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NO. 79. War News Continued oa Pace 6, ST. PETERSBURG. Aug.

17. A dispatch from General Kuropatkin, dated from Anshanshan and conveying the congratulations of the army to the Emperor, on the birth of an heir to the throne, says: "We await a decisive battle with the Japanese army advancing upon us, gladly anticipating meeting: the foe and proving our fidelity to our Emperor and country." Kuropatkin Says His Army Awaits the Foe's Attack. EXPECTS DECISIVE BATTLE. Green PInms and Ice Water Fatal. FRESNO.

Aug. Because he ate gTeen rJums and drank too freely of water W. P. Stoneroad breathed his last just two hours later. Stoneroad was a prominent citizen and formerly was County Surveyor of Merced for twelve years.

Rebellion hi Congo Free State. BRUSSELS, Aue. It is reported here that a rebellion has broken out In Ihe River district of the rongo Free State, and that troops hare been sent there. STATESBORO, Aug. One negro found dead by the roadside five miles east of the town, his body pierced by two rifle bullets; two negroes, one of the "old-time and his son, seventeen old, shot in their cabin during the late hours of last night by unknown marauders; a halfdozen cases of euch was the local history of the day.

The scene of excitement has shifted from this city to the rich agricultural region surrounding it. At Riggs mill several well-to-do planters met to-day and planned to rid their neighborhood of obnoxious negroes. Individual negroes were marked for lashings and tonight part of the programme was being carried out. It is said to-night that the Statesboro militia men had prepared their resignations for the Governor. Military mismanagement was manifested when the officer In command.

It Is reported, took charge of the local telegraph office and lor- an hour censored all messages. FIGHT AT LONG RANGE. Japanese Thwart Efforts of Russian Ships to Close With Them. ST. PETERSBURG, Augr.

interesting: details of the sea battle of August 10, received at the admiralty The deterioration of the wheat crop in the Northwest has affected the local market and prices, are going steadily upward. It is reported that the damage to the crop will be much greater; than was at first estimated. The reports from the had a marked effect on the local market yesterday and thousands of tons of December which includes the privilege of- delivering Walla Walla and Sonora wheat at a reduction, changed hands during the day. Strictly! No. 1 California December wheat commanded an unusual price and spot wheat was firm, but made no advance, as buyers and sellers were apart.

As a result of. the advance in the price of wheat local millers have advanced, the price of flour -20 cents a barrel. This Is the first change the millers have- made in prices in 'two months. WHEAT PRICES STILL STEADILY ADVANCING Hensley was found by the police yesterday suffering intense pain. He told them that since his parachute leap at Courtland Beach the preceding even- Ing he had felt the peculiar sinking heaviness In the pit of the stomach and difficulty In breath experienced when he began to make the parachute jumps a dozen years the same feeling, he says, persons unused to riding In fast elevators of office buildings experience, only more pronounced.

OMAHA, Aug. For the rest of his natural life Harry Hensley will subject to the awful sensations of always being shooting downward through space. Hensley has been a professional balloonist. So often has he made parachute leaps from balloons that a nervous affection has been developed, producing the effect of perpetually falling, even thouglf his body is at rest. Physicians at the Presbyterian Hospital, where Hensley is being treated, say that his case is the strangest encountered in many years' experience and that the disease is new to medical scence.

Special IMspatch to The Call. Georgians Attempt to Rid Statesboro District of Blacks. This method is now used almost exclusively in Germany and it has been shown by experience that only 1.5 per cent of t-he victims die when eo treated. This contrasts very favorably with the 6 per cent of deaths among victims not vaccinated, trected medically, and the 11 per cent of deaths among those undergoing no treatment. Out of 2S1 persons who had been bitten by mad dogs and then vaccinated only four died of hydrophobia, and the others recovered after a slight attack.

CALL. BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON. WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.

Unusual success in preventing hydrophobia by vaccination at the hospitals in Berlin this summer is reported in a communication received from Richard Guenther, the United States Consul General "at Frankfort, German v. Dispatch to CalL It is evident that these troops have combined with the object of forcing the Russians out of Liaoyang without a fight, thus securing advantageous winter quarters. It is not believed the Japanese have enough men to consummate the movement until the release of a large number of troops now besieging Port Arthur. Bandits under the command of the celebrated Toulisan cut up a party of scouts under the command of Captain Transoff In the village of Syaba, twenty-five miles west of Liaoyang, yesterday. Captain Slushiviski coming up with reinforcements scattered the bandits, killing eighteen and capturing four.

The village was burned and many explosions were heard, evidently of concealed ammunition. The place was the headquarters of Toulisan, who claims to be a colonel In the Japanese service. LIAOTANG. Aug. A general Japanese flanking movement is developing to the east and parallel with the railroad.

The movement involves the whole mas of troops from Dalien Pass, about twenty-five miles southwest of Tatchekiao, to Diodinshan, on the Taitse River, thirty-five miles southeast of Mukden. There have been times In the last year when the balloonist would be seized by dizzy spells on the streets and feel that he was dropping through the air at terrific speed, as he from the balloon. The case has challenged the interest of the oldest practitioners the city. They declare that the falling sensation, having been growing upon the patient for months, has become an incurable disease. Medical skill has brought no relief to the balloonist In the moments when he Is seized by nausea and violent vomit-; Ing from the sensation of falling great distances.

Hensley's present fall will only hi the grave, say the mtn of medlcinu at the hospital. OTTAWA, Aug. 17. Alfred G. Lee of Denton, Texas, secretary of the Board of Trafce there, and who claims to have discovered the secret of longevity In the establishment of model towns based on universal brotherhood ideas, writes that his visit to Ottawa recently impressed him with the suitability of this district for the lishment of a model town.

He he will return in a short time to carry out his scheme. He will name the place Philanthropy. Texan Will Establish Village According to Universal Brotherhood Ideas hi Canada. MODEL TOWNS CONDUCIVE TO LONGEVITY SAYS LEE Perpetually Experiences the Disagreeable Sensation of Falling." WASHINGTON, Aug. Henry B.

F. MacFarland, Commissioner of the District of Columbia, has 510 rare Japanese stamps for sale, the proceeds to go to a fund for the benefit the widows and families of Japanese soldiers killed in the war with Russia. The stamps came from a Japanese scholar by the name of Tajima Hisakichl. They were addressed to the (Commissioner, with a request that he sell them and remit the proceeds. The boy wrote that he wanted to raise some money to help those left destitute by the war and thought he might be able to do it in this way.

having heard that many Americans were fond of collecting rare stamps. Commissioner MacFarland has advised the young man that he cannot act for him in his official capacity, but that personally he would see what he could do for him. Japanese Lad Sends Rare Stamps to Be Sold in This Country. BOY RAISING A WAR FUND. THREE NEGROES ARE SLAIN AND MANY WHIPPED BALLOONIST'S DISEASE HAS QUEER EFFECT VACCINATION IS A CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA Hundreds of Cases fully Treated in German Hospitals.

Corn sold at 60 cents a bushel to-day, the highest price since the crop failure of 1901. NEW YORK, Aug. Not since the Letter boom in 1898 has there been witnessed; such excitement as. prevailed on the Produce Exchange to-day. The wheat pit was in a turmoil and resembled the Cotton Exchange during January and February, when cotton prices were soaring.

Wheat, was the chief point of Interest and corn had a secondary position. The almost frantic efforts of Chicago traders to obtain wheat were duplicated here, and advances, although not so substantial as in the Western city, were generally recorded. The mainspring of activity was fear of frost coming on top of the extensive damage done the crop through rust. In Winnipeg a temperature of 38 degrees was reported, and similar low records were reported throughout the Red River Valley. This was regarded as indicating a frost, which would kill and further impair an already short crop.

'The greatest advance was witnessed in May option, amounting to 5 cents a bushel. Wheat for next May sold at $1 a bushel on Tuesday night, and to-day it touched $1 September wheat sold up to $1 and December wheat to The net gain at the close averaged 4 cents a bushel. Special Dispatch to The Call, This activity on the part of the consuls has engendered a bitter feeling toward them by the foreign wine producers and exporters and in some instances they have succeeded In making the consuls' stay at their posts unpleasant. WASHINGTON. Aug.

American consuls in the wineproducing'countries of Europe are getting into hot water through their obedience to the orders of the State Department to make minute reports on the method of preparation and of shipment of wine destined for American consumption. The consuls have worked with surprising results, it is said, for the extent of adulteration and doctoring of foreign export wines never before had been appreciated. Exposure of Methods of Ex porters ami Others Creates Bitter Feeling. CONSULS' REPORTS AROrSE TOREIGN WINE PRODUCERS TIENTSIN, Aug. 17.

It Is asserted here that the missing vessels of the Russian squadron did not return to Port Arthur and it is believed they have reached Vladivostok. LONDON, Aug. 18. A dispatch to the Central News from Vladivostok, dated August 17, says the cruisers Rossla and Gromoboi of the Vladivostok squadron have returned there. Aur; 18.

Japanese shells have ignited lighters in the Port Arthnr clocks which contain supplies of coal, resultine in a terrific conflacrration. Many of the buildings have been demolished and the hospitals are crowded. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 17.

Russia has njrreed to the disarmament of the cruiser Askold, now nt Shanghai. SHANGHAI, Aug. A Japanese squadron Is expected here to-day. Japan Is determined, it is stated, that the protected cruiser Askold and the torpedo-boat destroyer Grozovoi shall leave port promptly or dismantle. Captain Matousevitch says the Japanese kept at a distance of less than five miles.

The efforts of the Russians to close with the Japanese and sink some of their vessels by ramming them or -by gunfire, even at the cost -of themselves going to the bottom, were consequently unsuccessful. The Japanese would not permit the Russians to approach, but the rain of projectiles never ceased. The twelve-inch shell which glanced off the Cesarevitch's forward turret and blew up the bridge on w-hich the late Admiral Withoeft and his staff were standing was fired at a range of eight miles. frGm Captain Matousevitch, of the Cesarevitch, now at Tsingchou, show distinctly that- it was a long range fight, and that the Russians, sailing in close formation, were placed at great disadvantage, not only by the superiority of the Japanese numbers, but owing to the fact that, after encompassing Admiral Withoeffs semicircle, the Japanese were enabled to in a remarkably deadly fire upon the fleeing'ships. Frantic Efforts by Traders to Cover Continue the Advance.

Kuropatkin's Army. Japanese Begin a General Flanking Movement to the East of WHEAT PRICES SOAR UPWARD ON EXCHANGE JAPANESE CARRYING THE WALLED TOWN OP KINCHOU AT THE POINT OF THE BAYONET. CHICAGO. Aug. Four persons were killed, another fatally hurt and twenty-three slightly injured in a collision late this afternoon between an express train on the Chicago Great Western Railroad and a train of three trolley cars bound for the Hawthorne race track.

The dead: MRR. FRANCES RAUTMAN. WII.I.IAM IRVING, died in hospital after amputation of leg. MRS. JEREMIAH SHUCKROW, Danville.

I1L UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN, about 30 years old. FalAJly Injured: Michael Ryan, motorman; skull fractured. The injuries of the others consisted of cuts, bruises and sprains. The accident occurred at the crossing of Forty-eighth avenue and the Chicago Great Western tracks. The train was coming into the city and, according to some witnesses, was running at high speed.

Others and the train crew pay that they were not going more than twenty miles an hour. The trolley train, which was made up of a motor car and two trailers, was in charre of Conductor W. H. Condon and Motorman Michael Ryan. The car struck the train just between the engine and tender.

The motor car was torn to splinters. The car immediately behind turned over, was badly wrecked and was dragged along the track for 300 feet. Motorman Ryan remained at hfs post and was fatally hurt. To those who came to aid him while he lay on the ground he said: "The brakes would not work. That was caused it.

When I saw that they -would not work I reversed the current. Now get aside and be quiet and I will be all right." Immediately after saying this Ryan became unconscious. At the hospital it was found that his skull was fractured and that his death was a question of a few hours only. All of the persons killed occupied seats in the front of the first car. One woman, yet unidentified at the morgue, had Just taken a offered her by William Tennis.

She rolled under the motor car and was horribly manglea. Tennis, after giving up his seat, went to the rear of the car and escaped with slight injuries. All of the members of the Chicago Great Western train crew and the conductor of the trolley cars were placed under arrest, pending an investigation. NEW YORK, Aug. Ths most sensational incident In the great building trades lockout and strike, which have thrown nearly 25,000 workmen into idleness, came to-day when Philip Weinseimer, president and organizer of the Building Trades Alliance, was arrested on a charge of extortion.

When the labor leader was arraigned he was confronted by George J. Essigr, a plumber, who charged that on December 3 last he paid Weinseimer $1000 so that work could be resumed upon an apartment house on Riverside Drive. Weinseimer's counsel appeared to be anxious to have the examination go 'an at once, but, upon motion of District Attorney Jerome, It was put over until to-morrow, bail being fixed at $1500 and given. In an affidavit Essig says that in December last he had the contract for the plumbing In the Chatsworth building; that Weinseimer called a strike and two days later said that for $2700 he would put the plumbers back at work. Essig said he could not- pay the sum in full and agreed to pay $1000 immediately and give notes for the balance.

He had taken up all the notes but one, which was due to-day, and. on the advice of the District Attorney he took marked bills to pay the remainder. When Weinseimer was arrested Essig had just signaled to the detectives that the labor leader had the bills in his possession. The detecwes' did not find the money on the prisoner, however. As the examination began District Attorney Jerome, somewhat excited, pushed to the front and peremptorily called Robert P.

Bell, one of the lawyers, to the witness stand. Bell had started to leave the courtroom. District Attorney Jerome asked If he had received any money from any person in the courtroom. Bell replied that he had received one one-dollar bill. The District Attorney wanted to know if he had seen any other money pass in the courtroom and the lawyer said that he had not.

He said he was willing to show all the bills he had. but the other lawyers objected to this. "I am asking these questions." said Jerome, "because of occurrences In this courtroom. I am Informed by a lawyer in good standing at the New York bar that bills were passed by this defendant to this witness." The witness denied that he had received any money from Weinseimer. Aug.

17. Senator George Frisbie Hoar lies dying in the house in Oak avenue, in this city, which he has made his home for nearly fifty years. He may linger for several days, but his physicians agree that the inevitable end is very near. His family physician and Dr. Folsom of Boston in consultation this afternoon, ut were unable to find any ground for nope of his recovery.

Senator Koar is dying of general iveakness consequent upon his long illness. His hearts action is impaired. his kidneys have almost ceased to perform functions, his 4W fillins up, yet his brain is clear. He is perfectly conscious of his condition and it freeiy with his son, Disfrict Attorney Rockwood Hoar, who is constantly at his bedside. Miss Mary, Hoar, the Senator's only daughter, is also with him.

as are his eon's wife and her two children. His personal Senate messenger, Edward Doherty, is within call at all times. Senator Hoar some time ago the hope that when his end came its approach should not be accompanied by an impairment of mind or severe pain. Both wishes are gratified. He talked and joked with his physician to-day and made playful remarks to hi? little grandchildren when they came in on their daily visit.

AH his earthly matters are arranged and contemplates end with perfect serenity. The Senator's illness dates back to an attack of lumbago in Washington last spring, which kept him from his place in the Senate. When he came home he to have nearly recovered, but was not Ftronff. and hfs physicians earnestly cautioned him to take a complete rest. and.

above all things, not to attempt any public speaking. He disregarded the injunction when, late in May. he delivered a forty-minute address in the open air at the bicentennial celebration of the town of Sutton. Hoar- has been a member of the Senate since 1S77. Dlf patch to CalL "These prices," said Taylor, "went into effect this morning.

Thev cannot be considered as a cut In the prices of the pooling agreement, as there was no such agreement regarding thl3 company's products. I can't say anything as to the purpose of the cut. The United States Steel Corporation would be the one to make a statement on this subject. We simply get our instructions and give out prices." Dispatches from Pittsburg. however, announced that the cut extended from $5 to $12 a ton.

As the normal annual output of wire products of the United States Steel Corporation is about tons, it was estimated that the gross Income of subsidiary companies manufacturing such products will thereby be cut down from 53,000,000 to a year. While rails and were not affected by to-day's cut, it was realized that a great price war i3 imminent, and this in spite of the fact that the heads of the big iron and steel companies in this city and Pittsburg would not admit that they had reduced the prices of structural steel. An open market was predicted in all the principal steel products excepting rails. According to T. H.

Tavror. assistant general sales agent of the company, the reductions amounted to $4 a ton on wire nails. $7 a ton on barbed wire and $5 a ton on fence wire. NEW YORK. Aug.

"With a sharp reduction in the prices of wire products the United States Steel Corporation to-day, at one blow, nullified the effect of the bargain by the Republic Iron and Steel Company with the Pitts burgr Steel companies in selling billets at $19 a ton. The long heralded conflict between the steel trust and the independent concerns "was opened, and Wall street, alive to the situation, looked UDon the breaking up of the various steel pools as an accomplished fact. Special Dispatch Call. Prospective Millions Lost in Profits Will Go Into the Pockets of Builders. Sensational Denouement in Struggle Between Building Trades and Contractors.

Serene and Cheerful, With His Earthly Aflkirs Arranged, He Awaits the Final Call. Bnkes Fail to Work When Attempt Is Made to Slow Down at a Crossing. New York Plumper Swears That He Purchased Immunity. Four Persons Are Killed and More Than a Score Injured. Breaking Up of the Various an Accomplished Fact.

Physicians Agree That There Is No Hope lor the Aged Patient Chicago Racetrack Crowd in Rail Collision. Extortion Is Charged Against Labor Leader. Trust Strikes at tbe Independent Concerns. Senator Hoar's Life Is Drawing to a Close. BAY STATE'S GRAND OLD MAN DYING ORGANIZER OF STRIKE ARRESTED ELECTRIC CARS DASH INTO TRAIN STEEL WAR BRINGS CUT IN PRICES TOKIO, Aug.

The Mikado has received from the commander of his forces at Port Arthur the Russian general's reply to the imperial demand for a surrender. In his reply Lieutenant General Stoessel expresses thanks for the humanitarian offer to grant safe conduct to all non-combatants within the Russian lines. The demand to surrender Stoessel refuses uncompromisingly, and declares his garrison will fight to the last man in defense of the fortress. PORT ARTHUR WILL FIGHT TO THE LAST THX WEATHER. Porectuit made at San Prancltco for thirty noun ending midnight, AugTist IS: San Francisco and Cloudy Thursday; liglit southerly winds, chanflttg to briii westerly, with for.

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