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If AS BLOWN UP BY MINE feMiu TorfeBo Tr«B*p*r1 Dei«roye< By AccideaL

LOST.

Si Pctfivburf Hv <'al>l<

cial report h»* l»ru rn«ivMl tot AlcxirS My ins lliai ih.fjwdo lr*n*jK>rt Yenisri his up m Ike nsull 1 I no Idrfili

a minr »t Port Arthur The Yenisei sank iml «'aj.

oil. S officers itnti 9! men >> <- * An imperisi ukase has i»-r

rl Escape*

tin Steps.

Baron Bayaahi said. ’ safety of our realm Nermhelraa, Rat • Whaietrr may be the eventual remit ; sin. fa dUrejrard of her solemn treaty of the war. Russia, ia allowiaK us to or pledges to Cblas sad her repeated assur <-npv and fortify Maaampbo. has rrratni aoers to other |>owers. is still in txrupafor herself another Ilardaaeiiem With tkm of Maarhuria: has consolidated and he fortldratioa uf Mt-aantpbo the in atrrairtbeoed hrrholdon U»iV proviarea. ejrlry of Japan ia assured forever .( and ia bent up.* their final annexatine. •‘No fleet ran bow pass there again** And si are the absorption of Manchuria

“ ” — 1 ‘s—s*—■ *1 reade

Japan's wiahr* B»en if are were beaten by Russia would n e will not give t '* * “ .......

It ia ondenttnc

r it impossiWc I

MNETY-FIVE LIVES WERE Crsberi Fra* Vladfvaatak Sink t Steaaer— last her Nerchaat t est

ta Part—Saltart ef Masa*ph . - _ I«a*r1aal—Ftaaaclal SItaatiaa la Very , •ill nieej and engage the Ku»«4an foit-<-a staarea to aeitle the queathin by negotia Crttlcsl 1 ^ ,lr Japanese declare that I lie numbers lion* and to secure thereby permanent ef the Ruuiaa Uuopn am greatly nag- peace. With that object In view, our

! perated. I c<iui{>elent aatboritira by our order made “ V j I The [dan of the Japanese appear to be 1 proposals ta Hu«.l« and frequent confer to take the n.sd which leads almost were held during the last six

M,.wn straight to Mukden They profess to '“onths

have no doubt that Ihev wjfl be sble to I "Russia, howrever. never met such pro n * m « drite back the Rrssmu tW. e, t„»a r d P«»«ls in a spirit of cnnciliatioa. but by II trbin ' * wanton delays put off a M-Ulement of the , ' 1, * D Baron Havasbi point, out that n.r ^riou* question., and by ostensibly ad tued It Mukden romi though DominalU under on l '' n '

ibe miij Russian military coalml. wyi Iw subject ^ b :' r . w u f 5 sn mi - to .’-usSm rsfd. fr.Hn t Woewe bands. CTi’^ " her

less for '»*o will *»'«op down from the hill* wir*. . D ^ '

th^ Far* !*roceeding dUgouaHw 'hr Japaae^ in ^ thatlfuswahadtr.*. the fin-t any

to w" tend to rut the line f.t communication or flenu.Dr drMre lor ,-■« e hl.e

nd naw Wtween ft.M Arthuryfnd the m.inl.nd '.an dis- Manchuria no! only preventing reinaervice forCemeBta from reaching the Port

eft'd Ui re- Arthur garrison, hut inflicting damage

« on theJdanchurijin raiimad.

, ,t the Dow 1 Iteferring in the House of I»rd« lothe grand duchesses Russian charge, on I Ik subje t of Wei mblr ladies diavc Uai W,ei. Foreign Minister Lansdowne

.Sire ' declared the reix.n that Grea! Britai

i-Hai-Wei as a I.

listrict* Ik fdaced

that'all the din

istrength and r reserve* in the S bicta be called (The authoritie.

quisitiou ine ne-essary horses. In response to the appeal

•C" "

Ik br.iugt

arm^ a

leuafed. hieh wc Hiations appeal

other

The Official Me**, ng. r dai

* pages had given W.

' ally and valu. 1 fwac.- may *i« 1 and the glory

rne*t wish that by the loyuf our faithful subjects j Ik |M-rittaoently rmtorod if our empire preserved

vented from «a unintentional viol Ibe same, do hereby declare and proelwi that by the art passed on the 39th dav of April. A D l«lh. commonly known a* the ■‘neutrality law.' - ibe nctf are for bidden to be done, under neverr penalties within the territory and Jurisdiction of

Ibe United t.fates

The regulations of the neutrality laws

are given.

SENATE AND RANaMA TREATY. ExecaUte Settles Rrxatlr it Occtatan le EaA Lest Olscnulsp. ngtoc H|.e< i«l —Behind rinser!

BALTIIORES BI6 FIRE Moamnenlal Clly Rccnvertag Frnm Ef*

ittU of Conflagration.*

TOTAL LOSS RUT AT SIUJMJM

Coshdrnca aan Heps Uni I I >fh Dt|rc* 8y the kaawlsdgc Thai All the Cask and frcarttlct ta tht t salts al lbs Dcstreytd F teasel si tasiltstisss Art

Safe and SasaS

Baitimore. Md . (Special,. Baltinuire ha - experienced one of Itje greatest calamities that ever befell a city in thin country. Hundreds of its handw.mesl tuiidings are in ruins, its buaioeas sec tion almost totally deatroyed. and thou* and* of fieople are throw n out of employ

Map Showing Full Extent of the Baltimore Fire.

DJjWQ , , E. Lombard i3Q HOD

doors the bena’e reap bed to vote on the I'anama canal

rU A?ter Cullora.

coDf<-ricd.a itli the leaders on the demo rratic side, with the result that w hen the doors were cl<i*ed an agr.-.-iucnt w as speedily made looking to the termination

of the long contest.

The correspondence w-bfcti the Presi dent sent to the Henate in executive M->*ion wa* referred to the committer on foreign relations, and that committee will exam ine the document* and decide * hat [xir

tion shall lie oriuted as an exeeutixe •.*“■-

document. When this ..■rr.-*[suwicticr rxxtt roixx *«rxtT i-ssseh re.-eived objection to its refer.*.-. r The City's hank* sre now o|ien and made by SenRlor Cullotn on the are paying out money Business houses ground that it w as of such a confidential are receiving orders and are confident ol nature that it should not be printed in i filling them. Street* in the ruined ter any^forrn. Discusaion* have disclosed j ritory are befitg-eleared by thousand* o'

re* I workmen and sltogetber great slept - - have been taken toward recovery frr.n

I the «-fre.-ts of the confiagaration. C.itifldrnrc and hope basbeen restored high degree by the knowledge thx

The fire started on Sunday morning at 10:80 a. m . and raged w ith unceasing vigor until Tuesday morning, when the city fire department aided br detach menu- from New York Philadelphia. Washington. Wilmington and oth.-l cities, succeeded in getting.it under eon-

e fact that

sOWE IVsCRaSCE

The

r companies are also co

.'penning » ilh the bank people in thei. . effort* t . reiieve the ficxDciai situxtiot Tbe largest e rr-. p*~:r-.- and some of tin ! atnaller one*, too. have dended to im

.^jxav-IO! of the .-fx:

irreseated to them when • total, or nearly *o, leaving

the remainder to be paid after tbe incur sore has been finally adjusted This xriT enable many business men to resume business at temporary bustlers wh« have not tbe mean* to start to go ahead * tih thoif arrangements A few suixl ; claims have been paid by some com There was an entbusutstic meeting cf citixess. loo. for the purpose of eocsidrring the general situatie*. E City ' * "I unarm*, president of City Onmri! wa”; i chairman The sense of' the nreting ] i was this- and this practically tefis the 1 ' prevailing spirit of the peopir. an.i 1 ! w had* up She story of the day—"Instead j of despairing, v"’” *■—*— ’

MURDCR OF KOREA'S QUEEN. H Eaplatms Hew the Jacancsc Have Lost Their Influence. Tbe Queen of Korea wa* a clever and ambition, woman, who rtood behind the throne and dl-ecuel the poi icy of the country Being a cousin of the old imperial family of China t*-Fe tendenelea were entirelf anti-Japarc* Axordlngiy a .»*«qj!ra>y waa set afoot for her deal ruction Popular ru mor auggewied her diplomatii enett-.-a

a* bearing a band

In any case durl»*«: October the palace was atuelfed. the king impounded and the quevn murdered in rtrru main now of brutality ucp»ru: letad even in the hiatory of Japan *■> prolific in instaoow of ralious cruel.. Some of the rival nations wer.- eal-i to have been seen aiming the murderer* —one even wa« pointed out a« having struck tb*fir*t blow Baspt'loo wa* vuf posed to hint a. the names of sott.-

in high places.

Meanwhile toe king was vlrtual'v a

‘lose prisoner In the hand* of tbe lapanese, who. however, attempted to appease popular rumor by recalling

'.heir minister and opening an inquiry •uto the manner of the queen's death This was finally decided to have been

accidental, ana the minister is said to have been reprimanded With tbe king fast in their bands, the influence

of the Japanese became paramount

Bat at last one of tbe ladies of tbe royal harem contrived to smuggle out

tbe king in her own sedan to the Ru*

«an legation, where he pro-'ceded to a

prompt reversal of bis forced policy From that day dates the destruc-

tion of Japanese influence in Korea If 'bey ever hold the country It wil! be in the chain.* ot conquest, not in the oandi of loyalty i w scanty relic* of tbe queen have been since translated

from tomb to tomb of increasing fcc-li-

| oes*. according to the Korean rite, by I which tbe place of sepulture depend* upon tbe verdict of the augurs as i-; 1 its auspicious ness and is liable to t«j ruanged as often at. the priestly ©pin ion afters, or is set aside by that cf a fresh conclave of clerics, aepiactnc "he 1 former, disgraced and executed Now . she is on the eve of removal to yet a ] third mausoleam ci peculiar and ini to table sanctity, where her poor ska:, j end finger bowl will be laid to their j last rest. Among the -treasures of Porcelain which the Koreans bury with j tbe remains of their kings and queen*

As for the lady who rescued the j king—the emperor as be is n

styled

her career will he her elevation to the rank of empress, -onsort of Korea-—Nineteenth Century end After. *

ol loyal addresses from Zemstvo* sod I Japanese operations against Pert Arthur ■uaicipuittics and Government and pri w a* entirely- unfounded, and. so far as

o each case. The situation in financial circles here j ta slightly improved, but i> still * ‘ Critical.

i MPEROR PROCLAIMS WAR.

RUSSIANS SINK STEAMER, e Squadron Fires oa Two Snail Skip-

One Escapes.

Toyko. Japan, ( By- cable .—The existence of a state of war with Russia was formally announced by an imperial proc-

-c. - i , , lasnation. Tbe follow’ing is the text:

. W-lungton (Snerinlt-Thc Japanese j by , br L- a vc C Emperor

cd tbe following dtspatcb j „r on tbe tfaroue occupied

j by the same dynasty . . 1 j mortal, hereby- make prortamatioc to all r loyal and brave subject*, as follow s:

from Tokio:

'Two sms^l Japanese merchant ship Zensiio Marn and Xakonoura Msru.

while on their way to Otaru. the western court Yean IsL

■ s’",™,"!-•r;'™' “•! »«*«.iiiuo . P ,.-TVr, i, didi. “? f 1 Ja,p “ . “'■ r,r,d 08 ‘ cure to their duty, with all their strength,

. and^we also mrau.and all our competent

mer bad a nhrrow escape.

"The Russian n:i n of -war are still seen off the western coast of Yczo Island. They are supposed to be the first-class enttaerx which have been shut ups! Vladivostok acd tried some time ago to join the main squadron at Port Arthur "

?'’ r J r j "Wc hereby declare war against Russia ‘.1- ' ' , j acd'w t mmmamt our army and navr to tnem coast ol l on hostit!»5s* «o*.n«r~k,-r

ll iy .SrjlXS,

Sit. .“i’S.r.r';"- i ~..boHl»ti.~-liec CT . oron. itpun., KKilt. !^.»« ra ,k. — til. It,; for ..I l!,„r rtm,.. t„ .n-ii, Ii„

aim with all the means within tbe limits

of the taw of nations

“Wc have already doetoed It essential

in international relation*, and have made it our constant aim, to promote the pacific progress of our empire in ciriiiraUoa. to strengthen our fnendjy ties with other stale*, and to establish a stale of things which would maintain enduring pence in the far East, and assure tbe future secur ity of our dominion without injury to

tbe rights or interests of other - Our competent authorities have

their dn * * '

PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY.

' poodener should be prepared in form for pmbabir ♦75,000.000."

—e by the senators, nmd it is expected

it this "* *

WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE

Presides! Rsasevelt Doefares Friendship of tlmt this matter will he so arranga’ed. United Slate* for Both Kidds. j The 8en . ate "as in executive session ^ : m orc than four hours, and after the agree - r_ r*,,.- u> r ,

Washington D. C. (Special).—Presi- ment to vote on tbe treaty had hern "*-• Fire Cm**® w *rr Advene r*c!srs—

more than four hours, and after tbe

«, - C. (Special).—Presi- naent to vote on the treaty had ,

dent Kooseveit issued the proclamation reached nearly the entire time was dr i Slraattan EitanraglBt.

declaring tbe neutrality of this govern- j voted to general discussion of tbe en R G Dunn & Co's weekly review of

meat in tbe Russo-Jkpanesc War. It eroachmenta of the Senate and the Presi-[ trade says: —

dent on each other's prerogative under | War. fire and cotton were the adverse —»*-»»— ' fm-tors of tbe week, vet the country stood

Whereas. a state of war unhappily ex- ! the constitution. istshetwren Japan on the one side and j .

Russia on tbe other sidr: 1 Mgs. LORENZ ACQUITTED.

And whereas, tbe United Stales are «>*» i *

PORT ARlBliR BELIEVED DOOMED, ta Brill*h Expect Hi FU WUMa Sever*]

mt has information which lead* it

duration of the struggle.

formed II

» now

— e alto r _

. . ,, . . - - _ Jr duties in obedience to our to believe that Japan U likely to hr in will, so that our retaUons with all tbe pomension of port Arthur a week from power* bad been steadily growing in ■^r. In the «k»: informed Japanese cordiality. It waa thus entirely against rirdes here It is privately thought that our expectations that wc have unbappilv br w° T,S ’ " r J ? ly ' T,,0 * e *« oi>« bostiiitits against Russia'. Bnuab officials who are cognizant of Ibe ; -The integrity of Korea b a matter of extraordinary thoroughness with which the gravest concern to this empire, not Japan prepared for tbe war are iacliaed only because of our traditional relations to (bare tbe Japanese view regarding tbe with that country but because the srpa- ” " rate existence of Rorea is nsenttal to the

terms of fneadahip and amity with berth Cosrt Dhericd Jury That ErMeace Wi the contending powers, and with the per- » f.-. ir, *on* inhabiting their several dominion*;) 5 “ flC * CB ' ,0 C * ,vlcL And whereas, there are citizen* of the j Washington (Special).—In the postal United States residing within the terri- trim i .fu-r the recess Justice Pritchard tones or dominions of each of tbe belltg directed the jury to find a verdict of not •rents and carrying on commerce, trade puiiu « the case of Mrs. Lorenz, saving ? r ' , “ , " es ?" r P umi, “ ,,,erri0 - P"* j that there was not sufficient evidence to tected by the faith of treaties: bold her. The Government, after pie :Y n V‘o Cre .“; : !l " e *" sebjea-u of wntiog i, s rebuttal testimony, rested, each of the be igerent* re* ding witbiu in d Mr. Kulroer moved that the Jorr be Uie tern lory or jurtadictiou of tbe United directed u,rctiirn a vrftlict of not guilty

SUt«. and carrying on commerce, trade u , Jflrs Lorenz.

orothcr busioesaorpureuiU ttareln . j Mr. Conrad said that at this stage of tbe u. A . Dd of ^ rtoie he would oppose the motion, but he State., without interfering with the free „idcd: I think you. might trust that expression of opinion and sympathy or m n , " He said be wa* going to with tbe open manufacture or sate of de>1 y, hi , ^-gu^eot with the utmost arms or munitious of war. nevertheless furfic* as to which of the defendants in Impose upoo all person, who rosy be y,, opinion should he dealt IraienUy within their terrilon-aud junadirtion the wi , h „«! which should be dealt rigor-

duty ol an impartial neutrality during 0 , u ].- w j t h

the existence of tbe ronteM: I District Attorney Beach also opposed And whereas, it ta the duty of a nei.tnd * lhe oottea. whereupon Jusllee Prithani govaament not to permit or suffer the hc WOQ i d consider the matter and making of its waters subservient to Ih.- Mn ,„ IDC€ his decision after the recesw - 1 purposes of war. J : Now. therefore. I, Theodore Roosevelt. Ssfc m—— (V< BA

President of the Uaitod Buies of Amercs j „ _

in order to preserve the neutrality of the j Woodstock. Ont-. (Special United States and of theta citizens aad of blew open the safe of the Mi persons within their territory aad juris- ■» Aylmer, and stole *15.000 They also diction, and to enforce their laws, and in ' New °P« 'b* mf« of tbe private bank of order that all persons, bring- waned «f Jsmc* Munro. at Embro, securing a large the general tenor of the laws and trentim of money. Tbe thieves were fright •d the United States ia this behalf, and , eomi nwty from two other banka

Haf DjaamMc In Trank.

UvcrpooL (By Cable)-The cuali

WanUngion.-Spscinl).—Minister Con- Senulr. Wash., (Bpndai>—The lyo 9t neutrality, having recrivsd from tbe W prrstatent rumor afloat to the affect I White Star Line

n Minister, the declaration of war «bst Ih. Japanese jororumrat would Im left Sew Test Fehraarv A

ha Jftppen TaaaaKaisha Bnetn te triaa's trank bad a f^e

.w-f y -bkh the

s Fight ter Ufa

If this pi

-The ouaioma ; Washtagton (Spectal F-Benator Han uads of dyna na Is battlrnr for Hfe. and despite the ia tta desperate condition ia which he U from

typhoid fever. Dta. RUev. (Met aad Dc farter nay that he still bn* a ebaaer, •- whteh f kow grant a chance they will ant say.

stfwa

_ _ a tee’s home la this ritv. The j hed bsea hy hta hhlsill

«■ l , - — ■. . i. iH r.hnMn S —•M4 UiWMSMtaT

, , The Ctaelc for Cwnpany. 11 hustle. Instead ol ) “Give me the dock for compacy,

said the observant man. -and yon tna» have all the halacce of the ruantmaie things under the sun. or over ft. and I •111 throw a few of the animals in fes good measure. I can conceive of nothing more friendly, more unspeak ably comforting than the mellow tick of the old family clock which towers high on the old-fash toned mantel above the good old open faced fire place where the embers are dying down and deepening into a bluish melancholy gray late o' winter nights. One never feels quite alone as long a* one may hear the mellow tick-tack of the old family loom, the same sweet mellow cadences which have rung in one’s ear from earliest infancy, through all the changes and upheavals of time, down to the present. Other sounds may fall acd deepen into the sadder silence of the night's heavy st illness, but the old clock continues te mark the flight of time, and no second may escape without nearing its passing called out dreamily by the falthfi.' dock whose bands have measured at ready so many days—some bright ane full of light and life and promise and sweet boding® of the future, and others echoing back sepulchmlly from the years already counted. Ah. tb* dock! But give me the clock with iu ticking all through the night, and it* silvery chiming on the hour, and yav may have the other things, and th« dog to boot- IH take the clock tc mine every time when it comes le keeping off that feeling of lonesome ness which creeps upon us now and

ieVr Orleans Timen-Democrat

e. Tl'e’l!

stick by one another, and show the world what Baltimore men are made of.

•SMCMOfl is THX vanra

A fairly accursle estimate of the vast wealth buried in the vaults of the wreck j ed bank* and trust companies may be ■ had from the following computation of ; figure* taken from the last report of the | United State* Comptroller of the Cor- | rcncy: United States bond*. ♦4.570.000, other securities. ♦SI.058.000. total. $SS.-

623.000

All of this great amount t* safe. There i* supposed to be eves more securities in : the district than those named A* it i*. ; the currency kept there must he added

! to these figure*.

. ITT* LOSS ar ♦125.000,000.

One of the expert insurance adjusters ••The aggregate of loss mentitled by each company ha* undoubted!! been underestimated. Iwru convinced that the total actual loss will be f125.000.000. of which the insurance rompsroif* will lose

[ the shocks remarkably well and there ' are numerous eneouniging symptom*. To a large degree the outbreak of bo* ■id ; I Hi ties in the Orient and the collapse of r the cotton boom had been diarcimted, and the disastrous lots of Dae conflagration wa* offset very largely by,the stimulus it will give to' manv industries, notably structural steel. In restoring Bai-

buitding trades, wbl

r ls roust be reptareo ana nraers mica jobbers and manufacturers elsewhere. The tabor situation throughout the country is almost devoid of friction. More or less traffic congestion results from the weather, and tin* faetor accounts for tbe small loss of 1.7 per rent, in railway earnings daring January Actus! business is still restricted in the iron and sfeci industry, but there is more confidence in the future, and the extensive starting of plants by the lending producer suggests that foreign market* will be entered more aggressively than ever before. Btrnctural steel prospects have greatly improved because dl the Baltimore fire, os it is certain that an

store the

iron, no i „— . metals hare developed irregularity, but

hard coni i* in good demand.

Failures this week in the United States

C-'l- jmt.~ r.llO'. i. < ;»* number 25, against 2* last week. 28 tbe preceding week aad 90 Inst year.

Afl Fewer* May Fight

Chicago. Ilk (Special.)—"It ta extremely probable that the Laitod State* —sad dach of the great pewm—will do

and* tha above prsdtatiow. Dr. lyeaaca baa jsat aotapflated a asrisa of tacterasia Chtaagsaodtetbe ausptosa *f the Cal

tben.”-

Chlnaman Reads Primer. Ping Hang, a Chinese laundry mil of Frankfort. Ind.. has become a mem ber of the Sunday-school class taught by the Rev. T. H. Kuhn of the Chri* tian church. Ping Hang is learning to read so that he can study the Bible ■ He ta 35 years' of age. and has not picked up much English. Two week! ago he presented himself to Mr. Kuhc and by dint of much effort and a very little English be managed to make tbr minister understand what he wsated Mr. Kahn consented, and tbe Chlness ha* been devoting himself assiduous!to the study of a primer provided by the minister. He has mastered tbr alphabet, aad during the Sunday school boar, while tbs .children are reading and telling about Christ. Pin* Hang can be heard at Intervals labor iouaiy reading ssflh-rare Mts of tttem ture as, *T see a rat." He was over Joyed when be teas able to rand this U Mr. Kahn, aad a little tatar. when b*