JAP FLEET WINS
ADMIRAL KAMIMURA REPORTS
SEVERE ENGAGEMENT.
m CRUISER RURIK IS SUNK
Two of the Russian War Vessels Es
cape to the Nortward—Ships Be
lieved to Be Badly Crippled—Re
ports That the Naval Battle is Sill
' Raging.
TOKIO.—Vice Admiral Kamimura
encountered the Russian Vladivostok
squadron at dawn today north of Tsu
island in the strait of Corea and at
tacked the enemy at once. The battle
lasted for five hours and resulted in a
complete Japanese victory. The Rus
sian cruiser Rurik was sunk and the
cruisers Rossia and Gromoboi fled to
the northward, after having sustained
serious damage.
Vice Admiral Kamimura cables the
navy department that the injuries in
flicted upon his vessels were slight.
The fate of the crew of the Rurik is
not known. It is presumed that many
of them were killed or drowned.
The strength of the fleet under Vice
Admiral Kamimura is not known, but
l it is presumed that he had the Ad
suma, the Idsumo, the Iwate, the
I Takashiko and other light cruisers.
■ Tokio is joyous over the news, as
I it gives Japan mastery of the sea and
■ restores commerce.
Japanese guns dominate the dock
Byards at Port Arthur, and in view oi
■this fact it would seem to be impos
■ sible again to make^ seaworthy or
■ fightable the Russian battleships
f'J| which have returned to Port Arthur.
|f It is probable that the Russian battle
,1 ship Czarevitch will disarm at Tsing
fi Chou.
The best possible naval force that
Russia can now concentrate at Vladi
vostok is four cruisers.
The imperial prince, Hirovasu
Kwacho, was slightly wounded aboard
the battleship Mikasa in last Wednes
day’s engagement The Russian ar
mored cruiser Rurik was sunk in the
engagement in the Strait of Corea.
The armored cruisers Rossia and
Gromoboi escaped to the northward
heavily damaged.
WASHINGTON.—The Japanese le
gation has received a cablegram from
Tokio saying that Admiral Kamimura
reports that his squadron, after five
hours’ severe fighting with the three
ships of the Vladivostok squadron on
the morning of the 14th. in the mouth
of Tsushima island, sank the Rurik,
The other two ships, which appeared
to have suffered heavily, fled north
ward. “Our damages,” says the re
port, “are slight.”
NEBRASKANS FIRST TO FILE.
Prize Winners at Rosebud Begin Lo
cating Claims.
BONESTEEL, S. D.—The Rosebud
reservation was thrown open to civ
ilization at 9 o’clock Monday morn
ing. when William McCormick, No. 1,
filed on a quarter section of land ly
ing lengthwise along the side of the
town of Roosevelt. Three other
towns have sprung up, Burke, Gregory
and St. Elmo.
Talus Rugge, ■who drew No. 2, filed
on a quarter section adjoining Me
shed prior to the opening, as hundreds
Cormick. There were fears of blood
of squatters had gone on lots in the
townsites and were defying newcom
ers to dislodge them at guns’ points.
Governor Herried arrived to Inves
tigate the situation with regard to
sending troops. Probably troops will
not be sent.
The county seat fight has already
begun among new’ towns. Locating
agents claim knowledge of towns to
which the Northwestern railroad will
build, though officials refuse to give
any information. Among the first
hundred several did not or could not
file. The land office is protected by
armed guards while filing monej' re
mains inside.
Treasury Balances.
WASHINGTON—Today’s statement
of the treasury balances in the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the $150,000,
000 gold reserve in the division of re
demption shows: Available cash bal
ance, $150,425,598. *
SENATOR VEST PASSES AWAY.
Aged Statesman Succumbs After Pro
longed Fight for Life.
SWEET SPRINGS, Mo.—After lin
gering for weeks between life and
death former United States Senator
George Graham Vest passed peace
fully away Tuesday. He had been
so near death for the last three days
that the end came without a struggle.
He was conscious until about 2
o’clock Sunday morning, when he sank
Into a state of coma from which he
never aroused. He lost the power of
speech Saturday morning, but for
several days before that he talked
very imperfectly, and during the last
thirty-six hours of his life his breath
ing was barely perceptible. The flut
ter of his pulse was all that showed
life still remained. The remains will
be taken to St. Louis for interment.
Wanted for Murder in Nebraska.
DENVER, Colo.—George Van Hal
ler, who is wanted by the Omaha po
lice for murder, was arrested by De
tectives Saunders and Kenny. In
formation as to the culprit was re
ceived at the police department yes
terday morning and every effort was
made to locate the alleged murderer.
He was finally located at a house in
the neighborhood of Seventeenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue and
was arrested. Van Haller will be held
until some word has been received
from the authorities at Omaha.
Matousevitch Dies of Injuries.
CHE FOO—Captain Matousevitch,
the late Rear Admiral Withoft’s chief
of staff, who was wounded during the
Japanese attack on the battleship Czar
evitch, has died of his wounds. Only
one Russian torpedo boat remains at
Tsing Chou with the Czarevitch. 'The
Japanese demand departure of the
Czarevitch, but the governor of Tsing
Chou replied that the vessel would re
main, but would be dismantled. The
Japanese consul ordered all steamers
bound for Japanese ports to postpone
their departure.
DIE IN A WRECK
Lives cn Ore Hundred Passengers
Snuffed Out.
PUEBLO. Colo—The wreck o£ the
World’s Fair flyer on the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad near Eden, seven
miles north of Pueblo, Sunday even
ing proves to have been one of the
greatest railroad disasters in the his
tory of the country'- Two crowded
passenger cars and a baggage car
were engulfed in the torrent that tore
out a trestle spanning Steele’s Hol
low, otherwise known as Dry Creek,
and, so far as is known only three of
the occupants of these cars escaped
death. Fortunately, two sleeping
cars and a diner, completing the train
remained on the track at the edge of
the abyss and none of those on board
were killed or injured.
How many perished probably will
never be definitely known, for the
treacherous sands are drifting over
the bodies. Searching for the dead
was begun about midnight on an ex
tensive scale and is still in progress
tonight. All bodies found were
brought to Pueblo and placed in four
morgues here.
At 8 o’clock Monday evening seven
ty-six bodies had been recovered and
of these fifty had been identified. Dur
ing the day bodies were recovered all
the day along Fountain river from
the scene of the wreck to this city.
At 1 o’clock Monday afternoon two
bodies were taken from the stream
at First street. Pueblo, more than
eight miles from the point where the
disaster occurred and it is probable
that some may be recovered even fur
ther down stream. None of the bod
ies are bady mutilated and all are in
such condition as to be recognizable.
Many identifications have been made
by articles found on the bodies, no
persons who viewed them recognizing
the features.
Two carloads of hunfan freight
plunged into the raging torrent that
destroyed the trestle over the usually
dry arroyo known as Steele’s Hollcw,
near Eden, abov.t 8 o’clock Monday.
Two sleeping cars and the diner
stopped at the brink of the hungry
chasm filled with a boiling current
that quickly snuffed out probably 100
lives. So quietly had the catastrophe
been enacted that the occupants of
the three cars remaining on the track
did not realize that an accident had
occurred until they alighted from the
train. Then they were utterly power
less to render assistance to the vic
tims who had disappeared in the rush
ing waters.
NO WORD FROM LEISHMAN YET.
State Department Has Heard Nothing
From Minister.
WASHINGTON—The State depart
ment has heard nothing from Minister
Leishman at Constantinople since last
Monday, when he cabled that the porte
had promised to see that he received
by today the sultan’s answer to his
representations touching the rights of
American citizens in Turkey. If to
day’s enagagement is not kept the de
partment probably will send addition
al instructions to Minister Leishman
as soon as he officially reports the ad
ditional breach of faith. In that event
he is expected to go to Smyrna to
communicate personally with Admiral
Jewell, commanding the Europeon
squadron, and perhaps to take up his
quarters aboard the flagship Olympia,
thus marking a diplomatic crisis.
READY FOR NOTIFICATION.
Former Senator Davis Starts for
White Sulphur Springs.
ELKINS, W. Va.—Everything is in
readiness for his formal notification,
so far as Vice Presidential Candidate
H. G. Davis is concerned. Shartiy
after 12 o'clock Monday, accompanied
by a party of his family and friends,
he will leave for White Sulphur
Springs in his private car Graceland,
going by the regular trains of the Coal
t& Iron and the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroads. With the ex-senator will
be his brother, Colonel Tom Davis of
Keyser, his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lee, National
Committeeman John L. McGraw and
sister, of Grafton; the Misses Sheri
dan of Mount Savage, Md.; Mrs. R. C.
Kerens and daughter, Miss Gladys,
and Secretary Charles S. Robb.
I APPEAL FOR MRS. MAYBRICK.
English Paper Urges a Free Pardon
for American Woman.
LONDON—In the form of a letter
from a correspondent, signed “Heath
cote Hardinge,” the Daily Chronicle
Tuesday morning makes a strong ap
peal on behalf of Mrs. Maybrick. The
letter urges that Mrs. Maybrick is in
nocent and that she ought to be grant
ed a free pardon, and contends that
she never would have been convicted
had there been a court of criminal ap
peal in England. The Chronicle also
prints an editorial which strongly sup
ports “Heathcote Hardinge’s” views
of the case. A bill was introduced in
the house of commons Mbnday by two
prominent lawyers providing for the
retrial of criminal cases.
Must Stop Shooting Birds.
WASHINGTON.—A cablegram has
been received from Lieutenant C. S.
Owen, commanding the detachment of
marines at Midway island, the land
ing point of the Pacific cable, stating
that the employes of the cable com
pany have threatened to leave the
island by the next steamer If the or
der of the navy department prohibit
ing them from carrying arms and
shooting the beautiful birds of the
island Is enforced. The department
however, has replied that the order
must be rigidly enforced.
Distinguished Engineer Dies.
NEW YORK—George Clinton Gard
ner, the distinguished railroad man
and engineer, is dead, at his home in
Richmond Hill. He was born at
Washington in 1834. His father. Colo
nel Charles J. Gardner, was formerly
adjutant general of the army.
Aiexieff Seeks Safe Place.
ST. PETERSBURG—A dispatch
from Harbin says that Viceroy Aiexieff
has passed through that place on his
way to Vladivostok.
WORK OF CABINET'
THE TURKISH SITUATION DIS
CUSSED AT LENGTH.
OUR MINISTER IS HEARD FROM
After Several Days of Silence Sends
Message from Constantinople—Ne
gotiations Understood to Have Tak
en a More Favoraole Turn.
WASHINGTON—Foreign affairs, to
the practical exclusion of everything
else, was considered at Friday’s meet
ing of the cabinet. The Turk'sh sit
uation was discussed at length and a
line of action, in case Minister Irish
man's efforts are unavailing, was
agreed to, but its nature was not dis
closed. „
Secretary Hay also presented to the
cabinet some important information
cabled the state department by Minis
ter Griscom at Tokio confirming the
reports of a great naval engagement
off Port Arthur. It is said the dis
cussion of the Japanese-Russian war
was purely academic and not in any
sense relative to the attitude of Amer
ica toward either of the contending
powers.
After several days’ silence. Minis
ter Leishman has been heard from
through a dispatch dated at Constanti
nople Thursday night, recounting the
results of the exchanges between him
self and the foreign office officials
there. The state department did not
see fit to make public the minister’s
communication, but did make the gen
eral statement that negotiations had
taken a more favorable turn and there
was an expectation of a speedy and
satisfactory adjustment.
There is, however, a vagueness
about the Turkish statements and
premises that has caused the depart
ment. having in mind past experi
ences in the way of promises, to in
struct Mr. Leishman to see to it that
these propositions are reduced to such
concrete form and are made in such
a binding manner that there cannot
be any question as to their fulfill
ment hereafter by the Turkish govern
ment.
It is confidently expected that the
Turkish negotiators will accede to
such a demand on the part of Mr.
Leishman and it is predicted that the
negotiations will be concluded success
fully by Monday next.
CONSTANTINOPLE — Naoum Pa
sha. under secretary of foreign affairs,
called on Minister Leishman at Thera
pia. a town on the Bosphorus, nine
miles northeast of Constantinople. He
reiterated the assurances of the gov
ernment regarding a speedy and fa
vorable reply to the demands touch
ing the rights of Am.-rican citizens
in Turkey.
Subsequently Izzet Pasha, secretary
of the palace, and Minister of Mines
Selim Pasha had a long interview
with Minister Leishman for the pur
pose of determining upon the text of
a reply which may prove acceptable
to America.
FOUGHT ENTIRE AFTERNOON
Togo Sends a Report of the Naval En
gagement.
TOKIO—Admiral Togo has reported
as follows:
“On August 10 our combined fleet
attacked the enemy’s fleet near Gugan
rock. The Russians vessels were
emerging from Port Arthur, trying to
go south. We pursued the enemy to
the eastward. Severe fighting lasted
from 1 o’clock Wednesday afternoon
until sundown. Toward the close the
enemy's fire weakened remarkably.
His formatior, became confused and
then ships scattered. The Russfan
cruisers Askold and Novik and several
torpedo boat destroyers fled to the
southward. Other of the enemy’s
ships retreated separately toward Port
Arthur. We pursued th^m and it apt
pears that we inflicted considerable
damage. We found life buoys and
other articles belonging to the Russian
battleship Czarevitch floating at sea.
The Czarevitch probably was sunk.
We have received no reports from the
torpedo boats and the torpedo boat
destroyers which were engaged in the
attack on the enemy. The Russian
vessels, with the exception of the No
vik, the Askold, the Czarevitch and
the Pallada, appear to have returned
to Port Arthur. Our damage was
slight. Our fighting power has not
been impaired.”
FOREST FIRE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
St. Johns is Threatened and Blue
Jackets Aid Citizens.
ST. JOHNS, N. F.—The ravages of
forest fires along the outskirts of St
Johns continue and threaten the sec
tion in which the asylum for the in
sane, containing 200 patients, is situ
ated. A force of police, with a detach
ment of blue jackets, from the cruiser
Charybdis and the French warship
Troude, have gone to the scene in an
endeavor to prevent the fire from de
stroying the asylum and other build
ings. The conflagration is so exten
sive that railroad trains are unable to
penetrate the forest.
Farmers Ask for Rates.
SIOUX FALLS, S. D.—A petition
has been filed with the state board of
railroad commissioners by^the people
of Twin Brooks and vicinity, protest
ing against the high freight rates
which the people of that place and
vicinity have to pay when compared
with the rates charged east of Mil
bank and other towns. The farmers
in the neighborhood of Twin Brooks
are said to have discovered that the
rates on grain from Twin Brooks have
been too high, and efforts will be
made for a reduction.
Chinese Are Restless.
ANSHANSHAN.—Captain Ziezant
zeff has just returned from a daring
reconnaissance of the Japanese lines
as far as Hai Cheng, bringing import
ant information. He says there are
decided signs of unrest among the
population of the country between the
Liao and the Taitse rivers, following
the Russian evacuation and the Jap
anese occupation of Yinkow. He be
lieves that it is due to the near ap
proach of the Chinese General Ma’s
army. There have been two days ol
heavy rain In this region.
NSNEWS in ]
FOURCLOUD HAS A BAD RECORD.
Former Wives Either Die or Run as
Result of His Brutality.
PEXDER—George Fourcloud, the
Winnebago woman-killer, who is under
arrest for the murder of Cora Elk, is
a young man about 24 years old, hav
ing a criminal record. At the begin
ning of his career he first lived a
short time with the daughter of Mrs.
John Hill. This girl he is accused of
cutting with a knife, kicking and oth
erwise mutilating until she died of
these injuries.
His next was Mary Ann Decora, a
beautiful young Indian girl, who soon
succumbed to his brutal treatment.
His third was the daughter of White
boy.
She was young and buxom, evading
his brutal treatment when he was in
toxicated, but finally ran away from
him.
His fourth was Dolly Bighead. To
this girl he was legally married. Af
ter he had pounded and bruised her
until she was almost killed, she ran
away from him also.
Only two months ago he assaulted
his mother while in a drunken brawl,
breaking her arm and almost killing
her.
His fifth victim, Ccr Elk, who was
found dead near the agency a few
days ago, was also a young girl. With
her he had lived but a short time. In
a drunken rage he is supposed to have
kicked and bruised her until she died
from these injuries. After he had
killed her it is alleged that he dump
ed her body into a spring wagon and
hauled her some distance from the
place of the tragedy and dropped her
by the roadside, where she was found
dead.
John Fourcloud, the father of the
accused, was a prominent Winnebago,
having been a member of several coun
cils of the tribe, going to Washington
with other members to plead their
cause to the Great Father.
The career of George has been that
of a vicious inebriate, having a pe
culiar mania for women, and these
the brightest of the tribe. He has
been bound over to the United States
court and taken to Omaha for safe
keeping.
Small Boy Mangled.
COLUMBUS—Earl, the little 6-year
old son of Henry O. Studley, a farmer
living five miles west of town, met
with a very peculiar and painful acci
dent. He was riding on a sulky plow
with his father. One cf the horses
stopped very suddenly to kick at a
fly, when the little fellow fell from
his seat. The team started as sud
denly as they stopped and the roiling
cutter ahead of the plow ran over the
back of the boy’s neck, badly injur
ing him but it is thought that he will
recover.
Get Pay for Cells,
The Van Dorn iron works of Cleve
land secured $27,610 from the state
treasury, the balance due on its con
tract for the new cells at the peniten
tiary. The warrant was bought by
the treasurer, which, together with
others bought during the day, reduced
the amount of money in the permanent
school fund from $06,000 to $61,000.
The treasurer also cashed $20,000
worth of warrants for payments on the
university buildings.
Touched by a Pickpocket.
OMAHA—Although warned that
pickpockets were upon the train. Wal
ter Fairbanks of 1435 Vine street.
Denver. Colo., lost $1,100 by the tim'e
he had reached the Union station in
Omaha. He was returning home from
the golf tournament in Minneapolis
when robbed.
Paroled by the Governor.
NORFOLK—Max Spahr, who was
sent to the penitentiary from Norfolk
for a three years’ term to pay the pen
alty for cutting the threoat of a negro
from ear to ear with intent to kill and
rob, after having been paroled by
Governor Mickey, escaped from his
parole and has been returned to the
penitentiary by Sheriff Clement3 of
Madison, having been located in Penn
sylvania through the agency of a
sweetheart
Canning Factory Starts Up.
NEBRASKA CITY—Over 300 per
sons were given employment at the
Otoe Preserving company plant when
the company began operations canning
sweet com and tomatoes.
Farmer Loses Arm.
PLATTSMOUTH — While working
with a corn sheller Herman Smiljh, a
farmer, stumbled and fell, and his left
arm was drawn into the gear of the
machine. Amputation was necessary.
Troop A, Nebraska National Guard,
has received new equipment and now
has Krag-Jorgen3on rifles, instead of
its former ancient carbines.
Hail Does Much Damage.
NEBRASKA CITY—The hail storm
that visited this county did a great
deal of damage. One strip eight miles
long and a mile wide, three and one
half miles west of this city, was al
most swept clean, and great damage
was done to the corn and fruit crops.
Nearly all of the corn in that district
was stripped of blades, and in many
instances the trees were stripped of
their leaves, while the fruit was all in
jured or knocked off. Nearly two
inches of rain fell in some portions
of the county.
Horse Drowned in Torrent
HUMBOLDT—As a result of the
high water caused by the heavy rains,
Claude Fergus, a young farmer living
a short distance northeast of the city,
lost one of his team of fine thorough
bred driving horses.
Appoints C. E. Lawrence.
LINCOLN—C. E. Lawrence of Elk
Creek has been appointed by Auditor
Weston to succeed Mrs. E. R. Mat
thews. The husband of the latter has
teen appointed deputy United States
marshal. /
NEBRASKANS
THE STATE AT LARGE.
Albion had a fire last week with an
estimated loss of $2000.
The street fair in North Platte, held
for one week, was a very successful
affair.
The Royal Highlanders organized a
! castle at Geneva with fifty charter
members.
Extensive preparations are being
made for the Cass county old settlers’
reunion to be held at Union August
19 and 20.
! Dates for the Ravenna harvest car
nival have been changed, and the
j events will not be held September
j 14, 15 and 16.
;
The wheat crop in the vicinity cf
Oconee is not as good as anticipated.
In an election at Oakland the light
ing bonds carried.
I
According to word received by
I Game Warden Carter prominent citi
zens of Norfolk have been fined $10
and costs for killing prairie chickens.
Mrs. Rush O. Fellows, formerly a
resident of Plattsmouth, but now of
[ Belle Fourche, S. D., has been nomi
nated by the democrats of that county
| for superintendent of schools.
j Gas McDougall. a well known young
man of Humboldt, had a thumb torn
j wrom his right hand while attempting
j to clean the chaff from a separator
' operated by himself and brother.
At a special term of the district
| court, held in Ogalalla. Judge Grimes
' presiding, James L. Mahaffa was tried
; for horse stealing, found guilty and
• sentenced to three years in the peni
i tentiary.
I
, Bravely tugging at the body of a I
1 drowning companion, Horace English, j
■ a 12-year-old boy. of Lincoln, saved |
S the life of Dewey Davis. The two
were swimming in Salt creek, and the
I Davis boy was carried beyond his
i depth.
Morris, the watch thief, who broke
jail at North Platte, was captured !
i again. Castell, who escaped with I
him, tried to board the night train I
east, but when he climbed the blind j
i baggage he was met by an officer, j
i who ordered him off. He, however, j
escaped.
Two men by the name of Gressman,
I aged thirty and fifty years, were
j struck by lightning and instantly
1 killed. These men lived about eight
miles west of Cedar Rapids and came
from Missouri about eighteen months
ago. They were engaged in shingling
a school house at the time of the
! stroke.
The Omaha & Nebraska Central
Railway company has filed its articles
; of incorporation with the county clerk
of Hamilton county, giving Omaha as
the principal place of business aud re
citing that the company is incorpor
ated for the purpose of constructing,
operating and the maintenance of a
railroad in the state of Nebraska.
Fred M. Shaughnessy of Platts
I mouth, a Burlington brakeman. has
I brought suit against the company in
| Mills county, Iowa, to recover dam
ages in the sum of $15,000. Last No
vember he was struck by passenger
train No. 13 in the yards at Pacific
Junction and sustained injuries from
which he remained in a serious condi
tion for six weeks.
Herman Smith, living five mile3
west of Murray, had his left arm
mangled in a corn sheller. He was
passing the sheller when he stumbled
and fell, and his arm was drawn into
the gear up to his body. He was not
liberated until boxes and shafts were
removed. He stood with his torn and
bleeding arm in the machinery for
twenty minutes. Amputation will be
necessary.
City Marshal Dargan, of Chadron,
according to telephone orders from
Fort Robinson, arrested Tom Katkin
of Company I, Tenth cavalry, as a
deserter. He was taken back to the
fort.
An inquest was held before Dr.
Armstrong, the coroner, of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Pellan of South Omaha,
who were killed near Avery, while
walking on the track. The Jury re
turned a verdict that they were killed
by the Union Pacific fast train No.
11, and placed the blame on no one. .
A severe hail storm visited Custer
county, extending from the middle
Loup near Walworth, twenty miles
south, and from two to three miles
in width. Most of the small grain
was in shock and while it was badly
beaten out the loss will not be so
great as had it not been cut.
Frank Wylis, a young farmer living
near Ellis, attempted to slide to the
ground fram a hay stack and struck
on the handle of a pitch fork and was
impaled until taken down by several
farm hands who were working near
by. For a time it was thought he
could not recover, but at last ac
counts was slowly recovering.
While George Gudhardt or Sarpy
county was returning home from
South Omaha he was held up by
three men near Sarpy mills. The
men forced Mr. Gudhardt to take
them to the R street car line. They
did not molest him in any other man
ner. •w
The story of the engagement and
the proposed wedding on the Rose
bud reservation of William McCor
mick, the lucky man in the recent
land drawing, is denied by his Lincoln
friends. McCormick has gone to the
reservation to make his selection.
Reports to the effect that a number
of fishermen have been violating the
fi«h and game law in that locality
have reached the authorities of Beat
rice. The game warden or some of
his deputies may be called on to
make an investigation.
Arrangements are well under way
for organizing a farmers* elevator and
grain buying company at Straussville,
a small station on the Missouri Pa
cific, three miles northwest of Falls
City. There are to be thirty farmers
to take one share each of stock at
|100 and pay a fee of $3.
ALL ARE ANXIOUS
NOTHING HEARD FROM THE PORT
ARTHUR SQUADRON.
FIGHTING RUMORS CONFLICTING
Russians at Port Arthur Said to Be
Short of Ammunition—Another
Story Afloat that the Port Has
Fallen.
LONDON—Rumors that Port Ar
thur has fallen are again current, but
apparently there is no further warrant
for them than on previous occasions.
It is regarded as impossible that Port
Arthur can hold out much longer, but
there is no further news either con
cerning the fortress or the fate of the
Port Arthur squadron beyond the
statement from Chee Foo that the pro
tected cruisers Askoid andl Novik have
entered the port of Kianchau, which is
German leased territory.
BOTH ARE AGREED.
Uncle Sam and Great Britain on
Neutral Commerce.
LONDON—The Associated Press
learns that absolute accord exists be
tween the United Statn and Great
Britain in respect to the rights of
neutral commerce and when the dec
laration of Secretary Hay was pub
lished yesterday the State department
was informed that it was in entire
accord with the attitude of Great
Britain. In order that Russia might
understand the similarity of the brand
of American views, Lord Lansdowno
directed the British ambassador at St.
Petersburg to protest again the Rus
sian definition of contraband trans
mitted through Ambassador McCor
mick. Great Britain would like the
LTnited States to take steps to obtain
an international declaration defining
the rights of neutrals, but it is not
thought at the foreign office here that
Secretary Hay will do so, it being un
derstood here that he proposes to re
tain complete liberty of action.
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tee.
According to the Che Foo corre
spondent of the Telegram the Japs
tried to blow up the Russian torpedo
boat destroyer Rieshitelni and her
crew had to swim for their lives. The
same correspondent states that Lieu
tenant General Stoessel, the com
mander of the military forces at Port
Arthur, personally commanded the
forces in the fight for the possession
of the Taku mountain, which was ac
companaied by fearful carnage. The
correspondent adds:
“The Russians are short of ammu
nition and the garrison is excited by
inc«ssant fighting. If the Japanese
continue their assaults with fresh
troops the worst may happen.”
CHE FOO—According to the latest
information obtainable the Russian
squadron has not returned to Port Ar
thur.
On the night of August 9 heavy
cannonadiing was heard at sea in the
direction of Port Arthur. Advices
from the fortress say that the Japan
ese bombarded the town, placing their
batteries in dense kaolin fields, where
they were effectively masked. The
shells dropped mainly in the western
basin, where the squadron was an
chored. Many of the shells fell upon
the battleship Retvizan, but no serious
damage was done either to the town or
the fleet. Later the forts got th<»
range of the Japanese field batteries
and drove them out from their shel
ter in the kaolin fields.
On the morning of August 10 the
squadron put to sea, where heavy can
nonading was heard for several hours.
The result of the battle Is not known
and nothing definite has been learned
regarding either squadron.
GRAND ARMY RATE WAR,
Railroads Striving for the Transporta
tion Business.
CHICAGO, 111.—The rate war over
the Grand Army business has broken
out afresh. Monday the Grand Trunk
made the announcement that its rate
from Chicago to Boston would be
$15.40 for the round trip and that
under no circumstances would it re
linquish the differential which it
claims is justly due to the so-called
differential lines—the Grand Trunk,
Erie, Wabash, Baltimore & Ohio and
Nickel Plate.
The immediate cause for the an
nouncement of a new cut in the rate
is said to be an advertisement of the
Michigan Central that the lowest
rate announced over any line would
apply over the Michigan Central.
This was taken by the Grand Trunk
to mean that the Michigan Central
would not recognize a differential
rate to the Grand Trunk and other
lines, but would quote a rate or $17.95.
Citizen Forced to Leave.
VICTOR, Colo.—Former Mayor W.
J. Donnelly has decided to remove
with his family from the Cripple
Creek district in consequence of re
peated warnings. “I believe my life
is in danger and I fear my store and
house will be burned if I remain,"
said Mr. Donnelly on Tuesday. The
objections to Mr. Donnelly’s presence
in the district are from the foes of
the Western Federation of Miners,
with which he has been an avowed
sympathizer since the deportation of
union miners was inaugurated.
Nine Thousand Armenians Massacred.
LONDON—A report having been
submitted to the house of commons
by F. S. Stevenson, member of the
Eye division of Suffolk, that 9,000 Ar
menians had been killed in the Mush
and Sassun districts of Asia Minor,
Foreign Secretary Lansdown has re^
plied that the government has receiv
ed no confirmation of the report, add
ing that it is difficult for consular of
ficers to arrive at an absolute esti
mate of the loss of life, but reports of
such officials show the foregoing fig
ures to be greatly exaggerated.
With reference to the constitution
of a special admiralty prize court at
the Russian capital to reconsider the
case of the British steamer Knight
Commander announced in the Associ
ated Press dispatches from St. Peters
burg last night the British officials
are confident it will reverse the deci
sion of the prize court at Vladivostok.
They maintain the decision declaring
the steamer to be lawful prize was
not justified by international law and
that whatever the vessel carried. Ad
miral Jessen had no right to sink it.
Great Britain will not accept a set
tlement merely by the payment of a
monetary indemnity, but insists a
broad principle shall be established.
This Russia cannot admit at this mo
ment in view of the finding or the
Vladivostok court, but if the new
court declares, as the British govern
ment anticipate, that international
law did not justify the sinking of a
neutral ship, then the question would,
be capable of easier adjustment.
WASHINGTON—The fact that so
far no proof has been produced be
fore the State department to show
American ownership of a single
pound of the cargo of the Knight
Commander, the British vesser sunk
by the Vladivostok squadron, has
tended to diminish the interest here
in the financial side of that affair.
But much interest is manifested in
the international question now under
discussion between Russia and Great
Britain as to the right of a beligger
ent to sink a neutral ship even with
contraband aboard instead of taking
it before a prize court.
According to officials here, the
United States is so placed geographi
cally that in the event dl a war with
a Europeon power it might be neces
sary for our warships to take the Rus
sian view of this matter—of the right
to sink—else any idea of taking prizes
or inflicting its merchant snipping
must be abandoned for it is said to
be impossible to bring a prize across
the Atlantic with its own coar.
HEIR TO RUSSIAN THONE
Son Born to Czar and Czarina at the
Peterhof Palace.
ST. PETERSBURG—A son and heir
to the Russian throne has been born.
The empress and the child are doing
well. The accouchment occurred at
12:30 p. m. The child will be chris
tened Alexis.
The emperor and empress of Russia
(formerly Princess Alix of Hesse)
were married November 4, 1894, had
previous to the birth of the child to
day four daughters—Olga, born No
vember 3, 1895; Tatiana, born May 29,
1897; Marie, born June 14, 1899, and
Anastasia, born June S, 1901.
Report of Russian Attack.
GENERAL KUROKI’S - HEAD
QUARTERS IN THE FIELD, VIA
FUSAN—Unofficial reports were cur
rent yesterday that a large force of
Russians were advancing to attack
the Japanese right. Heavy firing
heard in that direction today appears
to confirm the report Russian sol
diers, who have been taken prisoners,
say the Russians were sometimes
phort on rations. Two days of hard
rains have followed a fortnight of se
vere heat. The Japanese in the fight
ing of August 1 were 990.
Retail Meat Trade Stops.
CHICAGO—With an army of more
than 300 pickets, the Ice Wagon Driv
ers’ and Helpers’ union on Tuesday
established a blockade of the retail
and cold storage meat market busi
ness of Chicago. The union determi
aatfrm to extend the strike to the
cold storage warehouses came as a
distinct surprise to the packers, and
this was accentuated by the action
of the ice car helpers, who on Tues
day declared an intention not to han
dle ice for any dealer who patronizes
the strike-affected packers.