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CASUALTIES
OF CONFLICT
Thousands of Russians Wen 1 . Down
in Great Naval Battle.
JAPS SUFFERED LITTLE
Exclusive of Four Thousand Prisoners,
Between Seven and Nine Thou¬
sand Slavs are Missing.
Advices from Tokio, under date of
June ]nt, state that the Japanese kiss¬
es in t'he battle of the Sea of JaJpan,
wore 113 officers and men killed and
434 officers and men wounded. The
completion of the revised list shows
that the losses were under the orig¬
inal estimate. The flagship Mikasu
was the heaviest loser, losing sixty
three killed and wounded. Comman¬
der Togo of the Adzuma was wound¬
ed.
Rough estimates made of the Rus¬
sian losses, exclusive of nearly 4,000
prisoners, vary from 7.000 to 9,000.
Calculating the complements of the
sunken anil captured ships at upward
of 10,000, 7,000 men remain unaccount¬
ed for. it is possible that the ships
which escaped rescued some of the
members of the crews of the ies«
fortunate ships.
Many bodies have "been was'.ed
ashore on the island, and on the
shores of the neighboring coasts, near
tiie scene of the %ttle.
The navy department in Tokio made
the following announcement Thurs¬
day:
"Later reports from the different
divisions of the fleet engaged in the !
naval battle of May 27 show as fol¬
lows:
“The Russian battleship Oslabia was
heavily damaged in the early part of
the light, going dowu at 3 o’clock in
the afternoon. The ttrst Russian ves¬
sel sunk was the battleship S’.ssoi
Veliky. The protected cruisers, Ad¬
miral Nakhimoff and Vladimir *7bno
mach, after being in the engagement
during the daytime, were still fur¬
ther damaged bv the torpedoes dur¬
ing attacks by night, and were eventu¬
ally COte pilotedy Ti^j drift-'
<• r into the vicinity of Tsu island,
where they were discovered on Sun¬
day morning, May 28, by tlie auxil¬
iary cruisers Shllano Yawata, Tal
rfan and Sado, which captured them,
but they all sank. The crews of our
auxiliary cruisers rescued 195 of the
crews of the sunken Russian ships.
The battleship Nnvarln was torpe
doed four times after sundown on
Saturday, May 27, and sank. The
survivors of the Nevarin’s crew con¬
firm the story of her destruction.
“The cruisers Nitalca and Otawa
discovered the Russian cruiser Sviet
lana at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, in
the vicinity of Chappyan bay, and
immediately attacked and sunk her.
The commander of the Nitaka re¬
ports that it is suspected that the
Russian cruisers Almaz and Aurora
were sunk by torpedoes on the night
of May 27.
"Later reports show that during the
night of May 27 our torpedo boats
Nos. 34, 35 and (19 were sunk by
the enemy's lire. Comrades rescued
tTTe majority of their crews. Besides
the above there was no damage worth
reporTlng. No warship nor destroyer
suffered any loss of fighting or navi¬
gating power.”
HOJES1VENSKY StRIOUSEY WOUNDED.
But little Hope is Intertwined tor the Re¬
covery ot Admiral.
A report Is current to the effect
that little hope is entertained of the
recovery of Admiral Rojestvensky.w’ho
is now in a hospital at Sasebo, Ja¬
pan.
It Is expected that the emperor in¬
tends to direct that the Russian offi¬
cers captured be given terms of pa¬
role identical with those granted the
army officers taken at the surrender
of Port Arthur.
GRIND JURY IN'JICIS SMITH.
North CarolWia Man Accused of Stealing
Many Land Warrants.
A Washington dispatch says: Louis
R. Smith of North Carolina, formerly
an employee in the general land of¬
fice, was indicted Friday by the grand
jury of the District of Columbia, on
a charge of abstracting and selling 30
land warrants.
He confessed the theft when con¬
fronted with the evidence against him.
The warrants taken were worth about
55,000.
THE WOFLD FOR PEACE.!
Representatives cf Powers are With
President Roosevelt in Move to
Stop Russo-Jap War.
A Washington special says: Short¬
ly after nine o’clock Saturday night,
Mr. Kogoro Takaaira, the Japanese
minister, called at the wnite house by
appointment’. He was immediately re
; ceived by the president and a confer¬
ence ensued. Following so closely the
visit of Couht Cassini, it was natu
| occasion rally inferred that the president took
to communicate to Mr. Tak-
1 ahlra the views of, Russia as present¬
ed by Count Cassini at the conference
with him Friday. Whether the visits
had anything to dd with the appear
ance of the three Russian ships at
Manila could not be learned.
Diplomatic activity in Washington
indicates that the Kuropean powers
are prepared actively to assist the
president in any efforts he may make
I in the interest of peace in the Far
Bast, and it is now learned, on high
authority, that the German emperoi
heartily shares the earnest wish of
President Roosevelt for an early end¬
ing Of the war. Neither the president
nor the emperor, however, is ambi¬
tious to assume the role of peace¬
maker, although anxious to do what
is possible to assist Russia and Ja¬
pan to enter upon peace negotiations
as soon as practicable.
| From information received, it is be¬
lieved that the king of Italy can he
relied upon to cast his influence for
peace, and the long con Terence of
Baron des Planches, the THHian ambas¬
sador, Saturday afternoon, with Count
Cassini after the latter’s call at the
white house, is but one of several evi¬
dences of the activity of the king’s
envoy at Washington in the interest
of peace.
Sir Mortimer Durand, the British
ambassador, In a recent visit to the
white house, placed the president in
possession of the views of King Ed¬
ward, who would welcome an early
peace. The views of the French gov¬
ernment are well known to be of a
similar character.
For an hour Saturday afternoon
Baron Von Sternberg, the German
ambassador, was at the Russian em¬
bassy, discussing the situation with
Count Cassini. Thus far the latter
has not heard from his government.
Financial influences in Paris are
a* a aiding to turn the tide toward
peace., in the Far L ist. A banker,
a - o is a member oi the syndicate
which handled the recent Russian
loans, said Sunday:
“Russia’s credit has not been af¬
fected by her naval defeat for the
reason that it is believed it will
compel her to make peace after a
period of hesitation. Whether it is
peace or war, Russia must have more
money, but it will be an indispensa¬
ble condition to any further loan from
here that peace be made.”
Sunday night, Baron Speck Von
Sternberg, the German ambassador,
spout two hours in conference with
President Roosevelt at the white
house. There is every reason to be¬
lieve that much of the time was oc¬
cupied with a discussion of the gen¬
eral question of the war between Rus¬
sia and Japan, and the possibility of
peace.
No official word has reached Wash¬
ington regarding the probable atti¬
tude of the czar toward the ending
of the war. Meahtime exchanges are
iu progress between Washington, Ber¬
lin, London, Romo and Paris regard¬
ing The whole situation.
Mr. O’Beirne, the British charge
d’affaires, was also at the white house
Sunday and discussed the question
with the president. R is fully expect¬
ed that weeks may elapse before Rus¬
sia decides on her course. Until Count
Cassini has had some reply to his
cablegram to his government, and is
in a position to speak authoritatively
and officially on the subject o7 peace,
it is improbable he will have another
conference with the president.
A St. Petersburg special says :
President Roosevelt’s offer Co tender
his good offices to bring about peace
Is favored by the Russian press and
by the public, and a desire that some
steps should be taken toward secur¬
ing an honorable peace is increasingly
manifest.
STEAMER WRECKED BY BRIDGE.
One Report Saxs Sixteen lives Were Lost;
Another lh«t All Were Saved.
The steamer H. M. Carter struck
the bridge of the Louisiana Railway
and Navigation company at Alexan¬
dria, La., about 11 o’clock, Friday
night, and was wrecked.
The boat, it is said, broke iu two.
and is a complete loss.
The long distance telephone opera¬
tor at Alexandria says all the pas¬
sengers and crew escaped, and that
no fives were lost. A railroad opera
tor. a mile and a half from the wreck,
claims that Hi poisons drowned.
Facts Arc Stubborn Things
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It was Ion ihe boast of American
makers of ha V esting machinery that
they kept at :t five years ahead of
foreign imit ) s in this manner, and
were thus ei ' ted to do business un¬
der their v< noseB. A similar op¬
portunity wo' id be afforded if elec¬
trical maehht.*ry were capable of fur¬
ther develop] ent, provided, of course,
that, the prin 'ip 1 competitors of the
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know imtt | ? f |an ®fear it docs now how
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Preside mson Poor Writer. I
rare, The but lett.jjj If ; aps President those of Taylor Andrew are !
Johnson ,
a e rarest, as he did but
little of hi writing. His son con
ducted mo 1 his correspondence and
signed hisiij name to the letters,
It is relat lone reason why Pres¬
ident Johi ide so little was ow
ing to an r hich happened to
him when fking at his trade
iailOi s heavy
iron goes j ni.s arm, so injuring
that mem he found it extreme
ly difficu dulge in penmanship
thereaftf; ’ nsw Johnson was the
poorest h among the presidents
well 1
as ; rarest. His handwrit
ing war mueh of a scrawl and
can sea deciphered by the av
erage ret
Orti. n Piters Succeed.
The pilM fruit on the stand, ac
cording to ansas City fruit seller,
does nicely' nr eh| he way of selling. attention Ap
pies d will attract
basket, much quiclj af than the will apples is true in of a
same
oranges, wen I get a new clerk,” |
said the fn man, “the first thing I
do is to td ;m to pile properly.”
“Then you! fhi-m how to work off
specked fn the good kind,
don’t you?” sked. “Well, frank
ly. no,” rep e?stand man. “He
has wise to he havej caj orn successful in him. Other- fruit
a
salesman." s City Times.
Doan’s Kidney Pills act very effective¬
ly. very promptly, relieve the aching
pains and all other annoying difficul¬
ties.”
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price 50
cems P er
Cuba's immigration last year was 20,000.
Three-fourths were Spaniards.
Wliy l»o We Go to Bed at Nlj-ht ?
Because the bed will not come to us, but
pain in the bowels will, which can be re¬
lieved by Dr. Biggers’ Huckleberry Cordial,
which cures all bowel troubles. Cures the
children when teething. Cholera Morbus,
Dysentery, etc.
Mold by all Druggists, 25 and 50c. bottle.
FE YOU MONEY,
Feed Your Bra n, and It Will Feet You
Mo: ley and Fame.
“Ever si'ee boyhood I have been
especially i' n< of meats, and I am con¬
vinced I a; 1 >o rapidly, and failed to
masticate y food properly.
“The result was that I found myself,
a few year- a: o, afflicted with ailments
of the stoirac \ and kidneys, which in¬
terfered serio’, sly with my business.
“At last I t ok the advice of friends
and b. gau to < at Grape-Nuts instead of
the heavy me its. etc., that had consti¬
tuted ray fern er diet.
"I found tli; t I was at once benefited
by the change, that I was soon relieved
from the hear -burn and the indigestion
that used to i'Ulow my meals, that the
pains in my Lack from my kidney af
fection had ceased, showing that those
organs had b >en healed, and that my
nerves, which used to be unsteady, and
my brain, whii ffi was slow and lethargic
from a heavy diet of meats and greasy
foods, had. nc t in a moment, but grad
ualiy, and nc ue the less surely, been
restored to lormal efficiency. Now
every nerve s steady and my brain
and thinking faculties are quicker and
more acute t! an for years past.
“After my t ,d style breakfasts I used
to suffer dur ng the forenoon from a
feeling of we: kness which hindered me
seriously in my work, but since I
have begun i 0 use Grape-Nuts food I
can work till dinner time with all case
and comfort.’ Nam - given by Pcstum
C Baltic C -cek. Mich.
There’s a r >ason.
Read tiie little ’look. “The Road
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Young Rockefeller’s Training.
At Brown university, where John D.
Rockefeller. Jr., was graduated in the
class of 1897, tales are still told to
show how his father impressed on him
the same scrupulous regard to detail
that made the Standard Oil Company
successful. One day when John Jr.,
was down in the city of Providence
with a couple of girls, he took them
into a convenient drug store and treat¬
ed them to ice cream soda. After he
had paid the checks and before he left
the store he surprised his fair com¬
panions by pulling out a pocket memo¬
randum book and entering: “Three
ice cream sodas, thirty cents.”
hands”has A man with lots of time an bis
figured that $25,000,000 i*
spent on cabs in London each year.
COMPLET ELY RE STORED.
Mrs. P. Brunzel, wife of P. Brunzel,
stock dealer, residence 3111 Grand
Ave., Everett, Wash., says: “For fif¬
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Coon Versus Mountain Lion.
James A. McCallum has a mountain
lion that he is now willing to part
with to any one as a gracious gift.
When he received the fine looking
cougar a few days ago from a friend
in the Rocky Mountains he thought
that he had an animal that could
| whip when anything the king that of wore hair, but
mountain beast
was fought to a standstill yesterday
by an ordinary old ring-tailed coon,
McCallum lost heart. The lion was
| seen a few days ago in his cage by
Jack Cook. The lion tipped the beam
at 175 pounds, but Cook said his coon
could lick him.
The other morning Cook’s coon
S th J« wn . ln “ . ^e ca f e WIth , ,
lion. The fight __ i began at once. _ The
lion made vicious strokes with his
paw at the coon, but the wily little
animal proved to be an adept at dodg¬
ing ail the blows. No quicker would
the blow of the lion proved futile
than the coon would grab him by the
throat, and begin to claw with all his
might. He would soon loosen his
hold and jump away. This was re¬
peated for about twenty-five minutes,
when the lion, bleeding profusely,
skulked to a corner, and refused to
battle further.
The coon was taken out of the cage
with hardly a scratch on him, and
apparently proud of his work with
his heavy antagonist. The little ring
tailed animal weighs about twenty
pounds, but Jack Cook says he is
worth his weight in gold.—
teen years I suffered
with terrible pain in
my back. I did not
know what it' was to
enjoy a night’s rest
and arose in the morn¬
ing feeling tired and
unrefreshed. My suf¬
fering sometimes was
simply indescribable.
When I finished the
first box of Doan's Kid¬
ney Pills I felt like
a different woman. I
continued until I had
taken five boxes.
The c onno?i flonsg pur
(••••) Whence Whither He He Comes Coes. and (’•••)
:::: Ey Harold sowers, m. a. ::::
'slOJV IIE common house fly (Mus
ca Domestical is a creature
C I 0 of such secretive habits,
A ji? that although times from the
very earliest he has
been with us, and the most ancient
writers have mentioned and described
him. still very little was known of his
origin and history.
It remained for the eminent Boston
biologist, Dr. A. S. Packard, in 1S73. to
make known its origin, habits and
transformations from the egg through
tlie larva state with its two changes to
pupa state, then to the perfect tfy.
Near the first of August the female
lays about 120 eggs of a dull gray
color, selecting fresh horse manure iu
which to deposit her eggs, and so se¬
cretes them that they are rarely seen;
it takes only twenty-four hours for
them to hatch into the first form of
larva, a white worm one-quarter of an
inch in length and one-tenth in diame¬
ter. They feed on the decaying matter
of their environment, and two changes
or casting of skins occur before they
turn into the pupa state; this change
comes very suddenly. The entire per¬
iod from the egg to the pupa state is
from three to four days. If moist food
is v,-anting when in Ibis condition they
will eat each other and thus decrease
their number. Heat and humidity
greatly assist their development, as
upon careful computation each pound
of manure around stables and out¬
houses develops under favorable condi¬
tions over 1000 flies. It is no wonder
that where these conditions exist we
have such a veritable harvest of the
fly pest.
In the pupa slate when the fly is
about to emerge, the end of the pupa
case splits off. making a hole through
which the fly pushes a portion of its
head, but here it seems to encounter a
difficulty; the pupa case is too stiff and
hard to pass through, hut nature comes
to its assistance, and a sort of bladder
like substance forms behind the head,
which swells out apparently filled with
air; it acts as a means of pushing
away the pupa case and releases the
fly. When the fly first emerges it runs
around with its wings soft, small and
baggy; it is pale and the colors are
not set; its head rapidly expands and
the bladder formation passes away—
within a few hours the wings grow
and harden, it is now a perfect fly.
The whole time from the depositing
of the egg to the perfect fly is not over
ten days in duration. Many persons
who observe small flies in midsummer
suppose they are the young, but such
is not the case: they are flies that are
imperfectly nourished in the larvae
and pupa states, and do not attain
full size, in fact, they are the dwarfs
of their race The male fly differs
from the female in the front of the
head between the eyes, being at least
one-third narrower, though iu size the
female is rather smaller.
In the pupa state they are often fed
upon I)y the larvae of some of the
beetles, notably that of the carpet bee¬
tle, whose pupa, the dreaded buffalo
“moth,” will attack the young fly in
the pupa case and eating it possess the
case for itself.
Adult flies like most other creatures
have parasites of minute size that prey
upon them; these can often be seen as
presenting small red specks over the
body of the fly
The fly hibernates in winter, but
with his usual secretive habit it is very
difficult to find him in his winter quar¬
ters. With the first chill of autumn
the flies feeling the cold, seek tempor¬
ary warmth in houses, and clustering
together form bunches in the corners
of walls and other places. They are
then sluggish and not so active as in
the warm weather. However, they do
not make a permanent stay indoors,
but on the first mild, sunny day, seek
the windows to get out and And their
permanent winter hiding place; many
prefer to make their homes in the
roots of grass on lawns where they
hide themselves so effectually that the
ice and snow of winter does not de¬
stroy them in their hibernating state.
If in the first warm days of spring
when the snow is gone and the grass
on the lawns becomes dry and warm,
long before the yellow dandelion shows
its head, a close observer may see num¬
bers of flies crawling up on the grass
to get the welcome sunshine, their
wings standing out stiff and useless,
but they soon acquire the power of
flight in the warm rays of the sun. A
great many days, however, elapse be¬
fore they appear in the homes of men,
wtiere they are such unwelcome visit¬
ors.
In recent years the medical profes¬
sion have demonstrated that while the
fly itself does not propagate disease it
is one of the most industrious carriers
Of disease germs which by contact ad¬
here to his feet, hairy legs and body,
distributing them to innocent victims'.
If every housekeeper could know all
these interesting facts which have
never before been brought to their at¬
tention they would realize the impor¬
tance of securing the very best fly ex¬
terminator.