Show ENGLA ENGLAND 0 STILL IN IT she has by ba no means bickel baccei down don from her ini aill ruse brasslin slin claims thi british naval force in oiliness waters beio beine strengthened will lie ie by japanese fleet upon the yang tang tse kiang and ger man ministers absent from Salis burya burys reception shang shanghai bai feb 3 the C site eite says tho the british indian In diati australian and pacific squadrons equa drons have been ordered to be reidy ready to lo reinforce rem forca the fleet in the fir far edt talus giving the british admiral a act ac t capable of coping with any ct ci ibin alioa opposing british pot pol n v ta la the meantime mein tims time adds adda the china gazette the british claims hii the yang tae kiang will bu supported by a strong squadron stil sia ti ed at chusta to which place w other warships are on en route in the event of fagaia a her lag flau over the forts at bior or 1 arthur I th ih british admiral has bis been ordered to hoist the british over t I 1 b san and the japanese fleet will a nd the tha yang ree rae kaia jiing as soon a the river rises bout labout russian artillery a and i d cavall cavahey y and quantities of 0 store and munitions nave arnved bt at 1 irin the capital of the manchur in province of kirill kinn I 1 lal ial d dispatch 1 from sh ug 0 pub published lishe d today two british brinah war bivs entered the port arthur y arday and left witti without out anchor ancho ondon feb 3 some of the aft filgon papers today refer to the ab boce of rust ian and germin german ambassadors at ai the Marquis of sil sal ici wednesday recep tn tit i 1 of the diplomatic corps as bong being a portend london feb 3 oa incontrovertible authority the associated press learns that great britain has bas not backed down on the que question tion it making balien wan a free port hii im i marquis of salisbury mr 1 bizon naion the secretary of the foreign of w ae the russian ambassador and ha chinese minister each said v berday in conversation that aney had not heard of any back awn rt wn the 0 a ing of wan it ii i po pointed lz n out was never made a c i in any sine sine qua uon noll nee in connection with china the tha preliminary negotiations on thit subject he opening of wun wan neutral tints fcc oat at britain only suggesting it as one condition favoring a speedy of the loan she never demanded it and therefore in in no c nse can be said to have backed doii dan n as the desire was not pern perit wed ed in the wan question is however with other sug ii i ted conditions of the loan still tit ni foliating olia otia ting the ille heat of the I 1 russian press on tho thi subject is in no sense shown by thi th russian government in its actions which have ret hed the foreign office though ru sia asia has protested and means to continue onti nue to protest in the stoutest leat m manner riner against wan being ripened by british influence she will not carry her protest to the p int of making it a casus belli further it is by no meang me sila eia a intention to close china to other nations in any concessions made to russia by china the irritation in great britain nd id the disappointment in the united states stated over the so EO called bao blinking king down of the marquis of S lisbury Si alii ii therefore not yet justified areat treat britain is acting in favor of free ports in china and ha hag hoped sincerely I 1 get the moral support of the united artates in this his t policy jf if events should push puh great britain from this position at the prospect of if defeat therein she nill ill ask for the support of washington killed WITH A SHOVE butte feb 3 3 3 11 brandt and ceorge baum employed at tho smeller smelter of the montana ore purchasing got into a dispute early this morning mr ning at the forkl a brandt called baum a vile name and baum struck his adversary dersar y in tah purple with a shovel brandt died this after j nuon noon daum baum is under arrest I 1 CHILI BURNED TO DEATH special to the herald cheyenne wyo fab 3 tho 3 year old od child of station agent georgs george corbin at cantia was burned to death lat la t evening the clothing clot bing of the one caught fire from froin the kitchen stove and before as britanee arrived the clothes of the little one n ere burned ofas well as the hair bair and skin WAR 0 ON 1 TRIBESMEN calcutta feb 3 A tele telegram ram from aasni says pays gen mayne sighted the enemy numbering 1500 at eight tuesday morning holding the entrance of the vr western estern paes leading to bat he attacked them and tried to turn ahw thu left sending a body of iti infantry fantry and disi dismounted lioun ted ca cavary iry to turn the flank the aati action on lasted two hours and the enemy were veto completely routed losing about killed the british and eight wounder woun deo the advance ad vancel was resumed at noon through the difficult defile and was reach reached ed at 5 in the evening PRIM OF scoundrels SCOUNDREL IJ new york feb 3 if the sworn confession of mrs airs edna gordon queen of confidence women be not and the police confirm it three men who have lived in luxurious homes in this city are arc the princes of all confidence men chiefs of the boldest band of that ever operated here her story marks them as men who operating in a supposed petta branch of crime have gained half a million dollars since the beginning of 1898 mrs airs gordon in her confession says she has been a crook for seventeen years she tells how she begian in iii kansas city and relates various various swindles swindle 3 from there she went to st t louis and from t there her e to chicago I 1 where she says bays she was successful FIGHT WITH CATTLE CATTIE areat falls mont feb 3 word reached here this evening of a pitched battle between cowboys and cattle thieves west of glasgow near the dakota line one of the thieves is reported lead dead and the cowboys are in in pursuit of tha other members of the gang who have cro crossed sed into dakota during 0 the present winter stocal men in t the he northern part of the state have sustained severe losses from thieves driving their cattle across into dakota where the brands brand were changed and the stock disposed or of the cowboys organized and yesterday about noon surprised the thieves in possession posse aaion of twenty head of stock the posse opened fire which was returned by the desperadoes and for an hour a running fight was wag maintained stockmen Stoc kmen nL n are backing the cowboys in their chase MANS CRIME CHIME little node ark feb 3 3 3 sol E F autrey a farmer accompanied by his family went early earby yesterday I 1 morning to visit his aged father and ni mother other mog living near mulberry shortly after his arrival aurey became er engaged in a religious argument wit with i the old 1 folks folk suddenly tie he an iron bir killed iii hii 3 ag gad agad a I 1 i father mother anti and his ten apar cearold 1 old soo son and seriously wounded I 1 his wife and three remaining children two of whom are not expected lo 10 live his wife and eldest daughter although badly hurt managed to notify tile the neighbors neighbor when they reached the llie house housa they found antiey au tiey a raving maniac with his clothing on fire ile he wa was over after a hard it struggle ruggle the three victims of mhd crazy man lay on the floor beaten and mangled almost recognition ile he has been c d all day talking incoherently and shearin sw swearing earin that witches atre alere the cause of the accident t t r p t LIMITING columbus 0 feb febbi R depre e p r e I 1 senta dve charles W warker of cuyahoga Cuya hoga chui coui county D ty I 1 tr kd in the legislature a bill retiring all persons persona applying forit 1 nees to matry mairy to pm a x am nation persons having chairing dp dip any form 07 0 insanity hereditary osil osis 4 or nr consumption or sy phillis afe barred I 1 from marriage by th t 1 I 1 A exa examining minina Z toled of t basi ciana in each county W e creat ed by the bill if it bc 0 a law 41 TWENTY TUREE THREE liffe LI ST st johns N P F fb si apen reeo belonging to RV ba were daiv driven en off ou on thel t day while seal peal huntar hi it feared they have hai atri I 1 A boats that were out i h today retura relur nedi d at nigh afar hg steamer van t in search als also but the e d day been so go hazbit hazy it has as b been n i imp od to do much the british brigantine brig lady bertha capt patey pa tey from rom alicante drove ashore last night at a bews Harbor forty miles from froin here hefe she was im bedded ir in an ice fl hoe oc and became a total wrecks wreck her seven men it is feared aie are lost alth although all hugh nugh they may be drifting about in a boat bat amid the tha ice nothing is known here 6 aday day regarding the steamer that was flying dis distress di tress signals in the i iee oe yesterday the steamer glover started to seek her this ii mornin lorning 1 1 |