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St, Petersburg, Sept. 19, 7.30 a. mYe-
hement complaints aro again being made
of the freight blockade of tbe Siberian
WITH NUMEROus L4AsuA ' railroad: in consequence of its monopoly
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*Russian Generals Conducting
Important Reconnaissances.
The Czar •to Raise a Second
.
,.M:anc uriant- Arrny.
Complaints of a Freight Block -
on the Siberian Railway.
' St. Petersburg, Sept, 19,—Tinter in the
day a c> espatoh was. received from Gen.
Kouropatkin announcing that Generals
Rennerikampff and Samsonoff are con-
ducting important reconnaissances, which
have resulted in rather heavy fighting,
with, many casualties.
A despatch to a news agency from St.
Petersburg to -day says the:reconnaissan-
ces were towards the Japanese front and
right flank, resulting in the Japanese
being driven back. The Russian losses,
according to this version, are said to be
slight, and it is not clear whether the
many casualties referred to by Gen.
Kouropatkin were inflicted.
•
London, Sept. 19.—A, despateh..te, the
Express from Tokio says that a heavy
engagement with Gen. Kouropatkin's en-
tire army has begun near Mukden. The
Russian positions are being vigorously
shelled. Field Marshal Oyama prepared
on Friday to earry out the general staff's
instructions to assault Mukden and en-
deavor again to cut off Gen. Kouropat-
kin's retreat. The Japanese front is 25
miles long. • Gen. Kuroki is onathe ex-
treme right. He is not yet engaged. He
is endeavoring to turn the Russian flank.
Retiring, Upon Harbin.
Tokio, Sept. 18. The Russians are re-
tiring upon Harbin.
Only two divisions, with the comple-
ment of cavalry, are now south of the
un river.
It is reported that the Japanese have
reached Hslinglungpao and Shiliho, 30
and 26 miles respectively from Mukden.
A battle is expected at Shiliho.
Forts are being erected by the Rus-
sians on the northern bank of the Sun-
gari River, defending the railway
bridge over the river.,
Booms have been built, above and be-
low the bridge and a constant water pat-
rol is maintained.
The Sungari River crosses the railway
between Treling and Harbin.
to construct railroad depots.
JAPS REINFORCED.
Both Armies Have Promised to Respect
The Tombs of the Dynasty.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 18,—Gen, Salclia-
roff has reported to the general staff
under date of Sept. 17: "The Manchurian
army was nowhere engaged on Sept. 1a
or 17. The arrival of considerable rein-
forcements is noticeable at the advance
posts of the whole of the enemy's front,
and especially near the village of Biani-
pusea and east of the railway toward the
Yentas mines."
It is announced from Mukden that
both the Russian and. the Japanese gen-
erals have promised to respect the
tombs and palace there.
-,111"-s- ARMY ASSURES THE CZAR
vary slight damage and few easualties,
The garrison is in good health. There is
no shortage,of food•or ammunition; One
of those who arrived is a Russian offi-
ear who witnessed part of the Boor war.
He takes a pessimistic view a +the situa-
tion, and considers the outlook gloomoy.
He describes the effect of the constant
etrain on the officers and men, but said
that the condition of the inhabitants is
superior to the condition of those of
Ladysmith after that place had been be-
sieged for three months. He adds that
fresh stores of coal have been placed on
the warships in the harbor, which have
been repaired as well as the facilities of
the port kisould allow.
Since the discovery that junks carry-
ing provisions were running the block-
ade the Japanese have maintained a
more vigilant watch. Junks attempting
to enter the harbor are now sunk with-
out a. previous examination.
The correspondent says he learns
from another source that the bombard-
ments are of short duration, but cover
important movements of the Japanese,
who have received more guns and• large
reinforcements.
Russian civilians arriving from Port
Arthur state that tinr(od corn beef is
plentiful. Twelve horses are slaughtered
daily to supply fresh meat.
Additional Chefoo despatches state
that a junk containing a Cossack colo-
nel and two German merchants
brought mails from Port Arthur, after
a three days' passage. They say that
Gen. Stoessel, on Sept. 14, received an
intimation from Gen. Kouropatkin that
he must hold out until January, when
important developments are expected,
tin estimate was then made of the sup-
plies in the fortress. The result was
probably much overestimated, the estim-
ates showing enough ammunition to
last five months, and enough rico, white
bread and other food for six months.
Preparations are being made, in the
event of the Japanese entering the town,
to make the `last stand in the Golden
Hill and Electric Hill forts, where
there are large accumulations of am-
munition and food.
Gen. Stoessel recently warned the
Europeans remaining in Port Arthur
that they must be prepared to take a
soldier's risk if the place fell, although
he thought that contingency impossible.
The report of the arrival of a ship
of 6,Q00 tons, laden with flour, is, con-
firmed. She flew the French flag. The
gunboat Gremiastchy went out to meet
her, but struck a nine and sank.
The garrison Has been reduced to
8,000 men. the civil guards have been
summoned to the forts to receive Gov-
ernment rations, thus relieving the
pressure on the town supplies. Fifty
members of the guard, who were w6i1-
known. residents of Port Arthur, have
been killed. Gen. Stoessel has stopped
the publication of the Novikral, the
official newspaper. Only a few ladies
are left in the place. The bicycle fac-
tory is working day and night, turn-
ing out bicycles for ambulances.
Gen. Stoessel's wife is called "The
Florence Nightingale of Port Arthur."
That the Confidence He Placed in His She superintends the work of the Red
Cross, and insists upon visiting the
Soldiers is not Misplaced. forts during engagements, accompany -
St. Petersburg, Sept. 18. ---Under date ing her husband.
of yesterday, Gen. Kouropatkin tele- During the past month four Russian
graphs to the Czar as follows: torpedo boats have•been sunk by mines.
"The entire Manchurian army rejoices No details of the recent naval disas-
£nexpressiblyot your Majesty's appreeia- ters are given to the public. The only
tion of its labors and military deeds. We , . announcement made is that the ships
aro all animated byone desire—to beat are in' neutral waters. '
the enemy and jstify ,the confidence Five hundred Chinese from Port Ar -
placed in us by the supreme chief of the thur have arrived at Chefoo in the last
Russians army,' who can feel perfectly few days.
sure regarding his troops' future self- According to Lieut. Prince Radizivil,
denial and devotion. Our departure from the temper of the belligerents at Port
Liao -Yang under the conditions under Arthur has reached an absolutely morel -
which it was accomplished was an abso- less stage. Prince Radizivil declares
lately indispensable undertaking, al- that the men of both armies are abaci -
though fraught with difficulty" lutely venomous in their antagonism.
Lieut: Gen.S toessel has addressed his
: ONLY THIRTEEN PRISONERS. garrison, saying that if the Japanese
soldiers entered the fortress it tin -
But General Oku Captured Considerable doubtedly would be impossible for their
Ammunition. officers to control them and prevent a
Tokio, Sept. 18.-- Marquis oyama,massacre. For this reason Lieut. -Gen.
Commander-in-chief of the Japanese ''Stoessel is snaking no objection to civil-
ians leaving Port Arthur. In conse-
morningorin the field,n.telegraphed this ttence of the fact that flags of truce
uhet Gen. Bent pad reported Lav- aro ignored, numbers of dead Japanese
ing captured thirteen prisoners at the who have been lying in the slopes of
battle of Liao Yang. Ile also gave a the hills of the northeast defences fordetailed list of the Russian stores whirl► weeks past are still unburied, and the
Gen. Oku captured, as follows : stench in Port Arthur from decompos
Thirty horses, 2,288 rifles, 170 am- its bodies is almost unendurable.
munition wagons, 5,802 rounds of aril.- In the course of the assaults which
'esgreat surds
lery,it 3o small arm ca ,9 g days 9d
,four last
qutities of timber, flour, rice, forage, took place in the Y
Au -
engineering implements, clothing and as- gust two companies of Japanese sot-
coutrentents. diers, according to Prince Radizivil,
Marquis Oyama Commander -ht -chief found themselves at the mercy of the
of the Japanese forces in the field, ra- Russians and hoisted a white flag. To
pats that the Armies under Generals this, however, the Russians paid no at-
1i`uroki and Nod?u made no prisoners tendon, and continued to volley rapidly
in the fighting before Liao Yang. into the helpless ranks of the troops Japanese.
Gen. Kuroki ea tared forty horses, 800 Iinthe rear of the company that had
000
rifles,
o> nds of rifle fle aminun tinds of brt't Red
graph raised the white flag saw what
r
apparatus and various miscellaneous ate.- comrades had done, and p
elements,. + their disapproval of the surrender by
Gen. Nodzit captured 490 rifles, 1,164 firing
ir ngs into
t mtheiwr o r.ann s a rrlesul t•'of
rounds of artillery, and 37,880 rounds of days afterwards the annnded ince in
rifle ammunition, three heliographs, tele• y
phortel, tools, and Iarge quantities of this area, raised fluttered handker-
foodstuffs and timber. chiefs in their hands in pleas for help,
Gen, Oku captured sufficient timber but the Russians were ,riraid to venture
SIIORTAGE QF IiORSES,
Gen. Iouropaticin's 'Transport Service in
A Bad Way.
London, Sept, 19.—A despatch to the
Morning Poet from Shanghai sage that
one of the reasons (len. Kouropatkin
was forced to abandon and destroy his
vast stores at Liao Yang was the want
of transport, due to the non -arrival of
thousands of horses. there. Those ani-
mals had to rest at the depots at ved-
ette stages of the journey. They were
found to be susceptible of diseasese from
which the local horses were fairly ex-
empt. Of 4,000 animals collected. at
Omsk two months ago, 3,000 were Bud-
slenly attacked with partial or total
blindness, requiring several weeks'treat-
ment, A fearful epidemic of glanders is
raging in Manchuria,
$Go,000,000 A MONTH.
Japan Spending $;5,000,000 and Russia
$45i000,000.
London, Sept. 18.—The following esti-
mate of the financial position of the
belligerents, though. necessarily based
on guessworkas regards details, is gen-
erally accepted as correct in its broad
features.
sepalsis believed to be spending
L3,000,000 sterling monthly in her mili-
tary operations. As ane national debt
is small, her other expenditure is far
below leer receipts, and her trade is in-
creasing even while the war goes on.
Her position is excellent, though she
had to pay high for her first loan. Her
recent successes will probably enable
her to borrow more cheaply in future.
Russia's war expenditure is estimated
at £9,000,000 monthly, Her finances
are far from sound at present, in spite
of the vastness of her latent wealth.
She has hitherto been living on the
French loan raised in May, but an
ukase has just authorized the issue of
new rente bonds for £15,000,000.
It is believed she hopes to negotiate
a large loan shortly in Germany.
SECOND ARMY.
The Czar has Decided to Form a Second
Manhcuri .
an Army.
St, Petersburg, Sept. 19, 1.57 p. m.—
Acting upon the advice of his military
advisers, Emperor Nicholas has decided
to form a second Manchurian army. It
will be formed of the corps which are be-
ing sent to the far east, and Lieut. -Gen.
Lineviteh probably will be given the com-
mand of the second army. Gen. Kouro-
patkin will become chief of both armies,
but probably without the title of Com-
mander -in -Chief. It is this impending re-
organization which seems to have led to
the constant rumors and reports afloat
here of Kouropatldn's supercession of
Viceroy Alexie.tf ne Commander -in -Chief
01 the army, .the latter's resignation, etc.,
but the Associated Press investih +,tions
indicate that the above is the real situa-
tion. The Associated Press is informed
that Alexieff will continue to be Viceroy,
and as such he eould not be subordinated
an title to the commanding general. As
has been heretofore stated •on high au-
thority, the stories of Alexieff'•s inter-
ference with Kouropatkin are entirely
without foundation. On the contrary,
Alexieff has always shown the utmost
a-preeiation of the peculiar delicacy of
his position as Kouropatkin's superior,
The latest despatches received by the
War Office here leave the situation at
the front practically unchanged. There
is no truth in the report, cabled to the
Express, of London, from Tokio, that a
battle is progressing at Mukden. There
is nothing yet to show that Field Mar-
. that Oyama • has begun to move in force.
The reported fighting between the Jap-
anese and Major -Gen. Mistohenko's Cos-
sacks probably refers to the sharp skir-
mish southeast of Mukden, news of
ndlieh has already been cabled to the As-
soeiated Press. .
From Gen. Kouropatkin's telegram,
which was despatched at 0 o'clock yester-
day evening, it appears that Gen. Ren-
nenkampf1 had recovered from his wound
anti had resumed command of his troops.
The reconnaissances disclosed a further
increase in the Japanese forties at Yen
tai and Bentsiaputze. The Russians
have occupied several villages near the
Japanese lines.
t to
Gen. Kouropatkin yesterday reviewed
Among the henps,
AT PORT ARTIIillt. of dead give succor. Ahe Prince caw two soldiers, one
Russianandand the other a Japanese,
1y'-
A Life ands Death Struggle Going .on ing ie a death embrace. Tile
teeth of the Japanese was stork in the
Arottnd theFortress. .
Russian's
ae
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tea
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,
while
the Russian
had
London, Sept. 10.—The Shanghai orse- forced two of his
fingers into the eye-
• .,r,,, pendent of the Morning Post anys that sockets of bis antagonist.
the Japanese resumed their bombard- The Prince cited this as merely an
anent of Port Artier from the land Nide incident denoting the ferocity of the
last Thursday, It is stated that the be- eonflist at fort Aitlntr. The prince will
sieges are well supplied with provisions, leave here to -morrow to rejoin Caen.
but their anon iuntion is running low. TCotropatkin.
Many iunks tire Said to be running the Continuing his interview with the
blockade, correspondent, the Prince said:
A despatelt to the Deily Mail from "The stories in circulation concerning
Chefoo says that four foreigners arriving the shortage of ammunition and prow -
from fort Arthur this morning state sions at fort Attlntr are not true. There
that there were intermittent bombard• is an abundance of ammunition for
atzenis of the fortress dayand night dur- both targe and mall arms and plenty of
ring the past 'week.bbeforts returning preserved food. The use of Chinese
the fire. The fire of the Japanese caused shells was merely a saving measure."
ealities in which winter communication
is unsafe are rapidly running out of ab-
solute necesaitites .of life and there le a
prospect of much hardship if goods start-
ed for the east under special permit of
the authorities are not allowed to go
through.
Crew of The Novik,
Sakahalin, Sept. 10.—Life here is pro-
ceeding as usual. The population is busy
harvesting crops, which are good. owing
to abundance of rain in July, but the
fishing is unsatisfactory.
Captain Schultz and -some other offi-
cers of the cruiser Novik, which was sunk
after the sorties from Port Arthur, have
arrived at Alexander, They were enter-
tained at the Club and received with the
greatest enthusiasm ,everywhere. The
crew left on Sept. 13,
Cruisers Successful Trials
London, Sept. 19. A despatch from St.
Petersburg to a news agency here says
the Russian cruiser Izumrud, sister ship .
to the famous Novik, has completed suc-
cessfully her trials at Cronstadt, making
24 knots an hour. The Izumrud, accord-
ing to this despatch, will join the second
Pacific squadron at. Revel as soon as she
is ready for sea.
Contraband of War.
St, Petersburg, Sept. 19.—The Russian
Government's concessions to neutral com-
merce in the matter of contraband of •
war does not meet with the approval of
the Novae Vremya, -which declares that
the game of stopping neutral merchant-
men is not worth the candle if Russia
decides in advance to restore the contra-
, band seized:
The Orel.
Barcelona, Sept. 19.—The Russian his-
pital ship Orel has arrived here on her
way to the far east.
THE CZAR IS ADAMANT.
War Will Be Continued so Long as a
Soldier Remains Standing. •
London cable: The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Express professes
to have the highest authority for stating
that the Russians will snub any foreign
attempt at intervention. He says that
when Prince Louis of Battenberg was
representing King Edward at the chris-
tening of the Carewitch he mentioned,
while conversing with the Czar, that it
was possible that a peace unfavorable to
Russia wouldbe reached in the near fu-
ture,
ture, His Majesty replied: "So long as a
Russian soldier remains standing or a
rouble is left in the treasury I shall con-
tinue the war against the Japanese, who
forced me to take up arms. No disasters
in the field can move me in this resolu-
tion."
It is believed that the Czar's utterance
was made deliberately, with the inten-
tion of having it repeated in England
for the information of the world.
THE•KAISER AND RUSSIA.
Relations Between the Two Countries.
• Growing Closer,
London cable: •The Times prints
an important article dealing with the
understanding reached by Russian and
Germany concerning the far east. The
relations on this subject, says the writer,
have been rapidly growing closer and
more intimate between St. Petersburg
and Berlin than between St. Petersburg
and Paris. TJie Kaiser is convinced that
the interests of Germany in the far east
run parallel with those of Russia, and
that therfore Germany has everything
to gain from .the success of Rusin in the
war, and everything to fear from her
defeat. This, it is pointed out, is not
a new idea, but it was only when the
war began that the moment came for
which the Kaiser had been impatiently
waiting. It was when Rtussiti began to
realize that the struggle was of unex-
pected magnitude that the Kaiser took
the initiative, in proffering to the Czar
explicit assurances of support, amount-
ing practically to a guarantee of immun-
ity from all danger of interference by
Europe, This enabled Russia, not only
to withdraw from her western provinces
some of her finest troops for the far
east, but even to dismantle to some ex-
tent the western fortresses in order to
provide siegeguns for Port Arthur, Via-
divostock, Liao -Yang and Harbin.
The writer . instances the facilities
Germany has granted Russia in acquir-
ing war material at Essen and other
workshops that are more or less under
Government control, in the transfer of
moi/ I►, p,,Tx
North German Lloyd mad Ifanibtirg
American steamer* to the Russian flag,
in contracting for coal for the Baltic
fleet, and other warsbipe, and even, it
le stated, in allowing torpedo boats
from Schichait to be transported in sec-
tions over the frontier. '.lhe writer as-
serts that arrangements were made be-
forebxtnd at Rime -Chau to receive the
Russian warships from Port Arthur,
and to enable thein to coal with the ut-
most despatch, as was done in the case
of the Novik, although the others which
arrived were so far in want of tempo-
rary help that the Germans had no often
but bo order that they be dismantled.
it is believed that the neat step will be
the floating of a large Russian war loan
in Berlin.
It anayy safely be asserted that the un-
deratanding secures Russia Germany's
support in IJ'e ultimate settlement of
the :terms of peace, and for Germany, so
far as Russia is concerned, a free hand
in the future for carrying out her seheme
of welt pantile on the lines of least re-
sistance in China, that is to say, where it
will come in contact only with British
interests.
UNTIL RUSSIA IS BEATEN,
All Attempts at Intervention Will Be
Unsuccessful.
A Tokio cable: The Novikrai, Ad-
miral Alexieff's organ at Port Arthur,
reports that there has been no serious
ehange in the conditions there since
the general swains by the Japanese
from Aug. 23 to Aug. 30. The paper de-
clares there is no truth in the re ort
that the battleship Sevastopol was dam-
aged by a mine. - t Jewish high
Reports from Chefpo state that ow-
ing
w
ing to the bombardment of the western
port at Port Arthur the Russians war-
ships have been removed to the eastern
port.
A committee has been appointed to
consider a revision of the laws effect-
ing the introduction of foreign capital
into Japan.
The Nichi Niebi thinks that the pro.
posed Chinese mission to Japan *has
an ulterior object. It says that if .the
object of the mission is mediation
China is too late. All attempts of third
parties to intervene in the struggle will
be unsuecessfut until Russia is exhaust-
ed. The paper adds that China -would
better confine her attention to tate pre-
servation of her own neutrality, thus
limiting the area of operations.
Commenting on. the report of the
sailing of the Russian Battle fleet for
the far east, the Jiji Shimpo urges _
.tante in the reduction of, Port Arthur,
thus destroying Russia's principal naval
base in the east.
The Kokumin thinks that the silence
of Great Britain and the United States
regarding the new Ja Co
agreement is a. tacit recognition
pan's suzerainty in Corea a
con-
trol of Corean diplomacy
a similar control of her fin
mili-
tary.
Canadian Attache Home.
Victoria, B. C., report says: Captain
Ryan, of the Canadian permanent forces,
arrived from Japan to -day by the SS.
Maehaon, on his way home to Ottawa,
after.spending some months at Tokio, as
the representative of the Canadian mili-
tia,
Ile was despatched to Japan at the
outbreak of the war, with instructions
to make professional observations of the
military movements of the Japanese
army. In common with all the other
military attaches from foreign nations,
and the war correspondents, Capt. Ryan
was detained in Tokio under repeated
promises that he should be soon sent to
view operations. He says that the Ja-
panese fleet has suffered severely in the
encounters with the Russian vessels of
war, and that all the dry docks and re-
pairing harbors in Japan are full of Ja-
panese war vessels in various stages of
repair. One big cruiser which was in
the great naval battle off Port Arthur
had all her funnels shot, away, and
twenty-five shot holes in her hull. Had
the water been rough on her voyage
from Port Arthur to Japan she must
have gone to the bottom. Captain Ryan
reports that the Japanese themselves
admitted gross blundering in allowing
loaded transports to .leave Japan for
Corea and other points without propel
escort, and that the raids on the Via-
divostock fleet filled all Japan with in-
tense alarm. The report circulated by
the Japanese war office that the rea-
son for the unexpected stubbornness of
the Russians in the recent fighting is
the improvement in rifle shooting and
steadiness in the troops is false as the
Japanese are well aware of the fact that
they are now confronted with regiments
straight from Europe, and not undis-
ciplined raw levies of Siberian peasants,
hastily battalioned and hurried to the
seat of war. Captain Ryan speaks bit-
terly of the treatment accorded the at-
taches and correspondents.,
1
S MEN SHOT BEAD"
IN A CRAP
Dowie the First Apostle of the
Christian Catholic -Church.
Carlo, Ills. Sept. 19.—A negro em-
ployed at Bryans' landing, four miles be.
low here has been here and reported
that in a quarrel over a erap game six
men were killed, three whites and.
three negroes. ,A white man who had
lost his money in the game went away
and summoning a party of friends re.
turned to where the negroes were play-
ing and demanded the money. A fight
with rifles followed.
Later a negro with his bead filled with
abet and with his nose shot off arrived
from the scene, He could give no inform-
ation as to bow many were killed
The First Apostle.,
Chicago, Sept. 19. Wearing a rich robe
and mitre modled after those of an an -
der
r ig s priest, John Alexan-
der Dowie has proclaimed himself "John
Alexander," first apostle of the Christian
Church. The announcement was made in
the tabernacle at Zion City where seven
thousand people had assembled., Dr.
Dowie referred to the robes in assum-
ing the office After quoting scripture
in support of the claim, he had made
to the title of the first apostle, he said:
""I did not ereat the •office. It was created
by the Lord. 1 did; not create it any
more than I designed these robes. If you
are in doubt as to my authority to wear
them, you will find it in the 28th chap-
ter of Exodus, the pattern given by God
to Moses when the high priesthood was
established."
Dr. Dowie wore a long garment of
heavy whit satin, lined with white silk.
Over this was a purple satin robe, fring-
ed with gilt, of knee length. The "broi-
dared coat," the richest feature of the
custume, -was of white satin embroider-
ed with geomatrieal patterns in purple
and gold, the colors of the church. The
girdle was there with Historical, but on
the breast plate instead of the twelve
jewels prescribed by the Jewish rittuitl,
was embroidered a scarlet cross edged
with gold, with beaddrsae consisting of
a white silk mitre, er turban, ornaments
ed with two purple bands. White silk
hose an white canvass shoes, completed
tbe costume.
"The office of the first apostle is
perpet al," said Dowie, after he had read
several long passages from the scripture.
"It should have been continued. Suooes•
sons to the original twelve were chosen
to the number of nine to fill vacancies
caused by rnartydom or death. This as-
sumption of the first apostleship is the
finelstep in the organization of that
which was planned by Jesus Christ."
Found in .a Trask
Chicago, Sept. 19. :Hidden in a trunk
and almost suffocated, Calvin Linden,
colored, who shot and killed Charles
Meyers, a clerk, and wounded three other
men Saturday night, has been captured
at the home of his sister, Mrs Anna,
Foster, of BIue Island. The woman
guarded the trunk by sitting on it while
the police searbed the house, and Lind-
en betrayed himself by raising the lid for
air as soon as his sister rose, and when
the police were about to leave after an
apparently fruitless search. Linden sub-
mitted
ub•
mit ed meekly to arrest and declared
he had killed Meyers in self-defence.
Raided Chinese Den.
Chicago, Sept. 19. =Detectives have
raided a. Chinese gambling house and
made 146 arrests. Six patrol wagons were
filled with the prisoners. The .raid was
the first of the kind for several years.
One apartment was used for opium
smoking. In the rear was the place for
gambling. Hundreds of dollars were be-
ing wagered when the detectives entered
the room. Sixteen tables were in oper-
ation, with an average of twelve slay.
ors to a table.
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Antagonize the Pope.
Rome, Sept. 20,—The majority of the
people approve the action of King Vic-
tor Emmanuel in not choosing the title
of Prince of Rome, for the heir to the
throne, born last night, as it would have
mixed the Royal family in a party strug-
gle, and would have embittered the con-
flict between Church and State at a
time when the Pope seems to be leaning
towards moderation. It is believed that
;he title chosen, that of Prince Piedmont,
will become fixed for all time for the
talian crown prince, as is the title of
Prince of Wales in England.
To celebrate the birth of the heir, the
King granted amnesty to all political pri-
soners, also shortened by six months
nany sentences for various crimes. • The
»ince will be christened Humbert. King
Victor Emmanuel has received the wenn-
sit congratulations throughout the king-
lom, and also most cordial despatches
l ram Emperor Nicholas, Emperor Wil-
liam, President Loubet, King Edward,
and Emperor Francis Joseph. The Queen
of Roumania sent Queen Helene a poem
on the event.
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ITEMS OF NEWS
FROM FAR AND NEAR
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Belgrade, Servia: King Peter will be
crowned on Wednesday next.
Milan.—It has been decided to con-
tinue the general strike until Wednes-
day.ns
London.—Baron Eastings (George
'Tanners Asteley) died yesterday even-
ing. He was born in 1847.
Belgrade, Servia.--All the powers have
instructed their Ministers bere to attend
the coronation of Icing Peter, exeept Rus-
sia, whose action has caused a sensation.
New York.—Mrs. Ada Connors, wife
of Capt. W. Connors, tetany years ego
well known as a theatrical manager and
later proprietor of the Ilotel St. James,
is dead from heart disease in Brooklyn.
Berlin. ----Emil Thomas, formerly one of
the most artistic comedians on the Ger;
man .stage, is dead. lie was 65 years
of age. Herr Thomas made a tour of
America in 1592-03.
New York. ---Several unions which ivere
expected to meet Sunday and declare
strikes against the Building Trades As-
sociation, for its refusal to end the ex-
leting lockout against the Building
Trades Alliance, failed to assemble.
New 'York. --Leader Charles V. Mur-
phy, of Tannnany Ball, end several hnn-
d edt"antntany nen, including seer
sf tlistriet Ieaders, left to -day for Sara-
toga't.o attend the Democratic state con-
vention, on three special trains,
St. T.oui, Last week for the first
time in the history Louisianab
fthr
Par.
chase Reposition, the attendance for the
`tix days 'mended one 1111111011. The react
total re'ord of ndntiasians for the week
218±1
Chicago: The Tnter-Parliamentary
1'idnn, millet' is totirieg the e.,uuttry as
s;•tir,ts of the nation, reached ('Iticaga
• from Denver to -dry, On the trip from,,
Denver the thing which impress.•d tt:e Iron. I'. Ii. I.nteltor2 has wrrltten to
visitors- most 22'8a the sight of the vast onto; Mayor that the tiovernment, wnne
turn fields of the prairie •eonntt;V. 'i'Tte a.lmltttnit na responslbilfCy ns to the tnIi -
ltarty -made a tour of Chicago itt sits. with sq� r C1e$i tatioiio a m y the sottirlde 1ei1
lieges, and tvill go to Detroit, eecersare.
Poisoned Himself.
White .Plains, N. Y., Sept. 20.—John
Wilkenson, alias "Tracy," who poisoned
himself yesterday with • a mixture of
sulphur and tobacco,"died in the hospital
in the county jail to -day.
Wilkenson committed several robber-
- ies in Mount Vernon and vicinity and.
when rune down by Detective Riley he
shot the officer while on the way to the
station house. He escaped and was
hunted for several days until exhausted
from hunger and exposure he sought re-
fuge in a freight car and was there cap-
tured. He had been indicted for as-
sault and robbery and was, taken to
court yesterday to plead. He almost
collapsed when brought into the court
room. After he had pleaded not guilty
he was taken back to jail and the jail
physician was called. Then it was found
that he had taken the sulphur from five
hundred matches he had obtained in some
way and had dissolved the sulphur in
water mixing with it a quantiity of to-
bacco. The physician gave the man
an emetic, but in spite of all efforts to
save him he died. Wilkenson is said to
belong to a respectable family in Buf-
falo.
BLONDES DISAPPEARING.
Anthropologist Believes This Type Will
Vanish From the Earth.
Washington. D. 0., Sept, 19.—Otis T.
Mason, anthropologist at the Smithson-
ian Institution, states that "the blondes
are a disappearing human type." He
says :
Blond women ere becoming scarcer
every year, and to -day there are not
nearly so many fair haired and blue eyed
beauties as there were fifty years ago.
In each successive generation there are
fewer of them than • An: the, last . ,,Al-
ready such a'thing as "s' real .done,
purely -such, is so -rarely seen in this
country as to excite' ieivai4„ and golden
tresses are so infrequent that real ones
are usually suspected to be dyed. In
short, it has become evident that before
long this :ype of feminine lovel Bess will
have praetieally vanished from the
ea.rtb. .
"You may judge . how rapidly :the
blondes are going when you consider the
fact that wherever. a. ark. man marries
o blond uton1i ,; or.'•uice. versa, sixty-six
per eent. of the:children-befit,havo dark
hair and•eyes, :; At that rate net many
cos
tturi '' wi 1' be
required to sense . ouf q p
the'fair tyype altogether. If • yrou • ask
how this matter has been determined
with such accuracy I will reply that it
has been by including statistical obser-
vations on the point in the censuses of
nations."
The fast that most persons have fair
hair in early youth would seem to hull -
cats that the American's ancestors were
a fair-haired rase. This is borne out
by history, though the Anglo-Saxons are
sprung from such a mixture of racial
stocks that it is not easy to assign to
then a definite origin.
A GAMING HOUSE.
The Chaudiere Club Case Up at
Ottawa.
Ottawa, Out., Sept. 10. ----(Special.).
Charles Belly, nn Ottawa hackman, and
Albert
Hillman, who
at one
time keptt
a small hotel here,
were arraigned in the
• Pollee Court, charged with running a
gaming house under the name of the
t'h:tudiei•e Club. The ease was adjourn-
ed until Friday iday next. Kelly and ..(Union
are out on bail.
The Canada Central fair opened hese
today. The wenther is fine.