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Show HUB VEATBEB FORECAST EAltTODU ABB MDN9A1 PRICE FIVE CENTS A r Surrounded Army Corps Almost Commander. Through Blunder of th: Kuropatkin Overwhelmingly Attacked by the Japanese. First of Juan files d Mabal d lliwijf die- - St Petersburg, Sept. 3. A patch haw been Jtcelved from Kuropatkin, announcing that he has ordered hla army to evacuate t Yang and withdraw northward. The Russians blew up the magazines and set fire to the army provisions at Liao stores, and evacuating that Yang before place. St. Petersburg, Sept. S. Gener- al Kuropatkin nays further: On the night of September 1st, General Kurokl attacked Sykwan- miles east of Liao tun, eleven Yang, and captured a majority of the Russian positions, the occupa- tlon of which waa completed on the night of September 2nd, the Russians retiring aix milea dis-- ap gaiflii army fcl knrduriuc the also and who In that struggle Chlno-Japanes- e and Talienwan In dint of lncessagt fcshtiag SSa men were apared nel- -er caeualtlee nor SSlhlpe. holda away over fSomeral Kuropatkin, through SLuSalana believed her arm full be successful. ia to chief tfthward. while one of hla General Blakelber. with hla the Flrat Siberian Army 25,WU men, la cu STJtbo weetward of IJao Yan. at Tto Russians am concentrating thua far vmuI hut the dUpatchea as to whether or dn no intimation stand or even It a make will they their toe In are purauing the Japanese It la not known whether tho JiSaese will atop at Uao Yang and Taltse rlver be-1fortify Md with the vii-Ha-W- el UYm tant. The flrat Siberian Army eorpa waa almost surrounded. This corps previously saved General Orlotfa detachment by attacking the Jap-aneae flank when General Orloff waa threatened with annihilation. Gen. Orloff waa seriously wound-- m them and General Knropatkins to become force will endeavor either defendm In caee the not aitark. or by Inaction should they rad the fighting at Liao Yang. Thb last blow to Russian anfia, In St- - Petersthough It la spoken of ofRus-d- w consequence the logical burg taken be will doubtless pUns.. Emmuch to heart by the subjects of succession a after who. Nicholas, peror by their of defeats and retirements erf Ibe snny bsd expected a finality favor. struggle at Uao Yang In their Rue-fta- u lathe lou of Liao Yang by the the Japanese will probably gain little swept in the way. of a atrategical the the Ruasiane blew up point enormous miguiuee and set fire to the quantities of army store and provision. there before they evacuated. Whit the effect of the retirement front Uiao Thng will be on the at Port Arthur can only be but certainly It cannot but laaee depression among the valiant defenders' who have been hoping that ereatually they would be relieved. ed. Bt. Petersburg, Sept. 4, 12:15 a. m. -- All Russia will learn by the morning papers that General Kuropatkin north-aararmy it in toll retreat to the that Liao Yang has been abandoned, and that General Stakelberge eorpa la surrounded and cut oil. The hope of victory raised in Rusfrom sian breasts by the telegram the eotauuandersn-chief- , published this afternoon, saying that the Russians had advanced against General Karbkl on Friday and that an attack on the Russian right had been repulsGeneral Kur-epiuh- ln ed, proved short lived. had scarcely begun the offensive against General kurokia army vhea he waa compelled by the overwhelming force of the Japanese flanki- ng movement to give up all idea ol cuadnaing hla advance and hurriedly withdrew in the direction of Mukden. The retreat la the logical conse-(amof the Russian plan of leading ua and tiring out the Japanese at the mmeaslve stations uf the road north-wd-, thaa placing their foe at the Vof roaitanily growing disadvantage tagthcaiag the lines of communlcs-l"- The success of this plan was med by a blunder of General 8lak-bwho, in the words of General Knropaihin, insisted on placing hla In-th- e corps, consisting of Firet. Second and Sixth rifle Cossack Brigade, First Siberian a Sapper batuiion.artillery brigade and sitll ,.bd(mmcnt of the whole at Liao Yang involves the loss emulation of atoros that many of te,,wd &Ad been sent nurlh hrthc !ready the commencement of flght-th- "S8 t,1B Poeeible, however, destroyed what not remove. akin 10 Paris. Sept, 8. The battle of Liao conslernatlim PrvTaii. attracts intense interest and Yang RuM,ana who have nfm,fc burned diBMter anxiety among the French officials General SSkrtw. AH rea,,e ,hat and the public generally aa likely to JLairh the now for the relief prove the turning point of the war. of pni? '"f'l bnt lhe military of- - The foreign office construes the luteal Brill, received here this afternoon ft Wnu,7 ?n,?'n ,n th belief that advices aa that General Kuropatkin showing for fl7 General ,f0,,y Krotw nd rBn the risk has Buffered a serious check, though of being w,,h his who,e not yet amounting to a defeat or a rout The efflrera continue to aay by hi, wVhir. h7 commander-in-chie- f a plan of alow w.W,l,north h MctuaUly that he is executing withdrawal toward Mukden, giving aner to himlir " ght bave been di 1? what irwen "Wed dogged resistance as ha falls back. ,he Japanese, for the Military experts point out that the battle is greater Kuropvin.. .rJptDP,e to bold Gen. magnitude of the lv blow Tt and WUet a deda-Mrte- than any fought during the Franco-Germawar, the glebe of Met involvo'iwi'il?ed acan not be 350.000 men on both sides, whereovir. !ban rewee. Field ing 400,000 at Liao nacloua frontal d as there were over tark and 177 flnk tenement Yang. The Figaro says Jt Is the greatest 4h, tomnSI oany otber obJcct fight since the battle of Lelnslg. The newspapers here reprint the 111 s iber coulrf X d nw. no nr ."King Anhurlone,.01 uT 5 !Bjr Japanese 9ru the ,lc se, and It f - effect which fibwerer, Position to more than BOMBARDMENT OF THE STILL CONTINUES. TOWN Hours Artillery Fire Without Result Russian Warships Reply Seven to Jap Land Firing. Members of the Chicago, Sept. Association of Meat Dealers met tonight at one of the down' town hotels to discuss the stand taken by the stock yard strikers in endeavoring lo force a meat famine. No specific notion was taken by the meeting but at Us close it waa announced that all of those present had determined to handle meat just as though there was no strike. It was announced that there would lie no famine, and that the dealers would ace that the public secured all the real that tt desired to use. Tbe packing house teamsters also took action against the striking butch-er- a by announcing that they would nut countenance tho strike ordered by the hutrhers at the independent tiackera, but woud continue to haul the meat to tho independents. hand-to-han- d Shan-nuntu- unuo-cupied- WANT THEIR CANT COMPEL PAYMENT. According to a decision rendered today by Judge Chy- -t Chicago, Sept 3. rous of the superior court, board of trade operators who succeed In engineering a corner in wheat, corn or other commodities in which are made on Change have no right to compel payment of the manipulated price Instead of the actual value of the commodity at the time act for settling lhe trades. The case waa that of a number of firm ms and individuals against board of trade operators and the Bask of Montreal, ia which latter was tied ap a early half a million dollars,' This money represented the difference in price for July oats. 1902, which waa demanded by tho manipulators and the actual market pricsL INJUNCTION GRANTED. Montgomery, Ala., Sept 8. Federal Judge Thomas G. Jones today granted an Injunction against the striking miners in this district, restraining them from interfering with the works and employes of the operators. Alexandria Bay, N. Y Sept 3. Jss. sculls A. Tenyck won the single championship of the Eastern 8tates here today with W. J. Henley of Syracuse, second. TWENTY INDICTMENTS AGAINST COUNTY OFFICERS. Rutie, Mont., Sept. 3. The Grand Jury today returned to Judge William Clancy a partilal report of the work done by that body In tbe return of Indictments directed against certain county officials of Silver Bow county. The report makes a number of charges against Coroner M. Egan, Commission, Daniel Assessor W. D. Clark, Brown and others. Rarefhced pilfering of tha Steal, publics money, and fika phrase era freely used throughout in tho Grand er Jurys report Ip Ita recant sittings the Grand Jury returned about twenty Indictment a gainst (he Silver Bow county offlriala Todays report arraigns several of tha county officers for apparent indifference and lack of bualneaa methods In tha conduct of tha affairs of the county. RECOMMEND A LONGER COURSE. Washington, Sept. 1 Secretary Mor-to- n today received the report of the board of visltore to the naval academy at Annapalia, of which Representative Wade of Iowa ia chairman, giving a fill account of tba recent inspection of the Institution by tbe obard. Tbe hoard makes a number of recommendations. One ef the recommendations ia that the course of study, now three yeara and a half, be restored Immediately to four yeara. with an additional one year postgraduate course. -- GOVERNMENT VICTORIOUS. Monte Video, Uruguay, Sept 3. The war minister who la In command of the government troops reports that ha has gained a derisive victory over General Saravia. the leader of the Insurgents, who waa wounded during the engagement. WILL WORK IN THE SOUTH. New York, Sept, 8. According Jo a rumor which haa been current for ' Tokio. Sept 4- -10 a. m Fight- Ing in the Tictnitv of Liao Yang ia continuing today. Ammunition Was Exhausted. hand-to-han- d g sd New York. Sept, A Chiles Finney Tokio, Sept. 4c It ia officially Clark, president of tho Bradstroeta announced that the Japanese company, died in London today of forces occupied Lino Yang it I heart failure, presumably caused by an o'clock this (Sunday) morning. atiack of indigestion, aged M yeara The body will be brought hack on the s Oreanla as Washington, Sept 3. Th feature of tho annual report of Major Gen. Arthur MacArthur, commanding tha department of California, la tha strung to the language used in reference treatment In San Francisco of the soldiers returning from tho Philippines and mustered out there, lie says that tha greatest matter of eoacern which occupies tba attention of tha department ia to get tha soldiers returning from tho Philippines ia possession iff the money due on thoir arrival payments and safely out of the city before they ran ho swindled. Tba Ingenuity of tho criminal classes of Ban Francisco to effect thia purpose, he aya, and the simplicity and apparent inability iff tha soldiers to protect themselves are alike amazing. Everything haa been done ia tha prone isea that ia possible In behalf iff tba soldiers Interest. Quoting from Col. Markley, tho rblef paymaster, on this subject. General MacArthur writea: The stupidity and iualilllty of these short term' men coming from tbe unbelievable. Philippines Is almost Young men, able to tahe rare of themselves anywhere, under any circumstances while In service, seem to take leave of their aensea wheir they arrive on United States soil and willingly tho prey of the abarka found In every big city. Instances and figures could bo given to prove that out of 300 of three men paid off and permitted to go to tha city on the evening, with railroad tickets purchased and money rider (payable to themselves at their homes), fifty would turn up neat morning robbed of everything, many dangerously Injured by blows and drugs. On one occasion out of 31 men who foolishly stayed over one night, 19 turned up notx morning beaten, robbed of tickets, orders and clotkea. A satisfactory wireless (elegrapk system haa been maintained at Fort Mason and Alratran island, the details being very much Improved in design by tha operator in charge. Genera MacArthur, in conclusion, commends tbe staff officers for excellent service. TERRIBLE TROLLEY WRECK oma time the Republicans intend to make an active campaign In tha southern states. Tennessee delegates have World's Fair Train Crash Into TrolInformed tha managers here that a ley Car, Killing Bovon and Injuring Nlnotoon. gubernatorial fight la on In that state. Cold Steel Used by Both Slav and Jap when gan with the Japanese advance on christenAugust 24th. the day of theconcluded ing of the Czarevitch and reSaturday. September 3rd, with the treat of General Kuropatkin, ia believed to have been the longest and the bloodiest of history. Numerous in tbe fighting upset the theory evolved by experiences in the Boer war that a modern battle must necessarily be fonght at long range.d IVrth Idea repeatedly came to encounters In bayonet charges and the men or both sides were often so near each otber that they could distinguish features and hear words of comment In one Instance they were separated only by tbe width of tbe railroad and WILL HAVE A GOOD TIME, actually threw stones at each otber. Tbe mad heroism of tbe Japanese Rna-idaWashington, Sept 8. Among tbe in- and tbe stubborn tenarity of tbe not anywhere be"npsralleled has teresting event planned at Washington for the entertainment Of tbe Inter- rave in some desnerate encounter of national Geographical congress that the American rivll war. Comumondenta state that several of will meet here Sept 8th, ! a reception at the naval observatory that evening the bavouet attacks made by tbe Japby the Superintendent Rear Admiral anese tbrouebont have been forced by Colby M.. Chester. U. 8. 19., and hta tbe denletlon of ammunition, of which staff. Arrangement! are being made modern arm "W such extravagant The Jsnsnese came on eTTwmilltnre. to close thia reception with a five minute series of time signals, ending at with emnfv g"B and with bones of midnight, 75th meridian time, accord- finishing tbe attack with cold steel, ing to the plan followed daily at noon, bnt it vu nroved at their own cost inia will be followed by a brief mesbat. snch attack could "ot be driven sage of greeting from the congress to Worn in the face of the firs of breach the nations of the world, to be trana-nfiitte- loinf enns. Wnwlsn artillery men snfT voluntarily by the various Th lines of telegraph and cable. ed ferrlMv 1" the projonred Retiring finth of tb Tritse river. One battery fhe remaindtnet forty men killed BRADSTDEETS OF PRESIDENT er of It were wounded and when a DEAD. San Francisco Thugs and Sharks Rob PhilGeneral McArthur ippine Veterans. Says This Causes Untold Difficulty. o v St. Petersburg. Sept. 4. 2:50 a. m. The battle of Liao Yang whlrh be- FALL EASY VICTIMS 3. ENTHUSIASTIC GREETINGS loss of the whole of the Flrat Ary Chicago Meat Dealers Declare They Will Supply Regardless of Efforts of Strikers to Shut Off Plants. $50,-000,0- U1 Interpretation on orders Instead fulfilling them. General Stakel-erre- d In failing to cross the Jmtae river when Genera Kuropatkin Mailed that the whole army should wet to Its northern bank, aa was nchniveiv reported in die patches to me Associated Press on September DQ. la feared, will FAMINE 4.' probable that they have diverted a portion of the besieging army to reinforce their corps operating in Man- Two Actions Taken to Recover $300p churia. Thia would account for the 000 From tho Continental Trust temporary lull in the fighting. It la Company, noticeable that the siege reports reaching here do not mention further assaults jon the fortress, but only New York, Sept 3. Two actions spoke orbombardments. seeking to recover 1.100,000 from the Continental Trust company of BaltiSt, Petersburg, Sept. 3. Lieut Gen. more were begun in the United States Sakharoff in a report to the general circuit court here today. The suits staff dated September 2nd says: were by the Central National the Bank brought Today our troopa assaulted of New York in liquidation and desa and alter uf Sykwantun, heights the Merchants Trust company of Now York. perate fight, we captured the whole " disthe chhin, but immediately made The first named complainant seeks covery that we had to Ideal with a to recover the sum uf 1200,000 which strong Japanese force with a front it paid aa a subscriber to tho underextending from Yentai to lhe river writing syndicate of the United States i Taltse. Cotton Duck corporation. The Mar A detachment under Major Orloff chantM Trust company asks judgment which waa guarding the Yentai mines for $100,000 which it likewise paid on advanced a short distance, but meet- n subscription to the earns syndicate. ing the Japanese in superior force and The complainants allege that the dein a strong position, had to retire. fendant company in promoting the Major General Orloff waa wounded, United States Cotton Duck company but the danger of the enemys move- used false, fraudulent and deceitful ment waa averted by his return to the representations to induce them to substation at Ylntal. scribe to its underwriting syndicate, The gallant regiments of the First with an Intent to. "deceive and deSiberian Rifle corps came up and Gen. fraud them." The complainants allege that they Stakelberg checked the attacking Japanese. In this light the brave com- were induced to invest la the duck mander of the Second Siberian regi- corporation on the strength of n printment, Colonel Ozeraky, waa severely ed statement issued by the defendants wounded. which falsdly purported to ahow that At 9 o'clock in the evening there the new corporation was capable of waa a lull In the fight all along the earning proflta sufficient to pay all line and tne only firing heard was the fixed charges and dividends on its boom of guns at Liao Yang. Accordissued of stocks. ing to a telephone report the garrison at Liao Yang repulsed the second Japanese attack. In erder to ascertain the enemy's strength, two regiments on the west front were ordered to attack. After a fierce fight it was discovered that the enemy opposing the two regiments Senator Fairbanks Receiving Hearty were more than two divisions strong. Ovations on Way to Maine "The tosses to the Russian army have not been ascertained exactly, but Fair- I. Senator Chicago, Sept. according to the latest account they banka arrived hero tonight on bis reexceed 3,000 in killed or wounded. turn from the west and after a brief At 8r45 p. m. the first Japanese proceeded on hla 'Way to Bath, shell foil in Uao Yang and waa fol- stay Maine, where he la engaged to apeak which lowed by n hail of projectiles next Tuesday. swept the railway station and the After leaving Mare! In. Xlo., be made suburbs of the town Itself. Fortun- several stops and at La Piets. Mo., and ately the station was empty, all the and Strcater, Ills., made the rolling stock having been removed. Gateaburg brief addressee. were The flrat persona wounded At Gateaburg he sppke especially seven aubjecta of charity, a physician, on the tariff and at La Plata he adseveral Chinese and a commissariat jured hla hearers to study political non-comissioned officer. questions for themselves and not to By I oclock in the evening sev- be either Republican! or Democrat, eral fires had been caused by the bom- merely because their fathers had been bardment and the booming of the guns uch. reached our train ns It carried off the At Streeter Mr. Fairbanks a poke wounded. by request especially upon the tariThe Russian casualties In the fight- ff. ing of August 3 lit and Sept. 1st are At Streeter he left the rear platataled to amount to 7,000. The ene- form of hla car for tbe first and only numor treble double that my lost time during the day. He then spoke ber. from the railroad platform truck. Ilia "The Japanese prisoner appear to speech waa received wltk marked enbe worn out." thusiasm. u it . NO MEAT Che Foo. Sept 8.- -9 p. m. On the night of August 2!Uh the Japanese surprised the worn out Russians at Palichuang and Indicted severe losses. The Russians retired and the Japanese occupied their position. The nest morning at three oclock the Japanese, moving from their new Tentage ground, in heavy force, desperately assaulted Palichuang and an adjoining fort repeatedly, until 7 oclock in the afternoon, whrn they were compelled to retire, losing over l.noo men. Finding those flirts imnrcgnahlc, the nest mtrning at 4 oclock lhe Japanese force hurled themselves against PaliSt. Petersburg, Sept. The fol- chuang. By fighting lowing report has been received from they succeeded In driving out the RusGeneral Kuropatkin dated September sians and occupying their position at 3rd: 7 o'clock in the morning. Artillery The enemy last (Friday) night waa brought up and desperate efforts and seized moat of the positions were made to make the position seoccupied by our troops at Sykwantun cure but after enduring for seven and the troops holding lhe positions hours artillery firs from the other In question retired to a rear guard forts, the Japanese were compelled to n retire. The Japanese succeeded, howposition between the villages of and Shftehaags. ever, ia rendering the position useless . The name night the First Siber- to the Rnasians and it is now ian army corps which had an stained It ia believed (hat this weakening heavy losses during the last five days and which waa In danger of having It a of the Russian line will attract furthflank turned, owing to the enemys su- er efforts to break tJirough In thia perior forces, retired several kilomet- quarter. The bombardment of the ers to the westward. town continues. In the evening I ordered Liao Yang The foregoing information la evacuated and the troops to retire brought from Fort Arthur by an innorth. telligent Chinese who speaks both English and Russian. He adda that the Russian warships occasionally reply to the Japanese bombardment. MONEY BACK u This blunder, - Beylin Tageblatt'a statement that KLig Edwards visit to the Emperor of Austria brought out a mediation movement to which the Vnited States and Francs are parties. IV he a questioned on the subject today the foreign office here replied: Owing to the frequency of such reports you are authorised to state that France has had absolutely no communication with Russia up to the present time relative to mediation. The authorities here are hoping for an early termination of the status of the Russian cruiser Diana, now at Saigon, but reports today show that she Is still there, with her crew on board; that she has not entered the repair dock, and that her commander la still awaiting orders. Madame Kelikoff, wife of the Russian ambassador to FTance, ia at Toulon superintending the final equipment of tho hospital ship Ora. Owing to the amount of the French subscriptions the Ora has been fitted out sumptuously. She vs- ill sail September 27th for an unknown destination and will fly the Red Cross flag, whlrh is exfrom pected to give her immunity seizure by the Japanese. Tokio. Sept. 4. Noon Field Marshal Oynmn reports tbnl Ihs Russians burned their storehouses near Lino Yang Saturday. General Kurokl, leaving a force at Haizu- ago to protect his right flank, haa turned sharply westward to cut Liao the railway and envelop armies Yang. Oynmn'a central are still attacking the Russians south and west of the walls of Liao Yang a fresh baitery waa brought up Into position the survivors protested with tears at being memoved. begging to be allowed to die beside their own guns. The work of the Red Cross which throughout the war haa been devoted on both hides, has proved almost aa dangerous to nurses and doctor as haa the work of the combatant. Many bearer and their assistant have been killed or wounded In atA tending to Injured under fire. Slater of Merry was killed and surgeon wounded In the final assaults on Liao Yang. Telegraph operators and correspondents have aufered severely. Two correspondents of the Associated Press have been shot and one baa been decoral ed for bravery. During tha ten days fighting the condition of the aoldlero of both armies haa been pltlfuL Many of the Japanese prisoners were starving ead almost naked when cap- e tured, which apeaka volumes for endurance. It ia wonderful that the rommimaty arrangements made It possible to continue to supply tbe men during such a continuous battle. The Russians were better fad. being nearer their owj base, but the terrible strain of the continuous fighting reused some of them to fall aalrrp In the midst of cannonade and even on the firing finei Jp-anea- BL Louis, Sept 8. Eleven parsons were killed and II Injured today by fhe colllshV of a Wabash Worlds Fair train and n suburban electric car at tha Sarah afreet crossing. There were 35 passengers in tha car and none escaped injury. Tha dead: John W. Wilson, 'Kirkwood, Bt. Louts county, aged 70. George W. Msjore, aged sixty, Bt Louis county. Harry B. Culp, aged sixty, Bt Lnula. Andrew McKinley, aged 13, St. Lnula M. B. Bristol, aged alxly, Webster Grove, Mo. Two unidentified women. Seriously Injured: Raymond Relator, aged 11. St Louis, right leg lacerated and body bruised. Mrs. L. R. Wilson, Bt I nils, body bruised and cut and face cut Miss Mary Buddenoork, St Lnula right leg broken. C. E. Siimacher, Bt Louis, rut and bruised about the body. E. J. Coleman, Old Orchard, St Louis county, left leg broSt Jj. It Wilson, severe injuries. Alfred Jennings, faro rut and body bruised. John Gillespie, Kirkwood, St Louis county, internally Injured. After temporary .assistance by physicians at the scene of the wreck, those most seriously hurt were taken In ambulances to the city hospital, while the others received attention at their homes. All the injured will recover. The Shuttle train waa returning to Union station from the Worlds fair grounds at the rate of about twenty miles an hour, it stated. The street car, whlrh waa on ita way to the suburbs with a load of people, slopped directly in front of the engine and waa rut in two. Tbs tracks of the car ware knocked 100 feet away while part of Ita roof waa carried 300 fret further by the train. Bodies of Ure dead and injured in the wreckage of the dismantled car were strewn along the track for some distance. The watchman and the flagman at the crossing and some of the passengers confirm the statement that tha car topped, started serosa the railroad track and then stopped where It waa 1 track. ARRIVINC IN LARGE NUMBERS Knights Templar Taking Charge ef Ben Francloce Beautiful Illumination In Their Honor. 3.' Twelve San Francisco, Sept trainloada of vial ting Knight Templara arrived here today to attend tha triennial rnnrlava which meets hare next week. The Sir Knights were met by a large escort from the local command-eria- e and escorted to the headquarter signed to them. Thus for 3.000 virlt-in- g Sir Knight have arrived and 10.-0-00 mors are expected between now and next Tuesday. Today's arrivals Included Hamilton Commandety and Holy Sepulchre Commandary of Hamilton. Fa.; the Hugh da Paynes Commas dery and the Button Commandery of Boston; the Hsnselmnn Commend-er- y from Cincinnati; tha Do Molay Commandery from Ixmlirille; Lincoln Park Commandery from Chicago; tile Grand Commandery of Arkansas; the BL Omar of Boston, tbe District of Columbia Commandery; the Maryland Commandery, the Golden Gate Club and the Pittsburg Commandery, both from Pennsylvania and tha Da Witt Clinton Commandery from Virginia City, Nevada. The work of decorating sad Illuminating tha rlty ia dearly completed and tonight Market street ia lighted with n network of Incandescent lamps from The Ferry building to the City Ilall, nearly 20,000 lights being need. The Grand Court of Honor at ths Junction of. Market, Geary and Kearney streets ia a most imposing one. A huge electrical bell containing over lights la suspended serosa the street, making it aa light at day. 8.-0-00 STALWART WINB 1 CENTURY. 8TAKES, New York, Sept. A Before n crowd of 25,000 people. Stalwart won tba $30,000 Century stakes, one mile and a half at Bbeepahead Bay today, d frail ng tha 11 to 3 favorite Ort Wells, of the in one of the closest finishes ' year. Short Hose waa third, eight lengths bak. The time, 3:81 6 is a n of a secnew track record, ond faster thaa the previous record made by Water boy last year. Bldoey Pagets Tradition, who ran second to Artful in the Futurity, today easily captured the $10,000 Flab-bas- h stakes, seven furlongs at the Futurity course. She was heavily played, being backed down from 3 to to 11 to 20 at poet time. Summary: First race, steeplechase, full course Royelle won; Dromedary second Amur tbird. Time, 6:14. Second race, six furlongs Water elde won; Lady Amelia second; Adioa third. Time, 1:13 Third race. Flat bush a take, $10,000, even furkmgi Tradition, 112, (Lynel 11 to 20, won Oiaeau, 115, (Shaw), 12 to 1, second; 81. Bellane, 112 (Red-fern- ), 6 to 1, tbird. Time. 1:26 Broadcloth, Burnt Hills and Bandy also ran. Fourth race, the Century stakes, $20,000, mile and a half Stalwart, 115, (Red fora), 9 to 2. won; Ort Wells, 115, (ONeill), 11 to 20, second; Short Hone, 126. (Hildebrand). 12 to 1, third. Time. 2:31 Major Dalngerfleld and Delhi also ran. Fifth race, four and a half furlongs Cacingerm won; Conncllman second ; Blnecher third. Time, 1:06 Sixth race, mils and a sixteenth on turf Wild Thyme won: Leader second; Grey Friar third. Time, 1:47. - 1-- two-0fth- i 3-- 4-- RUN IS FINISHED. New York, Sept. 3. L. L. Whitman and Charles Carls arrived at the Club of America at 1:40 p. m. today, at the end of a cross oonti nent automobile trip from San Fraiu cisco. Thcv covered a distance of 4.501 miles in thirty-twdavs. 23 hours and twenty minutes, thus breaking the old reeord by nesrly a month. The time before recorded was 61 davs bv Tom Fitch last yenr. The men traveled in a motor, instead of water-coole- d a usual. It had been supposed tbe trip could uot lie mad In ap aircooled motor. Llttlo riding at night waa done. The longest single davs Journey wav 335 milea between Toledo and Rochester. o d SHAW IN SAN FRANCISCO. San Franriseo, Sept. of the Leslie M. Shaw opened No aatiafarory explanation haa been the Treasury Republican campaign in California given why the car stopped In the midat the Alhambra theater with dle of the track after it started across. aumight lengthy addresw on the Issue Involved in the coming national election. Bt. Louis, Sept, 3. The Olympic lawn tennis tournament closed todav. COTTON MILL FAILS. In the finals of the worlds Olympic championship Brels Wright and Edgar Leonard, both of Boston, defeated RoNorth Adams, Mass.. Sept. I. The bert Leroy, Columbia University, and Johnson-Dunba- r Mills company of this A. E. Bell. Los An gale. makers of cotton good, has city, In the finals of the World's fair made an assignment. It Is understood singles Leonard defeated Bell, tbe liabilities amount to several hum drod thousand dollar. 6-- 6-- S-- 6-- 4-- 1 |