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WASHINGTON. ,!: W Vfl V :" Jf y " J;.. ,' Till- ilitllcullies which -in-iiiiiitTi-'l Washington when lie took lip pent trii-t tin coiuiiuin.ler in chief of tin con tinciit.il finny were must cotnpliciiteil ami immense. Tin- theiiter of tln inis pie was ii vast one. tr hi rsi li i-a I ly . Hn-tcliing Hl.iiik' tin' Atlantic enat from Miiaclmeol It to South ('uroliuu, while tin- lic. Ic population vtus mily three millions- nut very niu'h inciter limn llril of Ihe State of Mi'liijMn. mi. I iml so frenl into n million ill I h rit nf Illinois. Out of this stiinll, tu-iitti'riiis iiinl pcue fill piipultitioii nil iinny was to In- raiseil, or-,'.uii.cil ninl ciiiiieil capable of eon tending with tin' rliirf inilitan inn I mini time pinifr of tin globe. And it was not to be a tru:.'!.'le between gin crntneni and government, between one nation ninl another. It vim n rebellion, ami there was really no rem ml nntlmrity, no arm or warlike stores, no navy, no treasury r fuifineial system or responsibility. It MAKTIIA WAHIIl.NUIO-i. wan only a brave nmsl patriotic people, minll in nunibent, without discipline ot military experience, without arm nm' w ithout money, rushing limit bare handed into a coiilllrt with the mother country, their ow n government ; il powerful nation wlitfli bad recently been raised by tin jri'iiius of the elder Hit lo the front rank nuioiii; Hie crent warlike nalions of the world n nation whose military posts mid IMiKsessioiiN already dotted the fc'Iobe, whose vi'lorious navies covered ever.' H-eiiii and sea. whose morninc drum beat as Webster said, was heard round the world. It was against such a power as this thai this l.nndrul of p-iliiolM had ihnnvn down the cac of rebellion and defiam-e. Washington is known in history an n jirnvidcntiiil man; that is, n man raised up by Providence to fill n Kreat place mid perform n ureal mission. However lhin may be. lie certainly had crent parts and (,'reat nnd peculiar titnrsx for the must ditllcult and trying plnce which he Idled in history. lie had had ejperi .nc' in Ihe previous Indian and French wars, nnd had proven himself a wise, competent and heroic officer. lie had jtreat personal ndvantnien for command, lie wail of fine physique and imposins; W 1,1 9 GEORGE WASHINGTON IP TO DATE. i 1 uu i cherry I.i dg. r. tree episode with nr seller, fi sMileiicliil horseman, cnrryuil with 1. 1 in ever llie ort and nir of mi thiirily anil native uiajcst;, an nb-..l couilllllll.iel. So when this noble Virginian iippi-ap. before that iimtli 'iii ariny ami drew I, .word as their loiiiinaii'ler under th.. I Cambridge elms his fame bail iv di ban ninl lie was received with shunts il vv -t uif anil "if confidence. '1 In n il ti.ell knew it Was lo be a struggle to ti l 1. Ull. llanlly a better instance doc- lntorj ah.inl of patience under prowM-utioii. ' lodged delcrllliliatii.il lllliler (lilhcoll II' . o 'Tiii'oihiai rable w ill ninl coinage, hold.: i Hi mi long ami coming out triumphant a :.ist nvi r Midi iniglilj opposition, Tin -i ,-reat ipialitii's. as we have already f.-n i.i lon,i;eil lo the man more than to ! i -ol.lirr. It was iteleeil the Kieat ni t liehiml the Mihlier. the man with til .reat iiatriotic In-art. with tin- wise bea.l ,ml the lofty. unshaken Kotil. tli..--roiiKliI us throim'li that lone ami treim n Ions stniiTL-le ami save us our (jlot-io ,i ilaee ami opportunity anion.' Ihe nataais o other man on this continent but I i ouhl have ilolie it. tlreene. amotii; til teneiaU of the revolulion. w-oubl haw ouie nearest to it, but lie would hau ailed. liut in lookiiiK over the whole field inn eisird. in Hie Iii;lit of nil the farts in;, listory. it will be Been that Vutdiiii-fti nade no military mistaken, that lie ii; uoved all bin opporlntiities, that h! renertilslilp will stand the test of rriti ism. lie Ftrwk whenever he hud tli dm lire, hi" plans were kmi1. nnd whei onilielled. bin retmitx were nuisterlv. WASHINGTON'S COACH. The conch which bore (Jem-Re and Mai ha Wiihhint'ton from Mount Vernon ! savannah has been removed from ll ' premises of AtlKUstus l-'rey ill New Vor io Mount Vernnu, where it wiil rcma.i ipreafter as tin example of what a hi-' lass lnnc-distaiiee vehicle was in 11 i iKliteentli century. The n h was pa hased twenty live years a no at the re etmial in I'liiladeliihia by I'.-njan: t .lichardson of Ilarletn. After his ib't.l! w-elve years ago il w as piin h '-- i 1. Mr. Krey. w ho has had it on exhibit!' I ..er since. ( )riasiona My il was lr w I in proressiotiM, and its iii i"iit Venetian blinds always nt!rarl'.l all ', lion. Some time ago Supci inn-ii 'i-i I lodge of Mount Vellioll 1-allle to N e York, made a careful ex.ilnin lion ot ' : coach and prouoiim I it genuine. It w ' suggested to the "Ladies' Assoi iaiiotl i the I'llion" that Ihey sei-uii' tin- nr ' for the museum at Mount Y nion. a1 Mr. l-'rey notilied Mr. 1 lodge that II could have the nnrient carriage. 'I be e hide is said to have been used by Wa ingtou on his journey to New Ym k f. i his first inauguration. modern Tarlttlom. Philadtilphla I I awsu'.. -L V'-s" a few FIRE IN BALTIMORE tOSS ESTIMATED AT BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MILLIONS- BLOCK AFTER BLOCK GO BUSINESS SECTION OF TOWN EN VELOPED IN FLAMES- 'WrccntH of tonflugratlou Wilbuul Parallal. Ithx-K Aflar Block llururd. Flam- shout Ulglt lu Air. BALTIMORE, Md. Tbe most de itructite conflagration In tlie liisiory of Haltiiiiote wcurrtd here today, rigiutf practically uucbecked duriig ujauy bouis, cuuipletely d.fctioyinx ore uf tlie largest business huuits q tbe wbul saie district, iovolviug oscS wliicu cautiot yet Ue eiLiimled is tbe lire was still burning lieiccly ben LlrflU fell. 0Ut to tbe wlcit! 'xttfiit of tha calamity it will be a Jayurt-vo beTure even an appiox imile estimate can oe un-ad, tliouIi It iscertain tbat it ill reacb M ix',iKK). Tbe lire broke out shortly before 11 o'clock Ibis morning la Ine wbolc sa e dry uoi-ils store vl Jobu E. JlprsI & Co.,ou liupkius ulace, iu the bean nf in.- iiiisint-s-i diotikt. with a sen. 8 uf loud expb siotis which were bend .utile reuiute parts of the city and ipared with fearful lapldity. In a hall hour there wcie a dozen aiu wareboiises in tut wliolcsale Ory ;o ids ami notions d sltict bmnit.K juicely. The entile city lire depart aunt was called nut, Lul was uiuny poAcrK-ss to check the spicad ot the Palms, which were aided by high vMmis, and by imou llK-te wetu sa'.agu tia-s in at least thirty bitf warehouses, and the coullar.iii. ii was snadllj iatniK its way into succissive bK.CKS cast, i.orih, west ano to.iih. lluiUlluu aTtei builuii-K fell a prej ;olhellains, and apiarenlly thett as uu ciieck to theooward SAtep 3f UcstructitiD. On r-jlilinure street Liberty arid Sharp was s .on a blaze, then ca.i e the next block east to II nover, and alter ttiat tbe block on the 0inn side to Lhaiks stieet broke out it. I fliuji a, the Cons, lidated Uas com pany'! building and Oclnn'8 Acam ua 1 burning ticrcely. Meanwhile lliere were stores nortb of Haklu'Ore street being simllari) cousuimd. Mulllo'g hotel cani; i and other buildings near it. U-si of LILit riy street, on the south suit of Uaitimore the block was duun.-i d. and the bin Jialtltuure barain hutis aisu caught. Resents Action ST. PEl'Eii.SKUnrj. Althotitl: the fear was (jeneral bete yesterd i that the presi nratlon of the Uus-dan note to Japan m (,'ht be followed b in act on the part of the Japanese iuvernmerit which would plunge tlie two countries into war, the siartlirg ictlon of J a pa 'i in nervine diplomatic relations with Russia bi f ire the actual delivery of the Russian note, came like a holt from a cl arsky. It was believed that the receipt .of the note nnyiit have unni.iskid an ultimatum, but that Japin wood serve diplomatic relations, a step Utile short of a declaration or war, was almost like, a blow in t.tie lace under the present circumstances am. it In resented there accordingly. The authorities believe III s action pi u-t Jip.in distinctly in the wtong Info tlie world, and, moreover after sucn a "ph ce of Impudence," as It 1 ue noniinated here makes easy an ap peal to the patriotism ot the Um.v slat) people. Tno news that at any rnnmcni Japn had drawn the swoid and t.l.a the lirst clash had occuircd wmdS not b" surprising. The eveDts lead liikf to Japan's abrupt acliuu have marched with great rapidity. The Uussino note was already In tin hands of Huron De Rosen, Russian minis er at Tokio, for the delivery to baron Kotuura, the Japanese for eigo minister, when at 4 o'clock yes teiday aftem -on M. Kurlnn, the Japanese minister here, piesented hims If at tbe foreign oflke and In formed Foreign Minister Lamsdorfl that his government. In view of the delays in connection with t"e Rus sian anser and the futility hitherto oi the m gelations, considered It use less to continue diplomatic relatimn and would take such steps as II deemed proper for the protection ol Japan's luter-isls. Io obedience U Instructions, therefore he asked for bis passpoit. HOSTuN. The supreme lodge An clent Order of United Workman, brought a bll In equity In the Uni ted States circuit court to enmpe the; gtand lodge of Massachusetts U continue ruikma contributions t tbe guaranty funrj of the supreme lode. The Massachusetts lodgi chimed t'uit the guaranty fund, es tablished by the supreme lodge for the different JurUditlons wu unbiw ful. WIN BATTLE WITH FIRE BALTIMORE BUT AT FIGHTERS TRIUMPH FEARFUL COST. Filial Maud Fa.l. ami I lit '. Made by Klre at Job Hre Wo k fame Ilay-Cilr Ovrr--t nnd jlnrk. HALT1MORE. Haltlinore Is statf perlr g tonight under tire loss which on one lias the temerity tu put in figures, although insurance meo, t link It will sarely bi over SU0 OJJ. toj. The Imp irtant commercial dis trict is blackened ruins, laid bare by conflagration whicn raged wunouii k momeutarv check from 10:45yestef- day until late In tbe afternoon todny. At 3 u'cl k the city oBlciaU again breathed. It was agreed that the II nnes were under control. Tuey had raged twenty-eUht h mrs iu spite of aim t sup ,'rhuin in etlo-ts put forth by the- best tightirjir. which more thin half a dozen cities were able to muster. The city U over;ast with gbrm. The only lights in the burned dis trict are Uiovj from tin smouldering f u I ns. Tue only lights in that sec tion whlob escaped destruction ate from corner gis limps. The stores are closed In neatly every street. The darkened avenues arc full nf jostling people t liking of on" siib ! ct. Apparently there is ' - ne cause for gladness arid tha hat there are no horn -'less. The rei-lerice section of the city cs-aped. This ph ise of the situal iun relieved the oilicials from any thmuht other thin that of saving properly. Moves On lineniy. LONIiON.-'i'lie die Kno cones ronderit i f the Dai'y Mail cables that s x'y Japanese tr.nispotts ate landing troops at various p ris in Korea, from Masainp') and Fusari, on the h"urh to Kiinsan, M .kpho aud Chemulpo on the west. Seoul is to bo occupied and the landing Is tiring covered by the tor pedo dlvisl in. The main body of tne Japanese 11 et. the con cspoudent concludes, will sail in tbe diiectlon of lot t Arthur. A dispatch received here from Port Aithursays Dews has been received there that Japini-se troops have landel at Masampho. BERLIN. The Cologne. Gazette d -Hoes Germany's policy in east Asia, In an article which Is evidently Inspired, as follows: "We must direct our attention to sre ng that furl her complications do not arise fmm this quarrel, and that the regions In China adjacent to the theater of war ara not drawn Into the outbreak. We can hest suhsene this purpose oy a policy which wld leave no doubt of our fullest oeutral- iiy." The German foreign office has been pdvlsed that a pottlon of the Japan ese fleet sailed from Sasho yesterdav. Its destination is unknown, but is supposed to he Chemulpo, Korea. PORT ARTHUR. In rcspmsc to Instructions from the Japanese, gov ernment many Japanese saile l from here for Nagasaki today. Th ; Cil -nese In Manchuria are greatly exdlerl and numbers of them are preparing to leave for Che Foo. ST PFrEKSISURG.-An advance (leiachtment of Russian cavalry is leaving Mukden for Korea. The Megram from Mukden announcing the departure of the cavalry adds: "Russ'a's love of peace has been exhausted by Japan's detnan is. TiO'ps, therefore have be -n concen trated at the Valu river. The Ru Man troops ate in the hest of spirit. Ihe Japans everywhere are hurrying homewards." Affairs in San Domingo. WASHINGTON. -Advices recclv.' ed by the slate department from t-anto Domingo are to the cffi ct th t Ihe Maorales government about two days ago raised t he blockade of i be ports of Puerto Plata and San Do mingo derlared against the United Stales on February 1, presumably 10 prevent the entry of cargoes Intended for the Insurgents. Word reached the navy department today that the cruiser Minneapolis had sailed from Giiantanamo for San Domingo City, where Admiral Wisa will make a personal investigation Into HfT.il rs. there. The Columbia also has left Guantanamo for San Domingo. The Hartford has re lumed to Gu inMnamo f ro n Puerto Plata and her commander repoiti to the navy d pirtment everything quiet In that locality , Turkey Growing Audacious. CONSTANTINOPLE. Increasing tension is noticeable between the toits and Iitiliigrlaln connection with the Macedonian reform plans. The Uulagrlan commercial agent to the St. Louis expisltion has been detained at Adrlnloplc by Turkish custom r flklals, who Insisted upn x i nlnlng Ids haggige. Matecf re (used to permit this examination and later the porte apologised to Bui tiarla for tbe error. WAR IN FAR EAST riHST BLOW STRUCK BY JAPAN IN A NAVAL BATTLE- SURPRISE FOR RUSSIANS THREE WAR SHIPS DISABLED A NIGHT ATTACK. IN Fvtrat Not tii'Ijr Kntiuu, i'.ut Mar ( r ft K a led- ouiiti ! ot i.u roue Kiirred by N of Actual WaitHr. ST. PETERSBURG. An official dispatch received here says that J ipancse totpedo boats have attacked Ihe Russian Mjuadrnu iu the outer toids at Poit Arthur and that three Russian ships were damaged. Adojir.l Alexieff's itlicial report of the attack by the Japanese is as fuilows: "I most resp'-ct fuly inform yoor majesty that at or about midnight nf February 8-t Japancs'-i torpedo boats mad a S'.idden attack by means of miue; upon the Kti-s an squadion in Ihe '.)-.;t,er roads of the fortress of Port Artnur, in which tlie battle ships Retvizian aud Cz nevitch and the cru!ser I'allada were damaged. An inspection is being made to ascertain trie character of the dam age, Details are following for your majesty." PORT ARTHUR. Japmese tor pedo hoats attacked the Russian fleet (luting tlie night and three of the Russian ships were baf!l r!am aed. Thi! Jap iiiesi', who t bus se cured the liist success of the war, . scaped ucdatnaged. Ir. corisi-qtieuvc of the attack by the .lap inese tort)' do b' ats martial law bus been ptoclaimed here. RERUN. A bptciai telegram from St. Pet TS burg says three Rus sian ships at Pi ro Arthur were se verely damaged 1st nightly lorpedois discharged from Japainse torpedo hats while the latter were passing tills harbor. Subsequently a laige fleet of Japanese battleships and cruisers appeared hi for-s the port. CHE FOO The Japanese fleet at tacked Tort Arthur at midi Ight t n Monday. Two Russian battleships and one cruiser were disabled by torpedoes. The battle was being continued this mtrning at a range of three miles. There has been no further damage. ST. PETERSBURG. The follow ing ofllcial bulletin has Just been l-sued In the form of a telegram from Viceroy AlexUff's chief of staff, daledFehruaiy fcth. "Iiy order of the viceroy, I beg to report that this day at about 11 o'i lock in the morning, a Japanese squadron, consisting of about fifteen but (tie ships ani cruisers, app'oach ed Port Arthur and ripened tire. Tlie enemy was received with a can nonade from the shore batteries and the guns of our squadron which dl.-.o participated la the engage mep'.. "At about mid day the Japanese squadron ceased Its Arc and kit, pro ceeding soul h. "Our losses in the fleet were two officers wounded, nine men ki led and forty-one wounded. On the shore batteries one man was killed and time were wounded Tlie bat tleship IVltava and t he cruiser Novk each had a l.o!e knocked in her side below the war line. The forts were fdk'hlly damaged, (signed) MAJOR GENERAL FLUG." Bryan Gains in Will Case. NEW HAVEN, Conn. In two de clsions handed down today Judge Thayer, lu tha superior court, sus tains counsel lor vviiiiain J . li'yan, in certain contentions giowing out of the refusal of tlie probate court to admit to prob ite as a pirtofthe will of the line P. S. Hennett the sealed letter giving $00,000 lo Mr. lirjan. One decision sustains a demurrer entered by counsel for Mr. Bivan to a pie i In abatement Hied In behalf of Mrs. Hennett, widow ol the testator, from Mr. Hi a n'e ap peal from the pro-rite eoutt's deci sion. I he other decision overru cd a motion by lounsel for Mrs. Hen nett and to her heirs to expunge rr tslu portions to the answer of Mr. Pyran to the appeal houghi oy Mis. Dennett. Problems For Authorities. BALTIMORE. MJ.-Wlth the great ore wiiicn ate up property var iously estimated at iioin $i.,(KiO,om to $I50,()oO,OIK) (ilowly burning it soil Out Halt,! more awoke this looming to tace the ravage question of civic and municipal readjustment. Found Guilty of Assault. CRIPPLE CREEK, Cnl.-John M. Glover, a fcitner Missouii ci ngress man, who has been on trial in tha dl-trlct c,i urt on a charge of l iving ussaulted Sergeant Ditiemo-.o of tin Colorado national guard with (nlenl to kill on December 28 lant, whes resisting arrest by the mill Ma, win today found guilty or simple ass.ult by the jury and was sentenced lo paj iiuu one or s ;r ve s x niotuns in jail. Sentence waa deterred. I NEBRASKA NOTES Frank Oreiman and Miss Adelaide Witgand were married at. PeUrtburt; Tbe last case of suiallpoi has bees stamped out at A Ida and the quaran tine Lias been raised. A small bridge burned near Mar keil and passenger trains weie oe- Li,ed on tba Union Pacidc. The annual meeting of the Young Mens' Christian association of tbe ate will be h id at Llncolu. The Nebraksa state conference of charities aud corrections began Ha ti-bth annual session at Lincola tiiis week. The marriage of Miss Sena Jenseo and Fred Hargets of He mer town ship, Cumiug county, occurred a't West Point recently. Rerescutaiive Klnkaed has reconv mended tha appointment Of G. F. Hicks as p st master at N elUfleot. vice R. Hicknell, resigned. Governor Mickey returned to Lln c iln from Holland, where he assisted iu deoicatlug a church ereted by tne people of lii-:kman and Holland. Ileiiry Hartz aud Miss Blanche Speer of West Point were mairied aa tue Cotigiegalioual church In tbat city, tbe Rev. II. A. Hanson officiating- Tbe Re. Henry B. Smith of Fon du Lac, Wis., accompanied by bia family, arrived at Fails City to take charge of the Episcopal church at that place. The Rev. Elmer Cole delivered hla farewell sermoa as pastor of the Christian churcn at Falis City to a crowded chinch. He will gc to llutchiusun, Kas. Elder J. D. Lemon, recently of southern Kansas, has acci pted tbe pastorate of the Christian church at Table Rock, and with his family baa arrived to assume his duties. I An entertainment will be given by Ihe pupils of the Nebraska School for the blind at Lincoln. The uuesta will be members of the state board of corrections and charities. Tte county commissioners at Fir 'bury appointed Frank A. Houstesa 'county clerk to Bll the vacancj caused by tne death of W. S. Dilier. Mr Houston has been deputy elerk for three years. J. C. Burke, a farmer residing near Plcknll was injured while i shelling corn by being kicked on tbe I bead by a horse. Ills right ear waa nearly torn off aud be was badly bruised about tbe head. A charge of embezzlement baa J net been filed at Nebraska City against Archie T. Davis, a traveling ma for the Morton-Gregson Packing com pany of mat city. The whereabout of the man are at present unknown. Mrs. John Kopp of Plat smoutt was injured while coast ingJTuesdaj evening. The sled she was riding collided with another and in tbe nilxup she received an ug'y g sh en her right limb, which required fjftj 'sticlies to close. Judge Bourne of Beatrice pre- ' formed two marrirage ceremonies recently. The couples were Jacol Dumler and Miss Mary Beck of Rus sie county, Kansas, and R' chard Rusher and Miss Alice May Pike ol Bar ties town. A thiee days' meeting of the Sarpy County Pou'try association was held at Papiilion beginning February 3. Enteis have been booked from Omaha, South Omaha, Fremont and Weeping Water. A number of vain able prizes are olTered. Suit has been commenced in thi rtistiict court at Plattsmouth f.n $o,0iK) by II. F. L'sughlin as next friend to Louis A. Maty E , John J. ai.d William F. Pope, minois, against Geoige Obeile a saloonkeeper at Greenwood, for selling liquor to tbem as minors. At Plattsmouth County Judge H. T. Travis has appoir.te I Isaac D. Haimer of Aovca administrator ol the estate of Buton W. Harrucr. The personal property Is valued at $100,000 and the real estate at 8450,. 000. There are four heirs. The Beatrice chapter of the Daugh teis of the American Revolution held an interesting meeting Tuesdij afternoon at the home of Mrs. B II. Begole. There were short addresset and a musical program, after which a light luncheon was served. The regular help at the Home res turant in Columbus walked out oa a strike Tuesday because a colored waiter bad been employed. Thi tiouble was anticipated and anoiliei force of cooks, walteis, eic, was oi band to take the places of those who walked out. ' Harry Priest of Homer has been ar rested charged with being a f igltlvi from Justice in tbe state uf Iowa. He is said to be wanted on the charge of seduction. At a meeting Of tbe school boar at Fremont a auoeessor was elected to succeed Superintendent Laird, wh0 was not a candidate far ie-ele tlon. While It Is not poeltlvelj hn ... ..i.m.i h i I erally understood tbat C aunty 8uper iDtendeot Cbarkee 4jmU tn eoi