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1 If I ll f Deny Seizure of Vessel. ' M d MW H W ftf Senator Vest Near Death, -f f rnvnON- July 21-Tlie officers J5l $ iL 7 A. "Lf I ft A. 1 A WrST wiJ,iA.A.yi, SWJ3ET SPRINGS, Mo., July 21. -4- J EKSSHF IIP wil'JI Awll' mj JIV Jl f IJv ! SB555, H MSft J ? V V . 7EATHEB Generally fair; cooler. . . H ipVoT. XXYIL No. 98. Saxt Lake City, Utah, Satusdax Moenxustg July 23. 1904. 10 P&GES.fivj3 Gents.. -1 i! IS CABI1T to (, f j lichael Swan Has Two (lours of lilierty; unci Scapes in the Brush While ryf Working With Field I Gang. ol iught by Marshal Mauss of Mur 4$. $ ray Before Penitentiary a Posse Arrives. Offo 3 : ' ttft Rrlet wns the respite from prison life tliied by Michael Swan, who escaped alii om the field Kane at the State prison HillJ '5ut " 0'c,ock yesterday afternoon and rs ko hours latr was taken Into custody pB & ai-shal Mauss of Murray, while ftr posses of prison guards were hot was jjiiia trail. Swan was working with the field 0f ing, In charge of Guard David Hilton, i'sll u0,nt near the. cVeek "which runs rough the prison farm, when sudden J'Fri fswan sneaked down into the creek 5;je id made off toward the county road, ontc fder cover of the bushes, le"'j j Four Possea in Pursuit. Vl soon as the guard discovered his riLs jsence, the seven other prisoners of juT le gang were taken to the prison and ff)V itf escape reported. Warden Pratt jT?. rbmptly organized four posses of Ltardr, himself taking charge of one 'CtS :thcm, and the search for the escaped I'lsoner was taken up. The- posses C tarled on different routes, but every ,' He soon obtained trace of the man, fhich led In the direction of Murray. 'lie posses all arrived in Murray with ? fa. few minutes of each other, only to rtd that Marslial Mauss, who had ''sjWccn notified by tlie warden to look out qr the man, had Just taken him in. jp Prisoner Serving Term for Forgery. a& iSwaii as sent up from Ogden on lx i)y 5 to serve a one year's term lor sriK trgery. Owing to the shortness of Ins 'rm It m nol considered for a mo Kf? ent that he would attempt to -scape, 7d lie as from the-lirst given the lib lay :tlei of a "trusty" and permitted to nil ork with the field gang. Swan -a ill A "bbably be prosecuted for his escape. lie pi nalty for the oft'enso, in the event u conviction, being from one to ten :ars in the penitentiary. IVs T : DOJI 11 Iprohibs are notified. nib X ? wallow and Carroll Informed That Zl The" Have Beeu Nominated. Irits - INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. July' 22. Dr. dia las C. Swallow of Pittsburg. Pa., and bee wrge TV Carroll of Texas, Prohibition nf'; hdidates for. President and Vlce teiw esldent of the United Stateo, were urlts rmaily notified of their nominations n Safi lay. j in: 'A. G. "Wolt'enharger of Lincoln, Neb., nllns lairman of the recent National Pro ozi: bltlon convention, delivered the notl , lift :ation address to Mr. Swallow, and r the :mer L. Castle of Pittsburg notified ;r. Carroll. Responses were made by gth cordidales and National ChaJr-;-mn Stewart delivered the notification JAW ch- Thp "'feting of the national -1 mmltt " to discuss campaign plans t i as also held here today. j A'tnong the prominent members of '""j e party here are James A. Tnte of I Minsyicanla, A. G Wolfonbarger of j ebrasku, A. A. Stevens of Pennsyl - " s inla, Homer Castle of Pennsylvania, vt5 L'' J' P' Hartman of New York. A. TV. j ilson, State chairman of Illinois; talis? imam e, Johnson of Chicago; O. V. an ta ewart, chairman of the national com , Ittee; Charles Eckhard. Indiana; J. , jCCr.mflll of Texas and F. J. Sibley of am-jV rlzona I MEMORY WARCUS DALY. aaig, iholarship in Columbia University J $ School of Mines Established. q eS- I; ftP t EW Y0RK- Jul' 22. A scholarship lido t,J Columbin university school of until.1' PQS has been established In memory He J itne Iatc Marcus Daly of Montana by impH P. daughter, Mrs, James V. Gerard of 3 fSlfe.?ity-. Tt 13 to b& awarded on a com 5 , bnelB- The recipient is to re- Timr! 0 per anum- The scholarship lUp iyl:?.pe b' to those who have worked nCAftBu3 ntana u"ncs or tbelr descend- Sn?' HAS A NEW FORCE, Being Operated by a "t Crew Lyal to Property. TE3: : . . - ' 'J07,011, rol- Juli: 22.-The Port v' I"1 "0 ,B opcrIag with a new force n b'nr"5 ilnd nreic"1 ,n Pa'ce of triP S ft,TrI "Cd 10 have "?ovcri a tfV? tncal ic.n"R lhe mel in Lh ilk out In n ,nt U thl" ,nl,ie 10 in arrc-ste.1 ,lllbod:- Te C the forty -m emaffi?i ,kT0 tho district and wluirer havti been released. r TWO AMERICANS SLAIN. Killed by Subordinate Official of the Mexican Government. . WASHINGTON, July 22. In answer to Acting Secretary of State Loomis's demands for full information: respecting the killing of two Americans In Aguas Callenles, Mexico, Consul Kaiser, at Mazatlan, ha telegraphed, under last night's date, as follows: "Amorlcans telegraphed that Alcade Torres, nephew of Gen. Terros, -while intoxicated, went on business to Way's office, who requested him to return when oher. Terrea left ami sent his pubor dlnale to arrest Clarence Way and Ed Latimer, but, instead of arresting, they assassinated them. Governor promires me aid In thorough Investigation. In formation verified by second dtepatch. Investigation In progress. Dispatch in transit." Acting Secretary Looinls promptly telegraphed the Consul to dispatch some responsible person Immediately to Aguas Calientes to make a full inquiry and re port upon the a?w&?lnntlon. The place is remote and there is no Consul nearer than Mazatlan. GORMAN HOLDS ALOOF. Will Not Take Chairmanship of Dem ocratic Committee. WASHINGTON. July 22. Senator Gorman was in the city today and.hnd his attention called to a statement pur porting to have been made by a mem ber of the Democratic National com mittee to the effect that there Is still a possibility that he might consent to accept the chairmanship. Mr. Gorman stated he had frankly ( informed all who had made such a sug gestion that it would bo impossible for him to undertake the labors incident to that position, and that ho now desired to add that no conditions will Induce him to change that determination. He will, however, he said, be very glad to render all the service in his power to those who may be selected to take charge of the campaign, which, he hopes, will be crowned with success. REGARDED AS SUFFICIENT. Uncle Sam Writes Plainly to Helra of Louis Etzell. WASHINGTON, .Inly 22. He Ire. of Louis Etzell, killed by Chinese soldiers near Newchwang, are dissatisfied with the amount of indemnity ($25,000 Mex ican) paid by the Chinese Government on account of the affair and have com plained to the State department. The department hay replied that, in view of the facta In the case, the unpremedi tated character of the killing and tho general practice of the American and other Governments In fixing indemni ties on account of donth, particularly In allowing indemnities to foreigners killed In this country, the indemnity In thl3 case lr regarded as sufficient. The promptnesa of the Chinese Government In settling the case without any pres sure is officially commended. INSANE MAN ON 0OIV3E. Lunatic Has Possession of Court- i house at Liberty, Mo. ' DTBERTY, Mo., July 22. Alonzo Haggard, an Insane man, took posses sion of the dome of the county court house today. Tho dome is 150 feet from tho ground, and the police fear to at tempt to capture the man, believing that he may either harm them or jump to the ground and kill himself. The man entered the courthouse at day break. Going out on the railing sur rounding the dome he pulled himself to the ba.se of the Goddess of Liberty by means of the lightning rod. A crowd watched him from the street, afraid that he would lose his bnlanqe and fall. Haggard la 25 years old and came here from Deltls, Okla., two days ago. KILLED FOR TEN CENTS, Logger Sloiu by Bartender in Seattle.; Murdorer in Jail. SEATTLE, July 22. James McCor mick, tho logger whose home lo believed to have been at McMurray, Wash,, was murdered in the Magnolia saloon on Firs-t avenue about 7 o'clock thla morn ing because he refused to pay for two glasses of beer that he had ordered for himself and the bartender, John. Rouse. Rouse is now in the city Jail, held for the murder. He admits that he struck McCormlck, but sayy that he had no Intention of killing him. BRAVE OFFICER DROWNS. Lost Hia Own Life in Saving Another. " , ' : 4 . SEBASTOPOL, July 22. Capt. Glo toff, commander of the torpedo-boat de stroyer anchored In the roadstead here, 'Jumped overboard during a storm today to J?ave a man whose boat had been &wamped. GIotofT succeeded In bring ing the- man to the plde of the destroyer and he was taken aboard, but the cap tain himself Bank exhausted and was drowned. Condition of tho Treasury. WASHINGTON, July 22. Today's statement of the treasury balances In the general fund, exclusive of the $150, 000,000 gold reserve In the division of redemption, shows: Available cash" balance, 5140,058,31)6; gold, 5-10,00,077. 'PAHH-HOUSE STRIKE RENEWED' fssployeesaUHPlaiiis , Ordered Out Viclatien of Agreement by Packers Is Assignedas the Reason. Allied Trades Have Been Sequested by Meat Cutters to Order Out Men. CHICAGO, July 22. Tho stockyards strike, which was- renewed this morn ing In Chicago and at all tho other points where the big packing companies hnvo branches, because the strikers were dissatisfied with the manner in which the employers proposed to rein state their former employees pending a settlement by arbitration, will continue for another day at least. A Joint con ference between the representatives of both sides of the controversy and representatives- of the allied trades In an attempt to bring about a peaceable ad justment of this- second strike was un successful, and the meeting was ad journed tonight at S:30 o'clock, with the understanding that another conferonce would bo held at S o'clock tomorrow morning. Conference a Long One. At today's conference, which lasted five hours, a committee consisting of live representatives of the packers and live representatives of the butchers' union was appointed to go over the whole situation, but. the committee was unable to reach a working basis with which both sides would be satisfied. Whether .the difficulty can be satisfac torily tottled at tomorrow's meeting hi problematical, as both the packers and the strikers maintain thai they are liv ing up to Wednesday's agreement for a settlement by arbitration and that it Is the other side that Is responsible for the renewal of hostilities. Both Sides Hopeful. After tonight's adjournment a pub lication committee announced that the peace negotiations today had failed, but that there was still hope that an agree ment could be reached In thtr near fu ture. No written, statement of what occurred at the meeting was given o'ut, as has? been customary at former con ferences, and the committee declined to give any further Information except that another meeting would be held to morrow. Allied Trades Will Join. Unless a settlement Is reached to morrow, the general belief Is that a sympathetic strike of the allied trades In the packing industry, which was threatened last week to enforce the de mands of the strikers, will be called. All these unions have signified their willingness to stand by the butchers if they are called on to asralst In the strug gle with the packers for supremacy. Donnolly's Statsment. In the follow-ing statement, given out tonight by President Donnelly of the butchers' union, the reason why the strikers refused to returro to work to day Is given: The packers signed an agreement that there would be no discrimination in the rehiring of the men. This was accepted by the officers of the organiza tion In good faith. On the return of the men this morning they were lined up like cattle. The foremen, walking through the line, would pick out a man and say, 'You come up.' The next man would be pushed out of line and told that he could not bo used, and It was always the good, active union men whom they could pot use. Understood Agreement. "We understood the agroement per fectly, and tho strike was only called after the packers had violated the same. This has been their system m the past, and that was our main reuson for insist ing on the time limit In the agreement; but in spite of this, the packers' inten tion was to hire only such men as were favorites. They also hired men In soma of the departments who had not been employed prior to the strike." What Packers' Official Said. "Superintendent Pension of the Ar mour canning department addressed tho employees In the following language this morning: 'You wont away like cattle, and we will take you back like cattle.' This language was used both to men and women," said Mr. Donnelly. Commission Men Excited. In anticipation of favorable condi tions at the stockyards today, commis sion men kept the wires busy yester day notifying patrons to ship stock, and when It became known that tho struggle had boon renewed brokers bo gan a wild rush to the telegraph offices to flood the country with warnings to stop the expected influx of stock. Only Half Qoven Places. Today 3000 cattle butchers reported at the stockyards here for work. Only half of them were given places. There upon all refused to work. They re ported In a body at their union head quarters. The general order for a re newal of the strike was soon forthcom ing. Provocation for Strike. . While the Immediate provocation for tho renewal of the strike was appar ently the failure of the packers to take back a large proportion of the strikers who reported for work today, the real cause of the rupture was Inferred lo be l a circular, issued yosLorday, by, th packers. Tho circular purported to ex plain to the public the agreement en tered into with the labor loaders. Seemingly the circular could be taken as implying that the agreement did not bind the packers to re-employ all of the men who walked out. Tho con struction the labor leaders had placed upon the agreement was that all should be re-employed within forty-five days. Mayor Harrison Called Home. Immediately upon hearing that the strike had been renewed, telegrams were sent by City Comptroller Mc Cann. to recall Mayor Harrison, who had gone on a vacation. He hod left for Marquette, Mich., where hewas to take a boat today. May Closo Plants. Reports were current this afternoon that the packers had decided to yield no whit to the ntrikers and to meet continued warfare with a complete shut-down of the killing departments until such time as sufficient expert non union forces could be obtained to oper ate on a large scale. Ground for This Action. The ground for this action was said to be that the packers had found it too expensive and too wasteful to attempt to operate with small killing gangs, and had determined if the strikers insisted on holding out to suspend killing oper ations In all the plants affected by the strike. No Killing Will Be Done. The packers, it was staled, would continue shipping and handling pro-, ducts on hand. Work in the smoking and canning departments would also be continued, but no killing would be done under the unfavorable conditions under which operations have been at tempted since tho beginning of the strike. When tho 3000 butchers and their help ers wont into the yards here today to take their old places, the general greet ing received was, "Wo cannot take back more than half the regular force." The men held a conference of an Im promptu nature and reached an agree ment to act as a unit. "You must take us all back or none," came the reply of the union men. The packers refused to accede to this and a committee was sent out to see President Donnelly. The latter communicated with his ad visers. Within an hour and a half the decision was reached to reopen the Btrike. i Conference Is Called. The news of the strlko at the stock yards was followed within an hour by an announcement that a Joint confer ence at the offices of Armour & Co. had been arranged to take placo this after noon between the pncklng-house pro prietors and the labor leaders to discuss .the alleged unjust discrimination on the 'part of the packers. Objectionable Feature, Tho portion of the packers circular objectionable lo the union is as follows: "In the agreement reached the pack era reserve the privilege of rotaining In their employ all employees that have been hired while the strike has lasted, thus guaranteeing to theBe men the fair treatment they deserve and gaining for the packers one of tho most important points for which they contended, and for which they stood out so long. The privileges of arbitration within the lim it of forty-live days covers tho question of 'discrimination' only and Is In no way Intended to guarantee to the strik ing employees that they will be taken back and given the places now filled by non-union men." Statement by Union. President Donnelly, immediately af ter calling the men out the second time, gave out the following statement rela tive to his action: "Tho packers agreed to replace the men without discrimination. They agreed that the men should report for work and be taken back. Instead of being furnished with checks this morn ing when the men went back to work, they were met by u superintendent or a policeman, who Dlcked out certain men and told them to go and get their checks. They told others to go home, that they did not know when they would be needed, or whether they would ever be needed. This was a plain violation of our agreement. Packers Are Notified. "I called up Mr. Connors of Armour & Co., and told him that the agree ment was being flagrantly violated; that tho men ould refuse to go back to work. I did that as soon as the men hud roported from the yards what was being done there. Mr. Connors wanted mo to come immediately to see him and show him how the agreement was be ing violated. I told him that there was no chance to do business with him un til the other trades had been repre sented." ' Non-Union. Man. Fatally Hurt. The first rioting of the day came when a man, Frank Miller, was set upom by a crowd of strike sympathizers. They beat him so badly that at the hospital, where he was taken, it was said that he had little chance of recovery. Miller was EX-t upon in front of Armour Sc. Co.'s plant and, after he had been kicked al most to death, was found by pedes trians, who sent for a doctor. It was found that Miller's skull was fractured and Ills jaw broken. Mob Attacks Ambulance. Trouble came when Joseph Younichs, employed at Nelsom Morris & Co.'s plant, was taken out of tho yard so that his knee, which had been, fractured by the falling of a skid, could be cared for by a physician. The doctor, after attending the wounded man, called an ambulance to havo tho sufferer taken back into the company's improvised hospital in tho yards. A crowd, as suming that Younichs was a non-union man. attacked' tho ambulance and nearly upsot tho vehicle In an endeavor to reaoh the supposed foe. With drawn revolvers two policemen and Ihe doc tor defended their charge, tho doctor de claring to the strike sympathisers that the wounded man was a fellow-unionist. This took time, and the defenders had to withstand, a siege till help camo from the stoekyardtt police- Htntjom, a considerable- distance Other men were beaten severely by strikers KANSAS CITY SURPRISED. Order . to Renew Strike Astonished Both Packer and Employee. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. July 22. Presi dent Donnelly's order to the packing house employees to renew the strike camo as a surprise to both the packers and tho. men. Although practically, all MALACCA IAS BEEN RELEASED Existing Tension Is Wi Easier. British Embassy at St. Pot arsburg Advised of Re lease Gf Vess-sl. Conciliatory Spirit Shown by Both Russia raid England in. Dispos ing of Matter., WASHINGTON, July 22. Sjpencer Eddy, the American charge d'affaires at St. Petersburg, today cabled the Stato deDartment that the British em bassy there had been officially notified that tho steamer Malacca has been re leased and that In consequence the ex isting tension has been relieved. ST. PETERSBURG, July 22. The Russian reply to the British protest was handed to Embassador Hardings this afternoon. Russia agrees that the Malacca shall not be brought before a prize court, and undertakes that no in cident similar to Oils will occur in tho future. The report of the Captain of the SU Petersburg, which has at last reached the admiralty, gives as his reason for summarily making a prize of the steamer Malacca, the fact that the British master of the Malacca declined to produce the manifests of his cargo as required by international war when stopped by a belligerent in time of war. The Russian authorities, after receiv ing the report of the Captain of the St. Petersburg, tried to stop the Malacca at Port Said, but she has already sailed. Both countries in the final agreement displayed a conciliatory spirit. BOY CREP-1ATED ALIVE. Eight-Year-Old Lad Burned to Death, Family Seriously Injured. CHICAGO, July 22 Edward Schempp, S years old, was burned to death, and his father, mother, three brothers and an undo severely burned in a fire that destroyed the grocery and living apart ments of William Schempp. It Is believed that boys playing be hind Ihe grocery with matches acci-' dentally set the building on fire. The four boys were tasleep in rooms above the grocery when the fire began, and before they could bo rescued all had been overcome by tho smoke and flames. Their mother and uncle received their injuries in attempting to go to their aid. The father also was severely burned. Steamer American Ashore. HONOLULU. July 22. The steamer American, belonging to the American & Hawaiian Steamship company, ran ashore this morning on Kamolo point, island of Molokloi. Lator she floated and proceeded for Kahulul. She Is not believed to have been damaged. of the several thousand men who went out originally uppUared at tho different plants here ready for work, each com pany employed only a sulflclent number of strikers to make up a competent force. The plants were soon supplied in nil departments and apparently running In full blasL Practically all of the strike-breakers were retained. At Fowler's plant perhaps the great est crowd gathered at the gates. Here the management let In only a few at a time, and deliberately selected those who had been least demonstrative during the strlko, or who apparently stood in bet ter favor with the management than tho others. Much disappointment was shown among those not chosen. At tho other plants practically the same situa tion existed. In the Armourdale district there was trouble when the men learned that all were pot to be taken back, and for a time rioting was threatened. A party of strike-breakers entering one of the plants were attacked by slrikers. A general fiat fight ensued and a number of tho non-union men were beaten. None was seriously hurt, however, and the pollco soon dispersed tho strikers. Following this disturbance extra po- llcemen were sent to the Armourdale ; dlstrlcjt from Kansas City, Kan. On the Missouri side additional police were sent to the Armour and Fowler plants, but at thoso points there was no show of trouble. C. W. Armour said: "I cannot understand the cause for Mr. Donnelly's new order. I consider that these men have broken faith with the puckers. II will be impossible for the packerr. hero or anywhere In the country to take all the strlkors back at once. There Is not sufficient work for them to do so. All the plants are more or less disordered, and it will bo some time before they will bo able to operate a full force In all tho departments. IIow long it would bo before we could put all tho men to work. T can not say. One reason' why all could not be taken back Immediately Is because there Is not suf ficient live stock on the market: We have lakiui back toduy perhaps 150 of the strikers, thirty or forty of -whom are skilled men. Today .we havo 2C00 employees at work," 000 I LARGEST TREE ON EARTH IS DISCOVERED FRESNO, Cal., July 22, Wll- 0 liam Hart, a well-known lumber mill man, claims to haVe found a giant sequoia measuring thlr- ' ly-slx feot In diameter and 100 feet around the base. This is said to bo tho largest tree on earth. Hart says tho tree is In Eshoin valley, Tulare county, in a se- 0 eluded gulcn near one of the mills. The mammoth, he figures, is 400 feet In height. "0 GREEK PADRONE SYSTEM. Believed That Ono Has Become Deep Rooted in This Country. WASHINGTON, July 22. Facts which havo been brought to his atten tion from time to time have caused Frank P. Sargent, Commissioner-General of Immigration, to conclude that there Is an effective and deep-rooted padrone system in operation in this country, operated by Groek immi grants. Having- arrived at this conclu sion, Mr. Sargent has acted accordingly, and hereafter It will be more difficult than over for fruit venders and barbers and proprietors of shoe-shining "par lors" to import shiploads of diminutive Greek boys and youths for the purpose of working them indefinitely without wage. The Influx of these little chubby faced, black-eyed, coarse-haired Greeks into tlio 'larger cities of the United States in the past few years has been very noticeable. In St Louis within a year there wvere more than a dozen shoe-shining "parlors" opened in the central portion of the business district In which half a dozen or more of these Greok youths were employed. On some of the windows are painted signs ex plaining that "the particular company or inni operating una yiauu wua branches in soveral other cities." The same conditions exist In all tho large cities. Started in Now York. The plan seems to have originated some j'ears ago, in the idea of a New York shoeblack, who was making mon ey to bring over a young cousin, 15 years of age. Glowing letters of the wonderful new country and tho future In store for the boy resulted in the fa ther, an Ignorant countryman, accept ing the ticket sent for the boy, who was put on board ship and shipped to New York. To the Greek standard of wages and prices 550, the sum necessary for pas sago from Athens or Sparta to New York, Is an Immense surn. The father saw no Injustice, therefore, in binding his boy to work for tho American cousin till he was 21, without wages, in order to repay the expense of tlie voyage. What Boy Receives. The wily Immigrant, therefore, se cured a boy for one shoeshlnlng chair at a wage of fS.33 and board per year, instead of $5 a week, which he had to pay his other hands. It paid so well that he brought over other boys on the same plan. Other Greeks followed his example, until tlie system Is familiar to every Greek dealer or shopkeeper. To such proportions has the system grown that a Tew days ago, while Commissioner-General Sargent and Mr. Cortelyou, then Secretary of Commerce and Labor, were In Boston on a tour of Inspection, one ship arrived bearing 1-10 Greok boys, all under 15 years of age. When the influx became so large as to attract the attention of the Immigrant authorities, and they began to make inquiries, the wily Groek bethought him of n subterfuge. He was bringing the boys over to educate them. That has come to be the standard excuse. This was the reason assigned in nearly every case on tho Boston ship. Experience and Investigation In prior cases, how ever, had shown tho falsity of these representations, and most of tho 140 wore utrj.-i ivu. Commissioner Sargent Is thoroughly aroused at these conditions, and deter mined that they shall cease at once. To this end all Inspectors have been In structed to let no Greek boys land un less It can be shown that they are not under contract to driving masters. ALLEGED HORSE THIEVES, Two Men Accused of Stock Rustling Aro Arrested. BAKER CITY, Or., July 22. Doputy Sheriff Thomas of Malheur , county ar rested two alleged horse thieves with fourteen head of horses said to have been stolen near Dell, Or., July 4. These men are thought to bo part of a band of stock rustlers who have been operat ing in this part of the State for eome time. They were arrested last night on tlie Imnaha river, the wildest and most Inaccessible section of the State. HANGED IN A BARN. West Seattle Baker Takes His Own Life. SEATTLE, July 22 Despondent be cause be was so deeply In debt that he saw no chance to pull out, Gust Plehl, a West Seattle boker, hanged himself in hit? barn lust night. The body was found this morning by Charles E. Palmer, a lad who was employed by Plehl. The dead man had a wife, two sons and a daughter, who llvo at Republic Will Take Place in West Virginia. BEDFORD. Pa.. July 22. The notifi cation of Henry G. Davis, the Vlco Presldcntial nominee of the Democratic party, will take place in West Virginia in August, probably about ono week after tho notification of Judge Parker. i Kiao'Tuiig Is Occupied I ly Japanese. ' I Two Days , of Desperate Fighting Before Russians Were Routed. Japs Lost 424 Men in Killed ,an Wounded, tho Russians About One Thousand. H TOKIO, July 22.--Gen. Kurokl, aftor a severe .fight, occupied Kiao T.mg on July 19. The nlaco had been fortified by the Russian: who defended it stoutly. In the righting Gen. KuiMki's troops drovo the I:ueslans from th ir ativngly fortified position on the Chi river, which is noithwest of Mo Tien pass and east of Anplng, inflicting upon the enemy more serious losses than they sustained themselves. The fight began on the 18th and ended on the 19th. Tlie Japanese lost 424 men in killed and wounded. Tho Russian losses arc estimated at 1000. Advanco Begun Monday. Gen. Kurokl began his advanco early In the mornlnr of the 19th. Ho uncov- ered and followed the enemy along the Chi river. The! Russians seemed to be retiring to the northward, when sud Uenly two battalions, with eight guns, turned and attacked the Japanese van guard vigorously. At this point the Japanese suffered before relief came, one company losing all Its officers. Russian Position Developed. At a late hour In the afternoon tho Russian position was developed. They occupied an eminence on the hanks of tho Chi. This river guarded their left flank, and high precipices protectod t the Russians on the right. The only approach to their position was through a narrow defile. Fought Until Dark. The fighting continued until dark, fl when the Japanese forces bivouacked. fThe Russians made two counter at taoks, but wero y-epulsed In each case. Tho Japanese Renewed tho attack at midnight, posting their artillery In the volley below and on tlie high ground to tho south of tho Russian position Tho main Japanese body was assigned to attack tho Russian center, a small detachment was sent 'toward the right Hank and another to watch the ene my's left flank. Battle Resumed at Dawn. After these positions had been taken the lighting ceased for a time, but it was resumed at dawn. The Russians had thirty-two guns in action and they vigorously shelled the Japanese. To this fire the Japanese replied, and the bombardment lasted for four hours. During this time the Japanese infantrj moved forward and the flankers' had succeeded in scaling the height on the Russian right by 3 o'clock in the after- fM noon, at which hour the main force was ordered to storm tho Russian cen ter. The Japanese artillery protected ijl this movement splendidly, but the In- iH fantry rnet with a severe fire and lost heavily in gaining the heights. jH Final Charge Made. hH The final successful charge was deliv- lH ered at half Dast 5 in the afternoon. The Japanese succeeded in partlallv cutting off tho Russian retreat, and ll thlB coon became a rout. The enemy retired in two directions, to tho north ward and to the eastward. Heavy Loss to Both Sides. fl The Russian forces engaged included. ilH In addition to the artillery, seven bat- !iH talions of infantry and a regiment of rjH Cossacks. The enemy left 131 dead and H 300 rifles on the field. Prisoners taken estimate the Russian losses at 1000. flH The Japanese lost one officer and fifty- four men killed and eighteen officers jjH and 351 men wounded. flH Battle Fought on Sunday. Kiao Tunc is twenty-five miles from Kurokl's hfadquartcrs. The Russians aro fortifying new positions before Mo H Tien pass. There were more Russians killed In the fighting of Sunday. July 17. fH than can bo burled and the Japanese Jjm are now engaged in cremating the bodies. Four Hours' Engagement. H On July 19 Japanese forcos attacked BH a battalion of Infantry and a thousand HH cavalry who occupied Che Chla To, to ifH the northward of Shao Tien Tzu. After !H four hours, of fighting, the Russians re- ijH tired across tho Tai-Tsu river. In this IH engagement the Japanese . had seven- teen men wounded. fll TO RELEASE MALACCA. Russians Are Convinced Vessel Had IH No Contraband of War. ttH LONDON. July 22. In accordance with Instructions from Foreign fjH Minister Lamsdorff. Count Benck- jjH endorff. tho Russian Embassador to IH Great Britain, has Informed Foreign fH Minister Lansdowno that Immediately upon the proving of the presence of the H broad arrow the British mark upon jH the munitions upon the seized steamer Malacca, and tho fact that no othor jH cargo of a contraband character is on jH board that vessel, she will at once be re- jH leased. Ml In response to this notification Lord HH