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PRICE ONE CENT NEW YOAK FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5 1904 PRICE ONE CEWV IFIRE CHEF CHOKER

f IS REINSTATEDt

Appellate Division Decides Unanimouslythat His Removalfrom Officeby Former

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Fire Commissioner Sturgis Was Illegaland He Will Resume His Old Position

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Corporation Counsel Delany wHo WasDeposed Chiefs Counsel Now Finds

I Ijlimself in Curious Position of BeingOpposed to Him as CitY Adviser

Former Fire Chief Edward F Croker who was removed from office by

Mayor IowlI F re Commissioner Thomas Sturgis after a sensational trialnearly two years ago has boon reinstates by the Appellate Division of theCupreme Court

The decision Is unanimous and it carries with It full payment of salaryfor Croknr during the time he has been out of office Ai the salary IB 6000-

B year this Ir no Inconsiderable matter Mr Croker will resume his dutiesus chief on Tuesday morning I

Tho decision in the case follows close on the argument before the Appe-llate

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Division in the certiorari proceedings This argument was conducted

ly the prlR nt Corporation Counsel John J Delany who has been Crokerscounsel all through his fight but who abandoned his private practice on-

bis accession to public office The argument fpr Croker ifhlch resulted Intodays decision wail made by Mr Delany less than two months ago andwas the last private legal proceeding In which the Corporation Counsel

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tDELANY IN ODD POSITION v-

Mr Delany now finds himself In a unique position As CorporationCounsel of the City of New York It Is his duty to formulate an appealngalust the decision rendered today If an appeal Is to bo takon That would

I r place him In the position of fighting against his own victory of arguingbefore tho Court of Appeals gainst his own brief The fact that the de-

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reinstating Croker to office Is unanimous lets Mr Delany down alittle caster than If there had been a dissenting opinion tinder the i cir-

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be will be less liable to criticism if no appeal is takenThe decision for Croker Is wrlttefl byJudge MC4 rbi

1Judges Van

4 OJnmt Patterson OBrien and Lauthlln Concurringi or N ijvVv-

JUSTICEMLAUGHZIN1 S DEClsXpNL x < rtf Justice McLaughlln In his decision nr ettiJC that a careful

conslderattyn of the entire record shorwa that at the time the charge weremade the Coratnlqsloner entertained a decided prejudice against the relatorwhich was In no way disguised In spite of this the Commissioner hod thepower to act as Judge under the statute The decision sajrs that the very be-

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of the record EOWS a preconceived scheme on the part of the Com ¬

missioner to Interfere with the relator In the performance of his duties1 fTho Commissioned had the right to the relator to do his duty butr bn had no right to prevent him from doing his duty which he attempted

When he tried to forceOhlef Croker to take a vacationOn the subject of the Park Avenue Hotel Are Justice McLaughlln

writes that there nothing in the evidence to support the findings of theCommissioner The fair Inference Is that Chief Croker did all that he couldreasonably be expected to do on that occasion As to the charge of ronHerslon of public property Justice McLaughlln Bays that there is nothing In

the evidence to show a wrong motive on the part ot tho Chiefin causingtire hose to be dellverel at the Polo Grounds On the contrary says theCourt Itappears that he acted for the good of tho service and with ampleauthority under the charter

The other charges are disposed of In similar fashion and In a eummary-

oft the entire case the Court sag that on some of the charges on which hewas fouml guilty Chief Croker was entitled to an acquittal and on otherslie was prevented from presenting a lull defense by the rulings of the Com ¬

missioner Throughout the cntlie trial says the Court Urther the Com ¬

missioner In his rulings anti by his attitude and conclusions manifested aprejudice and bias which affected his Judgment

I Corporation Counsel Delany got news ot Ciokers reinstatement soon

nJter the decision was rendered He could hardly contain his glee

cl thats Justice he raid The opinion Is unonlmour so any opln

Son ot mine on tho matter would be sunerfluous Mr Croker and I partedcompany on Jan J since which time Frederick St John of No 27 WilliamBtrect has represented Mr Croker Hut of course ttiis victory Is mine andJ am ery proud of it

doesnt place me In tho least embarrassment as Corporation Counsel

If It Is deemed necessary for me to take an appeal I will take it A lawyer

ft can adapt himself to any circumstance I am no different In this respectI than mybrethren of the bar I assure you I could enter Into a fight against

the decision with the same fervor as 1 made the fight for Mr Croker

NEWS MAKES CROKER HAPPYFormer Chief Croktr was Heated at luncheon In the Broadway Central

1 Hotel when an Eunlns World reporter took the news to him The Chief

I1roppedlhlskntre and folk ami looked happier than he has for twb years

So J win do 17 lie said Well I knew the courtswould give meJ Justli e I cpuldiit get It frolr Sturgla hut knew the courts would see fair

lilay Ia act In forcing me from tho fire Department was pure pique Hewas the accuser In my trial and also thp Judge He neer gave me a chance

i From the first he was letormlnpd to force me out and he never weighedJ evidence allowed fair play 1 havo waited patiently for Justice feeling

oil the time that sooner or later 1 would cet it It didnt I knew it wasbecause there was no such thing as Justice in tha courts ot the land

Im a very happy man over this news although as I 1a1 anticipatedIt I shall nowgo downtown and see my lawyer Mr St John What I donext tapcnds upor him

Let me say that in this moment of victory bearno man any ill wiltI

No tran in the Tire DepartmentlieeU Jook upon meas an e1 myl am tobo Fir Chlrf aqaln and I shall be a fair chief I hav had enough ot In-

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mybelt to ever allow mo to be Unjust to another I BO back with thecno Idea of fighting Ore fighting It to the bestot my ability wind Insisting

I ttpcn oeiy mnn under me belnfr a fireman and roihnc else

THAXKS THE EVENlNG WORLDI want to thank the people In this city who have stood by me In my

trouble and have given me their sympathy It has boon a very gratifying

t t thing for me to see the confidence the bualnesa men the Insurance men

and the citizens generally have had In me Especially dovl wont to thank I

The Evening World for the lair and square play it hn shown me from the I

first At notime during the trial did The Evefllng Wprld do other thanAfea fair tWne to b tlifjJdee M

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Appellate Division Hands Down

a Decision Declaring Passen ¬

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tination Designated on Car

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Board of Aldermen the CourtHolds Was Authorized toPass the Ordinance Revers ¬

ing Justice Murrays Ruling

Justice Fretdman Glldersleeve andGreenbaum In the Appellate Term ofthe Supreme Court today handed downa decision reversing a rullno of JusticeMurray In the Tenth District MunicipalCourt dismissing the complaint In anaction brousht by the City of New Yorkagainst the Interurban Street RailwayCoCmpany for the collection of thepenalty of ftOO for violation of the carahead ordinance adopted by theMayor on July 22 190 requiring streetsurface railroad companies to carry apassenger to any regular stopping placedesired by him upon suoll cars routewithout change of car except fortransfers to a connecting line going Inanother direction or In case on accidentrenders compliance with tho ordinanceImpossible

Justice Murray held that the Boardof Aldermen was not authorized topass such an ordinance and that theprovisions of the General Railroad actgoverned and controlled such a regulatlon as Is provided for In the or ¬

dinanceWilliam F Peters J Arch McQoern

and Alexander Sax In Ma> 1503boarded a northbound car of the de ¬

fendant about Fourteenth street whichbore a sign Columbus Avcnuo Theydesired to alight alOne Hundredthstreet Nlnet > eighth street and OneHundred and Fourth stret and Colum ¬

bus avenue respectivelyThey were carried to Columbus ave ¬

nue and Seventyninth street wherethey were told by the conductor to e t-

out and take the car ahead Thin theyrefused to rtd and remained In he carwhich was fvltched to the downtowntrack and tiffln to Boutli rr ihereIt remained vrenty minutes and wuthen moved to Columbus avenue andFlftjnlnth strwt

There It was run Into the barn whereIt was kept for forty minutes the threepassengers still remaining In It butwas at last taken out and proceededup Columbus avenue carrying the threemen to their respective destinationsSuxe paid two tares When the carwas at Columbus avenue the conductorsaid the lights were not working Thedefendant offered no evidence

MURDllGEfS

MORf TIME TO LIVE

Frank Henry Burness Who I

Boasted of Persons He HadKilled Has Made an Appeal

and a Stay Is Allowed

OBSINING N T Feb BWardenJohnson of Slnsr Sing Prl on today re ¬

ceived Tonl that an nupenl had beentaken In the case of Frank Henry Burness who was to have been put todeath In the electric chair on Mondaymorning next and the execution Istherefore stayed

All preparations for the electrocutionhad been made and the Invitations towitnesses sent ou Burness shot andkilled Capt George B Townsend on thedeck of the tatters schooner ort thenay Ridge shore Brooklyn on Nov 10

lastAlthough at his trial he admitted his

guilt acknowledged that he had com-

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other murders and asked thatthe death sentence be quickly carriedout his counsel has now carried thecase to th Court of Appeals Pend ¬

ing a decision the appeal acts as astay of execution

EXPLOSION ON THE IOWA

Trrp Can Bant on the BattleShipbut bbodr Hart

WASHINGTON Feb S The follow-ing

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telegram has been received at theNavy Department from Capt TrainPresident Board of Inspection and Sur-vey

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Fort Monroe dated yesterdayWhile the Board of Inspection was

the buttery this morning on theb ttleh1plOWIL both suns In the star-board

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forward elghtlnoh turret blewoft their muzzles No damage exceptto guns and one whaleboat No casualties

WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for tho thlrtyilx-boun ending at 8 P M Saturdayfor New York City and vicinityGenerally fair and warmer to ¬

tight Sturdy partly cloudyfollowed byrain or snow windbecoming fresh east to south

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SPECIAL EXTRA

POLICE WILLCLOSE GRANi-

DOPERAHOUSEPolce Commissioner McAdoovlate this evening called inPo

lice Capt Cottrell instructedhim im to see thatno perform-ance

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is given tonight in the Grand OperaRouse He told theI

captain to station a sJfficient number policemen aUevecydoor to kedp the house frombeing en

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LATE WINNERS AINEWORLEANSFifth Race Lady Greenwood 1 Lythelist 2 TruffleiHunter-

ENDSLIFEATCHURCH

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Lucian Chapin an insuran eag employed d bythe NewYork Life Cojnpany committed suicide this afternoon at theRiverside Baptist Church Amsterdam avenue and Ninetysecond street Mr Chapin lived at No 214 West Eightyfifthstreet and was a regular attendant at the church He wasformerly a wellknown hatter v

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GUARDS FOR AMERICANS IN COREAWASHINGTON Feb 5 MrAllen the American Minister at

Seoul cables the State Department that he is taking activesteps to protect American citizens in the interior of Corea

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FIRE IN AN ICE PLANTThe plant of the Hygeia Ice Company at Twelfth avenueand

Fortyninth street caught fire late thisevening Two alarmswere sent in and there was a call for an ambulance One ofthe employees wadnjured

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A crowd of men women and chil-dren

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all brouKht together out of curlotlty to find out what Capt > iloaiynn-of the Weal One Hundred and TwentyFifth treet Italian and twelve plain-clothes men were coin to do thli af-ternoon

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at the private lodclhchouie-No 306 We t One Hundred and Twe-ntythird

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street created much eeltementIn Uarlm today

DrtectUe Hnje thought he dlicovered an embryo poolroom In thli homeand reported to his cnpjaln Then thesquad w placed and for several hourth ecrowd gathered to await the raidwhich did not take In the hauteHasei who had entered to hire a furnUhrd room found th < parlor floor Ina condition which arouied hli tuiplclone Therefore the watch

BOY PROTECTED MOTHER

Objeclril to Pollconmna frmtment-of Her uinl u ua ArrcntrU-

MnrgxretI

McOowon and her ion Mi-

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of No 777 Columbus avenue werearraigned before Mag titrate Barlowrjnthe West Side Court today chargelwith disorderly conduct Mrs McQow-

an becime enraged said Mn LlirleMitchell of the same address over amatter of rent-

Policeman Burlce wai called In and hearrcfctcd Mri McOoWan THe boy Mi ¬

chael did nrtthlnk offlotr wastrentlnR Ills mother with proper con-sideration

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and he objected to treat ¬

ment upon her He too waiarrested Both were discharged

FRENCH COUNT ARRESTEDI

ilmltted to nail In the laiC f-

llrotherlnLftTTPaul Martel de la Cllesnase who Is

ald to be a Krench count wa r-

rcsted by Deputy Sheriff Terry todayon an order signed by Justice Davis ofthe Supreme Court In n action

against him by Claud 8ch-hli brotherinlaw to recover H2UOThe count gave and wai not takento Jail

The lult grew out of a dispute overfinances the two men having I

married two sisters

FOR SAFETY THE Lf ROAD

Bin IDt41I4 for AdditionalGaaM 1ttOD

ALBANY Feb 6Mr 8fien todar I

Introduced a bill requlrtngtha tat leastone BTierff other than the ticker cnepper shall be on dutj on elevattn rail ¬

road Bfatlon platformi at all 1tR IIIrept between and A M iM I anaT oclock P M when there mutt re I

a tleasl twoThe bill prohibit turnitil eitntr

wholly or partly operated by passenIU11

HAD A FIT IN COMMONSLONDON r b 5Mr Vllllam-

Ilbernl Unionist Member of Parliamentfrom South Birmingham and fomierlyFinancial 9enretaryto the War Officehad an epllepUc tit thli afternoon lnlhtHO ofCommon l Qvedto ahosflltallni 1 a rlou lcndluoTu

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WIMUrn NiwboiaBolUr ihctbe na tutM ib t drort acalnit hitwit kbnjl Hfe iBoM rln theBupf rae Court ttor JUiUo U r ni-tritt tod riotl1l divorce UU thliAfternoon the jury flndlnr that MrBoiler had b an Intimate with tha corespondent In the can Cap TheodoreB Lawton The jury was out len thanan hour

Boiler makes flv oharcei ajralnit bli-reporterdetexiUve wife In each ofwhich he ayi that while the board ¬

edwlth rVola Kline Jn Goldstreet JBroflklyn Theodore ELawtonvhe eptupgeaarian employerand fOJWtt Xjn jwJnrlfc 3UUSecret Service wt Jun oJuly hnd Aiiru t nmTWtlany r P AV-

H Hrown4htd Kiln her ion Kurill Kiln ond a enin t the boardInchoiiBc to teUfytbKtthe r ner blecaptain vlklted their Jalr and cleerboarder andjtajed uoUlall hour

Mrs Boiler liiecreUry of the N rrataniett Bay 8U pl Compan No-

l l Jf n uf tre t ofVhlchCfapt Ijiwton 1 ttieTresfdehr-

Havled Horieiho at C p t ln-

ntunell Kline tMtlfltd that itrnBoiler and Capt uawton often quar ¬

relled and tKit ones nleht he Kilnswai In the treat when tho Captainrushed Into tho bouia and n momentlater Irs Boiler hurled a horaeihoeout of her window at the Captain yellInr

Ill kill youThe Itneallald he narrowly escaped

the horieshoe < hlmiclflira Bollei was her own tint wit-

ness In defense 8he denied all theeharcei acalnat her and Jn reiponte toAbraham Levy queitloni ihe laid

t am forty two yemra old Iwai awldom when t married Mr Boiler in1SW 1 have a ion twentjfour ears old1 had an accident In Colorado In Itfttand my neck and pine were brokenSlnee then 1 have been try ntrvoui-Capt Lawton hat nuried me for monthat a time I have helped to tupport-Bolltr << ver imct our marrlace-

C e Calltta W e Her KaraCapt ITton and his wit have

known me sine my childhood Theyart my constant fritnds Th CaptainIs mployed Intbe Oovernmtnt SecretBerrlct al a tractr and estimator

Alt year 1 wasbvpiojed aa houta-detectivej

tore and lookby

ihU room at MM Kline sto be DMT my ix >rk I had some troiiolewith mvj foot A chiropodist opmtlon It and Wood polonlnsr followed MrJ-lawiDii urns Aay In th country Shesent the Csptaln to nurse m-

It Is rot trie tfint I p rform 1 mvablutions Inth Captain presencethotich he often aw me In my night-dress

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for 1 w HIMrs Viola N Kllnr testified that

thertt was a man with Mrs Hollar evtrv-Hltht while she bid a furnished roomIn hr hous In Brookbti from AprilIn J1lsllut andthllt Mrs BotUr Intr04ueM him aaher brother the Captaln allll sald hi wu Lawton

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fRONT 15 TO 1

Long Shot Shows Way Home in

Third Race Jockey Jenkins

Hurt Lannon Injured in

Race Is Improving

WINNERS AT NEW ORLEANS

FIRST RACEMIss Melton to 2

1 Ralph Young 6 to 1 2 Tros-

siohs 3-

SECOND RAQEZyra 6 to 1

Voitry 9 to 5 2 Sweet Nell 3

THIRD RACE Felix Bird 15 to1 1 Barkelmera 10to 12 Lingo 3

FOURTH RACEM lmMllaCfl Jo5 1 Ethel ScruagVM to 1 2 in-

sp ctor Shea 3

NEWORLEANS La1eb JockeyJenkins promising Usjhtweighl wasthrown and inlured IIhlleworking bors at thjtraiscjlim n rnInc Jenkins was to rtda FelixDud Th Wizard und Ethal fccrogKi

todayTh track had dried out nnrt Wall

lightning fast whu lh tbrr-camthreatenlne

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Iho uiueitalnweather reduced the attendant to theregular element

Jockey W Fisher has let for Mem-

phis

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to school tho Schorr twoy earoldsHe will not be seen In the saddle aelllnuntil Hot Springs opens

Jockey Gannon Is reported greatlyimproved today Albert Simons hadthe boy tnkn to his cottage and calledIn th bet of talent to lookafter him The lad sustained a brokencoUnrbone He will not b1 able totjde agaJn this winter

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PANAMATBfATY TO

BE RATlf1EDS ON

William rt Cromwell Counsel

for the Company Says ThereWill Be a Months Work Ar-

ranging

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Transfers Abroad

J rTVIIllam Nel oh Cromwell rounselfor

the Panama Company In 1117 negotia-tion

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that Innc led 1111 so far In thePanama Canal matter today made a-

ulatement In wlch ho sold thit he b-

llfvctl the treat would be ratified< with-In twentydos

There will be a months work liow-

vff between tho AttorneyQenerat andhlmxelf In orr nglni thn transfers tnParis and on the Isthmus

As to the financing of the operationMr Cromwell Mid It was a mistake thereport that stockholders were to getmoney paid to them In this countrybut he declared tiiat no apprehensionnicd be felt because In arrangingforth transfer of fundi the local financiershad b en cooperating with SecretaryShaw and had evolved a plan by whichthe transaction would be completedwith practically no disturbance of thmoney market

He added that an arrangement for ahearing In the French Courts of Colomblai claim on Feb 17 had bren arninrod for and he had no doubt thecUilms old lie promptly dismissed

GEN BUCK SERIOUSLY ILL

ClTllSerrlce Commissioner SnflerIns from CoIIpr I

WASHINGTON Feb SQen JohnC Black Chairman of the UnitedStatei CivilService Commission andCommonderlnChtef of the G A RII serlousl > Ill here He has overtaxedtils strength and Is suffering from par ¬

tial colltpie-pr O A Human of Lancaster O-

BurgeonGeneral of the O A R whoII attending him say he will be comptolled to cancel bli engagements forthe next few weeki-

SOTHERN ENJOINEDLOUISVILLE K Fch 5A tempo

ran Injunction rwtr lnlns Actor K II-

Pothern from iislns or illjpoilnc of II

drama entitled A Hollilisi Dlyer-uton A n granted tod > l > JudgeKlrhv to K D Schoonnwker of I x-

ington Ihe petition drmnnds that If-

Mr Hothern refunes to return the mnnii-Mrlpl the petitioner be granted damagnand comp nvutn-

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Mikado s Determined to Fight and Will NotPermit England to Interfere for Peacj iUnless Concessions No Matter How Gfnerous Ate Put in Writing and Signed

RUSSIA PLANS TO SEIZE COREAAND RUSHES 20000 MEN FORWARD

Japanese Battleships Follow Russian Trarisiports with 6000 Troops Aboard and ClashExpected at Chemulpo Wasliillgton

Thinks Fighting May Be Under Way >

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PARIS Feb 5 If Russia refuses to sign a treaty grantirigthf

terms demanded by the Mikado Japan will fight

This utterance in an interview published here with Baroiv Hayashj

the Japanese Minister to Great Britain has attracted marked attention inv

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the highest Government quarters

His declaration also that Japan desires to be ft alone and will object tto any intervention from Great Britain tending toward Inducifig the ac-

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of Russias reply has caused wide comment as tending JtdpfpYi

the fighting temper of the Japanese

Is your Oovornment unalterably determined on this course tho Mln-

Isttr WAS Asked-

Absolutely be U said to have replied We will not take promiseToo many have been broken and now we Insist upon a signed treaty Jt

ThV Interviewer then askedSuppos Russia answer is conciliatory reasonable but retiSiejife

go to the extent of signing the treaty you desired will your overn thenhave recourse to arms

That Is precisely what I mean replied the Minister

ENGLAND MUST KEEP OFF 11

If the Government of His Majaety King Edward VII asks Japan nox

to make war continued the Interviewer and request her to accept Hus-

slaa reply what will Japan do lWe shall greatly object to such Intervention even coming from tha

King We desire to be left aone in our duel with Russia We do not wantsupport or assistance We desire toaettlp our own accouont with Russia

Intermlnatlng the Interview Baron Hayashl was asked Then yotUifythat If Russia refuses tn sign a treaty recognizing Chinas tlghta In Man-

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4that means war r rThat wlir be war replied the Minister Cv-

Raron Hayaahl added to the foregoing that he believed It tq1Hi the VleAfn-

of his Government and that authority had been given him to announce Itij-

MA Y NO W BE FIGHTINGWASHINGTON Feb 5 The Administration thinks war Is about tft 8ft-

gfri In the East between Russia and Japan and bases Its opinion Upon tbrofficial notification from the Commercial Cable Compan received todaythat no cablegrams for Jnpan or Corea will be accepted except t senderrisk

This Is taken to mean that hostilities are imminent even If they ban-not 1already begun

In the opinion of a diplomat conversant with the JapanR u jvhsse of thefar Eastern situation the Toklo Government will not VaiL jonffr than to-

day

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for the Russian reply unices in the mean time a satisfactory Intimationv

Is received as to Its character The feeling In Japanese clrcels seenu tobsIncreasing that If the note Is delayed longr the deay is to be Interpreted aa-

mereyl for the purpose of giving Ruaila more time In which to prepareherself for the blow Japan Is expected to strllke t-

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Feb 5Jnpan alarmed by the rapid advances of the Russtartroops in Coren has hurriedly notified all her subjects In that countryjtrseek safetyat Seoul where the Japanese forces are Being strengthend lrrlly t-

It Is realized here that Corea will be the fighting ground Chenlulpobeing regarded as the scene of the first fight News Is anxiously awaitedhere of the Russian transports on the way to that place as the Japanesenaval commanders have been notified not to permit the landing of any of

the Cxars troops

The attempt to put men ashore under any pretext will be resisted arid

that of eour e will mean war w

A cable from 3t Petersburg states that the Cur is continuing his djlatory tacucb and that his answer will not reach here until Mond r Impa-tience

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is turning to dltgust and the people are now emphatically for war

RUSSIAN TROOPS SWARM IN CORE-S

lOUL Corea Feb 5 Russia Is hurrying her armies Into Corea det

mined to make her first blow In the war with Japan adistinct and tellingone Twenty thousand troops hurrying from the north have crossed theYalu River and are headed thin way while 6000 more are expected to f4

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any hour today at ChemulpoJapan making a counter move hat big bodies of men catupofi t p

here and the frontier while a lighting force is within a short i1 t

Chemulpoready to stop the lauding of the Russians w ho are being htjrrli-J

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Ion transports for that harborTho troops ot both natlonsare restive and anxious for a clash and M

outbreak that will preclrltato hostilities Is expected at nny moment

In anticipation ot the war that will spread havoc In Corea topment In this city nnd vicinity is Intense I

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