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i-:ktam.ikiii.i JUXE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SATFRDAY MORXIXO. KEBKfAKY 27. 1904 TWELVE PAGES.
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FIRE IS ROCHESTER
Esart of th New Y'r t City Convened Into
a Go es a1 Torch.
FLAMES DESTROY RIG BUILDING BLOCKS
Es'.imttel that tin Losi Will Oyer
Three Million Dollars.
BUFFALO APPEALED TO FOR ASSISTANCE
Ejaamite it Used 8uocsfnl'y to Chec'
EpraaJ (f be Flame
NARROW ESCAPES, EUT NO LOSS OF LIFE
I-'lrr llrnke Oat In the Basement of
Rochester Dry t.ooda Com
pany's Store and Spread
Rapidly.
ROCHESTER. N. Y.. Teh, ?. - The sun
. t tonight with ten cngm ixiurlng
Stream of water on the ruin of inoHt of
tlm r-t:i tl tlry goods quarter of Rochester.
Tlitre out of thp llvo rtcpnrtmi-.it stores In
Itochesti r were conHiimeil In today h fire,
which caused a loss of more thnti $::,imi),i
The Sibley. Lindsay & Curr company, the
largest reta.. stoic In Rochester, whs de
stroyed.
Of tho loss $7:tT.O0O represent buildings
mid the remainder stocks and furnishings.
It Is sold that 2,.Vi: persons wpre thrown
out of work by the tlrp. Thp burnpd region
rp on the noith fide cf the main street,
between St. Paul street and Clinton ae
nup, nortli from Ht. Paul street almost the
entire length or tno morn.
TIip fire started In the store nf the Roch
es
- Co
ester Dry Goods company, nnn woraen
vest, burning only one More east of this
establishment, that of the Walkover Shoe
- company, before Its progress wan cnecKPU
Hint direction. N'PXt waft the store of
the Beadle. Hlicrhurne company, wnicn
was destrojed. Then the Marble block,
occupied by the. Sibley. IJndsay A Curr
citnpany, was destroyed anil llnally the
thirteen-story Oranltc building, the lower
part of which also wan occupied by tho
Sibley. Lindsay Curr company, nnd the
tipper purt by office, wai nttackd. Only
the front wall of the Marble building Is
Ktaudlng tonight. The heel of the 'Jranlie
building In Intact and the floors are In
place, but the building la gutted.
Only One Accident.
"Hie SlbUy. Lindsay & Curr company'
iIx-slnry wholesale building, together with
tho stable In the rear, was destroyed with
till Its valuable contents, this loss being
placed at IMjO.OUO. There was i livery
Slablo and some frame dwelling." on Divi
sion street, a narrow thoroughfare running
In the rear of the burned stores and these
were damaged by water and falling walls.
There were no deaths nnd no one was
Injured except Assistant Chief Frank A.
Jajnes, who wan struck by a flying noz
le. The power on the trolley line run
ning along Main street was removed to
ti void danger from electricity and no cars
have run through the block where the
lire occurred all day. All. cars have bf-jn
topped -and probably will not resume be-fu-e
Mtmrtay. .
The mayor arrived on the scene so-n
after the general alarm was sounded. He
realized the tire was beyond the control of
the local department end appeals for as
rlstance were sent to the Buffalo and Syra
cuse departments Nearly five hours later
four ateamers arrived (rout ByracuSe.
Several engines from the Huffalo fire de
partment arrived nt U o'clock. At that
lioiir tlm fire was still burning fiercely, but
Chief, Little believed that the fames could
be kept under control, an there was no
wind. Thi llremen used dynamite early,
but tho use of explosives was noon aban
doned. Dynamite Is I'sed.
The lire started ut l:Sft, so early In the
morning that very few people were on the
street, but by 6 o'clock there were thous
ands crowding the scene of tho disaster.
The explosions of dynamite used to check
the spread of the flames was supplemented
by the thunder of, falling walls. Mayor
Cutler and Commissioner of Public Safety
Ullinan were on the scene shortly after the
fire was discovered. Commissioner Oilman
estimated the loss at ? o'clock at between
i.OOO and $i,ut0.otiO.
The Interior of the huge Oranlte building,
belonging to Bible, Lindsay & Curr Co.,
the upper stories of which were occupied
by hundreds of professional men, lawyers,
doctors, dentists and huslness men, was
destroyed from the basement to the tenth
tnry. The entire tenth floor of the Oranlte
building was taken up with offices ol the
Vacuum Oil oompany, a branch of the
Standard 1)11 company. At S:46 there wag
a tremendous rxplnsion In the basement
of the OrHtilte building, where the Sibley
sromrany conducted a large drug depart
ment. There have been several mysterious
explosions In the burned buildings.
Principal Losses In l ire.
Following H a table of the losses:
GranltH building
Hiicll est.itn t
Alarhle liulldlng
Cornwell building
Kirley bulbil, lg
Walkover r'.hon company
The loss on stock waa as follows:
Sililey, Lindsay & Curr cbinpanv
-i.tll 1
4rtn.noi)
7.n0 )
till,lbt.l
:i'i,(iml
lo. nil
S."".flfti
Wh.ilesalu
Tenants in Oranlte building
lteadio A SliurLuti.e company...
Rochester Dry G'jods company.
Fuialler lotities
l.'-'o".IMI0
2 m.'io
;i.m.u)
l.""".!"')
IW.IUJ
FOUR TRAINMEN ARE KILLED
I.neouiotltr .lumps Track and Boiler
Kiploilea on Iron Mountain
la Arkanaaa.
roPI.AU HUFF, Mo.. Feb. 36 -A
freight wreck, caused by the locomotive
Jumping the track and -exploding its bjiler,
occurred on thr Cairo branch of the Iron
Mountain near1 Slkeston, Mo., resulting in
the death of four trainmen.
Ti e dead:
WILL HACK, ennlneer. Poplar Bluff.
FIREMAN HAAS. Poplar Bluff.
FRANK ANDREW'S, brakeman. Poplar
Bluff.
J. CONNOR, brakeman, Hertrand.
The wreck occurred Just one mile west
of Slkrst.in on a level piece of road while
the train was running ut passenger speed.
BREAD MAY J1EC0ME HIGHER
Flour Makes Auotka Advance la
Price and Bakrra Are BuIbk
Very gparlualy.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 2.-Another ad
vance of 1 cnts a tarrel In the price of
flour u announced today us the result
The hlRh record wheat priiea which was
reached on Thursday. Laker are now
buying II. ur sparingly and an increase In
the piie bread is not impossible.
HAN '.EFT SEVEN MILLIONS
1.
Appra ,.-f. l Eatnte Show It la
i 'fjS. Than Wait at First
Reporter!.
CLEVEI. Feb
.v,. Dan R. Hanna
nnd lils at, r V
reported to the probate
court today
the estate of tlic into
Senator M.
of tT.liOO.irf'O.
. 'ja snnwen a valuation
1 mioco than double the
T
amount reporu
,it the time of the prosen-
tatloti of the will for probate. This makes
It the li:rgpt ever presented for probate
In the county.
The holding of the late senator in the
Cleveland Klectrlc Hallway company are
vapjed at tlt.dw.Of). He also was a heavy
stockholder In the American Shipbuilding
company, Pittsburg Coal company. Cleve
land & Pittsburg railroad, as well as In
M. A. Hanna & Co. His Interests In the
Pittsburg, Steamship company, the marine
wing of the I'nited States Steel corpora
tion, was disposed of hut a short time be
fore bis death. He was also Interested In
a number of other corporations.
In local bank stocks be held 1.00 shares
of the t'nlon National bank, of which he
was president, valued at MX a share; In the
Hank of Commerce, 2tO shares, valued at
21; in the Federal Trust company, forty
rlve shares, at W; Guardian Trust, 2Bu
shares, at "12.
The appraisal of his realty, consisting of
bis home and much frontage In the busi
ness portion of the city, has not been com
pleted. KEEPS MISSOURIAN IN PRISON
fatted States Court of Appeals
Passes on Case of athan
Inn.
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Feb. 2a. Judge Sanborn
of the t'nlted States circuit court of ap
peals handed down an opinion In that court
today which aftlrms the sentence of Nathan
Levins of St. Louis to confinement In the
penitentiary for five years for procuring
hundreds of certificates of naturalization
from the St. LouU court of appeals by
fraud to enable aliens who were not en
titled to citizenship to vote in that city.
Levins' counsel challenged his conviction
on the ground that the St. Louis court of
appeals had no Jurisdiction to Issue certifi
cates of naturalization so that the procure
ment of them was no violation of sections
D36 and 5427 of the revised statutes. The
cltcult court of appeals holds. (1) that the
act of congress which confers upon state
courts of common law. Jurisdiction, the
power lo naturalize the citizens Us consti
tutional: (2t that the St. Louis court Is a
court of common law Jurisdiction, and (3)
that that court had Jurisdiction to t atural
ize aliens, hat Levin was proprly i idlcted
and convicted for procuring certificates of
naturalization by fraud and that he must
servo his sentence.
SCAFFOLDING GIVES WAY
One Mau
and
Falls Kll Fret to Ills Death
Thirty Others Hare
Arrow Ksrape.
CHICAGO, Feb. W. One man was Ulled,
ai. other wn probably fatally injured and
a aeore of other workmen were barely saved
from being crushed beneath a iarge scaf
fold v nlch co'.lapsed thi aLernoon In the
center of the new postofflce building. The
scaffold was built from the main floor of
the building directly beneath It dome to
the tenth floor, a distance of 1C1 feet.
Thfrty-flvo men were working about the
dome at the time of the accident and for
a time it was thought nearly half this
number had been killed by the falling tim
ber, but all escaped with the exception of
the two plasterers, James Byron and Bar
ney MeBrlde, who wero standing on the
portion of the scaffolding which collapsed.
Byron, who was working In the center
of the scaffold when It gave way, fell to
the main Moor of the building and was In
stantly killed. MeBrlde, who was working
with Byron, also fell with the scaffolding,
but he caught one of the floors as he fell
nnd thus saved himself. His head was
severely cut and 'bruised and his spine in
jured. HIGH PRICES, IN NEW YORK
Food KtufTn Scarce on Account of l a
favurable Weather, Sea Fonda
Being Particularly Nhort.
NEW YORK, Fob. .-Practlcally all
foodstuffs, except eggs, have reached ex
tremely high prices in this city owing
largely to unfavorable weather. Prices
thought to tw high a week or two ago now
look reasonahlo for everything that reaches
the table. Fish, clams' nnd lobsters are
most affected by the severe winter. Oysters
never have been so scarce, none coming
to the market, except from Providence
rlvrr beds. Lobsters, which have been
growing scarcer for years, are now hardly
obtainable. There is a fair supply of cod
and haddock, but the fresh fish, that Is
fish not froxen and transported a consid
erable distance, are scarce. Potatoes
beans, cabbage, lentils and other vegeta
bles are higher than for years. Bread
and rolls are being raised In various parts
of the city and concerted action along
this line probably will be taken at a meet
lug to he held next Monday.
In the tenement house district, where
cabbage, beans and potatoes are staple ar
ticles of food, the peddlers have even
doubled their prices on each article sold
NEED OFFICERS' QUARTERS
Brigadier (icueral Bell Appliea to t'lty
Officials of l.eavrun orth for
Temporary Accommodations.
LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Feb. 26 Hriga
dier Oeneral lull, commandant of the gen
t ral service and jtaff college at Fort I-eav-enworth,
has asked city officials whether
It will Imj possible to provide quarters here
tho National Ouard officer and graduates
of military colleges who are to lie deslg
nand by the president to attend the war
college for u two-years' term.
Quarters will bo provided for the Btud
cuts In this city until quarters can be
built at Fort 1. en vt n worth. The class
which Is to consist of about l'V officers
so chosen, Is expected to arrive at Fort
I,e ivenworth by September.
BRYAN CALLS ON M'CLELLAN
Nrbraakaa Makea Friendly Vlalt to
Head of New lark City
UoTernmeat.
NEW YORK. Feb. 26Wllllam J. Bryan
called iwi Mayor MeClellan today at the city
hall and remained in conference for some
time. The mayor was summoned from a
meeting of the Board of Estimates to meet
Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan, at the end of his visit, said
that be had made only a friendly call on
Mr. MeClellan, whom ho knew very well.
and that politics were not disc
EUROPE'S NERVES QUIETING
Indications that Etrioni Compiicitions At
No Longer Feared.
CABINETS TAKE UP PEACEFUL SUBJECTS
England and France Hencw Work on
Arbitration Treaty which Was
Dropped W hen F.nstern War
. Broke Out.
LONDON, Feb. :. The Associated Pre
is In a position to declare that there will
be a dissolution of Parliament within six
weeks, and If, as it is expected, the lib
erals are returned to power, King Edward
will summon Lord Spencer, liberal leader
In the House of Lords, to form a cabinet.
His majesty and all prominent politicians
are fully aware of the situation created
by the Irremediable cleavage In the union
ists tank by fiscal and other differences
and they are all preparing for a speedy
full of the government and a consequent
general election. The government's ma
jorities have bpen dwindling gradually ever
since the beginning of the present session
of Parliament.
A majority of D1 out of a nominal 120 or
thereabouts, was nil the government could
muster after a debate of one week on such
an Important plank of Its policy as the
fls.'al question. A similar small majority
saved the government from. defeat on the
army question, while last night It could
only .show a beggarly majority of 11 against
an opposition amendment reducing the Im
portant supplementary navy vote. i.st
night's narrow escape was not very Impor
tant because It was somewhat In the nature
of a "snatch quick" vote, but several such
Incidents make the government's position
untenable. . '
Such l.Trge numbers oT the government's
usual supporters have decided not to stand
for re-election that they are Indifferent as
to when the dissolution occurs, and In spite
of all the efforts of the whips It has been
found impossible to secure their regular at
tendance. On the other hand, the opposi
tion factions havo been gradually healing
their differences and their constant attack
on the government have shown rapidly In
creasing strength. The decision of the gov
ernment against the Irish university blll
completed the alienation of the nationalists
and John Redmond's followers decided nt
a meeting yesterday to vote with the
liberals to turn out the government at the
tlrst opportunity.
The resignation of the duke of Devon
shire, who was lord president of the coun
cil, proved a shattering blow to the already
weakened Balfour cabinet and his sub
sequent repudiation of everything is a de
parture from Oreat Brltuln's free trnde
policy.
Those best Informed on political matters,
Including even many persons In close touch
with Joseph Chamberlain, anticipate that
the liberals will not only win easily at the
forthcoming election, but estimate their
majority as high as 100.
GERMAN RAILROAD IN. CHINA
Kutperor Congratulates Prealdeat . cl
Company on Completion of
i'ar ft Tal 5aa Foo.
?EV YORK, Feb. 28. The ilerman Shan
ung railway, extending from TsMg Tan to
T.l Nan Foo, is approaching completion,
says a Times dispatch from Berlin. The
first construction train has. Just been run
from Tsl Nan Too east.
It Is astlmated that Tsl Nan Foo, the
weBt terminus of the railway, will be
opened to traffic June 1.
BKHLIN, Feb. 26. Emperor William has
elegraphed to Dr. Fischer, president of the
Shan Tung railway, as follows:
The news of the ai rival of the ft rut rail
way train at Tsl Nan Fu afforded me much
gratification. I congratulate the manage
ment UUVII lilo nm vrnn win. i, ..... nnwi
spirit of enterprise has achieved In the far
east and hope your Indefatigable labors In
China will be lewarded with other SMmllar
successes. W'lLHKLM.
T H I K THE BAl.KA W AH AVERTED
Keeling In Constantinople that Bul
garia and Turkey Have Agreed.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 26. In conse-
ouence of the understanding already re
ported, a rsult of the communications ex
changed between the porte and the Bul
garian diplomatic agent here, the -convic
tion prevails that there will be no compli
cations In the spring.
It Is understood that Turkey rndertakes
to grant amnesty to the Bulgarians con
victed in 1900, to permit the xeturn of the
refugees and to annul the vexatious regu
lations directed against Bulgarians. Bui
gar la agiccs to stop the Macedonian agita
tion In the principality and to prevent the
Incursions of revolutionary bands.
WILL F.WFORCK THE COS VESTIO.
British Inder Secretary for
ladta
Telia of Plana la Thibet.
LONDON, Feb. 26.-Ird Hardwlcke. un
der secretary for India, in the House of
Lords today, replying to the request of
Lord Rex, liberal, for further information
regarding the British mission to Thibet,
said the government was determined to
Insist on a final settlement regarding the
carrying out of the terms of the conven
tion of liW. The Thibetans had refused to
have Intercourse with Great Brltuln, but
the result of their continual intercourse
with Russia had been to inspire the Thi
betans with the feeling that they had
Russia behind them and thua they need
not fear the British.
Tills situation the Indian government and
his majpt-ty's government could not toler
ate for a moment. While Lord Hardwlcke
refused to pledge the government regarding
the limit of Colonel Younghusband's ad
vance Into Thibet, he said the mission was
friendly and Colonel Younghusband would
do nothing to promote hostilities.
Ruaalaaa Dratroy Landmarks.
PESHAWTR. British India, Feb. 26. It
la reported that the Ameer's boundary pil
lars on the Afghan-Turkestan border have
been destroyed by Russians.
French Ortiaalae Troops for Colony
CHERBOURG. Feb. 36. A strong con
tlngent of colonial troops is being organised
for service in Indo-Chiua.
CHICAGO WHEAT TAKES TUMBLE
May Option Drops Mora Than
fenta from Yraterday'a
Price.
Two
CHICAGO. Feb. 26.-A loss of over cents
a 'bushel In wheat prices caused ujild ex
cltement on the Board of Trade today.
Wheat for May delivery', which closed last
night at fl.OTV, a bushel, sold today at 11C.
and the July option waa down Sic, selling
at Wc. Lower prk-ea at Liverpool were the
Jprtaclpai causa of the sharp decline.
OPERATOR INTERRUPTS CRIME
tops Man What Was Ihoklaar Woman
In Andltorlam Hotel la
Cbtcaao.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26. A fashionably
dressed young woman 1 years old ha been
choked almost t Insensibility In the cor
ridor of the Auditorium hotel by a man
ho tried to rob. her of her purse. Had
it not been for John Reddlngton. the tele
phone operator, who was entering the
hotel, the thief would have succeeded and
murder might have been committed.
Reddlngton entered the hotel from the
Congress street entrance. It Is a lonely
spot at night, as few persons use that
entrance. In this passageway Reddlngton
encountered the young woman and her
assailant, whereupon the robber released
the girl and seised Reddington by the
shoulders, throwing him against the wall.
Reddlngton quickly recovered and clinched
with the thief. In the scuffle both men fell
to the floor. The asnailant relaxed his
hold, rose quickly ana dashed out the Con
gress street door. Cabmen In Congress
street had heard the noise of the scuffle
and attempted to trip him. but the fugitive
avoided them, and escaped.
BERRYS LOVED TROUBLE
Accord Ins to Wltneaaea In Marder
Case Dewey Was la f'ouatant
Dun e r.
NORTON, Kr VcU. It!.- "Robert M. Cul
lough. oherlff of Cheyenne county. In the
trial of Chauncey Iewey and his two cow
boys today, testified that ho went to the
homo of Alpheus Berry on June 2, lflffl, to
sell a windmill and water tank. Cullough
asked Burch Berry if he was going to
make any trouble abput the sale of the
tank. Burch replied: I
"That depends on who come to get it
There are two or thre of the Deweys that
1 would like to tnrasti
Albert Wlnshlp testlled the Berrys were
all armed. The Dewiy men remained In
the road until the shle wa over. The
Berry boys called Chauncey Dewey a
coward and applied vile names to Dewey
and Clyde AVllson. Roy Berry told wit
ness of Clyde Wlaon being driven off his
place at the point of a gun to Mrs. Roy
Berry and said the results would be more
serious If he ever caught Wilson on his
place again. ' ,
PROMINENT JAPANESE ARRIVE
St. Lou I a Fair Commissioner and Tito
Diplomats Have loaf to
. America.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. JS. -Three Im
portant Japanese arrived here on board the
Coptic from Yokohama. One Is Heromich
Shugio of Toklo, Japanese commissioner
to the St.. Lou! fair: another I F.kl
Hiokl, first secretary of the Japanese lega
tion at Washington, and the third is T.
Sakural, collector of the port of Kobe,
one of the most Important commercial
cities of the empire.
Speaking of Japan's exhibit at St. Louis,
Shugio said: (
' VI t will be very much better and larger
than the exhibit Japan had at the Chicago
fair. Japan ipproprtated 1800,000 for the
-resent exhibit. Thia Increased Interest
and xpendlture la an -Xldeme-of the cor
dial friendship of our country for the
United States."
Ekl Htoki, the- legation secretary, has
served his country at 8t. Petersburg, at
Peking and at Seoul, Corca. He Is new
going rn to take the place of Count
Mutsu in Washington.
MAY NOW PAY THE DIVIDENDS
.''natlce Ollderaleeve Dlsaolvee Order
. Reetralntnff Constituent Pacta of
Amalgamated Copper Company.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26,-Justlce Qilder
sleeve In the supreme court today denied
the application of John MacOlnnis to have
continued the ex parte Injunction he re
cently obtained, enjoining the Boston A
Montana Copper Mining company and the
Parrott & Anaconda company from paying
money for dividend to the Amalgamated
Copper company and at the aame time ha
vacated the Injunction.
In vacating the Injunction Gtldersleeve
said: "There is no allegation of the1 Insol
vency of any of the defendant companies,
and it Is clear that they are all able to re
spond to any Judgment that might be re
covered from them."
CAPTURE TWO BANDITS BOLD
Omaha Small Boys Carrying; Pistols
Arrratrd by Police at
t. I.oula.
ST. LOT IS. Feb. 26 (Special Telegram)
Officer Hagerty arrested Joae Mesa and
Michael Levis at relay d-pot. East 8C
I Louis, today. The boys stated that they
j Tere 15 and It years old, respectively, and
claim ina,i wipy iwnv inun urnmi io Bam
Bill" Rudolph when be landed In St
Ixiuls, They declared they had read much
about the desperado and wanted to see him
In life.
Several books dealing with Rudolph's ad
ventures have been disposed of In Omaha,
they say, but the boys believed they could
get more Information by seeing the man
In the flesh. Each bad two pistols and one
carried brass knuckles.
PRESS FEEDERS GO TO JAIL
Mea Interfere with Nonunion Km.
ploycs and Court Impoara Flaea
and scntcncca.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26 Today, for the sec
ond time. Judge Jesse Holdom fined Frank
lin Union of Press Feeders 11,000 for viola
tlon of an Injunction' which was obtained
to the Chicago Typothetae, charging the
Franklin union with interference with non
union employes. Besides flning the union
Judge Holdom today fined President Wed
ner 1250. In addition to a Jull sentence of
six months. Jerome Collins and Harry
Brown, members of the union, were given
short Jail sentences.
RAID
COUNTERFEIT DEN
Detectives Make Four Arrests aad
Meeara Plaater of Paris Moulda
aad gparloaa Cola.
EAST 8T. LOUI3, 111.. Feb. 2.-Detec
Uvea tonight raided a room occupied by
four men suspected of counterfeiting and
placed them under arrest. The prisoners
are William Croy, Harry W. Kane, John
C. Davla and Roy ganbourne. Mrs. Wll
Ham Croy. wife of one of the men. and
Mrs. Nettle Wilson, the keeper of the
b'jardlng house, were held aa wttnesi
A trunk. In which were plaater-of-parl
coin moulda, and two apurloua oolns were
setied by Lh detect?.
DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT
lid Exported in Six Weeks and
He
Cabinet Looted For.
GOVERNMENT MAJORITIES DWINDLING
I'npopnlar Attitude on Important
Qaeatlona, with a Weak Cabinet,
Factors that Strengthen Side
of the liberals.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co.. 19 4.)
LONDON, Feb. 26.-(New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
In these days when the woods are filled
with rumors of possible and In some cases
apparently Impossible International en
tanglements. It i quite refreshing to come
acros some actual tangible fact of such
Importance that anything hiore than a
simple brief statement of its character Is
unnecessary. Here Is such a fact. Some
time ago, when the condition of affairs in
the far east was lieglnning to cause most
serious alarm, and when fears of Euro
pean difficulties growing out of that situ
ation were most intense, the work which
had been taken In hand by the French and
British governments of determining which
questions would come within the scope
of the Anglo-French arbitration treaty,
signed by Lord Lansdowne and M. Dtl
casse, waa dropped. I do not suggest that
the head of either the French or the Brit
ish Forelg'i office ordered It dropped be
cause of a fear that questions which did
not admit of that method of arbitrament
might speedily arise, but merely state the
fact that the work wns dropped.
Now, within the last week. to be e.ict,
that work was taken up again, both at
Downing stre?'. and the Qui d Orsay. Her
ald readers will Judge for themselves
whether thi Is not a significant sign of
the times, and one showing that In the
highest official quarters In Paris and Lon
don it is heped and believed that nny
danger of a serious misunderstanding be
tween the two countries has been dis
pelled. If a clash In the far east were
considered likely, what would be the use
of bothering with a treaty not designed
for very serious affairs.
CZAR BLESSE SOLDIERS I FIELD.
Iaaues Addreas When Appointing; Hen.
ernl Konropatkln Commander.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. M.-A stirring
manifesto to the army wa issued by the
czar today In the form of a mpssago to
General Kouropatkln, the commander-in-chief
of the Russian army In the far east,
as follows:
Although a bead of the military admin
istration since 1SH8 you have worked wlili
energy and assiduity to reorganize and per
fect the army, your work Is not yet done.
The hour has come when I mast summon
you to head my valiant army to defend the
honor and dignity of Russia and tut sover
eign rights in the fur east,. Knowing your
brilliant gifts and the imminent prepara
tions for battle. I am glad to entrust to
you the responsible command of my Man
churlan army (.gainst the Japanese, only
regretting your leaving your work as min
ister, may uun neip you in your difficult
task, which you with such self-denial have
aseumed. In taking leave of vou and
thanking you for your six years' wnvk for
ne goon or my uear army, I confer on
-on the order of St. Alexander-s.'evwi in
brilliants. Wishing succhbs o vou and
trusting to you to transmit to my brave
army my Imperial greeting and my bless
ing, may God keep you unharmed.
NICHOLAS.
A long official telegram giving details of
the attack on ' Port Arthur February 25
was received this afternoon and Is njw In
the hands of the military censorship com
mittee. The correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press learns that tne attack de-
eloped Into a general engagement between
the 'apanese squadron and rhe Russian
squadron and forts, which continued for
three hours and resulted In the repuls of
the Japanese.
The Red Cross society ordered Its Siberian
agents to provide 1,000.000 additional pound
of meats and sterilized milk. Reports have
been received here to the effect that spring
Is commencing In southern Manchuria. The
weather Is worm and the ice on the 1 1 vers
1 expected to break dally. In northern
Manchuria
unabated.
the rigors of winter are still
FEAR EIROPEAN ENTANGLEMENTS.
Denmark, Sweden and Norway Com-
bin lag- for Mutual Protection.
PARIS. Feb. 26. The Temps correspond
ent at Copenhagen telegraphs that the
highest political authorities there are oc
cupied constantly with the plans for united
action on the part of Denmark and Sweden
and Norway for mutual protection of their
neutrality In the event of the Russo-Japa
nese war causing European entanglements.
According to this correspondent Denmark
i able to call ouf for active service 1.500
coast artillerymen and to commission four
armored ships and four torpedo boat de
stroyers. A Danish cruiser now In the
Mediterranean has been ordered to re
turn to Copenhsgen. Finally the corres
pondent tays the treaty of arbitration
signed by Denmark and the Netherlands
February It permits other countries to
adhere to Its terms.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 2R.-Replylng to
an Interpellation today In the lower house
of the Danish Parliament, the premier.
Prof. Deuntzer, explained the necessity
for preparations to assure the complete
neutrality of Denmark during the Russo
Japanese war. In order adequately to se
cure the sea defense of Copenhagen, he
said, reserve men had been called out. the
forts had been equipped with searchlights
and electric cables, the submarine mine
stations had been manned, four torpedo
boats had been cleared for action, repair
to the warships had been hastened, vari
ous Improvements In the materials of
the navy, especially torpedoes, were be
ing made and two redoubts were being
built at Saltholm island
ALEXIEFF REPORT OF THE BATTLE.
Discrepancy In Hour of Attack aa
Reported by Pfluar.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 26.-2 a. m.-A
copy of a telegram from Viceroy Alexleff
to the czar has Just been given out. It Is
dated February 26. The place from whence
It Is sent Is not given, but is supposed to be
Mukden. The message says:
A Bquadron of the enemy's vessels num
bering sixteen approached the fortress at
about 11 o'clock this morning and oppned
a bombardment on the cruisers Askold,
Bayan and Novik, which were In the outer
harbor, and ulso on the fortress. The firing
continued for half an hour. Then our cruis
ers went Into the harbor. The enemy flrpd
for several minutes on one of our batteries
snd then began to leave. They stopped
within sight of the fort, but out of range vf
tire.
At this time four of the enemy's cruisers
detached themselves from the squadron nnd
proceeded to Pigeon bay, where tbev
quickly opened tire on our toriedo boats
that were cruising there. They directed
also a strong cannonade against the shore.
The commandant consequently sent troops
to Pigeon bay. The tiring there lasted f'.r
thirty minutes, but no landing was made.
The Japanese cruisers then departed. Suit
able measures have been taken to npposa
a possible effort on tho part of the fcuemy
to creep up by sea.
Our loss this day was on man wounded
at the battery.
I respectfully report the above to vnur
taper- . -najeaty. AIJCXIEFF.
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W RECKED SHIPS OK LITTLE VAI.l E.
Rivalry of Naval Men Circa Civilians
a Chnncc.
TOKIo, Feb. 26. Vice Admiral Togo's
attempt to bottle up the Russian fleet nt
Port Arthur by sinking a fleet of stone
laden meruhant steamers In ibe mouth' of
the harbor evidently fai'ed. although the
venture caused no loss of life and the
vessel lost were not of great value.
Five ships were prepared by Vice Ad
miral Togo foi this attempted blockade.
Four are reported to have been sunk, but
the fate of the firth Is unfinown here. It
Is presumed that It withdrew with the
other Japanese vessel. The Ave vessels
were tilled with stone so as to make the
obstruction permanent nnd were manned
by volunteer merchant crews. It wax
Impossible to select naval officers end
sailor because of their great rivalry to
participate in the daring venture.
Accompanied by four battleships, nine
cruisers and numerous vessels of the tor
pedo flotilla, the stone-laden steamer!
reached Port Arthur on Wednesday. While
the fleet engaged the shore butteries the
steamers made a dash for the mouth of
the harbor directly under the Russian
guns.
Details of the attack have not been re
ceived here but It Is evident that the
Russian iiro sank the steamers before they
reached tho points planned for. It Is said
that all of the frews of the four vessels
escaped in boats and were plojied tip by
the Japanese torppdo boat t!etrtyers. The
report that two of the torpedo boat de
stroyers ere sunk by the Russians is de
nied.
Tho naval department haa reoelved a
brief dispatch from the commander of one
Of the to-pedo boat 'estroyers saying that
no lives and wtr hips were fiestroyed end
little fiainage was inflicted by the Rus
sians. Pending the report of Admiral Togo
the naval department declines to make any
announcement regarding the affair.
The Ave merchant vessela which were
prepared for sinking were the Jinsen Maru,
2,331 tons; the Tien Trlng Maru, 2,!M.'! tons,
the Hokok Maru, 1,7,6 ton; tho RushlK
Maru. l.C"H tons.- and the Bunehlk Maru
of 1,899 tons. Each carried flvo men, two
steering and three tiring nod running the
engines.
GENERAL PFI.l KSPLAINSVATTACK.
nya Jap Ships Enanned Three Crula-
cra and Land Battery.
LONDON, Feb. 26. A dispatch to a news
agency from St. Petersburg says the official
report of Major General Pflug, chief of staff
of Viceroy Alexleff, on the details of the
attack on Port Arthur during the morning
of February 23 Is as follows:
The enemy's squadron of sixteen warship
approached front Hie Dalny side toward
the harbop. of TiVoe. -Aaaaar shortly after
midnight on the 2.r,th Inst., and at once
opened fire on our three cruisers standing
outsldo in the rnadstead. namely, the
Askold, the Bayan and the Novik. nnd also
against the land forts. 'Ilie bombardment
lasted half an hour. 'At Its conclusion our
cruisers retired Into the harbor. The enemy
then bombarded one land battery for sev
eral minutes. Then the enemy also re
treated, remaining out of range of our
guns.
In the meantime four Japane.se cruiser
separated from the enemy's main squadron
and went Into Goubinsja bay, wrere they
opened a heavy fire on one of our torpedo
boats stationed in the bay nnd also on the
coast batteries. Consequently the com
mander of the fort sent troops to this
point, but no landing took place. The
bombardment there lasted twenty-two min
utes, at the expiration of which the Japa
nese cruisers retreated. The loss on our
side this day was one man wounded In one
of the Hind batteries.
The officer commanding at Vladivostok
reports thHt on February 24. early In the
morning, ten nf the enemy's ships were
seen south of the Islands. They disappeared
on the horizon In the evening.
INTENSE ACTIVITY IN DENMARK.
strengthening; Forta and Keeping
Trains Ready for Troops.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co., 1904.)
ST. PETERSBURG. Feh. 3D. (New York
Herald Cablegram Sppclal Tefegrnm to
The Bee.) Intense activity Is shown In
Danish military preparation, -increasing
the strength of the forts and raising new
onea on the Island of Salt holm, kerplng
three military trains under rtenm for the
purpose of rapidly focusing 1U strength
This attracts much attention hero and Is
reckoned as a irellminary step to closing
the Ha I tin.
The Novoe Vrcniya calls attention to the
report that the British arsenals work night
and day with fi veri.di haste.
INSIST J APANESE FLEET M FFKRS.
Commander of ariait Mlcka to Hla
OTlulnat Dlepalch.
(Copyright by New York Herald Co , 1Im.)
CHE FOO. Feb. 26. (New York Herald
Cablegram Siecial Telegram Ut The Ki-e.)
The commander of the Yurl.ig declares that
at Chemulpo one Japanese cruiser with
drew Ita lire, one rrulscr wa-s badly dain
agod, drifting heljdesaly, and that one
torpedo boat was sunk.
Coreans fishing on the bsr near the sp-ne
o the engagement state that ihoy saw two
Japanese boats sunk the next morning.
The Japaneao cut the tops off the funnel
and masts of th sunken -lilpa, leaving
l.othlng visible above the water.
JAPANESE TIKI! (IIIHtiK IN t OHEA.
Prince of the Imperial House to He
Temporary Viceroy.
(Copyright by New York Heruld Co., 19o4.)
CHE FOO, Feb. 26 New Yolk Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
The following message was sent b mall
from Seoul on February 11: "It Is reported
that the Japanese minister has Informed
the emperor of Cnrra that a director gen
eral or viceroy, who will be a prime of the
Japanese Impi rial house, would soon be
apiiolnted to represent Japan In I'orea, but
the arrangement would be tenipor iry only
and the emperor nwJ not be alarmed."
TWO JAPANESE SHU'S DIS BLED.
Merchant Ship Reports Passing Squad
ron with Tlirm In Ion.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 19 4 )
CHE FOO. Feb. a,. (New York H-rald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bc.)
The crew of a Junk which arrived her
today rrpoits bavlng parsed at a distance
eleven Japanese warships coming from the
direction of Port Arthur, off the coast of
Crea. Two were being towed, but owing
to the distance the junk crew was unaMo
to ascertain the names of tho ships, but
they were vitlbly badly damaged,
STARTS LIVELY TALK
Military Experts Pioousi Latest Reported
More of the Japanese
LANDING AT P0SSIET GOOD TACTICS
Oermnns, However, Are Inclined to Poubt
the Storj'i Correctness,
TROOPS LOADING IN JAPANESE PORTS
Large Fleet of Transport! Return from
Somewhere After More.
K0UR0PATKIN DELAYS HIS DEPARTURE
Report Haa H that Ha Demands Four
Hundred Thousand Troops Be
fore He Will Taka the
' Field.
(Copyright, bj New York Herald Co.. 11 )
NEW YORK. Feh. 26 -(New York Herald
Service Special Telegram to The Bee.)
London strategists .pparently are satisfied
that tho Japanese have landed at Possiet
bay nnd that their nbjuct Is to either t
tsck Vladivostok or threaten Klrln, Harbin
and the Russian communication generally.
Military men in Berlin scout the reiKirt of
a landing, rolntirg out that the garrison at
Hun Chin Is reported to constat of two
regiments nnd that, they would not have
fled without firing a shot
General Pflug' report that eleven Japa
nese wnrshlps had been seen off Vladivo
stok tend to strengthen the reported land
ing at Possiet. ronKlet bay Is a yood har
bor, but In winter It freexes for five miles
from Rhorc. It Is fortified and forirKily nt
least was an Important military pert, nt
high n 10,000 men having been kept there
during 1K94, the year of the Jupat ese Clil
ncse war. The fortifications alnno call for
a good-sized garrison. If the Japanese hava
landed there they must be credited with a
Crj-ing bit of strategy.
Keports from both Toklo and St. Peters
burg indicate that the ."kpaneae failed In
.heir ettempt to close Tort Arthur chan
nel. Volunteer trews of merchant sailors
were on tho -acriflced at&amers. It belnir
found Impossible to decide between the
naval mn who wlahed to share In the glory.
Solemn religious services, participated In
by the czar and leading generals, show how
deeply Russia has been affected by Its re
verses. The tama of General Kourepatkln'a
departure for Manchuria is made doubtful
by conflicting reporta. He Is said to have
demanded that the army in the far east be
Increased to 400,COO men.
Corea will uld Japan with 30.000 troops.
Ccrean warrlora do not rank very h.'gh aa
fighters.
Again come reports from Nagasaki of
transports loading troops for Dalny or Its
vicinity.
Dlacnaa Poaalet Move,
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., 1904.) ,
LONDON. Feb. 26. (New York Herald
Cablegram Special Telegram to The Bee.)
So much Importance Is attached to the
report in yesterday's , Herald that the '
Japanese had made a landing at Poaalet
bay that the London newapaperi ot thin .
morning print detailed map of the dis
trict to Illustrate the suggested movement..
It Is,' of course, recognized that the report
may be Incorrect. As cabled by the Che
Foo correspondent of the Herald, It wa
given oh a rumor, and the authority died
by tho New Chwang correspondent of the
Dally Mall was a missionary, whose tes
timony might be of the hearsay order,
while the Reuter dispatch which cama
later quoted native testimony.
Still It Is thought by military and naval
experts in London that there are a good
fnany chances of the reported Jupnnesu
landing at Possiet bay being an accom
plished fact and one who la usually a good
Judge went so far as to predict th.t era
long a simultaneous attack would be tnado
on Vladivostok and Port Arthur. That,
he said, would be a coup de theatre, quits
In line with the declaration made on Thurs
day by the Japanese premier, Count Kilt
sura, that Japan was resolved to atrlku
hard and strike fast, if only that the
agony might be as brief aa possible.
There has been, according to thlH view,
a lifting In two places of the veil which
shrouds the Japanese preparations for land
operations. One was the Possiet buy re
port and the other Is contained in a dis
patch from Mr. Bennet Burleigh respect
ing the landing of troops In the vicinity of
Dalny. Mr. Burleigh had been at Nagasaki
for several weeks, hut, tiring Of enforced
Inaction thei. left Japan Lecenlly and yes
terday turned up at Shanghai, whence lie
sent the Important news In question.
Japaa Loadloar Mora Troopa.
(Copyright, by New York Herald Co., W)4.)
SHANGHAI. Feb. K.-(New York Heral4
Coblogram Special Telegram to The Baa).)
A large number of transports have re
turned to Nagasaki, where thev are lnmllv
engaged In embarking more troops or tlia
vicinity of Dalny. More than forty trans
porta will be the total that have sailed
since February 10, and a still larger em
barkation U proceeding from UJIna, near
Hlroithlma. The latter, and not Kioto, will
be agHln made the army and navy head
quarters during the war. More than thirty
big transport aro now at UJlnn, which Is
the principal troop embarking station, and
nn enormous mass of soldier hat brer,
sent there.
Russia lias only five months' supplies
at Port Arthur. Russia say it mean t j
defend Port Arthur and that if will fall
hack with the rest of Its troopa from
i---.'ny to the Yalu and If pressed upon
Harbin, wheie it will fight fcr two yen.
Dalny is being evacuated. The rtueslnr
boast that Ihey have mined the bienk
waier, the d'X'k, ths wharves and the rail
way sidings to prevent tha Japanese from
using them.
Konropatkln Delay Departure.
(Cojiyright. by New York Herald Co., lii.1.)
ST. PETEUSLL'La. Feh. 26.-(Ncw York
lieiuid Cablegram (special Telegram to The
Hue.)- Surpi-isitu; and almost astounding pi
the latest news that General Kouropatkln
will not go to the front, ns was previously
Kiuiour.c-'d in three days' time, but v.' ill
reina.in for reveial weeks. Tho reason for
thiv, he states, is thr.t it Is nr.t worth
while for Iilm to go there, until 4O0,'Jij0 Ruk
slan soblleiy are gathered at tho seat cf
war. I,n fact, be cannot take the offen
sive ui.tll that number I;; 'or'.i.curmiiE.
I am (old that the present force avail
able, outside of the he-ivy contingent guard
itig the railroad, dors not rxcec;d 130.0M
me.i. General Kouropatkln, It is remem
bered, was recently In Japan, where bo
rapidly formed u very high opl!.lon of '.!'.
tllleleucy of tne Japanese Iroopa.
it may ulso bo recollected thnt he be
lonj:. to the untl-wur party. At a ret.
audience, will, the emperor General Kouro
patkln siok very openly about the nec-s-sity
of Ida bavin; a large iimber of Uoouej
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