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11 - For N. C. : CoTd ; for Raleigh : Fair, cold wave. NO- Temperature for tha past 24 hours: Max.76;Min.48. JLJLJJJ Vol. XIII RALEIGH., jQ. t TUESDAY . FEBRUARY 9 1 9 04, No. 61 Port. MOKNI 2 Mill t Sill ii isetlf III w: n Thiitr CKS III entre of the vounn Baa De THE After Thirty-Six Hours of Battling With : Fire Gonflagratioir Is Subdued Threes Lives are Lost and Two Thousand Buildings Laid in Ashes : Baltimore, Feb. 8. The business center of Baltimore is a scene of deso lation. The fire, which devastated 'the business section of the city yesterday, was early this- evening sweeping the water front with terrible effect, but the end after nearly thirty-six hours of flame was in sight. The fire was then officially declared under control. All is chaos In the section swept by by flames and dynamite. Bare walls, g-tted buildings and towering ruins now mrak where only forty-eight hours ago sky-scrapers and magnificent of -5ce buildings stood. What the. loss ivill be the future only can tell. One hundred million dollars In considered to be a conservative estimate. Some estimates go as high as two hundred and fifty millions. More than one thou sand tuildings have been 'destroyed in the district bounded ' by Howard, Gay, Fayette - and Pratt streets. Comptroller Ridgely has' declared a legal holiday for the bank3 in order to protect them in paper coming due, 'arid" tonight the legisiatu're'passed an order making it legal holiday for eight days for the same purpose. Flames Under Partial Control After traveling to the water front he flames about two o'clock were got 'en under control. The progress of the fire was stopped at the foot of Union dock and kept from leaping to the Canton side of Jones Falls, a. nar row stream separating the burned sec tion from the shipping district. From Pratt street down, on the west side, The flames destroyed the J. Meyer pack ing company plant, the Boyer Fruit and Packing Company, the latter fac ing West Falls Avenue and running hack to Union dock. The fire then r ontinued until it reached the Maryland L. e Company plant, which was quickly swept away. This, plant included a huere frame building adjoining the 1'nion dock depot and the American I. e Company, lumber yard This latter, with a large at the south, was "the ia?r to burn. The fire boat Caract did great service in checking the fire, and she v.-a? v-elfr aided by numerous tugs and launches on West Falls avenue. "-Two f the New York , engines backed up acrninst this , warf and plpyed .on the American Ice Company's plant to pre vent the fire sprerding to Denmead's malt house. This is one of the largest "f the kind in the country and was 'fnt ked with malt which, had it caught- r.jhe last barriers would have gone "v:'!'" i othing would "have saved East Ga:ii:ii-.,.re. ' ' ' ' Big Electric Plant Goes At 4:30 o'clock this morning ' there a a terrible crash in the neighbor--i of Pratt street, near Jones Falls, ' from every section' huge boltsof " n and sheets of flame shot out. II ;v as the tremendous power house of the '"nion Railway Company and United iectri T.ip-lit anri Pnwpr fnmnanv. In minutes the gigantic" structure ' lT a mass of ruins, and the expensive n w-lnnery, recently installed, was a r't;i vreck. This was the largest and r of the most expensive plants for : s r;;!ing electricity in the country. 1 i-ijrht a number of men were'guard-4 n? ihe gas' main across Jones Talis, " ' i -h supplies the business r eity-with gas from the Canton side. main kept intact and the city's gas -ifPiy was preserved. " ' , tremendous business, storage and ''ii-thouse section in this vicinity be--'""i South street and Jones Falls, .rn,n payette to pratt is a mass of s- Where once were the Sun and rir an offices and the entire broker - commission and banking communi- wm mass or debris almost P'ihie to get at. . ' Wilson and Lowery Distilling r " r uiies were destroyed about five i cliol explodi g with terriffic force, were situated nt-Tm,w onT'c.ni f nrTa v that 20.000 people have been .u.i,vvii uvui ua. k.A. anu - nek strets. nni witw thie on many of the old buildings along the Business City the Baltimore street near Gay went down in a crashing collapse, burying Police-; C3 riaies " man Jacob Ilgenfritz of the York, Pa., ' lowing soon on a storm warning from department, under the walls. He is the weather bureau in Washington. It dead. was undoubtedly owing to this last Within two doors of the Sun office in shift of the wind that, to the fearful South street is a safe deposit and trust destruction of property, was not added 'company conta4ning securities and a fearful loss of life. And it was in jewels valued at many millions. Two the fact that loss of life was Insignifi watchmen wnilcked-;ftiv the build- ant that this great blaze was remark ing, one being in the vault and could! able, and although thirty; blocks of t Tn'frA until tv, tim lor wa buildings were destroyed and millions. iea!BM ah h..iMinM in th'of dollars of property lost. iwi. iftn., vyxA"cr zyiitg ciiiu uv; iiiiiiiuiij . i rr-i i ; s 4,1 " f --..".- caped. released, half crazed with - fear. The condition of this building excited many of the people who, had valuables run ning' up into the millions. " . - .Public Buildings Saved While the fire .was at its height tre mendous efforts f ' were roade to save themunieJpal and national fc, buildings. The tern poraryustetn-Arouse was- sev eral times on fire, but the flames were extinguished. The court house had fire on- two- sides -from tall office build ings, but was saved by splendid work. The city hall Is apparently 'uninjured, and during-all the time that the flames, were whirling around. the dome that every Baltimorean and visitor, to Bal timore knows so well, old Lord Balti more, far up above . the fiery furnace and the doomed buildings was tojling off the hours to the best of his ability. Occasionally the- mechanism of the. clock became disarranged and some re markable tolls were heard. About this time- the; wind shifted again and began to blow straight from the west, and with the change came the danger to shipping in the upper harbor, and it was-not long before all boats pulled., out.. -The basin was the scene of the greatest, activity between midnight and one o'clock, and then the boats lower down' in the harboras well as all the smaller sail boats at the city wharves were pulled out. Every ,ttig in the harbor , was at work saving the shipping, and not one of . the boats was damaged. , " , c . . About fifteen hundred buildings had stood in the territory that was swept by the fire and nearly every one of these suffered," by . far the greatest number being total, wrecks. The fire in its fury was not content merely to gut buildings, ; it left nothing but the bricks or stone. ,', Relief Measures Started Mayor McLane arrived at the city hall at 10 o'clock this morning and as sumed personal-charge of affairs. Mes srs. Francis M. Jeriks, ! Charles D. Fisher, Dr. T. II.' -Rucker . and other prominent cltizensonferred with the mayor regarding rief measures. Theand f?W Of our engines can . take the mayor sugested that the financial in' stitutions and individuals co-operate In subscribing to a common fund to be expended by v the ;city. authorities for the relief f ithe suffering. The sug gestion was submitted' this afternoon to a general meeting of the citizens permanent relief; committee and oth- ers who were requested by the mayor to I consider what steps . to take to bring about relief; " Tbe "mayor said tha question now was to devise ways -and means to overcome-the . paralysis to ; business caused by the catastrophe. Tonight the -legislature passed, under! suspension of .the rnles, a bill proclaim- !ing the next eight days legal holidays. ! section on . J niS action was ia.cii il -'-cV'- mo holders of promissory ; notes and fin-J ancial Institutions;" An enabling act ; will also be passed to permit the city i to use -without submission to the peo- pie two million-"dollars, and also - in- creasing the; contingency fund. ; State Senators -Perkins and Hall will b' bill" in the Maryland "lesris- j lature tomorrow asking the state to "appropriate $250,000 as an emergency im-lfUnd for the stricken city, later. in ithe week, after the city board of es-! timatea . has had. time to figure on lust how much is needed, the legislature and perhaps7 two' millions. The mayor duiu w r thrown out of work by the destruction of factories, -andUhat it; was to sup- ply their, immediate needs; that the $250,000 would be asked for. The Burned District In about as -many hours the fire had burned thirty blocks out of. the very heart of the business section of . the town, destroying nearly two thousand buildings and caused an estimated money loss of more than $200,000,000. The area of the fire swept district is estimated by the topographical depart ment of the city at, 140 acres, bounded on the north by Lexington, St. Paul, and Fayette streets, on the east by the creek called Jones Falls; 'on the west by Liberty street, on the south by Chesapeake Bay, J When the fire started, a few minutes before eleven o'clock yesterday morn ing, . the wind "was blowing from the southwest. From Hurst & Company's store, where the fire started, it swept rapidly toward .the northeast, con suming one great mercantile chouse after another, and when it had reached ) Lexington street there was a sudden shift "of the wind, which careened to the northeast, and the fire chased it self back to St. Paul street and down and across Intervening and parallel throughfares until every building with in an area of nearly ten blocks,' ex cept the City Hall, court house and post office 'had been either licked up by the flames or been .dynamited in the hope of preventing their spread. ; Then came another shift of the wind from the northeast to northwest, fol- the fire i was attended by the loss, ' so; far as tcan oe aennneiy kiiuwii, ul uui Ill1 res. Two of the dead were ' firemen the First National Bank, who-refused to leave his post until he knew the bank's books were safe. - He was burned to death at his post. : ; With the last shift of the wind about midnight the course of the fire was toward the, southeast, and in its . path were the warehouses and stores of the commission houses which, supply the city, with food. There are no- green grocers and butchers, scattered about the' city, as the people get. their sup plies from a central market. The wares for this market are brought from the .warhouse men and commission mer chants. When the warehouses were threatened .the cry went up that the tortures of famine would follow the calamity of the fire, but the wind happily steered the course of the flames toward , the . sea 'Had the'-, wind .coh tinued from the northeast there ,1s probably nothing that could have saved the resident section" of the city. The warehouses and the storehouses of the commission merchants went up in smoke, but it - is easier to' replace blocks of food stuffs than It is to restore human life. There would have been a second fire among Baltimore's tenement houses, like tenements of the east side of New York are ' packed close together beyond the east shore of Jones Falls. But the New York fire fighters were on the other shore of the cree-k and the tenements, and those who people tfiem were saved. . New York Fire' Fighters to the Rescue The firemen from the city! of New York are tonight the heroes of Balti more. As soon as the New York fire fighters arrived here, Batalion Chief Howe, who was In command, put one question to the acting chief of Balti more: "What Is the exact situation and where can we fight for you hard est?" ' . . : ;'.- The wind was then blowing strongly from the northwest and the flames were rapidly eating their way. to the sea. To tne question irom4ew xorx the Baltimore chief made answer: ,"Our suddIv of fresh water has given out salt water from the bay. Our men are about played out and the fire is sweep ing toward the warehouse district and the docks. If those go, God help us." "Send us there," said - Chief Howe, "and we will do what we 5an for you." To the warehouse district in the southeastern part of the city arid the water front the New Yorkers went racing. Even the horses apparently realized that it was New York" to . the rescue; and they raced, and the flames raced after them. Chief Howe- took ja g-ood look at the warehouses, gauged the force of the wind and looked back at the outreaching flames. "The-ware- houses are doomed," he exclaimed, . j " iiut we wm save me uucks usia te shipping and ; the lumber yards ," or burst." And so he stationed his men and his , apparatus around, the big houses of the American Ice Company !and the Main Lake Ice Company, got his engineers and engine quickly into 'action, and when the flames ; leaped' from the last warehouse to the nearest ice house, the New York firemen were at them. The ice houses are Vpretty well done for, -out the great lumoer yards and the places where the mer- 'chandise of the world lands and Js laid at Baltimore's feet is saved, and tact Just at sunset Chief Howe hunted the acting chief of Baltimore and said " (Continued on page 2.) .. (DMp man Wttl :bte Sgaiiist , tlie Treaty He Will Make a Speech in the Senate Tcday--ATar Heel Appointed to - Office in Indian Territory with a Good Salary . 14 By THOMAS J. PENCE Washington,. Feb. 8. Special. Sena- tor .Overman has decided finally that he will oppose the ratification of the Panama canal treaty. This course the Junior senator has finally decided to follow, after looking into every phase of; the matter, "and he will tomorrow express his ' opposition on the floor of the Senate by ; way of explanation of his vote. Senator Overman regrets his inability to vote for the treaty, as he earnestly desires to see the work ot constructing: the canal begun, but he can not get the consent of his con science to vote "for the ratification of the Hay-Banau-Varilla treaty. It will be the Junior ' senator's maiden effort' as a United. States senator. . . Judge Frank I. Osborne of Charlotte, who is a member of the private land claims court, was here today on his return from New York and visited the capitol,. where he was the guest of members "of the; North Carolina dele gation. ' It developed today that Judge Osborne's Judicial position . will cease to exist after July first, when the stat ute creating the' court will cease by limitation.. i'fThe apropriatlon for the court, whjh,' is always carried in the judlcial,iegfslative and executive ap propriation bill, was not included this yeari . ' '- ' ' ' Among nominations sent to the Sen-? ate today was that of George K. Pritchard, to be marshal - of the cen- L trat: district of the Indian Territory. The position is an important one and carries a.saiary .of .$4,500. It Is a' posi tion; which has - caused the president no little concern, as there have been several changes' of officials in the ter ritory and much consequent confusion. The president had been told about Mr. Pritchard's method of dealing with the bad men in the mountains of western North Carolina, when moonshiners Speeches in the Senate on the Pa hid rria Canal .Washington, Feb. 8. After the tran saction of morning business in the Senate today Mr. Hopkins of Illinois was recognized on one of the hold-over Panama resolutions to make a genef al speech on the Panama question. Sen ator Hopkins' delivered a somewhat brief but carefully prepared argument in support of the administration's pol icy,: and inferentlally urging ratifica tion of the Panama treaty. Mr. Clay of Georgia, one of the Dem ocrats who will vote for ratification of the treaty, followed Mr. Hopkins. He had been from the beginning of his public career, he said, extremely anx ious for an isthmian canal, but he did not want it unless It could" be secured with clean hands. ,He expressed the view: "When our warships landed troops at Colon they had a right to prevent the armed forces of Colombia Weldon Hit Hard by Wind and Rain Storm Weldon, N. C, Feb. 8. Special. The worst wind ahd rain storm In forty years struck Weldon Sunday afternoon at four o'clock, leaving wreck and ruin in its path. - The Weldon Cotton Manufacturing Company suffered most. The wind tore up the southwest corner of their knit ting mill, rolled the. tin up like paper, and landed it some forty or fifty feet away. The, great rafter swere torn from the brick, twisted and broken and scattered over the yard in front of the mill. Presiednt Shaw, when seen this morning, said his company had suffer ed considerable. The goods on the top floor were badly .soaked, and the fine machinery was damaged, but he could not .make an estimate at this: time. The-Carolina Peanut Company waa also damaged. The tin was torn from the rof of their flour-stooy bhick fac tory" and was carried -' a - distance ' of seventy-five feet. v The peanut stock was also damaged by water. -The Judkins building in Washington avenue was also unroofed. The Roa noke News is located on the second floor. The fixtures and forms - were given a good soaking, but fortunately the presses and paper stock escaped. In . the country great trees in the weremore numerous " and desperate than at the present time and the con clusion' was reached . tltat Mitchell's former sheriff would be the right man to deal 'with the Indians and half breeds,' which sometimes becomes nec essary, . i- . Other nominations sent to the senate today were those of .William H. Holt to succeed himself as postmaster at Graham, and Past Assistant Surgeon James C. Perry to be surgeon of pub lic -health of : the .r marine hospital service. SLEPT ON A TRESTLE An Unknown Tramp Killed by a Locomotive Charlotte, N. C, Feb.' 8. Special. When the Southern's north bound train No. 36 arrived -in Charlotte this morn ing the "front of the engine was be spattered with human blood and por tions of a man's brain, while strips ot clothing hung to the running gear of the locomotive. The train ran over and killed an unknown man at what is called : the second trestle at South Forks, about . 16 miles south of this city. The man was lying on the tres tle apparently, in an insensible condi tion. Although the identity of the un fortunate . man , is , unknown, it is sup posed that he was a tramp, who while under the influence of liquor lay down on the trestle and went to sleep. . Club jn New Quarters Greensboro, , N. C; Feb. 8. Special. The .Merchants and Manufacturers' As sociation have moved Into their com fortable new temporary quarters in the large sample room back of the office of Hotel Guilford. There are two apartments, a .reading , room , and a combination card and writing room. The rooms have been" attractively " re painted and overhauled and the place presents a cozy, inviting ' appearance.' It will be used until new and more commodious ' quarters can ' be secured to take the place of the club room burned in the. Katz building fire two weeks aero. ;, from, obstructing the open free . course of commerce in the pathway across the isthmus." '"-'' - ' After discussing further the part played by this government in connec tion with the revolution, Mr. Clay1 said: "I can-, not vote to convict my own government of. an act of .dishonesty without- , positive and unimpeachable testimony. " Such a charge against the Integrity of our government must be condemned in . the absence of unques tionable proof. I deplore the fact that the circumstances - surrounding this transaction ; are of such a nature as even to ckst suspicion upon our con duct.,; J am unwilling to say that the president ' in his, message has not told us the truth so'lSar as the executive branch of the , government is concern ed. , He may be impulsive, but I do not believe, that he, is dishonest." track . of "the storm were blown down and some were twisted from the stump as ; if they-had- been, reeds. Telephone ese transports are at sea for the pur and telegraph wires are down end it is pose of landing troops at various points imposslble' to; learrt the extent of dam ages by the istorni out of this imme diate vicinity. v . - -j , . t Heavy Wind at Sanford Sanford, N. C, Feb. 8. Spjecdal. A severe 'wind 'and rain storm struck San ford at 5 p." nv Sunday. For an hour the wind blew "& gale, and a violent rain storm" followed! Several barns and unfinished dwellings were blown down. Much damage was" done to telephone poies, ; No loss of ' life has been " re ported. -' " ' ; - ' " Greensboro Visltad by a Thunder Storm , Greensboro,. N; C, Feb. 8. Special. This. city waa.visited by a regular old time summer . thunder storm . yester day af teiruxuv-and-from 2 o'clock un til 5 .it. raged.;. Heavy clouds gathered after'a forenoon of strong wind, then distant ' thunder was "heard, followed Corea. There was a further report by rain and. a: very high wind for : that the Japanese' had seized several sc:e- tlme.- JThere was no "damage in Russian trading steamships. Neither the city." but "the' large new barn of of these reports was -: confirmed.; . j. R.- - 'Hughes, a few miles - in .the I -The Pall Mall Gazette's Paris cor country, was blown from its found a- j respondent says he has it on good au tions,' ithority that France and England are Clash ot Arms Between Japan and Russia Is Ex pected Hourly-Diplomatic Relations Broken ;-0ff?and ? Both Hastening to the Inevitable" Conflict . London, Feb. S. War In the far east ha definitely begun. Japan regarded the withdrawal :of ail her diplomatic representatives from Russia, which she notified St. Petersburg Friday evening, as being equivalent to a formal decla ration of war She then waited forty eight hours - before ' making a hostile move. She" considered this decent in terval all that courtesy and precedent required. Then, Sunday evening, she sent her war snips to sea with orders to attack the Russian flag wherever it was found. . 'i ' ' , It is believed at the Japanese lega tion here that the first blow has been struck, althought there is no" definite information on the subject. It was re ported today from Paris and one or two" other points that a faint hope remained that war might yet be averted and it was asserted that M. Delcasse, the French foreign minister, with the moral support of two or three of the powers, was making a last strenuous effort, both at St. Petersburg and Tokio, to save the situation. ' Thel Japanese au thorities have openly declared that any attempt at intervention will be abso lutely hopeless, a state of war already existing. Japan, moreover, has no in tention of issuing a formal .declaration of war. She will probably regularize the situation by sending a notification to the powers that a state of war ex ists, as was the" case in the war be tween the United States and Spain. The feature of the situation Uhat Js attracting most attention is the ap parent drifting apart of Russia-' and France in the present crisis. ' It is noticed that Russian interests at Tokip; upon -the withdrawal of the ' Hussian minister,; were not entrusted to the French," but to thef Austrian legation, whereas Japanese interests -r at c St. Petersburg 'were left in the hands of the British ambassador. ' - ' : , - Paris reports agree "in declaring, that no event could be received with greater abhorence by. the French public than the conflict now precipitated, and the French people' are by no means unani mous in placing the blame on Japan. . Russia Commits the First Act of War London, Feb. 9. According to news paper reports the first act of war has been committed. 'This is thus described by the Telegraphs Nagasaki : corre spondent under date of February 6, the dispatch having been delayed by the censor: "Russia has deliberately precipitated the crisis. She procured transports, and then secretly dispatching her fleet from Port Arthur some days ago, es corted them, loaded .with a full division of troops, to a point' near "the . Yalu river, where the men landed,, thus oc cupying northern Corea. Japanese pa tience then, became exhausted, and to day. Japan also moved her ships (to Masampho), where during the morning files of marines took possession of cer tain Russian merchant vessels. . "The Japanese met with; no resistance and the steamers are now. under1 guard. It is reported that two.Russianv vessels were taken . outside ' and escorted to Saseho." ' There is no confirmation of the corre spondent's statementst official or other wise, although the English correspond ents in Japan contributed, numerous items. "Among these are such reports as the following, none of which can be vouched for: ' v-r. ;; . A Russian s'quadron has' left "Port Arthur and laid torpedoes off Tallen wan, after which it sailed for Formosa. A naval fight is expected. Sixty Japan - ! In Corea from Masampho to' Chemul- po. Their landing Is being covered by a torpedo division. Seoul is' to be occupied. - - ..' . The Russian steamer Argun, due at Nagasaki today from "DaJny, has not arrived. The agents say that of twelve large Japanese steamers engaged in the European trade only two are unac counted for. It is reported from Paris that France, in agreement with other powers, has decided to land troops in China immediately to Insure" Chinese neutrality - ' A Declaration May tiot Be Issued London, Feb. 8. Baron Hayashl said this morning that a state or war now exists between Japan and Russia. He said it was possible that no formal declaration would be issued. It was reported today that the Japanese fleet was sailing in the direction, of Chem ulpo, the port of Seoul, the capital of perfectly agreed on the line of conduct they will adopt with regard to Russia and Japan. After ths flrnt engagement of a decisive character they will both offer thoir good offices as mediator. According to a dispatch from Pari, the French government has agreed with other powers to land troops In China in order to Insure the neutrality, of tho Chines government. In the House cf Commons today. In replying to a question by Sir Henry ' Campbell Bannerman, Mr. Alters Douglas, the home secreatry, said: "Wo have been officially informed that dip lomatic relations between Russia and Japan have been broken off. We hST no details so far." Ministers Ordsred Home Tokio, Feb. 8.Baron De Rosen, the Russian minister to Japan, and thtt members of the Russian legation will sail from Yokohoma Friday. Russian interests have been entrusted by the retiring minister to the Austrian min ister, the Italian minister declining to accept the duty. The government estimates tint tho sale of bonds under the war loan will bring In $250,000,000. The Japanese government has In structed Mr. Kuriho, its minister at St. Petersburg to withdraw from the Ruf slan capital by Wednesday next. The British legation will assume charge of Japanese interests. Russian Cavalry Advance St. Petersburg, Feb. 8. An advance detachment ofRussian cavalry Is leav ing Mukden for Corea. j The telegram from Mukden announcing the d? past ure of the cavalry adds: ' "Russia's love of peace has been ex hausted by Japan's demands. Troop, therefore, have been t concentrated -nt the Yalu river. The Russian troop are in the best of spirits. The Japanese everywhere are hurrying homeward." . The Mukden dispatch repeats the ru mor that a Japanese squadron is off Wei-Hal-Wei, on the north coast of th Shan-Tung peninsula, with the object of intercepting the Russian ships com ing from Europe. Japanese Ships Sail for Chemulpo Washington, Feb. 8. Tho navy de partment has received a telegram from Lieutenant Commander Marsh, Ameri can naval attache at Tokio, that a Japanese naval division has gone to Chemmulpo, Corea, . v Rear Admiral Evans, now at Olaga pore with the fighting portion of his fleet, has been directed by the secre tary of the navy to preserve sirict neutrality. In the same telegram he was tdld to make recommendation at to the disposition of his fleet during hostilities. If he suggests that Ameri-, can warships be sent to Corean and. Manchurian waters this government will ask Russia and Japan if the pres- . ence of Admiral Evans vessels will be agreeable. If either beligerent does not. wish it no American vessel will be sent to the probable theatre of naval hos tilities. When the existence of war is formal ly recognized this government will aIe Japan and Russia to permit four Ameri can officers each to accompany its armies. In view of the refusal of the United States to permit any foreign of- ; fleers to serve as attaches on United'. States naval vessels In the war with Spain, the navy department Is satisfied that Japan and Russia will persue" a ' similar policy in regard to American naval officers in the forthcoming con flict. Russian Trading Steamors Seized London, Feb. 8. A special dispatch" from Berlin says that a strong fleet of Japanese warships, reported to be on, its way to Chemulpo, Corea, haa seized several Russian trading steamers. Blame Placed on Japan St. Petersburg. Feb. 8. The rurtvre of diplomatic relations between Rusi and Japan was discussed with tolerable calmness in the morning papers here today, the blame being unanimously placed on Japan for severing relations the day the Russian feply was to reach Tokio. Japanese Hurry Heme Port Arthur, Feb. 8. In response; to Instructions from the Japanese gov ernment, many Japanese sailed from here for Nagasaki today. The Chines in Manchuria are greatly excited, an 1 numbers of them are preparing to leave for Chee-Foo. Japanese Cut the Corea Csble Paris, Feb. 8. The French foreign office was advised this afternoon that Continue c-a page Z.
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