jULEW UP TRANSPORT TO MAKE IT THE BEST. JAPS AT CHEMULPO. IN PRAIRIE LAND. I .Accident by Russians That Caused Death of Nearly 100 Men. ZTaUtrop1io Ocrnrrnil In Hnrlior nt Tort Arthur Kotir lttisshwi Cruisers Sink i tJiiiiunnst) IMorchunt Ship llrlt Islt Ship l'lrml On. SL Petersburg, Feb. 13. A report hasten received from Viceroy Alexiefl saying that the Russian torpedo trans port Yenisei 1ms been blown up as tho result of accidentally striking a mine at Port Arthur. Tho Yenisei sank and ' Capt, Stepanoff, three olllccrs and 91 men wore lost. Two Jnimneso Stcuimir Slmllod. London, Feb. 10. Baron llnyashi, tho Japaneso minister here, has re ceived a dispatch from Tokio announc ing that on February 11 two Japanese , merchant steamers, tho Nakanoura Maru and Zensho Mnru, whilo on their way from Sakata to Otaru (on tho is land of Hokkaido) were surrounded and shelled by four Russian warships, presumably tho Vladlvostock squadron, off tho coast of IlerunshI (Okushlrl). The Nakanoura Maru was sunk, but the Zensho Maru escaped and arrived safely at Fukuyama (island of Hok kaido). ATnsituiphn I .IiipiMi'M Forovor. London, Fob. 13. Baron Hayashl, summing up events In tho far east so for as they have gone, said to the Associated press: "Whatever say bo tho eventual result of tho war, Russia, In allowing us to occupy and fortify Masampho, has created for herself an- other dardanolles. With the fortifica tion of Masampho tho Integrity of Ja pan Is assured forever. No llect can now pass there against Japan's wishes. Even if wo are beaten we would not givo up Masampho." JsipH I.iiuilhic Troops at Chemulpo. London, Feb. 13. Tho Japanese min ister hero, Baron Hayashl, has received a despatch from the government at Tokio announcing that the latter has not yet received an oirtcial report of tho battlo fought off Port Arthur and adding that apparently the disembarka tion of Japanese troops Is proceeding satisfactorily and without disorder nl Chemulpo, the port of Seoul, Korea and elsewhere. llnltlc l"lnot Not Scon. Berlin, Feb. 13. It is officially an nounced hero that nothing Is known of tho allagcd passage, or impending pas sago of tho Russian Baltic llect through the Kaiser Wilhelm (Baltic North sea) canal. If Chlnti Is Cnnslslmit. Washington, Feb. 13. Minister Con ger cabled tho state department from -.Fekin that China would immediately jssuo a proclamation of neutrality, hav ing yesterday received from tho Rus sian minister tho declaration of war. Sf thi3 proclamation Is observed it will, of course, prevent the threatened in vasion of Manchuria by tho boxers. China also must prevent the use of her soil by either Russian or - Japanese troops. Text oT Hay's Note. Washington, Fob. 13. "To Russia and Japan tho Washington govorn , mcnt suggests the propriety of limit- ins hostilities within as small an area as possible and of respecting tho neu trality and administrative entity of China, that China may bo free from disturbances and foreign interesta Choro from menace." This tho Associa ted press is enabled to give as tho sub ntance of the note addressed by Sec retary Hay on February 10 to tho St. Petersburg and Tokio governments. Ilimslu rushing Troops ICiisUvuril. St. Petersburg, Fob. 13. Tho move ment of Russian troops eastward 13 being pushed from all directions. No tice ,has been given that emigration eastward is suspended. In fact, the Siberian railroad is monopolized by the transportation of troops and war munitions, to tho complete exclusion - of commercial traffic. llncliuiil's Kufu-ml Ktnphutlr. London, Feb. 13. England will deny permission (o Russia to pass its fino Black sea hoot through the darda nolles; an attempt to make such a movement of tho fleet without asking England's permission will be met by armed resistance, and it is thought Russia would not dare to attempt tho movement against England's consent. A lirltlsh Sti'iimor Klroil Upon hy KiihsIiiih. Chofoo. Feb. 13. Tho British steam er Fuping, when leaving Port Arthur, was firm! upon by Russians. Threo Chineso members of tho crew wore wounded. Tho Russians- afterwards apologized for firing on the vessel. Omit Hrltiiln Gutting l(inly. London, Fob. 13. Tho Dally Tele aph this morning says tho British " -uCdaiirality has sent letters of warning to all retired naval officers who i;ro i eligible for service. WERE TWO HUNDRED KILLED? Details via Tokio Itepnrt Many T.Ives I.nnt In the Destruction of imi llus hlan Vessel Varlac. Tokio, Fob. lS.About 200 of tho Varing's crew lost their lives when the vessel was destroyed Monday by tho ; Inpancno off Chemulpo. Tho crew of Iho Russian cruiser numbered 570. Many lost their lives undor fire, but a Jargo number drowned in attempting Co escape St. Louis IVnnt tho Dntuorrutla Nntlonn) Convention to .Mort lit n, Model Itulhllntr on .July 0. Chicago, Feb. 14. Col. John I. Mar tin, Bergcant-at-arms of tho demo cratic national committee, accompa nied by Architect M. C. Zeedorbaum, representatives of tho telegraph com panies and of tho press, hnvo Inspected tho coliseum at Chicago, whoro tho re publican convention will bo hold with tho view of gaining information which will enable him to make tho coliseum nt St. Louis tho best In the country In its provisions for tho press and tele graph companies when tho democratic convention begins on July C. Col. Martin states that tho Jefferson hotel, selected by the democratic na tional committee for Its headquarters during tho convention, Is absolutely a fireproof building, one of tho most handsomely equipped In tho world. BALTIMORE RECUPERATING. Tho tiruitt Majority of McrcliiintN Who Were IturniMl Out Itcstiinn Hiislucss mut Trado llovhiH to Flow on us Usual. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 15. Just one week ngo yesterday tho great fire which destroyed 80 blocks and 2,500 houses in the business conter of this city broke out and seven days there after it may bo truthfully said that tho city has shown a recuperative power which must bo accounted extra ordinary. Though only five week days havo elapsed since tho fire was checked the great majority of mer chants who were burned out havo found locations and havo resumed business. The restoration of almost the whole of tho city's street car line service la one of tho agreeable surprises of thq week, as tho Inhabitants feared that tho period of walking would bo ex tended indefinitely. WILLIAM J. LEMP A SUICIDE, St. r.oulx llrcnvor Kmlnl III I.I To us n Kusult of Sorrow Over Dentil of II 1m Son. St. Louis, Feb. 11. William J. Lemp, proprietor of tho brewing company, committed suicide by shooting hlmsell through the head. Tho deed is sup posed to havo been committed because of sorrow over the recent death of his son. Mr. Lemp lost interest in life threo years ago. when Ids son Frederic! died. Ho was tho brewer's favorite son, tho superintendent of the brewery and tho chief reliance of his father. Ho died suddenly of heart failure and tho blow to tho father was so severo that ho never recovered from it. At first he seemed to resist the Impulse to withdraw from actlvo life, but after a time ho yielded to It, and was sel dom seen at his office. BIG FIRE AT TOPEKA. Pitrkhumt-Diivlfl, McCormnck Harvester anil .Schick Mattress Companies Suffer Losses Accrediting Xeiir 8500,000. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 14. Firo de stroyed the Parkhurst-Davis Morcan- tllo company's building and stock, at J First and Kansas avenue; the Sells I building adjoining, occupied by tho 1 McCormick Harvester company and I W. I. Schick as a storago room for mattresses, and some smaller property. Total loss estimated at $100,000. Tho principal loss was sustained by the Parkhurst-Davis company, and is es timated at $250,000, with $125,000 in surance. BRAVE CHIEF OF POLICE. At Wenthurly, I'll.. th Oftlriir Attacked Two Kohbers niul Itconl veil M-vernl Stub Wounds That Muy Trove Fatal. Wcr.thc:!y, Pa., Feb. 14. In a battle with iwu men who wcro trying to break into tho Woatherly bank Chief of Polico McLean has been seriously wounded. McLean attacked tho rob bers single-handed. They drew knives and stabbed him several times but ho put up a strong fight and escaped mor tal injury. Tho men kept him from shooting until an opportunity for flight ' presented itself. Then they got away , in tho darkness without affecting an entrance to the bank liaising S.'.OOO.OOO for Japan. New York, Feb. 1 1. More than 300 Japanese and a plentiful sprinkling of American men and women attended tho Japanese meeting at Carnegie con cert hall for th6 purpose of assisting in raising tho proposed fund of $5,000, 000 to bo subscribed by ( tho Japaneso I and others in tho United States for 1 tho aid of Japan in its war with Rus sia. Many Kansas University Student railed. Lawrence, Kan., Feb. 15. Tho reg istrar's books nt tho University of Kansas &how that 225 students out of tho wholo number of 1,250 failed to pass the last examination,. This is tho largest number of failures record ed at this school. Itnhhed I'nst Olllce and Stores. Fayette, Mo., Fob. M. Tho postof- ' lice and four stores in, Harrisburg, a . small town on tho Howard and Boone ! county line east of her, woro robbed county line east of hero, were robbed stolen. Viceroy Alexieff Says 19,000 Brown Men Have Landed There. Kallrimil ltchlnd I'ort Arthur Mown Up mid 0.000 .laps Are Netir Oulney Uo port That 100 .laps Were Sabered hy Cossacks Near Tallen Wen. St. Petersburg, Feb. 15. A commu nication from "Viceroy Alexieff just re ceived confirms tho report of tho land ing of 19,000 Japanese troops at Che mulpo. Tho viceroy adds that reports have been received of attempts to cut tho telegraph wires along tho Chineso Eastern railway and nlso to destroy ono of tho abutments of tho Sungari bridge. Thcso attempts., ho adds, were immediately detected ' and decisive measures taken to guard tho railway. It Is reported from Tientsin that all foreigners and civilians havo been or dered to lcavo Port Arthur. It is also reported that tho Siberian railroad has been wrecked in six places, covering a dlstanco of 70 miles. Tho Daily Mail's Port Arthur corre spondent says: Official advices states that tho Japaneso landed COO soldiers near Tallen Wen with disastrous re sults, 400 being sabered by Cossacks; tho remainder escaped to their ships, it is further stated that tho Japanese lauded at Dove bay, whoro 30 of them wcro killed and tho remainder re treated. Tho Dally Mall's Newchwang corre spondent cables: According to official Port Arthur telegrams tho Japanese landed a force yesterday at Pigeon bay, West Port Arthur. They wore then attacked by troops and by tin; land batteries and were defeated with heavy loss." The correspondent of tho Dally Ex press at Pekln in a cablegram dated February 12 reports that Viceroy Alex ieff Is practically Isolated, direct com munication between Port Arthur and Vladlvostock being suspended. He adds that tho railroad behind I'ort Arthur has been blown up and that G.000 Japanese troops havo landed near Dalney. The Nagasaki correspondent of the Dally Telegraph expresses the convic tion that Russia is quite unable to hold the Lino-Tung peninsula and that Port Arthur Is bound to fall by tho ef fluxion of time, even without an as sault. Viceroy Alexleff's silence about the Vladivostok squadron is explained aa follows: For strategic reasons the Iceroy, as commander-in-chief, Is cm- powered to dlsposo of tho ships and men without consulting headquarters. Tho onumerntlo'n of tho Russian ships engaged at Port Arthur was purposely omitted In tho official reports as it would havo given a valuable clue to the enemy. Kir Steamers with Coal Captured. Nagasaki, Feb. 15. Six Norwegian steamers chartered by a Russian naval contractor havo been captured. The vessels aro tho Lena, Actlv, Sentls, Seirstad, Argo and Hermes. Thoy car ried coal cargoes. Tho Hermes ar rived hero yesterday under convoy ol n cruiser. It Is rumored that 1,800 Japaneso soldiers have been killed, presumably by tho sinking of a trans port. Disturbances are reported pro ceeding in Seoul. Germany Fears Victorious Japs. Berlin, Fob. 15. Tho position of the Gorman government respecting the Russo-Japaneso was Is now well do fined. It is exact neutrality in act, but In sentiment it is sympathetic toward Russian predominance in China rather than Japaneso predominance there. IS HE "BILL" RUDOLPH? Desperado Who INcaped from St. I.otils Wall .Said to Have Keen round in tho Kansas State Penitentiary. Knsas City, Mo., Feb. .15. "The world isn't big enough to hldo 'Bill' Rudolph." William Pinkerton, chief j of the great detective agency, said this eight months ago when Rudolph, bank robber, murderer of Charles J. Schu macher, a Pinkerton detective, escaped from tho St. Louis Jail. Tho search for tho escaped bank robber and mur derer ended Saturday 700 feet under ground. There, at work in tho coal mines of tho Kansas penitentiary at Lansing, "Bill" Rudolph was found and fully identified by a Pinkerton man. Held a "Hump" Convention. Wyandotte, Ivan., Feb. 1-1. N. Barnes, who was overwhelmingly de feated for congress in tho republican primaries, got up a "rump" convention which elected contesting delegates to state and concresslonal conventions. ' Tho regular convention, presided over by O. J. Peterson, elected delegates in structed for Henry McGrew for con gress. AutoinohlleH for the I'arin. Chicago, Feb. 11. "Automobiles will soon bo taking tho place of wagons on many farms in tho United States and Canada," declared Isaac K. Potter, president of the American Motor league before a banqum of tho loaguo here. He said that soon thousands of tho vehicles would bo speeding "to town" with tho farmers' produce, (Editorial Correspondence.) MOOS IS JAW, Anslnlbola. Farmers' Review, t'hlcuRo, July 22, 1W3, "Most of tho prairies in tho United States have ceased to exist. Man has broken thorn up with orchards, forests and farm buildings. But In Western Canada the prairies still stretch grand ly from horizon to horizon as yet un marrod by tho hand of man, savo whero tho Iron road has been laid. To a city man there is something de llclously restful about tho vast grassy solitudes. "Numerous clt-mpr. of trees mark the courso of tho Asslnlboino River, which keeps In sight, of tho railroad for some dlstanco. "Grass Is ono of tho notablo things about all tho Inndscnpo of Western Canada. It Is a roniarknblo fact that tho ontiro length of tho Canadian Pa cific railway from Its eastern terminus to tho Rocky mountains is over plains whoro grass grows. Tho sago brush appears at somo points, but never to tho exclusion of grass. There Is thus not a mllo of this country that cannot bo used for some agricultural purpose cither for tilling or ranching. "M0080 Jaw Is a town of over 2,000 inhabitants and one of tho most Im portant places in Asslnlbola, boing tho conter of a very good farming coun try and a great grain and stock ship ping point. "Near Mooso Jaw agrlculturo and ranching go hand in hand; for near tho town was seen a herd nf beef cat tlo sovoral hundred in number. On another sldo was seen a good sized herd of dairy cows, tho proporty of tho citizens in tho town. "In riding over tho prairies wo saw many good Holds or alfalfa. Tho groat need of tho country is timber, which grows readily whero planted, as was demonstrated by tho shelter belts on some of tho farms, and tho trce3 on the residence lots In tho town. "Stories wcro told tho writer of mon who last year cleared from their wheat crop moro than tho land on which It was grown originally cost them. This is easy to believe In view of'tho largo crop and high price for wheat last year. Henry F. Thurston." By nonding your address to any agent of tho Canadian Government you will hnvo mailed to you a copy of an Atlas, railway rates, etc., giving fullest Information regarding Western Canada. OnIoiiIiiMooh. An Atchison mini IcIIh the Globe nbottt Inn uncle, an irishman, who sudden ly beuainu rich. The 1 i 1 h L tiling he did vnn to buy the best puw in the church. When Similar rolled iirmiiiil the Irishman walked Kinniily down the aisle, carrying 11 mlk hut and elegant overcoat. lie found two Htrungt! women occupying hia new. Come out, lie Haul, imperiously. The women were very much shocked, und walked out, their hcadii huiiKing in hIiiuiic. "Sow, then, Indies' the lriBlimau ttaid, "oblige me by walking back. 1 just want ed to ahow you who owned this puw." Threo Doctor' Oplnloim, Buffulo, N. Y., Feb. 15. Physicians have accepted Dotld's Kidney Pills as the standard remedy for diseases of the Kid neys mid kindred complaints. R. 11. Dun away, M. 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