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JAPANESE INTERCEPT THE
COPTIC
Official Proclairiation
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German Warship Goes tp Port Arthur Af-
ter German Subjects Who Have
'r ' Been Fired on
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(Bpeolal to the Coatt Mall.)
Hokln Fob 10 Everything Indlcatoi
(hat Iho noutrnllty of Clilnn cannot lone
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bo maintained. The Downier Emproes
has dlsmlMod Prlnco Hu who wai tho
stronRont advocate as noutrnllty. Hhe
bolleveaphinala nt ttaku In thu war
and that it will bo nocoiisary to proparo
to Avoid tho absorption by ollliur victor.
Tho rcault may bo that China will act
Independently and take anno against
both Japan and Russia,
tytgaskl. Fob. 10 Tho Japano.o navy
has Intercepted tho British steamer
Coptic, bnnnd from Pan Francisco to
Tort Arthur. Tlioy took nil food aup
pllos which were purchased by Russia.
Thu cargo consisting principally of can
ned goods.
PREPARATION
FOR HANNA'S
FUNERAL
, '(Special to tho Coast Mall.)
Washington, Fob. 10 Thotmtlro city
Is sorrowing over the death of tionator
' Hnnna, no other topic of ccnverbntlon
nmonc tho pcoplo. A conferonco waa
hold this forenoon at tho Arlington by
II. M. Ilatinn, Dan Medill and Mrs.
McOormnck, at which tljo details of tho
funofal vero dotormlnod npon.
The body will bo takon to tho capltol
building tomorrow morning tind laid in
pttito in tho Marble room of tho senate
until noon, when ofllotal eervlcea will bo
held in tho sunato chnmbor. Captain
Halo conducting tho services and tbo
. Qrjdlron Club's quarlot will eipR tho do
- alreil hymns
From thu president down to tho iulnor(
TDj7)o1Ia nil tho peoplq In Wellington
will bo present. Thu roproBoutativcB
vlll march over from tho liouto In t
body to participate,
ThuBormtuand lloiiso toJay will -appoint
committuea to ofllulnlly ropresont
thriii, boih-horo and at tho intormont
nt ClovolKnd. Tho Ecnatu uommittnc
will numbor CO. At tho Whlto Houso
tho entire Ohio delegation, and othera
may ho appointed by QmUioil. It is ex
peeled that tlireo upeohvl traina will
. coustUuto thu funeral eortano from
Washlngtpn toOltiveland, leavlnK Wod
noeday, afternoon, Tho llrnt will carry
tho rotiinint) of thu di'CPntol and family.
Tho teoond will caijy thu ponalorn and
tho third tho lopreeentutiveu. It haa not
yet boon fully deeldud wholhor ,thn
president iuul. eublnet can accompany
yin inporni pnrtins. it iioh n
VJ,jhntnll i lenyo heru at
WodAecdily ovunlng.
uiainporni pnrtins. itnaHuqoii (icom-
0 o'clock
Bt FoUrsbarg Feb, JQ-rBuspla will
make hor great military demonstration
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on tho Yaiu river.
Officials are recovering; from tholr first
amaxment and now aro rearrlnglng
this plan of campaign which will for
the preeenltlmo bo on tho dofonoivo.
It Is confidently believed that Tort
Arthur is Impregnable.
Tho first step in tbo ad anco will b
on tho Yaln river.
Russian diplomat now believe fl.o
Hay nolo to bo harmloss. A eomi-ofO
clal message from General Aloxlcfl'a
hoadquarters aUles thnt tin Gorman
cruiser Hausa wont to Tort Arthur to
day to remove tho Gorman residents
whohavo been fired on by tho Japanese
warships.
BUILDING
BUILT
BY BEES
Special to th Coast Mall.);
Bt. Louis, Feb. 10: A "priut flhop"
built of honey will be ono of tho things
to bo teen Bt tho Woild'a Fair. II. F,
Btapel, editor of tbo Jlock fort .Mall, is
tho architect &nd his bc'ea are tho build
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A year or two ago Mr. Stablo orectel
handibmo ofljco building. Last sum
mer be conceived the Idea of reproduc
ing, In the mlnaturo, his building in
honey. He placed a hive in exact iml
tation of tho Btapel block, and then his
bees got busyt In a fow T&ontba every
facade, and every nook and corner, was
covered, with' a thick coating of pdre
MIssourTlionoy. Thisodd exhibit will
bo houiod in thu Missouri dinplay In tht
palace ol AgrAiUHuro.
HEARING
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IN-PAN-
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A;MA '(5ASE
fit ifcu.t
4ifc mi bii ' i
3peclal to the Coast Mall.)
1 Paris, 'Feb, 17; .Tho first, tribunal
of thaiSeino today began tho hearing ,o(
agalntt tub Patiamn uanal Company ,
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GREAT SUFFERING
IN RUSSIA
THERMOMETER
LOW
Grat Suffering of Russian TroopsJh. Iran-
.itaJMrhwif i
sit From the.Fronier;.tor,their; .
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Seat -of
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8t Petersburg. Feb. 17 The frontier
Russian troops which are being Mat to
ho far east aro Qncouuterlnc iniuftDOUn
tablo Usfficultlee. They aro being sent
in ordinary freight cars, 25 men in each
car with a small Btovo in the center 6
the car for warmth, Tho fuel ntcd be
ing gathered up as Btops are made cn
routc. Sledges aro itity being used, across
lako Uaikel. Tho contlnueous storm
causes great delays and deadly frostbite J
a
TlieMlssoyagaaro In adequato to contain
tho largo numbers tent there and be
yond that traffic is demoralized.. Food
is scarce, as the plaguo killed all of the
MARSHFIELD
For4 Effective Work
to th 'Front:
. . of Prog$s?
At thn meeting held, Wednesday eve
inu for tho purpoee of crg$nUlntj a
MarnbQold IJoard ofr Trt.de the follow
ing persona wero present: J. Y Beaaett
II Loekhart.-F A Sacehl, XR Rocljon,
L R Itbbartson, Geo N Farrin, Dr btraw
J y, Flanagan, Wm, Nasbnrp, JohrF
.tlall, Alox Campbell, Dr Towel, Obaa
fctauff, J II Milner. S A Matapn, ELO
Varriu.WP Murphy, F M FtUxlberg,
E D Beabroolc, McOtuye, 0 F Mo
Knight, II Sengstacken, Hugh McLane
F S Dow, J U Flanagan, FT Norton C
E Nioholton, W A Toyo, Nola Raasmue
sou.JT Hail, D D Gampboll, and a
roprosoptative pi tho Coast Mail.
It is moat oncoui aging to noto that
such an array of tho active business
and pioteesloital.men of tho town turn
ed out on short nollco and ovlncod suoh
a lively interest in tho matter of tbo
formation, of an drRanlzationto look out
for thu lutoroBts of MarshflohL and eoo
that Bho goto liDr elmro of he good
things gojug. , ,
Thero waa no dilTsrouco of oplnlor,BB
ofho' ndvirfablllty ol Iho; pro
J mqvgjjiout, V,u alBoomodju.enthus
ronoiod
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CoaitMall.)
Mongolian cattle during the past season,
Mabohurla Russians control only tbo
land within the rXnge of their rifles,
officials declaro th?i any serious block
ade of the railway is liable to ptjt troops
to awful suffering. The temperature it
ranging from 30 to (JO below sera
' JM
Berlin Feb. 17 Tho ; Yoeeicche Zel-
tung today stateu when the niws ol
Japan ruptured relations with Ituwia
reached Bt Petersburg the foreign mtn
JsterLamsdorS,ipowkiitbt JSoeafan
un'preparednoM. fainted from the shock.
Tho Czar explained tbiq waa a vartiable
catastrophe.
BOARD.
OF .TRADE ORGANIZED
to, Bring the Town
in the. March
pj t.f!'" .'i-'
fc.lly In fivor of it. Nearly every ono
il? em'etbjng to('sy to help the thing
along, tha remarks of Messrs IIatson
aiidNasbura; being' eipeclally to w, tho
PPiDt-rt 1 ,r u
There was considerable .difference oi
optnloa'aa to the proper sums to be
namedaa initiation fee some (avoriug
35. some $10 ar,d soma between thu
two. Tnoao edvocating 25 were
Frkdberg, Qtraw, JJataon; thoaa, favor
ing $10weiB Robdrtsou, Dow, Sang
ataokea, Sacchi, aud 2ennott;J II
'Flnm-gnn and Norton, thought $15 about
rlghtf. Tower-, ad vlsdd a good liberal
Inltlhflo'ri fee and good dues, to provide
amplo (uud'a to vork with; Seabrook
thought the commltteo should figure
out which Wild bring in tbo moat
monoy, aud showed that a Bmall mom
berahip at a hit;h fee would not briug hi
'bo much as n largor mem
hoi ship nt a Em.aller initiation teo, duea
being the pame; Murphy mado tho or
IginalVuggesdon tht the fee ehould bo
gaduateiVt)cqotdiug to tho amount ot
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6willnod on 4 th page.
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GIVEN OUT BY TflE 'RUSSIAN GOVERN;
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Throve Blame-1 F6p Wap 'Upon 3pan.
" Counsels Patfence an.CPromijfe -
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Special to the Mart.
St Petersburg, Feb, 18 An official
proclamation waa Iasued today, In whicl
the government eays: ''Eight daye))a-;e
elapsed einco Russia was shaken iu pro
found indignation, against the enemy,
who snddepjy broke off negotiations, by
a treacherous attach whereby'lt endeav
ored to obtain an easy auccses In a war
long desired.
"The Russian nation, in natural im
patience, now desires prompt vengeance
and awaita nervously the sews from, the
far East, Tho nnity and strength of the
Russian people leave no doubt that
Japan will receive the chaatiseinent de
serve,', for their treachery and provoca
tion to war at a timo when we desired
to maintain peaee with all nations.
"The eonditiona under which the bostf
iitlea are being carried on compel ns
to wait vritb patience news of the success
of our troops which cannot oecur before
decisive actions are fought by the Rub
sia army. Distance oi territory and the
desire ol tho Russian Emper to main
tain peace and other causes mado it fm
possible to complete earlier prepara
tions for war. ,
NEW LINES, EXTENSIVE
Yengence
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"Much time is jaejv Beceetary.jn ordej
to strike Japao, bat the worthy might
and dignity ofRnssia, make it aeceeeary
while sparing aa much as possible thg
ehedding of the blood of her child
ren, to inflict a just chartisemeut upon
the nation which provokedthe struggle,
' 'Russians mast await the event with
patience, beingure the army wiU avenge
the proceeding a hundred Kold, Opera
te lions by land mutt not be expectet for
eqme time, and we cannoj, obtain early,
"news from the Beat of war."
The proclamation cloeea with the dec
huatton that true news will iaamediate
ly be given out when received. Tha
gcoeial staff today announced that tha
war office was willing to aecept volua.
teera mtder 40 with military training,
Romo Feb. 18 -The Russian embassy
here la authority tor the Btatement that
tbo Japanese fleet haa established a
btfse of auppliea at Elliott islands, (jp
theco3?to( tho Lioo'.Ung Pentula, 75.
mlha from Port Arthur. Thia tends l j
show that Japan la preparing a gre.t
joint attack for the reduction of Tore,
Arthur.
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