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Show DAILY UTAH STATE JOUBNAL vin. number volume so. FLEET IS BOMMRDING"PORT ARTHUR Japanese Follow Up Their Success In Last Night's Engagement DEVASTATED BALTIMORE By Shelling the City Russia Succeeds In NegotiatCOUNTING UP ITS LOSS ing Very Heavy War Loan. Victorious , CHEFOO, Feb. 9. The Japanese fleet that last night engaged t the Russian battleships under cover of darkness, this morning began the bombardment of Port Arthur. At the time this dispatch is sent I but little damage has been done to the city. PARIS, Feb. 9 A dispatch from St. Petersburg states that Russia : has contracted a war loan of $310,000,000. All Danger Over ! .444 FIRST DEFEAT IS DASHING ATTACK AND FIRST US TO HAVE VICTORY FOR THE JAPANESE E Willing to .Make Every Concession Demanded By the JapaRow nese But Minister Hayashi Says die Decision Comes too Late. battleships damaged BEST I IN RUSSIA'S NAVY Petersburg Over In Court In Glooni News of First mission Japan's Victory Encounter Official Adof Defeat Causes Panic. Reports from Port Arthur show that the attack made upon the Russian ships by the Japanese was dashing and under the very guns of Port Arthur. The harbor, being too small to hold the entire Russian squadron, a portion was forced to remain in the open roads. Honday night, in the darkness, a torpedo detachment of nine Japanese vessels got within firing distance and discharged a number of tubes. Two Russian battleships and one cruiser were damaged One report says that the vessels are in a sinking condition, while another says that the damage is slight. The greatest confusion was immediately manifested in the Russian fleet. The Japanese flotilla immediately retired amid a furious broadside from all the Russian vessels which were able to bring their guns to bear. There is no report, however, that any of the Japanese boats were damaged. As the Russian repairing facilities are most meagre, the damage done, even though slight, would effectually put the vessels out of commission for some time and give Japan naval predominance while she disharked her army on the Korean TO THE RUSSIANS CHEFOO, Feb. 9 News Creates Intense Excitement In AQ the European Capitals Czar's Manifesto Declaring War to Exist Is Expected Tomorrow. RUMORS OF SECOND BATTLE f ARE DENIED Was Reported That Eleven Japan- ese and One Russian Warship Had Been Sunk Japan Buys More War Vessels From Chili. coast. ATTACK CONFIRMED IN DISPATCH TO THE CZAR, Mi morning t Minister Hayashi said that he had today Feb. LONDON, 9. announcing the Japanese fleet for the Mow sea, but no news of an engage-sm- t it Port Arthur or the landing of rteeived cablegram kputure of the hfuww troops In Korea. He Myi that Russia is now making topmte efforts through the various nbudH to have the powers Inter-- '' Russia Is now willing to but the offer comes kte. The Central News Berlin correspond-- whei t ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 9 According to the Official Messenger the first gun has been fired and war is now an Reports from Admiral Alexieff at midnight of actuality. February 8th, telegraphed to the Czar, state that nine Japanese boats suddenly attacked the Russian squadron in the open roads at Port Arthur. In the clash the Russian battleships Retvizan and Czarovitch and the cruiser Pallada were damaged. JAPANESE BOATS WERE NOT DAT1AGED. PORT ARTHUR, Feb. 9 The Japanese boats making the attack last night escaped without damage, thus scoring for Japan the first victory of war. that a dispatch received from k Petersburg sHys that following the te made on the Russian fleet by The French minister at Tokio at refirmed here and ie given little cred&e of Russia has taken charge of the Japanese a large fleet of Japanese ence. Because it is customary that quest Russian tUhip and cruisers appeared off legation. hours notice be given to twenty-fou- r tot Arthur. The city at the port Is before a port Is attod to be In flames. JAPAN PURCHASES untacked, the report appears to he MORE WAR VESSEL8 true. RUSSIANS WILL OFFER Japanese Troops Landed. LONDON.' Feb. 9. The Rome correPRAYER8 FOR VICTORY A dispatch this afternoon says that spondent of the Central News wires It is reported at St Petersburg that W. 9. that the Chilean legation there has reNews PETERSBURG, Feb. troops have been landed at ceived a toe battle In dispatch stating that Japan the roads and outside Japanese tort Arthur has caused the cancel -- Mesampho, Korea. has bought the Chilean battleship IlUo0 1 o, Japanese 8teamer Captured. the imperial ball set for this Captain Pratt of 7,000 tons, the A Japanese export house has Just reand of tons, 4,500 a cruiser Russian waraolenin Te Deum will be celebrated ceived Information that the Almirante Condell, a gunboat All steamer oclock this afternoon and will he ships captured the Japanese will leave Immediately for Nagasaki for London from bound 'tended by court functionaries. Inaba Maru, be completely equipped with arms and e Pray-tmerchandise. with Yokohama win be offered and provisions. for victory. The mrtd battleships are the best In the FRENCH CRUISER 18 "tan navy. JAPANESE LANDING A ORIENT TO ORDERED panic occurred on the TROOPS IN KOREA bourse to-- 7 0n amount of the official admls the Japanese CHERBOURG, France. Feb. 9. The LONDON, Feb. 9. The Chefoo corvictory. cruiser Marseillaise has orders to sail respondent of the Dally Mall cables UIA CANNOT GET that six Japanese transports are landImmediately for the Orient. SUPPLIES TO THE FRONT ing troops at various ports In Korea, RUSSIAN BATTLE8HIP8 from Masampho and Fusan, on the k08COWr, Feb. SERIOUSLY DAMAGED south of Kunsan, Mokpho and Chei. There Is a se tr8fflo blockade mulpo, on the west on Lake Baikal. n official An 9. dispatch the ool route for Russian Seoul is to he occupied and the landPARIS, Feb. ""to to the war scene. The Ice to the foreign office says that the dam- ing la being covered by torpedo division. The main body of the Japanese Proved Inefficient and munl-w- ar ages sustained by the Russian battleIn last fleet, the correspondent concludes, will Retvlsan and have accordingly Czarevitch ships acron the lake on serious and that the sail in the direction of Port Arthur. sledges, nights attack are The Ret-visnortherly gale, however, cracks cruiser Pallada was sunk. n P,,e It In hummocks, waa built by the Cramps of Phil- CABLE COMPANY WILL in Ger NOT ACEPT MESSSAGES Pawing difficult adelphia In 1901. the Pallada In Cxarovltch the and man in 1908 Great 9. The Feb. LONDON, France In 1902. WULD BE from Northern Telegraph company today IsVIOLATION An Agence Natlonale dispatch sued notifications that the Vladlvo-stoc- k Russian 0F RULE8 OF WARFARE St. Petersburg states that two and Nagasaki cables are temporsunk were cruisers and one transport closed and that cables for China the arily The wport of the at Port Arthur. This Is probably to will not he accpeted at Ofand Japan In the on to Port Arthur by the same engaement referred I.Pan."t,e present t has so far not been con ficial Messenger dispatch. Cha-cabuc- V an of Further Spread of the Fire Is Now Army of Insurance Adjusters Work City Short of Food. BALTIMORE, Md.. Feb. Chief Einerlck of the fire department made the following statement this morning: The Are Is practically a thing of the past. The ruins are vomiting smoke and flumes, but there Is no danger of It spreading farther." Baltimore Is beginning to realise the immeasurable magnitude or Its loss. The weather has taken a wintry chill. Workers who are Idle realixe thnt they will probably be compelled to leave for other cities. Loss Estimates Vary. All estimates of the loss today vary from IlSO.OOO.OOO to twice that. It will be months before the loss can be adjusted as the task Is so givst. The Insurance adjusters are dused by the great work ahend. Adjusting Insurance Matters. A dispatch from Liverpool tills morning says the London Globe company is fully prepared to pay the million losses which It sustained. Special agents of all the Important cnmimnles went Into special session nt It o'clock this morning. Turner of the derma was elected chalrmnn. He appointed a committee to constitute a clearing house, where a big force of clerks and accoutants will lie employed to tabulate the losses and arrange payments. The Insurance men are canvassing notes the situation and comparing believe the losses to be paid will not This afternoon's exceed $80,000,000. arrivals Increased the number to fifty special agents and an army of adjust ers. Many brought huge bunches of drafts in the hope of making quick setctlng BERLIN, Feb. 9. News of the naval engagement off Port Arthur created tlements. One of the greatest problems In the Intense excitement throughout Europe. Is the lack of food. city The details are anxiously awaited at St All the visiting firemen will leave Petersburg. today. The Are will doutbless range Admiral AlexlefTs message caused furnnce-llk- e for several dnys, but the war preparations to be pushed in all local force will he able to handle It. directions and the esars manifesto declaring a state of war to exist is expected tomorrow. HIS CONDITION Naval experts look upon the result of the attack as a staggering blow and one that places the Russians at a great IS FAVORABLE disadvantage In future operations. . at (enmil Corbin returned to New The city ! not now uniter martini law, the troops merely urtlug as an adjunct to the police force. A thousand militiamen are on duty, making a cordon around the burned district. , York this morning. Dynamiting Buildings. At 10 o'clock this morning the ruined law building, facing the new and Imposing court house, was dynamited by a naval expert sent from Washington by Hecretury Moody. Fifteen pounds of dynamite were used In a series of mines. Fireman Ugenfiits, who was yesterday reported deml, Is alive hut with a broken leg uml Is Itndly scorched. Rsgulart Not Needed. It haa been decided, ns no nppeal has been made for federal troops, that none will lie brought from New York. Those from Fort McHenry will lie ordered lank to the post today. There Is very little trouble In holding bark tliee rowd. No attempts at looting have been discovered although enormous walth hurled in the vaults of the burned district. The vaults of the ruined Continental Trust company building were opened m cur nt noon. Thousands of rency Hnd bonds were found undamaged. The bank will do business despite the ten holbluys. Assistant United Ft tales Treasurer Dryden, after rommunlcatlng with Secretary Shaw, today opened the making $12,000,000 available for local banks if wanted. General Riggs of the state militia. Governor Warfield and Mayor McLane held a consultation at noon and arranged prellmlnarlea for action and will meet again thla evening. No public meetings were held today. Half the street car lines in the city huve resumed. The streets are thronged with holiday crowds. 1 J-I- sub-treasu- ry, OF RUMOR8 OF SECOND BATTLE ARE DENIED ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 9. 2:20 p. m. A dispatch Just received by the ad Hanna's Physicians Report That Grand Jury to Review the dence Presented at the His Case Is Showing Satis- factory Progress. mlralty from Port Arthur says that In an attack made on the port by the Japanese fleet twelve of the attacking vessels were. sunk. One Russian warship Feb. 9. Senator WASHINGTON, is also reported sunk. Eleven Russians Issued the followHannas physicians are said to have been killed and many ing bulletin this morning: wounded. "The senator passed a comfortable Battle Officially Denied. temperature 102; general condinight: Official denial is made that there has tion good: retains nourishment and la been a second battle at Port Arthur favorable progress. In which eleven Japanese and one Rus- apparently making have No stimulants yet been found nesian war vessel were lost. It Is also cessary." denied that Port Arthur is on Are. LONDON. Feb. 9. A dispatch has been reeclved here denying that eleven CANADIAN PACIFIC Japanese warships have been sunk at burnIs Port Arthur or that the city ing. FIVER WRECKED Evi- Coroner's Inquest. CHICAGO, Feb. 9. The special grand Jury appointed to Inquire into the Iroquois disaster resumed Its session this morning. It took the evidence which was presented to the coroner. This will Include Mayor Harrialson in the Jury's Investigations, though his case was dismissed by the court In review. GREAT THRONG AT L TO ASK THAT AREA OF HOSTILITIES BE LIMITED WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. The state Collision department has sent s circular note to In a act that Nine they the powers asking similar manner with the United States in an effort to persuade Japan and Russia ot preserve the neutrality of China and to limit the area of hostil- ities. Results In the Death of First Witness Was Man Who Had Narrow Escape from Persons, All Residents Death at Their Hands. of Ottawa. CHICAGO, Feb. 9. Curiosity was so OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 9. The Canwas adian Pacific flyer from Montreal great regarding the car barn bandits FOUR LABORERS KILLED. wrecked near here this morning. Nine- in court this morning that it was anWHEELING, W. Va.. Feb! 9. An ora teen were reported killed and many nounced that no spectators would be pile eighty feet high fell this morning, injured. seats were filled. the after admitted A later report says nine were killed. killing four laborers. Dine Van appeared 111. Nledermeler The scene of the wreck is four miles was BROKE. . aggressive as usual. Henry Blehl, from the nearest telegraph station, COTTON BROKERS was sllglty wounded In the raid who causNEW YORK, Feb. 9. Hally A Co., The accident is said to have been rehis life by playing possum, saved and killed a those All collision. grain and cotton brokers, assigned this ed by was the first witness. sided In Ottawa. morning. , |