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Show y I The Bow of Orange Ribbon! A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK By AMELIA E. BAR.R. Author of Frl.nd Oltvl.- TKoxj nJ tK. CoM US hi. ISA by Dodd, kload , CHAPTER V Continued. Nell Intensely angry, and hla their dark eyes glowed beneath dropped lid with a passim ate hate. Bat -- he left- - bis father with an assumed coldness and calmness The sarcastic advice annoyed him, And bo wanted time to fully consider his ways. He was no physical coward; he was a fine swordsman, ai d lie felt that It would be a real Joy to stand with a drawn rapier between himself and bla rival. But what if revenge cost him too muchT Wbat if he slew Hyde, and had to leave his love and his home, and his fine business To win Katlieiine. and to marry her, in the face of the man whom he felt that he detested, woiod not that be the best of all "saustac-tlons- vu i j pros-pecta- ? He walked about the streets, discussing these points with himself, till the shops all closed, and on the stoops of the houses In Malden Lane and Lib-srtstreet there were merry parlies Then pf gossiping belles and beaux. he returned to Broadway. Still debating with himself, he came to a narrow road which ran to the river, along the southern side of Yau Heemsklrks houBe. Coming swiftly np It, as If to detain him, was Capt. Hyde. The two men looked at each other defiantly; and Neil said with a cold, meaning emphasis: At your service, sir. Mr. Semple, at your service," and touching his sword, to the very hilt, sir." Sir, yours to the same extremity. As for the cause, Mr. Semple, here tt Is; and he pushed aside his embroidered coat in order to exhibit to Nell the bow of orange ribbon bey neath It 1 will dye It crimson In your blood, aid Neil passionately. In the meantime, I have the felicity of wearing'lt; and with an offensively deep salute, he terminated the Inter view. Ij-rt- CHAPTER VI. At ths Sword's Point. Neil's first emotion was not to much I shall sne of anger as of exultation. have him at my aworda point, ho kept saying to himself aa he turned from Hyde to Van Heemsklrks house. Katherine sat upon the steps of the Stoop. Touching .her, to arouse her attention, Nell said, Come with me down the garden, my love. She looked at him wonderlngly, but rose at. his request and gave him her i L 0th.r 0no.-Et- o. ud Cotnpuiy waited upon him. Hyde laughed light-- , ly at Mr. Semples impatience of of-- i fense." and directed Mr. Beckman to Capt. Earle as his second; leaving the chon e of swords and of ths ground entirely to his direction. Lightly as Hyde had taken the chal lenge. he was really more disinclined to fight than Neil was. In his heart he knew that Semple had a just fiause oi anger, but then, be argued, I would not resign the girl for mv life, for 1 am sensible that l!fe. if she is another's, will be a very tciious thing to me All day Neil was busy in making lfla will and In dispobirg of his affairs. Hyde felt equally the necessity for some definite arrangement cf his business. He owed many debts of honor, and Cohens b'U was yet unsettled. He drank a cup of coffee, wrote several Important letteis and then went to Frainees, and had a eteak and a bottle of wine During h's meal his thoughts wandered between Katherine and the Jew Cohen. After It he went stra.ght to Cohens store. It happened to be Saturday, and the shutters were closed, though the door was slightlv open, and Cohen was sitting w.th his rranddaughtr In ihe cool bii.iuows oi the crowUiM place. Miriam retteated within the deeper shadows of some curtains of stamped Moorish leather, lor bhe anticipated the immediate clepaiture of the Intruder. She was therefore astonished when her grandfather, after listening to a few sentences, sat down, and entered into a lengthy conversation. When at last they rosja. Hyde extended his band. he said, few men Cohen, would have been as generous and,5 at this hour, as considerate as you. I have Judged from tradition, and misjudged you. Whether we meet again or not, we part as friends. Tou have settled all things as a gentleman, captain. May my white hairs say a word to your heart this hour?" Hyde bowed; and he continued, in a voice of serious benignity: The words of the Holy One are to be regarded, and not tbe words of men. Men call that 'honor' which He will call murder. What excuse Is there In your Ups if you go this night into his presence? There was no excuse in Hydes lips, even for his mortal interrogator. He merely bowed again, and slipped through Hie partially opened door Into the busy street . Miriam returned1 to ber place and asked plainly, Wbat murder is there to be, grandfather?" It is a duel between Capt5 Hyde and another, it shall be called mur- hand. Then the tendeiythoughta which had der at the last r lain so deep la bis heart flew to his The who Is he?" other, Ups, and ha woo'd he; with a fervor The young man, Oh, Mirand nobility as astonislng to himself iam, what sin and Semple. sorrow thy sex aa to Katherine. He reminded her of ever bring to those who love it! There all the aweet Intercourse of their hap are two young Uvea to be put In death which with py Uvea, and of the fidelity peril for the smile of a woman a very he had loved her. Oh, my Katherine, girl she la" ., Who U there my aweet Katherine! Do 1 know her, grandfather?" that can take you from me?" . She passes Jrere often. The daughNo one wlU I marry.. With my ter of Van Heemsklrk the little fair will I mother lather and my stay. child." the one, Tea, till you learn to love me aa I Oh, but now I am twice lore you, with the whole eouL Tou She has smiled at me often. Wesorry! have are to be my wife, Katherine? even spoken." That I have not said." Cohen, with his hands on bis staff, true that Capt. and t Katherine, hla head In them, sat meditating, Hyde la wearing a bow of your oranga perhaps praying; and the hot silent ribbon?" momenta went slowly tway. In them, Tea A bow of my St Nicholas rib- Miriam was coming to a decision bon I gave him. which at first alarmed her, but which, Why?" as It grew familiar, grew also lawful Me he loves, and him I love." t and kind. A word to Van Heemsklrk "Tou have more SL Nicholas rib- or to the Elder would be sufone. a Go me and get Get bow, ficient Should Semple bons? she not My It? Catherine, and give it to me. I will Perhaps Cohen divined her purpose, wait here for It" and was not unfavorable to It for he No, that I will not do. How false, suddenly rose, Snd, putting on his how wicked I would be. If two lover cap, said, "I am going to see my kinsworel colors my man John Cohen. At sunset set wide Well, then, 1 will cut my bow from the door; an hour after sunset I will Hydes breast I will, though I cut return." bis heart out with it"' As soon as hs had Miriam He turned from her as he said 'the wrote to Van Heemsklrk gone, these words: to without speaking Joris, Good Sir This is a matter of life wordy, and, passed through the garden gate to hla and death; so then, come at once, and own home. I will tell yon. Miriam Cohen." In the calm of hla own chamber, It was not many minutes before Van through the silent solemn hours, Heemsklrk's driver passed, leading his when the world was shut out of his loaded wagon; and to him she gave Ufa Neil reviewed his position, but the noth. be could find no honorable way out of That day Joris had home the predicament He was quite sen- earlier than usual, and gone Brans only sible that hla first words to Capt was In the store. Re supposed the . Hyde that night had been Intended to strip of paper to refer to a barrel of knew that flour or some other household necew revoke a quarrel, and he E e would be expected to redeem them Ity. by a formal defiance. However, as Its actual message was so. unusual the idea became familiar. It became and unlooked for. that it took him a Imperative; and at length It was with moment or two to realize the words; A fierce satisfaction he opened his then he answered the summons for desk and without hesitation wrote the his father promptly. Miriam proceeddecisive words: " ed at onca to give him each informaTo Capt Richard Hyde of HU Majes-- . tion as she possessed. Brant stood gazing at the beautiful.' earnest tyi Service: Sir A person of the character 1 and felt all the fear and force ef girt, her bear cannot allow the treachery and words; but for goms momenta he dishonorable conduct of which you could net speak, nor decide on Us first have been guilty to pass without pun- etep. ishment Convince me that you are Why do yon wait?" pleaded vnn.m more of a gentleman than 1 have rea- "At Unset I tell yon. It la now near son beUeve, by meeting me tonight It Oh. no thanks! Do not atop for ss the drops In ths wood on the them, but hasten away at once." - v- - - - , m - Kalchhpok HI1L Our seconds can locate the spot; and that you may have no pretense to deUy, 1 send by bearer two ewords, of which I glv you ths privUege to maks choice. In ths Interim, nt your service, Nell Semple." , He had already selected Adrian Beekman as bis second, a young man 'of wealth and good family. Beekman accepted the duty with alacrity, and. Indeed, so promptly carried out his principal's Instructions, that he found ho Capt Hyde still sleeping when He obeyed like one In a dream. Semple was Just leaving business. He put hla hand on him, and said. Elder, no time hare yon to lose. At sunset Nell and that d English soldier a duel are to fight" "Eh? Where? Who told you?" . On the Ktlchhook Hilt Stay not for talk." . . Run for your father, Bram. Run, my lad. God help me! God spare the , lad!" At that moment Nell and Hyde were on the fatal spot LIVE STOCK Nell flung off hi coat and waistcoat and stood with bared breast on the N pot his second Indicated. Hyde reTWENTY THOUSAND JAPANESE moved his fins scarlet coat and handKILLED AT PORT ARTHUR. ed It to Capt Earle, and would then have taken his sword; bnt Beekman advanced to remove also kls waistBig Battle Fought and Brown Man coat The suspicion implied by this Gain Position, but at a fearful act roused' the soldier Indignation, Cost of Human Uf. off Our Draft Horses. and with his own hands he tore The Americans can raise the best the richly embroidered satin garment, and by so doing exposed what perhaps draft horses In the world If A ball's of huge proportion raged they care some delicate feeling had made him to do so. In the first 14 Arthur have around Port August they place wish to conceal a bow of orange rib- the foundation stock, been and resumed was 16. having and it bus lug anj bon which he wore above hie heart Importing for many years 17. Tho Japanese, it is The sight of It to Nell was like oil rne best dratt blood that Europe pro- August more 10,000 sacrificed The men on this side of the reported, flung upon flame. He could scarcely duces word until the &ter sill, restrain himself go" gned Important advantages hoaeter, be compelled to men, change their methods of feeding as In the matter of position. The above gave him license to charge Hyde. composition Of The ration. It Is news was brought to Chcfoo on Junks, Hyde was an excellent swordsman and had fought several duels; but he 'rue that a 'goodly number of horse one of which, having on board three was quite disconcerted by the deadly breeders have already done this, but Russians, concealed In the baggage reality of Neils attack. In the sec- bey are after all but a very small per of Chlneso to escape the Japanese, left ond thrust bis foot got entangled la ent of the whole number of Amer was blown a tuft of grass, and, la evading n lean draft horse breeders. We have Port Arthur at night, and a to Chcfoo tieen ' by gale. tempted by the Goddess or rapidly lunge aimed at his heart he fell on The main force of tho attack was hi; right side. Supporting himself, Corn and have fallen Into the habit however, on his sword hand, h of thinking that that is the only kind directed against tbe loft wing and resprang backward with great dexter- of grain that It will pay us to feed. sulted tn the capture cf Pigeon bay poity, and thus escaped the probable The result is a good-sizeframe, but sitions and somo of the torts at Liao death-bloBut as he was bleeding (ack of quality In bone and' muscle, Tissban. At Palungchang the Japanfrom a wound In the throat, hie sec- a 1th a tendency to too much fatness. did ond interfered and proposed a recon- Our draff horses should lead the ese hastily mounted guns which stormIn the service excellent lisaiding world In quality, but It is a fact that. ciliation. Nell angrily refused to ith tbe exception of the horses un ten. He declared he had not com ing of the right wipg, where the Japto enact a farce;" and then, happen- der the control of our noted breeders anese are said to have captured two ing to glance at the ribbon on Hyde's or horses that have been sold by forts of minor value, mounting eight breast, he swore furiously He would them our draft horses are very uncer- four-incguns, two siege guns and six make his way through the body o! tain In quality. We buy fine animals quick-firinguns. any man who stood between him and from the Europeans, import them, On tbe night of the 16th the battle feed their offspring on corn for a his just anger. . lulled somewhat when tho Japanese Up to this point there had been la j number of generations and when we send some to of their progeny back to sent the terms of surrender to Lieu Hyde's mind a latent disinclination slay Neil. After it be flung away the old country e are told that the tenant General Stoessel. The terms every kind of memory, and the fight price paid for them will be less than provided that the garrison should was renewed with an almost brutal for the ones reared there because our march out with tho honors of war and impetuosity, until there ensued one of worses lack stamina. In other words, Join, General Kuropatkin; that all those close locks which It was evi- the Europeans have determined that civilians be a place desigto brought our horses have been deteriorated by dent nothing but the key of the body could open." In the frightful wrench the way they have been fed. Isnt It nated by the Japanese admiral; that which followed, the swords of both time to change the manner of feed- the Russian warships In tbe harbor, men sprang from their hands, flying ing them? numbering seven, namoly, the battlesome four or fivs yards upward with ships Retvlxan, Sevastopol, Pobleda, the force. Both recovered their weapFeresvlet, Poltava and the . armored Size of the Horse. ons at tbe same time, and both, bleed? cruiser Dayan, the protected cruiser It Is not unreasonable to suppose, lng and exhausted, would have again Fallada and ten or more torpedo-boa- t that onr horses will undergo somerenewed the jlght; but at that mo surment Van Heemsklrk and Semple, with thing of the asm experience as have destroyers and four gunboats bs rendered to the our Japanese. beeves In the matter of popular their attendants, reached the spot Lieutenant General 8toessel la alWithout hesitation, they threw Ity as to size. Wc one wanted a beef themselves between the young men. galmal that weighed two thousand leged to have received the term with But there was no need for words. Nell pounds. We now want ono that a tnrst of wonderful profanity, hla fell senseless upon hla sword, making weighs nearer 1,800 pounds. Tet In habitual taciturnity deserting him. He la his fall a last desperate effort to the matter of size for our draft horses Strode the floor until he became reach the ribbon on Hydes breast; for ws try to get luem to weigh a ton or calmor and tben remarked that If the According to reports from Hyde bad also dropped fainting to the more. abroad the Americana are' a about the Japanese proposition was a Joke it waa ground, bleeding from at least half dozen wounds. Then on of Semple's nlj people In ths world that want tn bad taste. young men, who had probably divined heavy draft horses. It Is said that the JAPS SAIL FOR SHANGHAI. the cans of quarrel, and who felt a rrench are breeding their Percherona standard, and that Are - Determined to Seize Russian sympathy for his young master, made Jo aa if he would pick up the fatal bit of ths larger ones they are producing Cruisers Lying In Harbor. orange satin, now dyeducrlmsoa In tre being produced for the especial benefit of Americans. If we are the M. Odaglri, the Japanese consul gen Hyde's blood. Bnt Joris pushed the rifling hand only people that are buying these j baa notified the taobl of Chang To touch it would be very heavy horses It to evident that , h(U that & fiercely away. JapaneBO 9oet coming In the vilest theft," he said. "Hla own tie day ia not far distant when ws 10 Iiuesian crul"er Askold lh ,ek j tenThe Ufe'be It1 With his has Ml It is. buyln' them.. bought tire. Russian- - torpsdn . boat d ?Vency the day Is toward Things of CHAPTER VI L , medium size. We are learning that ! streyer Grozovol. The chief engineer of the customs bigness Is not quality, and that the At "The King's Arm. J animal that id big may be of very . department reports that the Russian Tbe news of tbe duel spread with little use even In the city market ar, not 8eaworUiy. Tu the proverbial rapidity of evil sews. For use on the farm our agriculturists . be! mad8 b lha RuaaIani on Batavlus heard tbe story from msny a long ago found out that the excessive- wl Cr0T0 completed la as went he home. nor1 He was bitterly ly big horse, are not the best lip indignant at Catherine, and hot with the cheapest At the present time kbout ten days. It Is uncertain when baste and anger when he reached Vsa there la a good market for heavy the rep&tra to the Askold will be fla Heemsklrks house, j horses in our big cities, but we do not ikhed. Madam stood with Joanna on the know how long the demand of our There Is no uneasiness at Shanghai, front stoop, looking anxiously dowa great brewing and wholesale com- - although the situation la thought to the road. . p antes will be for horses weighing a Just as Dlnorab said,. "The tea is ton and more, la safe to breed for Tb foreign consuls are determined served, madam," the large figure at a good weight, bht not for the maxito preserve the neutrality of the port Batavlus loomed through the gather- mum weight ing grayness; and the women waited Cpon the recommendation of the chief for him. He came np the steps withcustoms the taotai of Shanghai will of Rising Price of Beef. out his nsual greeting; and his lacs allow th Russian cruiser Askold and was ao Injured and portentous thst Gradually from year to year there tha Russian torpedo boat destroyer Joanna, with a little cry, put, her arms is a gradual Increase In the price of Grozovol to remain in port until Auround hla neck. . He gently removed beef, though the average rise ia ao when one days notice to mall 23, one for onr gust buy' them. year that any "No time is this, Joanna, tor em- ers do not notice It With the ex- leave or disarm win be given them. The arrival at Shanghai of Chines bracing. A great disgrace bas come to haustion bf the area of public rang r Is expected. the family; and L who have alwayl and the increase of population there stood up for morality, moat bear it is steadily approaching a time when beef will be high all the year 'round. SHELLS RAIN UPON ASUNCION. too." While this is a matter for the buyers T (To be continued.) Insurgent Vessels Bombard to look upon with misgivings it la Three Capital of Paraguay. one that should stimulate the proEPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS. , ducer of beef to more Three thought Insurgent vessels bombarded put Into his business. The high priced Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, on Book of ths Blbls is Of the Most Ifr beef of the future will not be made IT, for forty minutes. The ex- alone on our western ranges, buf In August ; . tens interest of tent the damage Is unknown. The The, question who wrote the eplstls all parts of' (he country. The farms government artillery replied to the Into the Hebrews is one which still re- in the older states carry few beeves one gun hurst wounding and surgents because mains unanswered. Endless suggesthey cannot compete with Blblcsl the cheap grass on the western several government soldier. tions have been mad by scholars. The book has been ascribed ranges, but that day is slowly but The ministers of Argentina, Brazil, In turn to Appollos, Luke, Aquila and surely passing. The millions and mil- Itzly and France boarded on of th Priscilla in collaboration, and others; lions of people that are coming to Insurgent vessels and held long and but there Is no consensus of opinion, aref celling the number t wnftnas9t ,t tb6 end of wWch no one claims for his own theory thst tao j d ther beef truce of twenty-fou- r hours waa d- It should bs considered anything but among ns a steady Increase of th Cared D order to give the women and a gness. There la a strange fascina- native population. We hope to see children an opportunity to leave th tion about this veiled prophet no f3 beef steers on every farm. There ar capital before further bombardment of the poetry of aa earlier faith, whs very few farmers thst cannot raise baa given to the world kls conception one or two beeves without much exHungry Strikers Try to Kill Catti. of Christianity to him a religion ef tra expense, especially If they havs Th fiercest riot of the stock yard conscience and of hope, to which he pastures that are of good size and occurred in Chicago Thursday trik had fled tor refuge" from a decaying which are seeded to good combinawhen hungry dwellees of tb tion Bight, he of which a In grasses. ceremonialism, religion consolation." packing house district sought to capbad found a strong ture and kill eight steers that bad esEven to tbe unlearned tbe book ia very Lamb In th Stockyards. caped from the yards. The mob numUhprary, and those who know conlambs do not receive very much,, bered 4,000 persons, and tbe streets firm thin Instinctive Judgment The 120 policemen In th writer drops the threads of his argu- consideration stockyards, J were cleared only after bad th rotr? whether t, j Intended be for '!'arged ment to find Illustrations and slangbthey and by ao means disdains fine ter or for reshaping to farmers that scores of rioters were Clubbed. Few verbal effects. Hebrews baa nothing ire to teed them. Tbe men that do arrests were made as the police conhandling at the stockyards are tented themselves with dispersing of tbe eternal simplicity which htf the th not the most tender that can b mob. kept tbe meaning of tho Gospel clear and th kind of attention given among the swords and pens of tea found, I not what the lambs have been aw thousand tneologlans. No book ia the Reign ef Terror In Georgia. enstomed to. If they have been under New Testament- unless, perhaps, Rs The developments in the sitnatlos elation ban suffered more from ths the care of an intelligent shepherd. The Ga., following th burn- at Statesboro, careless of and Some sheep dipping theory of verbal Inspiration. lamYs has resulted repeatedly in the 4ng of th negroes Cato and Reed on thing of ths writer's real mind htf 1 of ove many cf Jhe lambs, and some- - Tuesday, show no killings bav been we been, suspect Irremediably ' laid with the conclusions of dogm- times as many as twenty dead lambs sported from the country district. torn la ing!e car after atists; but for all those who desfre to a man and a woman. know what a cultivated man, who was Unt ordeal. It Is supposed that chill- - were near ltbgtster on Thure-to- n whipped too resulted. kg It may be that not SL Paul, though about Christianity also that several ,9 reported of the dips ar too strong for before the end of the first century. It received lashings st other ther tender lambs. The farmers that bars remains of intense interest. London to ship will do well to see to It allUes t Spectator. ln ETc k 01 . tention at this packing season Is at band. bt d h g 1,700-poun- JAPAN CALLS CHINA TO TIME. SACRIFICE MANY MEN Chinks ImmeEnforce Neutrality. diately It Is learned that Japan bas made a demand upon China, practically In the nature of an ultimatum, that she enforce her neutrality In the case of the protected cruiser Askold and the torpedo beat destroyer Groco vol, now. at Shanghai. Japan pointed out that the time limit, twenty-fou- r hours, permitted by International law, had expired, and that Japan therefor was at liberty to take such action as may seem to ber expedient At the Japanese legation in London It was expressed that the Tokio government had no Intention of rema'n-ln- g quiescent if Russia attempted . to compel China to give asylum to her and authorize repairs at her ports which would enable them to resume belligerent operations. Should China fall to comply Immediately with J&nans demand, tbe division of Japanese warships now In the vicinity of Shanghai will, the legation declares, be instructed to enter tbe port and capture the Askold and .Orozovol, as was done In the case of tbe Ryeshl-te.n- l. Demand men-of-w- 8TORMS SWEEP NEVADA Tonopah District Shut Out From World as Result of Rainstorm. Goldfield, Columbia, Tonopah, and. In fact, the entire bonanza district of southern Nevada, is entirely shut in from the outside world as the result of terrific rainstorms that have prevailed In that section for five days. The rain came in continuous torrents until Wednesday-evening- , when for the first time the skies .have begun to clear and now the Tonopah railroad company has every available man at work trying to replace the thousands of feet of track that have been washed away. Passengers are stalled at Mound House, Hawthorne and Soda-villtwalting to get through and all available accommodations are being held at a premium. , S a, Four Persons Die In Collision. another e slightly Injured tn a collision between an express train on the Chicago Great Western railroad and a train of three trolley cars bound for the Hawthorne race track In Chicago. The trolley train waa made np of a motor car and two trailers. It approached the crossing at a rapid speed Just as the train cam around a sharp curve. The car struck the train Just between the engine and the tender. The motor car was torn to splinters, the car Immediately be-- I hind turned over, smashed nearly to pieces and dragged along the track tor- - ICO feet. Tbe third car was not dragged from tha tracks, and but for the fact that the couplings between it and the second trailer broke the list of injured probably would be larger, aa all of tbe cart were filled with passenger. All of the persona killed occupied seats In ths front of the first Four persons were kll.ed, fatally hurt and twenty-thre- d ztbe if . ear. Race Wsr In Georgia. A negro found shot to pieces on th bridge eight miles from Butellas, Ga to not Handy Bell, on of th accon piices of th two negroes burned th stake. Th body bas not yet bees Identified. It is rumored tha the bous of Bell, one of tbe negro suspects wh was released from Jail about sevei miles from Statesboro, waa seized b; unknown persons, a hundred shot were fired and that he waa killed. I to also declared that an organizatloi bas been formed among the neighbor of Henry Hodges which will exterml nate atl those Implicated by Reid ii bis dying statement About twentj flv negroes left Statesboro, Wedaei day, and more. It Is said, will follow, 5 it men-of-wa- 1 Davla to Notiflsd of Nomination. Henry Gassaway Davis was formall; notified at White Sulphur Springs, YV Va., on Wednesday that he to the nom lnee of the Democratic party for vies president of the United States. Mi Davis accepted tbe nomination with i brief speech, reviewing the politics situation, echoing the sentiments o Judge Parker on tbe money questloi and expressing the determination b be snccessful In the campaign. Reprs sentatlve John Sharp Williams of MU issippi, chairman of the notlflcatloi committee, delivered tbe notlflcatloi - area-rnsn- That-t- he -- address. Train Went Into Ditch. A special train from Clnclnm bound for Colorado Beach, Cat, w ditched one mile east of Scran tc Kans., Wednesday afternoon. Oi person waa fatally injured, five we hurt seriously, and six others st tained alight injuries. While the tra waa running at a high rate of spe th front trucks, of tb tender Jump th tracks and becoming nncoupli from th engln th wholo train wi ditched. The baggage car was or turned and landed thlrty-A- v feet the roadbed, the day coach was turm over and badly smashed and th fc war Pullman was half upset I AWAIT DECISIVE BATTLE. - rr.r. ' rf i t ' Mf Kuropatkin Will Meet Attack of Coi blned Japanese Armies. A dispatch from General Kuropatkl dated from Anshanshan, and conve lng the congratulations of the army the emperor on the birth of an heir the throne, saya; We ewalt a decisive battle with tl Japanese army advancing upon t gladly anticipating meeting the f and proving our filellty to our e: peror and country," |