Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-02-26
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Japan Sending a Fi6ancier Here to
Investigate Money Market.
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IsoI<io millionaire Offers His FinS
Idols for Sa1e-ReiIIgerSntS2 Iust
Not Ipteffere with FOodstufs
one American Vessels.

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ssTokie Feb. 25.4The news ofsthe es.
cape FROM death of the crew q the
=HNFakonoura Maru was received 1nTokio
with satisfaction ana perceptibly less
ems the feeling of bitterness toward
the Russians on accouat of the sink
ing OF the ship. A prisoners Rtelli-
gence bureau has been created and reg.
nlationse rsgard1ng the treatment OF
prisoners of war have been published
The Toxic government, it is under@
stood, has anticipated . the necessity
Of soon providing for. the care of Rus
sian prisoners. Vice Gov. Takahashi
5of the Bank of Japan, who goes &c
America and England, will investigate
the financial sitsation generally with
4 view of floating loan latersif one
should be needed.
Hands on Of FOOdstu2I,s.
, Washington, Feb. -OmciaIs9hea
are apIrehenszve thet friction may fol-
low she effo1ts of the belligerentSai in
Asia to define coHsraband Of war, II
l manner injurious. to American trade
While the matter has not. yet beer
treated in che negotiations had with
Che United States on the other, there
Is reason to believe that some of the
Europsan Fowars already hare been
eonfropted With threatened restrictions
lpon then trade. which they are dis
posed to resist A vast quantity OF
foodstuffs is noS SEioat des.
tined for both Russia and Japan an6
it is probable that the question will
be very speedily raised as to whsth&t
d. not these supplies are coptrslJAn0
Of war. Tie United States he's in9re.
Te4t years insisted that f8odstuffs were
not contraband and ee1Ed not b@seized
by belliger4t unless it were shown
hat theegoo6 were consigned - q
dearly me6nde9 efsr "a ebelligsFaese
pThis pffpS9fe Wss Fecogejzed by .Hgks
British government during the Trans
vaa1 war and British courts AWARDED
considerable sums Of moaey to Amer
lean shippers on account of food seized
by British war ships.
Pranise to Visit Hakodafe:
b NagasaKa, FEB: 23.5TheeR steamer
0stolberg has dsriyad here from Vlsd-
vostok WITH 20 white foreigners, 1,5Q0
Chinese and 80 Jafapesea She brings
a addition 40 survivors of the Japa;
aese Steamer Nakono&ra sMaru, which
was sunk by the Russian cruiser
squadron from Vladivestok on Febru-
ary IL. Two of these men were
drowned during their transfer to ths
Russian ships: eIheG Survivors were
bWeH treated and provided with return
passages. @ G
9he .<V1adivostok squadron INTENDED
o lombard Hakoda1e, ut.aosnowstorm
srevented the vessels fsoRA entering
he straits Of Tsugaru. They inteRd to
make anotber attempt to reach Bake
3ate in. March, with the cruisers, fac
torpedo boats ana an armed transport,
The civilians of VlasivastoA have been
ordered to leave, owing to the scarcity
Of food, as tffe. government is taking
everything available. A panic hsa
,eised the Chinese, who aresleavsssg, By
Wholesale. z Go >
Offers Museum for War Fund. {
Toxic Feb. Kehachsro okahrra
/ millionaire Ct Toxic, offers his pFi-
cate museum for sale in AmSriea and
England for $1,000, 000?o He proposes
to donate the monsyete the Japanese
war fund. The museum contains the
most famous priya9 collection IN
HpaA, and represents the labor of sc
years in collecting and ian expenditure
! exceeding 100000 yen, Included
among the many rare :curios are over
: 900 Thibetan, Chinese, Siamese, Ko-
rean ana japanese IDOLS, covering 8
period of 13 CENTURIES The knost in
teressing indRidual piece is the shrine
of the Fifth Shugun. The offsS dn'
eludes the museum Building ointC
which are built parts of temples, Oh
ceilings, panels and ancient woodwork
Rushing locomotives to. Japan.
/ Philadelphia, Feb. 23.AIn conse
u1ience of a rush order from the Jap
anese. government for. locomotives
locomotive plant here shas established
2 new record by the construction o
seven locomotives in q day. The en-
gines ordered by Japanese are for. thu
military railroad that, will connec
Fusan, on tho southern coast of Korea
with Seoul, the capital The order
which called for 20 locomotives to b
completed within 80 days, was receives
late in January. Eight of them hav
been shipped to Fusan- The. remain
Ing II will. be shipped this week.
Russia is Pressing Turkey.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 23.-It. is under
stood here. that Russia is hringin
great pressure to bear upon Turkey L
secure the passage through the darda
nelles Of it's Black sea fleet: 1t is as
serted here that once the fleet get
, through, England will content itsei
with diplomatic protests No ven
geance would be taken on Turkey 70
/. fear of Russia
Japan Buys Pork at Des afoIues.
Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 23.-Represent