Show ask all irishmen to oppose english rule belfast july 14 an independent section of ulster orangeman orangemen Oran gemen headed by commoner sloan has issued a striking manifesto to the country appealing for the burial of sectarianism which now is dividing protestants and catholics and invoking the co opera tion of all secular forces in the promotion of the national welfare the manifesto expresses distrust of english parties which it says will continue in the future as in the past to play oft catholics and protestants to the prejudice of the count rys higher claims the country too has been neglected in the strife of party and creed the manifesto continues and there now is room for a patriotic party having the policy to rid ireland of the domination ot impracticable creeds and organized tyrannizes tyrannies tyr annies and to secure the desired redress SILK raiding cities within miles of chicago july 11 peat a band of ellk thieves whose operations have resulted in plunder valued at are making chicago their headquarters and that stolen silks are being sold through a fence in this city is the belief of the police the burglaries believed to have been committed by the gang have occurred within a radius of m lles of chicago principally in wisconsin illinois and indiana telegrams from the police of many towns have been received telling of many burglaries committed in country stores and department part ment stores of large cities in which valuable silks have been stolen the police of the following places among others have within the past few days notified the chicago authorities regarding operations of the band supposed to have headquarters here bloomington hannibal mo and clinton iowa south bend ind july 14 officers have eleven men charged with being implicated in wholesale robberies of cars on the grand trunk railroad near stilwell laporte county merchandise to the value of has been taken ELKS entertained buffalo N july 14 the elks attending the nineteenth annual reunion were entertained by the niagara falls local today speaking of the defeat oe the proposed amendment to limit membership to the grand lodge past grand exalted ruler fanning said the amendment was defeated by men who favored tho idea but not in the drastic form it assumed A constitutional amendment will be prepared before the next annual meeting which will be passed before the final adjournment the question of the abandonment of the national home at bedford was discussed many favoring its continuance but definite action was postponed until next year A resolution was adopted requesting that the age limit for admission to the home be reduced JOCKEY INJURED new york july 14 jockey W W was probably fatally Injure dT during the first race at brighton beach today when tha borso ho was riding derision fell and broke the horses neck the animal died instantly bobbins was thrown heavily and was badly shaken up JAP INVASION OF inhabitants set fire to own dwellings london july 14 the correspondent of the daily telegraph at boklo sends a description of the japanese invasion of the island of alln written by a correspondent of the paper at aam ari japan which is tn part as follows the japanese left their temporary base july ath and reached their destination july ath the russian cruiser was found at cape endure stranded on a reef half submerged the russians fired only three or tour shells before they destroyed the tort ithe jettie and the barracks heavy guns undamaged were afterwards ter wards found in the forts where they had been hastily and imperfectly mounted the greatest confusion was witnessed in the streets of the russian troops were rushing in all directions carrying cooking utensils on their shoulders and men were passing about the streets looting and setting fire to the buildings all the citizens were panic stricken many ot them setting fire to their own houses the conflagration continued for nearly three days the streets are now desolated and obstructed with the ruins of charred buildings finding that the japanese respect ed property and treated the people kindly the citizens are beginning to return MEDICOS ELECT OFFICERS portland are july 13 besides electing officers the house of delegates held two busy sessions winding up the business of the fifty sixth session of the american medical association the most important of its acts was the passing of a resolution urging upon ane states government the abolishment of the contract system and recommending om the physicians and surgeons of the army should be placed upon the same tooting with officers occupying rank to be graduated in some proper manner the officers elected today are dr william J mayo rochester minn president brigadier general walter wyman surgeon general U S A P H and M H S first vice president dr K A J mackenzie portland second vice president dr eugene S talbot chicago third vice president dr edwin D martin new orleans fourth vice president dr G H L sammons chicago financial secretary dr frank billings chicago treasurer dr B montgomery pennsylvania dr A L wryght iowa and dr H L E john son district of columbia members of the board of directors MOUNTAIN FIRE IS DANGEROUS san jose cal july 13 an urgent call for help comes today from tha mount hamilton section the fire east of that mountain having broken out again with fresh fury it Is now southwest of the aroya valley and is hastening toward the king ranch the fighters are exhausted and a rode to lick observatory from the scene this forenoon and asked them to telephone to this city tor assistance the danger koths observatory has long been past but many ranches that have hitherto been believed sate from the flames now seem doomed the barnal gonzales grow hayes and several other ranches have been burned over and at present the fire Is having its own way as the exhausted ranchers are helpless NEWLY COUPLE DROWNED ogdensburg N Y july 14 mr and mrs thomas kerouac of st herbert who had only been married a year have been drowned together in lac grande fouche by the leaking and subsequent filling of a boat in which they were rowing sirs dumont a sister of mrs kerouac who accompanied them was picked up alive after haying been in the water tor two or three hours KING LEOPOLD MEETS MORGAN london july 13 king leopold of belgium came to dover from ostend today for the purpose of seeing J pierpont morgan who lunched with his majesty on board the batters lat yacht after a prolonged interview mr morgan returned to the continent it is reported that bis meeting with the king of belgium concerned concern sd the financing of important schemes tor the development of the belgian littorals litt orals FRAUDS IN SAN FRANCISCO san francisco july 13 two secret service agents aided by ten united states marshals force made raids for twenty four hours the last of which ended today at 4 in the arrest for felony of six water front men and the surrender voluntarily of a score ot fraudulent citizenship papers and marinero mariners ma licenses special treasury agent richard II 11 taylor led the raids which were being continued tonight among those now held in default of heavy bonds are frank johnson janitor of tho ferry building gustav holmgren a saloon keeper hermann von fusae a petty officer on the american hawaiian steamer nevadan paul Rupp mund master at arms on the revenue cutter thetis william ahlstrand proprietor of the victoria hotel ernest groessler a saloon keeper and frank A tho latter being detained as state witness naturalization frauds at this port have been flagrant beyond belief according to the united states authorities and within the past eleven months the operations of a bold and defiant ring have stocked the court rolls with the names of men in no ale entitled to american citizenship the detection of these frauds was brought about by tho fact that in nearly every case the fraud was carried on and into aba office of the local inspectors of hulls and boilers where the false papers were presented as prima facie evidence of a right to a license as a master mariner the secret of happy vigorous health simply keeping tha bowel the stomach the liver and kidneys strong and active burdock blood bitters does it LOST OVERBOARD honolulu july 14 when the steamer manchuria arrived today it wag reported that walter sullivan a passenger had disappeared overboard last night he had been in the smoking room with friends up to near midnight it Is not known whether or not lils disappearance waa due to accidental cauffet lie was a graduate of yale 03 and engaged lu banking with his father in the sullivan company of san antonio texas he was en route to manla to visit his sister the wife of colonel clem sacramento cal july 13 charles M coglan who has or many years held the position ot secretary or the state board of Equalization 1 died at his residence in this city this morning coglan waa born at sea and was 57 years of age |