Evening journal., 1904-07-27
TIE WORLDS NEWS
TIE wAR.

%HE Vladlvostok squadron cruising
off the coast Of Japan seized an
II other British steamship, the Call
chas. from Tacoma, and the R.;s.isafi vui-
unteer feet steamship Smolensk seized
the British steamship Formosa in the Red
Sea. The British Cabinet met to discuss
the sinking of the knight Commander by
the Russians, and Count Benckendorff,
Russian Ambassador in London, had a
conference with Lord Lansdowne on the
same subject. 1t is said that the British
Government will make a demand upon
Russia for an apology for sinking the
vessel, aud for compensation for ship and
cargo. Premier Baifour declined to make
statement i'm the House of Commons
ia regard to the knight Commander. 1t
is expected that the State Department
at Washington viii be called upon to take
some action. as American owners Of
cargo on the Knight Commander will de-
mand renaration by Russia.
The Russian forces, under Generals
Zaronbaien. Stakolberg and Samsonon
were driven from Tatchekiao after a
long and hotly contested batte, and re-
treated to Haicheng. General Samsouoh
is said to have been severely wounded.
A northern japanese army is said to be
marching through the Taitsu Valley to
cut the railroad above Liaoyang Jap
| anese troops occupied Newchwang with.
out resistance, the Russian troops hav.
ing fled
POLITICAL
Thomas Taggart was elected Chairman
of the Democratic National Committee
Urey Woodson, of Kentucky, secretary
and John L. Martin sergoant-at-Arms
Opposition to Taggart ended only wheT
committee met.
Democratic National Committee will Wis
it Judge Parker today.
FOREIGN
French naval division will be dis
patched to Tanger to protect the inter
ests of France in Morocco.
The Italian Consulate at Tripoh was
attacked by natives, and an ItaiiaD
warship landed troops with guns.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. Roosevelt refused 90 prosecute
young woman of Pittsburg who at
tempted to swindle her.
The action of Venezuela in seizine
property of the New York and Bermudei
Asphalt Company may be reviewed a'
an International affair.
Directors of the United States stee
Corporation declared their regular quar-
terly dividend of ia per cent. on the pre-
ferred stock and elected Thomas Morrison
in the place of Charles NJ. Schwab.
The annual convention Of the Unite,
States League of Local Building an,
/ Loan Associations met ait Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich.
Martial law was ended in Cripple Creel
district, COL, and good order prevails a
the mining camps.
| Philadelphia capitalists wifi bid for
the construction and operation Of the pro
posed East Side subway in New York.
Controller Grout, of New York, sale,
| for Europe, leaving his Gubernatorla
boom I'm Senator McCarren's hands.
Cotton mills at Fail River were ali idl
as the result of the strike of operatives
In one mill an Intellectual attempt to re
sumo was made.
The National Mnlers' Association me
the Grain Committee Of the Trunk Lin
Association in New York for considera
ton Of the miliers' demands for an ad
justment of rates on grain.
Ex-senator Vest is in a dying condl
tion.
There was no break in the butcher.
strike in Chicago, and serious rioting oc
CURED.
A young woman who was plaintiff
a suit for damages against a compan
that published her photograph as an ad
vertisement wrote a .etter to Judge Par
ker. who decided her case adversely
chiding him for his pronounced aversio
10 the camera.