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HEROIC RUSSIAN DEED*.
Brcrcery on the Shattered Roma and
Gromoboi.
Vladivostok, Au;?. 21 ("Delayed).— Captain Ber
jj-ski of the liissia, who was wounded in the
fc»tt> v >' ;th th « Japanese squadron on August
j^ was buried last "Wednesday with military
Ijo"^^- Nearly all the^nhabitants of the town
at tfnc-d the funeral.
I!cst cf the wounded Den new in the hos
pital are expected to get ' ell. and of the ■
t£ nwfJ 1 ih " recovery of 312 is hot? assured. •
Vice-Admiral Skrydloff has visited the ibaepl
jj^ ccirpi:r>ient^'l the survivors and distributed
tssor.s them crr>ss?s of St. Gecrc*.
The death of Lieutenant Brash, of the
Gromoboi. is reported to have been
tragic H- was hurled from the bridge of the
cjx.:?*.- by th« explosion of a shell. Although
mortally woandeU, the lieutenant continued to
iEsue orders and encourage the men until he
was reaioved between decks. A man seriously
trounce-i by the sam« shell continued doin; his
duty, and did not report to the surgeons for
torrent until the next day.
Tie Gromoboi and the Rossia present a bat
tered appearance. Their smokestacks show
great rents, while the masts, bridges and ven
til&tcrs iook like sieves, and there are marks
of battle everywhere. Guns are dismantled,
boats shattered, and there are holes in the
cruiser?' bulls through which a man could easily
pass. Many cf the cabins were complet'vy
FREAKS OF JAPANESE SHELLS.
Some cf the Japanese shells performed queer
■cncr.s. On the Rossia a shell curst In a clothes
Cupboard- Garments there tern to
shred?, but a. mirror was not scratched. Photo
gr&pr.i and knickknacks on a. writing- table
r.ear by were not disturbed. In another part of
♦»j e cruiser the walls were blackened by the
■moke c! a Serce fire in which eight men were
horned alive, yet an almanac on the wall waa
not even crorcbed.
Aboard the Grcmoboi a shell entered the
■B-axdroom and wrecked the furniture, but a par
rot cage was untouched.
Ali thß officers axe full of prais« for the cool
ness and bravery of the men who died in the
battle without a murmur. Comrades took their
places without awaiting orders. It was deadly
work on die upper deck, where the gunner*
were without protection, and shells striking
burst into a thousand fragments, killing and
•wounding men, until the deck became a sham
ties. Xot a single gunner protected by case
mates lost his life. The value of protective
armor was demonstrated whenever projectiles
ftrurk the armored parts of the vessel*
MANY DEEDS OF rtBROKni.
~ were many deeds of heroism In the five
hour battle, but the greatest praise is given to
Csptain Dabich of the Gromoboi. who remained
at hia po« ° n the bridge from the beginning to
the end cf the fight. Wounded in the bacK ha
•"ersisted in resuming command as soon aa the
wound had been dressed, but yielding to the
entreaties at his efflcers. he sought shelter in
the conning tower.
No Eoocer had he entered than a shell struck
t^e foot cf the •---. glanced upward to the
merhanging cover, and entered- the, peephole,
killing a lieutenant and two quartermasters,
wounding t-vo lieutenants and again wounding
Captain EiaMek in the head and breast. No: a
single man in the tower escaped. There being
r.o cne to steer the chip, the captain, severely
wounded though he was, dragged himself to the
vheel and managed it until another quarter
master had beer, summoned.
Subsequently learning that the men were flc
presseS by the fact that he had been wounded
« second time, the captain Insisted, after the
second dressing, on being supported along the
decks to the grans, encouraging the sailors, say-
Ing: *"I am alive, brothers, no on smashing
the Japanese.** t
PREPARATIONS TO (INK THE ROSSIA.
When Captain Andreieff of toe Rossia ascer
tained that only three out of her twenty big
guns could be fired he coolly gave orders to get
explosives in readiness to sir.it the ship. Cap
tain Arsdreieff Is usually nervous, but in battle
he was cooL When not giving orders he was
cheerfully conversing with the gunners at their
stations.
tact of
Lieutenant Molas also distinguished himself.
A sh*:!l entered the compartment where he was
directing the gunners and set fire to the deck,
on which a number of charges were- standing
about. Then cam* an 6-incls shell, which scat
tered the charg-es and caused a terrific explosion
which threw the men in every direction and
hurled Lieutenant Molas to the upper deck. H-?
fell on a heap of dead bodies and escaped with
p^.- ..;- bruises.
Dense nre smoke were then pouring out of
the compartment, bui Lieutenant Molas did not
hesitate for a moment. Calling for volunteers
be plur.pf-'i headlong into the naming compart
ment ana bu< cc; d*-<l in putting out the fire.
Ancthe; oiiicer. foilowi-d by a number of sail
ers, brtnisht i hose and played water upon Lieu
tenant M.)las and his men whllelthey were re
moving the unexplode'i charge*, regard less of
th.: fact that they might have burst at any min
uie in i K eir hand's
MOST OF THOSE KILLED BURIED AT .-£ A.
Only one of the dead was brought back—Cap
tain B°rlinski. His body lay in a. coffin near an
ikon cf the Saviour, the glass fram* of which
was smashed. The image, however, was not
damaged. All the others who were killed were
buried at sea, a farewell salute being Sred as
the bodies were slid over the ship's'side.
The seamen of the Roesia -.nd the Gromoboi
who fcurvived are cheerful. They responded to
the greetings of Vice-Admiral Skrydloff with
i^^ui hurrahs. , _ „„.
On board the Rurik »"n> twenty-four officer?.
* priest, eighty-sever perTy effi'-ers and seven
hundred men. _ „„„,
The wife and daughter of Captain Trousoff
and the wives of Engineers Evanoff. Sargon
and Soultokh, rcho are her*, ar* half Taxed
REPAIRING WARSHIPS.
The Rossia and Gromoboi Thought
Not to Need Docking.
Vladivostok, Aus. 22- — Repairs to the cru:sers
tins-:- and Gromoboi are proceiilng rapidly. It
ir. b'ii:ev»3 it will ba possible to complete them
without docking the vessels, and that they will
there Tor* take a comparatively short time. __
There is a bis reserve of naval gun.« here ready
for installation, and Doers and men have been
*!read7 chosen from the Siberian Reserves to
«n ur» the clace* of those who were killed or
v/oun-leC in the fight with Vlee-Admiral Kami
rcarft-'g squadron.
" The reserves responded to the call eagerly,
<*^sp:te the fart that most of them are mar-
TEETH OF CHILDREN
Fey mothers know how vitally lrr.pcrtar.t
ti «he cart cf a child's first teeth. ■ '"■
beauty of the permir.er.t set dSBBDOB almoi
entirely upon It
SOIODOI^T
TOOTH POWDER
Ml with SCZODONT Liquid, pr'ver.ts
accumulation of tsrtir. yet being free from
rnt docs not scratch the enamel. Do not
experiment en baby's teeth. Insist on
50Z0DONT
I FOKIiS: UQUID, POWSER. f-ASTR.
rled, anu that they hay- had a terrible object
lesson in the crowd of wounded already in th«
hospitals here. Th* wounded, on the other hand,
are not viewing these preparations with equa
nimity. The first complaints they have uttered
have been against having their places filled.
The condition of the wounded generally is
good, and only one has died since they were
brought ashore. Those whose cases are the most
severe are pleading not to b* removed from
Vladivostok, in the fpar that th«»y will not get
back to their ships.
A severe storm, accompanied by h«avy rain
prevails in" this region to-day.
THE HIPSANG'S SINKING.
Testimony Given to Shaw the .ft
Was Unprovoked.
Shanghai. Aug. 22.— Testimony before a naval
court to-day makes the shelling an • sinking of
the British steamer Kipsar.z by the Russians
appear to have been a reckless and wanton act-
Tie name of the destroyer which sank the Hip
sang is not known. No provocation of any kind
-or the sinking of the steamer, it was alleged,
had been give--.. She was on her regular course
from New-Chwa - to Che-Foo. and her light 3
were burning brightly. There wars seven Eurr>
pear^s and eighty-three Chin?' on Iward tlie
Jlipsang. The Europeans and sixty-nine of th»
Chinese were saved uninjured. Nine Chinese
tv ere wounded and three were killed on board
the vessel. One Chinesa is missing and prob
ably was killed. Another was drowned by the
capsizing of a. boat.
The Kipsarsg was passing Pigeon Bay within the
three mile limit on July :S. when the *orts fln»<S
four times across her bows. She refused to 6top.
aeccrcir.ff to a. dispatch from Che-Foo soon aft»r
; -- e occurrence, and four shots were then fired into
her Bide. As =he continued to steam ah A ad, a R»?
sia.-a destroyer ran out and sank her.
JAPAN'S GREAT LOSSES
Russians Say 28,000 Have Fallen
Before Fortress — The Assaults.
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Lia/>-Yang, *.««. 22.— The following is sup
plied by a Russian correspondent of Th* Asso
ciated Press:
With each report from Port Arthur wonder
increases, both at the persistence of the Japa
nese attack and the heroic stubbornness of the
defenders of the fortress. The Japanese are
throwing away thousands of lives in the hope
of shaking the courage of the Russian troops.
Major General Fock say 3he is confident the
fortress cannot be taken, but that if it is taken
almost the whole Japanese army will have to
be sacrificed on the slopes of the fortification?.
There were five desperate assaults on Green
Hills on July 86, the Japanese returning each
time with apparently inexhaustible reinforce
ments. On the final assault, however, the Japa
nese broke badly, throwing awr*y their puns,
cartridge belts and even their boots to facili
tate their flight, and leaving 7,<*">o dead or
wounded.
Our surgeons worked heroically, impartially
aiding Japanese and Russians. The Japanese
were so touched that they tearfully thanked the
Russian surgeons.
HAND TO HAND FIGHTING
The assault on Green Hills was repeated on
July 27, and there were frequent hand to hand
encounters, the Russians leaving the trenches to
follow their enemies.
The assaults of July 28 and July 29 on
Wolf Hills were not followed up. the Japanese
being too severely shaken. We evacuated
"Wolf Hills chiefly for strategic reasons, as the
iiiilfi made the line of defence too long to with
stand effectually the furious attacks of the
Japanese.
The assault of July 30 was made at night, in
the hope of surprising the Russians. Sixty
thousand men were hurled against our thirteen
thousand, but we drove them back again, and
again at the point of the bayonet. It was an
other Shirka Pass.
Japanese poured In fresh battalions, and
pea. covered with the dead ard the dying,
literally ran with blood.
Our 13th Regiment was forced from its posi
tion, but the 14th Regiment came up, and with
the bayonet again dislodged the victors.
As near as can be ascertained this assault cost
the Japanese ten thousand men-
Th» Japanese losses since the siege began
have been 28.000 men. The explosion of one
mine wiped out 500. This was an awful sight.
A volcano of stones dismembered the bodies of
the soldiers, while the sky was lit up with a
purple glare and the mud walls of the Chinese
village were thrown down by the .shock. After
this fight General Btoeasel collected 20,000 Jap
anese rifles.
SMOLENSK AGAIN BUSY,
British Steamer Reported Stopped
by the Black Sea Cruiser.
Durban. Natal, Aug. 22.— The British steamer
Comedian, from Liverpool on July 24. arrived
here to-day and reported that she was slopped
by a Russian converted cruiser yesterday off the
mouth of Bashee River. In the southeastern part
of Cape Colony. After the Comedian's papers
had been examined she was allowed to proceed.
An officer of the Comedian asserted positively
That the name of the Russian vessel was the
Smolensk. H» added that the Comedian was
not boarded, but that her paper* were exam
ined In a boat from the cruiser.
The Russian steamer Smolensk is an auxiliary
cruiser which, with the St. Petersburg, passed
through the Dardanelles flying the merchant
n-.-ig. They were subsequently transformed into
aiixi'iarv cruisers The Smolensk eld tip the
• order
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the British: steamer Formosa in the same waters
on July 26. but released her tre next day.
BRITONS AGAIN ANGRY.
Widespread Comment Caused by
the Smolensk's Action.
London. Aug. 23.— The news that the Russian
volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk is again stop
ping British vessels leads the London newspa
pers to question the value of the assurances
which Premier 3alfour announced had been
irven by the Russian government that the St.
Petersburg and the Smolensk would no long-r
b» utilized as cruisers.
According to the dispatches from Durban. Na
tal the Smolensk was supposed to be watching
for the British steamer Orm'.ey, which left New-
Yorkon July 9, bound for Fusan with a cargo of
railway material. The Ormley left Durban on
August 20. Just before the steamer Comedian
was stopped, and so escaped.
All the morning papers, make editorial com
ments on the incident "The Standard" say?:
-> haa onlirto ren part ahe rook
:,e orh-r era In
aS rf the resistance offered to a neutral
sisS gift
Meet of the other Journals are contented with
urging the necessity for the publication of of
flcSi documents to show exactly what arrange
! ment ha* been made with Kussia.
NEW-YORK PATLY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. ATJGTJBT S BK
PORT ARTHUR HOLDS OIT.
Continued from 3r»t l>'f-
anxious nv<=»- th<* situation. An unusually large
proportion of young company officers have been
killed, which is partially owing to their duties
and to reckless daring.
MANY HILLS HELD BY JAPANESE.
While the Russians apparently nplieve they
will hold the Japanese in check, th^ir confidence
in their successful resistance not absolute. The
Japanese nave guns mour.T^ii nn nearly all the
hills formerly held by Russian output?.
The Japsripp* fir» is accurate. Th<» hospitals
an,-j mj neS o houses at Port Arthur a.r»» •ill of
Russian wounded. The na.rrat.crs say the "dead
are piaoe.i in warehouses* and <tr» then buried on
the outskirts of the town, quicklime being used
freely to prevent Infect
Three large ships and two gunboats are being
repaired in the dockyard and basin, the other
fhips being behind the shelter <-,; th^ Tiger's
Tail Peninsula,
The junks now depart from Lao-Teai-Shan
lighthouse. That point nas been hit by a shell.
It is asserted In trustworthy quartern at Port
Arthur that the Japanese have received rein
forcements of thirty thousand men from the
north.
KORSAKOrSK SHELLED.
Government Buildings Demolished
in Long Range Attack.
St. P»tersbi:rg. Aug. 22.— The Emperor has re
ceived a repfcrt, da.tf»d yesterday, from the Rus
si.'ir. commandant at Korsakorsk, Island of
Saehalien, as follows:
Since 7 o'clock this morning the enemy has
bombarded Korsakovsk. A few houses have
be?n destroyed. One of the enemy's ship.? ap
peared on the horizon at about 8 o'clock in the
morning, approached to within about five and
one-quarter miles of the shore, and bombarded
Korsakovak unt'.l 8:15. when the ve?se'. turned
and disappeared. The damage done to the town
was inconsiderable. There were no casualties.
AccoonSlng to the Governor of Saghalien, five
government buildinga and eleven houses were
demolished In th 3 bombardment of Korsakovsk
by the Japanese.
The question of the neutrality of China has ob
scured for the moment the negotiations between
Great Britain and Russia regarding the sinking
of the British steamer Knight Commander by
the Vladivostok squadron, and the wider con
troversy en the subject r.f contraband of war.
The British government Is confident, however,
from '.r.formari' ■ received through Ambassador
Hardlnge, that th< se matter will l>*» amicably
settled, probably by a compromise.
STIR IN GREAT BRITAIN .
The Government Reluctant to Take
Action in China.
London, Aug. 22. — Interest in official and
diplomatic circles in London to-day centred at
Shanghai, where British Interests are. strongly
appealing For protection. Great Britain, how
ever, would prefer that the United States
ehould take the initial!. in maintaining tha
neutrality of China, Great Britain's position as
the ally of Japan making her situation delicate,
unless her interests are directly menaced.
It Is true, the officials say, that Great Brit
ain agreed to the principle of the neutrality of
China, but she did not agree to enforce It.
Throughout the discussion relative to the Askold
and the Grozovoi. she has thus far held the
view that It Is none of her business, and the
extent to which Great Britain has gone has
been to point out to China the Importance of
maintaining her neutrality against either bellig
erent. The British/government hopes that the
pressure of the consular body at Shanghai will
make China, take action to enforca her neutral
ity, therecy establishing a precedent which may
prevent a recurrence of similar incidents in the.
future.
THE RUSSIAN ARGUMENT.
The Russian embassy here asserts that th%
mere fact of a cruiser repairing In order to put
herself in a seaworthy condition ia no violation
of /China's neutrality, and that after the repairs
arf completed the question whether the ship
shall be dismantled or 'must put to sea can be
determine.! It la further alleged that should
the Askold and the. Grozovoi go to sea they
have the right to leave together.
There i 3 also a question, which, it 13 asserted.
will be discussed at Shanghai, whether the ships
have not the right to refuse to go out in the
face of the superior force outside the. harbor.
In German diplomatic circles here it is under
stood that Berlin would support the United
States in insisting on the neutrality of China,
and France, It la believed, would be likely to
do 80.
Ij, t ;-,» H .=--e i * the Ryeshitelni no answer has
bo «, n returned by Great Britain to Russia's pro
ind her attitude matter has not
leveloped thus far by the exchanges of
communications between the powers. Tho Rus
sian Embassy has not made any further repre
sentations regarding the Ryeahitelni. but the
Ff.rei^r. Minister, Count Lamadortf, is expected
toder to Japan's explanation of
her attitude as set forth in the statement from
T^klo.
FORECAST OF REPLY TO JAPAN.
Russia, according to the information obtain
able in London, will deny any violation of the
neutrality of China in establishing a wir-lesa
telegraph plant at Che-Foo. and will allege that
in any case she was Justified in taking such a
step "as Japan was sending torpedo boats to
Che-Foo and communicating with the Japanese
consul and obtaining Information from him. It
is pointed out that immediately ••■- the Rus
sian battleships Retvlzan and Czarevitch were
torpedoed Japanese torpedo boats entered Che-
Foo harbor and signalled to the Japanese consul.
Frequently since then, It is alleged, the same
course ha- been pursupd.
The official reports cf the destruction of the
Novik bay that the gallant ship, which was in
the harbor of Korsakcvsk. en sighting tne two
Jap9r.es 0 ships, steam»d out to meet them, and
finding herself unable to sustain the unequal
combar mn rack to the harbor and was
beached. Full details of the casualties are not
ascertalnable, except that one officer was killed.
THE LANDING AT YING-KOW.
Thirty Thousand Men, with. Two Hundred
Guns, Went Ashore, Chinese Say.
Llao-Yang. Aug. 22.-The Chinese say that
30.000 Japanese troops, with two hundred guns,
have landed at Ying-Kow, part of these troops
going to New-Chwaag and partto Hal-Cheng.
SASONEFP M. PLEHVE'S ASSASSIN
Government Soon to Publish Details cf Plot
to Kill the Russian Minister.
St. Peter-burg, Aug. 22.-The government will
soon publish an official account of the plot which
the police have unravelled in connection with
the assassination of M. Plehve. Minister cf the
Interior, confirming the report that the mur
derer is a son of a merchant named Saaonett of
Ufa.
rra is situated on the Siberian RailroaJ. prac
tically on the boundary UM
in May 1903. the Oe**raox •;'■ "
wa? assassinated ir. the DObßc square and the mur
derers were never caught.
DILEMMA FOR BELMONT-
Continued from flr*t pa«<-
way motormen be taken from elevat?d firemen,
that nubwtiy conductors b° recruited from the
tanks of the union guards »bo have served
three years and proved themselves cempetent.
and so on through the li.-t. They want the
subway scale to tre as high as it is on the ele
vated road. If the wage scale was lower there
would be r.o inducement to change from the
elevated service. The men fear if they permit
a lower wage scale to go into effect on the un
derground a force of non-uni'in men will be ra
cruiter] which vriil endanger their present stand-
Ing. It will not be long, th^y argue, btfors the
company will want to cut the wages of elevate-i
employes to the scale p.^ld for the same work
in the subway. This would mean a strike, and
the company would be prepared to light it with
the reserve subway force.
Mr. Jenclts declared yesterday that a precedent
had been established several years ago which
backs up tjie contention of the men. "When
the N Suburban Elevated Railway was merged
with the Manhattan." he said, '"the scale of
wages on the Suburban -was much lower than
that on the Manhattagj. A conference was held
and the wage scale on the Suburban raised to
be equal to the Manhattan. TVe consider that
as a precedent for the subway."
When Mr. Belmor.t announced yesterday that
there would be a conference late in the :<\'ter
noon It was said that Vice-President Bryan
would give out a statement. The committee
from the employes' association, headed by its
president. George E. Pepper, appeared at the
company's office, No. 195 Broadway, at 3:SO
p. m., and was immediately admitted to the
inner office. At 5 o'clock an office employee in
formed the reporters who were waiting' for Mr.
Bryan that all the company officials had gone
fcr the day and that there would be no state
ment. The committee had also left the building
by one of 'the exits from the InterborcugVs of
fices.
President Pepper was seen last night at his
home ; No. 300 West One-hnndred-and-fortieth-
St., and said:
Wtih two or three other members of the
Amalgamated Association of Street and Elec
tric Railway Employes, I met Mr. Bryan and
General Superintendent Hedley of the Intcrbor
ough company. We talked over what should be
done with the old men who had worked for years
for the "L," expecting promotion when the
chance came, if the Interborough decides to l»t
the '.' men work Ii the subway. That. I be
lieve, is the main point. We made it plain that
we did not want any of our men to lose time or
position by being transferred. We do not want
them to lose the benefit of their year of ser
vice."
fie said further that they had talked about
the \v.!gr-> seal . He declared that no agreement
was reached about raising the subway motor
men to the .scale now m force on the elevated.
He expressed confidence, in General Manager
Bryan and the belief that a strike would be
avoided. He would not say what conferences
had been arranged for to-day or what under
standing he had with the mo^ormen. He ■visite'l
their headquarters In the evening and talki d
over the situation with President Jenek3.
PEPPER FOR THE OPEN SHOP.
* "I wish to say. however," Mr. Pepper declared
In closing the interview, "that I have always
beer, oppose to the closed shop in this city. It
makes no difference to me whether a man is a
union man or a non-union mar when he aok3
for a position.".
The empty store building at No. 16 Dey-st.. In
which the Interborough has opened a temporary
employment bureau for^subway employes, was
a busy place yesterday. Applicants appeared by
the score and led out the printed blanks which
wore handed them. These blanks ask a number
of questions as to the applicant's fitness for sub
way work, special stress being laid on previous
experience in street or steam railroad work-
There is no reference to unionism-
General Superintendent Hedley was at the
employment office most of the morning, run
ning through the blanks, sorting out those of the
men who seemed to be likely employes. He was
said to be pleased with the showing made and
to have expressed the opinion that there would
be no trouble in getting satisfactory men for th»»
subway positions, of which there are three thou
pand. do matter what steps the elevated em
ployes might take.
The special school car which the Interborough
company fitted up for the instruction of subway
motor and train men worked ■time yester
day. The men are handled in classes of twenty
ar.d spend an hour in the car each day until they
are sufficiently acquainted with th>» apparatus to
be tried out on trains in the subway. When
r.ot at the school they are suppos»-d to study the
subway textbook, which i.s issued to each pros
pective employe.
HGHTING IN TWO REPUBLICS
Government Troops in "Uruguay Defeated
with Heavy Loss Ferreira's Success.
Buenos Ayrea, Aug. 22.— There has been fur
ther fighting in the Republic of Uruguay. In a
hand to hand fight between the Uruguayan rev
olutionists and the government force at Sant»
Rosa, be! I by the. government force, thtrty-fivo
men were killed and eighty-five were wounded.
The town surrendered, and the government
troops retired by water. More of them were
killed or drowned In the retreat, and others
sought refuge on an island belonging to Argen
tina.
The Paraguayan Insurgents have seized the
town of Villa Reyes and hav^a captured the gar
rison, consisting o* 300 men, 1,700 rifles and
one cannon, in addition to a quantity of am
munition for rifles and cannon.
The insurgent General Fern Li encamped
near Villeta. where he is being joined by many
deserters from the government troops, as well
as recruits from the Inhabitants ot" Asuncion.
The Paraguayan capital is suffering rom a
scarcity of provisions. The ration of the gov
ernment troops is limited to six biscuits daily.
General ■content prevails.
Manuel Dominguez, -Vice-President rf Para
guay, has resigned.
It is rumored in Formosa that Asuncion has
surrendered, but the rumor cannot bo ton
ti mcd
The revolutionists have seized another steamer
loaded with cannon, rifles and munition* of war.
DEATH IN STORMS
South Dakota People Killed and Towns and
Crops Severely Damaged.
Watertown, S. D., Aug. -2.— A severe w'.r.dstorm
swept over a part of Hamlln County, in the north
east past of South Dakota, last nlirht, killing Mr.
Erlckscn. of Willow Lakes, and Mrs. H. Schilling,
of Bryant, and injuring thirry persons. Mr. anJ
Mrs. L. B. Smith, of Willow Lakes, and Mrs. Schii
lins's •on and daughtf-r were probably fatally In
jured. The greatest damage was caused at Wil
low Lakes and Bryant.
At Willow Lakes every buildir.?: was damaged.
Three churches, a schoclhouse and all the ele
vators and liver hnrns are lying- in heaps of
ruins. The Great Northern station was thrown
acrn3s the railroad track, and seventeen box cars
were turned bottom side up. At Bryant, also in
Hamlin County, the property loas Is not so heavy.
The loss to farmer* by damage to '''■' f crops
will be
Salt Lake. Aug. 22.— During a storm at PanguUch,
in Southern Utah, to-day. lightning ?truck the
steeple of the Mormon Tabernacle, and following
the roof downward, and coming in at a window,
«truck ar.d killed M. J. Burgess. At the moment
of his death Burgess was putting down the win
dow in shut out the raiu. ;:„.-.■.•,
JEWELL'S SQUADRON AT GIBRALTAR.
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WOMAN DIES FROM FRACTURED SKULL.
St. Vincent's Hospital reported to the coroner's
office last night that Mrs. G. L Curly, forty-five
years old. of Harrison. N. V . had died there from
a fracture! skull. At th- hospital it was said later
that the woman was taken there in an ambulance
from the Grand Central Station in the afternoon,
and was a. private patient. It was understood that
.she had been injured In a railroad accident.
SCRIBNER'S
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YACHT-RACING RECOLLECTIONS
AND REFLECTIONS
By Archibald Cary Sauth.
This is the first contribution to vacating literature hr the rencxened expert Tacit
designer. He treats the art of boat-sailing and dennrs the cualiries of a successful
skipper, making a. strong argument tor the personal element ir; yacht-sailin?.
IN THE BIG DRY COUNTRY
By Frederic Irl.v~ Illustrated ftorc photographs by the author.
Another of Mr. Irland's delightful articles on outdoor life, in which he relates ex»
periences ameng the sage-brush hills oi \Vyomins.
THE BERBERS OF MOROCCO
By Walter B. Harris. Illustrations by Walter A. Clark. E. C. Pcixotto,
W. M. Burgher, and H. L. Brown
\ picturesque description of the wil i Bribes near whom. IVniiißii - was recently held in
bondage.
AN OLD BATTLEFIELD OF NATIONS
By Lewis Gastox Leary. Illustrated by Jules Guerin.
An account cf a visit to two historic, old Syrian cities that lie within the plain of Syria,
an - .orid battlefield.
REMINISCENCES OF SIR HENRY STANLEY
By A. J. Mo n rEKrr-jEW
A? Stanley's last surviving ofnefer, Mr. Jrphson's reminisrencrs will have aa extraor
dinary interest. He writes of his great' leader attectior.ateiy and interestinghr. "I
should like to show," he says. "to those who did not kno^r him, with all his fault*
Trhat a simple, lovable nature he had."
THE WAR OF 1812— The Battle of Lake Eri*>
R. Captain A T MaHAN. Illustrated by Carton T Chapman, Henry
terdahl, and Stanley M. Arth-
The September instalment of Captain Mahal's history recounts th: erzagersents of
the ■» ar on the waters of the Great Lakes, with a stirring account of Perry's Tictory
en Lake Erie. The two full-page illustrations are beautifully reproduced in'eolori.
FICTION
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in the September number : " The Penalty of Greatness," a contemporary lavs
story, by Alice Duer Miller, with an illustration in colors by H. C. Christy ; "The
Summer Landlord." an amusing story by Sydney Preston, the author of "Th?
Green Pies," illustrated by May Wilson Preston ' " How the Baby Held Up Two
Armies," a Coreaa story of the China and Japan War, by Mary Gay Humphrey^
illustrated by E. M. Ashe.
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AMERirAN JEWS IN HI'SSIA
Not Discriminated Against Any
More Than Jens of Other Countries.
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Washington. Aug. — It appears that the
representation of the State Department to the
government of Russia relative to recognition el
American passports Issued to naturalized Rus
sian Jews was forwarded to Ambassador McCor
mick from Washington early last July, so that
the Ambassador has probably been holding it at
the embassy awaiting a favorable moment for
its presentation to the Foreign Otflce. It is sur
mised that the belief that the present is a fa
vorable moment was baaed upon the fact that
as an incident to the birth of an heir to the Rus
sian throne the Czar is supposed to be in n.
generous mood, and consequently more likely
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an appeal as Mr. McCormick has made.
The basis of the Ambassador's action is found
In what Is known as the Goldfogle. resolution,
adopted at the last session of the House of Rep-4
resents This requested the Secretary of
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In Ms reply 10 tne House Secretary Hay says
emphatically Lh;it American Jews are not dis
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a greater disadvantage in that country than are
the Jews in other countries. TK^ secretary says
tliat were bis otherwise the State Department
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naturalized citizens in Russia.
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persons of Russian birth who receive passports
an unofficial notice showing what are the condi
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uralized and native bom Americans traveling
abroad, nor does the notice mitigate the depart
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