Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 27, Petersburg, Pike County, 16 November 1894 — Page 6

4Mtt§Wu£<ronh) flmocwt X. XoO. STOOPS, Editor ud Proprietor. PETERSBURG. - - - INDIANA. Thk city of Copenhagen was, on the »th, declared a free port. Thk abandonment of Fort McKinney, Wyo., has been ordered by Gen. Brooks, commanding the department of the Platte. Herb Kock, president of the German reichsbank, will succeed Dr. Herrmann ▼on Schelling as Prussian minister of justice. Two W. C. T. U.* women of Indianapolis, Ind., were refused the tight to rote, on the 6th, and a test case will be begun. Oh the 7th Germany, through Emperor William, replying to President Dole’s official notification, acknowledged the Republic of Hawaii. Thk plant of the Edison Electric Light Co., located at Hackensack, N. J., was totally destroyed by fire at 4 o’clock on the morning of the 6th; loss, about 130,000. A Yokohama dispatch of the 8th said that the Japanese were laying torpedoes at Port Arthur and in other ways completing the trap which they had been preparing for the Chinese. Thk latest returns, up to the 8th, from all parts of the state of New York, indicate that all of the constitutional amendments voted upon in that state, on the 6th, were carried. A recent cloud-burst near Valencia, Venezuela, killed 150 persons and damaged the coffee and other crops to the extent of $600,000. Houses were leveled, bridges washed away and traffic generally suspended. Hon. James S. Dodge, of Elkhart, Ind., has been announced as a candidate for United States senator to succeed Senator Daniel W. Voorhees, as a result of the political avalanche in the Thirteenth Indiana district. Among the demands upon which Japan will insist as conditions of the settlement of the war with China are 'the payment of an indemnity of about £40,000,000 and the cession to her by China of the island of Formosa. Gn the 9th Emperor William offered Herr von Hammerstein, director of the province of Hanover, the new portfolio of husbandry, which Ithe latter accepted. This appointment is regarded as a great concession to the agrarians.

Ok the 7th Chairman Babcock of the Republican congressional committee gave out a statement, in which he claimed the election of 350 republican congressmen, with several states to hear from, and a small majority in the next senate. A prtvatk dispatch received at the New York cotton exchange, on the 9th, announced the failure of Busch & Co., of Havre. The announcement caused a drop of four points in cotton. Later it was said tha^ the firm had very little interest in cotton, being involved principally in coffee. According to a telegram from Pekin, dated the 5th, China is disposed to conclude peace upon the basis of the acknowledgment of Corea’s independence and the payment of ah indemnity to he fixed by the powers. The powers who are willing to support this arrangement are requested to intervene. Thk Central Trust Co., recently operating in Philadelphia, but now in Washington, was, on the Sth, declared a fraudulent concern by the post office department and denied the use of the registered letter and money order system, on the ground that the concern is “conducting a scheme devised to defraud the people out of money.* The Texas cotton palace was formally opened at Waco, on ^he 8th, with great ceremony. Many distinguished visitors were present from all parts of the country, and the day was observed as a general holiday. The palace, which has a front of 400 feet and a depth of 300 feet, was erected by the people of Waco at a cost of 3250,000.

A cholera not occurred m Huszth, a village of Hungary, at the junction of the Theiss with the Nagy-Ag, on the 7th, arising from the popular anger at an edict declaring that all persons who die of cholera must be buried in a separate cemetery. Gendarmes fired upon the mob, killing one person and wounding many others. Sixty arrests were made. Ah application was prepared in Chicago, on the 8th, and forwarded to Secretary of State Henricksen, for a charter for an organization to be known as the independent Americans citizens’ party. The new association 'lathe outgrowth of internal dissensions in the American Protective association, and will have the same objects, ambitions and theories as the old organization. The suggestion has been made and may be carried out, that as a testimonial to Rev. Dr. Parkhurst for the work performed by him in bringing about the purification of politics in Hew York eity, a chair be endowed in Columbia college in his honor. It is proposedjto call it **The Parkhurst Chair of Municipal Reform,” and to install Dr. Parkhurst as its first professor. if aj.-Gkn. Oliver 0. Howard, commanding*the department of the East, with headquarters at Governor's Island, N. Y., whose long, varied and distinguished career has been characterized by marked ability in the command of troops and great gallantry in action and by unselfish patriotism and broad philanthropy, was retired from active service, on the 8th. bv operation of law.

C UBEENT TOPICS. TEE HEWS nr BBIET. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. □A creditor indicted in Kentucky for dunning a debtor by postal card has been released by a federal court after a trial of the case. The duns were shown to have been written in respectful and unobjectionable language. Mike Kelly, the baseball player, died at the” Emergency hospital in Boston on the 9th. He arrived in Boston on the 6th, to join the London Gaiety Gills theatrical company., and was taken sick that morning with pneumonia. The house special committee, Representatives Bailey, of Texas; Lane, of Illinois, and Broderick, of Kansas, appointed to investigate the charge of malfeasance in office against Judge Ricks, of Cleveland, O., will meet in that city, on the 15th, to begin their work. The origin of the fire in the box factory of the Hammond packing house at South Omaha, Neb, has been discovered. Emory Coulaon, a night watchman, was arrested, on the 5th, and confessed that he set fire to the building that he might see a fire, he never before having seen a large one. The Chinese troops in Manchuria are robbing the natives and committing horrible atrocities wherever they pass. The Japanese, on the other hand, are treating the Chinese well, and are, consequently, received with open arms by the natives, who are furnishing them with supplies of various kinds. Mb. Gladstone's “Horace’s Odes” were published on the 6th. Edith Masters, of Auburn, Ind., and Clara Diebold, of Fort Wayne, were fatally burned, on the 6th, by flames caused by an explosion in the basement of the Westminster female seminary at Fort Wayne, Ind. Lillie Ander, of Logan, Ind., was also severely burned. A dispatch from Shanghai, dated the 6th, says: “All the foreigners residing in Port Arthur have arrived at Che-Foo. An attack is now being made on Port Arthur by the Japanese torpedo boats, and it is expected that Talien Wan will be attacked during the day.” .The trial at Charleston, W: Va., of Benjamin Clendenin, charged with killing Dr. J. G. Davis, near Montgomery, W. Va., August 9, ended, on the 6th, in his conviction of murder in the first degree.

The body of a man was found hanging to a tree near Roscoe, Mo., on the 5th. It is supposed he was hanged by a mob. There h^d recently been many thefts in that region. The eighth fire in twenty-four hours among the cotton ships at Savannah, Ga., broke out at 3 o’clock on the morning of the 35th, on the steamship Whitefield, lying besides the Dalegarth, burned the previous night. The flames were quickly subdued. Secretary Carlisle has instructed the collector of customs at Port Townsend, Wash., that certificates of registration issued to Chinese should be taken up by the collector when such Chinese leave this country. This is necessary to prevent the certificates from being turned over to Chinese unlawfully entering the United States. A dispatch from Tamatave, Madagascar, dated November 3, says that the Hova government has refused to grant the demands of the government of France. M. Lempre de Villers, the special French envoy to Madagascar, and all the French residents of Antenanarivo^ have arrived at Tamatave from the capital of Madagascar. Herman Schuhb acker, of Hobart, Ind., while hunting, on the 6th, shot himself. His dogs were fighting, and he struck at them with his loaded gun. Both barrels were discharged into his abdomen and he*died in a few minutes. Mrs. Julie Wright, of Annapolis, Md., aged 75, was burned to death in the flames which destroyed her home early on the morning of the 6th. The Rex flour mill, at Kansas City, Mo., was completely destroyed by fire on the night of the 6th. Loss, $350,000; about two-thirds covered by insurance. The mill was owned by J. B. M. Koehler, of St. Louis. The tug Crusader was destroyed by fire at her dock at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., early on the morning of the 6th. Firemen Henry Billings, of that city, and Charles Williams, of Port Huron, who were sleeping on the tug, were burned to death.

NKak Curtiss, in the Cherokee strip, the bodies of James McGuin and Fred Ward were found, on the 6th, one shot, the othfhr stabbed to death. It is believed they were murdered by parties who wanted to secure their claims. Q. P. Jewell, a farmer, has been arrested charged with the murder, and warrants issued for several other men. Fob years the granting: of special passports to persons going abroad has been abused to such an extent, and so many people have procured them, that the state department has issued peremptory orders to refuse them hereafter, except upon the special order of the secretary. Anotheb smallpox case was reported on the 6th. The victim is a schoolboy, Herbert Burger, son of a war department clerk. Two of the patients at the smallpox hospital died on the 6th. They were James Brown and Samuel Mundel, both colored domestics. News comes of the lynching, near Blackford, Crittenden county, Ky., by whitecaps, of Gabe N olla and his son Ulysses. They were charged with burning houses, together with Berry Rich, who was lynched recently, and also for other crimes. John F. O’Malley, an Illinois state senator from Chicago, who was defeated for re-election, was drinking with two companions in a North Clark street saloon, on the 7th, when the bartender entered their private room to collect for drinks. O’Malley took this for an insult and fired a bullet through the bartender's arm. Charles Shepard, the driver of the cab in which the senator was taken home, was shot through the knee and hand by O’Malley because payment of fare was asked.

A FKDDLRB of American Protective association tickets at Vallejo, Ca „ was pursued by a crowd of hoodlums, on tile night of the 6th, and severely beaten. Kara GnxKsrTK, an 18-year-old sales* woman in the employ of Hilton, Hughes A Ca, of New York, while stepping from the elevator in the establishment, on the 7th, was caught between the elevator and partition and instantly killed. The accident was caused by the poor girl, who was in a playful mood, skylarking with the elevator boy. * A disastrous collision between a passenger and a freight train, resulting in the loss of six lives, occurred, on the 7th, at Rosen Steel siding, 108 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pa., on the Baltimore A Ohio railroad. The 7-year-old daughter of Columbus Livingston, living at Logans port, 111., was accidentally burned to death, on the 7th, while visiting relatives near Dahlgren. At an early hour on the morning of the 7th, the residence of Charles Gilman, at Black Rock, Conn., was destroyed by fire, and the occupants narrowly escaped with their lives; loss,

*80,000. On the 8th the czar and czarina,, through the court minister, Count Vorontsofif-Dachkoff, thanked the Jew* ish community of St Petersburg for their message of condolence upon the death of the czar, and for the loyal and patriotic sentiments thereupon ex* pressed by the Jews. John E. Raibkau, manager of the Al* be marie club of Richmond, Va., shot and mortally wounded Otto Frazer on the 8th. The tragedy was the result ol a drunken quarrel originating over a game of dice between the parties the previous night. The speed trial of the torpedo boat Ericsson, built in Iowa, which was to have occurred at New London, Conn., on the 8th, was postponed to the first fair day on account of the prevalence of a fierce snow storm. The First ational * bank of San Bernardino, Cal., closed its doors on the 8th, Four hundred men employed at the Canton copper works in Baltimore, Md., were formally notified, on the 9th, that on next pay-day their wages will be increased 10 percent. The proprietors say the new schedule has been struck owing to the prospective increase in the profits of the concern. A reduction was made in the wages of the employes in Novembr, 1892, immediately after the general election. “Kid” Thompson and “Col.” Hopper, two of the Roscoe train robbers, were captured at the foot Gf the Reno mountains, - on the 9th, and taken to Phoenix. Aria. The robbers fought desperately, only surrendering on condition of good treatment after over fifty shots had been fired. George W. Boggs, ex-city treasurei of Tocoma, Wash., is under arrest, charged with thd embezzlement of $3S,800.57 public funds. He was released, on the 9th, on $25,000 bail. The Spanish coast steamer Fernando, foundered twenty miles north of Bahia Honda, Cuba, on the 6th. Ten of , her passengers and crew were dfowned. The failures during the week ended on the 9th, were 261 in the United States, against 358 last year, and 63 in Canada, against 37 last year. Giluavme Louis Figuir, the French chemist and scientific writer, died i« Paris, on the 9th, aged 75 years. On the occasion of the funeral of the czar 25,000 of St. Petersburg’s poor will be provided with dinners.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. The long^ pending case of certain republican leaders, including George Swift, who asked that the election of Mayor Hopkins, of Chicago, be set aside and Mr.. Swift be declared the mayor, came up, on a motion to dismiss the petition of the republicans,on the 10th. Judge Scales granted the motion, thus ending the matter as far as the local courts are concerned. Rkar Admiral Bancroft Ghkrardi, commandant of the navy yard in Brooklyn, having reached the age limit of 62 years, was retired, on the 10th, from the service and turned over the control of the yard to Capt. Rodgers, who will be the acting commandant until Admiral Gnerardi’s successor is appointed. Thk weekly statement of the New York city associated banks, issued on the 10th, shows the following changes: Reserve, decrease, $1,584,625; loans, decrease, $1,107,800; specie, decrease, $78,500; legal tenders, decrease, $2,188,300; deposits, decrease, $2,928,700; circulation. decrease, $310,200. Conrad N. Jordan, assistant United States treasurer at New York, arrived in Washington quite unexpectedly, on the 10th, and was in close conference with Secretary Carlisle at the treasury department for some time. He returned to New York on the noon train the same day. Suit. Hannan of the New York state department of public works has ordered that the canals of that State be closed for the season on the 80th, at midnight, unless sooner closed by ice. The schooner M. P. Barklow, of Detroit, coal-laden, for Chatham, OnL ran into the Wheeling Lake Erie railway bridge at Toledo, O., and sank in the Maumee river on the 10th. Proceedings were instituted in Rome, on the 10th, against Deputies Ferri, Prampolini and Agnini, on allegations that they were connected with the anarchist agitation. On the 10th the associated banks of New York held $61,669,650 in excess of the requirements of the 25-per-cent, rule. The death of Capt. J. P. Schindel, of the Sixth infantry, from heart disease, occurred at Fort Thomas, Ky., on the 10th. Fire on the British steamship Hajeen at New Orleans, on the 10th, damaged 200 bales of cotton. The power of Viceroy Li Hung Chang in China is gradually waning. The emperor of China has had a severe attack Of fever.

OYER THE STATE Mows Briefly Told from Various Towns in Indiana. Mnneie’i Moral Mom. Muncie, Ind., Not. &—If the citizens’ leaguers meet success in what they are abouit to do Mancie will soon be the most moral city in the United States. The citizens’ league ia an organization consisting of all of the ministers of the city and probably a hundred of the best citizens of Muncie who for several months hare been attempting to drive all the wickedness out of the city. They have been unsuccessful and now they intend resorting to a more severe plan. William H. Beele, of Brooklyn, N. Y., will arrived in Muncie in a few days and will have charge of the crusade. They will first start on gambling, saloons and houses of ill-fame and wind up by wiping all of the wickedness out of the city. Young Woman Assaulted. Huntinoton, Ind., Nov. ft. — Miss Mamie Shively was assaulted as she was passing the corner of Market and Byron streets and was seriously injured. A warrant is out charging David Goff. a young man, with the assault. The young man seized Miss Shively and dragged her to an alley, but she fought him offend her screams brought several parties to her assistance, but her assailant escaped. Miss Shively was severely bruised and her clothing was nearly all torn from her body. _______ Tried to Fondle the Tiger. Peru, Ind., Nov. 0.—William Burke, a resident of Cass county, tried to fondle a tiger Monday. As a result his scalp was nearly torn off and he needs a new suit of clothing. He visited the winter quarters of Wallace’s circus in this city and was minled by the peaceful attitude of the tiger into believing that the l>east was w aiting for some one to pet him. Creamery Horned. Wabash, Ind., Nov. ft.—The Roann creamery, owned by John H. Sayre, at Roann, this county, was burned Monday morning with costly machinery. The loss is JO,000, insured in the Orient for $2,000. The blaze is thought to have been incendiary. Criminals Sentenced. Waterloo, Ind., Nov. ft. — Judge Powers on Monday sentenced two criminals, who refused to give names, to seven years each in the penitentiary. These are the desperadoes who held up Dr. M. M. Bowen Friday and were captured Saturday. Walking Round Um World. Richmond, Ind., Nov. ft.—Fred Harper, who says that he started from San Francisco June 10 last to walk around the world in two years, on a wager of 516,000, passed through this city two days ago ahead of his schedule.

Thirty Tnn of Suffering Ends. Muncik, Ind., Nor 6.—Owen M. Wilson, for several years county recorder, is dead after thirty years of suffering from six gunshot wounds received in the civil war. He died at Citronelle, Ala., where he went two weeks ago. Declared n Dividend. North Manchester, Ind., Nov. 6 — The comptroller of the currency has declared a dividend in favor of the creditors of the First national bank oi this city of 15 per cent. Breach of Promise. Wabash, Ind., Nov. A—Miss Mary Bodkin has brought a breach of promise of marriage suit against J. W. White, a farmer near this city. She seeks $8,000 damages. Death of an Aged Woman. South Bend, Ind.. Nov. A—Mrs. Mary A. Huey died here Sunday, aged" 86. Her husband, aged 91, survives her. They had been married sixty-six years. _ A Boy Killed. Muncib, Ind.. Nov. A—Edward Windsor, 11 years old, was run over by a wagon driven by Fire Chief Shepp in this city and killed. Mew Railway Agent. Winfield, Ind., Nov. A—G. A. Beckwith has been appointed agent of the Chicago & Erie railway at this place, vice C.- Emery.

Woolen Mills Close. La Ports, Ind., Nov. 6.—The Foi woolen mills in this city have dosed indefinitely becanse of a lack of orders. Vessels Collide- One oinks. Marins City, Mich.^Not. ft.—The steamer Iron King-, owned by J. W. Milieu,' of Detroit, iron ore laden, bound down, and the S. C. Baldwin, ol Toledo, (X, owned by S. R. MacLaren, lumber laden, also bound down, collided Monday afternoon at 3:S0 o’clock. They were both close to the shore and the Baldwin was rounding to. The force of the shock, when the two boats struck was so great that the Iron King was knocked on the shore. The Baldwin’s crew was rescued by some small boats, and the Baldwin sank in the .middle of the river. Product of Pennsylvania Cool Fields. Monongahela City, Pa., Nov. ft.— The production of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania for the year 1893 was 47,179,563 tons, an increase of 1,444,189 tons over that of 1893. The bituminous coal field is much larger, but had no such increase in production for 1893, caused principally by strikes and lockouts. There was a decliue in production from that of the previous year, as 48,491,898 tons were produced, while in 1899 the production was 4Q,575,57Q$bna. Owner and Horse Ole Together. Chicago, Nov. ft.—Thomas Meyers, a peddler, was called from his bed early in the morning to tend his horse, which had been taken suddenly ilL As he was leading the animal back and ferth in the alley Meyer suddenly fell dead. The horse wandered to the end of the alley, about half a bloek away, where he lav down anil died.

THE AVERAGE YIELDS OfTjurton Crap* for tho CunatTatr la tho Daltod 8t*tw, as Indicated by tbo Nowulcr Kctanu ta tbo Deportment •f Aprlcnltnre. Washington, Not. 11.—The November returns to the department of agriculture of the rates of yield per acre make the average of corn 19.7, which is about IK bushels above the yield indicated by the condition figures in October. This is the lowest rate of yield that has occurred since 1*81, when it stood at 18.6 bushels per acre. Last year the yield was 33.5 bushels upon a much larger harvested acreage. The rates for the years 1886, ’87 and *90, which were years of comparatively low yield, were respectively: 33; 30.1 and 90.7 bushels. The yield for the present year which must be regarded as a preliminary and not a final estimate, is less the average for the ten years, 1870 to 1879 by 7.4 bushels; less than the average for the succeeding decade, 1880 to 1889, by 4.4 bushels and less than the average for the four years 1890 to 1893 by 3.7 bushels. Quality 79.4. The result is in harmony with reported indexations during the growing season. ^ The rates of yield of the principal corn states are as follows: New York, 28.8; Pennsylvania; 33, Ohio, 26.3; Michigan, 33.3; Indiana, 88.9; Illinois, 28.8; Iowa, 15; Missouri, 33; Kansas, 11.3; Nebraska, 6. The average yield of buckwheat is 16.1 bushels per acre. The average yield in 1893 was 14.7 and in 1893, 14.1 bushels. The average quality 90.3, 104 being the standard. The average yield per acre of potatoes is returned as 63.3. In 1893 the yield was 73.3 and in 1893, 63. Toe ouality was fair, standing at 84. The average yield of tobacco is 733 pounds per acre. In 1893, it was 685.3, and in 1892, 683 pounds. The average quality is 87.9. 3 The yield of hay for 1894 averages, for the country at. large, 1.15 tons to the acre. Ip 1893 the yield was 1.33, and in 1893 the yield was 1.17 tons. The quality is high, as shown by the percentage of 94.5. The crop of apples is reported at 41.7 per cent, of an average product. The returns relative to the feeding of wheat to stock are not sufficient to justify a report at this date. The department hopes to be able to make a special report on this subject in the near future.

REAPPORTIONMENT. The Lute Election Wilt RmoU In an Entire Reversal of the Present Order. Washington, Nov. 12.—The recent election will have an important bearing upon congressional apportionment of the states that were captured from the democrats by the republicans. An entire reversal of the present order of things will enable the republicans to again intrench themselves in power in several states. At present there are twenty-four states that have been apportioned by democrats, twelve apportioned by republicans and eight that have never been apportioned. The twelve states apportioned under republican direction are Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota* New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregou, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and, quite recently, New Jersey. In the slump of 1890 the republicans lost and the democrats reapportioned California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York and Wisconsin.- By so doing they gathered in from these eight states fifty-three members of congress. The election of Tuesday last gave the democrats from the same states but seven members. In addition to securing what they had previously lost, the republicans were also successful in electing ^legislatures in Indiana and West Virgina, which will enable them to make such apportionment in those states as seems best. In Indiana the constitution stipulates that the apportionment shall not be made'Oftener than once every six years, but the republicans have already begun to discuss a plan by which they may get around this by means of * various amendments. In North Carolina, the apportionment will also be under control of the fusionists. This will change the present figures there so that the democrats will have charge of the 1 apportionment in thirteen states, the ; republicans in 32 and the fusionists in 1 one. The small states Of Delaware, . Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North and ; South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming, have never been appor- ! tioned.

A PARTING BLOW. An Attempt to Injure the State They Could Not Carry in the Late Election. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 11.—Chairman Breidenthal, of the populists state central committee, who is also state bank commissioner, and Superintendent of Insurance Sn,> der has started & move- ' ment to secure the resignation of all appointive officers and employes of the state institutions who are populists, to take effect January 14 at noon, the time that Gov.-Elect Morrill will be inaugurated. They are representing to all officers and employes that they will be Removed as speedily after the j inauguration as is found practicable, j and none of them will be kept a day , longer than is absolutely necessary. { If the officers should all resign at the time specified it would cause the new governor any amount of trouble and throw the state institutions into chaos. PRINCE BISMARCK. Hi. influence to Be Again Restored In German Affairs. Munich, Nov. 18.—A Bavarian statesman who talked with Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe during his visits here recently says that the prince will visit Bismarck soon with the emperor’s appro val, and will seek Bismarck’s advice upon, all important questions. It is hoped that the bitter hostility of the Bismarck press will be appeased. The prince is reported to be seriously ill and Dr. Schweninger has gone to Varzin to at Wnd him.

THE INVINCIBLE JAPS. la Their Onward March Toward the City of Moakden, Take Everythin* Before Them—Kin Chew and Talten Warn Ml Into the Hands of the Victors with Scarcely an Attempt at Defense by the Chin see. London, Not. 12.—The Central Neat correspondent in Tokio says: “A special steamer has arrived at Hwang1 Chu with dispatches as to the • oonrse of the war in Corea. Kin Chow was taken by the Japanese on November 4. The garrison consisted of some 1,200 infantry and artillery. The bat* teries were very badly served during the defense. “The first division of the Japanese army advanced to the attack with spirit on the morning of the 4th. The resistance of the Chinese was feeble, fhe fire from their guns was weak and Ill-directed and the outlying earth* works were quickly cleared. A panic then took possession of the troops in the interior works. They abandoned their guns, standards and stores and fled in disorder, the infantry even casting aside their small arms in their haste. The defense was so weak that only a few Japanese were wounded and but 20 or SO Chinese were killed and wounded. It is believed that many of the garrison had deserted on the Hd when they became convinced that the battle was on hand. “After the victory the first division joined the second division in investing Talien Wan. In the evening of the next day (November 5) fire was opened on the Chinese position. On the 6t!» the works were carried with a rush. | The garrison of 3,000 men hardly waited to resist the attaok. .They fired a few shots and then fled toward Port Arthur, strewing the road with their Are arms, swords, drums and standards. In the confusion of their flight the Chinese lost some fifty men, killed and wounded. The Japanese loss was two killed and ten wounded. “The Japanese fleet, cleared for action, steamed into a bay at Talien Wan on the afternoon of the 6th, but it was too late to assist the land force, which was then celebrating its victory. “From Talien Wan the first and second divisions started for Port Arthur, ing within a week. Admiral Ito’s dispatch to the mikado concerning the fleet’s part in the operations at Talien Wan confirms the accounts sent by the land commander.n London, Nov. 12.—The Central News correspondent in Che-Foo telegraphs: “The last steamer brings news of the capture of Talien Wan by the Japanese. Gen. Oyama made the attack from the rear. Nineteen war ships and six torpedo boats were prepared to assist him, but the Chinese, who had expected the main assault from the sea did not wait. They hardly resisted the Japanese. They abandoned everything and retreated in disorder. European officers here think that Port Arthur will be captured by the 15th. There is some doubt that the Chinese fleet is at Port Arthur. It certainly is not at Wei-llai-Wei.” which confident of caplurThe News Confirmed.

rne ventral Aews correspondent m Shangahi says: “It is reported that the Japanese force is approaching New Chang and that the town is already panicstricken. The officials are paralyzed. Hordes of half-starved and desperate deserters are arriving daily. It is expected that Moukden will be captured before the l?th of this month. The report that a big army is ready to defend it is ridiculed by those acquainted with the facts. The board of foreign affairs has appealed again to the ministers of Great Britain, the United States, France and Germany, who are believed to have suggested that China treat directly with Japan. It is regarded as likely that the board wilt adopt the suggestion. The report that the court will leave Pekin is confirmed. The gates are expected to close on the 16th. The state of siege will be declared at the same time. The emperor desires to see the diplomatists before his departure, and probably will give them audience to-morrow. Port Arthur Abandoned by Chinese Military Leaders. London, Nov. 12.—The Che-Foo correspondent of the Times says: “Tactai Kung, with several military leaders, abandoned Port Arthur on the 6th. This indicates an intention to surrender. There was an ample force, adequately armed, at Talien Wan and Port Arthur to make an effective resistance, but there was no direction. Everywhere one finds chaos. The PeiYang squadron of six ships was at Taku on the 10th embarking stores and ammunition.”

Another Important Manifesto Expected from the Cxar.» London, Not. 12.—The Daily News hears from Odessa: “Another and more important manifesto from the czar is expected after the funeral. I gather from all signs that regret for the deceased czar is materially qualified by a certain feeling of relief that his iron control has been removed. Anyhow, the momentary popular mind hovers between hope and fear whether Nicholas II. will load the press with equal weight or relieve it of its more grievous burdens.” From Paris the News hears: “The Journal Official is notified that in consequence of the cold weather the funeral has been deferred until the 20th or 21st. NOW MAY COME WAR. Diplomatic Relations Between France and Madagascar Broken Off. London, Nov. 11 —A dispatch to the Times from Port Louis Maratius says that all diplomatic relations between France and Madagascar have now been broken off. Advices received here front Tama-' tave say that the Hova premier has announced that he will afford protection to the Methodist missionaries in Madagascar and all the French now in Tamatave. The Hovas are concentrating at Diego Snariea.