, continues. There Is now seemingly practically nothing in the way of Japanese occupation of New Chwang and tbe completion of the Japanese lino across the head of the Uao Tung peninsula. The fortification of Ihe passes of Fen 8hul range and the eastward of Liao Yang I, reported. WAS ONLY CAUSES MURDER AT MISRUY RETIREMENT FROM KA1 CHOU. Bt. Petersburg. July 11.-- 8:08 p. na. Details of tbe Russian retirement from Kal Chou, which is hailed aa a great victory at Toklu, show, according to the ofllrial report of General Kakhar-Of- f. that it waa little mors than a series ef skirmishes. The Russian losses .wars about 200 men. Tho Toklo report that ten guns were raptured Is doubt-e- l. The Russians retired la perfect order before General Oku's army, consisting of four divisions, Staff Captain Count Kenid who was killed, was a brother of the midshipman of that name, who was killed si (be tijjne of the sinking of the Taring eft Chemulpo. Captain Nr rod was In command of the rear guard, whlca Is a post of honor. A Russian officer occupying this post must be behind his men and it was while following the troops that Nerod met his death. General Oku'a advance continues. HI main force, which the general staff believes to be almost sixty thouxand strong, was yesterday about five nules north of Kal Chou. Ilia skirmishers were about three miles further north. The Japanese cavalry la proceeding to New Chwang and a heavy forte of Japanese Is converging on Start lama, half way to Ta Tilie Kiao, on the Sin Yen roaJ. At about noon. July . a Japanese force of six companies of Infantry and two guns was observed marching southward from the Black Mountain, in the vicinity of Fla J am a. At the same time a brigade of Japanisi ,nran-tr- y with two batteries advanced tram Wlda Pass, concern rating at. Siadisms. Firing commenced in litc and lasted until dusk, when the retired. In this affair, two Kisrum officers and fifteen m-were and four men sere killed. There Is no change In the situaHon in tbe dire-tioof llai Cheng and iu Yftle JEALOUSY WITH KUROKI. the In New Kurokis Troops are Embarrassed by Drenching Rains Graphic Description of Operations From July 3 to July 7. ltJ vt furniture & Carpet Co. Ogden HYRUM PINGR.EE. Manager ii h pi ht th t hi e E ll w |