The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-08-04
Tile FIRST OVERT ACT
Japanese Fire on and Sink a
Chinese Junk.
MANY CHINESE ARE KILLED.

mo Formal Declaration u War HAS q.
Yet been Made. snd Negotiations for
Peace Are sim h~ing Carried Ga
Carss's King II u Prisoner.
PORTLAND, Or, July 2s.--While there
has been no official declaration OF MAR
Between China and Japan. actual hos
Utilities were begun last Wednesday by
the Japanese attacking transports loaded
with 1900 Chinese troops off the coast
OF Corea. In the engagement the Chi
hese junk steamship kow shing MAS
sunk. and it is said l.ooo Chinese we're
Killed. The Japanese have also made y
prisoner Of the King of Corea and, it 10
Il said. have sent him 10 Japan.
Il snAAGHAi, July 2s.-The Chinese
Il transport sunk OFT tho coast VI Cor-a by
JAPANESE guns islongtei ~ the fleet of
eleven steamers which sailed from Taku
July ~ With i2,UC tfoops. The fleet
lett Iakn under all escort ot gahbsa,s.
The aiofity oil the transports pfo.-~vie.i
slowly with the ganisIats, while the
faster steamed aish tali speed, 81 as 10
land thcir troops as sooa ~ posi- bic
ia the TRANSPORTS which arrived iitsl at
the tof-an coast were few hundred
soldier. irons the army vi the North.
Sios, ot the forr-. however, consisted vi
,t.Ill-s with inferior firearms, or merely
bu~s and ARROWS. The attack upon III.
STEAMERS by tho japanese last W-dnes.
day 10 described briefly in a dispatch re-
eriset thle evening FROM Sagasaki. The
tiftns VAS h~san b, japanese batter,
PbsR.
trying 10 iisriatask their in-n IRON the
hrs, steamer. Thr cruisers then steamed
ur. and ot-nrt tirv ON all th- irans i-oris
which acre lying TO. waiting 10 DIS
charge the inch. The Chinese wwrr un-
aHl- IL make ANY effective resistance.
They SrFc uAfus IA into gf~ai confusion
anI many lnnl-.i overheard 10 escape
titr hp, tirr, under ~h ich the tao trans.
ports suffered severely.
The Chinese officials here do no, con-
firtn thrsc dispatches. They Ar~ excrrsi-
!hgly fcttc-nt AZ to every report cuncrrn-
ing hosstil,tcs in Gor-a. The declaration
vi ~ar las eans--i Ar~n ~Ici,cnirn,
AMONG ali clAss~s h~fv. ahi business 10
virtually susi-nsi~si. although many
smaller hftns have mALe icsul,ory 81.
ior,r To susisih tAcif trade. The posi-.
sion 81 the jspAn-%s residents ~ pss~a.
Japan~s~ hsSv t~eu i~asins the ciiy. bns
many u the ps.,rvE and tnIiilr classes
sisll rwu4asH Tho Europeans. t~si a..
quain,r,t ~tih the city ,hink tina, the
sab ~ill tr strong enough TO protect
,hSn against Chimes fanatics. Ths
bir-rut 10 cun isdrnt that the Northern
A.tnf lie snffici~nily ssruag to cope ~.th
the JapAa-~r torc-~. and he docs mol in.
tend to ~mploy the Southern army ~s-
rrp, IN rAsr OF rrstrtt4o n~yNrss4ty. The
mobilization ptues-sis rapaJly, atsd p,vp,
ArAtinns TO embark Large hs~itcN oi truuiss
Af~ t~sns ns,tr s.iii unr Irrts~! energy.
s,nsaprfU's hssns arr providing many ol
tho transports ani Stofus. The hiucs"
government bought tao larsv AirAtucfs
y~sscriay, AMI regulations lot o,hcts
arr IN pTysr~ss- The tai.An~sr have an
uoanrsvl that ;h0r all hold the King ii
torra as hostage uutl tho interior TO-
iurtns irtn anirI by ,t shall have t-~n
sa,.sia. tnriiy guaranteed. In ~s-sal ca.
citrmrns 10 al shs,r heat, There has
i-"n Considerable d.spr,lcr. and an up.
rising OF the j-npl" may come at any
moment.
British anil rn!tO,i States wariirss al
,A~mrllr, hayC landed drtachments OF
mar,ars a, ~cuul ia or,i"r 10 protect the
lrgatjuns A. Ns-JsiI conflict !. aaid ,o
haYu "-cuTrvj t~iwc~n japanese and
snrne I h.nrar AMI tof~an sollIcFv, the
japanese Icing victorious. shortly aft
rr~arI the Japanese made a prisoner al
thH Ming OF Cor~a. and. II Ia sasj. have
srn; him Ia Japan. where he wtli ts de-
.ain~-i until the ~At IL over.
TuN CsrTrRH az rHr Kt~a.
" ssuf~nroN. july - The King III
Cnr~a ia a japanese prisoner. This an
formation was ,hr important statement
in Telegram. dated yesterday, which
Secretary Ii"rt~rt has rcc"iv~i from
bAF 81 tho United States steamer Halu-
more. nn~ at Chemnita. Cora. Cap
tain Dav reports he had Dispatched ma.
rines 10 seoul TO project tho United
states legation.