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OSTRICH WINS DERBY
Closing New Orleans Event
Goes to Eastern Colt,
RACE HAS A VALUE OF $5635
Auditor Is the Only Rival of the Suc
cessful Horse, and He Leads
Until the Stretch Is
Reached.
NEW ORLEANS, March 12. The
closing: honors of the Crescent City
Jockey Club's meeting: fell to the
Eastern contingent, -when Ostrich
landed the prize of the season, the
$5635 Crescent City Derby. The East
ern colt's only rival in the betting: -was
Captain Brown's Auditor, G to 5, be
ing: laid against Ostrich, against 7 to
E on Auditor. Helgrerson took Auditor
to the front in the first furlong-. Os
trich following: closely, and from that
point it was a two-horse race. Audi
tor opened up a gap, which Ostrich
only succeeded in closing: as they
rounded the stretch turn and headed
for the wire. It was a drive all
through the stretch and, at the end.
Ostrich, well ridden out, had a scant
length to the best of it. Auditor beat
ing Conkling- three lengths for the
place. Summary:
Six furlongs Allsta won, Respon
sive second; Magaala third; time, '1:14.
Mile and a sixteenth, selling Gra
vlna won, Prota second, MacBeth third;
time, 1:45 4-5.
Five and a half furlongs Floral
Xing won, Elsie L. second. Uranium
third; time, 1:06 4-5.
Mile and an eighth, the Crescent City
Derby Ostrich, 115, Fuller, 6 to 5, won;
Auditor, 115, Helgerson. 8 to 5, second;
Conkling, 115, E. Walsh, 15 to 1, third;
time, 1:521-5.
Six furlongs Pretorius won, Miladi
Dove second, Neither One third; time,
1:13 4-5.
Mile, selling Burning Glass won, Al
bert F. Dewey second. North Wind
third: time. 1:40.
SPRECKELS' COLORS ON WINNER
Arlsbe Lands the Bell Stakes for Two
Year-Olds at Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12. Arlsbe,
carrying the colors of Adolph Spreckels
won the Bell stakes for 2-year-olds at
Oakland today, in the presence of a very
large crowd. Fine weather prevailed, but
the track was heavy-
Six youngsters met in the stake, which
was at five furlongs, with a value of $2140.
They were sent away to a good start, and
Arlsbe showed in front. Amy J. passed
her, and led until well In the stretch.
where she found the route too far and
stopped. Arlsbe won cleverly by a length
from the Schreiber colt, Pinkerton, who
was brought up from Dos Angeles. He
was in the heaviest going, or would have
been hard to beat. Favorites again fared
-very badly. Nigrette was the only first
choice to land. Results:
Five furlongs, selling Batidor won, Vig-
oroso second; Maraschino third; time,
1:04.
Six and a half furlongs, selling Foxy
Grandpa won. The Hawaiian second. Fair
Dady Anna third; time, 1:25.
One mile, selling Yellowstone won,
Boutlonnlere second, Elmer D. third;
time, 1:47.
The Bell stakes, value, $3140, five fur-
longs Arlsbe, 112, (Bullman) 4 to 1, won;
Pinkerton. 118, (Boland), 8 to 1, second;
Bose Eley, 112, (Crosswalte), 16 to 1, third;
time, 1:04.
Six furlongs, selling Ocyrohe won,
Halnault second, Muresca third; time.
1:16.
Mile and 70 yards, handicap Nigrette
won, Deader second. Bombardier third;
time, 1:49.
WINS CUP BY HALF LENGTH.
Lacy Crawford Comes Up With a
Rush-Race Worth $2230.
DOS ANGEDES, March 12. Dacy Craw
ford won the Ascot Cup at Ascot Park
this afternoon by half a length from Grail,
with Nitrate third. The distance was two
miles, and the total value of the stake
was $2230 and a handsome silver cup. The
cup race attracted a large crowd to the
track, and the betting on this particular
race was very heavy. Mlstletlde, a 100-to-1
shot, made the pace for three-quarters
of a mile, and then Nitrate moved up to
the front. Grail trailed Nitrate to the
stretch and then forged ahead, leading by
two lengths when straightened out for the
finish. She looked to be a winner, but
Booker brought Dacy Crawford up with
a rush and nipped her by half a length.
Weather, fine; track, good. Results.
One mile, selling Jingler won, Phyi
second. Major Dixon third; time, 1:45.
Four furlongs, selling Azallne won,
Brown Study second, Peggy Mine third;
time, 0:50.
Slauson course, selling Eldred won,
MacFlecknoe second, James J. Corbett
third; time, 1:12.
Two miles, the Ascot cup, value $2230,
sweepstakes Dacy Crawford won, Grail
second, Nitrate third; time, 3:33.
Slauson course, selling Nanon won, Eu
gene B. second, Dollle Wlethoff third;
time, 1:11.
Mile, selling Buccleuth won, Canejo sec
ond, Neko third; time, 1:43.
General Tracey Sells Race Horses.
MIDDDETOWN. N. T., March 12. Gen
eral B. F. Tracey, Secretary of the Navy
under President Harrison and for a num
ber of years a prominent breeder of trot
ting horses, has disposed of all his racing
stock and retired permanently from the
business. He will, however, retain his
property near Goshen, where many noted
horses have been foaled.
GOLFERS' SPRING MEETING.
Programme for Tournament Begin
ning April 6--AII Begin Practice.
Members of the Waverly Golf Club are
taking a lively interest in the ninth an
nual Spring meeting which will be held
April 6 to 9. In all there are 18 events
scheduled and the handicap committee
has arranged a splendid programme, and
from now on until the first day of the
meeting.. Wednesday. April 6, the Waver
ly golfers will spend as much time as
possible In preparing themselves for the
events.
The events are as follows:
Wednesday. April 612:30 to j. P. M.,
mixed foursome, handicap, IS holes, medal
play, entrance fee. $1 each; 12 to 5 P.
M., clock golf, three-hole competition,"
dally prize.
Thursday, April 710 to 11 A. M., wom
en's foursome, handicap, nine holes,
medal play, entrance fee, 50 cents each;
12:30 to 2 P. M., men's open championship
of Oregon. IS holes, match play, entrance
fee, $1; 1 to 2:30 P. II., women's open
championship of Oregon, nine holes, match
play, entrance fee$l; 10 A. M. to 5 P.
M., clock golf, three-hole competition;
daily prize.
Friday. April S 9 to 10:30 A. M., men's
open championship; 10 to U A. M., wo
men's open championship; 12:30 to 2 P.
M., men's open championship; 1 to 2:30
P. M., women's open championship; 10 A.
M to 5 P. M., clock golf, three-hole com-
petition, daily prize.
Saturday, April 99 to 10:30 A. M., men's
open championship; 10 to 11 A. M., wom
en's open championship, 18 holes, finals;
9:30 to 10:30 A. M-, men's foursomes, han
dicap, 18 holes, medal play, entrance fee,
$1 each, must be eight entries; 12:30 to 2
P. M.,men's open championship, finals;
12:30 to 2 P. IT., men's open handicap, IS
holes, medal play, entrance fee, $1 each;
1:30 o 3 P. M., women's open handicap,
nine holes, medal play, entrance fee 50
cents each; 10 A. M. to 5 P. M., champion
ship putting, approaching and driving.
Competitors must "tee off" between the
hours above stated for each event.
The open championship events are open
to amateurs belonging to clubs on the
Pacific Coast
Entries for the open championship
events will be received by the secretary
either by mall or wire, up to 12 noon,
Tuesday. April 5, 1904.
Entries for all other events may be
made with the committeeman acting as
starter at the links.
All other events are open to amateur
golfers belonging to any club.
For further information apply to T.
A. Dlnthlcum, chairman handicap com
mittee, 6 and $ North Front street, Port
land, Or. Telephone Main 126.
Cars leave First and Alder streets
every 20 minutes for the links.
CASTRO WILL NOT GO EAST.
Portland's New Player Defies Claims
of Hanlon.
BAKERSFIEDD. March 12. (Special.)
j have ever been before in toy life and if
xianion wui only let me alone I'll captain
-oruana learn, said .Louis Castro today.
J. wisn the papers would say for me that
unaer no consideration will I leave the
Pacific Coast and should Hanlon havn
power to take me out of the game I shall
pmj uaii ior some small Independent club
m wregon or California."
Then Castro expressed his stmnp
lngs against Hanlon and condemned the
magnate ior reports that have come from
me iast. A. person would imagine,'
continued the Venezuelan, "from TTon.
Ion's broad assertions, that he owns me
Doay ana soul, but I have something
to say In this matter. Manager Fred Ely
iias again orcerea Hanlon a reasonable
price for my release, but the latter will
not sen.
.mese strong expressions from Douis
Castro are the results of Hanlon's efforts
to force him to come East and to make
the Coast Deague hold strictly to Its agree
ment concerning disputed players. As a
ballplayer, Castro Immediately caught on
with the local fans in recent exhibitions.
He is dark skinned, walks like a Mexi
can, nas Hashing eyes an his lees nm
big, showing much strength in his lower
nmos. He looks like a Toreador, and In
last Sunday's game was called "Bullfight
er." CHICAGO DEFEATS LOS ANGELES
National Team Bunches Hits
Wins by Four to Two.
and
DOS ANGELES, March 12. Th6 Chi-
cago National League baseball team
played the first gamo of the season at
Washington Park today against the
Los Angeles Pacific Coast team. The
Nationals won the score of four to two,
but it was a hard-fought battle all the
way. The Nationals bunched their hits
in the second inning, after two men
were out, and scored three runs. Lund
gren pitched the first five 'innings for
Chicago, allowing but three hits and
no runs. Wicker relieved him, and was
batted rather freely. Wheeler pitched
six and Gray three Innings for Los
Angeles.
State League In Portland.
Dr. Emmet Drake, president of the de
funct Pacific National Deague club, which
flourished briefly in this city last season,
and Chester A. Whltemore, who was pres
ident of the old Portland Baseball Club
when that organization made good, are
trying to break into the baseball buslnesa
again by endeavoring to get Portland Into
a state league. They have been listening
to the persuasive voice of Paul Sroat, of
Salem. Mr. . Sroat has been In Portland
a couple of days, "and has been talking a
state league proposition to Oregon City
fans and to lovers of the game at Van
couver, Wash.
Club Over Southwest League.
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 12. (Spe
cial.) Manager Campbell will go to
Hoqulam within the next few days to see
what can be done toward fixing up a
baseball schedule between the two cities
tals Summer. Unless the Southwest
Deague is inclined to give the Harbor
cities a fair deal, an independent article
of baseball will be put up. here this Sum
mer and the league will have to do with
out the two best playing points on the
clrquit.
AMATEUR SPORTS MEET TODAY
Portland a Candidate for North Pa
cific Amateur Meet in 1905.
The annual meeting of the North Pacific
Amateur Athletic Association will be held
today in Seattle. Delayed trains prevented
the arrival of delegates yesterday, the day
originally set for the meeting, and It was
necessary to put It off until they arrived.
Tank E. Watklns is In Seattle repre
senting the Multnomah Club, armed with
a couple of requests. One of these Is to
have the outdoor meet next year In Port
land. This year it will be at Spokane.
There is no reason why this request should
not be .granted, and the games are likely
to .add anotner attraction to Portland
during the Fair year.
The other request is to have Joe Smith
reinstated as an amateur. Smith has
been one of the best all-round athletes
of the Coast and would like to participate
in club events, but on account of a pro
fessional baseball record in Spokane he
is now unable to do so. This request is
also likely to be granted.
EASY VICTORY FOR BATTERY.
Company C Defeated at Indoor Base
ball by Score of 25 to 8.
It was easy ball for the Battery last
night when Its Indoor team ran up a
score of 25 to 8 against Company C at
the Armory. Things looked pretty well
for a while for the Infantrymen and
they were not bad off until the sixth inn
ing, but after that they faded into the
background.
Collins pitched for C. and he handled
the ball In a way not shown by the score,
but his support weakened at critical
moments when the Battery men were
findinc him, and too many stolen bases
finished him. Lyman, who nltchnd for
the battery -was a new man, but there
was nothing to it for him to hold down
the opposing score with a man Hko Tld-
dle behind the bat and imod support in
the field.
The score by Innings follows:
Battery A ....1 0 0 6 2 6 1 l'S 25
Company C 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 28
ASTORIA BOWLERS DEFEATED
Nine Less Pins Would Have Lost the
Commercial 'Club the Victory.
Nine more pins and Astoria would have
won the Feldenhelmer bowling .trophy
from the Commercial Club last night.
This is the third time the Astoria Com
mercial Club has sent Its prize men
against the Portland team, and each
tlmo they have come nearer walking off
with the Insignia of championship. For
a while It lotted as if they were going
to do It lastnlght, but Howard, of the
local team jan up a score that could
THE SUNDAY
7 not be touched, even by Pye, who
doing thlnes for the seasiders.
When Astoria won the first set. M. F.
Hordes ty, on this occasion rooting for
Astoria, instead of for Portland, as of
old, shouted to his former comrades to
cheer up. for the worst was yet to come,
and the alley boy, who was broueht up
as a mascot from Astoria, bowled his ap
proval, but It was no go. Howard was
too many for them.
The scores:
COMMERCIAL.
uranam 36 4$
Mays 27 44
Wheeler sa 3S
Howard 56 55
Killingsworth 42 41
Eckeaberger 39 47
41 37 160
46 36 153
61 41 190
57 41 209-
37 34 154
51 29 166
293 al 1,032
39 S6 153
41 3S 158
46 49 1S5
53 33 191
33 37 154
23 52 167
240 250 023
ASTORIA.
ilathena '.. 36 47
Jones ; 40 29
le 42 58
Sovey 56 44
Woodfleld 40 44
I-aws, 50 37
Claims Basket-Ball Championship.
DALLAS. Or., March 12.-Special.) The
Dalla? College basket-ball team returned
from Corvallls today, where they defeat
ed the Oregon Agricultural College team
by a' score of 17 to .15. The men are in fair
form, and speak highly of the treatment
accorded them by the students of the Ore
gon Agricultural College. The score does
not tell the entire story of the game, as
ARLINGTON STURGEON BEATS THE FAMOUS
ILWACO CATCH
W. H. Colwell, Mayor of Arlington, Or., sends the following letter to The Orego
nlan, describing the catch of a large sturgeon:
"I do not wish to raise any controversy as to the largest sturgeon ever caught In
the waters of the- Columbia Klver, but seeing an article dated Ilwaco, Wash., stating
that Andrew Anderson, of that neighborhood, had caught one weighing 375 pounds
and saying that It was probably the largest sturgeon, ever caught In the river has
caused me to write this letter. The flsh referred to would, no doubt, be called some
thing wonderful in the sturgeon family In some countrW but here In Oregon, where
our large trees, salmon, apples and strawberries are thl envy of every other country
we do not wish to keep back the real facts as to their greatness. To fulfill this de
sire, I send you a photograph of a sturgeon caught in? the Columbia River near
Arlington. Or., in the Fall of ISM. by David Dlckrasonnow at Stella, -Waah. This
fieh weighed 960 pounds, and as you will see by compang It with the length of the
skiff, which is 20 feet In length, that this monster was over 11 feet In length. It
was possible for eight men to sit side by side on its bde I will state that 300 to
B00sound sturgeon were not uncommon catches along the Upper Columbia in early
days. I would be glad to have an estimate as to the age of this sturgeon."
Dallas scored 14 points on field baskets.
while Corvallls scored eight points from
the field and seven points from the foul
line.
Dallas, by winning thi9, the last game
of the season, holds the Intercollegiate
championship of the Pacific Coast for
190L
Jeffords Gets Best of Ruhlin.
PHILADELPHIA. March 12. Jim Jef
fords, the California heavyweight, and
Gus Ruhlin, the Akron Giant, boxed a
terrific six-round bout. In which the for
mer had the better of the mill, at the
TO BUSINESS MEN.
"Who gets the transports here?
"Would they have been here if
Simon were Senator? The work
ingmen of this city know they
never had a better Senator than
John H. Mitchell. It will be hard
to replace him when he Is gone.
A vote for the regular Republi
can ticket at the primaries will
be in favor of Mitchell.
National Athletic Club tonight. Ruh
lin was twice knocked down in the first
round, and the last time he was sent to
the mat he was compelled to take the
count.
Sixteen-Pound Shot Record Broken.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 12. The
16-pound shot record was broken tonight
at the Indoor trck meet between the
University of Michigan and the First
Regiment, of Chicago, by Rose, the
Michigan freshman, who did 47 feet 3
Inches.
Owls Defeat Y. M. C. A.
A basket-ball game was played last night
at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium between
Ringler's Owls and the T. M. C. A. track
team, in which the Owls were victorious
by a score of 11 to 9.
Standing of Japanese Newspapers.
London Chronicle.
The standing or the three leading Jap
anese Journals Is as follows: The Jlji
Shixnbun, which means literally Timely
Incident New-hearing, Is a semi-official
paper, and may be regarded as the Times
of Japan. The staff is composed of well-to-do
men, from among whom appoint
ments are often made to the chief posts,
in government departments. Rumors are
never admitted to the pages of JIJI Shim
bun, and it has a great Teputation for
truthfulness and sincerity. The Nichi
Nichi Shimbun 1. e., Day and Day New
hearing, or, as we should say. Dally
Chronicle Is the organ of the Progressive
party in Japan. "While the Koko-Mlu
Shimbun L, e., Countrypeople's News
which has been calling for "fearful mus
ters and prepared defense," in its char
acter of the nation's Journal is regarded
as a less responsible paper; it is none the
less interesting.
The Micrococcus Neoformans.
A Paris doctor now has found
To still another problem, answer.
Ana Binds some other microbes "round
To kill the microbes causing cancer.
Thus e'en germs have other germs to bite
em.
All down the scale ad inflinltuxn.
OREGONIAIS, POBTLAXD,
SURE IT WONT FALL
Russians at Port Arthur Little
Fear Bombardments.
SHELLS DO LITTLE DAMAGE
Correspondent Believes Japanese Are
Keeping. Up Attacks to Facilitate
the Placing of a For
eign Loan.
PORT ARTHUR, Friday, March ID
(From a Russian correspondent of the As
sociated Press.) I inspected yesterday the
points on which the fire of the enemy
was centered, particularly during the last
bombardment. Some buildings were slight
ly damaged.
Lying safely at anchor In the two ba
sins were the vessels of the Russian fleet,
not one of which sustained injury worth
mentioning. This inappreciable result fol
lowed four hours of fierce cannonading,
during which the enemy fired from a great
distance In order to throw shells over1 the
hill Into the town and basins. It was no
ticed that all the shells exploded. The
more the enemy bombards, the more we
are convinced it will be Impossible for the
Japanese to take Port Arthur.
It is believed here that the Japanese are
aware, from our occupation of Port Ar
thur, of the Invulnerability of the port to
attack, and of the small damage they can
cause by shelling. Their object Is believed
to be not so much seriously to attempt to
to reduce the port at this time as to im
press Europe and America In regard to
facilitating the placing of a loan, to show
the Chinese the power of the Japanese
fleet, and gradually to change the pass
ive but protesting attitude of the Coreans
to their favor.
SURE SHELLS HIT MARK.
Japanese Confident Damage Resulted
From Last Port Arthur Attack.
TIENTSIN. March 12. The first credible
reports of the effect of the bombardment
of Port Arthur from midnight on Wednes
day to past noon on Thursday last, which
have been received here, arrived today.
Eyewitnesses say the Japanese Are, which
was Indifferent in previous attacks,
showed marvelous accuracy. The fire
came from the direction of Pigeon. Bay,
where the Russians report having sighted
double the previous number of Japanese
vessels, and It Is supposed that transports
of various kinds accompany the fleet- It
Is reported that the Retvlzan, which it is
understood was then inside of the en
trance of the harbor, was struck several
times and that there were fatalities
among the crew. It Is also said the
Golden Hill forts were badly damaged,
and that there were many casualties
among the remaining noncombatants in
the new town, which suffered most. One
building in the rear of the "War Bureau
was destroyed and elsewhere a shell an
nihilated an entire family.
The Russians are suppressing the cir
culation of foreign newspapers, and any
person suspected of being a correspond
ent Is ordered out of their lines. Resi
dents of Port Arthur assert that the de
fenders of that place possess the delu
sion, that British officers command the
Japanese ships. A leading police officer
who had been prominent In expelling sus
pects killed himself, it is reported, on ac
count of his failure to apprehend news
paper correspondents.
JAPANESE SHIPS NOTTO BE SEEN
Russian Squadron at Port Arthur Is
Out Several Hours.
PORT ARTHUR. March 12, The Jap
anese squadron, which disappeared after
Thursday's bombardment and naval fight,
has not returned. The Russian squadron
proceeded to sea this morning and re
turned this afternoon. It is understood
no Japanese ships were sighted. Al
though during the bombardment a num
ber of shells from the Japanese ships
burst In the streets of the town, the
damage to the buildings was compara
tive slight.
The new town sustained the greatest
damage. A shell burst a few yards from
the house of M. Sldorskl. a lawyer, whose
wife Is a daughter of Colonel Baron Frank
M. Sldorskl, and he and his daughter were
killed on the spot, the tetter's head behtr
blown off. Madame Sidorski was Injured
.by fragments of the shells and a srirl
named Walteritsch was wounded and diet
MABCH 13, 1904.
soon afterwards in a hospital. A Chins
man was killed and several Chinamen
were wounded. General Strossel, the com
mander of the Russian troons at Port
Arthur, and his staff, while watching the J
uviuuiuuiumi, iiuui a naiiery, were pep
pered ny splinters from a shell, but sus-
uunea no injuries.
On Golden Hill Lieutenant "Wachtin and
one soldier were wounded. Two sentries.
on Electric Cliff were wounded. A Japan
ese ironclad was struck by a Russian
shell and slowly withdrew.
The bombardment, which was severe,
ceased at 12:15 In the afternoon.
RUSSIANS CAUGHT UNAWARES
Mistook Japanese Torpedo-Boats for
Their Own Ships.
BERLIN, March 12. A letter from a
German resident of Port Arthur dated
February 15, was published today. The
writer describes the boundless embitter
ment of all classes against Japanese the
day after the first night attack, and ex
plains that the Russians were "exercis
ing that evening and the Japanese torpedo-boats
were taken for Russians."
Continuing, the letter says:
"The Russian officers shared in the gen
eral feeling of indignation here, two
thirds of the former having obtained
shore leave, some of them called on
Madame Stark, wife of Admiral Stark, to
congratulate her, according to the Rus
sian custom, on the anniversary of her
name's day. while others were at the
theater or visiting comrades. The offi
cers found by the police sent in search of
them reached their ships only after the
Japanese 'had withdrawn."
The writer of the letter declared that
the Japanese would have destroyed the
whole squadron if they had attacked tht
evening with their entire force, and the
Russians had not even distributed ammu
nition to their batteries.
The explosion of shells in the attack
the following day smashed the windows
in the exposed parts of the city, and oc
casioned much alarm. The majority of
the inhabitants passed the ensuing nlghT
in the open air. Prices ros. feverishly,
bread became unobtainable and cabmen
demanded $3 for a 15-cent ride. Ruble
notes which hitherto have been worth
10 per cen more than Mexican dollars,
were at the time the letter was sent, at
par with them.
Will Relieve Situation in Balkans.
PARIS, March 12. The Foreign Of
fice advices Indicate that the signing of
the Turkish-Bulgarian agreement is a
matter of a few hours, probably today
or tomorrow. The agreement is ex
pected to exert a salutary influence on
the general Turko-Bulgarian situation.
The officials say It Is distinctly pacific,
and that It further puts off the chances
5f a Balkan uprising.
Carries Paroled Russian Sailors.
NAGASAKI, March 12. The French
steamer Sydney, which sailed today,
bound for Shanghai, took 250 Russian
sailors, who formerly manned the con
demned prizes of the Japanese.
"Would you rather be right than be Presi
dent?" "No, but I'd rather be wrong than be
"Vice-President." Puck.
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TO BE PEACEMAKERS
America and France Likely
. to Act Later On in War.
PARiS TAKES KINDLY TO IDEA
Officials Consider That Russia and
Japan Are Too Much Bent on Hos
tilities to Listen to Any
Overtures Now.
PARIS, March 12.- The informal sug
gestion that France and the United
States act jointly as peacemakers in the
Far Eastern "War has been made within
the last week, and although the officials
consider that any peace overtures
would be futile at the present stage of
the conflict, yet the suggestion leads to
the belief In very high quarters that
France and the United States will be
come the peacemakers. The suggestion
comes from one of the most prominent
railroad men. who probably has the
largest railroad dealings with Russia of
any American.
The suggestion was entirely unofficial
and formal, but none the less it was ex
pected, it would prove a germ for offi
cial action. However, no such official
action is likely at the present time, as
It is the accepted view of the French
and American authorities that neither of
the belligerents would listen to any peace
'overtures. -
FIRE SHIPS OF DEADLIEST SORT
One of the Vessels Japan Sent Into
Port Arthur Burned for a Week.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 12. Admiral
Stark's detailed report of the attempt to
bottle up the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
February 24 and the engagement of Feb
ruary 25, says:
"The Japanese steamers Intended to be
sunk in the roadstead were fire ships of
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former during the engagement managed to
run In at full speed, but the Vnushitelnl
was cut off by a division of the enemy's
cruisers and returned to Pigeon Bay,
where she was followed by the Japanese
fired upon and considerably damaged The
compressed air reservoir of her torpedo
magazine was pierced."
It is understood that another official dis
patch covering Thursday's fight at Port
Arthur has been received and probably
will be given out tonight. It Is rumored
that the Russians suffered greater mate
rial losses tian reported, but there Is no
confirmation of the rumors, official or
otherwise.
Ancient English Inns.
London Daily Mail.
Somehow one always hears with regret
that one of England's famous old moss
grown, ivy-clad inns is about to be demol
ished. The Old King of Prussia hostelry
is the latest to pass into the housebreak
ers hands. This old inn Is in Flnchley,
and from 1737. when the place was built,
until the present day, the license has
been in the keeping of one fahilly per
haps a record In the licensing annals of
England.
.The Old King of Prussia is' a pic
turesque half-timbered house, and many
a noted highwayman has partaken of lt3
hospitality. The grandfather of the pres
sent proprietor was quite a noted char
acter, having vanquished several notori
ous highwaymen on Flnchley Common. It
Is on record that he once had an en
counter with Dick Turpln.
Round and about London and its ever
extending suburbs there may still be seen
inns and taverns of great age and inter
esting associations.
The Angel Inn, Highgate Hill, dates
back to the time of the Reformation.
Originally it was called the Salutation
Inn. It is built entirely of wood.
Another famous inn is the Bald-Faced
Stag, at Edgware. Nobody knows when
It was originally built, and It would seem
as though each successive proprietor has
endeavored to place his mark on its arch
itectural aspect, for many parts of It
have- evidently at different times been
rebuilt. In the stables. It Is alleged, Dick
Turpln had his horse's shoes turned so
as to make his pursuers Imagine he had
gone in the opposite direction.
Among the very oldest of suburban
London inns are the Plough, at Kings
bury Green, and the King James and
Tinker Inn, at Enfield. The first is said
be 50 years old, and the latter was
reputed to have been first built as an
Inn and under another name 992 years
ago.
Its present name Is derived from an en
counter which King James I is said to
have had with a tinker at the door of
the inn. The tinker's conversation so
pleased the King that he made the mend
er of kettles "a knight, with 500 a year,"
the records of Enfield Inform us.
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