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The Dickinson press., 1904-06-18
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For Sale
Farm For Sale.

A farm OF 1000 acres, situated between
Gladstone and raylor-two miles from
the former and four miles from the latter
place-having the station Of Knowlton
in the middle. There are two good
springs of running water, four (4) wells
of good water, two good houses and two
barns, three hundred acres under cult
walton and about four hundred fenced in.
5-2S-tf THos. EVANS, Dickinson, N. D.
The Dickinson press., 1904-06-18

NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.
Land Office at Bismarck, N. y.
June 10, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the follow ng named
settler has filed motto. OF his intention o mnke
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before Register and Receiver
United States Lane Office in TIE city of Dickin-
son. N. D., on July 26, 1901. viz:
JACOB REITER.
R~ichardton, N. D.,
for the nwA sec. 70, twp. 40 n, =. 90 W 5th p. m.
He names the following witnesses to prove
of said land, viz:
Adam Weller, Stephen digger, Mike Yokum,
Anton Feiler, all of Richardton, N. D.
n. II. JEWELL, Register.
Geo. Aud,
Atty. for Claimant. 6.18-6t
The Dickinson press., 1904-06-18
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.

NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
Land Office ut Bismarck, n. D.
Notice is hereby. given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention to
make final proof in support OF his claim, and
Saunders, ctierE Of the District Court, at his
Office in Dickinson, N. D., on 2Sth day of June,
1904, VIZ:
FRED DOHRMANN
for the nwA sec. q, twp. 40 n, r 81 W..
He names the following witnesses to prove hts
continuous residence upon, and cultivation Of
said land, viz:
Nels Gustene, Robert Muecka,. Henry G. stox-
en- and Fred H. Rust, all of Taylor, N. I.
5-14-6t NJ. II. JEWELL. Register
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF
Land Office at Bismarck, N. D., May %, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
tt oi %has and dR that . pFGG nroof n will ;Sa e %sde b Of
fore the Register and Receiver of the land
office in Dickinson, N. d., on the 18th day Of
July, 1904, viz:
ALFRED l.. uAUZEN
for tho SEX sec. 8, twp IL? n, r 93 W.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
WIZ NfoA 0AN W
land, viz:
Erland Pau'son, G. Brademeyer, Ingman O.
Haugen, Robert G. Plaggemeycr, all of Taylor,
| N. D.
J. G. Saunders,
Atty for Claimant.
CAST NJ. H. JEWELL, Register.
NOTICE OF HOMESTEAD FINAL
PROOF.
Land Office ut Bismarck, MI
May %, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of his intention to
make final proof in support Of his calm, and
that said proof will be made before Register
and Receiver of tho land Office in Dickinson,
N. D., on the 9th day Of July, 1904, viz:
STEPHEN Killer
for the nwt sec. %, twp. 1877 n,r 92w
He names the following witnesses to provo his
continuous residence upon and cultivation OF
said land, viz:
Nick Roth. John Sem, George Schneider,
Ignatz Patti, all Of Dickinson, N. D..
J. G. Saunders,
Atty. for Claimant.
6-4-6t NJ. IL. JEWELL, Register.
The Dickinson press., 1904-06-18
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA.

Office of Commissioner Of Insurance.
I, Ferd. Leutz, Commissioner, of Insur.
ance of the state of North Dakota, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true abstract
Of the original statement now on file in this
Office. :*a
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of this Office at
Bismarck, this I'd day of May, A. D. 1904.
FERD. LEUTL,
Commissioner of Insurance.
W. c.. Gilbreath, Deputy.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-25

xionar.. y, ademas. tengo que
nablar con mi hermano.
Como usted quiera! lie da-
re a usted mis- seflas en- Bruselas.
Y despues de haber escrito
unas lineas en- una tarjeta,
aladio.
-Aplazare mi entrevista con
el principe de Naslahant hasta
las tres de la tarde. y esperare
su telegrama de usted hasta la
una en- punto. Esto significa
que preferimos un duque fran
ces a TN principe belga.
Ell yankee Sc despidio de la
marquesa y sali6 precipitada-
mente del salon.
JssNA LOTraias.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-25

La gran biblioteca de Jurispruden-
cla, Filosof1a { Historic, ha puesto a
la venta el libro de Mackenzie Wal1a-
re, titulado "Rusia-El pafs-Las ins-
tituciones-Las costumbreS..'
Es una obra de actualidad, que Sc
vende a ochenta' y cinco centavos el
tomo, incluso el franqueo, en- la libre-
ria del BOLETIN MERCANTILn
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-25
JONATHAN STEEM. ?"

-exclam0 8 madame de Summe-
reuse, estrujando con mano ca
lenturienta Ell despacho que aca.
baba derecibir. Hace Glen aflos
no habria habido bastantes es-
cobas para arrojar de casa a ese
caballero. No quiero recibirle y
este ensefiara a ese Jonathan.
La marquesa Susana de Som
mereuse, hija del duque de Hau-
tes-Agdes, Sc miro al espejo y
despues Sc dejo caer en- una bu-
taCa.
-iPobre hermano mio!-diio
para si.-iQuien pagara sus deu,
das, que ascienden a dos Milo
mes de frances? mo hay rene
dio! iReci bire a Jonathan Steem!
Roberto Almery de Hautes-
Agdes era ell hermano mayor y
muy querido de madame de
SOmmereause.
Gran jugador, sin rival en- to
dos los sports, modelo de ele-
garcia y afortunado galantea-
dor. estaba completamente arrui-
nadO.
Tenia I'm pasado escandaloso
y no habia medic de que pudie-
ra realizar en- Francia un buen
matrimonio. Ell marques de
Sommereuse lie habia pagado dos
veces sus deudas y no guerra Dir
hablar de su CunadO.
Susana Sc habia casado pOr
su belleza, y las deudas del du-
que pasaban de dos millones.
La nomenclature de sus acree
dores era fabulosa. La catas-
trofe no pod1a evitarse y mada-
me de Sommereuse estaba de-
sesperada cuando sc presento la
combination de Jonathan Steem
como unica tabla de salVacion.
Jonathan Steem era Ell hijo del
famoso William Harry Steem,
de Cincinati-cerdos y salazo-
nes-una de las grandes fortu-
mas de haCe treinta amos de la
joven America.
Muerto William, Jonathan
habia continuado el negoCio de
su padre y seguia manejando
millones mas millones.
Jonathan Steem, casado y pa
Dire de muchos hijos, tenia una
hermana, miss Georgina Steem,
hermosa criatura, cuyo lujo ha-
bia deslumbrado a Paris sin fas-
cinarle.
La nobleza no quiso abrir sus
puertas a miss Georgina, cosa
que a la princesa de la salazon
tenia sin cuidado. Sin embargo,
a la descendiente de los Steem
sc le meti0 en- la cabeza la idea
de ser duquesa.
Con tai motive, su hermano
paso revista a los nombres de
los duques solteros y eligi6 AFRO
berto Aimery de Hautes- Agdes
cuya mala situacion no le per
fnitla G,arse en- clertas preocu
paciones.
Por su parte, Ia marquesa de
Sommereuse Sc habia dirigido a
una agencia que le habia habla-
do de los deseoS de Jonathan.
A ESQ sc debia Ell telegrama
que aoabaha de recibir la mar
quesa, cuya sangre azul Sc re.
belava contra semejante proce-
dimi
A las Cuatr0 menos cinco ST
dirigio al gabinete de su mari
do, elegido por madame de Som
mereuse q causa de los retratOs
de la famlia.
No oDstante, q los pocos mo
mentos pas0 al salon Immediate
para que no Sc creyera que es
peraba con impaciencia los mi
Zones de America.
A las cuatro en- puDto, un la.
CavO intrOduiO 4 Steem en- e
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-10-25
puerta v Sc presento la maraue-

ISSutdISG, CdDdlISIO.
| Jonathan iba vestido con mu-
cha negligencia, llevaba camisa
de frane!a y no habia dejado el
baston en- la antesala.
Los dos antagonistas sc mi
dieron con la nirada.
-Sere muy breve-dijo Ell
understandable dispongo mas
|que de una hora, pues al salir
de aqui, debo acudir a tres citas
mas. Despues de conner, toma-
re ell tren de las nueve en- la es-
tacion del Norte.
He recibido su telegrama-
dijo la marquesa.
-Supongo que esta usted dis
puesta a tratar del negocio que
aqui me trae. NADIA de frases
in1tiles. Este matrimonio no
tendria razon de ser 81 el duque
de Hautes-Agdes fuese rico y
ST mi hermana no sc hubiese
empenado en- ser duquesa. Pc
70 vayamos al fondo del asun-
to. El duque tiene dos millones
de deudas y sobre sus posesio-
nes de Hautes-Agdes pesa una
hipoteca superior a su importe.
Una venta seria un desastre. Su
hermano de usted no tiene mas
remedio que apelar al suicide 9
realizar un buen matrimonio, y
vengo a proponerle a usted ese
enlace. Ell dia en- que mi her
mana sea duquesa pagare las
deudas del duque y compare
Hautes Agdes a nombre de
Georgina. Ademas, regalare I'm
million a mi futurO cunado.
La renta de ese capital sera
muy escasa para el rango de mi
hermano.
Que ponga ese dinero en-
mi casa de banca V le garanti-
zare ochenta mil frances de
renta. Tambien reconocere d
mi hermena seis millones, bajo
Ell regimen de la separation de
bienes, para atender al porvenir
de mis- futuros sObrinos.
-iNo sc fla usted del duque?
Hay que preveerlo todo.
-lUn Hautes-Agdes no Sc
vende!
-Nadie Sc vende; pero cad
cual obra con arreglo a 10 que
le convene.
Jonathan Steem miro su re-
loj Y despues dijo, contemplan-
do los retratOs:
--ISon de los Sommereuse 9
de los Hautes Agdes'
DE los Sommereuse-con-
testo susanna, deseosa en- aquel
momento de arrojar de su casa
al americana. -Esta usted en-
casa del marques.
-Supongo que los de Hautes-
Agdes estaran en- el castillo.
La marquesa no sc digno con-
testar.
mo digo una palabra-ex-
clam6 Jonathan-que no le Cris-
pc d usted los nervios! iLo que
es la diferencia de raza y de
temperamento! Hace usted in
tervenir en- todo este I'm senti-
mentalismo pasado de moda,
desconocido para nosotros, gente
practica y hombres esencial-
mente de negocios. He venido
| a proponer q usted la asociacion
de 10 que vale el duque con
que vale mi hermana Georgina,
a la que, ademas de 10 que hago
en- favor de Roberto, doto en-
seis millones de frances. Este
es I'm trato como otro cualquiera.
i Caballero!. -.
Ell americana sc 1evanto y
dijo;
-Senofa, le he ped1do a u.s.
ted una cita de cuatro a cinco, Y
no puedo perder nj un minute
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Cuentos ajenos
UN CIR AN MATRIMONIO

"Senora, estare en- su casa las
cuatro para tratar de un asunto que
nos interesa. Espero que me dispen-
sara usted ell honor de recibirne. Ven
go expresamente de Londres y parto
how mismo q las nueve.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-22

time Claus had finished carving out the
form OF the cat they were all back
with the paints and brushes.
They made Blinkie sit upon the
table. that Claus might paint the toy
cat just the right color. and when the
work was done the Ryls declared 1t
was exactly as good as live cat
THAT is. to all appearances" added
the Red RyL
Blinkic seemed little offended by
the attention bestowed upon the toy.
and thai she might not seem TO an
prov, the imitation cat she walked tt.
the corner OF the hearth and sat dowis
with dignified air.
But Claus was delighted. and as sao,,
As morning came he started ont ans
tramped through the snow, across III
Valley and the plain, until he came ta
village. There. in poor hu, nea:
the walls OF the beautiful palace of
the Lord Of Lerd a little girl lay upon
4 wrctched cot. moaning with pain.
Claus approached the child and
kissed her and ,omforted her and then
he drew the toy cat from beneath his
coat. where he had hidden IL. and
placed 1t in uer irms
All. how well he felt himself repaid
for his labor aud his long walk when
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-22

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,ha. !, ra,,s,si,..,
-ya,r -, Il n,c. cat tlaus- h..
80. :, ~, -, me ho,d n~
t,,,, ,,ss o,,,.,.,,-i ,r,i ran aw.x
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,u,,,i,,,,.., ~. nov -, m. holi fhaf
a., ..i.,.s ,isc,-, ,ba ,ox In his
.r,as .nd he ho, h.,d /, IovinyIx ami
49,, M, a., =, 10. ,,,,,,,an .,s,
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c,.nx ha,-, ~, ,~,,,a ~,hts,,,,. .ns
shr,ai.far In m. MIA, and thanlcd m.
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nersec, c,n.e,, TIC ,ax ca, "a, on.
nos,,. the r.st one .,a g,xe., .,r.,rb,
ahead a. tov eats should
suddeplv r,.us he.r, , ,o,.a that
soupa.t different from the voice M
the wind II wa, more ike . v.ii Of
.ufYerinv and aesn,Ir
He .,oa.s nm and u.ten~d hut the
w,nd vro~lry ,,o.s,era,,. .hoor IN.
I--.
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ns'e",as. ~ ne~'u o"'S '"e's '"e
ocs " ~ " ~. 80 p ~.
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ooo ae ~i"e uA -, :" -
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sna nheo .nc ar
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-22

A Ia4.l
hs saw the little ones eyes grow bright
with pleasure, She hugged the kitty
t1ght TO her breast. as IL II had been
. precious gem. and would not lot 1t go
for a single moment The fever was
quieted. the pain grew less, and she
fell into sweet and refreshing sleep
Claus laughed and whistled and sang
all the way home. Never had he been
% happy as on that day.
When he entered his house he found
Ehiegra. the lioness. awaiting him
Since his babyhood shiesra had loved
Claus and while he dwelt in the For
est she had often come TO visit him at
Eeciie's bower. After Claus had gone
to live In the Laughing Valley. Shiegra
became lonely and III at eas'., and now
she had oraved the snowdrifts. which
all lions abhor. to SEE him once more
Shiegrs was getting old and her teeth
were beginning to fall out. while the
hairs that tipped her ears and tail had
changed from tswny yellow to white
Claus found her lying on his hearth.
and he put his arms around the neck
of the lioness and hugyei her lovingly
The cat had retired into a CORNER She
did not care to associate with Shiegra.
Claus told his old friend about the
cats he had made aud how much pleas
ure they had given weekum and the
sick girl Shiegra did not know much
about children. Indeed. II she met
child she could scarcely be trusted not
to devour H. But she was Interested
In Claus new lsbors. and said;
..TheSe Images seem to me very at
should make cats. which are very un-
important slimais- Suppose. now that
am here. you make the image Of
lioneSs, the Queen OF all beasts, Then.
indeed. your children will be happy
and safe at the same time
Claus thought this was a good sue-
gestion- So -e got a piece of wood and
aharpened his knife. while Shiegrs
crouched upon the hearth at his feet.
With much care he carved the head In
ths likeness of the nonees even to The
two fierce teeth that curved over her
bower lip AMI the deep, frowning finss
above her vide open eyes-
When II was finished he said:
You have terrible look. Shiegra-~
Then the image is like me-" she an
0wered. ~for I am indeed terrible
al who are not my friends
CLAUS now carved out the body. with
0hiegra's hong tail trailing behind n.
The Image Of the crouching iionsss
vas very nfelike.
1T pleases me- said shiegra- pawn
10 and stretching hsr body gracefully.
Nov viii watch while you paint
He brought The paints the Ryis had
~exuuS hiu, rrs,u, fNe rsyrf,,avxf ara rnl
0Aiega.
xAe nsnssa paacsd her ~. psodei
Daws upon tie sdgs e ths table and
saissd Asrsef while me carefully ex-
@ansa IL ~ tAat was hsr hksnsss.
sYeu ars indeed skiltfslr' - nd
RooGly. -Ths cAildren vim - eAas
nesse than csts IN yare.-
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W1p- norning came me sun ciafmsc
ths Laughing Valley and flooded I,
With his rays. no Claus prepared to
May ! keep the cat, Clausy" asked
Weekum. Its nicer than real cats.
II doesn't run away or scratch or bite.
May keep itr'
''Yes. indeed answered Claus. pleas
% that the toy he had made could give
pleasure to the child SO he wrapped
tie boy and the wooden cat In 4 warm
cloak. perching the bundle upon his
own broad shoulders. and then be
tramped through the snow and the
drifts OF the Valley and across the
plain beyond to the poor cottage where
week.-mrs. mother lived.
See. mamma cried the boy, as soon
- they entered. i've got 4 catr'
The good woman wept tears of Joy
over the rescue OF her darling and
thanked Claus many times for his
kind act So he carried warm and
happy hear, back TO his home in the
Valley.
That night he said TO puss. Il believe
the children will love the wooden cats
almost as well as the real ones. and
they can't hurt them by pulling their
tails and es-s. I'll make another"
So this was the beginning Of his
greai work
The next cat was better made than
the tirst. While Claus sat whiting 1t
out the Yellow Ryi came in to make
him visit, and so pleased was h
tho ~, ma uGglt fha, h.. ran
and brought several of his fellows.
There sat the Red Ryl. the Black
Ryl. the Green Ryl the Blue Ryl and
the Yellow Ryi in circle on the door.
while Claus Whitfield and whistied. and
the wooden cat grew into shape.
''If II could be made the same cole
as the real cat. no one would kno
the difference" said the Yellow Ryl
thoughtfully.
'~The little ones. maybe. would not
know the difference" replied Claus.
pleased with the idea.
Il viii bring you some OF the red
that color my roses and tulips with" !"
cried the Red RyL .'and then you can
make the cars iips and tongue red
81 will bring some of the green thai
I color my grasses and leaves with"
said the Green Ryi. "and then you can
color the cat's eyes green"
They will need bit OF yellow,
alsc." remarked the Yellow Ryl. 81
must fetch some OF the yellow that
use TO color my buttercups and golden
rods with"
~The real cat is black" said the
BLACK Rvf 81 will hiring nome Of tn
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-22
A Way They Have.
What This Caron City Citizen Says
Only corroborates the Story Of
Thousands.

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are similar &c hundreds OF Others in
this city. When there are scores Of
people. all snxious to tell about the
benefits received from the use of
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skeptic in Canon City must be con
WINGED. Read the following.
Mrs. Arher Barbee of 20 Wall
street, South Csuon, says II read
an advertisement in a Canon City
paper abort Doan's Kidney Pills and
il induced me to 20 to Hunter
Palmer's drug store for box. at the
time = member of my family had con-
siderable trouble with bAckache and
kidney complaint and we thought
they might help even if they did not
stop the annoyance. Used according
to directions. even though their use
WAS no followed mp rs long it should
have seen. brought marked results.
for the b~ckache disappeared and the
kidneys were 90 purified and strength
ened that the irritation ceased. 1
have also used them myself and
founs them an excellent remedy for
the Kidneys"
Fr sale by all dealers. price
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7. sole agents for the u. 9.
Remember the nAms-DUAN'S-
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-22
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CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-12-22

" HUSH lay on the Laughing Val
m iey now. Snow covered II like
white spread. and pillows OF
dowuy Hats drifi-d before the dwell
ing wher ilau- sat feeding the blaze
OF the iirc The brook g,irgied on be-
meath heavy sheet Of ice. and all iiy
ing plants AMI insects nestled ciose TO
Mother Earth 10 keep warm. The face
OF the moon was hid by dark clouds,
and sir wind. deligbting In the wintry
sport pushed and whiried the snow
aakes In so many directions that they
could get no chance 10 fall to the
Uuund.
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RUSSIA EXPLAINS
Her POSITION
Japan to Blame For All Con
sequences Ensuing.
HAYS NOTE SUITS BOTH POWERS

Gar Had Placed Japanese Demands
In the Hands of a Special Confer,
ence and Hoped to PeaceabIy Ad.
just Their Differences.
st. Petersburg, Feb. 2O.-A Russian
account OF the events Immediately
preceding the rupture with Japan, is
published in the Official Messenger
today with the object OF rectlfying
certain statements from japanese
sources"
In this account it is stated that on
receipt OF the last Japanese proposals,
Jan. Ii, the government Immediately
proceeded to examine the Japanese
demands, and on jan rs, M. Kurino,
the Japanese minister, was informed
in reply to this inquiry that the czar
had entrusted the proposals to a spe-
clal conference, the members OF
which would meet Jan. 20 and that
his majesty's decision would probably
not be given before Feb 2.
On the last named day Emperor
Nicholas ordered the preparation of a
draft OF detinitive instructions to Bar
on de ROsen, the Russian minister to
Japan, based on the deliberations OF
this conference. On Feb. 3, identi-
cal kilograms were sent to Viceroy
Alex1etf and Baron de Rosen contain
ing the text of the draft of proposed
Russo-Japanese agreement, with a full
statement OF the reasons which
prompted Russia to modify the Jap
anese proposals and general instruc-
t1ons to Baron de Rosen concerning
the presentation Of the reply to the
japanese government Forty-eight
hours before the receipt of the news
of the rupture Foreign Minister Lams-
dorff notified M. Kurin of the dispatch
OF the Russian reply. On Feb. S,
Viceroy Alexieff notified the foreign
office OF Baron de Rosen's receipt OF
the reply On Feb. 6, at D. m.
M. Kurino quite Unexpectedly handed
to Count Lamsdorff two notes notify
Ing him of the rupture of the nego.
tlat1Ons and of diplomatic relations
and adding that he, M. Kurino, and
his staff, would leave st. Petersburg
Feb. 10. On the same day Viceroy
Alexieff, Baron de Rosen and all the
Russian representatives at Pekin. To.
klo and the capitals of the great pow
ers, were Informed by urgent teIe-
grams OF the ruptured relations and
the issue Of an imperial order with
drawing the Russian legation from
Toxic and laying on Japan the respon-
stbility for all consequences ensuing.