By Accident, to Port— Seizure of Important-- Financial Critical. Situation is St. Petersbure I cial report he roy Alexieff saving pedo transport Yer up as the resuait of a mine at Port Arthur The Yenisei sank and off, 3 officers and 91 men An imperial si commands t} itary establishr jtary districts be war; that all Eastern vic istrength, reserves i Htricts he The authorities quisition the n In res ager IS Deen re it cali ponse ¢ » zarina and numer organized ce The Official His - Gan ar / j / s daron Hayashi said; “Whatever may be the eve ntual ress of the war, Russia, in allowing ust feapy and fortify Muasampho has | for herself another Dardapelles | th of { tegrity of Japan is “No fleet Jay an’'s t we will not It is tlt (0 erent | With Mesampho the in assured forever ther Even if we Hy Massimpho that the fortification Can wishes give inderstood now #agninst bot Jriss were troops are advancing rapidly tow Yalu Rives There, it is ill meet and en thie OX Dn Nevertheles disregard het ges to China and her panees to othe powers y of Manchuria: bh gthened her hold on and 1s nud by sufety of our realm in of olemn SEH nled repeated wu still olidate Hi od con those final proy 100 bent upon their annexation sine ion f i the nbsorpt Russi I W old the integrity addition, com rendet impossible te maintain would, in pel the abund ment of all he pe of peace in he Were (et oa vy wr BH DAL 28k a O° Feverered Hy DOCK —————y wh; TET of loy 8) municipalitic vate corporati ains to pers pass tu} in en The situatios is slightly critical RUSSIANS SINK STEAMER. Whole Squadron Fires on Two Small Ships Onc Escapes Washington (Snpecia Legation received the fo from Toki “Two small . Zensho Maru ‘ while on their way to Ot the western coast Yezo Sakate, a port on the northern the main island of Japa on February 11 by fi war off the coast of and the latter was s mer had a narrow “The Russian men-of war are still seen off the western « of Yezo Island They are supposed to be the first-class cruisers which have been shut up at Vladivostok and tried some time ago to Join the main squadron at Port Arthur.” PORT ARTHUR BELIEVED DOOMED. The British Expect Its Fall Withis Several Days. London (By Cable). The British Gov erament has information which leads it to believe that Japan is likely to be in possession of Port Arthur a week from now. In the best informed Japanese circles here it is privately thought that the war will be over by July. Those ri ' Island, from ast on, were fired on tussian men. of Aomori pre feoture the for nr ink, while ne eseay . + Vist i ! EMPEROR P OCLAIMS WAR. Declares Russia Disregarded Solemn Pledges to Powers nee te nd we authorities thelr ale fomake ey ance of their duties aim with all the neans wi of the law of nations to nttails We have already deemed it essential in international relations. and have made it our coustant aim, to promote the pacific the far East, and assure the future secur ity of our dominion without injury to formed their duties in obedience to our extraordinary thoroughness with which Japan prepared for the war are inclined to share the Japanese view regarding the duration of the struggle Chins Will Be Neutral Washington, (Special). — Minister Con. ger cabled the State Department from Pekin that the Chinese Government would immediately issue a priclamation of neutrality, having received from the Russian Minister, the declaration of war. It this proclamation is observed it will of course prevent the threatened invasion of Manchuria by the Boxers. China also Roni prevent the use of ber soil by either an or Japanese troops. powers had been steadily growing in cordiality. It was thus entirely against our expectations that we have unhappily come to open hostilities against Russia “The integrity of Korea is a matter of the gravest concern to this empire, not only because of our traditional relations with that country, but because the sepa rate existence of Korea is essential to the May Not Impress American Liners. Maru, of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha's Seattle Line, sailed from Yokohama for Seattle. The Aki Maru is scheduled to i i PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY President Roosevelt Doclares Friendship of United States for Both Nations cL ding within on of the United I commerce, trade irsuits therein the Unlted fering with the free tind sympathy or with the open man fae sale of arms or munitions of war. nevertheless impose upon all persons who may be within their territory and jurisdiction the duty of an impartial wveutrality during the existence of the contest: And whereas, it is the duty of a nentral government not to permit or suffer the making of its waters subservient to the purposes of wai or other business or I And slates, 3 the laws of inter whereas without ture or President of the United States of Ameren United States and of their citizens and of persons within their territory and juris diction, and to enforce their laws, and in order that all persons, being warned of the general tenor of the laws and treaties of the United States in this behalf, and Had Dynamite ln Truak, Liverpool, (By Cable) ~The customs officials found eighteen ponnds of dyna mite and 8,360 detonators in the posses: that the Japanese vernment would im. pressthe Nippon Yusen Kaisha liners to serve as transports. The fact of them fs now en route to Beattle ix in terpreted by local officials of the com to indicate that the American line o company will not be disturbed, § § | i left New York February 3. The Aus bottom, in man, who gave the name of Ivan remanded until February 20, may this th unintentionasl | the law | i the sate, do he { | | | oof nntion he pire vented from violation of rey that by the of April A thi ni nit Jrivssg tl hidden to be « 151d} OY 1 Penalties within ti the init i Phe re SENATE AND PANAMA TREATY. Long Discussion MRS. LORENZ ACQUITTED. Court Direcled Jury That Evideace Was Not Satficient to Convict 1] In the postal Justice Pritchard find a verdict of not saving ¥ de toe 10 after pre testimony rested Kulmer moved that the nury he return a verdict of not guilty as Lorenz Conrad said that at this stage of the hie Mi: case he would oppose the motion, but “1 think you might trust that He said he was going to argument with the utmost nilded much deal tH us in his his opinion should be dealt leniently with and which should be dealt rigor ously with District Attorney Beach also opposed the motion, whereupon Justice Prithard said he would consider the matter and announce his decision after the recess Safe Blowers Get $15,000. Woodstock, Ont, (Special ). —Burglars blew open the safe of the Molsons Bank, nt Aylmer, und stole $15,000. They also blew open the safe of the private bank of Jumes Munro, at Embro, securing a large sum of money. The thieves were fright. ened away from two other banks. i ! Senator Hanna's Fight for Life. Washipgton (Special. )- Senator Han. [na is wating for life, and despite the , desperate condition in which he is from | typhoid fever, Drs. Rixey, Osler and | Carter say that be still has a chance, how great a chance they will not say. Sunday was a gloomy one at the Sen. ; @tor’s home in this city, and those who ! had been by his bedside throughout the | night continued as constantly through. lout the day, as there was no telling at ' what minute the patient might become | worse and his death epsue, | i i i! i : : BALTIMORE'S BIG FIRE Monumental City Recovering From Ff fects of Conflagration. | Confidence and Hope Has Been Restored to a igh Degree By the Knowledge That All the Cash and in th: Vaalts of the Destroyed Finsaciali lostitutions Are Sale and Sound. *ecurities Md WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. War, Fire and Cotton Were Adverse Faclers— Sigation Encourng’og turers thre friction by jobbers nd man uf se The labor mintry is almost devoid of More or Jess traffic congestion from the weather, and this factor sc. counts for the small loss of 1.7 per cent in railway earnings during January Actual business ix still restricted in the iron and steel industry but there is more confidence in the future, and the where situation the results Structural steel pros. pects have greatly improved because of the Baltimore fire, as it is certain that an enormous tonnage will be required to re. store the ruined buildings. As to pig iron, no improvement is seen. Minor metals have developed irregularity, but hard coal is in good demand. Failures this week in the United States are 228 against 248 last week, 302 the receding week and 280 the correspond. wp week last year. Failures in Canada number 25, againet 29 last week, 28 the preceding week and 20 last year. All Powers May Fight. Chicago, lll. (Special. )~"It is ex. tremely probable that the United States ~and each of the great powers—will do actual fighting before this war is over. The United States has taken n strong and courageous position.” Dr. Toyo. kichi, formerly a secretary in the foreign department of the Japanese government, made the above ction. Dr. Syennga has just completed a series of lectures in Chi under the auspices of the Uni. versity of Chicago. mnlatoad wn mpleted a pudding 5 # is Mes lane tha { 108, dextrine, acetic , tartaric uble fats r I« and several other 8 deleter subztances wa } ’ aan tha a Ereal organs nutritive value is of dried figs and it AUBeS gtrain th Plainly bet that, after ding will upon fallacy bas suspect the pud eating another n exposed may of nie i n the all cont SWEDISH COOKING. Vagaries That Explain the Lack of a Scandanavian Restaurant in Town. The Scandanavian population of the city of New York. already conzider able, is being added to largely through thor: not a not or Danish restaurant in reason for this, when every represented in the cos ud a but is able Swedish The town is What is it? It is what may be gastronomic lottery-—the cus tom of Scandinavian and especialiy Swedish cooks to mix ingredient: which would have more than justified the historic suicide of that conscien- tious French culinary artist who did wish to survive the knowledge that one of his fish sauces was a fail ure, A Swedish cook follows the German or French style, with variations: and it is these variations which operate as a bar to the establishment of Swed ish restaurants. With a world of soups to draw from. a Sweish cook will make a soup of lager beer. With abundant oppor tunities for delicacies in the line of desserts, a Swedish cook will, as » gastronomic diversion, mix turnips with a custard, On prime ribs of roast beef a Swedish cook, if not dissuaded, may sprinkle nutmeg, and a consomme of milk and prunes i» always to be feared. It is the uncertainty of these varia- tions introduced Into a dinner with out notice which In many cases de prives Swedish cooking, ordinarily wholesome and substaniial, of the recognition which it would otherwise obtain New York Sun,
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