THE EASTERN WAR I
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THE FALL OF PORT ARTHUR I
SEEMS NOW IMMINENT. i
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REPORTS OF 'CORRESPONDENTS
Japs Are Now Within Main Defenses
and Their Guns Command Town--- :
Capture All Outlying Fortifications.
I 1.0NDON-'rho Chronlclo'H' correspondent '
EIIOIlIlent with General Iurol l , cab-
ling under date oC August Z4 . , via Fu-
san , August 21i , says : 'rho fall of
Port Arthur Is Immlnenl. The Japanese .
ese are now within the main defenses
and their guns command the lowu.
Desperate fighting occurs night and
day and the losses on both sides are
enormous.
'rho Russians are making curious
counter attacks , but the Japanese are
clinging to the positions they have
won at so great n. cost. "
LONDON-'rho Dally Mall's Kobe
correspondent , In n dispatch dated
Saturday last , says : "li'ollowlng Is
mho position of Port Arthur : The
Japanese have captured all the out-
.lying fortifications , but the Russians
still held the citadel on Antcshau ,
Golden Hill forts and the forts on
1'Iger's Tail and Llaot ! mountnlns.
The Japanese are In possession oC
the parade ground and barracks un-
dol' the Anteshan fort on the out-
111tlr18.
1'ho fall oC Port Arthur Is believed
to bo Imminent. It. Is believed that
the garrison will make n. desperate
sortie before the end comes. "
. LIAO YANG-Tho Russians retired
4 from Anshnnshan yesterday after a
fight which began on the morning of
August 26 , and continued In a desult-
ory manner all day and night.
Arrangements for a battle had been
completed by night time , when the
.
order to retire vms given on account
or the situation to the ellst.
The order was received with disappointment .
alllolntment by ' the troops. The retirement -
ttrement was made In an orderly man-
noI'
tier.The
The plain between Anshanslian
and lal Cheng was , .covered with Japanese .
paneso troops , who burned the bridge
and shelled the railway station after
the Russian retlremont. The Russian
losses amount to :100. :
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The Japanese are advancing with
great rnlJldltr.
The position at JuoCongshlle at 2
o'clocle this morning was unchanged.
Money to Aid Irish Cause.
NEW YORK-.Tohn E Redmond ,
the Irish leader and those who came
to America with him , Captain A. 1.
C. Donelan , Patrick O'Brien , Conner
. Kclly ' and Mrs. Hedmond , were
I tendered a reception Sunday night In
Carnegie hall by the New York Municipal =
clpal Council of the United Irish I
League or America 1\11' Redmond ,
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Captain Donelun , Mr. O'Brien , Mr.
O'Kelly and W. Bourke Cochran
spolte. Ten thousand dollars was
either subscribed or paid In cash toward -
ward the Irish funll.
Cable to Alaska Completed.
SEATTLE ' , Wash.-Amhl the cheering .
ing oC 300 men anti women , the
shrieking at whistles and the playing -
Ing or the national anthem , the final
Q slicing ) of the Sltlm.Alnslm government .
ment cable was made Sunday In the
harbor ten miles out of Seattle. Ten
minutes later Mayor Dalllnger of Se-
aUle cut the rope holding the joined
.cnds of the wires aboard the United
states ship Burnside , and with n
splash the completed wire connecting
the United States and Alaska fell to
the bottom at Pugent Sound.
Protests Against Russian Action.
. . DURBAN , Natal.-Tho captain of
the British steamer Comedian has
lodged a protest against the action ot
the Russian auxiliary cruiser Snto'
leash In stopping the steamer and examining .
1\111lnln8 Its papers on Sunday last on
: he southeast coait vI Cape Colony.
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THE CROP REPOR
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I Abundant Rains Have Fallen In Corn
Belt.
WASJIINOTON-'I'ho ! weekly crop
report issued hy the weather bureau
Is ns fo110\\8 :
The drouth prevailing In portions
or the central valleys In the previous .
OU8 week has been relieved by abundant .
dant rains , hut drouth continues in
central and western Tennessee and
Is beginning to he felt In the middle
gulf stales and over a considerable
part of 'rexas. The central and northern .
orn Hocly mountain districts and the
north Pacific coast region are also
suffering from dl'outh , the prevalence
oC forest fires being l'ol1Ored from
Idaho and Montana. The latter part
of the week was too cool In the lake
region and uuscasol1llbly low temperatures -
al.mes occurred In the northern
Hoctty mountain districts anti upper
Mississippi ' valley on the 21st and
22d , but elsewhere cast of the Rocky
mountain district the temperature
has been favolable.
The principal states have expoI' ' ' '
enced n. week of good conditions ,
abundant rains having fallen throughout .
out the corn belt , except 'n ' portions
of Ohio and Nehraslm. Corn has
made satisfactory progress In most
of mho Missouri \ valley and Is gener-
ally improved In time central Mississippi .
slpl1l and Ohio valleys , although
conahlerahlo part of the crop In the
Ohio valley has been Injured beyond
recover ) ' . In the middle Atlantic
states and lower Missouri valley
early corn Is now partly matured.
SprIng wheat harvest Is generally
finished , except In North Dakota and
northern Minnesota , where rust Is
continuing to cause great Injury.
Rains In North Dakota In the latter
part of the week Interrupted harvest-
Ing. harvesting ! is also nearly finished .
Ished on the north Pacific coast.
Reports Indicate a general scarcity
of apples in the greater part of the
middle Atlantic states and central
valleys , but In New England , New
York and the lake region the outlook
Is more favorable , a good crop being
promised In the two last mentioned
sections.
The reports respecting potatoes indicate .
dlcato n. good crop Is generally promised .
Ised In the mora prominent potato
producing states. Drouth has impaired .
paired the outlook In portions of the
Ohio valley , however , and . rot and
blight arc Increasing In Pennsylvania.
Throughout the central valleys and
middle Atlantic states the soil Is In
fine condition for fall plowing , which
work Is In general progress and well
advanced In some places.
LETTER NEARLY FINISHED
President Roosevelt Putting on Finishing .
Ishing : Touches.
OYSTER DAY L. I.-During the
next three or four days President
Roosevelt will put the finishing
touch on his letter of acceptance.
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It probably will bo placed In the '
hands of a prlntm' on September 10.
The letter will contain approximately
12,000 wOI'ds. The dale of Its publi-
cation has not been determined de-
fluitely \ ) . but very likely tt will be on
Monday , September ! I ! 12.
Thc president bas not received the
representations said to have been forwarded .
warded to him by the attorneys for
the western federation of miners urg ,
lug action by the national government
In the matter of deportation of citizens .
zens from the disturbed district In
Colorado. The department of commerce .
merce and tabor , through Carroll D.
Wright , commissioner of labor , and
his age1\t , has made an exhaustive
inquiry into the Colorado labor situation .
tlon and is l < ceplng In constant touch
with it The presitlhnt Is thus enabled .
uhled to have practically first hand
information on the su1 > joct. As the
matter stands now It isI l Understood
to bd iitlrob' improbable that any
MUon wilt hI taken by the national
&oI'nmcnt . . . ,
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STRiKE TO GO ON
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THE CONFERENCE TO SETTLE
MATTERS AVAILS NOTHING.
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NO CONCESSIONS FORTHCOMINC
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Strikers Have Not hanged Their Position .
sltlon and the Packers Prepared to
Offer Only Such Terms as They
Have Offered Before.
CHICAGO-Conferences of the
committee appointed earlier In the
week to attempt ! a settlement or the
stock yards : strike , with the parties
to the dispute , resulted In nothing.
There Is no present prospect [ lint they
will result In anything In the future
and the chances of an agreement between -
tween the packers and strikers appear
very moa er.
The strike leaders appeared before !
the committee and stated their side
of the case. 'rhey did not suggest to
the aldermanic committee lint it
make any overtures to the packers ,
hut simply gave their view of the sit-
ul1t1on.
Representatives of the packers
then appeared before the committee.
After a session that lasted three
hours Mayor Harrison said :
"The packers ) have said just what
they have said before ; that they are
running their plants and have nothing
to arbitrate , and that there Is no rea-
Ron why time should confer with the
men.
"We heard a review of the entire
strike trouble and the ' packers say
that In every city except Chicago and
Omaha the strike Is over and they as-
sert that with' 70 per cent as many
men as they employed In Chicago before -
Core the strike they are now turning
out 82 per cent of the normal output. "
Labor leaders tonight announced
that In all probability the ln lchers'
strike would be settled peaceably be-
fore next \Vdnesda ! They declined
to explain the cause of their belief ,
but were positive In their statements
that the strike ! ' ! would not be called
01T.
President .Donnelly of the butchers
! ms called all the members of the
butchers' executive hoard to meet In
Chicago next 'Vednesday.
Union leaders and packers con-
forred with the committee appointed
by the city council to seek terms of
settlement of the stock ; : yards strl1te
Separate sessions were arranged.
Presidents Donnelly of the butcher
workmen , Matthew Carr of the allied
trades conference board and Organ-
Izer John J. Fitzpatrick of the Chi-
cage Federation of Labor WOre selected -
lected to represent the unions President .
dent DonnGih' was hopeful.
"It Is a game of checkers , " said
Mayor Harrison at the end of an
hour's conference with President Don-
nelly's committee.
"Tho strikers have not changed
their position , " said the mayor , "and
the meeting resulted only In the aldermen -
dermen being given a Cull explanation
of what that position Is. President
Donnelly told of lie ( history of the
original strike , the agreement to resume -
sume work and the slrlltcrs' side of
the renewal of the strike. "
MICKEY WILL GO TO SEATTLE.
Nebraska Executive Will See New
Battleship Chrl&tend.
LINCOLN , Neb-Governor Mickey
and twent-ftve Invited guests will go
to Seattle to witness the christening
and launching of the battleship Ne-
brasltn. A Nebraska girl , probably
Miss Maria Mickey , " ' jll toss the bot-
lIe of champagne against the hull of
the vessel. However , the governor
may object to any member of his farm
111 handling intoxicating liquor , and
ill that event the honor ! Will Call to
'sotne one else. The governor has no-
titled the shipbuilding authorities that
ho } will be present.
trbose who will acrlJrupnn : him will
be state ofilalals and poHUoliUJ' ,
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A FINAL ASSAULT. ) '
It Is Announced from Toklo as 1m. ,
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mlnent.
'l'OKIO-Th final assault on Port
Arthur Is Imminent. Hundreds of
Japanese guns continue to pour a destructive -
slructlve fire Into the city and harbor ,
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along the lines of forts and entrench
meats preparatory to the Infantry aa
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sault.
II Is evident that the Russian lines
have been weakened and partly pent i
' of Autzshan and
trated In the vicinity I
Itzshan forts. The entire lIne of Rus- :
sinn defenses ImmediatelY about the J
harbor are within range oC the Jap-
anese guns. A number of Russian I
forts and batteries continue to be vig- 1
orous. I
The Japanese death roll will bo' I ,
heavily Increased before they are cap , 1
tured. The direction of the Japanese i
attack creates the Impression here
that the city and defenses on either
side of the harbor entrance will fall
first. The final stand will , be made
at I..laotishan
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Japanese official channels of inform
maUon remain closed and the navy I
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department's announcement of the
striking of a mine by the battleship ,
Sevastopol and the firing upon the !
Russian forts by the cruisers NlsBhln ' . : . . ' j I
and Kasuga are the only disclosure ! ' . 'I .
matte for several flays. :1 :
It Is J believed ( lucre that both sides J
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11 < 1\1. : sufferett : : heavy : osses an " . . "
the final record will make the siege
the bloodiest since Sedan. The Japanese .
anese are supremely confident of the _
ultimate result. The leaders or the
government await the outcome with
calm assurance. / 'rhe people are , everywhere -
erywhere decorating streets and
houses ! and erecting arches and flagstaffs .
staffs In preparation for a national celebration .
ebratlon of' the expected victory.
LONDON-The correspondent of
the Times In a. { jlspatch dated the \
24h , 11:35 : p. m. , says that orders
from Emperor Nicholas have been . :
convoyed to Captain Reltzensteln ;
commanding him forthwith to disarm :
the cruiser Askold and the torpedo . !
boat destroyer Grozo\'ol , and that "the I . I
flags on both vessels were lowered 'at
7 o'clocl tonight. " .
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GOT THE GENUINE RELIGION
Converted Man Wants to Make
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Good His Peculations.
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ST. PAUI.--A letter was
at the office of President Elliott of
the Northern Pacific railway from a
woman missionary In San Francisco _
telling of the conversion of a JOan , . . .
formerly a section foreman on the
Northern Pacific road , and that he
confessed to her that for several
years he regularly reported one more ,
man than he had on his force , In his )
pay roll. When the check arrived he
appropriated thus : amount to his per-
sonal use The missionary says the _ .
man's conversion Is so sincere that
he wishes to return not onlY the
money taken , but wishes to observe
the old Mosaic law of paying one-flfth - .
additional Ip the form of smart _ '
money.
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