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CUSTfR COUNTY RfPUBUCAH
By D. M. AMSBERRY.
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Ii i I DIlOlmN now , - . NlmllASlCA
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: Bdef T e1eg1'a s J
IIm'nll/trlll / II ! snltl to ho ronlemlllnt.
Ing' It fnl'owoll tOll1' next senson , un
clul' the Oml11 ,
'I'ho Unltl'll Stnlp ! ! 1)8 ) \ \ frol11 Cllbn
thl'eo I hnes liS 1II111'h liS Culm hUys ,
fl'om I ho Unltell Stntos ,
Admll'1I1 W , S , S'hlny Is ronOnel1 It
his hoUlo III Wllshlllgton h ' UII IlUnrl. .
of Hl'lllpe , hut eXlleets to ho out In u
fuw dn 's.
A steel. IIIgl'asl ! from Ihe'olrnlll (
slop08 of Ornll. iCI'IIl , 18 SO 1.'ll\BlIl'
Ihul It can he 1Isl'd ItIHterlil of sprlll ! ;
III thn manllillcturo of fur II It 11I' ( ' .
As It IOnHl'rtlll'IICO ) of the fnmlno
I hnl's SludlllOllII Il'IHlutOl's ; : Ilrollose.1
n tux 1Ipon lit ! IWI'SOIlH wolghln ! ; 11101'0
111 un ono huuI\1'cII \ Ilnd twollt "fi\'e
Ilollnlls.
Secl'etnl'Y of thn Intel'lor Jlllchcoclc
hils Issued un ordel' dll'ecllng' the
) )1WIS ) COlllllllsHlon to ISHIW 110 mol'c
nllotnlmt : of land of InlllulIA who
hllve he on nl'l'eptoll hy vurlous trlbcs
IJ1IlIntos of SI. Asnllh worlchouse , III
\v nlHs , possess n pony nnd phneton , a
piano nI\l \ ( 11 IIhrnl'Y of mOl'e tll lI GOO
\'Ohlllles , All al"O 1II'0videll hy goneI"
ously dlslOsed IJel'sons III the dls. i
trlct.
Pl'of. llenjumln I" . Clnl'lw of Drown
1Inl\'ol'slty wns glvon a loving cup 1'0'
cClltly by his colleagues III the fllculty
In recognition of the COl11lllctlon of .
forty yonl's of servlco hr him In the
IInlv rsity ,
Rllssell Leonlll'11 'ollth of 16 '
, a , 1'0'
sllJlnsOllth / of 'Wnl'saw , Ind" has cnm.
) lloted his secolld 'ear of slcellnr [ ; In
\ the open Illt' In all Idnlls of weather ,
110 Is huttllng (0hlH ( \ lIfo agllinst tll'
,
uel'clIlosls ,
General Ben .T. Vlljoen , Il Jenoral o (
the Doer fOI'les : In the war In the
'fransvnal , , vas Il gllest of the Ill'esl.
Ilent at IlIncheon , 110 will have charge
of the BOQl' exhlhlt nt the St , l..oIII
oxpoBltloII.
The AlIstrlan Pcace Bocletr hils sellt
n cnblegram to Prosldent Roosevelt re.
Ijllestlng him to InlOl'\'ono In the HilS'
slan..Jallllneso cont1lct lindeI' the provl
lions of the International Ilrbltrntlon
trlhunal at The Haglle.
1\lInlstor Finch hns cllhled the state
dopllrtmont thllt there has IICon a
. chungo In the sentlmontln Montovldeo
and thnt tnero Is now no fenl' of nn
attack on the city , which Is helng
IUal'ded hy. 1,000 well 1ll'I110d and offi.
t
cered men.
I Thomlls JJ. .James , former 1108tmas.
tor general of the United States , WnA
murrlod In Shnl < ospeal'o's chllrch. nt
I StraUord.on.A von , to Edith , daughter
. . . of Aillermun Colboll\'no \ , of Stratford.
oll.A VOII. Numel'ou rellltives nnd
, friends were } Jresont.
It Is suhl at the war dopnrtment
that Cameron FOl'hes of Doston , who
has been tondel'od the pOBltion of
PhlllPlllno commission , wus soloetod
\1l'lnclpally \ because of his oxecutlvo
abllltios anll tochnlcal Imowledgo of
englneorlnl ; mattol's.
The lollof ; fund for the sufferers of
the Cheswlcle mlno disaster now
I1mounts to $33,759 , Revised stntlstlcs
0 : the dlsllstor to dute show total los3
of Jlfo , 18G ; . bodies accounted for , HI.
Among Illto sUhserlptlons wns $2,000
from MnyOl' IIn : s of Plttslmrg , who Is
himself Ill'ecnrlouslr 111.
! Jacoh Allen , a wenlthy farmer of
Wolhngton , H.ns" waB swlndlod In
Wichita by golll hl'lcle men , who sold
him n worthless comblnntlon of tin
nnll COIIJeI' fot' $10,000 , It had h on
recommended by. a aU\1llosfHl \ govol'n.
mont ! lasllyer who gave the name of
J. E , .Stono of Phl1ullelphlll.
1 By a bill which Imssell the Ken ,
tucley 10giBlatul'e co-education In Ken.
t ' t ucl.y must ceuse , It romalns onlr
I for the go\'o\'l1or \ to sign the meas.
111'0 to mlllo It a In w , I1nd then Berea
t college , ono of the most famous odll'
( 'atlonnl Instltutlolls In that IlIIrt of
the country , mllst pass Ollt of oxlsl.
enco.
RoA , Grant Evans , proshlont f
Henry KOIu1nll college , l\tuslwgee. Is
In Washington to IIrgo the remo'\'al
of rostrlctlons In the Bale of lan In
the Creole natlon , , also In tlto Interest
of.1l1l'Ovlslonnl . \ school system on the
lines of the bill Introducoll h ' Hellre.
Bontatlvo Stewart of Novndll Inst
week ,
Dr. 1\1 , M. .Johnson of Hartfol'll ,
Conn. , has hrought 8111t aHlllnst MrR ,
J. Ogden Armollr of Chlcngo for $ G ,
000. Mrs. Armour Is the mothel' of
the lIttio girl who was opornlol ! 011
hy Dr. Lorenz , nnl ! fol' which 1) ( > wa
said to ha\'o recolved It fee of $30,000 ,
The Bult Is brought for motHclt1 SOI'\ ' .
Ices for Mrs , Armour's Rister ,
Second I..olltonallt Frllnl ( Prntt , 011
duty at Fort Warne , Mlch" hns hron
dotaillod In this country Ilftrr having
hoen ordered to the Philippines he.
cause of moro serloUB charges thUl1
these profcrret ! agnlnst hltn IIIIanlln !
whIch ho WitS relul'lling to face , 1I
Is charged wllh gambling In Manlln
alld with bolng shott In his filllds te
the amount of $7,5UO.
Cl1lltaln George A , Armc ! ! , Unltel1
States arm ' , retired , has uddl't'SRCt !
lottoI' to the presldont chnrglng unjlll1
treatment at the hnnds of the mill
\ tllry nuthorlt1eR , Tlo nssel'ts thnt 1m
portant documents h'arlng on his 1'l' ( '
01'11 have m 'storlousl ' dI8allpearl'l !
from the office ot the I\CUlltant gencl'IIl
l < ivo hlllulred 01)OI'atl\'e8 ) I1t the
Franlc Diesel hranch of the All\l'I'lc \ 11
Con compnn ' , Chlcaro , strucl1 1 'lnp
UJI the plant. Roductlon In wates WII
the causo. 1\Iost of the Btrllcors arc
girls , who operate the cuttlur ; , stamll
Ing end soldorlng ml\ch'urB. ' ' 1'ho p'.nnl !
is plckoted .b ) ' slrls.
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THE LAND FORGES
JAPANESE GETTING READY TO
MOVE FORWARD.
ARE AFTER RUSSIAN POSITIONS
MIlitary Experts Believe Japan's Next
Effort Will Be on the L.and-Prepar.
atlons that Must Be Mode Before
the Army Can Go Forward ,
LONDON-New ( Yorlc Iicrald Cn. I
hlegrnll1-Gamo In made hy Homo. .
Bugllsh } lI1llOrS of the lIuhll8hol ! 1'0'
Ilol't that the Vlalllvostok SllUlllll"01I
has put to Bell alld captured a snmll
.ll1ll11no"o l1Iorchl1nt stellmer off the
northern const of .lal1un , 'fhlH In Sill"
castlcally cllllod a lIrllllrml oxplolt , hilt
I .
the Imllorlallt fact Is rocognlwll : to ho
I hilt the Vlndlvostol ( RllIllIlron ) Is now
located , Gonoml opinion here Is lhl1t
It cnnllot I1chlovo IInythlng' of COIISO'
quonce.
l1l1larr nnll II a'Ill mcperts hm'e
agree wHh the ImlJrOHSlon re\lartoll \ to
) ll'o\'nll In Now Yorlc that the Japllllese
111'0 alread ' . III'ellIwd to mo\'o III force
on the HllssllIlI lOsltion Oil the Ynlu.
It Is Iuestloned ) first of all whether
the whole stOl'y of the concontrntlon
of any consldel'llblo Hll sllIlI arll1Y 011
the Ynlu Is not It 11101'0 1I1 'th. In that
case It mny bo that the Japanese will
fllld It worth theh' whllo to brush
aside , with division rUIIIIy ] ) IHlshed
forwlll'd to the scenc , the Husslan
t rOOllH which Ilrosull1llhly cover n con.
silloruhlo nccumulatlon of BtOl'eS such
liS It mny ho well worth whllo olthor
to Bolzo 01' dostro ' . 'fhls would , how.
ever , not lIe a sOl'lous advnnco for do.
cisl\'o nctlon ogaillst the Hussilln army
ns such , but only a 1.1I1nell\'or fot' the
advnntago of posltloll and to hamllOr
Hussll\n movements hy destroylnJ ; the
stores on which they hl1d calculatoll
for tholr Inrgo forces , Previous to
IIIIY ad\'nllce of the , Japnnese army for
doclsl\'e nctlon , If they are In the
IlI'osellCo at this } lOlnt of I'oally for.
mldablo Hllssilln fo\'ces \ , there must ho
a Vl1st accumulation of ammunition ,
hath for art1llCl'y and Illfantr ' . Th l'o
must ho 11 collectloll of Immense Iunn. )
titles of melllcI11 stores anll all\1l1. \
nnces , All these , hesldes fooll , mUBt
bo gathered In convolliollt depots near
to the fl'OlIt.
Latest repol'ts from the front Indl.
cato thnt a hattlo on land Is oX\lectod \
hourl ' , 'fho , Japanese have massed
troOllH Oil the Yalu riveI' , toward which
n Husslan force Is hollo\'od to bo
lIIarchlllg , alld 11 second IIno of defense
Is lIolng fot'mod between the river Ilnd .
Sooul. capilal of Corea.
It. Is reported thnt 200 of the crew
of the Husslan ship VarlaJ ; lost their
lives dmlng the fight at Chem1llpo.
A Germun crulsor hns been sent to
tlllco Gorman women an chl1dren from
Port Arthur.
'fho Husslan hattieshi)13 ) Czarov\tch
and Retvlznn have IJCon fioated , but
the cruiser Pallada Is still on the
boach.
Raising Funds for Japan ,
NEW YORK-Consul GOlloral Uchl.
dn IJI'eslded on I.\'hlny \ at a mass meet ,
IlIg In Cal'l1eglo hllll , attended b ' ROV'
oral hundred .Jllllllneso and mnny
Amol'lcan srmpathlzors , for the 1mI"
IlOse of furthorlng the Illan to ralso
n fUlld for .Jalllln , 1\11' , Uchida an.
noullcod thllt It waB Intended to rnlso
$ riOOOOOO. III vi ow of the Iresldonl's )
\lroclnnmtloll \ of noutl'l\llty he l'xplaln.
crt thnt It woulc ! only he Ilor01lsslhlo
for American cltlzells to contrlbulo
for the Hupport of the Japanese Hetl
Uross soclot . ,
Army Offlcera Los Jobs.
LONDON-In Il\1l'suanco \ of the
army refo\'ms \ all the heads of dOI1l11't.
mentll of the war office on Thursdar
rocel\'ell lottel's of dlsmlssnl , nnll were
noUnee1 that they will he emlilorpd
elsewhere , I.ol'd , Roherts , conlmantl.
ct'.III.chlof of the '
fot'ces ; Lloutenl1lt I
General Lorll Grenfell , comlllnnlllng I
the Fomth armr cor'IIS ; Lieutenant
Genol'lll Sir , Jolm 1'I'ellch ; , In coml11and
of the Fh'st army COl'IIS , 11\111 \ Sit , \\11 ,
lIam Uutlel' , C0ll1m1U1l1ln the 'Vest
tllstrlpt , have heen Invited to join the
1I0W nrmy council ,
Reports of Heavy Firing ,
'rmN TSIN-It Is rellortod from
Chln Wang ' 1'no , ahout 1 O mlleR
nOl'thwest of 'J'len Tsln , thnt hellvy
firing has heen henrd at sea and It
Is Inferred that another engagemellt
has tnltcn Illace.
Iowa Man a Big L.oser ,
W US'l'mll Cl'l'Y , la-Georgo II ,
HelnoelCI' , the WebstCl' City mllll n.
alre , lost a lIuarter of n million dol.
lars hi the lll1lt1moro fire , Ho ownoll
the steel structure next 10 the lIurst
hUllellng , In which the 111'0 stllrtod ,
110 canled but $ 1,000 tnsurance ,
Witness In Smoot Case ,
WASIIING'1'ON-Sonntor Burrows ,
chnll'luon of the commltteo on prlvl.
leges nml olectlons , haB suhpoonaed
E. p , Critchlow IlS n wltnoss In the
hlvesttgatlon of Senntol' Smoot.
OppOl'tunltr , with nhlllt . , makes \'e. \
sponslbllltY-Blshop Hurst.
Are Anxious for the Fray ,
V.\NCOUVEH , B. O.-DeSIlte the
fnet thut no call for mon fmm Bl'lt.
Ish Columbia has been Issued hr the
Jallaneso goverlUnont , twont ' .five
\'aneou\'or .Jnlll1nese ha\'o lIalled for
Jalmn. 'fhoy 11\0 \ going 011 Ch' own
Innlut1vo , und will lIe joillCI ! nt Vie
tOl'11l h ' a IIJw numhol' of theh' coun'
Il'ymen who desh'e to ho ( JUrly on hand
to tulO pnrt III the host1llt les. It Is
estlnmtotl that there 111'0 In this Ilrov ,
Ince hotweoll , t , OOO unl ! 18,000 Jnpall'
ese and umollg them uro 3,000 or 4,000
liable to son'lco for their countr ' .
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CUBA CANNOT FL.OAT A L.OAN.
The Prescnt Conditions are Unfav.
era ! e.
lIAVANA.--'rho Associated PI'OSS Is
Infol'l1)d hy a IIOl'flOII of Ulldollhted
nuthorlty that the $ : JriOOOOOO Cuhl1l1
lonn will 1I0t ho floated until the
1I10llctal'Y cOlldltlons nro mo\'o \ fllvol"
able limn at the pl'esellt moment.
Pl'osldent Pahna nlld the secl'otary of
the treasm ' WOI'O 1II'Ilctlclllly so III'
formed of 11 conferollCO hold I"ohrullr '
10.llt which here W"'I'O ! ll'osent 1'0p.
resentntlves of the Nutlollnl Cit ) '
bllnle of Now Yorlf , the Kuhn Loch &
co , Srl\IIClllo \ , Slloyor Brothers Ilnl (
other hanldng Institutions Intol'estml
In the mnttor , 'I'ho fact thut the loan
Is not to ho fiouted at this tlmo Is
1I0t Intended ns a I'ollectlon on Culm's
cl'ollll , but. If ! duo to the wal' situation
In the fill' east , the result In Wall :
stroct growing' out of the Daltlmoro I
fIl'e , and othOl' curl'ont CUUSOH , 'Vhen
the situation hHcomes nmmal it Is
oxpccted the Cullull honds will bo sohl
wlthollt. Ilifficull ' ,
CUSTOM HOUSE IS RUINED ,
Contents of Bank V ults In Good
Condition.
nAL'1'I IOHJAB a result of an
examination of the now custom house
blllllllng , It IB almost certain that Iho
whole Blt'uctlll'e must ho to'l1 dOWlI ,
BO great Is the dumngo done , 'I'ho
building Is uow nearly Ull to the tllird
fioor , nnd neal'l ' $ ariOOOO of work hns
lIeen done. ' 1'ho lIulllllnJ ; Is abollt
half completed. A careful exnmlna.
tlon will he made later hefore the con.
tractors , lien 1' ) ' Smith & Sons of Dal.
tlmore , are nollfied what l11ust ho
done under the contmct. Under the
Illw the 10 s will fall on the contrac.
tOl'S IInless congress ] Jnsse3 a I'ellof
mcasure ,
' 1'ho vllulls l1uve been found In good
condit on III sovl'l" I hanls whel'o ox.
mnlnlltlons wore made , ' 1'hls Inch\leH \
the \'uulls of the National Exchnnge
hanl" whore It Is 1II1110rstoo(1 ( there
nro $800,000 of United States go\'ern.
ment. funds In the vault.
EXPECT A RUSSIAN ATTACI < ,
Where the Vladlvostock Squadron Ie
Believed to Be Headed For.
WASIIINGTON-The best naval
OlllIlon ) hel'o credlls the ropOl"t thaL
the Russian Vlallivostocl , squadl'on of
1'0111' armored cmlsers has left VI ad.
Ivosl ocl , ; 'lnd It lu holle\'ed that. It w111
attnck the two coaling stations on
the northern coast of Jnpan. In nn.
tlcllJ tlon of this move the .JnlJ nesa
ha vo sevel'al warshills guarding these
points.
In Husslan circles It Is Ileliovod that.
the munlcllml government of VIlldi.
vostock will be tl'llnsferrol1 to a noar.
by town , tOg'othor with the cltlzcnR.
and the entlro place 1\\'noll \ \ OVOI' to
the army for use as a fortress ,
From dlslll1tches rccolved here It Is
thought the , Japanese will conOno tholr
naval Ollel'lltlolls for the Ilresent b I
the dostruetlon of the Russian fioet at
Port Artlml' ,
BITTER TOWARD UNCLE SAM.
RusGJan P < lpers Are In a Pugilistic
Mood.
LONDON-Specllli dlslH ches ru.
colvod fwm the far cast and puh.
IIshed 'l'hursday mOl'l1lng add nothing
to the actual situation. The S1. Pc.
\ersburg correspondent of the Dnl1y
'l'elogl'allh qUOtOB from the Novo
Vrom'a as mal\1ng n. bitter oliitorial
attacle upon the Unltetl Stllles , which
he SUPllosed to bo un outcome of till'
I dlslll1tch to the American consul to
: \1 uleden.
'I'ho No\'o Vremya. accuses the Unl.
ted Stales of a desire to win the trade
of the entlro Ioho and excluo Europe
of the entire Elobo nnd oxchlde I urop
claros : "If , as It seems Illcoly. war
breals out , It will have lIoen Instlgat.
en h ' the Ynnl\Oos. "
RAIL.ROAD PENSIOrl SYSTEM.
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PennGylvanla Company lsuc3 : State.
ment of Operations.
PIIII.ADELPIIIA-Statlstics com.
Ill1ell hy the Iionsion dopal'tmont of
Iho Pennsylvania l':111rond : show thaI
In the f01l1' 'ears the orgnnlutlon hns
been In ollel'atlon $1,224,087 has lIeell
expended fOl' the rcllof : of these ontl ,
lied to conshlol'lltlon. 'I'ho report
glvos the 1OIIowing 'early dlstrlbu.
tlons : 1903 , $3GJ,374 ! : 1J02 ! , $326,403 ;
1901 , $ 92,2JU ! ; 1900 , $2H.OlJ. ! These
oXllClHlltures do not Illcludo the cost
of the dOllllrtment's opemtlon , which
Is IJ hl b ' the comlJ ny ,
In the four 'ears' olJemlion of the
ponslon plan 2l G omplo 'es have heon
rotlred as pensioners from tl1e active
servlcl' of the COmlJ\ln \ ' , Of these fi 7
11IWO died. Of the totlll number I'e.
tll'ed , 426 were hetwHen the ages o !
GG 11\111 \ 69 'oal's. Of the totlll numher
retired , 3.18 were rotlrod U\lon \ thell'
own request and with the allproval of
the OInplo 'lng otncer.
Italy Will Not Mix.
RO\tR-Promler : Glollttl nnnounced
In the chamber of deputies that Italy
would mnlntuln the strlctost neutrnl.
ity during the war In the ful' onst , nnll
would do all possible to othorwlso
bl'lng nbout the re.estalilishment of
pence ,
Missile Travels Fifteen Miles.
W ASlIING'rON-Ono of the omeerR
of the hattlcshll ) Uls80ul'I , which haR
I . hcon engagel ! In tllrget Ilt'actice ort
the Chesapealw capos , calllo to tha
nllvy dopnrtmont with a rOll1lU'lmhlo
stalol11ont. lie snld that ono of the
twol\'o.lnch gIlliS , helng ole\'llted RO\ ' .
on Ilegrees , h't fi ) ' n shell which the
strongest glnss coulll not follow to
the enl ! of Its I1Ight. LateI' a passln
sleamer rOIIOl'tel ! that the shot hlld
Ntruclc the scn within aoo 'nrls ! of her.
I The stonmcr WUI3 IlIstnnt jllst fifteen
mlieB.
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! BOATS ARE SUNI {
THREE JAPANESE VSGEL.S [ GO
DOWN.
WITH OREAT lOSS OF LIFE
Japanee ! Attempt I L.andlng Near
Bedzero-Come Into the Harbor
Flashing RusGlan Signal : : : as They
Advance.
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CIJI FOO-Out of the f01l1' .Jalll1n.
ese tot'llodo bents which mnllo the
I IIl'st IIttncl , Oil Monllay night at Pot'l
Arthlll' , three were sunk with gl'eat
loss of IIfo. The fourth wns n 26.lmot
boat IInd ellcapcII. ' 1'he .Japanose tor.
podo boats erfectoll nn ontmnco Into
the outer hllrbOl' hy using the Rlls ,
sian signal finsh.llghts , Consoqllontly
the HUlslnns did not flro on thom ,
'I'ho following of the first Bmlll'lses
I from a Russian na\'lll omcol' :
"Tho baltloshlll Pullalla was on the
outside edge of the HusHlan lIeot and
on watch 11uty tlmt night. The chief
artlllory 01l1cor noticed fOil I' tOl'lodo )
boats a lll'onchlng , with full lights
and In nil l'esICcts I1Icc Rusllan : tor.
pedo hoats.
" ' 1'ho of\lCer \ ! Infol'med hlR cnptnln
that the allproachlllg bOllts WO\'O \ .Ja1 '
Ilnoso. The captain denied this and
said the ' were built In Pot.t Arthllr ,
' 1'ho artlllor ' officer Insisted that they
wore .Japanese an the cnptaln became
allgry , snylng :
" 'I am In command of the shill , sir. '
"Dosplte this the artillery otncor
ga ve ol'ders to prOlll\I'O for action. "
It Is reported now' that the .Japan.
tst attcmpted a landing near llodzero ,
olghty miles north of Port Arthur ,
but were relllllsed with henv ) ' loss ,
They again tried to effect a landing at
' 1'allenwnn , under the sholtoI' of the
lIeot , hut owing to the strong' fort
firing , they WOI'O unable to succeed ,
It Is said thnt ono , Iapancso ship has
heen tOl'pedoetl.
The llrltlsh merchant shillS In POl't
Arthur have repelltedly applied for
pormlsslon to leave POl't , hilt this hl1s
IlCen refusetl ,
The 'I' amvltch was towed Into the
harbor hol'o at a o'clocle on Tllosdny
al1ernoon , It Is said only Its outer
bottom was Ilonetmted by the .Japan.
ese to\lOdo \ ) and the Russlnns are
now hussy repairing It , It can ho I'e.
1mb'ed III two or three da's.
Thl' Pallada Is stili outsldo and
beached. It must bo sel'lously Injur.
cd , but It Is now also being ropalred
[ t ifj the only ono' of the torpotlo vos.
sels now outsldo.
A shell struclc II hospltlll ship out.
sldo the bllsln liming the hombard.
mont : The caltuln's cabin and the
t hart room were blown ocr. but there
was no loss of lifo , as the Bhlp was
on y recently purchased and was un ,
manned ,
KIL.LED ONE HUNDRED CHINSE ,
This i : : : What the Russian ! > Are
Ch rged with Doing.
LONDON-Special dlslJatches from
' 1'01\10 announce the arrlvnl of .Japan
cse troops at Scoul , but heyond thll :
the dlspat'hes IllIlIlished In the hOWS
IJ porB hero this momillg' add IHO-
tlcall ' nothing to the Imowledgo o (
the nctual situation ,
The Tlen ' 1'sln ' '
cOl'l'eslJOndont of the
btandal'd sends In a report that th. :
HlIsslnns have massacl'od 100 Chinos ! !
at Llao Yan , In consequence 01
which the 0111c1als at Shan Hal KWI1I\
are gl'elltly al1\rmed and nro appeal
Ing to Poldn for III'otectlon. Othm
tllspatches say that 4UO Fl'Onch tl'OOp
have heon ordered from there to Seoul
for the protection of the French le a
tlon at the Kore:1I1 capital , the om ,
1101'01' having talten refuge Ihm'c ,
These ropo\'ts \ lacl , confirmlltlon.
' 1'ho correspondent of the Dally
11alat \ 'flon Tsln says that LI , the
CIl\'ol'lte conrt o1l1cllll of the downger
emlll'eSR of C1ilna , has heen decoyed
awn ) ' anl heheaded h ) ' o\'llel' \ of Yuan
Shl Kal , commundel'lnchlef or the
Chlneso lI\'my \ anl1 navy , 1.1 wns11'0
HusJlan : In his feelings.
GO TO OBSERVE THE FIGHTING.
American Officers Who May Go With
Russian Army.
S'1' pg'rEIlSnURG-ny Illroction
of the authorities Ilt Washington Am.
bassntlor l\IcCo\'mlcl \ , has aslcol ! the
Russian otnclals to llCrmlt the follow.
Ing officers to accompany the Russian
army In the field : Colonel .Jolm B ,
Kerr of the genoml staff. Captain Carl
Reichman of the Seventeenth Infall'
try , Cllptaln George G , Gntley of the
artlllory COl'ps. Captain William J.
Jlldson of the englneol' corps ,
Lloutonant Newton A. McCu1Jocl"
U. S , A" wlJ1 he Ilttnched to the Rus.
sian fieot If the nocessal'Y permission
Is obtained from naval authol"ltlos
hOl'O ,
Rus31an Ship Is Blown Up.
S'1' , PETF.mSDUHG-A report has
been I'ocolvod from Vlcero ' Aloxleff
sa 'lng that the Husslan torpedo trans ,
port. Yonlzl has heen blown up IlS the
result of accldentall ' strlllng a mine
lit POl't Al'thnr , 'I'ho Yenlzl sanl , and
Calltaln StophanoIT , nine officel's and
nlnoty.one mon were lost.
Operates In Milwaukee.
11J.WAUKI g-Al'thllr S , Slll'ncer ,
who was nl'rested In Plltsbul'S' on the
chal'go of tr 'lng to sell Chlnu\l1pn I
fnlo ! rl' lstratlon certillcates , wns In I
: \tI1wauleo on .JalllJaI'y 2 , ) nntlI1ndo ,
the 1'00IIHls of Mllwaulc'o Ir.lllulrios In
co 111 111111) ' with Iho dcpllt ' Unlletl
StJttesI1tH'lIhal. . I\nd a nlllnber of
Chlnamon were SOllt to the count '
jail becl1l1so the ' w rolI1alliU to PI"O'
IhlCO certiflcutos Jlhowln tlto ' wore
ontltled to resldo In the Ullited States.
Some of the Chlnnmon Irolluced 11a.
. pel's and were J'eleqsell.
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0lE : CURE. FOR THE BOY BANDIT. . I
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CAPTURE BY JAPS :
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TI-EY : TAKE PRISONERS TWO' '
THOUSAND RUSSII\NS.
CAPTURE THREE TRANSPORTS. .
Russians Make Attacl < When Request.
ed by Japanese and Offer Battle-
Vessels Sunk In the Harbor.
LONDON-Spoclal dlslJIltch from
Toldo says the J alJllneso ha vo captured -
tured thl'oo Hussll1n transports , hav.
Ing on hoard about 2,000 troops ,
Dispatcher. to the Dally ! \lall f"Om !
Tolfo anll NagasalI , dated Fellnmry
10 , J'cport the ul'I'l\'al at Sasbo , , lupall ,
of two large HlIfslan bteal1101'S. One'l
Is the volunte1' Fleet association i
U'ans\lort \ Elmtcl'inoslav , which.re. . .
cently lalldod troop , and arms at Port
Arthur , and the other Is the stcamor
Argun , belonging to the Chlneso East ,
orn Railway CO\l1lI1ny , lloth were
cupturod by the Japanese crllisers Sal
Yet and Hel Yen In the nelghllorhootl
of Fusan Coroa , The EkatOl'lnosll1v
Is of 10,000 tons dlsplacemont and Imtl
boon fitted up as an auxiliary crllis.
er , It hnd thirty rlflos on baal'll and
waB on Its way from Vlatllvostolc ,
The Arglln was going to Cll1dlvostoJc
from Nagasald , 'rho Russlnn whlliers
Clorlg , Nlcelzal , Alexandol' and 1\l1ch.
ael , captul'ed by the .Japaneso , have
also al'rl\'od at Sasollo.
Official dispatches from Tolclo 1'0'
celvell lIj" Daron Hayashi sn 's the
, Jajlllneso admlml , on arriving at
Chemul110 , Corea , sent In worll to the
two Rllsslan crnlsers , giving them
tlmo limit In which to leave. Shortly
aftenvnrd the Ruslsans came Ollt anti
attaclced a .Japaneso torpedo heat ,
which I'elllled with a torpedo Illef.
fectl\'ely. A geneml exchange of
shots then I'ollowed , After a hot fIre
the Ullsslans returned to Chomulpo
Itnd SI1I11c at the ontmnco of the hart
her , It Is not J'et kilOwn wlwther
tholr shlldn-was duo to the Japanese
111'0 01' to the Russians' own acllon ,
hilt It Is holle\'ed to bo dno to the
formor. ' 1'he creWB of both the Hus.
sian vessels sOllght re1'lIro on a l'ronch
warship at. Chemulpo , Thei'o wore
no casllnltlos all10ng the .Japanese
and their \'ossols sustalnctl no damage.
" ' \'e were slow III negotiation , so we
are making up for lost tlmo h ' qlllcl , .
ness In action , " fald Baron I Ia 'ashl
this mOl'l1lns' , " 'l'he ungagements at
Port Arthlll' and Chemllillo were mere.
ly In accol'llance with plans long ma.
tllred , As soon as our for es are landed -
ed In Corea loolt fOl' an 1\IIIortallt
noet action at Port A l'thll \ ' . The HilS'
sian vessels al"O not IIlcely lo glvo
lip the allvantago they gained hy beIng -
Ing under the COVOl' of their Illnd bat.
tories , ll ' going to the Chlneso side ,
however , the .Japaneso noet , by hIgh
anglo fil'e , can drop In Bholls which
' 3hould mlll\O It vOl'y uncomfortable fot'
the UusHlan ships lying moored close
o ono anothol' . Thereby It Is hoped
to drlvo out Vlcoroy Aloxloff's forces ,
Posslhl ' , 111\0 Admiral Corvem , he
may antlclpato fate and come Into the
open of his own Ilcconi. ' 1'ho Ilresont
9vonts morolr go to show the utter
IIsolosHness of Port ArUml' from II
strategic vlow point. "
A NEUTRAL.ITY PROCL.AMATION
It Will Be Issued by the President of
the United States ,
WASHINGTON-'rho president has
decided to Issue n IH'oclamation of
lIeut1'llJlt ' , It prolmhl ' will l11al\O It ; ;
appearance 'fhurBday , The Ilroclnma.
tllm Is In stereotype form and slmplr
I'ocltes und deplores the exlstenco of
hostilities hetween Jl1llan alltl Russia
and olljoills Ullon citizens of the United -
ted Stutes p strict regard und oll3el'V'
anco of the noutrallty laws ,
Wants L.e ! ] tlon Arch Ives.
CARACAS , Venezuela-Tho Colom
hlan go\'ernment hns sent nollce to
\ \ " W. Hussell , the American chl1l'ge
d'affall'es hero , who has In hili pOSSO ! > '
' 11011 the nrchlves. safe nnd bools be ,
101lgln to the Colombian leratlon nt
Caracas slnco tl1ploll1utlc relallons lIe.
twcon Cololl1hla 11\111 \ Vl'nezllelll WfI'O
SO\'ol'el ! , to transmit this Ilroperty to
Bogotu , It hna been learlled here
that lal'go cluantltle8 oC Ilro\'lslon8 rt : ' .
celltl ' ha\'o heen hought at Cllra ,
cno and 'fl'lnhlad , to bo s nt to Sa
vanilla and Cartngenll , Colombia ,
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L.OST HUNDREDS OF MILL.IONS.
B ltlmore Suffers a Conflagration Cov.
erlng Many Acres.
BAL'j'I1\lOnE-Aftor \ fighting from
11 o'clocl , SlInday' morning until sun.
down Monday , the firemen succeeded
Ir. stopping the great confiagmlloll
which swept thl"OlIgh the henrt of the
clt - of Baltlmorc. ' 1'ho flames Rwept
c\'er 'thlng heforo thom unlll thoJ"
reached the smaH rlvor which flows
throllgh the city , IIel'o the fire tug
Catarcat nnd Ihe englno companies
senl fl'Om Kcw York mode a stand.
and hy the foothold on the .Iumbol"
'ard and b ' the most heroic efforts
succe l'od In ) ) I'ovontlng the fire fl"Om
gaining a foothold on the 111m bel' yard
on the fUl'lher lInnl , . The various com.
panles thl'n commenced to fight their
way into the firc swept area fl'om
o\'er ' ide nnll the hundreds of
streams soon had the fire subdued
all around the ollts\lrls ] of the burned
area. Though the ruins In the heart
of the tract are blazlnz flercelr : , thel"O
13 no danger of their again galnln
the mastel' ' .
The estimates of the loss vary
greatly , rnnnhl 611 the way from
$100,000,000 to $300,000,000 , but no
ono Is willing to maho an osthnate of
the Im'lmnce. :
Unlllco the grrd Chlcngo fire , the
only ono with W111ch It can bo com-
uared , tne resldenco district of the
city was not invaded by the fiames ,
and there will be n ( ' ph 'slcal suffering
except , ] 1erhl1ps , that food Bllpplles
lI1a ' lIe 8carco for a few da 's , owlug
to the tlostruction of r > ' : the great
commission and produce lJOuses ,
The city Is under mal'tlal law , anll
no ono except these who have lIusl-
ness within the lines III atlmlttetl tp
the tllstrlct covered by the fire , The , I/ '
best of order has heen } lr050rvOlI ,
lhl"Oughollt. aud nt all times the police -
lice and mllltar ' have had the Bltua.
tlon well In hanll and not a slugle
case of looting has been reported ,
The local 110llco have heen reinforced
by rletalls from Washington antI
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Philadelphia ,
CHURCH HOWE UNDER KNIFE.
Conul : : Gener..1 to Antwerp Submit : >
to an Operation ,
' " ASHINGTON-Chllrch Howe of
Nebraslca , consul glnoml to AntwOl'p.
Belgium , Is n very slclc mnn , accordIng -
Ing 10 advlcos recel\'ed at the statl }
delml'tmenl.11' , Howe hns been nll-
Ing for sOl11e time and It Is thought
ho has heen suffering fl'om appendicitis -
citis , A few days ag-o an operation
was Ilerrol'med , the I1ntlll'o of which
Is not Imowll al the Rtnto depal'tmenl.
Tuemlay , howo\'el' . Deputy Consul
llalno cahled the delJl1rtment thllt the
operation had heen folowell ] hy ncute
Indlgostlon and 1111II'lsy , Bf'yond
this the stnto '
dopul'tment has no
Imowledgo of11' : , Howe's Illness , I
Effect 15 Far Reaching , I
S'1' , LOUIS-'rhe romliloto destl'uc- !
lion hy the rOllfiagl'lltion In Bulll-
mor < > ; it Is Etatod , may have the ef-
roct here of ( 'IHlslng the I'e-Inmrlng-
of muny huslness houses In this l'ity
! locause or 11m enonnous losses proll-
ahlr suffered by Inslll'anco comllllnloR.
o far as cnn he leal"llCll , two Insul'-
ance compaules doing hllsluess In
Baltimore and having heulqllnrtors :
hero sufforel ! losses estlmatell hy each
at $ fiOOOO , 'J'hOl'e I1re 1:18 : othel' In.
suranco coml1anlHs l'n\'l' \ 'lug rlslcs In.
this clt ' ,
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Robbers Crack a D nk Safe ,
FOn'1' WOR'J'II , Tex-A speclnl
fl'om Commerce , 'l'ex" sa 's lIews Is 1'0'
celvell here I hilt balldlts have cl'ecl , .
ed the sol'o of a hanl ( at navin , I. T , .
and seclII'ell $1,700 , The I'lf Izells.
al'ollsed by I ho noise or the eXlllos-
Ions , attnclcod Iltl' mbllel's , Firing on.
sued , hut no ono Was hurt. ' 1'h rob- 1
hers OSCaled ,
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Cuba's Proposed L.oan.
IIA V A : > : A-lllcldel' ! for the I1ropos.
ed loan of $ : IiI'UOOO : ) ( will submit 111"0"1. . . . .
posals In a vel' ; " few Iln 's. In vip\\ , o [
the I1nanolal IIncl'rlnlntll'3
clllISt1 ! ! hy
the wal' III the fal' < 'I1Rt It Is uol expected -
pected , howevel" thnt Iheso III'ullos:1ls
will be I'lisollllely 11cfinlte , 1'I'flJill ! < .nt
Pulm1. hns IS > lu1'11 ! a IleerN' I hat Iht1
I's\'olutlonnl'r bonds of lSfl6 aud IS17 !
lI1ar ho lIreaenttl ! 11 . ' '
< 1'0 nft'I' the III'I'S-
ont weel , fOl'
examination
nnll .
recI ) ; '
nltion III'ellmlllal'y to the 1) ) ' ' ' 1l'lIt or
accrued Intf'I'ost on Ihe Sl1mo nt that.
time.
