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Show flUASSOmiB) NESS DIM mEGMPHie SEIVICE EDI OGDEN VOL L NO. 239. WEDNESDAY CITY, UTAH, DAVIS MUST DOINGS OF DO CHOOSING VLADIVOSTOK PACKERS PERSIST THAT THEY ARE WINNING OUT Virginia Democrats Would Like Him to Boss tho State Convention. SQUADRON Parkersburg, W. Va., Aug. 2.--Pre Ilminary work tuday for tlie Demo-cralistate convention today has been different from that of other years. Henry G. Itavis, the candidate for is the only West Virginian that ever received a nomination on the national ticket, and the state ticket, platform and everything else is adjusted in the interest of s curing the electoral votes of West Virginia for Parker and Davis. There has been a constant line of callers at the .headquartera for Davla asking him what he wanted. Owing to the fact that Davis up to tonight has refused to express preferences for candidates the delegates on the eve of ihe con vention are at sea regarding the tick et. Unless Mr. Davis exercises his influence there will be a fight on the race question In the committee on resolutions. Mr. Davis may not go into the con vention at all. He says he has not biui formally officially notified of his nomination aud until he is notified at White Sulphur Springs on August 17 he feels that 11 would not be appropriate for him to speak as a Many Japanese Vikseis as Well a Knight Commander and Other Neutral Steamera Were Sunk. c Livestock is From Chicago Re-Ship- ped The meet packer!, Aur. union employes are on strike, ? ckuB to he In a better position tonight sny time since the struggle b en asked for the packers the situation tonight, Arthur general manager for Armour ST of Seeker, said: to be near r,e (trike may be said end. At the rate we are employes it will be only a mat Co., -- u 2Sa short time until everything ?in iB normal condition with us be more. butcher work- is repudiatedWhentheirthe agreement and the strike, after signing an wement to submit all grievances to irbltration, we made a special effort Jo via the light, and we have been deal more successful in our efi metthan the most sanguine of the forts old em-giemployers had hoped for. The so places have been filled eromptly that very few of the strikers will ever be able to get bark their do will come lecee, and those who 11 as Individuals." ThU assertion was made by Hr. Ueeker tonight after the packers had bonght in during the day, according to their estinuUea 1,300 new men and mother offlrial of Armour ft Co., bad aid that the parking firms were do- Jived gf ing nearly eighty .per cent of their Police reports of the esuel business. eornber of new employes arriving at the yards today bore out In a. large measure the packer' statements. Despite these declarations of the fillpeckers, the pens at the yards are ed with cattle and hogs that buyers p.u. no bid for in the market According to commission men and officials of ths Union Stock Yards, and live stock nrelved yesterday, 19,000 sheep and ni ltjOM hogs were usioli dock is rapidly accumulating in the proa Twelve thousand hoga unsold tonight and the prospect of large receipts tomorrow la caus-is- g ths live stock handler, to fear, : vamping of their faculties. According to commisrion men there are thou-und- n rs in all departments of of the yards, and the rattle In the pens will not ell be out of the way by Sat untay night In the face of nil this skippers are constantly forwarding stork to Chicago, and indications are tonight that there will be a decided lump in prices of live stock. It li on this statement and whit further information their own men hava kern able to secure, that the strike laden bass their claims that the kers are still badly crippled, y. statements to the Tnuiret company, out of the Ion leaders Intended protesting to the city health department that the housing of employes In the packing plants was B violation of the city ordinances, an inspector from the sanitary bureau Investigated all the plants today, but found that would warrant nothing was t the taking any steps gainst the packers. dejMU-tmen- CHICAGO TEAMSTERS ACTION IKDOR8ED. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 2. The convention of the International Teamsters today endorsed the action of President Shea and the executive board calling out a sympathetic strike of the St. Louis packing house teamsters in support of the butcher workmen. The president recommended In relation! with employers in all branches except the packing la dustry. NEOROES TAKE ' PLACES. STRIKERS Omaha, Neb., August 2. A large number of negroes were taken into the South Omaha parking houses today to replace the striking employes. They came early in the day and were not disturbed by the strikers' pickets. Receipts at the Block yards were large today. Both the packers and the strikers claim to be satisfied with the progress they hare made. DONNELLY WILL ADDRESS STRIKERS. Kansas City, August 2. Many packing house strikers applied for their old positions today, and moat of them were The packers appear to be daily growing stronger. The managers .of the Armours and Fowler plants, say that they have about the asms number of men at work as when the strike wag declared. Police Sergeant Weasley Reynolds, who was shot last night by Norman A. Rupe, n watchman at' Swifts plant, died tonight. The police have not been able to find evidence which would contradict Rupes story that the shooting was accidental. Kupe la confined in the Wyandotte county Jail. It was stated at labor headquartera In Armourdale tonight that Michael Donnelly will address an open air meeting in Shawnee Park In Armour-dal- e tomorrow afternoon. The strikers will assemble at the Kaneaa Avenue A considerable number of strike bridge and parade the streets before broken who arrived in Chicago are going to Sbawnee Park In a body. fimaded from going to work Donnelly did not arrive here tonight by pickets ss was expected, but will be here to0 published statements that the uu. morrow morning. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 2. At a conference between Sir Wilfried Laurier and R. L. Borden, leader of the opimsi-tion- , it was decided to prorogue parliament on Saturday or Monday at the la best. WHITE HEATHER WINS. Cowes, Isle of Wight, Aug. 2. The protest of the yacht lngomar, owned by Morton F. Plant of New York, against the White Heather In the race fur the Commodoree cup, the American boat claiming that the British yacht collided with her, was decided today In favor of the White Heather, which won the race on time allowance, though the lngomar crossed the finish line first. LOW WATER IN GERMANY. Berlin, August good showers have fallen within the week in various parte of Germany, the rains have not yet affected the rivers. The Elbe is still falling. The Steamship company of Dresden wholly suspended operations today and ia utilising tho low water period to blast out rocks from the river bed which are dangerous to navigation. 8axon-Bo-heml- . TELEGRAPH . OPERATORS WILL WIN hold-ove- con-tnu- IS DECLARED A DEATH TRAP Grand Republic Owned by Slocum Company is Inspected When Starting to Coney Apparatus Was Ab- Island--I4- fe solutely Useless and Fire Drill Unheard of jwosy Aug. 2. An Inspector who made a partial examination rscuraion steamer Grand Yold the federal commle- -. lnvestlgatlng the General warn that the life saving h,ln apparatus on the Republic la practically worth- jjjJM uiT?8 The who examined the tlie commission ctPuln nor crew knew hit o!?td0 wben flre was order-ei! of th Are hose burst to water pressure; that ij?bjec-cvJJJPWrenlage of the life preservers me of them having Inspector that LiTlniiiic 101,1 tll L d hroir8" rhlrrd Jon Ji 11 187T wer Provided with d bad,y rotted notheh.H broken rudder; that one tt .b11 no rowlocks and Ret 4 berJH,0 --tb rafu what pon cloror bends, the hroken KTon WVW t"?' ,o!derd. Thl by inspector Supervising balrman Murray, hoarded the Cyes,,erdy ftn.oon aa tart on one of her l8lnd with Pas-ha- d hipertor' jJ?,d' nd Ute fedem o name L,1? cSei S4 a time and the P for pSto th lBPctlon, work on witness. ?? the aln deck condition. You could .J1 prescrv,!.' Is bad b0 noU- - Mld They Say That Their 6trike is Being Very Successful Only Six Desert Them. Both sides la St Louie, Aug. the Missouri, Kaneaa and Texas telegraphers strike are confident of victory tonight, and officials of the Railway Telegraphers and the railway state that they have received encouraging reports. President Pelham of the O. R. and 2. T., laid tonight: far as I have been able to Aa learn, only alx men belonging to our union have failed to obey the strike order. I estimate, from report received today, that 4145 men have left their keys. The telegrapher! will make this fight themselves and from present Indication! we will not ask any assistance from any other unions. At the headquarters of the Order of It was elated Railway Telegrapher today that 4S0 operator! and station agents on the Missouri, Kaneaa and Texas railroad system are out, only six mm of the whole force having, rethis mained at work. Not one of number, It was also stated, has returned to work. The Information received there waa to the effect that passenger trains are from three to twelve hours late and that the regular and extra freight train schedules are demoralis-R. ed. In a telegram received at O. T. headquarters from Sedalia, Mo., it was reported that owing to the strike, all the regular freight trains on that division were annulled today. The officials of the order are strongly of the opinion that they will win. New York, Aug. 2. A young man named Ashley whoee home is in Porae-roWash., and Miss Ada Oughtred of were Onondaga, Ontario, Canada, drowned in the surf at Oak Island, near here today. v, break off the corners as yon would a biscuit Out of 1,082 we condemned 872. The mark was so old that F could not see It The manufacturer's mark was 1877. We found 184 new preservers and tested fifteen of them at twenty-fou- r pounds weight and they sank. After being in the water five minutes They should weighed nine pounds. They- one-hahave weighed only two and pounds. three One of the life bouts had broken oara and another two. Two of the boats were very much rotted and another had a broken rudder. One of the life rafts had no rowlocks. They had been broken off. On some of the life rafts, the inspector continued, apparent riveta on inspection were efibwn to be only false heads, the parts being soldered. For ornament? inquired Chairman Murray. No. air." emphatically answered the inspector, for fraud." The witness testified that he heard the order for the flre drill given by uie supervising Inspector, and be also heard the master say that he did not know what orders to give for the drill. He finally blew a general alarm on the whistle and rang four or five times on the ships bell before the crew answered, testified the witness. Today's testimony completed ths federal comminlon's work Into the esuse of the Slocum disaster in this to city ind the commission adjourned meet in Washington next Monday. The mass ot testimony and the exhibit! of hose and life preservers win be sent to Washington. lf FORTY THOUSAND IS PRICE BANDITS HEADS- ON Chicago, Aug. 2. The officials of the Illinois Central railroad tonight decided to Increase the reward of $10,000 for the bandits who held up the passengers of the Diamond Special Jaat night, to $40,000. A circular to this effect has been prepared and sent out broadcast over the country. RUN OF SALMON IS EXCEPTIONAL. St. Petersburg, A t. ;.- -ij a lengthy telegram to the Eu.;-- i.ir Yii-- Admiral Skrydloff related iitiiuge of the Vladivostok fleet i.i..lt-- lU-aAdmiral Jesaeu. With the cruisers Kotia, Grotnobol and Rurik, Admiral left Vladivostok July 20tb. After kUiking email Japanese vet mi the fruitier held up the Drilliih stfuuer Caiuiuara, hut a she had no cargo and waa not caught In the act of varryulg contraband of war, we were mm ind led to lei her go," eaya the diepaich. A Japanese coasting steamer was next met, but A moat of her fifty paeaengera were, w onion we determined to release her. Two Japanese eriiooncni were sunk. Then Admiral Jetwi fell in quick with the British at earner Arabia and Knight Cnmuicuder. Of the Arabia he eaya nothing new. The Knight Commander only at upped after the fourth shot, the admiral reports. Tier cargo being railroad materiul, undoubtedly contraband for the belligerent party, and nut helng able to bring her to the nearest Russian port (owing to her not having enough coal), without manifest danger to the squadron, we sank the Knight Commander after taking off all her crew and removing her papers. Two Japanese schooners laden with alt were then sunk. The steamer Scblnau from Australia for Yokohama was inspected and released. July 25th, the Thea (a German vessel of 934 tons register) with full cargo of fish from America to Yokohama, waa atopiied. She wa aa a legal prize and her crew waa taken off and the vessel sunk owing to the impoaejjiility of bringing her to a Russian port "On July 30 near the northern coast a Japanese third class cruiser and eev-e- n torpedo boats taking the same course aa the Ruselane were sighted while on the coast near Tsugara Straits, a coast defense batt.eehip hove In eight "All these ships. Admiral Jeseea ays, "kept far astern of our cruiser and after two hours they turned away. The Russian squadron suffered no lose in men and no damage and there wee no Ion of life on the vessels sunk or taken. The only trace of the Thea In the record maritime available 1 the schooner of 994 tons register and he German vessel which ha been trading In the German Sea. . r u SEVEN SUITS Butte, Mont., Aug. 2. Another com' filed in the district court today against the lieinze people, asking for damage in the sum of $3.8iki.-00- 0 making the toial daiuagea in the auite now (lending against F. Augustus late aud ageuta of llelnze, hi nearly $26,000,000. In the action started this afternoon the Burton and Montana Consolidated Mining cotniiany CoprthatandtheSilver Montana Ore Purchasing company, the Johnstown Mining company, F. Augustus lieinze, Arthur P. lieinze, John MacDonald, J. 11. Tre-ris- e entered the veins and ore bodies of that ponton of the Johnstown Mining claim owned by the plaintiff, and extracted by means of underground workings, ore to the value of $1,SU0,-00- 0, and converted U to their own use. The contention is supported by an enumeration of the velna lyiug within the walla of the claim that have been entered by the defendants. Today's suit 1 the seventh filed by tlie Amalgamated Interest a against the Heinzs people In the past two weeks. ao Chicago, Aug. 2. Kreigh Collins of Chicago, holder of Ihe western championship in mcn'a singles for five seasons, added another year to hla phenomenal record by digesting II. D. ldt-tlthe Princeton exjiert in the during event of the western championship tournament at the Kenilworth court! today. e. OHIO IS ALL RIGHT Her Fractional Defect in Speed Trial However May Necessitate other Facing. For Three Days They Make the Earth Tremble With Terrific Cannonade and Fanatically Throw Away Their Lives But at Last Retire Exausted St. Petersburg, Aug. 8, 8:80 a. m. Allowing fur the inevitable conflict in us met, the Juiancse aud Russian reports scent to agree on the main points of the military developments up to August 1, hut lKith riop short at that happened on point, regarding wbat August 2, when it is possible that a decirive struggle was going on east and south of Liao Yang. The usual crowds were assembled around the bulletin boards outside the office of the general staff until long after midnight, awaiting further official details, but nothing was given out beyond General Kuropat kin's official dlaiiatchea. It Is evident from these and the Japanese reports dispatch that the Russians abandoned Yangza Pasa, falling back on Liandianszinn, a strong defensive position In the tillia 24 mllea eout beast of I.lao Yang. General Kuropatkln admits that there were heavy lueses along the Yang road July 81.. Tha official account ia somewhat inconclusive, but indicates that although the Kuesiana withdrew from their advanced posts. Kuropntkln hoped to lie able to hold hie main positions even In the fare of jhe euiierlnr Japaneee force and that he evidently exiiected heavy fighting long this line, probably about A raping. This battle possibly waa progressing August 2, although the dispatches reported that all waa quiet up to noon August 1. In the meantime a serious enveloping movement of three Japanese divisions wee maturing around the Russian left at llai Cheng, where there also was heavy fighting on July SL No news haa been received from Port Arthur. which began at four a. m., July 28th, Russian who escaped from lort Arthur via Pigeon bay on the night of end ended during the night of July 28, when the battle erased. A Chinese a ho has arrived her on a separate limit confirms the Russian's statement that the UuKslan killed and wounded during the assnult numbered between live and aix thousand. Tlie Japuue&a in iheir repeated assaults against tha Eastern forts on tlie hills, through barbed wire entanglements and over mines, displayed fanatical bravery. They were mowed down by the hsil of sheila and bullets sad tha explosion of minus under their feet. Iheir losses are uHiimatcd at twenty thousand. The Russian dcclnre that the Russians held all ihe eastern forts leading to Gulden Hill, and that tlie Japanese, shattered and exhausted, retired to the eastward. A related by the passenger of tha two Junk, the Japanese advance, which began from Kwokau before daybreak, July 2Ulh, was directed against Klkwan, Klnkllnn, Klnklshan and forts, lyiug near tho shore. The Russian outporis wfre driven hack. In the meantime Admiral Togo shelled the forts at long range, but tho return flre of the forla kept hla ahlps at a safe distance, rendering the cooperation of the licet ineffective.' On the morning of July 2th tlie Russian fleet steamed out, keeping under the protection of the Golden Hill gum. The Russian vessels did not llie on the Japanese and soon returned to their anchorage. The assault on the northern aide of tha city occurred July 2th. The Japanese left at Hsikau advanced on the Russians at Shlnshl Ylng, but were repulsed. The Junks were withla hearing distance for three days after leaving, but no more firing was heard. The Russian hospitals at Fort Arthur are said to be awamped. Thousands of wmmdcd are lying . in houses and shops of the Chinese, the owners baring been evicted, with the ezcepllon of one who acta aa care taker of each place. Medical attention la adequate. , bled under the terriffle cannonading (Continued on page I.) $76,-00- . Che Foo, Aug. 2, 11 a. in. A desperate three days assault on the inner defenses, on the northern and eastern sides of Port Arthur, has failed according to dispatches brought by' two Junke which arrived here today.' A July 29th states that the earth trem- Ich-toush- BANDITS HOLD UP ' POSTOFEICE 2.' New York. Aug. 2. Owing to the absence from tb city of a considerable number of the director of the Northern Securities company and the improbability of securing a quorum, the attendance for a director' meeting tomorrow has ben recalled. m An- battleship Buffalo, K. Y. Aug. 2. Heavy rains caused a postponement of the grand circuit races scheduled for today. TWO SEVERE DEFEATS At Yushulikzu the Russians Right and Left Wings are Carried and the Enemy Driven Four Miles Away--OthPositions Captured er Tokio, August 2. General Kurokl haa administered a severe defeat to the Russian forces which defended the Russian east flank ft Liao Yang, winning separate action at Yuahulikzu and Yang Tee Pass. These two placet ara twenty-simile apart, but the two actions were fought at the asms time. The Russians held " strong positions. The thermometer registered over 110 degrees and the soldier suffered cruelly from beat exhaustion. At Yushulikzu the Russians had two divisions of Infantry and some artillery. and they resisted the Japanese assaults vigorously. Both attacks were begun nt dawn on Sunday, July 8L At Yuehuiikzu, the Japanese carried the Russian right and left wings, but on acconnt of the strength of the main Russian position they were unable then to prens the attack. The two armies rested Sunday night facing each other. At dawn on Monday the Japaneee resumed the attark ana by noon they had dislodged the enemy and driven him four miles to Lao Holing. Tse Pas also the Japanese . At Yin were successful. The artillery opened on the enemy, and the Infantry mjved forward from Makumeza. The attack on this place was made at 1 o'clock Honolulu, Aug. 2. The Samoaulsrhe on Sunday, and by flight foil, the JapZeitung of July 5 says that Judge A. anese were In possession of a majority Gurr of Apia, who was sent to the of the Ru srian positions, although the Mauna Islands to settle the trouble enemy had resiried with determination. there resulting from Chief Tuimanuae The Japanese force passed the night defiance of the government addressed in battle formation and another assault the natives and that a settlement was made on Monday at dawn. By 8 Tuimanua ana other chiefs sign- o'clock morning long Tee ed a document ceding the islands to Pass andMonday the surrounding heights had the United States. The document waa been captured. then banded to Judge Gurr for transmission to President Roosevelt. RUSSIA BUYS TRANSPORTS. eeeeeee x eral Sakharoff reports two officers and 34 men were wounded, and on July 21 during a reconnaissance In the direction of Khatluiza, two acre killed and one ollirer and 20 men were wounded. The same day when the Japanese occupied the Pass (25 Yaugshukan snd Huut.-italzmiles from Liao Yan,') five officer and 4u men were wounded. General Sakharoff says: "Tlie enemy is acting-udecidedly on our south front." offiv-er- a en n WILL 8T1LL CARRY FREIGHT. NEUTRAL Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 2. The Canadian Pacific railway announces that its boats will continue to carry freight to Japan or China so long as It ia not coniraband. This course will be followed despite the action of other transpacific linos. The cargo taken by the five steamera of this line haa been small during recent months and it is stated that since the outbreak of the ar the quantity of freight taken from Vancouver to Japanese ports haa shown no increase. London, Aug. .The London morning papers are again without special dispatches from either side at the seat of war. EASTERN BRANCH RETIRES. SL Petersburg. Aug. 2. The Emperor hae received the following dispatch from General Kuropatkln dated August 1st: "According to the reports of the officer commanding the Eastern portion of our army, hia troops, after abandonCopenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 1 A ing advanced positions in the Tangs n Ruwien agent has arrived here with Pass, retired in the direction of toward SaiauiUze and Liao the object of purchasing large transports to accompany tha Baltic squad- Yang." ron to tlie Far East Washington, Aug. 1 Secretary Taft returned to thl city from Murray Bay. St Petersburg, Aug. 1 General under date ot August L reports Canada, today where he hae been for obstinate fighting In the direction of the post four weeks. the Saltnatezu-Lie- o Yang road July 30 and 31, the RnaMan vanguard retainSantiago De Chill; Aug. 2. The U. ing its position until August 1, when 8. cruiser Tacoma which la searching for the mlsring Americas merchant it retired to Yangxa Pass. vessel Conemaugh, haa arrived at Co During a reconnalsanre in the direction of Feng Wang Cheng July $0, Gen qulmbo, ChllL Liand-iansfla- NIHIUST8 Tokio, Aug. 3, 10 a. m. The Japanese took Simon Cheng Sun- day. Six guns Were captured. The four Japanese ' casualties were hundred. The Rntslan lois was heavier. General Kuroltis losses in Saturday and Sunday's fighting were 927. JAPS FAIL IN DESPERATE F. Augustus Heinae haa Total Damage Claima of $26,000,000 Pending Against Him. San Francisco, August 2. The new Ohio, in spite of the fact that she larked on her official trial a fraction of the speed for which the contract calls, la said to be an rigut" In every respect She arrived today from Santa Barbara and is now anchored off the Union Iron Worke. It has not yet been derided whether or not the Ohio will he given another trial. The expense of taking the to machine big; fighting Santa Barbara, in trial Inm and putting her through the kind of jiaces a0. navy trial board experts. Is about The amount of penalty deducted by the government from the cost to off-b- et the fractional sbortsoming in the matter of speed will be considerably leas than $76,000. It would be cheaper for the Union Iron Works to pay the St Petersburg, Aug. 2. The news of penalty and turn over the battleship the return of the Vladivostok cruiser to Uncle Sam, but it may be derided to from their third successful raid con- go to the greater cost for the purpose siderably lessened the feeling of des- of maintaining the builders' prestige. pondency created by General Kuropst-kkln'- a telegram to the Emperor admitting the necessity of hie retreat. Vico Admiral SkrydlolTa report of the cruise point out the utter Inability of the Japanese warships to follow up the Russian cruisers. The Japanese were apparently unable to spare a single effective vessel to cope with them. The Roused From Bed by few antiquated vessel encountered by Postmaster la He Opens Door and Knocking Rear Admiral Jessen were unable to Is Stunned. give chase and the torpedo boats are by in approaching the Russians. 2. Monday Goldfield, Nev., Aug. Admiral SkrydlolTa dispatch conae Jerome Vldovlch, storekeeper firms the detail report of the Associated night at Lida, 25 mllea south Press correspondent at ' Vladivostok and postmasterwaa about to retire, he Goldfield, first announced in a telegram to the of called to the door of hla store by who supplied the name of the German waaloud Ae he opened the steamer, the sinking of which waa door he knocking. two masked men met waa by Associated Press. , of whom struck him on the left one It la presumed that the Thea, al- temple with a heavy revolver. The though flying the German flag, waa blow stunned Vidovich temporarily but chartered by an American firm. In recovered consciousness. Then view of the fact that she sailed with he soon was ordered to open the safe, which he of canned cargo fish, it ia considercounter. He staggered ed not unlikely that, like the Arabia, waa behind the both robbers holding their to the safe, he sailed from Portland, Ore. The He experienced some head. hla at guns canned fish is believed to have been Inthe safe, but finalin opening difficulty tended ae delicacy for the officers ace was compelled to turn and succeeded ly the wounded, the Japanese are very over to the robbers $410 of his own mon fond pf fish. and The postofflee funds. Then the The fart that Rear Admiral Jessen ey robbers took two Winchester rifles, Vice Admiral replaced Bexobrazoff, la Vldovlch to a chair and mounting command of the Vladivostok squadron tied made a hasty retreat is now attributed to the departure of two hones, soon as he could be untied, the As Bozobrsxiff, it is said, for Port Arsummoned two Indians who thur. According to a version which postmaster Is not denied at the admiralty. Admiral started in hot pursuit The robbers were trailed to near Goldfield by the Bexobrazoff reached Port Arthur on the Indians, who came to town about flflve last trip of the torpedo boat destroyer o'clock The constable Lleutmant Bunikoff and haa taken ov- and a this afternoon. posse at once started in puer the command of the naval forces rsuit there from Rear Admiral WlhofL According lo reliable information HYDE AND DIAMOND STILL IN THE Viceroy Alaxieff has reached Harbin WOOD. and is due at Vladivostok tomorrow (Wednesday). San Franrisco, Aug. 2. Attorney In aiknlralty circles It ia claimed that private Information haa been re- Francis J. Henry received a telegram ceived to the effect that eight torpedo today from the United States attorney boats were recently sold In the United general instructing him to prosecute States to Japan. the land fraud charge against Hyde The sailing of the Baltic squadron ia end Dimond with all possible vlgor.I The telegram announced also that the probably within a fortnight. The admiralty sent out Instructions government would apiical from the of Judge Lacombe. through the Foreign Office, to consuls along the route to prepare for thirty ANOTHER PORRE8S10N FOR THE essele within three weeks. UNITED STATES. Portland, Ore., Angnet The German steamer Tiiea which Is mentioned Vancouver, B. C.. Aug. 2. The can- in the report of Rear Admiral Jeseen, neries nt Rivers Inlet are having ex- ia not known here and hag probably ceptional run of salmon. They have never visited this coast Small steamalready packed more fish than during ers of the Three class seldom venture the whole of last Besson and fishing very far from land on, account of their for several limited fuel reparity.' The Thea is la expected to continue So far the two canneries of known to have been cruising in the weeks. the British Columbia Packers Associa- Chinn Sea and if she was carrying tion have put up 50,000 cases of eoc!( meat or canned fish, she probably was eyes while on the Skeens river the going to Yokohama. fishing ia poor and on t!J Fraser river it is fine. NORTHERN SECURITIES MEETING e o POSTPONED. SIMOU CHENG TAKEN. Him plaint was t, for Cattle in But Large Number of Uncarcd Yards Seems to Belie Their Statement-Mu- ch DEFENDANT IN , TODAY, SHOWERS PRICE FIVE CENTS AUGUST 3. 1904. MORNING. VEATHEB I03ECAST TO CONFER. Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. 2.-The newspapers here report that a conference of (be Russian Ni- hiliste was held from July 25th to July 29th. at the residence of a. Russian oer the French frontier. Fifty to sixty persons are said to have attended, from mostly abroad. eeeeeeeeeeee Bek-harof- f, e V |