| Show st petersburg paper refers to the tactless ness of the visit of secretary of war taft to japan at this time st petersburg july 29 the tone of the russian press grows more warlike as the peace conference draws nigh but the government on all sides 13 urged to resist humiliating demands even at the cost of continuing tho war peace terms as outlined by minister sato saye the russ which is the first paper to comment seriously on the sato interviews can only be an armistice the russ which has now the largest liberal following finds the japanese demands tar from moderate and sees little chance of the conference ending successfully it mr sato has correctly stated the japanese situation but it appears to believe that baron ko muras spokesman is acting on hla responsibility or scents a possible bluff to pave the way for the acceptance of actual and more moderate terms by japan the oviet continues its fault finding with the tactlessness of the visit of secretary of war tatt and miss alice roosevelt to japan while the united stanlea Is the host of the peace pleni aries ADMIRAL congratulated tokio july 29 p m admiral kataoka has been honored by a message from ahe mikado expressing satisfaction with his efficient protection 0 the army which was landed oa sak halin island despite the unfavorable state of the weather thereby laying the foundation for the occupation of that island transportation OF immigrants trunk lines to build station on ellis island new york july 29 to facilitate the transportation of immigrants admitted to this by the authorities at ellis island and to give the government absolute control of immigrant from abo time he arrives on the island until he reaches his destination ti a big immigrant railroad sta tion is to be erected off the western end of the island at a cost aggregating the station Is according to the new york tribune to be built by the trunk lines interested with the steamship companies in the immigration business A few days after his appointment commissioner of immigration watchorn says he found that hundreds of immigrants who ha d received af pf health at the island frequently were taken to piers up town and allowed to find their way to the stations from which they were to take trains tor the west as best they could some of them wandered about the city and complaints reached the from all the country in some in stances it Is id to have been found that the treatment of the immigrants by the minor officials of the carrying roads was little short of inhuman the idea of a station on the island was tha outgrowth 0 these reports and a meeting of expert engineers will be held in a few days to discuss the details MAJOR IS SOLD new 29 Mayor dalager field winner 0 anore than in his five seasons on the turf was sold out of P J awyers racing stable yesterday to a western and it is understood is destined to end his career as a steeple chaser the major as he is known about the race tracks has gradually fallen from his high estate as great handicap horse because of his ilsa blaty and has recently been running in belling races occasionally he has won but no ever ventured to bad him up MERGER OF CAR COMPANIES new york july 29 reports that a combination has been effected of street car building companies including some of the largest concerns in the united states are confirmed today by the times which states that the consolidation will be capitalized at foremost among the firms in the merger Is said to be the J G brill company of philadelphia which takes in the american car company and the john stephenson company each a big concern in itself the st louis car company Is also in the merger edward harrison power will bo president of tha company and a banking house in this city will manage the syndicate which has undertaken to float tho stock the capital is to be divided into a bond issue of of preferred stock and of common besides tha concerns mentioned several more old companies are in the merger but their names could not be learned the list Is understood however to include barney smith company of dayton ohio this company has a capital stock of preferred and 1 common ACTRESS INJURED new york july 29 miss margaret anglan the actress la lying at her summer home la koroton noroton No roton conn suffering from ft broken collar bone and severe bruises as the result of baing thrown from her carriage last week when her horse canaway ran away newt ot the accident has just been made public miss anglan caffe to new yorty on a shopping tour on returning from the koroton noroton station to her cottage the horse became frightened after a short run the carriage was overturned miss anglin was thrown violently to the ground aho lay insensible until picked up by some workmen aho vho had seen the accident BURNS AND KELLY FOUGHT log angeles tuly 29 before a crowd tt persons at the opening of the new pavilion of the pacific ath letic club here hugo kelly of chicago and tom bums of detroit fought twenty coundi to a draw burns had all the better of the fight from start to finish and punished his opponent considerably sider ably but owing to an agreement entered into by the two principals previous to ring charles eyton was compelled to declare the bout a draw the agreement wag to the effect that it both men were on their feet at the end of the twentieth round the fight should be a draw |
