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The Jones County News.
V04. X.
JAPAN’S GRIEVANCE
Made Known to the World in
Her Declaration of War.
TEXT OF IMPERIAL EDICT
Strong Case is Made Out Against the
Czar, Whose Aggressions and Di¬
latory Tactics Brought on
the Trouble.
Tho following is the text of the im¬
perial rescript declaring war against
Russia, which was issued by Japan.
“We, by the grace of heaven, empe¬
ror of Japan, seated on the throne
occupied by the same dynasty since
time immemorial, hereby make procla¬
mation to all our loyal and brave sub¬
jects as follows:
“We hereby declare war against
Russia, and we command our army
and navy to carry on hostilities against
her in obedience to their duty, with
all their strength, and we also com¬
mand all our competent authorities
to make every effort in pursuance of
their duties to attain the national aim
with all the means within the limits of
the law of nations.
“We have always deemed i f essential
in international relations, and have
made it our constant aim, to promote
the pacific progress of our empire in
civilization, to strengthen our friendly
Ties with other states, anil to establish
a state of things which .would maintain
enduring peace in the Far East and
assure the future securiy of our domin¬
ion without injury to the rights or in
terest of other power's. Our compe¬
tent authorities have also performed
their duties in obedience tc. our will
so that our relations with ail uio pow-
er3 had been steadily growing in cor¬
diality. It was thus entirely against
our expectations that we have unhap¬
pily come to open hostilties against
Russia.
“The integrity of Korea is a matter
of the gravest concern to th^s empire,
not only because of our traditional re¬
lations with that country, but because
the separate existence of Korea is es¬
sential jo the safety of our realm.
Nevertheless, Russia, in regard to her
solemn treaty pledges to China and
her repeated assurances to other pow¬
ers, is still in occupation of Manchu¬
ria, has consolidated and strengthened
her hold on those provinces, and is
bent upon their final annexation. And,
since the absorption of Manchuria by
Russia would render it impossible to
maintain the integrity of China, and
would, in addition, compel the aban¬
donment of all hope of peace in the
Far East, we were determined in those
circumstances to settle the question
by negotiations, and to secure perma¬
nent peace, With that object in view
our competent authorities, by our or¬
der, made proposals to Russ a, and fre¬
quent conferences were held during
the last six months. Russia, howev¬
er, never met such proposals in a spir¬
it of conciliation, but by wanton de¬
lays, put off a settlement of the se¬
rious questions and by ostensibly ad¬
vocating peace on one hand, while on
the other extending her naval and mil¬
itary preparations, sought to accom¬
plish her own selfish designs, We
cannot in the least admit that Russia
had from the first any serious or genu¬
ine desire for peace. She rejected the
proposal of our government, The
safety of Korea was in danger, and the
interests of our empire menaced.
“The guarantees for the future,
which we failed to secure by peaceful
negotiations, can now only be obtained
by an appeal to arms.
“It is our earnest wish that by the
loyalty and valor ot our faithful sub¬
jects, peace may soon be permanently
restored, and the glory of our empire
preserved.”
Florida Ship Canal Survey.
The senate, Friday, adopted a joint
resolution authorizing a survey to de¬
termine whether a tidewater ship ca¬
nal across the state of Florida is feas¬
ible.
DEATH CLAIMS PATTERSON.
Prominent Tennessee Lawyer and
Statesman Passes Away at Memphis.
Former Congressman Josiah Patter-
son died in Memphis, ;Tenn., Friday
from a complication of diseases. He
was widely known throughout the
country as a lawyer and statesman,
He enjoyed the full confidence of
President Cleveland and during the
latter’s second term of office Mr. Pat-
terson boldly championed his measure
in the lower house.
Mr. Patterson was appointed a mem-
her of the Shiloh park commission by
the late President McKinley.
DOMINICANS HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Killing of American Sailor to be
Avenged by Uncle Sam.
A special from San ucm.ngo says:
Drastic action is purposed by Com-
m-ander Heilner of the United States
cruiser Yankee to apprehend and pun¬
ish the insurgents who shot and killed
J. C. Johnson, the engineer of the
launch of the Yankee. Orders to this
effect have been received from tho,
navy department.
OWERSSEEM AGREEABLE
To Proposition Looking to the Integ¬
rity of China Regardless of the
Result of War.
The move made by Secretary Hay
in connection with the proposed neu¬
tralization of China has aroused the
greatest interest in diplomatic circles
at Washington, and in consequence,
Thursday being the regular weekly
diplomatic day, many more than the
usual number of ambassadors and min¬
isters called at the state department.
It is understood that while, as a mat¬
ter of courtesy, the representatives in
Washington of the powers signatory
to tho Pekin treaty were informed by
Secretary Hay of the nature of his
proposition, yet inis was only for
their information.
The secretary is negotiating direct¬
ly with the European foreign offices on
this subject, through the resident am¬
bassadors and ministjrs. It is stated
that some, but. not ail, of the countries
addressed have replied and that their
replies were generally favorable and
satisfactory. But is is declared to be
too early yet to publish the text of
Secretary Hay’s note and any of these
replies. It is intimated, however, that
this may be done as soon as the ne¬
gotiations on this point have been con¬
cluded.
As some doubt was expressed in cer
tain quarters as to whether Japan
would consent to be bound in the
fashion proposed, it can be stated that
such information as the state depart¬
ment has on the subject is to the ef¬
fect that -Japan would welcome ail in¬
ternational agreement neutralizing
China. An intimation has been thrown
out that one reason for this apparent
sacrifice by Japan of the prospective
fruits cf victory, if site succeeds in
her campaign, is a fear that most of
ihe great neutral powers may grow
covetous of more Cninese soil and
seize the opportunity when the bellig¬
erents are exhausted to extend their
Chinese holdings.
Having in mind her own bitter expe¬
rience ,as the outcome of the Chino-
Japanese war, it is said that Japan
would rather forego the appropriation
by herself of Chinese territory than
have thp same appropriated by other
powers, which had not been put to
any expense or suffering to gain it.
Ore cf the incidents of diplomatic
day witnessed with great interest by
a number of persons in The neighbor¬
hood of the diplomatic room of the
state department, was the meeting of
the Russian ambassador and the Jap¬
anese minister. Count Cassini was
chatting with the Austrian charge; Sir.
Takahira was alone. The Russian,
who is dea nof the diplomats corps,
bowed with marked politeness and for¬
mality, when he received the .minister,
not once, but twice, and the Japan¬
ese returned the bow in like manner.
Without speaking they parted.
SENATOR HANNA WEAKER.
His Condition Is Considered Serious,
if Not Absolutely Precarious.
A Washington special says: Sena¬
tor Hanna’s condition is very serious,
if not precarious. His physicians real¬
ize this and are watching the case
with the greatest concern. The sena¬
tor was considerably weaker Thurs¬
day, and as a result his pulse had run
up at 6 o’clock p. ra. to 104 a minute.
The increased weakness is the uire;t
result of the fever, as the official bul¬
letin show there were no complica¬
tions. The physicians hope that' the
fever has reached Tts worst stage, but
whether or not it has they declare
they are unable to say. They are sim¬
ply waiting for developments and real¬
ize the patient has lost ground. Ex¬
traordinary precautions are being ta¬
ken to secure quiet in and around the
hotel, so that the senator may get ail
the natural sleep possible. Motormen
on the street cars almost a block
away have been requested not to ring
their gongs, as the.r sudden clanging
seemed to irritate the senator. After
the evening visit of the physicians
Senator Hanna slept for about an hour :
am! a half, which considerably refresh-
ed him. Dr. Carter remains at the ho-!
tel all the time, so as to he on hand in
case there is a<cali for him.
PRICE OF SILKS ADVANCED
A s Result of Russo-Japanese W.ir.
Increase of Ten Per Cent.
A New York dispatch gays: War in
tbe Far East has already affected the
S iik piece goods market of tne United
states. The majority of prominent
importing houses have just announced
advances in prices of 10 per cent on
Habutai and other silk fabrics manu-
factured in Japan,
They give as their reason the fact
that many of the operatives and skill-
ed hands in the various factories have
been drafted for war purposes, and
tbeir places cannot be filled.
ST. LOUIS GETS HER LOAN.
House Agrees to Extra Appropriation
for Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
^ Washington special says: The
bouse Thursday, by a vote of 172 to
103, concurred in the senate amend¬
ment to the urgent deficiency appro-
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§
600,000 k by the government to the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, after
amending it with respect to the man-
ner ifi which the money shall be paid.
GRAY. JONES GO. GA.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18.J1W4.
President Issues Proclama¬
tion Defining Our Status
ANENT RUSSO-JAP WAR
Provisions of Neutrality Law Explain¬
ed in Lengthy Document—United
States Will Hands-Off in
Trouble.
President Roosevelt Thursday issued
a proclamation declaring tho neutral¬
ity of this government in the Russo-
Japanese! war. The uocumcnt, after
setting forth the existence of a state
of war and that tne laws of the United
States, without interfering with the
free expression of opinion of any sym¬
pathy, or with the open manufacture
or sale of arms or munitions of war,
nevertheless impose upon ail persons
who may be within their territory and
jurisdiction the duty of an impartial
neutrality during the existence of the
contest, proclaims the provisions of
the United States neutrality law,
which law forbids the acceptance of a
commission to serve either belliger¬
ent or enlisting or hiring or retaining
another person in the service of
either; fitting out and admitting or
commissioning vessels of war; increas¬
ing the force or armament of any
armed vessel of either of the bellig-
erentss arriving in United States
ports; setting on foot any military ex¬
pedition against either belligerent.
“That free shins make free goods,
that is to say, that the effects or goods
belonging to subjects or citizens of a
power or state at war are free from
capture and confiscation when found
jn board cf neutral ves’sels, with the
exception of articles of contraband oi
war; that the property of neutrals on
board an enemy’s vessel is not sub¬
ject to confiscation, unless the same
be contraband of war.”
The proclamation declares that no
person within the United States shall
take part in the war, and warns all
citizens “that while the free and full
expression of sympathies in public
and private is not restricted by the
laws of the United States, military
forces in aid of either belligerent can¬
not lawfully be originated or organ¬
ized within their jurisdiction; and
that while all persons may lawfully,
and without a restriction by reason of
the aforesaid state of war, manufac¬
ture and sell within the United States
arms and munitions of war, and other
articles ordinarily known as ‘contra¬
band of war,’ yet they cannot carry
such articles upon the seas for use or
service of either belligerent, nor can
they transport soldiers and officers of
either, or attempt to break any block¬
ade which may be lawfully establish¬
ed and maintained during (he w'ir
without incurring the risk of hostile
capture, and the penalties announced
by the law of nations in that behalf.”
A “GOOD ROADS” BILL.
Introduced in the Senate by Gallinger,
of New Hampshire.
Senator Gallinger, of New Hamp¬
shire, who has for years been a cham¬
pion of the “good roads movement,”
las introduced a bill for national aid
in the construction of roads.
“The constitution of the United
States,” said Senator Gallinger, r put
no such limitation upon the govern¬
ment as to prevent the co-operation
provided for in this bill, and, so far
as public policy is concerned, that re¬
mains to be settled by the consensus
of opinion of the people of the United
States.”
WARSHIP TO SAN DOMINGO.
Rebels Tear Up American Railroad
and State Department Acts.
News has reached The state depart-
ment that the Jlminez rebels were
tearing up the American railroad be¬
t wecn Puerto Plata and Santiago, In
San Domingo. The state department
bas caU sed a warship to be ordered to
the former port.
MILITIA WILL BE READY.
Governor Frazier Determined to Stop
Lawlessness at Coal Creek.
Sheriff Williams is to have full au-
thority at Coak Creek, Tenn., as the
governor wishes to maintain order
through the civil authorities in pref-
erence to the military. But, if necas-
sar y to enforce the law. he says he
w '^ ca * ! ou ^ the militia. Governor Fra¬
zier has made the following statement:
“For fear they do not, the militia
will be held ready to go at a moment's
notice. I believe any good people at
Coal Creek deplore any unlawful acts
ant * are rest * y to * ie ^P officers pre¬
serve the peace.”
DARDANELLES A BULWARK.
Russia Seeks an Outlet to Far Eaet
for Black Seat Fleet.
The report of Russia's attempting
to arrange with Turkey to permit the
Black sea fleet to pass through the
Dardanelles is revived, ’ and it is added
that .Russia is trying to secure Great
Britain’s consent. There is no con¬
firmation of the report la authoritative
quarter*,
DATE FOR CANAL VOTE.
Time Set for Final Action in the Sen
ate—Ratification Assured by More
than a Constitutional Vote,
A Washington special says: The
final vote on the Panama treaty will ha
taken in the senate on February 22.
This has been agreed upon. The treaty
will be ratified by considerably more
than the necessary two-thirds vote.
There are but two changes appa¬
rently from the poll seut out three
weeks ago. In uiat poll Senator Over¬
man, of North Carolina, was put down
as doubtful; he lias since announced
he will vote against ratification. Sen¬
ator McLaurin, of Mississippi, was
counted for Ihe treaty. He is now in
the doubtful list. The count as made
by a senatpr who has kept c ose watch
of the proceedings shows the demo¬
crats to be lined up as follows:
For Ratification—Clark, of Arkansas,
Money, Mallory, Taliaferro, McEnery,
Foster, tjacon, Clay, Latimer, Sim-
mons, McCreary, Gibson, Patterson
Stone and Cockrell—16.
Against Ratification—Bailey Culber
son, Pettus, Mor^n, MS&jV Tillman, Over¬
man, Daniel, n, Carmack, Bates,
Blackburn, Gorman; Teller, Dubois,
Newlands, Clark of Montana—16.
Doubtful—McLaurin. of Mississippi.
More democrats would have voted
for the treaty if the republicans had
agreed to the adoption of resolutions
on the general line of those introduced
by Senator Bacon looking lo a settle¬
ment of the differences between this
country and Panama, but the republi¬
cans have taken the position that tlie
treaty should first be ratified before
anything of that kind can be carried
through.
MANY OF CREW LOST LIFE.
Details of Destruction ...f Russian War¬
ships by Jap s at Chemulpo.
A special from Tokio, Japan, says;
In the nava'l engagement at Chemulpo,
where the Japanese fleet destroyed the
Russian vessels, Variag and Korietz,
200 of the Varlag’s crew lost theit
lives.
The crew of the Russian cruiser
numbered 570. Many lost their lives
under fire, but a Targe number drown¬
ed in attempting to escape.
The men loyally aijicd .heir officers
and it is said not one of the latter
was drowned in getting ashore.
Many swam to the foreign men of
war in the harbor, which promptly low¬
ered boats and went to their rescue.
Besides the French cruiser Pascal, the
Italian cruiser Elba and tne British
cruiser Talbot aided tho refugees.
One hundred and fifty, many of them
wounded, reached the Talbot.
Sir Cyprian Bridge, the British ad¬
miral in command of the station, lias
ordered that the wounded Russians
shall not be handed over to the Japan¬
ese unless they so desire.
The Japanese did not lose a man.
None of the fleet was damaged. The
engagement was watched by four for¬
eign warships, including the United
States gunboat Vicksburg.
It is probable that the Russian offi¬
cers and sailors who surrendered to
the Japanese after the battle fought off
Chemulpo will be sent to Shanghai
under paroles on the first neutral ves¬
sel available.
All of the sailors of the Variag, Ko¬
rietz and transport Sungari were ta¬
ken on board the British, French and
Italian warships off Chemulpo.
AVALANCHE OF PENSION BILLS
Passed “En Bloc” by the House Under
Guidance of Speaker Cannon.
A Washington special says: Speak-
er Cannon Friday took the bit in his
teeth and ran completely away with
sanctified legislative precedent in the
house. Incidentally he broke ail pre¬
vious records in the dispatch of pri¬
vate pension bills. Under his guid-
ance, 320 of these measures of relief
received favorable consideration of
the committee of the whole and pass¬
age by the house in the short space
of 135 minutes. The house passed
the bills “en bloc” under unanimous
consent, which the speaker himself
asked for.
BOLD GANG OF BURGLARS.
Torch and Guns Used In Robbery of
Home Near Phenix City, Ala.
After burglarizing the home of Sam
Waller, just west of Phenix City, Ala.,
early Friday night, robbers fired at
Mr. Waller and members of bis fam¬
ily and then set fire to his house.
The kitchen and cook’s house were
burned, but the main dwelling wan
saved.
Investigation showed that the bur¬
glars had stolen a lot of silverware
and a watch from the house while tho
family was at supper.
JAPS BRANOED TRAITORS.
St. Petersburg Newspapers Charge the
Enemy With Base Treachery.
The newspapers of St. Petersburg in
general denounce the actio.i of Japan
as treachery, declaring that it is “truly
Asiatic,” but insisting that the issue
of the conflict will not be decided by
tbe naval engagements, as the Japan¬
ese will have to meet Russia on land,
whea th« neote will be wiped out,
BALTIMORE AWAKE
Stricken City Begins Active
Work of Resurrection.
BIG MONEY VAULTS SAFE
With Heroic Fortitude Municipal Offi¬
cials and Populace are Moving to
Build a Greater City in
the Area of Ruin,
Amid ruins still hot aud smoking
Baltimore has begun its resurrection.
With the dawn of a clear winter day,
whoso brightness was in itself an in¬
spiration, the apathy gave way to en¬
ergy, and from the governor of tiff!
state to the least private citizen tho
people of tho distressed city aroused
themselves to meet the appalling con¬
ditions that confront them.
It was a day of conferences, Tho
governor, the mayor, and various mun¬
icipal officials met and threshed out
the problems that are theirs by vlrtuo
of public office. From this conference
came a decision that Baltimore for the
present needs no outside help, but will
endeavor with her own resources and
those of th etseta SHRD HRD DLLL
those of the state to meet the emer¬
gency. At this conference also was
developed the machinery for an advis¬
ory legislative commission to act fn
conjunction is^ali'^fftiltjn^dximand wlth.tlw' legislature.
Labor and the
newspapersr^oiitain display advertise¬
ments fQf flion to begin the work of
clearing the ruins.
All things considered, the public
stock-taking tlyit engrossed the busi¬
ness world of Baltimore Tuesday was
satisfactory. But this does not mean
that the great ffre was a lesser calam¬
ity than has been pictured in these dis¬
patches. T :e words that have hurried
over telegraph wires, restored by al
most superhuman energy to meet a
waiting worlds demand for news,
have given out but an inadequate con¬
ception of this catastrophe of a cen¬
tury. The bald fact is that 140 acres
of TTIisiness buildings, representing
property to the approximate value of
$125,000,000, were destroyed within
twenty four hours.
A great cloud was lifted Tuesday af¬
ternoon when it was discovered that
practically all of the vaults and strong
rooms and safes of the financial con¬
cerns whose buildings were destroyed
are unhurt. A tremendous loss in se¬
curities had been anticipated here, and
when vault after vault yielded up its
treasures unharmed the joy of the
guardians was boundless.
From the Continental Trust Compa¬
ny’s safe alone paper to the amouunt
of more than $200,000,000 were recov¬
ered. The news cheered the whole city
and encouraged immediate and thor¬
ough Investigation. Merchants and
their assistants, smoke-soiled and b»-
grime^ and loss and of hollow-eyed sleep, worked from anxiety labor¬
like
ers in the smoking ruins to uncover
their safes, and in nearly every in¬
stance they were rewarded by intact
contents.
Another surprise was the discovery
that three financial concerns, whose
homes were directly in the fiercest
sweep of the flames, were practically
unharmed. These were the Continntal
Trust Company, orown Bros.’ bank
and the Mercantile Trust Company.
No one ventures to offer an explana¬
tion of the remarkable escape of these
buildings in the center of a heat so
intense that metal trimmings of the
skylights melted and dripped through
on to the desks. In the Mechanics’
bank the time locks on the vaults were
still running.
There are between $11,Out),000 and
$12,000,000 now in the vaults of the
sub-treasury, of which over $7,000,000
are in gold.
Big Bremen Bank Breaks.
The banking firm of Stephen Luehr-
mann & Sons, at Bremen, Germany,,
has failed. The assets are estiRi: VI
at $250,000 and the liabilities at $L-
500,000. Besides Bremen, the princi¬
pal places affected are New York, Lon¬
don and Paris.
RUSSIA SERVES NOTICE.
State Department is Officialy Notified
of Declaration of War.
A Washington special says: Count
Cassini, the Russian ambassador, call¬
ed on Secretary Hay about r.oon Wed¬
nesday and left with him tne announce¬
ment of the czar declaring war on Ja-
pan.
This action is said at the state de¬
partment to constitute a formal de¬
claration of war. If. is now for the
president to determine whether he will
issue a neutrality proclamation. The
count’s communication with the de¬
partment Wei in writing.
RUSSIAN TRANSPORT BLOWN UP.
Admiral Alexieff Report* Destruction
of Vessel By Submarine Mine.
A report was received in 9t. Petery-
burg Friday morning from Viceroy
Alexieff saying that the Russian tor¬
pedo transport Yenisei has been blown
up as a result of accidentally striking
■ mine at Port Arthur. The Yenisei
sank and Captain stepanoff, three offi¬
cer* gad ntnoty oae men were lo»t.
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—Two men getting non-union labor¬
ers in Savannah, Ga., for transporta¬
tion to Tampa, Fla., were arrested for
alleged violation of the emigration
laws,
—Republicans of Bibb county in
ward and militia district conventions,
indorsed Harry Stillwell Edwards as
delegate at large from Georgia to the
national republican convention.
—Mayor T. E. Welles, ot Ffcnsacola,
Fla., was tried in the police court for
fighting, convicted and fined by the
mayor pro tern.
—The South Carolina legislature
Thursday passed a bill creating a new
department of confmorce and immigra¬
tion.
—The national department of agri¬
culture has issued a circular detailing
the work which has begun In Texas,
under the emergency appropriation by
congress, to fight the ravages of the
cotton boll weevil.
—The house has concurred in the
senate amendment to the urgent de¬
ficiency appropriation bill, authorizing
a loan of $4,600,000 by tne government
to tho Louisiana Purchase exposition.
—The naval appropriation commit¬
tee, in its report to the house, recom¬
mends that. $28,885,000 be expended In
building new ships. The total carried
by the naval bill is $96,338,038.
—In the postal trial at Washington
Thursday, Mrs. Machen, wife of the
defendant, wept bitterly, She em-
braced and kissed her husband, who
led her from court.
—Charles Mr. Schwab has sailed for
Europe. It is said that he has been
weakened by the strain incident to
the ship building trust disclosures.
—The Japanese have made another
attack on Port Arthur, and It is report¬
ed that the Russian fleet has been de¬
stroyed.
—A revolution is imminent In Hon¬
duras, Martial law has been pro-
claimed.
—Democrats of the eighth Alabama
congressional district met Wednes¬
day and fixed date of primary for
April 11.
—Danville, Va., council considering
resolution to withdraw city support
from Rescue home, ponding investi¬
gation. Mrs. Costell, matron, has been
convicted of severely boating an insane
inmate of the institution.
—Republican state executive com¬
mittee of Alabama met. at, Birmingham
Wednesday and indorsed President
Roosevelt’s administration.
—Stockholders of Seaboard Air Lino
road meat at Petersburg, Va., and for¬
mally ratify the loan from Thomas F.
Ryan, and others, of $5,000,000.
—Hon. W. J. Bryan arrived at. Bir¬
mingham, Ala., Wednesday morning.
At 11 o'clock he spoke to the students
of Howard college, at 2 p. m. at the
reformatory, and at 3 o’clock he made
a speech at the theatre.
—The condition of Senator Hanna
was practically unchanged Wednesday.
—A relentless war is being waged on
usurers by the authorities of New
York city.
—The Equitable national bank, of
New Tork, hag gone to the wall owing
to bad loans.
—The house Wednesday, by a party
vote, unseated Mr. Howell, the mem¬
ber of the tenth Pennsylvania, and
gave the place to Mr. Connell, the con¬
testant.
—It is almost certain that the Pan¬
ama treaty will soon be ratified. Pres¬
ident Roosevelt is preparing to pay
the $40,000,000 required and to ap¬
point tho canal commission
—The, situation in stricken Balti¬
more began to visibly clear Wednesday
after a conference at the Belvidere
hotel between Mayor McLane, a spe¬
cial joint committee of the legislature
and a formidable delegation of repre¬
sentative business men.
—An important bridge on the trans-
Siberian railroad lias been blown up,
it is supposed, by Japanese agent*.
Thirty persons were killed.
—The United States Will issue a de¬
claration of neutrality as to the Russo-
Japanese war. All other powers assert
that they will do likewise.
—Secretary Hay’s note asking the
powers to jointly guarantee the integ¬
rity of the Chinese empire is much
discussed at foreign capitals.
—The Mississippi house passed a
bill making attempted criminal assault
a hanging crime. The maximum pen¬
alty has been heretofore ten years im¬
prisonment.
—The republican state executive
committee of North Carolina passed
resolutions indorsing Roosevelt and
approving the course of the adminis¬
tration.
—The senate Friday agreed to loan
the St. Louis exposition an additional
sum of $4,600,000. Senator Patterson,
of Colorado, declared against silver,
and Senator Mallory, of Florida con-
doned Roosevelt’s Panama policy.
State officials of North Carolina
declare the recent decision of the su-
preme court in the bond case was a
blow to state sovereignty.
—Sixteen or more Russian ship*
were disabled or captured by Japan in
the flnt few hours of C&e war! (
NO. 13.
RUSSIANS AMAZED
Japan Inflicts More Damage
on Czar’s Boasted Nayy.
SHIPS HORS DU COMBAT
Sixteen, All Told, Were Disabled or
Captured by Japanese Cruisers in
ths First Tweny-Four Hours ,
of the War.
A cablegram to Tho Associated
Press at San Francisco from Nagasaki
states that the Russian cruiser Variag
which was reported to have been sunk
at Chemulpo by tho Japanese fleet,
was captured and arrived at SazcTki.
The dispatch also states that in ad¬
dition to the Russian vessels damaged
in the torpedo attack at Port Arthur,
that seven other vessels were cap¬
tured.
There was no casaultles among the
Japanese and their vessels sustained
no damage.
It is also reported at Nagasaki that
General Kuropatkln has arrived a«
Harbin to take command of the Rus¬
sian land forces.
The above dispatch indicates that
since the opening of hostilities the Jap¬
anese have captured or disabled six¬
teen ships of the Russian Asiatic fleet.
Three were disabled by torpedoes in
the Monday night attack on Port Ar¬
thur, four were disabled in the day
naval battle off Port Arthur Tuesday,
seven other vessels were captured and
one disablod and another sunk at Che¬
mulpo, making a total of sixteen in
two days.
Two Thouwmd Russians Captured-
A special dispatch received in Lon¬
don Wednesday from Tokio reported
that three transports of the Russian
volunteers’ fleet, conveying about
2,000 troops, have beon captured by
the Japanese off tlo Korean coast.
Summary of Russian Losses.
A summary of the losses sustained
by Russia in tho first twenty-four
hours of the war with Japan shows
that to^ Russian warships were
placed out of action in one way or
another, and that tho Japanese did not
lose a ship. The losses were as fol¬
lows:
Battleship Retzivan, torpedoed and
beached at Port Arthur; battleship
Poltava, hole below water lino, at Port
Arthur; armored cruised Boyarin, dis¬
abled by Japanese fire at Port Ar¬
thur; cruiser Polada, torpedoed at
Port Arthur and beached; cruiser No-
vik, hole below water line at Port Ar¬
thur; cruiser Askold, hole below water
line at Port Arthur; cruiser Diana,
hole bdlow water lino at Port Arthur;
first-class armored cruiser Variag, cap¬
tured at Chemulpo, Korea; torpedo
gun vessel Korletz, deTffroyed at Che¬
mulpo,
Tho Japanese have also captured at
least five Russian commercial steam¬
ers, including Ekaterlntoslav, Monk-
den, Russia, Argun and Alexander.
They were captured by the Japaneso
in Korea and adjacent waters at va¬
rious times since Saturday by small
cruisers. Some of the steamers are
rich prizes. The small steamer Koeik
Is detained at Yokohama, its status not
being clear.
D0MINICANS IN PERIL
Ire of Uncle Sam Aroused Over Killing
of American Sailor and Firing
Upon Clyde Line Steamer,
A Washington special says: Spe¬
cific instructions have been cabled
Rear Admiral Wise, commanding the
training squadron in Dominican wa¬
ters, regarding the protection of Amer¬
ican shipping interests there.
The firing on tho Clyde lino steam¬
er New York by a governmtnt gunboat
as reported in cable dispatches pub¬
lished Wednesday morning has arous¬
ed Indignation in official circles, and it
waa said at the navy department that
the probable course of action after
such an outrage would bo the seizure
of the government gunboat by Rear
Admiral Wise,
NEW STATE DEPARTMENT
Created in Bill Pasted by the South
Carolina General Assembly-
The South Carolina legislature,
Thursday, passed a bill establishing &
state department of commerce and im¬
migration.
The bill enables the department to
look not alone to securing settlers ot
desirable character, but to induce in¬
vestments of all kinds in the state.
Other southern states may in time
more on similar lines.
JAPANESE SHIP SUNK.
Merchant Veaaela Shelled by Russian
Warehfps and One Goe a Down,
Baron Hayashl, the Japanese minis-
ter in London, has received a dlapa c
from Tokio announcing that on Febru-
ary 11 two Japan * se “ erc ff aat steam-
the Nak&oura Maru and the Zen*
»
M whlle on L heir way from
gakftta tQ ot#ru on the l3land of H ok-
wefe 8urr()unded and shell by
Rugairn warships. The Nakoura
wag gun ) {) bu t the Zensho Maru
atoaa<H i.