Show RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT BLOWN UP all but four of the crew are lost sightseers killed at bombardment of port arthur japanese encouraging suspicious measures of chinese 19 russian officers and men are killed by japanese shell 6 TORPEDO BOAT UP che 17 4 p m while entering port ar thur yesterday the last the russian torpedo boat destroyer struck upon an unplaced mine and was blown up four of the crew were saved viceroy alexieff Alex leff wires a report confirming our account of the damage done to port arthur during tho bom bar dment of the he says the story of a firo there is a base fabrication A new york march 17 three norwegian steamers the brand the argo and Sei restad released few days ago by the authorities at port arthur have arrived at shanghai according to a world dispatch from that city the captains who were put under oath by tho russians to reveal nothing they saw refused to speak of at port arthur but the correspondent asserts that members of the crews willingly told what they knew during the last bombardment last sunday the argo lay alongside the battleship in the harbor and one of the corwe gians confirmed previous reports to the effect that a japanese shell fell on the deck where it exploded 19 officers and men scarcely a residence anthe new part escaped damage the inhabitants attempted to construct rude bomb proofs one shell fell among a crowd of sightseers who gathered at a point of vantage and were gazing out to sea at the attacking fleet the shell killed twenty five three government clerks were killed while hurrying from the port admirals office A cruiser lying at anchor a cables length from the probably the diana was struck on the and set on fire the sailors declare that eighty persons on board perished the supply of food in port arthur Is sufficient for the needs of the garrison but it Is entirely under the control of the military authorities who ia eue dally rations the norwegians Norwegia ns insist that when I 1 they left the russian fleet had sailed the view of making a dash for vladivostok tv it is possible however that the ves y sels had merely gone on another scouting expedition there remained K in the harbor beside the disabled war ships only the volunteer fleet steamer kasan tour smaller russian merchant men one whaler and the russian hospital ship mongolia which bad been struck by shells killing halt a dozen men boklo march 17 mukden the new russian headquarters Is a point whence by telegraph line and the pe aln road goes to the balu yalu river adoth er road not marked on the map leads due east to an extinct volcano palk tou san or long white mountain the crater pt which Is a sacred lake the road was built by the chinese whose emperor formerly wen there to bahoot tigers with which the region la infested two rivers the and the balu yalu rise near the mountain llao yang commands the roads over which troops will be sent according to necessities llao yang also has the advantage 0 being nearer to the frontier of china in the event of punitive measures being required against the chinese it Is also close to the llao tung peninsula new chwang and the mouth of the llao ho while the russians are mobilizing for the purpose ot working out an offensive military problem they will be prepared to move heavy forces in any direction to meet the japanese whose command of the sea gives them great freedom in selecting their points of attack general kuropatkin will live on a train with bis staff and be prepared to move anywhere his presence Is required it the japanese land in force on the coast of northern korea general kuropatkin will move his bead quarters further north along the railroad it there Is fighting along the balu yalu which now seems probable he will go forward to feng hung cheng great precautions are being taken to AAA ARMY headquarters st petersburg may 17 1 P m the first question ot the manchu ala army after gen arrival will be at llao yang the general having selected that point instead of mukden whence to dl the operations llao yang Is ten miles west ot the railroad be ing connected with the main road by a special line which will be completed by the time general kuropatkin arrives and has many advantages over mukden guard against surprises the japanese have always shown a preference tor night attacks and most rigorous orders have been issued to keep up an advance of scouting martlea aad to have heavy pickets at general kuropatkin Is now near amsk siberia he Is making very fast time averaging miles per day everything ery thing being sidetracked side tracked to get him to mukden on march 26 the only stops except to change engines being occasionally sio nally to inspect passing troop trains ITO ARRIVES IN SEOUL seoul march 17 p m mar california MILLS tho sacramento cal march VI kweon seriousness of the conflict be the employers ot labor and thear employed emp loyes in the building trades in this city was increased last night when at a meeting 0 the contractors association it was decided to close abo plan ing mills As a result of this de termination the carpen lera depre sent the only branch ot the build ing trades at work in this city asnis S at PO this Sono 0 greeted a delaga h korean G hay th mcalster ml alster and of the paol 01 him to se the t arrived slora tipon 1 as received rec elved with military K korean guard ot hona ea w a winded the handsome K ia which ito waa car 1 mansion prepared for him th geror the route waa 1 by japanese n troops who saluted the marque as he passed thousands of koreans also witnessed his arrival marquis ilo will be received by the ko rean emperor on saturday march IS JAPANESE MONOPOLY boklo march 17 the proposed law relating to the government tobacco monopoly if enacted will go into ef feet on the first of july sale of japanese cut tobacco will be allowed to continue to april 19 the government proposes to have the stocks machines and plants existing on june 30 next appraised by joint appraisers aa compensation pensa tion tor their good will the government proposes to pay the manu facture ra and dealers a sum equal to their incomes for three years as shown by their books the sum which will be required to launch the monopoly haai not yet been determined but the gov eminent proposes to make a large payment in bonds it Is thought that the only new customs duty will be on sugar the proposed rate is as follows dutch standard no 1 one yen per hundred no 2 one yen 40 sent no 3 one yen 80 sen no 4 2 yen 20 1 sen unless the conventional tariffs interfere it Is probable that a tariff will be levied on woolen stuffs march 17 russian commissariat officers have applied to the chinese railway officials athson aln tung for permission to use the at troops and the officials have replied that the matter presents many difficulties and that they must refer the application to the authorities at some questions were also asked regarding the possibility of purchasing fodder and other supplies also regarding the procurement of carts for transportation por tation purposes native agents of the russian chinese bank at mukden have also approached the railroad upon the same subject the magistrate at will not allow the natives to sell supplies ol 01 any kind to tho russians the japanese authorities here state that a land engagement of any magnitude is not likely before another RUSSIANS MINE PENINSULA che poo march 17 warnings have been received confirming previous reports to the effect that the russians have laid mines along the llao tung peninsula and that neutral vessels are obliged to show their colors five kilometers off shore and await a russian pilot new york march 17 letters have been received by the missionary society from bishop david H moore of tho methodist episcopal church who has charge of tho work in eastern asia the bishop was a passenger from shanghai to on the steamer lungari Sun gari the latter was sunk by rusi warships the night after she departed from bishop moora saya he witnessed the fight which ended in the destruction of the and korzetz and with gen alien was only a few hundred yards distant when the korzetz was blown up the 1 bishop was expected to ecart home for the general conference but as an old soldier says ho does not like to leave tho scene at least not until all the missionaries aro ou of the danger zone it is likely a suggestion that he remain tn the far east will be telegraphed at once AGREEABLE TO JAPAN now york march 17 japan will raise no objections to the concentration of chinese trompa on the man cherian front lor according to a boklo despatch from the correspondent spon dent of the Tage blatt forwarded to the herald from berlin japan the despatch continues regards it as a matter of course with china to maintain her neutrality and the presence of troops on the frontier will be tho most effective means ot localizing the war but japan has done nothing it Is declared to induce china to do this and the occasion was taken on chloae own initiative NORTHERN SECURITY ciali MEET new york march 17 north ern securities were again in conference today president 4 hill and several other including george F anker had u 0 long talk with col clough and other legal representatives of the company PAIR litigation PERJURERS ON TRIAL paris march 17 the case against masse and maurayne Maur alne charged with giving false festl mony in the fair litigation came y HP today before the correctional tribunal of the seine the inter casts 0 mrs oelrichs and mrs were presented by deputy jean crumpl the bear v ing of witnesses la in progress 4 ALL QUIET AT cho foo thursday march 17 G P m tae united states cruiser cincinnati just arrived from reports everything quiet with no news from the front at the request of minister alien the cruiser brought two former korean officers who had left korea in consequence of their friendship for russia PRICES RAISE loa yang manchuria march 17 troops are still concentrating here and are forming guerrilla detachments prices have risen enormously HOPE OF AMERICAN AID GONE st petersburg march 17 P m the bourse gazette bays japans hope of aid from america Is gone and she now looks only to china with the batters lat hatred of the west in view she is trying her best to effect an alliance the gazette predicts that chinese neutrality will soon be broken PORT ARTHUR WILL OPEN MARCH tien tsan march 17 lloyds agent at new chwang wires as follows port arthur will be open march and and steamers have been chartered for spring shipments the reports that new chwang will be attacked shortly are untrue and there Is no truth in the statement that the russians are trying to lay mines abreast of the tort business Is going on as usual and M grosse of the civil administration la doing all in his power to further the trade interests 0 both chinese and foreigners japanese troops will probably land in kal chou bay and cut off the main line at mashl chao southeast of new chwang |