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Talakhrlrkva PmIIIm T«r«*4 m* Mk Flasta. CtatM t* MIH M«M nmmm. LOM>ON, Feb. ffl--Aeconllnj to a Kewchwm.fc- report. tW JapaneM are abelllna Mukden with eleven Inch mortar*. The bombardment, whloti waa recently commenred. baa rained great damage far !u the rear of tbe Kuaalan Unea. Ad rice# from Cblneae source# say that a general engagement fa in progre«# all along the line. Tbe bearieet Oghtlng la re|*orted to be occurring on tbe Japanese right, and deneral Kuro kl U said to be sweeping far north and threatening to crumple tbe Kuaalana back on tbe railroad. ▲ special force la re|»orted to be moving from the nouth and went with tbe Intention of cutting off tbe Humiana' •eommuniention by railroad with VladlToatok A Madyndanl (Mancbaria) dlapatcb eay* that after ttgbtlng of tbe moat desperate nature tbe Kaoiian# remain in | *■ is session of tlie Che and Da passes, Mgatnat which tbe Jaitaneae bad been flinging themselves madly from no>n until dark. Tbe Uuaslaua. who were greatly outnuuilieresl. sustained re|-rated attacks, some units losing as high as TO i-er cent In killed or wounded In hand to. hand fighting with tbe bayonet, to whli-b they were reduced after they had fired tbeir last cartridge#. In order to bold Da pn«* the last reserve* were sent to the firing Une. . Tbe" Jai-nnese turning oj--nitlon In the region of Canto pits* was checked by a battalion of Itusslan in fan try and several s<|uadron* of cavalry, who repulsed the Japanese with I- uvy knw. Tbe Japanese also tried to advance on Nango and Vituupudal. but were re-

Tbe present operations l-cgan when the Japanese made a night attack on Ha ha pass, seven mile# south of Tainkhetcheu. The.v attacked Vant p-isa, seven miles southeast of tin- Tsinkbetcben positions, which are far In advance of tbe getter*' 'front of the army. Tbe Kusaian# made a counter attack and temporarily gained ground, hut In tbe face of superior number# were flanked and retired on tbe fortified line of Ttln-

A dispatch from General Kuropatkts at Mnkden ways: “Ibe enemy Is continuing tbe offenaive against tbe front of onr Tsinkhetchen detachment and has turned both its flanks. “Tbe Japanese have also advanced •against Kantie pan. turning our left Hank, hut all his attack# an Tangu and Beydallng hare been repulsed. HU offensive movement against Bomappdx has also been repulsed. At #ome pooltiotu our riflemen'forced tbe Japaneae ootj-osts to retire. Colonel Gorsky was severely wounded.' A Harbin report says that tbe Japaneae have crossed tbe Bbakbe river, driving In tbe picket# of tbe Kuniai vangas rd. Russ inn support* then cami up and atopped- tbe Japaneae advance. On tbe Rnsslan right flank all fa quiet. b(K movements of tbe Japanem indicate an Intention of attarktng tbe Kusaian ceoler. at least In tbe way of a demonttt* tion. A Vladivostok dispatch says that tbe entranca’^n that harbor U open and that tbe Russian squadron, which U seaworthy, fa-apparently taking no risks, but la saving its strength for cc-operation with Vice Admiral Jeetvensky's squadron. A Tokyo dispatch reports that two Infantry attacks by tbe tbe neighborhood of have beeaaepnMw: A Tainkbetchln report says that tbe JapaneM attack on Beresneff bill developed Into an .encounter of t sanguinary nature, pressing fortran • ; _ were recelT|M with pyroxylin band grenades or were blown up by mines, and tbe Japaneae macbln which took positions to support tbe advance. were silenced for a time and

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NEW TOBK. Feb. M-Joaopb L. Andara, former Judge of tbe supreme court of Veoesoebi , - - - representative of tbe

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BRRL1N. Feb. ‘J8. - Emperor Wll Ham's mecca for Protestants, the Evangelical Lutheran cstbedral. was cooae crated here la the presence of a most brilliant assemblage, among whom wort from all tbe 1‘rutcstunt nsTbe service' wss simple and and was enriched with wonder

p Potter of New York and a long Hat of American clergy sent a lengthy telegram of congratulations to tbe emby Henry C. PotYork; O. W. Whit aker. bishop of Pennsylvania: William «, blsbop of Massachusetts; Edward 0. Andrews of the Metbod|st church. New York; tbe Rev. President W. H. P. Faunce. D. D.. o. tbe Baptist church. New York; Cbarle# Cutbbert Hall, president of tbe Union Theological seminary; J. B. Remenoynder. D. D., LL. D., pastor of 8L James' of New York, and B. G. F. Krutel, pastor of tlie Evangelist Lutheran church of New York. Tbe nave was filled with hundreds of known personalities of one of tbe most brilliant courts of Europe, clad In scarlet and gold, blur and white, black and yellow and a mare of other color commons. Tlie .ambassador# and their ea. Including tbe American ambas>r and Mrs. Tower, sat on tlie first :h below tbe chancel with Chancellor von Bulow In tbe center. Behind'these were placed, according to precedence, a great number of genla. pnrple robed senators and academy officials. Tlie emperor and empress. having upon one side of them Prime Arthur of Connaught and on tbe other Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark. with thirty-two princes and princesses of German states, sat In tbe gallery opposite tbe altar, attended by heralds In partieolorrd costumes with enormous plumed bats. One quiet figure for whom tlie em peror had caused a special place to be reserved wa* Dr. Luther of the Berlin health department, one of the last survivors of Martin Luther's descendants.

THIRTEEN DEAD. Br*«kl>w Cfcareh Floor Colls I With Three Hanaro* Worship* NEW YORK. Feb. 2R-Tblrteen persons were killed and upward of fifty Injured, some probably fatally, by tbe tbe flooring of the Fleet Street African Methodist Episcopal church in Brooklyn last night, killed ten'were women, two me child. Tbe building was an ramshackle frame structure, sixty years ago in tbe heart of tbe colored section of Brooklyn, Fleet street near Myrtle avenue. Arrangements bad been made I night to bold tbe funeral flervlcea

of tbe older mi

hers of tbe church, and tbe auditorium, which is on tbe second floor of tbe building, tbe ground floor being pled by tbe Sunday school, was crowd i with an audience of upward of 300 ersons. of whom the majority llie congregation was waiting in slsnee for tbe arrival of tbe body, and Pastor Jacobs was standing

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’uneral procession at tbe door up cracking of timbers was 1 in an instant tbe half of die auditorium nearest tbe carrying down more

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MESSINA. Italy. Feb. 28.-A representative of Emperor William has n all arrangements for tbe sojourn of tbe Imperial family In Sicily. At Taormina tbe emperor has taken tbe whole of tbe Hotel Tlmeo for April, paying f420 per day. AH tbe eervants. Including tbe cooks, will be sent from ~ " The emperor Is expected t6 arboard tbe imperial yacht Hobenon March 26.

>■*■* Harerrc* la NAPLES, Feb. 2K.-Ulas Catherine McOready of New York was found ber villa at Caeerta yeswa* tbe daughter of tbe late Dennis McOready of New York, and on tbe death of ber father she

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