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Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED.
stmr Geo w Elder. Randall, 81 hours from
Portland via Astoria 46 hours
stmr Centennial Strand. s4 hours from
stmr Brunswick. Ellefsen. "A hours from
Fort Bragg.
stmr Arctic. Nelson % hours from Eureka
Stmr Newberg. Anhndsen. IS hours from
stmr Argo. Dunham, "a hours from Eel
stmr Bee. wehman, "a hours from Eureka
Stmr Rival Fosen, 26 hours from Eureka.
Stmr Maggie, Corning hours from Half
moon Bay.
ship Star of Russia, Lindberg. II days from
Br ship Glenburn. Johnston. 2o3 days from
Liverpool via sydney 30 days.
schr Mary Eta. Beck, IL hours from Fish
schr Albion, Olsen, days from siusaw.
SAILED.
Sunday. August T.
stmr F Kilburn. Thompson Rodgers
stmr Coos Bay. johnson, san Pedro
Stmr Santa Rosa. Alexander. San Diego.
Stmr Coronado Peterson Grays Harbor
Stmr Curacao Paulsen, Guaymas
Stmr Maggie. Corning Halfmoon Bay.
Br ship Norma Mclaughlin Melbourne
Schr Ida A. Campbell. Bodega
Sehr Roy somers. soiland, Grays Harbor.
TELEGRAPHIC.
POINT YOBOS. Aug 4 10 p m-weather
foggy; wind SW; velocity II miles per hour
SPOKEN.
Per stmr C w Elder-On Aug G, 210 D m
passed stmr Francis II Leggett 10 miles south
of Point Gorda. fresh NV wind. with mod
DOMESTIC PORTS.
SEATTLE-Sailed Aug 6-Stmr Humboldt
for skagway. Aug 7-stmr Jefferson. for
Arrived Aug e-U stmr Buford from
Alaska.
vENTURA-sailed Aug 7-stmr National
City for san Francisco
ASTORIA-Arrived Aug 7-Stmr Chico
hence Aug 3; stmr Despatch. hence Aug 4;
stflr e,,9 S9iuhiDis. h hsnce avg .;
for San Francisco
SOUTH BEND-Arrived Aug 7-stmr Acme
PORT HARFoRD-sailed Aug 7-stmrs
Bonita and Santa Cruz ont for San francisco
Foster, for San Pedro.
ISLAND PORT.
HONOLULU-Sailcd Aug Gu s strnr Dix,
for Manila; U stmr Sheridan, for San Fran
cisco
Arrived Aug e-stmr Nevadan, hence
Arrived Aug 7-Fr bark Pierre Lott. from
HONOLULU-Sailed Aug 7-Jap stmr
America Maru, for Yokohama.
FOREIGN PORTS
VICToRIA-ArrlTed Aug 6-stmr Umatilla,
from Seattle.
Sailed Aug 6-Stmr city of Puebla for San
Francisco; Br stmr Queen City. for -
ABERDEEN-Arrived Aug 7-stmr ChehaIis.
OCEAN STEAMERS.
LIVERPOOI-Arrived Aug 6-Stmr Arabic.
from New York. Aug 7-Stmr Lake Erie. from
Montreal and Quebec; stmr Sandman. from
Montreal. for Glasgow.
Sailed Aug 6-Stnr Armenian for New
York. and passed Browhead Aug Z: stmr
Siberian. from Glasgow. for st Johns Hall
fax and Philadelphia
MOvILLE-Arrived Aug T-Stmr Lauren
tan from New York, for Glasgow and pro-
ceeded
ROTTERDAM-Sailed Aug 6-Stmr Staten
dam, for New York via Boulogne and sailed
from latter port Aug and passed the Lizard
Aug
C3LASGOW-Sailed Aug 6-Stmr Corinthian
for Montreal; stmr Mongolian, for New York
and both passed Inistrahull.
SoUTHAMPTON-Ssil Aug 6-Stmr Bar
barosss. from Bremen for New York
DOVER-Sailed Aug 7-Stmr Pretoria, from,
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T0SANRAFAEL,
ROSS VALLEY.
MILL VALLEY,
CAZADER0, Etc.
Via sausalito Ferry.

SUBURBAN SERVICE. STANDARD GAUGE
Depart from San Francisco, week days at
$50 T:IO 7:45, $50. 1:I5, 1000. HOO a. m.
QI 40 a. m Sausalito onlyD. 12:2O. 1 as. 3.15,
400, 4:35. 5:15 $3.50. 6:25. 7:1j, 300. 1C:2U.
Ii :S5 y. m Sundays ana legal holidays depart
NJ T:iO 7:45, $3.50. 9:15. 1000. 100. 40
=. M 1920. 100. 1:4J. 2:30. 3:15. 400. 4:35.
5:15, $3.50 6:25. T:15. Sis. 9:0O 1920. n:35
Arrive at San Francisco. week GAYS 6:IT
7-C0 80 Sis s:45. 9:35, 10. 20. IL :O5 a. m
i2:05 i:25. 2:5O s:35. 4:2O. 5:O5, 5:4O, 6:I5.
6.h5 7:55 1905. II :25 p. m. On Sundays and
legal holidays extra trains arrive at 12:45 2:O5,
For Fairfax. week days. depart at T:45 a. m.
BIB o. m Sis p m. lex. SRtl- On SUNDAY 5
and legal holidays at T:45, $50, 9:15 1000.
II 90 IL 40 a. m. II 30. 100 las. $50 T:iS
THROUGH TRAINS.
7:45 a. m. daily-Cazadero and way stations
9:15 a. m. Sundays only-For Point Reyes.
etc.
dero. etc.
5:15 D. n. daily except Saturday and sun
day-For Point Reyes. etc
T:15 D. m. Sundays oniy-For Point Reyes.
etc.
S:l5 P. m, Sundays onIy-For Cazadero. etc.
TICKET OFFICE-Ga6 Market st
FERRY-Union Depot. foot OF Market II
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Bitten by a Dog.

Charles Watson. an elderly Chinaman who
resides at 726 Washington street was badly
bitten on the ear and cheek yesterday by dog
which he was playing with Watson. who is
about 60 years old. came to the State in the
early ffties. He has been an eXpressman on
the water front for many years and is a ia
milliar figure there. He was plying his voca-
tion yesterday on Jackson-street wharf when
the accident took place. His son was with
him at the time and took him to the Harbor
Emergency Hospital where his wounds were
dressed. Watson married a white woman
many years ago. and = result Of the union was
a son. now 10 years old, who entirely adopts
American customs and manner and mode OF
dress
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Women in Japan.

Countess Otani (elder sister OF the
Crown Princess), wife Of the Lord Alb
bot Of the Nishi Hongwanji Kyoto, has
arrived at Gifu on the way from
Toxic. On May 10 she delivered a
speech at a meeting of Buddhist ladies
with reference to the obligations Of
women at the present time.-Japan
Mail.
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GIenhuln Arrives.

The British ship Glenburn, Captain john
ston arrived in yesterday, 203 days from Liver
pool, with a cargo of general merchandise
consigned to the J. d. Spreckels Bros
Company. The vessel was obliged to put into
Sydney on May 10 for water and to have her
decks calked. She sailed from that port on
MAY %. making a good run to this port.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
SATURDAY. AUGUST 6.

Mary B Brittan TO Stephen V Casady. lot
on n line OF Greenwich street, 146:1O13 E of
Polk. Z 3T:4IL by y I51 :6; $40.
August +. schuppert to Magdalena S. White
(SchupperD and Agnes r Schuppert. lot on Sc
corner Of Post ana Laguna streets. E 25:5 BY
l20; also lot on \ line OF Eighteenth street.
1879 OF Guerrero 4 % by y 100; gift.
Edwin and Lucy c. Stephenson 10 Bernard
34:2 W of Webster street. w 81 20 by 110;
William + and AIwena Heine to Arthur F.
Bridge. lot on " line if Fillmore street. e2:6
\ OF Union. % by W 100; $40.
Edward and Fannie /. Everett TO Frederick
X. Houston. lot on line Of Vallejo street.
137 :6 r Of Broderick, r 80 by 1876; SO.
Burr and Jessie 4. Eastwood ana William
and Katherine A. Eide TO Ellen b. Copp. lot
CT Z line Of Broderick street, u S of Haight.
5 33 by r O. 20; SO.
T 3. and Annie r. Draper to Rose s. Froh-
(wife Of Issac) and Hannah Stern (Wife
Of Moses. lot on line Of Haight street. 125
Of Ashbury 25 by 5 1876: SO.
al lot on NJ line of Folsom street 9S5 x Of
Fifteenth. % by w 1926; also lot NV
corner OF Eighteenth and Capp streets. W "a
by \ 92; also lot on " line Of Guerrero street,
30 5 Of Seventeenth. 5 % by W so: also lot on
\ line OF Kate street, los E Of Bryant. 30
James J. McCarty ct al. to James McCarty.
lot on : line of Fifteenth street. so OF Mis-
sion. + % by 90; also lot on line OF Clay
street, p + of Drumm, + % by 59:9Si also
lot on " line Of Folsom street, 210 of Fiji
teenth. y % by w 122 IS: also lot on SW cor
ner Of Seventeenth and Guerrero streets. "
Katie / Temple Cstephens) to Broderick I
Temple and James Dougherty. re-reoord 1873.
D 142, lot on NE corner of Montgomery and
Filbert streets, % by JG:3; gift.
Broderick l. Temple and James Dougherty 10
SinibalGo BrizZolara, lot on NE corner OF Mont
gomery and Filbert streets, y % by + sc %
$40.
Magdaleua schuppert TO Adam l. L. Schup-
pert, lot y line of FIlbert street, 2O6:3 Z
OF Powell 6S:9 by 1CO gift.
Guido J. Music to Clarence +. Music. lot
on line Of Larkin street SO y Of Washing
ton. 1853 by Z 1916 quitclaim deed; So
Clarence +. Music 10 Guido J. Musto lot on
+ line OF Larkin street, III q y OF Washing
ton, 25:9 BY Z 1876 quitclaim deed; So
City Land Company to Robert Dalziel lot
OF Sc line OF Jessie street, 400 SW Of First,
SW 50 by Sc 81; SO.
Same 10 same, lot commencing 460 feet SW
Of First street and 81 Sc Of Jessie SW 80 by
Sc 0:6 quitclaim deed; SO.
Mary Collins to jeremiah +. Collins. lot on
( line Of Stevenson street, 225 W OF Fifth,
Sw % by Sc IS; gift.
Henry G. and Estelle Meyer to Francis A
Jaccard lot on S line OF Clement street IS
" OF Nineteenth avenue, " 20 by s 100; SO.
S. Ducas Company to William r. Thomas,
lot on NE lire of Thirty second avenue 100
NV OF street, NV 15 by NE 200, block $50,
Bay View Tract: SO
Julius G. Refs to r. NJ Tucker, lots l to 3,
block IS. Refs Tract; grant.
Anna d. Joost 10 Paul H Holmes, lot E
line Of Falcon avenue. 81 OF Roman street.
%, 81, 20. w 70, lot 3, block 10, Market
street Homestead.
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Alcatrnz Meets NEishap.

The steamer Alcatraz broke a propeller shaft
while on the way to Alcatraz Island from
Clay-street wharf yesterday evening. She was
anchored of Blossom Rock The Alcatraz has
been running to the island in place OF tho
Government tug Mcdowell. The Alcatraz car
ried no passengers at the time of the accident.
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Arrives at Honolulu.

The Toyo Kisen Kaisha Steamship Compa-
nys steamer America Maru, which sailed Aug
ust 1 from this port for the Orient arrived
in Honolulu yesterday. Whether she will run
into the Russian fleet on her way TO Yokohama
and be captured is a matter of much discus
sion along the water front.
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Hamburg for New York via Boulogne: stmr
FIpland. from Antwerp, for New York
=. QO OEENSTOWN-Arrived and sailed Aug =
Stmr Etruria, from Liverpool for New York
NEW YORK-Arrived Aug 7-Stmr La
Gascogne, from Havre; stmr United States
from Christiania and Christiansand; stmr
Guiloa. from Trieste. Naples and Palermo.
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Died

bAkkK-In this city August G. 1904. Bridget
peietea wife or Patrick Barry, and mother
axe Edward Barry Mrs George REYNOLDS
ana Mrs. Charles Meyers, a native OF County
Limer1ek' Ireland, aged "a years.
LgIhe funeral viii take place to- -dav
Monday ~ $50 a. m. from the parlors OF
Actalccn. McErearty a. Green. I171 Mission
street between Seventh and Eighth thence
70 81 Farrfcl-'s church yVle-s q ,re,,,,i.r1
nigh mass VIII be celebrated for the repose
- her soul al 2 a. N. Interment Holy Cross
Cemetery.
RROMN--In this city. August : l904. Edward
biown, beloved husband o. Irene Brown,
and father ~ Arthur n Brown, Mrs Jessie
~ Jones. Mra. Edith Halton Mrs. Esther
crandel ana Herbert H Brown native
oI l1eicester, England, aged a years S
fnontns and 70 days.
EgThe funeral viii take place Tuesday.
August 2. at p. m from his late residence
ls-a santa Clara avenue. Alameda. Cal.
intcImcnt private.
BgRNE-In this city August :. 1904. William
Byrne, beloved brother OF Thomas Bvrne a
native OF ireland aged @ years.
cAULE9.In Oh The City ana County Hospital
Kentucky. aged A. years.
CHRIsTIE-In MARITIME. August g 1aoa
captain henry Christie. dearly beloved hus-
band Of Susan Christie and father OF the
laie II. y. Christie. aged 50 years
COTEEIl-In this city August G. 1904 al her
Tezidence, 1868 Stevenson street. Mamie Is .
beloved daughter OF Catherine and the late
maurice toltcf. and sister OF Peter ]
Thomas s. Katie. Nora and the late David
= Cotter, a native OF san Francisco aeeS
33 years
CFFriends and acquaintance are respect- -
fuly invited 10 attend the funeral Tuesday,
AuEu.i4, At s. - "a m. from her late resi .
-dcuce. 1893 Stevenson street thence 10 e
5oseph's Church, where q solemn roouten,
high mass VIII be ceiebrated for the repose
o. her soul. commencing ot . O'clock IN
tcfmcnt Holy Cross Cemetery
DEsMOND-August G. 1904 Margaret A wife
ol John =. Desmond and beloved mother Of
John 3. Desmond Jr-, native of Bangor
Ne. aged - years and 3 months
q Friends and acquaintance are resn=.s-
iuiiy invited 70 attend the funeral To- dav
Monday August 5. AZ $50 a. M. from the
rarl0rs OF McAv0y a. Co 1893 Market street
thence TO ST. Joseph's Church for services
lnterment Holy Cross Cemetery
DDDDS-Mcmbers OF Court Lincoln No SLY
a. o. T.. arc requested 10 attend the funeral
. - our late brother. J. G DoGds from his
liFte residence. 3C1G Twenty sixth street
Monday, n ] p. m BY order CT
I. f. helm Chief Ranger
F. r. BEUTLER. Secretary
b9hERT Yin this city. August Z 1904. at
TIC residence " the parents. 592 OFsrrelI
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MARRIAGES DEATHS

Birth marriage and death notices sent by
mail vii not be inserted They must be handed
IN ~ either 0f the publication offices and be
indcTsed with the name and residence Of per
cons authorized 70 have the published.
Notices restricted simply TO the announcement
~ The event published once in this column
free OF charge
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DIvIDEHD NOTICES.

DIVIDEND notice-The Giant Powder Co. Con
"A dividend, No. 6S, of fifty cents (JOc) Der
share on the issued capital stock OF the com
lany has beea declared. payable at the Office
ol tire company. rooms 202. 20i and a06 Hay
Warc bldg. san Francisco, on Aug. 10 1904
slansler books close Aug. g. 1904 at noon.
=. y RENNIE. Secretary Pro Ten
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WEATHER CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
FORECAST


Cloudy weather prevails along the coast from
San Francisco northward, also over Arizona
and Southern Utah and Southern Nevada .
Rain is reported from Southern Utah and Ari-
zona and thunderstorms have occurred at Inde-
pendence and Modena.
The pressure has fallen slowly over the Pa
cific slope.
The temperature has risen over Southern
Arizona and fallen over Southern Utah. else
where the changes have been slight High
temperatures prevail throughout the interior.
On Mount Tamalpais the temperature at 3
D. m. was IS degrees while at San Francisco
it was "a, at Point Reyes 81 and at Faral-
Ion 81.
Forecast made at San Francisco for thirty
hours ending midnight, August s:
Northern California-Fair Monday, except
cloudy or foggy along the coast; brisk westerly
wind.
Southern California-Fair Monday; light
west wind
Nevada-Fair Monday.
San Francisco and vicinity-Cloudy OF fcggy
Monday; brisk westerly wind
G. H. WILSON. Local Forecaster
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Sail on the Bay.

Several members CT the Merchant Marine
Commission of Congress enjoyed a breezy sail
on the bay yesterday afternoon in NJ. A. New
els new yacht Lady Ada. The party ran up
through Raccoon Straits to san Pablo Bay.
McNeilrs launch Speedy acted as convoy Of
the occa sion.
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Oyerhues.

The following vessels are quoted for rein
surance: Pionier 124 days from Buenos Ayres,
TO Falmouth 30 per cent; Earnmount, 162 days
from San Francisco to Liverpool 10 per cent;
Remonstrant, 105 days from Geelond to Algoa
Bay % per cent.
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Death Calls Famous Critic.

VIENNA, Aug. 7.-Dr. Eduard Han
SUCK, the famous musician and critic,
is dead. He was born at Prague in
1925.
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The leading iron ore States are Min
nesota, with an output of $4,000, 0OO
tons; Michigan. with 100000 and
Alabama, with s,5OO,OOO tons.
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SUFFERING AND srA11arER1Ea.

At Melbourne Institute, Van Ness and Market
g. taught celebrated Melbourne system: only
Melbourne IN II. s: private; established 3
years in s. F. Tel. Mint 2626 from ] TO nm
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NoTE-ln the above exposition Of the tides
.he carry morning tides are given in the left
bdho coiumn OF the successive tides OF the
udy IN order OF occurrence as TO time; the
lourth time column gives the last tide of the
eneept when there are but three tides, as
sometimes occurs. The heights given in
addition TO the soundnEs of the United states
Soast s. survey Charts except when a minus q
s.sn preeedes the height and then the number
sven is suptracted from the depth given by
me charts. The plane of reference is the man
Of the lower low waters.
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FZPEWRrTERs AND sUPPITEs.

a ~ eNceptionally good No. > Remington, No. 1
smith Premier. 50. other typewriters at
1.sler and lower prices. rentals 50 80 The
2D-HAND typewriters sold. rented repaired
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Weather Report.
C120th Meridian-Pacifc Time.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. rs p. m.
THE COAST RECORD.
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Sails From Honolulu.
The transport Sheridan. from Manila, sailed
Saturday from Honolulu for this port.
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- BIG AUCTION TUESDAY. Aug o II
%>-sN a. m. at 1140 Folsom st of 30 good
horses, rubber tire runabouts 4 donkey /
pony, 80 sets harness. and large assortment
OF wagons. carts. surreys and buggies. WM
CLOUGH. AuctiOneer.
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TO LEASE.

t. rent or iease-A good size store in Ochsner
building adjoining Postoffce st bet veer
s9Fcnth ana Eighth: a good opportunity Il
get business in the best business portion OF
sacramento. Apply at premises or 112 Beulai
-. san Francismo. JOHN OCHSNER
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STOCKS AND BONDS roR SALE.

Tnit ssle-7Co0 shares OF the capital stock O,
the Glen Cove Land and Transportation Com
iany- BOX 2sT3 Call office
WHAT offers for 500 stock: witter Mineral
springs Co.. must sell. Box 2911. Call Office.
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S. WATKINS, AuetiOneer.
81 AT AUCTION -

On MONDAY. Aug s. at II o'clock NJ ~
Grove St, lot OF we'll broken work ana drfv-
ing horses Must be sold. S WATKINS.
Auctioneer.
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~ AUCTION sALE-wEDNEsDAY Aug
%-sN 10 at IL a. m, ARCADE HORSE
MARKET. so sixth St, I viii sell a carload
OF good young horses Weighing from 1850 "a
1900 lbs; also number Of heavy draft horses
5 sets OF double wagon harness. buzgies
wagons. etc JOHN j. DOYLE, AUctiOneer.
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Sun. Moon and Tide.
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Time and Height of High and Low Waters
al Fort Point entrance TO San Francisco
Bay. Published by official authority OF the
Superintendent
NOTE-The high and low waters occur at
the city front tMssion-strcet wharf) about 25
minutes later than at Fort Point; the height
OF tide is the same at both places.
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Not irrsvoeahly Established.

(From the Washington Post, Ind.)
Judge Parker's assertion in that
famous telegram. Il regard the gold
standard as firmly and irrevocably es-
tablished,. Is the subject Of some
criticism not altogether friendly. Liter
ally construed, 1t states that which
Judge Parker, as we'll as every other
citizen, knows to be erroneous, for all
men know that no act OF congress Is
"irrevocable." All statutory enact
ments are repealable. The power that
makes can unmake any statute. In
our entire output of laws, including
the constitution of the United States
and all acts in pursuance thereof, there
is only one provision that Is unamend-
able. That irrevocable law is the guar
antee to the states of their equality In
the senate. The monetary standard.
always subject to the control Of the
people and the states through the law
making department of the government.
That power could repeal the gold
standard act of 1900 and make silver
the standard. Indeed. 1t could do much
worse than that. Under a decision
OF the supreme court, 1t could issue
any number Of millions of irrdeemable
paper and make 1t legal tender.
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Hid Their Guns at Ia Tche Kiao
So Chinese Could Not Tell
Japs Of Their Location.
FIGHT AN ARTILLERY DUEL
Bursting Shells Presented Mag.
nificent Spectacle-Retreat
Order Astonished Rus.
sian Troops.

st. Petersburg. July s0.--A special
dispatch from Lao Yang giving a
graphic picture OF the fight at Ia Tche
Kiao explains that the Russian inn
munity from damage by the furious
Japanese bombardment was due to
the fact that the Russian guns were
mostly behind range OF steel hills
and were concealed cleverly by high
grass and trees and that the Chinese
were therefore unable to heliograph
the position OF the guns, as they for
merly had done, to the japanese ar
tillerymen. The Japanese had many
large calibre guns and used chiefly
shrapnel. They used also high ex-
plosive shells. The fight was almost
wholly an artillery duel and was
magnificent spectacle. The crest Of
the hill held by the Russians was con-
verted into raging volcano and earth
was thrown up in geysers by the con-
tinuous rain Of bursting shells until
sand and dust hung in cloud over
head, and fire among the trees and
grass started by the shells added a
sitting smoke and heat to the awful
glare Of the tropical sun. Shrapnel.
like great white winged birds. sailed
overhead. The moan and drone of
their coming could be plainly heard
and the Russians threw themselves
behind rocks and other shelters as the
missiles burst.
The Japanese shifted the position Of
their guns. both to escape the Rus
sian fire and to try and locate the
masked batteries of their opponents.
Late in the afternoon they got in al
position that enabled them to sweep
the plain behind the hills occupied by
the Russians and came dangerously
near locating, though they did not find
the Russian batteries. Every one ex-
cept the commanders was surprised
and Disguised at the order to retreat.
The Russians burned everything val |
uable at Ia Tche Kiao before leay-
Ing. sIff@s s,8sa
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Office Constructing Quartermaster,
Astoria, Ore. July rs, ls0i:--Sealed
proposals, In triplicate. win be received
at this office until 10 o'clock o. m.
August 27. 1904. and then opened for
the construction and plumbing Of an
addition to frame guardhouse at
Fort Stevens. Ore. United States re-
serves the right to reject any or all
proposals. Plans can be seen and
specifications obtained at this oftice.
Envelopes should be marked Pro-
posals for construction" and address,
ed, Captain Goodale, Quartermaster.
Astoria, oregon.
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OLDEST RAILROAD CAR.
Displayed on Rails of the First Track
at the Worlds Fair.

st. Louis, July 3O.--In the very eet-
ter Of the historic railroad exhibit In
the palace of transportation at the
Worlds Fair stands the first car that
was drawn over rails by steam loco
motive. More than that, it stands on
the very rails that were put down in
the year 1900 and these are on the
stones that formed part of the orig
inal roadbed.
The locomotive, which was built by
Richard Trevithick and was given its
trial trip in 1903, the very year OF the
Louisiana transfer, is valuable to the
antiquary and the man who is inter-
ested in tracing the evolution of things.
1t is a clumsy machine with great pis-
ton-rods in front. These cause the
revolutions Of a big wheel with deep
seated eccentric-crank attachment. At
the other side of the engine is small
cog-wheel that Is connected with the
big fly wheel. This small cog wheel
works in the cogs of a larger one,
which in turn works in the cogs of
two Of the wheels on which the engine
runs.
When we consider that the power
developed in the steam chest had to
pass through three wheels before 1t
reached the part of the machine to
which it had to be applied, we are not
surprised that Mr. Trevithick consid-
cred he was doing well to run five
miles an hour.
The engine In the exhibit is only a
wooden model; but the little fiat car
with its load of logs is the actual car
on which the inventor made his maid
en- trip, more than hundred years
ago. This time the engine drew tons
two miles and back.
A few days later the new engine per-
formed more wonderful task. 1t drew
five cars, which were called tram
wagons" distance of nine miles in
four hours. This time it had a real
load, for the cars carried ten tons Of
iron and seventy people. On that trip
it consumed 200 pounds of coal and
the water in the boiler did not have to
be replenished until the end Of the
Journey.
The road, 1S miles long, was built
from Morlais Castle, South waaes,
where there was an abundant supply
Of limestone, to Plymouth, where the