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VOL. -\.\' I :. -><>. 45.
I DEM a
And las! of All, Eren to Royalty,
Corags the Gravs,
ALEXANDER 111 HBW BUT Cifl
Th! Story of Royalty's B?ttle with
(De Death Koester,
THE NEW CZAR ANU HIS FIANCEE
Tragedy end .Romanes Pt tying a Game of
Hide and Seek Within the Somber
Palace Walls of Livadia.
London. Nov mber ! The f«.--:--i « slice
has received a d..-,atch from the British
embassy at Si. !*• tcrsburis. stating that the
csar’e death «• urr. lat ",2» o'clock p. m.
A dispatch fr -nt Lira ... ays that at noon
the action of the czar s h art began to en
feeble rapidly. Ab ut half past 1 o'clock
un«'on‘*ciwusnces sup« evened and the action
of th.- h- art became intermittent and
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ae’x’nder hi.
The D ad C. r <>t AH th- Rtrss ns.
Ss-. ly p-r üble uut.l its •
c.’axcd altogether.
Annomi. -m n of 4h« death ct the cxar
r is oifi. I.Uiy uni.-n! 1 I-.' v. :re from
I.ivadia to M .-rough home. th- r< -i
ume of th- | of Wales, It no par
to. tian- v. s. gh n.
LaM •i«»i«i<-nts <>f the Cmr.
Yalta ?■ >■•■ a■ ;- 1.- T!i- v.-ir w.i told
Tuesday that iu could live . .ly a : T
days : -r . ’ I r.. i « . - ly. Tur
ing th- • tof th- ■ h< t-> - I m »st «f
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T.s'- ti‘i: I- . t - I? 1 t
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ant to t--1 t. it he ti-t.!-! : he last
hours on litis >n soil. 1 s.-glit he hid
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violent cougaii ; ; . . > Hta
heart gn-w so . >.t t :>t <.’. -t
t
cm: r-;!.i • s ly. 1! v. :ul!.- o -
ta-iou.. lie vi- • '■■ s :.r -nt to b"
MV- st kir- in •!« ;>i’ « th«- tn ly
and !-.<• r. •*< - ti:e v.;• -.a gratciUi
f rv«r. • » - : . i .: i. If ia: -r ;>•• vas
*
th- « I 1 . • s . t I • lain- > ago -> and
a; 12 :» o'- !■ » ■ . ■ ■ it > f:< Irun
p,;i«. air-. Hut f •* weaken
ing t ■ -.-•?!. a tmd hi.- j»hy-
r m- t! it the «t.l 'A.a .*tning fast. He
Xi. • t to t - !•: nnim-mt
A* 2.13 •<’< Ic «>cs i.v. d slowly and
h ■ ci -I r- st: .
The Haiti lu I !i»i bi J l-’.-d.
Th-1.. . . : n IJva-'.ia t'>-
n„:it .1 v-.ii ! • « . .-4 » i th- palace
chap 1 i--r a day or S v-t.d state
tilts «c . A »i• . . » t’.te i lativi
arran ; • tvs > i: -• l«oiy will
b .•- i : I t; i: rr ! . a :.r.
Polar St .. to t». ■ H uhl i>- .1
by th- ■ »• .’• a l!«—t. whk-li has
ordft ». . -I-.* at Yalta. Erm:
Ol -sa t . - i. n.H i-k aon a si»-ial
tr:. :i U St. » .. r . i . : w ill 1- place«i
: ■ th- * >i I • •- • • r ;.i. i I‘ani. The
v.iil I .-id probably in
about tr.o v-* * •
It Is u- 11 I •: t « . :r Nn-holas 11
w ’ I tomorr-w; that tin
Unm . Al ..u. r Hl •:■ -< nd
r- . now i.l tn 5..»- a.--u . will be d<-
ciare 1 toe in ir. as i that th- trw>j»- and
state dli-.. I- will t ik- the o h of loycltj
s i«i al: - i «:i • <-n S-i ..r . . .\.n- mourn-
• Mllr«l tor !!•» i'au.ih.
I —The I‘uiy Nows
cum '• m :i« wii > throughout
the rz.it’ .•• urn there 1-. obtained the
mo-t tn:-1 . •t iy .1 i ! itit.; . ;.r.g informa
lion, ha.-
“The rxar -iat z ■ • k this after
noon- Hi. was it::’;.’ • i . tWhen he
felt that hU 1 i :r v..- appro-u king
be a k-4 »r x»< ne m -ti< This was
•dmintst.-:. I by Father Ivan, wi •
w&ri cw.<r--l with the dying man for
some tie-- - ' *«• I• M a>.»-d tiiat his
faintly »b"..l ! -it .• :■ ro mi him. H” spoke
With ea h •i-.n-tl r pnrai *v. but nt
Itratr !en;;t- w«li» t : .m. II then
save all I ’ • Finally he Ui i ".ad
>a .v-n. Uttie •> H«e be ■•> '• ak r.
His w’- *at I .st is. H-t. hardy ai.dilde.
Soon after h< pass, 1.. .; . quietly. Th.
oath cf all Ti.’i N .«»l;
■dnwiJjtiM to the whale family and at
4*“U» <• I’M K camion v. tu aiitiuuiicc
the fa. t to the world."
After confirming th" d.'ith an I ’he
fuueral arran ements alrea iy <1- s ribel.
the < rrc . 1 saya:
“The entire lievcntli army corps Will pay
military honors to the dead emperor when
I the body shall be embarked at Yalta.
I ‘ The train from Odessa to St. Petersburg
will stop r.t every important local station,
where the lo> al garrison will be drawn up
to rend- r military honors to their dead
commander.
"The czarina Is quite broken down and
' the doctors are again fearful that her
health may not withstand the weight of
| her grief.”
Sorrow in France.
Paris. November I.—The president sent
the czarina a persona! message of condo
!• m-e. Mr. Mantat::, French minister of
*or , -ign at.airs, sent to ?.f. de Oiers, rtus
t\ is minister, a dispatch express-
■ u in the name of the government the
■ ; 'i’ « which the news of the czar's death
. h:i-l caused in Frame. Premier Dupuy
• telegraphed t-< the prefects of th> depart
ments the cider that their flags lie draped
: in mourn i ig and raised at half-r.ast.
"as in t 'eiiMlnnt lln-aif.
Ah ind«-r Hi. eui] • ror of all th- Russfn?,
who su<; < .led to th< throne on the murder
of his father by nihilist conspirators on
March 1". ISM. wa •1. .tn March 10. 15.5. For
some time .-.n.r his elevation to the throne j
c. • seldom ap|•< ar.-d in pul.lie, but lived
the viei reiircr ent r.t Gatchina, being j
in co ..slant dread of tlm machinations of !
the se«-r> t soeii ties of socialists. His corn- ;
num i took pla at Mas.-ow May 27. I\S3. •
ll* married. m ]s<>;, Mary Fiodorovln.t '
(formerly Mery Sophia Frederica Dmunar) '
daughter of Christian IX. king of Denmark. ]
and sister of the prim -< of Wales and the ;
king of Grc ee. The pt in. ip:. 1 . <•>.< t n of !
the ezir wa- to put down niliili -m to de
velop the military potter of Russia, to I
organize her Asiatic tin Caucasian pro- j
Vinces a:i < to keep a steady eye up a Con- •
st ir.tiaople.
I'tom the beginning of his reign periodical .
attempts it|>..’i itis life wire made by the i
nihilists. Twice idlieers in his own anti) >
tried to snoot him. In IS S he and his |
family narrowly escaped dath in a tail- *
way accident. near B.rki. The train was J
thrown from the track and many pas- ;
sengi rs were killed, but the imperial party ;
w- re hardly injur, d. The derailing of th.- '
train was supposed to bo the work of nihi- ■
lists. i.a: t spring a plot was formed in
Finland t > blow up the castle which the
czar was expected to occupy during the i
'.ill maneuvers around Send msk. The po- '
li • • arc still busy hunting down the con- ;
i lratm s. The czar was det piy r iigious. ‘
ie was under the influence of su It b-gots
I’obodono 7.< If. attorney general of the ,
synod anj his group, and persecuted :
i. .lews. Catholics an 1 German Lutherans
■ i Russia withoist ce-sntion or ns -<-y. !!••
to : iti i with his ntinisti r of foreign if
. Triis-- GortehrikolT. a strong I’iejii
i.-<• against the <l-nnau. ; , which was in
creased by the agitation of the T in-; ia\is:
war patty in his eupital. Nevertheless h<
held fast to a peace policy. East year he
r- a'i< <1 r ■■■ -I. isla’-diii. ..th l-’r;;n- dnr-
ire tn- vi <• ' 'he R t an !I ‘ :• T-h.’i- i
aii I ev r sin.-. Ku: ia a.’i l Trance have
Is «n regard •! a ; constituting a dual :il
i- conriterbaiancibg o>i th- continent
th- r .wer the triple alliance. Nothing
Lus b en j. lalishc I. nowevc r, to show that
: y folio .! .-• ■!•• • r..- r.t b.-tw< -n the two
powers u.u- sign- i or that the i::::r pie-lg- 1
Ku- ia t-> !:■!•> I-'r i ee •■-■r.''-
f t ti.e .!. hil'c.. the C.own pi in«a } vs
N hol.i-. tw nty. ven y<-ars old. t -•
Gr-i’i-l Puke ch -t-te, new ill in the south
<*f Rus--i.-.; th-- Gra'ii Ihr hess-s Xenia an I
< l. i and th- Grand l»ul: Miehacd, a boy
in bis teens.
An iili’ttiary from l.omlon.
Ixm-lon. Novenil -'i 1.- A n-talil- obituary
slt-teii of the czar will appear i.l The
Tinies of tomorrow. The author of the
sk< t> h of the dead emperor was on inti
mate terms of friendship with the czar
;...d i says that the latti r had nev r the
inpathy with h
ilia: -Jndcd. the czar rather gl-rled In
th i>. a of Is-ii g o! the sai l i rough ♦■ x
tit- as th-’ it majority of h!« subjects
a:. I if h- kn-'W that he was soinetinr -s dis
"r. 'i« -t fully calb l ‘the. peasant czar’ l.<-
li. ri d this epithet as a c-omplimetit. ll.s
■ st., -htforward, abrupt manner, savor,ng
“ <n-tim s of gruffness, and his <!ii et.
I una-iortii I method of expression harmon-
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Tin: MIW < ZIIC Mtllhl “ '•'» ~,S I’HO 4Hd<~l K K BHGHI.
t m -. an I «oni< what ritiggirh movements. .
Th. impression that he made in con ver- ;
: it ion was Unit of a good, modest and J
m->der;it.lv int-liigeui. strong-willed man.
who might perhaps listen to objections. t
but who < -rtai ilv would stand no nonsense
fr ni his siibordinpl.’S or any one els’ ’. >
• ,v the s- who have had the privilege
• of Observing him in th.- unrestrained inti
ma v ■ his family, especially when romn-
with his children or amusing hints If .
! with his four-footed pets, could fully real
- Win’ :: simide. kindly nature v.as ion- |
: .. -il.-il behind a by no means sympatnet’.c
! exterior.” . „ i
.’..vii'' r's surpassing p.ijsi. a t
ten »
'' ' vr.-ti.r his .nlunn eat and del.ght ,
I In severe physical tasks. all these have!
expio...-d. B«t ,;x"r?he .’z-;;-'
i tirehX and unremitting worker :;t ■
t . ' des:i. Yet this is true, and in his de- ,
t. emulation. formed very shortly after the
death of his father, to master the details
of iiis imperial “job” is supposed to have J
ATLANT v. GA., MWWAY,NOVEMBERS, 181 K.
been the leading cause that has made his
life one has said "rather that of a
than of a secular monarch.”
it. was the custom of Alexander when
residing at Cut chino to rise at 7 o’clock in
tiie morning. After his bath and toilet the
first hour or two were spent in a morning
stroll. A modest breakfast followed, after
which he engaged in S'-vere manual labor
of j. me sort—budding walls, chopping logs,
digging ditches or other occupations more
tit for a peasant than a czar, lb' always
held that this only would lit him for the
mental work that must come alter in the
day. which, to him, has always been much
more difficult. than the physical exertions
just spoken of.
The Lie* lie Has Heard.
It is staled by some who claim to know
much of the late czar that the notion put
forth that he was kept in ignorance of the
real situation in Russia is not a correct
on *, but the burden of proof is the other
way. ills advi ■ -rs came to understand
him : oou after his ace. s; ion as a man of
.. great n'.“' tai caliber, as one who meant
v •!!, but who was prone to devote his
in . t<> petty pattering over minor details -
one who imylit mike a mountain out of
nu I. hill, I ut never s o the i a: moun
tain at til; who might di- ’over some slight
di eie.eirrcy or wrong that a more aide
r>an m d.t miss altogether, but. one who
would allow the grossest discrepancies to
j. i. ; unnoticed. Accordingly all through
his life he was 11 to believe that niue
t.-rtii: of ail tile criticisms that have
1.-< n <nr> eted ovainst him and his gove.-n
--m -nt have been infamous lies; that the
liili'.il'ir of diss; tisliid p-oplc in Rte siu has
!>• :i so small as to be hardly worth no
ticin':. and that the great m:t h ive been
happ.v, content, d, pro I'eioua, and loyal.
As to the !< ;Uy of th- av< rage Russian
tin to is no question; th cz.ir has been
from time imtm r.iorable sia-ond only to
the deitv in the p. as;.ills’ minds, and Alex
ander ill ha b> on regarded with as much
reven.w. as was his father or any of his
I redeci sors.
The czarina only, it is stated, of all
those v, ho h 1 free access to the imperial
ear. w 's iiidii.eii to ted him the truth, to
mak • .dear to him the f< . lings of amaze
ment. lmrror and discus: that have been
er :i : t.i ii'.ed toward Russia and its govern
ment by i' more enlight. '.« d nations of
•he v. .t. She, it is s.iid, was fully aware
of the true . '.de of affairs amt of the re
g• rd a wdii h Rlls.'ia ha: b -en held by lie
wot Id at large. It is b. !iev<'d that her
st;;’■ meats to the czar and her impressed
<!. i. .- tor ladieai changes mus! have re
sulted or good, long ago, had it not been
for i .-• tdtrtular and suprem • influence
,-y n-i d « v>-r Alexander by- his oi l tutor,
ii. I eb.- d- os' fl'. ’This man iias always
b<-.-n ■' <• i;-< t v ;.t ive of the con.-ervativ es.
J,i i, : ;u rson it..- - is.en manifest tin- very
oiii.u: < th- c-f til- nn diev I spirit, and
tn- pi i s, nt situation in Ku.-- is imu. ni
abiy < :ii - er.-ati T<l-»:t<» -t.-• iT was
origin..!?y a kiwy.-r ly prcl.-s: i<m, but
when still a y< unv, man :ie to .-n
• tin- - - rv; -e of the r.-it'i mil ehureh, and
11-- is now O.n- ~ i ■■■ • d. .in alls 11. <1
li< . 1 1 title being | ’ <■■ urtet-.r of ti e
holy : vnod.
*ti Kai-l.t love Atlnir.
Al-xai-der would not have been n To
il :.is lif.- had not - nijV'K';d.Xi’
.’‘u’iv in Ide. an 1 before his nmrri.tge,
V, , . n ,t >t had not been int- rrilpt ■! et the
<•' tn. : d of his fa bi r might have changed
tie- h : t >ry of Europe.
I v : about si:, months b-fore the death
of li-i.lc-r brother and a year and a halt
. the Hrli ■ - Dagmar,
th: . 11,- f.-li vi. d; ally ill l-"-e v -i ( h lh, “ IT"'-
<•< s Mi t'-h-rslci, tln-n a maid of honor t >
his mother, th. late tz.irin i. Th; - young
woman w-v , of course. <>. -.'rp.m-dng beau
tv. She was bri-:i.t and of unusually deli
e io . nsibili'.ii -. Had s-dm not possessed
:l i| i,. ... u-.-tc risti< s, at least in the
m nds es thi chrnnh 1< if. n ■ ’’ t,f the il:! '
p, ria| Rut sian house cc uld have been en
amored of her. A!cxand-r ash. -1 her hand
R j| t . pi mlsed to many him. Th< n
u. ■ i of tn-, engagement w::< taken to the
pl,I , ~ . ~.ii,| "No.” and Illi--t empb.it-
, ~!]■ , ui Al.-.cinder was ;. nt abroad tb.at
• . r ; it. While
he iv;u gone the prineess wa. forced to
i .in v Time T.ut! I’emidoiV. He was a
r , .J. wi-0... s. .- .1 e. -e.-. -tn were so
n >rk. u as to n ■ ’ ■ ! I character,
ev< a in the lin’d hi capital, and the prin
, , ss i ''!• t<’d v. it!: many tn; against the
ma’v.h. cm- ntiiig only when alleged proofs
that her imperial lover had given her up
Were pre e 'ti n to her. Later she found
that tl.e . e proofs were fictitious, und the
Inutll.ll affection Is-tween Alexander and
1: " eh p rsist'd for some years after his
marriage to I’agmar. who had been the af
fianced bride of his elder brother. It is
<•■ln.ll that the latter’s knowledge of this
tend'r feeling between her husband and bis
< !d sweetheart was the cause of much jcal
ou . and many tears on the part of the
czarina With tiie coming of the children,
however, a !■ ling of sincere affection for
J-.i ■. ,fe is .aid t 1 have implanted itself in
the bn ist of the csar, and during their
later years the domestic life of the imperial
couple is said to have been almost ideal.
yli.trt Mt’ldes ol the O.’ii’.
St iri's .f ti.e first money earned by a
man who has carved a fortune fur himsell
jo tn • face of adverse circumstances arc
always in demand. Here is tit '.story of the
lirst'money earned by Alexander. It was,
nerhaiis. some seven or eight years age
that Iw d < id.ed to contribute hl:
Continued on l iist Column Second I’age,
THE WAR II TIE ORIENT.
An Interesting Story of the War in the East
Between China and Japan.
The Constitution oubiishe. herewith a
very interesting and timely article from
current issue of Harper’s Young People.
This great war is the tirst conilict which
has ever taken place on such a scale be
tween the new and the old civilizations.
China stands for tiie old and Japan for the
new. T|, P former has 40e,0e0.0i)0 people and
’hi latter less than 40,000,000, and yet tiie
a tie island giant seems to be making easy
prey of jf S great Mongolian neighbor,
which, in area and population, is one of
the vastest of the governments of the
earth. Japan has adopted modern methods
in its army and navy and in the govern
ment of th. empire. No nation on earth has
probably ever shown such wonderful change
in a few years as has Japan in lite last
twenty years. China, on the other haul,
has clung to its old-time methods, nnd at
the outbreak of this war it sent to the
front Manchurian bow and arrow soldiers
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' T rO v ' e ' Muhdt ri /
/ t! 's'F c r h” '
< ... < Je.'-. ®
< •<§£>- »«,SBWZ ■. .
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ji /-? ftLLOX SER - z.-' 1
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mitrailleuse batt.ri ■ .' 1 fart ford), and Seoul is I'd ntik di.-ta-
' f 11- 1 m ‘ ’ , ' t l is ,!l( ‘ t-' 'i-y S
1 this ■' Voung Teople, and it is ’
n nn- iift'l-y word if it: j
vn .- SH’.I .. ■ nd tv Li o.; •-■ lied on
... t w I nd Japan is the
portant one that has occurred since Ger
many overcame Trance in T'~l, and ev< ry
Ann ric-an boy who is interested in the pto
;.-ress of the w. rid and in the advancement I
of modern ideas and inventions should fol- |
low the events of til- strin-gb, and under- |
stand c'.a.tly what is going on i< Corea. '
even if this country is at the other end id’ |
the earth.
The king of Corea has always tried to j
keep foreigners out of his domain:-, bitt til" I
Chim se and Japanes - have ~i re - nt y- ra's i
suec-e-.led in gittii.g a I'ootlv ld in the < oun- j
try. Each nation was j al ais oi tl’.e other, .
so' that when the king e ill-d on Ciena to
help hill ; Oppress a i el-. Him last spring. |
tl.e Japam-s • declared that the Ci.'.m •"
were sending nmre troops than
win- ne.-ess.iry, and as. rted t! :t ii ui«.> '
more Chim.-'e soldi- rs were landed in Corea i
they woubl consider ii an act "1 v
On Friday. July 27th. s v r:.i .lt;!>ar.es-‘
crush rs m-t a number es triinsp'otis. wit.i j
i t'iiim tr >|.s on i>">ar.i, oitv-i • - 11 /
i nese warsnips, off the island of l-'on-l-io. ,
I on th.- w.- t < oast of C, r- a. in the ¥• How •
I sea. These sinj .- were < n th-ir wav from |
' Chit;.. I ' Asm. and the . .'J’ ‘ '
! this ar act of war. did l-.ot hesitate to at
i tm k d-.-- Chin se squadron. The ships oi l.m
latti r of:.-.- .1 little r; : istan. e. one > , t
J ( . nl . , i, a;.-. .if tm- d, and the ■ th- •’• " ■
•to Hight. Tim trans;.m-t ship K'-w-S.ntm, I
I however. W.; di-vu into a bay. am!l u o
j , oii.-d >.| cm to ; ma- and s.ui - - |
■mine J; I'.'!’. •' v I
r.ntili may. Ilyina th- Trit ir li Ha. . ■■
eornn an ihv a British . aptain. who otm - |
~l b- ’ ■ ! t-c- a Jo;
port. The Japanese ««b>l « ,l ;'* H
■ both, r much about the British Hag. as the
i s|, p wm- currying 1.-' 1 " Chine; - troov. ; and ■
1 ' ' th-ro'oro practically in the seivn-e .1 (
’ ’ l ’' V '- r,h r , oXS'to ltd- !
i^H e^forei r
| ile . liiiic.-. lor ■ '■ lt „.
i !" S W or,i-U.-« IT
! I,2<X> n> il veie. mown up
I the Naniwa. )nnil at
The next battle o-.urie<l
v on lulv "Sth. 'i’be Chinese
eoe-:- ” ’ ...e -
i- "-'"y?'; 1
-nt. howevt r. to- ■ . I .
! °ZZ’e<Uo AsZi. to dislodge the
i ‘!y from
' waZsen't'io a 'anil that city. A.i-r a sharp
| battle th- Jab-’ vwU>riou-.
nia | " y . 1 1 'e t -°wnv t the mount-in
-1 i ’; , r'? t h. , v jmned OH- mX tZln.Z'an.Z
Now. tJX to th* "7 XchTX
-ou.m.i. i i \wi-i bv the Corean
sn ’dt ’which' is about a nundred miles wide
.r-d"'is n verv strongly fortitied. This island
".", b ort of guardian of the entrance to the
- sea on whi.-h is sitm-led Hiroshnmh
. - Jpe city that bus now become he ml. a
. | ath u;nt<Ms of Japan. Mom Hh- •
tr. t vere .-ent uut ovei tin .a to
, 1 !‘>rea -am’l 'they were landed at the thm-
! puns of th. little kmgdmn-at < he-
I ■ on the west coast, at Turan on the
nth e last, and at Gensan on lite east
i Th. ttoops from l-’usan marched
: ! .q'ng th- main highway to Seoul, which is
-1 vn oil the map, and j. hied the Che-
: 1 rX X V 1 '""i"" I
> I- 1 i.'n.- o, io Seoul is 220 miles, or about
• .s' 'f-ir as from New York to Washington.
. j From Chemulpo to Seoul is only thirty miles.
or the same distance as from New Y’. rk to
Sing Sing on the Hudson.
In the meanwhile the Chinese had been
sending armies over the mountains from
• Manehooria. and these armies had estab
lished themselves at the city of I’ing-
A’ang, through which the Japanese must
pass if they Intended going any fui tii. r
ninth; for I’ing-Yang sits on the only r ad
that leads through that section of the coun
try, aad is built on a hili, and is an old
fortified town with heavy stone walls, it
was a strong position, an I was def. tided
by 2 , ' 1 .0tX) of the best Chinese warriors.
Marshal Count Vamagata, in command of
the Japanese armies in Corea, deti rn.im d
that I’ing-Yang must be taken, rm i he in
structed his generals to move or. tie- city
from Fitsan, Seoul and Gensan. .. I to ar
rive ad together on a certain dale.
Gensan is about ninety miles fr m Ping-
Yang (the distance between New York and
<;r ;;s far as - fi > Nev Yoii- *<■
tl: J-.-ntiK -e adv- was the. a I
• —-r ' ';-tbi-. whe.e ahe died
r- oi.- -in tl a /part ■ r. ■ • . .
mii.-ow, ami h-a-i i-v-r m-t.:-m ■
sequ* ntly were hard truv-.-l ng for ea*
and artillery.
Th- column moving up frotn Seoul came m
sight of Ting-Yang on Thu: day. S ptember ;
l.'.r’i. Tim next day the Gm a n c< lumn cu'-ie
up. and pr< pir.iti-n: v made tor a,
general tittack. The engagement be- an at
»i ay break on Saturday manat-; with a
■: vy c :tun-:>mb , v '..icb. last---! tin d
o' -1,.-!: in the tier-moil. Ino < le-
plh ! bravely . 1 u not in .-h harm w:
on either si-m. as both atmi-s were prettv
W. 11 Sh. lttled. At o’ei... !. tb Jap'.m. --
infantry liegmi to m'\ "i. . awl Hanging
< lumns were :-cnt lu ! !m r.ght and left
of the Chinese line- They 1 -mid th” rear
v ( -ii.lv dvl’i i<l U. aiul v. u H 1 until • u'cln. k
Sundai woope ’- - n
„pon 1’ e chmaw- n from .;!! dd.-s at cm
and eomi'l .e!y rom-d tlm-n. It is stated
th.it in tnis l> utl • . ’"I ' Tim ew. r • ktl. ...
awl many timtisands v.ounwd. but u nvmh
]...-...•r number w•■: <■ i-i«. -:i p: isoner.--, .-i.i
::.eH ,f tim enlir - a-my -d 2‘M* ■ > es-- ping
rthw.tid toward Wiju. Anmne Hm pri-m
--,.is v.-'!.- -••-vi.-ral gofie als. The Japanese
1. ; s was small-ah’:!to killed awl wo ind-
•I b -.ttle o' Ping-Yang not only made
t: . Jap. 1. ■ . i.mpb ’ I tm > -
p. mnsi'i ;. but d< st’- < t Cb. ia besl ;.i c
str liges, army - rpc. On ' • ’lay a’.et
Ting-Yang th- Japt'i:- • v. on a g'-i 't v i -
tory and tints :e :r- I command o’ the
Yellow a.
The ships of the i.nk.ni-.v ht s I>, en p..ir -H
--‘ iug the enemy’s <■ .nst . .’er -m. ■ th- K.m -
, Shing affair awl on :--v r.;i <>e asmns la
-1 JapallOO had even ma le expi. i mv. ex; ii
! tior.s into the gulf "f T<-Th- t
i mad-‘ it : lie eupiaro rs at th, >:u. ;l -. rove
' of island: of Itaigun-Tio in Horn, bay, not
I far from the mouth of the Yalu liver. Tim
' Japane.'o suspected that the Ci.im -e w.mld
I try to . end troops into northern . < a
I byway of Wijn, and from these ish-.nds
t’-.ey could watch the entrance to the river
j anti cut m's th- enemy's lle.-t. Sure < rn.ugh
I the Cl.ia -se did fetid a number es trans
' ports . envoy.-d by a strong sqe.adr.. i of
; warshij \ and they arrivx 1 al th • Yala
■ riy, . o.i S« p;eml... r 17th. T:;e Japaues.- .... w
i twin .-iii.i went out t > bat tie.
j-y god itt-.-k the <’hiw.--e transports
* nm.’u.gi-i to gel up the rii -r. and, it is
■ ;.’.|*<l. l.nnled in-.-'.r troops, but th.- v. irships
| stay ed in Yalu bay and fought the J:i;>aia-s,-.
} Tin- ban- lased from noon until da-k, *
i w hen the smoke > liar- ■ I av ;ty it v.-as found
I that three of the strongest Chine-.- w r-
st ips were sunk, while another id gone
ashore and was burned up. The Japanese
del not 10-e any ship- end only o;’-'
was so badly injured that had to t.turn
home lor t< pairs. Th- Cmnes. 11 ■<s con
sisted of heavier battle-ships twin the
Japanese, but the Japanese were l-.-lt.-t
wim the ,ki There w,.rc :ib nt thirty live
; ships - ngag lin the ti-- »• Wh t the
I lightlni- was over the Chinese e-- ,-.p -d to
Curt Arthur ami the J.ip.me-e reined, no
one know; exactly whei--. The ; hips <•! tin
Chines- were so badly battered that it v.n
thought a n'm:ii!i s time would be necessary
to repaid them.
And now let ns turn to th- ntnn again
and see what the situation is. V. e have
the Japan-se in full j> ws.es.sion of Corea,
with a strong and victorious army at
Vlng-Yang. one hundred amt fifty miles
from tl .u city is IViju, on the Yalu river.
which is the boundary betw.-eti China and
Corea. The Japanese auvaneed on this
city over very bad roads and capture.! it
after a brief skirmish on t.ictoher 4th. From
Wiju they could look ii-r-ss th- river into
Chinn, where, i » miles l r :n its sh< i es,
stands th- sacred city of Mukden, which
will very possibly be the n< st point of at
tack lor th- Ping-Yang column.
Tut the Japanese would probably prefer
to capture Tek:ng, the capital oi’ China.and
thus possibly bring th- war to an end.
Peking, howt-vi r, is a hard piace to get at.
’Ci., city is about two hundred miles iniand.
To get there the Japanese must either
march across the country from Wiju. a
long distance, or land troops somewhere
near Peking and then attack th ‘ city. TnfS
is what thev will probably do, and an army
of :ti».tW»O men left Hiroshima some time
i-o and has not been heard of ut the pres
ent writing, but may turn up »ome»diero
before this reaches our readers. I ekmt>,
PRICE FIVE CEN i
i
as you will so-* by th- map, is inland from
the gulf of Pcchil ."'nd this gulf is strongly
protected by Wei-H; 1 :-'A ei and t’ .rt Arthur
at the . ntt;.nee and by the Taku 1 its .it
. rhe month of the J'eiho river. Roth V.. .-
Hai-Wei and Port /.rthur 1. ‘Ve large navy
i yards anq strong d- fens. ■, and it is to the
latter p!a<-e that the Chinese ihet retired
for repairs after the bait; of th- Yaht.
But the Japanese might march down
front V» iju and attack I’ert Artnur from
behind, or they might < nter the gulf
I'-i-liili and land tro. ps at Shang.iai-Kwan,
whieit is not a fortified place, and is »nly
miles fr.<tn Peking. • eing . -en d with
j that < ity by a% rj ... So you see
just now th<- situat n i; very inter.--ting
I for any one who Is l< k ....
| distance like N. w York . i i.ry ;. : inme
i for any one likt t!:< Chin ■; wbc
- . I ,ro,, ’ , b!y a little u: easy on his tarj.ie
In Feking.
Al ADA?, i ITS DI A'ION DS.
■ i«
i er i -tori.-i in Rio harbor were impatient:/
j waiting for the quarantine otlic rs to fin
ish insp-cting th.- ship.
they were tir«-d of t ie sea and wire
anxious to seek more comfortable quarter 3
in the city.
Mair.me was the only passenger whe
di.l not fret uni worry ov-r the delay. She
w.i-. | on d u, wiieie had a good
view of Rj,. •
She was to sing at the ope;:: house that
’• » <1 h i agent hi 1 ■n-
gage ! for h- r in advance u suite of rooms
a- the best hotel.
I So m. lame wait-.J patiently and laughed
and jested with th • young men who had
1». en h r companions on th ■ voyage, and
| who had sought h-r f< :• a tar- ..-II chat.
Sa- was a beautil al woman—tais • fair
French qa en of the op ra. Her golden
hair, brown eyes, faultless features and
dazzi.ng ompk-.xion j- .ole the nn n go wild,
and it was impossible to watch her grace
ful movements without verlng that
her torn: had that id, ..1 j. ctioti oi which
sculptors dr am.
"A g-i .-s of wine, Marie,” said Madame
to h, r maid.
Tl:- young woman brought it in a mo
m-'iit and her mistress leisurely sipped it.
talking in her sparkling way to her ad
mirers ail the while.
Just then there was an uproar at the
ot r end of the steamer and cries ot
j terror and alarm were heard.
”A man overboard!"
Madame laugh-i when she heard the cry.
"Fortuiiate fellow!’’ she exclaimed. "It
; would ba better to jump into the water and
I swim ashore than stay In this floating
| prison another day.”
j The captain of th- Victoria came forward
‘ wit it the ship's doctor. The faces of the
' two wore a troubled expression and it was
: evtlent tb.at they had news to communi-
I “Al:.dan ~” said the captain, "it is rriy
painful duty to inform you tk.it a terrible
i .1- lent 1:;.:. ,-. all I. l-iir b'v;lti««l
friends
Itree years t’a —«t o „ u
hospital in > ’ *
fter a few JK* ’m” erupted
* wro'as; . «-|
’ could I"” 1 ‘W«-r< 1 the in-' ating shark
i w! ieh has follow -I us for the past two
'davs ■ ’■’• <1 him v.nd drugs.-1 him oo wn.
“Morey!” screamed the horrttied woman,
, you mean t :. y that iny husband is
: dad.” an-w-nd the captain;
"swallow. ! I-- th- ' k.”
Ma i tme lam I I- - in b-r chair, but
’ she had i. 4 tainted as the bystanders at
! first supposed.
il -.- -vis had a p- -.l’.ar star", and her
i hands moved m-rvously.
"Try to a
! her manat- : n a sy month f ft'-
' -T cam :- l v• a. •t. ’ ■ l t.a lame.
I "1 am utterly ruin. I. !!-• !.- 1 all my dia
'meds in i ather -.ax in i-.- poci-.c ’i hey
! cost a hundred t'.oui-and d’liars, am. their
! loss leaves me a j aup x ' >h. I shall go
“Madamo !’ ri’. ’ n.” ; I th- maid,
■ drawing t! ■ 1 at', r b ' -m her bosom.
I "M. nsi- ur • ne t> - imo’.Ms at) li-i.r
■ : e . . • ■ x ■ . r
if- < ust ......
•■■l p, lam .- -I. ’ ” • itb a
half mi!
slmll ring t-m i . '
whit w:l! !• • .d
"Who < ■•>.' i. i Tn ’a nt* mi to their
| own ims-ne- xlf .■■ ! ’-d b> »’ funeral
!it woo'd b- d.,: !t. but this ait. ;. i- sc
! th:-.: 1 m ’ f<” ‘ l ’"’’ w-anng
11 . , . ; . . ■■•. it as
j th." widow if . I. an who had been ,wal
-1 lowed I V a shtirk '
| -1 .an ari.fi mW’ your feelings.” replied
| the nana -.tr, “but f have just f ar<. ta.it a
s ;li! „r s’m.t the shark mly a moment ago.
' so there will be •• fmi a’.’
! .po-v-ihle!” shouted m. lame. “Do you
I <■" p- t rue to follow a dea l shark as a
’ i mourner Where would you bury tn. thing"
’ No cemetery v.ocM receive my h.tsbind's
! b.-.b- v. ’h a big iish to- its casket!"
-I-’ ~ sitm tian is end.airi. -iim.” a Irnit
’ | t e,i ‘ t ‘h ■ mummer, "."ml y u are d-mbth-J
j J,i ut vie-t we do won the
I -shark?" ........
I -i tl captain to sink • •
■ .. iumi '.er b.unt -1 up th< captain and
told 1 m wh.o nmdame had soul.
». j- t the captain vis ' 1: tecided, but
' i, ~i<lore<i the sailors to chain a
; !‘Tof oM and lead to the shark
. tl 1 bur.l-tied with Inis w« i.-,ni
: i -?«’ X£;..
, C( . r ; oci uph 4 the mx’ two hours, anil th" n
madame ano her baggage were permitted
lO Tl>at'night the opera house was crowded
and the famous l-r.-m h su -o r w~s
I The audience was wild w.th en
thusiasm. and everybody raved over
mad.-me-; hearty, her voice, her costume
and her diamonds.
• If v<mr husband had only lived to enjoy
your triumph tonight.” said the manager
after the performance.
••"■he dear, good man.” murmured mad
ame ”1 shall never forget his kindness
?n thinking of my diamonds before he fel
overlmard. and let me thank you aga .1
for att nding to my wishes. It would
hive made me teo ridiculous, you know, if
I had put on a black dress and veil and
. 11 W... 11 big Uglv fish to a funeral.
fo !’, v. Ui you." respended the mana-
ser . ’Rut can’ I serve you in any way
’ U ’’\e.--. tell Marie to bring me a glass ol
"Vn'er that night the manager
almi'i in the sobtude of his room al th.
“•’•Hurrah for m’ldarnc’” h r. u^'’o ’
ping hl! bauds together. Vina
man! What a P. REED.