Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-11
DAMAGE TO The czAREv|TcH.
a., ca Serious as Thought at First
And She VIII be Able to Resume
Active Service Shortly.
,AllROAu ACROSS LAKE BAlKAl'
o,,,,s Have Been Issued to Have 1t
roroleted by Feb. IS, and Bonus
For Each Day Earlier.

paris Feb. 1.-THE Temps says II
,as received confirmation from oiiciai
.om,ces Of the report from Port Arthur
.sa, the Japanese attempted to make
landing at the bay of Port Arthur
and we're Immediately repulsed'
czAREvITCH NOT MUCH DAM
AGED.
paris Feb. 11.--Advices received mere
go ,bo foreign Office are to the enect
,bo, ,he damage sustained by the Rus
s,on battleship C2arevitch, beached at
Port Arthur on the night Of Feb o.
after having been torpedoed by the Jap
.nese is not serious and that she VIII
be able to resume active service snort
IT, o,. o.
Tho cutting Of the cables compels OF
ALL messages from Korea TO come
hora nv ,yay OF ST. Petersburg, causing
aolov nj IL hours. Therefore, no ON.
o,oI confirmation has been received OK
,So renort that the emperor OF Korea
tad sonpht refuge in the French lega-
,,nn Nor has the foreign office been
officially notified that the crews OF lhs
snnken Russian warships Varlag anu
Koretz took refuge on the rrenen
cruiser Pascal after the engageiheh'
win the japanese off Chemulpo'
0fRclal sentiment here Is someWhat,
teassnred concerning the United states
ro,s 10 Inc powers on the subject OF
neutrality and integrity OF China, Unit
a dates Ambassador Porter pointing
ont that the powers have q common m
forest In keeping ChSla neutral, FOR
zion Minister Delcasse evinces the Ut
most desire TO cooperate with the UNIT
ID states 80 long as nothing lnimlcai 70
Russia Is done. D.oh
The friendly sentiments OF the f,renon
government towards the United states
are indicated by the message of Presl-
aert Iouhet and NJ Delcasse c0ncerh-
ing the Baltimore disaster.
LAKE BAIKAL RAILWAY.
S. Petersburg. Feb. liza dispatch
from lrkutsk, Siberia, says orders nav
been issued to have the railroad across
the ice covered Lake Balkal conpieleu
By Feb 2S The contractors nave peet'
promised a bonus OF NbOO Tor each
days earlier completion ,
il was announced from St,PetersburB
Feb O. that as the passage or LAKE
l}alkal by train across the ice appeared
TOO dangerous the Russian reinforce
ments would cross the ice on foot anu
the war material would be transported
over temporary line which IL prob
ably the undertaking referred to IN tne
dspatch from lrkutsk, Lake Balkai
is frozen over from January to May
RUSSIAN SECURITY HOLDERS.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 1.-THE minister
OF finance has issued communication
which warns the people against Decoh-
Ing panic-stricken and sacrlncing lhe,
securities they hold as thereby they WIN
only benefit the spectators. The MN
lstry eXhorts the people to remain cam
and collected regarding events In the
far east. which, while they may create
temporary difficulties, cannot shake
Russia economic power. II points out
that stocks fell at the outbreak OF the
Russo-Turkish war IN 1877, but that
within fortnight Quotations recovered.
This experience II says, Is now being
repeated
Orders have been issued for the for
nation Of third Siberian army corps
and trans aikal division Of Cossacks,
These win be Incorporated In the Man
churian army.
WAR EXISTS OFFICIALLY.
Toxic, Feb. 1.-THE existence OF
state Of war with Russia was formally
announced today by an imperial PROF.
IamatIon,
RUSSIAN GARRISON WITHDRAWN.
TIen Tsin. Feb. 1.-THE Russian gar
llson was withdrawn yesterday to Shan
liol kwan The postolllce was transfer.
red Ia the French authorities.
yuan Shi Kal, governor OF Chi III
province and commander-ln-ch Of
lhe army, has issued proclamation
loTh'ddlng meetings OF secret societies
or seiltl0us meetings The Japanese
me flooding Pekin with gratis newspa-
ltIs containing reports OF the japanese
successes agolnst Russia,