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IS DEMANDED
Japs Issue “Ultimatum” to the
Port Arthur Garrison.
THE RUSSIANS SAY NAY
Nervy Forces of Mikado Confident of
Capturing Fortress--A Call-Down
for Chim.
An Associated Press dispatch of
Wednesday from Tokio says: The
commander of the army besieging
Port Arthur reports that Major Yanio- I
lta, a member of his staff was dis
patched under a flag of truce to the
outposts of the Russians, where he j
delivered to a Russian staff officer the [
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offer of emperor of Japan granting
the removal of non-combatants. He
also demanded the surrender of Port
Arthur. |
Stoessel Will Not Yield. |
The announcement of the mikado’s |
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offer to allow non-combatant.s to leave J
Port Arthur, coupled with tlie demand I
for the surrender of the garrison I ;
causes a revulsion of feeling in St. Pe- j
tersburg, according to the Associated
Press.
The w r ar office is without official
confirmation of the summons served
on General Stoessel, hut not the slight- j
est idea exists in military circles that
he will yield so long as food and am- j
munition hold out without a fight,
even to protect defenseless women i
and other non-combatants from the I i
horrors of bombardment.
Japan Scores China.
The Associated Press at London
learned Wednesday afternoon that Ja- :
pan has made a demand on China in
rhe nature of an ultimatum that she
force her neutrality in the case of the
cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat
destroyer Grosovoi, now at Shanghai.
Japan pointed out that tha time limit,
twenty-four hours, permitted by inter
national law, had expired and that Ja
pan therefore was at liberty to take
such action as may seem to her expe
dient.
At the Japanese legation in London
it was expressly stated that the Tokio
government had no intention of re
maining quiescent if Russia attempts
to compel China to give asylum to her
men of war and authorize repairs at
her ports which would enable them to
resume belligerent operations. Shotild
China fail to comply immediately with
Japan’s demand the division of Japan
ese warships now in the vicinity of
Shanghai will, the legation declares,
be instructed to enter the port and
•capture the Askold and Grosovoi, as
was done in the case of the Ryeshitel
ni. Japan has made no secret of her
intention, but has not consulted the
powers, believing that the matter is
one which concerns herself alone. Ja
pan is prepared, the legation further
asserts, to recognize Chinese neutral
ity only so long as it is respected by
Russia.
With regard to the Ryeshitelni. Ja
pan, it is asserted, is determined not
to comply with the Chinese demand
submitted in compliance with the.Rus
. sian note, that the vesel be returned
to Chefoo. Japan insists that to all in
tents and purposes Chefoo has been a
Russian base during the war, Chinese
junks having been fitted out there and
sent through the Japanese blockading !
vessels to Port Arthur. i
No answer has yet been given by
Japan to the Russian protest in the
case of the Ryeshitelni, but when it is
made it will be communicated to all
the powers.
Closing in on Pert Arthur.
According to news received at Che
Foo Wednesday, the Japanese line has
been drawn still closer around be
leaguered Port Arthur.
Passengers on board the steamer
Tecima, which anchored off Port Ar
thur Tuesday night, witnessed the
bombardment from Pigeon Bay. The
Japanese shells were visible during
their whole course. They coursed
eomet-like to the town and the explos
ions were marked by great splashes of
fire, which shot up into the sky.
AGED NOVELIST PASSES AWAY.
Colonel Prentiss Ingrah'em Dead at His.
toric Beauvoir, Miss.
Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, of Chi
cago, said to be the author of more
than 1,000 novels, is dead at Beauvoir,
Miss., aged 60 years. Colonel Ingra
ham was born at Natchez, Miss.
As a young man he served in the
Confederate army as colonel and after
the war bdgan writing stories which
were published in various weekly pa
pers, and in book for Hi. Later he
turned out a novel every few weeks.
CHINA BLUFFED BY JAPS.
Russian Warships Using Neutral Forts
are Ordered to Move Out
Instantcr.
A Washington special sa>'3: Con- |
sul Genera! Goodnow has cabled the I
j state department from Shanghai that j
the Chinese taotai there has reporter A !
: against the claim of the Russian con
sul general, and decided that the tor- ;
pedo boat destroyer now at that port J
must go out or disarm immediately, ,
and that the cruiser must do likewise. !
The state department has also re- j
ceived a cablegram from Chefoo, dat- !
ed Friday - the substance of which is: |
“™ 3 morn5n S 3evea Japanese de- j
stroyers enter « d the harbor and met |
an unknown steamer entering, which j
they captured, Two Japanese cruis
ers are outside the harbor.”
The dispatch ig so wordeJ as t0
leave in doubt one of the most impor
tant points connected with the seiz
ure, namely, the exact spot at which
it took place, and whether without or
within the 3-mile limit. Naval offi
cers familiar with the harbor of Che
foo state that there are two entrances
from opposite directions, and it is in
ferred from the above that the Jap- j
anese squadron approached through
one of these entrances to find the un
known steamer referred to coming
through the other entrance. The im
pression here is that consequently the
seizure took place within the Chinese
territorial waters. The incident is re
garded as an evidence of the deter
mination of the Japanese naval offi
cers to disregard niceties in dealing
with this question of Chinese neutral
ity.
RUSSIANS IN DESPAIR.
Advices from St. Petersburg state I
that a feeling almost akin to despair
reigns in the much-tried Russian ad
miralty. The official report of Vice
Admiral Skrydloff, coming on the
heels of the known losses sustained
by the Port Arthur squadron in its
desperate sortie of August 10, and the
anxiety over the fate of the warships
still unaccounted for, not only con
firming the sinking of the Rurik, but
showing that, the injuries sustained by
the Gromoboi and Rossia in the fight
with Vice Admiral Kamimura’s squad
ron were even greater than anticipat
ed, completes the crushing nature of
the blow to Russia’s ill-starred naval
forces in the the Far East.
So far as the immediate future is
concerned the admiralty does not dis
guise the fact that the Vladivostok
squadron is destroyed. The effect
upon the public is also most depress
ing. The only consolation found is
in the words of praise bestowed on
the officers and men and the unequal
character of the fight. Russian naval
experts by the system of co-efficients
figuring that inferiority of the Vladi
vostok squadron in armor and guns
was 69 to 200. In some quarters of
the navy there is also a disposition to
censure Rear Admiral .lessen for
abandoning the Rurik, even though
standing by her would have meant
that the Gromoboi and Rossia would
have shared her fate. The chief mys
tery at the admiralty here is why Vice
Admiral Kamimura drew off when Ad
miral Jessen’s ships were at his mer
cy. The only explanation is that his
squadron miu't havte suffered 'such
frightful damage that it could not con
tinue the battle,
It is confirmed that the losses of
officers and men on board the Rossia
and Gromoboi were 50 per cent cf the
former and 25 per cent of the latter
showing the dreadful havoc caused by
the fire from the Japanese ships, even
at a range exceeding three miles. Pri
vate reports say the decks of the Ros
sia were veritable shambles.
RUSSIAN VESSFL SUNK BY MINE.
Small Gun Boat Whelmed by Accident Off
Laoti Promontory.
A Tokio dispatch of Friday says: A
Russian gunboat of the Otvajui type,
struck a mine and sank off Laoti pro
montory. the extreme southern point
of the Kwang-Tung peninsula, on
which Port Arthur is situated, at S
o’clock on Thursday night.
WORK OF FLASH-IIGHr POWDER.
Amateur Chemist Causes a Disastrous Ex
plosion While Fxperimenting.
At Chicago, Friday afternoon, Geo.
L. Englis, an amateur chemist, while
endeavoring make photogiaphic , j
to a
flash light powder, brought about as
explosion that fataily injured him, se
verely hurt his wife and destroyed his
residence, which he had lately erect
ed at a cost of $12,000. The explosion
forced the floors and roof upward so
that the house resembled a dome. The
detonation was heard for a mile.
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GROVER CLEVELAND.
CREEPERS FOR THE AUTO.
Designed to Prevent Slipping
of the Wheels.
An account of the “side-slip” contest
which was held a few weeks ago by
the Automobile Club de Saine-et-Oise
was given in these columns, and we
are enabled to present some views of
the winning device. The “anti-skid
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which won the prize is known as
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it consists of a number of
plates, connected at their extrem
by two encircling chains, The
are corrugated on their inner
apparently with the object of
any “creeping” upon the
It is claimed for this device
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cannot heat, and may be removed or
affixed in a few minutes. When not
in use it can be roiled up into a very
small compass, and therefore takes up
very little room on the car. It is said
a( j d considerably to the life of the
tires, and to constitute an absolute
protection against puncture and side
slip, without reducing the resiliency of
the tire.
E. Phillips Oppenheim, a popular
English novelist, is visiting this coun
try. He is not a stranger here, as he
married a Boston girl several years
age
TO MINIMIZE FOIIOST USES.
New Deviees For Suppression of Smoke
and Spark Nuisance.
Among the numerous causes of for
est fires probably the most prolific
means of all is the shower of sparks
which are thrown high in the air from
locomotives. Various remedies for this
danger have been suggested. Legal
pressure has brought into the field nu
merous spark-arresters, notably in the
Adiroudacks; but great damage was
done before these were finally put
into anything like general use. An
other arrester has recently been sug
gests, which is now in use on some of
the Western railroads, although for a
different purpose. This device is sim
ple in construction, inexpensive and
adaptable to any style of locomotive.
It consists chiefly of a specially con
structed hood, which is extended above
the top of the stack, at the height of
about two feet, and interferes but lit
tle, if at all, with the draught. Its
motive consists solely in deflecting the
sparks downward, so that they fall
harmlessly on the roadbed. Even in
case of a high wind the cinders are so
effectually deflected downward that
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distance. When not in use this device
is released from its upright position
where it is held by a spring, and tliei
it reclines to the side of the stack.
Philadelphia Record.
Canadian Bison.
The woods of northern British Amer
ica are still infested with a queer
species of bison, known as the “woods
buffalo.” It is much larger than the
bison of the plains.
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KNEW HER DICTION Yl’V
Was it exaetiv y Proper to
farewell tour?” tall
"Certainly,” answered the
donna, ”1 never fared better ?!
life.”—Washington star. 4
THE GROCER c explains
The Housewife—“It see Ills
that all that new maple :
has such sugar y 0 U
me an old flavor "
The Grocer—“Indeed. Well i ,•
that’s easily explained 1 J .v the fact'
its made , from the same old tr
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THEN HE I T.
“Yes. I’m disappointed m i tl
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shoes,” said Borem. “It's flueer no
days how one’s things wear out be
one knows it.”
“Yes,” replied Miss Patience
pressing a yawn, “especially on it 1
come.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
HER STYLE.
“You know tier to speak to, thea
“Oh, no!”
“I thought you knew her o
well.”
“So I do. I wouldn't say I k:
her ‘to speak to?- but I know hei
be talked to death by. • v -Cat
Standard and Times.
FULLY COMPETENT. ;
Counsel—“Do you understand the!
ture of an oath?”
Witness—“Sir?”
Counsel—“Do you understand the
ture of an oath, I say V”
Witness (impressively)—“Sir, I jj
driven a keb in this city for nigii
forty year.”—Pick-Me-Up.
HE DARED.
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He—“You know I have inherit!
million dollars?”
She—“Gracious! And do you
go out without your guardian?"
WHAT SHE SAID.
a When you proposed to Mbs Da
atts, did she spring the this-is-so-a
den gag?” asked the innocent suliij
anite.
»* No,” answered the drug clerk
didn't. She merely looked at meal
time, and then said, ‘Well, "'out
that jar you?’ ’’—Indianapolis Sun.
IN A TIGHT PLACE.
Landlord raised your rent?"
a Yes.”
“Going to move?”
“No.”
a Why not?”
*. Well, I can’t get back at my h
rnt landlord in that way without
joy to some other landlord ivlio
also raised the rent.”— Chicago Fos)
SURE INDICATION.
Bilkins must have done hornet
notable one way, or the other, l 1
haven’t yet heard about it.'
How do you know he's done
then?”
“I met about seven of his acq 0 *
ance this morning, and each ore
ferred to him casually as •M
Bilkins!’ ’’—New Orleans T it
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Mrs. McCall—“Putting away v
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old sealskin coat, eh? They’ra <Pj
looking camphor balls you’re stow
away with it. *’ balls?
Mrs. Kute- u Camohcr I W
much! These are live moths,
them to get i:i their work oa this
thing, husband will have o ^
so my
me a new one uent winter.”—LJ* •
phia Press.
MORE THAN MAKING GCC
Hungry these tii: ^ ‘0
Guest— .. ----- Are _
fashioned buckwheat cakes’ J’ oU
ise on the bill of Fare?” j
Waiter—“Yes, sir. Au.-thirj
natter with then?” only “
Hungry Guest—“Nothin a t s:
arc too old-fashioned, When
buckwheat cakes ns these wen’
rogue, people hadn’t lean rd hoit
make then."—Chicago AnhU-U- -