Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 55, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1904 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1904.

well an the widows and orphans of the men killed. The foregoing is a complete summary of the laut i-sue of th-- Novikrl. A dispatch from Port Arthur, published In Pari.- this momma. denies - itegorically the reports of i n. v .ttt.n k ly Japan torpedo boats and pays th. y have been reputed with .-very time they appear 1 in the roadt. , ! The Russian colony at Seoul has taken refuge in the legation at hemuli and in the offices of the Russian Kast China Company, which is guarded by soldiers. Eigthytwn women are following course in ambulance work at th. central hospital t h- 1 A number of volunteers are coming into Port Arthur.

JAPANESE EMPEROR TO REMAIN AT TOKIO TOKIO, Feb. 23. The plan arranged for 'the Kmperor and imperial headquarters to move to Kyoto has been temporarily abandoned and it is now thought better not to remove until aft' r Um Onfssngj of the special session of the Diet early in April. The inconvenience of removing the seat of government and convening the Dlt at Kyoto Is the reason assigned for the change in the plan. , Small interest is manifested in the forthcoming election. The war overshadows all political questions Just now. Th" country Is united, politically, and it is expected that the new Diet will fully support the government and cordially approve all measures concerning the war. The Mikado this morning received in audience Captains Iea and Paynter. and Lieutenant Boyle, of th.- British navy, and thanked them for navigating the Japanese armored cruisers Nisshin and Kasaga from Genoa, Italy, to Japan. His Majesty conferred on them the order of the Rising Sun and presented them with gifts of silv. r and fa -quer work from the Imperial collection. The foreign crew of the Nisshin sails for home on the steamer Siberia, from Yokohama, by way of San Francisco. RAILWAY CONDITIONS IS FROZEN SIBERIA ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 23 The newspapers of Port Arthur dated Feb. 4 reached St. Petersburg to-day, indicating that they were less than three weeks in transit. Troop trains probably require a longer time, ou account of the difficulties at Ivake Baikal, where provisions and troops are crossing both on Ice trains and sledges. But the cold is exceedingly severe. To-day thirtysix degrees below (Fahrenheit) was recorded at Irkutsk and other places. Stories of the sufferings of the troops In the crossing of the lake are persistent. Some reports say six hundred men were frozen; but these lack confirmation, official or otherwise. The telegraph is working well. One line, dovoted exclusively to government business, runs din t to Irkutsk, w h--n- . with a single relay, it connects with St. Petersburg. The correspondent of the Associated Press ts informed that the Czar recently FAIR. COLDER TO-DAY. WITH VARIABLE WIXDS WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Forecast for Wed nr.-lay and Thursday: Indiana Fair and colder on Wednesday. Thursday fair; variable winds. Illinois Fair on Wednesdsy, except snow In northeast portion; colder in south portion. Thursday fair; i'rt h northerly winds. Ohio Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, except snow in north. rtior. . colder on Wednesday in north portion; variable winds. Kentucky Fair and colder on Wednesday Thursday fur Lower Michigan Partly cloudy on Wednesday; snow in northeast portion; colder in southeast portion. Thursday fair; fresh north winds. North Dakota Fair on Wednesday. Thursday cloudy and warmer, probably snow South Dakota. Nebraska. Kansas. Oklahoma and Indian Territory Fair and coldtr od Wednesday Thursday fair. Iowa Fair on Wednesday. Thursday cloudy; variable winds. Minnesota Fair on Wednesday. Thursday partly cloudy and warmer; variable winds. ' Local Observations on Tuesday. Bar. Thcr. R H. Wind. Weather. Pre. la m...74 40 64 South. (Mou.lv. T. T p.m.. 74 44 S'west. Cloudy. T. Maximum temperature, 46; minimum temperature 38. Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipitation on Feb. 23: Temp. Pre. Normal 32 .13 Mean and total 39 T Departure for day 7 .13 Departure for montn 21 .49 Departure since Jan. 1 WS .40 P'Uö. W. T. BLYTHK. Section Director. Yesterday's Temperatures. Stations. Abilene. Tex Amarill . Tex Atlanta, (ia Bismarck. N. D Buffalo. N. Y Cairo. Hi Calgary. Alberta Chattanooga. Tenn... Cheyenne. Wyo Chicago. Ill Cincinnati, O Cleveland. O Columbus, O Concordia. Kan Davenport. Ia Denver. Col Dodge City. Kan... . Dubliqile. la Duluth. Minn El Pas .. Tex Galveston. T. x Grand Junction. Col.. Grand Rapids. Mich. Havre. Mont... Huron. B D H'lena. Moni Jscksonv:!!'-. Fls i a. m. 4 40 -12 :j H 18 30 44 0 2-; 30 24 44 4 3 -12 - 54 40 30 14 24 44 1 38 42 34 4 1J y, 34 44 30 34 . . 4H 30 46 26 30 30 48 -2o $! 38 0 50 50 X 44 32 Max. 60 4 36 64 12 R2 56 lis 56 40 44 4" 64 s2 32 -i 84 84 M J4 4 2 38 66 52 48 58 62 0 6 62 6 66 74 46 56 54 4 54 72 54 46 46 To 12 44 62 6 H 64 74 48 66 54 60 7 p. m. 71 56 2 34 60 8 56 46 2" 52 3S 12 i 30 54 60 -6 SO 6ii 30 2 -ö 36 60 46 42 :.; 5s 0 f 54 60 i 62 42 r.2 44 72 46 TO 1 44 38 66 14 40 48 4 7 11 68 40 62 J it U Kansas City. Mo Lander W . LJttu Rock, Ark Louisville. Ky Marquett- II h M"mihiH. T.'tm Hodens, Ftah Montgomery. Ali Nashville. Tenn... New Orleans, La.. New York. N. Y. Morfolk. Vs North Platte. Neb. Oklahoma. O. T. Omaha. Neb . Pali ;i ire. Tex. Par ''Mr s burg w V Philadelphia. Pa Pittsburg. Pa Pueblo. Col Qu' Apnelle. Assin. ... Rapid fit v. S. D St. Louis. MoT Bt Paul. Minn Bait Lake City, t'tah Ban Antonio. Tex. ... Bants Fe. N Mex. . Bbre-.eport. La Bprlngneid. Ill Springfield. Mo Valentine. Neb Washington. D. C. ... 2. u Wichita, Kau.

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stood at the telegraph kry and talked with Viceroy Alexleff practically uninterrupted. Military m n desiring to accompany the Russian army have been formally notified that they tan proceed when convenient, but it is added that accommodations and commissariat supplies cannot be guaranteed before March 15. No authorizations have yet been issued to war correspondents snd it is improbable that anything in this direction will be done until the concentration of troops Is completed. The Chinese minister here has presented to the Foreign Office a note similar in tenor to that handed to the government at Tokio regarding China's neutrality and the respect to be paid to the imp-rial tombs. It is understood that Russia ha. not made a specific reply, but communicated to the minister a copy of her reply to Secretary Hay's note on the subject of China. M. Joletz. a military expert, who is to accompany General Kuropatkin to the front. and whose opinions are consequently f incr.-as.-rl value, .r.-dirts that the Japanese will make their base of operations along the line between Ping-Yang and Woson. Korfa, relying upon protection from their fleet against a flank attack. The Japanese army will from ihls line have a march of 2uu miles ov.-r mountainous country, to the Yalu river, where they will find the Russians strongly entrenched. If they succeed in forcing this line btuk, they will find another strong Russian line extending from the Yalu to Mukden. They may then divide their forces, using one-half to hold the Russians in check while the other half goes to besiege Port Arthur; in this event the Japanese will l- liable to a flank attack by the northern Russian forces from Kirin. The appointment of Admiral Makaroff to command the Russian Pacific fleet has been published In the Gazette. A Russian correspondent of the Associated Press at Port Arthur telegraphs that the appointment of General Kuropatkin to command Russia's military forces in the far East has been received with delight there. Before leaving Port Arthur, the correspondent continues. Viceroy Alexleff conferred uion Lieutenant General Stoessel all the rights of commander in the fortified district.

CONSULS WORKING IN BEHALF OF NIE U-CH I VANG YIX-KOW, Feb. 23 The consuls have decided on concerted action looking to the neutralization of Nieu-Chwang. They will, however, endeavor to secure an expression of Russian official opinion before acting further. An authoritative Japanese report says that 100 Japanese refugees sent to Port Arthur, had not been accounted for up to Feb. 10. Persistent refusal of official information complicates United States Consul Miller's difficulties. An officer of the Russian Intelligence Oepartment is leaving for Peking and the interior of China for the purpose of reporting on the attitude of the Chinese. RUSSIA WANTS USE OF THE DARDANELLES NEW YORK. Feb. 23. Negotiations are progressing, asserts the Herald's St. Petersburg correspondent, for the passage of the Dardanelles by the Russian Black sea fleet. Russia is determined to get her ships through, the correspondent avers, even if it -is necessary to adopt the subterfuge ofaltering their appearance, fllsguls ing them as merchantmen. The Porte Is almost willing, and if England makes no objection, the dispatch continues, it will be a signal for an Immediate advance toward India. DON JAIME RECEIVES THE PAPAL BLESSING ROME. Feb. 23 Don Jaime of B urbon son of Carlos, the Spanish pre'ender, having asked the Czar to be sent to the scene of action in the far East, has come to Rome and was received to-day by the Pope in private audience. Don Jaime entered the presence of the Pontiff in full hussar uniform and wearing the decorations he gained in the last Chinese war under Admiral Alexieff. The Pope received him cordially. i him his benediction, wished him good luck and asked him to do whatever lay in his power for the protection of Roman Catholics in the far East. luravieff Speech Resented. THE HAGUE, Feb. 23 The Japanese minister here has asked fTls government for instructions in regard to the speech of M. Muravieff. the president of the arbitration tribunal and Russian minister of justice yesterday (after he had announced the decision of The Hague arbitration tribunal in favor of the blockading powers and against Venezuela) with the view of lodging a protest. It is declared here that the government of The Netherlands is not competent to receive such a complaint. ftlind Singvers to Croon Patriotism. KHARKOFF. European Russia. Feb. 23. Rands of strolling musicians, many of whom are blind and who sing Russian folk songs, are leaving for the far PTast for the purpose of reminding the young sol. Hers of the exploits th. ir ancestors. These musicians always accompanied small Russian armies in the olden times. HuNsiaii Transports Rnnnd for Odessa. PORT SAID, Feb. 23 The " Russian transports Orel, with 1.227 troops on board, and"the Smolensk, loaded with ammunition and provisions, both arrived here to-day from Suez, and will proceed for Odessa during the day. Lnmadnrff May Resign. PARIS. Feb. 24. The Paris edition of the New York Herald asserts that Foreign Minister Damsdorff wants to resign and that M. Witte will succeed him. DISTURBANCES ARE NOT EXPECTED IN CHINA PARIS. Feb. 24. The Petit Journal this morning publishes an interview with the first secretary of the Chinese legation, who declared there was no reason to expect disturbances in China. If there were any, h. said, they would be sternly repressed. In the course of the conversation with the newspaper representatives, the secretary said the Emperor and dowager Era1 r. Bfl of China had never been photographed, but that the dowager Empress had yielded to the solicitations of an American artist now in Peking, who was painting her portrait. When completed it will be shown in the Chinese pnvllion at the St. Louis exposition. MILLERS ORGANIZE FOR BETTER RATES TOLEDO, O.. Feb. 23.-Forty wheat millers from Ohio. Michigan. Indiana and Kansas met here to-day to take steps to organize an association, the chief object of which will be to secure better freight rates. A committee was appointed to draft i bv-laws to be submitted at a meeting to be held at Columbus the latter part of March. MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS NEW YORK. Feb. 23 Arrived : Seeland, from Antwerp. Off Nantucket: Moitke. from Hamburg. Sailed: Statendam, for Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL. Feb. 23-Arrived: Bovic. from New York: Pietorian. from Halifax. Bailed; Syivunla. for Boston, via Queenstown. PLYMOUTH. Feb 23 Sailed: Pretoria, from Hamburg, for New York. Fire in n ( hirnvn I Int. CHICAGO. Feb. 23. Fire to-night broke out in the Montgomery Ward apartment building at the intersection of Forty-seventh street and Lake avenue and compelled the residents of the twenty-nine flats In the building to make a hurri-.l exit to SB TS their lives. There wert p r:il narrow .seapes. but nobody was injured The building was damaged to the extent of $50,000. ttiiiMion CbmmHAm in Ism, DUIU'UE. Is.. Feb. 23. An Illinois Central OOS I train crashed into the caboose of a loin I freight at Dyersvllle to-day. wreck ing ars and a prtrt oi tne uepoi. j. (fan. a traveling man of Cedar 1 of his injuries. Thomas Martin, g man, of Eurlville, was puinfully r rails, dl a travel injured

RUSSIA PROTESTS TO THE POWERS AGAINST HASTY ACTION OFM JAPANESE Says the Laws of Xations Have Been Violated by the Tokio G vernment.

TEXT OF THE CIRCULAR In Which Japan Is Accused of Invading Korea and Wantonly Attacking Russians. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 23 Foreign Minister Lamsdorff yesterday sent the following circular to Russian representatives abroad : 'Since the rupture of the negotiations between Russia and Japan the attitude of the Tokio Cabinet has constitute! open violation of all customary laws governing the mutual relations of civilized nations. Without specifying each particular violation of these laws on the part of Japan, the imperial government considers it necessary to draw the most serious attention of the powers to the acts of violence committed by the Japanese government with respect to Korea. The independence and integrity of Korea as a fully Independent empire, has been fully recognized by all the Powers, and the inviolability of this fundamental principle was continued by Article 1 of the Cimoneseki treaty and by the agreement especially concluded for this purpose between Japan and Great Britain on Jan. 30. iyu2, as well as by the FrancoPrussian declaration of March 1. li"2. "The Emperor of Korea, foreseeing the danger of a possible conflict between Russia and Japan, addressed early in January, 104, a note to all the powers declaring his determination to preserve the strictest neutrality. This declaration was received with satisfaction by the powers and it was rati tied by Russia. According to the Russian minister to Korea, the British government charged the British diplomatic representative at Seoul to present an official note to the Emperor of Korea, thanking him for his declaration of neutrality. "In disregard of all these facts, in spite of all treaties, in spite of its obligations and In violation of the fundamental rules of international law it has been proved by exact and fully confirmed facts that the Japanese government "First Before the opening of hostilities against Russia, landed its troops in the independent empire of Korea, which had declared its neutrality. "Second With a division of its fleet It Ukdo a sudden attack on Feb. 8, that is, three days prior to the declaration of war, on the two Russian warships in the neutral port of Chemulpo. The commanders of these ships had not been notified of the -ev. ranee of diplomatic relations, as the Japanese maliciously stopped the delivery of Russian telegrams by the Danish cable, and destroyed the telegraphic communication of the Korean government. The details of this dastardly attack are contained and published in an official telegram from the Russian minister at Seoul. "Third In spite of the international laws above mentioned, and shortly before the opening of hostilities, the Japanese captured as prizes of war certain Russian merchant ships in neutral ports of Korea. "Fourth Japan declared to the Emperor of Korea, through the Japanese minister it Seoul, that Korea would henceforth be under Japanese administration, and she warned the Emperor that in case of his noncompliance Japanese troops would occupy the palace. "Fifth Through the French minister at Seoul she summoned the Russian representative at the Korean court to leave the country, with the staffs of the Russian legation and consulate. "Recoguizing that all the above facts coustitute a flagrant breach of international law, the imperial government considers it to be its duty to lodge a protest with the powers against this procedure of the Japanese government, and it Is firmly convinced that all the powers, valuing the principals which guarantee their relations, will agree with the Russian attitude. At the same time the imperial government usiders It necessary to issue a timely warning that, owing to Japan's illegal assumption of power in Korea, the government declares all orders and declarations which may be issued on the part of the Korean government to be invalid. "I beg you to communicate this document to the governments to which you are accredited." To Consider Japan's Protest. WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-At an important conference scheduled for tomorrow noon at the State Department bet we. fl Secretary Hay and Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, Russia's protest against Japan's alleged violation of international law will be communicated to the Washington government. The Cabinet session interfered with the presentation of the note to-day. BOWLDER ON TRACK DERAILED A TRAIN Four Trainmen and a Number of Passengers Injured, Xone of the Latter Seriously. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 23-Four trainmen and several passengers were Injured, none of the latter seriously, in the wreck of a southbound train to-day on the Asheville-Knoxville line of the Southern Railway, near Bridgeport. The trainmen injured are: Engineer George W. Clark, of Knoxville; Fireman William Austin, colored, Knoxville; Buggagemaster Dukes, Salisbury. N. C; Mail Clerk O'Neal. Alurion. N. C. The locomotive landed on the edge of Pigeon river and th- express car. baggage and mall cars and the tender were almost wholly submerged. The day coach would have gone into the river hud it not been stopped by I huge stump. The Pullman was derailed and the foremost end knock. -d from its trucks. The wreck was caused by a bowlder rolling on the track from English mountain. The train was running at moderate speed. LEGAL HANGINGS IN THE WEST AND EAST Bl U'TTE. Mont.. Feb. 23. James Martin was hanged to-day for murder at Silver Bow Junction in May. I:)-'. The trap was sprung at a. m. The hanging took place in utter darkness and the only indication that the trap was sprung was the thud. His neck was broken by the fall. Martin's almc was the killing of John R. Williams, a railroad fireman, in an attempted holdup. BROOK VI LEE. Pa.. Feb. 23 Michael Palieone. an Italinn, was hanged here today for the murder of Rosso Crocco. during a carousal. Another Italian, sentenced to be hanged to-day with Palleone, was respited by the Governor. NEGRO BEATS A SICK WOMAN AND SHE MAY DIE WICHITA. Kan.. Feb. 2f . A negro enteret! the home of Mrs. L. McPherson. a white woman who lay sick abed to-day, and when she refused to give him money beat her into insensibility with a stove handle. Later Greely Robinson, whom Mrs. McPnerson identified as her assailant, was placed under arrest. The woman's condition is critical. Ho for Lutheran Orphan Home. BPRIKQ Fl EED. O - Feb. 23 Trustees of Amelia Osterlln Lutheran Orphanage at a meeting here to-day selected the Daniel Wat kins farm of 100 acres as the site for the proposed Lutheran Orphans' Home. Lutherans from Ohio. Indiana and K utacky will become inmates of the home when it is ready. The cottage plan will be TO CIKE A COLD I 0E D4 Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to curs. E. W. Grove's signature la od each box. 25c.

FRANCE

SYMPATHIZES

WITH RUSSIA IK CHARGES AGAINST THE JAPANESE Thinks the Latter Violated International Law in Fighting Before Declaring W ar. KOREA AJ JAPAN'S MERCY Though Proclaiming Her Neutrality, She Cannot Prevent Use of Her Territory. PARIS, Feb. 23. Russia has the pympathetlc support of France in the former's latest representation to the powers that Japan Is Kuilty 0f a violatl -n of international law In consequence f the attacks upon the Russian warships at Port Arthur and Chemulpo before the declaration of war. No intention exists in official circles to take up the Russian note on the subject with the view of pressing action by the powers, and it is said that nothing effective could be done in this direction. France was satisfied from the first of the unjustifiability of the Japanese action, and is anxious that the other powers should come to appreciate the enormity of the offense. In this connection attention is called to the occupation of Korea by Japanese troops. In spite of the declaration of Korean neutrality, which was communicated to all the neutral powers, as well as to the belligerents, it Is pointed out Japan has not hesitated to throw troops into Korea and to establish a base there. It is suggested in diplomatic circles that France, which has been charged with the protection of Russian iuterests in Korea, could properly make objection to the Japanese action. But nothing of this kind has yet been done. The French legation at Seoul is iu charge of a secretary and interpreter, the minister being in Paris on leave of absence and tiie Foreign Office here is showing no inclination to order his immediate return. At the Korean legation here to-day it was said that Korea had declared her neutralify from the outset, and, therefore, that if the Japanese occupied Korean territory and proposed marching through Korea on their way to Manchuria, It was not with Korea's assent, but because she was unable to prevent it. The legation officials added that the fifty thousand stands of arms recently ordered by Korea from France will remain at HongKoug for the present, in order that they may noi be seized by the Japanes. . Nothing is known at the French Foreign OSBOC re$arding the report that the Russian ambassador to Great Britain. Count Benckendorff. had gone to St. Petersburg with important proposals from King Edward in the directicu of peace. So far as Russia is concerned, it is said that she would be willing to accept overtures on a reasonable basis, but it is believ d that Japan, having engaged in the war, will not withdraw until she is conquered. Therefore, If any mediatiou proposal has been advanced, which is considered doubtful, it Is not expected to be fruitful of satisfactory results. Concerning the dispatch of French naval and military reinforcements to IndoChina, it is announced authoritatively that the steps taken are simply In accordance with the programme adopted two years ago, but which the minister of marine failed to carry out. Alive to possibilities growing out of the war the minister determined that the immediate execution of the programme should take place, and if. Pelletan. the minister of marine, is acting in this sense. Premier Combes announced at the council of ministers to-day the postponement of the interpellation of M. Finnin Faure (Nationalist concerning the alleged insufficiency of Freuch naval representation at the seat of war. The postponement was due mainly to the government's desire to put off a parliamentary debate which was likely to cause general agitation regarding France's attitude towards Russia. FIGHTING IN GERMAN SOUTHWEST AFRICA Forces of the Kaiser Await Reinforcements Before Proceeding Against the Tribesmen. BERLIN. Feb. 23. Cofonel Leutwin, Governor of German Southwest Africa, cables that S number of Ovambos, under Captain Nechale, attacked the police post at Amatoni on Feb. 2 and were repulsed with a loss of 'sixty men killed. A division under Lieutenant Schultz had a fight with the Hereros at South Tsumana on Feb h. In which the enemy lost ten men killed. The Germans suffered no casualties and Lieutenant Schultz captured large herds of cattle. The principal German forces are gathering at Okhandja. where they will await the arrival of reinforcements before undertaking a general movement against the Hereros. but in the meantime the enemy will be engaged as opportunity offers. Captain Ksterff, Colonel Iieutwln says In conclusion, has established communication with the Outjo column under Glasenapp, which is marching via Gobabls against the Chief Tjetja, MADE A BANKRUPT BY HIS BROTHER'S WILL PAWTUCKET, R. I.. Feb. 23-John F. Adams, owner of the Adumsdale, Pa., cotton mills, has made an assignment, and the two hundred employes have lost their places. The business troubles of Mr. Adams are said to be the result oi litigation to require him, as executor, to pay legacies made in the will of his brother. Stephen I. Adams. The liabilities are placed at I6U.600. $47.000 being secured. There are also contingent liabilities as executor of $25.000 and assets of $63.780. BANKS OF BALTIMORE RESUME BUSINESS BALTIMORE. Feb. 23 The banks in this city resumed business to-day in all their branches for the first tiim since the tire. Cnder Governor Warfield's proclamation the enforced payment of protestable paper has been suspended from Feb. 6, thus making it necessary for all who have matured obligations to take care of them before the close of banking hours to-day. The Baltimore Stock Exchange will not resume until to-morrow. NO DEVICES ALLOWED ON PRIMARY BALLOTS CHICAGO, Feb. 23. Under a decision today of the board of election commissioners of Cook -?ounty primary election, ballots marked with the union label or .my other device will hereafter, if cast, be treated as void and not counted. Attorney Wheelock, of the board, had been asked to give an opinion as to Whether the label of the allied printing trades council or any similar device of labels should be allowed tin the ballots. His opinion was absolutely against the label and this was adopted by the board. Thetn Helm t hi Ofllcers. NEW YORK. Feb. 23. The tifty-Fixth annual convention of the Theta Delta Chi Bectety ended to-night with a banquet at the Hotel Majestic. The following officers Of the Grand Lodge were elected for the SUSSing fi ar : President. Rudolf Tumbo. jr.. re-elected; secretary. Uowt l.vn W. Jutton, of Brown University; treasurer. Louis N. Grover, of Dartmouth College. It wa? deckled to hold the next conv ntion in Chi' i-o. the date to b- fixed later. Plllm Brooklyn I ndcr Seuled Order GENOA. Feb. 23. The United Stntes ruiser Brooklyn, with Rear Admiral Cotton on board, left here to-day. going in an easterly direction. She leaves here under I a a a i l l . . W scae-u urt.ers. men uic iu ov upeucu vmiy when she id at scü.

FAR EAST WAR WILL END IN SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS,

RUSSIAN

ASSERTS

I! Japanese Will Be Driven Into the Sea When the Czar's Troops Get Ready. RUSSIA TO BIDE HER TIME Great Britain Accused of Pushing Japan Into War for Mercenary Reasons. ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 23. "The war will end in August or September, in the complete defeat of the Japanese." said to the Associated Press to-day a high authority In intimate touch with the war plans, whose opinion can be taken faithfully to reflect the belief in the highest official quarters. He added: "How the Japanese can hope to succeed when our army in the East is strengthened to a point equal or superior in numbers to that of our adversaries we are honestly unable to comprehend. It will not be difficult to place two, four or even six hundred thousand additional men in the field if necessary. When our forces are concentrated and ready they will finish by driving the Japanese into the sea. Frankly, it seems to us that the Japanese either have utterly failed to appreciate Russia's resources, or have counted on the aid of Great Britain or the United States, neither of which ever contemplated becoming involved. So Xar as Great Britain is concerned we do not believe any hallucinations existed there. We think the British statesmen who did so much to push Japan into war reulized that with Japan's defeat they would accomplish two things for Great Britain first, to give Russia a check for. of course, the war must impede our progress temporarily; second, to cripple Japan's maritime ybwer, which was beginning to be felt in the Pacific." WILL BIDE HER TIME. It can be said with the utmost positiveness that Russia will bide her time. She will act on the defensive until she feels confident that her weight of numbers will leave no doubt as to the results. Reinforcements are going forward at the rate of 3,000 a day. Probably some time will elapse before Russia feels fully prepared to assume the offensive. The conviction is growing here in official circles that despite Japanese denials the Japanese fleet was severely crippled off Port Arthur in the engagement which began Feb. 8. The admiralty has no direct information to support this except the manner in which the Japanese abandoned the attack at the end of forty-five minutes. It is pointed out at the admiralty that two weeks have now elapsed without the whereabouts of thi Japanese fleet being definitely reported and the opinion is gaining ground that it has gone to a Japanese port for repairs. It is pointed out also that it has always been the Japanese policy to announce only victories, the admiralty adding: "We know they sustained losses in the China war which were never admitted." General Kuropatkin will not leave for the front for another fortnight. In the meantime he is going to his country estates, to bid farewell to relatives. His status has not yet been fully settled. By the terms of his appointment the general will command the Manchurian army, subject to Viceroy Alexieff; but his powers probably will be extended to include the troops north of Manchuria. The official view of the status is that Viceroy Alexieff will remain In supreme command; but the viceroy being a sailor. General Kuropatkin will be appointed his lieutenant fop the army as Admiral Makaroff is for the navy. The viceroy's departure from Port Arthur was not due to apprehension of the possibility of its Investment, but simply to the requirements of the strategical, so as to enable him to direct the operations now in progress along the line of the Korean frontier from a more central point. Possibly he will not remain at Mukden, but will go from place to place, as circumstances demand. DIFFICULT TASK FOR JAPAX. Speaking on the subject of the possible investment of Port Arthur the military authorities here do not believe the Japanese will attempt to make a landing In force on the Liao-Tung peninsula. The former say there is nothing the Russians would like better, as such an attempt is doomed to certain failure. The authorities here assert that the southern portion of the peninsula is strongly guarded and that the northern shore presents Insuperable obstacles. The only chance for the Japanese, it is claimed, would be marching down from Korea; but to do this, it is added, they must first defeat the Russian army on this side of the Yalu river, and, even If successful, they would be face to face with an impregnable stronghold. The Associated Press now understands that Grand Duke Alexis, uncle of the Czar and high admiral, has reconsidered his decision to go to the far East. He was extremely anxious to go. but the grand duke felt that his duties here would necessitate his remaining in St. Petersburg. The Russian government has no official confirmation of the report that the foreign commanders at Chemulpo, except the commander of the United States gunboat Vick burg, protested against the Japanese entering the harbor of Chemulpo. A preliminary report from Captain Roudnef. of the sunken Russian armored cruiser Variag, the senior officer, says Admiral Urlu served notice that if the Russians did not come out he would "order" the foreign ships to have the harbor. Extended reports have been mailed by Viceroy Alexieff. The Russie.n squadron, under the command of Admiral Wirenius. composed of the battleship Oslabya. the armored cruiser Demitri Io?:?kio. the cruiser Aurora and live torpedo boats, which has been ordered to return north immediately for Jib,; til. French Somallland. will go to Libau. Courland, on the Baltic and not to Kronstadt, as previously reported. General Sakharof. chief of stafT of the military district of Turkestan, has been appointed to act as minister of war during the Absence of General Kuropatkin, whose appointment to command the Russian military forces iu th- far East was garetted yesterday. TITLED ENGLISHMAN LOSES HIS REASON MEXTONE. France, Feb. 23-Slr Home Seton Gordon, Bart., became suddenly demented here and behaved in such a manner that he eventually was taken Into custody and placed in charge of a doctor. He telerrftphed to numerous hotels, ordering rooms for 300 imaginary friends and created a scene at the British consulate. He also sent a t 1--ram to King Edward and the British Foreign Office complaining" of the way he had been treated. OBITUARY. EXXIS. T.x.. Feb. 23-Mrs. E. N Yoakum died here last nicht from heart trouble. She cann here some months ago from Los Angeles. Cal.. for the benefit of her health. She leaves three sons F inis F , B. F and R. D. Yoakum. B. F. Yoakum is president of the 'F"risco system. ST. PAUL. Minn.. Feb. .-Theodore Borup. aged seventy-one. who was one of the pioneer business men of St. Paul, died to-day after a brief illness. Mr. Borup of late years had been s -cretary-treasurer of the Pioneer Press Publishing Company. Nit poleonir Ulnntioierln. 1 AVI w iV y At n mnftini? to-dnv X ' A A 4MP ' " m - O of the creditors of John Loekle (former member of Parliament for uevonport. mImh u'hiiin ii rifeivinjr order W.1S made on FVb. 3 it transpired that his liabilities, were ne-irly Jl.liA" and his assets oo.'M. Mr. Lo kie went into tne snip-owning dusines in ifi, witn a capital or :uu. Prisen for Ptlilnna. LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Feb. 23. The execu tive committee of the Biennial Association to-day decided to offer cash prises of a total value of $10.000 for the competitive drill at the biennhil encampment of the Knights f Pvthias. The encampment and sessions of the Grand Lodge will be held in Louisville beginning Aug. 1&,

IS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED Chancelleries Hear Peaceful Xevs, but Press Dispatches Abound with Notes of War. BULGARIA IS PREPARED PABIS. Feb. 23. As a result of representations made to the Porte during the past few daj-s it is asserted authoritatively that Turkey, as well as the Balkan states, recognises the Austro-Russian reforms as being In force and will aid in their"executlon. It is added that Turkey and the Balkan states expressed their appreciation of the fact that the far Eastern war does not modify the Balkan situation with regard to the concert of powers. No friction exists, all the powers being impressed with the importance of acting together to pre vent war. The Temps this afternoon publishes a special dispatch from Belgrade. Servia. which declares that the Albanian revolt has not been exaggerated and by no means is suppressed. According to a review of the situation made for the Temps by a correspondent at Sofia. Bulgaria desires peace, but is pre pared for war, the country having been turned into an armed camp and war-like proclamations being issued to the army. GERMANY ASSURED OF IMMINENCE OF WAR BERLIN, Feb. 23. The conviction of the German government that war between Bulgaria and Turkey is within measureable pos sibility increases. The war in the far East, it is asserted, has changed the temper of the Turks from acquiescence in the reform plans of the powers for Macedonia to positive intractability. The Bulgarian government, four days after the outbreak of the war, placed an order with Loewe A Co., the Mauser rifle and cartridge makers of Ber lin, which order was doubled Friday last. Loewe & Co., as usual, as German arm makers, notified the German government. THE PORTE THINKS THE SITUATION IS BETTER CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. U. - M. Natchovitch, the Bulgarian agent here, who has Just returned to his post, brought back formal assurances to the Porte that the Sofia government intends to maintain an absolutely correct attitude with regard to Macedonian affairs. There is now a more conciliatory tendency in the Turkish official world towards the Bulgarian demands, and this creates the hope that the relations between the two countries will be Improved. Tnrkey Ordern War Vessel. ROME. Feb. 23. The situation in the Balkans is considered here to have im proved to-day from the fact, among other things, that Turkey has ordered seven tor pedo boat destroyers from Italian shipbuilders. It is believed she would not do this If she thought serious trouble In the Balkans to be imminent. ONE MAN KILLED AND MANY PERSONS HURT Train Derailed on a Branch of the Southern in Tennessee One Man May Die. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 23 The afternoon north-bound passenger train on the Knoxville & Augusta Railroad, a thirtymile branch of the Southern Railway which extends from this city to Townsend. Tenn., jumped the track to-day near Grady. The engine and three cars left the track. The dead: THOMAS If. NIPPER, of M.uysville, conductor, caught beneath the wreck. Fatally Injured. J. J. GRAHAM, Jacksboro, Tenn., rural delivery agent. Seriously Injured. W. D. SEATON, Maryville. ARTHUR WATSON. Maryville. Mail Clerk W. D. Martin, of Knoxville, and the following passengers were slightly injured: Sherman Myers. Farner. Tenn.; W. 1). Tipton. Tuckaleechee; Alvin Berry. Sevierville; R. S. Nance, Lee Springs; James Buckner, Haywood. N. C. : W. L). Penson, Townsend; V. F. French. Beverly; Henry Holmes, of Maryville, and W Miller, Knoxville. FUNDS VOTED FOR USE IN FAR EAST Germany Regards the Present as an Inopportune Time to Further Reduce Her Forces. BERL.IN, Feb. 23 The budget committee of the Reichstag approved the far Eastern appropriation of $3.600.000. after a debate in which Herr Richard Mueller ( enter) urged i the government to withdraw the German troops from Chinese territory under the int national agreement. Fortlail Secretary Von Richthofen. in reply, said it was an error to suppose that the occupation of points in Chl-La" province was permanent. The German troops, he added, had been reduced In numbers already from 22,000 to 2,foo men and a further reduction at this moment was Inopportune. ROUGH VOYAGE OF A COCOANUT SCHOONER NEW YORK. Feb. 23. The little eocoanut schooner Mauna Loa arrived to-day from Raraeoa after having been hove to within 100 miles of Sandy Hook fsr eleven days with headgear a mass of wreckage. Food had run short and the crew had been living; on co oanuts for several days. Captain and crew were exhausted with the cold and exposure when they reached port to-day. Court-Martial of Army Officer. DETROIT. Feb. 23. The trial b.' courtmartial of Lieut. FTauk Pratt. l S. infantry, a native of Flint. Mich., on the (harge of duplicating his pay accounts and issuing a check on a fictitious bank at Flint. Mich., to the proprietors of the Hotel Metropole. In this city, was begun at Fort Wayne to-day. Lieut. Col. Richard T. Yeatman. of the Twenty-seventh Infantry, is president of the court. olller Killed by Avalanche. BARCELONETTK. France. Feb. 23.-A company of the One-hundred-and-ttfty-sev-enth Regiment of the line, belonging to the garrison of Jau?siars t lower Alps. was ort rwhelmed by an avalanche of snow last night while crossing the Ool de la Pane. Nineteen men were buried, six of whom were killed. Heply to Hull' Injunction. IHS MOINKS. la.. Feb 23 -Members of the Republiean excutive committee, against whom Congressman Hull secured an inJnnctllon on grounds of threatened unfairness and a violation of the primary rnles in the selection of Judges, tiled an answer to-day denying any Intention of naming, exclusively, judges unfriendly to the congressman. KUbiiieff It lot TrinU. KISHINKFF. Russia. Feb. 23 At the resumption to-day of the second trial of prisoners connected with the massaei.s here. Kurban and Rotar, accused of murdering Abram Kegan, we e acquitted, but the former wa condemned to a year's Imprisonment for partielition in the riots. 1 The damage suit was dismissed.

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WHAT TEA DOES TO RHEUMATICS.

When you next take tea, think of this. Tea contains 175 grain of Cric Actd in every pound. Meat contains only five to seven grains. Rheumatism is Uric Acid in the blood. Uric Acid accumulates from food when the digestive apparatus cannot create enough Alkaline elements (like soda) to neutralise It. This Acid collects urea, or worn-out waste matter, from the system. That Urea enters the blood when Alkaline action has not previously dissolved It. By and by the waste matter reaches the joints and muscles, through circulation of the blood. There it gradually deposits In solid particles, like granulated sugar. These sopd particles grind between th Joints and muscles at every movement. This grinding causes irritation and pain. These in turn may develop inflammation and swelling. That inflammation bestirs Nature to help herself. She proceeds to cost the hard Uric particles over with cushions of pulpy mucous, like the first healing strata of an outer sore. This pulpy covering grows to the bones, as well as to the particles deposited. There it hardens like plaster or sealing wax. Then we have "bony Joints." almost Inflexible, and usually fixed in a bended position, from the pain and inflammation. That is Rheumatism at Its worst. It is bad enough before it gets that far. There is but one sure m-ay of curing Rheumatism. The first step Is to neutralise the Uric Acid already In the system. Next, to dissolve and carry away the hard deposits that grind between the Joints. Then get the dtgestive apparatus into such healthy condition that it will, unaided, produce less Uric Acid, and more Alka lines. This is what doctors generally have failed to do. It is what I studied a lifetime to accomplish, and achieved only after many failures and thousands of experiments. At last I found. In Germany, a solvent which was not only effective, but absolutely safe to use. Few agents powerful enough to be effective in Rheumatism are safe. My di8cov,ry. now called "Dr. S hoop's Rheumatic Cure." acts directly, but Internally, upou Uric Acid In the Joints and muscles. It dissolves and carries off the painful deposits, producing an immediate Alkaline condition of the blood, and neutralising the Acid in it which would h.( fed the Rheumatism and extended the disease It won't restore bony Joints to flexibility, and it can't undo, in a week, the damage caused by years of rheumatic condition. But it will benefit every case, and it will entirely cure most cases of Rheumatism. So sure sm I of this, that I wB! supply Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Cure to any sick one who writes me for it, on a month's trial. at my risk. If it succeeds, the cost to him Is only $5.50 for the six-bottle treatment. If It falls, I bear the whole cost myself. And he alone shall be the judge shall decide who shall pay. Surely you will not continue to suffer when you can thus get well, at my risk. I have written an important treatise on Rheumatism, telling of its relief and cure. It is free to Rheumatic people. Write me a post card for it to-day. Address Dr. Shoop. Box 37), Racine, Wis. P. S. Simple cases often yield to one bottle of Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic Core Druggists If ) But all druggists do not supply it on a month's trial. You must writ: to me tor that. C. I. S. THE JOURNALS EXCLUSIVE ART SERIES. BEGINNING next Sunday with the Journal la a se-t of beantlful studies In color, printed on heavy plate paper. Words will not adequately describe these trnly remarkable pictures. They arc new. Nothing of this s;radc has ever been used by n newspaper nnd the Journal will be the flrst publication In the country to use this entire scries, for the? have obtained the exclustre control of their use front the owners. Watch for Inter announcements with titles and description. SURETY BONDS for All Positions of Trust,. Guarantead Draft Checks for the Traveler. oe;o. w. panoborn 711-718 Lemcke Building. SAWS AND MILL SIPPLIES. fft ATKINS SAWS FINEST ON EARTH Hans, CftSKit, tatcbtr, Kitchen atf Mill San OLD EVERYWrfEm TO REVOLUTIONIZE FREIGHT TRAFFIC Chicago Shipper, with Millions of Capital, Organize to Fight Railroads. CHICAGO. Feb. B Men representing thn manufacturing and wholesale Interests of Cktmm to-night formed a protectlre bodyto be known as the Chicago fthippr' Association. The association will le Incorporated within a few days, and according to tta projectors will have a membership composed of practically every important Jobbing and manufacturing company in Chi eago. The Organisation will endeavor to brint about a revolution in freight traffic affecting; Chicago. It being claimed that the railroads have for vears discrim mated against ths city. The men at the meeting to-night represented investments amounting to n-vral hundred million dollars. Easy to quit : coffee when you have well made POSTUM and the change tor 10 days works wonders. J