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v. Diu'urent Parts of the State of Wash
lngtou, Oregon and Idaho Item of
! ': '"' Interest to Pacific Coast People.
'' t , Spokane has another daily theMorn-
ing Times, i
'';-';; ,.; An "Uncle Tom's Cabin" troupe is
, i swooping down upon the. defenseless
' " cities of Eastern Oregon.
. , The Salem Methodists voted 76 to 5 in
favor of giving-women seats as delegates
." in the general conference.
,,.''. , A long-distance telephone is being put
' ' up, connecting the various scattered
' shingle wills of Whatcom county.
' V' The Warden of tlie Federal peniten
tiary at McNeil's Island has asked for
', ' more guards, as the building 18 getting
old and unsafe.
' f Albany, Or., is getting up a Dickens
" ' . carnival, at which some 100 characters
; -frill be impersonated by the youth ' and
beauty of Linn county's metropolis.
1V '' An ordinance has passed the Spokane
.;'. " Council reorganizing the police force by
the .substitution of a chief and fifteen
"ri' detectives lor the present regular force.
-if Harry Lartigne of Dayton has been
' 'arrested for complicity in the murder of
... Jasper Mills of Garfield county, Wash.
. He was taken to Pomeroy and lodged in
jail. A
: ,.; ; The farmers of Walla Walla Valley
-. ; will make an urgent demand on the
next Legislature for the enactment of a
law providing for a State Wheat In
Spector. - . .
.' V The celebrated Strand case is on trial
again at Whatcom. This has' been be
"'', fo e eight tribunals and to the Supreme
!, . Court twice. Judgments for $15,000 and
: "..yi, $12,000 have been rendered for Strand
'I. and reversed, and after all these years
' . V. and vicissitudes it comes up smiling. It
" is a suit for damages for two lots taken
for the right of way of the B. B. & B. C.
' Co. k
1 The united States War -Department is
- '.' willing to establish an army post in the
n '.- outskirts of Spokane, and has sent offiV
-: -wrs to inspect the different sites around
...v ; the city, and has offered to establish a
. large post provided the city will donate
.'. 1,000 acres of suitable land for the post
and artillery and rifle ranges. A com
j," .', xnitlee of citizens is at work soliciting
pledges.
';' , The Wardner Miners' Union met the
. ' other night and discussed the'strike. It
' 'is said the meeting was a Btormy one.
i ' It was announced that, as the strike was
' on and a fight would have to be made,
it might as well include a demand for
v ' an increase of wages. A motion was
Tt made that all underground men be paid
'i V' $3.50 a day. President Glass opposed
: ... such an action, and, it is said, refused
. to put the motion. Some of the mem
bers became indignant and threatened
' to remove the President. He then put
" 'tlie question, 'and it prevailed. There
, vras some talk that the strikers will in-
, !, eist on the few men now at work in the
';' mine coming out. at once, but no action
has been taken. About 250 men have
'''been paid off, and some are leaving
town. The strikers are quiet, and the
r., - .. general belief is that there will-be no
.; :; trouble.
'!,- v'.- A consensus 6f opinion of the captains
and masters of foreign vessels in port
- .'this season, taken by a Tacoma shipper,
. ' v.; shows them to be unanimous in their
:i if indorsement of the compulsory pilotage
! I. scheme for Washington State ports. - If
1 ' a law were in effect in Washington simi
i' . -V lar to that in British Columbia and in
..most of th6 States which do a great deal
lof shipping, it is said, a great saving
would result to owners of foreign bot
; ' V' toms coming to the Sound. The ship
Osborn, nowin port loading wheat, came
-. wiUp from San Francisco in ballast, and
' "''as compelled to wait outside theStraits
, ;M6r four days on account of the heavy
j0g enveloping the entrance. If a pilot-'-8e9
law waH jn effect, allowing the first
pilot to board a boat outside the Straits,
::a pilotage of $4 a foot draught would be
. , an incentive topilots to keep a pilot boat
v cruising outside to pick up any vessel
v- bound in. At times it would be possible
rt ,, . to sail clear up to Port Townsend, and
thus the pilot charge would be earned
from the amount of towage saved. The
-i proposition meets-with the hearty 'in
. i dorfement of pilots, and it is probable a
,-.-. jjj wjj ke jntro(nCed in the next Legis
lature with this object in view.
TILLMAN'S MESSAGE.
--
What the Governor Said to, the Legis
lature of South'Carolina.
Columbia, S. C, November 30. On
the opening of the two Houses of the
Legislature to-day Governor Tillman's
message was read. It read like others
of his statements full of ginger. He
recounts the history of the Darlington
dispensary riots, defending his course,
charging the riots as the outcome of a
conspiracy of the whisky men. He d&
nounces the militia in refusing to obey
orders, and advises a remodeling of the
military system and laws, giving the
Commander-in-Chief power to disband
companies at will. : The ' Governor
charges that Judge Goff of the United
States Court purposely delays bis de
cision as to the dispensary case until
after the expiration of ,the term of the
Governor, so as to require proceedings
to be begun anew. The message advises
the adoption of the metropolitan police
system for Charleston city with a view
to the enforcement of the dispensary
law. Speaking of that law, he says:
' "I speak advisedly when I say that
no new ana untried experiment in leg
islation has ever made so many friends
in bo short a time or ever taken such
deep root in the popular heart. The law
has come to stay. Some of the news
papers began early in January to edu
cate the public mind to a resistance to
the searching of private dwellings, and
men were taught to believe that this was
an invasion of their liberties to which
they should not submit. It is needless
to show the fallacy of this contention,
because ft is readily seen that, if a man
may turn his private dwelling into a den
from which he can Bell liquor or a depot
from which to supply it without the
right to search and seize it under war
rant, the law would be a nullity." .
Of the lynch law he savs: '" The law's
delay has been a theme for the animad
versions and anathemas of men from
time immemorial, and it appears to me
that South Carolina has the best -system
of laws and rules of court to enable men
to shirk the gallows that can possibly
exist anywhere. The consequence is the
people nave lost all patience and almost
faith in the administration of justice.
This lamentable and disgraceful condi
tion is the direct and almost sole cause
for the prevalence of the lynch law in
our midst."
ANOTHER NEW ; MOVE.
Bill for a Ship Canal Drafted to be Pre-
. sented to Congress., fc.
Chicago, November 30. The move
ment for an international ship xcanal
from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic in
augurated at the Deep Waterways Con
vention was crystallized to-day in the
draft of a bill, which will be introduced
in the Senate the coming winter, proba
bly by Senator Vilas. The Executive
Committee of the Deep Waterways Con
vention met to-day and drew up the bill.
It was decided to ask Congress for an
appropriation of 450,000 for the United
btates siae of an international commis
sion, the proposed commission to consist
of five civil engineers and an engineer
from both the War and Navy Depart
ments. -A similar board, it is said, will
be appointed by the Dominion govern
ment. The commission was expected to
consider the engineering and financial
requirements ot the waterways ana sub
mit its report to the general government
at the end of the first year of its service.
The Canadian members of the Executive
Board to-day expressed confidence that
Canada would appoint its side of the
commission as requested. The commit
tee adjourned this afternoon.
MAKING HIMSELF POPULAR.
The Course of the New Czar Satisfies the
Kusslan Populace. '
St. Petersburg, November 30. The
popularity of the Czar increases daily,
owing to his unaffected ways and the
fact that he is dispeneing with the mili
tary police and bodyguards of the police.
His order withdrawing the troops from
the line of the route upon his wedding
day has produced a good effect. The
crowds were unable to believe they would
be allowed to stand and witness the pro
cession without the invariable hedge of
soldiers, and when they raw this was the
fact the populace were frantic with de
light, and expressed satisfaction in a
thousand ways. There is no doubt a
marked change has taken place every
where in St. Petersburg life in conse
quence of the Czar's admiraV)le-poicy.
It is estimated that his manifesto remits
about 5,000 roubles in taxes to tlie poor.
Foreclosure Proceedings Regan.
Chicago, November 30. The Chicago
Title and Trust Company has issued a
bill to foreclose a mortgage on the 'prop
erty of the Grant Locomotive Works ;
also asking for the appointment.of a re
ceiver.' The bill recites that the com
pany issued bonds to the amount of
$200,000 at 7 per cent interest in order
to secure capital withwhich to continue
its business. . The inferest on the bonds,
payable semi-arfnually, has been indef
initely postponed since last June, and
the mortgage provides that in such a
case 40 per cent of the bondholders can
begin foreclosure proceedings.
- The Wine Growers' Association.
San Feancisco, November 30. The
Wine Growers' Association held another
meeting this afternoon. There was a
large attendance. The report of the
committee showed that signatures had
been secured guaranteeing to the associ
ation the control of 9,500,000 gallons of
wine, an increase of more than 3,000.000
gallons since the last meeting. The
committee is still at work. After some
talk as to the men to be' elected the .di
rectors' meeting adjourned.
THE NAVY AT WORK
Haste Being Exercised in Mak
ing Cruisers Ready.
SOME TROUBLE ANTICIPATED
Administration Expect to be Sustained
In Its Efforts to Prevent Foreign In
terference at Blueflelds The Presi
dent and Secretary Greshain Confer. '
Washington, November 29. As a re
sult of a conference at Woodley to-day
between . the President and Secretary
Gresham the cruiser Columbia, which
had been for several weeks at Kingston,
Jamaica, was cabled peremptory-orders
to proceed at once toBlueflelds for the
protection of American interests. Mr.
Gresham's visit to the President's coun
try home followed immediately upon an
interview he had with the Nicaraguan
Minister. All ' the officials acquainted
with the affair refuse to divulge the rea
son of the hurried orders to the Colum
bia or to confirm statements of trouble
in Panama in regard to a refusal of Great
Britain to recognize the Nicaraguan gov
ernment. Acting Secretary McAdoo said
that, it it were true that the Columbia
had gone to Bluetields, it was probably
on a cruise, conforming with the estab
lished policy of the government to keep
a ship in Central American waters, as
the INavy Department had no recent re
ports from Bluetields indicatirig trouble
there. It is learned, however, on excel
lent authority that not only the Colum
bia, but the -Marbiehead, which arrived
at Kingston to-day, will remain at Blue
tields continuously this winter, and that
the Montgomery may be sent there from
Mobile, but that preliminary orders have
been sent to New York to have all the
ships in commission of the North Atlan
tic squadron prepared for a West Indian
cruise at the earliest possible moment.
In addition the sailing orders for the San
Francisco, which was to leave December
15 to become the flagship in European
waters, have been withheld, and she may
be sent immediately to the Gulf of
Mexico.
The Castine's cruise to the Kouth At
lantic, which was to commence early
next month, will in all probability be
interrupted when she reaches the West
Indies. Instructions , to prepare the
Minneapolis for sea' at once have also
been sent to the Navy Department
chiefs. There seems to be in fact almost
atwar scare pervading the navy, brought
about by diplomatic rumors to the effect
that Great Britain, "which . several
months aero expressed a willingness to
recognize the full jurisdictional rights of
Nicaragua over the Mosquito coast, had
shown a disposition to resent what ap
pears to be the practical annexation of
the territory and its complete incorpora
tion as a portion-of Nicaragua. As long
as the interoceanic canal bill seemed un
der favorable consideration at the last
session of Congress Great Britain re
mained quiescent in the Mosquito con
troversy, and as a result of conferences
which were held at Washington Lord
Roseberv's Cabinet consented to receive
a Bpecial envoy from Nicaragua, whose
mission related solely to abrogation of
the treaty, which gave Great Britain a
guardianship over the now almost ex
tinct tribe of Mosquito Indians. This
envoy, ' it is understood, has been in
London for some time, but when Con
gress adiourned without acting on the
canal bill the organization committee of
the canal company went to England in
September last to seek money, and the
suggested abrogation of the British
treaty has been put in the background.
Not until to-day was it definitely learned
that Great Britain had declined to recog
nize the legality of the new order of
things on the Mosquito coast, and that
it had so notified Nicaragua; although
such action has been anticipated for
'se.vei.il weeks, which accounts for the
fact that the Columbia and Marbiehead
were, not , long ago brought home. It
may also .explain to some extent why
the Montgomery was sent south to Mo
bile, ostensibly to test new description
of coals. The near approach of the
meeting of Congress, it is said, gives the
President assurance that he will be sup
ported to the fullest extent in prevent
ing foreign interference near the route
of the proposed interoceanic canal.
DIVISION IN A CHURCH.
Meeting of the United Evangelical Con-
'' ference in Illinois.
Baltimoee, Md., November 29. A
special session of the general conference
of the United Evangelical Church will
be held in Napierville, 111.,, beginning
to-day. Delegates will be present from
Pennslyvania, Maryland, Ohio, Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska and Oregon. This spe
cial session is made necessary by the
schism in the Evangelical Association.
It is claimed by the leaders of the new
denomination that the chief cause of the
division was the assumption of unwar
ranted episcopal powers on the part of
certain Bishops, who claimed the right
to interpret such law in their own in
terest even to the rending asunder of
annual conferences and the exclusion of
large numbers of members and preach
ers without trial, and the organization
of a new conference without authoriza
tion by the geheral conference, whose
province alone it was to establish bodies
of this kind. The Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania recently passed upon the
case. The meeting, which will open at
Napierville to-day, is for the purpose of
formulating such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to perfect the organization.
AFFAIRS Of? THE NAVY.
The Annual Beport Submitted by Secre
. tary Herbert. , ..
Washington, November 29. e- The
Secretary of the Navy in his annual re
port says that the Marbiehead, Colum
bia, Olympia, Montgomery and Minne
apolis have been completed and' tried
since the last annual report. The Ore
gon, Indiana and Texas have had un
official preliminary trials and the Maine
her official machinery trial. The de
partment has finally decided upon the
construction of topedo boats of the gen
eral type of the Ericsson with a slightly
greater displacement, and to attain an
average speed of not less than 24.5 knots
on the acceptance trial. Advertise
ments for proposals have already been
issued, and the department hopes to
award the contract for their construction
within a few months. No speed premi
ums will be provided for in the con'
tracts for the building of these vessels.
In the contracts for the construction of
gunboats Nos. 7, 8 and 9 small premiums
and penalties were provided for. This
system undoubtedly had its advantages
when adopted, but reflection has con
vinced .the department that the time has
come when, with the experience that
has been gained, it may with profit be
abandoned. The construction of torpedo
boats is still actively carried on abroad,
seventeen countries having 1,283 such
vessel 8 on hand and 182 in course of con
struction. The smallest number pos
sessed by any one of them is twenty
two, while the United States with more
seacoast and more ports than any of
these nations has of this class of naval
vessels only six, and in this number are
included t he three now about to be built.
A summary of the conditions of the
vessels under construction is as follows:
The first-class battle-ship Iowa is ex
pected to be completed during the latter
part of 1890. -The first-class battle-ships
Indiana, Massachusetts and Oregon will
be in condition for acceptance by the
government within the coming year.
The second-class battle-ship Maine will
be ready for commissioning before the
end of this fiscal year. The second-class
battle-ship Texas is practically ready for
her machinery trial, and should be com
pleted and ready for commissioning a
few months later. The armored cruiser
Brooklyn is expected to be completed
during the early months of 1896. The
double-turreted monitors Puritan and
Monadnock will probably be ready for
trial before the end of this fiscal year.
Work on the double-turreted monitors
Terror and Amphitrite is so well ad
vanced that in case of an emergency
these vessels conld be prepared for serv
ice within a few month's. The armored
ram Katahdin will probably be com
pleted during the early part of the next
fiscal year. The three gunboats Nos. 7,
8 and 9, now being buiit at the Newport
News Ship-building and Dry Dock Com
pany's works, will probably be completed
within the contract time. ,
LOST IN THE WOODS.
Two Poor Orphan Girls Whose Lives Are
. Endangered.
Haetpord, Conn.,-November ..29.
Lizzie Carey and Carrie Daye, orphans
11 and 12 years old respectively, who
said they were from Poughkeepsie, ar
rived here yesterday, and walked to New
Ingleton, where they were going to work
as milkmaids on a farm owned by one
Terry. They played "hide and seek"
all the way to New Ingleton, and were
seen to enter a piece of woods near New
Britain, which in parts is very dense.
Several farmers, knowing it to be a dan
gerous place, followed them in order to
save them from getting lost. ' The little
girls saw their pursuers at a distance,
were afraid of them, and ran screaming
into the thicker "parts of the tfcoods.
They were too quick for the farmer's and
disappeared entirely. Last night the
male residents in the vicinity banded
themselves together and instituted a
search. Twelve, men, each carrying a
lantern, divided themselves into groups
of three and, entering the woods at the
four points of the compass, yelled and
whistled as they made their way to the
center. . They found no signs of the chil
dren. To-day other parties have searched
for them. It is feared that, if they are
not lifeless when found, exposure to the
bitter cold will lead to their death.
WILL FALL ON SMALL INVESTORS
Two Per. Cent to be Deducted From
Earnings to Pay Income Tax.
New York, November 29. The action
of the Catawissa railway, directors (the
road leased to the Philadelphia and Read
ing) in deducting 2 per cent from the
net earnings to meet'the new income tax
has created some consternation among
small investors, who had believed they
were safe so long as their annual incomes
were within the $4,000 limit. "Our road
has not taken any action in the matter,"
said Cbauncey M.-Depew. "" Some time
ago I delivered an opinion at a board
meeting that the law was unconstitu
tional, and I believe it is. In the first
place I do not believe the law will ever
be put into force. There is no appropri
ation adequate for the purpose, and un
less the present Congress provides money
before next March the law becomes in
operative. If the law is carried out, I
presume that the New York Central and
all other roads will deduct the amount
of the tax from their earnings, in which
case it will fall on the stockholders. This
makes the law pretty hard on investors
who own small holdings of stock, but
whose incomes do not even approach the
limit established bv the new law." v
Anarchist Surrendered.
Beene, November 28. Switzerland
has surrendered to Italy the anarchists
Lezzioli and Partinott, and has warned
others who have recently come across
the border. ' -
TRIUMPHANT JAPS
Field Marshal Oyama Succeeds
in Taking Port Arthur.
HIS REPORT OF THE FIGHT
Two Hundred Will Cover the Japanese
loss In Killed and Wounded, While
That of 'China 1 Unknown Navy
Took No Part In the Fighting.
London, November 27. -i- The Times
thismorning publishes a dispatch from
Hiroshima, Japan, giving the report of
Field-Marshal Count Oyama, whose
army captured Port Arthur. The re
port says:
' " The second army began the attack
on the landward forts at Port Arthur at
dawn November 21. The Chinese of
fered a very strong resistance until final
ly we seized the forts to the west of vthe
cavalry and artillery parade grounds at
8 :30. o'clock. We took the forts on
Golden Hill at 4 in the afternoon of No
vember 22. - All the forts were then
taken. Over 200 Japanese officers and
men were killed or wounded. The Chi
nese loss and the number of prisoners is
still unknown. The spoils are abund
ant, and include a specially large num
ber 01 guns ana a quantity ol ammuni
tion. The Chinese garrison at the low
est estimate was 20,000 men."
A Chee l'oo dispatch to the Times
says that Port Arthur is still burning;
that twelve Japanese warships have
been Been there, and that the Chinese
fleet is at Wei Hai Wei, while a Shang
hai dispatch to the Times states that it
is reported Irom JSew (Jhang that the
Chinese army commanded by General
Sung has been divided. One part is
nrmly holding Mot Hei Ling and con
stantly repulsing a part of the first Jap
anese army. The other part is making
a forced march to Port Arthur to attack
the Japanese there. A part of the first
Japanese army is following the Chinese
on the way to Port Arthur. - .'
a btoby mobe in detail.
London, November 27.A dispatch
sent from Port Arthur via Hwang Ju
Thursday has been received here. It
states that the Chinese fought vigorous
ly. The Japanese lost 250 men killed or
wounded. The Chinese loss was1 over
1,000. The dispatch adds that for over
a fortnight past Count Oyama's army
has been steadily marching in two di
visions down the peninsula to Port Ar
thur. No organized resistance was of
fered bv the Uhinese troops lor three-
quarters of the march. Afterward, how
ever, there were occasional brushes with
the enemy. Tuesday the right division
of the advance 'guard had a skirmish
with the enemy, who retired in good or
der. In the afternoon the fort and vil
lage of Shuisy Ching was captured.
Both divisions moved forward during
the night. Early in the morning the
right division crept up the range of low
hills to the northwest of Port Arthur
and carried them with a rush. Guns
were then dragged up and fire opened
on 'a strong redoubt 1,000 yards distant.
The enemy returned the fire briskly.
The Japanese infantry advanced against
a well directed fire without faltering.
A little before 9 o'clock the fort was car
ried by storm in most gallant tashion.
The Chinese stood for a minute or two
against the final onslaught, fighting
fiercely. Then they fled toward the
dockyard. The right division then ad
vanced in force against the Kokin San
fort, which was armed with several
heavy Krupp guns, which were well
served. Scores of men were killed or
wounded in this brief advance. At noon
the fort itself was stormed and captured
after a short but desperate fight.
By 6 o'clock in the atternoon the right
division was in full possession of the
western part of the stronghold. Mean
while the left division had been fiercely
engaged on the southeast, where the
ground was less difficult, but far from
easy. Their progress was momentarily
checked by a heavy hre irom the torts
tha't were connected bv trenches. These
forts were strongly held, and were well
placed on the highest ground in the
-, mi x . : 1 1 a
vicinity. J. lie Japanese artillery auu
the Chinese guns in the forts kept up a
steady fire. The first assault was
splendidly delivered, the Chinese being
driven headlong from the works after
making a gallant stand. By evening
Port Arthur was in possession of the
Japanese, but the enemy still had some
eight or ten redoubts with a total of
twentygunson thecoastline. The Jap
anese bivouacked in the hills and cap
tured forts. Early Thursday morning
Lao Mu and the upper forts were at
tacked in succession, all being captured
without serious loss on the Japanese
side. Several thousand Chinese were
taken prisoners. The Japanese have
taken quite eighty guns and mortars
that were in use in the captured forts
and redoubts and many others that
were found in the dockyard. They have
also captured an immenese quantity of
ammunition, completely equipped tor
pedo stores and large quantities of rice
and beans.
Another dispatch from Shanghai de
scribing the fight says that the chief
stand was made at the chain of forts at
Han Chin Chang, overlooking the nar
row channel leading to the inner port.
Hundreds of Chinese were killed there.
NAVY PBACTICALLY TOOK NO PART.
London, November 27. A dispatch
from Hiroshima. Japan, gives the text
of the dispatch sent by Admiral Ito,
Commander of the Japanese navy, from
Port Arthur Saturday, it says:
'This place was captured by .Held
Marshal Oyama Thursday. The united
sauadrons stood off shore merely attract
ing seaward the attention of the coast )
batteries. Since Friday morning the
men of the fleet have been hard at work
removing torpedoes and protecting the
mouth of the entrance to the forts. -The
dockyard, arsenal and ships in the port .
have been handed over to the Japanese
Navy Department. The dockyard and
arsenal are in perfect working order." .
The correspondent remarks that Ad- . ,
miral Ito neglected to specify more close
ly the ships captured, and be denies the
report that there was a naval battle. It
is Delieved, he says, the ships in ques
tion are the Chinese warships which
took refuge at Port Arthur after the bat
tle at the mouth of the Yalu and, al
though fully repaired, did not venture
out again. Unofficial news is that Ad
miral Ito did not take part in the attack
because the entrance to the port was
studded with torpedoes and the, usual
landmarks for guidance fori pilots had
been removed.
CHINA SENDS OUT A DENIAL.-
London. November 27. A dispatch
from Paris says that the Chinese officials
are telegraphing everywhere that the
story of Port Arthur's downfall is a
wicked invention, and that 30,000 brave
Chinese soldiers still defend that strong
hold. THE INTENTION OP JAPAN.
Washington. November 27. That the
Japanese government proposes pushing
its past and present advantages with
a view to the capture of Peking is
not doubted here. The capture of Port
Arthur, which was officially con firmed at
the Japanese legation to-day through a
message from the Chief Secretary at na
val headquarters to Lieutenant Myaoka,
the naval attache here, makes easy the '
progress of the Japanese troops to the
Chinese capital. "Competent military
authorities, who are thoroughly familiar
with the physical conditions of China,
say that a Japanese army could march
from the east coast of the Gulf of Pe "
Chi Li to Peking in ten days. It is be
lieved that the third army under iield
Marshal Ayama. which is- vaguely re
ferred to in the recent dispatches from
the East, is not in fact a third army, but
simply a division of the troops which
have captured Port Arthur. These, it is
said, will be pushed across the gulf and,
wnen suitably reinforced, hurried to Pe
king. THE ENGLISH PRESS.
London, November 27. The Times
will say to-morrow: Perhaps Japan's
policy will continue until the arrogance
of the Chinese be beaten down. Al
though the capture of Port Arthur is of
the highest strategic importance, it is no
reason why the powers should depart '
from their neutrality. -
The Daily News will say : To, further
prolong the struggle would be an offense I
against humanity. We hope that Japan v,'
will hear favorably her abject enemy's
overtures. ' -
The Standard will say : Probably Wei
Hai Wei and New Chang will be cap
tured in a few days. Japan ought now
to accept Mr. Altrmg's otter of peace, v
China will Hvaive all rights to Corea and
pay 25,000,000, if Japan insists on such
a sum, although China could not raise it
without being crippled for half a cen
tury; The countries which hitherto have
stood aside, must decide soon whether
they will allow Japan to crush China ut-
terly, not alone politically, but also com
mercially. The Anglo-Russian entente'
can be directed to urging Japan to be
temperate in the use of her victory. y ';
LOSS OF THE. CHINESE.
Two. Warships Are Reported Sunk Off
Port Arthur.
Yokohama, November 28. It is now
stated that the Chinese loss at the battle
of Port Arthur was 3,000 men. It is re
ported that during the hottest fighting -a
portion of the Chinese forces fled to
the warships, which were held in readi
ness for embarking of troops in the event
of the position becoming untenable.
The Japanese squadron fired" and sank "
two warships. The advance guard of
Field Marshal Oyama's army and the
second Japanese army has started on the
march to New Chwang. '
to attack wbi hai wbi. ' '
Shanghai, November 28. The report
is confirmed of the capture at Port Ar
thur by the Japanese of the special cor
respondent of Reuter's Telegram Com-
Eany. The Japanese suspected him of
eing an officer in the Chinese cause.
He was subsequently released. It ia be
lieved here that a Japanese army will
land west of Wei Hai Wei; attack that'
place in the rear, and after its capture
march to Peking.
' EEPOET CONFIRMED.
Washington, November 28. The Jap
anese legation has received official con
firmation of the capture of Port Arthur,
the report being in the same terms as
Marshal Oyama's report already given.
THE PRICE OP PEACE.
Berlin, November 28.2kIt is officially
announced here that Japan recognizes
United States Minister Dun at Tokio aa v'
a suitable channel through which China
can open up negotiations for peace. The
powers will simply remain spectators.
It is considered that China is in a posi
tion to pay the Japanese demands if the
war ceases now, Japan to hold Port Ar
thur until the demands are satisfied.
The third Japanese expedition, which is
afloat, is opposite Wei Hai Wei.
OUB GOOD OFFICES. ,
Rome, November 28. An official dis- .
patch has been received from Tokio say- j
ing Japan has intimated that, as soon as
China may make peace proposals, Japan
will accept the good offices of the United '
States in the negotiations-
Good Use for the Surplus.
San Feancisco, November 29. The
management of the State Board of Trad
adopted a resolution to-day to ask the
management of the Midwinter Fair to
turn $2,000 of the $200,000 surplus real
ized from the fair over to the Board of
Trade, so that they can pay its debts.