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The Bemidji Daily Pioneer B BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1904, TEN CENTS PER W EEK. VOLUME 1. NUMBER 2 I g ared SPIUs. 00 WHOM SIXWY Delonged 0 FlE e HONORED AT HOME X Y 1t is feared that the Britis anier | 7 s Hsining, bound from Chin ao for| AR Shanghai, with passenge Ll & i lion, has been captured. She is five, days o fue and was last seen in, = rn o 'Thousands of Sorrowing Citizens and DISCREDITED IN BERLIN. » Big Land Engagement Between Russian and| e m s ere on ol Friends Meet Hanna’s Funeral — Gunboat. Japanese Troops Question of Hours. S S Train at Cleveland. A apanese, fired on he German gun- 1 boats Ha Thetis or any other Ger- a8 man war vessel in the disputed Far T e P Eastern waters. The Hansa is at Cleveland, Feb. 18.—The special train from Washington carry- ;} § on e LJaotuny ninsw i Cheti The . > THREE THOUSAND RUSSIAN flani’mg o e ,'{:i':g‘r‘:)“,“fi":_" l,‘\l‘yfir;{h;‘f‘s“‘l‘;r( 11‘;\ f:’“ ing the body of the late Senator Hanna avrived at 11:05 today. — £ SRS = Sk 'l‘lmu\.\nd\ of citizens, numbering the friends of Senator Hanna, ments to the admiralty make no men- TROOPS ARRIVE AT TIEN CHENG REPLY TO HAY'S NOTE. tion of such an incident. It is added |were present at the Baltimore & (\lnnl mxll\\.n' st \tum1 \;hm; the FR that even if it happened it is assumed | fyperal train rolled in, The crowd stood with uncovered heads ‘as 8si. dy in a 2 e stak < & R Answ::wwl;!ysa.e Ready In 2| o have been an excusable mistake. | 1 egslet was removed to the funeral car. The streets of the city St. Petersburg, Feb. 18.—Russia’s re- | WITHOUT SUSTAINING INJURY. [are draped in mourning and Cleveland outdoes itself to honor Marcus A. Hanna in death. . : . . ply to Secretary Hay’'s note on China Fll‘st DGCISIVG Land Engagement Of the probably will be made in a few days.| Japs Torpedo Russian Guardship and 'l‘h\- remains were tiaken to the Chamber of Commerce building, It will acquiesce in principle, but with War Vessel. O e : : LEH M, e \ ate until Friday noon, War Will Probably Occur in cortain TeeIVALIONS TeEANIng CHINSSe | London, Feh, 18.A dispateh to the| T 10TC they Wil licin stat ! administrative control over the re- 3 S Gazotte from Kobe, Japill, | eeeeeeseesesscsseesosssssssssssststsosssssosctcesrsssssosss . s o o gion in Manchuria leased to Russia or & the Japanese naval attack 5 e e ? % il 3 el pis gl Japanes aval attac the Stare department thit Wiju nas [ STEPS 10 Bave America represented at 4 That VIClnlty. covered by the Chinese Iastern ‘f""’" . 14, says the Rus-| peen doclared open to the commerce | Wiiu by a cousular or commercial roat,ln sonderpitos safeetiard b wrdship in the harbor and an-| op the world by the Korcan govern- | agent. Russian interests. When the note Was| gther Russian warship lying outside | poy, i 3 | = ‘Spflstl‘“d to 1lhl‘, Il"l’“fi‘" the ‘i‘,“‘ the harbor were torpedoed and hat| pue United States was the first | TO INVADE MANCHURIA. i 3 > 3 es heve undeniably were dis-| the Japanese retired without sustain e R T an vt = Tlsgom Feb. 18. Thref thousand Russian troops have arrived| posed to view it with suspicion. and ing any injury. ! 1'1“}““' ) > ‘jl,"”"’l\l‘(“'l,“llf"i:v‘""’;\imf' | Japs Concentrating Large Army on at Tien Cheng, opposite Wiju, on the Yalu river and have success-) therefore its reception by the other 5 - D DrSAN IS IN L sl East C ing of Wiju to the world's trade. This as . A J inel Vi Vv > Vi KOO in- fullyeffected an oc(,upatmnflf“IJudndu)n]un(tlon with alargeforce| cabinets was awaited” with ‘keen ‘in CAVALRYEILANDST AT SWIIL T3 e ioni taken whik» Japan and Port Arthur, Feb. 18.—The reports ! ast of Korea. i of Russian troops already stationed in thas vicinity. The first de-| '€1¢S ing the opening of | that' the Jagp | Leontratod X i o has ot give ermis- : i 0 ind were urging the opening « that the Japanes lve concentiato /" cisive land engagment of the war is now only a question of hours S,Bl;“fl,,f‘amfm?]?}. R Japan Rusm"safie'gxgicme"“ toptie ampho, lying at the mouth of tho | about §0.000 troops at Wonson, on the and will occur somewhere in the vicinity of Wiju. S TAD ARy i 5 A MRS Yalu river on the Korvean side. The east coast of Korea, with the object ol W the Russian army in the fleld. Re-| mokio, Feb. 18:—Eight transports,| view taken by the state department of entering Manchuria, are conflrmed. quests nave beey r(\(‘m\'e\vl Loy "3“ ‘h? with nese” troops from Nagasaki| was that if we could secure the open- pO:l\'tirs,. ”:"h;‘flf“g lh(’lelfi“! f“f'lej'l and s sl additional vessels carry-| fng of Wiju, 150 miles up the Yalu . Berlin, Feb. 18.—The admiralty here (received here from Tokio announces ae‘gir,;f" fi :\n]:;;;lf&] (ll\]l(a“x‘li\o::o\lv‘;'\q ',-o: ing war muuitions, are on their way | river from’ Yangampho, the effect Jap Relief Fuhd in engiana. Ras received confirmation of the re- that one of the most important move- fatred. \would prefor. {that \forelgn ats w\:x‘t‘:‘ ‘:l"“}‘1";“\‘l‘:“\_‘f’““‘l\v‘g'l‘l‘_“; h%“;_"'.?““l;: would be practically to open the whole | New York, 1%eb, 18.—British sympa- ports that Japanese landing operations | ments of Japanese troops yet made is | tzopeq should not join in the Rus U S el G O E ol {he rivor (0 com- . thy for the Japanese is manifested in on a vast scale are taking place on | BOW OCCUITINS. One of the man; field operations until March, explain- Iea = ¢ e e Yalu| merce, so that the project really was | remarkable responses to an appeal re- ‘both of Korea’s northesn coasts and it b1§nche$ of the army, consisting ‘;’ ing that, owing to the unexpected sud- Lver: S much larger than the mere ope "”'\P\~ of cently made for a tund for the \\hln\\:u, is assumed by the German authori- :{?;iebe;] (:;r‘]lsgll?:rsdsmg :lr(l’c‘lutg:‘g(m:; 0:; denness of the outbreak of hostilities, Trade Paralyzed at Odessa. ili\llm;lnd‘(l ‘,“‘ )"",‘l]\‘ll‘ 1‘: ll\l i,‘r‘ ‘|:“. l.i\‘.',‘ll. and “familics ‘”l "“1‘“‘]""‘[ and ['*“I‘l;':'l’\" ties that Japan will be ready by early | poard transports. The previous land- i’t = d}f.fimhfk? make arrangements| New York, Ieb. 18.—Trade is at a| gug o \::l I.\‘l’“\l”}.{'. “In Manchuria, jll:p:m‘wul e 1(4:‘!:‘54‘ m“AI\‘llll p‘l.H“n‘UL spring for a forward land movement |ings of Japanese forces in Korea and e‘:‘"e‘c’;:fivcg“:’ri("]“jfltb;g :é:gl";mw“;‘;éfi:‘l‘ standstill, cables Olessacorre:| S (he Chinese government already | Lontlon by perSons. dosirig-to-contutb- supported by properly equipped bases. | elsewhere are said to have been small u;x}?il thar e 13 »| spondéent of the uuns’.‘ Both rail and has by treaty with gho United Stat ute (0 the fund Possibly 250,000 men (according to|compared with this simultaneous sail- 2 VREE sea routes are closed. There is greater—j Jared 1o be an-open port althou E the estimates made at the German ad- | ing of three divisions, aggregating ap-| WHOLESALE ARREST OF JAPS. | caution mn financial and commercial |y naver has been admitted by Rus-| ; | miralty) will be in the field before a | proximately an army of 30,000 to 50,- - circles than in Moscow and St Pe| iy It is understood that the opening Cassini Rumor Repeated. ! collision takes place with the Russians | 000 men. ~The Japanese authorities, | Russia Claims There Are Many Spies tersbure; of Wiju is dircetly attributable to| London, Feb. 18—l a ¢ ch front in force. it is added, had taken every precau- in Manchuria. | = Japanese ascendancy in Korea, for | Vienna the corr sspondent of the Daily S tion to prevent information from going mientsin, Feb, 16.—The Russians ex- KOREAN ~PORT OPENED. While the country was under Russian Chronicle repeats the rumor to the TO INVEST PORT ARTHUR. |out concerning the embarkation and| piain that the wholesale arrest of Jap- = influence Mr, Allen, the American min- fect that Count Cassini, Russian am- 5 e .. | the destination of this army.. It is be | gpage a‘z Harbin, and (xl‘-\c\\vflm-« was Wiju Declared Free to Commerce of | jgter, was unable to induce the king bassador at Washington, is to be re i Army of Fifty Thousand Men Sails | lieved, but this is not sure, that the | g,¢° i te A aAnEhad the World. to open a single port in addition to| called for fallure to keep his govern- ! ERomiJapan, destination of this force is a point; s upwards of & hun-| Washington. Feb, 18.—Mr. Allen, the | Chemulpo. It is probuble that the! ment properly informed of the state i Paris. Feb. 18.—An official dispatch mnear the mouth of the Yalu rviver. or i American minister. at Seoul. cables state department At .onee will tuke of feeling in the. 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