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LATEST WAR NEWS. A summary of the looses sus tained by Russia in the first twenty-four hours of the war with Japan show that ten Rus sian war ships were placed out of action in one way or another, and that the Japanese did not lose a ship. London, Feb. li. ? Dispatches to the Daily Mail from Tokio and Nagasaki, dated Feb. 10, report the arrival at Sasebo, Japan of two large Russian Steamers. One is the new Vol unteer Fleet association trans port Ekaterinoslav, which re rently landed troops and arms at Port Arthur, and the other is the steamer Argun, belonging to the Chinese Eastern Railways' Company. Both were captured by the Japanese cruisers JSai Yan and Hei Yan, in the neigh borhood of Fusan, Corea. The Ekaterinoslav is of 10,000 tons displacement, and had been fit ted up as an auxiliary cruiser. She had 30 rifles on board, and was on her way from Vladivos tock. The Argun was going to Vladivostock from Nagasaki. The Russian whalers Glorige, Nicelai, Alexander and Michael, captured by the Japanese, have also arrived at Sasebo. , State of W?r Announced. Washington, Feb. 10. ? Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, called on Secretary Hay today and left with him the announce ment of the czar declaring war on Japan. It was a dispatch from the Russian foreign office to the ambassador and was sub stantially as follows: "During the night of Feb. 8-9 a detachment of Japanese tor pedo boats unexpectedly attack ed the Russian squadron lying at anchor in the outer roadstead of Port Arthur. This attack being the beginning of military opera tions, obliges the imperial gov ernment to take immediate meas ures to reply by armed force to the challenge issued against Rus sia. Be good enough to inform the government of the United States." The United States legation at Tokio made two reports today to the state department upon the battles. They related to engage ments at Port Arthur and Che mulpo and added nothing to the fscts already known. Two Thonmnd Rniilu? PrlioiMim. London, Peo. 10.? A special dispatch from Tokio today says the Japanese have captured three Russian transports having on board about 2,000 troops. Two Ro j>ort* . Vladivostock, Feb. 10. ? Pri vate telegrams received here re port the complete rout of the Ja panese by the Russians on the Yalu river. These advices also claim that Chemulpo, Core*, has been occupied by Russianj[sol diers and marines. London, Feb. 10.? A dispatch to The Central News from Port ?Arthur says the Japanese fleet returned there Tuesday . after noon ^nd again bombarded the Russian fleet and forts, but that it soon withdrew. The losses to the Russians, the dispatch says, were small. l)uring the firing a Japanese cryiser grounded. IktoOnkMtM*. Shanghai, Feb. 10. ? The Rus sian gunboat Mandjur, reported from various sources to be under repairs at Nagaski, Japan, where she is said to have been seized by the Japanese, is in the har bor here. She has had her hull and funnel repainted black and is ready for sea at a moment's notice. Important Strategic Mot*. London, Feb. 11. ? The Shang hai correspondent of the Daily Mail says an important bridge on the Manchurian railroad has been blown up and 30 men have been killed. ?n Alleged RaMlan Victory. N St. Petersburg, Feb. 10. -Some of the newspapers here printed extras today claiming a Russian victory at Port Arthur. Three Japanese warships and four tor pedo boats are reported to have been seriously crippled. One re port says ' ae Japanese battle ship Shikisliima was sunk. The people began demonstrating but there is no official confirmation of the report and the announce ment is discredited. Japn Balm Htumpho. Tokio, Feb. 10. ? Japan seized Masampho Sunday and dispatch ed a heavy force there. Japan will fortify the port and estab lish a naval and military base there. Masami)ho is an exceed ingly important point as it con trols the Corean channel and is an excellent base for future op erations. ? The Japanese have captured at least five Russian commercial steamers, including Ekaterino slav, Moukden, Russia, Argun and Alexander. They were cap tured by the Japanese in Corean and adjacent waters at various times since Saturday t>y small cruisers. Some of the steamers are rich prizes. The small steamer Koeik is detained at Yo kohama, its status not being clear. Declaration. Tokio, Feb. 10. ? A formal de claration of war is expected to night. The proclamation has been prepared and approved by the cabinet. Foreign Minister Komura has gone to the palace to secure the Emperor's ap proval. % Another Report. San Francisco, Feb. 10. ? A ca blegram to the Associated Press from Nagasaki states thai the Russian cruiser Variag, which was reported to have been sank yesterday at Chemulp6 by the Japanese fleet, was captured, and arrived at Sasebo. The dispatch also states that in addition to s the Russian ves sels damaged in torpedo attack at Port Arthur, seven other ves sels were captured! It is also reported at Nagasaki that Gen Kurehakin has arrived at Harbin to take command of the Russian land forces. Mountain Lumber Interest*. Pickens, Feb. 8. ? The largest char ter fee ever paid in the history ot Pickens county was forwarded to Co lumbia by the local attorney of the Montville Lumber company, Mr. J. ?. Carey ;? The fee wan a little ov?r $800, paid by the Montyille Lumber com- 1 pany, recently organized in this county with a capitalization of $500,000. I The company now has 60,000 acres of virgin forests? 40.000 in $outh Carolina and 20,000 in North Carolina, and is' continually adding to its extensive purchase. It bought out the Benedict-Love Lumber company and in now operating the extensive plant at Calhoun, one of the most complete plants to be found in the State. Its equipment cost about $40,000. The new company is cutting about 40,000 feet of lumber per day at Calhoun and has 1,500,000 poplar and pine logs at the river'* edge ready to float down with the rise of the water courses. This lot of logs is valued a, about $00,000. There is sufficient quan tity ot this kind of soft wood, as it is called by the lumber people, to run the Calhoun plant for a number of years, i When the soft woods are consumed then the hardwoods, consisting of oak, hickory, chestnut, ash, etc., will be cot. The soft woods can very easily be floated down to the company's boom on the Ktowee at Calhoun anff*cut and shipped in any direction by rail. Not so with the hardwoods ? the specific gravity is too great ? it won't float. 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