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' TITK OMAHA DAILY PEE: MONDAY, KEBKIJAKY P. 1004. Baltimore and th Indication are that the residence at reel are doomed to he Invad'd. Tha Baltimore St Ohio railroad office building: haa been destroyed. At 11:45 o'clock ths temporary customs house ad Joining the postofflce caught fire. One hundred and fifteen pollremen from Ihlla delphla arrived here to a as tut the Baltimore police and military. BlMk After Block. Doomed. On Baltimore etreet, the block between Liberty and Sharp, was aoon ablaze, and then came the next block east to Hanover, and after that the block on the aouth aide to Charlea atreet burst Into flames. Block after block followed. The Conaolldated Oas company's building and Oehm's Acre hall were soon burning fiercely. The big Baltimore Bargain houae alao caught. Down In Hopklna Place, where the conflagration started. Hurst' building and the other wholesale house crumbled and fell. The big dry goods houae of Daniel Miller Bon and R. M. Button A Co. were soon aflame and along German, east and west, from the Hursts' building there were a acore more In ruins. Mae A Kempess big wholesale store on Baltimore atreet quickly succumbed to the flames snd the walla fell with a craah. The Hurat building waa utterly destroyed and was apparently the center of the caldron. For a time considerable alarm was felt at the alty hospital when the rain of cin ders waa at Its flerreet. The Bisters of Mercy In charge of the hospital were all at their posts and the fact of the confla gration waa kept from the patients. A few cinders falling on the roof were ex tinguished by the physicians. Eighteen women, two babies and several nurses were taken from the irlaternlty hospital In police ambulances and given quarters at ' the city hospital. A woman HI In bed with typhoid fever waa taken to the city hospital. Explosion of Whisky, At 3 o'clock a tremendous explosion of about 160 barrel of whisky stored In the -upper floors of 24 Hanover street hurled tons of burning matter across the street on the roofs of the buildings opposite, which the firemen were drenching with water In a vain hope to make Hanover atreet the eastern boundary Una of tha conflagration. The flame quivered tor a few moment under the water, but soon we he eating Into the buildings on the east aide. An engine wa burled by a falling wall. the firemen fleeing for their lives. The churches In tha central section of the city were filled with worshipers, many of whom became frightened, and while no panics ensued, hundreds of men and women lr-ft. Borne by the strong southeast wind the ' column of smoke, biasing cinders and even piece of tin roofing, spread over the center of the city and a rain of cinders fell, compelling pedestrians to dodge red- hot pieces of wood. Two more explosions followed and thou sands of people hurried to the scene of the fire. Policemen guarding the ap proaches to the fire had to repeatedly shift their positions and dodge falling cinders. Pieces of tin six by eight feet square were lifted Into the air by fhe- terrific heat, aalled upward like paper kites and when they reached a point beyond the tone of the most Intense beat fell clattering to the street. The firemen and police, who ware obliged to stick to their dangerous posts, dodged Into doorways tor shelter from the rain of hot missiles. hmum Two Haadred Mtlllosu President Clinton Richardson of the salvage corps estimates that before the fir can be extinguished the losses will aggregate 1200.000,000. Chief Uorton haa been disabled by an electric wire and Mayor McLaln la directing the. fire fight. ' Beside the wholesale house on Hopklna - 'i Place the fire haa destroyed all the house on Baltimore from Howard to I'ght ttrceti on both. Ides, a distance, of four blocks. Houses are being blown, up with dynamite to stop the spread of the flames, , Bo far a known no live were lost ' . On Hopkins Place the Hopklna Saving batik, and the National Exchange bank were putted by flames. Across the street were the ruins of the John E. Hurat com pany and next to It 8. Hecht, Jr., A Bon were In flame. Adjoining was the large building owned by the William Koch Im porting company, which was also quickly destroyed. Across the street the Stanley & Brown Drug company' building waa quickly In ruin, while fronting on the Baltimore street aid of this block were the Roxbury Rye Distilling company, the building occu pied by Bllberman as Tode and the house of Allen Son Co., which haa hardly been completed, while next to It wa the estab lishment of the M. Moses company. On th corner was th building; occupied by Sugar & Shear and severaJ other smaller UPWARDS O F Tea Million OF THE "The Rosul Are iu tho Hands of tho People. "FULL OF RICH MEAT Cost? Not One How then? A miniature copy Is touud in every Grape-Nuts. It eetg your thinking machinery working nothing else will ''""1 "Don't b a trtmr scAoIar ami earl opinion at (As .4 lot bra elat." There ts ft power wlthtu you that can and will work miracles if you keep the fool part of you silent and let the higher njtnd operate you." Telephone (irot er for a puokuge of rostum or (Jrape-Nuts, find the little book, read, and, our word for It, you Well TRY IT COSTS NOTHING I concerns. All of these were swallowed up In flames. , Ma Hen Hotel la Flames. At 1:30 o'clock Mullln's hotel, a seven stnry structure at Liberty and Baltimore streets, was afire from garret to cellar and Its great height and narrowness converted It Into a anrt fit Sun mnA that Hnnm.il build ing became a high and dreadful torch. All I the guests of the hotel had been ordered out of the building shortly after the fire broke out In John E. Hurst' place. There was no panic or confusion and no one was injured. , Though every bit of fire fighting ap paratus in the city waa called Into requisi tion as the flames continued to spread, the firemen realised that they had before them a tnsk which was too great for them to combat. Telegram for fire engines wer sent to Washington and Philadelphia, and about 1 o'clock six engines arrived from Washington and four from Philadelphia and Joined In the battle with the flames. Boms of the apparatus traveled sixty mile an hour. Water plugs In every section within a radius of half a mile from the fire were In use and It Is roughly estimated that there were ISO hose all playing at one time upon different parte of the conflagration. Owing to the great congestion of Are ap paratus the crowds of people and the I general confusion, many of the engines I from out of town were unable to find a foundation of government rests upon the place where they would be of service. protection afforded to persons and prop Wlth loud roars wall after wall toppled erty. This proposition, however, hss been over and firemen ran for their lives. Mom of tha Loser. Among th buildings consumed are the followlng: Koxbury Rye Distilling company; Allen & Sons, leathers; Bugsr A. Shear, clothing; L.. Biein & Co., umbrella manufacturer; M. Friedman Sons; Crockln A Co., dry goods; Schwara Toy company;' Mullins hotel; Purgunder Bros., clothing; Mass Tool company, manufacturers of confec tioners' tools; Lewis Lowery A Co., dry goods; Dry Ooods Exchange; 8. Neuberger & Bro., dry goods; A. Bauber, clothing and sponging establishment; A. C. Meyer A Co., druggists; CarroltoA Chemical com pany; William T. Dixon A Bro., wholesale paper; Burger A Co., wholesale clothing; Blanke'a saloon; Thomas Burke A Co., liquors; James A. Oary A Sons (cotton mill) office; Charle Burger A Co., whole- sale clothing; American Cigar company; Cook Sanderson, local agent of Cluett, Pea- body A Co.; John F. Hurst A Co., dry goods; 8. Hecht, Jr., A Co., caxpeta; Daniel Miller A Son, dry good; Digga, Curran A Co., boots and shoes; Nolan's restaurant; C. Y. Davidson, gas fitting establishment; F. Bchleune A Co., cloth dealer; Oppen- helm,. Koshland A Co., wholesale Jewelers; I W. Katzen A Co., clothing; A. Federallcht A Co., woolen goods; C. J. Stuart A Sons, I hardware; O'Connell A Bannon, restaurant; I building occupied by the National Exchange bank and the Merchant and Manufactur- era' association; Hopkins Saving bank building occupied by Thornton, Roger A Co., printers; Carr, Owens A Helneman and Blank' saloons; Ambach Bros., cloth ing manufacturer; Conrad Zeels' Sons, trunk manufacturers; building occupied by Bllberman A Todes, dry goods; Thalhelmer Bros., dry goods, and the Florence W. Mo-1 Carthy company; Fussellbaugh-Blake com- I pany, wall paper; Raach A Qarnor, window ahades; R. Jandorff A Co., boot snd hoe; Jamea Robertson Manufacturing company. metals; Peter Rose A Son, hemes and saddlery; B. Kohn, notion : N. Pretsfelder, boots and shoe; John Murphy company, publishers; Baltimore News company, book- sellers; The Ctishlrtg company, booksellers; J. 8. McDonald A Co.. jeweler: the Good- year Rubber company; Like Berwanger A Co.. clothier; the Welsh Bros, company. 1 Jewelers; the Conaolldated Oas company (office building); Oehma' Acme hall, oloth. lers; the W. J. C. Dulany company; Huy. ler1 confectionery; William Knabe Plan company; Samuol Hunt' Son, leather goods; th Jamea R. Armlger company, lewelers: the Da Brau Hat comnanv: Krans Smith Piano eomoanv: F. W. McAllister A I Co., optician: Bryant A Bt rat ton buslnes college; H. Lerts A Son, pianos; Imwold A Co., furniture; Granger A Co., tobacconists. Firemen Aro Helpless. At o'clock tonight the fire I still raging wlth unabated fury. The fire department I helples and the flame are steadily traveling eastward on Baltimore snd Fay. ette streets. The Union Trust building has fallen In. The Carrollton hotel la on lire, the Herald and New buildings are appar- ently doomed and the occupants havs moved out The Sun is preparing to mov. Cloud of burning cinder cover the whole city. The fir la now within s block and s half of the Associated Pre. ofiw. .n , both of th telegraph office. Both com. heard at th8 Pre8'ant h"1'1 " ai panles are removing record and hundreds Play hU """"f PrU "d .'uch a" of men and boy are engaged In removing the book a Copies BOOK, to Wellville," FROM COVER TO COVER" Pennyl package of rostum Food Coffee and will flud some eternal facts there wortn . COPS SCARCE IN CAPITAL Py It 8 xty Per Month md Tbera Ars Twenty Vacanoles. LARGE VICIOUS CLEMENT EXISTS Inadequate rroteetlon to Urea and Property of Uoveraasent Official Sal to Bo Dae to ParsW mony of Congress. (From a fttaff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. (Special ) Washington, with a population of nearly 00.000, embracing nearly seventy square miles, with over 800 linear miles of streets and nearly 0 miles of road, Is probably the most Inadequately policed city In the United States of like population. The third largest police domain in the United States Ith Its Important and valuable Interests has been cared for by an organization too much out of proportion to afford unques tioned security to life and property therein. The finest body of policemen In the United Btates should be found In the nation's capi tal. Congress, however, hiis been parsl- monlous Insofar as the police and flre-de partments are concerned, and yet the very wholly overlooked by those who make laws for the government of the District of Co lumbia as well as the nation. The picture of the situation Is not correctly had until one realises the many attentions demanded of the small force lit a Jurisdiction as dis tinct In it social condition and In the character of its surroundings as any In the world. Here are the homes and official quarters of the president of the United Btates, the cabinet and supreme court Judges, the heads of departments and those who conduct the details of the govern mental machinery, while the members of both houses of congress, the ambassadors. ministers and attaches of the foreign lega tions temporarily reside here. Large Virions Element There. While the population, according to Major Sylvester, ruperlntendent of police and, by the way, one of the moat efficient tiollce officers in the country, is generally law abiding, there is still a large vicious ele- ment, the petty pilferers, the dishonest servant, the disturber of the peace, the intolerable crank and others, and when these are Included with those who violate the city ordinances the aggregate of arrests for last year equals those of the commercial olty of St. Louis, the number of cases be Ing between 20,000 and 30,000 annually. On the 1st of the last fiscal year there were 689 privates In the force, but 100 f theae were on detail duty at bathing beaches, at the district building, serving aa guards at the house of detention, at the workhouse and thirty-two were doing guard duty at the White House. When this detail Is taken Into consideration and when you add I to these the sick, which average twenty- five or thirty a day, there are less than 400 officer and privates to patrol a city which has nearly 300,000 people "Althln Its limits, A third of this force does service In the daytime, while the remainder look after the Uvea and property and people at night. Owing to the extent of the city the beat vary most materially, running from six or eight squares In the business section of the city to nrty or sixty in tne resident section. " Is understood that there are over twenty vacancies In the police department at the present time, men available for the service preferring to work where they have their Sundays, holiday and rights off and no uniform to buy rather than work for JC3 P" montn. wrntcn congress in its munin- cence provide the salary of" a private ahotild bo .at tho last cession. Congress y"r v n ncreae of forty men to the police VJepartment at 0 per month, but. a said before, the department has en unable to secure men who can pas the civil serrlo examination for this small compensation. Cavalry Do Police Daty. When Governor Taft arrived in Wash- Ington last week to take tho War de- partment portfolio as successor ; to Eecre- tary Root, he was accorded an escort of troop of cavalry. When Ellhu Root left or York to ""U""6 hl private law practice he was alo accorded a like escort, Order have lnc been given that ambas- -r and minister accredited to this o""try by foreign countrie will be ac- corded a cavalry escort In- keeping with tne "nd Prominence of the lndl- vidual. There ha been much criticism undemocratic thing as glvtng citizen of the United States military escort, but the reason for this was made plain to a citi zen the other day by the president, who said that there were not policemen enough In Washington who could bo detailed from their dally patrol duty as escort to promi nent personagea. Not in year have there been so many crank calling. at th Whit House on one pretext or another to aee the president a during- the past six month. Ambassadors and ministers have also been pestered, and it I for the pur. pose of giving a meaaur of protection to the representative of foreign government that the cavalry escort waa decided upon. It wa but a ahort lm ago that Secretary Loeb Bent for a number of representative newspaper men to make the request that little or nothing be said In their news paper about the visits of crank to the Whit House, and thl request ha been crupulouBly observed by the men who chronicle the doing of the capltoi. In view of these conditions It seems that Jus tice would demand a more liberal allow ance for policemen in th District of Col ombia. Seven hundred men are none too many when the live and property of tbo residing In Washington are taken Into con sideration. Prospect of Good Road Bill. The attempt of a combination of auto- mobll manufacturers to fore the Brown low good road bill through congress ha thu tar failed to aid that measure In to lightest degree. A literary bureau la maintained her at a great expense and th various farmer' club and organisa tions throughout th country hav been loaded with ready-made petition to con. gTeas to pasa th bill. But there 1 a wide rltVr "uch ,e"ulaUo,t Is not This sentiment 1 well expressed by Rep resentatlve James B. Perkins of New Tort, who In an Interview today said "I doubt If Mr. Brownlow' bill, appro priating t21.000.ono for good roads, will be passed. In the first place, the government I on th verge of a deficit, and to enter upon a new field of expenditure, of which the amount might be unlimited, would rem hazardous to many. Th fact la. w ar spending about all th money th gov ernment has. It would be a lamentable condition for a country as rich sa this to be running behind every year like Tur key or Spain and it would be very un palatable to Impose a lot of nw taxes in a time of peaco. "Besides this, many doubt th wisdom of the general government going Into th buslnea of building roads. I am a firm betlever in th importance of good roada When in th New York legislature in I iws. j voted for the original good road I act but th question is. whether the con- I ,t ruction of good road hould not remain i th. hands of the states. If we people I In New Tork got anything out of th gen I ra government for this purpose, we should I have to pay for it, and w. should pay mora than we got. We oontrtbut .to th ra tional taxes In proportion to our wealth. We should receive from the national treas ury In proportion to our population. Ours Is a much richer community than Is found In most other state. Though no specific tax Is made for this additional expenditure, It cimes out of the pockets of the tax payers Just the same, and they are so much poorer at th end of the year. "Furthermore, there Is a question whether the superintendence of road con struction from the Attantlu to the Pacific, over this enormous country, could be wisely carried on In Washington. The demands for new construction In scantily populated districts would he very great. The force of agents and employe which the government would. In time, have become very large. Once started on such a course It Is hard to say where we should end, or to what an amount this item might grow. There la, however, some question, certainly, as to the power of the general government. I am no stickler for state rights, but when It comes to road bulldlnf I believe that the states, and certainly the state of New York; can get more for It money and ac complish better results If road building Is kept In the handes of our state under the laws we now have, Instead of being turned over to the general government. Such, at lertst. Is my present Impression. I sympa thise with those who believe In good roads, but let us be wise in our policy and not allow our zeal, to lend us Into Ill-advised action." In Washington with Snowshoes. Mr. John J. Boobar Is The librarian of the house of representatives. Mr. Boobar came to Washington from Minnesota. Up In his northwestern home the librarian Is accus tomed to deep snow. He. like nearly every man In Minnesota, learned early In life the use of snow shoes. Not the skees so popu lar with the Scandinavian residents of that state, but the wide, rawhide woven oval snow shoes of the Canadian Indian. When Mr. Boobar came to Washington he brought a pair of these shoes with him. He has had few opportunities to use them since he came until within the past few days. Since the heavy fall of snow nearly ten Inches fell In one day Mr. Boobar has been In his glory. Mo lives on the heights to the northwest of the capltoi and he makes the trip of nearly three miles from his house to his office on snow shoes every morning. No one In Washington ever saw northwest ern winter locomotion before and Mr. Boo bar has. during the past week, attracted more attention than Is accorded to Senator Tillman or to General Miles, when he ap pears In full uniform. Efficiency of Army Chaplains. A bill that is attracting a great deal of Interest throughout the country has been reported from the senate committee on military affairs recognizing and promoting the efficiency of army chaplains. The bill alms to give chaplains of the army a standing which they do not now hare. Fifteen chaplains are to be selected from time to time by the president from those who have had ten years' service with the grade and pay of a major, the present designation of "chaplain" to remain a now. At present there nre fifty-seven chaplains in th army with the rank and pay of captain, but fifteen of this nura her, however, are to receive the rank and pay of major, and those only who win it by exceptional efficiency. Th bill place promotion absolutely upon the established record of a chaplain In the military ser vice which record ! made upon com' mendatlon for unusual merit from his regimental eommanaer and a concurrence In this opinion and commendation on the part of the department commander. Ac cording to the report of the military affair committee ' the recognition of efficiency Is one of ,fh principles of jus tlce which the bill proposes. "The rtlmu latlon of efficiency1, aivays result frem the possibility of precognition and promo' Hon," says the report, "and ths service of any class of officer Is sure to be Im proved by , the knowledge that advance- ment depend (entirely upon a record for particular efficiency." Ths bttl ha ths approval not only of Secretary Taft, but ty his Immediate predecessor and more than thirty general officer and colonel. It has teen endorsed hy many arch- rlshops and b.'shops, clergymen nd lay men representing practically1 every shadn of religious belief and resident In every state In the union. , IROQUOIS WILL REOPEN Interior of the Theater In Which So Many Lost Their I.Ives Being; Redecorated. CHICAGO, Fob. 7. A contract hss been let for refitting and redecorating the Iro quois theater, in which 673 lives wore lost on December 90 last. It was" uncertain whether th Iroquois would open again aa playhouse, but th letting of the con tract for repair Indicate that the thei ater will be reopened to the publlo as a place of amusement. The cowt of the re pairs will be about $22,0ub and the man agement hop to reopen tho house In the early spring. It la said th name of the theater will b changed to th "North' west" A Guaranteed Cars to Plies. Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Pilea. Tour druggist will refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cur you Is I to M day. SOs. GUN FIGHT AT ST. LOUIS Hotel Proprietor - and Police O nicer grille Fend with Plstola mm Re reive Fatal Wonnd. ( ST. LOU18. Feb. 7.-In a fight today. ald to have resulted from ill feeling, Joseph Littler, proprietor of the Bachelor hotel on Olive atreet, was ahot and killed and Po lice Officer Edward Mackel was shot and seriously wounded. Mackel wa taken to the city hospital. The fight took place on Olive street before daylight and over a doaen shot are aald to hav been fired. Littler finally fell to th sidewalk a corpse. 'Bottled GoodnextT in Fslts tU kosett uaMty." Quality talk should b backed bjr "th good." BUu Brewery wasiouaasd ia nS early foftias. Blal qsslity is alatoA traduloaal. Every bouts is ( all of quality argument. Ths "Blalt" charactensoc ar all roaaded up ia tha " Wiener." Atk tor it dowa tows. Send cas boas. Omaha Branch U13 Douglas St, Tel. 1061 SENATOR 1IANNA VERY SICK Prominent Fhyiiclat) in Consultation wl'h Da Rixy. UMPERATURE SHOWS STEADY NET GAIN Family Maeh Worried, bat Whll Pa tient's Condition I not Dan ser. oa Extreme (are I Bt lac Observed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-Senntor Hsnna passed today without any radical change In his condition. His extreme weakness was more marked than heretofore and his tempersture was a little higher. Those attending him, however, Insist there Is nothing significant in these conditions and that there are no developmenta on which to change the expressed belief that the outlook Is hopeful for the senator's re covery. There was a consultation of Dr. Rlxey and two other out-of-town physicians dur ing the day, but the only Important de velopment that transpired aa to the con sultation was that It had been decided to omit the evening call of the attending physicians, so as to give the patient more rest. The consultation was held about 4 o'clock this afternoon. Those who participated be sides Dr. Rlxey, the surgeon general of the navy, who 1 the regular attending physician, were Dr. Osier, the expert di agnostician of Johns Hopkins university of Baltimore and Dr. Brewer of New Tork, who has frequently attended Senator Hanna In New Tork and who Is fnmlllar with his general condition. Immediately after the consultation the following bul letin was issued: Heart' Action Good. Senator Hanna Is doing well. His morn ing temperature was a little higher, but the heart's action Is good and there are no complications. (Signed.) DRS. RTXEr AND OSLER. It was announced that Dr. Edward Ter- klns Carter of Cleveland, Senator Hanna'a family physician, will reach her tomorrow at the request of the senator. Dr. Brewer came to Washington with Dr. Osier, but did not sign the bulletin. The two outsldo physicians ' loft th city Immediately after the consultation. Th senator was very restless lost night and gained little sleep. This, together with the general course of the fever, it is stated, account for hi weaker condition and increased nervousness today. The physicians explain that It Is to be expected that the fever will lncreass until the crisis Is passed, but they do not name any defi nite -date when that critical point will be reached. His temperature has shown a steady net gain for several days, with the usual fall of I or t degree over night The bulletin given out Immediately after Dr. Rlxey made his call about 8 o'clock this morning follows: Too Weak, to Talk. No decided changes In Senator Henna's condition this morning. Temperature. 101 6-10; puis, W. This was a rise of 0-10 of n. dno-ree In twentv-faur hours, and of 16-10 since Frldsy morning, when the first offi cial announcement was made of the pres ence of typhoid. The senator Is taking no nounsnment except mils, tie is too weax to talk except an occasional few word to those who are attending him. Mrs.- Hanna and Miss Phelps, his niece, being the only ones permitted to see him beside the phy sicians and trained nurses. Mrs. Hanna haa been a stesdy attendant at hi bedside and show tha effects of th strain she is undergoing. She took a long drive thl afternoon, which apparently benefited her. Miss Fhelp remained at the apartment so a to be present In case her services ware needed. Daniel B. Hanna of Cleveland, a brother of th senator, called on the long distance telephone from there, a has been his custom. H. M. Hanna of ThomasviU. Oa., an other brother, Is expected, tat tonight He baa retired from business and Mr. Hanna wanted him here to advise with her over the situation. He will remain at ths hotel here. Senator Hanna frequently ask for hi secretary, Elmer Dover, but pretexts have been used to divert hi attention from business. Mr. Dover expected to go to Chi cago to attend a meeting of the republican national committee, but remained her on account of the scnatpr' sickness. Mr. Hanna has made Inquiries on this point and Mr. Dover has found It necessary to avoid seeing the senator except once since the Illness reached a serious stage. On that occasion the senator showed that he was devoting considerable thought to business cares and a question about one matter concerning which he wanted to glv Instructions led him to make numerous other Inquiries. It Is this mental effort which those sttendlng him are earnestly striving to avoids WAR IS IN SIGHT NOW (Continued from Flrt Page.) printed In the Official Messenger at 6 o'clock this morning. With war Imminent orders havs been given for a rigid censorship over all In formation relating to naval and military movements. Preparation were also made for the czar's journey to th ancient capi tal, Moscow, where he goes in accordance with the traditional custom of his fore fathers to Invoke divine guidance. While th imperial train I passing to Moscow troop will line every foot of th way. en of Co nf naton. When the representative of th Associated Press called at the Japanese legation thl morning be found a seen' of great eon fusion. During th night, aa If by maglo, all th Japanese art treasures had dis appeared and th spacious salons ware bar. Servants and attache, who had been working all night were still busily packing papsr and archive. M. Kurlno entered the salon with tils habitual quick and nerv. oua step. His bloodshot eyes gar evi dence that h had been a stranger to sleep, but he displayed the Impassive character- in tics of hi race and wa without trace of excitement. Thcis waa an air of firm resolu tion about him, however, which was th only noticeable change In his demeanor. Throughout the strain which has Just passed the attitude of the Japanese minister has been strictly correct. He ha bean on good terms personally with Count Lam dorff and the other Russian officials. To day, aa Is customary with him, he wa extremely reticent and declined to offer an explanation of ths count of Japan, saying th authorities at Toklo would doubtlea glv th world their side of th story. Ha ventured, however, to point out that th Irritation created by the delay In th Rus sian response, postponed from day to day, together with the forecasts of what It con tained, might ' hav convinced hi govern ment that It was futile to continue further diplomacy. As M. Kurlno looked out of a window at th legation, which faces th Ktva, not far from th winter palace, h saw a battalion of th Russian Imperial guard clad to the heels In big overcoats and their guna slung over their backs. He showed no ra.otlon at th light H said, rather sadly, that th ruptur of diplomatics r latlons did not necessarily maa war. Japanese Minister Pop alar. United Statea Ambassador McCortnlck was on of M. Kurlno' first callers this morning and later In th day other diplo mat among whom th minister I popu lar earn to express to him their regret at the turn events had taken. In the afternoon M. Kurlno and his wife made a number of hurried farewell calls. Includ ing one at the American embassy. Four cars are ready at the Warsaw sta tion for the minister and the legation staff M. Kurlno will leave at the earliest pos sible moment, but he probably will not be able to get away before Wednesday. The current business of th Japanese legation, It is believed, will be turned over to the Rrltlsh embassy, although It was once thought posMlble, In view of the fact that Great Rrltaln, as Japan's ally, might be drawn Into the quarrel, that McCor mlck might take charge. Mr. McCurmlck, however, has received no Instructions on this point. It Is possible that the czar may personally undertake the protection of the Japanese In Rusola as Nicholas rtll In the case of the English during the Cri mean war Fighting May Begin In Teres, It Is the general opinion of military men here that Japan will Immediately land troops In Cores, whence will come the first new of fighting unless there should be an accidental encounter at sea. The Associated Press waa Informed at a late hour tonight that the order for th Imperial train to take the czar to Mos cow had been countermanded, and that the date of hi majesty's departure Is un certain. Amid the crop nf stories afloat here today there are some of the wildest character, as, for example, that a naval battle has al ready been fought and a Japanese fleet sunk. Another story, which Is repeated, circumstantially, la that while the Japanese government did not wait for the official presentation of the Russian response, th contents of It were communicated privately to M. Kurlno, who telegraphed it to hi government. This, the press has been In formed, Is not true. Declined to Yield Fonr Points. When Count Lamsdorff Informed M. Kurlno on Thursday night that the re sponse had gone to Viceroy Alexleff he did not give him a copy of It, but it Is under stood that he made known In a general way the Russian position. RuhsIo, while making concessions, decllnod to yield on the four following points: 1. Japan's right to ask for a treaty cover ing the sovereignty of Manchurln. i. Russia Insisted upon mutual recognition for the protection of Cores. 8. That there should be no formication of southern Corca which might threaten Rus siuu communication with Port Arthur and Vladivostok. 4. Russia declined to meet Japan's wishes with regard to a neutral zone on both sides of the Yalu river. The news of tlie breaking off of diplo matic relations between Russia and Japan was spreud far and wide throughout the capital by extra bulletins of the Novoo Vreroya and other papers. Much excite ment was created, and this resulted In patriotic demonstration. At the performance of Tellnkas' hereto opera, "Life for the Caar," at the Marde theater, the enormous building was packed from floor to' celling and many military offloara were present. Whon the peassnt Sousatn, who in tho play come to save tho czar's life, sang the national ode, "God Save the Czar from His Enemies." th emotional Russian character was stilled by th solemnity of the occasion, but when th curtain was rung down, the audience burst Into vociferous applause. Tha Bourse Gazette halls the breaking off of relations because It terminates the pres ent suspense nnd declare that th entire nation will respond to the Imperial call. ilelay Canard th Trouble. PARIS, Feb. 7. The . Japanese minister to France, M. Motono, made publlo this afternoon an announcement of th break ing off of diplomatic relation between Japan and Russia, saying thl action wa due to Russia's dilatory action in making a respons te Japan. The Foreign office has been Informed of the departure of Baron de Rosen, the Rus sian minister, from Toklo, end it ha been advised of the announcement that th Russian government considered It possible that aotlon looking toward mediation might be taken. No exchange with Oreat Britain, however, have yet taken place. Something In this direction may be done tomorrow. The Japanese government communicated a statement to M. Motono announcing the t-everanc of diplomatic relations with Rus sia and giving details of the reasons there fore. M. Motono took this statement to the Foreign office, where he personally om- munlcated it to Foreign Minister Delcasse, Subsequently the Japanese minister gave the Associated Prs the following statd ment: Japan Walt In Vala. TOKIO. Feb. C The last Japanese note In response to the Russian cote of Janu ary ( had been remitted to the Russian minister at Toklo on January 12. Japanese government had Insisted that a prompt response be made to It, owing to the gravity oi me Sliunuon. woi receiTin inn rrpij requested, M. Kurano. the Japanese minis ter at Rt. Petersburg, hss made to Count Lamsdorff on several occasions recently representations In order to secure an answer from Russia. Not having obtained this answer, He asked mm to inaicat tne oarllost date for th reply. Count lams dorff, whll promising to make a response as early as posnlble, nas not been able to Indicate when the response could be trans mitted to th Japanese government The Japanese government having valn'y waited on its part the Russian answer for more man tnree weess, ana naving Deen moreover. Informed that Russia was mak ing active preparations for war and wa concentrating It troops and naval forces toward cores, it is unaer ire necessity or breaking Its negotiations with Russia and resuming Its liberty of action. Official New at Washington. WASHINGTON, Fob. T.-The Associated Press was informed today at the Russian embassy that the Russian government haa received s not from Japan announcing the discontinuance of negotiations and th interruption of diplomatic relations. Simultaneously with the receipt of this note, which occurred Friday, which stated that Minister Kurlno, th Japanese min ister at St. Petersburg, was recallod by hi government, the Russian government then recalled Baron Rosen, Its Minister at Toklo. Th further statement wa made that th receipt of the Japanese hot announc ing th Interruption of relation occurred be for Baron Rosen had delivered th full reply to Jspan. The Russian government resent what it declare to be an unwar ranted Interruption to negotiation, which It wa hoped up to the last might result In a peaceful settlement. All hope of avoiding war now It I frankly admitted ha been abandoned by th Russian gov ernment. Count Cstnl, th Russian sm- baaaador, upon receipt of th cablegram from St. Petersburg, called upon Acting Secretary of State Loomi and Informed him of th Interruption of relation. FIRE RECORD. Chnroh at Logan. LOGAN, Ia, Feb. T. (Special Telegram.) Tha Christian church, built In 1SS1. at a eost of $15,000, wa totally destroyed by fir thl morning. The fir originated from a stove in a side room and th flame war breaking through th roof when discovered. There was not sufficient fores from th hydrants to throw water and by the tlm the pump wa started th fir waa beyond control. 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