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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. A Prtrograd -.-i h ol yesterday says: "A mea-rrom ■ irsna nays the towns of JirardoaT, tlrnitsl and Blouie all were in names when tin i. i mans reached thoi t. II., invaders are said to have !,.n t. reed •■ BglM lire -- persistently in the ad-ranee to the Vistula river thai iii- Teutonic armiea , . re preceded b; aetachments of military ireineu. , The Russian newsnapers toda are unanimous in Ktatiag thai Bussla.* determination to pursue tin vvHr to a victoiioiis end h.as been Htrengthened by the enforced evacuation of Warsaw." The Bech aaya: » long a- iii, armj i- intari we ran i no ntlj ,, , the iniuie" Ten ibousand |s»rao«s have been i i ring Riga, the Rail • i apital, uall] for i «- ■ Iniani the ■•let- inosl r-arefuUy removed from Ibe • icaated territory are r hares Delia, inanv of them rt,.ii lo,. large lo remove whole without erecting . i.i framework. In stick cases the hells are awen to njecaa, Such was the late of the 300-ton bell in the Warsaw orthodox cathedral. Kovogeorg-levsk, atoeteea miles aorthweal of Warsaw, still re mains in Russian hands today, notwithstanding the c.onation of the Polish capital, according io Information received by the Bosnian war oilico. The fortress has been prepared for a atege, and it already is Invested. It constitutes the only fortified position on tin- Visiula river in possession of tne Russians." The official statement named by the war office it Berlin yesterday regarding fighting in tin- eastern theater of war reads: "in Courland, in the vicinity of 1opel. northeast of Poriewesch, ami near Kowarsk and Kurkle, northeast of WHkomiera, cavalry fighting look place and went in OUT favor. Oi the Narew front, south of I.oni/.a. in spite of stubborn resistance ottered by Hie Russian*, the Uer man army made further progress. Between the in, ,11111 of the Bug and Nastetsh liege troops have broken throngs from Kowseorgtovak into the enemys position south of uicndostwo and have advanced in tin direction of the lower N:irew. Our airship squadron In mbarded tha railway station and buihllnga in Bialyostok with Ixuubs. As mentioned in the daily i-tix.rt. issued yesterday, the Kiiaslana. after they had l eeu d iven out of the outer and inner lines of the Wa.suw forts, evacuated the town and have withdrawn to Praga, ua the right bank of the Vistula. Our troops which penetrated ■cross the Vistula took some positions of the enemy. I Field Marshal von Maekenaen is couttnulag the fight in pursuit of the enemy. Northoaal of Novo Alexandria the enemj was driven out of his positions hj Am-tro-Hunsarian troops and near Bawin, north of Chelin. he was driven out bj the Oermans." The Ireiicii war oaaed veaterdaj gave out an • Hi-rial communication which reads: "in the Artois district there were during almost all but niln a series of engagements with band grenades around Souchez. in front of Neiiville St. Vaast a Herman attack whs easily and quickly cheeked. In the Ai gone, ilie fighting with IkuhIis and other explosives, supported by srtiUerj actions, t-k on greater Intensity during the night, particularly in the neighborhood ol hill No. 213. In the region of Pontatne-Anx Cfaarmes and in the direction of St. Hubert, to the west of hill No. 213, the Germans endeavored to move out froiii their trenches, bin were at once checked bv our lire. On the heights of the Mease. at Boil Haut. tlie enemy delivered two attacks. each of which wis without success. Our assailants wet-,, driven back witn band grenades and by the tire ,,f our infantrv. In Lorraine the Germans during la-t Bight 1 ibarded the village of Bmbermenll, as well as our positions b round KeiUer. Two German aviator- have thrown down en the village of 1 raise, in the valley of the Hiver Meurthe. a total of t, I, bomba, killing two women and on.- soldier." From Hrownsxille. Tex., i dispatch of yesterdaj says: "Mexican outlaws today raided the vUlage ol Sebastian, thirty-seven mile- north of here, killinu iwo pels., ns. a man and his sou. Inilcd States cavalrymen from Harllngton, twelve miles distant, have gone to Sebastian. Fifteen rangers and armed men started from near-by points for Sebastian and practically every man in Harllngton armed him-!: preparing to hunt for the outlaws. The dead are Al Austin, president of the Sebastian Law and Drder League, and Charles Austin. Tin- league recently rorced several men to leave Sebastian, which is little re than a scattering of laiinlioii--. with some crossroads stores. Austin and ids son were running a corn shelter when armed Mexicans gallop e,| up. taking both into the brush near-!,..- and killed them. State Adjutant Genera] Henry Hutchlns arrived here today from Austin to confer on measures to repress lawteasMSB. The los ati of Europe ill tlie war up to May SI, a- compiled b the French ministry of war. are as follow-: KiUed. Wound. -.1. Prisoners. Prance 400,000 000,000 180,000 Knglaud 1X1,000 2h .iio » Ko.OOO Belgium 40.000 4«.UH«» 1...IMMI U,isi;i 1,250,000 1,080,000 8.TO.O0O ..rnnuiy 1 r,:;o.oon i.ss;.uihi 400.000 Austria ..1,010,000 1,805,000 OlO.OOo Turkey 110.100 144.tHt V5.00U Totals .- .2"4 ,00O 0,478,000 2,030,000 .rand total. 1 1,308.000. Ami it is entirely safe to say that the enormous military operations since that date have made fearful additions to this appalling estimate. It became known at police headquarters at New York reaterday thai a sii.-k of dynamite was found aboard the Whit,- Star linei Arabic before she Bailed for Liverpool on July 2V Tlie explosive in such a state of deterioration that experts said it would have exploded at the slightest Jar, was found by a Stewardess between hot and cold water pipes. It was wrapped in new -papers. The explosive was dis-covered the day before the steamer sailed with in we than lii.MMi tons of cargo, almost all ol which uav war supplies. dm hundred and eighty-eight | a-sengers, among them twelve Americana, were aboard the steamer. Orders wen- received at the Philadelphia navy yard veaterdaj to -.end ■ regiment of 900 additional I marines to Port an Prince, Haiti, and tlie men will leave here on Monday ti the cruiser Tennessee. The ■ ■mis,-! n at tin- Brooklyn navy yard. The marines. Who will be under the command ol Mai. Smedley D. Butler, will reinforce the ."eo sea soldiers cut* t , Haiti a week irt on the battleship C nnectlcut. The order- received will clear the aavj yard ol marines, .and it is expected that detacbments will he as I signed for duty there from oilier stations along nan At 1m n t ic roast . Battery C of the Sixth Catted states field artillery I arrived at .V gales. Ariz., from Douglas. Ariz . j yesterday lo protect American lives ami property j from the in-,, of the warring factions in noBora, 1 Mexico, it was suited thai the battery bad orders to -h.ll eiUo-r -,i the Mexican faction- thai senl bullets bib. A ilelicillC termor* . - -Llio I III lll.-.l forces, when attacked Nogales, Honors . * vTWnea day ami then withdrew, have drawn closer to the town with reinforcements, six bullets Hew into the American town of .Nogales during the fighting Wednesday. The occupation of Warsaw now is centering attention on a aeries of Important events that .-.re being arranged. First will be the selection of a human governor. Reports indicate the appointee will be a German prime, possibly a son of the German emperor or an Austrian archduke, who will In-rested with authority akin to that which Napoleon gave to his brothers and his marshals as kings of occupied territory. Mayor Thomi -on will make up for the interrup-tien of his western trip because of the Kasilaml disa ter by a aecoad trip to the coast in October. A special train bearing the mayor and a large number of city othcials and political associates ill leave Chicago October I. according to present plans.
