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tfi Inevitable Unless Japs Are Dislodged From rositions. St. Petersburg cable: _ Reports from foreign sources represent that the Japâ€" anese assault on Port Arthur has beâ€" .come exhausted. Others claim _ that they captured Etseshan fort, on the western line of defences. If this posiâ€" ‘tion has been occupied, it is realized that unless the Japanese are at once dislodged the chain of forts will be ;breached and the pesition of Port Arâ€" ‘thur remdered ceritical. | | The simple fact that the day to which a f;rge portion of the nublicl ‘Jooked forward to witht superstitious dread passed without the fall of the fortress suddenly encourages the popuâ€" lar hope that the christening of the gfiarewitch will make a turo in tbe{ e. a mile southwest of Anshanshan. They have driven the Russians from the parade grounds, which lie about two miles north of the harbor. They have destroyed two forts at Chaochanko, which is within the eastern fortificaâ€" tions, and they have advanced to a point mnear Chaochenko, This news con?i(:-ms Anformation received here previously, and which the local Japanese were not inâ€" clined to believe. The junk heard firing until midnight of Aug. 22. Searcely a building in Port *Arthur remains undamaged. The Town Hall, which was used as a magazine, ‘has been destroyed. _ Four large warâ€" ships, unable to fight, are at Port Arâ€" thur. Only one ship, a vessel, with two ‘masts and two funnels, has guns on â€"board. The Russians Driven From Parade Grounds at Port Dover. Chefoo cable: â€" A junk which left Liaoti promontory on the night of Aug, 21 has just arrived here. She reports that the Japanese have succeeded in occugying Antseshan fort, as well as another fort, probably Etseshan, about lnstructions to Desist uad Not Reach Herâ€"Admiralty is Mum. 8t . Petersburg cable: â€" The Admirâ€" alty refuses to give the least informaâ€" tion in regard to the searches for vesâ€" sels supposed to have on board contraâ€" band of war in the South African seas. The naval officials profess ignorance as to the identity of the Russian ship which examined the steamer Comedian‘s paâ€" ms, ard the offiicials of the Foreign Ofâ€" ice are unfeignedly surprised at the reâ€" »ort that the vessel is the Smolensk, which, with the St.Petersburg, some time ago stopped a number of vessels in the Red Sea. They admit that it would not be admissable for the Smolensk to act ‘@s reported, in view of the recent assurâ€" =.c to Great Britain that that vesâ€" and the St. Petersburg, which passed through the Dardanelles under the Rusâ€" }!ences on either side of the harbor enâ€" trance will fall first. The final stand pwill be made at Liao Tishan. It is beâ€" {lieved here that both sides have sufâ€" fered heavy losses, and that the firal reeord will make the siege the bloodâ€" biest since Sedan. The Japanese are suâ€" "remely confident of the ultimate reâ€" sult. The leaders of the Government await the outcome in calm assurance. ‘‘The people are everywhere decorating streets and houses and erecting arches and flagstaffs in preparation for atnaâ€" tional celebration of the expected vieâ€" Russia‘s Search for Contraband Affecting the Trade. London cable: ‘The indignation of British shippers over the _ Russian searches of vessels near Nouth Africa contiues to increase with their growing belief that the mysterious warship is actually the Smolensk, of the Russian volunteer fleet. _ As a matter of fact, the identity of the ship has in no way been established. A despatch to the Daily Mail from Copenhagen says the Smolensk passed the Great Bolt, the strait between the Baltic and the Categat, toâ€"day, carryâ€" ing a war flag. The Mail, voicing the opinion of many people, deprecates the outery against Russia‘s molestation of lhirping as tonding toward the hysterâ€" ijcal. 1t contends that there is no eviâ€" dence of alleged Russian discrimination in favor of German vessels, thus enablâ€" ing the latter to capture the British Far Eastern trade, which is the kernel of the complaint of shippers, who profess to be eommlled to refuse all freights owing to t su’pim‘ncss of the British Governâ€" ment in failing to protect British shipâ€" ping. The entire line of Russian defences ‘immediately about the harbor is withâ€" tin range of the Japanese guns. A numâ€" tber of Russian forts and batteries conâ€" tinue to reply vigorously. The Japanâ€" tese death roll will be heavily increased \before they are captured. The directâ€" !ion of the Japanese attack creates the ‘impression here that the city and deâ€" X8 Tokio cable: The final ‘assault on Port Arthur is imminent. Hundreds of Japanese guns continue to pour a deâ€" â€"structive fire into the city and harbor, along the lines of forts and entrenchâ€" ments, preparatory for the infantry assault. It is evident that the Russian tlines have been weakened and partly penetrated in the vicinity of Autzshan and Itzshan forts. THE FINAL STRUGGLE _ ATl PORT ARTHUR. Japanese Getting Ready to Celebrate its Fall. A BRITISH SHIPPERS ANGRY. SMOLENSK NOT NOTIFIED. JAPS G=TTING CLOSER. BREACH IN CHAIN. Xhe Reports From Fortress Indicate Jap Successes, Landon cable: A telegram from Tsingchou, which reached London late last night, says it is rumored that the Japanese captured Port Arthur yesterâ€" day (Tuesday). _ The same rumor reachâ€" ed Chefoo, from which place a telegram was sent to London saying that so far as could be learned there was no truth in the story. _ At 4.30 o‘clock this morning the situation is unaltered. Most of the news can be traced to the gossip of coolies. _ Nothing definite is to be expected from thne Japanese side until the place has actually been captured. A despatch to the Matin from Chefoo says that the Chinese fleet left that port toâ€"day for a eruise, evidently to avoid the necessity of action in the event of possible complications. Gen. Stoessel Said to Have Repulsed Desperate Assault. St. Petersburg, cable, 3 a. m.: _ St. Petersburg tomght is dim and silent with no sign of festivitys | _ _ _ The capital is filled with sinister ruâ€" mors of Port Arthur‘s _ desperate straits. The superstitious are predicting the fall of the fortress on the day of the baptism of the Czarewitch, but this is casily traceable to the fact that several big Russian reverses occurred on Russian fete days. The Murderous Fire on Port Arthur Never Ceases. London cable: A despatch from Liaoâ€"Yang says that messages smuggled out of Port Arthur arrived here toâ€"day. They report that the murderous fire or the Japanese continues without cessation. It is computed that 8,000 shells are thrown daily. The docks are severely damaged and the railway station has been partly destroyed. The Je{:eneso are acting on the advice of a Chinese enâ€" gineer, who was formerly with the Russians, but escaped from Port Arthur. Nearly all the plans of the fortifications are known to him. "Gen. Kuroki‘s army has been withâ€" drawn to the south of the Taitse River, and only otutposts are near the river. The Resistrnce at Port Arthur Delays Attack on Liao Yang. Berlin cable: In a despatch from Liaoâ€"Yang, under date of Aug. 23, the correspondent of the Lokal Anzeiger says "The indications are that the iniâ€" tiative is about to pass to the Rusâ€" sians. The Japanese plan of campaign, including the attack upon Liaoâ€"Yang, has apparently been deranged by the unexâ€" expectedly stubborn resistance at Port Arthur. It is reported that a message was reâ€" ceived from Lieut.â€"Gen,. Stoessel _ toâ€" night, sent from Uort Arthur, Aug. 22, by way of Chefoo, saying that a desâ€" perate assault by the Japanese had been in progress during the previous 48 hours. While the gencral staff does not conceal its anxiety, the best military authoriâ€" ties have not abandoned the hope that (ien. Stoessel will be able to hold out. The view is somewhat borne out by an unofficial despatch from Liaoâ€"Yang saying that in a two days‘ assaultâ€"on Aug. 19 and Aug. 20â€"the attackers wore beaten of with heary loss. A despatch from St. Petersburg to the Temps says that before the Askold and Grozovoi disarm at Shanghai, or the Diâ€" ana disarms at Saigon, the Russian Govâ€" ernment wishes to have the assurances of Japan and the neutral powers that the Cgefoo incidentâ€"the seizure of the Russian destroyer Ryeshitelni by the Japaneseâ€"shall not recur. Observers here generally credit the idea that the attack on the fortress is At Liaoâ€"Yang the improved weather presages the renewal of military activâ€" ity. _ It is believed that Gen. Kouropatâ€" kin is contemplating a diversion in favor ;)f l:iort Arthur, it will not be long deâ€" aved. j Advices received here from Saigon show, contrary to previous announceâ€" _ments, that the Diana was in a very bad condition. _ She has one large hole In her hull below the water Jine. _ Her injuries will take weeks to repair. This would have permitted an extension of her sojourn in a neutral port beyond the twentyâ€"four hours, which expired yesterday, but it is foreseen that the repairs would entail such a stay at Saiâ€" gon that it is possible that questions affecting the neutrality of the port would be likely to arise, and therefore Russia is disposed to disarm the Diana, which thereafter will remain at Saigon during the war. "Alning sian commercial flag, would make no lmore seizures of British ships or attempt ‘ to hold them un. Warships at Shanghai Matter for Belâ€" ligerents and China. Paris cable: According to the Coâ€" logne Gazette, the conferences between the foriifn Consuls at Shanghai have terminated in a unanimous agreement that no neutral power can rightfully inâ€" terfere in the case of the Russian warâ€" ships Askold and Grozovoi, or take any part in action that might be interpreted as favorable to either belligerent. The Consuls are all of the opinion that the case concerns the belligerents and China alone, and excludes, for the present, at least action by neutrals. "Japanese troops under Gen. Ukashima POWERS CANNOT INTERFERE. ARE GAINING GROUND. ground 8,000 SHELLS DAILY. A 48â€"HOUR ATTAUK. PLANS DERANGED. The Tsushima found the Novik off Korsakovsk harbor at 4,30 o‘clock in the afternoon. _ She immediately signalled her discovery to the Chitose {)y wireless telegraph, and at once attacked the enâ€" emy. The Novik was hit frequently by the fire from the Japanese cruiser, and at 5.40 retreated to the inner anchorage at Korsakovsk. She was then shrouded in white smoke, and evidently was on fire. The Tsushima had received projecâ€" tiles through bunkers Nos. 6 and 8. She was leaking badly, and was listing, and was forced to withdraw out of the range of the Novik‘s guns for temporary reâ€" pairs. These were effe_cteg‘ that evening. troops going _ to Newâ€"Chwang, and part to Haiâ€"Cheng. wurres Naturday, Aug. 20, and the Japâ€" anese protected cruiser Chitose finished the destruction of the Russian ship on Sunday. \ The details of the engagement reached the Navy Department here toâ€"day. At dawn Saturday the Chitose arrived at a point 20 miles northwest of Rebunshiri, and proceeded to search the Soya (Laâ€" pereuse) Strait, The weather was heavy, and the Novik was not discovered. At 8 o‘clock Saturday morning the Chitose and the Tsushima met close to Rebunâ€" shiri land, The Tsushima had previousiy been searching to the westward. After the meeting of the two Japanese cruisâ€" ers the Chitose took up a line tending from Soya Point to Cape Shiretoko, and the Tsushima was despatched toward Korsakovsk. At dawn on Sunday the Chitose adâ€" vanced to the Korsakovsk anchorage and discovered that the Novik had been beached close to the town, and that the crew of the Russian vessel appeared to be disembarking. The Chiâ€" tose shelled the Novik from 25 minutes past 6 until 14 minutes past 7. The hull of the Novik was concealed behind clouds of black smoke, and thus made sighting by the Japanese gunners most difficult. Was Defeated in Battle With One Japâ€" anese Cruiser. Tokio cable: The Japanese proâ€" tected eruiser ‘Tsushima alone defeated the cruiser Novik. The first engagement _ The Chitose joined the Tsushima after sundown of Saturday. The Tsushima was sent to guard the strait and the Chitose watched Korsakovsk harbor. Liaoâ€"Yang cable: _ Notwithstanding the reports of the withdrawal of the Japanese from the Russian east front, the situation remains the same. _ The Japanese control all the mountains east and south of the Taitse River. The Rusâ€" sian position is unchanged. Nearly 150 of Cen. Mistchenko‘s cavalry received the St. George‘s Cross on account of disâ€" tinguished service in Corea at the beginâ€" ning of the war, and constant fighting for six months. The Chinese say that 30,000 Japanese troops, with two hundred guns, have landed at Yinkow, part of these Japs Control Mountains East and South of Taitse River. "It is rumored that the Mikado has recalled Gen. Nogi and has ordered Field Marshal Marquis Yamagata (chief of the general staff at Tokio) to asâ€" sume command of the besiegers at Port Arthur." are reported to be in the Liao River Valley. 8U¢. f SFie ts as After shelling her the Chitose steamâ€" SITUATION UNCHANGED. NOViK WAS SUNK. f $ ADMIRAL KAMIMURA, The Japanese Hero of the Last Great Battle. s k After receiving the refusal of the Viceroy of Nankin to send a fleet of Chinese warships to enable him to enâ€" force his orders, the Taotai told Mr. l Goodnow, the American Congul and dean of the diplomatic body, that he was powâ€" 'erless. The Taotai again appealed to Sir Pelham Warren, the British Consul, ; to compel the repairing on the Askold , to be stopped. _ The Consul refused to , comply with the request, but later conâ€" veyed the order of the Taotai. The orâ€" lder was made through the British Conâ€" ; sul, because of the fact that the repairs , were being made by the British Dock , Company, at Shanghai. _ _ o Believe That Russia Wiil Do This to Avoid Complications,. Paris cable: â€" There is reason to beâ€" lieve that a decision is about to be taken providing for the voluntary disarmament of the Russian cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat destroyer Grozovor now at Shanghai, and the Russian cruiser Diana, at Saigon. . This will be to avoid iaterâ€" national complications and will have the effect of reducing the Russian strength by three strong units, but the Russian authorities consider that this will be offâ€" set by the avoidance of the possible capâ€" ture of the vessels named by the Japanâ€" ese. _ Advices received here from Saigon show, contrary to previous announceâ€" ments, that the Diana is in a very bad condition. _ She has one large hole in her hull below the water line. Her inâ€" juries will take weeks to repair. This would have Permitted an extension of her sojourn in a neutral port beyond the twentyâ€"four hours which expired yesâ€" terday, but ‘it is foreseen that the reâ€" irs would entail such a stay at Saigon 'lt’h.lt it is possible that quelt?iom affectâ€" ing ‘the neutrality of the port would be likely ‘to â€"arise, and theror:re Russia is It was reported this evening that M. Kleimenoff, the Russian Consul, had reâ€" ceived orders from M. Lessar, the Rusâ€" sian Minister at Pekin, to disarm the vessels and hand over the breechlocks of the guns to the Chinese Custom offiâ€" ials. _ 1t is impossible for the Askold to go out in her present condition. _ Her boilers and funnels have been hastily reâ€" Estched, but the repairs to the hul{ are ing carried on in a desultory fashion. The meeting of the foreign Consuls this afternoon was without result. repairs. waiting sels. Repairs Continue on Russian Warskips at Shanghai. A Shanghai cable says: The Russian cruiser Askold and the destroyer Groâ€" zoboi have not disarmed, although the final time limit expired at noon toâ€"day. They not only have not left the port, as ordered to, but have continued making British Consul Makes Definite Demand on Russians, London cable: â€" A Shanghai despatch to the Times says that in compliance with the request of the Taotai, Sir Pelâ€" ham Warren has made a demand on the dock company to cease work on the Askâ€" old. â€" He has notified M. Kleimenoff, the Russian Consul, that he will require a cessation of the work on the vessel by noon toâ€"day. The company, the corresâ€" pondent adds, will comply with this deâ€" mand. _ This will make it impossible for the Askold to leave the hm'ggr, as the repairs below the water line are not yet completod. An early settlement of the affair is expected. The Taotai will toâ€" morrow demand that both yessels be disâ€" armed . The correspondent learns that the Askold is practically without amuniâ€" tion. _ The Japanese sustained no casualties in this engagement. . k . eP The J¢p¢;ese believe that the crew of the Novik were landed at Korsakovsk when the warship had been beached after the encounter. The number of the surâ€" vivors is not known. The Chitose satisfied herself that the Novik had been destroyed and steamed away. The Tsushima has been repaired, and is again in fighting trim, l e1 to within 2,500 yards to observe the Novik. _ She saw that the Russian cruiser had partly sunk. She had a bad list to starboard, and her side lights and lower deck were under water. Her hull was seriously damaged. _____ _ _ WILL BE DISMANTLED. The Japanese fleet is still outside for the Russian vesâ€" TORONTO REFUSES TO DISARM. MUST STOP REPAIRS. the Japs. 3 Shanghai cable: _ An order that the cruiser Askold and the torpedo boat deâ€" stroyer Grozovoi are to be disarmed was weceived at 9.30 o‘clock last night from Did Not Like the Idea of Again Facing "I now believe, as I have always, that God will, in his own time, right the wrong that I have suffered." Killed His Brother. New York, Aug. 20.â€"Antonio Tovoni, of West 48th street, killed his brother, Frederico, yesterday. When arrested by the police he was still hacking in a sort While the British authoritiee desire to continue their conciliatory policy, they have informed the Russian Government that the Smolensk‘s interference with British shipping must stop, and they obâ€" ject strongly to the examination of merâ€" chantment so far from the scene of hostilities by any Russian cruiser. This objection, it is said toâ€"day, applies to the British steamer Asia (now at Port Said, which was detained and examined in une Mediterrancan by the Russian auxiliary cruiser Ural), equally with the Comeâ€" dian. The Rossia and Gromoboi Thought Not to Need Docking. Vladivistock â€"cable: _ Repairs to the cruisers Rossia and (Gromoboi are proâ€" ceeding rapidly. _ It is believed it will be possible to complete them without docking the vessels, and that they will therefore take a comparatively â€" short time. The reserves responded to the call eagerly, despite the fact that most of them are married, and that they have had a terrible object lesson ‘in the crowd of wounded already in the hospiâ€" tals here. The wounded, on the other hand, are not viewing these preparaâ€" tions with equanimity. The first comâ€" plaints they have uttered have been against having their places filled. The Novoe Vremya, commenting on the English newspapem propositons to treat the Russian auxiliary cruisers as pirates, asks them not to forget Premier Bal four‘s remark that the neutrals of toâ€" day are the belligerents of toâ€"morrow, and inquires how the British auxiliary cruisers would relish being treated as pirates. British Government Asks Russia for Exâ€" planations. St. Petersburg cable: â€" Great Britain has formaly called the attention of the Russian Government to the renewed activity of the volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk, and has asked for explanaâ€" tions. Russia has not yet formal'l’y reâ€" plied, being without official information, but in a general way she has explained what the Foreign Office suggested to the Associated Press yesterday, that the orâ€" ders sent to the Smolensk not to stop any more neutral vesels have not been delivered. The final determination in the matâ€" ter has not yet been taken, but the tendâ€" encies are strongly as indicated. _ It is expected that the action taken at Shangâ€" hai will relieve the cases of international significance and practically close the inâ€" ciderts. There is a big reserve of naval guns here ready for installation, and offiâ€" cers and men have been already chosen from the Siberian reserves to fill up the places of those who were killed or wounded in the fight with Viceâ€"Admiral Kamimura‘s squadron. disposed to disarm the Diana, which thereafter will remain at Faigon during the war. ,”fik’flAYBRlcx HAS REACHED NEW YORK. "It is on the advice of my counsel and my physician that 1 nave travelled inâ€" cognito. _ I cannot express the feeling of so deep joy and thankfulness with which I return to my native land. At the earliest opportunity I shall visit my birthplace, Mobile, Ala., and also Norâ€" fi)flk, Va., my home during my married e. "I am assured by my English physician and by Dr. Wilmer, of Washington, D.C., who Y‘rescribed for me during the voyâ€" age that quiet and mental rest will in time restore my health. "As my mother was not able to acâ€" company me 1 came over under the proâ€" tection of Mr. Hayden, my Aattorney, and his wife. Expresses Her Thanks to ‘Who Helped Her. t New York, Aug, 29. Red Star Line steamer Antwerp, was Mrs. F ies % THE SMOLENSc AFFAIR. REPAIRING WARSHIPS. CREW WAS GLAD. the order from at Pekin. The board Wt Both the North German Lloyd and the French line yesterday took part in the cut rate war by making a sweeping reâ€" duction in first class rates both to Plyâ€" mouth and Cherbourg, and to Bremen, on the largest vessels of the line, and also on steamships of the Babarossa class, On J the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, the Kaiâ€" ‘\ser Wilhelm II ,and the Kron Prinz Wilâ€" helm the minimum first class rate to Plymouth and Cherbourg was cut $40, and a reduction of $30 was made in the ; same class rate to Bremen. A cut of $30 ‘ was announced in the first class rate to lPlymoumh and Cherbox::ig on vesse‘s of the Barbarossa type, and of $20 to Breâ€" 'men. The reduction in second cabin rates is not as heavy as in the first class rates. On the steamships La Lorraine and La Savoie the French line made a cut of $30 in first class rates eastbound minimum and of $10 in the second cabin rate; on all other vessels the first class rates were reduced by $2 Oand the secâ€" ond cabin by $12.50. Peace Conference Wanted. St. Louis, Aug. 20.â€"The Republic toâ€" 1day 1:31: One of the proposals that will be made by the American group before the interâ€"parliamentary conference at the World‘s Fair next month is that the President of the United States be auâ€" thorized to call a general peace conferâ€" ence next year. They wish to establish a system of arbitration among the counâ€" tries of the world which wiI'llgbring about a reduction of the armaments of the powers. It will be proposed also that during times of war private property on the high seas, which is not contraband, be declared exempt from seizure. Cleanâ€"up Resulted in Twenty Thousand Dollars in Thirty Hours. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 20.â€"That there is wealth in the Klondike yet is attested by some pnenomenal reports that are reâ€" ceived by justâ€"arriving steamers. At No. 10, Eldorado Creek, on the 7th and 8th instant, Jerry Madison and Peter Brown shovelled in $20,000 in less than 30 hours. The cleanâ€"up was as big a surprise to them as to others in the camp, as they did not think such ground remained im the claim, which has been worked conâ€" tinuously since 1897. The Federal Government will shortly be petitioned by the YÂ¥ukon miners to asâ€" sume the solution for them of the water problem. If water can be brought in sufficient quantity and at a fair price from the hills, thirty miles distant, it is held that hydraulic mining in the KlJonâ€" dike district will yield fortunes for anâ€" other half century. dos > <. ~Misaiia men it ratiages n d \'esu-rdny was a day of considerable anxiety in official circles. First an order went forth that the vessels could reâ€" main four days longer, Then negotiaâ€" ions were begun for another four days. This request was eagerly and persistentâ€" ly pressed by the Russian Minister at Pekin, but it was absolutely refused by the Chinese Government. Thereupon an order came to Shanghai to rush work on the vesseis and go out to certain death next Sunday. the distress of the Askold‘s crew when this news _ was received was pitiable. From the first the officers and crew have urged disarmaâ€" ment, but the Minister at Pekin would not consider the suggestion. The dock managers yesterday notified the Russian officials that the Askold‘s hull could not be repaired by Sunday. More telegraphing to Pekin _ followed, and last night the welcome order to disâ€" mantle was received by the Russian adâ€" miral. Under the supervision of _ the customs authorities representing China the Askold and Grozovoi will out of commission before Sunday, lllgo as soon as they are rabched up they will take their places alongside the gunboat Mandâ€" jur, which was dismantled last March. There is general satisfaction here ov >»r the outcome of the matter, It is underâ€" stood that the Japanese fleet will remain until the Russian vessels are completely disarmed. Emperor Nicholas, who also sent a mesâ€" sage to the crews congratulating them on saving the vessels, and thanking them for their service to the Empire and conâ€" veying words of hope. The Loss to Date in British Columbia is Nearly $2,500.000. Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 2*â€"Most deâ€" structive forest fires are stiil raging in British Columbia. Jt has been stated officially that the loss to date is $2,500.â€" 000, and if rain does not come soon the result will be serious. At Wullfshon‘s Bay, 20 miles of timâ€" ber is burning, the ‘timber being the best in~the province, owned by many of the most prominent companies. (On nearly all the islands of the Gulf of Georgia the timber is burning â€" furiousâ€" ly. Forest fires are also raging on Vanâ€" eod:vu and in East and West I\‘:'.ou'n;ul settlements being threaten with destruction in these places. murder, according to Wmlice. Antonio is the fother of nine children. He is 54 years of age, and a furnace cleaner. Freqâ€" erico was 37 years old, also a furnace cleaner, and single. He had lived with his brother‘s family for fifteen years, ever since they came from Italy, and always in the same house. Jealousy is supposed to have eaused the _ killing, Magistrate Mayo, in the west side court, remanded Tovoni to the Coroner. ;uwnd.;:, -;-c-c;raiig to the J)olic is the fother of nine children. Reduced Ocean Fares. 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