JAPS STORM CITY
Armies of the Mikado Rain Fire
on Port Arthur.
BATTLE TO DEATH.
Stoessel's Refusal to Surrender Fol
lowed by Terrific Assault.
Japanese Hurl Great Masses of 3
Upon the Stronghold and Lo&e
Heavily in Attack Many Thout > undH
Reported Slain JRussiaii Command"
ant Scorns Mikado's Offer and De
clares He Will Fi ht to the Last
Noucombatants in Doomed Citadel.
Russia's Port Arthur garrison hav
ing rejected Japan's demand for sur
render , itwas reponed that the Jap
anese army at once began storming
the fortress. When the last definite
news from the besieged city was ob
tained the Japanese had captured im
portant positions , and at close range
. were throwing shells into the fortress
in great number and setting fires in
the city. At the same time everything
was in readiness for the final charge
tip the heights when the demand for
surrender was denied.
The Japanese , having swept away
all exterior defenses , pressed onward
to the inner ramifications of the cita
del to the final infantry assault. The
shells from Japanese guns , exploding
within the city's walls , set fire to her
coal docks , and ihe conflagration
spread unchecked. The oil warehouses ,
GENERAL STOESSEL.
similarly ignited , burned with a fire
that threatened wholesale devastation.
Floods of blazing oil poured through
Ihe streets into the harbor basin ,
where the fleet at anchor was menaced
toy the flames. The citadel , under a
of smoke and flame , faced the
danger of being wiped out by
the fires within the walls , nnd razed
by the persistent and merciless rain of
shells from the enemy's guns.
SCENE IN PORT ARTHUR DURING BOMBARDMENT.
By order of the Emperor of Japan
an officer of the besieging army under
.a flag of truce conveyed a formal de
mand for the surrender of the garrison
to the Russian lines. The word sur
render seemed not in the vocabulary
of Gen. Stoessel. His ultimatum to
tne Mikado's demand for his surren
der , received under a flag of truce
iWithin Gen. Nogi's lines , conveyed the
most chivalrous defiance.
In the coolest. terms he expressed
vthanks for the enemy's humanitarian
Jp er to grant safe conduct outside
the lines to non-combatants within the
city , but refused to consider the possi
bility of capitulation. It would be , he
Intimated , a fight to the death.
War News in Brief.
A Russian force is reported to have
been surprised by 3,000 Chinese bandits ,
losing many men.
Japanese are advancing on Liaoyang
end St Petersburg expects Kuropatkin
to fight a decisive battle.
Russian army at Anshanshan and
Liaoyang waited for attack ; rain delay
ed I < mg expected battle.
The Japanese are said to be in control
of the Shanhaikwan-Yinkow , railroad
and are lauding troops.
l Russian destroyer at Shanghai over-
LOCATION OF HILLS FROM WHICH THE
JAPANESE BOMBARDED PORT ARTHUR.
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The location of the belt of roaring guns that the Japanese established
about Port Arthur is indicated in the map. Commanding heights that the
invaders occupied including , in the north and west , Sushiyen and Lang
Mountain ; in the southwest the Liauti Hills and White Wolf Hill , and in
the east Takushan also can be discerned. On Wolf Hill , a little to the
northeast of the fortress , 100 cannon belched death and destruction into the
city. In the triangle between Wolf Hill , the railway and Port Arthur the
country is comparatively level , and from this direction the final assault was
made.
Never in the history of Russia has
there been recorded a case of a Rus
sian commandant surrendering a for
tress to the enemy. Gen. Sto3-el s
obstinate defiance was compatible w.th
the tradition and wishes of his su
periors of the Czar's staff.
The remnants of the garrl'on took
a final stand to repulse the Japanese.
Although the \iiality of the'.r defense
was ebbing with the passing hours ,
sufficient strength remained to them
to deal a tremendous blow to the ad
vancing army.
A terriSc n'ght bombardment of the
citadel was witnessed by pas engns
on the steamer Dceima. anchood in
Pigeon Bay. Among the spectators
was Major Seaman , formerly a sur
geon in the American army , who de
scribes the chilling cf the brleacureil
city as a brilli.int and awe-inyplrjig
sight
Progress of the War.
Probably because the defenses of
Port Arthur were becoming rather
shaky the Russian fleet came out of
that harbor Wednesday. They \vev"
met at noon by Togo's squadron. Al
though the fighting lasteJ for six or
seven hours , no ship .on either side
was actually sunk , although several
were badly damaged. This showing
is in marked contrast to the fights oil'
Santiago and Manila bays.
During the tight tiie Japanese F'vj
was directed almost entirely at tin'
six Russian battleships , live of whi"h
are believed to have been ' severely
crippled. The Czarevitch , which
reached Kiauchau. was badiy mauled.
The Russian admiral. Withoft. stand
ing on its bridge was blown to pieces.
The Pobieda , with two of its masts
lost and one of its heavy guns knocked
out of plumb ; the Retvizan , most seri
ously damaged of all , and three oth
ers , probably the Poltava , Peresviet ,
and Sevastopol , apparently crawled
back to Port Arthur" .
Togo says that because he concen
trated his fire upon the enemy's battle
ships , their cruisers escaped with
slight relative damage. But the cruiser
Askold , 5,903 tons , which reached
Shanghai , was sadly battered. One of
its five funnels was knocked off and
the other four were riddled. It had
several large shell holes near the
water line. The Japanese damage is
staid time limit , refused to disarm ;
cruiser Askold badly battered and being
repaired.
Secretary Hay declares Russia's ac
tion in ruling coal and other fuel las con
traband is contrary to the lawful rights
of a neutral commerce. *
Ten thousand Chinese'i are reported
with the Japanese force's advancing on
Liaoyang. The Japs are concentrating
their army in three groups.
Russia demanded return of destroyer
captured in Chefoo harboc ; Japan accus
ed of violation of laws f war ; grave
RAU.ROAD-J1 * *
ROADS
not known. Togo says the fighting ef
ficiency of his fleet has not been low
ered , and that his damages have been
temporarily repaired.
Monday and Tuesday immediately
preceding the sortie of the fleet , tha
.Japanese soldiers continued their violent
lent and reckless assaults upon the de
fenses of Port Arthur. On Monday
night they took Takushan hill , 845
feet high. This is the strategic key of
the eastern defenses of the fortress.
These defenses , being situated sev
eral hundred feet below Takushan ,
\voulu be subjected to a plunging fire
directed dbwn upon them from the
batteries on that hill.
On Tuesday night the Russians , bjT
a stealthily daring effort , retook Taku
shan. The news was brought by the
commander of the Ryeshitelni , who
left the besieged place with the Rus
sian fleet
Little nqws has come of the Liao-
yang situation. The Japs are using
the Liao River and the Sinminting
railway to get a force to the west
ward of Liaoyang. This , if accom
plished , would nearly complete the cir
cle around it. But apparently the Jap
anese have not advanced from the
south or east since the 1st of Augus > .
The Russians have had two weeks to
retreat northward along the railroad
to Mukden or Harbin. The railroad
has not yet been interfered with. If
the Russians have tried to get away ,
they must have succeeded.
It is a mystery why the Japanese ,
having the trap for Kuropatkln all set ,
failed to spring it. On Aug. 1 , two
days' more work would have encircled
his army and forced its surrender.
With the exception of the operations
around Port Arthur , the campaign
would be over for the year. It is im
possible to say what caused the delay.
The Japanese commanders who en
tered the neutral Chinese port of Che
fee and took by force and carried off
the dismantled Russian torpedo boat
destroyer Ryeshitelni. which had taken
refuge there , doubtless thought they
were aiding Japan. They were guilty
of an infraction of the sovereignty of
'
China which the Japanese government
hardly can condone.
Gen. Nodzu is believed to have cut ofl
two Russian commands south of Hai-
cheng. as Gen. Kuropatkin fails to men
tion them in his report of a recent battle.
crisis may drag China into conflict and
involve die powers.
Lieut. Gen. Linevitch is said to have
left Vladivostok with a large army t <
aid Kuropatkin by interfering with Ku
roki's advance on Mookden.
Admiral Withoft , in command of the
Russian Port Arthur squadron , is report
ed to have been killed in the naval bat
tle off Round Island Wednesday.
The seizure of the Russian torpedo-
boat destroyer in Chefoo harbor is re
garded as a serious breach of neutrality
and may involve the powers in the war.
CORN SUFFERS FROM DROUGHT.
Lack of Moisture Hurts Cereals in the
Central Valleys.
The Washington weather bnreau is
sued the weekly crop report , a tfollows :
The Atlantic coast and eascilf dis
tricts have suffered from excessive mois
ture and lack of sunshine , a large part
of the central valleys from drouth , the
lake region from low temperature and
the northern Rocky mountain and north
Pacific coast districts from heat and
drouth. The temperature was favorable
over the eastern Rocky mountain slope
and in the central valleys a l middle and
south Atlantic States.
Rnin would prove beneficial generally
throughout the corn belt , over a large
part of which , more particularly the
southern and eastern portions/ corn is
suffering more or less seriously from
drouth. In the central Missouri valley ,
while needing rain , corn has made good
growth and is in promising condition , but
in the Ohio valley and Tennessee there
has been a marked deterioration in the
condition of the crop , some in Indiana
having been injured beyond recovery.
In Iowa corn has made satisfactory
progress and a normal yield is promised.
In the Southern States early corn is be
ing gathered , cutting being in progress
as far north as southern Kansas. An
excellent crop is now practically assured
in the north and middle Atlantic States.
In the lake region and the Dakotas corn
is backward and is growing slowly.
The weather has been favorable for
spring wheat harvest , which is far ad
vanced in the southern portion of the
spring wheat region , and the crop is rip
ening rapidly in the extreme northern
portion. Reports of damage from rust
continue from the Dakotas and portions
of Minnesota. Hot winds have proved
injurious in Washington and yields below
the average are reported from Oregon.
Oat harvest is now finished except in
the extreme northern districts , Avhere this
work progressed under favorable con
ditions. A good crop is generally indi
cated.
A more or less decided deterioration in
cotton is indicated over much the greater
part of the cotton belt. With the ex
ception of Oklahoma complaints of shed
ding are received from every State , and
rotrin ? of the lower bolls reported from
portions of the central and western dis
tricts. Reports of too rank growth , how
ever , are much loss numerous than in the
preceding week , but continue from portions
tions of the central and eastern districts.
Boll weevils are causing much damage
in the southwestern , central , eastern and
coast districts of Texas and are proving
destructive up to the northern tier of
counties. In that State , however , the
plant and fields are in good condition.
In Oklahoma and Indian territories , Mis-
houri and portions of Arkansas cotton is
doing well. Picking is general only in
southern Texas , but has begun in the
southern portion of the eastern districts ,
whore , as a rule , very little is open.
Tobacco has suffered much from
drouth in the Ohio valley , but has made
satisfactory progress in the middle At
lantic States and Now England. Cutting
is in progress in Ohio and Virginia.
As a rule a light crop of apples is
promised in the central valleys and southern -
ern portion of the middle Atlantic States ,
but the outlook is generally promising in
New England , New York , Michigan and
portions of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Haying is finished except in the more
northerly sections , where it has continued
under favorable conditions. A large crop i |
of hay of good quality has been secured
in most sections. |
Good progress with fall plowing has
been made in the middle Atlantic States ,
but in the central valleys this work has
been much hindered by the dry condition
of the soil.
GRADE CROSSING WRECK.
Four Persons Killed and Twenty-five
or More Injured in Chicago.
Four persons dead , one fatally injured
and twenty-live or more hurt is the toll
of human life and suffering exacted by a
Chicago grade crossing Wednesday.
Three street cars , coupled into one train ,
earned their load of living freight on
the tracks of the Chicago Great Western
Railway and were crushed and crumbled
before a fast-moving passenger train.
The motorman , Michael Ryan , proved
the hero of the catastrophe , for he stuck
to his post , vainly trying to stem the
coming disaster , and his life may be the
forfeit. Following the collision the crew
of the passenger train and the conduc
tors on the street car were arrested.
Three cars filled with people going to
the Hawthorne races were running on the
Consolidated Traction Company's Forty-
eighth avenue line. Struck by the loco
motive , the motor car was splijitered , and
Motorman Ryan , still clinging to the
brake lever , Avas hurled into the air and
fell fifty feet from the scene of the im
pact. His skull ( Was fractured and he
was unconscious. The second car also
was wrecked and the debris was scat
tered over 100 feet , and men and women
were thrown to the street or under the
broken timbers and twisted iron. Three
women and one man were killed and were
found pinioned beneath the wreckage.
This was the third railway disaster
within a few weeks in or near Chicago
which has claimed a large list of victims.
The total fatalities in Cook cottnty for
the last six months , due to steam or sur
face railway accidents , are shown by
the following table :
Month. Killed. Month. Killed.
February 41 June 34
March 38 July 4G
April 41
May 27 Total 227
Odds and Ends.
Thomas S. Lippy , millionaire , amateur
athlete and philanthropist , is president
of the Seattle Y. M. C. A. branch.
F. F. Matthews , Democratic nominee
for Congress in Oklahoma , says he will
kiss every-baby in the territory to win
the election.
Deer Park , Md. , is becoming a popu
lar resting point for St. Lpuis travel
from New York , Philadelphia , Baltimore
and Washington.
In 1899 the railways of the United
States performed services equal to car
rying 14,591,327,613 passengers and 123-
007,257,153 tons of freight one mile.
The Rev. Arthur P. Kelley , recently
ordained deacon in the diocese of New
Hampshire , has accepted a curacy at St.
Mary's Church , Roland avenue , Balti
more.
The Rev. Nejill Joyner lias been quite
successful in his efforts in raising the
memorial professorship to Bishop Quin-
tard for tha chair of theology at Sewa-
nee , during his visit through west Ten
nessee.
OLD AND-WEW.
From an old garden Lucia sends
Some early roses to her friends ,
Their lovely petals fresh in hue ,
As though just washed in crystal dew.
No name they bear , but rich their bloom
As those that from Damascus come ,
Or those that in some Persian vale
Their delicate perfume exhale ,
How vividly they bring to view
The roses that my childhood knew ! .
The Welding brought from distant wood ,
The Cinnamon that near it stood ,
The Prownce , deemed sp regal-fine ,
The pure White Rose and Eglantine.
Nor let me Burgundy forget ,
Wee buds in tiny leaflet set.
Just fit for fairy folk to wear ,
Titania and her maiden fair
Nor dainty Blush , which few excel ,
So tinted like an ocean shell.
I love them , one and all , and though
Their many charms the new may show ,
La France , Colomb or Jacqueminot ,
To the old kinds my heart will cling ,
Such precious memories they bring
Of home and friends in that dear time
When life was in its joyous prime.
Boston Budget.
fter Word of Cfieer
ARION SCHUELER bent
slightly forward in her fath
er's pew as the door from the
pastor's study Into the auditorium of
St Margaret's Church opened and
closed. Then she leaned back with a
little sigh.
Tlus made the sixteenth candidate
for the pulpit since the resignation of
Rev. Emmanued Boyce. They had
ranged all the way from the young
collegian , with his sleek , dark head ,
clean-shaven jaws and palpably built
out shoulders to this
Her eyes went to the nervous hands
arranging the papers on the reading
desk hands which , in some unaccountable
'
countable way , spoke of failure and
disappointment to the well-brushed ,
threadbare coat , with its carefully
darned triangular tear on the sleeve.
She felt suddenly sorry for Rev. John
Tlnsdale.
Possibly she was the only one who
even tritd to follow him as he plowed
his near-sighted , nervous way through
page after page of manuscript.
And possibly , also , three months be
fore she might not have done so , but
the song of the springtime was singing
itself in Marion Schueler's heart , and
the abundance Qf her happiness over
flowed In pity for those less blessed
than herself.
When the service was over John
Tinsdale left the platform and stood
with clasped hands in front of it. He
S had no need to unclasp them. Not one
person out of thnt vast congregation ,
came forward to speak to him. And
I ' no one suspected that the young man
was slowly but surely drinking the
dregs of a very bitter cup.
7 For n year past the thought that his
ministr3r was a failure had haunted
him night and day. And he had made
of this sen-ice a test He would preach
in a strange church to a strange people
ple ,
No one Avould be biased for or
against him. If anyone , even a i de
child , said afterward that he had help
ed linn he would keep on. If not
His eyes grew hard and bright with
bitter certainty as the people moved
slowly out. Then he became suddenly
aware that someone stood beside him.
It might have gone hard with John
TlDsdale just then if 10 years of love
and allegiance to another woman had
not run like a bright thread through
his life , for the girl who had come for-
- \rard to speak to him was the very em
bodiment of beauty and happiness.
"Mr. Tinsdale , " shei said eagerly , "I
want to thank you so much for what
you said this morning. I really think
you -were sent here to save me from
becoming selfishly absorbed in my
OTTO joy. "
John Tinsdate took the hand she
held out , though he hardly saw her
face for the mist which had suddenly
risen to his eyes. The quick revulsion
of feeling left him dizzy for a mo
ment He was to keep on !
When she ran down the rear stairs
of the church to speak to the janitor
upon the following Sunday , a figure
stood at the foot which looked sadly
out of place within the fashionable pre
cincts of St Margaret's.
"At another time Marion might have
wondered why women with colorless
hair and eyes always affected neutral
tints in dress. But something beauti
ful in the pate face , something which
unwittingly told the story of years of
cheerful self-sacrifice , held her mind
from other thoughts ,
"Miss Schueler ? " The girl in drab
advanced slightly , with her eyes fixed
intently on Marion's face.
The latter bowed , her dark eyebrows
raising themselves slightly in vague
surprise.
"I came here from Carson Centre
on purpose to see you. "
"Indeed ? "
Miss Schueler smiled , and the other
girl winced at the new beauty it added
to her face ,
"He he has never ceased talkin
about you since last Sunday ! " she
broke out , chokingly.
"He ! Who ? "
"John John Tinsdale. O , I don't
wonder now that I've seen you ! "
Marion opened the door of the ladies'
parlor hastily and drew the other wo
man aside. Gently she- forced her into
a chair and , drawing another before
it , took the cold , lifeless hands in her
own ,
"Now , " she said , steadily , "tell me
who you are. Not his wife ? "
"No , but we have been engaged for
eight years. "
The tears rose quickly In Marlon. )
Schueler's eyes.
"O , my dear ! That is a long time to
wait for happiness , " she said breath
lessly.
Her own engagement might have
been counted by as many weeks. Her
hold upon the small , work-worn hands
tightened.
e "Indeed , Indeed , It Is not ns you
think , " she said earnestly. * ' ! knew at
the time that my speaking to Mr.
Tinsdale as I did last Sunday meant
more to him than I could understand.
But it was what I said , not me , that
counted. Why , he looked beyond , not
at me. "
The wet eyes of- the girl from Carson
Centre were fixed hungrily on her face
as she drank in every word.
"Go home and ask him to tell you all
about it" she said soothingly. "The-
years which lie behind you demand
that you shall not misunderstand each
other now. " .
"It isn't that I mind waiting , but
but it hurts me to think another wo
man had been to mm the inspiration I
have failed to be , " she said wistfully.
"He is pleaching on trial to-da y. If he
succeeds it will be because ot having !
met you. " ;
With sudden resolve Marion detain
ed her.
"After all. I see that I shajrhave to ,
tell what will hurt you for you do not )
yet believe me , " she said quietly. "And ,
anyway , nothing can hurt you more
than what 3011 now think. Wben Mr.t
Tinsdale preached here last Sunday not |
one person not one came to speak to.
him at the close of the service. , It !
seemed to me so cruel and what he (
said did help me that I tried as bestf
I could to atone for the lack on the !
part of our people. Don't yon think !
Mr. Tinsdale would be likely to re
member , and talk about , the one per
son who had spoken kindly to'hJnrin aJ
strange place ? " j
A new light and hope had come into
'
the pale eyes raised to Marion Schue-
ler's.
"I will try to believe you , " she said
eagerly. "It would mean death to mete -
to think otherwise. Goodby. " r
"Goodby , dear , " she snid huskily ,
"and God bless you both. "
Two people were waiting for Miss
Schueler at the door of St. Margaret's
on the following Sunday. *
Rev. John Tinsdale she icnew at a' '
glance , but a second look was neces-j
sary ere she recognized the little wom-j
an at his side so pretty was tlx ) facet v
in its soft , new happiness , so dainty
the slight figure in its garb of dark
blue.
"Miss Schueler , " Tinsdale held oub
his hand smiling radiantly , "my wife ;
tells me that you and she are already ) '
acquainted. "
"John has received a unanajoous callj
to the church where he preached last
Sunday , " the little bride began in an :
eager undertone. "We were married1
yesterday and , 0 , my dear. It is all ]
due to your word of good cheerF1 Bos
ton Globe.
HOTEL BILLS IN GERMANY.
Conditions Under Which a Deed Man ?
Must Pay Board.
American travelers in Germany have-
for some time hesitated about dying
at any of the hotels because erf tl > e un
settled condition of the German law
governing the extent of their liability'
in such an event , says the N-ew Or
leans Times-Democrat. A recent re
port from Consul General Gunther at-
Frankfort gives an important decision ,
of the Supreme Court at Berlin , in
which it is declared , presumably to'
the great dissatisfaction of the German
innkeepers , that a man's liability
ceases at his death , and that damages ,
cannot be collected from his heirs for
the time during which the room is be
ing renovated and disinfected. The
court held that the death of a guest ,
was a risk which the business of the
hotel keeper required him to take , and-
he was without recourse , even though
his room should be untenanted- month.
as a result.
A distinction , however , was drawn
between the case of an unexpected ,
death and one maliciously contrived by ,
the guest for the discomfiture of the
landlord. In case the visitor should1
willfully commit suicide a liability for
the rent of the room while it was be
ing placed in order would siirTtve. It
would be the same if he entered the
hostelry and concealed froin his host
the fact that he was in the 'grip of a
'
deadly disease which was liable to'
take him off at any moment Such de-
celt , according to the court would be
richly rewarded by rendering the
man's estate responsible for damage ? .
In the suit In question the bill pre
sented by the landlord to tbe dead-
man was for ten days' lodging , and as >
the hotel was a first-class one , the
amount was by no means small. The
decision of the point by the Supreme
Court of Berlin will relieve a great
deal of anxiety in the tourist mind and
he will die much more freeiy at Ger
man hotels than before. The prospect
of a hotel bill living and moving and1
having its being for weeks after one
has'passed away is enough to make
the stoutest heart quail and resolve to
live. And this is especially true , in
vl nv of the fact that a European hotel
- t-eper is supposed to be the model
of a lightning calculator when It comes
to devising a bill for a stranger
within his gates.
Too Many to Rememtrer.
CItlman You've been living In the
suburbs so long I suppose you've had
conslderaDle experience with servant
girls ,
Subbubs Well , it's got so that when ,
my wife is interviewing an applicant
now she always begins by asking :
"Were you ever employed by me be
fore ? If so , when and for how long 2'
Philadelphia Pres *