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LANCASTER * ENTERPRISE. Published Wednesdays by Enterprisk . Publishing Co. A. J. CLARK. Editor. One Year, - - - $1.00 Six Months, - - .50 Three Mor Us, - - .25 IN ADVANCE. Wednesday, March 9, 1904. Bombarded by Japanese War Vessels. Vladivostock, March 7 ?Out 6ide <>t killing a woman and wounding a lew men, yesterday's bombardment of Vladivostok by the Japanese fleet did no material damage. The wooden cottage ol an artisan was the only building wholly destroyed- It was pierced by a shell from a 12 inch gun, which after traversing the root and wall fell into the yard, killing the woman previously referred to. In the quarter of the city call ed the "Dirty Corner" a shell fell on the house of Col. Shukoff without exploding. It traversed a bedroom, destroying a stove and penetrating the wall. It finally burst near the regimental sate, which was standing iu the court yard. A sentry guarding the sale was covered with mud but was not injured. Evidently tearing an outbreak ol fire,the sentry shouted: l,Help! Save the regimental colors 1" which were in the house. Five sailors were slightly wounded by the explosion of a shell in the court yatd of the Siberian naval barracks. Outside of these casualties no one was killed or injured, and there was no outbreak of fire anywhere in the city. The fact that the Russian bat teries did not reply to the Japan ese bombardment was due par lially to the slight chance of hit* ting the enemy's warships at such long range and partially to a desire not to betray the posi tion of the batteries. It is now thought that the at tacKing squadron consisted of a battleship, four armored cruisers and two unprotected cruisers. London, March 7.?Up to a late hour this afternoon the Japanese legation here had received no official information regarding the bombardment of Vladivostok. It is believed at the legation, however, that the Japanese are now between the Russian cruiser squadron and Vladivostok, and there is reason to believe that the Russian snuadron i? in iti? i "" ",v vicinity of Possiet hay. Russian official dispatches do not mention this squadron, and this tact lends color to the beliet that the Japanese have shut it out of Vladivostok. It is pointed out at the legation that it this is true the Russian vessels are in a critical condition since they must run the guantlet of the Japanese squadron off Vladivostok or the Japanese squadron off Port Ar thur belore reaching a Russian port. Meeting of County Hoard ot equalization. The County Board of Equalization, composed of the Chairmen of the Township and Special Boards of Assessors, will meet on f ha At h ^ J " J v?av ->VU A UODUaj ill ili U i U I I , inst, at the office of the County Auditor to equalize the valuations of personal property of the county, and to hear grievances and appeals from the valuations and assessments fixed by the Township and Special Boards of ' Assessors. Respectfully, 1 Jno. A. Cook, County Auditor. Maroh 8, 1904. 1 Mr. U. A. Funderburk of the i Tabernacle section was in town y esterday. The Japanese Movements. London,March 7.?The Daily Mail's Chee Foo correspondent says: "I am informed that there will be no advance until 100,000 men have been concen trated at Ping Yang. It is thawing inland and the water ways have greatly helped the transportation arrangements. The Japanese are busy at every landing place and are buying oil onil.KU ooof* .. i ? an nvmauiu ti an aiun^ llio coast. "At noon Friday transport steamers convoyed by the cruiser Takao and two torpedo boats landed 111611 and stores ten miles below Hwangju. Cos sacks are keeping a sharp watch on the Japanese movements. Facts About the Panama Canal. 1 About two ti ft lis of it is al ready cut, including fourteen miles Irotn the Atlantic coast and lour miles from the Pacific coast ; but these sections will need deep ening. Thirty-six miles of the 1 most difficult part remains to he cut. It is estimated that this task will require the work of 50,000 men for eight years. A izreat dam is to be built at Bohio, which is fourteen miles inland 1 Irom the Atlantic coe it, that will 1 make a lake fifty two feet above the Atlantic, into which vessels will be raised by locks. The new level thus reached will extend twenty-two miles. Then vessels going toward the Pacific 1 will descend by locks about sixty- < live feet, to the Pacific The dam will supply power that will be used in excavating, and the work under American direction is expected to go on much faster than the French company con- 1 ducted it. We shall presently i be within sight of the realization of the most important change that has ever been made by man in the physical structure of the earth.?World's Work. , , ? , , i Russia's Finances. 1 Paris, March 6.?A correspondent at St. Petersburg cables that he has had an interview with Finance Minister Kokovisoff, who ....^,1 .K.,* ?l-~ av-nnicu lliai IIIC innud 1)1 lilt* war was not doubtful. The minister said that even assuming the most unfavorable hypothesis the vital resources of the country will not be touched. The expenditure, he said, must not be com- 1 pared with Great Britain's enor i mous expenditure in SouthAfrica. Russia will not have to buy $7^, 000,000 worth of horses abroad The most that will be spent in this direction will be $2,000,000. and it will all be spent within the empire. Similarly the cost of transporting the troops will not go out of the empire, but will swell the receipts of the stat" railways. The minister denied that there was any danger of panicky withdrawals from the savings hanks, and said that the greater risk of panic would be among the foreign holders ot Russian securities; but, he added, these foreign holders appeared to be reassured by the events ot the last few weeks. Misses Mame and Hess Jones visited their sister Mrs. J. I*. Young of Kichburg last week. Mr. and Mrs. L. L Forde, of Columbia, are visiting the letter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. I). Tillman, of Lancaster. Catarrh Cannot be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, thar can. oot reach the neat of tua dlneeae. Catarrh la a blood or conatltutlonal diaaaae, and In order to cure It you mual lake Internal remedlea. 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