Show THE JAPANESE WIN Three of the Largest Chinese Vessels Sunk ECHOES OF THE STRIKE Are Still Heard and the Troubles ar not Yet Ended Armour Seduces Wzeee A Bank Robbery that Savors of the Dalton Balds Other New TmN Smw July 31 A naval battle was fought yesterday between the Chinese and Japanese fleets ThcJapa nese sank the Chinese war ship Chen Yuen and two large cruisers supposed to be vessels built for China by the Armstrongs were captured or destroyed destroy-ed The Chen iuen was a battle ship of 7400 tons displacement currying 4inch guns and compound armored at the water line Her battery inclua ed four 12inch guns prote cted by armored breastwork and two smaller Erupps eleven Hotchkiss cannons and tubes for Whitehead torpedoes two Siinch and 6inch Krupps and a secondary battery of Hotchkiss re volv jng cannon The Chen Yuen was built for China at the Stettin works she was a sister chip of the Ling Yuen and was the most powerful ship in the Chinese navy with the exception of the Ling Yuen SIIANCHAI July 31New8 has just reached here of desperate battle be between the fleets of China and Japan in which the Chinese were defeated and the Chen Yuen the largest battleship battle-ship but one in the Chinese service was sunk and two other large Chinese vessels said to be first class cruisers captured or destroyed The battle was fcotly contested but the Japanese ap A psarto have handled their i + guns 1ips e I 1 I if k 1 11 r 4 5 1 and torpedoes with more skill than the Cninese The Chinese fleets engaged carried nearly a thousand men and a large number are reported killed or drowued Later dispatches say few if any Chinese engaged in the battle escaped Two German officers in command of the Chen Yuen are reported to have met death with the crew OFFICIAL JAPANESE STATEMENT YOKOHAMA July 3lThe following official statement of the difficulties between be-tween China and Japan has been issued hv the Japanese government Japan and China were approaching a settlement of the difficulties when China suddenly suggested that Japan withdraw her fleet from Corea and giye formal compliance with the Chinese demands by the 20th j otherwise other-wise the whole Chinese forces on land and sea were to advance The Japanese regarded this as an ultimatum but acting under the advice ad-vice of the friendly powers agreed to the proposals in principle in an amended from at tile same time declaring de-claring that if the threatened Chinese advance was made on the Oth it would be regarded as an overt act It is conjectured that the Japanese commanders were instructed to be on watch for the Chinese warships and seeing the latter advancing on July 27th opened fire The Japanese do not beleive the Kow Shung the Chinese transport sunk by the Japanese cruder was flying the British flag but were using theflag asa as-a ruse The Japanese indignantly deny the charges of brutality brought against the officers and crew which sank the Chinese transport SIXTY DAYS FOB CONTEMPT PRESCOTT Ariz July 31John Murphy Mur-phy an Atlantic and Pacific striker Has been setenced to sixty days in jail for contempt of court for attempting to prevent men from working jn the companvs shops at Winslow T A Beophy an exconductor and John Lyons a former engineer of the road were given the alternative of sixty days in jail or g lying X500 bond to keep the peace and refrain from interfering with the present employes of the company BLOWN TO PIECES |