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Show ' m Turks Set Off a Mine ' I -Shells Fall on ; ' I Tripoli v j I H London, Oct 5. A dispatch to tho IH Chronicle from Constantinople today . IH says that a cable received thero IM from a Turkish course at Tripoli via n M Malta states that the Italian battle- fl ship Conto dl Cavous was blown up '' H by the Turkish mine off Tripoli and ' H that tho crew and- troops aboard the " j vessel perished. 'f H The dlBpatch adds: M A heavy cannonading was heard last H night near Samothrace, as Island be- j vM longing to Turkey, in the Aegean sea, ' jH about twenty miles from the coast of ) H Thrace, where flashes from the Ital- Ian searchlights were seen. . jH Violent cannonading was also heard j jH off the coast of Prevesa. H "The newly-formed national defenEO' IH committee today cabled King Georgo j ' of England, asking him to intervene." H A nows dispatch from Rome this H afternoon says that tho delay in tha jH bombardment of Tripoli was due not , H only to tho Italian desire to avoid H bloodshed, but also to the fact that tho tfjH harbor bad been extensively mined. H 'Bombardment Continued. ' IH Rome. Oct. 5. A telegram from f H Tripoli under today'6 date, says: ' H "Tho bombardment was continued ,H ryestorday morjolng. The frre toas H directed against the outer defenses, H tho central defenses being spared so H as not to destroy the town. The Sul- H tana and Hamldlah batteries wero H dismantled. 1 "The cruiser Guiseppe Garibaldi en- H tered the harbor and Italian officers Jk visited the Hamldlah battery. They H found that the Turks had removed' jH tho Bights from the guns and evueu- lfl ated. Three bodies were found in M the-batteryr " -- " IH "Up to tho tlmo this message H M sent, no offer of capitulation has been - jH made." ' 'l i -M Damage to the Forts. IH Rome, Oct 5. (Via Frontier) Ad- vices received hero state that tho jjH most serious damage and loss of Ufa ilH during tho bombardment of Tripoli Ijjl occurred In the vicinity of tho French -1 fort, which dominates the northwest ll side of tho city, and at the docks. The t new Spanish fort near the hospital H scarcely resisted and tumbled at the (H first shells, somo casualties resulting. , .. 'H The defenders hurriedly retired to tho (H Pasha's castle.. H Torpedo Boto Damaged. H Tripoli. Oct. 5. Somo of the inhabl- jH tants of Tripoli displayed enthusiasm -H when they saw the Italians landing 'H from tho cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi. H Advancing Turkish torpedo boats H were stranded and badlv damaged. j The cables are cut between tho land il office and the sea and tho cnble ship H has been unablo to repair them. H A wireless pjlant at Derna has been H rendered inoperative. H Breach of Neutrality. IH Port Said, Egypt Oct 5. Tho Ital- IH 1 Ion consul today protested to the gov- jH j crnor of tho Suez canal against the IH I continued presence in the harbor of IH j the Turkish transport Kaiser, which H . has been here since Sept. 30. The H consul contends that this constitutes H a breach of the neutrality of the jH I Italians Moke a tanding. IH L London, Oct 5. A dispatch from IH ; Rome says that the Syracuso corre- f IH spendent of a Rome paper telegraphs: H "The Italians effected a landing H close to Tripoli under tho protection ' H of tholr warships." . IH Italian Flag at Tripoli. jH Glasgow, Oct. 5. Elliott & Co., a ) M firm having agents at Tripoli, this H afternoon received a cablo from Jor- H ba, Tunis, saying: 1 H "The Italian flag now floats over l H 1 H American Cruleer at Malta. Malta, Oct 5 United States cruiser ' H Chestor arrived here en route for , H Tripoli. 1 No Offer of Surrender. H Tripoli, Oct. 5. No offer to surrcn- M dor has been mado by the Turks -this JM morning. ' fH 1 H Paris, Oct. 5 Bostani Effendl. the' . B Turkish delegate of the council of tho H Union of the Interparliamentary un- 1 jl ion. acting under tho advice of other J M membors of the council, today tele- j I H grnphed to tho Porte, suggesting that 'jl Turkey offer directly to Italy to ar- ! JH bitrato all the differences between M tho two governments, as both nro H signatories to The Hague convention, ' jH If Italy refuses, as Bostani Effendl jj jH considers probable, she will, ho be- 1 H lloves, bo still further placed liV"tho M wrong before the world. J |