New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-04
Irtp'llurk DAILY Gribn1ts
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1904.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Dispatches from Toxic TO Rome
reported the fall Of Port Arthur's outer line OF
forthcauons after a weak resistance, the post
ing OF artillery heights commanding the town
and an attempted soTtie Of the Warships. which
were driven back by the japanese fleet. -
Russian officials scout the reports tnat large
force was moving south TO relieve Port Arthur.
say ing that the Emperor has not lost confidence
IN General kuropatkin, and has made no at
tempt TO interfere in the plan of campaign,
which. for the present, II is said, VIII be con-
fined TO harassing operations. = NeneTal
Stoessels report OF the battle Of Nan Shan adds
little TO the japanese accounts OF the nentlhg;
IL puts the Russian losses at Sl3 killed and
wounded. and says that the japanese turned
The position so rapidly that the mines coula not
be used; dispatch from Toxic gave 400 as
the total japanese casualties in this action
= The japanese have moved a division 10
Ping in order to screen the operations on the
isthIn,ls 80 Advices from Wonsan said that
the advance guard of a Russian force had
reached point twenty-five miles north OF the
town. == The batteships Kearsarge, Ala
hama and Maine arrived at Lisbon, where the
officers were presented 10 the King and Queen.
=- President Loubet received Governor OdeN
at the Elysee Palace - Walter J. Travis
won the British amateur golf championship, de-
feating +. II. Blackwell by up and ) TO play.
DOMESTIC.-A radical tariff plank in the
Democratic platform was predicted in political
circles in Washington. -= Admiral Dewey
laid the cornerstone of the Naval Academy
chapel, and Secretary Moody made an address.
- Secretary Shaw ordered a countervailing
duty on Gillian wines and alcohol == Judge
Russell Assistant Attorney General, sailed for
Panama 10 assist in organizing the government
Of the canal zone - cloudburst and tor
nado at Dallas. Tex caused considerable dam
age: heavy foods reported in the kaw
Valley and much loss was caused fn South
western Missouri by food and wind = The
Illinois Republican STATE Convention nominated
Charles :. Deneen for Governor on the seventy
ninth ballot =- A meeting Of anthracite dis
trict boards was called for Monday next for the
purpose Of inaugUrating a general strike in the
Panther Creek Valley. - At the closing ses-
sion OF the International Arbitration Conference
at MCED x Lake resolutions adopted IN
dOrsing me sentiments OF Presidents Mckinley
and Roosevelt faVoring the exemption Of
offending private property at sea from capture
in time Of war, and urging the calling Of an In
ternatonal congress TO incorporate into the law
OF nations this principle. - A falling wall OF
clay buried five men and two horses in a brick
yard at Troy, " Y; man taken out
dead, one injured and one unframed: two men
supposed 20 be dead We're not recovered. -
Cotton goods manufacturers in Fail River de-
cided 10 postpone indefinitely the proposed cut Of
10 per cent in the wages Of employees. =
District Attorney George Cobb gho was backed
by Senator T. r. Brown. won Republican pri-
maries in the AXNYth District, and is sure Of
the nomination for Senator. -= A memorial
meeting in honor Of Samuel Hoar held in
Boston.
CITY.-stocks were dull and firm - A
conference OF Democratic leaders was held here
and il was said coalition formed against
Parker. - The lawyers for John r. Platt
were unable to serve complaints on Mrs Elias
-= Lawrence {. Phipp, OF Pittsburg. kid
mapped his two children with the aid Of an
automobile from the Holland House. where they
were staying with their mother. - Several
fremen were overcome at a fire in a wholesale
liquor house in Greenwich-st. - Kfdnappers
OF Little Italy belle threatened the parents
with death If they told the police. - Prince
Pu Lun won q bet at Gravesend on "A tip from
Senator Pat" McCarren. = Six firemen
were overcome at fire in a perfumery plant.
= serious loss caused the involuntary
bankruptcy Of the Z. J. Merriam Company
paper dealers.
THE WEATHER--Indications for to-day:
Partly cloudy and warmer. The temperature
yesterday: Highest, 73 degrees; lowest. &c