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Fill MilISi now IRPRBSPECTForecaster Demain Pre-
dicts Clear Skies forBig Firemen's ParadeTo-morrow
ITO-DAY S RAIN
LAYS THE DUST
Temperature To morrow Will Be a Lit.tie High for Comfortable Marcliiag.
but the Smoke-eaters Are Well
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' 1Ksir t«-rigbt and to-morrow. Con- ItinueJ mild temperature."
With that forecast issued at S
oVtoek t£is moraing by officials in' of tiie k»cai office of the
Weather H- reau. according to
the of the bureau is a forecastuntil S o>ic«i to-morrow evening, van-
I lshei t.ie fears of toe thousands of fire-i men. esger for good weatiier for the
j pars ie to-morrow.Many had hoped for a drop of about j
' ten degrees b tcccperatiire to make anies x,ar. j.iag .-.ay. It" anything, there
"vid }>e a slight -increase in temjiera-t«?re. uite to a spell of sunshine. Therewill very few kickers in the mult:-!tuues of nuuvhers or sj.e- ;a'.ors on this
pros)>e. t, however.No }>er®ons were more surprise.! at !
the sipht of tun this morning thaniowi weather forecasters. The rain wasnot the result of a well-defined depres-sion, bwt came on tiie heels of one thatwas far off the Jersey coast. The rain. {it was believed, was induced by winds 'from the and now" it is believe.lTfiat those same winds, which haveshifted slightly to the southeast, willbring brijrht wearner to morrow.
VCTiat Mr. Demain SaysThe rain was mostly local an.' but
few ; lares east of the Mississippi val30} showe.i any before So'cioek this niorning. It is this tnaileads the local weathe- men to hand outthe encouraging weather report, for to 1morrow. In speak r£ of the aitoa-tion 1.his mcmijg E. B. Dentin, forevaster >ia charge of the Hamsborg office, said : !
"It is altogether likely that it will \u25a0become generally cloudy late this after- inoon or to-night (this is a weather bureau way of indicating the breaking ofthe solid bank of clouds) and there is
.% possible hance that there may lie Jsome sunshine this afternoon. This!morning's ra;a occurred ia a uniformly :
C«N»rl «*» Srrnl Pas*.
I. OF P. SCHOOL OPENS
Provost Smith Speaks for School WhichExisted Before the U. S.
Ttie Harrishurg branch of the Univwr-satv of Pe«niisylvan''a h».l its formalo)<enng at Technical Hjgih sc-hool auditorium las* night. In the audience 1were Tie newly-enrolled students, num-bering 19f* young men ad young wom-en. witii their friends, and on the platform were members of the Universityfaculty and men of this vity who hn\eneea active in the organization of thelocal svhoo l.
Provost 'Dr. Etlgar Palis Smith, of:the Cnaversity, :mpiewd ujxiu She newstudents the fact that the university jwhich they are entering has played abig part in the history of this State.He told how the university was established an i was doing effeetive work be jfonvlbe United .States fame into being. 1or brfSw the tommonwealth of Pennsylvan its republican formof govTernTTT^S.
The other of the eveningwere State LebrarSo Dr. Thomas LynchMontgomery. Sipen,-eh O. Gilbert, Wil-liam B. McCaleb, I>r. Roswell 0. Mo :Crea. Dr. Pierson and C. H*rrv Katn. j
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PENH. Af FRISCO SHOWCon* 1* Approved for Docorattng asd
B jtiitif* the State Bolldtn;
?t the Exposition
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«Ki.e'«ot nil'", a* )*aai'le«l .»i" »*ePenn vlvaaia I'lmma Phnli.-lion orwniuion. to lav ap;irove-{ ««i-
--tracl for tae ilerorativo ail i<fiutUr-
Han '"ranr'ieoTc Ulnar I T'iimt>ull. of l**?*«li«ir£h.
*a« iwtrili-.l the contract for twoerontivr mural'Pe n't Trent* With the la-ltaß<"
ami "Meel InduMrien of Peaa«yi> a-nia,' roapertivelv. Ijih of these|otin inf« will be IT feet. < ;n.-he» hifaand I* fre! lonn »n l will Bl.'»<>o.
Tt ' harle# .1. Taylor. Pitt*l>urjh.wan awardal the -ontrart for denjsa?ng 1 a<l painting eevea pane!* ia I mil-mi i 1 the rei-epron with Coioniatlan l> ap«* for the pr.-e of fl^OO.
Ti OuiMppe [>onato, I'hiiadelpaia.*ai awcrileil the .-oiiirart for foatterm nai buata with (le-iestai*. at theftrin of »3.00i>.
1' .Hue K. Watwn. *a»
aurai.Se<l the rontrart for m meliejtfou» panel* at t'ie pr rt of
T< Ail)(ufl teller*. Pittsburgh. m<**.?l led the ?-ontrart for andhui inK four oraaftiratal urw* al th'prin of lI.MO.
I*UTH BULLET INTO BB VTV
Trine Sitcid* of Banii Tetter FollowLng Ninroiii Breakdown
R a.liiiu. Pa.. iVt. 7.-?The ho.lv ofJoe th I. Halm, age I S5 ipir*. a we?? no' ii rill/en an.l teller of aloeal flnannal iTiatrtatton, w» foua-l \u25a0on t ielMt. P'nn boulevard la-!ii.
II ? ha I urnt a huile; thr<ij(A htshra . He WM uhligeH to give an hi*em orment a year mf.t of aim iii*hreaadoww ||r .r« a familjf.
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*1 A DAY FUR ASSESSORS
That !* Kate at wnish Tbey Will Be
Trad On Slecuon Day
If there are any assessors in Daupit i itty 1 V.»f toeafeioas liiat
art tkeni a financial ioi-ome of15 It. $S « even !J. thev will work
on e'e.; ia*. Novem*>" 3, at afinanrtal loss. liiflf iarome to be litni:-
to $1 and their rNatrr's 3»olwisaes.
Tte one iollara-day rate for asses-<er< . the pro* ir-l in ley-'.»ia: .>» is Jaly. IS3S. and inview of the :aet that there ?« no otheres'-t ns tao prantms a larger ailow-aa e. the County ( ommtstioncrs wereto d«y toforrre-l by their i.'ja' a ir'sfrtha' !aey .anaot giant aa in rease.
I'ntil the «wi|t |>haiarir< it hadbeen t>e rustum ;i tiis and pra'ticj!I' a:' jtier - ai: e= of the B:*te to
pay assessois j<> a fay for these'vtres they render the eleet ion
b"»rls. WHea 'ountv subtait-t(4 to the State it,« ekiw for the(?\u25a0 ».« \u25a0? eie* ? on?tsat e:ertion .ar
? .'t on a: the expense of the State,the .-piiatiei iieanij the etpen«e onlyof general eleetions ?-the Auditor Gen-eral at M«ed IBe assessors" pay at therate of )l a day.
Vt tie s=ai- tia»e ?tate olfinais desM are bo.no to sit only
at'iec."nJ el*rtio«a and tee matter ofS Ig at prsirar.es is optional with
th» However the rountv»-«« re i for assessors sitting at?he pr.sar : e*. A*-cofvlingiy the asses-sor* aere aid $1 ea-h n April and?bey ? l! r* rve the same amount for? as a* the geueral election in Xo-» ember.
Oolcctl Foaad Dead In BedHf P^»i.U- t. 7. I.SI P
?*:ant ''--?rel Sir Will-ism Henry P."<eeper of His Mawstv "s
prtv* pcrv sis r l?"h. w»« fovcj deedin t*i/meet); r|t. He was bora inI SIS.
i ,r <:, ri'iii iing >r rtrt'i tin !>? »i
tatiOh. ii whir 1 rn» w» ?* 1 h»tan. "gruitv .at "sete,l in I r wnira' on jnd tho f n'ira of thr Ho.Itoi i. T'enroae t 'h ' a-trd Mat'*
Kenate. .ad pc it»d e. I Ihr Hrna jtor'* "riTrit* 1 h»»ir of .rg Ibinehiij! tt the * i*>i*i..''
Vne -rani tici.i * * p:r 1 proa I*m?«*t " t'n action tW, A". W in.|» tr.
? i/g II 1 lit e tn f'» fhrr th ll'imtn»'?: promote thr in-ti a- of M. «
I »iro«» 1* nrreb; *reral> . aal awl*« ,« air oui and r \*r .m . aMI
?atifii."
A rrtiilution pr' fated by J#a . nng.? t Hanover, g thr . >n< tion «.f
'MInurd on Mrimlb fm «.
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HARRISBURG IN HANDS OF THE FIREMENIffVINIMMNL X' *-'0 jfc S~\ tVENtN&\
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®he Star- Jtifapctitont1210 111 WILLMARCH 111PARADE;
Head of the Line Will:Start Down SecondStreet Promptly at,
1.30 O'clock
SPECIAL STREETCAR SCHEDULES!
Arrangements Made Whereby Streets
in Route of Procession Will Be jFree From All Obstructions? jChief Marshal's Last Orders
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ROUTE OF TO MORROW SPARADE
The head of the parade will format Second and Varoeke streets andmove over the following route, mov-ing promptly at 1.30 o'clock to-morrow afternoon:
Second to M-rket, to Fourth, tothe Mulberry street viaduct, to Der-rj, to Seventeenth, to Market, toFourth, to Sixth, to Woodbine, toNew Fourth, to Reily, to Third, toNorth, to Second, to otate, to Front,to Chestnut, to Second, to MaiketSquare, dismiss.
With final instructions given to the:\ar;ous division marshal? this morning,:Howard O. Holstein, chief marshal, iscompleting arrangements to day for themonster firemen s parade of to-morrow.He is being assisted by the Police De-partment, which will police the entire iroute ot parade, and the HarrisburgRailways ( ompany, whose officials haw
I arranged a schedule so that the carswill not interfere with the movementof the marchers.
Intil 11.30 o'clock tomorrow morn-ing thief Marshal Holstein will havehis headquarters at 42(1 Market street.After that he will lie at I I'd Verbekestreet, personally directing the forma-tion of the parade. The head of thefine will move from Second and Verbekc streets ilown Second street, the
: various divisions falling in from the, side streets as the head moves along.
All divisions have been ordered to
ConHfiuril on >rcond Pjir?,
GERMAN ADVANCE GUARDS! IN TOUCH WITH ENEITS
CAVALRY. SAYS BERLINBerlin, Oct. 7, Via Amsterdam and ?
London 11 -5,» A. M.?The following. official communication was given out bythe-headquarters staff of the Germanarmy thi evening of October G:
"Continuous French outflankingmovements against our right wing haveextended the battle front until it is
| now north ot Arras. West of Lille andwest of I.»ens (nine miles northeast of\rras) our advance guards arc intouch with the enemy 's cavalry.
"No decision yet has been reachedin our counter attacks along the linebetween Arras. Albert, and Roye.
"The situation remains unchangedalong the battle front between tiie Oiseand the Meusp in the vicinity of Ver
I dun and in Alsace-LorTSine."There is no news from Antwerp."In the eastern theatre of the wa.'
the Russians advancing against Ha*:I Prussia through the province of Suwalki have been checked. We have beensuccessful in our attack against the
near the town of Suwalki. Thismovement began yesterday.
"In Russian Poland our troops onOctober 4 dislodged a Russian brigadeof tiie Garde Fusiliers from an en-
: trenched position between Opatow ami
i Ostrowleck. The Russians lost 3,000| prisoners and several machine guns.
".'There was an engagement Octobera in the vicinity of Radon- betweenour forces and t*o divisions and a halfo-f -fiajssian cavalry, together with por
ti<y!« of the Ivangerod reserves. Theenemy was repulsed and driven back on
; 1 vangerod.''
The reference to Radom in the fore! going dispatch shows military activityI in a region that has not figured as afield of operations for some time. j.
; Radom is about 60 miles south of War- j! saw and 50 miles west of Lublin. Theprovince of Radom borders on Gnlicia.Ivangerod (Demblin) is on ih<- Vistula iriver 30 miles northeast of Radom.
JAPS TAKE ISLAND OF KAP. :ONE OF CAROLINE CROUP
Pekin. Oct. 7, 7.45 P. M. Accord-ing to a German news agency dispatch ;?Japanese forces have occupied the is-
land of Yap. the most important islandin the Caroline group, or new Philip
pines, in the Pacific ocean.
The Caroline Islands are east of the
Philippines. The group is very ex-
tended, and comprises about 680 smallislands. Yap is about 1,000 miles
from the island of .Mindanao, one of
the Philippine group. The Caroline is-
lands were sold by Spain to Germanyin 1899.
POSTSCRIPT
PRICE. ONE CENT.
RUSSIANSSURPRISED,
DEFEATEDA Sudden Advance of
the German and Aus-trian Forces in Rus-sian Poland
BIG VICTORY FORDUAL MONARCHY
Report From Lemberg, Galicia, State;
That Przemysl, the Strong Fortress
of the Atistrians, Is Being Bombarded by Russian Heavy Artillery
Vienna, Oct. 7, via Amsterdam ancLondon, I p. m.?The following of-ficial statement signed by General VoiHoefer, deputy chief of the genera!start, wa3 given out in this city to-day:
'Oct. a?The sudden advance olUto German and Austrian forces in Rus-sian Poland seems to have completc'jsurprised the Russians. Although theymoved strong forces from Galicia to thenorth they wero repulsed and driver,back across t*ie Vistula by tne allies
while an eftort to cross theriver in the direction of Opatow.
"Our troops capturad a bridge he'dby the Russians near Saadomtr. InGalicia we are anv.T. -ing in accordancewith our plans. In the vicinity oiTarnovezeg we. routed a division oiRussian infantry.''
London. Oct. 7 I.e. P. ',l.?Tt in of-ficially announced from K'iszt,, r'.ar-marous county, that Austrian forceshave been heavily engaged v.l- !i fh:.-,.Finns since Monday, at a point nan
Trcso. telegrr.pha the Amsterdam corro-spondeat of Router':', Tslcv'-n cr vpany. The Russian."- rstrratsd. Tho int.-'.Jo came to an near Kricfl'alva v:tbcomplete victory for the Austrian".
Ttofo is about twenty miies sout.i-east of Husst on the railroad andKricsfnlva is .ib ur U:o same dr'-.-nveoa.-t of Htiuzt. Marnaros county is in
tlw extreme cast of Hungary, betwesuGalicia and Transylvania.
Paris. Oct. 7. U.«» P. M.?A HavasAgency dispr.tch from Petroprad saysthat a report from Lr berg, Galicia,states that Prremys!, the strong fort-ress of tbo Austria lit, iifty-one mileswest of Lemberg is being bombardedby Russian heavy artillitry
Ttae damage is conrid-.-iablo, "iot;r,ei
being set on fro by bursting shrapnelAll otlo r ts cf t'io A"stris;i fiild piejssto assist t.h3 lev 1 \ rv." : I>\\ tins-tcccss-ful and t?:-«?.3 !t;s .-,»t rctreatad toVlotstavak.
CFISASWmSSUIIIST KiAO-GfiOW. IS REPORTT-'- o. Oct. 7, 5.30 I'. M. T'.e he-
liet ivj. expressed at the War Otfi-o
fo-ila.v that ti>»' ''erman cruiser ( ormor-an and two other German gunboat ' hadbeen sunk in Kiao-( how hav.
The Japanese army has occupied the
?""hun Tung raii. 'ad as far vnt as Ghi-Nan.
Pekin, China. Oct. 7. Ac.-oi-.ling ioaihiic.i eivc.i here, the r-.ilroad sta-tion" n: i hi-Naii, in Mlian-Tung province,west of Kiao-i'how, has been occupiedby thirty Japanese soldiers. Onehundred and fifty more are expected to-morrow.
A dispatch received here by the \g-
sociated Press from < h; Nan says notrains were running over the Shan-Tung railroad. The lolling stock hasbeen collected mostly at. Ihi Nail.Germans from all along the line, includ-ing women and children, have takenrefuge in I'M Nan.
The Japanese legation lieie ays thatsiege guns an now read* for au at-tack on Tsing Tin. The (ierman gar-rison, the legation continues, will liesummoned to surrender and opportunitywill bo given non-coiiiliatantj to comeout. The Ame; ian legation in Pe-kin has sent instructions to W. K. 'Peck,the American consul at Tsing Tau, tocome out when this opportunity is of-fered.
The Japanese have released the em-ployes of the Shan Tung railroad pieviously h*ld by them.
London, Oct. 7, 3.13 P. M.?The"< entral News'' has announced thata British Submarine has sunk a German torpedo boat destroyer off the Kinsestuary.
London, Oct. 7. 2.10 P. M.?A dis-patch received from Amsterdam saysthat a German torpedo boat destroyeris reported to have been sunk by amine off Ihe estuary of the ri\er Kins,between the Netherlands and KastFriesland in the North sea.
Whether this German torpedo boatdestroyer was sunk by a mine or aBritish suhmariue has not vet becomeknown in London. Advices clearing upthis uncertainty are expected shortly