The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
BALTIC FLEET READY
Elssian Ships Being Manned for I'm.
mediate Use.
WEDDING PARTY UNDER HOT FIRE.
Thousands Of japanese Employed on the
Coast Of Island Of Sakhalln Disguised as
Soldiers and Sallors-Enormou Cost Of
The War to Rdssia-Daily Expenses Average
s75,000-May Have to Float Internal Loan.

St. Petersburg (By Cable) The
ships of the Baltic fleet here and at
Libau will be i'll commission AMI
ready to sail this week The naval
reserves of the neighboring provinces
are arriving for distribution to the
ships.
All hope is given TIP of the recov-
cry OF the body of Vice Admiral Ma
karoff. 1t is believed to be beneath
the overturned ship. The official re-
ports place so as the number OF per-
sons saved from the Petropavovsk.
The Admiralty denies the statement
made by the London Times in its
wireless report that the Japanese
while laying mines before Port Ar
thur. 1t is said that il she came i'll
and laid mines the Russian search
Fights failed to pick her up.
Advices received here from Alexan-
drof, Island OF Sakhalin, say it is
believed that 1000 to 5000 Japanese
employed on the eastern and southern
coasts are disguised soldiers and
sailors. Many of them have been ar
rested in the Korsakoff district with
arms i'll their possession. The fam;-
lies OF officials and residents OF Kor-
sakoff and Alexandroff, it is added,
are secretly secreting their valuables
and fleeing into the interior.
United States Commercial Agent
Crcener, at Nladivostock. has been
instructed through Ambassador Nc
Cormick to inform the Japanese con-
sui at the Island of Sakhalin that a
vessel will be sent to the island to
take back to Japan the consular staff
and the refugees. The arrangements
for sending the ship are to be made
by Japan through the authorities at
Washington.
A private letter from Port Arthur
describes a wedding which occurred
during bombardment. The wedding
guests were nearly stampeded, the car
riage horses tried to bolt and shells
were bursting as the procession drove
to the church; but after the cere-
mony 100 guests danced while shells
were flying and bursting over head.
J he newly married couple, it is fur
ther asserted, were quite happy.
Grand Duke Cyril, who was injured
at the time OF the Petropovalovsk dis
aster is protesting against returning
to Russia. He desires, as soon as he
has recovered, to go back to Port
Arthur, but his mother, the Grand
Duchess Vladimir, is insisting on his
return.
Russia has made new issue OF
SI5,oooooo in paper currency against
tree gold in the state bank. At the
Ministry of Finance it was explained
that it was an ordinary issue and in
no sense was forced. Under the law
paper is issuabe to double the amount
OF gold up to $I5o,ooo, 900 gold, in ex-
cess of which paper issued must be
covered rouble for rouble. In the
State Bank there are, in round figures.
S4oo,ooo,ooo in gold, which would per-
NIT OF an issue OF S55o,ooo in paper,
but the paper issue at present only
amounts TO $35o,ooo,ooo.
The daily expenses are averaging
S75o,ooo, and it is estimated that a
years expenditures for the war will
total $25o,ooo, 900. To meet this there
existed a free balance OF $4,000, 900.
which was increased to $II5,ooo, 900
by reductions OF the ordinary bud
gets, leaving ostensibly $I35,ooo, 900
TO be found. But a portion of the lat
ter is made up by the increased earn
ngs of the railroads owned by the
government. 1t being in reality a
question OF bookkeeping, how the bal
ance is to be raised has not yet been
determined. The Ministry of Finance
believes 1t may be easy to float an
internal loan late in the summer or
fall.