The Peculiar it;
Japanc
Hv Noluishiy;c Atnei
'.(H O of one's :'A' ::rr"ail'l i
T t ies, but ia .lu;>aiit >c pa:.:
iar u> i;soli'.
mmi Wiion \v ?un>ii! v Jap
Japanese ilia* ho can hartii
Whoa a Japan- >e say.-. I low my ooum
of his idea *?i his "fount ry" is taktu;> :
ily His duty to this <onntry as ? < nr. i\
to his Knip*ror. Moreover. to hint his ?>
of islands with about titty nillions of p?
and descendants ate also tak n into aft
future generations ar eomminsled i:rr? <
his kuni. country. ; > unde.s'ood by hint
Clements:
1 The it:;*' rial ant estors.
L\ Tite reipnins: Ktr.p ror.
The in-1 < rial family.
t. The imperial <! -e.
His own ant esters.
His ow.i tainily am! relations.
7. His di-st > ndauts.
s His tt how countrymen. tluir fa;
f*. Their ancestors.
10. Their tl- - vndunts.
If. The extent of land or lands oim
"Pre Japan- s- 1 mows that his own a:
Nay, he knows that, if his own alos:
found more or less tonne tel with that
the Japanese are m. tubers of < no vast 1
and representative < f its main .-to- k. 1
the nation. Neither ho r.or any ot hi.- :
or violence. Suppose Abraham had l'oni:
heirs in an unbroken line ruled over tf
ants of Abraham, and vat the empire
pose this, anl yon have an idea s niev.
Japan.?Atlan'i Mcn'hlv.
Zg %
How About Ts
*J*liey Destroy Our Kriei
* I-ittle <.
J Kv William 13. Cm*\
*^HE id a of taxing cat- is n
^ V ^ he-'- b* n I'inpovtl and sup;
S rath* n tin inter* -t of i
at first a- t: :?? . .--ary aim
peri* n* ? ap;> nr.- * * warran
pave slie.t* r to the oir is tl
lifully tnarkcil. both of t'.iem good hunt*
the ground but on*- *1 iii>- < ats would *r
were tin- *>nl> prey sought nlt*r ly tlies.eonsiderod
himself f-.ii innate in th**ir }*<
bluebirds, robin-, wrens and *>th* . beaut
w< *? evidently < a.-ier prey. t*>o S<*
ing song birds and bird.:, ef boau'if::. p
and bti-h-s t*> build tin ir n< . *s and '.-a
The *csult was the birds \v< r. <1 r\
his <ats. he !ov? ' tie hi; *!. mor*. a.:*! d
in the vi'luge who want-d "house >r.'-"
weeks after the * ats w ? ,. yon*- the birds
their a mustotn* i p a*? s robins earn ai
atid tva ?*1 tb* i yms'ia. The air be.-an
birds. There has b**n r*? regret at t:.- .!
an<l yonnrt people o, :.< ruin.' \<u
an<! a: becoming tame. Tin y j-i; 0:1 bo
r:!y. to the pleasure of a!!.
Wcuid if r?<-t be wi.-e to ;a\ <at- in
value of - a's .-one rr. d. : > cat li niio
am! as pot?, why. tin* nc.-: rs in the
even though t!; y ranr.ot be taken ::i '!,?
oat worms and bugs. which are beroniin
encourage th? birds *o como aid b i.Id
to help ns t!i worms and busts ;
sweet ,-ong.-?Now York Tribune.
Z& <??
The Real "Yel
! No poles *11 II; id the I'ossa
I Wort?ed Kurope J
I By David B.
\5T lvinior. when. among
Y hop ins tor war and ti:. d
| ^ grounds for j;:?ir . onbnii
] Siirc '.y i it i' ;:c' lor re]
< , ne hundred a::d fltir v 1
22?^^ 4)f oni---vciitli of the dry
The discm-sion usually < o
can wi.jp ten of those lift!? yellow mo
This taith is based partly on 'lit
upon western K irope as 1 ?ng ago as li
heightened by their disorganization of
t.inwplt uronouiued i:.t*m T?? riec;
in attack and impossible > iva< h. and
made a prisoner of a sins-*"* one ?k" *li<
mind when he warned Kn.vipo that, mi
a.- he had sought to construe. itu-sia 1
icon's prediction 'sas not to-en forgotten
sorticn in various quarters that the it
the otganizatlon of the Mongolian races
Khan n:ay dire. - a new Golden Horde ;
m &
What Shall
Pi
By C. T. Herrick.
/ft I mists I am forced, after n
I wc k apiece a s ; : a vera
a, tT t'ea'iy well fe? . Kvrn \vi
l ooms and > wet : i,;v; ds.
fruit out of > a.-on and in
large majority of housi-kti
large towns uesire to live. If I omit t
it is l*cause the !a11 r. I?y reason of so
-or. eggs, fruit vegetables, it a animt
are speaking S i-ii a . iimi>eki pi-:
or bananas or some -? w< d fruit for
will plan for melons or l?- :rit s i.>: thi~
make one nie'on do ; two i> rsons. ai
allowance for four. If with *ho latter
ihat she offer? v. th tin* ? real. wit:-, a
in the id a that iruit is ui whdeson
to pinch a little in sonic other quarter
of the majority of sum tic 1 Irui" - anion,
or apples.?Harp-r\- Ba/ar.
Live Little Nation. Japan.
|
An as?o< iation is heir.? organized
l>v the chambers < 1' commerce of
*>ra! Japanese cities f.ir the prom ion ,
of trade with China 1?> -m 'an.- of commercial
niii-eutns. An effort will b' ;
made to induce the Japanese Govern- i
mem to ?rect suitable buildings in
<"hina and r mt :h in to the as." elation
for the display of Japan re goods, t
'lhe idea did not originate with
them, for t-im.lar x!:i!>:ti as of mcr- j
cantile gtvuis liaie ' e'rti trade lute
y of
;se Patriotism
lomori.
- i omnwm to the nat <>r a" ~tvino:
:>m t in : e a: (?.-a;u a.ants
; a;: : i-ni we :mi.' r: -v? r lose
ant. loyal;} ! > ri'.o Ktnperor. The.-e
unit* 'i to 11:- l?r a-: of an ordinary
\ .o:;. 'i\- of one without tilt' other.
:ry." a ;a:.at or v?r. rlit- itr?at?T part
>y Tin- Kmporor ami tie imperial famed
by him. im .mi .-. first of all. duty
onntry doe.-. not mean simp'.y a group
op'? living . n them. His ton fathers
outu. To him the past, present. ami
one. mi cat if \w analyze tile idea of
v ? find ; < mpo-o-d of tho following
;ni!I ? and their :< .rions.
tpiod i.y his ra,
to o>t rs .-i-rvoi those of I'm; .-t or.
> be traroii to bygone sgvs : will be
of tiit im;?* rial household In short,
family u:*h tho Kmp< ror a.- 'if 1. a?l
I'ho Kiup> ::? by hi:tit 'he hoad of
investors cattle to the throne l?v ruse,
ided an empire in Palestine- that his
le twtive tribes, themselves descend*
continued powerful to litis day; suphat
similar to tha* of the Empire of
ixing Cats?
ids* tltc Hirds in?d Do
.loud.
Windsor, Conn.
othough not new. The measure
pus; .1 in *!.* iiil r> of the birds. or
host w*r.o love bird-. It strikes on[
somewhat quix-tie. Hu: u little
t t li"" iiii a ii the person loves tats not
i pa; where many trees- and bu.-hos
teto wen two cat-, one of them b?*auti<.
Not a sparrow mild perch near
eep up an i < at oil it. If tat* spariows
tats the owi.- r of tit* m would l.avt
i: >' --ion. hat ''.if fart i>. the> loved
i'u! it: "ti- h 11... :i sparrows. They
two - at- v 't .I themselves to hunt
uini uf which soi'itht the lower tree?
r tii> ir vounp.
en away Much as the owner iovfd
i citifi io pt r.ti of the ra's. Friends
\\t re ?iail ' i 4- ' them. Wit'ain two
ittiiaii t return. lihiebiru.- .-ought
nd !-;i: 1 tin-i. !: < in tin s'. rubbt r>
if \ot ;:j wii'ii tiv nlati songs of many
ispo.-al ftj t!i .its. i y e t ailur.-.]
t.f. !i> ..u-o ti: ..i t- have muitip.ied
ugV.s wii.. ' jit-op.f p.;.-s and i11r; in :
the inteti-t of !?: r ti-? As far a-' the
and rats, imp- an far more t fitvtive
bushes a:., t.f .; are of more valu-,
'land ate! fond'-d. And. again. birds
a .-iirli ti.'-trufivt nuisances. I. ? us
in our fives and -limb'- and hedgt s
i:. d-iisrh: ;i.- with their joyful ati.3
How Peril."
c'Us in Nliiul W'licn lie
Yj^;iins*t Russia.
\lctC< i re ac r.
those ol' th. Uu.-s:aii.- who ?i not
et'eat of their country. 1 inquired tin
>tiu?u.? und<Tor: iti::t; of the .lapa.ies*
>ly more rlian the citation of Ilis.-sia'j
millions of population. her poss.ssioi
land of til** t-artii. anil the l'o.-sacks
s ti with the a.-sertlon: "One Cos.sacl
nkeys."
impression wiii.h (*ossa< ks mada
Sun Year.-' War. an ", which war
Najio'-on'- a. f?vni Mcsov. Na
masters of partisan warfare, fttriou.-ai
t thit* he tiitl n.>t r? member ii;.\in?
em. Finaiiv. 1: !ia?l the C.?>sa ks it
If-> ehfi-keri hy suck a powerful nail
tvmilrl ens ".ate rite world. That Nupo
i may >. inferred from the recent as
a! "teliav.* iierli" is the possibility o'
by Kn.-?iij. and thai a Slavic Jcnahi;
igain-t t*a\V'-\?The Orrury.
f &
fe
[\y For Food?
: to < ?:"air. 'anions household < >nn
latiirc iuaei> .ation. tj p:T down S? ;
ge arnouir <>.i which a iami!\ a:i i?<
iii ihis the., .'.ill not be given nmsi:
(|ua!>. < }!: 1; ai:d spring dmMings
inn* in i Tin y < an live a- tin
pets <>: m<> rate nnatis in < am
bos*- wi.os.' nies at" in 'lie loutitry
eh rural a.i:"\eis a- niiik, e.vatn. lent
IM' i ni'ii* ii lilt- ? iur.-> I'l ?*.:?? .1
will giw - family of four orange:
bnal.fa-t i winter. hi siinwm t sin
nit-al. but -Ii- v\ ill feel tha* mtis
Hi tiiat a nvar of lorries is a !. !-.-a
rrcam is a. v\:;! :ir-. 01
liit'c miik ..iri will . eouratte !:< <? !
i without ;<a:n Si:.- wi.i aVo na\"
t<; make i! t-?! fh- la?-t t:at ' osl
its i?> mo: than the v.iiit* i ^..ari^- :
by ICur i:j an <-o:in'ri but hr> plai
which i. > ira\- outline 1 for acquaint
inu tic Chinese with the merits o
Japan* war.-- is tnor < mp'.ete an;
systematic than anything Ahieh ha
lit" n d by other melons in Japan
r '' ?. Consul (J-n -ral Bellows
Ktytori
hi ' ion the unusual heat of tin
last - er a further vogue t<
the straw La!, and made silk hat? s:
unpopular that the fa< tori-".- disinissei
laany of th-ir workmen.
[MURDER IN F1
j Verdict Of Jury in VicC
1 n^.w
I'CIU
QllCk WORK Of Tilt TRIAL Jl'itV;;
. - - I
Surrounded by Three Young Children
and Other Relatives, the Alleged,:
Wife Murderer Heard the Verdict |(
Calmly, but Cave Way While His 1
; i
Attorneys Were Preparing a Motion ,
for a New Trial?Wednesday Set
for the Argument?Jurcrs Admit1'
Having Read Ner.spaptrs?Story of
the Crime.
?
t'liai I??T: vil'e. \*a.. Spe.-ia: - The
i? !( inat'-'i M.Cn' trial r'.used here nn
Saturday. Tin* Male nia 1?? out .1 s-iromr
ease. The urp'.'.tni nis l>y . ouu-.-I were
very able.
.1. Samuel M> Cue. for four ><ur?mayor
of Charlottesville, was found
pnilty Saturday of the murder of h.s
wile. Canny MeCue. on Sunday iiialn. i
September It!: Irr.M The vordie; was
! :ur?!?-; in tin- lir. r ?! whirl: ?-ar- ?
lies with it tin death penalty. The
jury deliberated less than half an
hour. i
J. SAMUE
i A dead silent* p;> vailed in tin* roar:
| room w in n tin' jury til. .j ha. 1: into the
, ihamhet t<? annontne tin* fate of the
L art-use:!. The erowd that the lourt
' i n-oin remained until tin* jury tamo in.
. Mr. Mi Cue had grown not vims as Mr.
: tiihnor. tin- Commonwealth's attorney.
' ... t ...
?U!' ril'MIIU, .11111 l. II- 11.-1- nun'
1 awaiting tin* jury's veroi. t wjs a s<*;
i vere strain: hut lie v-H up. oc. asiona!k
iv taking a Testament from iiis poeket
; an l reading a passage or two.
| When asked jo stand up to hear the
venii.t. lie rose ralmly. and with set
' j features heard the words that --''in hirn
' I !>;. k to prison. oiile:rned to the s*. ver;
t st penalty of i!:? law.
' it \sa.~ when relaxation ante during
L a half hour's interim while his attor
' ltoys lonfetri'd a* to their motion for
| a new trial that M. Cue showed emof
t.on. H..- little laughter It'thy t dituhe 1
t
Engineer and Fireman Killed. ?
Roanoke. Y.i . Sue, iai.?A Norfolk ]
Western freight train, west hound trout ,
Roanoke, ran into a derailing swit- h.
n< ar Kadfo.-d. at an early hour Sunday 1
at", was wreeked The engine isirn**.; j
owr oti Kngine-r K. R. I. tn ii, of Ito.i- !
isoke. and Fireman 11 I.. Kipp- ? :'
15!a< kshtti g. kiliiitg Jioth t.t tie a The;
?: ad men h ave fauiilr s.
i
Prominent Lawyer Dead.
New York. Sp' i.il Kmatrn 1 M :i- j
of N-w York's well- |
known eriminai lawyeis. ili> i suddenly '
I hero Tip sday. *i*h? < of death is n"t ,
. known. but it thought To 11av been ;
- 1 part failure. Anions; the many |
. brated ?as-s vi'h whiih Mr. Prion 1 I
was . o:::ip< tf i as -oanstd was tin* <1?- ;
. frtis.* of "Pi 'tirhy." also known as I
. "Boa AI i" anil "Ja- k. the Kipper." wiio ,
i was ehargod witli *Ik- killing of ,
" Shekespea:< " in tin* Mast River Unti l
( in this eity. Other :s-*s were that of ,
Dr. Kenne iy. <barged wills killing
^ Dolly Reynolds ami Xngusta Na? k. ,
. v.iio. with Martin Thorn, was imli t.-il
for tin* ninnler of William (luMen-;
siippe.
i
Renewed Activity.
St. Peiersburg. By Cable. (Jem ra!
, SakharofT telegraphs und? r Wed lies |
day's date that Wednesday night was
*
qniet. the Japanese, however, show-1
ing marked designs of the reeommene-1
s ing tin* offensive against the Russian I
u left wing. They have slso re-o? en- j
j pied Die village of Sandapn. near th j
i Hun river, in trout of the .Dissian
right flank.
'RSI DEGREE if
l Pi
i
tis\ Trial ImnhPC 1 ll !
i Li W 111UI uii j;uv^ c vu
illy n
n his lap. ]?< ; eyes t? ?]?] :n il by weep- '
;:l'. while there also < lung to his side
m? tiier small children. (Sreat tears
> - ame-i down bis cheeks. Surroundtiie
group were relatives, who
;-.-ei\ knew what to say to < heer the
ndernneil man. The verdict was reejved
in silence by the throng, which
iiteraily obeyed the rutin".- injunction
ibat there niisst lie no demonstration,
['otitis. 1 lor the defense moved that the
n-rdic be set aside, on the ground
rIiat the jurors had read newspapers.
The tut called the jtirots to the wittand
one hv one. and questioned
liie.n under oath as to whether they ''
!ai i .*1 the newspapers. As a whole. ,r
i i they had not been influenced v
: anything they had read. The motion
: I i.e a"g;:? d later. As Mi Cue left p
.. oiivt house to go to jail, aecont- a
, ..i? i by four guards, a large crowd ]r
-landing <>n the outside, but there "
vn: no untoward act. c
When court was opened this morn
c I'ommenweaith's Attorney Gilmer ^
:i siinied his - losing address to the jury. 2
Tiw* ... '.c.ito r..mttirlpr< i>f the traeedv. it
w? re on' e more brought into court. ^
Mr. .ilmer closed at 11:0!> a. ni. when g'
.fudge Morris placed th" < ase in the {,
hands of the jury. The verdict was ren- t]
I McCUE, * |
<; : i ::t 1!: 14 a. iu.
t;
One partic-nlarly sad feature of the j
trial wa> the feat that McCue had l'or L
years been a lawyer at the bar before L
win- ii lie was triea ami convicieu. aim {
l.a 1 been mi a frion-ily relations with (
most nt those idontirloil with the trial. <
Tli.? jnrv evidenced the greatest in- ;
t.M'-si. frequently questioning witness- j
Mrs. MeCtie had received the eon- f
fiits of a shotgun in lier breast?a I
surt'n ient wound to . a use instant death,
but i:i addition she had been strmk a t
heavy blow on the head, cutting an t.
ear nearly in two. ;
MrCae ?ald t<- one of t!ie jurors who .
shook hands with liini after the adjournment
of court that the verdict
was a-i unjust nn?, at the same time
nr it- -ting his iu.no. eme.
Miscellaneous Matters.
A.-sistant Secretary of tin- Treasury
T.?> lor has v. ritt 'ii another reply to ,
..ii..' Parker -m the subjeet of national
liiiaii'-es.
Tin. -* ! .iapam s" and Russian
a: tnies alone, 'he Shukhe river. Man
li'iria. ar- otiiroaiiug t-aeh otiior tintier
eondit uis v. hi'-h ar-* regarded as ]
alinos? < .-Haiti to j.-ad to a general engag
tin ti' soon.
The Continental Savings Hank
iluil'ling. at Mem phis. Tenn.. eol lapsed 1
hi:: ; ing some t pi tm>iis. none of
whom. howe.er. was killed.
Fire did eonsiderahle damage to tin*
HaMiniore .Merchandise (V.mpany's
vfnr.i ?it I Ju? riwlmro I >??
A picture mat him1 catching tiro
caused a panic in an Atlanta theatre.
engineers 111 .'l" Illinois collieries
w--ut on strut- and a lockout of .*.0,0011
iiiint-!> is expected in follow.
Halloween was celebrated in A1 '
daily. N Y by a carnival and proo-sMna
lile- a X-w Orleans Mardi 1
(It as.
'I'll.- .lapan->" are making gains in (
their iic.v general u.-saiiit 011 i'oit Ar- ,
tluir.
'l iie Newport News shipyard lias re
eived a tonttact for building another
Lake torpedo boat.
Democrats in Virginia have been
?reatlv en.ouraged bv the cffcit of '
Iudge Parker's speeches.
Mr. Henry (1. Davis is making a 1
speaking tour along the West Virginia I
Central railroad. '
There is an effort for the removal of (
tbe body of Kdmund Pendleton to St. '
John's Churchyard. Richmond.
Judge Parker addressed large audi- i
rmes at Bridgeport. Meriden. New <
Haven and Hartford. Conn.
:0R SAY OF THANKSjf
resident Roosevelt Issues the Usual N
Proclamation
OYEMBER 24TH IS SET ASIDE P
he President Issues His Pvoclama- J
ticn Designating the Day "to he Observed
as a Day o." Festal end
Thar.Ksrivirg by All the People of
the United Statei at Home and
Aoroad"?The Harvests Have Been ''
$
Abundant and Tnose Who Work
n
Have Greatly Prospered. v
Washington. Special.?The President
as issued the Thanksgiving proda- t
lation. si tting aside Thursday. No- t
truer 24. "to be observed as a day
l festival and thanksgiving by all i?.e
fojile of the Tinted States at home
nJ abroad, flic proclamation fol?ws:
1
By the President i t* the Tutted States
f America?A Proclamation:
"It lias pleased Almighty God to '
ring the American people in. safety
ltd honor through another year. and. r
t accordance with the long unbroken
vstom handed down to us by our fore- 1
.titers, the time has come when a
pedal day shall be set apart in which r
? thank Him who holds all nations in
he hollow of His hand for the mercies r
ins vouchsafed to us. During the ?en- f
itry and a quarter of our national ;
fe, we as u people have been blessed f
eyond all others, and for this we owe ,
umbic and heartfelt thanks to the
uthor of all blessings. The year that
as closed has been one of peace with- 1
r. our own borders, as well as between i
s and all other nations. The harvests (
a\e been abundant, and those who J .
oik. whether wifh hand or brain, are l
rospering greatly. lieward has waited ;
pon honest effort. We have been *
nabled to do o tr duty to ourselves and t
rt others. Neve- has there been a time I
hon religious and charitable effort has i
een more evident. Much has been i
i\ en to us and much will he expe ted i
rout us. We speak of what has been t
one by this uation in no spirit of I
oast fill tie.-s or vain-glory, but with i
ill and reverent realization that our i >
tlength is nothing unless we are help- i
1 from above. Hitherto we have betn i
iven the li'-art and the strength to do j
lie tasks allotted to us us they so verily
arose. <
"We are thankful for all that has i
' -"f'n lUI' '? m i m: [tarsi ai.n ? ? * | j
ray that in the future v.e may ho i i
trentrthened in the tinea ling straggle I
i) do our duty !' :!rksrly an I honestly. ]
. ti; charity and good will, with re- I,
; i-t fur ourselves and with love to- j
inrd cur fellow-nun. in this great
cpub'ic the oft".??f to combine national ]
:length with personal freedom is being i
tied on a s. ale more gigantic than
ver before in the* world's history. Our
access will mean much, not only for
rrsolves. but for the future of all raan,:nd
.and every man or woman in our
and should feel the grave responsiltiliy
testing upon him or her. for in the
ast analysis this success must depend
pon the high average of our individual
'tizenship. upon the way in which ea< h
f us does his duty by himself and his
leichhor.
"Now. therefore. I. Theodore Roose
elr. Preside:;f of the Fulled State?. do
.crcby appoint and set. apart Thursday,
he twenty-fourth of this November, to
ie observed as a day of festival and
hanksgiving by all the people of the
"nited States at home or abroad, and
!o recommend that on that day tease
rem their ordinary occupations and
:ather in their several places of worhifl
or in tliej^ horr.es, de^outly_to give
banks unto Almighty God for the bentits
He has conferred upon tis as inLviduals
and as a nation, and to bete
h Him that in the future His Divine
uvnr may continue to us.
"In witness whereof 1 have hereunto
et may hand and caused the seal of the
nited States to be affixed.
"Done at the City of Washington,
his 1st day of November, in the year
if our Lord one thousand nine hundred
nil four, and of the Independence of
he rnited States the one hundred and
.rentY-ninth.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"By the President.
"JOHN llAYj, Secretary of State."
Two Killed by Dynamite.
Houston. Tex.. Special.- Two men
r.re dead, two fatally injured ar.d one
severely hurt, as the result of a dynamite
explosion in the Basin oil field.
The dead: John Brumby. McKees
Rock. Pa., head b.dwn oft"; Clarence J.
Hoff. of Tennessee, hotly blown to
pieces. The fatally injured: John
Rider, of Pittsburg. Pa., and Bert Holt.
The pumping ton-man was also badly
injured but will recover. Dynamite had
been placed in the Gueff Company's
well to loosen the t aring. P was decided
to pull it out and re-set the charge.
In drawing the explosive up. it collided
with the casing and exploded.
By Wire and Cable.
Hon. C. W. Fairbanks sp*nt the
lay at his home in Indianapolis, and
!ll ii,0 lomin" week to a
our of Indiana.
In Now York tli<> opinion is held
iiat President Roosevelt will reply in
i spech to Judge Parker's charges
>f trust aid being given to the Repubit
ans.
King Pete?-. of Servia. arrived at
sotlia. Bulgaria, and was eordiallv
welcomed.
Tom as Arias resigned as Secret nry
jf State of the Panuma Republie.
Secretary Hay hus issued notes to
representatives abroad instructing
[hem to sound the powers to which
[hey are accredited upon the question
)f reassembling The Hague confer?uce.
In spite of the great fire Baltimore
s shown to have held her own as an
^porting city. i
IATUER OUIET AGAIN
othing Startling In the Eastern War
Situation
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Uft I AfVlllltV IL'.ULR UI 1 1IIKLJI
aps l-'ortifying at all Points- Tha
Russians Still Retire?Soma Mcavy
Lossrs.
Chefoo. By Cable.?Port Arthur ia
owned. The rorrespondent of the Asociated
Press here has receive i information.
the reliability of whi h is beond
question, that the Japanese now
ceiipv positions v.hi li place the cast
ide of the town at their m-.r y. The
asr assault has sained for thorn posiions
whi: h insure their abilit v to enter
i:e main east forts whenever they are
eadv.
The Japanese calculate tint if the
tussiaus do not surrender now they
ill be capable of prolonging the fightng
by making their final stand at
.iaoti Promontory and Tiger's Tail, for
i mouth longer, with tire mere hope of
ontinuing the struggle.
I.ong before the second Pacific squadon
arrives in the Pacific the Japanese
lag. it is now believed, will wave over
lie wrecked citadel. This will end
,'iceroy Alcxieff's dream of an unconpierable
city.
The Japanese have not occupied the
nain fort? and highest points of the
gist hill, but they occupy in overvhelmiiig
numbers positions -vhich will
nalde them to drive the Rus-irus ba? kvhenever
they desire.
Loss Admitted at Last.
Paris. By Cable.?The Associated
Press was put in a position to state
Positively tiiat iis dispatch's from
I'hefoo, Port Arthur and Tokto last
lunc to the offer t that the Japanese
laitleship Yashin;?, had been sunk by
r mine off Dalny. which dispatcher
were denied by the Japano-'" authortics
at the time, have finally been ofi<Tally
confirmed. The Japanese government
has notified foreign, a n- runouts
of the loss of th" ship The
lumber of men who went down with
iie vessel is not known, bu :t is beieved
to have been small. Tire othial
details snow that the Yasliima
-triu k a Russian mine and later atempt?
d to make Dalny harbor, but
- ' - O-l- V- -.oilr
.:J1 s proven i:ui?ussiu;e a.: r ni'- .'aim
n tloop war or.
The loss of the Yashima has been
r-oncenled l>v '.he Japanese, though
! < Russian authorities hav? believed
ror some time that the reports that.
l1*o battleship had been destroyed
were correct. It is important. since
it is now disclosed that .Japan has
i nly four modern battlesh.ps icniain[ntr.
The Vasliinia was one of the finest
battleships of the Japanese navy. Her
displacement was 12.odd ions, abotit
tin size of the Amreicen battleship
Maine, and she had a spee i of 19
knots. The Russian squadron ar Pore
Arthur included five modern battleships.
more or less damaged, and
Vice Admiral Rojcstvcnsky's command.
which is now enroute front the
Haiti:- to rIk- Far Fast, also numbers
live battleships. In view of the infrrioritv
of the Japanese in battleships.
their armored cruiser .strength
is important, they being greatly superior
to the Russians in this respect.
Whole Jap Line Fortified.
Mukden. By Cable.?Tin're was a
brisk exchange of artillery tire bore
Friday, extending from the village of
Linchtat. eastward on bo'h sides of
the railroad, but the firing .eased at
roou. The Japanese are continuing
their concentration opposite the Russian
centre. The Japanese positions
along their whole line ar-^ strongly
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iuninni. dim uic; uiv ? .?. w?*
along iho Hun river to the westward.
On Monday, on the Russian extreme
r*ght. a squadron of Don C'ossac-ks
charged a battery of Japanese artillery
near l.indantoun. The Cossacks
went forward at a gallop through a
lieh] of uncut millet, agam.-t tho tiro
of the battery, and had almost reached
lite guns when a coup!-? of campanics
of Japanees infantry rose up
and poured in several volleys, compelling
the cavalrymen to ride our of
the field at rwn a faster !>?< than
they went in. The Co.-?acks lest
about jo men.
Breslau, Prussian Silesia, by .-able.?
Three thousand Polesmar lied through
the stieeis of Czestochov. \. Russian
Poland. Wednesday, as a protest
against the mobilization. The - hief
of police ami gendarmes o -it-red the
paradc-rs to disperse, but tiiey refused
to do so ami continued to sing Polish
si ngs. A detachment of infantry then
charged the mob with bayonets, with
the result that six persons were killed
ami _'u wounded.
Cause of Delay.
St Petersburg, by cable.?The delay
in the final ratification of the convention
for an inquiry into th* North Sea
incident is over the formulation of the
questions which the international commission
is to decide. The Rttssiau
authorities are understood to desire to
acquaint themselves with the detailed
report of Vice Admiral Rojestvenskv,
which was hroubht here by (.'apt. Clado
and his three brother offices today in
order to ascertain whether any new
questions taised by the report should
be included. Rota Captain Clado and
his comrades upon their arrival at the
railroad station this afternoon informed
a representative of the associated
press that they had nothing to say for
publication.
Many Japs Wounded.
St Petersburg, by cable.?The possibility
that there may ha e been some
misunderstanding of signals during the
trawler incident in the North Sea is
suggested by a fact made public in an
order of the day issued by Vice Admiral
Choukin. commander of the
Black Sea fleet, which records the fact
that officers of the latter fleet are so
unfamiliar with the now code s.?stetu
adopted by tin* admiralty that during
the recent maneouvers that not a single
ship understood or obeyed the admiral's
signals.