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The Rickerti of By J. R. Wilkin ?on New BHB leading scientists < working of gravitatio: tending to come toget into unknown space, such dismal pessimist mortality of the cosm< the heat of partial ii space the matter that gravitation b But what is "partial impact?" move, each with its own direction in apace dead sans, that is, stars w died out. leaving them Invisible. 1 roction. Occasionally, therefore, tv tfve influence for immense period over increasing speed, and finally const curves round the sun, or ' sdjlMl motion of the two stars wil being a fair and square one, that i a grazing or partial impact, a part These two parts coming to a stand speed is turned into the fiercest he a gas and a new star is thus form wtth great friction and go on thel <n one side. Perhaps they may may never return - round the sun; return and smite again or become the possibilities that may happen a The Lion CI By W. C. Jameao we are to believe Bi T simply an armed demi A oblige them to mainta I extending from north* Sf) Thibetan officials hav< caravans using these h according to India's a barbarous neighbors on the north official explanation for the ears of tb far (has profiting by Russia's pres rival wwaM adopt against a wily t doubt that bad the sphere of infiuei boo seemed almost certain for yean hell of Achilles to British existence natural barrier-country of Thibet t would be sb iged to abandon all at ole purpose in her present Invas?o her Indian empire. Henceforth Thil red to mark English control, for no the tremewdons advantage wbidb straager force.?Booklovers' Magazi China's Em] By Minnie Nort the time came f I lA /1| guests, the Emperor I Jf jf | beyond me I stepped fcESSSSf ment when the Em; 16^8831 hands, stroked my a lEggCjjWj? bow long 1 would ren Me her again when 1 lose my equanimity, but studied thi Could abe of dignified mein, melodious 'oice be the most desp< world? Hi? she two distinctly oj marvelous power? Born in cbscur orlte concubine of the harem, youi nacle of authority by incredible at the intrigue of the Chinese court i borne a of armed life, and her en terrible swiftness, while her auto less will ?he has stripped the Em authority which for a brief period at Kang Yu Wei. absolutely contr the earthly aestiay of 400,000,000 c And this most fascinating of 1 again," annihilating conventional! woman rotor in this land of Conf the philosophy of the Great Sage, - ' tmj. FRENCH OF NEW ORLEANS. 1 Described by Jules Huret in Paris "Figaro." How fondly tlrey cling to their two-storhjd houses with green blii their coarts and their Spanish gal ies. In that also they are Indeed our blocd. While tne angio-oa.*. go to create new districts with br avenues lika St. Charles avenue, t refuse to follow. They live in tl ancient streets where they were b< without paving and so filthy that 1 impossible to cress them except the corners where a few paving sto have beta placed to form a f< In these streets one hears French cluaively. It is here that one fi the few passably good restaurs of the ?Ity, called "Frenche Res' rants"?kept by the garulous 9oi enters?which have the apearanct those oM r<"staurant8 of our merid al cities, where one is served on c< ery highly spiced, as will give it Southern tradition, but which in r ity hclds scarcely any relation the French cuisine But in e.ll the streets one ru< constantly the Southern type, e black and brilliant, black mustai an easy supple walk with notl of the Ang o-Saxon rigidity to wl one becomes accustomed in Northern 8tabes. It seems ano Sous to hear these people speal English. Likewise R is a delight addressing them to hear them expi themselves at once in our l&ngu aa purely and as clearly as if t had Just lift France. Aad the life there led is charn ?7-a lifo eacny yet active and witt the rigoromi hypocrisy cf New I land. People know how to air themselves, to entertain themse gnd to mix work with pleasure, carnival which I have already perifced, is one of the signs of But all tiro year bails, dinners, re tlcns and excursions follow one other. Sundays one goes to bn fast, or to dine at West End, a l&urarr built en the water, full onian Theory Partial Impact. . of Canterbury College. Zealand. of the day still teach that, through the a, all matter in the universe is gradually :her in one mass, losing all light and heat The theory of Prof. Bickerton cries halt to n, and in the splendid chapter on the imos it is shown that the expansive power of [ pacts scatters and redistributes through rings together. The stars (commonly, but wrongly fixed) and rate of motion. There must also be hose light has shcne in ages past and has Each of them has its own motion and diw stars that have felt each other's aKracs of time will approach each other with will either curve round each other as a else will come into awful collision. The >1 practically always prevent the'blow from s to say a complete impact; but it will be t of one star striking a part of the other, still as one mass, the energy of their huge at, and the mAss begins at cnce to expand ed. The parts that do not strike sheer off r way with a brightly incandescent patch never return to each other, as a comet ; but under certain conditions they may associated together as double stars. But ire too complex for discussion here. leckmates The Bear n Reid. rltisb statesmen, the purpose in Thibet is Dnstration to impress Thibetan officials, and in safety and freedom of trade on the roads ;rn Ii\dia to the western borders of China, e countenanced brigandage against trading ifghways between India and China: and now idministrative circles, it is time that these be taugfit a salutary lesson. This is tJhe e mild:y inquiring world. England's reasons ent embarrassment are such as any astute ind powerful adversary. There can be no ace in Thibet passed into Russian hands, as ? past. India would have proved a veritable in Asia. On the other hand, with this great inder British influence and control. Russia tempts of expansion Indiaward. England's a of Thibet is to thwart Russian designs on bet may for all practical purposes be painted one can imagine that England will give up she has gained, Bave by compulsion of a ne. press Dowager. on. or adieus, her Majesty mfngled with her following closely; and as Mrs. Conger got [ aside for royalty. Imagine my astonlshpress Dowager turned, took me by both irm and Inquired how I liked China and lain, concluding by asking me to .come ana [ returned to visit Mrs. Conger! I did not s most remarkable woman at closest range, deep-set unflinching eyes, rare smile and itic female sovereign in the history of the ipcsite natures? Is this the secret of her lty, the daughter of a minor officer, a favng and inexperienced, she reached the pinlility, shrewdness and daring. Through all since she flrst usurped the thron g she has emlas have arisen only to disappear with cracy remains unchallenged. With relentperor of the last vestige of the legitimate he had exercised under the wise guidance oiling his every wcrd and act, as well as if subjects. icsts urged us to "stay longer" and "come ty and precedent, was Tsl An (the Great, ucius, where to be a woman, according to Is to be despised among men!?The Cenentertainments and music, the rendezvous of elegant society as carry as the March or AprilThat whicfc above all renders New old Orleans a deliciously habitable city, ids, perhaps unique in the United States. ier. is that which remains of the viva0f city of the French element, or rather on3 of the Creole element, for to the cad French there came to be added and bey amalgamated.no years ago a apauusu ieir colony, Itself very distinguished, )rn which conceded nothing to cur own. t js' It is from the fusion of the two races af that has been formed the Creole eleneg ment of New Orleans, polished, se jr<j ductive and grand seigneur. exi One afternoon I counted there fifty nds yGUBg; ladies in light, elegant tollocs infs ?' Pertect taste, who created for me tau- a distant vision of Parisian bal blanc and put to rest at once^my homesick5 of nes8ion Invention of Trouaera. Trousers originated In the high' lands of Central Asia, the first of 10 which there is any record having been worn by the Ayran people, who, unJets der Cyrus, descended from the moun'T66 tains into the plains of Mesopotamia, che, .j>be Romans later observed that 'I0? trousers were wcrn by their "barbarian" neighbors, the Germanic tribes. t5ie as well as by the Persians and others. Iina" The Romans themselves finally adoptting e(j trousers when campaigning or on traveling north of the Alps, but ress were careful to doff them as .soon as aSe they reentered Italy, bey For small children to be lift inI tirely nude was customary among our classical forbears. It is still a 1Qut custom among tho lower classes In Sng- i many of the tropical countries, notnluse ?-,]y the West Indies. Indian chil've9 ! dren outside the zone <:f the Indian The ; school rarely wear clothing when the de* weather is warm.?vVasliington Star, it. cepan a white headed vulture taken in pak- | 1706 died in the zoological gardens at res- | Vienna in 1S24. thus living 118 years I 1 in captivity. , FIJIAN FIRE WALKERS. Stroll 8??l?tel.r Over Kcd-Hot StooM TFlthoot Hrlnr Hurried. Those who witnessed the coronation procession will doubtless recollect a small group of copper-colored soldier.with bare legs and outstanding lia.'r Innocent oi covering. The strange people? Fijians?and their ".ncient ceremony of the Vilavolaircvo, or tire walking, were the subject of a paper read by W. L. Allardyce, C. M. (?., at a meeting of the IJoyal Colonial Institute yesterday. Admiral Sir N. Bowden-Sinith presided. The ceremony of tire walking. Mr. Allardyce explained. Is performed l>j a certain tribe at the I-'aud of Kega. and originated in a legend that iu reward for having spared the life of a man he had dug out of the ground, one Tui Quallta was invested with the power of being able to walk over red hot stones without being burned. An earth oven is made and tilled with layers of wood and stone. In this a lire is kindled about twelve hours before the tire walking takes place, and, when the hot stones have bee exposed by brushing away the charcoal, the natives, under the direction of a master of ceremonies, walk over them barefooted. The temperature at the edge of the oven Is about 120 degree Fahrenheit, while on one occasion, when the thermometer was suspended over the stones, it registered 282 degrees and the solder was melted. Yet, stated Mr. Allardvee. after the ceremony the natives show no signs of the terrific ordeal through wliicli they have gone By means of a number of views the lecturer gave a realistic Idea of the ceremony as performed nowadays. J Vice-Adiniral Lewis Beaumont described a tire walking ceremony as witnessed by himself. Although those who took part In it showed no signs of discomfort, he remarked that apparently they did not like it very much. Replying to questions, Mr. Allardyce said the only explanation he could give of the apparent immunity from harm following the process was that soles of the feet of the natives were hardened to an unusual degree through constant walking on a sandy soil covering coral, which became exceedingly hot under the sun. There was also the element of absolute belief by the natives in the legend that they were proof aguins' fire.?London Standard. Argentina and United State*. "It ought to be hammered into the minds of the American people that there is a rich and powerful nation to : the south?a nation destined to rank ! among the foremost powers of the wIiaca trqiln wn iiiv> br our I r? yi iu?vi nuvov, iiuv?v t. v .... ? ? own neglect getting hut a fractional part," said the Hon. John Biyrett, ex* I Minister to Argentina and present Minister to Fanama, at the New Willard. "One of the easiest and most potent Influences to bring about closer ties of friendship and better commercial relations with Argentina is the establishment of a line of swift mail and passenger steamships between New >"ork and Beunos Ayres. Of the $3t>4,* 000,000 of traffic that Argentina had with the outside world last year, the United States participated therein to the extent of only $24,000,000, whereas we ought to sell to her and buy of lie# more than all the rest of the world combined. To-day a business man in Buenos Ayres can write to London an I get an answer hack in fifty days. If the same letter had gone to New York it wohld take ninety days for a reply. There are seven lines of swift-going steamships plying between the Argentine capital and various ports of Europe, but all the vessels that come to us from the Uuited States are slow freighters, unfit for the conveyance c.f passengers. If we had these passenger boats at this time, hundreds of wealthy citizens of the big southern republic I would come to see the St. Louis Expo! sition, but they will stay at Lome rather than to have to make the trip via London.?Washington Post Exercise For the Voice. A vocal specialist, in emphasizing the rule that the voice to he kept in good condition must be exercised (unused CAAM Tl'AO L" r%1\\ Cfirc* i i* ci a owu t? vu uv4i;, w??j "Do not go to the-other extreme and ! nbu.se the vocal chords or* strain the throat muscles by shouting and screamiug. Deep yawning removes throat congestion, and improves the circulation of the blood tn these vital parts. Singing, loud laughter and public speaking will improve the quality, sweetness and endurance of the voice. Deep breaths should be taken, and the vowels repeated slowly in a deep, full, round touc of voice a dozeu times or more a day. "Do not constrict or strain the vocal chortls. Talk softly and easily. A rich resonant tone of voice is soon deve! oped by counting aloud while going through arai or body movements with dumbbells, or the chest weight drill. Count in a deep, smooth voice, open the mouth wide and let the sound come freely out." One authority recommends as a strengthening of the vocul chords and throat muscles gargling the throat every morning, with cold water lor oue week, and the next week wiitli hot. This is said to prevent sore throat and in some cases to cure it. -Massage the neck muscles with coid water morning and night and rub them vigorously with a coarse towel. Never cover the neck very warmly, and do not wear anvtliiug high or tight around it.?Prcsbyteriar Banner. Trench Railroads. Returns of the receipts on the French railways during the first six months of the year show a general decline compared with 19015. The loss of the principal companies is from two to three per cent CLOUDBURST LOSSES tieavj Dsrnge Wrought in Colorado SeUkmcnt THE LOSS V. ILL REACH A MILLION Devastation Wrought Along the i Whole Valley of the Las Animas River, Including the City of Las Anirr.as. Trinidad, Col., Special.?A terrific flood has struck the city of Trinidad and the whole valley along the Las Animas river, devestatiug a wide section and causing a loss which will reach $1,000,U00. So far as known there was no loss (if life, but several are reported missing. Every bridge In the city of Trinidad is out, and the telephono and telegraphic service completely suspended. More than 30 city blocks in the residence and business portions were from two to throe feet under weter along the river. The flood was caused by a heavy :a!n which has been falling for two days. At 8 o'clock Thursday night the storm assumed cloudburst proportions and ai 5 rtvwo.- this moraine the Las Animas | river went over it3 banks. At 3:30 it was impossible to get within a block ct the l iver bed at any point, and Commercial street was flooded for three blocks in the heart of the business district. Meantime the electric light and gas plant had been flooded and the city was in complete darkness. Hundreds of citizens thronged the streets on the edge of the submerged district, carrying lanterns and doing their best to provide for those driven from home *ith shelter. Warning of the flood was given when the river left its banks, by revolver shots and the ringing of the Are alarm, following the blowing of all the locomotive and shop whistles In town. Citizens upon rafts made erf sections of sidewalks paddled through the streets rescuing families which were in danger. The new Bacca Hotel, a twostory structure just nearing completion at a cost of $20,000 on the river bank, was destroyed. The water then ate its way through 50 feet of ground to the Santc Fe depot, which was carried away. The Cardenas Hotel, adjoining, barely escaped a similar fate, an acre cf ground being washed away near it The Rio Grande bridge, at El Moro, is out aud the Santa Fe right of way in | many places has been washed out. It was reported that the flood was ! due to a break in a city reservoir, but ! orrnnpfMis The reservoir is safe. Death of Senator Hoar. Worcester, Mass., Special.?United ' Stages Senator George F. Hoar died ! here last Thursday night. Old ago i was the immediate cause of death, i It is understood that the funeral will be held Monday from the Church of the Unity, and that Rev. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of tho United States Senate, will be ilskcd to officiate. Rev. Rush R. Shippen, of Brockton, former pastor of the Church of the Unity, and the minister who per formed Senator Hcar's second marriage, will be invited to assist. The body will lie in state, probably at the city hall, during Monday. The interment will be made in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Tuesday morning. Mayor Blodgett issued a proclamation calling upon the business men of Worcester to close their establishments during the funeral. Flags throughout the city are displayed at half mast Rcckwood Hoar, son of the Iato Senator Hoar, received the following message from President Roosevelt: General Rockwood Hoar: Accept my mo3t profound sympathy. The loss is not yours only, but of all those who believe in the lofty standard of purity, integrity and fearlessness in public life. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Tried to -Wreck Train. Lynchburg, Va., Special.?The attempt to wreck a freight train on the Chesapeake and Ohio, near here last night, was evidently planned by four men whose puvj>ose was robbery. One of the men was on the train when it struck the obstruction and when it stopped he began throwing merchan disc from the car. The attempt to loot the- train, however, was unsuccessful. Boy Kills His Father. Little Rock, Ark., Special.?A special to the Arkansas Gazette from Austin, Ark., says: John King, a farmer living near here, is lying at the point of death from a gunshot wound at the hands of his sou, Walter, who is 17 years old. It is claimed that King wes abusing his wife when Walter took his mother's part and told his father repeatedly to cease the abuse. The angered father Is said not to have heeded the warning given by his son, and the latter seized a shotgun and fired, the load entering King's neck. Young King has been arrested. One Officer Kills Another. Savannah, Special.?Policeman Zipperer and Goodwin, of the Union depot squad, quarreled Thursday about how drummers should be treated around the depot by the police. A fight ensued between the policemen, in the course of which Zipperer was shot and killed by Goodwin. The cor. onc-r's jury held an inquest and pro| nouncea the homic'dc to be murder, j Goodwin was locked up in jail pending further legal action. NEWS THROUGHOUT TOE COUNTRY Paragraphs of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Source*. Through the South. Georgia Day was observed in great style at St. Louis exposition Wednesday. Capt. Micajali Woods has consented to aid the prosecution of McCue at Charlottesville. In a conference at Charlotte, N. C., the hard yarn spinners agreed upon a substantial raise in prices. At Richmond the Western Union Telegraph Company substituted white messenger boys for the negroes who had been employed about a year ago. A number of daring burglars have recently been committed at Greensboro, n. c. There was a joint debate at Wayne, W. Va., between Messrs. Cornwall and Dawson, tho candidates for Governor. R. J. A. Boreman, treasurer of the Wood county Republican committee, resigned bccaure he cannot support\ (he State ticket. The death list of the Southern railway wreck near New Market, Tenn., Saturday, remained at. 62. five of the j bod its being uniaenuneu. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Virginia Coal and Coke Company held at Bristol, Va., the old board of directors was re-elected. Tho directors will meet next week. Washington Happenings. In a letter to the President Governor Wright, of the Philippines, declares agitation for freedom for the Filipinos in this country causes restlessness there. President Roosevelt will issue his call for a second peace conference as soon as he has sounded the sentiment of other nations. John E. Redmond, a distinguished Irish leader, took luncheon with President Roosevelt. Rev. Charles Wagner, author of "The Simple Life," spent a night the White House. Tho Washington Navy Yard gun plant has started continuous work on naval ordnance. In the North. Two men were killed in a collision on the Maine Central. The first meeting of the First International Congress of Public Accountants was held in St. Louis. Judge George Gray sustained the decision of Umpire Carroll D. Wright in the matter of check-weighman and check-docking bosses in favor of the anthracite coal miners. Hugh Gurney, third secretary of the British embassy, was arrested an ! fined at Lee, Mass., in violation of the law giving him diplomatic immunity. The Union Iron Works, of San Francisco, wa3 sold at auction for $1,700,000 to a company controlled by C. M. Schwab. Senator G. F. Hoar was reported to be very weak and in a -stupor at his homo in Worcester, Mass. A fire broke out in Wingate's boarding house about 12 o'clock Tuesday night at Gardiner, Me., and extended to the Coliseum containing one of the largest roller polo rinks in Maine. The building was entirely consumed. j Foreign Affairs. , The Japanese are maneuvering near Mukden in such great force that an early battlo is regarded as inevitable. The Russian police trace the recent rcrics of assassinations in that counI try to a band of terrorists, who find : refuge in Switzerland. J The crust around the crater of Vesuvius broke, rendering the present eruption more terrifying. Governor Patron, a uoiumuiau VIA*" 1 cial, expressed official regret for the besmearing with filth of the American consulate at Carthagona. j Pope Pius X invites Catholics to a j service in Rome for atonement for the recent free-thinkers' congress. 1 The Irish Unionist Alliance's exec; utive committee protested against the new program of the Irish Reform Association. j Miscellaneous Doings. Kid McCoy won over Sullivan in his 20th round at Los Angeles, Tuesday night Hon. William J. Bryan was billed to make 30 speeches in Indiana from October 12 to October 22. The Democratic National Committee expects to push the campaign fighting from this time, and declared that Judge Parker's letter would aid bis party in the Presidential battle, The American Bar Association began its twenty-seventh annual convention at the World's Fair, in St. I.ouis. The colonel of a British regiment stationed at Portsmouth has revived the old custom of "crying down the credit of the regiment." The drums and fifes marched to different parts of the town and the drum major, at each, read a proclamation warning tradesmen that men of the regiment could not be held responsible for debts over the value of one day's pay, say. 25 cents. TRUSTS AND (HE BAD j An Interesi;n^ i iscusstoo 5pruog at:/. M St. Louis Q PBFSENTIAWsAISCNOT FAVORW M The Standing Committee on Commercial Law Reports That Until Existing Remedies Are Further Tested No Further Legislation is Advfsable. A St Loui3. Special.?Tuesday's session 1 of the American Bar Association was 'I called to order by President James '1 Hagerman, of St. Louis. Hon. Amos M. Thayer. United States circuit judge- ;J for the eighth circuit of SL Louis had a "2 heavy cold", and his address on "The ^ Louisiana Purchase; Its Influence and VS . Development Under American Rule," . >1 was read by Judge Franklin Ferris, of SL Ix>uis. Follow -g the reading of Judge Thayer's address, the session was occupied with the reports of standing eg committees. The report of the commlt! tee on international law declared that . *.1 the Japanese claim in the present war . was of a character that affords just 'M ground for mediation. *3 The committee on law reform recommended the passage of the bill to an- J thorize the maintenance of actions for negligence causing death in maritime . 2 cases. ^'jj | The majority report of the standing U | committee on commercial lav, submit- v ted in pursuance of a resolution adopt- ' ^ ed at the last meeting of the association that the committee be instructed to report specific remedies in legisla- jJ tire form for any unlaivfnl combina- ij tions which may threaten commercial intercourse, is based on the conclusion > that the resolution referred to the Federal power to regulate inter-State ' commercial, rather than to the State ' ? power to control commerce exclusively within the State The committee is, therefore, of opin ion that until the existing exigencies - | I provided by law for the protection of commerce against illegal combinations * are further invoked and their efficiency further tested, it is not necessary to- m propound add'ional legielation extending the summary procedure. A minprity report was submitted by Walter S. Logan, stating that he was c unable to agree entirely with the con- $3 elusion of the other members of the committee on commercial law. His report concludes: "I know of no better weapon that the ^ community has for its defender tham the weapon of taxation. I am the : more convinced as to the effectiveness ' '| of this method of regulating large combinations in the form of corporations | when I see the opposition to it that is made by the combinations and corpora tlons affected. Tbe passage 01 Buta icft- ,r. Islation would, I believe, go a long way J? toward settling in tho interest of the J people tbe important and vexatious JS tru3t question." --'j9 I These reports were reeeived and filed . and consideration postponed. J Benjamin F. Abbott, of Georgia. ' M made an address cn 'To What Extent Will a Nation Protect Its Citizens in Foreign Countries?" Cowhidirg Justified. Albany. Ga., Special?Tbe trial of y Chief of Follce Westbrook on the sen- ' sational charges first preferred by Rev. Dr. L. G. Brauglucn, of Atlanta, In a sermon here three months ago, and following which tho preacher was cowhided by the chief, was concluded late Tuesday afternoon. Of the seven ape- / j clfic charges preferred, the chief 'is found guilty of two, viz: drinking while on duty and in uniform, and visiting bar-rooms while on duty aul foi- ?ji tering at such places. The commission imposed a fine of $25 for each of these * ctfenses and exonerated him en all other charges. Of the charge of assauP ? on the minister, the commissioners said: "We find Chief Westbrcok guilty cf this charge, but in our opinion the peculiar circumstances justified him as a man in pursuing the course he did." The verdict is regarded by Westbrook's, J friends as an exoneration, as it was not found guilty of either of tbe most serious charges. A feature of the trial was the development of the fact that Dr. Broughton did not h ve affidavits to sustain his charges, as he claimed to have at the time be made, his pulpit ' j attacks. Not Real Boll Weevils. Covington, Ga., Special.?the sup po3cd boll weevil mscoverea ou ?. tatlon in the eastern part of this county several days ago, upon comparison with the real Mexican boll weevil. specimens of which were sent here by the State' Entomological Department, proves to be an entirely different insect. being of a different color and very much larger than the Mexican weevil. There' are, however, serious apprehensions that it may prove to be as destructive as the Mexican insoct. A number of the insects have been forwarded to State Entomologist Newell for examination. Train Wrecker Arrested. i ' Roanoke, Va.. Special.?William G. Baldwin, president of the Rallwaty Special Agents of the United States and Canada, with headquarters here received a telegram from the authorities at Danville. 111., which stated that John Kennedy, the convicted train I wrecker, has been arrested at thatplaee. Kennedy escaped from the Staunton. Va., jail several months ago, after * having received the death sentence. The description given by the Illinois jntborities is almost complete. Japanese Vessel Sunk. London, By Cable.?A dispatch to a , news agency from Vladivoetock says that according to reports from Port i Arthur two Japanese torped* boats and c Japanese steamer have been sunk by mines near Port Arthur daring the I past few days. A Japanese cruiser of the Niltaka type, it is added, was bodly injured.