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] The Penight NIGHT £D TION Star ONE CENT and Siturday—Partly cloudy, with show- ers; fresh to brisk southwest winds. APAN, MAGTER OITUATION. ABOUT 10 AT TAGK A Japanese Victory on the Yalu River Will Force Vladivostok and Port Arthur to Capitulate LONDON, March 4—Advices from the East and particularly from Japan are of such a nature as to Indicate that the mikado's forees are About to make a decistye movement in several different parts of the field of hoaiilities, and It is thought here that the blows will be struck sim taneously. The object ts obviously to inflict » 1 severe punish- ne in several different localities as to further t ° Russi. ment on the the demoraltzation of the caar's for ces. The Japanese advices are, of cov mited to what the censor—the re Strictest In the experience of newspaper correspondents—allows to go on the wires, but by reading between the lines, ft fs almost certain that the Japanese have perfected their preliminary movements a are now ready to make the attack. If successful on the Yalu river, It will leave Port Arthur completely Isolated, and there can be but little bt that it will be compelled to capitulate. The sooner this Is done the less lives will be lost. Viadivestok will also be isolated, and when attacked from the land &nd the sea will be compelled to surrender. It Id be difficult to im- agine & situation that is more comp ptrol of Japan. JAPAN HAS MUCH THE BEST OF IT etely in the © SHANGHAI March 4 4 by @ cor- ‘The general war situation is ¢ Tespondent much in favor of the Japanese. Japan has lost a small cruiser and had the hinery of @ battleship and another vessel damaged. The latter now Japan possesses command at sea and will effectually blockade and iso Port Arthur. ‘The Japanese have decided to make advance in strength along the Pekin roadway from Seoul. Her forces have ad from there and, having secured the Yalu river, they will threaten Kirin ing the rail- way and menacing Viadivostok, while another force dea Liao- tung peninsula Russian soldiers are robbing the Chir by the wholesale along the railroad, and as a result the Chinese are desperate. Several &trong Manchurta. bandit bands have been RUSSIANS PREPARE TO RETREAT formed through YINKOW, March 4.—The Russo-Chinese bank ts closing, prepara. tory to removing to Mukden. Women and children are preparing to leave Yinkow in anticipation of the arrival of the Japanese f which is expected when the river o pably a fortnight hence. ‘The United States gunboat Helena and the British cruiser Espeigie are making preparations to leave the drydocks in a week's time, The mainmast of the Russian gunboat Sievouteh has been cut off. This would indicate that she is being dismantled, but otherwise she would appear to be clearing for action On account of the impossibility of de ing th ast at Yinkow until such time as a thaw permits the construction of entrench and forts, the Russians have prepared to retire up th ts railroad main line. There are practically no defenses here, and although ebift- ing and reshifting of troops and artilier the small forts at the mouth of the Liao river has the appearance of an inter to defend Yinkow, the military authorities d upon an inland engagement As far as yet known the only plans decided upon first, that General Kuropatkin’s headquarters are to be at Mukden; Viceroy Aliexieff proposes to remain at Mukde Jefinitely, as that is the center of the Chinese administration and has a viceroyal bureau; sec ond, that the plain west of Tashihchiao, which is alm aporsible of Gefense, will be held, if possible, on account of the rai ection with Port Arthur; third, troops at Hayching and L ng may be withdrawn on account of the exposure of the railroad at these points ‘That the Japanese will arrive before a thaw permits the tion of the defense is thought here to be practically cert appear, also, that the authorities believe Port Arthur to be besetged MUST NOT SURRENDER PT. ARTHUR PARIS, March 4.—A St. Petersburg despat a high Russian member of the general staff as declaring that no proposition which contemplates the abandonment of Port Arthur could receive the ap proval of the war office. “To evacuate Port Arthur, de 4 the official, would be the Worst disaster that could overtake the R the sinking of the ussian ar It would mean squadron and the turning o of Port Arthur and the entire southern portion of Manchuria to the Japanese. It would mean that the army would have to retreat fighting, and expose itself to the risk of capture, while at the same t here would be no chan ance to recover the lost ground unt{] Port Arthur was recap- “The main body of the Russian army depends upon holding out, and no contingency can be foreseen by the Russian gen eral staff that would permit the commandant to surrender the fort Fess. We don't bell that the Ja se can take it, and are confi- ot ante lad squadron will see the futility of bombarding ft and withdraw FAMINE THREATENS PT. ARTHUR Arthu? CHEEFOO, March 4,—News from Port Arthur yesterday morning states that the population is in a st extreme terror. . Lawless Hees is increasing, and the prospects of a famine are causing the in habitants to seek ety in fight. They rea wlemenene of ever having sufficient provisions, ‘The raiiv ties declare the congestion on | the bringing nes caused by the of supplies and provis BRUTALITY OF THE RUSSIANS NAGASAKI, March 4 Russian troops, who w Fuary, ure waid to have been wo Ill transporta troops p ents Refugees from Port Arthur report SEA" s Only One WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH TLE UF Tht 1904. ordered to return to M r fresh equip by these refugees “that there were in Port Arthur anc is at the opening of hostilities not less 20,000 tre s of the o ref from Pe aive # pitiful de feription of the indignities tr aon th countrymen by the Rusal Here t afternoon following th naval engagement The woldiers comple noted the Japanese q returning to their barracks with (elr b plain sight at r ne & reproot from thetr officers, despite the fact that Ad aleff had promined to protect Japa who remal tn the town The sight of the loot imp ther soldiers to undertake expeditions to the Japanese quarter, where, finding the h alread: i, they robbed the refugees of their money and jewelry, and in # wen of eve m they wore ities offered come they embarked bitter Wo i and maltreated, and the indig ore, where atrage Japanene t to the sean Dalny. ‘The helplems CZAR'S FLEET REPORTED FIT (By Beripps News Ass'n.) LONDON, March 4—The tra wa A has recelved a Port Arthur dixpateh that says the Japanese fleet t been sigh rince February 3%. Workmen are rushing repairs battleships Retvian and Cyarevitch and the cruiser Pat A wed Vesela are now ready for the sea. It is reported th ir adquar. ters will be at Lino Yang tn Manchuria. The now v mild ous gesting an apring QUIET IN NORTHERN MANCHURIA «By 8T. PETER atew that al Chinese unrest with the events Scripps News Ass'n.) BURG, M te extre 1th Russian officers ar { the war h4-w CHOOSE BETWEEN JAIL OR THE dat (By Scripps News Asw'n) VIENNA, March ¢ ng asserts that MO political arrests have been made at Lode pritoners were given the alterna- tive of Imprisonment or en nteers In the Russian army (By Serivon News Asan) TOKIO, March 4 juddhistand Shinto priests have been warned by the government against t ~ hibition of hatred against individual Russians KOREAN OFFICIAL’S HOUSE BLOWN UP (By Scripps News Ans'n’ SEOUL, March 4.—The real seis: entian affairs was blown up We oid have been arrested. The gu a J ROOSEVELT WANTS FAIRBANKS FOR V.-P. THE FRAME-UP IS ANNOUNCED AND THE CONVENTION WILL BE ASKED TO AGREE TO IT an. WA C,, March 4 pe ation, Presi has suggested Fr nator who had been and ks of k Ivised againat what has agreed to accept the th to be a al con dential nominat the I ce part, now say they an ticket If f te have be the wishes of t This comes f and I president, as has Fairbanks. EARTHQUAKE UloAa TER Whe funeral of HW. Do: M. Som: rp and A mond, the waiters. who were burned to death on the steam: ship Queen, were buried from the B |Rey+Watson chapel this morning at| }10 e@plock he ® were under ~ the pices of th no Cooks and tere polation, INCOMPLETE ADVICES FROM L IMA, PERU, INDICATE THAT) TH ECITY AND COUNTRY H AVE AGAIN SUFFERED FROM SEISMIC DISTURBANCES Cent Everywhere \-+ oe Tadia, 2 June 16, 1819, 2,000 people be bir Lives and again at Mar- nOF in January, 1899, nearly half of Port Royal was troyed and the whole island damaged, Seven hundred persons were killed In this disaster. In 1746, at Lama, 18,000 were killed |e great {cnt | dogo, South were | 6 om April 16 quipa, 1 earthquake 4d over 100 live Ivador wan t 1854, TY Tact ar over 12 it. 8 uique ny othe andor 000 lives | Quito war the 41,000 people. America, in ene of 7 that At Me 1861, there # lomt otally ne cities of Are a and Chincha i towns tn Peru jestroyed and t. ‘Thirty thou- 4 hornelems and estimated at about This disaster was the the history of these coun. tries, Cun, Venezw was nearly Sestroyed and 300 persons killed tr the same year. The lows tn this lat- tor dine was about $150,000 o'erabY is GIVEN Michael © $1395 dy DAMAGES SUES F $1,295 damages against the Northern Pacific Ratlway Company by a su perior court y yesterday noon. He sus wevere & by being thrown from a train near Sedro-Woolley. The train started forward suddenly while he was in the act of alighting. He sued for | $1,700. 5 JOB THEREFORE THOMAS DAVID-| SON PLOVER FOR DAMAGES ORMER —EM- dealers, to recover destroyed | A SEA The Seattle Star. | THE ONLY PAPER IN SEATTLE THAT DARES TO PRINT THE NEWS | 25 CENTS PER MONTH VOL. 6. FOREIGN GOODS AT NEW-CHWANG NO. 11 | | ly wehwang, which the Russians have seized, is the open treaty port of ria. Russia in an fous to divert the trade to Dalny, which ix without trade. The picture shows the y place, one of the prizes for which Japan and Russia are strivng City reports 40,000 bushels of corm ‘ the city jail destroyed, together” | with other losses amounting $40, more ‘ a , é ES STILL A MIsTERY uble that the body of fo t t the foot of, * , al days ago, supposed . of Jacob Jacobson, will be! b d toda Alth eh there has been? no positive Mentification, it is pretty) well ental i that the body is that { Jacobson. Coroner Hoye will have’ a y view the body before the burial no inque may be held at r~ tin There is still no light on murder mystery. BURIED ALIVE PRAIRIES IN OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS SWEPT BY | FLAMES AND LIFE AND PROPERTY ARE DE- STROYED — (By Scripps News Ans'nd ' i NEW YORK, March 4—At 2 o’cloclé| FORT WORTH, March 4.—Din-, tled for their lives and their homes, | this morning the workmen, in remove patches today say the prairie fire] back nd carrying water in|ing the body of Alexander Johi j and wind storm in Oklahoma was|every conceivable “way to make a/ iron worker, from the wrecked Hi greater than at first reporte At! line of defense. Wet blankets and! Darlington, uncovered Chas. Lasek, @ Jeane lives: were Jost in South-| sacks were employed to turn the r, who was a with Cy tern Oklahon The fire burned| course of the fire around: the | Sense Siate oereee his chest. sid many hours at Hobart, Vinson and| city limits the fire lines were main. | iain for (nivtyosis sin be ne reach t Lawton. The flames are still swee tained by almost superhur ef my | the door of the hospital ered s, and wher flames swept on ing the prairie, causing imme nee | £ c dead number 15, and 14 bodies bat wes in live stock |nnd left the little town an oasis in| been remove - the desert of ashes, the people fell | LAWTON, Okla. March 4—Thelupon the ground exhausted. The t sen of fire which over | city’s loms ts placed at $10,000. Fire-|} prairies in Oklahc Kan-| brands falling upon the butidings! san yesterday aftern last/ started numerous fires, some of} night left hundreds of homeless fam-| which ¢ uid not be put out ies shivertn in their ht ch | Stories of great uffering are com 4 Judge M * hearing! on the plains, burned every farm] ing in. Entire families lay last night ase f Thomas Davidson | house within its tmmen swe freezing on t yund where their b A no t-Ramaker|and so far is known to hav de-| homes bh he day before, suf- ’ on, one of the propries, and| entire destruction of the town. stroyed four human lives, painfully | fering excructating pain from their ages for having been dis ng numberless others. The re-| fearful burns. Clothes, medicine and j from his position a# &| ports are meager as yet, and no es-| physicians are being sent from all] Ono, a member of & volony of Jape. Roe niaate {timate has been made of the thou-|the cities and towns of the district | anese farm 4s living three miles! rere on =e i Andel Pa of live stock that were de-/ to relieve the distress and suffering.| west of Kent, went insane last ne defendan mpany | atroyed | It i feared that even hunger will| and inaugurated @ reign of terror agood position in Chicas. When the great wave became ut-| be added to the sufferings of many| among his countrymen by threatening | Seattle and work at alteriy beyond 1, everything] before they can be located. to slay them all. He wound up | salary of $200 a month. He contends | was abandoned, families fleeing for| blood-thirsty career by chopping } that it was understood that he was|their lives and leaving their cattle IN KANS/ his own left foot with an axe. | to be employed for at ear. nd horse behind to burn. with won } One of the Japanese came to thé, pe cut down his ses | ng monster across the dry grass! stubble a pasture undoubtedly seiietapactmae ' | be dispensed with hich has been parching for seven | started the at wave of destruc iy the m he death are reported, but only one life} neveral t has been lost so far as known rned He | Frank McGrew of Birmingham was government timber burned to death. The damage around buildings of the Indian Alena will reach $10,000, and at THE FEE | burned like kindling woo 3ypsum it took the most desperate) 4 —____ | great onrush, and hundreds of stam-| efforts of the people to prevent the retained as FIRE VICTIMS BURIED Superior Indge Bell this morning Fefused to net aside an order which he made a few days authoriz ling the payment of a $1,500 fee to Ate J. J, MeCafferty for se vices alle ndered jt Me J Ad@inin O'Brien filea e order wet aside on the ground that M ad never been re- tained to rer mt the estat tn any way. McCaff coded proving to the satisfaction of the court that he had represented the Gefendant in the sult of Wiley Young against the Sullivan estate| and alo in other matters Brien claims that MoCafferty if he did appear In the case, was not an attorney PROMOTED BY THE PRESIDENT LIMA, Peru, March 4.—KEarth-; was in 1746, the entire city (By Scripps News Aas'n.) quake shoe orst reported in| was destr n earthquake. It] WA TON, D. C, Maret years, occurred Thursday and did 7 10 persons lost! The lent 1. ¢ kreat No figure of losses| their lives Cha A. ( are 5 Of the great earthquakes, that} bu ora the navy She tinued this thorning, the| have taken place in the past the! the rank of rear admtral, and Ca most severe in @ quarter of a cen-| most noticeable are the followingi4(ain Hi M niet of like tury In August, 1769°2,600" people ‘pers bureau of equipment with the rapk Anothgr digaster in Idma, Peru,| ished at Martinique. At Kutchsunk, of re cnirel, Pewee tame Tate ene =v sibillion peding cattle were overtaken burned to death. In the homestead; Men, women and children fought ‘en Donate tae bee district occurred the death of D.}the fire for four hours, Great losses|robped by footpads last. night. Hid Harmon, who was burned to a crisp, re reported from Culver, Lincoin,/| says that when between Maynard ang j and of an unknown boy whose body | Cotbert, Marquette, Ellsworth, Kan-| Sixth avenues, on Main street, a@ was found, charred beyond recogni: | ay raham, Ellis, Russel, Lakin,| about 12 0 he was held up by, tion, on the prairie. .John Harmon] Ht City, Concordia and other| two men. One vot the thugs had @ re } and a daughter of Mrs. Henderson, | places. At Deerfield the school chil-| Volver. | living near Lawton, were fatally|dren were kept in the schoolhouse hey secured but a small oneal burned until 9 o'clock at night, when the ny i The little city of Hobart suffered | aa was parsed, and at Hill City r ced aan; Wee the loss of several buildings, and] the people escaped death by rushing| alleged to have attempted to beat @ the intense heat of the flames blis-| in Solomon river. In Lincoln) woman in the restricted district thi wf the paint on every house tn| county the fire cut a swath 10 miles! morning, was arrested by Patrolmas t The ople of the town bat-llong and two miles w Hillman | Kent and locked up in the city jail. THER BULLS AND THE WAR PUT THE BEAR TO FLIGHT,

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