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Show CARRIES CONTRABAND; FEARS ROJESTVENSKY . ' SAN FRANCISCO, Apri? 17. The steamship Manchuria will sail - for the Orient tomorrow with a cargo of 10,000 tons v of freight, mostly for Japan. The x cargo is mostly of a character char-acter that would be considered as contraband of war by the Russians, Rus-sians, and consists of not only food stuffs, but heavy machinery for the railroads and bridges of Manchuria. In. view of the possibility of Admiral Rojestvensky defeating Admiral Togo on the sea, somewhere on the Asiatic coast, -some anxiety exists regarding the safety of the Manchuria, and she will call at Midway islands to receive instructions. |