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Four persons we're killed and fifty in
jured in an English railway accident.
Toxic is advised that the army ia
making steady progress at Port Arthur.
Fire wiped out an entire village in
Southern Russia. Five hundred fam
lilies are homeless.
The Norwegian bark Sir John Law
renee, from London, struck on rocks of
the coast Of Norway and went down
with all on board.
The Santa Fe has large gangs of men
at work in Colorado repairing the work
of the food. 1t will take a week to
make the road passable.
Detectives are unable to find any clew
to the persons who have attempted to
destroy the battleship Connecticut.
Th1re is little danger that any further
attempt will be made. Marines are
stationed all around the boat and 9TH
ers on it.
According to dispatches from Okla.
hma the South Canadian river is high
er than in 40 years. 1t is feared that
the loss to cotton and coru crops and
bridges, with other properties along
the river, throughout the territory,
will be enormous. No loss of life has
been reported.
Sir William Harcourt, noted Brit
ish politician, is dead.
A third attempt has been made to
wreck the battleship Connecticut.
Trinidsd, Colo, reports that it can
relieve all distress caused by the food.
The Septe mber receipts OF the st.
Louis fair amounted 10 about $780,
900.
The Russians have temporarily
checked the Japanese advance east OF
Mukden.
The czar may block the plan for the
immediate reorganization Of the Rus
sian army.
Postmaster General Payne continues
in dangerous condition. His life
hangs in the balan ..
Russians made raid on junks car
rying supplies to Oyama and des-
troyed number Of them.
1t is reported that General Basilio
Munoz, leader of the Uruguayan revo-
lutionists, has been shot by his former
followers.
Considerable loss of life and prop
erty was occassioned by fire in the ar
tillery and ammunition magazines at
sebastopol, Russia.
The Japanese have begun q general
advance on Mukden.
The condition Of Postmaster General
Payne is very serious.
Mobile, Alabam, is having the warm
est weather in its history for the time
Of year.
The Japanese have adopted tactics
intended to prevent the return Of the
main Russian force to Mukden.
The Russian squadron at Port Ar
thur has made another attempt to es-
cape, but we're driven back. Another
sally is expected.
Kuropatkin now realizes that be can
not 20 on to Harbin and the problem
of wintering his troops is serious one.
The hope of the Russians is to defeat
the japanese at Mukden.
Souvenir Lewis and Clark dollars
have been sent to President Roosevelt
and member of congress who were in
trumental in securing the appiopra-
tion to the Portland exposition.
A mail car from Paris to Havre, con-
tanning about 100 pouches of American
mail, was broken into and 81 pouches
opened and rifled of such valuables as
they may have contained. There is no
record of their conten or Of the valu-
ables distracted.
W. ]. Bryan is grandfather.
Disease is claiming many Japanese
soldiers.
The battleshiap Connecticut has been
succeessfully launched.
The Russian cruiser Orel broke
cylinder on her trial trip and will be
dlayd six months.
The main Russian army has retreat
ed from Mukden, leaving only small
force to guard the rear.
The Japanese army has captured Da
pass. Practically no resistance was
offered by the Russians.
A Puget sound tug just in from Alas
ka, reports having sighted a Russian
gunboat at Unimak pass.
Hops have advanced two and tlree
cents throughout the Willamette val
ley and at North Yakima. Independ-
ence growers have receied as high as
30 cents.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
that the village of Ramsa, Armenia,
was the scene Of a massacre of Armen-
ians by Kurds. Details are lacking.
Heavy rains have caused serious
damage to railroads in Western Texas,
New Mexico and Northern Mexico.
Several washouts are reported on the
Santa Fe in New Mexico and on all
roads trains are delayed.
Unofficial estimates by Japanese Off
GERS place the number of their sick and
wounded soldiers at $4,000.