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FEBRUARY 19, 1904
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18G0 Russia annexes extreme east
ern part of Manchuria, thus securing
the port of Vladivostock.
1881 Ilussia occupies more Man
churian territory.
1885 Russian colonies established
in Manchuria.
1S91 Czar Nicholas III. issues a re
script for the building of the trans
Siberian railroad.
1895Treaty of Shimonoseki, mak
ing peace between China and Japan.
France, Germany and Russia compel
Japan to withdraw her claims as to
portions of tbe Lioatung peninsula,
and Japan yields to superior force.
1896 Private treaty between China
and Russia, the latter promising to
defend China against the woild; Man
churian railway agreement perfected.
1897 Germany gets possession of
Kiau-Chou; Russia takes the oppor
tunity to seize Port Arthur and Ta-lien-wan.
1900 Boxer rebellion gives further
opportunity to Russia to fasten her
grip on Manchuria.
1901 Protests by Japan and other
powers to Russian encroachments on
Chinese territory.
1902 Treaty of alliance between
Great Britain and Japan is slgnod
January 30. China-Russian treaty
signed April 8 for the evacuation of
Manchuria by Russia, and declaring
the province to be an integral part of
China; China's commercial treaty
with Great Britain signed Septem-'
ber 5.
1903 Russia fails to keep pledge to
evacuate Manchuria, and April 23 de
mands new conditions as to the car
rying out of the Manchurian treaty.
June Japan and the United States
object to the new conditions, and
Russia begins movements on the Yalu
river under pretense of taking up
timber concessions.
July Japan protests and presses
Korea to open the port of Wiju to
foreign trade. Great Biitain and the
United States concurring in the de
mand, ' Pavloff, Russian minister to
Korea, makes threats.
August Japan proposes a modus
Vivendi the 12th, and negotiations are
opened. Japan presses Russia for ful
fillment of. all treaty conditions.
September Russia gives new pledge
that New Chwaug and Mukden would
be evacuated October 8, but later de
mands grants lor landing places anu
military post stations, and Japan
evinces' resentment.
October S China signs commercial
treaties with Japan and the United
States.
October 15 Japan agrees to recog
nize dominant interests of Russia in
Manchuria, but wants Chinese sover
eignty unimpaired, it also demands
recognition of Japanese influence in
Korea and the opening of Yongampho
and other ports, besides a neutral
zone on both sides of the Yalu river.
October 30 Reoccupation of Muk
den by Russia is reported.
December Japanese diet opens the
10th and the government is censured
for the inadequacy of its measures.
December 17 Russia makes reply
to Japan's last note, but it excludes
Japan altogether from the Manchurian
question. . .
December 21 Russia is asked to re
consider its reply.
December 28 Emergency ordinance
is issued in Japan, giving the gov
ernment unlimited credit.
December 29 High court of war is
held, with the emperor in the chair.
Admiral Togo is put in command of
the fleet; he captured the Taku forts
m 1900.
1904 Jan. 5 Japan sends final note
to Russia intimating ttiat ler de
mands must be acceded to or war will
result
Janutry 8 Review of troops ig held
at Tokio and great enthusiasm is
shown.
January 15 Russia 1elays auswor
and Japan shows impatience.
January 30 Minister Kurlno makes
Inquiries at St. Petersburg as to when
a reply to Japan's last note mav bo
expected.
February 3 Russia's reply is sent
to Tokio, but proves unsatisfactory.
February 5--Baron de Rosen, Rus
sian minister, Is notified at Tokio
that Japan intends to sevor diplo
matic relations with Russia.
February 6 Minister Kurlno, Ja
panese envoy, demands his passports
at St. Petersburg and receives them,
and Baron de Rosen is notified to quit
Tokio.
February 8 Japan declares she will
take military and naval steps to pro
tect her interests in the east.
Sponge Fishing la Florida.
In sponging two men work together
in a skiff. One sculls. The other leans
over the side, and buries his head in
a wooden bucket with a glass botlom.
Through this glass he can gee every
fish, every bit of coral or sea feather,
and every shell or sponge upon the
bottom. His tjlance sweeps indiffer
ently past shark, ray or pompano,
past single fish or fish in schools, past
big fish seeking a dinner and little
fish seeking to escape making one. It
hesitates at every growth upon the
bottom, and re3ts for a moment upon
every form of sponge which it en
counters. "When a sponge of commer
cial value comes within range of the
sponger's vision his free hand reaches
behind him for the thirty-foot pole
with its sponge hook which lies across
the gunwales. The motion of tue
boat is checked by the sculler, tiie
hook is lowered to the roots -of the
sponge which is then torn irom the
bottom.
Sponges, after being cured are put
up in strings four feet eight inches
long, and sold in Key West, like ev
erything else there, at auction. In
the fishing community of the keys
the sponge is a sort of social wam
pum. Choice specimens are given as
tokens of regard, or as expressions of
gratitude for favors. They are avail"
able in payment of compliments or
dobts, and their value cannof always
be measured by their monetary equiv
alent. Country Life in America.
Dogs Blow tho Bellows.
On an uptown street on the east
side of tho city hundreds of people
daily pause at a blacksmith's shop to
watch three largo and intelligent
Newfoundland dogs, which are em
ployed by the brawny smith to work
the bellows of the forge of his shop.
In one corner of the shop is a wooden
wheel about eight feet in diameter and
wide enough for a dog to stand m.
When the wheel is at rest the dog
stands in much the same position as
the horse in a child's rocker, -with his
head always turned toward the torge
awaiting orders. When toid to "o
ahead" the beast on duty at onre
starts on a brisk trot, which makes
the wheel turn around rapidly tind by
means of a crank and lever the power
is conveyed to the bellows,
The dogs work willingly and with
such intelligence that neonlo are
never weary of watching the efforts
of the animals to Jceep the smHhy
fires briglit Each dog -works In the
wheel for one hour and then rests for
two, .They jost their owner about $2
a week each to Xed and he estimates
that they save Mm $12 a week as
otherwise it would require at least
the servico of two naen or a, small en
gine to do their work. "Nrw Tnrir
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