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ALL L0NDON WONDERS
Engagement of Miss Astor to Captain
Spender-cIay, Butt of Ridicuie,
Causes Astonishment.

London, July 19-The engagement
of Pauline Aston TO Captain Hugh
Spender-Clay caused establishment in
society. Spender-Clay came prominent-
" in the prosecution of Lord William
Nevill, who found in him the easiest
dupe swindler ever victimized. Lon
don rang with laughter over Spender-
Clay's recital how Neville relieved him
of thousands.
Neville, who comes of the proud
Abergavenny family. descended from
Warwick. the kingmaker, and quarter
ing royal arms on their e~scutcheon.
asked Clay in 1898 to witness his
signature to private family documents.
Sits were cut In the blank sheet
which covered the document and here
the guardsman was asked to write his
name. Clay 6emurred, asking to see
the document. Neville told him it re-
ferred tc the divorce of his sister, Lady
Convey, a cause celebre. Clay yielded.
Through the Sits Clay had. in reality,
Endorsed Neville's notes for glib.
The suit of Sam Lewis, money lend
er, against Spender-Clay precipitated
accusation OF Neville. Neville was
sentenced to five years.
The Raging incident in 1902, while
1T brought Clay less ridicule, was suf-
ficiently serious to force his resigna-
ton from the second ~lifeguards. Lieut.
enant Gregson had become known rs
a hard worker, ana the tact that he
took his profession seriously and vas
undesirable socially offended his
brother officers. on a July night a
number of officers chased Gregson
from his quarters and hunted him
through the barracks, using foul Ian
guage. They ducked him in the horse
trough till he was half dead, wrecked
his furniture and destroyed his kit. He
spent the night on h bare loo of
his room. in an o~vercoat.
Though Gregson himself took no ac-
ton for revenge the war office was
compelled to take cognizance of the af-
fair, for King Edward was colonel of
the regiment. Two young officers We're
cashiered and Clay resigned.
The bride-to-be. the only daughter
of William Waldorf Aston, the denatur-
allied American, is lowered not only
with money but with. charm. Pauline
Astor's mother was the famous Amer
ican beauty, Mamie Paul Of Philadel-
phia.
Pauline is a sweet-faced brunette of
"a. ard has Worn perhaps the most
magnificent jewelry of any girl in the
world. Her necklace of pearls at the
queens drawing room in 1899 cost
100000. The fortune she will inherit is
estimated at 500. 0O0. 900.
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PEACE COMPACT GOES
Rockefeller is Said to Have brough,
About a Hill-Harriman Arrange
ment on tho Coast,


New York, July 1S.-Negotiations for
a harmonious adjustment of the Hari-
man and Hill interests on the Pacific
coast are said to be practically COM
pleted. Recent purchases of about
So 900. 900 of tidewater terminal lands in
Tacoma and Seattle gave rise to reports
that Mr.. HarrilSan was planning to
build an Independent outlet for the
Union Pacific to those cities. 1t is now
announced semi-ofiicially that In order
to prevent the construction of a rival
line to Puget Sound, a tariff arrange
ment With the Oregon Short Line from
Portland to Tacoma and Seattle will be
made.
Mr.. Hartman and his associates. it
is understood We're prepared to follow
up the purchase of the $4,000. 900 worth
of Puget sound terminal lands by the
expenditure of $40, 000. 900 or Sic. 900. 90
In the building OF a new line and extern
sive freight and passenger terminal
stations. a potent"factor in bringing.
about this harmonious arrangement
was the Rockefeller interest, which has
become a power to be reckoned with in
transcontinental railroad affairs. A
conHer3ant With the facts in
the case said today:
The Rockcfallers are for peace In
the building world and are opposed to
the building of new lines simply to
beat some other line. The conflicting
interests of Mr.. Fiji and Mr.. Hartman
will be adjudicated outside Of the
courts. Their differences Wilrnot reach
a stage where rival Inc parallel lines
will be built in the northwest and <
pensive terminal facilities constructed.
Neither Mr.. Hill nor Mr.. Hartman
owns a majority Of the stock of the
roads they control. The actual owners
are in a position to assert themselves
more millions of dollars in Improbable
rival railways. If Mr.. Hartman should
build an Independent line TO Puget
sound, a war Of rates would be sure
to follow, and the dividend paying
power of the railroads concerned would
re lessened materially."
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opposition. 1t came as a complete sur
Prise. Oh. yes. we had heard rumors
If il. before, but never considered them
seriously at all. My fathers kindness
20 the girl was not as a friend of her
iead father, DR.. La Chappelle. He
could not have been called that. The
senator merely saw in Anna a promis-
Ing child and made the offer to educate
her.
while Anna and my aunt were trav-
cling in Algeria, where my father was
with them, reports of their marriage
we're persistent. OF course, we could
know nothing positively, but we gave
40 credence whatever. When we
earned the fact here from my fathers
fps, it was completely unexpected.
When did he it? A week
ago last Sunday. My sister, Mrs. Lewis
Rutherford Morris, was here. He told
Us hat he was married and desired us
TO make the announcement. Mrs. Clark
Is o in Italy. Will the senator join
her there? l cannot say. l do not
know what my father intends to do
this summer"
Mrs. Culver said her father was not
an impulsive man. He takes every
step with elaboration, she said. The
little girl. Audree. who figures in the
story, is q mystery to the family. Mrs.
Culver knows as little of her as does
the public. She admits the beauty and
accomplishments of the present Mrs.
Clark. but beyond that she declares she
Is not competent to speak.
Friends of the Clarks say it is TRANCE
that the senator did not the
marriage, at least when the child was
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A T TO GIVE 1T UP.
ST. Petersburg Now Fears the Denial
of 10000 Loss May Be a Ruse.

ST. Petersburg, July 19.-Since the
receipt from Toxic of an official denial
of the report of a Japanese repulse at
Port Arthur with a loss of about 10000
men, scepticism as to the truth of the
report from Viceroy AleXieff's head
quarters pervaded all circles, but the
general staff declines to accept the de-
NAL unreservedly. While not insist
ing on the accuracy of the figures, it
Is claimed there is good reason to be-
lievc . severe cheek was inflated on
the japanese in front Of Port Arthur.
1t is considered possible General Stoes-
sci may lave made a report on the
subject direct to the emperor. who
will not return here until tonight.
The American embassy today for
wardeo to Berlin mother list Of Jap
anese prisoners. 1t shows 430 in va
ricus Russian cities. The whereabouts
of 800 who We're at sea and are now
scattered has not been definitely es-
tablished.
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RUSSIA HOPES IT'S TRUE.
st. Petersburg Points Out Possibility o.
Jap's Port Arthur losses.


st. Petersburg. July 16.-The general
staff. although it has no further news
of the reported Japanese disaster ut
Port Arthur, points out that it is sig
nificant, II the report is untrue, the
no denial has been issued from Toxic.
An officer just returned from the
front tells the Associated Press that
the terrible losses reported sustained
by the besiegers of Port Arthur were
not unlikely; in view of the %eXtraor-
binary and almost %fanatical determine
ton Of the Japanese, never hesitating
before the most terrible chances. Some
of the forts at Port Arthur are pre-
deep, hewn out of the solid rock. Whole
regiments could easily be engulfed in
these chasms.
Rumors emanating from ST. Peters,
burg that Port Arthur has fallen arouse
only smiles from Russian officers. It
is not improbable that fighting is now
progressing at Ia Tche Kiao, as Rus
sian advices show that the japanese
were within a few miles Of that place.
The Russian resistance will probably
be determined by the character of Cen
eral Kuroki's and General Modulus adj
vance on Hai-Cheng. A large force
Of Japanese within striking distance of
Hai-Cheng would render it Impossible
for the Russian commander to remain
at Ia Tche Kiao. in which event there
will be a fight at Hai-Cheng, the re-
suit of which will be much more I'M
portant h the recent engagement at
Kai Chou.
Under yesterdays date a correspond
ent of the Associated Press with the
Russian headquarters at Liao-Yang,
whose kilograms heretofore have been
reliable, the reception there
of joyful news Of a brilliant repulse
of the japanese assault at Port Arthur,
with the loss OF $1,000 men.7 The CORE.
%spondent says whole masses of the
enemy We're blown up by mines and
adds that the Russian losses We're 1900
and that Major General Fock pursued
the Japanese to the Nan Ga pass. The
correspondent says the reports are
causing general rejoicing and concludes
that General Oku will now retreat to
the south" 1t is possible the corre-
%spondent is confusing General Fock's
pursuit with the 9ttack made by him
July 5 on the japanese right flank,
when he was reported to have driven
the enemy back to Nan Ga pass.
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NAUGHTY BORIS SENT HOME.
kuropatkin Objected to Grand Dukes
Retinua in Mukden.

Berlin. July 1s.-In connection with the
recall Of Grand Duke Boris from Man
churia. a remarkable story is published by
the Tageblatt. According to information
which the paper claims to be authentic,
the grand duke arrived at Mukden with a
retinue of young women. General Kuro-
patkln, on hearing this, reproached him,
saying: Il cannot permit this at Russian
headquarters, and must insist on your
hlghncss sending these ladies away at
once"
d you know to whom you are talk
ing?" asked the grand duke. to which the
general answered: Certainly. your high
ness, you are a lieutenant in the Hussars
of the guard. I am commandments,
and order you to remove these ladies from
camp Immediately"
Greatly angered by this reply, the grand
duke drew his sword and wounded kuro-
patkin In the nose. The czar being tele-
graphed Of the incident. at once ordered
his cousin to return.
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UNCLE SAM NAY KICK
Canadian Effort to Draw People From
the United States Viewed as
U%nfriendly.

Washington, July l9.-It is probable
The attention of the British government
will be directed to the movement con
Quoted officially by the Canadian gov
eminent to induce Immigration from
the United States to Northwest terri
tory. The Dominion department OF the
Interior. through an assistant sccle-
tary, has been sending ,Rrol gaout the
northwestern states circular letters de-
scribing the splendid of the
Canadian northwest and inviting !mmi-
grants by an offer of lG0 acres of land
to each.
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INTEREST AT WASHINGTON.
Search for LOOMS Has Been Presse.
From Day He disappeared.

Washington, July 19.-It is tated at
the state department To-Day that ever
since h disappearance of L. Kent
LOOMS a quiet but far-reaching invcs-
LEGATION has been energetically con-
Quoted and is stlll being carried on. AS
soon as the Associated Press dispatch
from London was handed him. Assist
ant Secretary of State LOOMS cabled
the American consul general at Lon
don, requesting him to have the body
carefully examined for any marks Of
violence. The number of the dead
mans watch had already been sent TO
the consul general. II if it comedies
with hat found on the body. the identi-
fcation will be considered complete and
arrangements for sending the body
home will be made.
1t has long been the theory of rela-
tiNes % Kent LOOMS that he went
upon the hurricane deck to get a
glimpse of h English shore and acct,
'entally stepped overheard.
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CLARK BABY IS A
COMPLETE MYSTERY
Why Did the Millionaire Sen.
ator Wait So Long TO Tell
About 1t?
FAMILY is NOT OPPOSED
Daughter Of the Senator Says There
Wasn't Any Chance for Opposition =
Senator's Relations to His
Beautiful Bride.

New York, July 1o.-"My father's
happiness is the first consideration of
his children" With this assertion Mrs.
Mary Culver, daughter of Senator
William \. Clark, disposes of all ques-
ton of the ia Aily's attitude toward the
recently ~annourced marriage of the
Montana millG2lire. which was coin
cidental with that of the existence of
a ~2-year-old daughter.
Runlors of family opposition which
had grown during the years of the
senator's devotion To .he lovely Miss
La Chappelle, whom he has converted
from ward 10 wife, have been current.
1t has been said that Mrs. Clark would
find a cold welcome at the hands of
the children of her husband on her
return to America TO take her place at
the head of his house in Washington.
Hints of mystery about the marriage
We're not lacking. Mrs. Culver was
seen at the home of her cousin. Mrs.
Richardson, at Greenwich. Conn.
Gave Flo Time for Opposition.
All talk of opposition TO my fathers
marriage said Mrs. Culver, is ridicu-
lous. He literally gave us no time for
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PRESSING THE ADVANCE
Japs Moving Towards Tatchekiao in
Scientific Fashion.

: ''''r0'
81. Petersburg, July 19.-The Japan
csc are continuing their van on
Tatclekiao, following u scientific
plan and ~entrerching their positions as
they move forward. They appear to be
taking extra precautions on account of
their knowledge that kuropatkin is at
Tatchekiao in person.
According to a dispatch from Lieu
tenant General Sakharoff. dated July
10, Generals Oku's and Nodzu's armies
have joined at Fang Chi. ten miles from
Tatchekiao. The Japanese are also
reported to nave occupied Pintzau, sew
Ell miles north of kai Chou, and were
still proceeding toward New Chwang,
which has not been occupied on July Is.
A detachment of Kuroki's force is re-
ported to have reached Tszhakehe, for
ty miles east OF Lao Yang, on the Feng
Wang Cheng road.
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CITIZENS In CONTROL.
Memphis Residents Order Mayor ana
Chief of Police to Resign Their
Positions.

Memphis, Tenn. July 19.-As an af-
termath to the double murder Monday
night, in which Deputy Sheriffs Nc
Dermott and Mitchell lost their lives
during their raid Of a peco gambling
house in the tenderloin district, a mon
ster mass meeting was held last night.
at which addresses were made by
prominent citizens and resolutions
passed which ask for the resignation of
Mayor Williams. Vice Mayor Hender-
son and Chief of Police Mason.
Fiv thousand people crowded the
Lyceum theater from pit to dome. and
Il like number, finding themselves I'M
able to gain admittance, assembled in
a body in the public square in the hear
of the city, where they We're addressed
by United States Senator Carmack and
others in a plea to keep within the
bounds of peace.
In the speeches it was charged that
a continued carnival of crime had been
taking place in Memphis and that the
present government n demonstrated
that 1t was incapable of holding the
reins of justice. The committee of pub
lie safety appointed a committee OF
1000 persons, which will wait on the
and associates With the resolu-
iions, asking for their vacation of office.
Gamblers Friends Guard Jail.
fileiluS vi roman. f.art-
ley, Degss and keene. the quintet of
gamblers alleged to have been asso-
.clated with the operation of the. peco
Same, and who are imprisoned in the
county Jail on the charge of numbering
the deputy sheriffs, We're active all day,
md succeeded in organizing to protect
them from any possible attack from
he excited populace II a attended the
mass meeting. With rifles the
n h friends yoIuntpavnI tl,ai. COW
vices to the jailer. and a band OF fifty
or more p%atrolled the region within five
blocks radius OF the bastile.
Sheriff Blackwell early in the day
sent additional deputies to the Jail to
resist any attack. ard at a late hour
st night il was considered hardly pos
.rble that any act of violence would =
committed.
Charges Three With Murders.
AT the ~ccroner's inquest over thu
bodies of the murdered deputies the re-
sponsibility was fixed on George Honar.
Harry Hartley and George Kaene.
An incident werlich occurred ut the
funeral oe MciDermott caused wide
spread excitement and for a time it
cooked as though Il boCy OF determined
men would march on the Jail to take
The aw in their own hands.
Rev. Father Murpny conducted /.
funeral services in the presence OF
hundreds of friends 90 the dead dep
uty The funetal CO = sc was nea.ly
a mile in length and the cemetery vas
crowded With friends. The sobs of
Mrs. M~cDermott, the widowed bride of
but u few weeks. could be heard. and
NJ the conclusion of the obseauies Miss
Davis, u sister OF Mrs. McDermott, ad-
dressing one of the pallhearers. said
she wished Il mob would form and
lynch George Honan. This caused the
crowd to thirst for vengeance.
HI body of Deputy Houston Mitch
ell was sent 10 his iormer home at
shannon. Miss. for interment.
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ST. PETERSBURG CONFIDENT.
Can But Believe That News of Jap De-
feat Is True.

st. Petersburg. July l6.-The people
of st. Petersburg retired last night in
a happy frame of mind. The absence
of a dispatch from Lieutenant General
Stoessel, commander of the military
forces at Port Arthur, regarding the
reported loss to the Japanese last Sum
day night Is generally attributed to the
delay in communicating official news,
owing to the absence of the emperor.
Private dispatches received in ST. Pc
tersburg from Russian sources in the
far east confirm the reports from Muk-
den and Chefoo. According to a
usually reliable source the Japanese
losses We're $500 and the Russian losses
1900.
The city remains in a ferment of ex-
element and the extras are eagerly
bought up in the hope of finding the
long expected dispatch from General
Stoessel.
1t was only late tonight that a dis
patch arrived which, had it become
generally known. would have tended
somewhat to dainpen the enthusiasm
This was a dispatch from Tatchekiao
communicating an Undated dispatch
from Port Arthur received there July
10. 1t did not mention the assault or
the repulse. but it is quite possible
that the dispatch was sent from Port
Arthur earlier thar July 10, so that it
III ot ldlllS iCSdIuCu do SOIllla.
dictory evidence.
1t is quite certain up to this date
that there is no disposition in any
quarter in st. Petersburg to question
the truth of the news. There is Il gen.
eral conviction that If Viceroy Alexieff
decided to communicate the report to
the general staff it must be true.
The Associated Press learns that the
war office had some hesitation in CIV
Ing out the dispatch owing to its dubi-
tative wording. 1t is contrary to the
custom of the war office to publish
statements made with such reserve as
Vlceroy AleXieff thought fit to adopt.
The rejoicing in the Russian capital
is increasing by a foreign dispatch
confirming the Japanese reverse.
The question is generally asked if the
Russians took advantage of the Japan
csc discontinue 10 follow up the blow
and inflict a crushing defeat With pos
sibly the capture of the siege guns.
ers and torpedo boats We're out again
filled the Russian cup Of joy to over
flowing. The retreat from Yin Kow
and perhaps from Tatchekiao does not
weigh in the balance.
h transfer of Genera Kuropatkin's
staff to Tatchekiao n the appearance
Of great activity there bluffed the Jap
anese into devoting all their attention
to that quarter. leaving the more valu-
able line from Lao Yang to Mukden
alone. Even if there is no battle at
Tatchekiao or Hal Cheng. the Russians
are now looking forward with entire
confidence to the concentration Of Cen
eral kuropatktn's forces around Lao
Yang. which will make the successful
termination of the first stage OF his
campaign.
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FOUR DROWNED.

Rowed Too Near the Milldam and the
Boat Upset.
Pittsburg, Kan. July 18.-Fonr per-
sons all this city We're drowned last
night in Spring river. eighteen miles
east Of here.
The dead:
H. A. STAMM AND WIFE.
MISS KATIE STAMM.
LOUISE MYERS.
They We're rowing and approached
too near a milldanl, which upset the
boat.
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Helps Union Pacific.

New York, July 1s.-The announce
ment of the Northern Securities decis-
lon caused a convulsive bound in Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific. the for
mer going to 95M. the latter to Sig;
both then ran off about a point. The
decision had been SO accurately fore
seen for three days hat the disposition
was to take profits after the decision
was announced and the market yielded
under this influence. An enormous alb
sorption Of Union Pacific convertible
bonds was the feature Of the trading.
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LOOMS BODY FOUND.
Of Missing Diplomat Washed
Ashore Near Plymouth.
Enuland.

London. July ia body supposed to
be that of T.. Kent LOOMS was washed
ashore this morning at Bigbury Bay.
Devonshire.
The body was that of a we'll dressed
man of five feet 6 inches. attircd in a
gray overcoat and lark blue suit. In
the pockets We're found a card with the
name "F. Kent Loomis," American and
English coins and a gold watch. The
body was found by laborers and was
considerably d~ecomposed. 1t was re-
moved to a n~eighboring farm building
to await an inquest.
Bigbury Bay is ten miles southeast
Of Plymouth, where the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm III. ar
rived on June 20 from New York. sup.
posed to have on board T.. Kent LOOMS,
brother of Assistant Secletary of State
Loomis.
LOOMS was missed at 1 O'Clock that
morning and has not been heard from
since. He was charged by the auth
critics at Washington to convey to
Abyssinia a treaty of con-
Guided between the United States and
Emperor Menelik. of Abyssinia. Mr..
LOOMS Travelled With William H. Ellis,
of New York, who in view of the dis
appearance of the former took the
treaty, which was found in Loomis'
baggage. TO Ads Abeba, the Abyssinian
capital.
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a RUSH AT BoNEsTEEL
A Thousand Registered This Morning
and the Afternoon Number Will
q, C+;iI ,r,ar

Bonesteel. S. D., July 1e.-An i'm
mense crowd is here today, the line at
noon extending almost two blocks.
Clerk McPhaul registered 1000 this
morning and more than that number
will register this afternoon. The North
western brought in two sections at
moor loaded with people.
The st. Elmo townsite sale is in
progress at st Elmo. a great many
people attending.
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st. Petersburg. July l6.-There Is
now good reason to believe the report
OF a Japanese disaster before Port Ar
thur came from the Russian consul
at Chefoo. Although there is no confir-
nation here of the Toxic report that
the Japanese nave taken New Chwang
without opposition. it does not create
surprise, as its abandonment is con-
sidered only a matter of time.
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New York Bank Statement.
RUSSIAN ~ASSASSINATED
Vice Governor Of EIizabethpel Meets
Death at Hands of Unknown
Party,

st. Petersburg. July 19.-The vic,
governor Of Elizabethpel was assassl-
mated.
The assassination occurred at Adgs-
hakent, a small place in the southwest
ern corner of the government of Eliza
hethpel
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New Chwang. July 16.-It is report
ed the Japanese troops advancing on
Kai Chou have e~ntrenched and are
awaiting reinforcements. There is
heavy firing day II night, proving
the Russians are making a stubborn
resistance.