VC- ,
TWO WAESHIPS SUNK
JAP CRUISER'AND BATTLESHIP
GO DOWN.
Cruiser Yosliina Sinks in Collision Oif
Port Arthur Battleship iiatsusc Hits
Russian Mine Over Nine Hundred
Japs Are Reported Loat.
Vice Admiral Togo of 'the Japanese
navy gives out a report from Rear Ad-
iniral Dewa saying that the cruisurs
Kasaga and Yoshino collided during a
fog elf Port Arthur on May 15. The
Yoshino sank , only ninety oi ! her crew
beiiii ; saved. On the same day the bat
tleship Hatsuse struck a Russian mine
and sank.
The Hatsnse was one of the old-model
ships in the Japane.se ileet , having been
built in 1SG9. Her displacement was
15,000 tons and her complement 741
men. The Hatsnse had a length of 400
feet and a speed of 3J > knots an hour.
She was equipped with four 12-inch
fourteen G-iucii guns and thh-ly-
rnall guns.
"VIic Yoshlaa has a disnlac-tSuent of
4,150 tons , a length of 330 feet , and a
speed of 23 knots an hour. She was
r uilt in 1892 and her coipler.ieut cr.n-
sisted of 300 men. Her t < nir.meit com
prised four G-inch 'guns , eight 4-iuch
guns and 23 small guns.
This is the most serious loss -sustained
by the Japanese navy during the war.
Tha Russians are highly dated over the
disaster and telegrams from St. Percrs-
RETREAT OF JAPANESE ,
Army of 20,000' Avoids a Battle with
312,000' Russian .
Reports of the Japanese retreat to
Fenghuangcheng are officially confirmed.
The Japanese , numbering 20,000 men ,
came uion 32,000 Russians in a stong
position Monday sixty miles west of
Fenghuangcheng. It being unwise to
risk a battle , the Japanese retreated in
good order and with great rapidity.
An inofficial Russian authority says
a pitched battle was not fought , but
rumor says there was considerable lessen
on both sides during the clashes , with
the Cossacks harassing the flanks of the
.1apane.se. This division presumably
was executing a reconnaissance. The
pursuit was checked when the main
bodj * of the Japanese was rejoined.
This news apparently accounts for the
withdrawal to an unknown destination
of warships and transports from Tower
Hill , ten miles north of Kaichau , Liao-
tutig Peninsula , and of renewed .defen
sive activity at Niuchwang.
Commenting on Japan's naval losses ,
war experts say that the Japanese naval
supremacy in the far East is too firmly
established to be menaced by the de
struction of two of its lighting ships ,
but the losses it has just sustained are ,
nevertheless , serious , amounting to at
least 10 per cent of its sea power. The
first-class battleship Hatsuse , sunk by
Russian mines on Monday with 441 of its
crew , v/as one of the most modern and
effective of the Japanese war vessels.
The Yoshino , destroyed through collision
while maneuvering in a fog off Port
Arthur , was a fast protected cruiser.
The seriousness of .the , loss lies not in
its immediate effect in disturbing the
JAPANESE HOSPITAL BUILDINGS AT CHEMULPO.
burg announce the fact that there is
great rejoicing in the Muscovite capital
over what the Czar's subjects see as the
beginning of Russian successes.
The report of Rear Admiral Togo , who
should not be confounded with tiie vice
admiral of that name , and who com
mands the Japanese ileet sent to attack
Kaichou on the west coast of the Liao-
tuug peninsula , south of Newchwang ,
says he reached Port Arthur soon after
the Japanese battleship Hatsuse was
GENERAL KU11OKI.
blown up and assisted in saving her crew
and driving back the Russian torpedo
boat flotilla , which came out that even
ing.
ing.The
The loss of life incurred by the sink
ing of the cruiser Yoshino included Capt.
Sajeki , Commander Hirowaterio , three
first lieutenants , five second lieutenants ,
five midshipmen , paymaster ; surgeon ,
three engineer cadets and eight boat
swain mates. Of the crew the number
of those lost is unknown.
Those who went down with the bat
tleship Hatsuse when she foundered
were Commander Tsukainoto , Command
er Viscount Nire , Commander Arimori ,
five second lieutenants , five subengineers
two surgeons , six midshipmen , four ca
det engineers and ten non-commissioned
officers. It is not known yet in this case
how many of the men perished. The
relative status of the Russian and Jap
anese lleets , but in its possible future
consequences. Japan now has only five
battleships where it had six at the be
ginning of the war , and in addition it
loses one of the more effective of its
fourteen protected cruisers.
Every disaster that tends to weaken
the strength of the Japanese fleet must
have an important effect in determining
Russia's action with regard to its Bal
tic fleet. Japan has no reserve force
except the ships it can build or buy to
meet the emergency. In proportion as
its navy is weakened the temptation to
send the Baltic ships to unite with the
Russian ships at Port Arthur and Vlad
ivostok and possibly regain command of
the sea will be increased.
"War News in Brief.
Tokio states that the only losses to
tht- Japanese fleet are the Hatsuse and
the Yoshino.
The Japanese army in the field is es
timated nt 180,000 to 200,000 men ,
against 100,000 Russians.
Npwhwnns is abandoned hocmiso of
the Jait'e landing at Kaichov. % where
warships hombaitl the Russian defenses ; .
Ncwchwang reports that a Japanese
force "of 20,000 met o2,000 Russians
east of Fenghuangcheng and retreated.
Admiral Hosoya , commanding the
third squadron , reports the landing of
troops at a. new unnamed place , proba
bly Takushan.
A Japanese army has appeared thirty
miles northeast of Mukden , and threat
ens to cut off the retreat of Kuropat-
kin's forces from Liao-Yang.
While the troops were landing near
Kai-Chau on Monday a fierce engage
ment occurred at Hsin-Yen-Cheng. Two
thousand Russians were killed or wound
ed.
A report from the naval commander at
Port Arthur states that two Japanese
battleships struck mines off the harbor
May 13. One sank and the other , af
ter showing distress , was righted and
steamed away , escorted by cruisers.
The Russian general staff has receiv
ed official advices of the defeat of the
Japanese force which was marching
northward from Fenghuangchcug for the
purpose of executing a flank movement
K * THE JAPANESE BATTLESHIP HATSUSE.
was surely sunk by coming in
'ntact with a submerged mine and not
by the attack of a submarine boat.
Tiie report that the battleship Sl'Ski-
-sHma was damaged and the battleship
Fuji sunk is denied here.
Russia Will Exhibit at St. Louis.
Although Russia has a big war on
5ier hands she will make an elaborate
-exhibit at the St. Louis exposition. Rus
sia , before the war with Japan , had
planned to be represented at the fair ,
Tjut recently decided to abandon its pro
' posed exhibits. A few days ago a cable
gram was received to the effect that the
government , had changed its mind and
would make a display. Space had still
"been reserved for her by the exposition
officials in the Varied Industries Palace.
Old papers for sale at this office. .
on Mukden. The Japanese were driven
back by a detachmoiit of Cossacks.
The Russian cruiser Bogatyr grounded
in a fog on die rocks near the entrance
to Vladivostok. The crew was saved ,
but tiie ship is in a critical condition.
Seventy thousand Russian troops are
reported to be advancing to relieve Port
Arthur. The Japanese arc hastening
their operations against the fortress with
45,000 men , advancing to within seven
miles of the batteries. Each foot of their
advance has been stubbornly contested.
The Japanese army advancing against
Mukden was defeated by a force of Cos
sacks in a battle lasting all day and
driven back upon Fenghifangcheng. The
Japanese were forced to abandon four
positions , and reports in St. Petersburg
state that the loss was heavy. Tha
Russians report light casualties.
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
Sinews of War.
LTHOTJGH Russia , in the present conflict
with Japan , has an immense preponderance of
military forces , we are apt to forget the ex
treme difficulty of placing and maintaining a
great Russian force in Manchuria. Vladivos
tok is farther from Moscow than is San Fran
cisco from Boston , and the field of operations
Is connected with the base of supplies by a single track
railway of immense length , not yet -wholly complete , very
hastily built , interrupted by a lake over which there is a
ferry of more than twenty miles , with a running capacity
not exceeding eighteen or twenty miles an hour , through a
very thinly inhabited section of country , and with constant
danger of interruptions by skillful enemies perfectly posted
In regard to the location and condition of the road in all
parts. It will be an immense undertaking to support 300-
000 men over this road. In the opinion of a good many
military experts in Europe , 250,000 men represents the
largest army which Russia can properly support in Man
churia. The financial centers of Europe have been a good
deal disturbed by the possibility of heavy drafts by both
Eussia and Japan in order to carry on the war. So far ,
neither country has shown any inclination to draw upon
Europe. Japan intends to float a war loan of about $50-
000,000 at home , and Russia has begun by issuing treasury
notes to the extent of $25,000,000. During the Chinese
war , nine years ago , Japan astonished the financial world
by raising about $112,000,000 by loans absorbed at home
and by taxation. The Russian : Government , among others
resources , has over $500,000,000 in gold and bank notes
In reserve ; so that although the financial condition of the
country is anything but sound , the sinews of war for the
Immediate future are amply supplied. The Outlook.
The Lost Art of Hospitality.
HE-RE are the good old gods of hospitality that
were once the chief deities of the household
and fireside ? Have they no place under the
new social regime ? Perhaps we hurry too
much nowadays to practice the graces of our
forefathers. Electricity has set the pace for
the past half century , and we are trying to
keep upwith its telegraph systems , its cars and motor
cycles. And dust gathers on the neglected gods as they
huddle forlorn and neglected in their corners.
Fifty years ago and more men kept their houses prac
tically as wayside inns for the specific use of their friends ,
for the general use of whosoever fared that way. To-day
a man's house is where he rushes for his meals or to see
If his wife and children are peradventure still alive within
Its -walls , and where he sleeps when his business worries
leave his brain clear enough to invite slumber. With the
coming of day he is up and off again in the swift mad
chase for fame or money , chiefly money.
There are a few people who still cling to the good old
habit of receiving on specified afternoons and evenings ;
they have retained the charm of looking always so rested
and at ease that their guests come to rest and acquire , if
possible , that same ease , and look with longing on the res
urrected gods free from dust , smiling , contented and happy
on their pedestals. For the majority of hosts and hostesses
to-day , however , entertaining means an annual investment
In flowers , ices and music , and a setting open of all the
floors to the home. An army of friends and acquaintances
rushes through the swift and lukewarm greetings , nobody
remembers who came.or what they s/tid , and the house is
cleaned and closed until the next annual invasion. Some
times it is a card party , where many come because of the
prizes or the supper , and forget even to speak to their
hostess again when next they meet her on the street.
Entertaining so that both the entertainers and their guests
enjoy if is an nrt almost lost in this busy , work-a-rlny wor'.d.
The open door that was the synonym for old-time hospi
tality is a word that Is known to-day only in its political
sense and when applied to China. To build houses for ac
commodating one's invited guests is not characteristic of
WAR MAPS IN DEMAND.
Trouble in tlie Far Bast Proving a
Bonanza , to Ulapmakers.
To the mapmakers in the United
States the Russian-Japanese war in
the Bast is proving a bonanza , The
principal home of the industry in this
country is Chicago , and one firm in
that city is now turning out 4,000,000
maps a week. These figures seem in-
creiible , yet the books of the firm
show that the statement is true. The
United States and Canada absorb most
of this supply , but Europe and Asia
also take their share of it
War is a great siSmalator r f the map
business. Since the trouble began
draftsmen , engineers and electrotypers
have been busy night and day in turnIng -
Ing out diagrams of the scene of the
Russian-Japanese conflict Korea , *
Manchuria , Siberia and the islands of
Japan have been the subject of maps
of all sizes and colors. "War atlases"
have been compiled containing prints
of all the Russian possessions and of
every bit of territory that is in any
way likely to be affected by .the naval
and military campaigns. Advertisers
seize upon these booklets with avidity ,
knowing that the average man likes
nothing better than to spread one open
in front of his admiring family and ex
pound to them the meaning of the
meager and contradictory cablegrams
from the seat ofwar. . England's fight
with the stubborn Boer republics
opened up a strong demand for geographical
graphical information regarding South
Africa , but the Spanish-American con
flict was the prize winner from a map-
maker's point of view.
"When Dewey opened fire on the
Spanish ships on May 1 , 1S9S , " said a
man who has spent thirty years in fos
tering the map industry in Chicago ,
"not one man in a hundred knew
where the Philippine Islands were. I
happened to be aware of that fact , and
our draftsmen were at work upon far
eastern geography before the people
waked up to their desire for knowledge -
edge of the subject It was the most
strenuous six weeks we have ever had.
Cuba and Porto Rico did their share ,
and we had to turn out new maps of
the United States showing all our isl
and possessions. "
The Alaskan gold furore and the
Panama Canal discussion made people
want to have those portions , of the
.world platted out for them , but tba fie-
to-day. The man who not long since added two or three
rooms to his house because he was "so fond of having com
pany come and stay , " is a mild sort -sensation ? in the eyes
of his less hospitable neighbors.
Less huny and less worry and seeing one's congojiial
friends more often would mean the salvation of maay a
work-ridden , care-worn person of to-day , and architects
should discover what the art was in the old houses that
made them so attractive that one's friends could not stay
away from such comfortable places even if they tried.
Memphis Scimitar.
Need for a Hospital Cor.
ITH all the improvements in medicine and
surgery of recent years , with all the increase
in the number of physicians , with all the substitution -
$ stitution of trained nurses for Mrs. Gamps ,
with all the provision of hospitals and dispen
saries tothe cities , little consideration has
been shown for invalids by railroad companies
and hotels. The sick man is never welcome as a passen
ger on a railroad train , and he is not received with glad
ness at a hotel. On the day expresses , running from New
York in all directions , the man who suffers from an ill
ness or an injury has a hard time of it if he is trying to
reach his home in the country , or a sanitarium , or a resort
*
in the mountains to which he has beenordered by his
doctor. There is no place in the car for a bed , no place for
his medicines , and he may have to ride for two or three
hundred miles sitting In a chair , racked by the motion
of the train and hardly able , from weakness , to hold him
self erect The sleeping car is an improvement but there
is just objection on the part of the other passengers to
sharing the confined space with a consumptive , and it is
certainly disquieting to think of occupying a berth that
only a few hours before was taken by a patient suffering
from a contagious disease.
Hence it is a move in the right direction that has been
made by the Pullman company in building a car for the
express accommodation of invalids. It will probably have
larger beds than the ordinary sleeping car , no top berths
and better ventilation ; it should have the easiest of springs ,
and be clear of carpets , curtains , plush and the usual
textiles that catch and hold microbes ; it should have hot
water as well as cold , on tap ; it should have cupboards
for drugs and Instruments , where they would be in no
danger of breakage and , especially , It should be so con
structed that it could be cleaned with a hose after every
trip , after the manner of operating rooms in hospitals. If
this ear were switched from road to road , and its depart
ures advertised , there is hardly a doubt that , merely as a
business proposition , it would be made to pay. In the
better sense there is no doubt on that point Brooklyn
Eagle.
Japan's Sea Training.
N the eleventh or twelfth century the Jap
anese were the most dashing pirates of the
East ; in fact , we might almost call them the
vikings of the East. They used junks small
ships with a scrap of sail , but the little vessels
in which the Danes once raided our own coasts ,
or as the craft which the Penzance fisherman
have to-day. With these junks the Japanese roamed the
seas , going everywhere along the Chinese main , ravaging
the coasts , trading and bringing home priceless works of
art from China.
It was not until long afterwards that the ruling authori
ties of Japan , under the great Emperor Hideyoschl , de
cided that it suited their purpose to shut off communica
tion with the outside world and to live to themselves ,
trading niovoly a runner their own islands. The old .Tap-
rinesc vikings wore reduced to simple fishermen , and the
period of internal feudatory wars began , for at that time
at least Japanese would fight because they loved it
London Telegraph.
JAP ARTILLERY LANDING ON THE TATUNG R5VER.
The Tatung River , a view of which is herewith given , flows through
northern Korea and empties into the Yellow Sea. Pingyang is situated on
the banks of this stream , which is now held by the Japanese. The Tatung
is used to transport munitions of war and troops into the interior. Small
boats are employed for the purpose. By such means guns , artillery mules
and other ordinance supplies are transported , thus avoiding the Korean roads ,
which are practically impassable at this time of the year.
mand was not so great as the quest for
war time knowledge. World's fairs ,
the opening of Indian lands , and sim
ilar events of national interest are
other "peaceful reasons" for map-mak
ing.
EXPERIMENTS ON THE BRAIN.
Electric Current Used to Induce Sleep
Sensation Felt.
Experiments on the brain of a living
subject with electric curents have been
comparatively rare , as there has pre
vailed among physicians and physiolo
gists the idea that such a course of
experimentation was extremely dan
gerous , says Harper's Weekly. There
have recently been published , how
ever , records of some experiments car
ried on by M. S. Leduc , -with the ob
ject of using the electric current to
produce sleep and of studying its ef
fects on' ' the brain generally.
In early experiments it was shown
that the brain is the best conductor of
electricity in the human body , being
about 3,000 times more conducting
than muscle. It was also observed
that when a continuous current was
passed through the head from one ear
to the other the sensation of giddiness
was produced , and that objects appear
ed to revolve in. the same direction us
the current flowed. However , when
the electrodes are placed on the fore
head and neck 'and the current sent
from back to front , the effects are
innocuous so long as a mild current is
used and in some cases may be bene
ficial. According to M. Leduc , the
most satisfactory current is one of
four milliamperes at thirty volts , which
is broken or interrupted 100 times a
second for nine-tenths of the period of
the interruption. The first effect noted
was the disappearance of the faculty
of speech , after which- followed the
loss of the motor faculties. Under or
dinary conditions there is no affection
of the respiration or pulse unless the
current is increased , and then it may
cease. The patient is said to awaken
instantaneously from the electric sleep
and to experience a feeling of refresh
ment
On English Railways.
The number of men employed on
the railways of the United Kingdom ,
including boys , is 523,082.
After a man has been engaged three
or four weeks , he begins to find oppor
tunities to take sides in her quarrels.
If a man loses all his money he also
manages to lose nearly all his enemies.
Embarrassing to the Gncst.
A tourist in the Welsh mountains
Who had been caught in a storm , and/
who. after much difficulty , had suc
ceeded in making his way to a soli
tary cottage , congratulated himself on
his good fortune when he was asked to
stay all night. After donning a suit
of his host's clothes , so that his own
might be- dried , he proceeded down
stairs , and on the way met the mis
tress with a big Bible in her hand. In
the fading light , she mistook the stran
ger for her husband , and gave him a
thump on the head with the book , re
marking :
"That'a for askin' the man to stay
all night ! "
A Farmer .Found It.
Mount Pleasant , Utah , May 20. To
find a medicine that will cure every
ailment due to diseased or disordered
Kidneys has been the aim of many ,
physicians and chemists.
Mr. C. E. Peierson , a farmer of this
place , says he has found such a rem
edy and that he has tried it with suc
cess in his own case. Mr. Peterson
says the remedy is Dodd's Kidney
Pills , a medicine introduced here about
seven months ago.
"I am glad to be allowed to testify
to what good things Dodd's Kidney
Pills have done for me. I used this
remedy for Kidney trouble and it cured
me completely.
"I can heartily recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills to all who suffer with
any kind of Kidney trouble. "
Mr. Peterson's case is only one of
many just as convincing that have
been reported recently. This new rem
edy seems to have gonquered Rheuma
tism completely , not a single case hav
ing been reported where Dodd's Kid
ney Pills have failed to cure perfectly
and permanently.
Sad Sea Dojgeclness.
The ship groaned.
But the Giddy Young Thing who vi3
talking to the captain was a good sailor
and didn't mind a bit of rough weather.
"Doesn't it seem unnecessarily cruel ,
captain , " she said , "to box a compass ? "
"Not any more so , miss , " he replied ,
grimly , "than to paddle a canoe. "
And the ship groaned some more. Chicago
cage Tribune.
Catarrli Cannot Bo Curud
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS , as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a bleeder
or constitutional disease , and In order to euro it
vou must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh
Cure Is taken Internally , and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by
one of the best physicians In this country for
years , and Is a regular prescription. It Is com
posed of the best tonics known , combined with
the best blood purifiers , acting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two Ingredients Is what produces such won
derful results In curing Catarrh. Send for tes-
Imonials , free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO. , Props. , Toledo , O.
Sold by Druggists , price 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
A Cosset Horse.
One day not long ago two girls , Ag
nes and Pauline Bain , were fording
Cicero Creek , near Tipton , Ind. , on
horseback. The horse caught his foof ,
stumbled , and the girls were thrown
into the water. The Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune tells what followed.
Neither girl could swim , and both
were In Imminent danger of drowning ,
when the horse , a great pet and a most
intelligent animal , swam to them , as
If conscious of their danger.
Around and around them the animal
swam , until Agnes finally caught hold
of his tail ; then she fortunately caught
her sister's hair , and the horse towed
them both ashore.
The first news of the accident that
the family had was _ the appearance of
Tom , the horse , at the door , neighing
as if in trouble. Mr. Bain went out.
The moment he appeared the animal
started away on a trot ; then , seeing
that his master did not follow , he gal
loped back , neighed again , then went
off as before.
By this time Mr. Bain had concluded ,
from the conduct of the horse , that
something was wrong , and hurriedly
followed the animal. He met the two
little girls making their way home
ward. The horse ran up to them and
rubbed his nose on their shoulders , as
if to show how glad he was to find
them alive.
Previous to this time Mr. Bain had
talked of selling Tom , for he had de
clared that a "cosset horse wasn't
worth his keep ; " but since the acci
dent he says that he would not sell
him at any price , and when he dies
Tom is to have a monument to commemorate -
memorate his rescue of the two girls.
WHAT THE KING EATS.
What's Fit for Him.
A Masachusetts lady who has been
through the mill with the trials of the
usual housekeeper and mother relates
an interesting incident that occurred
not long ago. She says :
"I can with all truthfulness say that
Grape-Nuts is the most beneficial of
all cereal foods in my family , young
as well as old. It is food and medi
cine both to us. A few mornings ago
at breakfast my little boy said :
" 'Mamma , does the King eat Grape-
Nuts every morning ? '
"I smiled and told him I did not
know , but that I thought Grape-Nuts
certainly made a delicious dish , fit for
a King. " ( It's a fact that the King of
England and the German Emperor
both eat. Grape-Nuts ) .
"I find that by the constant use of
Grape-Nuts not only as a morning
cereal , but also in puddings , salads ,
etc. , made after the delicious recipes'
found in the little book in each pack
age it is proving to be a great nerve
food for me , besides having complete
ly cured a long standing case of indi
gestion. " Name given by Postum Co.r
Battle Creek , Mich.
There is no doubt Grape-Nuts is the
most scientific food in. the world.
Ten days' trial of this proper food
in place of improper food will show in
steady , stronger nerves , sharper brain
and the power to "go" longer and
further and accomplish more. There's
a reason.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book , "The Road to Wellville. "